Carlsbad removes Windsor Pointe property manager

The problematic housing development continues to raise concerns over tenant safety, ground lease violations as the city removes ConAm as the property manager

The controversial Windsor Pointe development has a long list of complaints from violent crime, drugs and unlocked gates into the property. As a result, the city removed the property manager and will lobby for support from state and county legislator’s to hold the owner accountable. Courtesy photo

CARLSBAD — The beleaguered Windsor Pointe development was once again a source of discussion for the City Council during Tuesday’s meeting.

The council took a report regarding the current situation at the No Place Like Home and low-income development on Oak Avenue and Harding Street. The city also announced it intends to cause Affirmed Housing to remove ConAm as the property manager at the end of October.

The council also approved a motion by Councilwoman Melanie Burkholder for the city’s Legislative Subcommittee to draft letters for the region’s legislator’s in support of the city’s efforts to hold Affirmed Housing accountable for their commitments at Windsor Pointe.

Also, the City Manager Scott Chadwick and City Attorney Cindie McMahon sent a letter to Affirmed Housing, the owner and developer of the project, outlining noncompliance with agreements and maintenance deficiencies for allegedly violating the ground lease, deed of trust and regulatory and loan agreements.

Chadwick and McMahon’s Sept. 10 letter also states Affirmed Housing did not meet expectations when it came to onsite staff 24-hours per day, security and requiring guests to check in and out, to name a few. One of the goals was to deter criminal activity, which has plagued the facility for years.

“When this information was relayed to the City Council at the meeting that evening, the Affirmed Housing representative and the CONAM representative who attended the meeting were asked to address the matter,” the city’s letter reads. “Neither provided a satisfactory explanation for why an intruder was so easily able to access the property, why the security company hired to provide monitored surveillance for the building did not notice either the intruder or the Police Chief, why the access gate and security doors had not been promptly repairer], why the mattress topper and debris were allowed to be in or around the exterior stairway, and why no property manager or substitute was on duty during work hours.”