CITY OF ARCATA
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
COUNCIL CHAMBER FEBRUARY 01, 2023
736 F Street, Arcata Wednesday, 6:00 PM
AGENDA
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Pursuant to Government Code section 54957.5, all writings or documents relating to any item on this agenda which have been provided to a majority of the City Council, including those received less than 72 hours prior to the City Council meeting, will be made available for public inspection in the agenda binder located on the counter in the lobby at Arcata City Hall, 736 F Street, during normal business hours, and on the City's website at www.cityofarcata.org.
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Public Advisory: The Council Chamber in City Hall
is now open to the public.
COVID-19 Notice
The City Council has returned to in-person hybrid meetings. The City Council asks that when attending City meetings, persons socially distance as best they can and be courteous to those who continue to choose to wear a mask.
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Members of the public may attend the meeting in person and give public comment. Or, they may access the meeting via Zoom to provide public comment.
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I. LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
II. FLAG SALUTE
III. ROLL CALL
IV. CEREMONIAL MATTERS
A. Proclamation Recognizing February 5–11, 2023, as Scouting Anniversary Week.
V. REPORT BY COMMISSION/COMMITTEE
VI. EARLY ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
The City Council values your comments. This 15-minute time period allows people to address the Council on matters not on the agenda. Please know that, pursuant to the Brown Act, the Council cannot discuss or take action on items that are not listed on the posted agenda. At the end of all oral communications the Council may respond to statements. Supported requests that require Council action will be set for a future agenda or referred to staff. Speakers may be limited to two minutes. There will also be time for the public to comment specifically on each agenda item and again at the end of the meeting under item number XII (12).
VII. N/A
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VIII. CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters on the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine by the City Council and are enacted in one motion. There is no separate discussion of any of these items.
If discussion is required, that item is removed from the Consent Calendar and considered separately. At the end of the reading of the Consent Calendar, Council members or members of the public can request that an item be removed for separate discussion.
A. Approve the Minutes of the Special City Council Meeting of January 18, 2023.
B. Approve the Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of January 18, 2023.
C. Bi-Weekly Report on Disbursements.
D. Adopt Ordinance No. 1559, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Arcata Amending Article 3, Short-Stay Vacation Rentals, Chapter 2, Title VI of the Arcata Municipal Code, Waive Reading the Text, and Consent to Read by Title Only.
E. 1) Adopt Ordinance No. 1563 Amending the Arcata Municipal Code Title VIII—Building Regulations, to Adopt Chapter 5—Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Permit Streamlining; Waive Reading of the Text, and Consent to Read by Title Only; 2) Find That Adoption of Ordinance No. 1563 is Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines for the reasons stated in Ordinance No. 1563; and 3) Adopt the Residential and NonResidential Checklist for Permitting Electric Vehicles and Electric Vehicle Service Equipment (EVSE).
F. Adopt Resolution No. 223-31 Authorizing Application for a $250,000 Regional Early Action Planning Grant.
IX. ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR
Items removed from the Consent Calendar will be heard under this section.
X. OLD BUSINESS
XI. NEW BUSINESS
A. Receive an Update on the City’s Trail System and Take Action As Appropriate.
The City of Arcata has an extensive trail system throughout its neighborhoods and natural areas. Over the past several decades, the City has prioritized development and maintenance of these important City facilities, and these assets have put Arcata on the February 1, 2023 City Council Agenda
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map as both a recreation destination and as a desirable place to live.
The City of Arcata has over 50 miles of trails which provide recreation, natural study, and non-motorized transportation opportunities throughout the City’s neighborhoods and natural areas. Within Arcata there are 7.75 miles of paved trails including the 3-mile Humboldt Bay Trail North, which, with the County’s Humboldt Bay Trail South headed for construction, will soon connect users south to Eureka. Our City also has two dozen miles of trails within the Arcata Community Forest Tract and Sunny Brae Forest Tract and nearly five miles of gravel/natural surface trails within in the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary. In addition, neighborhood connector trails, such as the new bridge over Janes Creek between the 30th Street Project and Janes Creek Meadow, connect neighborhoods and connect people to parks and natural areas for both fun, safer nonmotorized transportation alternatives, and for a respite from our busy streetscapes. The City’s trail system is varied in surface type, topography, use and maintenance challenges.
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Council receive an overview presentation on the City’s trail system, its management and maintenance, and provide direction to staff as appropriate.
B. Consider Adopting Resolution No. 223-34, Implementing an Emergency Homebuyer Assistance Program for Community Land Trust Acquisition and Authorizing a Budget Appropriation to Fund the Program in the Amount of $130,000.
The City operates a homebuyer assistance program funded by the HOME Investment Partnership Program. The City’s Homebuyer Assistance Program (Program) provides gap financing to eligible households for purchase of qualifying open-market and Community Land Trust homes. The HOME Program has been suspended by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (Department) while it reviews the state Housing and Community Development Department’s implementation of the HOME Homebuyer Assistance Program. This gap in the HOME Program has inordinate impacts on the Community Land Trust. Adopting Resolution No. 223-34, will create a new emergency Program to support the Land Trust during this period.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council receive a staff report, consider any public comment, and consider adopting Resolution No. 223-34 implementing an emergency Homebuyer Assistance Program for Community Land Trust acquisition only and authorizing a budget appropriation to fund the program in the amount of $130,000.
XII. ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
XIII. COUNCIL AND STAFF REPORTS
All reports shall be specifically limited to City business and shall not request or lead to action by the Council at this meeting.
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XIV. DATES OF FUTURE MEETINGS
A. Confirm Dates for Study Sessions: Annual with Committee Chairpersons, Annual Goal Setting, and Fiscal Year 2023/2024 Budget.
B. Confirm a Date for a Special Meeting to Meet in Closed Session Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957—Performance Reviews of City Manager and City Attorney; and Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6— Conference with Labor Negotiators. Unrepresented Employee: City Manager. City Representative: Sarah Schaefer, Mayor.
XV. CLOSED SESSION
XVI. CLOSED SESSION REPORTS
XVII. ADJOURNMENT
Other than items continued or tabled to a date certain, the Council may, by majority vote, continue all matters not completed by 10:30 p.m. to the following Thursday at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber. Should the Council vote to continue the meeting past 10:30 p.m., discussion on an item on the agenda that either requires or allows for public input may not begin without a unanimous vote of the City Council members present. (Closed Session items may begin later.) (Reference: Resolution No. 223-07)