Fourth Public Meeting Rescheduled to Discuss National City Planning Study

Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Contact: Barbara Moreno (619) 686-6216

The Port of San Diego and its member city of National City have rescheduled a fourth and final public workshop for the National City Marina District Planning Study.

Members of the general public are encouraged to attend the meeting on Wednesday, December 7. It will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the National City Railcar Plaza, 840 Bay Marina Drive, National City. (map)

Three workshops have been held to record public input on the future of the planning area, which includes approximately 108 acres in National City that are generally bordered by the Sweetwater Channel to the south, Bay Marina Drive to the north, Tidelands Avenue to the west and Interstate 5 to the east.

Three alternatives emerged from input received at the first two workshops, held in May and June. The alternatives include conversion of certain industrial areas to commercial use.

The comments received on the three alternatives were presented at the October workshop.

At this final workshop, a proposed National City Marina District Vision Plan, which includes a preferred alternative, will be presented. That same plan will then be presented to the Board of Port Commissioners in early 2012.

Some of the objectives of the planning study are to protect maritime cargo uses and to increase visitor-serving businesses and other commercial uses.

The existing land uses of the study area are shown here:

•  Current Land Uses of Study Area (3.07 MB)

Earlier this year, the Port of San Diego and National City collaborated to develop a vision for the National City Marina District.

Both the Port of the San Diego and National City are hoping to take advantage of the successes of the Port's Pier 32 Marina and National City's Marina Gateway projects. They are committed to collaborating on a framework that will protect and preserve maritime uses, enhance communication between the two agencies and lead to a land use plan that will benefit the public, National City and the Port

The Port of San Diego was created by state legislature in 1962 and is responsible for $1.7 billion in public improvements in its five member cities: Imperial Beach, Coronado, Chula Vista, National City and San Diego.

The Port District oversees two maritime cargo terminals, two cruise ship terminals, 17 public parks, the Harbor Police Department and the leases of more than 600 tenant and sub tenant businesses around San Diego Bay.