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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-10-12; Growth Management Citizens Committee; ; Committee BusinessCARLSBAD TOMORROW - GROWTH MANAGEMENT CITIZENS COMMITTEE STAFF REPORT – Exhibit 1 OCT. 12, 2022 POTENTIAL NEW GROWTH MANAGEMENT TOPICS Introduction To date, the committee has reviewed and discussed information relative to the city’s existing 11 growth management standards. This report is intended to help guide the committee’s discussion on potential new growth management topics not addressed by the 11 existing standards. When considering potential new growth management topics, the committee should considered the work product the committee is responsible for, as stated in the committee’s charter: The committee will be responsible for reviewing work product and providing feedback to staff and consultants. The committee is expected to focus on input, review, and "buy-in" to carry out the committee's mission, rather than deliberating on precise details. The committee's work will conclude with a committee-supported report recommending to the City Council what should be included (key elements) in a new plan to manage growth and achieve an excellent quality of life while ensuring compliance with state law. The City Council will consider the committee's recommendations and direct the next steps to create a new growth management plan. List of Potential New Growth Management Topics At the committee’s meeting on April 28, 2022, the committee participated in a facilitated discussion centered around the question - in terms of public facilities and services, what topics do you feel are most important to address in the future, and what should change about the current Growth Management Plan? The topics resulting from that discussion, and topics identified at other committee meetings, are listed in the attached matrix (Attachment A – Topics Outside of 11 Existing Performance Standards). The matrix identifies relevant programs that currently address the topics, and provides questions to help the committee evaluate if the topic should be addressed by the city’s growth management program, the questions include: • Is this topic already adequately addressed [by the city or other agency]? • Is this topic something the city can directly control? • Could a nexus be made between future growth and this topic (should it be included in the growth management plan)? • Should this topic be included in a quality-of-life memorandum from the committee to the City Council? Keep the following in mind when reviewing the matrix: • This is the current list of all the topics raised. • You don’t need to fill out the matrix before the meeting. CARLSBAD TOMORROW - GROWTH MANAGEMENT CITIZENS COMMITTEE STAFF REPORT – Exhibit 1 SEPT. 22, 2022 2 • You are not required to click on all the links, they are just for background information so committee members have an idea of how each topic is being addressed by other city programs or agencies. • The goal of the matrix is to help sort and prioritize the potential new topics and determine if any should be considered further as new performance standards or separate recommendations for the City Council’s consideration. Attachments Attachment A – Topics Outside of 11 Existing Performance Standards 1 TOPICS OUTSIDE OF 11 EXISTING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS Topic Other related programs and agencies that address this topic in Carlsbad Is this topic already adequately addressed? Is this topic something the city can directly control? Could a nexus be made between future growth and this topic? (should it be included in growth management plan)? Should this topic be included in a quality-of- life memorandum from the Committee to the City Council? Behavioral health County of San Diego Behavioral Health Services (sandiegocounty.gov) City of Carlsbad Parks & Recreation Department programs and services (carlsbadca.gov/parksandrec) County Live Well San Diego Program (livewellsd.org) Physical health Walkability Age Friendly Action Plan Sustainable Mobility Plan Public safety City of Carlsbad Police Department Divisions & Services Homelessness City of Carlsbad Housing & Homeless Services Department Homeless Response Plan - Work Plan Carlsbad -v--:. TOMORR W Growth Management Citizens Committee 2 Topic Other related programs and agencies that address this topic in Carlsbad Is this topic already adequately addressed? Is this topic something the city can directly control? Could a nexus be made between future growth and this topic? (should it be included in growth management plan)? Should this topic be included in a quality-of- life memorandum from the Committee to the City Council? Seniors/aging community City of Carlsbad Age- Friendly Action Plan City of Carlsbad Parks & Recreation Department senior programs and senior center City of Carlsbad Senior Commission County Aging & Independence Services Senior Center operations Arts and culture City of Carlsbad Arts & Culture Master Plan City of Carlsbad Library & Cultural Arts programs and services 3 Topic Other related programs and agencies that address this topic in Carlsbad Is this topic already adequately addressed? Is this topic something the city can directly control? Could a nexus be made between future growth and this topic? (should it be included in growth management plan)? Should this topic be included in a quality-of- life memorandum from the Committee to the City Council? Energy/power: local electric power generation Clean Energy Alliance Energy Upgrade California City of Carlsbad Environmental Sustainability Department programs to reduce energy use City of Carlsbad New Power Plant City of Carlsbad Home Energy Score Assessment Program Property Assessed Clean Energy California Solar Initiative California Clean Vehicle Rebate Project Electric vehicle charging stations Carlsbad Energy Center Energy/power: renewable energy Energy/power: reservoir solar panels 4 Topic Other related programs and agencies that address this topic in Carlsbad Is this topic already adequately addressed? Is this topic something the city can directly control? Could a nexus be made between future growth and this topic? (should it be included in growth management plan)? Should this topic be included in a quality-of- life memorandum from the Committee to the City Council? Water: Sources and supplies San Diego County Water Authority Carlsbad Potable Water Master Plan Carlsbad Municipal Water District water resources Olivenhain Municipal Water District Vallecitos Water District Carlsbad Desalination Plant Carlsbad water quality San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board Storm Water Management and Discharge Control Ordinance (Chapter 15.12) Carlsbad Municipal Water District Recycled Water Master Plan Update County Department of Environmental Health and Quality recycled water Water: Desalination Water: Water quality Water: Stormwater Water: Recycled water 5 Topic Other related programs and agencies that address this topic in Carlsbad Is this topic already adequately addressed? Is this topic something the city can directly control? Could a nexus be made between future growth and this topic? (should it be included in growth management plan)? Should this topic be included in a quality-of- life memorandum from the Committee to the City Council? Environmental sustainability: climate change City of Carlsbad Climate Action Plan City of Carlsbad Draft Local Coastal Program (pending Coastal Commission approval) City of Carlsbad Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment Environmental sustainability: sea level rise Technology City of Carlsbad Strategic Digital Investment Plan Connected Carlsbad Roadmap City of Carlsbad Innovation Cellular service/Wi-Fi access 6 Topic Other related programs and agencies that address this topic in Carlsbad Is this topic already adequately addressed? Is this topic something the city can directly control? Could a nexus be made between future growth and this topic? (should it be included in growth management plan)? Should this topic be included in a quality-of- life memorandum from the Committee to the City Council? Village development Village & Barrio Master Plan Village & Barrio Objective Design Standards (underway) Request for public park in Ponto area Ponto Park fact sheet (received 9/22) Growth Management Plan parks performance standard Update Proposition H Chapter 1.24 EXPENDITURE LIMITATION (qcode.us) From:phil@resourcerenewables.com To:Growth Management Committee; Eric Lardy Cc:Matthew Hall; Priya Bhat-Patel; Keith Blackburn; Teresa Acosta; Peder Norby; Attorney; City Clerk; Jason Haber Subject:Recommendations for the City of Carlsbad Date:Friday, October 28, 2022 3:56:08 PM Attachments:Carlsbad Committee Letter.pdfMaerkle Reservoir Solar Project Summary.pdf October 28, 2022 Dear Committee Members, This letter is mainly about finding several land sites for local 20-100 acre solar projects within Carlsbad, most notably the long anticipated Maerkle Reservoir solar project. This solar project is roughly 50 acres in size, will produce around 25 megawatts (MW) of power, and will supply more than 5,000 homes with year-long energy needs. The attached summary PDF file lists several city and community benefits. We are clean energy developers, and we propose a public-private partnership as a way for the City of Carlsbad to make money by turning its available land into performing assets. We can demonstrate that solar projects are the highest and best use of most flat, open land, especially when south-facing. In addition, as an environmental engineer with a PhD from Caltech, it’s hard not to tie clean energy with related topics of concern, including housing, water, and climate change. We contend that a city that ignores these topics has a dismal future, whereas a city that masters these topics will thrive for decades to come. Let’s ensure Carlsbad continues to thrive. Suggested Recommendations to City 1. Examine in detail the roles that climate change will play in the uses and availability of water and electricity over the next two or three decades. 2. Establish safe and resilient sources of water and electricity for city residents and city businesses derived from sustainable local resources. 3. Develop, build, and own a nominally 25 MW solar power project at Maerkle Reservoir with a similar amount of power storage capacity. 4. Take an equity position to own the Maerkle Reservoir solar project, achieve market returns of 10% or more on that equity position, and collect a yearly land lease from the solar project. 5. Identify and convert city land into performing assets, including additional solar projects similar to the one at Maerkle Reservoir. 6. Seek other solar project locations within or around the City of Carlsbad, whether on 20-100 acres of city land, other public lands, or on private land, including locations at nearby cities that are part of the Clean Energy Alliance. 7. Realize the benefits of low-cost clean energy, local jobs, and local investment from solar projects in and around the City of Carlsbad. 8. Pass a city ordinance that requires all large parking lots and large roof tops to install solar panels within the next five years, with waivers granted for exceptions such as structural limitations, visibility constraints, and other reasonable considerations. 9. Find and secure long-term sources of water in a manner that is consistent with climate change forecasts over a 20-30 year long time horizon.10. Increase the capacity of the desalinization plant and run it onlocally generated, low-cost clean energy.11. Place high-density housing next to major retail centers and ensurethe high-density housing has solar panels on the roofs of the buildingsand on the roofs of new parking structures.12. Prepare plans to address growing natural hazards such as flashfloods, sea level rise, heat waves, droughts, and wildfires over thenext 20-30 years. City Leadership One of the many outstanding features of the City of Carlsbad is itsleadership among California cities, and in fact around the nation. Thisleadership arises in part from committees like this one. The expertiseand experience of committee members is invaluable for long-term planningand re-positioning the City of Carlsbad for ongoing leadership far intothe future. Your service makes a difference. Water, Energy, Housing The sustainability of human beings and cities on this planet depends indecent measure on the confluence of water, energy, and housing. This isparticularly true in Southern California, which is already facinglong-term drought conditions, but is also one of the best solar powersites in the world. Let’s address housing, water, and energy one at atime. These three subjects support the City of Carlsbad thriving farinto the future. Location, Location, Location High-density housing is one of the better-known solutions to housing,including the often more challenging subject of affordable housing. Realestate development is often the second highest and best use of a givenparcel of land (behind solar power). The main question would be where toplace high-density housing in the City of Carlsbad? It would be a losingproposition to place such housing on prime solar power land — flat andsouth facing fields such as the land at Maerkle Reservoir. Placinghigh-density housing in and around Carlsbad Village is possible, butmaybe not advisable. People coming home from work and tourists having agood time may or may not vibe well together. It’s tricky at best; it’s adelicate balance to strike. There is a better solution. Perhaps thelargest and most enticing parcels of land for high density housing arenear the shopping districts — of which there are a number of retailcenters in Carlsbad (among The Shoppes at Carlsbad, College Plaza,Carlsbad Premium Outlets, Bressi Ranch Village Center, The ForumCarlsbad, La Costa Town Square, Plaza Paseo Real, etc.). These retailcenters may require updated city zoning, design priorities focused onhigh-density housing, as well as new parking structures. What matters ishigh-density housing and retail go well together. They are great placesto concentrate new building. Always Thirsty The City of Carlsbad benefits from a desalinization plant that providesfresh water to the community. While it may have been controversial sometime ago, producing fresh water from sea water is becoming more valuableand prescient year by year. The current drought is forecast by climatechange models to get worse and worse over the next several decades –today’s drought conditions are probably the tip of the iceberg. Theexisting sources of city water and the existing agreements over waterrights are already under some stress. To that point, the Colorado Riveris in crisis, and its water can no longer be taken for granted, even inhigh priority regions such as the Imperial Valley or greater San Diego.The current planning time horizon for water is five years, whereas aplanning time horizon of 20-30 years would make more sense these days.Two potential improvements can be suggested by the committee. 