AVALON CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2023
THIS VIRTUAL MEETING IS HELD PURSUANT TO AB 361
MINUTES
Due to social distancing recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and State of California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) and the County of Los Angeles, and pursuant to findings made under AB 361, the CITY OF AVALON'S CITY COUNCIL 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-5:00 p.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, City Attorney Scott Campbell and Management Analyst Devin Hart
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS- Staff received one written communication regarding Item #7. Transient Rental License Discussion from Andrea Carstarphen and one written communication regarding both Item #7 Transient Rental License Discussion and Item #8 Presentation and Discussion on Landlord Tenant Regulatory Options from Wendy Hernandez.
Copies were distributed to city council and are on file in the City Clerk's office.
PRESENTATIONS - At the request of Mayor Marshall for quarterly reporting by Love Catalina Island, Jim Luttjohann provided the second quarter/end of fiscal year report that highlights tourism promotion efforts.
CONSENT CALENDAR-There were 5 Items on the Consent Calendar. Motion to approve Items #1-#5 made by Lisa Lavelle, seconded by Mary Schickling. (All Ayes)
1. Minutes
Approved minutes from the August 1, 2023 regular City Council Meeting.
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Warrants
Approved the warrants from the General Account in the amount of $1,165,248.26, one payroll in the amount of $256,555.09, three electronic fund transfers totaling $123,694.04 for a total expenditure of $1,545,497.39 for July 24, 2023 through August 4, 2023.
Findings to Continue to Hold Remote Teleconference/Virtual City Council Meetings Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361
Reconsidered the circumstances of COVID-19 state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor and COVID-19's continued impact and determine that state or local officials have imposed or recommended measures to promote social distancing in connection with COVID-19, and as such, that continuing to utilize the protections of Assembly Bill 361 will protect the health and safely of attendees.
4. Grant Funding Application to the California Division of Boating and Waterways Adopted Resolution No. 23-27 of the City of Avalon approving the submittal of an application for funding from the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation Division of Boating and Waterways for the Tier I Boating Infrastructure Grant.
5. Engineered Solution Group On-Call Engineering Services Contract Extension and Annual Increase
Authorized the City Manager to execute an amendment to the City's On-Call Engineering Professional Services Agreement with Engineered Solution Group, renewing the contract term for an additional two-year period effective January 1, 2024, and increasing the contracted maximum annual cumulative total for all services from $500,000 to $800,000 effective immediately.
GENERAL BUSINESS
Resolution Amending Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Avalon and International Association of Firefighters Local 2295
Adopted Resolution No. 23-28 of the City Council of the City of Avalon approving the Addendum to the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Avalon and the International Association of Firefighters Local 2295 regarding Bilingual Pay and Temporary Acting Pay for Fire Captains.
Motion to approve made by Michael Ponce, seconded by Lisa Lavelle. (All Ayes)
7. Transient Rental License Discussion
City Council directed City Staff to continue to move forward with a series of three stakeholder/community meetings to discuss quality of life issues, specifically noise, trash, and other community impacts. In additional to the stakeholder/community meetings, City Staff will develop a Community-Wide survey. The information collected
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on Transient Rental Licenses will be brought back to the city council and planning commission regarding the stakeholder/community members' primary concerns.
Presentation and Discussion on Landlord Tenant Regulatory Options Isaac Rosen from BB&K provided a presentation regarding Landlord Tenant Regulatory options under state law and City options for creating additional regulations.
City Council requested additional time to review the presentation and sample ordinances from other cities and will notify city staff to schedule a study session at a future city council meeting if needed.
CLOSED SESSION-7:17 p.m.-7:33 p.m.
Following the appropriate announcement of the Closed Session item the City Council went into Closed Session to discuss the following:
1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Agency designated representative: David Maistros, City Manager Employee Organizations:
1) SEUI 721 - Avalon Harbor Employee Association
2) SEUI 721 - Avalon Municipal Employee Association
3) International Association of Fire Fighters Local 2295 4) Unrepresented/Confidential Employees
5) Management
Following Closed Session Mayor Marshall announced there was no reportable action.
Mayor Marshall adjourned the meeting at 7:33 p.m.
1, Gabrielle Morones, Deputy City Clerk, do hereby certify that the DVD videotape of the Regular City Council Meeting on August 15 2023, is the official record of the Council Meeting and is on file and maintained in City Hall.
Salielle Meares
Gabrielle Morones, Deputy City Clerk