Wednesday, June 13, 2018

6/13/18 City Council meeting open thread

Please use the comments to record your observations.

33 comments:

  1. Any taste bits on the agenda tonight?

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  2. Pre-meeting tete-a-tete between the L101 Karris Rhodes lookalike replacement and new head of engineering Chris Magdosku. Wanna bet they're talking streetscam?

    Cue her simpering support for everything staff and council tell her to.

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  3. Tasha is eating at her desk.

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  4. Her desk on the dais, that is.

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  5. From the June 12th letter from HCD received by Planning yesterday; to the City of Encinitas regarding the current Housing-Element, Page 2, Line 8 of the letter, "Given the complexity, time and money for up zoning in Encinitas...the City should consider rezoning additional suitable sites. For example ... L-7 for consideration...a suitable site for rezoning to to accommodate a portion of the City's RHNA allocation. L-7 is a city-owned site, which is promising as an opportunity to promote development of affordable housing."
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    1. Yes, saw that! Will the L-7 removal folk still keep their end of the bargain and work to pass the HEU as they promised Mosca, Kranz, Muir they would?

      After all, their back room lobbying was successful as far as the council majority acted - it's not the 3 Stooges' fault if the state overrides the city's map!

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    2. There is a week before the Council brings up the Housing Element. Who knows what backroom deals will happen?

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    3. Plenty of time now, with the task force summarily dismissed. No pesky resident representation at the table to pretend to consider, oh boy!

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    4. Why would we rezone land that doesn't count towards rhna?

      It sounds like it is too late to change it now...so the question is how long did staff and the CM know about this and sit on it?

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    5. Well, let's see. Since they started this current version of the farce known as the Encinitas Housing Element Update? This bait and switch was planned from the start, make no mistake. How do I know? Because they've done it before.

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    6. All it takes is one site to develop as market rate housing and the City has to rezone more land because of no net loss.

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    7. And they're all going to go market rate, with the minimal percent of affordability the city's developer handlers will allow to be mandated.

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  6. Whiny anti-pot lady is funny.

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  7. Someone explain sales tax and commercial property tax revenue to Donna Westbrook and Sheila Cameron.

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  8. BIA toad in da house! Will he hang out jawing with Brenda's crew over at the planning table like he did last time?

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    1. Here to protect his precious in-lieu fees. All while claiming he's an affordable-housing advocate, of course.

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    2. That shitty little dude and his red Trump tie was comical.

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  9. To the businesses along 101 Leucadia in the North 101 Corridor Specific Plan: Your commercial businesses are constraining the building of residential condos and apartments. The draft housing element will do away with your businesses and replace it with residential housing. Is your commercial property in a key location as determined by the City Council? Then your business will survive.
    This is program 3B Section 1:

    "Ground-Floor Commercial Uses Only:
    Portions of the North 101 Corridor Specific Plan and Downtown Encinitas Specific Plan have mixed-use zones where residences are allowed. However, 1) ground floor uses in a storefront location are limited to retail-serving uses only; or 2) residential uses are permitted only above or behind a primary use. However, it may be difficult to market and develop a property with these ground floor commercial requirements because there is a finite economic market available to support retail uses. Mixed-use thrives when it is focused in a compact area, not over lengthy corridors, as is currently mandated in these specific plans. For mixed-use projects, the City will amend zoning regulations to require ground floor commercial uses only at key locations or preference areas based on context or planning objectives to ensure future projects are feasible and the desired community character is preserved. Key locations will be determined by the City Council."
    Good luck, Leucadia businesses.

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    1. No one is banning commercial. All they are saying is commercial will be required at certain key locations and optional at others. Letting the market decide is a good thing. Otherwise we will have empty store fronts in the next recession.

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  10. Recurring theme in this city, old childless single women who are against affordable housing for young families.

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    1. 8:11 AM
      What is affordable? The discussion is about low income housing. Developers don't want to build it.
      The site L-7 owned by the city and suitable for low income housing was a giveaway to a developer and given by Councilmen Mosca, Kranz, and Muir. Kranz knows better and should be voted out of office.

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    2. "Affordable" is a misnomer. What's the cut-off for that definition? It doesn't exist.

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    3. Lower than the median price of a new single family home.

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    4. One unit out of 100 at a slightly reduced price? It is a farce - it will NOT ameliorate the supposed "housing crisis". It is a gift to the greedy developers and the sold out politicians.

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  11. 7:52 AM
    Once that commercial is rezoned to residential, the residential stays and the commercial zone is gone. Nothing was mentioned about banning, but essentially that is what will happen. This isn't a let the market decide issue. There will be no commercial on 101 in the next recession.

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  12. The bars will proliferate, no matter the recession.

    The ABC is not supposed to allow alcohol serving less than 100' from residential homes. Yea right.

    So much for that. The ABC approves every application unless a city speaks up.

    So much for that. Our city cannot resist the tax money that bars produce.

    As for the residents concerns, they are never considered. Ok, they do consider their appeals. They never deny a serving establishments every wish.

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  13. Aren’t there already places along 101 in Leucadia with residential right to the street?

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  14. If we don't vote for the HEU in November, then the thinking is that a judge will impose it. But a judge had a shot and said that cities can have more than one shot to get it right. Well, who says that you can only have two.

    Vote No in November.

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    1. I'll vote no, but is measure T2 the best thing to be imposed? (If there is one to be)

      Some sites are aweful. Some sites are uneccessary (because no credit from HCD).

      In Prop T1, some sites were aweful. Some sites were uneccessary (because of the buffer size).

      I like the 2012 GP. Bring that back.

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    2. 3:29,

      https://youtu.be/LQCU36pkH7c

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    3. Should have given the clip the judge the first time around.

      Like the voters really need to see a second version.

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    4. 3:29 is right.

      That YouTube captures perfectly what it was like listening to Masih explain why he wouldn't follow code. Or Wisneski trying not to answer a direct question.

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  15. T2 is D O A as it deserves to be.

    I cannot help but thanks those L7 nimby neighbors for awakening the city as a whole.

    The three council members couldn't have picked a worse time to bend over for a small vocal contingent in an election year. Vote them out!

    The good news is one of the four districts now has a choice other than the current office holder.

    If only that could happen in the other three districts, things might change. If only..............

    I can dream.

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