City of Chula Vista

Regular Meeting of the City Council

Meeting Minutes

Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 5:00 P.m. - 6:00 P.m.

Council Chambers, 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista, CA

Present:

• Deputy Mayor Cardenas, 
• Councilmember Galvez, 
• Councilmember McCann, 
• Councilmember Padilla, 
• and Mayor Casillas Salas

Also Present:

• City Manager Kachadoorian, 
• City Attorney Googins, 
• City Clerk Bigelow, 
• and Assistant City Clerk Turner

The City Council minutes are prepared and ordered to correspond to the City Council Agenda. Agenda items may be taken out of order during the meeting.

The agenda items were considered in the order presented.

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1.

CALL TO ORDER

A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Chula Vista was called to order at 5:08 p.m. via teleconference and in the Council Chambers, located in City Hall, 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista, California.

2.

ROLL CALL

City Clerk Bigelow called the roll.

3.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AND MOMENT OF SILENCE

Councilmember Padilla led the Pledge of Allegiance.

4.

CONSENT CALENDAR (Items 4.1 through 4.9)

Councilmember McCann stated he would abstain from voting on Items 4.5 and 4.7 due to a potential property-related conflict of interest.

Councilmember Galvez spoke regarding Items 4.7 and 4.8, thanking staff for their efforts.

• Moved by Councilmember Galvez
  Seconded by Mayor Casillas Salas

  To approve the recommended actions appearing below consent calendar Items 4.1 through 4.4, 4.6, and 4.8 through 4.9. The headings were read, text waived. The motion carried by the following vote:

  Yes (5)

  Mayor Casillas Salas, Councilmember Galvez, Councilmember Padilla, Councilmember McCann, and Deputy Mayor Cardenas

  Result, Carried (5 to 0)
• Moved by Councilmember Galvez
  Seconded by Mayor Casillas Salas

  To approve the recommended actions appearing below consent calendar Items 4.5 and 4.7. The headings were read, text waived. The motion carried by the following vote:

  Yes (4)	Mayor Casillas Salas, Councilmember Galvez, Councilmember Padilla, and Deputy Mayor Cardenas
  Abstain (1)	Councilmember McCann

  Result, Carried (4 to 0)

4.1

Approval of Meeting Minutes

• Approve the minutes dated: April 26,2022, May 3, 10, 17 and 24, 2022, and June 7, 14 and 14 (Special), 2022.

4.2

Waive Reading of Text of Resolutions and Ordinances

• Approve a motion to read only the title and waive the reading of the text of all resolutions and ordinances at this meeting.

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4.3

Consideration of Requests for Excused Absences

• Consider requests for excused absences as appropriate. No requests were received at that meeting.

4.4

Employee Compensation and Positions: Adopt an Ordinance to Update the List of Unclassified City Position Titles (Second Reading)

• Adopt an ordinance amending Chula Vista Municipal Code Section 2.05.010 to add the unclassified position title of Development Project Manager and delete the position title of Bayfront Development Project Manager. (Second Reading) (4/5 Vote Required)

  Item 4.4 heading:

  ORDINANCE NO. 3526 OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2.05.010 ADDING THE UNCLASSIFIED POSITION TITLE OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGER AND DELETING THE POSITION TITLE OF BAYFRONT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGER (Second Reading) (4/5 VOTE REQUIRED)

  
  

4.5

Grant Submittals: Authorize the Submittal of Three Active Transportation Program Grant Applications to SANDAG

• Adopt a resolution authorizing the submittal of three Active Transportation Program grant applications to the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) for the (1) F Street Promenade – Phase 2, (2) Bayshore Bikeway – Lagoon Drive to H Street, and (3) Trails Master Plan projects, and state the City’s assurance to complete the projects.

