City of Lemon Grove
City Council Regular Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.
Lemon Grove Community Center
3146 School Lane, Lemon Grove, CA 91945
City Council
Alysson Snow, Mayor
Jennifer Mendoza, Mayor Pro-Tem
Jessyka Heredia, Councilmember
Yadira Altamirano, Councilmember
Vacant, Councilmember
A complete agenda packet is available for review on the City’s website.
The City Council also sits as the Lemon Grove Housing Authority, Lemon Grove Sanitation District Board, Lemon Grove Roadway Lighting District Board, and Lemon Grove Successor Agency.
Call to Order / Roll Call
Pledge of Allegiance
Changes to the Agenda
Presentations
Presentation of Certificate of Recognition to O’Chea
Presentation of Certificate of Recognition to Project Aware in Celebration of its 20th Anniversary
Public Comment
Digitally submitted public comments received by the City Clerk at [email protected] will not be read out-loud during the meeting. However, they will be provided to the City Council and remain part of the meeting’s records. Per the Lemon Grove Municipal Code Section 2.14.150, live comments are allotted a maximum of three (3) minutes.
Consent Calendar
(Note: The items listed on the Consent Calendar will be enacted in one motion unless removed from the Consent Calendar by Council, staff, or the public.)
1.A Waive the Full Text Reading of All Ordinances on the Agenda Reference: Kristen Steinke, City Attorney
Recommendation: Waive the full text reading of all ordinances included in this agenda. Ordinances shall be introduced and adopted by title only.
1.B City of Lemon Grove Payment Demands
Reference: Stacey Tang, Finance Director
Recommendation: Ratify demands covering October 17, 2025 to October 30, 2025.
November 18, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting Page | 2 Public Hearing
2. Ordinance Amending Lemon Grove Municipal Code Title 17 ZONING, Chapter
17.08 DEFINITIONS, Chapter 17.16 ZONING DISTRICTS, Chapter 17.20 SPECIAL OVERLAY DISTRICTS, and Chapter 17.28 PROCEDURE AND ADMINISTRATION implementing General Plan Housing Element Programs 14 and 22.
Reference: Bill Chopyk, Special Projects Administrator
Recommendation: 1) Conduct the Public Hearing; 2) Receive Public Comment; and 3) Introduce for its first reading an Ordinance amending Lemon Grove Code (LGMC) Title 17 ZONING, Chapter 17.08 DEFINITIONS, Chapter 17.16 ZONING DISTRICTS, Chapter 17.20 SPECIAL OVERLAY DISTRICTS, and Chapter 17.28 PROCEDURE AND ADMINISTRATION implementing General Plan Housing Element Programs 14 and 22.
Reports to Council
3. Discussion on New Sidewalk Project Areas
Reference: Izzy Murguia, Public Works Director
Recommendation: Receive report and provide direction on sidewalk improvement prioritization criteria.
4. Second Reading: Ordinance Adoption by Reference of the 2025 California Fire Code (Title 24 Part 9 of the Building Standards Code)
Reference: Fire Chief Bent Koch
Recommendation: Hold the second reading, by title only, and adopt Ordinance No. 469 adopting by reference the 2025 California Fire Code (Title 24 Part 9 of the Building Standards Code), including local amendments and related findings, entitled “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Lemon Grove, California, Rescinding Section 15.26 of Title 15 of the Lemon Grove Municipal Code, Entitled “Fire Code” in its Entirety, and Adopting a New Section 15.26, Adopting by Reference the 2025 California Fire Code, and Local Amendments and Related Findings.”
5. COPPS Goals and Objectives
Reference: Lydia Romero, City Manager and Lieutenant Barry with the San Diego Sheriff’s Office
Recommendation: Receive Report .
6. Council Initiated Item – Reallocation of Homeless Funds Reference: Lydia Romero, City Manager
Recommendation: Discuss and Advise.
November 18, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting Page | 3 City Council Reports on Meetings Attended at the Expense of the City (GC 53232.3 (d)) (53232.3. (d) states that members of a legislative body shall provide brief reports on meetings attended at the expense of the local agency at the next regular meeting of the legislative body.) City Manager’s Report
Closed Session
a. Public Employee Performance Evaluation (Government Code §54957) Position: City Manager
Adjournment
AFFIDAVIT OF NOTIFICATION AND POSTING
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I, Joel G. Pablo, City Clerk of the City of Lemon Grove, hereby declare under penalty of perjury that a copy of the above Agenda of the Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Lemon Grove, California, was delivered and/or notice by email not less than 72 hours, on or before the hour of 3:00 p.m. on November 14, 2025 to the members of the governing agency, and caused the agenda to be posted on the City’s website at www.lemongrove.ca.gov and at Lemon Grove City Hall, 3232 Main Street Lemon Grove, CA 91945. /s/: Joel G. Pablo
Joel G. Pablo, City Clerk
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