OB planners to elect new officers in special session The Ocean Beach Community Planning Board will hold a special meeting Wednesday, April 15 at the Ocean Beach Recreation Center, 4726 Santa Monica Ave., at approximately 6:30 p.m. Board members plan to review board appointments and elect officers at the special meeting, said board member Seth Connelly. The board held annual board elections in March and certified the results April 1 at a regularly scheduled meeting. The Ocean Beach planning area is divided into seven districts. Candidates run for a seat in the district in which they live or own a business. Seven of the 14 seats come up for election every year. The seven district representatives elected in March include: • Nancy Taylor, resident; • Amanda Lopez-Davies; • Heather Kwaitkowski, transportation supervisor; • Craig Klein, attorney; • Robert Sullivan, business owner; • Jane Gawronski, edu-cator/researcher; • Brittany Taylor, resident. Approximately 96 voters turned out. For the next two years, the winners will preside over the future of land use and planning issues in the fully developed community of Ocean Beach. “We don’t get the same amount of votes the Peninsula [Community Planning Board] does, but I think we had a record. So it’s always nice to see people get involved,” Connolly said. The Ocean Beach Planning Board acts as an advisory board to the city over land-use and planning issues. Community planning boards primarily review projects that require deviations from the city’s building codes. The Ocean Beach Planning Board regularly meets on the first Wednesday of the month at the Ocean Beach Recreation Center at 6:30 p.m. For more information visit www.obpb.org. City borrows $103 million for deferred maintenance The city has borrowed $103 million for capital improvements, including funds for fixes at Downtown police headquarters and Balboa Park. The city will pay Bank of America 3.9 percent interest on the loan through June of next year. The city plans to refinance the debt publicly by then prior to an interest rate increase. This is significant in that the city had been reeling from a poor bond rating for years. The city faces a $1 billion deferred maintenance bill Balboa Park’s parking lots will be resurfaced with $2.5 million of the funds, while $750,000 will go toward resealing the windows at Downtown police headquarters. The Old Globe Theatre elevator will be upgraded at a cost of $100,000. Work is scheduled to begin in August.