Agenda packet — Ferndale City Council, March 19, 2025

CITY OF FERNDALE – HUMBOLDT COUNTY CALIFORNIA – U.S.A.

CLOSED SESSION
Location: City Hall
834 Main Street
Ferndale CA 95536
Date: March 19, 2025
Time: 5:00 pm
Posted: March 13, 2025
We welcome you to the meeting. Members of the Public may comment on any closed session item. A person addressing the City Council will be limited to five (5) minutes unless the Mayor of the City Council grants a longer period. The public will be asked to leave the area once the meeting is adjourned to the closed session. If any action is taken while in the closed session, the Mayor will report the action to the public.

This City endeavors to be ADA compliant. Should you require assistance with written information or access to the facility, or a hearing amplification, please call 786-4224 24 hours prior to the meeting.

1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER – Mayor

2. Public Comment on Closed Session Items

3. Adjourn to Closed Session

4. Closed Session Business Items
a. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL--ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9: one case
b. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Title: City Manager
c. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATIONS
Agency designated representatives: Ryan Plotz, City Attorney Unrepresented : City Manager

5. Adjourn to Regular Meeting
This notice is posted in compliance with Government Code §54954.2.

The next Regular Meeting of the Ferndale City Council will be held on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at Ferndale City Hall at 6:00 p.m.

March 19, 2025
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AGENDA – REGULAR MEETING
Location: City Hall
834 Main Street
Ferndale, CA, 95536
Date: March 19, 2025
Time: 6:00 PM
Posted: March 13, 2025
We welcome you to the meeting. Members of the Public may be heard on any business item on this Agenda before or during the City Council consideration of the item. The public may also directly address the City Council on any item of interest to the public that is not on the agenda during the public comment time; however, the City Council generally cannot discuss or take action on an item not on the agenda.

A person addressing the City Council will be limited to five (5) minutes unless the Mayor of the City Council grants a longer period. While not required, we would appreciate it if you would identify yourself with your name and address when addressing the Council.

BEFORE SPEAKING ON ANY ISSUE, PLEASE WAIT TO BE
ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE MAYOR BEFORE PROCEEDING TO THE PODIUM.

City Council Meetings are recorded, and the video may be requested. The video will be sent digitally through Dropbox. A Disc and/or usb drive can also be requested for a fee.

1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER – Mayor

2. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

3. ROLL CALL – Mayor Cady; Councilman Lund; Councilwoman Fisk-Becker; Councilman Jorgensen; and Councilman Ostler

4. REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION – A Closed Session was held prior to tonight’s City Council Meeting.

5. CEREMONIAL

6. MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA

7. STUDY SESSION – None

8. PUBLIC COMMENT. (This time is for persons who wish to address the Council on any matter not on this agenda and over which the Council has jurisdiction. PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD and give it to the City Clerk before the start of the meeting. Speakers will be called in the order received or at the discretion of the Mayor. Public Members who do not fill out a speaker card may speak if there is time remaining. Items requiring Council action not listed on this agenda may be placed on the next regular agenda for consideration, unless a finding is made by at least 2/3rds of the Council that the item came up after the agenda was posted and is of an urgent nature requiring immediate action. This portion of the meeting will be approximately 30 minutes total for all speakers, with each speaker given no more than five minutes. Speaker time may be reduced if many speakers have signed up.

9. CONSENT CALENDAR. (All matters listed under this category are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. Unless a specific request is made by a Council Member, staff or the public, the Consent Calendar will not be read.

There will be no separate discussion of these items. However, if discussion is required, that March 19, 2025
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a. Approval of Minutes of January 15, 2025, Regular City Council Meeting .................................................................................................... Page 6 b. Acceptance of Checkbook Register for February 1-28, 2025 .................. Page 8 c. Acceptance of Financial Statements for February 1-28, 2025 ................. Page 12

10. CALL ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR

11. PRESENTATION

12. PUBLIC HEARING

13. BUSINESS
a. 2024 General Plan and Housing Element Annual Progress Reports ....... Page 38 b. Overview of 2025 Zoning Ordinance Amendments ................................ Page 38 c. Overview of Staff Discussions with Blue Lake and Trinidad regarding Police Services......................................................................... Page 66

14. CORRESPONDENCE ........................................................................................ Page 68

15. COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL

16. REPORTS
a. City Manager Report ............................................................................... Page 70 b. Commission and Committee Reports
i. Drainage Committee Meeting...................................................... Page 77 ii. Russ Park Meeting ....................................................................... Page 79 c. Minutes from Joint Power Authorities (JPAs) and Reports i. Humboldt County Association of Governments (HCAOG)
January 2025 ................................................................................ Page 80 ii. Humboldt Waste Management Authority (HWMA) February 2025.............................................................................................. Page 82 iii. Redwood Coast Energy Authority (RCEA) January 2025 .......... Page 86

17. ADJOURN
This notice is posted in compliance with Government Code §54954.2. The next Regular Meeting of the Ferndale City Council will be held on April 16, 2025 at 6:00pm March 19, 2025
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CALL MEETING TO ORDER
Section 2

PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
Section 3

ROLL CALL
Section 4

CLOSED SESSION REPORT OUT
Section 5

CEREMONIAL
Section 6

MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA
Section 7

STUDY SESSIONS
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PUBLIC COMMENT
This time is for persons who wish to address the Council on any matter not on this agenda and over which the Council has jurisdiction.

Items requiring Council action not listed on this agenda will be placed on the next regular agenda for consideration, unless a finding is made by at least 2/3rd of the Council (three of the five members) that the item came up after the agenda was posted and is of an urgent nature requiring immediate action.

This portion of the meeting will be approximately 30 minutes total for all speakers, with each speaker given no more than five minutes. Please state your name and address for the record. (This is optional.)
Section 9

CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed under this category are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion.

Is there anyone on the Council, Staff or the public that would like to pull an item off the Consent Agenda for scrutiny? Those items will be considered separately under “Call Items.” March 19, 2025
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________________________________________________________________ 5 ________________________________________________________________ City of Ferndale, Humboldt County, California, U.S.A.

DRAFT Action Minutes for City Council Meeting of February 19, 2025 Mayor Randy Cady called the Regular City Council Meeting to order at 6:00 pm. Those present did the flag salute. Present were Council Members Leonard Lund, Jennifer Fisk-Becker, and Skip Jorgensen, along with City staff: City Manager Jay Parrish, City Clerk Kristene Hall, and Finance Manager Lauren Boop.

Report out of Closed Session: None
Ceremonial: None
Modifications to the Agenda: None.

Report out of Study Session: Mayor Cady stated there was a study session held on January 29, 2025, to review and discuss a draft ordinance for universal solid waste collection.

Public Comment: A member of the public inquired on the status of Francis Street Drainage.

Consent Calendar: There were four items on the Consent Calendar for approval. There were no comments from the Council or Public
MOTION: to approve the consent calendar. (Lund/Jorgensen) Unanimous Call Items Removed from Consent Calendar: None
Presentation: None
Public Hearing: None
Business:

City Attorney Contract Renewal: City Manager Jay Parrish went over the staff report. Parrish stated that we have retained City Attorney Ryan Plotz for about 8 years, and he has done an excellent job for the city. Parrish also added there was no rate increase included in the contract renewal. Parrish also stated that this year staff is asking for an open-ended contract with the attorney’s office so it would not have to be renewed annually.

MOTION: to Approve City Attorney contract renewal. (Jorgensen/Fisk-Becker) Unanimous City Auditor Contract Renewal: City Manager Jay Parrish went over the staff report. Parrish stated that we have retained the services of Joseph Arch, JJACPA, Inc., for over 10 years. Parrish stated that JJACPA has done an excellent job and has helped and been a great resource for Finance Manager Lauren Boop. Councilman Jorgensen and Lund thanked staff and contract personnel.

MOTION: to Approve City Auditor contract renewal. (Lund/Ostler) Unanimous Public Information Meeting on: City Manager Jay Parrish went over the staff report. Parrish explained that per the timeline the city would be holding a public information meeting on March 1, 2025, from 10:00-12:00 to help educate public members on upcoming changes to solid waste collection for compliance with SB1383. Parrish added that the flyer regarding the meeting will be placed in the newspaper, two bulletin boards, and on the city website. Councilwoman FiskBecker asked staff to add to the flyer that the upcoming changes will include increased rates.

Staff stated they will add that to the flyer. Councilman Jorgensen questioned if rates will be March 19, 2025
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Correspondence: None
Council Comments: Councilman Jorgensen questioned the increased sales tax measure for the police department and if he could get an accounting of the totals. Jorgensen also asked how discussions were progressing with Blue Lake and Trinidad for police service. Jorgensen asked if the council could get a report on this at the next meeting. City Manager Parrish stated he would place it on the agenda for a report.

Councilman Lund stated Fireman’s Park was coming together nicely and looks great.

Councilwoman Fisk-Becker stated that the Spirit of Ferndale may be helping the City with the bathroom replacement at Fireman’s Park. Fisk-Becker also questioned the job opening for public works and recommended that public works crew member David be on the interview panel.

Reports:

City Managers Report: City Manager Jay Parrish stated he had been in contact with PGE regarding the undergrounding project and it starting back up.

Other Reports: None
Mayor Cady thanked the staff, public, and fellow councilmembers, and Adjourned the Meeting at 6:49 pm
Respectfully submitted,
Kristene Hall
City Clerk
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________________________________________________________________ 10 ________________________________________________________________ FEBUARY 2025 Deposit Recap 2.03.25 2.04.25 2.21.25 2.25.25 2.27.25 RETAIL TAX $30,219.00
T&U TAX $35,413.57
HIGHWAY USER TAX/VEHICLE LICENSE FEES $93,018.20 $3,435.67 RMRA $3,445.72
BUSINESS LIC $67.00

ANIMAL LIC
BUILDING RENTS $3,775.00
PERMITS $3,030.55
TOT $10,730.30
HEALTH INSPECTIONS $125.00

HCAOG - RSTP

PARSAC - GRANT / OTHER

COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT-STREETS & ROADS
SEPTIC DUMPS / SEWER REVENUE $5,403.00
FRANCHSE FEES $7,090.32

HUMBOLDT CTY - COPS

CASH FROM EVIDENCE LOCKER

SALE OF POLICE VEHICLE
POLICE SERVICES $170.00
SMALL MISC $15.21
ENGINEERING REIMBURSEMENT $1,898.75
DRAINAGE FEES $500.00
COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT-PROPERTY TAXES $114,943.47
COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT-SEWER $497,089.82
COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT-DRAINAGE $11,737.50
COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT-INTEREST INCOME $2,839.42
PUBLIC SAFETY $1,622.65
BOOKING FEES $989.98
US BANK REWARDS $1,619.63
GRANT REIMBURSEMENTS-SWB #3 $23,296.85
S:\CITY DOCS CITY CLERK\Meetings\City Council\2025\03. 3.19.25\Feb Deposit Recaps 24.25.xlsx March 19, 2025
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________________________________________________________________ 11 ________________________________________________________________ Assets
Current Assets
Cash $ 538,987.08
Restricted Cash 15,150.00
Accounts Receivable 10,724.65
Total Current Assets 564,861.73
Total Assets $ 564,861.73
Liabilities and Fund Balance
Current Liabilities
Accrued Liabilities $ 1,773.71
Other Current Liabilities 364,604.96
Total Current Liabilities 366,378.67
Total Liabilities 366,378.67
Fund Balance
Fund Balance - Unassigned 198,483.06
Total Fund Balance 198,483.06
Total Liabilities and Fund Balance $ 564,861.73
City of Ferndale
Balance Sheet
Fund 10 - General Fund
As of February 28, 2025
No Assurance is Provided
No Disclosures are Provided 1
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Current Assets
Cash $ 12,932.14
Total Current Assets 12,932.14
Total Assets $ 12,932.14
Liabilities and Fund Balance
Current Liabilities
Total Current Liabilities $ 0.00
Total Liabilities 0.00
Fund Balance
Fund Balance - Restricted 12,932.14
Total Fund Balance 12,932.14
Total Liabilities and Fund Balance $ 12,932.14
City of Ferndale
Balance Sheet
Fund 22-Gas Tax
As of February 28, 2025
No Assurance is Provided
No Disclosures are Provided 1
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Current Assets
Cash $ 27,654.21
Total Current Assets 27,654.21
Total Assets $ 27,654.21
Liabilities and Fund Balance
Current Liabilities
Total Current Liabilities $ 0.00
Total Liabilities 0.00
Fund Balance
Fund Balances - Restricted 27,654.21
Total Fund Balance 27,654.21
Total Liabilities and Fund Balance $ 27,654.21
City of Ferndale
Balance Sheet
Fund 23 - RSTP Fund
As of February 28, 2025
No Assurance is Provided
No Disclosures are Provided 1
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Current Assets
Cash $ 105,379.66
Total Current Assets 105,379.66
Total Assets $ 105,379.66
Liabilities and Fund Balance
Current Liabilities
Total Current Liabilities 0.00
Fund Balance
Fund Balances - Restricted 105,379.66
Total Fund Balance 105,379.66
Total Liabilities and Fund Balance $ 105,379.66
City of Ferndale
Balance Sheet
Fund 20-Russ Park Fund
As of February 28, 2025
No assurance is provided 1
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Current Assets
Cash $ 205,696.30
Total Current Assets 205,696.30
Total Non Current Assets
Total Assets $ 205,696.30
Liabilities and Fund Balance
Current Liabilities
Total Current Liabilities $ 0.00
Fund Balance
Fund Balances - Restricted 205,696.30
Total Fund Balance 205,696.30
Total Liabilities and Fund Balance $ 205,696.30
City of Ferndale
Balance Sheet
Fund 24 - Transportation Development Act
As of February 28, 2025
No Assurance is Provided
No Disclosures are Provided 1
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Current Assets
Cash $ 10,016.81
Total Current Assets 10,016.81
Total Assets $ 10,016.81
Liabilities and Fund Balance
Current Liabilities
Total Current Liabilities $ 0.00
Total Liabilities 0.00
Fund Balance
Fund Balances - Restricted 10,016.81
Total Fund Balance 10,016.81
Total Liabilities and Fund Balance $ 10,016.81
City of Ferndale
Balance Sheet
Fund 26 - Drainage Fund
As of February 28, 2025
No Assurance is Provided
No Disclosures are Provided 1
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Current Assets
Cash $ 36,555.04
Total Current Assets 36,555.04
Total Assets $ 36,555.04
Liabilities and Fund Balance
Current Liabilities
Total Current Liabilities $ 0.00
Total Liabilities 0.00
Fund Balance
Fund Balances - Restricted 36,555.04
Total Fund Balance 36,555.04
Total Liabilities and Fund Balance $ 36,555.04
City of Ferndale
Balance Sheet
Fund 25 - Integrated Waste Mgt
As of February 28, 2025
No Assurance is Provided
No Disclosures are Provided 1
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Current Assets
Cash $ 508,690.00
Total Current Assets 508,690.00
Property and Equipment
Vehicles 42,332.05
Equipment 122,805.75
Sewer system 13,768,181.34
Energy Savings Project Improvements 183,000.00
Less Accumulated Depreciation (4,038,551.21)
Net Property and Equipment 10,077,767.93
Total Assets $ 10,586,457.93
Liabilities and Fund Balance
Current Liabilities
Interest Payable $ 38,168.23
Total Current Liabilities 38,168.23
Long-Term Liabilities
Notes Payable USDA 3,857,000.00
Note Payable - California Energy Resources Conservation 166,204.97 Total Long-Term Liabilities 4,023,204.97
Total Liabilities 4,061,373.20
Fund Balance
Other Equity 6,649,092.60
Fund Balances (124,007.87)
Total Fund Balance 6,525,084.73
Total Liabilities and Fund Balance $ 10,586,457.93
City of Ferndale
Balance Sheet
Fund -30 - Sewer
As of February 28, 2025
No Assurance is Provided
No Disclosures are Provided 1
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Property and Equipment
Buildings and improvements $ 554,421.86
Vehicles 187,365.86
Equipment 293,715.34
Roadways 10,782,034.50
Sidewalks 180,800.00
Streetlights 31,684.18
Land 131,000.00
Less Accumulated Depreciation (11,467,236.09)
Net Property and Equipment 693,785.65
Total Assets $ 693,785.65
Liabilities and Fund Balance
Long-Term Liabilities
Accrued Vacation/Sick pay $ 54,942.49
Notes payable-long term 15,550.56
Total Long-Term Liabilities 70,493.05
Fund Balance
Other Equity 1,718,440.75
Fund Balances (1,095,148.15)
Total Fund Balance 623,292.60
Total Liabilities and Fund Balance $ 693,785.65
City of Ferndale
Balance Sheet
GASB 34 ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
As of February 28, 2025
No Assurance is Provided
No Disclosures are Provided 1
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February 28, 2025 February 28,
2025
Over/(Under)
Actual Actual Budget Budget

