City Manager’s Weekly Update – Sept. 22, 2017

• Honoring retiring Fire Chief Mike Blood and proclamation of Tuesday, September 19 as Mike Blood Day in Coronado
• Hepatitis A outbreak in San Diego
• Accessory Dwelling Units and ordinance to comply with state mandate
• Five Points Intersection — Intersection of Pomona, Glorietta and Tenth near the Tennis Center, a potential roundabout? Working with contractors
• Sunset Park improvements – irrigation, sidewalk, landscape
• New ladder fire truck to be purchased for the Fire Department
• Public Safety Open House October 8
• Cays Sewer Main Cleaning to begin September 25 and be completed by December 1
• RSIP-3 clarification amendments
• Ocean pollution issues and actions – city council’s decisions
• San Diego Waterfront Park event to be held September 30 to October 1
• Community Center Aquatics Center pool closed September 22 through October 15

Each week, the City Manager’s Office provides an update that includes information on programs, services and issues within the City, as well as news, project updates and follow-up information when necessary.

Get up to speed on what’s going on in Coronado with this video preview of the latest edition of the Coronado City Manager’s Weekly Update, as well as a sampling of the updates below. Read the full update on the City’s website.

• Accessory Dwelling Units: The City Council has begun the process of amending its Municipal Code to comply with the state mandate for accessory dwelling units. An accessory dwelling unit is an attached or detached residential dwelling unit which provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons and includes permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation on the same parcel as a single-family dwelling. Previously, accessory dwelling units had not been considered in calculating the City’s residential housing density and residential parking impacts. The City’s first step in the amendment process is working on an ordinance to blend the accessory dwelling units into the community’s residential fabric. On Tuesday, September 19, the Council introduced an ordinance as recommended by staff and the Planning Commission that begins the process. The City will continue to work out the details for accessory dwelling units in Coronado.
• Five Points Intersection: The City Council agreed to move forward with a contractor to provide three conceptual design alternatives, one of which would be a potential roundabout, for intersection improvements on the Five Points Project. The Five Points intersection is near the Coronado Tennis Center, where Pomona Avenue, Glorietta Boulevard and Tenth Street meet. The contract will cost the City $49,970. 
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• New Fire Truck: The City will soon purchase a 2018 Pierce Arrow Ladder Truck to replace the City’s 2008 Crimson-Spartan Tiller, which has had a poor maintenance record resulting in unacceptably low operational levels. There were numerous mechanical failures related to its electrical and brake systems. The City Council approved a purchase agreement on Tuesday, September 19, for a $1.5 million ladder truck and agreed to auction, transfer or dispose of the old tiller truck. Because fire trucks are custom built and few vendors offer the service, it may take up to 24 months from purchase to delivery. The Tiller was approved for replacement in Fiscal Year 2018-19 but due to savings of $61,261, the City Council approved pre-payment in Fiscal Year 2017-18 prior to delivery in 2018-19.
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• Cays Sewer Main Cleaning: A contractor hired to clean the interior of the sewer main that runs from the Coronado Cays to Glorietta Bay Park is set to begin work next week. The job will require the excavation of soil to expose the sewer pipe at 12 locations along the pipe alignment and removal of 10-foot pipe sections to access the sewer main with cleaning equipment. Those sections will be replaced and backfilled. The work to expose the sewer main will occur during the day, and the cleaning at night when sewer flow rates are lowest. Work zones are close to the Bayshore Bikeway but the Bikeway will remain open during the work. The schedule shows that digging along the southern end of the pipe alignment will begin the week of September 25. The project is anticipated to be completed by December 1.

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