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Residents and advocates urge council to fix open‑space and MMLOS gaps in growth‑management report
Summary
Public commenters and environmental groups told the Carlsbad City Council the annual growth‑management monitoring report omits open‑space calculations and fails to implement multimodal level‑of‑service (MMLOS) monitoring; staff said it will return by September with options after a recent favorable appellate decision. The council received and filed the report.
The Carlsbad City Council received and filed the city’s annual growth management program monitoring report after residents and land‑use advocates pressed elected officials to correct missing open‑space calculations and to resume vehicle‑level monitoring on critical streets.
City staff said the report — prepared under the municipal code to show whether public facilities are keeping pace with growth — shows current population numbers are at or below prior dwelling‑unit caps and that the city remains in compliance with the report’s public‑facility standards. Eric Lardy, an assistant director in community development, told the council the city intends to return by September with policy options related to multimodal level‑of‑service monitoring, assuming no new appellate developments…
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