City Council Meeting - June 27, 2023
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. MOMENT OF REFLECTION
4. FLAG SALUTE
5. AGENDA REVIEW
5.a
Closed Session Announcements
The City Attorney will announce reportable actions taken, if any, from the City Council Meeting held June 13, 2023:
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6
1. Employee Organization: Arroyo Grande Police Officers' Association City-designated negotiators: Che Johnson, Special Labor Counsel; Tashina Ureno, Human Resources Officer; Nicole Valentine, Director of Administrative Services
2. Employee Organization: Service Employees International Union, Local 620 City-designated negotiators: Che Johnson, Special Labor Counsel; Tashina Ureno, Human Resources Officer; Nicole Valentine, Director of Administrative Services
3. Unrepresented Management Employees
City-designated negotiators: Che Johnson, Special Labor Counsel; Tashina Ureno, Human Resources Officer; Nicole Valentine, Director of Human Resources
4. City Manager
City-designated negotiators: Che Johnson, Special Labor Counsel The City Attorney will announce reportable actions taken, if any, from the Special Meeting held June 22, 2023:
a) PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 54957(b) AND 54957.1(a)(5):
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RESIGNATION, PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT Position: City Manager
The City Attorney will announce reportable actions taken, if any, from the City Council Meeting held June 27, 2023:
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6 City Manager
City-designated negotiators: Isaac Rosen, City Attorney; Nicole Valentine, Administrative Services Director PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957(b):
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT
Position: City Manager
CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.8:
Property: 400 West Branch Street
Agency Negotiators: Whitney McDonald, City Manager; Bill Robeson, Assistant City Manager/Public Works Director
5.b
Ordinances read in title only
Move that all ordinances presented at the meeting shall be read by title only and all further readings be waived.
6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
6.a
Introduction of New Employee – City Engineer Shannon Sweeney
6.b
Honorary Proclamation – Parks Make Life Better Month
1. CC 2023-06-27 Honorary Proclamation_ParksMakeLifeBetter.pdf
6.c
City Manager Communications
(McDONALD)
Recommended Action:
Receive correspondence/comments as presented by the City Manager and Provide direction, as necessary.
7. CITY COUNCIL REPORTS
7.a
MAYOR RAY RUSSOM:
California Joint Powers Insurance Authority (CJPIA)
Central Cost Blue Regional Recycled Water Authority Board San Luis Obispo County Mayor's Meeting
South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District (SSLOCSD) Other
7.b
MAYOR PRO TEM BARNEICH:
Audit Committee
Homeless Services Oversight Council (HSOC)
Zone 3 Water Advisory Board
Other
7.c
COUNCIL MEMBER GEORGE:
Five Cities Fire Authority
Tourism Business Improvement District Advisory Board
Visit SLO CAL Advisory Board
Other
7.d
COUNCIL MEMBER GUTHRIE:
County Water Resources Advisory Committee (WRAC)
Council of Governments/Regional Transit Authority/ South County Transit (SLOCOG/SLORTA/SCT) Integrated Waste Management Authority Board (IWMA)
REACH Economic Development Roundtable
Other
7.e
COUNCIL MEMBER SECREST:
Air Pollution Control District (APCD)
South County Chambers of Commerce Arroyo Grande Business Meeting South County Chambers of Commerce Governmental Affairs Committee Other
8. COMMUNITY COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS
This public comment period is an invitation to members of the community to present issues, thoughts, or suggestions on matters not scheduled on this agenda. Comments should be limited to those matters that are within the jurisdiction of the City Council. Members of the public may provide public comment in-person or remotely by joining the Zoom meeting utilizing one of the methods provided below. Please use the “raise hand” feature to indicate your desire to provide public comment.
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The Brown Act restricts the Council from taking formal action on matters not published on the agenda. In response to your comments, the Mayor or presiding Council Member may:
• Direct City staff to assist or coordinate with you.
• A Council Member may state a desire to meet with you. • It may be the desire of the Council to place your issue or matter on a future Council agenda.
Please adhere to the following procedures when addressing the Council:
• Comments should be limited to 3 minutes or less.
• Your comments should be directed to the Council as a whole and not directed to individual Council members. • Slanderous, profane or personal remarks against any Council Member or member of the audience shall not be permitted.
9. CONSENT AGENDA
The following routine items listed below are scheduled for consideration as a group. The recommendations for each item are noted. Any member of the public who wishes to comment on any Consent Agenda item may do so at this time. Any Council Member may request that any item be withdrawn from the Consent Agenda to permit discussion or change the recommended course of action. The City Council may approve the remainder of the Consent Agenda on one motion.
9.a
Consideration of Cash Disbursement Ratification
1. CC 2023-06-27 Cash Disbursement Ratification.pdf
2. CC 2023-06-27 Attachment 1 - Cash Disbursement Ratification.pdf
3. CC 2023-06-27 Attachment 2 - Cash Disbursement Ratification.pdf (VALENTINE)
Recommended Action:
1) Ratify the attached listing of cash disbursements for the period of May 16 through May 31, 2023; 2) Determine that ratifying the cash disbursements is not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) because it has no potential to result in either a direct, or reasonably foreseeable indirect, physical change in the environment. (State CEQA Guidelines, §§ 15060, subd. (b)(2)-(3), 15378.)
