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January 15, 1999
Mike Bingham
UDC Homes
11.5 12 El Camino Real, Suite 110
San Diego, CA 92130
SUBJECT: CT 97-22/PUD 97-lS/CDP 97-55 Issues Letter, Poinsettia Properties -
Planning Area 8,
Enclosed in this letter are Engineering and Water responses to your December 2”d submittal. In
addition to these comments, I would like to include two additional items I neglected to mention
in my 12/2 l/98 letter to you.
Ewineering
1. I believe Ken transmitted his comments to you via phone.
Water Deuartment
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Area 8 shall place an 8” sewer in Private Street B and project the line across the railroad
right-of-way easement and intercept the 27” interceptor sewer perpendicular. The 8” line
shall be in a steel casing pipe and connect to the 27” at invert.
Install a 24” casing pipe parallel to the 27” sewer perpendicular to and across Poinsettia
Lane right-of-way at an elevation that will allow a future extension of the 8” sewer north
to the proposed lift station on Area 2.
Extend the 8” sewer in private street B westerly to the centerline of Carlsbad Boulevard.
This will be a future tie-in point for Area 7.
Eliminate all sewer easements between homes and place the 8” sewer lines in future
streets.
Extend an 8” sewer in private street A or B southerly to the future commercial lot. This
sewer shall be at sufficient depth to gravity flow to the commercial lot. This depth will
be approximately 7” below the street finished grade.
Applicant will be required to build an 8” recycled water line on the frontage of Carlsbad
Boulevard for the length of the frontage.
2075 La Palmas Dr. * Carlsbad, CA 92009-1576 * (760) 438-l 161 - FAX (760) 438-0894 @
Planning DeDartment
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The walls on this project are of an unusually long length on both Poinsettia Lane and
Carlsbad Boulevard, but especially Carlsbad Boulevard. The wall design established for
PA 8 will also set the design standard for PA 7, therefore, the proposed design should be
improved somewhat because Carlsbad Boulevard is a designated scenic corridor. As I
mentioned in my earlier letter, the proposed pad elevations and mounding do not mitigate
the appearance of the wall as requested by Councilman Hall. You should consider
upgrading the wall materials to more than slump block with a decorative pilaster.
Additional materials such as river rock, stone, or brick could be incorporated into the
design. The wall should also include landscaped insets from time to time to break the
fence into smaller visual segments.
Of course, the proposed wall is a function again of the grading proposed on the site. I
may be wrong, but it appears to me that one of the reasons for the proposed pad
elevations on PA 8 is to reduce the amount of export. The City considers all of the
planning areas within the Poinsettia Properties Specific Plan Area as related sites which
should balance grading on each parcel as much as possible but also among the three
parcels. Planning Area 8 needs to remove dirt from their site to achieve the minimum
grades the City Council is requesting; Parcel A needs dirt. PA 5 is currently requesting a
temporary stockpile permit to store excess dirt brought in from another location. The
City is again requesting that the two property owners reach agreement to transfer some of
the dirt from PA 8 to Parcel A. The City is reconsidering PA 5’s request to stockpile dirt
because this action may preclude receiving dirt from PA 8. Please initiate further
discussion to resolve this issue with the PA 5 property owners.
Thank you for your prompt response. This project must be heard by the City Council by April
20, 1999 to comply with mandated timelines. Please call me at 438-l 161, extension 445 1 if you
have any questions.
Sincerely,
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ADRIENNE LANDERS,
Principal Planner
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