HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-01-26; Growth Management Citizens Committee; ; Committee Business
Meeting Date: Jan. 26, 2023
To: Growth Management Citizens Committee
Staff Contact: Eric Lardy, City Planner
Eric.Lardy@carlsbadca.gov
Sarah Lemons, Communication & Engagement
Sarah.Lemons@carlsbadca.gov
Subject
Committee Business
Recommended Action
Receive presentations and discuss the following topics:
• Circulation Standard. Receive recommended options from staff. Discuss and make
committee recommendation. See Exhibit 1.
• Fire and Police Standard. Receive recommended options from staff. Discuss and make
committee recommendation. See Exhibit 1.
• Arts and Culture. Receive recommended options from staff. Discuss and make committee
recommendation. See Exhibit 2.
• Parks Standard. Receive staff recommendations. Discuss and make committee
recommendation. See Exhibit 1.
• Climate Action Plan. Receive a presentation on the Carlsbad Climate Action Plan and what
the city is doing around renewable energy, power, environmental sustainability, etc.
• Local Electric Power Generation and Renewable Energy and Environmental
Sustainability/Climate Change. Participate in a committee discussion to determine direction
for the preceding topics.
Fiscal Analysis
This action has no fiscal impact.
Environmental Evaluation
In keeping with California Public Resources Code Section 21065, this action does not constitute a
“project” within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act in that it has no potential to
cause either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical
change in the environment. Therefore, it does not require environmental review.
Public Notification and Outreach
This item was noticed in keeping with the Ralph M. Brown Act and it was available for public
viewing and review at least 72 hours before the scheduled meeting date.
Exhibits
1. Potential Growth Management Plan or Quality of Life Statements
2. Memorandum – Recommendations for Arts and Culture and Growth Management
GROWTH MANAGEMENT CITIZENS COMMITTEE @) Staff Report
Potential Growth Management Plan or Quality of Life Statements
PUBLIC WORKS – TRANSPORTATION/CIRCULATION
Proposed Circulation Standard (at December 15, 2023 meeting) – Implement a comprehensive
livable streets network that serves all users of the system – vehicles, pedestrians, bicycles, and
public transit. Utilize the Sustainable Mobility Plan and Multimodal Transportation Impact fee
program to implement future multimodal transportation projects that provide the greatest
benefit to the community. Require development projects to conduct intersection Level of
Service (LOS) and Multimodal Level of Service (MMLOS) analysis to determine direct project
impacts in accordance with the city’s Local Mobility Analysis Guidelines.
Based on feedback at that meeting, additional recommendations language options (either or
both could be chosen):
[ ] Utilize the Sustainable Mobility Plan (SMP) and Multimodal Transportation Impact Fee
(MTIF) to implement future multimodal transportation projects that provide the greatest
benefit to the community;
o Review of current facilities,
o Relationship between existing traffic operations, changing commute patterns, regional
traffic volume growth, traffic safety and new disruptive trends in mobility technologies,
and
o Development of standards and a fee structure for private development to provide a fair
share to partially fund the buildout of the city’s multimodal transportation network.
[ ] Require new development to conduct intersection Level of Service (LOS) and Multimodal
Level-of-Service (MMLOS) analysis to determine direct project impacts in accordance with
the city’s Local Mobility Analysis Guidelines
Should the statements be located within the (one should be chosen):
[ ] Growth Management Plan or [ ] Quality of Life Memo
Potential Growth Management Plan or Quality of Life Statements
PUBLIC SAFETY
This is the recommendation from the Fire Department on a standard that could be recommended
by the Carlsbad Tomorrow: Growth Management Citizen’s Committee:
As community growth takes place, annually measure and report fire department performance
according to indicators of quality and effectiveness that are established for the emergency response
system. Appropriate measures shall be consistent with industry standards, and will include, but are
not limited to, the following criteria:
o Call processing Time
o Turn-out time
o Travel Time
o Total Responses Time
o Effective Response Force
City Staff recommends that Law Enforcement not be included in this annual reporting standard, as
the measures for Law Enforcement directly responsive to specific items not directly correlated to
growth. Does the Committee agree?
[ ] Yes or [ ] No
PARKS
Based in the conversations at the January 11, 2023 Growth Management Committee, the following
options were developed for the Committee.
Acres per population standard (one of the two options, or a modification of the second option)
[ ] Retain existing standard of 3 acres per 1,000, calculated by each of the city’s existing quadrants.
(No change)
[ ] Change the standard from 3 acres per 1,000 in population to 4 acres per 1,000 in population;
and,
o Apply the standard on a citywide, non-quadrant basis
o Count other city (i.e., owned or controlled) recreational resource acreage such as trails, golf
course, beaches, Agua Hedionda Lagoon inner basin
Access to Park lands (One can be chosen)
[ ] Request that the City Council direct staff to evaluate the feasibility of creating and
implementing a standard based upon a one-half-mile (10-minute travel time) distance to any
public accessible park
[ ] Include in the Quality of Life Memo a request that the City Council direct staff to evaluate the
accessibility of parks based one-half-mile (10-minute travel time) distance to any public
accessible park and report on the current metrics
[ ] Take no action on this topic
Community Services
Library & Cultural Arts Department
1775 Dove Lane Carlsbad, CA 92010 442-339-2090
Memorandum
January 26, 2023
To: Growth Management Citizens Committee
From: Suzanne Smithson, Library & Cultural Arts Department Director
Richard Schultz, Cultural Arts Manager
Via: Eric Lardy, City Planner
Re: Recommendations for Arts and Culture and Growth Management (Districts - All)
This memorandum provides a recommendation from Library & Cultural Arts Department staff
regarding arts and culture and the Growth Management Plan.
On Nov. 30, 2022, city staff provided background to the Growth Management Citizens
Committee regarding the role of arts in Carlsbad’s quality of life and opportunities to enhance
arts in the future. Since that time, staff has further considered whether arts could be a feasible
performance standard in Carlsbad’s next growth management program and, if so, what that
standard could be.
Existing policy direction
The City Council has already provided significant policy direction on options for support and
increased funding for arts and culture, via the following documents:
• Cultural Facilities Needs Assessment (City Council Resolution 2019-214)
• Arts & Culture Master Plan (City Council Resolution 2018-118)
• Imagine the Possibilities (City Council Resolution 2016-013)
• General Plan - Arts History & Education (2015)
• Envision Carlsbad (2010)
• Strategic Cultural Plan (City Council Resolution 2001-366)
• Art in Public Places (1995, rev. via City Council Resolution 2015-049)
• A Cultural Plan (City Council Resolution 1990-356)
Resources to support arts and culture
The City Council has also made increasingly significant and consistent financial commitments to
arts and culture since 1986 when the Cultural Arts office was established:
• Annual Cultural Arts office budget has increased by 165% in 10 years, from $738,623 in
FY 2012-13 to $1,958,910 in FY 2022-23
• Ongoing 1% allocation of every Capital Project for public art, as well as special funding
opportunities. Some examples include:
o New Village Arts mural, 2022, $50,000
o Fire Station 2, 2023, $127,000
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Memo – Arts and Culture and Growth Management
January 26, 2023
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o Cole Library mural, 2020, $35,000
o Aviara Park bronze sculptures, 2020, $63,000
o Cultural Arts office mural, 2018, $25,000
o Pine Avenue Park, 2018, $133,000
o Coastal Helix, 2016, $100,000
o Fire Station 3, 2015, $50,340
o First Responder sculptures at Public Safety Center, 2011, $153,000
• Planned 1% CIP investments in future public art as well as special funding opportunities,
including:
o Chestnut Interstate 5 Underpass - $250,000
o Veterans Memorial Park - $350,000
o Village & Barrio Roundabout at Pine/Harding - $100,000
o Library Learning Center Mural - $50,000
• Funding and development of existing arts and culture facilities, including:
o Schulman Auditorium at Dove Library, built in 1999, renovated in 2016
o Cannon Gallery at Dove Library, built in 1999
o Mobile Stage, utilized at TGIF concerts and other city events, purchased in 2016
for $147,744
o A 20-year lease of the Bauer Lumber building to New Village Arts at a
significantly below market lease rate of $1 per year (estimated rent subsidy of
over $7 million over the 20-year lease period)
o Past and current funding for renovations to the New Village Arts building totaling
$865,633
o Award of 27 art grants to New Village Arts since 2013 totaling $156,638, along
with an additional $50,000 for a new, recently completed mural on the west wall
of the building
Conclusion and Recommendations
Based on the above background information, Library & Cultural Arts staff make the following
recommendations to the Growth Management Committee:
• Document the importance of arts and culture to Carlsbad’s quality of life in the quality
of life memo that will accompany the committee’s recommended performance
standard.
• Do not establish a new Growth Management performance standard or fee related to
arts and culture.
• Policy recommendations regarding additional funding for arts and culture, beyond those
already provided by the City Council through the adoption of previous plans (i.e., Arts &
Culture Master Plan, etc.), are not needed at this time.
The Library & Cultural Arts Department staff appreciates the committee’s willingness to explore
arts and culture in the context of the Growth Management Program.
From:Don Christiansen
To:Growth Management Committee
Cc:Katie Hentrich; Jason Haber
Subject:LOCAL Electric Generation
Date:Wednesday, January 11, 2023 1:20:16 PM
Good Day Fellow Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee Members!
Since LOCAL Electric Generation is on today's agenda I thought I'd share a few headlines:
U.S. Safety Agency To Consider Ban On Gas Stoves Amid Fears Of Pollution"Gas stoves are bad for our health, and the strongest evidence is on children and children's
asthma"
California is "the first U.S. state to phase out all new gas-fueled furnaces and water heaters inhomes."
Carlsbad Mulls Requiring All-Electric Construction
"The ordinances require water heaters, clothes dryers, space heaters and other appliances in allnew construction to be electric instead of natural gas"
S.D. Battery Research Gets $16M
"The University of California San Diego will receive $10 million to develop and scale uptechnology that recycles lithium-ion batteries. Smartville Inc. of Carlsbad has been awarded
a $6 million grant to extend battery use for energy storage systems."
The focus is to repurpose used EV batteries for renewable energy storage applications.California will ban the sale of new gas powered cars by 2035.
The need for electricity will increase significantly in the future. As I wrote in a previous email
to our committee: "The question is who is going to generate the electricity? An option is to do what makes
sustainable sense and generate as much local electricity as feasible by turning rooftops,parking lots, and underutilized land that have been considered liabilities into assets by
installing solar panels. LOCAL jobs and LOCAL business opportunities are created in theprocess."
Our Clean Energy Alliance is charged with buying renewable energy. Carlsbad is moving
forward with the proposed development of a 50 acre parcel of City owned land (MaerkleReservoir) as a solar farm. Very significant Federal Funding is now available via the
Inflation Reduction Act and other programs. RMI.org (formerly Rocky Mountain Institute)provides Cities guidance on how to access those funds via their LEAF and FFOLD
programs.
France has mandated that all parking lots over a certain size shall have solar electriccanopies. Would the City of Carlsbad have the political will to enact a similar ordinance?
Our Community Vision statement reads: Sustainability: Build on the city's sustainability
initiatives to emerge as a leader in green development sustainability. Pursue public/private partnerships, particularly on sustainable water, energy, recycling and foods.
Don ChristiansenCarlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee Member
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From:Lance Schulte
To:Growth Management Committee; Michele Hardy; Council Internet Email; City Clerk; Kyle Lancaster; Eric Lardy;"Smith, Darren@Parks"; "Homer, Sean@Parks"; "Moran, Gina@Parks"; Boyle, Carrie@Coastal; "Prahler,Erin@Coastal"; "Ross, Toni@Coastal"; melanie@melanieforcarlsbad.com
Cc:info@peopleforponto.com
Subject:Public input for Carlsbad LCPA-Parks Master Plan & Growth Management Plan Updates - Parkland losses notconsidered in minimal 3 acre Parkland dedication for new unlimited development
Date:Monday, February 6, 2023 9:21:24 AM
Attachments:City losses from only requiring developers dedicate 3 acres of free City Parkland per 1,000 population.pdf
Dear Carlsbad City Council, Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee, Parks and
Planning Commissions, and CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks:
As the City has requested specific reference regarding public input, I ask you to please deliver to the
those address this email and attachment as public input for:
1. the CTGMC’s February 2023 meeting,
2. the next Carlsbad Council meeting,
3. the next Carlsbad Planning and Parks Commission meetings on the Parks Master Plan and
Growth Management Program Updates, and
4. as public input to the CA Coastal Commission on Carlsbad’s proposed Local Coastal Program
Amendment.
Apparently on 1/26/23 the CTGMC did not have a discussion considering the impacts of a 3 or 4 or 5
acre per 1,000 population Parkland Dedication requirements as recommend Updates to the City
Council.
Since there was no comparative discussion of the 3 to 4 to 5 acre Parkland dedication requirement
for new developers the CTGMC did not compare/consider the relative impacts to City finances from
the lost Parkland and/or Park-in-lieu-fees new developers would be giving to the City. Not
considering the impacts to City finances and to the Quality of Life for the future seems somewhat
irresponsible.
Following is a base calculation of the Parkland and/or Park money lost by the City by not Updating
new developer Parkland dedication requirements to be consistent with the 5 acre per 1,000
population requirements of Encinitas and Oceanside. Carlsbad not matching and keeping up with
new Parklands created by Encinitas and Oceanside will over time, and a several Housing Element
(and required land use changes to higher-density) Updates, retard Carlsbad’s desirability and Quality
of Life. Remember CA law prevents any city from being ‘Buildout’, and future land use changes to
create more new housing units will be required of Carlsbad (and every other city) at every eight year
Housing Element Cycle.
It is folly to not consider these growth/Parkland impacts of more unlimited new high-density housing
and lower relative new developer required Parkland dedication vis-à-vis adjoining Cities. Not
considering the significant loss of free Parkland and/or free Park-in-lieu-fees from new development
and the impact on City finances and Quality of Life is folly and mismanagement of Carlsbad
Tomorrow.
2021-29 Housing Element (and required land use changes) Update for ONLY to 2029 or next 7-years
HCD required new Housing Units to be accommodated to 2029 = 3,900
Average population per hosing unit in Carlsbad (2020 Census) = 2.64
Required new population to be accommodated until 2029 = 10,296 (8.9% City pop. increase)
For simplicity of comparison reasonably assume Carlsbad Land costs $1 million per acre, so:
New developer Parkland Dedication and/or Park-in-lieu-fee (free to City) for 2021-29 period:
3 acres per 1,000 = 30.9 free to City Park acres or $30.9 million in free Park-in-lieu-fees to add parks
4 acres per 1,000 = 41.2 free to City Park acres or $41.2 million in free Park-in-lieu-fees to add parks
5 acres per 1,000 = 51.5 free to City Park acres or $51.5 million in free Park-in-lieu-fees to add parks
Free to City Park acres or free Park-in-lieu-fees LOST to City by only requiring new developers
provide 3 acres of Parkland per 1,000 in only 8-years (2021-29) Housing Element Cycle:
City loses 10.3 acres of free Parkland or $10.3 million in Park-in-lieu-fees by not using 4
acres/1,000
City loses 20.6 acres of free Parkland or $20.6 million in Park-in-lieu-fees by not using 5
acres/1,000
For an 8-year period loosing 10.3 to 20.6 acres of free City Parkland or $10.3 to $20.6 million in free
Park-in-lieu-fees are significant developer giveaways and impacts to City finances and future Quality
of Life.
This loss of free Parkland and/or Park fess will repeat every 8-year Housing Element Update Cycle as
CA HCD requires more land use changes to add more high-density housing units. These high-density
housing units are most in need of City Parks to balance their high-density. Every 8 years there will be
more increases City population and high-density development Parkland demands. City staff has
indicated to the CTGMC that in the next 2030-38 Housing Element (and required land use changes)
Update for that 8-year period that HCD will likely require be similar or more units to be provided in
the 2030-2038 period as required in the 2021-29 period.
The CTGMC should have fully considered these issues and had a fair comparative consideration of
the 3, 4, or 5 acre Parkland dedication issues.
The CTGMC and City Council should now require new development to dedicate 5 or 4 acres of free
Parkland. This is common sense, wise land use/Park planning and prudent City fiscal policy.
Thanks you,
Lance Schulte
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Carlsbad losses from not requiring new developers dedicate 4 or 5 acres of Parkland
Dear Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee, Carlsbad City Council and Parks Commission
Apparently on 1/26/23 the CTGMC did not have a discussion considering the impacts of a 3 or 4 or 5
acre per 1,000 population Parkland Dedication requirements as recommend Updates to the City Council.
Since there was no comparative discussion of the 3 to 4 to 5 acre Parkland dedication requirement for
new developers the CTGMC did not compare/consider the relative impacts to City finances from the lost
Parkland and/or Park-in-lieu-fees new developers would be giving to the City. Not considering the
impacts to City finances and to the Quality of Life for the future seems somewhat irresponsible.
Following is a base calculation of the Parkland and/or Park money lost by the City by not Updating new
developer Parkland dedication requirements to be consistent with the 5 acre per 1,000 population
requirements of Encinitas and Oceanside. Carlsbad not matching and keeping up with new Parklands
created by Encinitas and Oceanside will over time, and a several Housing Element (and required land use
changes to higher-density) Updates, retard Carlsbad’s desirability and Quality of Life. Remember CA law
prevents any city from being ‘Buildout’, and future land use changes to create more new housing units
will be required of Carlsbad (and every other city) at every eight year Housing Element Cycle.
It is folly to not consider these growth/Parkland impacts of more unlimited new high-density housing
and lower relative new developer required Parkland dedication vis-à-vis adjoining Cities. Not
considering the significant loss of free Parkland and/or free Park-in-lieu-fees from new development and
the impact on City finances and Quality of Life is folly and mismanagement of Carlsbad Tomorrow.