REVENUES
Revenues - Taxes
10014102 Property tax-secured $ 100,379.64 $ 100,379.64 $ 181,981.61 $ (81,601.97) 10014104 Property tax-unsecured 5,894.40 5,894.40 7,346.24 (1,451.84) 10014106 Property tax-prior 6,496.70 6,496.70 20,872.85 (14,376.15) 10014107 Supplemental role 1,294.22 1,294.22 3,597.24 (2,303.02) 10014110 Sales and use tax 0.00 240,152.25 380,157.42 (140,005.17) 10014111 Trash franchise 0.00 8,099.79 16,785.41 (8,685.62) 10014112 PG&E franchise 0.00 0.00 17,576.00 (17,576.00) 10014114 Cable franchise 0.00 10,668.13 17,031.41 (6,363.28) 10014116 Business license tax 67.00 9,285.00 9,215.67 69.33 10014118 Real Property Transfer tax 2,827.28 2,827.28 5,169.32 (2,342.04) 10014120 Transient lodging tax 0.00 123,668.05 188,824.39 (65,156.34) 10014121 TOT Humboldt Lodging Authority 0.00 14,952.15 25,175.99 (10,223.84) Total Revenue - Taxes $ 116,959.24 $ 523,717.61 $ 873,733.55 $ (350,015.94) Revenues - Licenses and Permits
10024132 Construction permits $ 2,980.55 $ 20,928.45 $ 30,000.00 $ (9,071.55) 10024164 Health protection 250.00 3,375.00 4,000.00 (625.00) 10024166 Encroachment permits 50.00 760.00 500.00 260.00 10024278 Animal license fees 0.00 762.50 1,300.00 (537.50) Total Revenue - Licenses and Permits $ 3,280.55 $ 25,825.95 $ 35,800.00 $ (9,974.05) Revenues - Use of Money and Property
10044182 Interest $ 2,839.42 $ 19,434.16 $ 16,650.00 $ 2,784.16 10044285 Bocce ball revenue 0.00 0.00 300.00 (300.00)
10044297 Town Hall Rent 425.00 3,365.00 3,000.00 365.00 10044297.1 Community Center rents 3,749.67 22,054.09 30,600.00 (8,545.91) Total Revenue -Use of Money and Property $ 7,014.09 $ 44,853.25 $ 50,550.00 $ (5,696.75) Revenues - Fines
10034283 Court fines $ 989.98 $ 989.98 $ 1,555.03 $ (565.05) Total Revenue - Fines $ 989.98 $ 989.98 $ 1,555.03 $ (565.05) Revenues - Intergovernmental
10054204 Motor vehicle in-lieu tax $ 93,018.20 $ 95,216.28 $ 171,632.91 $ (76,416.63) 10054222 Home owners prop. tax relief 868.98 868.98 872.48 (3.50) 10054286 Street sweeping 0.00 18,735.36 18,735.36 0.00
10054289 RMRA 3,445.72 19,450.44 32,642.73 (13,192.29)
10054290 Peace off. stds. & trng. 0.00 80.40 6,726.46 (6,646.06) 10054300 Public safety 1/2 cent 1,622.65 1,622.65 0.00 1,622.65 10054310 COPs Program 0.00 139,983.87 180,000.00 (40,016.13) 10054315 AB 109 0.00 0.00 20,000.00 (20,000.00)
10054320 State and County Grants 0.00 9,780.00 80,000.00 (70,220.00) 10054321 Federal Grants 0.00 43,514.60 0.00 43,514.60
Total Revenue - Intergovernmental $ 98,955.55 $ 329,252.58 $ 510,609.94 $ (181,357.36) City of Ferndale
Income Statement
Fund 10 - General Fund
No Assurance is Provided
No Disclosures are Provided 1
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February 28, 2025 February 28,
2025
Over/(Under)
Actual Actual Budget Budget
Revenues - Fees for Service
10084270 Plan check fees $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 2,000.00 $ (2,000.00) 10084271 Parking fees 0.00 247.65 213.23 34.42
10084287.2 Developer reimbursed fees 23,296.85 29,856.85 5,000.00 24,856.85 10084287.3 Reimbursed Fees Planning 0.00 10,609.70 10,000.00 609.70 10084291 Special police services 170.00 3,070.95 5,000.00 (1,929.05) 10084298 Fair racing revenue 15.21 2,268.43 2,278.09 (9.66) Total Revenue - Fees for Service $ 23,482.06 $ 46,053.58 $ 24,491.32 $ 21,562.26 Revenues - Other Revenue
10094284.1 Donations - City $ 0.00 $ 5,400.00 $ 20,000.00 $ (14,600.00) 10094307 Miscellaneous 2,453.38 3,557.78 0.00 3,557.78
10094308 PARSAC Grants 0.00 9,997.00 2,000.00 7,997.00
10094311 Utilities - Little League park 0.00 200.00 200.00 0.00 Total Revenue - Other Revenue $ 2,453.38 $ 19,154.78 $ 22,200.00 $ (3,045.22) TOTAL REVENUES $ 253,134.85 $ 989,847.73 $ 1,518,939.84 $ (529,092.11) City of Ferndale
Income Statement
Fund 10 - General Fund
No Assurance is Provided
No Disclosures are Provided 2
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February 28, 2025 February 28,
2025
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Actual Actual Budget Budget

EXPENDITURES
Expenditures - City Council
10115012 Office expense $ 0.00 $ 163.20 $ 200.00 $ (36.80) 10115013 Advertising 0.00 0.00 1,800.00 (1,800.00)
10115044 Meetings and dues 0.00 1,193.00 1,500.00 (307.00) 10115045 LAFCO fees 0.00 0.00 680.00 (680.00)
Total Expenditures - City Council $ 0.00 $ 1,356.20 $ 4,180.00 $ (2,823.80) Expenditures City Manager
10105002 Salary - permanent $ 2,938.76 $ 36,110.67 $ 49,749.35 $ (13,638.68) 10105006 Payroll taxes 224.26 2,275.10 3,918.13 (1,643.03) 10105007 Medical/Dental/Vision insurance 415.92 3,157.11 6,846.05 (3,688.94) 10105009 Workers comp. insurance 0.00 1,807.47 2,179.70 (372.23) 10105010 Deferred retirement 0.00 1,818.12 3,008.82 (1,190.70) 10105061 Liability Insurance 0.00 3,084.91 5,929.24 (2,844.33) Total expenditures -City Manager $ 3,578.94 $ 48,253.38 $ 71,631.29 $ (23,377.91) Expenditures - City Clerk
10125002 Salary - permanent $ 6,300.44 $ 54,113.97 $ 83,282.77 $ (29,168.80) 10125006 Payroll taxes 725.60 5,255.10 7,541.10 (2,286.00) 10125007 Medical/Dental/Vision insurance 1,250.65 9,762.44 14,531.72 (4,769.28) 10125009 Workers comp. insurance 0.00 4,344.51 5,239.19 (894.68) 10125010 Deferred retirement 0.00 3,370.18 5,738.01 (2,367.83) 10125012 Office expense 50.92 1,680.39 6,000.00 (4,319.61) 10125022 IT support 903.50 8,030.64 11,500.00 (3,469.36) 10125044 Meetings and dues 0.00 895.16 1,200.00 (304.84) 10125061 Liability Insurance 0.00 7,415.05 17,194.03 (9,778.98) Total Expenditures -City Clerk $ 9,231.11 $ 94,867.44 $ 152,226.82 $ (57,359.38) City of Ferndale
Income Statement
Fund 10 - General Fund
No Assurance is Provided
No Disclosures are Provided 3
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February 28, 2025 February 28,
2025
Over/(Under)
Actual Actual Budget Budget
Expenditures - City Attorney
10145052 Professional services $ 1,015.50 $ 10,267.50 $ 20,000.00 $ (9,732.50) Total Expenditures - City Attorney $ 1,015.50 $ 10,267.50 $ 20,000.00 $ (9,732.50) Expenditures - Government Buildings
10155002 Salary - permanent $ 308.70 $ 2,460.78 $ 3,556.22 $ (1,095.44) 10155006 Payroll taxes 32.87 269.50 413.85 (144.35)
10155009 Workers comp. insurance 0.00 174.06 209.90 (35.84) 10155012 Office expense 0.00 1,592.95 1,250.00 342.95
10155020 Building and ground maint. 163.08 4,742.08 10,000.00 (5,257.92) 10155024 Special department supply 0.00 2,909.15 0.00 2,909.15 10155030 Trash service 44.83 313.81 2,740.17 (2,426.36) 10155031 Gas 1,439.68 3,317.15 2,572.98 744.17
10155032 Utilities 377.72 1,908.26 3,417.11 (1,508.85)
10155033 Water 60.08 3,513.11 5,566.41 (2,053.30)
10155034 Telephone/internet 328.54 4,078.16 5,944.89 (1,866.73) 10155061 Liability Insurance 0.00 297.06 353.74 (56.68) 10155063 Building and Property Insurance 0.00 5,230.00 5,314.80 (84.80) Total Expenditures - Government Buildings $ 2,755.50 $ 30,806.07 $ 41,340.07 $ (10,534.00) Expenditures - Non departmental
10165015 Property tax admin. fees $ 2,817.75 $ 2,817.75 $ 5,431.91 $ (2,614.16) 10165054 Audit and accounting 1,620.00 16,200.00 16,200.00 0.00 10165054.1 Accounting services 5,525.00 20,509.50 25,000.00 (4,490.50) 10165055 Contractual services 0.00 3,659.19 1,500.00 2,159.19 10165064 Election expenses 1,325.01 1,325.01 1,000.00 325.01 10165076 Copy machine maintenance 0.00 0.00 4,430.60 (4,430.60) 10165078 Copy machine expense 155.38 2,772.32 0.00 2,772.32 10165200 Car allowance 400.00 3,200.00 4,800.00 (1,600.00) Total Expenditures - Nondepartmental $ 11,843.14 $ 50,483.77 $ 58,362.51 $ (7,878.74) Expenditures - Community Promotion
10175020 Building and ground maint. $ 0.00 $ 607.58 $ 250.00 $ 357.58 10175028 Public restroom 340.04 2,458.11 5,000.00 (2,541.89) 10175032 Utilities 53.89 315.39 503.45 (188.06)
10175033 Water 96.29 1,071.95 1,702.27 (630.32)
10175046 Bank charges 26.01 25.98 0.00 25.98
10175072 Chamber of commerce 0.00 27,111.90 0.00 27,111.90 10175072.3 TOT 2% HLA QTRLY 0.00 17,079.13 25,969.62 (8,890.49) Total Expenditures - Community Promotion $ 516.23 $ 48,670.04 $ 33,425.34 $ 15,244.70 City of Ferndale
Income Statement
Fund 10 - General Fund
No Assurance is Provided
No Disclosures are Provided 4
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________________________________________________________________ 24 ________________________________________________________________ 1 Month Ended 8 Months Ended FY 2024/2025
February 28, 2025 February 28,
2025
Over/(Under)
Actual Actual Budget Budget
Expenditures - Police
10215002 Salary - permanent $ 28,459.22 $ 232,487.41 $ 354,157.86 $ (121,670.45) 10215004 Salary - reserve 1,822.25 22,711.42 35,924.52 (13,213.10) 10215005 Salary - overtime 163.72 7,683.48 16,331.58 (8,648.10) 10215006 Payroll taxes 2,552.69 21,528.21 33,558.34 (12,030.13) 10215007 Medical/Dental/Vision insurance 5,394.45 41,202.60 54,883.56 (13,680.96) 10215009 Workers comp. insurance 0.00 15,724.29 18,961.26 (3,236.97) 10215010 Deferred retirement 0.00 14,236.14 31,044.80 (16,808.66) 10215012 Office expense 158.07 2,192.14 3,000.00 (807.86) 10215014 Vehicle expense 575.94 13,226.85 15,000.00 (1,773.15) 10215016 Fuel 673.60 10,313.91 23,910.19 (13,596.28)
10215020 Building and ground maint. 79.60 1,399.43 5,000.00 (3,600.57) 10215022 IT support 469.09 7,008.85 10,000.00 (2,991.15) 10215024 Special department supply 0.00 7,216.71 12,500.00 (5,283.29) 10215026 Uniform expense 0.00 703.87 1,000.00 (296.13)
10215026.1 Uniform allowance 0.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 0.00 10215029 Water/sewer 57.29 1,346.92 1,743.87 (396.95)
10215032 Utilities 9.86 4.97 704.85 (699.88)
10215034 Telephone/internet 501.99 5,748.58 7,951.40 (2,202.82) 10215035 Dispatch service 4,316.66 34,533.28 50,000.00 (15,466.72) 10215044 Meetings and dues 245.00 1,335.80 1,500.00 (164.20) 10215048 Training 0.00 3,399.44 5,000.00 (1,600.56)
10215051 Physical exams 0.00 0.00 900.00 (900.00)
10215052 Professional services 0.00 332.00 500.00 (168.00) 10215061 Liability Insurance 0.00 26,837.59 31,958.05 (5,120.46) 10215063 Building and Property Insurance 0.00 1,398.00 1,431.29 (33.29) 10215078 Copy machine expense 0.00 0.00 6,000.00 (6,000.00) 10215088 Equipment repair other 0.00 0.00 1,365.00 (1,365.00) 10215098 Background expense 513.68 738.68 1,000.00 (261.32) 10215201 Lexipol services 0.00 0.00 2,872.80 (2,872.80) Total Expenditures - Police $ 45,993.11 $ 476,310.57 $ 731,199.37 $ (254,888.80) Expenditures - Animal Control
10225096 Animal control $ 450.00 $ 3,600.00 $ 5,500.00 $ (1,900.00) Total Expenditures - Animal Control $ 450.00 $ 3,600.00 $ 5,500.00 $ (1,900.00) Expenditures - Health
10245052 Professional services $ 200.00 $ 1,600.00 $ 2,400.00 $ (800.00) Total Expenditures - Health $ 200.00 $ 1,600.00 $ 2,400.00 $ (800.00) City of Ferndale
Income Statement
Fund 10 - General Fund
No Assurance is Provided
No Disclosures are Provided 5
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________________________________________________________________ 25 ________________________________________________________________ 1 Month Ended 8 Months Ended FY 2024/2025
February 28, 2025 February 28,
2025
Over/(Under)
Actual Actual Budget Budget
Expenditures - Streets and Roads
10315002 Salary - permanent $ 6,650.51 $ 32,617.95 $ 32,236.09 $ 381.86 10315005 Salary - overtime 251.96 2,372.00 190.03 2,181.97 10315006 Payroll taxes 611.82 2,848.15 2,685.97 162.18
10315007 Medical/Dental/Vision insurance 493.20 3,815.71 5,629.68 (1,813.97) 10315009 Workers comp. insurance 0.00 1,009.44 1,673.43 (663.99) 10315010 Deferred retirement 0.00 969.59 1,579.59 (610.00) 10315011 Bldg/property insurance 0.00 720.00 749.02 (29.02) 10315014 Vehicle expense 0.00 0.00 3,000.00 (3,000.00)
10315020 Building and ground maint. 0.00 0.00 713.41 (713.41) 10315021 Street maintenance 0.00 343,788.85 100,000.00 243,788.85 10315024 Special department supply 0.00 1,546.79 3,592.79 (2,046.00) 10315026.1 Uniform allowance 0.00 189.98 0.00 189.98
10315034 Telephone/internet 92.76 839.16 1,030.44 (191.28) 10315055 Contractual services 2,966.75 8,259.25 687.44 7,571.81 10315061 Liability Insurance 0.00 1,722.86 2,051.57 (328.71) Total Expenditures - Streets and Roads $ 11,067.00 $ 400,699.73 $ 155,819.46 $ 244,880.27 Expenditures - Planning
10415052 Professional services $ 1,802.50 $ 45,746.94 $ 40,808.33 $ 4,938.61 10415053 Reimbursable Fees 3,852.65 86,367.96 56,855.69 29,512.27 10415055 Contractual services 688.75 24,292.50 21,679.44 2,613.06 10415059 Special Planning Projects 1,055.00 8,672.50 35,896.53 (27,224.03) 10415620 LRSP PROJECTS 0.00 11,404.39 3,259.95 8,144.44 10415630 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN 181.25 2,972.50 0.00 2,972.50 Total Expenditures - Planning $ 7,580.15 $ 179,456.79 $ 158,499.94 $ 20,956.85 Expenditures - City engineer
10425052 Professional services $ 487.50 $ 16,366.70 $ 40,000.00 $ (23,633.30) 10425053 Reimbursable Fees 1,365.00 2,567.50 0.00 2,567.50 10425055 Contractual services 0.00 0.00 7,653.47 (7,653.47) 10425059 Special Planning Projects 0.00 60.00 0.00 60.00 Total Expenditures - City engineer $ 0.00 $ 18,994.20 $ 47,653.47 $ (28,659.27) Expenditures - Building Regulation
10435024 Special department supply $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 500.00 $ (500.00) 10435052 Professional services 1,687.32 14,476.12 30,000.00 (15,523.88) Total Expenditures - Building Regulation $ 1,687.32 $ 14,476.12 $ 30,500.00 $ (16,023.88) City of Ferndale
Income Statement
Fund 10 - General Fund
No Assurance is Provided
No Disclosures are Provided 6
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________________________________________________________________ 26 ________________________________________________________________ 1 Month Ended 8 Months Ended FY 2024/2025
February 28, 2025 February 28,
2025
Over/(Under)
Actual Actual Budget Budget
Expenditures - Library
10615002 Salary - permanent $ 675.07 $ 5,771.75 $ 6,810.25 $ (1,038.50) 10615006 Payroll taxes 71.88 548.28 792.75 (244.47)
10615009 Workers comp. insurance 0.00 290.52 350.37 (59.85) 10615012 Office expense 0.00 0.00 50.00 (50.00)
10615020 Building and ground maint. 0.00 51.70 0.00 51.70 10615024 Special department supply 272.05 2,090.72 2,000.00 90.72 10615031 Gas 1,145.66 3,140.30 6,853.79 (3,713.49)
10615032 Utilities 279.07 1,564.96 2,898.16 (1,333.20)
10615033 Water 54.01 388.11 573.39 (185.28)
10615034 Telephone/internet 151.19 1,305.24 1,811.61 (506.37) 10615061 Liability Insurance 0.00 495.87 590.47 (94.60) 10615063 Building and Property Insurance 0.00 1,916.00 1,993.67 (77.67) Total Expenditures - Library $ 2,648.93 $ 17,563.45 $ 24,724.46 $ (7,161.01) Expenditures - Parks
10625002 Salary - permanent $ 3,522.19 $ 29,061.29 $ 25,966.13 $ 3,095.16 10625006 Payroll taxes 360.85 2,416.24 2,709.28 (293.04) 10625007 Medical/Dental/Vision insurance 61.92 477.22 770.48 (293.26) 10625009 Workers comp. insurance 0.00 361.17 435.57 (74.40) 10625010 Deferred retirement 0.00 152.05 249.13 (97.08) 10625020 Building and ground maint. 0.00 55,823.00 5,000.00 50,823.00 10625024 Special department supply 0.00 5,387.50 200.00 5,187.50 10625032 Utilities 62.68 407.75 887.52 (479.77)
10625033 Water 124.02 2,182.17 2,250.00 (67.83)
10625060 Bocce ball expenses 0.00 65.09 0.00 65.09
10625061 Liability Insurance 0.00 616.45 734.06 (117.61) 10625065 Russ Park expenditures 0.00 883.67 1,500.00 (616.33) Total Expenditures - Parks $ 4,131.66 $ 97,833.60 $ 40,702.17 $ 57,131.43 Expenditures -Community Center
10635002 Salary - permanent $ 0.00 $ 2.12 $ 0.00 $ 2.12 10635020 Building and ground maint. 929.69 15,824.92 1,500.00 14,324.92 10635031 Gas 0.00 89.82 2,500.00 (2,410.18)
10635032 Utilities 1,813.71 8,113.32 2,800.00 5,313.32
10635033 Water 123.21 844.60 5,000.00 (4,155.40)
10635055 Contractual services 0.00 351.72 3,000.00 (2,648.28) 10635063 Building and Property Insurance 0.00 4,214.00 3,432.00 782.00 Total Expenditures -Community center $ 2,866.61 $ 29,440.50 $ 18,232.00 $ 11,208.50 TOTAL EXPENDITURES $ 105,565.20 $ 1,524,679.36 $ 1,596,396.90 $ (71,717.54) City of Ferndale
Income Statement
Fund 10 - General Fund
No Assurance is Provided
No Disclosures are Provided 7
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________________________________________________________________ 27 ________________________________________________________________ 1 Month Ended 8 Months Ended FY 2024/2025
February 28, 2025 February 28,
2025
Over/(Under)
Actual Actual Budget Budget
REVENUES OVER (UNDER) EXPENDITURES $ 147,569.65 $ (534,831.63) $ (77,457.06) $ (457,374.57) City of Ferndale
Income Statement
Fund 10 - General Fund
No Assurance is Provided
No Disclosures are Provided 8
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________________________________________________________________ 28 ________________________________________________________________ 1 Month Ended 8 Months Ended FY2024/2025
February 28,
2025
February 28, 2025 Over/(Under)
Actual Actual Budget Budget
Revenues
22314210.1 Gas tax (2105) $ 689.02 $ 5,260.63 $ 7,719.73 $ (2,459.10) 22314210.2 Gas tax (2106) 872.42 6,336.73 9,566.17 (3,229.44) 22314210.3 Gas tax (2107) 941.10 5,954.58 10,328.48 (4,373.90) 22314210.4 Gas tax (2107.5) 0.00 2,121.73 1,373.33 748.40 22314210.5 Gas Tax (2103) 933.13 8,669.68 12,169.41 (3,499.73) Total Revenue 3,435.67 28,343.35 41,157.12 (12,813.77)

