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Home My WebLink About2009-12-15; City Council; MinutesCITY OF CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP SPECIAL MEETING Faraday Administration Offices 1635 Faraday Avenue Room 173-A Carlsbad, CA 92008 Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11 a.m. to conclusion of business at approximately 1 p.m. MINUTES CALL TO ORDER: The Mayor called the meeting to order at 11:00 a.m. ROLL CALL: Lewis, Hall, Packard, Blackburn - present. Kulchin - absent. PUBLIC COMMENT: Kasey Cinciarelli noted that the workshop was not properly noticed nor on the website. She also spoke about her handout regarding smart growth and alternative housing projects. (Ms. Cinciarelli's handout is on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Mayor Lewis asked that the City Manager conduct a workshop on smart growth. City Attorney Ball assured the Council regarding the legality of the meeting. 1. Council discussion on Council Member reports on regional roles and assignments, as necessary, including: Council Members Blackburn and Packard had no reports on this item. Council Member Hall reported on SANDAG's fall-back position on transportation due to negative economic reports. Mayor Lewis stated that he has asked Deputy Public Works Director Mark Stone to speak to each Council Member regarding the status of the Desalination Plant. Blackburn Buena Vista Lagoon JPC Chamber of Commerce Liaison City/School Committee Encina Joint Powers (JAC) Encina Wastewater Authority North County Dispatch Joint Powers Authority (alternate) Packard Buena Vista Lagoon JPC City/School Committee North County Transit District Board of Directors *North County Transit District Planning Committee League of California Cities - SD Division City of Carlsbad City Council Workshop, December 15, 2009 North County Dispatch Joint Powers Authority Hall Chamber of Commerce Liaison SANDAG Board of Directors SANDAG Executive Committee SANDAG Transportation Committee Kulchin CalCoast Board of Directors Carlsbad ConVis (alternate) Encina Joint Powers (JAC) Encina Wastewater Authority (EWA) North County Transit District (alternate) *San Diego Authority for Freeway Emergencies (SAFE) SANDAG Board of Directors (2™ alternate) *SANDAG Shoreline Preservation Committee Lewis LAFCO Cities Advisory Committee North County Mayors and Managers SANDAG (1st alternate) San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors Requests to Speak on a listed item: A total of 15 minutes is provided. Please submit a speaker card indicating the item you wish to address. Comments/speakers are limited to three (3) minutes each. 2. Receive a presentation from Carlsbad staff regarding the SANDAG Growth Forecast. Discuss and direct staff accordingly. Planners Dave DeCordova and Gary Barberio gave the report on SANDAG Growth Forecast. (These documents are on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Mr. Barberio stated that SANDAG has issued changes in the number of projected housing units needed regionally for 2050. He requested that Council give direction as to what growth scenario the City should provide to SANDAG to complete the 2050 Regional Growth Forecast. Mr. Barberio noted that there were two options to consider: 1) Rezone the Housing Element, thereby adding 1,949 housing units to the to the 43,496 housing units 2008 Inventory and the 6,300 housing units Plan Capacity. Mr. Barberio stated that the final total is still under the General Plan/Prop E Growth Cap of 54,599. 2) Defer a housing response until the next Regional Growth Forecast in 2014. Mr. Barberio, in response to Council, noted that projected housing units would be distributed in all four City quadrants. In response to Council, Mr. Barberio discussed the analysis conducted Citywide regarding placement of additional housing units. City of Carlsbad City Council Workshop/December 15, 2009 In response to Council, City Attorney Ron Ball listed the consequences of non action. He noted that the City might lose favorable presumption in litigation of the Housing Element, incur possible judicial revision of the General Plan or lose State grant competiveness. Mr. Barberio also noted that future transportation monies could be in jeopardy. At 12:10 p.m. the Mayor called a recess. At 12:20 p.m. the Council and Mayor returned to the workshop with Mayor Pro Tern Kulchin absent. The Council concurred to provide SANDAG with 1,949 additional housing units for their 2050 Regional Growth forecast contingent on the adoption of the Housing Element December 22, 2009. 3. Discuss and direct staff regarding the City's Special Events insurance requirements. Risk Manager Erin Letsch and Management Analyst Rob Houston gave the report. (All handouts are on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) In addition Attorney Jacques Kirsch was available for questions. Mr. Houston gave the background of the City's efforts to streamline the Special Events process. Ms. Letsch discussed the insurance requirements for special events, the causes for delay of approval and additional insured endorsement requirements. She reviewed the additional insured wording options: A. No restrictions, B. Some restrictions and C. All restrictions. She discussed that A offered the least risk and C offered the most risk. Council discussion ensued regarding incurred liabilities. Council concurred to have the City Manager offer this presentation to the stakeholder groups and will deliver their comments and questions to Council. Council concurred to review the stakeholders comments and questions prior to staff direction. 