Airport matters dominated the agenda at the November Peninsula Community Planning Board (PCPB) meeting at the Hervey/Point Loma Branch Library. During the new business portion of the meeting, representatives from the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority presented a draft supplemental environmental impact report for Lindbergh Field’s planned northside improvements. The presentation included the proposed land-use plan and a map of what the airport is expected to look like after the improvements. The public can comment on the report, which is available online at http://www.san.org/sdcraa/airport_initiatives/environmental/ceqa.aspx. Comments are due Jan. 4 and can be mailed, e-mailed, faxed or delivered in person to the Airport Authority offices. Discussion over the proposed improvements ran so long the board decided to push back the Airport Authority’s second planned presentation — an update on the airport’s air quality management plan. Instead, the update will be heard at the Dec. 16 PCPB meeting. The board also approved a letter created by its Airport Subcommitee to send to state Sen. Christine Kehoe, requesting a state audit of Lindbergh Field. The letter requests the audit to look at departures on nonstandard headings and future operating capacities at the airport. The letter completes a process started in August and will be given to Kehoe this month. Once Kehoe receives the letter, she is expected to bring it before the state Audit Committee, which would then engage the state auditor. BOARD REVISES BYLAWS In other matters, the revised bylaws that the board approved in August were expected to go before the full City Council on Nov. 29. The changes in the new bylaws include making general elections a plurality vote, having the PCPB board fill sudden vacancies itself — instead of having continuous runoff elections — and various changes to language within the document. The next PCPB meeting will be held 6:30 p.m. Dec. 16 at the Hervey/Point Loma Branch Library, 3701 Voltaire St. For more information, visit www.pcpb.net.








