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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-03-30; Growth Management Citizens Committee; ; Committee BusinessCA Review ______ Meeting Date: March 30, 2022 To: Growth Management Citizens Committee Staff Contact: Don Neu, City Planner Don.Neu@carlsbadca.gov Sarah Lemons, Communication & Engagement Sarah.Lemons@carlsbadca.gov Subject Committee Business Recommended Action Receive presentations from city staff and consultants on the following topics: • Committee Ground Rules Development. Presentation will include a more detailed look at the proposed committee update process and tentative meeting topics. Committee members will then work together to establish ground rules for how they wish group members to conduct themselves during meetings. • Growth Management Background. City Planning to provide a brief presentation on existing Carlsbad growth management plan, pertinent state law. • Committee name. Members will participate in a facilitated discussion about the committee’s name and how it could be changed to better reflect the breadth of issues the committee will be addressing. Fiscal Analysis This action has no fiscal impact. Environmental Evaluation In keeping with California Public Resources Code Section 21065, this action does not constitute a “project” within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act in that it has no potential to cause either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. Therefore, it does not require environmental review. Public Notification and Outreach This item was noticed in keeping with the Ralph M. Brown Act and it was available for public viewing and review at least 24 hours before the scheduled meeting date. GROWTH MANAGEMENT CITIZENS COMMITTEE @) Staff Report Exhibits 1. Committee process overview 2. Meeting schedule Steps in the processThe committee will meet over the next year to determine key elements that should be addressed in a new plan to manage growth in a way that maintains an excellent quality of life and ensures compliance with state law. Develop recommendations for quality of life standards Review and discuss draft recommendations report OrientationBackground and history Exploration of quality of life values Identify quality of life standards to be part of new framework Information and discussion of standards one by one, how they could be measured Finalize and approve recommendations report for City Council consideration Growth Management Citizens Committee Growth Management Citizens Committee | Meeting Schedule *Meeting topics and schedule are subject to change. Please check carlsbadca.gov for more information. Last updated March 24, 2022. DATE/TIME POTENTIAL TOPICS LOCATION * March 30, 2022 5 p.m. Orientation First meeting. Development committee ground rules. Overview of growth management and focus of committee. Faraday Center April 28, 2022 5 p.m. History of growth management, committee name History of growth management and performance standards. Explore future quality of life priorities. Approve new name for committee. Faraday Center May 26, 2022 5 p.m. City budget and financing, city administration facilities performance standards Overview of city budget and financing paying to maintain facilities that contribute to quality of life. Faraday Center June 23, 2022 5 p.m. July 28, 2022 5 p.m. Aug. 25, 2022 5 p.m. Libraries, parks and open space Traffic and mobility circulation, emergency response Wastewater treatment, drainage, sewer and water distribution, schools Faraday Center Sept. 22, 2022 5 p.m. Develop recommendations Provide recommendations on key elements and performance standards to include in new plan. Faraday Center Oct. 12, 2022 5 p.m. Develop recommendations Provide recommendations on key elements and performance standards to include in new plan. Faraday Center Dec. 7, 2023 5 p.m. Review report with draft recommendations Review report summarizing committee recommendations. Faraday Center Jan. 26, 2023 5 p.m. Finalize recommendations Finalize report summarizing committee recommendations. Faraday Center Feb. 23, 2023 5 p.m. Finalize recommendations Approve report summarizing committee recommendations. Faraday Center March 2023 City Council presentation Committee recommendations presented to the City Council for consideration. Council Chamber From:Tammy Cloud-McMinn To:Growth Management Committee Cc:Melissa Flores Subject:FW: Comments on Goal Setting Special council meeting 3-30-2022 Date:Tuesday, March 29, 2022 4:33:09 PM FYI – please include as correspondence in the 3/30/22 meeting. Kind regards, Tammy McMinn, CPMC, CMC Senior Deputy City Clerk City of Carlsbad 442-339-2953 From: Mary Real <anewday4me2020@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 3:58 PM To: Council Internet Email <CityCouncil@carlsbadca.gov>; City Clerk <Clerk@carlsbadca.gov>; Tammy Cloud-McMinn <Tammy.McMinn@carlsbadca.gov> Subject: Comments on Goal Setting Special council meeting 3-30-2022 To all concerned citizens who actually like Seniors and want them to enjoy their Sr. Center!: I hope that YOU will fund a feasibility study of Park & Rec. management of the Senior Center over the past 5 years to compare the decline in services, and the customer service to seniors and the direction toward making money rather than providing services to seniors rather than giving excuses as to why they have downgraded or eliminated services to seniors. They have given mixed signals to seniors (jerked them around) and they have no direct method of answering the comment cards from seniors! It appears that they "know best" about what seniors want and, if they do respond, the managers give a slick reason why they have removed the grill citing it was not being used! Formerly, the staff used the grill for an annual picnic where the staff would make hamburgers and hot dogs and hire musical entertainment. Current management lean toward less work for Staff. I hate to say that the Staff is not looking to improve or maybe the Staff is mediocre, not very creative in offering cooking classes on using the grill. In any case, we seniors need to have an outside consulting firm to complete a feasibility study to assess (impartially) areas where Staff is doing average or needs improvement starting with consideration of accomplishments and ending with thoughts on having a full time Sr. Ctr manager who actually likes seniors and is working to make the Senior Center more friendly and more interactive with seniors. It seems as if being 'friendly' and adept at Public Relations and slick comments and doing what is best for Staff is more important to Mike Pacheco and lower level managers than serving seniors. Mike Pacheco looks like the boy next door and handles all complaints with a smile promising to look into solving situations while doing nothing while being "likeable". Other lower level Staff have not grown into even making up their mind to serve salad to seniors at lunch. Apparently, the Staff is glib about reasons for Not doing their best for seniors. This glibness or ability to say we can't do this or that for seniors because it is Monday or another Senior Center has a perfectly good refrigerator for seniors to bring their own food for personal consumption is a step too far for the current Managers! Isn't it time to consider having a separate dept. that is not under Park and Rec-ers. A separate Dept under the City Manager with full accountability to the City Council that wants a welcoming place for senior citizens to meet and greet and talk to other people and see friendly smiling faces on Staff and Volunteers who do not hide out in their offices. Why is the City so unwilling to have an independent examination of the management of the Senior Center and a feasibility study on the need and location of a second Senior Center. With all of the federal money pouring into Carlsbad, why not spend a few thousand dollars on a Feasibility study and examination for improvement of the Senior Center ? After all, the City spent 14 million of federal money to fund pensions for Staff, and the pension fund debt this year is less money as PERS made money and lowered the obligation on pensions for this fiscal year. Please consider this independent feasibility study to build a second senior center and please request a second feasibility study to examine setting up a separate dept to deal with Senior Center issues to benefit an independent dept or how to improve the current Management to be responsive to Seniors and their requests. Why should managers stall the offering of Zentangle classes for 2 years? Or deny seniors salad ---as in first you can serve it and only food handlers that are certified can prepare it to taking salads away entirely and blaming it on the County of San Diego "rules" which is incorrect info! Why does the City of Carlsbad want to keep any examination of the Park & Rec management to do whatever without more oversight and imagination to serve the growing population and need by contracting an independent Feasibility Study to change and improve services and expand the customer service to Seniors? Where is the money being spent and how many people have to request more open communication with the City? How many people have to request upgrades before the City Council plans for the future for Senior Citizens? Thank YOU, Mary Lucid CAUTION: Do not open attachments or click on links unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.