Elk Grove City Council
Regular Meeting, September 13, 2023
CIT
Y OF ELK GROVE
Incorporated July 1, 2000
MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL
Mayor Singh- Allen called the regular City Council meeting of September 13 , 2023, to order at 6:02 p.m.
Pr
esent: Mayor Singh-Allen, Vice Mayor Spease, and Council Members Brewer, Robles, and Suen.
Abs
ent: None.
Pol
ice Chief Bobbie Davis led the Pledge of Allegiance.
May
or Singh-Allen asked that a moment of silence be observed.
APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Motion: M/S Suen/ Spease to approve the agenda as presented. The motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: 5 (Singh-Allen, Spease, Brewer, Roble s, and Suen); Noes: 0; Absent: 0.
CLOSED SESSION
None.
PRESENTATIONS / ANNOUNCEMENTS
None.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
Allan Veto, Jr. addressed homelessness in Old Town Elk Grove, and believed society’s approach and enablement of homelessness deteriorated community.
Allan Veto III spoke in opposition to the Oak Rose Apartments Project and the State Government’s imposition to demand approval the project, noting safety issues with increases of aggravated actions by homeless individuals against community members in Main Street Historic Elk Grove.
Penelope Leonard spoke in opposition to the proposed Winter Shelter, sharing observations of questionable activity by homeless individuals, and believed facilities serving homeless should be located in another area of the City and not in Old Town.
Sam
antha Gouon spoke in opposition to the proposed Winter Shelter and the Oak Rose Apartments Project, believing such facilities should be located in a different area of the City away from nightlife businesses, raised concerns of safety and beautifi cation of Old Elk Grove City Council
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Town for residents and businesses, and to consider collocating shelter locations with services.
Estella Drake suggested the City engage a volunteer coordinator to assist the City in coordinating animal services in the community.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION
City Manager Jason Behrmann reviewed the Administrative Report for September 13 , 2023 (filed).
CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
PUBLIC COMMENT:
James McCarthy , Kat Mendoza, and Julie Virga spoke in support of Item 7.9, noting additional resources were needed to support the animal shelter and increase spay neuter services to control the feral cat population. Speakers suggested increased informational campaigns to inform residents about trapping best practices, to consider placement of cat food donation bins at businesses and government facilities, and consider additional fundraising efforts (such as an adoptable animal calendar).
Motion: M/
S Spease/Robles to approve the Consent Calendar as presented. The motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: 5 (Singh- Allen, Spease, Brewer, Robles, and Suen); Noes: 0; Absent: 0.
Agenda Item No. 7.1 : Approved City Council meeting minutes of the August 23 , 2023 special and regular meetings.
Agenda Item No. 7.2: Received report on City Manager approved purchases and contracts authorized by Elk Grove Municipal Code Chapter 3.42 Contracts and Purchasing, and projects awarded under the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act, filed through September 5, 2023.
Agenda Item No. 7.3: Received report on Requests for Proposals, Qualifications, and Bids.
Agenda Item No. 7.4: Adopted Ordinance No. 16-2023 levying and apportioning the special tax in the sixty-ninth annexation to Community Facilities District No. 2003-2 (Police Services) and amending Elk Grove Municipal Code Section 3.18.010 (Second Reading).
Agenda Item No. 7.5: Adopted Ordinance No. 17 -2023 levying and apportioning the special tax in territory annexed to Community Facilities District No. 2006-1 (Maintenance Services) (Annexation No. 92) and amending Elk Grove Municipal Code Section 3.19.010 (Second Reading).
Agenda Item No. 7.6: Adopted Ordinance No. 18-2023 amending Elk Grove Municipal Code Chapter 3.42 Contracts and Purchasing to amend solicitation thresholds for City purchases and delegated authority thresholds (Second Reading).
Agenda Item No. 7.7: Adopted Resolution No. 2023-205 authorizing the City Manager to execute an Agreement for Acquisition of Privately -Constructed Facilities or Elk Grove City Council
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Reimbursement of Eligible Expenditures within the City of Elk Grove Community Facilities District No. 2005 -1 (Laguna Ridge) with Lennar Homes of California, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company, utilizing funds from the CFD 2005- 1 Series 2020 bonds pursuant to the Laguna Ridge Community Facilities District Guiding Principles.
Agenda Item No. 7.8 : Adopted Resolution No. 2023- 206 dispensing with the formal request for proposal procedures pursuant to Elk Grove Municipal Code Section
3.42.140(B)(3), and authorizing the City Manager to execute Amendment 2 to the contract with Dokken Engineering, Inc. for Professional Services for Preliminary Engineering through Construction Administration for the Old Town Area Streetscape Phase 2 Project (WTR012), in an additional amount of $500,557, and authorizing the Public Works Director to approve additional amendments not to exceed $100,000, for a total contract amount of $1,070,560.
