Joint Meeting: El Cajon City Council/Housing Authority/ December 12, 2023 Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency - 206 - 7:00 p.m.
JOINT MEETING OF THE
EL CAJON CITY COUNCIL/HOUSING
AUTHORITY/SUCCESSOR AGENCY
TO THE EL CAJON
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
MINUTES
CITY OF EL CAJON
EL CAJON, CALIFORNIA
December 12, 2023
An Adjourned Regular Joint Meeting of the El Cajon City Council/Hou sing Authority/ Successor Agency to the El Cajon Redevelopment Agency, held Tuesday, December 12, 2023, was called to order by Mayor/Chair Bill Wells at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chambers, 200 Civic Center Way, El Cajon, California. This meeting was adjour ned from the Adjourned Regular Joint Meeting held at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 12 , 2023, by order of the El Cajon City Council/Housing Authority/Successor Agency to the El Cajon Redevelopment Agency.
R O L L C A L L
Council/Agencymembers present: Kendrick, Metschel, and Ortiz Council/Agencymembers absent: None
Deputy Mayor/Vice Chair present: Goble
Mayor/Chair present: Wells
Other Officers present: Mitchell, City Manager/Executive Director DiMaggio, Assistant City Manager
Foley, City Attorney/General Counsel
Cortez, City Clerk/Secretary
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG led by Mayor Wells and MOMENT OF SILENCE.
AGENDA CHANGES: None
PUBLIC COMMENTS: None
Joint Meeting: El Cajon City Council/Housing Authority/ December 12, 2023 Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency - 207 - 7:00 p.m.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
100. Plaza de Las Palmas Shopping Center Specific Plan Update
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council:
1. Opens the Public Hearing and considers public testimony;
2. Closes the Public Hearing;
3. Moves to adopt the next Resolution, in order, approving the California Environmental Quality Act Exemption; and
4. Moves to adopt the next Resolution, in order, approving an Amendment to Specific Plan No. 32.
DISCUSSION
Deputy Director of Community Development, Noah Alvey, provided a summary of the Item.
Mayor Wells opened the Public Hearing.
Vince Kattoula, representing Eashon, Inc ., spoke in support of amending Specific Plan No. 32 and presented a rendering of the potential new store.
MOTION BY WELLS, SECOND BY ORTIZ, to CLOSE the Public Hearing.
MOTION CARRIED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
Discussion ensued among Council and Staff concerning the following:
Buildings in the shopping center that would be affected; Merchandise to be offered in the new store;
Traffic generated would be consistent with the previous store; Boundaries of the shopping center and size of the vacant store; and Portion of the proposed store would be allotted for wholesale transactions.
MOTION BY GOBLE, SECOND BY KENDRICK, to ADOPT
Resolution No. 113-23, to approve the California Environmental Quality Act Exemption and AD OPT Resolution No. 114 -23, to approve an Amendment to Specific Plan No. 32.
MOTION CARRIED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
Joint Meeting: El Cajon City Council/Housing Authority/ December 12, 2023 Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency - 208 - 7:00 p.m.
Adjournment: Mayor Wells adjourned the Adjourned Regular Joint Meeting of the El Cajon City Council /Housing Authority/Successor Agency t o the El Cajon Redevelopment Agency held this 12th day of December, 2023, at 7:39 p.m., to Tuesday, January 9, 2023, at 3:00 p.m.
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ANGELA L. CORTEZ, CMC
City Clerk/Secretary