Agenda packet — Santee City Council, February 26, 2025 (part 1 of 4)

MEETING INFORMATION
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
6:30 p.m.

Council Chamber | Building 2
10601 Magnolia Ave • Santee, CA 92071
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LIVE PUBLIC COMMENT
Members of the public who wish to comment on matters on the City Council agenda or during Non-Agenda Public Comment may appear in person and submit a speaker slip, before the item is called. Your name will be called when it is time to speak.

PLEASE NOTE: Public Comment will be limited to 3 minutes and speaker slips will only be accepted until the item is called. The timer will begin when the participant begins speaking.

February 26, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.
2 ROLL CALL: Mayor John W. Minto
Vice Mayor Rob McNelis – District 1
Councilmember Ronn Hall – District 2
Councilmember Laura Koval – District 3
Councilmember Dustin Trotter – District 4
LEGISLATIVE INVOCATION: Calvary Chapel of Santee – Gary Lawton

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CONSENT CALENDAR:

PLEASE NOTE: Consent Calendar items are considered routine and will be approved by one motion, with no separate discussion prior to voting. The public, staff or Council Members may request specific items be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion or action. Speaker slips for this category must be presented to the City Clerk at the start of the meeting. Speakers are limited to 3 minutes.
(1) Approval of Reading by Title Only and Waiver of Reading in Full of Ordinances and Resolutions on the Agenda. (City Clerk – Jeffries)
(2) Approval of Meeting Minutes of the Santee City Council for the Regular Meeting of February 12, 2025. (City Clerk – Jeffries)
(3) Approval of Payment of Demands as Presented. (Finance – Jennings) (4) Approval of the Expenditure of $108,378.31 for January 2025 Legal Services. (Finance – Jennings)
(5) Adoption of a Resolution Accepting the City Hall Improvements – Building 6 Roof Replacement (CIP 2024-31) Project as Complete and Finding the Action is Not a Project Subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) Per State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378. (Engineering – Schmitz) (6) Adoption of a Resolution Approving the First Amendment to the Contract with Advanced Railway Innovations, DBA Advanced Electrical Innovations for Electrical Repairs and Related Maintenance. (Community Services – Chavez) NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT (15 minutes):

Persons wishing to address the City Council regarding items not on the posted agenda may do so at this time. In accordance with State law, Council may not take action on an item not scheduled on the Agenda. If appropriate, the item will be referred to the City Manager or placed on a future agenda. This first Non-Agenda Public Comment period is limited to a total of 15 minutes. Additional Non-Agenda Public Comment is received prior to Council Reports.

February 26, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.
3 PUBLIC HEARING:
(7) Continued Public Hearing to Assess Community Development Needs and to Solicit Proposals for Program Year 2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Program Funding Consistent with the Consolidated Plan and Finding the Action is Not a Project Subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”). (Planning and Building – Sawa)
Recommendation:

1. Re-open, conduct and close the Public Hearing; and

2. Direct staff to publish a summary of the Annual Action Plan; and

3. Adopt the Resolution assessing and prioritizing community development needs, allocating CDBG funds for Program Year 2025 and authorizing Staff to prepare and publish a draft Annual Action Plan for Program Year 2025. (8) Public Hearing And Resolution Adopting Environmental Findings Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, Certifying the Town Center Specific Plan Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH #2023090032), Adopting the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, and Approving the Project and First Reading of an Ordinance Adopting an Updated Town Center Specific Plan to Replace the Existing Town Center Specific Plan and All Amendments (Case File: TCSPA-2023-0001). (Planning and Building – Sawa)
Recommendation:

1. Conduct and close the public hearing; and

2. Adopt a Resolution Adopting Environmental Findings Pursuant CEQA, Certifying the Town Center Specific Plan Final Environmental Impact Report, Adopting the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and Approving the Project; and

3. Conduct the first reading of an Ordinance Adopting an Updated Town Center Specific Plan; and

4. Set the second reading of the Ordinance for March 12, 2025. (9) Public Hearing for Tentative Map (TM-2024-0002), Development Review Permit (DR-2024-0004), and Environmental Review (ENV-2025-0004) for a Multi-Family Residential Development Consisting of 53 Units and Related Site Improvements on Two Lots Totaling 2.3 Net Acres Located at 701 Park Center Drive (APN 381-032-07 & 08) in the Town Center Specific Plan Area with a Medium-High Residential (R-14) Land Use Designation and Finding the Project Exempt From the California Environmental Quality Act Pursuant to the Class 32 Infill Exemption. (Applicant: City Ventures). (Planning and Building – Sawa) Recommendation:

1. Conduct and close the Public Hearing; and

2. Find Tentative Map TM-2024-0002 and Development Review Permit DR-2024-0004 Categorically Exempt from the provisions of CEQA pursuant to Section 15332 of the CEQA Guidelines and authorize the filing of a Notice of Exemption; and

3. Approve Tentative Map TM-2024-0002 per the Resolution; and

4. Approve Development Review Permit DR-2024-0004 per the Resolution.

February 26, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.
4 (10) Resolution Authorizing the Submittal of a Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Grant Application to the State Department of Housing and Community Development. (City Manager – Best)
Recommendation:

1. Open, conduct and close the Public Hearing; and

2. Adopt the Resolution authorizing City staff to prepare and submit a PHLA Grant application to the California Department of Housing and Community Development.

NEW BUSINESS:
(11) Resolution Awarding the Design-Build Construction Contract for the Temporary Fire Station Apparatus Bay (CIP 2024-36B) Project to Horizons Construction Company International, Inc., and Appropriating an Additional $424,721.00 from the General Fund to the Capital Improvement Program Budget for the Construction of a Temporary Fire Station Apparatus Bay and Living Quarters, and Finding the Project Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301, 15303, And 15304. (Fire/Engineering – Matsushita/Schmitz) Recommendation:

Adopt the Resolution:

1. Awarding the Design-Build construction contract to implement the Temporary Fire Station Apparatus Bay (CIP 2024-36B) Project to Horizons Construction Company International., Inc. for a total amount of $1,007,367.44; and

2. Authorizing the Fire Chief to approve change orders in a total amount not to exceed $151,105.00; and

3. Appropriate an additional $424,721.00 from the general fund to the Capital Improvement Program budget; and

3. Finding the project exempt from the provisions of CEQA pursuant to Sections 15301, 15303, and 15304 of the CEQA Guidelines and authorizing the filing of a Notice of Exemption.

4. Authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. (12) Fiscal Year 2024-25 Operating Budget Update and Resolution Amending the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget. (Finance – Jennings)
Recommendation:

1. Adopt the Resolution approving the Amended FY 2024-25 Budget as outlined in the staff report and its attachments, including the General Fund expenditure and revenue allocation adjustments; and

2. Consider the additional requests submitted by departments provided in Attachment 5, as well as other uses of excess funds, at the City Council retreat on February 27, 2025.

3. Provide direction to staff on the use and appropriation of excess General Fund unrestricted fund balance at the March 12, 2025, City Council meeting.

February 26, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.
5 NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT (Continued):

All public comment not presented within the first Non-Agenda Public Comment period above will be heard at this time.

CITY COUNCIL REPORTS:

CITY MANAGER REPORTS:

CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS:

CLOSED SESSION:
(13) Conference with Labor Negotiators
(Government Code Section 54957.6)
City Designated Representative: City Manager
Employee Organization: Santee Firefighters Association
ADJOURNMENT:

February 26, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.
6 Feb 06 SPARC Council Chamber
Feb 10 Community Oriented Policing Committee Council Chamber Feb 12 Council Meeting Council Chamber
Feb 26 Council Meeting Council Chamber
Mar 05 SPARC Council Chamber
Mar 10 Community Oriented Policing Committee Council Chamber Mar 12 Council Meeting Council Chamber
Mar 26 Council Meeting Council Chamber
The Santee City Council welcomes you and encourages your continued interest and involvement in the City’s decision-making process.

For your convenience, a complete Agenda Packet is
available for public review at City Hall and on the
City’s website at www.CityofSanteeCA.gov.

The City of Santee complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Upon request, this agenda will be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with disabilities, as required by Section 12132 of the American with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 USC § 12132). Any person with a disability who requires a modification or accommodation in order to participate in a meeting should direct such request to the City Clerk’s Office at (619) 258-4100, ext. 114 at least 48 hours before the meeting, if possible.

BOARDS, COMMISSIONS & COMMITTEES

FEBRUARY AND MARCH MEETINGS

Minutes
Santee City Council
Council Chamber – Building 2
10601 Magnolia Avenue
Santee, California
February 12, 2025
This Regular Meeting of the Santee City Council was called to order by Mayor John W.

Minto at 6:30 p.m.

ROLL CALL: Present: Mayor John W. Minto, Vice Mayor Rob McNelis, and Councilmembers Ronn Hall, Laura Koval, and Dustin Trotter – 5 Officers present: City Manager Marlene Best, City Attorney Shawn Hagerty and City Clerk James Jeffries
INVOCATION was given by Marshall Masser, Lakeside Christian Church PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE was led by Sandi Sawa, Planning and Building Director PRESENTATION: Certificate of Recognition Celebrating Deputy Jabbour.

Councilmember Hall with the assistance of Mayor Minto presented the Certificate to Deputy Jabbour.

CONSENT CALENDAR:
(1) Approval of Reading by Title Only and Waiver of Reading in Full of Ordinances and Resolutions on the Agenda. (City Clerk – Jeffries)

(2) Approval of Meeting Minutes of the Santee City Council for the Regular Meetings of November 13, 2024, December 11, 2024, January 8, 2025, and January 22, 2025, and the Special Meetings of November 12, 2024, and December 11, 2024. (City Clerk – Jeffries)
(3) Approval of Payment of Demands as Presented. (Finance – Jennings) (4) Second Reading and Adoption of an Amendment to an Urgency Ordinance Enacting an Essential Housing Program to Boost Housing Production and Improve Housing Affordability in Order to Achieve the Goals Set Forth in the City’s Housing Element (Sixth Cycle: 2-21-2029) and Determining the Amendment Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act. (City Clerk – Jeffries) (Ord 622)
(5) Adoption of a Resolution Prohibiting Parking of Vehicles Over Eight Feet in Height Between the Hours of 12:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on Olive Lane. (Engineering – Schmitz) (Reso 008-2025)
DRAFT
Santee City Council Regular Meeting Minutes of February 12, 2025 Page 2 of 5 (6) Adoption of a Resolution Adopting the Second Amendment to the SanteeLakeside Emergency Medical Services Authority Joint Exercise of Power Agreement. (Fire – Matsushita) (Reso 009-2025)
(7) Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the Appropriation of Funds to Purchase Items in Preparation for the Transition to Parks and City Facilities Landscape and Custodial Park Services Supported by City Employees Beginning FY 2025/26. (Community Services – Chavez) (Reso 010-2025)
Action: Vice Mayor McNelis moved approval of the Consent Calendar.

Councilmember Trotter seconded the motion, which carried by the following vote: Mayor Minto: Aye; Vice Mayor McNelis: Aye; and Councilmembers Hall: Aye; Koval: Aye; and Trotter: Aye. Ayes: 5. Noes: 0.

NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT (15 minutes):
(A) Adam Smosna, Santee Firefighters Association, discussed concerns regarding fire station infrastructure and staffing challenges.

PUBLIC HEARING:
(8) Public Hearing to Assess Community Development Needs and to Solicit Proposals for Program Year 2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Program Funding Consistent with the Consolidated Plan and Finding the Action is Not a Project Subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”). (Planning and Building – Sawa) The Public Hearing was opened at 6:47 p.m. Bill Crane, Senior Management Analyst/Grant Coordinator, provided a PowerPoint presentation and responded to Council questions.

Public Speaker:
• Jared Hernandez, CSA San Diego Fair Housing
• Rebecca Rader, Voices for Children
• Tonya V. Hendrix, Santee Santas
• Tim Ray, Meals on Wheels East County
• Kelcie Parra, Crisis House
• Dennis Martins, Santee Foodbank
Action: Vice Mayor McNelis moved approval of staff recommendation.

Councilmember Koval seconded the motion, which carried by the following vote: Mayor Minto: Aye; Vice Mayor McNelis: Aye; and Councilmembers Hall: Aye; Koval: Aye; and Trotter: Aye. Ayes: 5. Noes: 0.

The Public Hearing was continued to February 26, 2025, at 7:16 p.m.

Santee City Council Regular Meeting Minutes of February 12, 2025 Page 3 of 5 CONTINUED BUSINESS:
(9) Second Reading of an Ordinance Adding Chapter 7.19 to Title 7 of the Santee Municipal Code to Prohibit Trespass on Private Property and Business Premises. (City Attorney – Hagerty) (Ord 623)
Shawn Hagerty, City Attorney, provided a PowerPoint presentation and responded to Council questions.

Action: Vice Mayor McNelis moved approval of staff recommendation.

NEW BUSINESS:
(10) Resolution Appropriating Funds for a Feasibility Study for the Future Construction of a Temporary Fire Station and Subsequent Permanent Fire Station at Woodglen Vista Park. (Fire – Matsushita) (Reso 011-2025) Justin Matsushita, Fire Chief, provided a PowerPoint presentation and responded to Council questions with the assistance of Marlene Best, City Manager, and Shawn Hagerty, City Attorney.

Action: Councilmember Hall moved approval of staff recommendation.

Councilmember Koval seconded the motion, which carried by the following vote: Mayor Minto: Aye; Vice Mayor McNelis: Aye; and Councilmembers Hall: Aye; Koval: Aye; and Trotter: Aye. Ayes: 5. Noes: 0.
(11) Consideration of a Resolution Cancelling a Regular City Council Meeting in the Summer Months of July or August. (City Clerk – Jeffries) (Reso 012-2025)
James Jeffries, City Clerk, provided a PowerPoint presentation and responded to Council questions.

Action: Vice Mayor McNelis moved to cancel the July 23, 2025, City Council Meeting.

Councilmember Hall seconded the motion, which carried by the following vote: Mayor Minto: Aye; Vice Mayor McNelis: Aye; and Councilmembers Hall: Aye; Koval: Aye; and Trotter: Aye. Ayes: 5. Noes: 0.
(12) Proposal to Adopt the City Holiday Closure for 2025 and Future Years. (City Manager – Best)
Marlene Best, City Manager, provided a PowerPoint presentation and responded to Council questions.

Santee City Council Regular Meeting Minutes of February 12, 2025 Page 4 of 5 Action: Vice Mayor Minto moved approval of staff recommendation.

Councilmember Hall seconded the motion, which carried by the following vote: Mayor Minto: Aye; Vice Mayor McNelis: Aye; and Councilmembers Hall: Aye; Koval: Aye; and Trotter: Aye. Ayes: 5. Noes: 0.

NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT: (Continued)
(A) Dean Velasco discussed past improvements at Woodglen Vista Park and the potential impacts of either a temporary or permanent fire station at Woodglen Vista Park.

CITY COUNCIL REPORTS:

Mayor Minto stated he will be attending a League of California Cities Board meeting next week.

Councilmember Koval spoke about Chinese New Year decorations displayed throughout the community.

CITY MANAGER REPORTS:

Marlene Best, City Manager, informed the community about upcoming events.

CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS:

None.

CLOSED SESSION:

Councilmembers recessed at 8:39 p.m. and convened in Closed Session at 8:44 p.m. (13) Conference with Legal Counsel—Anticipated Litigation (Gov. Code section 54956.9(d)(4))
Initiation of litigation pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9: One case involving the property located at 11011 Collinwood Drive in Santee.
(14) Conference with Labor Negotiators
(Government Code Section 54957.6)
City Designated Representative: City Manager
Employee Organization: Santee Firefighters Association
Councilmembers reconvened in Open Session at 9:53 p.m. with all members present, Mayor Minto reported for Item 13 information was received and direction was given to legal counsel to initiate action, Item 14 direction given to staff.

Santee City Council Regular Meeting Minutes of February 12, 2025 Page 5 of 5 ADJOURNMENT:

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:54 p.m.

Date Approved:

James Jeffries, City Clerk

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02/05/2025 10:58:25AM CITY OF SANTEE
Bank code : ubqen
Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO# Description/Account Amount 138417 2/5/2025 11139 ACE UNIFORMS, LLC - SAN DIEGO SD0207548 54990 WEARING APPAREL 276.00 Total: 276.00
138418 2/5/2025 10412 AT&T 301053963; FEB25 MAST PARK 149.80 Total: 149.80
138419 2/5/2025 12951 BERRY, BONNIE February f, 2025 RETIREE HEALTH PAYMENT 91.00 Total: 91.00
138420 2/5/2025 10031 CDW GOVERNMENT LLC AC3S89K 55114 SOFTWARE 5,623.80 Total: 5,623.80
138421 2/5/2025 10032 CINTAS CORPORATION 694 4215594490 54844 STATION SUPPLIES 53.31 Total: 53.31
138422 2/5/2025 10268 COOPER, JACKIE February 1, 2025 RETIREE HEALTH PAYMENT 91.00 Total: 91.00
138423 2/5/2025 10486 COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO 012725 NOE - CITYWIDE CRACK SEALING 50.00 Total: 50.00
138424 2/5/2025 10333 COX COMMUNICATIONS 112256001; JAN25 9130 CARLTON OAKS DR 97.53 Total: 97.53
138425 2/5/2025 15359 DE ALBA'S SPRING ST COLLISION 25952 54997 VEHICLE REPAIR 6,768.23 Total: 6,768.23
138426 2/5/2025 12655 DELL MARKETING LP 10793708155 54627 MONTHLY WEBSITE HOSTING FEE 456.93 Total: 456.93
138427 2/5/2025 14675 EAST COUNTY TRANSITIONAL 20250109C 54681 ARPA FUNDED SHELTER SERVICE! 13,740.00 Total: 13,740.00
138428 2/5/2025 10054 ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO 12312024 54983 CDBG SUBRECIPIENT 1,444.65 Total: 1,444.65
138429 2/5/2025 15214 EMERGENCY VEHICLE SYSTEMS LLC 2446 54748 VEHICLE OUTFITTING 17,942.21 --

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vchlist Voucher List
02/05/2025 10:58:25AM CITY OF SANTEE
Bank code: ubqen
Voucher Date Vendor Invoice
138429 2/5/2025 15214 15214 EMERGENCY VEHICLE SYSTEMS LLI (Continued) 138430 2/5/2025 10009 FIRE ETC 195333
138431 2/5/2025 14466 GIR USA, INC. F103358
138432 2/5/2025 11724 ICF JONES & STOKES INC INV-00000120118 138433 2/5/2025 14504 JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC #2127 138434 2/5/2025 10997 LAKESIDE FIRE PROTECTION 12/31/24 283
138435 2/5/2025 10204 LIFE ASSIST INC 1544792
138436 2/5/2025 15225 LONG, CHERYL L February 1, 2025
138437 2/5/2025 10720 MALL MEDIA INC 25845U
138438 2/5/2025 15481 PAW SERVICE CENTER 8818
138439 2/5/2025 11901 PECK'S HEAVY FRICTION INC 310528
138440 2/5/2025 12062 PURETEC INDUSTRIAL WATER 2237140
138441 2/5/2025 15191 QUALITY CONSTRUCTION & CIP2024-01 3P(FINAL) CIP2024-01 3R(FINAL)
PO# Description/Account
Total:
55112 FIREFIGHTING SUPPLIES
Total:

ANNUAL SOFTWARE FEE
Total:
53609 MSCP SUBAREA PLAN
Total:

MTS TRAINING
Total:

FY25 Q2 RECONCILIATION & DISTF
55115 SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTION
Total:
54807 EMS SUPPLIES
Total:

RETIREE HEALTH PAYMENTS
Total:

EVENT MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES
Total:

BUSINESS LICENSE REFUND
Total:
54894 VEHICLE REPAIR PARTS
Total:
55043 DEIONIZED WATER SERVICE
Total:
54935 CITYWIDE PAVEMENT REPAIR AND
RETENTION #3 CIP2024-01 (FINAL)
Amount
17,942.21
1,885.63
1,885.63
348.00
348.00
1,690.00
1,690.00
166.00
166.00
1,280,835.69
1,320.14
1,282,155.83
2,605.93
2,605.93

91.00 91.00
390.00
390.00
108.00
108.00
1,340.55
1,340.55
234.85
234.85
57,123.12
-2,856.16

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02/05/2025 10: 58: 25AM
Bank code: ubqen
Voucher
138452
138453
138454
138455
138456
Date Vendor
2/5/2025 10250 10250 THE EAST COUNTY
2/5/2025 10482 TRI STAR RISK MANAGEMENT
2/5/2025 10136 WEST COAST ARBORISTS INC
2/5/2025 12930 WILLIAMS, ROCHELLE
2/5/2025 12641 WITTORFF, VICKY DENISE
40 Vouchers for bank code : ubgen
40 Vouchers in this report
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CITY OF SANTEE
Invoice
(Continued)
241147947
1-10781
February 1, 2025
February 1, 2025
PO# Description/Account
Total:

OVERPAYMENT
Total:
54816 URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT
Total:

RETIREE HEALTH PAYMENT
Total:

Bank total:

Total vouchers
Amount
227.50
495.00
495.00
337.80
337.80

91.00 91.00

31.00 31.00
1,455,349.42
1,455,349.42

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02/06/2025 10:13:31AM ·
Bank code: ubqen
Voucher
138457
138458
138459
138460
138461
138462
138463
138464
138465
138466
Date
2/6/2025
2/6/2025
2/6/2025
2/6/2025
2/6/2025
2/6/2025
2/6/2025
2/6/2025
2/6/2025
2/6/2025
Vendor
12903 AMERICAN FIDELITY ASSURANCE CO
10334 CHLIC
10844 FRANCHISE TAX BOARD
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14458 METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE . �:
10785 RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE
10424 SANTEE FIREFIGHTERS
10776 STATE OF CALIFORNIA
10776 STATE OF CALIFORNIA
10001 US BANK
14600 WASHINGTON STATE SUPPORT
1 0 Vouchers for bank code : ubgen
10 Vouchers in this report
Voucher List

CITY OF SANTEE
Invoice
25358748
3486269
PPE 1/29/25
84468098
February 2025
PPE 1/29/25
PPE 1/29/25
PPE 1/29/25
PPE 1/29/25
PPE 1/29/25
PO# Description/Account

FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNT
Total:

HEALTH AND DENTAL INSURANCE
Total:

WITHHOLDING ORDER
Total:

VOLUNTARY LEGAL
Total:

VOLUNTARY LIFE INSURANCE
Total:

DUES/PEG/BENEVOLENT/BC EXP
Total:

WITHHOLDING ORDER
Total:

PARS RETIREMENT
Total:

WITHHOLDING ORDER
Total:

Bank total:

Total vouchers
Amount
3,021.15
3,021.15
268,274.67
268,274.67
178.08
178.08
798.00
798.00
319.91
319.91
4,717.04
4,717.04
449.53
449.53
260.30
260.30
1,515.54
1,515.54
521.07
521.07
280,055.29
280,055.29

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02/04/2025
Type
Grand
Totals
2:11:10PM

EARNINGS SECTION
Hours/units Rate Amount Src ---
16,702.28 793,863.41
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CITY OF SANTEE
1/16/2025 to 1/29/2025-1 Cycle b

DEDUCTIONS SECTION
Base Wages
86,447.11
15,855.73
17,280.00
Deduction

92.07 70.72
3,562.24
1,015.22
2,593.41
475.67
249.71
758.00
195.37
441.02
145.05

68.63 31.12
567.44

17.55 392.86
159.97
288,936.54
Benefit/Cont
-2,593.41
-475.67
159.94
340,972.77
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LEAVE SECTION
Accrued
Gross:

Net:

Taken
793,863.41
504,926.87
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02/07/2025 11:18:SSAM
Bank code: ubqen
Voucher
6289313
6888196
Date Vendor
2/7/2025 14704 457 MISSIONSQUARE
2/7/2025 14705 RHS MISSIONSQUARE
2 Vouchers for bank code: ubgen
2 Vouchers in this report
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CITY OF SANTEE
Invoice
PPE 1/29/25
PPE 1/29/25
------- PO# Description/Account
ICMA-457
Total:

RETIREE HSA
Total:

Bank total:

Total vouchers
Amount
48,921.31
48,921.31
5,026.97
5,026.97
53,948.28
53,948.28

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vchlist
02/11/2025 10:02:25AM
Voucher List

CITY OF SANTEE
Bank code :

Voucher
1255
ubqen
Date Vendor Invoice PO# Description/Account
2/11/2025 10353 PERS 01 25 5 RETIREMENT PAYMENT
Total:
1 Vouchers for bank code : ubgen Bank total:
1 Vouchers in this report Total vouchers
Prepared by: �,.,..,
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Amount
156,828.41
156,828.41
156,828.41
156,828.41

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vchlist Voucher List
02/12/2025 2:51:56PM CITY OF SANTEE
Bank code: ubqen
Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO#
138467 2/12/2025 10003 A& B SAW & LAWNMOWER SHOP 1179 55109 138468 2/12/2025 11139 ACE UNIFORMS, LLC - SAN DIEGO SD0208911 54825 SD0208914 54825
138469 2/12/2025 11999 AMERICAN ASPHALT SOUTH INC CIP 2024-02 RR 138470 2/12/2025 12986 AMERON POLE PRODUCTS, LLC 127535 54969 138471 2/12/2025 15496 ANKURA INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS Cl-133140 55128 138472 2/12/2025 10478 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF USE TAX OCT-DEC 2024 138473 2/12/2025 10032 CINTAS CORPORATION 694 4218570728 54844 4218598782 54844
138474 2/12/2025 10033 CITY ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY STE/105854 138475 2/12/2025 10333 COX COMMUNICATIONS 038997401; JAN25 094486701; FEB25
138476 2/12/2025 10046 D MAX ENGINEERING INC 9003 54850 9004 54849
138477 2/12/2025 15488 DARKTRACE HOLDINGS LTD 10025177 55119 Description/Account

FIREFIGHTER EQUIPMENT
Total:

WEARING APPARAL

WEARING APPARAL
Total:

RETENTION RELEASE
Total:

REPLACEMENT STREETLIGHT POL
Total:

CYBER DATAANALYSIS
Total:

USE TAX OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2
Total:

MISC SHOP RENTALS

STATION SUPPLIES
Total:

STREETLIGHT PHOTOCELLS
Total:
9951 RIVERWALK DR

CITY HALL GROUP BILL
Total:

SANTEE 24-25 CONSTRUCTION IN!

