I
MINUTES
CALISTOGA CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, June 11, 2024 - 6:00 PM
1307 Washington Street, Calistoga CA 94515
1. Call to Order/Roll Call/Pledge of Allegiance and Optional Patriotic Activity Mayor Williams called the regular session to order at 6:02 p.m.
Present:
Absent:
Mayor Williams, Vice Mayor Lopez-Ortega and Councilmembers Eisenberg, Cooper and Gift (remotely per AB2449)
2. REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSIONS - NONE
3. ORAL COMMUNICATION ON CONSENT ITEMS OR NON-AGENDA ITEMS
4. 5.
6. Public Comment was made by Charlotte Williams, lndiria Lopez-Jones, Larry Kromman, Lucretia Marcus and Trent Yaconelli.
CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
City Manager Snideman reported about three new staff members, Police Officer Roberto Ballines, Public Works Maintenance Tech David King and Public Works Water Tech Alex Cartwright. Also, Concerts in the Park are back and so are other community-building events, such as fitness classes at 6 p.m.
PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS/ AWARDS- NONE
CONSENT CALENDAR
Councilmember Eisenberg is recused from items 6.3 and 6.4 due to a property proximity conflict.
A motion was made by Councilmember Cooper to adopt the consent calendar as presented, seconded by Vice Mayor Lopez-Ortega.
VIA ROLL CALL
AYES: Mayor Williams, Vice Mayor Lopez-Ortega and Councilmembers Eisenberg, Cooper and Gift.
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
6.1 . Adoption of Resolution No. 2024-42 - Adopting Senate Bill 1 (SB1) Street Improvement Project List for Fiscal Year 2024/25 to maintain compliance with the program and determine that the action authorized by the resolution are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act.
City Council Minutes
June 11, 2024
6.2. Adopting Ordinance No. 771 - Amending Municipal Code Chapter 5.18 Special Events, Section 5.18.030 regarding the applicability of and exemptions from the special event permit requirement to remove the Napa County Fairgrounds from the enumerated list of exempted government agencies.
6.3. Adopting Resolution No. 2024-37 -Accepting the Engineer's Report for the Palisades Subdivision Landscape Maintenance Assessment District for Fiscal Year 2024-25, declaring the intention of the City Council to levy and collect assessments and setting the date for the public hearing.
VIA ROLL CALL
AYES: Mayor Williams, Vice Mayor Lopez-Ortega and Councilmembers Cooper and Gift
NOES:
ABSTAIN: Councilmember Eisenberg
ABSENT:
6.4. Adopting Resolution No. 2024-38 - Accepting the Engineer's Report for the Silverado Place Subdivision Landscape Maintenance Assessment District for Fiscal Year 2024- 25, declaring the intention of the City Council to levy and collect assessments and setting the date for the public hearing.
VIA ROLL CALL
AYES: Mayor Williams, Vice Mayor Lopez-Ortega and Councilmembers Cooper and Gift
NOES:
ABSTAIN: Councilmember Eisenberg
ABSENT:
6.5. APPROVED -Adoption of the Minutes for 2/7/23, 2/21/23, 4/30/24 and 5/21/24.
6.6. Adoption of Resolution No. 2024-39 - Approving the closeout of five CDBG grants, including accomplishments, disencumbrance of funds, and acceptance of the final products for the planning-only grants.
7. PUBLIC HEARING
7 .1 . Adoption of Ordinance No. 770 -Amending regulations concerning ADU development for consistency of such development within the city's municipal code and with state law.
8. GENERAL GOVERNMENT
8.1. Adoption of Resolution Nos. 2024-40 & 2024-41 - Adopting the Fiscal Year 24/25 Budget, Annual Appropriations Limit and Salary Schedule.
This item was presented by Administrative Services Director Connie Cardenas. l
City Council Minutes
June 11, 2024
Public comment was made by by Trudy B., Larry Kromman and Eric Reichert.
Council discussed the item and asked clarifying questions.
Mayor Williams made a motion to adopt the FY 24/25 Budget, approving $5,000 to continue the Economic Diversification Grant and $5,372 to Community Enrichment Grants, Seconded by Councilmember Cooper
AYES: Mayor Williams, Vice Mayor Lopez-Ortega and Councilmembers Eisenberg, Cooper and Gift
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Mayor Williams made a motion to adopt the Gann Limit Resolution, seconded by Councilmember Cooper.
AYES: Mayor Williams, Vice Mayor Lopez-Ortega and Councilmembers Eisenberg, Cooper and Gift
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
J 9. COUNCIL REPORTS
Councilmember Eisenberg requested that staff bring back the Mobile Food Vending item on a future agenda as the private property owner withdrew his offer to let mobile food vendors use his lot, Vice Mayor Lopez-Ortega and Councilmember Gift concurred.
Councilmember Gift requested staff look into using the Celebrate Napa Valley's 501 (c)(3) for Fairground business, as opposed to applying for a new one a it could be costly and take a long time.
Councilmember Cooper attended a community meeting with Mayor Williams and attended a committee meeting.
Mayor Williams attended a NVT A meeting and shared statistics about their ridership decline.
10. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Williams adjourned the meeting, at 7:30 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted
Prepared by: Approved By:
~®' Rx.a udiana Galvan, City-==
Clerk
~~ Donald Williams, Mayor
I APPROVED: 7.9.24