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Home My WebLink AboutEA 10-06; CARLSBAD BOULEVARD REALIGNMENT; Early Assessment (EA)\ &ve ole Corokl<Jq - PLANNING DEPARTMENT APPLICATION FORM FOR EARLY ASSESSMENT BY THE SPECIAL PROJECTS TEAM THIS SECTION FOR PLANNING DEPART PROJECT PROPON SIGNATURE: DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR SIGNATURE: Please typ . ~ in the boxes provided below. The form may be expanded to accommodate as much m ormatton as you c oose to orovide. PROJECT NAME/TITLE: Carlsbad Blvd Realignment Have you submitted any previous early assessment applications for this project with Planning staff? If so, please attach a copy of the original request and the Planning Department's response. No. Is the project part of an approved CIP budget or a future CIP budget? If so, please provide the CIP Project#. Yes, 6031 List any previous and/or anticipated future Planning Commission or City Council actions (e.g., permit approvals, activity authorizations, etc.) related to this project. Governing body actions and permits will be required but none are scheduled at this time. List any previously certified environmental documents (e.g., E!Rs, Negative Declarations). None. List any technical studies that have been prepared or that you anticipate will be prepared (e.g., biology, archeology, traffic, noise, etc.). Studies are: I. Biological Resources Draft Report Carlsbad Boulevard Realignment Study -October 15, 1998 2. Cultural Resource Survey for the Carlsbad Boulevard Realignment Project -October 1998 3. Phase I -Opportunities and Constraints Draft Report -October 21, 1998 4. Carlsbad Boulevard Realignment Study Phase II: Preliminary Financial Analysis -October 4, 200 I 5. Phase II Carlsbad Boulevard Realignment Study-October 5, 2001 6. Noise Assessment Draft Report -October 21, 1998 7. Planning Study Over Portions of Carlsbad Boulevard and Cannon Road -February 11, 1993 Early Assessment For City Projects-Revised 10/12/06 Page2of3 11s the project on City property? If not, hu.i-property owner authorization or an easement'been secured? The project will eventually be on City Property. The City needs to execute a land exchange with the State Department of Parks and Recreation via Section 6 (f) of the Land & Water Conservation Fund to provide sufficient right of way to realign Carlsbad Blvd. Identify the project location. Include specific parcel numbers if possible. See attached drawings. Identify the project schedule. List critical and desired milestones including dates in the development review and construction process (e.g., public hearing dates, grant application submittal deadlines, public workshops, construction phasing, etc.). At this time there is no fixed project schedule. City Council as listed the identification of funding for the realignment of Carlsbad Blvd. and complete the exchange of the coastal property with the State as a top priority for the City . • 1 DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL -Describe the project in as much detail as possible. Use as much space as needed. Attach additional sheets (drawings, etc.) if necessary. Be sure to identify, if applicable, estimated quantities of grading ' (including import/export), construction staging areas on and offsite, areas of sensitive vegetation, unique construction · technologies, proposed facility technologies and byproducts, and any public art component. If preliminary or conceptual plans or exhibits are available, please include with this transmittal. : There are essentially two projects that are currently in the works. The land exchange between the City and State and : Carlsbad Blvd realignment. The City and State are moving forward with discussions of the land exchange and will be I preparing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that identifies the goals and objectives for both parties. Meanwhile the ' land exchange cannot occur without the realignment of Carlsbad Blvd and vice versa. ! The purpose of submitting this Early Assessment (EA) is to determine what permits and planning requirements will be , required for both the land exchange project and the realignment project. It is unclear at this point if it is beneficial to join or , separate the two projects for purposes of NEPA and other permits. ! ' A quick response will be appreciated as it will factor into the MOU that is being prepared. Early Assessment For City Projects-Revised 10/12/06 Page 3 of3 .. CARLSBAD BOULEVARD REALIGNMENT History • City and State began to explore a program to relocate the southbound lanes in early 1980s • Potential realignment incorporated into South Carlsbad State Beach General Plan and adopted by State in 1982. • Plan proposed additional property to the west be dedicated to recreational purposes, including campsites, parking, beach access, and state administration and maintenance facilities. • A major feature of plan was a group campsite and hostel on Manzano property. • Plan anticipated a "T" intersection with Carlsbad Blvd. Studies Summary • 1992 -report completed on Carlsbad Blvd and Palomar Airport Intersection • Study concluded not cost effective to salvage the existing bridge; minimize the skew of intersection • Conceptual eastern alignment for Carlsbad Blvd and studied from an environmental standpoint in 1998. • 7 parcels of land adjacent to the existing So. Carlsbad State Beach campground and coastline created • No significant environmental constraints. • Additional evaluation needed on historical significance of bridges. • Exterior noise levels might be exceeded at Sola mar Mobile Home Park; mitigation possible • Most of value in surplus land generated on the land owned by the State • Unless there was a trade of lands, the City would not experience any significant revenue producing land that could be used to help finance the alignment. • 2001-Financial analysis completed for Carlsbad Blvd Realignment. • Explore ways to generate revenue from useable public land created from project. • Use revenue to offset costs of realignment • Preliminary estimates were $18.8 million to realign. • Highest development value attributed to hotel development. • May be difficult to have private development pay for road realignment if it does not create enhanced capacity for private development; no nexus • City could negotiate contributions from private developers. • No specific funding source for the realignment project; included in SCCRA as a result. • SCCRA could bond or take a loan from the City to complete realignment project; repay through future tax increment generated by private development Ponto Plan • Southbound lanes to move east; public amenities such as parking, linear park included on surplus land • Ponto Drive to the lagoon bridge; northbound lanes stay where they are • Narrow median, remove cypress trees and create a standard intersection at Avenida Encinas. • Surplus land could be used for expansion of campgrounds. • Assumption that realignment project would need to be publicly financed to create the opportunities. .,,. rn -14·1,,M,itl Carlsbad 8Julevard Realignment 2010 -Proj&~t Phasing ~.WWW '--""-J•· =-\,.4""!:tJP_ .... , -I '; iSll r:;;;a* i: .• • · · · • · • • • Coastal Rail Trail • ••••••• •· Carlsbad Ocean Trail D Future Carlsbad Blvd Alignment -City Property D State Property I ! 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