Del Mar City Council Meeting Agenda
City of Del Mar, Town Hall
1050 Camino del Mar, Del Mar, California
1050 Camino del Mar, Del Mar, CA 92014 www.delmar.ca.us Civility Works: The Del Mar Code of Civil Discourse: Together we will promote inclusion; listen to understand; show respect; be clear and fair; and focus on the issue.
Regular Meeting
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Public Participation/Comment: Members of the public can participate in City Council meetings in-person or via written comment (Red Dot). Anyone may address the City Council for up to three minutes, at the Mayor’s discretion, on items on the agenda.
Members of the public wishing to speak on items not on the agenda may do so under Public Oral Communications. Agenda items may be addressed in any order at the discretion of the Mayor. When addressing the Council, please state your name for the record. Any electronic presentations must be received before 9 a.m. on the date of the Council meeting. No PowerPoint presentations can be loaded during the meeting.
In-Person Participation: Please submit a completed “Speaker Slip”, including the item number you wish to speak on, to the City Clerk prior to the Mayor announcing the agenda item. The forms are located near the door at the rear of the Meeting Room. When called to speak, please approach the podium and state your name for the record.
Written Comments: Members of the public can participate in the meeting by submitting a written red dot comment via email to [email protected]. The deadline to submit written comments is 12 p.m. on the day of the meeting and the subject line of your email should clearly state the agenda item you are commenting on.
Remote Participation: Due to technical issues, remote participation will not be offered at this City Council meeting.
Viewing the Meeting and Access to Agenda Materials: Members of the public can watch the meeting live on the City’s website at: http://delmar.12milesout.com/Video/Live and on Cable TV Spectrum Ch. 24, AT&T Ch. 99 starting at 4:30 PM. Agenda materials and communications from the public on agenda items, “Red Dots”, are available on the City’s website:
http://www.delmar.ca.us/AgendaCenter and a hard copy of the agenda materials are available at Del Mar City Hall and the Del Mar Library during their business hours.
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Notification of at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.
Terry Gaasterland
Mayor
Tracy Martinez
Deputy Mayor
Dan Quirk
Council Member
John W. Spelich
Council Member
Ashley Jones
City Manager
Leslie E. Devaney
City Attorney
Sarah Krietor
Administrative Services
Manager/City Clerk
Del Mar City Council Regular Meeting February 18, 2025
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1050 Camino del Mar, Del Mar, CA 92014 www.delmar.ca.us I. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
II. CITY ATTORNEY CLOSED SESSION REPORT
III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
IV. PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Each person wishing to speak before the City Council on any matter not on the agenda shall submit a “Speaker Slip” to the City Clerk when Public Oral Communication is announced. Each speaker will have up to three (3) minutes to speak at the discretion of the Mayor and may be asked clarifying questions. Information received during Public Oral Communication may be received, placed on a future agenda, or referred to the City Manager by the City Council. State law generally precludes the City Council from discussing or acting upon any topic presented during oral communications that is not described on the posted agenda.
Note: there is a time limit of 30 minutes for this section of public communications and each speaker will be heard in the order of the submission of their speaker slip. Speakers who have turned in a speaker slip prior to the time oral communications was called on the agenda, but were not heard during the initial time period shall be called to speak at the end of the agenda.
V. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
VI. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
VII. PRESENTATIONS
1. City of Del Mar Wildfire Preparedness and Response Update Recommended Action: Staff requests that the City Council receive an informational joint presentation from Captain Shane Watts with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department and Chief Josh Gordon from the Del Mar Fire Department on the City of Del Mar’s wildfire preparedness and response efforts (Attachment A).
2. Presentation Regarding San Diego LOSSAN Rail Realignment Value Analysis Process and San Dieguito Double Track and Special Events Platform Project
Recommended Action: Staff requests that the City Council receive an informational presentation from the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) on the San Diego LOSSAN Rail Realignment Value Analysis process and the San Dieguito Double Track and Special Events Platform project.
Reference: Clerk’s File No. 1506-1
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1050 Camino del Mar, Del Mar, CA 92014 www.delmar.ca.us Reference: Clerk’s File No. 1101-8
VIII. CONSENT CALENDAR
All items listed on the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and will be acted upon with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the City Council or the public so requests, in which event, the item will be pulled from the Consent Calendar and considered separately after the motion to approve the Consent Calendar. If you wish to remove an item from the Consent Calendar, please submit a “Speaker Slip” to the City Clerk.
3. Approval of Minutes: January 30, 2025 Special Meeting, February 3, 2025 Regular and Special Meeting
Recommended Action: Approve Minutes.
Reference: Clerk’s Minutes Book
4. Ratification of List of Demands dated February 18, 2025 Recommended Action: Ratify the List of Demands.
Reference: Clerk’s File No. 201-3
5. Waiver of Reading of Ordinances on Agenda
Recommended Action: Waive Reading of Ordinances.
Reference: Clerk’s File No. 401-4
6. Appointments to the Undergrounding Program Advisory Committee Recommended Action: The City Council Liaisons to the Undergrounding Program Advisory Committee recommend that the City Council reappoint Amy Cheshire and Wade Walker to the Undergrounding Program Advisory Committee (UPAC) as voting members to serve full three-year terms starting March 2, 2025, and ending on March 31, 2028.
Reference: Clerk’s File No. 401-5
7. Lagoon Committee Appointment
Recommended Action: The City Council Liaisons to the Lagoon Committee recommend that the City Council appoint Nitza Leichtling to the Lagoon Committee as a voting member to serve a full three-year term starting March 1, 2025, and ending on March 31, 2028.
