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www.SDNEWS.com Volume 27, Number 17
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2013
San Diego Community Newspaper Group
Planners renew permit for police trailer near OB pier — for now BY TONY DE GARATE | THE BEACON
Now that Lindbergh Field’s “Green Build” at Terminal 2 has been completed, passengers can enjoy many new amenities, streamlined security and arrival/departure features and 10 additional gates to alleviate congestion. Among the benefits are views like this of the new Sunset Cove concessions area with the downtown skyline in the background. Photos courtesy San Diego International Airport
Many seem to agree that an office trailer smack-dab in the middle of the pier parking lot is not the ideal place for a police presence in Ocean Beach. But the fact remains that the trailer rented out by local business owners for use as a mini-police station has been sitting right there at the foot of Newport Avenue for 14 years — all the while without a permit. The Ocean Beach Planning Board (OBPB), for the second time this year, has voted to allow police to keep the trailer in place, but only until a “more suitable” location becomes available. Planners further stipulated in a 10-1 vote Aug. 7 that the permit expire five years after its issuance. The matter came before the OBPB because the state California Coastal Commission last year rejected the city’s claim that the trailer was temporary and determined it needed to have a coastal development permit or be moved. The OBPB, like the other 40-plus neighborhood planning groups in the city, makes recommendations on permits and other matters having to do with land use and quality-of-life issues. SEE TRAILER, Page 7
Lindbergh’s ‘Green Build’ facelift greeted with fanfare, raves BY DAVE SCHWAB | THE BEACON
tional Airport and address the region’s long-term air-transportahe newly opened 445,000- tion needs. square-foot expansion of TerTerminal 2’s expansion is a minal 2 at Lindbergh Field is major milestone in the history of green, lean and serene, offering the Lindbergh Field, which dates back very latest environmental, high- to 1928. tech and architectural advance“It’s the largest project the airments. port has ever undertaken — and The airport expansion has been delivered — to the community,” dubbed “The Green Build” by the noted Gleason. San Diego County Regional AirLooking at the larger picture, port Authority because of its Gleason said Terminal 2’s expancommitment to environmental sion is “just one step on our congoals — low-water landscaping, tinuous journey.” That journey, reduced electricity, natural lighthe said, is “part of the renewed ing and recycled materials. The focus on developing San Diego Airport Authority is applying for International Airport in a way a Leadership in Energy and Envithat will continue to meet the ronmental Design (LEED) certifidemands of the traveling public cation from the U.S. Green Buildand our airline partners for many ing Council, the gold standard for years to come.” environmentally conscious conThe expanded Terminal 2 struction. includes: 10 new gates, adding “What this demonstrates is that roughly 50 flights per day; sepayou can create a project that is rate dedicated drop-off lanes for customer-focused, financially departing and arriving passengers; responsible, supports the regional “smart curb” services that allow economy and is sustainable,” said passengers to check in, print boardRobert H. Gleason, chairman of ing passes, check baggage and view the nine-member Airport Author- gate information from outside the ity board. terminal; more security lanes to The Airport Authority is an improve flow of passengers and cut independent agency created in down on wait times; and fully auto2003 to manage the day-to-day SEE LINDBERGH, Page 6 operations of San Diego Interna-
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The airport’s new look features skysails over the new elevated departure road that separates incoming and outgoing traffic patterns.
The overhaul of Terminal 2 includes new curbside kiosks and self-serve kiosks that allow air travelers to print boarding passes, check baggage and view gate information.
The Ocean Beach MainStreet Association has launched a fun, new fundraising board game called “Ocean Beach-opoly” akin to the Monopoly game, but featuring OB businesses and organizations.
OBMA’s ‘Ocean Beach-opoly’ board game idea catches fire BY DAVE SCHWAB | THE BEACON Soon, board game-loving Obecians and guests will be able to “pass go, collect $200” and land on a rental property space inhabited by Winston’s Beach Club, The Black, Dog Beach Dog Wash and many others. The first batch of 1,000 Monopoly-like board games called “Ocean Beach-opoly” — which are actual board-game size — will be available for purchase from the Ocean Beach MainStreet Association (OBMA) as a fundraiser in November. On Aug. 15, the OBMA launched first-come, first-serve reservations for board spaces and other promotional components of the game, and the local business response was overSEE BOARD GAME, Page 5
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