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VOLUME 28 NUMBER 3
Torrey Hills planning board wants Ocean Air speed limit lowered BY KAREN BILLING In December, the speed limit on a portion of East Ocean Air Drive in Torrey Hills was increased from 30 to 40 miles per hour. The Torrey Hills Community Planning Board voted 7-1, with one abstention, at its Jan. 17 meeting to request the city reduce the speed limit down to 35 miles per hour. The speed limit is currently posted 40 mph from the Carmel Mountain Road intersection at the Vons shopping center, up the hill and down to the stop sign at Senda Acuario, where the speed limit drops down again as it nears Torrey Hills School. The change was prompted after a survey of the street found that 85 percent of drivers were going 39.9 miles per hour and the limit was modified to comply with state law. Board member Kim Walker said it seemed strange that the city would change the speed limit because a majority were speeding. Due to a planning mixup, the planning board was scheduled to weigh in on the speed limit increase but never had the opportunity. Board member Suzanne Hall took an informal poll of neighbors and found them to be 9 to 1 in favor of keeping the speed limit lower. She said neighbors were concerned as many people are walking on the street to the school, shopping center or trails and there is currently no crosswalk to get across
Jan. 19, 2012
TV Writers Vault: a strong showing Producers searching for ideas head to CV resident’s website BY JOE TASH Somewhere in America, an idea for the next hit reality television show is hatching in someone’s brain, and Scott Manville wants to bring it to life. Six years ago, the Carmel Valley resident launched The TV Writers Vault, a website (www. tvwritersvault.com) where anyone with an idea for a new tele-
vision show can catch the attention of television executives with the power to bring such concepts into reality. Over the past 18 months, Manville said, the site has caught fire, with traffic tripling. Two reality shows, one in Canada and one in the United States, have made it to the airwaves after being pitched originally on
The TV Writers Vault, he said. “What I like about our site is a housewife in Missouri can pitch an idea and a producer who produces “American Idol” can like it and produce it,” said Manville. “It’s truly a wideopen door to buyers of ideas for shows. It’s all about the idea.” See WRITERS, Page 6
Cure for Cancer Cup
Above, Bill Roberts, Lori Beeken and Lucy, in front, and Amanda and Shawn Lee, with Trevor and Ryan, take in the Cure for Cancer Cup, a recent soccer match between Canyon Crest Academy and Cathedral Catholic, left. The event raised funds and awareness for breast cancer research. For more, see page B18.
See SPEED, Page 6
PHOTOS: ROB MCKENZIE
Scott and Jessica Manville with their twins Chance and Chelsea.
Torrey Hills planning board seeks help in expediting beautification project BY KAREN BILLING The Torrey Hills Community Planning Board made a plea Jan. 17 to visiting District 1 Councilmember Sherri Lightner to help expedite a beautification project for a Torrey Hills neighborhood that appears to be “stuck in bureaucracy.” Planning board member Brad Fagan said the plan to beautify the one area of Torrey Hills that’s “basically a blight” — a 200-foot SDG&E easement under a larger power pole and lines at the crest of East Ocean Air Drive — was submitted last August for approval.
“I wanted everyone to know it’s going extremely slow,” Fagan said. “There are city conditions we have to meet and some of those conditions don’t seem to be real reasonable.” Board chair Kathryn Burton echoed Fagan’s request. “I’d appreciate some quick follow through,” Burton told Lightner. “It’s really important for the beautification of our community.” Lightner said she would work on getting the project moving faster. The proposed greenbelt faces a row of houses and is edged by the Los PenasquiSee PROJECT, Page 6
Look for DM school board coverage on the Carmel Valley News web site The Jan. 18 Del Mar Union School District meeting was held just after this week’s newspaper went to press. Coverage of that meeting will be posted on the Carmel Valley News web site (www.delmartimes.net) by 5 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 19. Also look for the story in next week’s newspaper, out Jan. 26.
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