2021-29 Housing Element (and required land use changes) Update for ONLY to 2029 or next 7-years
HCD required new Housing Units to be accommodated to 2029 = 3,900
Average population per hosing unit in Carlsbad (2020 Census) = 2.64
Required new population to be accommodated until 2029 = 10,296 (8.9% City pop. increase)
For simplicity of comparison reasonably assume Carlsbad Land costs $1 million per acre, so:
New developer Parkland Dedication and/or Park-in-lieu-fee (free to City) for 2021-29 period:
3 acres per 1,000 = 30.9 free to City Park acres or $30.9 million in free Park-in-lieu-fees to add parks
4 acres per 1,000 = 41.2 free to City Park acres or $41.2 million in free Park-in-lieu-fees to add parks
5 acres per 1,000 = 51.5 free to City Park acres or $51.5 million in free Park-in-lieu-fees to add parks
Free to City Park acres or free Park-in-lieu-fees LOST to City by only requiring new developers provide 3
acres of Parkland per 1,000 in only 8-years (2021-29) Housing Element Cycle:
City loses 10.3 acres of free Parkland or $10.3 million in Park-in-lieu-fees by not using 4 acres/1,000
City loses 20.6 acres of free Parkland or $20.6 million in Park-in-lieu-fees by not using 5 acres/1,000
These are significant developer giveaways and impacts to City finances and future Quality of Life. The
lost free Parkland and/or Park fess will repeat every 8-year Housing Element Update Cycle as more land
use changes are required to add more high-density housing units (that most need City Parks to balance
the high-density) increases City population and Parkland demands. City staff has indicated to the CTGMC
that in the next 2030-38 Housing Element (and required land use changes) Update for that 8-year period
that HCD will likely require be similar or more units to be provided in the 2030-2038 period as required
in the 2021-29 period. CTGMC and City Council should now require new development to dedicate 5 or
4 acres of free Parkland. This is common sense, wise land use/Park planning and prudent City fiscal
policy.
From:Lance Schulte
To:Growth Management Committee; Michele Hardy; Council Internet Email; City Clerk; Kyle Lancaster; Eric Lardy;"Smith, Darren@Parks"; "Homer, Sean@Parks"; "Moran, Gina@Parks"; Boyle, Carrie@Coastal; "Prahler,Erin@Coastal"; "Ross, Toni@Coastal"; melanie@melanieforcarlsbad.com
Cc:info@peopleforponto.com
Subject:Public input for Carlsbad LCPA-Parks Master Plan & Growth Management Plan Updates - Carlsbad below nationalaverage and lowest So CA Coastal city in providing Parks within 10-minute walk
Date:Sunday, February 5, 2023 3:58:47 PM
Attachments:Carlsbad is below National Average & worst of 24 SoCal Coastal cities in providing Parks in a 10-minute walk toresidents.pdfTPL Support for Ponto Park - 2022-3-11.pdfCTGMC key issues and suggestions -2022-12-6.pdf
Dear Carlsbad City Council, Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee, Parks and
Planning Commissions, and CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks:
As the City has requested specific reference regarding public input, I ask you to please deliver to the
those address this email and attachment as public input for:
1. the CTGMC’s February 2023 meeting,
2. the next Carlsbad Council meeting,
3. the next Carlsbad Planning and Parks Commission meetings on the Parks Master Plan and
Growth Management Program Updates, and Carlsbad’s Ponto Planning Area F and Site 18
planning and development applications, and
4. as public input to the CA Coastal Commission on Carlsbad’s proposed Local Coastal Program
Amendment.
For years Carlsbad Citizens have told the City that there is a need for a Park at Ponto:
· to provide for documented Coastal Recreation (i.e. Public Park) land use at Ponto,
· to correct for the conversion of a 12.8 acre Recreation Commercial land use to Residential
use and the elimination of planned Coastal Open Space at Ponto,
· to correct the Carlsbad’s Park Master Plan documented lack of Park Service at Ponto,
· to provide South Carlsbad (62% of Carlsbad’s total population and the City’s major Coastal
visitor and transit occupancy tax generator) with their ONLY Coastal Park west of I-5. The
City unfairly, and contrary to CA Coastal Act Policy disproportionally provides 10 parks
totaling 37 acres west of I-5 in Coastal North Carlsbad for 38% of the population but 0 (zero)
Coastal Parks and 0 (zero) Coastal park acres west of I-5 in Coastal South Carlsbad for 62% of
the population,
· to provide for an existing 6.5 acre local Neighborhood (i.e. Special use area) Park need at
Ponto, and
· to provide a City Park within a 10-minute walk for Ponto residents.
Failure to correct this documented City Park unfairness is very damaging to the citizens, City
finances, South Carlsbad’s and California’s visitor industry. The Coastal Recreation data file sent to
you earlier documents some of the key facts.
However, we conducted some additional Trust for Public Land 10-minute walk data collection that
the City Council, CTGMC, Parks and Planning Commissions and CA Coastal Commission need to also
consider. That data is below and in the attached file, and again with last year’s Trust for Public Land
Ponto Park support letter (again attached) that reflects on Carlsbad poor performance relative to the
24 So Cal Coastal Cities (165 miles of coastline) from Malibu to the Mexican border in providing
Parks within a 10-minute walk. The data and links to the data source is:
Carlsbad is 10% below the national average for cities & the
worst of 24 Coastal So California cities - 165 miles of coastline -
in providing Parks within a 10-minute walk to residents
The Trust for Public Land documents a city’s 10-minute walk to Park at
https://www.tpl.org/parkserve
The Average USA City provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 55% of residents [10% above
Carlsbad].
Carlsbad provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 49.9% of residents [10% below National
Average].
New York City provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 99% of residents.
The Trust of Public Land submitted a letter to the City of Carlsbad, CA
Coastal Commission, and CA State Park supporting Ponto Park
Carlsbad is the worst of 24 Southern CA Coastal cities (from Malibu south to Imperial
Beach along 165 miles of coastline) in providing Parks within 10-minute walk to residents:
1. Palos Verdes Estates provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 100% of residents
2. El Segundo provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 100% of residents
3. Hermosa Beach provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 100% of residents
4. Redondo Beach provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 98% of residents
5. Manhattan Beach provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 95% of residents
6. Del Mar provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 93% of residents
7. Dana Point provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 89% of residents
8. Huntington Beach provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 85% of residents
9. Long Beach provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 84% of residents
10. Laguna Beach provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 82% of residents
11. Santa Monica provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 82% of residents
12. San Diego provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 81% of residents
13. Coronado provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 76% of residents
14. Newport Beach provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 76% of residents
15. Imperial Beach provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 74% of residents
16. Encinitas provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 68% of residents
17. Los Angeles provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 63% of residents
18. Solana Beach provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 63% of residents
19. Oceanside provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 58% of residents
20. Seal Beach provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 57% of residents
21. Malibu provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 53% of residents
22. San Clemente provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 52% of residents
23. Rancho Palos Verdes provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 50% of residents
24. Carlsbad provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 49.9% of residents.
Carlsbad is the lowest & most unfair to citizens of the 24 Southern California Coastal
cities along 165 miles of coast from Malibu to Imperial Beach.
Source of data: Trust for Public land parkscores
Trust for Public Land’s 10-minute walk to Park Maps/data:
Carlsbad = https://parkserve.tpl.org/mapping/index.html?CityID=0611194#reportTop
Encinitas = https://parkserve.tpl.org/mapping/index.html?CityID=0622678
Irvine = https://parkserve.tpl.org/mapping/index.html?CityID=0636770
Please, Please, please, consider and discuss this data, and
1. Create a 10-minute walk to City Park Standard in the
a. Parks Master Plan,
b. Growth Management Plan Update, and
c. Local Coastal Program Update.
2. Create a Park Policy that requires developers to dedicate Park Land (not pay Park-in-lieu-
fees) in areas that do not a minimum of 3 acers of City Park for each in 1,000 population
within a 10-minute walk of the developer’s proposed development (see attached CTGMC
Key Issues & Suggestions file for details and Open Space suggestions)
3. Fix Coastal South Carlsbad’s documented City Park inequity/unfairness with a significant and
real Ponto Park
4. Save tax-payers tens of millions in dollars by cost effectively purchasing vacant land at Ponto
for a Park, v. trying to maybe make a few bits of narrow PCH roadway median as a pseudo-
park
· Do you want Carlsbad to be the worst city in Coastal Southern California in providing accessible
Parks within a 10-minute walk to residents?
· Do you want Carlsbad to fail to upgrade its park standards while other cities updated their park
Standards and make their cities more desirable?
· Do you want to undermine the quality of life for Carlsbad citizens and their children by not
providing a park within a 10-minute walk to their home?
· Do you want to force Carlsbad families to have to drive to park?
· Do you want to slowly undermine a key visitor serving industry in South Carlsbad by not
providing a significant and true and meaningful Coastal Park in South Carlsbad?
· Do you want tax-payers to pay tens of millions more to try to maybe try to make a few narrow
portions of PCH median useable to people?
Please take responsibility and full ownership of your decisions on these important issues and
questions. The individual decisions you make will likely be the last ones made. Once vacant land like
at Ponto is developed it will be forever lost to address the critical, well documented Park and Coastal
Park needs at Ponto as overwhelmingly communicated by Carlsbad Citizens and visitor businesses,
and other citizens.
Please be wise and think about the future your decisions will bring.
Thank you,
Lance Schulte
PS: The initial version of the “CTGMC key issues and Suggestions 2022-12-6” file (attached) sent to
you 8/8/22. The attached updated file should replace that older file as there is new data on
significant tax-payer cost savings from Pronto Park relative to PCH Relocation, and updated
examples of how Coastal Open Space can be cost-effectively persevered and increased. Both Coastal
Parks and Open Space are important Carlsbad and State of CA issues.
· Parks: Updated data shows that a 11.1 acre Ponto Park would now cost less $20 million to
buy and build. This is less than a City Pool Renovation. Carlsbad’s Old City Council planned
to spend $65 to $80 million in Carlsbad tax-payer dollars to address the Citywide need for a
significant Coastal Park in South Carlsbad with a 2.3 mile PCH Relocation. The City identified
in 2001 other pay-payer funds were highly unlikely. $65 to $80 million would only ‘free-up’
15.8 acres of narrow PCH Median (City documented “Surplus Land Area #4 & #5”). As
People for Ponto Citizens have been saying for years that Ponto Park is the better Park
solution to the documented Coastal South Carlsbad Park needs – a citywide need. The
CTGMC should include that citywide Park need and the logical, better and tax-payer
responsible Ponto Park solution to that citywide Park need in your CTGMC recommendations
to City Council.
· Open Space: Updated data shows how documented GM Open Space shortfalls can be
properly and responsibly address in a collaborative citizen-based “Local Facilities Zone
Useable Open Space Correction Plan” approached. Also the need to maintain the 15% GM
(Useable) Open Space Standard will be critical in the future to maintain Open Space and
prevent future conversion of Open Space to residential land use as part of Housing Plan
updates.
For the CTGMC; Parks and Open Space are the 2 most critical/special of 6 Key Growth Management
Program Update Issues and Suggestions the CTGMC should take to properly address these 6 key
Growth Management Issues.
• Please read the Updated data and Suggestions.
• Please responsibly address the Growth Management issues of a citywide Park need
for Coastal South Carlsbad as listed in the attached Suggestions. Include a South
Carlsbad Coastal Park in your recommendations to the City Council. Acknowledge
Ponto Park as the best and most tax-payer efficient solution to address that
documented citywide park need.
• Please in your recommendations to City Council retain and enforce the Open Space
Standard, and fix past errors made in falsely exempting certain developers in certain
areas in the City from complying with the Growth Management Open Space
Standard that other developers in other areas are required to provide.
Please consider this email and attachments, and know P4P Carlsbad Citizens are here to help assure
we sustain and enhance our quality of life for future generations. People for Ponto love deeply
Carlsbad and want to assure we leave a better Carlsbad to future generations.
Happy holidays and with Aloha Aina,
Lance Schulte
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Carlsbad is 10% below the national average for cities & the worst of
24 Coastal So California cities - 165 miles of coastline - in providing
Parks within a 10-minute walk to residents
The Trust for Public Land documents a city’s 10-minute walk to Park at https://www.tpl.org/parkserve
The Average USA City provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 55% of residents [10% above Carlsbad].
Carlsbad provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 49.9% of residents [10% below National Average].
New York City provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 99% of residents.
The Trust of Public Land submitted a letter to the City of Carlsbad, CA Coastal
Commission, and CA State Park supporting Ponto Park
Carlsbad is the worst of 24 Southern CA Coastal cities (from Malibu south to Imperial Beach along 165
miles of coastline) in providing Parks within 10-minute walk to residents:
1. Palos Verdes Estates provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 100% of residents
2. El Segundo provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 100% of residents
3. Hermosa Beach provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 100% of residents
4. Redondo Beach provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 98% of residents
5. Manhattan Beach provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 95% of residents
6. Del Mar provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 93% of residents
7. Dana Point provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 89% of residents
8. Huntington Beach provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 85% of residents
9. Long Beach provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 84% of residents
10. Laguna Beach provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 82% of residents
11. Santa Monica provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 82% of residents
12. San Diego provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 81% of residents
13. Coronado provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 76% of residents
14. Newport Beach provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 76% of residents
15. Imperial Beach provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 74% of residents
16. Encinitas provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 68% of residents
17. Los Angeles provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 63% of residents
18. Solana Beach provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 63% of residents
19. Oceanside provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 58% of residents
20. Seal Beach provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 57% of residents
21. Malibu provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 53% of residents
22. San Clemente provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 52% of residents
23. Rancho Palos Verdes provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 50% of residents
24. Carlsbad provides Parks within 10-minute walk to 49.9% of residents.
Carlsbad is the lowest & most unfair to citizens of the 24 Southern California Coastal cities along
165 miles of coast from Malibu to Imperial Beach.
Source of data: Trust for Public land parkscores
Trust for Pulic Land’s 10-minute walk to Park Maps/data:
Carlsbad = https://parkserve.tpl.org/mapping/index.html?CityID=0611194#reportTop
Encinitas = https://parkserve.tpl.org/mapping/index.html?CityID=0622678
Irvine = https://parkserve.tpl.org/mapping/index.html?CityID=0636770
March 111th, 2022
Carlsbad City Council
1200 Carlsbad Village Drive
Carlsbad, CA 92008
Re: Support creation of Ponto Park – a needed park for South Carlsbad
Dear Mayor Hall,
The Trust for Public Land (TPL) is strongly supporting the efforts of ‘People for Ponto’ and thousands of
Carlsbad residents to build Ponto Park in the 11-acre coastal parcel known as ‘Planning Area F’ in South
Carlsbad. For over 40-years TPL has been designing and building parks in California and although we
have world-class parks and beaches, the fact remains 3.2 million Californians don’t have access to a ark,
and some of those Californians are residents of South Carlsbad. While the National Recreation and Park
Association calls for 10-acres of park lands per 1000 residents as standard metric for healthy and vibrant
cities, Carlsbad has a comparatively and relatively low park standard of only 3-acres/1,000 population
and no requirement to provide accessible parks within walking distance.
And according to our own Trust for Public Land 2020-21 ‘City Parkscore’, Carlsbad is also below national
averages both providing park land acreage and in providing residents a park within a 10-minute walk.
The City of Carlsbad’s Park Master Plan on pages 86-89 documents park service and park
equity/inequity. Carlsbad’s Park Master Plan documents that Ponto area has no park and all of South
Carlsbad (over 61% of the entire city population) has no Coastal Park while . Carlsbad provides 10 City
Coastal Parks (totaling over 35-acres) in North Carlsbad, while South Carlsbad has no coastal parks to
serve the 64,000 residents, many of which are children. Ponto Park at 11-acre Planning Area F is the last
remaining reasonable bit of vaca nt and currently unplanned Coastal land to provide a Coastal Park for
South Carlsbad. Ponto Park would also be in the middle of a 6-mile long section of North San Diego
County coastline without Coastal Park, and would help address a regional need for a Costal Park for
these 6-miles of coastline.
The CA Coastal Act has numerous policies that support the creation of Ponto Park and Coastal
Recreation land use. The City of Carlsbad’s history of following these CA Coastal Act polies now and over
the past 40-years in its Local Coastal Program should be considered now in the City’s proposed Local
Coastal Program Amendment. Over the past 40-years Carlsbad and California residents have forever
lost numerous opportunities to create vital Coastal Parks and Coastal Recreation for our growing
population.
In addition to the clear need for coastal parks in South Carlsbad, the citizens are overwhelmingly
supporting the creation of Ponto Park in Planning area F. As you know during the
past 2-years during the City Budget and Local Coastal Program Amendment processes, residents strongly
demonstrated their desire that the City Council purchase and build Ponto Park. In 2019, 2020 and 2021
over 90% of citizen input expressed need was for Ponto Park, along with extensive verbal and written
citizen testimony.
As COVID-19 vividly pointed out, parks are not an amenity, but a key component to human physical and
mental health. Parks also provide environmental benefits and contribute to cleaner air and water,
climate adaptation and social cohesion. TPL think you have a great opportunity to address equity and
access to park space and improving the lives of thousands of Carlsbad residents and strongly urge you to
support the building of Ponto Park for families and community.
Sincerely.
