2023-07-18; City Council; ; Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Citizens Committee Report — Carlsbad City Council, July 18, 2023 (part 1 of 3)

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Meeting Date: July 18, 2023
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Scott Chadwick, City Manager
Staff Contact: Eric Lardy, City Planner
[email protected], 442-339-2712
Subject: Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Citizens Committee Report Districts: All
Recommended Actions
Adopt a resolution accepting the Carlsbad Tomorrow: Growth Management Citizens Committee’s report and directing staff to return to the City Council with an implementation program and options to update the Growth Management Program consistent with the committee’s recommendations three months after the completion of the Housing Element Rezoning Program. (Exhibit 1)
Executive Summary
In March 2022, the City Council formed a resident-
led advisory committee to initiate work on the City
Council’s goal to develop an updated approach to
manage growth in Carlsbad. The committee’s
mission was to conduct a balanced consideration
of a range of perspectives on issues affecting the
future growth and quality of life in Carlsbad and to
identify the key elements of a new plan to manage
growth in Carlsbad in a way that maintains an
excellent quality of life while also complying with
state law.

Over the course of 15 meetings between March
2022 and April 2023, the Carlsbad Tomorrow
Growth Management Citizens Committee learned
about and discussed each of the existing Growth
Management Program’s 11 public facility
“performance standards.”
Performance standards
refer to the level of service for public facilities such as roads, sewer pipes, parks and libraries, that needs to be maintained to meet the needs of new residents and businesses and ensure Carlsbad’s excellent quality of life.

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Under the current Growth Management Program, developers either pay fees toward or build the infrastructure and amenities needed to maintain these standards based on how many new residents will live in their housing and the new businesses expanding or locating in Carlsbad.

In addition to the existing performance standards, the committee also identified and discussed other issues the group felt were important to maintaining Carlsbad’s quality of life.

On April 20, 2023, the committee completed its work and approved two documents detailing its recommendations for the City Council’s consideration:
• Carlsbad Tomorrow Gr owth Management Citizens Committee Report (Exhibit 2) This report provides the committee’s recommendations on performance standards for key public facilities that should be addressed in a new plan to manage growth, in keeping with the City Council's direction.
• Quality of Life Concerns & Recommendations (E xhibit 3) This document details additional topics the committee felt were important to Carlsbad’s future quality of life but that are not recommended to be included as performance standards in a plan to manage growth.

This staff report also outlines options for next steps toward implementation of the committee’s recommendations.

Explanation & Analysis
Growth Management Program
The city’s Growth Management Program was created in the late 1980s and is largely credited with maintaining the city’s excellent quality of life, well-planned infrastructure and financial health over the past 35+ years. It consists of four main documents:
• The city’s growth management ordinance
• The citywide facilities and improvements plan
• 11 facilities performance standards
• A ballot measure approved by voters (Measure E)
However, in recent years, new state laws have been passed that render some parts of the city’s Growth Management Program unenforceable, including enforcing a limit on how many new homes can be built in the city.

Committee’s formation and charter
A goal of the City Council for fiscal year 2021-2022 was to engage the community through a citizens committee to create a new plan to manage growth in Carlsbad in a way that maintains an excellent quality of life while also complying with state law. This is also reflected as an objective to help maintain Carlsbad’s unique community character in the City Council’s 5-Year Strategic Plan. To begin work on this goal, the City Council approved the Growth Management Plan Update Advisory Committee Charter on Sept. 28, 2021 (Exhibit 4), and on March 8, 2022, the City Council approved the formation of the committee (Exhibit 5). The committee later changed its name to Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Citizens Committee.

The approved charter stated:

The committee’s work will conclude with a committee-supported report recommending to the City Council the key elements of what should be included in a new plan to July 18, 2023
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manage growth and achieve an excellent quality of life while maintaining compliance with state law. The City Council will consider the committee’s recommendations and direct the next steps to create a new growth management plan.

Fifty-seven people applied to serve on the committee. The City Council ultimately appointed 38 residents, 19 primary members and 19 alternates. The City Council chose members to get a cross section of community perspectives, including residents from each of the Carlsbad’s four City Council districts and members of the city’s commissions. • The Mayor nominated four community members (two primary and two alternates) to represent the city at large.
• Each City Council member nominated four community members (two primary and two alternates) to represent their council district.
• Each city commission nominated two members (one primary and one alternate).

Member Alternate
Jeff Segall, at large Ron Withall, at large
Scott White, at large Patrick Goyarts, at large
Eric Larson, District 1 (Chair) Jan Neff-Sinclair, District 1 Stephen “Hap” L’Heureux, District 1 Casey Carstairs, District 1 Mike Howes, District 2 (Vice Chair) Don Christiansen, District 2 Mary Ryan, District 2 Terence Green, District 2
Frank Caraglio, District 3 Thierry Ibri, District 3
Frances Schnall, District 3 Matthew Reese, District 3
Harry Peacock, District 4 Erin Nell, District 4
Annika Jimenez, District 4 Angela O’Hara, District 4
Gita Nassiri, Arts Commission Nora Jimenez George, Arts Commission Fred Briggs, Beach Preservation Commission Lisa Stark, Beach Preservation Commission Chad Majer, Historic Preservation Commission Jamie Jacobs, Historic Preservation Commission John Nguyen-Cleary, Housing Commission Allen Manzano, Housing Commission William Sheffler, Library Board of Trustees Art Larson, Library Board of Trustees Amy Allemann, Parks & Recreation Commission Marissa Steketee, Parks & Recreation Commission Joseph Stine, Planning Commission Kevin Sabellico, Planning Commission Patricia Mehan*, Senior Commission Nelson Ross, Senior Commission Steve Linke, Traffic & Mobility Commission William Fowler, Traffic & Mobility Commission * Member through November 2022 (deceased)

From the appointed primary committee members, the Mayor designated Eric Larson (District 1) as the committee Chair and Mike Howes (District 2) as the committee Vice Chair.

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Recommended growth management standards
Of the city’s existing 11 public facility performance standards, the committee recommended keeping seven of the standards as they are, modifying two standards, water distribution system and open space; and removing four, wastewater treatment capacity, city administrative facilities, fire, and schools, which were considered to already have plans in place to ensure the city’s needs are met in the future.

Current Growth Management Program public
facility Committee’s recommendation

Libraries

Keep as is

Parks Keep as is

Circulation (mobility)

Keep as is

Drainage Keep as is

Sewer collection system Keep as is

Water distribution system

Modify

Open space

Modify

Wastewater treatment capacity Remove

City administrative facilities Remove

Fire Remove

Schools

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The committee’s report (Exhibit 2) provides more detailed information on the existing public facility standards, the committee’s recommended changes and its rationale. Many of the recommendations were made by consensus of the committee.

Some recommendations were voted upon, and, in that case, an alternative perspective is noted in the committee report, provided by committee members who had a different opinion on what the standard should be.

Quality of life topics
The committee also discussed several issues outside of the scope of a growth management program but important to the city’s future quality of life. The committee felt these topics should be considered by the City Council in future strategic planning efforts, but not as standards in a growth management program.

These topics, detailed in Exhibit 3, are:

Arts and culture

Public facility
fees

Updates to
Proposition H

Energy

Homelessness

Seniors/aging
community

Coastline

Open space

Transportation and
mobility

Actions resulting from committee recommendations
Some of the committee’s recommendations require additional action to implement, as summarized below. Attachment A to Exhibit 1 provides a summary of the actions required to implement the committee’s recommendations, including staff’s recommendations on the next steps for each action.

Growth Management Program recommendations
• Modify existing public facility standards for water distribution and open space and remove standards for wastewater treatment capacity, city administrative facilities, fire and schools, as recommended in the committee’s report.
• For the parks standard, evaluate the feasibility of creating and implementing a distance- based standard to any publicly accessible park.

Quality of life concerns and recommendations
• In future strategic planning, prioritize the quality-of-life topics identified in Exhibit 3. • Incorporate a 750-seat cultural performing arts center in plans for a new city hall complex or look at other potential appropriate locations in the city to construct such a facility.

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• Form an energy advisory committee charged with providing the City Council with an annual report on energy related activities impacting the city’s residents and businesses. • Evaluate all public facility impact fees on a regular basis (no more than every five years) and update as needed.
• Amend the duties of the Parks & Recreation Commission to include the topic of open space (open space needs and opportunities to acquire more open space). • Adopt a policy that discourages exceptions to development standards that would decrease open space.
• Place a measure on a future ballot for voter approval to increase the Proposition H expenditure limit and indexing it to something like the Consumer Price Index so it can increase over time. Exclude certain public safety projects from voter approval. • Utilize the Sustainable Mobility Plan and Multimodal Transportation Impact Fee for various mobility improvements.

Relationship with the Housing Element
California law requires that all cities demonstrate how they will meet the housing needs of everyone in the community.

The City Council approved Carlsbad's housing plan, which is the Housing Element in the city’s General Plan, in April 2021. The plan details how Carlsbad will accommodate projected housing needs through 2029. The state approved the update to the city’s Housing Element in July 2021.

State law has forced changes in how the city can enforce the Growth Management Program.

Senate Bill 330, the Housing Crisis Act of 2019, prohibits local jurisdictions from imposing moratoriums on housing development and using residential housing caps or other limits to regulate the number of housing units built in a jurisdiction. This preempted the moratorium requirements and residential housing caps in the program. The city came into compliance with SB330 in April 2021 when the City Council adopted a resolution (Resolution No. 2021-074) that suspended the residential housing caps and moratorium provisions of the Growth Management Program.

The Housing Element update included Policy 10-P.15: “Work with the community to modify or replace Measure E (Growth Management Program) relative to the residential growth caps and development moratorium to be in compliance with SB330.” The citizen’s committee’s work was the first step in implementing this policy.

In addition, the Housing Element contains numerous programs that must be implemented.

Program 1.1 of the Housing Element requires the city to rezone property as necessary to accommodate the city’s Regional Housing Needs Assessment, which establishes the number of homes needed to accommodate forecasted growth through 2029, the end of the current housing planning period. Program 1.1 must be completed by April 2024. Once that effort is completed, the city will know the current number of housing units remaining to be built under the General Plan and will be able to better project what documents of the Growth Management Program should be updated to plan for future growth.

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Citizens Committee’s recommendations three months after the completion of the Housing Element rezoning program.

Community Engagement
The Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Citizens Committee’s work included a significant community engagement effort. Beyond the membership of the committee being representative of the community as a whole, all committee meetings were held in public, publicly noticed and included an opportunity for input from the community at each meeting. Committee meetings were streamed live on the city’s website and meeting materials and recordings were posted to the city website. All committee meetings were held in accordance with the open meeting requirements of the Ralph M. Brown Act.

The committee held 15 public meetings between March 2022 and April 2023. Regular updates were shared via the city’s communication channels about the committee’s work and topics on the agenda for discussion throughout the process. This included communicating the availability of the committee’s draft recommendations for public review, which were posted on the city website from March 14 to April 20, 2023. All written public comments are included as an appendix to the committee’s report (Exhibit 2).

Fiscal An
alysis
Funding for consultant services associated with the committee, as well as preparation of the committee report were previously authorized by the City Council (Exhibit 6), which authorized the use of $350,000 from the General Fund. With the completion of the committee’s report, all associated consulting services have been completed.

There is no anticipated additional fiscal cost associated with the City Council’s acceptance of the committee’s report. Implementation of the committee’s recommendations may involve fiscal costs and, if so directed by the City Council, staff will return to the City Council with information related to the fiscal costs of implementing the committee’s recommendations.

Options
Staff provide the following options for the City Council’s consideration:

1. Direct staff to take the actions recommended, as outlined in Exhibit 1, Attachment A, to return with an implementation program and options, including a budget and schedule, to update the Growth Management Program consistent with the Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Citizens Committee’s recommendations three months after the completion of the Housing Element rezoning program.

2. Provide staff with direction different from what the committee has recommended to move forward with creating a new approach to managing growth.

Next Steps
If the City Council chooses Option 1 or Option 2, above, staff will proceed with the next steps outlined in Exhibit 1, Attachment A, or as otherwise directed by the City Council.

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Environmental Evaluation
The City Planner has determined that this action is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act in accordance with Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), in that receiving a report and providing direction to staff to prepare additional reports to the City Council does not meet the definition of a project. The action constitutes organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.

Exhibits

1. City Council resolution

2. Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Citizens Committee Report, April 2023

3. Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Citizens Committee Quality of Life Concerns & Recommendations, April 2023

4. City Council Resolution No. 2021-223

5. City Council Resolutions No. 2022-059 to 2022-064

6. City Council Resolution No. 2021-100
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RESOLUTION NO. 2023-205

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING THE CARLSBAD TOMORROW: GROWTH

MANAGEMENT CITIZENS COMMITTEE'S REPORT AND DIRECTING STAFF TO

RETURN TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH AN IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM AND

OPTIONS TO UPDATE THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM CONSISTENT

WITH THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS THREE MONTHS AFTER THE

COMPLETION OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT REZONE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, on May 4, 2021, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California adopted Resolution No. 2021-100 directing staff to initiate the process to form a citizens committee to identify the key elements of a new plan to manage growth and maintain excellent quality of life in Carlsbad while complying with state housing laws; and to return to the City Council with recommendations on the committee formation process, potential representation, roles and responsibilities, mission statement and principles of participation; and
WHEREAS, on Sept. 28, 2021, the City Council approved resolution No 2021-223 approving the Growth Management Plan Update Advisory Committee Charter, which identifies the committee's mission, principles of participation, representation, roles, meeting process, and work product; and WHEREAS, on March 8, 2022, the City Council made appointments to the Growth Management Plan Update Advisory Committee, later renamed Carlsbad Tomorrow: Growth Management Citizens Committee; and
WHEREAS, the Carlsbad Tomorrow: Growth Management Citizens Committee met 15 times from March 2022 to April 2023, and on April 20, 2023, the committee approved the Carlsbad Tomorrow: Growth Management Citizens Committee Report, April 2023, with recommendations to the City Council on the Growth Management Program, on file with the City Clerk; and on April 20, 2023, the committee approved the Carlsbad Tomorrow: Growth Management Citizens Committee Qualify of Life Concerns and Recommendations, April 2023, on file with the City Clerk; and WHEREAS, implementation of the committee's recommendations require further action as outlined in Attachment A.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows:

1. That the above recitations are true and correct.

2. Receives the Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Citizens Committee Report.

Exhibit 1
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3. That the City Council directs staff to return to the City Council with an implementation program and options to update the Growth Management Program consistent with the committee's recommendations, as specified in Attachment A, within three months following the completion of the Housing Element Rezoning Program (Program 1.1).

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 18th day of !!!!Y, 2023, by the following vote, to wit:

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1 NEXT STEPS TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
CARLSBAD TOMORROW: GROWTH MANAGEMENT CITIZENS COMMITTEE Action
Item # Subject Committee recommendation Action needed to implement Staff-recommended next step 1 Various
revisions to
Growth
Management
Program
Modify some existing public facility
standards and remove others
1 Amend Growth Management
Program
Direct staff to return to the City Council with
an implementation program and options to
update the Growth Management Program
consistent with the Carlsbad Tomorrow
Growth Management Citizens Committee
recommendations three months after the
completion of the Housing Element rezoning
program. This will include a draft scope of
work, timeline and cost estimate to prepare
updates to the various documents.
2 Park standard
Although the committee recommends
retaining the existing park standard, the
committee also recommends additional
evaluation
1 Evaluate the feasibility of creating
and implementing a distance-based
standard to any publicly accessible
park.

Direct staff to prepare a draft scope of work,
timeline and cost estimate to conduct the
committee’s recommended evaluation and
return to City Council for further
consideration.
1 Carlsbad Tomorrow: Growth Management Citizens Committee Report, April 2023.

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3 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive summary .................................................................................................. 5 History ...................................................................................................................... 9 Growth Management Program ................................................................................ 9 Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Citizens Committee ............................ 19 Committee recommendations ............................................................................... 25 Performance standard recommendations.......................................................... 25 Quality of life concerns and recommendations .................................................. 40 Next steps .............................................................................................................. 44 Committee work plan ............................................................................................ 46

Appendices

1. Committee reference materials

2. Committee meeting materials

3. Public comments

4. Resource documents (city plans and policies)

5. Website resources

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5 Executive summary
Ideally situated in north San Diego County, Carlsbad residents enjoy a great climate, beautiful beaches and lagoons and abundant natural open spaces. A thriving and diverse business community, well-planned neighborhoods and infrastructure that has kept pace with development all speak to the city’s high standards and excellent quality of life. The city’s Growth Management Program has played an important role in providing services and regulating growth, which have helped preserve this quality of life.

The first step of a multi-year process to create a new approach to managing growth included the creation of the resident-led Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Citizens Committee by the City Council. The committee met from March 2022 – April 2023 to review and identify key elements of a new plan to manage growth in a way that maintains excellent quality of life and ensures compliance with state laws.

The mission of the Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Citizens Committee is to promote balanced consideration of a range of perspectives on issues affecting the future growth and quality of life in Carlsbad and to identify the key elements of a new plan to manage growth in Carlsbad in a way that maintains an excellent quality of life while also complying with state law.

Why now?
The City of Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program was created in the late 80s and is largely credited with maintaining the city’s excellent quality of life, well-planned infrastructure and financial health over the past 35+ years.
 In recent years, new state laws have been passed that render some parts of the city’s Growth Management Program unenforceable, including putting a limit on how many new homes can be built in the city.
 The state laws are meant to address a critical statewide shortage of housing by making it more difficult for cities to deny new housing projects.

About the committee
Over the course of 15 meetings, the Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Citizens Committee learned about and discussed each of the existing Growth Management Program’s 11 public facility “performance standards,” along with other issues the group felt were important to maintaining Carlsbad’s quality of life.
 Performance standards refer to the level of service for public facilities such as roads, sewer pipes, parks and libraries, that needs to be maintained to meet the needs of new residents and ensure Carlsbad’s excellent quality of life.

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6  Under the current Growth Management Program, developers either pay fees toward or build the infrastructure and amenities needed to maintain these standards based on the new residents who will live in their housing.

About this report

The purpose of this report is to communicate the committee’s recommendations for City Council’s consideration.

Recommended Growth Management standards
The committee heard thorough presentations from staff, listened to community input and reviewed and explored current Growth Management standards as well as a number of potential new standards (see page 39 under additional topics considered by the committee), but after extensive discussion on many of the topics, did not recommend any new standards.

Of the 11 current standards, the committee recommended keeping seven of the standards, modifying two standards (open space and water distribution system) and removing four (wastewater treatment capacity, city administrative facilities, fire and schools) that were considered to already have plans in place to ensure the city’s needs are met in the future.

Current Growth Management Program
public facility
Committee recommendation for current
public facility standard

Libraries

Keep as is

Parks

Keep as is
Circulation (mobility)

Keep as is

Drainage

Keep as is

Sewer collection system

Keep as is
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Committee recommendation for current
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Water distribution system

Modify

Open Space

Modify

Wastewater treatment capacity

Remove

City administrative facilities

Remove

Fire

Remove

Schools

Remove

“Standards” are typically tied to development fees. The committee understood there are implications with fees and that new development cannot be required to pay for existing deficiencies. The next step is to complete technical nexus studies to determine how these standards can be maintained, at what cost, and what percentage could be paid for or provided by developers.

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8 Quality of life concerns and recommendations
The committee felt new concepts should be considered in a separate quality of life concerns and recommendations document which is summarized in this report as well as in a separate document to the City Council. The committee felt that these topics were especially important to the quality of life in Carlsbad and wanted the City Council to understand this separately from the Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Citizens Committee Report.

Arts and culture

Public facility
fees
Updates to
Proposition H

Energy

Homelessness

Seniors/aging
community

Coastline

Open space

Transportation and
mobility

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9 History
In the 1980s, concerns about the pace of development took center stage, with debates over how and how much the city should grow. At that time, based on land use plans in place, Carlsbad would reach about 250,000 in population once all the major residential development was complete. To address concerns, the city worked with the community to craft an approach to managing growth, including housing caps, standards for public facilities and fees to ensure new growth paid its own way.

