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Mike Gotch Memorial Bike and Pedestrian Bridge Dedication

New Mike Gotch Memorial Bike and Pedestrian Bridge - photo by Fred Reichel – Resident Engineer, City of San Diego Public Works

Hundreds of people attended the Mike Gotch Memorial Bike and Pedestrian Bridge dedication event last week, hosted by Councilmember Kevin Faulconer. The bridge now allows anyone to circumnavigate the entire Mission Bay without entering any major street.

The 260′ bridge connects N. Mission Bay Dr. with Pacific Beach Drive and eliminates the need for bicyclists to traverse along the very busy Grand Ave. as they are exploring our Mission Bay Park.

The bridge was dedicated to a much-loved man in Mike Gotch. Former California Assemblymember and San Diego Councilmember Gotch was a long-time supporter of everything San Diego, especially the entire Mission Bay Park system. Many of his family was present to share in honoring the memory of Mike for his service.

Daytime Mike Gotch Memorial Bike and Pedestrian Bridge - photo by Jim Willis, bicycle enthusiast

Members of the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition came out in the hundreds, eagerly waiting to cross the bridge on their bicycles. They also exclaimed the need for San Diego to continue developing projects such as this to improve the bike-friendliness of San Diego.

Engineering services were provided by TYLIN INTERNATIONAL of San Diego.

It is notable that Councilmember Faulconer provided complete planning and oversight of this project, beginning many years ago while serving on the Mission Bay Park Committee. Also notable was that he did so on time and under the $2.9 million budget! Thank you once again Councilmember Faulconer.

Councilmember Faulconer helping clean up PB

Councilmember Kevin Faulconer allocated funds from his budget to secure resources that will clean Garnet Ave. from Crystal Pier to Ingraham Ave.

“I’m proud to partner with the Urban Corps of San Diego County to clean our beach community and improve the quality of life for Pacific Beach residents, businesses and visitors,” said Council President Pro Tem Kevin Faulconer. “Urban Corps, which gives young adults an opportunity to earn a high school diploma while teaching them valuable working skills, will wash sidewalks and remove graffiti, trash and weeds. I am happy to fund this program through savings from efficiencies in my office budget.”

Thank you Councilmember Faulconer for helping us achieve a CLEAN PB!

Rose Creek Cleanup with ILACSD and Rotary

Join the PB Town Council’s Safe & Beautiful committee and the Rotary Club of Mission Bay at the Mission Bay High School student parking lot on April 28th to help clean up our Rose Creek.

Although registration is not required organizers do ask that we do so to help them plan for resources. Click here to register.

Campland on the Bay is donating ice cream for our Ice Cream Social starting at 11:45 AM, so plan on staying for a bit and maybe win a prize or two at the raffle.

For those of you who have not yet been to a Rose Creek cleanup, these aren’t like beach cleanups where you pick up traditional trash and litter.
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April Dineout – Save the Date

Our next Dineout is Tuesday, April 24th at China Inn.

Download and share our flyer to invite your friends.

See you there!

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2012 5th Annual Graffiti Day – March 24th

Graffiti Day will be held this year on Saturday, March 24th.

Join us for the Pacific Beach Town Council’s 5th annual Graffiti Day – painting out graffiti throughout our community.

Mark your calendars for Saturday, March 24th, from 9am – 1pm. Our rain date is at the same time on April 28th and will not be called until 8am on the day of the event by a post right here on this website.

We’ll provide the tools, gloves, paint, training – and all the graffiti you can imagine. All you need to do is join us to help beautify our community.

Graffiti Day 2012 Flyer
Please use this brochure to invite anyone that can help!

Volunteer Waiver
All volunteers must complete this waiver and those under 18 must have a parent or guardian’s signature.

As has been the case year after year, a number of sponsors make this event possible and without their help we would only be able to touch a small fraction of what we’ll achieve during this event. They include:

g”>Pacific Beach Presbyterian Church – who has graciously provided us with their facility to act as a meeting place for organizing many months in advance, staging area to collect donated supplies and get them organized in lots for volunteer teams, music, food and hospitality the day of the event. We appreciate everything PB Presbyterian has done to support this event – for the fourth year in a row!

Frazee Paint – Another major supporter every year has been Frazee Paint located on Hornblend St. at Cass St. The first year Frazee graciously donated all the paint needed for the entire event. We would’ve not been able to paint out several thousand tags without their generous support.