STORMWATER PROGRAM ASSISTP
Total:

SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTION BUNDI
Total:

Amount
3,039.39
3,039.39

87.72 53.24
140.96
87,385.95
87,385.95
8,251.12
8,251.12
22,226.70
22,226.70
1,212.01
1,212.01

74.14 53.31
127.45
971.46
971.46
114.00
3,336.68
3,450.68
2,405.88
23,972.22
26,378.10
48,222.79
48,222.79

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vchlist Voucher List
02/12/2025 2:51:56PM CITY OF SANTEE
Bank code: ubqen
Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO#
138478 2/12/2025 15504 DIEHL, PETER 292892
138479 2/12/2025 14446 ENTERPRISE FM TRUST 282938A-020625 FOT0179767-NRC 55040
138480 2/12/2025 12638 GEORGE HILLS COMPANY, INC. INV1030990 55094 138481 2/12/2025 14833 INTERWEST CONSULTING GROUP 1008891 54971 1008894 54971
1009023 54971
1012877 54971
512458 54971
580108 54971
862799 54971
944578 54971
138482 2/12/2025 10204 LIFE ASSIST INC 1546779 54807
1546891 54807
1546892 54807
1547461 54807
1547923 54807
1547924 54807
138483 2/12/2025 10507 GREAT AMERICA FINANCIAL SVCS 38412623; FEB25 138484 2/12/2025 14470 MW STEELE GROUP INC 2200SGIP-16 53741 2200SGIP-17 53741
138485 2/12/2025 10092 PHOENIX GROUP INFO SYSTEMS 092024031 54878 112024031 54878
Description/Account

LIVESCAN
Total:

VEHICLE LEASING PROGRAM

FLEET MAINTENANCE SERVICES
Total:

ADMIN-LIABILITY CLAIMS
Total:

INTERWEST BLDG. SVCS - PLAN R
INTERWEST BLDG. SVCS - PLAN R
INTERWEST BLDG. SVCS - PLAN R
INTERWEST BLDG. SVCS - PLAN R
INTERWEST BLDG. SVCS - PLAN R
INTERWEST BLDG. SVCS - PLAN R
INTERWEST BLDG. SVCS - PLAN R
INTERWEST BLDG. SVCS - PLAN R
Total:

EMS SUPPLIES

EMS SUPPLIES
Total:

MITEL MXE Ill CONTROLLER SATA:

Total:

SMART GROWTH INCENTIVE PRO<
SMART GROWTH INCENTIVE PRO<
Total:

FY 24/25 PARKING CITE PROCESS
FY 24/25 PARKING CITE PROCESS
Amount

35.00 35.00
13,883.96
728.27
14,612.23
1,500.00
1,500.00
8,640.00
8,280.00
4,807.80
17,895.33
4,707.38
14,098.53
7,425.00
2,451.71
68,305.75
848.80
166.96
166.96

3.66 244.68
244.68
1,675.74
1,588.52
1,588.52
11,113.75
25,093.72
36,207.47
732.49
426.26

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vchlist Voucher List
02/12/2025 2:51:56PM CITY OF SANTEE
Bank code : ubqen
Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO#
138485 2/12/2025 10092 10092 PHOENIX GROUP INFO SYSTEMS (Continued) 138486 2/12/2025 10101 PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL SUPPLY 27818 55048 138487 2/12/2025 15494 RK RUSSELL PROPERTIES LLC 8757
138488 2/12/2025 10259 ROBERT HALF 64548328 55092
138489 2/12/2025 14539 ROGERS ANDERSON MALODY & SCOTT 76836 54867 138490 2/12/2025 10097 ROMAINE ELECTRIC CORPORATION 12-063773 54958 1-395551 54958
138491 2/12/2025 10407 SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC 18066
138492 2/12/2025 10217 STAPLES ADVANTAGE 6021846757 54897 6021846758 54897
138493 2/12/2025 10617 STATE OF CALIFORNIA L1655805648
138494 2/12/2025 10119 STEVEN SMITH LANDSCAPE INC 3161 54900 138495 2/12/2025 15495 SUREFIRE CYBER INC 3687 55130
3919 55130
3972 55130
138496 2/12/2025 10250 THE EAST COUNTY 00149275
Description/Account
Total:

OXYGEN CYLINDER
Total:

BUSINESS LICENSE REFUND
Total:

TEMP SVCS - IT SUPPORT SPECIAi
Total:

FY 24/25 AUDIT SERVICES
Total:

VEHICLE SUPPLIES

VEHICLE SUPPLIES
Total:

ENGINEERING FEE - 9532 VIA ZAPJ
Total:

OFFICE SUPPLIES

OFFICE SUPPLIES
Total:

UNEMPLOYMENT 12/31/24
Total:

A 2 LANDSCAPE SERVICES
Total:

DATA ANALYSIS

DATA ANALYSIS
Total:

DIF NEXUS
Amount
1,158.75
456.39
456.39
108.00
108.00
1,300.00
1,300.00
18,000.00
18,000.00
493.93
1,156.80
1,650.73
3,782.00
3,782.00

18.59 83.52
102.11
1,010.00
1,010.00
3,910.00
3,910.00
9,587.50
4,387.50
325.00
14,300.00
154.00

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vchlist
02/12/2025 2:51:56PM
Bank code: ubqen
Voucher
138496
138497
138498
138499
138500
138501
138502
138503
138504
Date Vendor
2/12/2025 1 0250 10250 THE EAST COUNTY
2/12/2025 15091 T-MOBILE USA INC
2/12/2025 10257 TYLER TECHNOLOGIES INC
2/12/2025 15490 UNITED CARPORTS LLC
2/12/2025 12480 UNITED SITE SERVICES
2/12/2025 10978 US BANK
2/12/2025 10537 WETMORE'S
2/12/2025 14687 WEX BANK
2/12/2025 10331 WHITE CAP LP
38 Vouchers for bank code : ubgen
38 Vouchers in this report
Preparedby: � ......

Date: •:z_, fZ.,-��.�� Approved by: z:.___--�
Date: _ -z-\ \i..,\•is--
Voucher List

CITY OF SANTEE
Invoice
(Continued)
993045165; JAN25
045-495865
18713
18714
114-14004040
7554766
06P101576
06P101770
102835686
50029840723
PO#
55137
55123
55123
55056
54905
54905
54961
Description/Account
Total:

CITY HALL
Total:

ENERGOV ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTlm
Total:

STATION 20 CARPORT
STATION 20 CARPORT
Total:

PORTABLE FENCE RENTAL
Total:

TAX ALLOCATION BONDS 2016 A/B
Total:

VEHICLE REPAIR PARTS

VEHICLE REPAIR PARTS
Total:

FLEET CARD FUELING
Total:

TOOLS, MATERIALS & SUPPLIES
Total:

Bank total:

Total vouchers
Amount
154.00
1,198.58
1,198.58
180,249.00
180,249.00
2,000.00
400.00
2,400.00
2,889.60
2,889.60
1,325.00
1,325.00

85.55 302.00
387.55
18,346.67
18,346.67
311.25
311.25
578,370.95
578,370.95

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vchlist
02/13/2025 3:03:10PM
Bank code: ubqen
Voucher List

CITY OF SANTEE
Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO # Description/Account
294611 2/12/2025 10401 US BANK TRUST
1 Vouchers for bank code : ubgen
1 Vouchers in this report
Pcepaffid by�/ .;_ �::!), 2.'::, Date
� Approved by: � ZS Date:
2786246 CFO 2017 DEBT SERVICE SEMI ANI
Total:

Bank total:

Total vouchers
Amount
172,931.25
172,931.25
172,931.25
172,931.25

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vchlist
02/13/2025 10:54:56AM
Bank code: ubqen
Voucher
138505
Date Vendor
2/13/2025 14381 TAQUIZAS JOSE
1 Vouchers for bank code : ubgen
1 Vouchers in this report
Prepared by. -�AC101...._._.. �-�✓
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Voucher List

CITY OF SANTEE
Invoice
108367
PO# Description/Account
55136 CATERER FOR HEROES GOLF CLA
Total:

Bank total:

Total vouchers
Amount
1,185.00
1,185.00
1,185.00
1,185.00

Page 15 ends

PyBatch
02/18/2025
Type
Grand
Totals
1:43:02PM

EARNINGS SECTION
Hours/units Rate - Amount Src
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16,059.00 745,753.30
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Payroll Processing Report

CITY OF SANTEE
1/30/2025 to 2/12/2025-2 Cycle b

DEDUCTIONS SECTION
Base Wages
32,269.68
112,207.27
86,134.71
15,855.73
14,746.80
Deduction
645.39
12,651.85

92.07 70.72
3,562.24
1,015.22
2,584.05
475.67
249.64
758.00
195.37
441.02
145.05

68.63 31.12
567.17

17.50 392.86
159.94
268,484.28
Benefit/Cont
-2,584.05
-475.67
-159.94
91,533.05
LvPlan

LEAVE SECTION
Accrued
Gross:

Net:

Taken
745,753.30
477,269.02
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LEGAL SERVICES BILLING SUMMARY Attachment 1
JANUARY 2024

CURRENT INVOICE

DESCRIPTION AMOUNT NUMBER NOTES
Retainer $ 17,928.85 1019095
1001.00.1201.51020 17,928.85
Labor & Employment:

Labor & Employment 8,496.60 1019096
1001.00.1201.51020 8,496.60
Litigation & Claims:

Litigation & Claims 2,034.10 1019097
Allan Family Trust Litigation 459.80 1019113
Lee Receivership 608.69 1019104
Schaeffer Receivership 1,447.75 1019114
Hope for the Homeless Lakeside Inc. 8,990.10 1019115
1001.00.1201.51020 13,540.44
Special Projects (General Fund):

Community Oriented Policing 21,829.92 1019098
Annual Municipal Code Update 3,063.40 1019160
CEQA Special Advice 1,271.60 1019119
Entertainment District 1,473.90 1019100
Advanced Records Center Services for PRA 8,560.40 1019105 Cannabis 1,647.30 1019106
Safety-Environ Justice Element 867.00 1019107
Records Management Policy 346.80 1019108
Development Impact Fee Study 3,323.50 1019109
Surplus Land Act/Real Property Special Advice 3,150.10 1019112 Housing and Planning Legal Support 5,433.20 1019101
1001.00.1201.51020 50,967.12
Mobile Home Rent Control Commission 28.90 1019099 2901.04.4106.51020 Cuyamaca Street Right-of-Way Acquisition 192.10 1019103 cip71402.30.05 SLEMSA JPA 28.90 1019110 5505.00.1901.51020
249.90
Third-Party Reimbursable:

MSCP Subarea Plan 385.20 1019117 spp1704a.10.05
HomeFed Project 10,946.60 1019118 tm22001a.10.05
Redevelopment of Carlton Oaks Golf Course 1,369.60 1019121 cup1906a.10.05 Park Center Apartments 1,027.20 1019127 tm24002a.10.05
Summit Townhomes 2,011.60 1019162 tm23003a.10.05
Extra Space Storage 941.60 1019126 cup2401a.10.05
Aubrey Glen Design Review 513.60 1019128 tm24003a.10.05 17,195.40
Total $ 108,378.31
LEGAL SERVICES BILLING RECAP Attachment 2
FY 2024-25
Adopted Revised Previously Spent Available Current Request Category Budget Budget Year to Date Balance Mo./Yr. Amount General Fund:

General / Retainer $ 216,530.00 $ 216,530.00 $ 107,652.58 $ 108,877.42 Jan-25 $ 17,928.85 Labor & Employment 80,000.00 80,000.00 48,110.32 31,889.68 Jan-25 8,496.60 Litigation & Claims 75,000.00 75,000.00 97,333.21 (22,333.21) Jan-25 13,540.44 Special Projects 520,000.00 520,000.00 210,262.54 309,737.46 Jan-25 50,967.12 Total $ 891,530.00 $ 891,530.00 $ 463,358.65 $ 428,171.35 $ 90,933.01 Other City Funds:

MHFP Commission $ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 3,217.11 $ 6,782.89 Jan-25 $ 28.90 Capital Projects 5,000.00 5,000.00 2,296.00 2,704.00 Jan-25 192.10 SLEMSA JPA 10,000.00 10,000.00 982.60 9,017.40 Jan-25 28.90 Total $ 25,000.00 $ 25,000.00 $ 6,495.71 $ 18,504.29 $ 249.90 Third-Party Reimbursable:

Total $ 69,048.40 $ 17,195.40
Total Previously Spent to Date
Total Proposed for Payment
General Fund $ 463,358.65 General Fund $ 90,933.01
Other City Funds 6,495.71 Other City Funds 249.90
Applicant Deposits or Grants 69,048.40 Applicant Deposits or Grants 17,195.40 Total $ 538,902.76 Total $ 108,378.31
FY 2024-25

RESOLUTION NO.

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTEE, CALIFORNIA ACCEPTING THE CITY HALL IMPROVEMENTS – BUILDING 6 ROOF
REPLACEMENT (CIP 2024-31) PROJECT AS COMPLETE AND FINDING THE

ACTION IS NOT A PROJECT SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (“CEQA”) PER STATE CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15378 WHEREAS, the City Council awarded the construction contract for the City Hall Improvements – Building 6 Roof Replacement (CIP 2024-31) Project (“Project”) to AOS Inc. dba Superior Roofing on November 13, 2024 for $90,879.00; and WHEREAS, the City Council also authorized the Director of Engineering/City Engineer to approve construction change orders in a total amount not to exceed $13,632.00; and
WHEREAS, one change order in the amount of $4,580.00 was approved for additional repairs to the roof parapet walls; and
WHEREAS, the Project was completed for a total construction contract amount totaling $95,459.00 on February 6, 2025; and
WHEREAS, AOS Inc. dba Superior Roofing has completed the project in accordance with the contract plans and specifications; and WHEREAS, per California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) Guidelines Section 15378, this action is not a project under CEQA because it involves an administrative activity of government without the potential of a significant impact on the environment; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to accept the Project as complete WHEREAS, acceptance of the Project as complete will not result in a direct or indirect impact on the environment, is an administrative activity of government, and is therefore not a “project” under CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Santee, California, that the work for the construction of the City Hall Improvements – Building 6 Roof Replacement (CIP 2024-31) Project is accepted as complete on this date and the City Clerk is directed to record a Notice of Completion.

SECTION 1: The work for the construction of the City Hall Improvements – Building 6 Roof Replacement (CIP 2024-31) Project is accepted as complete on this date.

SECTION 2: The City Clerk is directed to record a Notice of Completion.

SECTION 3: The action is not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) per CEQA Guidelines Section 15378 as it involves an administrative activity of government without the potential of a significant impact on the environment.

SECTION 4: This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage.

RESOLUTION NO.

ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santee, California, at a Regular meeting thereof held this 26th day of February, 2025, by the following roll call vote to wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

APPROVED:

JOHN W. MINTO, MAYOR
ATTEST:

JAMES JEFFRIES, CITY CLERK

PROJECT MAP
SHEET 1 OF 1

CITY HALL IMPROVEMENTS
BUILDING 6 ROOF REPLACEMENT, CIP 2024-31

CITY OF SANTEE, CITY HALL
10601 MAGNOLIA AVENUE
SANTEE, CA 92071

SOUTH DRIVEWAY
NORTH DRIVEWAY BUILDING 6MAGNOLIA AVENUE

ROOF REPLACEMENT
SCALE: NTS
CITY OF SANTEE, CALIFORNIA - DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING BUILDING 4 BUILDING 1 BUILDING 2
BUILDING 3
BUILDING 8 BUILDING 5
BUILDING 7

RESOLUTION NO. __________

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTEE, CALIFORNIA

APPROVING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT WITH ADVANCED

RAILWAY INNOVATIONS, DBA ADVANCED ELECTRICAL INNOVATIONS FOR

ELECTRICAL REPAIRS AND RELATED MAINTENANCE
WHEREAS, On May 10, 2023, the City entered into an agreement with Advanced an agreement with Advanced Railway Innovations, DBA Advanced Electrical Innovations for FY 2023/24 in the amount of $37,892.00; and
WHEREAS, on July 1, 2024, the City exercised its option to extend the Contract for 12 months through June 30, 2025 in accordance with Section 6 of the Agreement and increased the not-to-exceed amount to $39,256.11 for Fiscal Year 2024/25 to reflect an increase in the Consumer Price Index in accordance with Section 6 of the Contract; and WHEREAS, staff has identified several electrical jobs that need to be addressed which result in a need to increase the FY 20204/25 contract for Electrical Repairs and Related Maintenance; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends the City Council adopt the Resolution approving the First Amendment to the Agreement, which will increase the not-to-exceed amount for FY 2024/25 by $21,495.39, from $39,256.11 to $60,751.50; and WHEREAS, staff recommends authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents to execute the contract on behalf of the City.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Santee, California, that it hereby:

SECTION 1. Authorizes the City Manager to execute the Electrical Repairs and Related Maintenance contract on behalf of the City.

ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santee, California, at a Regular Meeting thereof held this 26th of February 2025, by the following roll call vote to wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

APPROVED:

JOHN W. MINTO, MAYOR
ATTEST:

JAMES JEFFRIES, CITY CLERK

STAFF REPORT

CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING TO ASSESS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS AND TO SOLICIT PROPOSALS FOR PROGRAM YEAR 2025 COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) AND HOME PROGRAM FUNDING

CONSISTENT WITH THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND FINDING THE ACTION IS

NOT A PROJECT SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (“CEQA”)

CITY COUNCIL MEETING
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
A. CDBG BACKGROUND
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program is administered by the U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Cities with over 50,000 in population are provided the opportunity to apply for “entitlement” monies. Entitlements are based on a formula that weighs population, the extent of poverty, housing overcrowding, and age of housing. To receive its annual CDBG entitlement grant, a grantee must develop and submit to HUD a Consolidated Plan, which is a jurisdiction’s comprehensive planning document and application for funding under Community Planning and Development grant programs.

A required part of the City of Santee’s 5-Year Consolidated Plan is an annual Action Plan.

Each year the Action Plan is updated to reflect City Council’s allocations to public services, public facilities and administration activities, consistent with the goals and objectives contained in the Plan. A synopsis of the annual Action Plan must be published community-wide in order to afford affected citizens an opportunity for review and comment. After review of public comments, the plan is forwarded to HUD with the required grant applications by May 15th of each year.

B. CDBG PROGRAM GUIDELINES
CDBG activities proposed by the City must meet CDBG regulations regarding program objectives and eligibility criteria. Determination of project eligibility is basically a two-step process. Each program/project must meet one of the three National Objectives of the CDBG program and must be consistent with program regulations as an appropriate activity.

The primary CDBG objective is the development of viable communities, including decent housing and a suitable living environment, and the expansion of economic opportunity, principally for persons of low- and moderate-income. Each activity must meet one of the following three national objectives:

1. Benefit low- and moderate-income families.

At least 70% of the grantee’s allocation must be spent for activities benefiting low- and moderate-income residents. The three most common ways of meeting this objective are:

Staff Report, February 26, 2025
Assess and Prioritize Projects for CDBG Funding
Program Year 2025

Page 2 of 4 ends

a. Activities that benefit an area in which low-income households are prevalent.
b. Activities requiring income data for each applicant to demonstrate eligibility.
c. Activities that benefit a limited clientele who are generally presumed to be principally low- and moderate-income. Categories of limited clientele allowed by HUD include abused children, battered spouses, elderly persons, severely disabled adults, homeless persons, illiterate adults, persons living with AIDS and migrant farm workers.

2. Aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight.

Activities considered to aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight are activities within a delineated area which meets a definition of slum, blighted, deteriorated, or deteriorating under state or local law, or where there is a substantial number of deteriorating or dilapidated buildings and improvements are needed throughout the area.

3. Address community needs having a particular urgency.

This national objective is extremely restrictive and rarely used. The urgent condition must be recent and pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community. There can be no other source of financing available to meet the needs in this category.

C. AVAILABLE FUNDS AND REQUESTS FOR FUNDING
As of February 18, 2025, HUD has not announced the amount that the City of Santee will be allocated for Program Year 2025. However, the schedule for preparation of annual Action Plans by the City of Santee requires that public input be solicited at this time and a tentative plan for funding activities in Program Year 2025 be approved and submitted to HUD no later than May 15th. Due to uncertainty regarding the budget for HUD programs, for planning purposes, staff estimates that the City of Santee’s Program Year 2025 allocation will be $322,704 which is the average of the three prior Program Year allocations and 8.04% less than the PY 2024 allocation.

HUD regulations impose a 15% cap on the amount of current-year CDBG funds and prior year program income which can be allocated to Public Service activities and a 20% cap on Administrative activities.

A request for proposals was published on December 6, 2024, with applications due on January 13, 2025. The City has received six applications for PY 2025 CDBG Public Services funding totaling $69,500, and one application for Administrative (Fair Housing Services) funding for $21,000 as detailed in the attached Summary of Requests.

Staff Report, February 26, 2025
Assess and Prioritize Projects for CDBG Funding
Program Year 2025

Page 3 of 4 ends

Public Facilities Funding
With the 2021 payoff of the Section 108 Loan used for the Buena Vista/Railroad Avenue project, staff analyzed different options for CDBG funded public facility improvements.

Based on this analysis staff recommended and the City Council approved the Citywide installation of ADA compliant pedestrian ramps at locations where no ramp exists as part of the Program Year 2022 CDBG funding cycle.

In Program Year (PY) 2022, the first phase of the Citywide Americans for Disabilities Act (ADA) Pedestrian Ramp Project was completed, which included the installation of 46 new ADA compliant pedestrian ramps. This project benefited 3,443 disabled and elderly persons (presumed low- income) residents according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2019 American Community Survey. The Phase I pedestrian ramps are in the neighborhoods south of West Hills High School and northeast of Santana High School.

In the current Program Year, staff plans on completing Phase II of the Citywide ADA Pedestrian Ramp project to include 39 new ADA compliant pedestrian ramps in the neighborhoods west of Carlton Hills school and west of Chef F. Harritt School. Phase II of the project would benefit 754 disabled persons and 457 elderly persons in these neighborhoods.

The proposed PY 2025 public infrastructure funding ($210,804) would be used toward a future phase of the Citywide ADA Pedestrian Ramp project.

SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES

ACTIVITY CAP
AMOUNT

AVAILABLE

PER CAP
AMOUNT

REQUESTED
Public Service Activities 15% $ 48,600 $ 69,500
Administrative Activities 20% $ 64,800 $ 64,800
Public Infrastructure None $ 210,804 $ 210,804
$ 324,204* $ 345,104
*Total amount available per cap includes staff’s estimate based on prior program year’s allocations ($322,704) plus program income/interest from prior years ($1,500) to be allocated toward Public Infrastructure. Public Service Activities cap amount is subject to change depending on HUD’s final award allocation.

Requested in excess of projected funding $ 20,900
D. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND ALLOCATION PROCESS
Public participation is an important part of the CDBG process. Two public hearings are required to meet the HUD requirements for citizen participation. In accordance with the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 24, “Housing and Urban Development”, Section 570.704, the City initiated the CDBG application process by publishing a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Program Year 2025 on December 6, 2024, in the East Staff Report, February 26, 2025
Assess and Prioritize Projects for CDBG Funding
Program Year 2025

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County Californian, as well as posting the NOFA, Request for Proposals and Application on the City’s website. Applications were due on January 13, 2025.

Notice of the February 12th public hearing was published in the East County Californian on January 31st, 2025.

All applications which were received were made available for public review and comment.

In this way, citizens are afforded an opportunity to examine the contents of all applications received and to provide comments prior to City Council decision on the funding of qualified applications, in compliance with CFR Title 24.

E. RECOMMENDATIONS
1) Re-open, conduct and close the public hearing; and
2) Direct staff to publish a summary of the Annual Action Plan; and 3) Adopt the Resolution assessing and prioritizing community development needs, allocating CDBG funds for program year 2025 and authorizing Staff to prepare and publish a draft Annual Action Plan for Program Year 2025.

RESOLUTION NO.
1 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTEE, CALIFORNIA

ON THE ASSESSMENT AND PRIORITIZATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

NEEDS, ALLOCATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FUNDS FOR PROGRAM YEAR 2025, AUTHORIZATION TO PREPARE AND PUBLISH A DRAFT ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR PROGRAM YEAR 2025, AND

FINDING THE ACTION IS NOT A PROJECT SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (“CEQA”)
WHEREAS, for Program Year 2025, the City of Santee anticipates receiving an allocation of $322,704 in CDBG funds, which is the average of the three prior Program Year allocations and 8.04% less than the PY 2024 allocation; and WHEREAS, the City of Santee is required to prepare and adopt an Annual Action Plan to implement the Consolidated Plan and submit a grant application to HUD by May 15th, and prior to receiving funds; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santee has followed the prescribed format prior to submission of the required documents.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Santee, California, does hereby:

1. Direct staff to prepare a Draft Annual Action Plan reflecting the funding priorities identified in the City Council hearing of February 26, 2025; and

2. Direct staff to proportionately adjust allocations among Public Services, Public Facilities and Administrative Activities (except Fair Housing) to accommodate any shortfall or surplus between the projected Program Year 2025 CDBG allocation of $322,704 and the actual CDBG grant received by the City of Santee for Program Year 2025; and

3. Direct staff to publish a Summary of the Draft Annual Action Plan as required for the Consolidated Plan.

4. Finds this item is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") by CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3).

RESOLUTION NO.
2 ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santee, California, at a Regular meeting thereof held this 26th day of February 2025.

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

APPROVED:

JOHN W. MINTO, MAYOR
ATTEST:

JAMES JEFFRIES, CITY CLERK
ATTACHMENT 3
PROGRAM YEAR 2025 APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING

PUBLIC SERVICES
Crisis House…………………………………………………………..………….…..….1
ElderHelp of San Diego…………………………………………………………….....11
Meals-On-Wheels Greater San Diego County…………………………………...…21 Santee Food Bank……………………………………………………………….........31
Santee Santas Foundation……………………………………………………...…….40
Voices for Children………………...……………………………………………...…...51

ADMINISTRATION
CSA San Diego County……………………………………….……………….………62
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program

APPLICATION FOR FUNDING
Program Year 2025
The following application must be completed by each qualified organization interested in being considered for CDBG funding. Please type or print clearly. Attach additional sheets of information as necessary. All information must be provided, or the application will be considered incomplete and will not be further evaluated for funding consideration.

The application must not exceed a total of twenty (20) pages. The completed application must be submitted prior to 5:00 P.M. on Monday, January 13, 2025.

Applications may be submitted electronically to [email protected]. Paper copies may be mailed or delivered by January 13, 2025, to the City of Santee, Planning & Building Department, Attn: Bill Crane, at 10601 Magnolia Avenue, Santee, CA 92071.

Project/Program Contact Person (Name and Title): Magz Lemaster, Director of Programs Project/Program Location: Santee, CA
Phone: 619-444-1194 Fax: [Click here to enter text]
E-mail: [email protected]

Type of Project (check one): Public Service Activity
Public Improvement (Construction)
Acquisition of property
Other (describe) [Click here to enter text]
Federal Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): NYJBDLPXT2K1
City of Santee Application for CDBG Funding
2 NOTE: UEI may be accessed through the following website: https://sam.gov/content/home Federal Tax ID: 33-0217339
California Entity ID: 1584159
Faith Based Organization:

YES x NO
Person completing application: Kelcie Parra
FUNDING INFORMATION:

Amount Requested from Santee: $ 7,500
Total Project/Program Budget: $ $ 892,276
Is the Project/Program scalable? Meaning if awarded less than requested could the Project/Program still be carried out, albeit to a lesser degree? Please explain: Yes, the program is scalable based on funding.

Please complete Page 5 (CDBG Project Budget) itemizing revenues and expenses (sources and amounts) for the proposed project or activity in which CDBG funds would be used. Indicate how the requested CDBG funds would relate to the overall proposed budget.

PROJECT\ACTIVITY INFORMATION
A. What is the purpose/mission of the applicant agency? We respond immediately to stop the cycle of domestic violence and homelessness and connect families and individuals to crucial resources that empower them to renew their lives.

