LJ Parking FYI

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More info sent to me via email:


Dear Friends & Neighbors,

This is going to be an active time for parking issues over the next few
weeks! There are several important parking-related events on the calendar
and we have some important information to update you on.

New Website:
We are in the midst of getting organized as a community and have created a
website that will have more information as it is available. Please go to:

http://www.nopaidparking.org/

If you have information to contribute to the website, please let us know.

New e-mail address:
We have a new email address : FreeLJ@NoPaidParking.org
If you send comments to the Parking Board or letters to the newspapers,
please copy us too!

This will serve as a clearing house for information on Parking issues. If
you hear about something that you think we should know about, or are
planning an activity that you would like to share, please email this
address.

Important groups and members:
A short description of the groups & members are listed at the bottom of
this
email for those that may not be familiar with them.

Upcoming dates-

Wednesday, October 31- La Jolla Community Parking District Advisory Board
(LJCPDAB)
They are taking public comments at this meeting. If you are going to
present something at the meeting, submit it in writing too!
Time: 9am
Location: Hotel Parisi- 1111 Prospect

Thursday, November 1- La Jolla Community Planning Association (LJCPA)
http://www.lajollacpa.org/ljcpa110107agenda.pdf
(If you are a member of CPA- please come at 6pm to vote on the bylaws! A
quorum is needed!)
Time Certain: 7:30 pm
Location: 615 Prospect.

Friday, November 2- Public comment period closes. The LJCDPAB will use the
time between this date & November 14th to make adjustments to the Pilot
Plan
based on community input. What the working arrangement for this is and who
will do the work have not been announced. The designated address for
comments is: parking@lajollabythesea.com

Friday, November 2- Free La Jolla Party
This is an organizing meeting for those opposed to Paid on-street parking.
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Warwicks - 7812 Girard.
RSVP: To Nancy Warwick at nancywarwick@yahoo.com or leave a message at
858.454.0347

Tuesday, November 6- Bird Rock Community Council Monthly meeting.
Parking is on the agenda for this meeting. See the events calendar at
www.birdrock.org
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Bird Rock Elementary School Auditorium- 5371 La Jolla Hermosa

Wednesday, November 14- La Jolla Parking Advisory Board meeting
They will be voting on the Pilot Parking Plan at this meeting. This is the
meeting that counts. They are the group that has the official status to
make a recommendation to City Council to get the program implemented.
In terms of public review- they may be presenting a new version of the
Pilot
Plan at this meeting. At least this is what would be expected, if there
was
incorporation of public comments! As of today, there is no schedule for
having this new pilot plan reviewed publicly, by either individuals or
community groups.
Time: 9am
Location: Hotel Parisi 1111 Prospect

San Diego City Council is the next step. The La Jolla Parking Advisory
Board
will ask Scott Peters for the item to be placed on the docket at City
Council. Date to be announced.

Please participate as much as you can!
Darcy


Further information on the Parking Board & Promote La Jolla:
http://www.lajollabythesea.com/membe...committees.php
>From this link, you can locate a number of documents on Promote La Jolla and
the Parking Board
To read the parking plan:
http://www.lajollabythesea.com/docs/parking/

The La Jolla Community Parking District Advisory Board (LJCPDAB) is
comprised of 9 members from Community organizations & at large members,
plus alternates. Initially the group was appointed by Councilman Scott
Peters. One of the issues that is yet to be resolved, is that there has
been a longstanding desire by the community, for the members of this board
to disclose business/financial activity that pertains to parking issues and
decisions made by this board.



Parking Board Members-
1. Peter Wagener- Chair of the Parking Board, VP PLJ*, owner of Hotel
Parisi
(where the meetings are held.) PLJ* appointee.
2. Martin Mosier- Vice Chair of the Parking Board. Village business name
unknown. PLJ* appointee. Is on the City of San Diego Parking Advisory
Board, which is a Mayoral appointment, confirmed by City Council. He
represents District 1 on that Board.
3. Reza Ghasemi- Sec. PLJ*. Owns La Jolla Rugs. PLJ* appointee.
4. Paul Metcalf- Bird Rock Community Council appointee.
5. Marty McGee- La Jolla Community Planning Association appointee.
6. Ken King- La Jolla Shores Association appointee.
7. Ray Weiss- La Jolla Town Council appointee
8. Mark Evans- at large resident- appointed by Scott Peters & re-elected by
the Parking Board in May 2007. He is the author of the Parking plans with
input from Martin Mosier.
9. Michael Harth- at large business representative- appointed by Scott
Peters & re-elected by the Parking Board May 2007. He is the operator of
Sunset Parking. He resigned at the September meeting. His seat is
currently vacant.

Alternates:
Darcy Ashley: La Jolla Community Planning Association
Tom Brady: La Jolla Town Council
Jim Heaton: La Jolla Shores Association
Patrick Ryan: Bird Rock Community Council

*Promote La Jolla. PLJ had a meeting for its membership to discuss parking
issues (the Pilot Plan is located primarily in the business district that
PLJ represents) on October 24th that was canceled due to the fires. To my
knowledge, it has not been rescheduled. Additionally, there is a PLJ
regular meeting scheduled for November 14th at 3pm at La Valencia. Please
check their website for further information about PLJ meetings.)

Further information on Community Groups:

Bird Rock Community Council- A volunteer community organization located in
Bird Rock. President: Chuck Patton. www.birdrock.org
La Jolla Community Planning Association- the City designated Planning group
in La Jolla for Land Use issues. All members are volunteers. President:
Tim
Golba. www.lajollacpa.org
La Jolla Shores Association- A volunteer community organization located in
La Jolla Shores. President: Sherri Lightner. www.lajollaguide.com/ljsa
La Jolla Town Council- A volunteer community organization for all of La
Jolla. The organization is over 50 years old. President: Anne Cleveland.
www.lajollatowncouncil.com

Promote La Jolla- The organization that has the city contracts to
administer
both the Parking District and the Business Improvement District (BID.) For
the BID, La Jolla Village Businesses pay a fee on their business licenses
each year to fund the BID. Promote La Jolla has an Executive Director,
which is a paid position. The Board members are volunteers. It is 20
years
old this year. President: Deborah Marengo. www.lajollabythesea.com

Other addresses & information that you may need:
City Council District 1 representative, Scott Peters:
ScottPeters@sandiego.gov
La Jolla Village News: ljvn@sdnews.com - attn: Anne Terhune
La Jolla Light: daves@lajollalight.com attn: Dave Schwab