City Council - Regular Meeting - June 18, 2025
1. LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
2. FLAG SALUTE
3. ROLL CALL
4. CEREMONIAL MATTERS
a.
Proclamation in Recognition of Juneteenth, June 19, 2025.
1. Juneteenth Proclamation 2025.pdf
b.
Proclamation in Celebration of the Fourth of July Jubilee, July 4, 2025.
1. Fourth of July 2025.pdf
5. REPORT BY COMMISSION/COMMITTEE
6. 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 an Update from Juvenile Diversion Counselor, Leah Valdivia, Regarding the Arcata Police Department's Juvenile Diversion Program.
b.
Other Staff Reports.
7. ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS [EARLY - TIME LIMITED] The City Council values your comments. The public comment period allows people to address the Council on matters not on the agenda. This early section of public comment is limited to 15-minutes and speakers are limited to 2 minutes each. If you prefer to have a full 3 minutes of time for your public comment, this item is continued at the end of the meeting under item 12 where speakers are granted 3 minutes. Please know that pursuant to the Brown Act, the Council cannot discuss or take action on items not listed on the agenda. The Council may respond to statements. There will also be a time to provide public comment specific to each item when that item is being reviewed by the Council.
8. N/A
9. 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 can request that an item be removed for separate discussion. Members of the public may comment on any items remaining on the consent calendar in the comment period before the vote.
a.
Approval to Waive Reading of the Text and Consent to Read by Title Only for Any Ordinance on this Agenda.
b.
Approve the Minutes of the City Council Special Meeting of June 4, 2025.
1. Post-Meeting Minutes - CMSM_Jun04_2025 - English.pdf
c.
Approve the Minutes of the City Council Meeting of June 4, 2025.
1. Post-Meeting Minutes - CCM_Jun04_2025 - English.pdf
d.
Bi-Weekly Report on Disbursements.
1. Staff Report - Report on Cash Distributions 5.24.2025-6.6.2025.pdf
2. Attachment A - Cash Disbursements 5.24.25 to 6.6.25.pdf
e.
Approve a Revised Hiring and Recruitment Incentive Program Administrative Policy to Include Out of State Lateral Police Officers and the Classifications of Sergeant, Lieutenant, and Police Chief.
1. Staff Report - Arcata Police Department Lateral Police Officer Hiring and Recruitment Incentive.pdf
2. Attachment A - Hiring and Recruitment Incentive Administrative Policy.pdf
f.
Reassign Planning Commission Chair, Scott Davies, to a Resident Member; and Reappoint Commissioner Amanda Hickey to the Planning Commission as an At Large Member for a Term Expiring March 31, 2027, Pursuant to Arcata Municipal Code Sec. 2202.B.
1. Staff Report - Reappoint Planning Commissioner Hickey.pdf
g.
Approve Purchase of Water Meter Boxes from PACE Supply Corp. in the Amount of $143,907.12; and Approve Necessary and Associated Related Actions.
1. Staff Report - Approve Purchase of Meter Boxes from PACE Supply for $143,907.12.pdf
2. Attachment A - Combined Pace quotes meter boxes.pdf
10. OLD BUSINESS
a.
Public Hearing to Receive Public Comment on the Roger’s Garage Affordable Housing Project.
1. Staff Report - CDBG PI - Roger's Garage.pdf
2. Attachment A. Public Comment 5.21-6.8.2025_Redacted.pdf
11. NEW BUSINESS
a.
Public Hearing to Consider Adopting Resolution No. 245-56 Confirming the Report of 2024 Lien Letter Recipients of Delinquent Garbage Account Fees.
1. Staff Report - Delinquent Garbage Account Lien Letters 2024 .pdf
2. Attachment A - Resolution 245-56 Delinquent Garbage Account Fees 2024.pdf
3. Attachment B - AIC lien letter_2025_Redacted.pdf
b.
Public Hearing to Consider Adopting Resolution No. 245-55 Authorizing Application for Community Development Block Grant Program Income for Business Assistance and Microenterprise Programs (Not Subject to the California Environmental Quality Act [CEQA]).
1. Staff Report - CDBG PI BA ME.pdf
2. Attachment A. Res. No 245-55.pdf
c.
Public Hearing to Consider Establishing the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025/2026 Appropriations Limit (“Gann Limit”) and Revising the FY 2024/2025 Appropriations Limit.
1. Staff Report - Public Hearing on FY 2025-26 Appropriations Limit and Revised FY 2024-25 Appropriations Limit .pdf
2. Attachment A. Resolution No 245-52 FY 2025-26 Gann Limit.pdf
3. Attachment B. FY 2025-26 Calculation Documentation.pdf
4. Attachment C. Resolution No. 245-54 Revised FY 2024-25 Gann Limit.pdf
5. Attachment D. FY 2024-25 Calculation and Documentation.pdf
d.
Public Hearing to Adopt Resolution No. 245-53 Adopting the Fiscal Year 2025/2026 Proposed Budget.
1. Staff Report - Adopt Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget.pdf
2. Attachment A. RESOLUTION NO 245-53 FY 2025 Budget.pdf
3. Attachment B. FY 2025-26 Budget Account Listing.pdf
e.
Introduce Ordinance No. 1580, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Arcata Adding Section 3200 to Designate Fire Hazard Severity Zones to Chapter 1, Fire Prevention and Fire Protection, of Title III, Public Safety, of the Arcata Municipal Code.
1. Staff Report - Introduce Ordinance No. 1580, Amendment to Title III Chapter 1 of the Arcata Municipal Code .pdf
2. Attachment A - Ordinance No. 1580.pdf
3. Attachment B - Local Responsibility Area, Fire Severity Zones Map.pdf
12. ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS [CONTINUED]
The City Council values your comments. The public comment period allows people to address the Council on matters not on the agenda. Speakers will be limited to 3 minutes each. Please know that pursuant to the Brown Act, the Council cannot discuss or take action on items not listed on the agenda. The Council may respond to statements.
13. COUNCIL 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.
14. DATES OF FUTURE MEETINGS AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
a.
Cancel the July 2, 2025, City Council Meeting.
b.
Confirm a Joint Study Session with the Planning Commission for June 30, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber.
c.
Confirm a Joint Study Session with the Board of Directors for the Arcata Fire District for July 30, 2025, at 3:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber.
15. CLOSED SESSION
16. CLOSED SESSION REPORTS
17. 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.