CITY OF CRESCENT CITY
Mayor Blake Inscore Mayor Pro Tem Ray Altman
Council Member Jason Greenough Council Member Kelly Schellong Council Member Isaiah Wright
MINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CRESCENT CITY
WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY CONFERENCE ROOM
210 BATTERY STREET
CRESCENT CITY, CA 95531
MONDAY APRIL 8, 2024 5:30 P.M.
OPEN SESSION
Call to order Mayor Inscore called the meeting to order at 5:31 p.m.
Roll call Council Members present: Council Member Jason Greenough, Council Member Kelly Schellong, Council Member Isaiah Wright, Mayor Pro Tem Ray Altman, and Mayor Blake Inscore
Staff members present: City Manager Eric Wier, City Attorney Martha Rice, City Clerk/Administrative Analyst Robin Altman, Public Works Director Dave Yeager, Housing Authority Executive Director Megan Miller, and Police Chief Richard Griffin
Pledge of Allegiance led by Mayor Inscore
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
The following residents addressed the Council:
Jamie Yarborough: asked the Council to consider being a part of the Colaborative Coop Aggregate so that our power bills can be lowered. Redwood Alternative Energy Source took off and lowered residents power bills. Wants to better understand the MBR, who pays for it, who maintains it and what is the cost?
Donna Westfall: Would like the idea of a Community Collaborative Aggregate as Pacific Power is raising their rates. Also spoke about government employees' wages and getting raises. Would like a presentation on a community collaborative aggregate.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Technical Assistance Planning Grant Amendment for the Design of WWTP Rotating Biological Contactor (RBC) Capital Upgrade, Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) Replacement and Biosolids/Digester Optimization Project
• Recommendation: Hear staff report
• Technical questions from the Council
• Receive public comment
• Further Council discussion
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• Approve and adopt Resolution No. 2024-22, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CRESCENT CITY APPROVING AMENDMENT NO. 1
WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROJECT NUMBER C-06-8558-110 AND RBC CAPITAL
UPGRADE, MBR MEMBRANE REPLACEMENT, AND BIOSOLIDS/DIGESTER
OPTIMIZATION PROJECT
• Approve and adopt Resolution No. 2024-23, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CRESCENT CITY AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF CRESCENT CITY
City Manager Wier gave a brief history of the WWTP. The upgrade was done in 2007 and before that, the City was on a cease and desist order from the State as we were not providing quality water. This item tonight is a "must do". The original loan for the WWTP upgrade was an SRF loan for $42million. Over time, the State made it a zero-interest loan for 30 years. The RBCs were put in back in the 1970s and are beginning to tail; the new upgrade put in an MBR. We are making our permit limits because of the RBC and MBR working together. The RBCs are now starting to fail. In 2021, the City was awarded a grant for $392k from the State Water Resources Control Board. With this funding, we were able to hire Jacobs to work through the various phases of the WWTP. They have discovered what needs to be upgraded in the Plant, the RBC, MBR, and biosolids/digester. What is before the Council is to increase the budget to $951,243. This is a State funded grant, will not cost the City anything, it is a forgivable loan. The total of $17,430,000 is for construction costs which will be a fully funded forgivable loan. Kevin Kennedy, of Jacobs, explained the MBR and that they were replaced a year ago and by doing so, it reduced the overall operating cost. The digester, built in the 1950s, needs rehabilitation badly. To keep the Plant operational during construction, one digester at a time will be rehabilitated.
Jamie Yarborough: asked if there was mention in the proposal of generating electricity via methane; City Manager Wier stated that due to our size, it wouldn't be efficient for us to generate electricity in that fashion.
Donna Westfall: Did Jim Barnts work for the City when the Plant was upgraded, did Jim Barnts bury toxic materials, still looking for the 11% expansion rate of the WWTP.
Council Member Greenough asked how the City would be reimbursed for the loan; City Manager Wier said we do the work and submit for reimbursement that usually only takes a couple of months. Mayor Inscore if work is already completed, will it reduce the total amount? City Manager Wier stated that the design will include constraints down the road. The design can get done now to 30% and two applications will be done which will not affect the ratepayers at all.
On a motion by Council Member Schellong, seconded by Council Member Wright, and carried unanimously on a 5-0 polled vote, the City Council of the City of Crescent City approved and adopted Resolution No. 2024-22,, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CRESCENT CITY APPROVING AMENDMENT NO. 1 WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROJECT NUMBER C-06-8558- 110 AND RBC CAPITAL UPGRADE, MBR MEMBRANE REPLACEMENT, AND BIOSOLIDS/DIGESTER OPTIMIZATION PROJECT and approve and adopt Resolution No 2024-23, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CRESCENT CITY AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF CRESCENT CITY Mayor Inscore adjourned the Council meeting and convened as the Crescent City Housing Authority at 5:58 p.m.
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ADJOURN TO THE CRESCENT CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY
Minutes in the next agenda of the CCHA)
RECONVENE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Mayor Inscore reconvened the City Council meeting at 6:09 p.m.
CITY COUNCIL ITEMS
• City Manager Report and City Council Directives - Clty Manager Wier reported that the Japanese Delegation will be arriving on Thursday. Mayor Inscore stated that there will be a total of 9 members of the delegation, 7 of which who have never been Stateside. He listed the Kamome Event list of activities.
Council Member Schellong stated that a constituent wanted her to bring up the benches on Pebble Beach Drive so they are not lost to the slide.
City Manager Wier stated there was a three-hour Measure Oversight Committee meeting that went very well.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Council, Mayor Inscore adjourned the meeting at 6:16 p.m. to the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Crescent City on Monday, April 15, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. in the Flynn Center, 981 H Street, Crescent City, CA 95531.
POSTED:
Robin Altman
City Clerk/Administrative Analyst
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