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JULY 10, 2015
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By Aaron Burgin
Their Force is strong Kevin Doyle heads north from South Carlsbad State Beach campground on Monday to visit friends in Oceanside. He’s been walking from Petaluma to San Diego to honor his wife Eileen, who passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2014. See full story on page B1. Photo by Tony Cagala
Final draft update planned; residents protest By Ellen Wright
Some residents in Carlsbad protest high-density housing in the property on the corner of College Boulevard and El Camino Real on Wednesday. Photo by Ellen Wright
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CARLSBAD — On July 18, the City Council is holding a hearing on an update to the General Plan. It’s a final step in a process that has lasted nearly eight years. The city has held dozens of meetings and gathered thousands of comments on developing the city’s blueprint. The General Plan outlines the city’s goals, policies and programs, which guide how the city will develop, look and function. It dictates where and the amount of homes and businesses that can be built and how people will move around the city. The plan incorporated thousands
ENCINITAS — The Encinitas City Council unanimously approved the hiring of current San Juan Capistrano City Manager Karen Brust to its city manager post this week. Brust, an Olivenhain resident, emerged from a field of nearly 60 candidates to replace former city manager Gus Vina, who resigned his post in January to take the same position in the Northern California city of Brentwood. Her proposed contract, which the council will vote on Wednesday, will pay her $238,000 — $22,000 more than Vina — and she will receive a $500 monthly car allowance and $100 monthly cell phone allowance. She will pay her entire employee retirement contribution, which is 7 percent of her base salary. According to a city staff report, she is scheduled to start her new post Sept. 1. A subcommittee composed of Mayor Kristin Gaspar and Deputy Mayor Catherine Blakespear have been ironing out the contract details since late May, when they announced they had arrived on a finalist. “Karen is a great choice or Encinitas because she believes city government should be a model of sustainability,” Blakespear said. “She has a strong financial background and as an Olivenhain resident she fundamentally understands community character. I’m
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Karen Brust, an Olivenhain resident and former city manager of San Juan Capistrano, will become Encinitas’ new city manager Sept. 1. Photo courtesy the city of
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thrilled to have her start work.” Councilman Tony Kranz said Brust’s experience working with the Coastal Commission, working on rail issues in both San Juan Capistrano and Del Mar, where she served as city manager from 2007 to 2011, and her financial experience in other posts, set her apart from the field. Brust received rave reviews from both of her previous managerial posts. San Juan Capistrano officials in a news release said that Brust was one of the best, if not the best manager the city ever had. Brust earned $218,000 in San Juan Capistrano, a city of about 35,000 in south Orange County. She
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