Community planning board election to be held in March for CV, Pacific Highlands Ranch

The Carmel Valley Community Planning Board (CVCPB) will hold elections in March, 2009 for nine of the 17 seats on the board. Local residents and businesses are encouraged to join the board, which is always looking for new members who are interested in the community and want to keep it a great place to live! There are five Carmel Valley residential seats, two Pacific Highlands Ranch residential seats and two business seats up for election.
The following seats are up for election: 2 Business Seats; the Carmel Residential seats for Neighborhood 1, Neighborhood 3, Neighborhood 5, Neighborhood 6 and Neighborhood 10; and the Pacific Highlands Ranch seats for District 11 and District 12. The bylaws stipulate that residential candidates for the planning board must attend at least two full meetings before the election. The remaining meetings before the elections are on Jan. 13 and Feb. 10 (the first Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Carmel Valley Library.) All candidates must announce their intention to run at the January or February meeting.
The two business seats are open to anyone who is an owner or employee of a professional, commercial, retail or industrial enterprise doing business within a commercial, agricultural or employment center designated area of Carmel Valley. Business candidates do not have an attendance requirement. For 2009 only, the candidate getting the most votes will be elected to the two-year term and the candidate with the next most votes will be elected to the one-year term.
Residential seats are for people currently living in Carmel Valley and Pacific Highlands Ranch who are at least 18 years old and reside in the seat's district. The residential seats are located as follows (neighborhood maps are available on the planning board web page at www.cvsd.com/planning):
•CV Neighborhood 1: Near Carmel Creek School, South of Del Mar Heights Road, Northeast of Carmel Country Road and West of Carmel Canyon Road.
•CV Neighborhood 3: Near Solana Highlands School, West of El Camino Real and North of Del Mar Heights Road.
•CV Neighborhood 5: Near Carmel Del Mar School, North of SR-56, East of Carmel Creek Road and South of Carmel Country Road.
•CV Neighborhood 6: Near Piazza Carmel Shopping Center, East of El Camino Real, West of Carmel Creek Road, North of SR-56 and South of Carmel Valley Middle School.
•CV Neighborhood 10: Near Sage Canyon School, south of SR-56 beyond Del Mar Mesa, East of the Carmel Mountain Road near the Torrey Hills Shopping Center, including some of the new development near Ocean Air School.
•PHR District 11: The northern part of Pacific Highlands Ranch, mostly north of Del Mar Heights Road and Carmel Valley Road. The PHR District 11 seat will be elected to a one-year term for 2009 only.
•PHR District 12: The southern part of Pacific Highlands Ranch, mostly south of Del Mar Heights Road and Carmel Valley Road.