Agenda packet — La Mesa City Council, June 23, 2026 (part 1 of 3)

LA MESA CITY COUNCIL AND LA MESA PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY AGENDA

A Regular Meeting of the City Council and a Special Meeting of the La Mesa Public Financing Authority.

Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2026, 6:00 p.m.

Location: City Council Chambers, 8130 Allison Avenue
La Mesa, California
Elected
Officials:

Mayor Mark Arapostathis
Vice Mayor Lauren Cazares
Councilmember Patricia N. Dillard
Councilmember Laura Lothian
Councilmember Genevieve Suzuki
City Treasurer Matthew Strabone
Staff: City Manager Greg Humora
City Attorney Glenn Sabine
City Clerk Megan Wiegelman
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1. CALL TO ORDER

1.1 INVOCATION - COUNCILMEMBER DILLARD

1.2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

2. CITY MANAGER COMMENTS

3. COMMUNITY BULLETIN REPORTS

4. ADDITIONS AND/OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA

5. PRESENTATIONS

5.1 RECOGNITION OF FATHER CHRISTOPHER BONGATO FOR HIS

APPOINTMENT AS DIOCESAN VICAR FOR ETHNIC AND

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNITIES

6. PUBLIC COMMENTS – (TOTAL TIME – 15 MINUTES)
NOTE: In accordance with state law, an item not scheduled on the agenda may be brought forward by the general public for comment; however, the City Council will not be able to discuss or take any action on the item at this meeting.

If appropriate, the item will be referred to Staff or placed on a future agenda.

7. CONFLICT DISCLOSURES

8. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CONSENT CALENDAR
This is the time in which members of the Council or audience may pull items from the CONSENT CALENDAR for discussion. Public Comments are also invited on Consent Calendar items.

9. CONSENT CALENDAR
(Items 9.1 through 9.13)
The Consent Calendar includes items considered to be routine. Unless discussion is requested by members of the Council or audience, all Consent Calendar items may be approved by one motion.

Recommended Motion:

Approve Consent Calendar Items 9.1 through 9.13.

9.1 APPROVAL OF MOTION TO WAIVE THE READING OF THE TEXT OF

ALL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS AT THIS MEETING
Recommended Motion:

Approve.

9.2 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING HELD TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2026
1 Recommended Motion:

Approve.

9.3 RESOLUTIONS PERTAINING TO THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 3, 2026
9 Staff Reference: Ms. Wiegelman
Recommended Motion:

Adopt Resolutions.
a. RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE HOLDING OF A GENERAL

MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 3, 2026, FOR THE ELECTION OF CERTAIN

OFFICERS AS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE

LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RELATING TO

GENERAL LAW CITIES
Recommended Motion:

Adopt Resolution.
b. RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE BOARD OF

SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO TO

CONSOLIDATE A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE
HELD ON NOVEMBER 3, 2026, WITH THE STATEWIDE

GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE DATE
PURSUANT TO § 10403 OF THE ELECTIONS CODE
Recommended Motion:

Adopt Resolution.
c. RESOLUTION ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR

CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO

MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT THE

GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 3, 2026
Recommended Motion:

Adopt Resolution.

9.4 RESOLUTION APPOINTING THE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER

PRIMARY AND ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVES TO THE

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION
17 Staff Reference: Ms. Wiegelman
Recommended Motion:

Adopt Resolution.

9.5 RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT

WITH PARTNER INSIGHTS, LLC TO CONTINUE INDEPENDENT

POLICE AUDITOR SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY

POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD
20 Staff Reference: Mr. Dedmon
Recommended Motion:

Adopt Resolution.

9.6 RESOLUTION APPROVING PROJECT 2026-1209 - A FINAL MAP FOR LA MESA TRACT NO. 2023-2348, A ONE-LOT SUBDIVISION FOR A 73-UNIT CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT AT 9407 JERICHO ROAD IN THE R3 (MULTIPLE UNIT RESIDENTIAL) ZONE (APN 486-670-18-00) 45 Staff Reference: Ms. Santos
Recommended Motion:

Adopt Resolution.

9.7 ACCEPTANCE OF THE SINGLE AUDIT OF FEDERALLY ASSISTED GRANT PROGRAMS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025
121
Staff Reference: Ms. Esenwein
Recommended Motion:

Approve.

9.8 RESOLUTION ADOPTING (1) THE APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT (GANN SPENDING LIMIT) FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2027, AND (2) THE ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT FACTORS USED TO CALCULATE

THE APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT
140
Staff Reference: Ms. Esenwein
Recommended Motion:

Adopt Resolution.

9.9 ACCEPTANCE OF THE CITY OF LA MESA HOUSING ASSET

AUDITED FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND ADDENDUM TO THE
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR JUNE 30, 2025
146
Staff Reference: Ms. Esenwein
Recommended Motion:

Receive and file.

9.10 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2027

COMPENSATION PLAN, LISTING CLASSIFICATON RANGES/BANDS

AND PAY STEPS
164
Staff Reference: Ms. Spaniol
Recommended Motion:

Adopt Resolution.

9.11 RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO MEMORANDA OF

UNDERSTANDING REGARDING HOLIDAYS TO RENAME CESAR

CHAVEZ DAY TO FARMWORKERS DAY FOR THE LA MESA CITY
EMPLOYEES’ ASSOCIATION AND POLICE OFFICERS’

ASSOCIATION
176
Staff Reference: Ms. Spaniol
Recommended Motion:

Adopt Resolution.

9.12 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CONTRACT CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 TO SC VALLEY ENGINEERING, INC., FOR THE PHASE 6 SEWER
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BID NO. 25-12 (CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT NO. 8103)
184
Staff Reference: Mr. Throne
Recommended Motion:

Adopt Resolution.

9.13 RESOLUTION APPROVING A TASK ORDER TO COMPASS ROSE

GIS TO PROVIDE AS-NEEDED MAPPING AND GEOGRAPHIC

INFORMATION SYSTEM SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027
190
Staff Reference: Mr. Throne
Recommended Motion:

Adopt Resolution.

10. CONSENT CALENDAR –CITY COUNCIL AND CITY OF LA MESA PUBLIC

FINANCING AUTHORITY
The Consent Calendar includes items considered to be routine. Unless discussion is requested by members of the Council, Financing Authority or audience, all Consent Calendar items may be approved by one motion.

Recommended Motion:

Approve Consent Calendar Item 10.1.

10.1 ACCEPTANCE OF ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL

REPORT, INCLUDING THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT FOR THE CITY OF LA MESA
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025
199
Staff Reference: Ms. Esenwein
Recommended Motion:

Approve.

11. STAFF REPORTS

11.1 CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTING A SECOND ALTERNATE

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SAN DIEGO METRO WASTEWATER

JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY/COMMISSION
438
Staff Reference: Mr. Humora
Recommended Motion:

Approve.

11.2 CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN

AGREEMENT WITH THE SAN DIEGO EAST COUNTY ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE

LEAP FORWARD PROGRAM
439
Staff Reference: Mr. Dedmon
Recommended Motion:

Adopt Resolution.

12. COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS (3 MINUTE LIMIT)

13. AB 1234 REPORTS (GC 53232.3(d))

14. CITY ATTORNEY REMARKS

15. ADJOURNMENT
1 La Mesa City Council
Meeting Minutes
Date:

Location:

June 9, 2026, 6:00 p.m.

City Council Chambers, 8130 Allison Avenue
La Mesa, California

Present: Mayor Mark Arapostathis
Vice Mayor Lauren Cazares
Councilmember Patricia N. Dillard
Councilmember Laura Lothian
Councilmember Genevieve Suzuki
Staff: City Manager Greg Humora
Assistant City Manager Amanda Lee
City Attorney Glenn Sabine
City Clerk Megan Wiegelman
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1. CALL TO ORDER
The City Council minutes are prepared and ordered to correspond to the City Council Agenda. Agenda Items may be taken out of order during the meeting.

The Agenda Items were considered in the order presented.

Mayor Arapostathis called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m.

1.1 INVOCATION - COUNCILMEMBER DILLARD

1.2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

2. CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
There were no comments.

3. COMMUNITY BULLETIN REPORTS
The Mayor, Council, and staff made announcements and reported on various events taking place in the City. No action was taken.

4. ADDITIONS AND/OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA

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2 There were no additions or deletions to the agenda.

5. PRESENTATIONS

5.1 HELIX CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL 75TH ANNIVERSARY

PROCLAMATION
Mayor Arapostathis read a proclamation celebrating the 75th anniversary of Helix Charter High School and presented it to Lauren Knuth, Community Relations and Engagement Coordinator, and Dave Hardenburger, Academy Coordinator and President of the Helix Charter High Parent Teacher Student Organization Board.

5.2 HONORING MAYOR ARAPOSTATHIS FOR HIS YEARS OF

DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO C HOOK THEATER AND PETER PAN

JUNIOR THEATER
Vice Mayor Cazares read and presented a proclamation to Mayor Arapostathis in recognition of his years of dedicated service and contributions to C Hook Theater and Peter Pan Junior Theater.

6. PUBLIC COMMENTS – (TOTAL TIME – 15 MINUTES)
Stacey Turner spoke regarding the parking modifications recommended by the Council and the La Mesa Community Parking Commission's discussion of the proposed modifications at its May meeting.

Purita Javier spoke regarding concerns of ceramic manufacturing and toxicity hazards.

Cesar Javier spoke on various concerns.

Mary Anderka spoke regarding concerns with Senate Bill 79, which establishes state zoning standards for qualifying transit-oriented housing developments near major transit stops.

7. CONFLICT DISCLOSURES
There were no conflicts of interest disclosed.

8. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CONSENT CALENDAR
Cesar Javier spoke on Items 9.5, 9.7, 9.8, and 9.11.

9. CONSENT CALENDAR
(Items 9.1 through 9.12)

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3 *If a public hearing item is part of the Consent Calendar, the public hearing shall be deemed held if the item is not removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion and possible action (Item 9.4).

Vice Mayor Cazares spoke on Item 9.5.

Councilmember Suzuki spoke on Item 9.6.

Moved By Councilmember Suzuki
Seconded By Mayor Arapostathis
Approve Consent Calendar Items 9.1 through 9.12.

For (5): Mayor Arapostathis, Vice Mayor Cazares, Councilmember Dillard, Councilmember Lothian, and Councilmember Suzuki
Approved (5 to 0)

9.1 APPROVAL OF MOTION TO WAIVE THE READING OF THE TEXT OF

ALL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS AT THIS MEETING
Approve.

9.2 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING HELD TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2026
Approve.

9.3 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETINGS HELD TUESDAY, MAY 12, AND TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2026 Approve.

9.4 *STATUS UPDATE ON VACANCIES IN COMPLIANCE WITH
ASSEMBLY BILL 2561
Receive and file.

9.5 2026-2029 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE
CITY OF LA MESA AND LA MESA FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL #4759
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 2026-2029 MEMORANDUM OF

UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA MESA AND LA MESA
FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL #4759 AND AMENDING THE CITY OF LA
MESA COMPENSATION PLANS FOR FISCAL YEAR 27, FISCAL YEAR 28, AND FISCAL YEAR 29 FOR CLASSIFICATIONS IN THE LA MESA FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL #4759, INCLUDING SALARY RANGES

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4 Resolution No. 2026-055
Adopt Resolution.

9.6 RATIFICATION OF THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD'S APPROVAL OF PROJECT 2026-0124 (HANDEL’S ICE CREAM SHOP)

RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD'S
APPROVAL OF PROJECT 2026-0124 (HANDEL'S ICE CREAM SHOP) - A MAJOR REMODEL AND FAÇADE IMPROVEMENTS OF AN
EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUILDING LOCATED AT 7995 LA MESA
BOULEVARD (APN 470-561-17-00) IN THE CD-D (DOWNTOWN

COMMERCIAL/URBAN DESIGN OVERLAY) ZONE AND DOWNTOWN

VILLAGE SPECIFIC PLAN AREA
Resolution No. 2026-056
Adopt Resolution.

9.7 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

AGREEMENT WITH SWEEPING CORPORATION OF AMERICA FOR

STREET SWEEPING SERVICES
Resolution No. 2026-057
Adopt Resolution.

9.8 RESOLUTION AWARDING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

AGREEMENT TO RICK ENGINEERING COMPANY FOR ROADWAY

AND SITE DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE HOFFMAN AVENUE STREET

AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
Resolution No. 2026-058
Adopt Resolution.

9.9 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE
AGREEMENT WITH SOUTHWEST SIGNAL SERVICE, INC., FOR

STREET LIGHT MAINTENANCE AND EMERGENCY REPAIRS
Resolution No. 2026-059
Adopt Resolution.

9.10 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE
AGREEMENT WITH SOUTHWEST SIGNAL SERVICE, INC., FOR

TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAINTENANCE, EMERGENCY REPAIRS, AND

RELATED CONSTRUCTION SERVICES

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5 Resolution No. 2026-060
Adopt Resolution.

9.11 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL OF A GRANT

APPLICATION FOR THE CALTRANS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
PROGRAM CYCLE 8 TO FUND THE LEMON AVENUE SAFE ROUTES

TO SCHOOL CONNECTIONS PROJECT, AND IF AWARDED,

ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT
Resolution No. 2026-061
Adopt Resolution.

9.12 RESOLUTION AMENDING SUBSECTION 12.28.030 OF THE LA MESA

MUNICIPAL CODE, ESTABLISHING EXCEPTIONS TO FINLEY

AVENUE AS A THROUGH STREET
Resolution No. 2026-062
Adopt Resolution.

10. STAFF REPORTS

10.1 CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS RELATED TO SENATE BILL 707 AMENDMENTS TO THE RALPH M. BROWN ACT
City Clerk Wiegelman provided an overview of Senate Bill 707, a significant update to the Ralph M. Brown Act that expands public access to local government meetings, modernizes remote participation requirements, strengthens transparency, and reduces barriers to participation. She reviewed the impacts on Council meetings effective July 1, 2026, including hybrid meeting requirements, public comment procedures, a technology disruption policy, language access provisions, outreach efforts, and updated teleconferencing rules. City Clerk Wiegelman concluded by recommending adoption of three resolutions necessary to bring the City into compliance with the new law.

Council questions and comments ensued.

Cesar Javier spoke on the item.

Council questions and comments continued.

Resolution Nos. 2026-063, 2026-064, and 2026-065
Moved By Vice Mayor Cazares
Seconded By Councilmember Dillard

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6 Adopt Resolutions.

For (5): Mayor Arapostathis, Vice Mayor Cazares, Councilmember Dillard, Councilmember Lothian, and Councilmember Suzuki
Approved (5 to 0)
a. RESOLUTION AMENDING ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY A-4:

PUBLIC COMMENT FOR CITY COUNCIL AND BOARD AND

COMMISSION MEETINGS
Resolution No. 2026-063
Adopt Resolution.
b. RESOLUTION ADOPTING A DISRUPTION OF TELEPHONIC OR

INTERNET SERVICE POLICY FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
Resolution No. 2026-064
Adopt Resolution.
c. RESOLUTION DETERMINING REASONABLE EFFORTS TO

ENCOURAGE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN CITY COUNCIL

MEETINGS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION
54953.4
Resolution No. 2026-065
Adopt Resolution.

11. COUNCIL INITIATED

11.1 CONSIDERATION OF AUTHORIZING A LETTER OF SUPPORT TO THE

CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF JOINT POWERS AUTHORITIES FOR

PUBLIC AGENCY TORT REFORMS REGARDING LIABILITY CLAIMS -

MAYOR ARAPOSTATHIS
City Manager Humora explained the purpose of the request to authorize a letter of support for public agency tort reforms advocated by the California Association of Joint Powers Authorities.

Moved By Mayor Arapostathis
Seconded By Councilmember Lothian
Authorize a letter of support to the California Association of Joint Powers Authorities for public agency tort reforms regarding liability claims.

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7 For (5): Mayor Arapostathis, Vice Mayor Cazares, Councilmember Dillard, Councilmember Lothian, and Councilmember Suzuki
Approved (5 to 0)

11.2 CONSIDERATION OF DIRECTING STAFF TO REVIEW THE

INTERSECTION OF BALTIMORE DRIVE AND LAKE PARK WAY FOR

TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENT OPTIONS - VICE MAYOR

CAZARES
Vice Mayor Cazares explained the purpose of the request to direct staff to review the intersection of Baltimore Drive and Lake Park Way for traffic safety improvement options.

Moved By Vice Mayor Cazares
Seconded By Councilmember Suzuki
Direct staff to review the intersection of Baltimore Drive and Lake Park Way for traffic safety improvement options.

For (5): Mayor Arapostathis, Vice Mayor Cazares, Councilmember Dillard, Councilmember Lothian, and Councilmember Suzuki
Approved (5 to 0)

12. COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS (3 MINUTE LIMIT)
The Mayor and Council reported on various outside boards, commissions, and committee meetings they attended. No action was taken.

13. AB 1234 REPORTS (GC 53232.3(d))
There were no reports.

14. CITY ATTORNEY REMARKS
There were no remarks.

15. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Arapostathis adjourned the meeting at 7:07 p.m.
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City Clerk

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DATE: June 23, 2026
TO: Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Megan Wiegelman, CMC, City Clerk
VIA: Greg Humora, City Manager
SUBJECT: ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS PERTAINING TO THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 3, 2026
Adoption of the attached resolutions is required by law to call and provide notice of the November 3, 2026 General Municipal Election, request consolidation with the statewide General Election and election services from the County Registrar of Voters, and adopt regulations pertaining to candidate statements.

Staff recommends the Council adopt the attached resolutions.

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ATTACHMENT A
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-___

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA MESA,

CALIFORNIA, CALLING FOR THE HOLDING OF A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2026, FOR THE

ELECTION OF CERTAIN OFFICERS AS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF

THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RELATING TO GENERAL LAW CITIES
WHEREAS, under the provisions of the laws relating to general law cities in the State of California, a General Municipal Election shall be held on November 3, 2026, for the election of Municipal Officers.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, as follows:

SECTION 1. That pursuant to the requirements of the laws of the State of California relating to General Law Cities, there is called and ordered to be held in the City of La Mesa, California on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, a General Municipal Election for the purpose of electing one (1) Mayor for a full four-year term of office, two (2) Members of the City Council for a full four-year term of office, and one (1) City Treasurer for a full four-year term of office.

SECTION 2. That the ballots to be used at the election shall be in form and content as required by law.

SECTION 3. That the City Clerk is authorized, instructed and directed to coordinate with the County of San Diego Registrar of Voters to procure and furnish any and all official ballots, notices, printed matter and all supplies, equipment and paraphernalia that may be necessary in order to properly and lawfully conduct the election.

SECTION 4. That the vote centers for the election shall be open at seven o'clock a.m. of the day of the election and shall remain open continuously from that time until eight o'clock p.m. of the same day when the vote centers shall be closed, pursuant to Election Code Section 10242, except as provided in Section 14401 of the Elections Code of the State of California.

SECTION 5. That in all particulars not recited in this Resolution, the election shall be held and conducted as provided by law for holding municipal elections.

SECTION 6. That notice of the time and place of holding the election is given and the City Clerk is authorized, instructed and directed to give further or additional notice of the election, in time, form and manner as required by law.

SECTION 7. That in the event of a tie vote if any two or more persons receive an equal and the highest number of votes for an office as certified by the County of San Diego Registrar of Voters, the City Council, in accordance with Election Code Section 15651(a), shall set a date and time and place and summon the candidates who have received the tie votes to appear and will determine the tie by lot.

SECTION 8. The City Council authorizes the City Clerk to administer said election and all reasonable and actual election expenses shall be paid by the City upon presentation of a properly submitted bill.

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SECTION 9. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, held the 23rd day of June 2026, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
I, MEGAN WIEGELMAN, City Clerk of the City of La Mesa, California, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and exact copy of Resolution No. 2026- , duly passed and adopted by the City Council of said City on the date and by the vote therein recited.

MEGAN WIEGELMAN, CMC, City Clerk
(SEAL OF CITY)

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ATTACHMENT B
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-____

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA MESA

REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF SAN

DIEGO TO CONSOLIDATE A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 3, 2026, WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE DATE PURSUANT TO § 10403 OF THE ELECTIONS CODE WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Mesa called a General Municipal Election to be held on November 3, 2026, for the purpose of the election of a Mayor, two (2) Members of the City Council, and a City Treasurer;
WHEREAS, it is desirable that the General Municipal Election be consolidated with the Statewide General Election to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, and that within the City the precincts, vote centers and election officers of the two elections be the same, and that the Registrar of Voters of the County of San Diego (Registrar) canvass the returns of the General Municipal Election and that the election be held in all respects as if there were only one election; and
WHEREAS, Section 439.1 of the Administrative Code of the County of San Diego authorizes the Registrar to render specified services relating to the conduct of an election to any city or district which has by resolution requested the Board of Supervisors to permit the Registrar to render the services, subject to requirements set forth in that section.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, as follows:

SECTION 1. That pursuant to the requirements of § 10403 of the Elections Code, the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego is hereby requested to consent and agree to the consolidation of a General Municipal Election with the Statewide General Election on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, for the purpose of the election of a Mayor, two (2) Members of the City Council, and a City Treasurer.

SECTION 2. That the Registrar is authorized to canvass the returns of the General Municipal Election. The election shall be held in all respects as if there were only one election, and only one form of ballot shall be used. The election will be held and conducted in accordance with the provisions of law regulating the statewide election.

SECTION 3. That the Board of Supervisors is requested to issue instructions to the Registrar to take any and all steps necessary for the holding of the consolidated election.

SECTION 4. That the City of La Mesa (City) recognizes that additional costs will be incurred by the County of San Diego (County) by reason of this consolidation and agrees to reimburse the County for any costs upon presentation of a bill therefore, and the City agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the County, its officers, agents and employees from expense of liability, including reasonable attorney’s fees, as the result of an election contest arising after conduct of the election, so long as the basis for any such claim arises from the conduct of the City or as a result of the reasonable reliance by County upon information provided by City.

SECTION 5. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to file a certified copy of this

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resolution with the Board of Supervisors and the Registrar.

SECTION 6. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, held the 23rd day of June 2026, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

MEGAN WIEGELMAN, CMC, City Clerk
(SEAL OF CITY)

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ATTACHMENT C
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA MESA ADOPTING

REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO

MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2026
WHEREAS, § 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California allows each candidate for elective office to prepare a candidate statement of no more than 200 words on a form provided by the elections official;
WHEREAS, § 13307 and the Federal Voting Rights Act require the elections official to include the written statements of each candidate in the voter information guide, with translation into all languages required by the County of San Diego; and WHEREAS, § 13307 permits the governing body of any local agency to estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating, mailing, and electronically distributing these candidate statements and to require each candidate filing such a statement to pay in advance their estimated pro rata share as a condition of having their statement included in the voter information guide.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, as follows:

SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. Pursuant to § 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California, each candidate for elective office to be voted for at an election to be held in the City of La Mesa on November 3, 2026, may prepare a candidate statement on an appropriate form provided by the City Clerk. The statement may include the name, age and occupation of the candidate and a brief description of no more than 200 words of the candidate's education and qualifications expressed by the candidate himself or herself. The statement shall not include party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or activity in partisan political organizations. The statement shall be filed in typewritten form in the Office of the City Clerk at the time the candidate's nomination papers are filed. The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period.

SECTION 2. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY. Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, candidate statements will be translated into all languages required by the County of San Diego Registrar of Voters (Registrar). The Registrar is required to translate voter information guide text, including candidate statements, into the following languages: Chinese (traditional), Filipino, Spanish and Vietnamese.

The Registrar will mail separate voter information guides and candidate statements in Chinese (traditional), Filipino, Spanish or Vietnamese to only those voters who are on the County voter file as having requested a voter information guide in a particular language or whose birthplace is in one of the respective language speaking countries. The Registrar will make the voter information guides and candidate statements in the required languages available at all vote centers, on the Registrar’s website, and in the Registrar’s office.

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SECTION 3. PAYMENT.

Translations: The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidate statement into any required foreign language as specified in Section 2 above pursuant to Federal and/or State law.

The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidate statement into any foreign language that is not required as specified in Section 2 above, pursuant to Federal and/or State law, but is requested as an option by the candidate.

Printing: The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate statement in English and the required foreign languages, as specified in Section 2 above, in the voter’s information guide and any foreign language the candidate requests as an option by the candidate.

The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating and mailing the candidates’ statements filed pursuant to the Elections Code, including costs incurred as a result of complying with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (as amended), and require each candidate filing a statement to pay in advance to the local agency his or her estimated pro rata share as a condition of having his or her statement included in the voter's information guide. In the event the estimated payment is required, the estimate is just an approximation of the actual cost that varies from one election to another election and may be significantly more or less than the estimate, depending on the actual number of candidates filing statements. Accordingly, the Clerk is not bound by the estimate and may, on a pro rata basis, bill the candidate for additional actual expense or refund any excess paid depending on the final actual cost. In the event of underpayment, the Clerk may require the candidate to pay the balance of the cost incurred. In the event of overpayment, the Clerk shall prorate the excess amount among the candidates and refund the excess amount paid within 30 days of the election, or as soon as possible thereafter.

SECTION 4. MISCELLANEOUS. All translations shall be provided by professionally certified translators.

The City Clerk shall comply with all recommendations and standards set forth by the California Secretary of State regarding occupational designations and other matters relating to elections.

SECTION 5. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to include additional materials in the voter information guide.

SECTION 6. That the City Clerk shall provide each candidate or the candidate's representative a copy of this Resolution at the time nominating petitions are issued.

SECTION 7. That all previous resolutions establishing Council policy on payment for candidate statements are repealed.

SECTION 8. That this Resolution shall apply at the next ensuing municipal election and at each municipal election after that time.

SECTION 9. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution.

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PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, held the 23rd day of June 2026, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

MEGAN WIEGELMAN, CMC, City Clerk
(SEAL OF CITY)

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DATE: June 23, 2026
TO: Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Megan Wiegelman, CMC, City Clerk
VIA: Greg Humora, City Manager
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION APPOINTING THE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER

PRIMARY AND ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVES TO THE

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION
The City was notified by San Diego Community Power (“SDCP”) that Catherine “Kate” Riegel, Community Engagement Coordinator, has been designated as SDCP’s primary representative to the City’s Environmental Sustainability Commission, succeeding Jen Lebron, Director of Public Affairs, who has served in that role since November 2022.

SDCP has also designated Jen Lebron as its alternate representative, succeeding Xiomalys Crespo, Senior Community Engagement Manager, who has served as the alternate representative since April 2024.

These representative changes require ratification from the Council.

Staff recommends the City Council approve the appointments and adopt the attached Resolution.

Attachment: A. Resolution
B. SDCP Nomination Letter

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RESOLUTION NO. 2026-

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA MESA APPOINTING

THE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER PRIMARY AND ALTERNATE

REPRESENTATIVES TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

COMMISSION
___________________________________________________________________ WHEREAS, on March 23, 2021, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2021-2884 adding a San Diego Community Power (“SDCP”) representative as a non-voting member of the La Mesa Environmental Sustainability Commission; and
WHEREAS, the SDCP Board of Directors has recommended the persons below to the City Council for appointment to the La Mesa Environmental Sustainability Commission.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, that the following are hereby appointed as members of the City of La Mesa Environmental Sustainability Commission, with their terms to commence after the oath or affirmation of allegiance for public officers or employees is executed as required by Article XX, Section 3 of the Constitution of the State of California, and to expire when their successors are appointed and qualified:

Environmental Sustainability Commission:

Catherine “Kate” Riegel is appointed as the SDCP primary representative Jen Lebron is appointed as the SDCP alternate representative PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, held the 23rd day of June 2026, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

MEGAN WIEGELMAN, CMC, City Clerk
(SEAL OF CITY)

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[email protected]
888-382-0169
City of La Mesa
Mayor and City Council
8130 Allison Avenue
La Mesa, CA 91942
May 20, 2026
RE: San Diego Community Power Representative and Alternate to the Environmental Sustainability Commission Dear Mayor and City Council,
On behalf of the San Diego Community Power (Community Power) Board of Directors, Catherine (“Kate”) Riegel, Community Engagement Coordinator, has been appointed as Community Power’s primary representative to the La Mesa Environmental Sustainability Commission. Ms. Riegel succeeds Jen Lebron, Senior Director of Public Affairs, who has served as the primary representative since November 2022.

