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Time of Meeting: 4:OO p.m.
Date of Meeting: August 22, 1988
Place of Meeting: City Council Chambers
Meeting of: HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
CALL TO ORDER:
Chairperson Hayes called the Meeting to order at 4:02 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
Present: Chairperson Hayes, Committee Members Helton,
McCoy, McMahon, Mikhael, Norby and Palmesi.
Committee Member Densham arrived at 4:05 p.m.
Absent: Committee Member Rombotis.
Others Present:
Chris Salomone, Director of Housina & Redevelopment
Patty Cratty, Senior Management Analyst
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Minutes of the Regular Meeting held 3uly 25, 1988, were
approved as presented.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
There were no requests to address the Committee.
CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT:
Chairperson Hayes suggested a letter of appreciation be
sent to Amy Villalobos for her work on arranginq the
Housing Tour.
Housing and Redevelopment Advisory Committee directed
staff to write a letter of appreciation to Amy
Villalobos for the excellent work she did in arranging
the Housing Tour for the Committee.
OLD BUSINESS/INFORMATIONAL:
1. INTRODUCTION OF NEW COMPITTEF. MEMBER.
Chairperson Hayes introduced Yvome McMahon. the new
Committee Member.
2. BLUFFTOP SIDEWALK.
Chairperson Hayes commented the project has begun and is
progressing "full steam".
Chris Salomone stated the Council had loaned the Agency
$600,000 to build the blufftop sidewalk.
There was a question raised by members of the Committee
as to why this project was pushed ahead when this
Committee had recommended it be a low priority.
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Hayes
Helton
McCoy '
McMa hon
Mikhael
Norby
Palmesi
Hayes
Densham
Helton
McCoy
McMahon
Mi kha el
Norby
Pa lmesi
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Member McCoy explained there was money left over from the
seawall project and some from the Coastal Conservancy,
State Boating and State of California, and that money had
to be spent or lost. The decision was made to use that
money for the blufftop sidewalk.
Member McMahon questioned what was being done to ensure the
safety of the pedestrians in the Carlsbad Boulevard area,
inasmuch as that area is being targeted for more pedestrian
traffic.
signals were being considered. Chris Salomone answered
that is still under discussion and has not been resolved.
She asked whether any crosswalks or traffic
Housing and Redevelopment Advisory Committee directed staff
to inform the Traffic Safety Commission of this Committee's
concern for adequate provisions for increased pedestrian
traffic along Carlsbad Boulevard.
3. QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE.
Chairperson Hayes reported that five responses had been
received on the questionnaires sent to those not
in attendance at the 3une meeting. She suggested this
information be sent to the Housing and Redevelopment
Commission for their use.
Housing and Redevelopment Advisory Committee directed
staff to send the information received on the
Redevelopment Area questionnaires to the Housing and
Redevelopment Commission.
NEW BUSINESS/INFORMATIONAL:
Item #I3 was taken out of order t this time.
13. DESIGN REVIEW BOARD UPDATE.
Patty Cratty introduced this item, stating an
Underground Utilities Policy had been developed for the
City and would be described by Richard Allen of the
Engineering Department.
Richard Allen continued the report, stating a pollcy had
been developed for undergrounding overhead lines in the
City along with a rating system and list of projects.
He explained the Underground Utility Advisory Committee
arrived at this policy after studying the areas in
Carlsbad firsthand. This Committee is made up of a
representative from the Engineering Department (Mr.
Allen), the Planning Director, Planning Commissioner,
citizen at large, a representative from SDG&E, Pacific
Telephone and Daniels Cablevision. The recommendation
has been made to add the Redevelopment Director and the
Utilities Maintenance Director to the committee roster.
y MEMBERS
Hayes
Dens ham
Helton
McCoy
McMahon
Mikhael
Nor by
Palmesi
Hayes
Dens ham
Helton
McCoy
McMahon
Mikhael
Norby
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Mr. Allen explained that Carlsbad hoped to borrow from
the account of the City of San Diego and complete
several projects and then repay that amount from the
yearly allocations.
Member McCoy suggested the City try to determine how their
allocation could be increased to allow for more projects to
be completed at one time.
The Commtttee Members discussed different nays to increase
the amount of funds available, including using other funds
along with the SDGM. allotment in order to get larger
chunks of undergrounding done at one time. The Committee
Members expressed a concern for speeding up the timetable
on the undergrounding, with the consensus of the Committee
being that the projects should be done as quickly as
possible .
Housing and Redevelopment Advisory Committee recommended
approval of the concept of the Undergrounding of Utilities
as presented by staff.
4. NORTH COUNTY SENIORS IN ACTION MEETING.
Chairperson Hayes announced the North County Seniors in
Action will hold a meeting on September 15, 1988, in
Oceanside to discuss how to find affordable housing. .
Member Pa lmesi volunteered to represent this Committee
at that meeting .
5. ORGANIZATION CHART.
Chairperson Hayes asked for mmes to be inserted into
the boxes in the chart.
6. SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Design
Chairman McCoy reported on Committee activities, stating
that the sub-committee felt a member of this Committee
should be included when RFP's are written.
Member Densham stated he felt there nas a lack of
understanding in the Planning Department about the wholl:
mission of the Redevelopment Agency and that the policies
were not totally understood.
assigned to Redevelopment should be aware of the
di f f erent problems a nd be a n expert in Redevelopment
procedures.
