Encinitas — 2025-03-19
City Council
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10A. Legislative update from JGC Government Relations, Inc. Environmental\nConsiderations: The action being considered by the City Council is exempt\nfrom the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it is not a\n"project" under Section 15378(b)(5) of CEQA Guidelines. The action involves\nan organizational or administrative activity of government that will not result in\nthe direct or indirect physical change in the environment. Contact Person:\nAssistant to the City Manager Yum\nRecommended Action: Receive the Legislative Update from JGC\nGovernment Relations and provide any possible direction regarding legislative\nactions.\n2025-03-19 Item 10A Legislative Update
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10B. Infrastructure Task Force Rubric Rankings for Safety and Mobility\nImprovements in the Vicinity of Housing Element Sites Study (WC23B).\nEnvironmental Considerations: The action being considered by the City\nCouncil is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)\nbecause it is not a "project" under Section 15378(b)(5) of CEQA Guidelines.\nThe action involves an organizational or administrative activity of government\nthat will not result in the direct or indirect physical change in the environment.\nContact Person: Engineer II Edgeworth\nRecommended Action: Receive the Infrastructure Task Force (ITF) Project\nRankings for the six Safety and Mobility Improvements in the Vicinity of\n3/14/25, 2:07 PM encinitas.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=7&event_id=5007\nHousing Element Sites projects (WC23B) and the Updated ITF Ranked\nProject Listing with the six Safety and Mobility Improvements in the Vicinity of\nHousing Element Sites projects incorporated.\n2025-03-19 Item 10B Safety and Mobility Improvements near Housing Element\nSites Study (WC23B)
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10C. Consider potential City Smart Growth Projects to submit for the SANDAG\nSmart Growth Incentive Program (SGIP) Cycle 6. Environmental\nConsiderations: The actions being considered by the City Council are not\nsubject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because they are\nnot a "project" per Section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines. The action\nauthorizes staff to implement an organizational or administrative activity of\ngovernment that by itself will not result in a direct or indirect physical change\nin the environment. Contact Persons: Principal Engineer Widelski and\nSustainability Manager Najera\nRecommended Action: 1) Provide Direction on which eligible City (SGIP)\nCapital Projects to pursue; and 2) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to\napply for, accept and administer funding from the SANDAG (SGIP) for\nselected City (SGIP) Capital Projects.\n2025-03-19 Item 10C Consider SANDAG SGIP Grant Program for Various City\nProjects
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10D. Consider and adopt City Manager compensation package and Employment\nAgreement for Jennifer Campbell as City Manager. Environmental\nConsiderations: The action being considered by the City Council is exempt\nfrom the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it is not a\n"project" under Section 15378(b)(5) of CEQA Guidelines. The action involves\nan organizational or administrative activity of government that will not result in\nthe direct or indirect physical change in the environment. Contact Persons:\nMayor Ehlers and Human Resources Director Schwarm\nRecommended Action: 1) At the March 5, 2025 Special Closed Session,\nCity Council appointed Jennifer Campbell as City Manager. Consider and\nadopt Resolution 2025-33 titled, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City\nof Encinitas, California, Authorizing the Execution of the Employment\nAgreement for the City Manager" authorizing the Mayor to execute the City\nManager's Employment Agreement, effective March 5, 2025, at an annual\nbase salary of $309,000, an annual City contribution of $20,000 to City's\n401(a) Defined Contribution Plan and $500 per month car allowance; and 2)\nConsider and adopt Resolution 2025-34, titled, "A Resolution of the City\nCouncil of the City of Encinitas, California, Approving and Adopting the City's\nPay Schedule" approving and adopting effective March 5, 2025, the City's Pay\nSchedule in the amount of $309,000.\n2025-03-19 Item 10D Appointing City Manager
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11A. Condition Assessment and Risk Assessment Report for the Cardiff Sanitary\nDivision and Encinitas Sanitary Division Sewer Systems. Environmental\nConsiderations: The action being considered by the City Council is exempt\nfrom the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it is not a\n"project" under Section 15378(b)(5) of CEQA Guidelines. The action involves\nan organizational or administrative activity of government that will not result in\nthe direct or indirect physical change in the environment. Contact Person:\nSenior Engineer Nutter\nRecommended Action: Receive and file the Condition Assessment and Risk\nAssessment Report for the Cardiff Sanitary Division and Encinitas Sanitary\nDivision Sewer Systems.\n2025-03-19 Item 11A Sewer Condition Assessment and Risk Assessment\nReport
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4A. Presentation in recognition of outgoing Commissioners
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4B. Proclamation in Recognition of Round Table Pizza Encinitas for their 50 years\nof Business
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8A. Approval to waive the full reading of the text of all ordinances and resolutions\nintroduced/adopted at this meeting. Ordinances and resolutions shall be\nintroduced/adopted by title only. Contact Person: City Clerk Hollywood\nRecommended Action: Approve.
