Feb. 16, 2012 Published Weekly Volume XVII, Issue 4
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One Paseo meeting draws overflow crowd •Variety of strong opinions voiced
■ CV now home to well-traveled canine ambassador. See page 8
BY KAREN BILLING Everyone has a passionate opinion on Kilroy’s proposed mixed-use development One Paseo in Carmel Valley — even new San Diego Mayor Bob Filner. The proposed One Paseo project would be located at Del Mar Heights Rd. and El Camino Real, across from the Del Mar Highlands Town Center (just south of Rancho Santa Fe). Filner stopped by the Carmel Valley Community Planning Board’s (CVCPB) overflow crowd of more than 400 people at Canyon Crest Academy on Jan. 24 to state his opposition to One Paseo. Filner said that Kilroy’s re-
quest to build larger than the 500,000 square feet they are entitled to amounted to breaking the contract agreement of the community plan. “I don’t understand how anyone starts off with four times what the community plan says. I don’t know how you start with that,” Filner said. “It’s now reduced to 1.4 million, so now it’s three times what the plan says…I think this is an incredible expansion of what the community had in mind and I don’t see any reason to reform the contract that we had in See PASEO, Page 6
A large crowd turned out for Carmel Valley Community Planning Board’s meeting on One Paseo on Jan. 24. PHOTO/KAREN BILLING
TVIA at Lomas Santa Fe Country Club
■ Canyon Crest Academy recently held its Quest Poster Night. See page B6
Clare Sturtevant, guest speaker Dr. Lisa Boesky, TVIA President Katherine Foster and Donna Walker enjoy the recent Teen Volunteers in Action parent luncheon at the Lomas Santa Fe Country Club. See page B21. PHOTO/JON CLARK
Parking opens on 101; construction in SB continues ahead of schedule Locals may see roadway inconveniences Feb. 4 ■ Former NFL player helps start football training academy. Page B1
BY CLAIRE HARLIN Parking is slowly opening back up along Highway 101 in Solana Beach, and contractors are still committing to wrapping up the entire Westside Improvement Project before the San Diego County Fair opens on June 8, city officials said on Jan. 23 That culmination date is four months ahead of the scheduled October completion, said city manager David Ott, adding that the contractor recommitted to a rain-or-
shine June completion during a public town hall meeting on Jan. 23. For the next few weeks, traffic will remain in one lane heading southbound on Highway 101 while northbound will remain two lanes. The diagonal parking that is now open is a new feature for the 101 and is only temporarily striped at locations with no active construction planned until the end of the See 101, Page 20
DMUSD grapples with how to finance needed technology BY KAREN BILLING At the Del Mar Union School District’s Jan. 23 meeting, the board heard an update on how students are using technology in the classroom in a purposeful and meaningful way, as well as the challenges the district faces in getting devices into the hands of every student. Shelley Peterson, assistant superintendent of instructional services, and Mike Casey, director of technology, aim to ensure that every student uses technology to develop 21st century skills within a safe and se-
cure digital environment. A big key is also professional development to ensure teachers are fluent and able to integrate the curriculum successfully. “Rather than teachers thinking of technology and what I teach, it’s thinking what I teach and using technology to make it happen in an exciting way that speaks to the children,” Peterson said. “We’re now speaking the student’s language. This is the way they know to communicate with each other and they do it well.” See TECHNOLOGY, Page 7
Del Mar looking into creating its own police force BY CLAIRE HARLIN Establishing its own police department may be a feasible option for Del Mar, but according to a city finance committee report, it’ll cost at least $1.5 million to get off the ground — and City Council members say that sounds like a low estimate. “The better service you want the more you’re going to have to pay for it and none of it’s cheap,” Councilman Don Mosier said. Only moments before unanimously renewing a five-year contract with San Diego County for Sheriff services, the Del Mar City
Council on Jan. 28 approved soliciting consultants to conduct an estimated $20,000 initial study on creating an in-house police department. The effort to possibly break away from the county’s law enforcement arm follows a recommendation from the finance committee, which was asked by the council to review Del Mar’s options after its contract with the county expired in June 2011. Del Mar will pay more than $1.76 million in law enforcement services for 2012-2013 — a contract See POLICE, Page 22