City Council

Item 334: Authorization of a Ten-Year Corporate Partnership Agreement Among the City of\nSan Diego, Downtown San Diego Partnership, Inc. and IKE Smart City, LLC for a\nDigital Wayfinding System in Downtown San Diego, an Exemption from the City’s\nProhibition Against Signs in the Right-of-Way and Off-Premises Messages, an\nExemption from Certain Automatic Copy Regulations, an Exemption from Public\nRight-of-Way Permit Requirements, and Related Actions. (Rev. 5/31/23)\nThis item will be considered in the afternoon session which is scheduled to begin at\n2:00 p.m.\nTotal Estimated Cost of Proposed Action and Funding Source: N/A\nCouncil District(s) Affected: 3.\nProposed Actions:\nSubitem-A: (R-2023-525)\nResolution of the Council of the City of San Diego determining that certain discretionary\napprovals, including the authorization of a Corporate Partnership Agreement among the\nCity of San Diego, Downtown San Diego Partnership, Inc., and Ike Smart City, LLC\nrelated to a digital wayfinding system, and the authorization of limited exceptions to the\nCity's signage and off-premises messaging regulations, automatic changing copy\nregulations, and permit procedures, are categorically exempt from the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act under CEQA Guidelines sections 15301, 15303, and 15304.\nSubitem-B: (O-2023-136)\nIntroduction of an Ordinance of the Council of the City of San Diego approving a\nCorporate Partnership Agreement Among the City of San Diego, Downtown San Diego\nPartnership, Inc., and Ike Smart City, LLC for the Financing, Implementation,\nManagement, and Operation of a Digital Wayfinding System with City Marketing Rights\nand Benefits, authorizing a limited exception to the signage and off-premises messaging\nregulations contained in Chapter 14, Article 2, Division 12 of the San Diego Municipal\nCode, authorizing a limited exception to the automatic changing copy regulations\ncontained in Chapter 14, Article 1, Division 11 of the San Diego Municipal Code, and\napproving related actions.\nCommittee Actions Taken:\nThis item was heard at the Economic Development and Intergovernmental Relations\nCommittee meeting on March 8, 2023.\nACTION: Motion by Chair Campillo, second by Vice Chair Montgomery Steppe, to\nrecommend Council approval of staff’s proposed actions.\nVOTE: 3-0; Campillo-yea, Montgomery Steppe-yea, Lee-yea.\nEconomic Development: Christina Bibler, (619) 236-6421\nCity Attorney Contact: William W. Witt\nPUBLIC NOTICES\nItems are listed under Public Notices as a matter of public record only. These items do not require Council\naction and there is no public testimony.