HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-10-21; City Council; Resolution 2025-233Exhibit 1 RESOLUTION NO. 2025-233 .
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, APPROVING FORGIVENESS OF A 2010 COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT LOAN WITH CASA DE AMPARO
WHEREAS, the primary objective of the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
Program is to develop viable urban communities through the provision of improved living
environments, expansion of economic opportunity and decent housing. Grant funds received through
the program are intended to principally serve people of low and moderate income; and
WHEREAS, the CDBG program is a fully funded federal program and is separate from the city’s
General Fund; and
WHEREAS, on April 13, 2010, the City Council approved Resolution No. 2010-073, which
approved the Community Development Block Grant Annual Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Annual Action Plan identifies programs and projects to be funded with federal
CDBG funds in the following fiscal year, and the FY 2010-11 Annual Action Plan provided for $330,319
in CDBG funds to Casa de Amparo for pre-development costs of a new Residential Services Program
facility at its campus in San Marcos, CA; and
WHEREAS, $330,319 in CDBG funds was provided to Casa de Amparo as a 20-year forgivable
loan, which was recorded against the property; and
WHEREAS, Casa de Amparo utilized the CDBG funds to assist in the building of a residential
services program facility that houses and serves neglected and abused children and transitional aged
youth; and
WHEREAS, Casa de Amparo has continually operated the Residential Services Program facility
in compliance with the terms and requirements of the CDBG loan; and
WHEREAS, in May 2025, Casa de Amparo was awarded approximately $19 million from the
State of California to build a new 16-bed psychiatric residential treatment facility at its San Marcos
campus to provide inpatient mental health services for adolescents aged 12 to 21; and
WHEREAS, the new psychiatric residential treatment facility will not remove or replace the
existing Residential Treatment facility for which the CDBG funds were provided, but add additional
treatment space; and
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WHEREAS, the State of California will require that loan documents be recorded against the
property ensuring continued use of the new facility for the intended public purpose for a minimum of
30 years; and
WHEREAS, the $330,319 CDBG forgivable loan term will expire in 2030, with no repayment
expected; and
WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad has determined that loan forgiveness and full reconveyance is
appropriate given the remaining term and guaranteed continued eligible use of the property.
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.The proposed action is not a “project” as defined by California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) Section 21065 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) and does not
require environmental review under CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(3) because the
action is limited to a government fiscal activity and does not involve any commitment
to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on
the environment.
3.The City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager, or designee, to execute a
reconveyance of the existing Community Development Block Grant loan, releasing the
City of Carlsbad’s interest in the Casa de Amparo property located at 325 Buena Creek
Road, San Marcos, CA 92069, and any other actions necessary to forgive the $330,319
CDBG loan and remove its related restrictions on the property’s title, in consultation
with the City Attorney.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City
of Carlsbad on the 21st day of October, 2025, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Burkholder, Shin.
NAYS: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: None.
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KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
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SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk
(SEAL)
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