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10/6/25 COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF CRESCENT CITY
MAYOR RAY ALTMAN MAYOR PRO TEM ISAIAH WRIGHT
COUNCIL MEMBER DARAN DOOLEY COUNCIL MEMBER JASON GREENOUGH
COUNCIL MEMBER CANDACE TINKLER
MONDAY OCTOBER 6, 2025 6:00 P.M.
PLEASE NOTE: CLOSED SESSION BEGINS AT 5:00 P.M.
OPEN SESSION BEGINS AT 6:00 P.M.
This meeting will be held in person at the location listed above. The City will broadcast the meeting on YouTube, however, if there is a technological issue with YouTube, the meeting will continue in person as scheduled. The public may access and participate in the public meeting by (1) attending the meeting in person and making public comment when called for by the Mayor or (2) by submitting a written comment via [email protected] or by filing it with the City Clerk at 377 J Street, Crescent City, California, 95531. All public comments (via email or mail) must be received by the City Clerk prior to 12:00 p.m. the day of the meeting. Please identify the meeting date and agenda item to which your comment pertains in the subject line. Public comments so received will be forwarded to the City Council and posted on the website next to the agenda. Written public comments will not be read aloud during the meeting.
Notice regarding Americans with Disabilities Act: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in the meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s office at (707)464- 7483, ext. 12. Notification 48 hours before the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting [28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title II]. For TTYDD use for speech and hearing impaired, please dial 711. A full agenda packet may be reviewed at City Hall, 377 J Street, Crescent City, CA or on our website: www.crescentcity.org
CLOSED SESSION
Call to order
Roll call
• Conference with Legal Counsel – Crescent City v. Garland Donaldson (DNSC Case NO. CVCV-25-1065); Crescent City v. Vonnie Von Bargen (DNSC Case No. CVCV-24- 1011)
• Conference with Labor Negotiator (Gov. Code § 54957.6): Agency Representative:
Eric Wier, Employee Association: Crescent City Employees Association, Crescent City Management Employees Association, Clerical Employees of Crescent City, Crescent City Police Officers Association, Crescent City Career Firefighters Association, and All Unrepresented Employees
OPEN SESSION
Call to order
Roll call
Pledge of Allegiance
REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CRESCENT CITY
FLYNN CENTER BOARD CHAMBERS
981 H STREET
CRESCENT CITY, CA 95531
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CEREMONIAL ITEMS
• Indigenous Peoples Day Proclamation
• Fire Prevention Week Proclamation
• Domestic Violence Awareness Month Proclamation
• Bully Prevention Month Proclamation
REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS - None
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
Any member of the audience is invited to address the City Council on any matter that is within the jurisdiction of the City of Crescent City. Comments of public interest or on matters appearing on the agenda are accepted. Note, however, that the Council is not able to undertake extended discussion or act on non-agendized items. Such items can be referred to staff for appropriate action, which may include placement on a future agenda. All comments shall be directed toward the entire Council. Any comments that are not at the podium are out of order and will not be a part of the public record. After receiving recognition from the Mayor, please state your name and city or county residency for the record. Public comment is limited to three (3) minutes. The public is additionally allotted three minutes each in which to speak on any item on the agenda prior to any action taken by the Council.
CONSENT CALENDAR
The consent calendar contains items deemed to be non-controversial and routine in nature. All items on the consent calendar will be considered as a block and voted upon in one vote unless a member of the City Council “pulls” an item from consent for individual consideration. Public comment will be taken on the consent agenda as a whole, unless an item is pulled. Any pulled item will receive its own public comment opportunity.
1. Warrant Claims List
• Recommendation: Receive and file the warrant claims list for the period September 6, 2025 through September 19, 2025.
2. Council Meeting Minutes
• Recommendation: Approve and adopt the September 15, 2025 meeting minutes of the City Council and the September 29, 2025 meeting minutes of the special closed session.
3. Payroll Report
• Recommendation: Receive and file the biweekly payroll reports for the period ending September 20, 2025 paid September 26, 2025.
