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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-05-17; Parks & Recreation Commission; 593-4; Carrillo Ranch Subcommittee Final reportPARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION - AGENDA BILL AB# #95-^ MTG. 6-1"?-?? DEPT. f^£>" TITLE: rARRTT I O BANfH SUBCOMMITTEE FINAL REPORT (ACTION) ^b RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept, review and comment on the Carrillo Ranch Subcommittees' Final Report. Direct staff to utilize the report during the implementation of the park master planning process for the Carrillo Ranch. ITEM EXPLANATION; Approximately eighteen months ago, the Parks and Recreation Commission reactivated the Carrillo Ranch Subcommittee to assist with and make recommendations relative to the park dedication requirements associated with the Ranch Carrillo Master Plan (Revision)/Zone 18 of the Local Facilities Management Program. Attached is the final report of the subcommittee for consideration by the Commission. Staff will deliver a presentation on the recommendations of the subcommittee and be available to respond to questions and comments. EXHIBITS: 1. Carrillo Ranch Subcommittee Final Report - April 29, 1993 26 April 21, 1993 TO: PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION ARTS COMMISSION PLANNING COMMISSION OPEN SPACE ADVISORY BOARD FROM: Carrillo Ranch Subcommittee CARRILLO RANCH SUBCOMMITTEE FINAL REPORT In October 1991, the Parks and Recreation Commission reactivated the Carrillo Ranch subcommittee to assist with initial park master planning efforts. The reason the subcommittee was reactivated was that the property owners and their consultants for development within Zone 18 LFMP had submitted preliminary master plans for review by the Planning Department. Concurrently, discussions with the Park and Recreation Department began with the property owners regarding park dedication requirements associated with this development. A long standing goal of the Parks & Recreation Commission is that any future park dedication requirements in Zone 18 be acquired and situated immediately adjacent to the existing city-owned Carrillo Ranch Park site. Due to the wide variety of interests in the Carrillo Ranch from a number of City boards and commissions, the Parks & Recreation Commission requested that the subcommittee consist of representatives from those respective boards. In order to address concerns and receive input from various community organizations also having interests in the future development of the Carrillo Ranch, all meetings were open to the public. Open communication was encouraged and, in fact, did occur. The make up of the subcommittee consisted of representation from the following city boards and commissions: Parks and Recreation Commission Historic Preservation Commission Arts Commission Planning Commission *: Open Space Advisory Committee • Carrillo Ranch Volunteer Curator In addition, the interests and concerns of the following community organizations were openly communicated to, and considered by the subcommittee: The Friends of Carrillo Ranch Carlsbad Historical Society The Carlsbad Arboretum Foundation 27 EXHIBIT 1 Page Two April 21, 1993 Over the course of eighteen months the subcommittee addressed and considered a number of issues relative to the future of Carrillo Ranch. The recommendations forthcoming from the subcommittee result as a culmination of numerous subcommittee meetings, community input, field reconnaissance, staff reports and presentations, developer/consultant presentations, and Rancho Carrillo Environmental impact review and response. The recommendations of the subcommittee are twofold: The subcommittee made recommendations regarding the parkland dedication requirements for the Rancho Carrillo Master Plan/Zone 18 LFMP. Although this phase of the report was finalized February 8,1993, it was considered by the Parks and Recreation Commission relative to their action on February 22, 1993 regarding the park dedication requirements for the Rancho Carrillo Master Plan. Part 2 As part of this report, the subcommittee has also made recommendations relating to the future development of the city-owned Carrillo Ranch Community Park. Specific recommendations have been made on a number of uses and issues which the subcommittee felt would be confronting the future development of the site, including: Open Space Historical Parks and Recreation Arts and Cultural Archives and Education Arboretum Circulation/Traffic Privatization Operations Although each subcommittee member has been keeping their respective boards/commixions abreast of the committee proceedings, this memo and attached recommendations will be sent to key personnel staffing those boards in order that the report might be discussed as part of each commission's agenda. Notwithstanding future responses or commissions' actions, this report shall be presented for consideration during the Master Plan development process of the Carrillo Ranch Community Park. 28 Page Three April 21, 1993 All recommendations made by the subcommittee members in the attached report were made by consensus. KEITH BEVERD ATTACHMENT c: Carrillo Ranch Subcommittee Assistant City Manager Parks & Recreation Director Community Development Director Arts Manager Planning Director Carrillo Ranch Park Development File CARRILLO RANCH SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT PART1 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE RANCHO CARRILLO MASTER PLAN/ZONE 18 LFMP (FEBRUARY 8, 1993) 30 February 8, 1993 TO: CARRILLO RANCH SUBCOMMITTEE FROM: Senior Management Analyst PARK DEDICATION REQUIREMENT/ZONE 18 LFMP (RANG HO CARRILLO) BACKGROUND During the January 15, 1993 Carrillo Ranch Subcommittee meeting, the issue of park dedication requirements for Zone 18 was discussed. Specifically, the former recommendation as outlined in the April 23, 1992 memo (Attachment 2) was reconsidered. The principal reason for reconsideration was due to an understanding that the park dedication requirement previously believed to be 8.5 acres has been revised to 5.739 acres. This current dedication requirement has been established by the following criteria: 1. The original Carrillo Master Plan dedicated up front, 10.53 acres. This acreage is the amount of the existing City owned Carrillo Ranch Community Park, 2. Initial development in the original Carrillo Master Plan required park land dedication of 1.73 acres based upon the number of dwelling units constructed (253) in Ponderosa Homes (C.T. 73-29). 