HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-08-22; Prop D Citizens Liaison Committee Ad Hoc; MinutesProp D Citizens Liaison Committee
Action Minutes
August 22, 2007
1635 Faraday Avenue, Carlsbad
Room 173A
Committee Present
Diane Lantz Bill Dominguez
Pat Kurth Farrah Douglas
Gary Hilll Jim Comstock
Absent: Dan Livingston
City of Carlsbad Staff:
Gary Barberio – Principal Planner
Cynthia Haas – Economic Development & Real Estate Manager
Sandra Holder – Community Development Director
Jane Mobaldi – Assistant City Attorney
Mark Steyaert – Park Development Planner
Denise Vedder – Communications Manager
Michael Holzmiller – Consultant
Robert McNulty – Partners for Livable Communities
Irene Garnett – Partners for Livable Communities
8 Public/Other, including NC Times
The meeting started at 9:00 a.m
Sandra Holder introduced Robert McNulty and Irene Garnett from Partners for Livable
Communities to the Committee.
Bill Dominguez and Gary Hill passed out articles for the Committee and staff to review.
Partners led a discussion with the Committee about a redesign of the proposed Work
Program and potential ideas for modification. They indicated the new program would
focus on facilitating “community conversations”. In addition the Committee and Partners
discussed the importance of distributing public information and creating education
opportunities about Prop D. The Committee and Partners suggested that the approach
include materials such as surveys, visual media, written materials and use of focus groups
to draw on public opinion and ideas. The Committee agreed that the “conversations”
should be open to all, but that specific invitations to individuals that would have valuable
information that would benefit the overall discussions could be sent. The Committee also
indicated a strong desire to include young people in the community in the events as well
as community organizations. They agreed that including a Design Charette for the public
to participate in would be a good method of vetting ideas and developing scenarios or
concepts in a visual format.
Logistics of the Community Conversations were discussed at length. The Committee
reached consensus on the following:
1. Creation, availability and distribution of informational and educational
materials is vital to the process.
2. Location of the events should be neutral and should be convenient. The
Committee suggested Carlsbad High School, Dove Library and Hilton
Garden Inn Conference Facility as possible venues for the initial events.
3. Initial events should be scheduled on different dates to provide
opportunities for all to attend at least one meeting.
4. Should it take additional time to create informational materials, a
modification of the scheduling of events should be considered to ensure
the public receives the information prior to participating in the events.
5. A variety of methods of communicating and providing information to the
public should be employed.
The Committee, city staff and Partners established three possible workshop dates:
November 15, 2007
December 3, 2007
December 6, 2007
The Committee and staff set the agenda for the next meeting on September 7, 2007 as
follows:
1. Review Partners Revised Work Program
2. Review Prop D Background Information.
3. Review/Modify Stakeholders List.
4. Finalize Workshop Program, Dates and Location.
5. Discuss Informational Materials and Outreach Program, including
Branding of the Process/Events.
There was no Public Comment.
Meeting was adjourned at 11:00 a.m.