HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-12-10; City Council; CS-481; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 1.24, SECTIONS 1. 24.030 AND 1.24.060, OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE, REFERRED TO AS PROPOSIT...Ordinance No. CS-481
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING CHAPTER 1.24, SECTIONS 1.24.030 AND 1.24.060, OF
THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE, REFERRED TO AS PROPOSITION
H, TO INCREASE THE EXPENDITURE LIMIT FOR USING CITY FUNDS TO
ACQUIRE OR IMPROVE REAL PROPERTY, ADD AN INFLATION INDEX
TO THE LIMIT, AND EXEMPT PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES FROM THE
LIMIT
The people of the City of Carlsbad, California, do ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 1.24, Section 1.24.030, of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is amended to read as
follows:
The city shall make no real property acquisition and/or no improvement to real property
the cost of which exceeds $3.09 million dollars in city funds, adjusted annually on January
1 by the percentage increase in the regional construction cost index, unless the proposed
acquisition and/or improvement project and the cost in city funds is first placed upon the
ballot and approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon at an election. A project
may not be separated into parts or phases so as to avoid the effects of this chapter.
SECTION 2. Chapter 1.24, Section 1.24.060, of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is amended to add a new
paragraph at the beginning of the section to read as follows:
This chapter shall not apply to any real property acquisition or improvement to real
property used for public safety facilities. "Public safety facilities" include facilities for law
enforcement services, fire rescue and prevention services, lifeguard services, emergency
medical services and emergency operations, and training for staff providing these
services.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect as provided in California Elections Code Section 9217.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk's Office shall publish this ordinance according to law.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective ten days after its adoption per California
Elections Code Section 9217; 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.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 10th day of December, 2024, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
BLACKBURN, BHAT-PATEL, ACOSTA, BURKHOLDER, LUNA.
NONE.
NONE.
NONE.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
CINDIE K. McMAHON, City Attorney
KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk
(SEAL)