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Finance Director Christina Holmes presented background on the user-fee study and recent changes. Holmes said a consultant's 2024 review led council to move many direct-benefit fees to full cost recovery and authorized the city manager to adjust fees annually by the prior-year percentage change in the San Diego County CPI. \"Because a full year of fees have not been collected under the new fee schedule, staff are recommending postponing that consumer price index adjustment of 3.1%,\" Holmes said; staff will return with a full-year analysis around October 2025.

Holmes then summarized the third-quarter financial results. Key points included:

- General fund operating revenues were at 64% of budget through March 2025; operating expenses were at 73%.
- Sales tax, the largest general-fund revenue source (39% of budget), trended slightly below March 2024 but the city's overall revenues increased versus the prior year by approximately $6.6 million.
- Property tax increased by about 3.9% (roughly $797,310) and other tax revenues rose due to franchise-fee timing and the Palomar energy plant returning to operation.
- Intergovernmental revenue was up, driven in part by mutual-aid reimbursements for state deployments (about $1,038,622 recorded through March 2025).
- The City's Section 115 pension trust balance was reported at $35.8 million (1-year rate of return of about 5%) and the general-fund target reserve (25% of operating revenue) was noted as roughly $33.2 million.

Council members agreed staff should postpone the CPI adjustment and return after a full year of data collection. They also received and filed the financial report.

Actions taken: council accepted staff recommendation to delay the CPI-based user-fee adjustment and received and filed the fiscal year 2024-25 third-quarter financial status report ending March 31, 2025.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Escondido City Council Meeting - May 14, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Councilors agreed to postpone a CPI-based user fee adjustment while staff collect a full year of post-fee-change data. The council also received and filed the third-quarter (ending March 31, 2025) financial status report showing revenue increases in several categories and existing reserves.","taxTitle","Escondido, San Diego County, California","taxId",2842,"location","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_47":80,"_49":81,"_51":82,"_53":83,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":84,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":85,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6555839,"Escondido council receives 2024 general plan annual progress report; housing and transportation progress highlighted",625,546000,1171000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3337076-d4ba73353064a3887c3f0c95a82b6120&start=546&end=1171","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3337076-d4ba73353064a3887c3f0c95a82b6120/thumbnail_546000.jpg","/articles/6555839/Escondido/San-Diego-County/California/Escondido-council-receives-2024-general-plan-annual-progress-report-housing-and-transportation-progress-highlighted","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6555839-fd3e7f267f2ecb708c7b44d260e92b46/orig.mp4?Expires=1770446789&Signature=j79DFlG-eOXZP3fT1V2kjB2v8t1Pqlx5UFtPfngtEoS~mIfUkgp0PcXQJYx863opuu22fVodAVpkeDq5TiDn8ZJNmhKHLKjcntFj4KOs9fp8GCnpe-fT5D4sZ7I6BUrsBsoNttCBcuihe~hadtdihnAPYgkbThhhoV5adqahIe7aippBjulJWTCO8bbm2lk114fLChnGBHRArQjtmSo7aJH99I6e3GPpnA0Po5oM1MxaYlbSfWUIJjQycIKIt1pfLi8VLzT-ba5fJvHoIzA7llSzs0N0Yorzl27IQPBMRwDKQT972KzkFggrdrJgBuWySRWw0b4uibHgJcy1TRuEpA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City planning staff presented the City of Escondido's 2024 General Plan Annual Progress Report (APR) and the City Council voted to receive and file the informational presentation.

Planning analyst Priscilla Reldan explained the APR is California'required reporting that summarizes the city's progress on General Plan goals and milestones. \"Since 1965, California state law has required cities and counties to provide implementation progress on the general plan,\" Reldan said, and she noted that this APR is informational: the request before the council was to receive and file the presentation and post the report online.

Reldan highlighted key accomplishments from 2024:

- Housing progress toward the Regional Housing Needs Allocation: 23% of above-moderate, 3% of moderate, 12% of low, and 8% of very-low income units reported toward targets.
- Major and pipeline development: Palomar Heights, Queen Street Senior apartments (near the transit center), 555 West Grand and Northeast Gateway near Dixon Lake were noted as projects either beginning construction or under construction.
- Transportation and capital improvements: work continued on the comprehensive active transportation strategy (CATS); 24 capital improvement projects proceeded in 2024, including Kit Carson Park softball field re-fencing and Grand Avenue Phase 2 streetscape improvements. Citro Colorado Parkway extension was reported at nearly 99% complete and open to the public.
- Community services and library redevelopment: more than 15,000 soccer participants, over 200,000 library visits and completion of planning and design for the library redevelopment; library construction is set to begin in 2025 with a satellite location at North County Mall to operate through spring 2026.

