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B2 THE COAST NEWS JUNE 14, 2013 Oceanside set aside $650,000 to cart sand from the San Luis Rey River environmental cleanup project to Wisconsin Avenue beach. Last year’s efforts to replenish sand were halted by an unexpected grunion run, leaving less sand on beaches. Photo by Promise Yee Council OKs funds to move sand By Promise Yee OCEANSIDE — City Council voted June 5 to set aside $650,000 to cart sand from the San Luis Rey River environmental cleanup project to the rocky beachfront at Wisconsin Avenue. Funds will come from the sale of the Laguna Vista Mobile Home Park. Final proceeds from the sale are expected to be $4.7 million. City Council approved funds to move the sand in a 3-1 vote in which Councilwoman Esther Sanchez voted no and Mayor Jim Wood was absent. The river sand needs to be moved off the site as part of the environmental cleanup project. “In order to plant vegetation we have to remove sand to lower the elevation,” City Manager Peter Weiss said. The environmental cleanup project has already taken decades. There is still property mitigation to resolve and additional mowing, grading and restoration to complete before the sand can be moved. The timeline depends in part on when the Army Corps of Engineers completes the second phase of mowing. This requires permits and chopping through unwanted brush with a massive vegetation mower. “It is unlikely we will move the sand this year,” Weiss said. The earliest sand is expected to be put on the beach is next spring. Before river sand is placed on the beach it must be tested and deemed to be beach-quality sand. The city hopes it can coordinate moving the riverbed sand with annual harbor dredging operations in spring. “It has to be removed,” Councilman Jack Feller said. “We own the property, we own the sand. It will help the tourist cause. “At least we’ll be ready at a moment’s notice,” Feller added. Last year’s efforts to replenish beach sand were halted by an unexpected run of grunion. This left less sand on the Wisconsin Avenue beach. “There is absolutely no sand there at all,” Weiss said. facebook.com/ coastnewsgroup
JUNE 14, 2013 by CHUCK ODD SHEPHERD FILES Very Personal Hygiene Orestes De La Paz’s exhibit at the Frost Art Museum in Miami in May recalled Chuck Palahniuk’s novel and film “Fight Club,” in which lead character Tyler Durden’s principal income source was making upscale soap using discarded liposuctioned fat fetched from the garbage of cosmetic surgeons (thus closing the loop of fat from rich ladies recycled back to rich ladies). De La Paz told his mentor at Florida International University that he wanted only to display his own liposuctioned fat provocatively, but decided to make soap when he realized that the fat would otherwise quickly rot. Some visitors to the exhibit were able to wash their hands with the engineered soap, which De La Paz offered for sale at $1,000 a bar. The Entrepreneurial Spirit As recently as mid-May, people with disabilities had been earning hefty blackmarket fees by taking strangers into Disneyland and Disney World using the parks’ own liberal “disability” passes (which allow for up to five relatives or guests at a time to accompany the disabled person in skipping the sometimes-hours-long lines and having immediate access to the rides). The pass-holding “guide,” according to NBC’s “Today” show, could charge as much as $200 through advertising on CraigsList and via wordof-mouth to some travel agents. Following reports in the New York Post and other outlets, Disney was said in late May to be warning disabled permit-holders not to abuse the privilege. After setting out to create a protective garment for mixed martial arts fighters, Jeremiah Raber of High Ridge, Mo., realized that his “groin protection device” could also help police, athletes and military contractors. Armored Nutshellz underwear, now selling for $125 each, has multiple layers of Kevlar plus another fabric called Dyneema, which Raber said can “resist” multiple shots from 9 mm and .22-caliber handguns. He said the Army will be testing Nutshellz in August, hoping it can reduce the number of servicemen who come home with devastating groin injuries. Unconventional Treatments Researchers writing recently in the journal PLoS ONE disclosed that they had found certain types of dirt that contain antimicrobial agents capable of killing E. coli and the antibiotic-resistant MRSA. According to the article, medical “texts” back to 3000 B.C. mentioned clays that, when rubbed on wounds, reduce inflammation and pain. THE COAST NEWS Optional uses for Surfside building to be presented By Bianca Kaplanek DEL MAR — Two proposals for alternative uses of Surfside Race Place at the Del Mar Fairgrounds