  Item 4.5 heading:

  RESOLUTION NO. 2022-229 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM – CYCLE 6 GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR: (1) THE F STREET PROMENADE -PHASE 2 PROJECT; (2) THE BAYSHORE BIKEWAY FROM LAGOON DRIVE TO H STREET PROJECT; AND (3) TRAILS MASTER PLAN; AND STATING THE CITY’S ASSURANCE TO COMPLETE THE PROJECTS

  
  

4.6

Grant Award and Appropriation: Accept Grant Funds from California Office of Traffic Safety for Selective Traffic Enforcement Program

William Rhatigan

On behalf of the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition, I’m writing to support Chula Vista’s applications for Active Transportation Program funding for the F Street Promenade, Bayshore Bikeway– Lagoon Drive to H Street, and Trails Master Plan. We have been advocating for better bicycle infrastructure and policy for thirty years, and each of these excellent projects would fulfill one of our major goals for the San Diego Region. The F Street Promenade would fulfill our goal of connecting major destinations to transit with safe active transportation routes. Chula Vista invested millions of dollars in making 3rd Ave a vibrant pedestrian friendly-street, but it remains largely inaccessible via the Blue Line Trolley, as there is no safe connection between 3rd Ave. and the E St. Station. This project would make that key connection, which would bring tremendous economic and safety benefits to Chula Vista’s urban core. The Bayshore Bikeway Lagoon Dr. to H St. project would help fulfill our thirty-year vision of completing a continuous Class I bike path around San Diego Bay, closing one of the last remaining sections in the network. Finally, the Trails Master Plan will set Chula on a path towards a fully connected network of safe off-street trails citywide, especially as the City continues developing towards the East. Again, the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition is hugely supportive of all three of these applications, and we’d like to help ensure they gain funding in anyway we can.

• Adopt a resolution accepting $510,000 from the California Office of Traffic Safety and appropriating $385,095 to the Police Grants Section of the Federal Grants Fund for the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program. (4/5 Vote Required)

  Item 4.6 heading:

  RESOLUTION NO. 2022-230 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING GRANT FUNDS FROM THE CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY FOR THE SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM AND APPROPRIATING FUND THEREFOR (4/5 VOTE REQUIRED)

  
  

4.7

Agreement: Approve a Two-Party Agreement with KTUA for Design, Pre-Construction, and Construction Administration for Eucalyptus Park Renovations

• Adopt a resolution approving a two-party agreement with KTUA for design, pre-construction, and construction administration for Eucalyptus Park renovations.

  Item 4.7 heading:

  RESOLUTION NO. 2022-231 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND KTUA FOR DESIGN, PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION FOR EUCALYPTUS PARK RENOVATIONS

  
  

4.8

Agreement: Approve a Two-Party Agreement with DeLorenzo International, Inc. for Design, Pre-Construction, and Construction Administration for Patty Davis Park Renovations

• Adopt a resolution approving a two-party agreement with DeLorenzo International, Inc. for design, pre-construction, and construction administration for Patty Davis Park.

  Item 4.8 heading:

  RESOLUTION NO 2022-232 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND DELORENZO INTERNATIONAL, INC. FOR DESIGN, PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION FOR PATTY DAVIS PARK

  
  

4.9

Purchase Agreements: Approve a Purchase Agreement with South Coast Fire Equipment and a 10-Year Lease Purchase Agreement with JP Morgan Chase Bank for Two Pierce Fire Engine Pumper Apparatuses and One Tiller Drawn Aerial Apparatus

• Adopt a resolution approving a sole source purchase agreement with South Coast Fire Equipment for two Pierce Fire Engine Pumper Apparatuses and one Tiller Drawn Aerial in the amount of $3,986,966.63 and a 10-year lease-purchase agreement with JP Morgan Chase Bank for said purchase.

