CITY COUNCIL
HOUSING AUTHORITY AND
SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE EL CAJON
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Council Chamber
200 Civic Center Way
El Cajon, CA 92020
Joint Special Meeting
Agenda
APRIL 22, 2025, 2:30 p.m.
Bill Wells, Mayor Graham Mitchell, City Manager
Gary Kendrick, Mayor Pro Tem Vince DiMaggio, Assistant City Manager Steve Goble, Councilmember Marisol Thorn, Deputy City Manager Michelle Metschel, Councilmember Morgan Foley, City Attorney Phil Ortiz, Councilmember Angela Cortez, City Clerk
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bill Wells
ROLL CALL: City Clerk Angela Cortez
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AND MOMENT OF SILENCE
CLOSED SESSION:
1. Closed Session - Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation - Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Government Code section 54956.9: One potential case - The City Council will be deciding whether to approve amendments to the City’s Zoning Code (Title 17 of the El Cajon Municipal Code) that will include eliminating allowing the development of hospitals in the Office Professional (OP) and the Neighborhood Commercial (CN) zones, but only subject to a conditional use permit, thereby prohibiting hospitals in the OP and CN zones. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals owns property located at Greenfield Drive and East Main Street, a portion of which is located in the OP zone, and has submitted legal objections of the proposed amendment that would eliminate development of a hospital with a conditional use permit and thereby prohibit hospitals on their property.
ADJOURNMENT: The Joint Special Meeting of the El Cajon City Council/El Cajon Housing Authority/Successor Agency to the El Cajon Redevelopment Agency held this 22nd day of April 2025, is adjourned.
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Agenda Report
Agenda Item 1.
DATE: 04/22/2025
TO: City Clerk
FROM: City Attorney/General Legal Counsel
SUBJECT: Closed Session - Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation - Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Government Code section 54956.9: One potential case - The City Council will be deciding whether to approve amendments to the City’s Zoning Code (Title 17 of the El Cajon Municipal Code) that will include eliminating allowing the development of hospitals in the Office Professional (OP) and the Neighborhood Commercial (CN) zones, but only subject to a conditional use permit, thereby prohibiting hospitals in the OP and CN zones. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals owns property located at Greenfield Drive and East Main Street, a portion of which is located in the OP zone, and has submitted legal objections of the proposed amendment that would eliminate development of a hospital with a conditional use permit and thereby prohibit hospitals on their property.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the following Closed Session be scheduled for the Joint City Council / Housing Authority / Successor Agency to the El Cajon Redevelopment Agency meeting on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at 2:30 p.m.
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION – Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Government Code section 54956.9:
Existing Facts and Circumstances: The City Council will be deciding whether to approve amendments to the City’s Zoning Code (Title 17 of the El Cajon Municipal Code) that will include eliminating allowing the development of hospitals in the Office Professional (OP) and the Neighborhood Commercial (CN) zones, but only subject to a conditional use permit, thereby prohibiting hospitals in the OP and CN zones. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals owns property located at Greenfield Drive and East Main Street, a portion of which is located in the OP zone, and has submitted legal objections of the proposed amendment that would eliminate development of a hospital with a conditional use permit and thereby prohibit hospitals on their property.
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