CONNECT with the CityThe People’s Business – January 28, 2025
Three Council Committees meet this week. Rules Committee will hear proposals to change certain Council Policies. Community and Neighborhood Services Committee considers Joint Use Agreements with several schools. And the Active Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hear an annual report on Development Impact Fees.
From the Office of Council President Joe LaCava
Rules Committee Meeting – January 29, 2025 – 9 a.m.
Rules Committee Meeting Agenda
Information Items/Consent Agenda/Discussion Agenda
Item 1 – Approval of Committee Minutes
Item 2 – Amendments to the Rules of Council
This item proposes amending Rule 2.2, Order of Business, by moving Ceremonial Items into fourth place for the 10:00am portion of Tuesday meetings, and renaming them to “Proclamations/Ceremonial Items”. This will allow Ceremonial Items to be heard closer to the beginning on the meeting, allowing for better time management and efficiency in conduction of City business.
Item 3 – 2025 Rules Committee Work Plan
On January 2nd, 2025, Council President Joe LaCava issued a call for priorities for the 2025 Rules Committee work plan. The responses from the members of this committee as well as the work plan are included as backup material to this item.
Item 4 – Proposed Amendments to Council Policy 000-17, “Furnishing Back-Up Material for Council Docket”
Council Policy 000-17, “Furnishing Back Up Material for Council Docket” establishes a procedure to provide copies of the back-up material for the Council docket to the public at a cost established by the adopted User Fee schedule. The current fee is 25 cents per page. This action proposes minor changes to acknowledge the ways for the public to access the material.
Item 5 – Repeal of Council Policy 000-19, “Legislative Policy Guidelines – 2000 - 2001
Council Policy 000-19, “Legislative Policy Guidelines – 2000 – 2001” describes the process for evaluating proposed legislation at the State and Federal level and communicating the City’s positions on legislation. The Council Policy has not been updated since October 2, 2000. Municipal Code section 22.1901 was cited in Council Policy 000-19 and was rewritten in October 2018 by the Office of the Mayor. The changes completed included an update to the name of the department and the removal of the reference to the Council Policy.
Item 6 – Presentation and Discussion of San Diego Elections Code with Possible Charter Amendments for Direction and Feedback
Workshop presentation of possible amendments and discussion of the San Diego elections code for direction and feedback. Changes include required and recommended changes per updates in state election code, process improvements, and updating language to clarify for the benefit of staff and the public.
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Community and Neighborhood Services Committee Meeting – January 29, 2025 – 2 p.m.
Consent Agenda
Item 1 – Approval of Committee Minutes
Item 2 – Authorization to receive $850,000 for Marie Widman Memorial Park in the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Fiscal Year 2024 Economic Development Initiative - Community Project Funding
Discussion Items
Item 3 – Approval of the Joint Use Agreements between the City and San Diego Unified School District for Birney Elementary, Boone Elementary, Clairemont Canyons Academy, Fletcher Elementary, Kumeyaay Elementary, Perry Elementary, Rowan Elementary, and Wilson Middle Schools
The action would a) approve three new 25-year Joint Use Agreements between the City and the District for joint-use facilities located at Boone Elementary, Perry Elementary, and Rowan Elementary Schools, b) renew four existing 25-year Joint Use Agreements between the City and the District for joint-use facilities located at Birney Elementary, Clairemont Canyons Academy, Fletcher Elementary, and Kumeyaay Elementary, and c) renew one existing 10-year Joint Use Agreement between the City and the District for a joint-use facility located at Wilson Middle School.
Information Items
Item 4 – Update on the progress of the Allocation Notification and Award for $1,700,000 from the California Department of Social Services to work with San Diego area schools to support the needs of refugee students
The City of San Diego was awarded $1,700,000 from the California Department of Social Services to work with San Diego area schools to support the needs of refugee students.
The funds are available for expenditure until June 30, 2026. On August 1, 2023, The City Council adopted Resolution Number 2014-16, authorizing the City to accept, appropriate, and expend an amount not to exceed $1,700,000 to support the needs of refugee students in area schools, and authorizing the negotiation and execution of all agreements, contracts, and so on.
