On Thursday, July 24, the Rag published Donna Frye’s appeal to San Diegans to contact the City Council and request a continuance to the issue of Mission Bay “Surplus Land” scheduled for the Council on Tuesday, July 29.
Today, the 25th, Frye sent the Rag the following:
In my July 23 email to the Councilmembers asking for a continuance for Item 105, I made note of the fact that the Notice of Availability was not included in the backup documents for the July 29 council meeting.
I just checked and an updated NOA has been posted. It has some changes from the version provided for the July 2 Land Use & Housing Committee meeting that include:
-Adding the following paragraph:
California State Granted Public Trust Lands
Portions of two of the properties (2590 Ingraham Street and 1936 Quivira Way) were granted to the City of San Diego in trust by the State of California, as depicted in Attachment B. Any uses on public trust lands must be consistent with the public trust doctrine and residential uses are generally prohibited. Additional information may be found at:
https://www.slc.ca.gov
-Adding this as the last sentence:
The selected Developer shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the City’s Project Labor Agreement as applicable (O-21764).
-Adding a picture that shows the California State Granted Public Trust Lands portions of the leases circled in red.
Donna Frye is a local treasure. Please run for Jen Campbell’s seat! We need your wisdom, compassion, steady hand and advocacy for the beach communities.
Donna does not live in District 2.
If I read the Surplus Land Act correctly, before putting declared “surplus land” out for bid, it has to be made available for recreation, parkland or open space. With all the drama surrounding loss of parkland and recreation in the De Anza Natural plan, the properties under consideration for being declared surplus have great potential. Imagine the Marina Village parcel as low cost camping, a new location for the Boat and Ski Club (it already has a marina attached), a playground, or picnic area. What is the point of even going through the exercise?