3. Based upon a memo from Growth Management, it is recommended that future park dedication requirements from Zone 18 (Rancho Carrillo) be based upon "2,091 dwelling units as a maximum and 2.3178 persons per dwelling unit'1. Therefore, the park dedication requirements for Zone 18 at this time, equate to 14.539 acres. The equation for determining the current park acreage requirements of the Rancho Carrillo Master Plan is as follows: a. (dwelling units in Zone 18, per Growth Management) 2,091 b. (persons per dwelling unit) x 2.3178 c. (population) - 4,846.5198 d. (park aow required per 1,000 population) x 3.0 e. (acres of park land required for Zone 18) = 14.539 f. (park dedication required of Ponderosa Homes) + 1.73 g. (total park requirement for Zone 18 and Ponderosa Homes) a 16.269 / h. (credit for up front dedication of City owned Carrillo Ranch) - (remaining acres to be dedicated) 5.739 ac 31 Page Two RECOMMENDATIONS After review and discussion of the current revision to the park dedication requirement, the subcommittee has come to a consensus and recommends the following: I. The proposal for land dedication to meet the park requirement, as presented to the subcommittee (Attachment 1) on or about July 30, 1992 is acceptable. The offer as presented indicated a park expansion area of approximately 16.1 acres, the breakdown of which is as follows: Net Usable 9 ac Manufactured Slopes 4.9 ac Natural 40% Slopes .lac Remaining Natural Riparian 1.1 ac New Riparian 1.0 ac 16.1 ac Based in part upon the offer to dedicate 9.0 net usable acres and in consideration that the actual requirement is 5.739 net usable acres, the subcommittee is recommending that the constrained lands.also being offered for dedication be accepted by the City for park purposes. In their consideration, the subcommittee did evaluate the additional and ongoing maintenance and operation impacts of this constrained land. However, the consensus is that the benefit of City ownership and ultimate control of this property for landscape enhancement and park buffering outweighs the perpetual maintenance cost particularly in light of the excess dedication of net usable land. 2. To extract from and/or require any land offered for park dedication to be used as required sites for possible future mitigation as a result of Zone 18 Master Plan development is unanimously unacceptable. 3. As depicted on the conceptual park development plan, access to the park site from the culdesac of a residential street is acceptable as an entrance and exit to the park site. However, it is not acceptable as the singular primary access point. The reasoning for this assessment is: • Maintaining the historical significance and integrity of the site in terms of providing access at the original and traditional point of entry to the ranch (i.e. over the north bridge, north and east of the gate house). • An expectation was created by the former Master Plan and Carrillo Rancho Parks agreement that access to the park site would originate from Poinsettia Lane (Carrillo Way). • The anticipation of future neighborhood disruption issues • Questionable Traffic Engineering design to allow for safe access. Page Three It is therefore a recommendation of the subcommittee that public access and parking opportunity be provided off on the north side of the riparian area to allow for pedestrian access over the bridfe and limited and/or emergency vehicular access to the park site at an Carrillo Way), other than the culdesac east of the barn. KEITH B Assistant City Manager Parks and Recreation Director Carrillo Subcommittee Members (memo only) Planning Director Brian Hunter, Growth Management 34 April 23, 1992 TO: CARRILLO RANCH SUBCOMMITTEE FROM: Senior Management Analyst RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PARKLAND DEDICATION/CARRILLO RANCH During the March 27, 1992 Carriilo Ranch Subcommittee meeting, the results of planning efforts to accommodate uses and concerns identified during the February meeting (Attachment 2) were presented to the committee for consideration. Specifically what was presented is a recommendation for the land requested of the developers of Zone 18 to meet their park dedication requirement of .8.5 acres immediately adjacent to the existing 10 acre Carriilo Ranch site. By consensus the following Parcels (outlined in Attachment 1), and recommendations for parkland dedication are forthcoming from this committee relevant to the Carriilo Ranch Community park. 1. Primary access to the park site should originate off Carriilo Way and proceed in the direction of the original entryway into the site at the existing Bridge and Gate House. 