9.b
Consideration of Approval of Fiscal Year 2023-24 Appropriation Limit
1. CC 2023-06-27 Fiscal Year 2023-24 Appropriation Limit.pdf
2. CC 2023-06-27 Attachment 1 - Appropriation Limit Resolution.pdf (VALENTINE)
Recommended Action:
1) Adopt a Resolution establishing the appropriation limit from tax proceeds for FY 2023-24; and 2) Determine that the adoption of the resolution is not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) because it has no potential to result in either a direct, or reasonably foreseeable indirect, physical change in the environment. (State CEQA Guidelines, §§ 15060, subd. (b)(2)-(3), 15378.)
9.c
Adoption of FY 2023-25 Biennial Budget and FY 2023-28 Capital Improvement Program Budget
1. CC 2023-06-27 Adoption of FY 2023-25 Biennial Budget and FY 2023-28 Capital Improvement Program.pdf
2. CC 2023-06-27 Attachment 1 - FY 2023-25 Biennial Budget Document_small.pdf
3. CC 2023-06-27 Attachment 2 - FY 2023-25 Biennial Budget Resolution.pdf
4. CC 2023-06-27 Attachment 3 - FY 2023-25 Biennial Budget Update Resolution - CIP.pdf (VALENTINE)
Recommended Action:
1) Adopt a Resolution approving the FY 2023-25 Biennial Budget and 2) Adopt a Resolution approving the FY 2023-28 Capital Improvement Program Budget.
9.d
Resolutions Establishing Salary and Benefits for Management and Part-Time Employees for FY 2023-24 and Approval of the Updated Citywide Combined Salary Schedule
1. CC 2023-06-27 Resolutions Establishing Salary and Benefits for Management and Part-Time Employees for FY 2023-24 .pdf
2. CC 2023-06-27 Attachment 1 - Management Resolution.pdf
3. CC 2023-06-27 Attachment 2 - PT Salary Resolution and Citywide Salary Schedule.pdf (VALENTINE)
Recommended Action:
1) Adopt a Resolution modifying pay rates and benefits for unrepresented Management employees; 2) Adopt a Resolution modifying pay rates and benefits for unrepresented part-time employees and approving the updated Citywide combined salary schedule; and 3) Determine that adopting the unrepresented Management employees resolution, unrepresented part-time employees resolution, and updated Citywide combined salary schedules is not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) because it has no potential to result in either a direct, or reasonably foreseeable indirect, physical change in the environment. (State CEQA Guidelines §§ 15060, subd. (b)(2)-(3), 15378.)
9.e
Consideration of Adoption of a Resolution Declaring a Continued Local Emergency Related to the Ongoing Storm Events
1. CC 2023-06-27 Continued Local Emergency Ongoing Storm Events.pdf
2. CC 2023-06-27 Attachment 1 - Proposed Resolution.pdf (McDONALD)
Recommended Action:
1)
Adopt a Resolution declaring a continued local emergency related to the ongoing impacts associated with the storm events, beginning in December 2022 and continuing through the present; 2) Make findings that adopting the Resolution continuing a local emergency is not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) because the continued declaration in itself has no potential to result in either a direct, or reasonably foreseeable indirect, physical change in the environment. (State CEQA Guidelines, §§ 15060, subd. (b)(2)-(3), 15378.)
9.f
Approval of Minutes
1. CC 2023-06-27 Approval of Minutes _Jun13_2023.pdf
(MATSON)
Recommended Action:
Approve the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of June 13, 2023, as submitted.
9.g
Consideration of Appointment to the Architectural Review Committee
1. CC 2023-06-27 Appointment of J Huston to ARC.pdf
2. CC 2023-06-27 Attachment 1 - Application_J. Huston.pdf (MATSON)
Recommended Action:
Approve the recommendation of Council Member Secrest to appoint Janet Huston to the Architectural Review Committee.
9.h
Approve the Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement Between the Arroyo Grande Police Department and the Lucia Mar Unified School District for School Resource Officer Services
1. CC 2023-06-27 PD MOU Between AGPD and Lucia Mar School District for SRO services.pdf
2. CC 2023-06-27 Attachment 1 - AGPD MOU SRO and Lucia Mar Unified School District.pdf
3. CC 2023-06-27 Attachment 2 - NASRO Standards and Best Practices.pdf (MARTINEZ)
Recommended Action:
1) Approve an agreement between the City of Arroyo Grande and the Lucia Mar Unified School District (LMUSD) to share the cost of salary and benefits for one School Resource Officer (SRO) position in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24; 2) Find that approving the agreement is not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) because it has no potential to result in either a direct, or reasonably foreseeable indirect, physical change in the environment. (State CEQA Guidelines, §§ 15060, subd. (b)(2)-(3), 15378.)
