MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE
GONZALES CITY COUNCIL AND
GONZALES SUCCESSOR AGENCY
MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2023
6:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 6:00 PM by Mayor Jose L. Rios.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The flag salute was recited by all present.
ROLL CALL
Attendee Name Title Status
Jose L. Rios Mayor/Chair Present
Scott Funk Mayor Pro Tem/Vice Chair Present
Liz Silva Council/Agency Member Present
Lorraine Worthy Council/Agency Member Present
Maria Orozco Council/Agency Member Present
YOUTH COMMISSIONERS
Luke Naegle.
Excused absence: Sherlyn Flores.
STAFF PRESENT
City Manager Trevin W. Barber, City Attorney Michael F. Rodriquez, Community Development Director Taven Kinison Brown, Executive Assistant to the City Manager/Deputy City Clerk Mary Villegas, Administrative Assistant II Marisol Gomez, Public Works Director/City Engineer Patrick Dobbins, and Fire Chief Jason Muscio.
Successor Agency Item
PUBLIC NOTICE
This meeting is being conducted consistent with State of California Executive Order N-29-20 dated March 17, 2020, regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The public may participate in person or online via zoom at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84823456479 or call 1-1669-900-6833 and use Meeting ID: 848 2345 6479. If you wish to make either a general public comment or to comment on a specific agenda item, please use the Raise Hand function. You will be allowed three minutes for your comments.
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PRESENTATIONS
2. Central Coast Community Energy Annual Update
Judi Young, Central Coast Community Energy Senior Customer Accounts Manager, presented a powerpoint presentation explaining the community choice aggregation formation, number of customers enrolled, delivery of electricity, benefits to the communities, local control, board representation, competitive rates, clean and renewable power, community investment, and 2022 projects online.
BUSINESS FROM THE PUBLIC
3. Business from the Public not on the Agenda; any member of the Public may address the Council for a period not to exceed three minutes on any subject not on the Agenda. The Council will listen to all communications, but may take no action.
Roberta Camacho, 1805 Chablis Way, asked the new City Manager if he will still continue to support Grupos Unidos de Gonzales, a non-profit group, with their Dia del Nino celebration that they have every year. She said this will be their 16th year and is scheduled on April 30th, an allday event for the kids and families, and they get families from other towns as well.
Council Member Worthy asked her what time it starts.
Mrs. Camacho responded it starts at noon.
Roberto Uribe's Daughter, from Pueblos Unidos, shared her comments in Spanish. Roberta Camacho translated for them. They said they are a non-profit group from Gonzales and have always received the City's support for the annual Cinco de Mayo celebration, and they were here to ask the City to continue supporting their group with this event which raises money to help the Gonzales community and the Sister City Tateposco in Jalisco, Mexico.
Council Member Worthy mentioned these two groups applied for and received Measure K funds.
John Culligan, Salinas resident, commented about being here last week for a meeting and noticing four gentleman from the City directing traffic on Fifth Street. He congratulated and thanked the City for a job well done, which was an school solution to a long time problem.
CONSENT AGENDA
4. Approve the Joint City Council, Successor Agency, and Planning Commission - Regular Meeting - February 21, 2023 Minutes
5. Approve City Accounts Payable Warrants #48220-48266
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Maria Orozco, Council Member
SECONDER: Liz Silva, Council Member
AYES: Jose L. Rios, Scott Funk, Liz Silva, Lorraine Worthy, Maria Orozco
REGULAR AGENDA
6. Consideration to Release a Request for Proposals by the Cities of Gonzales, Soledad, Greenfield, and King City to Select a Contractor to Collect Solid Waste, Recyclables, and Organic Waste within the Boundaries of Each City as a Single Franchise Collection Zone Staff Report: Salinas Valley Recycles General Manager Patrick Mathews presented the staff report via powerpoint presentation. He explained the RFP intent and purpose, key collection elements for residential and commercial services, annual and special events, proposal elements, RFP timeline, evaluation, and selection.