2. Although numerous housing units are proposed for development in close proximity to the Dede House, it is the expectation of the committee that this development will be precluded or reduced through the environmental review process or by conditions of development approvals of the Master Plan. Based upon this presupposition the following Parcels have been recommended to meet the park dedication requirements for Zone 18 of the local Facilities Management Plan. A. The approximate 2.2 - 2.5 ac Parcel hying immediately west of the pool/cabana area between the 2 riparian creeks to the north and south (identified as Parcel A on Attachment 1).t & The approximate 3.2 - 3.5 ac Parcel lying immediately east of the existing site, north of the barn and out buildings (identified as Parcel B on Attachment 1). C. The remainder of acreage (approximate 2.5 - 3.1 ac) is to be located immediately north and parallel to the northern property bounds of the existing site (identified as Parcel C on Attachment 1). ~- 35 ATTACHMENT 2 Page 2 3. For the purpose of meeting the 8.5 ac park dedication requirement, all Parcels as previously outlined must be free and clear of any and all constraints which would otherwise preclude development as outlined in the Carlsbad Municipal Code, Chapter 20.44, "Dedication of Land for Recreational Facilities" (Attachment 3). In addition, the processing of park dedication should follow the procedure as outlined in the Carlsbad Municipal Code, Chapter 21.38 "P-C Planned Community Zone", (21.38.06015] contents of a Master Plan), /*) (Attachment 4), KEITH BEVERLY pa c:• Assistant City Manager Parks and Recreation Director Senior Planner/Brian Hunter Park Development Coordinator Friends of Carrillo Ranch • Senior Management Analyst/Patricia Cratty . Planning Director • Rick Engineering - Bob Wilkinson ,Ladwick Design Group • Bob Ladwick 36 CARRILLO RANCH SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT PART 2 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION DURING THE CARRILLO RANCH COMMUNITY PARK MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS (APRIL 15, 1993) 38 CARRILLO RANCH APRIL 15, 1993 SUBCOMMITTEE 1. OPEN SPACE 2. HISTORICAL 3. PARKS AND RECREATION 4. ARTS AND CULTURAL 5. ARCHIVES AND EDUCATION 6. ARBORETUM 7. CIRCULATION/TRAFFIC 8. PRIVATIZATION 9. OPERATIONS ISSUES * Unless otherwise defined, the term "park" within this document shall refer to the entire City owned parkland in Zone 18, including the originally designated 10.5 acre historic site and any additionally acquired areas of park dedication. 39 1. OPEN SPACE All issues related to open space must first conform to all Federal, State, and Local Environmental Regulations and Standards. The park site should be included in the habitat linkage/corridors system when and if the program is implemented. Park development should be sensitive to view corridors within the ranch to maximize isolation of the park. Watershed drainage and upstream runoff must be designed, engineered and managed in such a way as to prevent further erosion of existing parkland while supporting existing riparian habitat. Trails shall be provided and connect to any City wide or Zone wide characteristic. Development around the park should be buffered so as not to intrude upon the seclusion of the park. 2. HISTORICAL When a master plan is prepared, it shall be comprehensive and include, but not be limited to, protection and preservation of all historic structures, botanical collection, original or period artifacts, design criteria for rehabilitation, adaptive uses, new construction and compatibility. Permanent security means should be provided for the historic structures, artifacts and/or botanical collection. Original or period artifacts should be catalogued, stored and/or displayed •Kurely at the Ranch. Facilities may be used for purposes other than museums which are compatible with the historical integrity of the structures, the security of artifacts and collections. The historical entrance at the northeast corner of the ranch shall be preserved as the primary access to the ranch. 40 3. PARKS AND RECREATION The primary emphasis of the park site shall be for passive recreational use. Facility use should be compatible with uses cited elsewhere within the park. 4. ARTS AND CULTURAL Emphasis on the aesthetics of the site, whether natural or developed, shall include, in particular, well-planned and maintained landscape materials incorporating native botanical specimens. Provisions should be made for classrooms, lecture, exhibition and performance spaces. Provision of space for studio(s), storage, rehearsal for use by visual and performing arts groups. Residential and/or studio accommodations should be provided for artist-in- residence programs. 5. ARCHIVES AND EDUCATION Provisions for on-site informational/educational programming, including but not limited to facilities (kiosks and meeting places), curator, docents, and staff personnel. The educational program shall present a balance of historical, cultural, botanical, artistic, and archeological dimensions of the ranch. 6. AR An arboretum concept focused upon the parksite's historical botanical collection and native flora is considered to be a compatible use for this facility. 41 7. CIRCULATION/TRAFFIC The original entrance at the north east corner of the ranch should be preserved for primary access, emphasizing pedestrian, but not excluding vehicular or other modes. Parking areas outside of the historic 10.5 acre site should accommodate school and tour buses as well as provide for adequate parking for passenger vehicles. Pedestrian flow patterns throughout the site shall be well-planned and include a self-guided route. Vehicular access within the 10-acre site should be limited to delivery, maintenance, and shuttle services. Safe pedestrian access to f^e park site, including access across major arterials should be provided. 8. PRIVATIZATION The site shall not include commercial uses which conflict with the historical character of the site as described by the State Office of Historic Preservation and the National Park Service criteria for evaluation. A development philosophy which emphasizes a high degree of commercial development similar to that of Old Towne, San Diego would be considered undesirable. Childcare facilities within the boundaries of the park site are also undesirable. 9. OPERATIONS ISSUES Decisions regarding maintenance, operation and scheduling of the parksite and its facilities must be under the control and sole jurisdiction of the City «f Carlsbad. An oversight committee should be appointed to mediate among competing interests for use of the park facilities, buildings and grounds. Permanent security means should be provided for the historic structures, artifacts and/or botanical collection. WP51 \DB4KB\CARRILLO\REVSUBCM.CR 4 42