CITY OF ARCATA
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
COUNCIL CHAMBER MARCH 06, 2024
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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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 March 8, 2024, as International Women's Day.
B. Proclamation in Recognition of Sunshine Week, March 10–16, 2024.
C. Proclamation in Recognition of March for Meals Month, March 2024.
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
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 March 6, 2024 City Council Agenda
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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 February 21, 2024.
B. Bi-Weekly Report on Disbursements.
C. Approve an Agreement with Oscar Larson & Associates Consulting Engineers for Engineering Design Services for the Coating of Water Tank No. 4 in the Amount of $59,600.00; Authorize the City Engineer to Increase the Contract Amount for up to $8,940 (15 Percent), for a Total Not to Exceed $68,540, to Allow for Any Unforeseen Contingencies; and Authorize the City Manager to Execute All Applicable Documents.
D. Adopt Resolution No. 234-35 Incorporating a List of Projects for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 to be Funded by SB 1: The Road Repair and Accountability Act.
E. 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.
F. Adopt Resolution No. 234-37 Authorizing the Destruction of Certain City Records Maintained by the City Relating to the Finance Department as Permitted under Section 34090 of the California Government Code and the Secretary of State's Local Government Records Program.
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. Consider Resolution No. 234-36, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Arcata Calling for Peace in the Middle East.
During the February 21, 2024, City Council meeting, after public comment the Mayor received input from at least three Councilmembers that there was interest in considering a resolution supporting peace in the Middle East. This sentiment was in part due to continued work in the community to bridge communication between individuals and groups with many perspectives on the war and their work to develop resolution language that would also seek to heal and not further divide the community over the IsraeliHamas War.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Council consider Resolution No. 234-36, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Arcata Calling for Peace in the Middle East.
B. Consider Adopting Resolution No. 234-34, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Arcata Accepting the Mid-Year Budget Review and Approving Budget Revisions for the Fiscal Year 2023-24.
It is the standard policy and practice of the City Council to perform a mid-year budget review in March of each year.
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Council adopt Resolution No. 234-34, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Arcata to Amend Resolution No. 223-57 Adopting the Annual Budget for the Fiscal Year 2023-24.
XII. ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
The City appreciates public input. This time is provided for people to address the Council or submit written communications 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 & written 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 addressing the Council may be limited to 3 minutes, with a maximum of 5 minutes, and a time limit on the length of oral communications may be imposed.
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.
A. Receive a Report from Finance Director Tabatha Miller on Vacant Property Tax Measures and Vacant Property Regulations.
B. Other Council and Staff Reports
XIV. DATES OF FUTURE MEETINGS
A. Set a Date for a Study Session with City Committee and Commission Chairpersons.
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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
IV-A. Email 1 of 2 from Walter Paniak
IV-A. Email 2 of 2 from Walter Paniak
VI. Email from Colin Fiske
XI-A. Correspondence from Richard Engel & Basilia Lopez, Rabbi Bob Rottenberg, and Deborah Kallick