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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-02-10; City Council; 8882; GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO AMEND THE LAND USE ELEMENT TO INLCUDE THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF CHILDCARE IN THE COMMUNITY AS A GOAL OF THE GENERAL PLAN GPA|LU 86-4 | CITY OF CARLSBAD|hl 2 0 5 =! 0 z 3 0 0 a further actions are listed in the staff report of July 30, 19t attached . When this item was discussed by the Planning Commission sever: representatives of business and developer interests spoke out against the proposed General Plan Amendment.' concern that this amendment could result in additional develol fees. A substantial number of people connected with the loca: school systems and childcare facilities spoke in favor of the proposed amendment and stressed the need for additional childc facilities in Carlsbad. After discussing this matter the Commission voted to approve 1 proposed General Plan Amendment by a vote of 5-2. They expressed 0 0 f f)f A Page 2 of Agenda Bill No. Frr2L ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW The Planning Director has determined that this project will not cause any significant environmental impacts and, therefore, hat issued a Negative Declaration, dated June 28, 1986. A copy of the environmental documents is on file in the Planning Department . FISCAL IMPACT The proposed General Plan Amendment will have no fiscal impact However, additional studies by staff would require a substanti; amount of time and effort. EXH I B I T S 1. Planning Commission Resolution No. 2572 2. Staff Report dated July 30, 1986 3. Staff Report dated August 13, 1986 w/attachments 4. Planning Commission Meeting Minutes, dated July 30, 1986. 5. Planning Commission Meeting Minutes, dated August 13, 1986. 6. "Fortune" Magazine article reprint, dated February 16, 198: '?ti 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 e e PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 2572 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CIT'E CAKLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE TEXT OF THE LAND USE ELEMENT OF T€ GENERAL PLAN BY THE ADDITION OF WORDING TO ENCOURA( ESTABLISHMENT OF CHILDCARE FACILITIES AS A GOAL OF GENERAL PLAN. APPLICANT: CITY OF CARLSBAD CASE NO. : GPA/LU 86-4 WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did, on the 30th { July, 1986 on the 13th day of August, 1986, hold a duly not. public hearing as prescribed by law to consider said reques' WHEREAS, at said public hearing, upon hearing and considering all testimony and arguments, if any, of all per desiring to be heard, said Commission considered all factor relating to the General Plan Amendment. NOW, THEREFORE, RE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the Plann Commission of the City of Carlsbad, as follows: A) That the above recitations are true and correct. B) That the Land Use Element is amended to read as follow 1) Item I, on Page 6, be added to read: "I. Encourage and promote the establishment of ch facilities in safe and convenient locations throughout the community to accommodate the g demand for childcare in the community caused demographic, economic and social forces. 11 I C) That based on the evidence presented at the public hea the Commission recommends APPROVAL of GPA/LU 86-4, bas the following findings: Findings: 1) The amendment will promote the availability of childca the community. 2) This action will not cause any significant environment impact and a Negative Declaration has been issued by t Planning Director on June 28, 1986 and recommended for approval by the Planning Commission on July 30, 1986. #fIi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 l2 13 I* 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 e e PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting Planning Commission of the City of Carlsbad, California, he the 13th day of August, 1986, by the following vote, to wit AYES : Commissioners: Marcus, Schramm, McFadden Holmes and McBane. NOES : Chairman Schlehuber ii Commissioner Hall ABSENT : None. ABSTAIN : None. 3. h4 CLARENCE SCHLEHUBER, Chai CARLSBAD PLANNING COMMISS ATTEST : [&A& MICHAEL J. HOLZMILLER PLANNING DIKECTOR p PC KESO NO. 2572 -2- 0 0 t7 ?A STAFF REPORT E PATE: JULY 30, 1986 TO : PLANNING COMMISSION FROM: PLANNING DEPARTMENT SUBJECT: GPA/LU 86-4 - CITY OF CARLSBAD - A General Plan Amendment to amend the Land Use Element to include tf encouragement of childcare in the community as a goal the General Plan. I. RECOMMENDATION That the Planning Commission recommend APPROVAL of the NegatiT Declaration issued by the Planning Director and ADOPT Resolut~ NO. 2572 recommending APPROVAL of GPA/LU 86-4 to the City COUI based on the findings contained therein. 11. BACKGROUND Recently, staff was directed by the Planning Commission to examine the issue of childcare facilities in Carlsbad. Varioi governmental agencies were contacted and statistical data was gathered which indicated that the lack of childcare facilities becoming a nationwide, as well as a local problem. Basically this is a consequence of a number of social changes. These include: * In 60% of families, both spouses are employed out of economic necessity. * Single parent families have doubled in the last decad and will continue to increase in the future. * Almost 60% of single mothers with children under six work. * An estimated 5 million children under the age of ten are unsupervised when they come home from school in t afternoon. * The U.S. is experiencing another baby boom. Present1 the population of children 0-14 is 5.7 million and wi reach 6.6 million by 1995. (Please see the attached Statistical Profile ((Exhibit "A" dated June 10, 1986)) compiled by Childcare Resource Servi for information relating directly to Carlsbad.) rr it 0 0 In response to th‘is need, staff is proposing the following statement be added as Item I to page 6 of the Land Use Element (Goals) of the General Plan. “Encourage and promote the establishment of childcare facilities in safe and convenient locations throughout the community to accom- modate the growing demand for childcare in the community caused by demographic, economic and social forces. n 111. ANALYSIS Planning Issues 1) Is the addition of a childcare facility goal to the L; Use Element necessary and desirable? 2) Is the proposed goal consistent with other elements oj the General Plan? Discussion AS indicated on the attached Statistical Profile (Childcare Resource Service), the Carlsbad sub-regional area has 473 childcare spaces available to serve a child population of 3,50: needihg care. This figures out to a ratio of one childcare sp. for every 7.4 children. The available data addresses only children living ‘in the area, not those brought to the City by parents working here. Figures on employees working for school and state and federal agencies were not available. The County ratio of one childcare space to four children indicates a wide disparity with the City ratio of 1:7 which is significantly lower. The City permits small family day care centers serving six or fewer children to be operated by right in the R-1 zones however, figures on the number of children served are not available. With the expanding growth in the area, as well as increasing number of commercial and industrial projects, staff believes the need for childcare facilities will continue to intensify. The legal definition of a child is anyone under 18 years of ag and there is no legal age at which a child can remain at home unsupervised. As currently practiced in the City, if a police responds to a call regarding unsupervised children, he must UI his own discretion as to whether or not there is a problem. Presently, the City’s juvenile officer responds to 3-4 such ci a month. Besides the issue of the younger child, the police department believes activities for teenagers should also be encouraged to promote healthy activities for this age group rather than “teenagers hanging out at the mall“. -2- 0 e " I) Staff believes the proposed goal is compatible with all other elements of the General Plan and is also in conformance with Zoning Ordinance. Staff feels the proposed goal will be of benefit to the community by recognizing a common need and attempting to alleviate the growing shortage of childcare in City. Staff hopes that with the establishment of the childcare goal the Land Use Element that developers and businesses will recognize the need for childcare facilities and be encouraged provide these facilities on their own initiative. However, t Planning Commission may feel that more than a statement in th General Plan is needed. They may consider possible further actions listed below, If the Planning Commission feels any o these actions are appropriate they can formulate them in a recommendation to the City Council. A) conduct a formal needs assessment. (This would be necessary to validate the City's position to developers. 1 1. The needs assessment should address: population distribution, labor force participation, any planning or zoning obstacles, levels of state an1 local funding, existing ordinances, amount and t: of childcare needed including the ill child, lev1 of community awareness and support for childcare parental preferences. B) Establish a childcare task force which could be compc of commission members, staff , childcare providers, developers, and other community/governmental agencier c) Coordinate childcare programs with other governmental agencies. D) Participate in latchkey programs with Parks and Recreation, Boy's and Girl's Club, and elementary schools whereby Parks and Recreation and Boy's and Girl's Club would operate after-school programs on school grounds. E) Establish a public awareness/publicity program and encourage childcare resource and referral services. F) Apply for State and Federal grants to establish/opera childcare facilities in the City. G) Adopt an ordinance requiring developers of large commercial, industrial or office projects to provide childcare facilities or pay childcare impact fees. T cities of San Francisco, Santa Monica and Concord hav implemented childcare ordinances, see Exhibit "B", -3- 'f >A e 0 I) Offer incentives for developers to provide childcare facilities and services such as: 1) Reduced business license fees 2 1 Waive business license fee for non-prof it organizations with childcare programs for childcare if it is part of a larger center or business 3) Permit increased site coverage if space is us 4 1 Modify parking requirements for childcare are The Commission should be aware that it would require a significant amount of staff time to implement some of these options. IV. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW The Planning Director has determined that there will be no significant environmental impacts resulting from this project and has issued a Negative Declaration on June 28, 1986. ATTACHMENTS 1) Planning Commission Resolution No. 2572 2) Exhibits "A", "B", and "C", dated June 10, 1986 3) Environmental Document AML: bn 6/13/86 -4- ’< IA 0 0 d+ //- \ CL STAFF REPORT ‘I 91..\,’ 8 DATE: AUGUST 13, 1986 TO: PLANNING COMMISSION FROM: PLANNING DEPARTMENT SUBJECT: GPA/LU 86-4 - CITY OF CARLSBAD - A General Plan Amendment to amend the Land Use Element to include the encouragement of childcare in the community as a goal the General Plan. I. RECOMMENDATION That the Planning Commission recommend APPROVAL of the Negative Declaration issued by the Planning Director and ADOPT Resolutic No. 2572 recommending APPROVAL of GPA/LU 86-4 to the City Counc based on the findings contained therein. 11. BACKGROUND Recently, staff was directed by the Planning Commission to examine the issue of childcare facilities in Carlsbad. Various governmental agencies were contacted and statistical data was gathered which indicated that the lack of childcare facilities becoming a nationwide, as well as a local problem. Basically, this is a consequence of a number of social changes. These include: * In 60% of families, both spouses are employed out of economic necessity. * Single parent families have doubled in the last decade and will continue to increase in the future. * Almost 60% of single mothers with children under six work. * An estimated 5 million children under the age of ten are unsupervised when they come home from school in t afternoon. * The U.S. is experiencing another baby boom. Present1 the population of children 0-14 is 5.7 million and wi reach 6.6 million by 1995. (Please see the attached Statistical Profile ( (Exhibit “A“ dated June 10, 1986)) compiled by Childcare Resource Servi for information relating directly to Carlsbad.) ‘7 IA e a In response to this need, staff is proposing the following statement be added as Item I to page 6 of the Land Use Element (Goals) of the General Plan. “Encourage and promote the establishment of childcare facilities in safe and convenient locations throughout the community to accom- modate the growing demand for childcare in the community caused by demographic, economic and social forces. ” 111. ANALYSIS Planning Issues 1) Is the addition of a childcare facility goal to the La Use Element necessary and desirable? 