Del Mar, referendum proponents continue negotiating petition withdrawal
Del Mar City Hall
April 7, 2021 4:03 AM PT
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The city of Del Mar is closing in on an agreement with a grassroots group to withdraw a petition that could overturn a zoning change that the city needs to meet a state housing mandate.
The petition, submitted by the grassroots Hillside Community Association, could undo a recently passed zoning ordinance that increases the density on the North Commercial area off Jimmy Durante Boulevard to 20 residential units per acre. The city committed to completing that upzone in 2013, as part of the state’s fifth-cycle Regional Housing Needs Allocation.
Del Mar sets default rate for CEA customers
Del Mar City Hall
March 17, 2021 7:53 AM PT
Del Mar will offer Clean Energy Alliance customers 50% renewable energy that is 75% carbon-free as their default energy supply, which will provide a monthly savings of about 61 cents for residential customers who currently have a comparable SDG&E plan.
When the CEA launches this May, residential and business customers will also be able to opt into a separate 50% renewable energy plan that offers slightly more of a discount, or a 100% renewable energy plan that would cost a little more, relative to customers’ current San Diego Gas & Electric bills. Customers can also opt out of the CEA and continue receiving energy from SDG&E, which will continue to provide the infrastructure used to deliver energy for CEA customers.
Del Mar council, Winston School continue work on redevelopment application
Del Mar City Hall
March 10, 2021 2:31 AM PT
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The Winston School and the city of Del Mar, which serves as landlord of the school property, continue to work toward an April deadline to finalize a development application.
Representatives from The Winston School, which serves a little more than 100 students in grades 6 to 12, met with city leaders this week and had “a very productive meeting following the June 2020 submission of our School Redevelopment Plan,” according to a statement from the school.
“I believe that we can move this process forward and work together to complete and meet not only the city’s vision and goals, but the school’s,” Dena Harris, Winston School’s head of school, said during public comment at the March 1 City Council meeting.
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The Del Mar City Council extended a series of measures intended to assist businesses through the difficulties created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The action was taken at the council’s March 1 meeting.
With those measures set to expire on April 6, council members decided to grant an extension through March 2022. The extension applies to COVID-related temporary encroachment permits and temporary use permits, increases of a business fee subsidy from $750 to $1,000, allowing two-way A-frame signs per business, and use of on-street parking for dining and other uses, among other measures.
Council members originally considered granting the extension through this September before pushing it through next March.