Ms. Lebron will continue her service to the Commission in the capacity of alternate representative, succeeding Xiomalys Crespo, Senior Community Engagement Manager, who was appointed to that role in April 2024.

Sincerely,
Karin Burns

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REPORT to the MAYOR and MEMBERS of the CITY COUNCIL
From the CITY MANAGER
DATE: June 23, 2026
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE

AGREEMENT WITH PARTNER INSIGHTS, LLC TO

CONTINUE INDEPENDENT POLICE AUDITOR

SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY POLICE

OVERSIGHT BOARD
ISSUING DEPARTMENT: City Manager’s Office
Recommendation:

Approve an amendment to the agreement with Partner Insights, LLC to continue independent police auditor services in support of the Community Police Oversight Board.

Fiscal Impact:

Funding is budgeted in the Fiscal Year 2027 budget in the City Manager Professional and Specialized Services Account No. 1301-6430. The annual cost of the agreement is $80,000 to $100,000 depending on the number of complaints filed each year.

City’s Strategic Goals:
 Maintain a community where residents and visitors feel safe.

BACKGROUND:

On October 8, 2019, the City Council created the Citizen Public Safety Oversight Task Force (“Task Force”) to research public safety oversight models and provide recommendations to the City Council. Following its review, the Task Force recommended establishing a Community Police Oversight Board (“CPOB”) and hiring an Independent Police Auditor (“IPA”).

On October 13, 2020, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2020-2881, adding Chapter

2.30 to the La Mesa Municipal Code and formally creating the CPOB and the IPA.

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Report to Mayor and Councilmembers
Date: June 23, 2026
Page: 2 of 3
The CPOB’s purpose is to provide recommendations to the City on specific matters related to police operations. The IPA is responsible for reviewing resident complaints and internal investigations involving the La Mesa Police Department (“LMPD”) to ensure they are objective, thorough, and appropriate, and for making related recommendations. Working together, the CPOB and IPA provide an annual report to the City Council and the Chief of Police summarizing activities from the prior year and work related to the CPOB’s mission.

To ensure the selection process of the IPA included feedback from multiple perspectives, a Selection Committee included members of the CPOB, the La Mesa Police Department, and the City Manager’s Office. After forming the Selection Committee, the City advertised RFP 22-01 in March 2021. After receiving two non-responsive proposals, the City reissued the RFP in April and received four new responsive proposals. After the Selection Committee scored the proposals and conducted interviews, Diligence, LLC (“Diligence”) was the highest scoring firm. In July 2021, Council approved an agreement with Diligence for IPA services.

Diligence subsequently changed their name to BartlettJames, LLC (“BartlettJames”) in 2022.

In 2025, the owner of BartlettJames retired and all rights and obligations under the agreement were assigned to Partner Insights, LLC (“Partner Insights”), which was formed by remaining staff at BartlettJames, including the current IPA.

At its meeting on June 17, 2026, the CPOB reviewed the proposed amendment to continue IPA services with Partner Insights. Following discussion, the CPOB voted unanimously to recommend that the City Council approve the amendment to continue IPA services in support of the Board’s ongoing oversight responsibilities.
.

DISCUSSION:

The agreement with Partner Insights expires on June 30, 2026. Pursuant to Section 26 (Integration; Amendments) of the Agreement, both parties have mutually agreed to extend the agreement. The extension is based on Partner Insights’ strong performance, including clear, timely, and effective communication with both the CPOB and LMPD Command staff.

Partner Insights has also confirmed its interest in continuing to provide IPA services to the City.

The CPOB has reviewed the proposed amendment and recommends continuation of IPA services. Continued retention of Partner Insights will ensure uninterrupted independent oversight services that support transparency, accountability, and public confidence in police oversight processes.

Section 2.40.070(A)(6) of the Municipal Code authorizes the City to waive competitive bidding for professional, specialized or consulting services by firms who have performed similar or equal satisfactory work previously for the City on the same scope of work, program or project area. The Municipal Code also requires that waivers of competitive bidding over fifty thousand dollars shall be approved by resolution of the City Council. The waiver of competitive bidding is included in the amendment resolution.

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Report to Mayor and Councilmembers
Date: June 23, 2026
Page: 3 of 3
CONCLUSION:

Staff recommends that the City Council approve an amendment to an agreement with Partner Insights, LLC to continue independent police auditor services in support of the Community Police Oversight Board.

Reviewed by: Respectfully submitted by:
____________________ ____________________
Greg Humora Amanda Lee
City Manager Assistant City Manager
____________________
Lyn Dedmon
Assistant to the City Manager
Attachments: A. Resolution
B. Agreement with Partner Insights

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RESOLUTION NO. 2026-

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA MESA

APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH PARTNER

INSIGHTS, LLC TO CONTINUE INDEPENDENT POLICE AUDITOR SERVICES

IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD
WHEREAS, on October 13, 2020, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2020-2881 adding Chapter 2.30 to the La Mesa Municipal Code creating a Community Police Oversight Board (“CPOB”) and Independent Police Auditor (“IPA”);
WHEREAS, the Agreement with the City’s IPA, Partner Insights, LLC (“Partner Insights”), expires on June 30, 2026;
WHEREAS, Section 26 (Integration; Amendments) of the Agreement with Partner Insights (“Agreement”) authorizes amendments upon mutual consent of both parties; WHEREAS, the City and Partner Insights desire to continue with their services; WHEREAS, Section 2.40.070(A)(6) of the Municipal Code authorizes the City to waive competitive bidding for professional, specialized or consulting services by firms who have performed similar or equal satisfactory work previously for the City on the same scope of work, program or project area;
WHEREAS, the Municipal Code requires that waivers of competitive bidding over fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall be approved by resolution of the City Council; WHEREAS, such authority applies to the draft Amendment to the Agreement; and WHEREAS, due to Partner Insights’ satisfactory performance, Staff is recommending waiving competitive bidding and approving the draft Amendment to the Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, that the City Council intends to approve the attached draft Amendment to the Agreement.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, held the 23rd day of June 2026, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

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MEGAN WIEGELMAN, CMC, City Clerk
(SEAL OF CITY)

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City of La Mesa

SERVICES AGREEMENT

INDEPENDENT POLICE AUDITOR SERVICES

IN SUPPORT OF THE LA MESA COMMUNITY

POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD

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2 TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. STANDARD AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ...............................

2. ENGAGEMENT OF CONTRACTOR............................................................................

3. SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED BY CONTRACTOR ..............................................

4. LOCATION OF SERVICES...........................................................................................

5. KEY PROJECT PERSONNEL .......................................................................................

6. CITY REPRESENTATION ............................................................................................

7. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CITY .............................................................................

8. PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE......................................................................................

9. ITEMS TO BE DELIVERED TO CITY.........................................................................

10. COMPENSATION TO CONTRACTOR........................................................................

11. HOLD HARMLESS ........................................................................................................

12. INSURANCE...................................................................................................................

13. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT FOR CAUSE OR CONVENIENCE...................

14. NOTICES.........................................................................................................................

15. DISPUTE RESOLUTION...............................................................................................

16. CONTRACTORS ............................................................................................................

17. INTEREST OF MEMBERS OF THE CITY...................................................................

18. INTEREST OF CONTRACTOR AND EMPLOYEES;.................................................

19. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR..................................................................................

20. PERS ELIGIBILITY INDEMNIFICATION .................................................................

21. CONTRACTOR NOT AGENT.......................................................................................

22. FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT ..................................................................................

23. RECORDS.......................................................................................................................

24. DESIGN CHANGES OR REVISIONS...........................................................................

25. OWNERSHIP OF WORK...............................................................................................

26. INTEGRATION; AMENDMENTS ................................................................................

27. ADDITIONAL SERVICES OUTSIDE SCOPE .............................................................

28. CHANGES.......................................................................................................................

29. NON-DISCLOSURE.......................................................................................................

30. JOB SITE SAFETY.........................................................................................................

31. BUSINESS LICENSE .....................................................................................................

32. PREVAILING WAGES FOR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS.......................................

33. CONFLICT BETWEEN AGREEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS ......................

34. SIGNATURES.................................................................................................................

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3 1. STANDARD AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Between the City of La Mesa and
Partner Insights, LLC
for Independent Police Auditor Services in Support
of the Community Police Oversight Board
This Agreement is entered into by City of La Mesa as of ____________, by and between the City of La Mesa, a municipal corporation, hereinafter referred to as "the City", and Partner Insights, LLC, hereinafter referred to as "Contractor."
WITNESSETH THAT:

WHEREAS, the City has need for professional services to perform independent police auditor services in support of the Community Police Oversight Board and is willing to compensate Contractor for such services;
WHEREAS, the City desires to engage Contractor to render certain professional services in the providing of independent police auditor services; and
WHEREAS, Contractor is qualified to provide independent police auditor services; NOW THEREFORE, the parties do mutually agree as follows:

2. ENGAGEMENT OF CONTRACTOR
The City hereby agrees to engage Contractor and Contractor hereby agrees to perform the services set forth in this Agreement. This Agreement shall be for an initial term from the execution date of the Agreement through June 30, 2029, and may be renewed for an additional two (2) one-year terms by mutual written consent of both parties. The City Manager shall have sole and exclusive right to exercise any options contained in this Agreement on behalf of the City.

3. SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED BY CONTRACTOR
Contractor shall commence performance of the Project upon execution of this Agreement by both parties. The term "Project" as used in this Agreement shall include all of the tasks and items listed and described in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and incorporated herein as part of this Agreement.

4. LOCATION OF SERVICES
Contractor agrees to provide the services at 8085 University Ave within the City for the full term of this Agreement. No changes will be made without prior written approval by the City.

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4 5. KEY PROJECT PERSONNEL
Contractor agrees to provide the services of the officers and owners as listed in the Cost of Services schedule in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and incorporated herein for the full term of this contract.

No other substitutions will be made without prior written approval by the City. The City reserves the right to request specific qualifications for personnel substituted under this section.

6. CITY REPRESENTATION
The City Manager for the City of La Mesa, or their designated representative, shall represent the City in all matters pertaining to the services rendered pursuant to this Agreement and shall administer said Agreement on behalf of the City. This person shall hereinafter be referred to as the "City's Representative."

7. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CITY
The City will provide the Contractor, or cause to be provided with, the following documents, services and site information, at no charge to the Contractor.

A. Any necessary electronic files, documents, information and/or data as reasonably needed for Contractor’s performance in carrying out the tasks and items listed and described in Exhibit “A”, attached hereto and incorporated herein as part of this Agreement.

8. PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Both Contractor and the City recognize that time is of the essence in the completion of this work and the following schedule is dependent upon timely actions by the Contractor and the City.

Accordingly, the Contractor shall complete all of the work outlined in Exhibit "A" and as scheduled therein.

The Contractor shall not be responsible for damages or be in default or deemed to be in default by reason of strikes, lockouts, accidents, or acts of God, or failure of City to furnish timely information or to approve or disapprove Contractor's work promptly, or delay or faulty performance by City, or governmental agencies.

Contractor shall devote such time to the performance of services pursuant to this Agreement as may be reasonably necessary for satisfactory performance of Contractor's obligations pursuant to this Agreement.

9. ITEMS TO BE DELIVERED TO CITY
The items to be delivered by the Contractor to the City are as described in Exhibit “A”, attached hereto and incorporated herein.

10. COMPENSATION TO CONTRACTOR
Payments shall be made monthly based upon evidence that the work is progressing satisfactorily as determined by the City Representative and substantiated with detailed invoices. The amount to

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5 be billed shall be based on the Contractor Cost of Services schedule for professional services and the actual time required for each activity. The schedule of fees is as shown in the Cost of Services schedule in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein.

The total fee for professional services shall be billed monthly on an hourly time-and-material basis with a total amount not-to-exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) annually. The City shall compensate Contractor for the services performed hereunder within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of Contractor's invoice for the services performed. The City shall promptly review invoicing and notify Contractor of any objection thereto in writing within fifteen (15) days of receipt of the invoice; absent such objection the invoice shall be deemed proper and acceptable.

In the event that any undisputed invoice is not paid within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt of the invoice by the City, it shall commence bearing interest on the date that the invoice was rendered at the rate of 1% per month and the City agrees to pay all accrued interest, together with the charges for services rendered.

11. HOLD HARMLESS
To the furthest extent allowed by law, Contractor shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend City and each of its officers, officials, employees, agents and volunteers from any and all loss, liability, fines, penalties, forfeitures, costs and damages (whether in contract, tort or strict liability, including but not limited to personal injury, death at any time and property damage), and from any and all claims, demands and actions in law or equity (including reasonable attorney's fees and litigation expenses) that arise out of, pertain to, or relate to the negligence, recklessness or willful misconduct of Contractor, its principals, officers, employees, agents or volunteers in the performance of this Agreement.

If Contractor should subcontract all or any portion of the services to be performed under this Agreement, Contractor shall require each subcontractor to indemnify, hold harmless and defend City and each of its officers, officials, employees, agents and volunteers in accordance with the terms of the preceding paragraph.

This section shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement.

12. INSURANCE
Contractor shall procure and maintain for the duration of the contract insurance against claims for injuries to persons or damages to property which may arise from or in connection with the performance of the work hereunder and the results of that work by the Contractor, his agents, representatives, employees or subcontractors.

The certificate holder should be stated as:

City of La Mesa
Attn: Risk Management
8130 Allison Avenue, La Mesa, CA 91942

MINIMUM SCOPE AND LIMIT OF INSURANCE

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6 Coverage shall be at least as broad as:

A. Commercial General Liability (CGL): Insurance Services Office Form CG 00 01 covering CGL on an “occurrence” basis, including products and completed operations, property damage, bodily injury and personal & advertising injury with limits no less than $2,000,000 per occurrence. If a general aggregate limit applies, either the general aggregate limit shall apply separately to this project/location (ISO CG 25 03 or 25 04) or the general aggregate limit shall be twice the required occurrence limit.

B. Automobile Liability: ISO Form Number CA 00 01 covering any auto (Code 1), or if Contractor has no owned autos, hired, (Code 8) and non-owned autos (Code 9), with limit no less than $1,000,000 per accident for bodily injury and property damage.

C. Sexual Abuse or Molestation (SAM) Liability (applicable to programs/services working with youth): If the CGL policy referenced above is not endorsed to include affirmative coverage for sexual abuse or molestation, Contractor shall obtain and maintain a policy covering Sexual Abuse and Molestation with a limit no less than $1,000,000 per occurrence or claim.

D. Workers’ Compensation: as required by the State of California, with Statutory Limits, and Employer’s Liability Insurance with limit of no less than $1,000,000 per accident for bodily injury or disease.

E. Professional Liability (Errors and Omissions): Insurance appropriate to the Contractor’s profession, with limit no less than $2,000,000 per occurrence or claim, $2,000,000 aggregate. (If applicable)
F. If the Contractor maintains broader coverage and/or higher limits than the minimums shown above, the City requires and shall be entitled to the broader coverage and/or the higher limits maintained by the contractor. Any available insurance proceeds in excess of the specified minimum limits of insurance and coverage shall be available to the City.

G. Cyber Insurance (If applicable):

Consultant or Vendor shall procure and maintain for the duration of the contract insurance against claims for security breaches, system failures, injuries to persons, damages to software, or damages to property (including computer equipment) which may arise from or in connection with the performance of the work hereunder by the Consultant, its agents, representatives, or employees. Consultant shall procure and maintain for the duration of the contract insurance claims arising out of their services and including, but not limited to loss, damage, theft or other misuse of data, infringement of intellectual property, invasion of privacy and breach of data.

Cyber Insurance, with limits not less than $2,000,000 per occurrence or claim, $2,000,000 aggregate. Coverage shall be sufficiently broad to respond to the duties and obligations as is undertaken by Consultant in this agreement and shall include, but not be limited to, claims involving security breach, system failure, data recovery, business interruption,

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7 cyber extortion, social engineering, infringement of intellectual property, including but not limited to infringement of copyright, trademark, trade dress, invasion of privacy violations, information theft, damage to or destruction of electronic information, release of private information, and alteration of electronic information. The policy shall provide coverage for breach response costs, regulatory fines and penalties as well as credit monitoring expenses.

Technology Professional Liability Errors and Omissions Insurance appropriate to the Consultant’s profession and work hereunder, with limits not less than $2,000,000 per occurrence. Coverage shall be sufficiently broad to respond to the duties and obligations as is undertaken by the Consultant in this agreement and shall include, but not be limited to, claims involving security breach, system failure, data recovery, business interruption, cyber extortion, social engineering, infringement of intellectual property, including but not limited to infringement of copyright, trademark, trade dress, invasion of privacy violations, information theft, damage to or destruction of electronic information, release of private information, and alteration of electronic information. The policy shall provide coverage for breach response costs, regulatory fines and penalties as well as credit monitoring expenses. a. The Policy shall include, or be endorsed to include, property damage liability coverage for damage to, alteration of, loss of, or destruction of electronic data and/or information “property” of the Agency in the care, custody, or control of the Consultant.

If the Consultant maintains broader coverage and/or higher limits than the minimums shown above, the City requires and shall be entitled to the broader coverage and/or the higher limits maintained by the Consultant. Any available insurance proceeds in excess of the specified minimum limits of insurance and coverage shall be available to the City.

OTHER INSURANCE PROVISIONS
The insurance policies are to contain, or be endorsed to contain, the following provisions:

Additional Insured Status
The City, its officers, officials, employees, and volunteers are to be covered as additional insureds on the CGL policy with respect to liability arising out of work or operations performed by or on behalf of the Contractor including materials, parts, or equipment furnished in connection with such work or operations. Coverage can be provided in the form of an endorsement to the Contractor’s insurance (at least as broad as ISO Form CG 20 10 11 85 or the addition of both CG 20 10, CG 20 26, CG 20 33, or CG 20 38; and CG 20 37 if a later edition is used).

Primary Coverage
For any claims related to this contract, the Contractor’s insurance coverage shall be primary and non-contributory and at least as broad as ISO CG 20 01 12 19 as respects the Entity, its officers, officials, employees, and volunteers. Any insurance or self-insurance maintained by the City, its officers, officials, employees, or volunteers shall be excess of the Contractor’s insurance and shall not contribute with it. This requirement shall also apply to any Excess or Umbrella liability policies.

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8 Umbrella or Excess Policy
The Contractor may use Umbrella or Excess Policies to provide the liability limits as required in this agreement. The Umbrella or Excess policies shall be provided on a true “following form” or broader coverage basis, with coverage at least as broad as provided on the underlying Commercial General Liability insurance.

Notice of Cancellation
Each insurance policy required above shall provide that coverage shall not be canceled, nonrenewed, reduced in coverage or in limits except after 30 calendar day written notice has been given to City. Upon issuance by the insurer, broker, or agent of a notice of cancellation, nonrenewal, or reduction in coverage or in limits, Contractor shall furnish City with a new certificate and applicable endorsements for such policy(ies). In the event any policy is due to expire during the work to be performed for City, Contractor shall provide a new certificate, and applicable endorsements, evidencing renewal of such policy not less than 15 calendar days prior to the expiration date of the expiring policy.

Waiver of Subrogation
Contractor hereby grants to City a waiver of any right to subrogation which any insurer of said Contractor may acquire against the City by virtue of the payment of any loss under such insurance.

Contractor agrees to obtain any endorsement that may be necessary to affect this waiver of subrogation, but this provision applies regardless of whether or not the City has received a waiver of subrogation endorsement from the insurer.

Self-Insured Retentions
Self-insured retentions must be declared to and approved by the City. The City may require the Contractor to purchase coverage with a lower retention or provide proof of ability to pay losses and related expenses within the retention. The policy language shall provide, or be endorsed to provide, that the self-insured retention may be satisfied by either the named insured or City.

Acceptability of Insurers
Insurance is to be placed with insurers authorized to conduct business in the state with a current A.M. Best’s rating of no less than A:VII, unless otherwise acceptable to the City.

Claims Made Policies (applicable only to professional liability, see below) If any of the required policies provide claims-made coverage:

1. The Retroactive Date must be shown and must be before the date of the contract or the beginning of contract work.

2. Insurance must be maintained, and evidence of insurance must be provided for at least five (5) years after completion of the contract of work.

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9 3. If coverage is canceled or non-renewed, and not replaced with another claims-made policy form with a Retroactive Date prior to the contract effective date, the Contractor must purchase “extended reporting” coverage for a minimum of five (5) years after completion of work.

Verification of Coverage
Contractor shall furnish the City with original certificates and amendatory endorsements or copies of the applicable policy language effecting coverage required by this clause All documents are to be received and approved by the City before work commences. However, failure to obtain the required documents prior to the work beginning shall not waive the Contractor’s obligation to provide them. The City reserves the right to require complete, certified copies of all required insurance policies, including endorsements required by these specifications, at any time. These requirements shall survive expiration or termination of the Agreement.

Special Risks or Circumstances
City reserves the right to modify these requirements, including limits, based on the nature of the risk, prior experience, insurer, coverage, or other special circumstances.

If at any time during the life of this Agreement or any extension, Contractor or any of its subcontractors fail to maintain any required insurance in full force and effect, all work under this Agreement shall be discontinued immediately, and all payments due or that become due to Contractor shall be withheld until notice is received by City that the required insurance has been restored to full force and effect and that the premiums therefore have been paid for a period satisfactory to City. Any failure to maintain the required insurance shall be sufficient cause for City to terminate this Agreement. No action taken by City hereunder shall in any way relieve Contractor of its responsibilities under this Agreement.

The fact that insurance is obtained by Contractor shall not be deemed to release or diminish the liability of Contractor, including, without limitation, liability under the indemnity provisions of this Agreement. The duty to indemnify City and its elected officials, officers, officials, employees, agents and volunteers shall apply to all claims and liability regardless of whether any insurance policies are applicable. The policy limits do not act as a limitation upon the amount of indemnification to be provided by Contractor. Approval or purchase of any insurance contracts or policies shall in no way relieve from liability nor limit the liability of Contractor, its principals, officers, employees, agents, persons under the supervision of Contractor, vendors, suppliers, invitees, Contractors, subcontractors, or anyone employed directly or indirectly by any of them.

If Contractor should subcontract all or any portion of the services to be performed under this Agreement, Contractor shall require each subcontractor to provide insurance protection in favor of City, its elected officials, officers, officials, employees, agents and volunteers in accordance with the terms of each of the preceding paragraphs, except that the subcontractors' certificates and endorsements shall be on file with Contractor and City prior to the commencement of any work by the subcontractor.

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10 13. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT FOR CAUSE OR CONVENIENCE If, through any cause, the Contractor shall fail to fulfill in timely and proper manner their obligations under this Agreement, or if the Contractor shall violate any of the covenants, agreements, or stipulations of this Agreement, the City shall thereupon have the right to terminate this Agreement immediately by giving written notice to the Contractor of such termination and specifying the effective date thereof. In such event, all finished or unfinished documents, data, studies, surveys, drawings, maps, models, photographs and reports prepared by the Contractor under this Agreement shall, at the option of the City, become its property and the Contractor shall be entitled to receive just and equitable compensation for any work satisfactorily completed hereunder.

In addition to termination for cause, the City may terminate this Agreement for City’s convenience upon not less than fifteen (15) days written notice to Contractor. Upon receipt of said notice, the Contractor shall immediately cease all work under this Agreement unless said notice provides otherwise. If this Agreement is terminated as provided in this paragraph for City’s convenience, the Contractor shall be required to provide to City all finished or unfinished documents, data, studies, services, etc., prepared by the Contractor as may be requested by City and such work shall become City’s property upon payment to Contractor for the value of the work performed, less payments of compensation previously made.

Notwithstanding the above, the Contractor shall not be relieved of liability to the City for damages sustained by the City by virtue of any breach of the Agreement by the Contractor, and the City may withhold any payments to the Contractor for the purpose of set-off until such time as the exact amount of damages due the City from the Contractor is determined.

14. NOTICES
Notices and requests to the City or Contractor shall be delivered at the following addresses, either served personally on the designated representative or by U.S. Postal Service at the following addresses:

City: Contractor
Greg Humora Dennis Montejano
City Manager Executive Director, Partner Insights, LLC
8130 Allison Ave. 3047 Park Ave.

La Mesa, CA 91942 Clovis, CA 93611
(619) 667-1105 (559) 960-8177
[email protected] [email protected]

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11 15. DISPUTE RESOLUTION
The City shall require that all Contractors agree to submit any unresolved claims, counterclaims, disputes, controversies and other matters between them and the City or the Contractor and/or any subcontractors of any tier arising out of or relating to their agreement with the City or the breach thereof (“disputes”) first to mediation and then if not resolved, to non-binding arbitration prior to initiating suit or judicial proceeding.

If applicable – As provided in Public Contract Code section 9204, any claim filed by the Contractor on a public works project shall be reviewed by the City with 45 days and a written statement will be provided to the Contractor identifying what portion of the claim is disputed and what portion is undisputed. Upon receipt of a claim, the City and the Contractor may, by mutual agreement, extend the time period or it may be extended to allow City Council approval. The Contractor shall include reasonable documentation to support the claim. Any payment due on an undisputed portion of the claim shall be processed and made within 60 days after the City issues its written statement.

16. CONTRACTORS
Contractor will utilize the services of the following subcontractors during the course of this study:

None.

Payment for such services shall be the responsibility of the Contractor. No substitution of proposed subcontractors shall be made without prior written approval by the City.

None of the services covered by the Agreement shall be subcontracted without the prior consent of the City. The Contractor shall be as fully responsible to the City for the acts and omissions of their subcontractors, and of persons either directly or indirectly employed by them, as they are for the acts and omissions of persons directly employed by them. The Contractor shall insert in each subcontract appropriate provisions requiring compliance with the labor standards provisions of this Agreement.

Contractor shall not assign, delegate, or transfer this Agreement or any work hereunder, nor assign any monies due or to become due hereunder, except as expressly stated herein. In no event shall any contractual relation be created between any third party and the City without prior written consent of the City. A consent to one assignment shall not be deemed to be consent to any subsequent assignment.

17. INTEREST OF MEMBERS OF THE CITY
No member of the governing body of the City and no other officer, employee, or agent of the City who exercises any functions or responsibilities in connection with the planning and carrying out of the program, shall have any personal financial interest, direct or indirect, in this Agreement; and the Contractor shall take appropriate steps to assure compliance.

18. INTEREST OF CONTRACTOR AND EMPLOYEES;

STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS

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12 The Contractor covenants that they presently have no interest and shall not acquire interest, direct or indirect, in the study area or any parcels therein or any other interest which would conflict in any manner or degree with the performance of their services hereunder. The Contractor further covenants that in the performance of this Agreement, no person having any such interest shall be employed. City may require Contractor to complete and submit a Form 700, Statement of Economic Interests, in accordance with applicable law, to City Clerk.

19. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
At all times during the term of this Agreement, Contractor shall be an independent contractor and shall not be an employee of City. City shall have the right to control Contractor only insofar as the results of Contractor's services rendered pursuant to this Agreement; however, City shall not have the right to control the means by which Contractor accomplishes services rendered pursuant to this Agreement.

20. PERS ELIGIBILITY INDEMNIFICATION
In the event that Contractor’s employee and/or agent providing services under this Agreement claims or is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or the California Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) to be eligible for enrollment in PERS of the City, Contractor shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless City for the payment of any employer and employee contributions for PERS benefits on behalf of the employee as well as for payment of any penalties and interest on such contributions which would otherwise be the responsibility of the City.

