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: To continue the Winter Storm February 24th, 2023 to March 1st, 2023 proclamation declaring a Local State of Emergency
CEQA: Not a Project.
Recommendation: Drought Conditions proclamation declaring a Local State of Emergency
CEQA: Not a Project
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2023–50 & 2023-51 approving the Labor Memorandum of Understanding for a twelve-month period beginning July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024, between the City of Grass Valley and the International Union of Operating Engineers, Stationery Engineers, Local 39 (Unit 2 and Unit 3).
CEQA: Not a Project
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2023-52 approving the Labor Memorandum of Understanding for a twelve-month period beginning July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024, between the City of Grass Valley and City of Grass Valley and the Grass Valley Police Officer’s Association (Unit 6).
CEQA: Not a Project
Reccomendation: That Council appoint Mayor Arbuckle as the voting delegate and Vice Mayor Hodge and Council Member Caravelli as the alternates for the 2023 League Annual Conference on September 20-22, 2023.
CEQA: Exempt, Class 11 and 32
Recommendation: That Council 1) award a contract for the Mill Street Parking Lot Construction Project to Peter Schack Construction Engineering, 2) authorize the Mayor to execute the construction contract, subject to legal review, and 3) authorize the City Engineer to approve construction change orders for up to 10% of the contract amount.
Recommendation: That Council 1) accept an Open Space Easement (“Agreement”) across portions of the Loma Rica Ranch property, 2) authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement, subject to legal review and 3) authorize the City Clerk to sign the Certificate of Acceptance for the easement grant deed.
CEQA: Exempt – Section 15301 “Existing Facilities”
Recommendation: That Council reject all bids for the 2023 Sewer Main Replacement Project and authorize immediate re-advertisement of bidding.
ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION OR SEPARATE ACTION AND / OR ANY ADDED AGENDA ITEMS
REORGANIZATION RELATED ITEMS
PUBLIC HEARING
CEQA: Not a Project
Recommendation: That Council hold a public hearing and adopt three resolutions; updating the Grass Valley Transportation Impact Fee Program, updating the Regional Transportation Mitigation Fee (RTMF) Program, and authorizing execution of an RTMF agreement and adoption of the RTMF Program Administrative Manual.
ADMINISTRATIVE
CEQA: Not a Project.
Recommendation: That Council provide direction for naming/branding the newly renovated portion of Mill Street between Neal Street and Main Street.
CEQA: Not a Project.
Recommendation: That Council 1) consider and provide direction to staff on using $400,000 of general fund reserves to hire up to seven seasonal firefighters and allocated a police officer during the winter to operate our vegetation management program; 2) set dates for a public discussion/meeting on a potential Fire Resiliency, Vegetation Management, and Sales Tax; and 3) authorize the Finance Director to make any necessary budget transfers to implement any actions approved by City Council associated with this item.
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, August 22, 2023 at 7:00 PM was posted at city hall, easily accessible to the public, as of 5:00 p.m. Thursday, August 17, 2023.
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Taylor Day, City Clerk