H
PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID ENCINITAS, CA 92024 PERMIT NO. 94
THE COAST NEWS
MAKING WAVES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
VOL. 24, NO. 25
THISWEEK Local artists set to open an art academy in Carlsbad to help residents foster their A3 creative sides
HANDY WORK
Locals gathered at Cardiff State Beach to join forces, and hands, against offshore A7 drilling
By Promise Yee
FINANCIAL FIZZLE
The event is still on, but Oceanside cancels plans for fireworks at its Fourth of July event B6 to cut costs
ALL THAT JAZZ
INSIDE
TWO SECTIONS, 48 PAGES
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . A11 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . B20 Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . B19 Consumer Reports . . . . A10 Crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A8 Eye on the Coast . . . . . . A5 EyeWitness . . . . . . . . . . . A9 Frugal Living . . . . . . . . A17 Hot Off the Block . . . . . . B4 Legal Notices . . . . . . . . . B8 Lick the Plate . . . . . . . . B6 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . A22 Odd Files . . . . . . . . . . . . A3 Pendleton News . . . . . . A15 Pet of the Week . . . . . . . B7 A Place to Call Home . . A17 Second Opinion . . . . . . A14 Small Talk . . . . . . . . . . . B1 Taste of Wine . . . . . . . A17 Who’s News? . . . . . . . . A10
HOW TO REACH US (760) 436-9737 CALENDAR SECTION: calendar@coastnewsgroup.com COMMUNITY NEWS: community@coastnewsgroup.com LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: letters@coastnewsgroup.com
FREE CLASSIFIED ADS Sell your car at any price, or any one item $150 or less for free! Go online to www.coastnewsgroup.com or call our free ad hot line at (760) 436-1070. Deadline is Monday at 4 p.m.
JULY 2, 2010
Budgets approved, worries not over
ART SCENE
Carlsbad kicked off the 25th year of TGIF Jazz in the Parks with Ruby and the Red Hots at Stagecoach Park A18
.com
Cardiff resident Rob Machado heads into the water at the Switchfoot Bro-Am on June 26. Photo by Daniel Knighton
SOUNDS, SAND & SURF ENCINITAS — The sixth annual Switchfoot Bro-Am was held June 26 at Moonlight Beach.The daylong free event combined a concert and surf contest and several vendors set up along the beach. The Bro-Am featured performances by Switchfoot, Timmy Curran, Dynamite Walls, Jon Foreman and Friends, OK Go, Chris Shiflett & The Dead Peasants, The Almost, Kate Voegele and Young the Giant. The Bro-Am was created by members of Switchfoot, who are native to North County, to give back to the San Diego community while benefiting a local children’s charity through funds raised at a pre-event auction night as well as from vendors on the beach the day of, sponsorships and an after-party at the Belly Up Tavern. The event, presented by Hurley, benefited the San Diego and Oceanside chapters of StandUp For Kids, a national nonprofit volunteer outreach organization dedicated to making a difference in the lives of at-risk, homeless and street kids. Damian Kulash, co-founder and frontman of the band OK Go, For more information, visit www.standupforkids.org. treats the crowd to some lead guitar riffs during the free concert June 26. Photo by Daniel Knighton
Lights planned for field at Hall property park By Promise Yee
ENCINITAS — Residents who are already impacted from the lights at Cardiff Sports Park and San Dieguito Academy, were informed at a neighborhood meeting June 24 that the city plans to install 34 light poles and 158 fixtures at the Hall property community park. The proposed lights have already received an OK from council to stand up to 90 feet in height, and exceed the area’s 30-foot building height limit. Residents who neighbor the 44-acre park located at 425 Santa Fe Drive, which is still under construction, object to the potential light spill and excess height of the planned lights that will sit uphill from more than 100 homes and affect the Poinsettia Heights neighborhood. Jim Morris is a resident TURN TO LIGHTS ON A11
NOT SEEING THE BRIGHT SIDE Mike Marchetti, project manager of Musco Lighting, faces a less than supportive crowd at the Hall property park neighborhood meeting. Photo by Promise Yee
OCEANSIDE — After seven different motions City Council unanimously approved the city’s yearly budget and Capital Improvement Project budget June 23. The city budget was adopted as presented with no new costs added even after extensive discussion that some of the $1.1 million in “found” funds — which were earmarked but not used to build Fire Station No. 8 — be used to save half a dozen city jobs. “We can’t split the motion,” Councilman Jerry Kern said. “We worked for months on this to come up with offsets. Stop digging, stop spending money.” The suggestion to use some of the $1.1 million was nixed and six city workers will be laid off. Most of the $1.1 million in found funds was already repurposed by council at the June 2 budget workshop to pay the salaries of City Council aides for two years and help support KOCT Community Television for one year. The Capital Improvement Project, or CIP, budget was voted on separately and approved after further funding for the Melrose Drive extension project was tabled. Council also adopted the 2010-2015 TransNet Local Street Improvement Program of Projects, which entitles the city to receive a whopping $7.2 million in TransNet funds. These funds are awarded to the city to offset money the city has spent on CIPs. Council voted 3-1 to adopt the TransNet projects, with a no vote from Councilwoman Esther Sanchez. The $7.2 million in TransNet funds includes a payment of $25,000 toward the cost of the Melrose Drive project environmental impact report, or EIR. While the Melrose Drive project is no longer on the CIP list of funded projects, the project’s EIR results will be brought back to council and council may look into completing the project. Another hope to ease the tight budget is ongoing negotiations with two city employee group bargaining units, whose contracts are TURN TO BUDGETS ON A20