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Council approves sewer tax roll, code adoption, zoning map amendment and routine consent items
Summary
At the meeting the council adopted the FY2024–25 sewer tax roll (approx. $12.3M on the tax roll), adopted the International Property Maintenance Code by reference, approved a zoning map amendment implementing the Focus General Plan update, and approved multiple consent items including urban forestry and labor representation updates; motions recorded as "Motion approved" in the public transcript.
The National City Council took several formal actions during the meeting: it accepted the fiscal year 2024–25 sewer tax roll, adopted an ordinance replacing chapter 15.1 of the municipal code with the International Property Maintenance Code by reference, and adopted a zoning map amendment to implement the Focus General Plan update. The council also approved multiple consent items including a supplemental urban forestry contract with West Coast Arborist, an exclusive negotiating agreement extension with Tower 999 (described separately), a memorandum of agreement with the county for flood-related housing assistance, and a labor agreement to include part-time employees in the Municipal Employees Association (SEIU).
Engineering and public-works staff presented the sewer tax roll (a tax roll of roughly $12.3 million plus about $200,000 hand-billed to governmental entities) and recommended acceptance; the council closed the public hearing and adopted the resolution keeping rates flat for single-family residences.
On housing and planning, staff said the zoning map amendment and focus general-plan update culminate a multi-year process begun in 2020; the council adopted the amendments. On code adoption, staff said the property-maintenance code adoption follows prior introduction and received no public speakers during the hearing.
In consent calendar actions the council approved a three-year, not-to-exceed $270,000 supplemental contract with West Coast Arborist for tree maintenance while in-house staffing is completed, and approved an amendment to a negotiating agreement for Tower 999 LLC. The council approved a labor-related item adding approximately 65 part-time employees to SEIU representation; staff noted no immediate fiscal impact and that future negotiation items would be subject to member vote.
The public transcript records each adopted motion as "Motion approved" but does not include detailed roll-call vote tallies in the minutes provided. Where amounts, counts, or ordinance numbers were mentioned they are included above; the transcript did not list ordinance numbers for the property-maintenance code replacement or the zoning map amendment at the point of adoption.