Agenda Item No. 7.9: Adopted Resolution No. 2023-207 authorizing the City Manager to accept grant funding for community cat spay and neuter resources from the Regents of the University of California’s California for All Animals grant program, execute all documents necessary for administration of the grant, and amend the Animal Services' Budget in the amount of $125,000.
Agenda Item No. 7.10: A
dopted Resolution No. 2023-208 authorizing the City Manager to execute an amendment to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with CivicWell (C-23-260) for the provision of services through the CivicSpark program, adjusting the scope of work, reducing the total service agreement amount to $58,900, and authorizing the City Manager to approve future scope of work and budget revisions, provided they do not result in an increase in the not-to-exceed amount of the contract.
Agenda Item No. 7.11: A
dopted Resolution No. 2023-209 authorizing the City Manager to execute an amendment to the contract with John F. Torti Architectural Corporation (dba Torti Gallas + Partners) for the Kammerer Road Urban Design Study project, extending the term through December 31, 2024, and adding $33,000, for a total amount not to exceed amount of $535,650.
Agenda Item No. 7. 12: A
dopted Resolution No. 2023 -210 dispensing with the formal request for proposal procedure pursuant to Elk Grove Municipal Code Section
3.42.140(B)(3) and authorizing the City Manager to execute a master services contract with Hunting Environmental, LLC for on-call environmental services.
Agenda Item No. 7.13: A
dopted Resolution No. 2023-211 authorizing the City Manager to execute the first amendment to the Subdivision Improvement Agreement for McGeary Ranch, Village 2 Subdivision (Subdivision No. 10-059.02) (CEQA Exempt).
Agenda Item No. 7.14: A
dopted Resolution No. 2023-212 authorizing the City Manager to execute a Maintenance and License Agreement with 8310 Poppy Ridge LLC for private landscape and driveway improvements within the City’s right-of-way.
Agenda Item No. 7. 15: A
dopted Resolution No. 2023 -213 dispensing with the formal request for proposal procedures pursuant to Elk Grove Municipal Code Chapter
3.42.140(B)(3) and authorizing the City Manager to execute the first amendment to the contract with Veronica Kennedy Therapy for law enforcement counseling and therapy Elk Grove City Council
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services for an additional three years in the amount of $210,000, for a total contract amount not to exceed $260,000 through October 31, 2026.
Agenda Item No. 7. 16: A
dopted Resolution No. 2023 -214 dispensing with the formal request for proposal procedures pursuant to Elk Grove Municipal Code Section
3.42.140(B)(3) and authorizing the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Contract with Ellis Investigations Law Corporation for employment investigation services, to extend the term for two years and revise the hourly billing rates, and authorizing the City Manager to approve reasonable hourly rate increases for professional services under this Contract, all as determined in the City Manager’s discretion no more than once per fiscal year during the term of this Contract, or any extension thereof.
Agenda Item No. 7. 17: A
dopted Resolution No. 2023 -215 dispensing with the formal bidding procedure per Elk Grove Municipal Code Section 3.42.180(B)(4) and authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with Cappo Management XXXIV Inc., a California corporation, dba Freeway Toyota of Hanford, for the purchase of four replacement and one additional Toyota Camry Hybrid LE sedans in an amount not to exceed $162,000.
Agenda Item No. 7. 18: A
dopted Resolution No. 2023 -216 dispensing with the formal bidding procedure pursuant to Elk Grove Municipal Code Section 3.42.180(B)(4) and authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with Downtown Ford Sales, a California corporation, dba Downtown Ford Sacramento for the purchase of three additional and two replacement Ford F -150 pickups, and two additional and one replacement Ford Maverick pickups in an amount not to exceed $300,000.
Agenda Item No. 7.19: A
dopted Resolution No. 2023-217 authorizing the City Manager to execute a Fee Deferral Agreement with 8310 Poppy Ridge LLC, a California limited liability company, for The Pardes Project.
Agenda Item No. 7.20: A
dopted Resolution No. 2023-218 authorizing the City Manager to execute an Affordable Housing Regulatory Agreement Amendment #1 with 8310 Poppy Ridge LLC, a California limited liability company, for The Pardes Project.
