CACC Update Feb 23rd 2022

College Area Community Council

Regular Meeting

7:00 PM, Wednesday, February 23, 2022

In Person

Faith Presbyterian Church

5075 Campanile Dr 92115

Room 2

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1. Call to order / Roll call.
2. Approval of Agenda.
3. Approval of Minutes from the Regular Meeting on Wednesday, January 12, 2022.
4. Public Comments on Non-Agenda Items within the Jurisdiction of the CACC. (3 minutes per speaker. Please advise the President prior to the start of the meeting.)
5. Law enforcement, local, state, and federal elected officials, Business District, AS, IFC & SDSU, Library. Reports (3 minutes per speaker).
6. New Business.

A. Diane Mosely, volunteer for Represent San Diego. (Info)

B.  Board elections.

C. Treasurer’s Report.

1. Committee Reports
2. Community Outreach Committee.
3. Delegate Reports.
4. CARPUS. (Jean)
5. Adjournment.

Questions regarding the agenda may be directed to: Jim Jennings CACC President, caccpresident2021@gmail.com

College Area Community Planning Board

Regular Meeting

Immediately Following CACC Meeting,

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

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1. Approval of Agenda.
2. Approval of Minutes from the Regular Meeting on Wednesday, January 12, 2022.
3. Public Comments on Non-Agenda Items within the Jurisdiction of the CACPB. (3 minutes per speaker. Please advise Chair prior to the meeting.)
4. New Business

A. 6440 El Cajon Blvd sewer easement vacation project (action item).

B. Elections for the CACPB (info).

1. Committee Reports.
2. Community Plan Update. (Robert M.)
3. Delegate Reports. (information item)

A.  Community Planners Committee. (Tom S.)

1. Adjournment.

Questions regarding the agenda may be directed to: Jim Jennings CACPB Chair, caccpresident2021@gmail.com

By ELLEN BEVIER

February will herald a change for the College Area with activation of a revamped community council, separate from the College Area Community Planning Board.

The College Area Community Coalition (CACC) will be a membership organization open to all residents, businesses and non-profits within its area. The mission will be to conduct charitable and educational activities to preserve and improve the College Area’s physical qualities and to offer activities that encourage diverse inclusion and build social connections. San Diego’s College Area is bounded by Interstate 8 on the north, Fairmount Avenue and Collwood Boulevard on the west, El Cajon Boulevard on the south and 70th and 73rd streets on the east.

The board of the Community Council voted in January to reorganize and combine with the Coalition, which is incorporated as a non-profit, California public benefit corporation.

For many years the Community Council and the Planning Board have operated in tandem, sharing the same 20-member volunteer board and conducting back-to-back business meetings.

The reorganized CACC will have a 12-member board:

-- Three directors will serve as At-Large representatives and will be elected at the Annual Members Meeting each February.

-- Six Neighborhood directors will represent geographic segments of the College Area—Alvarado Estates, Baja Canyon, College View Estates, El Cerrito, Mesa Colony, and the Triangle. They can be appointed by recognized neighborhood associations or chosen by a special vote of neighborhood members at the Annual Meeting.

-- Two directors will represent and be appointed by the Associated Students of San Diego State University and by the College Area Business Improvement District.

-- A non-voting director will represent the Administration of San Diego State University.

The group’s first organizational meeting is Wednesday, Feb. 23, 7 p.m., at Faith Presbyterian Church, 5075 Campanile Dr., at the corner of Montezuma Road.

Current members of the old CACC are considered members of the new organization, said Jim Jennings, who now chairs both the community council and the planning board. To vote or run for an open CACC board seat on Feb. 23, you must be a registered CACC member. New members may join before the meeting convenes.

Candidates for the new board’s At-Large seats can declare themselves at the Feb. 23 meeting, Jennings said. They will be invited to give a 1-minute speech before balloting takes place.

At-Large and Neighborhood directors will serve three-year terms. Limited to two consecutive terms, they must sit out an election cycle of one year before running again. The Coalition’s term-limit calendar begins in 2022. It is not affected by previous service on the old College Area Community Council or College Area Community Planning Board.

Starting in February 2023, one At-Large and two Neighborhood seats will be filled yearly.

To establish a staggered pattern of elections, the three top At-Large vote-getters in 2022 will be awarded a three-, a two-, or a one-year term respectively. Neighborhood seat holders will draw straws to see which neighborhoods must hold elections in 2023, 2024 and 2025, Jennings said.

A reminder that the volunteer College Area Community Planning Board will continue its work providing feedback to the city of San Diego about local development projects, general or community plan amendments, rezonings, and public facilities.

The 20-member board meets on the second Wednesday of the month. There will be an election March 9 to fill 14 open seats -- half three-year and half two-year terms. The board seeks representatives from all the geographic areas of the College Area, as well as from diverse community interests, said Rachel Gregg, chair of the CACPB elections committee.

To be listed on the CACPB’s printed ballot, candidate information must be submitted by March 4. To do that, and learn about required qualifications, go to either of these websites:

https://www.collegearea.org/.

Write-in candidates are also accepted. All nominees are invited to make a 1-minute statement before voting by secret ballot begins. This meeting also takes place at Faith Presbyterian Church and begins at 7 p.m.

Community planning groups have existed in San Diego since the late 1970s, but have been criticized in recent years by various interest groups and critically examined in a county Grand Jury report and a city audit. A key issue is whether their status is legal in terms of the City Charter. Changes are being considered.

Ellen Bevier is a member of the College Area Community Planning Board and the old CACC.