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1050 Camino del Mar, Del Mar, CA 92014 www.delmar.ca.us Reference: Clerk’s File No. 401-5
8. Parks and Recreation Committee Appointments
Recommended Action: The City Council Liaisons to the Parks and Recreation Committee recommend that the City Council: 1) Reappoint Arlene Prater as a voting member to the Committee to serve a second full three-year term starting April 1, 2025, and ending on April 30, 2028; and 2) Appoint Susan Maronde to serve a first term as a voting member to the Committee for a full three-year term starting March 3, 2025, and ending on March 31, 2028.
Reference: Clerk’s File No. 401-5
9. Traffic and Parking Advisory Committee Appointment
Recommended Action: The City Council Liaisons to the Traffic and Parking Advisory Committee recommend that the City Council reappoint Zach Groban as the at-large, business representative voting member on the Traffic and Parking Advisory Committee to serve a full three-year term starting February 18, 2025, and ending on February 29, 2028.
Reference: Clerk’s File No. 401-5
IX. COUNCIL MEETING RECESS
X. CITY COUNCIL OTHER BUSINESS
10. Appointment to the Air Pollution Control District Governing Board -District 3 Recommended Action: Deputy Mayor Tracy Martinez and Councilmember John Spelich request that the City Council discuss and provide direction to Mayor Terry Gaasterland on the upcoming appointment to the District 3 seat on the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) Governing Board.
Reference: Clerk’s File No. 1403-1
XI. REGIONAL ORGANIZATION REPORTS
A Councilmember assigned as a liaison to a regional organization may make a written or oral report. State law precludes the Council from commenting on, discussing, or acting on a report unless the item of business within the report is described in the agenda.
A. Clean Energy Alliance JPA (CEA) Board of Directors (Spelich/Gaasterland) B. CSA-17 Ambulance District Advisory Board (Martinez/Quirk) C. Fire Governance Board, Solana Beach/Del Mar/Encinitas (Martinez/Spelich) Del Mar City Council Regular Meeting February 18, 2025
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1050 Camino del Mar, Del Mar, CA 92014 www.delmar.ca.us D. League of California Cities – San Diego Chapter (Gaasterland/Martinez) E. North County Transit District (NCTD) (Martinez/Spelich) F. Regional Solid Waste Association (Spelich/Quirk)
G. San Diego Association of Governments Board (SANDAG)
(Gaasterland/Martinez/Spelich)
H. SANDAG Borders Committee
I. SANDAG Regional Planning Committee
J. SANDAG Shoreline Preservation Working Group
(Spelich/Gaasterland/Martinez)
K. SANDAG LOSSAN Executive Task Force (Gaasterland/Martinez) L. San Diego Metropolitan Wastewater Commission/JPA (Worden) Receive Written Report (Worden)
M. San Dieguito River Valley Regional Open Space Park JPA –Executive Committee (Gaasterland/Martinez)
N. Other Regional Organization Reports
XII. COUNCIL COMMITTEES/SUBCOMMITTEES/COMMUNITY ORG REPORTS A Councilmember assigned as a liaison to a City Committee, Council Subcommittee OR Community Organization may make a written or oral report. State law precludes the Council from commenting on, discussing, or acting on a report, unless the item of business within the report is described in this agenda.
A. Arts Advisory Committee (Gaasterland/Spelich)
B. Del Mar Community Connections (Martinez/Spelich)
Receive Written Report (Martinez)
C. Del Mar Village Association (Gaasterland/Martinez)
D. Finance Committee (Gaasterland/Spelich)
E. Housing Subcommittee (Gaasterland/Martinez)
F. Human Resources Subcommittee (Gaasterland/Martinez)
G. Legislative Subcommittee (Gaasterland/Martinez)
H. Measure Q Citizen Oversight Committee (Quirk/Gaasterland) I. Parks and Recreation Committee (Martinez/Quirk)
Receive Written Report (Martinez)
J. Del Mar Railroad Subcommittee (Gaasterland/Martinez) K. Lagoon Committee (Gaasterland/Spelich)
L. Planning Process Subcommittee (Includes Sea-Level Rise Adaptation Plan Implementation (Gaasterland/Spelich)
M. Shores Advisory Committee
N. Sustainability Advisory Committee (Martinez/Gaasterland) O. Traffic and Parking Advisory Committee (Quirk/Spelich) P. Undergrounding Program Advisory Committee (Gaasterland/Spelich) Q. Other Committee-Subcommittee Reports
XIII. UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS
The following topics/items are tentatively planned for upcoming agendas. The title, wording, and planned date for these items are subject to change. Final agendas are posted at City Hall 72 hours in advance of the meetings and are also posted on our web site with the accompanying staff report. Please watch our web site:
www.delmar.ca.us for City Council Agendas.
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1050 Camino del Mar, Del Mar, CA 92014 www.delmar.ca.us March 3, 2025
Proclamation Honoring Peter Kiefer for 35 Years of Service Housing Annual Progress Report
UUD 1A (Stratford Court South) Resolution for Properties to Receive Underground Service Initial Consideration of EP24-109 – 327 9th Street
XIV. CERTIFICATION
I, Sarah Krietor, Administrative Services Manager/City Clerk for the City of Del Mar, hereby certify that a copy of this agenda was posted at City Hall on the 13th day of February, 2025 at approximately 4:45 p.m.
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Sarah Krietor, Administrative Services Manager/ Date
City Clerk