Nearly 50 neighbors attended a lively Hillcrest Town Council meeting Tuesday night. Staff from the San Diego Uptown News announced the debut of their neighborhood newspaper in June. Representatives from Assemblymember Saldaña and CD3 Gloria’s office reported on the achievements of their bosses.
Michael Vogl and Meredith Dibden-Brown gave the first presentation featuring Mayor Jerry Sanders’ proposal for parking utilization based on a downtown study. Several residents and Hillcrest restaurateur Cecelia Moreno, owner of Crest Cafe, questioned the reasoning of the plan for Hillcrest. A motion was made that “The Hillcrest Town Council wants Uptown to be excluded from the Mayor’s Parking Utilization Proposal.” The motion was unanimously approved.
The second presentation was made by John Hargreaves of the Uptown Partnership who discussed a proposal to implement diagonal parking on Essex Street. Several residents on Essex voiced their concerns and explained the negative impacts to their street. A motion to recommend “killing” this proposal passed 24-1. Great thanks to local restaurant Babbo Grande for provided the wonderful raviolis with bread & butter. Next month’s residents meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 9th in the Joyce Beers Community Center from 6:30-8pm.
