City Manager’s Weekly Update – August 18, 2017

• New Fire Chief search is down to final three candidates
• The City settled a short term rental code enforcement action with a fine and agreement to stop renting in violation of ordinance
• Sales tax revenue decline in Coronado for first quarter of 2017
• Water testing results now published online
• Installation of adaptive signals on the Strand to begin
• New trash receptacles are being tested at 10th and Orange
• Installation of a shade structure over audience seating at Bradley Field began this past week
• Vote for 2018 Coronado Community Read choice by August 31
• Sunday, August 27 is 10th annual Bike the Bay event and traffic will be impacted in the morning
• SDG&E planned power outage on Tuesday, August 29 in area around Silver Strand and Cays Boulevard
• Coronado Police Department Citizens Academy free 8-week course begins September 27
• The Library’s special exhibit commemorating the centennial of Naval Air Station North Island will run through September
• Stakeholder Advisory for the Active Transportation Master Plan met this past week

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.

• Sales Tax Update: In accordance with the Bradley Burns Sales Tax law, the City of Coronado receives 1 cent of sales tax for every transaction that occurs within the city limits. Coronado receives a moderate amount of sales tax annually. The Fiscal Year 2017/18 budget projects $3.5 million as part of the $53.595 million General Fund revenue estimate. Sales tax is an important surrogate to monitor economic activity and financial health. This week, the City learned that sale tax declined by 1.6 percent for the first quarter (January-March) of 2017 as compared to the same quarter in 2016. This was the first decline since 2008. It is not a trend, but nevertheless it is disturbing. Sales tax declined in all industry groups, including Restaurants, Consumer Goods, Business and Industry, Building and Construction. Restaurants are far and away the biggest sales tax producers in Coronado. Restaurants suffered a decline of -0.6 percent. What makes this news more disturbing is 16 agencies in San Diego County saw their sales tax increase, with a significant increase in sales tax produced by Restaurants in San Diego.  
• Water Quality, Water Testing:  The City of Coronado has begun publishing water testing results online. The City and four other governmental agencies – San Diego Unified Port District, San Diego County Department of Environmental Health, City of San Diego, and the Copermittee Regional Monitoring Group – test Coronado’s ocean and bay waters regularly. Coronado tests waters monthly throughout the year at North Beach; during the wet periods, testing is increased to weekly. The Department of Environmental Health tests water after rain events and throughout the winter. General water quality advisories are issued after every measurable rainfall event. Water tests are performed following any sanitary sewer overflow that reaches inlets to the storm sewer system. Much of the testing overlaps or provides validation of other test samples. The bacteria tests are cultured in a lab. Test results may take several days unless the concentration of contamination is heavy enough for the reaction time to indicate that acceptable limits have been exceeded. The page will be updated as soon as results are available. The page can be found on the Public Services Department home page.
• Adaptive Signals Timeline: The project to install adaptive signals along state Route 75 at three intersections, including Tarawa Road, is moving forward rapidly. The contractor, Siemens, should begin installation next week with the signals functional by Labor Day, September 4. It appears the school year will begin before the adaptive signals are activated. Motorist and commuters traveling north along the Silver Strand into the Village may experience delays. The project should offer relief, but again, there may be several weeks of inconvenience.
• New Trash Receptacles:  The City of Coronado and Coronado MainStreet are testing out new trash receptacles on the northeast corner of Orange Avenue and Tenth Street. The City hopes to hear from the community about the new look. If the community likes the bins and they successfully do the job, they may replace the 60-plus square concrete receptacles in the business district.
  

For the complete City Manager’s Weekly Update, visit the city’s website.