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NOV. 6, 2009

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CREATION IN MOTION An estimated 100,000 people attended the Carlsbad Street Faire, reportedly the largest one-day street fair in the country. The street fair, held Nov. 1 throughout the streets of Carlsbad Village, celebrated its 35th year with approximately 900 vendors in attendance. The event is hosted by the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce. Left, Vista resident Olga Maria performs a belly dance while a sculpture is made of her. Below, Carlsbad resident Lynn Forbes carves a sculpture of a Maria while she performs live. For more photos from the event, turn to Page A20.

DAY OF THE DEAD People traveled from near and far to Oceanside to celebrate the Mexican holiday of Dia de los Muertos and remember those they B1 have lost

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Chamber to receive city funds By Wehtahnah Tucker

ENCNITAS — Funds were released by the city to the Encinitas Chamber of Commerce to pay for Visitor Center operations during a special City Council meeting Nov. 2. In a divided 3-2 vote, with Councilwoman Teresa Barth and Councilman Jerome Stocks opposed, the council agreed to pay the chamber for Visitor Centerrelated expenses dating back to June. The council also voted to form a subcommittee to review the existing contract with the chamber and suggest any changes to the existing contract or possible termination. Barth and Councilman James Bond were selected to sit on the subcommittee. The city entered into a TURN TO CHAMBER ON A15

La Costa development on hold for now By Alyx Sariol

CARLSBAD — A local organization has filed a lawsuit against the La Costa Town Square development, causing the hotly debated project to be put on hold for the time being. North County Advocates, or NCA, is a grassroots organization that formed to speak on behalf of the community against the La Costa Town Square project. They are pushing for a redesign of the development that will better suit the community it intends to service. The project currently features extensive parking and a “big box fortress” that will clog up the already busy streets surrounding the proj-

ect site, said Pat Bleha of the NCA. “It’s not that we want to stop the development,” Bleha said. “We want them to live up to what they said — a community shopping facility.” With the lawsuit filed, Aspen Properties had three options to choose from before moving on: redesign the project and apply again, appeal the project to the state to keep it as is or drop the project altogether. As of now, the developers have filed an appeal to meet a time constraint and put the project on hold. Aspen Properties also hit another obstacle preventing the completion of their project — a letter of

denial from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, or CRWQCB. The original project design failed to comply with all of the water quality standards that it must meet in order to move forward. The project was cited with “inappropriate mitigation and inadequate avoidance,” meaning they had an opportunity to avoid the wetlands in the area and they didn’t demonstrate that, said Chiara Clemente with the Regional Water Board. Although the denial letter was received by the developers in July, the information was never shared with the public. City Council approved the progression of

Schools free up $2.4 mil. to keep teachers By Promise Yee

the project, but the developers must now wait until their design complies with the environmental standards. Progression on the project design prior to the lawsuit has been “unconventional,” Clemente said. In most cases, developers meet with the CRWQCB before they get too far with a design to address any issues from the beginning. Aspen Properties waited until the design was nearly complete before meeting with the board, only to find flaws in their project. “They gave us everything we needed, it was just a bad project,” Clemente

CARLSBAD — The Carlsbad Unified School District board of trustees voted unanimously Oct. 28 to free up $2.43 million in its 2009-2010 fiscal budget from tier III program spending, so the money can be used at the district’s discretion. The school board first discussed freeing up the monies from tier III programs in June after the state cut millions from the district budget and also suspended rules for tier III programs funds and allowed the funds to be more flexible, said Walter Freeman, assistant superintendent of business services. “It allows a great deal of flexibility,” John Roach,

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