1. The desalinization plant can be run on locally generated, low-costclean energy. This would be the ultimate sustainability goal, and itcould lower the cost of the water as well.2. Long term sources of water need to be sourced and secured in a mannerthat is consistent with climate change forecasts and a time horizondecades long. Highest and Best Use Local solar power can be shown to be the highest and best use of a largeparcel of land with respect to city finances - providing yearly leasingrevenue, long term equity returns, economic investment, and permanentjobs that (individually and collectively) meet or exceed traditionalreal estate development. The City of Carlsbad should find a reasonablebalance between housing and clean energy across city lands. Clean energyis a valuable part of our sustainable future, and placing that cleanenergy within or near the community yields safe power, local resiliency,lower prices, and economic development. For example, Maerkle Reservoiris a prime location, because it is isolated, flat, and facing south.Turning Maerkle Reservoir into a large solar power project is in factalready part of the City of Carlsbad Climate Action Plan. Likewise,schools and similar public facilities are prime locations for installingboth solar power and energy storage. In addition, three otherimprovements can be suggested by the Committee. 1. Other possible solar locations should be sought by the City ofCarlsbad, whether on city land or private land. The benefits are toovaluable: low cost clean energy, local jobs, local investment, lowerenergy bills, grid resiliency, fewer power disruptions, lower wildfirerisk, and local management of community power.2. Regional solar project locations in nearby cities can be sought bythe City of Carlsbad as a negotiation to be carried out by the City ofCarlsbad with other cities that are members of the Clean EnergyAlliance.3. The City of Carlsbad can also pass an ordinance that rooftop solar beinstalled on large buildings and carport solar in large parking lotsover the next five years. It’s profitable, safe, resilient, increasespower reliability, reduces wildfire risks, and promotes privatesustainability actions behind the meter. Three Financial Models If the City of Carlsbad is going to place solar projects on its ownland, it may want to own the project itself. There are three differentfinancial models to choose from. 1. Spend the money outright2. Break even like a nonprofit3. Achieve 10% market returns The Committee is in a position to recommend market returns of 10% ormore on solar power projects owned by the city. City land can and shouldbecome a performing asset that prints money for city coffers. This is adependable and synergistic revenue source given the money originatesfrom reliable Carlsbad energy consumers, who also benefit from lowerenergy bills and local economic development. All In The Family What are the benefits of doing a large solar project on city land? 1) The city gets paid a land lease every year, which turns the land intoa performing asset. The land lease is higher than expected property taxrevenue each year, and has a higher net present value than selling theland to a developer.2) The owner of the solar project – which on city land can be the cityitself, or a third party private equity group, or both at the city’sdiscretion – gets the 10% or higher returns from the project equityinvestment. This asset is readily bought and sold among many interestedplayers, and so remains relatively liquid.3) A local Community Choice Aggregator (CCA) such as the Clean EnergyAlliance would buy the low-cost clean energy from the solar project,which is basically the city selling the power to itself. The revenuestream is derived from the electricity customers of the city, so thisrevenue can be considered steady and reliable.4) The residents of Carlsbad, as well as the businesses within Carlsbad,would benefit from lower electricity bills due to low cost power fromsuch solar projects. That would increase disposable cash for bothresidents and businesses alike. The city would also be in a position tostabilize electricity rates against long term utility rate hikes,reducing both uncertainty and inflation.5) The city at large would benefit from the economic development of sucha large project (around $75 million), along with dozens of prevailingwage construction jobs as well as long-term management jobs, among othersimilar benefits. These same dollars often circulate 2-3 timesthroughout the city, bringing additional multiples in economic benefits.That’s the key to local community power.6) The electricity supply within the city would become more resilientfrom ample energy storage on site. Because the energy storage is local,the entire city would be subject to fewer blackouts, energy disruptions,or summer price hikes. This is literally the city determining its ownstable and resilient energy future.7) The electricity supply within the city would also become safer. Localenergy storage reduces peak transmission line usage, resulting in a lower likelihood of wildfires from nearby transmission lines. This will shift the city fire services away from imminent risks and into a stronger preventative posture. Maerkle Reservoir Specifics 1. Solidify Carlsbad’s long term leadership in the area of clean energy2. Fulfill the city’s Climate Action Plan’s intended use for MaerkleReservoir3. Generate safe and resilient clean energy within the City of Carlsbad4. Decentralize power generation away from distant, disconnected, andmonstrous entities5. Generate power close to the end user and avoid transmission costs,transmission losses, and reduce local wildfire risks6. Identify and reserve public lands for large local solar projects inand around the greater Carlsbad and North County region7. Create public-private partnerships to develop clean energy projectson public lands designated for solar projects8. Maerkle Reservoir is a prime flat, south-facing, isolated fieldperfect for ground mounted solar and energy storage9. Around 25 MW of power, roughly 5% of Carlsbad usage, and around 5000homes will be powered year round by Maerkle Reservoir alone10. A solar project land lease for the city is the highest and best useof city land, above and beyond traditional housing development orproperty tax revenue11. Earn 10% or more market returns on city equity dollars invested12. Turn city lands into performing assets that make yearly leasingrevenue as well as project equity returns13. The power sold to city customers through the Clean Energy Alliancewill be at prices that beat the local utility with ease, stabilizinglong term prices14. This a safe and liquid investment that can be sold on the openenergy markets15. Garner financial benefits from $75 million investment, includingdozens of prevailing wage jobs and management jobs, as well as economicmultiples thereof16. Equity stake for the City of Carlsbad in this project would be 10%of the project total value, which is ($75 million x 10% = ) $7.5 millionwith 10% or more returns What’s the Real Point? For the last few years, clean energy has been the least expensive formof energy bar none. Solar power is cheaper than coal-fired power plants.Battery storage is cheaper than natural gas peaker plants. The financialmotivations for switching to clean energy are settled once and for all.This is especially true in SDG&E territory, where prices are among thehighest in the nation. The question becomes: where do you put the cleanenergy? Do you put it far away out in the desert, or do you put itnearby the end user? If you put the clean energy nearby, then you nolonger experience significant transmission losses (30-50% of power inCalifornia), transmission expenses (4-12 cents per kWh extra), ortransmission hazards (blackouts and wildfires), while you gain thebenefits of economic development, local jobs, along with safe andresilient power for the community. That’s why finding land for solar projects within the City of Carlsbad is so valuable. Land nearby in Vista or Oceanside would work as well, as long as those cities are part of the Clean Energy Alliance. A local renewable energy solution istherefore a regional solution. We need to point out this is not amicrogrid, because everything and everybody remains connected to theexisting electricity grid. This is simply local electricity to avoidblackouts and wildfires, while decreasing the cost of your electricitybills at the same time. Climate Change Climate change is already stressing some cities in ways they did notanticipate and were not prepared for. You see various disasters on thenews — floods, wildfires, droughts, storms, heat waves, etc. — and theyare only getting more frequent and more intense. This is a good time torevise and upgrade city plans. What used to be rare and unpredictablewill become all too common. It’s better to be prepared. However, sayingsomething like the water allocation is acceptable for the next fiveyears does nothing for housing or energy projects designed to last 30-50years. The longer view looks different, and perhaps a bit scarier. Youcan be certain things will change. And every city is much more likely toexperience at least one natural disaster over those 30-50 years. So theassets and operations of the city need to be protected long term toensure the ongoing functions of daily life. 1. Flooding events, including flash floods, are setting new records andhappening more frequently. This is in part because of intense rain bombsand because of stalled storm patterns. These used to be rare, and theyare becoming more common. The rates and amounts of precipitation havegrown. Old flood maps are no longer reliable. So even during a drought,we can expect a few hours or days of staggering precipitation. The Cityof Carlsbad has potential flood zones, and may not have enoughinfrastructure in place to handle increased precipitation rates. Thecity Drainage capabilities may need to be upgraded.2. Sea level rise will only accelerate in the next couple of decades dueto record ice melting in Greenland and collapsing ice shelves inAntarctica, as well as hotter ocean temperatures that cause the oceansto swell in size. The rates of ice entering the oceans are currentlyexceeding predictions, and there is no known way to slow out of controlmelting. At the shoreline, one inch of sea level rise erodes away around20 inches of beach, so the impact near the shoreline is surprisinglysevere. Stronger ocean storms can then tear down beach structures andattack beach cliffs more easily. Shorelines are in peril and cliffs canbe expected to crumble. Houses, train tracks, and roads will face newand increased hazards moving forward. Protective measures and newtraffic patterns will be needed.3. Heat waves will only get more intense and more frequent. Hot weatheris apparently the biggest climate killer and heat waves the most readilyattributable to climate change. Heat waves will drive people inside withhigher air conditioning loads on the local electricity grids. If localclean energy projects are not installed nearby, you can expect increasedwildfire frequency from overloaded and overheated transmission lines.Even living near the ocean will no longer protect cities with a coolocean breeze, as used to be the case. Instead, high pressure systemswill sit offshore and bake millions of people. Extreme fire hazards willpersist for one or more weeks. 4. The drought in California is predicted by climate change models to continue and only get worse. The current water situation is just the beginning. Having the highest priority on Colorado River water and beinga city that is a “drop in the bucket” will mean nothing 10-20 years fromnow. If there is no water, there is no water. Water rights or city sizewon’t matter. A longer-term planning time horizon is needed to keep thewater flowing for decades into the future. Water is life. The city needsto secure the sources of that water sooner rather than later, beforescarcity sets in or prices climb too high. Ongoing drought will alsoincrease all sorts of fire risks. Contact We welcome any questions or comments you may have. Please feel free tocontact us and discuss any of these matters. We can also assemble publicmaterials and scholarly references on any of the subjects above. Sincerely, Dr. Phil Watts --Dr. Phil WattsCEO, Chair ResourceCell: 562-607-2132https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.resourcerenewables.com__;!!E_4xU6-vwMWK-Q!s2FPrXUsCZ1zv4M-rHgSyzDA1ZEQ5fbeen4nyFW777F63qrRNL4Wn6V4yOs-iXAVTxiYQA0k0Ax1MFC-Jq_uqCoedlU$ CAUTION: Do not open attachments or click on links unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. October 28, 2022 Dear Committee Members, This letter is mainly about finding several land sites for local 20-100 acre solar projects within Carlsbad, most notably the long anticipated Maerkle Reservoir solar project. This solar project is roughly 50 acres in size, will produce around 25 megawatts (MW) of power, and will supply more than 5,000 homes with year-long energy needs. The attached summary PDF file lists several city and community benefits. We are clean energy developers, and we propose a public-private partnership as a way for the City of Carlsbad to make money by turning its available land into performing assets. We can demonstrate that solar projects are the highest and best use of most flat, open land, especially when south-facing. In addition, as an environmental engineer with a PhD from Caltech, it’s hard not to tie clean energy with related topics of concern, including housing, water, and climate change. We contend that a city that ignores these topics has a dismal future, whereas a city that masters these topics will thrive for decades to come. Let’s ensure Carlsbad continues to thrive. Suggested Recommendations to City 1. Examine in detail the roles that climate change will play in the uses and availability of water and electricity over the next two or three decades. 2. Establish safe and resilient sources of water and electricity for city residents and city businesses derived from sustainable local resources. 3. Develop, build, and own a nominally 25 MW solar power project at Maerkle Reservoir with a similar amount of power storage capacity. 4. Take an equity position to own the Maerkle Reservoir solar project, achieve market returns of 10% or more on that equity position, and collect a yearly land lease from the solar project. 5. Identify and convert city land into performing assets, including additional solar projects similar to the one at Maerkle Reservoir. 6. Seek other solar project locations within or around the City of Carlsbad, whether on 20-100 acres of city land, other public lands, or on private land, including locations at nearby cities that are part of the Clean Energy Alliance. 7. Realize the benefits of low-cost clean energy, local jobs, and local investment from solar projects in and around the City of Carlsbad. 8. Pass a city ordinance that requires all large parking lots and large roof tops to install solar panels within the next five years, with waivers granted for exceptions such as structural limitations, visibility constraints, and other reasonable considerations. 9. Find and secure long-term sources of water in a manner that is consistent with climate change forecasts over a 20-30 year long time horizon. Resource Renewables - 2 - 10. Increase the capacity of the desalinization plant and run it on locally generated, low- cost clean energy. 11. Place high-density housing next to major retail centers and ensure the high-density housing has solar panels on the roofs of the buildings and on the roofs of new parking structures. 