Summary of Council Actions – March 28, 2023
This is provided as a summary of actions taken by the City Council. Official motions and votes will be included in the meeting minutes. Please contact the City Clerk for additional information: [email protected] March 28, 2023
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Mendoza Meyer Oerlemans Pierson Bryant
7:00 PM –City Council Meeting
B.1. Proclaimed April 2, 2023 as Autism Awareness Day and April as Autism Awareness Month. Y Y Y Y Y
B.2 Proclaimed March as Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness Month and April 22, 2023, as National Take Back Day hosted by the Brentwood Police Department. Y Y Y Y Y
B.3 Proclaimed March 2023, as Arab American Heritage month. Y Y Y Y Y B.4. Adopted Resolution 2023-32 rescinding Resolution No. 2021-12, and approving and authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute Amendment No. 2 to the East County Water Management Association Agreement. (Casey Wichert/James Wolfe)
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B.5. Appointed Nina Koch and Swathi Lakshmanan to one-year terms to the Arts Commission to expire on December 31, 2023 and the recommendation of Anna Szabados to the Arts Commission for a three-year term to expire on December 31, 2025, as recommended by Mayor Bryant. (Bruce Mulder/Thien Nguyen)
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B.6. Adopted Resolution 2023-36 accepting the Annual Progress Report on the implementation of the Brentwood General Plan Housing Element for calendar year 2022 as required by the State of California and directing staff to forward the report to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research and the State Department of Housing and Community Development. (Alexis Morris/Jennifer Hagen)
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B.7. Adopted Resolution 2023-33 finding that the Annual Progress Report accurately reflects the General Plan implementation for calendar year 2022; accepting the report as required by the State of California; and directing staff to forward the report to the Governor's Office of Planning & Research (OPR) and the State Department of Housing and Community Development. (Alexis Morris/Erik Nolthenius)
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March 28, 2023
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Mendoza Meyer Oerlemans Pierson Bryant
B.8. Adopted Resolution 2023-34 approving and authorizing the City Manager or designee to sign an amendment and increase the purchase order with Phil’s Diesel Clinic, Inc. in the amount of $40,000 for a total amount of $179,000 for heavy-duty diesel truck service and repair and to increase the purchase order with Arata Equipment Company in the amount of $30,000 for a total amount of $184,000 for heavy-duty refuse truck parts; and authorizing staff to amend the Fleet Maintenance Services Fund FY 2022/23 Operating Budget in the amount of $70,000. (Casey Wichert/Scott Dempsey)
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B.9. Adopted Resolution 2023-35 approving the purchase of one John Deere backhoe from Papé Machinery in Newark, CA, and authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute a purchase order and necessary documents for a total not to exceed amount of $230,540. (Casey Wichert/Scott Dempsey)
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B.10. Waived Second reading and adopted ordinance 1054 to amend the Brentwood Municipal Code by modifying Chapter 17.660 relating to Encroachments into Required Yards, as well as adding additional definitions to Chapter 17.030 relating to Definitions. This text amendment is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines. (Alexis Morris/Jennifer Hagen)
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C.1. An application for Inez Estates, which includes a Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map (VSTM 9435) to create eight single-family residential lots and a 1.08 acre lot (Parcel A), an exception to the General Plan density transition policy, a variance (V 22-002) for three lots, and a design review (DR 20-008) for three home plans, preliminary landscaping, and other related improvements. The project is located south of Lone Tree Way and west of Gann Street (APNs 018-080-022 and 018-080-025). The City prepared a Mitigated Negative Declaration for this project in accordance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) that the Council will consider adopting. (Alexis Morris/Crystal De Castro)
Adopted Resolution 2023-37 approving the Mitigated Negative Declaration for this project.
Adopted Resolution 2023-38 approving the Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map for this project
Adopted Resolution 2023-39 approving a variance for this project.
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March 28, 2023
Legend: Y=Yes N=No A=Absent Absn=Abstain R=Recused
Mendoza Meyer Oerlemans Pierson Bryant
Adopted Resolution 2023-40 approving the Design Review for the project’s single family homes
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C.2. Adopted urgency Ordinance 1055 extending, for an additional period of one year, a moratorium on new oil and gas development in the City of Brentwood pending a study of the health and safety effects on such activities and the City’s long-term plan for regulation. (Alexis Morris/Erik Nolthenius)
With a correction to Section 3 of the Ordinance to read “The moratorium adopted by Urgency Ordinance No. 1036, and first extended by Urgency Ordinance No. 1039, is further extended by this urgency ordinance for a period of one year or until March 27, 2024.”
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D.1. City of Brentwood Police Department Performance Report. (Tim Herbert)
D.2. Future agenda item request from Vice Mayor Meyer, Council Member Mendoza, and Council Member Pierson independently requesting City Council discussion of, and possible direction to staff regarding, updating land use application conditions of approval to require coordination with the USPS to deliver mail. (Tim Ogden/Margaret Wimberly)
Motion to approve the following new standard conditions of approval for residential development projects:
Permittee shall install and provide access to mailboxes as early as possible to provide delivery service, in coordination with the United States Postal Service. Mailbox location(s) shall be provided on the Improvement Plans.
Permittee shall provide notice to buyers that it is possible that commencement of mail delivery may not coincide with occupancy of the unit and it may be necessary to pick up mail at the post office or rent a post office box in the interim.
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E.2.1.Future agenda item request provided in writing from Council Member Mendoza for City Council discussion of, and possible direction to staff, related to establishing protocols and procedures for considering certain events at City Park and adjacent streets, and recouping all costs incurred by the City. (Tim Ogden/Margaret Wimberly) Provided direction to staff to spend time and resources on the item. Y Y Y Y Y March 28, 2023
Legend: Y=Yes N=No A=Absent Absn=Abstain R=Recused
Mendoza Meyer Oerlemans Pierson Bryant
E.2.2.Future agenda item request from Council Member Pierson for City Council discussion of, and possible direction to staff, related to the possible creation of events to be held in conjunction with certain proclamations. (Tim Ogden/Margaret Wimberly)
Provided direction to staff to spend time and resources on the item, and review possible events to tie to the proclamation list, and review possible updates to the grant applications. Y Y Y Y Y
E.2.3.Future agenda item request from Vice Mayor Meyer for City Council discussion of, and possible direction to staff, related to potentially addressing the Healthy Places Index and the possible consideration of gentrification and displacement prevention policies in the draft Brentwood Boulevard Specific Plan planned for discussion Fall 2023. (Tim Ogden/Margaret Wimberly)
Provided direction to staff to spend time and resources to prepare an update to Council related to prioritization of the various anti-displacement policies on page 3-118 of the Draft Housing Element and a discussion of possible policy considerations related to the Healthy Places Index.
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Adjournment: Adjourned the meeting in honor of April Brown at 10:53 p.m.
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