Are the stop signs along a one-block section of Jennings Street in Wooded Area excessive or just right? It\u2019s become the hottest issue in the neighborhood, and may well draw a full house when the Peninsula Community Planning Board hosts a discussion May 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Point Loma\/Hervey Branch Library, 3701 Voltaire St. But if Pete Nystrom has his way, it\u2019s going to be a discussion that\u2019s short and to the point. He\u2019s served notice to all involved: come with an agreement, or don\u2019t bother at all. Nystrom chairs the board\u2019s Traffic and Transportation Committee, which can help a neighborhood get stop signs, speed bumps and the like \u2014 even if the city says such a measure isn\u2019t warranted by engineering studies. But Nystrom has made it clear to the opposing factions: the board is in no position to choose among alternatives. It\u2019ll only put its weight behind a unified proposal of what the neighborhood wants. “There\u2019s no reason the board should sit there for half an hour while the neighbors argue. If they come in and say, \u2018We\u2019ve talked about it and here\u2019s what we want,\u2019 I think the board will vote in favor of it and it\u2019ll go to the city,” Nystrom said. However, “If those folks cannot come to an agreement, they\u2019re all in warring camps and want to call each other names, all we do is turn it over to the city and say there isn\u2019t any consensus,” he said. At issue are five stop signs on Jennings Street between Albion Street and Silvergate Avenue, a short stretch that has provoked concerns about hazardous curves and dangerous speeds. Until recently, there were two yield signs and two stop signs. This is where story turns into a bit of a spy novel. Someone \u2014 under cover of night, presumably \u2014 unbolted the two yield signs and replaced them with stop signs. It\u2019s apparently easier than one might think\u2014 a Beacon reporter found very realistic-looking signs with impressive descriptions on eBay for $25. No one ever took credit for the covert actions, confirmed Gary Pence, city senior traffic engineer. After the fact in January, in response to a request from a citizen who had gathered petitions, the planners voted to support the conversion of the yield signs and update the surrounding signage to accommodate the change, according to minutes of the meeting. Once a planning board makes a request for nonstandard signage, it goes to that board\u2019s City Council representative, who may then give the request a stamp of approval by sending a memo to the mayor, Pence said. But the city implemented the request by adding the fifth stop sign on Jennings, and a group of neighbors formed to oppose the changes. “We have not been able to accomplish anything since,” Nystrom said. If the neighbors don\u2019t agree, Nystrom said he expects the city to remove the changes and restore standard configuration. In other planning group news Board members elected the following officers for the next year: Julia Quinn, chairwoman; Mike Ryan, vice chairman; Patricia Clark, treasurer; and Nicole Burgess, secretary. May 7 is the last day to comment on a draft environmental document for the replacement of a pier and wharf at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography\u2019s Nimitz Marine Facility near the tip of Point Loma, said city planner Tony Kempton. A copy of the plan is available at physicalplanning.ucsd.edu\/environmental\/MarFac\/MarFac_EA_04.03.13.pdf or the Point Loma\/Hervey Branch Library.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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