HomeMy WebLinkAboutPS 99-86; Island @ Carlsbad; Sign Permits/Programs (PS) (10)June 27,2000
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Mr. Christer Westman, AlCP
Associate Planner
CITY OF CARLSBAD
1635 Faraday Avenue
Carlsbad, CA 92008-731 4
Re: the Island@carlsbad
Dear Christer:
Last week I stopped by to give you an update as to our leasing progress at the
project. You asked that I send you the most recent leasing status and “my best
guess” as to the future (likely tenant) uses. I have enclosed a copy of that e-mail.
On June 2Ist you replied:
“Bob ...
Your list of second floor tenants Bldg A should be office uses versus medical
office and fitness (gym?). Medical office parking is 1/200 square feet and gym is
1/35 square feet. The idea is to have less parking intense uses in building A
(Commercial 1/300 and office 1/250) so that the restaurant uses (1/100) don’t use
up all of the parking which has been averaged at 11200.”
This concerns me in that from the very beginning of the project planning with
you, Gary Wayne and Mike Peterson we have always informed you of our plans to
provide multiple Medical and Dental services upstairs. The intention was to meet
a demand that was sorely lacking in the area while, at the same time, insure that
the economics of the project be sound. 1 have enclosed a copy of my letter to
Mike Peterson of last August and his reply. At the time we were trying to set the
CFD calculations for the project. It is interesting to know the consistency and
similarity of that “use” schedule and that which I provided in my correspondence
to you last week.
I do agree that a “fitness” use in the normal interpretation as a “gym’ would be a
high parking issue. The tenant we are talking with, however, is a personal trainer
and would not have significant demands on parking (probably less than an “office
“tenant.). But rather than get distracted by this possible use, I would rather focus
on my concerns that you wish to eliminate or substantially reduce the Medical-
Dental uses. Once again, we have been consistent with the direction provided by
all of you at the City over these last two years of planning and processing.
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We have a signed lease with a General Dentist in suite 205 and are negotiating in
earnest with a number of other Medical-Dental tenants. (Suite 200 will be General
Office as previously reported if the lease is executed this week). I understand
your concerns that we keep a collective eye on the aggregate parking ratio. A
review of my Architect’s (James Schmidt) letter of August 13,1999 expressed our
concerns at that time and we designed accordingly.
I am not sure we have any disagreement at this time but I am hopeful that we will
continue to have the latitude to complete the project as we all have agreed. I
would be happy to come up and discuss this further if you feel it necessary.
My primary purpose of this letter is to show that we have been consistent and are
not attempting to “change horses mid stream”.
Bets regards,
The Island@carlsbad LLC
By Lichter yenture Group, Manager
RGbert J. Lichter, President