The ensuing years have validated this community-driven and developer-funded approach.

Carlsbad’s infrastructure has remained a top priority, with an expansive road network and a vast array of pipes and other infrastructure that have been well-planned and regularly maintained.

The city features over two dozen public parks, three public pools, nearly 70 miles of city trails, and three well-utilized libraries that foster life-long learning and community connection. Long a top concern, open space in Carlsbad has been preserved, even as the city approaches the upper limit of homes envisioned under the Growth Management Program.

Now, 37 years later, the large developable areas in Carlsbad are mostly built and the city is about 85% to 90% built out. The city’s focus is shifting toward infill development and long-term maintenance needs. At the same time, new state laws to promote more affordable housing mean Carlsbad may no longer enforce the housing caps that had long been a key pillar of its Growth Management Program. So instead of closing the book on new growth, Carlsbad finds itself entering a new chapter.

Moving forward, the hurdles of maintaining an excellent quality of life in Carlsbad will be different, but the goal remains the same. The city and the community will work together to retain those things that make Carlsbad so special, even as the city continues to welcome new residents in the future.

Growth Management Program
In 1984, Carlsbad’s population increased by 9%, the largest increase for any city in San Diego County and the 10
th largest in the state. At that time, the city was averaging about 2,000 new home building permits a year. As community concerns about growth increased, the City Council convened a citizens committee to help update its General Plan, which led to recommendations on how growth should be managed moving forward.

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10 In 1985, the City Council issued a six-month moratorium on new development to allow time to create a comprehensive approach to managing growth. What later became known as the Growth Management Program consists of four main parts:
 A growth management ordinance
 A citywide facilities and improvements plan
 11 facilities performance standards
 A ballot measure approved by voters

Growth management ordinance
In June 1986, the City Council approved an ordinance establishing a Growth Management Program for the City of Carlsbad, with the following goals:
 Provide quality housing opportunities for all economic sectors of the community  Provide a balanced community with adequate commercial, industrial, recreational and open space areas to support the residential areas of the city  Ensure that public facilities and improvements meeting city standards are available concurrent with the need created by new development
 Balance the housing needs of the region against the public service needs of Carlsbad residents and available fiscal and environmental resources  Encourage infill development in urbanized areas before allowing extensions of public facilities and improvements to areas which have yet to be urbanized  Ensure that all development is consistent with the Carlsbad general plan  Prevent growth unless adequate public facilities and improvements are provided in a phased and logical fashion as required by the general plan  Control of the timing and location of development by tying the pace of development to the provision of public facilities and improvements at the time

Citywide Facilities and Improvements Plan
The growth management ordinance also called for a citywide facilities and improvements plan, dubbed the “What, When and How” plan by the city’s planning director at the time. The plan spelled out what would be needed to maintain these standards as the city grew, when the improvements would be needed and how they would be paid for.

Local Facility Management Zones
Because different parts of Carlsbad would have different needs, the growth management ordinance also required the city to establish local zones based on the following criteria:
 Service areas or drainage basins
 Extent to which facilities or improvements are in place or available  Ownership of property
 Boundaries of existing master plans
 Boundaries of pending master plans
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11  Boundaries of potential future master plan areas
 Boundaries of approved tentative maps
 Public facilities relationships, the relationship to the city’s planned major road network  Special district service territories
 Approved fire, drainage, sewer, or other facilities or improvement master plans

The city created 25 Local Facility Management Zones. Each zone was required to have its own Local Facilities Management Plan prior to any new development, describing how required public facilities would be provided, when they would be needed and how they would be funded.

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12 Current standards
The growth management ordinance also required that the city develop minimum standards the following facilities would need to meet to maintain Carlsbad’s quality of life for all economic sectors of the Carlsbad community:

City administrative facilities
1,500 square feet per 1,000 population must be scheduled for construction within a five-year period or prior to construction of 6,250 dwelling units, beginning at the time the need is first identified.

Libraries
800 square feet per 1,000 population must be scheduled for construction within a five-year period or prior to construction of 6,250 dwelling units, beginning at the time the need is first identified.

Parks
Three acres of community park or special use area per 1,000 population within the park district must be scheduled for construction within a five-year period beginning from the time the need is first identified.

Open space
Fifteen percent of the total land area in the zone exclusive of environmentally constrained non-developable land must be set aside for permanent open space and must be available concurrent with development.

Circulation (mobility)
Implement a comprehensive livable streets network that serves all users of the system – vehicles, pedestrians, bicycles and public transit. Maintain a Level of Service D or better for all modes that are subject to the Multi-Modal Level of Service standard, as identified in Table 3-1 of the General Plan Mobility Element, excluding Level of Service exempt intersections and streets approved by the City Council.

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13 Fire response
No more than 1,500 dwelling units outside of a five-minute response time.

Schools
School capacity to meet projected enrollment within the zone as determined by the appropriate school district must be provided prior to projected occupancy.

Drainage
Drainage facilities must be provided as required by the city concurrent with development.

Water distribution system
Line capacity to meet demand as determined by the appropriate water district must be provided concurrent with development. A minimum 10-day average storage capacity must be provided prior to any development.

Sewer collection system
Trunk line capacity to meet demand as determined by the appropriate sewer district must be provided concurrent with development.

Wastewater treatment capacity
Sewer plant capacity is adequate for at least a five-year period.

Ballot measures
After the City Council adopted the growth management ordinance, a group of residents put an initiative on the November 1986 ballot that proposed to strictly limit new home development for 10 years. This was characterized at the time as the “no growth” approach, compared to the city’s “managed growth” strategy. The City of Carlsbad put forth a competing ballot measure that included three main parts:

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14  Affirming the basic principle of the growth management ordinance it had passed earlier in the year – that new home development will not be approved unless the public facilities required to serve new residents are provided concurrently with the need.  Prohibiting the approval of new residential development in excess of the limit established in the growth management ordinance without a public vote.  Allowing the city to add public facilities, but not reduce them without a corresponding reduction in the total number of homes allowed.

Both measures passed, but the city’s measure got more votes, so it prevailed.

In early 1987, the City Council formally added the following housing caps to the growth management ordinance (see image below). Housing caps were assigned by dividing the city into fourths and considering how many homes had already been built in each, so, in the end, housing would be spread throughout the city.

Density control map (adopted in 1986)

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15 Putting it all together
With development standards in place, detailed public facility improvement plans completed and funding sources identified, Carlsbad’s growth resumed. If public facilities in any one of the 25 local facility management zones fell short, development could be halted until the public facilities were in place. Developers paid fees to cover the facilities and services needed by the new residents their homes would bring. Staff monitors the status of the facility standards and provides annual reports to the City Council and the public.

The city’s award-winning Growth Management Program has been recognized statewide as a unique and successful model for managing growth. Residents have given the city’s quality of life high ratings year after year in city surveys, and Carlsbad has remained a very desirable place to live and do business.

The city has remained financially healthy while gaining high quality residential communities and the roads, libraries and other infrastructure needed to support them.

Planning for the future
As described in the history section above, the Growth Management Program was established during a time of rapid growth. From 1980 to 1990, Carlsbad’s population increased 78% and from 2010 to 2020, by comparison, Carlsbad’s population increased only 9%. Carlsbad’s population growth is slowing as developable area becomes more limited.

*This is our current best estimate of “buildout” based on the current dwelling units estimated to remain to be built in the General Plan, using the same persons per household assumptions as the 2020 census. Changes to the General Plan, state law or demographics over time will impact this number either positively or negatively. This is estimated to occur between 2030 and 2050.

Carlsbad is now transitioning into a time when most of the major planned residential development is complete. Housing laws have changed. Carlsbad’s infrastructure is aging and needs to be maintained. The city has become a major employment center, and community priorities have evolved.

For all these reasons, the growth management strategies that worked well to make Carlsbad the special place it is today must also change and evolve.

Year Carlsbad population Percentage increase
1980 35,490 78% 1990 63,126
2010 105,328 9% 2020 114,746
2030+* 133,515 16%
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16 Changes in laws, regulations and policies
The state of California has declared a housing crisis in the state and passed several new laws designed to make it easier to build housing, largely by reducing local cities’ control over the approval process.

In 2017 the California Legislature passed SB 166, known as the No Net Loss Law, which requires local jurisdictions to ensure that their Housing Element inventories can accommodate, at all times throughout the planning period, their remaining unmet share of the regional housing need.

In 2019, the legislature passed SB 330, the Housing Crisis Act of 2019, which prohibits local jurisdictions from imposing moratoriums or new restrictions on housing development. This extends to using residential housing caps or other limits to regulate the number of housing units built within a jurisdiction.

In light of these new laws, the California Department of Housing and Community Development has taken the following positions on what that means for Carlsbad:

 Failure to meet the Growth Management Program performance standards cannot be used as a basis for implementing a moratorium that precludes meeting Carlsbad’s share of the regional housing need.
 The Growth Management Program caps on housing cannot prevent the city from achieving consistency with the Housing Element inventory and SB 166.

In 2020 and 2021, the Carlsbad City Council adopted resolutions finding that housing caps and moratoriums on new housing are unenforceable due to the new state laws. It is likely that new state mandates, legislation or programs around housing may still be on the horizon.

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17 City of Carlsbad plans and policies
In addition to the Growth Management Program, there are a number of other plans and policies that help guide growth and land-use planning within the city, while keeping in mind the values and priorities of the Carlsbad community.

General Plan
City decision-makers rely on the General Plan, approved in 2015, for making decisions about land use and providing public facilities like roads, parks and fire stations. It is also a policy document that guides decisions related to protecting, enhancing, and providing those things the community values most, such as open space, habitat conservation, beach preservation, arts and community character. State law requires all cities and counties to have a General Plan.

The General Plan includes a housing plan, called a Housing Element , designed to provide the
city with a coordinated and comprehensive strategy for promoting the production of safe, decent and affordable housing within the community. State law requires housing elements to be updated every eight years to reflect a community’s changing housing needs and to align with new state laws.

In July 2021, the state approved Carlsbad's new Housing Element, which details how Carlsbad will accommodate projected housing needs through 2029. Carlsbad must also designate space for about 3,900 new housing units, of which about 2,100 units need to be affordable for people with very low to moderate incomes. Although Carlsbad can accommodate some of the housing units on property already designated for homes, the city needs to rezone additional sites to accommodate about 2,700 higher density housing units by April 2024 to meet state requirements. It is unknown how many additional housing units the state will require the city to accommodate in the future (after 2029).

During the committee’s deliberations, it was acknowledged that the city can no longer limit the number of homes in the city, and therefore, it is difficult to determine exactly what the future public facility needs will be. The committee also considered that even though there will be additional housing development, there will be limited future development overall, which limits the facility impact fees that will be collected to fund future construction of public facilities.

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18 Carlsbad Community Vision
Carlsbad and the General Plan are guided by nine core values that make up the community’s vision for the future. These values were adopted by the City Council in 2010, following a collaborative citizen-led process, Envision Carlsbad, with the community and have been reaffirmed over the years through regular check-ins and ongoing community engagement. The Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Citizens Committee regularly looked to the city’s vision and core principles for guidance throughout their process.

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Small town feel, beach community character and connectedness Enhance Carlsbad's defining attributes - its small town feel and beach community character. Build on the city's culture of civic engagement, volunteer ism and philanthropy.

Open space and the natural environment
Prioritize protection and enhancement of open space and the natural environment. Support and protect Carlsbad's unique open space and agricultural heritage.

Access to recreation and active, healthy lifestyles
Promote act ive lifesty les and commun ity health by furthering access to trails, parks, beaches and other recreation opportunities.

The local economy, business diversity and tourism
Strengthen the city's strong and dive rse economy and its position as an employment hub in north San Diego County.

Promote business diversity, increased specialty retail and dining opportunities, and Carlsbad's tourism.

Walking, biking, public transportation and connectivity Increase travel options through enhanced walking , bicycling and public transportation systems. Enhance mobil ity through increased connectivity and intelligent transportation management.

Sustainability
Build on the city 's sustainability initiatives to emerge as a leader in green development and sustainability. Pursue public/ private partnerships , particularly on sustainable water, energy, recycling and foods.

History, the arts and cultural resources
Emphasize the arts by promoting a multitude of events and productions year-round, cutting-edge venues to host world class performances, and celebrate Carlsbad's cultural heritage in dedicated facilities and programs.

High quality education and community services
Support quality, comprehensive education and life-long learning opportunities , provide housing and community services for a changing population , and maintain a high standard for citywide public safety.

Neighborhood revitalization, community design and livability Revitalize neighborhoods and enhance citywide community design and livability. Promote a greater mix of uses cityw ide, more activities along the coastline and link density to public transportation. Revitalize the downtown Village as a community focal point and a unique and memorab le center for visitors, and rejuvenate the historic Barrio neighborhood.

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19 Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Citizens
Committee
Committee members
The first step of a multi-year process to create a new approach to managing growth included the creation of the Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Citizens Committee. The committee met from March 2022 – April 2023 to review and identify key elements of a new plan to manage growth that maintains excellent quality of life and ensures compliance with state laws.

Member Alternate
Jeff Segall, At Large Ron Withall, At Large
Scott White, At Large Patrick Goyarts, At Large
Eric Larson, District 1 1 Jan Neff-Sinclair, District 1 Stephen “Hap” L’Heureux, District 1 Casey Carstairs, District 1 Mike Howes, District 2 2 Don Christiansen, District 2
Mary Ryan, District 2 Terence Green, District 2
Frank Caraglio, District 3 Thierry Ibri, District 3
Frances Schnall, District 3 Matthew Reese, District 3
Harry Peacock, District 4 Erin Nell, District 4
Annika Jimenez, District 4 Angela O’Hara, District 4
Gita Nassiri, Arts Commission Nora Jimenez George, Arts Commission Fred Briggs, Beach Preservation Commission Lisa Stark, Beach Preservation Commission Chad Majer, Historic Preservation Commission Jamie Jacobs, Historic Preservation Commission John Nguyen-Cleary, Housing Commission Allen Manzano, Housing Commission William Sheffler, Library Board of Trustees Art Larson, Library Board of Trustees Amy Allemann, Parks & Recreation Commission Marissa Steketee, Parks & Recreation Commission Joseph Stine, Planning Commission Kevin Sabellico, Planning Commission Patricia Mehan, Senior Commission 3 Nelson Ross, Senior Commission 4 (resigned) Steve Linke, Traffic & Mobility Commission William Fowler, Traffic & Mobility Commission

1 Chair
2 Vice Chair
3 Member through November 2022 (deceased)
4 Member through August 20222 (resigned)

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20 How the committee was formed
In March 2022, the City Council appointed 38 residents (19 primary members and 19 alternates) to serve on the committee.

Fifty-seven people applied to serve on the committee. Members were chosen by the City Council to get a cross section of community perspectives, including residents from each of the Carlsbad’s four City Council districts, as well as members of appointed commissions.

 The Mayor nominated four community members (two primary members and two alternates) to represent the city at large.
 Each City Council member nominated four community members (two primary members and two alternates) to represent their council district.  Each of the city’s advisory commissions nominated two of their members (one primary and one alternate).

From the appointed primary committee members, the Mayor designated Eric Larson (District 1) as the Chair and Mike Howes (District 2) as the Vice Chair.

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21 One Senior Commission member originally selected resigned at the beginning of the committee’s process. The other Senior Commission member unfortunately passed away before the committee’s work was complete. The committee decided not to replace the Senior Commission members since only a few meetings remained and the committee was so far along in the process.

Committee charter

To achieve the committee’s mission, the City Council asked members to:

 Become familiar with the issues that affect future growth and quality of life in Carlsbad  Attend periodic meetings over a period of time (approximately 1 year)  Listen to and respect diversity in perspectives, facts and opinions  Provide constructive feedback to city staff and consultants on process and draft work products
 In decision-making, balance individual and group stakeholder goals with the larger public interest and legal requirements
 Work collaboratively with other committee members in reaching decisions and making recommendations to the City Council
 Encourage community participation at committee meetings

The committee’s charter
(Appendix 1) laid out information including how often the committee would meet, what constituted a quorum (ten members), the role of the Chair and Vice Chair, how to follow open-meeting requirements, how the committee would handle information sharing and more.

The committee was tasked with focusing on input, review and "buy-in" to carry out its mission, rather than deliberating on precise details.

Committee mission
The mission of the Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Citizens Committee is to promote balanced consideration of a range of perspectives on issues affecting the future growth and quality of life in Carlsbad and to identify the key elements of a new plan to manage growth in Carlsbad in a way that maintains an excellent quality of life while also complying with state law.

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22 Process
Over the course of 15 meetings and more than 50 hours of meeting time, the committee discussed each of the existing Growth Management Program’s 11 performance standards, along with other topics the group felt were important to maintaining Carlsbad’s quality of life, and decided on recommendations for future standards to reflect the community’s current needs and priorities. All meetings were held in public, with an opportunity for input from the community.

A trained facilitator helped manage the committee meetings to encourage a collaborative process, ensure the mission was achieved, and committee-developed ground rules were enforced. The facilitator worked hand-in-hand with the committee chair and city staff.

From the outset, the committee agreed to abide by the following discussion process:

 The committee would establish ground rules about how members should conduct themselves during meetings.
 The preferred decision-making process is collaborative problem solving.  Consensus of the committee takes precedence over individual preferences.  When there isn’t a consensus, the Chair may call for majority vote of the committee; however, alternative perspectives will be documented.
 City staff is present at all meetings to assist the Chair and committee as needed.

Ground rules
The committee established the following ground rules for how members should conduct themselves during meetings:
 Encourage diversity of ideas; every idea is a good idea during brainstorming.  Avoid applying personal biases based on geography, organization affiliation, etc. – think about the city as a whole.
 Establish and follow general time limits for discussion items.  Always be respectful.
 Be prepared by reading materials and thinking about topics ahead of meetings.  Encourage all to speak – both primary and alternate members.  Actively search for ways to identify gaps in data and make requests based on those gaps.

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23 Meeting participation
The committee met once a month, except for two meetings held in January 2023. Full participation of committee members was essential to the effectiveness of the committee, and members were expected to attend all committee meetings. During meeting discussions and dialogue, primary committee members were given the first opportunity to comment and ask questions. Following that exchange, alternates were then invited to also provide comments and ask questions as time allowed for the agenda item.

If a primary committee member was unable to attend a meeting, they were expected to notify city staff as soon as possible, and the designated alternate would participate in his or her place during that meeting. Many votes were by consensus, however, on a number of issues when the committee was split, a roll call vote was taken. Only primary members were allowed to vote on those proposals unless the alternate was filling in for their primary member. The alternate was encouraged to actively participate in the meeting as a primary member provided they were adequately briefed as to the status of prior discussions and decisions.

Open meeting requirements
All committee meetings and committee members were subject to the open meeting requirements of the Ralph M. Brown Act (Brown Act). The Brown Act imposes public notice and access requirements on committee meetings, and places certain limitations on when and how committee members may communicate with one another. New committee members were given a briefing by the City Attorney's office about the basic requirements of the Brown Act.

Work product
The committee's work concluded with this committee-supported report recommending to the City Council what key elements and standards should be included in a new plan to manage growth to comply with state law and maintain the city’s excellent quality of life.

The committee also identified several issues, services and policies important to Carlsbad’s future quality of life, but should not be performance standards.

The committee’s work product summarized in this report includes:
 Recommended growth management standards
 Review of topics discussed, but not recommended for standards  Quality of life concerns and recommendations (not standards) An overview of the committee’s work plan and actions taken by the committee at each meeting is included at the end of this report (page 46).