9.i
May 2023 Monthly Water Supply and Demand Update
1. CC 2023-06-27 Monthly Water Supply and Demand Update(1).pdf
2. CC 2023-6-27 Attachment 1 Lopez Monthly Operations Report(1).pdf
3. CC 2023-6-27 Attachment 2 - Lopez Reservoir Storage Projection(1).pdf
4. CC 2023-6-27 Attachment 3 - Monthly Water Supply and Demand(1).pdf
5. CC 2023-6-27 Attachment 4 - Monthly Monitoring Report for May 2023(1).pdf (ROBESON)
Recommended Action:
Receive and file the Monthly Water Supply and Demand Update.
10. PUBLIC HEARINGS
10.a
Consideration of Adoption of Resolutions Approving the 2022 Urban Water Management Plan and the 2022 Water Shortage Contingency Plan
1. CC 2023-06-27 Consideration to Approve the 2022 Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan.pdf
2. CC 2023-06-27 Attachment 1 - Proposed Resolution UWMP.pdf
3. CC 2023-06-27 Attachment 2 - 2022 Urban Water Management Plan Draft.pdf
4. CC 2023-06-27 Attachment 3 - Water Shortage Contingency Plan - Appendix D - Copy Draft.pdf (ROBESON)
Recommended Action:
1) Conduct a public hearing to receive input on the 2022 Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan; 2) Adopt a Resolution approving the 2022 Urban Water Management Plan and authorizing the City Manager or their designee to file the updated UWMP to the Department of Water Resources; 3) Adopt a Resolution approving the 2022 Water Shortage Contingency Plan and authorizing the City Manager or their designee to file the updated WSCP to the Department of Water Resources; and 4) Make findings that adoption the Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) in accordance with section 10652 of the California Water Code.
10.b
Consideration of Adoption of Resolutions Directing the Levy of the Annual Assessments for the Parkside Village and Grace Lane Assessment Districts and the Arroyo Grande Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District No. 1, Within Tract 1769, for FY 2023-24
1. CC 2023-06-27 Assessment District Levy.pdf
2. CC 2023-06-27 Attachment 1 - Proposed Resolution_Parkside Village.pdf
3. CC 2023-06-27 Attachment 2 - Proposed Resolution_Grace Lane.pdf
4. CC 2023-06-27 Attachment 3 - Proposed Resolution_AG LLMD District.pdf (ROBESON)
Recommended Action:
1) Conduct a public hearing for the levy and collection of assessments for the Parkside Village Assessment District, Grace Lane Assessment District, and Arroyo Grande Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District No. 1 within Tract 1769; 2) Adopt a Resolution directing the levy of the annual assessment for the Parkside Village Assessment District pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 (Streets and Highways Code Sections 22500 et. seq.) for FY 2023-24; 3) Adopt a Resolution directing the levy of an annual assessment for the Grace Lane Assessment District pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 (Streets and Highways Code Sections 22500 et. seq.) for FY 2023-24; and 4) Adopt a Resolution directing the levy of the annual assessment for the Arroyo Grande Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District No. 1 within Tract 1769, pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 (Streets and Highways Code Sections 22500 et. seq.) for FY 2023-24.
10.c
Public Hearing to Discuss and Consider Introduction of an Ordinance Amending Title 16 of the Arroyo Grande Municipal Code Regarding Emergency Shelters; Development Code Amendment 23-004
1. CC 2023-06-27 Introduction of Emergency Shelter Ordinance Amendments.pdf
2. CC 2023-06-27 Attachment 1 - Ordinance.pdf
3. CC 2023-06-27 Attachment 2 - CC Resolution 4883.pdf
4. CC 2023-06-27 Attachment 3 - Minutes from the June 5, 2023 Planning Commission Meeting.pdf (PEDROTTI)
Recommended Action:
Introduce an Ordinance amending Sections 16.36.030 and 16.52.091 of the Arroyo Grande Municipal Code regarding Emergency Shelters and finding the Ordinance exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because the Ordinance will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. (State CEQA Guidelines section 15060, subd. (c)(2), (3).).
11. OLD BUSINESS
None.
12. NEW BUSINESS
12.a
Study Session to Discuss Potential Restrictions on Irrigated Turf Installation and Use Citywide
1. CC 2023-06-27 Turf Limitations.pdf
(PEDROTTI)
Recommended Action:
Receive public comment and provide direction to staff.
13. COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS
Any Council Member may ask a question for clarification, make an announcement, or report briefly on his or her activities. In addition, subject to Council policies and procedures, Council Members may request staff to report back to the Council at a subsequent meeting concerning any matter or request that staff place a matter of business on a future agenda. Any request to place a matter of business for original consideration on a future agenda requires the concurrence of at least one other Council Member.
14. ADJOURNMENT
All staff reports or other written documentation, including any supplemental material distributed to a majority of the City Council within 72 hours of a regular meeting, relating to each item of business on the agenda are available for public inspection during regular business hours in the City Clerk’s office, 300 E. Branch Street, Arroyo Grande. If requested, the agenda shall be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with a disability, as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act. To make a request for disability-related modification or accommodation, contact the Legislative and Information Services Department at 805-473-5400 as soon as possible and at least 48 hours prior to the meeting date.
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