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Unless Otherwise Noted, All Items on the Agenda are Subject to Action.
Meeting Called to Order at 6:30 PM
1. Pledge of Allegiance and Establish a Quorum of the Council Council Members Present:
Adelene Jones, Mayor
Chris Curran
Elaine Hogan, Mayor Pro Tem
Benjamin McCreath
Incoming Council Members:
Elise Scafani
Angela Shull
Elizabeth Mackay
Council Members Absent:
Alice Finen
Staff Present:
Amanda Mager, City Manager/City Clerk
Emily Wood, Economic Development Coordinator
Gary Rees, SHN Consulting & Engineering
Public Present:
Lin Glen
Tina Catalina
Darcey Lima
Ted Hales
Lisa Hoover
Beckie Thorton
Lori Taketa
2. Approve Agenda
Blue Lake City Council Minutes
Tuesday, December 13th, 2022~ 6:30 p.m. ~Special Council Meeting Skinner Store Building-111 Greenwood Road, Blue Lake-Behind City Hall
CITY OF BLUE LAKE
C A L I F O R N I A
111 Greenwood Road
P.O. Box 458
Blue Lake, CA 95525
(707) 668-5655
Fax: (707) 668-5916
www.bluelake.ca.gov
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Motion: To Approve the Agenda, moving Item #19 to Item #4 Motion by: Councilmember Hogan, Second: Councilmember Curran There were no comments from the Council or public.
Vote: Ayes: Jones, Hogan, Curran, McCreath Nays: None Absent: Finen Motion Summary: Motion Passed
3. Public Comment – The Public is invited to present petitions, make announcements, or provide other information to the City Council that is relevant to the scope of authority of the City of Blue Lake that is not on the Agenda. The Council may provide up to 15 minutes for this public input session. To assure that each individual presentation is heard, the Council may uniformly impose time limitations of 3 minutes to each individual presentation. The public will be given the opportunity to address items that are on the agenda at the time the Council takes up each specific agenda item.
No Public Comment.
Reports of Council
Councilmember Hogan – HWMA is looking for a new director; currently, HWMA does not have the authority to process organics; they are amending the bylaws to include organics so HWMA can participate in organic recycling programs.
Mayor Jones – HCAOG meeting is coming up; attended the Blue Lake Chamber of Commerce Meeting; attended the City of Blue Lake Economic Development Commission Meeting; received updates on holiday programming in the community and updates on park improvement projects.
Councilmember Curran – Nothing to Report.
Councilmember McCreath – Nothing to Report.
4. Council Resignation: Accept Resignation of Councilmember Alice Finen and Elect to Appoint or Call Special Election Pursuant to California Government Code Section 36512 Mayor Jones reads the staff report
Mayor Jones: Discusses the appointment option and opportunity to reach out to Christopher Edgar to see if he is interested in applying for the appointment to Council.
Public Comment:
Darcey Lima: What’s the protocol for applying for appointing if Chris Edgar applies and another resident applies?
Mayor Jones: Provides an overview of the appointment process including advertising and reaching out to Chris Edgar.
Councilmember Hogan: Explains the process of the Council making a motion to appoint to the position.
Elise Scafani: Is there a minimum amount of time that you have to advertise? City Manager Mager: I don’t believe there’s a minimum amount of time to advertise; but in the past, the Council has chosen to advertise for at least 30 days.
Motion: To accept the resignation of Council Member Alice Finen, effective December 13, 2022 and move to appoint a new council member on January 24th, 2023, with applications being due on 1/13/23.
Motion by: Councilmember Curran, Second: Councilmember McCreath 3 | P a g e
There were no comments from the Council
Vote: Ayes: Jones, Hogan, Curran, McCreath Nays: None Absent: Finen Motion Summary: Motion Passed
5. Resolution Number 1206: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Blue Lake Declaring the Results of a Municipal Election Held November 8, 2022-Action Motion: To Adopt Resolution 1206, declaring and certifying the results of the 2022 Election.
Motion by: Councilmember Curran, Second: Councilmember McCreath There were no comments from the Council or public.
Vote: Ayes: Jones, Mackay, Scafani, Shull Nays: None Absent: None Motion Summary: Motion Passed
6. Oath of Office and Pledge of Civility for Newly Elected Council Members City Manager Mager issues the Oath of Office to Angela Shull, Elise Scafani, and Elizabeth Mackay Mayor Jones reads the Pledge of Civility
7. Election of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem
Mayor Jones explains the process for electing a Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tem; each position will be for a term of two years. Mayor Jones states that she would like to be considered for the role of Mayor.
Councilmember Scafani: Can we wait until we have a full Council to make the decision? Mayor Jones: I would like to recommend Elizabeth Mackay for the position of Mayor Pro-Tem; she has prior experience as a City Councilmember.
