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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-06-07; Ballot PamphletsPRIMARY ELECTION - JUNE 7, 1994 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY NONPARTISAN - OFFICIAL BALLOT COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO n O A n A ADVISORY VOTE ONLY I rlV/r M jhe pe0p|e 0{ san Diego do hereby reaffirm their strong support for the continued presence of the U.S. military in the San Diego region, however, if the U.S. government decides to make MAS Mira- mar available for civilian airport use, then should all government officials cooperate to make every effort to relocate Charles A. Lindbergh Interna- tional Airport to Miramar? 264 YES-»O 265 NO-*O CITY OF CARLSBAD HO AH n ADVISORY VOTE ONLY I riVri \J shaii the City of Carlsbad consider approving a Lego Family Park within the Carlsbad Ranch Project located east of Interstate 5, north of Palomar Airport Road, and south of Cannon Road, provided that the project shall fully comply with the City's Growth Management Plan, and all land use processing and environmental review requirements? 270 271 N-11-4 N SD 017-008 r\11V CITY OF CARLSBAD Proposition D (This proposition will appear on the ballot in the following form.) ADVISORY VOTE ONLY Shall the City of Carlsbad consider approving a Lego Family Park within the Carlsbad Ranch Project located east of Interstate 5, north of Palomar Airport Road, and south of Cannon Road, provided that the project shall fully comply with the City's Growth Management Plan, and all land use processing and environmental review requirements? CITY ATTORNEY'S IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS THE WAY IT IS NOW: Existing law requires numerous approvals for the eventual development of the Lego Family Park. It is anticipated at a minimum this proposal would require a general plan and local coastal plan amendment, specific plan amendment, rezoning, tentative map, hillside development permit, local facilities management plan amendments, cancellation of an agricultural preserve contract and an environmental impact report. These permits would require public hearings. A coastal development permit would also be required from the California Coastal Commission. The proposed site is currently designated and zoned for Commercial, Office and Industrial and Open Space agricultural uses. There presently is an approved development project on the site entitled "The Carlsbad Ranch Specific Plan" approved March 16, 1993, and on file in the City Clerk's office and Planning Department. No development may be approved on this site unless it has all the necessary public facilities available or guaranteed to be available prior to construction under the City's Growth Management Plan and by Proposition E which was approved by the voters in 1986. These plans do not permit development at this site unless the necessary public facilities are provided concurrent with their need with an emphasis on ensuring good traffic circulation, schools, parks, libraries, open space and recreational amenities. THE PROPOSAL: Although a formal application has not been submitted to the City at this time, it is anticipated that an amendment to the existing Specific Plan will be submitted to include a family-oriented theme park consisting of exhibits and attractions made primarily from interlocking plastic blocks, entertainment and dining, retail uses, rides catering to children of ages 2 through 13, and educational workshop areas on approximately 125 acres in the general location as shown on the location map. This measure is an advisory measure as authorized by the California Elections Code for the purpose of allowing voters within the City to voice their opinion on substantive issues or to indicate to the City Council its approval or disapproval of allowing this proposal to be considered. A "YES" VOTE MEANS: If you vote yes, you wish to indicate to the City Council that it should consider this proposal further and to eventually act on all the required permits for it. It does not approve the proposal. A "NO" VOTE MEANS: If you vote no, you do not wish the City Council to consider the proposal further. HOW PROPOSITION "D" GOT ON THE BALLOT On February 1 , 1994, the City Council decided to place this matter on the ballot for June 7, 1994 in order to allow the voters within the City to voice their opinion on the proposal. FISCAL IMPACT: Should the proposed measure be approved, it would not in and of itself affect the cost of government. However, as a product of the eventual approval of this proposal, certain revenues of the City may be increased in an indeterminate but possibly substantial