SPECIAL AVALON CITY COUNCIL MEETING
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2022 - 10:00 A.M.
MINUTES
Due to health recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and State of California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA), and the declared state of emergency wherein social distancing measures have been imposed or recommended, the CITY OF AVALON'S CITY COUNCIL and PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS SHALL GENERALLY BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC REMOTELY. The general public may attend the meeting in the Council Chambers however must adhere to social distancing requirements. The public is encouraged to watch and participate from the safety of their homes while practicing social distancing.
Council Chambers are open to a maximum 30 members of the general public. Once the Council Chambers reach maximum occupancy, the general public may participate in Oral Communication and address the City Council on an agenda item in person by waiting in the City Hall Court Yard and entering the Chambers one at a time at the appropriate time. No one will be admitted into the Council Chambers who is ill or exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19.
Additionally, the general public may participate in Oral Communication and address the City Council on an agenda items by providing comments via Zoom or by sending comments to [email protected].
CALL TO ORDER-10:00 a.m.
ROLL CALL- Present via Teleconference and In-Person: Mayor Anni Marshall, Councilmembers Lisa Lavelle, Michael Ponce, Mary Schickling and Yesenia De La Rosa. Also present: City Manager David Maistros and Management Analyst Devin Hart. Absent: City Attorney Scott Campbell.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS-There were 2 written correspondences that were received regarding Item #1 Vehicle Discussion.
PRESENTATION - Barry Bergman of W-Trans and Brian Hannegan of RRM Design delivered a presentation on the Mode Shift Feasibility Study, summarizing the input collected from stakeholders and the public to date as well as the preliminary recommendations.
GENERAL BUSINESS
Vehicle Discussion
By Consensus, City Council directed Staff to move forward on implementing a phased action plan to speed up the state established timeline to convert commercial autoettes to electric autoettes, developing an amnesty program to allow illegal vehicles and owners with outstanding tickets support in legalizing vehicles, and eliminating the floater policy in order to maintain a more accurate record of vehicles registered in Avalon and to ensure DMV registration.
Mayor Marshall adjourned the meeting at 12:29 a.m.
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
DECEMBER 14, 2022
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1, Gabrielle Morones, Deputy City Clerk, do hereby certify that the DVD videotape of the Special City Council Meeting on December 14, 2022, is the official record of the Council Meeting and is on file and maintained in City Hall.
Salulle Menes
Gabrielle Morones, Deputy City Clerk / Sr. Administrative Assistant