Forum will discuss fees for maintenance district
A community forum has been scheduled to discuss the proposed maintenance assessment district (MAD) and its financial impact on residential property owners Thursday, June 5, at the Discover Pacific Beach offices, 1503 Garnet Ave, at 6:30 p.m.
If the MAD proposal is passed by City Council, both residential and commercial property owners located within the district would be assessed an annual fee that would be earmarked for services such as additional street cleaning, trash pickup and security.
The proposed district would include the area west of Cass Street, south to Mission Bay and north to Chalcedony Street.
It would also include the area between Felspar and Thomas streets between Cass and Gresham streets.
For information call Discover Pacific Beach at (858) 273-3303.
Beaches calm during holiday weekend, police say
Police announced Memorial Day weekend celebrations went without any major incidents as slightly smaller crowds than those in previous years gathered at Pacific Beach, Mission Beach and Ocean Beach over the three-day weekend.
The damp, chilly weather, combined with the majority of people simply obeying the law, seemed to bring less litter typically found scattered along the beach after past Memorial Day weekends, Northern Division Capt. Shelly Zimmerman said.
Beach teams and mounted officers stepped up saturation patrol at city beaches from Saturday, May 24, through Monday, May 26, with little incident, she said.
“We wrote about 50 or so citations on each day for alcohol. The majority of people (cited) said they were aware of the ban and took a chance,” Zimmerman said.
She added that the weather and the ban on alcohol consumption at city’s beaches and bays had an effect on the crowds, which she said were calm.
She also noted that there seemed to be fewer people at the beach over Memorial Day weekend than previous weekends earlier in May.
Police also reported a relatively calm weekend in Ocean Beach and along Sunset Cliffs.
“We still had people violating the law down there but there wasn’t anything heinous,” said Western Division Lt. John Leas.
He said police are still compiling more detailed statistics.
Though there were no DUI checkpoints in the beach areas over the Memorial Day weekend, police will be setting up checkpoints on Fourth of July weekend.
MBHS students perform in spring concert
The Mission Bay High School (MBHS) music department is hosting its spring concert Friday, May 30, at the school’s auditorium at 7 p.m.
The concert will feature beginning and intermediate student musicians along with a performance by the Mission Bay High School Dixie Jazz Band.
Tickets are $4 and the concert is open to the public.
For information, contact JP Balmat, MBHS music director, at (858) 273-1313.