The latest Potrero Canyon hearing began with a bombshell last Thursday evening when Jane Adrian told Community Council members that within a month she would no longer be in charge of the massive infill project. In fact, the entire building and construction department within Recreation and Parks’which has been responsible for Potrero since work began in 1986’will be folded into the city’s Bureau of Engineering. ”Given this unexpected leadership void, the Community Council moved forward and unanimously passed a motion reiterating its intention to play a vital and public role in the planning and financing of Phase III in Potrero. This final phase is the currently unfocused and unfunded completion of Potrero Park, from the Palisades Recreation Center down to Pacific Coast Highway. ”The council’s motion, which was unanimously passed and forwarded to City Councilwoman Cindy Miscikowski, reads as follows: ”’Opposes the sale of 33 residential lots as presented in the draft motion received by the Board on May 27, under signature of Councilperson Miscikowski; Supports the sale of a sufficient number, but no more, of the City-owned developed (improved) parcels in Potrero Canyon to fund the completion of Phase II, but not Phase III; Supports the sale of such additional City-owned parcels in Potrero Canyon, incrementally and sequentially (taking into account the environmental impact upon the surrounding neighborhood), as is necessary to fund Phase III only after further input from the community is sought by the City regarding the design and plan of Phase III, the Community Council approves such design and plan, and such design and plan includes, but is not limited to, the following particulars: ”’Entrance(s) to the park, permanent funding for park maintenance, restoration of riparian habitat, parking and bathrooms, recreational pads, construction of a walk bridge from the mouth of Potrero Canyon over PCH to beach parking, environmental clearance of project upon abutting neighborhoods, landscaping and permissible uses. ”’All funds raised by such sales of parcels shall be deposited into the proposed escrow account/trust fund and all such deposits shall be used exclusively for the Potrero Canyon Project until completion of all phases.’
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