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VOL. 25, NO. 11
MARCH 25, 2011
City fees struck down
THISWEEK PUSHING THROUGH
A Marine who lost several friends in battle celebrates life by training A3 for the Ironman
By Promise Yee
OCEANSIDE — Requests by Councilmen Gary Felien and Jerry Kern to repeal fees to recover costs for visitors’ emergency services and fire inspections of multi-unit dwellings were approved by City Council in a 3-2 vote on March 16. Mayor Jim Wood and Councilwoman Esther Sanchez voted no. Council’s decision to repeal the two cost recovery fees leaves the Fire Department short on funds to continue providing those services. Felien and Kern both said their motivation to repeal the fees was to limit
STUMPING
A dead tree stump is becoming art at Swami’s B3 Beach park
PREPARE FOR THE WORST
The disaster in Japan prompts evaluation of local emergency A6 preparedness
CONCERNED CITIZENS
Encinitas residents form initiative to address growing community concerns A3
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New fire station might be in city’s future By Wehtahnah Tucker
ENCINITAS — If some of the community gets their way, a new fire station will serve the most rural portion of the city. While a private ambulance may serve as a temporary fix, Olivenhain should eventually have its own fire station just like the other four communities of the city according to several residents who addressed the City Council on March 23. At least 20 people spoke during the packed meeting in support of a new fire station. The council took notice and unanimously agreed to make improving its fire and medical aid response times in Olivenhain a “top priority.” Councilwoman Kristin
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e are a part of … Encinitas…. Why do we have any less of a service than the rest of the community? — Tony Brandenburg OLIVENHAIN TOWN COUNCIL PRESIDENT
Gaspar said the city was making “movement in the right direction” by prioritizing the Olivenhain issue. “We are a part of the incorporated city of Encinitas ... why do we have to have any less of a service than the rest of the community?” asked Tony Brandenburg, president of the Olivenhain Town
Council. Among other solutions, council members said the city might look into eventually creating a new fire station to share with Rancho Santa Fe. City fire officials said some response time improvements would happen soon for the rural community. However, Councilwoman
Teresa Barth warned residents that creating a joint fire station would not be a quick fix. “It’s a long process,” she said referring to the construction and funding of a new fire station. She reminded the audience that the Cardiff Station has been in the works for five years. “And we haven’t broken ground yet,” she said. During a presentation Mark Muir, the city’s fire chief, said that the eastern side of town, particularly the far eastern end of Olivenhain along Lone Jack Road, was their “problem area.” Emergency responders TURN TO STATION ON A18
Council supports La Costa ‘road diet’ By Alyx Sariol
CARLSBAD — A proposal for traffic calming measures on La Costa Avenue — a heavily trafficked second arterial in south Carlsbad — received initial, albeit divided, support from City Council on March 22. Council voted 3-2 in favor of an $112,000 consulting project to prepare the “road diet” for La Costa Avenue, between El Camino Real and Rancho Santa Fe Road. Traffic calming measures would take the four-lane road down to just two lanes. Mayor Matt Hall and Councilmen Mark Packard and Keith Blackburn supported the proposed longterm project that would start with restriping the road pending input from consultants and residents. The restriping plan would be brought to council TURN TO ROAD ON A19
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