This includes a reimbursement agreement with the San Diego Unified School District to implement the funded purpose of the Allocation Notification and Award to support the needs of refugee students at San Diego area schools and to transfer the Award Funds to the District.
This item updates City Council of progress of the awarded funds.
Item 5 – San Diego Grand Jury Report – “Downtown Area Public Restrooms in the City of San Diego: Stop Kicking the Can Down the Road” Recommendation 23-35 - Public Restroom Study
On May 24, 2023, the San Diego County Grand Jury filed a report titled Downtown Area Public Restrooms in the City of San Diego: Stop Kicking the Can Down the Road, see Attachment A. This report focuses on issues concerning the lack of available public restrooms in Downtown San Diego. The Grand Jury report included eight findings and eight recommendations. The focus of this staff report will be recommendation 23-35.
Item 6 – Community and Neighborhood Services Committee Priorities for Calendar Year 2025
This item is an opportunity for Committee Members and the public to provide their priorities for the Community and Neighborhood Services Committee for Calendar Year 2025. The feedback will be used to create the annual work plan for the Community and Neighborhood Services Committee.
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Active Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Meeting – January 30, 2025 – 1 p.m.
Consent Agenda
Item 1 – Approval of Committee Minutes
Item 2 – Adopt the Final Environmental Impact Report and Approve the Third Amendment (No Cost) to the Agreement with Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc., Contract #H197073, for the Los Peñasquitos Lagoon Restoration Phase 1 Project
Item 3 – Extension of Job Order Contract (JOC) Pipeline South of I-8; K-20-1878-JOC-3, for Sewer & AC Water Group 794
Discussion Agenda
Item 4 – Development Impact Fees (DIF) Annual Report FY 2023, CIP allocations, Torrey Highlands Restricted Facilities Benefit Assessment Fund loan repayment, establishment of buy-out fee option in lieu of VMT reduction measures, and related actions
The Mitigation Fee Act requires an annual report on Development Impact Fees (DIF) to be presented to the City Council. Specifically, the City is required to make specific information available to the public and establish certain findings related to DIF that have been in the account and unspent for five years or longer.
In addition to a comprehensive report on DIF, this item includes repayment of a loan from the Torrey Highlands restricted Facilities Benefit Assessment Fund to the Rancho Peñasquitos restricted Facilities Benefit Assessment Fund.
It also includes several amendments and updates to prior fee-related resolutions and Municipal Code sections to ensure full implementation of Build Better SD, Parks for All of Us, and Complete Communities – Mobility Choices. This item also includes a request for Council approval for appropriating DIF towards a list of specific Capital Improvement Projects.
Item 5 – Ratification of Twenty-nine (29) Emergency Sole Source Contracts for Fiscal Year 2024
This council action is to ratify twenty-nine (29) Emergency Sole Source Contracts that were initiated in fiscal year (FY) 2024 pursuant to section 22.3108 of the San Diego Municipal Code.
According to the Municipal Code, Public Works Projects contracts may be awarded without advertisement to address public safety and health issues due to extraordinary fire, flood, storm, and other disasters, provided that the Mayor immediately reports the emergency award to the City Council and the City Council subsequently ratifies the award by resolution of a two-thirds vote.
In order to respond to such unforeseen emergency conditions, the Engineering and Capital Projects Department maintains a list of Pre-Qualified As-Needed Contractors previously approved to perform emergency repairs and related construction services.
The list of companies can be found on the staff report.
Item 6 – Time Extension request of a Consultant Agreement and four (4) Construction Contracts for various Capital Improvements Projects
This action includes two items, Item A and Item B.
Item A requests a time extension of one consultant agreement and three public works construction contracts that have expired before processing the final payment for services rendered during the contract's validity for various Capital Improvements Projects.
Item B requests the extension of one public works construction contract that has expired in order to complete work remaining.
Information Item
Item 7 – Results of the Parking Demand Management Study
The Sustainability and Mobility Department commissioned a parking study to evaluate parking utilization and demand across the city. This information item presents results and recommendations from the parking study, which include current industry best practices focusing on local context and specific policy and municipal code changes necessary to enable the deployment of sustainable parking management solutions/strategies throughout the City.
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