The Coast News, Nov. 9, 2012

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NOV. 9, 2012
ADOBE
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historic Marron Hayes Adobe.
“We’re reasonable people,”
Nygaard said. “We realize
the de veloper has the
right to develop the land.”
The 156-acre project site
is part of the r eclaimed
Hanson Aggregates quarry. It
includes El Salto Falls and is
bordered on the east b y
Oceanside’s Quarry Creek
Shopping Center.
Corky McMillin
Companies built the shopping
center and is an acti ve
officer of Quarr y Creek
Investors LLC that will develop
the housing project.
Nygaard said the alternative
of 506 units is a compromise
and notes that the
area was originally zoned for
293 homes.
Project builders prefer to
stick to the current proposal.
“There is one pr oposed
project with 656 homes, ”
Todd Galarneau, senior vice
president of Quarr y Creek
Investors LLC, said. “A number
of alternati ves are
required by the Calif ornia
Environmental Quality Act.
Some have more (houses),
some have less.”
Galarneau added at least
one alternative calls f or 750
homes to be built.
The perk for the city to
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at the Cove, said the restaurant
discontinued a special
tasting menu for local lobster
several years ago when
prices for the catc h began
climbing. Meanwhile, lobster
was imported fr om elsewhere.
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FOOD PROGRAM (CACFP). The goals of the CACFP are to teach good eating habits and assure that
well-balanced, nourishing meals are served to children.
Child Nutrition meals are available to all children at each CACFP facility without regard to race, color,
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(202) 720-5964 (voice and TDD).
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Size*
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
For each additional
family membership
INCOME ELIGIBILITY SCALE
GROSS INCOME OF HOUSEHOLD
WEEKLY EVERY TWO WEEKS TWICE PER MONTH MONTHLY ANNUAL
FREE REDUCED FREE REDUCED FREE REDUCED FREE REDUCED FREE REDUCED
$ 280
379
478
577
676
775
874
973
$ 99
$ 398
539
680
821
961
1,102
1,243
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approve a plan with 656 houses
or more is that the density
would satisfy part of the city’s
affordable housing r equirement.
Galarneau said Quarr y
Creek Investors has been
working with the city, regional
agencies and a doz en community
groups throughout
the planning process to reach
the best project proposal.
The city’s general plan
states that at build-out 40 percent
of city will remain parks
and open space.
The current project proposal
designates 60 per cent
of the site to par ks and open
space with 56 per cent of the
site to r emain natural open
space.
“We meet all city criteria
or exceed them,” Galarneau
said. “This is a critical habitat
and historical site. We really
struck that balance in the current
land use plan.”
Nygaard said the pr oposed
87.9 acr es of open
space fails to preserve a visual
buffer betw een planned
homes and the adobe.
Poles that mark planned
building are distinctly visible
on the hill acr oss from the
adobe and adjacent reserve.
“It’s a r egional wildlife
corridor and has a historic
sense of place,” Nygaard said.
“There’s 9,000 years of Native
American history, a land
“I would look out the
window of the r estaurant
and see lobster fishing, ”
Foshee said, adding that
guests’ plates had East Coast
lobster, which is cheaper due
to a more robust fishing area
in that region.
It was “odd” and “frustrating”
at the same time to
have lobster fr om nearly
$ 559
757
955
1,153
1,351
1,549
1,747
1,945
$ 198
$ 795
1,077
1,359
1,641
1,922
2,204
2,486
2,768
$ 282
$ 606
820
1,035
1,249
1,464
1,678
1,893
2,107
$ 215
grant adobe and natur al
resources. It’s a unique tr easure
of Carlsbad.”
Citizen groups have been
involved in pr eserving the
area since the Quarr y Creek
Shopping Center was built as
the first phase of the project.
“This is the third round
of community involvement,”
Nygaard said. “I don’t know
anybody that doesn’ t agree
there’s been too m uch development.”
Previous efforts were
made to pr eserve and maintain
El Salto Falls.
In one case a buffer zone
between the f alls and shopping
center was approved by
Oceanside City Council, but
papers were hastily signed off
that did not include a sufficient
buffer z one and the
agreement was not r ecognized.
“There is a histor y of
concern,” Nygaard said.
In other eff orts money
was successfully raised to purchase
adjacent land and pr eserve
it as part of the Buena
Vista Creek Ecological
Reserve.
The latest eff orts are
focused on creating a visual
buffer between the adobe
and planned development by
not building on the 56-acr e
panhandle area next to the
adobe.
A period of public review
3,000 miles a way, Foshee
said.
However, Foshee has
resumed the local lobster
menu because prices ha ve
come down. He hopes to continue
serving the local bounty,
noting that man y guests
prefer San Diego lobster to
other markets because it’ s
“meatier” and “more dense.”
