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city council doesn’t need to approve it. When turned back on, will the decorative
fence come down as well? “Me, personally, I’d like the fence to come down. The fountain is piece of artwork,” said Skaggs Lawrence. KEN HARRISON
DEL MAR Pricy turf, costly asphalt Coastal commission concerned $3/hour parking too steep The cost of parking where the surf meets the turf (at Del Mar) is going to go up later this year, but the question of how much is still up in the air. The city asked the California Coastal Commission to authorize an increase from $1.50 per hour to $3 per hour for 392 beach parking spaces, some of which are also used by people attending events at the Del Mar Fairgrounds who don’t want to pay the $10 to $20 parking fee. Repeated attempts to contact the fair-
grounds spokeswoman to get specific fees did not garner a response. The commission staff thinks the proposed fees are too high for people to pay for access
to public beaches and has recommended reduced parking fees of $2 per hour for prime beach parking. The parking-fee scheme is complicated.
Rates would vary from $3 per hour and a $15-per-day maximum during peak sea- son — May through September, holidays, special events, and the autumn horse-racing season; the rest of the time, Del Mar wants to collect $2 per hour. “We recently added about 160 parking
spaces in the north part of that area,” said Jon Terwilliger, a senior management analyst for the city. “We added a sidewalk at what every- body calls the dog beach and added parking on the east side of Camino del Mar.” The city will have to add 11 more pay
machines for the new pay-parking on Border Avenue, Camino del Mar, Via de la Valle, 29th and 17th streets, and Coast Boulevard. “We think what we proposed is fair
because it’s the revenue we need to provide services at the beach, for lifeguards, capital improvements, beach maintenance and clean- up, sheriffs, and fire services,” Terwilliger said. The coastal commission staff doesn’t
dispute the costs. Their concern is that, with a $15/day maximum for beach park- ing, the public’s access to the beach — particularly poorer people who can’t
afford those fees — will be reduced. Only one California beach — Corona del Mar in Orange County — has permission to charge more than $2 per hour, and beachgoers there can expect to pay $4 per hour on summer weekends, according to a commission report. But for street parking in Del Mar, the com-
mission recommends limiting costs to a high of $2 per hour, with off-season rates of $1 per hour. The city says that the higher fees will encourage more turnover in the spaces, which means more people can have access. And, the city believes the higher fees will keep those penny-pinching fairgrounds patrons from taking up street parking.
MARTY GRAHAM NORTH PARK
Groundbreaking: apartments for LGBT seniors Completion targeted for December 2017 A large crowd gathered at the northwest cor- ner of Texas Street and Howard Avenue on July 13 for a groundbreaking ceremony mark- ing construction of affordable apartments for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender seniors. The housing project, by law, is open to
all seniors regardless of sexual orientation, but it’s meant to house LGBT seniors who don’t always feel comfortable at the usual
affordable senior apartments in San Diego County. The $28 million North Park Senior Apartments is a collaborative project by the nonprofit Community HousingWorks and the San Diego LGBT Community Center (aka The Center) in Hillcrest. Dr. Delores Jacobs, CEO of The Center,
spoke to the crowd assembled under a tem- porary tent. “It is absolutely our privilege and pleasure to partner on this project and watch it begin to come to fruition,” she said. “I realize we’re standing in a parking lot, but we know, 18 months to two years from now, what hope is going to look like.” Robert Bettinger, a gay senior, age 87,
said, “It’s exciting The Center will take care of the social services and other related services that are so necessary, where you’re living in a building where people need to understand what your real needs are.” Bettinger later tossed a shovelful of dirt by himself. The project will provide 76 apartment
homes in studio, one-bedroom, and two- bedroom configurations. The rents (subject to change) are studio, $710 to $860; one- bedroom, $760 to $915; and two-bedroom ($905 to $1100). An interest list will open in May 2017. Completion date is tentatively December 2017, according to Commu- nity HousingWorks.
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