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CITY OF SAN DIEGO
COUNCIL AGENDA
COUNCIL PRESIDENT
Joe LaCava • First District
COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM
Kent Lee • Sixth District
COUNCILMEMBERS
Jennifer Campbell • Second District
Stephen Whitburn • Third District
Henry L. Foster III • Fourth District
Marni von Wilpert • Fifth District
Raul A. Campillo • Seventh District
Vivian Moreno • Eighth District
Sean Elo-Rivera • Ninth District
Charles Modica Heather Ferbert
Independent City Attorney
Budget Analyst
Diana J. S. Fuentes
City Clerk
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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 Tuesday, May 20, 2025
RECOMMENDATIONS OF STAFF AS DETERMINATIVE OF THE ACTION THE CITY COUNCIL MAY TAKE ON A PARTICULAR MATTER.
OTHER LEGISLATIVE MEETINGS
PUBLIC FACILITIES FINANCING AUTHORITY is scheduled to meet today in the Council Chambers. A separate agenda is published for it and is available in the Office of the City Clerk.
For more information, please contact Bret Bartolotta at (619) 533-5894. Internet access to the agenda is available at:
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ROLL CALL
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE BY A COUNCILMEMBER FOR ITEMS SCHEDULED DURING
THE MORNING MEETING
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
PROCLAMATIONS/CEREMONIAL ITEMS
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Item 30: Water Safety and Drowning Prevention Month.
COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER III, AND
COUNCILMEMBER VON WILPERT'S RECOMMENDATION:
Proclaiming May 2025 to be “Water Safety and Drowning Prevention Month” in the City of San Diego.
Item 31: Walter Philips Day.
MAYOR GLORIA, COUNCILMEMBER WHITBURN AND COUNCILMEMBER VON WILPERT'S RECOMMENDATION: (Rev. 5/15/25)
Proclaiming June 7, 2025, to be “Walter Philips Day” in the City of San Diego.
Item 32: National Emergency Medical Services Week.
COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL AND COUNCILMEMBER VON WILPERT'S
RECOMMENDATION: (Rev. 5/15/25)
Proclaiming May 18-24, 2025, to be “National Emergency Medical Services Week” in the City of San Diego.
Item 33: Rabbi Avram Bogopulsky Day.
COUNCILMEMBER CAMPILLO'S RECOMMENDATION:
Proclaiming May 26, 2025, to be “Rabbi Avram Bogopulsky Day” in the City of San Diego.
Item 34: Tierrasanta Library 40th Anniversary Day.
COUNCILMEMBER CAMPILLO’S RECOMMENDATION:
Proclaiming May 24, 2025, to be “Tierrasanta Library 40th Anniversary Day” in the City of San Diego.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Item 35: Eritrean Independence Day.
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER III, COUNCILMEMBER CAMPILLO AND
COUNCILMEMBER ELO-RIVERA’S RECOMMENDATION: (Rev. 5/15/25) Proclaiming May 24, 2025, to be “Eritrean Independence Day” in the City of San Diego.
Item 36: California Columbiettes Day.
COUNCILMEMBER CAMPILLO'S RECOMMENDATION:
Proclaiming June 21, 2025, to be “California Columbiettes Day” in the City of San Diego.
Item S500: Diplomacy Day. (Added 5/14/25)
MAYOR GLORIA AND COUNCILMEMBER WHITBURN’S RECOMMENDATION:
Proclaiming May 21, 2025, as “Diplomacy Day” in the City of San Diego.
Item S502: ALS Awareness Month. (Added 5/14/25)
COUNCIL PRESIDENT LACAVA'S RECOMMENDATION:
Proclaiming May 2025, to be “ALS Awareness Month” in the City of San Diego.
Item S503: Living Seas Day. (Added 5/14/25)
COUNCIL PRESIDENT LACAVA'S RECOMMENDATION:
Proclaiming May 21, 2025, to be “Living Seas Day” in the City of San Diego.
Item S505: National Foster Care Month. (Added 5/16/25)
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER III'S RECOMMENDATION:
Proclaiming May 2025, to be “National Foster Care Month” in the City of San Diego.
Item S506: Ardelle Matthews Day. (Added 5/16/25)
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER III'S RECOMMENDATION:
Proclaiming May 28, 2025, to be “Ardelle Matthews Day” in the City of San Diego.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
CONSENT ITEMS
The Consent items listed are considered to be routine, and the environmental documents have been considered.
APPROVAL AGENDA
Item 10: Approval of Council Minutes.
