Accomplishments
Byron
Wear was elected to the San Diego City Council in 1995 (56%) and re-elected
to a second term in 1998 Primary (55.5%) representing Point Loma, Mission
Bay, the Port and Downtown. He has a long list of major accomplishments.
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Selected as Deputy Mayor (1998 and 1999)
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Chaired, City
Council Land Use and Housing Committee, 1997, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
Initiated and presided over the Strategic Update of the City
of San Diego General Plan
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Chaired
the San Diego regional government consolidation efforts
including the SANDAG Joint Agency Negotiating Team on Consolidation
and the San Diego Regional Government Efficiency Commission which
recommended
the consolidation of functions of MTDB and SANDAG into
the
first comprehensive planning and transportation agency
in the
State
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Led efforts to build the downtown Ballpark and 26
block redevelopment project in East Village
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Member, California
Coastal Commission, 1996
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Led the effort to expand the San Diego
Convention Center
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Initiated the update of the Centre City Community
Plan
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Served on the North Embarcadero Visionary Alliance
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Championed
the effort and funded the revitalization of the historic
Balboa Theatre
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Championed the construction of Park-it-on-Market
and use of parking meter funds
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Member, Metropolitan Transit Development
Board (MTDB), 3 years and Trolley Board, 3 years
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Member, LAFCO,
2 years
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Interim Director, San Diego Regional Airport Authority,
2002
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Chaired, Mayor’s Tidelands Advisory Committee,
2001-2002
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Chaired, Select Committee on Fiscal Reform 1997-2001,
earning a Golden Watchdog Award from the San Diego County Taxpayers
Association
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Led the master planning efforts for Re Use Plan for
the Naval Training Center (Liberty Station)
which was considered to be a model for military
base closures.
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Established
the North Bay Redevelopment Project
Area (Midway, Sports Arena) resulting in millions of dollars of tax
increment to provide infrastructure upgrades.
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Funded the first study for the
Cross Border Terminal/Tijuana Rodriguez Airport, 1997
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Championed
the development of San Diego’s Low Flow Storm Water
Diversion System to prevent urban
runoff from polluting the coastline – the
first system of its kind in California
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Led
the effort and provided the initial start up funding to begin
the San Diego Regional Fire Helicopter Program
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Created and established
San Diego’s first Coastal Infrastructure
and Mission Bay Park Enterprise
Funds to provide needed improvements along our coast and Mission
Bay
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Led
the efforts to
address homeless housing by the establishment of a comprehensive
winter shelter
program, the establishment of
the Cortez Hill
Family Center and expansion
of the Veterans Village Facility on Pacific Highway