Wednesday, March 12, 2025
3:30 PM
City of Oceanside
300 North Coast Highway, Oceanside, California 92054
Council Chambers
300 North Coast Highway
Oceanside, CA 92054
City Council
Clerk's Action Minutes
Joint Meetings of the Oceanside City Council, Oceanside Small Craft Harbor District Board of Directors (HDB), Oceanside Community Development Commission (CDC), and Oceanside Public Financing Authority (OPFA) City Council Clerk's Action Minutes March 12, 2025
3:30 P.M. – ROLL CALL
Council Member Peter Weiss, Council Member Esther Sanchez, Council Member Eric Joyce, Council Member Rick Robinson, and Council Member Jimmy Figueroa
Present:
CITY COUNCIL, HDB, CDC, OPFA CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR ON STATUS OF NEGOTIATIONS PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED IN OPEN SESSION (SECTION 54957.6) CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR - Negotiator: City Manager; employee organizations: Oceanside Police Officers’ Association (OPOA) , Oceanside Police Officers’ Association - Non-Sworn (OPOA-NS), Oceanside Firefighters’ Association (OFA), Oceanside Police Management Association (OPMA), Management Employees of the City of Oceanside (MECO), Oceanside City Employees’ Association (OCEA), Oceanside Fire Management Association (OFMA), Oceanside Marine Safety Employees’ Association (OMSEA), Western Council of Engineers (WCE), and Unrepresented
5:00 P.M. – ROLL CALL
Council Member Peter Weiss, Council Member Esther Sanchez, Council Member Eric Joyce, Council Member Rick Robinson, and Council Member Jimmy Figueroa
Present:
INVOCATION
Reverend Dr. John D. Hill, Walker Chapel A.M.E. Church
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
San Diego Humane Society Pet of the Month
Proclamation in Honor of Women's History Month
Proclamation in Honor of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week, March 9-15, 2025, with Cheryl Weeks-Frey & Melinda Thrasher, District Activist Leaders, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Pacific South Coast Chapter
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS 2-4, 6-14: WEISS
SECOND: JOYCE
APPROVED: 5-0
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All items listed on the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine matters or formal documents covering previous City Council/HDB/CDC/OPFA instructions.
The items listed on the Consent Calendar may be enacted by a single vote.
There will be no separate discussion of any Consent Calendar items unless requested by members of the City Council/HDB/CDC/OPFA or the public through submittal of Request to Speak form prior to the commencement of this agenda item.
2. Staff recommends that the City Council/Harbor Board/CDC/OPFA approve the waiving of reading of the text of all ordinances and the text and title of all resolutions included in this agenda. Unanimous approval of the City Council/Harbor Board/CDC/OPFA is required.
City Council/ HDB/CDC/ OPFA:
RESULT: APPROVED
MOVER: Peter Weiss
SECONDER: Eric Joyce
3. Accept City Clerk’s Action Minutes of the Small Craft Harbor District Board of Directors, Community Development Commission, City Council, and Oceanside Public Financing Authority of the February 12, 2025 Council Workshop and the February 19, 2025 Regular Meeting.
City Council/ HDB/CDC/ OPFA:
RESULT: APPROVED
MOVER: Peter Weiss
SECONDER: Eric Joyce
4. Staff recommends that the City Council approve Amendment 1 to the Janitorial Services Agreement with NMS Management, Inc., to include the READS Learning Center, in an amount not to exceed $21,560 for a two-year term, with two additional one-year terms for a revised total of $974,281; appropriate $10,780 from the City Building Maintenance Reserve for FY 2024-25; authorize the City Manager to execute the amendment upon receipt of all supporting documents and authorize the Financial Services Director, or designee, to execute the change order.
City Council:
RESULT: APPROVED
MOVER: Peter Weiss
SECONDER: Eric Joyce
Enactment No: 25-D0083-1
5. Staff recommends that the City Council approve a payment to KOCT Television, in the amount of $75,000, to support continued community television programming operations; appropriate $75,000 from General Fund Unassigned Reserves; and authorize the City Manager to execute the payment.
City Council:
ITEM PULLED FOR DISCUSSION BY MAYOR SANCHEZ
RESULT: APPROVED
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MOVER: Peter Weiss
SECONDER: Rick Robinson
6. Staff and the Police and Fire Commission recommend that the City Council adopt a resolution to accept $52,914 in grant funds from the FY 2024 U.S. Department of Justice Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant awarded to the City for crime suppression; appropriate the funds to the Justice Assistance Grant Fund; approve the grant budget; and authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the grant documents.
City Council:
RESULT: APPROVED
MOVER: Peter Weiss
SECONDER: Eric Joyce
Enactment No: RES 25-R0084-1
7. Staff recommends that the City Council accept and appropriate donations totaling $97,500, disbursed throughout 2025, from the Friends of the Oceanside Public Library, awarded to the City to support Library services.
City Council:
Enactment No: 25-D0085-1
RESULT: APPROVED
MOVER: Peter Weiss
SECONDER: Eric Joyce
8. Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution approving the Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) and Mitigation, Monitoring, and Reporting Program (MMRP) for the proposed Coast Highway Bridge Replacement Project.
City Council:
RESULT: APPROVED
MOVER: Peter Weiss
SECONDER: Eric Joyce
Enactment No: RES 25-R0086-1
9. Staff and the Library Board of Trustees recommend that the City Council approve the Library Board of Trustees 2025-2027 Workplan.