  Item 4.9 heading:

  RESOLUTION NO 2022-233 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA APPROVING A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE WITH SOUTH COAST FIRE EQUIPMENT AND A 10-YEAR LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. FOR THE ACQUISITION OF TWO (2) PIERCE ENGINE PUMPERS AND ONE (1) TILLER DRAWN AERIAL AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE FINAL PURCHASE AND LEASE AGREEMENT

  
  

5.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

Amanda Guzman

As a resident and renter here in Chula Vista I believe that renters should have more protections. Chula Vista received over 32 million dollars in rental assistance to eliminate housing insecurity for renters due the pandemic but now are losing their homes because of no fault evictions.

Brandon Claypool, Chula Vista resident,  spoke regarding homelessness.

John Acosta spoke regarding the condition of sidewalks in West Chula Vista and homelessness.

Gina spoke regarding shared a video and spoke regarding code violations related to fences. 

6.

ACTION ITEMS

6.1

Measure P: Presentation of an Update on the Measure P Sales Tax Fund Expenditure Plan for Infrastructure, Facilities, and Equipment

Will Rhatigan

On behalf of the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition, I’m writing to support Chula Vista’s applications for Active Transportation Program funding for the F Street Promenade, Bayshore Bikeway– Lagoon Drive to H Street, and Trails Master Plan. We have been advocating for better bicycle infrastructure and policy for thirty years, and each of these excellent projects would fulfill one of our major goals for the San Diego Region. The F Street Promenade would fulfill our goal of connecting major destinations to transit with safe active transportation routes. Chula Vista invested millions of dollars in making 3rd Ave a vibrant pedestrian friendly-street, but it remains largely inaccessible via the Blue Line Trolley, as there is no safe connection between 3rd Ave. and the E St. Station. This project would make that key connection, which would bring tremendous economic and safety benefits to Chula Vista’s urban core. The Bayshore Bikeway Lagoon Dr. to H St. project would help fulfill our thirty-year vision of completing a continuous Class I bike path around San Diego Bay, closing one of the last remaining sections in the network. Finally, the Trails Master Plan will set Chula on a path towards a fully connected network of safe off-street trails citywide, especially as the City continues developing towards the East. Again, the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition is hugely supportive of all three of these applications, and we’d like to help ensure they gain funding in anyway we can.

Deputy City Manager Broughton gave a presentation on the item and responded to questions of the Council.

Joseph Razo spoke in support of communication with the utility companies.

6.2

Tenant Protections: Consideration of an Ordinance Regarding Local Tenant Protections to Address No-Fault Just Cause Terminations of Tenancy and Harassment

Karen

This is an abomination to our justice system!

Carolyn Scofield

The stability that this ordinance provides for tenants in our community is essential to their's and our city's economic recovery.

Willow Lark

My name is Willow and I am a member of ACCE and PSL. I strongly support having tenant protections in the city of Chula Vista. The costs of rent are skyrocketing and Chula Vista is becoming unaffordable and gentrified beyond recognition from the community many of its longtime residents once knew. Landlords are aware that it's more profitable to evict tenants and raise the rental price of the unit than to maintain homes to a livable standard and keep their tenants housed. This is an eviction loophole we must close if we as a community want to solve the housing crisis in Chula Vista and San Diego County. Every politician talks about finding solutions to the homelessness problem in San Diego County, but they completely disregard that the best solution is to prevent homelessness from happening in the first place-- by (1) acknowledging housing as a human right rather than a commodity, and (2) passing laws which support and incentivize keeping people in their homes. It is not a personal failing of renters when they are evicted due to no fault of their own, but it is a serious failing of the system when landlords are able to get richer when homelessness and the cost of living are already out of control. Two months worth of relocation assistance and barring landlords from harassing their tenants in the process is the bare minimum we should be enforcing landlords to honor when they are physically uprooting families from their homes and claim it to be at no fault of their tenants.

Kathy Hardy

According to a new report discussed on the front page of today’s Union Tribune, the number of people falling into homelessness for the first time is outpacing the number of homeless who find housing in San Diego County each month. This is NOT acceptable! Chula Vista should be on the forefront and do what it can to help our most vulnerable. It is imperative that the City Council vote to protect tenants and prevent even more residents fro slipping into homelessness through no fault of their own.