Ace Hardware – Each year Ace Hardware has been a generous donor of various supplies as well as giving us discounts on needed supplies.

Hammer & Nails Hardware – Each year Hammer & Nails has been a generous donor as well as giving us discounts on needed supplies.

Home Depot – Each year Home Depot on Sports Arena Blvd. and Genesee Ave. has graciously donated buckets and given us discounts on purchases of supplies.

We look forward to working with everyone on this year’s event.

Assemblymember Toni Atkins – Community Coffee


Assemblymember Toni Atkins
Invites you to a Community Coffee

Saturday, February 4 – Mission Beach
10:30 a.m. to 12 noon

Belmont Park Community Room
3190 Mission Blvd., San Diego
Adjacent to the Wavehouse Athletic Club
Click here for a map

Click here to RSVP

Drop by to say hello and discuss state and legislative issues.
Refreshments will be served.

Call 619-645-3090 for additional information.

Website: http://www.assembly.ca.gov/Atkins
Email: Assemblymember Atkins

District Office:
2445 5th Avenue, Suite 401
San Diego, CA 92101

Tel: (619) 645-3090
Fax: (619) 645-3094

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2012 Installation Dinner Slide Show

We added pictures to our gallery which were included in a slideshow at the 2012 PBTC Board Installation Dinner.

If you have photos you’d like to add to our gallery page on this site let us know!

Click here to view the gallery.

PB Water Main Replacement

PB is undergoing a $10 million water main replacement program for many of our neighborhoods. Here’s a brief movie on the process. Check here for complete project details.

Source: pacificbeach.me

Awesome Service Opportunities

Does that phrase sound like a sales pitch? Some might consider it as such… e.g. our trying to get you to help out—as if it were a burden. We look at this however, as an opportunity for you to get involved with us—and experience the rich rewards of giving ourselves to serve both our community and our guests alike.

That’s right, volunteering is something that you will undoubtedly find very rewarding through the pride and satisfaction that you made a difference.

As we head into 2012 please consider the many opportunities we have for you to share your experience and talents. If you’re more likely to lend an occasional hand wherever it’s needed please let us know. We promise to not contact you too often :) . We have something for everyone—so, please get involved. You’ll not only have a great experience, you’ll also help build a better Pacific Beach!

Just send us an email and we’ll contact you asap.

PBTC Events
Dine Out – Monthly dinner out on the town
Sundowners – PBTC and local business mixer
Wine Tasting – Fundraiser for PBTC and community beneficiary (TBD)
PAESAN – Police & Emergency Appreciation Picnic (w/ OMBAC, Rotary and Woman’s Club)
PB Day at the Fair – PB public awareness at annual Del Mar Fair

Special Committees
Safe & Beautiful – Public safety, cleaning and beautification, recognition, beach and bay issues
Communication – Public relations, website, newsletter, engaging school-partnerships
Membership – Drive to increase business and residential members, develop member benefits etc.
Volunteer Coordinator – Oversee PBTC-volunteer engagements in various community events

Standing Committees
Rose Creek Cottage – Social enterprise business oversight, planning, marketing and fundraising
Financial Review & Audit Committee – Oversee financial operations, budgeting, grants and audit
Nominating Committee – Locate, screen and present nominees for director and officer positions
Governance Committee – Ensure compliance with PBTC standards, ethics, rules and policies

Other Representatives
Schools – PBTC liaison with area schools
Community Advisory – Special events and alcohol licensee review and recommendations
PB Planning – Representative and alternate
Legal Advisor – Provide legal advice to BOD
Parliamentarian – Advisor to BOD on parliamentary procedures and compliance

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SCHOOL. SHOPPING.

Pacific Beach schools, like those all over San Diego (and beyond), are struggling with district budget cuts and even threatened school closures. Parents are rallying to contribute in any way they can, and even community members without school-age children can help.

From now through at least the end of December, 2011, Discover Pacific Beach and San Diego Weekly Markets will rebate 5% of the dollars you spend at the Pacific Beach Tuesday Farmers’ Market to the PB school of your choice. Just ask the farmers and vendors for receipt tickets when you shop, then deposit them in your school’s bin at the Information Booth. Keep your grocery money in your neighborhood and help local kids. Amazing farm-fresh food is the icing on the take.

