CITY OF SAN DIEGO
COUNCIL AGENDA
COUNCIL PRESIDENT
Sean Elo-Rivera • Ninth District
COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM
Monica Montgomery Steppe • Fourth District
COUNCILMEMBERS
Joe LaCava • First District
Jennifer Campbell • Second District
Stephen Whitburn • Third District
Marni von Wilpert • Fifth District
Kent Lee • Sixth District
Raul A. Campillo • Seventh District
Vivian Moreno • Eighth District
Charles Modica Mara W. Elliott
Independent City Attorney
Budget Analyst
Diana J.S. Fuentes
City Clerk
City Administration Building
City Council Chambers- 12th Floor
202 C Street San Diego, CA 92101
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FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS
MEETING IS FOUND AT THE END OF THE AGENDA
Joining the Webinar and Offering Phone-in Testimony
Members of the public may participate in City Council meetings in person or virtually using the Zoom Webinar platform. Members of the public can offer public comment on agendized items or during NonAgenda Public Comment by accessing the meeting online using a desktop computer, laptop, tablet, or Smartphone, or by calling into the meeting using a Smartphone, cellular phone, or land line. To raise your hand via a phone-in please press *9 and unmute when the Clerk calls on you by pressing *6. If you are participating via the webinar platform please press the raise your hand icon and the unmute button when prompted.
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LATE-ARRIVING MATERIALS
Pursuant to the Brown Act, California Government Code Section 54957.5(b), late-arriving documents related to City Council meeting agenda items which are distributed to the legislative body prior to and during the Council meeting are available for public review in the Office of the City Clerk, Information Services Counter in the Lobby of the City Administration Building, 202 C Street, San Diego, CA 92101. This relates to those documents received after the agenda is publicly noticed and during the 72 hours prior to the start of the meeting. Please note: Approximately one hour prior to the start of the Council Meeting, the documents will be available just outside Council Chambers in the lobby of the 12th floor of the City Administration Building in a binder labeled “Late Arriving Materials” Late-arriving materials received during the City Council meeting are available for review by making a verbal request of City Clerk staff located in Council Chambers.
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NOTICE: THE CITY COUNCIL MAY TAKE ANY ACTION WITH RESPECT TO THE ITEMS INCLUDED ON THIS AGENDA. RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY STAFF DO NOT LIMIT ACTIONS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MAY TAKE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD NOT
RELY UPON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF STAFF AS DETERMINATIVE OF THE ACTION THE CITY COUNCIL MAY TAKE ON A PARTICULAR MATTER.
OTHER LEGISLATIVE MEETINGS
The SAN DIEGO HOUSING AUTHORITY is scheduled to meet today. A separate agenda is published for it, and is available online and in the Kiosk located in front of the City Administration Building, 202 C Street SD, CA 92101. For more information, please contact the Housing Authority Secretary at (619) 578-7550. Internet access to the agenda is available at:
https://sdhc.org/governance-legislative-affairs/housing-authority-of-the-city-of-san-diego/meeting/ MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2023, AT 8:00 AM
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ROLL CALL
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION
CLOSED SESSION PUBLIC COMMENT IS TAKEN DURING THE 8 AM MORNING PORTION OF THE AGENDA. THE COUNCIL ADJOURNS INTO CLOSED SESSION AT THE CONCLUSION OF
THE CLOSED SESSION PUBLIC COMMENT AND RESUMES THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING AT 2 PM.
PLEASE NOTE: Non-Agenda Public Comment will only be taken during the afternoon portion of the agenda at the conclusion of all informational/discussion items.
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2023, AT 2:00 PM
ROLL CALL
NON-AGENDA COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR, COUNCIL, INDEPENDENT BUDGET
ANALYST, CITY CLERK, CITY ATTORNEY
REQUESTS FOR CONTINUANCE BY COUNCILMEMBERS
Item 600: Safe Sidewalks Program and Sidewalk Repair Permit Fee Holiday.
This item will be considered in the afternoon session which is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m.
Total Estimated Cost of Proposed Action and Funding Source:
Please see Staff Report.
Council District(s) Affected: Citywide.
Proposed Actions:
Subitem-A: (R-2024-173)
Resolution determining that the waiver of sidewalk repair fees for the Safe Sidewalk Repair Program from Fiscal Year 2024 through Fiscal Year 2026 is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15301(c) of the CEQA Guidelines.
Subitem-B: (R-2024-174 Cor. Copy 2) (Rev. 11/9/23)
Resolution waiving sidewalk repair permit fees for the Safe Sidewalks Repair Program from Fiscal Year 2024 through Fiscal Year 2026.
