City Council Meeting - May 28, 2024
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. MOMENT OF REFLECTION
4. FLAG SALUTE
ARROYO GRANDE VALLEY KIWANIS
5. AGENDA REVIEW
5.a
Closed Session Announcements
City Attorney Rosen will announce any reportable action from the following meeting:
May 28, 2024
a) PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION pursuant to Government Code Section 54957:
Title: City Attorney
5.b
Ordinances read in title only
Recommended Action:
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
Honorary Proclamation Declaring June 2024 as "Pride Month"
1. CC 2024-05-28 Honorary Proclamation - Pride Month 2024.pdf
6.b
Honorary Proclamation Declaring June 7, 2024 as "Hunger Awareness Day"
1. CC 2024-05-28 Honorary Proclamation - Hunger Awareness Day 2024.pdf
6.c
City Manager Communications
(DOWNING)
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 Coast Blue Regional Recycled Water Authority Board Five Cities Fire Authority
San Luis Obispo County Mayor's Meeting
South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District (SSLOCSD) Other
7.b
MAYOR PRO TEM 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.c
COUNCIL MEMBER BARNEICH:
Audit Committee
Homeless Services Oversight Council (HSOC)
Zone 3 Water Advisory Board
Other
7.d
COUNCIL MEMBER GEORGE:
Five Cities Fire Authority
Visit SLO CAL Advisory Board
Other
7.e
COUNCIL MEMBER SECREST:
Air Pollution Control District (APCD)
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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• 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.
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• 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 2024-05-28 Cash Disbursement Ratification.pdf
2. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 1 - Cash Disbursement Ratification.pdf
3. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 2 - Cash Disbursement Ratification.pdf (VALENTINE)
Recommended Action:
Review and ratify the attached listing of cash disbursements for the period of April 16 through April 30, 2024.
9.b
Resolutions for the 2024 General Municipal Election for the Election of Certain Officers of the City
1. CC 2024-05-28 Calling the November 5 2024 Election.pdf
2. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 1 - Election Resolution-Candidates.pdf
3. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 2 - Election Resolution-Consolidation.pdf
4. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 3 - Election Resolution-Regulations for Statements.pdf
5. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 4 - R 4949.pdf
6. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 5 - Ordinance_District Elections.pdf (MATSON)
Recommended Action:
1) Adopt a Resolution calling and giving notice of the holding of a General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, for the election of certain officers of the City; 2) Adopt a Resolution requesting the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Luis Obispo to consolidate a General Municipal Election to be held on November 5, 2024; and 3) Adopt a Resolution adopting regulations for candidates governing the submittal of a Candidate Statement.
9.c
Consideration of Engineer’s Reports and Resolutions Declaring the City’s Intention to Levy and Collect Assessments
1. CC 2024-05-28 Consideration of Engineer's Reports and Resolutions LLAD.pdf
2. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 1 - Proposed Resolution_Parkside Village.pdf
3. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 2 - Proposed Resolution_Grace Lane.pdf
4. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 3 - Proposed Resolution_Landscaping and Lighting.pdf
5. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 4 - Parkside Village Asessment Engineer's Report.pdf
6. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 5 Engineer's Report Grace Lane Assessment District.pdf
7. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 6 - Engineer's Report Parkview Landscape District 1.pdf (ROBESON)
Recommended Action:
1) Approve the Engineer’s Reports for the Parkside Village Assessment District, Grace Lane Assessment District, and Arroyo Grande Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District No. 1, within Tract 1769, for FY 2024-25; 2) Adopt Resolutions declaring the intention to levy and collect assessments for the Parkside Village Assessment District, Grace Lane Assessment District, and Arroyo Grande Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District No. 1, within Tract 1769, for FY 2024-2025; 3) Set a public hearing for June 25, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. for the Parkside Village Assessment District, Grace Lane Assessment District, and Arroyo Grande Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District No. 1, within Tract 1769, to consider levying the property assessments; and 4) Make findings that the is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) under the Class 2 exemption, which applies to the replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities where the new structure will be located on the same site as the structure replaced and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the structure replaced. (State CEQA Guidelines, § 15302.)
9.d
Consider Four-Year Agreement with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for Use of Inmate Work Crews
1. CC 2024-05-28 CMC Four-Year Agreement for Use of Inmate Work Crews.pdf
2. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 1 - Proposed Resolution Inmate Workers Agreement.pdf
3. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 2 - 05-29-20 CDCR Inmate Community Work Service.pdf (ROBESON)
Recommended Action:
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to negotiate and execute a four-year agreement to begin July 1, 2024 with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) for inmate community service work crews, with terms substantially similar to the Standard Agreement with the CDCR, Agreement Number C5609432, signed on May 29, 2020.
