{"id":243808,"date":"2010-08-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-20T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/community-plans-get-1-75-million-update\/"},"modified":"2010-08-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-20T07:00:00","slug":"community-plans-get-1-75-million-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/community-plans-get-1-75-million-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Planes Comunitarios obtienen una actualizaci\u00f3n de $1.75 millones"},"content":{"rendered":"

por David Harvey
\nReportero SDUN
\n<\/strong>
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\"Community<\/a>
North Park Sign by Michael James Slattery<\/figcaption><\/figure>Earlier this year, the City of San Diego began the process of updating the North Park, Golden Hill and Uptown community plans\u2014documents that outline development and land use standards for each community. All three plans were written in the late 1980s and have not been revised since then.<\/p>\n

In July, the city revised the process used to update those plans\u2014amid complaints that the community didn\u2019t have enough input\u2014by creating open-mic nights, changing meetings to discussion sessions, and preparing to hold several collaborative design sessions with planning committees. <\/p>\n

So far, members of the planning committees say they have embraced the new format.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the process is moving along better now,\u201d Roger Lewis, a member of the Community Plan Update Advisory Committee in North Park, said. \u201cIt\u2019s more focused and it\u2019s more interactive with the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lewis said the new meeting format allows community members who have expertise in such areas as history, architecture and sustainability to offer pertinent guidance to the discussion.<\/p>\n

The City Council adopted a new version of San Diego\u2019s general plan in July 2009 after more than four years of drafting. The community revisions\u2014going on throughout the county\u2014are intended to bring the outdated community plans in line with the general plan, especially on topics of sustainability, said City Planner Marlon Pangilinan, project manager for plan updates in North Park and Uptown. <\/p>\n

The city\u2019s planning department decided to update the North Park, Golden Hill and Uptown plans simultaneously because of the congruity of the three communities, and because all three plans had surpassed their typical shelf life of 20 years, he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cUptown was dealing with a lot of development that wasn\u2019t allowed by the existing plan or zoning \u2026 so it was good to see what needed to be reevaluated,\u201d Pangilinan said. \u201cWe also wanted to maximize our efforts, so we wanted to look at the surrounding communities and [decided to] do them as a cluster.\u201d<\/p>\n

The city proposed that each community\u2019s plan update be reviewed and endorsed by a committee consisting of seven members of their respective community planning committees and various stakeholders appointed by the city\u2014to diversify the expertise of the plan update committee.<\/p>\n

The Greater Golden Hill Planning Committee adopted the city\u2019s proposal, but Uptown Planners rejected the format and elected to have the entire 17-member planning committee retain sole voting authority over whether to endorse the new plans. North Park quickly followed suit.<\/p>\n

While the drafting process has included feedback from the broader community in both Uptown and North Park, voting on whether to support the community plan will rest solely with the planning committees. <\/p>\n

And while representatives of the communities said the North Park Planning Committee has taken a very hands-on approach to design\u2014currently, they are assessing the goals and objectives of the old plans to see what should remain and what should be changed\u2014the Uptown Planners are waiting for the first draft before providing feedback.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn North Park, they\u2019re looking at having more say in the draft and they sort of revised their process,\u201d said Leo Wilson, chair of Uptown Planners. \u201cHere in Uptown, although we\u2019re contributing to [the community input], when we see the document, that will start the real community review process.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Community<\/a>Some of Uptown\u2019s plan update committee members\u2014such as Barry Hager, chair of Mission Hills Heritage\u2014serve in advisory, rather than voting roles on the committee. Wilson said these members have been reaching out to Uptown\u2019s five neighborhoods\u2014 Bankers Hill, Five Points, Hillcrest, Mission Hills and Park West\u2014to get input on what the community expects from these plans.<\/p>\n

According to Hager, Mission Hills Heritage had more than 100 participants attend a community meeting on Aug. 5 to learn about their proposals for the Mission Hills segment of Uptown\u2019s new community plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t get 100 people to go attend an open mic meeting or a community plan update advisory committee meeting, but if you hold a community meeting in the community, then they\u2019ll attend,\u201d Hager said.<\/p>\n

The budget for the three community plan updates totals just over $1.75 million, supplied by the city\u2019s general fund and the communities\u2019 redevelopment funds, Pangilinan said. <\/p>\n

Pat Shields, chairperson of the Golden Hill committee, said the expense is unreasonable considering the state of the city\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would rather see that money spent on firefighters and code enforcement officers,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019re making more code when we don\u2019t have the money to enforce the code we have.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pangilinan said the process is not only timely, but that the city\u2019s planning department is doing everything it can to keep the budget down, such as retaining most of the outreach, development and drafting of the community plans as city staff\u2019s responsibility. Most of the funding is allotted for consultants who will provide city staff with technical expertise, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNormally each plan would cost around one or two million dollars itself, and we are trying to do three,\u201d Pangilinan said. \u201cSome people say this is the wrong time because of the budget, but this is the opportune time to plan, to create new visions for how communities want to grow, so when the economy picks up, the community will know where it wants to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

The plans\u2019 first draft is scheduled for completion by early 2011.<\/p>\n

Community Plan Update Advisory Committee meetings are held monthly and are open to the public. See below for locations and times for the meetings.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gran Colina Dorada
\n<\/strong>First Wednesdays, 6-8:30 p.m.
\nBalboa Park, War Memorial Room 3
\n3325 Zoo Dr. (west of Morley Field Drive and Park Boulevard)<\/p>\n

Greater North Park
\n<\/strong>Third Wednesdays, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
\nAuditorio de la escuela primaria Garfield
\n4487 Oreg\u00f3n St.<\/p>\n

Zona residencial
\n<\/strong>Fourth Wednesdays, 6-8:30 p.m.
\nBalboa Park Club, Santa Fe Room
\n2150 Pan American Road<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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