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Home My WebLink About1988-11-08; Ballot PamphletsGENERAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 8, 1988 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICIAL BALLOT CITY OF CARLSBAD MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL , _ Vote for no more than Two ANN J. KULCHIN Incumbent ERIC LARSON ^_ Incumbent _ _ ^ _ • _ 56*^ O DAN HAMMER Editor/Conservationist SUSAN MARY HAASLEnvironmental Quality Consultant _ • _ -_ _ MEASURES SUBMITTED TO VOTE OF VOTERS Shall Ordinance No. NS-29 be adopted amending Chapter 3.12 ___ of the Carlsbad Municipal Code to Increase the transient YES occupancy , tax rate by 2% to pay for a quality regulation, municipal golf course, tennis courts and other recreational facilities? NO 62 ^ O N-03-17 N-435-5 CITY OF CARLSBAD Member of the City Council ANN J. KULCHIN Mayor Pro Tern, City of Carlsbad Age: 56 Ann Kulchin, an elected member of the Carlsbad City Council since 1960 represents the City as Mayor Pro Tem. Due to her leadership and involvement Carlsbad stands among the preeminent cities in California. Ann champions managed growth and the need for quality parks and improved roads. Mayor Pro Tem Kulchin represents Carlsbad regionally as Chair of North County Transit Development Board; Co-chair of the Regional Beach Erosion Committee and member of LAFCO, California League of Cities and alternate for SANDA3. Ann represents the Council on the Village Merchants Association (she led the drive for Downtown Redevelopment); Library Site Selection Committee; Carlsbad Depot Committee; and alternate on the Carlsbad Economic Enhancement Committee. Kulchin's community involvement includes serving as Board Director of Women's Resource Center; North County Concert Association Auxiliary; and Carlsbad Boys and Girls Club. She is Associate Director for Family Services, and member/former Director League of Women Voters. Kulchin is a longtime member of Friends of the Library; Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation and Buena Vista Lagoon Foundation. Ann has proven her commitment by her participation and involvement. Vote to keep Council Member Ann Kulchin working for all the'citizens of Carlsbad. CITY OF CARLSBAD Member of the City Council ERIC LARSON Age: 39 Manager, San Diego County Flower and Plant Auction As a life-long North County resident, Eric Larson has been committed to serving his community. Previous to his election to the City Council his involvement with the City included: Planning Commission; Parks and Recreation Commission; Citizens Land Use Review Committee; and Coastal Plan Agriculture Committee. Eric has also been involved as a community volunteer with the Friends of the Library; Buena Vista School Site Council; Buena Vista Lagoon Foundation; Carlsbad Educational Foundation; and youth sports. As a Council Member Eric has continued to show his community mindedness by reptesenting the City at the Encina Water Pollution Control Facility, the Association of Water Reclamation Agencies, and the Buena Vista Lagoon Committee, in addition to his regular Council duties. Eric's open-minded approach, and willingness to listen to all citizens within the community, have helped insure fair and responsible decision making. Eric has broad based community support and has demonstrated that his ability and experience can provide the leadership that is needed in Carlsbad today. NCS-1300.01 N-435-12 CITY OF CARLSBAD Member of the City Council DAN HAMMER Editor Age: 39 I'm running for Council to bring foresight and fairness to Carlsbad's city government. As Carlsbad grows, we need a clear vision of how our city will develop. However, the current Council majority has not kept pace with today's problems-growth, traffic, water supply, beach erosion, loss of open space, neighborhood preservation, regionalplanning-and has no plan for meeting tomorrow's challenges. As your City Councilman, I will work to control growth and traffic, protect our environment, provide quality parkland, preserve family neighborhoods, and coordinate regional development with neighboring communities. To create a city we can be proud of, we must develop slowly and carefully. The current Council has no plan to limit Carlsbad's growth rate, expected to rise sharply over the next four years. I will work with planners, builders, and current residents to both manage and control growth. Carlsbad's city government has been a closed club that excludes citizens, punishes dissent, serves special interests, and makes crucial decisions in private. I offer instead a government that makes decisions openly with full citizen participation. The choice is clear. For open space, open government, and a clear vision of Carlsbad'sfuture, elect Dan Hammer to the Carlsbad City Council. CITY OF CARLSBAD Member of the City Council SUSAN M. HAASL Age: 29 Self-Employed, Marketing & Sales Consultant in Environmental Products Used in Residential, Commercial and Industrial Applications. Having served as president and current board member for the Costa Real Municipal Water District in Carlsbad, I see a definite need for a member of the city council to take an aggressive stance in water issues as they affect growth in our city. I am running for city council in order to continue implementation of the safeguards I feel necessary to protect the "quality of life" for all the citizens of Carlsbad. Prominent issues to be addressed are intelligent growth management, quantity and quality of the water supply, immediate planning for water reclamation/reuse, sewage disposal/ocean pollution and measures for recycling programs. My goal is to help shape the decisions that will affect present and future generations inCarlsbad. NCS-1300.02 N-435-13 CITY OF CARLSBAD Proposition M (Thl» proposition will appear on the ballot In the following form.) M Shall Ordinance No. NS-29 be adopted amending Chapter 3.12 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code to Increase the transient occupancy tax rate by 2% to pay for a quality regulation municipal golf course, tennis courts and other recreational facilities? ORDINANCE NO. NS-29 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 3, CHAPTER 3.12 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE ADDITION OF SECTION 3.12.035 TO INCREASE THE TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX RATE BY 2% TO PAY FOR A QUALITY REGULATION MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE, TENNIS COURTS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California does ordain as follows: SECTION I: That Title 3, Chapter 3.12 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is