Committee Actions Taken:
This item was heard at the Active Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Committee meeting on October 20, 2023.
ACTION: Motion by Chair Lee, second by Committee Member von Wilpert, to recommend Council approval of staff's proposed actions.
VOTE: 4-0; Lee-yea, LaCava-yea, Montgomery Steppe-yea, von Wilpert-yea.
Transportation Department: Patrick Hadley, (619) 527-7504 City Attorney Contact: Cassandra Mougin
ADOPTION AGENDA
DISCUSSION, RESOLUTIONS TO BE ADOPTED:
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Item 601: Recommend Adoption of the Proposed Amendments to the Land Development Code, Local Coastal Program, and Resolution R-313282 (Neighborhood Enhancement Fund) to Implement Housing Action Package 2.0.
This item will be considered in the afternoon session which is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m.
Total Estimated Cost of Proposed Action and Funding Source:
Costs associated with implementation of this ordinance would be covered by project applicants.
Council District(s) Affected: Citywide.
Proposed Actions:
This action proposes the adoption of the Housing Action Package 2.0. The Housing Action Package 2.0 (HAP 2.0) aims to implement new state law relating to parking minimums, align existing city housing programs with state law, and incentivize and promote new housing opportunities throughout the city that San Diegans of all income levels can afford. Ordinance amending the Land Development Code and Local Coastal Program and a Resolution amending the Neighborhood Enhancement In Lieu Fee.
Subitem-A: (O-2024-41 Cor. Copy) (Rev. 11/11/23)
Introduction of an Ordinance amending Chapter 11, Article 3, Division 1 of the San Diego Municipal Code by amending Section 113.0103; amending Chapter 12, Article 7, Division 1 by amending Section 127.0108 and adding Section 127.0112; amending Chapter 13, Article 1, Division 4 by amending Sections 131.0420, 131.0422, and 131.0449; amending Chapter 13, Article 1, Division 5 by amending Section 131.0522; amending Chapter 13, Article 1, Division 7 by amending Section 131.0707; amending Chapter 14, Article 1, Division 3 by retitling and amending Sections 141.0302 and 141.0305 and adding Section 141.0319; amending Chapter 14, Article 2, Division 5 by amending Sections 142.0501, 142.0505, 142.0520, and 142.0525, retitling and amending Section 142.0528, amending Section 142.0530, and retitling and amending Section 142.0531; amending Chapter 14, Article 2, Division 6 by amending Section 142.0640; amending Chapter 14, Article 2, Division 13 by amending Section 142.1304; amending Chapter 14, Article 3, Division 7 by amending Sections 143.0720, 143.0740, 143.0745, and 143.0746, and adding Section 143.0747; amending Chapter 14, Article 3, Division 8 by amending Sections 143.0810, 143.0815, 143.0820, 143.0830, 143.0840, 143.0850, and 143.0860; amending Chapter 14, Article 3, Division 10 by amending Sections 143.1005, 143.1010, 143.1015, and 143.1025; amending Chapter 14, Article 3, Division 12 by amending Sections 143.1201 and 143.1203, repealing Section 143.1205, and amending Sections 143.1207 and 143.1212; amending Chapter 14, Article 4, Division 5 by amending Section 144.0505, all relating to the Homes for All of Us:
Housing Action Package 2.0 Land Development Code Amendment.
Subitem-B: (R-2024-172)
Resolution amending the Neighborhood Enhancement In Lieu Fee.
Committee Actions Taken:
DISCUSSION, NOTICED HEARINGS:
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This item was heard at the Land Use and Housing Committee meeting on September 21, 2023.
ACTION: Motion by Committee Member Whitburn, second by Committee Member Lee. to recommend Council approval of staff's proposed actions with the following amendments:
1. The development impact fees for dwelling units that do not exceed 500 square feet in the proposed SDMC Sec. 143.I0I0(f) will take effect on January 1, 2025. However, the fee rates for units containing at least three bedrooms will take effect at the otherwise applicable earlier effective date.
2. City staff conduct a study to determine the environmental and economic effect of the following:
A comparison of the effect of proposed distance requirements for previously conforming and incompatible uses in revisions to Municipal Code Section §127.0112(a) to the distance requirements of 300 ft., 500 ft. and 1000 ft., as proposed by Environmental Health Coalition.