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24 The Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Citizens Committee is the first stage of a multi- year process to create a new approach to managing growth in Carlsbad. The City Council will consider the committee's recommendations and direct the next steps to create a new Growth Management Program. After the City Council receives the committee’s report and provides direction on next steps, the next phase of the process will begin, with more opportunities for public engagement.

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25 Committee recommendations
The Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Citizens Committee was charged with identifying key elements of a new plan to manage growth in Carlsbad in a way that maintains an excellent quality of life while also complying with state law.

Performance standard recommendations
Over the course of 15 meetings, the committee received in-depth presentations from department heads, Fire and Police Chiefs, and other internal and external experts about each of the existing Growth Management Program’s 11 performance standards, along with other topics the group felt were important to maintaining Carlsbad’s quality of life. Performance standards refer to the level of service that needs to be maintained to ensure Carlsbad’s excellent quality of life.

The committee then discussed each of these topics, focusing on whether they were still critical to maintaining Carlsbad’s quality of life and, if so, what the standard should be moving forward based on the community’s current needs and priorities. The committee also considered whether the topic was best addressed as a performance standard or if they were adequately addressed in other existing city policies and plans.

All recommendations were made without a financial or impact analysis, as committee members understood that the City Council may direct staff to investigate those issues as it proceeds with next steps.

For each of the city’s existing 11 public facility performance standards, the committee determined whether the standard should be kept as is, modified or removed from the Growth Management Program, as summarized below. Additional detail on each standard can be found on pages 27-38.

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public facility standard

Libraries

Keep as is

Parks

Keep as is
Circulation (mobility)

Keep as is

Drainage

Keep as is

Sewer collection system

Keep as is

Water distribution system

Modify

Open Space

Modify

Wastewater treatment capacity

Remove

City administrative facilities

Remove

Fire

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Schools

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27 LIBRARY FACILITIES STANDARD

Standard (current retained)
 800 sq. ft. of library facilities per 1,000 population must be scheduled for construction within a five-year period or prior to construction of 6,250 dwelling units, beginning at the time the need is first identified.

Rationale
 The City of Carlsbad’s library system is well-utilized by the community and will continue to contribute greatly to quality of life as the city manages future growth.  Technological advances have not minimized the need for physical library space. Instead, modern libraries are focused on more flexible spaces that can adapt readily to changing community priorities and needs.
 The library industry has moved away from formulaic calculations per capita to determine space needs, but has not replaced it with a new standard. As such, the committee recommends that the library standard remain as was written in the original Growth Management Program.

Status
 Based on the 2020-2021 Growth Management Monitoring Report, Carlsbad libraries have the resources needed to provide an excellent level of service.  Based on the June 30, 2021 population estimate of 116,025, the growth management standard requires 92,820 sq. ft. of public library space. The city’s current 99,993 sq. ft. of library facilities adequately meets the growth management standard.

Facility Square Feet
Dove Library (includes the Schulman
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Cole Library

24,600
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Standard (current retained)
 3.0 acres of community park or special use area per 1,000 population within the park district must be scheduled for construction within a five-year period beginning at the time the need is first identified.

Additional recommendation
 The committee is requesting that the City Council direct staff to evaluate the feasibility of creating and implementing a distance based standard to any publicly accessible park.

Rationale
 Access to parks contributes to public health, social connectivity and overall quality of life while managing growth.
 The city’s parks standard has evolved from the early 1980s, but has always been based on a ratio of park land to population, with a five-year timeframe to meet the standard. The five-year period allows demand to accumulate to the point that construction of a new park would be warranted.
 As the committee evaluated the current parks standard, they reviewed how Carlsbad compares with neighboring cities, discussed alternative ways to inventory park land in the city, and questioned whether counting acreage by quadrant is the most effective way to achieve park goals. Additionally, the committee stressed the importance of close access to a park as contributing to quality of life.

Alternative perspectives
 Some committee members preferred a citywide standard of 4 acres per 1,000 population.  Some committee members preferred excluding acreage inaccessible to people, and/or restricting the acreage of Veterans Memorial Park to the northwest quadrant given the significant reduction in its scope and elimination of the planned buildings and activity areas that originally classified it as a citywide/regional park in 1986.  In the end, the majority voted to retain the existing standard.

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29  To address the access to parks, a majority of the committee also voted to request that City Council direct staff to evaluate the feasibility of a standard based upon a distance measure to any publicly accessible park.

Status
 The city is currently exceeding the parks performance standard and is projected to exceed the standard at complete buildout of housing units, currently estimated at 133,515 persons, as reflected in the chart below. More information on population estimates is on page 15.

1 Existing park acreage inventory for each quadrant includes an equal proportion (23.4 acres) of Veterans Memorial Park. Although located in the northwest quadrant, because of its size, centralized location and citywide significance, the park fulfills citywide park facility needs. The city’s intention for the park to be a citywide park facility dates to the adoption of the Growth Management Program in 1986.

Quadrant Park acreage inventory
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standard at city buildout
NW 131.7 94.1 117.4
NE 68.7 54.6 68.2
SW 93.6 79.0 86.5
SE 138.3 120.4 127.6
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30 MOBILITY STANDARD

Standard (current retained)
 Implement a comprehensive livable streets network that serves all users of the system – vehicles, pedestrians, bicycles and public transit. Maintain a Level of Service D or better for all modes that are subject to the Multi-Modal Level of Services standard, as identified in Table 3-1 of the General Plan Mobility Element, excluding Level of Service exempt intersections and streets approved by the City Council.

Rationale
 The ability to move safely and conveniently throughout the city will remain critical to quality of life and the local economy as the city manages future growth.  The committee believes vehicle traffic congestion needs to be addressed, and streets should better accommodate all modes of travel.
 The 2015 General Plan update calls for a multimodal Complete Streets network throughout the city, which will accommodate all modes of travel (auto, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian). These modes will be prioritized differently, depending on the size and purpose of each street.
 The city is currently developing a multimodal impact fee to fund the transformation of city streets to meet current and future demands. Once complete, the proposed standard can be reviewed to ensure alignment with the new impact fee program.

Alternate perspectives
 Some committee members preferred a staff recommendation to change the standard to one that relied and built upon the Sustainable Mobility Plan’s new multi-modal transportation impact fee to address citywide improvements, rather than the existing level of service related standard. The majority of the committee voted to recommend the current standard be kept in place.

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31 Status
 Based on the 2020-2021 Growth Management Monitoring Report, all the deficient roadway facilities identified in the report were previously determined by City Council to be deficient and exempt per General Plan Mobility Policy 3-P.10. The Multimodal Level of Service analysis continues to be developed with the Traffic & Mobility Commission. The committee was unable to reference a completed Multimodal Level of Service analysis to inform non-vehicle based performance standard possibilities. The initial Multimodal Level of Service will be presented to the Traffic & Mobility Commission in the spring of 2023.

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32 DRAINAGE STANDARD

Standard (current retained)
 Drainage infrastructure must be provided as required by the city concurrent with development.

Rationale
 Adequate drainage infrastructure will continue to contribute to Carlsbad’s quality of life as the city manages growth by improving public safety, safeguarding the environment and protecting property from flooding.
 Unlike some other performance standards, drainage infrastructure needs are specific to individual projects.
 City subject matter experts have assured the committee that this standard could be applied effectively to the types of development expected in the future.

Status
 Based on the 2020-2021 Growth Management Monitoring Report, the growth management drainage standard has been met consistently.

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SYSTEM STANDARD

Standard (current retained)
 Trunk line capacity to meet demand, as determined by the appropriate wastewater districts, must be provided concurrent with development.

Rationale
 Evaluating, maintaining and increasing the city’s wastewater collection and conveyance system as development occurs is essential to preserving public health, the environment and quality of life.
 The City of Carlsbad, Leucadia Wastewater District and Vallecitos Water District provide this service within the city’s boundaries.
 The city develops and assesses wastewater system capacity every five years through a master planning process that considers General Plan land use designations, development density and population projections. The latest master plan was completed in 2019.  Unlike some other performance standards, wastewater collection system needs are specific to individual projects.
 The city requires studies during discretionary project review for sewer system sizing to determine what infrastructure, if any, must be built concurrently with the project.

Status
 Based on the 2020-2021 Growth Management Monitoring Report, all three agencies provided wastewater collection service have adequate conveyance capacity in place to meet Carlsbad’s wastewater collection demands.

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SYSTEM STANDARD

Proposed new standard
 Concurrent with development, coordinate with the appropriate water district to ensure water pipelines have capacity to meet increased demand.

Current standard
 Line capacity to meet demand as determined by the appropriate water district must be provided concurrent with development. A minimum 10-day average storage capacity must be provided prior to any development.

Rationale
 Reliable delivery of safe drinking water is essential for public health, quality of life and the city’s economy as the city manages future growth.
 Carlsbad Municipal Water District, which is a subsidiary district of the City of Carlsbad, Olivenhain Municipal Water District (southern Carlsbad) and Vallecitos Water District (parts of eastern Carlsbad) distribute water within the city’s boundaries.  These water districts prepare water master plans to forecast future infrastructure needs, among other things.
 When a residential development project is proposed, city staff consult the appropriate water master plan to check pipeline sizes and facility capacities. If needed, developers will be required to build projects identified in the master plan concurrently with the project.  The committee recommends removing the storage requirement because the standard is not intended to address water supply, just infrastructure. Additionally, the city has developed adequate storage capacity since the original standard was developed.

Status
 Based on the 2020-2021 Growth Management Monitoring Report, all three water districts serving Carlsbad have plans in place to ensure water distribution capacity will keep pace with development.

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35 OPEN SPACE STANDARD

Proposed new standard
 In all Local Facility Management Zones, open space shall be provided consistent with city policies and regulations, including for protection of natural resources, provision of outdoor recreation, production of resources, and for aesthetic, cultural and educational purposes.
 In Local Facilities Management Zones 11 - 15 and 17 - 25, 15% of the total land area in the zone exclusive of environmentally constrained non-developable land must be set aside for permanent open space and must be available concurrent with development. Local Facility Management Zones 1 - 10 and 16 are exempt from this 15% open space requirement, pursuant to the Citywide Facilities and Improvements Plan adopted by the City Council in 1986.

Note: when the 15% open space standard was originally adopted in 1986, Local Facility Management Zones 1-10 and 16 were urbanized (developed), were urbanizing (had approved development/master plans) or were non-residential, and the Citywide Facilities and Improvements Plan adopted by the City Council did not apply the open space standard to those areas.

Current standard
 Fifteen percent of the total land area in the Local Facility Management Zone exclusive of environmentally constrained non-developable land must be set aside for permanent open space and must be available concurrent with development.

Rationale
 Much of project-based open space is achieved through zoning – private open space, setbacks, lot coverage, which apply citywide.
 Open space is currently provided in all Local Facility Management Zones (refer to map on page 11).
 While the city continues to allocate funds for acquisition of open space, challenges exist in securing vacant available land for more open space than is currently planned, and options for a different open space standard are limited and involve additional cost to the city.

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36 Alternate perspectives
 When the Growth Management Program was first implemented, several zones were exempted from the open space standard based on their 1986 planning and development status. Because planning changes and redevelopment have and likely will continue to alter the status in the exempt zones over time, some committee members preferred to look at ways to reverse the exemptions, apply a citywide standard, and/or look into linkage fees.

The majority of the committee preferred to keep the original standard in place while adding a statement highlighting existing city open space policies that apply to all zones.

Status
The open space percentages in the following table represent total open space in each zone, not just the unconstrained developable portion required to meet the 15% performance standard.

Local Facility
Management Zone #
Is zone exempt from open
space standard? Why?
Open space is what percent
of total acres in zone?
Percentage of citywide
open space1
1 Yes – Urbanized 21.1% 2.9%
2 Yes – Urbanized 15.8% .5%
3 Yes – Urbanized 9.4% .2%
4 Yes – Urbanized 20.2% .4%
5 Yes – Urbanized 24.6% 2.4%
6 Yes – Urbanized 20.4% 2.1%
7 Yes – Urbanizing 42.4% 1.4%
8 Yes – Urbanizing 80.1% 2.4%
9 Yes – Urbanizing 44.1% .8%
10 Yes – Urbanizing 60.5% 1.9%
11 No – Future Urbanizing 48.5% 4.4%
12 No – Future Urbanizing 20.8% .6%
13 No – Future Urbanizing 47.0% 1.4%
14 No – Future Urbanizing 68.3% 2.3%
15 No – Future Urbanizing 55.0% 3.4%
16 Yes – Not residential 53.1% .9%
17 No – Future Urbanizing 38.2% .9%
18 No – Future Urbanizing 38.3% 1.4%
19 No – Future Urbanizing 62.9% 4.1%
20 No – Future Urbanizing 32.1% 1%
21 No – Future Urbanizing 44.3% .5%
22 No – Future Urbanizing 17.2% .3%
23 No – Future Urbanizing 64.8% .7%
24 No – Future Urbanizing 41.0% .3%
25 No – Future Urbanizing 77.4% .9%
Total 38% of total city acres
Please refer to page 11 for a map of Local Facility Management Zones.

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37 STANDARDS RECOMMENDED FOR REMOVAL

By consensus, the committee recommended the following four current performance standards be removed from the Growth Management Program.

WASTEWATER TREATMENT STANDARD

Current standard
 Sewer plant capacity is adequate for at least a five-year period.

Rationale
 Sufficient planning processes and efforts exist to maintain sewer system and treatment plant capacity through the city’s involvement with the Encina Joint Powers Authority, which operates the Encina Wastewater Authority treatment plant that serves Carlsbad.  The Encina Wastewater Authority adequately provides essential services for preserving public health, protecting the local ocean environment and providing valuable wastewater infrastructure for the region.
 The Encina Wastewater Authority’s long-term Capital Improvement Program ensures the wastewater treatment plant serving Carlsbad is able to handle future growth and meet increasingly stringent environmental regulations.

CITY ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITIES STANDARD

Current standard
 1,500 sq. ft. per 1,000 population must be scheduled for construction within a five-year period or prior to construction of 6,250 dwelling units, beginning at the time the need is first identified.

Rationale
 This standard is no longer reflective of modern business operations and is unnecessary with the new civic center and city hall project authorized in August 2022 to move forward. With the construction of the new civic center, the standard would be exceeded.  As the city has reached a stage where it is focused on maintaining infrastructure and having less rapid growth, this standard is determined unnecessary for the city to continue to provide operational facilities.

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38 FIRE STANDARD

Current standard
 No more than 1,500 dwelling units outside of a five-minute response time.

Rationale
 After consultation with the City of Carlsbad Fire Chief, the committee found the existing standard did not provide the best method for the city to evaluate fire service performance.
 Best practices for evaluating the effectiveness of a Fire Department include a variety of performance standards and ever-evolving metrics that are not related to future development.
 These practices are occurring in metrics that the Fire Department annually prepares and presents to the City Council as part of the annual budget process to ensure high-quality Fire Department services are maintained.

Related considerations
 Following consultation with both the Fire and Police Chiefs, the committee also considered whether there should be a separate police performance standard or an overall public safety standard that incorporates both police and fire. Ultimately, the committee determined the levels of service for police and fire were adequately addressed through other existing city and departmental policies and plans.

SCHOOLS STANDARD

Current standard
 School capacity to meet projected enrollment within the Local Facility Management Zone as determined by the appropriate school district must be provided prior to projected occupancy.

Rationale
 The standard was deemed to be unnecessary as schools maintain their own standards and state law already requires annual coordination.
 The city has no control over schools and/or the development of schools.  Development is required to provide evidence that schools have capacity for its residents and pay fees to the applicable school district. School districts complete facilities plans that include city growth projections.

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39 Additional topics considered by the committee
In addition to the existing 11 public facility performance standards, the committee identified and discussed the following topics to determine if they should be considered as part of a future Growth Management Program. After consideration of the topics below, the committee determined that most of the topics are adequately addressed by other policies, programs and regulations, and that none of the topics should be included as a standalone standard in a future Growth Management Program.

 Behavioral health
 Physical health
 Walkability
 Policing
 Homelessness
 Seniors/aging community
• Senior Center operations
 Arts and culture
 Energy and power
• Local power generation
• Renewable energy
• Reservoir solar panels
 Water
• Sources and supplies
• Desalination
• Water quality
• Stormwater
• Recycled water
 Environmental sustainability
• Climate change
• Sea level rise
 Technology
 Cellular service/ Wi-Fi access
 Village development
 Request for a park at Ponto
 Updates to Proposition H and fees

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40 Quality of life concerns and recommendations
While standards could not be developed for some of these topics, the committee determined some of the topics should receive more consideration by the City Council and be considered in future city strategic planning issues, but not as standards in the Growth Management Program.

These are described in more detail on pages 39-43 and were also provided to the City Council in a separate document.

Arts and culture

Public facility
fees
Updates to
Proposition H

Energy

Homelessness

Seniors/aging
community

Coastline

Open space

Transportation and
mobility

The committee discussions on these additional topics and quality of life issues, as well as public input, are summarized in the meeting minutes, which are included in the appendices.

ARTS AND CULTURE
 The arts are fundamentally intertwined with the City of Carlsbad’s quality of life as they give the city a defining character and create a sense of place through aesthetics and culturally enriching programs and events for all residents. A culturally thriving community is directly related to economic growth; hence, the arts should be given higher priority by the City Council in the Strategic Plan and Operating Budget.  The committee believed that a 750-seat cultural performing arts center would enhance the quality of life in Carlsbad and believed serious consideration should be given by the City Council to incorporate this in either the plans for a new city hall complex or to look at other potential appropriate locations in the city to construct such a facility.

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41 CARLSBAD ENERGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
 The committee recommended the creation of a group of 5-7 citizens charged with providing the Mayor and City Council with an annual summary of all energy-related activities impacting the city’s residents and businesses. Topics included but are not limited to:
• Electric commodity providers
• Energy reliability and safety
• SDG&E undergrounding programs
• Carlsbad’s peaker-style power plant operations
• Renewable energy production (new solar installations, quantity of energy produced, new technological advancements)
• Feasibility of microgrids
• Energy storage
• Energy costs and sources

COASTLINE
 It is recognized that Carlsbad’s beaches and beach-front areas are being impacted by both man-made and environmental conditions that are severely depleting those resources at a time when demand for such recreational space is increasing rapidly. Shoreline preservation, beach erosion, sea-level rise and continuing adverse weather-related influences are all causing great impacts for beach use and access, as witnessed during the winter and spring storms that batter our coastline periodically and as recently as 2023.  The committee strongly recommends that the City Council give top priority to the expansion, protection and enhancement of public access to, and community use of, the shoreline at beach level and on the bluffs overlooking the beach in decisions concerning active and passive park use, open space, enhanced pedestrian and bike trails, periodic sand replenishment, a dog beach area, park and/or outdoor venue areas for community events, parking, lifeguard coverage, beach showers and public restroom facilities.

Commercial/residential development, if permitted for such areas, should be planned to return substantial public recreational benefit.

FEES
 The committee recommended the city evaluate all public facility impact fees on a regular basis (no more than every five years) and update as needed.

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42 HOMELESSNESS
 Homelessness is an important issue that impacts the quality of life for the residents of Carlsbad and should remain a priority for the City Council in the Strategic Plan and Operating Budget. The committee recognized the complex challenges of addressing the impacts of homelessness and supports the continued efforts of the city’s Homeless Outreach Team and affordable housing programs, as well as the Homelessness Action Plan.

OPEN SPACE
 The committee recommended the City Council elevate the topic of open space by adding to the purview of the Parks & Recreation Commission to address open space needs throughout the city, address potential open space deficits and evaluate opportunities to acquire more open space by updating the list of candidate properties for proactive open space acquisition and by developing a plan that prioritizes zones with less unconstrained open space or that are subject to loss due to sea level rise.  Adopt a policy that discourages exceptions to development standards that would decrease open space.

