To: College Area Community Council
From: Steve Laub, President
Date: March 12, 2003
Re: President’s Annual Report April 2002-March 2003
2002 was another active year
for the CACC. With the strength of our
members and the experience of our Executive Board, we made it through the year
with many successes. Here are some of
the highlights of the year:
·
The
CACC Newsletter was given new life, with excellent editing by Natalia
Moorhead. Feedback from the community
is very positive. As a result of the
newsletter, the CACC was able to discontinue reliance on the Mission-Time
Courier for distribution of agendas, thus saving CACC funds for other uses.
(October)
·
The
CACC established its own web-site, after
the prior site was shut down by the service. The new website has its own domain name (www.cacc-sd.org), and is improving daily
thanks to the webmaster, Jackie Corlin. (February ’03)
·
Amendments
to the CACC By-Laws were proposed and will be vote on at the March 12 Annual
Meeting.
·
The
City Council approved the formation of the Project Area Committee for the
long-awaited Crossroads Redevelopment Project.
The CACC received on appointed seat on the 15-member PAC. (July)
·
Fraternity
Row opened and several fraternities moved into the new project. This alleviated a good deal of conflict
between the fraternities and the community where the frat houses had previously
been. (August)
·
After
several workshops with the Foundation, a final design for the Aztec Inn
(formerly Elderhostel) was approved (October), and submitted to the City.
·
A
recommendation was made for a developer for the Mixed-Use project and the City
Redevelopment Agency has started negotiations for a Development and Disposition
Agreement (DDA) with the Foundation for the Paseo project. (February ’03)
·
Workshops
with the SDSU Foundation were held to discuss the design of Sorority Row. A final design was agreed on and submitted
to the City. (February ’03) Opening is
anticipated in 2005.
·
The
new trolley line and SDSU station construction was begun and is underway. This portion of the trolley is scheduled to
be operational by late 2004.
· Concerns over Montezuma Road traffic issues continued throughout the year. The CACC recommended raising the speed limit from 35-40 mph to enable police radar enforcement. (April)
·
El
Cajon Boulevard was finally repaved after three years of construction for the
Mid-City Pipeline project. Construction
had caused much difficulty for businesses, drivers, pedestrians, and
bicyclists. (June)
·
A
traffic signal was installed at Montezuma Road and Reservoir Drive, in part to
support the future library at that intersection. (June)
·
The
Downtown-to SDSU link was approved by MTDB as the Transit-First Showcase
Project for the new transit vision in San Diego. Design is now underway and CACC has a representative on the
Design Advisory Panel. (July)
·
The
CACC approved addition of the 5000 block of La Dorna Street and the 6500 block
of Saranac Street to the B Permit Parking District. (November)
·
The
CACC approved the SDSU Fraternity Noise and Litter Control Program for
2002/2003. (April)
·
The
CACC contributed $5000 to the College/Rolando Library Committee to aid in
filling the new library with books, furnishings, computers, and other necessities.
(April)
·
A
final design was approved for the Library site plan and Mitigated Negative
Declaration. (January ‘03 ).
·
Construction
is set to start in May 2003 and finish by fall 2004.
·
Montezuma
Road median landscaping was started and is nearing completion. This will add a very significant improvement
to our community’s entrance, and will be a positive addition to the community
image. (October)
·
Completion
of median landscaping is expected in April 2003.
·
Landscaping
of the Fairmount/Montezuma intersection needs to be addressed and will be on
the CACC agenda for 2003.
With the help of all of our
members, 2003-2004 should be as successful a year as 2002-2003. Thank you all for a great year.
cc: Councilman Jim Madaffer, Seventh District
Marlon Pangilinan, San Diego City Planning Department