Notwithstanding any other agency, state or federal policy, rule, regulation, law or ordinance to the contrary, Contractor’s employees providing service under this Agreement shall not qualify for or become entitled to, and hereby agree to waive any claims to, any compensation and benefit including but not limited to eligibility to enroll in PERS as an employee of City and entitlement to any contributions to be paid by City for employer contributions and/or employee contributions for PERS benefits.

21. CONTRACTOR NOT AGENT
Except as City may specify in writing, Contractor shall have no authority, express or implied, to act on behalf of City in any capacity whatsoever as an agent. Contractor shall have no authority, express or implied, pursuant to this Agreement to bind City to any obligation whatsoever.

22. FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
Contractor shall, at its sole cost and expense, furnish all facilities and equipment which may be required for furnishing services pursuant to this Agreement.

23. RECORDS
Contractor shall maintain adequate records to permit inspection audit of Contractor's time-andmaterial charges under this Agreement. Contractor shall make such records available to the City and to other public agencies responsible for approval, funding or auditing the project, during

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13 normal business hours upon reasonable notice. Nothing herein shall convert such records into public records and they will be available only to the City or to public agencies involved with approval, funding or audit functions. Such records shall be maintained by the Contractor for three (3) years following completion of the work under this Agreement.

24. DESIGN CHANGES OR REVISIONS
No design changes or revisions will be required and no payment therefor will be made except pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. No extra compensation shall be paid the Contractor for revisions required by reason of omissions or errors by the Contractor in the preparation of the original document, plans, working drawings, or specifications. Changes to the scope of this Agreement shall be negotiated prior to commencement of extra work.

25. OWNERSHIP OF WORK
All finished or unfinished documents, studies, reports, computer files and materials prepared by Contractor and subcontractors under this Agreement shall be considered the property of the City and will be turned over to the City upon demand, but in any event, upon completion of the Project.

The Contractor shall be allowed to retain copies of documents for his permanent records, if desired.

26. INTEGRATION; AMENDMENTS
This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter herein. There are no other agreements, expressed or implied, oral or written, except as set forth herein. This Agreement may be amended upon written mutual consent of both parties hereto.

Amendment requiring changes in compensation shall be subject to the City's change order procedures.

27. ADDITIONAL SERVICES OUTSIDE SCOPE
Only after written authorization from the City, additional services that Contractor could provide, or cause to be provided, include the following:

A. Additional work related to the Project but not included in the Scope of Work.

B. Additional work caused by changes unrelated to the Scope of Work described herein.

Contractor will be compensated for Contractor time and direct personnel expenses as approved by the City.

28. CHANGES
The City may, from time to time, request changes in the Scope of Services of the Contract to be performed hereunder. Such changes, including any increase or decrease in the amount of the Contractor's compensation, which are mutually agreed upon by and between the City and the Contractor shall be incorporated to this Contract.

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14 29. NON-DISCLOSURE
The designs, plans, reports, investigations, materials and documents prepared or acquired by the Contractor pursuant to this Agreement (including any duplicate copies kept by the Contractor) shall not be shown to any other public or private person or entity, except as authorized by the City.

The Contractor shall not disclose to any other public or private person or entity any information regarding the activities of the City except as authorized by the City.

30. JOB SITE SAFETY
The general or prime Contractor who is responsible for means, methods and procedures of the project shall be responsible for job site safety.

The prime contractor and all subcontractors of all tiers shall:

A. Be responsible for the safety of their respective employees as required by law.

B. Come under the jurisdiction and supervision of the general or prime contractor’s job site safety program.

C. Exercise reasonable care to avoid risk of injury to others as required by the professional standard of care.

31. BUSINESS LICENSE
The Contractor, including all subcontractors, shall obtain a business license for work within the City of La Mesa pursuant to La Mesa Municipal Code Sections 6.08.010 through 6.08.240.

No payments shall be made to any Contractor until such business license has been obtained, and all fees paid therefor, by the Contractor and all subcontractors. Business license applications and information may be obtained from the Finance Department, City Hall, 8130 Allison Avenue, La Mesa, CA 91942-5502, (619) 667-1118 or online at cityoflamesa.us/buslic.

32. PREVAILING WAGES FOR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS

IF APPLICABLE
A. No professional Contractor or subcontractor subject to the requirements of State of California’s prevailing wages may be awarded a contract, or contracted with, for a public works project (submitted on or after April 1, 2015) unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 [with limited exceptions from this requirement for bid purposes only under Labor Code section 1771.1(a)].

B. This Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

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15 33. CONFLICT BETWEEN AGREEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
In the event of a conflict between this Agreement and any documents incorporated by reference in this Agreement, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall supersede those contained in any such document incorporated by reference.

34. SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, City and Contractor have executed the Agreement.

PARTNER INSIGHTS, LLC
By: _________________________________
Dennis Montejano, Executive Director
Date: _____________

CITY OF LA MESA,
A Municipal Corporation
By: _________________________________
Dr. Mark Arapostathis, Mayor
Date: _____________
By: _________________________________
Greg Humora, City Manager
Date: _____________

APPROVED AS TO FORM
By: _________________________________

CITY ATTORNEY
Attachment: Exhibit A – Scope of Work and Cost Schedule

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Scope of Work
Partner Insights, LLC
Independent Police Auditor Services in Support of the La Mesa Community Police Oversight Board
Independent Police Auditor Responsibilities
In conformance with State and Federal law, the IPA shall have the authority to review and assess for objectivity, thoroughness, and appropriateness of the disposition citizen complaint investigations of misconduct and internal affairs investigations associated with the La Mesa Police Department ("LMPD"). The IPA can make recommendations regarding those investigations to the Chief of Police and the CPOB. The following scope of work is intended to cover the range of tasks the IPA may encounter or address over the course of the contract.

The IPA will be available to address questions from the CPOB regarding policies, procedures, and practices of the LMPD as well as support and assist the CPOB in the execution of its duties as defined by the Community Police Oversight Board Ordinance ("CPOB Ordinance").

The IPA will provide support related to the investigation of incidents of the LMPD involving use of force and engage in additional activities as described below.

1. Review of Policies, Procedures, and Practices
• Provide support to the CPOB with respect to the review of the following types policies, procedures, training, and practices: (1) Training and Regular Operations; (2) Hiring and Promotions; (3) Training as to Internal Investigations of Misconduct; (4) Initial and In-Service Training in De-Escalation Techniques, Human Relations Instruction, and Implicit Bias Training; (5) Community-Oriented Policing; and (6) any and all other areas of policing or LMPD policies, procedures, practices, and training that the CPOB finds appropriate for review.

2. Recommend Changes/Improvements to Policy, Procedure, or Training • Work with the CPOB to study, develop, and recommend alternative crimeprevention strategies to the Chief of Police, Mayor, City Council, and City Manager on topics including but not limited to those related to mental health, alcohol and substance abuse, homelessness, juvenile justice, and education.

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3. Review of LMPD Misconduct Complaints
• Receive notice of all complaints of police misconduct directly and deliver them to the Chief of Police and the CPOB.
• Timely receive copies of all complaints of police misconduct received directly by the LMPD.
• Automatically review and assess for objectivity, thoroughness, and appropriateness the investigation and dispositions of incidents of use of force involving the following: (1) accidental discharge of weapons, (2) officer-involved shootings. (3) officer-involved deaths; or officer-involved interactions resulting in serious bodily injury.
• Review and assess for objectivity, thoroughness, and appropriateness the Internal Affairs investigations and dispositions of any complaints of misconduct by the La Mesa Police Department or its officers at the request of the CPOB, regardless of how the complaint was received.
• Provide reports of each audit to the CPOB upon completion. • Train the CPOB on confidentiality and compliance issues. • Make recommendations to the CPOB and Chief of Police regarding further - investigation, processes, and dispositions.
• Meet with the City Manager, Chief of Police, and City Council upon request, but at least annually, to discuss the Independent Police Auditor's observations, concerns, and recommendations.
• Meet with the CPOB at least quarterly to discuss the Independent Police Auditor's observations, concerns, and recommendations. Meetings may be remote or in person at the request of the CPOB.
• Assist the CPOB at the CPOB's request in the auditing and assessment of the issues described in section 2.30100, subdivisions (g) and (h) of the CPOB Ordinance.
• Receive real time updates on investigations for monitoring and to coordinate interviews, if needed.
• Attend interviews of complainants, public witnesses, and sworn officers, and ask questions directly (civilians) or through the lead investigator (police personnel).

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• Access completed complaint investigation files including all evidence related to the issue, reports (as allowed by State law), analysis, proposed findings, and any proposed discipline.
• Provide evaluations as to whether an investigation is complete, thorough, and objective and an explanation if more investigation or a change in finding is recommended.
• Document any recommendations on policy, procedures, or training resulting from a complaint investigation.
• If an external investigator is used, provide input into the scope of work of the investigator and offer assistance in the selection of the investigator. • Attend public and internal meetings, either in person or over teleconference, to provide ongoing support and recommendation to the CPOB.

4. Receive Notice of Death, Serious Injury, or Other Critical Incidents • The IPA will receive timely notification of critical incidents with authority to respond to the scene, if needed. Critical incidents include:
o Officer-involved shootings, regardless of whether a person was hit by gunfire; o A traffic collision involving police officers that result in death or serious bodily injury to another person;
o A use of force resulting in death or serious bodily injury to another person; or o All deaths while an arrestee/detainee is in the custodial care of the LMPD unless there is no preliminary evidence of any of the following: misconduct, a use of force, or an act committed by an arrestee/detainee that appears intended to cause injury or death.

5. Public Reports
• Publish written public reports in conjunction with the CPOB regarding any of the issues, policies, procedures, and matters within the legal subject-matter jurisdiction of the CPOB as further described in the CPOB Ordinance. The IPA will work with the CPOB to issue additional public reports as it deems appropriate. • Publish written public reports in conjunction with the CPOB as described in the CPOB Ordinance on a semi-annual basis to the City Council and City Manager on the number of types of complaints reviewed and the CPOB's responses,

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investigative findings, analysis of police data, police progress on CPOB recommendations, and other updates relevant to the purpose of the CPOB. • In working with the CPOB, the IPA shall ensure that public reports omit or redact any confidential or privileged information as defined by State law.

6. Conduct Independent Investigations
• In cases in which the IPA deems an investigation insufficient or the LMPD does not open an investigation, and recommendations for additional investigation are not heeded, after written notification to and concurrence from the City Manager and the City Attorney, the IPA may conduct additional or an independent investigation. The LMPD will provide full access to all materials concerning the incident underlying the complaint and all relevant personnel.

8. CONTRACT MODIFICATION
From time to time, minor modifications may be required to the Scope of Work. Permanent modifications to the Scope of Work will be provided to the Contractor in writing. In the event such modifications, in the opinion of the Contractor, make compliance with contract conditions impractical, Contractor shall submit a written request for modification to the requirements in the Scope of Work. This request shall set forth in detail the reasons why the specified changes make the Scope of Work impractical and include Contractor’s proposal or recommendation to relieve the impracticality.

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COST SCHEDULE
Rick Rasmussen $198.45/hr.

Dennis Montejano $198.45/hr.

Karisa Croxton $71.66/hr.

The agreement is for a sum not-to-exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($100,000) per year to perform the scope of work. Compensation does not include health, vision, or dental benefits, contribution to any retirement account, or leave or compensatory time.

The following per diem charges for travel will apply annually in the performance of this Agreement:

Up to 4 airfare trips for Rick Rasmussen @ $500 ea. = $2,000 Up to 4 driving trips for Dennis Montejano @ $0.72 per mile x 500 miles (round trip) = $1,440
Up to 12 nights of hotel stay for both @ CA per diem rate of $199 = $2,388

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REPORT to the MAYOR and MEMBERS of the CITY COUNCIL
From the CITY MANAGER
DATE: June 23, 2026
SUBJECT: CONSIDERATION OF PROJECT 2026-1209 - A FINAL
MAP FOR LA MESA TRACT NO. 2023-2348, A ONE-LOT
SUBDIVISION FOR A 73-UNIT CONDOMINIUM
DEVELOPMENT AT 9407 JERICHO ROAD IN THE R3
(MULTIPLE UNIT RESIDENTIAL) ZONE (APN 486-670-
18-00)
ISSUING DEPARTMENT: Community Development and Public Works Recommendation:

That the City Council adopt the Resolution approving the final map for La Mesa Tract No. 2023-2348 (Attachment A).

Fiscal Impact:

There would be no fiscal impact to the General Fund related to this project. City of La Mesa policy is to recover 100% of the cost of staff time through application and permit fees. Upon project completion of the for-sale condominium units, the City will collect property tax revenue from the development..

City’s Strategic Goals:
 Promote a high quality of life that current and future generations can afford to call home.

Environmental Review:

A Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and CEQA Guidelines was considered and adopted at the time of the tentative tract map approval on May 13, 2025.

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Report to Mayor and Councilmembers
Date: June 23, 2026
Page: 2 of 3
Climate Action Plan Reduction Strategy:
 T-4: Mixed-Use and Transit-Oriented Development
BACKGROUND:

The 3.49-acre project site is rectangular
in shape and located at the junction of
Jericho Road and Broadmoor Drive, and
has frontage on the southwest side of
Jericho Road, as can be seen on the
vicinity map. Existing right-of-way
improvements along Jericho Road
include sidewalk, curb, gutter, abovegrade utility lines and two curb openings.

Photos of the Project site are provided in
Attachment B.

The project site is located just north of
Amaya Drive, and less than one half mile
west of the Amaya Trolley Station.

Surrounding development includes
single-family homes to the south and
east, and multi-family developments to
the north and west.

The 73 unit affordable housing condominium subdivision was approved on May 13, 2025 and included the following entitlements: a general plan amendment, a zone change, a site development plan, design review and a tentative tract map. Pursuant to Title 22, the Subdivision Ordinance of the La Mesa Municipal Code, a tentative and final map are required for all major subdivisions of land. City Council approval of the final map is required prior to recordation of the map and is the subject of this Council action.

DISCUSSION:

All of the tentative tract map conditions of approval have been satisfied to the satisfaction of the Director of Community Development and the Director of Public Works (Attachment C) and the final map is in full compliance with the approved tentative map, the Subdivision Map Act, and the Subdivision Ordinance (Attachment D). Title 22 states that approval of a final map shall not be denied by a reviewing body if it has previously approved a tentative map for the proposed subdivision and it finds that the final map is in substantial compliance with the approved tentative map.

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Date: June 23, 2026
Page: 3 of 3
A homeowners association (HOA) will be established to manage and maintain shared improvements including, but not limited to, landscape areas, driveways and guest parking areas, retaining walls, and storm water facilities. The on-site driveway areas will include an emergency fire access easement and utilities easement.

Public improvement plans have been prepared by the project applicant and approved by the City Engineer and are incorporated into the Subdivision Improvement Agreement (Attachment E). The proposed public improvements were bonded at the time of grading permit issuance. In addition, maintenance agreements/covenants for private road improvements and drainage facilities will also be required at the time of development.

CONCLUSION:

Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the resolution approving the final map for La Mesa Tract No. 2023-2348.

Reviewed by: Respectfully submitted by:
____________________ ____________________________
Greg Humora Lynnette Santos
City Manager Director of Community Development
____________________________
José G. Ornelas
Acting Director of Public Works
Attachments:A. Draft City Council Resolution
B. Site Photographs
C. City Council Approved Tentative Tract Map 2023-2348
D. Final Map for La Mesa Tract No. 2023-2348
E. Subdivision Improvement Agreement

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Attachment A
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA MESA APPROVING PROJECT 2026-1209 - A FINAL MAP FOR LA MESA TRACT NO. 2023-2348, A ONE-LOT SUBDIVISION FOR A 73-UNIT CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT AT 9407 JERICHO ROAD IN THE R3 (MULTIPLE UNIT RESIDENTIAL) ZONE (APN 486-670-18-00)
WHEREAS, the City of La Mesa has a strategic goal to promote a high quality of life that current and future generations can afford to call home; WHEREAS, on May 13, 2025, the City Council of the City of La Mesa did hold a duly noticed public hearing, received and considered a staff report, accepted public testimony, and approved a tentative tract map for a one-lot subdivision for a 73-unit condominium development at 9407 Jericho Road in the R3 (Multiple Unit Residential Zone (APN 486-670-18-00); WHEREAS, pursuant to Title 22, the Subdivision Ordinance, of the La Mesa Municipal Code, a tentative and final map are required for all major subdivisions; WHEREAS, City Council approval of the final map is required prior to recordation of the map; WHEREAS, all of the tentative tract map conditions of approval have been satisfied to the satisfaction of the Director of Community Development and the Director of Public Works and the final map is in full compliance with the approved tentative map, the Subdivision Map Act, and the Subdivision Ordinance;
WHEREAS, Title 22, the Subdivision Ordinance, of the La Mesa Municipal Code states that approval of a final map shall not be denied by a reviewing body if it has previously approved a tentative map for the proposed subdivision and it finds that the final map is in substantial compliance with the approved tentative map;
WHEREAS, public improvement plans have been prepared by the project applicant and approved by the City Engineer and are incorporated into the Subdivision Improvement Agreement; WHEREAS, a Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and CEQA Guidelines was considered and adopted on May 13, 2025, at the time of the tentative tract map approval;
WHEREAS, a final map has been submitted to the City Council, on file in the Office of the City Clerk; and
WHEREAS, the City Council did receive and consider a staff report on the request for approval of the final map.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, as follows:

1. That the subdivision conforms to the provisions of the City of La Mesa Municipal Code Title 22 and the Subdivision Map Act, California Code Section 66410 et seq.

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2. That the final map is in substantial compliance with the approved tentative tract map 2023-2348.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED as follows:

1. The foregoing findings of fact and determinations are true and hereby made a part hereof.

2. The City Council approves the final map for La Mesa Tract No. 2023-2348 as shown on the final map.

3. The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and instructed to execute for and on behalf of the City the final map for La Mesa Tract No. 2023-2348.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, held the 23rd day of June 2026, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

MEGAN WIEGELMAN, CMC, City Clerk
(SEAL OF CITY)

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;
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-050

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA MESA
APPROVING THE TENTATIVE TRACT MAP FOR PROJECT 2023-2348, A 73- UNIT FOR-SALE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AT 9407 JERICHO ROAD, APN 486- 670-18-00 IN THE R1 (URBAN RESIDENTIAL) ZONE
WHEREAS, on September 21, 2023, the Project Applicant, Meritage Homes, submitted an application for a General Plan Amendment, Rezoning, Site Development Plan, Tentative Tract Map, and Design Review (Project 2023-2348) to construct a 73-unit for- sale housing development at 9407 Jericho Road (APN 486-670-18-00) ("Project"); WHEREAS, the Project provides for eight (8) moderate income restricted units (80% - 120% Area Median Income (AMI));
WHEREAS, the Design Review Board held a public hearing, received and considered a staff report and reviewed Project 2023-2348 for consistency with the Urban Design Program and recommended approval (via Certificate of Action) of the Project on October 14, 2024; WHEREAS, a staff report and Notice of Decision for the Site Development Plan was posted for public review on November 21, 2024, and after five calendar days, the Community Development Director considered the staff report and public comments received for 2023-2348 and adopted NOD-2024-07 recommending the Planning Commission review and the City Council approve the Site Development Plan;
WHEREAS, the General Plan Amendment (GPA) re-designates the Project site from the "Urban Residential" (7 DU/AC) land use designation to the "Multiple Unit Residential" (18-23 DU/AC} land use designation;
WHEREAS, the Project site is appropriate for residential uses; WHEREAS, the Project Rezoning would rezone the Project site from R1 (Urban Residential) to R3 (Multiple Unit Residential);
WHEREAS, the Project is consistent with the City's Housing. Element, to provide safe and decent housing opportunities for all its residents, and offer a range of housing options to accommodate the diverse needs of the community and contribute to City's state mandated Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) allocation;
WHEREAS, the City has not yet met its share of RHNA allocation, and the Project would not have a significant, quantifiable, direct or unavoidable impact based on objective, identified, and written public health or safety conditions, standards, or policies on the date the application was deemed complete;
WHEREAS, the Project Tentative Tract Map creates building sites suitable for construction of for-sale units for needed housing;
WHEREAS, pursuant to AB 2097, no minimum parking requirements apply to the Project since it is located within a half-mile radius of a major transit stop; Attachment C

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WHEREAS, the Project design includes enhancements of extra parking, enclosed parking, and family housing to reduce the required building site area from 2,420 square feet minimum net lot area per dwelling unit to 1,895 square feet minimum net lot area per dwelling unit; WHEREAS, the Applicant is seeking to apply waivers of development standards set forth in Government Code Section 65915;
WHEREAS, in accordance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") and other applicable laws and regulations, the City prepared an Initial Study, a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) for the Project;
WHEREAS, the Initial Study identified mitigations to reduce impacts related to Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Geology/Soils/Paleontological Resources, Noise, Transportation, and Tribal Cultural Resources to a less than significant level, which are included in the MMRP to be adopted with the MND;
WHEREAS, pursuant to CEQA, the City prepared and circulated for a 30-day public review comment period from September 12, 2024, to October 14, 2024, an Initial Study and the MND, which concluded that with the implementation of mitigation measures identified in the MMRP and the Project conditions of approval, the Project would not have an adverse impact on the environment;
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission received and considered a staff report regarding the Project;
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on December 4, 2024 and accepted public testimony in considering Project 2023-2348; WHEREAS, on December 4, 2024, the Planning Commission recommended approval of the Initial Study and adoption of the MND (Resolution No. PC 2024-11); WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on December 18, 2024, and accepted public testimony in considering Project 2023-2348; WHEREAS, on December 18, 2024, the Planning Commission adopted Resolution PC-2024-14 recommending Council approve the GPA, Rezoning, Site Development Plan, and Tentative Tract Map related to the Project;
WHEREAS, on January 14, 2024, the City Clerk received an appeal of the Planning Commission's approval of Resolution PC-2024-14;
WHEREAS, On February 24, 2025, the Applicant elected to modify their original Density Bonus Report in accordance to State Density Bonus Law in order to consolidate the previously requested special permit(s) for retaining wall height and fill limits and mechanical equipment within the setbacks, as well as requests for tandem parking and distance between buildings as waivers of development standards as allowed pursuant to State Density Bonus Law; WHEREAS, on March 7, 2025, a staff report for the substantial conformance review of the applicant's request to modify the Site Development Plan was posted to the City's webpage for public review and comment for five calendar days;

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WHEREAS, the Director of Community Development determined that the proposed changes were in substantial conformance with Notice of Decision NOD 2024-07 and no further action was necessary on March 13, 2025;
WHEREAS, On March 27, 2025, the applicant elected to modify their original Density Bonus Report in accordance to State Density Bonus Law in order to include additional waivers of development standards for open space and landscaping for off-street parking areas; WHEREAS, on March 27, 2025, a staff report for a substantial conformance review of the Site Development Plan amendment was posted to the City's webpage for public review and comment for five calendar days;
WHEREAS, the Director of Community Development determined that the proposed changes were in substantial conformance with Notice of Decision NOD 2024-07 and no further action was necessary on April 2, 2025;
WHEREAS, the Council conducted a public hearing on May 13, 2025, and accepted public testimony in considering the appeal of Resolution PC-2024-14 and denied the appeal; and WHEREAS, the Council did hold a separate, public hearing on May 13, 2025, and accepted public testimony in considering the Project.

THE CITY COUNCIL FINDS AND DETERMINES AS FOLLOWS:

1. Based on the record in its entirety and in its own independent judgment and analysis, there is no substantial evidence that the Project will have a significant effect on the environment with implementation of the mitigation measures identified in the Initial Study and MND and MMRP prepared for the Project and included as conditions of approval herein.

2. Tentative Tract Map Findings (La Mesa Municipal Code Section 22.02.010):
a. That the TTM is consistent with the General Plan.

With a General Plan Amendment and Rezoning, the map is consistent with the General Plan Land Use & Urban Design Element and Housing Element. The proposed density of 20.92 units per acre is within the 23-unit maximum density of the proposed R3 zone and Multiple Unit Residential land use designation of the General Plan.
b. Thatthe design or improvement of the TTM is consistent with the General Plan.

The design and improvement of the TTM is consistent with the GPA. The Project is a residential subdivision designed to conform to the City's subdivision standards, development standards and design guidelines, including the citywide Urban Design Program. The Design Review Board reviewed the Project for consistency with the Urban Design Program, which includes neighborhood compatibility guidelines. As conditioned, the Project complies with safety requirements, including building and fire codes and accessibility standards, consistent with Policy LU-1.2.2. The General Plan supports infill development that reinforces neighborhood strengths, benefits neighborhood identity (Policy LU-2.1.2), and fits within the context of the neighborhood (Policy LU-2.2.2). The General Plan also cites the importance of providing

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opportunities for affordable housing in all residential areas to support the policies and programs for the City's Housing Element (Policy LU-4.1.1 ).

By providing 8 moderate income restricted units, the Project meets the objectives of the General Plan Land Use Element.
c. That the Project site is physically suitable for the type of development.

The Project site is physically suitable for residential townhome development, due to its location within an urban neighborhood with frontage on a public street and within walking distance to the Amaya Trolley Station. The Project provides new housing with access to existing neighborhood services, nearby schools, and utility services. The Project site is currently developed, and has no physical constraints that would hinder construction of three-story residences with garages as proposed. Prior to the issuance of any permits, the Project shall be reviewed for compliance with the California Building and Fire Codes. The required maintenance covenants for on-site landscape, utility and roadway ensure Project maintenance over time.
d. That the Project site is physically suitable for the proposed density of development.

The Project site is physically suitable for the proposed density of development. A density of 20.92 units per acre can be accommodated on the Project site to include adequate parking, open space and fire apparatus access. The Project site has no constraints prohibiting the proposed density and can accommodate the Project. All utilities are present for connection to new units.
e. That the design of the TTM or the proposed improvements are not likely to cause substantial environmental damage or not likely to injure fish or wildlife or their habitat.

The design of the TTM or the proposed improvements are not likely to cause substantial environmental damage or injure fish or wildlife in their habitat. An Initial Study prepared pursuant to CEQA concluded that the Project would not have the potential to cause a significant environmental impact. As outlined in the Biological Resources Memorandum prepared for the Project, the Project site consists entirely of disturbed habitat and developed land cover type, consisting of a church, and paved parking lots, with associated minor ornamental landscaping and structures. No natural land covers or potential habitat is located on or adjacent to the Project site, and it does not contain any natural vegetation communities or land cover types that are known to provide habitat to any special-status wildlife species or provide habitat to any special status plant species. The Project complies with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

The Project site is also not identified as biologically significant within the Subarea Habitat Conservation Plan area. The Project site is located in an urban area, is fully developed, and has no environmentally significant vegetation, fish, or wildlife habitat.

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f. That the design of the TTM or type of improvements is not likely to cause serious public health problems.

The design of the TTM or type of improvements is not likely to cause serious health problems. Development on the Project site would connect to the public sanitary sewer and be in compliance with all regional water quality requirements for waste discharge. Building and grading permits will be required for the Project. No health problems resulting from the design of the subdivision or improvements are anticipated.
g. That the design of the subdivision or type of improvements will not conflict with easements, acquired by the public at large, for access through or use of property within the TTM. •.

The design of the proposed TTM and improvements do not conflict with any existing or proposed easements. All appropriate utility providers have been requested to comment, and no conflicts have been identified.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of La Mesa as follows:

1. The for~going findings of fact and determinations are true and hereby made a part hereof.

2. The foregoing findings of fact and determinations are supported by the record in its entirety including the staff report, minutes, plans, and exhibits, all of which are herein incorporated by reference.

3. The Council thereby approves the Tentative Tract Map for Project 2023-2348, subject to the conditions in Exhibit "A" and Exhibit "B". • PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, held the 13th day of May 2025, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

Councilmembers Cazares, Dillard, Suzuki, and Mayor Arapostathis Councilmember Lothian
None

CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
I, MEGAN WIEGELMAN, CMC, City Clerk of the City of La Mesa, California, do hereby certify the foregoing to be true and exact copy of Resolution No. 2025-050, duly passed and adopted by the City Council of said City on the date and by the vote therein recited.

