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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-12-14; City Council; MinutesMIN UTES MEETING OF: CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL (Special Meeting) DATE OF MEETING: December 14, 2010 TIME OF MEETING: 4:00 p.m. PLACE OF MEETING: City Hall Conference Room 3, 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive, Carlsbad CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Lewis called the Meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. ROLL CALL was taken by the Deputy City Clerk, as follows: Present: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Hall, Packard and Blackburn. Absent: None. CLOSED SESSION: Council adjourned into Closed Session at 4:00 p.m. pursuant to the following: 1. GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9(c). To hold a closed session to consider initiation of litigation against the Environmental Protection Agency. 2. GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9(a). To hold a closed session to discuss pending litigation as follows: Gaetani v. City, et a/. / Case No. 37-2009-00051045-CU-PA-NC 3. GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.8. To hold a closed session to instruct its negotiators David Mauser, Property and Environmental Management Director, Elaine Lukey, Environmental Manager, and Mike Grim, Senior Planner, regarding purchase of real property located and generally identified as: Property Owner: Cielo del Norte, LLC Location: A.P.N. 223-081-51 A portion of undeveloped property located off the northern terminus of Lone Jack Road in the San Dieguito Community Plan area within the City of Encinitas. Negotiating Parties: Scott Ferguson for Conservation Fund (Optionee); Markus Spielberg for Center for Natural Lands Management (Conservation Lands Manager) If circumstances necessitate the absence of a specified designated representative, an agent or designee may participate in place of the absent representative so long as the name of the agent or designee is announced at an open session held prior to the closed session. The Council reconvened at 5:35 p.m. with four members present. Mayor Lewis announced that Council discussed whether or not to initiate litigation against the Environmental Protection Agency and authorized the City Attorney, after completion of further investigation, to file an action, if necessary. If an action is filed, it will be publicly reported at that time. The Council also received an update on the case entitled Gaetani v. City of Carlsbad and directed its negotiators on the potential purchase of real property for the Habitat Management Plan. There was no final action on the last two items and the public report of any final action will be made at a later date. ADJOURNMENT: By proper motion, the Special Meeting of December 14, 2010 was adjourned at 5:39 p.m. DONNA HERATY ff Deputy City Clerk