12. Prepare plans to address growing natural hazards such as flash floods, sea level rise, heat waves, droughts, and wildfires over the next 20-30 years. City Leadership One of the many outstanding features of the City of Carlsbad is its leadership among California cities, and in fact around the nation. This leadership arises in part from committees like this one. The expertise and experience of committee members is invaluable for long-term planning and re-positioning the City of Carlsbad for ongoing leadership far into the future. Your service makes a difference. Water, Energy, Housing The sustainability of human beings and cities on this planet depends in decent measure on the confluence of water, energy, and housing. This is particularly true in Southern California, which is already facing long-term drought conditions, but is also one of the best solar power sites in the world. Let’s address housing, water, and energy one at a time. These three subjects support the City of Carlsbad thriving far into the future. Location, Location, Location High-density housing is one of the better-known solutions to housing, including the often more challenging subject of affordable housing. Real estate development is often the second highest and best use of a given parcel of land (behind solar power). The main question would be where to place high-density housing in the City of Carlsbad? It would be a losing proposition to place such housing on prime solar power land — flat and south facing fields such as the land at Maerkle Reservoir. Placing high-density housing in and around Carlsbad Village is possible, but maybe not advisable. People coming home from work and tourists having a good time may or may not vibe well together. It’s tricky at best; it’s a delicate balance to strike. There is a better solution. Perhaps the largest and most enticing parcels of land for high density housing are near the shopping districts — of which there are a number of retail centers in Carlsbad (among The Shoppes at Carlsbad, College Plaza, Carlsbad Premium Outlets, Bressi Ranch Village Center, The Forum Carlsbad, La Costa Town Square, Plaza Paseo Real, etc.). These retail centers may require updated city zoning, design priorities focused on high-density housing, as well as new parking structures. What matters is high-density housing and retail go well together. They are great places to concentrate new building. - 3 - Always Thirsty The City of Carlsbad benefits from a desalinization plant that provides fresh water to the community. While it may have been controversial some time ago, producing fresh water from sea water is becoming more valuable and prescient year by year. The current drought is forecast by climate change models to get worse and worse over the next several decades – today’s drought conditions are probably the tip of the iceberg. The existing sources of city water and the existing agreements over water rights are already under some stress. To that point, the Colorado River is in crisis, and its water can no longer be taken for granted, even in high priority regions such as the Imperial Valley or greater San Diego. The current planning time horizon for water is five years, whereas a planning time horizon of 20-30 years would make more sense these days. Two potential improvements can be suggested by the committee. 1. The desalinization plant can be run on locally generated, low-cost clean energy. This would be the ultimate sustainability goal, and it could lower the cost of the water as well. 2. Long term sources of water need to be sourced and secured in a manner that is consistent with climate change forecasts and a time horizon decades long. Highest and Best Use Local solar power can be shown to be the highest and best use of a large parcel of land with respect to city finances - providing yearly leasing revenue, long term equity returns, economic investment, and permanent jobs that (individually and collectively) meet or exceed traditional real estate development. The City of Carlsbad should find a reasonable balance between housing and clean energy across city lands. Clean energy is a valuable part of our sustainable future, and placing that clean energy within or near the community yields safe power, local resiliency, lower prices, and economic development. For example, Maerkle Reservoir is a prime location, because it is isolated, flat, and facing south. Turning Maerkle Reservoir into a large solar power project is in fact already part of the City of Carlsbad Climate Action Plan. Likewise, schools and similar public facilities are prime locations for installing both solar power and energy storage. In addition, three other improvements can be suggested by the Committee. 1. Other possible solar locations should be sought by the City of Carlsbad, whether on city land or private land. The benefits are too valuable: low cost clean energy, local jobs, local investment, lower energy bills, grid resiliency, fewer power disruptions, lower wildfire risk, and local management of community power. 2. Regional solar project locations in nearby cities can be sought by the City of Carlsbad as a negotiation to be carried out by the City of Carlsbad with other cities that are members of the Clean Energy Alliance. 3. The City of Carlsbad can also pass an ordinance that rooftop solar be installed on large buildings and carport solar in large parking lots over the next five years. It’s profitable, safe, resilient, increases power reliability, reduces wildfire risks, and promotes private sustainability actions behind the meter. - 4 - Three Financial Models If the City of Carlsbad is going to place solar projects on its own land, it may want to own the project itself. There are three different financial models to choose from. 1. Spend the money outright 2. Break even like a nonprofit 3. Achieve 10% market returns The Committee is in a position to recommend market returns of 10% or more on solar power projects owned by the city. City land can and should become a performing asset that prints money for city coffers. This is a dependable and synergistic revenue source given the money originates from reliable Carlsbad energy consumers, who also benefit from lower energy bills and local economic development. All In The Family What are the benefits of doing a large solar project on city land? 1) The city gets paid a land lease every year, which turns the land into a performing asset. The land lease is higher than expected property tax revenue each year, and has a higher net present value than selling the land to a developer. 2) The owner of the solar project – which on city land can be the city itself, or a third party private equity group, or both at the city’s discretion – gets the 10% or higher returns from the project equity investment. This asset is readily bought and sold among many interested players, and so remains relatively liquid. 3) A local Community Choice Aggregator (CCA) such as the Clean Energy Alliance would buy the low-cost clean energy from the solar project, which is basically the city selling the power to itself. The revenue stream is derived from the electricity customers of the city, so this revenue can be considered steady and reliable. 4) The residents of Carlsbad, as well as the businesses within Carlsbad, would benefit from lower electricity bills due to low cost power from such solar projects. That would increase disposable cash for both residents and businesses alike. The city would also be in a position to stabilize electricity rates against long term utility rate hikes, reducing both uncertainty and inflation. 5) The city at large would benefit from the economic development of such a large project (around $75 million), along with dozens of prevailing wage construction jobs as well as long-term management jobs, among other similar benefits. These same dollars often circulate 2-3 times throughout the city, bringing additional multiples in economic benefits. That’s the key to local community power. 6) The electricity supply within the city would become more resilient from ample energy storage on site. Because the energy storage is local, the entire city would be subject to fewer blackouts, energy disruptions, or summer price hikes. This is literally the city determining its own stable and resilient energy future. 7) The electricity supply within the city would also become safer. Local energy storage reduces peak transmission line usage, resulting in a lower likelihood of - 5 - wildfires from nearby transmission lines. This will shift the city fire services away from imminent risks and into a stronger preventative posture. Maerkle Reservoir Specifics 1. Solidify Carlsbad’s long term leadership in the area of clean energy 2. Fulfill the city’s Climate Action Plan’s intended use for Maerkle Reservoir 3. Generate safe and resilient clean energy within the City of Carlsbad 4. Decentralize power generation away from distant, disconnected, and monstrous entities 5. Generate power close to the end user and avoid transmission costs, transmission losses, and reduce local wildfire risks 6. Identify and reserve public lands for large local solar projects in and around the greater Carlsbad and North County region 7. Create public-private partnerships to develop clean energy projects on public lands designated for solar projects 8. Maerkle Reservoir is a prime flat, south-facing, isolated field perfect for ground mounted solar and energy storage 9. Around 25 MW of power, roughly 5% of Carlsbad usage, and around 5000 homes will be powered year round by Maerkle Reservoir alone 10. A solar project land lease for the city is the highest and best use of city land, above and beyond traditional housing development or property tax revenue 11. Earn 10% or more market returns on city equity dollars invested 12. Turn city lands into performing assets that make yearly leasing revenue as well as project equity returns 13. The power sold to city customers through the Clean Energy Alliance will be at prices that beat the local utility with ease, stabilizing long term prices 14. This a safe and liquid investment that can be sold on the open energy markets 15. Garner financial benefits from $75 million investment, including dozens of prevailing wage jobs and management jobs, as well as economic multiples thereof 16. Equity stake for the City of Carlsbad in this project would be 10% of the project total value, which is ($75 million x 10% = ) $7.5 million with 10% or more returns What’s the Real Point? For the last few years, clean energy has been the least expensive form of energy bar none. Solar power is cheaper than coal-fired power plants. Battery storage is cheaper than natural gas peaker plants. The financial motivations for switching to clean energy are settled once and for all. This is especially true in SDG&E territory, where prices are among the highest in the nation. The question becomes: where do you put the clean energy? Do you put it far away out in the desert, or do you put it nearby the end user? If you put the clean energy nearby, then you no longer experience significant transmission losses (30-50% of power in California), transmission expenses (4-12 cents per kWh extra), or transmission hazards (blackouts and wildfires), while you gain the benefits of economic development, local jobs, along with safe and resilient power for the community. That’s why finding land for solar projects within the City of Carlsbad is so - 6 - valuable. Land nearby in Vista or Oceanside would work as well, as long as those cities are part of the Clean Energy Alliance. A local renewable energy solution is therefore a regional solution. We need to point out this is not a microgrid, because everything and everybody remains connected to the existing electricity grid. This is simply local electricity to avoid blackouts and wildfires, while decreasing the cost of your electricity bills at the same time. Climate Change Climate change is already stressing some cities in ways they did not anticipate and were not prepared for. You see various disasters on the news — floods, wildfires, droughts, storms, heat waves, etc. — and they are only getting more frequent and more intense. This is a good time to revise and upgrade city plans. What used to be rare and unpredictable will become all too common. It’s better to be prepared. However, saying something like the water allocation is acceptable for the next five years does nothing for housing or energy projects designed to last 30-50 years. The longer view looks different, and perhaps a bit scarier. You can be certain things will change. And every city is much more likely to experience at least one natural disaster over those 30-50 years. So the assets and operations of the city need to be protected long term to ensure the ongoing functions of daily life. 1. Flooding events, including flash floods, are setting new records and happening more frequently. This is in part because of intense rain bombs and because of stalled storm patterns. These used to be rare, and they are becoming more common. The rates and amounts of precipitation have grown. Old flood maps are no longer reliable. So even during a drought, we can expect a few hours or days of staggering precipitation. The City of Carlsbad has potential flood zones, and may not have enough infrastructure in place to handle increased precipitation rates. The city Drainage capabilities may need to be upgraded. 2. Sea level rise will only accelerate in the next couple of decades due to record ice melting in Greenland and collapsing ice shelves in Antarctica, as well as hotter ocean temperatures that cause the oceans to swell in size. The rates of ice entering the oceans are currently exceeding predictions, and there is no known way to slow out of control melting. At the shoreline, one inch of sea level rise erodes away around 20 inches of beach, so the impact near the shoreline is surprisingly severe. Stronger ocean storms can then tear down beach structures and attack beach cliffs more easily. Shorelines are in peril and cliffs can be expected to crumble. Houses, train tracks, and roads will face new and increased hazards moving forward. Protective measures and new traffic patterns will be needed. 3. Heat waves will only get more intense and more frequent. Hot weather is apparently the biggest climate killer and heat waves the most readily attributable to climate change. Heat waves will drive people inside with higher air conditioning loads on the local electricity grids. If local clean energy projects are not installed nearby, you can expect increased wildfire frequency from overloaded and overheated transmission lines. Even living near the ocean will no longer protect cities with a cool ocean - 7 - breeze, as used to be the case. Instead, high pressure systems will sit offshore and bake millions of people. Extreme fire hazards will persist for one or more weeks. 