PROPOSITION H
 During committee deliberation it was discussed that the Proposition H limit of $1 million on general fund expenditures, as implemented by Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 1.24, has not been updated since it was passed by voters in the 1982. The committee recommended the City Council consider a ballot measure increasing the expenditure limit due to increased project costs, and indexing it to something like the Consumer Price Index so it can increase over time.
 Additionally, the committee recommended the city set aside funding for public safety capital improvement projects, such as fire stations, and specify in a future ballot measure that certain types of projects don’t require voter approval to exceed the spending limit of $1 million.

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43 SENIORS/AGING COMMUNITY
 The quality of life and needs of Carlsbad’s senior community and aging population is important. The committee recognized and supported the city’s continued efforts to ensure the needs of seniors are met, such as through the City of Carlsbad Age-Friendly Action Plan, City of Carlsbad Parks & Recreation Department senior programs and Senior Center, and the City of Carlsbad Senior Commission.
 Carlsbad’s senior community and aging population should remain a priority for the City Council in the Strategic Plan and Operating Budget.

TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY
 The committee recommended the city leverage the Sustainable Mobility Plan and Multimodal Transportation Impact Fee to implement future multimodal transportation projects that provide the greatest benefit to the community; • Review of current facilities,
• Relationship between existing traffic operations, changing commute patterns, regional traffic volume growth, traffic safety and new disruptive trends in mobility technologies, and
• Development of standards and a fee structure for private development to provide a fair share to partially fund the buildout of the city’s multimodal transportation network.
 Require new development to conduct intersection Level of Service and Multimodal Level- of-Service analysis to determine direct project impacts in accordance with the city’s Local Mobility Analysis Guidelines. Update the Multimodal Transportation Impact Fee and include Local Mobility Assessment with Level of Service for all modes.  Complete the city’s typology-based street network, as described in the General Plan Mobility Element.
 Improve traffic signal synchronization to improve vehicle mobility and reduce the potential environmental impacts from vehicle emissions related to the stop-and-go and idling at intersections.

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44 Next steps
After the City Council receives the committee’s report and provides direction on next steps, the next phase of the multi-year process will begin. This could consist of nexus studies to determine options for how various performance standards could be funded going forward.

Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program established that new development must provide the public infrastructure and facilities necessary to serve the residents who will live in the new homes created. Developers either build the improvements themselves or pay fees to the city so the city can provide them. Throughout the process, the committee voiced concern about possible burdens that the Growth Management Program might place on developers who would pass increased costs on to new homebuyers or renters, thereby making projects more costly and less affordable. The committee was concerned requirements could actually prevent development rather than managing it.

While recognizing these dilemmas, funding strategies and financial implications were not topics the City Council asked the committee to address and the committee did not have the data to make such recommendations at this stage of the process. A future step in the process will address funding options and nexus studies.

The committee’s work is concluded with this report, marking the completion of the first stage of a multi-year process to create a new approach to managing growth in Carlsbad.

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STEPS IN THE PROCESS
Growth Management Program Update
Mar 2022 - Mar 2023 April 2023
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docum ents
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Management
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45 Funding models
The funding models described below are provided for informational purposes only and were not explored by the committee as part of their mission.

How standards can be funded
 Impact fees are enabled through the Mitigation Fee Act (1987), codified in California Government Code §66000 – 66025. The law requires conducting a nexus study, which is the relationship between what the payer pays and their “roughly proportional” share of benefit. New development cannot be required to pay for existing deficiencies.  Developer exactions may also occur through development agreements, facilities benefit assessments, subdivision improvements and in-lieu fees, California Environmental Quality Act in-lieu mitigation fees, and utility and school district fees.  The cost of facilities may be passed on to individual property owners through special districts, such as Mello-Roos Community Facilities Districts.  Use of general funds, voter-approved bond measures, state and federal funds, grants, and user fees all play important roles in funding various types of public facilities. Most tax-based mechanisms require voter approval.

How impact fees are determined
Impact fees may be calculated using an average or marginal cost approach, and with consideration for impacts on citywide systems.
 Average Cost Fees. Impact fees in new growth (master planned community) jurisdictions are typically assessed based on an “average cost” approach, where costs to serve all development at buildout are estimated, then allocated to units over time.  Marginal Cost Fees. For infill development, it may be appropriate to determine the demand for and cost of public facilities based on the amount of new development relative to existing supply. Demand for public facilities at the margin may be lower or higher depending on the context.
 Systems-Based Fees. Fees may be designed to address growing citywide needs for facilities such as parks and multi-mobility infrastructure, and to prioritize the use of funds in areas of greatest need.

Key policy considerations related to funding
 Development impact fees are an important funding source, but they may add to the cost of housing and limit supply. Impact fees cannot make up deficits in program funding from existing residents. Broad based financing sources, such as taxes, bonds, commercial development fees, transit occupancy taxes, and user fees, can help reduce reliance on impact fees and avoid creating constraints to housing development, but are challenging to put in place.

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46  Carlsbad’s approach to impact fees could include continued application of existing impact fees as currently required by the Growth Management Program, along with new impact fees for infill development using a marginal cost approach, considering broader areas of benefit, and evaluating system-wide needs and mitigation opportunities.  As an alternative to housing caps, progress toward the city’s growth and financing goals can be achieved through coordinated use of impact fees, the General Plan and zoning regulations, capital improvement programs, public facilities plans, strategic use of public funding, and continued regional coordination and infrastructure investments.  Regular monitoring of growth and public facilities, with associated fee updates and capital improvement planning, can also contribute to concurrency goals.  Overall solutions to funding public facilities and achieving concurrency would benefit from a toolbox approach where a variety of approaches, including developer and public funding, are strategically applied to address growth management goals.

Committee work plan
The committee met 15 times over approximately one year. Below is an overview of the committee’s work plan and actions taken by the committee at each meeting.

March 30, 2022 Committee Meeting
 Committee receives briefing on Brown Act and public records laws.  Committee establishes ground rules.
 Committee receives presentation about the city Growth Management Program history and background.

April 28, 2022 Committee Meeting
 Committee receives and discusses the following presentations:
• Public facility performance standards
• How other cities manage growth
• How the community can provide input into the committee’s work  Committee provides feedback on general topics affecting Carlsbad’s future quality of life.
 Committee chooses the name Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Citizens Committee.

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 Committee receives and discusses the following presentations:
• City budget and financing
• Basis for public facility demand forecasts and approaches to allocating fiscal costs of public facilities
• Current city administration facilities performance standard • Existing city programs, policies and projects related to the list of topics affecting Carlsbad’s quality of life generated at the previous meeting
 Committee provides input on additional information needs.

June 23, 2022 Committee Meeting
 Committee receives and discusses the following presentations:
• Schools performance standard
• Drainage facilities performance standard
• Wastewater treatment performance standard
• Sewer collection performance standard
• Water distribution performance standard
 Committee provides input on additional information needs

July 28, 2022 Committee Meeting
 Committee receives and discusses the following presentations:
• Fire performance standard
• Mobility performance standard
• SANDAG demographics/growth projections for Carlsbad

Aug. 25, 2022 Committee Meeting
 Committee receives and discusses the following presentations:
• Mobility performance standard (continued from July meeting) • Libraries performance standard
• Population projections for Carlsbad (SANDAG versus city projections)
• Committee meeting schedule and upcoming topics

Sept. 22, 2022 Committee Meeting
 Committee receives and discusses the following presentations:
• Parks performance standard
• Open space performance standard

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 Committee discusses 23 potential new topics to be considered for its recommended performance standards.
 Recommends removing eight topics from further committee consideration, recommends five be included only in a separate “quality of life memo” to City Council, and requests that 10 topics be brought back to the committee for additional consideration.

Nov. 30, 2022 Committee Meeting
 Committee reviews and provides input on a sample table of contents and a sample page of the Growth Management Citizens Committee Report.  Committee receives and discusses the following presentations:
• Fire performance standard
• Police
• Libraries performance standard
• City administrative facilities performance standard
• Schools performance standard
• Arts and culture
 Committee recommends the following:
• Keep the libraries performance standard as is in the Growth Management Program
• Remove the city administrative facilities performance standard • Remove the schools performance standard
 Committee directs staff to bring back ideas/language for a potential arts and culture performance standard.
 Committee directs staff to collaborate on ideas/recommendations for how to approach public safety (Police and Fire together).

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49 Dec. 15, 2022 Committee Meeting
 Committee receives and discusses the following presentations:
• Walkability
• Mobility performance standard options and multimodal
transportation impact fee
• Technology/Wi-Fi
• Water supply
• Water distribution performance standard
• Recycled water
• Sewer collection performance standard
• Wastewater treatment performance standard
• Drainage facilities performance standard
 Committee recommends the following:
• Remove the 10-day storage capacity for the water distribution performance standard. Leave the remainder of the standard as is in the Growth Management Program.
• Keep sewer collection performance standard as is in the Growth Management Program
• Remove wastewater treatment performance standard
• Keep drainage facilities performance standard as is in the Growth Management Program
 Directs staff to bring back revised options/language for a mobility performance standard that reflects feedback from the committee.

Jan. 11, 2023 Committee Meeting
 Committee receives and discusses revised options and
recommendation(s) provided by staff on the following:
• Open space performance standard
• Parks performance standard
 Directs staff to bring back more information on local facility zones exempted from the original open space performance standard and revised language/options for a standard based on feedback from the committee.
 Directs staff to bring back revised options/language for a parks performance standard that reflects feedback from the committee.  Decides not to replace Senior Commission committee members as the Growth Management Committee is so far along in the process.

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 Committee recommends the following:
• Remove the fire performance standard
• Do not add a police performance standard
• Do not add an arts and culture performance standard
• Keep mobility performance standard as is in the Growth Management Program
• Keep the parks performance standard as is in the Growth Management Program
• Request City Council direct staff to evaluate the feasibility of creating and implementing a standard based upon a specific distance between public parks and housing

Feb. 17, 2023
Committee receives draft standard recommendation pages and quality of life memo outline with materials for Feb. 23 committee meeting.

Feb. 23, 2023 Committee Meeting
 Committee receives and discusses the following presentations:
• Climate Action Plan
• Renewable energy, local power and sustainability
• Open space zones and performance standard options
 Committee recommends the following:
• Add language to the open space performance standard to reflect open space currently required in all zones (through city policies and regulations outside of the performance standard); otherwise keep the performance standard as is in the Growth Management Program
 Provides feedback to staff on quality of life memo outline.  Provides feedback to staff on draft standard recommendation pages.

March 14, 2023
 Committee receives draft final committee report and draft quality of life memo with materials for March 23 committee meeting.

March 14 – March 23, 2023
 Committee and public review draft documents (report and memo).

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 Committee members share feedback on draft final committee report and draft quality of life memo.
 Committee decides which changes to make to documents (by consensus and/or voting).

April 20, 2023 Committee Meeting
 Committee members share final feedback on final documents.  Committee decides which changes to make, if any, to documents.  Committee votes to finalize document (noting changes, if any).  Committee work concludes.

July 2023
 City Council considers the committee’s recommendations and provides direction on next steps.

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QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNS
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Introduction
In March 2022, the City Council established the Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Citizens Committee with the mission to “…promote balanced consideration of a range of perspectives on issues affecting the future growth and quality of life in Carlsbad and to identify the key elements of a new plan to manage growth in Carlsbad in a way that maintains an excellent quality of life while also complying with state law.”

During the committee’s conversations and deliberations through a series of 15 meetings from March 2022 to April 2023, the committee decided on recommendations for key elements of a new plan to manage growth (provided in a separate report to the City Council). The committee also identified topics that are of importance to Carlsbad’s quality of life but are not recommended to be included as standards in a growth management program. The committee recommends that the City Council consider these topics in decisions that affect the future of Carlsbad.

This Quality of Life Concerns and Recommendations document reflects the committee’s recommendations, developed based on consensus, to the City Council on important topics that affect Carlsbad’s quality of life but are not recommended to be included as standards in a growth management program.

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RECOMMENDATIONS

The committee recommends the City Council consider the following quality of life concerns and recommendations on topics that are not directly associated with a growth management standard but are tied to the quality of life within the city.

ARTS AND CULTURE

 The arts are fundamentally intertwined with the City of Carlsbad’s quality of life as they give the city a defining character and create a sense of place through aesthetics and culturally enriching programs and events for all residents. A culturally thriving community is directly related to economic growth; hence, the arts should be given higher priority by the City Council in the Strategic Plan and Operating Budget.

 The committee believed that a 750-seat cultural performing arts center would enhance the quality of life in Carlsbad and believed serious consideration should be given by the City Council to incorporate this in either the plans for a new city hall complex or to look at other potential appropriate locations in the city to construct such a facility.

 For more information about the committee's discussion on arts and culture, see the committee’s minutes for meetings held on Nov. 30, 2022, Jan. 26, 2023, and March 23, 2023. Additionally, the City of Carlsbad Arts & Culture Master Plan and the City of
Carlsbad Library & Cultural Arts programs and services have information on existing programs.

CARLSBAD ENERGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

 The committee recommended the creation of a group of 5-7 citizens charged with providing the Mayor and City Council with an annual summary of all energy-related activities impacting the city’s residents and businesses. Topics included but are not limited to:
o Electric commodity providers
o Energy reliability and safety
o SDG&E undergrounding programs
o Carlsbad’s peaker-style power plant operations
o Renewable energy production (new solar installations, quantity of energy produced, new technological advancements)
o Feasibility of microgrids
o Energy storage
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o Energy cost and sources

 See the committee’s minutes for meeting held on Feb. 23, 2023.

 The committee strongly recommends that the City Council give top priority to the expansion, protection, and enhancement of public access to, and community use of, the shoreline at beach level and on the bluffs overlooking the beach in decisions concerning active and passive park use, open space, enhanced pedestrian and bike trails, periodic sand replenishment, a dog beach area, park and/or outdoor venue areas for community events, parking, lifeguard coverage, beach showers, and public restroom facilities.

Commercial/residential development, if permitted for such areas, should be planned to return substantial public recreational benefit.

 See the committee’s minutes for the meeting held on April 20, 2023.

FEES

 The committee recommended the city evaluate all public facility impact fees on a regular basis (no more than every five years) and update as needed. See the committee’s minutes for meeting held on Dec. 15, 2022.

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HOMELESSNESS

 Homelessness is an important issue that impacts the quality of life for the residents of Carlsbad and should remain a priority for the City Council in the Strategic Plan and Operating Budget. The committee recognized the complex challenges of addressing the impacts of homelessness and supports the continued efforts of the city’s Homeless Outreach Team and affordable housing programs, as well as the Homelessness Action Plan.

 See the committee’s minutes for the meeting held on Oct. 12, 2022.

OPEN SPACE

 The committee has made a recommendation to modify the existing Growth Management Open Space Standard (provided in a separate report).

 Additionally, the committee recommended the City Council elevate the topic of open space by adding it to the purview of the Parks & Recreation Commission to address open space needs throughout the city; including updating the list of candidate properties for proactive open space acquisition and by developing a plan that prioritizes zones with less unconstrained open space or that are subject to loss due to sea level rise.

 Adopt a policy that discourages exceptions to development standards that would decrease open space.

 See the committee’s minutes for meetings held on Sept. 22, 2022, Jan. 11, 2023, Feb. 23, 2023, and March 23, 2023.

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QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
April 20, 2023

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PROPOSITION H

 During committee deliberation it was discussed that the Proposition H limit of $1 million on general fund expenditures, as implemented by Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 1.24, has not been updated since it was passed by voters in the 1982. The committee recommended the City Council consider a ballot measure increasing the expenditure limit due to increased project costs, and indexing it to something like the Consumer Price Index so it can increase over time.

 Additionally, the committee recommended the city set aside funding for public safety capital improvement projects, such as fire stations, and specify in a future ballot measure that certain types of projects don’t require voter approval to exceed the spending limit ($1 million).

 See the committee’s minutes for meetings held on Oct. 12, 2022, and Jan. 26, 2023.

SENIORS/AGING COMMUNITY

 The quality of life and needs of Carlsbad’s senior community and aging population is important. The committee recognized and supported the city’s continued efforts to ensure the needs of seniors are met, such as through the City of Carlsbad Age-Friendly Action Plan, City of Carlsbad Parks & Recreation Department senior programs and Senior Center and the City of Carlsbad Senior Commission.

 Carlsbad’s senior community and aging population should remain a priority for the City Council in the Strategic Plan and Operating Budget.

 See the committee’s minutes for the meeting held on Oct. 12, 2022.

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QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
April 20, 2023

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TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY

 The committee has made a recommendation to retain the existing Growth Management Circulation (Mobility) Standard (provided in a separate report).

 Additionally, on Jan. 26, 2023, the committee by consensus recommended that a statement be added to this quality-of-life document to recommend that the city:
• Leverage the Sustainable Mobility Plan and Multimodal Transportation Impact Fee to implement future multimodal transportation projects that provide the greatest benefit to the community;
o Review of current facilities,
o Relationship between existing traffic operations, changing commute patterns, regional traffic volume growth, traffic safety and new disruptive trends in mobility technologies, and
o Development of standards and a fee structure for private development to provide a fair share to partially fund the buildout of the city’s multimodal transportation network.
• Require new development to conduct intersection Level of Service and Multimodal Level-of-Service analysis to determine direct project impacts in accordance with the city’s Local Mobility Analysis Guidelines.
• Complete the city’s typology-based street network, as described in the General Plan Mobility Element.
• Update the Multimodal Transportation Impact Fee and include Local Mobility Assessment with Level of Service for all modes.
• Improve traffic signal synchronization to improve vehicle mobility and reduce the potential environmental impacts from vehicle emissions related to the stop-and-go and idling at intersections.
 See the committee’s minutes for meetings held on July 28, 2022, Aug. 25, 2022, Dec. 15, 2022, Jan. 26, 2023 and March 23, 2023.

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Exhibit 4
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RESOLUTION NO. 2021-223

A RESOLUTION OF THE C ITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,

CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE CHARTER FOR THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT

PLAN UPDATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, on May 4, 2021, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California adopted Resolution No. 2021-100 directing staff to initiate the process to form a citizens committee to identify the key elements of a new plan to manage growth and maintain excellent quality of life in Carlsbad while complying with state housing laws; and to return to the City Council with recommendations on the committee formation process, potential representation, roles and responsibilities, mission statement and prlnciples of participation; and
WHEREAS, Attachment A, attached hereto, is the Growth Management Plan Update Advisory Committee Charter, which identifies the committee's mission, principles of participation, representation, roles, meeting process, and work product.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as fo llows:

1. The above recitations are true and correct.

2. The Growth Management Plan Update Advisory Committee Charter, Attachment A attached hereto, is approved.

3. The City Clerk is authorized to initiate solicitation of committee applications from residents of each City Council district.

4. Staff is directed to coordinate with the city commissions/boards identi fied in Attachment A, attached hereto, to obtain a nomination for one member of each commission/boa rd to participate 0 111 the Growth Management Plan Update Advisory Committee .

5. Staff is directed to return to the City Council with a list of candidates for appointment to the Growth Management Plan Update Advisory Committee.

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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 28!.il day of September 2021, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES: Hall, Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Norby.

NAYS: None.

ABSENT: None .

MATT HALL, Mayor
(SEAL)
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City of Carlsbad
Growth Management Plan Update Advisory Committee Charter Mission Statement and Principles of Participation
September 28, 2021
Mission Statement
Attachment A
The mission of the Growth Management Plan Update Advisory Committee is to promote balanced consideration of a range of perspectives on issues affecting the future growth and quality of life in Carlsbad and to identify the key elements of a new plan to manage growth in Carlsbad in a way that maintains an excellent quality of life while also complying with state law.

