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LJTODAY.COM | VOLUME 18, NUMBER 15
SEAL SAGA CONTINUES
Stench may be ebbing but battle brews again over seal-pupping barrier
By DAVE SCHWAB
RESTROOM REDUX
Though foul smells at the Cove emanating from sea lion and bird droppings appears to have abated, the City Council is preparing to grapple Feb. 24 with another pinniped matter — the divisive issue of whether to prohibit public access to Children’s Pool Beach during harbor-seal pupping season. Reports from lifeguards, District 1 City Councilwoman Sherri Lightner’s office and the La Jolla Village Merchants Association (LJVMA) indicate the problem with persistent foul smells from the Cove has subsided — at least for now. However, it’s difficult to determine if that change can be attributed to a new weeks-old city policy allowing humans out
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GOING, GOING, ALMOST GONE Crews worked to demolish the old northern bathroom, changing area and shower facility at La Jolla Shores recently. A more modern facility is being planned at the site to replace it. A newer facility at the southern end of Kellogg Park is still open to pick up any extra needs for beachgoers. At right, a worker puts his back into the project at hand. DON BALCH
STINKY SITUATION The Cove stench from seal and bird droppings that has plagued some visitors and nearby business owners for some time may have dissipated because of natural tidal flushing or the city’s recent decision to allow humans to encroach onto the bluffs — perhaps even both. COURTESY PHOTO
LJCPA rejects Hillel EIR report as deficient
LAJOLLA TODAY
PROJECT TURNED AWAY Local planners rejected a draft environmental impact report for the proposed Hillel Jewish Student Center at this triangular parcel across from UCSD adjoining a single-family subdivision at the intersection of La Jolla Village Drive, La Jolla Village Drive North and La Jolla Scenic Way. DAVE SCHWAB
By DAVE SCHWAB
Community planners cast a thumbs-down vote to plans which would lay the groundwork for redeveloping an estate-size parcel on Country Club Drive, as well as nixing a revised draft environmental impact report (EIR) for the controversial Hillel Jewish Student Center project, labeling it as deficient. Those were the highlights of the Feb. 6 meeting of La Jolla Community Planning Association (LJCPA). The advisory group makes land-use recommendations to the city. La Jolla architect Jim Alcorn and Greg Shannon of Sedona Pacific Corporation presented plans to subdivide a 25-acre site, known as The Reserve, at 6850 Country Club Drive. The property is Copley Press’s sole remaining asset. Developers want it broken down into three separate
Members of the La Jolla Shores Association (LJSA) addressed a range of issues during their February meeting, including kayak concessionaires and changing regulations governing them, optical problems with the Shores’ lifeguard and rules regulating commercial vehicles parked in residential neighborhoods. The city advisory group heard from lifeguards that a solution is in the works for problems arising from tinted glass in their new lifeguard tower.
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Shores Assoc. tackles kayak concessionaire issues By DAVE SCHWAB
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