MEGAN WIEGELMAN, CMC, City Clerk
(SEAL OF CITY)

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Exhibit A
CC Resolution 2025-050
Project No. 2023-2348 - Tentative Tract Map, Zone Change, General Plan Amendment Conditions of Approval
A. GENERAL CONDITIONS

1. The project is conditionally approved as set forth on the application, project drawings, and plat received electronically by the City, consisting of 63 sheets received on November 12, 2024 titled P-1 Project Information, P-2 Conceptual Site Plan, P-3 Conceptual Illustrative Plan, A-1 801A Building Composite (8-Plex) First Floor Plan, A-2 801A Building Composite (8-Plex) Second Floor Plan, A-3 801A Building Composite (8-Plex) Third Floor Plan, A-4 801A Building Composite (8-Plex) Roof Plan, A-5 801A Building Composite (8-Plex) Sections, A-6 801A Building Composite (8-Plex) "A" Spanish Elevations, A-7 801A Building Composite (8-Plex) "A" Spanish Enhanced Elevations, A-8 802A/803A Building Composite (8-Plex) First Floor Plan, A-9 802A/803A Building Composite (8-Plex) Second Floor Plan, A-10 802A/803A Building Composite (8-Plex) Third Floor Plan, A-11 802A/803A Building Composite (8-Plex) Roof Plan, A-2 802A/803A Building Composite (8-Plex) Sections, A-13 802A Building Composite (8-Plex) "A" Spanish Elevations, A-14 803A Building Composite (8-Plex) "A" Spanish Elevations, A-15 803A Building Composite (8-Plex) "A" Spanish Enhanced Elevations, A-16 901A Building Composite (9-Plex) First Floor Plan, A-17 901A Building Composite (9-Plex) Second Floor Plan, A-18 901A Building Composite (9-Plex) Third Floor Plan, A-19 901A Building Composite (9-Plex) Roof Plan, A-20 901A Building Composite (9-Plex) "A" Spanish Elevations, A-21 901A Building Composite (9-Plex) "A" Spanish Elevations, A-22 Unit 2532.1 2 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath Floor Plan, A-23 Unit 2532X.1 2 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath Floor Plan, A-24 Unit 1633.1 3 Bedroom, 3 Bath Floor Plan, A-25 Unit 1633X.2 3 Bedroom, 3 Bath, A-26 Unit 1638.1 4 Bedroom, 4 Bath, A-27 Unit 1638X.1 4 Bedroom, 4 Bath, A-28 Site Sections, A-29 Site Sections, A-30 Written Color Schemes, A-31 Color Boards - Spanish, Sheet 1 of 11 Site Development Plan, Sheet 2 of 11 Site Development Plan - Street Sections/Site Details, Sheet 3 of 11 Site Development Plan - Site Details/Driveway Details, Sheet 4 of 11 Site Development Plan - Existing Conditions, Sheet 5 of 11 Site Development Plan - Grading Plan, Sheet 6 of 11 Site Development Plan - Open Space, Sheet 7 of 11 Site Development Plan - Accessible Route, Sheet 8 of 11 Site Development Plan - Eave Setback Dimensions, Sheet 9 of 11 Site Development Plan - Wall Sections, Sheet 10 of 11 Site Development Plan - Wall Sections, Sheet 11 of 11 Site Development Plan - Boundaries and Encumbrances, Sheet 1 of 9 Landscape Concept Illustrative Plan, Sheet 2 of 9 Landscape Concept Planting Plan, Sheet 3 of 9 Landscape Concept Enlargements, Sheet 4 of 9 Landscape Concept Enlargements, Sheet 5 of 9 Landscape Concept Irrigation Plan, Sheet 6 of 9 Landscape Concept Irrigation Details, Sheet 7 of 9 Landscape Concept Fence & Wall Plan, Sheet 8 of 9 Landscape Concept Lighting Plan, Sheet 9 of 9 Landscape Concept Existing Trees, Sheet 1 of 1 Fire Truck Turning Exhibit, Sheet 1 of 3 Trash Exhibit - Trash Truck Turning, Sheet 2 of 3 Trash Exhibit - Bins Plotting Layout, Sheet 3 of 3 Trash Exhibit- Bin Storage Detail, Sheet 1 of 5 Tentative Tract Map, Sheet 2 of 5 Tentative Tract Map - Street Sections/Site Details, Sheet 3 of 5 Tentative Tract Map - Existing Conditions, Sheet 4 of 5 Tentative Tract Map - Project Design, Sheet 5 of 5 Tentative Tract Map - Boundaries and Encumbrances; and an Affordable Homes Bonus Report received on March 27, 2025, and shall not be altered without express authorization by the Community Development Department.

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2. This approval shall not waive compliance with any section of the La Mesa Municipal Code and all other applicable City regulations in effect at the time of Building Permit issuance unless specifically waived herein.

3. Prior to any use or issuance of final occupancy of the project site pursuant to this approval, all conditions of approval contained herein shall be completed or secured to the satisfaction of the Community Development Department.

4. The applicant is responsible for coordinating civil, landscape, and architectural plans and supplemental materials at building permit submittal to ensure that all project plans and materials are internally consistent and consistent with each other. Inconsistent construction documents will not be accepted.

5. This constitutes an approval of the discretionary entitlement only. Additional permits, including but not limited to building and grading permits, may be required by the Community Development Department or other City departments prior to commencement of construction and/or use. It is the property owner and applicant's responsibility to obtain all necessary permits required for the type of project proposed.

8. THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS MUST BE SATISFIED PRIOR TO RECORDATION OF THE FINAL MAP RELATED TO PROJECT NO. 2023-2348:

1. The applicant shall submit a Final Map prepared by a Licensed Land Surveyor or Registered Civil Engineer authorized to practice land surveying. The Final Map shall be prepared in accordance with the approved Tentative Map, the Subdivision Map Act and La Mesa Development Code titled Major Subdivisions, Chapter 22.02.030, and shall be subject to approval by the Director of Community Development and the City Engineer.

2. The applicant shall get the final map signed by all individuals or parties with record title interest in the property.

3. The applicant shall provide an updated Title report, Subdivision/Parcel Map Guarantee and Tax Clearance Certificate from the County of San Diego before the Final Map is released for recordation.

4. All easements of record shall be plotted on the Final Map. The applicant shall provide plat and legal descriptions to prepare any easement documents and lien agreements. The documents shall be recorded and recording information shall be shown on the Final Map.

5. The applicant shall quitclaim any existing easements in conflict with the proposed development.

6. The applicant shall grant an easement for the Fire Lane on the Final Map.

7. The applicant shall provide letters from the utility companies (SDG&E, AT&T, Cox Cable, Helix Water District, EDCO) for the availability of utilities and services for the proposed development and/or that the financial arrangements have been made to extend or install new services for the proposed development.

8. The applicant shall provide a monumentation bond for deferred monumentation. The engineer or land surveyor shall provide a letter stating the cost of monumentation.

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9. The applicant shall make a cash deposit of $1,000 to be released after the applicant provides the City with a photo Mylar of the recorded map within thirty (30) days after its recordation. The City reserves the right to use the deposit to purchase a photo Mylar of the recorded map including a $100 administrative fee which will be charged against the deposit.

10. The applicant shall submit covenants or CC&R's for review and approval by the Engineering and Planning Division. The covenants or CC&R's shall provide the following:
a. The establishment of a homeowner's association or similar mechanism for the joint use and maintenance, with equitable share of responsibility by all the property owners, of private common facilities throughout the project for the mutual benefit of the owners, including Best Management Practices (BMPs), on-site sanitary sewer, landscaping & irrigation, fire hydrants, private access drives, utilities, emergency access, and monument signage.
b. Provision requiring a "Declaration of Covenant and Restrictions for Storm Water Pollution Prevention and Maintenance" for the maintenance of the private drainage system, and any storm water pollution prevention facilities is required and shall include the following:
i. Storm Drain Facilities: The Owner(s) shall be responsible for operation and maintenance of the onsite storm drain, trench drains, inlet boxes, local area drains, drainage swales and water quality basins located on this property to ensure proper function and no adverse conditions are imposed on downstream properties; i.e. increased erosion, flooding, etc.
ii. Landscaping: Shall be inspected on the first of October and April of every year at a minimum. Healthy growth shall be maintained. Dead plants are to be replaced.

Irrigation systems shall operate properly.
c. A minimum of five open parking spaces shall be reserved for guest parking within the common area.
d. The garages for each dwelling unit shall be maintained for the off-street parking of two vehicles at all times, and shall not be used for storage. e. All interior and exterior common areas, parking areas, and landscape areas shall remain in place in perpetuity except as expressly authorized by the City.

11. Existing structures on the property shall be demolished prior to recordation of the final map. Prior to start of demolition, the applicant shall provide a plan and obtain demolition permits from the Community Development Department. A final inspection is required.

C. THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS RELATED TO THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN

MUST BE SATISFIED PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF BUILDING AND GRADING PERMITS:

1. All-electric appliances and end uses (including heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and induction cooking) shall be required for project residential development. Residential units shall be prohibited from having wood-burning or natural gas fireplaces, stoves, or

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appliances. Furthermore, the Applicant shall incorporate electric heat pumps or electric water heaters into the residential development.

D. THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS MUST BE SATISFIED PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF

THE FINAL OCCUPANCY PERMIT FOR THE FIRST DWELLING UNIT TO BE CONSTRUCTED:

1. Standard construction practices shall be employed to reduce fugitive dust emissions, including watering of the active sites two times per day, depending on weather conditions.

Construction of project components shall be subject to SDAPCD Rule 55 - Fugitive Dust Control. Compliance with Rule 55 would limit fugitive dust that may be generated during grading and construction activities.

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Exhibit B
Notice of Decision NOD-2024-07
Project No. 2023-2348 - Site Development Plan
Conditions of Approval
A. GENERAL CONDITIONS

1. The project is conditionally approved as set forth on the application, project drawings, and plat received electronically by the City, consisting of 58 sheets received on November 12, 2024 titled P-1 Project Information, P-2 Conceptual Site Plan, P-3 Conceptual Illustrative Plan, A-1 801A Building Composite (8-Plex) First Floor Plan, A-2 801A Building Composite (8-Plex) Second Floor Plan, A-3 801A Building Composite (8-Plex) Third Floor Plan, A-4 801A Building Composite (8-Plex) Roof Plan, A-5 801A Building Composite (8-Plex) Sections, A-6 801A Building Composite (8-Plex) "A" Spanish Elevations, A-7 801A Building Composite (8-Plex) "A" Spanish Enhanced Elevations, A-8 802A/803A Building Composite (8-Plex) First Floor Plan, A-9 802A/803A Building Composite (8-Plex) Second Floor Plan, A-10 802A/803A Building Composite (8-Plex) Third Floor Plan, A-11 802A/803A Building Composite (8-Plex) Roof Plan, A-2 802A/803A Building Composite (8-Plex) Sections, A-13 802A Building Composite (8-Plex) "A" Spanish Elevations, A-14 803A Building Composite (8-Plex) "A" Spanish Elevations, A-15 803A Building Composite (8-Plex) "A" Spanish Enhanced Elevations, A-16 901A Building Composite (9-Plex) First Floor Plan, A-17 901A Building Composite (9-Plex) Second Floor Plan, A-18 901A Building Composite (9-Plex) Third Floor Plan, A-19 901A Building Composite (9-Plex) Roof Plan, A-20 901A Building Composite (9-Plex) "A" Spanish Elevations, A-21 901A Building Composite (9-Plex) "A" Spanish Elevations, A-22 Unit 2532.1 2 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath Floor Plan, A-23 Unit 2532X.1 2 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath Floor Plan, A-24 Unit 1633.1 3 Bedroom, 3 Bath Floor Plan, A-25 Unit 1633X.2 3 Bedroom, 3 Bath, A-26 Unit 1638.1 4 Bedroom, 4 Bath, A-27 Unit 1638X.1 4 Bedroom, 4 Bath, A-28 Site Sections, A-29 Site Sections, A-30 Written Color Schemes, A-31 Color Boards - Spanish, Sheet 1 of 11 Site Development Plan, Sheet 2 of 11 Site Development Plan - Street Sections/Site Details, Sheet 3 of 11 Site Development Plan - Site Details/Driveway Details, Sheet 4 of 11 Site Development Plan - Existing Conditions, Sheet 5 of 11 Site Development Plan - Grading Plan, Sheet 6 of 11 Site Development Plan - Open Space, Sheet 7 of 11 Site Development Plan - Accessible Route, Sheet 8 of 11 Site Development Plan - Eave Setback Dimensions, Sheet 9 of 11 Site Development Plan - Wall Sections, Sheet 10 of 11 Site Development Plan - Wall Sections, Sheet 11 of 11 Site Development Plan - Boundaries and Encumbrances, Sheet 1 of 9 Landscape Concept Illustrative Plan, Sheet 2 of 9 Landscape Concept Planting Plan, Sheet 3 of 9 Landscape Concept Enlargements, Sheet 4 of 9 Landscape Concept Enlargements, Sheet 5 of 9 Landscape Concept Irrigation Plan, Sheet 6 of 9 Landscape Concept Irrigation Details, Sheet 7 of 9 Landscape Concept Fence & Wall Plan, Sheet 8 of 9 Landscape Concept Lighting Plan, Sheet 9 of 9 Landscape Concept Existing Trees, Sheet 1 of 1 Fire Truck Turning Exhibit, Sheet 1 of 3 Trash Exhibit - Trash Truck Turning, Sheet 2 of 3 Trash Exhibit - Bins Plotting Layout, Sheet 3 of 3 Trash Exhibit - Bin Storage Detail; and an Affordable Homes Bonus Report received on March 27, 2025, and shall not be altered without express authorization by the Community Development Department.

2. This constitutes an approval of the discretionary entitlement only. Additional permits, including but not limited to building and grading permits, may be required by the Community Development Department or other City departments prior to commencement

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of construction and/or use. lt'is the property owner and applicant's responsibility to obtain all necessary permits required for the type of project proposed.

3. All interior and exterior common areas, parking areas, and landscape areas shall remain in place in perpetuity except as expressly authorized by the City.

4. This approval shall not waive compliance with any section of the La Mesa Municipal Code and all other applicable City regulations in effect at the time of Building Permit issuance unless specifically waived herein.

5. The Owner(s) shall waive any claims of liability against the City and indemnify, hold harmless and defend the City and City's employees regarding any component of the City's approval, and shall execute an indemnity agreement in substantially the form as provided by the Community Development Department prior to building permit issuance, initiating use in reliance of this permit, and the Community Development Director is hereby authorized to execute the same.

6. The applicant is responsible for coordinating civil, landscape, and architectural plans and supplemental materials at building permit submittal to ensure that all project plans and materials are internally consistent and consistent with each other. Inconsistent construction documents will not be accepted.

7. Prior to any use or issuance of final occupancy of the project site pursuant to this approval, all conditions of approval contained herein shall be completed or secured to the satisfaction of the Community Development Department.

8. The applicant shall enter into an affordable housing agreement with the City to guarantee the affordability of eight affordable units to moderate income (80% - 120% Area Median Income), and to ensure that a for-sale unit qualifies under Government Code Section 65915 as follows:
a. The unit is initially sold to and occupied by a person or family of very low, low, or moderate income, as required, and it is offered at an affordable housing cost, as that cost is defined in Section 50052.5 of the Health and Safety Code and is subject to an equity sharing agreement.
b. If the unit is not purchased by an income-qualified person or family within 180 days after the issuance of the certificate of occupancy, the unit may be purchased by a qualified nonprofit housing corporation that meets all of the following requirements pursuant to a recorded contract that satisfies all of the requirements specified in paragraph (10) of subdivision (a) of Section 402.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code:
i. The nonprofit corporation has a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service affirming its tax-exempt status pursuant to Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is not a private foundation, as that term is defined in Section 509 of the Internal Revenue Code.
ii. The nonprofit corporation is based in California.
iii. All of the board members of the nonprofit corporation have their primary residence in California.

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iv. The primary activity of the nonprofit corporation is the development and preservation of affordable home ownership housing in California that incorporates within their contracts for initial purchase a repurchase option that requires a subsequent purchaser of the property that desires to resell or convey the property to offer the qualified nonprofit corporation the right to repurchase the property prior to selling or conveying that property to any other purchaser pursuant to an equity sharing agreement or affordability restrictions on the sale and conveyance of the property that ensure that the property will be preserved for lower-income housing for at least 45 years for owner-occupied housing units and will be sold or resold only to persons or families of very low, low, or moderate income, as defined in Section 50052.5 of the Health and Safety Code.

9. The affordable housing agreement shall identify the type, size, and location of the affordable units and shall specify phasing of the affordable units in relation to the marketrate units. The executed affordable housing agreement shall be recorded prior to the issuance of building permits and shall include the following provisions that are required to be implemented at project construction:
a. Building permits shall not be issued for more than 50% of the market rate units until permits are issued for the affordable units.
b. Affordable units shall be comparable in exterior appearance and overall quality of construction to market-rate units in the same development. Interior finishes and amenities may differ from those provided in the market rate units, but neither the workmanship nor products may be of substandard or inferior quality as determined by the City.
c. The number of bedrooms of the affordable units shall at least equal the minimum number of bedrooms of the market rate units.

8. THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS RELATED TO THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN

MUST BE SATISFIED PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF BUILDING AND GRADING PERMITS:

Building

1. Plans must be complete and stamped by a licensed professional/s.

2. All permits (Grading, Landscape, etc.) for this development project shall be submitted and issued concurrently.

3. The project must comply with the applicable adopted Building codes at the time of building permit submittal. Chapter 11A of the California Building Code for Housing Accessibility will apply.

4. The project must comply with the City's Construction and Demolition Ordinance regulating recycling of construction materials.

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Engineering

5. Public improvement and grading plans shall be complete and stamped by a licensed professional engineer.

6. All engineering permits (encroachment, grading, et cetera) for this development project shall be submitted concurrently.

7. The project shall comply with the applicable adopted City of La Mesa engineering standards and policies and San Diego County Regional Standard Drawings.

8. The project shall comply with the City's stormwater quality and erosion control requirements.

9. A tentative map shall be submitted and prepared in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act.

10. A hydrology report prepared by a registered Civil Engineer shall be furnished to establish the adequacy of the drainage system and the base flood elevation of the 100-year storm. a. Hydrologic and Hydraulic analyses shall be based on the County of San Diego Hydrology and Drainage Design Manuals, most current editions. b. Report must clearly address pre-development and post development offsite discharge, and erosion potential. Any post-development increases in offsite discharge, and erosion potential must be minimized, justified and mitigated to the satisfaction of the City Engineer.

11. The applicant shall comply with Storm Water Pollution Control Ordinance (City of La Mesa Municipal Code Chapter 7.18) and (if applicable) the State's current General NPDES Storm Water Permit for Construction. If required, the applicant shall show evidence that a Notice of Intent (NOi) has been applied for and fees paid to the State Water Resources Control board prior to issuance of permit. A Water Quality Technical Report (WQTR) shall accompany submittal, if required.

12. Each storm water treatment (BMP) and flow mitigation component requiring maintenance shall be perpetually maintained by the property owner and located on private property. A recorded maintenance agreement pursuant to 7.18 of the La Mesa Municipal Code is required. Compliance requires each (BMP) component requiring maintenance shall be certified annually.

13. Storm drain infrastructure exclusively serving the property shall be noted as to be maintained by building owner and/or home owners association, if applicable.

14. Design of catch basin drainage infrastructure within the public right of way shall be determined during the design phase. Any catch basins/drainage inlets in the public right of way shall be designed per regional standards and shall be maintained by City of La Mesa.

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15. If the finished floor elevation of the proposed buildings are less than 2 feet above the elevation of the closest upstream manhole cover of the public sewer, a sewer backflow preventer shall be installed on the sewer lateral of the applicable building.

Fire

16. Building Plans shall comply with currently adopted California Fire Code and all approved city ordinances.

17. Deferred submittals are required for Fire Alarm System, Fire Sprinkler System, Underground Fire Service, and Emergency Responder Radio Communications System (if required pending testing results in accordance with 2022 CFC Sec. 510).

18. All Fire Dept. access roadway corner radii shall be 28' or greater. All portions of Fire Dept. access roadways shall be a minimum of 26ft. wide with a cross-slope of 5% or less and a slope of 10% (up to 20% with specific Fire Code Official approval), as well as vertical clearance of 13'6. Please provide a fully detailed and dimensioned site plan including fire hydrant spacing dimensions.

19. No speed bumps or other traffic calming devices are permitted in or on fire dept. access roadways, please clarify that none will be present.

20. All fire apparatus access roadways must be maintained unobstructed and drivable by fire apparatus throughout the construction process. Fire Department access and water supply shall be installed as directed and shall be inspected and approved prior to delivery of combustible material to the site. Access roadways shall be paved (base layer at minimum) and be capable of sustaining an imposed load of 75,000 pounds, including during adverse weather conditions.

21. Please provide Fire Flow dated within 365 days of formal Building Permit submittal.

22. Fire lane designation shall be clearly identified at building and/or grading plan submittal.

23. A construction phasing plan is required at Building Permit submittal. Occupancy phasing is separate from construction phasing and requires an approved occupancy phasing plan.

Planning

24. The applicant shall submit for review and approval a construction phasing plan, for review and approval by the Community Development Director, for the proposed development and related temporary improvements such as street trees and street improvements, temporary parking lot areas, fencing, signs, and sales offices/trailers.

25. The applicant shall submit landscape and irrigation plans with application fee or deposit prepared by a registered landscape architect in accordance with City standards and the State of California Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance, for review and approval prior to issuance of building permits.

26. The project shall provide for organic waste recycling services in accordance with State law (see PRC 42649.81 (a)(2). Adequate area(s) for organic waste storage and recycling pickup shall be shown on the project plans.

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27. The applicant shall provide a letter from the US Postal Service approving the mailbox location. The letter shall state whether or not dedicated parking for mail delivery will be required. Guest parking shall not be reduced to meet a Postal Service parking requirement.

28. The applicant shall prepare and submit plans in conformance with the approved exhibits and conditions of approval for Project No. 2023-2348, approved by City Council. A note shall be placed on the building plans stating that prior to final inspection sign off and release of electrical service, the site and buildings shall be inspected for substantial conformance to the approved exhibits and conditions. The exact materials and colors of all proposed structures shall be prominently noted on all plans and exhibits.

29. The maximum height of all buildings shall be no more than 30 feet, measured from the average point of the finished grade to the top plate.

30. All trees, shrubs, lawns and other planting shall be maintained, including regular irrigation, pruning of trees, trimming of shrubs and cutting of lawns. A note to this effect shall be added to the building plans.

C. THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS MUST BE SATISFIED PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF

THE FINAL OCCUPANCY PERMIT FOR THE FIRST DWELLING UNIT TO BE CONSTRUCTED:

Building

1. The applicant shall obtain finals from all departments for all issued permits: Building, Fire, Housing, Planning, and Engineering prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy.

Engineering

2. All engineering bonds shall be secured and fees paid prior to issuance of engineering permits.

3. If any gate or barrier across a fire access roadway is to be installed (whether manual or automatic) it must meet the Heartland Fire & Rescue requirements and have specific plans and permits approved prior to installation. Gates serving multi-family structures must be automatic and meet UL 325 and ASTM F 2200 standards. Knox brand key-operated electric key switch keyed to Heartland Fire & rescue specification are required. The Knox switch shall override all gate functions and open the gate. Opticom device is required for all electronic vehicle gates.

4. Prior to Fire Department Clearance for occupancy all fire and life safety systems shall be inspected, tested, and approved.

5. Permanent building three-dimensional street numbers, minimum 8 inches in height with a ½ inch stroke, shall be provided on the addressed side of the building at the highest point and furthest projection of the structure. The address shall be visible form the street and shall not be obstructed in any manner.

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6. Address numbers are required to be installed or painted on the front of each unit. Numbers or letters shall be a minimum of four (4) inches in height and placed on a contrasting background.

7. Provide plans on AutoCAD for pre-fire planning use by fire department. Information shall include locations of all gas, electrical, and water control devices, fire sprinkler and fire alarm system control devices/connections, as well as access/egress.

8. Knox emergency access key box may be required at each building, with specific mounting locations approved by Heartland Fire & Rescue.

Planning

9. Prior to issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy, an affordable housing agreement, approved by the City, shall be fully executed by all parties (to guarantee the affordability of eight affordable units to moderate income (80% - 120% Area Median Income).

10. Prior to issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy for each unit, the applicant shall pay Parkland Dedication In-Lieu and Park Improvement Impact fees in accordance with Chapter 9.20 of the La Mesa Municipal Code, except that such fees are not required for units that are deed restricted as affordable.

11. Prior to issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy for each unit, all applicable school facilities fees, as determined by the school districts, shall be paid.

D. THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS MUST BE SATISFIED PRIOR TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF IMPROVEMENTS AND FILING OF THE NOTICE OF COMPLETION:

Engineering

1. The applicant shall obtain final inspections and approvals from all departments for all issued permits prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy.

2. A final map shall be submitted and prepared in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act.

3. Landscaping for trees, shrubs, walls, fences, cut/fill slopes or other structures at or near driveway and street intersections shall conform to the intersectional sight distance criteria as provided by the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) Highway Design Manual. Any obstructions which exceed a height of thirty-six (36) inches shall not be permitted within a distance of five (5) feet from the property line at the street.

Planning

4. The developer, contractor or landscape architect shall provide a letter to the Community Development Department stating that all landscaping, irrigation, drainage, and hardscape was installed according to City standards. A Certificate of Completion for landscape improvements shall be submitted, along with an irrigation schedule and soils management report as required by City standards and the State of California Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance.

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DATE: June 23, 2026
TO: Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Shannon Esenwein, CPA, Director of Finance
VIA: Greg Humora, City Manager
SUBJECT: ACCEPTANCE OF THE SINGLE AUDIT OF FEDERALLY ASSISTED GRANT PROGRAMS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025
Attached is the Single Audit of Federally Assisted Grant Programs (Single Audit) for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2025. The Single Audit reports on the City’s federally reimbursable expenditures and evaluates compliance with Title 2, US Code of Federal Regulations, Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. The Single Audit is required when a municipality expends $750,000 or more in federal awards during a single fiscal year.

The City engaged the independent auditing firm of Rogers, Anderson, Malody & Scott, CPAs to conduct the FY 2025 Single Audit. As presented in the attached Single Audit Report on Federal Awards, the auditors identified deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting and compliance that were classified as material weakness in findings #2025-001, 2025-002, and 2025-003. The auditors also identified significant deficiencies in internal controls in findings #2025-004 and 2025-005. Additionally, instances of noncompliance were reported in findings #2025-003 and 2025-004.

Staff responses and corrective action plans addressing the Schedule of Findings are included at the end of the attached Single Audit report.

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City of La Mesa
La Mesa, California
Single Audit Report on Federal Awards
Year Ended June 30, 2025

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CITY OF LA MESA
Single Audit Report on Federal Awards
Year Ended June 30, 2025
Table of Contents

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Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and On Compliance and Other Matters Based on an Audit of Financial Statements Performed in Accordance with Government Auditing Standards

1 Report on Compliance for Each Major Federal Program; Report on Internal Control Over Compliance; and Report on Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards Required by the Uniform Guidance

3 Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards

6 Notes to the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards

7 Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs

9 Summary Schedule of Prior Audit Findings

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CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
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REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ON COMPLIANCE AND

OTHER MATTERS BASED ON AN AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERFORMED IN

ACCORDANCE WITH

GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS
Independent Auditor’s Report
To the Honorable City Council
City of La Mesa, California
We have audited, in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States (Government Auditing Standards), the financial statements of the governmental activities, the business-type activities, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of the City of La Mesa (the City), as of and for the year ended June 30, 2025, and the related notes to the financial statements, which collectively comprise the City’s basic financial statements, and have issued our report thereon dated June 17, 2026.

Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements, we considered the City’s internal control over financial reporting (internal control) as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances for the purpose of expressing our opinions on the financial statements, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the City’s internal control. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the City’s internal control.

Our consideration of internal control was for the limited purpose described in the preceding paragraph and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses or significant deficiencies and therefore, material weaknesses or significant deficiencies may exist that have not been identified. However, as described in the accompanying Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs, we identified certain deficiencies in internal control that we consider to be material weaknesses and significant deficiencies.

A deficiency in internal control exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent, or detect and correct misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the City’s financial statements will not be prevented, or detected and corrected on a timely basis. We consider the deficiencies described in the accompanying Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs as items 2025-001, 2025-002, 2025-003 to be material weaknesses.

A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control that is less severe than a material weakness, yet important enough to merit attention by those charged with governance. We consider the deficiencies described in the accompanying Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs as items 2025-004 and 2025-005 to be significant deficiencies.

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Report on Compliance and Other Matters
As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the City’s financial statements are free from material misstatement, we performed tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements, noncompliance with which could have a direct and material effect on the financial statements. However, providing an opinion on compliance with those provisions was not an objective of our audit and, accordingly, we do not express such an opinion. The results of our tests disclosed an instance of noncompliance or other matters that are required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards and which are described in the Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs as items 2025-003 and 2025-004.

We noted certain matters that we have reported to management of the entity in a separate letter dated June 17, 2026.

Management’s Response to Findings
Government Auditing Standards requires the auditor to perform limited procedures on the City’s response to the findings identified in our audit and described in the accompanying Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs. The City’s response was not subjected to the other auditing procedures applied in the audit of the financial statements and, accordingly, we express no opinion on the response.

Purpose of This Report
The purpose of this report is solely to describe the scope of our testing of internal control and compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on the effectiveness of the City’s internal control or on compliance. This report is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards in considering the City’s internal control and compliance. Accordingly, this communication is not suitable for any other purpose.

San Bernardino, California
June 17, 2026

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CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
3 REPORT ON COMPLIANCE FOR EACH MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAM;
REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER COMPLIANCE; AND

REPORT ON SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS

REQUIRED BY THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE
Independent Auditor’s Report
To the Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
City of La Mesa, California
Report on Compliance for Each Major Federal Program
Opinion on Each Major Federal Program
We have audited the City of La Mesa’s (the City’s) compliance with the types of compliance requirements identified as subject to audit in the OMB Compliance Supplement that could have a direct and material effect on each of the City’s major federal programs for the year ended June 30, 2025. The City’s major federal programs are identified in the summary of auditor’s results section of the accompanying schedule of findings and questioned costs.

In our opinion, the City complied, in all material respects, with the compliance requirements referred to above that could have a direct and material effect on each of its major federal programs for the year ended June 30, 2025.

Basis for Opinion on Each Major Federal Program
We conducted our audit of compliance in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAS); the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States (Government Auditing Standards); and the audit requirements of Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). Our responsibilities under those standards and the Uniform Guidance are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of Compliance section of our report.

We are required to be independent of the City and to meet our other ethical responsibilities, in accordance with relevant ethical requirements relating to our audit. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on compliance for each major federal program. Our audit does not provide a legal determination of the City’s compliance with the compliance requirements referred to above.

Responsibilities of Management for Compliance
Management is responsible for compliance with the requirements referred to above and for the design, implementation, and maintenance of effective internal control over compliance with the requirements of laws, statutes, regulations, rules and provisions of contracts or grant agreements applicable to the City’s federal programs.

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Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of Compliance
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether material noncompliance with the compliance requirements referred to above occurred, whether due to fraud or error, and express an opinion on the City’s compliance based on our audit. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not absolute assurance and therefore is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with GAAS, Government Auditing Standards, and the Uniform Guidance will always detect material noncompliance when it exists. The risk of not detecting material noncompliance resulting from fraud is higher than for that resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. Noncompliance with the compliance requirements referred to above is considered material, if there is a substantial likelihood that, individually or in the aggregate, it would influence the judgment made by a reasonable user of the report on compliance about the City’s compliance with the requirements of each major federal program as a whole.

In performing an audit in accordance with GAAS, Government Auditing Standards, and the Uniform Guidance, we:
• Exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. • Identify and assess the risks of material noncompliance, whether due to fraud or error, and design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks. Such procedures include examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the City’s compliance with the compliance requirements referred to above and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances.
• Obtain an understanding of the City’s internal control over compliance relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances and to test and report on internal control over compliance in accordance with the Uniform Guidance, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the City’s internal control over compliance. Accordingly, no such opinion is expressed.

We are required to communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in internal control over compliance that we identified during the audit.

Other Matters
The results of our auditing procedures disclosed instances of noncompliance which are required to be reported in accordance with the Uniform Guidance and which are described in the accompanying Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs as items 2025-003 and 2025-004. Our opinion on each major federal program is not modified with respect to these matters.

Government Auditing Standards requires the auditor to perform limited procedures on the City’s response to the noncompliance findings identified in our compliance audit described in the accompanying Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs. The City’s response was not subjected to the other auditing procedures applied in the audit of compliance and, accordingly, we express no opinion on the response

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5 Report on Internal Control Over Compliance
A deficiency in internal control over compliance exists when the design or operation of a control over compliance does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent, or detect and correct, noncompliance with a type of compliance requirement of a federal program on a timely basis. A material weakness in internal control over compliance is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over compliance, such that there is a reasonable possibility that material noncompliance with a type of compliance requirement of a federal program will not be prevented, or detected and corrected, on a timely basis. A significant deficiency in internal control over compliance is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over compliance with a type of compliance requirement of a federal program that is less severe than a material weakness in internal control over compliance, yet important enough to merit attention by those charged with governance.

Our consideration of internal control over compliance was for the limited purpose described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of Compliance section above and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control over compliance that might be material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in internal control over compliance. Given these limitations, during our audit we did not identify any deficiencies in internal control over compliance that we consider to be material weaknesses, as defined above. However, material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in internal control over compliance may exist that were not identified.

Our audit was not designed for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of internal control over compliance. Accordingly, no such opinion is expressed.

The purpose of this report on internal control over compliance is solely to describe the scope of our testing of internal control over compliance and the results of that testing based on the requirements of the Uniform Guidance. Accordingly, this report is not suitable for any other purpose.

Report on Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards Required by the Uniform Guidance We have audited the financial statements of the governmental activities, the business-type activities, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of the City as of and for the year ended June 30, 2025, and the related notes to the financial statements, which collectively comprise the City’s basic financial statements. We issued our report thereon, dated June 17, 2026, which contained unmodified opinions on those financial statements. Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming opinions on the financial statements that collectively comprise the basic financial statements. The accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal awards is presented for purposes of additional analysis as required by the Uniform Guidance and is not a required part of the basic financial statements. Such information is the responsibility of management and was derived from and relates directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to prepare the basic financial statements. The information has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and certain additional procedures, including comparing and reconciling such information directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to prepare the basic financial statements or to the basic financial statements themselves, and other additional procedures in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. In our opinion, the schedule of expenditures of federal awards is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the basic financial statements as a whole.

San Bernardino, California
June 17, 2026

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CITY OF LA MESA
Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards Year Ended June 30, 2025 See accompanying notes to the schedule of expenditures of federal awards. -6-
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Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants 14.218 B-20-MC-06-0551 255,040 $ - $ Total AL 14.218 / CDBG-Entitlement Grants Cluster - 255,040 Total - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 255,040 - U.S. Department of Transportation
Passed through the State of California Department of Transportation Highway Research and Development Program 20.200 BRLS-5207(036) 24,647 - Total AL 20.200 - 24,647
Highway Planning and Construction 20.205 HSIPSL 5207(052) 180,570 -Highway Planning and Construction 20.205 4344-610-113R 25,148 Total AL 20.205 - 205,718
State and Community Highway Safety 20.600 PT24098 45,993 - Total AL 20.600 - 45,993
Minimum Penalties for Repeat Offenders for Driving While Intoxicated 20.608 PT23117 234 -Minimum Penalties for Repeat Offenders for Driving While Intoxicated 20.608 PT25039 49,626 - Total AL 20.608 - 49,860
Total - U.S. Department of Transportation 326,218 -
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Direct Assistance
Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds 21.027 CSLFRF 2,982,572 - Total AL 21.027 - 2,982,572
Total - U.S. Department of the Treasury - 2,982,572
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Passed through the City of San Diego
Homeland Security Grant Program 97.067 City of San Diego 200,353 - Passed through the County of San Diego
Homeland Security Grant Program 97.067 CalEMA 343,907 - Total AL 97.067 - 544,260
Total - U.S. Department of Homeland Security - 544,260
Total Expenditures of Federal Awards $ - 4,108,090 $

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CITY OF LA MESA
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(1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Applicable to the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards.
(a) Scope of Presentation
The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (Schedule) includes the federal activity of the City of La Mesa (City) under programs of the federal government for the year ended June 30, 2025. The information on this Schedule is prepared in accordance with the requirements of Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). Because the Schedule presents only a selected portion of the operations of the City, it is not intended to and does not present the financial position, changes in net position or cash flows, where applicable, of the City. (b) Basis of Accounting
The expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. Negative amounts shown on the Schedule represent adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior years. (c) Subrecipients
The City passes certain federal awards received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The City has certain compliance responsibilities, such as monitoring its subrecipients to help assure they use these subawards as authorized by laws, regulations, and the provisions of contracts or grant agreements, and that subrecipients achieve the award’s performance goals.
(d) De Minimis Indirect Cost Rate
Effective October 1, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) revised the Uniform Guidance under 2 CFR Part 200 to increase the de minimis indirect cost rate from 10% to 15% of Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC). Awards issued prior to October 1, 2024 (and not subsequently amended) continue to apply the 10% de minimis rate.

Awards issued or amended on or after October 1, 2024, apply the revised 15% de minimis rate. The City has elected not to use the de minimis indirect cost rate on any federal programs.

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CITY OF LA MESA
Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs
Year Ended June 30, 2025
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Financial Statements
audited were prepared in accordance with GAAP: unmodified Internal control over financial reporting:

Material weakness(es) identified? X Yes No
Significant deficiency(ies) identified? X Yes None Reported Noncompliance material to financial
statements noted? X Yes No
Federal Awards
Internal control over major federal programs:

Material weakness(es) identified? Yes X No
Significant deficiency(ies) identified? Yes X None Reported Any audit findings disclosed that
are required to be reported in
accordance 2 CFR 200.516(a) X Yes No
Identification of major federal programs:

Assistance Listing
Dollar threshold used to distinguish
between type A and type B programs: 750,000 $
Auditee qualified as low-risk auditee? Yes X No
Name of Federal Program
Type of report the auditor issued on whether the financial statements Type of auditor's report issued on compliance for major federal programs: unmodified Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds 21.027

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Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs (continued)
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Finding 2025-001 – Year-End Closing
Material Weakness
Condition
The City experienced significant delays in completing its annual audit due to excessively late financial statement preparation and inefficiencies in the year-end closing procedures. The lack of timely and accurate financial reporting impairs the City’s ability to meet regulatory deadlines and ensure transparency in its financial operations.

Criteria
The City is required to prepare and submit financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and applicable governmental accounting standards. Timely and accurate financial reporting is essential to maintain compliance with regulatory requirements and support informed decision-making.

Cause
The delays and deficiencies in financial statement preparation were primarily due to inadequate internal controls over the financial reporting process, insufficient staffing or training in accounting functions, and ineffective communication among departments responsible for financial reporting. Additionally, the implementation of a new accounting software in the prior year continued to cause unforeseen challenges, including technical issues, data migration complexities, and extended processing times, which further disrupted the financial closing process.

Effect
The late completion of the audit resulted in noncompliance with reporting deadlines, potential penalties, and a lack of reliable financial data for stakeholders. Additionally, the inefficiencies in the closing procedures increased the risk of material misstatements, errors, and omissions in the financial statements, which could impact the accuracy and integrity of the City’s financial position.

Recommendation
We recommend that the City implement stronger internal controls over the financial reporting process, including: Establishing a structured and documented year-end closing schedule with clear responsibilities and deadlines.
• Providing additional training to accounting personnel to ensure proficiency in governmental accounting standards and the newly implemented accounting software. • Enhancing communication and coordination among finance staff to ensure timely reconciliation and review of financial records.
• Investing in financial management systems or resources to improve efficiency and accuracy in financial reporting, while ensuring proper testing and contingency plans for future software implementations.

Management’s Response
See Corrective Action Plan.

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Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs (continued)
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Finding 2025-002 – Bank Reconciliations
Material Weakness
Condition
The City did not complete bank reconciliations in a timely and consistent manner, leading to incomplete and late reconciliations. This issue increases the risk of undetected errors, misstatements, and potential fraud.

Criteria
Regular and timely bank reconciliations are a fundamental internal control requirement to ensure the accuracy of financial records and the detection of discrepancies. Government accounting standards require entities to perform and document reconciliations as part of their financial management practices.

Cause
The delays in completing bank reconciliations were due to inadequate staffing, insufficient training, and a lack of structured processes to ensure timely completion. Additionally, workflow inefficiencies and competing priorities within the finance department further contributed to the issue.

Effect
Failure to perform timely bank reconciliations increases the risk of financial reporting errors, undetected misappropriation of funds, and inaccurate cash balances. This issue can undermine stakeholders' confidence in the reliability of financial information and create difficulties in financial decision-making.

Recommendation
We recommend that the City strengthen its internal controls over bank reconciliations by:
• Implementing a formal reconciliation schedule with clear deadlines and accountability. • Providing additional training to finance personnel on best practices for timely and accurate reconciliations.
• Allocating sufficient resources to ensure reconciliations are completed consistently. • Regularly reviewing reconciliation reports and promptly addressing any discrepancies. • Exploring automation tools or financial management systems to improve the efficiency of the reconciliation process.

Management’s Response
See Corrective Action Plan.

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CITY OF LA MESA
Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs (continued)
Year Ended June 30, 2025
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Finding 2025-003 – Budgetary Compliance for Fund Transfers Material Weakness and Noncompliance
Condition
The City processed fund transfers that exceeded approved budgetary amounts, and some funds had transfers without any approved budget. Additionally, management was unable to provide a detailed schedule for disclosure purposes that outlined which transfers were made to and from specific funds. This represents noncompliance with the City's budget policies and financial management requirements.

Criteria
Government entities are required to adhere to approved budgets when making fund transfers to ensure fiscal discipline, compliance with financial policies, and proper oversight of public funds. The City's financial policies require that all fund transfers be properly budgeted, approved and adequately documented.

Cause
The budget overages and unapproved transfers were caused by a lack of adequate monitoring and enforcement of budgetary controls, as well as insufficient review processes before executing fund transfers. Additionally, communication gaps between departments contributed to the issue. The inability to provide a detailed transfer schedule was due to inefficiencies in the tracking and reporting processes.

Effect
Noncompliance with budgetary policies increases the risk of financial mismanagement, potential audit findings, and weakened oversight of public funds. Additionally, improper fund transfers can lead to inaccurate financial reporting and hinder the City's ability to allocate resources effectively. The absence of a detailed transfer schedule also reduces transparency and limits the ability to verify the appropriateness and accuracy of fund movements.

Recommendation
We recommend that the City strengthen its budgetary controls by:
• Implementing a formal review and approval process for all fund transfers to ensure compliance with approved budgets.
• Providing additional training to financial personnel on budgetary compliance and monitoring procedures.
• Establishing regular budget variance reviews to identify and address discrepancies before transfers occur.
• Enforcing stricter internal controls to ensure that all fund transfers are documented, justified, and properly approved in accordance with City policies.

Management’s Response
See Corrective Action Plan.

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CITY OF LA MESA
Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs (continued)
Year Ended June 30, 2025
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Finding 2025-004 – Single Audit Filing
Significant Deficiency and Noncompliance
Condition
The City was subject to a single audit as more than $750,000 of federal funds were expended during the fiscal year. As of the date of the issuance of the financial statements, the single audit has not been completed and therefore not submitted to the federal clearinghouse or other relevant granting agencies within the prescribed deadline.

Criteria
Per the Code of Federal Regulations, at 2 CFR 200.512(a)(1), regulations state the audit must be submitted within the earlier of 30 calendar days after receipt of the auditor’s report(s), or nine months after the end of the audit period.

Cause
Due to delay of financial reporting and issuance of the June 30, 2025, financial statements, the City fell out of compliance with the requirements noted above.

Effect
The City has put its federal funding status at risk for the delays in reporting.

Recommendation
We recommend the City implement internal controls to perform a timely closing of the audit, which would include the preparation of the schedule of expenditures of federal awards. This would allow for the timely submission of required report(s) to the federal government.

Management’s Response
See Corrective Action Plan.

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CITY OF LA MESA
Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs (continued)
Year Ended June 30, 2025
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Finding 2025-005 – Financial Reporting - Grant Management Significant Deficiency
Condition
The entity has not established adequate internal controls over grant management. Responsibilities for grant oversight have historically been assigned to the Public Works department, with limited involvement from the Finance department. As a result, grant reconciliations and reimbursement submissions have not occurred in a timely manner, leading to delays in receiving grant funds.

Criteria
Government Auditing Standards require auditors to report significant deficiencies in internal control that could adversely affect the entity’s ability to initiate, record, process, and report financial data reliably.

Effective grant management typically involves coordination between programmatic and financial staff to ensure timely and accurate reporting and reimbursement.

Cause
The lack of formalized procedures and clear delineation of responsibilities between departments has contributed to inconsistent grant oversight and delayed financial processes.

Effect
Delayed submission of reimbursement requests has resulted in deferred cash inflows, which may impact the entity’s liquidity and financial planning. Additionally, the absence of Finance department involvement increases the risk of misstatements in financial reporting related to grants.

Recommendation
We recommend the entity:

1. Establish formal policies and procedures for grant management that clearly define roles and responsibilities.

2. Ensure Finance department involvement in all stages of grant administration, including reconciliation and reimbursement.

3. Implement periodic reviews to monitor compliance with grant requirements and improve timeliness of submissions.

Management’s Response
See Corrective Action Plan

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CITY OF LA MESA
Summary Schedule of Prior Audit Findings
Year Ended June 30, 2025
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STATUS OF PRIOR YEAR FINDINGS:

Finding 2024-001 Material Weakness
Not implemented. Reported as finding 2025-001.

Finding 2024-002 Material Weakness
Not implemented. Reported as finding 2025-002.

Finding 2024-003 Material Weakness and Noncompliance
Not implemented. Reported as finding 2025-003.

Finding 2024-004 Significant Deficiency and Noncompliance Implemented.

Finding 2024-005 Noncompliance
Not implemented. Reported as finding 2025-004.

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June 17, 2026
Brianna Schultz, CPA
Rogers, Anderson, Malady & Scott, LL-P
RE: Schedule of Findings and Responses - June 30, 2025, Audit Management responses to Schedule of Findings for Year Ended June 30, 2025:
2025-001 Year-End Closing
The Finance Director has provided staff training on year-end closing procedures, balance sheet fundamentals, and the preparation of lead schedules in alignment with the PBC requirements. To further strengthen this area, the Finance Department is in the process of recruiting a Senior Accountant who will bring additional technical expertise and assume responsibility for leading the month-end and year-end closing activities. 2025-002 Bank Reconciliations
The City has engaged a consulting firm to complete all bank reconciliations through June 2026. Upon the hiring of the Senior Accountant, this position will assume oversight of the reconciliation process to ensure accurate and timely completion. 2025-003 Budgetary Compliance for Fund Transfers
To strengthen budgetary compliance related to fund transfers, the Finance Director is implementing training and procedures for accounting staff. This includes providing detailed guidance on the proper initiation, documentation, review, and approval of all budget transfers to ensure they are processed in accordance with City policy and applicable financial regulations. Ongoing monitoring and periodic reviews will be conducted to ensure adherence and to identify any areas requiring further clarification or improvement. 2025-004 Single Audit Filing
Staff anticipate being fully current with the Single Audit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, with the report submitted on or before March 31, 2027. To strengthen accountability and ensure timely completion, the Finance Director will provide the City Manager with progress updates each year from September through December. These updates will include the status of audit preparation activities, identification of any outstanding items, and planned corrective steps to address potential delays. In addition, the Finance Department is implementing improved internal timelines, documentation procedures, and coordination practices with all departments involved in audit support.
8130 ALLISON AVENUE • LA MESA, CA 91942 • TEL: 619.463.6611 FAX: 619.667.1131

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2025-005 Financial Reporting - Grant Management
The City has implemented new grant reporting procedures within the FinancePlus system to ensure monthly reconciliations of all grants, including local, state, and federal awards. These procedures also support the reconciliation of grant budgets to monthly capital project activity within the Capital Improvement Fund. In addition, Finance staff and staff from other City departments are now actively involved in grant budgeting, accounting, and reporting, strengthening internal controls and supporting timely completion of the year-end Single Audit and compliance with grantor agency requirements.

Contact person responsible: Shannon Esenwein, CPA – Director of Finance Corrective action to be take: See individual responses above Anticipated completion date: June 30, 2027
Sincerely,
Shannon Esenwein, CPA
8130 Allison Avenue
La Mesa, CA 91942
(619) 667-1122

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REPORT to the MAYOR and MEMBERS of the CITY COUNCIL
From the CITY MANAGER
DATE: June 23, 2026
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE APPROPRIATIONS

LIMIT (GANN SPENDING LIMIT) FOR FISCAL YEAR
2027 AND THE ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT FACTORS

USED TO CALCULATE THE LIMIT
ISSUING DEPARTMENT: Finance
Recommendation:

That the City Council adopt a resolution pursuant to Propositions 4 and 111, establishing the Gann Spending Limit for Fiscal Year 2027, using the change in California’s per capita personal income and the change in population in San Diego County, as the annual adjustment factors used to compute the Appropriations Limit.

Fiscal Impact:

Adoption of the recommended action establishes the City’s annual appropriations limit as required by State law. This action does not increase actual expenditures or authorize new spending but sets the legal spending threshold for proceeds of taxes for the fiscal year.

City’s Strategic Goals:
 Ensure a strong financial outlook through careful planning, sustainable service levels, and fiscal sustainability.

BACKGROUND:

The Gann Initiative (Proposition 4) was passed on November 6, 1979 by the voters of California and became a constitutional amendment that limited the annual growth of State and local government budgets. The amendment established Fiscal Year 1978-79 as the base year and allowed the base amount to increase in future years by two factors: (1) the

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Report to Mayor and Councilmembers
Date: June 23, 2026
Page: 2 of 3
percentage change in population (city or county), and (2) the greater of the percentage change in the California Per Capita Personal Income (CPCI) index or the percentage change in the local assessment roll from the preceding year for the City of La Mesa due to the addition of local nonresidential new construction. These annual adjustment factors were provided by the State Department of Finance and were used to calculate the Appropriations Limit for the City of La Mesa for each fiscal year through 1989-90.

DISCUSSION:

By resolution, the City Council must adopt the Gann Spending Limit based on the growth factors provided as follows: 1. Price Factor: Growth rate of 4.95% 2. Population Factor:

Growth rate of 0.04%. The compounded growth factor used in Fiscal Year 2027 is

1.0499% It should be noted that only appropriations financed from "Proceeds of Taxes" are subject to the Appropriations Limit. "Proceeds of Taxes" includes such revenue as property taxes, sales and use taxes, transient occupancy taxes, and interest earned on taxes. Revenues from other sources such as fees, charges, and Federal grants are considered "Non-proceeds of Taxes" and are not subject to the Appropriations Limit. As detailed in Schedule A, the City of La Mesa's Fiscal Year 2027 Appropriations Limit of $1.78 billion, is well above the amount subject to the limit of $65 million. The disparity between the City's Gann Spending Limit is due the City’s ability to contain costs well under the growth in spending allowed by Prop 4 and 111. As required by SB 813, passed by the State Legislature in 1987, the Appropriations Limit and the "Appropriations Subject to the Limit" must be established and adopted by the City Council prior to the commencement of a new fiscal year.

CONCLUSION:

Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution pursuant to Propositions 4 and 111, establishing the Gann Spending Limit for Fiscal Year 2027.

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Report to Mayor and Councilmembers
Date: June 23, 2026
Page: 3 of 3
Reviewed by: Respectfully submitted by:
____________________ ____________________________
Greg Humora Shannon Esenwein
City Manager Director of Finance
___________________
Kristine Ogden
Finance Manager
Attachments: Attachment 1 – FY 2027 Appropriations Limit Resolution Schedule A – Appropriations Limit Calculation for FY 2027

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RESOLUTION NO. 2026-
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA MESA ADOPTING (1)

THE APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT (GANN SPENDING LIMIT) FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2027, AND (2) THE ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT FACTORS USED

TO CALCULATE THE APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT
WHEREAS, the Gann Initiative or Proposition 4, hereby referred to as Article XIIIB of the Constitution of the State of California, was passed by the people; WHEREAS, Article XIIIB, as amended, mandates an appropriations limit on various units of government, including the City of La Mesa and mandates a recorded vote of Council regarding which of the annual adjustment factors have been selected to calculate the limit; WHEREAS, that limit has been calculated by the Finance Department of the City of La Mesa using the appropriate annual adjustment factors and following current guidelines provided by the League of California Cities; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Mesa desires to formally adopt the appropriations limit for the City, and the annual adjustment factors used in calculating that limit.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, that in accordance with Article XIIIB of the Constitution of the State of California the Appropriations Limit for the City of La Mesa for Fiscal Year 2027 is $1,776,736,405 and the annual adjustment factors selected to calculate the limit are (1) 4.95 percent, which is the growth in California Consumer Price Index, and (2) 0.04 percent, which is the percentage growth in the population of the County of San Diego.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, held the 23rd day of June 2026, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

MEGAN WIEGELMAN, CMC, City Clerk
(SEAL OF CITY)

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FY 2027
Growth in Consumer Price Index (CPI) 4.95%
Change in City or County Population 0.04%
Growth in Consumer Price Index (CPI) 1.0495
Converted to a ratio
Change in City or County Population 1.0004
Converted to a ratio
Calculation of factor for ratio change
(1.0495 x 1.00040) 1.0499
FY 2026 Limit $ 1,692,259,166
FY 2027 Limit $ 1,776,736,405 *
($1,692,259,166 x 1.00495 x 1.0004)
*allow for rounding
Since the City's 2027 Appropriations Subject to Limit totals $64,508,900 La Mesa is not at risk of exceeding the appropriations limit for FY 2027.

City of La Mesa
Schedule A: APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT WORKSHEET

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1978-79 BASE YEAR 10,097,414
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 1979-80 11,237,789
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 1980-81 12,505,592
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 1981-82 13,617,445
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 1982-83 14,726,754
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 1983-84 15,362,231
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 1984-85 16,259,350
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 1985-86 16,859,016
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 1986-87 17,107,074
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 1987-88 17,546,044
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 1988-89 18,321,311
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 1989-90 19,493,367
REVISED LIMIT FOR 1990-91 (Prop 111) 45,521,262
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 1991-92 48,856,461
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 1992-93 59,329,647
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 1993-94 67,797,586
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 1994-95 69,268,994
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 1995-96 73,670,091
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 1996-97 114,041,641
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 1997-98 160,195,856
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 1998-99 204,631,752
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 1999-2000 244,865,432
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2000-2001 262,411,424
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2001-2002 292,169,719
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2002-2003 310,634,612
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2003-2004 323,435,514
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2004-2005 347,489,584
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2005-2006 370,412,784
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2006-2007 388,700,893
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2007-2008 410,833,226
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2008-2009 434,199,308
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2009-2010 468,424,652
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2010-2011 464,972,409
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2011-2012 483,792,864
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2012-2013 737,419,120
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2013-2014 781,376,379
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2014/2015 809,812,806
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2015-2016 850,668,478
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2016-2017 905,761,043
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2017-2018 1,003,309,624
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2018-2019 1,050,012,332
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2019-2020 1,119,328,476
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2020-2021 1,206,526,963
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2021-2022 1,290,441,866
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2022-2023 1,335,441,432
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2023-2024 1,401,062,353
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2024-2025 1,582,906,656
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2025-2026 1,692,259,166
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT 2026-2027 1,776,736,405

HISTORICAL APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT CALCULATIONS
City of La Mesa

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DATE: June 23, 2026
TO: Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM:Shannon Esenwein, CPA, Director of Finance
VIA: Greg Humora, City Manager
SUBJECT: ACCEPTANCE OF THE CITY OF LA MESA HOUSING ASSET AUDITED FUND

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND ADDENDUM TO THE ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR JUNE 30, 2025
Pursuant to Senate Bill 341, the City of La Mesa in its capacity as Housing Successor Agency is required to conduct and provide to its governing body an independent financial audit of the Low and Moderate-Income Housing Asset Fund. SB 341 also requires that the housing successor post specified information on its internet web site.

