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Home My WebLink About2022-09-29; Annual Open Space Status Report for Fiscal Year 2021-22 (Districts - All); Barberio, GaryTo the members of the: ~!TY COUNCIL Date ~/~/u..cA . ✓ cc ~ CM ✓ ACM JL.'DCM (3) ~ September 29, 2022 Council Memorandum To: Honorable Mayor Hall and Members of the City Council From: Gary Barberio, Deputy City Manager Jeff Murphy, Community Development Director Via.: , ., Geoff Patnoe, Assistant City Manager@ {city of Carlsbad Memo ID #2022107 Re: Annual Open Space Status Report for Fiscal Year 2021-22 (Districts -All) This memorandum provides information regarding the Annual Open Space Report for fiscal year (FY) 2021-22. Background Beginning FY 2016-17, the City of Carlsbad has produced and publicly made available an Annual Open Space Status Report (report). This report is completed as a requirement of a settlement agreement involving a lawsuit related to the 2015 General Plan Update/Climate Actiori Plan adoption with North County Advocates. The settlement agreement was approved by the City Council on March 14, 2017. This report includes an up-to-date open space inventory map and corresponding table that reports on the amount of designated open space within the city and it documents any changes to the open space inventory that occurred over the reporting period. Open space is grouped in the report by the city's 25 Local Facilities Manager Zones (LFMZ) as well as categorized by four General Plan open space categories, which are shown below: • Category 1: Preservation of Natural Resources (29.5% of the city) -Open space for plant and animal habitat; nature preserves; beaches and bluffs; wetland and riparian areas; canyons and hillsides; and water features such as lagoons and streams. • Category 2: Managed Production of Resources (1.3% of the city) -Open space for forestry; agriculture; aquaculture; water management; commercial fisheries; and major mineral resources. • Category 3: Outdoor Recreation (4.7% of the city)-Open space for school recreation areas; public parks and recreation areas; greenways; trails; campgrounds; golf courses; and equestrian facilities. • Category 4: Aesthetic Cultural and Educational Purposes (2.4% of the city) -Open space for lands with scenic, historical and cultural value; land use buffers; open space that marks entries to the city from surrounding communities and to major Community Services Branch Community Development Department 1635 Faraday Avenue I Carlsbad, CA 92008 I 442-602-4600 t Council Memo -Annual Open Space Status Report for Fiscal Year 2021-22 (Districts -All) September 29, 2022 Page 2 developments and neighborhoods within the city; greenbelts providing separation from surrounding communities; and museums, arboreta, zoos, and botanical gardens. This report provides a brief narrative description of the non-technical changes to open space acreages that have occurred since the previous reporting year. The report is available on the open space webpage, using the following link: https://www.carlsbadca.gov/departments/parks-recreation/open-space. Discussion A total of 4.67 acres of open space was added to the city's inventory under open space category 1 (preservation of resources), during the FY 2021-22 reporting period, which consists of a 1.64-acre conservation easement in LMFZ 5 and two conservation easements (3.03 acres total) in LMFZ 6. Attachment A shows the amount of open space in each LFMZ and the total citywide open space. Next Steps City staff will continue to monitor the city's open space inventory and submit the next report to City Council after the end of the next�FY ending on June 30, 2023. Attachment: A. Annual Open Space Status Report for Fiscal Year 2021-22 cc: Scott Chadwick, City Manager