CONNECT with the CityThe People’s Business – July 21, 2025
Councilmembers will consider the issuance of tax-exempt bonds to rehabilitate an affordable housing complex in the Chollas Valley neighborhood in District 4. They will also hear an appeal of the environmental determination of a gas station expansion project located at Market and 16th St.
From the Office of Council President Joe LaCava
City Council Meeting – July 22, 2025 – 10 a.m.
10 a.m. – Proclamations, Consent Agenda, Non-agenda Public Comment
2 p.m. – Discussion Items, Housing Authority Agenda, Public Facilities Financing Authority Agenda
Proclamations
Item 30 – Holly McClurg Day
This item recognizes Holly McClurg who has served the Del Mar Union School District for 16 years, 13 as superintendent.
Item 32 – National Park and Recreation Month
This proclamation celebrates Parks and Recreation as essential public services and stresses the importance of public spaces for communities.
Item S500 – Captain Robert A. Heely Jr. Day.
This item recognizes the Navy Captain who assumed command of Naval Base San Diego in 2023.
Consent Agenda
14 items fill the consent agenda including appointments and reappointments to the Senior Affairs Advisory Board, Commission on the Status of Women, Youth Commission, Parks and Rec. Board, and the Citizens’ Equal Opportunity Commission.
Discussion Items — to be heard at the 2 p.m. session
Item 330 – Tax, Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act Resolution for Sea Breeze Gardens Apartments.
This item would adopt a Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA) resolution approving the supplemental issuance of tax-exempt Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds in an aggregate amount not to exceed $7,500,000 to facilitate Sea Breeze Gardens Preservation LP’s rehabilitation of Sea Breeze Gardens Apartments at 4802-4890 Logan Avenue in the Chollas Valley neighborhood in Council District 4.
The complex will consist of 266 units that will remain affordable for 55 years for families earning 30 percent to 60 percent of the San Diego Area Median Income, one of which is a restricted manager’s unit, and two unrestricted managers’ units.
The proposed rehabilitation with supplemental allocation will be in excess of the repairs categorized as immediate and short-term (one to three years) within the Physical Conditions Report, as the developer is proposing approximately $28.5 million of renovations to extend the property’s useful life and preserve the affordability term for a new 55 years.
Item 331 – Authorization for the Public Facilities Financing Authority of the City of San Diego Senior Water Revenue Bonds, Series 2025A Preliminary Official Statement
This resolution will authorize the form of Preliminary Official Statement and Official Statement and other actions in connection with the Public Facilities Financing Authority of the City of San Diego’s issuance and sale of its 2025A Senior Water Revenue Bonds.
These bonds would finance the Water Utility’s Capital Improvement Program projects, including paying the outstanding Water Revenue Commercial Paper notes used to provide interim financing for such projects.
Item 332 – 1606 Market Street Gas Station - Appeal of Environmental Determination Project Number PRJ-1102575
This is an appeal by Robin Madaffer, Esq. of San Diego Land Lawyers (Appellant) on behalf of Joseph Brikho (Applicant) of the environmental determination made for the 1606 Market Street Gas Station.
The applicant proposes an expansion and upgrade of an existing previously conforming automobile service station, including a 820-square feet addition to the existing convenience market to add new food and beverage tenant with drive-through service, on the 19,034 square-foot site.
Following multiple review cycles, a number of issues, primarily identified by the Development Services Department’s Transportation Development staff, were never resolved by the Applicant. These unresolved issues are based on the proposed vehicular access and circulation design of the site and its resulting potential conflicts on pedestrian, bicycle, and transit mobility.
DSD cannot support the Project with unresolved issues and an incomplete analysis with respect to the proposed vehicle access driveways and consequently, cannot make the findings necessary for the requested deviations from the SDMC.
An appeal of the Environmental Determination was filed on April 7, 2025.
Item HA1 – Informational Report from the Housing Authority Executive Director
The San Diego Housing Commission Executive Director will present an update on key programs, projects and agency initiatives.
Item HA2 – Supplemental Final Bond Authorization for Sea Breeze Gardens Apartments
See the companion item above, Item 330.
Public Facilities Financing Authority Agenda
Item FA1 – Approval of the Form and Authorization of the Distribution of the Preliminary Official Statement and Authorization of the Execution, Delivery and Distribution of the Official Statement in Connection with the Issuance and Sale by the Public Facilities Financing Authority of the City of San Diego 2025A Water Revenue Bonds
See companion item above, Item 331.
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