will be presented to the 22nd District Agricultural Association board of directors at a future meeting, likely in August. One of them, however, may not be a viable option as it likely goes beyond activities authorized under a landuse agreement at the stateowned facility, Director David Watson said. “I don’t think the people who applied were aware of that,” said Watson, a land-use attorney who is chairman of the land-use committee for the 22nd DAA, which governs the fairgrounds. One proposal for a family entertainment center with a focus on upscale bowling is from the company that owned Stick and Stein, a sports bar in El Segundo that closed in 2011. It had healthy and safety violations during inspections in 2008 and 2009. Called New Stick, the plans submitted to the 22nd DAA include installing bowling lanes in Surfside. Fair board Director Stephen Shewmaker said the business would be similar to Lucky Strike bowling, which has venues at L.A Live, in San Francisco and nationwide. The second, more problematic proposal called for an upscale movie theater as well as a drive-in, although SANDAG wants your opinion COAST CITIES — Now is the time to make your voice heard. Bring your ideas to the table on the issues facing the San Diego region between now and 2050 - issues like the economy, the environment, transportation, public health, and social equity. The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) is hosting a meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. June 20 in the Oceanside City Hall Community Rooms, 300 N. Coast Highway. For reservations, contact Sarah Strand at sarah.strand@sandag.org or call (619) 595-5609. The community workshop will seek input on land use, transportation, housing, healthy environment, public health, economic prosperity, public facilities, energy, climate change and borders. Get involved in the on-going conversation about how to tackle our challenges today, and determine quality of life for the future. The San Diego Association of Governments and its partners have embarked on creating San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan. It plans to build upon local planning efforts and incorporate emerging issues and innovative concepts, to form an overall vision for the region's future, including specific actions aimed at turning that vision into reality. Two companies submitted proposals for alternative uses of Surfside Race Place. The plans will be presented at noon on June 17 at a special fair board meeting. Photo by Bianca Kaplanek Shewmaker said those plans could be scaled down so the project is confined to Surfside as is required. When the projects were initially introduced at the June 4 22nd DAA meeting, Watson said that one in particular could present “huge, huge regulatory stumbling blocks.” He said he didn’t want to “undo” any of the legal issues just settled between the 22nd DAA, California Coastal Commission, Sierra Club and adjacent cities. “I’m not willing to open up land-use issues,” Watson said, adding the proposals “are just ideas that have been suggested.” “They haven’t been blessed,” he said. In April, board members directed staff to explore alternative uses for Surfside Race Place, an approximately 100,000-square-foot satellite wagering facility built in 1991 to accommodate 5,000 people. A decrease in offsite betting has resulted in an average daily attendance of only about 350. “It’s a woefully underutilized facility that we spent a Finally! lot of money constructing,” board President Adam Day said. Directors support a private/public partnership as long as there is always space for off-track betting, there are no parking impacts during the fair and horse race seasons and the activities are “sympathetic and compatible with the community.” A request for interest and qualifications was available for about 30 days, Shewmaker said. “People had shown interest but at the end of the day we only received two pro- Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside ide OPEN HOUSE We are Open for Business Saturday, June 15 th • 10am-1pm Kids Activities • Food • Free Give-aways aways Summer Camp Information Townsite Clubhouse 401 Country Club Lane Oceanside, CA 92054 760-433-8920 BGCOceanside.org B3 posals,” he said. “With the uniqueness of situating something in the middle of a race track and fair we didn’t expect a lot of responses.” Both companies will be invited to each give 15minute presentations. The proposals were slated to be presented during a special June 17 meeting to discuss the proposed joint powers authority between the 22nd DAA and the county for governance of the fairgrounds, however, that has been canceled. Public comment on the proposals is welcome.
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