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Liz Swain April 1, 2013 @ 3:30 p.m.
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More from the Allied Gardens Community Council Town Hall: Edward H: Thanks for posting the link to my story. I was about to post it, but my laptop has been very sluggish today. At the March 26 Allied Gardens Community Council Town Hall, a panel moderated by Andrew Keats, Voice of San Diego land-use reporter, discussed issues related to updating the 1982 Navajo community plan. Here's more of what was discussed: "Stop putting zoning in your community plan," advised Howard Blackson III, a principal and director of planning for PlaceMakers, LLC. Referring to the designation of 14 dwelling units per acre, he asked, "Is it a townhouse? A garden apartment? It could be a three-story tower. The character of the place is what matters." The Navajo Community Plan covers Allied Gardens, Grantville, San Carlos, and Del Cerro. Navajo Community Planners, Inc. (NCPI) makes planning recommendations for the area. Stephen Hasse, former NCPI chair and current San Diego planning commissioner, said "you can opt for no change" such as deciding that single-family homes in Allied Gardens, San Carlos and Del Cerro shouldn't be bulldozed for apartments. However, another alternative was to locate apartments at a shopping center site, he said. In a March 27 interview, council president and current NCPI chair Anthony Wagner said, "The Navajo Community Planners must share the responsibility for shaping our community’s development infrastructure -- taking into account current economics, the demand for growth in housing, and community sentiment. This newfound attention to our work demands that our community be provided with a real voice and allowed meaningful discussion and input to determine how our community will grow in the future. Call it a blueprint for success – ours and potential developers."
bog April 2, 2013 @ 4:09 p.m.
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Please bulldozer my house and 8 more,the only left along Mission Gorge Rd. We are already living by 3 line "highway".Soon we will get 4-5 story buildings across the street. Will it be better or worst for us? Maybe somebody is willing to trade places.
EdwardH April 1, 2013 @ 3:02 p.m.
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Allied Gardens to re-make itself, but how?
About 50 people attended the March 26 Allied Gardens Community Council Town Hall meeting where a panel discussed issues related to updating the 1982 Navajo Community Plan, a document focused on the neighborhoods of Allied Gardens, Grantville, San Carlos, and Del Cerro.
Michael Stepner, author of the City of San Diego's original community plans and a professor at the NewSchool of Architecture & Design, said Navajo in the 1980s was "one of the fastest growing communities in the city." There was building on vacant land and in the already established communities of Grantville and Allied Gardens, he said.
A critical issue was development proposed on Cowles Mountain, then known as S Mountain because of the white "S" painted there to represent SDSU.... land including Cowles Mountain was preserved in Mission Trails Regional Park.
Stepner told the group, "You need to have that consensus and support."
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Allied Gardens panel