City Council

10B. City Council direction to authorize staff to initiate a General Plan Amendment and Local Coastal Program Amendment to remove the requirement to prepare a Specific Plan in the Land Use Element for eight Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) properties including the associated Land Use Policy Maps and text revisions and an amendment to the Downtown Encinitas Specific Plan. Environmental Considerations: The action being considered by the City Council is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it is not a "project" under Section 15378(b)(5) of CEQA Guidelines. The action involves an organizational or administrative activity of government that will not result in the direct or indirect physical change in the environment. Contact Person: Associate Planner IV Cvetko Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution No. 2025-22, titled "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Encinitas, California, Authorizing Staff to Initiate Amendments to the General Plan Land Use Element and the Local Coastal Program to Remove the Requirement to Prepare a Specific Plan for Eight Self-Realization Fellowship Properties, Including Amending the Land Use Policy Map and Associated Land Use Policy Maps for the Communities of Cardiff-By-The-Sea (Figure 2) and Old Encinitas (Figure 5), and an Amendment to the Downtown Encinitas Specific Plan to Remove the Specific Plan Reference, for Properties Located at 138 West K Street/1153 Second Street (APN: 258-316-18), 215 West K Street/1140 Third Street (APN: 260- 022-01), 1136/1144/1160 Second Street (APN: 258-294-17), 1276 South Coast Highway 101 (APN: 260-021-32), 1124 Cornish Drive (APN: 258-323- 09), 1170 Cornish Drive (APN: 258-324-07), 1280 Cornish Drive (APN: 260- 010-06), AND 1278 Summit Avenue (APN: 260-053-04) (CASE NO. PLCY- 007891-2025 GPA/SPA/LCPA)." 2025-03-26 Item 10B Self-Realization Fellowship General Plan Amendment