The Peninsula Community Planning Board (PCPB) is taking a closer look at proposed changes to the potentially volatile NTC Precise Plan — the document governing growth and alterations at Liberty Station — before formally sharing its thoughts. At the Sept. 16 PCPB meeting, the board’s NTC Precise Plan Subcommittee presented a summary of public comments gathered at a community meeting held in August. Representatives from Corky McMillan Cos. originally presented the proposed changes to the NTC Precise Plan at the July PCPB meeting. The presentation included three amendments to building uses contained in the precise plan. The first proposed amendment includes the expansion of the types of uses for the historical district buildings located at the north end of Liberty Station. Those buildings are currently reserved for visitor and community uses. The second proposed change involves demolishing the Liberty Station Conference Center (Building 623), located at 2600 Laning Road, and replacing it with a 350-room hotel. The conference center is currently designated for public and private meeting space, with rates ranging from $2,500 to $3,250 for daily use. The third proposed change calls for the replacement of the Liberty Station Gymnasium (Building 271) with 30 residential units. According to the meeting summary, this building drew the greatest amount of community input, and suggestions for uses that arose at the community meeting included housing that wouldn’t compete with existing housing values, a recreation complex, an aquatic complex and a community center. At the PCPB meeting, subcommittee co-chair Nancy Graham said she has plans to expand the NTC-related committee, which hopes to meet within a month. Currently, no date has been set for the meeting. BOARD CREATES AIRPORT AUDIT COMMITTEE In other matters, the PCPB voted unanimously to create a temporary Airport Technical Advisory Subcommittee that will work with state Sen. Christine Kehoe to create a proposal for a state audit of Lindbergh Field. The creation of the subcommittee came in response to a letter Kehoe wrote to the PCPB Sept. 13 regarding the board’s August request for a state audit of the airport and its flight departure headings that take jets directly over Peninsula neighborhoods. “The selection process [for audits] is rigorous,” Kehoe wrote, “which is why gathering data from the local Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) staff and the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority on how incoming an exiting flights at Lindbergh Field are monitored is important.” Kehoe explained in the letter that any request for a state audit would have to take place in December, when the next legislative session begins again. Then, Kehoe would bring the request before the State Audit Committee, which would then engage the state auditor. For more information on PCPB issues, visit www.pcpb.net.