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MEETING OF: CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL (Special Meeting)
DATE OF MEETING: April 10, 2012
TIME OF MEETING: 4:30 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 4:30 p.m.
ROLL CALL was taken by the Deputy City Clerk, as follows:
Present: Council Members Hall, Kulchin, Blackburn, Douglas and Packard.
Absent: None.
PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM: None.
CLOSED SESSION:
Council adjourned into Closed Session at 4:32 p.m. pursuant to the following:
1. GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9(b). To hold a closed session to discuss
pending litigation as follows:
Gerald Gutqesell v. Citv of Carlsbad. OAH No. 201110880
2. GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9(a). {Acting as Successor Agency to
Housing and Redevelopment Commission) hold a closed session to discuss 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.
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, Joe Garuba, Municipal Property Manager and
the Irving Group negotiators, Craig Irving, President, Simon Terry-Lloyd, Vice
President and Casey Kinslow, Chief Financial Officer) 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
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.
April 10, 2012 Carlsbad City Council Special Meeting
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RECONVENE:
The Council reconvened at 6:00 p.m. with five members present. Mayor Hall made the
following announcements -
Item #1 - Council considered the proposed decision ofthe administrative law judge
issued March 9, 2012 denying the application for Industrial Disability Retirement, and
after careful consideration, adopted that decision as the Council's own decision.
Item #2 - Council received legal advice and considered the Revised Presiding Member's
Proposed Decision recommending licensing ofthe proposed power plant at the Encina
power station site.
Item #3 - Council directed the City Attorney and staff on the matter.
ADJOURNMENT:
By proper motion, the Special Meeting of April 10, 2012, was adjourned at 5:40 p.m.
DONNA HERATY
Deputy City Clerk