Habitat for Humanity, Seacoast Street Lighting on Wednesday Meeting Agenda

Before the start of the meeting, the City Manager and City Attorney will meet in closed session with the San Diego Habitat for Humanity.

In agenda item 5.1, City Council acting in its capacity as the city's Housing Authority will vote on whether or not to have Habit for Humanity build six homes on a plot of city owned land at the corner of 10th Street and Donax Ave.

As part of the Fair Housing agreement, the Housing Authority will provide $500,000 and the land. San Diego Habitat for Humanity has built 134 homes countywide.

Each two-story home would be about 1,350 square feet. To qualify to live there after the home is built, a family of four must make no more than $64,000 annually.

April will be declared Environmental Awareness Month in IB, with beach cleanups and recycling, watershed and storm drain education. The city's annual citywide garage sale and EDCO's Home Front Cleanup are also coming soon.

This is agenda item 2.4.

A presentation will be given by County Supervisor Greg Cox about the Keever-Sellers Education Activity Center. This is agenda item 1.2. 

Showyourlovesd.org will also give a presentation to discuss the results of their regional vision initiative. This is agenda item 1.3.

A crosswalk between the Sports Park and Recreation Center and Mar Vista High School has been proposed.

This is agenda item 6.1.

May 2 at 6 p.m. in City Council chambers a public hearing will be held to discuss possible increases in sewage fees. This is in agenda items 2.6 and 2.7.

A maximum fee increase for EDCO solid waste removal will be discussed in a meeting May 16 at 6 p.m. Disposal fees would increase 3.5 percent for residents and 3.6 percent for businesses.

After a presentation by Councilman Ed Spriggs at the March 7 City Council meeting, council will again discuss its options regarding pedestrian scale street lighting on Seacoast Drive.

An estimated $1.6 million has already been budgeted for the project to increase street lighting on Seacoast Drive from 22 to 34 from Palm Avenue to Imperial Beach Boulevard.

According to analysis by city staff and consultants, the new lighting could cost up to $320,000 in design, construction and construction delay costs. 

Spriggs believes lighting lower to the ground would provide a better environment for residents and visitors and allow more evening commerce at the beach.

Nasland Engineering who advised the city on the manner said the additional work could cost $300,000, plus another $15,000-$20,000 to delay construction. An estimated $1.6 million has already been budgeted for the project.

Changing to pedestrian scale lights now could delay work three months, with construction finished by late November, or shortly after the new hotel is expected to open.

This is agenda item 6.3.