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December 19, 2024
Council Memorandum
To: Honorable Mayor Blackburn and Members of the City Council
From: Gary Barberio, Deputy City Manager
Via: Geoff Patnoe, City Manager
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Memo ID# 2024089
Jeff Murphy, Community De(!ent Director
Re: Annual Open Space Status rt for Fiscal Year 2023-24 (Districts -All)
This memorandum provides information regarding the Annual Open Space Report for fiscal year
(FY) 2023-24.
Background
Beginning FY 2016-17, the City of Carlsbad has produced and publicly made available an Annual
Open Space Status Report (report). This report is completed as a requirement of a settlement
agreement involving a lawsuit related to the 2015 General Plan Update/Climate Action Plan
adoption with North County Advocates. The settlement agreement was approved by the City
Council on March 14, 2017.
This report includes an up-to-date open space inventory map and corresponding table that
reports on the amount of designated open space within the city and it documents any changes to
the open space inventory that occurred over the reporting period. Open space is grouped in the
report by the city's 25 Local Facilities Management Zones (LFMZ) as well as categorized by four
General Plan open space categories, which are shown below:
• Category 1-Preservation of Natural Resources (29.5% of city)
Open Space for plant and animal habitat; nature preserves; beaches and bluffs; wetland
and riparian areas; canyons and hillsides; and water features such as lagoons and
streams.
• Category 2 -Managed Production of Resources (1.3% of city)
Open space for forestry; agriculture; aquaculture; water management; commercial
fisheries; and major mineral resources.
• Category 3 -Outdoor Recreation (4.8% of city)
Open space for school recreation areas; public parks and recreation areas; greenways;
trails; campgrounds; golf courses; and equestrian facilities.
Community Services Branch
Community Development Department
1635 Faraday Avenue I Carlsbad, CA 92008 I 442-339-2600 t
Council Memo -Annual Open Space Status Report for Fiscal Year 2023-24 (Districts -All)
December 19, 2024
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• Category 4 -Aesthetic, Cultural and Educational Purposes (2.4% of city)
Open space for lands with scenic, historical and cultural value; land use buffers; open
space that marks entries to the city from surrounding communities and to major
developments and neighborhoods within the city; greenbelts providing separation from
surrounding communities; and museums, arboreta, zoos, and botanical gardens.
This report provides a brief narrative description of the any changes to open space acreages that
have occurred since the previous reporting year. The report is available on the open space
webpage. To access, please use the following link:
https://www.carlsbadca.gov/departments/parks-recreation/open-space
Discussion
The table in Attachment A details the amount of open space broken down by LFMZ as well as the
total citywide open space. The map illustrates the location of open space areas. There were 3.1
acres of open space added to the city's inventory during the FY 2023-24 reporting period to
account for the change in designation of Buena Vista Reservoir Park from single family residential
to open space, located in the city's LFMZ 1/Northwest Quadrant.
Additionally, 844 square feet of open space was removed from the city's inventory during the
FY 2023-24 reporting period per the City Council's action on September 26, 2024, to allow for the
widening of El Camino Real from Sunny Creek Road to Jackspar Drive, located in the city's LFMZ
15/Northeast Quadrant. Note that city mapping and open space totals have been updated to
incorporate this change, but no corresponding change appears on the attached map and table
because the change is too small to register.
Next Steps
City staff will continue to monitor the city's open space inventory and submit the next report to
City Council by the end of next calendar year (December 2025).
Attachment: A. Annual Open Space Status Report for Fiscal Year 2023-24
cc: Cindy McMahon, City Attorney
Allegra Frost, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Kyle Lancaster, Parks & Recreation Director
Rosanne Humphrey, Senior Program Manager
Eric Lardy, City Planner
Robert Efird, Principal Planner
Cliff Jones, Principal Planner
Shelley Glennon, Associate Planner
ATTACHMENT A
City of Carlsbad
Annual Open Space Status Report for Fiscal Year 2023-24
July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024
The table below shows the amount of designated open space acreage by category in each of the
Local Facilities Management Zones (LFMZ). This data is current through the end of the Fiscal Year 2023-24,
ending on June 30, 2024.
The city added 3.1 acres of open space to the city’s inventory under Category 3 (Outdoor Recreation) during the reporting period for the Buena Vista Reservoir Park in LMFZ 1. The city removed 844 square feet from the city's
inventory under Category 3 (Outdoor Recreation) for the widening of El Camino Real at Jackspar Drive in LMFZ 15.
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1 540.2 6.8 136.3 35.6 718.9 3,395.5 21.17%
2 91.9 0.0 9.5 25.8 127.2 805.4 15.80%
3 55.7 0.0 3.3 0.0 59.0 625.4 9.40%
4 32.9 0.0 25.3 44.6 102.8 507.8 20.20%
5 484.8 0.0 110.9 4.7 600.4 2,440.0 24.61%
6 231.9 0.0 280.4 18.9 531.2 2,606.9 20.38%
7 276.9 0.0 28.3 39.2 344.4 812.8 42.40%
8 490.8 0.0 90.9 13.8 595.5 743.1 80.10%
9 195.1 0.0 3.9 8.7 207.7 471.6 44.10%
10 246.8 0.0 114.2 103.2 464.2 766.8 60.50%
11 920.2 0.0 41.9 148.7 1,110.8 2,290.6 48.50%
12 95.3 0.0 16.5 25.9 137.7 660.9 20.80%
13 113.7 232.4 0.0 0.0 346.1 736.9 47.00%
14 535.0 0.0 21.1 9.0 565.1 827.5 68.30%
15 716.6 89.5 34.2 5.1 845.4 1,536.3 55.00%
16 219.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 219.7 413.7 53.10%
17 187.7 0.0 5.6 31.2 224.5 588.4 38.20%
18 299.9 0.0 14.0 30.8 344.7 899.9 38.30%
19 794.5 0.0 200.9 18.7 1,014.1 1,611.6 62.90%
20 200.2 0.0 34.8 23.6 258.6 805.1 32.10%
21 108.5 0.0 5.5 4.4 118.4 267.4 44.30%
22 69.2 0.0 1.5 3.5 74.2 431.0 17.20%
23 184.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 184.4 284.4 64.80%
24 65.3 0.0 10.0 6.6 81.9 199.6 41.00%
25 232.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 232.1 299.9 77.40%
TOTAL
CITYWIDE 7,389.3 328.7 1,189.1 602.0 9,509.1 25,028.5 38.0%
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