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Buddhist Mother’s Day
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Pure Water San Diego North City Update The City of San Diego is moving forward with Pure Water San Diego, a phased, multi-year program that will provide one-third of San Diego’s water supply locally by 2035. Multiple Pure Water facilities will be constructed throughout San Diego in phases. The first phase of the Pure Water Program is located in the North City area and includes a new Pure Water Facility across the street from the existing North City
Water Reclamation Plant on Eastgate Mall. To convey additional wastewater supplies to North City for purification, a new pump station is proposed to be constructed at Sherman Street and Custer Street, along with two proposed 11-mile-long wastewater pipelines through Clairemont and University City. Improvements will also be made to the water distribution system on a segment SEE Pure Water, page 6
Changes Approved to Local Bus Service: Routes 44, 50 & 105
The Happy Buddha greets all visitors to Chua Dinh Thanh Temple for đại lễ vu lan (the great Mother’s Day feast)
by Bill Swank
In early June, while taking pictures of the southbound bike lane on Clairemont Drive for a previous column, a car pulled to the curb and parked. A woman carrying flowers stepped out of
the vehicle and we greeted one another. The woman, Nhu Van, was going to the Chua Dinh Thanh Buddhist Temple at the corner of Gila Avenue. She graciously invited me to join her. Over the years, I had passed SEE Buddhist Mother’s Day, page 8
The MTS Board of Directors held a Public Hearing on July 20, 2017 to obtain public testimony on the proposals. The Board considered the input of 49 speakers and more than 200 comments received via email, mail and voicemails. Board members provided feedback and direction to staff on the various proposals. Following the Public Hearing, MTS finalized the initial proposals into recommendations for changes to approximately 60 routes. These proposals were presented at the
MTS Board of Directors meeting on September 21, 2017, and the MTS Board voted unanimously to accept the Transit Optimization Plan proposals, as specified below. MTS will implement TOP changes in phases, beginning in January 2018. Route 44 The northern end of Route 44 would be realigned on Clairemont Mesa Blvd. to serve east of Convoy SEE Local Bus Service, page 6