amount. PR-1300-1 N SD 017-02S LOCATION MAP PROPOSED UAIN ENTRANCE TO LEGO FAyiLY PARK z o Ms Copyright Mop Not To Scat* Approximate Location of Lego Family Pork Proposed Main Entrance to Lego Family Park Boundary of Flower Fields ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF PROPOSITION D (i FOR OUR CHILDREN, OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR ECONOMY • Community leaders encouraged LEGO to select Carlsbad because of LEGO's commitment to '. the environment and values of our community, and because of its impact on our local economy. • The LEGO Family Park will generate 600 new jobs and $76 million annually. It will add over $600,000 each year in city revenues. LANDSCAPING, EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT FOR CHILDREN 2-TO-13 YEARS OLD AND THEIR FAMILIES ; • Located on a 125-acre parcel east of I-5 between Palomar Airport and Cannon Roads, over two- 1 thirds of the Park will be landscaped open space; the remainder hands-on education and fun | entertainment facilities for young children and their families. | • There will be no thrill rides, cheap hotels, strip malls or other inappropriate development. PARK MUST COMPLY WITH GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS • The City Council, Planning Commission and Coastal Commission must still approve plans for the Park, prepare an Environmental Impact Report, and certify the Park conforms to Carlsbad's tough Growth Management Plan. • The project will be built in an area already designated in our General Plan for non-residential uses. TRAFFIC CIRCULATION PROTECTED, FLOWER FIELDS PRESERVED • Among conditions agreed to by LEGO are a circulation plan which funnels traffic directly on and off the freeway via Cannon Road - avoiding impact on our local streets. The Park will generate less traffic than alternative development. • Another condition of development ensures permanent preservation of adjacent flower fields. A FAMILY PARK FOR A FAMILY CITY • We've'carefully reviewed plans for the LEGO Family Park. Many of us traveled to Denmark to observe first-hand the existing Park in Billund. • We support the Park because it is consistent with our community's family values, its emphasis on education, and because it will contribute to a strong economy and healthy environment. BARBARA H. MEAD OFELIA E. ESCOBEDO, President School Board Trustee Barrio Association | HOPE WRISLEY MARY H. CASLER f Senior Vice President Former Mayor of Carlsbad f Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce 1 KAY CHRISTIANSEN f Carlsbad Historian I PR-1300-3 N SO 017-027 REBUTTAL TO THE ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF PROPOSITION D The proponents of Lego Theme Park tell us not to worry about its impact upon our quality of life because the Growth Management Plan will protect us. However, as co-sponsor of the Growth Management Plan I can tell you that at no time during its drafting in 1986 did we plan that the focal point of Carlsbad would one day be a theme park that would generate 2.0 million visitors in its first year of operation. You should be aware that even without Lego Theme Park Carlsbad's population will nearly double in size. Lego Theme Park should not be approved without a revaluation of the Growth Management Plan and an examination as to whether our existing 135,000 population cap should be lowered to accommodate this influx of visitors. To date, none of this has been done. Why risk our quality of life for a few extra tax dollars? If Disneyland couldn't save Anaheim from the recession how will Lego Theme Park save us? Lego may be a nice theme park but that is not the question. The real question is whether Lego can be assimilated into Carlsbad without damaging our quality of life. This would be a difficult task for any city. Can you name a theme park city the size of Carlsbad where you would want to live? MARK PETTINE Former Carlsbad City Councilmember ARGUMENT AGAINST PROPOSITION D You are not voting on Lego or the quality of their Theme park. What happens in the park is of little importance. You are voting on what a large Theme/amusement park will do to Carlsbad. LEGO will change Carlsbad forever. This decision is about increasing the intensity of our development and changing our vision of Carlsbad's future. LEGO is an Amusement park, a "cornerstone project" with 2.0 million visitors projected initially. If we want LEGO then we should want it to grow and be successful. The growth of Lego's visitor population is not controlled by our zoning, General Plan or Growth Management Plan. The only limit on this population growth is LEGO's desire for profit. As LEGO grows so goes Carlsbad. Where goes