EXPENDITURES
22315002 Salary - permanent 522.48 3,843.26 17,349.70 (13,506.44) 22315005 Salary - overtime 6.30 59.32 21.34 37.98
22315006 Payroll taxes 42.58 347.63 1,348.97 (1,001.34) 22315007 Medical/Dental/Vision insurance 472.91 3,633.22 5,621.21 (1,987.99) 22315009 Workers comp. insurance 0.00 0.00 912.24 (912.24) 22315010 Deferred retirement 0.00 1,032.99 1,692.32 (659.33) 22315057 Street signs 0.00 124.38 0.00 124.38
22315058 Street lighting 1,395.97 9,595.05 13,359.40 (3,764.35) 22315061 Liability Insurance 0.00 1,936.62 1,809.43 127.19 TOTAL EXPENDITURES 2,440.24 20,572.47 42,114.61 (21,542.14)

REVENUES OVER (UNDER)

EXPENDITURES
$ 995.43 $ 7,770.88 $ (957.49) $ 8,728.37
City of Ferndale

STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES
FUND 22 - GAS TAX
No Assurance is Provided
No Disclosures are Provided 1
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________________________________________________________________ 29 ________________________________________________________________ 1 Month Ended 8 Months
Ended
FY2024/2025
February 28, 2025 February 28,
2025
Over/(Under)
Actual Actual Budget Budget
Revenues
23314211 RSTP Revenue $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 15,586.00 $ (15,586.00) Total Revenue 0.00 0.00 15,586.00 (15,586.00)

EXPENDITURES
23315002 Salary - permanent 778.54 4,840.48 6,332.48 (1,492.00) 23315006 Payroll taxes 58.77 380.17 492.56 (112.39)
23315007 Medical/Dental/Vision insurance 112.35 863.84 1,379.47 (515.63) 23315009 Workers comp. insurance 0.00 319.69 378.14 (58.45) 23315010 Deferred retirement 0.00 301.17 496.79 (195.62) 23315061 Liability Insurance 0.00 545.60 649.69 (104.09) TOTAL EXPENDITURES 949.66 7,250.95 9,729.13 (2,478.18)
REVENUES OVER (UNDER) EXPENDITURES $ (949.66) $ (7,250.95) $ 5,856.87 $ (13,107.82) City of Ferndale

STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES
FUND 23 - RSTP
No Assurance is Provided
No Disclosures are Provided 1
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________________________________________________________________ 30 ________________________________________________________________ 1 Month Ended 8 Months Ended FY2024/2025
February 28, 2025 February 28,
2025
Over/(Under)
Actual Actual Budget Budget
Revenues
20624182 Interest $ 160.05 $ 1,522.23 $ 0.00 $ 1,522.23 Total Revenue 160.05 1,522.23 0.00 1,522.23

EXPENDITURES
20625046 Bank charges 15.00 45.00 0.00 45.00
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 15.00 45.00 0.00 45.00
REVENUES OVER (UNDER) EXPENDITURES $ 145.05 $ 1,477.23 $ 0.00 $ 1,477.23 City of Ferndale

STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES
FUND 20- RUSS PARK
No assurance is provided 1
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________________________________________________________________ 31 ________________________________________________________________ 1 Month Ended 8 Months Ended FY2024/2025
February 28,
2025
February 28,
2025
Over/(Under)
Actual Actual Budget Budget
Revenues
24314231 Transportation devel. act $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 52,686.00 $ (52,686.00) Total Revenue 0.00 0.00 52,686.00 (52,686.00)

EXPENDITURES
24315002 Salary - permanent 2,421.55 13,406.43 17,739.10 (4,332.67) 24315005 Salary - overtime 79.26 768.12 96.58 671.54
24315006 Payroll taxes 204.05 1,096.95 1,408.35 (311.40) 24315007 Medical/Dental/Vision insurance 469.12 3,637.23 5,499.96 (1,862.73) 24315009 Workers comp. insurance 0.00 1,149.12 1,385.79 (236.67) 24315010 Deferred retirement 0.00 1,079.56 1,771.17 (691.61) 24315014 Vehicle expense 734.72 1,115.29 0.00 1,115.29
24315016 Fuel 444.83 6,811.06 15,518.86 (8,707.80)
24315024 Special department supply 0.00 511.70 591.41 (79.71) 24315032 Utilities 495.29 2,277.46 4,185.21 (1,907.75)
24315033 Water 63.13 428.65 940.76 (512.11)
24315034 Telephone/internet 92.77 839.24 1,030.44 (191.20) 24315061 Liability Insurance 0.00 1,961.29 2,335.50 (374.21) TOTAL EXPENDITURES 5,004.72 35,082.10 52,503.13 (17,421.03)

REVENUES OVER (UNDER)

EXPENDITURES
$ (5,004.72) $ (35,082.10) $ 182.87 $ (35,264.97)
City of Ferndale

STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES
FUND 24 - TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ACT
No Assurance is Provided
No Disclosures are Provided 1
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________________________________________________________________ 32 ________________________________________________________________ 1 Month Ended 8 Months Ended FY2024/2025
February 28, 2025 February 28, 2025 Over/(Under)
Actual Actual Budget Budget
Revenues
26314230 Drainage fund $ 500.00 $ 2,620.00 $ 3,000.00 $ (380.00) 26314240 Drainage district fees 11,737.50 11,737.50 15,000.00 (3,262.50) Total Revenue 12,237.50 14,357.50 18,000.00 (3,642.50)

EXPENDITURES
26315002 Salary - permanent 1,335.67 7,167.58 9,563.82 (2,396.24) 26315005 Salary - overtime 45.31 433.90 51.56 382.34
26315006 Payroll taxes 107.18 593.51 762.67 (169.16)
26315007 Medical/Dental/Vision insurance 0.00 0.00 103.70 (103.70) 26315007.1 Medical insurance 198.39 1,531.27 2,176.78 (645.51) 26315009 Workers comp. insurance 0.00 971.49 1,149.26 (177.77) 26315010 Deferred retirement 0.00 439.98 721.43 (281.45) 26315061 Liability Insurance 0.00 1,658.12 1,974.49 (316.37) TOTAL EXPENDITURES 1,686.55 12,795.85 16,503.71 (3,707.86)

REVENUES OVER (UNDER)

EXPENDITURES
$ 10,550.95 $ 1,561.65 $ 1,496.29 $ 65.36
City of Ferndale

STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES
FUND 26 - DRAINAGE FUND
No Assurance is Provided
No Disclosures are Provided 1
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________________________________________________________________ 33 ________________________________________________________________ 1 Month Ended 8 Months Ended FY2024/2025
February 28, 2025 February 28,
2025
Over/(Under)
Actual Actual Budget Budget
Revenues
Total Revenue 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

EXPENDITURES
25315002 Salary - permanent 445.26 3,784.71 0.00 3,784.71 25315006 Payroll taxes 33.98 344.72 0.00 344.72
25315007 Medical/Dental/Vision insurance 63.01 478.31 0.00 478.31 25315009 Workers comp. insurance 0.00 273.87 0.00 273.87 25315010 Deferred retirement 0.00 275.48 0.00 275.48
25315061 Liability Insurance 0.00 467.41 0.00 467.41
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 542.25 5,624.50 0.00 5,624.50
REVENUES OVER (UNDER) EXPENDITURES $ (542.25) $ (5,624.50) $ 0.00 $ (5,624.50) City of Ferndale

STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES
FUND 25 - INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT
No Assurance is Provided
No Disclosures are Provided 1
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________________________________________________________________ 34 ________________________________________________________________ 1 Month Ended 8 Months Ended FY2024/2025
February 28, 2025 February 28,
2025
Over/(Under)
Actual Actual Budget Budget
Revenues
30514274 Sewer service charge $ 497,089.82 $ 497,089.82 $ 809,570.30 $ (312,480.48) 30514275 Sewer connection fees 0.00 0.00 5,000.00 (5,000.00) 30514303 Septic discharge 10,275.00 39,249.00 60,000.00 (20,751.00) Total Revenue 507,364.82 536,338.82 874,570.30 (338,231.48)

EXPENSES
30515002 Salary - permanent 22,464.84 169,004.07 272,153.88 (103,149.81) 30515005 Salary - overtime 1,245.41 10,133.69 15,164.30 (5,030.61) 30515006 Payroll taxes 2,028.25 14,754.18 23,557.83 (8,803.65) 30515007 Medical/Dental/Vision insurance 4,279.65 32,643.41 45,792.90 (13,149.49) 30515009 Workers comp. insurance 0.00 14,056.37 15,582.67 (1,526.30) 30515010 Deferred retirement 0.00 11,004.97 14,886.13 (3,881.16) 30515012 Office expense 19.50 406.20 873.52 (467.32)
30515014 Vehicle expense 0.00 336.09 26,071.91 (25,735.82) 30515016 Fuel 152.51 2,335.19 5,310.54 (2,975.35)
30515024 Special department supply 168.91 6,321.74 9,267.53 (2,945.79) 30515030 Trash service 383.84 12,216.07 6,615.23 5,600.84 30515032 Utilities 9,853.76 66,408.22 105,000.00 (38,591.78) 30515033 Water 121.44 2,044.79 2,466.70 (421.91)
30515034 Telephone/internet 587.76 5,320.06 7,709.98 (2,389.92) 30515044 Meetings and dues 0.00 744.00 921.01 (177.01)
30515048 Training 311.00 1,146.63 1,000.00 146.63
30515050 IT Support 585.00 5,147.68 9,302.79 (4,155.11) 30515061 Liability Insurance 0.00 22,054.18 24,000.00 (1,945.82) 30515063 Building and Property Insurance 0.00 3,083.00 3,106.07 (23.07) 30515092 Permits 0.00 15,572.00 13,500.00 2,072.00
30515121 Sewer plant maintenance 1,022.98 22,183.34 50,000.00 (27,816.66) 30515122 Sewer line maintenance 14,246.95 27,186.99 50,000.00 (22,813.01) 30515130 Ultra Violet Lights 0.00 24,779.76 7,000.00 17,779.76 30515157 Testing and monitoring 4,346.97 14,260.48 21,723.14 (7,462.66) 30515160 Postage & Shipping 0.00 3,365.77 1,010.34 2,355.43 30515170 State Water Planning Grant Expenses 0.00 35,231.80 0.00 35,231.80 30515190 USDA loan 44,566.87 199,898.57 194,000.00 5,898.57 TOTAL EXPENSES 106,385.64 721,639.25 926,016.47 (204,377.22) NET INCOME (LOSS) $ 400,979.18 $ (185,300.43) $ (51,446.17) $ (133,854.26) City of Ferndale

INCOME STATEMENT
FUND 30 - SEWER FUND
No Assurance is Provided
No Disclosures are Provided 1
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________________________________________________________________ 35 ________________________________________________________________ Cash Balances
Current Assets
General Fund $ 538,987.08
Restricted Cash 15,150.00
Russ Park 105,379.66
Park 80.00
Gas Tax 12,932.14
RSTF 27,654.21
TDA 205,696.30
IWM 36,555.04
Drainage 10,016.81
Sewer 508,690.00
Total $ 1,461,141.24
Checking $ 957,986.39
Checking - Restricted 84,614.25
LAIF 418,390.60
Petty cash 150.00
Total $ 1,461,141.24
City of Ferndale
Cash Balances
As of February 28, 2025
No Assurance is Provided
No Disclosures are Provided 1
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________________________________________________________________ 36 ________________________________________________________________ Section 10

CALL ITEMS
These are items pulled from the consent agenda
for discussion and a separate motion.

Section 11

PRESENTATION
Section 12

PUBLIC HEARING
Section 13

BUSINESS
March 19, 2025
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Number:

13.a & b
Agenda Item Title: 1) 2024 General Plan and Housing Element Annual Progress Reports; and 2) An overview of 2025 Zoning Ordinance Amendments
Presented By: City Planner
Type of Item: x Action x Discussion Information
Action Required: No Action x Voice Vote Roll Call Vote
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
1) 2024 General Plan and Housing Element Annual Progress Reports: Review and provide input on the attached 2024 General Plan Annual Progress Report, which includes the 2024 Housing Element Annual Progress Report; accept public comment; accept the General Plan Annual Progress Report for filing, and direct staff to submit to the State.
2) Overview of 2025 Zoning Ordinance Amendments: Receive the staff report; accept public comment; and provide comment and input on the staff report.

OVERVIEW OF THE GENERAL PLAN ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT
Government Code Sections 65400 and 65700 mandate that all cities and counties submit an annual report on the status of the General Plan and progress in its implementation to their legislative bodies, the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (formerly known as the Planning and Research or OPR) and the Housing and Community Development (HCD) by April 1 of each year. Annual progress reports (APRs) must also be presented to the local legislative body for review and acceptance, usually as a consent or discussion item on a regular meeting agenda. The Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) released updated General Plan APR Guidance in January 2025 outlining format and content requirements.

The General Plan APR provides the City Council and the public with information regarding how the General Plan was implemented during the 12-month reporting period. The APR is also intended to provide enough information to identify any necessary "course adjustments" or modifications to the General Plan and means to improve local implementation. The filing with the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) the opportunity to identify statewide trends in land use decision-making and how local planning and development activities relate to statewide planning goals and policies.

As part of the 2024 legislative year, Assembly Bill 2580 was enacted that adds historic designations reporting as a new general plan annual progress report requirement. The general plan annual progress report must now include a list of all properties designated as historic in the past year. This includes listings on the National Register of Historic Places, the California Register of Historical Resources, or a local historic register. The report must also detail the status of any housing projects proposed for these newly designated historic sites. The City’s lists of National Register of Historic Places and the California Register of Historical Resources remain the same.

No structures, properties or districts were added to the City’s existing lists in 2024.

Although the Housing Element is part of the City’s General Plan, the progress report for the Housing Element is prepared and filed separately. The housing element APR is used by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to monitor a jurisdiction’s progress on implementing its housing element. The housing element APR reports on a jurisdiction’s:

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• Progress on the completion of housing programs (also referred to as implementation measures).

The timely filing of the Housing Element APR is necessary for a locality to maintain compliance with housing element law. Ferndale’s General Plan APR, including the Housing Element APR, for the calendar year 2024 will filed with LCI and HCD before April 1, 2025.

OVERVIEW OF 2025 ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS
California law requires a city’s zoning map and ordinance to be consistent with its General Plan, especially its land use and housing elements. Ferndale’s adopted Land Use Element includes changes that are not currently reflected in the Ferndale Zoning Map or Ordinance. These changes relate to updates to the land use designations (e.g., changes in densities), and new policies and programs (e.g., streamside protection area along both sides of Francis Creek). A review of the implementation programs in the adopted Housing Element shows there updates to the zoning regulations that have not yet been completed.

The City planner is preparing a series of amendments that will make Ferndale’s Zoning Map and Ordinance consistent with the General Plan. The amendments will be advanced in three groups and are scheduled to be completed by December 2025. The three groups of amendments are summarized below:

Group A • Update residential zones, including lot and development standards, as necessary to be consistent with the corresponding land use designation’s uses, density, and intensity. • Update the Zoning Ordinance to be consistent with State law for employee housing, including farmworker housing.
• Ensure residential zone classifications are 1) adequately represented on the Zoning Map & 2) allow for a variety of housing types.
• Ensure there is an adequate number of sites that are available and suitable for residential development for all income levels, especially sites identified to accommodate housing for lower incomes.

Group B • Add a combining zone describing the requirements of the Francis Creek Stream Protection Area (SPA); and add implementing procedures to ensure the SPA is implemented consistently for property owners and applicants.
• Update non-residential zones, including lot and development standards, as necessary to be consistent with the corresponding land use designation’s uses, density, and intensity. • Zoning amendments to allow single room occupancy units (SROs).

Group C • Zoning text amendments for low barrier navigation centers, supportive housing, and emergency shelters consistent with State law.
• Update Subdivision Ordinance to make mergers and lot line adjustments staff-level processes.
• Add a Natural Resources zone that implements the NR General Plan designation, and amend the PF zone to be consistent with the PF land use designation.

The Group A amendments will kick off with a Planning Commission study session on April 2, 2025. To help spread the word, the City planner will prepare a press release that can be forwarded to the Ferndale Enterprise, and it can be published to the City’s website, and posted at City Hall and the Post Office bulletin board.

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________________________________________________________________ 39 ________________________________________________________________ City staff has kept a log of typos and errors in the Ferndale Zoning Ordinance, and other amendments that clean up these typos and errors will be also incorporated.

Since being enacted in 2017, State accessory dwelling unit (ADU) law has been amended annually. The changes in ADU law are generally to further facilitate ADU development by property owners. As discussed in section 6.2 of the General Plan APR (Attachment A), ADUs are the most common housing type being added to the City’s inventory by property owners. As part of a future regular City Council meeting, the City planner will provide an overview of current State ADU law, the City’s ordinance, and potential options for the City to update its ordinance.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) does not apply because the General Plan Annual Report does not constitute a “Project” under CEQA Guidelines Sec. 15378.

