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CITY COUNCILS
CARLSBAD
The Carlsbad City Council will meet at 3 p.m. Tuesday to hear a report on food assistance in Carlsbad and the Oceanside Kitchen Collaborative, and to discuss whether the city can help address food insecurity.
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ENCINITAS
The Encinitas City Council will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday to hear from applicants for several city commissions. The council will also discuss a request to create an Encinitas Equity Committee with Mayor Catherine Blakespear and Councilmember Kellie Hinze assigned to the committee. The committee would create an application for community participation and work to ensure a diverse mix of applicants.
A divided Escondido City Council has approved the 510-unit Palomar Heights project, a development that will replace the former Palomar Hospital campus with a mix of housing types and commercial uses advocates say will spur revitalization of the city’s downtown corridor.
The project was approved last week on a 3-2 vote, with council members Mike Morasco, Tina Inscoe and Joe Garcia in favor, and Mayor Paul McNamara and Councilwoman Consuelo Martinez voting no.
By the same margin, the council voted to exempt the project from a requirement to join the city’s Community Facilities District, a mechanism established by the council last year to recover the costs of providing city services to new developments.
NOTE: City councils and school boards have closed their meeting spaces to the public to avoid the spread of COVID-19. Public participation is possible by phone links to the meetings, livestreaming meetings and/or emailing comments. Visit each agency’s website for details, usually found under “Meetings” or “Agendas.”
CITY COUNCILS
CARLSBAD
The Carlsbad City Council will meet at 3 p.m. Tuesday to review whether or not to adjust its compensation for 2021, whether to adjust the city’s part-time and management salary schedules, and whether to increase those employees’ pay. The council will hear a report on COVID-19 expenses and will discuss whether to use $1.5 million from its budget to pay for them. The council will hear a report on the Monroe Street Pool Renovation/Replacement Project and consider design concepts. An informational presentation on the Ponto property in the Poinsettia Shores Master Plan, will be given, including an overview of the planned and allowed la
Escondido
Action is anticipated on several major residential development projects in Escondido in 2021, from construction of approved projects to consideration of proposed new developments by the city’s Planning Commission and City Council.
The two largest proposed housing developments Palomar Heights in central Escondido and Harvest Hills, near the San Diego Zoo Safari Park are both expected to come before the council in early to mid-2021, said Mike Strong, Escondido director of community development.
Palomar Heights, which is proposed to include 510 apartments and townhomes and about 10,000 square feet of commercial space, would be located on the site of the old Palomar Hospital campus in central Escondido.