With the arrival of March, there may be some hope for sun and warmer weather. Two Council Committees meet this week with the Budget Committee considering lowering high-rise inspection fees. Meanwhile the Land Use and Housing Committee will hear an update on affordable housing preservation and the Housing Instability Prevention Program. 

From the Office of Council President Sean Elo-Rivera  

Budget and Government Efficiency Committee Meeting – March 1, 2023 –  9 a.m.

 Budget Committee Meeting Agenda

Item 1 - Fiscal Year 2023 User Fee Adjustment for High-Rise Inspections – Per the City Council Policy, the City performs a comprehensive user fee study every three years. The City’s most recent comprehensive user fee study was conducted in Fiscal Year 2022 (Resolution 313899). Following this user fee study and subsequent adoption of the user fees for Fiscal Year 2023, a calculation error was discovered in the user fee calculation for High-Rise Inspections. The Fire-Rescue Department is now requesting the City Council’s approval of the adjustment to the Fiscal Year 2023 user fee for High-Rise Inspections to correct this error. This item would authorize a decrease to the High-Rise Inspections fee from $30 to $18.

Item 2 - Budget Equity in the FY 2024 Budget Development Process – To reach the equitable outcomes we want to achieve, the Office of Race & Equity partnered with the Department of Finance and the Performance & Analytics Department to roll out a robust Budget Equity Framework and corresponding Budget Equity Guide as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 budget development process. This item would  provide the Budget & Government Efficiency Committee with an update on the City’s efforts to implement a Budget Equity Framework as part of the annual budget development process.

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Land Use and Housing Committee Meeting – March 2, 2023 – 1 p.m.

LU & H Committee Meeting Agenda

Consent Agenda

Item 1 - Dedication of a 3,155 square foot portion of Assessor's Parcel Number 645-040-50 for public street purposes (Playa Del Sol Parkway, Otay Mesa, CA) – The City owns approximately 17 acres of vacant land on Playa Del Sol Parkway in Otay Mesa for the purposes of environmental conservation. Pardee Homes (now Tri Pointe Homes) owns land adjacent to the City Property and has built a residential condominium development called the Playa Del Sol. As part of its project, Pardee Homes constructed the Playa Del Sol Parkway and dedicated it to the City as a public street via Final Map No. 16109, but mistakenly graded a 3,155 square foot portion of the conserved City Property for use as a portion of the road.  To offset the biological losses caused by the inadvertent grading of the Graded Property, the Wildlife Conservation Board, Pardee Homes and the City agreed to allow Pardee Homes to grant to the City a perpetual conservation easement on a 6,595 square foot portion of Pardee Homes’ property. 

Item 2 - Sixth Amendment to Lease at 525 B Street, San Diego, CA 92102, between I&G 525 B Street, LLC and the City of San Diego -  After researching City owned properties and multiple third-party properties, it was determined that the property at 525 B Street in Downtown San Diego, which is currently leased by the City, was the best fit for Commission on Police Practices. This item would adopt an Ordinance to enter into the Sixth Amendment adding 5,827 square feet of office space to the Lease at 525 B Street, San Diego, CA 92101, between I&G 525 B Street, LLC and the City of San Diego, for Five years, Four months.

Discussion Agenda

Item 3 - Accept a donation of 14.9 acres of undeveloped land valued at $275,000.00 (Assessor’s Parcel Number 645-050-04) located north of Interstate-905, between Interstate-805 and Highway 125 in the City of San Diego, CA, and accept a $268,902.00 endowment for long-term management of the land, from Attisha Parcel Holding Company LLC - Sudberry Properties is the developer of the Cal-Crossing project, an industrial project located in Otay Mesa. As part of the mitigation requirements for the project, the property was acquired by Sudberry with the sole intention of donating the land to the City to meet the off-site mitigation required by their development and to ensure the preservation of existing native habitats. This item would accept the donation of 14.9 acres of undeveloped land in Otay Mesa, from Attisha Parcel Holding Company, LLC and a $268,902 endowment for the long-term management of the habitat on the Property.  

Item 4 - Third Amendment to City of San Diego Third Amended and Restated Flat Rate Lease with Brown Field Aviation Ventures, Inc., regarding 20.29 acres of real property at Brown Field Municipal Airport, and Third Amendment to City of San Diego Flat Rate Aviation Lease with RAMP 5 Holdings, LLC., regarding 3.62 acres of real property at Brown Field Municipal Airport - The City and Brown Field Aviation Ventures, Inc. (BFAV) and Ramp 5 Holding LLC wish to enter into an amended lease agreements for smaller parcels after both coppanies failed to meet multiple deadlines to comply with its original lease requiring it to build hangar space.   These lease amendments are contingent upon Council approving both for the City to assemble contiguous parcels for future development. 

Information Agenda

Item 5 - Affordable Housing Preservation – In 2018, the City Council’s Smart Growth and Land Use Committee at the time identified “Preserve Existing Affordable Housing” as one of its priorities in its 2018 work plan. The potential actions identified in the Committee work plan included designating a Housing Preservation Coordinator. At the request of Committee Chair Councilmember Vivian Moreno, the San Diego Housing Commission will provide an informational presentation about initiatives to preserve affordable rental housing in the City of San Diego and financing for affordable housing preservation efforts.

Item 6 – Housing Instability Prevention Program - The Housing Instability Prevention Program (HIPP) helps pay rent and other housing-related expenses for families in the City of San Diego with low income and unstable housing situations, such as facing eviction for nonpayment of rent. At the request of Committee Chair Councilmember Vivian Moreno, the San Diego Housing Commission (Housing Commission) will provide an informational presentation about the Housing Instability Prevention Program.

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