Concerned Citizen

In reading over the fiscal impact, there is no breakdown that provides the estimated annual costs for this new service. What funding sources are being used to paying for this? Is it taking money away from developing housing or providing housing services to our community?

Rosalia Ojeda

En mi opinión pienso que el costo de vivienda ya está demasiado excesivo hoy en día me siento angustiada por el incremento ya que soy mamá soltera y tengo que costear sola los gastos tanto de mi hijo como míos!! es preocupante porque ahora no solo es el aumento si no también exigen una aseguradora que coste cualquier cosa que suceda no solo adentro si no afuera d la vivienda … yo soy una persona que solo cuenta con un sueldo lo cual apenas alcanza y con estos incrementos empiezo a estresarme y a pensar cómo voy hacer para pagar tantos pagos .. Quisiera que se pudiera poner un alto ya que está siendo esto demasiado excesivo más para mamás cómo yo que solo contamos con un sueldo es momento de que la gente(Dueños,Propetarios,)piense que es difícil para las personas d bajos recursos no puede costear una vivienda a estos altos precios mes a mes .. Con toda la esperanza espero que haya un cambio para poder forjar un espacio tranquilo sin angustia para nuestras familias.. Gracias por su atención ..

Erika Jimenez

The benefits provided by this ordinance in comparison of what is already covered in State law is not enough to justify the bureaucracy created by this program and the economic burden that will be placed on both the residential providers and on tax payers who will have to pay for this program from the General Fund. There is a financial impact to the City that is not fully vetted. Let landlord tenant issues remain under the State's authority.

Victor

I greatly support the cause for tenants

America diaz

Actualmente vivo en el area de Chula Vista y quiero expresar mi inconformidad con el aumento de rentas excesivas y el aumento de ellas en tan poco tiempo una persona con un solo empleo no le alcanza para subsistir ni pagar lo básico en su hogar.

Carlos Hernandez

I support stronger tenant protections in Chula Vista. It is a myth that rent prices are driven by a low supply of housing in California. There are 1.2 million vacant units sitting empty across California that are too expensive for tenants to afford. Rents are too expensive because landlords want to continue increasing their profits and we are not regulating them in the same way that we regulate every other business. What bad landlords are doing is that they are displacing families that have lived in Chula Vista for decades, some their whole lives, at no fault of their own. Hiking up the rent in the process. They are making 2-3 times as much in rental income from the next tenant. In the span of a couple of months, these families are now facing having to pay security deposits that can be as expensive as $10,000. No one has that kind of money lying around. This policy will prevent homelessness, instead of sleeping in cars, motel rooms, or living in friends' living rooms, they will now be more capable to pay a new security deposit and rehome their family. At the end of the day, life long Chula Vistians are still being uprooted from their communities and this protection only scratches the surface of what is necessary to tame the housing crisis we have allowed to go unchecked. If these landlords wouldn't be doing anything wrong, they wouldn't have a problem with a policy designed to prevent harassment and homelessness.

Pedro Rios

This proposed Tenant Protection Ordinance is important, however, I encourage the City Council to strengthen it so that it protects as many people as possible. Since the City Council has not done nearly enough to support those at risk of being houseless, it must seek protection of those vulnerable to losing a home. Housing insecurity should not become synonymous with the City of Chula Vista. It now has the dubious distinction of having evicted many houseless people from a local park without offering a substantive plan to protect them. Our children and families should be treated with dignity and respect.

Margaret Baker

South Bay People Power supports a strong Tenant Protection Ordinance with permanent protections against no-fault evictions and protections against harassment. Cities throughout CA have enacted important protections to ensure renters are not displaced or harassed. Similar reasonable protections are long overdue in Chula Vista. The proposed ordinance is an essential step to ensure that renters are able to live in our community with respect.

