Allegra from The Junipers project team presented at the February 6 Rancho Peñasquitos Planning Board Land Use Committee Meeting. She provided a recap of what was discussed on 12/5 and shared that we have organized the comments from that meeting in to four key topics:
- Parks and Open Space
- Mobility and Circulation Improvements
- Fire and Evacuation
- Architecture and Views
We’ll be breaking these topics out over a series of meetings so we can give the most pertinent issues the time and attention they need, and be prepared to answer your specific questions.
We heard you loud and clear about your desire to understand the community benefits being provided by The Junipers. As we address these topics, we will explain the community benefits associated with each one as well as identify which PQ Community Plan goals we’ll be addressing (slide 4).
She also provided clarification on a couple things from 12/5:
- In addition to working with RPPB and our neighbors, there are multiple entities that we are in communication with. From City Staff to resource agencies, the project team is working to ensure that any refinements to The Junipers address the needs of each stakeholder group (slide 2).
- Lennar has not increased the unit count for The Junipers. The unit count remains 455 age-qualified homes and 81 affordable units for low-income seniors (536 homes in total). This unit count was the subject of The Junipers scoping meeting on 4/18/18. (slide 6)
- As mentioned on 12/5, Allegra reminded the group that we’ve reworked The Junipers' zoning. We heard the concern that with RM-1-1 we could build substantially more units, so we’re carving out designated open space which reduces our developable footprint and therefore the number of units feasible on the property (slide 6 and 7).
The rest of the presentation focused on Parks & Open Space. Click here to download the presentation.
Notes:
- The Junipers has been designed to maintain views and address privacy concerns of adjacent neighbors. Slides 9 - 20 provide sample sections. We will provide more information on this subject when we discuss architecture and views on 3/6.
- The Junipers provides 4x the amount of park space required by the City of San Diego (slide 22).
- In partnership with the City of San Diego, Lennar will be launching the process to design the General Development Plan (GDP) for The Junipers. A GDP is a document that details the plan and design guidelines to build a new public park. The first workshop will be held on March 28 at 7pm at the Hotel Karlan. Click here to RSVP.