2) Is the proposed goal consistent with other elements of the General Plan? Discussion AS indicated on the attached Statistical Profile (Childcare Resource Service) , the Carlsbad sub-regional area has 473 childcare spaces available to serve a child population of 3,502 needing care. This figures out to a ratio of one childcare spa for every 7.4 children. The available data addresses only children living in the area, not those brought to the City by parents working here. Figures on employees working for school: and state and federal agencies were not available. The County ratio of one childcare space to four children indicates a wide disparity with the City ratio of 1:7 which is significantly lower. The City permits small family day care centers serving six or fewer children to be operated by right in the R-1 zones, however, figures on the number of children served are not available. With the expanding growth in the area, as well as q increasing number of commercial and industrial projects, staff believes the need for childcare facilities will continue to intensify. The legal definition of a child is anyone under 18 years of agc and there is no legal age at which a child can remain at home unsupervised. As currently practiced in the City, if a police responds to a call regarding unsupervised children, he must us his own discretion as to whether or not there is a problem. Presently, the City’s juvenile officer responds to 3-4 such ca a month. Besides the issue of the younger child, the police department believes activities for teenagers should also be encouraged to promote healthy activities for this age group rather than “teenagers hanging out at the mall”. -2- " I> W 0 Staff believes the proposed goal is compatible with all other elements of the General Plan and is also in conformance with tl Zoning Ordinance. Staff feels the proposed goal will be of benefit to the community by recognizing a common need and attempting to alleviate the growing shortage of childcare in tl City. Staff hopes that with the establishment of the childcare goal : the Land Use Element that developers and businesses will recognize the need for childcare facilities and be encouraged 1 provide these facilities on their own initiative. However, thc Planning Commission may feel that more than a statement in the General Plan is needed. They may consider possible further actions listed below. If the Planning Commission feels any of these actions are appropriate they can formulate them in a recommendation to the City Council. A) Conduct a formal needs assessment. (This would be necessary to validate the City's position to developers. 1 1. The needs assessment should address: population distribution, labor force participation, any planning or zoning obstacles, levels of state and local funding, existing ordinances, amount and ty] of childcare needed including the ill child, leve of community awareness and support for childcare, parental preferences. B) Establish a childcare task force which could be compo of Commission members, staff, childcare providers, parents, non-residential developers, and other community/governmental agencies to recommend and implement policies and procedures to the Council. C) Coordinate childcare programs with other governmental agencies and childcare providers. D) Participate in latchkey programs with Parks and Recreation, Boy's and Girl's Club, and schools whereb Parks and Recreation and Boy's and Girl's Club would operate after-school programs on school grounds. E) Establish a public awareness/publicity program and encourage childcare resource and referral services. F) Apply for State and Federal grants to assist in the establishment/operation childcare facilities in the City. G) Adopt an ordinance requiring developers of commercial industrial or office projects to provide childcare facilities or pay childcare impact fees. The cities San Francisco, Santa Monica and Col;fc$rd have implemen childcare ordinances, see Exhibit B . -3- If ,I 0 0 I) Offer incentives for developers to provide childcare facilities and services such as: 1) Reduced business license fees 2) Waive business license fee for non-profit organizations with childcare programs 3) Permit increased site coverage if space is us 4 1 Modify parking requirements for childcare are for childcare if it is part of a larger center or business The Commission should be aware that it would require a significant amount of staff time to implement some of these options. 117. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW The Planning Director has determined that there will be no significant environmental impacts resulting from this project and has issued a Negative Declaration on June 28, 1986. ATTACHMENTS 1 ) Planning Commission Resolution No. 2572 2) Exhibits "A", "BRt and "C", dated June 10, 1986 3 ) Environmental Document AML:bn 6/13/86 -4- EXHIB 0 June I( <‘,A e BTATf8TICAL PROFILE ON CHILD CCIRE CIND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMPILED BY CHILDCCIRE RESOURCE SERVICE 1033 Cudahy Place San Diego CA 92110 Prepared for: City of Carlsbad Area: carlsbad-La Costa, zip 92008 Date: May 1, 1986 Report prepared by: Brenda Terry-Hahn 'f cz 0 e PREFACE Accurate statistical information is vi 1 in today's changing world. Cogent, successful choic A in business, government, and public service require precise data about thg populations served. It is therefore necessary to gather cyclical information about such population groups, their growth anc change, and the available choices concerning them as a basis for I I appropriate decisions. One area o-f such information-based decisions which is increasingly important is the area of child care. As more anc more women with children (who traditionally have remained a1 home) are entering the labor force, it is critical from man: 1 concerned perspectives that the populations and facilitie! involved in this particular process be enumerated and evaluated< It is the intention of the Childcare Resource Service t[ offer accurate, objective data and informational support so thai useful decisions may be made in planning to meet child care ant development needs. 1 I 1 I I 1 I f ,J 0 e TABLE OF CONTENTS ----- -- -------- DATA BASES FOR THIS REPORT 2 POPULATION 3 CHILD CARE 4 THE ECONOMICS OF CHILD CARE b APPENDIX, as available 9 2 ' 1 ,, 0 0 l73PLu3TIoN The final word on all population data comes from the Census Bureau in Washington, D. C. All other agencies dealing with census data for the U.S.A. use this data both as a comparative base for their own population surveys and a source of data for informative decision-making. The Census Bureau has a reputation among demographers for being accurate and conservative in its figures and estimates. For its demarkation borders it uses census tracts which are further collected into larger geographical areas. The population data appropriate for the purpose of this report follows: ** 1980 DATA ---- ---- County total PoPulation__~9~l-~~-S4fj_____________ County total child population aged 0-13--g2-~65 * SRA population tota1---__40~~~--_------ age5 0-1-_~~~_-1-2-111?,__3-5__158_6__6-_6-9--~~~--10-13-~~~--- total child population 0-13--2803 Percent increase since 1970 149.44% * 1986 DATA ---- ---- County total PoPulation___2_131-~~-3_23____________ County total child population aged 0-13 409 432 SRA total population 52 1_86 ages 0-1-_8_1_8__1-2-_1_4_3_5__3-5__2_0_38__6--- 1 total child population 0-13 10 025 Percent increase 1980-85---25,&~--- 1985-86 2.3% * It must be emphasized that these figures are carefully projected porportions based on: ................................................................. the actual papulation totals of 1980 and 1985, the actual breakouts of these specific ages in 1980, the percentile of increase since 1980 far this area, and a proximate comparison of the boundries of zip codes, census tracts, and sub-regional areas. It may NOT include all local factors which would affect population growth and/or the need for child care which have occurred since 1980. It is therefore a carefully prepared estimate. ** fill population figuresof age-groupings are inclusive throughout this report. IThis is the county-wide percentile of increase; there is no SRA percenti: available at this time. 4 '7 1, 0 e I WILD CCIRE All child care information data comes from the statistical data bases of Childcare Resource Service. Official listings of licensed facilities originate from the appropriate divisions of the county and state Departments of Social Services, Family Day Care Licensing and Community Care Licensing, and are consistently tabulated and updated by Childcare Resource Service along with the daily intake of child care information requests. Childcare information for the area in question is as f 01 1 ows: L_IC_E_NSED CHILD CARE, De+ined Area, as of 4-1-86 : Number of Family Day Care Homes 21 Child Spaces- 138 Number Child Care Centers - 6 Child Spaces 335 ___ # Number Exempt Facilities __ 0 Child SPaces--------- 0 47 3 --------- 27 Totals ---------- Number of requests for child care referrals, defined area, past calendar year 404 average per month 33.6 March 1985 referrals: 39 " 1986 " : 46 an increase of 17.9% F_Luc_IuAI_Lo_!!! LE s_up_p_L_y_ BED_ D_EEA!!m o_E c_H_LLQ!2EE_ Area gain (loss) of facilities: =13 X last fiscal quarter 4 = 17 X child spaces 54 ___ last 12 months -------- 5 =22.7% ---- child spaces not av&L&.. ................................................................ # These facilities are exempt from state licensing regulations They are regulated by their funding source. 5 ' 'L e * SUMMARY ,O_F NEEDS ' _F_Q_R CHILD CARE in this area as ------- 4- 1-8 6 of; .................... - t Ratio of child spaces ( 473 ) to estimated children needing care ( 3502 ) ----------- 1:7.4 (one space for every-- 7.4 children). Ratio of child spaces ( 473 1 to total child population 0-13 ( 10 025 1 LJJ.2 (one space for every--&J-children).- This is well beyond the county-wi& disparity of 1:4. ESIMAIE c_H_IL_D_ p_o_p_u_IA_IIo_N, N_EE_D_LN_G_ GA_E IN, SEAL 10 025 ..................................... 1986 approximate child population 0-13 X 59% ..................................... national X children of working mothers X 59.2% ................................................ X children (national average) placed in formal care - - 3502 ............................................... estimate # of children 0-13 needing care in SRA 6 “4 e r) THE ECONOMICS aF CHILD CARE ----- COSTS ,OF PROVIDING CHILD _C_A_R_E ,S_E_R_VXES Range of charges for licensed child care in defined area are--------------- 45 - loop ---___ weekper __------_--___- child full-timeas of 7/85 There are a number of factors which may affect the child care rates in this community. Along with the usual economic factors in supply and demand, the variables affecting child care rates may include: VARIABLES AFFECTING CHILD CARE RATES: --------- --------- ----- ---- ------ number of hours of care number of days per week of care special services offered: transportation, special diets, care on days child is ill, care for children with special needs . meals, snacks furnished infant supplies and equipment: diapers, formula, extra laundry, furniture, supplies state of local economy in the immediate area income of parent (8) special programs offered: homework help, tutoring, extra- curricular activities and/or equipment, educational excursions, preschool program and equipment.... average child care fees for this area ages of children for whum care is required credentials and experience of caregiver (11 ratio of children per adult ____ 1980 ---_-- FAMILY --------- ECONOMICS ---- DATA Median Annual Household income this SRA S 21 772 Children below poverty level this SRA Children of female-headed households this SRA 439 - 4.63% 908 - 9.58% 1027 20.24% ChiMJrerl of siE71e-p-t ho-eholds --------------_---I---------- Current basic AFDC grant for one parent with tw chi 1 dren--S_58Z, ----- Current minimum wage (GROSS) monthly 9; 569.50 annually * 70’ 7 @ ' '* 0 ................................................................ ------- SOURCES: Childcare Resaurce Service, statistical files County of San Diego, Department of Social Services U. S. Census Bureau, 1980 Census and 1985 Census SANDAG Bureau of Labor Statistics CRS - 4/86 8 v w I’ *> APPEND I X -------- As available, this section will contain supportive addenda related to the need for child care in the given community in order far parents to participate in and support the local economy. 9 - w I',, STATISTICAL PROFILE ON CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPHEW SERVICES *** DATA BASES FOR THIS REPORT I The data bases of information for this report vary in that Childcare Resource Service maintains its information base b) individual zip code areas, while the County and the Census Burear, maintain their information bases by census tract and aggregates of census tracts such as sub-regional areas (SRA). The borders of these areas when superimposed upon om another do not often precisely coincide, so that the informatior given herein -- while accurate, correspondent between areas, anc useful-- is not completely reciprocal. Described below is the geographic area included in each base, and the general differences between them. M€A OF CHILD CARE INFORMTION BcI8E I ---- AREA for which information is supplied (hereinafter re+erred to as "defined area"): _________y__________ Carlsbad - La Costa z&92008 APPROXIMATE DESCRIPTION of borders of defined area: -2kv-=-Ss%-%P2 a ................................ frcm Oceanside and Vista on the North, southard ---------,,--,---------,L,,,,,,,,,,--- between the Pacific and San Marcos down to San Dimto ------------------- arid Leucadia ----------- ----------- ............................................................... AFEA OF WPULATION INFORMTION BASE : ------ COUNTY fi_N_D CENSUS BUREAU IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION _O_F 1I-J ------- GENERAL ----- AREA: Sub-regional area (SRA) Carlsbad number--&U3L--- Number census tracts 7 numbers-_l_78,Q~-,~~~~~~~~~~~, 198, 200.03 GENERAL DESCRIPTION of borders of sub-regional area: Please see ----,-,,,,,,,----,,,,,,,__,,,,,,-,,,,,,,--~---------------- and Ocean Hills areas also are included in the SRA and sm dl 0th- -%EL-?z2¶hLY-ts-E!!2 -*- ~~-_de_s_~-~n~-~-~~~-~~-~-~~e-~~-=~~ -YiJ&J~ ~~~~-are-~~1~_~-_------_------------------------------------- APPROXIMATE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE C\REASt,nhQutascTll;tremiles -o,f,rs-i&Q~A-~sLs ............................................ ............................................................... ............................................................... NOTES 3 w w ‘I vi YL - / -- rk -- __ _. ,I CjA .. CARLSBAD /&X? L@:-L - 43 0 CEANSi D E x-: I I 1 I I 0 = SAN DIEGO COUNTY - 1980 CENSUS TRACTS I = qprox,&& zip eode boundaties,%~008 v w .. I. -. . OHANCt LO Jr Ocearwde Ifdrbo Buena Vista LJ~ SOURCE: San Dtego Association of Government! FIGURE 7. MAJOR INDUSTRIAL PARK AREAS w w '3 ,, 0 to 10 minutes all to 20 ninutes t~ 21 to 30 minutes TRRVEL TIMES CENTEREO ON DOWNTOGIN CRRLSBRD 9mc:w34 OF w * e, i i Valley Center Oceatmde Harbor Lake Wohllord Buena Vista Lago I Escondido 1 I Lake Jenoi Spring Valley Swecrwarer Reservorr UDDer OlaY fierervotr Lower Ora v Rerervorr FIGURE 2: MAJOR OFFICE BUILDINGS - SAN DIEGO REGION SOURCE Sari Dwo Assoc of Gave 11, Oceaisicle Harbor 611etii1 Vistn Lijgoof b’a 1 I (/ 1 lit os L 390 Of Card iff - by- the-Se FIGURE 4: MAJOR RETAIL CENTERS - NORTH SOURCE: San Diego Assocation of Governmen 9 Escondido Square 24 Plaza Xest Lorna A Escondido Village Val1 11 Flower Will 26 Poway Towne Ce B Plaza Carnino Real 12 Gernco - Escondido 27 Qancho Bernardc Reoional Centers 10 Fallbrook Town Center 25 Poway Plaza 13 K-Mart - Poway 28 Rancho an Marc 15 Lomas Santa Fe Plaza 30 Safeway Shoppin 1 Broadway Vista Center 15 Lumberyard 31 San Diego Cente 2 Camino Town and County 17 Midtown Plaza 32 San Marcos Villa 3 Carlsbad Plaza South 18 Mission Center 4 College Plaza 19 Mission Square 34 The Vineyard 5 El Camino North 20 Oceanside Five Shopping Center 35 Vallecitos Town 6 Encinitas Town and County 21 Oceanside Plaza 36 Vista Center 7 Encinitas Village 22 Old Poway Village 37 Xiegand Plaza 8 Escondido Hills Plaza 23 Pacific Shores Shopping Canter Subreoional Centers 14 La Costa Plaza 29 Royal Center 33 Santa Fe Plaza w w 1 *I Oceniisicle Hart)or 6lIPlld VlStR Lc?qO(Jrl FIGURE 6: MAJOR PRIVATE EMPLOYERS - NORTH SOURCE. San Diego Assocatton of Governments 1 AC-DC Electronics 2 -4llstate Insurance Company 3 Armorlite, Inc. 4 5 6 7 Hewlett Packard Company 8 9 Rearfott Division -,Singer Co. 10 11 NCR Corporation 12 Palomar Memorial FIospital* 13 Sony Manufacturing Company 14 Tri-City Xospital* 15 Washington Patrol Service, Znc. Rechtel Power Corporation (San Onofre) Burroughs Corporation - Ranc\o Bernard0 Deutsch Co. Electronic Components nivision Tiughes Aircraft Co. - Industrial Products 3ivision La Costa Hotel & Spa *Technically a Public Agency - W MAJOR OFFICE BUILDINGS I I. YF-AR SOTI ARE NAME BUILT F0r)TAGE 1 Aero Office Park I 1980 90,000 2 Aid Building Phase I 1983 124,000 3 Balboa Business Center 1978 75,000 4 Bank of America PIaza 1982 266,397 3 12,410 5 Bank of California Plaza 1971 7 Black Mountain Commerce Park 16 Buildings) 1975 96,349 8 California First Bank Building 1966 237,000 199,050 9 Centerside I Building 1983 10 Central Savings Tower 1976 330,173 11 Central Valley Plaza 1981 8 1,946 12 Centre City Building 1928 81,273 13 Chamber Building 1963 167,928 14 Commerce Park 1978 85,600 15 Crossroads 1983 130,000 16 Crossroads Limited 1978 114,750 17 Executive Office Building 1963 216,000 18 Fifth & Broadway Building 1910 85,000 19 Fifth Avenue Financial Center 1965 120,988 20 First Interstate Plaza 1984 467,840 21 First National Bank Building 1982 527,917 22 Home Federal Building 1927 187,973 148,870 23 HomeTower 1963 24 ICW Office Park I3 Buildings) 1980 86,500 25 Imperial Bank Tower 1982 529,675 .26 Kearny EI 1974 98,000 27 Yearny Office Park 1975 89.964 28 La Jolla Bank and Trust 1984 150,439 29 La Jolla Gateway I 1982 169,000 30 La Jolla Professional Center 1980 146,118 31 La Jolla Science Center 1981 80,000 32 Lion Plaza 1972 93,555 . 33 Lion United Artists 198 1 76,290 34 Mission Office Park I964 165,498 35 Mission Valley Financial Center 1972 152,200 36 Mission Valley South 1968 85,000 37 Montgomery Airport Plaza 1982 89,630 198,000 38 Montgomery Business Center 1983 39 North Coast Business Park (9 Buildings) 1982 186,000 --- 6 Bernardo Center (9 Buildings) , 1984 81,220 40 Pacific Professional Center 1983 81,000 41 Pines, The 1980 80,000 42 Prado Plaza 1984 90,534 43 Professional Office Center 1984 94,643 44 Rio Vista Office Building 1984 107,000 45 Regents Square 1984 162,000 46 San Diego Federal Building 1974 323,000 47 San Diego Tech Center 1983 160,000 48 San Diego Trust & Savings Building 1928 . 124,293 49 Security Pacific Plaza 1973 233,191 50 Seville Plaza 1981 132,000 51 Sorrento Valley Science Park 1984 94,011 52 Sports Arena Village Office Plaza (6 Buildings) 1981 185,OQO 54 Sunroad Plaza 1982 127,000 56 Torrey Pines Susiness k Research Park 1977 18 1,284 57 Tycor Title Insurance Building 1958 76,000 58 Union Bank Building 1969 375,000 60 West Bernardo Plaza Phase I 1984 79,746 61 West Bernardo Plaza Phas? II 1984 83,638 53 Spreckels Building 1912 9 1,000 55 Sycamore Creek Office Park (3 Buildings) 1983 91,000 59 Wells Fargo Bank Building 1982 3 8 5,648 COMPLETION EXPECTED DURING 1985 A Capital Pacific Business Plaza 1985 171,000 B Fargo La Jolla 1985 79,000 C CatewayII 1985 166,000 D Highland Park Business Center 1985 95,000 ~ F Plaza At La Jolla 1985 168,000 C Regents Park Financial 1985 97,000 H Ruffin Office Park 1985 107,000 11 1,000 I San Diego National Bank Building 1985 J Scripps Plaza 1985 140,000 K Seaview Corporate Center 1985 200,000 L Sorrento View 1985 84,000 M Sunroad Plaza Phase 11 1985 200,000 N Torrey Pines Science & Business Center 1985 160,000 0 Torrey Pines Science Park Building X7 1985 92,000 P Treena Street Building C 1985 157,218 E Metropolitan Life Building 1985 200,000 Q University Center Lot X7 1985 120,000 R Unknown Name 1985 128,000 S Wa teridge 1985 2a0,ooo 7 w , ,> MAJOR INDUSTRIAL AREAS Total # # of Total S of Parks Parks in Area of All € City - Area in Area >100,000 Sq.ft. in Ar. 1 Carlsbad Airport 28 4 2,114,j 2 Carlsbad Ave Encinas 5 0 225,1 3 Vista South 4 1 262,d 4 Oceanside Airport 4 2 628,: 5 Oceanside Oceanside Blvd. 7 1 411,1 6 SanMarcos Rt. 78 42 5 1,968,4 7 san Marcos Rancho Santa Fe Rd. 2 1 279,5 8 Escondido West 26 0 817,E 9 SanDiego Sorrento Valley/ 62 7 3,813,: 10 SanDiego Mir am ar 77 24 6,455,t 11 SanDiego Rose Canyon 10 2 670,: 12 SanDiego Kearny Mesa 71 . 21 5,5 17 ,3 13 SanDiego Scripps Ranch 15 3 2,179,9 14 SanDiego Rancho Bernard0 21 2 1,03 5,4 Torrey Pines 15 San Diego Mission Gorge 11 2 73399 16 San Diego Sports Arena/Bay Pk. 11 0 315,4 17 SanDiego San Ysidro 7 0 259,4 18 National City West of Broadway 10 4 1,249,s 19 Chula Vista Southwest 23 7 1,584,9 20 El Cajon/Santee Gillespie Field - 48 - 5 2,324,9 Totals 484 91 3 2,849,4 *There exists approximately 2 million additional square feet of industrial park space scatt throughout the region not within these major industrial areas. @ SOURCE. San Oiego Assoclarion of Governments Jan. 1985 a m CHILDCARE RESOURCE SERVICE 1033 Cudahy Place San Diego, San Diego 275-4800 Escondido 743-7919 Encinitas 753-3755 CHILD CARE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY FACT SHEET POPULATION : The population of San Diego County (over 2 million and increasir dramatically reflects the growing need for child care in this community. A general heavy population growth of 2.4% (45,000 persons) per year is anticipated. WORKING FAMILIES Need for Child Care: Childcare Resource Service receives 90 - 150 calls per day for child care referrals (a total of 4,036 calls for the October-Dei 1985 quarter). Approximately 80% of the calls were from workinl families who required child care in order to continue employmen- Another 10% of these calls represent parents who are in trainini which leads to gainful employment. The median household income of San Diego County (1980) is $17,1( with a low of $10,516 in central county. The average cost of fi time child care in 1985 ranges from $50 - $85 per week, per chi Therefore, the average working family bears an enormous burden . meet child care costs. High Costs of Child Care: SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES Need for Financial Assistance: In 1980, 24.2% of San Diego households were headed by a single 1 (an 18% increase over the 1970 census). The average weekly sal of fGle heads of households maintaining families was $243 per week. maintaining families was $365 per week. Other statistics revea that females as single parent head of households with children under six (6) received a median annual income of $5,696, while male heads of comparable households received $10,712 per year. Again, with child care costs of $50 - $85 per child, per week, parent households are in crisis. Solutions: To meet this critical need, Childcare Resource Service maintain a state funded Alternative Payment Program. This program serve 300 children (170 families). Approximately 95% of these famili are single par= households. 900 - 1000 children (500+ families) who are eligible for subsid child care but there is inadequate funding to meet their needs. More funds are needed for this program to meet the needs of San Diego County. - All subsidized programs in San Diego County have The average salary of male (single) heads of household The program maintains a list of ZIP CODE CURREPIT i OF OPE?IINGS = OF ACTIVE d OF CE?ITEgS I FAM I L Y DAY CARE ilOl"lE5 1 il'iF2iTS 26 I 34 Oceansi de 92054 Oceansi de 92056 Vista 47 92083 Carlsbad 20 92008 1 PRESCHOOL I SC:IOOL-;\GE 7 15 20 12 2 only far 23 14 5 family in stress or emergency 17 35 58 36 9 24 17 6 e a EXHIBIT "R" JUNE 10, 1986 santa Monica - required childcare in new industrial offices over 40,000 square feet. San Francisco - required to pay $1 per square foc to affordable childcare fund or provide childcare center if proposing 50,000 square feet or more. Concord - developers of industrial/ commercial/office space costing over $40,000 to pay a childcare impact fee of 0.5% of developmenl costs or provide a childcare center meeting the needs of the employees. Can be waived if stuc shows no need. VARD BUSINESS REV W E: MARCH/APRIL 1986 6- Northside Child Deveh in Minneapolis, Control tion studied 90 employe month period. Thirty mc children in Northside w with a sample of 30 mot other child care arrangei. other employees with nc grown children. The avei absenteeism rate for day the company-sponsored 1 4.4%, compared with 6.0 participants in the two CI The average monthly tur: among program users wa: pared with 6.3% for nonp In three nation employers with child C;~I~ ments, the majority of res ported that the programs effects on a variety of pro( measures (see the Exhibit those executives who ans human resource manager though they offered their c as impressions rather tha results, the reasonablenes: vey results rings true. Rather than doc sity seminar for executives, partici- what companies save by re pants were asked to estimate the per- child care concerns, a Port centage of their workers who are in study shows what compar families in which the male breadwin- not responding. ,4 suFJey o ner is the sole support of his at-horne 8,000 employees from 22 c wife and children. The answers ranged the city found that 5Y:6 of from 40% to 70%. But only 10% of U.S. ers with children under 12 households iit that traditional mode. ty findmg child care. Worn, About 40% oi the work force dren under 11 missed abou is now made up of families with both work each year. Employed. spouses workmg, with another 6% be- hadawifeorother adultat1 ing single parents. Estimates state that 8 days of work per year-a r by 1990,65% of people entering the la- lar to that of men with no c bor market will be women (new en- The authors explain that “I trants or reentrants). Approximately teeism rates are lower than 80% of working women are of child- because they carry fewer ck bearing age. Ninety percent of them responsibilities. Women mz will become pregnant. About 60% of low rates possible.” Mother married men who work have wives off to look for care, or tend t workmg full or part time. The needs of child, or respond to a last-m both mothers and fathers are already gency. Absenteeism was noi playing an expanded role in recruiting a “woman’s problem“ but a programs, benefit plans, and productiv- and turnover. so1ution.l ity incentives. Child care help can also re- Many businesses, Then there are the children. a good 44,000 in the mediun People usually think about the young- size category-have taken li. est ones, but about a third of all Amen- action regarding employees’ needs. Some executives see : Ms. Friedman is a nationally onomic justification for gett known expert on child care issues and volved, either as providers of a senior research associate at the Work arrangements with indepenc and Family Information Center of the cies, or through other assista Conference Board. as modified work schedules. . co He L Dana E. Friedman @ - Special Report “lncreasingly child cure ’ Chld care for kids employees’ is a competitive issue: will it help attract and hold wo&ers, reduce tmove~ absenteeism, error, and accidents!” .. A At a recent Harvard Univer- can children between 6 and 13 are home alone for some time after school. A new term has entered our vocabulary: the “three o’clock syndrome.” It refers to reduced productivity arid higher error and accident rates as employees’ minds turn to their children around the time when school lets out. Why companies get involved RoughIy 2,500 U.S. compa- nies help with their employees’ child care needs. That’s about a fourfold in- crease in four years. These companies believe that getting involved in child care heIps increase recruiting, morale, productivity, and quality, and decrease accident rates, absenteeism, tardiness, duce the stress workers feel. A 1985 study of 650kmployees in a large, Bos- ton-based corporation reported that the stress of balancing work and family responsibilities is the heaviest contrib- utor to depression among employees, regardless of gender.’ tium of businesses to establish the After spearheading a consor- e' _. ' Hqrvari Business Review 0 March-April 1986 skeptical; productivity and other gains Businesses through( , are difficult to prove. They are con- country have collaborated wit cerned about potential problems: costs, dreds of school districts and cc ' complex insurance arrangements, obli- nity agencies to use school pre ! gations incurred by referrals, parental run before- and after-school pr j complaints, quality control, and equity The Houston Committee on F I issues. or profit-making agencies to run their . Sector Initiatives coordinates ; . Actually, many such con- programs. Kinder-Care, the largest from 30 companies to enable I j. cems or fears are unfounded. Costs for agencies to offer after-school s getting involved vary widely. Some are in schools, churches, and storc remarkably low. Many companies Several companies contribute merely subsidize existing child care "warm lines"-a telephone ho programs and organizations. Others of- children to use when they get 1 fer space, expertise like training for from school. caregivers, and other resources such as 'Some companies - F furmture. Some offer referral services hc. in Illinois, Wang, and 31M, j to point parents in the right directions. example-have created summc All child care costs (direct or allocated) camps on nearby company or c nity property. This has proven pensed. Several states offer special tax larly helpful to dworced paren credits for employers who provide cer- have custody of children only ( the summer and, therefore, ha. regular child care setup. To deal with absentt Coming Glass Works and Merck Pharmaceuticals provided the start-up funds for private, nonprofit centers, which rely on user fees to cov- er operating expenses. Other businesses prefer to contract with either nonprofit profit-making chain of day care centers in this country runs several programs, including those at Cigna Corporation, Campbell Soup Company, and Disney World. Financial arrangements differ among the companies that use Kinder- Care. Most companies that inves- tigate the on-site option decide that it is not appxopriate or affordable, ihough. It is not suitable for some due to the cost of downtown space, or employee commuting patterns, or the limited number of workers that would eventu- ally be served. L are in some way tax deductible or ex- ' tab kinds of help. Small companies or those L d located near each other (as in an indus- sociated with sick children, He Packard and Levi Strauss joint1 lished a 15-bed infirmary attacl day care center in San Jose, CaI Other companies contract wit1 growing number of services th: vide trained nurses for all-day c the child's home. The 3M Con] pays 70% of the $6.25-per-hou for in-home nursing services oi Children's Hospital in St. Paul. Business can contrit existing child care services. Sol panies give day care directors a trative help; some assist with c! write staff training. Other busiI use their political clout to lobb increased government support care. New York State employer: EM, Con Edison, Morgan Guar and American Express have rep tatives on Governor Mario Cuc Commission on Child Care. : trial park) can collaborate to create, support, or run a center on a joint basis. Seven Wand radio stations in the Washington, D.C. area created the Broadcasters' Child Development Cen- ter in a conveniently located school. The Burbank. California Unified School District solicited SIOIOOO in contributions from eight employers, among them Lockheed, NBC, Colum- bia Pictures, and Universal Studios, to renovate an empty school building for child care. In return, each employer re- ceived 20 slots for its children. Companies can also help or- ganize so-called family day care provid- ers, that is, neighborhood people who care for up to six children in their homes. Many parents prefer this home- like setting for vev young children. This option is particularly flexible. The f3cility can be located near home or work, hours can be extended according to work shifts, it can serve a wide range of ages, and the number of providers can expand or contract as needs change. Several companies hire local agencies to recruit, train, and license family day care providers along their employees' commuting paths. St. Luke's Rush-Presbyterian Medical Center in Chicago, which has a 225-infant wait- ing list for its own on-site center, estab- Iished a satellite system of family day care homes for which the hospital's center provides training and backup support (as when a caregiver gets sick). . Who's doing what? Companies that help with child care get involved in roughly four ways: providing services where the community supply is lacking; offering idormation about parenting or on how to select quality care; giving financial assistance for purcnasing community services; and freeing up time to help employees balance the responsibilities of iamily and work. Providing services Some companies decide that an on-site child caxe center is the best option for them. They either run them themselves or rent space to a profes- sional organization. Stride Rite Corpo- ration began its first on-site program in 1971. Parents can have lunch with their children, breast-feed, administer medi- cine when necessary, and meet easily with teachers. Employees pay for the program according to a salary-based, slidingfee scale, with the maximum fee $65 a week. The success of the first program led to a second Stride Rite center in January 1982. Wang Laborato- ries in Massachusetts and Hoffmann- La Roche in New Jersey also have on- site centers. These companies believe that by hiring center staff as company employees and making them eligible for company benefits they attract better and more committed caregivers. Offering information The child care svster ten fragmented, poorly advertis varied in quality. A poor child c. choice may translate into addit. days off from work when pareni look for new arrangements. More than 500 comp. have contracted with local info and referral agencies that maim computerized lists of available care services. Run by the Unitel or as private, nonprofit agencies can be found in the yellow page - i Harvard Business Review 0 March-April 1986 30 Y a Exhibit Results of three national .. surveys of employers that provide child care services Perry, 1978* Magid, 1983t Burud, et at., 191 Survy "What, if any, of the following changes Survey "Which of the following items do you "Would you say that question are changes that have occurred as a question perceive as having been aftected by :::.on service has had an the following aspec operation?" Respo given a list of 16 itei asked to rate the ef care program on ea negative. unknown, result of havin a day care center for employees?" %cespondents were given a list of 7 items and were asked to indicate which had been affected by the child care service. the child care program?" Respon- dents were given a list of 16 items and were asked to rank the top 5 items that were most significantly affected by the child care service. Each item was then weighted according to the number and order of the rankings and a cumulative rank assigned. (Only positive items were listed. like "recruitment advantage," "less turn- * over," "lower absenteeism." etc.) Survey 58 empioyers responded. most of Survey 204 companies responded. Survey Out of 415 surveys. sample 178 businesses an5 question. The majoi sample which were hospitals with on-site sample dents were empioyc their own day care ( child care centers. Aspects Percentage Aspects Cumulative Aspects affected of employers affected rankings by affected responding respondents affirmatively Increased ability to 88 % Recruitment 440 Employee morale attract employees advantage absenteeism employee morale Public relations Improved 65 Lower absentee 214 Employee work employee attitude rates satisfaction toward soonsoring organization Less turnover 21 1 Public@ Favorable publicity 60 Attract persons on 208 Abiiity to attract because of center leave back to work new or returning Lower job turnover 57 Attract available 205 rate talented Ernoloyee Improved 55 employee attitude improve emoioyee 170 Turnover toward work work satisfacrion Employee Improved 36 Better public 154 motivation community relations Aosenteeism relations Better community 137 image Scheduling flexibility Productivity Improve employee 67 Oua!ity of work motivation force Improve produc- 40 Equal employment tion efficiency opportunity Availability of 26 temporary help Quality of products Tax advantage 14 Provide equal 13 opportunity employment Improved quality 11 of product produced Recruitment .. -Lower 72 Improved 345 L workers employees commitment ' Less tardiness 88 . or service Tardiness *Kathryn Senn Perry. Employers and Child Care: Establishing SeNlces Through the Workplace fwashinglon. D.C.: Women's Bureau. US. Depanment ot Labor. 1982). *Renee Y. Magid. Child Care Initiative5 br Working Pareors: Why Employers Get Involved (New York: American Manage men1 Assouation. 1983). ttSandra Eurud. Pamela and Jacquel n McCros Supponed &Id Care: Human Resources (Bo House. 1984). /Continued on page 321 - Harvard Business Review programs usually limit eligibility to certain income groups or ages of chil- dren. Polaroid Corporation covers a portion of the child care costs for em- ployees whose yearly family incomes are under $25,000. The Measurex Cor- . poration pays $100 per month for child care costs during an infant’s first year. Baxter Travenol Laboratories (in Illi- nois) and Palmetto (FloridaJ Hospital confine vouchers to a selected group of day care centers. Zayre Corporation reimburses employees $20 a week for any child care they choose for their children five years old and under. A recent Conference Board survey found that fewer than 25 U.S. companies offer this direct form of fi- nancial assistance, which comes to about $750 to $1,000 per year per recip- ient employee.3 Flexible benefit pro- grams, which let employees choose among an array of benefits, are usually cheaper for employers than vouchers. About 2,000 employers now provide flexible benefits, and approximately 50% to 75% of their plans offer depen- dent care as an option. Dependent care-includmg care for children, elder- ly parents, and handicapped dependents -is a nontaxable benefit. It is one of many options in a cafeteria of choices offered by Educational Testing Service, American Can, Procter & Gamble, Steelcase, and Comerica. Another type of flexible plan is the freestanding flexible spending ac- count, which maintains a basic benefit package, then creates a spending ac- count for a variety of taxable and non- taxable benefits. The account may include an employer contribution, aug- mented by a portion of profit’sharing, but it is usually funded through salary reduction-which enables employees to use pretax dollars to purchase child care. The salary reduction option actu- ally lowers employers’ costs by elimi- nating social security and unemploy- ment expenses for the amount of sala- ries reduced. Chemical Bank contributes $300 per employee to a spending ac- count that includes child care assis- tance that can be augmented with 50% of profit sharing and up to $5,000 in salary reduction. In 1984, child care ac- counted for nearly 2% of all the bank’s employee benefit choices and 8.7% of reimbursement dollars available from its benefit programs. This totaled $518,053 for child care assistance. Mel- ‘March-April 1986 e 32 proviie on-site counseling, parenting seminars, and publicity materials to promote the child care services to em- ployees. contractor called Work/Family Direc- tions to identify local resource and re- ferral programs for employees in its 200 plant sites. Through this program, the company funds local agencies to provide referrals and follow-up services for all IBM parents seeking child care. The corporation also allocates money to stimulate the supply of chdd care services so more parents can eventu- ally be accommodated. house referral programs. Steelcase hc.’s child care services include employee access to two child care specialists who conduct parenting workshops and help workers find appropriate community resources. Child care problems often call for partnership between the public and private arenas. Local governments can facilitate employer involvement by creatinga child care delivery system that businesses can, in turn, augment. The pattern of employer support for child care suggests that companies are less interested in starting up new pro- gams than they are in helping their employees find or pay for existing ser- vices. BankAmerica Foundation an- nounced a plan in March 1985 to ex- pand the supply and improve the quaiity of child care throughout the state of California. The foundation were it not for the statewide system of resource and referral agencies the Cali- fornia legislature had already created. lon Bank, Warvard Universi PepsiCo have also establish ing accounts that include d care as an option. IBM has created a national Freeing up time Flextime, part-til and job sharing are arrange: U.S. companies are introdu duce workers’ child care pr proximately one-third of th “1300” companies offer the ees personal leave or sick cl leave when family member A Columbia Unii study reports that every We dustrial nation except the 1. States mandates some form nity leave.s In the U.S., the : nancy Discrimination Act I companies to treat pregnanl other disability. Consequen employees return to work a lowed six to eight weeks of Among higher income won of three return within four I cording to a 1983 study.6 On female workers, however, hi ity coverage and receive pay maternity leave. Some coml experimenting with matern temity leaves to facilitate tf to return to work after birth tion. Another survey indica1 women do not necessarily M time off; some preferfo retl: on a part-time basis for a wl Businesses also set up in- might not have set this ambitious goal . c, How you can gel Selecting the righ~ depends on a unique blend o ment objectives, employees’ community resources. To be important to give at least on the company the responsibil ploring work-family issues a range of solutions available. nies often organize a task foi research and decision makir. zations like the Work and Fa mation Center of the Confer can provide national data ani to companies that already ha grams. State child care licen: cies, the United Way, and loc agencies also have helpful in Internal sources li ployee assistance programs, I Easing financial burdens It can cost a family from $1,500 to $15,000 a year for child care [with most spending about $3,000 a year]. Some employers help by arrang- ing for dscounts at local child care pro- grams, much as some already do for car rentals and sporting events. An esti- mated 300 employers contract with profit-making centers that use dis- counts themselves as a marketing tool and a way to fill unused spaces. Most of these programs offer a 10% discount; in about half the contracts, the employ- er contributes 10% of the fee as well. vouchers as a direct form of subsidy to employees. Companies with voucher Other employers provide .. I - 34 e e. >. records, exit interviews, and health in- surance claims can uncover informa- ployees’ needs. Group meetings of surveys may be problematical. . . 10% to 15% of surveyed parents who indicate a wish for an on-site child care children when such a center first opens - tion about the scope and nature of em- References employees and surveys can help, but 1 Ramsav Coopn and Dianne Burden, srudv in propess by the BostonUniveniry School of Social Work. Experience shows that only 2 Arthur C. Ernleu and Paul E. Koreq Hard to Find and Difficult to Manage: The Effects of Chld Caze on the Workplace [Portland Stare University, 19841,p.6: and Arthur C. Emlen, lames Kushmuk, Paul E. Koren. and Leslie Faught, Communitv Snares: Corporate Finanung of a Child Care Iniormauon Service Depanment of Health and Human Services. 