MISSION BEACH TOWN COUNCIL, March 9 • Capt. Al Guaderrama of the San Diego Police Department’s Northern Division announced that police have arrested two suspects believed to be involved in a string of burglaries around Mission Beach the past several months. A third suspect has been identified. Guaderrama said a suspected vandal who caused thousands of dollars in damage to business windows in Pacific Beach and Ocean Beach by using razor blades to etch markings has been taken into custody. Two other suspects have been identified. Guaderrama said a police beach team that will include 10 officers and a sergeant will be deployed to the beach area starting the first weekend of May. Thyme Curtis, who represents District 2 City Councilman Kevin Faulconer, said an underground rewiring project for different sections of Mission Beach is set to begin this year and will be completed in 2020. Curtis said Faulconer and the rest of the City Council will meet March 28 in a push to rezone medical marijuana dispensaries out of residential areas — that would include all of Mission Beach and Pacific Beach. Curtis said potholes in the roads should be reported to the streets division at (619) 527-7500 for quickest response. MBTC Area 9 representative Bob Craig requested more information from Curtis about possible repairs to the decaying sea wall along the boardwalk. Mission Beach Coffee Break business owner Nick Cantalupo requested the MBTC’s approval to have signs installed along the boardwalk so people can locate those businesses more easily. “It’s the idea of developing Mission Beach into more of a vibrant business-type community,” said Cantalupo. “(We want) to make things look nicer and care more about the neighborhood where everybody lives.” The MBTC carried the motion for the signs as long as the business meets the same criteria North Mission Beach businesses were required to meet previously. An AT&T spokesperson who displayed plans for a potential wireless tower in Belmont Park was met with strong disapproval by MBTC members. The MBTC requested AT&T find another place for the tower that is not such an eyesore. Brian Austin from the Surfrider Foundation put on a presentation to show the dramatic effects cigarette-butt ash cans have had on local beach communities. Austin said more ash cans have been requested and that a $200 donation can buy a single ashcan. Austin also said Surfrider is looking for interested volunteers. President Bob Ruane said a letter was sent to the Mayor Jerry Sanders’ office on behalf of the MBTC in support of keeping Belmont Park in private hands and out of disrepair. MBTC membership announced that although it has had its best year in recent memory — raising $6,000 in 2011 — 147 members have not renewed. This may be in part because renewal membership letters were only sent to homeowners, members said. Long-term renters are still encouraged to renew. The MBTC is looking to fill a vacancy for a representative in Area 7. Interested applicants should attend the next MBTC meeting in the community room of Belmont Park at 7 p.m. on April 13.