Attached are the audited financial statements and the addendum to the annual progress report for the City of La Mesa’s Housing Asset Fund for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025. The City’s outside audit firm Rogers, Anderson, Malody & Scott, prepared the audited financial statements, and City staff reviewed them. The statements present the Housing Asset Fund’s revenue, expenditures, and ending fund balance, and include Notes to the Financial Statements that provide additional detail about the fund. The audit reported no exceptions, and the financial statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

The Addendum to the Annual Progress Report provides additional information related to the Housing function as required by SB341.

Pursuant to SB341, this information will be posted in the La Mesa Successor Agency section of the Community Development Department on our City website at:
https://www.cityoflamesa.us/118/La-Mesa-Successor-Agency Attachments: A: Housing Asset Fund Audited Financial Statements for fiscal year ended June 30, 2025
B: Housing Asset Fund Addendum to the Annual Progress Report for fiscal year ended June 30, 2025

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CITY OF LA MESA

HOUSING ASSET FUND

AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2025

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City of La Mesa
Housing Asset Fund
June 30, 2025
Table of Contents
PAGE
Independent Auditor’s Report 1
Financial Statements
Balance Sheet 4
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance 5 Notes to the Financial Statements 6

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Tel. 909-889-0871 | www.ramscpa.net | 735 E. Carnegie Dr. Suite 100, San Bernardino, CA 92408

CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
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Independent Auditor's Report
To the Honorable City Council
City of La Mesa, California
Report on the Audit of the Financial Statements
Opinion
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the Housing Asset Fund (the Fund), a special revenue fund of the City of La Mesa, (the City), as of and for the year ended June 30, 2025, and the related notes to the financial statements, which collectively comprise the Fund’s basic financial statements as listed in the table of contents.

In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the respective financial position of the Fund as of June 30, 2025, and the changes in financial position for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAS) and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States (Government Auditing Standards). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are required to be independent of the City and to meet our other ethical responsibilities, in accordance with the relevant ethical requirements relating to our audit. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Responsibilities of Management for the Financial Statements Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and for the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

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Auditor’s Responsibility for the Audit of the Financial Statements Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not absolute assurance and therefore is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with GAAS and Government Auditing Standards will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. Misstatements are considered material if there is a substantial likelihood that, individually or in the aggregate, they would influence the judgment made by a reasonable user based on the financial statements.

In performing an audit in accordance with GAAS and Government Auditing Standards, we:
• Exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. • Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, and design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks.

Such procedures include examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control. Accordingly, no such opinion is expressed.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluate the overall presentation of the financial statements.
• Conclude whether, in our judgment, there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Fund’s ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time.

We are required to communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit, significant audit findings, and certain internal control–related matters that we identified during the audit.

Required Supplementary Information
Management has omitted management’s discussion and analysis and the budgetary comparison information that accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require to be presented to supplement the basic financial statements. Such missing information, although not a part of the basic financial statements, is required by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, who considers it to be an essential part of the financial reporting for placing the basic financial statements in an appropriate operational, economic or historical context. Our opinion on the basic financial statements is not affected by this omitted information.

Emphasis of Matter
As discussed in Note 1, the financial statements present only the Housing Asset Fund and do not purport to, and do not present fairly the financial position of the City of La Mesa, California, as of June 30, 2025, the changes in its financial position, or, where applicable, its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Our opinion is not modified with respect to this matter.

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Other Reporting Required by Government Auditing Standards In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also issued our report dated June 17, 2026, on our consideration of the City’s internal control over financial reporting and on our tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements and other matters. The purpose of that report is solely to describe the scope of our testing of internal control over financial reporting and compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on the effectiveness of the City’s internal control over financial reporting or on compliance. That report is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards in considering the City’s internal control over financial reporting and compliance.

San Bernardino, California
June 17, 2026

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City of La Mesa
Housing Asset Fund
Balance Sheet
June 30, 2025
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. -4-
Assets
Cash and investments 3,371,877 $
Loans receivable 225,000
Interest receivable 6,893
Lease receivable 341,619
Property held for resale 8,350,000
Total assets 12,295,389 $
Liabilities, Deferred Inflows of Resources and Fund Balance Liabilities
Accounts payable 282 $
Salaries payable 3,165
Total liabilities 3,447
Deferred inflows of resources
Unavailable revenue - housing loans 225,000
Leases 317,727
Total deferred inflows of resources 542,727
Fund balance
Restricted 11,749,215
Total fund balance 11,749,215
Total liabilities, deferred inflows of resources and fund balance 12,295,389 $

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City of La Mesa
Housing Asset Fund
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance For the year ended June 30, 2025
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. -5-
Revenues
Use of money and property 281,318 $
Other revenues 171,664
Total revenues 452,982
Expenditures
Current:

Community development 173,143
Total expenditures 173,143
Net change in fund balance 279,839
Fund balance, beginning of year 11,469,376
Fund balance, end of year 11,749,215 $

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City of La Mesa
Housing Asset Fund
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended June 30, 2025
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Note 1 – Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies The City of La Mesa was incorporated in 1912, under the laws of the State of California and enjoys all the rights and privileges applicable to a general law city. It is governed by an elected five-member City Council.

The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies of the City of La Mesa as they pertain to the Housing Asset Fund. Only the Housing Asset Fund information is included herein, and these financial statements, therefore, do not purport to represent the financial position or results of operations of the City of La Mesa, California.

Basis of Accounting
These fund financial statements are reported using the modified-accrual basis of accounting. Under the modified-accrual basis of accounting, revenues are recognized when susceptible to accrual (i.e. when they are both measurable and available). “Measurable” means the amount of the transaction can be determined, and “available” means collectible within the current period or soon enough thereafter (within 60 days) to be used to pay liabilities of the current period. Expenditures are generally recognized in the accounting period in which the liability is incurred, if measurable.

Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and necessarily include amounts based on estimates and assumptions by management.

Actual results could differ from those amounts.

Note 2 – Cash and Investments
Cash and investments at June 30, 2025, consisted of the following:

Amount
Pooled cash and investments 3,371,877 $
The City follows the practice of pooling cash and investments for all funds, except for funds required to be held by outside fiscal agents under the provisions of bond indentures.

For more information on the City’s cash and investments as of June 30, 2025, please see the City of La Mesa’s audited financial statements. The Fund’s cash and investments are held in this pool.

Note 3 – Capital Assets
The Housing Asset Fund owns the Campina Court Apartment property, with a historical cost of $6,065,000. This amount is included in the City’s government-wide financial statements and is not reported at the fund level.

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City of La Mesa
Housing Asset Fund
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended June 30, 2025
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Note 4 – Lease Receivable
As of June 30, 2025, the Housing Asset Fund had one active lease for the use of Campina. Lease receipts range from $8,800 to $21,037 and an interest rate of 2.580%. The value of the lease receivable at June 30, 2025, is $341,619 and the value of the deferred inflow of resources is $317,727. In fiscal year 2025, the Fund recognized revenue of $160 and interest income of $8,818.

In addition, the Fund received variable receipts in the amount of $103,915 in residual receipts reported under other revenues.

Note 5 – Property Held for Resale
On November 25, 2008, the City entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with the Redevelopment Agency (Agency) to sell certain real property located at 8181 Allison Avenue, La Mesa, California at the appraised value of $8,350,000 for the purposes of increasing, improving, and preserving the community's supply of housing available at affordable cost to persons and families of low or moderate income. The Agency made an initial payment of $1,000,000 at closing and issued a promissory note to the City for $7,350,000.

The outstanding balance was transferred from the Agency to the Successor Agency on February 1, 2012, as part of the dissolution of the Redevelopment Agency. At June 30, 2025, the outstanding balance of the advances from the City to the Successor Agency relating to this transaction was $4,707,657.

On August 23, 2012, the City of La Mesa acting as Successor Agency filed the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (ROPS III) for the January through June 2013 time period. As it had been for all previous ROPS, included on the ROPS III was the outstanding loan balance ($5,300,000 at June 30, 2012) for the Police Station Land Sale between the General Fund and the Successor Agency and the related annual debt service ($750,000 per year). The Department of Finance denied the debt on the ROPS III as an enforceable obligation, despite approving it on all previous ROPS, stating:

HSC section 34171 (d) defines enforceable obligations. Based on our review and application of the law, Item No.5 - a loan agreement between the City of La Mesa (City) and the Agency in the amount of $5.3 million is not an enforceable obligation.

The loan was used to purchase the land under the police station. HSC section 34171 (d) (2) states that agreements between the City and the Agency are not enforceable.

The City requested a Meet and Confer with the Department of Finance, which was held on November 21, 2012. On December 19, 2012, the City received a determination from the Department of Finance that upheld the original determination to deny both the outstanding loan balance and related annual debt service as enforceable obligations. However, on December 7, 2017, the Oversight Board for the Successor Agency approved a repayment schedule in accordance with the maximum repayment amounts specified in the Dissolution Law including H&S Code Section 34191.4(b)(3) until the loan is repaid in full. On January 23, 2018, the Department of Finance issued a Determination Letter, approving the loan balance of $5,300,000. Repayments of this loan have begun since other deferrals listed on the ROPS were repaid.

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City of La Mesa
Housing Asset Fund
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended June 30, 2025
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Note 6 – Fund Balance
The following classifications describe the relative strength of the spending constraints placed on the purposes for which resources can be used:
• Nonspendable – amounts that are not in a spendable form (such as inventory) or are required to be maintained intact.
• Restricted – amounts constrained to specific purposes by their providers (such as grantors, bondholders, and higher levels of government), through constitutional provisions or by enabling legislation.
• Committed – amounts constrained to specific purposes by a government itself, using the highest level of decision-making authority; to be reported as committed, amounts cannot be used for any other purpose unless the government takes the same highest-level action to remove or change the constraint.
• Assigned – amounts a government intends to use for a specific purpose; intent can be expressed by the governing body or by an official or body to which the governing body delegates the authority.
• Unassigned – amounts that are for any purpose; positive amounts are reported only in a general fund.

The City Council, as the governing body of the Housing Asset Fund, establishes (and modifies or rescinds) fund balance commitments by passage of an ordinance or resolution. The Director of Finance has the authority, granted by the Council, to assign City resources. When both restricted and unrestricted resources are available for use when an expenditure is incurred, it is the Housing Asset Fund’s policy to use restricted resources first, then unrestricted resources as they are needed.

It is also the Housing Asset Fund’s policy to consider committed amounts as being reduced first, followed by assigned amounts and then unassigned amounts when expenditures are incurred for purposes for which amounts in any of those unrestricted fund balance classifications could be used.

The Housing Asset Fund’s governmental fund balances of $11,749,215 at June 30, 2025, are restricted for low and moderate income housing.

Note 7 – Loans Receivable
The loans receivable to the Housing Asset Fund are loans originally made from low and moderate income housing loans for three properties located on Lubbock Avenue. The loans are secured by trust deeds on the individual properties and are payable upon sale or transfer of the property by the original property owner.

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Housing Asset Fund of the City of La Mesa
Addendum to the Annual Progress Report
For Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2025

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Tel. 909-889-0871 | www.ramscpa.net | 735 E. Carnegie Dr. Suite 100, San Bernardino, CA 92408

CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
1 Independent Accountant’s Disclaimer Report Applied to the Preparation of the Addendum to the Annual Progress Report of the Housing Successor of the City of La Mesa
To Management of the
Housing Successor of the City of La Mesa
La Mesa, California
We have prepared the accompanying Addendum to the Annual Progress Report (“Addendum to the APR”) of the Housing Asset Fund of the City of La Mesa (Housing Successor) as of June 30, 2025, and for the year then ended in accordance with the reporting provisions of the California Health & Safety Code Section 34176.1 as amended by Senate Bill 341 (Chapter 796, Statutes of 2013, effective January 2014) (“SB 341”), and as amended by Senate Bill 107 (Chapter 325, Statutes of 2015, effective January 2016) HSC Section 34176.1(f). Management of the Housing Successor is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the Addendum to the APR in accordance with the reporting provisions of SB 341, and for designing, implementing, and maintaining internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of the Addendum to the APR.

The accompanying Addendum to the APR of the Housing Successor as of June 30, 2025, and for the year then ended was not subjected to an audit, review, or compilation engagement by us and, accordingly, we do not express an opinion, conclusion, nor provide any assurance on it.

This Addendum to the APR is intended solely for the information and use of management of the Housing Successor of the City of La Mesa and is not intended to be, and should not be used by anyone other than this specified party.

San Bernardino, California
June 17, 2026

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2 Housing Successor of the City of La Mesa
Addendum to the Annual Progress Report
For Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2025
1) The amount the City, County, or City and County received pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 34191.4.

The Housing Asset Fund received $171,664 in proceeds deemed as an enforcement obligation pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 34191.4.
2) The amount deposited to the Low and Moderate Income Housing Asset Fund, distinguishing between amounts deposited pursuant to subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 34191.4, amounts deposited for other items listed on the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule from other amounts deposited.

The Housing Asset Fund received $452,982 from the use of money and property. None of these amounts were deposited for items listed on the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule.
3) A statement of the balance in the fund as of the close of the fiscal year, distinguishing any amounts held for items listed on the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule from other amounts.

The asset balance in the Housing Asset Fund as of June 30, 2025, was $12,295,389.

There are no outstanding obligations related to items listed on the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule, as all amounts have been paid in full. 4) A description of expenditures from the fund by category, including, but not limited to, expenditures:
a. For monitoring and preserving the long-term affordability of units subject to affordability restrictions or covenants entered into by the redevelopment agency or the housing successor and administering the activities described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a), The Housing Asset Fund's expenditures related to this category for the year ended June 30, 2025, were $173,143 in administrative expenditures. b. For homeless prevention and rapid re-housing services for the development of housing described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), and The Housing Asset Fund had no expenditures related to homeless prevention and rapid re-housing services for the year ended June 30, 2025.

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3 c. For the development of housing pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a).

The Housing Asset Fund had no expenditures related to the development of housing for the year ended June 30, 2025.
5) As described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), the statutory value of real property owned by the housing successor, the value of loans and grants receivable, and the sum of these two amounts.

The statutory value of real property owned by the Housing Asset Fund as of June 30, 2025, was $8,350,000. The Housing Asset Fund had loans receivable in the amount of $225,000 and lease receivable in the amount of $341,619 as of June 30, 2025.

The sum of the statutory value of real property and the value of loans and notes receivable was $8,916,619.
6) A description of any transfers made pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) in the previous fiscal year and, if still unencumbered, in earlier fiscal years, and a description of and status update on any project for which transferred funds have been or will be expended if that project has not yet been placed in service.

No transfers occurred pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) in the previous fiscal year or earlier fiscal years in the Housing Asset Fund. 7) A description of any project for which the housing successor receives or holds property tax revenue pursuant to the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule and the status of that project.

The Housing Asset Fund received no such property tax revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025.
8) For interests in real property acquired by the former redevelopment agency prior to February 1, 2012, a status update on compliance with Section 33334.16. For interests in real property acquired on or after February 1, 2012, a status update on the project.

As of June 30, 2025, the Housing Asset Fund did not hold any property acquired prior to February 1, 2012.

As of June 30, 2025, the Housing Asset Fund held the Campina Court Apartments as property acquired after February 1, 2012. The ground lease for the Campina Court Apartments was transferred from the La Mesa Family Housing Partnership, L.P. to USA Property Fund.

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4 As of June 30, 2025, the Housing Asset Fund also held the Old Police Station Site as property acquired after February 1, 2012. The purpose for the retention of the asset was to develop affordable housing for persons of low or moderate income. On October 12, 2021, the City approved entering into a Disposition and Development Agreement with USA Properties and granted the necessary entitlements to construct an affordable housing project. The approved development consists of 147 affordable rental units.

Construction commenced in August 2022 and, as of July 1, 2025 - prior to issuance of this report - construction has been completed.
9) A description of any outstanding obligations pursuant to Section 33413 that remained to transfer to the housing successor on February 1, 2012, of the housing successor's progress in meeting those obligations, and of the housing successor's plans to meet unmet obligations. In addition, the housing successor shall include in the report posted on its internet web site the implementation plans of the former redevelopment agency.

As of June 30, 2025, there were no outstanding obligations pursuant to Section 33413 that remained to be transferred to the Housing Asset Fund on February 1, 2012. 10) The information required by subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a). of Section 34176.1
As of June 30, 2025, the City complied with these requirements through submission of the annual General Plan Implementation Report, which includes an Annual Element Progress Report on Housing Element Implementation.
11) The percentage of units of deed-restricted rental housing restricted to seniors and assisted individually or jointly by the housing successor, its former redevelopment agency, and its host jurisdiction within the previous 10 years in relation to the aggregate number of units of deed-restricted rental housing assisted individually or jointly by the housing successor, its former redevelopment agency, and its host jurisdiction within the same time period.

The percentage of units of deed-restricted rental housing restricted to seniors and assisted is 33%.
12) The amount of any excess surplus, the amount of time that the successor agency has had excess surplus, and the housing successor's plan for eliminating the excess surplus.

The Housing Asset Fund had an excess surplus of $763,854 as of June 30, 2025. See Attachment A. The City initiated actions to eliminate its excess surplus through the issuance of a solicitation for Owner’s Representative services to support redevelopment of the Civic Center site and preparation of a future developer solicitation for a mixed-use project that includes multifamily housing in June 2026. The anticipated project is expected to utilize approximately $3,000,000 from the Housing Asset Fund. Upon execution of the applicable development and funding agreements, these funds will be encumbered for eligible affordable housing purposes, thereby eliminating the excess surplus.

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5 13) An inventory of homeownership units assisted by the former redevelopment agency or the housing successor that are subject to covenants or restrictions or to an adopted program that protects the former redevelopment agency’s investment of monies from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 33334.3.
a. The number of those units.

The Housing Successor Fund assisted with 3 loans pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 33334.3.
b. In the first report pursuant to this subdivision, the number of units lost to the portfolio after February 1, 2012, and the reason or reasons for those losses. For all subsequent reports, the number of the units lost to the portfolio in the last fiscal year and the reason for those losses.

The Housing Successor Fund had no units lost to the portfolio after February 1, 2012, as of June 30, 2025.
c. Any funds returned to the housing successor as part of an adopted program that protects the former redevelopment agency’s investment of monies from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund.

The Housing Successor Fund did not receive any funds in return as part of an adopted program that protects the former redevelopment agency’s investment of monies from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund for the year ended June 30, 2025.
d. Whether the housing successor has contracted with any outside entity for the management of the units and, if so, the identity of the entity.

The Housing Successor has not contracted with any outside entity for the management of the units as of June 30, 2025.

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Attachment A
6 Former Redevelopment Agency of the City of La Mesa
Excess Surplus Calculation
Opening fund balance - July 1, 2024 11,469,376 $
Less unavailable amounts:

Encumbrances (Section 33334.12(g)(2)) 3,447 $
Land Held for Resale 8,350,000 (8,353,447)
Available Low & Mod Funds 3,115,929
Limitation (Greater of $1,000,000 or four years of deposits) Amounts deposited for the preceding 4 years fiscal years ended:

June 30, 2024 137,589 $
June 30, 2023 236,470
June 30, 2022 1,055,522
June 30, 2021 922,494
Total amounts deposited for the preceding 4 fiscal years 2,352,075 Base limitation 1,000,000
Greater amount 2,352,075
Computed Excess Surplus 763,854 $
Low & Moderate Income Housing
Funds - All Project Areas
Please note: In accordance with HSC34176.1(d), if a housing successor has an excess surplus, the housing successor shall encumber the excess surplus for the purposes described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) or transfer the funds pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) within three fiscal years. If the housing successor fails to comply with this subdivision, the housing successor, within 90 days of the end of the third fiscal year, shall transfer any excess surplus to the Department of Housing and Community Development for expenditure pursuant to the Multifamily Housing Program or the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program. For purposes of this subdivision, "excess surplus" shall mean an unencumbered amount in the account that exceeds the greater of one million dollars ($1,000,000) or the aggregate amount deposited into the account during the housing successor's preceding four fiscal years, whichever is greater.

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REPORT to the MAYOR and MEMBERS of the CITY COUNCIL
From the CITY MANAGER
DATE: June 23, 2026
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2027

COMPENSATION PLAN, LISTING CLASSIFICATON

RANGES/BANDS AND PAY STEPS
ISSUING DEPARTMENT: City Manager’s Office/Human Resources Recommendation:

That the City Council adopt the Resolution approving the Fiscal Year 2027 Compensation Plan, listing classification ranges/bands and pay steps.

Fiscal Impact:

Salary adjustments for represented and unrepresented confidential employees were previously adopted by City Council and incorporated into the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget. The Fiscal Year 2027 financial impact of the pay increases across all groups is $1,869,351. At this time, staff recommends temporarily pausing the scheduled salary adjustments for Management employees (Non-safety, Police and Fire Management). The fiscal impact for Fiscal Year 2027 Management salary adjustments is $458,828.

City’s Strategic Goals:
 Ensure a strong financial outlook through careful planning, sustainable service levels, and fiscal sustainability.
 Nurture an organizational culture where employees are recognized for the delivery of high-quality services to the community.

BACKGROUND:

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Report to Mayor and Councilmembers
Date: June 23, 2026
Page: 2 of 3
On June 25, 2024, City Council adopted Resolution No. 2025-075, approving the compensation adjustments for unrepresented Police Management employees for Fiscal Year 25, Fiscal Year 26, and Fiscal Year 27.

On June 10, 2025, City Council adopted Resolution No. 2025-067, approving the Fiscal Year 2026 Compensation Plan for the Police Officers’ Association (POA), Police Management (sworn), Firefighters of La Mesa Local #4759, and Fire Management.

On June 24, 2025, City Council adopted Resolution No. 2025-072, approving the Fiscal Year 2026 Compensation Plan for La Mesa City Employees’ Association (LMCEA) and unrepresented Confidential and Management employees.

DISCUSSION:

California Code of Regulations, Title 2, Section 570.5 requires that employee pay rates used for California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) retirement calculations be listed on a publicly approved and accessible pay schedule that meets specific criteria, including governing body approval, clear position titles, stated pay rates and time bases, effective dates, and public availability for at least five years. The Fiscal Year 2027 Compensation Schedule (Exhibit 1) complies with these requirements and is submitted for City Council approval.

The following salary adjustments have been approved by City Council for Fiscal Year 2027, per the terms of approved Memoranda of Understanding or by Resolution. Salary adjustments are effective for the first full pay period beginning on or after July 1, 2026.

Employee Group Salary Adjustment – FY
27 Number of
Employees
Financial
Impact by
Group
LMCEA 5.0% 95 $477,691
Firefighters of La Mesa
Local 4759

4.0% 40 $301,642
POA 3.0 – 4.0% depending on
classification
65 sworn
25 non-sworn
$528,808
$86,060
Collapse of lowest pay step for Police Officers
and Police Sergeants
Confidential
(Unrepresented)

5.0% 3 $16,322
Management Employees
Non-safety
Managers

5.0% 37 $314,364

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Report to Mayor and Councilmembers
Date: June 23, 2026
Page: 3 of 3
Fire 4.0% 1 $12,311
Police (Sworn) 7.0% 8 $132,153
Staff recommends a temporary pause in all Management employee compensation adjustments due to the potential revisions of the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget. As unrepresented employees, Management personnel are not subject to collective bargaining under the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act. Therefore, the City may implement or pause compensation adjustments for these groups through Council action without the meet-and-confer process required for represented bargaining units.

While Confidential employees are also unrepresented, this group consists of only three employees in classifications closely aligned with those in the LMCEA bargaining unit.

Because their duties and salary structures are comparable to LMCEA and their adjustments have already been incorporated into the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget, staff is not recommending a pause to Confidential employee salary adjustments.

CONCLUSION:

Approval of the Fiscal Year 2027 Compensation Schedule ensures compliance with California Code of Regulations Title 2, Section 570.5, and accurately reflects all previously authorized salary adjustments. The schedule preserves transparency, supports CalPERS reporting, and maintains a publicly accessible record of pay rates.

Staff recommends proceeding with adjustments for represented and Confidential employees while temporarily pausing Management adjustments pending budget review.

Reviewed by: Respectfully submitted by:
____________________ ____________________________
Greg Humora Gretchen Spaniol
City Manager Director of Human Resources
Attachments:

A. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA MESA APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 COMPENSATION PLAN, LISTING CLASSIFICATON RANGES/BANDS AND PAY STEPS.
a. Exhibit 1 Fiscal Year 2027 Compensation Plan

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ATTACHMENT A
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA MESA
APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 COMPENSATION PLAN, LISTING

CLASSIFICATON RANGES/BANDS AND PAY STEPS
WHEREAS, the City of La Mesa is a general law city which derives its power from state law and uses State Governmental Code to enumerate the City’s powers and form of government.

The City of La Mesa employs a Council-Manager form of government. In this arrangement, the City Council is responsible for determining policy, and the City Manager ensures that such policy is implemented; and
WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 20636 and California Code of Regulations Section 570.5 require California Public Employee Retirement System member agencies to maintain and publicly post publicly available pay schedules.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, as follows:

1. The City of La Mesa approves the City of La Mesa Compensation Plan for Fiscal Year 2027 to reflect the salary ranges and pay steps consistent with the following previously approved Memoranda of Understanding:
a. The 2024-2027 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of La Mesa and the La Mesa Police Officers’ Association (POA). b. The 2025-2028 MOU salary adjustments approved for La Mesa City Employees’ Association (LMCEA).
c. The corresponding salary adjustments for unrepresented confidential employees, as previously approved.

2. The previously approved salary adjustments for unrepresented Management (Non-safety, Police and Fire Management) employees will not be updated at this time due to pending revisions to the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.

3. The compensation for all City of La Mesa employees, as set forth and prescribed in the City of La Mesa Compensation Plan for Fiscal Year 2027, listing classifications, salary ranges/bands, and pay steps, is hereby approved and accepted. A copy of the compensation plan is attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and incorporated by reference as though fully set forth herein.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the position listings, salary ranges/bands, and pay steps as set forth in the City of La Mesa Compensation Plan for Fiscal Year 2027 shall be in full force and effect.

