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City of Fort Bragg
Meeting Minutes
Special City Council
THE FORT BRAGG CITY COUNCIL MEETS CONCURRENTLY
AS THE FORT BRAGG MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
NO. 1 AND THE FORT BRAGG REDEVELOPMENT
SUCCESSOR AGENCY
Monday, June 5, 2023 5:00 PM Town Hall, 363 N Main Street Special Meeting
CALL TO ORDER
Vice Mayor Godeke called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM
ROLL CALL
Vice Mayor Jason Godeke, Councilmember Tess Albin-Smith, Councilmember Lindy Peters and Councilmember Marcia Rafanan
Present: 4 -
Absent: 1 - Mayor Bernie Norvell
1. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA
Public Comments on Non-Agenda were made by Mary Rose Kaczorowski and Jay Rosenquist.
2. PUBLIC HEARING
2A. 23-174 Receive Report, Hold a Public Hearing, and Consider: 1) Adopting a Resolution Certifying the Environmental Impact Report for the Best Development Grocery Outlet (Sch: 2022050308) and Adopting the California Environmental Quality Act Findings and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting; and, 2) Adopting a Resolution Approving Coastal Development Permit 2-22 (CDP 2-22), Design Review 7-22 (DR 7-22), Parcel Merger 1-22 (MGR 1-22) at 825, 845, 851 South Franklin Street.
Vice Mayor Godeke opened the public hearing at 5:05 PM.
Consultant Marie Jones summarized the staff report. She also introduced Elise Laws of DeNovo Planning who gave a presentation to City Council about the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Grocery Outlet project.
Applicant's legal counsel Jim Moose addressed the council.
Public Comment was received from: Jenny Shattuck, Jasmine Diaz, Mary Rose K, Acheya Wachtel, Bob Burns, Chris S, Kelly Spence, Judy Valadao Annemarie Wiebel, Jesus Gonzales, Anthony Serkis, Andrew Jordan, Jacob Patterson and three other members of the public who did not disclose their names.
Vice Mayor Godeke recessed the meeting at 7:00PM; the meeting reconvened at 7:10 PM.
Public Comment was received via Zoom: Jay Rosenquist, Leslie Kashiwada, Clara, Shelley Green, Rahsaan Freese, Gabriel Quinn Maroney, Paul Clark, Morgan Shook, David Gurney and City of Fort Bragg Page 1 Printed on 6/30/2023
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Linda Williams.
Applicant's legal counsel Mr. Moose and Grocery Outlet representative Mrs. Vargas provided rebuttal and clarifying details.
Vice Mayor Godeke closed the public hearing at 8:10 PM.
Discussion
Consultant Jones provided clarifications to the special conditions and answered questions that were made during the public hearing. Councilmembers weighed in regarding the requests to approve the resolutions. Following deliberations, both resolutions were amended to have the Vice Mayor listed instead of the Mayor as the signee and amended to clarify special conditions.
A motion was made by Councilmember Peters, seconded by Councilmember Rafanan, that the CEQA Resolution [RES 4689-2023] be approved. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 3 - Vice Mayor Godeke, Councilmember Peters and Councilmember Rafanan No: 1 - Councilmember Albin-Smith
Absent: 1 - Mayor Norvell
A motion was made by Councilmember Peters, seconded by Councilmember Rafanan, that the Permit Resolution [RES 4690-2023] be approved . The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: Vice Mayor Godeke, Councilmember Albin-Smith, Councilmember Peters and Councilmember Rafanan
4 -
Absent: 1 - Mayor Norvell
ADJOURNMENT
Vice Mayor Godeke adjourned the meeting at 8:54 PM.
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BERNIE NORVELL, MAYOR
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June Lemos, MMC, City Clerk
IMAGED (___________)
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