Councilmember Scafani: Would the Mayor Pro-Tem be a two year term? Councilmember Shull: It seems to make sense to do a temporary appointment, until the January meeting
City Manager Mager: Would recommend that Council make a temporary appointment in order to effectively conduct business and run the meeting.
Councilmember Shull: It’s appropriate to make this decision as a full council.
Councilmember Mackay: Recommends Angela Shull be appointed as the temporary Mayor ProTem Motion: To make the temporary appointment of Councilmember Jones to Mayor and Councilmember Shull to Mayor Pro-Tem and to reconsider the appointments at the January 24, 2023 meeting when a full Council is available.
Motion by: Councilmember Mackay, Second: Councilmember Scafani There were no comments from the Council
Vote: Ayes: Jones, Mackay, Scafani, Shull Nays: None Absent: None Motion Summary: Motion Passed
8. Resolution Number 1207- A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Blue Lake to Commend and Thank Elaine Hogan for Her Contribution and Service While Serving on the Blue Lake City Council
Mayor Jones reads the staff report and Resolution 1207
No Public Comment
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Motion: To adopt Resolution 1207.
Motion by: Councilmember Mackay, Second: Councilmember Shull There were no comments from the Council
Vote: Ayes: Jones, Mackay, Scafani, Shull Nays: None Absent: None Motion Summary: Motion Passed
9. Resolution Number 1208- A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Blue Lake to Commend and Thank Chris Curran for His Contribution and Service While Serving on the Blue Lake City Council.
Mayor Jones reads the staff report and Resolution Number 1208 No Public Comment
Motion: To adopt Resolution 1208 as presented.
Motion by: Councilmember Shull , Second: Councilmember Mackay There were no comments from the Council
Public Comment:
Vote: Ayes Jones, Mackay, Scafani, Shull Nays: None Absent: None Motion Summary: Motion Passed
10. Resolution Number 1209- A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Blue Lake to Commend and Thank Benjamin McCreath for His Contribution and Service While Serving on the Blue Lake City Council
Mayor Jones reads the staff report and Resolution Number 1209 No Public Comment
Motion: To adopt Resolution 1209 as presented.
Motion by: Councilmember Scafani, Second: Councilmember Shull There were no comments from the Council
Public Comment:
Vote: Ayes: Jones, Mackay, Scafani, Shull Nays: None Absent: None Motion Summary: Motion Passed
11. Public Hearing: Amendment of Section 17.16.111 (Opportunity or O Zone) of the Municipal Code for the following purposes: 1) To allow emergency shelters as a principally permitted use type without discretionary review and subject to objective standards addressing onsite management and security, a limitation on the maximum number of beds, and the distance required between shelters.
This use type would allow housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of six months or less by a homeless person; and 2) Revision of some of the stated purposes of the zone for internal consistency purposes-Hearing Mayor Jones reads the staff report and asks City Planner Garry Rees to present the item.
Garry Rees: Introduces himself and provides an overview of the agenda item. The proposed amendment will allow the City to achieve compliance with state mandates regarding emergency shelters and cleans up language in the Opportunity Zone that was found to be inconsistent. City staff have worked with the Planning Commission to develop the amendment and have identified the 5 | P a g e
Opportunity Zone as an appropriate zone to accommodate the State’s requirement to have a zone identified that can principally permit emergency shelters.
Garry Rees reads a letter from Lisa Hoover that was submitted as public comment; the letter asks what areas on Taylor Way are being considered, questions the distance between shelters and the number of beds and who will pay for security at the shelter.
Councilmember Scafani: This shelter type is designed for homeless individuals and not for those displaced by disasters.
Mayor Jones: An applicant would apply to the City to develop a shelter.
Councilmember Mackay: How long can someone stay in the shelter? Mayor Jones Opens the Public Hearing
Councilmember Scafani: Clarifies the item; this item allows an emergency shelter to be developed in the future, but doesn’t preclude other development.
Lisa Hoover: How many shelters would be needed to accommodate 15 beds; who is responsible for kicking people out of the shelter; will there be counselors; who will manage the shelters; other shelters have counseling.
Lin Glen: The City has worked a long time on the Opportunity Zone and did a pretty good job; why is the language regarding housing being changed; can’t you just add that emergency shelters can be included?
Mayor Jones closes the public hearing; and asks staff to answer the questions presented by the public.
Garry Rees: There was an inconsistency in the language in the O Zone that was noted by staff and HCD; it’s not related to emergency shelters, but it was an opportunity to clean up the O Zone and the same itme as addressing the emergency shelter issue. Based upon the “point-in-time count” that was conducted by the homeless alliance program, it was determined that the City of Blue Lake has approximately 15 homeless individuals in the community, or surrounding area. Staff recommended using 15 to identify the number of beds and recommended 300 feet between shelters in order to apply some development restrictions.
Councilmember Shull: Does the State mandate supportive services to be in place as part of a shelter?
