DATE: July 13, 2004
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT: Establishing an Alpine Revitalization Committee

SUMMARY:
Today’s action will authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to take the necessary steps to establish and activate a Revitalization Committee for the unincorporated community of Alpine.

RECOMMENDATION:
Chairwoman Dianne Jacob:
Authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to take the necessary steps to establish and activate a Revitalization Committee for the unincorporated community of Alpine.

FISCAL IMPACT:
This action can be accomplished with existing resources.

BACKGROUND:
On February 20, 1996, the Board of Supervisors activated a Community Revitalization Program for several unincorporated communities of San Diego County. The purpose of the Revitalization Programs was twofold: one, to improve services and facilities in unincorporated communities, and two, to strengthen the relationship between the County and these communities. Since these programs were established, the County has been better able to gauge what changes and improvements were most important to each community, and County dollars have been invested in accordance with specific priority lists established by working groups within each unincorporated area.

In District Two, four Revitalization Committees are active, in Ramona, Spring Valley, Lakeside, and the Backcountry. These committees each have sub-groups, which meet periodically to establish goals in specific areas determined by the larger community, and to work with County staff to achieve those goals. Through the Revitalization Committees in these areas, residents can be directly involved in changing their community, from working on a group that raises funds for a new library, to seeking grant funds that can be used to build a new teen center, to organizing a trash clean up day.

Now, Alpine residents would like to formalize a similar relationship with the County. Several energetic and visionary individuals in Alpine are already working hard on projects that are important to the community, such as funding and building a new library, making Alpine more pedestrian-friendly, and seeking land that could one day be developed into a park. These and other goals need more community involvement, and establishing a Revitalization Committee in Alpine is a perfect way to connect individuals both to each another, and to potential resources for achieving their collective goals.

Building consensus, working on projects cooperatively, and implementing a vision for Alpine’s future requires the involvement of the entire community. Today’s action, if approved, will set that process in motion, by authorizing the Chief Administrative Officer to take the necessary steps to establish a Revitalization Committee for Alpine.
I urge your support!

Respectfully submitted,

DIANNE JACOB
Chairwoman, Second District