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Home My WebLink About1976-02-03; City Council; 3552-2; Magee HouseCITY OF CARLSBAD 4 AGENDA BILL NO. 3552 Supplement #2 Initial: Dept . Hd , DATE : February 3, 1976 C. Atty. DEPARTMENT : C. Mgr, 3 1 Subject : / City Manager MAGEE HOUSE Statement of the Matter At the January 20, 1976 Council meeting, the Cit.y Council approved the agreement between the.City and Edward S. Ebright for design services in the restoration of.the Magee House. As a part of his contract, he is responsible for presenting to the Council, plot plans of the restored facility which will be presented visually as part of this agenda bill. Exhibit Mr. Ebright will have,visual exhibits at the meeting. Recommendation If Council concurs with the exhibits as’6resented by Mr. Ebright, they should-by minute action, authorize his preparation of the specifications and bid documents. 2-3-76 The Council accepted the plot plans as submitted by Mr. Ebright and instructed him to proceed with finalizing the Plans and Specifications. . c EXHEBIT C L .. . ..- . ,. .. .. 6- --- -. - ..... - .. m .- - -_ . .. -. . ... ; .. ._ .. .. .. .. . -- e. .- ,. .. ._ 4. .. '.. ... \. .. .. \ -7- . EXHIBIT E TENTATIVE PW FOR MGEE HOUE RF.OVAT1 ON .......... ....... .... .......... . I . , ,: I . .. .... .... .. .. ..'. . ... .. ............ . ' ' ' . " ' t". .,::,:. , ::,, ;., ' ~,yc$~; ,, , . .I. .:: ..., .(Le., , . .- I.. ... I I . Circulation Pat 1:eriis 1 I. ''?& Points of Inner City Ingress and Egress FIUfA Major Barriers A \dater Barrier *,r-<rr ' pyy ;%,lh' arid Locked Parcels or Par-ceJs with Dead-Efid Streets .. . - - , --- Much OF the area in the inner City planned for future cornmercial or officclprofessional use is presently residential. Light industrial uses along State Street adjacent to the railroad are being gradually phased into less -intensive Coinrrtercial or Professional uses. (3) Exhibit - H shows generalized land use in the inner City as of 1974. Exhibit - I depicts the ultimate land uses projected in the Land Use Eler,i?nt of the City's General Plan. 50- 54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 .... ---- SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS I Popirlation in the project area according to the April 1975 Special Ccksus is 7116. Age, sex, racial, and income breakdowns are as follows: . ., TABLE J AGES OF INNER CITY POPULATION BY SEX AGE I+ 1 0-4 ! 5-9 , i 10-14 i 15-19 i 20-24 'I I 1 25-29 31 2 243 271 31 5 637 ' 428 217 1 167 171 143 166 125 117 .I 122 1 81 51 I 30 340 182 22 1 362 586 31 1 224 140 169 . 149 161 135 '18 150 i 108 1 34 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 7. 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 TO'JAL 686 425 494 679 1224 740 443 307 34 1 293 328 260 235 27 2 189 ! 114 1 0 3 65 104 i 0 1 74 ! i ,; .~ i 109 3,631 j 3,624 1 45 7,116 e, 27 1 82 f 0 25 1 . .............. . .. ... ... i 1. . 25' .." , ._. ....- ..._. - .. ..... ..... .... ............ - . .- .. I 25 ..... , - MEDIAN ' , .. .-11- , TABLE K -- RACIAL CHARACTCRISTICS OF I1EAD OF HOUSEHOLD FOR TllE (Spec-ial Census, April, 1975) - _---I--- ------_I_o I N N E R C I T Y PO P U L AT I 0 N - I- ----. i I P E KC I: N T NUMBER -- No Response 260 9% Black 19 1% American Indian 15 1% Filipino . -, Japanese 11 0 7: Chinese 3 0% Other Pacific Asian 2 0% Other 99 4% White 1943 70% Latino 41 7 15% 3. 0% TABLE L . -- ANNUAL f-IOUSEHOLD INCOME FOR INNER CITY (Special Census, April, 1975) NUMBER PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS -_ ---.-.. No Response less than $3,000 $3,000 -* $4,999 $5,000 -. $6,999 .. . $7,000 - $9,999 $10,000 -$14,999 $15,000 -$19,999 $20,000 -$24,999 $25,000 -$39,999 $40,000 and over -13- 1299 220 194 232 265 280 139 55 27 17 48% -8% 7% 9% 10% 10% 5% 2% 1% 1% PHYSICAL ENRIVONMENT The project area is urbanized, with a fairly wide diversity of housing types and price ranges. Carlsbad's Central Business District is located approximately in the center of this project area. Because of the urban character of the project setting, a nat'ural environment does not exist. mainly of introduced species requiring irrigation. populations consist of domestic animals and small rodent, reptile and bird populations which are tolerant of human populations. Vegetation in the project area consists Extant animal Topographically, the site is relatively flat, with the main exceptions being bluffs abutting the ocean and the twp lagoons. 