por Jay Wilson

The April 28 meeting of the Del Cerro Action Council is going to be very informative. Sharmaine Moseley, the executive director of the Citizens’ Review Board on Police Policies, will present a program on the purpose and operations of her board. The major purposes of the board are to review and evaluate complaints brought by members of the public against officers of the Police Department of the city of San Diego and to review and evaluate the administration of discipline arising from sustained complaints. The board also reviews and evaluates officer-involved shootings, all in-custody deaths, and all police actions that result in the death of a person.

Councilmember Scott Sherman will also be attending the meeting to provide an update on the city — and for the Navajo area in particular. He will also take questions from the audience. If you have questions prior to April 28, do not hesitate to contact Liz Saidkhanian, Councilmember Sherman’s director of outreach at [email protected], or 619-236-6677.

DCAC chairman Mark Rawlins will give an update on the proposed Maintenance Assessment District (MAD) for Del Cerro. He will discuss what the MAD can do, what the boundaries could be, and the steps necessary to move forward.

Rawlins said he is ready to kick off the Del Cerro MAD signature-collection campaign. At the April 28 DCAC meeting, he will provide a brief overview and will ask for volunteers to help with the effort. If you would like more information, view the DCAC MAD video on YouTube at youtu.be/K3bqO-buDbm.

The Navajo area has a new police community relations officer – John Steffen. Officer Steffen has a long history in the community; he grew up in Del Cerro and currently resides in San Carlos. You will have an opportunity to meet him at the April 28 meeting. If you need to contact Officer Steffen, his email address is [email protected]; or call him at 619-495-7971. Do not hesitate to contact him if you have a police-related concern.

There are a variety of opportunities to become more involved in your community. For the Navajo area, there is the Navajo Community Planners. It meets each month on the second Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. at Tifereth Israel Synagogue on Tommy Drive in San Carlos. This is the community organization officially recognized by the city of San Diego. Like the Allied Gardens and San Carlos Recreation Councils, they are an advisory entity. NCPI is responsible for making recommendations to the city of San Diego on all land-use issues in Grantville, Allied Gardens, Del Cerro, and San Carlos. Each of the four communities has four representatives on NCPI. Check navajoplanners.org for an agenda and meeting minutes.

If you are looking for a fun activity on Saturday, April 16, stop by Pershing Middle School and participate in the Third Annual Mine Golf Challenge presented by the Henry Cluster STEMM Foundation. There will be at least 11 mini-golf challenge holes; each hole is being created by a team of boys and girls from schools within the Patrick Henry Cluster. Each team has been provided with one 4-by-8-foot sheet of plywood and two 2-by-4-foot boards as a starter kit. From there, teams may be as creative as they want to produce a small, but challenging golf hole. It is free. Stop by between 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., try your skill, and see how creative these students can be.

For more information on our April 28 meeting, visit delcerroactioncouncil.org.

—Jay Wilson is secretary of the Del Cerro Action Council. Reach him at [email protected].