[1:30] through
[1:30] the All right, good
[1:31] morning.
[1:31] >> I will now call the City
[1:35] council meeting of Monday, MAY
[1:35] 11th, 2026 to order.
[1:36] Clerk Please call the roll.
[1:36] Thank you.
[1:39] Council PRESIDENT Councilmember
[1:40] Campbell Councilmember Whitburn
[1:40] here.
[1:44] Councilmember Foster Council
[1:45] Member Ron Wolper Present
[1:45] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee
[1:50] here Councilmember you here
[1:51] Councilmember Moreno Council
[1:54] Member Ella Rivera and Council
[1:55] PRESIDENT LaCava present also
[1:59] attending the meeting our city
[1:59] Attorney Heather Ferber,
[2:00] independent budget analyst
[2:00] Charles Maka and myself your
[2:04] city clerk Diana Fuentes thank
[2:05] Council PRESIDENT Thank you
[2:05] City Clerk The quorum is now
[2:06] present.
[2:09] We will begin this morning with
[2:10] an invocation by Clark Fuentes
[2:10] followed with the land
[2:11] acknowledgment and the Pledge
[2:12] of Allegiance led by council
[2:17] member Vaughn Wilbur Grant.
[2:18] Those who hold office in this
[2:22] city the spirit of wisdom,
[2:22] charity and justice that was
[2:23] steadfast purpose.
[2:27] They MAY faithfully serve in
[2:27] their offices to promote
[2:31] the well-being of all people.
[2:32] We respectfully acknowledge at
[2:33] the culmination or the original
[2:36] inhabitants of the unseated
[2:37] land now known as San Diego.
[2:38] Despite enduring the horrors of
[2:41] genocide and colonization,
[2:42] the coming ice year remains
[2:42] unbroken.
[2:43] We honor the resilience of
[2:44] their ancestors who fought to
[2:46] protect their culture and land.
[2:47] Today they carry their legacy
[2:48] forward ensuring that their
[2:51] traditions continue to thrive
[2:52] and gratitude and strength We
[2:53] see the combination connected
[2:53] to our past and committed to a
[2:55] thriving future.
[2:56] Please stand and face the flag.
[3:00] Ready to begin?
[3:01] I pledge allegiance to the flag
[3:02] of the United States of America
[3:05] and to the Republic for which
[3:06] it stands One nation under GOD
[3:09] indivisible, with liberty and
[3:14] justice for all.
[3:19] All right.
[3:20] >> So The Court Please go over
[3:20] how the public can offer their
[3:21] testimony.
[3:21] Thank Council PRESIDENT I'd
[3:24] like to highlight the screen
[3:24] the slide on the screen that
[3:25] reveals how the public can
[3:26] offer their public testimony
[3:29] during today's meeting.
[3:29] If you are in person please
[3:30] complete a speaker slip located
[3:31] at the entrance of chambers and
[3:33] bring it to the front of
[3:34] the room.
[3:35] No further in-person testimony
[3:35] will be taken once the council
[3:38] begins a virtual testimony for
[3:39] better meeting management
[3:41] purposes Each speaker will have
[3:42] one minute per item per person
[3:43] three or more items Thank you.
[3:47] Council PRESIDENT All right.
[3:47] >> Thank you.
[3:48] With that please read
[3:49] the closed session items into
[3:51] the record.
[3:52] >> Conference with Legal
[3:52] Counsel Existing Litigation
[3:54] pursuant to California
[3:55] Government Code Section 5495
[3:59] 6.91 Is this one in regards to
[3:59] national prescription opiate
[4:05] litigation see us to is Cap Inc
[4:05] at all versus discover
[4:06] financial services at all
[4:09] Discovery Card Merchant Class
[4:10] action See us three is Matthew
[4:14] Bradley versus City of San
[4:15] Diego c As for Blanca Julio
[4:16] Delgado versus City of San
[4:19] Diego c has five County Water
[4:20] authority and City of San Diego
[4:23] versus State Water Resources
[4:24] Control Board six six Shoji and
[4:28] Ayako Matsumoto versus City of
[4:28] San Diego and csf and Mary
[4:32] Brown at all versus Joe LaCava
[4:33] at all.
[4:33] >> Thank you Council PRESIDENT
[4:34] All right.
[4:35] Thank you City Clerk And with
[4:38] that please proceed with public
[4:39] comment then Council PRESIDENT
[4:39] There are no speakers here in
[4:40] council chambers.
[4:42] I've started the five minute
[4:42] timer going to those
[4:43] participating remotely when you
[4:47] are unmuted Please let me know
[4:48] which item or items you wish to
[4:48] speak to.
[4:49] Katherine Rhodes If you can
[4:51] please unmute.
[4:57] >> Hi this is Katherine Rhodes
[4:58] and I wanted to talk on
[4:58] the last two.
[4:59] >> Please proceed.
[5:01] You'll have two minutes.
[5:01] Okay.
[5:05] First of all for the trash fee
[5:06] you know when we voted on it we
[5:08] voted on something around
[5:09] the $20 mark and now it's going
[5:12] to, you know, 40 and pretty
[5:13] soon it's going to be 50
[5:14] something.
[5:14] So I very much think that you
[5:18] should take deal that Mike Gary
[5:18] talked about previously and
[5:23] what he said is we should just
[5:23] go back to what you had on
[5:24] the ballot measure.
[5:28] That's perfect And we also
[5:29] don't need a world class tree.
[5:29] >> So Katherine is multitasking
[5:34] muted But I'm and we don't need
[5:39] I'm sorry we don't need a world
[5:40] class trash lane for students.
[5:41] We don't need a world.
[5:43] I'm sorry.
[5:44] We don't need the world class
[5:44] trash.
[5:48] Instead we could have what we
[5:49] had before where we had one
[5:54] week we had recyclable days in
[5:55] the next week we had the green
[5:58] cans for other things.
[5:59] So I really think that you
[6:03] should go back to what you were
[6:03] before.
[6:04] We don't need a world class
[6:04] trash thing.
[6:07] We just need our trash picked
[6:08] up and we could do it.
[6:09] We could also get rid of all
[6:12] the people who go around ahead
[6:13] of time and give people tickets
[6:16] if they don't do their they
[6:17] don't do the recyclables right
[6:17] now.
[6:21] So anyway, that's just such a
[6:22] big deal.
[6:23] Plus I don't think that you
[6:26] know, you guys put in motions
[6:31] to not have a mayor todd Gloria
[6:32] City Council PRESIDENT Joe
[6:36] LaCava and COUNCILMAN Rochelle
[6:40] Ella Rivera to be part of
[6:41] the you know, to actually
[6:42] testify on how you came up with
[6:46] all these numbers right here.
[6:47] And so I actually think that
[6:51] it's a it's a good deal for you
[6:51] .
[6:52] And then I heard also that
[6:56] Kevin Faulkner and his group
[6:56] will not try to get rid of
[6:57] the trash fee for two years if
[7:01] you actually approve it.
[7:01] So thank you very much but
[7:02] thank you.
[7:04] Next is Hector If you can
[7:09] please unmute please let me
[7:09] know which item or items you
[7:15] wish to speak to the trash fee
[7:16] and then the hector trash fee
[7:18] and the selling case with that
[7:19] Hispanic guy.
[7:19] >> Okay, two minutes Please
[7:20] proceed.
[7:24] Okay.
[7:24] Okay.
[7:25] With the trash bins obviously
[7:27] Got to get back to what it well
[7:28] tell us and give out refunds
[7:32] and then also in the trash I
[7:33] would say don't have the county
[7:37] collect that money to elect a
[7:37] water bills where they can't
[7:38] take the guy's house if he
[7:42] doesn't pay the trash fee.
[7:42] So that's that's kind of
[7:43] inappropriate.
[7:47] You know, it's just it's not
[7:47] good.
[7:48] And then I want to shout out
[7:52] the couple council person
[7:52] couple you took a racial slur
[7:57] from some Mexican guy calling
[7:58] him a banned day the other day.
[7:59] I want to I want to give thanks
[8:01] for not doing nothing about it.
[8:02] You know, he took he took one
[8:05] for the team and it wasn't it
[8:06] was hot.
[8:07] He was mad but did I think was
[8:07] a racial slur or something.
[8:10] Anyway, it could be just a
[8:11] badge of courage And then that
[8:15] was just on the side there And
[8:16] then the on the when you settle
[8:20] cases with people like the last
[8:21] time you saw that the black kid
[8:22] got shot and I think you should
[8:24] took that to trial because I
[8:25] think you guys were intimidated
[8:29] We have another race or
[8:30] something And if we did it if
[8:34] he got off on it or you know,
[8:34] we had to do something else
[8:35] because that's just
[8:35] intimidating.
[8:39] You guys were intimidated by
[8:39] that guy.
[8:40] He was a 16 year old black kid
[8:44] with a gun.
[8:45] He ran the corner.
[8:49] The cop was he was We tell our
[8:50] cops to run toward the fire.
[8:50] Maybe you still are cops.
[8:54] Just sit back and watch and see
[8:54] what happens.
[8:55] He told the kid to run
[8:55] the fire.
[8:58] He runs.
[8:59] You got to show cops your
[8:59] hands, man.
[9:00] If you run it from a crime
[9:03] scene like we need to teach
[9:03] black kids that like junior
[9:04] high if you're running from a
[9:07] crime scene gunshot to fire,
[9:08] show the people your hands And
[9:12] if you got a gun you might get
[9:13] shot.
[9:14] So he's old enough to have a
[9:18] gun and nobody's ever busted
[9:22] the guys that fired the shots.
[9:23] Where are those guys?
[9:23] I never heard nothing about
[9:24] that.
[9:25] So anyway, dope intimidated by
[9:25] the lawsuits.
[9:31] >> Thank you for my comments.
[9:32] Our next speaker is the it is
[9:35] the original Please proceed and
[9:36] indicate which items you'll be
[9:40] speaking to as many of them as
[9:43] I can in three minutes.
[9:44] >> Okay.
[9:44] Please proceed.
[9:48] Your ability to make decisions
[9:49] regarding closed session is
[9:53] significantly compromised when
[9:54] you're unable to conduct
[9:58] meetings legally blatantly So
[10:04] not doing that, not having a
[10:04] quorum and then deciding
[10:09] several days later five times
[10:09] after doing it in a row that
[10:13] and potentially even more I'm
[10:14] sure it was even more than I
[10:15] caught but that all of a sudden
[10:18] you need a quorum So when
[10:18] you're suddenly making
[10:19] decisions like that and
[10:20] the reason why we're always in
[10:23] litigation is because of your
[10:24] willful negligence misconduct
[10:28] mismanage management fraud,
[10:28] waste and abuse The list goes
[10:29] on.
[10:32] I mean why are you even talking
[10:33] about these and like that We're
[10:36] doing something about this per
[10:37] scription opioid opiate
[10:37] litigation.
[10:42] It's interesting because in
[10:42] the city of San Diego drugs are
[10:43] being done on a massive scale.
[10:46] Fentanyl is being distributed
[10:47] and you know, traffic in and
[10:48] out of tent City in just
[10:51] the city.
[10:52] Police officers watch people do
[10:52] it.
[10:53] There's foil all over
[10:53] the place.
[10:56] So like you guys don't really
[10:57] care.
[10:57] You just want to make money off
[10:58] the backs of people And that's
[11:01] why you're doing this.
[11:02] Discover Financial Discover
[11:06] Card class action as well.
[11:07] Any time you guys can jump on
[11:07] the bandwagon but you're
[11:10] hypocrites because you guys sit
[11:11] here and you engage in fraud
[11:14] with the people's money.
[11:15] I mean you even say you want to
[11:16] go against corporations when
[11:17] you're a corporation that is
[11:20] making the people's cost of
[11:20] living go up.
[11:21] So it's just crazy to hear
[11:22] the double speak and people
[11:24] praise you for what you're
[11:25] doing And then the constant
[11:26] litigation from tripping and
[11:30] falling or a skateboard
[11:30] incident from you know,
[11:34] the infrastructure not being up
[11:35] kept how many more of these are
[11:36] we going to have to do And even
[11:39] just like you know, drainpipes
[11:40] not being kept all the you
[11:43] know, $5 billion that you guys
[11:43] need for storm infrastructure?
[11:48] It's pretty ridiculous because
[11:49] it's just like you just you
[11:50] know, rob the people blind so
[11:52] that we can not only get into
[11:53] litigation because of your
[11:53] negligence but also do other
[11:57] things like you know, the trash
[11:57] thing.
[11:58] You know what you did is
[12:03] constitutionally illegal but
[12:03] you guys don't uphold that
[12:04] anyway.
[12:04] I don't even know why you guys
[12:05] take an oath.
[12:07] It's pretty crazy because right
[12:08] in your face you blatantly do
[12:08] things on people's face and
[12:12] you're like Yeah, it's like you
[12:13] I'm going to do it.
[12:14] It's just not like that's how
[12:16] brazen you guys are.
[12:17] And then that leads to
[12:17] litigation which cost
[12:18] the people more money.
[12:21] So hopefully at some point you
[12:22] guys are going to course
[12:22] correct and quit engaging in
[12:25] like that And you know instead
[12:26] of engaging in this litigation
[12:30] why don't you go ahead settle
[12:31] with the person and then course
[12:31] correct and fix what you messed
[12:35] up with with the whole trash
[12:35] thing And you know, even going
[12:36] into the fees here with
[12:40] the water resources board like
[12:40] you guys just cannot be trusted
[12:44] with anything, not even
[12:45] children.
[12:45] And that's what's so sad.
[12:48] It's like I mean just from
[12:49] the least to the most you guys
[12:52] are negligent.
[12:57] Thank you for your comments.
[12:58] Please note that the five
[12:58] minute timer has concluded with
[13:02] two speakers left in the queue
[13:02] .
[13:03] Our next speaker is Lori
[13:03] Saldana.
[13:06] Please proceed.
[13:07] >> Hello, Good morning And a
[13:11] bit of housekeeping for
[13:12] the members who arrived late.
[13:13] The mike is live when you
[13:13] arrive in the chamber and
[13:17] the public can hear your
[13:17] comments they are audible
[13:18] between when the meeting
[13:19] actually starts and the time
[13:22] you enter the chamber.
[13:23] So just for I I'd like to speak
[13:25] to see us four See us seven and
[13:26] see us five please.
[13:27] Okay Please proceed and see us
[13:31] for this is a pedestrian who
[13:35] trips on a metal storm drain.
[13:35] I I have mentioned this in
[13:36] the past in my comments that
[13:39] the hazards presented to
[13:40] residents of San Diego from
[13:40] tripping and falling are not
[13:44] just inconveniences and not
[13:45] just monetary problems for
[13:45] the city.
[13:49] They can be life threatening
[13:49] And I speak from the experience
[13:50] of a member of my own family
[13:53] who tripped just around
[13:54] the corner from city Hall was
[13:58] injured but not it was not
[13:59] anticipated that the injuries
[14:00] would would eventually kill her
[14:03] within a few months And that is
[14:04] what happened And that was my
[14:05] mother And it's hard to
[14:08] celebrate Mother's Day with
[14:09] that in my mind.
[14:09] But she tripped and fell on
[14:12] the broken sidewalk and
[14:13] the severity of her injuries
[14:14] were not apparent.
[14:17] They treated the most difficult
[14:18] When she was bleeding profusely
[14:22] They failed to notice some
[14:23] other injuries that contributed
[14:24] to her death a few months
[14:24] later.
[14:27] So these are not just
[14:28] theoretical In my case when I
[14:28] see these cases these are very
[14:32] real Regarding Mary Brown and
[14:37] the case on solid waste, thank
[14:37] you Mike Aguirre for taking
[14:38] this up and bringing justice to
[14:41] ratepayers.
[14:42] The city has a history of
[14:42] overcharging rate payers when
[14:45] it comes to basic necessities
[14:46] and it is one reason so many
[14:47] especially older adults are
[14:51] losing housing because they
[14:51] simply can't keep up with these
[14:52] bills.
[14:52] In 2005 the city was
[14:56] investigated for financial
[14:56] impropriety and it was
[14:57] determined residents were
[15:01] overcharged for basic water
[15:01] services in violation of
[15:05] the state's revolving fund loan
[15:06] agreements.
[15:06] So this is nothing new.
[15:07] The city of San Diego has a
[15:10] long history of putting
[15:11] the burden of higher rates on
[15:12] the back of those who can least
[15:16] afford them as opposed to
[15:16] charging industries and others
[15:21] that operate for a profit a
[15:22] fair amount and that includes
[15:26] water, trash and electricity
[15:27] things that every resident
[15:27] needs and we cannot get around
[15:31] paying for So I believe that
[15:32] this is related to see us five
[15:35] the state water resource
[15:36] Control Board and this case
[15:36] again the city has a long
[15:40] history of these disputes
[15:41] between the state regulatory
[15:45] agencies and the fees and I
[15:46] welcome and audit I welcome a
[15:50] very thorough audit of the city
[15:50] .
[15:51] i realize as a result of
[15:52] the cruel report from 20 years
[15:55] ago that determined numerous
[15:56] improprieties when it came to
[16:00] city finances that periodically
[16:01] I think every quarter century
[16:05] or so having an outside auditor
[16:06] go through the city's books
[16:06] would be welcome And I hope
[16:09] Mike Aguirre would consider
[16:10] that as part of this settlement
[16:14] You're going to go into closed
[16:14] session.
[16:15] These are cases that sadly
[16:19] should be transparent, should
[16:19] be discussed in front of
[16:20] the public if not the terms of
[16:23] the litigation then at least
[16:24] how you came to your decision
[16:25] making process and how you
[16:25] missed the mark.
[16:29] So badly in charging ratepayers
[16:33] a fair amount.
[16:34] Thank you for those comments.
[16:38] Our next speaker is color with
[16:39] the last four digits 8700.
[16:43] Please proceed and please state
[16:44] which class session item or
[16:52] items you wish to speak to.
[16:58] >> Thank you and welcome
[16:58] aboard.
[16:59] Joyce and I will speak on all
[17:01] of them.
[17:01] Okay?
[17:06] Please proceed.
[17:07] See as one pharmacy's in a
[17:11] lumped together with a fiesta
[17:15] and I'll say thank you for
[17:16] opting into the fight against
[17:21] big company power for us.
[17:25] Three Skateboarding Safety
[17:26] first and parental love and
[17:31] guidance See for a trip and
[17:36] fall Deer Public self advocacy
[17:39] and so safety as six storm
[17:44] drain pipe sinkhole I am very
[17:48] concerned about the leeway that
[17:49] was spoken about at the Budget
[17:53] Review committee meetings last
[17:54] week and now we will switch to
[17:58] the discussion that was consent
[18:02] that I just did so see as seven
[18:03] which is solid waste management
[18:07] fee Please be very diligent
[18:12] about any fees and how they are
[18:19] applied be as five which is
[18:20] the if the c w a and the city
[18:24] and the other the state thing
[18:29] Good to see a partnership with
[18:30] the c w a another c issue here
[18:34] yet on a state level it's
[18:34] regulatory so perhaps it's
[18:38] going to be a tough fight with
[18:39] the letter of the law involved
[18:43] so blessings on that item Now a
[18:44] question I think that covers it
[18:47] all.
[18:48] Question for you PRESIDENT On
[18:52] the consent agenda compared to
[18:53] how you usually do it at city
[18:57] council meetings can you ask
[18:58] the question are you supposed
[18:59] to ask the question excuse that
[19:02] word?
[19:03] Does anyone want to pull any
[19:07] item off consent?
[19:08] So I don't know if there's a
[19:09] different protocol for closed
[19:12] session consent but I don't
[19:13] remember through the years that
[19:13] we ever had consent on
[19:17] the closed session but for some
[19:18] reason it's popping up into my
[19:19] consciousness now that it's
[19:22] there and I'm a little unclear
[19:23] I should probably study that
[19:27] But in any case thank you so
[19:27] much.
[19:28] Thank you City tv for
[19:32] the beautiful, soothing,
[19:32] calming music that's on the tv
[19:37] screen.
[19:37] Usually it's not that soothing
[19:38] and calming so keep that up And
[19:42] I had something else to say.
[19:43] Well, it doesn't want to hang
[19:43] in there.
[19:46] Okay.
[19:47] So thank you.
[19:48] Have a beautiful week And last
[19:51] week was absolutely lovely.
[19:52] Great And I'm still processing
[19:54] it So looking forward to what's
[19:59] next Love to all.
[19:59] >> Thank you for those
[20:00] comments.
[20:00] That does conclude closed
[20:03] session Public comment All
[20:04] right.
[20:04] >> Thank you for that.
[20:05] We will now recess in
[20:08] the closed session and ring
[20:08] reconvene council today at 2
[26:49] P.M. Or shortly thereafter
[26:49] .
[28:49] Okay
[29:03] .
[30:25] >> And
[32:02] then I
[33:44] turn
[34:41] back in
[34:42] .
[34:42] Good afternoon.
[34:46] I will now reconvene the City
[34:47] council meeting of Monday, MAY
[34:48] 11th, 2026 clerk Please call
[34:48] the roll.
[34:48] Thank you.
[34:52] Council PRESIDENT Council
[34:53] Member Campbell here Council
[34:54] Member Whitburn here Council
[34:58] Member Foster Councilmember Von
[34:59] Wilpert Council PRESIDENT Pro
[35:05] Tem Lee Council Member Can you
[35:05] hear Council Member Moreno
[35:11] Present Council Member Ella
[35:12] Rivera Council PRESIDENT LaCava
[35:12] also taking the meeting our
[35:16] Assistant city Attorney Leslie
[35:17] Fitzgerald Independent Budget
[35:18] Analyst Charles Modica Council
[35:18] Affairs Advisor in the Mayor's
[35:22] office Kurt either and myself
[35:22] your city Clerk.
[35:23] >> Diana Fantastic and Council
[35:23] PRESIDENT All right.
[35:26] Thank you for that.
[35:27] Let's so quorum is now present
[35:32] Do we have any comments from
[35:33] the mayor's office, council
[35:33] member, city attorney and
[35:34] the budget analyst or city
[35:37] clerk?
[35:38] >> Our City Clerk Thank you.
[35:38] Council PRESIDENT.
[35:42] I did just want to and good
[35:43] afternoon to everyone.
[35:44] I am pleased to announce that
[35:44] once again my office in
[35:45] partnership with the county
[35:49] Registrar of Voters has secured
[35:49] a ballot drop box for the JUNE
[35:50] 2nd election.
[35:53] The ballot drop box is located
[35:54] directly across from
[35:55] the entrance to City Hall, also
[35:55] known as a city administration
[35:56] building.
[35:59] Any county of San Diego
[36:00] registered voter can vote using
[36:00] these ballot drop boxes as
[36:01] voters are not limited to
[36:05] specific voting location in
[36:05] the county.
[36:06] That means those that live in
[36:07] other cities such as Chula
[36:11] Vista or Carlsbad but MAY be in
[36:11] this area can use this ballot
[36:12] drop box to cast your vote to
[36:16] encourage the civic engagement
[36:17] and increase voter turnout.
[36:17] Your city Hall serves as a
[36:18] convenient and accessible
[36:18] voting location.
[36:23] This ballot drop box I offers
[36:24] ada accessible parking near
[36:24] the drop box an accessible
[36:25] entrance ramp and is located
[36:27] adjacent to the Civic Center
[36:28] Trolley Stop services by
[36:29] the Orange and Blue mts trolley
[36:29] Lines.
[36:33] The central location is easily
[36:34] accessible to thousands of city
[36:34] and other government employees
[36:35] as well as nearby workforce and
[36:38] employment hubs.
[36:39] The ballot drop box is
[36:40] available for voting now
[36:40] through Election Day on June
[36:41] 2nd.
[36:44] I remain committed to working
[36:44] with the registrar during each
[36:45] election cycle to continue
[36:46] providing a ballot drop box at
[36:49] City Hall and the ballot drop
[36:50] box will be locked at 8 P.M. On
[36:50] JUNE 2nd and the ballots will
[36:51] be collected by the Registrar
[36:55] of Ballot Security Teams which
[36:55] always consist of two staff
[36:56] members working together.
[36:57] The deadline to register to
[37:01] vote for this election is MAY
[37:01] 18th.
[37:02] After that deadline eligible
[37:02] voters MAY still conditionally
[37:06] register through Election Day.
[37:06] Conditional voters MAY cast a
[37:07] vote which will be processed
[37:11] and counted once the registrar
[37:12] of voters completes the voter
[37:12] registration verification
[37:13] process.
[37:13] Voter registration forms are
[37:16] available in multiple languages
[37:17] on the first floor of City
[37:17] Hall.
[37:18] My passport and city connection
[37:19] staff will be more than happy
[37:22] to assist you.
[37:22] There are also available in
[37:23] the back of the room here on
[37:24] the 12th floor and to register
[37:27] online or check your voter
[37:27] registration status please
[37:28] visit sd vote.Com Please
[37:29] remember to vote Thank you
[37:33] Council PRESIDENT All right
[37:34] Thank you City Clerk Not seeing
[37:35] anybody else in the life please
[37:35] go over how the public can
[37:39] offer their testimony this
[37:39] afternoon.
[37:40] >> Thank you.
[37:40] I I'd like to highlight
[37:41] the slide that will be up on
[37:44] the screen shortly that reviews
[37:44] how the public can offer their
[37:45] public testimony during this
[37:45] afternoon's meeting.
[37:49] The order can be found on
[37:50] the agenda Summary The order
[37:54] will be updated here today.
[37:55] If you are in person please
[37:56] complete the speaker slip
[37:56] looking at the entrance of
[37:59] chambers and bring it to
[37:59] the front of the room.
[38:00] Council ambassadors are
[38:01] available near the entrance of
[38:01] chambers and can assist with
[38:05] questions and speaker slips.
[38:05] No further in-person testimony
[38:06] will be taken once the council
[38:09] begins Virtual testimony Thank
[38:10] you, Council PRESIDENT All
[38:10] right.
[38:11] Thank you for that as well.
[38:15] I will note for the afternoon
[38:15] session we have a new order of
[38:20] the agenda items Item two to
[38:21] the business improvement
[38:24] district budgets will be done
[38:25] First you can say thank you Now
[38:29] item 12 for the 2006 26 land
[38:33] development code or next then
[38:34] the 12th item 203 the adoption
[38:37] of the 2025 Urban Water
[38:37] Management Plan.
[38:41] Then the item 2a1 the Mission
[38:42] to Improvements program and
[38:42] then we'll close out
[38:46] the afternoon with item 200
[38:47] the Pavement Management
[38:48] Management Plan which is an
[38:52] information only item You'll
[38:52] notice greater scrutiny by me
[38:57] using my discretion as council
[38:58] PRESIDENT To recognize
[38:58] the attendance by city council
[39:02] members and having the proper
[39:03] order to make sure we get
[39:03] the business that we must get
[39:08] done to be done while folks are
[39:08] here.
[39:09] >> So with that please
[39:12] introduce item 202 and 2 or 2
[39:13] to the fiscal year 2027
[39:13] Business Improvement District
[39:14] Budget Annual appropriation
[39:17] process.
[39:18] If you'd like to speak on this
[39:19] item please be sure to submit
[39:20] your speakers up to the front
[39:23] of the room in the clear box
[39:23] And if you are participating
[39:24] remotely now's the time to
[39:25] raise your hand by pressing
[39:25] Star nine or the raise your
[39:28] hand icon.
[39:29] >> Thank you Council PRESIDENT
[39:29] All right.
[39:30] Thank you for that introduction
[39:34] and staff As you settle in
[39:34] introduce yourselves for
[39:35] the record.
[39:35] Let us know how much time you
[39:38] need.
[39:39] >> Good afternoon.
[39:44] Council PRESIDENT Lacob and
[39:45] City Council members.
[39:45] My name is Shawn placed in
[39:46] small business engagement
[39:49] specialist with economic
[39:49] Government department.
[39:50] With me today is Shawn
[39:51] Kerrigan, program manager.
[39:57] We respectfully ask for five
[39:57] minutes The item before you
[40:01] today is the fiscal year 2027
[40:01] Business Improvement District
[40:02] or bid budgets.
[40:03] The city collects assessments
[40:06] from businesses within bids and
[40:07] contracts with nonprofit
[40:07] associations to provide
[40:11] technical assistance for small
[40:12] businesses, promote
[40:12] neighborhood identity and
[40:13] attract customers to local
[40:16] businesses.
[40:17] >> The city's bid program is
[40:18] authorized by the Parking and
[40:22] Business Improvement Area Law
[40:22] of 1989 in the California
[40:23] Streets and Highways Code.
[40:27] The intent of the program is to
[40:27] strengthen small business
[40:28] communities, create new jobs,
[40:31] attract new business and
[40:32] revitalize older commercial
[40:33] neighborhoods.
[40:33] This action relates to
[40:37] the strategic plans Priority
[40:37] Area.
[40:38] Protect and enhance every
[40:38] neighborhood The Business
[40:42] Improvement District Program
[40:43] supports dynamic neighborhoods
[40:43] that incorporate mobility,
[40:47] connectivity and sustainability
[40:48] by fostering resilient and
[40:48] economically prosperous
[40:52] neighborhoods.
[40:53] >> The city of San Diego has a
[40:54] total of 18 active bids that
[40:58] are individually managed by 16
[40:59] nonprofit business associations
[40:59] and one currently managed by
[41:03] the economic Development
[41:04] Department.
[41:07] For fiscal year 2027 an
[41:08] estimated $1.5 million in
[41:08] assessments would be collected
[41:09] from approximately 12,000
[41:10] businesses located within
[41:11] the districts shown on this
[41:16] slide.
[41:17] >> it association managers have
[41:17] developed a variety of
[41:21] successful strategies to
[41:22] increase business and invest in
[41:22] their communities.
[41:26] Some districts choose to
[41:26] strategically deploy
[41:27] assessments to develop and
[41:28] market their own unique
[41:28] identity.
[41:31] This is usually done through
[41:32] large scale events,
[41:33] neighborhood promotions and
[41:36] targeted social media campaigns
[41:37] to highlight assessment paying
[41:41] businesses in the El Cajon
[41:42] Boulevard bid.
[41:43] They focus their resources on
[41:46] amplifying outreach and
[41:47] revitalizing unused areas in
[41:48] the district to create new
[41:48] business hubs.
