City Council Regular Meeting, Capital Improvements Authority and Redevelopment "Successor Agency" Council Chambers, Grass Valley City Hall | 125 East Main Street, Grass Valley, California Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at 07:00 PM Telephone: (530) 274-4310 – Fax: (530) 274-4399 E-Mail: info@cityofgrassvalley.com | Web Site: www.cityofgrassvalley.com

VIRTUAL MEETING NOTICE

In response to Governor Newsom's Assembly Bill 361 and Resolution 2020-09 Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic, public participation in the City of Grass Valley City Council and other public meetings shall be electronic only, and without a physical location for public participation, until further notice in compliance with California state guidelines on social distancing. City Council welcomes you to attend the meetings electronically, which are scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays 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. Indexed archives of meetings are available via this link as well.

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 of Grass Valley 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.

If you do not have the means to participate in meetings electronically, contact the City at (530) 274-4390 and staff will be happy to identify alternative means for you to participate.

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

• 1.Grand Jury Awareness Month Proclamation

• Proclamation - Grand Jury.pdf (0.03 MB)

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 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.

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 (roll call vote).

• 2.Approval of the Regular Meeting Minutes of January 11, 2022

  Recommendation: Council approve minutes as submitted.

• CCMIN 01112022.pdf (0.04 MB)
• Public Comment.pdf (0.20 MB)

• 3.Local Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19)

  Recommendation: Continuance of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) proclamation declaring a Local State of Emergency

• Emergency COVID.pdf (0.03 MB)

• 4.Local Emergency Proclamation (Drought Conditions)

  Recommendation: Drought Conditions proclamation declaring a Local State of Emergency

• Emergency Drought.pdf (0.03 MB)

• 5.Local Emergency Proclamation (Winter Storm of December 27th, 2021)

  Recommendation: Winter Storm of December 27th,2021 proclamation declaring a Local State of Emergency

• Emergency Storm.pdf (0.03 MB)

• 6.Second Reading of Ordinance 812 Amending Chapter 8.24 (Garbage Collection and Recycling) of the City of Grass Valley Municipal Code to ensure compliance with Senate Bill 1383 mandates. 

  Recommendation: That Council conduct the second reading, by title only, of Ordinance 812, which amends Chapter 8.24, Garbage Collection and Recycling. 

• AAS CDD Garbage-recycling Report 2nd reading.pdf (0.03 MB)
• Solid Waste Ord #812.pdf (0.02 MB)
• Att 1 to Ord 812.pdf (0.11 MB)

• 7.Hinderliter de Llamas & Associates (HdL) Sales, Use and Transactions Tax Services Contract Amendment

  Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution No.   2022-05 approving a contract amendment between the City of Grass Valley and Hinderliter de Llamas & Associates (HdL) for Sales, Use and Transactions Tax Services

• Sales Tax HdL Amendment 012522.pdf (0.03 MB)
• Sales Tax Services HdL Resolution 012522.pdf (0.02 MB)
• Grass Valley 2021 First Amendment.pdf (0.02 MB)
• Grass Valley Contract 2001.pdf (2.95 MB)

ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION OR SEPARATE ACTION AND / OR ANY ADDED AGENDA ITEMS

REORGANIZATION RELATED ITEMS

PUBLIC HEARING

• 8.Grass Valley RV Park Resort and Annexation Project consisting of a 147 space RV Park Resort with 15 glamping spaces for short term camping and Annexation of ±45 acres into the City.    

  Recommendation: The Planning Commission recommends that the City Council approve the Grass Valley RV Park Resort and Annexation Project, as presented, or as modified by the City Council, which includes the following actions: 1. Adoption of a Mitigated Negative Declaration, prepared for the project, as the appropriate level of environmental review, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and Guidelines; 2. Adoption of a Mitigation Monitoring & Reporting Plan (MMRP), implementing and monitoring all Mitigation Measures, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and Guidelines; 3. Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing LAFCO Application for a Sphere of Influence Amendment and Annexation of ±45 acres for the RV Park Resort and Annexation Project as presented; 4. Adoption of an Ordinance Prezoning the Properties Corporate Business Park (CBP) and Neighborhood Center Flex (NC-Flex) Zone as presented; and, 5. Adoption of Findings of Fact and Conditions of Approval for the RV Park Resort and Annexation project as presented.                  

• CC Staff Report (RV Park).pdf (0.04 MB)
• cc rv park resort.pdf (10.54 MB)

ADMINISTRATIVE

• 9.Community Choice Aggregation Overview for Grass Valley

  Recommendation: That Council 1) receive a presentation from Pioneer Community Energy on Community Choice Aggregation (CCA), and 2) provide direction to staff on next steps of evaluating possibility of Community Choice Aggregation for the City.

• AAS 220125 CCA.pdf (0.03 MB)
• AAS 220125 CCA presentation.pdf (1.57 MB)

• 10.City of Grass Valley Strategic Plan (last Updated April 2020)

  Recommendation: That Council provide direction on updating the Grass Valley Strategic Plan.

• AAS 220125 Strategic Plan.pdf (0.03 MB)
• AAS 220125 Strategic Plan - UPDATED 1.pdf (3.68 MB)

BRIEF REPORTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS

ADJOURN

POSTING NOTICE

This is to certify that the above notice of a Closed meeting of The City Council, scheduled for Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at 7:00 PM was posted at city hall, easily accessible to the public, as of 5:00 p.m. Thursday, January 20, 2022.

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Taylor Day, Deputy City Clerk