Rico Mastrodonato
Government Relations Director
CTGMC key issues and suggestions – People for Ponto Carlsbad Citizens submitted on 8/8/22 & 12/8/22 Page 1 of 9
CTGMC needed actions: 6 key issues and suggestions – from People for Ponto Carlsbad Citizens
8/8/22 1st submittal, 12/12/22 updated 2nd submittal
Following are 6 key major Growth Management Standards issues of citywide relevance that the Carlsbad
Tomorrow Growth Management Committee (CTGMC) needs to act on, and citizen “Suggestions to
CTGMC” on how to honestly and responsibly act on these 6 key issues in the CTGMC’s recommendations
to the New City Council. This Update includes new information (pp 5-6) on the improved affordability of
Ponto Park, and on how GM Open Space shortfall can be repaired. We hope the CTGMC will act
honestly to make recommendations that truly and responsibly address known documented shortfalls in
both Parks and GM Open Space. Responsible recommendations by the CTGMC can provide a
sustainable Quality of Life to future Carlsbad generations and visitors. Only you own your
recommendations.
1. The State of CA is forcing Carlsbad and all cities/counties in CA to provide for unlimited or Infinite
Population and Visitor growth. So there will be an Infinite population & visitor demands for Parks,
Open Space, water, and demands on our roads/transportation systems, and other Growth
Management (GM) Quality of Life facilities. These infinite increases in population and visitor
demand will come from high density development that requires more public Parks and Open Space
to balance the high-densities. Carlsbad’s new GM Standards will have to provide for a system of
Infinite proportional increases in the supply of Parklands, Open Spaces, water, transportation
facility capacity, etc. or our Quality of Life will diminish.
a. Suggestions to CTGMC:
i. Completely restructure the General Plan, Local Coastal Program and GM Program to
clearly recognize these facts and State requirements to proportionately provide
public facilities to maintain/improve Carlsbad GM Quality of Life Standards for this
Infinite growth of Population and Visitor demands.
ii. Being a Coastal city Carlsbad has an added responsibility to proportionately
maintain/improve providing High-Priority Coastal land uses (Coastal Recreation
{i.e. Public Parks} and Low-cost Visitor Accommodations) needed at a regional and
statewide level to address visitor needs for Coastal Recreation, access, and
affordable accommodations. Carlsbad needs to work with the State of CA Coastal
Commission to completely restructure Carlsbad’s Coastal Land Use Plan to
addresses the State’s requirement to provide an Infinite amount high-priority
Coastal land uses for those Infinite Population and Visitor demands.
iii. Trying to ignore these Infinite demands for Carlsbad’s Quality of Life facilities –
like Parks and Open Spaces is a path to disaster and the ultimate degradation of
Carlsbad’s Quality of Life.
2. Carlsbad has a huge Jobs v. Housing supply imbalance – far too many jobs around the airport for
our amount of housing. This creates negative and costly land use and transportation planning
distortions that radiate from the Airport Central Jobs through Carlsbad in all directions. CA
Housing law penalizes umbalanced cities like Carlsbad by requiring more housing in Carlsbad to
bring jobs/housing ratio into balance. Carlsbad can correct this imbalance by 1 of 2 ways: 1) greatly
increase housing supply (and thus increase the need and City expense for more GM Quality of Life
facilities), or2) more logically and cost effectively greatly decrease the amount of Jobs land use, so
Carlsbad’s housing supply is in balance with jobs. These jobs will move to surrounding Cities that
have more housing than jobs. Rebalancing by reducing jobs land use creates added benefits for
Carlsbad and our region by reducing Carlsbad’s peak-hour job commute traffic volumes and
CTGMC key issues and suggestions – People for Ponto Carlsbad Citizens submitted on 8/8/22 & 12/8/22 Page 2 of 9
vehicle miles traveled (VMT), and by reducing the costs Carlsbad (and other cities and the region)
have to pay to accommodate inter-city commute traffic. If Carlsbad reduces jobs land use will also
reduce the amount of housing the State of California and SANDAG requires Carlsbad provide in its
Housing Element thus reducing forcing incompatible high-density development into established
neighborhoods and pressure to convert useable GM Open Space lands to housing land use.
a. Suggestions to CTGMC:
i. Carlsbad can logically and cost effectively balance Jobs/housing supply by
updating Growth Management Policy to reduce jobs to be in balance with housing
by changing some of Carlsbad’s General Plan land use around the airport into
several high-density residential mixed-use Villages. The City has started some of
this, but can expand this effort but has not planned creating mixed-use village
environments. These high-density villages will reduce jobs and provide both high-
quality and high-density (affordable) housing within walking/biking distance to the
major job center and new neighborhood commercial and Park uses in the Villages.
ii. Prioritize transportation investments in safe bike paths, walking paths between
Carlsbad’s Central Jobs Core around the airport and Carlsbad’s housing, particularly
strongly connecting these new high-density mixed-use villages with the Central Jobs
Core.
iii. Update General Plan land use and housing policy to reduce concentrations of
higher-density housing except around the airport jobs core.
iv. Recognize the central Airport jobs core is ‘Carlsbad’s New Urban Downtown and
“Transect Plan” accordingly toward lower densities on the City periphery.
3. Although some very critical areas (such as the Coastal lands at Ponto) are still vacant and can be
wisely used for critical GM Quality of Life needs, much of Carlsbad is largely developed.
Redevelopment of developed land will require creating increased supplies of Parkland, Open
Spaces, transportation capacity, and other Quality of Life facilities.
a. Suggestions to CTGMC:
i. Completely rethink all City planning on existing vacant lands to assure that
remaining vacant land is planned and being used wisely and fairly distributed to
address critical Quality of Life needs in those areas, and not squandered on
redundant land use. The location of vacant land to address critical Park & Open
Space needs should be preserved with land use planning.
ii. Work with the State and CA Coastal Commission to preserve our Finite vacant
Coastal lands for High-Priority Coastal Land Uses (Coastal Recreation {i.e. Public
Parks} and Low-cost Visitor Accommodations and services) for the Infinite
population and visitor demands both internal and external to Carlsbad that are/will
be placed on them.
iii. Fully and at the very beginning of any Carlsbad General Plan, Local Coastal Program
and Growth Management Program actions going forward fully disclose, map and
require consideration of the impact of future sea level rise and coastal erosion on
Coastal land acres and land uses. Carlsbad has lost and will accelerate loosing acres
of Coastal land and High-priority Coastal Land Uses. Carlsbad must know, see, and
discuss these losses BEFORE making any land use decisions in Carlsbad’s Coastal
Zone and any vacant Coastal Land.
4. Carlsbad General Plan & Growth Management Plan do not provide a fair distribution of
adequately sized City Parks for all Carlsbad families. Veterans Park is a classic example. What will
CTGMC key issues and suggestions – People for Ponto Carlsbad Citizens submitted on 8/8/22 & 12/8/22 Page 3 of 9
be the City’s largest park is only about 1-mile away from three other major City Parks (Zone 5, and
the future Robinson Ranch and Hub Parks). This is a poor and unfair distribution and a misallocation
City Park land resources. Saying Veterans Park is ‘the park to serve SW, SE, and NE Carlsbad families’
(the overwhelming major/majority funders of veterans Park) when those families are upwards of 6-
miles away on major commercial arterials that kids can’t logically/safely use is false and unfair.
Most all the funding (developer fees) to build Veterans Park come from the SW, SE and NW Carlsbad
but those areas are denied the Park the paid for. Veterans Park is inaccessible by almost all its
intended users except by driving their cars and then storing their cars in parking lots on Parkland
thus making less park land available for actual park use – this makes little common sense and is a
great waste of tax-payer funds. This is dysfunctional along with being very unfair to families in SW,
SE and NE Quadrats that are denied park acres near their homes which they funded. Carlsbad’s
Park Master Plan maps ‘Park Service’ areas of existing known Park Inequity or Unfairness
(dysfunction), to show where new City Park investments should be made (See City map image
with notes below).
The Trust for Public Land provides a Park-Score to compare both a City’s amount of park acres and
the ‘fairness’ of access (within a 10-minute walk) to parks. Carlsbad is below national averages in
both park acres and fair access to parks. Carlsbad is also well below what our adjacent Coastal
cities of Encinitas and Oceanside provide. Carlsbad only requires 3 acres of Park land per 1,000
population, while Encinitas and Oceans require 5 acres - 67% more than Carlsbad – of parkland.
Also, Encinitas and Oceanside require parks to be within a 10-mintue walk to their citizens and
families. Carlsbad has no such requirement.
a. Suggestions to CTGMC:
No Coastal Park in South Carlsbad
• Appx. 6 miles of Coast
with out a Coastal Park is a
City & Reg ional need
• South Carlsbad has 64,000
residents & thousands of
hotel visitors without a
Coastal park
• Closest park to Ponto is
Poinsettia Park, approx. 2.5
miles across 1-5
• Proposed Veterans Park is
approx. 6 miles away
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CTGMC key issues and suggestions – People for Ponto Carlsbad Citizens submitted on 8/8/22 & 12/8/22 Page 4 of 9
Carlsbad should change its General Plan, Parks and Growth Management Standards and
CMC 20.44 to:
i. Be Above Average Nationally in both providing park acreage and in locating
adequate park acreage to be within a 10-minute walk to all neighborhoods.
ii. Raise its minimum park acreage standard to 5 acers per 1,000 population, versus
the current low 3 acres per 1,000. Carlsbad should be at least as good as Encinitas
and Oceanside in requiring 5 acres, not 40% below what our adjacent Cities
require/provide.
iii. Raise its park location standard to require an adequately sized park be provided to
serve the neighborhood population within a 10-minute walk for all
neighborhoods.
iv. Prioritize City Policy and Park Budgets and investments to achieve park fairness in
‘Park Unserved areas’ identified by Carlsbad’s Park Master Plan.
v. Per Carlsbad’s Municipal Code Chapter 20.44- DEDICATION OF LAND FOR
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES to require developers in ‘Park Unserved areas’ and in
areas that do not have an adequately sized (5 acres per 1,000 population) park
within a 10-minute walk to provide their developments required Park land acre
dedication in actual Park land within a 10-minute walk to their development.
vi. Update the City’s Park-in-lieu fee to assure the fee is adequate to actually buy the
amount of park land a developer is to provide within a 10-miunte walk of their
development. The City’s current ‘Park-in-lieu-fee’ is far too low and inadequate to
actually buy land in area surrounding the proposed development.
vii. Only allow developers to pay a Park-in-lieu-fee where there is an adequately sized
park (provide 5 acres per 1,000 population) within a 10-minute walk of their
development, and growth management planned future development in that area
will not require more park land to provide 5 acres per 1,000 population) within a
10-minute walk.
viii. Consider updating Park policy to provide more multi-use flexibility in park land acres
and development on Parks. Many Carlsbad Park acres are developed/dedicated to a
single-purpose use, and unavailable for other park uses.
ix. Consider eliminating car parking lots from land that can be counted as parkland; or
by significantly limiting park land used for parking to around 5%.
x. Eliminate the counting of ‘GM Constrained and Unusable land’ and Protected
Endangered Species Habitat land as Park land. GM Constrained/Unusable lands
are undevelopable. Protected Habitat lands are by definition not useable for
development by people. Habitat is dedicated for plants and animals. Parks are
open spaces dedicated intended for people. Parkland calculations should exclude
Unusable lands and Protected Habitat lands and only count 100% people Useable
land as Park land. Where Park land abuts Habitat land a sufficient buffer space shall
be provided to prevent people mixing with animals (ex. Rattlesnakes, etc.) and
animals from people (habitat disturbance or destruction). This buffer area should
not be counted as Park or Habitat acres, but as natural/developed buffer open
space acres, and can be counted as part of the City’s 15% Growth Management
‘Aesthetic open Space’.
5. Carlsbad’s Coast is the most, if not the most, important feature of Carlsbad; and is consistently
identified by citizens and businesses and our Community Vision. Carlsbad’s Coastal Parks (west of
the I-5 corridor) are grossly unfairly distributed. Carlsbad’s Coastal Parks do not fairly match the
CTGMC key issues and suggestions – People for Ponto Carlsbad Citizens submitted on 8/8/22 & 12/8/22 Page 5 of 9
locational needs of the population. North Carlsbad that is 38% of Carlsbad’s population and has
10 Coastal Parks totaling 37+ acres in size. South Carlsbad that is 62% of Carlsbad’s population has
0 [ZERO] Coastal Parks totaling 0 [ZERO] acres. Again, Carlsbad’s Park Master Plan maps this
citywide unfairness (dots show park locations and circles show the area served by each park) and
says that the City should look at buying and building New Parks in these areas that are unserved by
City Parks (are not covered by a circle). The GM Update should correct this citywide unfair
distribution of City Parks by making plans for new Park purchases to create City Parks in these
unserved areas of Park Inequity.
To address citywide Coastal Park unfairness the current City Council wants to spend $60-85 million
in Carlsbad tax-payer funds to Relocate 2.3 miles of constrained Pacific Coast Highway median to try
to make some of the narrow PCH median ‘useable’ by people. 2001 and 2013 City PCH Relocation
studies identified only a small amount of ‘people-useable acres’ would be created next to PCH. The
$60-85 million tax-payer cost ($26-37 million per mile) does NOT add one single square foot of new
City land, it only inefficiently rearranges a small amount PCH median. The City can most tax-payer
cost effectively provide needed sidewalks and bike improvements along the outside edges of PCH
without PCH Relocation. The City’s 2001 PCH Relocation Financial Study and 2013 PCH Relocation
Design both indicated minimal useable land could be achieved by Relocation, and that the very high
tax-payer cost to do so would be very difficult to fund. The City has known for well over 20-years
that PCH Relocation is a high-cost and a poor solution to address the Citywide Coastal Park
unfairness in South Carlsbad.
However, a better and far less costly solution to correct Citywide Coastal Park unfairness and
provide a much needed South Carlsbad Coastal Park is to simply buy currently vacant land that is
for sale. The City did this (although the City actually bought existing homes) when it expanded Pine
Park. Carlsbad tax-payers have used the City’s own data to compare the tax-payer Cost/Benefits
of simply purchasing vacant land v. trying to rearrange existing City owned land at PCH. Simply
buying vacant land saves tax-payers saves tax-payers over $32.7 to $7.7 million. Please read the
following data files:
2022-June General Comparative tax-payer Costs/Benefits of Completing PCH, 2.3 miles of
PCH Modification (Island Way to La Costa Ave.), and 14.3 acre Ponto Park (Kam Sang) to
address planned loss of 30+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land Use at Ponto in South
Carlsbad: Part 1 of 2.
City’s PCH Modification Proposal Area Map with notes on usability Constraints and Issues:
P4P Input: Part 2 of 2
The most recent (9/19/22) land sale of 11.1 acre Ponto Planning Area F was less than $8
million (less than $706,000 per acre).
Buying and developing this 11.1 acre Ponto Park would cost less than $20 million
assuming a 10% profit to the new land-owner, and $1 million per acre park construction
cost like our newest Buena Vista Reservoir Park. The cost to help correct a Citywide
Coastal Park unfairness by simply buying & building a much needed 11.1 acre Ponto Coastal
Park would cost tax-payers less than the recently approved Measure J City Monroe Street
Pool Renovation. Investing less than $20 million ($1.8 million per acre) to buy and build an
11.1 acre Ponto Coastal Park is a great tax-payer value v. $65-80 million in tax-payer funds
to rearrange 15.8 acres of narrow strips of constrained PCH median (City documented
“Surplus Land Area #4 &5”) for some minimal people use at a tax-payer cost of $4-5 million
per acre. The overall and per acre costs of buying/building Ponto Park are over 2 to 3
times better value for tax-payers than PCH Relocation/rearrangement.
CTGMC key issues and suggestions – People for Ponto Carlsbad Citizens submitted on 8/8/22 & 12/8/22 Page 6 of 9
The City Council could/can buy land for Open Space (Parks are the most useable of the City’s
4 Open Space categories) under voter approved Prop C Open Space land acquisition
authority. The City has been advised to buy Ponto Park under Prop C per the City’s
settlement of a Growth Management law suit.
The Park and Coastal Park Inequity at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad is clearly a citywide issue.
Park and Coastal Park Inequity at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad as it is unfair to the vast
majority of Carlsbad citizens and their families as 62% of Carlsbad is in South Carlsbad. Park and
Coastal Park Inequity at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad is unfair to our major Visitor serving
industries (and tax generators) in South Carlsbad. Park and Coastal Park Inequity at Ponto and
Coastal South Carlsbad are clearly inconsistent with the CA Coastal Act, Carlsbad’s Community
Vision, and common sense. The Coastal South Carlsbad Park Inequity is also unfair to North
Carlsbad because South Carlsbad’s Coastal Park demand is being forced into Coastal North Carlsbad
and congesting those parks, and adding to Coastal North Carlsbad traffic and parking impacts. It
also increases greenhouse gases and VMT as it forces longer vehicle trips.
a. Suggestions to CTGMC:
i. 11.1 acre Ponto Planning Area F has a specific Local Coastal Program Land Use Policy
that says The City of Carlsbad must for the Ponto Area LCP ‘Consider and Document
the need for Coastal Recreation (i.e. Public Park) and or Low-Cost Visitor
Accommodations west of the railroad tracks (at Ponto) prior to any Land Use
change. The discussion of Parks by the CTGMC is such a situation that requires the
CTGMC to consider this adopted LCP Land Use Policies. Official public records
requests have shown the City never followed this LCP Land Use Policy
Requirement during the 2005 Ponto Vision Plan and 2015 General Plan Update,
and in 2010 the CA Coastal Commission rejected the Ponto Vision Plan and told
the City in 2017 that that land uses at Ponto could change based on the need for
Coastal Recreation and/or Low Cost Visitor Accommodations. The Mello II LCP
that covers most of Carlsbad’s Coastal Zone also has Land Use Policy 6.2 for the City
to consider a major park in the Batiquitos (Ponto/South Carlsbad) area. The City has
only implemented 1/6 to 1/3 of this policy. The CTGMC should fully evaluate the
citywide/South Carlsbad and local Ponto need for Coastal Parks as required by the
City’s adopted LCPs and CA Coastal Act.
ii. Carlsbad’s 2015 General Plan Update and Growth Management Plan (GMP) did not,
and was not updated to, consider the 2017 Sea Level Rise (SLR) Impact report
showing the loss/impact on 32+ acres of Carlsbad’s Coastal Land Use acreage in
South Carlsbad – primarily Open Space Land Use (beach and Campground). Both
the General Plan (and Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan) and GMP should be
updated to account for the loss and replacement of these 32+ acres of high-
priority Coastal Open Space Land Use due to SLR. The updates and the CTGMC
should use the newest CA Coastal Commission SLR Guidelines/science, not the old
guidelines used in 2017. Carlsbad’s LCP and CA Coastal Act Land Use Polies call for
‘upland relocation’ to replace the SLR loss of high-priority Coastal Land Uses.
iii. The availability over the past several years of the last two sufficiently sized vacant
lands suitable for a Ponto/South Carlsbad Coastal Park is a citywide issue. If these
last two vacant lands are lost to development forever future generations will have
lost the last opportunity for the needed South Carlsbad Coastal Park. The 5/3/22
Citizen requests for the City to jointly study acquisition of one or both these last
vacant lands for a needed (and only possible) true and meaningful Coastal Park for
CTGMC key issues and suggestions – People for Ponto Carlsbad Citizens submitted on 8/8/22 & 12/8/22 Page 7 of 9
South Carlsbad should be recommended by the CTGMC. The CTGMC should
recommend Carlsbad’s GMP be updated to incorporate Parkland acquisition of
these last opportunities to provide the needed Coastal Park for South Carlsbad.