[41:52] The Oakland Boulevard Business
[41:52] Improvement Association
[41:53] internally staffs a support and
[41:56] outreach specialist as a way to
[41:57] strengthen relationships with
[41:58] their businesses and resolve
[42:01] business challenges along
[42:01] the boulevard.
[42:02] They also support their
[42:02] businesses through placemaking
[42:06] community activated lots
[42:07] transform once vacant lots into
[42:08] vibrant community gathering
[42:11] places for 44 and pop up
[42:15] Wenonah each attract over 1000
[42:15] local visitors per week driving
[42:16] over $1 million in annual
[42:18] spending directly to
[42:19] the businesses within a four
[42:24] block radius.
[42:25] All these metrics are provided
[42:25] in the bid's annual performance
[42:26] reports.
[42:28] Bids are required to post an
[42:29] annual performance report to
[42:30] their website summarizing
[42:30] activities during the fiscal
[42:32] year and detailing revenue and
[42:37] expenditures.
[42:38] Each year the Council considers
[42:39] approving a one year extension
[42:43] to the agreement which includes
[42:43] two six month periods per state
[42:44] law.
[42:46] The Council must take eight
[42:47] actions over two council
[42:47] meetings during the last
[42:48] meeting.
[42:51] Council appointed
[42:52] the respective advisory board
[42:52] for each bid.
[42:55] Approved the 2027 budget
[42:56] reports for each bid.
[43:00] Declared the Council's intent
[43:01] to collect assessments from
[43:01] businesses.
[43:04] And set today MAY 11th as
[43:05] the notice public hearing date.
[43:05] In addition inaction action was
[43:08] added this year to allow
[43:09] the Economic Development
[43:10] Department to continue to
[43:10] directly manage the San Isidro
[43:14] bid including including waiving
[43:17] sections of Council policy 900
[43:17] Dash seven.
[43:18] During this meeting the Council
[43:22] will consider confirming
[43:22] the actions taken at the first
[43:23] meeting authorizing the city's
[43:27] cfo to appropriate transfer and
[43:27] expend assessment revenues.
[43:30] Approving the Third Amendment
[43:31] to the fiscal year 2024 bid
[43:32] management agreements with
[43:35] the nonprofit associations.
[43:36] >> And authorize the mayor to
[43:40] execute the contracts as part
[43:41] of their agreement.
[43:41] The Economic Development
[43:45] Department works collaborates
[43:45] with bid managers to better
[43:46] understand each district
[43:46] through metrics.
[43:50] The metrics provided are for
[43:51] fiscal year 2025 and provide
[43:51] information regarding the ratio
[43:55] of assessment versus non
[43:56] assessment spending business
[43:56] losses and gains.
[44:00] Job losses and gains.
[44:00] Vacancy rates and rental rates.
[44:03] These are included in the staff
[44:08] report as attachment f metrics
[44:09] are also provided by other city
[44:09] departments.
[44:10] These include building permits
[44:13] both applications and approved
[44:14] public projects Private
[44:18] investment and public
[44:18] investment.
[44:19] These are also included in
[44:20] the staff report as Attachment
[44:22] g.
[44:22] Accountability provisions
[44:27] remain part of the current
[44:28] agreement.
[44:28] These provisions include
[44:29] the requirement of an
[44:32] anti-harassment
[44:32] nondiscrimination and inclusion
[44:33] policy signed by all board
[44:37] members and staff and
[44:38] the requirement that all board
[44:39] members and staff attend a
[44:42] related training.
[44:42] >> Also included are additional
[44:46] conflict of interest processes
[44:46] .
[44:47] >> a final summary of Council
[44:50] actions required for the fiscal
[44:51] year 2027 Business Improvement
[44:51] District budgets is shown on
[44:54] this slide and we are available
[44:55] to answer any questions you
[44:55] have.
[44:56] Thank you.
[44:56] All right.
[44:57] Thank you for the presentation
[45:00] and the work that it takes to
[45:01] bring these items forward.
[45:01] >> Clerk Please proceed with
[45:04] public comment.
[45:05] >> Thank you.
[45:09] Council PRESIDENT Sunny Lee if
[45:10] you can please come forward to
[45:14] the microphone after that.
[45:15] Ben Nichols and then Blair
[45:20] Beekman if you can all come up
[45:20] to the yellow reserved seat and
[45:21] then I have three who would
[45:24] like to register a position in
[45:25] favor but do not wish to speak.
[45:27] You'll have two minutes.
[45:28] >> Please proceed.
[45:28] Good afternoon.
[45:32] I am Sunny Lee, The PRESIDENT
[45:32] Of the San Diego Beard Alliance
[45:33] and executive director for
[45:34] Discover Pacific Beach.
[45:37] I'm here in support of our bid
[45:38] budget and I also wanted to say
[45:39] thank you.
[45:42] Last week you all showed real
[45:43] support for small businesses
[45:44] and arts and culture and that
[45:47] didn't go unnoticed.
[45:48] I'm hoping that these programs
[45:48] make their way into the next
[45:52] version of the budget with
[45:53] the support you all have shown.
[45:54] Programs like asb and Arts and
[45:58] Culture funding are not extras
[45:58] for Aapis.
[45:59] They are part of how we drive
[46:00] business into our districts.
[46:02] Support the small businesses
[46:03] and keep our neighborhoods
[46:06] active When our districts are
[46:07] working, businesses see more
[46:08] customers more activity and
[46:11] that also translates into
[46:12] revenue for the city.
[46:13] So we're asking you to continue
[46:16] that support and make sure
[46:17] these programs are included in
[46:18] the next version of the budget.
[46:21] Thank you.
[46:22] >> Thank you.
[46:22] Ben Nichols Hello.
[46:26] My name is Benjamin Nichols and
[46:27] I'm the executive director of
[46:27] the Hillcrest Business
[46:30] Association.
[46:31] The bid and programs are vital
[46:31] parts of our neighborhoods
[46:35] economy.
[46:36] Just this past quarter we
[46:37] launched a still fabulous
[46:40] promotional campaign that
[46:41] supports businesses through
[46:42] the many public construction
[46:42] projects occurring in
[46:46] the neighborhood.
[46:46] We also hosted a mother's Day
[46:47] raffle a shop local raffle
[46:50] campaign and next week we will
[46:51] host our quarterly business
[46:51] mixer.
[46:54] There's always things going on
[46:55] in Hillcrest and these funds
[46:56] are a vital part of that.
[47:00] But what makes this program
[47:00] exceptional and the bid program
[47:01] at large exceptional is that
[47:04] for every dollar you invest
[47:05] through the bid program we
[47:08] raise an additional $19.
[47:08] This kind of leverage is very
[47:09] rare and it's why these
[47:12] programs matter.
[47:13] Please support this program and
[47:14] the related small business
[47:14] enhancement funding.
[47:17] Thank you.
[47:28] >> Blair Beekman Hi We're
[47:28] Beekman for the change
[47:29] the order of the meeting today
[47:32] I have to I'm going to come in
[47:33] and out of the meeting.
[47:33] I got chores to do around
[47:36] downtown today so I'll do that
[47:37] and hopefully make it back for
[47:40] the later part of the meeting.
[47:41] Thank you.
[47:41] That I think I heard
[47:46] Councilperson Foster is around
[47:46] here still and thank you.
[47:47] He's back.
[47:48] I wish him well And what he's
[47:53] been going through Um, I.
[47:54] I wanted to comment on this
[47:58] item.
[47:59] You know, it's my real hope
[47:59] that with this item that you're
[48:03] creating a sense of the parking
[48:03] boards that were summarily
[48:07] dismissed and sadly so
[48:08] hopefully can have a place
[48:12] within this new appropriations
[48:13] process and that there can be a
[48:18] clear respect and of ideas of
[48:22] what parking needs for each
[48:23] business district And along
[48:26] with those needs a reminder
[48:27] that the work I do with tec
[48:31] accountability has been I think
[48:32] can be really interesting to
[48:36] business owners in and not only
[48:36] the public safety aspect but
[48:37] learning to balance public
[48:41] safety with responsible
[48:41] practices and learning that
[48:46] combination uh that's that's
[48:47] the sustainability that I've
[48:47] been trying to learn and
[48:52] understand better And I think
[48:53] it's a community process and
[48:53] neighborhood process.
[48:56] It's interesting and for our
[48:57] business community to have a
[48:57] good sense of that and
[48:58] understanding of not just
[49:01] public safety but responsible
[49:05] tech practices that's a good
[49:06] combination That's really
[49:06] building our future.
[49:08] And thank you for your time and
[49:14] Evanston.
[49:14] >> Good afternoon.
[49:18] Council PRESIDENT Council
[49:19] Members My name is Evan Strawn
[49:20] speaking on behalf of the San
[49:23] Diego Regional Chamber of
[49:24] Commerce and is here today to
[49:25] support the funding for our
[49:25] bids across the city.
[49:29] Thank you to city staff for
[49:29] your hard work on this.
[49:30] Thank you to Council for your
[49:30] support.
[49:31] Small businesses are really
[49:34] the lifeblood of our local
[49:34] economy and so we're really
[49:35] grateful for the support and
[49:37] the great activities and work
[49:38] that bids do as well as funding
[49:39] that support small businesses
[49:39] themselves.
[49:40] So really appreciate your
[49:42] support today.
[49:43] >> Thank you.
[49:43] Thank you.
[49:44] I'm sorry the five minute timer
[49:45] going to those participating
[49:46] remotely starting with
[49:51] the original.
[49:52] Yeah, it's interesting to see
[49:56] you guys.
[49:57] Perpetrator So you care about
[49:57] small businesses when they were
[50:00] actively closing them down
[50:01] during the days of covid you
[50:02] know if they weren't, you know,
[50:07] abiding by I mean you even got
[50:07] rid of your own employees,
[50:08] the police department it's like
[50:10] and then you guys wonder why
[50:11] things are like they are if
[50:12] they weren't engaged in such an
[50:15] of various acts to you know,
[50:16] actively close small businesses
[50:20] down and you know, pretty much
[50:21] gaslight them at this point
[50:22] acting as though you cared
[50:25] about them You should have been
[50:25] doing something to ensure that
[50:26] they stayed open and not that
[50:26] they closed down.
[50:30] And when you guys engage with
[50:30] NGOs or nonprofits they are for
[50:34] profit and the problem is when
[50:35] you contract with them they are
[50:38] making money off of these bids
[50:39] and the money that you are
[50:40] allocating to them that you
[50:43] know there is some that's going
[50:44] to go to the community but
[50:45] there's no you know, checks and
[50:48] balances, no accountability and
[50:49] transparency to see exactly
[50:49] where the money is going.
[50:53] It's as though you guys just
[50:54] give it into these nonprofits
[50:58] hands and kind of let them run
[50:58] rampant.
[50:59] I mean as you can see with
[51:00] Dreams for Change in downtown
[51:03] San Diego Partnership with Tent
[51:03] City.
[51:04] So it's like you know, it's
[51:05] really hard to trust you guys
[51:08] making sound mind decisions
[51:09] when you have proven time and
[51:10] again that you cannot be
[51:13] trusted when you're allocating
[51:13] money to different entities and
[51:18] you kind of take out your you
[51:19] know, accountability in it and
[51:22] act as though you're immune
[51:23] from anything if they're
[51:23] engaged in it.
[51:27] And that's the problem is that
[51:28] you know, there's no way to for
[51:29] the people to follow where
[51:32] their money is going and ensure
[51:33] that it is actually making
[51:34] the communities better and
[51:38] who's determining what needs to
[51:39] go into that community.
[51:39] If you have an ngo doing it
[51:40] then it's like they're going to
[51:43] be pushing a certain agenda And
[51:44] is that exactly what the people
[51:44] want or is that what they want
[51:48] and are they getting money to
[51:48] do it and then you know,
[51:49] profiting off of it when it
[51:52] should be all of it should be
[51:53] going into the communities so
[51:54] that it can be better and not
[51:54] like it.
[51:56] It's.
[51:57] >> Thank you for that
[51:58] concluding comment.
[52:02] We're going to Andrea Epping
[52:03] next and we're just updating
[52:04] our slide to have the right
[52:10] number You can give us one
[52:19] minute Our apologies for
[52:24] the delay.
[52:24] >> Please proceed.
[52:25] This is Andrea Ebbing.
[52:28] I think the bids are critical.
[52:29] We must invest in the bids.
[52:33] I was in the Columbia District
[52:34] when I was the marketing
[52:38] director for w Hotels and
[52:38] Starwood had me do a
[52:39] qualitative quantitative
[52:42] analysis of the Columbia
[52:43] District over like a 6 or 7
[52:46] year period for a $26 million
[52:47] investment into a property in
[52:51] the air and that's when
[52:52] the Columbia District was kind
[52:56] of being defined because little
[52:57] Italy was so successful in how
[52:57] they ran things.
[53:01] And I feel like we have
[53:02] obviously we have a budget
[53:03] crisis but I've mentioned this
[53:06] before it's like Todd Gloria is
[53:06] an assemblyman trying to
[53:11] operate the city as a
[53:11] politician when it's a
[53:12] business, you know what I mean?
[53:13] Like we need to really look at
[53:16] this as a business and drive
[53:17] revenue And certainly there are
[53:20] people and issues and human
[53:21] rights and civil rights that
[53:22] need to be met and addressed.
[53:25] But in terms of driving revenue
[53:26] and the investment, the bids
[53:26] are where it's at.
[53:30] I mean look what look what
[53:30] the bid did for Little Italy.
[53:31] I think you guys I'll see that
[53:34] in agree.
[53:35] But I think that you know, that
[53:39] is going to be our key to
[53:40] helping fix because because we
[53:44] have a lot of we have a lot of
[53:45] aftermath and fallout from all
[53:49] the issues we've had recently.
[53:49] So we're already all the way
[53:50] down.
[53:54] We need to have promotions and
[53:54] we need to have like feeder
[53:55] market promotions going on.
[53:59] I often go back to the time we
[53:59] had convoys when Joe Jersey was
[54:03] running convoys and like one of
[54:04] the things was just as an
[54:04] example there was an Arizona
[54:08] promotion where the investment
[54:08] would be 300,000 and the return
[54:12] on investment would be 5.2
[54:12] million And in order to make
[54:13] that kind of money when
[54:17] the tourist or the person
[54:18] arrives in our city they have
[54:21] to have a great time not be
[54:22] squeezed for every dollar for
[54:23] parking be able to enjoy
[54:27] downtown without feeling
[54:28] threatened And you know it has
[54:28] to be clean and safe.
[54:31] So thank you.
[54:32] >> Next is I phone if you can
[54:36] please unmute everybody.
[54:37] This is Jody Ruddick,
[54:41] the executive director of
[54:41] the La Hoya bid and I am so
[54:42] excited to be talking with you
[54:46] and apologize for not being
[54:46] there in person.
[54:47] It is not indicative of my
[54:51] passion for this item so I
[54:52] wanted to make sure that I got
[54:52] a chance to call in.
[54:53] I first of all want to thank
[54:55] the economic development
[54:56] Department for all of their
[54:56] hard work.
[54:57] Putting together these budgets
[54:57] is no small feat.
[55:00] So thank you to Christine, Bill
[55:01] Blair and all of her team.
[55:04] I want to thank you in advance
[55:05] and optimistically for your
[55:06] unwavering support of
[55:06] the resources and
[55:09] the commitment to small
[55:10] business.
[55:10] I know this has been an
[55:11] incredibly difficult budget
[55:15] process but lj VMAs success is
[55:15] also a balancing act.
[55:19] Like all of the other bids as
[55:20] we work to meet the needs of
[55:20] our nonprofit partners, our
[55:24] cultural arts organizations and
[55:25] of course our 1280 bed members
[55:28] our community of young
[55:29] professionals continues to grow
[55:30] exponentially through our
[55:33] monthly activities and events
[55:34] and that is something that we
[55:35] are incredibly proud of and we
[55:38] are prioritizing as we move
[55:38] forward.
[55:39] As you know, our bid assessment
[55:43] fees are fixed, event costs
[55:44] continue to rise and funding is
[55:48] on the chopping block Yet lj
[55:49] Beam has continued to increase
[55:52] services along with the other
[55:52] bids.
[55:53] When I hear the list of
[55:53] programs, services and events
[55:57] that are being put out by these
[55:58] tiny nonprofit organizations,
[56:02] it is absolutely overwhelming l
[56:03] j v m a continues to connect
[56:07] with our community our
[56:07] nonprofits use other grant
[56:12] funds to help us set actions.
[56:16] We want to help you also do
[56:17] your job.
[56:17] We are committed to growing our
[56:18] social media.
[56:21] We're committed to telling your
[56:22] story as a community and we
[56:22] want to make sure that we are
[56:23] there for you.
[56:26] For example, hey by the si.Com
[56:27] through some of the work with
[56:30] some of our partners now
[56:31] exceeds 60,000 unique visitors
[56:31] a month.
[56:35] That's not look Hoya story that
[56:35] San Diego story it is a very
[56:39] unusual time both in La Hoya as
[56:40] we have groups of citizens
[56:44] looking at your time has
[56:45] concluded 8700 if you can
[56:52] please and you star six if you
[57:02] can please unmute Thank you Joy
[57:07] to see the three As all of you
[57:11] know by now I love the bids and
[57:14] I am looking forward to
[57:15] districts five, six and seven
[57:19] coming into our bid Family.
[57:20] Now I want to give you a red
[57:24] flag because I know the Gaslamp
[57:25] district bid I know how it
[57:25] ticks.
[57:29] I know how the energy comes in
[57:34] and the top energy getter are
[57:34] the conventioneers.
[57:39] So my red flag is we've got to
[57:39] put our arms around our
[57:40] convention center and make sure
[57:44] that we keep it vibrant and
[57:45] cooking along because we need
[57:50] them desperately, desperately
[57:51] That's I don't like that word
[57:55] but we need them to be our gym
[57:56] In the Gaslamp District.
[57:58] A bid to I'm going to I'm going
[58:03] away Save that red flag for you
[58:04] on this.
[58:05] So thank you for listening on
[58:05] that.
[58:08] Now I love to focus on
[58:09] the metrics and I know we're
[58:12] very good at the quantifiable.
[58:13] i'm going to research this at
[58:17] some point on the call of
[58:18] viable metrics because they're
[58:21] subjective Of course at times.
[58:22] So I'd like to qualify that
[58:26] quantifiable and quantifiable
[58:27] because when I first started
[58:27] reading those performance
[58:32] reports on the bids on my bid
[58:36] downtown, I really sympathized
[58:40] with what it takes to run a bid
[58:41] and the challenges they face.
[58:42] >> Some of them are really
[58:46] enormous So it's not just
[58:46] pretty on the top but there's a
[58:50] lot going on that you always
[58:51] have to look at and really
[58:55] respect the bids So the metrics
[58:56] are great qualifier bold ones
[58:58] to see you know how it's
[58:59] working on all levels and love
[59:04] to what the five minute timer
[59:04] had concluded No additional
[59:05] speakers will be taken.
[59:08] >> We have four speakers left
[59:08] in the queue.
[59:09] >> Jacqueline if you can please
[59:12] unmute.
[59:12] Good afternoon.
[59:13] My name is Jacqueline Garcia
[59:16] and the Executive Director of
[59:17] the Diamond bid and
[59:18] the Secretary of the Bid
[59:21] Alliance And I'm here to say
[59:21] thank you to city staff for
[59:26] passing our budgets for
[59:26] the bid.
[59:27] They are super important and I
[59:28] also want the public to know
[59:31] that every single penny that we
[59:31] receive for the bids are
[59:32] accounted for.
[59:36] We have checks and balances And
[59:37] so it's really important to
[59:37] know that the support that we
[59:40] receive for the small business
[59:41] in our neighborhoods is very
[59:42] important in our districts It
[59:45] really helps us do placemaking
[59:46] resource classes for our
[59:50] business owners a lot of
[59:51] opportunities for different
[59:52] people in the neighborhood that
[59:52] are working really hard to make
[59:55] it a better place and a better
[59:55] San Diego.
[59:56] So I just want to say thank you
[1:00:00] to our bid alliance for showing
[1:00:00] up today.
[1:00:01] You guys are amazing and also
[1:00:04] to everyone in the city who is
[1:00:05] pushing for us to continue to
[1:00:06] get support for programs like
[1:00:09] Creative Communities and all
[1:00:10] the grants that we need to move
[1:00:11] forward for our dining, for our
[1:00:15] shopping, for our small
[1:00:15] business districts, arts,
[1:00:16] culture, everything that we
[1:00:19] have been talking about
[1:00:20] the last few weeks are very
[1:00:21] important Part of what happens
[1:00:24] in San Diego.
[1:00:25] So thank you very much and you
[1:00:26] all have a wonderful day.
[1:00:28] Thank you.
[1:00:29] Next is Toni.
[1:00:33] If you can please unmute.
[1:00:36] Yes, hello.
[1:00:37] >> Can you hear me?
[1:00:37] Yes.
[1:00:42] Please proceed.
[1:00:42] >> Hey, thank you.
[1:00:43] How's it going today?
[1:00:44] City Council How are we doing?
[1:00:46] Just wanted to thank
[1:00:47] the previous caller I believe
[1:00:47] her name was Jacqueline for
[1:00:51] what she just said I was kind
[1:00:52] of arrived late to the meeting
[1:00:55] so I didn't get a chance to
[1:00:55] hear everything.
[1:00:56] I'm reading the agenda but as
[1:00:57] I'm looking online I'm seeing
[1:01:01] the business Improvement
[1:01:01] District Alliance and reading
[1:01:02] its purpose and with what she
[1:01:05] said and combined to what I'm
[1:01:06] reading right now it sounds
[1:01:07] like a fantastic program.
[1:01:10] It's super beneficial coming to
[1:01:11] these meetings.
[1:01:12] I just want to say for anybody
[1:01:12] that MAY be listening there's
[1:01:13] so many things that are
[1:01:16] discussed at every meeting and
[1:01:16] I'm really grateful.
[1:01:17] I know I don't always we don't
[1:01:20] always agree on every issue but
[1:01:21] it's really beneficial Even
[1:01:22] the things that I don't
[1:01:25] necessarily agree with on
[1:01:30] the surface I find out there
[1:01:30] are nuances that I am grateful
[1:01:35] for like the No Shots fired
[1:01:35] program.
[1:01:39] I think that's a great use use
[1:01:40] of funds within this budget.
[1:01:41] But anyway, getting back to
[1:01:44] the bid budgets and and
[1:01:45] the business improvement
[1:01:49] district, I think that this is
[1:01:50] exactly what our government is
[1:01:50] supposed to be serving and this
[1:01:54] is a form of public safety is
[1:01:55] making sure that we have
[1:01:59] economic justice right and
[1:01:59] making sure that small
[1:02:04] businesses don't don't face
[1:02:04] the foreclosures that end up
[1:02:09] becoming a blight on
[1:02:09] the community when we have
[1:02:10] empty buildings.
[1:02:10] Right.
[1:02:14] And none of us wants to live in
[1:02:14] a corporate conglomerate town
[1:02:18] where it's the same the same
[1:02:19] layout of the city that you
[1:02:23] could find in any other city
[1:02:24] because it's the same handful
[1:02:24] of corporations.
[1:02:25] Our local businesses are what
[1:02:28] make San Diego unique And if
[1:02:29] our if our local government
[1:02:33] doesn't step in to protect them
[1:02:34] then we're not protecting those
[1:02:38] that create the economic
[1:02:39] opportunities that create
[1:02:39] the stability they create
[1:02:40] the safety that makes our city
[1:02:40] great.
[1:02:43] So thank you.
[1:02:44] >> Time is concluded.
[1:02:45] Kathleen, if you can please
[1:02:45] unmute and then our final
[1:02:46] speaker will be Michael
[1:02:50] Tremblay.
[1:02:51] >> Kathleen Lippert Yes.
[1:02:54] If I'm here Sorry.
[1:02:55] Thank you.
[1:02:56] It's important that bids like
[1:03:00] Discover work to improve their
[1:03:00] partnership with community
[1:03:04] members Recently one of
[1:03:05] the representatives came to
[1:03:06] City Council to speak in
[1:03:09] support of a neighborhood bar
[1:03:09] which has been the subject of
[1:03:13] neighborhood nuisance problems
[1:03:14] for decades.
[1:03:15] It's admirable when they
[1:03:15] support community friendly
[1:03:19] alcohol license fees but
[1:03:20] supporting pub crawls and other
[1:03:24] high risk drinking events is
[1:03:24] not in the best interest of
[1:03:25] either their any of their bars
[1:03:29] or or for the community
[1:03:29] members.
[1:03:34] >> tb ranks consistently in
[1:03:34] the top three communities for
[1:03:38] crime most with most violent
[1:03:39] incident of being alcohol
[1:03:39] related and occurring in bar
[1:03:43] districts euphemistically
[1:03:44] referred to as hospitality
[1:03:44] districts.
[1:03:48] But when people visitors come
[1:03:49] to pub they do not want to be
[1:03:53] fearful of walking at night and
[1:03:57] being spending a lot of money
[1:03:58] to spend in hotels that they
[1:03:59] can't sleep because of the bar
[1:04:07] noise and they and they have
[1:04:07] the music that they play and
[1:04:08] also the vulgar language that
[1:04:12] is that is telegraphed
[1:04:17] throughout the community There
[1:04:17] .
[1:04:18] Those are things that they
[1:04:18] should be careful to do Be
[1:04:21] careful to only sponsor and
[1:04:22] support businesses that are in
[1:04:26] the best interest of both
[1:04:26] businesses and community.
[1:04:31] Thank you for letting me speak
[1:04:31] .
[1:04:32] Thank you.
[1:04:32] And our final speaker is
[1:04:33] Michael Tremblay.
[1:04:35] If you can please unmute.
[1:04:36] Thank you Council PRESIDENT
[1:04:37] Council members My name is
[1:04:41] Michael Trimble and I'm
[1:04:41] the executive director of
[1:04:42] the Gaslamp Quarter
[1:04:42] Association.
[1:04:45] I'm here today to strongly
[1:04:46] endorse the f y 27 Business
[1:04:50] Improvement District budgets.
[1:04:51] These budgets are critical to
[1:04:51] the success of small business
[1:04:52] community in the Gaslamp
[1:04:55] Quarter and in
[1:04:55] the neighborhoods throughout
[1:04:56] the city.
[1:04:56] Business improvement districts
[1:05:00] provide direct support to small
[1:05:00] businesses through advocacy,
[1:05:01] maintenance, marketing, special
[1:05:04] events and programs that help
[1:05:05] keep our businesses active,
[1:05:09] safe and economically vibrant.
[1:05:10] I also want to reiterate
[1:05:11] the importance of fully funding
[1:05:11] the small businesses
[1:05:14] Enhancement Program.
[1:05:15] This program is not a luxury It
[1:05:19] is a necessity for investment
[1:05:20] into the small business
[1:05:20] community.
[1:05:21] When small businesses are
[1:05:21] supported they generate
[1:05:24] activities jobs, tax revenue
[1:05:25] and long term economic
[1:05:29] stability for the city.
[1:05:30] I want to thank the Economic
[1:05:30] Development Department for its
[1:05:31] partnership and continue to
[1:05:34] work in supporting the bids and
[1:05:35] recognizing the value of
[1:05:35] the small businesses in our
[1:05:38] neighborhood.
[1:05:39] The Gaslamp quarter's very
[1:05:40] important economic cultural
[1:05:43] area in San Diego and the bid
[1:05:44] funding plays a vital role in
[1:05:44] helping our businesses succeed.
[1:05:49] So I respectfully urge to
[1:05:49] support their 427 bid budgets.
[1:05:52] And thanks very much for all
[1:05:53] your support everyone on
[1:05:54] the City Council.
[1:05:54] >> Thank you.
[1:05:54] Thank you.
[1:05:55] And that concludes public
[1:05:58] comment for this item.
[1:05:59] >> All right.
[1:05:59] Thank you, City clerk.
[1:06:02] I will now turn it over to
[1:06:03] council members for questions,
[1:06:03] comments and entertain a
[1:06:04] motion.
[1:06:04] We'll start with Council member
[1:06:07] Campo, the Chair of Economic
[1:06:07] Development and
[1:06:12] Intergovernmental Relations.
[1:06:13] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.
[1:06:13] Thank you to our city staff.
[1:06:14] Thank you for members of
[1:06:17] the public who called in in
[1:06:17] support of this this is a no
[1:06:18] brainer Help small businesses
[1:06:21] keep good jobs, improve
[1:06:22] the local economy.
[1:06:23] I move approval of the item.
[1:06:23] Thank you.
[1:06:23] All right.
[1:06:26] We have a motion to move a
[1:06:27] staff recommendation will go
[1:06:27] next to council member
[1:06:28] Whitburn.
[1:06:28] Thank you Council PRESIDENT
[1:06:31] Thank you to Chair Carpio As
[1:06:31] was mentioned this is
[1:06:35] the second part of the bid
[1:06:36] budget allocation process We
[1:06:36] approved part one last month.
[1:06:37] District three is home to
[1:06:41] the majority of San Diego's
[1:06:41] bids and I want to thank all of
[1:06:42] our business districts their
[1:06:45] executive directors, all
[1:06:46] the board members, the staff,
[1:06:46] the politicians, all of
[1:06:47] the individual businesses that
[1:06:50] participate in those business
[1:06:51] improvement districts.
[1:06:51] Thank you for your continued
[1:06:52] partnership and for all
[1:06:55] the work you do to help our
[1:06:56] wonderful neighbors
[1:06:56] neighborhood succeed.
[1:07:00] I also want to thank
[1:07:00] the Economic Development Team
[1:07:01] for all of your work in making
[1:07:02] this complex process as
[1:07:06] seamless as possible year after
[1:07:06] year and I will second
[1:07:07] the motion to approve the staff
[1:07:07] recommendation.
[1:07:10] All right.
[1:07:11] Thank you, Councilmember
[1:07:11] Whitburn.
[1:07:12] So we have a motion by
[1:07:13] Councilmember Campion, a second
[1:07:15] by Councilmember Whitburn, not
[1:07:16] anybody else in the lights.
[1:07:20] I'll offer my thanks to Jody
[1:07:20] Ruddick who called in from
[1:07:21] the Lawyer Merchants
[1:07:24] Association and of course Sonny
[1:07:25] Lee who has double duty with
[1:07:25] executive director of Pacific
[1:07:29] Beach Bid and also the Bid
[1:07:29] Alliance which I still call
[1:07:30] the Bid Council.