B. Briefly describe the purpose of the project, the population to be served, the area to be benefited and estimated number of Santee residents who would benefit from the project. Inclusion of the estimated number of Santee residents served is required.

Purpose of Project: Provide services and referrals with the goal of connecting homeless and chronically homeless individuals and families in the City of Santee, to services, agencies and programs to help them secure services that lead to permanent housing.

Population to be Served: Crisis House will outreach to vulnerable individuals and families who are homeless and living in Santee and areas not meant for human habitation, as well as persons imminently at-risk of homelessness due to COVID-19.

Area to be benefited: City of Santee, California.

Estimated number of unduplicated Santee residents to benefit from project: This project will serve up to 75 persons.

City of Santee Application for CDBG Funding
3 C. Who will carry out the activities, the period over which the activities will be carried out, and the frequency with which the services will be delivered (be specific).

Our Programs Department includes our Homeless Outreach Team, who will be conducting the weekly outreach activities and our Director of Programs who oversees that team and steps in as a backup, as well as working directly with clients. The Outreach Team brings food, water, and hygiene kits to people experiencing homelessness as part of their outreach protocol, and offers resources as indicated. Staff make an initial ections to
referrals to other resources for which client might qualify (e.g., medical, income, benefits, etc.). Crisis House is also a provider of Rapid Rehousing, Diversion, and emergency housing.

D. Describe how the project meets the CDBG Program National Objectives, the City of Santee Priorities, and is included under the Eligible Activities. Please see the Request for Proposals to assist with this request.

The project meets the National Objective of benefitting a majority low- and moderateincome residents this program serves individuals at very low-income thus supporting that objective. As far as the City of Santee priorities, this program addresses priority two:

Public Services for LMI Residents - Provide public services and activities to improve the quality of life for residents, including special needs populations and individuals experiencing homelessness. Furthermore, the eligible activity we will be providing is activity e: Provision of public services (including labor, supplies and materials) such as those concerned with employment, crime prevention, childcare, health care, education, public safety, fair housing counseling, recreation, services for seniors 62 years or older, homeless persons, drug abuse counseling and treatment, energy conservation counseling and testing, emergency food and housing services.

E. Agency/Nonprofit Organization Information:

Outline the background of your agency/nonprofit organization, including the length of time your agency has been in operation, the date of incorporation, the type of corporation and the type of services provided. If the request for funding is submitted as part of a collaborative application, please provide information for each member of the collaborative. If your organization has received CDBG funds from the City of Santee in the past, please note the number of years the organization has received CDBG funding.

Crisis House, a Public Benefit Corporation, was established as a social service agency in 1970, incorporated in 1987 and received 501 (c) (3) IRS Determination in 1988. Crisis House offers an array of housing and social services for the region's survivors of domestic violence and children, as well as outreach services targeting individuals experiencing homelessness. Our focus has always been low and extremely low-income populations.

The agency programs include a continuum of housing services for survivors of Domestic Violence and their children, a Camp Hope Program focused on children and services for individuals experiencing homelessness. Crisis House supports the East County by hosting the annual Project Homeless Connect in East County, attended by over 48 City of Santee Application for CDBG Funding
4 providers and more than 200 homeless individuals. Crisis House supports Santee by organizing and completing the Point in Time Count (PIT) in Santee, sending staff and volunteers thoughout Santee to secure an accurate count of homeless individuals in our community. In fiscal year 2023-2024, Crisis House helped 227 people exit homelessness and secure permanent housing. Overall, we served 3,576 people with housing and crucial services. Crisis House provided permanent or emergency housing to 237 households fleeing domestic violence. Crisis House has been a recipient of City of Santee CDBG funds for over fifteen (15) years.

F. Financial:
reporting, record keeping, accounting systems, payment procedures, and audit requirements. Describe how records are maintained to ensure the project benefits targeted groups.

Crisis House has policies, procedures and an automated accounting software system in place to ensure proper designation, support, control, and accounting of all funds, property, expenses, revenues, and assets for each contract and grant received. Each contract, grant, or program is assigned a cost center numerical code. Expenditures are supported by a corresponding invoice or receipt and attached to a check request that is authorized by a program manager/supervisor. The check request is coded with the proper cost center numerical code. The expenditure is then entered into Quick Books accounting software, and utilized to properly track revenue and expenditures for multiple funds, contracts, grants and programs. Crisis House procedures and records conform to General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) as well as 2 CFR 84.21(b)(2), 24 CFR 85.20 (b)(2), 24 CFR 583.330(c) and the OMB Super Circular. Crisis House undergoes an independent federal single audit by an outside CPA firm each year. As part of our annual audit, the CPA evaluates and reports on our policies, procedures, and internal controls. All expenditures are supported by source records, which clearly identify the cost as allowable contract expenditure. Bank statements are reconciled monthly by an employee who is not able to authorize disbursements or sign checks and are approved by the Executive Director. Checks over $2,000 require two (2) signatures.

All canceled and void checks are retained. All revenues are receipted. Deposits are prepared and made by someone other than the person writing the receipts and receipt books are reconciled against the deposits.

Crisis House maintains the following records:

Cash Receipts Journal - For recording all cash receipts.

Cash Disbursements/Check Run Journal - For the recording of all cash disbursements.

General Journal - For recording transactions that are not normally recorded in the Cash Receipts and Cash Disbursements Journals.

General Ledger - This ledger maintains various accounts. Posting is performed on an on-going basis as needed to the general ledger.

Payroll Records - Crisis House currently contracts with Heartland payroll services to prepare all paychecks and to complete and file all appropriate payroll deposits, taxes, and reports. Employee timecards are approved by their immediate supervisor and submitted for payroll processing. All timesheets clearly show earned, used and remaining leave balances.

City of Santee Application for CDBG Funding
5 Bank Reconciliation - All bank accounts are reconciled monthly to the cash account in the General Ledger and include the signatures and dates of person preparing, reviewing, and approving.

Petty Cash Fund - A small petty cash fund is kept in a locked box in a locked cabinet in a locked room.

Requests for reimbursements from petty cash must be signed by an authorized supervisor and must be accompanied by a receipt.

Supporting Documentation - Files that contain paid check requests, invoices, time and attendance records, canceled checks, bank statements and other supporting documentation are maintained. Paid check requests include information on check number, date paid, amount paid, and the initials of the person making the payment.

Quarterly Payroll Tax Returns - Copies of Federal and State Quarterly Tax Returns are kept on file at Crisis House.

Checks- Check request with supporting documentation must be completed for all checks. The Executive Director, Director of Programs or an authorized supervisor must approve vouchers before a check can be written. Blank checks are not pre-signed and signature section mutilated and kept in numerical sequence with the canceled checks after initialed by Executive Director. Stale Dated Checks Checks issued by Crisis House that have not cleared the bank within six months will be voided and removed from our books. During the bank reconciliation and review process each month stabledated checks will be examined and adjusted as needed.

Mileage Claims - staff claiming mileage reimbursement prepare mileage claims. The claim is signed by the person requesting reimbursement and checked and authorized by program manager/supervisor. All claims show dates, places, miles and purpose for each.

G. Personnel:

Identify the staff administering/implementing this project and provide their experience in similar programs.

The Director of Programs has lived experience as it pertains to homelessness, has experience in healthcare settings and other nonprofit social services agencies. They have decades of experience overseeing staff, programs, and budgets. Our outreach team is comprised of individuals trained in street outreach, trauma-informed care, housing plans, and diversion. Specifically over the last 1.5 years, Crisis House has doubled the size of it s Homeless Services department which has increased our reach, impact, and outcomes.

H. Conflict of Interest:

Please identify any member, officer, or employee of your organization who is an officer or employee of the City of Santee or a member of any of its boards, commissions, or committees or has any interest or holding which could be affected by any action taken in the execution of this application.

City of Santee Application for CDBG Funding
6 No member, officer, or employee of Crisis House is an officer or employee of the City of Santee or a member of any of its boards, commissions, or committees or has interest or holdings which could be affected by any action taken in execution of this application.

I. Policies and Procedures:

Your organization must have programmatic Policies and Procedures in place for the program you are applying for. Please describe the policies and procedures your organization has in place for determining program eligibility, income eligibility, record keeping\retention and reimbursement requests.

Crisis House abides by the program eligibility requirements of the respective grant(s) and performs an assessment to determine program and income eligibility prior to rendering services. Crisis House utilizes the Homeless Management Information System for all recordkeeping as it pertains to client data and provision of services. Reimbursement requests are tracked through our program staff and double-checked by our Accounting department. Policies and procedures (SOPs) for each program are available upon request.

BENEFITS AND BENEFICIARIES
A. How accessible or convenient is the proposed project/activity to Santee residents? (
transportation provided, etc.)
Crisis House administrative office is located in Santee. Our team coordinates and participates in the annual Point-in-Time (PIT) count each year which provides us with a unique understanding as to where, homeless individuals are living in Santee. This intimate knowledge of the riverbeds, parks and streets of Santee informs our outreach efforts and makes our services exceptionally accessible to Santee homeless residents.

B. What is the approximate percentage of your clients that have annual family incomes in each of the following ranges: (Percentages should add to 100%) 100% of clients are at 30 percent or below of the area median income. ________% of clients are between 31 and 50 percent of the area median income. ________% of clients are between 51 and 80 percent of the area median income. ________% of clients are above 80 percent of the area median income. [Click here to enter text]
C. Does your agency focus its activities on populations with special needs? No X Yes (Please specify)

City of Santee Application for CDBG Funding
7 Please specify which special needs populations. (persons experiencing homelessness, persons with disabilities, persons with substance abuse problems, veterans, seniors, children, etc.)
Our focus will be people experiencing homelessness. However, the intersection between homelessness and other issues has been well documented. Our Outreach teams will respond to all homeless individuals, and those with concurrent special needs such as substance abuse, veterans, seniors, and families will also be assessed and referred to appropriate resources, if necessary.

DOCUMENTATION
A. How will the recipients (e.g., race, ethnicity, income, household size) be collected and documented?
information and Santee CDBG forms.

B. How will the outcomes be measured, collected, and documented? As mentioned above information regarding client and any interactions will be collected in Clarity, our HMIS system and the CDBG forms This allows us to document and track outcomes and run reports that measure outcomes. We review our program goals quarterly and adjust our strategies if our intended outcomes are not being met.

LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANT AGENCIES
If applicant is a government agency, do not complete below.

Check answer in the applicable boxes below Yes No

1. The applicant is incorporated as a Non-Profit organization and currently has exempt status 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code and 2370(d) of the California Code? x

2. The applicant has maintained its California Tax-Exempt Non-Profit Corporation status by filing the appropriate documents:
a) IRS Form 990? x
b) California Franchise Tax Board Form 199? x
c) Articles of Incorporation organized under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law? x
d) Date Articles of Incorporation files with Secretary of State? 04/06/1987

3. All necessary licenses required to operate are maintained? x

4. Insurance is active and current? x

5. General Liability Insurance is active and current? x City of Santee Application for CDBG Funding
8 Applicants are required to submit the documentation listed in items 2 and 3 above with their application.

Applicants are also required to provide a documentation, such as resolution for their governing board, authorizing the appropriate (named) staff to execute program applications, agreements, payment requests, and related documents on behalf of the agency related to the CDBG grant.

APPLICANT CERTIFICATION
To the best of my knowledge and belief, the information contained in this application is true and correct; the document has been duly authorized by the governing body of the applicant; and the applicant will comply with all assurances, federal, state, and local laws, and regulations if funding is approved.

Kelcie Parra, Executive Director __________________________________ Type or Print Your Name and Title Signature
CDBG Project Budget (See Next Page)
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program allows subrecipients to use leveraged funds to complete larger projects that address multiple needs. Leveraged funds refers to non-match cash or in-kind resources that are used to make a project operational. The use is leveraged funds is not required but is encouraged where appropriate.

City of Santee Application for CDBG Funding
9 CDBG PROJECT BUDGET
Organization: ___Crisis House___________________________________________________ Total organization budget $__3,138,499___________________________ Program/Project name requesting funds: __Crisis House Homeless Outreach______________ CDBG funds requested: $__7,500______ Total program/project budget: $_ 892,276________ Note: Indicate with an asterisk (*) funds that are volunteer time or in-kind contribution.

1. Sources of funding for program/project: (S)Secured or (A)Anticipated a. Funding requested from the City $__7,500_____________ (S) or (A) b. Other federal funds (if any) 347,688 (S) or (A)
c. State or local government funds 537,088____________________ (S) or (A) d. Donations and contributions _____________________ (S) or (A) e. Fees or memberships _____________________ (S) or (A) f. In-kind contributions / Volunteer time _____________________ (S) or (A) g. Other funding _____________________ (S) or (A)
h. TOTAL PROJECT FUNDING (project budget) $__892,276_______________ (S) or (A)

2. Uses of CDBG funds requested for the program/project: (1.a.) a. Wages and salaries $__5,625_______________
b. Personnel benefits ___1,875_______________
c. Materials and supplies _______________________
d. Program expenses and evaluation _______________________ e. Rent and utilities _______________________
f. Insurance _______________________
g. Mileage (___ @ 62.5 cents/mile) _______________________ h. Incentives and Special Events _______________________ i. Indirect costs _______________________
j. ________________________ _______________________
k. _______________________ _______________________
l. TOTAL REQUESTED FUNDING (same as 1.a.) $__7,500____________________

3. Percentage of project budget represented by CDBG request __1___________%

4. If your project will require future funding, please provide information about how the program will be funded. [Click here to enter text]
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program

The application must not exceed a total of twenty (20) pages. The completed application must be submitted prior to 5:00 P.M. on Monday, January 13, 2025.

Project/Program Contact Person (Name and Title): Anya Delacruz, Associate Executive Director Project/Program Location: San Diego County with an emphasis on central and eastern regions Phone: 619-371-4269 Fax: 619-284-0241
E-mail: [email protected]

Type of Project (check one): Public Service Activity ☒
Public Improvement (Construction) ☐
Acquisition of property ☐
Other (describe) [Click here to enter text]
Federal Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): GMBSRM6N74U3
City of Santee – Application for CDBG Funding
2 NOTE: UEI may be accessed through the following website: https://sam.gov/content/home Federal Tax ID: 95-2880426
California Entity ID: 713849
Faith Based Organization:

YES X NO
Person completing application: Becca Pollard
FUNDING INFORMATION:

Amount Requested from Santee: $ 7,000
Total Project/Program Budget: $ 885,749
Is the Project/Program scalable? Meaning if awarded less than requested could the Project/Program still be carried out, albeit to a lesser degree? Please explain: Yes, ElderHelp is committed to providing services to seniors in the City of Santee but would need to reassess the level of service if awarded a lesser amount.

PROJECT\ACTIVITY INFORMATION
A. What is the purpose/mission of the applicant agency? Founded in 1973, ElderHelp of San Diego’s mission is providing personalized services and resources that empower seniors to remain independent and live with dignity in their own homes.

With over 50 years of experience, ElderHelp supports seniors facing challenges such as declining health, financial hardship, and social isolation by addressing their basic needs. In FY24, we served 7,667 individuals through seven core programs: Care Coordination, Senior Food and Essentials Pantry, Seniors a Go Go (SAGG), Housing Services, Intake and Referral Services, Family Caregiver Support, and RUOK calls. Given that since 2020 service requests have increased by 393%, ElderHelp continues to expand its services by targeting underserved areas of San Diego County and enhancing programs such as housing and nutritional support to alleviate the impact of rising food and housing costs.

ElderHelp's Care Coordination program addresses senior health through personalized, preventive, and interventive services. These include grocery shopping for nutritious food, home safety assessments and minor repairs to prevent falls and injuries, and providing companionship to alleviate loneliness and related mental health challenges. Addressing the root causes of physical and mental health decline is essential, especially for San City of Santee – Application for CDBG Funding
3 Diego's low-income senior population. Studies show that untreated depression in seniors can exacerbate other chronic conditions, such as diabetes or hypertension, leading to repeated and costly hospitalizations. Additionally, economic challenges have heightened the need for ElderHelp’s services, as the cost of living in San Diego County increased by 33% during the pandemic, making it the fourth most expensive metro area in the U.S.

This disproportionately affects ElderHelp clients—96% of whom are low or very low income and in many cases disabled, at high risk for falls, or managing multiple chronic health conditions.

ElderHelp’s approach not only addresses these issues, it offers a high return on investment compared to traditional medical interventions. Providing preventive and interventive services costs ElderHelp an average of $250–$300 per client annually.

Independent evaluations by UC Berkeley have demonstrated that our services save each Care Coordination client a minimum of $3,200 annually. Furthermore, by helping seniors avoid emergency room visits and maintain their physical and mental health, ElderHelp saves the healthcare system an estimated $4,265,536 each year.

In FY26, the Care Coordination program will serve approximately 320 clients each month, including 20 Santee residents. Additionally, we estimate another 30 Santee residents will be supported through ElderHelp's Information and Referral services, further expanding our reach and impact in the community.

C. Who will carry out the activities, the period over which the activities will be carried out, and the frequency with which the services will be delivered (be specific).

ElderHelp’s Care Coordination program is led by a highly skilled team of professionals, including degreed social workers and gerontologists with over 100 years of combined experience serving the senior population. Team members are certified in critical areas such as mental health, motivational interviewing, crisis de-escalation, dementia and Alzheimer’s care, trauma-informed practices, and suicide prevention. Complementing this expertise are more than 350 dedicated volunteers who are trained to meet the evolving needs of seniors. These volunteers provide a vital lifeline for isolated seniors, offering consistent personal connections that help mitigate the risks of loneliness and associated mental health challenges. In FY24, ElderHelp delivered over 30,000 instances of care to clients—through home deliveries, in-person visits, phone check-ins, and transportation services—demonstrating significant growth in our capacity to serve the community. The Care Coordination program, along with all other ElderHelp services, is managed by Associate Executive Director Anya Delacruz who has more than 20 years of experience working with seniors and a deep understanding of their unique challenges. She oversees program development, ensures accountability for performance and deliverables, and fosters a strong and positive work environment for staff. Her leadership continues to strengthen the organization’s ability to deliver impactful services that support seniors in maintaining their independence and dignity. All activities will be carried out during the 2026 fiscal year, from June 30th 2025 to July 1st 2026.

City of Santee – Application for CDBG Funding
4 ElderHelp’s client base aligns closely with the CDBG Program National Objectives, as 96% of the seniors we serve are classified as low or very low-income. Additionally, ElderHelp supports the City of Santee’s priorities by providing essential services to lowto moderate-income homeowners, helping seniors maintain their independence and continue living safely in their own homes. Our services are designed to assist socially isolated seniors aged 60 and older, the majority of whom reside in LMI households. This combination of financial hardship and isolation often creates significant barriers to meeting their basic daily needs, which ElderHelp is uniquely positioned to address.

E. Agency/Nonprofit Organization Information:

Incorporated May 6, 1974, ElderHelp is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that has supported more than 270,000 older adults in need, including hundreds of seniors in the City of Santee since 2004. For more than five decades we have helped seniors remain in their homes while improving their quality of life through targeted services such as Care Coordination, Senior Food and Essentials Pantry, Housing Services, Seniors A Go Go, RUOK Calls, Family Caregiver Assistance Program, and Intake and Referral Services.

The impact of our programs is invaluable, as they enable seniors to live safer and healthier lives longer in their own homes. In the last fiscal year alone, we provided services to 7,667 seniors, with remarkable outcomes as less than 1% of our clients transitioned to long-term care, less than 1% experienced falls, and fewer than 2% required an ER visit or hospitalization. This is a significant achievement, considering that the national average for senior hospitalization is 1 in 6, compared to ElderHelp’s rate of 1 in 50. Furthermore, ElderHelp’s comprehensive support allows seniors to remain in their homes for an average of 10 years longer than the national standard, avoiding costly longterm care facilities and maintaining community connections. ElderHelp has proudly partnered with the City of Santee through consistent CDBG funding for 21 years of collaboration and shared success. This enduring partnership highlights the value and effectiveness of ElderHelp’s services in addressing the needs of Santee’s senior population.

F. Financial:

Describe your agency’s fiscal management procedures including financial reporting, record keeping, accounting systems, payment procedures, and audit requirements. Describe how records are maintained to ensure the project benefits targeted groups.

City of Santee – Application for CDBG Funding
5 ElderHelp adheres to Board-approved accounting policies aligned with GAAP and utilizes QuickBooks accounting software. The organization maintains an up-to-date accounting procedures manual, which is revised as needed and reviewed annually by an independent auditor. Disbursement and payment procedures require invoices and check requests to be submitted and reviewed by the end user or spender, approved by a department manager, and reviewed by the Executive Director. Checks are prepared by the Accounting Specialist and signed by either the Executive Director or Associate Executive Director, with checks over $5,000 requiring two signatures. Bank statements are reconciled monthly by the Accounting Specialist and approved by the Executive Director. Restricted revenues are accounted for separately, and all expenses are tracked by budget line item, specific to each program or revenue stream, to ensure appropriate use of designated funds. Monthly, the Board of Directors receives a complete set of financial statements, including a Statement of Income & Expense (Current Month and Year-to-Date with budget-to-actual comparison), a Statement of Financial Position, and a Cash Flow Report. All accounting tasks are handled by staff, and financial records are securely maintained at the main office. ElderHelp undergoes an annual independent audit, with findings presented to the Board of Directors by the auditor. The responsibility for financial oversight of CDBG expenditures lies with the CEO/Executive Director and Director of Finance. Additionally, ElderHelp tracks participation from Santee residents using a detailed spreadsheet that logs phone inquiries and client numbers, which are reported quarterly to the City of Santee.

G. Personnel:

Identify the staff administering/implementing this project and provide their experience in similar programs.

Deborah Martin, CEO/Executive Director, holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Law and served as a chief operating officer in private sector ventures for 20+ years. For more than a decade she has led all aspects of ElderHelp’s operations, including financial management, legal compliance, program implementation and oversight, fundraising, technology, growth planning, and long-term strategic planning. Anya Delacruz, Associate Executive Director, brings over 20 years of experience working with seniors. Since joining ElderHelp in 2008, she has been instrumental in shaping and expanding the organization’s programs. Anya is responsible for ensuring program performance and deliverables while fostering a positive work environment and staff morale. Elizabeth Wagner, Director of Community and Volunteer Services, oversees the day-to-day operations of the Care Coordination and Seniors A Go Go programs. With extensive experience supporting all of ElderHelp’s services, Elizabeth’s compassionate and skillful approach consistently achieves the best outcomes for the seniors we serve.

H. Conflict of Interest:

City of Santee – Application for CDBG Funding
6 There is no conflict of interest involved with ElderHelp and the execution of this application.

I. Policies and Procedures:

All clients undergo a comprehensive intake process, which is recorded in our Salesforce database. Through Salesforce, we track key information including the initial phone call, the application process, enrollment, and the services provided. The system ensures that clients are not entered multiple times and that the detailed intake and enrollment process captures a complete view of any benefits the client is already receiving from other providers. As part of our assessment, we review clients' income, benefits (such as health insurance, housing benefits like Section 8), and the services they are currently receiving (such as IHSS or Meals on Wheels). This helps us better coordinate care, reduce service duplication, and ensure clients receive the most relevant support. Salesforce’s specialized system guarantees that we report on unduplicated clients, and we also track discharges to maintain accurate records. If a client returns to our program, we can easily access information about their previous enrollment, services provided, and reasons for discharge. We do not impose restrictions on how frequently individuals can apply for or access our services because we are committed to being a continuous solution for helping seniors remain independent and age in place in their own homes.

BENEFITS AND BENEFICIARIES
A. How accessible or convenient is the proposed project/activity to Santee residents? (Please be specific such as direct services to a client’s home, Santee location, transportation provided, etc.)
Most ElderHelp services are provided at the client’s home or telephonically. Santee residents can also go to ElderHelp’s office, which is located 11 miles from the center of the City of Santee.

B. What is the approximate percentage of your clients that have annual family incomes in each of the following ranges: (Percentages should add to 100%) ______62__% of clients are at 30 percent or below of the area median income. _____38_% of clients are between 31 and 50 percent of the area median income. ________% of clients are between 51 and 80 percent of the area median income. ________% of clients are above 80 percent of the area median income.

City of Santee – Application for CDBG Funding
7 C. Does your agency focus its activities on populations with special needs? No X Yes (Please specify)

Please specify which special needs populations. (persons experiencing homelessness, persons with disabilities, persons with substance abuse problems, veterans, seniors, children, etc.)
ElderHelp exclusively serves seniors and their families.

DOCUMENTATION
A. How will the recipients’ information (e.g., race, ethnicity, income, household size) be collected and documented?
ElderHelp collects client demographic data as part of the intake process (by phone or in person) which is then securely stored in Salesforce.

B. How will the outcomes be measured, collected, and documented? Using Salesforce, we collect and track a wide range of data points, including clients' social and medical needs, experiences, and interactions with staff and volunteers. We then generate reports to assess services and identify areas for client interventions. Through ongoing client monitoring and feedback from volunteers, we maintain a thorough qualitative evaluation of client needs, both self-identified and otherwise, as well as client satisfaction. This information is collected during client and volunteer interviews, assessments and reassessments, and regular follow-ups (via phone or home visits).

Based on these insights, the team makes necessary adjustments to ensure that client goals are met and to track progress and improvements. Data analysis and program evaluation are managed by ElderHelp’s Associate Executive Director, Anya Delacruz.

LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANT AGENCIES
If applicant is a government agency, do not complete below.

Check answer in the applicable boxes below Yes No

1. The applicant is incorporated as a Non-Profit organization and currently has exempt status 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code and 2370(d) of the California Code? X

2. The applicant has maintained its California Tax-Exempt Non-Profit Corporation status by filing the appropriate documents:
a) IRS Form 990? X
b) California Franchise Tax Board Form 199? X
c) Articles of Incorporation organized under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law?
X
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8 d) Date Articles of Incorporation files with Secretary of State? 04/06/1974

3. All necessary licenses required to operate are maintained? X

4. Worker’s Compensation Insurance is active and current? X

5. General Liability Insurance is active and current? X Applicants are required to submit the documentation listed in items 2 and 3 above with their application.

Anya Delacruz, Associate Executive Director
__________________________________
Type or Print Your Name and Title Signature
CDBG Project Budget (See Next Page)
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program allows subrecipients to use leveraged funds to complete larger projects that address multiple needs. Leveraged funds refers to non-match cash or in-kind resources that are used to make a project operational. The use is leveraged funds is not required but is encouraged where appropriate.

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9 CDBG PROJECT BUDGET
Organization: _________ElderHelp of San Diego___________________ Total organization budget $_2,160,365_______
Program/Project name requesting funds: ______Care Coordination Program_______ CDBG funds requested: $_7,000__ Total program/project budget: $__885,749___ Note:

Indicate with an asterisk (*) funds that are volunteer time or in-kind contribution.