Principles of -Participation
Role of Growth Management Plan Update Advisory Committee Members To achieve the mission of the Growth Management Plan Update Advisory Committee , the City Council is asking members to:
• Become famil iar with the issues that affect future growth and quality of life in Carlsbad • Attend periodic meetings over a period of time (approximately 1 year) • Listen to and respect diversity in perspectives, facts and opinions • Provide constructive feedback to city staff and consultants on process and draft work products
• In decision-making , balance individual and group stakeholder goals with the larger public interest and legal requirements
• Work collaboratively with other committee members in reaching decisions and making recommendations to the City Council
• Encourage community participation at committee meet ings Representation
The committee will be comprised of a total of 19 primary members and 19 alternate members as follows:
• Two members (one primary and one alternate) from each of the following city boards and commissions:

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o Arts Commission
o Beach Preservation Commission
o Historic Preservation Commission
o Housing Commission
o Library Board
o Parks and Recreation Commission
o Planning Commission
o Senior Commission
o Traffic and Mobility Commission
• Four residents (two primary and two alternate) from each City Council district:
o District 1
o District 2
o District 3
o District 4
• Four at-large residents (two primary and two alternates) Each respective commission/board will nominate two commissioners/members (one primary and one alternate) to serve as members of the comm ittee. Once each commission/board nominates each member, staff will report to the City Council the nominations with a brief biography. Then, over a period of 30 days; the Mayor will consider and confirm the recommended nominations and will recommend four at-large residents (two primary and two alternates), and each council member will recommend four residents (two primary and two alternate) from the council member's district to serve on the committee. The full City Council will make the final decision on all commission/board and district representative recommendations. From the appointed primary committE~e members, the Mayor will designate a Chair and Vice-chair.

Discussion Process
During committee meetings, committee members agree to abide by the following discussion process:
• The committee will establish ground rules about how members should conduct themselves during meetings
• The preferred decision-making process is collaborative problem-solv ing • Consensus of the committee will take precedence over individual preferences • In cases of non-consensus, the Chair may call for majority vote of the committee; however, alternative perspectives will be documented .

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• C ity staff will be present at all meetings to assist the Chair and committee as-needed Role of Chair and Vice-chair
The Chair will ensure that committee meetings are conducted fairly and efficiently, that proper order and mutual respect among all participants is maintained, that there is full participation during meetings, that all relevant matters are discussed1 that all committee members have an opportunity to participate in committee discussions, and that necessary decisions are made. To the extent reasonable, the Chair will seek consensus of the committee in decision-making. In instances where consensus cannot be reached, the Chair may call for major ity vote of the comm ittee following procedures set forth in Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 1.20. However, the Chair will ensure that minority viewpoints are heard and documented.

The Chair will ensure that these Principles of Participation and agreed-upon "ground rules" are adhered to.

The Chair is responsible for ensuring that members of the public desiring to address the committee have the opportunity to do so at the appropriate time.

The Chair may speak to members of the media on behalf of the committee, and represent the committee at public workshops, hearings and other public events as appropriate .

The role of the Vice-chair is to serve as the Chair in his or her absence.

Meeting Schedule
The committee will meet approximately once a month (about 10-12 times).

Meeting Attendance
Full participation of committee members is essential to the effectiveness of the committee, and members are expected to attend all committee meetings. If a committee member is unable to attend a meeting, he or she shall notify city staff as soon as possible, and the designated alternate may attend in his or her place. The alternate is encouraged to actively participate in the meeting provided that he or she is adequately briefed as to the status of prior discussions and decisions.

If a committee member resigns his or her appointment before the committee's work has concluded, he or she shall notify the Mayor and City Council in writing, with copies sent to the City Clerk, City Manager and the Community Development Director. The resigning oommittee members designated alternate shall automatically become a regular committee member for the remaining duration of the committee. If the alternate member chooses not to fill the July 18, 2023
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vacancy, at t heir next scheduled meeting , the committee will consider whether to recommend that the Mayor and City Council fill the vacated position .

Meeting Quorum
For meeting purposes, a quorum of the committee is met with eight members in attendance.

Open Meeting Requirements
All committee meetings and committee members are subject to the open meeting requirements of the Ralph M. Brown Act (Brown Act). The Brown Act imposes public notice and access requirements on committee meet ings, and places certain limitations on when and how committee members may communicate with one another. New committee members will be given a briefing by the City Attorney's office about the basic requirements of the Brown Act.

Meeting Agendas
Meeting agendas will be prepared by city staff in consultat ion with the Chairperson or a majority of the committee, following the procedures of the Brown Act. At the conclusion of each meeting, the Ch~ir and city staff will summarize the results and identify items that may need further research or be carried over to the next meeting, preview new business for the upcoming meeting, and invite committee members to suggest new items for future meetings. Agendas for future meetings will be established by consensus of the committee with concurrence of the Chair and city staff.

Members of the public have a right to attend committee meetings and will have an opportunity to address the committee on any issue under its purview. Agendas will include time for public comment.

External Communications
The overriding consideration in all communications is to honor and sustain the constructive, collaborative process of the committee. Committee members are encouraged to commun icate with their constituencies in order to keep them informed of the committee's mission and meeting agendas, and to encourage direct participation. Should committee members speak to the media, members are encouraged to provide accurate, factual information, but are asked to refrain from engaging in speculation, advocating a position on a specific issue, speaking on behalf of the committee (except for the Chair or unless authorized by the committee to do so), or otherwise making public statements that would tend to hamper constructive committee discussions. Committee members are asked to notify city staff of any media contact related to the committee and its work. City staff will be available to assist in any communications to the media, if desired.

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Information Sharing
In order to ensure all committee members have the same information available to them, all documents will be distributed through city staff. If a member has information he or she would like to share with other committee members, the information should be given to staff for distribution to the entire committee. Maintaining this flow of information will facilitate a respectful, collaborative process, and help avoid unintended violations of open meeting laws (e.g., serial meetings).

Work Products
The committee will be responsible for reviewing work product and providing feedback to staff and consultants. The committee is expected to focus on input, review, and "buy-in" to carry out the committee's mission, rather than deliberating on precise details. The committee's work will conclude with a committee-supported report recommending to the City Council what should be included (key elements) in a new plan to manage growth and achieve an excellent quality of life while ensuring compliance with state law. The City Council will consider the committee's recommendations and direct the next steps to create a new growth management plan.

RESOLUTION NO. 2022-059

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,

CALIFORNIA, APPOINTING FOUR MEMBERS (TWO PRIMARY AND TWO

ALTERNATE) TO THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE ADVISORY

COMMITTEE (MAYORAL APPOINTMENT)
Exhibit 5
WHEREAS, on Sept. 28, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-223 establishing the Growth Management Plan Update Advisory Committee; and WHEREAS, the City Council determined that the composition of the Growth Management Update Advisory Committee shall be 19 primary and 19 alternate committee members, which includes two primary and two alternate members appointed by the Mayor.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows:

1. The above recitations are true and correct.

2. The following Carlsbad residents are appointed to serve on the Growth Management Plan Update Advisory Committee, for a term ending in April 2023, or until the work of the committee is complete.

Jeff Segall
Ron Withall
Scott White
Patrick Goyarts
(Primary)
{Alternate)
{Primary)
(Alternate}
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 8th day of March, 2022, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES: Hall, Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Norby
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
-t\✓ FAVIOLA MEDINA; City Clerk Services Manager
(SEAL)
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RESOLUTION NO. 2022-060

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,

CALIFORNIA, APPOINTING FOUR MEMBERS (TWO PRIMARY AND TWO

ALTERNATE) TO THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (DISTRICT 1 APPOINTMENT)

WHEREAS, on Sept. 28, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-223 establishing the Growth Management Plan Update Advisory Committee; and WHEREAS, the City Council determined that the composition of the Growth Management Update Advisory Committee shall be 19 primary and 19 alternate committee members, which includes two primary and two alternate members appointed by the District 1 Council Member.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows:

1. The above recitations are true and correct.

2. The following Carlsbad residents are appointed to serve on the Growth Management Plan Update Advisory Committee, for a term ending in April 2023, or until the work of the committee is complete.

Eric Larson (Primary)
Jan Neff-Sinclair (Alternate)
Stephen "Hap" L'Heureux (Primary)
Casey Carstairs (Alternate)
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 8th day of March, 2022, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES: Hall, Bla�kburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Norby
NAYS: None
ABSENT:None
MA TT HALL, "M� r
{1,1/ FAVIOLA MEDINA, City Clerk Services Manager
(SEAL)
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RESOLUTION NO. 2022-061

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,

CALIFORNIA, APPOINTING FOUR MEMBERS (TWO PRIMARY AND TWO

ALTERNATE) TO THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (DISTRICT 2 APPOINTMENT)

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows:

1. The above recitations are true and correct.

2. The following Carlsbad residents are appointed to serve on the Growth Management Plan Update Advisory Committee, for a term ending in April 2023, or until the work of the committee is complete.

Mike Howes (Primary)
Don Christiansen (Alternate)
Mary Ryan (Primary)
Terence Green (Alternate)
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 8th day of March, 2022, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES: Hall, Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Norby
NAYS: None
ABSENT:None
�v FAVIOLA MEDINA, City Clerk Services Manager
(SEAL)
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MATTVf/JJ L, Mayor
~
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-062

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,

CALIFORNIA, APPOINTING FOUR MEMBERS (TWO PRIMARY AND TWO

ALTERNATE) TO THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (DISTRICT 3 APPOINTMENT)
WHEREAS, on Sept. 28, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-223 establishing the Growth Management Plan Update Advisory Committee; and WHEREAS, the City Council determined that the composition of the Growth Management Update Advisory Committee shall be 19 primary and 19 alternate committee members, which includes two primary and two alternate members appointed by the District 3 Council Member.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows:

1. The above recitations are true and correct.

2. The following Carlsbad residents are appointed to serve on the Growth Management Plan Update Advisory Committee, for a term ending in April 2023, or until the work of the committee is complete.

Frank Caraglio
Thierry lbri
Frances Schnall
Matthew Reese
(Primary)
(Alternate)
(Primary)
(Alternate)
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 8th day of March, 2022, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES: Hall, Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Norby
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
J
MATT HALL, Mayor
fuV FAVIOLA MEDINA, City Clerk Services Manager
(SEAL}
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RESOLUTION NO. 2022-063

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,

CALIFORNIA, APPOINTING FOUR MEMBERS (TWO PRIMARY AND TWO

ALTERNATE) TO THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE {DISTRICT 4 APPOINTMENT)
WHEREAS, on Sept. 28, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-223 establishing the Growth Management Plan Update Advisory Committee; and WHEREAS, the City Council determined that the composition of the Growth Management Update Advisory Committee shall be 19 primary and 19 alternate committee members, which includes two primary and two alternate members appointed by the District 4 Council Member.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RES_OLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows:

1. The above recitations are true and correct.

2. The following Carlsbad residents are appointed to serve on the Growth Management Plan Update Advisory Committee, for a term ending in April 2023, or until the work of the committee is complete.

Harry Peacock
Erin Nell
Annika Jimenez
Angela O'Hara
(Primary)
(Alternate}
(Primary)
(Alternate)
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 8th day of March, 2022, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES: Hall, Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Norby
NAYS: None
ABSENT:None
MATT HALL, Mayor \
�{ FAVIOLA MEDINA, City Clerk Services Manager
(SEAL)
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/\NLJAllJ
~
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-064

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, APPOINTING TWO MEMBERS {ONE PRIMARY AND ONE

ALTERNATE) FROM EACH OF THE CITY'S BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO

SERVE ON THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT UPDATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHEREAS, on Sept. 28, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-223 establishing the Growth Management Plan Update Advisory Committee; and WHEREAS, the City Council determined that the composition of the Growth Management Update Advisory Committee shall be 19 primary and 19 alternate committee members that include two members (one primary and one alternate) from the following nine city commissions/boards:
• Arts Commission
• Beach Preservation Commission
• Historic Preservation Commission
• Housing Commission
• Library Board
• Parks and Recreation Commission
• Planning Commission
• Senior Commission
• Traffic and Mobility Commission
WHEREAS, each commission/board nominated two members (a primary and an alternate) to serve on the Growth Management Update Advisory Committee as shown on Attachment A.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows:

1. That the above recitations are true and correct.

2. That the· city commission/board members shown on Attachment A are confirmed and appointed to serve on the Growth Management Update Advisory Committee for a term ending in 2023.

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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 8th day of March, 2022, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES: Hall, Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Norby
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
MATT HALL, Mayor
-RuV' FAVIOLA MEDINA, City Clerk Services Man ager
(SEAL)
Attachment A

GROWTH MANAGEMENT UPDATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

CITY OF CARLSBAD COMMISSION/BOARD MEMBER NOMINATIONS
Commission/Board PRIMARY ALTERNATE Date of Method of
Nomination Nomination
Arts Gita Nassiri Nora Jimenez George Nov. 4, 2021 Minute Commission motion
Beach Preservation Fred Briggs Lisa Stark Nov. 9, 2021 Minute Commission motion
Historic PreseNation Chad Majer Vacant Nov. 8, 2021 Minute Commission motion
Housing John Nguyen-Cleary Allen Manzano Nov.18,2021 Minute Commission motion
Library William Sheffler Art Larson Oct. 27, 2021 Minute Board motion
Parks & Recreation Amy Allemann Marissa Steketee Nov. 15,2021 Minute Commission motion
Planning Joe Stine Kevin Sabellico Nov. 3, 2021 Resolution Commission No. 7431
Senior Patricia Mehan Nelson Ross Jan. 6, 2022 Minute
Commission motion
Traffic & Mobility Steve Linke WIiiiam Fowler Nov.1, 2021 Minute Commission motion
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Exhibit 6
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RESOLUTION NO. 2021-100

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,

CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE WORK PLAN AND AUTHORIZING THE USE OF

GENERAL FUND RESERVES TO ACHIEVE THE CITY COUNCIL'S FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022 GOAL TO "ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH A CITIZENS

COMMITTEE TO CREATE A NEW PLAN TO MANAGE GROWTH IN CARLSBAD IN A WAY THAT MAINTAINS AN EXCELLENT QUALITY OF LIFE"
WHEREAS, in 1986 the voters of the City of Carlsbad, California adopted Proposition E, which has become known as the Growth Management Plan (GMP); and WHEREAS, the GMP amended the city's General Plan and municipal code by setting forth growth control measures on housing development and establishing performance standards for certain public facilities including city administration, library, wastewater treatment capacity, parks, drainage, circulation, fire, open space, schools, sewer collection , and water distribution , which ensure d that all necessary public facilities were adequate and available concurrent with need to serve new development; and
WHEREAS, the residentia l growth control measures established quadrant caps (15,370 units in the northwest quadrant; 9,042 units in the northeast quadrant; 12,895 units in the southwest quadrant; and, 17,328 units in the southeast quadrant) and a citywide unit cap (54,599 units); and WHEREAS, as of March 2021 the city has built or entitled (approved development projects that have not yet been constructed) 14,953 units in the northwest quadrant ; 8,940 units in the north northeast quadrant; 11,732 units in the sout hwest quadrant; 17,021 units in the southeast quadrant; and 52,646 units citywide; and
WHEREAS, California has been experiencing an increasing housing shortage, such that by 2018, California ranked 49th among the United States in housing units per resident. This shortage has been estimated to be 3-4 million housing units (20-30% of California 's housing stock, 14 million as of 2017). Experts say that California needs to double its current rate of housing production (85,000 units per year) to keep up with expected population growth and prevent prices from further increasing and needs to quadruple the current rate of housing production over the next seven years in order for prices and rents to decline; and
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WHEREAS, in response to this housing crisis, the state legislature has adopted a series of housing related bills over recent years to increase housing production . These changes limit the city's ability to fully implement the Growth Management Plan; and WHEREAS, one of the laws passed by the California Legislature was the Residential Density and Affordability Act of 2017 (SB 166), which amended the Housing Element law to require the city to ensure that its Housing Element is capable of accommodating the remaining Regional Housing Needs Allocation {RHNA) "at all times (Gov. Code§ 65863(a);" and WHEREAS, another law passed by the California Legislature was the Housing Crisis Act of 2019 (SB 330), which added Section 66300 to the Government Code. It states that California is experiencing a housing shortage crisis of historic proportions. To address the crisis, the Legislature has declared a statewide housing emergency until 2025 and suspended certain restrictions on development of new housing during the emergency. Among other things, the Legislature, under Government Code Section 66300 {b)(l)(D), has suspended the ability of cities to establish or implement any provision that:
• Limits the number of land use approvals or permits necessary for the approval and construction of housing that will be issued or allocated within all or a portion of the city,
• Acts as a cap on the number of housing units that can be approved or constructed either annually or for some other time period, or
• Limits the popu lation of the city; and
WHEREAS, for the sixth housing cycle (2021-2029), the State Department of Housing and Community Development, via the San Diego Association of Governments, assigned the city a total of 3,873 housing units to be created in Carlsbad during this upcoming eight-year housing period, of which 2,195 must be reserved for households in the low- and very low- income category; and WHEREAS, in order to accommodate these housing units, its anticipated that one or more of the Growth Management Plan quadrant caps will be exceeded, and likely the citywide cap; and WHEREAS, the City Council sees a need to engage the community through a citizens committee to initiate discussions regarding what should be included in the development of a new plan to manage future growth in Carlsbad in a way that maintains an excellent quality of life while also complying with state law; and
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WHEREAS, initiating work to develop a new plan to manage future growth will achieve savings by enabling the city to avoid future state enforcement activities and penalties that_ may result from non-compliance with state housing law.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows:

II
II
II
II
II
II
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1. 2.

3. The above recitations are true and correct.

The City Council directs staff to initiate the process to form a citizen's ad-hoc committee as described in the work plan (Attachment A) and return with recommendations on the committee formation process, potential representation, roles and responsibilities, and draft mission state ment and principles of participation for City Council consideration.

The City Council finds that the one-time opportunity cost of $350,000 associated with the work described in the work plan will achieve savings by enabling the city to avoid future state enforcement activities and penalties th .. at may result from non-compliance with state housing law.

4. The Deputy City Manager, Administrative Services is authorized to assign $350,000 of the unassigned General Fund reserve balance at fiscal year-end 2020-21 to pay for one time anticipated consulta nt costs associated with the citizens committee as described in the work plan (Attachment A).

5. The City Manager is authorized to include this $350,000 one-time opportunity cost in the city's FY 2021-22 Preliminary Operating Budget.

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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meet ing of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 4th day of May, 2021, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES:

NAYS:

ABSENT:

Hall, Blackburn, Acosta, Bhat-Patel, Schumacher.

None.

MATT HALL, Mayor
~~lP>f;V\;wlr~ w
BARBARA ENGLESON, City Clerk
(SEAL)
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Goal
Attachment A
Engage the community through a citizens committee to create a new plan to manage growth in Carlsbad in a way that maintains an excellent quality of life.

Lead
Supporting
Community Development
City Attorney Parks & Recreation
Police Fire
Library & Cultural Arts
Finance
Communications
Traffic & Mob ility
Utilit ies
Resource needs • 50% Senior Planner in Community Development Dept. • Estimated 30-40 hours month ly from supporting departments • $350,000 (not to exceed) for consultant contract
Estimated 12/22
complet ion
Growth Management Plan Citizens Committee
To ensure a robust and engaging exchange of ideas and appro aches to effectively manage growt h in Carlsbad, staff will assist the City Council in develop ing the compositi on and charter of a citizens committee. Staff will also secure the services of a professional consultant with expertise in land use and municipal infrastructure and finance planning. Ultimate ly, the citizens committ ee will provide the City Council with recommendations and suggestions on what should be considered when preparing a new plan to manage growth in t he city.

Tasks
• Committee Formation
o City Council workshop to discuss committee formation
o City Council meeting to form comm ittee and charte r
o ~ Three months to complete
• Consulti ng Services
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Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission:

Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. -The City's 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of "High-priority Coastal Land Use" due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad's General Plan.
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for "High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land -"High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area -west of 1-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.

Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal Commission to:
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and City's current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field -allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of the Campground.

Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and City/State 'unlimited buildout population/visitor demand', and planned loss of current supply due to planned sea level rise. 3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project. 4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act & Commission relative to the State's recent requirement for unlimited City and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad's General Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited increases 2 in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should use tax-payer money wisely. 6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry, Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully provide the 30- acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations from North County Advocates per City's lawsuit settlement.

Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway, when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as "linear park".
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in that portion of the City's PCH Project of planning and design of land use in that community. 3 11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal Commission regarding Park Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.

Additional Comments
Please retain as much open space as possible. We are overcrowded and would love to continue to have open space available to residents and guests. We have been made multiple promises for a park in the Ponto Area. While revenue is important, so is the health and well-being of your loyal residents. Open space is a healthy alternative and with climate control, less concrete/blacktop will be a small but helpful benefit.

Name
Lisa Johnson
Email
[email protected]
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
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Dear Carlsbad City Council, CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks, and Carlsbad Parks and Planning Commissions:

Please listen to your residents and act accordingly -we want to protect Park and Open Space in the South Carlsbad Coastal corridor. Reserving this last bit of coastal space for residents and visitors to enjoy is an easy decision to make.

We have documented the need and the desire for Ponto Park for years over many petitions and many meetings -do the right thing, Build Ponto Park!
Please do the right thing and save this area from further development.

Thank you,
Val and Dennis Cowan
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Protect Ponto Petition:

Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission:

Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. -The City's 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of "High-priority Coastal Land Use" due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad's General Plan.
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for "High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land -"High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal 7 Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area -west of 1-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.

Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and City/State 'unlimited buildout population/visitor demand', and planned loss of current supply due to planned sea level rise. 3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project. 4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act & Commission relative to the State's recent requirement for unlimited City and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad's General Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited increases 8 -----
in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should use tax-payer money wisely. 6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry, Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully provide the 30- acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations from North County Advocates per City's lawsuit settlement.

Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway, when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as "linear park".
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in that portion of the City's PCH Project of planning and design of land use in that community. 9 11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal Commission regarding Park Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.

Name
Terry Schneider
Email
[email protected]
City
Carlsbad
State
Ca
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Public input for 7 /18/23 City Council meeting Agenda Item #9 Dear Carlsbad City Council, CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks, and Carlsbad Parks and Planning Commissions:

We have documented the need and the desire for Ponto Park for years over many petitions and many meetings -do the right thing, Build Ponto Park!
Thank you
Don Burton
7450 Esfera St
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Protect Ponto Petition:

Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission:

Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. -The City's 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of "High-priority Coastal Land Use" due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad's General Plan.
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for "High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land -"High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal 12 Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area -west of 1-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.

Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and City/State 'unlimited buildout population/visitor demand', and planned loss of current supply due to planned sea level rise. 3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project. 4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act & Commission relative to the State's recent requirement for unlimited City and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad's General Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited increases 13 in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should use tax-payer money wisely. 6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry, Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully provide the 30- acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations from North County Advocates per City's lawsuit settlement.

Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway, when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as "linear park".
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in that portion of the City's PCH Project of planning and design of land use in that community. 14 --,
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal Commission regarding Park Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.

Additional Comments
Save this open space for future generations to enjoy & to control congestion that is detrimental to our suffering environment. Thanks, a concerned great grandmother.

Name
Donna Cowan
Email
[email protected]
City
San Marcos
State
Ca
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Protect Ponto Petition Letter
Protect Ponto Petition:

Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission:

Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. -The City's 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of "High-priority Coastal Land Use" due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad's General Plan.
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for "High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land -"High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal 17 I
Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area -west of 1-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.

Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and City/State 'unlimited buildout population/visitor demand', and planned loss of current supply due to planned sea level rise. 3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project. 4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act & Commission relative to the State's recent requirement for unlimited City and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad's General Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited increases 18 l
in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should use tax-payer money wisely. 6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry, Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully provide the 30- acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations from North County Advocates per City's lawsuit settlement.

Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway, when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as "linear park".
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in that portion of the City's PCH Project of planning and design of land use in that community. 19 11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal Commission regarding Park Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.

Name
Elvia Martinez
Email
[email protected]
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
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Tuesday, July 18, 2023 7:27 AM
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Protect Ponto Petition Letter
Protect Ponto Petition:

Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission:

Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. -The City's 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of "High-priority Coastal Land Use" due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad's General Plan.
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for "High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land -"High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal 21 Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area -west of 1-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.

Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal Commission to:
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and City's current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field - allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of the Campground.

Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and City/State 'unlimited buildout population/visitor demand', and planned loss of current supply due to planned sea level rise. 3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project. 4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act & Commission relative to the State's recent requirement for unlimited City and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad's General Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited increases 22 I
in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should use tax-payer money wisely. 6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry, Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully provide the 30- acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations from North County Advocates per City's lawsuit settlement.

Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway, when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as "linear park".
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in that portion of the City's PCH Project of planning and design of land use in that community. 23 11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal Commission regarding Park Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.

Name
susan stockdale
Email
[email protected]
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
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Protect Ponto Petition Letter
Protect Ponto Petition:

Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission:

Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. -The City's 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of "High-priority Coastal Land Use" due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad's General Plan.
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for "High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land -"High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal 25 Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area -west of 1-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.

Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and City/State 'unlimited buildout population/visitor demand', and planned loss of current supply due to planned sea level rise. 3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project. 4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act & Commission relative to the State's recent requirement for unlimited City and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad's General Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited increases 26 in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should use tax-payer money wisely. 6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry, Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully provide the 30- acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations from North County Advocates per City's lawsuit settlement.

Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway, when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as "linear park".
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in that portion of the City's PCH Project of planning and design of land use in that community. 27 11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal Commission regarding Park Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.

Name
Christy Johnson
Email
[email protected]
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
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Tuesday, July 18, 2023 7:39 AM
Keith Blackburn; Priya Bhat-Patel; Teresa Acosta; Carolyn Luna; Melanie Burkholder City Clerk; Scott Chadwick
Item #9 -Growth Mgmt Report
Dear Carlsbad City Council, CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks, and Carlsbad Parks and Planning Commissions:

We have documented the need and the desire for Ponto Park for years over many petitions and many meetings -do the right thing, Build Ponto Park!
Thank you.

Vickey Syage
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Protect Ponto Petition Letter
Protect Ponto Petition:

Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission:

Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. -The City's 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of "High-priority Coastal Land Use" due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad's General Plan.
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for "High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land -"High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal 30 Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area -west of 1-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.

Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and City/State 'unlimited buildout population/visitor demand', and planned loss of current supply due to planned sea level rise. 3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project. 4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act & Commission relative to the State's recent requirement for unlimited City and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad's General Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited increases 31 in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should use tax-payer money wisely. 6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry, Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully provide the 30- acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations from North County Advocates per City's lawsuit settlement.

Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway, when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as "linear park".
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in that portion of the City's PCH Project of planning and design of land use in that community. 32 .
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal Commission regarding Park Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.

Additional Comments
Please do not allow over development of this area. A park is really needed in southwest Carlsbad.

Name
Michael Supancich
Email
[email protected]
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
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Protect Ponto Petition:

Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission:

Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. -The City's 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of "High-priority Coastal Land Use" due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad's General Plan.
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for "High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land -"High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal 35 Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area -west of 1-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.

Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and City/State 'unlimited buildout population/visitor demand', and planned loss of current supply due to planned sea level rise. 3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project. 4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act & Commission relative to the State's recent requirement for unlimited City and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad's General Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited increases 36 l
in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should use tax-payer money wisely. 6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry, Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully provide the 30- acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations from North County Advocates per City's lawsuit settlement.

Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway, when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as "linear park".
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in that portion of the City's PCH Project of planning and design of land use in that community. 37 11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal Commission regarding Park Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.

Additional Comments
This area is the gateway to Carlsbad. A park would be a very welcome addition to the community as well as to the visitors. What we don't need is more condos/town homes with limited parking. Let's do this correctly. Please listen to us.

Name
Carol Lageder
Email
carolforhomes.@g_mail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
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Protect Ponto Petition:

Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission:

Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. -The City's 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of "High-priority Coastal Land Use" due to coastal erosion and flooding. ( 14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad's General Plan.
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for "High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land - "High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal 40 l
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Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area -west of 1-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.

Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and City/State 'unlimited buildout population/visitor demand', and planned loss of current supply due to planned sea level rise. 3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project. 4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act & Commission relative to the State's recent requirement for unlimited City and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad's General Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited increases 41 l
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in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should use tax-payer money wisely. 6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry, Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully provide the 30- acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations from North County Advocates per City's lawsuit settlement.

Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway, when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as "linear park".
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in that portion of the City's PCH Project of planning and design of land use in that community. 42 7
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal Commission regarding Park Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.

Name
Chris Durrand
Email
[email protected]
City
San Diego
State
CA
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Subject: Public input for 7/18/2023 City Council Meeting Agenda Item #9 Dear Carlsbad City Council, CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks, and Carlsbad Parks and Planning Commissions:

We have documented the need and the desire for Ponto Park for years over many petitions and many meetings -do the right thing, Build Ponto Park!
Thank you
Lisa Johnson
Carlsbad Resident 35+ Years
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Dear Carlsbad City Council, CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks, and Carlsbad Parks and Planning Commissions:

We have documented the need and the desire for Ponto Park for years over many petitions and many meetings -do the right thing, Build Ponto Park!
Thank you
Dee Forsberg
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You all MUST SUPPORT Ponto Park!
My parents built their first house in Carlsbad in 1945, and I was born in Oceanside Hospital in 1946.

My parents taught me that if a Park was not approved by the City that the land would be lost FOREVER!
Please keep this in the forefront of you thoughts as you consider Ponto Park, which we need and deserve in this southern Gateway to Carlsbad!
William Curley Bradford, 505 Stern Way
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Proposed Standards for Parks & Recreation
We have several concerns with the proposed standards and how they were arrived at.

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As you know quality of life is greatly enhanced with more parks and open space. The proximity to neighborhoods is crucial. Study after study shows that proximity is a major and positive factor in community well-being. It also gets vehicles off the road to reduce greenhouse gasses.

Was a complete survey done so that the 'gaps' in service and access to and enjoyment of natural resources can be "filled in"? If not that should be done prior to any decision making at this point. Being able to walk to a park/natural resource area is crucial both for equity and health.

More work can and should be done on these performance standards and indeed they should be heavily scrutinize the multiple exemptions that have not been legitimized or defended. Why are these being allowed to gobble up land and access?
Last impact fees are always in demand and these need to be updated to properly reflect the fiscal environment we are now in. That means they need to be substantially increased.

We work in the environment now for almost 15 years and believe there can be a nice balance between development and preserving and enhancing access to natural resources. This is a mantra that you should all support and encourage. 40% open space should be the standard as promised to the people along with adequate coastal access.

Nadine L Scott, Attorney
Friends of Loma Alta Creek
550 Hoover St.

Oceanside CA 92054
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Public Input for 7 /18/23 City Council Meeting Agenda Item #9 Dear Carlsbad City Council, CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks, and Carlsbad Parks and Planning Commissions:

We have documented the need and the desire for Ponto Park for years over many petitions and many meetings -do the right thing, Build Ponto Park! ·
Thank you,
Kelly Hendrickson
7303 Seafarer Pl
Carlsbad, CA 92011
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Protect Ponto Petition Letter
Protect Ponto Petition:

Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission:

Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. -The City's 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of "High-priority Coastal Land Use" due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be tost) in Carlsbad's General Plan.
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for "High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land -"High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal 1 Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area -west of 1-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.

Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway, when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as "linear park".
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in that portion of the City's PCH Project of planning and design of land use in that community. 3 ------
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal Commission regarding Park Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.

Name
Tracy Sabin
Email
trac~abin.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
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Protect Ponto Petition Letter
Protect Ponto Petition:

Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission:

Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. -The City's 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of "High-priority Coastal Land Use" due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad's General Plan.
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for "High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land - "High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area -west of 1-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.

Additional Comments
Additional development in SW Carlsbad for anything other than a park and open space ,is in my view not what so many of us want. The new proposed development at AliLA Marea is a traffic nightmare waiting to happen.

Name
Kenneth Hughes
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City
Carlsbad
State
CA
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Dear Carlsbad City Council, CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks, and Carlsbad Parks We REALLY want to protect Park and Open Space in the South Carlsbad Coastal corridor. Reserving this last bit of coastal space for residents and visitors to enjoy is an easy decision to make.

OUR kids need a park that we can walk to!!! Our community deserves open green space! We have documented the need and the desire for Ponto Park for years over many petitions and many meetings -do the right thing, Build Ponto Park!
Thank you,
Lauren, Callie(2), Addison(5) & Mookie (doggie friend) Robertson Sent from my iPhone
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Protect Ponto Petition:

Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission:

Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. -The City's 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of "High-priority Coastal Land Use" due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad's General Plan.
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for "High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land -"High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal 1 Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area -west of 1-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.

Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal Commission to:
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and City's current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an appropriately wide, viable, flat and f\.llly useable multi-use grassed field -allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of the Campground.

Name
Connor Keating-Hudson
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City
Carlsbad
State
CA
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7.18.23 council meeting agenda item #9
Comment letter re GMP Carlsbad 7.18.23.pdf
Please include the attached comment letter for today's council meeting.

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Sincerely,
Paige DeCino
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On behalf of the Coasters Sierra Club group, I'd like to draw your attention to some items within the Growth Management Plan Citizen's Committee report.

First, with regards to parks. The current, unchanged, standard in Carlsbad is 3 acres of parkland per 1000 residents. This is definitely a low limit. Consider that Encinitas and Oceanside have standards of 4 acres/1000 residents. Surely Carlsbad can do better. In addition, of those acres included in the total park count are some school yards that the city maintains. With higher security measures at schools now, all of Carlsbad Unified schools are completely fenced and locked. Even now in the summer when there are no students to protect those areas are not accessible to the public. Also, some of the included park lands are areas where no active recreation is allowed as it is counted as natural open space.

Second, Veteran's Park which is helping the city meet its park standard is not easily accessible to all but a few of the city's residents. And yet, this park's acreage is being equally assigned to all 4 quadrants. Most residents who want to use it will be driving to that site, contributing to more greenhouse gas emissions.

This is not consistent with the city's mobility and transportation plans. Along with this is the lack of accessibility to parks to residents. This is particularly noticeable in the southwest quadrant where there is no coastal park. Please follow the committee's recommendation to conduct a park access study.

Third, open space is a major concern to our group. Since 1986 when the GMP was first adopted, the promise of 40% natural open space has been ignored. Even a 2-3% change in this goal can account for 500-700 acres. Almost half of the Local Facilities Management Zones (LFMZs) are exempt from the 15% open space standard making achieving 40% open space more difficult. Yes, some of the LFMZs were close to build out when the standard was first adopted, but few opportunities have been pursued to add open space to address this inequity. The city has failed to provide accurate reports of compliance with this performance standard with staff reporting to the GMP committee that the data provided to them did not distinguish between unconstrained open space from other categories as was specifically required in the performance standard. Again, the southwest area (LFMZ 9 to be specific) was shorted not only parkland but also open space. We recommend a thorough study to get an accurate count of the open space in each LFMZ and follow up with corrective action to remedy any shortcomings. This is particularly important to rectify shortages in the Ponto area.

Thank you for your consideration.

Paige DeCino
Coasters Executive Committee member
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Council Internet Email; City Clerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; Adrian McKibbin; Gwen; Liam Ferguson; Skip Coomber public input for 7 /18/23 City Council meeting Agenda Item #9 Dear Carlsbad City Council, CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks, and Carlsbad Parks and Planning Commissions:

The current development plan of the Ponto doesn't reflect the feedback of current residents of the area.

Entry into Carlsbad from the south should be seen as a gateway into the great city of Carlsbad, CA. Current development plans do not treat it as one of the last remaining undeveloped sections of coastal property in San Diego, It just treated it like another random development. Residents invested in the surrounding area built a strong community, and need the city to recognize this. Please listen to your residents and act accordingly -we want to protect Park and Open Space in the South Carlsbad Coastal corridor. Reserving this last bit of coastal space for residents and visitors to enjoy is an easy decision.

We have documented the need and the desire for Ponto Park for years over many petitions and meetings -do the right thing, Build Ponto Park! All residents of the area see their tax dollars being used to build facilities and parks in other parts of the city, while the properties around us lay in neglect. All of the areas which used to be open are currently fenced in, with development not happening in the near future. For years, 5-star hotels were discussed, and funding dried up leaving the lots in a state of neglect. It's time to make a better Carlsbad, move forward with the park.

The current state of our beaches is one of NEGLECT.

These past few years, I've seen the city and state squander opportunities to improve the south corridor of Carlsbad on 101, PCH, Carlsbad Blvd. Not that long ago, Ponto Beach was the gem of North County. The city actively protected this beach for tourists and residents alike. About 5 years ago massive dunes were created to the south and north ends of South Carlsbad State Beach to protect against sand loss. It was very effective, beaches from La Costa to Tamarack were full of sand and looked spectacular. Today Ponto Beach is mainly Rock, as is the majority of the State Beach. Only in the north end is it remotely acceptable as a city beach.

Whether you take accountability for it or not, the state of South Carlsbad beaches are abysmal. There is a treasure trove of sand in the surrounding lagoons, funds need to be allocated to restore Ponto Beach to a state of decency worthy of the city of Carlsbad. Neighboring cities like Del Mar and Cardiff have invested in their beaches, and it shows. The inverse is true in Carlsbad. We are a beach town and a tourist destination, our beaches to the south are non-existent.

Thank you,
Mark ODonnell
Owner and resident of 7014 & 7010 Leeward Street Carlsbad, CA 92011 VP of Hanover Beach Colony Home Owner's Association
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Protect Ponto Petition:

Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission:

Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. -The City's 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of "High-priority Coastal Land Use" due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad's General Plan.
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for "High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land -"High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal 1 r---------------------
Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area -west of 1-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.

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Save ponto Park. I live in South Ponto. We are entitled to the Ponto Park.

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Honorable Mayor and City Council:

Parks and open space are part of the heart of any community, but perhaps none more so than Carlsbad. They were a key part of the GMP performance standards when they were adopted back in 1986, and remain vital to the community's current vision for its future.

These GMP performance standards have not been updated since 1986. The world has changed dramatically since then. These new standards need to both respond to those known changes, and provide the flexibility to respond to the changes of the future.

The GMP Citizen's Committee did some good foundational work, but now it is up to you to provide the direction to staff on how to proceed.

We believe there are still three critical areas that need further work before standards should be finalized. These include:

1. Park proximity and access
Many now recognize that real access to parks requires consideration of proximity, transportation and fees and costs for services. Many communities require parks within a specified distance from each neighborhood. Two respected organizations that have evaluated park access, the San Diego Foundation and Trust for Public Land have found Carlsbad deficient in park access. The Committee recommended further study of this issue and we support that.

This should also consider the well documented issue of the lack of a coastal access park in the southern half of the city-which has over 60% of the population.

2. Addressing the inequity of exempting 16 of the 25 LFMZ's from the 15% minimum open space requirements.

The explanation for exempting over half of the city from this basic performance standard was never adequately justified, consistently applied, or modified when circumstances changed. City staff now acknowledge they have not been accurately reporting compliance with this standard when they added the note to table on page 36 of the report that says: The open space percentages in the following table represent total open space in each zone, not just the unconstrained developable portion required to meet the 15% performance standard.

A corrective action plan is needed to actually document the existing unconstrained open space in each LFMZ and develop a plan to address the identified shortages. It may not be feasible to address every zone, or to do so in a short time period. But the effort should be made in fairness to all and for the benefit of the overall community.

3. Addressing traffic needs to consider all modes, and providing transportation options.

It became clear years ago that building more and bigger roads was not the solution to traffic congestion. Carlsbad started to address that by exempting some already congested roadways from further widening. But it is time to go a step further and complete meaningful performance standards for all modes of transportation. That work has been started, but it needs to be expedited and incorporated into new traffic performance standards.

