City of Encinitas
Regular City Council Meeting - 6:00 p.m.
AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2025 -
06:00 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
4A.
Presentation of the Fairgrounds 2050 Project
2025-08-20 Item 04A Presentation of the Farigrounds 2050 Project
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. 2025-08-20 Item 05 Oral Communication Received
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.
7. Emergency Item added to the agenda regarding ICE Activity in the City of Encinitas based on the findings included in the approved motion.
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 Warrants List (Register of Demands). Contact Person: Finance Manager Dinh Staff recommends that the City Council review and approve the warrants. 2025-08-20 Item 08B Approval of Warrants
8C.
2024 Climate Action Plan Annual Monitoring Report. 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. Contact Person: Civic Spark Fellow Maxwell Approve the 2024 Climate Action Plan Annual Monitoring Report. 2025-08-20 Item 08C 2024 CAP Annual report
8D.
Authorization of professional services agreements with Nature Collective and GHD, Inc. associated with the Cardiff State Beach Living Shoreline Project (CP16A), using California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC) grant funds, in the amount of $1,060,000, to support continued maintenance, monitoring, and permitting efforts for the project over the next five years. Environmental Considerations: The action being considered by the City Council is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because it is not a "project" as per Section 15378(b)(5). The action authorizes staff to implement an organizational or administrative activity of government that by itself will not result in a direct or indirect physical change in the environment. Contact Person: Coastal Zone Program Administrator Mierau Authorize the City Manager, or designee, in consultation with the City Attorney, to execute sole source professional services agreements with Nature Collective and GHD, Inc. for continued maintenance, monitoring, and permitting efforts associated with the Cardiff State Beach Living Shoreline Project, in substantial form. 2025-08-20 Item 08D Cardiff State Beach Living Shoreline 2025-08-20 Item 08D Cardiff State Beach Living Shoreline - Memo to Council 08-20-2025
9. ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR Staff reports will be given only if requested by the person who pulled the item.
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. 10A.
Consideration of Ordinance 2025-05 Amending Chapter 2.16, Campaign Regulations and Political or Other Noncommercial Signs-Quantity, Timing and Display Area, of the Encinitas Municipal Code. 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. Contact Person: City Clerk Hollywood Review proposed amendments to Encinitas Municipal Code Chapter 2.16 and introduce Ordinance No. 2025-05, titled "An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Encinitas, California Amending Chapter 2.16, Campaign Regulations and Political or Other Noncommercial Signs-Quantity, Timing and Display Area, of the Encinitas Municipal Code." 2025-08-20 Item 10A Encinitas Campaign Regulations Ordinance EMC 2.16 2025-08-20 Item 10A Encinitas Campaign Regulations Ordinance EMC 2.16 - Staff Presentation 2025-08-20 Item 10A Encinitas Campaign Regulations Ordinance EMC 2.16 - Public Comment
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 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. 12A.
Council initiated item from Council Member Luke Shaffer regarding Long-Term Growth Planning: Conceptual Land Use and Infrastructure Renderings for Future Population Scenarios and functional use (adjacent residents i.e. south Carlsbad, district 4) in the City of Encinitas (75,000 / 95,000 Residents); and Proactive Planning for Encinitas: Conceptual Land Use & Infrastructure Scenarios to Protect Community Character and Local Control Amid State Housing Pressures: Visualizing Encinitas at Potential Future Population Thresholds (75,000 / 95,000).
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) Direct staff to utilize the recently acquired visualization and planning software to create 2-3 conceptual renderings for each of the following population thresholds: 75,000 residents and 95,000 residents. These renderings should include land use, transportation corridors, public facilities, and infrastructure considerations. Staff may coordinate with planning and public works departments to align the renderings with realistic development capacity and fiscal constraints. 2) Direct staff to use recently acquired visualization and planning software to prepare 2-3 conceptual renderings for each of the following hypothetical thresholds: 75,000 residents and 95,000 residents. These renderings should reflect local priorities, capacity limits, and fiscal realities, not state-driven quotas. These renderings should include land use, transportation corridors, public facilities, and infrastructure considerations. Staff may coordinate with planning and public works departments to align the renderings with realistic development capacity and fiscal constraints. They will NOT serve as growth targets, but as a defensive planning tool to help the City of Encinitas resist overdevelopment and protect community values. 2025-08-20 Item 12A Council Initiated Item Shaffer - Total City Renderings 2025-08-20 Item 12A Council Initiated Item Shaffer - Total City Renderings - Public Comment 12B.
Council initiated item from Council Member Jim O’Hara regarding the need for design and implementation of a timed parking system at Las Verdes park.
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.
Direct Engineering and Planning to collaborate to propose a timed parking along Paseo Las Verdes between Quail Gardens and Encinitas Ranch. 2025-08-20 Item 12B Council Initiated Item O’Hara - Paseo de las Verdes Parking 2025-08-20 Item 12B Council Initiated Item O’Hara - Paseo de las Verdes Parking - Public Comment 12C.
Council initiated item from Deputy Mayor Joy Lyndes to form a Subcommittee to discuss the next steps for the operation of the Pacific View Arts Center (PVAC).
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 direct or indirect physical change in the environment.
Form a PVAC City Council Subcommittee, to discuss the next steps, with the goal of bringing back to City Council recommendations, in a timely manner. 2025-08-20 Item 12C Council Initiated Item Lyndes - Pacific View Arts Center 2025-08-20 Item 12C Council Initiated Item Lyndes - Pacific View Arts Center - Public Comment 12D.
Council initiated item by Councilmembers Marco San Antonio and Jim O’Hara to establish a new municipal code section under Chapter 9.01 prohibiting the use of a vehicle as living quarters during restricted hours.
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 direct or indirect physical change in the environment.
Direct city staff and legal counsel to draft an ordinance to add a new municipal code section entitled Use of Vehicle as Living Quarters, prohibiting the use of vehicles as living quarters during certain hours and to establish vehicle-based enforcement procedures. Draft to be presented for council review and consideration at a future meeting and incorporating the attached provisions "Proposed Ordinance/Municipal Code Language." 2025-08-20 Item 12D Council Initiated Item San Antonio and O’Hara - New Muni Code Section Use of Vehicles as Living Quarters 2025-08-20 Item 12D Council Initiated Item San Antonio and O’Hara - New Muni Code Section Use of Vehicles as Living Quarters - Public Comment
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 AUGUST 27, 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.