Dear Neighbors,
After submitting our written comments to the City on May 4th regarding the Discussion Draft of the UC Plan, we presented the comments at the May 16th Community Plan Update Subcommittee meeting. Our Help Save UC comments focused mostly on the Vons and Sprouts shopping centers on Governor Drive, and included requests to:
Lower the proposed density at both shopping centers
Reduce the 100-foot height limit to 50 feet at Vons and 40 feet at Sprouts
Include at least 30-foot setbacks from rear and side property lines
Require at least one parking space on site for new residents, and
Include language to protect existing commercial services and require such services to be included in future projects.
Our Help Save UC presentation also raised concerns about the general increase in density (potentially doubling the community’s population) considering the lack of significant additional park space and the uncertainty that the City can implement the infrastructure necessary to support such increased density.
After reviewing the written comments and hearing the presentation, most Subcommittee members indicated support for Help Save UC’s proposed changes.
Our presentation at the meeting can be viewed here (7 min.):
The entire May 16th meeting can be viewed here:
A PDF of our comment letter to the City is here.
Submit Comments on the Draft Plan by June 30th
If you want to support our comments or submit your own, please write to Nancy Graham at planuniversity@sandiego.gov, and CC the following people:
• Chris Nielsen (chair of the UC Planning Group): cn@adsc-xray.com
• Andy Wiese (chair of the UC Plan Update Subcommittee): awiese@sdsu.edu
• Kent Lee (Our District 6 councilmember): KentLee@sandiego.gov
• Dustin Nguyen (D6 Director of Community Engagement & UC rep): DVNguyen@sandiego.gov
• San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria: MayorToddGloria@sandiego.gov
• Joe LaCava (District 1 councilmember): JoeLaCava@sandiego.gov
Please also CC info@helpsaveuc.org so we can track how many comments are submitted.
The public comment period will close on June 30.
Sincerely,
Volunteers of Help Save UC