The College Area Community Planning Board (CACPB) will be conducting its annual elections at the Wednesday, March 13 meeting, at 7:00 p.m. at the College Rolando Library, 6600 Montezuma Road. Community residents who are registered to vote with the CACPB are encouraged to arrive at 6:45 p.m. to expedite distribution of ballots.

Anyone who signed up as a member of the College Area Community Council (CACC) since 2008 and any other community members who completed a CACPB registration form by February 13, 2013 are eligible to vote. Each registered member of the household is entitled to one ballot. Please bring a driver's license or California identification card, and proof of residency if the address on the ID is not in the College Area.

The CACPB is the City-recognized community planning group for the College Area. Board members also serve concurrently on the College Area Community Council, and meetings of the CACC and CACPB are held jointly.

There are six three-year seats and two vacant two-year seat that will be filled by election on March 13. To be eligible to run, an individual must be a community resident, property owner or business owner within the College Area and must have attended a minimum of two CACPB meetings between February 2012 and February 2013.

Five people have filed to run for the three-year seats:

• Andre Beauparlant (incumbent) has been resident property owner on East Falls View Drive for 40 years. He has been an active member of the Code Enforcement and Nuisance Rental Properties (CENRP) Committee.  
• Ann Cottrell (incumbent) has been a resident property owner on Manhasset Drive for 44 years. She is a retired SDSU professor and currently chairs the CENRP Committee.
• Sidney Joseph Jones (incumbent) has been a resident property owner on Bixel Drive for 26 years and is a member of the Project Review and Beautification Committees.
• Rhea Kuhlman (incumbent) has been a resident property owner on Catoctin Drive for 25 years. She is currently the CACC Vice President/CACPB Vice Chair, Chair of the Project Review Committee and serves as the CACPB delegate to the citywide Community Planners Committee.
• Jan Riley (incumbent) has been a resident property owner on 60th Street for 16 years. She chairs the Community Outreach Committee and is the Chair of the El Cerrito Community Council.

 Additional nominations may be made from the floor at the time of the election, provided they meet the eligibility criteria listed above. Any vacancies that remain after the election will be filled by appointment at the April 10 or subsequent CACPB meetings. Candidates to fill vacancies must have attended at least one CACPB meeting prior to the meeting at which they are appointed.

Elections of officers for the 2013-14 term will be held at the April10 meeting.

A Fond Farewell to a Familiar Face

At our annual meeting on March 13, the College Area Community Council bids a reluctant farewell to our long-time President, Doug Case. Doug has been a stalwart advocate for the College Area during the 27 years he's served on the CACC (with one year off for good behavior every nine years.) During that time he's served in just about every position there is on the CACC Board, including President, Secretary, Treasurer, and chair of various committees.

On March 13, Doug will have completed his third nine year stint with CACC. He's been President of CACC for the past seven years, and has also chaired the College Area Community Planning Board since 2008. As President of CACC, he's been a leading advocate for a number of City ordinances and procedures that have improved the quality of life in the College Area. These include the Administrative Citation procedures that allow police to issue fines of up to $1,000 on residents and owners of houses that are having loud parties; the Residential High Occupancy Permit ordinance that requires permits for houses with six or more unrelated occupants; and the Rooming House Ordinance which prohibits rental of single family homes to separate tenants with multiple leases. Wearing his Planning Board hat, Doug has overseen the review of a number of multi-family housing projects in the area, designed to take the pressure of the burgeoning SDSU student population off single family neighborhoods. To say he'll be missed is an understatement.

During this time of transition for CACC, the Board needs your support more than ever. Please consider running for one of the three vacant seats on the Board, or serving on one of the committees that do the hard work of keeping the College Area a great place to live.

As for Doug Case, we wish him the best as he moves on to face new challenges in his career and in the many volunteer activities in which he continues to participate.

In Memory of Don Eidemiller

1920-2013

Give Your Input on the  

Tubman School Joint Use Park Plans

This project proposes the design and construction of approximately 1.2 acre joint use facilities at Tubman Charter School. Improvements include a multi-purpose sports field, multi-purpose hardcourts, and may include walkways, landscaping and accessibility upgrades. Members of the public are invited to share ideas for the proposed neighborhood park and have the opportunity to review and comment on park amenities and design elements that should be considered.  

For information, contact Alexandra Corsi, Project Manager, 619-533-4644, acorsimorgan@sandiego.gov

Click here for a copy of the public notice 

UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS

Explore SDSU Open House

Saturday, March 23

9 am - 2 pm

Info: explore.sdsu.edu   

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Rolando Street Fair

Sunday, March 24

10 am - 6 pm

Info: www.rolandocommunitycouncil.org   

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College Neighborhoods Foundation

2013 Home Tour  

Featuring El Cerrito

Saturday, April 6

Info: Sandi Buehner, 619-462-1059

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Sunday, April 14

11 am - 3 pm

Info: www.collegeareabid.com