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Feb. 24, 2026
Mayor and City Council
Geoff Patnoe, City Manager
Morgen Fry, Assistant City Clerk
[email protected], 442-339-2808
Adoption of Ordinance No. CS-508 Amending Section 2.30.050 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code, Meetings for the Community-Police Engagement Commission
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Recommended Action
Adopt Ordinance No. CS-508 amending Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 2.30, Section
2.30.050 Meetings to adjust the number of Community-Police Engagement Commission regular meetings from four to two per year.
Executive Summary/Explanation & Analysis
The recommended action adopts an ordinance amending Carlsbad Municipal Code Chater 2.3, Section 2.30.050 to adjust the number of Community-Police Engagement Commission regular meetings from four to two per year.
The City Council approved the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Community-Police Engagement Commission Work Plan on Jan. 27, 2026. Following discussion, the City Council directed staff to return with an ordinance to adjust the frequency of the commission’s meetings from four meetings to two meetings per year, knowing that in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act, the commission could add a special meeting with 24-hours’ notice at any time if needed.
Ordinance No. CS-508 was introduced and first read at the City Council Meeting held on Feb. 10, 2026. On a motion by Mayor Pro-Tem Bhat-Patel, seconded by Council Member Acosta, the City Council voted 5-0 to introduce Ordinance No. CS-508 amending Chapter 2.30, Section 2.30.050 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code to adjust the number of Community-Police Engagement Commission regular meetings from four to two per year.
This second reading allows the City Council to adopt the ordinance.
Fiscal Analysis
There is no direct fiscal impact associated with this action.
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Next Steps
The Assistant City Clerk will have the ordinance, or a summary of the ordinance, published in a newspaper of general circulation within 15 days following adoption of the ordinance.
Environmental Evaluation
The proposed action is not a “project” as defined by California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, Section 21065 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5) and does not require environmental review under CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(3) and 15061(b)(3), because the proposed action to adopt an ordinance to reduce the Community-Police Engagement Commission meeting frequency is an organizational or administrative government activity that does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment. Any subsequent action or direction stemming from the proposed action may require preparation of an environmental document in accordance with CEQA or the CEQA Guidelines.
Exhibits
1.Ordinance No. CS-508
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Exhibit 1
ORDINANCE NO. CS-508.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 2.30, SECTION 2.30.050 MEETINGS TO ADJUST THE
NUMBER OF COMMUNITY-POLICE ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION
MEETINGS FROM FOUR TO TWO PER YEAR
WHEREAS, on June 7, 2022, the City Council voted to establish a five-member civilian commission that would be known as the Community-Police Engagement Commission, would meet at least quarterly, and would have as its primary duty community engagement, not police oversight; and WHEREAS, the commission is to report directly to the City Council and present annual workplans to the City Council for approval; and
WHEREAS, on Jan. 27, 2026, the City Council approved the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Community- Police Engagement Commission Work Plan, with a minute motion to return to the City Council with an ordinance for introduction to adjust the Community-Police Engagement Commission regular meeting frequency from four meetings to two meetings per year.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, ordains as follows that:
1.That the above recitations are true and correct.
2.The proposed action is not a “project” as defined by California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, Section 21065 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5) and does not require environmental review under CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(3) and 15061(b)(3), because the proposed action to adopt an ordinance to reduce the Community-Police Engagement Commission meeting frequency is an organizational or administrative government activity that does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment. Any subsequent action or direction stemming from the proposed action may require preparation of an environmental document in accordance with CEQA or the CEQA Guidelines.
3.Carlsbad Municipal Code, Title 2, Chapter 2.30, Section 2.30.050 is amended to read as follows:
2.30.050 Meetings.
The Community-Police Engagement Commission shall establish a regular time and place of meetings and shall hold not less than two meetings per year. The majority of the appointed members shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting the business of the Commission.
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Each regular meeting agenda shall include an item allowing the Police Chief or designee to provide a police department update, including a report on any notable past or upcoming events the police department is planning for and relevant data, such as crime analysis and police response data.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty days after its adoption; and the City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause the full text of the ordinance or a summary of the ordinance prepared by the City Attorney to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen days after its adoption.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 10th day of February, 2026, and thereafter
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 24th day of February, 2026, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Burkholder, Shin.
NAYS: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: None.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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CINDIE K. McMAHON, City Attorney
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KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
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SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk
(SEAL)
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