4. The drought in California is predicted by climate change models to continue and only get worse. The current water situation is just the beginning. Having the highest priority on Colorado River water and being a city that is a “drop in the bucket” will mean nothing 10-20 years from now. If there is no water, there is no water. Water rights or city size won’t matter. A longer-term planning time horizon is needed to keep the water flowing for decades into the future. Water is life. The city needs to secure the sources of that water sooner rather than later, before scarcity sets in or prices climb too high. Ongoing drought will also increase all sorts of fire risks. Contact We welcome any questions or comments you may have. Please feel free to contact us and discuss any of these matters. We can also assemble public materials and scholarly references on any of the subjects above. Sincerely, Dr. Phil Watts, CEO Resource Renewable Energy, Inc. www.resourcerenewables.com Cell: 562-607-2132 Maerkle Reservoir Solar Project Bringing Safe and Resilient Power to Carlsbad City Benefits: •$75 million in local economic development •Prevailing wage construction and other jobs •Climate Action Plan and leadership success •Local resiliency for the Clean Energy Alliance •Safer power grid with lower forest fire risks •Yearly revenue from solar project land lease Community Benefits: •Clean energy to power 5000 homes all year •Lower energy bills and stabilized energy prices •Fewer blackouts and electricity disruptions •Home grown solution being managed locally 1 October 7, 2022 To: Carlsbad Tomorrow Committee From: Committee Member Steve Linke (Traffic & Mobility Commission) Re: Open space and parks discussion follow-up At our last meeting, I raised several questions about open space and parks. As a follow-up, and after doing some additional research, I would like to provide the committee with the following information. We get a lot of communications to read, but please read the initial 1½-page SUMMARY below. For the brave of heart, optional SUPPORTING ENDNOTES follow. SUMMARY 40% open space • In 1986, staff planners estimated (behind the scenes) that Carlsbad would have about 37%-38% open space at build-out based on conditions that existed at that time.1 However, the growth management ballot proposition adopted by voters that year was accompanied by a rather unequivocal “Argument in Favor” authored by the City Council (which had placed the item on the ballot) that its passage would “guarantee 40% open space.”2 • Note that staff has used a City Council “Argument in Favor” in the past to guide their interpretation of the legal intent of a related ballot measure, giving that significant weight.3 Park funding • The so-called “fact sheet” we received last meeting on parks is very misleading in its claims that park land acquisition and development can only be paid from the city’s General Fund, and that any such expenditure in excess of $1 million requires a citywide vote.4 • At a minimum, park-in-lieu (PIL) fee5 and public facility fee (PFF)6 funds can be used for those purposes, and tens of millions of dollars have been spent, or are currently programmed to be spent, on parks through those funding mechanisms. • In addition, Proposition C (adopted citywide by voters in 2002) creates an exemption from the $1 million General Fund limit for “open space” projects. Staff has claimed that the Proposition C exemption applies only to “natural open space,” but the word “natural” does not appear anywhere in the ballot measure itself, the City Attorney’s Impartial Analysis, or the City Council’s Argument in Favor of the measure.7 • The State has a very specific legal definition of “open space” for city planning purposes, which comprises several categories of land, including land for parks, in addition to natural open space.8 The City of Carlsbad has also followed this definition.9 • Also, the City Council (which placed the item on the ballot) specifically cited “parks” as an example in the very first sentence of their “Argument in Favor” of passage of Proposition C, supporting that legislative intent.10 2 • Further, the ballot measure itself included the exemption for “trail linkages and open space,” and the General Plan in effect at the time had multiple policies promoting the creation of trails within parks and making connections between the parks with trail linkages11—all consistent with an intended ability to use Proposition C to fund all types of open space projects (parks and natural), as well as trail linkages to connect all of those spaces. Veterans Memorial Park’s satisfaction of the current park standard • The justification to divide the substantial acreage of Veterans Memorial Park (formerly Macario Canyon Park) equally into all four quadrants was made in 1986, when the plan was to create a regional-scale park with substantial active areas and facilities—including, apparently, an amphitheater. • However, the park’s final design, which was based on more recent public input, includes only a fraction of active recreation area—with the vast majority being passive areas and inaccessible open space.12 • In the transportation study, staff concluded that the park will not really generate new general park use trips--rather, it will basically just redistribute some existing trips from other nearby parks.13 The Planning Commission went to great lengths to defend that study, highlighting how the park changed into one that is going to function more like a small neighborhood park, rather than a community or regional park.14 • Therefore, while it will be a wonderful park, it is not reasonable for the city to continue to argue in 2022 that it will serve a significant citywide role and to split its substantial acreage (most of it passive/off-limits) among all four quadrants to meet the park performance standard, while simultaneously arguing, for transportation impact purposes, that the park will largely be acting like a neighborhood park. On all of these issues, what is actually legally required, and what this committee wishes to recommend going forward, are open topics. However, in order for our committee to make informed and transparent recommendations to the City Council, we need to be provided with reasonable, accurate, and unbiased information to guide us. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 SUPPORTING ENDNOTES 40% open space Endnote 1: Vice Chair Mike Howes’ July 22, 2022 “Growth Management Background & History” communication to the committee. Endnote 2: The growth management measure Proposition E (Attachment A) was placed on the ballot by the 1986 City Council and focused on: …ensuring good traffic circulation, schools, parks, libraries, open space and recreational amenities… It is notable that the “Argument in Favor,” which was co-authored by the very councilmembers who placed the measure on the ballot, focused specifically on the 40% open space argument—not mentioning any of the other public facilities that were included in growth management: Proposition E…guarantees that we will always be a low density residential community with 40% open space… Endnote 3: It is also notable that, at the 1/26/2021 City Council meeting (Item #12), staff cited council’s official ballot “Argument in Favor” of 2002’s Proposition C in their interpretation that General Fund money cannot be used to fund parks. So, staff clearly considers “Arguments in Favor” to hold significant weight in the interpretation of the intent of such ballot measures. Park funding Endnote 4: Bullet points from “Fact Sheet: Community Interest in a Ponto Public Park, City of Carlsbad Community Development”: • Funding for park acquisition, development and maintenance must come from the General Fund, which was not included in the Fiscal Year 2022-23 budget (funds from park-in-lieu fees or Community Facility District #1 fees are restricted and cannot be used). • Citywide voter approval would be required under Proposition H, a Carlsbad-specific law that requires voter approval for any capital improvement projects that cost more than $1 million in general funds, even if the city already has the money on hand. Endnote 5: Availability of PIL funds was acknowledged in the “Carlsbad Tomorrow: Growth Management Citizens Committee: Recent Committee Questions & Responses” document received by the committee yesterday (October 6, 2022). 4 Endnote 6: More significantly, public facility fees (PFF) can be used. In fact, here are three examples of parks that have been assigned a significant amount from the PIL and PFF funds, according to the Capital Improvement Program Dashboard: • Village H Dog Park and Trail: $0.9 million PFF (Attachment B) • Robertson Ranch Park Development: $2.5 million PIL + $12.6 million PFF (Attachment C) • Pine Avenue Park Community Center: $2.2 million PIL + $10.1 million PFF (Attachment D) Endnote 7: The claim that usage of General Fund amounts greater than $1 million without a citywide vote is also specious. Voters adopted Proposition C in 2002 (Attachment E), which makes exceptions to the $1 million limit for certain specific projects and other broad categories of projects. The broad categories are “trail linkages and open space.” Endnote 8: California Government Code Section 65560(h) describes several categories of land defined as “open space.” Subsection (3) describes park open space: “Open space for outdoor recreation, including…areas particularly suited for park and recreation purposes…” Other categories include Subsection (1) open space for preservation of natural resources (i.e., “natural open space”), Subsection (2) open space for managed production of resources (e.g., forests, farms, and fisheries), etc. Endnote 9: The City of Carlsbad follows this State definition in its Open Space, Conservation, and Recreation Element of the General Plan. That element also clearly lays out how both natural open space and open space for recreational use both fall under the definition of open space: Open space is one of Carlsbad’s principal defining features and serves several different purposes. Many open spaces are conserved as natural habitat. Other open spaces fulfill both habitat conservation and recreational needs, or are specifically designated for recreational use. Endnote 10: Four of the five members of the 2002 council (Mayor Lewis and Councilmembers Kulchin, Finnila, and Nygaard) supported placing Proposition C on the ballot (then-Councilmember Hall was opposed). All four of those in favor were designated to co-submit the official written argument in favor of the ballot measure (Attachment E). The very first sentence cites parks and roads as examples, and then it goes on to explain that adoption of the proposition will allow the city to fund such facilities in advance of, or instead of, developer funding: The Growth Management Plan {GMP) requires developers, not existing residents and businesses to pay for new facilities such as parks and roads. Unfortunately, the money Is not collected from developers until development occurs. This means that the construction of facilities may lag behind need. This proposition allows the City to advance funding for certain projects ahead of developer funding, and invest additional tax revenues to enhance public benefit or construct projects that would not be a developer responsibility. The citizens likely wanted to avoid filling every empty parcel with residences and commercial buildings, and they were not parsing "open space" into "natural" vs. "parks" vs. other types. And, given the argument in favor, they were expecting parks to be funded. 5 Endnote 11: Policies adopted in the 1994 General Plan Update. Provide, if feasible, a Carlsbad Trail System to be owned and maintained by the City, and wherever possible, the trail system shall be used to provide linkage between park facilities. Design and construct trails within parks to connect with the proposed Carlsbad Trail System as part of future park development. Veterans Memorial Park Endnote 12: See the 6/15/2022 Planning Commission staff report for Veterans Memorial Park. Endnote 13: See Appendix I of the above-referenced staff report. Also note that the park is surrounded by the golf course and industrial areas to the south and Agua Hedionda creek to the north, so there is very little residential development within walking or easy biking distance. Endnote 14: Watch Item #2 in the 6/15/2022 Planning Commission meeting video. 6 ATTACHMENT A CITY OF CARLSBAD Proposition E (This ?roposltlon 'NUI appear on the ballot In the followlng form.) E Shall an ordll"lance be adopted to provide as a part ol the 1986 growth managemont plan that 1) NO DEVELOPMENT SHALL BE . APPROVED bY the City of Carlsbad unless It Is guarantAed that concurrent with need ell necessary public facilllies be provided as required by said plan wlth ~mphasis on ensuring good lraffic circulation, achOols, · pns, llbrariea, cpen space and recreational amenities; and 2) the City Council shall not approve residential development which would Increase the numbef of dwefflng units beyond the limit fn safd or:iinance WITHOUT AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF THE CITIZENS. The C,ty may add addillonal public facllltlea. The City shall not reduce public lacil111es without a corresponding reduction In the residential dw81dng unit lmlt. ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF PROPOSITION E VOTE 'VES ON PROPOSITION e Most peoptt agree tllll Ille pace or growth tn Cerlsl)ad has Deen so ff'st that a moratorium on bulldli,g. was needed. The moratorium gavo Carlsbad time 10 tlnd an lntelllgent way 10 plan tuture growth, The resun Is ProPositlon E, which puts slrict rules on !he book!--rules that can't change unlest you, the voter, change them. Proposition E puls a purmanent cap on the total number of reoidenlial units· that ~an be bt.lill In ~r1sbad: reduces tne overall density of the city and guarantees that we will arways be a low density residential comm.anlty with 4D"/4 opon space. NO OE.1/ELOPMENT SHALL BE APPROVED unk!Ss all requll'ed public ,ac.itlas are provided up front. Proposition ~ guarantees that lhe cost or needed public facllitlee will be paid by land dGVelopers and future homeowners•-D9! by current Cansbad ta><payel"9. Proposition E gives us c:ontroled growth without Increased ta,ces and without dostroying our property values or beautiful oom'hunity. · Proposition E was put on the ballot by the City Council and IS endorsed by the Carlsbad Unified School District. . Now Is tht time to put strict limits on development and a cap on our ful\Jre ~owth. Voto to preservo Carlsbad. VOTE YES ON PACPOSITION E MARY H. CASLER ANN J. KULCHIN . . RICHARD J. CHICK CLAUDE A. LEWIS HOWARD C, HARMON Sant a Marg arita R iv er San River Colleg e B lvd SM e l r o se Dr Old CastleRd S Miss io n Rd Pala Rd 76 15 BONSALL HIDDEN MEADOWS ESCONDIDO JUNCTION SAN LUIS REY VISTA SAN MARCOS OCEAN SIDE C AR LS BAD Lake Hodges LaCosta Ave C arl s ba d Blvd Via d e L a Valle 78 RANCHO BERNARDO LEUCADIA ENCINITAS ES COND IDO Rincon Reservation VALLEY CENTER PAUMA VALLEY RINCON SAN PASQUAL SanGIS, Esri, HERE, Garmin, SafeGraph, METI/NASA, USGS, Bureau of Land Management, EPA, NPS, USDA CARLSBADVILLAGE DR B E N N I N GT O N CT C H A T H A M R D VICTORIA AV NEW CASTLE WY H A V E R H ILL S T CHA T SWO R TH W Y KINGS T O N S T Village H South Off Leash Dog Area and Trail Segment 5B Southwest Corner of Carlsbad Village Drive and Victoria Avenue, Carlsbad CA 92010Location: Capital ProjectClassification:DesignPhase:MediumScore: Description: The City of Carlsbad took ownership of a 61-acre piece of property, bisected at the corner of Carlsbad Village Drive and Victoria Avenue, as part of a lawsuit settlement involving the Quarry Creek housing project. Taking into account community input, staff and Preserve Calavera created a conceptual plan to allow an off-leash dog area while protecting sensitive habitat preserves and providing for wildlife movement. The project anticipates approximately 1.0 acre of fenced, off-leash dog area, a parking lot and a prefab restroom. The project also includes the design and construction of the balance of Trail Segment 5B (Carlsbad Village Drive to Tamarack Avenue, as reflected in the Carlsbad Trails Master Plan.) Rationale: City Council directed city staff to “initiate public outreach to engage residents in the development of a plan to integrate an off-leash dog run as part of the Village H property.” FundingSource Appropriationto Date Year 1 Adopted Budget(2021-22) Year 2 Planned(2022-23) Year 3 Planned(2023-24) Year 4 Planned(2024-25) Year 5 Planned(2025-26) Year 6-10 Planned(2027-31) Year 11-15 Planned(2032-36)Total PFF ´ 1 2 3 4 Total Project Cost: 1,394,800 522,000 67,000 872,800 1,394,800 BUDGET1 F2021_22FS1 F2022_23FS1 F2023_24FS1 F2024_25FS1 F2025_26FS1 F2026_30FS1 F2031_35FS1 TTLFUND1 0 BUDGET2 F2021_22FS2 F2022_23FS2 F2023_24FS2 F2024_25FS2 F2025_26FS2 F2026_30FS2 F2031_35FS2 TTLFUND2 0 BUDGET3 F2021_22FS3 F2022_23FS3 F2023_24FS3 F2024_25FS3 F2025_26FS3 F2026_30FS3 F2031_35FS3 