After multiple local hearings over several months, plans for a controversial belvedere shade structure at Windansea Beach got support from the La Jolla Community Planning Association on April 1.
Town Council president emeritus Ann Kerr Bache said “there’s enough concern that’s been presented to us to take another look.”
But LJCPA President Diane Kane, who did not attend the Town Council meeting, told the
La Jolla Light on April 9 that “this project was acted on last week; we have already sent our comments into the city, and we’re done with it.”
The Town Council and LJCPA are “totally separate organizations” and the Town Council has no influence on LJCPA action, Kane said.
La Jolla Town Council coastal forum airs concerns about sea lions, bluffs and Gliderport
La Jollan John Leek contends that National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration signs warning of sea lion pup abandonment were not created by scientists. NOAA has not responded to the claim.
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March 15, 2021 9 AM PT
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The March 11 meeting of the La Jolla Town Council included a forum reviewing several coastal issues pertinent to the area.
Sea lions
Sea lions have “invaded The Cove, polluting the water,” La Jollan John Leek said as he asked the Town Council to encourage the city of San Diego to review the program protecting sea lions that was implemented five years ago.
La Jolla traffic board approves parking directional sign project and Christmas Parade street closures
The La Jolla Coastal Access and Parking Board’s parking directional sign project would direct traffic to four garages in The Village.
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Feb. 20, 2021 2:18 PM PT
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A parking directional sign pilot project spearheaded by the La Jolla Coastal Access and Parking Board won unanimous approval of the local Traffic & Transportation Board during its Feb. 17 meeting.
The project aims to guide motorists to parking spots at garages in The Village and help ease traffic congestion in the area.
The directional, or wayfinding, program would make use of money for short-term parking solutions as part of the La Jolla Coastal Access Parking Fund, which was established about 50 years ago through California Coastal Commission-required contributions by office space developers. About $121,000 is available for short-term parking solutions.
La Jolla Town Council hears concerns about fish farm proposed off the local coast
The Pacific Ocean AquaFarms project would encompass 719 acres off the coast of Bird Rock and Mission Beach.
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Feb. 13, 2021 12 PM PT
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Opponents of an immense fish farm proposed off the coast of Bird Rock and Mission Beach let members of the La Jolla Town Council know how they feel Feb. 11 as the project is undergoing environmental review.
The Pacific Ocean AquaFarms project, spearheaded by the Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute and Long Beach-based investment group Pacific6 Enterprises, would produce up to 5,000 metric tons of yellowtail fish annually in federal waters about four miles offshore.
As the La Jolla Town Council gears up to take on 2021, its president, Ann Kerr Bache, looked back on the progress of its various working groups.
The Town Council, established in 1950 as “a communitywide resource to highlight and debate important community issues, problems and opportunities,” has four subgroups to further its work, though only two are currently active.
“I don’t believe in having meetings just to talk,” Kerr Bache said. “These working groups are very targeted; they have a very specific agenda.”
The community working group on short-term rentals, formed at the end of 2017, “is the hottest group right now,” she said. The group, with Kerr Bache as chairwoman, meets to highlight local concerns about short-term vacation rentals and incorporates members from several groups throughout San Diego.