Agenda Item No. 7.21: A
dopted Resolution No. 2023-219 authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with R.E.Y. Engineers, Inc. for Professional Engineering Services for the Elk Grove -Florin Road Complete Street & Resurfacing Project (WTR078) in the amount of $362,163, and authorizing the Public Works Director to execute future contract amendments not to exceed $40,000.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Agenda Item No. 8.1: C
onduct Public Hearings in consideration of resolutions calling special elections and declaring results of the special elections to annex certain territory as described to Community Facilities District No. 2003-2 (Police Services); Community Facilities District No. 2006-1 (Maintenance Services); and Street Maintenance District No. 1, Zone 5-Z, for the Pardes Apartments Project and to introduce ordinances levying and apportioning the special tax to the annexing areas.
RECOMMENDATION
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Conduct public hearings and take the following actions:
A-1. Adopt resolution calling a special election to submit the question of levying a special tax within the area proposed to be annexed to Community District No. 2003-2 (Police Services) to the qualified electors for the Pardes Apartments Project (Annexation No. 70).
A-2. Adopt resolution declaring the results of the special election held on September 13, 2023, for the seventieth annexation to Community Facilities District No. 2003- 2 (Police Services).
A-3. Introduce and waive the full reading, by substitution of title only, an ordinance levying and apportioning the special tax in the seventieth annexation to Community Facilities District
No. 2003 -2 (Police Services) and amending Elk Grove Municipal Code Section
3.18.010.
B-1. Adopt resolution calling a special election to submit the question of levying a special tax within the area proposed to be annexed to Community Facilities District No. 2006-1 (Maintenance Services) to the qualified electors for the Pardes Apartments Project (Annexation No. 93).
B-2. Adopt resolution declaring the results of the special election held on September 13, 2023, for the ninety -third annexation to Community Facilities District No. 2006 -1 (Maintenance Services).
B-3. Introduce and waive the full reading, by substitution of title only, of an ordinance levying and apportioning the special tax in territory annexed to Community Facilities District No. 2006-1 (Maintenance Services) (Annexation No. 93) and amending Elk Grove Municipal Code Section 3.19.010.
C. Adopt resolution determining to levy assessments in Street Maintenance District No. 1 Zone 5-Z (Annexation No. 29) for the Pardes Apartments Project.
With the aid of a visual presentation (filed), Vijay Maisuria, Finance Analyst, provided an overview of the staff report and recommendation.
Mayor Singh-Allen declared the public hearing open for CFD 2003-2, Annexation 70.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
Mayor Singh-Allen declared the public hearing closed.
Motion #A-1: M/S Suen/Spease to adopt Resolution No. 2023 -220 calling a special election to submit the question of levying a special tax within the area proposed to be annexed to Community District No. 2003-2 (Police Services) to the qualified electors for the Pardes Apartments Project (Annexation No. 70). The motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: 5 (Singh-Allen, Spease, Brewer, Robles, and Suen); Noes: 0; Absent: 0.
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ity Clerk Jason Lindgren announced of 236 possible votes, 236 affirmative votes were cast authorizing the City of Elk Grove to levy a special tax at the rate apportioned and described. The measure passed with more than two-thirds of all votes cast in the election in favor of the measure. A resolution declaring the results of the election was av ailable for Council consideration.
Motion #A-2: M/S Suen/Spease to adopt Resolution No. 2023-221 declaring the results of the special election held on September 13, 2023, for the seventieth annexation to Elk Grove City Council
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Community Facilities District No. 2003-2 (Police Services). The motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: 5 (Singh-Allen, Spease, Brewer, Robles, and Suen); Noes: 0;
Absent: 0.
Motion #A-3: M/S Suen/Robles to introduce and waive the full reading, by substitution of title only, Ordinance No. 19- 2023 levying and apportioning the special tax in the seventieth annexation to Community Facilities District No. 2003 -2 (Police Services) and amending Elk Grove Municipal Code Section 3.18.010. The motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: 5 (Singh-Allen, Spease, Brewer, Robles, and Suen); Noes: 0;
Absent: 0.
Mayor Singh-Allen declared the public hearing open for CFD 2006-1, Annexation 93.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
Mayor Singh-Allen declared the public hearing closed.
Motion #B-1: M/S Spease/Suen to adopt Resolution No. 2023 -222 calling a special election to submit the question of levying a special tax within the area proposed to be annexed to Community District No. 2006-1 (Maintenance Services) to the qualified electors for the Pardes Apartments Project (Annexation No. 93) . The motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: 5 (Singh-Allen, Spease, Brewer, Robles, and Suen); Noes: 0;
Absent: 0.
City Clerk Lindgren announced of 236 possible votes, 236 affirmative votes were cast authorizing the City of Elk Grove to levy a special tax at the rate apportioned and described. The measure passed with more than two-thirds of all votes cast in the election in favor of the measure. A resolution declaring the results of the election was available for Council consideration.
