City Council Regular Meeting Tuesday, July 15, 2025 06:00 PM City Council Chambers - 675 Wildwood Avenue, Rio Dell

Welcome - Copies of this agenda, staff reports and other material available to the City Council are available at the City Clerk's office in City Hall, 675 Wildwood Avenue and available on the City's website at cityofriodell.ca.gov. Your City Government welcomes your interest and hopes you will attend and participate in Rio Dell City Council meetings often.

City Council meetings are held in City Hall Council Chambers for in-person public attendance. The public may also attend these meeting virtually through Zoom.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Office of the City Clerk at (707) 764-3532.  Notification 48 hours before the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to the meeting. Assistive listening devices are now available for the hearing-impaired.  Please see the City Clerk for a receiver.

Public Comment by Email:
In balancing the health risks associated with COVID-19 and need to conduct government in an open and transparent manner, public comment on agenda items can be submitted via email at publiccomment@cityofriodell.ca.gov. Please note the agenda item the comment is directed to (example: Public Comments for items not on the agenda) and email no later than one-hour prior to the start of the Council meeting. Your comments will be read out loud, for up to three minutes. Meeting can be viewed on Access Humboldt’s website at https://www.accesshumboldt.net/Suddenlink Channels 10, 11 & 12 or Access Humboldt’s YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/accesshumboldt.

Zoom Public Comment:
When the Mayor announces the agenda item that you wish to comment on, call the conference line and turn off your TV or live stream. Please call the toll-free number 1-888-475-4499, enter meeting ID 987 154 0944 and press star (*) 9 on your phone – this will raise your hand. You will continue to hear the meeting on the call. When it is time for public comment on the item you wish to speak on, the Clerk will unmute your phone. You will hear a prompt that will indicate your phone is unmuted. Please state your name and begin your comment. You will have 3 minutes to comment. 


A.CALL TO ORDER

B.ROLL CALL

C.ANNOUNCEMENT OF ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION

  1. 1.2025/0715.01 - Public Employee Performance Evaluation Title:  Chief of Police – Gov’t Code §54957

  2. 2.2025/0715.02 - Conference with Labor Negotiator Agency Negotiator: City Manager – Employee Organizations: Rio Dell Employees Association, Rio Dell Police Officers Association, and all Contract Employees – Gov’t Code §54957.6

D.PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING CLOSED SESSION

E.RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION

F.RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION

G.ORAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

H.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

I.CEREMONIAL MATTERS

  1. 1.2025/0715.03 - Proclamation Acknowledging and Thanking Julie Woodall for her Past and Continued Efforts in Beautifying the City - Pg. #

J.PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
This time is for persons who wish to address the Council on any matter not on this agenda and over which the Council has jurisdiction. As such, a dialogue with the Council or staff is not allowed under the Ralph M. Brown Act. Items requiring Council action not listed on this agenda may be placed on the next regular agenda for consideration if the Council directs, unless a finding is made by at least 2/3 of the Council that the item came up after the agenda was posted and is of an urgency nature requiring immediate action. Please limit comments to a maximum of 3 minutes.

K.CONSENT CALENDAR
The Consent Calendar adopting the printed recommended Council action will be enacted with one vote. The Mayor will first ask the staff, the public, and the Councilmembers if there is anyone who wishes to address any matter on the Consent Calendar. The matters removed from the Consent Calendar will be considered individually following action on the remaining consent calendar items. 

  1. 1.2025/0715.04 - Approve Minutes of the July 1, 2025, Regular Meeting (ACTION) - Pg. #

  2. 2.2025/0715.05 – Approve the Placement of a Public Hearing for the Cost Recovery for the Abatement of 530 Third Ave (ACTION) - Pg. #

  3. 3.2025/0715.06 – Approve the List of Delinquent Sewer Accounts for Submission to the Humboldt County Auditor-Controller for Placement as Liens on the County Tax Rolls (ACTION) - Pg. #

  4. 4.2025/0715.07 – Authorize the Finance Director to Sign and Submit the City’s Annual Regional Surface Transportation Program (RSTP) Claim to the Humboldt County Association of Governments (HCAOG) (ACTION) - Pg. #

  5. 5.2025/0715.08 - Approve Resolution Nos. 1642-2025 and 1643-2025 Authorizing the City Manager to Submit a Grant Application for the Acquisition of the Davis Street Park from the Rio Dell School District and a Grant Application for Phase III of the Rio Dell Dog Park, including the Proposed Construction of a Half-Court Basketball Court, Picnic Tables, Bike Racks, Landscaping, and Fencing (ACTION) - Pg. #

  6. 6.2025/0715.09 - Adopt Ordinance No. 415-2025 Amending Chapter 17, “Zoning” of the Rio Dell Municipal Code (RDMC) to Update the City’s Density Bonus Ordinance to Reflect Changes Made in State Law, Establish Accommodations Request and Single Room Occupancy Regulations, and Amend the Town Center (TC) and Residential Multi-Family (RM) Designations to Allow Single Room Occupancy Units (ACTION) - Pg. #

  7. 7.2025/0715.10 - Receive & File the Check Register for June (ACTION) -Pg. #

L.ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR

M.REPORTS/STAFF COMMUNICATIONS

  1. 1.2025/0715.11 - City Manager/Staff Update (RECEIVE & FILE) - Pg. #

N.SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

O.SPECIAL CALL ITEMS/COMMUNITY AFFAIRS/PUBLIC HEARINGS/STUDY SESSIONS

P.ORDINANCES/SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS/PUBLIC HEARINGS

Q.COUNCIL REPORTS/COMMUNICATIONS

R.ADJOURNMENT – The City Council will adjourn into closed session to continue discussion of                                                  the above-listed closed session matters if needed

The next regular City Council meeting is scheduled for
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.