6. Carlsbad Growth Management Open Space Standard is that 15% of all the Useable (unconstrained
and fully buildable) areas is to be preserved as Useable Open Space, and that all the 25 Local Facility
Management Plans (LFMP) show how that 15% is provided. The City says:
Yet the City has mapped and documented that this 15% Useable Open Space Performance Standard
was not complied with. The City also acknowledges that without changes to current City planning
the 15% Useable Open Space Performance Standard will never be complied with. The City
acknowledges that only 13% has/will under current plans ever be provided. This missing 2% equals
501 acers of lost GM Open Space the GMP promised citizens. Carlsbad law the Growth
Management Ordinance 21.90, and section ‘21.90.130 Implementation of facilities and
improvements requirements’; provide guidance on how non-compliance with a Performance
Standards is to be handled.
a. Suggestions to CTGMC:
i. Retain the GM Open Space Standard of 15% of all unconstrained and developable
land is maintained as Open Space. If the City removes the Open Space Standard, it
will allow and encourage land use changes to remove GM Open Space and replace
with development.
ii. The CTGMC should make a recommendation that an inventory of all 25 LFMP
Zones be conducted and an inventory of each LFMP Zones provision of at least
15% Useable Open Space shall be compiled. No LFMP Zone shall be allowed to be
“exempt” from this inventory. The City’s computerized GIS mapping system makes
it easy and clear as shown in the following City GIS map for LFMP Zone 9 (aka
Ponto).
OPEN SPACE
A. Performance Standard
Fifteen percent of t he total land uea in t he Local Facility Menagement Zone (LFMZ) exclusive
of environmentally const rained non-developable land must be set aside for permanent open
space and must be a11ai I able concurrent with development.
CTGMC key issues and suggestions – People for Ponto Carlsbad Citizens submitted on 8/8/22 & 12/8/22 Page 8 of 9
City GIS map of Ponto’s (LFMP Zone 9)
Open Space:
Light green areas meet the City’s 15%
unconstrained Growth Management
Program Open Space Standard
Most Ponto Open Space (pink hatch &
blue [water] on map) is “Constrained”
and does not meet the Standard
Aviara - Zone 19, Ponto - Zone 9 and
Hanover/Poinsettia Shores – Zone 22
all developed around the same time
and had similar vacant lands.
City required Aviara - Zone 19 east of
Ponto to provide the 15% Standard
Open Space. Why not Ponto? Aviara
includes the same lagoon.
City required Hanover & Poinsettia
Shores area Zone 22 just north of
Ponto to provide the 15% Standard
Open Space. Why not Ponto?
Why Ponto developers were not
required to comply with the 15%
Useable Open Space Standard is
subject to current litigation
Below is City GIS data from this map
City GIS map data summary of the Growth Management Standard of 15% Useable Open Space at Ponto
472 Acres Total land in LFMP Zone 9 [Ponto]
(197 Acres) Constrained land excluded from Growth Management (GMP) Open Space
275 Acres Unconstrained land in LFMP Zone 9 [Ponto]
X 15% GMP Minimum Unconstrained Open Space requirement
41 Acres GMP Minimum Unconstrained Open Space required
(11 Acres) GMP Open Space provided & mapped per City GIS data
30 Acres Missing Unconstrained Open Space needed in LFMP Zone 9 [Ponto] to meet the City’s
minimum GMP Open Space Standard per City’s GIS map & data
73% of the City’s minimum 15% required Open Space Standard is missing due to over
development of LFMP Zone 9 [Ponto]
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iii. In instances like LFMP Zone 9 (above image) that clearly did not provide at least 15%
Useable Open Space and/or were falsely “exempted” the CTGMC should
recommend that a Local Facilities Zone Useable Open Space Correction Plan shall
be developed that explores the GM Open Space use/reuse of City land, land use
planning requirements, and/or possible acquisitions of remaining vacant land acres
to make up for any shortfall in meeting the 15% Useable Open Space in that a Zone.
An example of this in LFMP Zone 9 is that the City’s regional Rail Trail will convert 2-
lanes of almost all of Avenida Encinas to wider buffered bike lanes and an adequate
portion of the converted 2 vehicle lanes can be landscaped (v. just painting strips as
a buffer) to provide a safer/better bike lane buffer within a GM compliant Open
Space. 2 vehicle lanes in Windrose Circle could also be similarly landscaped and
converted to GM complaint Open Space. This is just one example of a cost-effective
means to add GM Open Space that developers were falsely allowed to remove.
iv. A Local Facilities Zone Useable Open Space Correction Plan should involve a
Citizens Advisory Committee composed of citizens within the impacted Zone and
appointed by the Council Members representing the Zone, and a representative of
each vacant land owner over of over 1-acre in size.
v. Consistent with the Growth Management Ordinance land use changes and
development applications within a Local Facilities Zone Useable Open Space
Correction Plan Zone shall be deferred until the applications can considered with (or
after adoption of) a Local Facilities Zone Useable Open Space Correction Plan.
From:Lance Schulte
To:Growth Management Committee; Michele Hardy; Council Internet Email; City Clerk; Kyle Lancaster; Eric Lardy;"Smith, Darren@Parks"; "Homer, Sean@Parks"; "Moran, Gina@Parks"; Boyle, Carrie@Coastal; "Prahler,Erin@Coastal"; "Ross, Toni@Coastal"
Cc:info@peopleforponto.com
Subject:Public input for February 2023 Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee mtg & et.al. for LCPA - 11points & personal comments - 5 - 3
Date:Sunday, January 29, 2023 3:20:58 PM
Attachments:Protect Ponto Petition Letter.msgProtect Ponto Petition Letter.msgProtect Ponto Petition Letter.msg
Dear Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee, Carlsbad City Council, Parks, Housing
and Planning Commissions, , CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks:
Dear City of Carlsbad please deliver these 5th batch of 3 more (running total of 100) petitions and
personal insights and comments for the February 2023 CTGMC meeting; and please distribute to the
City Council, Parks-Housing-Planning Commissions as public communications so they area also aware
of this public input.
Thank you.
Lance Schulte
For the many
People for Ponto
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Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Saturday, January 28, 2023 2:27:57 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Christy Johnson
Email
ntgworldtour2@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Thursday, January 26, 2023 8:12:55 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Dear Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee ,
Carlsbad City Council, and CA Coastal Commission
The last remaining open space in SW Carlsbad must be protected and
kept for Ponto Park! I’ve lived here for 25 and love the open space, nature
and natural habitats about the Ponto area- the only thing that can make it
better is having a usable coastal park for all to enjoy!
Thank you,
Nicole Kapan
Name
Nicole Kapan
Email
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
nicolemkapan@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
Ca
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Thursday, January 26, 2023 3:21:45 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Jason Bishop
Email
jasonbishopdds@yahoo.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
From:Ioni Tcholakova
To:Growth Management Committee
Subject:Growth Committee Meeting Discussion Item 1, Circulation Standard
Date:Thursday, January 26, 2023 4:57:16 PM
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee,
Regarding the Proposed Circulation Standard,
Transitioning from the Traffic Impact Fee to the Multimodal Transportation Fee and utilizing
person miles traveled is an important push towards holistic mobility planning.
My recommendations and things to consider are as follows:
1. Often, the costs of the development process can become a barrier to the development of
affordable housing. Equitable and just growth management should ensure that therecommendation for the multimodal transportation fee does not disproportionately deter
the development of greater affordable housing units. In addition, as high density housingis likely to bring a greater count of PMT, the fees required will likely be larger. I
suggest adding the relevant bolded language, "Development of standards and a feestructure for private development to provide a fair share to partially fund the buildout of
the city's multimodal transportation network. This fee structure shall provide flexiblecost requirements for projects that maximize the number of affordable housingunits beyond the required standard."2. In order to have just growth, it is important that the MTIF goes both towards general
community projects as well as localized developments. When assessing communitybenefits of projects, these should be done with intentional planning to undo injustice in
the region. This can be added to the language in bold: "Utilize the SMP and MTIF toimplement future multimodal transportation impacts that provide the greatest and mostjust benefit to the community through both localized and general communityprojects,"
3. Consideration of mobility patterns should be sensitive to all modes of mobility outsideof vehicular travel, in particular the importance of public transportation in the region.
This can be supported by adding the following bolded language: "Relationship betweentraffic operations, changing commute patterns, regional traffic volume growth, traffic
safety and new disruptive trends in mobility technologies, and the importance andprioritization of high density affordable mobility options such as publictransportation,"4. Clarify what outcomes result from conducting the LOS and MMLOS analysis to ensure
coordination with the Sustainable Mobility Plan goals. To what extent will thedeveloper have to mitigate the impacts? This should be defined in the recommended
language.
Thank you!
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From:Patricia Bleha
To:Growth Management Committee
Cc:pcb@sbcglobal.net
Subject:comments on Agenda Jan. 26
Date:Thursday, January 26, 2023 3:58:41 PM
1. Committee Business Parks Standards
Staff recommendation should be to keep existing standard 3 acres per 1,000 and do not
count other city owned or controlled recreational acreage as part of parks. The former are in
addition to and should not be changed.
Staff should evaluate the accessibility of parks based on 10 min. travel time to any publicly accessible
park.
Access is the key issue and needs to be addressed. Better yet .5 acres city wide for all neighborhoods
that do not have a park within ½ mile. (The 11 zones exempted for open space in many cases are the
ones that also need accessible parks. Let’s get with this issue once and for all.
Patricia Bleha, president North County Advocates
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From:Don Christiansen
To:Growth Management Committee
Cc:Jason Haber; Katie Hentrich
Subject:Fwd: Who Needs Transmission Wires Anyway? — Episode 175 of Local Energy Rules
Date:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 2:21:50 PM
G'Day Fellow Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee members!
I'm a long time advocate for LOCAL solar electric energy. It makes sustainable
sense, supporting the economic, social, and environmental legs of the sustainability
stool. The following are two paragraphs that I took from this link:https://ilsr.org/who-needs-transmission-wires-ler175/
"The Case for Generating Power Where It Is Consumed"
"Juhl explains how building smaller-scale, distributed energy generation systems
that blend into the community is a win-win. When the project is close to
the electricity consumers, it does not require an updated transmission line. Avoidingtransmission also makes better use of the electricity, as transforming and carrying
electricity incurs losses."
"Projects located within the distribution network act more as a reduction ofelectricity load than as a generator, says Juhl. They free up space on existingtransmission lines, as the community no longer needs to import the electricity they
generate. Juhl stresses the importance of combating load as consumers electrify
their cars and buildings. When it comes to solar’s often-raised intermittency issue,Juhl believes that pairing wind and solar together is especially effective."
Increased electrification of our cars, buildings, and communication IS happening
now, climate change with rising sea levels IS happening now. We do need more
electric energy. The question is: "who is going to generate the electricity". I
think our Clean Energy Alliance is well positioned to show the geographicboundaries of the community referenced by Juhl. They could be the off-taker, or
buyer of solar electricity generated by community rooftops, parking lot solar
canopies, and suitable land.
Carlsbad's Community Vision statement reads: Sustainability: Build on the city's
sustainability initiatives to emerge as a leader in green development and
sustainability. Pursue public/private partnerships, particularly on sustainable water,
energy, recycling and foods.
Think Globally, Act Locally!
Don Christiansen
Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee
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From:J Cannon
To:Growth Management Committee; Council Internet Email; City Clerk; Kyle Lancaster; Eric Lardy; Darren@Parks"; Sean@Parks; Michele Hardy; Gina@Parks"; Boyle, Carrie@Coastal; Toni@Coastal; Erin@Coastal"; melanie@melanieforcarlsbad.com
Subject:Public Input re: Park at Ponto
Date:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 1:57:07 PM
Dear Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee, Carlsbad City Council, Parks and Planning
Commissions, CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks:
As the City has requested specific reference regarding public input, I am delivering to the above addresses this
email and attachment as public input for:
1. CTGMC’s 1/26/23 meeting2. The next Carlsbad Council meeting 3. The next Carlsbad Planning and Parks Commission meetings on the Parks Master Plan and Growth
Management Program Updates, Ponto Planning Area F and Site 18 land use changes, and Local Coastal
Program Amendments4. Public input to the CCC on Carlsbad proposed Local Coastal Program 5. Public input to Carlsbad’s proposed Local Coastal Program Amendment.
Having just done a photo survey of the latest King Tides in Carlsbad--which is a preview of what our coast will
look like as sea level rises in the near future--we won't have any beaches. This means that ANY coastal public
open space will be crucial in maintaining Carlsbad's reputation as a great place to live, and as a destination for
visitors. Ponto Park will be one of the last open spaces left in our 7-mile coastline where the public can enjoy
seaside activities.
Our next generations will thank you for planning wisely for the future,
J Cannon
Carlsbad beach, 1/22/23, northernmost Ocean Street access.
Further north, same day, South Oceanside
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From:Howard Krausz
To:Growth Management Committee
Subject:NCA comments regarding proposed parks performance standards
Date:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 10:08:50 PM
Jan 25, 2023
To: Carlsbad Growth Management Citizens Committee
From: Howard Krausz on behalf of North County Advocates
Re: Agenda Item - Parks Performance Standards
Honorable Chair and Committee Members
At the Jan. 11th meeting there was discussion of changing the parks performance standard from 3 to4 acres/1000 residents citywide but considering beaches and lagoons as parks. That is a terrible ideathat will in fact reduce required park acreage greatly. Here is why:
The Annual Open Space Status Report for fiscal year 2021-22 lists 1186 acres of park land. Let’s justassume that amounts to about 3 acres/1000 residents. Carlsbad’s 3 lagoons total 1299 acres. Including the lagoons (and not even the beaches) as parks would mean that Carlsbad currently hasmore than 6 acres/1000 residents since lagoon acres are more than the total of all the currentparks. Therefore changing the standard to 4 acres/1000 residents would actually reduce therequired acreage by at least a third, from the current standard.
Lagoons and beaches are Category 1 open space and are not parks, which are Category 3.
Regarding accessibility, we fully support implementation of a standard based on ½ mile distance toany publicly accessible park.
Howard Krausz, MD
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From:Lance Schulte
To:Growth Management Committee; Michele Hardy; Council Internet Email; City Clerk; Kyle Lancaster; Eric Lardy;"Smith, Darren@Parks"; "Homer, Sean@Parks"; "Moran, Gina@Parks"; Boyle, Carrie@Coastal; "Prahler,Erin@Coastal"; "Ross, Toni@Coastal"
Cc:info@peopleforponto.com
Subject:Public input for 1-26-23 Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee mtg - 11 points & personalcomments - 1 - 29
Date:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 10:36:47 PM
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Dear Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee, Carlsbad City Council, Parks, Housing
and Planning Commissions, , CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks:
Dear City of Carlsbad please deliver these 29 petitions and personal insights and comments for the
1/26/23 CTGMC meeting on Parks & Open Space; and please distribute to the City Council, Parks-
Housing-Planning Commissions as public communications so they area also aware of this public
input.
Thank you.
Lance Schulte
For the many
People for Ponto
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know the content is safe.
From:Lance Schulte
To:Growth Management Committee; Michele Hardy; Council Internet Email; City Clerk; Kyle Lancaster; Eric Lardy;"Smith, Darren@Parks"; "Homer, Sean@Parks"; "Moran, Gina@Parks"; Boyle, Carrie@Coastal; "Prahler,Erin@Coastal"; "Ross, Toni@Coastal"
Cc:info@peopleforponto.com
Subject:Public input for 1-26-23 Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee mtg - 11 points & personalcomments - 2 - 36
Date:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 8:09:24 AM
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Dear Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee, Carlsbad City Council, Parks, Housing
and Planning Commissions, , CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks:
Dear City of Carlsbad please deliver these 2nd batch of 36 more (running total of 65) petitions and
personal insights and comments for the 1/26/23 CTGMC meeting on Parks & Open Space; and
please distribute to the City Council, Parks-Housing-Planning Commissions as public communications
so they area also aware of this public input.
Thank you.
Lance Schulte
For the many
People for Ponto
CAUTION: Do not open attachments or click on links unless you recognize the sender and
know the content is safe.