[1:07:33] So there you go.
[1:07:34] I want to thank the setting for
[1:07:35] her comments.
[1:07:39] I appreciate her recognition of
[1:07:39] the importance of bid and
[1:07:44] economic development and I
[1:07:44] don't know why I have to say
[1:07:45] this every time we're just
[1:07:48] giving money back to
[1:07:49] the merchants and how they
[1:07:53] choose to form their governing
[1:07:53] board, how they choose their
[1:07:54] executive director is up to
[1:07:54] them.
[1:07:57] So it's really their money and
[1:07:58] they're deciding what to do
[1:07:59] with it.
[1:07:59] We don't do anything more than
[1:08:02] that except for
[1:08:03] the extraordinary support that
[1:08:07] we give every single day to
[1:08:08] help them navigate
[1:08:08] the challenges that small
[1:08:09] business have in today's
[1:08:13] environment.
[1:08:13] So thank you very much to
[1:08:14] everybody at that participates
[1:08:15] in that.
[1:08:15] All right.
[1:08:18] We do have a motion by Council
[1:08:19] member Campion, a second by
[1:08:19] Council member Whitburn
[1:08:20] The move the staff
[1:08:23] recommendation and clerk please
[1:08:23] call the roll Sorry the voting
[1:08:26] system Please cast your vote
[1:08:33] that passes unanimously 7 to 0
[1:08:33] with council member Yvonne
[1:08:34] Wolpert and Councilmember
[1:08:34] Foster absent.
[1:08:37] Thank you Council PRESIDENT
[1:08:38] Thank you City Clerk and thank
[1:08:39] you again to the good folks at
[1:08:42] Eddy So as they're departing
[1:08:43] Clerk please introduce item 204
[1:08:45] item 204 is the 2026 update to
[1:08:46] the San Diego Municipal Code
[1:08:50] Land Development Code and Local
[1:08:51] Coastal Program Minor
[1:08:51] amendments to the Downtown
[1:08:54] Community Plan and General plan
[1:08:55] and associated implementing
[1:08:55] actions.
[1:08:56] If you'd like to speak on this
[1:09:00] item please be sure to submit a
[1:09:01] speaker slip to the front of
[1:09:02] the room in the clear box and
[1:09:04] if you are participating
[1:09:05] remotely now's the time to
[1:09:06] raise your hand by pressing
[1:09:06] Star nine or the raise your
[1:09:10] hand icon.
[1:09:11] Thank you Council PRESIDENT All
[1:09:11] right.
[1:09:11] Thank you.
[1:09:14] And we got a bit of a turnout
[1:09:15] here from city planning so
[1:09:16] please introduce yourselves for
[1:09:16] the record and let us know how
[1:09:24] much time you need making
[1:09:25] Covarrubias who would need 28
[1:09:25] minutes for that item?
[1:09:25] All right.
[1:09:28] When you're ready.
[1:09:29] >> Good afternoon.
[1:09:30] My name is Megan Caribbean
[1:09:33] senior planner with the city of
[1:09:33] San Diego City Planning
[1:09:34] Department.
[1:09:34] And today I'll be providing an
[1:09:38] overview of the 2026 Land
[1:09:38] Development Code update.
[1:09:39] Joining me today is city
[1:09:43] Planning director Heidi Von
[1:09:43] Blum, deputy director says
[1:09:44] legend and principal planner
[1:09:47] Courtney Pash.
[1:09:48] Also joining me from dsd urban
[1:09:49] division is deputy director
[1:09:51] Bryan Schoen, Fish and senior
[1:09:56] planner Jacob Basinger,
[1:09:57] component of the Land
[1:09:58] Development Code Chapters 11
[1:10:01] through 15 of the San Diego
[1:10:01] Municipal Code are known
[1:10:02] collectively as the ldc.
[1:10:05] These chapters cover land
[1:10:06] development procedures the Land
[1:10:06] Development Review process,
[1:10:10] Zoning General regulations and
[1:10:11] the plan districts.
[1:10:14] There are 134 proposal
[1:10:15] amendments 103 are dedicated to
[1:10:18] city wide amendments and 31 to
[1:10:19] downtown amendments.
[1:10:23] The Land Development Code team
[1:10:24] evaluated roughly 242
[1:10:24] submissions from a variety of
[1:10:25] different groups that are
[1:10:28] highlighted on the screen.
[1:10:29] In addition staff we researched
[1:10:32] and reviewed state legislation
[1:10:33] for inclusion in the in this
[1:10:37] code update package on FEBRUARY
[1:10:38] 19th the Planning Commission
[1:10:39] voted unanimously to recommend
[1:10:43] to the City Council approval
[1:10:43] the 2026 ldc update.
[1:10:47] The motion included removal of
[1:10:48] items 34 and 91 and additional
[1:10:53] amendments to item seven
[1:10:54] related to complete County's
[1:10:57] Housing Solutions staff waiver
[1:10:58] Item 17 Fire Suppression
[1:11:01] Distance Item 39 to
[1:11:02] the Mavericks Options Item 76
[1:11:06] Affordable Housing regulations
[1:11:06] for moderate income and I and
[1:11:07] item 92 Residential development
[1:11:11] and the Max Miramar Airport
[1:11:15] influence area on MARCH 5th
[1:11:16] Elion voted unanimously to
[1:11:17] recommend to the City Council
[1:11:20] of the proposed 2026 ldc update
[1:11:24] which included return of item
[1:11:25] 109 and amendments to item
[1:11:26] seven for complete community
[1:11:30] housing solutions tiff waiver
[1:11:31] to continue to give waiver for
[1:11:33] homes under 500ft with the cap
[1:11:34] of 30% of total homes on
[1:11:39] the development provided that
[1:11:39] at least 10% include three or
[1:11:42] more bedrooms Item 87 privacy
[1:11:43] conforming premises and uses
[1:11:47] for city staff to work with
[1:11:48] Council District six office to
[1:11:49] refine the in lieu options for
[1:11:52] requires street frontage
[1:11:52] improvements for the previously
[1:11:56] conforming regulations
[1:12:00] The removal of item 87 an
[1:12:00] amendment to the previously
[1:12:01] conforming premises and use
[1:12:05] regulations which was intended
[1:12:06] to provide more flexibility for
[1:12:06] lots with commercial or
[1:12:11] industrial uses that were at
[1:12:11] reason through a community plan
[1:12:12] update by allowing additional
[1:12:15] but similar previously
[1:12:16] conforming uses in some
[1:12:20] circumstances provided the lots
[1:12:20] are outside the environmental
[1:12:21] justice communities with
[1:12:22] requirements to provide street
[1:12:25] frontage requirements such as
[1:12:26] wider sidewalks, street trees,
[1:12:30] public spaces and other
[1:12:30] improvements based on feedback
[1:12:34] from alienate staff engage with
[1:12:35] stakeholders who explore
[1:12:36] additional options for City
[1:12:40] Council's consideration.
[1:12:40] Following these discussions,
[1:12:41] the item and its associated
[1:12:44] resolution were removed from
[1:12:45] the 2026 ldc update at
[1:12:48] the request of the stakeholders
[1:12:49] existing previously conforming
[1:12:50] use regulations will apply as
[1:12:54] is moving forward Updates to
[1:12:58] the code are grouped into five
[1:12:59] categories you here see on
[1:13:00] the screen align policy with
[1:13:03] climate equity or housing
[1:13:04] goals.
[1:13:04] Second clarifications.
[1:13:08] Third compliance with state law
[1:13:09] for the corrections and
[1:13:09] the last category Regulate
[1:13:13] regulatory reforms in
[1:13:13] parentheses.
[1:13:14] The numbers of proposed
[1:13:17] amendments are included in each
[1:13:18] category.
[1:13:22] First I will review changes to
[1:13:23] the to the proposed amendments
[1:13:23] to align the code with
[1:13:24] the city's climate equity or
[1:13:27] housing goals.
[1:13:28] The next slide highlights
[1:13:28] Select condominium items that
[1:13:32] generate public interest, raise
[1:13:33] questions during outreach or
[1:13:36] required further violation.
[1:13:37] While some of these items will
[1:13:38] be reviewed here, additional
[1:13:38] details on all items are
[1:13:41] provided in the backup
[1:13:42] materials before I begin
[1:13:46] presenting on the citywide
[1:13:47] items, I would like to point
[1:13:48] out that the category that
[1:13:48] the proposed item is associated
[1:13:51] with can be found at the bottom
[1:13:52] right hand corner of
[1:13:52] the screen.
[1:13:56] Item three includes changes to
[1:13:57] the floor area ratio bonus and
[1:13:57] commercial base zones to
[1:14:01] encourage more mixed income
[1:14:01] development by allowing an
[1:14:02] additional point five floor
[1:14:05] area ratio bonus for
[1:14:06] residential makes use of
[1:14:06] elements that provide all
[1:14:07] required deed restricted
[1:14:11] affordable homes on the site.
[1:14:11] This amendment only applies in
[1:14:12] commercial base zone star
[1:14:16] located in mobility zones 2 or
[1:14:16] 3 within higher highest
[1:14:20] resource areas as defined by
[1:14:21] the California Tax Credit
[1:14:21] Allocation Committee.
[1:14:22] This would incentivize
[1:14:26] affordable homes to be
[1:14:26] constructed on site in high and
[1:14:27] highest resource communities in
[1:14:30] this city.
[1:14:30] Item six.
[1:14:31] Currently the complete
[1:14:35] community Housing Solutions
[1:14:36] only permits rental homes.
[1:14:36] This amendment allows
[1:14:40] the development for for sole
[1:14:40] homes and provides additional
[1:14:41] homeownership opportunities
[1:14:44] across various income levels.
[1:14:45] >> Item seven the proposed
[1:14:50] amendment to the communities
[1:14:50] Housing Solutions requires
[1:14:51] certain conditions to be met to
[1:14:55] receive a waiver for homes less
[1:14:55] than 500ft.
[1:14:59] At the time the full waiver was
[1:14:59] fully adopted with the adoption
[1:15:00] of city wide if all new homes
[1:15:04] were required to pay the same
[1:15:04] amount regardless of the size
[1:15:05] of the home with the adoption
[1:15:09] of city wide if all dif are
[1:15:10] scaled based on home size
[1:15:10] meaning the smaller homes pay
[1:15:13] less than greater homes a
[1:15:14] complete waiver of dif is not
[1:15:17] recommended for smaller homes.
[1:15:18] Since infrastructure
[1:15:19] investments are needed to
[1:15:19] ensure adequate public
[1:15:23] facilities are provided which
[1:15:23] is the intended purpose of
[1:15:24] divide and step estimates, they
[1:15:28] MAY result in the continual
[1:15:28] loss of revenue for
[1:15:29] infrastructure in the amount of
[1:15:32] about 11 million annually.
[1:15:32] The City Planning Department
[1:15:33] initially proposed removing
[1:15:36] the diff waiver from
[1:15:37] the Complete Communities
[1:15:37] regulations.
[1:15:38] However, the Planning
[1:15:42] Commission recommended the idea
[1:15:42] for year for homes Less than
[1:15:46] 500ft continue to be applied
[1:15:46] based on the Land Use and
[1:15:47] Housing Committee's
[1:15:48] recommendation Staff made
[1:15:51] revisions to this item to
[1:15:52] clarify that the diff waiver
[1:15:52] would continue to apply to
[1:15:56] homes less than 500ft provided
[1:15:59] the development includes 10%,
[1:16:00] three or more bedroom homes and
[1:16:01] that the diff waiver is limited
[1:16:04] to 30% of the total homes in a
[1:16:07] development that are less than
[1:16:08] 500ft.
[1:16:08] It is important to note that
[1:16:09] the city currently still
[1:16:13] provides a full diff waiver for
[1:16:13] any deed restricted affordable
[1:16:17] home meaning that these smaller
[1:16:18] units would still be eligible
[1:16:19] for a waiver if a deed
[1:16:20] restricted was placed on
[1:16:25] the home.
[1:16:26] In order to be consistent with
[1:16:27] the Mid-City Community plan
[1:16:31] which calls for medium high to
[1:16:31] high density residential
[1:16:32] development and commercial uses
[1:16:36] along transit corridors,
[1:16:37] the Central Urbanized Plan
[1:16:37] District needs to be updated.
[1:16:41] The amendment proposal would
[1:16:41] prohibit new moving and storage
[1:16:42] facilities in specific central
[1:16:46] urbanized commercial zones that
[1:16:49] include c2-3 through c2-5 zones
[1:16:50] to be consistent with
[1:16:51] the Mid-City community plan.
[1:16:54] This would not impact existing
[1:16:55] storage facilities which would
[1:16:55] be subject to the city's
[1:16:59] previously conforming use
[1:16:59] regulations.
[1:17:00] This amendment is also
[1:17:00] consistent with the city's
[1:17:04] climate goals of encouraging
[1:17:04] active pedestrian communities
[1:17:05] and encouraging new housing to
[1:17:09] be built, new transit to be
[1:17:09] built near transit.
[1:17:13] Now we move on to our next
[1:17:17] category that comprised of 23
[1:17:17] items within the code update
[1:17:18] under clarifications.
[1:17:22] Note that we will review some
[1:17:23] of these items but that more
[1:17:23] detail and all items are
[1:17:24] contained in the backup
[1:17:26] materials.
[1:17:27] Item 11 amends the noise
[1:17:31] regulations to clarify In
[1:17:32] certain cases noise levels MAY
[1:17:36] temporary exceed limits if
[1:17:37] the activity or use is
[1:17:38] authorized by a special event
[1:17:41] permit development permit or
[1:17:41] other permits or agreement
[1:17:42] approved by the city manager.
[1:17:43] This amendment clarifies
[1:17:45] current implementation
[1:17:46] practices.
[1:17:50] Item 17 The amendment is meant
[1:17:50] to inform development
[1:17:51] applicants to fire defensible
[1:17:55] space buffer MAY be required
[1:17:55] that is greater than
[1:17:59] the setback in the base zone.
[1:17:59] Nothing in this section
[1:18:00] increases the authority of
[1:18:04] the fire marshal but simply
[1:18:04] provides notice and applicant
[1:18:05] that other requirements MAY be
[1:18:05] applicable.
[1:18:09] The Planning Commission
[1:18:10] recommended that step insert
[1:18:11] the defensible space qualifier
[1:18:14] to the fire setback language to
[1:18:15] differentiate between the two
[1:18:19] different requirements in
[1:18:19] the base zones.
[1:18:20] City staff change the amendment
[1:18:24] from fire setback to fire
[1:18:25] defensible space for to address
[1:18:25] the Planning Commission's
[1:18:26] concern and increase clarity of
[1:18:31] the amendment.
[1:18:32] Item 18 in the plant makes use
[1:18:35] of at least 50% of the project
[1:18:36] floor areas required to be a
[1:18:40] nonresidential use and
[1:18:41] the remainder area MAY be used
[1:18:42] for either nonresidential or
[1:18:45] residential uses.
[1:18:45] Live work quarters are
[1:18:46] considered nonresidential uses
[1:18:50] even though they provide a
[1:18:50] residential component to
[1:18:51] provide additionally additional
[1:18:52] flexibility.
[1:18:55] The amendment proposal
[1:18:58] clarifies up to 5,050% of live
[1:18:59] work quarters floor area can be
[1:19:00] counted toward the minimum
[1:19:02] nonresidential requirement of
[1:19:07] the impact zone.
[1:19:08] Item 25 Alliance Affordable
[1:19:12] Housing Complete Communities
[1:19:12] Housing Solutions and Dwelling
[1:19:13] Unit protectant Protection
[1:19:17] Regulations for Government Code
[1:19:18] Section 663.5 By clarifying
[1:19:21] that equipment size means that
[1:19:22] the replacement dwelling units
[1:19:22] must include the same total
[1:19:26] number of bedrooms as the units
[1:19:26] being replaced.
[1:19:27] This is to ensure that families
[1:19:31] occupying the protected units
[1:19:32] can still qualify for
[1:19:32] the replacement units Since
[1:19:35] bedroom count determines
[1:19:35] the affordability of
[1:19:40] the replacement unit.
[1:19:41] >> Next we focus on code
[1:19:42] amendments that bring the San
[1:19:45] Diego Municipal Code into
[1:19:46] compliance with state law.
[1:19:46] Again, we will review some of
[1:19:49] these items but that more
[1:19:50] detail and all items are
[1:19:51] contained in the backup
[1:19:51] materials.
[1:19:54] Please note that the proposal
[1:19:55] amendments simply implement
[1:19:56] state law and do not go beyond
[1:20:00] what is otherwise required by
[1:20:01] item 39.
[1:20:05] Tentative map align aligns with
[1:20:06] ten of map regulations with
[1:20:06] the Subdivision Map Act for
[1:20:07] land zoned Industrial
[1:20:10] Commercial development
[1:20:11] clarified when a tentative map
[1:20:11] is not required pursuant to
[1:20:15] government code section 66426.
[1:20:16] The Planning Commission was
[1:20:20] concerned that mixed use zones
[1:20:21] were not explicitly included
[1:20:22] and therefore would not be
[1:20:25] eligible for a tentative map
[1:20:25] waiver.
[1:20:26] City staff added language to
[1:20:26] clarify that the tentative map
[1:20:29] waiver would be allowed in
[1:20:30] mixed use zones for development
[1:20:30] that is consistent with
[1:20:36] the subdivision map Act.
[1:20:37] >> Item 40 allows for
[1:20:38] ministerial approval of a
[1:20:41] subdivision of a 210 dwelling
[1:20:42] units allowed zone for multiple
[1:20:45] dwellings that are five acres
[1:20:46] or less to be compliant with
[1:20:46] Senate Bill 684.
[1:20:50] The state bill establishes a
[1:20:50] streamlined approval process
[1:20:51] for such subdivisions exempting
[1:20:55] them from the California
[1:20:55] Environmental Quality Act and
[1:20:56] other requirements.
[1:20:59] However, the application of
[1:21:00] this amendment would be
[1:21:00] excluded in very high fire
[1:21:04] hazards severity zones wetlands
[1:21:05] development with existing deed
[1:21:06] restricted affordable homes and
[1:21:11] rental homes.
[1:21:12] Item 41.
[1:21:13] Senate Bill 1123 Expands on
[1:21:17] Senate Bill 684 that was
[1:21:17] previously discussed in this
[1:21:21] slide to allow for streamlined
[1:21:22] subdivisions and single
[1:21:23] dwelling unit zones.
[1:21:26] The same site eligibility
[1:21:27] restrictions for Senate Bill
[1:21:31] 684 and multifamily zones apply
[1:21:32] to single dwelling unit zones.
[1:21:36] However, this bill included
[1:21:36] additional location criteria
[1:21:37] that includes the site must not
[1:21:41] be more than 1.5 acres and
[1:21:41] located adjacent to existing
[1:21:42] development.
[1:21:47] In addition, Senate Bill 1123
[1:21:47] allows for the creation of a
[1:21:51] remainder law and requires lots
[1:21:52] to be sold with a dwelling unit
[1:21:56] unless they are reserved for
[1:21:57] open space common area or a
[1:22:00] remainder parcel.
[1:22:04] The Land Development code
[1:22:05] includes 19 items that fall
[1:22:06] into the corrections category.
[1:22:09] Again we will review some of
[1:22:10] these items but that more
[1:22:11] detail and other items are
[1:22:11] contained in the backup
[1:22:14] material of item 68.
[1:22:19] This amendment to the airport
[1:22:20] land use compatibility overlay
[1:22:20] zone regulations would align
[1:22:24] the code with the Memphis
[1:22:25] Miramar Airport land use
[1:22:25] compatibility plan by
[1:22:29] permitting moving and storage
[1:22:30] facilities wholesale and
[1:22:31] distribution and storage uses
[1:22:34] in areas with noise levels up
[1:22:35] to 80db.
[1:22:39] Provided that any associated
[1:22:40] office or retail indoor spaces
[1:22:41] are mitigated to achieve an
[1:22:44] interior noise level of 50db.
[1:22:45] Based on the recommendation
[1:22:48] from the Planning Commission.
[1:22:49] Vehicle and vehicular equipment
[1:22:50] sales and services were added
[1:22:54] as a permitted use but only
[1:22:54] within Memphis Miramar Airport
[1:22:55] influence area.
[1:22:59] Since it is the only area that
[1:23:02] currently identifies this use.
[1:23:03] Now moving on to our last
[1:23:08] category regulatory reforms
[1:23:09] which is comprised of 22 items
[1:23:09] in the ldc.
[1:23:13] Again we will review some of
[1:23:14] these items with more detail
[1:23:15] and all items are contained in
[1:23:17] the backup materials.
[1:23:18] Item one The administrative
[1:23:22] citations have not been revised
[1:23:23] since 2007.
[1:23:23] This amendment increases
[1:23:27] increases existing penalties
[1:23:31] which range from $100 to $1000
[1:23:32] now up to $10,000 per
[1:23:32] violation.
[1:23:36] This is to deter code
[1:23:36] violations.
[1:23:40] Item 81 The administrative
[1:23:40] payment penalties have not been
[1:23:43] revised since 2007.
[1:23:44] This amendment increases
[1:23:44] penalties for causing or
[1:23:48] maintaining a public nuisance
[1:23:52] from $2500 to $10,000 per
[1:23:52] violation and increases the cap
[1:24:00] per parcel or structure from
[1:24:00] $200,000 to $500,000 in a
[1:24:01] calendar year To better reflect
[1:24:02] current administrative and
[1:24:05] investigation costs and to
[1:24:06] better deter violations.
[1:24:10] Item 82 Administrative or Civil
[1:24:10] Penalty.
[1:24:11] Penalties for code violations
[1:24:14] have not been updated since
[1:24:14] 2017.
[1:24:15] This amendment proposal raises
[1:24:19] administrative civil penalties
[1:24:20] for code violations to to
[1:24:20] better reflect current
[1:24:24] enforcement costs and serve as
[1:24:25] a stronger deterrent against
[1:24:25] noncompliance.
[1:24:29] It maintains the maximum rate
[1:24:30] of $10,000 per violation limit
[1:24:34] while increasing the cap of
[1:24:35] $400,000 to a $500,000 cap per
[1:24:40] parcel or structure for civil
[1:24:40] penalties imposed for general
[1:24:44] code violations.
[1:24:44] Code enforcement would retain
[1:24:45] discretion to impose
[1:24:46] appropriate penalty amounts
[1:24:47] given the surrounding
[1:24:52] violations.
[1:24:53] >> Item 85 Project and
[1:24:57] environmental appeal fees need
[1:24:58] to be updated to accurately
[1:24:58] reflect staff Time involved in
[1:25:01] appeals are considered by
[1:25:02] planning Commission and City
[1:25:02] Council.
[1:25:03] This proposed amendment would
[1:25:06] increase the planning
[1:25:10] Commission appeal fee from
[1:25:11] $1000 to $1140 and the City
[1:25:13] Council appeal pool fee from
[1:25:14] $1000 to $2380.
[1:25:19] The proposed amendment also
[1:25:19] establishes a reduced fee
[1:25:20] option based on the updated fee
[1:25:23] amounts.
[1:25:24] Appellants MAY receive a 50%
[1:25:24] reduction from the newly
[1:25:28] increased appeal fee if
[1:25:29] the project is within a low
[1:25:29] resource census tract area.
[1:25:33] Identified by the California
[1:25:34] Tax Credit Allocation Committee
[1:25:38] at the time the application is
[1:25:38] deemed complete.
[1:25:39] These new updated fees reflect
[1:25:42] the current estimated costs to
[1:25:43] process these appeals ensuring
[1:25:47] better cost recovery.
[1:25:52] Item 93 This item allows child
[1:25:53] care centers and the Marine
[1:25:54] Corps Air Station Miramar
[1:25:57] Airport influence area
[1:25:58] transition zone as eliminate
[1:26:01] use and establishes a maximum
[1:26:02] floor area ratio of 0.42 for
[1:26:06] the youth which is consistent
[1:26:07] with other small assembly uses.
[1:26:08] It also removes the expansion
[1:26:11] limit for a child care centers
[1:26:12] under previously conforming
[1:26:13] regulations that no longer
[1:26:17] apply as a result of this
[1:26:17] amendment Because the msi is
[1:26:20] Miramar Airport land use
[1:26:21] compatibility plan prohibits
[1:26:22] child care centers in
[1:26:26] the transition zone.
[1:26:27] Adopting this item would
[1:26:27] require a city council overhaul
[1:26:29] of the airport land use
[1:26:30] Commission as provided under
[1:26:35] state law.
[1:26:36] Item 94 Wireless Communication
[1:26:36] Facility regulations
[1:26:40] streamlines the review process
[1:26:40] by reducing the approval
[1:26:41] process level for certain
[1:26:45] wireless communication facility
[1:26:46] applications through a process
[1:26:47] for to a process through and
[1:26:50] from a process three to a
[1:26:50] process two.
[1:26:51] This would allow timely
[1:26:54] approval and avoid requiring
[1:26:55] planning commission approval
[1:26:55] while maintaining a
[1:26:58] discretionary process with
[1:26:59] appeal rights for the public
[1:27:04] and applicant.
[1:27:05] Item 1 or 2 proposes how to
[1:27:05] calculate the vehicle Miles
[1:27:09] traveled reduction measure
[1:27:10] pilot fee for that for
[1:27:10] development applications and
[1:27:13] mobility zones two and three
[1:27:14] that choose to pay the buyout
[1:27:15] fee if they are unable to
[1:27:19] implement the reduction
[1:27:19] measures.
[1:27:20] Now hand off the PowerPoint to
[1:27:22] dry up passenger to discuss
[1:27:23] the downtown amendments.
[1:27:27] Thank you Megan.
[1:27:28] There are 30 proposed items
[1:27:28] affecting the Center City and
[1:27:29] Gaslamp Quarter Plan District
[1:27:32] ordinances which regulate land
[1:27:33] use and development in
[1:27:33] the downtown community plan
[1:27:34] area.
[1:27:37] One additional item proposes
[1:27:37] minor amendments to
[1:27:38] the downtown community plan.
[1:27:42] The downtown items are
[1:27:42] organized into the same five
[1:27:43] categories as the citywide
[1:27:46] amendments.
[1:27:47] Most are minor clarifications
[1:27:47] or refinements to existing
[1:27:48] programs.
[1:27:50] Over the next slides I'll
[1:27:51] highlight some of the more
[1:27:52] substantive items with more
[1:27:54] information on all proposed
[1:27:55] downtown items available in
[1:28:00] the backup materials.
[1:28:01] >> These first slides focus on
[1:28:01] amendments that align downtown
[1:28:04] regulations with climate equity
[1:28:05] or housing goals.
[1:28:06] Downtown zoning code includes
[1:28:09] several incentive programs
[1:28:10] designed to encourage
[1:28:10] development in return for
[1:28:11] public benefits or development
[1:28:14] amenities.
[1:28:15] >> Most of the items within
[1:28:15] this category fall within these
[1:28:18] programs.
[1:28:19] Item one expands the existing
[1:28:24] downtown eco roof density bonus
[1:28:24] by adding an additional
[1:28:25] incentive for projects that
[1:28:25] provide a rooftop community
[1:28:29] garden that is accessible to
[1:28:29] building occupants.
[1:28:30] It also encourages rooftop
[1:28:34] landscaping to meet mechanical
[1:28:34] screening requirements, giving
[1:28:35] projects more flexibility and
[1:28:41] supporting greener rooftops.
[1:28:41] >> Item two streamlines
[1:28:42] development in the downtown
[1:28:46] coastal zone overlay.
[1:28:47] This overlay is a small area
[1:28:47] primarily located between
[1:28:51] the railroad tracks and Pacific
[1:28:52] Highway outside of the Coastal
[1:28:52] Commission's appealable area.
[1:28:56] For projects within this
[1:28:57] overlay that provide public
[1:28:58] benefits or development
[1:29:01] amenities through existing
[1:29:01] downtown for area ratio bonus
[1:29:02] programs, this amendment would
[1:29:06] reduce the approval level from
[1:29:06] process to two process one.
[1:29:07] Provided the project is
[1:29:10] consistent with the local
[1:29:11] coastal program and satisfies
[1:29:14] required coastal findings.
[1:29:15] Item six would encourage
[1:29:19] development on small
[1:29:20] underutilized downtown lots.
[1:29:21] It would establish a new
[1:29:25] density bonus and provide
[1:29:25] limited regulatory exemptions
[1:29:26] that address challenges
[1:29:27] associated with tower
[1:29:32] development on smaller parcels
[1:29:33] .
[1:29:33] >> Item eight would support
[1:29:37] revitalization along c Street
[1:29:37] by offering an additional
[1:29:38] density bonus for projects
[1:29:42] along the transit corridor that
[1:29:43] also use at least one other
[1:29:44] downtown bonus program.
[1:29:47] This amendment would strengthen
[1:29:48] incentives for higher density
[1:29:49] transit supportive development
[1:29:49] along the c Street corridor in
[1:29:52] the downtown area.
[1:29:53] Item nine would promote
[1:29:58] preservation of existing mature
[1:29:58] trees downtown.
[1:30:01] This concept originated from
[1:30:02] the 2025 City Council
[1:30:02] Environment Committee which
[1:30:03] found that downtown has lost
[1:30:06] more tree canopy than any other
[1:30:06] community because mature trees
[1:30:10] provide greater ecological
[1:30:11] benefits than newly planted
[1:30:11] trees.
[1:30:14] This item would grant a 0.2
[1:30:15] floor area ratio bonus for each
[1:30:15] mature tree preserved.
[1:30:19] It would also provide options
[1:30:20] for 2 to 1 replacement on site
[1:30:23] or off site within the downtown
[1:30:24] area or a payment to
[1:30:25] the downtown for bonus fund for
[1:30:29] public improvements in addition
[1:30:30] to existing urban tree canopy
[1:30:33] fund requirements.
[1:30:34] >> The downtown items also
[1:30:35] include 12 proposed amendments
[1:30:39] in the clarification category
[1:30:39] to make downtown regulations
[1:30:43] easier to understand and apply
[1:30:43] .
[1:30:44] These items are fairly
[1:30:44] straightforward and more
[1:30:45] information is available in
[1:30:46] the downtown update list and
[1:30:51] draft code language materials.
[1:30:52] The downtown amendments also
[1:30:52] included one item to ensure
[1:30:56] compliance with state law.
