A standing-room-only crowd voiced constant objections to a controversial paid on-street parking plan during an Oct. 31 meeting of the La Jolla Community Parking District Advisory Board at the Hotel Parisi.
Alternative plans were heard, residents pulled their streets from the plan and allegations of impropriety were made toward Promote La Jolla, the nonprofit organization that oversees the board.
Many issues exist with the parking plan and Promote La Jolla, and while they may seem trivial, “community” is the key word, La Jolla resident Chuck Myers said.
According to Myers, Promote La Jolla is breaking its charter contract. He said the organization is breaching the third and fourth articles of its bylaws by engaging in the Community Parking Plan because, by definition, the plan is for everyone. Promote La Jolla’s charter restricts it to the business district of La Jolla, Myers said.
Residents of Park Row stood up and said they were opting out of the parking plan as other residents offered various alternatives to the pilot program.
During last week’s traffic meeting, Martin Mosier introduced an enforcement vehicle called AutoVu that resident Tom Brady is now promoting. Mosier said last week that the city could not use the GPS-enabled vehicle because of data inaccuracy. The city has decided that La Jolla can now use the AutoVu system, Brady said.
According to Brady, the AutoVu system could be implemented first, before the pilot parking program. Mosier accepted this theory at last week’s traffic meeting but later retracted it.
La Jolla Town Council President Anne Cleveland stood at the meeting and gave a speech that resulted in applause.
“The council is opposed to paid on-street parking,” Cleveland said. “It leaves a lot of questions unanswered.”
Public review is scheduled to end Friday, Nov. 2. For more information on the AutoVu system, visit www.monterey.org/parking.