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March 23 City Council Agenda Summary: Five-Year Redevelopment Plan

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Below is a summary of what is due to occur at this week's Council meeting. Santee Patch regularly reports on Council meetings, so check back on Wednesday night for the lowdown on the meeting.

The next begins Wed., March 23, 2011:

Invocation: Dr. Gwen Cooper, US West Falun Dafa

Presentations:

  • Rocognition of Santana and West Hills High Schools Academic Leagues for taking and place, respectively, in the GUHSD Academic League this year.
  • Recognition of appreciation to Jay Renard, who has been photographing Santee events since 2008 as a member of SPARC and teaching photography to the community through the City'sPark and Rec program.

Public Hearing:

  • Second reading of local , to be adopted Jan. 12, 2011, relating to fire sprinkler systems.
  • Public hearing approving transfer of the new at Olive Lane and Via Zapador, now known as the Forester Square Apartment Project, to the City's Community Development Commission, essentially moving the project forward.

New Business: Informational report on factors impacting the FY 2011-12 and 2012-13 City operating budget. Santee Patch will be analyzing this report and closely covering budget matters.

Community Development Commission:

  • Every five years the City's Redevelopment Agency must come up with a new Five-Year Redevelopment Implementation Plan, outlining the vision of the for the future. The full five-year plan can be seen in the media box. A public hearing will be held, and the Council will likely approve of the plan, which doesn't actually approve of any projects, it simply firms in place the agency's plans for the next five years.

If you want to publicly comment on any topic, fill out a speaker slip at the beginning of the meeting.

For more detailed information see the full council agenda in the media box or download here.

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Steven Bartholow (Editor) May 24, 2013 at 08:39 am
I believe the Edgmoor Community Garden is no longer operating. There has been some discussion ofRead More starting a new one somewhere else in the city, but I don't think that has happened yet. I'll check with some of my contacts and see if I can post info for those interested in taking part in a new garden. If you find out more, please post info here. (http://santee.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/join-edgemoore-in-growing-a-community-garden).
Mary May 25, 2013 at 08:12 pm
@komfort - I see you are still unable to form your own thoughts into a cohesive opinion since youRead More are linking to your right wing-nut sources again. I guess you think that people that leak classified information to the press should be protected under the whistleblower laws. I’m certainly glad you aren’t a Govt employee with a security clearance because Julian Assange would have you working for him.
Doug Curlee May 23, 2013 at 12:18 pm
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Mayor Randy Voepel May 23, 2013 at 11:59 am
That section is Cal-Trans and they run that intersection. Also the area next to the intersectionRead More where a runaway feature could be installed, belongs to the City of San Diego not Santee. Santee has asked for various mitigations and Cal-Trans has only responded with more "rumble strips". Very frustrating to everybody in Santee Sluggo including this Mayor.
Fotis Tsimboukakis May 21, 2013 at 03:56 pm
I think the communities, Santee here, should band together and raise that money for schoolRead More supplies,instead of the teachers. I for one would throw in the first $100. I think between the residents and the local businesses we could raise the $10,000 to $15,000 that I am guessing would be needed. In Scripps Ranch, where both my kids attended school, the parents banded together and covered a HALF A MILLION shortfall in no time about 9 years ago during the cuts. And you don't have to have kids in school now to contribute. I don't anymore,BUT GOOD PUBLIC education with the right tools BENEFITS ALL AND THE FUTURE OF AMERICA MOST OF ALL. So I am first.
Steven Bartholow (Editor) May 16, 2013 at 03:53 pm
Thanks for posting this. I also added this to our events list. In the future I suggest posting anRead More announcement and event for maximum exposure- http://santee.patch.com/posts/event/new Good luck with the fundraiser!
RainWaterSystems May 17, 2013 at 10:58 am
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Steven Bartholow (Editor) May 16, 2013 at 10:34 am
Anyone else recommend a Santee family owned business that's outside the city?
Steven Bartholow (Editor) May 20, 2013 at 02:31 pm
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Retha Knight May 17, 2013 at 11:05 pm
Where do you type what you want to view, like "Quail Brush"?
Steven Bartholow (Editor) May 17, 2013 at 10:01 am
No drop down menus, just click the header links for more options. For story categories click newsRead More and look on the left hand column. I know the redesign will take a bit to get used to, but I really think it will be a better site for community engagement, and easier to use. Feel free to post your feedback to the redesign on the boards, I'll check it out and respond, but you might also send your feedback straight to Patch headquarters with this form- http://feedback.aol.com/rs/rs.php?sid=patch Engineers will be furiously tweeking the new site based on your suggestions.
Mike Walker April 23, 2013 at 01:20 pm
this is why the battlefield has changed temporarily from the political arena to the Energy Arena.Read More Co Gen Tricks and the usual suspects are making their big money bet on two inevitable facts that will force the hand of the CPUC and CEC to place a new gas power plant somewhere in the area. 1) the Electric Vehicle Mandate. 2) voltage support (power factor) needed by the industrial wind and solar farms in the desert. There is more to what meets the eye with the aggressive push by the usual suspects to cover our open spaces in the East County with these poorly sited RE projects. More wind and solar farms means more gas power plants. There is only one way to fight the destruction of our open spaces, and that is with roof top solar, conservation, energy efficiency and community owned energy districts. The fisrt thing that needs to be done is the City of Santee exempt residential scale PV installs from needing a building permit. Australia, Germany and the State of Vermont do not require a Building Permit to install PV.
Retha Knight April 23, 2013 at 03:48 am
Well said Stephen! Knowledge is TRULY power! The fight is not over! Cogentrix is just onceRead More again playing their wait, wait, wait game in the public eye and playing their lobbying game behind closed doors.
just my opinion April 22, 2013 at 01:04 am
Stephen, well said!!!!!