Reldan said staff will submit the APR to the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) and the Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation and make the report available on the city's website. Council members thanked staff for the summary and noted the volume of public-service activity captured by the APR.

Action taken: the City Council received and filed the 2024 General Plan Annual Progress Report; no regulatory action was requested.","Staff presented the 2024 General Plan Annual Progress Report, which city staff will post online and send to the San Diego Association of Governments and the Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation; council received and filed the informational report.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_47":92,"_49":93,"_51":94,"_53":95,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":96,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":97,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6555844,"City approves short-form rent increases for Greencrest and Eastwood Meadows mobile home parks",1618,3343000,4961000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3337076-d4ba73353064a3887c3f0c95a82b6120&start=3343&end=4961","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3337076-d4ba73353064a3887c3f0c95a82b6120/thumbnail_3343000.jpg","/articles/6555844/Escondido/San-Diego-County/California/City-approves-short-form-rent-increases-for-Greencrest-and-Eastwood-Meadows-mobile-home-parks","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6555844-56d28727be2b9e7343a3412e6e696e02/orig.mp4?Expires=1770446789&Signature=ZcwwcyEPn9HLsQHqXlv0t3vO4Z44YfhkEWAPdwegGZ1V~lB7Vhn7vrJ~kcg-FgEJYmk93Zu3XIo8NnDlH-p-610ewr4hQnw~Jy~D9fJZyxtIhfu~XnrwMym17U4xlQ833YkFd7z6Bviwo4DUS~wC6Z6pqif1lS0dK6KvoKxIqABVwKqPRv4GgOCSCSWu0s~BC-DgQ3XQQ2ycWW2bivIGDz~ViCs8PWLL5aLsFnCQSsvWz73MHuSA6j7-WUGBSeEYKYU4lcF5sAiBswev3AvMr-XyQHikccTjt5l7xTaw4xYnbUZtgpd4fehNfJGu5LgXzwchulh8Tf0~1bKgEcwwHA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Escondido Rent Review Board approved two short-form rent increase applications at the council meeting, granting the maximum allowable increases under the board's guidelines for Greencrest Mobile Home Park (Resolution RBR2025-53) and Eastwood Meadows Mobile Home Park (Resolution RBR2025-52).

Staff analyst Carlos Cervantes told the board both applications met eligibility criteria for short-form consideration under Proposition K (the city's mobile home rent-control measure). For Greencrest, staff recommended a 90% of the CPI increase (reported as 2.809%), which equals an average increase of $17.21 per space per month. Greencrest is a 29-space park with 15 spaces subject to rent control; the park's prior increase was approved 04/01/2024.

Cervantes summarized Eastwood Meadows: the park has 29 spaces with 26 subject to rent control. The park requested 90% of the change in CPI (2.25%), which calculates to an average increase of $16.20 per space per month. Eastwood's most recent prior adjustment had been a long-form approval on 11/01/2023 that included permanent and temporary components.

Code compliance inspections accompanied both applications. For Greencrest, inspectors found a lighting fixture and three general park violations; staff mailed notices and confirmed all items were corrected by reinspection on May 5, 2025. For Eastwood Meadows, an April inspection identified six general violations including overgrown vegetation encroaching on roadways and lighting issues; those violations were corrected by April 21, 2025.

Park representatives and resident advocates addressed the board on ancillary concerns. For Greencrest a resident requested Spanish-language assistance for public comment (the city said language assistance must be requested 48 hours in advance). For Eastwood, resident representative Ernest Cubayan and park manager Jim Yance discussed utilities conversion and operational issues. Cubayan said water meters and individual electric meters were being installed; he raised concern about the park'wide flat sewer fee of $58 per unit and asked whether sewer charges could be apportioned to usage. Park management said some maintenance services such as street sweeping had been moved in-house and offered to discuss frequency with residents.

Board members noted that short-form applications are an administratively streamlined path tied solely to CPI calculations; staff and the board said the short form is generally less burdensome for applicants and often results in smaller increases than a long-form proceeding, which considers capital improvements and other factors.

