City of Encinitas
Regular City Council Meeting - 6:00 p.m.
AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2025 -
06:30 PM
p.m.
City of Encinitas - City Council Chambers
505 S. Vulcan Avenue
Encinitas, California 92024
Each speaker is allowed three (3) minutes to address the City Council.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
4. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS – NONE
5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS / POSSIBLE DIRECTION TO STAFF (30 MINUTES) Each speaker is allowed three (3) minutes to address the City Council. Please submit a “WHITE” speaker slip to the City Clerk. Time donations are not permitted during Oral Communications. Oral Communication items will be referred to the City Manager either for resolution by administrative action or placement on a future agenda. 2025-01-15 Item 05 Oral Communications
6. REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION (IF HELD)
7. CHANGES TO THE AGENDA Announcements of administrative changes to the agenda, in compliance with the Brown Act.
8. CONSENT CALENDAR The recommendations on the following Consent Calendar will be enacted in one motion unless an item is removed from the Calendar. Any member of the public may remove an item by submitting a “PINK” speaker slip to the City Clerk. Each speaker is allowed three (3) minutes to address the City Council. A maximum of two time donations per speaker is allowed (no more than 9 minutes total); the person donating time must be present. Items removed from the Consent Calendar by a Council Member or the public will be considered immediately following the Consent Calendar. 8A.
Approval to waive the full reading of the text of all ordinances and resolutions introduced/adopted at this meeting. Ordinances and resolutions shall be introduced/adopted by title only. Contact Person: City Clerk Hollywood Approve.
8B.
Approval of the Minutes of the December 10, 2024, Special Meeting; December 11, 2024, Regular Meeting; December 18, 2024, Special-Closed Session Meeting; and December 18, 2024, Regular Meeting. Contact Person: City Clerk Hollywood Approve the Minutes.
2025-01-15 Item 08B Minutes
8C.
Approval of the Warrants List (Register of Demands). Contact Person: Finance Manager Dinh Staff recommends that the City Council review and approve the warrants. 2025-01-15 Item 08C Approval of Warrants List
8D.
Acceptance of the Beacon’s Beach Parking Lot Reconstruction (CP22A) Project. Contact Person: Senior Engineer Stryker Environmental Considerations: The action being considered by the City Council is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it is not a “project” under Section 15378(b)(5) of CEQA Guidelines. The action involves an organizational or administrative activity of government that will not result in the direct or indirect physical change in the environment. 1) Authorize the filing of the Notice of Completion for the subject project; 2) Authorize the release of the payment bond for the subject project in full upon the recording of the Notice of Completion; 3) Authorize the release of the performance bond for the subject project in full, one (1) year after the recording of the Notice of Completion; and 4) Adopt City Council Resolution No. 2025-01, titled “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Encinitas, California, Accepting the Public Improvements for the Beacon’s Beach Parking Lot Reconstruction Project (CP22A).” 2025-01-15 Item 08D Beacon’s Beach NOC
9. ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR Staff reports will be given only if requested by the person who pulled the item.
PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS ON APPEALS (ITEM 10A): New information such as documents, exhibits, letters, photos, charts, diagrams, videos, etc., WILL NOT be considered by the City Council if presented at this meeting. All material must have been submitted to the City Clerk no less than 7 calendar days prior to this hearing.
10. ACTION ITEMS To speak on action items, please submit a “PINK” speaker slip to the City Clerk. Each speaker is allowed three (3) minutes to address the City Council. A maximum of two time donations per speaker is allowed (no more than 9 minutes total); the person donating time must be present.
PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS ON APPEALS (ITEM 10A): New information such as documents, exhibits, letters, photos, charts, diagrams, videos, etc., WILL NOT be considered by the City Council if presented at this meeting. All material must have been submitted to the City Clerk no less than 7 calendar days prior to this hearing. 10A.