1985), p. 10. 3 See my report, Corporate Financial Assistance ior Child Care (New York Conference Board, 1985). corporate involvement in child care . Dmcuons for the Future center, for example, actually enroll up. Only after it has established a good reputation will very many employees start to use it. Of course, companies need to assess what already exists in the costs and the quality of local services, and they may identify community peo- community and learn about prevailing , IWashmgron. D.C.: ple to collaborate with later. All this is part of the job of getting started. 4 Corporauons and Two-Career Families: Arguments for and against (New York: Catalyst, 1981 I, p. 45. exist. Increasingly, however, it is a com- petitive issue: Will child caTe help at- tract and hold workers, reduce turnover, 5 Yale Bush Center L on Child Development and Social Policy Advisory Committee onlnfanr Care Leave, INew Haven, Conn.: Iiovember 26,1985!, p. 2. .. .. absenteeism, error, and accidents? Employer-supported child Statement and Recommendations care is likely to grow at a slow but steady pace. The movement is tem- pexed by business executives who tend more involved in the personal lives of 6 SheilaB. Kameman. Alfred 1. Kahn, and Paul Kmgston. .hiotern:rS Pobcies and Woriun:: Women iNew \iurk: Columbia Universirv Press. 19831, p. 66. to proceed with caution when getting their staffs. For ths reason, companies may begin with smali steps toward un- derstanding work and family issues and responding to employees’ child 7 The Corporare Guide to ?or5nta! icave ‘New Wrk. Caialvst, IO br puhiisncd in spring 1986!. care needs. But the Employee Benefit Research Institute predicts that child care will be the fnnge benefit of the 1990s. That is likely to happen because, being sound for employees, it becomes good for business. .. - , a Q DEVELOPMENTAL 1200 ELM, SERVICES CARLSBAD, CI (619) 43 LAND USE PLANNINQ OFFICE Citp of 4Carlsbab NEGATIVE DECLARATION PROJECT ADDRESS/LOCATION: City of Carlsbad. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: A General Plan Amendment to amend the Land Use Element to include the encouragement of childcare in the community as a goal of the General Plan. The City of Carlsbad has conducted an environmental review of the above described project pursuant to the Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act and the Environmental Protection Ordinance of the City of Carlsbad. As a result of said review, a Negative Declaration (declaration that the project will not have a significant impact on the environment) is hereby issued for the subject project. Justification for this action is on file in the Planning Department. A copy of the Negative Declaration with supportive documents is on file in the Planning Department, City Hall, 1200 Elm Avenue, Carlsbad, CA., 92008. Comments from the public are invited. Please submit comments in writing to the Planning Department within ten (10) days of date of issuance. DATED: June28, 1986 CASE NO: GPA/LU 86-4 Planning Director APPLICANT: City of Carlsbad PUBLISH DATE: June 28, 1986 ND4 11/85 \ Chairman Schlehuber declared the public hearing opened at 6:11 pa. and issued the invitation to speak. Julie Nygaard, 3405 Spanish Way, representing Carlsbad School District, addressed the Commissionand informed that she would not be able to attend the August 13th meeting. She spoke in favor of this General Plan Amendment. Ms. Nygaard informed that the Boys and Girls Club worked with Carlsbad School District to establish a program called Scampers which services 60 children at four different school sites. However, this is not meeting all the needs of Carlsbad. waiting to get into this program, but there is no more space. The cost is also excessive and continues to grow. The State is considering licensing the program and if this is done, then the cost will double which may eliminate the program completely. Ms. Nygaard further stated that at Valley Junior High approximately 40 percent of the students are beinq serviced by an after school program. predicted that approximately 60 percent of the students will be serviced by that program. bill passed by the Governor states in essense that anyone who works in Carlsbad will now be .able to bring their children to Carlsbad schools. What this means is that there will not be anything for those children to do and probably no where to go after school. She submitted a letter from San Marcos School District endorsing the approval of this General Plan Amendment. There being no other person in the audience desiring to address the Commission on this matter, Chairman Schlehuber declared the public hearing continued to August 13, 1986. There are a number of people In two years, it is She added that a recent 1) GPAJLU 86-8JZC-347JLCPA 86-1 - CITY OF CARLSBAD - General Plan Amendments, Zone Changes and Local Coastal Plan Amendments to bring the General Plan, Zoninq and Local Coastal Plan maps into conformance. Mike Howes, Senior Planner, stated the purpose of this report and recommendations is to bring the land use desiqnations on the General Plan, Zoning Map and Local Coastal Plan into conformancy. Mr. Howes gave the staff presentation on the first section of the report dealing with the General Plan and Zoning inconsistencies outside of the Coastal Zone. I CALL TO ORDER: The Regular Meetinq was called to order by Chairman Schlehuber at 6:OI p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE was led by Chairman Schlehuber. ROLL CALL: Present - Chairman Schlehuber, Commissioners McFadden, Hall, Marcus, McBane, Holmes and Schramn. Absent - None. Staff Members Present: Charles Grimm, Assistant Planning Director Dave Hauser, Assistant City Engineer Dan Hentschke, Assistant City Attorney Mike Howes, Senior Planner Bob Johnson, Traffic Engineer Adrienne Landers, Assistant Planner Gary Wayne, Senior Planner PLANNING COMMISSION PROCEDURES Chairman Schlehuber reviewed the Planning Comnission prwcedures followed in public hearings for the benefit of the audience. AGENDA ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED A request was made from staff to continue Item No. 6 to the next reaular meeting (August 27, 1986). Chairman Schlehiiber inquired whether there was anyone in the audience desiring to speak on this item. in the audience indicated that he could return to the next regular meeting if the Comnission continues this item. A gentleman The Planning Commission continued Item No. 6 - GPA/LU 86-71 ZCA-197 - CITY OF CARLSMD - Amendments to the General Plan and Zoninq Ordinance to create a land use desiqna- tion and zone for the AT&SF Railroad Right-of-way and the 1-5 Freeway. CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARINGS: A General Plan lement to include the encouragement of childcare in the community as a goal of the General Plan. meeting of July 30, 1986) (Continued from the Mike Howes, Senior Planner, gave a brief review of the above item and introduced Adrienne Landers who will be giving the presentation on this item. COMMISSIONERS % g3 Schlehuber X McFadden xx Hall X Marcus X McBane X Holmes X Schramn X 0 MINUTES 0 \j SAP "0 +p/ A Ms. Landers, Assistant Planner, gave the background and analysis on the proposed General Plan Amendment as contained in the staff report. The proposed goal, in conformance with all other elements of the General Plan, as well as the Zoning Ordinance, will benefit the community by recognizing the common need for child care and attempting to reduce the growing shortage of child care in Carlsbad. Chairman Schlehuber inquired on the background of the statistical profile contained in the staff report. Ms. Landers pointed out that the report was compiled by the Childcare Resource Service which is affiliated with YMCA and funded by the State. They received their data from information gathered from SANDAG and the Census Ehreau. She further responded that the data dealt with licensed child care providers only. Chairman Schlehuber declared the public hearing opened at 6:lO p.m. and issued the invitation to speak. Dan Sherlock, 3741 Monroe Street, Director of the Carlsbad Boys and Girls Club, addressed the Commission in support of the proposed amendment and enlightened the Commission further on the child care situation in Carlsbad. He gave the definition of a l'latchkeyl' child. He pointed out that there are seven exempt facilities in town with 337 spaces. Of those spaces, about 10% are vacant at all times. gave brief statistical information regarding the Scampers program. Margie Cool, 2510 Unicornio Street, addressed the Commission and read a statement into the record opposing the General Plan amendment because she feels that the goal is not consistent with the existing goals of the Land Use Element. (The statement is on file with the Clerk. 1 Hap L'Heureux, President of the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, addressed the Comnission in opposition to the , General Plan amendment. He stated that he concurred with the statements made by Ms. Cool, and pointed out that this is a social service issue and not a land use issue. He stated that although many of the people in the business community endorse the language and the concept of child care, there are a lot of questions in their minds on what the inclusion of this goal will entail. He suggested that the Commission recomnend a human service element to the General Plan be created that addresses not just the day care issue but other social items as well. Mae 3ohnson, 7227 Mimosa, representing the League of Women Voters, North Coast, San Diego County, addressed the Commission in support of the General Plan amendment and read a statement into the record listing the various aspects of Child Care supported by the League of Women Voters of San Diego County. (The statement is on file with the Clerk. ) Doris Lipska, representing Childcare Resource Service, 1843 Campesino Place, Oceanside, addressed the Commission and informed that they are the service which prepared the statistical profile included in the staff report. She gave a brief history regarding their agency and stressed that child care needs to be seen as an essential service in any community. He 0 , 0 MINUTES Page 3 \\B 5 % TJ% 1 August 13, 1986 PLANNING COMMISSION Ms. Lipska pointed out the various obstacles that day care centers face and subsequently are discouraged from proceeding. She emphasized that this goal is a land use issue as child care facilities reouire space -- space which is not available because of the excessive land costs. Resource Service would be glad to provide the Commission with the resources and information available to them on this issue. Ms. Lipska responded to various questions posed by Chairman Schlehuber regarding the statistical profile and informed that they have available and will provide the Commission a national study done by Sandra &rud wherein various companies were surveyed wherein it was noted in some cases that reduced absenteeism resulted from the provision of child care by the employer. McFadden noted that the Dana E. Friedman report included in the staff report also addresses that particular issue. Peggy Blush, Director of Pilgrim Children's Center, Pilgrim Congregational Church, addressed the Commission in favor of the amendment. She stressed that there is a demand for child care services in Carlsbad, and expressed her concern that because of the lack of licensed day care centers, many of the children end up in homes that are not licensed. She concurred with Ms. Lipska that there is no space available for child care centers because of the high costs involved, and pointed to Children's World as an example - they have been actively looking for property for three years now. In response to Commissioner Marcus, Ms. Blush informed that their center is licensed for 80 children, and there are 25 children on a waiting list presently. Camille Mitkevich, 4640 Trieste Drive, Carlsbad, representing the Soroptomist International and the Family Services of San Diego County (Oceanside/Carlsbad Off ice), addressed the Commission in favor of the amendment and pointed out that the child care issue is a land use, economic and social issue. She pointed out a parent's work performance is closely tied to the quality of child care available in the City and stressed the need for facilities geared to include children in every age category and in close proximity and meeting the health needs of sick children. Ms. Mitkevich concluded by stating that the Family Services has a program ready for use to counsel couples and single parents to identify the child care specific needs and the child care resources. There beinq no other person in the audience desiring to address the Commission on this matter, Chairman Schlehuber declared the public hearing closed at 6:35 p.m. Commissioner McFadden inouired why the Commission could not consider the recommendations contained in the staff report beyond deciding whether to approve the General Plan amendment or not. Chairman Schlehuber further inquired on the reasons why staff was proposing that this goal be included in the Land Use Element of the General Plan. She concluded by stating that the Childcare Commissioner Ms. Landers explained that staff feels it is important to establish this as a Citywide goal in the General Plan. Staff does not know specifically what the needs are, and could not make any specific recommendations other than to include the goal in the General Plan. However, staff does hope that the Planning Commission will make a recommendation to the City Council to establish a task- force who can make specific recomnendations following a needs assessment. Dan Hentschke, Assistant City Attorney, added that by including the child care goal in the Land Use Element of the General Plan, the Commission is establishing a policy for the physical development of the child care facilities. There is no question as to the legality of placing this policy in the Land Use Element and is entirely appropriate. Commissioner McFadden recommended that the Commission consider all the recomnendations contained in the staff Page August 13, 1986 PLANNING COMMISSION report. She pointed wt a correction to Recommendation trB't. The last sentence reads "...to