Del Mar City Council Meeting Agenda
Del Mar Town Hall
1050 Camino del Mar, Del Mar, California
October 20, 2026 City Council Meeting
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1 Robert Silva
From: JoyDelMar <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2026 9:02 AM
To: Ashley Jones; City Clerk Mail Box
Cc: *City Council Group; Meghan Spieker; [email protected]; Jeff Sturgis; ulla rang; Mark Maggenti; Julie Maxey; Jennifer M.; Jeanne Blumenfeld; Andrew Blumenfeld; G.
Stuart Mendenhall; Ethel and Danny Grant; Becky Carroll; [email protected]; [email protected]; Karen Brindley; Amanda Lee; Nestor Machado Subject: City Council Oct 20, item #9
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Hello Ashley,
My email below from Oct. 7th was omitted. Please include it in your list of questions to be answered.
Sincerely,
Joy
Date: October 7, 2026 at 2:22:44 PM PDT
To: Ashley Jones <[email protected]>
Cc: ulla rang <[email protected]>, Ethel Grant <[email protected]>, Mark Maggenti <[email protected]>, *City Council Group <[email protected]>, Tracy Martinez <[email protected]>, John Spelich <[email protected]>, Terry Gaasterland <[email protected]>, Dan Quirk <[email protected]>, Meghan Spieker <[email protected]>, Jeff Sturgis <[email protected]>, [email protected], Julie Maxey <[email protected]>, "G. Stuart Mendenhall" <[email protected]>, Becky Carroll <[email protected]>, [email protected], Andrew Blumenfeld <[email protected]>, Jeanne Blumenfeld <[email protected]>, "Jennifer M." <[email protected]>, Rick <[email protected]>, Karen Brindley <[email protected]>, Amanda Lee <[email protected]>, Nestor Machado <[email protected]>, [email protected] Subject: Re: City Response - Concerns Regarding 10th Street Affordable Housing
Hello Ashley,
Something interesting was on the Agenda at the Council meeting last night. We learned that the City is in negotiations to trade the 28th St. lot - that was designated in your Housing Element for 3 affordable housing units - for “at least three existing apartments” at the Beach Colony Apartments. Have you considered acquiring enough of these units so that you don’t have use the 10th Street lot for those 8 affordable units?
Thank you,
Joy
October 20, 2026 Item 9
1 Robert Silva
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Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2026 1:50 PM
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Subject: Item 9, City Council meeting 10.20.2026
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Dear City Council,
Since there sadly has been new developments in regards to the Fairground in that they terminated the negotiations with us, I assume that we now will be forced by the Department of Housing and Community Development to up-zone the North Bluff. I understand that this must be emotionally very difficult because you worked so hard for that negotiation, and its failure is of no mistake of yours. It was out of your control.
The only good thing that I see coming out of the Fairground termination and following upzoning North Bluff, is that the 4-8 units on the tiny little lot on 10th Street very likely no longer will be needed. And because we would have to pay the Gangi Development $500,000 to come up with plans for how to best develop the lot, it is premature to vote on this now.
We should wait until we have more information about the number of Low Affordable Units at the up-zoned North Bluff.
We should not waste $500,000 on something that may not be needed.
If losing half a million dollars is not enough to convince you, I have listened to all City Council meetings of 2020 and there are so many wrongs with over-developing the 4,000 sqft lot. For example, in the meeting of Jan 13, 2020, it was clearly stated that no Affordable Housing lot should be smaller than half an acre. The 10th Street lot is 1/10 of an acre. On April 20, 2020, it was clearly stated that there should be no concentration of affordable housing in one location. The 10th Street lot fails on both requirements.
When the 10th Street lot was put up as a suggestion on June 15, 2020, from the working group consisting of Julia Kawasaki, Karen Lare, Tracy Martinez with chair Jas Grewal, it was listed for 4 units, which is why we all slept through it.
Then little by little, the number has been going up. Then it was 4-6. We still slept through that with a slight murmur.
Then someone got greedy and decided to try for 8. No, we won’t accept that. That lot is too small and 8 units will create too many problems both with parking and noise.
The 11th Street lot (parcel 1) is listed at the same presentation but was put on “very low priority” with the reason “daily utilization by residents and visitors”. Really? Because I never see anyone there except for on Saturdays between 1-4 when they sell orchids close by. I would say that the 10th Street lot is used more. First of all, it is the actual entrance to the Farmer’s Market and has historically always been. Second, this is the only little available piece of free area on 10th Street to take your dog. Every dog that walks down 10th Street stops there. Dog owners here are very well behaved and always pick up their dog’s waste. It has never been a problem. So in all fairness, the 10th Street lot should either be excluded just as the 11th Street lot on the same basis (used by the public). Alternatively, the 11th Street lot should be developed with the exact same number as the 10th Street lot.
Please vote No on item 9 for now and postpone the negotiation rights with the developer until we know how many Affordable Housings will be included in the Lazier's Development on North Bluff. The 4-8 units on the 10th and 11th Street lots might turn out to not even be needed and we saved ourselves $500,000 of the City’s hard earned money.
October 20, 2026 Item 9
2 Sincerely,
Camilla Rang, 10th Street, Del Mar
October 20, 2026 Item 9
1 Robert Silva
From: Joy Ehrenfeld <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2026 2:03 PM
To: City Clerk Mail Box; Tracy Martinez; Terry Gaasterland; John Spelich; Dan Quirk Cc: [email protected]; Meghan Spieker
Subject: City Council-Oct 20th-Item #9
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Dear Mayor Martinez, and City Council Members Spelich, Gaasterland and Quirk, I’m asking you to vote no on this item. You are being asked to authorize spending $500,000 just to get a plan in place for an 8 unit apartment building on a 4,300 square foot lot.