From:Lance Schulte
To:Growth Management Committee; Michele Hardy; Council Internet Email; City Clerk; Kyle Lancaster; Eric Lardy;"Smith, Darren@Parks"; "Homer, Sean@Parks"; "Moran, Gina@Parks"; Boyle, Carrie@Coastal; "Prahler,Erin@Coastal"; "Ross, Toni@Coastal"
Cc:info@peopleforponto.com
Subject:Public input for 1-26-23 Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee mtg - 11 points & personalcomments - 3 - 26
Date:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 12:31:01 PM
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Dear Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee, Carlsbad City Council, Parks, Housing
and Planning Commissions, , CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks:
Dear City of Carlsbad please deliver these 3rd batch of 26 more (running total of 91) petitions and
personal insights and comments for the 1/26/23 CTGMC meeting on Parks & Open Space; and
please distribute to the City Council, Parks-Housing-Planning Commissions as public communications
so they area also aware of this public input.
Thank you.
Lance Schulte
For the many
People for Ponto
CAUTION: Do not open attachments or click on links unless you recognize the sender and
know the content is safe.
From:Lance Schulte
To:Growth Management Committee; Michele Hardy; Council Internet Email; City Clerk; Kyle Lancaster; Eric Lardy;"Smith, Darren@Parks"; "Homer, Sean@Parks"; "Moran, Gina@Parks"; Boyle, Carrie@Coastal; "Prahler,Erin@Coastal"; "Ross, Toni@Coastal"
Cc:info@peopleforponto.com
Subject:Public input for 1-26-23 Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee mtg - 11 points & personalcomments - 4 - 6
Date:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 4:30:20 PM
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Dear Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee, Carlsbad City Council, Parks, Housing
and Planning Commissions, , CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks:
Dear City of Carlsbad please deliver these 4th batch of 6 more (running total of 97) petitions and
personal insights and comments for the 1/26/23 CTGMC meeting on Parks & Open Space; and
please distribute to the City Council, Parks-Housing-Planning Commissions as public communications
so they area also aware of this public input.
Thank you.
Lance Schulte
For the many
People for Ponto
CAUTION: Do not open attachments or click on links unless you recognize the sender and
know the content is safe.
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 6:48:06 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Mary Held-Manley
Email
mhmanley@cox.net
City
Oceanside
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 9:59:36 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Leandro Festino
Email
lfestino@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 9:59:12 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Please use the space for a public park to preserve open space.
Name
Lauren Brown
Email
lgranvil@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 9:55:27 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Kristine Wright
Email
kriswrt222@gmail.com
City
CARLSBAD
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 9:31:34 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Open space at ponto please!
Name
Roger Davy
Email
roger.davy@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 9:21:53 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
I am writing to express my deep concern and disappointment
about the proposed development the open space in our
community. This land is a precious resource that should be
preserved for the enjoyment and benefit of all residents, not just
a select few who can afford to live in luxury condos.
As you may know, this open space is a vital part of our community. It
provides a place for families to gather, children to play, and neighbors to
connect.
I urge you to consider the long-term consequences of allowing this
development to proceed. Once this land is developed, it will be lost
forever. Instead, I implore you to consider turning the open space into a
community park. This would provide a much-needed green space for our
community, and would be a source of pride and joy for generations to
come.
I understand the need for economic development, but I believe that this
can be achieved without sacrificing our natural heritage. I urge you to take
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
a stand for our community and vote against this development.
Name
Andrew Eads
Email
andreweads@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 8:59:51 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Ron Ranson
Email
rranson@ucsd.edu
City
Leucadia
State
Ca
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 8:58:53 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Please consider purchasing the land directly north of the
Batiquitos Lagoon (Avenida Encinas and Coast Hwy) to preserve
the natural beauty of our coastline. And please - ZERO
development along this last piece of natural coastline from La
Costa Ave to just south of Tamarack. NO LINEAR PARK.
Name
Vickey Syage
Email
vickey.syage@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
State
CA
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 8:58:21 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
keeping our family freindly neighhood safe includes all over
development on our ponto area coastline.
Name
paulina miller
Email
pmillerca@cox.net
City
Carlsbad
State
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
California
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 8:47:00 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Southwest Carlsbad has a long history of being ignored by the
Carlsbad city council. It is time we have a dedicated park here.
Name
Michael Supancich
Email
msupancich@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
CA
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 8:46:03 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Teri Fitzgibbons
Email
teribail@yahoo.com
City
Carlsbad
State
Ca
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 8:44:05 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Regina King
Email
rking404@aol.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 8:44:04 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Nancee Foglesong
Email
2ncaye@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 8:41:42 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Joseph Barrion
Email
jbarrion@yahoo.com
City
Carlsbad
State
California
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 8:41:03 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Please give our community what we pay for in Carlsbad
Name
Michelle Altenhoff
Email
michellea@roadrunner.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 8:39:08 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Having just done a photo survey of the latest King Tides in
Carlsbad--which is a preview of what our coast will look like in the
near future--we won't have any beaches. This means that ANY
coastal public open space will be crucial in maintaining
Carlsbad's reputation as a great place to live, and as adestination for visitors. Ponto Park will be one of the last openspaces left in our 7-mile coastline where the public can enjoy
seaside activities.
Name
Janell Cannon
Email
blancofelis@earthlink.net
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 8:36:10 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Please protect our open space and make room for a park. It
could be so inviting!
Name
NANCY BALTO
Email
nbalto@comcast.net
City
Carlsbad
State
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
CA
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 8:31:01 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Merrilee Morgan
Email
mamx54@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 8:30:10 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
We, your constituents, are asking you, to respectfully consider
the these 11 issues regarding the Carlsbad Growth plan and
prioritize the concerns of your citizens ahead of developer
interests.
Name
Chris Galindo
Email
cfgalindo@roadrunner.com
City
Carlsbad
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
State
CA
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 8:23:51 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Victor Cavataio
Email
vicandvan@verizon.net
City
carlsbad
State
California
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 8:21:48 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Ray Hughes
Email
rayjay3@sbcglobal.net
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 8:18:37 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Give us Ponto Park already! How many times do we have to say
it, write it, stand up and ask for it??? LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE!
Name
Jodi Jones
Email
jodimariejones@hotmail.com
City
carlsbad
State
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
ca
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 7:18:49 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Homeowners in SanPacfico and Rosalena -530 homes paid their
park fees when they bought their homes. They play in the streets
. No park to walk to in their area .
Name
Chas Wick
Email
chaswick@reagan.com
City
Carlsbad
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
State
CA
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 5:53:03 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Richard Anglin
Email
rlanglin01@yahoo.com
City
Donnelly
State
ID
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 5:46:37 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Justin Taylor
Email
j_athletics04@yahoo.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 5:32:17 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Address train vibration and noise issues with potential projected
increase in track usage in this limited coastal space Address
comparative impact of infrastructure issues internet, utilities,
schools etc. of park vs development
Name
Patricia Greely
Email
beachbums760@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
State
California
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 4:33:10 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
To Second the Request: I request the above 11 citizen issues be
fully addressed by the Growth Management Committee, City
Council, and CA Coastal Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital
Improvement Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.!!!Thank you
Name
Diane Rivera
Email
dianariver@aol.com
City
Carlsbad
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
State
California
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 12:08:53 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Susan Igoe
Email
ncountylocal@yahoo.com
City
Carlsbad
State
Ca
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 11:46:07 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Jan Neff-Sinclair
Email
jan.neff@ymail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
ca
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 10:58:32 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Thanks you to People for Ponto for their hard work and informing
the community. I stand with People for Ponto. Open space must
be addressed so that irreplaceable open space is not lost forever.
We must retain these spaces for Carlsbad.
Name
hope nelson
Email
hopen51@att.net
City
Carlsbad
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
State
CA
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 10:18:40 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Please provide the park here at Ponto, so that people in SW
Carlsbad can walk to a usable park (i.e., one large enough to
allow people to play sports) and children don't have to play in the
streets and along the railroad right-of-way.
Name
Kathy Schulte
Email
kmsresearch@sbcglobal.net
City
Carlsbad
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
State
CA
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 10:20:47 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Dear Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee ,
Carlsbad City Council, and CA Coastal Commission
As you probably know the last remaining open space in South West
Carlsbad should be protected and designated for a beautiful Ponto Park!
I’ve lived here for 22 years and love South Carlsbad State Beach which a
beach bluff of camp sites adjacent West to the Ponto area. A usable
coastal park at Ponto for all to enjoy, with play areas for all ages, and due
to the adjacency a walking bridge to South Carlsbad State Beach over
Coast Highway so visitors can walk from Ponto Park thought the camp
ground to the camp store, attend ranger programs, and enjoy the park, will
make Carlsbad an even greater premium destination to live, visit and a
model for other beach communities to aspire to .. that said, there's nothing
more wonderful than kids playing in a park near the beach ..
I recommend calling something like "Ponto Beach Campside Park" or
"South Carlsbad Beach Park" or ??
Thank You and Best Regards,
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
David T Johnson
Name
David Johnson
Email
davidj_sd@yahoo.com
City
CARLSBAD
State
CA
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 10:24:11 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
As a long-time visitor to Carlsbad, I've always felt that the south
west portion of Carlsbad has been missing an important element
to a healthy and happy life ... and that is a park! The Ponto area
is a perfect location for such a wonderful amenity for locals and
visitors. Please don't squander that last open space in the area.Build a park for all to enjoy and benefit from.
Email
meyersray15@gmail.com
City
Englewood
State
FL
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 10:27:08 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Ron King
Email
ron@kingcontractglass.com
City
Carlsbad
State
California
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 10:28:01 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Make ponto a park. Don’t want more buildings.
Name
Ray Pili
Email
rpili2001@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
Ca
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 10:30:04 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Tamara Kapan
Email
tamara@kapankent.com
City
Carlsbad
State
Ca
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 10:30:46 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Diane Bedrosian
Email
drdianeb@aol.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 10:32:33 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Barbara Campbell
Email
lost79vw@aol.com
City
Carlsbad
State
Ca
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 10:42:55 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
John Frazza
Email
frazzajf@yahoo.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 10:43:29 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Kelley Frazza
Email
frazzaka@yahoo.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 10:44:01 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Pamela Parkinson
Email
pamparkinsonrealtor@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 10:44:13 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Leigh Frazza
Email
leigh.frazza@yahoo.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 11:32:53 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Beverly Moss
Email
chezmoss@gmail.com
City
Encinitas
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 12:17:04 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Our last open land in the south Ponto Beach area, must be saved
and protected. There is already too much commercialization of
the coastal areas of Carlsbad and as they say, “they aren’t
making anymore land.” Once the last vestiges of open land are
gone, it will be gone forever.
Name
Richard Nucci
Email
rnucci1@san.rr.com
City
Carlsbad
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
State
CA
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 3:06:09 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Gail Norman
Email
gnorman_ca@yahoo.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 4:33:30 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Kelsey Lundy
Email
jklundy1@sbcglobal.net
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 4:54:22 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Chris Kapan
Email
chrisk@kapankent.com
City
Carlsbad
State
California
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 5:28:20 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Please preserve open spaces.
Name
Lisa Johnson
Email
lgjohns@duck.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 5:51:15 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
karen crosby
Email
kcrosby10@sbcglobal.net
City
carlsbad
State
c a
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 6:05:18 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
I’m not sure how many signatures you received but please don’t
think for a minute that anyone wants more condos over public
park space ( excluding those who would profit from the condos).
Please help keep Carlsbad the desirable community it has
always been. Thank you
Name
Steve Tannenbaum
Email
stannenbau@msn.com
City
Carlsbad
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
State
Ca
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 6:09:19 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Dear Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee ,
Carlsbad City Council, and CA Coastal Commission
The last remaining open space in SW Carlsbad must be protected and
kept for Ponto Park! I’ve lived here for 25 and love the open space, nature
and natural habitats about the Ponto area- the only thing that can make it
better is having a usable coastal park for all to enjoy!
Thank you,
Nicole Kapan
Name
Nicole Kapan
Email
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
nicolemkapan@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
Ca
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 6:19:06 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Richard Gallagher
Email
friar1990@yahoo.com
City
Carlsbad
State
Select One
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 6:23:27 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Don Burton
Email
djb83@netzero.net
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 6:20:52 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Annie Gallagher
Email
zorknzeek@yahoo.com
City
Carlsbad
State
California
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 6:24:01 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Atsuko Suzuki
Email
atsukoburton@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 6:24:36 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Lowell Burton
Email
lowell1230@comcast.net
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 6:33:03 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Kathleen Marre
Email
jkmarre@gmail.com
City
Encinitas
State
Ca
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 6:38:46 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Risa Sybrandy
Email
rlsybrandy@yahoo.com
City
Carlsbad
State
Ca
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 6:39:42 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Lauren Robertson
Email
lauren.petry@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 6:40:11 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Kate Munhall
Email
katemunhall@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 6:54:23 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Dear Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee ,
Carlsbad City Council, and CA Coastal Commission
The last remaining open space in SW Carlsbad must be protected and
kept for Ponto Park! I’ve lived here for 22 yesrs and love old fashioned feel
of the Ponto area- the only thing that can make it better is having a usable
coastal park for all to enjoy!
Thank you,
Alicia
Name
Alicia Armstrong
Email
dallas214@icloud.com
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 7:03:10 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Barbara Tronowsky
Email
dodobugs1950@yahoo.com
City
Carlsbad
State
California
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 7:15:35 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Yvonne Sinnen
Email
ysinn@aol.com
City
Carlsbad
State
Ca
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 7:22:36 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Renee Wagner
Email
rwagpeg77@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 7:27:41 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Email
tessaroberts08@gmail.com
City
Cardiff
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 7:28:39 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Susan Stockdale
Email
sandiegosu@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 7:28:59 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Pamela Carson
Email
carsononcall@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
Ca
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 7:54:52 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Regina King
Email
rking404@aol.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 8:04:51 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
DAVID ZERFING
Email
dzerfing1@comcast.net
City
carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 8:12:27 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Andy Palmer
Email
andrewfpalmer@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 8:18:26 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
I have enjoyed Ponto Beach and surrounding park areas for
many years and hope to continue for many more. Please take
these issues seriously into account. Thank you!
Name
SAMUEL DAME
Email
sam@damebeachliving.com
City
San Diego
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
State
CA
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 8:20:49 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
James Zemel
Email
jzlacosta@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 8:24:58 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Steven Kesten
Email
skesten01@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
California
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 8:30:00 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Ponto is the last remaining open space to be protected for all to
use now in the future. A park or nature preserve is needed in the
south coastal area of Carlsbad. Please save this precious piece
of land from unnecessary development.
Name
Valerie Cowan
Email
dvcowan54@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
State
CA
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 8:50:13 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Include the elimination and replacement of non-native plants,
areas for rain water retention and contiguous open areas of land
for animals to move through the area and brush. Keep the
concrete at a minimum and make this a neighborhood use area.
Name
Lori Hiers
Email
lahiers@me.com
City
Carlsbad
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
State
CA
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 9:03:18 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Renee Bryan
Email
rbryan444@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 9:15:54 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Tanya Brooking
Email
tanyabrooking@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 9:16:22 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Dan Brooking
Email
danbrooking@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 9:31:33 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
cathleen cramer
Email
cathleen.cramer90@gmail.com
City
carlsbad
State
california
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 9:53:49 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Gary McGrath
Email
gmcgrath@yahoo.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 10:03:16 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Samantha Collier
Email
samleemd@comcast.net
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 10:03:56 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Michael Fetsko
Email
fetskom@yahoo.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 10:09:40 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Elaine Mitchell
Email
catdoc@aol.com
City
Cardiff
State
California
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 10:17:30 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Save our open spaces for generations to come!
Name
Donna Cowan
Email
donnaposkitt@cox.net
City
San Marcos
State
Ca
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 10:21:54 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Michael Fetsko
Email
fetskom@yahoo.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 10:28:22 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Having lived in North county for almost 20 years, the Ponto area
is my absolute favorite place and the only thing that could make it
better is to have an actual park there. It's Very Important for the
city to purchase the lot that is NOW as it will also provide the
Best way to mitigate sea level rise. Everyone benefits as a resultof building a Ponto Park, including future generations. I can't waitto be able to meet friends there and enjoy being out in nature by
the beach. The rocks (or cobbles as you call them) at Ponto
beach are getting very hard to navigate and there just isn't
enough beach left for all the residents to enjoy. An adequate
sized Ponto Park is long over due...20 years overdue...PLEASE
make it happen quickly!
Name
Jane Naskiewicz
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Email
fabsdhomes@gmail.com
City
Oceanside
State
CA
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 10:35:56 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
I have lived in Leucadia and Carlsbad my whole 57 years! The
SW corner is the last open coastal space and I think it is
imperative that we protect it and keep it open.
Name
Leesa Gressitt
Email
leesagressitt@yahoo.com
City
Carlsbad
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
State
CA
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 10:42:44 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
It is rather easy to develop our open spaces but difficult, if not
impossible to restore previously overdeveloped areas to their
once pristine conditions. Please work to assure that the scarce
open coastal areas remain as such and available to those who
desire to witness the beauty of nature.
Name
Robert Haines
Email
hainesrf@aol.com
City
Carlsbad
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
State
CA
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 11:15:46 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Chris Durrand
Email
cdurrand@cox.net
City
San Diego
State
California
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 11:32:13 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
I've been visiting Carlsbad for years and the beach is nice but
Ponto Park would be so much better!
Name
Dorothy Fritz
Email
dorothy.fritz@aol.com
City
Waco
State
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
TX
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 11:35:52 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Build Ponto Park!
Name
Ron Fritz
Email
rondoefritz@att.net
City
Waco
State
TX
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 11:51:54 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
steven Goddard
Email
steven.goddard@att.net
City
carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 12:13:46 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Perfect place for a park. We don’t want to become Orange
County
Name
Michael Johnson
Email
mjcarlsbad@yahoo.com
City
Carlsbad
State
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
CA
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 12:33:19 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Mark Martinez
Email
martinezmv53@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 12:53:57 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Please give our community what we pay for in Carlsbad
Name
Michelle Altenhoff
Email
michellea@roadrunner.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 1:27:04 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Kate Munhall
Email
katemunhall@gmail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
CA
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 3:40:48 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Protect Ponto! We are taxpayers and residents in the Ponto
community. We want the neighborhood park and responsible
development!
