News
A List of Things to Do
Councilmember Jim Madaffer, City of San Diego
Published 10/26/2007
- 8:00 a.m. PDT
(Mission Times Courier, San Diego, CA) With a little over a year left of my second 4-year term as your Councilmember, I reflect back on the many accomplishments we have made together over the last 7 years. Improving our neighborhood quality of life has been my primary goal, and I'm proud to say wherever I travel in my Council District, I see the handiwork of a dedicated team that has been working for a better San Diego. Campaign season is beginning in earnest with prospective candidates having until the primary election filing deadline of March 6, 2008 to declare their candidacy.
We accomplished most of our list of things to do in my first term and we set out with a new list of things to do for term two which are nearly complete. And like any parent who cares for their loved ones, I wanted to share what I believe are some of the many priorities for our neighborhoods and communities in the 7th Council District for the months and years ahead. It seems every accomplishment breeds a new list of things to do and this list is no different. And this list is by no means complete. Whoever succeeds me as City Councilmember for the 7th District can use this list as a starting point for work that remains to be done.
This is a partial list, an overview - and I invite readers to call my office at (619) 236-6677 or email me at jmadaffer@sandiego.gov with your suggestions and comments to add to this list of things to do for our neighborhoods.
Initiate the long promised Paseo Project at San Diego State University. This project, 19 years in the planning would provide shopping and housing for over 1,500 San Diego State University students. With mini-dorms being so problematic in the area, it's time for the University to get out of the way and allow this project to proceed. To do: Immediately issue Request for Qualifications (RFQ), University to work with City Redevelopment Agency as we move to developing this long delayed project.
Create a Master Plan for the Grantville community. With the Grantville Redevelopment area, an incredible opportunity exists to improve traffic conditions and improve the economic vitality for the Grantville area. The redevelopment area is not about "eminent domain" threats that some might typically refer to, but instead to the incredible opportunity to reinvest property taxes that are already being paid in the area right back into the area. This gives our community the real promise of traffic improvements on Mission Gorge Road and surrounding streets such as Alvarado Road, a new recreation center and a new library for Allied Gardens, additions to parks and the San Diego River Park, hiking trails, improving flood conditions along Alvarado Creek and the San Diego River and more. To do: hold community meetings to draft an update to the Navajo Community plan for the Grantvillearea.
Continue to implement the Crossroads Redevelopment area -University Avenue, El Cajon Blvd and other major thoroughfares hold incredible opportunity for new housing and retail for the surrounding neighborhoods. To do: continue to support the goals of the Crossroads Redevelopment area.
