October 2012 Newsletter
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Mira Mesa Town Council Newsletter Mira Mesa Town Volume 37, Issue 9 October 2012 Council Meeting Monday, Oct. 1, 2012 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Mira Mesa DAR Midyear Progress Update Mira Mesa Senior Center By Gustavo Dallardo 8460 Mira Mesa Blvd Corridor Director . After watching this sum- Agenda: mer’s Olympics, we can’t help but say that we continue to go Mira Mesa School Cluster for the gold to make the I-15 Express Lanes a model of con- Assembly candidate RJ venient transportation choices. Hernandez Our efforts so far, most Business of the Month: notably, the completion of the Express Lanes, have helped Sandwich Emporium speed commutes and earned multiple construction awards. Recently, this project was Inside this issue: awarded “Project of the Year” by the California Transportation Foundation (CTF) at the 23rd Simulation of the Miramar College Transit Station Annual Excellence in Transpor- in Mira Mesa. President’s 2 tation Awards. More people are also tak- free. More shelters. More signs. Message ing advantage of the Express This summer, many key More bus bays. Better ameni- Lanes thanks to a recent suc- complementary projects went ties. That is the goal. Beginning Carroll Canyon 3 cessful FasTrak promotion. into construction. These include this summer, a brand new trans- FasTrak allows solo drivers to improving the Del Lago and it station is under construction Road Extension use the 20 miles of Express Rancho Bernardo Transit Sta- and others are being improved Update Lanes for a fee. The lanes are tions, and building the Mira to capitalize on the I-15 Express Theatre Guild 4 also open to carpools, vanpools, Mesa Direct Access Ramp Lanes system. Presents Fall public transit, motorcyclists, and (DAR) and the Miramar College In July, construction began permitted clean air vehicles for Transit Station. Show (See CalTrans on page 9) Halloween carni- 5 val galore in Mira Mesa RSVP Looking For a Few Senior Recruits Community Cal- 6 endar By Pat Clark ful tradition of serving our commu- cense, be 50 years or older, retired RSVP board member . nity — people helping people. We or semiretired, go complete a back- Where were you in 1994? make house calls on senior citizens ground check, spend one week at an Meeting Minutes 7 Scripps Ranch and Mira Mesa who may be living along (YANA — academy learning what to do and formed the Mira Mesa/Scripps You Are Not Alone), home checks what not to do, and donate only 3 Ranch Senior Volunteer Patrol. for vacationers, cruising the neigh- ½ days a month. From that small group, we have borhoods and shopping centers Please contact John Sunde, Mira Mesa Second 8 grown to 50 members. Since then looking for unusual activity, and, RSVP Administrator, at (858) 538- in Marital Affairs we have logged 177,384 hours! To most of all, just “being around” to 8156 or [email protected] to quote sportscaster Dick Enberg, show our presence. join this important community or- “Oh My!!” We still need more How can you join? You must ganization. Our community needs Business Directo- 10 volunteers to carry on this wonder- have a valid California Driver’s Li- your help. ries Page 2 Mira Mesa Town Council Newsletter 2012 MIRA MESA President’s Message for October TOWN Another street fair is to make it all possible. Here four levels based on the behind us! And what a fabu- are the names of those who amount of their participa- COUNCIL lous event it truly was. De- served on this year’s com- tion with the diamond level BOARD OF spite the scorching weather, mittee. being the highest. Our DIRECTORS thousands came out to en- Bradley Buffet sponsors this year are: joy the event. We were Donna Carter DIAMOND completely sold out of PRESIDENT Christina Keene Vulcan Materials Com- Ted Brengel, booths and every square pany Western Division inch of ride and exhibition Jon Labaw [email protected] Garden Communities space was spoken for. Barbara Lorrigan Many thanks to the EMERALD FIRST VICE Brandy Ludwick Hanson Heidelberg PRESIDENT multitude of volunteers Richie Ludwick who made this year’s event Cement Group (PROGRAM CHAIR) John Malo Bari Vaz, possible. And while the Chick-Fil-A [email protected] space here does not allow Alexander Nguyen Mira Mesa Living me to mention everyone, I Jerry Ollinger RUBY SECOND VICE must cite a few. First, as I Ray Pinnock Gen-Probe PRESIDENT said on the Community Ernie Schnepf Mira Mesa Office and (MEMBERSHIP) Stage at the Street Fair, “… Pam Stevens Medical Mall Maria G. Pankau, the engine that makes the Sandwich Emporium [email protected] Street Fair go is the Mira Jeff Stevens Many thanks to all of Mesa High School Air Force Vons Stores these fine people for their TREASURER Junior