Ronald Kemp, Assistant City Attorney Eric Lardy, City Planner Jennifer Jesser, Senior Planner Shelley Glennon, Associate Planner Kyle Lancaster, Parks & Recreation Director Rosanne Humphrey, Senior Program Manager City of Carlsbad ATTACHMENT A (City of Carlsbad Annual Open Space Status Report for Fiscal Year 2021-22 July 1, 2021 -June 30, 2022 The table below shows the amount of designated open space acreage by category in each of the local Facilities Management Zones (LFMZ). This data is current through the end of the Fiscal Year 2021-22, ending on June 30, 2022. A total of 4.67 acres of open space was added to the city's inventory under open space category 1 (preservation of resources) during the reporting period, which consists of a 1.64-acre conservation easement in LMFZ 5 and two conservation easements (3.03 acres total) in LMFZ 6. 1 2 3 4 Managed Aesthetic, Total Percentage Preservation Production Outdoor Total LFMZ of Resources of Recreation Cultural, LFMZ LFMZ of LFMZ in (acres) Resources (acres) Educational Open Acreage open (acres) (acres) Space space 1 540.2 6.8 133.2 35.6 715.8 3,395.5 21.10% 2 91.9 0.0 9.5 25.8 127.2 805.4 15.80% 3 55.7 0.0 3.3 0.0 59.0 625.4 9.40% 4 32.9 0.0 25.3 44.6 102.8 507.8 20.20% 5 484.8 0.0 110.9 4.7 600.4 2,440.0 24.61% 6 231.9 0.0 280.4 18.9 531.2 2,606.9 20.38% 7 276.9 0.0 28.3 39.2 344.4 812.8 42.40% 8 490.8 0.0 90.9 13.8 595.5 743.1 80.10% 9 195.1 0.0 3.9 8.7 207.7 471.6 44.10% 10 246.8 0.0 114.2 103.2 464.2 766.8 60.50% 11 920.2 0.0 41.9 148.7 1,110.8 2,290.6 48.50% 12 95.3 0.0 16.5 25.9 137.7 660.9 20.80% 13 113.7 232.4 0.0 0.0 346.1 736.9 47.00% 14 535.0 0.0 21.1 9.0 565.1 827.5 68.30% 15 716.6 89.5 34.2 5.1 845.4 1,536.3 55.00% 16 219.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 219.7 413.7 53.10% 17 187.7 0.0 5.6 31.2 224.5 588.4 38.20% 18 299.9 0.0 14.0 30.8 344.7 899.9 38.30% 19 794.5 0.0 200.9 18.7 1,014.1 1,611.6 62.90% 20 200.2 0.0 34.8 23.6 258.6 805.1 32.10% 21 108.5 0.0 5.5 4.4 118.4 267.4 44.30% 22 69.2 0.0 1.5 3.5 74.2 431.0 17.20% 23 184.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 184.4 284.4 64.80% 24 65.3 0.0 10.0 6.6 81.9 199.6 41.00% 25 232.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 232.1 299.9 77.40% TOTAL 7,389.3 328.7 1,186.0 602.0 9,506.0 25,028.5 38.0% CITYWIDE Pacific Ocean ~ Future Open Space and Visitor Services* Open Space Categories: -1 -Preservation of Natural Resources 2 -Managed Production of Resources 7 389.3 328.7 3.5% Open Space Status Report Map Fiscal Year 2021/2022 1.3% /''·, / ' ,tJ,) As of June 30, 2022 l C city of Carlsbad 3 -Outdoor Recreation (Programmed\Unprogrammed) r-1_,1_8_6_,0-+-----+-----; -4 -Aesthetic Cultural and Educational Purposes ~-+---6_0_2_._0+----+-------i ~ Lagoons ~T_o_t_al~9~,5_0_6_.0-+----+----~ 12.5% 4.7% [~J City Limits = Highway = Major Street c=c== Planned Street -+---+-Railroad • Future open. space area is not counted in the open space acreage table on this map. For more information, see General Plan Land Use and Community Design Element, 'Special Planning Considerations: Carlsbad Boulevard/Agua Hedionda Center.' 6.3% 2.4% 38.0% PLEASE NOTE: Open space areas on this map are derived from the San Diego County assessor parcel map from SanGIS.org, which is the best mapping base currently available for a city-wide perspective. However, the parcel lines and the open space areas within them must be considered as approximations only, and are not to be used to establish definitive lines of ovmership or land status. THIS MAP/DATA IS PROVIDED Vu'ITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ft ---===Feet ,r, 0 3,000 GtS parcel data is derived from SanGIS/SANDAG downloadable data • VN/W.sangis.org. Copyright SanGIS 2019. J:lcbg!s'f)roc1Jcls\plannllg\StandardMap\OpenSpacettx17.mxd