Where is the Financial Feasibility Analysis? $500,000 is $62,500 per unit just for planning. You will not find any newly built affordable housing projects this small in the San Diego area because even with public land the price per finished apartment would be prohibitive.
It makes much more sense to buy an existing apartment building, buy units in an existing apartment building, or build a much larger building to get the price per unit down to a reasonable level. Eight units will not make a difference in our State requirements and is another waste of taxpayer dollars meant to be used for people needing homes.
Does Gangi Development meet the qualifications specified in the 'Request for Proposals' which says they need to provide a: "Description of experience delivering and operating affordable housing projects of similar scale and context, including outcomes?” According to Staff they have no completed projects in San Diego County. The projects on their website are all very large and their only office is in Burbank.
There are other much more sensible solutions to our affordable housing crisis, so please consider this carefully and vote no to this plan.
Sincerely,
Joy Shadle Ehrenfeld
10th Street
October 20, 2026 Item 9
1 Robert Silva
From: ulla rang <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2026 2:36 PM
To: City Clerk Mail Box
Subject: Item 9, City Council meeting 10.20.2026
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Dear City Council,
Since my last email, I have more and more come to the realization that voting through item 9 at this point actually is irresponsible. It's like gambling with half a million dollars of the City's money. The planned units, regardless how many they are (should be zero), may not be needed at all once the North Bluff is up-zoned and then we have thrown $500,000 of the City's hard earned money in the ocean. Please postpone this decision until we have more information.
On top of the economical reason, there are so many other reasons why not to build on that tiny lot, like I mentioned in my last red dot.
1/ The lot is 1/10 of an acre and a lot for Affordable Housing is required to be half an acre., according to your own City Council meetings in 2020,
2/ Also according to your own meeting back in 2020, the affordable housing units should be dispersed and there should be no concentration of affordable housing in one location. I assume the reason is because people should not be pointed out and shamed for being poor.
The lot on 10th Street violates both those requirements. 3/ The 10th street lot was voted through during covid time, when nobody had the time to worry about City council meetings but were busy protecting themselves, their near and dear ones and holding on to their jobs. To hold us, the people, responsible for not speaking up about something that happened in the noisy background of covid back in 2020, is not right. We were all busy either home schooling kids or grandkids, figuring out apps and on line grocery shopping.
We weren't watching City Council meetings.
4/ The 10th Street lot is highly used by the public, contrary to what was listed when the ad hoc housing subgroup was presenting possible lots to the City Council. It is the main entrance to the Farmer's Market with a high footprint. It also has a high dog paw print since this is the only free lot to sniff along 10th Street and every dog walking along 10th Street visits that lot.
The 10th Street lot should be the absolute LAST lot to built on, if ever. It should be put on the very low priority list and only be developed if all other possibilities have been rejected.
Sincerely,
Camilla Rang
10th Street
October 20, 2026 Item 9
1 Robert Silva
From: Joy Ehrenfeld <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2026 8:53 AM
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Subject: Red Dot- City Council Oct 20th Item #9
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Hello Ashley,
My email below from Oct. 3rd was omitted. Please include it in your list of questions to be answered.
Sincerely,
Joy
From: JoyDelMar <[email protected]>
Subject: Suggestion for Parking-10th St Affordable Housing Date: October 3, 2026 at 4:11:35 PM PDT
To: Ashley Jones <[email protected]>, Tracy Martinez
<[email protected]>, John Spelich
<[email protected]>, [email protected],
[email protected], Meghan Spieker
<[email protected]>, Jeff Sturgis
<[email protected]>, [email protected]
Hello Ashley,
It looks like you might be going to the Council with your affordablehousing apartment plans sometime soon and staff recently told the Planning Commission that it would be 8 units.
Here are a few suggestions:
Get rid of the gate closing off the parking lot and use a small section for tenant parking in back of the building. Dedicated parking inside the garage won’t work because it's not convenient. Plus ADA rules require some larger accessible spaces and staff has told me that “seniors" are most likely tenants.
Street parking is at a premium in this beach neighborhood, so off-street parking is important for any new development.
October 20, 2026 Item 9
2 The new tenants should be able to drive right in and not have to drive through the garage to park. Why is there a gate blocking this parking lot?
“For the good of the community” the gate needs to be removed.
Sincerely,
Joy Shadle Ehrenfeld
220-10th St
October 20, 2026 Item 9
1 Robert Silva
From: Jason Powers <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2026 9:32 AM
To: City Clerk Mail Box
Subject: Red Dot Comment - Item 9, City Council Meeting 10/20/2026 Follow Up Flag: Follow up
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Dear Mayor and City Councilmembers,
As a nearby Del Mar resident, I am writing to oppose Item 9 (the $500,000 Pre-Development Agreement with Gangi Development for the 10th Street lot) and endorse the points raised in Camilla Rang's Red Dot letter. Committing $500,000 before North Bluff up-zoning capacity is resolved is premature, and the 0.1-acre lot is incompatible with city dispersal goals and Farmers Market operations.
Sincerely,
Jason Powers
11th Street, Del Mar
October 20, 2026 Item 9