1. Sources of funding for program/project: (S)Secured or (A)Anticipated a. Funding requested from the City $__7,000________ (S) or (A) b. Other federal funds (if any) $__20,000_______ (S) or (A) c. State or local government funds $__85,000_______ (S) or (A) d. Donations and contributions $__773,749______ (S) or (A) e. Fees or memberships _____________________ (S) or (A) f. In-kind contributions / Volunteer time _____________________ (S) or (A) g. Other funding _____________________ (S) or (A)
h. TOTAL PROJECT FUNDING (project budget) $_885,749_____ (S) or (A)

2. Uses of CDBG funds requested for the program/project: (1.a.) a. Wages and salaries $__7,000_________
b. Personnel benefits _______________________
c. Materials and supplies _______________________
d. Program expenses and evaluation _______________________ e. Rent and utilities _______________________
f. Insurance _______________________
g. Mileage (___ @ 62.5 cents/mile) _______________________ h. Incentives and Special Events _______________________ i. Indirect costs _______________________
j. ________________________ _______________________
k. _______________________ _______________________
l. TOTAL REQUESTED FUNDING (same as 1.a.) $___7,000_________

3. Percentage of project budget represented by CDBG request _______.79_%

4. If your project will require future funding, please provide information about how the program will be funded. ElderHelp maintains stable, diversified funding by developing a comprehensive annual fundraising plan supported by a longer term strategic vision.

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10 Our revenue sources include Foundation Grants (33%), Government & Non-Gov't Contracts (20%), Individual Contributions (11%), Corporate Grants & Support (7%) and Events (6%).

Santee
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Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program

The application must not exceed a total of twenty (20) pages. The completed application must be submitted prior to 5:00 P.M. on Monday, January 13, 2025.

Potential applicants who have questions about the CDBG funding may contact Bill Crane by email at [email protected] or by telephone at (619) 258-4100 ext. 221 before December 31, 2025. (Note: Santee City Hall will be closed from Monday, December 23 through Tuesday, December 31, 2025) Additionally, information about the CDBG program for subrecipients (applicants) may be found on HUD Exchange website at https://www. h udexchange. info/resou rce/687 /playing-by-the-rules-a-hand book-for-cdbgs u b recipients-on-administrative-systems/ GENERAL INFORMATION: Date: 1/13/2025
Agency Name: Meals on Wheels Greater San Diego, Inc. dba: Meals on Wheels San Diego County Agency Address: 9590 Chesapeake Drive San Diego, CA 92123 Agency Type (non-profit, for-profit, public, etc.): Non-profit Phone: 619-248-4012 Fax: 601-260-6373
E-mail: [email protected]
Project/Program Contact Person (Name and Title): Tim Ray, East County Service Center Director Project/Program Location: El Cajon
Phone: 619-447-8782 Fax: 619-260-6373
E-mail: [email protected]
Type of Project (check one): Public Service Activity �
Public Improvement (Construction) □
Acquisition of property □
Other (describe)_[Click here to enter text]
Federal Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): DCWTFQJ3V5H8

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program

The application must not exceed a total of twenty (20) pages. The completed application must be submitted prior to 5:00 P.M. on Monday, January 13, 2025.

Agency Address: P. O. Box 710033, Santee 92072
Agency Type (non-profit, for-profit, public, etc.): Non-profit Phone: 619.258.5947 Fax: [Click here to enter text]
E-mail: [email protected]

Project/Program Contact Person (Name and Title): Tonya V. Hendrix, President Project/Program Location: Santee Santas depends on the donation of empty retail space for the months of November and December
Phone: 619.301.0745 Fax: [Click here to enter text]
E-mail: [email protected]

Type of Project (check one): Public Service Activity ☒
Public Improvement (Construction) ☐
Acquisition of property ☐
Other (describe) [Click here to enter text]
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2 Federal Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): EKYGB7FP2A84
NOTE: UEI may be accessed through the following website: https://sam.gov/content/home Federal Tax ID: 33-0199582
California Entity ID: 1570919
Faith Based Organization:

YES NO
Person completing application: Tonya V. Hendrix
FUNDING INFORMATION:

Amount Requested from Santee: $ 5000
Total Project/Program Budget: $ 70,500
Is the Project/Program scalable? Meaning if awarded less than requested could the Project/Program still be carried out, albeit to a lesser degree? Please explain:

Yes, our program is scalable. We can modify the amount of food, the number of toys and the amount on gift cards given to the families/children.

PROJECT\ACTIVITY INFORMATION
A. What is the purpose/mission of the applicant agency? Santee Santas is an all-volunteer organization working together to deliver the holiday spirit throughout the Santee community by providing non-perishable foods to supplement their pantry for the two-week holiday break. The foods provided include pancake mix, soups, fruits, vegetables, peanut butter, jelly, pasta and sauce etc. Families are also given a gift card for one of the grocery stores in the Santee community to purchase fresh food such as milk, butter, and meat. In addition, all children receive wrapped holiday gifts, including age appropriate books and family games.

Over the past two years Santee Santas has served an average of 205 families 702 people and 387 children. In the 2025 Holiday Program we expected to serve approximately 185 families. 630 people and 320 children.

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3 C. Who will carry out the activities, the period over which the activities will be carried out, and the frequency with which the services will be delivered (be specific).

There are ten (10) board members, three (3) committee volunteers and approximately 250 community volunteers. The activities of the program are managed by the Santee Santas Foundation Board of Directors and Committee Volunteers. Community volunteers collect, sort, box and distribute food. They also assist in selecting, wrapping, boxing and distributing toys, books, and games. The program activity begins in October with soliciting donations from businesses and individuals through our business mailer. A group of volunteers wrap toy donation collection boxes and distribute them to local businesses.

Applications are collected online. Applications are open from mid-October through November 15th. Board members review and approve or deny applicants according to HUD income standards. Food purchasing, sorting, boxing and distribution as well as toy collection, wrapping, boxing and distribution occur in December. Delivery occurs prior to December 25 and is also carried out by community volunteers. Seniors receive specialized foods with consideration for their medical conditions. Poinsettias are delivered to individuals residing in senior mobile home parks. Santee Santas also provides emergency funds for persons suffering loss or displacement due to fire.

The Santee Santas Holiday Program is eligible for consideration based on the National Objective to Benefit low- and moderate-income (LMI) persons, as well as the City of Santee priority to improving quality of life for seniors and other persons with special needs, including housing and associated supportive services.

E. Agency/Nonprofit Organization Information:

Santee Santas was founded in 1953 and incorporated on November 1, 1990, as “Santee Santas Foundation, Inc”. Santee Santas is a charitable organization and is tax exempt under section 501 (C)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code as documented in the Department of Treasury letter of July 20, 1995. The tax identification number is 33-0199582. Santee Santas provides services to men, women and children of low- to moderate-income. All services are offered to any member of the Santee community who meets the eligibility guidelines for services requested. Santee Santas Foundation has been receiving CDBG funding since approximately 2009, although we did not apply for the 2022 grant year as our organization had received an exceptionally large amount in business and individual donations during the 2021 season.

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4 F. Financial:

Santee Santas is organized and operated entirely by volunteers. There are no paid staff. The treasurer is a member of the Santee Santas Board of Directors.

Standard accounting practices are followed using a fiscal year of April 1st to March 31st.Expenses must be approved in an annual budget or approved by a majority vote of the Santee Santas Board of Directors. All expenses are in support of the mission of the Santee Santas Foundation and are in accordance with the by-laws.

Receipts are required and maintained for expenditures. The account is reconciled each month with the bank statement. A financial report is presented by the treasurer at each regular meeting of the Foundation. The annual report is posted on the Santee Santas Foundation website each year.

G. Personnel: Identify the staff administering/implementing this project and provide their experience in similar programs.

Tonya V. Hendrix, President (March 2019)
Board member since 2012; Secretary 2012-2019; Volunteer Coordinator, Toy Coordinator, Delivery Day Team, Senior Outreach Coordinator Santee School District Teacher (retired)
Linda Vail, Treasurer (February 2016)
Board member since 2016; Communications, Assistant Toy Coordinator, Delivery Day Team, Senior Outreach Volunteer, Applications Administrator Santee School District Administrative Secretary (retired) Santee School District Foundation Board Member (15 years) Santee School District Independent Citizens Oversight Committee Member Kathy Rasmussen, Member, Acting Secretary (November 2024) Board member since 2021; Business Mailer Coordinator, Communications, Assistant Food Program Coordinator
Santee School District School Secretary (retired)
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5 Hailey Conyer (April 2023)
Board member since April 2023, Donation Collection Box Coordinator, Food Volunteer, Delivery Day Volunteer
Channing Dawson, Member (October 2018)
Board member since 2018; Fire Department/Board Liaison, Delivery Day Team-Woodglen Vista
City of Santee Fire Department
Heather Dennis (April 2024)
Board Member since April 2024, Toy Volunteer, Senior Poinsettia Program Coordinator, Delivery Day Team- Assistant Woodglen Vista San Diego Unified School District - Teacher
Kelly Disbrow Vice President (April 2024)
Board member since April 2023, Facilities Coordinator,
Toy Program Assistant Coordinator
Lionel's Legacy - Foster coordinator
Girl Scouts Troop – Cookie manager
Teacher Assistant Charter school
Terry Johnson, Member (October 2020)
Board member since 2020; Book Coordinator; Toy Program Assistant Coordinator, Senior Outreach Assistant Coordinator, Coordinator Funding through Grants, Facilities Coordinator, Delivery Day Team CoordinatorWoodglen Vista Santee School District Foundation - VP, fundraising
Shriners (45 yrs.) fundraising, planning events, working on committees Santee School District Teacher (retired)
Sarah Kirk, Member (April 2024)
Board member since 2024; Hospitality Chair, Assistant Food Program Mira Costa College - Professor
Ginger Owens, Member, (March 2020)
Board member since 2020; Toy Volunteer, Social Media Coordinator, Food Program Coordinator, Delivery Day Team
ARC East County Board Member and President
ARC San Diego Executive Board Member
Graphic Designer (retired)

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6 H. Conflict of Interest:

Channing Dawson is a Santee Firefighter and is the only member of the Santee Santas Foundation Board that could be affected by the execution of this application.

I. Policies and Procedures:

The Santee Santas Policies and Procedures for eligibility require that applicants reside within the Santee School District boundaries, meet income levels as indicated by the FY CDBG Income limits of “very low” or “extremely low” and not receive holiday assistance from any other agency or program. All applicants are required to provide photocopies of the following information: valid government issued photo ID of all adults with current address, a current year report card, progress report or attendance report for each school-age child, birth certificate for all children under school age, rental agreement or mortgage statement or valid HUD statement listing all persons living in the home. Proof of income – photocopies for earned wages, SSI, self-employment wages, unemployment, disability/workers compensation, CalWORKs/CalFresh, foster care, child support, and/or alimony, Pell grants or other grants for college attendance.

Documentation is maintained for seven (7) years. As of 2023 we are using a third-party administrator for applications which provides document security and retrieval. Record keeping is maintained by monthly meetings and minutes.

Financial records are maintained using QuickBooks. Reimbursements are provided to board members or activity chairs with the submission of original receipts and board approval.

BENEFITS AND BENEFICIARIES
A. How accessible or convenient is the proposed project/activity to Santee residents? (Please be specific such as direct services to a client’s home, Santee location, transportation provided, etc.)
The application is online at the Santee Santas Foundation, Inc website. Paper applications are distributed at low-income senior residential complexes. Banners announcing the opening of applications are placed at all local schools and on City of Santee – Application for CDBG Funding
7 Cuyamaca Street. Notices are dispersed through Santee Schools, on the Santee Santas website and through social media. Recipients of the program receive food, toys and gift cards delivered to their homes prior to December 25. These are delivered by community volunteers or board members.

B. What is the approximate percentage of your clients that have annual family incomes in each of the following ranges: (Percentages should add to 100%) 67% of clients are at 30 percent or below of the area median income. 18% of clients are between 31 and 50 percent of the area median income. 15% of clients are between 51 and 80 percent of the area median income. 00% of clients are above 80 percent of the area median income.

C. Does your agency focus its activities on populations with special needs? No Yes (Please specify)

DOCUMENTATION
A. How will the recipients’ information (e.g., race, ethnicity, income, household size) be collected and documented?
Recipients must submit an application which proves the identity of all the residents of the home and proof of qualifying income level with documentation which includes proof of earned wages, SSI, self-employment wages, Unemployment, Disability/workers compensation, Cal Works/Cal Fresh, foster care, child support, and/or alimony. This also includes PELL grants or other grants for college students. Acceptable forms of proof are photocopies of:

Recent work (most recent either 1 month or last 2 weeks) Current CalWORKs/Cal Fresh Notice of Action/Foster Care/AFDC paperwork Recent HUD statement Recent Unemployment/State Disability/Workers Compensation check stubs Bank statements showing the income deposited into personal account Proof of other income sources (SSI, Child Support, Selfemployment, etc.) Statement for any Pell grant or other grant for college attendance. Applications are completed online at Santee Santas Foundation, Inc website Seniors living in low-income senior residential complexes may submit paper copies of the application distributed by Santee Santas...

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8 B. How will the outcomes be measured, collected, and documented? Applications are reviewed and approved or denied by a board member. All families must meet income levels as defined by HUD income levels of Very low or extremely low (distributed by the City of Santee) The Information is added to a spreadsheet which is used to provide a specific amount of food and the number of children (ages 0-17 years) that will receive toys, or gift cards.

LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANT AGENCIES
If applicant is a government agency, do not complete below.

Check answer in the applicable boxes below Yes No

1. The applicant is incorporated as a Non-Profit organization and currently has exempt status 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code and 2370(d) of the California Code? X

2. The applicant has maintained its California Tax-Exempt Non-Profit Corporation status by filing the appropriate documents:

X
a) IRS Form 990? X
b) California Franchise Tax Board Form 199? X
c) Articles of Incorporation organized under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law?
X
d) Date Articles of Incorporation files with Secretary of State? 11/06/1990

3. All necessary licenses required to operate are maintained? NA

4. Worker’s Compensation Insurance is active and current? X

5. General Liability Insurance is active and current? X Applicants are required to submit the documentation listed in items 2 and 3 above with their application.

Tonya V. Hendrix, President __________________________________ Type or Print Your Name and Title Signature
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9 CDBG Project Budget (See Next Page)
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program allows subrecipients to use leveraged funds to complete larger projects that address multiple needs. Leveraged funds refers to non-match cash or in-kind resources that are used to make a project operational. The use is leveraged funds is not required but is encouraged where appropriate.

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10 CDBG PROJECT BUDGET
Organization: Santee Santas Foundation, Inc
Total organization budget $ 77,350
Program/Project name requesting funds: Santee Santas Holiday Program CDBG funds requested: $5000 Total program/project budget: $ 70,500 Note: Indicate with an asterisk (*) funds that are volunteer time or in-kind contribution.

1. Sources of funding for program/project: (S)Secured or (A)Anticipated a. Funding requested from the City $5000 (S) or (A)
b. Other federal funds (if any) _____________________ (S) or (A) c. State or local government funds _____________________ (S) or (A) d. Donations and contributions $30,500 (S) or (A)
e. Fees or memberships _____________________ (S) or (A) f. In-kind contributions $16,500 (S) or (A)
g. Other funding (Business Mailer) $18,500 (S) or (A)
h. TOTAL PROJECT FUNDING (project budget) $70,500 (S) or (A)

2. Uses of CDBG funds requested for the program/project: (1.a.) a. Wages and salaries $______________________
b. Personnel benefits _______________________
c. Materials and supplies (food) $5000
d. Program expenses and evaluation _______________________ e. Rent and utilities _______________________
f. Insurance _______________________
g. Mileage (___ @ 62.5 cents/mile) _______________________ h. Incentives and Special Events _______________________ i. Indirect costs _______________________
j. ________________________ _______________________
k. _______________________ _______________________
l. TOTAL REQUESTED FUNDING (same as 1.a.) $5000

3. Percentage of project budget represented by CDBG request 7%

4. If your project will require future funding, please provide information about how the program will be funded.

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11 Santee Santas annual budget is based solely on anticipated donations and varies year to year.

The organization solicits funds and in-kind donations in a variety of ways. These include submitting grant requests to corporations and organizations such as Smart and Final, Walmart, Target, Shriners, Sycuan and local businesses. Business mailers are sent out to local businesses soliciting donations. Personal donations are solicited on our website. Local businesses around the city host donation boxes for toy collection. The Santee School District sponsors a local grocery store gift card drive each year. The program is modified based on the actual amount of anticipated income the organization receives.

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program

The application must not exceed a total of twenty (20) pages. The completed application must be submitted prior to 5:00 P.M. on Monday, January 13, 2025.

Project/Program Contact Person (Name and Title): Rebecca Rader, Chief Philanthropy Officer Project/Program Location: San Diego County
Phone: 858-610-5665 Fax: 858-569-7151
E-mail: [email protected]

Type of Project (check one): Public Service Activity ☒
Public Improvement (Construction) ☐
Acquisition of property ☐
Other (describe) [Click here to enter text]
Federal Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): F3UKH7PKL3G5
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2 NOTE: UEI may be accessed through the following website: https://sam.gov/content/home Federal Tax ID: 95-3786047
California Entity ID: 1155526
Faith Based Organization:

YES NO
Person completing application: Brian Hutchins
FUNDING INFORMATION:

Amount Requested from Santee: $ 10,000
Total Project/Program Budget: $ 7,220,000
Is the Project/Program scalable? Meaning if awarded less than requested could the Project/Program still be carried out, albeit to a lesser degree? Please explain: The Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program is scalable. The organizational cost of providing a child in foster care with one year of advocacy is approximately $2,500. For every $2,500 we receive from the City of Santee CDBG program, we will provide one Santee child with a year of advocacy and support.

PROJECT\ACTIVITY INFORMATION
A. What is the purpose/mission of the applicant agency? Voices for Children transforms the lives of abused, abandoned, or neglected children by providing them with trained, volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs).

Voices for Children (VFC) respectfully requests $10,000 in CDBG funding to support the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program. The purpose of the project is to match children in foster care with consistent, dedicated, and caring volunteers, called CASAs, who fill a critical gap in the overburdened foster care system by ensuring that the best interests of the children are not overlooked. CASAs advocate on children’s behalf in court and in the community.

VFC provides advocacy and support via the CASA program to children, ages 0–21, who are living in San Diego County foster care. While the foster care system affects youth City of Santee – Application for CDBG Funding
3 and families of every race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic class, youth of color remain overrepresented. Approximately 45% of the youth served by VFC with known racial and ethnic origins are Hispanic/Latino, 22% are Black, 17% are white, 11% are multiracial, 3% are Native American, 1% are Asian/Pacific Islander, and 1% are some other race.

VFC will provide CASA volunteers to at least 1,200 unduplicated clients throughout San Diego County in fiscal year (FY) 2025–26. Based on data from previous years, we estimate more than 50 children from the City of Santee will spend time in foster care during FY 2025–26. This grant, if awarded, will enable VFC to provide four (4) of these City of Santee children with the benefits of ongoing and comprehensive CASA advocacy.

C. Who will carry out the activities, the period over which the activities will be carried out, and the frequency with which the services will be delivered (be specific).

Through the CASA program, community volunteers called CASAs advocate on behalf of children in foster care under the supervision and guidance of VFC staff members called Advocacy Supervisors. All CASA activities funded by this grant will take place between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026. All CASA volunteers complete VFC’s intensive 35- hour training course called Advocate University before working with children. They commit to serving for at least one year and spend approximately 10 hours a month on their cases. Each month, CASA volunteers visit with their assigned children and speak with family members, caregivers, teachers, healthcare providers, and child welfare professionals to gain a thorough understanding of each child’s situation. Twice a year, CASA volunteers accompany their assigned children to court and submit comprehensive written reports that include case updates and identify the children’s specific needs. Judges rely on these reports to make informed decisions about the children’s housing, education, mental and physical healthcare, family connections, readiness for independent living (for children 16 and older), and overall well-being.

Many CASA volunteers advocate for their assigned child beyond their one-year commitment and throughout the child’s time in foster care. The advocacy provided to each individual child varies greatly depending on the child’s unique circumstances and needs. Children in foster care are diverse. They range in age from 0 to 21, and they enter the foster care system for a variety of reasons. Some children will only spend a few months in the foster care system, while others will remain in the system for many years until they turn 21. The disparate paths that children’s cases take make it difficult to measure the quantity of the services we provide because the advocacy provided by each CASA is tailored to address each child’s specific situation and needs during their time in the foster care system. However, VFC’s CASA program provides every participant with three distinct services: 1) An individual and personal relationship with a CASA volunteer, which is established through home visits and outings in the community; 2) The CASA volunteer’s presence and verbal advocacy at regularly scheduled court hearings, child welfare meetings, and school meetings; and 3) The submission of comprehensive court reports that include case updates about the child and recommendations at all regularly scheduled court hearings (typically every six months). Each Advocacy Supervisor provides supervision and guidance to 40–50 CASA volunteers. Advocacy Supervisors are the day-to-day contacts for CASA volunteers.

They educate CASA volunteers about the foster care system, assist them in identifying City of Santee – Application for CDBG Funding
4 community resources, and accompany them to school conferences, child welfare meetings, and court hearings. Advocacy Supervisors also maintain a 24-hour, 365-day cell phone line that CASA volunteers can access in emergencies. They ensure that each CASA has the training and resources they need to advocate on behalf of a child in foster care.

VFC exclusively serves children who have experienced abuse or neglect and are under the Court’s jurisdiction. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), abused and neglected children are presumed to be low- and moderate-income (LMI) persons. This project meets the City of Santee’s priority of providing public services and activities to improve the quality of life for residents, specifically the special needs population of children in foster care—a population known to be at great risk of future homelessness. Through the CASA program, VFC improves the quality of life for children in foster care. This year, approximately 3,000 children will spend time in the San Diego County foster care system. Each child has experienced multiple and often compounding traumatic experiences in the form of child abuse and neglect at the hands of a caregiver or parent. These experiences are often the result of intergenerational trauma caused by poverty, racism, and/or discrimination. Once in foster care, children face new stressors: being isolated from their families, possibly living with strangers in unfamiliar environments, and frequently lacking consistent and caring adult figures in their lives. The overburdened foster care system simply cannot meet the individual needs of the children it is supposed to protect. Its shortcomings— including heavy caseloads and a high turnover rate for child welfare professionals— result in additional childhood trauma that has lifelong impacts. Trauma and abuse put children and youth at high risk for adverse consequences throughout their life.

Homelessness, insufficient education, barriers to mental and physical healthcare, lack of social connections, and justice system involvement are a few of the daunting challenges that children may encounter during and after foster care. These dire outcomes can be mitigated. Research from the Center for the Study of Social Policy suggests that social support and equitable access to essential services will strengthen children and families that have had experience with the child welfare system. According to Youth.gov, “Permanent relationships with positive adults are a powerful protective factor against negative outcomes and can provide critical support to youth as they transition to adulthood.” CASA volunteers help children achieve better outcomes. While child welfare professionals and caregivers may come and go, CASAs form enduring relationships with youth and provide them with consistent advocacy and support. They ensure that the unmet educational, physical and mental health, and housing needs of youth are not overlooked by advocating in court, in schools, and in the community. VFC is the only organization designated by the San Diego Superior Court to provide CASA services to children, including City of Santee children, in San Diego County foster care.

E. Agency/Nonprofit Organization Information:

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5 Outline the background of your agency/nonprofit organization, including the length of time your agency has been in operation, the date of incorporation, the type of corporation and the type of services provided. If the request for funding is submitted as part of a collaborative application, please provide information for each member of the collaborative. If your organization has received CDBG funds from the City of Santee in the past, please note the number of years the organization has received CDBG funding.

VFC, an independent nonprofit organization, has been in operation since 1980. It was incorporated on December 1, 1982. The founders established VFC with the intention of mitigating the devastating effects of child abuse and long-term foster care. They adopted an emerging model in which volunteers, called CASAs, are enlisted to ensure better housing placements and more positive life outcomes for children in foster care.

VFC and its staff and volunteers have impacted thousands of San Diego County children in foster care over the past 44 years, including at least 129 from Santee who have been provided CASAs since 2014 alone. VFC is grateful to have received CDBG funding from the City of Santee for the past five fiscal years. We are currently providing advocacy services to children in foster care in the City of Santee and have provided CASAs or Staff Advocates to 19 Santee children thus far into FY 2024–25. VFC's primary program/service is the CASA program, which is the focus of this grant request.

VFC also operates three sub-programs in San Diego County: the Case Assessment Program, the Case Liaison program, and the Juvenile Justice CASA program. Under the Case Assessment Program (CAP), VFC staff assess every child who enters foster care and refer those children with the greatest needs to the CASA program and children with less urgent needs to the Case Liaison program. CAP staff regularly monitor those children not provided either a CASA or a Case Liaison in case their needs elevate to a level requiring ongoing advocacy. Under the Case Liaison program, VFC staff called Case Liaisons are stationed in each of San Diego County’s five juvenile dependency courtrooms, including the dependency courtroom at the Superior Court East County Division located in El Cajon. In addition to accessing the needs of children entering foster care, Case Liaisons provide direct advocacy services to children in foster care with less urgent needs and support CASA volunteers attending hearings in the Case Liaison’s assigned courtroom. VFC’s Juvenile Justice CASA program provides specialized advocacy services to youth involved with or at risk of involvement with the justice system. VFC will assess the cases of every child who spends time in foster care in San Diego County and provide CASA or Case Liaison services to at least 1,615 of the estimated 3,000 children who will spend time in foster care during FY 2025–26.

F. Financial:

Each year, an independent CPA firm audits VFC. During the audit process, it reviews our policies concerning personnel, financial reporting, record-keeping, financial management, internal controls, accounting systems, and payment procedures. VFC City of Santee – Application for CDBG Funding
6 uses a financial accounting system called Finance Edge. Through Finance Edge, VFC expends grant dollars in support of targeted groups. VFC then invoices the grantor to ensure that funds were spent on the project beneficiaries. Additionally, client records are maintained in our program database, CASA Manager, where efforts and outcomes are tracked according to funding source. Through all these fiscal and program management procedures, VFC is able to ensure that the project benefits the targeted group. Our Board of Directors (27 members) has governance responsibilities to ensure that all policies and procedures are adhered to by staff.

G. Personnel:

Identify the staff administering/implementing this project and provide their experience in similar programs.

Stephen Moore, Chief Program Officer, will administer this project, if awarded. He has been instrumental in the development of the CASA program since he began with VFC in 2008 as an Advocacy Supervisor. Over the last 17 years, Stephen has assumed various positions with increasing responsibility. He has a vast depth of institutional knowledge.

Additionally, Stephen serves on the San Diego County Child and Family Strengthening Advisory Board and is an important liaison between VFC and the Court, dependency judges, and other service organizations with whom we partner. Stephen has been the programmatic lead for each of VFC’s previous CDBG grant awards and has successfully stewarded each one to meet or exceed goals. Stephen has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from San Diego State University.

H. Conflict of Interest:

No member, officer, or employee of VFC is an officer or employee of the City of Santee or a member of any of its boards, commissions, or committees. No member, officer, or employee of VFC has an interest or holding which could be affected by any action taken in the execution of this application.