ATTACHMENTS:

A - General Plan Annual Progress Report for 2024
B - Housing Element Annual Progress Report for 2024. Note: Only tables containing data are attached.

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City of Ferndale
General Plan
Annual Progress Report for
2024

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General Plan
Annual Progress Report for
Calendar Year 2024
Reviewed and Accepted by the Ferndale City Council on
March 19, 2025
Agenda Item No. _____________
For submittal to:

Governor’s Land Use and Climate Innovation on _____________, 2025 March 19, 2025
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1.0 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................1

1.1 Annual Progress Report Purpose................................................................................................. 1

1.2 City Council Presentation and Action.......................................................................................... 1

2.0 City of Ferndale Overview .......................................................................................................1

3.0 General Plan Elements............................................................................................................3

3.1 OPR General Plan Guidelines....................................................................................................... 3

3.2 Land Use Element (Includes Conservation & Open Space)......................................................... 3

3.3 Housing Element.......................................................................................................................... 4

3.4 Safety Element............................................................................................................................. 7

3.5 Historic & Cultural Resources Element........................................................................................ 8

3.6 Noise & Air Quality Element........................................................................................................ 8

3.7 Transportation and Public Facilities Element.............................................................................. 9

4.0 General Plan Amendments......................................................................................................9

5.0 Zoning Ordinance Amendments..............................................................................................9

6.0 General Plan Implementation................................................................................................10

6.1 Drainage Master Plan ................................................................................................................10

6.2 Accessory Dwelling Units...........................................................................................................10

6.3 California Environmental Quality Act........................................................................................11

6.4 Planned Development...............................................................................................................11

6.5 Regional Climate Action Plan.....................................................................................................12 March 19, 2025
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1.0 Introduction

1.1 Annual Progress Report Purpose
The Annual Progress Report (APR) provides local legislative bodies and the public with information regarding General Plan implementation. APRs also inform the public of the progress in meeting the community’s goals. APRs explain how land use decisions relate to adopted goals, policies, and implementation measures of the General Plan. The APR is intended to provide enough information to identify necessary "course adjustments" or modifications to the General Plan, and means to improve implementation, if needed.

Government Code Sections 65400 and 65700 mandate that all cities and counties submit an annual report on the status of the General Plan and progress in its implementation to their legislative bodies, the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (formerly known as the Planning and Research or OPR) and the Housing and Community Development (HCD) by April 1 of each year. The General Plan APR gives the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) the opportunity to identify statewide trends in land use decision-making and how local planning and development activities relate to statewide planning goals and policies.1 Although the Housing Element is part of the City’s General Plan, jurisdictions are required to file a separate report. The housing element APR is used by HCD to monitor a jurisdiction’s progress on implementing its housing element. The housing element APR reports on a jurisdiction’s:
• Progress towards meeting its Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) by reporting the number of housing units added in a jurisdiction; and
• Progress on the completion of housing programs (also referred to as implementation measures).

The Housing Element APR is prepared using a HCD form that is highly detailed. Consequently, the document contains only a summary of Ferndale’s 2024 Housing Element APR.

1.2 City Council Presentation and Action
APRs must be presented to the local legislative body for its review and acceptance, usually as a consent or discussion item on a regular meeting agenda. The APR is intended to provide enough information for decision makers to assess how the General Plan was implemented during the 12-month reporting period. This General Plan APR is scheduled to be reviewed and accepted by the Ferndale City Council at their regular meeting on March 19, 2025.

2.0 City of Ferndale Overview
The City of Ferndale is one square mile in size, is located 16 miles southwest of Eureka and 6 miles west of Fortuna near the Pacific coastline, and has strong ties to agriculture, especially dairy and cattle grazing. Ferndale is a historic town, noted for its many preserved historical architecture styles, and is the main visitor serving area and is a main source of income for the City. The character of Main Street and the architecture styles in the surrounding neighborhoods are critical marketing elements for the community. Moreover, Ferndale’s unique setting provides residents with the benefits of small-town rural living while maintaining access to larger City services located nearby. 1 General Plan Annual Progress Report Memo, Governor’s Office of Planning and Research. March 4, 2020.

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Table 2 below compares the 2020 and 2024 population of Ferndale and the incorporated cities.

According to the data, the population of the region has declined, although the percentage of Ferndale’s population decline is lower than several other cities. Based on estimates from the California Department of Finance and Humboldt County, it is likely that this trend will continue with limited growth over the next 10 years which may have an impact on the City’s schools and the overall ability to finance City functions due to a limited tax base.

Humboldt Region Population, 2020 and 2024
Jurisdiction 2020 Population
Estimate
2024 Population
Estimate
Percentage
Change
Percentage of
Total Population
(2024)
Arcata 18,547 18,540 0.0% 14%
Blue Lake 1,205 1,149 -4.6% 1%
Eureka 26,972 26,073 -3.3% 20%
Ferndale 1,394 1,356 -2.7% 1%
Fortuna 12,530 12,181 -2.8% 9%
Rio Dell 3,390 3,241 -4.4% 2%
Trinidad 307 294 -4.2% 0%
Unincorporated
County 72,118 70,266 -2.6% 53%
Total Population 136,463 133,100 -2.5% 100%
Source: California Department of Finance, Demographic Research Unit, Report E-4, 2021-2024, with 2020 Benchmark, Released: May 1, 2024, accessed March 11, 2025 As represented in Figure 1,
after 2025, the California
Department of Finance
projects that the population of
Humboldt county will increase,
although a jurisdiction
breakdown is not provided.

The change from 2020 to 2040
is approximately 860
individuals, and the change
from 2025 to 2040 is about
2,765 individuals.

Figure 1: Humboldt Population Changes, 2020 to 2040
Source: Report P-2A: Total Population Projections, 2020-2070, California Counties, Demographic Research Unit, California Department of Finance
133,000
133,500
134,000
134,500
135,000
135,500
136,000
136,500
137,000
137,500
2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
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3.0 General Plan Elements
The principal land use documents for the City are the General Plan and the Zoning Ordinance. The City land use designations cover broad use types and density/intensity standards while the zoning designations provide details on allowed uses and development standards.

3.1 OPR General Plan Guidelines
Per OPR guidelines, there are seven mandatory general plan elements for all cities and counties. The seven mandatory elements are land use, circulation, housing, conservation, open space, noise, and safety. Several optional elements may also be included based on the needs of the jurisdiction. The General Plan must also comply with environmental justice considerations, and collaborative planning for military lands and facilities when applicable.

The City of Ferndale’s General Plan currently includes all of the elements listed in Table 1 below. The City continues to update its general plan based on community goals and funding availability. As general plan elements are updated and/or amended the City consults with Native American Tribes and considers potential environmental justice issues. There are no active military lands or facilities in the City; therefore, the requirements for collaboration does not apply. Table 1 also summarizes the status of the City’s general plan elements.

Table 1: Ferndale General Plan Element–Summary of Mandatory Elements Element Title Yr. of
Adoption
Notes
Land Use (Includes
Conservation & Open Space)
2024 None.

Housing 2019 Continuing to track development and report annually on programs. The City’s next housing element update is
anticipated to be due to HCD in July 2027.2
Safety 2024 Upon completion of the update of the hazard mitigation plan, the City will need to review the Safety Element for consistency, and prepare any updates as
need for AB 2140 compliance.

Historic & Cultural Resources 2012 None.

Noise 1975 An update was drafted in 2016 that also includes Air Quality (is not adopted). Noise a mandatory element
but Air Quality is an optional element.

Transportation (Circulation) &
Public Facilities
1967 None. Needs to be updated to maintain consistency
with Land Use, Housing, and Safety Elements. The City
will be actively seeking funding for an update.

3.2 Land Use Element (Includes Conservation & Open Space) In November 2024, a comprehensive update of the Land Use Element, which includes the City’s Conservation and Open Space Element, of the Ferndale General Plan was adopted by the City Council.

The City Council also adopted an updated General Plan Land Use Map. Prior to adoption, the City 2 https://www.hcd.ca.gov/sites/default/files/docs/planning-and-community/housing-element/7th-web-heduedate.pdf, accessed March 30, 2024.

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Council certified a programmatic Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) that was prepared for the update.

The costs to update the Land Use Element and prepare the PEIR were offset by SB 2, LEAP, and REAP funding the City secured.

The Land Use Element provides for the general distribution, location, and extent of the uses of land for housing, business, industry, open space, agriculture, natural resources, public buildings and grounds, and other categories of public and private uses of land within the City. In order for the Land Use Element to reflect the current conditions and vision of the City the data, analyses, and policies have been updated. The intent of the Land Use Element is to provide more flexibility in housing options while still protecting the historic character of the area. The Land Use Element continues to accommodate projections of population and economic growth using infill principles. The City’s anticipated growth during the planning period is expected to be contained within the present City boundary and concentrated largely within already developed residential areas and planned development areas as identified in the Element. The Land Use Element incorporates targeted increases in land use density (or increases in the allowable uses and development standards) in order for the City to be consistent with the policies and programs established in the City’s 6th Cycle adopted Housing Element.

Numerous Planning Commission meetings, a public Open House, and joint City Council and Planning Commission Study Sessions were conducted before the update of the Land Use Element was adopted.

3.3 Housing Element
The City adopted its 6th Cycle Housing Element (which covers the period of 2019-2027) in 2019. The Housing Element provides a comprehensive overview of the City’s current demographics and housing trends and outlines numerous programs to assist with housing development for all incomes levels in the city. These programs are put in place to assist the City with coming into compliance with State law, help the City reach its housing objectives, and provide for the City’s share of the Regional Housing Need Allocation (RHNA).

The Goals, Policies, and Programs contained in the Housing Element are intended to guide the City of Ferndale, stakeholders, and residents toward the preservation, improvement and development of housing for all income levels. It is the City’s intent to encourage quality, varied, affordable housing development by both the public and private sectors. Ferndale’s Housing Element consists of five sections: (1) Purpose and Statutory Requirements; (2) Context and Strategies; (3) Goals and Policies; (4) Housing Programs; and (5) Technical Appendix. The Technical Appendix provides a detailed assessment of the City’s existing and projected housing needs, constraints and opportunities for addressing those needs, and an evaluation of City achievements under the prior 2014-2019 Housing Element.

To track the progress of housing goals, State law requires every city and county to submit a separate Housing Element Annual Progress Report directly to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) using HCD’s prepared form. A locality's progress towards meeting its housing needs is measured by the issuance of building permits, along with details related to the type of units, the estimated affordability of the units, and major milestones (e.g., the dates when applications for housing construction were filed and approved). The City will submit its 2024 Housing Element APR to HCD and its General Plan APR to LCI on the same day, no later than April 1, 2025.

Table 2 below summarizes the housing applications submitted, permits approved, and certificates of occupancy issued from 2019 to 2024 (by calendar year), which show that 30 units have been constructed since the start of the 6th cycle.

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Table 2: Ferndale Housing Development Summary
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Housing Applications Submitted 10 0 0 4 3 5
# of Proposed Units in All
Applications Submitted
11 0 0 5 5 7
Total Housing Units Approved 11 0 0 5 2 7
Total Housing Units Disapproved 0 0 0 0 0 0
Number of Building Permits Issued 8 2 6 5 2 2
# of Certificates of Occupancy Issued 7 0 2
HCD’s APR form requires cities to report the estimated affordability by income level of new housing units. This is done by determining the limits for the cost of housing using the formulas specified in the California Health and Safety Code. These results are then compared to the anticipated housing costs using the values in Table 3 below. To estimate the anticipated rents, a point in time survey of Craigslist and Zillow rentals in Ferndale and surrounding communities was performed in February 2025. This survey showed monthly rents ranged from $725 to $2,000. Table 4 below shows Ferndale’s progress towards meeting its RHNA by income category, and Ferndale’s remaining RHNA 12 units by income category.

Table 3: 2024 State Income Limits and Housing Affordability by Income Income Category Maximum Annual
Gross Income 1
Maximum Monthly
Housing Affordability2
Maximum Affordable
Purchase Price3
Extremely Low
Income $31,200 $662 $42,400
Very Low Income $44,150 $1,104 $90,800
Low Income $70,650 $1,325 $139,100
Moderate Income $105,950 $2,428 $280,300 1 2024 Area Median Income = $88,300 for a 4- person household per HCD
Extremely Low Income = 30% AMI
Very Low Income = 50% of AMI
Low Income = 80% of AMI
Moderate Income = 120% of AMI
2 Formulas used to determine the maximum affordable
rental housing costs as per the Section 50053 of the
California Health and Safety Code:

Extremely Low Income = $31,200 x 0.30 x 0.30/12
Very Low Income = $44,150 x 0.50 x 0.30/12
Low Income = $70,650 x 0.60 x 0.3/12
Moderate Income = $105,950 x 1.10 x 0.30/12
3 The maximum affordable purchase price was determined using the affordability calculator published by the Department of Housing and Community Development, which assumes that buyers could qualify for a 30-year,

7.79 percent fixed-rate mortgage with a 3.5% down payment in 2024.

In 2025 the City will be advancing a series of zoning amendments (in three groups) that implement important Housing Element programs to make progress on the City’s commitment to remove regulatory barriers to the production of housing for all income levels in the City, and implement the Land Use and Safety elements adopted in November 2024.

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Table 4: Ferndale RHNA Progress 2019 – 2024
Income Level
RHNA
Allocation by
Income Level
Projection
Period -
01/01/2019-
08/30/2019
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Total
Units to
Date (all
years)
Total
Remaining
RHNA by
Income
Level
Very Low
Deed
Restricted 9 - 9 Non-Deed
Restricted
Low
Deed
Restricted 5 11 - Non-Deed
Restricted 3 2 - 3 3
Moderate
Deed
Restricted 6 9 - Non-Deed
Restricted 1 2 1 5
Above
Moderate 13 2 3 2 1 2 10 3
Total RHNA 33
Total Units 4 4 2 6 5 2 7 30 12
Note: The 5 remaining units that are extremely low income are incorporated into the count of 9 very low income units that remain.

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3.4 Safety Element
In November 2024, a comprehensive update of the Safety Element of the Ferndale General Plan was adopted by the City Council. Prior to adoption, the City Council certified a programmatic Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) that was prepared for the update. The costs to update the Safety Element and prepare the PEIR were offset by SB 2, LEAP, and REAP funding the City secured.

The purpose of the Safety Element is to provide a policy basis for measures Ferndale can take to reduce the potential risk of death, injuries, property damage, and economic and social dislocation resulting from fires, floods, earthquakes, landslides, and other natural and man-made hazards. The Element summarizes potential hazards including seismically induced surface rupture, ground shaking, and ground failure; slope instability leading to landslides; subsidence, liquefaction and other seismic hazards; flooding; wildland and urban fires; and climate change. The Safety Element also addresses evacuation routes, peak load water supply requirements, and minimum road widths and clearances around structures as those items relate to fire and geologic hazards.

This General Plan element is important because the City of Ferndale is susceptible to natural hazards, such as earthquakes, floods, fires, and man-made hazards such as the handling and transport of hazardous materials.

The City and its residents must understand the risks associated with these hazards and devise a plan for an acceptable level of community safety. Although risks and threats cannot be eliminated, damage levels can be reduced through community preparedness, individual and community action to reduce or eliminate long-term risks (mitigation efforts), and sound development practices. This includes ensuring adequate access to existing and future neighborhoods for emergency personnel and at least two options for any necessary evacuations.

An update of the region’s multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan (HMP) is underway, and fulfills the ongoing update requirement.
3 The multi-jurisdictional HMP was last updated in 2019, and on February 19, 2020, the Ferndale City Council adopted the 2019 HMP by Resolution 2020-02. The 2025 update continues to comply with the federal Disaster Mitigation Act (DMA), ensuring that Humboldt County and its partners remain eligible for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding. The HMP aims to guide policies, programs, and projects that reduce the impacts of natural disasters on life, property, and infrastructure. According to the 2025 schedule, the final draft is expected to be approved by the FEMA by July 2025. After it is approved by FEMA, it then will come before the Ferndale City Council for adoption.

Information and technical documentation from the 2019 HMP were integrated into the 2024 Safety Element to meet the requirements of Assembly Bill (AB) 2140.
4 The 2024 Safety Element will need to be amended to
incorporate updated information in the 2025 HMP for the City to remain compliant with AB 2140. This future Safety Element update may be a good opportunity to consider other Safety Element updates should new technical information, that is applicable to Ferndale, become available; or if new state law mandates are enacted related to safety elements.
3 The HMP planning area encompasses the entire Humboldt County Operational Area, including twenty-five cities and special-purpose districts. 4 Although compliance is optional, AB 2140 allows California counties and cities to be considered for additional state costshare on eligible Public Assistance projects by adopting their current, FEMA-approved local hazard mitigation plans into the Safety Element of their General Plan.

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3.5 Historic & Cultural Resources Element
The Historical & Cultural Resources Element of the City’s General Plan, which was last updated in 2012, sets goals, policies and implementation strategies for the City’s role in planning for the unique historical aspects of Ferndale and its regional cultural setting in the Eel River Valley. This element is part of the City’s General Plan because preserving community character, history, and architectural features is important to Ferndale. While not specifically mandated under state planning law, 126 California counties/cities have historic preservation general plan elements. Many of Ferndale’s most defining features are its buildings and public spaces. Historical resources include individual structures, the National Register District along Main Street, and the architectural themes found throughout the City. This element also sets goals, policies, and implementation strategies for managing the qualifying historical resources and better defining historic district maintenance.

The purpose of the Historical & Cultural Resources Element is to preserve and enhance the community’s historic resources for heritage tourism, economic development and a continued source of community identity and pride.

The Element also addresses new development to ensure compatibility with existing historical resources and encourages both public and private stewardship. Although the adopted General Plan contains historic preservation goals and policies, the City felt it is important to develop a long-term plan to integrate historic preservation within the context of land use development.

Implementation measures for the Historic & Cultural Resources Element focus on education and preservation.

The City will continue to work with the local library and historians to develop and supply education brochures on the many different historic architecture types in the City.

