The Coast News, June 14, 2019

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By Aaron Burgin

ENCINITAS — In 2011, Bob Gattinella took on one of the moreTHE unenviable rebuilding jobs, takVISTA ing the helm of the embattled EncinitasNEWS Chamber of Commerce as its executive director. The Chamber had been mired in controversy and books were deep in the red. A 2009 column in the San Diego U n i o RANCHO n -Tr i bune SFNEWS had the headline “Get a load of chamber follies in Encinitas,” an Bob & Mimi indication of Gattinella the dysfunction surrounding the business-advocacy organization. Nine years later, Gattinella, 67, and his wife Mimi, the chamber’s director of operations, are retiring from their respective positions after spearheading a remarkable turnaround that sees the Chamber of Commerce both restored in reputation and financial footing. “Under Bob’s direction, the chamber has become a leader in advocating for and providing vital resources to the business community,” said Alex Meade, the chairman of the chamber’s board. “The chamber and business community cannot thank Bob and Mimi enough for their endless passion and willingness to give back in an

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BLIND STOKERS PEDAL ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY

JEFF GEMAR, tandem pilot, and stoker Lex Gillette, a Paralympic Games medalist, ride across the Coronado Bay Bridge during the Blind Stokers Club’s Bike the Bay. The organization’s next event, Cycling for Sight, is June 29-30 in San Marcos and will benefit the San Diego Center for the Blind. Members of public are invited to ride. SEE STORY ON B1. Photo courtesy of Dave White/BSC

SANDAG releases employment data as part of transit push SANDAG Executive Director Hasan Ikhrata has announced a mass transit plan, 5 Big Moves, that has generated both praise and strong criticism from county officials. Courtesy photo

By Steve Horn

REGION — At its June 7 meeting, the San Diego Association of Governments Regional Planning Committee released new employment centers data as part of the roll-out of the framework of its “5 Big Moves” mass transit proposal. The new data maps out the locations of county jobs centers, as well as the mean number of miles people drive to and from work in those areas, their mode of transportation, number of employees in those respec-

tive districts, among many other things. The mapping out of the data will serve as one of the bases for SANDAG’s mass policy proposal set for release later in 2019, SANDAG Executive Director Hasan Ikhrata said at the meeting. In North County, the SANDAG proposal has come under opposition by conservative elected officials due to its emphasis on public transit over highway expansion. Road and freeway im-

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provements were initially promised to area voters by SANDAG after Proposition A passed in 2004. The plan extended the half-cent sales tax through the year 2048, depositing funds into the TransNet account. Ikhrata, in discussing the research conducted by SANDAG at the meeting, said that the data “constitutes the basis” for the broader mass transit plan. And he addressed his critTURN TO SANDAG ON A7

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