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Home My WebLink About1978-04-04; City Council; 5307-1; San Diego Candidate Growth Area� J CTTY''OF CARL'SBAD Initial• AG,E t(DA BELL N0. 5307, Supplement No. 1 Dept. Hd. DATE: April 4; '1978 �. -- Ci ty Atty DEPARTMENT: PLANNING :,. City Mgr. _ SUBJECT: SAN DIEGO CANDIDATE GRUTM AREA 'Statement 'of 'the 'Matter On January 17th of this year, Carlsbad City Council discussed the San Diego Candidate Growth Program. At that time, you heard a report from Carlsbad Planning staff indicating that we -were not totally satisfied with how the County was going to treat the island areas within Carlsbad. You also heard from David Nielsen, County staff member responsible for the program, as he explained in more detail the program and answered questions. In addition, you heard from Lucille Moore, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, who indicated a desire on the part of the Board of Supervisors to get input from the various cities to make the candidate growth program a mutual program of all cities within the County. The Council noted many concerns during this discussion, and recommended that the matter be referred to staff to draft a letter to the Board of Supervisors. This letter was to be returned to the City Council prior to forwarding to make sure that all of your concerns were included. EXHIBITS Letter to the Board of Supervisors from the City Council, City of Carlsbad, dated March 24, 1978 Memorandum to Paul Bussey from James Hagaman, dated,November 17, 1977 -- Map City Council Minutes, dated January 17, 1978 RECOMMENDATION If the City Council is satisfied with the attached letter, it•i.s recommended that yoy direct staff to forward the letter and attend growth management meetings as they are scheduled in our area. Staff is to report,as necessary,to City Council on the progress of the San Deigo County Candidate Growth Program. Council action 4-4-78 Staff was directed to forward the attached letter to the Board of Supervisors and attend growth management meetings as they are scheduled in our area. FORM PLANNING 73 April 14, 1978 Baard of SupArvAs6r* Co4nty AdminiitritI"6fi-'9uiI,d!j§- 1600, Patific "19hiiy" ,San- P1096, U 92101 InclPied :please e fink.,the-ori,,0,.naT le"ttkr' Rm Or0I Rona ldC. Patkard, thW-IN00 -"Of"-the'; ti ty-0 Cirlsbad's' i,you66nveyir'O:'the"00i i,n".6t"tht ` A City C646w, eioaodog,'Mi-,6b10,0,, went. PO69rtss, - an, JAnuairy, 17, ,1 §79" Coplimc of this j*tW 'A e -A �T - t fhkir ,of' O�t .15T, �1*09, ch of members: vista. UE MOTEAKkAht Pepufy ';Ity CUk IR; ki EnOoturt 0), 1200 ELM AVENUE TELEPHONE: CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA 92008 i • ` (714) 729.1181 City of CArldab April 4, 1978 Board of Supervisors COUMPY A11MINISTRAI'ION BUILDING 1600 Pacific Highway San Diego, CA 92101 Re: Growth Management Progress Ileport Gentlemen: On January 17, 1978, the Carlsbad City Council discussed the San Diego County Candidate Growth Program. Ile were privileged to have Lucille Moore, Chairman of the County Board of Supervisors, and David D. Nielsen, Executive Director of the County Growth Management Team, speak to the Council on this subject at the meeting. The Council of the City of Carlsbad is of the opinion that the County activity on this subject is a tremendous beginning and we fully support your efforts. There are, however, some concerns we wish to share, and some modifications we wish to suggest. A general concern we have is the recognition of the great need -for coordination between the various public agencies and programs that are involved directly or indirectly with growth. Carlsbad, along with most other » cities in the County, is working on some form of growth management. In addition, we have other programs, such as the 208, and a Local Coastal Program, which are forms of growth management. Growth management will only be effective on a regional basis, including the incorporated cities. Therefore, we feel that if your growth management program is to be effective, all the cities must have confidence in its ability to help solve problems which we all face. Ile have .within our incorporated boundaries approximately 5,190 acres of unincorporated county islands which contain all three of the rating categories. A specific concern to Carlsbad as far as how the program would affect us directly, is in the rating given to our "county islands". The•City of Carlsbad finds no fault with the property designated as