While we are new to the pace of Carlsbad City Council meetings, one thing we dig is the public comment portion of the evening. Thanks to the democratic way, anyone who wants to talk can get three minutes to say anything to the Mayor, the City Council, and whomever is watching on TV and the Internet. This gentleman has been speaking about the same topic: “police secrecy, brutality, and perjury” at the last three council meetings. Click the video:
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A small plane crash at McClellan-Palomar Airport on July 3, 2007 will probably delay the planned August 4 full-scale opening of Carlsbad’s new municipal golf course, The Crossings at Carlsbad, according to City Officials quoted in the North County Times.
. . . A further complication is that the plane’s insurance company has informed the city that it is refusing to pay for the repair work, City Attorney Ronald Ball said. Company officials told Carlsbad that the employee who initially said the company would cover the work didn’t have the authority to make that decision, Ball said.
The City has approved $750,000 for environmental cleanup work and fairway and cart path repair (bringing the total cost of the course up to $63.5 million) and are now looking into the possibility of opening part of the course while repair work continues.
[Link: North County Times]
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It’s City Council time tonight. Festivities kick off a 6:00 PM. The evening’s agenda includes approving some “salary adjustments” for the City Manager and the City Attorney and other routine consent calendar items, as well as a continuation of discussions from the June 19 Council meeting regarding the proposed Roosevelt Center development at 560 and 562 Carlsbad Village Drive. Watch it all live, on your computer by clicking here.
[Link: City of Carlsbad]
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In the 2007/2008 Carlsbad City Budget that was approved on June 26 the city has added 21 new positions and a $50-million pool at Alga Norte Park (future home of Carlsbad’s new skatepark). We’ll get four new police officer (thanks), and one new fireman (is that all?) We can also look forward to a 9.1 percent increase in water rates and 6.35 positions cut at the library, according to The Coast News.
The theme of the budget is building a sustainable community through effectively managing today’s resources. We’re ensuring that we have money, and setting aside money for the future, and living within our means,” said Lisa Irvine, finance director for Carlsbad.
The budget includes $182.3 million for capital improvements and $186.2 million for operations. Anyone with insights into these numbers is encouraged to explain them in the comments section.
[Link: The Coast News]
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At approximately 2:30 PM July 5, 2007 a City of Carlsbad vehicle was involved in a collision with a white motorcycle at the intersection of Jefferson and Tamarack Blvd. The truck appears to have been traveling south on Jefferson when it came in contact with the motorcycle. The rider was strapped to a backboard and transported by emergency medical personnel.
We will have more details as we get them.
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The Carlsbad Police Department will hold a meeting Monday July 2 at 1:30 PM at Safety Center, 2560 Orion Way to gather public input on adding an entertainment ordinance to the City’s municipal code and repealing the City’s Cabaret code. If you attend, expect to be joined by pub owners who are among a small group of people who can attend a 1:30 PM Monday meeting.
In March when this issue first came up this is what the Carlsbad Restaurant & Bar Association had to say about this ordinance:
While none of us disagree with having an reasonable ordinance, we feel that this particular document as it is currently written is ambiguous, vague, discriminatory and contradictory.
We tried reading the ordinance, but got lost after the second whereas.
[Link: Carlabdca.gov]
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This week’s Carlsbadistan What Do You Think? poll featured a question about tourism and the Village of Carlsbad. It appears that we’re not the only one’s wondering what the City is doing to help local businesses gather visitor dollars, according to the Coast News.
Former Carlsbad Councilwoman Norine Sigafoose thinks that the city isn’t holding up its end of the bargain when it comes to promoting tourism in Carlsbad. The Carlsbad Tourism Business Improvement District collected $770,000 in revenue from a dollar-per-night assessment of each occupied room in the city in the 2006/2007 fiscal year. Sigafoose thinks that number, which goes toward promoting Carlsbad, should be twice as much. “The city was obligated to double that,” she said. “I’m really upset with how this has turned out.”
Unfortunately, for Sigafoose (who owns the Seashore on the Sand hotel), it appears that the word “matching funds” never appeared in Ordinance number NS-778. Guess she’ll have to pay for her own advertising in the short term.
[Link: The Coast News]
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The San Diego Union Tribune’s Fix It column recently investigated the new bridge along Rancho Santa Fe Drive where metal bars erected as a railing completely hide oncoming traffic from cars pulling out from the side street.
Steve Verret, who operates a traffic school in an office park along La Costa Meadows Drive, said the railing is a hazard. As cars cross the bridge, he said, they are “totally invisible” from the side street. Black cars tend to blend in, he said.
The City of Carlsbad apparently “referred the issue to the designer of the Federally funded project.” And according to deputy city engineer David Hauser, no additional actions are expected.
Guess we’ll just have to wait for a family to be hit and killed before the the intersection is looked at again.
[Link: San Diego Union Tribune]
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At a meeting this Wednesday (6 PM Carlsbad City Hall, 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive) Carlsbad school board trustees will meet to discuss a proposed $80 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Problem is it’s about $1 million more than the schools have coming in.
Technically, it’s a deficit-spending budget,” said Walter Freeman, the district’s deputy superintendent of business services. However, Freeman said, the shortfall will be offset by $1.3 million is state grants the district received last year but plans to use this year to hire more high school counselors and buy art, science and physical education supplies.”
Might we suggest the “shortfall” be made up with bake sales and magazine subscription drives?
[Link: North County Times]
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Next Thursday, June 28, 2007 the City of Carlsbad will host an “open house” to discuss ideas for “making walking safer and more enjoyable” in Carlsbad. The city has hired Alta Planning + Design to develop Carlsbad’s first Pedestrian Plan.
We have a couple ideas we may have to pitch: walkways not walls, sidewalks everywhere, and flashing-lighted crosswalks on PCH.
[Link: North County Times]
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