As part of the 2024 legislative year, Assembly Bill 2580 was enacted that adds a requirement to report historic designations. The general plan annual progress report must now include a list of all properties designated as historic in the past year. This includes listings on the National Register of Historic Places, the California Register of Historical Resources, or a local historic register. The report must also detail the status of any housing projects proposed for these newly designated historic sites. The City’s lists of National Register of Historic Places and the California Register of Historical Resources remain the same. No structures, properties or districts were added to the City’s existing lists in 2024. As discussed further below in October 2024, the City Council adopted Ordinance 2024-01 amending the Design Control procedures of the Ferndale Zoning Ordinance

3.6 Noise & Air Quality Element
The Noise & Air Quality Element was most recently drafted in 2016, however, due to lack of funding for the CEQA analysis of the document, it has not yet been certified. The OPR Guidelines require that the Noise Element provide a basis for comprehensive local programs that control and abate environmental noise to protect citizens from excessive exposure. The element is required to identify and appraise noise in the community and follow guidelines adopted by the Office of Noise Control in the State Department of Health Services. Local governments must analyze and quantify noise levels and the extent of noise exposure through actual measurements or the use of noise modeling. The Noise component of the Element defines types of noise including mobile and stationary sources and uses projections, contour mapping and analysis to ensure that City noise standards are met.

Although an Air Quality Element is not a required element, in recognition of the significant value the community places on clean air the City has chosen to include one. It is among the most common optional General Plan elements throughout California, with state level guidance found in the OPR General Plan Conservation Element Guidelines. The Air Quality component of the element focuses on air quality policy, integrating related land use, March 19, 2025
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transportation and circulation, transit, safety, and energy issues. The Air Quality component's policies and programs are intended to improve air quality and encourage cooperation with other jurisdictions involved in regional air quality improvement efforts.

In addition to general air quality issues, the component discusses climate change. The potential effects of climate change are extensive, have been well documented, and are generally accepted by the scientific community. Although actions taken on a local level cannot resolve this global issue, the Noise & Air Quality Element contains policies that address energy and resource conservation and compact community design. These policies reduce greenhouse gas emissions, counteract global warming, and help reduce potential adverse effects of global warming.

The goals, policies, and programs outlined in the Noise & Air Quality Element focus on updating policies to match State standards in addition to working with local agencies to promote reduced noise and air pollutant levels. The City continues to coordinate with local agencies such as the North Coast Air Quality Management District and is participating in the development of a certified regional Climate Action Plan.

Since the element was drafted in 2016 and never fully adopted, it is likely that substantial updates will be required to ensure the element complies with current regulations. As such, the City will seek out funding over the course of the next five years to update and adopt the Noise and Air Quality Element.

3.7 Transportation and Public Facilities Element
The Transportation and Public Facilities Element was last prepared in 1967. At the time the element focused on defining transportation routes and potentially needed facilities. No major four lane roads were proposed due to the City’s relative isolation from regional transportation networks. The need for parks and other recreation facilities was also considered to be limited due to the City’s size.

The City will be seeking additional funding to update the Transportation and Public Facilities Element. A comprehensive update to this element will ensure that it meets current State guidelines and policies in addition to updating the City’s goals to reflect changing transportation patterns and to promote mixed modal usage. Of importance to the community are policies and programs related to improving the City’s sidewalks and bicycle routes to improve safety for pedestrian and cyclists in the City. This may include assessing overall road design to slow traffic, identifying routes for new bike trials to enhance neighborhood connectivity, providing safe access to Russ Park, and working with the County to develop safe routes to nearby destinations including Centerville Beach.

4.0 General Plan Amendments
Aside from the General Plan amendments for the Land Use and Safety elements described above, there were no General Plan amendments applied for or completed in 2024.

5.0 Zoning Ordinance Amendments
In July 2024, the City Council initiated an amendment to the design review procedures of the Ferndale Zoning Ordinance. After holding the required Planning Commission and City Council public hearings, in October 2024, the City Council adopted the amendment. The Zoning Ordinance amendment changed the review and approval authority for Design Review Permits from the Design Review Committee to the Planning Commission, and eliminated the Design Review Committee. The City advanced this Zoning Ordinance amendment because the March 19, 2025
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Planning Commission is better suited to consider all aspects of a project, and the change will simplify the process considerably and make it more efficient. The October 2024 amendment is the first step of the larger effort to update the City’s design review regulations to eliminate subjective standards in the existing Code and replace them with objective design and development standards.

6.0 General Plan Implementation

6.1 Drainage Master Plan
The City of Ferndale is the most downstream incorporated area in the Eel River Valley. The City and surrounding area are within the Salt River watershed, the most downstream Eel River tributary. Ferndale and the surrounding area’s relatively flat topography result in stormwater runoff associated with heavy winter rains, causing chronic flooding and sedimentation problems.

The City of Ferndale has recognized that continued growth can only occur in or adjacent to those portions of the city that experience chronic flooding, and that providing a solution to storm water runoff management is in the public interest and a significant factor in planning future development. Even though land in the City has been planned for growth, addressing the flooding constraint is expected to facilitate housing construction and bring more certainty for onsite improvement costs.

Utilizing awarded SB2 funds, the City completed an update to the Drainage Master Plan in October 2022. The Drainage Master Plan helps address these issues. A site analyses has been conducted for high-priority growth areas with a specific focus on adopting a program that addresses the flooding issue through environmental hazard/drainage assessments. This will reduce a barrier to housing development by reducing the individual cost of engineering studies, allowing for public discussion of the solutions, and ensuring a regional solution that would apply to all projects. With the master plan recommended projects, the City can approve more housing in the area and provide certainty to developers about where and how much development can occur on specific sites.

6.2 Accessory Dwelling Units
Accessory dwelling units (ADUs) are the most common housing type being added to the City’s inventory by property owners who are constructing new ADUs or converting existing structures (e.g., a garage) to an ADU.

Over the last three years, half of the residential building permits issued have been for ADUs as indicated in Table

5. Given the number of larger single family lots in the City with a detached single residence, it is anticipated that ADU construction and conversion will continue to be important contributors to the local supply of housing.

Table 5: ADU Building Permit Summary
Year Total # of Housing Units
Permitted
# of Building Permits
Issued for ADUs
2024 7 3
2023 2 1
2022 5 3
Total 14 7
Since 2017, State law that governs how cities and counties may regulate the development of accessory dwelling units has been amended annually. At times the amendments to State law have been substantial. The changes in ADU law are generally to further facilitate ADU development by property owners. City staff is aware that ADU March 19, 2025
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law is subject to frequent amendments and regularly consults State law to ensure its review of public queries and building permit applications are administered consistent with State law.

6.3 California Environmental Quality Act
The City has prepared or updated several General Plan elements in the last decade. However, due to a lack of funding for CEQA analysis, some elements have not been certified. To address this issue, the City obtained funding through SB2 to conduct CEQA analysis for the Housing (completed and adopted in 2019), Land Use, and Safety elements.

The potential environmental effects of the City’s Land Use and Safety Element update were analyzed in a Draft Program Environmental Impact Report (DEIR or PEIR) dated August 26, 2024. A Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) was prepared that incorporates the DEIR and contains comments received on the DEIR, responses to the individual comments, revisions to the DEIR including any clarifications based on the comments and the responses to the comments, and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the Land Use and Safety Element update. The Notice of Preparation (NOP) was made available for a 30-day public review period in February 2023. The draft EIR was sent to the State Clearinghouse and was published on August 26, 2024 for distribution to State agencies, and was distributed to local, State, and federal responsible and trustee agencies and tribal governments. The general public was advised of the draft EIR through a Notice of Availability posted at the County Clerk, and through a notice published in the local newspaper. Additionally, a public meeting was held during a joint meeting of the City Council and Planning Commission on September 4, 2024, to receive comments on the draft EIR. Following a noticed public hearing on November 20, 2024, the City Council made findings and certified by the EIR.

As a program EIR, the City is now preparing a series of Zoning Ordinance amendments to implement the Land Use and Safety elements, and to ensure the Zoning Ordinance is consistent with both documents. This series of Zoning Ordinance amendments are expected to be completed by end of 2025.

6.4 Planned Development
The City continues to work closely with landowners and potential developers to ensure that development meets current City standards. The majority of development is planned to take place along the 5th Street corridor and south of Arlington Avenue as identified in the adopted 2019-2027 Housing Element. These are areas with known drainage issues and the City will continue to work with potential developers on comprehensive drainage solutions. In April 2024, an expired tentative map for a four lot residential subdivision, and designated remainder was reapproved by the Planning Commission. Then in August 2024, the City Council approved the final parcel map for the subdivision. Also, in October 2024 an application for a Lot Line Adjustment between two residential parcels, although one is not yet developed with a dwelling, was submitted, and was ready for the City Engineer’s approval after January 10, 2025.

Most building permit applications for new construction are for residential development and the counts over time as presented in Figure 2. In late 2024, the City assisted with a query from an existing business about the potential to add an accessory structure to their property due to a change in off-site lease. It is anticipated that applications for adding residential structures to existing lots will continue to be filed in 2025.

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Figure 2: Number of Residential Building Permits Issued, 2019-2024

6.5 Regional Climate Action Plan
The City of Ferndale continues to be a
participant in the Humboldt County Regional
Climate Action Plan (RCAP) led by Humboldt
County. A public review draft was released in
April 2022, with aims to achieve a 40 percent
reduction in greenhouse house gas (GHG)
emissions from 1990 levels by 2030, in
alignment with California's goal of zero net
emissions by 2045. The County retained an
experienced consultant to prepare the
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the CAP.

While preparing the CAP EIR, the consultants
found the draft CAP’s strategies to be
insufficient in providing substantial evidence to
meet the requirements to have a "qualified"
status under the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA).

Achieving "qualified" status requires that the CAP demonstrate concrete strategies for GHG reduction. The CAP must quantify current and projected GHG emissions, establish reduction targets consistent with state goals, analyze sector-specific emissions, specify measures backed by substantial evidence, monitor progress and be adopted publicly after a thorough environmental review. A qualified CAP can be used to streamline CEQA processes for future development projects, making it more effective and regulatory compliant in enforcing GHG reduction on new developments.

In response to these shortcomings, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors in October 2023 reallocated Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) grant funds earmarked for the CAP Environmental Impact Report (EIR) to amend the CAP to achieve “qualified” status. The CAP was revised to include updated emission inventories, more realistic and enforceable reduction strategies, and a detailed analysis of sector-specific emissions.

Humboldt County released a Draft Humboldt Regional Climate Action Plan (RCAP) for a 30-day public review period in August 2024, and held a public meeting in September. In February 2025, the County released a Draft Environmental Impact Report for the RCAP for a public review period. From the beginning, City of Ferndale staff have participated in the development of the CAP and RCAP by providing input, and reviewing portions of documents relevant to the City. The County anticipates the RCAP–certification of the EIR and adoption of the RCAP–will be completed in the summer of 2025. Following adoption by the County, it will be considered by the City for adoption.
8 2
6 5
2 7
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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City of Ferndale
Housing Element
Annual Progress Report for
2024
Note: the following table numbers are per HCD’s housing element APR form.

Table A2: Annual Building Activity Report Summary - New Construction, Entitled, Permits and Completed Units
Table B: Regional Housing Needs Allocation Progress Permitted Units Issued by Affordability (this table is reproduced as Table 4, in section 3.3 of the General Plan Annual Progress Report for 2024—Attachment A)
Table D: Program Implementation Status pursuant to GC Section 65583 March 19, 2025
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2 3 5 6
Prior APN+ Current APN Street Address Project Name+ Local Jurisdiction Tracking ID
Unit Category
(SFA,SFD,2 to
4,5+,ADU,MH)
Tenure
R=Renter
O=Owner
Very LowIncome Deed
Restricted
Very LowIncome Non
Deed
Restricted
Low- Income
Deed
Restricted
Low- Income
Non Deed
Restricted
ModerateIncome Deed
Restricted
ModerateIncome Non
Deed
Restricted
Above
ModerateIncome
Entitlement
Date Approved # of Units issued
Entitlements
Summary Row: Start Data Entry Below 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3
031-151-019 606 1/2 BERDING
ST NA ADU O0
031-071-013 305 Milky Way B2418 ADU R 0
031-084-018 514 Shaw Ave Frink Use Permit Frink Use
Permit/BP 2 to 4 R 2 1 1/10/2024 3
031-151-006 725 Washington B2453 ADU R 0
031-131-051 516 Fern St BP for 516 Fern MH O 0
031-013-001 110 Shaw B2402 ADU R 0
1 4
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Annual Building Activity Report Summary - New Construction, Entitled, Permits and Completed Units 8 9
Current APN Street Address Project Name+
Very LowIncome Deed
Restricted
Very LowIncome Non
Deed
Restricted
Low- Income
Deed
Restricted
Low- Income
Non Deed
Restricted
ModerateIncome Deed
Restricted
ModerateIncome Non
Deed
Restricted
Above
ModerateIncome
Building Permits
Date Issued
# of Units Issued
Building Permits
0 0 0 0 0 5 2 7
031-151-019 606 1/2 BERDING
ST 0
031-071-013 305 Milky Way 1 3/21/2024 1
031-084-018 514 Shaw Ave Frink Use Permit 2 1 3/7/2024 3 031-151-006 725 Washington 1 10/28/2024 1
031-131-051 516 Fern St 1 12/5/2024 1
031-013-001 110 Shaw 1 1/9/2024 1
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Annual Building Activity Report Summary - New Construction, Entitled, Permits and Completed Units 11 12
Current APN Street Address Project Name+
Very LowIncome Deed
Restricted
Very LowIncome Non
Deed
Restricted
Low- Income
Deed
Restricted
Low- Income
Non Deed
Restricted
ModerateIncome Deed
Restricted
ModerateIncome Non
Deed
Restricted
Above
ModerateIncome
Certificates of
Occupancy or other
forms of readiness
(see instructions)
Date Issued
# of Units
issued
Certificates of
Occupancy or
other forms of
readiness
0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
031-151-019 606 1/2 BERDING
ST 1 6/25/2024 1
031-071-013 305 Milky Way 0
031-084-018 514 Shaw Ave Frink Use Permit 0
031-151-006 725 Washington 0
031-131-051 516 Fern St 0
031-013-001 110 Shaw 1 9/9/2024 1
Affordability by Household Incomes - Certificates of Occupancy 10 Project Identifier
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Annual Building Activity Report Summary - New Construction, Entitled, Permits and Completed Units Streamlining Infill
Housing without
Financial Assistance or
Deed Restrictions
Term of
Affordability or
Deed Restriction
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Current APN Street Address Project Name+
How many of
the units were
Extremely Low
Income?
Please select the
state streamlining
provision the
project was

APPROVED
pursuant to. (may
select multiple)
Infill Units?
Y/N+
Assistance Programs
for Each Development
(may select multiple -
see instructions)
Deed Restriction
Type
(may select
multiple - see
instructions)
For units affordable without
financial assistance or deed
restrictions, explain how the
locality determined the units
were affordable
(see instructions)
Term of Affordability or
Deed Restriction (years)
(if affordable in perpetuity
enter 1000)+
Number of
Demolished/Destroyed
Units
Demolished or
Destroyed Units
Demolished/De
stroyed Units
Owner or
Renter
0 0
031-151-019 606 1/2 BERDING
ST
0 NONE Y
1) housing costs = HSC
§50052.5; 2) est'd market rent: a
2024 Craigslist point in time
survey of rentals in Ferndale &
nearby communities (per survey,
Ferndale rents $1,400 to $2,000;
3) Compared anticipated market
rents to housing costs limits.
0 031-071-013 305 Milky Way
0 NONE Y
1) housing costs = HSC §50053;
2) est'd market rent: a 2024
Craigslist point in time survey of
rentals in Ferndale & nearby
communities (per survey,
Ferndale rents $725 to $2,000; 3)
Compared anticipated market
rents to housing costs limits.
0 031-084-018 514 Shaw Ave
Frink Use Permit 0 NONE Y
1) housing costs = HSC §50053;
2) est'd market rent: a 2024
Craigslist point in time survey of
rentals in Ferndale & nearby
communities (per survey,
Ferndale rents $725 to $2,000; 3)
Compared anticipated market
rents to housing costs limits.
0 031-151-006 725 Washington
NONE Y
1) housing costs = HSC §50053;
2) est'd market rent: a 2024
Craigslist point in time survey of
rentals in Ferndale & nearby
communities (per survey,
Ferndale rents $725 to $2,000; 3)
Compared anticipated market
rents to housing costs limits.
0 031-131-051 516 Fern St
NONE Y
Greenfield development & w/o
subsidies; prop owner has to
extend all utilities to the site (~80
ft.)
0 031-013-001 110 Shaw
NONE Y
1) housing costs = HSC §50053;
2) est'd market rent: a 2024
Craigslist point in time survey of
rentals in Ferndale & nearby
communities (per survey,
Ferndale rents $725 to $2,000; 3)
Compared anticipated market
rents to housing costs limits.
0 Housing with Financial Assistance
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________________________________________________________________ 60 ________________________________________________________________ Jurisdiction Ferndale ANNUAL ELEMENT PROGRESS REPORT
Reporting Year 2024 (Jan. 1 - Dec. 31) Housing Element Implementation Planning Period 6th Cycle 08/31/2019 - 08/31/2027
1 Projection Period 3 4
RHNA Allocation by
Income Level
Projection Period -
01/01/2019-
08/30/2019
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 Total Units to Date (all years)
Total Remaining
RHNA by Income
Level
Deed Restricted - - - - - - - - - -
Non-Deed Restricted - - - - - - - - - -
Deed Restricted - - - - - - - - - -
Non-Deed Restricted 3 2 - 3 3 - - - - -
Deed Restricted - - - - - - - - - -
Non-Deed Restricted 1 2 - - - 1 5 - - -
Above Moderate 13 - - 2 3 2 1 2 - - - 10 3
33 4 4 2 6 5 2 7 - - - 30 12
5 6 7
Extremely low-Income
Need 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 Total Units to Date Total Units
Remaining
5 - - - - - - - - - - 5
-
-
This table is auto-populated once you enter your jurisdiction name and current year data. Past year information comes from previous APRs.
9 Moderate
9 5
6 Please contact HCD if your data is different than the material supplied here 11 2
Table B
Regional Housing Needs Allocation Progress
Permitted Units Issued by Affordability
9 -
Total RHNA
Total Units
Income Level
Very Low
Low
Extremely Low-Income Units*
Progress toward extremely low-income housing need, as determined pursuant to Government Code 65583(a)(1).

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________________________________________________________________ 61 ________________________________________________________________ Table D: Program Implementation Status pursuant to GC Section 65583 Name of Program Objective Timeframe in H.E Status of Program Implementation Program 1. Ensure adequate sites
are available and/or zoned to allow
owner-occupied and rental
multifamily residential uses by right.

