Health & Fitness
The Flowers are Back - and We're not Talking About the Flower Fields of Carlsbad!
Flowers are back in the La Mesa Village planters, next up: will City Council vote April 10th to allow parking meter money be used for street sweeping & sidewalk powerwashing?
After three years of being basins filled with dry dirt, litter and cigarette butts, our Village planters are back doing what they do best – housing pretty plants and flowers!
The La Mesa Village Merchants Association, in honor of La Mesa’s Centennial and with healthier coffers, re-hired William Solis to plant and maintain flowering succulents.
If the City Council, next Tuesday, April 10th, votes to accept the La Mesa Community Parking Commission’s recommendation to allow parking meter money be used for quarterly sidewalk power washing and an additional weekly street sweeping, we will have a fresh, clean and pretty La Mesa Village for our Centennial!
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The La Mesa Municipal Code (12.56.120) City Council will be deliberating reads as follows:
Use of Money Deposited in Parking Meters
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For other public improvements related to the maintenance and enhancement of facilities within the parking districts as determined appropriate by the City Council.
Key words: improvements, maintenance and enhancement.
There is no question that sweeping trash from our streets and scrubbing stains and ground-in gum from our sidewalks are maintenance that will improve and enhance Downtown La Mesa.
Businesses* that support – in writing - parking meter money used for street sweeping and sidewalk power washing for our Centennial are, in alphabetical order:
All Things Bright & British
Allison James Estates & Homes
Antique Alley
Antique Galleria
Aubrey Rose Tea Room
Billiards Direct
Chase Bank
Christian Science Reading Room
Cosmos Cafe
Don Keating Automotive
Fashion Kiss
Gentlemen’s Resale
Gingham Restaurant
Golden Artistry
Handful of Wildflowers
Hoffer's Cigar Bar
Keller Williams Realty
Lupe’s Shoe Service
Marcella June Coffee
Maxwell’s House of Books
Michael Collins Fine Jewelry
Mostly Mission
Moze Guitars
OP Insurance
Park Estate Company
Por Favor Restaurant
Pret-a-Porter Salon
Readers Inc.
Sanfillipos Pizza
Scarlet Label
San Diego Nutrition
Sotheby’s International Realty
Sparrow Bridal Boutique
Stewart Title
Strategic Financial Services
Swami’s Restaurant
Time and Treasures
Tiramisu Restaurant
Steve Sund CPA
Time & Treasures
Village Gym
Webko Realty
Windermere SoCal
* During lunch, Tues., Feb 14th, I visited businesses on La Mesa Boulevard seeking support for this issue. If a merchant was busy with customers, I moved on. Of the business owners and managers I met with, the support was unanimous except for one business owner who felt the City should be doing the power washing and extra street sweeping as baseline services.
