Close to 50 Hidden Valley Road residents attended the Nov. 8 La Jolla Shores Association (LJSA) meeting anticipating that the Chabad of La Jolla Shores Project would be heard.
However, the architect for the project could not make the meeting and discussion was pushed back to either December or January, angering many people, according to Sherri Lightner, LJSA chair.
“We took a lot of public comments ” we stayed until 10:30 that night,” Lightner said by phone.
The project, which is proposed as a 9,410-square-foot sanctuary with a preschool and a 32-car underground parking garage, would be built on a .56-acre parcel at 2466 Hidden Valley Road, Lightner said. A 2,700-square-foot residence is also planned for the site.
Chabad of La Jolla Shores currently holds its services at Hotel La Jolla, 7955 La Jolla Shores Drive.
In other business, the association decided not to pass the Torrey Pines Road Committee plan for a traffic signal at Princess Street.
The consensus among the association and La Jolla Town Council members is that the plan should be put on hold until after the traffic lights have been synchronized and the traffic-calming plan is complete.
The LJSA also voted to approve the traffic plan for La Jolla Shores, with the exception of one loading zone, which will be presented in further detail by Ken King at next month’s meeting. La Jolla resident Mary Coakley will present an alternative plan.
The La Jolla Shores Association meets the second Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s Martin-Johnson House. For more information, contact Lightner, (858) 551-0770.