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TITLE: RECOMMENDATION TO TERMINATE
ANNEXATION TO THE MISSION
RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT
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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.
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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
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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
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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:
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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:
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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
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