I. Policies and Procedures:

VFC exclusively serves youth who have experienced abuse or neglect and are under the Court’s jurisdiction. VFC obtains information about each child's status as a dependent of the Juvenile Court directly from the San Diego County Juvenile Court. We also obtain information about a youth's gender, age, race, and ethnicity from the San City of Santee – Application for CDBG Funding
7 Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA). All this information is used to complete an intake form for each program participant. Intake forms and corresponding documentation are maintained in our internal database, CASA Manager, a database developed for CASA programs. We also use CASA Manager to track progress on each child’s case plan, including information about a child’s housing, education, physical and mental health, and other details, such as whether a child’s CASA advocacy is funded by a specific grant, which allows us to accurately process and document reimbursement requests. VFC has a personnel policy manual, an affirmative action plan, and a grievance procedure. VFC maintains all programmatic and financial records for at least seven years. Electronic files are backed up on a continuous basis.

BENEFITS AND BENEFICIARIES
A. How accessible or convenient is the proposed project/activity to Santee residents? (Please be specific such as direct services to a client’s home, Santee location, transportation provided, etc.)
Project activities and direct services are carried out by CASA volunteers at various times and places throughout the City of Santee and throughout the County of San Diego depending on the needs of each child. CASA volunteers and VFC staff deliver services in each of the places where children live, go to school, work, play, and attend court hearings and child welfare meetings. A driver license and access to a vehicle are requirements to volunteer as a CASA, as CASAs drive throughout the city of Santee and County of San Diego in the course of their work. CASAs often transport their assigned children to outings and occasionally provide transportation to therapy sessions, family visits, etc. VFC operates an emergency cell phone line for CASA volunteers who have issues or emergencies outside of typical business hours.

B. What is the approximate percentage of your clients that have annual family incomes in each of the following ranges: (Percentages should add to 100%) ___100__% of clients are at 30 percent or below of the area median income. ________% of clients are between 31 and 50 percent of the area median income. ________% of clients are between 51 and 80 percent of the area median income. ________% of clients are above 80 percent of the area median income.

VFC exclusively serves youth who have experienced abuse or neglect and are under the Court’s jurisdiction. Youth who have experienced abuse and neglect are presumed to be low-and-moderate-income (LMI) persons under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s definition.

C. Does your agency focus its activities on populations with special needs? No Yes (Please specify)

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8 Please specify which special needs populations. (persons experiencing homelessness, persons with disabilities, persons with substance abuse problems, veterans, seniors, children, etc.)
VFC serves the special needs population of children in foster care. Each of the children we serve has experienced abuse, neglect, or abandonment at the hands of their parents or caregivers. This population faces a heightened risk of homelessness and other adverse outcomes. The correlation between time spent in foster care and homelessness is both striking and disturbing. Studies show that approximately half of the homeless population nationwide spent time in foster care and that 40–50% of youth become homeless within 18 months of exiting foster care.

DOCUMENTATION
A. How will the recipients’ information (e.g., race, ethnicity, income, household size) be collected and documented?
VFC obtains information about a child’s status as a dependent of the Juvenile Court directly from the San Diego County Juvenile Court. We obtain information about a youth’s gender, age, race, ethnicity, and siblings from the San Diego County Health and Human Service’s Agency. All this information is used to complete an intake form for each program participant. Intake forms, corresponding documentation, and case notes and status updates are maintained in our internal database, CASA Manager.

B. How will the outcomes be measured, collected, and documented? VFC will monitor our progress through our internal database system, CASA Manager.

This system was developed for CASA programs, and it has the capacity to record details about each child’s case, including demographic information, housing placement, and reason for entry into the foster care system. We also use CASA Manager to track progress on each child’s case plan, including information about a child’s housing, education, physical and mental health, and other details. CASA Manager has the capacity to store intake information, including social workers’ reports, court minute orders, and VFC’s intake forms for each child. VFC’s Director of Operations, Matt Olson, will be responsible for monitoring the progress of the program. Matt has a background in child development and 13 years of experience in advocacy and management at VFC. Matt developed VFC’s data collection procedures and protocols.

He currently oversees data collection and operations at VFC.

LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANT AGENCIES
If applicant is a government agency, do not complete below.

Check answer in the applicable boxes below Yes No

1. The applicant is incorporated as a Non-Profit organization and currently has exempt status 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code and 2370(d) of the California Code? x
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9 2. The applicant has maintained its California Tax-Exempt Non-Profit Corporation status by filing the appropriate documents:
a) IRS Form 990? x
b) California Franchise Tax Board Form 199? x
c) Articles of Incorporation organized under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law?
x
d) Date Articles of Incorporation files with Secretary of State? 08/17/1982

3. All necessary licenses required to operate are maintained? x

4. Worker’s Compensation Insurance is active and current? x

5. General Liability Insurance is active and current? x Applicants are required to submit the documentation listed in items 2 and 3 above with their application.

Jessica Muñoz, Esq., MFS, President & CEO
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Type or Print Your Name and Title Signature
CDBG Project Budget (See Next Page)
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program allows subrecipients to use leveraged funds to complete larger projects that address multiple needs. Leveraged funds refers to non-match cash or in-kind resources that are used to make a project operational. The use is leveraged funds is not required but is encouraged where appropriate.

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10 CDBG PROJECT BUDGET
Organization: _________________________________________________________________ Total organization budget $9,433,000___________________________ Program/Project name requesting funds: _Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program CDBG funds requested: $10,000_______ Total program/project budget: $7,220,000 Note: Indicate with an asterisk (*) funds that are volunteer time or in-kind contribution.

1. Sources of funding for program/project: (S)Secured or (A)Anticipated a. Funding requested from the City $10,000 (A)___________ (S) or (A) b. Other federal funds (if any) $225,000 (A)__________ (S) or (A) c. State or local government funds $502,617 (S); $812,383 (A) (S) or (A) d. Donations and contributions $2,665,000 (A)_________ (S) or (A) e. Fees or memberships $0___________________ (S) or (A) f. In-kind contributions / Volunteer time $0 _____________________(S) or (A) g. Other funding $3,005,000 (A)_________ (S) or (A)
h. TOTAL PROJECT FUNDING (project budget) $7,220,000 (A unless noted) (S) or (A)

2. Uses of CDBG funds requested for the program/project: (1.a.) a. Wages and salaries $10,000________________
b. Personnel benefits _______________________
c. Materials and supplies _______________________
d. Program expenses and evaluation _______________________ e. Rent and utilities _______________________
f. Insurance _______________________
g. Mileage (___ @ 62.5 cents/mile) _______________________ h. Incentives and Special Events _______________________ i. Indirect costs _______________________
j. ________________________ _______________________
k. _______________________ _______________________
l. TOTAL REQUESTED FUNDING (same as 1.a.) $10,000________________

3. Percentage of project budget represented by CDBG request 0.14__________% City of Santee – Application for CDBG Funding
11 4. If your project will require future funding, please provide information about how the program will be funded. VFC has served San Diego County children in foster care since our inception in 1980, and we are committed to the sustainability of the CASA program for years to come. Creating and maintaining a diverse revenue stream supports our sustainability. Our program budget is comprised of revenue generated primarily through individual philanthropy (27%), foundation and corporate support (16%), government grants (25%), and special events (30%). We solicit support through grant requests, major gift solicitations, direct mail campaigns, and fundraising events. Each member of our Board of Directors financially supports VFC, and our Board is actively engaged in expanding the organization’s visibility in the community and our network of supporters.

VFC operates on an accrual accounting system. At the start of each fiscal year (beginning on July 1), we begin raising the budget for that fiscal year. Any funding that we receive on or after July 1, 2025, will go toward the project budget. VFC receives pledges for government funds for future years. For FY 2025–26, VFC was awarded $484,405 of state funding through a process administered by the California CASA association. VFC also typically receives more than $450,000 annually in Victims of Crime Act grant funding through the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. We anticipate that this will remain a significant funding source.

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program

The application must not exceed a total of twenty (20) pages. The completed application must be submitted prior to 5:00 P.M. on Monday, January 13, 2025.

Potential applicants who have questions about the CDBG funding may contact Bill Crane by email at [email protected] or by telephone at (619) 258-4100 ext. 221 before December 31, 2025. (Note: Santee City Hall will be closed from Monday, December 23 through Tuesday, December 31, 2025) Additionally, information about the CDBG program for subrecipients (applicants) may be found on HUD Exchange website at https://www.hudexchange.info/resource/687/playing-by-the-rules-ahandbook-for-cdbg-subrecipients-on-administrative-systems/ GENERAL INFORMATION: Date: 1/8/2025
Agency Name: CSA San Diego County
Agency Address: 327 Van Houten Ave
Agency Type (non-profit, for-profit, public, etc.): Non-Profit Phone: 619-444-5700 Fax: [Click here to enter text]
E-mail: [email protected]
Project/Program Contact Person (Name and Title): Jared Hernandez Project/Program Location: 327 Van Houten Ave – El Cajon, CA 92020 Phone: 619-444-5700 Fax: [Click here to enter text]
E-mail: [email protected] [Click here to enter text]
Type of Project (check one): Public Service Activity ☒
Public Improvement (Construction) ☐
Acquisition of property ☐
Other (describe) [Click here to enter text]
Federal Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): LD7WR1PFMGD4
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2 NOTE: UEI may be accessed through the following website: https://sam.gov/content/home Federal Tax ID: 27-3317344
California Entity ID: N/A
Faith Based Organization: YES x NO
Person completing application: Monica Lopez
FUNDING INFORMATION:

Amount Requested from Santee: $ $21,000
Total Project/Program Budget: $ $421,159
Is the Project/Program scalable? Meaning if awarded less than requested could the Project/Program still be carried out, albeit to a lesser degree? Please explain: CSA’s proposed project offers a comprehensive scope of services to address housing issues and fair housing cases in the city of Santee. However, CSA would be able to provide a scaledback service by cutting back on marketing and outreach efforts. However, this would hinder the full scope of services needed to address housing disparities and work toward eradicating housing discrimination in Santee.

PROJECT\ACTIVITY INFORMATION
A. What is the purpose/mission of the applicant agency? CSA San Diego County is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose primary mission is the promotion of social justice and public welfare through programs, services, and advocacy against all forms of discrimination, including advocacy for the eradication of housing discrimination to assure equal housing opportunity for all individuals.

Our services have been primarily targeted for and accessed by low and moderateincome residents. We anticipate serving up to 110 (40 directly through our office and 70 through outreach and education services) residents in Santee during FY 2024- 2025 through direct phone contact, our website, in- person mediation, distribution of bilingual Fair Housing handbooks, and through outreach events and collaborations with other groups such as the Santee Collaborative, East County Action Network, and the East County Senior Service Providers. Through these organizations, and the City of Santee – Application for CDBG Funding
3 Santee library, our staff distributes information regarding fair housing so that our services can be fully utilized. The services we provide are available in English, Spanish, and Arabic, and, by appointment, other.

Goals: Our primary program goal is to assist the City of Santee by helping provide discrimination-free housing where conflicts between tenants and landlords are addressed in a fair and satisfactory manner and where adequate planning occurs to address needs as they develop.

Objectives and Services: Our Program Objectives (numbered) and Services listed below will meet these goals:

Eradicate discrimination in housing
Our services have been primarily targeted for and accessed by low and moderateincome residents. We anticipate serving up to 110 (40 directly through our office and 70 through outreach and education services) residents in Santee during FY 2024- 2025 through direct phone contact, our website, in- person mediation, distribution of bilingual Fair Housing handbooks, and through outreach events and collaborations with other groups such as the Santee Collaborative, East County Action Network, and the East County Senior Service Providers. Through these organizations, and the Santee library, our staff distributes information regarding fair housing so that our services can be fully utilized. The services we provide are available in English, Spanish, and Arabic, and, by appointment, other.

Objectives and Services: Our Program Objectives (numbered) and Services listed below will meet these goals:

Eradicate discrimination in housing
Provide consultation and respond to all fair housing and tenant/landlord calls from residents
Provide advocacy for equal housing opportunities
Assist victims of discrimination under state and federal law and process violations Make referrals when necessary to the CA Civil Rights Department and/or HUD.

Conduct Fair Housing Testing within the City of Santee when deemed necessary and be responsive to addressing the recommendations of the Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice
Address the City of Santee's Housing Element and Consolidated Plan tenant/landlord conflicts
Provide conflict resolution counseling
Offer mediation services where other interventions have been unsuccessful Increase the knowledge of tenants and landlords about rental housing rights and responsibilities as well as other issues
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4 Conduct education, outreach activities, training
Provide resource information outside the area of fair housing Publish and disseminate a Handbook on Renting (English, Arabic, Spanish) Provide up-to-date fair housing information on our website Develop other materials and programs as necessary
Provide well documented and accessible services
Provide quarterly and annual reports to the CDBG Administrator Provide data that is informative and useful
Respond punctually to calls from tenants and landlords
Respond punctually and effectively to programmatic or administrative requests from CDBG Administrator or staff
Provide web links to local and regional housing services and information Assist Santee in developing and maintaining regional resources and utilizing best practices
Attend the Santee Collaborative and serve on its committees Participate in the San Diego Regional Alliance for Fair Housing (SDRAFFH) Develop and maintain relationships with other fair housing organizations that have the potential to increase the capacity of Santee to maintain housing that is free of discrimination and tenant/landlord conflict.

In addition to our fair housing program, CSA provides other human relations services:
-Provide assistance and resources for victims of hate crimes -Education to the community about human trafficking and labor exploitation -Civic engagement
-Housing counseling
-Credit/Finance management counseling
-First Time Home Buyer Education
C. Who will carry out the activities, the period over which the activities will be carried out, and the frequency with which the services will be delivered (be specific).

CSA has a staff of 14, 12 of whom have fair housing counseling experience. The program and services run from July 1st through June 30th. The office business hours are M-F 8 AM - 4:30 PM. If circumstances arise, CSA will arrange to meet with clients outside of the usual hours and at a location better suited to meet the client's needs. Reports will go to the City of Santee.

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5 D. Describe how the project meets the CDBG Program National Objectives, the City of Santee Priorities, and is included under the Eligible Activities. Please see the Request for Proposals to assist with this request.

The National Object in this program Benefits low and moderate income (LMI) persons. The City of Santee's Five-Year Consolidated Plan will be advanced by providing a public service to improve the quality of life for residents, and support affordable housing opportunities for low to moderate income residents. This program meets Basic Eligible Activities '(e) Provision of public services, fair housing counseling.

E. Agency/Nonprofit Organization Information:

CSA San Diego County is a private, non-profit agency that was founded in 1969 under the name Heartland Human Relations and Fair Housing and then incorporated in 1972. In 2010, our organization was renamed CSA San Diego County and incorporated under that name. Our mission is "To promote positive attitudes and actions that ensure respect, acceptance, and equal opportunity for all people." The agency works cooperatively with community groups, local government bodies, law enforcement, and state and federal fair housing enforcement agencies in a collaborative effort to advocate for and promote the concept of fair treatment, the provision of affordable and habitable housing, and equal opportunity for all persons regardless of race, religion, color, ethnicity, age, sexual preference, marital status, familial status, disability, or source of income.

CSA has provided fair housing and human relations services to low and moderate-income households since the early 1970's. CSA has provided housing services to the City Santee since 1993 (30 years).

F. Financial:

CSA's Board of Directors is legally and fiduciary responsible for the organization on a monthly basis. The Board President, Jesus Pacheco, supervises the Executive Director who is responsible for the finances of the organization on a day-to-day basis. In turn, the Executive Director supervises the agency's CPA City of Santee – Application for CDBG Funding
6 Cesar Ramirez, who maintains a QuickBooks accounting and payroll system.

Invoices and fiscal documentation are provided to Santee quarterly. All records are kept either as computer files or in a hard copy that is filed and stored securely on-site. CSA is anticipating its second annual audit per 0MB Circular A-133.

G. Personnel:

Identify the staff administering/implementing this project and provide their experience in similar programs.

Executive Director, Jared Hernandez, is solely responsible for directing and overseeing the daily operations of CSA San Diego County and its programs. She is responsible for the implementation of program services, outreach, and reporting. George Ibarra, the Senior Housing Counselor, supervises the agency's fair housing counselors oversees accurate completion of contract deliverables.

The management of the Executive Director and the Senior Housing Counselor assures that the quality of services performed adheres to all local, state, and federal regulations. The day-to-day fair housing, tenant-landlord services are performed by a multilingual staff with over 40 cumulative years of expertise in the area of housing.

H. Conflict of Interest:

No member, officer, or employee of CSA San Diego County is an officer or employee of the City of Santee, a member of any of its boards, commissions, or committees, or has any interest or holding that could be affected by any action taken in execution of this application.

I. Policies and Procedures:

CSA’s policies and procedures include an intake process that involves screening clients and asking questions to determine eligibility for services. CSA’s policies and procedures address record retention and disposal as well as fiscal policies and procedures that include handling reimbursement requests. CSA also has programmatic policies and procedures specific to the proposed project activities which include: Non-Discrimination Policies that provide clear statements affirming a commitment to preventing discrimination in housing as outlined in fair housing laws. Scope of Coverage that includes definitions of the types of housing and housing-related transactions covered by fair housing laws, including City of Santee – Application for CDBG Funding
7 rental, sales, lending, and insurance. Complaint Handling Procedures: Guidelines for handling complaints filed by individuals who believe they have experienced housing discrimination. Information on how complaints can be submitted, investigated, and resolved. Details on the timeframes and steps involved in the complaint resolution process. Education and Outreach Programs: Initiatives to educate the public, housing providers, and other stakeholders about fair housing rights and responsibilities. Outreach programs to raise awareness about fair housing laws and the agency's services. Training Programs: Training programs for staff, housing providers, and other relevant parties to ensure awareness and compliance with fair housing laws. Monitoring and Enforcement: Procedures for monitoring housing providers and other entities to ensure compliance with fair housing laws. Enforcement mechanisms for addressing violations, including penalties, fines, and corrective actions. Reasonable Accommodations and Modifications: Guidance on reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities to ensure they have equal access to housing. Procedures for addressing requests for reasonable modifications to the physical structure of housing to accommodate individuals with disabilities. Partnerships and Collaborations: Collaborations with other governmental agencies, community organizations, and advocacy groups to enhance fair housing initiatives. Data Collection and Reporting: Protocols for collecting and analyzing data related to housing discrimination. Requirements for reporting on agency activities and outcomes. Public Communication: Communication strategies for informing the public about fair housing laws, agency services, and recent developments in the field. These policies and procedures are designed to create a framework that promotes fair housing practices and addresses instances of discrimination. CSA regularly reviews and updates its policies to ensure they remain effective in addressing emerging challenges and changes in the housing landscape.

Our office in El Cajon is about four miles from Santee's southern border. The office hours M-F 8 AM - 4:30 PM. If circumstances require it, CSA will arrange to meet with clients outside of the usual hours or in a location better suited to the client's needs. We can also interpreters, by appointment, to help with LEP, deaf, or otherwise disadvantaged.

B. What is the approximate percentage of your clients that have annual family incomes in each of the following ranges: (Percentages should add to 100%) ___72___% of clients are at 30 percent or below of the area median income. ___17___% of clients are between 31 and 50 percent of the area median income.

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8 ____9___% of clients are between 51 and 80 percent of the area median income. ____2___% of clients are above 80 percent of the area median income. 96% of our clients in 2023-2024 were low- moderate income.

C. Does your agency focus its activities on populations with special needs? x No Yes (Please specify)
Please specify which special needs populations. (persons experiencing homelessness, persons with disabilities, persons with substance abuse problems, veterans, seniors, children, etc.)
N/A

DOCUMENTATION
A. How will the recipients’ information (e.g., race, ethnicity, income, household size) be collected and documented?
All clients are asked to fill out an intake form with all their demographic data on our website or we can email it to them. Sometimes the counselor will have to ask the client for information in person or via telephone. The data is entered into our CMS (Client Management System) along with the counselor's notes and other relevant documents (such as the client's lease or 3 day notice).

B. How will the outcomes be measured, collected, and documented? CSA has a proven track record of achieving results and has developed a detailed Evaluation Plan that includes several strategies for developing, implementing, evaluating, and improving program performance against proposed activity goals during the grant including measuring its outputs and outcomes. The agency will utilize data collection and technology to capture, maintain and share data and measure program success. CSA will track how many persons have received assistance in counseling, the number of workshops/presentations have been completed, the number of clients attending, the locations of the services, types of outreach activities provided, and the amount of materials that have been distributed. The Program Manager will evaluate the progress of the program by analyzing the data collected at the end of every month during the grant period to ensure target goals are achieved. CSA will also utilize its CMS to run reports and create spread sheets to document and report outcomes to the City.

LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANT AGENCIES
If applicant is a government agency, do not complete below.

Check answer in the applicable boxes below Yes No

1. The applicant is incorporated as a Non-Profit organization and currently x

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10 CDBG PROJECT BUDGET
Organization: _ CSA San Diego County ___________________________________________ Total organization budget $___1,046,000__________________________ Program/Project name requesting funds: ___ Fair Housing and Tenant/Landlord ________ CDBG funds requested: $_21,000___ Total program/project budget: $__421,159__ Note:

Indicate with an asterisk (*) funds that are volunteer time or in-kind contribution.

1. Sources of funding for program/project: (S)Secured or (A)Anticipated a. Funding requested from the City $__21,000______________ (S) or (A) b. Other federal funds (if any) $__396,079_____________ (S) or (A) c. State or local government funds _____________________ (S) or (A) d. Donations and contributions _____________________ (S) or (A) e. Fees or memberships _____________________ (S) or (A) f. In-kind contributions / Volunteer time $ 4.080______________ (S) or (A) g. Other funding _____________________ (S) or (A)
h. TOTAL PROJECT FUNDING (project budget) $__421,159___________ (S) or (A)

2. Uses of CDBG funds requested for the program/project: (1.a.) a. Wages and salaries $_14,630______________
b. Personnel benefits $ 2,046________________
c. Materials and supplies $ 100_________________
d. Program expenses and evaluation $ 150_________________ e. Rent and utilities $3,046.50______________
f. Insurance $340__________________
g. Mileage (___ @ 62.5 cents/mile) $62.5__________________ h. Incentives and Special Events $500__________________ i. Indirect costs $125__________________
j. ________________________ _______________________
k. _______________________ _______________________
l. TOTAL REQUESTED FUNDING (same as 1.a.) $_21,000_______________

3. Percentage of project budget represented by CDBG request ___5________%

4. If your project will require future funding, please provide information about how the program will be funded. These services address housing discrimination, protect vulnerable populations, and prevent legal risks while fostering an inclusive community. To sustain City of Santee – Application for CDBG Funding
11 the program, future city funding could be needed if services are needed in Santee.

Investing in fair housing demonstrates a commitment to equity and creates a stable housing environment for all residents.

PY 2025 PUBLIC FACILITIES (CDBG) Balance Available $210,804 Agency Request PY 2024
Amount Minto Trotter Hall Koval McNelis Approved
City of Santee -
Citywide ADA
Pedestrian Ramp
Project (Future Phase)
210,804 216,175 - - - - - -
Total 210,804 216,175 - - - - - -
Balance to Allocate 210,804 210,804 210,804 210,804 210,804 210,804 PY 2025 ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES (CDBG) Maximum Amount $64,800 (20% CAP) Agency Request PY 2024
Amount Minto Trotter Hall Koval McNelis Approved
CDBG Program
Administration 43,800 49,220 - - - - - -
CSA San Diego County
(Federally Required Fair
Housing Service)
21,000 21,000 - - - - - -
Total 64,800 70,220 - - - - - -
Balance to Allocate 64,800 64,800 64,800 64,800 64,800 64,800 PY 2025 PUBLIC SERVICES ACTIVITIES (CDBG) Maximum Amount $48,600 (15% CAP) Agency Request PY 2024
Amount Minto Trotter Hall Koval McNelis Approved
Crisis House 7,500 None - - - - - -
ElderHelp 7,000 5,730 - - - - - -
Meals on Wheels 5,000 5,730 - - - - - -
Santee Food Bank 35,000 29,740 - - - - - -
Santee Santas 5,000 5,730 - - - - - -
Voices for Children 10,000 5,730 - - - - - -
Total 69,500 52,660 - - - - - -
Balance to Allocate 48,600 48,600 48,600 48,600 48,600 48,600

STAFF REPORT

PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

SANTEE, CALIFORNIA ADOPTING ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS PURSUANT TO

THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, CERTIFYING THE TOWN

CENTER SPECIFIC PLAN FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (SCH #2023090032), ADOPTING THE MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING

PROGRAM, AND APPROVING THE PROJECT AND FIRST READING OF AN

ORDINANCE ADOPTING AN UPDATED TOWN CENTER SPECIFIC PLAN TO

REPLACE THE EXISTING TOWN CENTER SPECIFIC PLAN AND ALL
AMENDMENTS (CASE FILE: TCSPA-2023-0001)

CITY COUNCIL MEETING
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
A. OVERVIEW
Adopted in 1986, the Town Center Specific Plan (TCSP) has guided development in the City of Santee’s (City) core from vacant land to a people-oriented commercial, residential, and recreational hub along the San Diego River. At the center of the TCSP is the Arts & Entertainment (A&E) District, which has the opportunity to unite commercial development to the west with residential and governmental facilities to the north and south. Throughout the TCSP are undeveloped and underdeveloped parcels that can play a key role in developing the envisioned vibrant and cultural hub. To bring that vision to fruition, the City engaged M.W. Steele and their subconsultant team to comprehensively update the TCSP by creating a framework for future development, including specifically analyzing four recently rezoned Housing Element sites.

Starting in March of 2022 and continuing to September of 2023, the M.W. Steele team evaluated the existing conditions of the Town Center planning area and conducted visioning workshops and plan making exercises that led to the first City Council workshop on September 13, 2023. At this workshop, City Council gave direction on the project boundaries, the circulation plan, the land use plan, and built out scenarios.

The City Council workshop on the draft TCSP in November 2023 included revised boundaries (Figure 3-2), the identification of five distinct neighborhoods (Figure 3- 3), an updated land use matrix, the establishment of objective design standards, a proposed transportation network, and streetscape beautification standards including signage, street lights and public space.

The consultant team prepared the draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR). During a screen check draft of the EIR, it was discovered that a water supply assessment needed to be prepared. Padre Dam Municipal Water District completed the assessment and the draft TCSP and EIR went out for public review from August 30, 2024 to October 14, 2024. Nine comments were received during the public review period, including several comments requesting that the TCSP be reviewed

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for consistency by the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority through the Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC). City staff worked with the ALUC staff and the project was determined to be conditionally consistent at their January 9, 2025 meeting.

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B. UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS
Five Neighborhoods
When looking through the lens of existing land uses and future development opportunities, there is a natural evolution of the TCSP into five neighborhoods.

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Arts & Entertainment Neighborhood: Formerly the Arts & Entertainment District, the Arts & Entertainment (A&E) Neighborhood serves as the core of the TCSP with the potential to develop a mixed of land uses including multi-family residential, preserved open space, commercial around Trolley Center and park/open space.

Town Center Commercial Neighborhood: As an existing commercial area of the TCSP, it is envisioned that the properties within the commercial properties have the potential to expand and support the adjacent residential communities as well as the A&E Neighborhood.

Mast Boulevard Residential Neighborhood: Formerly known as the Park Center Residential Neighborhood in the draft Specific Plan, the Mast Boulevard Residential Neighborhood is north east of the A&E Neighborhood and mostly built.

TSCP envisions new residential development designed with consideration to surrounding properties.

