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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-12-15; City Council; MinutesMINUTES SPECIAL MEETING OF: DATE OF MEETING: December 15,2004 TIME OF MEETING: PLACE OF MEETING: CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING 11:OO a.m. - 1 :00 p.m. 1635 FARADAY, ROOM 173A The Mayor called the meeting to order at 11 :02 a.m. Mayor Pro Tem Hall and Council Members Kulchin and Sigafoose were present. Council Member Packard arrived at 11 :06 a.m. The City Manager and the City Attorney were also present. Citizen Ramona Finnila joined the City Council to explain the SANDAG Committee process. She explained its importance to the City of Carlsbad. Only Carlsbad has a voter-approved Growth Management Plan. Other cities have plans but they are not voter-approved. Carlsbad is, therefore, unique among all of the San Diego cities and we need to present our perspective on planning and land use issues. Furthermore, Carlsbad is a regional leader in habitat management, planning, housing issues and Transnet issues since, for example, developers are already required to pay fees for regional facilities under the City’s voter-approved Growth Management Plan. Citizen Finnila further explained that there are five committees within SANDAG corresponding to the geographic areas set out in SB 1703 (Peace, 2002 Stats., Chapter 743) creating a consolidated transportation agency in San Diego County. The five committees are: 1. An executive subcommittee which makes policy recommendations to the Board of Directors. 2. A transportation subcommittee, which recommends Transnet expenditures, among other things. It has also lobbied for the restoration of Proposition 42 funds and for more funding if developments comply with certain planning principles established by SANDAG. 3. A borders subcommittee which includes responsibilities dealing with: o Commuting and the jobs-housing balance in the region; o Impacts resulting from commerce between Mexico and the San Diego region including, specifically, the impacts of an additional border crossing. 4. ARJIS, which is now called the Public Safety subcommittee. The City’s public safety network is connected to ARJIS, which shares criminal justice enforcement information with other public entities, and its costs are paid by other governmental user fees. Two major issues facing this subcommittee are: o What entity will supply future services; and o The costs of upgrading or replacing the backbone/mainframe computing and informational services in the neighborhood of $14 million, including lobbying for federal Homeland Security money. This is the only system of this kind that is working in the United States. 5. The regional comprehensive plan. This is SANDAG’s comprehensive plan addressing how the region will grow which includes consideration of the existing regional transportation plan. There are also various ad-hoc committees appointed by the SANDAG chairman, which act in a representative capacity, as needed, advising the various subcommittees. The SANDAG board is also in the process of issuing and distributing the regional housing needs assessment data, which is essential to each city’s housing element of its general plan. The City Manager explained that this issue will be coming to the Council at a regular meeting early next year. The Mayor and Council thanked citizen Finnila for the excellent input and excused her at 11 :45 a.m. The Mayor then called on Planning Director Holzmiller who introduced a discussion of Policy 44 entitled “Neighborhood Architectural Guidelines”. After a thorough discussion of these guidelines and their impacts on various hypothetical situations, the Council continued this discussion to its special workshop in February 2005. The Mayor called for a working lunch and continued with the discussion of the San Diego Regional Airport Authority appointment process. The Mayor expressed his concerns and will ask Assemblyman Wyland for corrective legislation to clarify the appointment process and to avoid future situations where there is confusion on the division of the proper appointing authority. The Mayor then introduced the discussion of the Combat Veterans Semper Fi Injury Fund and explained its purpose and intent. After Council discussion, it was determined that this matter will be placed on the City Council’s regular meeting of January 1 I , 2005. There were no comments and concerns regarding development processing, procedures and other land use issues from the Planning Commission. The Mayor excused Council Member Kulchin at 12:35 p.m. The Mayor then called for a discussion of the production, distribution and delivery of water and water- related services by public or private entities and other water related issues. The Mayor explained that the County Water Authority has been researching the feasibility of a desalination plant at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station and that the Board has determined there are no fatal flaws in proceeding to the next phase of the feasibility investigation. The Mayor explained that he has been 2 appointed to the County Water Authority Executive Committee, which will likely require more of his time and additional staff time. The Mayor then called for a discussion of Council efficiency and effectiveness including impact of regional assignments with regard to contact with other Council Member’s decision and policy making, serving the community and effective methods of feedback and reminded Council Members of the upcoming Goal Setting Workshop on January 24 and January 25, 2005. Council Member Hall emphasizes the need for sufficient time to discuss the issues at this workshop. The Mayor clarified the City Council assignments made at the regular Council meeting of Tuesday, December 14, as shown on the attached “City Council Assignments”. The Mayor called for public comment and there being none, he then thanked all Council Members and staff members present for their thorough and thoughtful input and adjourned the special meeting at 1250 p.m. Respectfully submitted, n RONALD R. BALL City Attorney as Clerk Pro Tem 3 CITY COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS Hall Sigafoose Kulchin Packard Lewis Chamber of Commerce Liaison SANDAG Board of Directors Buena Vista Lagoon JPA Carlsbad ConVis City/School Committee North County Transit District Board of Directors American Coastal Coalition Board of Directors American Shore & Beach Preservation Association, BoarG o CalCoast Board of Directors Carlsbad ConVis (alternate) Encina Joint Powers (JAC) Encina Wastewater Authority (EWA) North County Transit District (alternate) *San Diego Authority for Freewa Emergencies (SAFE) SANDAG Board of Directors (2" Alternate) *SANDAG Shoreline Preservation Committee Directors cy Buena Vista Lagoon JPA CitylSchool Committee EFJPA Encina Joint Powers (JAC) En cin a Waste water Authority League of California Cities - SD Division North County Dispatch Joint Powers Authority Chamber of Commerce Liaison LAFCO Cities Advisory Committee *Metropolitan Water District Board of Directors North County Mayors and Managers SANDAG (1 st alternate) San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors