Mira
Mesa Community Planning Group
Mira Mesa Community Planning Group
The Mira Mesa Community Planning Group meets the third Monday of each month in the large meeting room at the Mira Mesa Library. If the third Monday falls on a holiday, as is usually the case in January and February, the meeting will be rescheduled for a different day when a meeting room is available. For information about upcoming meetings and general information about the Planning Group, contact chairman Ted Brengel at (858) 433-1486 or by email at Ted@TedBrengel.com.
The next MMCPG meeting will be on Monday, July 21st, 2008 at 6:30 PM at the Mira Mesa Library. Meetings are normally at 7:00, but this one has been scheduled earlier due to a busy agenda. The agenda includes a discussion of the Casa Mira View draft EIR, presentation of a community plan amendment for the area around Mira Sorrento Place, and a discussion of MCAS Miramar APZs and their impact on development in Western Mira Mesa.
Minutes of the June 16, 2008 meeting.
Minutes of the May 19th, 2008 meeting.
Minutes of the April 21, 2008 meeting.
Minutes of the March 17, 2008 meeting.
Minutes of the February 19, 2008 meeting.
Minutes of the January 22, 2008 meeting.
The Mira Mesa Community Planning Group has the responsibility to write (with the aid of the City) community plans, recommend changes to community plans, and evaluate projects as they are proposed for consistency with the Mira Mesa Community Plan. The Planning Group has 11 residential, 4 business, 2 developer and 2 landowner members, plus a nonvoting member from MCAS Miramar. Planning Group members are elected to four year terms, with half elected every two years. Elections are held in March of odd-numbered years. If you would like to participate in the Planning Group or vote for or run for the Planning Group Board, come to a meeting and join as a general member. To join as a general member, just give your name, address, telephone number and email address to the Planning Group secretary. List of current Planning Group Board Members.
All Planning Groups must comply with City Council Policy 600-24, and a set of community specific bylaws which comply with this policy. The Planning Department in collaboration with a CPC subcommittee, developed a set of administrative guidelines which are intended to clarify the council policy. The bylaws and administrative guidelines are both in the process of revision to bring them into compliance with the recently adopted updated to 600-24. Bylaws must comply with a bylaws shell provided by the City that allows changes only to specific marked sections. MMCPG approved these revised bylaws at the April 21, 2008 meeting. They have been approved by the City Attorney's office, so are now in effect.
The San Diego City General Plan adopted by the City Council on March 10, 2008 is now available at http://www.sandiego.gov/planning/genplan/index.shtml. This is a very important document as it guides all future development in the City and require updates to all community plans.
The City Planning Department has recently placed online a set of existing conditions maps for Mira Mesa.
A large residential project of approximately 1800 multi-family units named Casa Mira View is proposed for the area north of Mira Mesa Blvd (north of Best Buy and the park and ride) between Westview Parkway and I-15. The EIR has been released and is posted here. The comment period is until August 1, 2008. Details on submitting comments are in the cover letter and public notice with the EIR.
A Planning Group subcommittee is reviewing a proposed new project named "Stone Creek," which is a future redevelopment plan for the 300 acre section of Carroll Canyon owned by Vulcan Materials Company. The site runs from about 1/2 mile west of Camino Ruiz to Black Mountain Road (see Aerial photograph showing location). The initial proposal was for 9800 multifamily residential units and 730,000 square feet of commercial and industrial space. A revised proposal containing 5481 multifamily residential units has been submitted to the City. See the October 23, 2006 subcommittee report, the May 14, 2007 subcommittee report, the July 9, 2007 subcommittee report, and the September 7, 2007 subcommittee report. The next subcommittee meeting will be on April 21, 2008, at 6 PM immediately prior to the Planning Group meeting.
February 2004, March 2005, July 2005, and February 2006 subcommittee reports on the proposed Camino Village project (Camino Ruiz and Zapata). The application for this project has been withdrawn, but may reappear in the future.
Regional Transportation Plan 2030 report.
The future of MCAS Miramar is a critical local land use issue. At the January 2006 meeting, the MMTC approved a resolution opposing joint use of Miramar as a civilian airport. Here is some information about the ballot initiative (recently defeated) compiled by Arlette Ballew. Here is some additional information on the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority Land Use Commission Study. SANDAG has published an Airport Economic Analysis Final Report describing options for airport relocation in San Diego County including discussion of relocating to MCAS Miramar. Nine sites around the region were still in the running to become San Diego County's new international airport, following an earlier screening of 32 locations, according to the recommendations contained in a 2002 48-page report prepared by the consulting firm of Landrum & Brown. However, the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority has recommended only Miramar as a proposed location.