our community's character? LEGO and its growth will bring changes, some immediate but many just one small step after another taking us farther away from the Carlsbad we know and cherish. Millions of new tourists bring with them their needs for city services and their problems: more traffic, more crime, more trash, more pollution, more crowds, and more need for water. The people of Orange County and L.A. long ago traded their quality of life for problems like these hoping for economic prosperity and tax revenues. Big money promises, at what cost to you? LEGO will guide our economy into one dominated and dependent on tourism. An amusement/ theme park environment will not attract the other businesses we want and need for Carlsbad's future and prosperity. In order to support LEGO, generate more jobs, and entice these tourists to contribute to Carlsbad, we must become an amusement tourist trap; catching and keeping the tourist dollar with more hotels, more motels, amusement centers and restaurants. Is this your vision of Carlsbad's future? Vote no. MICHELLE BECKER Member, Neighbors Involved in Carlsbad's Future A. J. SKOTNICKI Former Carlsbad City Council Member GEOFFREY BELL Member, Neighbors Involved in Carlsbad's Future WILLIAM JUBB Banker DARRELL A, PINES Member, Neighbors Involved in Carlsbad's Future PR-1300-4 N SD 017-028 PR-1300-5 N SD 017-029 REBUTTAL TO THE ARGUMENT AGAINST PROPOSITION D The opposition to the LEGO Family Park is using tear, misrepresented statistics and untruths to mislead voters. They say: LEGO will change Carlsbad forever. THE FACTS ARE: The LEGO Family Park will generate SUBSTANTIALLY LESS TRAFFIC than alternative land uses such as commercial and industrial. Vehicles Per Day The LEGO Family Park 2,155 128 acres Home Depot 4,000 20 acres Plaza Camino Real 15,000 150 acres est. They say: The only limit on LEGO'S population growth is their desire for profits. THE FACTS ARE: LEGO will have SIGNIFICANTLY LESS VISITORS THAN THE ZOO OR SEA WORLD which have been around for decades. Ask those around Sea World or the Zoo if they would rather have an industrial complex or a regional mall instead? THE LEGO PARK REPRESENTS A WHOLESOME. NON-POLLUTING, EDUCATIONAL AND FINANCIAL ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY. Visitors per Year In Millions The LEGO Family Park 1.8 The Zoo 2.9 Sea World 3.8 Disneyland 11.7 They say: Is this your vision of Carlsbad's future? THE TRUTH IS: YOU BETI The HEAVILY LANDSCAPED LEGO PARK WITHIN A PARK CONCEPT will have a direct financial stake in protecting our quality of life. The Park will conform to our voter approved Growth Management Plan, while preserving our famed flower fields and adding 600 jobs locally. CARLSBAD IS A WHOLESOME FAMILY CITY! VOTE YES ON D. PEDER NORBY MATT HALL Chair, C.A.R.E.S. Former Planning Commissioner JOHN H. HAEDRICH GENE FORSYTH Immediate Past President Former Co-Chair Tri-City Hospital Foundation Village Merchants Association SEENA TRIGAS School Board Trustee PR-1300-6 N SD 017-030 CITY OF CARLSBAD Proposition D (This proposition will appear on the ballot In the following form.) > ADVISORY VOTE ONLY ) Shall the City of Carlsbad consider approving a Lego Family Park within the Carlsbad Ranch Project located east of Interstate 5, north of Palomar Airport Road, and south of Cannon Road, provided that the project shall fully comply with the City's Growth Management Plan, and all land use processing and environmental review requirements? CITY ATTORNEY'S IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS THE WAY IT IS NOW: Existing law requires numerous approvals for the eventual development of the Lego Family Park. It is anticipated at a minimum this proposal would require a general plan and local coastal plan amendment, specific plan amendment, rezoning, tentative map, hillside development permit, local facilities management plan amendments, cancellation of an agricultural preserve contract and an environmental impact report. These permits would require public hearings. A coastal development permit would also be required from the California Coastal Commission. The proposed site is currently designated and zoned for Commercial, Office and Industrial and Open Space agricultural uses. There presently is an approved development project on the site entitled "The Carlsbad Ranch Specific Plan" approved March 16, 1993, and on file in the City Clerk's office and Planning Department. No development may be approved on this site unless it has all the necessary public facilities available or guaranteed to be available prior to construction under the City's Growth Management Plan and by Proposition E which was approved by the