neutral. The neutral areas will probably be developed in the next ten years as either rural estate, or a continuation of existing single-family residential. The areas the County has designated as negative are somewhat suspect, however, since nobody knows at this time what the final plans of the area will he. The City General Plan indicates the area to be developed mostly as single family, with some set aside for non-residential reserve. However, for all the property west of E1 Camino Real, the Local Coastal Program must be adopted before growth matters can be determined. It seems possible that after the LCP is adopted, development could occur in the next ten years in this area. A J � J7dM Board of Supervisors April 4, 1978 Page 1Vo The most inconsistent category is the positive area. The County indicates that this has a high potential growth; however, the City's General Plan indicates much of this area for future planning of non-residential uses, taking into consideration, specifically, the airport and coastal relationship. 'Phis area contains the airport, the Agua Iledionda floodplain, and much agriculture. It is not possible at this time for the City to determine what the growth should be, let alone when. The City of Carlsbad is very concerned about the hipacts that the positive designation would have on the property and how it would affect City decisions. 11iis is a concern for all of the areas within the county islands. Mr. Nielson of your staff indicated to us that it was one of: your policy recommendations that the County not approve development unless the development conforms to the City plan for the area, or until there is some clear indication that the area is going to annex. We feel that this policy should be expanded by not permitting any development or subdivision unless annexed to the City of Carlsbad. A.possible solution is to create a new category for county islands. This category would give the City complete jurisdiction and forecasting of development for such islands. RDC0,NDENDATION The City of Carlsbad recommends that the Candidate Growth Program contain a fourth category to be placed over the county island within the City of Carlsbad. This fourth category should indicate that growth in these areas shall be determined by the City of Carlsbad and developmnet shall be the responsibility_ of Carlsbad. If the county does not wish to develop this new category, we would recommend that the San Diego County Candidate Growth Program be modified to change the positive rating in the Carlsbad island area to nogative, and that the county initiate zoning and subdivision regulations that will reduce the development pressures in all areas within Carlsbad's sphere of influence, listed as negative in the Growth 14anagement Program. ATFACIVENUS -Map, Potential Candidate Growth Areas, Carlsbad Sincerely, Monald C. Packard, Mayor, City of Carlsbad RCP: BP: le A -- MEMORANDUM DATE: NOVE14DER 17, 1977 TO: PAUL BUSSEY, CITY 14AIIAGER FROM: JAMES C. HAGAMAN, PLANNING DIRECTOR SUBJECT: SAN DIEGO COUNTY CANDIDATE GROWTH AREA Introduction The County has created an inter -disciplinary task force from their various departments to develop a growth management program. This task force has just been submitted for our review, their fourth project report. The other three reports dealt with work programs, goals, objectives and standards, area selection methodology and implementation techniques. This fourth report deals with applicat' m s of the candidate growth area selection methodology, and an implementation approach, including a phasing concept. The report was submitted for review by the Board of Supervisor's on November 10, 1977. County staff is now preparing a revised draft to be submitted to the board on January 19, 1018. If it is acceptable, it 4111 then go out for the publics' review. After the review it will be heard again by the board in April, 1978. Carlsbad has the ability to have changes made prior to the board meeting on January 19, 1978. Progress Report Progress Report No. 4 is a method to determine the growth potential of various unincorporated areas within the county, and a concept for phasing growth. To do this, the task force created a list of criteria they felt necessary for growth, i.e., public facilities, traffic impacts, etc. (contained in Report No. 3). They then applied these criteria to the various geographic areas of the county. The rating system is nonnumerical, and in three basic categories, (positive, neutral