Wednesday, December 3, 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 December 3, 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
NO MEETING
2. LITIGATION OR OTHER ADVERSARY PROCEEDING (E .G., ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING, ARBITRATION) (SECTION 54956.9(d))
(A) CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION (Section 54956.9(d)(1))
1. Gerhard Vilogron v. City of Oceanside
Workers’ Comp. Claim No. 23-171866
2. Larry Weber v. City of Oceanside
Workers’ Comp. Claim No. 23-K000056
3. Bradford Portlock v. City of Oceanside
Workers’ Comp. Claim No. 24-K000158
NO REPORTABLE ACTION
3. LITIGATION OR OTHER ADVERSARY PROCEEDING (E .G., ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING, ARBITRATION) (SECTION 54956.9(d))
(A) CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (Section 54956.9(d)(4))
1. CAPP, Inc., et al. v. Discover Financial Services, et al.
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United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division
Case No. 1:23-CV-4676 [consolidated class action with Case No .’s 1:23-cv-14250 and 1:23-cv-15297]
UNANIMOUS APPROVAL TO OPT IN
4. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR (SECTION 54956.8)
1. Property: City-owned property located at 1900 Harbor Drive North (APN 143-120-10)
Negotiating parties: City of Oceanside and Aloha Partners, LP Negotiator for the City: Vicki Gutierrez, Real Estate Manager Under Negotiations: Price and terms for the lease of real property
2. Property: City-owned building located at 615 Mission Ave. (APN 147-281-01)
Negotiating parties: City of Oceanside and Hatter Family Trust, December 4, 1986
Negotiator for the City: Vicki Gutierrez, Real Estate Manager Under Negotiations: Price and terms for the acquisition of real property
NO REPORTABLE ACTION FOR ITEM 4.1
NO MEETING ON ITEM 4.2
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
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Proclamation in Honor of Nathan Usher & the Oceanside Junior Lifeguard Program Proclamation in Honor of the 70th Birthday of Laurel Elementary
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Presentation - Sister City Kisarazu, Japan
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
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.
MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS 5-7, 9-15: ROBINSON
SECOND: WEISS
APPROVED: 5-0
5. 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:
6. 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 November 19, 2025 Special Meeting City Council/ HDB/CDC/ OPFA:
7. Staff recommends that the City Council approve Amendment 2 to the Property Use Agreement with North County Community Services, DBA Growing Minds Early Education Programs, for the use of a portion of the Balderrama Recreation Center located at 709 San Diego Street, extending the term of the agreement through December 31, 2030, for a five-year minimum total revenue of $390,000, for the operation of child development preschool services and other related programs and activities; and authorize the City Manager to execute the amendment upon receipt of all supporting documents.
City Council:
Enactment No: 25-D0680-1
8. Staff recommends that the City Council approve Amendment 4 to the Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with The Lightfoot Planning Group, in the amount of $39,670, for a revised contract amount not to exceed $322,515, for specialized soil inspection services for the El Corazon Phase IIA Trails Project; and authorize the City Manager to execute the amendment upon receipt of all supporting documentation.
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City Council:
ITEM PULLED FOR DISCUSSION BY THE PUBLIC
MOTION: WEISS
SECOND: ROBINSON
APPROVED: 5-0
Enactment No: 25-D0681-1
9. Staff recommends that the City Council approve a Service Agreement with Don Peterson Contracting, Inc., in the amount of $125,000 per year for FY 2025-26 and FY 2026-27, for a total contract amount not to exceed $250,000, for the repair and servicing of City sewer systems; and authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the agreement.
City Council:
Enactment No: 25-D0682-1
10. Staff recommends that the City Council approve Memorandums of Agreement (MOAs) with Visit Oceanside, the Oceanside Cultural District and the Downtown Oceanside Property Business Improvement District (PBID) and accept $50,000 from each organization totaling $150,000 to support the g’Oside electric vehicle (EV) shuttle program serving Downtown Oceanside, appropriate these funds and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreements. Staff also recommends that the City Council appropriate $150,000 in matching funds from the General Fund unassigned fund balance and approve a second amendment to the Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with Circuit to continue operating the g’Oside electric vehicle (EV) shuttle program for one year beginning January 1, 2026 with a modified scope of work at a cost of $300,000.
City Council:
Enactment No: 25-D0684-1
Enactment No: 25-D0685-1
Enactment No: 25-D0686-1
Enactment No: 25-D0683-1
11. Staff recommends that the City Council accept $172,439 in grant funds from California State Library, awarded to the City for continuing literacy services provided to adults and families of adults, and appropriate these funds to the Library & Cultural Arts Department.
City Council:
12. Staff recommends that the City Council accept $34,200 in grant funds from California Library Association, awarded to the City to support Lunch at the Library services, and appropriate these funds to the Library & Cultural Arts Department.
