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VOL. 31, N0. 43
NOV. 3, 2017
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Plans for Highway .com 101 parcel THE revealed VISTA
By Bianca Kaplanek
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By Bianca Kaplanek
DEL MAR — Nearly a year after voters approved a 1 percent sales tax hike, council members at an Oct. 23 special meeting committed to initially spend the extra money on utility undergrounding, downtown streetscape improvements and developing Shores Park. The projects were approved in two unanimous votes, although funds for the latter two will not be needed immediately. Councilman Dwight Worden made the motion to endorse undergrounding, but said authorizing the other projects “isn’t exactly the way I would do it.” He wanted to seek public input before moving forward with them. “The ballot measure did not approve the three projects,” he said, adding that without asking the community if those are their preferences, “we’re making the decision ... without public input to firm that up.”
SOLANA NEWS BEACH — A local developer is planning to transform a somewhat blighted vacant lot on Coast Highway 101 into a mixedused project, the second such attempt in less than three years. Encinitas-based Zephyr Partners acquired the 1.9-acre parcel between DahliaRANCHO Drive and South Sierra Avenue in April 2016 SFNEWS from American Assets Trust, which proposed a three-story complex with 31 residential units, a two-level below-grade garage, and restaurant, office and retail space that included a market. American Assets then listed the property for sale in December 2015, about nine months after its project failed to receive approval from the city’s View Assessment Commission when two residents said it would block their east-facing views. “We had the benefit of listening to what the people said about the previous project, as well as the development at the train station,” said Ryan Herrell, vice president of urban development for Zephyr. “So we were able to start from a different perspective. We knew what wasn’t going to work for the community.” Solana 101, as it’s being called, will include 25 rental units, about 16,400 square feet of commercial,
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Breeders’ Cup makes Del Mar debut ABOVE: Encumbered walks the paddock after morning workouts on Oct. 31 in preparation for the two-day Breeders’ Cup today and tomorrow. Del Mar is hosting the 34th edition of the season-ending competition for the first time. More photos on Page A17. Photo by Alex Evers STORY ON PAGE B1: Things got off to a running start last weekend with the Jake’s Del Mar 35th annual Beach Fun Run, featuring actress and Breeders’ Cup ambassador Bo Derek.
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Surfing Madonna Run poised to enter Guinness Book of World Records By Aaron Burgin
Organizers of Surfing Madonna Run have called the race “the world's largest beach run” the past two years. Now, in its fifth year, with just under 5,000 people expected to sign up for the race, the popular beach 5K/10K/15K run could become officially the largest race run on sand — desert, beach, or playground.
A judge from Guinness Book of World Records, which documents all records large, small and quirky, will be on hand at Moonlight Beach on Nov. 5 to determine if the fifth Surfing Madonna Run indeed sets the record. Race organizers are excited and confident that it will happen. “I think we’ve absolutely got it,” said Bob Nichols, founder and CEO of the Surfing Ma-
donna Oceans Project, the nonprofit that hosts the race. “We are pretty excited.” The confidence is well placed: Largest sand race is a new record category that Surfing Madonna sought to create. In order to create the category, Surfing Madonna representatives had to complete an TURN TO RECORD ON A22
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