Angeli Forster

cuz they welcome investors, so they can build & build & build= large supply = lower rents! So go ahead & push us & we will run away from hostile California big govt bullies ! Your renters are the losers. So sad. ' style='font-weight: normal; width:100%;' >Pls put yourself in the shoes of those mom & pops who want to invest & provide housing. With such unfriendly hostile regulations, who in their right mind would take the risk? Better to run away & go to friendlier states. That's why rents are lower in these states > cuz they welcome investors, so they can build & build & build= large supply = lower rents! So go ahead & push us & we will run away from hostile California big govt bullies ! Your renters are the losers. So sad.

louis noriega

Based on the last meeting, the rationale to have an ordinance was because of a few and not the majority. We have been providing housing in Chula Vista for the the last 40 years. This ordinance will make us leave this industry in Chula Vista.

T. Matthews

As a resident of Chula Vista, I am very concerned about the Council adopting the newest version of the Tenant Protection Ordinance and what it will do to the concerted efforts of addressing our rental housing shortage and affordability. Please stop trying to take away my rights as a property owner, business owner, and property manager. This ordinance will scare off the creation of much-needed additional housing. With no supply and unprecedented demand, tenants will have a more challenging time finding a place to rent, let alone at an exuberant cost. Rental property owners will decide they've had enough interference and remove their property from the rental market, creating displaced and homeless families. Rental property owners will be deterred from undertaking needed renovations, which hurts the tenants who live in these properties and the neighborhood's livability. How can an owner receive a monetary penalty without disclosing the cause or correction? How many lawsuits is the City willing to entertain? Provisions in the ordinance meant to prevent harassment of tenants would deter property owners from dealing with tenants who cause nuisances while penalizing neighbors who would have to live with unchecked issues. I implore the City of Chula Vista Council Members and Mayor to find ways to address tenant issues by enforcing existing laws rather than enacting new ones. Please stop being part of the problem and start being part of the solution. Thank you!

Mobilehome Resident

This ordinance update does not protect mobilehome residents. The mobilehome community is required to pay an annual fee to receive rent protections. However, the City is establishing new protections free of charge regardless of income levels. It seems discriminatory to make some residents pay for a service and others do not have to pay.

Michael G.

Instead of creating more red tape programs, Housing staff needs to concentrate on not losing and applying for valuable monies to help the homeless.

James Marvel

I urge the Chula Vista City Council to support the ordinance to provide some greater protections to residential tenants in comparison to the State law. The State law left gaps which can allow tenants to suffer at the hands of some bad faith landlords. With an on-going housing crisis in the State since the 1980s, these reasonable protections are overdue. Please support and pass the ordinance.

mark bennett

Hi there. I am an owner of a condo in Chula Vista and I am against the Tenant Protection Ordinance. This ordinance will add more Red Tape and Liability for Housing Providers. We already have laws protecting renters. Thank you, Mark Bennett

Colleen Thompson

AGAINST Residential Landlord & Tenant Ordinance 1. The relocation framework will discourage housing providers from keeping rents below market or not taking the max rent increase each year. The amount should be based on contract rent so it is not punitive to property owners who choose to keep rents low. 2. The limitations on substantial remodels ignore the needs of aging housing stock in the City. By requiring the work take at least 60 days, housing providers will have to do more work and keep a unit off the market longer than needed. This will hurt people looking for housing. 3. The ordinance is complicated and cumbersome, and requires housing providers send copies of all notices to the city. 4. Laws and remedies already exist that protect against bad actors; this ordinance is a broad-brush approach that will impact all rental providers. 5. The harassment section is one-sided and does nothing to protect housing providers from the same treatment.

Don Eklund

We self-manage 79 units in 5 complexes in Chula Vista for over 20 years. The proposed ordinance will continue to increase rents for all Chula Vista renters. Please reconsider the “Substantial Remodel” language, it will discourage reinvestment into Chula Vista’s older housing.

