Carlsbad City Council To Discuss Tamarack Avenue Changes & Storm Issue

CARLSBAD, CA — The City of Carlsbad City Council will discuss a variety of issues at this week's City Council meetings. The agenda, available online, shows the top issues facing the city, including slowing down traffic on Carlsbad Village Drive, updating the city's storm drains and appointing new committee members.

For the Tuesday, Feb. 27 meeting, Carlsbad City Councilmembers will discuss and hear public comments about the following topics:

• An agreement with the County of San Diego to share emergency medical services data from the Fire Department while protecting patient information.
• Extending the term of an agreement with the company that installs special equipment in the city’s police vehicle. The extension is needed due to delivery delays.
• Obtaining state-authorized credits for qualifying electric vehicle charging stations the city provides for public use. These credits can be traded and sold to help fund city environmental initiatives.
• Continuing local storm-related emergencies to remove debris from the Buena Vista Creek channel and repair a slope between El Camino Real and Trieste Drive.
• Ending the emergency proclaimed to repair a damaged storm drain pipe on Carlsbad Village Drive near Pontiac Drive. The repair has been completed.
• Appointing one member of the Agricultural Conversion Mitigation Committee, which reviews and recommends approval of grants for projects that improve the coastal environment and projects that preserve agricultural uses in the city’s Coastal Zone. The money comes from development fees.
• An update on Carlsbad’s economic and financial conditions in the second quarter of the current fiscal year, November 2023 through January 2024.
• Review an agreement with a consulting firm to redesign Tamarack Avenue from Carlsbad Village Drive to Carlsbad Boulevard to encourage slower speeds while making walking and biking more inviting, as called for in the city’s General Plan.
• Considering a request for a City Council discussion on issues related to McClellan-Palomar Airport.

Agendas and staff reports are emailed to you directly, and if you want to provide input, email council@carlsbadca.gov before the meeting or come in person and fill out a request to speak before your item begins, the city clerk advised.