Both resolutions were moved and seconded and approved by a 4-0 vote. Staff noted that, per board guideline, no approved increase goes into effect until any outstanding code violations are corrected; in both cases staff reported reinspection and corrections prior to approval.","The council's rent review board approved short-form rent increase applications for Greencrest Mobile Home Park and Eastwood Meadows, granting the maximum 90% of CPI as allowed under local rules; code violations identified during inspections were corrected before increases take effect.",{"_33":99,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":100,"_41":101,"_43":102,"_45":103,"_47":104,"_49":105,"_51":106,"_53":107,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":108,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":109,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6555849,"Escondido council renews approval of police military-equipment policy and annual report under AB 481",1053,2232000,3285000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3337076-d4ba73353064a3887c3f0c95a82b6120&start=2232&end=3285","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3337076-d4ba73353064a3887c3f0c95a82b6120/thumbnail_2232000.jpg","/articles/6555849/Escondido/San-Diego-County/California/Escondido-council-renews-approval-of-police-military-equipment-policy-and-annual-report-under-AB-481","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6555849-8d26a1ac8220d73cb0565a5a5c3058d6/orig.mp4?Expires=1770446789&Signature=mikUZCz2ezMv2tKUmSCHBy1vQIv2xgj3Xv-PUa3XR0AVeYCobdJsceU~s3-obXLejn-19fLYEdO3uAarDVD-W-leV~8lWs5GQwvezk~3-1oUFMXiRmX2ShaJXQ87IoycbkpwJsKrD34wipoV8mJjD-GNIIz-j-SmrHNkxTf2~DwMRzzxO-yjvO6GiO-N4d8CWRHIVBIm-0b2vkUprSE~-W7lEQZYg~vsvRLLb-14COE1XU-4~7oqDDJYt-ulTaBy3zWEjxoaWiETIyrS-FPzUbnpOcmUf~Pkdv6w552jj48NrlH4~QZZsY5GXEL8gUxDJunlyYrejsIdPXMJBTF2Pw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Escondido City Council voted 4-0 to adopt ordinance 2025-O2 and approve the Escondido Police Department's annual military equipment report required under Assembly Bill 481.

Interim Police Chief Ryan Banks presented the department's annual report and the accompanying military equipment use policy, which AB 481 requires for funding, acquisition and use of specified equipment. \"We established a military equipment use policy,\" Banks said, summarizing the department's compliance actions: \"We compile complaints regarding these items, public transparency, and we have city council oversight.\"

The report cataloged the department's equipment and documented operational uses in 2024. Banks listed inventory items and usage counts:

- Drones: 211 missions totaling 53.83 flight hours.
- Robotic platform: 0 uses.
- Incident command vehicle: approximately 13 uses.
- Armored personnel carrier: roughly six uses per month on average.
- Breaching equipment: used eight times.
- Patrol and SWAT rifles: 0 reported uses.
- 40mm launchers: 17 uses and six additional instances where units were displayed but not fired.
- Chemical agent munitions: 3 uses.

Banks also presented a video, produced from a drone deployment, showing a May 31, 2024 incident in which a drone located an alleged suspect who had fled and hidden in a yard. He said the drone maintained observation until SWAT units could safely contain and negotiate an apprehension.

Public comment included a resident, Luis, who praised police work but complained about a front-desk incident at the police station: \"The lady in the front desk, she was screaming at me. She told me she was not gonna give me service.\" City staff noted the department received no formal AB 481 complaints in 2024.

Council members praised the department's transparency and the annual report as meeting the statute's public-accountability goals. Councilors asked about training and whether drone operators require FAA authorization; staff replied operators complete training and FAA certification. When asked about \"chemical agents,\" Banks explained the category: \"Any munitions that is meant to deliver any sort of chemical agent that would be like an irritant. So tear gas, CS gas, OC, things of that nature.\"

The council unanimously approved the ordinance and the annual report. Staff said the department's military equipment policy is publicly posted on the Escondido Police Department website and that the council will conduct an annual review as required by AB 481.