111. IDENTIFY ENVIRONMEF!TAL IMPACTS The project will be beneficial in the sense that park and recreational facilities will be provided for inner city residents. are only two local parks within the project area: a 2 acre passive park adjacent to the Buena Vista Lagoon, and Chase Field, a little league field at Harding Street and Chestnut Avenue. The project will provide the only City meeting rooms outside of the City Hall and Library complex east of the project area. for the Parks and Recreation Department will also be increased. At present there Maxton Sroxn Park, Office area Two adverse impacts could result from the project: (1) Development of the property for public purposes will permanently remove the property from public tax rolls. This impact will be minor, especially in light of the public benefits accrued from the project. The project could move the City Parks and Recreation Offices from a relatively central location, to the extreme northwest section of the City. The coordination and communication of the Parks and Recreation Department with other City Departments will be adversely impacted. in departmental business could be increased. - (2) Conceivably, travel time and costs involved . IV. EXAMINE IDENTIFIED IMPACTS -- -- POSSIBLE PROJE’ . -_ MODIFICATION The following measures are suggested to lessen project impacts: (1) As a part of project planning, the suitability of the facilities to the needs of neighborhood residents should be closely examined. For instance, many elderly residents reside in the project area. Design of meeting rooms and park facilities should consider their needs. (2) The house is presently vacant and badly charred in places. phase of the project should be to repair any hazardous parts of the structure and reevaluate security measures taken to discourage trespassing. (3) Although the house is not significant architecturally, it does possess a local historical value. that all renovation is monitored by local historians and public bodies to ensure that the historical character is not lost. A first For this reason, it is important (4) The Parks and Recreation offices could remain in their present location or move to another, more central location. ALTERNATIVE PROJECTS (1) Other projects to be funded - It is reasonable to assume that there are other possible projects in the City which are equally in need of funding, and could be financed with the HCD grant. the two proposed projects have already been approved for this year’s funding, this a1 ternative is not appropriate. No Project - This alternative would eliminate the costs of imple- menting the project, woul d be gained- However, since (2) However, none of the benefits of the project (3) Destroy the Magee House and construct entirely new facilities on the site - deeding the property to the City requires renovation and main- This alternative is not possible, since the will , tenance of the existing structure. the property would revert to private hands. If this is not accomplished, V. HISTORIC PRESERVATION CLEARANCE In accordance with the requirements of the Preservation of Historic and Archaeological Data Act of 1974, Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and Executive Order 11593, it has been found that the project will in no way-affect any site which is currently listed or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. A letter from the Carlsbad Bicentennial Historical Society (see attached) confirms this conclusion. VI. LEVEL OF CLEARANCE FINDING This environmental review document has demonstrated .I . that the project will be beneficial to the residents of the City of Carlsbad. Accordingly, it has been found that: The request for funds is not an action which may significantly affect the quality of the human environment. Justification is based on: (1) All the necessary steps have been taken in preparing this environmental review document. (2) The project's adverse impacts are minimal and can be satisfactorily mitigated. (3) The project will provide needed recreational faci'li ties for inner city residents. 1 . -. . . ..