4. Discussion of Council efficiency and effectiveness including impact of regional assignments with regard to contact with other Council members, decision and policymaking, serving the community and effective methods of feedback. There was no discussion on this item. 5. City Manager review of goal and major project tracking report and update discussion of Council goal setting process and discussion of capacity and effectiveness in the delivery of City processes and services. There was no discussion on this item. City of Carlsbad City Council Workshop, December 15, 2009 6. Discussion of feedback, communications or correspondence on issues for the good of the community, including directions to the City Manager or City Attorney, as appropriate, for the scheduling of items for future agendas, workshops or study sessions. There was no discussion on this item. Requests to Speak: Continuation of Requests to Speak (if necessary) ADJOURNMENT The Mayor adjourned the meeting at 1:50 p.m. A i .orraine M. Wood, Certified Municipal Clerk CARLSBAD CITY CLERK Smart Growth Examples of alternative housing projects We believe it is time for the city to consider Smart Growth designations in areas that better fit the criteria; along the transportation corridors of El Camino Real and Palomar Airport Road. We offer some examples of commercial to residential conversions to illustrate the feasibility of this approach. The concept is not new. Infill projects in cities throughout the world have been successful in providing needed housing for all income levels. It is becoming a tool in smaller communities to address the reversal of sprawl by utilizing existing vacant buildings. Steelworks in Williamsburg, New York is a 130,000-square-foot condominium project designed for adaptive reuse of industrial space. It will also feature an 8500-square-foot green roof. Residences will range from 640 to 1683 square feet. The city of Costa Mesa has several projects in the works. One example is a 133,000 sq ft industrial conversion to 151 condominiums, 5 live-work units and 42,000 sq ft left as commercial space. See their Westside Urban Plan at http://www.ci.costa-mesa.ca.us for this and similar projects. An ideal property for this kind of conversion would be the city owned Farmer's Insurance building at Faraday Avenue and El Camino Real. Other possibilites include the industrial parks along Palomar Airport Road and even the Hadley's building closer to the freeway. A project for the aged Redlands Mall proposes replacing the 1970's era enclosed shopping center with apartments stacked above ground floor retail. This kind of repurposing takes advantage of large swaths of centrally located properties while scaling back on overbuilt retail. Continued efforts in this direction with the Westfield Mall is critical. The city of Escondido's conceptual transit center utilizing Smart Growth principles Downtown Carlsbad infill is a good start. The Poinsettia Station area is a perfect location for Smart Growth planning. Thinking outside the box. Converting old school buildings into residential units in Michigan has been an award winning endeaver. The parking lots of an office park in Hyattsville, Maryland, are getting infilled with a new Main Street and mix of uses to become University Town Center. Golf courses, car dealerships, empty big-box retail, park-'n-rides and commercial strip corridors are being retrofitted in ways that integrate uses. With a little effort, creative opportunities utilizing existing structures can meet our Smart Growth needs. Other info: Guidelines for Conversion of Non-Residential Land Uses http://www.roseville.ca.us/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BloblD=2777 12/14/2009 INSURANCE 1. Delay of Approval Causes 2. Additional Insured Requirement 3. Additional Insured Requirement Options 1. DELAY OF APPROVAL CAUSES Insurance Doesn't Cover Event Additional Insured Endorsement Contains Restrictions 12/14/2009 2. ADDITIONAL INSURED ENDORSEMENT REQUIREMENT The City is additional insured for liability arising out of the operations of the named insured. Premise: Were it not for the event, the risk would not occur; therefore, the insurance should cover losses arising out of the event. 3. ADDITIONAL INSURED WORDING OPTIONS A. No Restrictions B. Some Restrictions C. All Restrictions 12/14/2009 OPTION B-SOME RESTRICTIONS (Accept More Risk) Coverage of City may be restricted to liability • Caused in Whole or in Part by... • Arising out of the Negligence or Sole Negligence of • Excluding the City's negligence • Other Similar Language Excluding or Limiting Coverage of the City's Acts, Errors or Omissions OPTION C - ALL RESTRICTIONS (Accept More Risk than Option B) No specific additional insured endorsement wording required; accept all additional insured endorsement wording. November 10, 2009 TO: CITY MANAGER VIA: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FROM: Planning Director SUBJECT: ALTERNATIVE GROWTH SCENARIOS FOR THE 2050 REGIONAL GROWTH FORECAST (SERIES 12) Introduction: On 9/15/09, SANDAG staff gave a presentation to the City Council regarding the 2050 Regional Growth Forecast. The presentation explained why SANDAG does growth forecasting, uses of the forecast, and the implications for the local jurisdictions. SANDAG staff concluded their presentation with a request of the City Council to authorize Carlsbad Planning staff to work with them in developing an alternative growth scenario to help meet the projected population housing needs of the region. The presentation concluded with a question and answer period between