CC 1998 03-12 CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA
MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
MARCH 12, 1998
The March 12, 1998 meeting, adjourned from the March 10, 1998 regular meeting
of the City Council of the City of Poway, was called to order at 6:07 p.m., by Deputy Mayor
Goldby at the City Council Chambers, 13325 Civic Center Drive, Poway, California.
COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT AT ROLL CALL
Mickey Cafagna, Bob Emery, Jay Goldby, Betty Rexford
COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT AT ROLL CALL
Don Higginson
STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT
James Bowersox
Lori Peoples
Reba Wright-Quastler
Randy Williams
Pat Nelson
Penny Riley
City Manager
Assistant City Clerk
Director of Planning Services
Director of Public Services
Management Aide
Assistant to the City Manager
PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Deputy Mayor Goldby explained the procedure for Public Oral Communications. There
was no one present wishing to speak.
ITEM 1 (1503-02)
SANDAG REPORT
2020 REGIONAL GROWTH FORECAST
City Manager Bowersox introduced Mike McLaughlin of SANDAG who made a
presentation on the most recent regional growth forecast, released in October 1997. The
Cities/County Forecast indicates an increase in the region's population by almost 1.2
million people between 1995 and 2020. It also projects job growth to out pace population
growth. In order to accommodate the larger population, more than 400,000 new housing
units will be needed by the year 2020. Current general and community plans come close
to meeting the forecasted demand for housing however, 29 percent of that capacity, or
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114,000 units, is located on very Iow density rural land, mostly in the eastern half of the
region. Several negatives regarding the availability of this land to meet future housing
needs are:
Large lot development is expensive with a relatively small market
Building 114,000 units would consume more than 500,000 acres, much of
which is currently open space or agriculture and recreational purpose
Land is impractically far from employment, schools and services
If placed on ballot and passed by voters, Rural Heritage and Watershed
Initiative would significantly reduce housing development capacity on some
of these lands
In the new forecast, a reasonable allocation of units to these rural lands would mean the
general and community plans would fall short of the 2020 demand by more than 100,000
units.
Staff and the Technical Committee reviewed five land alternatives to existing policies.
Each involved a combination of two primary components; allowing future development to
occur at different points within the density ranges expressed in the plans and implementing
the policies and recommended actions of the Land Use Distribution Element at different
levels. In addition to increasing capacity in urban areas, these alternatives slow the spread
of urban development into the back country. The committee chose to move forward with
two of these alternatives.
The next step is to run the existing policies and the two land use alternatives through
SANDAG's forecasting, transportation, air quality, and cost of public service models. The
results will be subjected to analysis of their relative impacts on land use, transportation, the
environment and public costs. The committee has developed a comprehensive set of
evaluation criteria for this purpose. The goal of the evaluation is to develop the most
sensible land use policies that will result in the best possible forecast to accommodate the
coming growth.
Following the release of the Cities/County Forecast, a public outreach effort will begin to
explain the implications of the forecast to interested parties. The schedule for completing
the 2020 Cities/Counties Forecast is:
* Choose Land Use Alternatives for Analysis January
* Model Existing Policies and the Alternatives February-April
* Evaluate Model Outputs April-June
* Produce Preliminary 2020 Cities/County Forecast July
* Conduct Public Outreach Starting July
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Deputy Mayor Goldby stated that as much focus should be placed on creative ways to
reduce growth as how to accommodate it, suggesting that a "SANDAG think tank" be
established to come up with socially acceptable ways to limit growth.
Councilmember Emery expressed concerns that everyone will suffer in the reallocation,
even those cities like Poway who have worked very hard to create a better living
environment and not grow beyond their means.
City Manager Bowersox and SANDAG representative McLaughlin responded to questions
and concerns of the Council.
Councilmember Emery left the Council Chambers.
ITEM 2 (705-00)
UPDATE ON PROPOSITION 218
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT
City Manager Bowersox briefly covered the recommended policy changes which were to
a) delete the parcels not receiving direct benefit from the districts; b) contribute like
amounts to the Landscape Maintenance Districts in the same manner as the public
maintained right-of- ways and medians; c) have Council establish policy on the form and
content of the ballots and d) establish policy on the actions to be taken depending upon
the outcome of the returned ballots such as a re-balloting policy upon 25% owner petition
should a first ballot be defeated.
Rex Plummer, Boyle Engineering, made a presentation regarding the City's Landscape
Maintenance District assessments in light of Proposition 218, The Right to Vote on Taxes
Act, which was approved in November, 1996. Mr. Plummer stated that under SB 919, if
a ballot proceeding to increase assessments is defeated, the City can levy the existing
assessments, use reserves or discontinue all services.
Consensus of the Council was to place this item on the March 24, 1998 Regular Agenda.
ADJOURNMENT
Upon motion by Councilmember Rexford, seconded by Councilmember Cafagna, Deputy
Mayor Goldby ordered the meeting adjourned at 8:12 p.m.
Lori A[ Peoples~Assistant,FCity Clerk
City of Poway
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