City Council Meeting - August 13, 2024
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. MOMENT OF REFLECTION
4. FLAG SALUTE
5. AGENDA REVIEW
5.a
Closed Session Announcements
City Attorney Rosen will announce any reportable action from the following meeting:
August 13, 2024
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION:
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9: 1 potential case Letter dated June 19, 2024 from Paul Beard II of the law firm Pierson Ferdinand
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
Introduction of New Employee - Human Resources Officer Ashley Garcia
6.b
City Manager Communications
(DOWNING)
Recommended Action:
Receive correspondence/comments as presented by the City Manager and Provide direction, as necessary.
7. CITY COUNCIL REPORTS
None.
Reports are made during the Second Council Meeting each month.
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
Cash Disbursement Ratification
1. CC 2024-08-13 Cash Disbursement Ratification.pdf
2. CC 2024-08-13 Attachment 1 - Check Register 07.01-07.15.24.pdf
3. CC 2024-08-13 Attachment 2 - Cash Disbursement Ratification.pdf (VALENTINE)
Recommended Action:
Review and ratify the attached listing of cash disbursements for the period of July 1 through July 15, 2024.
9.b
Statement of Investment Deposits for June 2024
1. CC 2024-08-13 Statement of Investment Deposits.pdf
2. CC 2024-08-13 Attachment 1 - Statement of Investment Deposits.pdf (VALENTINE)
Recommended Action:
Receive and file the attached report listing investment deposits of the City of Arroyo Grande as of June 30, 2024, as required by Government Code Section 53646(b).
9.c
Approval of Minutes
1. 2024-08-13 Approval of Minutes - CC_Jul23_2024.pdf
(MATSON)
Recommended Action:
Approve the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of July 23, 2024, as submitted.
9.d
Appointment of a Voting Delegate for the League of California Cities Annual Conference
1. CC 2024-08-13 Appointment of Voting Delegate for LOCC Annual Conference.pdf
2. CC 2024-08-13 Attachment 1 - LOCC Memo Re Voting Delegates and Alternates.pdf (MATSON)
Recommended Action:
Appoint Mayor Pro Tem Guthrie as the voting delegate for the League of California Cities Annual Conference and authorize submittal by the City of the League of California Cities’ Voting Delegate/Alternate Form.
9.e
Policy Designating the City Seal, City Logo, and Police Badge as Official Symbols of the City
1. CC 2024-08-13 Adopt City Seal Policy.pdf
2. CC 2024-08-13 Attachment 1 - Resolution for Use of City Seal-Logo-Police Badge.pdf (MATSON)
Recommended Action:
1) Adopt a Resolution designating the City Seal, City Logo, and Police Badge as official symbols of the City of Arroyo Grande; and 2) Find that adopting 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.f
Updates to the City Council Handbook
1. CC 2024-08-13 City Council Handbook Update.pdf
2. CC 2024-08-13 Attachment 1 - Proposed Resolution_City Council Handbook Update.pdf
3. CC 2024-08-13 Attachment 1 EX A - City Council Handbook Update 2024_Clean.pdf (DOWNING)
Recommended Action:
1) Adopt a Resolution approving the updated City Council Handbook; and 2) Find that adopting 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. (c)(2)-(3), 15378.)
9.g
Resolution Approving a Grant Agreement with the California Highway Patrol and Approve a Budget Adjustment
1. CC 2024-08-13 PD Grant Acceptance.pdf
2. CC 2024-08-13 Attachment 1 - Proposed Resolution(1).pdf
3. CC 2024-08-13 Attachment 2 - FY24-25 CTFGP Grant Agreement.pdf (MARTINEZ)
Recommended Action:
1) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Chief of Police to execute a grant agreement with the California Highway Patrol to help address ongoing traffic safety concerns and appropriate the funding for the activities; 2) Approve a Budget Amendment Request for FY 2024-25 in the amount of $155,600 to account for the additional revenue and expenditures related to the grant, including the purchase of a DUI Trailer totaling approximately $60,000 and a DUI Patrol Truck and outfitting totaling $80,000; and 3) Find that adopting the Resolution authorizing the Chief of Police to execute the grant document and appropriate the funding for activities is not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) because that 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. (c)(2)-(3), 15378.)
9.h
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funding Reallocation
1. CC 2024-08-13 CDBG Reallocation.pdf
2. CC 2024-08-13 Attachment 1 - Proposed Resolution.pdf (ROBESON)
Recommended Action:
1) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to reallocate CDBG money previously assigned to various City projects, to the Curb Ramp and Sidewalk Improvement Element associated with the 2024 Pavement Maintenance Project. This CDBG money will be applied to costs associated with the addition and replacement of curb ramps to meet Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards; and 2) Find that this item 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. (c)(2)-(3), 15378.)
9.i
Accept the 2022 Slurry Seal Project, PW 2022-06
1. CC 2024-08-13 2022 Slurry Seal Project Notice of Completion.pdf
2. CC 2024-08-13 Attachment 1 - Slurry Seal NoC.pdf
(ROBESON)
Recommended Action:
1) Accept improvements as constructed by American Asphalt South, Inc. in accordance with the plans and specifications for the 2022 Slurry Seal Project, PW 2022-06; 2) Direct staff to file a Notice of Completion; and
3) Authorize release of retention thirty-five (35) days after the Notice of Completion has been recorded if no liens have been filed.
9.j
Accept the Swinging Bridge Retrofit Project, PW 2021-06
1. CC 2024-08-13 Swinging Bridge Retrofit Project Acceptance.pdf
2. CC 2024-08-13 Attachment 1 - Notice of Completion.pdf (ROBESON)
Recommended Action:
1) Accept improvements as constructed by Cushman Contracting Corporation, in accordance with the plans and specifications for the Swinging Bridge Retrofit Project, PW 2021-06; 2) Direct staff to file a Notice of Completion; and
3) Authorize release of retention thirty-five (35) days after the Notice of Completion has been recorded if no liens have been filed.
10. PUBLIC HEARINGS
10.a
Development Code Amendments to Implement Housing Element Programs and Finding that this Action is Not a Project Under the California Environmental Quality Act Pursuant to State Guidelines Section 15061
1. CC 2024-08-13 Housing Element Program Implementation.pdf
2. CC 2024-08-13 Attachment 1 - Ordinance.pdf
(PEDROTTI)
Recommended Action:
Introduce and conduct the first reading by title only, waiving further reading of an Ordinance entitled, “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Arroyo Grande Adding Section 16.52.270 Relating to Implementation of AB 1397 and Amending Chapter 16.82 of the Arroyo Grande Municipal Code Relating to State Density Bonus Law and Finding the Ordinance Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act.”
11. OLD BUSINESS
11.a
Adoption of a Vision Statement and Guiding Principles for the Comprehensive General Plan Update and Finding this Action is Not a Project Under the California Environmental Quality Act
1. CC 2024-08-13 General Plan Visioning and Guiding Principles.pdf
2. CC 2024-08-13 Attachment 1 - Online Visioning Survey Results.pdf
3. CC 2024-08-13 Attachment 2 - Minutes of the July 2, 2024 PC Meeting.pdf
4. CC 2024-08-13_11a Supplemental 1_Redacted.pdf
(PEDROTTI)
Recommended Action:
1) Adopt a vision statement and guiding principles for the General Plan Update; and 2) Find this action is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section 15061(b).
12. NEW BUSINESS
None.
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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