Mayor Jan Arbuckle, Vice Mayor Hilary Hodge, Councilmember Bob Branstrom, Councilmember Haven Caravelli, Councilmember Tom Ivy
MEETING NOTICE
City Council welcomes you to attend the meetings electronically or in person at the City Hall Council Chambers, located at 125 E. Main St., Grass Valley, CA 95945. Regular Meetings are scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. Your interest is encouraged and appreciated.
This meeting is being broadcast “live” on Comcast Channel 17 by Nevada County Media, on the internet at www.cityofgrassvalley.com, or on the City of Grass Valley YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdAaL-uwdN8iTz8bI7SCuPQ.
Members of the public are encouraged to submit public comments via voicemail at (530) 274-4390 and email to public@cityofgrassvalley.com. Comments will be reviewed and distributed before the meeting if received by 5pm. Comments received after that will be addressed during the item and/or at the end of the meeting. Council will have the option to modify their action on items based on comments received. Action may be taken on any agenda item.
Agenda materials, staff reports, and background information related to regular agenda items are available on the City’s website: www.cityofgrassvalley.com. Materials related to an item on this agenda submitted to the Council after distribution of the agenda packet will be made available on the City of Grass Valley website at www.cityofgrassvalley.com, subject to City staff’s ability to post the documents before the meeting.
Council Chambers are wheelchair accessible and listening devices are available. Other special accommodations may be requested to the City Clerk 72 hours in advance of the meeting by calling (530) 274-4390, we are happy to accommodate.
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
AGENDA APPROVAL - The City Council reserves the right to hear items in a different order to accomplish business in the most efficient manner.
REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION
INTRODUCTIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
PUBLIC COMMENT - Members of the public are encouraged to submit public comments via voicemail at (530) 274-4390 and email to public@cityofgrassvalley.com. Comments will be reviewed and distributed before the meeting if received by 5pm. Comments received after 5pm will be addressed during the item and/or at the end of the meeting. Council will have the option to modify their action on items based on comments received. Action may be taken on any agenda item. There is a time limitation of three minutes per person for all emailed, voicemail, or in person comments, and only one type of public comment per person. For any items not on the agenda, and within the jurisdiction or interest of the City, please come to the podium at this time. If you wish to speak regarding a scheduled agenda item, please come to the podium when the item is announced. When recognized, please begin by providing your name and address for the record (optional).
CONSENT ITEMS -All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are to be considered routine by the City Council and/or Grass Valley Redevelopment Agency and will be enacted by one motion in the form listed. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless, before the City Council and/or Grass Valley Redevelopment Agency votes on the motion to adopt, members of the Council and/or Agency, staff or the public request specific items to be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion and action but Council action is required to do so (roll call vote).Unless the Council removes an item from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion, public comments are invited as to the consent calendar as a whole and limited to three minutes per person.
Recommendation: Council approve minutes as submitted.
CEQA: Not a Project.
Recommendation: Drought Conditions proclamation declaring a Local State of Emergency
CEQA: Not a project
Recommendation: To continue the Winter Storm February 24th, 2023 to March 1st, 2023 proclamation declaring a Local State of Emergency
CEQA: Not a project
Recommendation: Hold a second reading by Title Only and adopt Ordinance #822, amending section 8.24.260 of chapter 8.24 of Title 8 of the Grass Valley Municipal Code regarding Garbage Collection and Recycling.
Recommendation: That Council authorize the Finance Director to execute a budget amendment to reallocate $150,000 in Grass Valley Traffic Impact Fee (GVTIF) funds to the 2022 Annual Measure E Street Rehabilitation Project
CEQA: Exempt – Class 11 “Accessory Structures”
Recommendation: That Council authorize the City Engineer to execute a construction contract with Hansen Bros. Enterprises for the paving of the Scotten School field access road and parking lot, for an amount not to exceed $90,500.
CEQA: Not a project.
Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council approve travel and related expenses for Administrative Services Director Andy Heath to attend the Tyler Connect Conference
CEQA: Not a project
Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council adopt five Resolutions (2023-11, 2023-12, 2023-13, 2023-14, 2023-15) directing the filing of annual reports for Landscaping and Lighting Districts (LLD) – Annual Assessment for Fiscal Year 2023-24 and Benefit Assessment Districts (BAD) – Annual Assessments for Fiscal Year 2023-24.
CEQA: Not a Project.
Recommendation: That Council review and approve Resolution 2023-17 authorizing submission of applications for Local Housing Trust Funds (LHTF), certifying future awards of LHTF and associated contracts shall comply with applicable State, Federal, and California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) requirements, and authorize the Western Nevada County Regional Housing Trust Fund to act as the trustee in connection with LHTF funds and eligible projects.
ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION OR SEPARATE ACTION AND / OR ANY ADDED AGENDA ITEMS
REORGANIZATION RELATED ITEMS
PUBLIC HEARING
ADMINISTRATIVE
CEQA: Initial Study – Mitigated Negative Declaration
Recommendation: That Council 1) receive an update on the project, 2) accept the contract engineering and environmental work performed by Surf to Snow Environmental Resource Management, Inc. as complete.
CEQA: Not a project.
Recommendation: Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2023–16, which includes the following actions (Attachment 1 – Resolution No. 2023-16): Authorizes the City Manager to submit the grant proposal for awarded funding and sign the Grant Agreement with the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC), including any amendments thereof.
CEQA: Not a Project.
Recommendation: That Council review and approve Resolution 2023-18 authorizing a joint application with Foothill House of Hospitality dba Hospitality House (HH) and the participation in the HomeKey Program.
Recommendation: That Council: 1) review the proposed ordinance to repeal Municipal Code Chapter – 8.16 Fire Control Regulations and replace with new Municipal Code Chapter 8.16 Fire Control Regulations. Waive full reading and adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 823; 2) waive full reading and introduce Ordinance No. 824.
BRIEF REPORTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
ADJOURN
POSTING NOTICE
This is to certify that the above notice of a meeting of The City Council, scheduled for Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 7:00 PM was posted at city hall, easily accessible to the public, as of 5:00 p.m. Thursday, April 20, 2023.
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Taylor Day, City Clerk