VISTA CITY COUNCIL (CC) BUENA SANITATION DISTRICT (BSD) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (CDC)
SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE VISTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (SA) JOINT POWERS FINANCING AUTHORITY (JPFA)
CITY OF VISTA
CONSOLIDATED MEETING MINUTES
MARCH 8, 2022
The March 8, 2022, Regular Meeting of the City Council of the Chartered City of Vista, the Community Development Commission of the City of Vista, the Buena Sanitation District, and the Successor Agency to the Vista Redevelopment Agency, was called to order by Mayor Ritter at 5:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 200 Civic Center Drive, Vista, California.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT
Mayor Judy Ritter, Deputy Mayor John Franklin,
Joe Green, Corinna Contreras, Katie Melendez
DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES PRESENT
Patrick Johnson City Manager
Darold Pieper City Attorney
Amanda Lee Assistant City Manager
Ricardo Lopez Sheriff’s Captain
Ned Vander Pol Fire Chief
Kathy Valdez City Clerk
John Conley Community Development and Engineering Director Kevin Ham Economic Development Director
Kuna Muthusamy Public Works Director
Dolores Gascon Human Resources Director
Mike Sylvia Finance Director
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Deputy Mayor Franklin led the Pledge of Allegiance.
BROWN ACT NOTICE
Mayor Ritter stated that, due to convening simultaneous meetings, the Buena Sanitation District Board Members will receive compensation of $147.75 for the District meeting.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
City Manager Johnson stated there are no changes to the agenda.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Mayor Ritter announced that Items C4, Law Enforcement Services Agreement, and C13, Second Reading of City Council Ordinance No. 2022- , Approving a Zone Change at 2277 Vista Grande Drive (APNS 171-100-05 and 171-100-28), are being removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion.
MOTION BY CONTRERAS, SECOND BY GREEN, TO APPROVE THE
FOLLOWING CONSENT CALENDAR.
MOTION CARRIED 5-0
C1. Receive the January 2022 check register. (CC)
C2. Approve the following minutes: February 22, 2022, Consolidated Meeting (CC/CDC/SA/BSD) February 16, 2022, Special Meeting (CC)
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MARCH 8, 2022
2 C3. Adopt City Council Resolution No. 2022-24, Buena Sanitation District Resolution No. 2022-7, and Community Development Commission Resolution No. 2022-3, entitled “A Joint Resolution of the City Council of the Chartered City of Vista, California, the Buena Sanitation District, and the Community Development Commission of the City of Vista Authorizing Remote Teleconference Meetings of the City Council and Governing Boards Pursuant to the Ralph M.
Brown Act.” (CC/BSD/CCD)
C4. Mayor Ritter announced that this item was removed from the Consent Calendar by Councilmember Contreras.
C5. Adopt City Council Resolution No. 2022-26, entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of the Chartered City of Vista, California, establishing an all-way stop at the intersection of Mountain Pass Circle and Brookhaven Pass.” (CC)
C6. Adopt City Council Resolution No. 2022-27, entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of the Chartered City of Vista, California, awarding a contract to Biglione Construction Management, Inc. for as-needed construction management services for fire stations and general building renovations.” (CC)
C7. Adopt Buena Sanitation District Resolution No. 2022-8, entitled “A Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Buena Sanitation District of the City of Vista, California, approving the first amendment to the agreement with TC Construction Company, Inc. for design/build services for the Smilax-Mimosa Sewer Capacity Improvements Project (CIP No. 8301)”; and adopt Buena Sanitation District Resolution No. 2022-9, entitled “A Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Buena Sanitation District of the City of Vista, California, adopting an addendum to the Supplemental Program Environmental Impact Report for the 2017 Comprehensive Sewer Master Plan Update State Clearinghouse No. 2007091072, regarding the Smilax-Mimosa Sewer Capacity Improvements Project (CIP No. 8301).” (BSD)
C8. Adopt City Council Resolution No. 2022-28, entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of the Chartered City of Vista, California, approving the first amendment to the agreement with Orion Construction Corporation for design/build services for the Eucalyptus-Citrus Sewer Capacity Improvements Project (CIP No. 8308)”; adopt City Council Resolution No. 2022-29, entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of the Chartered City of Vista, California, adopting an addendum to the Supplemental Program Environmental Impact Report for the 2017 Comprehensive Sewer Master Plan Update State Clearinghouse No. 2007091072, regarding the Eucalyptus-Citrus Sewer Improvements Project (CIP No. 8308)”; and adopt City Council Resolution No. 2022-30, entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of the Chartered City of Vista, California, amending the Capital Project Budget for Fiscal Years 2020/21 and 2021/22.” (CC)