$ 862
1,167
1,472
1,777
2,083
2,388
2,693
2,998
$ 306
$1,211
1,640
2,069
2,498
2,927
3,356
3,785
4,214
$ 429
of the pr oject’s draft
Environmental Impact
Report extends from now
through early December and
allows residents to give their
feedback.
“In three months a critical
decision will be made, ”
Nygaard said. “Three of the
eight alternatives are taking
development off of the panhandle.”
So far the Car lsbad
Planning Commission has not
given direction and City
Council has not made a r ecommendation
on de velopment
plans.
Community input on the
housing project is being collected
through Dec. 7. All
comments will be r eviewed,
responded to and pr esented
as part of a summar y to the
Carlsbad Planning
Commission and City Council
in late J anuary or ear ly
February.
“Each comment is listed,”
Chris DeCerbo, principal
planner said. “Often times
actual revisions are made.”
The project will proceed
with public hearings in ear ly
2013. Construction of homes
is expected to begin in 2015.
The Quarry Creek master
plan can be viewed on the
city of Car lsbad website.
Comments can be emailed to
senior planner Van Lynch at
van.lynch@carlsbadca.gov.
Ultimately, because of
more competition from global
markets, San Diego restaurant
goers and consumer s
have to be willing to pay a little
more for local lobster, he
said.
“This is a g reat local
resource and your money
stays within the county ,”
Foshee said.
$1,723 $ 14,521 $ 20,665
2,333 19,669 27,991
2,944 24,817 35,317
3,554 29,965 42,643
4,165 35,113 49,969
4,775 40,261 57,295
5,386 45,409 64,621
5,996 50,557 71,947
$ 611 $ 5,148 $ 7,326
*The term “household” means a group of related or unrelated individuals who are not residents of an institution or boarding house
but who are living as one economic unit,sharing housing and all significant income and expenses.
Note: Children that are recipients of the following programs are automatically eligible for the free reimbursement rate:
• CalFresh Program (formerly known as Food Stamps)
• California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Program (CalWORKs)
• Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservation (FDPIR)
• Foster Care Program
• Head Start or Even Start
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Another day on the job for Cal State San Marcos student interns from
left: Toni Gomez and Megan Bainbridge and California Fruit Wine coowner
Brian Haghighi. Students are collaborating with the winery to hold
a Thanksgiving food drive Nov. 17. Photo by Promise Yee
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listed community service as
one of her goals.
Brainstorming between
Bainbridge and company coowner
Brian Haghighi led to
the idea of making the
Thanksgiving food drive part
of the winery reopening celebration.
Duties to or ganize the
event and alert the public
will chiefly be the r esponsibility
of Cal State San Marcos
students.
“They are spearheading
the effort,” Haghighi said.
“We are guiding them along
the way.”
About 50 students ar e
helping with the f ood drive.
Most of them are members of
the university’s Marketing
Society club.
Bainbridge said the
internship and food drive are
great opportunities to gain
real world experiences in
marketing. She added that
Haghighi has been helpful in
guiding her and fello w students
through the process of
event planning and writing
press releases.
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newspaper for wrapping. I
have graduated from
scrounging bug-filled, bottomless
banana bo xes to
knowing just wher e to find
endless supplies of unsquashed
cartons. I’m somewhat
hesitant to r eveal my
secrets for fear the sour ce
will dry up, but I will just
share two words. Wine
boxes.
I know how to r ent a
truck, online and how to hire
two-hour movers to help . I
know how to load a car f or
maximum space usage and
that you can always squeeze
one more thing in if you just
move that a little bit this
way. It’s a gift.
What I am getting worse
Haghighi said the timing
of the f ood drive is perfect
and the idea complements
the company culture of gi ving
back to the community.
The winery has alr eady
developed a community partnership
with North County
Solutions for Change. Food
and money collected at the
Thanksgiving food drive will
be donated to the nonprofit.
California Fruit Wine
has been in business for three
years.
Haghighi said one-fifth
of the business effort is wine
making.The majority of work
involves business oper ations
and marketing.
He added that mar keting
interns have been beneficial
in running the business.
“It gives them insight
into owning a business, ”
Haghighi said. “We are helping
educate and tr ain them
and they are giving valuable
input as a w orkforce in a
small startup business.”
The Thanksgiving food
drive will be held from 4 to 8
p.m. Nov. 17 at 1040 La
Mirada Court. Wine Club
members are invited to arrive
at 3 p.m.
at is lifting an ything weighing
more than five pounds,
which is just annoying. Back
in the da y, I schlepped
everything myself, which is
probably why I cannot no w.
Yet I have no regrets. When I
wanted this to be over there,
by darn, it got moved. I am
learning to dir ect from the
sidelines now.
Moving your child may
have the same perks as having
grandchildren. There
was great joy in knowing
that once I put those bo xes
down, they were someone
else’s to unpack. I had to get
on home for a nap.
Jean Gillette is a freelance writer who
relishes knowing her baby is safely
tucked in. Contact her at
jgillette@coastnewsgroup.com.