El Cajon — 2026-03-24

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10.\nAcceptance of Wells Park Pickleball Project\nRECOMMENDATION:\nThat the City Council:\nAccepts the Wells Park Pickleball project (233793PWCP), Bid No. 022-25; and\n1.\nAuthorizes the City Clerk to record a Notice of Completion and release the bonds\nin accordance with the contract terms.\n2.

11.\nConsideration of Resolution to Authorize the Acceptance, Appropriation, and\nExpenditure of the Fire Station No. 7 Renovation Grant Award\nRECOMMENDATION:\nThat the City Council adopts the next Resolution, in order, to:\nAuthorize the City Manager, or approved designee, to accept, appropriate, and\nexpend grant funding as provided through the San Diego River Conservancy\nProposition 4 - Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness,\nand Clean Air Fund Bond Act of 2024 grant program (SDRGP42504);\n1.\nAuthorize the City Manager, or approved designee, to execute the grant\nagreement and such other necessary documents, with the San Diego River\nConservancy, to accept any awards of grants;\n2.\nAppropriate and transfer $2.5 million of General Fund reserves to increase City\nCapital Improvement Program Fund appropriations; and\n3.\nAppropriate $1,500,000 from the San Diego River Conservancy Grant\n(SDRGP42504) and $2,500,000 from the City Capital Improvement Program\nFund (501590) for the Fire Station No. 7 Renovation capital improvement project\n(210051PWCP), and authorize the expenditure of these funds.\n4.\nCOMMISSION REPORTS:\nACTIVITIES REPORTS/COMMENTS OF MAYOR WELLS\nSANDAG (San Diego Association of Governments) Board of Directors.

12.\nCouncil Activity Report\nACTIVITIES REPORTS/COMMENTS OF COUNCILMEMBERS:

13.\nCOUNCILMEMBER STEVE GOBLE\nMTS (Metropolitan Transit System Board); East County Advanced Water Purification\nJPA Board; Chamber of Commerce – Government Affairs Committee; SANDAG –\nBoard of Directors – Alternate; SANDAG – San Diego Military Working Group\n(non-voting chair).

14.\nCOUNCILMEMBER GARY KENDRICK\nMETRO Commission/Wastewater JPA; Heartland Communications; Heartland Fire\nTraining JPA.

15.\nDEPUTY MAYOR MICHELLE METSCHEL\nHarry Griffen Park Joint Steering Committee; METRO Commission/Wastewater JPA –\nAlternate; Heartland Communications – Alternate; Heartland Fire Training JPA –\nAlternate.

16.\nCOUNCILMEMBER PHIL ORTIZ\nLeague of California Cities, San Diego Division; East County Economic Development\nCouncil; MTS (Metropolitan Transit System Board) – Alternate; East County Advanced\nWater Purification JPA Board – Alternate; Chamber of Commerce – Government\nAffairs Committee – Alternate; SANDAG – Board of Directors – Alternate.

17.\nTown Hall on Reducing Speeding Motorists\nRECOMMENDATION:\nThat the City Council directs staff to conduct a town hall meeting regarding motorist\nspeeding by May 9, 2026.\nGENERAL INFORMATION ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION:\nORDINANCES: FIRST READING

18.\nIntroduction and First Reading of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 3.20 of the El Cajon\nMunicipal Code for Bidding and Written Contracts\nRECOMMENDATION:\nThat the City Council introduces and conducts the first reading of an Ordinance, by title\nonly, to amend various sections of Chapter 3.20 of the El Cajon Municipal Code\n("ECMC") related to Bidding and Written Contracts; and Directs the City Clerk to read\nthe title of the Ordinance.\nORDINANCES: SECOND READING AND ADOPTION\nCLOSED SESSIONS:

19.\nClosed Session - Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation - Initiation of\nlitigation pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of section 54956.9: One (1)\npotential case

2.\nWarrants\nRECOMMENDATION:\nThat the City Council approves payment of Warrants as submitted by the Finance\nDepartment.