TTLFUND3 0 BUDGET4 F2021_22FS4 F2022_23FS4 F2023_24FS4 F2024_25FS4 F2025_26FS4 F2026_30FS4 F2031_35FS4 TTLFUND4 0 BUDGET5 F2021_22FS5 F2022_23FS5 F2023_24FS5 F2024_25FS5 F2025_26FS5 F2026_30FS5 F2031_35FS5 TTLFUND5 Project Number: 4610Project location is approximate.Date Exported: 8/23/2021 {city of Carlsbad Sant a Marg arita R iv er San River Colleg e B lvd SM e l r o se Dr Old CastleRd S Miss io n Rd Pala Rd 76 15 BONSALL HIDDEN MEADOWS ESCONDIDO JUNCTION SAN LUIS REY VISTA SAN MARCOS OCEAN SIDE C AR LS BAD Lake Hodges LaCosta Ave C arl s ba d Blvd Via d e L a Valle 78 RANCHO BERNARDO LEUCADIA ENCINITAS ES COND IDO Rincon Reservation VALLEY CENTER PAUMA VALLEY RINCON SAN PASQUAL SanGIS, Esri, HERE, Garmin, SafeGraph, METI/NASA, USGS, Bureau of Land Management, EPA, NPS, USDA CANN O N RD WIN D T R A I L W Y GLEN AV TRAILBLAZER W Y Robertson Ranch Park Development (Partial Funding) El Camino Real and Cannon Rd, access from Trailblazer WayLocation: Capital ProjectClassification:PlanningPhase:MediumScore: Description: 13 acre Special Use Area Park for sports field complex including restrooms and parking. Initial phase is to develop a concept plan for the site in conjunction with the adjacent Fire Station #3 project. Actual park development not slated until buildout and is currently partially unfunded. Rationale: Fifteen (15) acres will be developed to meet the City’s guidelines for numbers of sports fields per quadrant. FundingSource Appropriationto Date Year 1 Adopted Budget(2021-22) Year 2 Planned(2022-23) Year 3 Planned(2023-24) Year 4 Planned(2024-25) Year 5 Planned(2025-26) Year 6-10 Planned(2027-31) Year 11-15 Planned(2032-36)Total PIL-NE PFF ´ 1 2 3 4 Total Project Cost: 15,442,000 400,000 200,000 2,450,000 2,850,000 BUDGET1 F2021_22FS1 F2022_23FS1 F2023_24FS1 F2024_25FS1 F2025_26FS1 F2026_30FS1 F2031_35FS1 TTLFUND1 12,592,000 12,592,000 BUDGET2 F2021_22FS2 F2022_23FS2 F2023_24FS2 F2024_25FS2 F2025_26FS2 F2026_30FS2 F2031_35FS2 TTLFUND2 0 BUDGET3 F2021_22FS3 F2022_23FS3 F2023_24FS3 F2024_25FS3 F2025_26FS3 F2026_30FS3 F2031_35FS3 TTLFUND3 0 BUDGET4 F2021_22FS4 F2022_23FS4 F2023_24FS4 F2024_25FS4 F2025_26FS4 F2026_30FS4 F2031_35FS4 TTLFUND4 0 BUDGET5 F2021_22FS5 F2022_23FS5 F2023_24FS5 F2024_25FS5 F2025_26FS5 F2026_30FS5 F2031_35FS5 TTLFUND5 Project Number: 3801Project location is approximate.Date Exported: 8/23/2021 {city of Carlsbad Capital Improvement Projects Parks Sant a Marg arita R iv er San River Colleg e B lvd SM e l r o se Dr Old CastleRd S Miss io n Rd Pala Rd 76 15 BONSALL HIDDEN MEADOWS ESCONDIDO JUNCTION SAN LUIS REY VISTA SAN MARCOS OCEAN SIDE C AR LS BAD Lake Hodges LaCosta Ave C arl s ba d Blvd Via d e L a Valle 78 RANCHO BERNARDO LEUCADIA ENCINITAS ES COND IDO Rincon Reservation VALLEY CENTER PAUMA VALLEY RINCON SAN PASQUAL SanGIS, Esri, HERE, Garmin, SafeGraph, METI/NASA, USGS, Bureau of Land Management, EPA, NPS, USDA PINE A V M A D I S O N S T A L L E Y WA LNU T AV J E F F E R S O N S T I - 5 CHEST N U T A V R O O S E V E L T S T A L L E Y M A D I S O N S T H A R D I N G S T Pine Avenue Park - Phase II (Community Building) 3333 Harding Street, CarlsbadLocation: Capital ProjectClassification:CloseoutPhase:MediumScore: Description: Originally master planned in 2002 and revised in 2010 and 2011, the remaining elements for the park included a multi- purpose community center with gymnasium (18,000 S.F.) and community garden with rentable plots and ornamental garden. An updated master concept plan was approved in December of 2014 by City Council to build these remaining elements. Based on extensive community input and the parks needs assessment findings and priority rankings, Council approved 3 master plan updates for Pine, Aviara and Poinsettia Community Parks as part of a comprehensive action plan to guide priority development for park facilities for a five-year period. Construction of the park was concluded in May 2018. In FY 20, final warranty tasks will be addressed. Rationale: Identified in the Parks and Recreation Element of the General Plan, and meets Recreation Facility Guidelines for one community center per quadrant. FundingSource Appropriationto Date Year 1 Adopted Budget(2021-22) Year 2 Planned(2022-23) Year 3 Planned(2023-24) Year 4 Planned(2024-25) Year 5 Planned(2025-26) Year 6-10 Planned(2027-31) Year 11-15 Planned(2032-36)Total PIL-NW PFF PFF ´ 1 2 3 4 Total Project Cost: 12,336,340 2,197,000 2,197,000 BUDGET1 F2021_22FS1 F2022_23FS1 F2023_24FS1 F2024_25FS1 F2025_26FS1 F2026_30FS1 F2031_35FS1 TTLFUND1 10,016,040 10,016,040 BUDGET2 F2021_22FS2 F2022_23FS2 F2023_24FS2 F2024_25FS2 F2025_26FS2 F2026_30FS2 F2031_35FS2 TTLFUND2 123,300 123,300 BUDGET3 F2021_22FS3 F2022_23FS3 F2023_24FS3 F2024_25FS3 F2025_26FS3 F2026_30FS3 F2031_35FS3 TTLFUND3 0 BUDGET4 F2021_22FS4 F2022_23FS4 F2023_24FS4 F2024_25FS4 F2025_26FS4 F2026_30FS4 F2031_35FS4 TTLFUND4 0 BUDGET5 F2021_22FS5 F2022_23FS5 F2023_24FS5 F2024_25FS5 F2025_26FS5 F2026_30FS5 F2031_35FS5 TTLFUND5 Project Number: 4603Project location is approximate.Date Exported: 8/23/2021 {city of Carlsbad Capital Improvement Projects Parks CITY OF CARI..SBAD Proposition C (T!iis propo13itio11 will appear on the ballot in lhe following form.) PROP C Do the voters of !he City of Garlsbad approve spending city funds from various sources including the General Fund in an amount ovtlf $1 mHHon to consll'Uct capital facilities including a swimming pool complex, trails linkages and open space, · a City/Safely Training Facility and a port\en of Cannon Road, eut of College (Reach 4)? · This Proposition requires approval by a simple majority (50% plus one vote) of the 110ters to pass. CITY A TTORNEV'S IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS tHE WAY IT IS NOW; Existing tecleral, state or local law requires ih~t each real property acquisi1ion or capital improvemem project go through an extensive blldgetrng and approval process. Depending on the nature of the acquisition or pro~, It can be financed rr, ~peclal funds, general funds, or a combination of both. Special t'unds are generated from spec:lal taxes or development lees, which can only be used for the purpose tor which they were imposed. General funds are generated from general taxes or general lees, which can be used for any municipal purpose. Most real property acquisitions or capital Improvement prefects are paid for from special funds. However. real property acquisitions or capital improvement projects requiring the expenditure of over $1 million from general funds are subject to Carl:,bad Municipal Code Chapter 1.24, which reaulres a majority vote of the citizens for such expenditures. THE PROPOSAL: The Proposal see~s voter approval under Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 1.24 for the expenditure of general funds over $1 million to finance or help finance the constructloh of: • A swimming pool complex; • Trails linkages and open space; • A City/Safety Training Facility; • A portion of Cannon Road. east of College (Reach 4). If approveel by a majority vote, the City Council may authorize the expendlue of over $1 mtllion from general funds for the devalopment of each of these projects. A majority vote d088 not require 1hi$ expenditure but lni!ile&Q, au1horiwa the City Council to vav tnls 1101.1roe of funds lor these projects. If Proposition B, • which also appears on this baHot, is approved, then lhe City Council woo Id have authority to spend general funds In excess of $1 million on the specified projects. _regardless of the outcome of ProposiliOl'I C. It Preposition B is not ~d, then the Cl\y Counc" would not ~e the authority to spend general funds In excess ol $1 mi!lt00 on the specified projects, unless this Proposition C is apf>l'oved by the voter$. A "YES" VOTE. MEANS: If you vote ·yes•, you wish to authorize the City Councll to approve spending general tunda in an amount over $1 mffllon to llnance or help finance the specitlecl pro,iecte. . A "'NO"VOTE ~S: H you volet •no•, you do not Wish.to authorize the City Council to approve spending ganecal funds In an amount over 11 mllllon IO finance • help flnanoe the IJ'G(lffled prcjecla. I HOW PROPOSITION "C" GOT OH A BALLOT. At Its August 6, ~ meeting, lhe City COUrd voted to place Propoaition C belortt lhe voters to decide Whether ~era! funds In lxctll of S1 mllllon lhould be ueed to llnartee Of help llnanct the specllied projec#e. FISCAL IMPL Propcsltlon C does not require the IIXJ)endllure of general funds but Instead authorizea the lty Council to use general funde In ex01t11• of $1 mllflOn 1o flnanct or hdpfinance the specified • These apacilied projeda have not beer! deaigrllc:I and lhelr ellld CNII wll ba determined during the aeslgn. psmtltlng, bodgellng and public hearing processes. PR-cJ!M0.6 SD al-OIi · 1 ! ·--... ~---- r i i i I· ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF PROPOSITION C THIS PROPOSITION CREATES NO NEW TAXES. IT ALLOWS THE CITY TO USE THE TAXES ALREADY RECEIVED IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY. The Gfowth Managemenl Plan (GMP) requir~ developers, not existing residents and businesses to pay for new facilities sucn as parka and mads. Unfortullately the money Is not collected fro,,.; deV&lop~rs untff ~elopment occurs. This means that \he construction or tadlllles may tag behind need. This propoS1t1on allows the City lo adva~ funding for certain proJacts ahead of developer funding, and Invest additional tax revenues to enhance public benefit or construcl projects that would not be a developer reapone!bNlty, - A YES vote on Proposition C will provide money foe the following projects: • SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX -a second sWimmlr'IQ pool is needed now. Additional funds must be allocated to create a facility that wtn serve the needs of our community. A YES vote allows the City lo allocate additional funds to this project. . · . • TRAILS ANO OPEN SPAce· -Carlsbad residents have repeatedly said that creating trails and preserving open space is their top priority. A YES vO{e wiff prOVide funding for both trail llnkages and open space acquisition projects. • SAFETY'TRAINING FACILITY -The City's ~lice officers and firefighters musl constantly train to maintaln a high degree of readiness. A YES vote wtli provjde funding to build a facility to train our safety forces, and upgrade existing facilities and programs. • CANNON ROAD EAST OF COLLEGE -This section of Cannon Road is needed to connect Cannon Road from Carlsb11d to Oceanside. This wilt take traffic congestion off College Avenue tn northeast Carlsbad and El Cemlno Real near Highway 7B. A YES vote will provide money to complete this projeel · We u-rge you to vote YES on Propoaltlon C. PR4Jl!A0.7 . CLAUDE l.EWIS Mayor ANN KULCHIN Mayor Pro-Tem RAMONA ANNILA Clty COUnoil Member JULIE NYGAARD City Council Member ARGUMENT AGAINST PROPOSITION C No argument against the proposl!iOn was flied In the offloe of the City Clerk. SDm-o» 1 Eric Lardy From:Lance Schulte <meyers-schulte@sbcglobal.net> Sent:Monday, October 10, 2022 7:07 AM To:Council Internet Email; City Clerk; Kyle Lancaster; Rosanne Humphrey; Eric Lardy; Boyle, Carrie@Coastal; 'Prahler, Erin@Coastal'; Ross, Toni@Coastal; CCC; Growth Management Committee Subject:A history of Batiquitos Lagoon dredging Dear Carlsbad City Council; Beach Preservation, Planning & Parks Commissions and Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee; and CA Coastal Commission: As many of you may not have been living/working in Carlsbad in the 1980’s I thought you would enjoy an interesting historical account of how Batiquitos Lagoon became a lagoon and the rich and diverse habitat is today. It is a short and interesting read. I send this to you as individual citizen and not as BLF Board member. https://batiquitoslagoon.org/articles_dolores‐welty.html The above link is to an eye-witness history of BL Dredging and the environmental issues from a long-time resident involved. I was on Carlsbad City Planning at this time, but not directly involved in the BL Dredging. As a BLF Board member I interview Dolores to get her history so BLF members (and BLF achieves) would have it and provide an example for present/future generations. I hope enjoy Dolores’ history, how Carlsbad Citizens fought and worked hard to create some very important habitat and features Carlsbad enjoys today. Her story is a story of how we all can leave a lasting legacy for future generations and our environment. Lance Schulte CAUTION: Do not open attachments or click on links unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. 1 Eric Lardy From:Frank A. Caraglio <fcaraglio@roadrunner.com> Sent:Friday, October 7, 2022 5:23 PM To:Frank A. Caraglio; Michele Hardy Cc:Growth Management Committee Subject:Re: Free WiFi - cell phone and internet service   Sent from my iPhone      On Oct 6, 2022, at 7:30 AM, Frank A. Caraglio <fcaraglio@roadrunner.com> wrote:  Hi Michele,     You can ignore my previous email and just send this more recent email out to the committee. It contains  all the correspondence between Carlsbad resident Jim Niswander and me on the two topics of 1) Free  Wi‐Fi and 2) Improved Cellular Service. Both pertain to improving the QOL in Carlsbad.    Thanks,  Frank  ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: "Frank A. Caraglio"   To: "Jim Niswander"  Cc: "fcaraglio@roadrunner.com"  Sent: Friday September 30 2022 9:36:19AM  Subject: Re: Free WiFi ‐ cell phone and internet service    Hi Jim,     Not only do I agree with your analysis of the importance of decent cellphone service to enhance the QOL  in Carlsbad, I raised that exact subject in the last meeting. I suggested that perhaps cellular carriers  could be more directly confronted on levels of service provided. It (along with park Wi‐Fi) is now on the  list of topics to discuss that might get added to the current eleven standards addressed in the GMP.    In the end, I believe Wi‐Fi will be largely replaced by better cellular technologies like 5G, 6G, etc.    The next meeting is Oct 12 at 5 PM. If you want, you could come and make your comments known in  person. The public is invited to speak, albeit briefly, at the beginning of the meeting. I think it would be  good to get it on the public record for consideration.    Thanks,  Frank    ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  2 From: "Jim Niswander"  To: "Frank A. Caraglio"  Cc:  Sent: Friday September 30 2022 8:58:32AM  Subject: Re: Free WiFi ‐ cell phone and internet service  Hi Frank,    I agree that free WiFi in Carlsbad is an important subject.  One place where we do have WiFi available to  visitors is in the libraries.    In our phone conversation, I raised the subject of cell phone service and internet access and my concern  that today we apparently do not have policies/methods to insure acceptable levels of service.  I think we  shared experiences with WiFi Calling that we use because cell service is poor.  I tried to make the point  that in our growth plan and as a way to maintain a high quality of life in Carlsbad, we should consider  establishing minimum standards of service that the suppliers are obligated to maintain.  Like the pay  telephone, I would guess that landline phones are quickly vanishing, and so we are depending more and  more on our mobile phones.  As we use mobile phones more and depend so much on internet access, I  believe these have become critical resources.  I apologize if my message did not come through on the  call.    Do you agree with my concern above?  I will look for any evidence of other communities pursuing  minimum levels of cell phone and internet service.    