City Council
City Council Chambers 6 PM
Agenda — 38 items
- 1 Cell Phones: As a courtesy to others, please silence your cell phone or pager during the meeting and engage in conversations outside the Council Chambers. Americans with Disabilities Act: If you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk at (760) 744 1050, ext. 3145. Notification 48 hours in advance will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. Assisted listening devices are available for the hearing impaired. Please see the City Clerk if you wish to use this device. Public Comment: If you wish to address the City Council, please complete a “Request to Speak” form. Forms are located at the rear of the Council Chambers. Be sure to indicate which item number you wish to address. Comments are limited to THREE minutes, unless you meet the requirements of a formal or informal organization and have registered your organization with the City Clerk in advance. Speakers are asked to fill out a “Request to Speak” form and hand it to staff, although provision of a name, address, or other identifying information is optional. The Oral Communication segment of the agenda is for the purpose of allowing the public to address the City Council on any matter NOT listed on the agenda. Speakers are limited to one opportunity to address the Council under Oral Communications. The Oral Communication segment is split on the agenda and begins with a 15 minute timed segment during which the Council will hear as many speakers as possible. Upon the conclusion of the 15 minute timed segment, any remaining speakers will automatically be called during the continuation of the Oral Communication segment at the end of the agenda. Subject to very limited exceptions, the City Council is prohibited by state law from discussing or taking action on items NOT listed on the Agenda. However, they may refer the matter to staff for a future report and recommendation. If you wish to speak under “Oral Communications,” please complete a “Request to Speak” form as noted above in advance of the start of that portion of the meeting. Meeting Schedule and Broadcast Information: Regular City Council meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:00 pm in the Council Chambers. City meetings are broadcast LIVE on San Marcos Community Television (SMTV) on Cox Channel 19, Time Warner Channel 24 and AT&T Channel 99. Meetings are also streamed live and archived online at www.san marcos.net. Agenda related writings or documents provided to a majority of the City Council after distribution of the agenda packet will be available for public inspection at the time of distribution in the City Clerk Department located on the second floor of City Hall, 1 Civic Center Drive, San Marcos, CA during normal business hours. The same materials are also posted online at www.san marcos.net as time permits.
- 2 PAGE BREAK
- 3 CALL TO ORDER
- 4 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
- 5 INVOCATION
- 6 ROLL CALL
- 7 PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
- 8 A. SMILE Award- Deputy Mayor Sannella
- 9 CONSENT CALENDAR
- 1. WAIVER OF TEXT. This item is to waive the reading of the text of all ordinances and resolutions introduced and adopted at this meeting. Ordinances and resolutions shall be introduced or adopted by title.
- 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
- 3. APPROVAL OF WARRANTS
- 4. RESOLUTION NO. 2025-9510 - CANCELLATION OF THE NOVEMBER 25, 2025 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
- 5. RESOLUTION NO. 2025-9511 - EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS PURSUANT TO COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT POLICY, EVENT TICKET APPROVAL
- 6. DECLARE VACANCIES ON VARIOUS BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS
- 7. ORDINANCE NO. 2025-1566 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 5 (BUSINESS REGULATIONS), CHAPTER 5.55 (TOBACCO RETAIL LICENSE) AND CHAPTER 5.04 SECTION 5.04.110 (UNIFORM LICENSING PROCEDURES) OF THE SAN MARCOS MUNICIPAL CODE
- 8. ORDINANCE NO. 2025-1567 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE AMENDING SAN MARCOS MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 12.25 TO CODIFY THE PROHIBITION AGAINST PERSONS UNDER AGE 12 OPERATING A CLASS 1 OR CLASS 2 ELECTRIC BICYCLE
- 9. RESOLUTION NO. 2025-9512 - AWARDING CONTRACTS TO STERTIL-KONI USA INC. AND SOUTHWEST LIFT & EQUIPMENT, INC., RESPECTIVELY, FOR THE PURCHASE, DELIVERY, AND INSTALLATION OF AN IN-GROUND TANDEM AXLE HEAVY EQUIPMENT LIFT, AND DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE, FINALIZE, AND EXECUTE SAID CONTRACTS AND ANY RELATED DOCUMENTS
- 10. FINAL MAP APPROVAL FOR TENTATIVE SUBDIVISION MAP 22-0002 FOR PALOMA TOWNHOMES, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
- 20 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
- 21 ORDINANCES
- 11. ORDINANCE NOS. 2025-1569 & 2025-1570 - AMENDING SAN MARCOS MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 17.64 TO ADOPT THE 2025 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE AND DECLARING LOCAL CONDITIONS TO AMEND CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE SAME, AND ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2025 CALIFORNIA WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE CODE AND THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE CODE AND DECLARING LOCAL CONDITIONS TO AMEND CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE SAME TO BE THE SAN MARCOS FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE CODE
- 23 PUBLIC HEARINGS
- 12. ORDINANCE NO. 2025-1568 - AMENDING TITLE 20 OF THE SAN MARCOS MUNICIPAL CODE TO COMPREHENSIVELY UPDATE THE ZONING ORDINANCE/TITLE 20 OF THE SAN MARCOS MUNICIPAL CODE AND FINDING THAT SAID AMENDMENT IS EXEMPT FROM REVIEW UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
- 13. ORDINANCE NO. 2025-1571 - SECOND EXTENSION OF AN INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, CALIFORNIA, IMPOSING A TEMPORARY CITY-WIDE MORATORIUM ON THE CONVERSION/CHANGE OF ANY MOBILEHOME PARK EXISTING IN THE CITY FROM A PARK OCCUPIED PRIMARILY OR EXCLUSIVELY BY RESIDENTS AGED 55 YEARS OR OLDER TO A MOBILEHOME PARK ALLOWING RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES, TO TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY
- 26 NEW BUSINESS
- 14. CITY COUNCIL POLICY NO. 2025-14- POLICY FOR THE COUNCIL RECOGNITION (SMILE) AWARD PROGRAM
- 28 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - CONTINUED
- 29 REPORTS (Including AB 1234 Reporting Requirements - GC 53232.3(d))
- 15. SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS REPORT (MAYOR JONES)
- 16. LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES REPORT (COUNCILMEMBER MUSGROVE)
- 17. NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT REPORT (DEPUTY MAYOR SANNELLA)
- 18. NORTH COUNTY DISPATCH JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY REPORT (COUNCILMEMBER LEBLANG)
- 19. CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE REPORT (COUNCILMEMBER NUÑEZ)
- 20. CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS VISITS
- 36 COUNCIL COMMENTARY
- 37 ADJOURNMENT
- 38 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss. CITY OF SAN MARCOS ) I, Phillip Scollick, City Clerk of the City of San Marcos, hereby certify that I caused the posting of this agenda in the glass display case at the north entrance of City Hall and on the City's website on November 6, 2025, 5:30 p.m. Date: November 6, 2025 Phillip Scollick, City Clerk