In June, Peninsula Community Planning Board vetted controversial issues including building height limits and affordable housing.
Jon Linney, PCPB board chair, was acknowledged by the city advisory group for his selection as vice chairman of the Community Planners Committee. CPC is an umbrella organization for San Diego’s more than 40 community planning groups advising the city on land-use.
In his president’s report, Linney said landscape architect, KTU&A Planning and Landscape Architecture, has been chosen to lead planning on design of the proposed Cañon Street pocket park.
In March 2016, the San Diego City Council voted unanimously to sanction a new pocket park for Point Loma’s Roseville, one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods. The council committed $840,000 from Peninsula developer impact fees for design and construction of a new pocket park on a two-thirds-acre lot on Avenida de Portugal above Cañon Street. “It’s going to be a tough road, but we’re going to make it happen,” said Linney of future planning for the new public park in Roseville, which is decidedly “under-parked” for its population density.
District 2 Council rep Conrad Wear had good news about MTS Bus Route 84 serving Point Loma, including Cabrillo National Monument and Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. The bus route is being considered for termination by the MTS board because of low ridership.
“Councilmember Lorie Zapf made comments about bus routes and alternatives, perhaps having service on weekends (for Route 84) instead of weekdays,” Wear said. In other action:
• At the behest of Council District 2, the board sent a letter of support to have the California Coastal Commission schedule the Peninsula RM Base Zone Height Limit for the next available CCC hearing. Point Lomans have ongoing concerns about multi-family residential developments in the community exceeding the 30-foot coastal height limit. The board voted 10-0-1 in favor of the support letter.
• At the suggestion of PCPB board member Jerry Lohla, the board has drafted a letter of support endorsing that “the Peninsula community is in need of affordable/workforce housing.”
“However, unlike other San Diego communities, which have encouraged and supported the development of rental housing to accommodate work force families, the Peninsula has not been successful in attracting enough affordable rental housing to sustain our community over the long term,” states the board’s support letter. “In fact, no rental apartments specifically targeting low- and moderate-income families have been developed in the Peninsula since the PCPB Community Plan was updated in 1987, even though affordable/workforce housing is recognized throughout the Community Plan as an important community objective. PCPB hereby requests that City Council and the SDHC encourage and support the development of rental apartments in the Peninsula community that would target low- and moderate-income work force families.”
• City staffer Vickie White gave a presentation on neighboring Midway Community Planning Group’s ongoing community plan update, which she said the city hopes to have completed, including environmental review, by spring 2018.