Revisit the “Character” and “Primary and
Compatible Uses”, and “Density Range”
sections of each zone in the Land Use
Element. Update as appropriate to ensure
both single-family and multifamily uses are
anticipated uses in multiple zones. Update the
Zoning Ordinance to allow multifamily
development of up to 4 units in the R4 zone
without a use permit. Update the Zoning
Ordinance to allow multifamily development of
more than 4 units in the R4 zone with a use
permit. Update the Zoning Ordinance to allow
multifamily development of more than 4 units
in the R3 zone with a use permit. Evaluate and
identify sites with potential for rezoning to
allow for multifamily uses without a use permit
(i.e., R3 and/or R4 zones). Implement rezoning
on identified sites to R-3 and/or R-4 by 2023.

Review existing City processes for compliance
with AB 2162. Revise zoning codes/processes
to allow supportive housing by right in zones
where multifamily and mixed uses are
permitted, including nonresidential zones
permitting multifamily uses. Complete review
of existing City processes by August 1, 2020.
2019-2022 IN PROGRESS & SCHEDULED: In Nov. 2024, the City Council adopted a new Land Use Map and amended its land use element (LUE). The result of these amendments are: new areas in the City designated to allow multifamily development as a primary use, increased allowed densities in all residential designations, and an increased variety of housing typologies & configurations are allowed. The City is in the process of amending its Zoning Map and Zoning Ord. for consistency with the LUE which includes completing Program 1. The FZO amendments propose to allow MF development by-right in the R2 and R3 zones; this allowance is consistent with recent HCD technical assistance on later 6th cycle housing elements.

These Zoning amendments are scheduled for adoption by the City Council by end of Q2 2025, with the 1st PC study session scheduled for April 2025.

SCHEDULED: The City will be addressing AB 2162 supportive housing in the 2025 series of zoning amendments, and are part of the 3rd group.

Program 2. Adopt incentives for
consolidation of smaller sites,
including priority processing,
modification of development
standards and ministerial lot line
adjustments.

Update Zoning Ordinance to make Mergers
and Lot Line Adjustments staff-level
processes. Consider waiving Lot Line
Adjustment and Merger processing fees for
projects that propose to create an ADU or 20%
deed-restricted affordable units (20 year term).
2019-2022 STARTED: These regulations are actually part of Ferndale's Subdivision Ord., and are not part of Ferndale's Zoning Ord. Because the City Engineer is the approval authority for mergers and lot line adjustments, in Q3 2024 the City Planner conferred with the City Engineer for input. These Subd. Ord. amendments are part of the 3rd group of land use regulation updates that implement the Housing Element & are targeted for completion by the end of CY 2025. It is noted, that in 2024 a LLA application was submitted for future residential development on Oct 16 and ready for City Engineer approval 1/9/25.

Program 3. Analyze parking
regulations to assess whether they
facilitate or restrict mixed-use
development.

Compare with State ADU law to determine if
City regulations can be made to match ADU
parking requirements permissiveness (e.g.
proximity to transit, location in a significant
historic district, etc.); evaluate current parking
requirements and discuss separating parking
requirements for SF & MF developments;
evaluate current parking requirements and
discuss allowing a min. of 1 space per 2 units
of MF housing; consider allowing required
parking spaces to be provided as tandem
spaces.
2019-2022 STARTED: Highlights of the preliminary analysis are as follows: the Ferndale Zoning Ord. (FZO) requires 1 onsite parking space per dwelling unit; the FZO does not impose additional parking space requirements based on the number of bedrooms or based on the housing typology (e.g., single family vs. multifamily). The City's parking requirement of 1 space per dwelling unit is lower than the density bonus parking ratio (see GC § 65915(p)(1). The FZO does not explicitly require parking be side-by-side.

The City of Ferndale is not served public transit. This is unlikely to change because the financial and ridership metrics are not projected to be met as has been documented in several Unmet Transit Needs Report of Findings completed by HCAOG, the regional transportation agency. Moreover, the City does not have the necessary capital or operational funding to operate a transit service itself. Parking for ADUs is currently administered in accordance with State ADU law.

Program 4. Analyze Ferndale’s
Vacancy Rate to better understand
its causes and develop potential
solutions.

Research methods available to get more
information on Census numbers, e.g. reaching
out to census bureau, County Assessor, etc.
and determine realistic vacancy numbers; hold
study session with Planning Commission and
Council to discuss potential mechanisms to
lower this number, if applicable based on
results of analysis.
2019-2027 NOT STARTED: The City will analyze vacancy rates based on 2020 census data and explore other sources. The City will then review programs from other jurisdictions with similar vacancy rates and socioeconomic conditions to develop a slate of candidate programs to reduce the rate for discussion a study session.

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________________________________________________________________ 62 ________________________________________________________________ Name of Program Objective Timeframe in H.E Status of Program Implementation Program 5. Offer incentives such as
density bonuses, permit streamlining
and/or permit fee reductions/ waivers
to developers to build senior and
affordable housing.

Consider waiving Use Permit fees for projects
in R3 or R4 proposing to create more units
than allowed by right, if 20% of proposed units
will be deed-restricted for a minimum 20-year
term and for projects in all zones that propose
to rent to seniors (defined as 70 years of age
or older). Consider allowing up to 2 more units
by right in R2, R3, and R4 zones for
development projects that propose to rent to
seniors (defined as 70 years of age or older).

Explore financial methods available for City to
assist in the creation of ADUs, including limited
secured guarantees during construction,
partnering with local banks/lenders to help
facilitate the lending and financing process for
ADUs, property tax moratoriums, City
distribution of pre-approved floorplans, etc.

Two parcels (APNs 031-032-007 and 030-181-
008) have been identified as available for
lower income RHNA development in the last
two Housing Element Cycles; therefore, as
required by Government Code §65583.2 (c),
proposed residential developments at these
two sites within the C-2 and R-2 designations
must be allowed by right if at least twenty
percent of units are proposed to be deed
restricted affordable to lower-income
households.
2019-2022 ONGOING: Some of the objectives outlined in this program overlap with State Density Bonus Law (SDBL).

IN PROCESS AND SCHEDULED: Draft text amend. to the FZO to implement the LUE proposes to allow multifamily development as a principally permitted use in the R2 and R3 zones. Moreover, the draft text amend. proposes changes to the definitions, etc. to allow a variety of housing typologies & configurations by right.

Staff is auditing the development standards of the residential zones to ensure General Plan densities are achievable on a typical lot.

IN PROGRESS & SCHEDULED: The objective concerning APNs 031-032-007 and 030-181-008: see the Status of Program Implementation discussion for Program 1 above because it extends to these two sites.

Program 6. Prioritize regulatory
concessions to encourage Single
Room Occupancy (SRO) units.

Update the Zoning Ordinance to specifically
allow SRO units by right in R3 and R4 zones.

Consider altering procedures to make existing
hotels and multifamily structure demolition
discretionary, such as requiring City Council
review, to address the potential of converting
to SRO rooms.
2019-2022 SCHEDULED: The City will be addressing SRO units in the 2025 series of zoning amendments, and SROs are part of the 2nd group.

Program 7. Amend the Zoning
Ordinance to allow agricultural
employee housing for six or fewer
persons to be treated the same as
single family units in all zones
(Health & Safety Code §17021.5);
and allow bunkhouses of 36 or fewer
beds or no more than 12 units the
same as an agricultural use in zones
allowing agricultural uses, as
required by Health and Safety Code
§17021.6.

Update the Zoning Ordinance to be consistent
with Health and Safety Code §17021.5 and
§17021.6 regarding agricultural employee
housing.
2019-2022 IN PROCESS & SCHEDULED: The necessary revisions to the FZO text have been drafted, and are part of the Zoning Map and Zoning Ord. amendments for consistency with the LUE, completing implementation of Program 1 and a ptn. of Program 5. As the These Zoning amendments are scheduled for adoption by the City Council by end of Q2 2025, with the 1st PC study session scheduled for April 2025.

Program 8. Complete CEQA and
Certify the Safety Element Update to
minimize housing construction in
environmentally hazardous areas
and for compliance with Government
Code §65032.

Complete CEQA and Certify the Safety
Element Update to minimize housing
construction in environmentally hazardous
areas and for compliance with Government
Code §65032.
2019-2022 COMPLETED: In Nov. 2024, the City Council certified the EIR and adopted the Safety Element update. On 11/26/24, CalOES issued a letter verifying compliance with AB 2140. The City is participating in the 2025 multi-jurisdictional update of region's hazard mitigation plan.

Program 9. Continue to apply for
Federal and State funding for
infrastructure improvements and
expansion throughout the City as
outlined in the Drainage Master Plan
and other Planning Documents.

Apply for Federal and State Funding for Sewer
and Drainage facility improvements. Continue
to note drainage improvement projects in the
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan and Local Streets
and Roads project list. Periodically review and
update the city-wide drainage master plan and
drainage fee ordinance. Pursue Transportation
Funding for public transit and road
improvement projects in the proximity of Main
Street and other core areas of Ferndale with
potential for increased Housing development.

The City plans to apply for funding
opportunities three times during the planning
period.
2019-2027 ONGOING: In October 2022, the City Council adopted Resolution 2022-23 for the adoption of the 2022 Drainage Master Plan Update, which was prepared using SB 2 PGP and REAP funds. The City's Drainage Committee meets regularly and actively explores potential funding to support drainage infrastructure projects. The City is collaborating with the County on a joint drainage infrastructure project. The City will continue to apply for grant funding to support updates to drainage infrastructure.

Program 10. Give sewer hookup
priority to developments that include
housing units affordable to lower
income households (GC §65589.7).

Give sewer hookup priority to developments
that include housing units affordable to lower
income households. Provide a copy of the
adopted Housing Element to Del Oro Water
Company within 30 days of adoption of
adoption.
2019-2021 ONGOING: The City does not provide water service; water service is provided by Del Oro Water Company. As the provider of sewer service, the City will continue its practice to prioritize sewer connections for development that include housing units that are affordable to lower income households consistent with the cited GC section.

COMPLETED: Following adoption of the 6th cycle Housing Element, City staff provided the adopted Housing Element to Del Oro Water Company.

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________________________________________________________________ 63 ________________________________________________________________ Name of Program Objective Timeframe in H.E Status of Program Implementation Program 11. Support and coordinate
with the efforts of affordable housing
providers and other social service
and non-profit tenant and landlord
rights advocacy groups. Promote
reasonable accommodation
procedures to support people with
disabilities, including persons with
developmental disabilities.

Inform the public of their responsibilities and
rights under the law and improve access to
landlord/tenant mediation services to resolve
fair housing complaints through informational
material available at Ferndale City Hall.

Maintain State compliant forms and refer fair
housing complaints to appropriate agencies.

Provide County social services directory to
residents at City Hall and on City website.

Explore setting up quarterly meetings with the
City Manager and local housing providers and
support groups, such as Redwood Community
Action Agency, Area One Agency on Aging,
and others to share information and provide
support. Make reasonable accommodation
and fair housing information available
throughout the City in a variety of public
locations (e.g. City Hall, City website, library,
and post office). Review and revise the City’s
process to comply with AB 101 that requires
when a Low Barrier Navigation Center meets
specified criteria, it must be allowed by-right in
areas zoned for mixed uses and nonresidential
zones permitting multifamily uses. Review and
revise city processes as necessary by August
1, 2020.
2019-2027 ONGOING; the City continues to supply fair housing information to City residents and will review and revise City processes in accordance with AB 101. The City will abide by state and federal law regarding reasonable accommodation, and the City's obligation to affirmatively further fair housing pursuant to GC § 8899.50.

SCHEDULED: The City will be addressing Low Barrier Navigation Centers (LBNC) consistent with State law in the 2025 series of zoning amendments. LBNC are part of the 3rd group.

Program 12. Seek State and Federal
grants, as funding becomes
available, in support of housing
construction and rehabilitation
targeted for low-income and lowmoderate income persons and persons with disabilities.

Consider applying for and/or implementing
CDBG funding and the Federal HOME 1st
Time Homebuyers Assistance Program. Make
official determination on feasibility by next
housing cycle; if not feasible, remove form list
of Implementation Programs. Explore the
potential to apply for Federal and State grants
to address housing rehabilitation needs and
adopt a rehabilitation loan program to correct
Health and Safety Code violations and make
essential repairs. Make official determination
on feasibility by next housing cycle; if not
feasible, remove from the list. Seek State and
Federal grants, as funding becomes available,
in support of housing construction and
rehabilitation targeted for persons with
disabilities, including persons with
developmental disabilities. Delegate
application preparation to City Planner or
others as deemed appropriate. If above listed
avenues are determined infeasible, spend last
year of 6th cycle researching other grant/loan
programs that may fit with the City’s specific
needs and constraints, for inclusion in the 7th
cycle Housing Element.
2019-2026 ONGOING: The City will continue to seek out and assess its ability to apply for and administer funding to support housing construction and rehabilitation. In 2022, 2023, and 2024, the City explored using its PLHA allocation but it was found the City does not have the capacity to administer the funding or the resources to contract for these services. Unfortunately, these conditions are not anticipated to change in the foreseeable future.

Program 13. Explore a partnership
with RCAA to take advantage of their
Housing Rehabilitation program.

Make official determination on
feasibility by next housing cycle; if
not feasible, remove from list of
Implementation Programs.

Explore a partnership with RCAA to take
advantage of their Housing Rehabilitation
program. Make official determination on
feasibility by next housing cycle; if not feasible,
remove from list of Implementation Programs.

Meet with RCAA Senior Staff to review other
services offered that the City of Ferndale may
be able to undertake in partnership.
2019-2026 NOT STARTED: The City will look into a partnership with RCAA before the next housing cycle.

Program 14. Support local residential
energy conservation efforts and
provide weatherization and energy
conservation techniques information
at City Hall and the Ferndale Public
Library.

Develop and update a master weatherization
and energy conservation techniques handout.

Include a referral listing of public and private
grant/loan assistance programs for
weatherization, including RCAA and Redwood
Coast Energy Authority (RCEA). Promote
energy conservation educational programs
and sustainable building techniques such as
construction waste recycling and energy
efficient retrofits. Pursue financial resources to
assist in upgrading the City’s housing stock
with green building improvements. Conduct a
study in 2020 to explore historic buildings
upgrade incentives. Support the Redwood
Coast Energy Authority’s efforts to provide
community education on energy issues,
including reduced energy consumption and
increased energy efficiency benefits.
2019-2027 ONGOING: The City will be looking into historic building energy efficiency updates in 2024. The City is a partner in the development of a Qualified Regional Climate Action Plan for which the program EIR is being prepared. Humboldt County is leading this effort, and it anticipates it will be adopted in June 2025. Afterwards it will advance to the cities for adoption.

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________________________________________________________________ 64 ________________________________________________________________ Name of Program Objective Timeframe in H.E Status of Program Implementation Program 15. Monitor residential
capacity (no net loss) and Design
Review process
Proactively monitor the consumption of
residential acreage to ensure an adequate
inventory is maintained for the City’s RHNA
obligations. If the inventory indicates a
shortage of available sites, the City shall
rezone sufficient sites to accommodate the
City’s RHNA. Develop and implement a project
evaluation procedure pursuant to Government
Code 65863, by August 1, 2020. Monitor the
Design Review process to ensure it is not a
development constraint. If identified as a
constraint revise the process within 6 months.
2019-2027 ONGOING: The City will continue to monitor residential capacity in accordance with the No Net Loss law.

ONGOING: in October 2024, the City Council adopted the amendment. The Zoning Ordinance amendment changed the review and approval authority for Design Review Permits from the Design Review Committee to the Planning Commission, and eliminated the Design Review Committee. The City advanced this Zoning Ordinance amendment because the Planning Commission is better suited to consider all aspects of a project, and the change will simplify the process considerably and make it more efficient. The October 2024 amendment is the first step of the larger effort to update the City’s design review regulations to eliminate subjective standards in the existing Code and replace them with objective design and development standards.

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________________________________________________________________ 65 ________________________________________________________________ Meeting Date: 03/19/2025 Agenda Item Number 13.c
Agenda Item Title Overview of Staff Discussions with Blue Lake and Trinidad for Police Services
Presented By: Ronald Sligh, Chief of Police
Type of Item: Action Discussion X Information
Action Required: X No Action Voice Vote Roll Call Vote
UPDATE ON DISCUSSIONS:

Staff has met several times with the Cities of Blue Lake and Trinidad to discuss providing Police Services. The City Manager and Chief of Police were interested to see if we could find a mutually beneficial solution to the two cities’ policing needs. At this time, neither the City Manager nor the Chief of Police see that it will substantially benefit the City of Ferndale to join in a police service agreement with the Cities of Blue Lake or Trinidad.

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CORRESPONDENCE
Correspondence Files are available for review at City Hall during regular business hours, Monday through Thursday, 9am to 4pm.

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HUMBOLDT

REGIONAL CLIMATE

ACTION PLAN DEIR

PUBLIC MEETING
TUESDAY, MARCH 18 AT 6 P.M.

The County of Humboldt is collaborating incorporated cities and community partners on the Humboldt Regional Climate Action Plan. Join us to discuss the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the plan.

Attend the meeting virtually by visiting Microsoft Teams and entering the meeting ID: 266 466 254 144 and passcode:
z65jS9e7. To attend on the phone, please call 1-949-508-0813 and enter the meeting id: 308 844 777 #.

Questions? Scan the QR code, visit
humboldtgov.org/climateactionplan, call 707-441-2634 or email Planner Megan Acevedo at [email protected].
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Are you interested in
local climate initiatives?
Reducing local
greenhouse gas
emissions?
Increasing public
transportation?
Reducing solid waste to
landfills?
If so, join us for the
Public Meeting on the
Draft EIR for the
Humboldt Regional
Climate Action Plan!

THE WHARFINGER

BUILDING
1 Marina Way
Eureka, CA 95501
Tuesday, March 18 at 6 p.m.

