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SPECIAL MEETING OF: CITY COUNCIL ANNUAL WORKSHOP
DATE OF MEETING: April 19, 2006
TIME OF MEETING: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
PLACE OF MEETING: Faraday Meeting Center
The Mayor called the meeting to order at 11:00 a.m. All Council Members were present. The
City Manager and City Attorney were also present.
Council Member Sigafoose reported that she is on the FACT (Full Access and Coordinated
Transportation) Board which is a body working with NCTD to reduce transportation costs for
seniors and the disabled.
The Mayor requested that Council Members present him with their selections for the Citizens
Committee to Analyze the pending initiatives no later than next Tuesday or Wednesday for
consideration on the May 2, 2006 City Council meeting agenda. The Mayor noted that Eric
Larson will address the City Council on agricultural issues at that meeting and also address
Committee members to update them on the agricultural activities in the City.
Senior Management Analyst Garuba presented information to Council reviewing their Council
Policy No. 28 with regard to City Council Procedures and Policies for City Facility Use
Regulations. The Mayor inquired as to whether the Council Members would be interested in
formulating a Council Policy to ensure fairness and consistency in requests from various
groups for use of City facilities. All Council Members agreed a policy would be appropriate.
Council Member Hall requested that the policy address methods for terminating below market
rent uses of City facilities. After further Council discussion on existing requirements, the City
Manager will direct staff to prepare recommendations regarding such policy.
No items were presented by the Planning Commission for Item No. 4.
Council Member Hall stated that he would be attending a Smart Growth session with
Oceanside on the evening of April 20 2006.
The Council next briefly reviewed priority projects and the City Manager gave status updates.
No items were discussed with respect to agenda Item No. 7.
The Mayor called for public comment. Casey Cinciarelli of Lyon's Court in Carlsbad addressed
the Council. She commented on what she perceives to be inadequacies in the Council's
consideration of issues presented by the Calavera Dam appeal heard by the City Council on
April 18,2006.
Ramona Finnila, as a paid consultant for Lennar Development, addressed the City Council to
inform them that the CUPS Initiative will begin collecting signatures next week and is currently
collecting money to fund its proposal. She emphasized that this initiative is a plan only which
does not concretely entitle development, and that any proposals would be subject to review in
a public process.
Ron Alvarez, as spokesman for the Strawberry Field Initiative, requested that the Council
exclude CUPS members from the Committee of 25 being formed to address the three
proposed initiatives. He also requested that the City's initiative be completed, in fairness,
before all three initiatives are presented to the Citizens Committee for study. He stated that
the Initiative currently has over 6,000 signatures but will not be presented for certification at
this time.
The Mayor thanked everyone for their full and complete participation in this special meeting
and adjourned it at 12:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
JANE MOBALDI
Assistant City Attorney as Clerk Pro Tern
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