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, November 28, 2022 6:00 PM
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
ZOOM WEBINAR INVITATION
This meeting is being presented in a hybrid format, both in person at Town Hall and via Zoom.
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When: Nov 28, 2022 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Topic: City Council Meeting
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AGENDA REVIEW
1. MAYOR’S RECOGNITIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
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 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 City of Fort Bragg Page 1 Printed on 11/23/2022
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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. 22-578 Adopt City Council Resolution Approving the Transfer of Assistant City Manager and Grants Coordinator Classifications from Administrative Services to Community Development Department; Approving Establishment of Part-Time Government Accountant classification; Approving Social Services Liaison-Crisis Worker Classification to be a Benefited Position; Approving Budget Amendment 2022/23-10
RESO ACM&GrantCoord-CDD, PTGovAcctnt, SocSvcsLiaison
Exhibit A
Exhibit B
Attachments:
5B. 22-580 Readopt Master Traffic Resolution
RESO Master Traffic
RESO 1271-2022B Master Traffic Redline
Attachments:
5C. 22-584 Adopt City Council Resolution Extending the Temporary Waiver of the Parking In-Lieu Fee for Changes of Use in the Central Business District and Finding the Action Exempt from CEQA
Attachments: RESO 2023 Parking In Lieu Fee Waiver
5D. 22-586 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 Remote Meetings
5E. 22-587 Adopt City Council Resolution Confirming the Continued Existence of a Local Emergency in the City of Fort Bragg
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Attachments: RESO Declaring Continuing Local Emergency
5F. 22-589 Adopt City Council Resolution Approving Amendment No. 3 to the Agreement Between the City of Fort Bragg and Cold Creek Compost, Inc. for Composting Services
Att 1 - RESO Cold Creek Amendment 3
Att 2 - Cold Creek Amendment 3
Att 3 - Cold Creek Agreement
Attachments:
5G. 22-581 Approve Minutes of November 14, 2022
Attachments: CCM2022-11-14
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. 22-582 Receive Presentation on Final Playground Design and Provide Direction to Staff to Proceed with Project Procurement
11282022 Playground Presentation
Att 1 - Grant Award Certificate
Att 2 - Recommended Playground
Att 3 - Playground Color Option 2
Attachments:
8B. 22-583 Receive Report and Consider Approving the City Council Policy Governing the Use of Electronic Devices During City Council and Other Public Meetings 11282022 Electronic Devices Staff Report
Att. 1 - Use of Electronic Devices Policy
Attachments:
8C. 22-596 Receive Report and Consider Approving the City of Fort Bragg Fee Waiver Policy for Appeals of Planning Commission Decisions
11282022 Fee Waiver Staff Report
Att 1 - Fee Waiver Policy
Attachments:
8D. 22-597 Receive Report and Consider Adoption of City Council Resolution Authorizing City Manager to Execute Related Documents for the Purchase of 582+/- Acres Currently Owned by Mendocino Coast Recreation and Park District and Approving Budget Amendment No. 2022/23-09, Amount Not to Exceed $2,420,579
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11282022 Reservoir Property Stff Report
RESO Reservoir Property
RESO Exhibit A
Attachments:
9. CLOSED SESSION
9A. 22-595 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION:
Initiation of Litigation Pursuant to Paragraph (4) of Subdivision (d) of Gov.
Code Section 54956.9: Three (3) Cases
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, DECEMBER 12, 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 November 23, 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.
ADA NOTICE AND HEARING IMPAIRED PROVISIONS:
It is the policy of the City of Fort Bragg to offer its public programs, services and meetings in a manner that is readily accessible to everyone, including those with disabilities. Upon request, this agenda will be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with disabilities.
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This notice is in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (28 CFR, 35.102-35.104 ADA Title II).
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