Attend In-Person or Virtually
on Microsoft Teams
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COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL
Section 16

REPORTS
City Manager’s Report
Commissions and Committee Reports
Minutes from JPAs and Reports
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for March 2025 City Council Meeting
CITY MANAGER (February 13, 2025 – March 12-2025)

• The county recently released the Updated Draft Humboldt Regional Climate Action Plan, Behind the scenes, the County’s consultant is preparing revisions to the initial draft EIR. • Met with PG&E representatives of the Undergrounding Rule 20a program to go over the Francis Street project. This was a Zoom meeting and was an introduction to a new team from PG&E. We have sent them all the previous documents to bring them up to speed on this project. We received an email that informed us that we continue to be active in projects, and our credits are intact to use for our project. Remember that our Undergrounding rule 20a project is up Francis Street from Eugene Street to end of Francis Street. We have had zoom meetings to work on that project.
• Salt River meeting with Williamson Act director and County Counsel regarding a way to have a funding program that would be supported by the City, County, and property owners to supply enough funding to maintain Salt River to stabilize the location of the watershed so that property boundaries remain stationary and healthy. The second meeting discussing the best way to raise funds for the purpose of this needed goal. County Counsel still looking into alternatives. We meet once a month. The county attorney is reporting on financial resources and necessary steps it would require working through a flood control district. • Monthly meeting regarding the Arlington drainage project. We should be at 100% design in 6 weeks and are preparing applications for the construction side of the project scheduled by July 1st, 2025.
• HMP- Hazardous Mitigation Plan. Michelle from Planwest and I have attended numerous meetings regarding our local plan and are quickly moving toward sending our updated plan to the county for inclusion in our county plan. We are trying to get the county’s plan done sometime around July and sent to the state for approval. • Several meetings with representatives of Spirit to consider helping the city to replace our public bathrooms at Firemen’s Park with a different design and collection system that would allow us to reposition the bathrooms farther away from Francis Creek and the collection system will be the City’s funding responsibility. There are several advantages to this replacement that would make this project advantageous to the city and Firemen’s Park.

Regional Climate Action Plan
The City of Ferndale continues to be a participant in the Humboldt County Regional Climate Action Plan (RCAP) led by Humboldt County. In February 2025, the County released the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR). To download the DEIR, please visit the County's website:
https://humboldtgov.org/2464/Humboldt-Regional-Climate-Action-Plan. The review period for the DEIR ends on Saturday, April 5, 2025. The deadline for submitting comments is 5 PM, April

5. A public meeting to discuss the Draft EIR for the Regional Climate Action Plan will be held on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at 6 p.m. at the Wharfinger building in Eureka. The Wharfinger March 19, 2025
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The County published the Final Draft RCAP in November 2024, and it is available for download on the website linked above.

While the Final Draft RCAP and the DEIR were being prepared, City staff reviewed draft work products and provided input to the County and their consultant concerning Ferndale.

Other
• HWMA agenda review. This is a meeting once a month to review the JPA as a technical committee made up of staff from each city and the county. The Executive Director for HWMA conducts these meetings.
• Emergency Response committee. Fire Department, Schools, Fair Board, Cert, Police department, and City Manager. Monthly meetings. These meetings have been especially important and give each organization input on how we respond to different emergencies and knowledge of how we all can collaborate better by all knowing what each organization is contributing to the overall responses.
• Musical sculptures are in the process of being installed by contractor in Fireman’s Park which is near the children’s playground area in memory of Betty Deihl in what we are calling Harmony Park. The weather has not dampened our enthusiasm for this project, although it has certainly delayed and stifled our progress. We have had meetings with Susan Deihl and family members to participate in the design and landscaping ideas. The community enjoyed over fifty years of Betty’s talent and ability to conduct hundreds of entertaining musical events with thousands of talented local community residents over the decades.
• Several conversations with Casey from GRS about touring the town and developing some priority projects on paving improvements. Casey thought as soon as the weather improves, we can organize that tour with the Street and Road committee. • Numerous conversations with community residents that would like to help replace the bathroom at Fireman’s Park. That will require a collection system location change that will intersect the water system at some point and will need to be surveyed and determine whether it will necessitate a pump system or may have enough elevation drop to retain gravity flow.

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CITY CLERK ACTIVITY
Meeting Activities:
• Meetings with City Manager regarding work activities and council agenda. • Met with Mayor to discuss agenda items.
• Attended, Wrote Agenda, and Compiled Packets for:
o City Council Meeting 02/19/2025
o Public Information Meeting 03/01/2025
• Transcribed and drafted meeting minutes
• Uploaded meeting videos for all above listed meetings. • Posted all meeting agendas and public notices
• Uploaded meeting packets to City Website.
• Continued Meetings with Mayor and City Manager regarding City Business • Meetings & Conversations with Attorney regarding City Business • Meetings with Community Center Renters to go over Facility Projects
• Assisted the public via telephone and email, answering questions and information requests. • On-going communications with contract Engineers and City Planner about agenda items before the City Council, Planning Commission, and Drainage Meetings. • Processed Building Permits
• Communications with the Building Inspector to review plans and discuss finals on projects. • Pick up and distribute City correspondence.
• Organized and filed paperwork.
• Processed checks, created revenue spreadsheet, and ready deposit for bank drop-off. • Responded to Public Records Act requests.
• Maintained minutes, resolution, ordinance, and agenda binders. • Read weekly ERMA bulletins.
• Processed Monthly Reports to Assessor’s office and Construction Industry Research Board • Researched and Printed Public Education literature for SB1383 compliance • Organization Planning for Community Center.
• Updated FPPC information for annual reports

FINANCE OFFICER ACTIVITY
Tasks:
• Answered phones and assisted citizens at City Hall
• Assisted with the rollout of the city’s administration of the Community Center • Processed Payroll/Payroll Tax Payments
• Processed Accounts Payable
• Processed Accounts Receivable
• Reconciled Monthly Debits and Credits for both GL and Russ Park accounts in accounting software
• Delivered and received mail correspondence
• Reviewed ERMA and HR bulletins
• Provided necessary documents to Kris for City Council Meeting • Set up chairs and tables for various meetings at Town Hall • Provided necessary documents to Stacey and Kris for month end March 19, 2025
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________________________________________________________________ 72 ________________________________________________________________ • Billed customers for Septic Dumps and Health Inspections • Assisted the City Manager in the application and reporting for various grants • Provided audit documents to Auditors
• Performed 23/24 FY Budget Analysis
• Attended City Council Meeting for Audit Approval
• Updated notes in Finance Clerk Duties Manual on all new tasks and duties learned

CITY PLANNER ACTIVITY
General Planning Services
Task 1 Response to Public Information Request:

Responding to a property owner email about options about changing access to property.

Review application of Zoning regulations for a building permit application for detached garage at 490 Berding. Identified and compiled memo of outstanding items that need to be addressed before project may be approved; consultation with City Clerk and City Engineer. Reviewed revised building permit application submitted Feb. 19, 2025.

Responding to public query about adding an above-garage detached accessory dwelling unit (ADU) on Shaw Avenue. Reviewed State ADU law, the California Department of Housing and Community Development 2025 ADU Guidelines; reviewed other City Zoning regs and their application to the property and proposal.

Communications with City Clerk regarding the prospective use of a residential property for a vacation rental where there is adjacent to short-term rental with an approved use permit.

Reviewed use staff report and conditions of approval; and researched provisions of the Ferndale Zoning Ordinance, including § 7.26, e.g., definition of guest house.

Task 2 CEQA Compliance
• No actions.

Task 3 Community Planning – Reporting, Other Planning Activities • No actions.

Task 4 Meetings and Hearings, and Materials:
• City Council – For the February 19, City Council meeting, prepared and coordinated for City Planner Report (reporting period January 1-31, 2025).
• Planning Commission – No February 2025 Planning Commission meeting. • City Manager – Coordination for scheduling zoning ordinance meetings. • Checked time spent consulting on building permit applications, including pre-application, so costs can be added to building permit fees.
• HCAOG Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) – Prepared for TAC meeting by reviewing agenda and attend February 6 meeting (in-person).

Regional Climate Action Plan (RCAP) and Working Group: Reviewed draft sections of the Environmental Impact Report as revised by County consultant. Drafted corrections to Ferndale content, and sent to County project manager. Attended February 27 working group meeting (virtually).

Task 5 GIS Mapping
• No actions in February 2025
Task 6 Grant Writing/Funding Coordination
Researched the threshold requirements of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grant.

Planning Applications and Pre-Application Consultations • No Planning Applications or Pre-Apps filed in February 2025 March 19, 2025
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Reviewed updates to State law for general plan annual progress reports (APR).

Drafting General Plan APR including content for the Housing Element portion of the report.

For Housing Element APR, completed a rental survey to be used to estimate affordability of housing units reported in the APR.

Housing Element Update/Reporting
• Coordination with City Clerk to register a City account on California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) new portal for filing housing element annual progress reports.

Preparing maps for zoning map amendments.

Special Planning Projects – Zoning Ordinance Amendments to Implement 6th Cycle Housing Element, Land Use Element, and Safety Element
• Review and analysis of Zoning Ordinance provisions for second units (in the context of vacation rentals), the definition of guest house.

Special Planning Projects – 2025 Update of the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (led by the County of Humboldt):

Completed consultant’s risk assessment workbook.

Attended consultant’s virtual workshop to facilitate completion of the risk assessment workbook Research wind and extreme weather conditions, and compiling information in order to complete update of hazard risk assessment.

Attended (virtually) consultant’s capacity assessment Q/A session.

Consultation with City Manager on completion of capacity assessment survey.

Completed capacity assessment survey
Communications with consultant project manager regarding the online public survey. Email to City Clerk to coordinate posting survey flier announcing the availability of the public survey.

Attended (virtual) consultant webinar on mitigation actions.

Special Planning Projects – Research, Report, and Coordination for Drainage Fee • No actions in February 2025

CITY ENGINEER ACTIVITY
General City Engineering Services:
• Phone calls / emails with the City Manager and staff regarding various City items. • 5th & A St Intersection project
o Continued work on the construction plans.
• Fireman’s Park BBQ
o Perform several inspections
Reimbursable Project Services:
• 490 Berding Street
o Review project site plan for conformance with City specifications.

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WASTEWATER OPERATIONS
• Monthly samples prepared and sent to North Coast Labs • Operators perform lab tests daily to measure efficiency of plant • Cleaned filters.
• Started storage building at old site.
• Monthly eSMR (electronic State Monthly Report) prepared and submitted • Monthly no spill verification report completed on CIWQS website • Continuous monitoring and adjustments to sludge blanket. • Flood watch on pond…
• Front gate chain oiled each Monday
• Inspect manholes throughout town weekly
• Meeting with computer engineer.
• Repair UV lamps.
• Weekly maintenance performed on UV banks
• Overhauled Bank D UV lamps.
• Service and maintain Aqua dams around pond.
• Mowed city Hall and Weed trimmed.
• Overhauled belt press.
• Surveyed for Corola Engineers and for Paul.
• Dewater for a total of 36 hours. Sludge dried at old site • Maintenance on filters, clean nozzles
• Continue install on blower #1
• Wired in blower #1 with electrician.
• Operators cleaned walls and catwalk.
• Removal of duck weed from clarifiers on weekly basis
• Prepare pond for max capacity
• Billed RotoRooter, Steve’s Septic, Taylor and Wyckoff a total of $4098,00 for the month of FEBUARY 20 total dumps for total of 27,600gallons.
• Total flow through plant. FEBUARY was 32.5 MGD. Of that 1.14 MGD average flow and 4.6 MGD was pumped to retention pond.
• Service uv lamps.
• 8.2 inches of Rain in FEBUARY 2025

PUBLIC WORKS
• Continued with monthly and daily duties. Such as, cleaning and maintenance of city's bathrooms, mowing of city's owned properties, cleaning of storm drains, keeping streets clear of debris and the maintenance of city's facilities.
• Took care of drainage issues on the lower Mattole Rd. • Clearing the edge of Main Street.
• Removed a downed tree from fireman park that went onto the property of 100 Harrison Ave. • Get baseball field ready for baseball season.
• Installed new air compressor in shop required by the state. • Installed new water heater at scout hall.
• Installed new motion light at the bottom of the ramp at community center. • Patch potholes in alley and city parking lot.
• Replace burned out bulbs at parking lot and town hall. • Gave new rope for flagpole to Mark Williams to put up at city parking lot.

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________________________________________________________________ 75 ________________________________________________________________ • Ordered new filter for drinking fountain at public bathrooms on Main St. • Installed new information board at community center.
• Moved chairs from community center to town hall.
• Picked up piles at town hall from garden club cleaning. • Trimmed trees protruding into the road on Mattole Rd.

POLICE DEPARTMENT
CERT: The team conducted training on bleeding control and bandaging at their monthly meeting.

Police Statistics – February 2025
SERIOUS CRIMES Number Cleared
Homicide 0
Rape (Attempted) 0
Robbery 0
Larceny 2
Assault 0
Burglary 0
Vehicle Theft 0
TOTAL 2
SECONDARY CRIMES 2
Calls for Service 189
Reports Written 6
Traffic Citations 11
Other Citations 0
Parking Citations 0
Warnings 15
ARRESTS 0
AGENCY ASSISTS 10
TRAFFIC COLLISIONS 2
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MINUTES
CITY OF FERNDALE – HUMBOLDT COUNTY U.S.A.

DRAINAGE COMMITTEE MEETING
Minutes
February 6, 2025
Chair Tom Stephens opened the meeting at 2:32pm. Those present were Tom Stephens, Jim Bass, John Maxwell, Wayne Ambrosini, and Michael Sweeney, City Manager Jay Parrish, and Deputy City Clerk Lauren Boop
MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA: None
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Approval of October 3, 2024 Meeting Minutes (Sweeney/Bass) Unanimous PUBLIC COMMENT: None
BUSINESS:

A. Prop 218 Update
The City Attorney is currently doing work on, City Manager Jay Parrish will follow up.

B. Francis St Drainage
Much discussion was had regarding proposed solutions, particularly the cost and legal ramifications of said solutions. City Manager Jay Parrish is going to set up a meeting with the attorney along with Chair Tom Stephens to discuss the issue.

C. Drainage Grant Proposals
City Manager Jay Parrish updated the committee on the potential for a grant that would provide funds to acquire property for a park, possible the Christie Lake Property. Planwest is looking into the feasibility of submitting an application.

D. Van Ness Gauging Station
Chair Tom Stephens gave update on the status of getting this fully operational again, it is in the hands of Cal Poly Humboldt.

E. East Side Drainage Maintenance Schedule
The city is planning to address this area come August/September 2025. If the property owner does not plan to clear with their own equipment, the city will rent the necessary equipment and do the needed work.

CORRESPONDENCE: None
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ADJOURN: Chair Tom Stephens adjourned the meeting at 3:51 pm Respectfully Submitted,
Deputy City Clerk
Lauren Boop
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________________________________________________________________ 78 ________________________________________________________________ Russ Park Committee Meeting
February 11th 2025
6:30 pm
Ferndale City Hall
834 Main St
Ferndale, CA 95536

1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER /ROLL CALL
Laura Wright, Ken Mierzwa, John Miller, Cindy Lorenzen, Chris Lorenzen and Samm Melton are present.

2. MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA
There are none.

PUBLIC COMMENT (FOR ITEMS NOT OTHERWISE ON THE AGENDA)
No public comment.

4. BUSINESS
A. Approval of January minutes*
Samm moves to approve and John seconds, the motion passes unanimously.

B. Friends of Russ Park update
Judy will not be here for this meeting. Ken asks if anyone needs any more copies of the new brochure.

C. Berry Run Trail planning and signs
The trail will officially be called the Berry Run trail. Rick Hill has offered to try obtain more grant funds to cover the cost of signage for the trail. Rick has offered to help design signage. The trail construction seems relatively straight forward, but the group needs to go up and check it out more when the steeper mid-slope is not so saturated.

D. Art in the Park update
No major updates, the team is being built further. The Troll Committee Agenda is attached.

E. Eugene Street access
Nothing new to report.

F. Progress report on trail maintenance
Nothing new to report. Patt and John widened a section of the Bluff street trail in January. John also cleared some of the pampas grass by the Eugene street trailhead. Trails seem to be handling rain well. The group discusses organizing another volunteer day, possibly in May. Ken will add the volunteer day discussion to the agenda for March.

G. Russ Park Strategic Master Plan updates
Nothing new to report. A future meeting is expected with focus on only the master plan.

H. Regional open space meetings communications
Providence Healthcare will be coming out on March 15th at noon tentatively to do a hike and show their group one of the benefits of living in the region.

5. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 7:30 pm
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HUMBOLDT COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS
Regional Transportation Planning Agency
Humboldt County Local Transportation Authority
Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies
611 I Street, Suite B
Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 444-8208
www.hcaog.net

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

MEETING RECORD
January 16, 2025, 4:30 p.m.

Eureka City Hall, Council Chambers
531 K Street, Eureka CA 95501

Present:

Mayor Mike Johnson (Chair) City of Fortuna
Councilmember Kat Napier City of Blue Lake
Councilmember Skip Jorgensen City of Ferndale
Mayor Pro Tem Bryce Kenny City of Trinidad
Supervisor Steve Madrone County of Humboldt
Mayor Kim Bergel City of Eureka
Councilmember Robert Orr City of Rio Dell
Councilmember Stacy Atkins-Salazar (via zoom) City of Arcata Policy Advisory Committee Members:

Natalie Arroyo Humboldt Transit Authority
Tatiana Ahlstrand Caltrans

Absent:

None
Staff:

Debbie Egger Interim Executive Director
Amy Eberwein Administrative Services Officer

1. Call to Order
Chair Mike Johnson called the meeting of January 16, 2025, to order at 4:30 p.m.

2. Election of Officers and Appointment of a California Association of Governments (CALCOG) Delegate
Motion was made (Kenny/Bergel) to elect Mayor Mike Johnson as Chair, Supervisor Steve Madrone as Vice-Chair, and Councilmember Stacy Atkins-Salazar as Executive Committee Member and the CALCOG Delegate.

Motion carried unanimously.

3. Adjournment of the HCAOG Board; Convening of the Policy Advisory Committee (PAC)
The PAC convened to include representatives from Caltrans and Humboldt Transit Authority.

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4. Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items - None

5. Presentations
a. Proclamation for Mayor Adelene Jones
The Board presented a proclamation to celebrate the City of Blue Lake’s (previous mayor) Adelene Jones for her 26 years of dedicated service to the HCAOG Board.

6. Consent Calendar
Motion was made (Madrone/Jorgensen) to approve the following consent items:
a. Approval of Meeting Records – December 12, 2024
b. City of Ferndale FY 2024-25 Local Transportation Fund (LTF) Claim Adoption of Resolution 25-01 amending and restating Resolution 24-17 and Resolution 24-25 accepting previously approved amendments and current amendments to the FY 2024-25 OWP & Budget titled Amendment 1A.

Motion was approved with Kenny abstaining.

7. Items Removed from Consent Calendar – None

8. Action Items - None

9. Reconvening of the HCAOG Board
Motion was made (Jorgensen/Kenny) to reconvene as the HCAOG Board and approve the PAC recommendations.

Motion carried unanimously.

10. HCAOG Staff and Board/PAC Member Reports
a. HCAOG Executive Director’s Report
• Interim Executive Director Debbie Egger expressed her excitement to be back at HCAOG during this transition and stated that things are progressing well. b. Caltrans Report
• Tatiana Ahlstrand discussed the progress of the Indianola Undercrossing Project.