[1:30:56] Item 22 would provide minor
[1:30:57] amendments to the downtown
[1:31:01] community plan to align it with
[1:31:01] the current Center City and
[1:31:02] Gaslamp Quarter Plan District
[1:31:05] ordinances.
[1:31:06] These are minor updates that
[1:31:06] remove outdated references,
[1:31:10] text graphics and images so
[1:31:11] that the plan reflects existing
[1:31:11] regulations and remains
[1:31:12] internally consistent.
[1:31:15] This would also amend
[1:31:16] the city's general plan due to
[1:31:16] the downtown community plan
[1:31:17] being a component of
[1:31:19] the general plan.
[1:31:24] There are also three proposed
[1:31:24] corrections included in
[1:31:25] the downtown items.
[1:31:28] Item 25 updates The Gaslamp
[1:31:29] Quarter land use tables so that
[1:31:33] its use categories along align
[1:31:33] with the citywide use tables.
[1:31:34] This would remove outdated
[1:31:37] terminology improve code
[1:31:38] consistency and make it easier
[1:31:39] to identify permitted uses in
[1:31:42] the Gaslamp quarter.
[1:31:43] Finally the downtown items
[1:31:43] include seven regulatory
[1:31:47] reforms currently temporary
[1:31:48] community focused uses on
[1:31:52] downtown private property which
[1:31:53] are referred to as outdoor
[1:31:53] activities in the downtown
[1:31:57] Patios.
[1:31:58] Require a discretionary permit
[1:31:59] which can encourage or sorry
[1:32:01] which can discourage activation
[1:32:02] of underutilized outdoor
[1:32:02] spaces.
[1:32:06] Item 27 would make these
[1:32:07] activities a permitted use
[1:32:07] downtown encouraging more
[1:32:10] temporary community serving
[1:32:10] uses such as farmer's or
[1:32:11] artisan markets on private
[1:32:15] property.
[1:32:16] >> Outreach for the ldc Update
[1:32:20] Updating a public comment
[1:32:21] portal to virtual public
[1:32:21] Workshops An overview video of
[1:32:25] the ldc update to Community
[1:32:26] Planner Committee meetings
[1:32:30] three ldc Update Subcommittee
[1:32:31] meetings and meetings with
[1:32:31] three community planning groups
[1:32:34] and one advisory board to
[1:32:34] discuss specific ldc items
[1:32:41] impacting their community areas
[1:32:41] .
[1:32:42] >> On JANUARY 27th the cpc
[1:32:46] passed the motion shown here on
[1:32:46] this slide to approve the ldc
[1:32:47] subcommittee's recommendation
[1:32:51] to the Land Development Code
[1:32:51] Update.
[1:32:52] Additionally the cpc met again
[1:32:55] in FEBRUARY to amend their
[1:33:00] recommendation for the 2026 ldc
[1:33:00] update approval timeline.
[1:33:04] We are here today presenting to
[1:33:05] City Council.
[1:33:05] Recommendation So staff
[1:33:10] recommends Asian to the City
[1:33:13] Council is approval of
[1:33:14] the proposed 2026 Land
[1:33:14] Development Code update and
[1:33:18] local council program as well
[1:33:18] as minor amendments to
[1:33:19] the downtown community plan and
[1:33:20] general plan.
[1:33:23] The recommendation also
[1:33:24] includes the adoption of two
[1:33:24] resolutions and one ordinance
[1:33:28] that includes amendments
[1:33:29] the adu density Bonus program
[1:33:30] community hands free adopt
[1:33:33] minor amendments The vehicle
[1:33:34] miles traveled reduction
[1:33:34] measure biography with an
[1:33:38] amendment to the Land
[1:33:39] Development Manual Appendix t
[1:33:39] and an ordinance to increase
[1:33:43] fees for project and
[1:33:44] environmental appeals.
[1:33:44] Thank you very much for your
[1:33:48] time today and this concludes
[1:33:49] staff's presentation.
[1:33:49] >> All right.
[1:33:50] Thank you for the presentation.
[1:33:54] All the work that it took to
[1:33:54] bring this item and all
[1:33:55] the public outreach that you
[1:33:58] conducted to get this ready for
[1:33:59] both planning commission ldc
[1:34:00] excuse me l'ue and h and now
[1:34:03] City Council with that clerk
[1:34:04] Please proceed with public
[1:34:04] comment.
[1:34:05] >> Thank you.
[1:34:05] Council PRESIDENT We do have
[1:34:08] quite a number of speakers on
[1:34:09] this item so you will be going
[1:34:10] to one minute each If we can
[1:34:12] start with Evan Strawn If you
[1:34:12] can please come up to
[1:34:13] the microphone.
[1:34:17] Evan Strum here.
[1:34:17] Okay.
[1:34:22] Amy Fossett, if you can please
[1:34:23] come up after that If I can
[1:34:24] have the following individuals
[1:34:26] please come up to the yellow
[1:34:27] reserved seats up front.
[1:34:31] John Allen Heather Riley, Mindy
[1:34:36] Harston Jeffrey Shooter and Bob
[1:34:37] Kozinski.
[1:34:37] If you can all please come up
[1:34:38] to the front row.
[1:34:41] Amy, you'll have one minute.
[1:34:41] >> Please proceed.
[1:34:42] Thank you very much.
[1:34:42] Good afternoon.
[1:34:45] Council members.
[1:34:46] My name is Amy Fossett and I'm
[1:34:46] the PRESIDENT And ceo of
[1:34:49] the San Diego building industry
[1:34:50] Association.
[1:34:51] And as you very well know, we
[1:34:52] are still much in a housing
[1:34:54] crisis.
[1:34:55] And while the city has made
[1:34:56] clear progress, it is critical
[1:34:59] that we not take our foot off
[1:34:59] the gas and retreat.
[1:35:00] Anything less than an adamantly
[1:35:03] pro housing philosophy that
[1:35:04] said the package before you is
[1:35:05] the product of an immense
[1:35:08] amount of work from various
[1:35:09] stakeholders including our
[1:35:09] members in the Urban Council
[1:35:13] who painstakingly reviewed
[1:35:14] these amendments in their
[1:35:14] different iterations.
[1:35:19] Thank you to staff for working
[1:35:19] with industry to identify
[1:35:20] policies that needed more
[1:35:24] vetting or hearing our pleas
[1:35:24] for amendments in Planning
[1:35:25] Commission.
[1:35:25] We believe this is a better
[1:35:28] update because of that in
[1:35:29] totality This is a package that
[1:35:30] we are proud to support and I
[1:35:33] hope you will vote in favor of
[1:35:34] its adoption.
[1:35:37] Thank you.
[1:35:42] >> John Allen Good afternoon
[1:35:45] City Council Thank you for your
[1:35:47] time today.
[1:35:47] My name is John Allen.
[1:35:48] Founding Principle of
[1:35:49] Streamlined Development Group
[1:35:51] and the Chair of Business Urban
[1:35:51] Council.
[1:35:52] We are charged with reviewing
[1:35:56] and advising the organization
[1:35:57] on city specific policies.
[1:36:00] And we're highly active in
[1:36:00] reviewing the 2026 Land
[1:36:01] Development Code update.
[1:36:02] First of all I'd like to thank
[1:36:05] Heidi in the planning team for
[1:36:05] their countless discussions and
[1:36:09] willingness to dive into detail
[1:36:10] .
[1:36:11] It means a great deal to know
[1:36:11] that there is a ready ear at
[1:36:12] the city.
[1:36:15] We want to say that the package
[1:36:15] has evolved significantly and
[1:36:19] is something that is largely a
[1:36:20] positive addition to the city's
[1:36:20] code.
[1:36:21] It will benefit not only
[1:36:24] builders but more importantly
[1:36:25] everyone who is feeling
[1:36:25] the pressure of the housing
[1:36:26] deficit.
[1:36:29] I'd like to add that we while
[1:36:30] we support this package we're
[1:36:31] eager to review these policies
[1:36:34] Once adopted to continue to
[1:36:35] refine them for the maximum
[1:36:35] impact.
[1:36:39] Specifically we believe there's
[1:36:40] an incredible opportunity to
[1:36:40] enhance our for sale
[1:36:41] opportunities through code
[1:36:41] improvements.
[1:36:44] We commit to keeping this
[1:36:44] Council and and planning staff
[1:36:48] in front of our discussion.
[1:36:48] >> In closing please adopt this
[1:36:49] package.
[1:36:49] Thank you Heather.
[1:36:53] Good afternoon everyone.
[1:36:58] Heather Riley with Alan
[1:36:58] Mickens.
[1:36:59] Today I'm actually here on
[1:37:00] behalf of the Kids Bay Learning
[1:37:00] Center.
[1:37:02] They're the original proponent
[1:37:03] of item 93 on your chart.
[1:37:07] And this came up because of all
[1:37:08] the changes you guys have been
[1:37:08] so great at doing through
[1:37:09] the community plan update
[1:37:09] process.
[1:37:12] We realized a very strange
[1:37:13] quirk of the mcas Miramar
[1:37:17] Airport land use compatibility
[1:37:17] plan prevented child care in
[1:37:18] the transition zones.
[1:37:22] Nowhere else in the city was
[1:37:23] that code change made.
[1:37:23] >> It's a weird quirk.
[1:37:26] We have no idea why it's there
[1:37:27] but it doesn't need to be
[1:37:27] there.
[1:37:28] Particularly since the Kearny
[1:37:31] Mesa and University plans are
[1:37:32] encouraging m x and remix
[1:37:32] zones.
[1:37:36] So there's a lot of development
[1:37:37] happening in that neighborhood
[1:37:37] and we want to put childcare
[1:37:38] where that development will be.
[1:37:41] Many of you know my kids are
[1:37:41] older.
[1:37:42] They don't need child care But
[1:37:42] this is personal.
[1:37:45] I remember the stress when my
[1:37:46] kid was in my stomach 19 years
[1:37:50] ago and I was trying to find
[1:37:51] daycare near where I worked or
[1:37:51] near where I lived.
[1:37:52] And it's not a stress We need
[1:37:55] to have our families go
[1:37:56] through.
[1:37:56] >> So please support that
[1:37:57] change.
[1:37:57] Thank you.
[1:37:59] Thank you, Mindy.
[1:38:04] >> Okay.
[1:38:05] >> Good afternoon Mindy
[1:38:06] Hartstein representing t Mobile
[1:38:09] And I'm very specific as to
[1:38:14] the wireless proposed changes.
[1:38:15] While we are supportive
[1:38:15] obviously of many of
[1:38:19] the changes that were in
[1:38:19] equipment enclosure size
[1:38:20] increase increase in
[1:38:24] the antenna stand off distance
[1:38:28] process review shifts which
[1:38:29] allow for quicker review and
[1:38:32] streamlining the process and
[1:38:33] also a path for temporary
[1:38:33] communication wireless
[1:38:34] facilities.
[1:38:38] We do have some concerns
[1:38:43] centered on very specific items
[1:38:43] .
[1:38:43] We've supplied a letter.
[1:38:44] Hopefully you've all received
[1:38:48] that for consideration.
[1:38:49] But one is the small cell
[1:38:49] facility design which is more
[1:38:53] restrictive than the fcc small
[1:38:57] cell order and basically would
[1:38:58] limit height and type of small
[1:39:02] wireless facilities to only
[1:39:03] light pole attachments And that
[1:39:03] should not be the case.
[1:39:08] >> I'm running out of time but
[1:39:09] for a temporary community Thank
[1:39:12] you for that Comments.
[1:39:13] We've asked for a I do have to
[1:39:14] be fair to everybody but thank
[1:39:17] you for that Concluding
[1:39:17] comment.
[1:39:18] Jeffrey Tudor you have times
[1:39:22] cited to you by and give it as
[1:39:22] well as Yvonne Jones You'll
[1:39:23] have three minutes.
[1:39:27] Please proceed.
[1:39:33] Oh okay.
[1:39:34] Maybe you get maintenance on
[1:39:38] this or get it into the budget
[1:39:38] I think.
[1:39:39] >> All right.
[1:39:42] Council members so we don't
[1:39:43] have a lot of input on this
[1:39:43] year's land development code
[1:39:44] update.
[1:39:47] We interact with staff
[1:39:48] previously in the process.
[1:39:52] It's a fairly technical package
[1:39:53] this year But I did want to do
[1:39:54] is if you go to the next slide
[1:39:57] just focus on one of the items
[1:39:58] in here that MAY be
[1:40:02] underestimated and 103 and
[1:40:03] that's the small light
[1:40:03] subdivision item.
[1:40:06] This is a implementation of
[1:40:07] something called the Starter
[1:40:11] Starter Home Revitalization Act
[1:40:11] .
[1:40:12] And what it does is it allows
[1:40:13] you to subdivide a lot and this
[1:40:17] is ministerial in a sense It's
[1:40:18] like sb ten but not something
[1:40:21] we opt into as ministerial You
[1:40:22] can create a subdivision of up
[1:40:22] to ten lots.
[1:40:26] The building on those can be up
[1:40:30] to 1700 and 50ft and you can
[1:40:31] subdivide down to a minimum lot
[1:40:32] size of 1200 square feet and
[1:40:35] that's actually consistent with
[1:40:39] what for example we do with sb
[1:40:40] nine.
[1:40:40] The difference is is this
[1:40:41] doesn't have a home ownership
[1:40:44] requirement but what it does
[1:40:45] but it is limited to our vacant
[1:40:50] lots which is either there
[1:40:50] completely empty or mostly
[1:40:51] empty as it turns out with some
[1:40:57] other restrictions.
[1:40:58] There is a far flung area ratio
[1:41:02] increase that comes with this.
[1:41:03] So whereas on a typical single
[1:41:04] family lot you would be allowed
[1:41:06] say you know 3000ft of
[1:41:07] development on a 5000 square
[1:41:11] foot lot, this basically
[1:41:12] doubles that to 6000.
[1:41:13] So that far increase is not
[1:41:16] insignificant.
[1:41:20] And then there's also item 40
[1:41:21] which does this for multifamily
[1:41:25] lots But for the sake of
[1:41:26] completeness I'll just skip
[1:41:26] over that.
[1:41:27] Go to the next slide.
[1:41:30] This is basically what it looks
[1:41:30] like You have a large lot maybe
[1:41:31] it has one house on it and you
[1:41:35] can subdivide that and now
[1:41:36] create 11 parcels.
[1:41:40] Yeah with ten new items.
[1:41:41] Now go to the next slide.
[1:41:42] And this is really what I want
[1:41:45] to talk about.
[1:41:46] This is all new restricted
[1:41:49] vacant lots and it has
[1:41:49] exemptions for certain
[1:41:50] environmentally sensitive and
[1:41:54] fire areas And we think that's
[1:41:55] a useful part of this because
[1:41:56] rather than applying it
[1:41:59] everywhere in the city and
[1:41:59] putting that development
[1:42:00] pressure on every single
[1:42:04] homeowner, this is only for a
[1:42:05] certain and we've created a
[1:42:08] market where people can come in
[1:42:09] and develop these vacant lots
[1:42:09] and a market where somebody who
[1:42:14] just wants to buy a house and
[1:42:14] live in it isn't facing that
[1:42:15] competition from developers.
[1:42:19] So we think that's an important
[1:42:20] feature And the final aspect to
[1:42:23] this is if you go to the last
[1:42:24] slide is we have something
[1:42:24] that's ongoing called
[1:42:28] neighborhood homes for all of
[1:42:28] us.
[1:42:29] And rather than create a whole
[1:42:32] new set of development
[1:42:32] regulations for that program
[1:42:33] but we would like to use is
[1:42:40] that program to create
[1:42:41] pre-approved plans for that
[1:42:41] program.
[1:42:43] Thank you for that Concluding
[1:42:48] comment, Bob, because it's we
[1:42:53] all know that real estate is
[1:42:53] the most valuable resource in
[1:42:54] this city.
[1:42:57] It's obvious that this current
[1:42:58] item reflects the ongoing and
[1:43:02] continuous housing pressure
[1:43:03] resulting from our ever growing
[1:43:03] population.
[1:43:08] If you ask your constituents
[1:43:08] they will tell you that
[1:43:11] population is the one problem
[1:43:12] in this city that drives all
[1:43:12] other problems.
[1:43:16] Yet this city government
[1:43:17] continues to conduct the city
[1:43:21] of San Diego as a sanctuary
[1:43:21] city worsening all of these
[1:43:22] problems.
[1:43:26] I suspect all members of this
[1:43:27] council are suffering from
[1:43:27] stage four Trump Derangement
[1:43:30] Syndrome.
[1:43:31] What other excuse do you have
[1:43:32] for refusing to place
[1:43:36] the picture of our PRESIDENT In
[1:43:36] the place of honor on that wall
[1:43:40] that had been reserved for
[1:43:41] other presidents for decades?
[1:43:41] Shame on each of you for
[1:43:44] putting your personal politics
[1:43:47] above the people of San Diego
[1:43:52] Evanston.
[1:43:58] >> Good afternoon again.
[1:43:58] Council PRESIDENT Council
[1:43:59] Members Again my name is Evan
[1:44:00] Strawn speaking on behalf of
[1:44:02] the San Diego Regional Chamber
[1:44:03] of Commerce.
[1:44:04] And really just want to start
[1:44:04] by thanking staff for their
[1:44:07] hard work Heidi Setting this
[1:44:08] whole team It's definitely been
[1:44:09] a labor of love on this whole
[1:44:09] ldc update and really
[1:44:12] appreciate their work in making
[1:44:12] sure that this package which is
[1:44:13] a lot of state law changes that
[1:44:16] we don't necessarily have
[1:44:17] control over still makes sense
[1:44:18] for San Diego.
[1:44:18] So really appreciate their work
[1:44:19] appreciate the work of
[1:44:22] the planning Commission,
[1:44:23] the Land Use and Housing
[1:44:24] Committee looking at all of
[1:44:26] these you know, 100 plus items
[1:44:26] and really were especially
[1:44:27] supportive of the items that
[1:44:31] promote housing throughout our
[1:44:31] city that help revitalize
[1:44:32] downtown, that speed up
[1:44:35] processes for things like
[1:44:36] outdoor dining establishments
[1:44:37] and wireless communication
[1:44:40] facilities and really help
[1:44:41] promote small business growth
[1:44:42] and housing opportunities
[1:44:42] throughout our city.
[1:44:45] So we encourage you to support
[1:44:46] the ldc update as proposed
[1:44:46] today.
[1:44:46] >> Thank you.
[1:44:47] Thank you.
[1:44:50] Started the five minute time
[1:44:50] ago one of those participating
[1:44:51] remotely starting with Andrea.
[1:44:52] We currently have 13 people in
[1:44:58] the queue.
[1:44:59] >> I'm Andrea Hatch and we had
[1:44:59] Hayward withhold the hill.
[1:45:00] I submitted a policy paper
[1:45:02] titled Capacity before density
[1:45:03] into the record for this item
[1:45:03] The paper proposes that to
[1:45:06] the extent not prohibited by
[1:45:07] state or federal law the city
[1:45:08] incorporates a sequencing
[1:45:08] framework into implementation
[1:45:11] of all discretionary and
[1:45:12] ministerial housing schemas
[1:45:13] including complete communities
[1:45:16] density bonus programs, transit
[1:45:16] oriented development programs
[1:45:17] and future sb 79
[1:45:17] implementation.
[1:45:21] As I discussed Thursday night
[1:45:22] during the Council hearing on
[1:45:22] that matter, the central issue
[1:45:25] was not whether low resource
[1:45:26] communities should grow, they
[1:45:26] should.
[1:45:27] The issue was whether growth
[1:45:30] occurs alongside sufficient
[1:45:31] amenity investment,
[1:45:31] infrastructure capacity and
[1:45:35] economic diversification to
[1:45:36] avoid intensifying existing low
[1:45:36] resource conditions.
[1:45:37] The state itself has now
[1:45:40] acknowledged to sb 79
[1:45:41] implementation options that
[1:45:42] absorptive capacity and
[1:45:46] sequencing matter in vulnerable
[1:45:46] communities.
[1:45:47] >> Thank you.
[1:45:47] Thank you.
[1:45:47] Next is Becky Rapp.
[1:45:53] If you can please unmute Becky
[1:46:00] Repp Academy for you.
[1:46:00] >> Thank you and good
[1:46:01] afternoon.
[1:46:04] My name is Becky Rapp and I
[1:46:05] just wanted to voice my support
[1:46:06] for item 20 on the land
[1:46:10] development Code update and
[1:46:10] urge the city to strengthen
[1:46:14] this ordinance even further by
[1:46:14] expanding it beyond site
[1:46:19] signage its cannabis on site
[1:46:20] signage to include all offsite
[1:46:24] cannabis marketing and
[1:46:24] advertising.
[1:46:25] If the city has determined that
[1:46:26] the marijuana leaf symbol and
[1:46:29] cannabis imagery are
[1:46:30] inappropriate for storefront
[1:46:30] signage then the same standards
[1:46:34] should apply to billboards,
[1:46:35] banners, event promotions and
[1:46:39] other off site marketing.
[1:46:39] The families and children see
[1:46:40] every day these symbols
[1:46:43] normalize drug use, target
[1:46:44] young people through branding
[1:46:45] and imagery and undermine
[1:46:48] public health messaging about
[1:46:49] the real risks associated with
[1:46:49] high potency marijuana
[1:46:53] including addiction impaired
[1:46:53] driving and psychosis.
[1:46:54] San Diego regulates tobacco and
[1:46:58] alcohol advertising because we
[1:46:59] recognize the influence that
[1:47:00] marketing has on behavior.
[1:47:04] Marijuana should not time
[1:47:04] concluded.
[1:47:04] >> Gary Hewitt.
[1:47:07] If you can please and you.
[1:47:08] Good afternoon.
[1:47:09] My name is Gary Hewitt, chair
[1:47:13] of the Downtown Community
[1:47:13] Planning Council.
[1:47:14] On behalf of the dcp, I want to
[1:47:18] thank council and staff for
[1:47:19] the collaborative process on
[1:47:19] this general plan Update I
[1:47:23] personally want to raise one
[1:47:23] concern critical to
[1:47:24] the downtown plan success.
[1:47:27] This update continues to
[1:47:28] support significant residential
[1:47:28] development in downtown mixed
[1:47:31] use neighborhoods something
[1:47:32] that the downtown community
[1:47:33] continues to support.
[1:47:33] But the goal depends on
[1:47:37] residents being able to
[1:47:37] actually live in those homes
[1:47:38] which requires enforcement of
[1:47:39] the noise standards This plan
[1:47:41] commits to.
[1:47:42] Item 11 would allow staff to
[1:47:43] administratively override state
[1:47:47] and city noise limits for
[1:47:47] special events and projects
[1:47:48] combined with noise enforcement
[1:47:51] already being downgraded to
[1:47:52] alternative compliance due to
[1:47:52] budget cuts.
[1:47:53] This effectively eliminated
[1:47:57] noise protections for downtown
[1:47:58] residents.
[1:47:58] The district pc has a live
[1:47:59] entertainment permit I attended
[1:48:01] this month.
[1:48:02] It was now consider approving
[1:48:03] it knowing that the applicant
[1:48:08] won't be held accountable if
[1:48:08] they violate the noise
[1:48:09] ordinance.
[1:48:09] Am The City council restores
[1:48:11] restore noise enforcement and
[1:48:12] reject the staff discretion
[1:48:12] proposed in item 11.
[1:48:13] Thank you.
[1:48:16] Thank you.
[1:48:17] >> Next is John Stump.
[1:48:20] If you can please unmute.
[1:48:23] >> Thank you very much.
[1:48:29] I'm content to you to protest
[1:48:32] item number 85 on page 16 which
[1:48:37] raises the fees to file an
[1:48:42] appeal to some two thousand
[1:48:42] $480.
[1:48:47] >> This is an amount that.
[1:48:47] Severely discriminate against
[1:48:52] people of median income in
[1:48:53] the city of San Diego people of
[1:48:55] color That fee should only be
[1:48:56] $100 or something like that.
[1:49:01] This is a disgrace And secondly
[1:49:06] the policy should be changed So
[1:49:07] that should a party prevail in
[1:49:07] the appeal.
[1:49:11] The fee will automatically be
[1:49:12] refunded to them.
[1:49:16] Come on you know if staff did
[1:49:17] good work we wouldn't have to
[1:49:22] have these fees.
[1:49:22] >> Thank you very much.
[1:49:23] Thank you.
[1:49:24] Next is Craig Benedetto If you
[1:49:29] can please unmute.
[1:49:35] Good afternoon Craig Benedetto
[1:49:36] I'm here today representing Day
[1:49:37] Out San Diego the Commercial
[1:49:37] Real Estate Development
[1:49:41] Association speaking in support
[1:49:41] of the staff recommendation for
[1:49:42] the 2026 Land Development Code
[1:49:46] update I'd like to thank
[1:49:46] the entire Planning Department
[1:49:47] team for their efforts in
[1:49:47] developing this latest
[1:49:48] addition.
[1:49:50] >> Staff spent countless
[1:49:51] countless hours with
[1:49:51] stakeholders throughout
[1:49:52] the city to help develop
[1:49:55] the list and refine
[1:49:55] the provisions.
[1:49:56] In some cases items were
[1:49:57] removed and others changes were
[1:49:57] made that will ultimately
[1:50:01] improve our city's code for
[1:50:02] the betterment of our city.
[1:50:02] In closing, we appreciate
[1:50:06] staff's consideration of our
[1:50:06] members perspective in
[1:50:07] developing these updates and
[1:50:08] respectfully request council
[1:50:10] approval of the staff
[1:50:11] recommendation.
[1:50:11] >> Thank you.
[1:50:12] Thank you.
[1:50:12] During.
[1:50:14] If you can please unmute during
[1:50:20] this.
[1:50:20] Oh thank you.
[1:50:21] I, I really hope that this
[1:50:25] council would pull item 41 and
[1:50:31] figure out a way that you will
[1:50:31] enforce the non removal because
[1:50:36] your dsd department as
[1:50:41] evidenced by Project 1128933.
[1:50:41] Where developers falsely lie
[1:50:46] that the lot is empty So I'd
[1:50:47] like to know how you actually
[1:50:47] enforce non removal of these
[1:50:51] rentals.
[1:50:52] Second thing is item 97 should
[1:50:56] be this they have not contacted
[1:50:57] any.
[1:51:02] 88 groups relocating assessable
[1:51:02] parking is unacceptable and all
[1:51:07] it's going to do is redo
[1:51:08] another lawsuit hopefully a
[1:51:14] very late in 80 and you guys
[1:51:15] still haven't even read reads
[1:51:18] all some ada issues that are in
[1:51:19] existence for 88 parking on
[1:51:19] Market Street.
[1:51:25] Thank you next is Catherine
[1:51:26] Rose if I have my time I also
[1:51:28] concluded there were nine
[1:51:28] speakers in the queue and that
[1:51:29] included no additional speakers
[1:51:30] will be taken.
[1:51:33] Catherine please proceed.
[1:51:33] >> Hi.
[1:51:34] Hi.
[1:51:38] This is Catherine Roach and i
[1:51:39] want to talk about the fees for
[1:51:43] appeals.
[1:51:44] You know I did an p bill for
[1:51:45] the Navy Broadway complex
[1:51:46] because I thought there was an
[1:51:48] active fault on it and even
[1:51:49] with the appeals nothing ever
[1:51:49] happened.
[1:51:50] Nobody ever confirmed or denied
[1:51:54] the act defaulting.
[1:51:54] And so just to increase
[1:51:55] the appeal so that people can't
[1:51:56] afford them.
[1:51:58] That's not cute.
[1:51:59] You should you should want as
[1:52:00] many appeals as possible so you
[1:52:04] could know what the dangers are
[1:52:05] .
[1:52:06] So I don't like that One thing
[1:52:10] that I was very concerned about
[1:52:11] is you're talking about how you
[1:52:11] could increase the height in
[1:52:12] mobility zone one and then you
[1:52:15] have to go to another thing to
[1:52:15] say mobility zone one is
[1:52:16] downtown.
[1:52:16] I would like if you actually
[1:52:20] put the word downtown in there.
[1:52:21] When you talk about mobility
[1:52:22] zone one so people don't get
[1:52:26] confused like I did and then it
[1:52:30] started in on page eight 142 of
[1:52:31] 211 You talk about
[1:52:36] the exchanges for affordable
[1:52:37] housing dwelling units and in
[1:52:37] some Gary time has concluded
[1:52:40] the original if you can please
[1:52:45] unmute.
[1:52:46] >> You think these changes are
[1:52:47] going to be your key to
[1:52:47] success?
[1:52:50] I highly doubt it because it
[1:52:51] seems like you're more
[1:52:52] concerned about following state
[1:52:52] law when you're a charter city
[1:52:56] and you But I mean obviously
[1:52:57] you do things because you want
[1:52:58] to bite the hand that they do
[1:52:59] in your concern that you're not
[1:53:01] going to be getting your money
[1:53:02] coming in from different
[1:53:02] things.
[1:53:03] But if you really cared about
[1:53:06] putting into people's
[1:53:07] communities what the people
[1:53:08] wanted, you wouldn't be
[1:53:08] concerned about following state
[1:53:09] law.
[1:53:09] You'd be concerned about
[1:53:13] following what the people in
[1:53:13] our communities are desiring
[1:53:14] And it seems like you guys are
[1:53:17] constantly getting in your own
[1:53:18] way to providing the things
[1:53:19] that need to be provided but
[1:53:23] also your implement you know
[1:53:24] changes that are going to force
[1:53:25] others to do the work in
[1:53:29] the communities that you can't
[1:53:30] do yourself by way of making it
[1:53:34] a requirement Bill And it's
[1:53:35] interesting that you guys have
[1:53:35] density bonuses but you also
[1:53:36] have density fees.
[1:53:37] The fact that you're using
[1:53:40] vehicle miles traveled when
[1:53:41] that is a fraudulent data point
[1:53:42] and that shouldn't even be
[1:53:45] something that's included And
[1:53:46] you guys just really need to
[1:53:47] think about what the community
[1:53:50] wants over what the state is
[1:53:51] requiring.
[1:53:51] >> Your time is concluded.
[1:53:52] Tell me if you can please
[1:53:57] unmute Tony Academy for you.
[1:54:01] >> I will need to move on to
[1:54:02] the next speaker If you can't
[1:54:07] unmute for yourself going on to
[1:54:08] Peggy Walker if you can please
[1:54:12] unmute.