All the best,  Jim      On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 1:27 PM Frank A. Caraglio <fcaraglio@roadrunner.com> wrote:  Hi Jim,     This is excellent information.    I discussed your comments with Frances and the committee at the meeting last week. As a result, we  added the topic of free public Wi‐Fi in Carlsbad to the list of committee agenda items to address.    I will forward this email thread to the committee for review.    Thanks much for doing this research ‐ greatly appreciated.    Regards,  Frank Caraglio  ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: "Jim Niswander"  To: "Frank A. Caraglio"  Cc:  Sent: Monday September 26 2022 4:25:07AM  Subject: Free WiFi  Hello Frank,  3   This email is a followup from our phone conversation where I raised the subjects of Internet and cell  phone access as possible subjects for the Growth Management Citizen's Committee.  I suggested that I  would investigate the subject of free WiFi.    Turns out we don't have to go very far to see a community that has an active free WiFi initiative:  San  Diego.  Please see the references below.  https://www.sandiego.gov/sdaccess https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/story/2021-04-20/mayor-expanding-san-diegos-free-internet-program- with-more-locations-hotspots-laptops   https://www.cbs8.com/article/tech/san-diego-expands-wifi-hotspots/509-ce69d34c-9b78-464e-abd9-15aa4e25be06   Below is a link to a wider list of communities offering free WiFi.  https://www.wifimap.io/countries/234-united-states-free-wifi A search for WiFi on the City of Carlsbad website finds an article about Carlsbad hiking trails  information that depends on cellular or WiFi access.  Maybe Carlsbad has some planning activity that is  not covered yet.    I agree Carlsbad should consider a free WiFi program.    Take care,  Jim Niswander  760‐815‐7074        On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 3:00 PM Frank A. Caraglio <fcaraglio@roadrunner.com> wrote:  Hi Jim ‐ are you available now ‐ noon?   Frank  Sent from my iPhone    On Sep 15, 2022, at 9:11 AM, Jim Niswander <jim.niswander@gmail.com> wrote:     Hi Frank,    When is a good time to call.  Nothing urgent, so can want until the best time for you.    Jim      On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 6:51 AM Frank A. Caraglio <fcaraglio@roadrunner.com>  wrote:  Hi Jim,     Please feel free to call me on my cell at 760‐703‐9210 if you prefer.     Thanks,  Frank  4 ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: "Priya Bhat‐Patel"  To: "Frank A. Caraglio"  Cc: "jim.niswander@gmail.com"  Sent: Wednesday September 14 2022 5:34:08PM  Subject: Re: Quick question    Frank and Jim connecting the two of you. I’ll let you both take it from here.   Dr. Priya Bhat‐Patel  she/her/hers  Council Member, District 3  City of Carlsbad  1200 Carlsbad Village Dr.  Carlsbad, CA 92008  www.carlsbadca.gov    442‐339‐2830 (o)| 760‐473‐8726 (c)   priya.bhat‐patel@carlsbadca.gov      On Sep 14, 2022, at 5:02 PM, Frank A. Caraglio  <fcaraglio@roadrunner.com> wrote:   Sure ‐ fine with me   Frank  Sent from my iPhone    On Sep 14, 2022, at 4:56 PM, Priya Bhat‐Patel  <Priya.Bhat‐Patel@carlsbadca.gov> wrote:   Hi Frances and Frank,     Hope you both are well! I have a resident who wants  your contact information to touch base regarding  the committee. Frank, I think he specifically wanted  to talk regarding something Viasat. Okay to give your  emails?     Thanks!   Dr. Priya Bhat‐Patel  she/her/hers  Council Member, District 3  City of Carlsbad  1200 Carlsbad Village Dr.  Carlsbad, CA 92008  www.carlsbadca.gov    5 442‐339‐2830 (o)| 760‐473‐8726 (c)   priya.bhat‐patel@carlsbadca.gov    CAUTION: Do not open attachments or click on links unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.  CAUTION: Do not open attachments or click on links unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.   From:Lance Schulte To:Council Internet Email; City Clerk; Kyle Lancaster; Rosanne Humphrey; Eric Lardy; Boyle, Carrie@Coastal;"Prahler, Erin@Coastal"; Ross, Toni@Coastal; CCC; Growth Management Committee Subject:A history of Batiquitos Lagoon dredging Date:Monday, October 10, 2022 7:07:27 AM Dear Carlsbad City Council; Beach Preservation, Planning & Parks Commissions and Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee; and CA Coastal Commission: As many of you may not have been living/working in Carlsbad in the 1980’s I thought youwould enjoy an interesting historical account of how Batiquitos Lagoon became a lagoon and the rich and diverse habitat is today. It is a short and interesting read. I send this to you asindividual citizen and not as BLF Board member. https://batiquitoslagoon.org/articles_dolores-welty.html The above link is to an eye-witness history of BL Dredging and the environmental issues from a long-time resident involved. I was on Carlsbad City Planning at this time, but not directlyinvolved in the BL Dredging. As a BLF Board member I interview Dolores to get her history so BLF members (and BLFachieves) would have it and provide an example for present/future generations. I hope enjoy Dolores’ history, how Carlsbad Citizens fought and worked hard to create somevery important habitat and features Carlsbad enjoys today. Her story is a story of how we all can leave a lasting legacy for future generations and our environment. Lance Schulte CAUTION: Do not open attachments or click on links unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. This pdf document is being sent to committee@carlsbadca.gov To: Growth Management Citizens Committee Subject: Cellular service/WiFi access Cellular service/WiFi access is included at the bottom of page 5 of the Topics Outside of 11 Existing Performance Standards in the October 12, 2022 Agenda Packet From: Jim Niswander, District 3 resident This document contains information that I will reference in my planned 3 minute presentation to the committee on Wednesday, October 12. A quality of life and growth management subject of concern for me is Cellular service and WiFi access. We live in a world today where mobile communications and internet access are critical to our lives. Can we take steps to assure a minimum level of Cellular service and WiFi access for residents of Carlsbad? While there are many reasons that justify pursuing a minimum level of service for cellular and WiFi in Carlsbad, one major consideration is emergency communications. Transition from Landlines to Cell Phones for Connections to Households Before cell phones, landlines were the connection to all our households. But just as the pay phones have disappeared, so are the number of landlines shrinking. In a survey of 19,956 households release in 2017, 50.8% of the households had only cell phones (no landlines). The chart below shows the shrinking number of household landlines and growing number of cell-phone-only households. Source for chart above: https://www.statista.com/chart/2072/landline-phones-in-the-united-states/ In 2004, only about 45% of people in the United States between the ages of 12 and 17 owned cell phones. At that time, most had to rely on landline telephones. Just 4 years later, that percentage climbed to about 71%. That same year, 2008, about 77% of adults owned a mobile phone.[6] In the year 2013, 91% of adults in the United States owned a mobile phone. Almost 60% of those with a mobile had a smartphone.[7] A National Health Interview Survey of 19,956 Landline Phones Are a Dying Breed % of U.S. adults living in households with/without a working landline telephone* -Landline phone -Cell phone only 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% '04 '06 '08 '10 '12 '14 '16 * based on the CDC's biannual National Health Interview Survey of 15,000+ U.S. households Source: CDC nH '18 '20 ®000 statista ~ households by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released May 4, 2017 showed 45.9 percent of U.S. households still had landlines, while 50.8 percent had only cell phones. Over 39 percent had both.[8] Source for text above: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landline Emergency Communications A critical use of cellular and WiFi service is for emergency communications. The residents of Carlsbad deserve a minimum level of connectivity so we can receive reverse 911 calls and can access emergency information from applications. Below is a list of sources for emergency information and farther below are details of information and mobile applications recommended by these sources: City of Carlsbad San Diego County California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services U. S. Government UC Berkeley San Diego Union-Tribune From City of Carlsbad https://www.carlsbadca.gov/departments/emergency-services Stay Informed link Important phone numbers Emergency 9-1-1  Electric or gas emergency 800-411-7343  Police (non-emergency) 760-931-2197  Fire Department (non-emergency) 442-339-2141 Information line 2-1-1 Breaking News - Tweets from @carlsbadcagov https://www.carlsbadca.gov/city-hall/communication-engagement/breaking-news Social Media Related to Emergencies Twitter @carlsbadcagov @carlsbadpolice Facebook City of Carlsbad, California City of Carlsbad Police Department Instagram City of Carlsbad (@carlsbadcagov) City of Carlsbad Fire Department (@carlsbadfiredepartment) City of Carlsbad Police Department (@carlsbadpolicedept) YouTube CityofCarlsbadCA Pinterest City of Carlsbad Pinterest boards From San Diego County (Source: https://www.sdcountyemergency.com/ ) AlertSanDiego https://www.readysandiego.org/alertsandiego/ AlertSanDiego is for registering your cell phone number, VoIP phone number, and email address only. Listed and unlisted landline phone numbers are already included in the database and do not need to be registered. The County of San Diego, in partnership with Blackboard Connect Inc., has instituted a regional notification system that will be able to send telephone notifications to residents and businesses within San Diego County impacted by, or in danger of being impacted by, an emergency or disaster. This system, called AlertSanDiego, will be used by emergency response personnel to notify those homes and businesses at risk with information on the event and/or actions (such as evacuation, shelter in place, gas leak, missing person, etc.) we are asking them to take. SD Emergency application. Disaster Preparedness Starts With You! The SD Emergency Mobile application lets you plan for the unexpected in advance: How you will contact one another. How you will get back together. What you will do in different emergency situations  Important Tools at your fingertips! Create an Emergency PlanChecklists    Supply Lists. Immediate Emergency Updates. Interactive Emergency Map. Shelter LocationsShakeReadySD (Beta) Earthquake Early Warning https://emergencymap.sandiegocounty.gov/index.html From California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services https://www.caloes.ca.gov/ http://calalerts.org/ California Earthquake Early Warning MyShake App: Free smartphone app that provides iPhone and Android users with audio and visual warnings [magnitude 4.5 or higher and Modified Mercalli Intensity III (weak) shaking]. Available at in the Apple App and Google Play stores; Wireless Emergency Alerts Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs): No-cost text messages for emergency situations [magnitude 5.0 or higher and Modified Mercalli Intensity IV (light) shaking]. Types of Alerts: Presidential: Alerts issued by the President or a designee during a national emergency. Imminent Threat: Alerts issued when an imminent threat to life or property exists in your area, including severe man-made or natural disasters such as earthquakes, wild fires, hurricanes, and tornadoes. AMBER: Alerts issued to help law enforcement search for and locate an abducted child. From the United States Government (Source: https://www.fema.gov/about/news-multimedia/mobile-products ) FEMA application: Take Charge of Disasters The FEMA App is your personalized disaster resource, so you feel empowered and ready to take charge of any disaster life throws your way. The FEMA App allows you to receive real- time weather alerts, send notifications to loved ones, locate emergency shelters in your area, and more. PLAN: Learn how to prepare for common hazards quickly and easily.Whether you’re experienced or just starting out, the FEMA App can help you learn basic preparedness strategies like how to create a family emergency communication plan, what to pack in your emergency kit, and what to do immediately after a disaster.  PROTECT: Knowing when and how to protect yourself, your loved ones and your property during a disaster can make all the difference.With the FEMA App, you can receive real-time weather and emergency alerts from the National Weather Service for up to five locations nationwide.  It can also help you find a nearby shelter if you need to evacuate to a safe space. RECOVER: The FEMA App gives you the tools you need to recover after a disaster.Find out if your location is eligible for FEMA assistance, find Disaster Recovery Center locations, and get answers to your most pressing questions.  Instantly connect with FEMA’s disaster resources so you find the help that you need when you need it most. From UC Berkeley (Source: https://myshake.berkeley.edu/ ) MyShake application - Receive earthquake alerts, see where earthquakes have occurred, and report earthquakes you feel. From The San Diego Union-Tribune DisasterPreparedness section, Sunday, September 6, 2020 SD Emergency readysandiego.org NOAA Weather Radar https://apps.apple.com/us/app/clime-noaa-weather-radar-live/id749133753 WindAlert https://windalert.com/ QuakeFeed https://quakefeed.com/ Cal Fire Ready for Wildfire https://www.readyforwildfire.org/ Protect Ponto Petition: Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission: Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. – The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area – west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise. Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal Commission to: From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Monday, October 10, 2022 9:06:37 PM 1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field – allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land. 2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss of current supply due to planned sea level rise. 3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project. 4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act & Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited increases in City/State population and visitor demands. 5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax- payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should use tax-payer money wisely. 6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry, Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation. 7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement. Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the Name Dee Forsberg Email dee@globalhire.org City Carlsbad State Ca PCH Project area. 8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos Lagoon. 9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway, when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”. 10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in that community. 11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal Commission regarding Park-Useable Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. Sent from People for Ponto CAUTION: Do not open attachments or click on links unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Protect Ponto Petition: Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission: Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. – The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area – west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise. Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal Commission to: From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, October 12, 2022 7:59:15 AM 1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field – allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land. 2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss of current supply due to planned sea level rise. 3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project. 4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act & Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited increases in City/State population and visitor demands. 5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax- payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should use tax-payer money wisely. 6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry, Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation. 7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement. Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the Name Wendy Sachs-Baker Email ws.baker4@gmail.com City Carlsbad State Ca PCH Project area. 8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos Lagoon. 9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway, when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”. 10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in that community. 11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal Commission regarding Park-Useable Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. Sent from People for Ponto CAUTION: Do not open attachments or click on links unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Protect Ponto Petition: Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission: Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. – The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area – west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise. Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal Commission to: From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, October 12, 2022 7:59:35 AM 1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field – allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land. 2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss of current supply due to planned sea level rise. 3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project. 4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act & Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited increases in City/State population and visitor demands. 5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax- payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should use tax-payer money wisely. 6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry, Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation. 7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement. Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the Additional Comments Thank you for your ideas Name Kisti Murray Email kistimurray@yahoo.com City Carlsbad State Ca. PCH Project area. 8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos Lagoon. 9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway, when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”. 10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in that community. 11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal Commission regarding Park-Useable Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. Sent from People for Ponto CAUTION: Do not open attachments or click on links unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Protect Ponto Petition: Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission: Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. – The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area – west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise. Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal Commission to: From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Sunday, October 9, 2022 9:50:25 PM 1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field – allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land. 2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss of current supply due to planned sea level rise. 3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project. 4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act & Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited increases in City/State population and visitor demands. 5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax- payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should use tax-payer money wisely. 6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry, Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation. 7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement. Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the Additional Comments I strongly encourage the Carlsbad City Council along with the Coastal Commission to purchase this property for both open space and parks for the use of citizens. This is indeed one of the last coastal areas to be preserved for this type of use, and it would put Carlsbad onthe map as a city with environmental wisdom and foresight. Itwould be an area in south Carlsbad that children, parents, and grandparents could enjoy for years to come. We do NOT need another hotel, shopping area, or restaurant. We need open space to walk, sit...to enjoy. Name Jayna Regan Email jrgreyfox@gmail.com PCH Project area. 8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos Lagoon. 9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway, when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”. 10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in that community. 11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal Commission regarding Park-Useable Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. City Carlsbad State California Sent from People for Ponto Protect Ponto Petition: Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission: Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. – The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area – west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise. Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal Commission to: From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Monday, October 10, 2022 4:37:50 AM 1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field – allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land. 2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss of current supply due to planned sea level rise. 3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project. 4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act & Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited increases in City/State population and visitor demands. 5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax- payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should use tax-payer money wisely. 6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry, Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation. 7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement. Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the Additional Comments The Veteran's Park numbers game should not affect a park in the southwest quadrant since Veteran's Park is not within walking distance of anywhere except the nearby large apartment community and a small portion of an industrial section of the city off the west end of Faraday. Name Jan Neff-Sinclair Email jan.neff@ymail.com City Carlsbad PCH Project area. 8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos Lagoon. 9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway, when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”. 10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in that community. 11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal Commission regarding Park-Useable Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. State California Sent from People for Ponto Protect Ponto Petition: Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission: Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. – The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area – west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise. Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal Commission to: From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Monday, October 10, 2022 9:06:30 PM 1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field – allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land. 2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss of current supply due to planned sea level rise. 3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project. 4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act & Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited increases in City/State population and visitor demands. 5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax- payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should use tax-payer money wisely. 6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry, Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation. 7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement. Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the Name Dee Forsberg Email dee@globalhire.org City Carlsbad State Ca PCH Project area. 8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos Lagoon. 9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway, when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”. 10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in that community. 11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal Commission regarding Park-Useable Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. Sent from People for Ponto Protect Ponto Petition: Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission: Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. – The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area – west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise. Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal Commission to: From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Monday, October 10, 2022 10:16:07 PM 1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field – allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land. 2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss of current supply due to planned sea level rise. 3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project. 4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act & Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited increases in City/State population and visitor demands. 5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax- payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should use tax-payer money wisely. 6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry, Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation. 7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement. Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the Additional Comments Thank you for your ideas Name Kisti Murray Email kistimurray@yahoo.com City Carlsbad State Ca. PCH Project area. 8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos Lagoon. 9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway, when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”. 10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in that community. 11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal Commission regarding Park-Useable Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. Sent from People for Ponto Protect Ponto Petition: Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission: Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. – The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area – west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise. Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal Commission to: From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, September 27, 2022 1:01:00 PM 1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field – allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land. 2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss of current supply due to planned sea level rise. 3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project. 4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act & Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited increases in City/State population and visitor demands. 5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax- payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should use tax-payer money wisely. 6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry, Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation. 7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement. Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the Name Dolores Welty Email dwelty2076@earthlink.net City Encinitas State CA PCH Project area. 8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos Lagoon. 9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway, when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”. 10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in that community. 11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal Commission regarding Park-Useable Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. Sent from People for Ponto Protect Ponto Petition: Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission: Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. – The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area – west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise. Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal Commission to: From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, October 11, 2022 7:44:20 AM 1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field – allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land. 2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss of current supply due to planned sea level rise. 3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project. 4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act & Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited increases in City/State population and visitor demands. 5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax- payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should use tax-payer money wisely. 6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry, Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation. 7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement. Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the Name Wendy Sachs-Baker Email ws.baker4@gmail.com City Carlsbad State Ca PCH Project area. 8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos Lagoon. 9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway, when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”. 10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in that community. 11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal Commission regarding Park-Useable Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. Sent from People for Ponto Protect Ponto Petition: Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission: Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. – The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area – west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise. Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal Commission to: From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Monday, October 10, 2022 10:16:07 PM 1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field – allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land. 2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss of current supply due to planned sea level rise. 3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project. 4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act & Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited increases in City/State population and visitor demands. 5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax- payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should use tax-payer money wisely. 6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry, Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation. 7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement. Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the Additional Comments Thank you for your ideas Name Kisti Murray Email kistimurray@yahoo.com City Carlsbad State Ca. PCH Project area. 8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos Lagoon. 9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway, when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”. 10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in that community. 11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal Commission regarding Park-Useable Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. Sent from People for Ponto Protect Ponto Petition: Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission: Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. – The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area – west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise. Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal Commission to: From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Monday, October 10, 2022 9:06:30 PM 1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field – allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land. 2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss of current supply due to planned sea level rise. 3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project. 4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act & Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited increases in City/State population and visitor demands. 5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax- payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should use tax-payer money wisely. 6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry, Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation. 7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement. Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the Name Dee Forsberg Email dee@globalhire.org City Carlsbad State Ca PCH Project area. 8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos Lagoon. 9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway, when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”. 10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in that community. 11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal Commission regarding Park-Useable Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. Sent from People for Ponto Protect Ponto Petition: Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission: Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. – The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area – west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise. Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal Commission to: From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Monday, October 10, 2022 4:37:50 AM 1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field – allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land. 2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss of current supply due to planned sea level rise. 3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project. 4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act & Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited increases in City/State population and visitor demands. 5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax- payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should use tax-payer money wisely. 6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry, Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation. 7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement. Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the Additional Comments The Veteran's Park numbers game should not affect a park in the southwest quadrant since Veteran's Park is not within walking distance of anywhere except the nearby large apartment community and a small portion of an industrial section of the city off the west end of Faraday. Name Jan Neff-Sinclair Email jan.neff@ymail.com City Carlsbad PCH Project area. 8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos Lagoon. 9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway, when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”. 10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in that community. 11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal Commission regarding Park-Useable Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. State California Sent from People for Ponto Protect Ponto Petition: Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and California Coastal Commission: Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen input since 2017. – The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”. – There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area – west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise. Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal Commission to: From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Sunday, October 9, 2022 9:50:25 PM 1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field – allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land. 2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss of current supply due to planned sea level rise. 3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project. 4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act & Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited increases in City/State population and visitor demands. 5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax- payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should use tax-payer money wisely. 6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry, Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation. 7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement. Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the Additional Comments I strongly encourage the Carlsbad City Council along with the Coastal Commission to purchase this property for both open space and parks for the use of citizens. This is indeed one of the last coastal areas to be preserved for this type of use, and it would put Carlsbad onthe map as a city with environmental wisdom and foresight. Itwould be an area in south Carlsbad that children, parents, and grandparents could enjoy for years to come. We do NOT need another hotel, shopping area, or restaurant. We need open space to walk, sit...to enjoy. Name Jayna Regan Email jrgreyfox@gmail.com PCH Project area. 8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos Lagoon. 9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway, when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”. 10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in that community. 11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal Commission regarding Park-Useable Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. City Carlsbad State California Sent from People for Ponto From:Lance Schulte To:Council Internet Email; City Clerk; Boyle, Carrie@Coastal; "Prahler, Erin@Coastal"; "Ross, Toni@Coastal"; KyleLancaster; Don Neu; Eric Lardy; "Smith, Darren@Parks"; "Homer, Sean@Parks"; "Moran, Gina@Parks"; MicheleHardy; Growth Management Committee; Scott Donnell Cc:info@peopleforponto.com Subject:CTGMC 2022-10-12 meeting Public Input follow-up & Public input to Carlsbad LCPA, Parks Master Plan Update, &Growth Management Program Update — 10 minute Park standard & images of Park need at Ponto Date:Thursday, October 13, 2022 7:25:48 AM Attachments:image001.pngimage003.emzimage006.pngImages of Park need at Ponto - 2022-10-13.pdf Importance:High Dear Carlsbad Council, Carlsbad Parks and Planning Commission, Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee, and CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks: Please include this email/attached images as public input to the Council and Citizen Committees/Commissions regarding the 10/12/22 CTGMC meeting, the City’s proposed Park Master Plan Update, City’s proposed Housing Element Land Use changes at Ponto – Ponto Site 18, and City’s and CA Coastal Commission’s consideration of the City’s proposed Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan Amendment. Yesterday I made verbal public testimony on the fact that Carlsbad’s children and their parents/grandparents at Ponto are forced to use the LOSAN Rail Corridor fight-of-way and City and private streets as their playground and Park. Attached is the updated file of more images showing that condition including the family having to play ball in a Carlsbad City Street because there is no Ponto Park and Ponto developers where falsely exempted from providing 15% Useable Open Space as required by the Growth Management Open Space Standard and Ordinance. The City of Carlsbad has declared a Public Emergency regarding pedestrian/bike/vehicle safety on Carlsbad roadways. Yet here are examples of Carlsbad’s Ponto children/families forced to play in City Streets or along high-speed rail corridors because the City failed to provide both Required 15% Useable Open Space and a Park at Ponto. What is the CTGMC and City of Carlsbad doing regarding this situation? Will it take a Ponto child to hit (killed) by a car or train to open your eyes, open your minds, and open your hearts, to what the City needs to provide – Ponto Park and LFMP Zone 9 compliance with the Growth Management Open Space Standard? The City of Carlsbad created the problem BECAUSE the City falsely exempted Ponto developers (LFMP Zone 9) from providing the 15% Useable Open Space required by Growth Management Standards, and the City choose to abandon common sense Park planning principles to say that Ponto’s Park needs will be met over 6-miles away at Veterans Park. The City has now acknowledged (in their traffic/visitor estimates) that Veterans Park ‘in fact’ will not provide Park resources to children and families at Ponto and most other areas of the City. This relates to issues and 1st set of images sent to you in the June 27th email below. City Council, Planning-Parks-Housing Commissions and CA Coastal Commission we hope the images give you a visual reference/understanding of some of the Park and Useable Open Space needs that have been communicated to you by over 5,000 citizen/visitor petitions, many hours verbal public input and many pages of documented data/facts. Will it take a child getting killed by having to play in railroad corridors and streets to get your attention and get you to act for our future – our children and their children? Sincerely, Lance Schulte From: Lance Schulte [mailto:meyers-schulte@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Monday, June 27, 2022 12:27 PMTo: council@carlsbadca.gov; 'City Clerk'; 'Carrie Boyle'; 'Prahler, Erin@Coastal'; 'Ross, Toni@Coastal';'Kyle Lancaster'; Don Neu; Eric.lardy@carlsbadca.gov; 'Smith, Darren@Parks'; 'Homer, Sean@Parks';'Moran, Gina@Parks'Cc: info@peopleforponto.comSubject: Public input to Carlsbad LCPA, Parks Master Plan Update, & Growth Management ProgramUpdate — 10 minute Park standard & images of Park need at Ponto Dear Carlsbad Council, Carlsbad Parks and Planning Commission, Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee, and CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks: We ask you to please consider this email, news article, images, and files and request this be distributed/documented as public input to the Carlsbad LCP Amendment, Park Master Plan Update, and Growth Management Program Update. Please take a look at Coast News Article https://thecoastnews.com/olympus-park-brings-encinitas- closer-to-ensuring-all-residents-live-within-a-10-minute-walk-to-a-park/ . The 10-minute walk to Park issue can be clearly seen in the attached images as Ponto citizens are forced to use narrow Railroad right-of-way or play in local streets as recreational space. Because Ponto is the last meaningful sized vacant Coastal land in South Carlsbad an informal Ponto Park has been created by citizens. Every day about 50-100 inland Carlsbad Citizens use now vacant Ponto land for dog walking and playing, and before the fences beach parking. P4P has been documenting and communicating to the City that Carlsbad does not have a Park policy for 10-minute walk access to Parks like BOTH Encinitas & Oceanside; that Carlsbad’s Park Acreage standard (3 parks acres per 1,000 population) is also 40% below the 5 park acres per 1,000 population BOTH Encinitas and Oceanside require of development and provide their Citizens; that Carlsbad’s Park Master Plan maps Ponto as an area Unserved by City parks and an area the City should look at to provide City Parks sufficient in size for the population Unserved, and that Ponto is at the center of a 6-mile long gap with no Coastal Park (between Moonlight & Cannon parks). The Trust for Public Land cited in the article has already sent the City & CCC a letter of support for Ponto Park. People for Ponto Carlsbad Citizens also sent you comparison Park research using the National Recreation & Park Association data base, and a Coastal Recreation data file with important comparative Coastal Park data – such as that many of Carlsbad’s Park acres are unusable as Parks – the acres inaccurately counted as Parks are in fact protected habitat that cannot be used by people, or are covered in parking lots. This makes Carlsbad’s Actual Useable Park Acreage well below what the City accounts for as Park. We encourage the Citizens Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee, Carlsbad Council, Carlsbad Parks and Planning Commission, and CCC read and consider the Citizen input and data provided. Lance The Coast News Group = link to 10-minute walk to Park article The Coast News Group Your community. Your newspaper. Covers Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Carlsbad, Encinitas, Solana Beach, Del Mar, Carmel Valley, Rancho Santa Fe, Escondido, San Marcos &#38; Vista. Images of Park need at Ponto: Carlsbad Citizens forced to use vacant land & streets; and Ponto vacant land used as needed South Carlsbad Coastal Park for inland South Carlsbad citizens and families Page 1 of 4 Images of Park need at Ponto: Carlsbad Citizens forced to use vacant land & streets; and Ponto vacant land used as needed South Carlsbad Coastal Park for inland South Carlsbad citizens and families Page 2 of 4 Images of Park need at Ponto: Carlsbad Citizens forced to use vacant land & streets; and Ponto vacant land used as needed South Carlsbad Coastal Park for inland South Carlsbad citizens and families Page 3 of 4 Images of Park need at Ponto: Carlsbad Citizens forced to use vacant land & streets; and Ponto vacant land used as needed South Carlsbad Coastal Park for inland South Carlsbad citizens and families Page 4 of 4