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2026-10-27 - City Council Meeting

Summary

Built from the posted agenda; no minutes or video recorded yet, so outcomes are unknown.

  • Public hearing and first reading of an ordinance on Community Purpose Facilities in the Planned Community zone.
  • Public hearing on municipal code cleanup and a Freeway Commercial SPA Plan clarification.
  • Hearing on outdoor dining in the public right-of-way; the agenda recommends opening it and continuing to November 10, 2026.
  • Presentation and discussion of the Elite Athlete Training Center Master Plan.
  • Consent calendar includes $590,000 and $75,000 Office of Traffic Safety grants for the Police Department, police patrol vehicle purchases, a $50,000 increase to the Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley legal services agreement, the 99 D Street property purchase, and a Civic Center Building B roof repair budget amendment.
  • Fiscal year 2025-26 fourth quarter financial report with budget appropriations and a $31,007.50 Police Foundation K9 donation.
  • Councilmember Inzunza asks the council to direct a City Manager report on public safety concerns at Casa Lago Eastlake.
  • Written public comments on the agenda concern a Jewish National Fund conference planned for November 12 to 15 at the Gaylord Pacific Resort; it is not an agenda item.

Agenda

  1. Call to order, roll call, pledge and moment of silence
  2. Special orders: oaths of office for Board of Appeals and Advisors, Cultural Arts Commission and Planning Commission appointees; proclamation commending Southwestern Community College on its 65th anniversary
  3. Consent calendar (5.1 to 5.8)
    • 5.1 Minutes of the October 6, 2026 regular and special meetings
    • 5.2 Waive reading of resolution and ordinance text
    • 5.3 First amendment to legal services agreement with Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley, PC: add $50,000 and extend one year
    • 5.4 Accept and appropriate $590,000 Office of Traffic Safety Selective Traffic Enforcement Program grant (4/5 vote)
    • 5.5 Accept and appropriate $75,000 Office of Traffic Safety Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program grant (4/5 vote)
    • 5.6 Agreements with Desert Auto Group V, LLC (Ford Police Interceptor Utility) and City Chevrolet of San Diego (Chevrolet Police Blazer) for patrol vehicles
    • 5.7 Real property purchase at 99 D Street for the Lower Sweetwater Community Park Project (4/5 vote)
    • 5.8 Amend FY2026-27 CIP budgets and Measure P plan for Civic Center Building B roof repair (4/5 vote)
  4. Public comments on matters not on the agenda
  5. Public hearings
  6. Action items
    • 8.1 Items removed from the consent calendar, if any
    • 8.2 Elite Athlete Training Center Master Plan presentation and discussion
    • 8.3 Quarterly financial report for the quarter ending June 30, 2026, budget amendments (4/5 vote) and acceptance of $31,007.50 in Chula Vista Police Foundation donations for K9 operations
    • 8.4 Councilmember Inzunza: consider directing a City Manager report on public safety concerns at Casa Lago Eastlake
  7. Continued public comments, if needed
  8. City Manager's report: 10.1 Enhancing emergency communications (John Cihomsky, Chief Communications Officer, and Marlon King, Emergency Services Manager)
  9. Mayor's reports
  10. Councilmember reports: 12.1 Ratify Board of Library Trustees appointment (Councilmember Inzunza); 12.2 Ratify Charter Review Commission appointment (Councilmember Preciado)
  11. City Clerk's and City Attorney's reports
  12. Adjournment to the regular meeting of November 10, 2026, 5:00 p.m.

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