City of San Diego Park and Recreation Department

Tierrasanta Maintenance Assessment District

Open Space Committee Meeting

7 PM Wednesday, January 9, 2008

10371 Matador Court, San Diego CA 92124

The Tierrasanta MAD Open Space Committee may take action

on any of the following agenda items:

1.         Call to Order – Deanna Spehn

2.         Public Comment (limited to 3 minutes per person)

3.         Report from Chair and Agenda Review – Deanna Spehn

4.         Staff Report: Potential Action Items – Jan Eby and Deanna Spehn

A.        Budget Status:   4217, 42171, 4222 Expenditures – To Date

B.        Treebeard Contract Update – Bid Results and Status of Evaluation 

C.        Tree Contract Update – Ongoing.   

D.        City Budget Timeline and Fiscal Impacts on Tierrasanta MAD – Answers to Questions Raised at December’s Meeting.

E.         Current and Proposed Special Projects in Tierrasanta MAD 

F.         Current and Proposed Herbicide Usage in Tierrasanta MAD – Ongoing

G.        San Diego County Water Authority Access to Mission Trails Regional Park construction site for pipeline work and Flow Regulatory Structure: timeline, status of ingress/egress issues, impact on Tierrasanta MAD, etc.

5.         New Business/Old Business Revisited: Potential Action Items

A.        Maintenance of Tierrasanta Parks, Joint Use Sites, Center Islands, Streets-Right-of-Way, Improved Open Space and Unimproved Open Space Areas – Business as Usual

B.        Consideration of a Tierrasanta Banners Maintenance and Replacement Program – Deanna Spehn – Waiting for Engineer’s Opinion

C.        Consideration of De Portola Comfort Station Use, Access and Maintenance Policy –

D.        Report from Tierrasanta Recreation Council regarding Joint Use Fields and Potential Action Items on the following: – Celeste Weinsheim

                        1.         Storage containers on joint use fields: locations and re-locations

                        2.         Use agreements on joint use fields 

3.         Field closures on joint use fields – Farb and Community Park Currently Closed

4.         Maintenance of playing fields at Tierrasanta Community Park, DePortola Middle School, Farb Middle School, Kumeyaay Elementary School, Serra High School, Tierrasanta Elementary and Vista Grande Elementary School. 

E.         Friends of Tierrasanta Canyons Report on Current Work Projects and Consideration of Future Projects/Actions – Roberta Froome

F.         Update on Status of Current Grants for Work in Tierrasanta MAD and Consideration of Future Grant Applications/Projects – Lee Campbell and Roberta Froome

G.        Update on Fire Safe Council/Fire Wise Community Demonstration Planting and Consideration of Future Projects/Actions – Lee Campbell

            H.        Tierrasanta Trails Maintenance Program Update and Consideration of Future Projects/Actions – Bob Muldrew, Roberta Froome, Lee Campbell

I.          Neighborhood Code Compliance current and potential cases within the Tierrasanta MAD – Fred Zuckerman or Jan – Palabra Ct. and Camino Playa Portofino (west slope area) status.

            J.          Mission Trails Regional Park Tierrasanta Staging Area maintenance, security, ingress/egress, etc. – Jan Eby

K.        Other –  Removal of Recycle Containers at east end Tierrasanta Blvd.

6.         Old Business – Pond picnic table purchase and installation estimate.

7.         Adjournment

For Further Information Please Contact:

Deanna Spehn, Tierrasanta Open Space Committee Chair @ 858-565-4018

Jan Eby, Grounds Maintenance Manager, Tierrasanta MAD @ 619-685-1354

Next Meeting:

Wednesday February 6, 2008