C9. Adopt City Council Resolution No. 2022-31, entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of the Chartered City of Vista, California, establishing a no stopping zone for vehicles with a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more on the south side of Elm Drive between Independence Way and Warmlands Avenue.” (CC)
C10. Adopt City Council Resolution No. 2022-32, entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of the Chartered City of Vista, California, approving the fifth amendment to the agreement with West Coast Arborists, Inc. for street tree maintenance services.” (CC)
C11. Adopt City Council Resolution No. 2022-33, entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of the Chartered City of Vista, California, adopting the agreement between the City of Vista and Kinky Boots LLC.” (CC)
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MARCH 8, 2022
3 C12. Adopt City Council Resolution No. 2022-34, entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of the Chartered City of Vista, California, approving the contracts with Waterfun Products and Pro Building Concepts, Inc. for the Wave Waterpark Slide Tower Project.” (CC)
C13. Mayor Ritter announced that this item was removed from the Consent Calendar by Councilmember Contreras.
C14. Adopt City Council Resolution No. 2022-35, entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of the Chartered City of Vista, California, authorizing the City Manager to sign the Encampment Resolution Grant award from the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency’s (BCSH) California Interagency Council on Homelessness (Cal ICH) and related documents”; and Adopt City Council Resolution No. 2022-36, entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of the Chartered City of Vista, California, accepting grant funds of $1,828,394 from the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency’s (BCSH) California Interagency Council on Homelessness (Cal ICH) and amending the Operating Budget for Fiscal Years 2021/22 and 2022/23.” (CC)
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION
C4. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT (CC)
City Clerk Kathy Valdez provided the staff report.
Assistant Sheriff Dave Brown answered the City Council members’ questions.
City Council members and staff discussed the following:
• Efforts to increase participation in the Senior Volunteer Patrol program • The Mobile Crisis Response Teams have had positive results and are expanding at no cost to the contract cities; these teams are in addition to the Psychiatric Emergency Response Teams
• The requirements of the Reserve Deputy program have changed and drastically reduced the number of individuals participating
• The Sheriff’s Department is looking at hybrid and other vehicle options, but there currently isn’t a viable option for patrol vehicles
• Traffic deputies are in vehicles and thus able to make arrests, vehicles are used for DUI and nighttime enforcement
• Motor deputies are on motorcycles and can more easily get through traffic to pull over a vehicle, they are used for speed limit enforcement
• The City Manager has not conducted an audit of records generated under the agreement for law enforcement services
• New speakers have been installed in the Sheriff’s helicopters to improve the ability to understand announcements and a system has been established to enable residents to request to receive the announcement on their phone via text; the Sheriff’s Department cannot send out the information to a geographical area, people must opt in • Data specific to a station should be analyzed to help determine the optimum number of deputies needed
MOTION BY GREEN, SECOND BY FRANKLIN, TO ADOPT CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 2022-25, ENTITLED “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CHARTERED CITY OF VISTA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING
THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF VISTA, THE COUNTY OF SAN
DIEGO, AND THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF FOR MUNICIPAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.”
MOTION CARRIED 5-0
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MARCH 8, 2022
4 C13. SECOND READING OF CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE NO. 2022- , APPROVING A ZONE CHANGE AT 2277 VISTA GRANDE DRIVE (APNS 171-100-05 AND 171-100-28) (CC) Councilmember Contreras stated she pulled the item so that it would be voted on separately.
MOTION BY FRANKLIN, SECOND BY GREEN, TO ADOPT CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE NO. 2022-2, ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CHARTERED CITY OF VISTA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING A ZONE CHANGE FROM THE A-1 AGRICULTURAL ZONE TO THE E-1 ESTATES ZONE ON TWO PARCELS LOCATED AT 2277 VISTA GRANDE DRIVE (APNS 171-100-05 AND 171-100-28).”