ROTC”. This year we Homeland Petroleum hard work and dedication Jeff Stevens, had 206 volunteers in at- Ray Pinnock DJ & Music [email protected] tendance lending their will- to their community. Last, but most certainly SAPPHIRE ing hands to every possible Callahan's RECORDING not least are the Street Fair aspect of the Street Fair. Sponsors. Sponsors are the We cannot thank these SECRETARY The Street Fair Com- fuel for that engine I men- outstand contributors Jerry Ollinger, mittee, headed by Jeffry tioned earlier. Their gener- enough for their generous [email protected] Stevens, the MMTC Treas- ous contributions make it support. urer, was spectacular. possible to put on such an So, onward. This NEWSLETTER Something that few see is extravaganza. We sincerely month’s meeting will fea- EDITOR the many months of plan- appreciate their donations ture the principals of our Alexander Nguyen, ning, coordination, and hard of cash, food, and supplies. nine Mira Mesa Schools. [email protected] work that have to take Sponsors are divided into Don’t miss it! place before the Street Fair PARLIAMENTARIAN Jon Labaw, [email protected] MEMBERS AT Despite Heat, Street Fair was Still a Success LARGE Christiane Hoffman, By Jeff Stevens camping skills and equipment. I want to thank the hard [email protected] The 14th annual Mira Our current coun- working Mira Mesa Town Mesa Street Fair was held on cilmember Carl DeMaio and Council Street Fair commit- Christina Keene, a very hot Saturday, Sept. 15, our future councilmember tee – this event takes a lot of [email protected] 2012. In spite of the heat, a Lorie Zapf came to the noon work and the committee per- good time was had by all. We ceremony, and many of our formed exceptionally. I also Jennifer Kvalvik, had nearly 140 vendors other elected officials and want to thank the Mira Mesa [email protected] providing food, crafts and candidates for office were at High School AFJROTC stu- information about nonprofit the event during the day. dents, who help us all day Brandy Ludwick, groups and businesses. Enter- Assemblyman Nathan Fletch- long. Our vendors are always [email protected] tainment filled both stages all er even volunteered to be very complimentary about day long. The Scripps Mesa the first person dunked in the their enthusiasm and the help District Boy Scouts set up a dunk tank sponsored by the they provide, and it would be Scout Village behind the Mira Mira Mesa High Water Polo difficult to put on this event Mesa Library, showcasing team. without them. Volume 37, Issue 9 Page 3 Carroll Canyon Road Extension Halfway There The $69.6 million pro- users to enter without hav- Paving 50 percent of ject will bring long-awaited ing to navigate through the Carroll Canyon Road congestion relief to the freeway’s general purpose Bridge deck; Sorrento Valley area by lanes. The project will also Grading and paving of creating more efficient ac- extend Carroll Canyon westbound lanes of cess to and from the free- Road to connect with Sor- Mira Mesa Boulevard way for area residents and rento Valley Road and sur- and Sorrento Valley commuters. Scheduled to rounding businesses. Road widening; and open to traffic in the spring The I-805 HOV/Carroll Beginning excavation of 2013, the project adds Canyon Road Extension and construction of the approximately two miles of Project is one piece of the Direct Access Ramp. Project map of the new High Occupancy Vehi- broader North Coast Cor- What’s Coming Up? Carroll Canyon Road cle (HOV), or carpool ridor (NCC) Program of Extension Project. Over the next several lanes, in each direction projects from north San weeks we anticipate: along Interstate 805 (I-805) Diego to Oceanside that from Interstate 5 to Carroll includes highway, coastal Placing concrete medi- Canyon Road, offering new rail and transit, and envi- an barriers, signage and transportation choices for ronment and coastal access lighting on I-805; travelers. improvements Finishing work on the The HOV lanes will be A lot has been accom- Carroll Canyon Road open to carpoolers, plished since construction Bridge; vanpoolers, buses, motorcy- began in March 2011 on the Continuing work on cles and permitted zero I-805 HOV/Carroll Canyon the Direct Acces Ramp; emission vehicles. Carpool- Road Extension Project Continuing work on ers will have direct access including: widening Mira Mesa to the HOV lanes from a Paving of the HOV Boulevard and Sorrento new northerly Direct Ac- lanes on I-805; Valley Road; and cess Ramp. The Direct Ac- Completing all but one Beginning work on a cess Ramp will connect of the columns for the retaining wall on the Carroll Canyon Road di- Carroll Canyon Road south side of Carroll rectly to the HOV lanes in Bridge; Canyon Road near the center median, allowing Scranton Road.