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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-12-09; City Council; Agendas; Joint Session The City Council also sits as the Carlsbad Municipal Water District Board, Public Financing Authority Board, Community Development Commission and Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency. When considering items presented to the Carlsbad Municipal Water District Board, each member receives an additional $100 per meeting (max $300/month). When considering items presented to the Community Development Commission each member receives an additional $75 per meeting (max $150/month). Council Chamber 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive Carlsbad, CA 92008 Welcome to Your City Council Meeting We welcome your interest and involvement in the city’s legislative process. This agenda includes information about topics coming before the City Council and the action recommended by city staff. You can read about each topic in the staff reports, which are available on the city website and in the Office of the City Clerk. The City Clerk is also available to answer any questions you have about City Council meeting procedures. How to Watch In Person On TV Online City Council Chamber 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive Watch the city’s cable channel Spectrum 24 and AT&T U-verse 99 Watch the livestream at carlsbadca.gov/watch How to Participate If you would like to provide comments to the City Council, please: • Fill out a speaker request form, located in the foyer. • Submit the form to the City Clerk before the item begins. • When it’s your turn, the City Clerk will call your name and invite you to the podium. • For non-agenda public comment, speakers must confine their remarks to matters within the City Council’s subject matter jurisdiction. • For public comment on agenda items, speakers must confine their remarks to the question or matter under consideration. • Speakers have three minutes, unless the presiding officer (usually the Mayor) changes that time. • You may not give your time to another person, but can create a group. A group must select a single speaker as long as three other members of your group are present. All forms must be submitted to the City Clerk before the item begins and will only be accepted for items listed on the agenda (not for general public comment at the beginning of the meeting). Group representatives have 10 minutes unless that time is changed by the presiding officer or the City Council. • Failure to comply with the rules for public participation is disruptive conduct. Continuing disruptive conduct after being asked by the presiding official to cease may result in removal from the meeting. Reasonable Accommodations Reasonable Accommodations Persons with a disability may request an agenda packet in appropriate alternative formats as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Reasonable accommodations and auxiliary aids will be provided to effectively allow participation in the meeting. Please contact the City Manager’s Office at 442-339-2821 (voice), 711 (free relay service for TTY users), 760-720-9461 (fax) or manager@carlsbadca.gov by noon on the Monday before the meeting to make arrangements. City staff will respond to requests by noon on Tuesday, the day of the meeting, and will seek to resolve requests before the start of the meeting in order to maximize accessibility. More information about City Council meeting procedures can be found at the end of this agenda and in the Carlsbad Municipal Code chapter 1.20. Dec. 9, 2025, 5 p.m. Dec. 9, 2025 Page 2 CALL TO ORDER: 5 p.m. ROLL CALL: Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Burkholder, Shin. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONCURRENT MEETINGS: The City Council is serving as the Carlsbad Municipal Water District Board of Directors on Consent Calendar Item No. 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Carlsbad Pop Warner Cheerleaders led the Pledge of Allegiance APPROVAL OF MINUTES: None. PRESENTATIONS: Retirement Proclamation in Recognition of Gary Barberio PUBLIC REPORT OF ANY ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION: None. PUBLIC COMMENT: The Brown Act allows any member of the public to comment on items not on the agenda, provided remarks are confined to matters within the City Council’s subject matter jurisdiction. Please treat others with courtesy, civility, and respect. Members of the public may participate in the meeting by submitting comments as provided on the front page of this agenda. The City Council will receive comments as requested up to a total of 15 minutes in the beginning of the meeting. All other non-agenda public comments will be heard at the end of the meeting. In conformance with the Brown Act, no action can occur on these items. CONSENT CALENDAR: The items listed under Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion as listed below. There will be no separate discussion on these items prior to the time the Council votes on the motion unless members of the Council, the City Manager, or the public request specific items be discussed and/or removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. 1. ANNUAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION REPORT ON CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS AND SPECIAL TAXES 1) Adoption of a City Council resolution accepting the Annual Financial Information Report on Capital Project Funds and Special Taxes; and 2) Adoption of a Carlsbad Municipal Water District Board of Directors resolution accepting the Annual Financial Information Report on Capital Project Funds. (Staff contact: Kim Riboni, Administrative Services) ACTION: Adopted City Council Resolution No. 2025-259; and Adopted CMWD Resolution No. 1788 – 5/0. 2. REPORT ON CITY INVESTMENTS AS OF OCT. 31, 2025 – Accept and file Report on City Investments as of Oct. 31, 2025. (Staff contact: Christian Peacox, City Treasurer, and Zach Korach, Administrative Services) ACTION: The City Council received the report – 5/0. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE CITY’S PART-TIME, UNREPRESENTED AND UNCLASSIFIED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN EMPLOYEES, REVISIONS TO THEIR CORRESPONDING SALARY SCHEDULES, AND REVISIONS TO THE UNREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PLAN, INCLUDING THE SALARY STEP PROGRAM INCLUDED IN THE FY 25-26 BUDGET – Adoption of a resolution authorizing cost-of-living adjustments for part-time, unrepresented, and unclassified Emergency Medical Technician employees, approving revisions to the City of Carlsbad Part-Time, Unrepresented and Unclassified Emergency Medical Technician Dec. 9, 2025 Page 3 Employees’ salary schedules and to the Unrepresented Employees Compensation and Benefits Plan, including the Step Program included in FY 25-26 budget, effective Jan. 1, 2026. (Staff contact: Jess Dorsey and Darrin Schwabe, Administrative Services) ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 2025-260 – 5/0. 4. AGREEMENT WITH CDW-G, LLC, FOR THE RENEWAL OF THE MICROSOFT ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT Adoption of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with CDW Government, LLC for Microsoft licensing services in an amount not to exceed $2,836,667.16 for a three-year term ending Dec. 31, 2028. (Staff contact: Maria Callander, Administrative Services) ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 2025-261 – 5/0. 5. FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 HOUSING TRUST FUND ANNUAL REPORT – Adoption of a resolution approving the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Housing Trust Fund Annual Report. (Staff contact: Mandy Mills, Community Services) ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 2025-262 – 5/0. BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBER APPOINTMENTS: None. ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION: 6. INTRODUCING AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH ALL-WAY STOP CONTROL AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE STREET AND LAGUNA DRIVE – Introduction of an ordinance amending Section 10.28.190 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code to establish all-way stop control at the intersection of State Street and Laguna Drive. (Staff contact: John Kim, Public Works) City Manager’s Recommendation: Introduce the ordinance. ACTION: Introduced Ordinance No. CS-503 – 5/0. ORDINANCES FOR ADOPTION: 7. ORDINANCE NO. CS-502 – CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION’S SUGGESTED MODIFICATIONS TO THE HOUSING ELEMENT REZONE PROGRAM AND LAND USE AND ZONING MAP CORRECTIONS – Adoption of Ordinance No. CS-502 acknowledging receipt of and approving the California Coastal Commission’s suggested modifications to the Local Coastal Program, as well as correcting mapping errors on sites 1, 2 and 4 for ZCA 2022-0004/ZC 2022-0001/AMEND 2023-0010/LCPA 2022-0015 - Housing Element Rezone Program. (Staff contact: Morgen Fry, City Clerk) City Manager’s Recommendation: Adopt Ordinance No. CS-502. ACTION: Adopted Ordinance No. CS-502 – 5/0. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None. DEPARTMENTAL AND CITY MANAGER REPORTS: 8. OPTIONS FOR THE KELLY DRIVE AND PARK DRIVE COMPLETE STREET IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, CIP PROJECT NO. 6075 – 1) Adoption of a resolution directing the City Manager to proceed with two proposed near-term measures and develop a Safe Routes to School Plan for Kelly Elementary School, which will outline additional near-term and long-term improvements; or Dec. 9, 2025 Page 4 2) Adoption of a resolution directing the City Manager to proceed with two proposed near-term measures and develop design plans and construction documents for the targeted corridor improvements. (Staff contact: Tom Frank, Public Works) City Manager’s Recommendation: Adopt a resolution. ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 2025-263 directing the City Manager to proceed with two proposed near-term measures and develop a Safe Routes to School Plan for Kelly Elementary School, which will outline additional near-term and long-term improvements – 5/0. 9. PARKING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE BARRIO – Adoption of a resolution approving the conceptual layout of perpendicular parking on Chestnut Avenue east of Madison Street, creating a new Capital Improvement Program project named the Barrio Parking Improvements Project and authorizing a budget transfer from the Barrio Street Lighting Project. (Staff Contact: Tom Frank and John Kim, Public Works) City Manager’s Recommendation: Adopt the resolution. ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 2025-264 – 5/0. 10. 2026 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM AND LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM UPDATE – 1) Adoption of a resolution approving the City of Carlsbad 2026 Legislative Platform; and 2) Direct staff to advocate for eight potential city-sponsored state legislative proposals and for federal, state and county funding for specified city projects; and 3) Receive reports on state and federal legislative and budget activity and recent and ongoing advocacy efforts and provide feedback to staff. (Staff Contact: Jason Haber, City Manager) City Manager’s Recommendation: Adopt the resolution, provide direction to staff and receive the reports. ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 2025-265, and Provided direction to staff (see Minutes for details); and Received the reports – 5/0. COUNCIL COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS: This portion of the agenda is for the City Council Members to make brief announcements, brief reports of their activities and requests for future agenda items. Minute motion by Council Member Acosta, seconded by Council Member Burkholder, directing the City Manager to place an informational item on a future agenda so that the City Council and the community can receive a report from the Police Chief on the department’s observations of recent federal activities in Carlsbad and to share with the community what our involvement has been, if any, and give the City Council an opportunity to ask questions that may help separate fact from fiction about what is happening in our community – 5/0. City Council Regional Assignments (Revised 01/14/2025) Keith Blackburn Mayor Buena Vista Lagoon JPC Chamber of Commerce Liaison (alternate) Clean Energy Alliance JPA (alternate) Economic Development Subcommittee Dec. 9, 2025 Page 5 Encina Joint Powers JAC Encina Wastewater Authority Board of Directors SANDAG Board of Directors (2nd alternate) SANDAG Shoreline Preservation Work Group (alternate) Priya Bhat-Patel Mayor Pro Tem – District 3 City/School Committee Clean Energy Alliance JPA Economic Development Subcommittee League of California Cities – SD Division (alternate) North County Transit District SANDAG Board of Directors (1st alternate) SANDAG Shoreline Preservation Work Group Melanie Burkholder Council Member – District 1 City Council Legislative Subcommittee Encina Joint Powers JAC (alternate) Encina Wastewater Authority Board of Directors (alternate) North County Dispatch Joint Powers Authority (alternate) Teresa Acosta Council Member – District 4 City Council Legislative Subcommittee City/School Committee League of California Cities – SD Division San Diego County Water Authority Kevin Shin Council Member – District 2 Buena Vista Lagoon JPC Chamber of Commerce Liaison Encina Joint Powers JAC Encina Wastewater Authority Board of Directors North County Dispatch Joint Powers Authority North County Transit District (alternate) SANDAG Board of Directors PUBLIC COMMENT: Continuation of the Public Comments This portion of the agenda is set aside for continuation of public comments, if necessary, due to exceeding the total time allotted in the first public comments section. In conformance with the Brown Act, no Council action can occur on these items. ANNOUNCEMENTS: This section of the Agenda is designated for announcements to advise the community regarding events that Members of the City Council have been invited to, and may participate in. CITY MANAGER COMMENTS: CITY ATTORNEY COMMENTS: CITY CLERK COMMENTS: ADJOURNMENT: 7:31 p.m. Dec. 9, 2025 Page 6 City Council Meeting Procedures (continued from page 1) Written Materials Written materials related to the agenda that are submitted to the City Council after the agenda packet has been published will be available for review prior to the meeting during normal business hours at the City Clerk’s office, 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive and on the city website. To review these materials during the meeting, please see the City Clerk. Visual Materials Visual materials, such as pictures, charts, maps or slides, are allowed for comments on agenda items, not general public comment. Please contact the City Manager’s Office at 442-339-2820 or manager@carlsbadca.gov to make arrangements in advance. All materials must be received by the City Manager’s Office no later than noon the day before the meeting. The time spent presenting visual materials is included in the maximum time limit provided to speakers. All materials exhibited to the City Council during the meeting are part of the public record. Please note that video presentations are not allowed. Decorum All participants are expected to conduct themselves with mutual respect. Loud, boisterous and unruly behavior can interfere with the ability of the City Council to conduct the people’s business. That’s why it is illegal to disrupt a City Council meeting. Following a warning from the presiding officer, those engaging in disruptive behavior are subject to law enforcement action.