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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-10-18; City Council; 6981-1; Recommendation to terminate annexationOg Oz3 OO CH OF CARLSBAD — AGEND . BILL AR* *>??/-+ 1 MTG 10/18/83 DEPT. Tlfi TITLE: RECOMMENDATION TO TERMINATE ANNEXATION TO THE MISSION RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT HFPT HD. KL CITYATTY" ]?£> CITY MGR. .ffi — ' RECOMMENDED ACTION: That action to join the Mission Resource Conservation District be terminated. ITEM EXPLANATION: At the June 9, 1983 meeting of the Buena Vista Lagoon Joint Powers Committee it was recommended that the cities of Carlsbad and Oceanside terminate their efforts towards annexation to the Mission Resource Conservation District. Parts of Oceanside and Carlsbad are within the Palomar Resource Conservation District. The north part of Oceanside is already within the Mission Resource Conserva- tion District. Without Oceanside's annexation of the area north of Buena Vista Lagoon, Carlsbad would not be contiguous to the Mission Resource Conservation District's boundaries. Carlsbad's membership in the Palomar Resource Conservation District makes their resources available to the city. FISCAL IMPACT: The estimated process costs to join the Mission Resource Conservation District would amount to $6,000 to $8,000. Half of this amount would be paid by Oceanside and half by Carlsbad. O UJ5cca. EXHIBITS: 1. Memo of June 14, 1983 from Assistant City Manager/Developmental Services to City Manager. 2. Review of proposed annexation dated August 10, 1983 from Werner von Gundell, Executive Director/CDC to the Mayor and City Council of Oceanside. JUNE 14, 1983 I TO: CITY MANAGER FROM: Assistant City Manager/Developmental Services BUENA VISTA LAGOON JOINT POWERS COMMITTEE MEETING A meeting was held on June 9, 1983; copy of the agenda is attached for your reference. The minutes were approved as submitted. The report on progress towards a uniform grading ordinance was given by "Bud" Herrell, who commenced his report by handing out copies of a memorandum (attached.) In addition to the information contained in the memorandum, it was indicated that both Carlsbad and Vista could easily modify their existing ordinances to be in conformance with the intent of a model ordinance. Vista would have more trouble complying, in that they require some organizational modifications in order to effectively administer the model ordinance. It was estimated that Carlsbad and Vista could make their ordinances similar to each other's some time during the month of July. It would take several more months for Vista to revise their ordinances. I am not sure these compliance dates will be adhered to, but the fact that Vista expressed an intent to modify their ordinances demonstrates that some significant progress has been made. Roy Kackley then gave a progress report on the Buena Vista Lagoon dredging and showed some slides of the work in progress. The committee seemed pleased and no questions were asked. Under "New Business", the City of Oceanside stated that in order for them to ful- fill all of LAFCO's requirements and allow them to annex the rest of their city to the Mission Resource Conservation District, it would require approximately $5,000 worth of work. They don't think that they will get $5,000 worth of benefit. In parts of the city they are already within the Resource District. The resources of the district could be made available to train city personnel in soil conservation. If Oceanside doesn't join, then it doesn't make much sense for Carlsbad to join. Without Oceanside's annexation we would not be contiguous to the Mission Resource District's boundaries. The balance of Carlsbad is a member of the Palomar Resource Conservation District and, as in Oceanside's case, their resources would be available to us for the training of our staff in modern soil conservation techniques. The meeting was adjourned until August 11, 1983 at 3:00 p.m. RONALD A. BECKMAN RAB:pab Attachments TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: Werner von Gundell, Executive Director/CDC DATE: August 10, 1983 SUBJECT: ANNEXATION TO THE MISSION RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT PURPOSE: To review the proposed annexation of the western portion of the City to the Mission Resource Conservation District (RCD) and determine whether to proceed with this action. ANALYSIS: •t •-•» • •» -»•••— — On March 31, 1982, the City Council, by minute order, agreed in concept to the preparation and submission of a joint application with the City of Carlsbad to annex approximately 10,000 acres in both cities to the Mission Resource Conservation District (RCD). The principle motivating factor for this effort was the desire to include the Buena Vista Lagoon within an RCD. This would enable the lagoon to possibly utilize RCD services in the enhancement effort in the form of technical information and expertise. The RCD has also been viewed as a possible source for pass-through grant funds for lagoon restoration. In order