Name
Shirley Hudson
Email
skeatinghudson@yahoo.com
City
Carlsbad
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
State
California
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 3:44:33 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Connor KeatingHudson
Email
connor_hudson@yahoo.com
City
Carlsbad
State
California
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 3:46:19 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Drew Keating-Hudson
Email
drewkeatinghudson@yahoo.com
City
Carlsbad
State
Ca
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
From:Lance Schulte
To:Growth Management Committee; Michele Hardy; Council Internet Email; City Clerk; Kyle Lancaster; Eric Lardy; "Smith,
Darren@Parks"; Homer, Sean@Parks; "Moran, Gina@Parks"; Boyle, Carrie@Coastal; "Prahler, Erin@Coastal"; Ross,Toni@Coastal
Cc:info@peopleforponto.com
Subject:1-26-23 CTGMC mtg - public input on Carlsbad Parkland Dedication Ordinance and City losses
Date:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 1:39:33 PM
Attachments:image013.pngimage014.pngimage015.pngimage016.pngimage019.pngimage020.pngimage021.pngimage022.pngimage001.emzimage002.pngExample of Carlsbad Parkland Dedication Ordinace - Ponto Site 18 - 2022 Sep.pdf
Dear Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee, Carlsbad City Council, Parks, Housing and
Planning Commissions, , CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks:
Please again consider this email and attachment on 1/26/23.
This may clear up some what appeared to be a miscommunication by staff on 1/11/23 that appeared to say
that the developer can decide how to comply with the Park Dedication Ordnance (Dedicate land or pay an in-
lieu-of-dedication fee). This is not correct. Per 21.44 a develop may propose, but it is the City that decides
how and where the Park land required is to be provided. Per 21.44.040 & 21.44.050 of the City’s Park
Dedication Ordnance
Clearly states it is the City “decision making body” for the development proposal, i.e. Planning Commission or
City Council, that decides is Park land is required or a commensurate Park in lieu fee will be required from the
developer. In almost all instances Park land in the area (aka 10-minutewalk) of the development is better as
that is where the development’s Park land demand is created and where additional Park land supply should
be created.
I hope this email and data helps the CTGMC in address the critical Park Land needs in various areas of
Carlsbad, and this Ponto Site 18 example provides actual data using a currently proposed project in an area
Carlsbad’s Park Master Plan (current but soon to be changed) indicates is ‘unserved by parks’ and should be
an area where new parks should be provided.
Please note in this Ponto Site 18 example there IS vacant land (about 1 acre) left-over after the development
that the developer could dedicate to the City for the developer’s Park Land dedication requirement. The
CTGMC would be thoughtful to include in your Standard recommendations to include strong policy
requirements to get Park land v. fees in areas needing Parks.
Thank you,
Lance
From: Lance Schulte [mailto:meyers-schulte@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2022 11:39 AMTo: committee@carlsbadca.gov; 'Michele Hardy'; 'council@carlsbadca.gov'; 'City Clerk'; 'Kyle Lancaster'; 'EricLardy'; 'Smith, Darren@Parks'; Homer, Sean@Parks (Sean.Homer@parks.ca.gov); 'Moran, Gina@Parks'; CarrieBoyle (carrie.boyle@coastal.ca.gov); 'Prahler, Erin@Coastal'; Ross, Toni@Coastal (Toni.Ross@coastal.ca.gov)Cc: 'info@peopleforponto.com'Subject: public input on Carlsbad Parkland Dedication Ordinance and City losses
Dear Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee, Carlsbad City Council, Parks, Housing and
Planning Commissions, , CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks:
Please consider this data file and public input email/attachment in the CTGMC, Housing Element and Parks
Master Plan Updates, Proposed Local Coastal Program Amendment, and the Ponto Site 18 proposed land use
changes and development application.
‘Example of Carlsbad’s Park-in-lieu Fee failing to actually provide the required Parkland or improvements
The example is for Ponto Site 18 one of the City’s proposed General Plan & Local Coastal Program land use
changes to provide RHNA required housing sites for the years 2021-2029. Ponto Site 18 is the Ponto Storage
site and surrounding lots. Ponto Site 18’s map and City description is provided on pages 4-5 below.
The example shows Carlsbad loses significant amounts of money, and more critically loses precious and
irreplaceable Parkland that developers are required to provide for free. These City loses are absorbed by
current and future Carlsbad tax-payers. For the relatively small 5 acre and 86 dwelling unit Ponto Site 18
proposal the loss to Carlsbad is $ 1.084 million in lost parkland value. Below is the spreadsheet calculation
of that loss.
Beyond showing a typical over $ 1 million loss per 86 dwellings, there is added concern for the CTGMC in that
this example is a proposed Carlsbad General Plan & Local Coastal Program Land Use Change to try to
accommodate the years 2021-2029 the RHNA requirement to add/increase Residential use. Every 8 years we
are/will be changing our General Plan land use to add more high-density housing and increasing City Park
demand particularly for areas developed more densely.
If these higher-density projects do not dedicate actual City Park within walking distance not only is Carlsbad
loosing over $1 million per 86 dwellings, we are losing free and easy opportunities to get City Parkland
dedicated for free per CMC 20.44, and will slowly be degrading our Quality of Life in these areas and also
Citywide.
Calculation of Ponto Site 18 Parkland dedication requirement and City losses from the Park-in-lieu Fee:
Following this calculation:
· on page 3-4 are the relevant excerpts of Carlsbad’s Dedication of Land for Recreational Purposes
Ordinance 20.44, and
· on page 5-6 is the City’s map and description of the proposed Ponto Site 18 land use change
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l a<:reof Fe.nton's un~vac:ant 'Ice plant lots' betw""n PCH ,&. Ponto Drlvett'31 can provide Fenton's Park lar>d requirement
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-73% %of lost Parle laoovalueclty lslooslngaoo not receiving In ltsPIL Fee, so ililslsacltyglft tothted!!V!!loper
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s 6!!1.131 cost to develop Fenton's 29,filllsq. ft. of Parle LaBd D'!dlcatlonasa Park
S (282.4.!ilj Dollars Cltyloosesf rom Park-In-lieu Fees not even bell'lgadequate to cover Actual M inimal Park Development Costs
https:ljl ibrar,,,.qcode.us/1 ib/carlsbad ca/pub/municip al code/it em/title 20-ch apt er 20 44
20.44 Dedication of Land for Recreational Faciliites
20M.01:0 Pu rpose.
This chapter is e nacted pursuantto the authori ty granted by Se ction 66477 of the Government Code o
the State of California. The park and recreation al faci I ities forwhi ch dedication of I and and/or payme nt
of a ee is re qui red by this chapter are in accordance w i,th the recreat ional e le me nt of the general pl an
of the City o Carlsbad. (Ord. 9614 § 1, 1982; Ord. 9190 § 2)
20.44.,Q40 St andards and formu la for dedication of I and.
If the decision-making authority for the t entat ive map or te ntative parcel map det e rmines that a park
or recreational facility is t o be locat ed in who le or in part within the proposed subdivision t o serve the
immediate and fut ure needs of the residents of the subdivision, the subdivider shall, at the time of
the fil ing of the final or parcel map, dedicate land for such fa ci lity pursuant t o the follo wing standards
and formula:
The ormul a · or determining acreage to be de di catecl shal I be as ol I ows:
Average no. o persons per dwel Ii ng unit (based on most recent e cleral census)
X
3 park acres per 1,000 populat ion
X
Total numbe r o clw el Ii ng un it s
The total numbe r of clwel Ii ng units shal I be the numbe r permitted by the city on the property in the
subcl ivi sion atthe t i me the final map or parcel map is fi l eel for approva l, less any existing residential
units in single-famil ydet ached or duplex dwe lli r,gs. The park land de d ication require me nt w ill be
revi ew ed annua lly effective July 1, and adjuste d as necessary by resolution of the city council t o refl ect
the I at est fe deral census data. (Orel. CS-192 § 49, 2012; Ord. CS-162 § 1, 2'011; Ord. S-757 §1, 2'005; Ord .
. 5-588 § 1, 2001; Ord. 9831 § 1. 1987; Orel. 9770 § 11985; Ord. 9724 § 1, 1984; Ord . 9644 § 1. 1982; Orel.
20.44.050St anclarcl s for fees in I ieu of I and clecl i cation.
A. If the decision-making authority fo r t he te ntative map or te ntative parcel map dete rmines
that there is no park or recreat ional faci lity t o be locat ed in who le o r in part within t he
proposed subdivision, the subdivider shall, in lieu of dedicating land, pay a fee equal to the
value of the land prescribed for dedication in Section 20.44.040 and in an amount
det ermined in accordance with the provisions of Section 20.44.080.
B. If the proposed subclivi si on contains 50 parcels or less, only the payment o fees sh al I be
re qui red exceptthat whe n a condominium project, st ock cooperat ive, or co mmunity
apartment project exceeds 50 clwel Ii ng units, cl edicati o n of I and may be requi reel
notwithstancli r,g thatthe number of parcels may be I ess than 50.
2'0M.060 Det ermination o I and or fee.
A. Whethe r the decision-making authority fo r the te ntative map or te ntative parcel map
requires land dedicati on or elects to accept payment of a fee in lieu the reof, or a
combinat ion of bot h, shall be determ ined by the deci sion-making authority at the time of
approval of t he te ntative map orte ntative parcel ma p. In making that det erminatio n, t he
decision-making authority shall m nsider the foll owing:
1 Park and recreation eleme nt of the general pl an;
2 Topography, geology, access and location of land in the subdivi sion avail able for de dicat ion;
3 Size and shape o the subdivision and land avai I able for dedication;
4 The feasi bi I ity of cle cli cation;
5 Avail abi I ity o previously acqui red park property.
B. The det e rm inati on oft he city counci I as to whether I and sh al I be dedicated, or whe the r a
fee sh al I be charged, or a com bi natio n the reo , shal I be final and conclusive. (Ord . CS-192 §
49, 2012; Ord. 9614 § 1, 1982; Orel . 9190 § 6)
2D.44.080Amount offee in Ii eu o I and cleclicat i on.
A. Wh en a fee is required to be paid in li eu of land dedication, the amount of the fee shall be
based upon the fair marketvalue of the amou nt of land which would otherwise be required
t o be dedicat ed pursuant t o Section 20.44.040. lhe fair market value shall be dete rmined by
the city council usingthe foll owing method:
1 The ci ty manager may from ti me t o t i me survey the market value of unclevel oped property
w ithin the city. This survey may be prepare d through vari ous means incl ucli ng, but not
Ii mite cl to, selection of several real estat e pro essional s w ithin Ca rl sbacl to provide current
est imates of undeve loped property values with each oft he city's four quadrants.
2 The cound I shall adopt a resolution establi shing the value of one acre of park I ancl in each
quadrant after consi de ri ngthe results o this survey and any other relevant informat ion.
B. Subclivi cl ers obje cti ngto such valuat ion, may, atthei r own expe nse, obtain an appraisa l of
the property by a qual ifi e el real estat e appraiser approved by the city, which apprais al may
be accepted by the city counci I if found to be reasonable. If accepted, the fee shal I be based
on that appraisal. (Orel. 5-lf0 § 1, 1990; Ord. 9831§ 1, 1987; Ord. 9781 § 1, 1985; Orel . 9614 §
1, 1982; 0 rd. 919::l § 8)
2,0.44.090 Lim itation on use of I and and fees.
The I and and ees receive d under this chapter shal I be used for the purpose of clevelopi ng new or
re habi I itati ng exi sti t1g park and recreation al faci I iti es which serve the populat ion within the park
quadrant within which the subclivi si on for which th e fees are received is I ocat ecl and the I ocati on of
the I and and amount offees shal I bear a reasonable relationship to the use of the park and
recreation al faci I iti es by the future inhabitants ofthe subdivision. (Ord. S,-842 § 1, 2007; Ord. 9680 §
12, 1983; Orel . 9190 §11)
2,0.44.:W0Ti me of commencement of faci I ities.
l he city council shall develop a schedule specifying how, when and where it will use the land orfees
or both to develop park orrecreat ional fa cilit ies to serve the residents of the park quadrant in which
the subdivisions are located. Any fees co llected pursuant t o this chapte r shall be co mmitted within
five years after the payment of such fees or the iss uance of building permits on one-half of the lot s
created by the subdivision, which eve r occurs lat er.
POTENTIAL HO USING SITES
Site Number: 18-North Ponto Parcels
SITE DESCRIPTION
The s'te is group of eight vaca.nt and 111nderutil,zed properties in the· Por110
rea, located south of the Cape Rey Car[sbad Beacti hotel nd east of Carlsbad
BouleYi!fdL The 11ite is b4sected by Ponto Drive. orth of POflio Oliv .ire three
unclerut~~ed parcels containin,g a mlni or,1ge, mlscellaneous buill:lings i!.nd
OLl\er $1,0/'age u&es Oil neatly fillll!atre$. ro ll'M! soutlll, aero~ Ponto Drive, is a
cluster of five small vacant p,rop,ertie.s tot.ii ju1t avl!r an aCl'e.
Sil.Ci topograpl1y i5 gener,1llv llit. Som ~ the p reel~ may be co11stri!ir>ed due
to envit0nmenta11y s,en$it~ l'labitat. One paroel ,s alo~~ide I he ai lro d
comdor. All the partel:s re 0¢ated ou1Side the Mt(:lellan,Patomar Airport
n ht path.
The sl ce does 00]. .nclude a vac.ant U-acre pa reel Ion either sJde or Porno
Drive and frontins AVM da Enc r\ols. ihe p roel 1, oommonly r,eferred to a.i;
·P'lanning Area F."
S E FEATIJR ES
Vacant/underutilized Util[tles a«e5$ib
• In the Coas al Zone • Si~e COl'IS ra nts
SnE OPPORTU ITY
City of
Carl b d
The stte consl5u or a ml~ 01· resident I nd oor,.re-s d nllal land u11e des,lgna • ons. Two of the eight ?arcel, have splft
,and use desigo,Uilon of VC IV•<; or Commercli!I) ilnd R-lS (11.S to IS dwel ing units per acre, or du/.ic). The one pilrcel
alongside he railroad c:orriclor is de$itna1ed R-. s. The R·15 deslgoallon often applies to small lot single family or
d tached or attac~d condom ium dev opmcnl. The cl ulller of five vacant p.1 rcel1i ScOuth or 1Ponto Otiv l,s de II ted
GC (General Commerd.il). General Commerc,lal permiu a broad r.inge of oommerdal uses.. ltalso ,permits propefl 1 to
bed veloped in a ml ed-use format, wl h lomlted resid' ntlal above flm floor commercl.il~
bcept or !he VC·des natedl pol'tiori of the two p.ircel:., whk:h ii$ riot l'lticlp.ited to ch ng , lhe n:desfgl'liltlon of all
p,1rtels o R-23 i$ «inlempli~d-,R-23 is a resid nt~I des"· n;i,tion the Sta e idenli ies as wlLable for rnoderat income
ho1.1Seholds. The R-23 d'eslgnation wo,.,lcl permi a del\5ity range of 19 to 23 dwelling unitS pe; aore ,[duh(). ThiHI nSilY ,s typical of two• and thrl!l!-1.tory apartmenl nd condominium d,,..e!oproent,s.
Toc:lu~e any designation,, amendments to the Ge~r.il Pt, n, toe-al C.oastal Proeram. ronln&, Pofosettia Shores MaSccer
Pran, and the Ponto 84!achfronl VIiiage Viilon Plan would ti,c required. Thes amel'ldmenls would requi e City Council
and C..llfornl Cont.ii ·Commlnion .appraval.
Please consider this email and attachments, and know P4P Carlsbad Citizens are here to help assure we
sustain and enhance our quality of life for future generations. People for Ponto love deeply Carlsbad and
want to assure we leave a better Carlsbad to future generations.
Sincerely and with Aloha Aina,
Lance Schulte
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Site Number: 18-North Ponto Parcels
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Page 1 of 5
Example of Carlsbad’s Park-in-lieu Fee failing to actually provide the required Parkland or improvements
The example is for Ponto Site 18 one of the City’s proposed General Plan & Local Coastal Program land
use changes to provide RHNA required housing sites for the years 2021-2029. Ponto Site 18 is the Ponto
Storage site and surrounding lots. Ponto Site 18’s map and City description is provided on pages 4-5
below.
The example shows Carlsbad loses significant amounts of money, and more critically loses precious
and irreplaceable Parkland that developers are required to provide for free. These City loses are
absorbed by current and future Carlsbad tax-payers. For the relatively small 5 acre and 86 dwelling
unit Ponto Site 18 proposal the loss to Carlsbad is $ 1.084 million in lost parkland value. Below is the
spreadsheet calculation of that loss.
Beyond showing a typical over $ 1 million loss per 86 dwellings, there is added concern for the CTGMC in
that this example is a proposed Carlsbad General Plan & Local Coastal Program Land Use Change to try
to accommodate the years 2021-2029 the RHNA requirement to add/increase Residential use. Every 8
years we are/will be changing our General Plan land use to add more high-density housing and
increasing City Park demand particularly for areas developed more densely.
If these higher-density projects do not dedicate actual City Park within walking distance not only is
Carlsbad loosing over $1 million per 86 dwellings, we are losing free and easy opportunities to get City
Parkland dedicated for free per CMC 20.44, and will slowly be degrading our Quality of Life in these
areas and also Citywide.