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PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, held the 23rd day of June 2026, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

MEGAN WIEGELMAN, CMC, City Clerk
(SEAL OF CITY)

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Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Accountant I 6,156 35.52 6,464 37.29 6,787 39.16 7,126 41.11 7,482 43.17 7,856 45.32 8,249 47.59 LMCEA 1000 8810 35 Accountant II 6,776 39.09 7,115 41.05 7,471 43.10 7,845 45.26 8,237 47.52 8,649 49.90 9,081 52.39 LMCEA 1003 8810 46 Accounting Assistant I 3,934 22.70 4,131 23.83 4,338 25.03 4,555 26.28 4,783 27.59 5,022 28.97 5,273 30.42 LMCEA 1006 8810 3 Accounting Assistant II 4,322 24.93 4,538 26.18 4,765 27.49 5,003 28.86 5,253 30.31 5,516 31.82 5,792 33.42 LMCEA 1009 8810 6 Accounting Technician 5,839 33.69 6,131 35.37 6,438 37.14 6,760 39.00 7,098 40.95 7,453 43.00 7,826 45.15 LMCEA 1012 8810 33 Administrative Aide 5,132 29.61 5,389 31.09 5,658 32.64 5,941 34.28 6,238 35.99 6,550 37.79 6,878 39.68 LMCEA 1015 8810 21 Administrative Analyst I 6,156 35.52 6,464 37.29 6,787 39.16 7,126 41.11 7,482 43.17 7,856 45.32 8,249 47.59 LMCEA 1018 8810 35 Administrative Analyst II 6,776 39.09 7,115 41.05 7,471 43.10 7,845 45.26 8,237 47.52 8,649 49.90 9,081 52.39 LMCEA 1021 8810 46 Administrative Coordinator 5,460 31.50 5,733 33.08 6,020 34.73 6,321 36.47 6,637 38.29 6,969 40.21 7,317 42.21 LMCEA 1024 8810 25 Administrative Office Assistant 4,209 24.28 4,419 25.49 4,640 26.77 4,872 28.11 5,116 29.52 5,372 30.99 5,641 32.54 LMCEA 1027 8810 5 Assistant Center Manager 4,769 27.51 5,007 28.89 5,257 30.33 5,520 31.85 5,796 33.44 6,086 35.11 6,390 36.87 LMCEA 1033 8810 15 Assistant Engineer 7,748 44.70 8,135 46.93 8,542 49.28 8,969 51.74 9,417 54.33 9,888 57.05 10,382 59.90 LMCEA 1039 9410 54 Assistant Planner 6,818 39.33 7,159 41.30 7,517 43.37 7,893 45.54 8,288 47.82 8,702 50.20 9,137 52.71 LMCEA 1042 9410 48 Associate Engineer 8,928 51.51 9,374 54.08 9,843 56.79 10,335 59.63 10,852 62.61 11,395 65.74 11,965 69.03 LMCEA 1045 9410 56 Associate Planner 7,499 43.26 7,874 45.43 8,268 47.70 8,681 50.08 9,115 52.59 9,571 55.22 10,050 57.98 LMCEA 1048 9410 53 Building Inspector I 6,195 35.74 6,505 37.53 6,830 39.40 7,172 41.38 7,531 43.45 7,908 45.62 8,303 47.90 LMCEA 1051 9410 36 Building Inspector II 6,815 39.32 7,156 41.28 7,514 43.35 7,890 45.52 8,285 47.80 8,699 50.19 9,134 52.70 LMCEA 1054 9410 49 Building Maintenance Lead Worker 5,757 33.21 6,045 34.88 6,347 36.62 6,664 38.45 6,997 40.37 7,347 42.39 7,714 44.50 LMCEA 1057 9420 31 Building Maintenance Supervisor 6,807 39.27 7,147 41.23 7,504 43.29 7,879 45.46 8,273 47.73 8,687 50.12 9,121 52.62 LMCEA 1060 9420 47 Building Maintenance Worker I 4,760 27.46 4,998 28.83 5,248 30.28 5,510 31.79 5,786 33.38 6,075 35.05 6,379 36.80 LMCEA 1063 9420 13 Building Maintenance Worker II 5,236 30.21 5,498 31.72 5,773 33.31 6,062 34.97 6,365 36.72 6,683 38.56 7,017 40.48 LMCEA 1066 9420 23 Business License Officer 4,757 27.44 4,995 28.82 5,245 30.26 5,507 31.77 5,782 33.36 6,071 35.03 6,375 36.78 LMCEA 1072 9410 14 Clerical Assistant I 3,469 20.01 3,642 21.01 3,824 22.06 4,015 23.16 4,216 24.32 4,427 25.54 4,648 26.82 LMCEA 1093 8810 1 Clerical Assistant II 3,744 21.60 3,931 22.68 4,128 23.82 4,334 25.00 4,551 26.26 4,779 27.57 5,018 28.95 LMCEA 1096 8810 2 Clinical Homeless Outreach Specialist 7,571 43.68 7,950 45.87 8,348 48.16 8,765 50.57 9,203 53.09 9,663 55.75 10,146 58.53 LMCEA 1097 9420 61 Code Compliance Officer I 5,669 32.71 5,952 34.34 6,250 36.06 6,563 37.86 6,891 39.76 7,236 41.75 7,598 43.83 LMCEA 1099 9410 28 Code Compliance Officer II 6,240 36.00 6,552 37.80 6,880 39.69 7,224 41.68 7,585 43.76 7,964 45.95 8,362 48.24 LMCEA 1102 9410 39 Community Cleanup Coordinator 5,529 31.90 5,805 33.49 6,095 35.16 6,400 36.92 6,720 38.77 7,056 40.71 7,409 42.74 LMCEA 1107 9420 26 Comm Develop Program Coordinator 7,790 44.94 8,180 47.19 8,589 49.55 9,018 52.03 9,469 54.63 9,942 57.36 10,439 60.23 LMCEA 1105 9410 55 Community Resource Supervisor 7,571 43.68 7,950 45.87 8,348 48.16 8,765 50.57 9,203 53.09 9,663 55.75 10,146 58.53 LMCEA 1103 9410 61 Crime Analyst 6,689 38.59 7,023 40.52 7,374 42.54 7,743 44.67 8,130 46.90 8,537 49.25 8,964 51.72 LMCEA 1111 8810 45 Community Engagement Specialist I 4,843 27.94 5,085 29.34 5,339 30.80 5,606 32.34 5,886 33.96 6,180 35.65 6,489 37.44 LMCEA 1114 9410 16 Community Engagement Specialist II 5,669 32.71 5,952 34.34 6,250 36.06 6,563 37.86 6,891 39.76 7,236 41.75 7,598 43.83 LMCEA 1117 9410 28 Custodian 3,744 21.60 3,931 22.68 4,128 23.82 4,334 25.00 4,551 26.26 4,779 27.57 5,018 28.95 LMCEA 1120 9420 2 Customer Service / Finance Assistant 4,410 25.44 4,631 26.72 4,863 28.06 5,106 29.46 5,361 30.93 5,629 32.48 5,910 34.10 LMCEA 1123 8810 7 Customer Service Specialist I 4,633 26.73 4,865 28.07 5,108 29.47 5,363 30.94 5,631 32.49 5,913 34.11 6,209 35.82 LMCEA 1126 8810 11 Customer Service Specialist II 4,997 28.83 5,247 30.27 5,509 31.78 5,784 33.37 6,073 35.04 6,377 36.79 6,696 38.63 LMCEA 1129 8810 17 Deputy City Clerk 6,776 39.09 7,115 41.05 7,471 43.10 7,845 45.26 8,237 47.52 8,649 49.90 9,081 52.39 LMCEA 1132 8810 34 Deputy Fire Marshal 7,908 45.62 8,303 47.90 8,718 50.30 9,154 52.81 9,612 55.45 10,093 58.23 10,598 61.14 LMCEA 1135 9410 64 Development Services Technician I 5,035 29.05 5,287 30.50 5,551 32.03 5,829 33.63 6,120 35.31 6,426 37.07 6,747 38.93 LMCEA 1148 9410 19 Development Services Technician II 5,529 31.90 5,805 33.49 6,095 35.16 6,400 36.92 6,720 38.77 7,056 40.71 7,409 42.74 LMCEA 1149 9410 57 Downtown Operations Assistant 4,571 26.37 4,800 27.69 5,040 29.08 5,292 30.53 5,557 32.06 5,835 33.66 6,127 35.35 LMCEA 1147 9410 9 Emergency Preparedness Coordinator 7,790 44.94 8,180 47.19 8,589 49.55 9,018 52.03 9,469 54.63 9,942 57.36 10,439 60.23 LMCEA 1184 9410 62 Engineering Aide 5,035 29.05 5,287 30.50 5,551 32.03 5,829 33.63 6,120 35.31 6,426 37.07 6,747 38.93 LMCEA 1150 9410 19 Engineering Technician I 5,683 32.79 5,967 34.43 6,265 36.14 6,578 37.95 6,907 39.85 7,252 41.84 7,615 43.93 LMCEA 1156 9410 29 Engineering Technician II 6,246 36.03 6,558 37.83 6,886 39.73 7,230 41.71 7,592 43.80 7,972 45.99 8,371 48.29 LMCEA 1159 9410 40 Environmental Program Coordinator 8,630 49.79 9,062 52.28 9,515 54.89 9,991 57.64 10,491 60.53 11,016 63.55 11,567 66.73 LMCEA 1160 9420 58 Environmental Specialist 6,838 39.45 7,180 41.42 7,539 43.49 7,916 45.67 8,312 47.95 8,728 50.35 9,164 52.87 LMCEA 1355 9420 50 Equipment Operator 5,293 30.54 5,558 32.07 5,836 33.67 6,128 35.35 6,434 37.12 6,756 38.98 7,094 40.93 LMCEA 1162 9420 24 Equipment Service Worker 4,152 23.95 4,360 25.15 4,578 26.41 4,807 27.73 5,047 29.12 5,299 30.57 5,564 32.10 LMCEA 1165 9420 4 Executive Secretary to the Police Chief 6,416 37.02 6,737 38.87 7,074 40.81 7,428 42.85 7,799 44.99 8,189 47.24 8,598 49.60 LMCEA 1023 8810 25 Facilities Manager 6,378 36.80 6,697 38.64 7,032 40.57 7,384 42.60 7,753 44.73 8,141 46.97 8,548 49.32 LMCEA 1168 9410 41 Step B Step C Step D Step E Step F
City of La Mesa
Compensation Plan - LMCEA FY 2027
EFFECTIVE: 7/3/26, AS AMENDED & APPROVED on 6/23/26
Class
Code WC Code Range #
Step G
Class Title Payroll
Group
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Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Step B Step C Step D Step E Step F
Class
Code WC Code Range #
Step G
Class Title Payroll
Group
Step A
Facilities Specialist 5,460 31.50 5,733 33.08 6,020 34.73 6,321 36.47 6,637 38.29 6,969 40.21 7,317 42.21 LMCEA 1169 8810 25 Fire Inspector I 6,195 35.74 6,505 37.53 6,830 39.40 7,172 41.38 7,531 43.45 7,908 45.62 8,303 47.90 LMCEA 1052 9410 36 Fire Inspector II 6,815 39.32 7,156 41.28 7,514 43.35 7,890 45.52 8,285 47.80 8,699 50.19 9,134 52.70 LMCEA 1053 9410 49 Fleet Maintenance Supervisor 6,807 39.27 7,147 41.23 7,504 43.29 7,879 45.46 8,273 47.73 8,687 50.12 9,121 52.62 LMCEA 1226 9420 47 Heavy Equipment Operator 5,555 32.05 5,833 33.65 6,125 35.34 6,431 37.10 6,753 38.96 7,091 40.91 7,446 42.96 LMCEA 1195 9420 27 Homeless Outreach Technician 6,156 35.52 6,464 37.29 6,787 39.16 7,126 41.11 7,482 43.17 7,856 45.32 8,249 47.59 LMCEA 1196 9420 35 Housing Navigator 4,696 27.09 4,931 28.45 5,178 29.87 5,437 31.37 5,709 32.94 5,994 34.58 6,294 36.31 LMCEA 1197 9420 67 Human Services Manager 7,790 44.94 8,180 47.19 8,589 49.55 9,018 52.03 9,469 54.63 9,942 57.36 10,439 60.23 LMCEA 1204 9410 55 Information Technology Analyst 7,748 44.70 8,135 46.93 8,542 49.28 8,969 51.74 9,417 54.33 9,888 57.05 10,382 59.90 LMCEA 1208 9410 54 Information Technology Specialist I 6,461 37.28 6,784 39.14 7,123 41.09 7,479 43.15 7,853 45.31 8,246 47.57 8,658 49.95 LMCEA 1210 9410 44 InformationTechnology Specialist II 7,105 40.99 7,460 43.04 7,833 45.19 8,225 47.45 8,636 49.82 9,068 52.32 9,521 54.93 LMCEA 1213 9410 52 Irrigation Technician 5,048 29.12 5,300 30.58 5,565 32.11 5,843 33.71 6,135 35.39 6,442 37.17 6,764 39.02 LMCEA 1222 9420 20 Lead Mechanic 6,416 37.02 6,737 38.87 7,074 40.81 7,428 42.85 7,799 44.99 8,189 47.24 8,598 49.60 LMCEA 1225 9420 43 Mechanic I 5,231 30.18 5,493 31.69 5,768 33.28 6,056 34.94 6,359 36.69 6,677 38.52 7,011 40.45 LMCEA 1237 9420 22 Mechanic II 5,753 33.19 6,041 34.85 6,343 36.59 6,660 38.42 6,993 40.34 7,343 42.36 7,710 44.48 LMCEA 1240 9420 30 Park Maintenance Lead Worker 5,819 33.57 6,110 35.25 6,416 37.02 6,737 38.87 7,074 40.81 7,428 42.85 7,799 44.99 LMCEA 1243 9420 32 Park Maintenance Supervisor 6,807 39.27 7,147 41.23 7,504 43.29 7,879 45.46 8,273 47.73 8,687 50.12 9,121 52.62 LMCEA 1246 9420 47 Park Maintenance Worker I 4,152 23.95 4,360 25.15 4,578 26.41 4,807 27.73 5,047 29.12 5,299 30.57 5,564 32.10 LMCEA 1249 9420 4 Park Maintenance Worker II 4,593 26.50 4,823 27.83 5,064 29.22 5,317 30.68 5,583 32.21 5,862 33.82 6,155 35.51 LMCEA 1252 9420 10 Park Maintenance Worker III 5,048 29.12 5,300 30.58 5,565 32.11 5,843 33.71 6,135 35.39 6,442 37.17 6,764 39.02 LMCEA 1255 9420 20 Permit Technician 4,501 25.97 4,726 27.27 4,962 28.63 5,210 30.06 5,471 31.56 5,745 33.14 6,032 34.80 LMCEA 1258 8810 8 Planning Technician 5,529 31.90 5,805 33.49 6,095 35.16 6,400 36.92 6,720 38.77 7,056 40.71 7,409 42.74 LMCEA 1261 9410 57 Police Assistant 4,653 26.84 4,886 28.19 5,130 29.60 5,387 31.08 5,656 32.63 5,939 34.26 6,236 35.98 LMCEA 1264 8810 12 Professional Standards Unit Assistant 5,226 30.15 5,487 31.66 5,761 33.24 6,049 34.90 6,351 36.64 6,669 38.48 7,002 40.40 LMCEA 1262 8810 66 Public Works Crew Leader 6,416 37.02 6,737 38.87 7,074 40.81 7,428 42.85 7,799 44.99 8,189 47.24 8,598 49.60 LMCEA 1301 9420 60 Public Works Inspector I 6,212 35.84 6,523 37.63 6,849 39.51 7,191 41.49 7,551 43.56 7,929 45.74 8,325 48.03 LMCEA 1294 9420 37 Public Works Inspector II 6,841 39.47 7,183 41.44 7,542 43.51 7,919 45.69 8,315 47.97 8,731 50.37 9,168 52.89 LMCEA 1297 9420 51 Public Works Maint Lead Worker 5,819 33.57 6,110 35.25 6,416 37.02 6,737 38.87 7,074 40.81 7,428 42.85 7,799 44.99 LMCEA 1300 9420 32 Public Works Maintenance Supervisor 6,807 39.27 7,147 41.23 7,504 43.29 7,879 45.46 8,273 47.73 8,687 50.12 9,121 52.62 LMCEA 1303 9420 47 Public Works Maintenance Worker I 4,152 23.95 4,360 25.15 4,578 26.41 4,807 27.73 5,047 29.12 5,299 30.57 5,564 32.10 LMCEA 1306 9420 4 Public Works Maintenance Worker II 4,593 26.50 4,823 27.83 5,064 29.22 5,317 30.68 5,583 32.21 5,862 33.82 6,155 35.51 LMCEA 1309 9420 10 Public Works Maintenance Worker III 5,048 29.12 5,300 30.58 5,565 32.11 5,843 33.71 6,135 35.39 6,442 37.17 6,764 39.02 LMCEA 1312 9420 20 Records Technician 5,145 29.68 5,402 31.17 5,672 32.72 5,956 34.36 6,254 36.08 6,567 37.89 6,895 39.78 LMCEA 1317 8810 65 Recreation Supervisor 6,387 36.85 6,706 38.69 7,041 40.62 7,393 42.65 7,763 44.79 8,151 47.03 8,559 49.38 LMCEA 1330 9410 42 Safety Volunteer Coordinator 6,776 39.09 7,115 41.05 7,471 43.10 7,845 45.26 8,237 47.52 8,649 49.90 9,081 52.39 LMCEA 1336 9410 38 Senior Accounting Technician 6,422 37.05 6,743 38.90 7,080 40.85 7,434 42.89 7,806 45.03 8,196 47.28 8,606 49.65 LMCEA 1014 9420 63 Senior Building Inspector 7,499 43.26 7,874 45.43 8,268 47.70 8,681 50.08 9,115 52.59 9,571 55.22 10,050 57.98 LMCEA 1345 9410 53 Senior Tree Trimmer 5,529 31.90 5,805 33.49 6,095 35.16 6,400 36.92 6,720 38.77 7,056 40.71 7,409 42.74 LMCEA 1354 9420 26 Stormwater Program Manager 8,630 49.79 9,062 52.28 9,515 54.89 9,991 57.64 10,491 60.53 11,016 63.55 11,567 66.73 LMCEA 1356 9420 58 Transportation Specialist 4,849 27.98 5,091 29.37 5,346 30.84 5,613 32.38 5,894 34.00 6,189 35.71 6,498 37.49 LMCEA 1328 8810 59 Tree Trimmer 5,024 28.98 5,275 30.43 5,539 31.96 5,816 33.55 6,107 35.23 6,412 36.99 6,733 38.84 LMCEA 1360 9420 18 Wastewater Maintenance Worker I 4,152 23.95 4,360 25.15 4,578 26.41 4,807 27.73 5,047 29.12 5,299 30.57 5,564 32.10 LMCEA 1307 9420 4 Wastewater Maintenance Worker II 4,593 26.50 4,823 27.83 5,064 29.22 5,317 30.68 5,583 32.21 5,862 33.82 6,155 35.51 LMCEA 1310 9420 10 Wastewater Maintenance Worker III 5,048 29.12 5,300 30.58 5,565 32.11 5,843 33.71 6,135 35.39 6,442 37.17 6,764 39.02 LMCEA 1313 9420 20

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Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Fire Battalion Chief (112 hour) 12,021 49.54 12,622 52.02 13,254 54.62 13,916 57.35 14,612 60.21 15,343 63.23 16,110 66.39 Fire 1182 7706 7 Fire Battalion Chief (80 hour) 12,022 69.36 12,623 72.82 13,254 76.46 13,917 80.29 14,612 84.30 15,343 88.52 16,110 92.94 Fire 1176 7706 8 Fire Battalion Chief w/ PM Cert (112 hour) 12,791 52.71 13,393 55.19 14,024 57.79 14,686 60.52 15,380 63.38 16,113 66.40 16,880 69.56 Fire 1181 7706 11 Fire Battalion Chief w/ PM Cert (80 hour) 12,791 73.80 13,393 77.27 14,024 80.91 14,686 84.73 15,380 88.73 16,113 92.96 16,880 97.39 Fire 1179 7706 12 Fire Captain 9,736 40.12 10,223 42.13 10,734 44.24 11,271 46.45 11,835 48.77 12,426 51.21 13,048 53.77 Fire 1174 7706 5 Fire Captain / Paramedic 11,275 46.46 11,763 48.47 12,275 50.58 12,811 52.79 13,374 55.11 13,966 57.55 14,587 60.11 Fire 1175 7706 6 Fire Captain w/ PM Cert 10,505 43.29 10,993 45.30 11,505 47.41 12,041 49.62 12,604 51.94 13,196 54.38 13,818 56.94 Fire 1173 7706 10 Fire Engineer 8,560 35.28 8,988 37.04 9,438 38.89 9,910 40.84 10,405 42.88 10,925 45.02 11,472 47.27 Fire 1186 7706 2 Fire Engineer / Paramedic 10,100 41.62 10,527 43.38 10,976 45.23 11,449 47.18 11,945 49.22 12,464 51.36 13,010 53.61 Fire 1187 7706 4 Fire Engineer w/ PM Cert 9,331 38.45 9,758 40.21 10,207 42.06 10,680 44.01 11,175 46.05 11,694 48.19 12,240 50.44 Fire 1188 7706 9 Firefighter 7,138 29.41 7,494 30.88 7,869 32.43 8,263 34.05 8,676 35.75 9,109 37.54 9,565 39.42 Fire 1189 7706 1 Firefighter / Paramedic 8,442 34.79 8,864 36.53 9,307 38.35 9,772 40.27 10,261 42.28 10,774 44.40 11,313 46.62 Fire 1190 7706 3 Fire Recruit (80 hour) 6,088 35.12 6,393 36.88 6,713 38.73 7,048 40.66 7,401 42.70 7,771 44.83 8,159 47.07 Temp w/ Benefits 1191 7706 13
EFFECTIVE: 7/3/2026, AS AMENDED & APPROVED on 6/23/2026 City of La Mesa
Compensation Plan - Fire Suppression FY2027
Step G Payroll
Group
Class
Code Class Title WC Code Range # Step A Step B Step C Step D Step E Step F

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Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Communications Supervisor 7,254 41.85 7,617 43.94 7,998 46.14 8,398 48.45 8,818 50.87 9,259 53.41 Police N/S 1104 8810 6 Community Services Officer 4,976 28.71 5,225 30.14 5,486 31.65 5,760 33.23 6,048 34.89 6,351 36.64 Police N/S 1108 9420 2 Police Dispatcher 5,990 34.56 6,290 36.29 6,605 38.10 6,935 40.01 7,281 42.01 7,646 44.11 Police N/S 1276 8810 5 Police Property Officer I 4,829 27.86 5,070 29.25 5,324 30.71 5,590 32.25 5,869 33.86 6,163 35.55 Police N/S 1284 9410 7 Police Property Officer II 5,316 30.67 5,582 32.20 5,861 33.81 6,154 35.50 6,461 37.28 6,784 39.14 Police N/S 1285 9410 3 Police Services Specialist 5,382 31.05 5,651 32.60 5,933 34.23 6,230 35.94 6,542 37.74 6,869 39.63 Police N/S 1293 8810 4 Police Services Technician 4,975 28.70 5,224 30.14 5,485 31.64 5,759 33.23 6,047 34.89 6,349 36.63 Police N/S 1291 8810 1 Records Supervisor 7,254 41.85 7,617 43.94 7,998 46.14 8,398 48.45 8,818 50.87 9,259 53.41 Police N/S 1320 8810 6 Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Police Officer 9,346 53.92 9,814 56.62 10,304 59.45 10,820 62.42 11,361 65.54 11,929 68.82 Police 1282 7720 1 Police Officer Trainee 8,879 51.23 Police 1283 7720 3
Police Sergeant 11,697 67.48 12,282 70.85 12,896 74.40 13,540 78.12 14,217 82.02 14,928 86.12 Police 1288 7720 2 WC
Code
Step C Step D Step E Step F
Range #
Non-sworn Positions
WC
Code
Step F
Range #
Step B Step C Step D Step E Step H
Class Title
Step H
Payroll
Group
Step A
City of La Mesa
Compensation Plan - Police FY 2027
EFFECTIVE: 7/6/2026, AS AMENDED & APPROVED on 6/23/26
Class Title
Step A
Step B Step G
Sworn Positions
Class
Code
Class
Code
Step G
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Group

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g
Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly City Councilmember 1,900 Elected 1084 9410 2
City Treasurer 1,100 Elected 1090 8810 1
Mayor 3,800 Elected 1234 9410 3
Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Accounting Technician - Confidential 6,130 35.37 6,437 37.14 6,759 38.99 7,097 40.94 7,452 42.99 7,825 45.14 8,216 47.40 Conf 1013 8810 35 Administrative Analyst I - Confidential 6,463 37.29 6,786 39.15 7,125 41.11 7,481 43.16 7,855 45.32 8,248 47.58 8,660 49.96 Conf 1003 8810 46 Administrative Analyst II - Confidential 7,115 41.05 7,471 43.10 7,845 45.26 8,237 47.52 8,649 49.90 9,081 52.39 9,535 55.01 Conf 1006 8810 3 Administrative Coordinator -Confidential 5,733 33.08 6,020 34.73 6,321 36.47 6,637 38.29 6,969 40.21 7,317 42.21 7,683 44.33 Conf 1025 8810 6 Executive Assistant to the City Manager 6,781 39.12 7,120 41.08 7,476 43.13 7,850 45.29 8,243 47.56 8,655 49.93 9,088 52.43 Conf 1339 8810 33 Human Resources Analyst 7,542 43.51 7,919 45.69 8,315 47.97 8,731 50.37 9,168 52.89 9,626 55.53 10,107 58.31 Conf 1203 8810 21 Human Resources Assistant 4,425 25.53 4,646 26.80 4,878 28.14 5,122 29.55 5,378 31.03 5,647 32.58 5,929 34.21 Conf 1205 8810 35 Human Resources Technician 5,866 33.84 6,159 35.53 6,467 37.31 6,790 39.17 7,130 41.13 7,487 43.19 7,861 45.35 Conf 1202 8810 46 Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Monthly Hourly Assistant City Manager 16,829 97.09 17,671 101.95 18,555 107.05 19,483 112.40 20,457 118.02 NS Mgmt 1036 9410 Assistant Director of Community Development 12,361 71.31 12,979 74.88 13,628 78.62 14,309 82.55 15,024 86.68 NS Mgmt 1146 9410 Assistant Director of Public Works 12,361 71.31 12,979 74.88 13,628 78.62 14,309 82.55 15,024 86.68 NS Mgmt 1145 9410 Assistant to the City Manager 10,346 59.69 10,863 62.67 11,406 65.80 11,976 69.09 12,575 72.55 NS Mgmt 1037 9410 Building Inspection Supervisor 8,726 50.34 9,162 52.86 9,620 55.50 10,101 58.28 10,606 61.19 NS Mgmt 1055 9410 Building Official 12,142 70.05 12,749 73.55 13,386 77.23 14,055 81.09 14,758 85.14 NS Mgmt 1069 9410 City Attorney 28,704 165.60 NS Mgmt 1078 8810
City Clerk 11,084 63.94 11,638 67.14 12,220 70.50 12,831 74.03 13,473 77.73 NS Mgmt 1081 8810 City Engineer 12,361 71.31 12,979 74.88 13,628 78.62 14,309 82.55 15,024 86.68 NS Mgmt 1086 9410 City Manager 26,127 150.73 NS Mgmt 1087 9410
Communications Manager 10,346 59.69 10,863 62.67 11,406 65.80 11,976 69.09 12,575 72.55 NS Mgmt 1106 8810 POLICE MGMT EFFECTIVE: 7/5/2026, AS AMENDED & APPROVED 06/23/2026 Range #
Step E Step F Step G
Payroll
Group
Step C Step D
City of La Mesa
Compensation Plan - Elected Officials FY 2027
EFFECTIVE: 12/10/24, AS AMENDED & APPROVED on 11/26/2024 City of La Mesa
Compensation Plan - Confidential Staff FY 2027
EFFECTIVE: 7/3/2026, AS AMENDED & APPROVED on 6/23/2026 City of La Mesa
Compensation Plan - Management Groups FY 2027
NS MGMT & FIRE MGMT EFFECTIVE: 7/3/26, AS AMENDED & APPROVED on 6/23/26 Class Title
Step A Step B
Class Title
Step A Step B Step C Step D
Class
Code WC Code
Salary Established by Contract Amended 8/12/25 (Effective 7/1/25) Salary Established by Contract Amended 8/12/25 (Effective 7/1/25) Range #
Step E Step F Step G
Payroll
Group
Class
Code WC Code
Class Title
Step A Step B Step C Step D
Salary established by ordinance 2023-2905 (Eff 12/10/24) Salary established by ordinance 2023-2905 (Eff 12/10/24) Salary established by ordinance 2023-2905 (Eff 12/10/24) Range #
Step E Step F Step G
Payroll
Group
Class
Code WC Code