Park Avenue Residential Neighborhood: Existing single family residential development has the potential to accommodate multi-family residential development in the future due to the width of Park Avenue and proximity to services.

Facilities Based Neighborhood: Existing facilities such as the Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility and the Edgemoor Skilled Facility are within the TCSP and the County Animal Shelter is currently under construction. It is not anticipated that these uses will change in the future.

Updated Land Use Map and Matrix
Updates to the land use map and matrix have been included to reflect the residential densities in the Housing Element as well as the diversified commercial intensities. The Trolley Commercial and Entertainment Commercial zones have been added to create specific allowed land uses in the TCSP.

Town Center Vision Concepts
The Town Center Vision Concepts identifies how the TCSP would function as a cohesive area. The vision includes neighborhood specific guidance; potential infrastructure changes; streetscape design components such as the sign program, street lights and public space creation; and development concepts for parcels within the Town Center Core as well as four Housing Element locations.

Objective Design Standards
To provide a design framework for future multi-family and residential mixed-use developments within the TCSP, a set of objective design standards have been included in the Specific Plan. The standards are focused on engaging the street, the first 30’ of a building, the integration of parking, linking pedestrians, special edge conditions, open space and recreational opportunities, bird safe treatments, historic site adjacency, aviation land use compatibility, noise, and vehicle miles traveled reductions.

Mobility Network and Beautification

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With consideration to existing infrastructure while envisioning the future multimodal uses of the transportation network, the TCSP shows future road configurations as well as where no changes are proposed to a roadway. Multi-use pathways are identified as well as pedestrian connections and a bicycle network.

Street trees, landscaping, and public space standards have also been identified.

Implementation and Administration
The implementation and administration of the Specific Plan have been provided as well as potential funding options. The City Council also has the option to provide staff direction to include any of the vision concepts to the City’s Capital Improvement Program for potential funding and construction in the future.

These updates are reflected in the attached documents and are consistent with the Santee Municipal Code and General Plan. Changes to the City’s Zoning Code necessitated by the proposed resolution will be brought forward at a future date.

C. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
An Environmental Impact Report (EIR) dated February 2025 has been prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and is recommended for certification by the City Council. The Draft EIR (State Clearinghouse Number 2023090032) was made available for a 45-day public review and comment period commencing on August 30, 2024 and ending on October 14, 2024. Nine comment letters were received during this period, which did not raise any new environmental issues requiring substantial revisions to the EIR or further environmental review.

D. STAFF RECOMMENDATION

1. Conduct and close the public hearing;

3. Conduct the first reading of an Ordinance Adopting an Updated Town Center Specific Plan;

4. Set the second reading of the Ordinance for March 12, 2025.

November 8, 2023, Staff Report

STAFF REPORT

PUBLIC WORKSHOP ON THE TOWN CENTER SPECIFIC PLAN UPDATE AND

FINDING THE ACTION IS NOT A PROJECT SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (“CEQA”)

CITY COUNCIL MEETING
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
A. OBJECTIVE
The objective of this workshop item is to present the preliminary draft Town Center Specific Plan (Plan) to the City Council and the public and ask that the City Council receive the document and direct staff to move forward with the public review process. The Plan has been prepared by the City’s consultant, M.W. Steele, based on previous input from the City Council, City staff, and the public. The Plan being presented is a preliminary draft anticipated to undergo further refinement until a final draft is presented to the City Council for consideration in September 2024, once the corresponding Program Environmental Impact Report has been prepared for the Plan.

B. BACKGROUND
What is a Specific Plan?
A Specific Plan is a regulatory tool local governments use to implement their General Plan and guide development in a localized area. While the General Plan is the primary guide for growth and development in a community, a Specific Plan focuses on the unique characteristics of a special area by customizing the land use regulations and development standards to promote the community’s vision for that area. A Specific Plan establishes a link between the policies and implementation programs in the General Plan and individual development proposals in a defined area. A Specific Plan can supplement the Zoning Ordinance or it may stand alone with its own unique land use designations, allowed uses within those designations and unique development standards, such as building heights and setbacks. A Specific Plan, through its corresponding environmental document, typically an Environmental Impact Report, can also streamline development within the Specific Plan area if the development is built in accordance with the regulations set forth in the Specific Plan.

History of Town Center Specific Plan
The prior City Council adoption of the Town Center Specific Plan was a culmination of a two-year planning process for Santee's mainly undeveloped core area, originally consisting of approximately 706 acres. The process began with the designation of a Town Center Specific Plan area in the Draft City of Santee General Plan in 1984. Goals for the Town Center were added to the Draft General Plan as Staff Report
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part of the Community Design Element. Following the adoption of the General Plan in August 1984, the planning for the Town Center Specific Plan area began. On October 22, 1986, the City Council adopted the Town Center Specific Plan. The Town Center Specific Plan served to guide initial development within the City’s central area with new residential, commercial, recreational and open spaces uses.

In August 2000, the City Council adopted an amendment to the Santee Town Center Specific Plan to create an office park overlay designation and change land uses within the Town Center Specific Plan area. The office park overlay was established with the intent to provide for a significant, high-end, master-planned office park development including, but not limited to, uses engaged in scientific, technical, communication, or other related endeavors. High-quality commercial and residential uses were also envisioned as components of the overlay, but as uses ancillary to an office park development.

After numerous years of coordination with the County of San Diego, the primary landowner of remaining undeveloped properties within the Town Center, in February 2006 the City adopted the RiverView Office Park Master Plan, which would implement the goals and objectives of the office park overlay to establish a high-quality office park with ancillary residential and commercial uses, while enhancing and protecting the natural features within the overlay area, especially the San Diego River. In the intervening years, several projects were developed in accordance with the RiverView Office Park Master Plan, including two high-density residential developments and several high-quality office buildings. However, due to circumstances outside the control of the City, large swaths of land within the office park overlay remain undeveloped.

In December 2019, the City Council established the Arts & Entertainment Overlay District within the Town Center with the purpose of supporting tourism and attracting commercial, educational and recreational uses that beautify and enliven the Town Center. These uses include specialized retail and recreational uses, cultural facilities such as museums, art galleries, theater and dance companies, public art and performing arts activities, learning centers, and hotels. In 2020, after recognizing the opportunity to foster development and activate additional areas within and proximate to the Town Center in accordance with the Arts & Entertainment vision, the City Council made it a priority to expand the District. In December 2021, the City selected M.W. Steele as its consultant to spearhead the effort to expand the Arts & Entertainment District.

In May 2022, the City Council adopted the 6th Cycle Housing Element. As part of the City’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) in the adopted Housing Element, the City committed to rezoning eight undeveloped properties in the Town Center to allow for a variety of housing densities at all income levels. In October 2022, the City Council adopted the Housing Element rezones and the City’s Staff Report
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Housing Element was subsequently certified by the California Department of Housing and Community Development. The rezones completed for the Town Center significantly altered the planned uses within the undeveloped portions of the Town Center, introducing a significant number of new housing units proposed for the Town Center and resetting the vision for the Arts & Entertainment District, that now needed to incorporate new housing as a major land use.

After the Housing Element rezones were adopted and during the visioning and boundary tasks for the Arts & Entertainment District expansion effort, staff applied for and received two San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) grants related to the Town Center Specific Plan area: a Housing Acceleration Program (HAP) grant for $264,000 and Smart Growth Incentive Program (SGIP) grant for $400,000. The HAP grant funds the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Town Center Specific Plan Update, specifically to cover future multi-family and mixed-use housing development within the Town Center.

Completion of an EIR would allow for streamlining of development within the Town Center by allowing future development consistent with the Town Center Specific Plan to tier-off of the EIR. The SGIP grant funds an update to the Santee Town Center Specific Plan, including updating goals, policies, and objectives as well as to tables, charts, and graphics. The SGIP grant also augments existing efforts to expand the Arts & Entertainment District boundaries and promote new development within the District, including mixed-use housing, specialty commercial uses, and entertainment uses. With the SGIP grant, staff was able to leverage the existing City allocation for the Arts & Entertainment District expansion effort and receive matching funds.

These SANDAG grants provided the City the opportunity to look beyond the initial scope of the Arts & Entertainment District expansion effort and comprehensively update the Town Center Specific Plan authorized by the City Council in March 2023. With direction from the Council, City staff, and stakeholders through numerous workshops, meetings and outreach events, M.W. Steele has drafted a comprehensive update to the Town Center Specific Plan (attached as Exhibit A).

C. OVERVIEW
The updated Town Center Specific Plan would replace the existing Town Center Specific Plan adopted in 1986 and all of the subsequent amendments to the 1986 Plan, including the overlay districts. The new Plan is a fresh document with modern graphics, illustrations, maps and charts that is intended to be more functional, intuitive, and user friendly than the existing Plan. The new Plan reflects the updated vision for the Town Center and will guide development during the next 10 to 20 years on remaining undeveloped properties in the Town Center in a cohesive manner, while supporting reinvestment on currently developed properties.

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At the last City Council workshop in September 2023, the framework of the Town Center Specific Plan, including the Plan area/boundaries, circulation network, land use plan, and buildout scenario were provided to the City Council. Based on City Council direction on these main Plan components, M.W. Steele drafted a preliminary Town Center Specific Plan. The new Plan breaks up the Town Center into distinct neighborhoods, with a rebranded Arts & Entertainment Neighborhood at its core, customized land uses and development standards for each neighborhood, while providing an interconnected network of streets, parking areas, transit, public spaces, parks and trails. The goal is to support a thriving community and regional cultural and entertainment destination at the City’s center. An excerpt from the draft Plan of these neighborhoods is shown below:

Town Center Specific Plan Neighborhoods
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The Plan establishes five unique neighborhoods, each with its own land use plan that sets forth allowable uses and development standards, including sign and lighting standards. The neighborhoods are described as follows:

Arts & Entertainment Neighborhood
The Arts & Entertainment Neighborhood replaces the Arts & Entertainment Overlay District and incorporates tailored land use designations supporting uses related to arts and culture, entertainment, commercial recreation, visitor, and civic uses. The Arts & Entertainment Neighborhood aims to enhance connections to the San Diego River, strengthen the sense of place creating an attraction for residents and visitors to gather, and public spaces that incorporate streetscape concepts with features such as riparian inspired landscape treatments, water elements, shade, lighting, and wayfinding signage. This neighborhood also provides for development options for the Housing Element rezone sites and on the City’s Theater Site, including the possibility of an amphitheater or similar civic space.

Town Center Commercial Neighborhood
The Town Center Specific Plan area contains a great number of commercial uses, including a variety of retail and services options. The commercial uses found in the Specific Plan area serve the local residents and attract visitors to come and spend time in Santee. The Specific Plan identifies the areas west of Cuyamaca Street as the Town Center Commercial Neighborhood. This neighborhood presents strip shopping commercial areas, with easy access to Mission Gorge Road and Cuyamaca Street. The Town Center Specific Plan recognizes the commercial properties within this area have the potential to expand, while taking into consideration the parking needs of the established uses of the area.

Mast Boulevard Residential Neighborhood
The Specific Plan includes a series of existing residential neighborhoods, which provide vitality and an influx of residents that live, work, and enjoy the community’s recreation facilities in the area. These established residential neighborhoods are assumed to maintain their character, while enhancing pedestrian and vehicular connections between them and to the rest of the uses within the Specific Plan area.

In addition to the existing residential neighborhoods, this area includes vacant parcels located north of the San Diego River and south of Mast Boulevard, which are designated to allow for residential uses. The Specific Plan envisions new residential development designed with consideration to the surrounding properties, in terms of access, connectivity, and relationship to the San Diego River.

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Park Avenue Residential Neighborhood
The Specific Plan recognizes the underlying potential for new development to occur in the residential properties located on the southeast portion of the Specific Plan area, along Park Avenue, east of Cottonwood Avenue, west of Magnolia Avenue and north of Mission Gorge Road. The properties within this neighborhood are designated TC-R-22, which allows for between 22-30 dwelling units per acre.

Existing residential development in this area consists of single-family residences found on lots that could accommodate an additional number of units should the properties be redeveloped. Some characteristics of this area such as the existing grid street pattern, Park Avenue’s generous width, and proximity to retail and services, provide this neighborhood with potential to successfully support gradual change within the framework of the densities allowed in the plan.

Institutional Neighborhood
The Specific Plan area includes two properties of large size with institutional uses which are surrounded by a mix of other uses. The Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility (LCDRF) and the Edgemoor Skilled Nursing Facility. Both facilities serve regional purposes. LCDRF is operated by the County of San Diego Sheriff’s Department. Edgemoor Skilled Nursing Facility is owned and operated by the County of San Diego and provides care for individuals having complex medical needs who require specialized interventions from highly trained staff. The Specific Plan recognizes these properties have reached their development potential and does not envision major changes in the upcoming years.

Integrated Plan
All of the neighborhoods are connected by an integrated network of streets, parking areas, transit, public spaces, parks and trails. The Plan highlights the importance of the San Diego River and provides unique design options for river trails and crossing identified in the Plan that will link the Town Center neighborhoods on the north side of San Diego River, including Town Center Community Park, with the neighborhoods and core commercial area of the Town Center on the south side of the river. Overall, the new Plan establishes the following:
• An updated land use map with distinct neighborhoods and land use designations that relate to existing and desired development. • A comprehensive circulation element, that sets forth required public streets that are elemental to ensuring multi-modal connectivity within the Town Center.

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• Updated land use tables expanding on allowable uses for each land use designation especially for those designations that encourage Arts & Entertainment uses.
• Updated design standards for residential, commercial, and mixed-use buildings that include revised objective design standards for by-right multifamily residential and mixed-use residential development. • A new landscape palette in the Specific Plan that encourages shaded walkways and paseos and that creates a consistent high-quality landscape design aesthetic.
• New sign programs for neighborhoods (excepting the Institutional Neighborhood) that encourage unique sign treatments distinct to each neighborhood.
• Site specific plans tied together with a master site plan/circulation plan shows potential options for development based on allowed uses and development standards that developers can utilize to guide their project proposals.

Preparation of the Program Environmental Impact Review (EIR) for the Town Center Specific Plan Update is underway. The Notice of Preparation informing the public that an EIR for the project will be prepared has been circulated for public review and comment, and the comment period ended on October 16, 2023. An environmental scoping meeting was held for the project on September 7, 2023.

The draft EIR is anticipated to be available for public review and comment in Spring 2024 with the Final EIR anticipated to be ready for Council consideration in September 2024, at which time a final draft Town Center Specific Plan would be presented to the City Council for consideration. Further refinement of the draft Plan is anticipated in the coming months.

Once adopted, the new Town Center Specific Plan and Program EIR would then allow for streamlined development of projects consistent with the new Plan. As the proposed update only involves the refinement and planning of commercial uses within the Town Center and would not propose any new housing not already established by the Housing Element rezones, the new Plan would not be subject to Measure N.

D. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This item only seeks input on a proposed planning document and, therefore, is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) as defined in Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines.

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E. STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Receive the draft Town Center Specific Plan and direct staff to commence the public review process.

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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTEE,

CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING AN UPDATED TOWN CENTER SPECIFIC

PLAN TO REPLACE THE EXISTING TOWN CENTER SPECIFIC PLAN

AND AMENDMENTS
WHEREAS, the General Plan of the City of Santee (City) specifies the location of various land uses and districts within the City, including the Town Center district; and WHEREAS, on October 22, 1986 the City Council of the City of Santee adopted the Santee Town Center Specific Plan (TCSP) including provisions for retail commercial, offices, civic, recreational and other appropriate uses to establish a focal point for the City; and
WHEREAS, subsequent amendments have modified or clarified aspects of the original TCSP; and
WHEREAS, a priority of the City Council is the creation of an art and entertainment district to promote a concentration of arts, cultural and entertainment-oriented uses within a portion of the TCSP area; and
WHEREAS, the overall goal of the TCSP is that “The Town Center shall become Santee’s vibrant focal point by providing a balance of development with conservation, enhancement of the community’s regional image, and the creation of opportunities for people to live, work and play”; and
WHEREAS, on September 13, 2023, the Santee City Council conducted a public workshop to discuss plan alternatives for the development of vacant parcels and potential redevelopment of certain strategic areas within the Town Center; and WHEREAS, on November 8, 2023, the Santee City Council conducted a public workshop to consider a draft Town Center Specific Plan that would replace the existing TCSP and all of its subsequent amendments, including the overlay districts; and WHEREAS, the City is proposing a comprehensive update to the TCSP, which includes the following: an updated TCSP, which is attached as Exhibit A and incorporated for all purposes, including expansion of the boundaries of the overall TCSP area and updated development standards to continue to facilitate planned development throughout the five proposed neighborhoods of the TCSP area; expansion of the boundaries of the existing Arts and Entertainment Overlay District (AEOD) to a new Arts and Entertainment Neighborhood (AEN); and conceptual development plans and Objective Design Standards for Housing Element sites in the southeastern portion of the AEN, pursuant to the densities permitted in the City’s adopted 6th Cycle Housing Element and as allowed under state density bonus law under California Government Code Section 65915 (Project); and
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WHEREAS, following that workshop, the City proceeded with the public review process, including preparation of an Environmental Impact Report for public review, adopted by separate Resolution of the City Council for this Project; and WHEREAS, the Project takes place in the Town Center area of the City, which is bisected east-west by the San Diego River; and
WHEREAS, the proposed TCSP area, including its five proposed neighborhoods, is bounded by Mast Boulevard to the north, Magnolia Avenue to the east, Mission Gorge Road to the south, and Mast Park to the west. The AEN is located wholly within the TCSP area, stretching across the San Diego River in the central portion of the TCSP area; and WHEREAS, the proposed updated TCSP is consistent with the guiding principles and vision of the Town Center Specific Plan; and
WHEREAS, the proposed updated TCSP is consistent with the Santee General Plan, which expressly anticipates that the Town Center will be governed by a TCSP; and

WHEREAS, the proposed updated TCSP would not be detrimental to the public interest health, safety, convenience or welfare of the City; and WHEREAS, California Government Code section 65453 states that a specific plan may be may be adopted by resolution or by ordinance and may be amended as often as deemed necessary by the legislative body; and
WHEREAS, the existing TCSP is a regulatory document adopted by ordinance; WHEREAS, specific plans adopted by ordinance become a set of zoning regulations that provide specific direction of the type and intensity of uses permitted independently of the Zoning Ordinance set forth in Santee Municipal Code (SMC) Title 13; and
WHEREAS, in any instance where the TCSP conflicts with the requirements of the SMC, the TCSP provisions shall take precedence; and

WHEREAS, in any instance in where the TCSP is silent on a topic, the requirements of SMC Title 13 remain in effect; and
WHEREAS, on February 15, 2025, the Director of the Building and Planning Department published notice of a public hearing on the proposed amendment of the Town Center Specific Plan (TCSPA-2023-0001) to be held on February 26, 2025; and WHEREAS, the City prepared an Environmental Impact Report (EIR), which was released for public review from August 30, 2024 to October 14, 2024 in accordance with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and ORDINANCE NO.______
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WHEREAS, on February 26, 2025, the City Council held a duly advertised public hearing; and
WHEREAS, the City Council considered the staff report, Final EIR, all recommendations by staff and public testimony; and
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santee, California, does ordain as follows:
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SECTION 1. The City Council has certified the Final EIR (Resolution No. XXX-2025) pursuant to CEQA and adopted Findings of Fact, a Statement of Overriding Considerations and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the Project. The City Council hereby incorporates by reference, as if fully set forth herein, the Resolution certifying the Final EIR and adopting the Findings of Fact, and Statement of Overriding Considerations and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the Santee Town Center Specific Plan Project.

SECTION 2. The City Council hereby finds that all of the foregoing recitals and the staff report presented herewith are true and correct and are hereby incorporated and adopted as findings of the City Council as if fully set forth herein.

SECTION 3. The Project is consistent with the Santee General Plan and Municipal Code for the following reasons:
• The TCSP is a specific plan and would comply with California Government Code Sections 65450 through 65457, which require that a specific plan be consistent with the adopted General Plan for the jurisdiction in which the specific plan area is located.
• Specific plans adopted by ordinance become the applicable zoning that provide specific direction to the type and intensity of uses permitted and may also define design expectations and standards. The TCSP notes that in any instance where the TCSP conflicts with the requirements of the SMC, the TCSP provisions shall take precedence. Where the TCSP is silent on a topic, the requirements of Title 13 of the SMC (Zoning Ordinance) would remain in effect.
• The City’s 2021-2029 Housing Element and current Zoning Ordinance allow up to 36 du/ac, and none of the residential densities established by the TCSP would exceed 36 du/ac.
• Development within the Housing Element sites would be consistent with existing zoning and state density bonus law, which could allow heights up to 55 feet, or to a maximum of 85 feet with density bonus. • Housing Element sites 16A and 16B are near the Santee Trolley Station and Housing Element site 20A and 20B are along Magnolia Avenue, which does include bus services.
• City General Plan Land Use Element Policy 2.2 states that the City should encourage the development of higher density residential developments in ORDINANCE NO.______
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areas close to the multi-modal transit station and along major road corridors where transit and other convenience services are available. • The project would not conflict with Measure N because there are no local legislative actions required for the project that would result in increased densities.
• The General Plan expressly contemplated development in the Town Center to be governed by a TSCP.

SECTION 4. The Santee Town Center Specific Plan, attached as Exhibit A, is hereby approved and adopted. This updated Santee Town Center Specific Plan replaces all prior versions of the TCSP, including all amendments thereto.

SECTION 5. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance for any reason is held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional.

SECTION 6. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its passage.

SECTION 7. The City Clerk is hereby directed to cause the same to be made available to the public as required by law.

INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Santee, California, on the 26th day of February, 2025, and thereafter ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of said City Council held on the 12th day of March, 2025, by the following vote to wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

APPROVED:

JOHN W. MINTO, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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JAMES JEFFRIES, CITY CLERK
Attachments: Exhibit A – Town Center Specific Plan
Exhibit A – Town Center Specific Plan attachment is
available via the below link:
https://www.cityofsanteeca.gov/departments/cityclerk/document-central/city-clerk/councilagendas/2025/02-26-2025-item-8-ordinanceattachment-exhibit-a.pdf

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RESOLUTION NO. Click to enter NO.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTEE,

CALIFORNIA ADOPTING ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS PURSUANT

TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, CERTIFYING

THE TOWN CENTER SPECIFIC PLAN FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT REPORT (SCH #2023090032), ADOPTING THE MITIGATION

MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM, AND APPROVING THE

PROJECT
WHEREAS, the Town Center Specific Plan (TCSP), adopted in 1986 and last amended in 2019, has guided development in the City of Santee’s (City) core from vacant land to a people-oriented commercial, residential, and recreational hub along the San Diego River; and
WHEREAS, the City is proposing a comprehensive update to the TCSP, which includes the following: an updated TCSP, including expansion of the boundaries of the overall TCSP area and updated development standards to continue to facilitate planned development throughout the five proposed neighborhoods of the TCSP area; expansion of the boundaries of the existing Arts and Entertainment Overlay District (AEOD) to a new Arts and Entertainment Neighborhood (AEN); and conceptual development plans and Objective Design Standards for Housing Element sites in the southeastern portion of the AEN, pursuant to the densities permitted in the City’s adopted 6th Cycle Housing Element and as allowed under state density bonus law under California Government Code Section 65915 (Project); and
WHEREAS, future development within the TCSP area would be guided and regulated through, but not limited to, the proposed updated TCSP, the City Municipal Code, and the City General Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Project takes place in the Town Center area of the City, which is bisected east-west by the San Diego River; and
WHEREAS, the proposed TCSP area, including its five proposed neighborhoods, is bounded by Mast Boulevard to the north, Magnolia Avenue to the east, Mission Gorge Road to the south, and Mast Park to the west. The AEN is located wholly within the TCSP area, stretching across the San Diego River in the central portion of the TCSP area; and WHEREAS, the Project requires a Town Center Specific Plan Amendment (TCSPA-2023-0002), Rezone 2023-0001 and Zoning Ordinance Amendment (ZA-2023- 0002), to update the TCSP of the City’s General Plan; and WHEREAS, pursuant to section 21067 of the Public Resources Code, and section 15367 of the State CEQA Guidelines (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15000 et seq.), the City is the lead agency for the proposed Project; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with State CEQA Guidelines section 15082, on September 1, 2023, the City sent to the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation and each responsible and trustee agency a Notice of Preparation (NOP) stating that an Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse Number #2023090032) would be prepared; and
WHEREAS, four comment letters were received in response to the NOP; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21083.9 and State CEQA Guidelines sections 15082(c) and 15083, the City held a duly noticed Scoping Meeting on September 7, 2023, to solicit comments on the scope of the environmental review of the proposed Project; and
WHEREAS, a Draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIR) was prepared, incorporating comments received in response to the NOP; and WHEREAS, the Draft EIR determined that mitigation measures were required to mitigate impacts to a less than significant level for the following resource areas:
aesthetics, biological resources, cultural resources, paleontological resources, greenhouse gases, tribal cultural resources, and utilities and service systems; and WHEREAS, the Draft EIR further concluded that despite the incorporation of all feasible mitigation measures, the proposed Project would nonetheless result in significant and unavoidable impacts relating to air quality, hazards and hazardous materials, land use, noise, and transportation; and
WHEREAS, as required by State CEQA Guidelines section 15087(a), the City provided Notice of Availability of the Draft EIR to the public at the same time that the City sent Notice of Completion to the Office of Planning and Research, on August 30, 2024; and
WHEREAS, during the public comment period, copies of the Draft EIR and technical appendices were available for review and inspection at City Hall, on the City’s website, and at the San Diego County public library; and WHEREAS, pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines section 15087(e), the Draft EIR was circulated for at least a 45-day public review and comment period from August 30, 2024 to October 14, 2024; and
WHEREAS, during the public review and comment period, the City consulted with and requested comments from all responsible and trustee agencies, other regulatory agencies, and others pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines section 15086; and WHEREAS, the City received nine written comment letters on the Draft EIR, including an acknowledgement from the State Clearinghouse that the City has complied with CEQA environmental review requirements; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21092.5, the City provided copies of its responses to commenting public agencies at least ten (10) days prior to the City’s consideration of the Final EIR; and WHEREAS, the City released the Final EIR (Final EIR), which consists of the Draft EIR, all technical appendices prepared in support of the Draft EIR, all written comment letters received on the Draft EIR, written responses to all written comment letters received on the Draft EIR, and errata to the Draft EIR and technical appendices; and WHEREAS, the “EIR” consists of the Final EIR and its attachments and appendices, as well as the Draft EIR and its attachments and appendices (as modified by the Final EIR); and
WHEREAS, all potentially significant adverse environmental impacts were sufficiently analyzed in the EIR; and
WHEREAS, as contained herein, the City has endeavored in good faith to set forth the basis for its decision on the Project; and
WHEREAS, all of the requirements of the Public Resources Code and the State CEQA Guidelines have been satisfied by the City in connection with the preparation of the EIR, which is sufficiently detailed so that all of the potentially significant environmental effects of the Project have been adequately evaluated; and WHEREAS, the City has made certain findings of fact, as set forth in Exhibit A to this Resolution, attached hereto and incorporated herein, based upon the oral and written evidence presented to it as a whole and the entirety of the administrative record for the Project, which are incorporated herein by this reference; and WHEREAS, the City finds that environmental impacts that are identified in the EIR as less than significant and do not require mitigation are described in Section II of Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the City finds that environmental impacts that are identified in the EIR that are less than significant with incorporation of mitigation measures are described in Section III of Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the City finds that even with the incorporation of all feasible mitigation measures, the environmental impacts that are identified in the EIR that are significant and unavoidable are described in Section IV of Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, the cumulative impacts of the Project identified in the EIR and set forth herein, are described in Section V of Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the potential significant irreversible environmental changes that would result from the proposed Project identified in the EIR and set forth herein, are described in Section VI of Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the existence of any growth-inducing impacts resulting from the proposed Project identified in the EIR and set forth herein, are described in Section VII of Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, alternatives to the proposed Project that might further reduce the already less than significant environmental impacts are described in Section VIII of Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, because the EIR identified significant and unavoidable impacts, the City Council explains its reasoning for recommending the adoption of the Project despite those impacts in the Statement of Overriding Considerations, as set forth in Section IX of Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, all the mitigation measures identified in the EIR and necessary to reduce the potentially significant impacts of the proposed Project to a level of less than significant are set forth in the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) in Exhibit B to this Resolution, attached hereto and incorporated herein; and WHEREAS, prior to taking action, the City has heard, been presented with, reviewed and considered all of the information and data in the administrative record, including but not limited to the EIR, and all oral and written evidence presented to it during all meetings and hearings; and
WHEREAS, the EIR reflects the independent judgment of the City and is deemed adequate for purposes of making decisions on the merits of the Project; and WHEREAS, no comments made in the public hearings conducted by the City and no additional information submitted to the City have produced substantial new information requiring recirculation of the EIR or additional environmental review of the Project under Public Resources Code section 21092.1 and State CEQA Guidelines section 15088.5; and
WHEREAS, on February 26, 2025, the City conducted a duly noticed public hearing on this Resolution, at which time all persons wishing to testify were heard and the Project was fully considered; and
WHEREAS, all other legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Resolution have occurred.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTEE:

SECTION 1. The above recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein by reference.