Page 2 of 5
Calculation of Ponto Site 18 Parkland dedication requirement and City losses from the Park-in-lieu Fee:
Following this calculation:
on page 3-4 are the relevant excerpts of Carlsbad’s Dedication of Land for Recreational
Purposes Ordinance 20.44, and
on page 5-6 is the City’s map and description of the proposed Ponto Site 18 land use change
Ponto Site 18 - Fenton proposed development's Park land dedication requirement
Park land dedication requirement per CMC 20.44 https://library.qcode.us/lib/carlsbad_ca/pub/municipal_code/item/title_20-chapter_20_44
US Census data https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/carlsbadcitycalifornia/POP060210#POP060210
Carlsbad Park Dedication Requirement is 3 acres of land per 1,000 population of the proposed development.
Population of proposed development is based on population per household based on latest US Census data
2020 US Census data is 2.64 people per household
FYI, Carlsbad 3 acres /1,000 is comparatively very low both locally and nationally. And there is no 'walkably requirement'.
5 acres /1,000 population is what Encinitas and Oceanside require along with a 10-minute walk location requirement.
Fenton owns almost 6 acres of land in Site 18, 4.64 acres of which they want to develop now, and the other 1+ acre part they want to develop later.
8 2-bedroom homes =9%of total units proposed
40 3-bedroom homes =47%of total units proposed
38 4-bedroom homes =44%of total units proposed
86 100%
Fenton Park land dedication requirement per CMC 20.44
calculation 86 DU of Fenton proposed development
X 2.64 average population per DU per 2020 US Census
=227 estimated population of Fenton project
/1,000 population that needs 3 acers of Park land per CMC 20.44
=0.22704 percentage of 3 acres of Park land required for 227 people
X 3 acres of Park land required per 1,000 people
=0.68112 acres of Park land required for Fenton's proposed 86 DU project based on Citywide average population per DU
X 43,560 square feet per acre
=29,670 square feet of Park land required for Fenton's proposed 86 DU project based on Citywide average population per DU
1 acre of Fenton's unused vacant 'ice plant lots' between PCH & Ponto Drive that can provide Fenton's Park land requirement
398,696$ per City Master Fee Schedule. Consistent with what Fenton said was would be the 'Park-in-lieu Fee for their 86 DU project
50$ Estimated SF cost Fenton paid for Ponto Site 18 or $ 2.18 million per acre
1,483,479$ cost of 29,670 SF of Ponto Site 18 land to satisfy Fenton's Park land requirement
for the Ponto Site 18 5-acre 86 dweling unit land use cahnge and development proposal:
(1,084,783)$ Dollars the City is loosing in Park land value and not receiving in its Park-in-lieu Fee, so this is a gift to the developer
-73%% of lost Park land value City is loosing and not receiving in its PIL Fee, so this is a City gift to the developer
1,000,000$ per acre cost to develop a Park like Buena Vista Reservoir Park
43,560 square feet per acre
22.96$ Cost per sq. ft.
29,670 square feet of Park land required for Fenton's proposed 86 DU project based on Citywide average population per DU
681,120$ Cost to develop Fenton's 29,670 sq. ft. of Park Land Dedication as a Park
(282,424)$ Dollars City looses from Park-in-lieu Fees not even being adequate to cover Actual Minimal Park Development Costs
on the 4.64 acre site change VC-Visitor Commercial/R-15 (15 dwellings per acre) General Plan land use and Zoning to 100% residential and develop at
19.125 dwellings per acre on 4.64 acres.
On the 1+ acre site, instead of providing their required Park land dedication, Fenton is proposing to develop the remaining 1 acre area (between PCH &
Ponto Drive) as General Commercial.
Instead of providing the required Park Land dedication, Fenton is proposing to develop the remaining 1 acre area (between Pecha and Ponto Drive) as
General Commercial.
Site 18 (Fenton) development proposal for the 4.64 acre portion is development of 86 household units (over 19 dwelling units per acre in in higher
occupancy units than typical) consisting of:
Fenton is proposing 91% of the project with 3 or 4 bedrooms so the project will have higher occupancy, and likely more children, per housing unit than the
Citywide average of 2.64 people per housing unit
Page 3 of 5
https://library.qcode.us/lib/carlsbad_ca/pub/municipal_code/item/title_20-chapter_20_44
20.44 Dedication of Land for Recreational Faciliites
20.44.010 Purpose.
20.44.040 Standards and formula for dedication of land.
The formula for determining acreage to be dedicated shall be as follows:
Average no. of persons per dwelling unit (based on most recent federal census)
×
3 park acres per 1,000 population
×
Total number of dwelling units
20.44.050 Standards for fees in lieu of land dedication.
A.
B.
20.44.060 Determination of land or fee.
A.
1 Park and recreation element of the general plan;
2 Topography, geology, access and location of land in the subdivision available for dedication;
3 Size and shape of the subdivision and land available for dedication;
4 The feasibility of dedication;
5 Availability of previously acquired park property.
B.
20.44.080 Amount of fee in lieu of land dedication.
A.
1
2
B.
20.44.090 Limitation on use of land and fees.
20.44.100 Time of commencement of facilities.
The city council shall develop a schedule specifying how, when and where it will use the land or fees
or both to develop park or recreational facilities to serve the residents of the park quadrant in which
the subdivisions are located. Any fees collected pursuant to this chapter shall be committed within
five years after the payment of such fees or the issuance of building permits on one-half of the lots
created by the subdivision, whichever occurs later.
The determination of the city council as to whether land shall be dedicated, or whether a
fee shall be charged, or a combination thereof, shall be final and conclusive. (Ord. CS-192 §
49, 2012; Ord. 9614 § 1, 1982; Ord. 9190 § 6)
When a fee is required to be paid in lieu of land dedication, the amount of the fee shall be
based upon the fair market value of the amount of land which would otherwise be required
to be dedicated pursuant to Section 20.44.040. The fair market value shall be determined by
the city council using the following method:
The city manager may from time to time survey the market value of undeveloped property
within the city. This survey may be prepared through various means including, but not
limited to, selection of several real estate professionals within Carlsbad to provide current
estimates of undeveloped property values with each of the city’s four quadrants.
The council shall adopt a resolution establishing the value of one acre of park land in each
quadrant after considering the results of this survey and any other relevant information.
Subdividers objecting to such valuation, may, at their own expense, obtain an appraisal of
the property by a qualified real estate appraiser approved by the city, which appraisal may
be accepted by the city council if found to be reasonable. If accepted, the fee shall be based
on that appraisal. (Ord. NS-120 § 1, 1990; Ord. 9831 § 1, 1987; Ord. 9781 § 1, 1985; Ord. 9614 §
1, 1982; Ord. 9190 § 8)
The land and fees received under this chapter shall be used for the purpose of developing new or
rehabilitating existing park and recreational facilities which serve the population within the park
quadrant within which the subdivision for which the fees are received is located and the location of
the land and amount of fees shall bear a reasonable relationship to the use of the park and
recreational facilities by the future inhabitants of the subdivision. (Ord. NS-842 § 1, 2007; Ord. 9680 §
12, 1983; Ord. 9190 § 11)
This chapter is enacted pursuant to the authority granted by Section 66477 of the Government Code of
the State of California. The park and recreational facilities for which dedication of land and/or payment
of a fee is required by this chapter are in accordance with the recreational element of the general plan
of the City of Carlsbad. (Ord. 9614 § 1, 1982; Ord. 9190 § 2)
If the decision-making authority for the tentative map or tentative parcel map determines that a park
or recreational facility is to be located in whole or in part within the proposed subdivision to serve the
immediate and future needs of the residents of the subdivision, the subdivider shall, at the time of
the filing of the final or parcel map, dedicate land for such facility pursuant to the following standards
and formula:
The total number of dwelling units shall be the number permitted by the city on the property in the
subdivision at the time the final map or parcel map is filed for approval, less any existing residential
units in single-family detached or duplex dwellings. The park land dedication requirement will be
reviewed annually effective July 1, and adjusted as necessary by resolution of the city council to reflect
the latest federal census data. (Ord. CS-192 § 49, 2012; Ord. CS-162 § 1, 2011; Ord. NS-757 § 1, 2005; Ord.
NS-588 § 1, 2001; Ord. 9831 § 1, 1987; Ord. 9770 § 1, 1985; Ord. 9724 § 1, 1984; Ord. 9644 § 1, 1982; Ord.
If the decision-making authority for the tentative map or tentative parcel map determines
that there is no park or recreational facility to be located in whole or in part within the
proposed subdivision, the subdivider shall, in lieu of dedicating land, pay a fee equal to the
value of the land prescribed for dedication in Section 20.44.040 and in an amount
determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 20.44.080.
If the proposed subdivision contains 50 parcels or less, only the payment of fees shall be
required except that when a condominium project, stock cooperative, or community
apartment project exceeds 50 dwelling units, dedication of land may be required
notwithstanding that the number of parcels may be less than 50.
Whether the decision-making authority for the tentative map or tentative parcel map
requires land dedication or elects to accept payment of a fee in lieu thereof, or a
combination of both, shall be determined by the decision-making authority at the time of
approval of the tentative map or tentative parcel map. In making that determination, the
decision-making authority shall consider the following:
Page 4 of 5
Upper area
proposed
for land
use change
& higher
density
Part of
Lower area
can
(should) be
dedicated
to
provided
needed
parkland
POTENTIAL HOUSING SITES
Site Number: 18 -North Ponto Parcels
SITE DESCRIPTION
The site is a group of eight vacant and underutilized properties in the Ponto
area, located south of the cape Rey carlsbad Beach hotel and east of carlsbad
Boulevard. The site is bisected by Ponto Drive. North of Ponto Drive are three
underutilized parcels containing a mini storage, miscellaneous buildings and
other storage uses on nearly five acres. To the south, across Ponto Drive, is a
cluster of five small vacant properties total just over an acre.
Site topography is generally flat. Some of the parcels may be constrained due
to environmentally sensitive habitat. One parcel is alongside the railroad
corridor. All the parcels are located outside the McClellan-Palomar Airport
flight path.
The site does !!.Q! include a vacant 11-acre parcel along either side of Ponto
Drive and fronting Avenida Encinas. The parcel Is commonly referred to as
#Planning Area F.H
SITE FEATURES
• Vacant/underutilized • Utilities accessible
• In the Coastal Zone • Site constraints
SITE OPPORTUNITY
(City of
Carlsbad
The site consists of a mix of residential and non-residential land use designations. Two of the eight parcels have a split
land use designation of VC (Visitor Commercial) and R-15 (11.5 to 15 dwelling units per acre, or du/ac). The one parcel
alongside the railroad corridor is designated R-15. The R-15 designation often applies to small lot single family or
detached or attached condominium development. The cluster of five vacant parcels south of Ponto Drive is designated
GC (General Commercial). General Commercial permits a broad range of commercial uses. It also permits properties to
be developed in a mixed-use format, with limited residential above first floor commercial.
Staff has received a letter from one property owner expressing support for higher density.
Except for the VC-designated portion of the two parcels, which Is not anticipated to change, the redesignation of all
parcels to R-23 is contemplated. R-23 is a residential designation the state identifies as suitable for moderate income
households. The R-23 designation would permit a density range of 19 to 23 dwelling units per acre (du/ac). This density
is typical of two-and three-story apartment and condominium developments.
To change any designation, amendments to the General Plan, Local Coastal Program, zoning, Poinsettia Shores Master
Plan, and the Ponto Beachfront Village Vision Plan would be required. These amendments would require City Council
and California Coastal Commission approval.
Page 5 of 5
POTENTIAL HOUSING SITES
Site Number: 18 -North Ponto Parcels
216-010-01, 216-010-02,
Parals Numbers 216-010-03, 216-010-04,
216-010-05, 214-160-25,
214-160-28, 214-171-11
Ownership Private (separate ownership)
R-15 (Residential 8-15 du/ac),
CUnent General Plan VC (Visitor Commercial)/R-
Daslpatl-15,
GC (General Commercial)
Approximately 44 units
CUnent Reslclential (based on the existing R-15
designation and limited Opportunity residential permitted on
GC-designated properties)
lncomecatesorvof
units (based Moderate
on minimum densltv)
GMP Quadrant
Parcel Size
Proposed General Plan
Desiplatlon
Proposed Resldentlal
Opportunity
Southwest
(City of
Carlsbad
Approximately 6 acres (all -~ -•
R-23 (Residential, 19 to 23
du/ac)•
•The VC designation, which
applies to two properties, is not
onticipoted to change and
would remain in the some
location.
Approximately 90 units (at 19
du/ac)•
•No yield is determined from
portions of property designated
vc.
From:Lance Schulte
To:Growth Management Committee; Michele Hardy; Council Internet Email; City Clerk; Kyle Lancaster; Eric Lardy; "Smith,
Darren@Parks"; "Homer, Sean@Parks"; "Moran, Gina@Parks"; Boyle, Carrie@Coastal; "Prahler, Erin@Coastal"; "Ross,Toni@Coastal"; melanie@melanieforcarlsbad.com
Cc:info@peopleforponto.com
Subject:1-26-23 CTGMC mtg - CA State law on Park land dedication and fees - 5 acre per 1,000 population
Date:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 2:22:54 PM
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Dear Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee, Carlsbad City Council, Parks and Planning
Commissions, , CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks:
As the City has requested specific reference regarding public input, I ask you to please deliver to the those
address this email and attachment as public input for:
1. the CTGMC’s 1/26/22 meeting,
2. the next Carlsbad Council meeting,
3. the next Carlsbad Planning and Parks Commission meetings on the Parks Master Plan and Growth
Management Program Updates, Ponto Planning Area F and Site 18 land use changes, and Local Coastal
Program Amendments, and
4. as public input to the CCC on Carlsbad proposed Local Coastal Program, and
5. as public input to Carlsbad’s proposed Local Coastal Program Amendment.
At the 1-11-22 CTGMC meeting comments are what is the State Park Land Dedication Standard. This
Standard (the Qumby Act) defines under that Ca Subdivision code how much land a city in the State of CA can
require or developers to provide a city for park land. I recall the It was apparently incorrectly mentioned as 3
acres of Park land per 1,000 population was the State Standard, where as it is up to 5 acres per 1,000
population. Following is a link to the CA Qumby Act and the citation that 5 acres per 1,000 population can be
required of new development.
https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/taftca/latest/taft_ca/0-0-0-12312
“10-11-6: LAND DEDICATION AND FEE DETERMINATIONS: .... (C) The amount of land to be dedicated
shall be based on the number of units in the subdivision multiplied by the number of persons per
dwelling (as determined pursuant to subsection (B) of this section) multiplied by five (5) acres per
one thousand (1,000) city inhabitants (section 66477 of the subdivision map act)”
I hope this data clears up confusion on how many acres of Park land Carlsbad can require of new
development. It seems prudent to require developers provide the maximum amount of Park land per State
law and not less, and most particularly in areas of Carlsbad that have no accessible Park within a 10-minute
walk.
Thank you, and with Aloha Aina for Carlsbad,
Lance
From: Lance Schulte [mailto:meyers-schulte@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 1:39 PM
To: committee@carlsbadca.gov; 'Michele Hardy'; 'council@carlsbadca.gov'; 'City Clerk'; 'Kyle Lancaster'; 'EricLardy'; 'Smith, Darren@Parks'; Homer, Sean@Parks (Sean.Homer@parks.ca.gov); 'Moran, Gina@Parks'; CarrieBoyle (carrie.boyle@coastal.ca.gov); 'Prahler, Erin@Coastal'; Ross, Toni@Coastal (Toni.Ross@coastal.ca.gov)Cc: 'info@peopleforponto.com'Subject: 1-26-23 CTGMC mtg - public input on Carlsbad Parkland Dedication Ordinance and City losses
Dear Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee, Carlsbad City Council, Parks, Housing and
Planning Commissions, , CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks:
Please again consider this email and attachment on 1/26/23.
This may clear up some what appeared to be a miscommunication by staff on 1/11/23 that appeared to say
that the developer can decide how to comply with the Park Dedication Ordnance (Dedicate land or pay an in-
lieu-of-dedication fee). This is not correct. Per 21.44 a develop may propose, but it is the City that decides
how and where the Park land required is to be provided. Per 21.44.040 & 21.44.050 of the City’s Park
Dedication Ordnance
Clearly states it is the City “decision making body” for the development proposal, i.e. Planning Commission or
City Council, that decides is Park land is required or a commensurate Park in lieu fee will be required from the
developer. In almost all instances Park land in the area (aka 10-minutewalk) of the development is better as
that is where the development’s Park land demand is created and where additional Park land supply should
be created.
I hope this email and data helps the CTGMC in address the critical Park Land needs in various areas of
Carlsbad, and this Ponto Site 18 example provides actual data using a currently proposed project in an area
Carlsbad’s Park Master Plan (current but soon to be changed) indicates is ‘unserved by parks’ and should be
an area where new parks should be provided.
Please note in this Ponto Site 18 example there IS vacant land (about 1 acre) left-over after the development
that the developer could dedicate to the City for the developer’s Park Land dedication requirement. The
CTGMC would be thoughtful to include in your Standard recommendations to include strong policy
requirements to get Park land v. fees in areas needing Parks.
Thank you,
Lance
From: Lance Schulte [mailto:meyers-schulte@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2022 11:39 AMTo: committee@carlsbadca.gov; 'Michele Hardy'; 'council@carlsbadca.gov'; 'City Clerk'; 'Kyle Lancaster'; 'EricLardy'; 'Smith, Darren@Parks'; Homer, Sean@Parks (Sean.Homer@parks.ca.gov); 'Moran, Gina@Parks'; CarrieBoyle (carrie.boyle@coastal.ca.gov); 'Prahler, Erin@Coastal'; Ross, Toni@Coastal (Toni.Ross@coastal.ca.gov)Cc: 'info@peopleforponto.com'Subject: public input on Carlsbad Parkland Dedication Ordinance and City losses
Dear Carlsbad Tomorrow Growth Management Committee, Carlsbad City Council, Parks, Housing and
Planning Commissions, , CA Coastal Commission and CA State Parks:
Please consider this data file and public input email/attachment in the CTGMC, Housing Element and Parks
Master Plan Updates, Proposed Local Coastal Program Amendment, and the Ponto Site 18 proposed land use
changes and development application.