Proposed Actions:
Subitem-A: Approval of Council Minutes for March 24, 2025 Subitem-B: Approval of Council Minutes for March 25, 2025 Subitem-C: Approval of Council Minutes for March 31, 2025 - Adjourned Subitem-D: Approval of Council Minutes for April 1, 2025 -Adjourned Subitem-E: Approval of Council Minutes for April 7, 2025 -Adjourned Subitem-F: Approval of Council Minutes for April 8, 2025 -Adjourned
APPROVAL OF COUNCIL MINUTES
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ADOPTION AGENDA
Item 100: Approve Project List and Seven Slurry Seal Contracts to be Funded by the Fiscal Year 2026 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) Funds.
Total Estimated Cost of Proposed Action and Funding Source:
This action will authorize the use of $36,347,892.00 from Road Maintenance & Rehabilitation Fund, to fund Slurry Seal Group 2621, Slurry Seal Group 2622, Slurry Seal Group 2623, Slurry Seal Group 2624, Slurry Seal Group 2625, Slurry Seal Group 2626, and Slurry Seal Group 2627, contingent upon the adoption of the Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriation Ordinance.
Council District(s) Affected: Citywide.
Proposed Actions:
Subitem-A: (R-2025-532)
Resolution determining that the approval of the projects to be funded by Fiscal Year 2026 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) and authorizing the Mayor to enter into contracts for those projects are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act Pursuant to Sections 15301(c), 15302 and 15304 of the CEQA Guidelines.
Subitem-B: (R-2025-533)
Resolution approving the projects on the City's list to be funded by Fiscal Year 2026 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account and authorizing the award, execution and funding of Slurry Seal Group Projects 2621, 2622, 2623, 2624, 2625, 2626 and 2627, and related actions.
Committee Actions Taken:
This item was heard at the Active Transportation and Infrastructure Committee meeting on April 24, 2025.
ACTION: Motion by Vice Chair Lee, second by Chair Whitburn, to recommend Council approval of staff’s proposed actions.
VOTE: 4-0; Whitburn-yea, Lee-yea, Foster III-yea, von Wilpert-yea.
Transportation Department: Maggie McCormick, (619) 527-8031 City Attorney Contact: Dominic Guglielmo
CONSENT, RESOLUTIONS TO BE ADOPTED:
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Item 101: Acceptance of Supplemental Funding from the State of California’s California Volunteers "Californians For All" Initiative to fund the City of San Diego’s Employ & Empower Youth Workforce Program.
Total Estimated Cost of Proposed Action and Funding Source:
This action is for acceptance of $8,067,845 in additional grant funds awarded to support the Employ & Empower Youth Workforce Program through December 31, 2026. There is no match requirement or cost to the City associated with these funds.
Council District(s) Affected: Citywide.
Proposed Actions:
(R-2025-545)
Resolution authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to apply to the State of California's California Volunteers "Californians for All" Initiative and take all necessary actions to secure funding in an amount not-to-exceed $8,067,845, for the City of San Diego's Employ and Empower Youth Workforce Program.
Authorizing the Chief Financial Officer to accept, appropriate, and expend an amount not-to-exceed $8,067,845 over a two-year period, if grant funding is secured, and to establish a special interest-bearing account for the grant, if required.
Committee Actions Taken: N/A
Human Resources: Kelly Pepo, (619) 236-6082
City Attorney Contact: Miguel Merrell
Item S504: Creation of an Ad Hoc Committee for the Recruitment of the Executive Director to the Commission on Police Practices. (Added 5/15/25) Total Estimated Cost of Proposed Action and Funding Source: N/A Council District(s) Affected: Citywide.
Proposed Actions:
(R-2025-567)
Resolution creating and establishing an Ad Hoc Committee to recruit and provide advisory recommendations to the Council related to the appointment of the Executive Director of the Commission on Police Practices and designating the labor negotiators for the appointment.
This item is not subject to the Mayor's veto.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Committee Actions Taken: N/A
Council District 1: , Luz Anaya Luna (619) 236-6611
City Attorney Contact: Joan F. Dawson
Item S507: Amendments to the 2025 Legislative Calendar. (Added 5/16/25) Total Estimated Cost of Proposed Action and Funding Source:
None associated with this action.
Council District(s) Affected: Citywide.
Proposed Actions:
(R-2025-579)
Resolution approving amendments to the 2025 Legislative Calendar.
This item is not subject to the Mayor's veto.
Committee Actions Taken: N/A
Council District 1: Luz Anaya Luna, (619) 236-6611
City Attorney Contact: Kathy Steinman
NON-AGENDA COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR, COUNCIL, INDEPENDENT BUDGET
ANALYST, CITY CLERK, CITY ATTORNEY
SPECIAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS
None.
ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT BY COUNCILMEMBERS
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
INFORMATIONAL AND ADOPTION AGENDA ITEMS (10AM SESSION)
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
Item 330: Pavement Management Plan Annual Update.
This item will be considered in the morning session which is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m.
Total Estimated Cost of Proposed Action and Funding Source:
This item is for information only.
Council District(s) Affected: Citywide.
Proposed Actions: This item is informational only.
Committee Actions Taken: N/A
Transportation Department: Maggie McCormick, (619) 323-7318
NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT
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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 2.7.2, Non-Agenda Public Comment is limited to two (2) minutes per speaker. Speakers may not allocate their time to other speakers. If there are eight (8) or more speakers on a single issue, the maximum time allotted for that issue will be sixteen (16) minutes. Additionally, nonagenda public comment during the 10am session may be limited to 30 minutes at the discretion of the Council President for meeting management purposes. If some Non-Agenda Public Comment is trailed, any remaining speakers will be given an opportunity to speak during the 2pm session after Council concludes the Information and Adoption agenda items for the day. 10AM INFORMATIONAL ITEMS:
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INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
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Item 331: Informational Update on the City of San Diego Community Action Plan on Homelessness.
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:
This is an informational item; there is no City expenditure being approved with this action.
Council District(s) Affected: Citywide.
Proposed Actions: This item is informational only.
Committee Actions Taken: N/A
Homelessness Strategies: Sarah Jarman, (619) 385-6963
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
ADOPTION AGENDA, DISCUSSION ITEMS
ADOPTION AGENDA
Item 332: Authorization for the Public Facilities Financing Authority of the City of San Diego 2025A Water Revenue Bonds.
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:
See "Fiscal Considerations" section of Staff Report.
Council District(s) Affected: Citywide.
Proposed Actions:
Subitem-A: (O-2025-123)
Introduction of an Ordinance approving and authorizing the issuance and sale of one or more series of water revenue bonds on a taxable or tax-exempt basis by the Public Facilities Financing Authority of the City of San Diego in an aggregate amount not-to-exceed $250,000,000 to finance additional capital improvements to the Water System, pay the Subordinated Water Revenue Commercial Paper Notes of the Public Facilities Financing Authority of the City of San Diego, approving the forms and authorizing the execution and delivery of the related financing documents, and approving certain other related agreements and actions.
Subitem-A: 6 votes required pursuant to Charter Section 99.
Subitem-B: (R-2025-544)
Resolution authorizing the execution of a reimbursement agreement for Water capital improvement project expenditures.
Committee Actions Taken:
This item was heard at the Budget and Government Efficiency Committee meeting on April 16, 2025.
DISCUSSION, ORDINANCES TO BE INTRODUCED WITH RESOLUTIONS TO BE ADOPTED:
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ACTION: Motion by Committee Member Elo-Rivera, second by Council President Pro Tem Lee, to recommend Council approval of staff’s proposed actions.
VOTE: 3-0; Foster III-yea, lee-yea, Elo-Rivera-yea, Moreno-not present.
Debt Management: Allison Falkenstein, (619) 533-4516
City Attorney Contact: Marguerite Ella Middaugh
NOTE: See the Public Facilities Financing Authority Agenda of May 20, 2025, for a related item. (FA-1)
Item 333: This item has been removed from the Agenda. (Rev. 5/16/25)
ADOPTION AGENDA
DISCUSSION, NOTICED HEARINGS:
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Item 334: Del Sur Town Center Public Right-of-Way Vacation - Project No. PRJ0570368.
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:
There are no costs associated with this action.
Council District(s) Affected: 5.
Proposed Actions:
The Del Sur Town Center Public Right-of-Way Vacation Project (Project No. PRJ0570368) proposes approval of vacation of an Irrevocable Offer to Dedicate granted to the City of San Diego for a portion of Templeton Street (Right-ofWay Vacation No. PMT-2013689) located at 17170 Camino Del Sur between Paseo Del Sur and Garretson Street within the Del Sur Retail Center in the Commercial-Community, CC-3-5 zone, within the Black Mountain Ranch Community Plan area.
Subitem-A: (R-2025-542)
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Item S501: Declare the City-Owned Real Property Located at 1401 Imperial Avenue, San Diego, California, “Exempt Surplus Land” and Authorize the Mayor to Enter into a Disposition and Development Agreement, with 1401 Imperial, LP, a California Limited Partnership, for the Purchase and Sale of the Real Property and Redevelopment of the Real Property as a 100% Affordable Housing Development. (Added 5/14/25)
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:
The Proposed Action will not cost the City but will result in the return of approximately $5,000,000 in proceeds to the City’s Community Development Block Grant funding budget for re-use on a future affordable housing project.
Council District(s) Affected: 3.