SECTION 2. The City Council hereby finds that it has been presented with the EIR, which it has reviewed and considered, and further finds that the EIR is an accurate and objective statement that has been completed in full compliance with CEQA and the State CEQA Guidelines. The City Council finds that the EIR reflects the independent judgment and analysis of the City. The City Council declares that no evidence of new significant impacts or any new information of “substantial importance” as defined by State CEQA Guidelines section 15088.5, has been received by the City after circulation of the Draft EIR that would require recirculation. Therefore, the City Council hereby certifies the EIR based on the entirety of the record of proceedings.

SECTION 3. The City Council hereby adopts the “CEQA Findings of Fact” where were prepared in accordance with State CEQA Guidelines sections 15091 and which are attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference.

SECTION 4. Pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21081.6, the City Council hereby adopts the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program attached hereto as Exhibit B and incorporated herein by this reference. Implementation of the Mitigation Measures contained in the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program is hereby made a condition of approval of the Project. In the event of any inconsistencies between the Mitigation Measures set forth in the EIR or the Findings of Fact and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program shall control.

SECTION 5. Based upon the entire record before it, including the EIR, Findings of Fact, and all written and oral evidence presented, the City Council hereby finds that the General Plan Amendment is in the public interest and it is approved.

SECTION 6. The documents and materials that constitute the record of proceedings on which this Resolution has been based are located at City Hall, 10601 N.

Magnolia Avenue, Santee, CA 92071. The custodian of the record of proceedings is the Department of Planning and Building. This information is provided pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21081.6.

SECTION 7. City staff shall cause a Notice of Determination to be filed and posted with the County Clerk and the State Clearinghouse within five working days of the adoption of this Resolution.

APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of February, 2025.

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

APPROVED:

JOHN W. MINTO, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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JAMES JEFFRIES, CITY CLERK
Attachments:

Exhibit A – Findings of Fact
Exhibit B – Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program Findings

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EXHIBIT A

CEQA FINDINGS OF FACT
The California Environmental Quality Act (Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et seq.) (CEQA) requires that public agencies shall not approve or carry out a project for which an environmental impact report (“EIR”) has been certified that identifies one or more significant adverse environmental effects of a project unless the public agency makes one or more written Findings for each of those significant effects, accompanied by a brief explanation of the rationale for each Finding (State CEQA Guidelines [Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15000 et seq.], § 15091). This document presents the CEQA Findings of Fact made by City of Santee, in its capacity as the CEQA lead agency, regarding the City of Santee Town Center Specific Plan Update (“Project”), evaluated in the Draft Environmental Impact Report (“Draft EIR”) and Final Environmental Impact Report (“FEIR”) for the Project.

SECTION I.

INTRODUCTION
Public Resources Code section 21002 states that “public agencies should not approve projects as proposed if there are feasible alternatives or feasible mitigation measures available which would substantially lessen the significant environmental effects of such projects[.]” Section 21002 further states that the procedures required by CEQA “are intended to assist public agencies in systematically identifying both the significant effects of proposed projects and the feasible alternatives or feasible mitigation measures which will avoid or substantially lessen such significant effects.” Pursuant to section 21081 of the Public Resources Code, a public agency may only approve or carry out a project for which an EIR has been completed that identifies any significant environmental effects if the agency makes one or more of the following written finding(s) for each of those significant effects accompanied by a brief explanation of the rationale for each finding:

1. Changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the project which mitigate or avoid the significant effects on the environment.

2. Those changes or alterations are within the responsibility and jurisdiction of another public agency and have been, or can and should be, adopted by that other agency.

3. Specific economic, legal, social, technological, or other considerations, including considerations for the provision of employment opportunities for highly trained workers, make infeasible the mitigation measures or alternatives identified in the environmental impact report.

As indicated above, section 21002 requires an agency to “avoid or substantially lessen” significant adverse environmental impacts. Thus, mitigation measures that Findings

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“substantially lessen” significant environmental impacts, even if not completely avoided, satisfy section 21002’s mandate. (Laurel Hills Homeowners Assn. v. City Council (1978) 83 Cal.App.3d 515, 521 [“CEQA does not mandate the choice of the environmentally best feasible project if through the imposition of feasible mitigation measures alone the appropriate public agency has reduced environmental damage from a project to an acceptable level”]; Las Virgenes Homeowners Fed., Inc. v. County of Los Angeles (1986) 177 Cal. App. 3d 300, 309 [“[t]here is no requirement that adverse impacts of a project be avoided completely or reduced to a level of insignificance . . . if such would render the project unfeasible”].)
While CEQA requires that lead agencies adopt feasible mitigation measures or alternatives to substantially lessen or avoid significant environmental impacts, an agency need not adopt infeasible mitigation measures or alternatives. (Pub. Resources Code, § 21002.1(c) [if “economic, social, or other conditions make it infeasible to mitigate one or more significant effects on the environment of a project, the project may nonetheless be carried out or approved at the discretion of a public agency”]; see also State CEQA Guidelines, § 15126.6(a) [an “EIR is not required to consider alternatives which are infeasible”].) CEQA defines “feasible” to mean “capable of being accomplished in a successful manner within a reasonable period of time, taking into account economic, environmental, social, and technological factors.” (Pub. Resources Code, § 21061.1.) The State CEQA Guidelines add “legal” considerations as another indicia of feasibility. (State CEQA Guidelines, § 15364.) Project objectives also inform the determination of “feasibility.” (Jones v. U.C. Regents (2010) 183 Cal. App. 4th 818, 828-829.) “‘[F]easibility’ under CEQA encompasses ‘desirability’ to the extent that desirability is based on a reasonable balancing of the relevant economic, environmental, social, and technological factors.” (City of Del Mar v. City of San Diego (1982) 133 Cal.App.3d 401, 417; see also Sequoyah Hills Homeowners Assn. v. City of Oakland (1993) 23 Cal.App.4th 704, 715.) “Broader considerations of policy thus come into play when the decision making body is considering actual feasibility[.]” (Cal. Native Plant Soc’y v. City of Santa Cruz (2009) 177 Cal.App.4th 957, 1000 (“Native Plant”); see also Pub. Resources Code, § 21081(a)(3) [“economic, legal, social, technological, or other considerations” may justify rejecting mitigation and alternatives as infeasible] (emphasis added).) Environmental impacts that are less than significant do not require the imposition of mitigation measures. (Leonoff v. Monterey County Board of Supervisors (1990) 222 Cal.App.3d 1337, 1347.)
The California Supreme Court has stated, “[t]he wisdom of approving . . . any development project, a delicate task which requires a balancing of interests, is necessarily left to the sound discretion of the local officials and their constituents who are responsible for such decisions. The law as we interpret and apply it simply requires that those decisions be informed, and therefore balanced.” (Citizens of Goleta Valley v. Board of Supervisors (1990) 52 Cal.3d 553, 576.) In addition, perfection in a project or a project’s environmental alternatives is not required; rather, the requirement is that sufficient information be produced “to permit a reasonable choice of alternatives so far as environmental aspects are concerned.” Outside agencies (including courts) are not to “impose unreasonable Findings

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extremes or to interject [themselves] within the area of discretion as to the choice of the action to be taken.” (Residents Ad Hoc Stadium Com. v. Board of Trustees (1979) 89 Cal.App.3d 274, 287.)
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SECTION II.

FINDINGS REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL

IMPACTS NOT REQUIRING MITIGATION
The City Council hereby finds that the following potential environmental impacts of the project are less than significant and therefore do not require the imposition of Mitigation Measures.

A. AESTHETICS

1. Scenic Vistas
Threshold: Would the project have a substantial adverse effect on a scenic vista? Finding: Less than significant. (Draft PEIR, pp. 4.1-8 through 4.1-12) Explanation: Town Center Specific Plan (TCSP) Area
Major views throughout the City include the San Diego River and surrounding mountains and hillsides. The City places a high value on protecting these views as they create a sense of place that defines the City. Future development and redevelopment could detract from existing scenic vistas and views.

Development at most sites within the TCSP area would constitute infill development resulting in development consistent with surrounding urbanization that would not affect existing views. While development of vacant parcels within the TCSP area would incrementally change the character of this area, views of the surrounding hillsides would continue to be visible from this low-lying area. Development of multifamily residential, multi-story commercial buildings, and multi-level parking garages would not create obstruction of views of the surrounding hillsides based on the location of development within the low-lying valley.

The proposed TCSP includes plans for a River Bridge to allow for multiple modes of transportation across the San Diego River.

Conceptual plans for the River Bridge connect the footpaths north of Site 16A to the southern portion of Town Center Park East. While the River Bridge would be a noticeable feature in the San Diego River landscape, lookouts would also provide new opportunities for passive recreation and scenic enjoyment of the river valley. The TCSP includes objective design standards for the River Bridge that aim to minimize daytime shade and nighttime light spillover in protected habitat areas and preserve the scenic quality of the San Diego River.

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Views of the San Diego River could be obstructed by future development, but development is not planned in areas that currently serve as designated scenic outlooks, such as Mast Park.

Furthermore, compliance with design guidelines set forth in the General Plan and Santee Municipal Code (SMC), as described below, would result in less than significant impacts.

Both future ministerial and discretionary development would be required to adhere to relevant portions of the SMC including Chapter

13.08, et seq., which establishes the City’s development review procedures. These procedures require the implementation of development review for projects that require a building permit. This review requires an evaluation of project consistency with development review criteria defined in Section 1308.070 including evaluation of the relationship of the building site to the surrounding area, landscaping design including design that ensures avoidance of potential for obstruction of views when landscaping is mature, grading design, signage, and lighting. In any instance where the TCSP conflicts with the requirements of the SMC, the TCSP provisions shall take precedence. Additional criteria is applicable to multi-family residential developments as follows:
• Site Buildings to Avoid Crowding. Where multiple buildings are proposed, the minimum building separation shall be 10 feet in accordance with Section 13.10.040(G).
• Site and Design Buildings to Avoid Repetitions of Building or Roof Lines. This may be achieved through variation in building setback; wall plane offsets; use of different colors and materials on exterior elevations for visual relief; and architectural projections above maximum permitted height in accordance with Section 13.10.050(C). The TCSP specifies building variation requirements in Objective Design Standard B, First 30’.
• In the Urban Residential (R-30) zone, for each 5-foot increase in building height over 45 feet, the wall plane shall be stepped back an additional 5 feet.
• Where adjacent to a single-family residential zone, design buildings to ensure a transition in scale, form, and height with adjacent residential properties. Setbacks are required in accordance with Table 13.10.040A. Designs may incorporate elements such as building massing and orientation, location of windows, building story stepbacks, building materials, deep Findings

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roof overhangs, and other architectural features that serve to further transition the scale.
• Projects shall be designed so that assigned parking spaces are located as close as practicable to the dwelling units they serve.

Refer to Section 13.24.030(B) for additional parking standards. • The visual impact of surface parking areas adjacent to public streets shall be minimized using mounded or dense landscape strips or low decorative masonry or stucco walls no more than

3.5 feet in height. Parking areas shall be treated with decorative surface elements to identify pedestrian paths, nodes, and driveways. The TCSP proposes additional
requirements for surface parking, including a ratio of 1 tree planted for every 5 parking spaces, the addition of diamond planters after 6 parking spaces in a row, and a 3-foot minimum distance between parking and pedestrian walkways, which should be at least 5-foot wide.

In addition to the above design review requirements, development adjacent to the San Diego River would be subject to applicable Draft Subarea Plan setback and buffer requirements incorporated as in mitigation measure BIO-10 (refer to Section 4.4.6.2). Additionally, as detailed in SMC 13.08.010, the purpose of development review includes, but is not limited to, ensuring property is developed in a manner which respects the physical and environmental
characteristics of each site and ensuring that each new development is designed to best comply with the intent and purpose of the zone in which the property is located and with the General Plan of the City.

To that end, there are General Plan policies in the Community Enhancement and Conservation Elements of the City’s General Plan that support preservation of scenic vistas. For example, future development is encouraged to preserve significant natural features, such as watercourses, ridgelines, steep canyons, and major rock outcroppings (City 2003b). Additionally, development within the TCSP area would be required to adhere to supplemental development regulations which include design guidelines for the planning area.

Overall adherence to applicable SMC development review and design requirements, in addition to proposed TCSP Objective Design Standards that relate to maximizing views of public amenities like the San Diego River, would ensure that future development would not have a substantial adverse effect on a scenic view or vista, and impacts would be less than significant.

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Arts and Entertainment Neighborhood (AEN)
Similar to the TCSP area, major views visible from the AEN include the San Diego River and surrounding mountains and hillsides. Future development and redevelopment within the AEN could change the character of the area, but views of the surrounding hillsides would continue to be visible. Compliance with the General Plan, SMC, and proposed TCSP Objective Design Standards that relate to maximizing views of public amenities like the San Diego River would ensure that impacts to views of the San Diego River would be less than significant.

Housing Element Sites
Housing Element sites 16A, 16B, 20A, and 20B are largely undeveloped open lands that propose multi-family development at a higher density than current conditions.

Housing Site 16A
Housing Site 16A is currently a vacant parcel with a land use designation of Residential TC-R-30, which allows 30 to 36 dwelling units per acre (du/ac). The site is surrounded by existing development to the east and west but sits directly south of the San Diego River.

Development of Site 16A could affect visibility to the San Diego River, but Site 16A is not a designated scenic resource or area intended for scenic enjoyment. Additionally, overall adherence to applicable SMC development review and design requirements, in addition to the objective design and performance standards proposed by the TCSP, such as connections to trails and open space, would ensure that future development would not have a substantial adverse effect on a scenic view or vista, and impacts would be less than significant.

Housing Site 16B
Housing Site 16B is currently a vacant parcel with a land use designation of Residential TC-R-14, which allows for 14 to 22 du/ac and is surrounded by existing development to the east, south, and west, and would be constructed south of Site 16A. While Site 16B has the potential to obstruct views of the San Diego River, overall adherence to applicable SMC development review and design requirements, in addition to proposed objective design and performance standards proposed by the TCSP, such as connections to trails and open space, would ensure that future development would not have a substantial adverse effect on a scenic view or vista, and impacts would be less than significant.

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Housing Site 20B
Housing Site 20B is a mostly vacant parcel containing occasional asphalt and concrete foundations. The site has a land use designation of Residential TC-R-30. The site is surrounded by existing development to the east, south, and west, but has the potential to obstruct views of the San Diego River if buildout is completed at a taller height than Site 20A. Overall adherence to applicable SMC development review and design requirements, in addition to proposed objective design and performance standards proposed by the TCSP, such as connections to trails and open space, would ensure that future development would not have a substantial adverse effect on a scenic view or vista, and impacts would be less than significant.

2. Scenic Resources
Threshold: Would the Project substantially damage scenic resources, including, but not limited to, trees, rock outcroppings, and historic buildings within a state scenic highway?
Finding: Less than significant. (Draft PEIR, pp. 4.1-13 through 4.1-14) Explanation: TCSP Area
There are no designated State Scenic Highways within City limits.

Only State Route (SR) 52 located west of the City is a designated State Scenic Highway, which also runs in an east-west direction approximately 2 miles east of the eastern project site boundary (California Department of Transportation [Caltrans] 2018). Distant views to portions of the TCSP are visible from SR 52.

Mission Gorge Road is designated as a Local Scenic Road in the City’s General Plan (City 2003a), which establishes Mission Gorge Road Design Standards. The southern boundary of the TCSP area is immediately adjacent to Mission Gorge Road and would be visible from the roadway. Complying with the Design Standards in the General Plan and the TCSP to the maximum extent feasible would ensure that the aesthetic value of the areas adjacent to Mission Gorge Road is not impacted. Relevant objective design standards from the TCSP include orienting main front entries to the street, changing material or adding columns between multiple entries along the same frontage, and disallowing “back-of-house” uses such as refuse areas or utility closets to face the street. These standards would ensure that development visible from Mission Gorge Road would be visually interesting and site appropriate.

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While development of the TCSP area could change the visual environment as viewed from surrounding locally scenic and state eligible roadways, the TCSP area is largely surrounded by urbanization and would represent infill development in a similar character to existing uses. Thus, while development would represent a visual change, it would not substantially change the predominant view of urbanization within the City. Distant views of the mountains would be retained as height limitations associated with each underlying zone would prohibit buildings of excessive height.

Additionally, significant portions of the TCSP area, including the existing recreational uses north of the San Diego River and the San Diego River itself, would remain designated as open space. Impacts would be less than significant.

AEN
Similar to the TCSP area, the southern boundary of the AEN is immediately adjacent to Mission Gorge Road, therefore potentially changing the visual environment as viewed from the local scenic roadway. However, the AEN is largely surrounded by urbanization and would represent infill development, and development would comply with the Mission Gorge Road Design Guidelines. Relevant objective design standards from the TCSP include orienting main front entries to the street, changing material or adding columns between multiple entries along the same frontage, and disallowing “back-of-house” uses such as refuse areas or utility closets to face the street. These standards would ensure that development visible from Mission Gorge Road would be visually interesting and site appropriate. Distant views of the mountains would be retained as height limitations associated with each underlying zone would prohibit buildings of excessive height. Impacts would be less than significant.

Housing Element Sites
All Housing Element sites except for Site 20B would be sufficiently set back from Mission Gorge Road with intervening development such that they would not change the scenic environment as viewed from the roadway. Site 20B would be visible from Mission Gorge Road, but the site is largely surrounded by urbanization and would comply with the Mission Gorge Road Design Guidelines.

Additionally, all future development at the Housing Element sites would be subject to the requirement for Development Review consistent with SMC Chapter 13.08 which would ensure consistency with General Plan policies and applicable design and development review requirements including the objective design standards for the Findings

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TCSP area. Relevant standards include orienting main front entries to the street, changing material or adding columns between multiple entries along the same frontage, and disallowing “back-of-house” uses such as refuse areas or utility closets to face the street. These standards would ensure that development visible from Mission Gorge Road would be visually interesting and site appropriate. Application of these development review requirements would ensure protection of key scenic resources. Impacts would be less than significant.

3. Visual Character or Quality
Threshold: In non-urbanized areas, would the project substantially degrade the existing visual character or quality of public view of the site and its surroundings?
Finding: Less than significant. (Draft PEIR, pp. 4.1-14 through 4.1-15) Explanation: TCSP Area
The TCSP area is composed of vacant and non-vacant parcels in an urbanized area of the City. The TCSP creates new zoning standards for the TCSP area, including the San Diego River floodway, that would apply to new development and redevelopment activities. The TCSP also includes Objective Design Standards that strive to create a human-scale environment that is compatible with and enhances the surrounding area; specific standards include breaking up building massing, ensuring parking does not function as a standalone element, implementing pedestrian-friendly fixtures and landscaping, and preserving open space and recreational opportunities. Sign standards are also included to enhance community character and wayfinding throughout the TCSP area and assumes the ultimate relocation of the restored Santee Drive-In sign within the City-owned theater site in the Town Center Core. Future projects in the TCSP area would be reviewed for consistency with the standards and remaining applicable municipal code regulations mentioned in Section 4.1.5. No increase in density, height, bulk, or scale would occur, and the amount of protected open space in the community would not be reduced. Impacts would be less than significant.

AEN
Similar to the TCSP area, the AEN is composed of vacant and nonvacant parcels in an urbanized area of the City. The AEN would be subject to the TCSP zoning and design standards mentioned above, including breaking up building massing, ensuring parking does not function as a standalone element, implementing pedestrian-friendly Findings

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fixtures and landscaping, and preserving open space and recreational opportunities. Future projects would be reviewed for consistency with the standards and remaining applicable municipal code regulations mentioned in Section 4.1.5. No increase in density, height, bulk, or scale would occur, and the amount of protected open space in the community would not be reduced. Impacts would be less than significant.

Housing Element Sites 16A, 16B, and 20B
Development with residential at the Housing Element sites could affect the visual character and quality of views toward the San Diego River. However, development would be subject to development review consistent with SMC Chapter 13.08 which would ensure consistency with General Plan policies and applicable design and development review requirements including supplemental
development regulations. Relevant Objective Design Standards from the TCSP include breaking up building massing, ensuring parking does not function as a standalone element, implementing pedestrianfriendly fixtures and landscaping, and preserving open space and recreational opportunities, as detailed in Section 4.1.2.3.

4. Light and Glare
Threshold: Would the project create a new source of substantial light or glare which would adversely affect day or nighttime views in the area? Finding: Less than significant. (Draft PEIR, pp. 4.1-16) Explanation: TCSP Area, AEN, and Housing Element Sites
Development of the TCSP area, AEN, and Housing Element sites could introduce new sources of light and glare from increased development intensity. However, the TCSP area is in an urbanized area and light introduced with new development would be similar to existing sources of light. Additionally, development of the Housing Element sites would be required to comply with SMC standards related to light and glare (Chapter 13.08.070(G)), which requires that outdoor lighting be directed away from adjacent properties and set in a way to avoid any detriment to the surrounding area. Additionally, the Community Enhancement Element includes the standard for lighting and signage to minimize spillover of lighting through use of directional, cut-off and nonglare fixtures. General Plan policies would be implemented through the required development review process. Impacts would be less than significant.

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B. AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY RESOURCES

1. Farmland Conversion
Threshold: Would the Project convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide significance, as shown on the maps prepared pursuant to the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program of the California Resources Agency, to non-agricultural use?
Finding: No impact. (Draft PEIR, p. 4.2-6)
Explanation: TCSP Area, AEN, and Housing Element Sites
While parts of the TCSP area, AEN, and Housing Element sites contain land that qualify as Farmland of Local Importance, no portion of the project area has been used as farmland since at least 1980, when aerial imagery shows that the Town Center area was graded, likely in preparation for the further urban development seen in 1995 and 2000 aerial photographs (HELIX 2024b). The project area is planned for urban development in the City of Santee General Plan and has been zoned for urban uses since the 1986 TCSP was adopted. Although the areas designated as Farmland of Local Importance have generally remained vacant and filled with dirt, standing water, or sparse vegetation, some portions of the areas and surrounding sites have been developed with urban uses. No agricultural uses have reemerged on the project site since farming ceased in the late 1900s, as visible in more recent aerial imagery.

Because there are no current or planned agricultural uses in the project area, the proposed project would not result in impacts to conversion of farmland in the TCSP area, AEN, or Housing Element sites. Impacts would be less than significant.

2. Agricultural Zoning
Threshold: Would the Project conflict with existing zoning for agricultural use, or a Williamson Act contract?
Finding: No impact. (Draft PEIR, p. 4.2-7)
Explanation: TCSP Area, AEN, and Housing Element Sites
No zoning or land use designations that are focused on agricultural use occur within the boundaries of the TCSP area, AEN, or Housing Element sites. Agricultural uses are allowed under special circumstances in the park/open space land associated with the San Diego River, but no agricultural uses exist or are planned for the area according to the TCSP. There are no recent or current Williamson Act Findings

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contract lands within the project site. There would be no conflicts with agricultural zoning or Williamson Act contracts in the TCSP area, AEN, or Housing Element sites as a result of the proposed project.

3. Forestland Zoning
Threshold: Would the Project conflict with existing zoning for, or cause rezoning of, forest land (as defined in Public Resources Code section 12220(g)), timberland (as defined by Public Resources Code section 4526), or timberland zoned Timberland Production (as defined by Government Code section 51104(g)?
Finding: No impact. (Draft PEIR, p. 4.2-7)
Explanation: TCSP Area, AEN, and Housing Element Sites
The TCSP area, AEN, and Housing Element sites do not contain any areas zoned as Timberland or Timberland Production. Therefore, no associated impacts in the TCSP area, AEN, or Housing Element sites would result from the implementation of the proposed project.

4. Loss or Conversion of Forest Land
Threshold: Would the Project result in the loss of forest land or conversion of forest land to non-forest use?
Finding: No impact. (Draft PEIR, p. 4.2-8)
Explanation: TCSP Area, AEN, and Housing Element Sites
The TCSP area, AEN, and Housing Element sites do not contain any areas identified as forest resources under California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ([CAL FIRE] 2024) or City policies and guidelines. Therefore, no associated impacts to forest land in the TCSP area, AEN, or Housing Element sites would result from implementation of the proposed project.

5. Conversion of Farmland or Forestland
Threshold: Would the Project involve other changes in the existing environment which, due to their location or nature, could result in conversion of Farmland, to non-agricultural use or conversion of forest land to nonforest use? Finding: No impact. (Draft PEIR, p. 4.2-8)
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Explanation: TCSP Area, AEN, and Housing Element Sites
Based on the previous impact discussions and that no active Farmland or Forest land exists or is zoned in the vicinity of the project area, the project would not result in conversion of Farmland or Forest land within, or in the vicinity of, the TCSP area, AEN or Housing Element sites, and no associated farmland conversion impacts would occur from the implementation of the proposed project.

C. AIR QUALITY

1. Consistency with Air Quality Plans
Threshold: Would the project conflict with or obstruct the implementation of the applicable air quality plan, i.e., the San Diego Regional Air Quality Strategy (RAQS)?
Finding: Less than significant. (Draft PEIR, pp. 4.3-13 through 4.3-15) Explanation: The Attainment Plan outlines the San Diego Air Pollution Control District’s (SDAPCD’s) plans and control measures designed to attain the National Ambient Air Quality Strategy (NAAQS) for ozone. In addition, the SDAPCD relies on the State Implementation Plan (SIP), which includes the SDAPCD’s plans and control measures for attaining the ozone NAAQS. These plans accommodate emissions from all sources, including natural sources, through implementation of control measures, where feasible, on stationary sources to attain the standards. Mobile sources are regulated by the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB), and the emissions and reduction strategies related to mobile sources are considered in the Attainment Plan and SIP.