Actions taken: adoption of ordinance 2025-O2 and approval of the 2024 Escondido Police Department military equipment annual report; motion passed 4-0.","The City Council approved Ordinance 2025-O2 and accepted the Escondido Police Department's annual military equipment report required by Assembly Bill 481, listing equipment inventories and uses in 2024 including 211 drone missions and limited uses of 40mm launchers and chemical agents.",{"_33":111,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":112,"_41":113,"_43":114,"_45":115,"_47":116,"_49":117,"_51":118,"_53":119,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":120,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":121,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6555854,"Escondido council adopts updated state fire hazard severity map; new rules tied to map will guide building standards",986,1203000,2189000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3337076-d4ba73353064a3887c3f0c95a82b6120&start=1203&end=2189","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3337076-d4ba73353064a3887c3f0c95a82b6120/thumbnail_1203000.jpg","/articles/6555854/Escondido/San-Diego-County/California/Escondido-council-adopts-updated-state-fire-hazard-severity-map-new-rules-tied-to-map-will-guide-building-standards","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6555854-c3a575556513ac07bbf208b38121d355/orig.mp4?Expires=1770446789&Signature=CkiVSOfiBCMATXSN7O2BdB0Zjt~dg~88bEFS4vlpFkSYKn5PAymKwPqV~HVJU8i7aMdOXcaFWewjRzPrM6PWmA61Pw-PfKJ1Z70g-aa-SPxNWlrWH-jXU2dN1F6y~6lAxA4AMeEaZpA~TEg0hMKvJPlpwa8V4fjWHNeIJjeukDayDuxoX7RlwRc~3vcvVEI8XZCwvFjTXLkTelQ0QByCOpd9TKJygr4UDYDbMDwtzFKacpUaUw6I0ZuuSd9J-Xl2iPLNqtsn6LmDavXeCkjcTxigdsyT~TSuO-lDp549UmiTH10wahEu6wvRzeoaV9XySpThNzSWYA52zZf1zb0qmA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Escondido City Council on a 4-0 vote adopted an uncodified ordinance to accept the state'issued fire hazard severity zone map and designate moderate, high and very high hazard tiers within the city's local responsibility area.

The ordinance, introduced by Mayor Dane White and seconded by Councilman Christian Garcia, implements updated mapping produced by the California State Fire Marshal and Cal FIRE that adds two new tiers (moderate and high) to the prior 2009 map and will be used to guide local development standards, property disclosures and defensible-space requirements in the very high hazard areas.

Deputy Fire Marshal Lavonna Kretke, who presented the item, said the state'led mapping effort uses new science and climate data to model likelihood and fire behavior and that the map evaluates hazard, not current risk. \"The fire hazard severity map evaluates hazard, not risk. Hazard is based on the physical conditions that create a likelihood and expected behavior over 30 to 50 year period without considering mitigation,\" Kretke said. She added that risk, by contrast, accounts for mitigation such as defensible space, recent fuel reductions or fire resistant construction.

Why it matters: the new map will trigger changes in building and disclosure requirements. In very high and high fire hazard severity areas, the city will apply development standards that increase required fire resistive features for new buildings, require property sellers to disclose the designation in real estate transactions and, in very high zones, require a 100'foot defensible buffer between structures and surrounding fuels.

Council members and staff addressed public concerns about map detail and the comment process. Kretke noted maps were posted for public review in March 2025 and staff received 11 comments that were provided in the staff report packet. Council members asked whether the city can redraw lines; staff replied that the city must adopt the map as provided under the cited Government Code provision and that the state will receive and file comments rather than making local edits.

Council discussion also touched on secondary effects for residents. Councilmembers asked whether insurers could rely on the maps to set rates; staff and council said the maps are not, by themselves, a rate-setting tool and that rate decisions are regulated by the state insurance commissioner. Council members emphasized the maps will form the technical basis for updated local building code requirements and community mitigation planning.

The council approved the ordinance 4-0; Councilmember Fitzgerald was absent. Staff said the map and related ordinances will be published and made available for public viewing and that updates to local development standards will follow to align with the mapping tiers.

Actions taken: the council adopted ordinance 2025-O3 adopting the state fire hazard severity zone map and directed staff to post the map and proceed with alignment of local development standards.

The city will make the final adopted maps available for public inspection and staff said they will forward the adopted map and comments to the state as required by law.","The Escondido City Council voted 4-0 to adopt an uncodified ordinance accepting the state'issued fire hazard severity zone map. The map adds moderate and high tiers, will inform new building requirements and seller disclosures, and staff said the state will \"receive and file\" public comments rather than directly redrawing lines.","actionData","errors"]

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