MOTION CARRIED 3-2 (CONTRERAS AND MELENDEZ OPPOSED)
PUBLIC HEARINGS
PH1. PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER CITY COUNCIL REDISTRICTING (CC) Mayor Ritter opened the Public Hearing.
City Attorney Pieper introduced the item. Kay Vinson, National Demographics Corporation (NDC) provided a presentation on the redistricting process and reviewed each of the draft maps.
The City Council members thanked the public for their participation, particularly those that submitted maps.
City Council members discussed the following:
• Map NDC 201 moves the least amount of people from one district to another and is the most compact of the maps
• Map NDC 201 maintains each district touching the downtown • Districts 1 and 3 are denser, while Districts 2 and 4 are larger geographically; this should be taken into consideration when making land use decisions
MOTION BY FRANKLIN, SECOND BY GREEN, TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TO ADOPT THE MAP IDENTIFIED AS NDC 201 AS THE FINAL MAP AND TO ADOPT CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE NO. 2022-3, ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CHARTERED CITY OF VISTA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2.16 OF THE VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH REVISED CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS.”
MOTION CARRIED 5-0
DISCUSSION
D1. FISCAL YEAR 2021/22 SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT (CC/BSD) Finance Director Mike Sylvia provided the staff report.
City Council members and staff discussed the following:
• It was suggested that efforts should be made to implement a local hire preference for the Community Improvement Team
• Funds have been allocated for a San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) lighting study, this is required by SDG&E before they will allow the City to install lights on their polls
CONSOLIDATED MINUTES
MARCH 8, 2022
5 MOTION BY FRANKLIN, SECOND BY GREEN TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE FISCAL YEAR 2021/22 SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT. ADOPT CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 2022-37, ENTITLED “A RESOLUTION
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CHARTERED CITY OF VISTA,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEARS 2021/22 AND 2022/23”; ADOPT BUENA SANITATION DISTRICT
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-10, ENTITLED “A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS OF THE BUENA SANITATION DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF
VISTA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEARS 2021/22 AND 2022/23”; AND ADOPT CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-38, ENTITLED “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CHARTERED CITY OF VISTA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
THE CITYWIDE CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION INDEX, AND
REPEALING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.”
VOTE: 5-0
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
John Lundblad commended the Public Works department, discussed some traffic concerns, and invited everyone to buy tickets for Vista Del Mar’s community breakfast on April 12.
J.C. Wynne announced that the Pride of Vista Lions Club is supporting the annual Easter Egg Hunt at Brengle Terrace Park which will take place on April 16.
REMARKS
Mayor Ritter made the following announcements:
• Daylight Savings Time begins this Sunday, March 13 and Fire Chief Ned Vander Pol is reminding residents to check their smoke detector and carbon monoxide alarms when resetting clocks around the house to make sure they are working properly. • The Vista Sheriff’s Station is seeking senior residents 50 years and older for their Senior Volunteer Program. The volunteers help promote public safety and crime prevention programs and assist at the Sheriff’s station. For more information call 760.940.4434. • Noted San Diego musician Leonard Patton performs a cabaret concert of Cole Porter this Saturday night, March 12 at the Moonlight Amphitheatre. This is ClubM's last cabaret offering for the year. Ticket information is online at MoonlightStage.com. • Don’t’ forget the Easter Egg Hunt at Brengle Terrace Park on April 16.
Councilmember Melendez wished everyone a Happy International Women's Day.
Councilmember Contreras announced her weekly trash pick-up walk on Wednesday at 9:00 am, starting at Luz Duran Park.
Councilmember Green and Deputy Mayor Franklin recognized the women in their lives.
Councilmember Green announced that the Sunrise Kiwanis Club meets on Wednesday at 7:00 am at Pegah’s Café.
Mayor Ritter reminded everyone that next Thursday is St. Patrick’s Day.
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MARCH 8, 2022
6 City Manager Johnson made the following announcement:
•The City Council Chamber equipment will be upgraded during the next six weeks, and this means the March 22 and April 12 City Council meetings will be conducted in the Community Room. The meetings will be taped and aired publicly. During this time, various commission meetings will be conducted in the Community Room.
•Congratulations to Captain White on his promotion to Commander; thank you for all you did for Vista. Welcome to our new Captain, Ricardo Lopez.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Ritter adjourned the meeting at 7:42 p.m.
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Kathy Valdez, City Clerk