HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-05-20; City Council; Resolution 2014-0986
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RESOLUTION NO. 2014-098
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, ENTERING INTO A RIGHT OF ENTRY PERMIT WITH
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND
RECREATION FOR OPERATION OF THE TAMARACK STATE BEACH
UPPER PICNIC FACILITIES AND THE TAMARACK/FRAZEE STATE
BEACH COASTAL BLUFF
7 WHEREAS, the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation (State) operates
8 under significant budget constraints that have resulted in a corresponding decline in the
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quantity and quality of services it provides to the public; and
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WHEREAS, this fact is evident at the Tamarack State Beach Upper Picnic Facilities (Picnic
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Facilities) and the Tamarack/Frazee State Beach Coastal Bluff (Coastal Bluff); and
j3 WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad (City) has become increasingly concerned about the
14 effects of the State's declining service levels within these properties on the general public,
15 including residents, business owners, and tourists; and
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WHEREAS, the State's inability to provide basic improvement and routine maintenance
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services on such high profile properties bears a negative reflection on the City's image; and
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WHEREAS, members of the public have recently indicated a desire for the City to assume the
2Q basic improvement and routine maintenance services of State-owned beach sites; and
21 WHEREAS, City staff initiated discussions with State staff on the potential for the City to
22 assume such services from the State at the Picnic Facilities and the Coastal Bluff; and
WHEREAS, the State submitted a Right of Entry Permit (Permit) - for the Picnic Facilities
and the Coastal Bluff - to the City for approval; and
WHEREAS, the Permit proposes to grant the City permission to: 1) enter onto the Picnic
27 Facilities solely for the purpose of "...maintaining landscaping, irrigation systems, hardscapes,
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and dally facility housekeeping tasks for the comfort station (i.e. blockhouse restroom)...", and
2) enter onto the Coastal Bluff solely for the purpose of "...revegetating native coastal bluff
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habitat, retrofitting/expanding existing irrigation system, and maintaining said vegetation and
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irrigation system...."; and
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g WHEREAS, the proposed term of the Permit "...shall only be for the period beginning on
7 5/20/2014, and ending on 5/19/2015, or as may be reasonably extended by written mutual
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WHEREAS, the intent of the Permit is to allow the City a timely, short term means of
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entering the Picnic Facilities and the Coastal Bluff in order to commence improvement and
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maintenance services; and
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13 WHEREAS, presuming successful results are achieved within the initial term of the
14 Permit, the goal of the State and the City would be to execute a long term Operating
15 Agreement forthe continuation ofthe described services at the subject sites
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad,
California, as follows that:
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1. The above recitations are true and correct.
2. This City does hereby approve the Permit with the State for the operation of
Tamarack State Beach Upper Picnic Facilities and Tamarack/Frazee State Beach
Coastal Bluff.
3. The Mayor is authorized to execute the Permit on behalf of the City of Carlsbad.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting ofthe City Council ofthe City
of Carlsbad on the 20th day of May 2014, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
Council Members Hall, Packard, Wood, Schumacher, Blackburn.
None.
ABSENT: None.
MATT HALL, Mayor
ATTEST:
BARp^RA ENGLESOMfoty Clerk
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