recommend and implement policies...to the Council". She stated it should be reworded to read "...to recomnend the implementinq policies...to the Council". and staff concurred with this correction. Commissioner McFadden commented that she saw the City's role as the facilitator and coordinator to get all of the fraqmented child care units functioning to offer alternate options for the City's residents. Commissioner McFadden suggested that another recommendation be added to the list of recomnendations as follows: "3. Establish childcare benefit options for municipal employees such as, flex hours, job sharing, vendor voucher, custodial child care and the like in the employees benefits package." child care consortium with other businesses to institute an accessible child care facility. Commissioner Holmes added that the City should not overlook a means of startinq child care financially by attaching a condition to a business license -- businesses should have their fair financial share in the provision of child care. In the discussion that ensued wherein various Commissioners expressed their support of the amendment, Chairman Schlehuber stated that although he definitely supports the amendment, he could not support Recommendations "Elq1 - "3" until Recommendation lvA't - a formal needs assessment - is completed. The Commission The suggestion is to join a OMM MISSIONERS % $7 I I is August 13, 1986 COMMISSIONERS % I The Planning Commission recommended approval of the recommending approval of GPA/LU 86-4 to the City Council Schlehuber McFadden Hall Mc0ane Holmes Schramm Negative Declaration and adopted the following Resolution based on the findings contained therein, and further Marcus recommending to the City Council Recommendations "A" - 11 3" . RESOLUTION NO. 2572 RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT BY THE ADDITION OF WORDING TO ENCOURAGE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CHILDCARE FACILITIES AS A GOAL OF THE GENERAL PLAN. (A communication from Carol McCart opposing the amendment, Resolution No. 3-8687 from the Carlsbad Unified School District supporting the amendment, arid a communication noting a phone call from Kathy Riggers from North Coast YMCA supporting the amendment are on file with the Clerk.) RECESS The Planning Commission recessed at 6:50 p.m. and reconvened at 6:53 p.m. 2) GPA/LU 86-6 - CITY OF CARLSBAD - A General Plan ro THE TEXT OF THE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN Amendment to revise the General'Plan designation on properties which have inappropriate designations. (Continued from the July 30th meeting) Mike Howes, Senior Planner, gave the presentation on this item as contained in the staff report and described the location of the subject property with the aid of a map. Mr. Howes gave the background of the Commission's previous action on this matter and the reasons that staff is recommending a General Plan amendment from RMH to RM as contained in the staff report. Commissioner McBane inquired why it would not be more appropriate to consider this land use as part of the Master Plan analysis for La Costa. Mr. Howes explained that the Master Plan analysis going on right now is Just considering the undeveloped portions of the La Costa area that are owned by the La Costa Ranch Company. that the La Costa Master Plan revisions began, this property was and is not now owned by the La Costa Ranch Company. Staff is just looking at the large undeveloped acreages. There are a number of smaller vacant parcels throughout La Costa that are not included in that study. Chairman Schlehuber declared the continued public hearing opened at 7:05 p.m. and issued the invitation to speak. Tim Roberts, representing the La Costa Ranch Company, 6994 El Camino Real, Suite 202, addressed the Commission and advised that he was here as the community developer in the La Costa area, and as the banker involved in the subject property. He gave the reasons why he is requestina the Commission to continue this matter for an additional two months at which time the La Costa Ranch Company will have full title to the subject .propert) and can fully represent this property at a public hearing and possibly work out a sensitive design with staff. (The current property owner was not present to represent the property.) At the time $% 1 xx X X X X EXHIBIT 6 * Man 0 * Wb-0 m t3 ow u) ~taza v) awd J b) kmm a d EOM a * #W-+ u .[IQDHclUH w* W -- And how will kids raised by nannies and in day care centers turn out? ‘Worries are from corporate boardrooms to Congress to Doonesbury cartoons. by Fern Schurn, ONRAD LUNG, 37, vice president nationwide look at the re12 of Amtex Sportswear Inc., used to child care problems and go to his Maphattan office every day recent Doonesbury strip. A child being conducted in coordination C a profoundly unhappy man. The picked up from a day care center tells his Bank Street College of E source of his pain was the source of his Gallup Organization. FORI joy: Jennifer Lung, his then 1-year-old tions about child care, s daughter. Lung’s wife, Ym, also works for and job satisfaction. Basec Amtex, as manager of operations, and little Bank Street analysts mea Jennifer spent 11 hours a day in a child of certain parental anxieti care center near the family’s house on carry over into the workpl Long Island. Says Lung: “I had a lot of HE RESULTS, whic the table on page thers are sharing I T sponsibilities but trouble concentrating on my job. I had this image of my girl crying, and it wouldn’t leave me.” He thought about quitting to stay home. After his parents moved next door and took over as babysitters, his mind stress, and guilt associate went back to work. But, he says, “the guilt child in someone else’s c has not disappeared completely.” almost as likely as mothe The first, heady, breaking-new-ground ologists, child psychologists, and other social job interferes with family 1 phase of the social experiment called dual- even more inclined to sac1 career parenting seems to be ending. In its tunities that would cost thc place: a more reflective, and troubling, turn out. The notion that society would bene- their family. Nearly 30% stage. More and more parents are asking survey said that they had whether the higher salary, bigger title, or promotion, or transfer bec extra professional recognition can make up meant less family time; 25 for leaving a toddler in tears each morning, gave the same response. P or returning to a teen who is hurt and an- men and women sought gry each night. Even parents who can af- job in order to spend mc ford the best child care worry that it will families. not provide the warmth and doting atten- A recent Stanford 1 tion they remember having as children. In a showed that husbands of recent study of corporate women officers have more anxiety aboui prepared by the executive search firm Hei- their wives do. Says Thov drick & Struggles, the respondents ranked employees are willing to sacrifice work fessor emeritus of applie quality time with children as the primary conducted the study: “A personal sacrifice they made because of seems to insulate husbanc their careers. stresses.” Michael Nicoli Management psychologists agree that ager at Campbell Soup Cc nothing tugs more insistently at executive Jersey, says he’s proof of psyches these days than the fear of short- his two boys were young REPORTER ASSOCIATE Susan Caminifi of his work time worry changing the kids. Garry Trudeau, cartoonist and father of three, captured the feeling in a mother: “I was crying because all the other children went home and you were late again, but Mrs. Wicker gave me Oreos and let me watch cartoons and I called her ‘Mommy’ by mistake.” The mother looks at her child and says, “You play hardball, kid.” The issue of who should take care of the children is fast emerging as the No. 1 source of executive guilt. Says Dr. Lee Salk, professor of psy- chology in psychiatry and pediatrics at New York Hospital-Cornel1 Medical Center: “Guilt is what parents are coming to talk to me about.” Nor is personal guilt the only worry. Soci- scientists are analyzing how children raised by babysitters and in day care centers will fit if infants were able to spend their first few months with their parents is driving a new bill in Congress called the Family and Me&- cal Leave Act. Warns Salk “Unless we pro- vide good-quality child care, we are going to see more problems in adolescents. These kids are going to say to their parents: ‘Why should I listen to you now when you weren’t there when I needed you?’ ” Corporations are beginning to discover that more and more of their most valued time, productivity, and possibly even ca- reers to devote themselves to family mat- ters. To see how working couples handle the conflicting pressures of raising children and holding down jobs, FORTUNE commis- sioned a survey of 400 men and women with children under 12. The study, the first 30 FORTUNE FEBRUARY 16, 1987 4 dszz their day care center. However, he was qui at ease when his wife, Diane, who works pz time, was with them. Parents generally do not wear their gu on their sleeves, and those answering tl FORTUNE survey were no exceptions. Mc said they were very satisfied with the ch care solutions they had found and were co vinced that the children of dual-career co ples are more independent, more social adept, and have interesting role models fc parents. But they also admitted to mar anxieties: 61% worried that children wei rushed to conform to parents’ schedules, ar 57% were concerned that children did nc get enough attention. More important, the survey showed th, child care responsibilities take a toll on prl ductivity. Some 41% of parents in the survc lost at least one day’s work in the thre months prior to the poll to care for famil matters-tending a sick child or going to school play-and nearly 10% took three t five days off. Ellen Galinsky, director c Work and Family Life Studies at Bank Streei who designed the survey with colleagu Diane Hughes, figures that these results wi surprise most managers, since they shol that in some cases child care is as strong a influence on a worker’s performance as suc predictable motivating factors as the numbe of hours worked, the relationship with a su pervisor-and even job security. Says Ga linsky: “Our major finding is that problem: with child care are the most significant pre dictors of absenteeism and unproductiw time at work.” One glimpse of the productivity cost: comes from a recent book, Chtldcare an( Corporate Productivity, by John P. Fernandez a manager of personnel services at AT&T Fernandez found that 77% of women anc 73% of men he surveyed take time awaj from work attending to their children-mak- ing phone calls, ducking out for a long lunch to go to a school play. That alone translates into hundreds of millions of dollars in lost output for U.S. corporations, he says. Working parents seem to be trying to as- suage their guilt by cutting corners on the job-and that vexing situation is not likely to change. The typical American family, with dad at work and mom taking care of the kids, is mainly the stuff of Ozzie and Harriet re- runs. Less than 33% of families follow the Nelson family model, vs. 48% 11 years ago, Security is a father’s leg forBen11 Walker, 2, as he starts a day at My Other Mother’s, a child care center in Alexandria, VirGnia. 1 FEBRUARY 16, 1987 FORTUNE 31 ~- -. --- I__~ ~___ - e. 0 And in a dramatic departure from the old help. A nanny, babysitter, ( ways, nearly half the mothers with children who stays with the child dL less than 1 year old work. Some women do it perhaps the most convenier for personal gratification; career opportuni- , care. Parents do not have ties for women are greater than they ever up and schlep halfway acros: have been. Others work because they must: The child has all the condor One family in six is headed by a single, di- the opportunity to monopoli vorced, or widowed woman. , ganizations. Regulations in some states, attention. But this is an exp A Conference Board survz 5 costs in major US. cities nies who come for the day $200 a week in Dallas, C Francisco, and as much as To get around the high cos1 sponsor immigrants to wor others risk tangling with tl illegal aliens. about $150 a week, room and board. Ma F ins are au pairs, YOL Europe or rural parts of thi the job as much for the ex1 in another part of the world I Au pairs in the program s American Institute for Fore necticut-based nonprofit o week for 45 hours of chi housekeeping; parents also tion $55 a week. Anothe nized by the Experiment Living, charges the same fl Famiiy day care, in whic dozen children are supervis house, has several advan adult every day, a chance and economy. Some states ters; others regulate only h more than five children. costs about $50 to $100 a for a child under 5. Most of the people responding to the Institutional day care CI FORTUNE survey said they did not have quire that a child be at lea much trouble making child care arrange- toilet trained. The Cod( ments. But one of three parents of infants, ports that parents in Atlan and one of four parents of 3- to 5-year-olds, child ratio. Wages tend to be low-an a week for a child under 5 reported that finding care was difficult. average of $8,000 a year for child care pro- York City counterparts I About one-quarter of the fathers and moth- viders-and turnover is high, about 40% a $150. Parents like day carc ers chose day care centers for their 1- to 5- year. Says Lawrence Schweinhart of the they are reliable and give year-olds. The next most popular solutions: HigWScope Educational Research Founda- taste for learning and sucl a babysitter who works in the house, and tion, a nonprofit child care development drinking from a cup and s so-called family day care in someone else’s group in Ypsilanti, Michigan: “A parking lot centers tend to have inill house. Not surprisingly, one-quarter of the attendant is paid the same as a child care departure times. And the parents of infants said they left them with worker. If we assign the same importance sick children, a situation t relatives. to someone who parks our cars as to those parents to consider “I dol not reliably report whether they have been treated with sensitive attention or blasC inmerence. Quality in day care centers varies enor- mously. States license the private for-profit and