Public hearing to consider a timely-filed appeal (Case No. APPEAL-007691-2024) of the Planning Commission’s approval of a density bonus and design review permit authorizing the construction of an 87-unit apartment project (Camino Apartments) and associated improvements on a 1.93 gross acre site. The project is located on the east side of El Camino Real and north of Garden View Road. Contact Person: Senior Planner Danna Environmental Considerations: The project is statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Government Code Sections 65583.2(h) and (i), which provide that, if a housing development project is located on a site designated for ‘by right’ approval, contains at least 20 percent of the units affordable to lower income households, and does not require a subdivision, the City may only require design review approval of the project, and design review approval shall not constitute a “project” under CEQA. The Camino Apartments project is statutorily exempt from CEQA in that it is located in the Residential 30 (R-30) Overlay Zone, which designates multi-family residential for ‘by right’ approval by Encinitas Municipal Code Chapter 30.09 (Zoning Use Matrix Note 35); proposes that 20 percent of the units will be affordable to lower income households; and does not require a subdivision.
Deny the appeal and adopt draft City Council Resolution No. 2025-02 titled, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Encinitas, California Denying An Appeal Filed by Ruben Flores and Affirming the Planning Commission’s Approval of a Density Bonus and Design Review Permit to Authorize the Construction of a Four-Story Multi-Family Residential Development Consisting of 87 Residential Apartments (75 Market Rate Units and 12 Very Low-Income Units), Common Open Space, Grading, and Landscaping Improvements, Located East of El Camino Real and North of Garden View Road (APN 257-470-24)” affirming the Planning Commission’s decision to adopt Resolution No. PC 2024-32 approving the density bonus and design review permit. (Case No. DR-006027-2023) with conditions. 2025-01-15 Item 10A Agenda Report - Camino Apartments Appeal 2025-01-15 Item 10A Attachment 01 - Draft City Council Resolution - Camino Apartments Appeal 2025-01-15 Item 10A Attachment 02 - Planning Commission Resolution 2025-01-15 Item 10A Attachment 03 - PC Agenda Report
2025-01-15 Item 10A Attachment 04 - Appeal
2025-01-15 Item 10A Attachment 05 - Applicant Response to Appeal 2025-01-15 Item 10A Attachment 06 - Biology Technical Report 2025-01-15 Item 10A Attachment 07 - Historical Grading and Landscaping Plans 2025-01-15 Item 10A Attachment 08 - Public Notices
2025-01-15 Item 10A Camino Apartments Appeal Public Comment 10B.
Annual Report Concerning the Mitigation Fee Act for Fiscal Year 2023-24. Contact Person: Finance Analyst Ramos Environmental Considerations: The action being considered by the City Council is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it is not a “project” under Section 15378(b)(5) of CEQA Guidelines. The action involves an organizational or administrative activity of government that will not result in the direct or indirect physical change in the environment.
Review and file the Annual Development Impact Mitigation Fee Report for Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2024. 2025-01-15 Item 10B Annual Report Concerning the Mitigation Fee Act for Fiscal Year 2023-24
11. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS – NONE To speak on informational items, please submit a “PINK” speaker slip to the City Clerk. Each speaker is allowed three (3) minutes to address the City Council. A maximum of two time donations per speaker is allowed (no more than 9 minutes total); the person donating time must be present.
12. COUNCIL MEMBER INITIATED AGENDA ITEM – NONE To speak on Council Initiated Items, please submit a “PINK” speaker slip to the City Clerk. Each speaker is allowed three (3) minutes to address the City Council. A maximum of two time donations per speaker is allowed (no more than 9 minutes total); the person donating time must be present.
13. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS PURSUANT TO AB1234 (GC 53232.3(d)) / POSSIBLE DIRECTION TO STAFF
14. CITY MANAGER REPORTS
15. CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS
16. ADJOURNMENT - THE NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE HELD ON JANUARY 22, 2025 Notice to the Public:
To ensure that the City meets your needs when addressing the City Council, all presentation materials which require the use of visual equipment need to be submitted to the City's IT Division at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting (except for appeal hearings where materials must be submitted 7 days in advance). This includes photographs, Microsoft Office documents (PowerPoint, Word, Excel).
No CD's, DVD's, or USB thumb/flash drives will be accepted at the meeting.
All materials must be in PC format and digital presentation items must be emailed to [email protected]
. Please label all materials with the corresponding agenda item number. Should technical assistance be necessary, it will be available to presenters from 5:30 p.m. to 5:50 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Presentation of video/digital/photographs are considered part of the maximum time limit provided to speakers.