He felt the Planner
Member Norby added he felt a member of this Committee
should be a part of the application process for input as
well as a review of RFP's.
Chris Salomone recommended having the Planner come to
the next meeting and stated he would keep this item on
the Agenda.
if possible.
He also stated he would meet with Planning,
MEMBERS
Ha yes
Densham
Helton
McCoy
McMahon
Mikhael
Norby
Pa lmesi
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Fi M nce
Chairman Densham reported on the Committee meeting, stating
they had discussed innovative ways to fimnce various
projects. They had also discussed possible pooling of
monies and the most effective way to apply those monies to
projects that are last in line.
Housing
Chairperson Mikhael reported on the Committee meeting where
subcommittee duties had been reviewed. Also, the Housing
Manual was being reviewed. The recommendation HBS made to
explore the Oceanside low income housing program
and the committee would like ideas on middle income
housing.
on the Oceanside middle income condos.
The Committee asked staff to obtain information
Long Range Planning
Chairman Norby reported on two Committee meetings and the
recommendation for the Redevelopment Advisory Committee to
become more pro-active. The Committee also would like to
locate blight in the Redevelopment Area. The Committee
will be coming to this Committee, the merchants and the
City leaders with a questionmire for input for long-range
planning, with enforcement a high priority--that is
enforcement of parking restrictions and code enforcement.
Also, pedestrian access will be a topic, particularly as to
how to get people to walk from the parking lots to the
shops. Sidewalks were discussed and tourism ws discussed.
The Committee felt broad guidelines were needed and would
be requesting other Committee Chairpersons to attend one
meeting for input.
Pa r ki ng
Chairman Rombotis was not present to give a report.
7. TREE REPLACEMENT IN VILLAGE AREA
Member Norby stated this Committee had agreed to spend more
money in order to have larger trees replanted in the
Village, and he was disappointed at the size of the trees
that have been planted.
3uly 26, 1988, to the Mayor and City Council regarding the
tree replacement program.
He referred to his letter dated
The merchants want the sidewalks repaired for the safety of
the pedestrians, but felt there must be some way to save
some of the larger trees, so the area does not look
stripped.
planted and the maintenance of those trees and the roots be
done as they grow.
It was felt that faster growing trees should be
Chairperson Hayes requested staff to contact the City of
Vista to ascertain how they planted trees without ruining
the sidewalks. The Committee Members also felt that the
Risk Mamger should inspect some of the badly buckled
sidewalks in the Village area.
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8. GRAFFITI REMOVAL
Member Mikhael reported the Merchants Association does not
feel the graffiti is a rmjor problem downtown. She said
there is a citizens group that has raised funds to wipe out
graffiti and an educational program is planned for childten
at the elementary level.
Parks & Recreation has paint available to eliminate the
graffiti and it nas felt that if it is removed quickly, the
people doing it will soon become discouraged and stop.
Also, the public needs to be educated to notify
Utilities/Maintemnce when they see graffiti.
9,. PARKING LOCAT IONS
Chris Salomone reported on the lease between the City and
Ms. Jean Baumgartner for property at 3045, 65 and 67 State
Street for a parking lot.
Chairperson Hayes stated this Committee should be kept
informed on all the parking lot lease negotiations.
10. NORTH COUNTY HOUSING FOUNDATION
Chris Salomone reported this Foundation would like to have
a Member of this Committee attend their meetings.
Discussion determined the Committee Members felt Amy
Villalobos should attend the meetings and report to the
Housing Subcommittee.
11. PARKING CONFERENCE/REQUESTS FOR INFORMATITON
Chairperson Hayes announced that Bob Johnson, Traffic
Engineer, will attend a pedestrian conference in September.
She requested the Members of this Committee give Mr.
Johnson any questions they would like to have answers to
for him to take to the conference.
Member Norby stated everything relates to the automobile
and not the pedestrian, and he would like to have Mr.
3ohnson ask people from areas that are highly pedestrian-
oriented whether they have regulations.
Chairperson Hayes said that pedestrian problems are to be
referred to the Traffic Safety Commission. The word
"pedestrian'l was added to their responsibilities.
would like to know how other cities provide for safe
wa lki ng for pedestria ns. Automobiles a nd pedestria ns do
not mix and the ways to deal with that plroblem are out-
dated at this point.
traffic signs, signals, with tlwalk'l and "don't nalk" don't
work anymore, and they would like to know what new,
innovative ideas are being used.
She
The Committee Members agreed that
Mario Monroy spoke from the audience, stating there should
be Halkways linking the lagoons at each end of the City,
with jogging trails through the City. He felt this needs
to be set as a priority.
The suggestion MIS rmde that Boulder, Colorado, had
instituted some pedestrian programs and Mr. Johnson
should inquire into those programs.
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12. ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE CONFERENCE
Chris Salomone attended this Conference in Seattle, and was
trained as a Facilitator for this program.
13. DESIGN REVIEW BOARD UPDATE
This item was taken out of order. (See Page 2)
14. SEPTEMBER CALENDAR/AGENDA ITEMS
Member Densham announced there is a model of the
streetscape, Village Faire and art works to be installed as part of the streetscape, on display at Neimans Restaurant.
Item for Agenda - Change of mme for Elm Avenue.
AD3OURNMEM :
By proper motion, the Meeting of August 22, 1988, ws
adjourned at 6:25 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
CHRIS SALOMONE
Housing and Redevelopment Director
Ha rri ett Babbitt
Minutes Clerk