CITY OF ARCATA
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
SPECIAL AND REGULAR
COUNCIL CHAMBER AUGUST 02, 2023
736 F Street, Arcata Wednesday, 6:00 PM
AGENDA
1 Special accommodations for the disabled who attend City meetings can be made in advance by contacting the City Clerk at 822-5953. Assistive listening devices are available.
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.
PLEASE NOTE: Speakers wishing to distribute materials to the City Council at the meeting are requested to provide 10 copies to the City Clerk.
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SPECIAL MEETING
5:00 p.m.
1. ROLL CALL
2. PUBLIC COMMENT
3. CLOSED SESSION
A. Public Employee Appointment, Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957(b)(1): City Attorney.
4. COMMISSION INTERVIEWS
A. Interview Two Candidates for One Vacancy on the Planning Commission for a Term Expiring March 31, 2027.
5. CLOSED SESSION REPORTS
A. Public Employee Appointment, Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957(b)(1): City Attorney.
6. ADJOURNMENT
REGULAR MEETING
6:00 p.m.
I. LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
II. FLAG SALUTE
III. ROLL CALL
IV. CEREMONIAL MATTERS
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V. REPORT BY COMMISSION/COMMITTEE
A. Annual Report from the Energy 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 July 19, 2023.
B. Bi-Weekly Report on Disbursements.
C. Approve the Response to the 2022-2023 Grand Jury Report, "The Humboldt County Child Abuse Services Team," Authorize the Police Chief to Sign the Response, and Direct Staff to Forward the Response to the Presiding Judge of the Humboldt County Superior Court.
D. Approve the Annual Military Equipment Report per Assembly Bill No. 481.
E. Approve the Purchase of One Equipment Trailer ($50,982.15, Including Tax and Freight) and Award Purchase Contract to Felling Trailers, Inc.; Approve the Purchase of One CB2.7 Utility Compactor/Roller ($75,556.02, Including Tax and Freight) and Award Purchase Contract to Peterson CAT; Approve the Purchase of One Lely Broadcast Spreader ($5,647.18, Including Tax and Freight) and Award Purchase Contract to Turf Star Western; and Authorize the City Manager to Execute All Applicable Documents.
F. Establish an Ad Hoc Revenue Advisory Committee.
IX. ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR
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X. OLD BUSINESS
XI. NEW BUSINESS
A. Appoint One New Member to the Planning Commission for a Term Expiring March 31, 2027.
B. Approve Modification to the Design for the 2023 Arcata Annual Paving Project; and Authorize the City Engineer to Make Those Edits.
This is the City’s annual paving project and includes street improvements on H Street from Sunset Avenue to 11th Street, G Street from 5th to 7th Streets, and West End Road from Giuntoli Lane to the City limits. The project plans were approved, and the contract was awarded to the contractor on June 21, 2023. During the same meeting, the Council directed the staff to investigate an option to incorporate a bike lane on H street between 17th and 18th Streets. The approved plans depict sharrows instead of a bike lane due to lack of available width, and to accommodate existing parking.
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Council approve modification to the design for the 2023 Arcata Annual Paving Project; and authorize the City Engineer to make those edits.
XII. ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
XIII. COUNCIL AND STAFF REPORTS
All reports shall be specifically limited to items relating to City business and shall not request or lead to action by the Council at this meeting.
A. Receive a Report from City Attorney Nancy Diamond and Environmental Services Staff on the Status of the City's Electrification Ordinance Draft.
B. Receive a Report from City Engineer Netra B. Khatri on Adding a New Transit Route to the City's Transit System.
C. Other Council and Staff Reports.
XIV. DATES OF FUTURE MEETINGS
A. Confirm a Study Session with the Planning Commission on Tuesday, August 22, 2023, at 6:00 p.m., in the Council Chamber.
XV. CLOSED SESSION
XVI. CLOSED SESSION REPORTS
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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)