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8B. Approval of the Minutes of the February 24 and 25, 2025, Special Joint\nMeeting City Council and SDWD Strategic Workshop; February 26, 2025,\nSpecial Meeting; February 26, 2025, Regular Meeting; and March 5, 2025,\nSpecial Closed Session Meeting. Contact Person: City Clerk Hollywood\nRecommended Action: Approve the Minutes.\n2025-03-19 Item 08B Minutes
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8C. Approval of the Warrants List (Register of Demands). Contact Person:\nFinance Manager Dinh\nRecommended Action: Staff recommends that the City Council review and\napprove the warrants.\n3/14/25, 2:07 PM encinitas.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=7&event_id=5007\n2025-03-19 Item 08C Approval of Warrants
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8D. Preparation and Filing of the Encinitas Landscape and Lighting District Annual\nEngineer’s Report. Environmental Considerations: The action being\nconsidered by the City Council is exempt from the California Environmental\nQuality Act (CEQA) because it is not a "project" under Section 15378(b)(5) of\nCEQA Guidelines. The action involves an organizational or administrative\nactivity of government that will not result in the direct or indirect physical\nchange in the environment. Contact Person: Senior Management Analyst\nLisenbee\nRecommended Action: Adopt City Council Resolution No. 2025-08, titled "A\nResolution of the City Council of the City of Encinitas, California, Directing the\nPreparation and Filing of the Encinitas Landscape and Lighting District's\nAnnual Engineer's Report for the Purposes of Levying and Collecting\nAssessments for Fiscal Year 2025-26."\n2025-03-19 Item 08D Preparation and Filing of the ELLD Annual Engineer’s\nReport
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8E. Adoption of Ordinance No. 2025-03 Approving a Sewer Reimbursement\nDistrict on behalf of property owners Lang, London, Machain, Saraspe and\nShipman, and adding Section 18.12.320 to the Encinitas Municipal Code.\nEnvironmental Considerations: The action being considered by the City\nCouncil is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)\nbecause it is not a "project" under Section 15378(b)(5) of CEQA Guidelines.\nThe action involves an organizational or administrative activity of government\nthat will not result in the direct or indirect physical change in the environment.\nContact Person: Engineer I Schade\nRecommended Action: Adopt Ordinance No. 2025-03, titled "An Ordinance\nof the City Council of the City of Encinitas, California, Adding Section\n18.12.320 to Encinitas Municipal Code to Provide for Reimbursement for\nConstruction Costs of a Sewer Main Extension on El Camino Del Norte to\nProperty Owners Lang, London, Machain, Saraspe and Shipman."\n3/14/25, 2:07 PM encinitas.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=7&event_id=5007\n2025-03-19 Item 08E Lang Sewer Ordinance Adoption
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8F. Amendment No. 4 to the Agreement with West Coast Arborists for Urban\nForestry Tree Care Services. Environmental Considerations: The action\nbeing considered by the City Council is exempt from the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it is not a "project" under Section\n15378(b)(5) of CEQA Guidelines. The action involves an organizational or\nadministrative activity of government that will not result in the direct or indirect\nphysical change in the environment. Contact Person: Management Analyst\nHorn\nRecommended Action: Authorize the City Manager, or their designee, to\nexecute an Amendment No. 4 with West Coast Arborists for Urban Forestry\nTree Care Services, in substantial form, in consultation with the City Attorney,\nincreasing the annual amount to $1,619,000 for Year 8 and continuing into\nsubsequent years, for a new not-to-exceed total contract amount of\n$13,282,000 over the ten-year period.\n2025-03-19 Item 08F Urban Forestry Tree Care Services Amendment No. 4\nAgenda Report
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8G. Authorization to award a Professional Services Agreement with Water Works\nEngineers, LLC for the design of the FY 2026 Annual Sewer Rehabilitation\nproject (Project No. CC04E/CE04H). Environmental Considerations: The\naction being considered by the City Council is exempt from the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it is not a "project" under Section\n15378(b)(5) of CEQA Guidelines. The action involves an organizational or\nadministrative activity of government that will not result in the direct or indirect\nphysical change in the environment. Contact Person: Senior Engineer Nutter\nRecommended Action: Authorize the City Manager, or designee, in\nconsultation with the City Attorney, to execute an agreement for design\nprofessional consultant services, in substantial form, with Water Works\nEngineers, LLC, and any necessary amendments and time extensions in the\namount of $426,893 plus a ten percent (10%) contingency of $42,689 for a\nnot-to-exceed contract total of $469,582.\n3/14/25, 2:07 PM encinitas.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=7&event_id=5007\n2025-03-19 Item 08G Professional Services Agreement for Design of FY26\nSewer Rehab_Water Works