voters in 1986. These plans do not permit development at this site unless the necessary public facilities are provided concurrent with their need with an emphasis on ensuring good traffic circulation, schools, parks, libraries, open space and recreational amenities. THE PROPOSAL: Although a formal application has not been submitted to the City at this time, it is anticipated that an amendment to the existing Specific Plan will be submitted to include a family-oriented theme park consisting of exhibits and attractions made primarily from interlocking plastic blocks, entertainment and dining, retail uses, rides catering to children of ages 2 through 13, and educational workshop areas on approximately 125 acres in the general location as shown on the location map. This measure is an advisory measure as authorized by the California Elections Code for the purpose of allowing voters within the City to voice their opinion on substantive issues or to indicate to the City Council its approval or disapproval of allowing this proposal to be considered. A "YES" VOTE MEANS: If you vote yes, you wish to indicate to the City Council that it should consider this proposal further and to eventually act on all the required permits for it. It does not approve the proposal. A "NO" VOTE MEANS: if you vote no, you do not wish the City Council to consider the proposal further. HOW PROPOSITION "D" GOT ON THE BALLOT On February 1, 1994, the City Council decided to place this matter on the ballot for June 7, 1994 in order to allow the voters within the City to voice their opinion on the proposal. FISCAL IMPACT: Should the proposed measure be approved, it would not in and of itself affect the cost of government. However, as a product of the eventual approval of this proposal, certain revenues of the City may be increased in an indeterminate but possibly substantial amount. PR-1300-1 D SO 017-28 PR-1300-2 D SD 017-29 ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF PROPOSITION D FOR OUR CHILDREN, OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR ECONOMY • Community leaders encouraged LEGO to select Carlsbad because of LEGO'S commitment to the environment and values of our community, and because of its impact on our local economy. • The LEGO Family Park will generate 600 new jobs and $76 million annually. It will add over $600,000 each year in city revenues. LANDSCAPING, EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT FOR CHILDREN 2-TO-13 YEARS OLD AND THEIR FAMILIES • Located on a 125-acre parcel east of I-5 between Palomar Airport and Cannon Roads, over two- thirds of the Park will be landscaped open space; the remainder hands-on education and fun entertainment facilities for young children and their families. • There will be no thrill rides, cheap hotels, strip malls or other inappropriate development. PARK MUST COMPLY WITH GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS • The City Council, Planning Commission and Coastal Commission must still approve plans for the Park, prepare an Environmental Impact Report, and certify the ParK conforms to Carlsbad's tough Growth Management Plan. - • The project will be built in an area already designated in our General Plan for non-residential uses. TRAFFIC CIRCULATION PROTECTED, FLOWER FIELDS PRESERVED • Among conditions agreed to by LEGO are a circulation plan which funnels traffic directly on and off the freeway via Cannon Road - avoiding impact on our local streets. The Park will generate less traffic than alternative development. • Another condition of development ensures permanent preservation of adjacent flower fields. A FAMILY PARK FOR A FAMILY CITY • We've carefully reviewed plans for the LEGO Family Park. Many of us traveled to Denmark to observe first-hand the existing Park in Billund. • We support the Park because it is consistent with our community's family values, its emphasis on education, and because it will contribute to a strong economy and healthy environment. BARBARA H. MEAD School Board Trustee HOPE WRISLEY Senior Vice President Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce OFELIA E. ESCOBEDO, President Barrio Association MARY H. CASLER Former Mayor of Carlsbad REBUTTAL TO THE ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF PROPOSITION D The proponents of Lego Theme Park tell us not to worry about its impact upon our quality of life because the Growth Management Plan will protect us. However, as co-sponsor of the Growth Management Plan I can tell you that at no time during its drafting in 1986 did we plan that the focal point of Carlsbad would one day be a theme park that would generate 2.0 million visitors in its first year of