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MEETING OF: CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL (Special Meeting)
DATE OF MEETING: July 12, 2011
TIME OF MEETING: 4:15 p.m.
PLACE OF MEETING: City Hall Conference Room 3, 1200 Carlsbad Village
Drive, Carlsbad, California
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Hall called the meeting to order at 4:15 p.m.
ROLL CALL was taken by the Deputy City Clerk, as follows:
Present: Council Members Hall, Kulchin, Blackburn, Douglas and Packard.
Absent: None.
CLOSED SESSION:
1. GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9(a).
To hold a closed session to discuss regarding pending litigation as follows:
Carlsbad Energy Center LLC's Application for Certification (AFC Docket No. 07-
AFC-6) to the California Energy Commission to develop a new thermal power
plant at the existing Encina Power Station in the City of Carlsbad.
2. GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9(a)
To hold a closed session to discuss pending litigation as follows:
City of Carlsbad v. Environmental Protection Agency, Case No. 11-70147.
3. GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.8
To hold a closed session to instruct its negotiators (Cynthia Haas, Deputy City Manager,
David Hauser, Property and Environmental Management Director and Joe Garuba,
Municipal Property Manager) regarding purchase, sale, exchange or lease of real
property located and generally identified as:
Property Owner: City of Carlsbad
Location: Plaza Camino Real parking lot at 2525 El Camino Real
Negotiating Party: Jerry Engen for Plaza Camino Real c/o Westfield, LLC
July 12, 2011 Carlsbad City Council Special Meeting Page 2
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 5:54 p.m. with five members present. Mayor Hall made the
following announcements -
Item #1 - Council directed staff to intervene in the California Public Utilities Commission
process.
Item #2 - City is stopping litigation pending receipt of correspondence.
Item #3 - Council directed staff and the City Attorney on the matter.
ADJOURNMENT:
By proper motion, the Special Meeting of July 12, 2011 was adjourned at 5:56 p.m.
5HERRY FREISINGBR
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