PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID ENCINITAS, CA 92024 PERMIT NO. 94
THE COAST NEWS
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MAKING WAVES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
VOL. 26, NO. 41
OCT. 26, 2012
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Deal for site may fall through
Setting the record straight By Jim Kydd PUBLISHER
My recent actions have been called “illegal,” “immoral,” “covert” and many other things I cannot print. So I am writing this to dispel any myths. All of this is a matter of record.You can confirm it for yourself if you care to. The web site called encinitaselection.com was set up by me at the request of some other citizens. Prior to launching the site I registered the name with the County Recorder as a business owned by me. The business was entirely funded by my private funds. The intention from the beginning was to keep The Coast News separate from the new web site. The Coast News is held to much higher standards than the average web site. I made no attempt to hide my identity as the owner. In fact, as reported in the U-T, the owner of the site (me) was easily identified by an online search of fictitious business filings. All of the necessary political disclosure documents are current and have been filed with the City and the State. As time went by and I got deeper into the information on the site, I decided to get more actively involved. I bought ads in my own newspaper. I am an ad man and communicate better in that format. I chose The Coast News because it is read by more people in Encinitas than any other paper. Since encinitaselection.com was already a registered political entity and was easily attributed to me, I signed the ads with that name. I claim the same right as any individual to express my political views as long as the laws are followed.
By Tony Cagala
people onsite at any one time, which exempted them from the city’s large assemblage requirements. Garcia said so far, the number of customers is “in the same ballpark.” The city is receiving business license fees, sales tax and a portion of the operating revenue under a lease agreement with Seagrove Parking LLC. Garcia said the group plans to continue operating at the north end of the parking lot on Wednesdays from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. and would like to increase to 10 vendors. Community concerns included competition with the city’s established restaurants, noise, smells and restroom availability, she said. Garcia said employees are allowed to use a restroom at the parking lot kiosk and customers use the facilities at Powerhouse Community Center. There was no public notice on the matter because that isn’t a requirement for business licenses, Garcia said. Signage violations were
ENCINITAS — A possible deal that would sell the Pacific View Elementary site to the nonprofit organization Art Pulse may be on the verge of collapse if the decision is not put on a City Council agenda before a deadline of Oct. 30 when the organization is slated to give the Encinitas Unified School District a nonrefundable deposit worth $300,000. Encinitas Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Timothy Baird addressed the Council Wednesday night during the oral communications session following official City business. Baird had asked the Council last month to consider placing the issue on the agenda to discuss amending the city plan to allow for the building of a proposed art center.The district went so far as to drop its lawsuit against the city to have the property rezoned, in order to move the project forward. Art Pulse, Baird said, wanted to get the city’s approval before putting up the deposit and expected the item to be placed on the agenda in order to go before the Council. Including Wednesday’s meeting the Art Pulse item had been left off of the agenda twice; the previous meeting scheduled to take place Oct. 17 was canceled. The city’s reason for cancelling the meeting was that there weren’t enough items to be placed on the agenda. “They (Council) knew about the deadline,” Baird said after the meeting. “And so Art Pulse has told me today, they’re not going to be able to give us the non-refundable deposit because they’ve not been able to get in front of the City Council,” he added. “When that happens, they breach the contract, the con-
TURN TO FOOD TRUCKS ON A21
TURN TO DEAL ON A21
OH, THE HORROR Boy Scout Troop 2000 turns the more than 100-year-old Olivenhain Meeting Hall into a haunted house for scares and thrills for every age. The haunted house is open Oct. 26 and Oct. 27 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Rancho Santa Fe Road and Seventh Street. Admission is $5. Photo by Daniel Knighton
Food trucks can stay in Solana Beach By Bianca Kaplanek
DEL MAR — Food trucks that began setting up in the parking lot across from Powerhouse Community Center on Oct. 10 will be able to continue, but the Wednesday night gatherings will not be allowed to expand until council members have a chance to address concerns expressed by residents and business owners and analyze the benefits and impacts. At the Oct. 22 meeting, council members directed staff to bring back a moratorium on the trucks at their next meeting on Nov. 19. Councilman Terry Sinnott said he didn’t want to start regulating the businesses until he had a complete picture of the pros and cons. We need to take time to get a complete picture of how this service impacts our community, he said. The Finance Department issued business licenses to the six participating trucks prior to the first event, planning Director Kathy Garcia said. The Seagrove parking lot
Food trucks have been setting up in the Seagrove parking lot from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Wednesday night since Oct. 10. City Council requested a moratorium be brought to them during the Nov. 19 meeting to prevent the business from expanding until they can study any impacts the trucks might be having on the city. Photo byBianca Kaplanek
at 1601 Coast Boulevard, where the gathering takes place, is zoned beach commercial, which allows parking, restaurants and outdoor cafes and any similar enterprise or business. The applicants demonstrated they had adequate parking and that it was prima-
rily for to-go food so tables were not being needed. Because the trucks aren’t permanent, design review was not required, a concern expressed by some residents and business owners, Garcia said. Truck owners said they only expected to have 15 to 25