Please see the attached summaries on park and open space issues for more background, and these two sources for the broader issues of park access and equity; SD Foundation ~arks for Everyone 2020 report, and Trust for Public Land.

Thank you for considering our comments.

Sincerely,
Diane Nygaard
On behalf of Preserve Calavera
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Item #9 CARLSBAD TOMORROW GROWTH MANAGEMENT CITIZENS COMMITTEE REPORT
l wish to thank the Carlsbad Tomorrow Citizens Committee for their dedication and difficult work reviewing city standards and recommending action over these past months.

Please include the following standards and committee recommendations in your direction for staff finalization the growth management plan.

Open Space:
• Keep the 15% per LFMZ and eliminate exemptions so all zones are equally recognized. • Implement corrective action plan to address open space and coastal access in the Ponto area.

Park Standards
• Increase park access by having adding a IO minute walking goal. • Jncrease the standard for 3-4 acres per I ,000 per quadrant. • Incorporate smart growth and multi-modal transportation into existing plans for future parks that do not consider these issues
City Council Strategic Planning
• Implement the Citizens Committee recommendation of a CARLSBAD ENERGY ADVISORY COMMJTTEE with the goal of providing strategic planning of resilient local energy policy with local electric generation systems and storage.

Thank you for your consideration
Mike McMahon
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Public input for 7 /18/23 City Council meeting Agenda Item #9 and LCPA Dear Carlsbad City Council, Carlsbad Parks and Planning Commissions, and CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks:

Please help the children of Carlsbad. In the Southwest quadrant of Carlsbad, we badly need a park, and the Ponto area would be a perfect place for one. The children in the communities in this area have no place to play, so they play out on the streets or along the railroad track right-of-way, which are very unsafe situations. In addition, because there is no park within walking distance, they are forced to take their bikes miles away if they want park fun/activities. We all know there have been too many injuries and deaths of children on bikes.

Having a park close by would reduce the miles on their bikes and thus reduce these potential horrendous casualties. In addition, having a park nearby may reduce the need to "find something to do" which may thus reduce the recent increase in mischief activities, petty vandalism, property damage, etc. by our youth.

You've heard it many times, the Ponto area is a perfect place for such a park. Please help preserve this precious Coastal open-space by building a park there, which will also help protect the children of Carlsbad.

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Kathy Meyers-Schulte
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Tuesday, July 18, 2023 1 :12 PM
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Growth Management Comments July 18th submitted by Citizens For North County Dear Mayor and Carlsbad Council Members:

Citizens for North County greatly appreciate the work done by the Growth Management Plan Citizen Committee, but we fear that its conclusions and recommendations are underpinned by questionable assumptions. In communication with city staff, the Planning Commission and indeed this council, we have raised concerns about the accuracy of the inventory of open space and parkland. With the climate crisis and growth challenges confronting our community, this is not the time to rely on unaudited data.

Carlsbad has touted its commitment to open space and parkland for decades. The work done by past city leaders (elected and not elected, i.e., staff) to make this a reality even as Carlsbad grew is more than admirable. This generation of residents is in their debt. That work created an asset that is now in danger of being squandered.

Frittering away assets for short-term gains is not good business practice or good governance. To do so out of ignorance and misinformation would be both ironic and tragic.

The pledge of 40% open space and whether it is shaved to 35% -as quote: "good enough" -grabs the headlines.

As it should, because it is a big deal to back away from a decades-long commitment that is more than a verbal contract with citizens. But it also implies belief in the idea that Carlsbad enjoys a margin of safety, a cushion or buffer. The rationalization is easy: No other city pledges 40%. Thirty-eight percent, thirty-seven percent, or whatever is close enough. But without an audit -an annual audit would be most responsible in CNC's view -we are just operating on assumptions and not tracking reality.

Our fear: open space and parkland are more myth than reality because it is suffering from death by a thousand cuts: mistakes made in calculating developer responsibilities; encroachments by individual homeowners, or HOAs, that city staff is reluctant to enforce; infringements by "small" backfill projects. Little bitty bites that seem inconsequential even to the neighborhood, but when added up amount to a very large problem indeed -bogus assumptions about how much open space or parkland we actually have.

At first, the ignoring of these concerns seemed attributable to an overworked and seemingly constant re organization of staff and section responsibilities. However, seeing the language before you -specifically the exclusion of 64% of the LFMZs from the 15% open space requirement-seems to indicate something darker: an effort to obscure a pattern of exceptions so prolific that city standards are a fictiori and have been for some time.

The oft-quoted Russian proverb shared by American scholar Suzanne Massie with President Ronald Reagan -Trust, but verify-is applicable in Carlsbad today. We need to verify. As a result, it would hardly be prudent to finalize these recommendations at this time.

Again, we take this opportunity to point out that this analysis should lead to ways to resolve essential issues raised by this community for years, including for example: 1. Addressing walking ability to parks and throughout the city via trails, specifically the trails linking the coast with the northeast city trails at the Agua Hedionda Lagoon. The parkland is crucial, of course, to Ponto with the lack of available parks in the southeast quadrant. 2. Improving mobility via the traffic circulation within the city, four-wheel, three-wheel, two-wheel, one-wheel and afoot. 3.

Providing the safe open spaces need for emergency landings near Palomar Airport.

Carlsbad needs tools embedded in today's Growth Management Plan to enable the blocking and tackling that will uphold Carlsbad's vision and commitment to good governance standards. Put another way, Carlsbad doesn't want to take the field with a six-man football team when the rest of the world is playing 11-man teams. The rules and strategies ai-e too different. Carlsbad is a thriving community. It doesn't need to make bush-league mistakes. 1 Respectfully,
De'Ann Weimer, on behalf of Citizens For North County
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Subject: pubic input for 7 /18/23 City Council meeting Agenda Item #9 Dear Carlsbad City Council, CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks, and Carlsbad Parks and Planning Commissions:

Please listen to your residents and visitors and act accordingly to what they have been saying for years -we want to protect the Park and Open Space in the South Carlsbad Coastal corridor-it's some of the last remaining open coastal land.

Reserving this last bit of coastal space for residents and visitors to enjoy is an easy decision to make.

We have documented the need and the desire for Ponto Park for years over many petitions and many meetings -do the right thing, Build Ponto Park!
Thank you
Jodi Marie Jones
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City Clerk; [email protected]; People from PoAto Committee Public Input for 7/18/23 City Council meeting Agenda Item #9 Dear Carlsbad City Council, CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks, and Carlsbad Parks and Planning Commissions:

The purchase of land for Ponto Park gives the City Council of Carlsbad the opportunity to be viewed as forward thinking and responsive to the needs of the community at large.

The coastline of Southern California has been overdeveloped. If you drive up the coast from San Diego on 15, other than Camp Pendleton, most oceanfront property is not available for citizens to enjoy. Property, once developed, is gone forever.

I find it difficult to understand why there is any question that this particular Ponto property should remain undeveloped and used as a passive park. It should be designated as undeveloped land for perpetuity.

This Council will be remembered for their understanding of the public need and not for the arrival of another hotel, condo, or apartment complex.

Jayna Regan
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Protect Ponto Petition:

Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission:

Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. -The City's 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of "High-priority Coastal Land Use" due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad's General Plan.
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for "High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land -"High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal 1 l
Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area -west of 1-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.

Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal Commission to:
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and City's current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field - allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of the Campground.

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Sue Igoe
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Carlsbad
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Protect Ponto Petition:

Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission:

Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. -The City's 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of "High-priority Coastal Land Use" due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad's General Plan.
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for "High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land -"High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal 1 Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area -west of 1-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.

Additional Comments
We are 25 year residents of South Ponto & we desperately need a park in our area. We pay taxes like the rest of Carlsbad, yet we are left out of any City amenities. Please do the right thing at the southern entrance to our City.

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Diane Maddox
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Carlsbad
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Protect Ponto Petition:

Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission:

Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. -The City's 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of "High-priority Coastal Land Use" due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad's General Plan.
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for "High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-Carlsbad's Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land -"High-priority Coastal Land Uses".
-There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal 1 -,
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Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area -west of 1-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.

Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and City/State 'unlimited buildout population/visitor demand', and planned loss of current supply due to planned sea level rise. 3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project. 4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act & Commission relative to the State's recent requirement for unlimited City and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad's General Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited increases 2 J
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5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should use tax-payer money wisely. 6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry, Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully provide the 30- acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations from North County Advocates per City's lawsuit settlement.

Additional Comments
The entrance to our City from the south on the 101 at Ponto could be a real statement entrance with a City owned Park, shared by all. Our Village deserves to be shown in its best possible light as the jewel that it is!
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Dear Mayor and City Council-
Please make sure the Growth Management plan has a proper treatment of traffic concerns. Traffic is a serious problem which already degrades the quality of life in all of San Diego County. Do not be influenced by developers who always say the impact on traffic of their project will be minimal, and can be addressed by inexpensive band-aid local tweaks. This is always a lie. Not one input from a developer will say the freeways and major roads will be become severely impacted and near-disfunctional. But consider your own experience-what do you see at rush hour? Please consider traffic issues properly and competently.

Also, please ensure the following components are included in the Growth Management Plan. a. Study park proximity so every neighborhood has access to a park, b. Add a coastal access park for the southern half of the city, and c. Develop a corrective action plan for the 1 6 zones exempted from the open space standard.

Thank you, Phil Johnston
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City Clerk; Council Internet Email; [email protected] 'Smith, Darren@Parks'; Homer, Sean@Parks; 'Moran, Gina@Parks'; Eric Lardy; Tom Frank; Kyle Lancaster; Mick Calarco; 'People for Ponto' Subject: 2023-7-18 Council meeting agenda Item #9 Public Input data for Carlsbad's proposed Local Coastal Program Amendment, Park Master Plan Update, Growth Management Plan Update, and South Carlsbad Coastline Project.
2~08_Carlsbad_Blvd_Realignment_Summary_Memo by Debbie Fountain.pdf; 2022 General Comparative cost-benifits of Completing PCH-PCH Modification-Ponto Park - Part 1 of 2 v1 .pdf; City's PCH area map w numbered notes of Constraints - 2 of 2.pdf; Excerpt frorTI 5-1-23 email to City and CCC on PCH Relocation cost-acres south of Island Way.pdf
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Dear City Council; CA Coastal Commission & State Parks; and Carlsbad Planning, Mobility/Traffic and Park Commissions:

Please receive and consider this public input email and attached '2008 internal City Staff memo, and 2-part Cost/Benefit/Constraints data regarding the Carlsbad's 40-year old PCH Median Relocation/Adjustment proposal, as Pubic Input data for 1) Carlsbad's proposed Local Coastal Program Amendment, 2) Park Master Plan Update, 3) Growth Management Plan Update, and 4) South Carlsbad Coastline Project.

The attached "2008 ." file is ·an internal City Memo to "Leadership Team" on the 40-year history of City plans/motivations for PCH Median Relocation that discusses several issues that the City has not publicly disclosed to Carlsbad Citizens nor posted on the City's South Carlsbad Coastline Project, thus preventing Citizens from being properly informed about the City's proposal that will require a Citizen vote to fund. Some of the key points from that internal City Memo include:
• The project was to be "dedicated to recreational purposes, including campsites" • 7 parcels of land could be created.
• Most of the 7 parcels of land, and the most useable/viable land, is owned by the State of California • Without a trade of City and State land the City "would not experience any significant revenue producing land that could help finance the alignment"
• 2001 City Financial Analysis concluded:
o Project costs are high, and the acreage of the 7 Parcels is modest as noted in the Memo (documented in 2001 URS & ERA Studies)
o Since project does not increase roadway capacity the project is NOT fundable by developers or traffic/road funds
o City studied different land use plans on the 7 Parcels that were NOT "dedicated to recreational purposes, including campsites", and the "highest development value (was) attributed to ("risky") hotel development" of the Parcels
o No project funding source was identified by the Financial Analysis • City's Ponto Vision Plan
o moved southbound lanes east
o used "narrow median" for parking, 'liner park', and possible campground addition o concluded public funding is needed for a realignment of median •· The August 4, 2008 internal City Me.mo to "Leadership Team" includes "Table 6-2 Comparison of Carlsbad Boulevard Re-alignment Alternates" that documents comparative data on the 4 re-alignment alternatives in the Ponto Vision Plan area
1 The City's 2001 URS and ERA PCH Relocation Studies of both the amount of land in the 7 Parcels that could be created from PCH Median Relocation/Modification and the City's current cost estimates should be fully disclosed to Citizens. For the 3-mile segment from Island Way south to La Costa Avenue (aka State Campground), there is only about 16 acres in 3 of the 7 Parcels. The City's current cost estimate for this 3-mile segment is $65 to $80 million or $21.6 to $26.6 million per mile, or $4 to $5 million per acre to access the City's existing land in the PCH Median. Attached are summary portions of the City's URS & ERA Relocation Studies that list the 7 Parcels and note key PCH Financing issues (this was emailed to the City and CA Coastal Commission and State Parks on Monday, May 1, 2023 12:08 PM).

The attached 2-part 'Cost/Benefit/Constraints' data uses City data to summarize and compare the City's PCH Median Relocation/Modification project with other alternative Plans to achieve a much needed Ponto Coastal Park and the Projects stated purpose to be "dedicated to recreational purposes, including campsites". For example a recent sale of

11.1 acres of vacant Ponto land sold for around $720,000 per acre and another 15 acre vacant parcel at Ponto currently for sale for about $2.S million per acre. Both the vacant sites are far more cost effective for tax-payers than the $4 to $5 million per acre cost to make narrow (less useable/desirable) Parcels from the City's already owned PCH Median.

The City Council and CA Coastal Commission should consider this Alternative and the comparative data as part of the City's analysis and Public communication/discussion of 1) Carlsbad's proposed Local Coastal Program Amendment, 2) Park Master Plan Update, 3) Growth Management Plan Update, and 4) South Carlsbad Coastline Project. . .

Can Citizens please get a confirmation from the City and CCC that this data will be Publicly communicated/discussed and considered?
Thank you,
Lance Schulte
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History
• City and State began to elCplore a program to relocate the southbound lanes In early 1980s • Potentlal realignment Incorporated Into South Carlsbad State Beach General Plan .and adopted by State In 1982. • Plan proposed additional property to the west be dedicated to recreational purposes, Including campsites, parking, beach access, and state administration and maintenance faclllties. • A major feature of plan was a group campsite and hostel on Manzano property. • Plan anticipated a "T" Intersection with Carlsbad Blvd.

Studies Summary I ' I
• 1992· -report completed on Carlsbad Blvd and Palomar Airport Intersection • Study concluded not cost effective to salvage the existing bridge; minimize the skew of Intersection • Conceptual eastern alignment for Carlsbad Blvd and studied from an environmental standpoint In 1998. • 7 parcels of land adjacent to the existing So. Carlsbad State Beach campground and coastline created • No significant environmental constraints.
• Additional evaluation needed on historical significance of bridges. • Exterior noise levels might be exceeded at Solamar Mobile Home P~rk; mitigation possible • Most of value In surplus land generated on the land owned by the State • Unless there was a trade of lands, the City would not experience any significant revenue producing land that could be used to help finance the alignment.
• 2001-Financial analysis completed for Carlsbad Blvd Realignment. • Explore ways to generate revenue from useable publlc land created from project. • Use revenue to offset costs of realignment
• Preliminary estimates were $18.8 million to realign.
• Highest development value attributed to hotel development. • May be difficult to have private development pay for road realignment If it does not create enhanced capacity for private development; no nexus
• City could negotiate contributions from private developers. • No speclflc funding source for the realignment project; Included in SCCRA as a result. • SCCRA could bond or take a loan from the City to complete realignment project; repay through future tax increment generated by private development
Ponto Plan
• Southbound lanes to move east; public amenities such as parking, linear park Included on surplus land • Ponto Drive to the lagoon bridge; northbound lanes stay where they are • Narrow median, remove cypress trees and create a standard Intersection at Avenida Encinas. • Surplus land could be used for expansion of campgrounds. • Assumption that realignment project would need to be publicly financed to create the opportunities.

August 4, 2008
TO: LEADERSHIP TEAM
FROM: HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

INFORMATION ON CARLSBAD BOULEVARD REALIGNMENT STUDY AND OTHER DISCUSSIONS AS RELATED TO PONTO BEACHFRONT Vll,LAGE VISION PLAN AND

OTHER PLANNING EFFORTS
Per the request of the Leadership Team, this memorandum is provided to summarize the activity to date as related to studies of the Carlsbad Boulevard Realignment Project, project financing and any related planning documents, studies, etc. , ,
Historical Background from State perspective
Based on research related to the Carlsbad Boulevard Realignment, the City and State of California began to explore a program to relocate the southbound Janes of Carlsbad Boulevard (between Manzano Drive and San Marcos Creek to the east and adjacent to the northbound lanes) in the early 1980s. The potential realignment was incorporated into the South Carlsbad State Beach General Plan and adopted by the State in 1982.

The 1982 plan proposed that all additional property west of the realigned Carlsbad Boulevard be dedicated to various recreational purposes, including additional campsites, parking, beach access, and State administration and maintenance facilities. A major feature of this plan was a group campsite and hostel on property owned by the State between Manzano Drive and Palomar Airport Road. This plan anticipated that Palomar Airport Road would be realigned to a 'T' intersection with Carlsbad Boulevard. To date, limited progress has been made towards implementing this plan.

Studies of Carlsbad Boulevard Realignment by the City
The City commissioned a study of the reconfiguration of the Carlsbad Boulevard and Palomar Airport Road (PAR) Intersection in the early 1990s. A report was prepared by Boyle Engineering in 1992.

Key issues evaluated in the study included the irregular angle created where PAR joins Carlsbad Boulevard, vertical alignments, and the feasibility of salvaging the existing railroad bridge west of A venida Encinas. The study concluded that it was not cost effective to salvage the existing bridge and recommended an alternative that would minimize the skew of the intersection.

A conceptual eastern alignment for Carlsbad Boulevard was developed by staff and a study of the environmental constraints and opportunities created by the realignment was commissioned in 1998.

The study was also to include 1) a technical evaluation of alternative land uses for the surplus land, with a number-one priority on open-space recreational opportunities; and, 2) potential for reveue generating recreational/tourist-serving commercial land uses to fund the realignment. If realigned according to the staff conceptual plan, which includes the ''T" intersection at Carlsbad Boulevard and PAR, seven (7) parcels ofland adjacent to the existing South Carlsbad State Beach campground and the coastline would be created for public and/or private development.

Conclusions of this study included: 1) no significant environmental constraints; 2) two bridges ]ocated across Encinas Creek oi:i the southbound lanes of Carlsbad Boulevard were built in 1928 and may be historically significant. Further evaluation was recommended; 3) City's exterior noise levels may be exceeded at the Solamnr Mobile Home Park due to the expected increases in traffic. However, mitigation could easily be achieved; and, 4) most of the value in surplus land would be generated on the land owned by the State. Unless there was a trade of lands, the City would not experience any significant revenue producing land that could be used to help finance the realignment.

In 2001, a financial analysis was completed for the Carlsbad Boulevard Realignment project. An objective of this study was to explore ways to generate revenue from useable public land created from the realignment project, including potential land sale or lease opportunities, and using this revenue to help offset the cost of realigning the road. The preliminary estimates of the Carlsbad Boulevard Realignment project were $18.8 million. The significant value for development purposes (to assist in paying. for the improvements) was attributable to hotel development,. but considered risky from' a financing standpoint. A specific note in the financial analysis indicated that if the road realignment simply mo.ves the road without enhancing capacity for future local developments, developer financed road improvements or impact fees may not apply due to the lack of a nexus. The report indicated that the City could negotiate contributions to the road alignment costs. Because there was not a specific funding source (including developer financing) identified for the Carlsbad Boulevard Realignment project and the realignment was deemed necessary to generate developable properties, the City fonned a Redevelopment Area, known as the South Carlsbad Coastal Redevelopment Area in 2000. It was intended that the Redevelopment Agency would initially finance the realignment and that subsequent development would then reimburse the Agency and repay the debt. No action has been taken to date to proceed with the Carlsbad Boulevard Realignment project and create financing through the Redevelopment Agency. However, it is important to note that a portion of Carlsbad Boulevard was realigned with the Poinsettia Properties project. Apparently, this was a negotiated project with the developer. This created some surplus land (city-owned land) in front of, and immediately adjacent to, the State campground.