Motion #B -2: M/S Suen/Spease to adopt Resolution No. 2023 -223 declaring the results of the special election held on September 13, 2023 for the ninety-third annexation to Community Facilities District No. 2006-1 (Maintenance Services). The motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: 5 (Singh-Allen, Spease, Brewer, Robles, and Suen); Noes:
0; Absent: 0.
Motion #B-3: M/S Suen/Spease to introduce and waive the full reading, by substitution of title only, Ordinance No. 20 -2023 levying and apportioning the special tax in territory annexed to Community Facilities District No. 2006-1 (Maintenance Services) (Annexation No. 93) and amending Elk Grove Municipal Code Section 3.19.010. The motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: 5 (Singh- Allen, Spease, Brewer, Robles, and Suen); Noes: 0; Absent: 0.
Mayor Singh-A llen declared the public hearing open for SMD-1, Zone 5-Z.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
Mayor Singh-Allen declared the public hearing closed.
City Clerk Lindgren stated there was no majority protest. Of 236 possible votes (weighted according to the proportional financial obligation for each property), 236 affirmative votes Elk Grove City Council
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were returned. The ballot s approved the proposed assessments and the proposed inflation adjustment limit described for the parcel s identified in the ballot s. A resolution determining to levy assessments in the district was available for Council consideration.
Motion C: M/S Brewer/Suen to adopt Resolution No. 2023 -224 determining to levy assessments in Street Maintenance District No. 1, Zone 5-Z (Annexation No. 29) for the Pardes Apartments Project. The motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: 5 (Singh- Allen, Spease, Brewer, Robles, and Suen); Noes: 0; Absent: 0.
REGULAR AG ENDA ACTION ITEMS / RECOMMENDATIONS
Agenda Item No. 9.1: Receive information on the Broadband Digital Access Report and provide direction on next steps (CEQA Exempt).
RECOMMENDATION
Receive information regarding the broadband Digital Access Report and provide direction on next steps. Specifically, staff recommends that the City explore the feasibility of developing a public-private broadband network.
With the aid of a visual presentation (filed), Carrie Whitlock, Strategic Planning and Innovation Program Manager , provided an overview of the staff report and staff recommendation.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
Council Member Suen recommended continued pursuit of grant funding to support the effort.
The City Council received the report and directed staff to pursue explor ation of the feasibility of developing a public-private broadband network.
Agenda Item No. 9.2: Receive an update on workforce development training programs and consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract amendment with Cyber Proud, Inc. to provide workforce development training services to Elk Grove residents in the field of information technology for a total not-to-exceed amount of $1,110,508, or other such amount as may be directed by the City Council.
RECOMMENDATION
Receive an update on workforce development training programs and adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract amendment with Cyber Proud, Inc. to provide workforce development training services to Elk Grove residents in the field of information technology for a total not-to-exceed amount of $1,110,508.
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ith the aid of a visual presentation (filed), Luis Aguilar, Economic Development Program Manager, provided an overview of the staff report and recommended action.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
Shannon Perkins, Caleb Vosser, Adnan Baig, and Gina Chhun spoke in support of the staff recommendation.
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leen Warhead, CEO of Cyber Proud, Inc., spoke in support of the staff recommendation, and provided information that for placement of graduates of the program, they were connected to large state agencies and affiliates, as well as recruiter firms. She noted Cyber Proud, Inc. sought to provide careers in technology to all, and the diversity seen in the recruitment to the program was reflective of the diversity of the community.
Motion: M/S Spease/Suen to adopt Resolution No. 2023 -225 authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract amendment with Cyber Proud, Inc. to provide workforce development training services to Elk Grove residents in the field of information technology for a total not -to-exceed amount of $1,110,508. The motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: 5 (Singh-Allen, Spease, Brewer, Robles, and Suen); Noes: 0; Absent: 0.
COUNCIL COMMENTS / REPORTS / FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Counc
il Member Robles attended the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District Board of Directors meeting, and commended the recent video released by the Elk Grove Police Department honoring women officers.
Counc
il Member Brewer noted an upcoming meeting of the Sacramento Public Library Authority Board.
Counc
il Member Suen attended the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) Transportation Comm ittee meeting, attended the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District Board of Directors meeting, and noted an upcoming meeting of the SACOG Board.
Vi
ce Mayor Spease noted an upcoming meeting of the Sacramento Transportation Authority (STA) Board.
Mayor
Singh-Allen had no items to report.
ADJOURNMENT
Wi
th no additional business to conduct, the September 13, 2023 City Council meeting was adjourned at 7:23 p.m. in memory of Juanishi Orosco.
JA SON LINDGREN, CITY CLERK
ATTEST:
BOBBIE SINGH-ALLEN, MAYOR