CCDC News Digest
Centre City Development Corporation’s (CCDC)
Annual Board Meeting and Regular Board Meeting
January 25, 2012
The following summarizes Wednesday’s Annual Board meeting:
CCDC Board elects Officers
With a unanimous vote, the CCDC Board of Directors elected the following slate of officers: Chair, Kim John Kilkenny; Vice Chair, Bill Shaw; Treasurer, Donna Jones; Secretary, Steven Relyea. Details on the Annual Election of Officers and information on Appointments to Corporation Committees or Appointments of Corporation Committee Chairs can be found by clicking on item descriptions.
The following summarizes Wednesday’s Regular Board meeting:
Board approves design of Fat City Lofts project; Recommends Denial of Land-Use Permits
The Board voted 6-0 with two abstentions (Chair Kilkenny and Secretary Relyea) to grant design review approval, based on architecture and urban design, for the Fat City Lofts project, a proposed mixed-use project development on the block bounded by Pacific Highway, California and Hawthorne streets, and a vacated portion of Ivy Street. The proposed project would include 232 apartments, 4,485 square feet of ground floor retail space and 294 parking spaces.
The project also requires approval of a Coastal Development Permit and Centre City Development Permit by CCDC Board Chairman Kim Kilkenny. Due to the residential project’s location in close proximity to the Solar Turbine’s industrial complex, CCDC staff recommended denial of the permits based on the project’s inconsistency with policies of 1992 Centre City Community Plan and the City of San Diego’s General Plan Economic Prosperity Element that seek to avoid land use incompatibility and protect base sector industrial uses.
In a subsequent vote, a motion to recommend approval of the Centre City Development Permit and Coastal Development Permit failed by a 2-4 vote (Directors Black and Oncina in favor; Vice Chair Shaw, Treasurer Jones and Directors Morgan and Gattas opposed) and with two abstentions (Chair Kilkenny and Secretary Relyea). The Board did not make an official recommendation on this matter, as no further motions were made or votes taken. The decision on the land use permits will be made by acting president Kilkenny, whose decision is appealable to the San Diego Planning Commission. Click here to read staff report for Item #10.
Board Grants Design Review Approval for Residential Mixed-Use Project at 11th & Broadway
The Board granted Design Review approval of two-phased residential mixed-use project by Pinnacle International, Inc. on a 40,000 square-foot block bounded by Broadway, E Street, Eleventh Avenue and Park Boulevard in the East Village. The Project consists of two towers (31 and 32 stories) comprised of 623 residential units (40 affordable units), indoor and outdoor amenity space, approximately 9,700 square feet of street-level retail space, and 644 parking spaces.
The Project also requires approval of a Site Development Permit for the proposed demolition of the Hamilton Apartments (HRB Site No.727). The Board recommended that the Planning Commission approve SDP, subject to conditions. Public hearings for consideration of the SDP will take place before the Historical Resources Board and Planning Commission in February/March, 2012. Click here to read staff report for Item #8.
Board Hears Informational Item on Connections Housing
The Board heard an informational item on the construction status of Connections Housing, the permanent homeless housing and services center to be located at the former World Trade Center building at 1250 Sixth Avenue in downtown San Diego. Virtually every resource an individual needs to break the cycle of homelessness will be available on-site, including 73 permanent supportive housing units (2 manager units), 16 special needs single room occupancy units, 134 interim housing beds, a one-stop social service center and a community health clinic. Boardmembers and meeting attendees were invited to attend the Connections Housing Construction Kickoff on Thursday, January 26 at 10:00 a.m..
To read staff reports for all items, please visit www.ccdc.com and click on the January 25, 2012 Board Meeting on the calendar in the Meetings and Events section.
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CCDC is the public, nonprofit corporation created by the City of San Diego in 1975 to staff, plan and implement downtown's redevelopment on behalf of the City's Redevelopment Agency. CCDC offices are located in the Wells Fargo Plaza Building, 401 B Street, Suite 400, in downtown San Diego.