FY 25-26 Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant applications are due January 22nd.
c. Board/PAC Member Reports
• Natalie Arroyo discussed Humboldt Transit Authority’s upcoming North State Transit Symposium which will take place July 15-17, 2025, at The River Lodge in Fortuna.
• Supervisor Madrone discussed the potential for on ramps and off ramps at Hiller Road in McKinleyville.

11. Closed Session
a. Closed Session: Executive Director Recruitment
The Board moved into closed session to discuss updates on the Executive Director Recruitment process.
b. Closed Session: Reports
There were no actions to report.

Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 4:59 p.m.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Meredith Matthews, City of Arcata, Chair
Michelle Lewis-Lusso City of Blue Lake, Vice Chair
Leslie Castellano, City of Eureka
Randall Cady, City of Ferndale
Michelle Bushnell, County of Humboldt
Frank Wilson, City of Rio Dell
Minutes
Thursday, February 13, 2025, at 5:30 PM
Eureka City Council Chamber

Present: Meredith Matthews, Michelle Lewis-Lusso, Leslie Castellano, Randall Cady, Rex Bohn (alternate), Frank Wilson.

Absent: None
Staff: Eric Keller-Heckman, Anthony Heacock, Hilary Schwartz, Helder Morais Legal Counsel: Nancy Diamond

1. Call to Order and Roll Call at 5:30 PM
Chairperson Matthews called the meeting to order at 5:30 PM. A quorum was present and acting.

2. Consent Calendar
a. Approve Minutes from the January 9, 2025, meeting of the HWMA Board of Directors.
b. Review and approve November 2024 Financial Reports
c. Approve “Request for Bids for the Purchase of Gas Extraction System Analyzer and Control Upgrades”
Chairperson Matthews inquired if the Directors would like to pull any items from the Consent Calendar, and no requests were received. Chairperson Matthews opened the floor to public comment, and no public comment was received.

Motion: Director Castellano motioned, and Director Cady seconded, to approve the items a) through c) of the Consent Calendar as delivered.

Action: Approve the Motion as made by Director Castellano and seconded by Director Cady.

Ayes: Unanimous
Noes: None

Absent: None

3. Oral and Written Communications
Chairperson Matthews opened the floor to public comment regarding items not on the agenda. No comment was received.

Chairperson Matthews closed the floor to public comment.

4. Approve Request for Proposal for “Organics Processing Feasibility Study” March 19, 2025
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________________________________________________________________ 82 ________________________________________________________________ Executive Director Keller-Heckman presented a truncated version of the draft Organics Processing Feasibility Study that was presented at the November 14, 2024, meeting, including the purpose, intent, goals, timeline, critical pathway, and deliverables of the RFP. While the main goal is to generate a study of the feasibility of implementing food waste processing into the current waste management system, the RFP will also touch on future plans including population growth, collection methodology, current infrastructure, potential cost models with respect to the current waste management fee structure, feedstock materials, regulatory requirements, and end use products and their material markets.

Executive Director Keller-Heckman also reviewed the critical pathway and timeline of the RFP from draft proposal to study completion to development of an in-county organics processing facility. Executive Director Keller-Heckman recommended that the Board approve the Request for Proposal for “Organics Processing Feasibility Study” and authorize release of the RFP on February 17, 2025.

Director Bohn inquired if the RFP covered collection as well as processing of organic material. Executive Director Keller-Heckman clarified that the RFP was for processing only and that collection would be handled by franchise haulers in agreement with the member agencies. Director Bohn asked about making a commitment to local dairy farmers who may have future access to anaerobic digesters through USDA grants.

Executive Director Keller-Heckman reported that the HWMA has been in contact with some local dairy farmers and encouraged Director Bohn to put him in contact with any local dairies that are interested in further discussions with the HWMA regarding regional organics processing opportunities.

Director Castellano reflected to Director Bohn that the Board’s feedback on the draft proposal included the intent to include a commitment to local partnerships in any successful proposal.

Chairperson Matthews inquired about what feedback had been received from member agency staff on the draft proposal. Executive Director Keller-Heckman explained that member agency staff had discussed whether the proposer should recommend a suitable property for an in-county organics facility. The consensus was that a successful proposal would include the recommended requirements for a suitable parcel (size, shape, zoning, slope, etc.) rather than identify a specific parcel. Member agency staff also requested that care be taken not to isolate small-scale and backyard composters from the proposal.

Director Wilson inquired if the feasibility study would impact the member agencies’ contract negotiations with franchise haulers. Executive Director Keller-Heckman indicated that the HWMA is not a party to the contract negotiations with the franchise haulers, but that the feasibility study would clarify long-term recommendations for future organics processing in Humboldt County.

Chairperson Matthews inquired about member agencies’ compliance with SB 1383 regulations. Executive Director Keller-Heckman strongly encouraged Board members to contact their staff for the most accurate information about food waste caps and other requirements for their jurisdiction, but that the organics feasibility study demonstrates a good faith compliance effort.

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________________________________________________________________ 83 ________________________________________________________________ Chairperson Matthews opened the floor for public comment. Evan Edgar of Edgar & Associates provided comment via Zoom, indicating his agreement with Executive Director Keller-Heckman that the feasibility study demonstrated significant effort toward compliance with SB 1383 requirements. Mr. Edgar inquired if the pre-proposal conference was mandatory, and Executive Director Keller-Heckman replied that it was not.

Chairperson Matthews closed the floor to public comment.

Motion: Director Cady motioned, and Director Wilson seconded, to Approve the Request for Proposals for “Organics Processing Feasibility Study” and direct staff to release the RFP on February 17, 2025, as delivered.

Action: Approve the Motion as made by Director Cady and seconded by Director Wilson.

Ayes: Unanimous
Noes: None

Absent: None

5. Review and Approve Revision of Policy 2105.1.1 In Lieu Benefits Director Schwartz explained that the Authority offers all employees the opportunity to enroll in group health benefits and cash in-lieu benefits for employees who opt out of group coverage. Following consultation with an employment attorney and human resources consultant, staff determined that it would benefit the Authority and its employees to simplify the methodology for calculating in-lieu benefits to a flat rate of $400 per month. Staff recommend that the Board approve revised HWMA policy 2105.1.1, In-Lieu Benefits.

Chairperson Matthews opened the floor to public comment regarding Revised Policy 2105.1.1. No comment was received.

Chairperson Matthews closed the floor to public comment.

Motion: Director Bohn motioned, and Director Lewis-Lusso seconded, to approve Revised Policy 2105.1.1 as delivered.

Action: Approve the Motion as made by Director Bohn and seconded by Director Lewis-Lusso.

Ayes: Unanimous
Noes: None

Absent: None

6. Receive and Approve Mid-Year Adjustments and Review for Fiscal Year 2024-25 Executive Director Keller-Heckman presented Mid-Year Budget Adjustments and Review of Fiscal Year 2024-25, reflecting actual Authority revenues and expenses through December 31, 2024. Executive Director Keller-Heckman advised that actual revenue is in line with budget estimates while expenses are tracking slightly lower than projected. Overall, staff is confident in budget projections made for Fiscal Year 2024-25 March 19, 2025
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________________________________________________________________ 84 ________________________________________________________________ with respect to revenues and most approved expenditures. Executive Director KellerHeckman identified two expense categories that are above budget estimates – Merchant Fees and Landfill Leachate Hauling. Merchant fees have increased with the increased credit card use since the Covid-19 pandemic, and increased participation in online and email bill payment options now available to the Authority’s billing customers. Landfill leachate hauling expenses are directly correlated to the level of rainfall received at the Landfill this year relative to historical averages. Some delays may occur with nonessential Repairs & Maintenance-Facilities projects to avoid adjusting that line item.

Staff recommends the Board approve the following Mid-Year budget adjustments for Fiscal Year 2024/25: 1) $25,000 increase to the Landfill Leachate line item, drawn from the Landfill’s Consulting and Engineering budget; 2) $22,000 increase in the Administrative Merchant Fees line item, with funds coming from the Solid Waste division’s Transportation and Disposal budget. Transportation and Disposal expense are tracking below projections due to a realized reduction in fuel costs relative to budget estimates.

Chairperson Matthews opened the floor to public comment regarding the Mid-Year Budget Adjustments. No comment was received.

Chairperson Matthews closed the floor to public comment.

Motion: Director Castellano motioned, and Director Lewis-Lusso seconded, to approve Mid-Year Budget Adjustments for Fiscal Year 2024-25 as delivered.

Action: Approve the Motion as made by Director Castellano and seconded by Director Lewis-Lusso.

Ayes: Unanimous
Noes: None

Absent: None

7. Standing Item: Board Member Reports
None received.

8. Standing Item: Executive Director’s Report
None received.

9. Adjourn
Chairperson Matthews adjourned the meeting to Closed Session at 5:52 p.m.

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633 3rd Street, Eureka, CA 95501
Phone: (707) 269-1700 Toll-Free (800) 931-7232 Fax: (707) 269-1777 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.redwoodenergy.org

BOARD OF DIRECTORS DRAFT MEETING MINUTES
Wharfinger Building, Bay Room January 23, 2025
1 Marina Way, Eureka, CA 95501 Thursday, 3:30 p.m.

Chair Sarah Schaefer called a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Redwood Coast Energy Authority to order on the above date at 3:34 p.m. Notice of this meeting was posted on January 17, 2025.

PRESENT: Natalie Arroyo, Michael Gerace, Skip Jorgensen, Jason Ramos, Elise Scafani, Chair Sarah Schaefer, Jack Tuttle, Frank Wilson, Sheri Woo. ABSENT: Vice Chair Scott Bauer, Kris Mobley.

STAFF AND OTHERS PRESENT: Business Planning and Finance Director Lori Biondini, Executive Director Elizabeth Burks, Board Clerk Lori Taketa, Deputy Executive Director Eileen Verbeck.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS

2.1 Election of Officers and Community Advisory Committee Liaisons Chair Schaefer nominated Vice Chair Bauer to serve as Chair, and nominated Director Mobley as Vice Chair, although the Director was absent and had not been asked whether she would like to serve in that capacity. Director Woo volunteered to serve as Vice Chair should Director Mobley be unable to do so. There was no public comment on these items.

M/S: Arroyo, Scafani: Appoint Scott Bauer as RCEA Board Chair and Kris Mobley as Vice Chair, and Sheri Woo as Alternate Vice Chair should Kris Mobley be unable to serve, through January 2026, and authorize the Chair and Vice Chair as signers on RCEA bank accounts.

The motion passed with a unanimous vote. Ayes: Arroyo, Gerace, Jorgensen, Ramos, Scafani, Schaefer, Tuttle, Wilson, Woo. Noes: None. Absent: Bauer, Mobley. Abstain:

None.

M/S: Tuttle, Ramos: Appoint Sarah Schaefer as Board Liaison, and Natalie Arroyo as alternate liaison, to the Community Advisory Committee to serve through January 2026.

The motion passed with a unanimous vote. Ayes: Arroyo, Gerace, Jorgensen, Ramos, Scafani, Schaefer, Tuttle, Wilson, Woo. Noes: None. Absent: Bauer, Mobley. Abstain:

None.

Both Chair-Elect Bauer and Vice Chair-Elect Mobley were absent. Chair Pro Tem Schaefer continued facilitating the meeting.

2.2 Board Committee Member Assignment
There was no public comment on this item.

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M/S: Scafani, Woo: Appoint Directors Gerace, Jorgensen, Ramos and Wilson, and Chair Bauer to serve on the standing Finance Committee for one-year terms ending on the first regular Board meeting of 2026.

The motion passed with a unanimous vote. Ayes: Arroyo, Gerace, Jorgensen, Ramos, Scafani, Schaefer, Tuttle, Wilson, Woo. Noes: None. Absent: Bauer, Mobley. Abstain:

None.

REPORTS FROM MEMBER ENTITIES
Director Arroyo will report back on lessons learned from a Coastal Counties Supervisors’ Group discussion of the Moss Landing battery facility fire. Director Arroyo would like to arrange a Lake County geothermal project visit and invited other directors to attend.

CONSENT CALENDAR

5.1 Approve Minutes of December 17, 2024, Board Special Meeting.

5.2 Approve Disbursements Report.

5.3 Accept Financial Reports.

5.4 Approve 2025 RCEA Board of Directors Meeting Calendar.

5.5 Approve Updated and Unchanged Community Choice Energy Weighted Board Vote Distribution.

5.6 Reappoint Deborah Dukes, Richard Johnson, Luna Latimer and Kit Mann to the Community Advisory Committee for Terms Ending March 31, 2027.

5.7 Approve Amendment No.1 to the Professional Services Agreement with Sierra Business Council in the Amount of $413,628.59 for RuralREN North Startup Services and Authorize the Executive Director to Execute All Applicable Documents.

5.8 Approve Engagement with Baker Tilly US, LLP for audit of the Redwood Coast Energy Authority financial statements for the years ended June 30, 2024 to 2026 and authorize the Executive Director to execute all applicable documents.

5.9 Approve the Memorandum of Understanding and the Ground Lease to Install, Operate, and Maintain Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment at Carlson Park Between RCEA and the City of Arcata and Authorize the Executive Director to Execute All Applicable Documents.

Director Arroyo requested discussion of item 5.5. No member of the public requested separate consent calendar item discussion.

M/S: Woo, Jorgensen: Approve all Consent Calendar items except item 5.5.

The motion passed with a unanimous vote. Ayes: Arroyo, Gerace, Jorgensen, Ramos, Scafani, Schaefer, Tuttle, Wilson, Woo. Noes: None. Absent: Bauer, Mobley. Abstain:

None.

REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM
Director Arroyo relayed complaints about Tribal Member Directors not being able to vote on Community Choice Energy (CCE) matters. CCE participation is limited under the California Public Utilities Code to cities, counties and cities and counties. RCEA is the first CCE to March 19, 2025
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include Tribal Governments in its broader joint powers authority (JPA) membership. The directors discussed how all JPA members have an equal vote on actions incurring agencywide liability, such as entering contracts; how the CCE weighted vote was calculated; how a Tribe member living on Tribal lands is represented in RCEA matters; and how RCEA might advocate at the CPUC on Tribal member CCE representation. Staff and RCEA’s General Counsel will report at a future meeting on RCEA’s CCE voting system, existing law and possible action. The Board took no action to approve the unchanged, updated weighted vote, as required biennially by RCEA’s Amended Joint Powers Agreement. There was no public comment.

Chair Pro Tem Schaefer confirmed that a Community Choice Energy quorum was present.

OLD CCE BUSINESS

7.1. Annual Humboldt Sawmill Company Alternative Biomass Use Report (Information only) Executive Director Burks reported on HSC’s annual assessment of its biomass use which resulted from community concerns about the company’s power purchase agreement with RCEA, and the annual process of evaluating HSC-provided data. An overview of this year’s data was shared. The Biomass Technical Advisory Group was asked to examine the material in detail, and their resulting questions and requests for HSC were shared. The Community Advisory Committee discussed the report and the BTAG’s comments earlier this month.

The Directors discussed HSC’s efforts to reduce its Scotia plant’s greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants, the relative value of performance comparisons with biomass plants using drier fuels, and the need to refer claims of invalid plant operation permits to the Air Quality Management District. The directors expressed a desire to know more about HSC’s long-term plans for its Scotia biomass plant and air quality monitoring studies. There were no public comments on this item.

NEW BUSINESS

10.1 Approve Cost-of-Service Rate Setting Analysis Solicitation Deputy Executive Director Verbeck described RCEA’s current electricity rate setting method and its effectiveness during the CCE program’s launch period. Over time, market pressures combined with this rate-setting method forced RCEA to scale back its renewable energy portfolio goals. Many CCE programs are adopting a different rate-setting model based on the actual cost to provide electricity to customers. This cost-of-service model improves financial planning, increases independence from PG&E’s rate-changing pressures, and protects against legal challenges.

Directors discussed the risk of having higher electricity rates than PG&E, the need to conduct vigorous public education and outreach before adopting this rate setting method, and the importance of knowing how much agency goals cost when doing strategic planning. There were no public comments on this item.

M/S: Jorgensen, Gerace: Authorize staff to prepare and release a solicitation for costof-service analysis and rate design consulting, following review and approval by RCEA administrative staff and legal counsel.

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The motion passed with a unanimous vote. Ayes: Arroyo, Gerace, Jorgensen, Ramos, Scafani, Schaefer, Tuttle, Wilson, Woo. Noes: None. Absent: Bauer, Mobley. Abstain:

None.

10.2 Reserve Policy Adoption
Deputy Executive Director Verbeck and Business Planning and Finance Director Biondini described the importance of building secure reserves when setting rates. Due to the COVID pandemic, RCEA has previously not been able to meet its launch period minimum reserve target levels. The proposed Reserve Policy goals are to build a reserve of 180 days of CCE program operating costs held in an unrestricted cash position, and to maintain the target reserve level for 12 months before exploring options to direct net revenue back into the community. This reserve level matches reserve targets of most CCE programs, can significantly lower CCE program operating expenses and provide operations stability in an increasingly volatile energy market.

The directors discussed the current reserve balance, Proposition 26 restrictions on use of funds, whether RCEA can offer customer solar power and battery rebate programs, and the decision to pause RCEA’s plans to construct an office building due to budget constraints.

There were no public comments on this item.

M/S: Arroyo, Ramos: Adopt Resolution 2025-1, Adopting a Redwood Coast Energy Authority Reserve Policy, and direct staff to draft a Dividend Program Proposal to be presented to the Community Advisory Committee for input.

The motion passed with a unanimous vote. Ayes: Arroyo, Gerace, Jorgensen, Ramos, Scafani, Schaefer, Tuttle, Wilson, Woo. Noes: None. Absent: Bauer, Mobley. Abstain:

None.

STAFF REPORTS

11.1 Executive Director’s Report (Information only)
Executive Director Burks reported on her first weeks on the job, the agency’s new website, and encouraged new jurisdiction representatives to participate in RCEA orientation sessions.

Staff are tracking the many presidential executive orders and their effect on RCEA program funding, especially the Tribal Energy Resilience and Sovereignty microgrid project. Chair Pro Tem Schaefer presented Deputy Executive Director Eileen Verbeck with a certificate of appreciation for her service as Interim Executive Director. There were no public comments on this item.

Chair Pro Tem Schaefer thanked the Board for the opportunity to serve as Chair and adjourned the meeting at 5:21 p.m.

Lori Taketa
Board Clerk
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