Karen Washam

I am the property manager for 153 units in CV. I oppose this ordinance. Things are returning to normal after Covid and landlords should not face new restrictions to terminate a tenancy. Most landlords terminate tenancies when the resident is breaking rules and causing problems., Not to just do it. So other tenants suffer too - the good tenants. We have enough restrictions in place already and they have the right to be heard in a court of law. City needs to stay out of housing business.

Gabriel

I am in support of the ordinance, although the I am encouraging the City Council to improve the ordinance as it can be made stronger. The residents of Chula Vista should not have to struggle with Housing Insecurity our children and families should be treated with dignity and respect not as a number or a dollar sign.

Margaret Casserly

I am opposed to this ordinance. There are already sufficient protections for residents in place. These are private properties that you are trying to legislate, and if you keep being punitive towards property owners, we will all cease to be landlords, meaning properties will come off the rental market for good. The more government interferes with private business the worse things get...please stop.

Robert Stiehle

AGAINST Residential Landlord & Tenant Ordinance 1. The relocation framework will discourage housing providers from keeping rents below market or not taking the max rent increase each year. The amount should be based on contract rent so it is not punitive to property owners who choose to keep rents low. 2. The limitations on substantial remodels ignore the needs of aging housing stock in the City. By requiring the work take at least 60 days, housing providers will have to do more work and keep a unit off the market longer than needed. This will hurt people looking for housing. 3. The ordinance is complicated and cumbersome, and requires housing providers send copies of all notices to the city. 4. Laws and remedies already exist that protect against bad actors; this ordinance is a broad-brush approach that will impact all rental providers. 5. The harassment section is one-sided and does nothing to protect housing providers from the same treatment.

Patricia Nelson

AGAINST Residential Landlord & Tenant Ordinance 1. The relocation framework will discourage housing providers from keeping rents below market or not taking the max rent increase each year. The amount should be based on contract rent so it is not punitive to property owners who choose to keep rents low. 2. The limitations on substantial remodels ignore the needs of aging housing stock in the City. By requiring the work take at least 60 days, housing providers will have to do more work and keep a unit off the market longer than needed. This will hurt people looking for housing. 3. The ordinance is complicated and cumbersome, and requires housing providers send copies of all notices to the city. 4. Laws and remedies already exist that protect against bad actors; this ordinance is a broad-brush approach that will impact all rental providers. 5. The harassment section is one-sided and does nothing to protect housing providers from the same treatment.

David Nelson

AGAINST Residential Landlord & Tenant Ordinance 1. The relocation framework will discourage housing providers from keeping rents below market or not taking the max rent increase each year. The amount should be based on contract rent so it is not punitive to property owners who choose to keep rents low. 2. The limitations on substantial remodels ignore the needs of aging housing stock in the City. By requiring the work take at least 60 days, housing providers will have to do more work and keep a unit off the market longer than needed. This will hurt people looking for housing. 3. The ordinance is complicated and cumbersome, and requires housing providers send copies of all notices to the city. 4. Laws and remedies already exist that protect against bad actors; this ordinance is a broad-brush approach that will impact all rental providers. 5. The harassment section is one-sided and does nothing to protect housing providers from the same treatment.

Sharon Fogg

The proposed rental ordinance is not fair to owners/landlords who risk money, and provide housing for others. This ordnance is a disincentive to own any property in Chula Vista, ever. Tenants and landlords should have equal opportunities and equal rights. Landlords offer properties for rent, and tenants PAY rent on time and uphold all parts of a rental agreement. Vote NO on this horrible Chula Vista Tenant Ordinance. I will never buy property in Chula Vista.

John Modlin

I am opposed to this ordinance. There are already sufficient protections for residents in place. These are private properties that you are trying to legislate, and if you keep being punitive towards property owners, we will all cease to be landlords, meaning properties will come off the rental market for good. I don't see you punsihing gas stations for high gas prices, or grocery stores for the high cost of foods. Legislation like this is why ccities like San Francisco and Los Angeles already have some of the highest prices in the country, WITH rent control. Quit pandering to one group over another and be leaders for everyone in your city.

