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MEETING OF: CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING AND
REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
(Joint Special Meeting)
DATE OF MEETING: March 17, 2009
TIME OF MEETING: 6:00 p.m.
PLACE OF MEETING: City Council Chambers
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor/Chair Lewis called the Meeting to order at 6:57 p.m.
ROLL CALL was taken by the City Clerk, as follows:
Present: Lewis, Hall, Kulchin, Packard and Blackburn.
Absent: None.
PUBLIC HEARING:
7. AB #19.749 - ROOSEVELT CENTER CONDOMINIUM CONVERSION.
Council/Commission Member Packard stepped down from the dais at 6:58 p.m. citing
conflict of interest, due to owning property near the subject area.
Senior Civil Engineer Glen Van Peski and Assistant Planner Austin Silva presented the staff
report and reviewed a PowerPoint Presentation (on file in the Office of the City Clerk).
In response to an inquiry from Council/Commission Member Hall, Mr. Silva explained
that the proposed project was initially approved as apartment units. He further
explained that the project had been conditioned to provide separate water service
meters to each unit if the units were converted from apartments to condominiums. In
conclusion, Mr. Silva stated that the applicant had requested and was granted a waiver
by the Engineering Department to install sub-meters for water delivery to the individual
condominium units.
City Attorney Ron Ball stated that the initial conditions were imposed by Design Review
Board Resolution and that staff does not have authority to make changes to the
conditions in the Resolution. He further explained that if the Council/Commission would
like to make changes to the conditions they could do so at this time.
Council/Commission Member Hall confirmed with the City Attorney that the Council/Commission
could approve the project with conditions, approve the project without changes or deny the
project.
In response to Council/Commission Member Blackburn, Mr. Silva explained that the
developer has the ability to purchase credits through the parking-in-lieu fee program
and that the fee will go towards the maintenance of existing parking areas downtown.
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Mayor/Chair Lewis expressed concerns relating to the sub-metering proposed for the
delivery of water services to the condominium units and also whether or not adequate
parking will be provided for the proposed project.
Mr. Silva stated that all residential units in the development will have parking on site;
however, the retail area does not have designated parking; therefore, the developer will
purchase credits in the parking-in-lieu fee program.
Senior Civil Engineer Glenn Van Peski explained that the sub-metering for water
services will allow the Owner's Association to bill the individual condominium units for
their water usage. He further explained that one water meter would feed the six sub-
meters and that the Owner's Association will be the entity billed by the City for the water
services provided to the six condominium units.
In response to Mayor/Chair Lewis, Mr. Van Peski explained that there are other projects
within the City with a similar water delivery service program. He further explained that
installing individual meters within the project at this time would be costly and would
require that the project be re-plummed.
Council/Commission Member Hall confirmed that each unit would have its own electric
and gas meter.
In response to Mayor Pro Tern/Vice Chair Kulchin, Mr. Van Peski explained that each
condominium unit would contain the water sub-meter and that the meter would be read
by the Owner's Association.
The applicant Brent Reisinger of Richard & Richard Construction Company, Inc. came
forward to address Council. Mr. Reisinger explained that to install water meters for
each individual condominium unit and the retail spaces would require that water meters
take up the entire side of the building.
Mayor/Chair Lewis opened the duly noticed Public Hearing at 7:17 p.m.
Seeing no one wishing to speak Mayor/Chair Lewis closed the hearing at 7:17 p.m.
Mayor/Chair Lewis requested that staff research how common and how successful sub-
metering of water delivery services is prior to the Council/Commission voting on the
proposed project.
Council/Commission Member Blackburn stated that he could support the project at this
time; however, will concur to delay this vote until staff returns with additional data
regarding the feasibility of sub-metering.
Mayor Pro Tern/Vice Chair Kulchin stated that she did not want to hold the project up
and would like to see the item returned to the Council/Commission soon.
The Council/Commission concurred to continue the item to April 7, 2009.
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Council/Commission Member Packard returned to the dais at 7:21 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT:
By proper motion, the Joint Special Meeting of March 17, 2009, was adjourned at 7:21 p.m.
LORRAINE M. WOOD, CMC
City Clerk
Sheila R. Cobian
Deputy City Clerk