and negative). Positive areas show a high degree of compatibility with the objectives for growth and growth is encouraged. The neutral category means that growth will have a neutral impact on the objectives. Evidently this means it is a growth area, but it would not be incompatible if growth did not take place. The last category is negative where growth is not compatible with the objectives and is discouraged. Growth in Carlsbad Within the sphere of influence of Carlsbad (the island areas) all three of the categories are contained. The highest growth possibly (positive) is north of Palomar Airport Road, west of El Camino Real. The second highest priority (neutral) is the island area north of Palomar Airport Road, east of El Camino Real, and the incompatible growth area (negative) is all the property south of Palomar Airport Road. Page Two (2) Staff sees no great fault with the property designated for neutral. The neutral area will probably be developed out in the next 10 years as either rural estate, (i.e., Tootsie 110 Annexation) or the continuation of the existing single family residential trend set by developments such as Woodbine and Lake Calavera.. The negative areas are somewhat suspect since we do not know at this time what the final plans of the area -will be. The General Plan indicates the area to be developed mostly as single-family with some set aside for non- residential reserve. However, for all of the property west of E1 Camino Real, the Local Coastal Plan must be adopted before gr.)wth patterns can be deter- mined. It seems possible that after the I.CP is adopted that development could occur in the next 10 years in this area. The most inconsistent category is the positve area. The county indicates this as a high potential growth area. However, the City's General Plan in- dicates much of the area for future planning for non-residential uses, taking specifically in consideration the airport and coastal relationships. This area contains the airport, Agua Hedionda Flood Plain and much agriculture. I don't believe the City could determine at this time what the growth should be, let alone when. If the County adopts this area as high growth, they may also approve zoning, subdivisions and building permits to make it high growth area. Thi., may be In conflict with the Carlsbad Local.Coastal Plan, the City's General Plan, and the City's Specific Plans that are to be developed. Conclusion The County's methods for determining potential growth areas is general and does not take into consideration unique circumstances that may exist for any, one area. The Board of Supervisor's will need to consider other factors such as the Coastal Act, City's General Plan sphere of influence and the existing land -uses. This is particularly true of the area in Carlsbad's sphere of Influence, that they have indicated as positive, Since there is no way to determine the future planning for this area at this time, they should list the area as negative. Placing negative on this property may lead to the County's policy to reduce lot splits and rezoning the area to a low -density agricultural zone such as 20 acres per lot. Recommendation 1 recommend that this report be submitted to the City Council and request that they direct staff to work with the County Growth Management Task Force and the Board of Supervisor's to change the area now listed as positive to negative, and that the County Initiate zoning and subdivision requlations that will reduce the development pressures in all ._reas within Carlsbad's sphere of influence listed as negative in their growth managment program. Attachment Map showing potential candidate growth areas BP:ar .t J Y.�-?:: ! l i'j•r-C~�I/o On.. t'..'� 2=•y� ' .`�"'. "Si�.J ~}� �:, a�" 1 �.,_�..._,1 OCIA;1 •[If•N :CIIA -` I I.r�.. , ,+� i�� i.%�', :, 1 S�`. I{ •r✓hlFroHr *O.. .. ...,�.. ,..�� % p t ��•I.. A: ,i_ •.•�.��_2'��r•. :�:ti..:r„�vt.f.,� ;...h°J .�C'_';;; • ,,. , � a . %..I ta;,. .�y!,i dry*-, y}•,• ' .k :. End ita �"r•S r. ., ..L:w.si:,iL..r • 5 'Vw"•R.h:,�f' +•.�:.( :`~ tit.,�eT.r. sy. �Y , uRPW �! rj AJiAWa LEGEND r' J,.'• , '��i�i.�V Grouth in this area is highly compatible with the objective should be encouraged. Growth in this area has a "nel NEUTRAL impact upon the objective. Gro►ith in this area i nodm�aMEGAi!VE itItilol?cct.ive aM s}uc egcc k ' CITY OF CAI _SBAD January 17 1078 i • I t ion X' r• in (z "o Nr'�h s X X X X •X Council made the findings that the Kamar Con- . Mot a