Council members and SANDAG staff, but resulted in no direction as to whether Carlsbad should propose any growth scenarios other than the City's current General Plan. The purpose of this memo is to request direction as to what alternative growth scenarios, if any, should Carlsbad Planning staff provide to SANDAG for use in completing the Regional Growth Forecast. Background: Under federal law, SANDAG is designated as the regional organization responsible for planning and developing the San Diego region's transportation system. In carrying out this responsibility, SANDAG must prepare a long- range Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) that anticipates the region's future mobility needs. The RTP is updated every four years which begins with a long range (40 years) forecast of regional growth. The growth forecast projects future population and jobs, taking into account a wide range of demographic, economic, and land use factors. From the population projection an estimate of future housing needs is then determined. In addition to being a requirement for transportation planning, state law (SB 375) now requires that the regional growth forecast "identify areas within the region sufficient to house all the population of the region...over the course of the planning period of the regional transportation plan." The growth forecast in the RTP will serve as the basis for a new Sustainable Communities Strategy, also required under SB 375. This new requirement is aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles and light trucks through a more integrated approach to transportation and land use planning. The regional growth forecast is used for other planning purposes as well: it will provide data in developing the next Regional Housing Needs Assessment, and will be used to update the Regional Comprehensive Plan. Additionally, various jurisdictions and agencies use the growth forecast for their local infrastructure planning needs. For these reasons, the regional growth forecast is a critical planning tool. Discussion: The current draft Regional Growth Forecast projects that 1.3 million new residents and 500,000 new jobs will be added to the region by 2050. This translates into a future housing need of about 450,000 new units. Given the region's existing general plans and physical and environmental constraints, SANDAG estimates that there is more than adequate land capacity to accommodate regional employment growth, but there is currently only enough capacity for about 380,000 new housing units. In other words, the region will run out of residential capacity around years 2035-2040, and will be short 70,000 units by 2050, based on the existing general plans (see Figure 1 below). Figure 1 Since there are not sufficient areas identified to "house all the population of the region" as required by law, SANDAG must develop an alternative growth scenario that fills the gap. Developing the base growth projections and any alternative forecast requires input from the region's jurisdictions. Carlsbad planning staff provided extensive feedback to SANDAG in developing the base projection. The input was founded on the city's current General Plan, Growth Management ordinance, Habitat Management Plan, and other known regulatory, physical and environmental constraints. As shown in Figure 2 below, the preliminary result for Carlsbad is an estimated population and housing increase of 25,600 more residents and 6,500 units, respectively. These projections are consistent with the City's adopted General Plan estimates and are within the voter-approved Growth Management ordinance. Figure 2 To address the projected regional housing shortfall, SANDAG staff worked with local planning directors to develop a general set of potential alternative growth strategies that would appeal to all jurisdictions in the region, including the following: • Maximum general plan development/redevelopment regionwide • Density increases in transit investment areas • Redevelopment near high-frequency transit stations • Plan updates in Smart Growth Opportunity Areas (SGOAs) • Inclusion of draft plans in the forecast, at jurisdiction's discretion • Jurisdiction-specific options, not listed above These alternatives were presented to the SANDAG Board of Directors this summer. Recognizing that one approach may not be appropriate for all jurisdictions, the Board directed SANDAG staff to work with each jurisdiction individually to determine a suitable 2050 land use scenario (if any) for that jurisdiction, which may or may not include one of the options listed above. To meet its growth forecast schedule, SANDAG staff intends to report the draft Regional Growth forecast (with the alternative growth scenario) to the Technical Working Group in December, and obtain final Board action by February 2010. There are several optional growth inputs for Carlsbad that Planning staff could provide to SANDAG that are not included in the current (base) forecast, each of which would be consistent with previous Council concurrence or acceptance, and would be consistent within the limits of the Growth Management cap. First, there are a number of rezoning programs identified in the draft Housing Element update that are necessary to meet the City's current share of regional housing needs, including: • Increasing minimum densities for all RMH and RH designated properties from 11.5 du/ac and 19 du/ac to 12 and 20 du/ac, respectively • Permitting mixed use residential projects in the City's shopping centers and commercial zones at 20 du/ac. BEST COPY • Changing land use designations on existing