not-for-profit centers, but not those run by public agencies and, often, religious or- OR LIVE-IN HELP Infants as young as six weeks are enrolled at My OtherMother’s, a nonprofit center that promotes its “loving developmental learningprogram to meet the needs of contemporary families.” however, tend to govern simple criteria- the height of children’s tables, the number of toilets-and ignore such important mat- ters as learning activities or the teacher- 32 FORTUNE FEBRUARY 16, 1987 0 0 Y ment of child care expenses, ’ working hours. At the very bottc 3 employees in the survey rank & and referral services, control hours, and more part-time work orities of working parents in coi already offered many or all of the were quite merent. They claim time, the resource and referral control over work schedule we valuable company child care pol HE MOST EXPENSIVE 1 a company can make tc with children is to build a T care center. Only 150 con taken this step and some, fin& too high, have dropped out. months ago Kerry Clayton, the Western Life Insurance in St. Pa ta, figured on spending $600,000 a building that would house We child care center. Those plans hold Clayton says not enough were interested. Campbell Sou part of a warehouse into a day ca agement training. Galinsky explains that the 120 children in 1983, which is no respondents indicated they wanted their sources for Child Care Manager compensation tied to performance so that Jersey company. Campbell says ~ they could spend more money on child care. operation average $60 a week She also says that the management training puts up about 60% of the the parents had in mind was the kind that $350,000 a year, and the employ makes supervisors more sensitive to em- rest. The company is planning to ployees with child care needs. The next most facility for a total of 320 childrer popular choices were work-family seminars, The advantages of such a cenl subsidized child care, ability to use salary de- ous. Parents can drop in any tim ductions for child care, partial reimburse- haps most important-know the No need to call in sick: At Chicken Soup, a Minneapolis day care centerfor ill chila chicken pox sufferers like Jamie Luecke, 3, center, and Benjamin Brausen, 4% are welo heads to Hewlett-Packard’s Cujertino, California, ofice. Ybarra cares for six children in her house. most upsetting four words in a toddler’s vocabulary. The variable quality of. child care means that many parents will not be able to shed the nagging doubts about what’s going on during those long hours at the office. Whose prob- lem is this? A case can be made that it is not only the parents’ but the employers’ and ulti- mately society’s. Says Bank Street’s Ga- linsky: “Couples seem to feel that child care is their problem alone. It’s not. It’s an institu- tional problem. Families have changed much faster than the institutions that the family re- lies on.” A growing number of corporations seem 2 to be trying to catch up. About 3,000 com- g panies offer subsidized day care centers, fi- nancial assistance for child care, or child care referral services. That’s a jump of 50% since 1984. Dana Friedman, senior re- search associate at the Conference Board, says, “Child care is likely to be the fringe benefit of the 199Os, because being sound for employees, it becomes good for business.” What do employees want from a company in terms of child care help? FORTUNE asked the working parents it surveyed which child care benefits they would like their employers to introduce and which benefits already in place were most valuable. The two did not always correspond. At the top of the wish list are a pair of items that seem to have nothing to do with child care: merit raises and man- , 5 c e e LOOKING AHEAD is guaranteeing the quality of the care. Com- paid professionals who can afford the fees.” ees want such a diversity of panies benefit too, especially in recruiting Some companies have found ways to un- vices that an on-site center w and retaining employees. “The day care cen- derwrite day care centers without paying the inappropriate.” The compan, ter swayed me to come to Campbell when I entire bill or taking on the managerial head- consultants who go out to ev left Johnson & Johnson,” says Robert Re- aches. Merck & Co. provided a grant to start centers and family-care horn velle, a product marketing manager for a center in a vacant school near its Rahway, lists of approved centers and Swanson Dinners. Alvin Stern, a research New Jersey, headquarters. The nonprofit employees to use. Steelcase scientist at Hoffmann-La Roche in Nutley, center, run by a local group, covers most of ployees meet the costs of chil , New Jersey, placed his three children in the its operating costs with fees; the rest comes ing flexible benefits: They ca company’s center. Says he: “I was a single from fund raising. their nonsalary compensatio! parent for four years. During that time La costs instead of, say, dental ir TILL MORE ATTRACTIVE for says a recent survey showed effective-is a resource and referral reported that it made them m S service, which trains parents how to productive at work. Roche supported me. For that, I really appre- The problems with on-site day care are not so obvious. Since the centers have lim- ited openings, some employees get prefer- find quality child care and screens a commu- Companies that do not I+ entia1 treatment. Manufacturers tend to nity’s existing day care facilities. Steelcase into the resource and refen build on-site day care at headquarters Inc., the office furniture manufacturer in their own can sign on one of where their higher-paid employees work; Grand Rapids, Michigan, set up this service in the field that are popping often no child care is available at the fac- in 1980 after concluding that starting and op- US. IBM contracted in 198: tories. Says Robert Lurie, president of Re- erating a high-quality day care center would ton-based WorWFamily Dirt sources for Child Care Management, a benefit too few employees to justify its profit child care consulting g consulting firm: “You find situations where -costs. What’s more, says James C. Soule, paid the firm to establish the people using the centers are the well- vice president of human resources, “employ- based family centers and opf ‘r many companies-and far more cost- employees who used the IF ciate the company,” ’ L 2 Wilkeningspends his lunch hou to daughter Rachel, 1, who has a Other childrengo fora walk, abo drug company put up the seed m the center, which is located two m headquarters zn Rahway, New Jc ___~ day care centers for IBM employees and other families in communities all over the US. Says James Daly, manager of IBM’s employee assistance programs: “We believe a company shouldn’t go into a community and sap its resources.” The BankAmerica Foundation has underwritten a consortium of corporations and government agencies formed to make more and better child care available in five California counties. The three-year-old consortium has a $1.1-million budget for recruiting, training, and helping license day care workers. For sheer cost-effectiveness, nothing beats a facility for children too sick to go to ployers, up 50% from a year ago, have made some provision so that the mommies and daddies of cold, flu, or chicken pox suf- ferers can still report for work. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation and Levi Strauss & Co. funded a 17-bed children’s infirmary that is attached to an independent day care center in San Jose, California. 0th- er companies arrange to have trained nurses sent to the child at home. A group of law and accounting firms in Tucson, Ari- zona, pays $8 an hour for medical aides to hold the hands of employees’ sick children. A FORTUNE nonprofit child care service: “The employ- ers can’t even get a temporary for $8 an hour to replace an absent secretary.” First Bank System, a Minneapolis bank holding company, pays 75% of the $26.26 a day for each employee’s child who checks in to Though working fathers and mothers pretty much agree that they share equally in child care Chicken Soup, a sick-child day care opera- responsibilities and that theirjobs interfere with family life, morefathers say they have refused a new tion in Minneapolis. Susan Wolfe, Chicken job, promotion, or transfer that would take away from family time. Mothers are more likely to report Soup’s executive director, figures First that theyfeel stress. Only 30.9% of the women polled in FORTUNE’S nationwide survey of 400 working Bank loses $154 a day if a $40,000-a-year parents wanted more child care help from their companies. But over halfsaid they would like their middle manager misses work to take care employers to offerflexible working hours and provide subsidized day care centers. of a sick child. She says, “Chicken Soup saves the company 87%, or almost $135 a feel comfortable about-or even when the long-term studies. And the academic litera- day.“ toddlers move on through school to adoles- ture concentrates on day care centers, pay- Companies have devised some innova- cence. The big questions, increasingly raised ing little attention to other alternatives. tive ways to help finance child care. Zayre by social researchers: What kind of children Compounding the confusion, male re- Corp. gives child care reimbursements of are we producing by proxy parenting? How searchers generally seem to defend tradi- up to $20 a week to employees at its head- will a generation of kids raised like no other tional child rearing, while their female quarters with preschoolers. Cafeteria-style generation before turn out? counterparts more often champion the ar- employee-benefit programs, like those of- rangements that free mothers from the bur- OR ALL THE IMPORTANCE and poi- den. Militant feminists tend to dismiss the gnancy associated with the topic, child possibility that day care may not be an unmit- care research is riddled with prob- igated blessing; the researchers who worry F lems. The social scientists have not about day care’s effects accuse them of ad- fered by Steelcase, are growing more popu- lar. Each year Chemical Bank allows employees to designate up to $15,000 in payroll deductions that can be used for sup- plementary medical coverage, legal fees, or figured out how to separate the influence of hering to the old Bolshevik credo that truth child care costs. The bank disperses the child care practices from the many other fac- is what’s good for the revolution. money once a quarter in pretax dollars. tors that affect human development. Since Still, researchers have come up with a few The worries about child care do not end the rise of the dual-career couple is relatively generalities that most can agree with. One is when the kids are in a place mom and dad new, researchers have not yet produced that happy parents-includmg those who are FEBRUARY 16,1987 FORTUNE 35 --______-- -___ day care centers for IBM employees and other families in communities all over the US. Says James Daly, manager of IBM’s employee assistance programs: “We believe a company shouldn’t go into a community and sap its resources.” The BankAmerica Foundation has underwritten a consortium of corporations and government agencies formed to make more and better child care available in five California counties. The three-year-old consortium has a $1.1-million budget for recruiting, training, and helping For sheer cost-effectiveness, nothing beats a facility for children too sick to go to ployers, up 50% from a year ago, have made some provision so that the mommies and daddies of cold, flu, or chicken pox suf- ferers can still report for work. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation and Levi Strauss & Co. funded a 17-bed children’s infirmary that is attached to an independent day care center in San Jose, California. 0th- er companies arrange to have trained nurses sent to the child at home. A group of law and accounting firms in Tucson, Ari- zona, pays $8 an hour for medical aides to hold the hands of employees’ sick children. Says Martha Rothman, executive director of Tucson Association for Child Care Inc., a nonprofit child care service: “The employ- ers can’t even get a temporary for $8 an hour to replace an absent secretary.” First Bank System, a Minneapolis bank holding company, pays 75% of the $26.26 a day for each employee’s child who checks in to Though workang fathers and mothers pretty much agree that they share equally in child care Chicken soup, a sick-child day care opera- responsibaJities and that theirjobs interfere with family lge, more fathers say they have refused a new tion in Minneapolis. Susan Wolfe, Chicken job, promotion, or transfer that would take away from family time. Mothers are more likely to report Soup’s executive director, figures First that they feel stress. Only 30.9% of the women polled in FORTUNE’S nationwide survey of 400 working Bank loses $154 a day if a $40,000-a-year parents wanted more child care helpfrom their companies. But over halfsaid they would like their middle manager misses work to take care employers to offerflexible working hours and provide subsidized day care centers. of a sick child. She says, “Chicken Soup saves the company 87%, or almost $135 a feel comfortable about-or even when the long-term studies. And the academic litera- day.” toddlers move on through school to adoles- ture concentrates on day care centers, pay- Companies have devised some innova- cence. The big questions, increasingly raised ing little attention to other alternatives. tive ways to help finance child care. Zayre by social researchers: What kind of children Compounding the confusion, male re- Corp. gives child care reimbursements of are we producing by proxy parenting? How searchers generally seem to defend tradi- up to $20 a week to employees at its head- will a generation of kids raised like no other tional child rearing, while their female quarters with preschoolers. Cafeteria-style generation before turn out? counterparts more often champion the ar- employee-benefit programs, like those of- rangements that free mothers from the bur- OR ALL THE IMPORTANCE and poi- den. Militant feminists tend to dismiss the gnancy associated with the topic, child possibility that day care may not be an unmit- care research is riddled with prob- igated blessing; the researchers who worry F lems. The social scientists