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Amended Bylaws

Here’s a copy of the Updated Bylaws of the Pacific Beach Town Council. 

These were revised after over a year of meetings and discussions.

Thanks!

Ed Rea
Chair, Governance Committee

Stop Consideration of Closing Any PB Schools!

We sent this letter to the San Diego Unified School District and urge you to contact our local school board representative Mr. Scott Barnett sbarnett@sandi.net and stress to him your thoughts about this vitally important issue.

Dear School Board Member:

Many of our members have approached the Board of Directors of our Pacific Beach Town Council with concerns for the future of our schools, their long-established specialized programs and our school cluster.

Our members concerns include yet are not limited to:

  1. The critical concern that Board of Education decisions are being hastily offered and considered without minimal parent or community support.
  2. That, when specifically considering closing the Pacific Beach Middle School (PBMS) site, the most centrally located in the community, this decision would likely result in many negative impacts. We are concerned, that you have not taken time to study potential negative impacts on our community including the majority of students needing to be driven to campus, the resulting traffic congestion and other public safety issues.
  3. A closure of either our PBMS or our Mission Bay High School (MBHS) would directly and negatively counter the concept of providing nearby neighborhood schools.
  4. We are gravely concerned that, if enrollment at both the middle and high schools is reduced, the International Baccalaureate (IB) program would not be allowed to continue under their existing certification requirements. Our members and residents have heard that, by reducing campus sizes so significantly, the result would be the discontinuance of the IB program—as it would not be sustainable.
  5. We would love to consider a YMCA joint use project that would eventually augment our PBMS school campus with a swimming pool, soccer field and sports facility.

The Pacific Beach Town Council and our nearly five-hundred residential and business members do not support the Board of Education’s position of closing ANY schools in the Mission Bay Cluster.  Nor do we support any effort that would discontinue our IB program in any of our schools.

We believe your taking either action would have a significant negative impact on our cluster, our community and ultimately our students—who have placed their trust in us to provide them the best education possible in their local schools.

Finally, we believe that all ‘Prop S’ funds previously allocated to the Mission Bay Cluster should remain within the cluster and on schedule, regardless of any changes imposed on our community with or without our support.

We appreciate the difficulties you face but, also sincerely hope that you will respect our community and members beliefs as you make such important decisions that may very well adversely affect our community.

Sincerely,

Pacific Beach Town Council

Joe Wilding

President

Support PB schools while you support local farmers!

The Pacific Beach Tuesday Farmers’ Market is partnering with Pacific Beach schools to help our kids!

Farmers’ market operators SD Weekly Markets and Discover Pacific Beach will rebate 5% of every dollar spent at the market from Tuesday, October 25th through Tuesday, November 29th to the school of your choice!

  1. Shop at the market every Tuesday, from 2 pm to 6:30 pm, on Bayard Street from Garnet to Hornblend. More than 60 farmers and vendors offer locally grown fruits and vegetables, grass fed beef, fish, eggs, cheese and coffee beans, fresh-baked bread, peanut butter and more.
  2. Tell farmers and vendors when you purchase that you need school tickets (one for each dollar spent).
  3. Bring those tickets to the Information Booth on Bayard Street near Garnet and deposit them in your favorite school’s jar. The market will donate funds to your school’s PTO.

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General Meeting

Check our Agendas & Minutes page out for our monthly meeting agendas. We’ll also add support materials as they are made available. For instance, we posted a PBTC Bylaws document that will be presented at the meeting.

Also, check out Community Calendar for current listings from the PBTC as well as many other community groups, schools and library.

Update: Oversized Vehicle Ordinance

Members of the Pacific Beach community at the Pacific Beach Town Council annual community forums have raised the issue of RVs and trailers cluttering our residential streets during the day and parking overnight, thereby creating safety and health issues, monopolizing parking, thereby impacting individual’s quality of life. The Safe & Beautiful Committee of the Pacific Beach Town Council has been intimately involved for almost 4 years now, working with Councilmember Faulconer and his staff to bring this issue to a resolution.

CouncilmemberFaulconer is ready to bring his Oversized Vehicle Ordinance Amendment solution to the Land Use & Housing Committee of the City Council sometime in October, date not yet determined. We will need a BIG turnout to speak up at this Committee meeting for those who are interested in seeing an Over Sized Vehicle Ordnance Amendment enacted in Pacific Beach.

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