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: That Council 1) adopt Resolution No. 2023-30, identifying the terms and conditions for the fire departments response away from their official duty station and assigned to emergency incidents as part of California Fire Assistance Agreement (CFAA).
CEQA: Not a project.
Recommendation: That Council authorize the City Manager to sign the five-year contract with MBI pending legal review, for assistance in the management and reporting requirements of several existing grants, in an amount not to exceed $150,000 for the 5 year term of the contract.
CEQA: Not a Project.
Recommendation: That Council 1) approves the letter opposing SB 584; and 2) authorizes the Mayor to sign the letters opposing SB 584.
CEQA: Not a Project
Recommendation: Approve the new agreement to provide School Resource Officer services for Nevada Joint Union High School District at the Park Avenue Campus
CEQA: N/A – Not a Project
Recommendation: That Council adopt a resolution requesting that Nevada County Transportation Commission (NCTC) allocate $507,556 of the City’s FY 2023/24 estimated apportionment of LTF in support of transit and paratransit services.
CEQA: Exempt – Section 15301 “Existing Facilities”
Recommendation: That Council: 1) accept the Condon and Scotten Turf Replacement Project as complete, 2) authorize final payment to the Contractor, and 3) authorize the City Engineer to file a Notice of Completion with the County Recorder.
CEQA: Not a Project
Recommendation: That Council 1) Adopt resolution 2023-31 and 2) Approve the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) for hiring of an annuitant for, fire investigation and special enforcement services related to investigation, prevention, and enforcement pursuant to Government Code Section 21224(a). Agreement subject to legal review.
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: Council to adopt a revised SSMP
CEQA: Not a Project
Recommendation: Council to adopt a WSCP
CEQA: Not a Project.
Recommendation: After conducting the public hearing, adopt resolutions related to the Commercial (District No. 1988-1) Landscaping and Lighting Districts, as follows:1) Resolution No. 2023-32 Confirming Diagram and Assessment and Levying Assessment for FY 2023-24 Assessment District No. 1988-1. 2) Resolution No. 2023-33 Requesting the County Auditor to Place Assessment on Tax Roll-Landscaping and Lighting District No. 1988-1. 3) Resolution No. 2023-34 Confirming Diagram and Assessment and Levying Assessment for FY 2023-24 Assessment District No. 1988-2. 4) Resolution No 2023-35 Requesting the County Auditor to Place Assessment on Tax Roll-Landscaping and Lighting District No. 1988-2. 5) Resolution No 2023-36 Confirming Diagram and Assessment and Levying Assessment for FY 2023-24 Assessment District No. 2003-1. 6) Resolution No. 2023-37 Requesting the County Auditor to Place Assessment on Tax Roll - Morgan Ranch-Unit 7 Benefit Assessment District No. 2003-1. 7) Resolution No. 2023-38 Confirming Diagram and Assessment and Levying Assessment for FY 2023-24 Assessment District No. 2010-1. 8) Resolution No. 2023-39 Requesting the County Auditor to Place Assessment on Tax Roll - Morgan Ranch-West Assessment District No 2010-1. 9) Resolution No. 2023-40 Confirming Diagram and Assessment and Levying Assessment for FY 2023-24 Assessment District No. 2016-1. 10) Resolution No. 2023-41 Requesting the County Auditor to Place Assessment on Tax Roll – Ridge Meadows Assessment District No 2016-1.
CEQA: Not a Project
Recommendation: That Council hold a public hearing and adopt a resolution amending the City’s Development Impact Fees and the Water and Wastewater Capacity Fees.
ADMINISTRATIVE
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, June 27, 2023 at 7:00 PM was posted at city hall, easily accessible to the public, as of 5:00 p.m. Friday, June 23, 2023.
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Taylor Day, City Clerk