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JULY 15, 2011
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ongoing city projects. Noting the many empty storefronts, she asked if the city planned to compete with the business community. “Through your revitalization plans you want to facilitate the replacement of privately owned old buildings with new ones,” Winterer said. “And yet you want the city to buy these decayed structures. Is this a case of do as I say, but not as I do? “This proposal is a clear case of the tail wagging the dog,” she said. “We have enough city-owned dilapidated
ENCINITAS — City Council made few changes in the staff recommendations as it unanimously appropriated funds for the city of Encinitas and Mizel Family Foundation Community Grant Program on July 13. However, only three council members voted to allocate funds as Councilwoman Kristin Gaspar and Deputy Mayor Jerome Stocks both recused themselves from the proceedings due to existing relationships with some of the groups requesting money. Gaspar told the audience she was using an “abundance of caution” in not participating in the allocation process because she has served on several of the boards represented seeking funds. “I hold volunteer service dear to my heart, but it would not be advisable for me (to participate in the vote),” she said before leaving the room. Stocks, who is an insurance broker to many of those who are in some way involved in the various organizations seeking grants from the city, said he felt compelled to recuse himself from the vote. “I cannot vote on an issue where there is a party from whom I derive financial benefit,” he said. Dody Crawford, an arts commissioner, served as chair of the evaluation panel along with four others representing the city’s five volunteer commissions. The city’s general fund contributed $64,000, with a matching grant from the Mizel Family Foundation. The panel initially recommended the council allocate $121,000. A high number of organizations sought funding this year according to arts administrator Jim Gilliam. “We had 51 groups apply,” he told the council, although that number is down from a record-setting 59 in
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Plan to temporarily move City Hall nixed By Bianca Kaplanek
DEL MAR — A proposal to use soon-to-be-vacant space on the Shores property to generate income or temporarily house City Hall was strongly opposed by residents and the majority of council members, who directed staff at the July 11 meeting not to pursue the plan any further. Del Mar Union School District must vacate the Ninth Street property, formerly home to Del Mar Shores Elementary, by July 18, according to an agreement between the district and the city, which bought the site in 2008.
The district is required to remove all accessory structures, including two modular office trailers. After visiting the site, Councilmen Mark Filanc and Terry Sinnott saw a possible opportunity to use the trailers and administration building as a temporary home while the current City Hall site is redeveloped. That project is planned to take place from September 2012 to July 2016. Although staff likely would not have to be relocated until mid-2014, it could move now at an estimated cost of $120,000 plus $39,000 annually for data communi-
cations. According to the staff report, if the city chose to wait three years it could rent the facilities for a profit; however, tenants would be limited to groups such as private or public schools or nonprofit organizations serving a public function. Resident Jacqueline Winterer had several problems with the proposal, including a lack of parking on Ninth Street that would limit public access to City Hall. “Now maybe this is a desirable move,” she joked, adding more seriously that the plan is contrary to other
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