City Council:
Enactment No: 25-D0087-1
RESULT: APPROVED
MOVER: Peter Weiss
SECONDER: Eric Joyce
10. Staff and the Arts Commission recommend that the City Council approve the Arts Commission 2025-2027 Workplan.
City Council:
Enactment No: 25-D0088-1
RESULT: APPROVED
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MOVER: Peter Weiss
SECONDER: Eric Joyce
11. Staff recommends that City Council approve the modification of an existing Parks and Beaches Maintenance Supervisor position to a newly created Senior Parks and Beaches Maintenance Supervisor classification in the Public Works Department, effective immediately following Council adoption.
City Council:
RESULT: APPROVED
MOVER: Peter Weiss
SECONDER: Eric Joyce
12. Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the Resolution of the City Council of the City of Oceanside Acting as the Legislative Body of the City of Oceanside Community Facilities District No. 2023-1 (North River Farms Public Facilities), Declaring its Intention to Consider an Amendment to the Amended and Restated Rate and Method of Apportionment of Special Tax and Decreasing the Amount of Bonded Indebtedness.
City Council:
RESULT: APPROVED
MOVER: Peter Weiss
SECONDER: Eric Joyce
Enactment No: RES 25-R0089-1
13. The City Treasurer and staff recommend that the City Council accept the City Treasurer’s recommendation for an appointment to the Citizen Investment Oversight Committee (CIOC).
City Council:
RESULT: APPROVED
MOVER: Peter Weiss
SECONDER: Eric Joyce
14. Staff submits the second quarter Financial Status Report and recommends that the City Council accept the report and approve the budget adjustments.
City Council:
RESULT: APPROVED
MOVER: Peter Weiss
SECONDER: Eric Joyce
GENERAL ITEMS
City Council Clerk's Action Minutes March 12, 2025
General Items are normally heard after any 6:00 p.m. Public Hearing Items.
However, if time permits, some General Items may be heard prior to any 6:00 p.m. Public Hearing Items, following the Consent Calendar. Ordinances may be introduced at this time. The City Council/HDB/CDC/OPFA has adopted a policy that it is sufficient to read the title of ordinances at the time of introduction and adoption, and that full reading of ordinances may be waived. After the City Attorney has read the titles, the City Council/HDB/CDC/OPFA may introduce the ordinances in a single vote.
15. Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution to re-establish the Youth Commission and approve the application and bylaws.
City Council:
Enactment No: 25-D0091-1
RESULT: APPROVED
MOVER: Rick Robinson
SECONDER: Eric Joyce
Enactment No: RES 25-R0090-1
A) Report by Marie Town, Library Division Manager
B) Discussion
C) Recommendation – adopt resolution
6:00 P.M.
PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
Public hearing items are “time-certain” and are heard beginning at 6:00 p.m.
Due to the time-certain requirement, other items may be taken out of order on the agenda to accommodate the 6:00 p.m. public hearing schedule.
16. Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution approving a plan of finance including the issuance of revenue bonds by the California Municipal Finance Authority, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $65,000,000, to finance and refinance the acquisition, construction, development and equipping of a 179-unit qualified residential rental project to be located at 712 Seagaze Drive (the “Project”) for the benefit of 716 Seagaze Affordable, L.P., a California Limited Partnership (or an affiliate), and certain other matters relating thereto.
City Council:
MOTION: WEISS
SECOND: JOYCE
APPROVED: 4-1 (SANCHEZ - NO)
Enactment No: RES 25-R0092-1
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A) Mayor opens public hearing
B) Mayor requests disclosure of Councilmember and
constituent contacts and correspondence
C) Clerk presents correspondence and/or petitions
D) Testimony beginning with Leilani Hines, Housing and
Neighborhood Services Director
E) Recommendation - adopt resolution
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS ON OFF-AGENDA ITEMS
No action will be taken by the City Council/HDB/CDC/OPFA on matters in this category unless it is determined that an emergency exists or that there is a need to take action that became known subsequent to the posting of the agenda. The presiding officer may hear non-agenda items at any time after the 5:00 p.m. meeting is called to order.
17. Communications from the public regarding items not on this agenda 8 SPEAKERS
MAYOR AND/OR COUNCILMEMBER ITEMS
18. Request by Mayor Sanchez and Deputy Mayor Joyce: Change the standard of review of appeals to the City Council from Planning Commission decisions - When a council member or member of the public appeals a planning commission decision to the City Council, the Council shall be able to review the decision de novo and not be limited to the specific points raised in the appeal. The Council shall be able to review the entire record of the appeal; direction to staff.
RESULT: APPROVED
MOVER: Esther Sanchez
SECONDER: Eric Joyce
Council Member Sanchez, Council Member Joyce, and Council Member Figueroa
Aye:
Council Member Weiss, and Council Member RobinsonNay:
GENERAL COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS
COMMENTS MADE
ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES
City Council Clerk's Action Minutes March 12, 2025
The following items are ordinances for adoption by the City Council/HDB/CDC/OPFA. Ordinances are laws of the City of Oceanside and require introduction and adoption at two separate City Council meetings (urgency ordinances are an exception, and may be introduced and adopted at one meeting as an emergency measure). The City Council/HDB/CDC/OPFA has adopted a policy that it is sufficient to read the title of ordinances at the time of introduction and adoption, and that full reading of ordinances may be waived.
After the City Attorney has read the titles, the City Council/HDB/CDC/OPFA may adopt the ordinances below in a single vote. There will be no discussion of the items unless requested by members of the City Council/HDB/CDC/OPFA or the public through submittal of a Request to Speak form prior to the commencement of this agenda item.
ADJOURNMENT
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:23 P.M.