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VOL. 31, N0. 18
MAY 5, 2017
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Del Mar hires consultant .to help com meet affordable THE housing goal VISTA By Bianca Kaplanek
Shapes Up Chris Clark, founder of Shaper Studios, shows off his 2-year-old son, Hobie, and a golden power planer trophy, the “coveted” prize for winners of his Self Shape Surf Festival that requires all participants to ride a board they made themselves. See full story on page A15. Photo by Bianca Kaplanek
Coastal Commission to decide fate of the Cardiff Rail Trail By Aaron Burgin
ENCINITAS — The California Coastal Commission next week will decide the placement of a controversial segment of the Coastal Rail Trail, nearly a year after the city reversed course on its preferred alignment. But the city’s preferred location of the 1.3-mile socalled “Cardiff Rail Trail” — west of Coast Highway 101 — faces significant headwind, as the Coastal Commission staff has come out in opposition of the proposal. The May 11 meeting begins at 8:30 a.m. at the San TURN TO RAIL TRAIL ON A21
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors chambers at 1600 Pacific Hwy., will be the site for the May 11 meeting to decide on the placement of a controversial segment of the Coastal Rail Trail in Encinitas. File photo
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NEWS requirement to 22. To achieve its fair share of the regional affordable housing needs, additional strategies are needed to produce affordable units in Del Mar, the RFP stated. The Del Mar Housing Corporation recommended seeking help from a consultant. RANCHO The scope of work inSFNEWS cludes gathering relevant information and data, assessing housing sites, developing a financing plan and creating an implementation program. The consultant will also be required to conduct public outreach to stakeholders and community groups and make presentations to City Council. Additional responsibilities could include preparing an assessment of existing housing stock and identifying potential opportunities for affordable housing acquisition, rehabilitation and/or conversion. The consultant may also be asked to identify constraints, prepare financial pro-formas on preferred options and recommend priority projects to achieve the 22-unit goal. But Planning Director Kathy Garcia said the main focus is on developing a program. “Any identification of
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DEL MAR — In an effort to address the city’s complete lack of affordable housing, council members at the May 1 meeting approved a $100,000 contract with a consultant to create a plan to add nearly two dozen units by 2022. LaSar Development Consultants was the only firm that responded to a request for proposals issued last month to develop what the city is calling its “22 in 5” affordable housing program. The county’s smallest city, Del Mar has about 4,200 residents living in approximately 2,600 housing units. Not one falls in the affordable range, although five families are subsidized in apartments. According to the city’s state-approved housing element, the household income of 79 percent of the residents is considered moderate or above. The other 21 percent — many of them elderly — are in the low, very low and extremely low income categories. According to the Regional Housing Needs Assessment, Del Mar is required to show it can provide 12 units in those three categories. Because the city failed to have a certified housing element from 2003 to 2012, it was assessed an additional 10 units, bringing the total
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