residential and non-residential properties to help meet its remaining regional share of housing need, such as Quarry Creek, Ponto and the Barrio Area just south of downtown • Establishing minimum densities in the Village Redevelopment Area of 18 and 28 du/ac, depending on land use district. The City Council reviewed the draft Housing Element update containing these programs and authorized that it be submitted to HCD for their review. Second, the City, in collaboration with SANDAG, identified several Smart Growth Opportunity Areas (SGOA's) where potential intensification of residential development can occur with proper land use, transit and infrastructure planning. Last year, the SANDAG Board adopted an update to the SGOA Concept Map, which identifies three potential (Quarry Creek, Plaza Camino Real Mall, Ponto), and one existing/potential (Carlsbad Village/Barrio) smart growth area. Staff could provide SANDAG with an estimate of the potential additional housing unit yield associated with intensification of the sites identified in the Housing Element and Smart Growth Concept map, again consistent with the City's Growth Management caps. A third option would be to develop a land use scenario based on one of the other SANDAG alternatives described above, or develop a new one internally. Finally, the City may opt not to provide an alternative growth scenario at this time, deferring it until completion of trie City's General Plan update (currently underway), and SANDAG's next growth forecast in 2014. Regardless of which approach is chosen, it is important to understand that any alternative growth inputs the City may provide for the regional forecast does not commit the City to carry out any land use changes built into the scenario assumptions. Nor does the alternative growth scenario have a direct impact on the next Regional Housing Needs Allocation process. It is also important to remember that the regional growth forecast is updated every four years, giving SANDAG and local jurisdictions frequent opportunities to adjust growth assumptions to changing circumstances. As stated earlier, there is adequate capacity to meet the region's housing needs for the next 25-30 years; the alternative growth scenario is intended to close the long term (years 31-40) housing gap. The SANDAG Board of Directors will, as required by law, adopt a growth forecast that includes some version of an alternative growth scenario that accounts for the future housing needs over the entire 40-year planning period. Recommendation: Staff requests that this item be set for discussion and direction from the City Council at their next available meeting. David de Cordova DN:DdC:bd 2050 Regional Growth Forecast Introduction Purpose: Request direction as to what alternative growth scenario (if any) to provide SANDAG to complete 2050 Regional Growth Forecast Purposes of Regional Growth Forecasting » To estimate and plan for region's transportation infrastructure needs over next 40 years (RTF) • To serve as basis for Sustainable Communities Strategy (SB 375) • Other uses: • Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) Regional Comprehensive Plan • Update local agency plans (general plans, water, sewer, schools master plans) Estimating Existing Plans and Policies (EP) Housing and Job Capacity Starts with existing general plans Includes constraints to development: • Natural: habitat, steep slopes, floodplains • Built: existing buildings and infrastructure • Regulatory • Growth Management and Facilities planning policies • Development standards (lot coverage, height, parking, etc) DRAFT Results: Population, Jobs, Housing 3.1 Anticipated Growth and Estimated Capacity Regionwide 2050 projection: 450,000 additional housing units 500,000 additional jobs Jobs Housing Existing (2008) 1,400,000 1,140,000 Projected Growth* 500,000 450,000 Plan Capacity* 900,000 380,000 Difference +400,000 ^-- ~- C -70,000 •NOTE: As of July 18, 2009. The Challenge • How to identify capacity within our region for the projected housing unit shortfall by 2050 » SANDAG working with jurisdictions to identify where additional capacity might occur through plan updates and redevelopment in the future * Alternative growth scenarios will be used to guide plans for later- year transpprtation investments in the 2050 Regional Transportation Plan. Ant Re< ticipat cjionw 2050 p Jobs Housing ed Growth and Estimated Capacity ide (December estimate) rejection: 450,000 additional housing units 500,000 additional jobs Existing (2008) 1,400,000 1,140,000 Projected Growth* 500,000 450,000 Plan Capacity* 600,000 ^^^^^^^utiTwWfWWV1 440,000ton AAA v^^^^^^^v •NOTE:E*Um Difference +100,000• JArt/AQA• ^^^D^li^^^w X^-10,000 f wIZA^&AfL1 "I UjUUU "^^_ _^**^ •t« M of O«c«mlwr 2009. 7 Carlsbad's Estimated Planned Capacity • This estimate is based on adopted General Plan, and assumes: • Redevelopment / Infill in selected locations • Constraints to development . • Most future development occurs at GM Control Point •NOTE: Esthmtotf M of DKMKW 100*. COPY Options Housing Element Rezoning /SmartGrowth Opportunity Sites Defer to Next Regional Growth Forecast (2014) • Complete General Plan Update Housing Element Rezone Sites Potential Smart Growth Opportunity Areas Recommendation Consider providing land use Inputs based on Housing Element Rezoning Programs and Smart Growth Opportunity Areas, consistent with limits of Growth Management Plan and the existing Excess Dwelling Unit Bank Next Steps «• December 21- Deadline for local land use inputs «• Jan. 2010- Forecastle RPC/TWG * Feb. 10, 2010-SANDAG Board Review/Action 13