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Joint Powers Authority for North Embarcadero Visionary Plan to Meet June 2

Friday, 27 May 2011
Contact: Marguerite Elicone (619) 686-6222

The Joint Powers Authority (JPA) of the North Embarcadero Visionary Plan will meet at 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 2, 2011. The meeting will be held in the Board Room of the Port’s Administration Building, 3165 Pacific Highway, San Diego.

Scheduled to be heard on the agenda is an update on the project design and approval of design concepts. The design concepts that will be presented for approval are the trees for North Harbor Drive and the lighting for West Broadway.

•  NEVP JPA FINAL STAFF REPORT june_2__2011 (213.08 kB)

The North Embarcadero Visionary Plan is a project that will transform the waterfront of San Diego Bay from Laurel Street to the G Street Mole. It will improve the area by widening the pedestrian areas, adding landscaping, public art and gathering spaces. The project is a collaboration between the Port of San Diego, Centre City Development Corporation (CCDC) and the City of San Diego.

The first phase covers an area on Harbor Drive from Broadway Pier to the B Street Pier and a portion of West Broadway from the railroad tracks just past Pacific Highway to the intersection of Harbor Drive. The first phase is expected to break ground late this year. The California Coastal Commission approved the Coastal Development Permit for the first phase at its April 13, 2011 meeting in Santa Barbara, California.

A JPA agreement between the City of San Diego, CCDC and the Port of San Diego was approved in July 2006. The JPA sets the framework for financing the project and provides that each entity will use its best efforts to procure available funding from sources such as lease revenues, capital development programs, grants and federal and state funds. JPA members include Kevin Faulconer, Council President Pro Tem for the City of San Diego; Laurie Black, Director, CCDC Board of Directors and Scott Peters, Chairman, Board of Port Commissioners.