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
SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
DECEMBER 6, 2022
The December 6, 2022, Special 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 10:33 am 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
RECESS, CALL FOR CLOSED SESSION
Mayor Ritter recessed the meeting at 10:33 a.m. and called a Closed Session for the following:
CS1. Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)&(e)(1) (CC)
RECESS, OPEN SESSION, AND CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Ritter recessed the Closed Session at 11:18 a.m. and called the meeting to order in Open Session at 11:20 a.m. with all members present.
DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES PRESENT
Walter Chung City Attorney
Amanda Lee Acting City Manager
Ricardo Lopez Sheriff’s Captain
Craig Usher Deputy Fire Chief
John Conley Director of Community Development and Engineering Mike Pacheco Recreation and Community Services Director
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Acting City Manager Amanda Lee stated there are no changes to the agenda.
CLOSED SESSION
City Attorney Walter Chung stated no reportable action was taken.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Mayor Ritter announced that item C2 is being removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion.
MOTION BY FRANKLIN, SECOND BY GREEN, TO APPROVE THE
FOLLOWING CONSENT CALENDAR.
MOTION CARRIED 5-0.
C1. Approved the November 15, 2022, Consolidated Meeting Minutes. (CC/CDC/SA/BSD) C2. Mayor Ritter announced this item was removed from the consent calendar for discussion.
CONSOLIDATED MINUTES
DECEMBER 6, 2022
2 ITEM REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION C2. SECOND READING OF CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE NO. 2022-21, APPROVING A ZONE CHANGE FROM A-1 AGRICULTURAL ZONE TO R-1-B RESIDENTIAL ZONE SMALL LOT DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOW FOR 46 SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ON A 9.3-ACRE SITE LOCATED AT 2123 N. SANTA FE AVENUE (APN 159-240-07-00) (CC) The following members of the public spoke in opposition of the zone change:
Phil Church Gabriel Jacobs Michael Jacobs Mary Cottle Mary Gilman Councilmembers thanked the public for their input and stated their personal opinions about the project.
MOTION BY CONTRERAS, SECOND BY MELENDEZ, TO DENY THE ZONE CHANGE.
SUBSTITUTE MOTION BY FRANKLIN, SECOND BY GREEN, TO APPROVE THE ZONE CHANGE.
A VOTE WAS TAKEN ON WHETHER TO CONSIDER THE SUBSTITUTE
MOTION.
MOTION CARRIED 3-2, CONTRERAS AND MELENDEZ OPPOSED.
MOTION BY FRANKLIN, SECOND BY GREEN, TO ADOPT CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE NO. 2022-21, ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CHARTERED CITY OF VISTA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A ZONE CHANGE FROM A-1 AGRICULTURAL ZONE TO R-1-B RESIDENTIAL ZONE SMALL LOT DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOW FOR 46 SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ON A 9.3- ACRE SITE LOCATED AT 2123 N. SANTA FE AVENUE (APN 159-240-07- 00).”
MOTION CARRIED 3-2, CONTRERAS AND MELENDEZ OPPOSED.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Ritter adjourned the meeting at 12:18 pm.
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Kathy Valdez, City Clerk