The Attainment Plan relies on information from CARB and San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), including projected growth in the County and mobile, area, and all other source emissions, to project future emissions and determine the strategies necessary for the reduction of stationary source emissions through regulatory controls. CARB mobile source emission projections and SANDAG growth projections are based on population and vehicle trends and land use plans developed by cities and the County. As such, projects that propose development consistent with the growth anticipated by the local general plans would be consistent with the Attainment Plan.

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development that is greater than that anticipated in the applicable General Plan and SANDAG’s growth projections upon which the Attainment Plan is based, the project may be in conflict with the Attainment Plan and SIP and may have a potentially significant impact on air quality. This situation would warrant further analysis to determine if the project and the surrounding projects exceed the growth projections used in the Attainment Plan for the specific subregional area.

TCSP Area
As described above, the Attainment Plan and San Diego RAQS outlines the steps needed to accomplish attainment of NAAQS and California Ambient Air Quality Standards (CAAQS) by the earliest practicable date. Projects that would be consistent with adopted land use designations would not conflict with the Attainment Plan or RAQS. Projects that would not be consistent with the land uses may be inconsistent with the Attainment Plan or RAQS and warrant further analysis to determine consistency. If it can be demonstrated that changes in land uses would generate fewer air emissions than land uses that are consistent with adopted land use designations, the changes would not conflict with the Attainment Plan or RAQS.

The project would result in a comprehensive update to the existing TCSP involving expanding the TCSP area by 42 acres, updating the boundaries of the TCSP districts to create five neighborhoods within the TCSP, and identifying potential future residential and nonresidential development potential within the TCSP area. Although development regulations and design criteria in the proposed TCSP would replace the current TCSP regulations, development densities and intensities currently allowed throughout the TCSP area would not be increased by the project. As a result, the project would not increase the amount of vehicle traffic expected to be generated in the City.

Similarly, the project would not result in an increase in the average vehicle miles traveled (VMT) per capita. As buildout of the project would not result in an increase in anticipated development or traffic generation over what would occur under buildout of the adopted zoning and land use designations, the project would not result in an increase in emissions that are not already accounted for in the Attainment Plan or RAQS. Therefore, buildout of the TCSP would not exceed the assumptions used to develop the Attainment Plan or RAQS, and impacts would be less than significant.

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AEN
The TCSP would involve updated development standards and land use allowances with the AEN. However, because there is no change to allowed densities and intensities compared to existing zoning, buildout of the project would not result in traffic generation over what would occur under buildout of the adopted zoning and land use designations. Therefore, the project would not result in an increase in emissions that are not already accounted for in the Attainment Plan or RAQS. Therefore, buildout of the AEN would not exceed the assumptions used to develop the Attainment Plan or RAQS, resulting in a less than significant impact.

Housing Element Sites
The project assumes the development of Housing Element sites 16A, 16B, 20A, and 20B consistent with the densities and intensities allowed by existing zoning, the 2021-2029 Housing Element, and state density bonus law. When compared to the existing zoning and land use designations, the project would not increase the development potential allowed at the four Housing Element sites, which would also not increase the projected amount of vehicle traffic generated in the City. The project would not increase the amount of projected traffic in the City and would not result in an increase in the average VMT per capita. As buildout of the project would not result in an increase in development or traffic generation over what would occur under buildout of the adopted zoning and land use designations, the project would not result in an increase in emissions that are not already accounted for in the Attainment Plan or RAQS.

Future development within Housing Element sites 16A, 16B, 20A, and 20B would not result in an increase in development or an increase in traffic generation over what would occur under buildout of the adopted zoning and land use designations and would therefore not result in an increase in emissions. Therefore, buildout of Housing Element sites 16A, 16B, 20A, and 20B would not exceed the assumptions used to develop the Attainment Plan or RAQS, resulting in a less than significant impact.

2. Cumulative Net Increases of Criteria Pollutants
Threshold: Would the project result in a cumulatively considerable net increase of any criteria pollutant for which the project region is in nonattainment under an applicable federal or state ambient air quality standard (including releasing emissions which exceed quantitative thresholds for ozone precursors)?
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Finding: Less than significant. (Draft PEIR, pp. 4.3-15 and 4.3-19) Explanation: Housing Element Sites
Construction
The Housing Element sites’ temporary construction emissions were estimated using the California Emissions Estimator Model (CalEEMod) as described in Section 4.3.4.1. The project’s temporary construction-related criteria pollutant and precursor emissions would be below the SDAPCD’s emission thresholds, including for those pollutants for which the San Diego Air Basin (SDAB) is nonattainment (volatile organic compounds [VOC], nitrogen oxides [NOX], particulate matter [PM10 and PM2.5]). Therefore, the project’s construction activities would not result in a cumulatively considerable net increase of pollutant criteria for which the project region is nonattainment under an applicable federal or state ambient air quality standards (AAQS). Construction-related impacts would be less than significant for the Housing Element sites when considered together and, therefore, also less than significant for each of the Housing Element sites.

Operation
The long-term maximum daily operational emissions generated by the Housing Element sites were estimated using CalEEMod as described in Section 4.3.4.2. The long-term emissions of criteria pollutants and precursors generated by the Housing Element sites would not exceed the SDAPCD daily screening thresholds, including for those pollutants for which the SDAB is non-attainment (VOC, NOX, PM10, PM2.5).

Therefore, the Housing Element sites’ operational activities would not result in a cumulatively considerable net increase of any criteria pollutant for which the project region is non-attainment under an applicable federal or state AAQS. Therefore, operational impacts would also be less than significant for each of the Housing Element sites.

3. Sensitive Receptors
Threshold: Would the project expose sensitive receptors to substantial pollutant concentrations?
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Explanation: TCSP Area, AEN and Housing Element Sites
Localized Carbon Monoxide (CO) Hotspots
CO concentration is a direct function of motor vehicle activity (e.g., idling time and traffic flow conditions) particularly during peak commute hours and meteorological conditions. Under specific meteorological conditions (e.g., stable conditions that result in poor dispersion), CO concentrations may reach unhealthy levels with respect to local sensitive land uses such as residential areas, schools, and hospitals.

A CO hotspot is an area of localized CO pollution caused by severe vehicle congestion on major roadways, typically near intersections. If a project increases average delay at signalized intersections operating at level of service (LOS) E or F or causes an intersection that would operate at LOS D or better without the project to operate at LOS E or F with the project, a quantitative screening is recommended.

The project includes several transportation projects including adding new multi-use pathways and bike routes to existing roadways as well as identifying roadway connections throughout the TCSP area and AEN. The TCSP identifies improvements along portions of existing Cuyamaca Street and Riverview Parkway, and identifies new roadway connections including Riverview Parkway, Cottonwood Avenue, Main Street, and Walker Trails Drive. The roadway improvements on Cuyamaca Street and Riverview Parkway would contribute to the multimodal transportation network by providing new bicycle and pedestrian facilities on those roadways, which would promote non-auto use. Additionally, the proposed roadway connections along Riverview Parkway, Cottonwood Avenue, Main Street, and Walker Trails Drive would provide direct connections through the TCSP area and AEN, as well as onto major arterial roadways and would improve traffic congestion in the area. The transportation projects identified in the TCSP meet the City’s VMT screening criteria of “closing gaps in the transportation network” and/or “adding new or enhanced bicycle or pedestrian facilities on existing streets” and are presumed not to increase vehicle travel or intersection delay. Therefore, air quality impacts related to the exposure of sensitive receptors to substantial CO concentrations due to project traffic would be less than significant for the TCSP, AEN and Housing Element sites.

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Exposure to Toxic Air Contaminants (TACs)
In addition to impacts from criteria pollutants, project impacts may include emissions of pollutants identified by the state as TACs. State law has established the framework for California’s TAC identification and control program, which is generally more stringent than the federal program. The state has formally identified more than 200 substances as TACs and is adopting appropriate control measures for their sources. The greatest potential for TAC emissions during construction would be emissions of diesel particulate matter (DPM) from heavy equipment operations and heavy-duty trucks. The following measures are required by state law to reduce DPM emissions:
• Fleet owners of mobile construction equipment are subject to the CARB Regulation for In-use Off-road Diesel Vehicles (13 CCR 2449), the purpose of which is to reduce DPM and
criteria pollutant emissions from in-use (existing) off-road diesel-fueled vehicles.
• All commercial diesel vehicles are subject to Title 13, Section 2485 of the California Code of Regulations, limiting engine idling time. Idling of heavy-duty diesel construction equipment and trucks during loading and unloading shall be limited to five minutes; electric auxiliary power units should be used whenever possible.

Health effects from carcinogenic air toxics are usually described in terms of cancer risk. SDAPCD Rule 1200 establishes acceptable risk levels and emission control requirements for new and modified facilities that may emit additional TACs. Under Rule 1200, permits to operate may not be issued when emissions of TACs result in an incremental cancer risk greater than 1 in 1 million without application of Toxics Best Available Control Technologies (T-BACT), or an incremental cancer risk greater than 10 in 1 million with application of T-BACT. “Incremental cancer risk” is the net increased likelihood that a person continuously exposed to concentrations of TACs resulting from a project over a 9-, 30-, and 70-year exposure period will develop cancer based on the use of standard Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) risk methodology.

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emissions to which nearby receptors are exposed to would also vary throughout the construction period. Concentrations of DPM emissions are typically reduced by 70 percent at approximately 500 feet (CARB 2005).

The dose of TACs to which receptors are exposed is the primary factor used to determine health risk. Dose is a function of the concentration of a substance in the environment and the extent of exposure a person has with the substance; a longer exposure period to a source of emissions would result in higher health risks. Current models and methodologies for conducting cancer health risk assessments are associated with longer-term exposure periods (typically 30 years for individual residents based on guidance from OEHHA) and are best suited for evaluation of long duration TAC emissions with predictable schedules and locations. These assessment models and methodologies do not correlate well with the temporary and highly variable nature of construction activities.

Cancer potency factors are based on animal lifetime studies or worker studies where there is long-term exposure to the carcinogenic agent.

There is considerable uncertainty in trying to evaluate the cancer risk from projects that will only last a small fraction of a lifetime (OEHHA 2015). Moreover, as shown in Table 4.3-7, maximum daily particulate matter (i.e., PM10 or PM2.5) emissions generated by construction equipment operation and haul-truck trips during construction (exhaust particulate matter, or DPM), combined with fugitive dust generated by equipment operation and vehicle travel, would be well below the SDAPCD screening-level thresholds. Considering this information, and the fact that any concentrated use of heavy construction equipment would occur at various locations throughout the project site only for short durations, construction of the project would not expose sensitive receptors to substantial DPM concentrations, and the impact would be less than significant.

Additionally, CARB has published the Air Quality and Land Use Handbook: A Community Health Perspective (CARB 2005), which identifies certain types of facilities or sources that may emit substantial quantities of TACs and therefore could conflict with sensitive land uses, such as “schools and schoolyards, parks and playgrounds, daycare centers, nursing homes, hospitals, and residential communities.” The Air Quality and Land Use Handbook: A Community Health Perspective is a guide for siting new sensitive land uses. The enumerated facilities or sources include the following:

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• High-traffic freeways and roads,
• Distribution centers,
• Rail yards,
• Ports,
• Refineries,
• Chrome plating facilities,
• Dry cleaners, and
• Large gas dispensing facilities.

CARB recommends that sensitive receptors not be located downwind or in proximity to such sources to avoid potential health hazards.

The project would not include any of the previously listed land uses, so it would not expose visitors, residents, or employees of the project to TAC emissions from these sources. Impacts would be less than significant for the TCSP, AEN, and Housing Element sites.

4. Odors
Threshold: Would the project result in other emissions (such as those leading to odors) affecting a substantial number of people?
Finding: Less than significant. (Draft PEIR, pp.4.3-22 through 4.3-23) Explanation: TCSP Area, AEN and Housing Element Sites
In the context of land use planning, one of the most important factors influencing the potential for an odor impact to occur is the distance between the odor source and receptors. The City considers prudent land use planning as the key mechanism to avoid odor impacts. The greater the distance between an odor source and receptor, the less concentrated the odor emission would be when it reaches the receptor. Odors can be generated from a variety of source types including both construction and operational activities. Although less common, construction activities that include the operation of a substantial number of diesel-fueled construction equipment and heavy-duty trucks can generate odors from diesel exhaust emissions.

A project’s operations, depending on the project type, can generate a large range of odors that can be considered offensive to receptors.

Examples of common land use types that typically generate significant odor impacts include, but are not limited to the following:

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• Wastewater treatment plants
• Sanitary landfills
• Composting/green waste facilities
• Recycling facilities
• Petroleum refineries
• Chemical manufacturing plants
• Painting/Coating operations
• Rendering plants
• Food packaging plants
When land uses such as these or other odor-generating land uses are sited proximate to sensitive receptors, odor impacts may occur and further analysis of the nature of the odor source, the prevailing wind patterns, number of potentially effected receivers and other considerations would be warranted.

Existing sources of odors in the City include the Sycamore Landfill and a water reclamation plant. However, these uses are located one mile or more from the TCSP area and would not result in odors affecting a substantial number of people.

Emissions from construction equipment, such as diesel exhaust, and VOCs from architectural coatings and paving activities may generate odors; however, these odors would be temporary, intermittent, and not expected to affect a substantial number of people. Additionally, noxious odors would be confined to the immediate vicinity of construction equipment. By the time such emissions reach a receptor (e.g., people in residential units, day care centers, schools, nursing homes), they would be diluted to well below any level of air quality concern. Therefore, construction would not result in emissions (such as those leading to odors) adversely affecting a substantial number of people, and impacts would be less than significant.

Once operational, future development implemented under the project would include residential and associated commercial uses that are generally not a source of objectionable odors. Therefore, project operation would not result in odors affecting a substantial number of people, and impacts would be less than significant for the TCSP area, AEN, and Housing Element sites.

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D. BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES

1. Wetlands
Threshold: Would the project have a substantial adverse effect on wetlands as defined by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (including, but not limited to, marsh, vernal pool, coastal, etc.) through direct removal, filling, hydrological interruption, or other means?
Finding: Less than significant. (Draft PEIR, p. 4.4-35) Explanation: Housing Element Sites 16B, 20A, and 20B
No impact to wetlands is anticipated to occur in Housing Element sites 16B, 20A, and 20B. The Housing Element sites 16B, 20A, and 20B would result in impacts to disturbed habitat and developed land, which are not considered sensitive natural communities. Impacts to nonsensitive vegetation communities are not considered significant and, therefore, do not require mitigation.

2. Wildlife Corridors
Threshold: Would the project interfere substantially with the movement of any native resident or migratory fish or wildlife species or with established native resident or migratory wildlife corridors, or impede the use of native wildlife nursery sites?
Finding: Less than significant. (Draft PEIR, p. 4.4-36) Explanation: TCSP Area and AEN
The TCSP and AEN contain areas associated with the San Diego River and its tributaries. While the City of Santee Draft Subarea Plan identifies the San Diego River as a regionally significant wildlife movement corridor, the City of Santee Draft Subarea Plan shows the TCSP area and AEN development areas as being located outside of the Preserve. Retention of the river corridor as Open Space consistent with the TCSP and the implementation of Objective Design Standards related to Bird Friendly Design would ensure no impact to wildlife corridors would occur associated with the TCSP or AEN.

Housing Element Sites
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development. Additionally, they are not identified as a wildlife movement corridor in the City of Santee Draft Subarea Plan. No impact to wildlife corridors would occur within the Housing Element sites.

E. ENERGY

1. Energy Consumption
Threshold: Would the Project result in potentially significant impact due to wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy resources, during Project construction or operation?
Finding: Less than significant. (Draft PEIR, pp. 4.6-10 through 4.6-13) Explanation: TCSP Area and AEN
Construction
Construction grading and construction activities consume energy through the operation of heavy off-road equipment, trucks, and worker traffic. At the program-level, it is too speculative to quantify total construction-related energy consumption of future development in the TCSP area and AEN, either in total or by fuel type. Energy used during future construction of the project areas is not considered significant given typical energy use associated with the type of development proposed and short-term nature of the energy consumption. There are no conditions in the project areas that would require non-standard equipment or construction practices that would increase fuel-energy consumption above typical rates. Consistent with state requirements, all construction equipment would meet CARB Tier 3 In-Use Off-Road Diesel Engine Standards. Engines are required to meet certain emission standards, and groups of standards are referred to as Tiers. A Tier 0 engine is unregulated with no emission controls, and each progression of standard level (i.e., Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, etc.) generate lower emissions, use less energy, and are more advanced technologically than the previous tier. CARB’s Tier 3 In-Use Off-Road Diesel Engine Standards requires that construction equipment fleets become cleaner and use less energy over time. Therefore, the project would not result in a wasteful and inefficient use of energy resources during the construction of future development, and impacts would be less than significant.

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Operation
Long-term operational energy use associated with buildout of the TCSP area and AEN includes fuel consumption of vehicles; electricity and natural gas consumption by residents and commercial operations, and energy consumption related to obtaining water.

Anticipated housing will be multi-family housing which is a more efficient way to provide housing than lower density single-family development. Although the project would provide capacity for future housing and non-residential development that could increase energy use, energy demand of future development within urbanized infill areas would be consistent with energy demand for development within other cities in the region and would not be associated with inefficient or wasteful energy use. Implementation of the project would not result in any unusual characteristics that would result in excessive long-term operational building energy demand. Future development associated with implementation of development in the TCSP area and AEN would be subject to compliance with the California Building Code (CBC) Title 24 which aims to reduce excessive and inefficient energy use. The CBC is regularly updated and includes higher energyefficiency standards in comparison to other states. Individual development projects in the City would be required to comply with applicable federal, state, and local energy and building regulations, including the requirements of the Sustainable Santee Plan.

Housing Element Sites
Construction
Energy consumed for construction of the Housing Element sites would primarily consist of fuels in the form of diesel and gasoline. Fuel consumption would result from: the use of on-road trucks for the transportation of construction materials and water; construction worker vehicles traveling to and from the project site; and from the use of off-road construction equipment. A complete description of the project construction equipment use and vehicle trips is included in Appendix G.

While construction activities would consume petroleum-based fuels, consumption of such resources would be temporary and would cease upon the completion of construction. The petroleum consumed during project construction would be typical of similar residential projects and would not require the use of new petroleum resources beyond those typically consumed in California annually for construction activities.

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vehicle idling time to no more than five minutes. Furthermore, the project’s construction practices would be typical, and would not require specialized construction equipment or otherwise present unusual circumstances in which substantial amounts of fuel would be required. Based on these considerations, construction of the Housing Element sites would not result in wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy resources and the impact would be less than significant.

Operation
During long-term operation of the Housing Element sites, energy would be consumed in the form of diesel and gasoline used by vehicles traveling to and from the project site; electricity required to source and treat water used by the project; and electricity and natural gas used directly by the project. The project would result in a net increase in annual energy consumption of approximately 110,038 million British thermal units. While the proposed project would result in the consumption of energy, the increase would be consistent overall with the energy projections for the state and the region to meet the demands of anticipated future residential growth in the state and region. Implementation of the project would not require the construction of new regional facilities and sources of energy.

Electricity and Natural Gas
The project does not involve any unusual characteristics that would result in excessive long-term operational demand for electricity or natural gas. The applicable state plans that address renewable energy and energy efficiency are the California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen), the California Energy Code, and Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), and the applicable local plan is the General Plan and Sustainable Santee Plan. All future development projects would be required to meet the mandatory energy requirements of 2022 CALGreen and the 2022 California Energy Code, at a minimum. The project would not conflict with or obstruct implementation of CALGreen and the California Energy Code, or with San Diego Gas & Electric’s (SDG&E’s) implementation of RPS. Project adherence with state and federal regulations and the Sustainable Santee Plan goals will guide reductions in the City’s collective long-term operational energy use. Impacts relative to the inefficient, wasteful, or unnecessary consumption of energy would be less than significant.

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Transportation
Buildout of the Housing Element sites would consume energy associated with transportation uses. Trips by individuals traveling to and from the project area would largely rely on passenger vehicles or public transit. Passenger vehicles would be powered by gasoline, diesel, and electricity. Public transit would be powered by diesel or natural gas, and could potentially be fueled by electricity, as is the case with the Copper Line Trolley that terminates within one-half mile of sites 16A and 16B. As discussed in Section 4.16, the project would result in a less than significant transportation impact. The TCSP prioritizes pedestrian-oriented development through the provisions of a mixed-use design, multi-use pathways, trail connectivity, bike lanes, and access to public transit. These measures would reduce reliance on passenger vehicles for travel within the Housing Element sites, further minimizing VMT and energy consumption. Impacts would be less than significant.

2. State or Local Plans
Threshold: Would the Project conflict with or obstruct a state of local plan for renewable energy or energy efficiency?
Finding: Less than significant. (Draft PEIR, pp. 4.6-13) Explanation: TCSP Area, AEN, and Housing Element Sites
The proposed TCSP area, AEN, and Housing Element sites would comply with applicable energy standards and regulations during construction and would be built and operated in accordance with existing, applicable building regulations at the time of construction, as mandated by Title 24 energy efficiency standards. The project would not conflict with or obstruct implementation of CALGreen or with SDG&E’s implementation of RPS. Therefore, the project would not conflict with or obstruct a state or local plan for renewable energy or energy efficiency, and impacts would be less than significant.

F. GEOLOGY AND SOILS

1. Seismic Hazards and Unstable Geology
Threshold: Would the project directly or indirectly cause potential substantial adverse effects, including the risk of loss, injury, or death involving: (i) rupture of a known earthquake fault, as delineated on the most recent Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Map, issued by the State Geologist for the area or based on other substantial evidence of a Findings

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known fault (refer to Division of Mines and Geology Special Publication 42); (ii) strong seismic ground shaking? (iii) seismicrelated ground failure, including liquefaction; or (iv) landslides? Would the project be located on a geologic unit or soil that is unstable, or that would become unstable as a result of the project, and potentially result in on- or off-site landslide, lateral spreading, subsidence, liquefaction, or collapse?
Finding: Less than significant. (Draft PEIR, pp. 4.7-10 through 4.7-12) Explanation: TCSP Area, AEN, and Housing Element Sites
Fault Rupture
Geologic conditions are similar across the TCSP area, AEN, and Housing Element sites. As a result, this analysis addresses the three project elements together. The City is not located within an earthquake fault zone as delineated on the most recent Alquist-Priolo Fault Zoning Map, and no active or potentially active faults are known to occur within or adjacent to the City; however, like all other areas in California, the City is subject to periodic seismic shaking due to earthquakes along remote or regional active faults. Thus, all development within the TCSP area, AEN, and Housing Element sites would be susceptible to damage due to the seismically active nature of the region. However, future development, whether discretionary or by-right, would be required to comply with the City’s General Plan Safety Element policies identified in Section 4.7.2.3.

The above policies are implemented through Section 11.40.130 of the SMC which specifies that a preliminary soils engineering report must be submitted with the application for a grading permit. A preliminary geological investigation and report is required for all land development projects designated as Group II or III as defined in the Safety Element. Additionally, as shown in Figure 4.7-3, the project area is in an area with liquefaction potential. As a result, a geotechnical investigation, geologic investigation, and seismic hazard study would be required for future projects in the TCSP area, AEN, and Housing Element sites. In addition, conformance to building construction standards for seismic safety within the CBC would ensure that new structures would be able to withstand seismic events within the City. Specifically, the CBC provides minimum standards relating to building design and construction to protect structural damage and hazards that could occur from seismic shaking.

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TCSP area, AEN, and Housing Element sites would not cause substantial adverse effects associated with fault rupture, and impacts would be less than significant.

Ground Shaking
As described in Section 4.7.4.1 above, no active or potentially active faults are known to occur within or adjacent to the City, however, like all other areas in California, the City is subject to periodic seismic shaking due to the earthquakes along remote or regional active faults.

Thus, all development within the TCSP area, AEN, and Housing Element sites would be susceptible to damage due to the seismically active nature of the region. The project would increase the allowable number of people and structures that could be exposed to ground shaking during a seismic event. However, future development, whether discretionary or by right, would be required to comply with General Plan Safety Element policies and the SMC requirements described in Section 4.7.4.1 above. In addition, conformance to building construction standards for seismic safety within the CBC would ensure that new structures would be able to withstand seismic events within the TCSP area, AEN, and Housing Element sites.

Therefore, adherence to General Plan Safety Element policies, the SMC, and the CBC would ensure that future development within the TCSP area, AEN, and Housing Element sites would not cause substantial adverse effects associated with ground shaking, and impacts would be less than significant.

Liquefaction and Landslide
Areas having the potential for earthquake-induced landslides generally occur within areas of previous landslide movement, or where local topographic, geological, geotechnical, and subsurface water conditions indicate a potential for permanent ground displacement. Debris flows are caused by high rainfall, steep slopes, loss of vegetation cover, and thick overburden. Within the City, the soil deposits that may be susceptible to liquefaction are the alluvial soils found in the San Diego River and its deeper tributary channels.

The general extent of the areas identified for liquefaction potential are shown on Figure 4.7-3. Because of their proximity to the San Diego River, the TCSP area, AEN, and Housing Element sites are all within an area identified as having liquefaction potential.

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(primarily in Friars Formation slopes) and shallow groundwater are in the Sycamore Canyon Creek drainage (City 2020a). Areas of potential landslide are shown in Figure 4.7-3. The TCSP, AEN, and Housing Element sites are in the southern portion of the City and not located within a landslide susceptible area.

All future development, whether discretionary or by-right, would be required to comply with the General Plan Safety Element policies and the SMC requirements described in Section 4.5.5.1.a above. In addition, conformance to building construction standards for seismic safety within the CBC would ensure that new structures would be able to withstand seismic events within the City. Therefore, adherence to Safety Element policies, the SMC, and the CBC would ensure that future development within the TCSP area, AEN, and Housing Element sites would not cause substantial adverse effects associated with liquefaction or landslide, and impacts would be less than significant.

2. Soil Erosion
Threshold: Would the Project result in substantial soil erosion or the loss of topsoil?
Finding: Less than significant. (Draft PEIR, p. 4.7-12) Explanation: TCSP Area, AEN, and Housing Element Sites
Geologic conditions are similar across the TCSP area, AEN, and Housing Element sites. As a result, this analysis addresses the three project elements together. Grading, excavation, demolition, and construction activities associated with the TCSP area, AEN, and Housing Element sites would increase the potential to expose topsoil to erosion. While graded or excavated areas and fill materials would be stabilized through efforts such as compaction and installation of hardscape and landscaping, erosion potential would be higher during construction activities as individual project sites are built out. Erosion and sedimentation would primarily be a concern during construction phases as future developed areas would be stabilized through the installation of hardscape, landscaping, or native revegetation as appropriate. Future development would also incorporate long-term water quality controls pursuant to the most current storm water standards including the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Municipal Permit requirements. Measures
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