Dear Friends of UC,
The City of San Diego has issued the final EIR associated with the UC Plan Update. It is known as the “Final Program Environmental Impact Report for the Blueprint SD Initiative, Hillcrest Focused Plan Amendment to the Uptown Community Plan, and University Community Plan and Local Coastal Program Update'', or Final PEIR.
This Final PEIR and its appendices, dated 07/11/2024, are available at this link:
The first section of the Final PEIR displays the comments submitted on the Draft PEIR by agencies, organizations, and individuals followed by the City’s responses to them. You can check the Table of Contents on page 12 of the PDF to see all the agencies, organizations, and individuals included in these comments and responses.
Help Save UC’s comment letter is found on page 233 of the PDF (labeled RTC-225), and the City’s response follows on page 261 (RTC-253).
We hope to fully review the Final PEIR document and provide comments, but given the short timeline (see additional information below), we may not be able to share our feedback with you before the July 22 deadline.
We encourage you to submit comments on this Final PEIR to planningceqa@sandiego.gov, and recommend that you copy our City Council members (email addresses are at the bottom).
What is the timeline?
The City Council will meet on July 23 to vote on approving the Final PEIR. The City Council is then scheduled to meet on July 30 at 2:00 p.m. to vote on approving the Final UC Plan Update. Thus, any comments on the Final PEIR must be submitted by midnight, July 22, and comments on the Plan Update must be submitted by midnight, July 29 at the very latest.
Please mark these dates on your calendar and plan to submit comments or appear at the hearings in person. These two meetings will be the last opportunity to be heard on this matter.
Councilmembers Kent Lee (District 6) and Joe LaCava (District 1) represent the two districts that include the UC Plan area. Please reach out to them with your comments before they vote.
Kent Lee: kentlee@sandiego.gov
Joe LaCava: joelacava@sandiego.gov
Thank you for your ongoing engagement on this important matter.
Sincerely,
Help Save UC