‘Example of Carlsbad’s Park-in-lieu Fee failing to actually provide the required Parkland or improvements
The example is for Ponto Site 18 one of the City’s proposed General Plan & Local Coastal Program land use
changes to provide RHNA required housing sites for the years 2021-2029. Ponto Site 18 is the Ponto Storage
site and surrounding lots. Ponto Site 18’s map and City description is provided on pages 4-5 below.
The example shows Carlsbad loses significant amounts of money, and more critically loses precious and
irreplaceable Parkland that developers are required to provide for free. These City loses are absorbed by
current and future Carlsbad tax-payers. For the relatively small 5 acre and 86 dwelling unit Ponto Site 18
proposal the loss to Carlsbad is $ 1.084 million in lost parkland value. Below is the spreadsheet calculation
of that loss.
Beyond showing a typical over $ 1 million loss per 86 dwellings, there is added concern for the CTGMC in that
this example is a proposed Carlsbad General Plan & Local Coastal Program Land Use Change to try to
accommodate the years 2021-2029 the RHNA requirement to add/increase Residential use. Every 8 years we
are/will be changing our General Plan land use to add more high-density housing and increasing City Park
demand particularly for areas developed more densely.
If these higher-density projects do not dedicate actual City Park within walking distance not only is Carlsbad
loosing over $1 million per 86 dwellings, we are losing free and easy opportunities to get City Parkland
dedicated for free per CMC 20.44, and will slowly be degrading our Quality of Life in these areas and also
Citywide.
Calculation of Ponto Site 18 Parkland dedication requirement and City losses from the Park-in-lieu Fee:
Following this calculation:
· on page 3-4 are the relevant excerpts of Carlsbad’s Dedication of Land for Recreational Purposes
Ordinance 20.44, and
· on page 5-6 is the City’s map and description of the proposed Ponto Site 18 land use change
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l a<:reof Fe.nton's un~vac:ant 'Ice plant lots' betw""n PCH ,&. Ponto Drlvett'31 can provide Fenton's Park lar>d requirement
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for tL Po to s e LB ;...ar('re ;;,5 w.e ~ tla sr,t proposal :
S ( J.IJl4,,783j Dollars the city Is looslr1g In P<Yk land val ueand not recelvlr1g In Its Park-In-lieu Fee, so this Isa gift to the deue loper
-73% %of lost Parle laoovalueclty lslooslngaoo not receiving In ltsPIL Fee, so ililslsacltyglft tothted!!V!!loper
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s 6!!1.131 cost to develop Fenton's 29,filllsq. ft. of Parle LaBd D'!dlcatlonasa Park
S (282.4.!ilj Dollars Cltyloosesf rom Park-In-lieu Fees not even bell'lgadequate to cover Actual M inimal Park Development Costs
https:ljl ibrar,,,.qcode.us/1 ib/carlsbad ca/pub/municip al code/it em/title 20-ch apt er 20 44
20.44 Dedication of Land for Recreational Faciliites
20M.01:0 Pu rpose.
This chapter is e nacted pursuantto the authori ty granted by Se ction 66477 of the Government Code o
the St at e of California. The park and recreation al aci I ities forwhi ch dedicat ion of I and and/or payme nt
of a ee is re qui red by this chapter are in accordance w i,th the recreat ional e le me nt of the general pl an
of the City o Carlsbad. (Ord. 9614 § 1, 1982; Ord. 9190 § 2)
20.44.,Q40 St andards and formu la for dedication of I and.
If the decision-making authority for the t entat ive map or te ntative parcel map det e rmines that a park
or recreational facility is t o be locat ed in who le or in part within the proposed subdivision t o serve the
immediate and future needs of the residents of the subdivision, the subdivider shall, at the time of
the fil ing of the final or parcel map, dedicate land for such fa ci lity pursuant t o the follo wing standards
and formula:
The ormul a · or determining acreage to be de di catecl shal I be as ol I ows:
Average no. o persons per dwel Ii ng unit (based on most recent e cleral census)
X
3 park acres per 1,000 populat ion
X
Total numbe r o clw el Ii ng un it s
The total numbe r of clwel Ii ng units shal I be the numbe r permitte d by the city on the property in the
subcl ivi sion atthe t i me the final map or parcel map is fi l eel for approva l, less any existing residential
units in single-famil ydet ached or duplex dwe lli r,gs. The park land de d ication require me nt w ill be
revi ew ed annua lly effective July 1, and adjuste d as necessary by resolution of the city council t o refl ect
the I at est fe deral census data. (Orel. CS-192 § 49, 2012; Ord. CS-162 § 1, 2'011; Ord. S-757 §1, 2'005; Ord .
. 5-588 § 1, 2001; Ord. 9831 § 1. 1987; Orel. 9770 § 11985; Ord. 9724 § 1, 1984; Ord . 9644 § 1. 1982; Orel.
20.44.050St anclarcl s for fees in I ieu of I and clecl i cation.
A. If the decision-making authority fo r t he te ntative map or te ntative parcel map dete rmines
that there is no park or recreat ional faci lity t o be locat ed in who le o r in part within t he
proposed subdivision, the subdivider shall, in lie u of dedicating land, pay a fee equal to the
value of the land prescribed for dedication in Section 20.44.040 and in an amount
det ermined in accordance with the provisions of Section 20.44.080.
B. If the proposed subclivi si on cont ains 50 parcels or less, only the payment o fees sh al I be
re qui red exceptthat whe n a condominium project, st ock cooperat ive, or co mmunity
apartment project exceeds 50 clwel Ii ng unit s, cl edicati o n of I and may be requi reel
notwithstancli r,g thatthe number of parcels may be I ess than 50.
2'0M.060 Det ermination o I and or fee.
A. Whethe r the decision-making authority fo r the te ntative map or te ntative parcel map
requires land dedicati on or elects to accept payment of a fee in lie u the reof, or a
combinat ion of bot h, shall be determ ined by the deci sion-making authority at the time of
approval of t he te ntative map orte ntative parcel ma p. In making that det erminatio n, t he
decision-making authority shall m nsider the foll owing:
1 Park and recreation eleme nt of the general pl an;
2 Topography, geology, access and location of land in the subdivi sio n avail able for de dicat ion;
3 Size and shape o the subdivision and land avai I able for dedicatio n;
4 The feasi bi I ity of cle cli cat ion;
5 Avail abi I ity o previously acqui red park property.
B. The det e rm inati on oft he city counci I as to whether I and sh al I be dedicated, or whe the r a
fee sh al I be charged, or a com bi natio n the reo , shal I be final and conclusive. (Ord . CS-192 §
49, 2012; Ord. 9614 § 1, 1982; Orel . 9190 § 6)
2D.44.080Amount offee in Ii eu o I and cleclicat i on.
A. Wh en a fee is required to be paid in li eu of land dedication, the amount of the fee shall be
based upon the fair marketvalue of the amou nt of land which would otherwise be required
t o be dedicat ed pursuant t o Section 20.44.040. lhe fair market value shall be dete rmined by
the city council usingthe foll owing method:
1 The ci ty manager may from ti me t o t i me survey the market value of unclevel oped property
w ithin the city. This survey may be prepared through vari ous means incl ucli ng, but not
Ii mited to, selection of several real estat e pro essional s w ithin Ca rl sbacl to provide current
est imates of undeve loped property values with each oft he city's four quadrants.
2 The cound I shall adopt a resolution establi shing the value of one acre of park I ancl in each
quadrant after consi de ri ngthe results o this survey and any other relevant informat ion.
B. Subclivi cl ers obje cti ngto such valuat ion, may, atthei r own expe nse, obtain an appraisa l of
the property by a qual ifi e el real estat e appraiser approved by the city, which appraisal may
be accepted by the city counci I if found to be reasonable. If accepted, the fee shal I be based
on that appraisal. (Orel. 5-lf0 § 1, 1990; Ord. 9831§ 1, 1987; Ord. 9781 § 1, 1985; Orel . 9614 §
1, 1982; 0 rd. 919::l § 8)
2,0.44.090 Lim itation on use of I and and fees.
The I and and ees receive d under this chapter shal I be used for the purpose of clevelopi ng new or
re habi I itati ng exi sti t1g park and recreation al faci I iti es which serve the populat ion within the park
quadrant within which the subclivi si on for which th e fees are received is I ocat ecl and the I ocati on of
the I and and amount offees shal I bear a reasonable relationship to the use of the park and
recreation al faci I iti es by the future inhabitants ofthe subdivision. (Ord. S,-842 § 1, 2007; Ord. 9680 §
12, 1983; Orel . 9190 §11)
2,0.44.:W0Ti me of commencement of faci I ities.
l he city council shall develop a schedule specifying how, when and where it will use the land orfees
or both to develop park orrecreat ional fa cilit ies to serve the residents of the park quadrant in which
the subdivisions are located. Any fees co llected pursuant t o this chapte r shall be co mmitted within
five years after the payment of such fees or the iss uance of building permits on one-half of the lot s
created by the subdivision, which eve r occurs lat er.
POTENTIAL HO USING SITES
Site Number: 18-North Ponto Parcels
SITE DESCRIPTION
The s'te is group of eight vaca.nt and 111nderutil,zed properties in the· Por110
rea, located south of the Cape Rey Car[sbad Beacti hotel nd east of Carlsbad
BouleYi!fdL The 11ite is b4sected by Ponto Drive. orth of POflio Oliv .ire three
unclerut~~ed parcels containin,g a mlni or,1ge, mlscellaneous buill:lings i!.nd
OLl\er $1,0/'age u&es Oil neatly fillll!atre$. ro IM soutlll, aero~ Ponto Drive, is a
cluster of five small vacant p,rop,ertie.s tot.ii ju1t avl!r an aCl'e.
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to envit0nmenta11y s,en$it~ l'labitat. One paroel ,s alo~~ide I he ai lro d
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,and use desigo,Uilon of VC IV•<; or Commercli!I) ilnd R-lS (11.S to IS dwel ing units per acre, or du/.ic). The one pilrcel
alongside he railroad c:orriclor is de$itna1ed R-. s. The R·15 deslgoallon often applies to small lot single family or
d tached or attac~d condom ium dev opmcnl. The cl ulller of five vacant p.1 rcel1i south or 1Ponto Otiv l,s de n ted
GC (General Commerd.il>. General Commerc,lal permiu a broad r.inge of oommerdal uses.. ltalso ,permits propefl 1 to
bed veloped in a ml ed-use format, wl h lomlted resid' ntlal above flm floor commercl.il~
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bcept or !he VC·des natedl pol'tiori of the two p.ircel:., whk:h ii$ riot l'lticlp.ited to ch ng , lhe n:desfgl'liltlon of all
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,s typical or two• and thrl!l!-1.tory apartmenl nd condominium d,,..e!oproent,s.
Toc:lu~e any designation,, amendments to the Ge~r.il Pt, n, toe-al C.oastal Proeram. ronln&, Pofosettia Shores MaSccer
Pran, and the Ponto 84!achfronl VIiiage Viilon Plan would ti,c required. Thes amel'ldmenls would requi e City Council
and C..llfornl Cont.ii ·Commlnion .appraval.
Please consider this email and attachments, and know P4P Carlsbad Citizens are here to help assure we
sustain and enhance our quality of life for future generations. People for Ponto love deeply Carlsbad and
want to assure we leave a better Carlsbad to future generations.
Sincerely and with Aloha Aina,
Lance Schulte
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Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 10:58:41 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Thanks you to People for Ponto for their hard work and informing
the community. I stand with People for Ponto. Open space must
be addressed so that irreplaceable open space is not lost forever.
We must retain these spaces for Carlsbad.
Name
hope nelson
Email
hopen51@att.net
City
Carlsbad
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
State
CA
Sent from People for Ponto
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know the content is safe.
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 11:46:17 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Jan Neff-Sinclair
Email
jan.neff@ymail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
ca
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
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know the content is safe.
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 12:09:01 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Susan Igoe
Email
ncountylocal@yahoo.com
City
Carlsbad
State
Ca
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
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know the content is safe.
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 10:58:41 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
Thanks you to People for Ponto for their hard work and informing
the community. I stand with People for Ponto. Open space must
be addressed so that irreplaceable open space is not lost forever.
We must retain these spaces for Carlsbad.
Name
hope nelson
Email
hopen51@att.net
City
Carlsbad
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
State
CA
Sent from People for Ponto
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Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 11:46:17 AM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Jan Neff-Sinclair
Email
jan.neff@ymail.com
City
Carlsbad
State
ca
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
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Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 12:09:01 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Name
Susan Igoe
Email
ncountylocal@yahoo.com
City
Carlsbad
State
Ca
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
Sent from People for Ponto
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know the content is safe.
Protect Ponto Petition:
Dear Carlsbad Growth Management Committee, City Council, and
California Coastal Commission:
Since 2017 the City received over 5,000 petitions, written and verbal
testimony regarding the need for Ponto Park and the Park and Useable
Open Space unfairness at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad. The City
staff should provide the Growth Management Committee all that citizen
input since 2017.
– The City’s 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise Report shows Ponto will lose
over 32-acres of “High-priority Coastal Land Use” due to coastal erosion
and flooding. (14+ acres of Coastal Recreationand 18+ acres of
Campground will be lost) in Carlsbad’s General Plan.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and 2015 General Plan did not
consider this critical 2017 & 2020 Sea Level Rise data and new actions
and a new Plan are needed to address the 32+ acre loss AND increased
population/visitor demand for “High-priority Coastal Land Uses”.
– Carlsbad’s Growth Management Program and General Plan also did not
incorporate requirements for unlimited population growth that will need
even more City and Coastal Recreation land – “High-priority Coastal Land
Uses”.
– There is a current Growth Management Program 6.6-acre City park
deficit in Coastal Southwest Carlsbad, and a 30-acre
Unconstrained/Useable Coastal open-space deficit in Zone 9 (Ponto area
– west of I-5 and south of Poinsettia) that only gets worse as we lose 32+
acres of Coastal Open Space lands from Sea Level Rise.
Accordingly, I am making my position known and requesting that
I want the Growth Management Committee, City Council and CA Coastal
Commission to:
From:People for Ponto PetitionTo:petition@peopleforponto.comSubject:Protect Ponto Petition LetterDate:Tuesday, January 24, 2023 4:33:18 PM
1) Address the true neighborhood Park needs for Ponto (minimal 6-7 acre
Park to serve minimal neighborhood needs based on Ponto buildout and
City’s current minimal Park Standard). Ponto Park should be an
appropriately wide, viable, flat and fully useable multi-use grassed field –
allow kids space to play informal sports. No thin strip of non-park land.
2) Address loss of 32+ acres of Coastal Open Space Land from sea level
rise by providing for Non-neighborhood City and State buildout-population
and visitor demands for both Coastal Recreation land use and the loss of
the Campground. Provide sufficient Coastal Recreation and Low-cost
Visitor Accommodation land use to address the CA Coastal Act and
City/State ‘unlimited buildout population/visitor demand’, and planned loss
of current supply due to planned sea level rise.
3) Disclose and address 2017 CA Coastal Commission direction to City on
Ponto Vision Plan and Planning Area F Existing LCP in the PCH Project.
4) Fully address Sea Level Rise impacts consistent with CA Coastal Act &
Commission relative to the State’s recent requirement for unlimited City
and State population growth. Document, plot the Seal Level Rise
inundation and coastal erosion/bluff hazard areas in Carlsbad’s General
Plan including the Land Use Map, PCH Relocation Project maps, and in
the PCH Project replace all 32+ acres of high-priority Coastal land use that
will be lost to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and increase the supply of
these high-priority Coastal land uses to address State required unlimited
increases in City/State population and visitor demands.
5) Fully disclose and consider the 2022-June General Comparative tax-
payer Costs/Benefits Analysis of Ponto Park-PCH completion-proposed
PCH Relocation, to assure tax-payers (City and/or State) are getting the
best and most sustainable value for their tax-payer dollars. The City should
use tax-payer money wisely.
6) Incorporate the 5,000+ written/emailed petitions to the Council & CA
Coastal Commission, and the Letters from Carlsbad visitor industry,
Surfrider Foundation, and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation.
7) Within the Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 9 portion fully
provide the 30-acers of documented missing Unconstrained Growth
Management Open Space that developers were supposed to provide. Also
fully disclose and incorporate the Ponto Open Space recommendations
from North County Advocates per City’s lawsuit settlement.
Fully preserve or mitigate sensitive habitat areas within and adjacent to the
Additional Comments
To Second the Request: I request the above 11 citizen issues be
fully addressed by the Growth Management Committee, City
Council, and CA Coastal Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital
Improvement Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.!!!Thank you
Name
Diane Rivera
Email
dianariver@aol.com
City
Carlsbad
PCH Project area.
8) Fully provide required storm water quality purification and dentition
basins in the PCH Project before project waters and waters passing
through the project area are discharged into the ocean and Batiquitos
Lagoon.
9) I am concerned about the PCH Modification Project more than doubling
traffic congestion along Coast Highway for an extremely costly walkway,
when the same walkway and other needed Coastal land uses can be
provided for a fraction of the cost along existing Coast Highway. It is not
appropriate to try to pass off a walkway as “linear park”.
10) Lastly as requested since 2017, directly engage and specifically
involve the San Pacifico Community Association and Ponto Community in
that portion of the City’s PCH Project of planning and design of land use in
that community.
11) We request the above 11 citizen issues be fully addressed by the
Growth Management Committee, City Council, and CA Coastal
Commission regarding Park-Useable
Open Space and Coastal Land Use issues and City Capital Improvement
Projects at Ponto and Coastal South Carlsbad.
State
California
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