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City of Lemon Grove
City Council Regular
Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.
Lemon Grove Community Center
3146 School Lane, Lemon Grove, CA...
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City of Lemon Grove
City Council Regular
Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.
Lemon Grove Community Center
3146 School Lane, Lemon Grove, CA 91945
City Council
Alysson Snow, Mayor
Jennifer Mendoza, Mayor Pro-Tem
Jessyka Heredia, Councilmember
Steve Faiai, Councilmember
Yadira Altamirano, Councilmember
A complete agenda packet is available for review on the City’s website.
The City Council also sits as the Lemon Grove Housing Authority, Lemon Grove Sanitation District Board, Lemon Grove Roadway Lighting District Board, and Lemon Grove Successor Agency.
Call to Order / Roll Call
Pledge of Allegiance
Changes to the Agenda
Presentations
Arbor Day Proclamation
Honor Lemon Grove Lions Club and Lemon Grove Forward Club for their Dedicated Service to Lemon Grove
Public Comment
Digitally submitted public comments received by the City Clerk at jpablo@lemongrove.ca.gov will not be read out-loud during the meeting. However, they will be provided to the City Council and remain part of the meeting’s records. Per the Lemon Grove Municipal Code Section 2.14.150, live comments are allotted a maximum of three (3) minutes.
Consent Calendar
(Note: The items listed on the Consent Calendar will be enacted in one motion unless removed from the Consent Calendar by Council, staff, or the public.)
Reference: Kristen Steinke, City Attorney
Recommendation: Waive the full text reading of all ordinances included in this agenda. Ordinances shall be introduced and adopted by title only.
Reference: Stacey Tang, Finance Director
Recommendation: Ratify demands covering March 11, 2025 through March 24, 2025.
Reference: Joel G. Pablo, City Clerk
Recommendation: To approve the minutes of the Lemon Grove City Council meetings held on February 25, 2025, March 4, 2025 and March 18, 2025.
Reference: Izzy Murguia, Public Works Director
Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council adopt a Resolution to authorize the City Manager to submit a grant application for San Diego Association of Government’s Smart Growth Incentive Program (SGIP) for the Broadway and Sweetwater Road intersection improvements and a regional bikeway corridor study in the amount of $4,134,500, and authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary application and funding documents.
Public Hearing
Reference: Izzy Murguia, Public Works Director
Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council: 1) Conduct a Public Hearing; 2) Receive Public Comment; and 3) Adopt a Resolution amending the 2025 Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP) for Fiscal Year 2024-25 through Fiscal Year 2028-29.
Reports to Council
Reference: Bill Chopyk, Special Projects Manager
Recommendation: Hold second reading, by title only and adopt Ordinance 467 amending Lemon Grove Municipal Code (LGMC) Sections 12.10.050 and 12.10.060 increasing the valuation threshold amount and establishing additional exemptions for public street dedications and public street improvements.
Reference: Izzy Murguia, Public Works Director
Recommendation: Receive report and provide direction on the Park Restroom Replacement Project.
City Council Reports on Meetings Attended at the Expense of the City
(GC 53232.3 (d)) (53232.3. (d) states that members of a legislative body shall provide brief reports on meetings attended at the expense of the local agency at the next regular meeting of the legislative body.)
City Manager’s Report
Closed Session
a. Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation (Government Code §54956.9(d)(4) 1 case
Adjournment
AFFIDAVIT OF NOTIFICATION AND POSTING
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COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) SS
CITY OF LEMON GROVE )
I, Joel G. Pablo, City Clerk of the City of Lemon Grove, hereby declare under penalty of perjury that a copy of the above Agenda of the Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Lemon Grove, California, was delivered and/or notice by email not less than 72 hours, on or before the hour of 11:00 a.m. on March 28, 2025 to the members of the governing agency, and caused the agenda to be posted on the City’s website at www.lemongrove.ca.gov and at Lemon Grove City Hall, 3232 Main Street Lemon Grove, CA 91945.
/s/: Joel G. Pablo
Joel G. Pablo, City Clerk
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