Councilmember Scafani: I would like to see if there’s a way to address everyone’s questions; it may not be possible since there isn’t a project to evaluate. The 300 foot separation would come into play if there were multiple shelters proposed.
Councilmember Mackay: Number 7 states that residential units cannot be located on the ground floor; what happens to disabled housing?
Garry Rees: This section deals with principally permitted uses; if you want to have downstairs units you can apply through the conditional use permit process.
Councilmember Scafani: Is a conditional use permit the same as a variance? Garry Rees: Explains the difference between a CUP and a variance.
City Manager Mager: Provides an overview of the Opportunity Zone and the original intention of leveraging housing to get retail/commercial development and a live/work environment. 6 | P a g e
Motion: To Introduce and perform the first reading of Ordinance number 542 by title only.
Motion by: Councilmember Scafani, Second: Councilmember Mackay There were no comments from the Council
Vote: Ayes: Jones, Mackay, Scafani, Shull Nays: None Absent: None Motion Summary: Motion Passed
12. City of Blue Lake Arts and Heritage Commission Appointment Mayor Jones introduces the item.
Councilmember Mackay: Clarifies that Marnie Atkins is applying for an advisory position and Sherri Green in applying for a commissioner position; this was backwards on the agenda report.
Darcey Lima: Do the commissioners have to live in Blue Lake:
City Manager Mager: Clarifies that the resolution establishing the commission identifies how many commissioners must live in the City of Blue Lake.
Motion: To appoint Sherri Green as an Arts and Heritage Commissioner and Marnie Atkins as an Arts and Heritage Advisory Member
Motion by: Councilmember Mackay , Second: Councilmember Shull There were no comments from the Council
Vote: Ayes: Jones, Mackay, Scafani, Shull Nays: None Absent: None Motion Summary: Motion Passed
13. Maddy Act Notice: Council Commission Openings and Maddy Act Notice Council directs staff to post the Maddy Act Notice and bring back applications for consideration at the next regular council meeting.
14. Council Committee Assignments: Designate Council Representatives for Various Council Assignments
RREDC- Unfilled
HCAOG- Jones (Primary), Shull (Alternate)
HWMA- Jones (Primary)
Indian Gaming Grant Funds Commission – Mackay (Primary), Jones (Alternate) Water Task Force – Scafani (Primary), Mackay (Alternate) RCEA – Scafani (Primary), Shull (Alternate)
Chamber of Commerce – Shull (Primary), Mackay (Alternate) Public Safety Commission – Unfilled
Blue Lake Fire Department Liaison – Mackay (Alternate)
Parks & Rec Commission Liaison – Scafani (Primary)
Economic Development Commision Liaison – Mackay (Primary), Jones (Alternate) Arts & Heritage Commission – Mackay (Primary),
Mad River Alliance – Shull (Primary), Mackay (Alternate) League of CA Cities – Mackay (Primary), Shull (Alternate) Mayor Select Committee – Jones (Primary), Shull (Alternate) 7 | P a g e
Motion: To adopt the assignments as discussed and finalize all assignments at the January 24, 2023 meeting.
Motion by: Councilmember Jones, Second: Councilmember Mackay There were no comments from the Council
Vote: Ayes: Jones, Mackay, Scafani, Shull Nays: None Absent: None Motion Summary: Motion Passed
15. Discussion Regarding City of Blue Lake Water & Wastewater Rate Proposal Councilmember Scafani: We have new councilmembers and we should understand the proposal before we go before the public.
Mayor Jones: It’s a hard process; we have to follow the process established by proposition 218 Councilmember Scafani: There were a lot of problems with the prior rate study; there were lots of typos. I’ve met with Scott (City Accountant) and Mandy (City Manager) to review the proposal and the numbers.
16. Council Training
Council directs staff to pursue training for the City Council at the end of February; training to include the Brown Act, Rosenburg’s Rules of Order, and the City budget.
17. Consent Agenda:
a. Warrants and Disbursements
b. Council Meeting Minutes:
1. October 18,2022 Draft Minutes
2. October 25, 2022 Draft Minutes
No public comment
Motion: To approve the consent agenda as presented
Motion by: Councilmember Mackay, Second: Councilmember Shull There were no comments from the Council
Vote: Ayes: Jones, Mackay, Scafani, Shull Nays: None Absent: None Motion Summary: Motion Passed
18. Council Correspondance
Council directs staff to write a response to the letter received from Jean Lynch
19. Reports of Council and Staff
Staff will provide regular monthly report at the regular meeting on December 27, 2023
20. Future Agenda Items:
Council Appointment
Council Assignments
Motion: To adjourn at 9:38 PM
Motion by: Councilmember Mackay, Second: Councilmember Scafani There were no comments from the Council
Vote: Ayes: Jones, Scafani, Shull, Mackay Nays: None Absent: None Motion Summary: Motion Passed