have not about day care’s effects accuse them of ad- fered by Steelcase, are growing more popu- lar. Each year Chemical Bank allows employees to designate up to $15,000 in payroll deductions that can be used for sup- plementary medical coverage, legal fees, or figured out how to separate the influence of hering to the old Bolshevik credo that truth zhild care costs. The bank disperses the child care practices from the many other fac- is what’s good for the revolution. money once a quarter in pretax dollars. tors that affect human development. Since Still, researchers have come up with a few The worries about child care do not end the rise of the dual-career couple is relatively generalities that most can agree with. One is when the kids are in a place mom and dad new, researchers have not yet produced that happy parents-including those who are A FORTUNE FEBRUARY 16, 1987 FORTUNE 35 ~~ _~__._~ _. happily employed-produce happy babies. Another is that the best child care arrange- ments are the ones with nannies or babysit- ters who can most closely simulate the mother-child relationship. The tenuous consensus rests largely on an important child development theory that is gathering more and more followers. The the- ory rejects the Freudian notion that chil- dren’s personalities are molded mainly by dramatic events or transitions through such major developmental phases as the oral and anal stages. Instead, it holds that develop- ment takes place in a long continuum of important moments--countless daily ex- changes between the mother and the child that shape how the youngster later relates to other people. The theory does not demand that mom (or dad) stay home with the kids. Says Stanley Spiegel, supervising analyst at the William A. White Psychoanalytic Institute in New York “What’s most important is that the child is given a sense that he is a worthwhile human being.” That can come from almost any person who is sensitive to a child’s needs, and who has enough time to spend with a child. But this notion raises serious questions about group day care. How can even the most dedicated child care worker provide those exchanges for several children at a time? Deprived of that interaction, Spiegel says, youngsters often lack self-esteem. The champions of group day care for all children at any age argue that it encourages independence for both th mother. Betty Friedan, fen TAKING LEAVE of The Feminine Mystique, Washington is getting into the child sists that children, regardl - care business. In mid-January the Su- som in child care. “It’s goo preme Court ruled that states could re- It’s best for children not to quire employers to grant short, unpaid strings and just be at home, disability leaves for new mothers. But Bettye M. Caldwell, profes the court ruled against preferential of the University of Arkans treatment for pregnant women a week “Children have a strong urg later. It said the few states that do not er children. And study after pay unemployment benefits to dis- , children in quality day care c abled workers need not give them to nitive loss or feel any less women who leave their jobs because parents.” of pregnancy. Meanwhile, the House HE EXPERTS who d worried about the effc by proxy on infants. ‘ T renowned child care and Senate are about to hold hearings on a bill that would require employers to grant up to 18 weeks unpaid lea for both mothers and fathers. Parental leave policies at many large US.-Edward Zigler, direc corporations are even more generous Center in Child Developn than the bill would legislate. But barely Policy at Yale University half of US. companies offer extended Gamble, director of the E& maternity leaves, and business lobby- Children’s Center in Erie, ists are revving up to fight the bill. recently reviewed dozens ( Paul Franson, who owns a public rela- portant child care studies. ‘I tions agency in San Jose, California, ar- “Alternatives to infant care gues that maternity leaves are costly available to working couple and disruptive. In six years the issue be with their babies during never came up among his 45-member of life.” Their recomme staff. Now two women are pregnant months of paid leave for bc and three others are new mothers. He Jay Belsky, professor of 1 jokes: “We’ve thought about putting ment at Pennsylvania St; birth control in the water.” says infants in day care rur velopmental ~culties. Th become aggressive childre1 even resisting the routines of school. ducted in quality day care settings. “The plagued by problems with schoc Some studies show that children who lousy centers won’t let a researcher near inclined to get into trouble. Whi spend their early years in day care centers . the place,” says Yale’s Zigler. In the pro- is that the youngsters who arc are growing up dismayingly difTerent from grams attended by children of low-income stay inside are missing some 1 those who stay at homk. A 1985 study of families, one worker may tend 18 cribs or parts of childhood. Says Dale B, kindergartners and first-graders who spent place 25 toddlers in front of the television ect associate with School-Age their &st year of life at the University of all day. Says Zigler: “If a mother treated Project at Wellesley College: ‘“I North Carolina’s highly regarded day care her child the way some centers care for go into the neighborhood, play center were found to be more likely to hit, children, we’d accuse her of neglect.” and baseball with the other ki kick, push, threaten, swear, and argue than difference between being imp1 VEN NEGLECTFUL CARE is better being free.” than none. Researchers maintain that Society will not know the cc working parents leave a half-million of the new child-rearing pattern preschool children at home alone at Meantime, the phenomenon o home with babysitters, with babysitters least part of the day. Child care experts, in- career couple is not going to go outside the home, and in group day care. cluding those at WorWFamily Directions, ewgeneration before them, The study found no differences between say that alarming number is a conservative reerists will be wanting the be babies raised with their mothers or by ba- one. In addition, seven million “latchkey” children. What they must kec bysitters, but concluded that group care in- children from 6 to 12 years old fend for says Zigler, is that “when paren fants were more apathetic, less attentive, themselves after school until their parents care, they are not just buying a E I permits them to go to work. Ti. their home-reared counterparts. In 1983 re- searchers compared 122 Detroit infants who were cared for in four different set- tings-at home with their mothers, at and less responsive and verbal than the return home from work. others. Those who spent the most hours in So far research on latchkey children has ing an environment that determ day care situations were the least well. yielded mixed results. Some experts say velopment of the child.” Corpc adjusted. they learn independence and self-manage- society need to keep that in m These findings probably reflect the best ment, while others conclude they are beset the sake of both present and outcomes, since studies are generally con- by fears, victimized by older siblings, ployees and citizens. FEBRUARY 16,1987 F ZIP CODE ’NUMBER OF FAMILY DAY CARE HOMES ’ *+NUMBER OF FAMILY DAYCARE HOME CHILD SPACES 3NUMBER OF CHILD CARE CENTERS ,: 4NUMBER OF CHILD CARE CENTER SPACES 5++NUMBER OF EXEMPT FACILITIES ‘NUMBER OF EXEMPT CHILD SPACES I Total # facilities 21 r 105 5 301 - 0 0 (add SI, 3 and 5 above) = 26 Zip Code Ages 1980 1990 2 9 0-4 years 2,834 4 y 233 5-9 years 2,566 3,679 10-14 years 2 y 968 3,631 f TOTALS 0-4 years 5-9 years 10-74 years 4 TOTALS 0-4 years 5-9 years 10-14 years TOTALS 0-4 years 5-9 years 10-14 years TOTALS 8,368 11,483 0 0 __ CHILDCARE RESOURCE SERVICE * 1033 Cudahy Place San Diego, ( San Diego 275-4800 * Escondido 743-7919 * Encinitas 753-3755 SUMMARY OF NEEDS FOR CHILD CARE IN 92008 AS OF FEBRUARY 6, 1987: Ratio of child spaces (406) to estimated children needing care (6,798): 1:16.5 (one space for every 16.5 children). Ratio of child spaces (406) to total child population 0-13 (11,483): 1:28.3 (one space for every 28.3 children). -- :: ESTIMATED CHILD POPULATION NEEDING CARE IN SRA: 11,483 1990 approximate child population 0-13 X 59% national % children of working mothers X 59.2% % children (national average) placed in formal care - - 6,798 estimate n” of children 0-13 needing care in SRA 0 -- 0 ,. CHILDCARE RESOURCE SERVICE 1033 Cudahy Place San Diego, C San Diego 275-4800 Escondido 743-7919 Encinitas 753-3755 CHILD CARE COSTS (per week) Range - Zip Low High 92008 Infants - Centers Not available Infants - FDCH $25.00 $1 20.00 Preschool - Centers $56.25 $ 68.75 Preschool - FDCH $25.00 $120.00 *: School Age - Centers $56.25 $ 68.75 -+ School Age - FDCH $45.00 $100.00 date. rid(/ & w * W San Marcos Unified School District 270 San Marcos Blvd , San Marcos, California 92069-2797 61 9-744-47 76 July 29, 1986 P1 anning Commission City of Carl sbad 1200 Elm Avenue Carlsbad, CA 92008 RE: GPA/LU 86-4 - CITY OF CARLSBAD - A Genera? Plan Amendment to amend the Land Use Element to include the encouragement of childcare in the community as a goal of the General Plan Gent 1 emen : The San Marcos Unified School District Board of Trustees at its regular meeting of July 28, 1986, voted unanimously to support the intent of Resolution 2572 recommending approval of GPA/LU 86-4. The Board of Trustees commends the Commission on their efforts to encourage and support the establishment of childcare facilities. I=------+ Leonard Baxter ---- Acting Superintendent of Schools LRB:ak * 0 0 I. * ' 'Carlsbad Journal Decreed A Legal Newspaper by the Superior Court of Sun Diego County Mail all correspondence regarding public notice advertising to North Coast Publishers, Inc. corporate offices: P.O. Box 878, Encinitas, CA 92024 (619) 753-6543 Proof of Publication STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ss. COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the county aforesaid; I am over the age of eighteen years, and not a party toor interested in the above entitlec I am principal clerk of the printer of the Carlsbad Journal a newspaper of general ci published twice weekly in the City of Carlsbad, County of San Diego, State of California, a newspaper is published for the dissemination of local news and intelligence of a general charc which newspaper at all times herein mentioned had and still has a bona fide subscription list 1 subscribers, and which newspaper has been established, printed and published at regular in the said City of Carlsbad, County of San Diego, State of California, for a period exceeding one preceding the date of publication of t hereinafter referred to; and that the which the annexed is a printed copy, published in each regular and entire iss newspaper and not in any supplement t the following dates, to-wit: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that January 31, NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING GPAILU 86-4 ................................. the City Council ofthe CityofCarls- bad will hold a public hearing at i the 'City Council Chambers. 1201) Elm Avenue. Carlsbad, California, at 6:OO P.M.. on Tuesday: February 10. 1987. to consider approval of a General Plan Amendment to amend the Land Use Element to in- clude the encouragement of child- care in the community as a goal of the General Plan. ................................. If You have any questions regard- ing this matter. please call the Planning Department at 438-1161. Ifyou challenge the General Plan Amendment in coui2. 9011. may be limited to raising only those issues YOU Or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspon- dence delive'red to theCityofCarls- bad at or prior to the public hearing. Apdlicant: City of Carlsbad CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL '3 4500: January 31. 1987 ................................. ................................ ................................ . - ~- ~. . __~ I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoin: correct. Executed at Carlsbad, County of San Die California on the 31st day of c an11 a.rv - 987 - 1 d .dA,- / Clerk of #202-2M-7 86 , a NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 0 re 1 4 '8 9 GPA/LU 86-4 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Carlsbad will hold a pi hearing at the City Council Chambers, 1200 Elm Avenue, Carlsbad, California, at 6:i on Tuesday, February 10, 1987, to consider approval of a General Plan Amendment to the Land Use Element to include the encouragement of childcare in the community as of the General Plan. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please call the Planning Departme at 438-1161. If you challenge the General Plan Amendment in court, you may be limited to raisin those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this no or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Carlsbad at or prior to the hearing . APPLICANT: City of Carlsbad PUBLISH: January 31, 1987 CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL @ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING w 4 'Y c ; 4 'e 7 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the City of Carlsbad hold a public hearing .at the City Council Chambers, 1200 Elm Avenue, Carlsbz California, at 6:OO p.m. on Wednesday, July 30, 1986, to consider approval ( General Plan Amendment to amend the Land Use Element to include the encouragement of childcare in the community as a goal of the General Plan. Those persons wishing to speak on this proposal are cordially invited to ati the public hearing. Department at 438-5591. If you challenge the General Plan Amendment in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Citj Carlsbad at or prior to the public hearing. If you have any questions please call the Planning CASE FILE: GPA/LU 86-4 APPLICANT: CITY OF CARLSBAD PUBLISH: July 19 , 1986 CITY OF CARLSBAD PLANNING OMMISSION < t (Form A . ' 1.1 9 * 4 '1 6 TO: CITY CLERK'S OFFICE .> *_ 1s _- FROM: Planning Department RE: PUBLIC HEARING REQUEST Attached are the materials necessary for you to notice CPA/LU 86-4 - CITY OF CARLSBAD for a public hearing before the City Council. Please notice the item for the Council meeting of Thank you. / /' .2 ?//I Assistant City Manager Date -15-