4. Budget-to-Actual Summary as of August 31, 2025
• Recommendation: Receive and file budget-to-actual summary of the City’s major operating funds for Fiscal Year 2025-26 as of August 31, 2025 3 | P a g e
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5. Meadowbrook Preliminary Engineering Report Contract Award and Budget Amendment Resolution
• Recommendation: Approve and adopt Resolution No. 2025-45, A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CRESCENT CITY AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF CRESCENT CITY
6. Amendment No. 9 to Agreement for Operations, Maintenance, and Management Services for Wastewater Treatment Plant with Operations Management International, Inc. (Jacobs)
• Recommendation: Approve Amendment No. 9 to Agreement for Operations, Maintenance, and Management Services for Wastewater Treatment Plant with Operations Management International, Inc. (Jacobs)
7. Voting Delegate Designation for the League of California Cities 2025 Annual Conference
• Recommendation: Appoint Council Member Greenough to represent the City at the 2025 League of California Cities Annual Conference
PUBLIC HEARING - None
CONTINUING BUSINESS - None
NEW BUSINESS
8. Technical Assistance Planning Grant Amendment No. 2 for the Design of WWTP Rotating Biological Contractor (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
• Adopt the Crescent City WWTF Final Project Report (September 2025) • Approve and adopt Resolution No. 2025-47, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CRESCENT CITY AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND SUBMIT A FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATION
TO THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD
• Approve and adopt Resolution No. 2025-48, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CRESCENT CITY REGARDING WWTP PROJECT
EXPENDITURES TO BE REIMBURSED BY FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE STATE
WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD
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9. Measure S Street Improvements Fall 2025 Project Contract Award • Recommendation: Hear staff report
• Technical questions from the Council
• Receive public comment
• Further Council discussion
• Approve Plans and Specifications for the “MEASURE S STREET IMPROVEMENTS Fall 2025”
• Approve and authorize the City Manager to sign a construction contract with ST Rhoades Construction Inc. for the Measure S Street Improvements Fall 2025 Project. • Approve and Authorize the City Manager to sign Contract Change Order #1 for additional paving repairs on 8th Street.
• Authorize the City Manager to approve and sign future change orders in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000
• Find that the project is categorically exempt per CEQA guidelines Class 1 § 15301(a) – Existing Facilities and Class 3 § 15303 – New Construction
10. Fred Endert Pool Roof Replacement Project Notice of Completion • Recommendation: Hear staff report
• Technical questions from the Council
• Receive public comment
• Further Council discussion
• Authorize the City Manager to sign and file a Notice of Completion for the Crescent City Fred Endert Pool Roof Replacement Project (Contract #2025-1087)
11. US Economic Development Administration (EDA) Grant Acceptance to Update the 2019-2024 Del Norte County Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) • Recommendation: Hear staff report
• Technical questions from the Council
• Receive public comment
• Further Council discussion
• Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute a grant agreement and any amendments thereto for EDA funding in the amount of $76,000 to update the 2019- 2024 Del Norte County CEDS
• Approve and adopt Resolution No. 2025-46, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CRESCENT CITY AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF CRESCENT CITY
12. Alternative Procedures for Public Notice
• Recommendation: Hear staff report
• Technical questions from the Council
• Receive public comment
• Further Council discussion
• Waive full reading, read by title only and introduce Ordinance No. 858, AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CRESCENT CITY ADDING SECTION 1.04.080, PUBLIC NOTICE ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE, TO CHAPTER
1.04, GENERAL PROVISIONS, OF TITLE 1, GENERAL PROVISIONS, OF THE
CRESCENT CITY MUNICIPAL CODE
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CITY COUNCIL ITEMS
➢ Reports, Concerns, Referrals, Council travel and training reports – In accordance with Gov’t Code § 54954.2(a), City Council Members may make brief announcements or brief reports on their own activities. They may ask questions for clarification, make a referral to staff or take action to have staff place a matter of business on a future agenda. ➢ Legislative Matters – Consider miscellaneous legislative matters pertinent to the City of Crescent City. Authorize the Mayor to sign the appropriate letters and/or positions with respect to such matters.
➢ City Manager Report and City Council Directives – Pursuant to Crescent City Municipal Code § 2.08.200, the City Council may instruct the city manager on matters of importance to the administrative services of the City and provide direction with respect to subordinates of the City Manager. (Directives from individual Council Members that are not objected to by any member present shall be considered an order of the City Council.)
ADJOURNMENT
Adjourn to the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Crescent City on Monday, October 20, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at the Flynn Center Board Chambers, 981 H Street, Crescent City, CA 95531.
POSTED:
October 3, 2025
/s/ Robin Altman, City Clerk/Administrative Analyst
Vision:
The City of Crescent City will continue to stand the test of time and promote quality of life and community pride for our residents, businesses and visitors through leadership, diversity, and teamwork.
Mission:
The purpose of our city is to promote a high quality of life, leadership and services to the residents, businesses, and visitors we serve. The City is dedicated to providing the most efficient, innovative and economically sound municipal services building on our diverse history, culture and unique natural resources.
Values:
Accountability
Honesty & Integrity
Excellent Customer Service
Effective & Active Communication
Teamwork
Fiscally Responsible