[1:54:13] Thank you.
[1:54:14] I endorse strict strengthening
[1:54:18] of language regarding onsite
[1:54:19] advertising and I'm prohibiting
[1:54:24] the marijuana live or colored
[1:54:24] images on buildings That's good
[1:54:25] policy and suggest extending
[1:54:30] those to uptake marketing
[1:54:30] including prohibition of
[1:54:31] billboards as we do with
[1:54:36] tobacco when recent federal
[1:54:36] rescheduling of marijuana is
[1:54:37] creating confusion and this
[1:54:41] will help reduce misconceptions
[1:54:41] about marijuana safety and
[1:54:46] medical utility, medical
[1:54:47] societies still do not endorse
[1:54:53] dispensary pot for medical or
[1:54:53] mental health treatment.
[1:54:54] Nevertheless, advertising
[1:54:54] regulations enable
[1:54:59] manufacturers to exaggerate
[1:54:59] therapeutic uses and downplay
[1:55:04] harms especially to vulnerable
[1:55:04] populations including youths.
[1:55:05] We can choose how we allow weak
[1:55:10] to be marketed in our
[1:55:10] communities prohibition of
[1:55:11] marijuana billboards and
[1:55:11] stronger advertising
[1:55:16] restrictions will help us.
[1:55:18] Conclusion Thank you 8700 If
[1:55:25] you can please unmute.
[1:55:26] Thank you Joy.
[1:55:29] It's your turn 53 Heidi I
[1:55:35] support updates to the appeal
[1:55:36] fees for project and
[1:55:40] environmental appeals
[1:55:41] especially environmental
[1:55:46] appeals in regards to
[1:55:47] the downtown plan Yes to
[1:55:48] transit oriented items.
[1:55:52] Yes to tree canopy.
[1:55:53] And then my last statement is
[1:55:58] again to you Heidi, please.
[1:55:59] We do we need to update any new
[1:56:04] codes land development codes in
[1:56:05] the future to bring all in
[1:56:10] alignment with sb seven nine,
[1:56:11] the transit oriented housing
[1:56:16] project item I.E. Include fees
[1:56:22] and there's lots of other stuff
[1:56:22] presently cover.
[1:56:27] You didn't say it the way I did
[1:56:28] but you did bring up
[1:56:28] the question last week Your
[1:56:29] time has concluded.
[1:56:34] Sorry Hector if you can please
[1:56:35] unmute Hector you're pretty
[1:56:36] complicated on all these codes
[1:56:41] but the city should implement a
[1:56:42] land development code or
[1:56:42] municipal code or if you rent
[1:56:46] out to illegal aliens you can
[1:56:47] get a fine like a $10,000
[1:56:48] because we're going to have a
[1:56:52] mass rapid deportation program
[1:56:52] coming up with Trump.
[1:56:53] It's going to hit the county
[1:56:58] and city pretty hard And we've
[1:56:58] got to do our part.
[1:56:59] And just if you rent out to
[1:57:04] illegal aliens or you're
[1:57:04] involved in that like a
[1:57:08] landlord, we can find a ten
[1:57:09] grand or maybe take your
[1:57:09] property or something like that
[1:57:13] because we got to even even
[1:57:14] the governor said now that
[1:57:15] the Medi-Cal program is
[1:57:20] bankrupt with all these medical
[1:57:21] patients taking over the state
[1:57:25] and Governor knew something was
[1:57:26] behind it.
[1:57:26] So eventually we're going to
[1:57:31] have to come up with the Mass
[1:57:31] Rapid Deportation Committee and
[1:57:32] move forward and get San Diego
[1:57:38] back to be in Great again.
[1:57:38] Thank you.
[1:57:38] Thank you.
[1:57:39] Blair begin if you can please
[1:57:47] unmute where we can.
[1:57:48] >> I often feel like an illegal
[1:57:52] alien in the public process to
[1:57:53] try to offer my $0.02 Here I am
[1:57:58] when I can with downtown
[1:57:58] issues.
[1:57:59] I really like the public
[1:57:59] comment.
[1:57:59] Thank you.
[1:58:05] I'm concerned on ideas.
[1:58:05] Council PRESIDENT Carver made a
[1:58:10] very nice comment on
[1:58:10] the previous item how
[1:58:11] the appropriation boards can
[1:58:16] work if applicable.
[1:58:16] I'm hoping it's possible that
[1:58:17] economic development persons
[1:58:21] can possibly be attending
[1:58:22] the meetings more if that's
[1:58:22] applicable Appropriations
[1:58:23] meetings.
[1:58:23] Good luck with that and good
[1:58:28] luck with a public process to
[1:58:28] define our future of these sort
[1:58:29] of issues.
[1:58:34] You know I'm really hurt that
[1:58:34] the parking ban it really
[1:58:35] excludes the public process
[1:58:36] like what we can be doing with
[1:58:40] that and with downtown I hope
[1:58:40] we can keep our buildings
[1:58:47] parking accessibility is being
[1:58:47] taken away.
[1:58:48] I feel that could be a part of
[1:58:48] the solution.
[1:58:49] Thank you.
[1:58:49] Thank you.
[1:58:52] Medicine if you can please On
[1:58:53] you I thank you.
[1:58:54] I wanted to say that I support
[1:58:58] the proposed update to prohibit
[1:58:59] the cannabis leaf symbol on
[1:58:59] cannabis outlet signage.
[1:59:04] As a mom of three and someone
[1:59:04] who works in youth drug
[1:59:05] prevention, I've seen how
[1:59:06] recognizable that symbol has
[1:59:10] become to kids and teens
[1:59:10] displaying a prominently near
[1:59:11] restaurants, schools, parks or
[1:59:16] along our streets normalizes
[1:59:16] cannabis use and increases
[1:59:17] youth exposure to a mind
[1:59:17] altering substance.
[1:59:21] I also believe that marijuana
[1:59:22] billboards should not be
[1:59:23] allowed for the same reason
[1:59:23] Large scale advertising further
[1:59:28] promotes and normalizes
[1:59:29] cannabis use in ways that
[1:59:29] impact young people and
[1:59:30] the overall character of our
[1:59:33] community.
[1:59:34] The current regulations already
[1:59:35] limit signages to business
[1:59:36] names, alphabetic characters
[1:59:40] and simple colors Prohibiting
[1:59:41] the cannabis leaf symbol is a
[1:59:42] reasonable extension of those
[1:59:42] protections.
[1:59:46] It simply creates sensible
[1:59:47] guardrails to reduce youth
[1:59:47] exposure and community impacts.
[1:59:52] Please support this amendment.
[1:59:53] >> Thank you.
[1:59:58] And our final speaker Kathleen
[1:59:58] Catherine.
[2:00:04] Thank you.
[2:00:05] >> I'd like to address
[2:00:09] the municipal code updates 8594
[2:00:10] and 107 regarding the appeals
[2:00:10] fees project and environmental
[2:00:15] appeals that would increase
[2:00:16] fees for projects and
[2:00:17] environmental appeals that
[2:00:21] would align with fees charged
[2:00:21] by other cities.
[2:00:22] I don't think that has anything
[2:00:22] to do with our city.
[2:00:26] Your city fee should be
[2:00:27] tailored to the city, not to
[2:00:27] other cities.
[2:00:28] And as John Staff pointed out,
[2:00:33] that exorbitant fees or
[2:00:34] discriminate discriminate
[2:00:35] against low income communities
[2:00:39] and all they do is serve as a
[2:00:40] deterrent never to appeal such
[2:00:40] projects.
[2:00:44] 94 The wireless communication
[2:00:45] facilities.
[2:00:49] And it says that they will
[2:00:50] streamline the process by
[2:00:51] reducing the approval process
[2:00:51] for specific wireless
[2:00:55] communications.
[2:00:56] What that means is it's just a
[2:00:57] euphemism for we're going to
[2:01:02] eliminate the public voice in
[2:01:03] opposition and we're going to
[2:01:03] streamline it to make it an
[2:01:04] administrative process And that
[2:01:08] is not that is not that does
[2:01:09] not serve the public need.
[2:01:14] And one of the seven replacing
[2:01:15] parking fees for street trees
[2:01:16] act on sidewalks, outdoor
[2:01:20] dining, the outdoor dining and
[2:01:21] those street areas have already
[2:01:27] removed nearly all of
[2:01:27] the public.
[2:01:28] >> Your time has concluded and
[2:01:28] that goes as well to comment on
[2:01:29] this item.
[2:01:29] All right.
[2:01:31] Thank you city Clerk for that.
[2:01:32] So with that we'll turn it over
[2:01:33] to council for comments,
[2:01:37] questions and entertain a
[2:01:38] motion and we'll start out with
[2:01:39] the chair of Land Use and
[2:01:39] Housing Council PRESIDENT
[2:01:43] Pro-Tem we thank yous PRESIDENT
[2:01:44] And thank you to the City
[2:01:44] Planning Department for
[2:01:45] the tremendous amount of time
[2:01:45] that's been dedicated to
[2:01:46] delivering this land of on
[2:01:49] the code update working with
[2:01:49] various stakeholders, working
[2:01:53] with our offices as well And I
[2:01:54] will for one recollect that I
[2:01:55] believe we all thought this was
[2:01:58] first going to come forward
[2:01:58] back in late 2024.
[2:01:59] So that's just to say that
[2:02:00] there's been a huge amount of
[2:02:04] time that's been dedicated to
[2:02:05] trying to get this to
[2:02:06] the finish line.
[2:02:06] There have been many thorough
[2:02:10] discussions regarding numerous
[2:02:10] components in this update
[2:02:11] including since it went through
[2:02:12] Planning Commission and then
[2:02:16] most recently through our Land
[2:02:17] Use and Housing Committee
[2:02:17] meeting back in MARCH.
[2:02:18] We made a few amendments at
[2:02:22] that time and so I'm glad to
[2:02:23] see some of our recommendations
[2:02:23] were included in today's
[2:02:26] version particularly for item
[2:02:27] seven relating to micro unit
[2:02:31] waivers For those who might
[2:02:31] recollect a little over two
[2:02:32] years ago the council chose to
[2:02:33] maintain waivers for micro
[2:02:37] units and while I was glad to
[2:02:37] support that I was also
[2:02:38] understanding the need that we
[2:02:39] have to collect abatement
[2:02:42] impact fees and assure that
[2:02:43] the city is actually providing
[2:02:43] incentives that match up with
[2:02:44] the areas that we believe are
[2:02:50] in short welcome to housing
[2:02:50] production.
[2:02:51] So I want to thank the City
[2:02:52] Plan department for
[2:02:52] incorporating our amendment for
[2:02:55] making the waivers so that they
[2:02:56] continue to be offered but it
[2:02:57] be done so as an incentive tied
[2:03:00] to the ever elusive larger
[2:03:01] three bedroom units.
[2:03:02] And I think this is one of
[2:03:06] the ways in which a community
[2:03:07] complete communities remains an
[2:03:08] important program that helps
[2:03:08] our city encourage all types of
[2:03:12] housing including micro units.
[2:03:13] On item 87 I want to specially
[2:03:14] thank you Heidi, for your
[2:03:19] leadership in trying to work on
[2:03:19] a sensible solution with our
[2:03:20] offices and various
[2:03:20] stakeholders especially as we
[2:03:25] all seek to see the committee
[2:03:26] plan updates that we've worked
[2:03:26] to past actually come to
[2:03:27] fruition.
[2:03:27] We talk often about how we
[2:03:31] create capacity but whether
[2:03:32] that actually results in
[2:03:32] the production that we intend
[2:03:37] and in all of that also taking
[2:03:38] the opportunity acknowledge
[2:03:38] that there are some severe
[2:03:39] economic realities that are
[2:03:39] being faced.
[2:03:43] So I just want to take this
[2:03:43] moment to thank you and your
[2:03:44] staff for spending so much
[2:03:45] energy perhaps more than it was
[2:03:49] ever worth on that effort.
[2:03:50] Next I want to thank staff for
[2:03:51] the efforts made towards
[2:03:52] streamlining the wireless
[2:03:56] communication facility
[2:03:56] regulations and then also
[2:03:57] allowing child care centers in
[2:03:57] the next year.
[2:03:58] My area in my district along
[2:04:02] with other items to help make
[2:04:02] clarifications and corrections
[2:04:03] for the community's Housing
[2:04:07] solutions program and lastly I
[2:04:08] appreciate staff in bringing
[2:04:09] forward and one of three which
[2:04:13] expands where medical offices
[2:04:14] are allowed Medical clinics can
[2:04:14] be a good fit for many business
[2:04:15] parks and I think about how
[2:04:19] other areas of the city can
[2:04:20] also have the potential to see
[2:04:20] expanded access to health care
[2:04:25] including in my district and
[2:04:26] with that mine only just going
[2:04:27] to ask that you consider in
[2:04:27] the next ltc update perhaps
[2:04:31] reviewing what we categorized
[2:04:31] as medical offices to ensure
[2:04:32] that we're not overly overly
[2:04:33] limiting where they can be
[2:04:37] placed as well as ensuring that
[2:04:38] we match up with the types of
[2:04:39] facilities that we're seeing
[2:04:39] Given health care as we know it
[2:04:44] continues to evolve.
[2:04:45] So with that I'm going to go
[2:04:45] ahead and move the approval of
[2:04:46] the 2026 city wide ltc package
[2:04:51] and downtown obviously package
[2:04:52] I think it gets better.
[2:04:52] >> All right.
[2:04:52] Thank you.
[2:04:53] So we have a motion by
[2:04:56] the council PRESIDENT Pro
[2:04:57] complete to move the staff
[2:04:58] recommendation.
[2:04:58] We'll go next to council member
[2:04:59] Watford.
[2:05:02] Thank you Council PRESIDENT
[2:05:03] Thank you to Chair Lee for
[2:05:03] those comments.
[2:05:04] I also I think the Planning
[2:05:09] Department dsd and outside
[2:05:09] urban division for all the work
[2:05:10] committed to this update
[2:05:11] the community members, business
[2:05:15] groups for all the review and
[2:05:16] feedback I made most of my
[2:05:16] comments at the lady said How
[2:05:20] was the committee meeting in
[2:05:20] APRIL?
[2:05:21] So I'll just touch on a few
[2:05:22] citywide abatements here before
[2:05:26] turning my attention to the top
[2:05:27] Item six expands complete
[2:05:28] communities for for sale homes
[2:05:32] That's a meaningful shift told
[2:05:32] how that program will be
[2:05:33] applied to rentals open it up
[2:05:34] to home ownership including
[2:05:39] affordable for sale homes be
[2:05:40] it's more say the agents will
[2:05:40] have a real path to hope your
[2:05:41] transit your schools and your
[2:05:44] the amenities that make our
[2:05:45] neighborhoods work.
[2:05:46] Another item they're really
[2:05:48] looking forward to implementing
[2:05:49] citywide is item 50 the shared
[2:05:50] housing density bonus which
[2:05:50] will make it easier to build
[2:05:55] share housing citywide that
[2:05:56] plan is a great place to start
[2:05:56] with that particularly related
[2:05:57] office buildings Shared housing
[2:06:01] improves affordability by
[2:06:01] splitting rent and utility
[2:06:02] costs and it fosters social
[2:06:02] connection and security
[2:06:07] especially for seniors.
[2:06:08] Many of the changes in front of
[2:06:09] us today seem small but could
[2:06:09] actually make a really
[2:06:10] significant difference.
[2:06:13] What are those instances as
[2:06:14] item 90 regarding emergency
[2:06:14] shelters?
[2:06:19] It streamlines the permitting
[2:06:19] process for emergency shelters
[2:06:20] making it easier to get them up
[2:06:21] and running without regulatory
[2:06:21] burdens.
[2:06:26] So that we could more
[2:06:26] efficiently help people who are
[2:06:27] homeless get off the streets
[2:06:32] and into shelter if it was most
[2:06:32] of my time though our downtown
[2:06:33] every great city has a great
[2:06:33] downtown.
[2:06:34] We have seen more and more
[2:06:37] people able to get without
[2:06:38] Outside Diego we've added
[2:06:39] parks, we've added trees, we've
[2:06:42] expanded our cultural resources
[2:06:42] .
[2:06:43] There is a renewed commitment
[2:06:44] to downtown San Diego to making
[2:06:44] our streets vibrant.
[2:06:48] It's safe and welcoming for
[2:06:48] everybody.
[2:06:49] This didn't happen by accident.
[2:06:49] Thoughtful planning by Dgd's
[2:06:54] Urban Division played an
[2:06:54] important role in that This
[2:06:55] code update doled out that
[2:07:00] little bit of an idea but opens
[2:07:01] the door to more rooftop
[2:07:01] gardens of downtown have died
[2:07:02] encourages preservation of
[2:07:06] the mature trees that give our
[2:07:07] neighborhood shade character
[2:07:07] and comfort.
[2:07:08] Together they will help to cool
[2:07:12] our streets, improve air
[2:07:13] quality and bring nature into
[2:07:13] the heart of our city, I
[2:07:14] replied creates new
[2:07:15] homeownership opportunities for
[2:07:18] people who want to live
[2:07:19] downtown.
[2:07:19] Additional opportunities for
[2:07:20] people to make downtown their
[2:07:21] homes strengthens our
[2:07:24] neighborhoods, supports local
[2:07:25] businesses and build a sense of
[2:07:25] stability and pride in very
[2:07:31] small parcels in the urban core
[2:07:32] have said underdeveloped
[2:07:33] tourist parking lots for years
[2:07:33] because the rules have made it
[2:07:37] very difficult to build them.
[2:07:37] Item six is incentives for
[2:07:38] small lots and item eight
[2:07:43] revitalization But as a legacy
[2:07:44] street I would like those sites
[2:07:45] for new housing due activity
[2:07:45] You do like the blocks that
[2:07:46] I've been waiting for The next
[2:07:49] chapter and clearer rules for
[2:07:49] programing provides a simpler
[2:07:50] pathways for outdoor community
[2:07:55] uses Those make it easier to
[2:07:56] bring people together whether
[2:07:56] it's a fitness class, a
[2:07:57] farmer's market, a cultural
[2:08:01] event or a pop up activation
[2:08:02] Together these updates move us
[2:08:02] toward a downtown that is
[2:08:03] greener, more attainable, more
[2:08:07] dynamic, a more complete.
[2:08:08] And what that utters our
[2:08:09] character supports our
[2:08:09] residents.
[2:08:10] It strengthens the economic and
[2:08:13] cultural heart of this city.
[2:08:13] Really glad to see this code
[2:08:14] update coming forward and I'll
[2:08:19] be happy to Second
[2:08:20] Councilmember Lee's motion.
[2:08:20] >> All right.
[2:08:21] Thank you, sir.
[2:08:24] So we have a motion by Council
[2:08:25] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee and a
[2:08:25] second by Councilmember
[2:08:26] Whitburn to move the staff
[2:08:27] recommendation.
[2:08:27] We'll go next to Councilmember
[2:08:29] Hilo Rivera All right.
[2:08:30] Thank you, council PRESIDENT.
[2:08:31] Thank you, Heidi and team for
[2:08:35] all of your work on this.
[2:08:36] I was just thinking about as
[2:08:37] you were running through each
[2:08:41] item how much work there must
[2:08:41] be behind each of those items
[2:08:42] So it shows up as you know,
[2:08:47] very, very comprehensive list
[2:08:48] of updates.
[2:08:48] I know it takes hours and hours
[2:08:49] and hours of work each and
[2:08:53] every item So thank you for
[2:08:54] that effort And I know there's
[2:08:55] a lot of thought that goes in
[2:08:59] each of those I think both my
[2:09:00] comments at the council but I
[2:09:05] will say thank you again for
[2:09:06] including prohibition on moving
[2:09:11] and storage facilities in
[2:09:12] the zones that we've laid out
[2:09:12] here.
[2:09:13] As I said before, I'll say it
[2:09:18] again we need homes and small
[2:09:18] businesses in my district, in
[2:09:19] our communities.
[2:09:23] We don't need more spaces for
[2:09:24] folks from other neighborhoods
[2:09:28] to store their stuff And each
[2:09:29] of those facilities deprives
[2:09:30] the community of an opportunity
[2:09:35] to build housing So I'm glad
[2:09:35] we're making that move.
[2:09:36] District nine City Heights and
[2:09:41] other parts of the city are not
[2:09:41] the storage centers for
[2:09:42] wealthier parts of the city.
[2:09:42] They're neighborhoods that
[2:09:47] deserve respect and along those
[2:09:48] lines increasing the fines for
[2:09:53] abandoned properties I think is
[2:09:54] a very important thing for us
[2:09:54] to do.
[2:09:55] It's been far too easy for
[2:10:00] disrespectful property owners
[2:10:00] to hoard property, leave it in
[2:10:05] an abandoned state which has
[2:10:06] negative impacts on property
[2:10:11] values, safety and just general
[2:10:11] quality of life in my district
[2:10:12] in other parts of the city as
[2:10:16] well and ensuring that
[2:10:17] the penalties for those bad
[2:10:18] actors are sufficient enough to
[2:10:23] actually discourage that
[2:10:24] behavior in a city where
[2:10:25] holding on to property can
[2:10:29] produce so much profit over
[2:10:30] the course of time I think is
[2:10:30] an important step to make sure
[2:10:31] that all our neighborhoods get
[2:10:32] the respect they deserve.
[2:10:37] So thank you again for all
[2:10:37] the work on this.
[2:10:38] i very much appreciate it and
[2:10:38] I'm support of the motion.
[2:10:39] Thank you.
[2:10:39] Council PRESIDENT All right.
[2:10:40] Thank you.
[2:10:42] Council member Laura We'll go
[2:10:42] next to Council member Campi
[2:10:43] Okay Thank you Council
[2:10:44] PRESIDENT Thank you to our
[2:10:44] staff from our planning
[2:10:45] department.
[2:10:47] I'll check with my colleagues
[2:10:47] appreciation for staff and
[2:10:48] stakeholders and community
[2:10:49] members who've been involved
[2:10:49] throughout the process.
[2:10:53] Obviously we have a lot of
[2:10:54] technical amendments before us
[2:10:54] but want to make space for
[2:10:55] the community and industry
[2:10:56] feedback Throughout that
[2:10:58] process we get a very good
[2:10:59] result and that's a workable
[2:11:00] result outside of
[2:11:00] the development streamlining
[2:11:04] provisions which I'm always
[2:11:05] encouraged to see.
[2:11:05] I appreciate the inclusion of
[2:11:06] 8812 from Assembly member
[2:11:10] Werner Putting aside some of
[2:11:11] that meaningful opportunity for
[2:11:12] artist housing in San Diego is
[2:11:17] a good path forward and I
[2:11:17] appreciate the spaces for our
[2:11:18] team at the spaces for our team
[2:11:19] to advocating and championing
[2:11:22] that.
[2:11:23] I'm also glad to see
[2:11:23] the incentives for family
[2:11:24] housing and homeownership
[2:11:25] opportunities and opportunities
[2:11:29] for child care in our military
[2:11:29] communities around them since
[2:11:32] Miramar And I do have one quick
[2:11:33] question from something someone
[2:11:33] said on the public comment
[2:11:37] about a fee going up to 2400.
[2:11:38] Can you elaborate on what that
[2:11:38] might be?
[2:11:43] Is that an appeal fee?
[2:11:44] Yeah, I believe that
[2:11:49] the reference was to the appeal
[2:11:50] fees of lots of planning
[2:11:51] commission and city council.
[2:11:54] The fees are proposed to
[2:11:54] increase from 1000 to 1140 for
[2:11:59] appeals to planning commission
[2:12:00] and the appeals from City
[2:12:00] council are currently set at
[2:12:04] 1000 and they're proposed to
[2:12:04] increase to $2,380.
[2:12:10] This is due to the need to
[2:12:11] provide for full cost recovery
[2:12:12] for the staff time it takes to
[2:12:13] process the items City Council
[2:12:21] understood.
[2:12:22] So essentially $1,000 more is
[2:12:24] what it takes to get to
[2:12:25] Costco's 1% cost recovery.
[2:12:25] >> Is it partial And the new
[2:12:29] fees would be at a 100% cost
[2:12:29] recovery.
[2:12:30] >> They currently are not at
[2:12:30] 100% cost recovery.
[2:12:31] I see.
[2:12:35] Okay I do agree with what
[2:12:36] the caller pointed out that
[2:12:37] there are there are some
[2:12:41] planning groups and individuals
[2:12:42] who sometimes struggle to get
[2:12:43] that money together when an
[2:12:43] appeal is successful.
[2:12:46] This appeal for refund in order
[2:12:52] is it not?
[2:12:58] >> It is not okay.
[2:12:58] Understood.
[2:12:59] Well I just would like to know
[2:13:04] that I think that maybe it
[2:13:05] should be if you appeal and you
[2:13:06] win and maybe you should get it
[2:13:06] back.
[2:13:06] But I understand it's not
[2:13:07] before us today.
[2:13:10] Last thing I had heard from
[2:13:11] members in the department in
[2:13:15] the industry that a couple
[2:13:16] months ago there was an issue
[2:13:17] around a couple of definitions
[2:13:17] that seem to be not completely
[2:13:22] clear about the size of
[2:13:22] the hedge trees things like
[2:13:23] this.
[2:13:23] Have those definitions been
[2:13:28] worked on, cleared up?
[2:13:28] I believe they there was
[2:13:29] comment at planning Commission
[2:13:38] about this sort of thing And so
[2:13:39] the 2026 Land Development Code
[2:13:40] update included an item that
[2:13:40] was intended to clarify
[2:13:44] the landscaping requirements or
[2:13:45] to state that the preservation
[2:13:46] of trees and shrubs was part of
[2:13:50] the intent of the regulations
[2:13:51] as there are regulations that
[2:13:51] apply to their preservation.
[2:13:52] The Planning Commission
[2:13:56] requested that that intent
[2:13:57] language be removed and it was
[2:13:58] removed prior to committee.
[2:13:58] Very good.
[2:13:58] All right.
[2:13:59] Thank you.
[2:14:03] I'd heard about that a few
[2:14:03] different times out in public
[2:14:04] so I appreciate you doing that
[2:14:04] with that.
[2:14:09] Thank you for the detailed work
[2:14:10] And I know you do this once a
[2:14:11] year and it's extraordinary My
[2:14:11] work I'll be in support.
[2:14:12] Thank you.
[2:14:15] All right.
[2:14:16] Thank you, Councilmember Camp.
[2:14:17] Not anybody else on the lights.
[2:14:18] I'll jump in with a few
[2:14:21] comments As I said at the onset
[2:14:22] thank you.
[2:14:22] City planning for all the work
[2:14:26] that it took to a multi-year
[2:14:27] project to bring this forward
[2:14:28] and the outreach you did and
[2:14:34] packaging this up for CPCs and
[2:14:35] planning commissions, land use
[2:14:36] and housing and extraordinary
[2:14:39] work to really get feedback
[2:14:39] from the public and fine tuning
[2:14:44] and tweaking that It really
[2:14:45] shows evidence of that based on
[2:14:46] the comments that we heard we
[2:14:51] heard today from the public.
[2:14:51] I also appreciate
[2:14:52] the collaboration that seems so
[2:14:52] long ago.
[2:14:56] On to La Hoya amendments, one
[2:14:57] of which came directly from
[2:14:58] the community that I supported
[2:14:58] and one that which was adjusted
[2:15:02] based on the community feedback
[2:15:03] We thank you for that On items
[2:15:04] 81 through 83 I'm glad to see
[2:15:09] the adjustments to
[2:15:10] the administrative penalties
[2:15:10] that our Blue team could assess
[2:15:11] particularly given our
[2:15:15] conversation in and b or b r c
[2:15:15] last week.
[2:15:16] It is necessary to give that
[2:15:17] team the flexibility to assess
[2:15:21] penalties at a level that
[2:15:21] better reflects costs and
[2:15:22] incentivizes compliance as was
[2:15:22] said.
[2:15:26] Bless you Whoever that was.
[2:15:27] A question about item 17 this
[2:15:27] question about defensible space
[2:15:32] buffer which we're getting from
[2:15:33] the state does our regulations
[2:15:38] still kind of grandfather
[2:15:39] everybody else but they still
[2:15:40] have to deal with the state for
[2:15:44] existing homes and properties?
[2:15:44] I think you're referencing
[2:15:45] maybe two different items.
[2:15:49] Okay.
[2:15:50] Maybe one of them is just
[2:15:56] clarification that step backs
[2:15:56] MAY be more than what
[2:15:57] the setback is if it doesn't
[2:15:58] meet the defensible space
[2:16:02] requirement for new buildings.
[2:16:03] And then there's a sort of
[2:16:08] totally separate issue which is
[2:16:09] related to existing homeowners
[2:16:10] and how to comply with the new
[2:16:10] regulations related to them
[2:16:15] Throw Those are not before
[2:16:16] the council today but happy to
[2:16:19] follow up with the on zero is
[2:16:20] compliance step for existing is
[2:16:20] 2029 okay so there's
[2:16:25] communication coming for fire
[2:16:25] rescue department educating
[2:16:26] homeowners now.
[2:16:26] Oh fantastic.
[2:16:27] Thank you.
[2:16:27] So something was just
[2:16:31] clarifying that possibly Okay
[2:16:32] So on item 94, the wireless
[2:16:32] communication facility, you
[2:16:37] know we've had some policy
[2:16:37] differences.
[2:16:38] I've expressed feedback that
[2:16:38] I've heard from my constituents
[2:16:42] but I appreciate
[2:16:43] the conversation about that
[2:16:44] although optimally those were
[2:16:48] not brought forward to
[2:16:49] the concern that I think
[2:16:50] somebody from the public was
[2:16:50] calling in the proposed process
[2:16:55] level changes within 100ft
[2:16:56] maintain the notice
[2:16:56] requirements and a public
[2:16:57] hearing where the committee
[2:17:00] members MAY express concerns
[2:17:01] that they MAY have on projects
[2:17:02] of this nature that correct
[2:17:06] that we enter Understand that
[2:17:07] correctly?
[2:17:07] Yes, that's correct.
[2:17:11] The wireless facilities would
[2:17:12] still go through a
[2:17:13] discretionary process that
[2:17:13] would be appealable to
[2:17:14] the Planning Commission rather
[2:17:18] than required to go to
[2:17:18] the Planning Commission.