9.e
Monthly Water Supply and Demand Update
1. CC 2024-05-28 Monthly Water Supply and Demand Update.pdf
2. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 1 - Monthly Operations Report.pdf
3. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 2 - Lopez Reservoir Storage Projection.pdf
4. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 3 - Monthly Water Use Comparisons.pdf
5. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 4 - Deep Well Index Levels.pdf (ROBESON)
Recommended Action:
Receive and file the Monthly Water Supply and Demand Update.
9.f
Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Title 16 of the Arroyo Grande Municipal Code Regarding Public Art
1. CC 2024-05-28 Public Art Adopt Ordinance.pdf
2. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 1 - Ordinance Amendment.pdf (PEDROTTI)
Recommended Action:
1) Adopt the ordinance amending Section 16.16.200 of the Arroyo Grande Municipal Code regarding public art (the “Ordinance”); and 2) Find that the Ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines sections 15060(c)(2) and 15061(b)(3).
10. PUBLIC HEARINGS
10.a
Continued Public Hearing to Consider a Resolution Denying the Installation of One (1) Domestic Well on Property Zoned Planned Development (PD); Applicant – Michael Harris; Representative – Richard Burde, SLO Civil Design
1. CC 2024-05-28 Continued Public Hearing for Noyes Well.pdf
2. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 1 - Resolution for Denial.pdf
3. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 2 - Alternative Resolution for Approval.pdf
4. CC 2024-05-28 Attachments 3 through 7.pdf
5. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 8 - Applicant's Powerpoint Presentation.pdf
6. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 9 - Oakley Arborist Report.pdf
7. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 10 - Public Comment.pdf
8. CC 2024-05-28_10a Supplemental 1_Redacted.pdf
(PEDROTTI)
Recommended Action:
1) Adopt a Resolution denying the request by Michael Harris to drill and install one (1) new domestic well on an unaddressed property on Noyes Road (APN: 007-781-055) northeast of the intersection of Noyes Road and Equestrian Way; and 2) Determine that the denial is not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) because CEQA does not apply to projects which a public agency disapproves or rejects (Pub. Resources Code § 21080(b)(5); State CEQA Guidelines, § 15270(a)), and the denial will not have direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect environmental impacts (State CEQA Guidelines, §§ 15060, subd. (c)(2)-(3), 15378.
11. OLD BUSINESS
None.
12. NEW BUSINESS
12.a
Consider Placing a Local Transactions and Use Tax (“Sales Tax”) Measure on the November 5, 2024 Ballot
1. CC 2024-05-28 Consideration of a Sales Tax Measure.pdf
2. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 1 - Election Resolution-Measure1.pdf
3. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 2 - Election Resolution-Arguments and Rebuttals.pdf
4. CC 2024-05-28 Attachment 3 - Election Resolution-Consolidation-Measure.pdf (DOWNING)
Recommended Action:
1) Adopt the proposed Resolution ordering the submission to the qualified electors of the City a measure relating to the establishment of a local transactions and use tax (hereinafter referred to as a "sales tax") at the General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as called by Resolution; 2) Adopt the proposed Ordinance adding Chapter 3.23 to Title 3 of the Arroyo Grande Municipal Code regarding a transactions and use tax (to ultimately be considered for approval by the voters); 3) Adopt the proposed Resolution setting priorities for filing a written argument regarding a City measure and directing the City Attorney to prepare an impartial analysis of the measure; 4) Adopt the proposed Resolution requesting consolidation with the County of San Luis Obispo General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024; 5) Appoint two members of the Council to serve on an ad-hoc committee for creation of the argument to be submitted in favor of the measure; and 6) Determine that adopting the Resolutions and Ordinance relates to organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment, and therefore is not a project within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) and the State CEQA Guidelines, section 15378(b)(5).
12.b
Discussion and Consideration of Approval of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 Mid-Cycle Budget Update Report
1. CC 2024-05-28 Review Preliminary FY 2024-25 Mid-Cycle Budget Update Report.pdf (VALENTINE)
Recommended Action:
Review the preliminary budget, receive a presentation from staff, and provide feedback to staff in preparation for the public hearing scheduled for June 11, 2024, to consider the Fiscal Years (FY) 2024-25 Mid-Cycle Budget Update Report.
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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