When work began on the Ponto Vision Plan, staff reviewed the initial studies completed on the Carlsbad Boulevard Realignment. A consensus was reached at that time with Public Works that the specific alignment within the Ponto Vision Plan area could be further studied to detennine the most appropriate alignment to benefit the City. The consultant for the Ponto Vision Plan was instructed to do so.
~onto Vis_iQn Plan Studles
Preliminary land use strategies by RBF (consultant on the Ponto Vision Plan) indicated that the City would get the most public benefit from relocating the Carlsbad Boulevard southbound travel lanes eastward (which is consistent with the initial studies) and adjacent to the northbound lanes. No realignment was recommended for the northbound lanes. The staff team working on this project felt that it was important to include public parking and public space (linear park) in the excess right-of way to be created by the realignment.

In 2007, 4 alternatives for the realignment of Carlsbad Boulevard were presented to the City Council and Housing and Redevelopment Commission for consideration and a selection of alignment choice.

The Council selected the alignment which: moved the Southbound lanes to the east from Ponto Drive to the lagoon bridge (adjacent to the northbound lanes, which would not be realigned), narrowing the median in middle, removing the Cypress Trees and creating a more standard intersection at Avenida Encinas. This would create additional land on the west side for more public parking and an expanded linear park. It could also be used for expansion of the State campground if a subsequent decision is approved to do so. At the time of this approval, no decision was made as to how the realignment project or the public improvements would be funded. If a nexus can be made or a deal negotiated with a private developer, these improvements could potentially be developer financed. It is more likely, however, that the realignment project and public improvements would need to be publicly financed with the potential to raise additional revenues through development to repay the financing debt.

South Carlsbad Coastal Redevelopment Area (SCCRA) Master Plan When the SCCRA was adopted in 2000, the ·original intent was to subsequently prepare a Master Plan for the entire area that would address the Carlsbad Boulevard Realignment project (~d make a finpl decisio_n on the alignment) as well as develop a desired comprehensive land use strategy for the w-e·a, including both private and public development. The Master Plan was intended to provide better detail and a more comprehensive plan for future development. However, after adoption of the redevelopment plan, a subsequent decision was made to discontinue efforts for an area-wide Master Plan. The SCCRA was subsequently divided into three (3) planning areas for land use planning purposes (see attached map). Planning Area .#3 {the Ponto Area) was identified as the first area for which to develop a land use strategy. This is because it was the only area at the time with interested developers and the greatest immediate demonstrated need for City/ Agency guidance. The Ponto Vision Plan was completed and approved in November/December, 2007.

It was intended that Planning Area #1 (the power plant properties) would be the second area for which a land use strategy would be developed. However, this action was delayed in order to incorporate the area into the larger "Cannon Corridor land use strategy". This strategy was also subsequently abandoned and the focus was placed on the "Prop D" lands. The lai:id use strategy for these open space areas did not incorporate the power plant properties or the 48 acres of visitor-serving commercial land east of 1-5 (owned by SDGE). As a result, it may be necessary for the City and/or Redevelopment Agency to reconsider a land use strategy for these properties at a later date.

Planning Area #2 (Manzano Property to Ponto Drive) was considered the last area for whlch a land use strategy was needed due to the influence that the State of California had over much of the land and their public statements that they had no interest (at the time) in trading lands with the City or pursuing development on their properties. This plan was also put on hold due to the decline in tax increment revenues for the Redevelopment Agency as a result of reassessment of the power plant properties. There was concern that there would be no potential funding for the Carlsbad Realignment project and that bonds could not be issued to finance the project due to the uncertain tax increment revenues. A loan from the General Fund to the Redevelopment Agency was also viewed as financially infeasible due to concerns over future ability by the Agency to repay the debt. At this time, there are no land use planning strategies under development for Planning Areas #1 or #2.

Please contact me at X2935 if any additional infonnation is required, or if there are any questions on the infonnation provided above.

Debbie Fountajn
Table 6-2
Comparison of Carlsbad Boulevard Re-Alignment Alternatives - FACTOR . Aj:, T~~AT~-! . ::. ALTERNAT.iv'.E 2 ALTERNATIVE 3 ALTERNATIVE 4 .... ,~ I "',. ,J,., , ,..., ♦ II ...... •· . '
Additional Creates 0.8 acres oo Creates 2.0 acres on Creates 0.8 acres on Creates 0.5 acres on Vacated west side of west side of west side of Carlsbad west side of Acreage Carlsbad Boulevard, Carlsbad Boulevard Boulevard, available Carlsbad Boulevard, Available for available for use as a north of Avenida to be used as a public available for use as a Other Uses public linear park. Encinas and 1.8 linear park. public linear park. acres on west side Creates 1.2 acres on
of Carlsbad east side of Carlsbad South of Beach
Boulevard south of Boulevard, north of Way:

Avenida Encinas, A venida Encinas and
I
available for use as 2.2 acres on east side Creates 0.8 acres on a public linear park of Carlsbad west side of
or potential Boulevard, south of Carlsbad Boulevard,
available for use as a expanded use for the Avcnida Encinas, public linear park. South Carlsbad available for State Bea~h additional
Campground. development or
community
amenities.

Effect on Approximately 3.0 Approximately 3. 7 Approximately 3.7 Approximately 3.0 Vegetative acres of Disturbed acres of Disturbed acres of Disturbed acres of Disturbed Communities Diegan coastal sage Diegan coastal sage Diegan coastal sage Dicgan coastal sage scrub to be affected scrub to be affected scrub to be affected scrub to be affected in median between in median between in median bc;:tween in median between Ponto Drive and Ponto Drive and Ponto Drive and Ponto Drive and Avenida Encinas. Avenida Encinas. Avenida Encinas. Avenida Encinas.

Retains cypress trees Potential Potential disturbance Retains cypress trees In median south of disturbance to to approximately 0.6 in median south of Avenida Encinas. approximately 0.6 acres of Southern A venida Encinas. acres. of Southern Coastal Salt Marsh in
Coastal Salt Marsh median immediately
in median north of the Los
immediately north Baliquitos Lagoon
ofthe Los bridges.

Batiquitos Lagoon Removal of cypress
bridges. trees in median south
Removal of cypress of Avenida Encinas.
trees in median
south of Avcnida
Encinas.

Parking Provides 61 parking Provides 61 parking Provides 61 parking Provides 61 parking spaces (60 degree spaces (60 degree spaces (60 degree spaces (60 degree diagonal) nod 48 diagonal) and 48 diagonal) and 48 diagonal) and 48 pnrnllel parking parallel parking parallel parking parallel parking spaces. spaces. spaces. spaces.

FACTOR · ALTEltNATIVE 1 . ALTERNATIVE 2 . ALTERNAµvE~ ~TE~~TJYE4 -.. ' ..

Traffic Signal More complex signal Less complex signal Less complex signal More complex signal Operations operation at Avenida operation at operation at Avenida operation at A venida Encinas due to width A venida Encinas, Encinas, due to Encinas due to width of median (longer due to standardized standardized of median (longer time to make turning intersection (i.e., no intersection (i.e., no time to make turning movements) but wide median). wide median). movements) but similar to existing similar to existing
condition. condition.

Vehicular · Retains existing Retains existing Requires two new Retains existing Bridges northbound bridge; northbound bridge; bridges -one northbound bridge; requires new requires new northbound and one requires new southbound bri~ge to southbound bridge southbound. southbound bridge to implement the to accommodate accommodate lanes
grade-separated lanes re-location re-location and to
pedestrian underpass and to implement implement the
to the west. the grade-separated grade-separated
pedestrian pedestrian underpass
underpass to the to the west.
west.
2022 General Comparative tax-payer Costs/Benefits of Completing PCH, 2.3 mile PCH Modification, and Ponto Park to address planned loss of 30+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land Use at Ponto/West BL/South Carlsbad: Part 1 of 2
Key base facts regarding tax-payer Cost/Benefit comparison:

City Coastal Park Fairness: Ponto/Coastal South Carlsbad has ZERO Parks and ZERO Park acres v. 10 Coastal Parks and 37 Park acres in North Carlsbad. 62% of Carlsbad citizens and major visitor industries live in South Carlsbad with no Coastal Park. 38% of Carlsbad citizens have the entire City's Coastal Parks.

The City also falsely allowed Ponto Developers to NOT PROVIDE the required 15% unconstrained Open Space required by other developers in Carlsbad. Consequently Ponto is already developed at a density 35% higher than the rest of City. Higher density logically requires more parks and park acres.

What is missing from 2.3 mile South PCH: The only missing components of a Carlsbad Livable (Complete) Street are about 1.6 miles of adequate Coastal sidewalks. Better, safer protected bike paths for the volume of bike traffic on a higher-speed roadway are highly desired. Both these features can be (and should have already long ago been) provided in the existing PCH configuration.

Generalized Costs: Costs come from publicly stated costs by Mayor Hall in a 2019 at Meet the Mayor Realtor luncheon at Hilton Garden Inn, City PCH Modification Cost Studies for South PCH, $13 million per mile cost for the simpler City CIP #6054 PCH Modification Project at Terramar, general City cost data from official public records requests, and vacant Ponto land costs of $1.4 to $2.4 million per acre from recent recorded land sales at Ponto.

Generalized Benefits: The number of acres and the quality and usability of each of those acres, and the number of new added beach parking for each of the known Option's define each Option's benefits.

There may be other unknown Options that have different benefits. The City's 2001 PCH Modification Studies' highest Park and Open Space Option (2001 ERA Financial Analysis "Alternative 1-parks and open space scheme") only made possible a 4-acre Active Park north of Palomar Airport Road in North Carlsbad. The City's 2013 PCH Concept design eliminated that 4-acre Active Park and only showed a few small open space areas with picnic tables. Any PCH Modification Benefits are significantly limited by existing PCH constraints. See attached Part 2: City PCH map with numbered notes on various existing land use constraints from the City's 2013 PCH Modification Design.

PCH Modification: PCH Modification does not add any new City land. Rearranging PCH land may add some usability beyond the existing usability of parkway areas along PCH. However significant land in PCH right-of-way is already constrained by habitat, slopes, and water quality detention basins. Past City Studies in 2001 and 2013 showed relatively modest changes in useable acreage from major PCH Modifications. Forever removing 2-travel lanes (over 50% of PCH capacity due to removing passing ability) will create Terramar traffic congestion, but could repurpose some of that City pavement for open space. Any net usable amount of open space land will however be relativity narrow and may be modest once all constraints are accounted for. PCH Modification should be accurately compared with the existing usable and open space parkway areas in the existing PCH configuration and Ponto Park situation. See attached Part 2: City PCH map with numbered notes on various existing land use constraints from the City's 2013 PCH Modification Design.

General Comparative cost-benefits of Completing PCH-PCH Modification-Ponto Park -part 1 Page 1 of4 CQmparative tax-payer Cost/Benefits:
.1. Completing 2.3 miles of PCH by adding missing sidewalk/path. Adding parking and bike safety:

Only about 1.6 miles of the 2.3 miles needs sidewalks
There are 177 existing parking spaces along South Carlsbad Blvd Existing 4 vehicle lanes and 2 bike lanes
The only missing component of "Complete/Livable Street" is some pedestrian sidewalk/paths Total Cost to provide missing sidewalks per City data = $3-5 million (based on path width) Costs for desirable safety upgrade to existing bike lanes are not known Cost to add more beach parking in abandoned PCH North and South of Poinsettia ranges from:
• 273 additional spaces=$ 0.76 million
• 546 additional spaces=$ 1.1 million
• Plus an estimated $1.5 million for 2 signalized intersection upgrades for full 4-way access • Cost per parking space is estimated at $19,275 to $13,899 per additional parking space Total cost:$ 3.8 to 6.1 million to provide missing sidewalk/path and add more parking+ unknown amount for any desired upgrades to existing bike lanes
l.:. '2013 PCH Modification Proposal' [AECOM 11/26/2013 Alternative Development Meeting) Total Cost is $75 million per Mayor Matt Hall. PCH Modification would be most the expensive City project so far. $75 million current cost appears consistent with 20-years of cost inflation of the basic (unmitigated environmental and traffic) 2001 costs of $26.5 to 37.3 million (in 2001dollars) identified by the City. The City's 2001 Study indicated fully mitigated costs will be higher.

Total $75 million PCH Modification cost comes to:
$ 18.7 to 7.5 million per acre for narrow open space areas (from portions of city roadway) $872,093 per additional parking space
• 86 additional parking spaces created = 263 replacement spaces -177 existing spaces removed • Includes multi-use pathway (sidewalk) within primarily native/natural landscaping. • Possible 50% reduction in vehicle lanes (from 4 to 2 lanes) with corresponding traffic congestion like at Terra mar. Not clear if Citizens will approve spending $75 million to double traffic congestion. • Includes about 4 -10 acres for possible narrow passive Park area identified in City's 2001 PCH Modification Studies. However City's 2013 PCH Modification (AECOM) plans look like smaller acreage is provided.
• Does not purchase any new land (only reconfigures existing City land) so requires Carlsbad Citizens to vote to expend funds per Proposition H.
• 2013 PCH Modification proposal did not consider and map City's 2017 sea level rise data to show what areas would be lost due to sea level rise and account for any added cost and issues.

3. Ponto Coastal Park
Total Cost: $20 -22 million to purchase and build 11-acres as Mayor Matt Hall has publicly stated $ 2 to 1.8 million per acre (per Mayor) for new and fully useable City Park area 175% to 10% more total park land than 'PCH Modification options' • Includes adding 11-acres of new and viable parkland similar in shape (but larger in size) than Carlsbad's Holiday Park. Site includes both habitat and E-W and N-S connections.

General Comparative cost-benefits of Completing PCH-PCH Modification-Ponto Park -part 1 Page 2 of 4 • Since an Open Space land purchase per Proposition C acquisition voters exempted such purchases from Proposition H. NCA recommend the site be considered for purchase as Open Space per the City's obligations under a lawsuit settlement.
• Ponto Park's cost savings over 'PCH Modification'= $55 to 53 million • Ponto Park's+ adding missing sidewalks cost savings over 'PCH Modification'= $51 to 47 million • Ponto Park's+ adding missing sidewalks+ 273 additional parking spaces cost savings over "PCH Modification'= $50.4 to 46.1 million
• Ponto Park's+ adding missing sidewalks+ 546 additional parking spaces cost savings over "PCH Modification'= $50.1 to 45.8 million

4. Combining both #1-PCH Completion and #3-Ponto Park:

Combining #1 and #3 creates at cost effective and more beneficial Coastal Park-Coastal Parking Completes Streets solution. This solution actually adds 11-acres of new City land for a needed Park, provides for a Complete PCH without increasing traffic congestion, does not forever congest PCH travel iffuture PCH traffic increases, adds comparatively more beach parking, and provides the City with Coastal land use and sea level rise planning flexibility to address future needs by not forever committing the City's PCH land to a Final solution. See map on page 4 showing land use synergy of combining #1 and #3.
$50.4 to 45.8 million in tax-payer cost savings are estimated from combining #1 & #3 compared to the estimated $75 million PCH Modification concept. Combining #1 and #3 provide all the features provided by more Benefits for a reduced
a. Ponto Park's location allows it to use the 337-610 parking spaces created by #1 above (177 existing+ 273 to 546 new parking spaces). The 337-610 parking spaces will allow Ponto Park to effectively host Carlsbad's special community events. b. Acquiring Ponto Park's 11-acres provides both the City and State of CA with important future land use options to address the Sea Level Rise and Coastal Erosion (SLR) planned by the City. These options are created by leaving the exiting South Carlsbad Blvd right-of-way substantially the same (except for adding needed sidewalks and using the existing Old paved roadway for parking) thus allowing future upland relocation of the Campground. If $75,000,000 is spent on #2 the likelihood this very expensive City expenditure would never be abandoned by the City to allow relocation of the Campground. c. Carlsbad' 2017 Sea Level Rise study shows SLR will eliminate½ of the State Campground -a high-priority Coastal land use under the CA Coastal Act. The CA Coastal Act calls for "upland" relocation of high-priority Coastal land uses due to SLR impacts. Ponto Park could also provide for "upland" relocation of the State Campground.

Part 2 of this Comparative analysis is a separate 2-page data file. This Part 2 file consists of the City's PCH map with numbered notes to documented City data on PCH design constraints, mapping the City's 2017 Sea Level Rise Impact Areas, and outlining the easterly 6.5 acre portion of the 11-acre Planning Area F site that could be Ponto Park for acreage comparison purposes.

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General Comparative cost-benefits of Completing PCH-PCH Modification-Ponto Park -part 1 Page 4 of 4 City's PCH Modification Proposal Area Map with notes on usability Constraints and Issues: P4P Input 2 of 2 The City's map below is marked with the following numbered list of Area Constraints and Issues. The Constraints are from the City's 20 I 3 PCH Modification designs, the City's older 2017 Sea Level Rise impact Study, and on-site observations. The Constraints will limit any fundamental change to the existing PCH landscape. For instance existing slope and habitat area will remain or have to be relocated which will limit the use of any excess land area from PCH Modification. These Constraints will then reduce from 62 acres the actual number of unconstrained and acres that are actually useable and can be used for different uses than currently exist.

I. Loss of the last section of Old "Historic IO I" design, ambiance, and openness. Will it be replaced with typical urban arterial design?

2. Freshwater habitat

3. Sewer pumping facility

4. City's 2013 PCH plan for RESTORED RfPARIAN HABITAT

5. Sea Level Rise 2 meter impact Area

6. City's 2013 PCH plan for BIO SWALE AND RESTORED RlPARLAN HABITAT

7. Existing beach parking to be retained

8. Least Tern habitat

9. Major storm water detention basin
IO. Water

11. Slopes will likely need retaining walls to move road inland closer to proposed Kam Sang Resort

12. Endangered Species Habitat

13. City's 2013 PCH plan for COASTAL SAGE SCRUB RESTORATION

14. City's 2013 PCH plan for NATIVE GRASSLAND RESTORATION

15. City's 2013 PCH plan for BIO SWALE AND RESTORED RlPARLAN HABITAT

16. Eliminating access road for homes/businesses south of Cape Rey Resort. Who pays to replace?

17. Removes Cape Rey Resort developer required GMP Open Space for this LFMP. This GMP Open Space will have to be replaced. Who Pays?

18. City's 2013 PCH plan for L.I.D. BASIN/ BIO SWALE

19. City left several acres vacant for 20+ years. This area can cost-effectively provide 200-500 more parking spaces w/o any PCH relocation.

20. Unusual jog in roadway. Is this viable?

21. City's 2013 PCH plan for RESTORED NATIVE LANDSCAPE

22. Habitat & need to provide major storm water quality detention basin before discharging urban and creek runoff into ocean.

23. Slopes will likely need retaining walls to move road inland closer to mobile home community.

24. Steep unusable slopes needed for Palomar Airport Road overpass over railroad corridor.

For a Cost/Benefit reference point, the City's PCH Modification at Terramar (CfP project #6054 from Cannon to Manzano) that is less constrained and simpler than South Carlsbad is projected to cost around $ 13 million per mile. Vacant primarily unconstrained land sale costs at Ponto are documented at around $1 .4 to $2.4 million per acre. Honest Cost/Benefit of these two options should be a public tax-payer discussion.

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