[2:17:19] Okay.
[2:17:19] I was just trying to save all
[2:17:20] those wireless companies in
[2:17:24] trouble of introducing things,
[2:17:24] getting beat up by
[2:17:25] the community and then walking
[2:17:26] away and wasting all that time
[2:17:26] and money.
[2:17:30] But maybe we'll we'll come back
[2:17:31] to that another day.
[2:17:32] So again, thank you for all
[2:17:32] the work and I certainly will
[2:17:36] be supporting this item as well
[2:17:37] No one else So we have a motion
[2:17:37] for PRESIDENT Sorry to
[2:17:42] interrupt you.
[2:17:43] Can I just make one
[2:17:44] clarification or response to
[2:17:45] Councilmember Campos question
[2:17:48] about the apologies I did want
[2:17:49] to note that the appeal fee
[2:17:49] resolution provides for a 50%
[2:17:54] reduction in the appeal fees if
[2:17:54] the project is located within a
[2:17:55] low resource area.
[2:17:55] That's very good.
[2:17:56] I appreciate that.
[2:18:00] Thank you.
[2:18:01] >> Thank you for looking at it.
[2:18:01] Yeah, that is that is good.
[2:18:04] I'm old enough to remember $0
[2:18:10] appeal but with that we have a
[2:18:11] motion by Council PRESIDENT Pro
[2:18:12] Tem Lee and a second by
[2:18:13] Councilmember Whitburn to move
[2:18:13] the staff recommendation.
[2:18:15] Please call the roll clerk
[2:18:15] Start the voting system Please
[2:18:22] cast your vote And that passes
[2:18:22] unanimously 7 to 0 with council
[2:18:27] member Von Wilber and
[2:18:28] Councilmember Foster absent.
[2:18:28] >> Thank you.
[2:18:29] All right Again, thank you
[2:18:30] everybody from city planning
[2:18:33] for your good work and
[2:18:34] everybody else who worked on
[2:18:34] it.
[2:18:35] So as they pack up clerk please
[2:18:39] introduce item 203 Item 2 or 3
[2:18:44] is the adoption of the 2025
[2:18:44] Urban Water Management Plan and
[2:18:45] the 25 water shortage
[2:18:49] contingency plan.
[2:18:50] If you'd like to make any
[2:18:51] comments to this item please be
[2:18:52] sure to submit your speaker
[2:18:55] slip to the lectern and
[2:18:56] the clear box at the front of
[2:18:56] the room And if you are
[2:18:57] participating remotely now's
[2:19:02] the time to raise your hand by
[2:19:02] pressing Star nine or the raise
[2:19:03] your hand icon.
[2:19:03] Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT.
[2:19:04] All right.
[2:19:04] Thank you.
[2:19:08] And our staff settles in When
[2:19:09] you're ready, please enter
[2:19:09] These results will record and
[2:19:13] let us know how much time you
[2:19:13] need.
[2:19:13] >> Good afternoon.
[2:19:19] Council PRESIDENT Council
[2:19:20] members My name is Christiana
[2:19:20] Gorder.
[2:19:21] I'm the assistant director over
[2:19:22] the Public Utilities
[2:19:25] Department's technical support
[2:19:25] branch.
[2:19:26] We'll need about 15 minutes for
[2:19:27] this presentation when you're
[2:19:27] ready.
[2:19:28] I'm very pleased to be here
[2:19:32] today with two members of
[2:19:32] the team that have worked to
[2:19:33] bring to you the 2025 Urban
[2:19:37] Water Management Plan and
[2:19:37] the Water Shortage Contingency
[2:19:38] plan The city is required to
[2:19:39] update, adopt and submit these
[2:19:39] plans.
[2:19:44] The state every five years
[2:19:44] Making an address We'll discuss
[2:19:47] how the updated 2025 plans meet
[2:19:48] state guidelines for compliance
[2:19:49] with the California Water Code.
[2:19:53] In addition, the team work to
[2:19:54] ensure that the creation of
[2:19:55] these plans with considered
[2:19:55] analytical and data driven in
[2:20:00] order to produce an accurate
[2:20:01] projection of future urban
[2:20:01] water demand and supply.
[2:20:02] The team has a number of
[2:20:05] details to walk through so I
[2:20:06] will now ask them to introduce
[2:20:06] themselves and start
[2:20:11] the presentation.
[2:20:12] Thanks Christina.
[2:20:13] My name is Megan Hickey.
[2:20:13] I'm an assistant director with
[2:20:18] the Public Utilities
[2:20:18] Department.
[2:20:19] With me today is Andrew Funk,
[2:20:19] principal water resources
[2:20:20] specialist.
[2:20:21] And as Christiana highlighted
[2:20:23] we will provide an overview of
[2:20:24] the 2025 Urban Water Management
[2:20:24] Plan.
[2:20:25] Its components water supply and
[2:20:29] demand projections on
[2:20:30] the city's water shortage
[2:20:30] Contingency Plan.
[2:20:31] Urban water management plans
[2:20:36] are high level plans that
[2:20:36] predict future water supply and
[2:20:37] demand over a 25 year time
[2:20:41] frame to help inform local,
[2:20:42] regional and state planning
[2:20:42] efforts.
[2:20:43] They must be adopted and
[2:20:44] submitted to the California
[2:20:47] Department of Water Resources
[2:20:48] every five years.
[2:20:48] Urban water management plans
[2:20:49] are also foundational documents
[2:20:53] for subsequent water supply
[2:20:54] assessments and water supply
[2:20:54] verifications performed by Puti
[2:20:55] to assess the availability of
[2:20:59] water for development in
[2:21:00] the city of San Diego.
[2:21:00] The plan must include a water
[2:21:04] shortage contingency plan which
[2:21:05] defines the actions the city
[2:21:06] will take in the event of a
[2:21:06] declared water emergency or
[2:21:11] enactment of more stringent
[2:21:11] restrictions on water use
[2:21:12] allowing the city to respond in
[2:21:13] an efficient and timely manner
[2:21:16] to manage and mitigate any
[2:21:17] potential water shortages.
[2:21:18] In addition to be eligible for
[2:21:22] any grant or loan administered
[2:21:23] by the Department of Water
[2:21:24] Resources, the city must have a
[2:21:24] current urban water management
[2:21:28] plan on file that has been
[2:21:29] determined by bwr to address
[2:21:30] the requirements of the water
[2:21:30] code.
[2:21:33] The 2025 or more water
[2:21:34] management plan is the city's
[2:21:34] ninth iteration of the Urban
[2:21:35] Water Management Plan and is
[2:21:42] due to ewr on JULY 1st.
[2:21:43] Urban water management plans
[2:21:44] have five key required
[2:21:44] components as shown in
[2:21:45] the graphic on the left
[2:21:49] including the development of a
[2:21:50] 20 year water supply and demand
[2:21:50] forecast.
[2:21:51] An overview of water demand
[2:21:55] management measures implemented
[2:21:55] by the city.
[2:21:56] An analysis of water supply
[2:21:57] reliability as well as
[2:21:57] the energy intensity of our
[2:22:01] water and wastewater system.
[2:22:02] And the adoption of a water
[2:22:03] shortage contingency plan.
[2:22:03] We also have corresponding
[2:22:08] implementation goals for
[2:22:08] the 2025 Urban Water Management
[2:22:09] Plan which included
[2:22:13] the development of a credible
[2:22:13] and balanced 25 year projection
[2:22:17] of water demand by utilizing a
[2:22:18] 25 year planning horizon
[2:22:18] instead of the required 20 year
[2:22:19] projection.
[2:22:19] We close potential planning
[2:22:23] gaps during cycles where we are
[2:22:24] updating the urban water
[2:22:24] management plan.
[2:22:25] Next we wanted to update and
[2:22:29] refined our water our water
[2:22:30] demand modeling approach for
[2:22:30] more accurate projections.
[2:22:31] This included the development
[2:22:35] of an alternative on trend
[2:22:36] forecasts detailed in Appendix
[2:22:36] f of the draft Urban Water
[2:22:41] Management Plan which is a
[2:22:41] lower demand forecast than what
[2:22:42] is proposed for adoption in
[2:22:43] the Urban Water Management
[2:22:43] plan.
[2:22:46] The on trend forecast assessed
[2:22:47] beauty staff with strategic
[2:22:47] strategic capital investment
[2:22:52] planning in the pure Water
[2:22:53] Program and other cities.
[2:22:53] By evaluating a range of
[2:22:54] potential future demands,
[2:22:58] the city can evaluate the size
[2:22:59] of the water system and
[2:22:59] consider downsizing where
[2:23:00] appropriate to reduce capital
[2:23:05] costs.
[2:23:05] At the same time, the adoption
[2:23:06] of a more conservative demand
[2:23:07] forecast allows the city to
[2:23:10] support conclusions that we
[2:23:11] have adequate water supply for
[2:23:11] major development projects.
[2:23:12] Other housing initiatives and
[2:23:16] community plan updates.
[2:23:17] Our next goal included an
[2:23:17] analysis of system reliability
[2:23:23] and the integration of
[2:23:23] the water shortage contingency
[2:23:24] plan.
[2:23:24] We also utilize and build upon
[2:23:25] the city's Climate action Plan
[2:23:28] and water conservation goals.
[2:23:29] Last we prepare for future
[2:23:29] inclusion and expansion of
[2:23:34] local water supply development
[2:23:35] as the ninth iteration of
[2:23:36] the city's urban water
[2:23:36] management plan.
[2:23:40] Puti has continued to strive
[2:23:41] for enhancing and increasing
[2:23:41] the accuracy of our demand
[2:23:46] forecasting approach for
[2:23:47] the 2020 Urban Water Management
[2:23:47] Plan.
[2:23:48] Puti developed a hybrid
[2:23:48] approach combining actual water
[2:23:52] use data the parcel level with
[2:23:53] a statistical model that
[2:23:53] considers land use as well as
[2:23:54] water use factors such as
[2:23:58] temperature, irritable parcel
[2:23:59] area number and types of
[2:23:59] housing units income and
[2:24:00] persons per household.
[2:24:05] This hybrid approach allows us
[2:24:06] to more accurately spatially
[2:24:06] represent demand within our
[2:24:10] service area allowing us to
[2:24:11] better understand where we MAY
[2:24:11] need infrastructure
[2:24:12] improvements based on
[2:24:15] the increased accuracy of
[2:24:16] the 2020 forecast.
[2:24:17] The first step for the demand
[2:24:17] forecasting in the 2025 Urban
[2:24:22] Water Management Plan was
[2:24:22] adopting the 2020 model.
[2:24:23] This included analyzing and
[2:24:24] updating the water use factors
[2:24:28] based on recent water usage
[2:24:29] trends and accepted planning
[2:24:29] practices in accordance with
[2:24:33] the guidelines.
[2:24:34] Next we utilize the sandag
[2:24:35] Theory 15 Regional Growth
[2:24:39] forecast to assess population
[2:24:39] growth within the 30 service
[2:24:40] area over the planning horizon.
[2:24:44] Sandag Theory 15 Includes
[2:24:45] projected household population
[2:24:45] Total population.
[2:24:46] Information on single family
[2:24:51] and multifamily occupied units
[2:24:51] Household income projected
[2:24:52] Total employment by census
[2:24:57] track and information on
[2:24:58] development and redevelopment
[2:24:58] projected out to the year 2050
[2:25:02] In comparison to the sandag
[2:25:03] Theory 14 forecast which was
[2:25:04] utilized in the 2020 Urban
[2:25:07] Water Management Plan series 15
[2:25:08] projects roughly 12 to 17%
[2:25:09] reduction in the forecasted
[2:25:14] population in total households
[2:25:15] within the city service area.
[2:25:18] That had a significant impact
[2:25:19] on the 2025 demand forecast
[2:25:20] which will be detailed in
[2:25:20] the following slides.
[2:25:25] Next we select a base period
[2:25:25] based on hydrologic conditions
[2:25:26] so we want to look at a rainy
[2:25:31] year as well as a dry year and
[2:25:31] corresponding water use trends
[2:25:32] for billing data.
[2:25:32] Our base period also overlaps
[2:25:36] with sandag 315 base period
[2:25:36] which increases our model
[2:25:37] accuracy.
[2:25:41] Last we incorporate water
[2:25:42] conservation savings based on
[2:25:43] compliance with existing state
[2:25:43] mandated conservation and new
[2:25:48] upcoming regulations.
[2:25:49] >> Puti is confident that we
[2:25:50] have developed a defensible and
[2:25:54] more accurate demand forecast
[2:25:55] for the city as visualized on
[2:25:55] this slide.
[2:25:56] The graph on the left
[2:26:00] illustrates historic potable
[2:26:01] water usage shown in blue as
[2:26:05] well as the 2025 more water
[2:26:06] management plan demand forecast
[2:26:06] shown in orange.
[2:26:07] The table on the right provides
[2:26:12] a specific breakdown on total
[2:26:12] potable and non-potable water
[2:26:13] usage by sector with
[2:26:17] residential water usage making
[2:26:17] up the majority of demand
[2:26:18] within our service area.
[2:26:19] More than 50% of the demand
[2:26:23] forecast to be adopted in
[2:26:23] the Urban Water Management Plan
[2:26:24] represents a measured approach
[2:26:25] with respect to long term water
[2:26:29] supply planning and meets
[2:26:30] the regulatory planning goals
[2:26:30] defined by the Department of
[2:26:31] Water Resources.
[2:26:34] The 2025 Urban Water Management
[2:26:35] Plan is projecting a lower 25
[2:26:38] year demand than the 2020 Urban
[2:26:39] Water Management Plan,
[2:26:39] primarily based on reduced
[2:26:40] growth projections included in
[2:26:44] sandag Theory 15 based on
[2:26:45] the updated 315 growth forecast
[2:26:49] and water usage in the city.
[2:26:50] >> There is also now a
[2:26:51] projected flattening of water
[2:26:55] demand out to the year 2050 for
[2:26:56] the development of the 2025
[2:26:57] demand forecast.
[2:26:57] >> Additionally analyze our
[2:27:02] historic water usage and legacy
[2:27:02] forecast from previous urban
[2:27:03] water management plans as can
[2:27:07] be seen on the slide similar to
[2:27:08] the previous graph on Slide six
[2:27:08] the blue line illustrates
[2:27:09] the historic water usage for
[2:27:14] potable water demand in
[2:27:14] the city and the hash line show
[2:27:15] the pass for urban water
[2:27:16] management plan demand
[2:27:19] forecasts for historic water
[2:27:19] usage.
[2:27:20] The city's water demand has
[2:27:24] decreased by 34% over the past
[2:27:24] two decades despite
[2:27:28] the population growing from
[2:27:29] 1.29 million in 2007 to
[2:27:30] the current peak customer base
[2:27:34] of nearly 1.4 million
[2:27:34] residents.
[2:27:35] This is primarily based on
[2:27:35] statewide droughts and
[2:27:36] subsequent mandatory water
[2:27:40] conservation regulations that
[2:27:41] have decreased customer water
[2:27:41] usage.
[2:27:42] When looking at the previous
[2:27:46] urban water management plan
[2:27:46] forecasts, the city has
[2:27:47] historically overestimated
[2:27:47] demand.
[2:27:48] A primary driver of this is
[2:27:52] the use of regional growth
[2:27:53] forecasts which are required by
[2:27:53] market guidelines.
[2:27:54] However, in more recent
[2:27:58] iterations our urban water
[2:27:59] management plans have been more
[2:27:59] accurate.
[2:28:00] Puti updated its water demand
[2:28:04] modeling methodology
[2:28:05] incorporating actual water use
[2:28:05] trends, recognizing that
[2:28:09] customer use has significantly
[2:28:10] shifted over the past two
[2:28:10] decades.
[2:28:11] Additionally, refinements from
[2:28:11] sandag in their growth
[2:28:14] forecasts for the region have
[2:28:15] increased accuracy in
[2:28:15] the demand forecast for
[2:28:16] the 2025 plan.
[2:28:21] An adequate and reliable water
[2:28:22] supply is vital for the city
[2:28:23] and demand has greatly outpaced
[2:28:27] local supply from rain.
[2:28:27] The city has historically
[2:28:28] purchased roughly 70 to 90% of
[2:28:29] our water supply which is
[2:28:33] imported from Northern
[2:28:34] California and the Colorado
[2:28:34] River.
[2:28:35] Pudi actively pursues ways to
[2:28:39] increase and diversify local
[2:28:39] water supply and maintain
[2:28:40] reliability.
[2:28:40] This includes pursuing
[2:28:45] additional local supplies and
[2:28:45] maximizing the utilization of
[2:28:46] our existing surface water
[2:28:47] groundwater non-potable
[2:28:51] recycled water and in the near
[2:28:52] future pure water as required
[2:28:52] by the water Code.
[2:28:57] The 2025 Urban Water Management
[2:28:57] Plan analyzes water supply
[2:28:58] reliability under multiple
[2:28:58] hydrologic conditions to
[2:29:03] confirm that the city has
[2:29:03] adequate supplies and methods
[2:29:04] established for reducing demand
[2:29:05] during times of single or
[2:29:09] multiple dry year periods and
[2:29:10] through coordination with
[2:29:10] the County Water Authority can
[2:29:12] supplement any projected supply
[2:29:18] deficiencies as they MAY arise
[2:29:19] .
[2:29:19] >> Based on the city's
[2:29:20] projected increase in local
[2:29:21] supplies and reduced demand
[2:29:25] forecast in comparison to
[2:29:25] the 2020 Urban Water Management
[2:29:26] Plan, the city is anticipating
[2:29:31] to utilize less important water
[2:29:32] supplies into the future than
[2:29:32] previously expected.
[2:29:36] By 2030 the city anticipates
[2:29:37] using 40% local supplies and
[2:29:41] 70% by 2050 with the majority
[2:29:42] of local supplies being
[2:29:42] supplied by the city's pure
[2:29:46] water program.
[2:29:47] The development of local water
[2:29:48] supplies and transition from
[2:29:48] imported supplies will directly
[2:29:53] benefit parity with water
[2:29:53] supply reliability during
[2:29:54] periods of multi drier
[2:29:58] conditions as well as reducing
[2:29:59] the cumulative energy intensity
[2:30:00] required for conveyance and
[2:30:00] distribution thus making it
[2:30:05] more sustainable and cost
[2:30:05] effective.
[2:30:06] The updated energy intensity
[2:30:06] data from the Urban Water
[2:30:07] Management Plan will be
[2:30:12] utilized to aid in the five
[2:30:12] year update of the city's
[2:30:13] Climate Action Plan in the near
[2:30:14] future and is included in
[2:30:14] the city's ghg emissions
[2:30:20] strategies.
[2:30:20] Based on historic water
[2:30:21] conservation by customers,
[2:30:22] the city is currently in
[2:30:22] compliance with all state
[2:30:26] mandated conservation
[2:30:27] regulations.
[2:30:27] Specifically the city has met
[2:30:31] the Water Conservation Act
[2:30:32] requirements which with a 20%
[2:30:32] demand reduction by the year
[2:30:33] 2020.
[2:30:33] We are meeting the model water
[2:30:37] efficient landscape ordinance
[2:30:38] and our urban water use
[2:30:38] objective.
[2:30:39] The Urban Water Management Plan
[2:30:43] incorporated additional
[2:30:43] conservation for outdoor water
[2:30:44] usage in the demand forecast
[2:30:48] for future compliance with
[2:30:49] Assembly Bill 1572 which is
[2:30:50] also known as the nonfunctional
[2:30:50] turf ban.
[2:30:54] The city continues to offer
[2:30:55] active water conservation
[2:30:55] programs largely driven by
[2:30:56] state regulations including
[2:30:58] residential water surveys and
[2:31:05] water conservation rebates as
[2:31:05] required by the water code and
[2:31:06] previously mentioned.
[2:31:07] The city must also prepare and
[2:31:10] adopt a water shortage
[2:31:11] contingency plan in conjunction
[2:31:12] with the Urban Water Management
[2:31:12] Plan.
[2:31:13] Water shortage Contingency
[2:31:16] plans provide the plan in
[2:31:17] the event of a declared water
[2:31:18] emergency or enactment of more
[2:31:19] stringent restrictions on water
[2:31:22] use allowing the city to
[2:31:23] respond in an efficient and
[2:31:23] timely manner to manage and
[2:31:24] mitigate any potential
[2:31:28] shortages.
[2:31:28] The plan identifies how
[2:31:29] the city will annually assess
[2:31:30] water supply and demand to
[2:31:34] determine if a water shortage
[2:31:34] exists.
[2:31:35] Shown on the slide are
[2:31:36] the sixth standard water
[2:31:36] shortage levels and their
[2:31:40] corresponding shortage range
[2:31:41] that lead to a variety of
[2:31:41] response actions in addition to
[2:31:42] permanent water based
[2:31:43] prohibitions and ongoing
[2:31:50] consumption reduction methods.
[2:31:51] The table on the slide shows an
[2:31:52] example of corresponding
[2:31:54] shortage response actions to
[2:31:55] water shortage level one which
[2:31:56] is up to a 10% shortage in
[2:31:57] supply compared to anticipated
[2:32:01] demand.
[2:32:02] Each water shortage level has
[2:32:03] corresponding response actions
[2:32:03] that are categorized as one of
[2:32:07] the following by the Department
[2:32:07] of Water Resources.
[2:32:08] Supply Augmentation Demand
[2:32:08] Reduction Actions Operational
[2:32:13] changes or mandatory water use
[2:32:14] prohibitions in addition to
[2:32:14] state mandated prohibitions.
[2:32:19] The response actions
[2:32:19] incorporate mwd and cwa
[2:32:20] emergency and catastrophic
[2:32:25] planning as well as the City
[2:32:26] Council Policy 400 zero four
[2:32:27] which is the emergency storage
[2:32:31] of water policy, an outline of
[2:32:31] public participation and a
[2:32:32] schedule for adoption and
[2:32:37] submittal to Department of
[2:32:37] Water Resources for the 2025
[2:32:38] Urban Water Management Plan and
[2:32:39] Water Shortage Contingency Plan
[2:32:42] as shown on this slide.
[2:32:43] Public participation began on
[2:32:44] FEBRUARY 27th and the draft
[2:32:48] Urban Water Management Plan was
[2:32:49] posted on the city's web page
[2:32:49] for public comments.
[2:32:50] The plan was highlighted on
[2:32:53] the city's social media
[2:32:54] announced via inside sd sent
[2:32:55] directly to a list of
[2:32:55] interested stakeholders and
[2:33:00] members of the public were
[2:33:00] notified of their opportunity
[2:33:01] to provide public comment
[2:33:02] during today's hearing via
[2:33:05] the Daily Transcript newspaper
[2:33:06] as required by the California
[2:33:06] Water Code.
[2:33:07] After adoption by council,
[2:33:08] the Urban Water Management Plan
[2:33:08] will be submitted to
[2:33:12] the Department of Water
[2:33:13] Resources on JULY 1st.
[2:33:14] >> Puti is requesting more
[2:33:18] support for the following
[2:33:18] actions.
[2:33:19] Approving a resolution to
[2:33:19] declare the adoption of
[2:33:20] the Urban Water Management Plan
[2:33:24] and water shortage Contingency
[2:33:24] plan to be statutorily exempt
[2:33:28] from sequel and approving a
[2:33:29] resolution to adopt the 2025
[2:33:30] Urban Water Management Plan and
[2:33:30] Water Shortage Contingency plan
[2:33:34] as required by the California
[2:33:34] Water Code.
[2:33:35] Thank you for allowing us
[2:33:36] the opportunity to present an
[2:33:39] overview of the 2025 Urban
[2:33:39] Water Management Plan.
[2:33:40] We are available to answer any
[2:33:41] questions you might have at
[2:33:45] this time.
[2:33:45] >> All right.
[2:33:46] Thank you for the presentation
[2:33:47] and good work to bring this
[2:33:47] forward.
[2:33:53] Clerk Please proceed with
[2:33:54] public comment.
[2:33:55] >> And Council PRESIDENT Cllr
[2:33:55] Beckman if you can please come
[2:33:58] forward.
[2:33:59] Senior Elder you are here.
[2:34:00] Please come to the mic after
[2:34:01] that we'll be back because this
[2:34:07] game will be a minute and a
[2:34:12] half.
[2:34:13] All right.
[2:34:13] Thank you.
[2:34:14] I just walked in from doing my
[2:34:15] chores around downtown.
[2:34:18] Hi again.
[2:34:18] I was listening to this item.
[2:34:19] I thank you for it.
[2:34:25] We're coming up on a pure water
[2:34:26] feature because look what you
[2:34:26] can be doing with this item.
[2:34:31] I really hopeful what we can be
[2:34:32] doing with the future of
[2:34:32] the public process and working
[2:34:37] with water board issues
[2:34:37] overall.
[2:34:38] I think it's really important
[2:34:43] for ourselves a reminder and
[2:34:43] how important what building
[2:34:44] the future of our public
[2:34:45] process means to us at this
[2:34:49] time and place in our history
[2:34:50] and what we can be doing for
[2:34:50] ourselves.
[2:34:55] I think it always should be
[2:34:55] remembered what the public
[2:34:56] participation participation can
[2:35:00] do for the process.
[2:35:01] I think we're growing.
[2:35:01] Imagine what the public process
[2:35:07] was like in times of war in 911
[2:35:08] compared to now We're starting
[2:35:12] to ask questions more and be
[2:35:13] more open and clear and that
[2:35:19] develops better reasoning and
[2:35:19] that is our future.
[2:35:20] Good luck in the efforts What
[2:35:21] you can do with the water board
[2:35:21] with this.
[2:35:21] Thank you.
[2:35:22] Thank you.
[2:35:34] Subcommittee as I mentioned in
[2:35:35] your earlier item it is
[2:35:35] population that drives all of
[2:35:40] this city's major problems
[2:35:41] including water use.
[2:35:45] Virtually all citizens would
[2:35:46] prefer a less crowded San
[2:35:46] Diego.
[2:35:50] However, it is our growing
[2:35:51] population that makes each of
[2:35:57] you more powerful and more
[2:35:57] likely to ascend to higher
[2:35:58] offices in our government.
[2:36:03] I think that's a pretty fair
[2:36:04] characterization of our
[2:36:04] problems.
[2:36:09] Thank you for the five minute
[2:36:09] time record of those
[2:36:10] participating remotely.
[2:36:12] We have Tony.
[2:36:18] Please unmute.
[2:36:18] >> Hey how's it going?
[2:36:19] City Council can you hear me?
[2:36:24] Yes please proceed.
[2:36:24] Okay.
[2:36:25] Thank you.
[2:36:25] How's it going?
[2:36:29] I just wanted to speak to
[2:36:30] the Urban Water Management plan
[2:36:31] and the presentation that was
[2:36:31] given.
[2:36:35] It's really good presentation.
[2:36:35] I encourage the staff to look
[2:36:36] into it.
[2:36:36] i'm sure they have already but
[2:36:37] I really encourage them into
[2:36:43] looking into permaculture water
[2:36:43] collection devices and
[2:36:44] permaculture water collection
[2:36:48] just in general.
[2:36:49] I did not see and excuse me if
[2:36:54] I if I missed it I'm doing some
[2:36:55] cleaning right now so I just
[2:36:55] hearing the presentation out
[2:36:56] loud but I did not see anything
[2:37:00] about collection of rainwater
[2:37:00] from rooftops All of our
[2:37:05] rooftops are enormous pools an
[2:37:06] enormous wasted opportunity
[2:37:07] currently in all of our gutters
[2:37:11] because they're just going
[2:37:11] right into storm drains.
[2:37:12] All of that is mostly clean
[2:37:16] water and I say mostly because
[2:37:17] it's acidic and that's why
[2:37:17] we're having problems with our
[2:37:18] avocado growers in San Diego
[2:37:22] that have traditionally done so
[2:37:22] well because our we have so
[2:37:23] much contamination in the air
[2:37:27] now that it's causing more
[2:37:28] acidic more acidity in our in
[2:37:29] our water which is affecting
[2:37:29] our crops as well.
[2:37:33] But anyway, we can we can work
[2:37:39] on that reducing the or
[2:37:42] balancing a each of the water
[2:37:44] reducing its contaminants But
[2:37:45] in essence we should be
[2:37:45] collecting all that rainwater.
[2:37:46] If we if we invested in
[2:37:50] rainwater storage collection
[2:37:50] tanks that would be a huge way
[2:37:51] to go about getting ahead of
[2:37:56] this problem.
[2:37:57] >> So time has concluded.
[2:37:58] The next is the original If you
[2:38:01] can please email.
[2:38:01] I'm wondering what's coming
[2:38:02] down the pike because as you
[2:38:07] talk about a water shortage we
[2:38:07] always know that there's
[2:38:08] something that's going to be
[2:38:12] coming and you know it's all
[2:38:12] about control controlling
[2:38:13] the resources And when you guys
[2:38:17] put in your smart meters then
[2:38:18] when you say that people have
[2:38:19] used too much water you can,
[2:38:19] you know, shut it off And I
[2:38:22] mean this already came down
[2:38:23] because you guys have been
[2:38:24] talking about a drought and
[2:38:24] it's like you don't really act
[2:38:28] like we're having problems with
[2:38:29] the water.
[2:38:29] I mean you buy it, you sell it
[2:38:32] when you're transferring it
[2:38:33] like 50% of it gets lost.
[2:38:34] I mean it's just the way that
[2:38:37] you guys treat it.
[2:38:38] It's it's not it's scarcity And
[2:38:39] that's the problem is that you
[2:38:40] want to say it is but your
[2:38:43] actions speak louder than that
[2:38:44] because you wouldn't like pour
[2:38:45] half of the glass of water out
[2:38:48] if that's all you had left you
[2:38:49] would make sure that you're
[2:38:50] preserving it and you can't
[2:38:50] even keep up with
[2:38:53] the infrastructure that is
[2:38:54] needed to make sure that we
[2:38:55] have an abundance of water.
[2:38:55] And the problem is is that you
[2:38:56] can drill for it.