amended by the addition of Section 3.12.035 to read as follows: "3.12.035 Imposition of additional amount - where payable - purposes. (a) In addition to the tax imposed by Section 3.12.030 for the privilege of occupancy in any hotel, each transient is subject to and shall pay a tax In the amount of two percent of the rent charged by the operator. The tax imposed by this section shall be levied in two steps of one percent on July 1, 1989 and one percent on January 1, 1990. Such tax constitutes a debt owed by the transient to the City which is extinguished only by payment to the operator or to the City. The transient shall pay the tax to the operator of the hotel, at the time the rent is paid. If the rent is paid in installments, a proportionate share of the tax shall be paid with each installment. The unpaid tax shaH be due upon the transient's ceasing to occupy space in the hotel. If for any reason the tax due is not paid to the operator of the hotel, the tax administrator may require that such tax shall be paid directly to the tax administrator. (b) The proceeds of this tax shall be limited to the uses specified in this section in the following priority: 1. An amount as determined necessary by the City Council to pay for the design and construction of a quality regulation 18 hole municipal public golf course and related facilities in the City of Carlsbad and for the construction of a complex of public tennis courts and related facilities In the City of Carlsbad. 2. An amount as determined necessary by the City Council to pay for the design and construction of an additional short golf course, or additional tennis courts or ball fields or other recreational facilities In the City of Carlsbad in accordance with the City's Parks and Recreation program. 3. If the City Council determines it necessary to finance the facilities described in subsections (1) and (2) with one or more bond Issues the proceeds may be committed to service such bonds. 4. Any proceeds from this tax in excess of the amounts necessary to satisfy the requirements of subsections (1), (2) and (3) shall be deposited in the general fund." NPR-0130.01 N-435-59 SECTION 2: The City Council may amend this ordinance from time to time to add exceptions, or adjust the rate, or application of tax, or make such other changes as they determine to be necessary provided the rate of tax to be imposed by this ordinance shall not be increased and the commitment of funds made in accordance with Section 3.12.035(b) shall not be decreased. SECTION 3: In accordance with Section 4013 of the Elections Code of the State of California, this ordinance shall be considered as adopted upon the date that the vote is declared by the City Council and shall go into effect ten days after that date. SECTION 4: This ordinance imposes a special tax and therefore requires the approval of two thirds of the voters voting thereon In the election. INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 2nd day of August, 1988, and thereafter PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 9th day of August, 1988, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Pettine and Mamaux NOES: None ABSENT: Council Member Larson APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY VINCENT F. BIONDO, JR., City Attorney CLAUDE A. LEWIS, Mayor ATTEST: ALETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ, City Clerk CITY ATTORNEY'S IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS Proposition M asks the people of Carlsbad to adopt an ordinance adding Section 3.12.035 to the Carlsbad Municipal Code to increase the existing 8% transient occupancy tax rate by an additional 2% of the charge for the room. All other provisions of the transient occupancy tax would remain the same. This ordinance has been unanimously adopted by the City Council. Proposition 62, passed at the November 4, 1986 election, also requires adoption by a two-thirds vote of the voters voting in this election. The two-thirds requirement applies because the proceeds of the 2% increase must be used for the purposes specified in the ordinance which are: As the first priority, an amount as determined by the City Council, must be used for the construction of a quality regulation 18 hole municipal public golf course and for the construction of a complex of public tennis courts and related facilities in the City of Carlsbad. A second priority requires that an amount, as determined necessary by the City Council, be used for the construction of an additional short golf course or additional tennis courts or ball fields or other recreational facilities. Tax proceeds may be used to support bond financing for the facilities specified in the ordinance. Any proceeds remaining would go to the general fund. If this measure is approved the ordinance would be effective after the results of the vote are declared by the City Council. However, the levy of the increased tax will be phased with one percent to be collected beginning on July 1,1989 and an additional one percent beginning on January 1,1990. ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF PROPOSITION M THIS MEASURE WILL NOT COST CARLSBAD RESIDENTS ANY MONEY If this measure passes, the City of Carlsbad is planning to construct the following needed public facilities for the citizens of Carlsbad. • Quality Regulation Par 72 Golf Course • 16 Tennis Courts/Club House Facility • Other recreational amenities as determined by the City Council such as ballfields and park facilities If passed by a 2/3 majority vote, Proposition M will incrementally increase the transient occupancy tax (TOT), a tax which visitors pay on rent charged by hotel/motel operators, by a total of 2%. One percent (1%) would be implemented beginning July 1989 and the other one (1%) would take effect January 1990. There are no public regulation size golf courses or large tennis facilities in Carlsbad. Most golf courses in San Diego County are private or semi-private, and are not open to the general public or they are operating at full capacity. Financing construction of the recreational amenities by use of TOT revenues will not be a tax burden to residents. Maintenance and operation costs will be offset by user fees. A 'Yes" vote will provide the ability to enhance the overall recreation opportunity in the City of Carlsbad. CLAUDE A. "BUD" LEWIS Mayor MARK V. PETTINE Council Member ANN J. KULCHIN Mayor Pro Tem JOHN J. MAMAUX Council Member ERIC LARSON Council Member ARGUMENT AGAINST PROPOSITION M No argument against this proposition was filed in the office of the City Clerk. NPR-0130.02 N-435-60 NPR-0130.03