HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-05-20; City Council; Resolution 2014-0991 RESOLUTION NO. 2014-099
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2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, APPROVING FISCAL YEAR 2014 CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECT REQUESTS FOR TAMARACK
4 STATE BEACH UPPER PICNIC FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT, AND
TAMARACK/FRAZEE STATE BEACH COASTAL BLUFF RESTORATION
WHEREAS, the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation (State) operates
under significant budget constraints that have resulted in a corresponding decline in the
quantity and quality of services it provides to the public; and
WHEREAS, this fact is evident at the Tamarack State Beach Upper Picnic Facilities and
11 the Tamarack/Frazee State Beach Coastal Bluff; and
12 WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad (City) has become increasingly concerned about the
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effects of the State's declining service levels within these properties on the general public,
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including residents, business owners, and tourists; and
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WHEREAS, the State's inability to provide basic improvement/restoration and routine
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ly maintenance services on such high profile properties bears a negative reflection on the City's
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19 WHEREAS, members of the public have recently indicated a desire for the City to
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assume the basic improvement and routine maintenance services of State-owned beach sites;
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WHEREAS, City staff initiated discussions with State staff on the potential for the City to
24 assume such services at the Tamarack State Beach Upper Picnic Facilities (Picnic Facilities) and
25 the Tamarack/Frazee State Beach Coastal Bluff (Coastal Bluff); and
WHEREAS, the State submitted a Right of Entry Permit (Permit) - for the Picnic Facilities
and the Coastal Bluff - to the City for approval; and
1 WHEREAS, the Permit proposes to grant the City permission to: 1) enter onto the Picnic
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Facilities solely for the purpose of "...maintaining landscaping, irrigation systems, hardscapes,
and daily facility housekeeping tasks for the comfort station (i.e. blockhouse restroom)...", and
2) enter onto the Coastal Bluff solely for the purpose of "...revegetating native coastal bluff
habitat, retrofitting/expanding existing irrigation system, and maintaining said vegetation and
7 irrigation system...."; and
8 WHEREAS, the Picnic Facilities' landscape is in need of significant improvement services;
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WHEREAS, the estimated one-time cost for these improvement services is $200,000,
and the ongoing cost for the routine maintenance services is $50,000 per year; and
WHEREAS, the Picnic Facilities' blockhouse restroom and corresponding wastewater
14 pump station are also in need of considerable improvement services; and
15 WHEREAS, the estimated one-time cost for these improvement services is $200,000,
and the ongoing cost for the routine maintenance services is $25,000 per year; and
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WHEREAS, in June 2009, the City awarded the State the Agricultural Conversion
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Mitigation Fee (ACMF) Grant #AGP 09-10 in the amount of $234,830 to complete the Coastal
2Q Bluff restoration and rehabilitation; and
21 WHEREAS, the grant application included installation of fencing and trail construction at
22 the north end ofthe project - adjacent to the Sculpture Park parking lot; and
WHEREAS, to date, no funds have been disbursed to the State for this project; and
WHEREAS, the State expressed interest in partnering with the City for completion ofthe
project, such that the City would be added as a grantee to the ACMF Grant; and
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1 WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the referenced $234,830 in funds from ACMF
2 Grant #AGP 09-10 are inadequate to complete the project; and
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WHEREAS, the estimated new one-time cost for these improvement services is
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$265,000, and the ongoing cost for the routine maintenance services is $40,000 per year; and
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WHEREAS, Fiscal Year 2014 Capital Improvement Program Project Requests have been
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7 prepared for the Picnic Facilities and the Coastal Bluff.
8 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad,
^ California, as follows that:
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1. The above recitations are true and correct.
11 2. The City Council does hereby approve the FY 2014 Capital Improvement Program
12 Project Requests for the Tamarack State Beach Picnic Facilities and the
13 Tamarack/Frazee State Beach Coastal Bluff, and the administrative services director
14 is authorized to appropriate funds in the amount of $665,000 to the General Capital
Construction Fund.
3. The Mayor is authorized to execute the project requests of the City of Carlsbad.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting ofthe City Council ofthe City
of Carlsbad on the 20th day of May 2014, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
Council Members Hall, Packard, Wood, Schumacher, Blackburn.
None.
ABSENT: None.
MATT HALL, Mayor
ATTEST:
BARBARA ENGLESON
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