[2:38:59] You guys want to give us back
[2:39:00] our own sewage and put a bunch
[2:39:01] of chemicals in it and say that
[2:39:04] it's cleaner than the Colorado
[2:39:05] River And it's like I mean how
[2:39:05] is that when you're like
[2:39:09] literally talk supplying it
[2:39:10] with things that are deadly to
[2:39:10] the human body and then saying
[2:39:15] that it's better I mean it's
[2:39:15] just sad the way that you guys
[2:39:20] treat our resources and how you
[2:39:20] treat the people and act like
[2:39:21] you know, don't have a lawn and
[2:39:22] don't do this because it's such
[2:39:25] a scarcity again you wouldn't
[2:39:26] buy and sell it like you do and
[2:39:30] treat it like a business If it
[2:39:31] was in scarce demand and you
[2:39:31] should drill for it but you
[2:39:32] won't because it's not
[2:39:36] profitable.
[2:39:36] >> Your time has concluded
[2:39:37] Don't stop if you can please
[2:39:46] And you are water It's one of
[2:39:46] the essentials along with air
[2:39:54] and food Water.
[2:40:00] Your chart is flawed First of
[2:40:00] all you've got 12% as non
[2:40:01] revenue.
[2:40:04] What does that mean?
[2:40:05] Does that mean leak just
[2:40:09] leakage or does it mean
[2:40:10] the water that's given to
[2:40:10] the city or your friends?
[2:40:14] Is that the water tap that
[2:40:19] fills the choice lake Every day
[2:40:20] with potable treated water?
[2:40:25] The second thing is you group
[2:40:29] in irrigate you you group an
[2:40:30] irrigation both decorative
[2:40:34] irrigation, you know
[2:40:39] landscaping and food production
[2:40:39] .
[2:40:40] San Diego was once food
[2:40:44] independent all the water for
[2:40:49] agriculture and food production
[2:40:50] has been moved to residency.
[2:40:55] You need to break that category
[2:40:56] out so that you have a
[2:41:00] contingency plan for continuing
[2:41:00] food production.
[2:41:05] I mean is the plan we're going
[2:41:06] to take cut down every tree and
[2:41:10] stop grazing every crop?
[2:41:11] >> Thank you very much.
[2:41:11] Thank you.
[2:41:15] The five minute timer has
[2:41:15] concluded here in council
[2:41:16] chambers There are four
[2:41:16] speakers in the queue and
[2:41:19] additional speakers will be
[2:41:19] taken.
[2:41:20] >> Andrea I think if you can
[2:41:20] please proceed.
[2:41:25] Now this is Andrea Ebbing and I
[2:41:26] just wanted to bring up this
[2:41:29] like a data center in Georgia.
[2:41:30] >> Good news today that 30
[2:41:34] million gallons of water was
[2:41:34] basically like not paid for and
[2:41:39] wasted and nobody noticed.
[2:41:40] I know that we're looking at
[2:41:40] the same valley and like
[2:41:44] different projects and we
[2:41:45] should consider that and we
[2:41:49] should consider the you know,
[2:41:50] paying close attention whoever
[2:41:50] feels this particular issue
[2:41:54] closest to their heart.
[2:41:54] You know, when you have some
[2:41:55] free time to investigate, dig
[2:41:58] around and see what people are
[2:41:59] doing Something like this 30
[2:41:59] million gallons of water
[2:42:04] without paying for it or nobody
[2:42:05] even knew about it, I feel like
[2:42:05] that could happen to us
[2:42:06] Quickly.
[2:42:08] Another thing I want to bring
[2:42:09] up about the water is like
[2:42:10] maybe when we are approving
[2:42:14] massive buildouts for
[2:42:14] businesses specifically
[2:42:19] businesses like the I fly that
[2:42:20] like place where you would be
[2:42:20] like skydiving.
[2:42:24] I do think that there's an
[2:42:25] impact in the amount of water
[2:42:25] it takes to build a place like
[2:42:29] that that really just didn't
[2:42:30] have a future.
[2:42:30] Like if you had presented that
[2:42:31] idea to me to build that in San
[2:42:34] Diego I'd be like That sounds
[2:42:35] kind of novel and maybe that
[2:42:38] would be fun for like a few
[2:42:39] months.
[2:42:39] But with the costs associated
[2:42:40] and the whole production I
[2:42:43] probably would have rejected it
[2:42:43] .
[2:42:44] So I think stuff like that
[2:42:48] would be helpful in conserving
[2:42:49] the water and then just keeping
[2:42:49] the rates low for us is to
[2:42:53] watch out for things like
[2:42:54] the two things I just talked
[2:42:54] about.
[2:42:55] >> Thank you.
[2:42:55] Thank you Hector If you can
[2:42:58] please unmute.
[2:42:59] >> Thanks for taking my call.
[2:43:00] I know something about this
[2:43:00] water thing.
[2:43:03] I've been following the lake
[2:43:03] thing.
[2:43:04] There's a lake website that
[2:43:05] does all the lakes in
[2:43:07] California reservoirs and
[2:43:08] the state and I sit in a
[2:43:13] country Lake Mead is at the all
[2:43:14] time lowest level right now and
[2:43:18] there's no snowpack in the in
[2:43:18] the Rocky Mountains this year
[2:43:22] It's very low and they're not
[2:43:22] like they're releasing water
[2:43:26] from Lake Powell into Lake Mead
[2:43:27] And they're also Las Vegas is
[2:43:31] on the third intake.
[2:43:31] They've already done two that
[2:43:35] went below the intake level and
[2:43:36] they're on their third one.
[2:43:37] They made a one about ten years
[2:43:40] ago down really low and Arizona
[2:43:41] was getting a lot of water too.
[2:43:42] So they're talking I don't know
[2:43:45] if they're talking Deadpool If
[2:43:46] Lake Mead goes Deadpool, we got
[2:43:51] a problem that and I don't know
[2:43:51] if we can handle it but one
[2:43:52] thing I worked on a sewer plant
[2:43:55] in Steamboat Springs in 1984 a
[2:43:56] year and a half.
[2:43:59] There are 200 systems from
[2:44:03] Colorado to San Diego that
[2:44:04] treat their water and put it
[2:44:08] back into the in the Napa River
[2:44:09] .
[2:44:09] They put it in the Colorado
[2:44:13] River 200 cities that doing
[2:44:13] what we're doing and they put
[2:44:14] it in the Colorado River.
[2:44:18] So it's affected we do and we
[2:44:19] could do that with the t you
[2:44:20] want to river take all
[2:44:22] the water treated stage five
[2:44:27] and it's worth a fortune and we
[2:44:27] could we could actually have a
[2:44:28] lot of money from five stage
[2:44:32] treatment plant in in your time
[2:44:33] has exploded 8700 if you can
[2:44:36] please unmute and then our
[2:44:37] final speaker is Katherine
[2:44:41] Rhodes It is 700 There you go.
[2:44:42] >> Thank you, Joy.
[2:44:42] It's your turn.
[2:44:46] So this is data driven which is
[2:44:46] always great to me.
[2:44:51] That's our future.
[2:44:51] Love it.
[2:44:56] Every five years seems a good
[2:44:56] time.
[2:45:01] You know that I have very much
[2:45:02] interested in water
[2:45:02] conservation and I've really
[2:45:05] looked at it in these last few
[2:45:06] years so it really affects
[2:45:06] water usage.
[2:45:10] So I'm wondering it's been
[2:45:11] years since our program was
[2:45:12] started or all of you really
[2:45:15] accumulate Can we accumulate
[2:45:20] data on our water usage and we
[2:45:21] can did we for the last five
[2:45:21] years what happened with our
[2:45:25] conservation Because it's a
[2:45:26] lifestyle change which we
[2:45:27] honored and it's a paradigm
[2:45:30] shift with happen to more data
[2:45:31] on water conservation I was
[2:45:35] really surprised but I guess I
[2:45:35] shouldn't be that you
[2:45:40] overestimated the demand and
[2:45:40] that you have improved that you
[2:45:45] said to you know that really is
[2:45:46] going to affect the water
[2:45:49] shortage data So I just want
[2:45:50] this data to be as as
[2:45:54] quantifiably excellent as we
[2:45:55] can love the water shortage
[2:45:58] contingency plan.
[2:45:59] Thank you.
[2:46:00] We're going to have such a big
[2:46:00] reduction eventually in
[2:46:05] imported water with the a will
[2:46:05] they inflate the cost of
[2:46:08] imported water thereby
[2:46:08] impacting water rates and
[2:46:09] reducing our savings from
[2:46:13] the pure water plan.
[2:46:14] So thank you.
[2:46:18] That does conclude your time.
[2:46:18] >> Thank you.
[2:46:19] Katherine Rhodes or final
[2:46:19] speaker.
[2:46:19] Please proceed.
[2:46:23] Hi, this is Katherine Rhodes
[2:46:23] and civil engineer.
[2:46:24] I hate to see the San Diego
[2:46:28] River water go all the way down
[2:46:28] without capturing anybody any
[2:46:29] of it.
[2:46:33] So my plan is called as part of
[2:46:34] a full title and reclamation
[2:46:34] that could be actually used at
[2:46:38] Midway Rising And what it's
[2:46:39] called is still apply a plan
[2:46:42] for continuation of the 19
[2:46:43] eight and 1926 Snowline Plan
[2:46:46] which established Lindbergh
[2:46:46] Field butts off of the airport
[2:46:50] Pacific Highway Harbert Drive
[2:46:51] and the Midway area.
[2:46:51] So the Plata plan will
[2:46:55] futureproof for a full state
[2:47:00] public trust title land
[2:47:01] reclamation project by taking
[2:47:02] out the hydraulic field So
[2:47:05] foundations are now in
[2:47:06] subterranean land and they
[2:47:06] could be founded on competent
[2:47:11] soils not subject to flooding
[2:47:11] or sea level.
[2:47:11] Right?
[2:47:14] So the pilot project for that
[2:47:15] is already done which is
[2:47:15] the Navy Broadway complex and
[2:47:16] then also the systems at
[2:47:20] the airport.
[2:47:21] And so what I want you to do is
[2:47:22] actually look at my a plan for
[2:47:24] full type of reclamation
[2:47:25] especially under the project at
[2:47:30] Midway Rising because right now
[2:47:30] water comes up during the king
[2:47:34] tides and in that area And so
[2:47:35] you you do have to futureproof
[2:47:39] and your plan right now is to
[2:47:40] put in five feet of additional
[2:47:43] fill and then like a two foot
[2:47:43] mat foundation which is not
[2:47:47] proper engineering wise and
[2:47:48] would be subject to
[2:47:48] catastrophic failure.
[2:47:53] So please look at my my and
[2:47:53] apply to plan for structural
[2:47:54] integrity.
[2:47:54] Thank you.
[2:47:54] Thank you.
[2:47:56] That concludes with a comment
[2:47:57] on this item.
[2:47:57] >> All right.
[2:47:58] Thank you, city Clerk And with
[2:48:01] that we will turn it over to
[2:48:02] the council for questions.
[2:48:03] Comments Entertain a motion and
[2:48:03] we'll start with the Chair of
[2:48:06] the Environment Committee,
[2:48:07] council member Eli Rivera.
[2:48:07] >> All right.
[2:48:08] Thank you, council PRESIDENT
[2:48:11] And thanks for all the work on
[2:48:11] this.
[2:48:12] I know a lot of effort went
[2:48:15] into it.
[2:48:16] I don't want to get too far
[2:48:19] into it but I do think that at
[2:48:24] times the conflation of more
[2:48:29] people meaning um we actually
[2:48:33] hear it in a variety of forums
[2:48:34] that more people means higher
[2:48:38] water bills and more strain on
[2:48:39] our system We've planned for
[2:48:43] the population to grow correct
[2:48:44] And everything that we're
[2:48:44] mapping out is based on that
[2:48:51] population and growth, correct?
[2:48:51] >> Yes.
[2:48:52] And again this isn't the you
[2:48:56] all don't do rates but if there
[2:48:56] are fewer people the rates are
[2:49:00] higher because we have a
[2:49:01] certain amount of water that we
[2:49:02] are getting because we were
[2:49:02] planning for a certain number
[2:49:05] of people to move here to be
[2:49:05] born here.
[2:49:10] i just every time we get a
[2:49:11] chance to repeat some of these
[2:49:12] things I think it's important
[2:49:14] to do so.
[2:49:15] All that being said, I think I
[2:49:16] appreciate all the effort and
[2:49:17] planning that goes into this.
[2:49:19] This is the you know, the not
[2:49:19] so glamorous work that's really
[2:49:20] important to make sure that San
[2:49:24] Diegans do have the water that
[2:49:25] we need that we do have a plan
[2:49:28] in case there are there are
[2:49:29] shortages in the future.
[2:49:30] So thank you for doing that
[2:49:30] work.
[2:49:33] I very much appreciate it And I
[2:49:33] will move approval of the staff
[2:49:34] recommendation.
[2:49:35] Thank you Council PRESIDENT All
[2:49:35] right.
[2:49:35] Thank you.
[2:49:37] Council members.
[2:49:38] So we have a motion by council
[2:49:39] member Eli Rivera to move
[2:49:43] the staff recommendation not
[2:49:44] see anybody else.
[2:49:44] I'd like to make the second as
[2:49:45] the other member of
[2:49:46] the Environment Committee for
[2:49:50] that day And as my colleague
[2:49:51] said, we did hear this in
[2:49:54] the Environment Committee there
[2:49:55] was a good robust conversation.
[2:49:56] So again I want to thank public
[2:50:00] utilities for the data driven
[2:50:00] approach Update using updated
[2:50:04] data from sandag and really
[2:50:05] actually getting down to
[2:50:05] the parcel level in this
[2:50:09] conversation and as my
[2:50:10] colleague referenced I want
[2:50:10] acknowledge to graphs and
[2:50:14] charts that you presented on
[2:50:15] Slide six you highlighted
[2:50:15] the historic water use
[2:50:19] decreasing over the past 25
[2:50:20] years And what is equally
[2:50:20] significant is that we have
[2:50:24] continue to do that despite
[2:50:25] rising projections in the prior
[2:50:28] urban water management plan.
[2:50:29] So I think we're really zeroing
[2:50:30] in on the appropriate level of
[2:50:33] projections but a realistic one
[2:50:34] that we can actually do a
[2:50:34] management plan.
[2:50:38] I think there was some
[2:50:38] conversations about projects
[2:50:39] but that's not really for
[2:50:39] today.
[2:50:43] Well Will be another time for
[2:50:44] that and the level projections
[2:50:47] in the 25 2025 plan makes
[2:50:48] perfect sense and are apparent
[2:50:51] in the chart You have on Slide
[2:50:52] eight showing an entire
[2:50:52] reversal from predominantly
[2:50:56] imported water to local supply
[2:50:57] via pure water.
[2:50:57] That's an accomplishment that
[2:51:02] we're all aware on our way to
[2:51:02] achieving and I appreciate you
[2:51:03] highlighting that achievement.
[2:51:07] So again thank you for the very
[2:51:07] good work Every five years
[2:51:08] maybe isn't too bad that the is
[2:51:12] playing I know it's still a lot
[2:51:12] of work and that you just don't
[2:51:13] roll over what you had and
[2:51:15] polish it up but you actually
[2:51:16] dove deep and really updated
[2:51:17] the data So that's a lot of
[2:51:17] extra work and we're very
[2:51:20] grateful for that.
[2:51:21] So with that not see anybody
[2:51:25] else in the light we have a
[2:51:26] motion by council member Eli
[2:51:27] Rivera and a second by myself
[2:51:30] to move the staff
[2:51:30] recommendation.
[2:51:31] >> clerk Please call the roll.
[2:51:32] That's right The voting system
[2:51:39] Please cast your vote and that
[2:51:39] passes unanimously 7 to 0 with
[2:51:40] council member Yvonne Wolpert
[2:51:41] and Council member Foster
[2:51:43] Absent Thank you Council
[2:51:44] PRESIDENT All right thank you
[2:51:45] And again thank you to staff
[2:51:45] for that very good work.
[2:51:49] Clerk Please introduce item 2a1
[2:51:49] Item 2a1 is the Mission Bay
[2:51:52] Park Improvements Program
[2:51:53] programatic Environmental
[2:51:53] Impact Report and
[2:51:54] Implementation Framework If
[2:51:58] you'd like to speak to this
[2:51:58] item please be sure to submit
[2:51:59] Your speaker slips to the front
[2:52:02] of the room in the clear box
[2:52:02] and if you're participating
[2:52:03] remotely now's the time to
[2:52:06] raise your hand by pressing
[2:52:06] Star nine or the raise your
[2:52:07] hand icon.
[2:52:07] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.
[2:52:10] All right.
[2:52:11] Thank you for that introduction
[2:52:15] And as staff as you settle in
[2:52:16] please introduce yourselves for
[2:52:16] the record and let us know how
[2:52:25] much time you need.
[2:52:25] Okay?
[2:52:25] Thank you.
[2:52:30] Um, I would probably need about
[2:52:30] 12 minutes or so I would say
[2:52:31] when you're ready.
[2:52:31] All right.
[2:52:34] Well good afternoon, Council
[2:52:34] PRESIDENT.
[2:52:35] Council members.
[2:52:36] Thank you for this opportunity.
[2:52:36] My name is Carrie Purcell.
[2:52:39] I'm a deputy director with
[2:52:40] the Engineering Capital
[2:52:41] Projects Department over
[2:52:44] the program Project Development
[2:52:45] Division.
[2:52:45] And with me today presenting
[2:52:46] this item is Nancy Graham.
[2:52:49] She is a program manager over
[2:52:50] our secure and entitlements
[2:52:54] section for the Department.
[2:52:58] The item before you today is
[2:52:59] the work of many years of hard
[2:53:03] work of ecp staff working in
[2:53:04] collaboration with staff from
[2:53:04] Parks and Rec.
[2:53:08] We've also been working with
[2:53:09] key departments such as
[2:53:09] the Planning Department.
[2:53:10] The item before you today would
[2:53:13] be to approve the Mission Bay
[2:53:14] Park Improvement Plan and
[2:53:14] Implementing framework.
[2:53:18] We would like to acknowledge
[2:53:19] our consultant Dudek who is
[2:53:23] with us here today.
[2:53:24] They provided the technical
[2:53:24] studies, the analysis,
[2:53:25] the preliminary engineering
[2:53:28] reports.
[2:53:29] They also supported us during
[2:53:29] the public outreach during this
[2:53:30] effort.
[2:53:33] During this time we'd also like
[2:53:33] to thank the members of
[2:53:37] the public and the outside
[2:53:38] agencies, outside
[2:53:38] organizations, other
[2:53:42] stakeholders that provided very
[2:53:43] important feedback and input
[2:53:44] throughout this process.
[2:53:47] This information was used to
[2:53:51] help shape these projects and
[2:53:52] the program alternatives.
[2:53:52] While this might be the end of
[2:53:56] this process in terms of
[2:53:57] the secret process, it's also
[2:53:58] the beginning of the next
[2:54:01] process which would be how to
[2:54:02] implement these important
[2:54:02] projects in Mission Bay.
[2:54:03] And with that I would like to
[2:54:04] turn it over to Nancy Graham.
[2:54:09] Thank you.
[2:54:10] >> Thank you, Carrie.
[2:54:10] Again, I'm Nancy Graham,
[2:54:11] program manager in
[2:54:11] the Engineering and Capital
[2:54:13] Projects Department.
[2:54:14] >> The overview of our
[2:54:14] presentation will go through
[2:54:18] some project history our
[2:54:19] implementation framework,
[2:54:20] the Environmental Impact report
[2:54:23] and the actions before you
[2:54:23] today.
[2:54:26] So for some context and
[2:54:27] Proposition c in 2008 and
[2:54:30] Measure j in 2016 significantly
[2:54:31] changed how funding works for
[2:54:32] Mission Bay Park.
[2:54:36] It created the Mission Bay Park
[2:54:36] Improvement Zone as well as
[2:54:37] the Mission Bay Park Oversight
[2:54:40] Committee and Fund.
[2:54:41] The fund itself dedicates lease
[2:54:45] revenue and directs it towards
[2:54:46] capital improvement projects
[2:54:50] within those measures also
[2:54:50] identified priority projects
[2:54:51] within the charter.
[2:54:55] So the priorities in
[2:54:56] the charter include wetland
[2:54:57] expansion, water quality
[2:55:00] improvements and protection and
[2:55:00] expansion of eelgrass beds,
[2:55:04] shoreline restoration expansion
[2:55:05] of endangered or threatened
[2:55:06] species preserves and upland
[2:55:10] habitats, deferred maintenance
[2:55:10] projects addressing
[2:55:15] deficiencies in the bicycle and
[2:55:15] pedestrian circulation network
[2:55:16] and also restoring the seawall
[2:55:22] Bulkhead within Mission Beach.
[2:55:23] >> So the charter laid out all
[2:55:24] of these priorities but we were
[2:55:27] tasked with turning this into a
[2:55:28] program in order for them to be
[2:55:29] implemented.
[2:55:32] So to do that we did a signifi
[2:55:32] can amount of community
[2:55:33] outreach.
[2:55:33] We did baseline studies When
[2:55:37] you have the task to to improve
[2:55:38] water quality but we had to
[2:55:39] study both what are the water
[2:55:42] quality issues as well as
[2:55:43] the engineering solutions that
[2:55:47] could be developed to improve
[2:55:47] water quality.
[2:55:48] So all of this work was done
[2:55:49] collaboratively with
[2:55:52] the community where we reported
[2:55:53] our study results and they were
[2:55:54] presented.
[2:55:57] We worked with stakeholders to
[2:55:58] develop and luminary
[2:55:58] engineering reports or
[2:56:02] the papers that were used as
[2:56:03] the basis for this project.
[2:56:03] We had a public scoping meeting
[2:56:07] for our environmental impact
[2:56:07] report and all along the way
[2:56:08] we've been working with
[2:56:09] the Mission Bay Park Committee
[2:56:12] and we got a vote in favor of
[2:56:13] program approval this month I'm
[2:56:14] sorry last month and it was
[2:56:18] unanimous with one abstention.
[2:56:18] >> So this program began all
[2:56:22] the way back in 2018 and we've
[2:56:23] been working through each of
[2:56:27] the steps from our scoping of
[2:56:27] the projects We developed
[2:56:28] the implementation framework,
[2:56:32] we put the draft air out last
[2:56:33] fall and then we presented
[2:56:37] the final year and it's been
[2:56:38] posted on our website now and
[2:56:38] we're here bringing it forward
[2:56:42] for you for adoption.
[2:56:42] So the program itself has some
[2:56:46] core elements.
[2:56:47] >> Those include wetland and
[2:56:47] water quality improvements,
[2:56:51] shoreline restoration, upland
[2:56:52] habitat expansion, seawall
[2:56:53] restoration and bike and pet
[2:56:56] improvements All of these
[2:56:57] within the Mission Bay Park
[2:57:01] improvement zone.
[2:57:01] So our wetland projects those
[2:57:05] include Technology Creek and
[2:57:06] Fiesta Island Causeway, North
[2:57:06] Vista Island creating a
[2:57:11] significant new wetland piece
[2:57:11] on the north side as well as
[2:57:13] restoration of the Kootenay
[2:57:18] Creek Wetlands.
[2:57:18] Shoreline restoration happens
[2:57:19] primarily in the western side
[2:57:23] of Mission Bay and it includes
[2:57:23] both structured solutions as
[2:57:24] well as more nature based
[2:57:28] solutions like oyster reef in
[2:57:29] order to protect the different
[2:57:35] beach areas.
[2:57:36] >> Our upland habitat expansion
[2:57:36] occurs in North and South Vista
[2:57:40] Island and that includes
[2:57:41] the dedicated least turned site
[2:57:43] South Shores The Triangle
[2:57:44] Parcel as well as
[2:57:49] the Cloverleaf Parcel Bicycle
[2:57:49] improvements include the Ocean
[2:57:54] beach bike path, the Rose Creek
[2:57:54] bike path and the Fiesta Island
[2:57:58] Causeway and seawall
[2:57:59] restoration and would happen
[2:58:03] between Grand Avenue to Ventura
[2:58:04] Place as well as San Fernando
[2:58:04] Place to Balboa Court.
[2:58:08] And that includes a new segment
[2:58:09] between Grand Avenue and Thomas
[2:58:13] Avenue upgraded beach access
[2:58:13] points and also replacing
[2:58:19] the deteriorated parapet.
[2:58:22] To be clear, Danza Cove is not
[2:58:23] part of this program.
[2:58:23] It was originally part of this
[2:58:24] project but it was identified
[2:58:27] that we had a land use plan
[2:58:28] amendment to the mission Bay
[2:58:32] Park plan needed to be
[2:58:33] completed and so that was
[2:58:33] transferred to the City
[2:58:37] planning Department and became
[2:58:38] Diane's and Natural.
[2:58:38] That project is currently under
[2:58:41] review by the Coastal
[2:58:42] Commission.
[2:58:43] Our project does not require a
[2:58:43] mission.
[2:58:46] Bay Park master Plan amendment
[2:58:47] so therefore that will not
[2:58:48] require Coastal Commission
[2:58:48] approval.
[2:58:52] What you are seeing today
[2:58:52] though individual permits will
[2:58:56] go to them in the future.
[2:58:56] Diaz itself is working towards
[2:59:01] a general development plan.
[2:59:01] Yeah our program focus on that
[2:59:02] on the implementation framework
[2:59:02] document.
[2:59:06] This document establishes how
[2:59:07] to implement the charter as an
[2:59:07] interim step to funding and
[2:59:08] prioritization.
[2:59:11] It identifies the approach for
[2:59:12] implementing the project's
[2:59:15] maintenance needs as well as
[2:59:16] resilience to sea level rise.
[2:59:16] It lays out the applicable
[2:59:17] engineering and permitting
[2:59:20] procedures to realize each
[2:59:21] project.
[2:59:21] >> The document itself
[2:59:25] consolidates the various
[2:59:26] elements and components into a
[2:59:26] single document.
[2:59:30] It's a tool for city engineers
[2:59:30] and planners to implement
[2:59:31] the program.
[2:59:32] It's intended to be transparent
[2:59:35] and digestible to the public
[2:59:35] and it supports funding
[2:59:36] decisions for prioritizing and
[2:59:39] implementing the charter.
[2:59:40] And it's the basis of our
[2:59:40] environmental impact report.
[2:59:44] The environmental impact report
[2:59:45] is required per the California
[2:59:49] Environmental Quality Act and
[2:59:49] informs the public and decision
[2:59:50] makers of potential adverse
[2:59:53] effects of implementation of
[2:59:54] our program.
[2:59:54] It affords mandated
[2:59:58] opportunities for public input
[2:59:59] and it identifies required
[2:59:59] feasible mitigation measures to
[3:00:03] reduce the effects as well as
[3:00:04] alternative.
[3:00:04] But particularly a program
[3:00:08] document allows the engineering
[3:00:09] Capital Projects Department to
[3:00:09] be able to fulfill the desire
[3:00:13] to streamline capital
[3:00:14] improvement projects and bring
[3:00:14] them online faster.
[3:00:18] Because this document will
[3:00:18] establish a basis for tearing.
[3:00:19] So when each of these projects
[3:00:22] moves forward in the future
[3:00:23] will be able to adopt them more
[3:00:23] quickly and easily.
[3:00:27] >> The program Air identifies
[3:00:28] any potential significant
[3:00:32] impacts and required mitigation
[3:00:33] as well as feasible
[3:00:33] alternatives.
[3:00:34] In addition, we developed
[3:00:37] conceptual habitat restoration
[3:00:38] and monitoring plans for all
[3:00:42] the restoration projects and
[3:00:42] the document itself.
[3:00:47] In most resource areas actually
[3:00:47] has no impacts or less than
[3:00:51] significant impacts.
[3:00:52] >> The few areas that we do
[3:00:52] have the potential for
[3:00:56] significant impacts are air
[3:00:57] quality, biological resources,
[3:00:57] cultural resources, historic
[3:01:01] resources, noise and
[3:01:02] recreation.
[3:01:02] Our mitigation reduces
[3:01:06] the effects to less than
[3:01:07] significant for air quality and
[3:01:07] cultural resources for
[3:01:11] biological resources because
[3:01:12] these are complex projects.
[3:01:16] And Sequa says that any impact
[3:01:17] to biological resources if you
[3:01:18] take something off line in
[3:01:22] there potentially as part of
[3:01:22] construction bringing it
[3:01:23] forward there could be a delay.
[3:01:24] So there is potential for
[3:01:26] biological impacts.
[3:01:27] Historic resources is because
[3:01:27] the seawall itself is a
[3:01:32] historic resource so you have
[3:01:32] the potential for impacts.
[3:01:33] So we're following all
[3:01:34] the secretary of the interior
[3:01:36] standards.
[3:01:36] Noise and noise impacts.
[3:01:37] These are large construction
[3:01:38] projects so there is potential
[3:01:41] for noise.
[3:01:42] And because it's a park, any
[3:01:43] impacts within the park would
[3:01:45] be considered a restoration
[3:01:46] impact.
[3:01:46] Oh sorry recreation impact.
[3:01:47] We also looked at project
[3:01:50] alternatives including the No
[3:01:50] project alternative and
[3:01:51] increased public access
[3:01:54] alternative and a reduced
[3:01:55] hardscape alternative.
[3:01:56] The square required
[3:01:56] environmentally superior
[3:02:00] alternative is the reduced
[3:02:01] hardscape alternative because
[3:02:01] it reduces impacts to cultural
[3:02:05] resources near the seawall.
[3:02:05] The actions before you today
[3:02:09] and staff's recommendation is
[3:02:10] to certify the final program
[3:02:11] Environmental Impact report and
[3:02:14] adopt the implementation
[3:02:15] framework.
[3:02:15] And we're available for any
[3:02:16] questions.
[3:02:16] Thank you.
[3:02:19] All right Jim, thank you for
[3:02:20] the work and thank you for
[3:02:21] the presentation.
[3:02:23] Clerk Please proceed with
[3:02:24] public comment.
[3:02:24] >> Thank you.
[3:02:25] Council PRESIDENT Stephanie
[3:02:28] Saathoff If you can please come
[3:02:29] forward.
[3:02:29] And then after that we have
[3:02:32] Blair Beckman will have two
[3:02:37] minutes.
[3:02:38] I promise not to take them all.
[3:02:38] I'm here for Mission Bay
[3:02:39] Lessees Association today.
[3:02:42] We consider ourselves partners
[3:02:42] in stewardship of Mission Bay
[3:02:47] with all of you.
[3:02:47] It is a park for visitors and
[3:02:48] San Diegans.
[3:02:52] In fact, San Diego is are by
[3:02:52] far the biggest users.