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Step E Step F Step G
Payroll
Group
City of La Mesa
Compensation Plan - Management Groups FY 2027
NS MGMT & FIRE MGMT EFFECTIVE: 7/3/26, AS AMENDED & APPROVED on 6/23/26 Class Title
Step A Step B Step C Step D
Class
Code WC Code
Parks and Recreation Manager 10,346 59.69 10,863 62.67 11,406 65.80 11,976 69.09 12,575 72.55 NS Mgmt 1140 9410 Deputy Fire Chief 15,002 86.55 15,752 90.88 16,540 95.42 17,367 100.19 18,235 105.20 NS Mgmt 1178 7706 Director of Community Development 14,890 85.90 15,634 90.20 16,416 94.71 17,237 99.44 18,099 104.42 NS Mgmt 1138 9410 Director of Parks and Recreation 14,890 85.90 15,634 90.20 16,416 94.71 17,237 99.44 18,099 104.42 NS Mgmt 1141 9410 Director of Finance 14,890 85.90 15,634 90.20 16,416 94.71 17,237 99.44 18,099 104.42 NS Mgmt 1142 9410 Director of Human Resources 14,890 85.90 15,634 90.20 16,416 94.71 17,237 99.44 18,099 104.42 NS Mgmt 1151 9410 Director of Public Works 14,890 85.90 15,634 90.20 16,416 94.71 17,237 99.44 18,099 104.42 NS Mgmt 1143 9410 Director of Public Works / CityEngineer 14,890 85.90 15,634 90.20 16,416 94.71 17,237 99.44 18,099 104.42 NS Mgmt 1144 9410 Engineering Project Manager 10,456 60.32 10,979 63.34 11,528 66.51 12,104 69.83 12,709 73.32 NS Mgmt 1153 9410 Environmental Manager 10,346 59.69 10,863 62.67 11,406 65.80 11,976 69.09 12,575 72.55 NS Mgmt 1158 9420 Finance Manager 10,449 60.29 10,972 63.30 11,521 66.47 12,097 69.79 12,702 73.28 NS Mgmt 1172 8810 Fire Chief 17,458 100.72 18,331 105.76 19,248 111.05 20,210 116.60 21,221 122.43 FIRE Mgmt 1177 7706 Fire Division Chief 13,188 76.08 13,847 79.89 14,539 83.88 15,266 88.07 16,029 92.48 FIRE Mgmt 1180 7706 Fire Marshal 13,442 77.55 14,114 81.43 14,820 85.50 15,561 89.78 16,339 94.26 NS Mgmt 1183 9410 Human Resources Manager 10,346 59.69 10,863 62.67 11,406 65.80 11,976 69.09 12,575 72.55 NS Mgmt 1201 8810 Human Resources/Risk Manager 11,384 65.68 11,953 68.96 12,551 72.41 13,179 76.03 13,838 79.83 NS Mgmt 1200 8810 Information Technology Manager 10,449 60.29 10,972 63.30 11,521 66.47 12,097 69.79 12,702 73.28 NS Mgmt 1207 9410 Management Analyst 7,360 42.46 7,728 44.58 8,114 46.81 8,520 49.15 8,946 51.61 NS Mgmt 1231 8810 Police Captain 16,802 96.93 17,642 101.78 18,524 106.87 19,450 112.21 20,423 117.83 Police Mgmt 1267 7720 Police Chief 20,056 115.71 21,059 121.49 22,112 127.57 23,218 133.95 24,379 140.65 Police Mgmt 1270 7720 Police Lieutenant 14,571 84.06 15,300 88.27 16,065 92.68 16,868 97.32 17,711 102.18 Police Mgmt 1279 7720 Police Services Manager 10,346 59.69 10,863 62.67 11,406 65.80 11,976 69.09 12,575 72.55 NS Mgmt 1290 9410 Public Works Operations Manager 10,346 59.69 10,863 62.67 11,406 65.80 11,976 69.09 12,575 72.55 NS Mgmt 1314 9420 Purchasing Officer 8,465 48.84 8,888 51.28 9,332 53.84 9,799 56.53 10,289 59.36 NS Mgmt 1315 8810 Records Program Manager 7,360 42.46 7,728 44.58 8,114 46.81 8,520 49.15 8,946 51.61 NS Mgmt 1318 8810 Risk Manager 10,346 59.69 10,863 62.67 11,406 65.80 11,976 69.09 12,575 72.55 NS Mgmt 1333 9410 Senior Accountant 8,465 48.84 8,888 51.28 9,332 53.84 9,799 56.53 10,289 59.36 NS Mgmt 1342 8810 Senior Management Analyst 8,465 48.84 8,888 51.28 9,332 53.84 9,799 56.53 10,289 59.36 NS Mgmt 1348 8810 Senior Planner 10,083 58.17 10,587 61.08 11,116 64.13 11,672 67.34 12,256 70.71 NS Mgmt 1351 9410 Superintendent of Public Works 9,468 54.62 9,941 57.35 10,438 60.22 10,960 63.23 11,508 66.39 NS Mgmt 1357 9420

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Step A Step B Step C Step D Step E
Hourly Hourly Hourly Hourly Hourly
2136 Development Coordinator 27.33 28.70 30.14 31.65 33.23 Temporary 2136 9410 33 1192 General Service Worker 16.90 16.90 16.90 16.90 16.90 Temporary 1192 9410 2 1216 Intern/Student Worker I 16.90 17.75 18.63 19.56 20.54 Temporary 1216 9410 3 1219 Intern/Student Worker II 17.75 18.63 19.56 20.54 21.57 Temporary 1219 9410 7 1118 Juvenile Services Officer 23.81 25.00 26.25 27.56 28.94 Temporary 1118 9410 28 1230 Lead Lifeguard 19.11 20.07 21.07 22.12 23.23 Temporary 1230 9410 25 1227 Lifeguard Aide 17.33 18.20 19.11 20.07 21.07 Temporary 1227 9410 5 1228 Lifeguard/Instructor 18.20 19.11 20.07 21.07 22.12 Temporary 1228 9410 9 1229 Live Scan Operator 16.90 17.75 18.63 19.56 20.54 Temporary 1229 8810 6 1321 Recreation Aide 16.90 17.75 18.63 19.56 20.54 Temporary 1321 9410 1 1324 Recreation Leader 17.75 18.63 19.56 20.54 21.57 Temporary 1324 9410 4 1327 Recreation Specialist 18.63 19.56 20.54 21.57 22.65 Temporary 1327 9410 8 1358 Student Management Fellow 23.81 25.00 26.25 27.56 28.94 Temporary 1358 9410 28 Range #
City of La Mesa
Compensation Plan - Temporary Staff FY 2025-26
EFFECTIVE: 7/3/26 AS AMENDED & APPROVED on 1/23/26
Payroll Group Class Code WC Code
Class
Code Class Title

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REPORT to the MAYOR and MEMBERS of the CITY COUNCIL
From the CITY MANAGER
DATE: June 23, 2026
SUBJECT: Resolution Approving Side Letters to Memoranda of Understanding Renaming Cesar Chavez Day to
Farmworkers Day
ISSUING DEPARTMENT: Human Resources
Recommendation:

That the City Council adopt the Resolution approving the side letters to the City’s Memoranda of Understanding to rename Cesar Chavez Day to Farmworkers Day.

Fiscal Impact:

There is no fiscal impact.

BACKGROUND:

The City Council approved the 2024-2027 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Police Officers’ Association (POA) on June 25, 2024, and the 2025-2028 MOU for the La Mesa City Employees’ Association (LMCEA) on June 24, 2025. Both MOUs include a list of recognized holidays, which includes Cesar Chavez Day.

DISCUSSION:

California legislative leaders passed Assembly Bill 2156 on March 26, 2026, to rename the March 31 state holiday from Cesar Chavez Day to Farmworkers Day, reflecting a shift toward recognition of broader contributions of farmworkers across the state.

The City and the bargaining groups have met in good faith as required by the MeyersMilias-Brown Act and desire to amend their respective bargaining unit MOUs to rename Cesar Chavez Day to Farmworkers Day in alignment with state law. The City’s other bargaining unit, Firefighters of La Mesa Local #4759, incorporated this change in their recently adopted MOU on June 9, 2026. The City Manager may direct staff to update the compensation plan for the unrepresented Management and Confidential Group

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Report to Mayor and Councilmembers
Date: June 23, 2026
Page: 2 of 2
accordingly.

This proposed resolution is administrative in nature and does not alter compensation, benefits, or work schedules beyond the renaming of the holiday. Amendments to each applicable MOU are included as Exhibits to the proposed Resolution.

Reviewed by: Respectfully submitted by:
____________________ ____________________________
Greg Humora Gretchen Spaniol
City Manager Director of Human Resources
Attachments:

A. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA MESA

APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING
REGARDING HOLIDAYS FOR THE LA MESA CITY EMPLOYEES’
ASSOCIATION AND POLICE OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION.
i. Exhibit 1 Side Letter to the POA MOU
ii. Exhibit 2 Side Letter to the LMCEA MOU

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ATTACHMENT A
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA MESA

APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING

REGARDING HOLIDAYS TO RENAME CESAR CHAVEZ DAY TO
FARMWORKERS DAY FOR THE LA MESA CITY EMPLOYEES’ ASSOCIATION AND POLICE OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION
WHEREAS, the City of La Mesa (City) and the La Mesa City Employees’ Association (LMCEA) and the Police Officers’ Association (POA) bargaining groups have worked collaboratively toward the development of a mutually beneficial Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), that provide for wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment; WHEREAS, the City and the collective bargaining units, after meeting and conferring in good faith pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (MMBA), desire to enter into amendments to the respective Bargaining Unit MOUs, to rename “Cesar Chavez Day” to “Farmworkers Day”; and WHEREAS, amendments to the respective Bargaining Unit MOUs have been prepared to reflect the above desired amendments as side letters to the Bargaining Units MOUs.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, as follows:

1. That the side letter agreement by and between the City of La Mesa representatives and the representatives of the POA, a copy which is on file and available for inspection in the Office of the City Clerk and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 1, is hereby approved.

2. That the side letter agreement by and between the City of La Mesa representatives and the representatives of the LMCEA, a copy which is on file and available for inspection in the Office of the City Clerk and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 2, is hereby approved.

3. That all other terms and conditions of the 2024-2027 POA MOU and the 2025-2028 LMCEA MOU shall remain in full force and effect.

4. That the City Manager is hereby directed and authorized to take all necessary and appropriate action with respect to implementation of the terms and conditions of the side letters.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, held the 23rd day of June 2026, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

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MEGAN WIEGELMAN, CMC, City Clerk
(SEAL OF CITY)

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EXHIBIT 1

ATTACHMENT B

SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT AMENDING
THE 2024-2027 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA MESA AND THE LA MESA POLICE OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION WHEREAS, on June 25, 2024, the City of La Mesa (“City”) and the La Mesa Police Officers’ Association (POA) executed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027;
WHEREAS, on November 10, 2024, the City of La Mesa (“City”) and the La Mesa Police Officers’ Association (POA) executed the first side letter to the MOU for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027 to add terms related to a reduced workweek for sworn employees (Section 1.11.03); WHEREAS, on August 12, 2025, the City of La Mesa (“City”) and the La Mesa Police Officers’ Association (POA) executed the second side letter to the MOU for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027 to incorporate educational incentive pay for the Police Services Technicians (Section 1.32.2); WHEREAS, on March 23, 2026, Assembly Bill 2156 was adopted to rename "Cesar Chavez Day" to "Farmworkers Day";
WHEREAS, the City and POA, after meeting and conferring in good faith pursuant to the Meyer Milias Brown Act (MMBA), desire to enter into this third side letter to the 2024-2027 MOU, to rename “Cesar Chavez Day” to “Farmworkers Day”; and
WHEREAS, the City and POA desire to amend the terms of the POA MOU stated herein subject to ratification by POA and the City Council.

NOW, THEREFORE, the City and POA agree to amend the 2024-2027 MOU as follows:

SECTION 1.12.01 HOLIDAY LEAVE
A. Effective January 1, 2022 and every January 1st thereafter, each EMPLOYEE shall be credited with an advance posting of 150 hours of available holiday time (equivalent to

12.5 holidays calculated at 12 hours/day, with the exception of the Christmas Eve holiday which is calculated at 6 hours), designated as follows:
 New Year’s Day (12 hours)
 Martin Luther King’s Birthday (12 hours)
 Presidents’ Day (12 hours)
 Farmworkers Day (12 hours)
 Memorial Day (12 hours)
 Juneteenth (12 hours)
 Independence Day (12 hours)
 Labor Day (12 hours)
 Veteran’s Day (12 hours)
 Thanksgiving Day (12 hours)
 Friday after Thanksgiving (12 hours)
 Christmas Eve (6 hours)

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EXHIBIT 1

ATTACHMENT B
 Christmas Day (12 hours)
Except as expressly modified in this side letter herein, all terms and conditions of the 2024-2027 MOU shall remain in full force and effect.

For CITY OF LA MESA: For Police Officers’ Association:

Gretchen Spaniol Brett Riley
Director of Human Resources POA President
Date: ____________________ Date: ___________________

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EXHIBIT 2

ATTACHMENT C

SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT AMENDING
THE 2025-2028 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA MESA AND THE LA MESA CITY EMPLOYEES’ ASSOCIATION WHEREAS, on June 24, 2025, the City of La Mesa (“City”) and the La Mesa City Employees’ Association (LMCEA) executed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028;
WHEREAS, on March 23, 2026, Assembly Bill 2156 was adopted to rename "Cesar Chavez Day" to "Farmworkers Day";
WHEREAS, the City and LMCEA, after meeting and conferring in good faith pursuant to the Meyer Milias Brown Act (MMBA), desire to enter into this first side letter to the 2025-2028 MOU, to rename “Cesar Chavez Day” to “Farmworkers Day”; and
WHEREAS, the City and LMCEA desire to amend the terms of the LMCEA MOU stated herein subject to ratification by LMCEA and the City Council.

NOW, THEREFORE, the City and LMCEA agree to amend the 2025-2028 MOU as follows:

SECTION 1.12. HOLIDAYS
A. All EMPLOYEES shall be granted the following holidays, or the days celebrated for these holidays, with pay:

New Year's Day Veteran's Day
Martin Luther King’s Birthday Thanksgiving Day
Memorial Day Friday after Thanksgiving
Juneteenth Christmas Eve
Independence Day Christmas Day
Labor Day
Pay for holidays shall be commensurate with the length of the work day pursuant to the City’s 9/80 schedule (i.e., nine-hour days shall be paid at nine hours and eight-hour days shall be paid at eight hours).

EMPLOYEES working a 5/8 schedule shall receive pay for eight hours on closed holidays.

EMPLOYEES working a 4/10 schedule shall receive pay for ten hours on closed holidays.

All holidays falling on Sunday will be observed on the following Monday. All holidays falling on Saturday will be observed on the preceding Friday. All holidays falling on an off-Friday pursuant to the 9/80 work schedule shall result in eight hours of holiday time added to the EMPLOYEES’ floating holiday banks.

In addition, any other day proclaimed by the La Mesa City Council as a public holiday, day of mourning or day of thanksgiving.

Floating Holidays:

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EXHIBIT 2

ATTACHMENT C
In lieu of celebrating Admission Day, Farmworkers Day, and President’s Day, EMPLOYEES will be granted three floating holidays to be used at the convenience of the EMPLOYEE with the approval of the department head. Each EMPLOYEE working a 9/80 schedule shall have his/her floating holiday bank credited with nine hours on Admission Day, Farmworkers Day, and Washington's Birthday of each year.

EMPLOYEES working a 5/8 schedule shall have 8 hours credited for each Floating Holiday. EMPLOYEES working a 4/10 schedule shall have 10 hours credited for each Floating Holiday.

In no event may an EMPLOYEE take time off prior to the actual holiday without approval of the department head. EMPLOYEES electing to use holiday time off must have the time credited in the pay period prior to its use. Requests for holiday time off shall require a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours’ notice. However, notice requirements will increase for requests for longer periods of holiday time off as follows:
 Forty-eight (48) hours’ notice required for requests of two (2) to three (3) days  Two (2) weeks’ notice required for requests of four (4) or more days Unused floating holiday time may be accumulated from year to year without limit for EMPLOYEES hired prior to July 1, 1991. For EMPLOYEES hired on or after July 1, 1991, unused floating holidays may be accumulated up to a maximum of 160 hours. Additional floating holiday time will not be credited to an EMPLOYEE hired on or after July 1, 1991 if that EMPLOYEE has 160 hours accumulated holiday leave on the books at the time that the floating holiday occurs.

An EMPLOYEE must be in paid status or other previously approved leave the work day preceding a holiday in order to be paid for the holiday. A suspension will not begin the day preceding a holiday in order to further penalize an EMPLOYEE under this section.

Except as expressly modified in this side letter herein, all terms and conditions of the 2025-2028 MOU shall remain in full force and effect.

For CITY OF LA MESA: For La Mesa City Employees’ Association:

Gretchen Spaniol Maxine Lynch
Director of Human Resources LMCEA Representative
Date: ____________________ Date: ___________________
________________________
Brian Philbin
LMCEA President
Date: ___________________

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REPORT to the MAYOR and MEMBERS of the CITY COUNCIL
From the CITY MANAGER
DATE: June 23, 2026
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CONTRACT CHANGE
ORDER NO. 1 TO SC VALLEY ENGINEERING, INC., FOR
THE PHASE 6 SEWER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BID NO.
25-12 (CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NO. 8103)
ISSUING DEPARTMENT: Public Works
Recommendation:

That the City Council adopt the attached resolution authorizing Contract Change Order No. 1 in the amount of $39,936.86 to SC Valley Engineering, Inc., for the Phase 6 Sewer Improvement Project, Bid No. 25-12 (Capital Improvement Project (CIP) No. 8103).

Fiscal Impact:

Funds for this change order will be provided from the sewer-funded CIP No. 8103.

The project is debt-funded by the California State Revolving Fund (SRF) Program, managed by the State Water Resources Control Board. Construction funds are reimbursed and amortized over a 20-year period at 1.65% interest.

City’s Strategic Goals:
 Invest in infrastructure to serve the needs of the community.

BACKGROUND:

On August 12, 2025, the City Council approved a resolution awarding a construction contract to SC Valley Engineering, Inc. in the amount of $5,985,284.71 for the Phase 6 Sewer Improvement Project, Bid No. 25-12.

The Phase 6 Sewer Improvement Project is currently under construction, with 90% completion. The project replaces segments of old, undersized concrete sewer pipe and deteriorated sewer manholes in the Vista La Mesa neighborhood.

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Report to Mayor and Councilmembers
Date: June 23, 2026
Page: 2 of 2
During construction, unforeseen field conditions were encountered that required modifications to the original scope of work. Underground conditions were significantly different from those anticipated on Hybeth Drive and Charles Street, which required some design modifications. Additionally, construction activities performed in close proximity to a 96-inch water pipeline required additional protective measures and field modifications to ensure no impact to the pipeline.

This change order incorporates the costs associated with this additional work performed through April 20, 2026. Additional change orders, including a final reconciliation of contract credits and debits, may be presented to the City Council prior to project closeout.

DISCUSSION:

To address unforeseen issues and field conditions, the Contractor worked on a time and materials basis under oversight by the City contract inspector. Change Order No. 1 with the Contractor is in the amount of $39,936.86, and it includes a 14-day extension to the contract duration. The revised contract completion date is October 13, 2026.

CONCLUSION:

Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached resolution authorizing Contract Change Order No. 1 to SC Valley Engineering in the amount of $39,936.86, and approving a 14-day extension to the contract duration for the Phase 6 Sewer Improvement Project, Bid 25-12, CIP No. 8103.

Reviewed by: Respectfully submitted by:
____________________ ____________________________
Greg Humora José G. Ornelas
City Manager Assistant Director of Public Works
Attachments: A. Resolution
B. Contract Change Order 1

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ATTACHMENT A
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA MESA
AUTHORIZING CONTRACT CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 TO SC VALLEY
ENGINEERING, INC., FOR THE PHASE 6 SEWER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BID NO. 25-12 (CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NO. 8103)
WHEREAS, the City of La Mesa has a strategic goal to invest in infrastructure to serve the needs of the community;
WHEREAS, a contract was awarded to SC Valley Engineering, Inc. to provide construction services for the Phase 6 Sewer Improvement Project; WHEREAS, the Contractor was required to perform out-of-scope unforeseen miscellaneous sewer-related work within the project area; WHEREAS, the original design required modifications primarily due to underground soil conditions; and
WHEREAS, Administrative Instruction F-13 requires approval by the City Council for Public Works construction change orders over $25,000.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, that the Mayor is hereby authorized and instructed to execute for and on behalf of said City, Contract Change Order No. 1 for additional construction services between the City of La Mesa and SC Valley Engineering, Inc., for an amount for an amount of $39,936.86 for the Phase 6 Sewer Improvement Project, CIP No. 8103. Said contract change order is on file in the office of the City Clerk.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, held the 23
rd day of June 2026, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

CERTIFICATE OF THE CITY CLERK
I, MEGAN WIEGELMAN, City Clerk of the City of La Mesa, California, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and exact copy of Resolution No. 2026- , duly passed and adopted by the City Council of said City on the date and by the vote therein recited.

MEGAN WIEGELMAN, CMC, City Clerk
(SEAL OF CITY)

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RE Contract: Date:

P.O. No.:

The time provided for the contract is
Therefore, the revised contract time is
working days, and the revised completion
date is
$ 4,127.27
7 8
COR 15- Helix Charges for Broken Service
COR 16.1- Extra Materials Pay for Pipe etc
$ 1,734.48
$ 4,151.88
1 COR 5- Exploratory Pits $ 1,502.27
4 5
6 COR 7- Alley off Marian Lateral
COR 10- Addl Survey Sheet 8
$ 6,115.77
2 3 COR 3- Slurry Encased MH, 10 hours $ 14,092.54
COR 13.1- Sewer Backup March 1 Work
1%
.

APPROVAL RECOMMENDED BY: APPROVED BY:

This document shall become an amendment to the contract and all provisions for the contract will apply hereto. increased by 14 working days.
264
NEW CONTRACT AMOUNT (C + B + A) $ 6,025,221.57 % Change 10/13/2026
Michael Throne, PE
Director of Public Works
Mark Arapostathis
Mayor
$ - % Change 0%
$ 39,936.86
ORIGINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT $ 5,985,284.71
NET CHANGE THIS CCO (+ or -) % Change 1%
Megan Wiegelman
City Clerk
Total Change $ 39,936.86
$ 39,936.86 % Change 1%
ATTESTED BY:

TOTAL CCO's (+ or -)
CCO's PREVIOUSLY APPROVED (+ or -)
TO: SC Valley Engineering, Inc Reso. No.: 2026-__
COR 14- Extra Potholing in Mass Ave.
$ 4,781.05
$ 3,431.60

CITY OF LA MESA
You are hereby requested to comply with the listed changes in the contract plans and specifications. Furnish to the City of La Mesa as follows:

Item No.

Change in
Contract Price
6/23/2026
262140
Detailed Description of Changes & Quantities or Scope of Work Phase 6 Sewer Improvement Project, CIP No.
8103
CONTRACT CHANGE ORDER NO. 1
Bid No.: 25-12

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RE Contract: Date:

P.O. No.:

TO: SC Valley Engineering, Inc Reso. No.: 2026-__

CITY OF LA MESA
6/23/2026
262140
Phase 6 Sewer Improvement Project, CIP No.
8103
CONTRACT CHANGE ORDER NO. 1
Bid No.: 25-12
SC VALLEY ENGINEERING, INC.

I, THE UNDERSIGNED CONTRACTOR/CONSULTANT, have given careful consideration to the changes proposed and hereby agree, if this proposal is approved, that we will provide all equipment, furnish all materials, except as may otherwise be noted above, and perform all services necessary for the work above specified, and will accept as full payment therefore the price shown above.

Samuel Wathen, President

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REPORT to the MAYOR and MEMBERS of the CITY COUNCIL
From the CITY MANAGER
DATE: June 23, 2026
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION APPROVING A TASK ORDER TO

COMPASS ROSE GIS TO PROVIDE AS-NEEDED

MAPPING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

SYSTEM SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027
ISSUING DEPARTMENT: Public Works
Recommendation:

That the City Council approve a resolution authorizing a task order to Compass Rose GIS to provide as-needed mapping and geographic information system services for Fiscal Year 2027 for the Public Works Department, in the amount of $150,000.

Fiscal Impact:

Funds for the task order are available in the following FY27 Public Works Operating Budget accounts for professional services.

Division Account Amount Requested
PW Administration 3101-6430 $ 10,000
PW Engineering 3201-6430 $ 20,000
Wastewater Engineering 4141-6430 $ 110,000
Wastewater Operations 4142-6430 $ 10,000
TOTAL: $150,000
City’s Strategic Goals:
 Invest in infrastructure to serve the needs of the community.

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Report to Mayor and Councilmembers
Date: June 23, 2026
Page: 2 of 3
BACKGROUND:

The City has utilized Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for the past 20 years to manage infrastructure data, support operations, and provide information to staff and the public. GIS data is integrated with the City’s Enterprise Asset Management software to support maintenance activities, capital planning, and performance tracking.

To maintain current technology and specialized expertise, the City utilizes consulting services for GIS support. In August 2024, the City executed a Master Agreement with Compass Rose GIS for GIS mapping services. The agreement allows task orders to be issued in accordance with the City’s Purchasing Policy, which requires City Council approval for contracts exceeding $50,000.

DISCUSSION:

The City’s GIS System requires ongoing maintenance and updates to reflect changes in infrastructure and technology. During FY 2027, Compass Rose GIS will provide:
 Administration of online GIS maps and cloud-based services  Infrastructure map updates
 Special study and presentation mapping
 Software support and updates
 GIS integration and maintenance for GraniteNet sewer CCTV software  Technical GIS training and documentation for City staff CONCLUSION:

Staff recommends that the City Council approve a resolution authorizing a task order to Compass Rose GIS to provide as-needed mapping and geographic information system services for the Public Works Department for Fiscal Year 2027, in the amount of $150,000.

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Report to Mayor and Councilmembers
Date: June 23, 2026
Page: 3 of 3
Reviewed by: Respectfully submitted by:
____________________ ____________________________
Greg Humora José G. Ornelas
City Manager Assistant Director of Public Works
Noemi Becerra
Sr. Management Analyst
Attachments:A. Resolution
B. GIS Services Proposal _Compass Rose

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ATTACHMENT A
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA MESA
APPROVING A TASK ORDER TO COMPASS ROSE GIS TO PROVIDE ASNEEDED MAPPING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027
WHEREAS, this project will advance the City’s strategic goal of investing in infrastructure to serve the needs of the community;
WHEREAS, the City has converted its paper maps to electronic maps, and the City’s infrastructure requires frequent updating of the maps;
WHEREAS, the City has implemented infrastructure asset maintenance and management software, and it is essential to keep the system up-to-date and running efficiently; WHEREAS, the City has made the maps available online and maintains a cloud server and the online system needs to remain in operation by updating the server and the maps; WHEREAS, in 2024, a formal request for qualifications, RFQ 25-01, was advertised and Compass Rose GIS was selected to provide as-needed Geographical Information System Services;
WHEREAS, on August 6, 2024, the City executed a Master Agreement with Compass Rose GIS in accordance with RFQ 25-01, and the terms of the Master Agreement allow for the issuance of task orders in accordance with the City’s Purchasing Policy; and WHEREAS, funding for this task order is budgeted in Public Works FY27 operating budgets.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the Mayor is hereby authorized and instructed to execute a task order between the City of La Mesa and Compass Rose GIS, for as-needed mapping and geographic information system services for Fiscal Year 2027 in the amount of $150,000 for Public Works support services. Said contract is on file in the office of the City Clerk.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, held the 23
rd day of June 2026, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

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La Mesa City CouncilJune 23, 2026

La Mesa City Council
June 23, 2026