The Town Hall/Break Out is both an opportunity to hear from leadership within Parks and Recreation, San Diego Unified, ALBA Community Day School at North Park, and Councilman Gloria and a chance to help shape the future of part of our neighborhood.

The most important part of the evening will be the time that we as a community break out into four small groups and generate ideas and discussion around four core topic areas.  

These four are:

• Room A - Programmatic and ALBA School-Based: Student/Community Volunteers, How the kids will be supervised/protected, Understanding the School
• Room B - Possible design/external modifications: Fencing, sidewalks, concrete, design charrettes, conceptual picture
• Room C - Neighborhood Concerns: Issues related to the Park, alleys, community improvement, involvement, other concerns
• Room D - Long -Range Big Picture: How should all these efforts fit together?  What should be considered? How to fit in with Community Plan Update, etc.

Shortly after the meeting, a small group of representatives from each entity will get together to begin an implementation plan.  The first step will be to prioritize the ideas received, identify which agency or group will be responsible for which ideas—as well as which ideas are just not feasible for legal, financial or other reasons—and create a timeline for implementation of ideas.

We will explain what steps were taken, what criteria for prioritizing we used, and post the actual plan to this website once it is in place.

VERY IMPORTANT

To get the most out of the discussion about ALBA School and the Joint Use Areas, it is important to understand how the system works.  Proposition S funds are not available for any and every use.  The School District is bound by statute to look at requirements for the school.  For this reason, we must come to the meeting understanding how our interests align with the School District’s requirements and highlight those points when possible.  

To help all of us identify where our interests and the School District’s requirements may overlap, attached are several documents that you may review in advance of the Town Hall.  These include:

Projects Authorized at the ALBA location (formerly North Park Elementary)

ALBA at North Park Map

Prop S FAQs

Full Color Project Phase Chart for ALBA Community Day School at North Park

Existing Joing Use Agreement

Town Hall - Break Out Agenda

Also, a useful article for understanding some of the limits and issues for Prop S funding is available at Voiceofsandiego.org, here (http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/08/12/education/802building072909.txt )

In addition to the School District and Proposition S, it is important to understand what the Redevelopment Agency is and how it may play a role in the effort to improve the Community Park and this part of our neighborhood.  Included are:

“Your Tax Dollars at Work”

Current Redevelopment Budget for North Park (not including State of California plan to take 20% of local funds)

Finally, please think about what you personally can do to help strengthen this part of our community. The NPCA is recruiting representatives to serve a three-hour commitment per month as an NPCA Representative to the Recreation Council.  It is a fixed time commitment and you can help with long-term solutions. It might be as simple as reporting everything you see at the Park.  We are working to set up a system so those who don’t feel comfortable reporting close to home can contact other NPCA members to report for them. Use your strengths:  help from home, search the Internet for resources, talk to neighbors about getting involved—these are all ways to help in small, manageable ways

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