operation. You should be aware that even without Lego Theme Park Carlsbad's population will nearly double in size. Lego Theme Park should not be approved without a reevaluation of the Growth Management Plan and an examination as to whether our existing 135,000 population cap should be lowered to accommodate this influx of visitors. To date, none of this has been done. Why risk our quality of life for a few extra tax dollars? If Disneyland couldn't save Anaheim from the recession how will Lego Theme Park save us? Lego may be a nice theme park but that is not the question. The real question is whether Lego can be assimilated into Carlsbad without damaging our quality of life. This would be a difficult task for any city. Can you name a theme park city the size of Carlsbad where you would want to live? MARK PETTINE Former Carlsbad City Councilmember KAY CHRISTIANSEN Carlsbad Historian PR-1300-3 D SD 017-30 PR-1300-4 D SD 017-31 ARGUMENT AGAINST PROPOSITION D REBUTTAL TO THE ARGUMENT AGAINST PROPOSITION D You are not voting on Lego or the quality of their Theme park. What happens in the park is of little importance. You are voting on what a large Theme/amusement park will do to Carlsbad. LEGO will change Carlsbad forever. This decision is about increasing the intensity of our development and changing our vision of Carlsbad's future. LEGO is an Amusement park, a "cornerstone project" with 2.0 million visitors projected initially. If we want LEGO then we should want it to grow and be successful. The growth of Lego's visitor population is not controlled by our zoning, General Plan or Growth Management Plan. The only limit on this population growth is LEGO'S desire for profit. As LEGO grows so goes Carlsbad. Where goes our community's character? LEGO and its growth will bring changes, some immediate but many just one small step after another taking us farther away from the Carlsbad we know and cherish. Millions of new tourists bring with them their needs for city services and their problems: more traffic, more crime, more trash, more pollution, more crowds, and more need for water. The people of Orange County and L.A. long ago traded their quality of life for problems like these hoping for economic prosperity and tax revenues. Big money promises, at what cost to you? LEGO will guide our economy into one dominated and dependent on tourism. An amusement/ theme park environment will not attract the other businesses we want and need for Carlsbad's future and prosperity. In order to support LEGO, generate more jobs, and entice these tourists to contribute to Carlsbad, we must become an amusement tourist trap; catching and keeping the tourist dollar with more hotels, more motels, amusement centers and restaurants. Is this your vision of Carlsbad's future? Vote no. MICHELLE BECKER Member, Neighbors Involved in Carlsbad's Future A. J. SKOTN1CKI Former Carlsbad City Council Member GEOFFREY BELL Member, Neighbors Involved in Carlsbad's Future WILLIAM JUBB Banker DARRELLA. PINES Member, Neighbors Involved in Carlsbad's Future The opposition to the LEGO Family Park is using fear, misrepresented statistics and untruths to mislead voters. They say: LEGO will change Carlsbad forever. THE FACTS ARE: The LEGO Family Park will generate SUBSTANTIALLY LESS TRAFFIC than alternative land uses such as commercial and industrial. Vehicles Per Day The LEGO Family Park 2,155 128 acres Home Depot 4,000 20 acres Plaza Camino Real 15,000 150 acres est. They say: The only limit on LEGO'S population growth is their desire for profits. THE FACTS ARE: LEGO will have SIGNIFICANTLY LESS VISITORS THAN THE ZOO OR SEA WORLD which have been around for decades. Ask those around Sea World or the Zoo if they would rather have an industrial complex or a regional mall instead? THE LEGO PARK REPRESENTS A WHOLESOME, NON-POLLUTING, EDUCATIONAL AND FINANCIAL ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY. Visitors per Year in Millions The LEGO Family Park . . 1.8 The Zoo 2.9 Sea World 3.8 Disneyland 11.7 They say: Is this your vision of Carlsbad's future? THE TRUTH IS: YOU BET! The HEAVILY LANDSCAPED LEGO PARK WITHIN A PARK CONCEPT will have a direct financial stake in protecting our quality of life. The Park will conform to our voter approved Growth Management Plan, while preserving our famed flower fields and adding 600 jobs locally. CARLSBAD IS A WHOLESOME FAMILY CITY! VOTE YES ON D. PEDER NORBY Chair, C.A.R.E.S. JOHN H. HAEDRICH Immediate Past President Tri-City Hospital Foundation MATT HALL Former Planning Commissioner GENE FORSYTH Former Co-Chair Village Merchants Association SEENA TRIGAS School Board Trustee PR-1300-5 D SD 017-32 PR-1300-6 D SD 017-33