A comparison of the effect of the proposed list of previously conforming and incompatible uses near sensitive receptors in revisions to Municipal Code Section §127.0112(a) to additional uses as listed, as proposed by Environmental Health Coalition:
Warehouses; Distribution facilities; Heavy/light Manufacturing; Welding; Commercial/Personal Vehicle Repair and Maintenance; Recycling facilities (medium to small); Agricultural processing; Building supplies and equipment.
3. A comparison of the proposed sensitive receptors to an expanded list that includes schools, daycares, parks and medical facilities, as proposed by Environmental Health Coalition.
VOTE: 4-0; Moreno-yea, LaCava-yea, Whitburn-yea, Lee-yea.
Planning: Jeffrey Ryan, (619) 533-3945
City Attorney Contact: Lauren Hendrickson
NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS
This portion of the agenda provides an opportunity for members of the public to address the Council on items of interest within the jurisdiction of the Council. (Comments relating to items on today's docket are to be taken at the time the item is heard.)
Per Rule 2.6.2, non-agenda public is limited to two (2) minutes per speaker. Speakers may not allocate their time to other speakers. Non-Agenda Public Comment is taken toward the end of the Monday afternoon Council Session.
NON-AGENDA ITEMS
REPORT OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION
ADJOURNMENT
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HOW TO SPEAK TO A PARTICULAR ITEM
Members of the public shall be given the opportunity to address the Council. The Council President may reduce the amount of time available to each speaker to appropriately manage the meeting and ensure the Council has time to consider all the agenda items. A member of the public may only provide one comment per agenda item.
Pursuant to the Levine Act (Gov’t Code Section 84308), any party to a permit, license, contract (other than competitively bid, labor or personal employment contracts) or other entitlement before the Council is required to disclose on the record any contribution, including aggregated contributions, of more than $250 made by the party or the party’s agents within the preceding 12 months to any Council Member.
Participants and agents are requested to make this disclosure as well. The disclosure must include the name of the party or participant and any other person making the contribution, the name of the recipient, the amount of the contribution, and the date the contribution was made.
In-Person Comment on Agenda Items
Each speaker must file a written request (speaker slip) with the City Clerk at the meeting at which the speaker wishes to speak indicating which item they wish to speak on. Speaker slips may not be turned in prior to the day of the meeting or after completion of in-person testimony. In person testimony will conclude before virtual testimony begins.
Each person who wishes to address the Council shall approach the podium and state who they are representing if they represent an organization or another person.
Each speaker may speak up to three minutes, subject to the Council President’s determination of the time available for meeting management purposes, in addition to any time ceded by other members of the public who are present at the meeting and have submitted a speaker slip ceding them time. These speaker slips should be submitted together at one time to the City Clerk. The Council President may also limit organized group presentations of five or more persons to 15 minutes or less.
Virtual Public Comment on Agenda Items
Members of the public may participate virtually (by telephone or internet streaming) as indicated below.
Speakers who wish to provide virtual public comment must enter the virtual queue by raising their virtual hands before the queue closes. The queue will close when the last virtual speaker finishes speaking or five minutes after in-person testimony ends, whichever happens first.
Each speaker may speak up to three minutes, subject to the Council President’s determination of the time available for meeting management purposes. Speakers participating virtually may not allocate their time to other speakers or have time allocated to them and may not share video or visual aids (i.e. pdf, ppt, docs) during their comment period.
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Quasi-Judicial Items. Organized group presentations for quasi-judicial items will be allowed up to 15 minutes per side to speak either for or against an item for a total of 30 minutes. If more than one group on the same side requests an organized presentation, the 15 minutes will be divided between each group for that side. Please contact the Project Manager as listed as the primary contact on the staff report for that item to indicate your desire to present.
Comment on Agenda Items, Non-Agenda Public Comment, and Closed Session Public Comment may also be submitted using the webform indicating the comment type and item number (if relevant) for which you wish to submit your comment. Comments received by 6:00 AM the day of the meeting will be distributed to the City Council and posted online with the meeting materials. All webform comments are limited to 500 words but may include attachments. Comments received after 6:00 AM the day of the meeting but before the item is called will be submitted into the written record for the relevant item.
Written Materials. Instead of submitting written materials as an attachment to the webform you may submit via U.S. Mail to the City Clerk’s attention at 202 C Street, MS2A San Diego, CA 92101. Materials submitted via U.S. Mail must be received one business day prior to the meeting to be distributed to the City Council. Comments received via U.S. Mail on the day of the meeting will be submitted into the written record for the relevant item.
The public may view the meetings on public television (within the City of San Diego only) on City TV Channel 24 for Cox Communications and Spectrum or Channel 99 for AT&T U-Verse, or view the meetings online (link is external)