[3:02:56] It is the nearest beach or sand
[3:02:57] and water access for recreation
[3:02:57] for most San Diego.
[3:03:01] We participate in our process.
[3:03:02] We encourage you to move ahead
[3:03:05] today with key priorities
[3:03:06] the bike and pedestrian path
[3:03:06] improvements, our safety
[3:03:10] issues, the wayfinding signage
[3:03:11] we are very excited is a long
[3:03:12] overdue and deferred
[3:03:12] maintenance.
[3:03:15] It is a charter priority.
[3:03:16] It is a safety issue Also
[3:03:21] before we add new features that
[3:03:21] we struggle to maintain we
[3:03:25] encourage first taking care of
[3:03:25] what we have.
[3:03:26] So thank you to Nancy Graham
[3:03:29] and the staff for getting us to
[3:03:29] this point.
[3:03:30] We look forward to your
[3:03:30] approval today.
[3:03:31] So all of the mission Bay
[3:03:34] priorities can move forward.
[3:03:35] Thank you.
[3:03:44] Blair Beckman.
[3:03:45] >> Hi.
[3:03:45] We're Beekman.
[3:03:46] I thought Councilperson Prosser
[3:03:49] was here today.
[3:03:50] Seems like he isn't.
[3:03:50] I hope he's not.
[3:03:51] If he's not here.
[3:03:53] I hope he can come back soon
[3:03:54] and things can be going well
[3:03:54] for him.
[3:03:55] Thank you for this item.
[3:03:58] Thank you for the presentation.
[3:04:03] I don't know how much.
[3:04:04] Well, I guess first to start is
[3:04:08] I talk here often.
[3:04:12] You know the importance of that
[3:04:12] .
[3:04:13] There is a lot of surveillance
[3:04:14] technology in wildlife trails
[3:04:18] and and how I'm sure you will
[3:04:19] be planting this item in some
[3:04:22] form since data collection.
[3:04:23] You know what the endangered
[3:04:27] species species count.
[3:04:27] You know technology is used for
[3:04:28] that these days.
[3:04:32] You know the air quality
[3:04:32] samples.
[3:04:33] And the city of Davis as I've
[3:04:36] described before, has created a
[3:04:37] really good set of public
[3:04:41] policies around wildlife
[3:04:42] ordinance, wildlife technology
[3:04:46] issues.
[3:04:46] And it gives clear definitions
[3:04:47] how it can be good public
[3:04:51] policies with you know,
[3:04:51] the tech can be with the public
[3:04:52] that I think possibly can give
[3:04:56] us good examples how to feel
[3:04:57] more safe and trusting and
[3:04:57] about how to talk about our
[3:05:00] overall day to day tech issues.
[3:05:01] And you know, I always am
[3:05:05] trying to find ways that can be
[3:05:05] easier to talk about and that
[3:05:06] can be a way.
[3:05:07] The city of Davis is over by
[3:05:11] Sacramento, its home of uc
[3:05:12] Davis And yeah, they had a
[3:05:15] really good start on this stuff
[3:05:16] .
[3:05:16] I mean people would flock
[3:05:17] there.
[3:05:17] It would not flock but people
[3:05:18] would.
[3:05:20] It was a pilgrimage for city
[3:05:21] governments to go to Davis and
[3:05:22] check out what they do with
[3:05:25] their wildlife policies with
[3:05:29] tech, tech and um so good luck
[3:05:30] in those efforts.
[3:05:34] What you can be doing.
[3:05:35] Uh, Councilperson LaCava, thank
[3:05:36] you very much for your
[3:05:39] questions.
[3:05:39] A few items back around
[3:05:45] technology use and broadband
[3:05:45] are important.
[3:05:45] >> Thank you.
[3:05:46] Thank you.
[3:05:46] Sorry the five minute time
[3:05:47] recording of those
[3:05:49] participating remotely We
[3:05:50] currently have five speakers in
[3:05:51] the queue The original If you
[3:05:53] can please unmute.
[3:05:59] Can't hear me.
[3:05:59] Please proceed.
[3:06:00] Hello.
[3:06:00] Okay.
[3:06:04] Yes so it's interesting to hear
[3:06:04] you guys talk about like
[3:06:05] wildlife preservation and
[3:06:08] things like that and anything
[3:06:09] going on with Mission Bay Park
[3:06:13] especially You say that
[3:06:14] the water level is going to
[3:06:14] rise, right?
[3:06:15] Oh I we do leases down there
[3:06:17] Seems a little bit
[3:06:18] counterproductive But for you
[3:06:19] guys to be trusted with
[3:06:23] wildlife if at preserving
[3:06:23] anything it's a little bit
[3:06:24] scary because I mean not only
[3:06:27] has it been shown and proven by
[3:06:28] the birds that have been dying
[3:06:28] there and the other people
[3:06:32] having to come in and mitigate
[3:06:33] those things because you guys
[3:06:37] refuse to It's like you can't
[3:06:37] even help anybody that's living
[3:06:38] better their life.
[3:06:42] I mean you have to sit here and
[3:06:42] say that you're helping
[3:06:43] the homeless when in reality
[3:06:43] you're killing us.
[3:06:47] I mean you're surely doing that
[3:06:47] and you're keeping them
[3:06:48] homeless.
[3:06:48] So it's a wonder if this is
[3:06:51] just your way to get money to
[3:06:51] pretend to preserve stuff.
[3:06:55] I mean you guys give us back
[3:06:56] water that's tainted like you
[3:06:56] You do literally put things
[3:07:01] like why and coloring I mean
[3:07:05] all this stuff claiming that
[3:07:06] it's healthy when it's like I
[3:07:07] guarantee if I gave you a cup
[3:07:10] of that stuff you guys wouldn't
[3:07:10] drink it because you'd be like
[3:07:11] You're poisoning me but you do
[3:07:12] it on a massive scale to
[3:07:15] the people and hey there's
[3:07:16] fluoride in the water which is
[3:07:16] a total neurotoxin, right?
[3:07:20] But it's good for our teeth.
[3:07:20] Yeah, right.
[3:07:21] Like you guys just you invert
[3:07:22] everything and you want to sit
[3:07:25] here and, you know, virtue
[3:07:26] signal as though you actually
[3:07:30] can preserve anything and I
[3:07:30] don't know.
[3:07:31] I mean it.
[3:07:31] It'd be better at preserving
[3:07:34] your own.
[3:07:35] I mean at this point because
[3:07:36] it's like you can't even
[3:07:36] preserve money.
[3:07:39] I mean you guys basically just
[3:07:39] come and take people's money
[3:07:44] and pretend to do something
[3:07:45] that is better for us And all
[3:07:46] we have to do is again look at
[3:07:46] the world around us and see
[3:07:47] what you're doing is not
[3:07:49] beneficial especially when you
[3:07:50] like on one hand say that
[3:07:51] you're like doing something
[3:07:55] healthy and like you want
[3:07:55] people to inject themselves
[3:07:56] with a bio.
[3:07:56] What's it like?
[3:07:57] Come on.
[3:07:59] Everything that you guys have
[3:07:59] done over the years has been
[3:08:00] totally detrimental to every
[3:08:05] living thing So get a grip.
[3:08:05] >> Let's be where time has
[3:08:06] concluded.
[3:08:06] Katherine Rhodes if you can
[3:08:08] please unmute.
[3:08:09] >> Hello, this is Katherine
[3:08:10] Rhodes and first I want to say
[3:08:14] that I really like E.R. And
[3:08:18] Mission Bay Park improvements
[3:08:18] Super supportive of the Rewild
[3:08:22] pb.
[3:08:23] And I think that this year
[3:08:28] should be an example for
[3:08:32] the Midway rising Earth where
[3:08:33] this one was complete.
[3:08:37] This one went through so many
[3:08:38] things that I haven't even been
[3:08:38] able to read the report because
[3:08:42] it's so long you know it's
[3:08:43] thousands and thousands of
[3:08:47] pages long with this great
[3:08:47] information.
[3:08:48] So I just want to say to
[3:08:51] the city staff that and and
[3:08:52] your contractors that you did a
[3:08:52] great job and I wish you would
[3:08:56] do the same exact job at Midway
[3:08:57] Rising and specifically for
[3:09:01] Midway Rising not go along with
[3:09:01] the Senate Bill 958 which is
[3:09:05] trying to get rid of
[3:09:06] the requirements for height to
[3:09:11] be analyzed in the air and
[3:09:11] geology and hydrology.
[3:09:15] That means that if that passes
[3:09:16] that means that you can do high
[3:09:20] rise hotels all over Mission
[3:09:21] Bay on map foundations that are
[3:09:25] not safe.
[3:09:26] And the solution for that is to
[3:09:30] call in the state Seismic
[3:09:31] Safety Advisory board that has
[3:09:35] engineers from Caltech,
[3:09:36] Berkeley and there were two of
[3:09:40] them from ucsd to actually give
[3:09:41] you information if you're going
[3:09:41] to be doing high rise
[3:09:45] structures that actually give
[3:09:45] you information how to create
[3:09:49] backup foundations.
[3:09:50] And so thank you so much for
[3:09:51] this And I really also like
[3:09:54] that you talked about our aging
[3:09:55] seawall and I was thinking that
[3:09:58] our seawall instead of doing
[3:09:59] what you have right now you
[3:10:00] should look at the city of
[3:10:03] Coronado and see how they put
[3:10:04] the big rock rip preps and then
[3:10:05] the sands and created sand
[3:10:05] dunes.
[3:10:09] I think that would be a great
[3:10:09] idea for Mission Beach.
[3:10:10] >> Thank you.
[3:10:12] But thank you.
[3:10:13] >> Next is Toni.
[3:10:17] If you can please unmute.
[3:10:18] >> Hello?
[3:10:18] Can you hear me?
[3:10:22] Yes.
[3:10:22] Please proceed.
[3:10:23] Hey thank you.
[3:10:23] Good afternoon.
[3:10:27] City Council.
[3:10:28] I hope you're having a good
[3:10:28] day.
[3:10:29] I just wanted to say I really
[3:10:32] appreciate all of the input
[3:10:33] that Katherine Rhodes gives
[3:10:33] routinely on all of these
[3:10:34] calls.
[3:10:34] I think she has some really
[3:10:37] brilliant advice and and I was
[3:10:38] just looking at the agenda for
[3:10:39] today And when I look at
[3:10:42] the bottom I saw that she had
[3:10:43] actually been responsible for
[3:10:44] implementing one of the ballot
[3:10:47] proposals, the one for amending
[3:10:47] the municipal code related to
[3:10:51] transient occupancy tax
[3:10:52] including reclassifying online
[3:10:53] travel companies agencies as
[3:10:57] hotel operators.
[3:10:57] And I believe I was there
[3:10:58] either in camp like in person
[3:11:02] in council or I heard that
[3:11:02] discussion online But I vaguely
[3:11:07] remember the conversation about
[3:11:07] it.
[3:11:08] But anyway I just really spoke
[3:11:11] to the power of individuals
[3:11:11] being able to effect change and
[3:11:12] I know that a lot of us feel
[3:11:16] like we're sometimes in an echo
[3:11:16] chamber.
[3:11:17] Sometimes we feel we get
[3:11:18] frustrated feeling like y'all
[3:11:21] aren't listening.
[3:11:21] But throughout the day to day
[3:11:22] you have given us continuous
[3:11:26] examples of the fact that you
[3:11:26] are listening whether it was
[3:11:27] Rahul Gandhi or responding to a
[3:11:30] question or rather wanting
[3:11:31] clarification on a question
[3:11:35] that a caller was asking or
[3:11:36] whether it was Joe LaCava
[3:11:40] responding or Shawnee Lou
[3:11:41] Rivera responding.
[3:11:41] I just appreciate
[3:11:42] the conversation that's that's
[3:11:45] being had back and forth.
[3:11:46] I appreciate you all
[3:11:46] acknowledging the things that
[3:11:50] we say when we call in to see
[3:11:50] them and great work to
[3:11:51] the staff that put together
[3:11:55] this presentation And I think
[3:11:55] it's a tremendous job And I
[3:11:56] totally agree with what
[3:11:59] Katherine Rhodes was saying
[3:12:00] about it being a good idea to
[3:12:00] put some rocks.
[3:12:04] I went to high school near
[3:12:04] Cornaro and have seen all
[3:12:05] the work that they've done
[3:12:08] recently to expand the sidewalk
[3:12:09] and put up those rocks to to
[3:12:13] prevent further sand erosion
[3:12:14] which is a big problem you know
[3:12:19] in all the beaches in San Diego
[3:12:19] and including Coronado.
[3:12:20] But yeah so good luck with with
[3:12:24] all of that and thanks for
[3:12:25] everything.
[3:12:25] >> Thank you.
[3:12:26] If I MAY Timer has concluded no
[3:12:28] additional speakers will be
[3:12:29] taken.
[3:12:29] We have three speakers in
[3:12:30] the queue 8700 If you can
[3:12:33] please unmute.
[3:12:38] Thank you joy.
[3:12:42] Sonya two years ago when I
[3:12:43] started being active in ccd I
[3:12:47] was really enthralled with
[3:12:52] the Irish and found them very
[3:12:53] complicated but I was
[3:12:54] enthralled with them and even
[3:12:58] more so I never could get a
[3:12:59] handle on the m them.
[3:13:02] I could mitigation and
[3:13:03] monitoring reports and I'll
[3:13:08] tell you why.
[3:13:09] Now in regards to this on item
[3:13:12] 80 you've got to resolve
[3:13:12] certifying the I r o by the way
[3:13:16] I agree it is a great air.
[3:13:17] It's absolutely excellent a
[3:13:17] model.
[3:13:21] But anyway we've got
[3:13:22] the resolve certifying the air
[3:13:30] and the r p so the m m r p How
[3:13:36] does it become transparent that
[3:13:37] these mitigations that were six
[3:13:41] areas four of them were green,
[3:13:42] which were the bigger ones I
[3:13:42] believe and two of them were
[3:13:43] blue.
[3:13:44] The blue was the air quality
[3:13:45] And I think the other one I MAY
[3:13:46] have written this wrong
[3:13:50] cultural resources but I've
[3:13:51] always wondered and never
[3:13:52] really gotten the full answer
[3:13:55] is there data accumulated a
[3:13:56] cool bar was up on
[3:14:01] the implementing nation and
[3:14:01] watches these mitigations and
[3:14:06] that's still sort of gnaws at
[3:14:10] me So I wish I could get that
[3:14:10] answer.
[3:14:11] I didn't have time to do much
[3:14:15] work with this item but I'm
[3:14:15] very concerned about the mmr
[3:14:19] piece and how we're watching
[3:14:24] over because it does tweak
[3:14:25] the requirements of the air and
[3:14:29] I'm not against that but I just
[3:14:29] hope that somebody is watching
[3:14:34] over the monitoring, somebody
[3:14:34] is monitoring the mitigation
[3:14:35] and its implementation and
[3:14:39] protecting our beautiful
[3:14:40] mission Bay Park in that in
[3:14:40] that area.
[3:14:40] Okay.
[3:14:45] Thank you for listening to all.
[3:14:45] Thank you.
[3:14:46] Kathleen Lippert, if you can
[3:14:47] please unmute then Peggy
[3:14:48] Walker's our last speaker.
[3:14:49] >> The same reason that cigaret
[3:14:53] butts remain a top pollutant of
[3:14:54] coastal ecosystems endangering
[3:14:58] wildlife, releasing toxic
[3:14:59] chemicals like arsenic lead and
[3:15:02] nicotine into the water is
[3:15:03] the same reason we see people
[3:15:04] throwing litter onto public
[3:15:07] streets and sidewalks They
[3:15:08] perceive no risk of
[3:15:08] consequence.
[3:15:11] What good are $1,000 litter
[3:15:12] fines if no one is ever fine
[3:15:16] for littering?
[3:15:16] If we are serious about keeping
[3:15:17] toxic pollutants off our beach
[3:15:21] then the potential for being
[3:15:21] fine must be real And we must
[3:15:25] the public must be seen as
[3:15:26] being fined for littering and
[3:15:31] making sure that we protect
[3:15:31] the beaches that we say that we
[3:15:32] care about.
[3:15:36] >> These items are non
[3:15:36] biodegradable.
[3:15:37] The plastic base filters are
[3:15:40] ingested by fever and sea
[3:15:41] turtles fish and causing
[3:15:41] malnutrition, poisoning and
[3:15:45] death.
[3:15:46] >> Please consider adding more
[3:15:50] enforcement to such that these
[3:15:51] are these really go along
[3:15:51] the way of broken window
[3:15:56] theories and they MAY seem
[3:15:57] inconsequential but they are
[3:15:57] not.
[3:16:01] You find people for making sure
[3:16:01] that they take care and prevent
[3:16:05] and don't engage in minor
[3:16:06] crimes.
[3:16:10] They won't go on to be worse.
[3:16:11] Thank you for letting me speak.
[3:16:11] Thank you.
[3:16:20] Peggy Walker Thank you.
[3:16:21] >> I just want to follow up on
[3:16:25] that last speaker to say that
[3:16:25] considering the hazards of
[3:16:30] cigaret butter and single use
[3:16:30] plastic vape devices that we
[3:16:34] should be uncertain about
[3:16:35] bringing our resources, our
[3:16:39] precious resources like parks
[3:16:40] and beaches of these as we are
[3:16:41] of plastic food containers and
[3:16:45] as such a lot about
[3:16:45] the enforcement cigaret butts
[3:16:49] and I think the previous
[3:16:50] speaker mentioned those are
[3:16:50] the largest source of
[3:16:54] microplastic waste in the world
[3:16:54] and single use plastic vape
[3:16:58] devices are e-cigs are
[3:17:03] hazardous waste and due to
[3:17:04] toxic chemicals the plastic
[3:17:08] device itself and flammable
[3:17:09] lithium ion batteries that can
[3:17:13] flame up at any time anywhere.
[3:17:14] So good mitigation policy would
[3:17:18] be to prohibit the use of these
[3:17:19] in environmentally
[3:17:22] environmentally and any other
[3:17:23] environmentally mentally
[3:17:28] detriment into tobacco or pet
[3:17:29] products in and around our our
[3:17:33] most precious resources.
[3:17:37] I hope you'll consider further
[3:17:38] enforcement strategies.
[3:17:42] Thank you.
[3:17:43] >> Thank you.
[3:17:44] And my apologies, Hector.
[3:17:48] I thought we had heard from you
[3:17:48] but maybe that was Tony.
[3:17:49] Can you please on mute?
[3:17:49] Oh, yeah.
[3:17:50] Thanks a lot.
[3:17:53] I I haven't talked yet.
[3:17:54] I've been thinking about it.
[3:17:55] Yeah, I grew up in San Diego
[3:17:57] rather than riding
[3:17:58] the boardwalk since 1965.
[3:17:58] I wrote it this week.
[3:18:02] I write a couple of times a
[3:18:03] week and are really excited but
[3:18:04] I didn't know this was all
[3:18:04] going on with the boardwalk
[3:18:07] itself.
[3:18:07] I do know something about
[3:18:08] the boardwalk When you guys
[3:18:12] redid the northern part you
[3:18:12] built it in the same spot where
[3:18:17] you should have widened it like
[3:18:18] ten feet and you built it brand
[3:18:18] new like ten years ago.
[3:18:23] I know.
[3:18:24] How is the city going to mess
[3:18:24] this up?
[3:18:26] We spend all this money there
[3:18:26] building one to just make it
[3:18:27] ten feet wider.
[3:18:27] You guys probably ride
[3:18:30] the boardwalk.
[3:18:30] That's where it's really
[3:18:31] restricted in there.
[3:18:32] It's hard to ride your bike and
[3:18:32] stuff.
[3:18:35] A lot of people So when you do
[3:18:36] the southern part it looks like
[3:18:36] you're going to do a new
[3:18:39] southern wall down there on
[3:18:40] the southern part by the jetty
[3:18:43] makes at ten feet wider And
[3:18:44] actually the people down there
[3:18:48] the owners, property owners
[3:18:49] down there I used to live on
[3:18:49] double court there on
[3:18:50] the front.
[3:18:50] The property owners have been
[3:18:53] cringed on our land.
[3:18:58] The guys that the owners of
[3:18:59] that land it's not their land
[3:19:02] And the very front was about
[3:19:02] 15ft that belongs to the city
[3:19:03] So maybe charge those guys for
[3:19:07] the land.
[3:19:08] I hope you guys know this cause
[3:19:09] and make that wider down there
[3:19:12] at South Mission it's really
[3:19:12] restricted too and it needs to
[3:19:16] be built up But it's do a good
[3:19:17] job, build the wall first and
[3:19:17] then do the sidewalk.
[3:19:21] You know you got to do it So it
[3:19:22] works for everybody But that
[3:19:23] sounds really cool man.
[3:19:26] And then but either charge
[3:19:26] the guys they're not going to
[3:19:30] tell you that I hope you guys
[3:19:31] know that that it's actually
[3:19:34] our land and they've actually
[3:19:35] just took it over time.
[3:19:36] They just put their chairs on
[3:19:39] it and they built the little
[3:19:40] fence and they got the land now
[3:19:44] looks like it but there's some
[3:19:45] shady thing going on down
[3:19:45] there.
[3:19:49] It's a power play So hopefully
[3:19:50] and I guess could make the wall
[3:19:50] a little higher for that
[3:19:54] seawall.
[3:19:54] Seawater rise.
[3:19:55] So thanks for your time has
[3:19:55] concluded and so has the public
[3:19:58] comment on this item.
[3:19:59] >> All right.
[3:19:59] Thank you.
[3:20:00] So we'll quickly turn to
[3:20:01] council member questions
[3:20:03] comments entertain a motion and
[3:20:04] we'll start with Council member
[3:20:08] Campbell Thank you.
[3:20:09] Council PRESIDENT I'll be very
[3:20:09] brief.
[3:20:10] I just want to start by
[3:20:12] thanking staff for all your
[3:20:13] hard work on this and for your
[3:20:17] presentation.
[3:20:18] Long term plans to upgrade
[3:20:18] Mission Bay Park are critical
[3:20:23] for our aging park as it's been
[3:20:27] environmentally degraded in
[3:20:27] some areas partly due to its
[3:20:28] heavy use.
[3:20:32] It is very popular and it is
[3:20:32] the largest manmade aquatic
[3:20:35] park in America and possibly in
[3:20:40] the world.
[3:20:41] The public amenities will be
[3:20:41] important to preserving
[3:20:42] the park for residents and
[3:20:46] visitors alike.
[3:20:46] Mission Bay is one of
[3:20:47] the city's most important
[3:20:50] recreational environment and
[3:20:51] environmental assets and taking
[3:20:55] the proactive approach now will
[3:20:56] help avoid larger maintenance
[3:20:57] and environmental challenges in
[3:21:00] the future.
[3:21:01] So I would like to make
[3:21:02] the motion to move staff's
[3:21:06] recommendation and again thank
[3:21:07] you so much for the good work.
[3:21:08] >> All right.
[3:21:08] We have by Councilmember
[3:21:09] Campbell to move the staff
[3:21:11] recommendation And since I have
[3:21:11] the other part of Mission Bay
[3:21:14] I'll make the second.
[3:21:15] I had extensive comments at
[3:21:16] the Environment Committee which
[3:21:16] I will not repeat here in
[3:21:19] the interest of time thank you
[3:21:20] for the very good work.
[3:21:24] This is a big deal to get to
[3:21:25] this moment and thank you for
[3:21:25] that.
[3:21:28] Not anybody else in the life We
[3:21:29] have a motion by Council member
[3:21:30] Campbell I second by myself to
[3:21:33] move the staff recommendation.
[3:21:34] >> Please call the roll As far
[3:21:35] as voting system please cast
[3:21:43] your vote that passes
[3:21:44] unanimously 5 to 0 with Council
[3:21:45] Member Councilor Campo,
[3:21:47] Councilmember Von Wilpert and
[3:21:48] Councilmember Foster absent.
[3:21:49] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.
[3:21:49] All right.
[3:21:49] Thank you.
[3:21:51] So we're going to return item
[3:21:52] to Hunter to staff because
[3:21:53] we're going to lose quorum.
[3:21:57] I apologize to the staff that
[3:21:57] stuck around for that and I'm
[3:21:58] going to ask my colleagues to
[3:22:02] stick around for the in-person
[3:22:02] non agenda Public comment as a
[3:22:03] courtesy to people have been
[3:22:06] sticking around and we will
[3:22:07] take up remote as part of
[3:22:11] tomorrow's agenda.
[3:22:12] My apologies for that as well.
[3:22:13] The council members respect and
[3:22:16] appreciate the public input and
[3:22:17] are fully committed to
[3:22:17] protecting every participant's
[3:22:18] free speech rights at council
[3:22:21] and committee meetings.
[3:22:21] Clerk Please proceed with
[3:22:22] the in-person public comment.
[3:22:26] Again we'll be taking remote as
[3:22:27] part of tomorrow's agenda for
[3:22:30] all 2.7 on general public
[3:22:30] comment is an opportunity for
[3:22:31] members of the public to
[3:22:32] comment on items that are not
[3:22:35] on the agenda or within
[3:22:36] the subject matter jurisdiction
[3:22:36] of the City Council.
[3:22:39] Each speaker will have two
[3:22:39] minutes.
[3:22:40] Please note if there are eight
[3:22:40] or more speakers on a single
[3:22:41] topic the maximum time for
[3:22:44] the topic will be 16 minutes.
[3:22:45] If you're in chambers please
[3:22:46] submit your speaker slip now
[3:22:49] Blair Beckman if you can please
[3:22:50] come forward after that will be
[3:22:58] Bob because his q Blair Beckman
[3:22:59] First thank you.
[3:23:03] Um it'll be nice to hear Bob
[3:23:03] after myself.
[3:23:08] Um, I uh it was a long week
[3:23:08] last week and I hopefully I
[3:23:12] learned a lot.
[3:23:13] I learned that and use can be a
[3:23:14] good source of revenue for
[3:23:17] the city besides taxes that I
[3:23:22] hope can be more implemented.
[3:23:22] I've learned that Oakland and
[3:23:23] all the major cities that
[3:23:26] council personnel overall
[3:23:26] operate last week they have
[3:23:27] these revenue sources that they
[3:23:31] can rely on but San Diego does
[3:23:32] not.
[3:23:33] Um really good luck what we can
[3:23:36] be doing I still think we can
[3:23:36] take a more broader view to
[3:23:40] give some sort of picture of
[3:23:41] what we can be working towards
[3:23:44] and and make things into a 8 to
[3:23:45] 10 year plan instead of a 3 to
[3:23:46] 5 year plan And that way we can
[3:23:49] be working on social services
[3:23:49] Still it was really
[3:23:53] disheartening to hear
[3:23:54] the retaliation things that are
[3:23:54] going on in the police
[3:23:58] department and I think it's
[3:23:59] indicative of what's also been
[3:24:00] happening in the mayor's office
[3:24:03] and I think it's an issue that
[3:24:04] we really want to address here
[3:24:08] in the city If we do, I think
[3:24:09] we'd be doing something really
[3:24:09] positive and we'd have
[3:24:12] something to really be working
[3:24:13] on together and wanting to do
[3:24:14] better And I think it'd be help
[3:24:18] helpful for ourselves to find
[3:24:18] ways to address the retaliatory
[3:24:23] things on a number of items and
[3:24:23] including of course Andrea I
[3:24:27] mean we've been talking about
[3:24:28] recently I hope her situation
[3:24:28] can be much more clearly
[3:24:31] understood.
[3:24:36] Um and with that um there's
[3:24:37] other stuff there's a lot of
[3:24:38] other stuff I hope we can be
[3:24:41] working on making the words
[3:24:42] biometric technology okay to
[3:24:46] say in public We're not afraid
[3:24:46] of those conversations And
[3:24:47] Oakland Oh my gosh they're
[3:24:51] doing it again.
[3:24:51] They're really working on
[3:24:52] technology issues.
[3:24:55] People really check out what
[3:24:56] they're doing.
[3:24:56] >> It's not fearful They are
[3:24:57] building our future for all of
[3:24:57] us.
[3:25:01] Thank you.
[3:25:01] >> Thank you, Bob because this
[3:25:02] key I know you have a video so
[3:25:03] I won't start your time until
[3:27:04] the video's up
[3:27:23] .
[3:27:24] That concludes his public
[3:27:24] comment and public comment here
[3:27:25] in council chambers.
[3:27:25] All right.
[3:27:28] That includes everybody here in
[3:27:29] person.
[3:27:33] Again, we'll take remote as
[3:27:33] part of tomorrow's meeting.
[3:27:34] My apologize for anybody that
[3:27:38] was sticking around for that.
[3:27:38] So with that, does the city
[3:27:39] attorney have anything to
[3:27:42] report out from closed session?
[3:27:42] >> Yes.
[3:27:43] Thank you.
[3:27:44] Council PRESIDENT Today in a
[3:27:47] closed session meeting the city
[3:27:48] council took the following
[3:27:48] actions.
[3:27:51] City council voted on closed
[3:27:52] session item number one in Ray
[3:27:53] National prescription opiate
[3:27:57] litigation United States
[3:27:57] District Court Northern
[3:27:58] District of Ohio Eastern
[3:28:02] District Case number 117 M.D.
[3:28:07] 2804 mdl Number 2804 to
[3:28:08] intervene into proceedings with
[3:28:11] several pharmaceutical
[3:28:12] companies and distributors.
[3:28:12] The motion passed 820 with
[3:28:17] council member Foster Absent.
[3:28:18] The city Council also voted on
[3:28:20] closed session Item number two
[3:28:21] Cap Inc at all versus Discover
[3:28:26] Financial Services All Discover
[3:28:26] Card Merchants Merchant Class
[3:28:30] action United States District
[3:28:31] Court for Northern District of
[3:28:34] Illinois Case number 123 cv
[3:28:35] 04676 to intervene into
[3:28:38] litigation proceedings against
[3:28:39] Discover Financial Services.
[3:28:43] The motion passed 820 with
[3:28:43] Council member Foster Absent.
[3:28:44] That concludes my report.
[3:28:44] Thank you.
[3:28:47] Council PRESIDENT.
[3:28:48] >> All right.
[3:28:48] Thank you.
[3:28:49] The Office of the City Attorney
[3:28:50] We will now adjourn Council to
[3:28:52] the regularly scheduled council
[3:28:53] meeting on Tuesday MAY 12th