City Council:
13. Staff and the Arts Commission recommend that the City Council approve the O’Arts: Oceanside Poet Laureate Program.
City Council:
14. Staff recommends that the City Council approve an updated pay range and job
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description for the previously-approved Police Records Manager position in the Oceanside Police Department.
City Council:
15. Staff recommends that the City Council determine there remains a need to continue emergency work on the 18-inch Mesa Loma Water Main.
City Council:
GENERAL ITEMS
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.
16. Staff recommends that the City Council approve the Amended and Restated Lease with Oceanside Museum of Art for property located at 704-714 Pier View Way, expanding the current premises to include the former Fire Station No. 1 building, with terms for its renovation, and to update the lease terms and conditions, with the initial term to expire October 5, 2052, with two 22-year extension options; appropriate $346,382 from General Fund Infrastructure Reserves; and authorize the City Manager to execute the lease upon receipt of all supporting documents.
City Council:
RESULT: APPROVED
MOVER: Esther Sanchez
SECONDER: Eric Joyce
Council Member Weiss, Council Member Sanchez, Council
Member Joyce, Council Member Robinson, and Council Member Figueroa
Aye:
Enactment No: 25-D0687-1
A) Report by Kimberly Duffin, Senior Property Agent
B) Discussion
C) Recommendation – approve agreement
17. Staff recommends that the City Council introduce an ordinance amending Article XIV, Section 14.1 of the Oceanside Traffic Code by establishing various new speed limits on streets identified in Table A (Attachment A).
City Council:
ORDINANCE INTRODUCED
RESULT: APPROVED
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MOVER: Esther Sanchez
SECONDER: Jimmy Figueroa
Council Member Weiss, Council Member Sanchez, Council
Member Joyce, Council Member Robinson, and Council Member Figueroa
Aye:
A) Report by Abraham Chen, Associate Traffic Engineer
B) Discussion
C) Recommendation – introduce ordinance
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.
18. Staff recommends that the City Council: 1) adopt a resolution adopting the Final Mitigated Negative Declaration and associated Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) for the Oceanside Garrison Street Planned Development; 2) adopt a resolution approving General Plan Amendment (GPA24-00002) to change the land use designation of approximately seven acres of APN 162-020-26-00 from Civic Institutional (CI) to Medium Density C Residential (MDC-R); 3) introduce an ordinance for Zone Amendment (ZA24-00001) to change the zoning designation of approximately seven acres of APN 162-020-26-00 from Public/Semi-Public (PS) to Planned Development (PD); 4) adopt a resolution approving Tentative map (T24-00002), Development Plan (D24-00010), and Density Bonus (DB25-00004) to allow for the construction of a 140-unit residential development with 14 units reserved for moderate-income households at 333 Garrison Street.
City Council:
ORDINANCE INTRODUCED
MOTION: WEISS
SECOND: ROBINSON
APPROVED: 5-0
Enactment No: RES 25-R0690-1
Enactment No: RES 25-R0691-1
Enactment No: RES 25-R0689-1
[Item continued from October 1, 2025].
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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 Dane Thompson,
Associate Planner
E) Recommendation - adopt resolutions and introduce
ordinance
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.
19. Communications from the public regarding items not on this agenda 1 GROUP AND 12 SPEAKERS
MAYOR AND/OR COUNCILMEMBER ITEMS
GENERAL COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS
COMMENTS MADE
ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES
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.
20. Staff recommends that the City Council adopt an ordinance amending Chapter 32B of the City Code; adoption of an ordinance repealing and replacing Chapter 32D of the City Code;
(Introduced on November 19, 2025, 5-0)
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City Council:
Enactment no. 25-OR0671-1
RESULT: APPROVED
MOVER: Peter Weiss
SECONDER: Rick Robinson
Council Member Weiss, Council Member Sanchez, Council
Member Joyce, Council Member Robinson, and Council Member Figueroa
Aye:
Enactment No: 25-OR0670-1
21. Staff recommends that the City Council and the Community Development Commission adopt an ordinance for Zone Amendment (RZA22-00001) to change existing zoning designations from Downtown District: Public Transportation and Railroad (D-14) and High Density Residential (D-5), Public Utility and Transportation (PUT), Office Professional, Coastal (OP), and Medium Density Residential, Coastal (R-3) to Specific Plan and consideration of the OTC Specific Plan. (Introduced on November 19, 2025, 4-1 (Sanchez - no))
City Council/ CDC:
RESULT: APPROVED
MOVER: Peter Weiss
SECONDER: Rick Robinson
Council Member Weiss, Council Member Joyce, Council Member Robinson, and Council Member Figueroa
Aye:
Council Member SanchezNay:
Enactment No: 25-OR0675-1
ADJOURNMENT