20.\nClosed Session - Conference with Labor Negotiators pursuant to Government Code\nsection 54957.6\nAgency Designated Representatives:\nGraham Mitchell, City Manager\nVince DiMaggio, Assistant City Manager\nMarisol Thorn, Deputy City Manager\nClay Schoen, Director of Finance\nJennifer Lyon, City Attorney\nEmployee Organizations:\nEl Cajon Municipal Employees Association\nEl Cajon Mid-Management and Professional Employees Group\nEl Cajon Professional Firefighters International Association of Fire Fighters Local 4603

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4.\nAcceptance of Overlay 2023 Project\nRECOMMENDATION:\nThat the City Council:\nAccepts the Overlay 2023 project (233786PWCP), Bid No. 019-25; and\n1.\nAuthorizes the City Clerk to record a Notice of Completion and release the bonds\nin accordance with the contract terms.\n2.

5.\n2025 General Plan Annual Progress Report\nRECOMMENDATION:\nThat the City Council:\nAccepts the 2025 General Plan Annual Progress Report; and\n1.\nDirects staff to forward the report to the Governor's Office of Land Use and\nClimate Innovation (LCI), the State Department of Housing and Community\nDevelopment (HCD), and the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG).\n2.

6.\nClassification specifications update for the Police Department's Communication Center\nRECOMMENDATION:\nThat the City Council approves and authorizes the proposed classification specification\nupdates for Police Dispatcher I, Police Dispatcher II, Police Dispatcher Supervisor, and\nCommunication Center Manager.

7.\nApproval of Resolution to Authorize the Contract Amendment for Continued Assessment\nof Existing Box Culverts\nRECOMMENDATION:\nThat the City Council adopts the next Resolution, in order, to authorize an amendment\nto the Agreement for Professional Services with Kleinfelder, Inc. (KI) for Continued\nAssessment of Existing Box Culverts in the not-to-exceed amount of $40,000, for work\nto be performed through and including December 17, 2026.

8.\nPublic Hearing to Consider Appeal of the Planning Commission's Decision Denying a\nRequest to Allow a Temporary Tent for More than 180 Days\nRECOMMENDATION:\nThat the City Council:\nOpens the public hearing and receives testimony; and\n1.\nConsiders adoption of the next Resolution, in order, if denying the appeal.\n2.

9.\nPublic Hearing to Consider FY 2026-2027 One-Year Action Plan and Approval of\nResolution to Adopt CDBG and HOME Funding Allocations\nRECOMMENDATION:\nThat the City Council:\nOpens the public hearing;\n1.\nAccepts public testimony for the draft FY 2026-2027 One-Year Action Plan;\n2.\nCloses the public hearing;\n3.\nAccepts staff recommendations for projects and programs using FY 2026-2027\nCommunity Development Block Grant (“CDBG”) and HOME Investment\nPartnership (“HOME”) grant funds and other CDBG, HOME, and\nHOME-American Rescue Plan (“HOME-ARP”) prior year unallocated fund\nbalances and carryover funds;\n4.\nAuthorizes staff to release the draft FY 2026-2027 One-Year Action Plan for a\nthirty-day review and comment period from April 1, 2026, to April 30, 2026;\n5.\nAdopts the next Resolution, in order:\n6.\nTo approve an allocation of $300,000 in HOME funds to Crisis House for\nthe implementation of a Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Program; to\napprove the reauthorization and allocation of HOME funds for $900,000, or\ncarryover fund balance, whichever is less, to the San Diego Housing\nCommission to continue administering the First Time Homebuyer Program;\na.\nTo approve an allocation of $1,864,127 in HOME-ARP funds to Wakeland\nHousing for the production or preservation of affordable rental housing\nserving qualifying populations; and\nb.\nMake the necessary changes to the One-Year Action Plans, authorize the\nCity Manager or designee to execute the subrecipient and funding\nagreements and any other documentation required, and submit all required\ndocumentation to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development\n(“HUD”) for activities that are described in the Resolution.\nc.\nADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS: