CITY OF ARCATA
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
COUNCIL CHAMBER APRIL 05, 2023
736 F Street, Arcata Wednesday, 6:00 PM
AGENDA
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Public Advisory: The Council Chamber in City Hall
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I. LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
II. FLAG SALUTE
III. ROLL CALL
IV. CEREMONIAL MATTERS
A. Certificate of Appreciation for Julie Vaissade-Elcock for Her 14-1/4 Years of Service on the City of Arcata's Planning Commission.
B. Certificate of Appreciation to Vanessa Metz for Her 21 Years of Service on the City of Arcata's Wetlands and Creeks Committee.
C. Certificate of Appreciation for Sue Cashman for her 11 Years of Service on the City of Arcata's Transportation Safety Committee
D. Proclamation in Recognition of the 2023 Godwit Days Spring Migration Bird Festival, April 13-16, 2023.
E. Proclamation in Recognition of the Week of the Young Child, April 1-7, 2023.
F. Proclamation in Recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, April 2023.
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V. REPORT BY COMMISSION/COMMITTEE
A. Annual Report from the Wetlands and Creeks 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
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 City Council Meeting of March 1, 2023.
B. Approve the Minutes of the City Council Meeting of March 15, 2023.
C. Bi-Weekly Report on Disbursements.
D. Approve the Project Plans and Award a Construction Contract for the Redwood Park Improvement Project Phase 1 to Mobley Construction DBA MCI in the Amount of $349,003.00 (Base Bid + Additive Alternative No. 1); Authorize the City Engineer to Increase the Contract Amount by up to $69,800.60, (20 Percent, for a Total Amount Not to Exceed $418,803.60) to Allow for Any Unforeseen Contingencies; and Authorize the City Manager to Execute All Applicable Documents.
E. Approve the Purchase of One Elgin RegenX Street Sweeper, and Award Contract to Owen Equipment in the Amount of $353,731.70, Including Tax; and Authorize the City Manager to Execute All Applicable Documents.
F. Adopt Resolution No. 223-45, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Arcata Authorizing Approval to Apply for the California Energy Commission 1% Interest Loan and Find the Project Exempt from CEQA Pursuant to California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15301.
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G. Adopt Resolution No. 223-46 Authorizing the Execution of the Certifications and Assurances and Authorized Agent Forms for the Low Carbon Transit Operations Program (LCTOP) for the Following Project:
A&MRTS Free Fares in the Amount of $14,000.
H. Request the Annual Engineer's Report and Preparation of Notices to Declare the City's Intention to Continue to Levy and Collect Assessments of Existing Assessment Districts to Include Mad River Parkway Business Center Landscape Maintenance Assessment District, Windsong Subdivision Landscape Maintenance Assessment District and Janes Creek Meadow Landscape Maintenance Assessment District.
IX. ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR
Items removed from the Consent Calendar will be heard under this section.
X. OLD BUSINESS
A. Receive a Report on the Mad River Community Hospital's Special Considerations.
This report addresses the background on the Mad River Community Hospital’s special considerations in the City’s General Plan and Land Use Code. It also describes the process needed to amend the special considerations and/or rezone the property for other uses. This report comes at the request of the Council.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the Council receive a report on the zoning and land use designations for the Mad River Community Hospital and provide direction as necessary.
XI. NEW BUSINESS
A. Provide Direction to the Planning Commission Regarding the Timeline for the Strategic Infill Redevelopment Program.
The sitting members of the Council directed staff at their March 1 meeting to redirect the efforts to develop the Form-Based Code (Code) away from the scheduled public engagement events that were planned in the scope approved in January 2023, (and have been drawing few new residents to the process), and to focus on the preparation of a draft of the Code for public review as soon as possible. The sitting members further directed the Planning Commission to provide a recommendation on the Gateway element of the General Plan along with the non-Gateway General Plan updates and new Code by July of 2023. This is consistent with timelines established in 2022 and shared with the Council in 2022, January 2023, and discussed most recently by the Council during on March 1, 2023. Because only those Councilmember who are eligible to participate in the Gateway element discussion were part of the most recent review of the timeline, April 5, 2023 City Council Agenda
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some members of the public, and a Planning Commissioner, have raised procedural concerns about the Council’s direction. This item is to review milestones established to meet this timeline and to reconsider or ratify the Council’s direction from the March 1, 2023, meeting.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends:
1) The full Council provide direction to staff and the Planning Commission regarding the timeline for producing a public review draft of, and recommendation for, the General Plan update; and
2) The Council members that are not otherwise conflicted provide direction to staff and the Planning Commission regarding the timeline for producing a public review draft of, and recommendation for, the Gateway Area Plan Element and its associated Form-Based Code.
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.
XIV. DATES OF FUTURE MEETINGS
A. Confirm the 2023/2024 Fiscal Year Budget Study Session, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, at 6:00 p.m., in the Council Chamber.
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)
DOCUMENTS RECEIVED AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE AGENDA
X-A. Documents from Lisa Brown
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XI-A. Emails From Cathy Chandler-Klein, Colin Fiske, Jenifer Pace, Lee Torrence, and Tom Wheeler