to annex the lagoon to the Mission RCD it would be necessary to include a large portion of the City as well, generally south of Mission Avenue and west of El Camino Real. Attachment 1 presents a map outlining the existing boundaries of the Mission and Palomar RCD's in Oceanside. The annexation would include the area not presently within an RCD. Benefits to this area of annexation include those more historically associated with conservation district services. Types of assistance available are as follows: 1. Provide technical information and assistance for projects in agriculture, land, soils, water, and other related uses. 2. Provide technical information and assistance on wildlife conservation and management, site selection, and feasibility of wildlife areas. 3» Provides conservation within the District. education material and assistance 4. Serves in a liaison capacity in procuring services for land users in specialized areas of development. 5. Provide access to assistance from other organizations such as the Soil Conservation Service, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Department of Fish and Game. As can be seen from a review of the attached map much of the eastern portion of the City is within the RCD and landowners are eligible to receive district services. Additionally it is staff's understanding that areas outside of district boundaries vhich are directly or indirectly affected by activities within the RCD can be assisted by the RCD, i.e. , downstream and watershed tributary area. The western portion of the City that would be included in the annexation contains very minor amounts of acreage in agricultural production, the historical benefactor of RCD's range of services. The area is highly urbanized at this time and of the vacant lands nearly all have been committed by residential or industrial tentative map activity. At the Council's July 27, 1983 meeting Councilmember MacDonald reported that the Buena Vista Lagoon's Joint Powers Committee had unanimously recommended that the cities of Oceanside and Carlsbad terminate their efforts towards annexation to the Mission RCD. The draft minutes of the Committee's June 9, 1983 meeting are attached and discussion of this item begins at page 2 under Hew Business. In brief the Committee felt that the expenditure of between $4,000 and $6,000 (not including staff costs) towards annexation did not appear justified in terms of the services the RCD could provide the lagoon. With the Buena Vista Lagoon Committee withdrawing its support for the annexation the decision whether to pursue should turn on the benefits to the balance of the area. As was noted previously RCD's have historically provided services to rural and agricultural landowners. As also noted the area that is currently outside of an RCD is heavily urbanized with very little agricultural production occurring now and none anticipated in the future. While staff envisions no detrimental effects from the annexation, neither can we envision sufficient positive impacts from an agricultural perspective to justify the continued processing of the annexation. Attachment 3 contains a brochure from the Mission RCD outlining its services and staff has contacted Mr. Pat Bourke from the RCD and requested his attendance at the Council meeting. BUDGET IMPACT: If the Council directs staff to pursue annexation to the Mission RCD the impact on the FY83-84 budget would be in the range of $6,000 to $8,000 as follows: - LAFCO Filing Fees » $2,000 - Legal Description and Map - 2,000 - 4,000 - Staff Processing Costs - +2,000 Total Estimated Costs = $6,000 - 8,000 There would be no recurring costs to the City once the annexation was completed. If Carlsbad rejoined the process costs could be reduced by 507o. While precise figures are unavailable if the annexaion were completed the RCD would gain revenue estimated at between $1,000 and $4,000 annually from the County-wide Special District Fund pool. CONCLUSION: The Buena Vista Lagoon Joint Powers Committee has recommended that the cities of Oceanside and Carlsbad abandon the effort to annex the lagoon to the Mission Resource Conservation District. The balance of the area in Oceanside which would benefit from this annexation is highly urbanized with little or no agricultural uses. Since the primary benefactor of RCD services have historically been rural and agricultural landowners, staff does not believe that pursuing this annexation is of sufficient benefit to the area to justify the processing costs. Therefore, Staff recommends that the Council rescind its Minute Order of March 31, 1982 and abandon the annexation to the Mission RCD at this time. PREPARED- BY: SUBMITTED BY: __ _ ^_fte~fher"v~6ii~G~uncIeTY S~uz"anne~~E~"T6~uc"auIt~ Executive Director/CDC City Manager Attachments: 1 . Map of Existing RCD Boundaries 2. Draft Minutes - Buena Vista Lagoon Joint Powers Committee, June 9, 1983 3. Mission RCD Brochure OTY OF CCEANSEDE KANNK4G MPT. i / fe^pSMl^pB • 'i ':•'• i**^/:'2^.' ii<M f t *-/X MISSION RCD PALOMAR RCD I I NOT IN RCD ATTACHMENT 1 J