Right now, the North Park Community Plan and the Uptown District Plan are in the process of revision by the San Diego Planning Department.
In previous revisions in 1988, the University Heights Community Association quietly slipped in revised boundaries for University Heights that cut off the neighborhood at Texas Street- as opposed to the Assessor's maps which indicate that University Heights extends as far east as Boundary St. The UHCA is trying to ensure that the original boundaries are not re-established in the two new plans: kicking those of us who live east of Texas Street out the University Heights Community.
So what?
Cutting our part of the neighborhood from University Heights in the new plans (North Park Community Plan and Uptown District Plan) would
mean that we will no longer be in the University Heights neighborhood -or any neighborhood for that matter!- resulting in:
reflected in the Assessor's maps, which indicate that University Heights extends from CA163 to Boundary Street.
Here's a link to a Letter to the Editor published January 29, 2014 in the San Diego Reader that clearly describes the issue. (Scroll down to the second story.)
Click here to sign the petition asserting that your home is in University Heights.
In previous revisions in 1988, the University Heights Community Association quietly slipped in revised boundaries for University Heights that cut off the neighborhood at Texas Street- as opposed to the Assessor's maps which indicate that University Heights extends as far east as Boundary St. The UHCA is trying to ensure that the original boundaries are not re-established in the two new plans: kicking those of us who live east of Texas Street out the University Heights Community.
So what?
Cutting our part of the neighborhood from University Heights in the new plans (North Park Community Plan and Uptown District Plan) would
mean that we will no longer be in the University Heights neighborhood -or any neighborhood for that matter!- resulting in:
- reduced property values for resale and for refinancing (appraisals)
- no access to neighborhood grants and funds offered by the City or County for community improvements
- less of a voice when other policy issues arise
reflected in the Assessor's maps, which indicate that University Heights extends from CA163 to Boundary Street.
Here's a link to a Letter to the Editor published January 29, 2014 in the San Diego Reader that clearly describes the issue. (Scroll down to the second story.)
Click here to sign the petition asserting that your home is in University Heights.
This is the Assessor's map, which shows University Height's boundary extending as far east as Boundary Street. These Traditional boundaries have existed since 1888.
Click here to see larger versions of both maps.
Click here to see larger versions of both maps.
If the group (University Heights Community Association) on the west side of Texas St. wins their battle to exclude everyone on the east of Texas St; all the people on east side of the GREEN line (Texas St) on this map will be kicked out of the University Heights Community.
Click here to see the UHCDC's October 7, 2013 letter to San Diego's Interim Mayor and City Council President, Todd Gloria, requesting that the Assessor's maps be included in the new plans for North Park and Uptown.
Click here to see the UHCDC's October 7, 2013 letter to San Diego's Interim Mayor and City Council President, Todd Gloria, requesting that the Assessor's maps be included in the new plans for North Park and Uptown.