City Council
City of Fort Bragg
Meeting Agenda
416 N Franklin Street
Fort Bragg, CA 95437
Phone: (707) 961-2823
Fax: (707) 961-2802
THE FORT BRAGG CITY COUNCIL MEETS CONCURRENTLY
AS THE FORT BRAGG MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
NO. 1 AND THE FORT BRAGG REDEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR
AGENCY
Town Hall, 363 N. Main Street and
Via Video Conference
Monday, July 25, 2022 6:00 PM
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
ZOOM WEBINAR INVITATION
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AGENDA REVIEW
1. MAYOR’S RECOGNITIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
1A. 22-352 Introduction and Swearing In of Police Chief Neil Cervenka Attachments: Chief Cervenka Oath of Office
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON: (1) NON-AGENDA, (2) CONSENT CALENDAR & (3)
CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
MANNER OF ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL: All remarks and questions shall be addressed to the City Council; no discussion or action will be taken pursuant to the Brown Act. No person shall speak without being recognized by the Mayor or Acting Mayor. Public comments are restricted to three (3) minutes per speaker.
TIME ALLOTMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS: Thirty (30) minutes shall be allotted to receiving public comments. If necessary, the Mayor or Acting Mayor may allot an additional 30 minutes to public City of Fort Bragg Page 1 Printed on 7/26/2022
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comments after Conduct of Business to allow those who have not yet spoken to do so. Any citizen, after being recognized by the Mayor or Acting Mayor, may speak on any topic that may be a proper subject for discussion before the City Council for such period of time as the Mayor or Acting Mayor may determine is appropriate under the circumstances of the particular meeting, including number of persons wishing to speak or the complexity of a particular topic. Time limitations shall be set without regard to a speaker’s point of view or the content of the speech, as long as the speaker’s comments are not disruptive of the meeting.
BROWN ACT REQUIREMENTS: The Brown Act does not allow action or discussion on items not on the agenda (subject to narrow exceptions). This will limit the Council's response to questions and requests made during this comment period.
WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS: Written public comments received after agenda publication are forwarded to the Councilmembers as soon as possible after receipt and are available for inspection at City Hall, 416 N. Franklin Street, Fort Bragg, during normal business hours. All comments will become a permanent part of the agenda packet on the day after the meeting or as soon thereafter as possible, except comments that are in an unrecognized file type or too large to be uploaded to the City's agenda software application. Public comments may be submitted to City Clerk June Lemos, [email protected].
3. STAFF COMMENTS
4. MATTERS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS
5. CONSENT CALENDAR
All items under the Consent Calendar will be acted upon in one motion unless a Councilmember requests that an individual item be taken up under Conduct of Business.
5A. 22-329 Adopt Municipal Improvement District Resolution Approving Professional Services Agreement with Applied Marine Sciences for Biological Surveys and Outfall Inspection Reports and Authorizing City Manager to Execute Contract (Amount Not to Exceed $41,072, Account No. 710-4712-0319).
RESO Applied Marine Sciences
Applied Marine Sciences Contract
Attachments:
5B. 22-340 Adopt City Council Resolution Delegating to the City Manager, Interim City Manager and/or Acting City Manager Disability Retirement Determinations of Local Safety Officer Employees of the California Public Employees' Retirement System
Attachments: RESO Calpers Local Safety Officer
5C. 22-341 Adopt City Council Resolution Establishing a Salary Rate Compensation Plan Confirming Pay Rates/Ranges for City of Fort Bragg Police Association Classifications
RESO FBPA Compensation
Exhibit A
Attachments:
5D. 22-343 Adopt City Council Resolution Making the Legally Required Findings to Continue to Authorize the Conduct of Remote "Telephonic" Meetings During the State of Emergency
Attachments: RESO Authorize Continuing Remote Meetings
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5E. 22-345 Approve Offer Letter and Adopt City Council Resolution Appointing Peggy Ducey as Interim City Manager for the City of Fort Bragg DUCEY, Peggy Offer Letter
RESO Interim City Manager
Attachments:
5F. 22-348 Adopt City Council Resolution Approving the 2022-2025 Memorandum of Understanding with the Fort Bragg Employee Organization/Service Employees International Union Local 1021 and Authorizing City Manager to Execute Same
RESO SEIU MOU
RESO Exhibit A
FBEO MOU 2022 Redline
FBEO MOU 2022 - No Markup
Attachments:
5G. 22-370 Adopt Joint City Council/Improvement District/Redevelopment Successor Agency Resolution Approving a Professional Services Agreement with JJACPA, Inc. for Auditing Services and Authorizing City/District Manager/Executive Director to Execute Same (Amount Not to Exceed $49,550; Split Among the Agencies)
RESO JJACPA Contract
JJACPA Auditing Services
Attachments:
5H. 22-363 Receive and File Minutes of the February 22, 2022 Community Development Committee Meeting
Attachments: Minutes of the February 22, 2022 Community Development Committee Meeting 5I. 22-364 Receive and File Minutes of the April 26, 2022 Committee Development Committee Meeting
Attachments: Minutes of the April 26, 2022 Committee Development Committee Meeting 5J. 22-342 Approve Minutes of Special Closed Session of June 27, 2022 Attachments: CCM2022-06-27 Closed Session
5K. 22-356 Approve Minutes of June 27, 2022
Attachments: CCM2022-06-27
5L. 22-354 Approve Minutes of Special Closed Session of July 11, 2022 CCM2022-07-11 Closed Session
Public Comment 5L
Attachments:
5M. 22-355 Approve Minutes of Special Meeting of July 18, 2022 Attachments: CCM2022-07-18 Special
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6. DISCLOSURE OF EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS ON AGENDA ITEMS
7. PUBLIC HEARING
When a Public Hearing has been underway for a period of 60 minutes, the Council must vote on whether to continue with the hearing or to continue the hearing to another meeting.
8. CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
8A. 22-369 Receive Report and Consider Adoption of City Council Resolution Declaring a Stage 1 Water Alert and Implementing Stage 1 Water Conservation Measures 07252022 Water Alert Staff Report
Att. 1 - RESO Stage 1 Water Alert
Att. 2 - Noyo River Flows 2022
Att. 3 - ORD 969-2021 Water Conservation
Attachments:
8B. 22-323 Receive Public Review Draft of City of Fort Bragg Former Georgia Pacific Mill Site Economic Diversification Report and Provide Council Input to be Included in Final Draft
07252022 EDA Staff Report
Public Review Draft
Attachments:
8C. 22-295 Receive Project Update and Status Report from Parents and Friends, Inc. on the Cypress Street Residential Care Facility for the Elderly Project at 350 Cypress Street
Attachments: 07252022 PFI Presentation City Council
8D. 22-347 Receive Report and Provide Direction to Staff Regarding Options for Preserving Eagles Hall as a Public Assembly Venue, Including Historic Landmark Status, Existing Zoning Regulations and Other Options 07252022 Eagles Hall Report
Att. 1 - Photo Essay Eagles Hall
Public Comment 8D
Attachments:
8E. 22-336 Receive Report and Consider Adoption of City Council Resolution Approving Professional Services Agreement with Creative Thinking, Inc., DBA The Idea Cooperative, to Provide Strategic and Creative Marketing Services for Visit Fort Bragg and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Contract (Amount Not to Exceed $180,000.00; Account No. 110-4321-0319)
07252022 Marketing & Promotions
Att. 1 - RESO Idea Cooperative
Att. 2 - Idea Cooperative Contract
Attachments:
9. CLOSED SESSION
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9A. 22-353 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6: City Negotiators: Isaac Whippy, Assistant Finance Director; Employee Organizations: Confidential Non-Bargaining Classifications, and Exempt At-Will Executive Management Classifications 9B. 22-358 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6: City Negotiators: Sarah McCormick, Assistant City Manager; Employee Organizations: Exempt Mid-Management Classifications 9C. 22-372 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION, Pursuant to Paragraph (1) of Subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9; Name of Case: City of Fort Bragg vs. Mendocino Railway and Does 1-10, Case No.: 21CV00850, Superior Court of the State of California, County of Mendocino
ADJOURNMENT
The adjournment time for all Council meetings is no later than 10:00 p.m. If the Council is still in session at 10:00 p.m., the Council may continue the meeting upon majority vote.
NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING:
6:00 P.M., MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 2022
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I declare, under penalty of perjury, that I am employed by the City of Fort Bragg and that I caused this agenda to be posted in the City Hall notice case on July 22, 2022. _______________________________________________
June Lemos, MMC
City Clerk
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC:
DISTRIBUTION OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOLLOWING AGENDA PACKET DISTRIBUTION:
• Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the Council/District/Agency after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection upon making reasonable arrangements with the City Clerk for viewing same during normal business hours.
• Such documents are also available on the City of Fort Bragg’s website at https://city.fortbragg.com subject to staff’s ability to post the documents before the meeting.
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