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Agenda Bill, No. ' v Date: May 11, 1972
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CORRESPONDENCE REFERRALy
Statement of the ;•tatter
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Letter - Mr. &'Mrs. Wm. M.Brown, May 5, 1972, re: parking on Ponto Drive
Staff Recommendations
COUNCIL ACTION:
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Ianikai Lane Mobile H.Park
6550 Ponto Dr., 1107
Carlsbad, Calif. 92003
Mw 5, 1972
City Council N.embers
Carlsbad, Calif. 92008
Gentlemen;
This is to request that you start proceedings to post frontage road Ponto Drive in front
of our mobile home park as either Tow Away Zone or No Parking at any time on either
side of road for following reasons:
1. Ponto Drive is the only access road for residents of Lanikai Lane N.obile Homo Park.
2. Ponto Drive is barely a two-lane road with _'.ceplant on both sides plus a County or
City ra intained chain link fence within two feet of ;west side of road.
3. Cars parked on this road convert it to a one -'lane road so that two cars cannot pass
so one must wait or back up. There is a jog at the north end of the park so that
southbound cars cannot he soon until they are around the jog.
4. During Easter wook-end and week car:. were parked by surfers and left for 3 and 4 days
at a time, including vans in which people slept. Occupants sleeping in the back of
pick-up truck were observed using the roadside for a bathroom. Boxes, papers and
other trash were left on both sides of the fenco.
5. Cars came in and parked as late as 12:30 at night - young people were observed
jumping the fence, walked across Hwy 101 and were admitted to the So. Carlsbad State
Beach Park through the gate.
6. There are six women that we know of, w1dows and single, who live alone in coaches that
back up to Ponto Drive. Thole are also older couples in this po ition, plus one or
two men on disability. With the drug problem such as it is, the presence of these
transients both day and night is extremely frightening and disturbing all of us. We
all have quite an investment here and feel we should be able to live and sleep without
worry.
7. Should bicycles or other items be stolen our insurance rate would increase.
8. 'Two people on bicycles were almost struck by a car who had to swing out around a
parked car.
9. We feel if the City of Carlsbaa car, proto-t the flower growers they can and should
protect people in your area, who as a croup patronize and spend money In your stores.
We sirceroly hope that the City Council will give very serious consideration to this
request. Please have these signs posed before the summer influx of surfers. We trust
it will riot take an injury accident or arpleasant incident to nffe,t action.
Sincerely,
cc; rayor David Lunn is. & P-'r`s. V6. 1',% Brown