Councilmember McCann stated he would abstain from voting on the item due to a potential property-related conflict of interest and he left the dais during the discussion and voting on the item.

Management Analyst Barnard, Deputy City Attorney McClurg, Housing Manager Kurz, and Gary Williams, representing Luth Research, gave a presentation on the item and answered questions of the Council.

Mayor Casillas Salas recessed the meeting at 7:12 p.m. The Council reconvened at 7:28 p.m., with all members present, except Councilmember McCann.

The following members of the public spoke in support of staff's recommendation:

• Gilberto Vera
• Tammy Alvarado, Chula Vista resident
• Patricia Duran
• Gabriel Guzman, Chula Vista resident
• Arianna Martinez
• Eduardo Saldivar, Chula Vista resident
• Silvia Saldivar, Chula Vista resident
• Elizabeth Vizcarra, Chula Vista resident
• Miriam Goff, Chula Vista resident
• Cristian Mejia
• Jose Lopez, representing  Alliance of California for Community Empowerment (ACCE)
• Rafael Bautista, representing San Diego Tenants Union

The following members of the public spoke in opposition to staff's recommendation:

• Eric Sutton, and he also spoke on behalf of Myra Swanson and Pat Russiano
• Lea Cruz, Chula Vista resident
• Manny Aguirre, Chula Vista resident
• George Ching, Chula Vista resident
• Ginger Gibbs
• Dolores Sexton, Chula Vista resident
• Elaine Lucca, Chula Vista resident
• Joseph Raso, and he also spoke on behalf of Mary Raso and Earl Jentz
• Molly Kirkland, representing San Diego Rental Housing Association
• Sam Calvano
• Richard Dascoli

The following members of the public submitted written communications in support of staff's recommendation:

• Carolyn Scofield
• Willow Lark
• Kathy Hardy
• Rosalia Ojeda
• Victor
• America Diaz
• Carlos Hernandez
• Pedro Rios
• Margaret Baker
• James Marvel
• Amanda Guzman
• Gabriel
• William Rhatigan
• Will Rhatigan

The following members of the public submitted written communications in opposition to staff's recommendation:

• Karen
• Erika Jimenez
• Angeli Forster
• Louis Noriega
• T. Matthews
• Mobilehome Resident
• Michael G.
• Mark Bennett
• Colleen Thompson
• Don Eklund
• Karen Washam
• Margaret Casserly
• Robert Stiehle
• Patricia Nelson
• David Nelson
• Sharon Fogg
• John Modlin

The following members of the public submitted written communications expressing a neutral position on staff's recommendation:

• Concerned Citizen

William Snell spoke in support of more housing in the City. 

The following members of the public submitted a request to speak on the item but were not present when called upon.

• Martha Cisnero
• Maria Reyes

Council discussion ensued.

• Moved by Mayor Casillas Salas
  Seconded by Councilmember Padilla

  To place the above ordinance on first reading as amended to add "or email" to sections 9.65.070(B)(1)(3) and 9.65.070(C)(5) and to revise Section 9.65.070 to add "or otherwise sold or transferred to a bona fide 3rd party.” The heading was read, text waived. The motion carried by the following vote:

  Yes (3)	Mayor Casillas Salas, Councilmember Padilla, and Deputy Mayor Cardenas
  No (1)	Councilmember Galvez
  Abstain (1)	Councilmember McCann

  Result, Carried (3 to 1)

  Item 6.2 heading:

  ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA ADDING CHAPTER 9.65 TO THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH RESIDENTIAL TENANT PROTECTIONS (FIRST READING)

   

  
  

7.

CITY MANAGER’S REPORTS

There was none

8.

MAYOR’S REPORTS

There were none.

9.

COUNCILMEMBERS’ COMMENTS

There were none.

10.

CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORTS

There were none.

11.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting was adjourned at 9:33  p.m.

Minutes prepared by: Tyshar Turner, Assistant City Clerk