Proposed Actions:
Subitem-A: (R-2025-562)
Resolution declaring the City-owned real property located at 1401 Imperial Avenue, San Diego, California, exempt surplus land under Government Code section 54221(f)(1)(F)(i).
Subitem-B: (R-2025-563)
Resolution approving a Disposition and Development Agreement for sale of the City-owned real property located at 1401 Imperial Avenue, San Diego, California, Resolution determining that the Del Sur Town Center Public Right-of-Way Vacation Project (Project No. PRJ-0570368) is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under CEQA Guidelines Section 15305.
Subitem-A: This item is not subject to the Mayor's veto.
Subitem-B: (R-2025-541)
Resolution approving Public Right-of-Way Vacation No. PMT-2013689 for the Del Sur Town Center Public Right-of-Way Vacation Project No. PRJ-0570368.
Subitem-B: This item is not subject to the Mayor's veto.
Committee Actions Taken: N/A
Development Services: Catherine Rom, (619) 446-5277
City Attorney Contact: Jeanne MacKinnon
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
and redevelopment of the property as affordable housing and making related findings.
Committee Actions Taken: N/A
Economic Development: Christina Bibler, (619) 236-6421
City Attorney Contact: Delmar Williams
NON-AGENDA ITEMS
ADJOURNMENT IN HONOR OF APPROPRIATE PARTIES
ADJOURNMENT
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
HOW TO SPEAK TO A PARTICULAR ITEM OR DURING NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT:
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 $500 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.
For meeting management during the Proclamation, and Consent portions of the agenda, speakers will have one (1) minute per item and up to a maximum of three (3) minutes if there are three (3) or more items in that portion of the agenda.
For discussion and information items 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 to 10 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.
For meeting management during the Proclamation and Consent portions of the agenda, speakers will have one (1) minute per item and up to a maximum of three (3) minutes if there are three (3) or more items in that portion of the agenda.
For discussion and information items 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 and may not share video or visual aids (i.e. pdf, ppt, docs) during their comment period.
Quasi-Judicial Items. Immediately following the City's presentation on the item, the Applicant (and/or the Appellant in the case of an appeal) will be allowed up to 10 minutes for an organized presentation.
Longer than 10 minutes will only be granted if the City's presentation exceeds 10 minutes. No written request (speaker slip) need be filed with the Clerk for either the applicant or appellant for those presentations, instead please contact the City Clerk at [email protected] or 619-533-4000, before noon the Friday before the item is to be heard to ensure proper meeting management. Upon the conclusion of those presentations, the Council President will then open the item for Public Comment Tuesday, May 20, 2025
which will be managed by the City Clerk and the Council President as described under In-Person Comment on Agenda Items and Virtual Public Comment on Agenda Items.
Non-Agenda Public Comment. Every agenda for a regular Council meeting shall provide a period on the agenda for members of the public to address the Council on items of interest to the public that are not on the agenda but are within the jurisdiction of the Council. Non-Agenda Public Comment shall be subject to the exercise of the Council President’s discretion for a given agenda.
In order to ensure that the Council has time to consider all agenda items, Non-Agenda Public Comment on particular issues and for each individual speaker will be as follows:
Each speaker will be limited to two minutes. Speakers may not allocate their time to other speakers. If there are eight or more speakers on a single issue, the maximum time for the issue will be 16 minutes. The order of speaking generally will be determined on a first-come, first-served basis, however, priority may be given to speakers who have not addressed the legislative body during Non-Agenda Public Comment at the last regularly scheduled Council meeting. A member of the public may only provide one nonagenda comment per agenda.
In-Person Non-Agenda Public Comment. Each speaker who wishes to address the Council must file a written request (speaker slip) with the City Clerk at the meeting at which the speaker wishes to speak.
Speaker slips may not be turned in prior to the meeting date or after completion of in-person testimony.
In-person testimony shall conclude before virtual testimony begins.
Each person who wishes to address the Council shall approach the podium and state who they are representing if representing an organization or another person.
Virtual Non-Agenda Public Comment. Speakers who wish to provide virtual Non-Agenda 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. Those participating virtually may not share video or visual aids (i.e. pdf, ppt, docs) during their non-agenda comment period.
Please note: On Tuesdays, Non-Agenda Public Comment is taken during the 10am session, but some Non-Agenda Public Comment may be trailed, at the Council President’s discretion for meeting management purposes.
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 8:00 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 8:00 AM the day of the meeting but before the item is called will be submitted into the written record for the relevant item.
Audio/Visual Materials. Any audio or visual media should be submitted 24 hours before the meeting to [email protected]. Universal Serial Bus (USB) or other peripheral devices will not be accepted at any meeting.
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 no later than 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.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
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