At this point, City Manager Barber, announced through the Mayor, that it was brought to staff's attention this meeting was no longer broadcasting so he asked for a recess to reset the broadcasting equipment and make sure the public has access to the meeting.
Mayor Rios announced they were taking a short recess.
After a couple of minutes, the Mayor announced the equipment was back in order so they were back in session. He asked for public comments on this item.
Public Comment: There was none.
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Liz Silva, Council Member
SECONDER: Lorraine Worthy, Council Member
AYES: Jose L. Rios, Scott Funk, Liz Silva, Lorraine Worthy, Maria Orozco
7. Consider Approval of Resolution No. 2023-12, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Approving a Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of Gonzales and TriCities Disposal and Recycling Services Regarding Negotiations for Amendments to the Exclusive Solid Waste, Recycling and Organics Collection Services Program Agreements Staff Report: Salinas Valley Recycles Contracts and Grants Analyst Elia Zavala presented the staff report via powerpoint presentation. She explained the mandatory organics diversion SB 1383- Short-Lived Climate Pollutants & Methane Emissions Reduction Act, the timeline of actions taken, contamination monitoring, and the Memorandum of Understanding terms.
Public Comment: There was none.
Council Discussion: None.
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RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Lorraine Worthy, Council Member
SECONDER: Liz Silva, Council Member
AYES: Jose L. Rios, Scott Funk, Liz Silva, Lorraine Worthy, Maria Orozco
8. Establish a City Council “Housing Development Ad Hoc Committee — DR Horton” Staff Report: Community Development Director Kinison Brown presented the staff report.
Public Comment: John Culligan, D'Arrigo Brothers CFO, mentioned D'Arrigo was the landowner that will be working with the applicant and he was encouraged by this committee. He elaborated on where they are now with D.R. Horton.
Council Discussion: None.
Mayor Rios appointed Council Member Maria Orozco and Council Member Lorraine Worthy to the Housing Development Ad Hoc Committee.
BUSINESS FROM CITY COUNCIL
9. City Council Board/Committee Reports
a. Transportation Agency for Monterey County
Mayor Rios reported on the budget discussion and funding for various projects like the Prunedale bypass area, Highway 68 and Highway 101 improvements from Gonzales north. b. Mayor Selection Committee
Mayor Rios reported on the nominations from the peninsula Mayors, along with the Supervisor, for the Coastal Commission.
c. Salinas Valley Recycles
Council Member Silva announced the next meeting on March 16th at 6:00pm back in person, in the Council Chambers, and one of the main points of discussion will be the budget. d. Measure K Oversight Committee
Council Member Worthy reported on the meeting last week where they received presentations from Dia de Los Muertos and Gonzales Smiles events from two grant recipients, which were very enlightening. She also said the committee will revisit the grant program at the next meeting.
e. South Salinas Valley Broadband Authority
Mayor Rios reported on the meeting last Thursday in Greenfield where they discussed selection of legal agency to represent the broadband.
10. Oral Communications
Youth Commissioner Naegle reported on the meeting they had with the Superintendent and the High School Principal where the Youth Council expressed their concerns on various topics.
Council Member Silva asked him if they will bring the concerns to the attention of the School Board as well.
Commissioner Naegle responded that their main priority was to the Superintendent and Principal first since they are the Department Heads, but they will be considering making the same presentation to the School Board.
Council Member Orozco mentioned about the presentation made to the Rotary Club today by Olga Fernandez regarding the Garcia Family history and their contributions to the community, which included great pictures of what Gonzales looked like before, and newspaper articles regarding their involvement with the Cinco de Mayo festivities. She also reported on another presentation from School District Superintendent Zamora, who announced the Community Career Day on April 22nd at the school for the students and the communities. Another topic was that Hartnell College will be working with the High School for students to be able to take classes from Hartnell and graduate at the time of High School graduation.
Council Member Silva asked what happened to the City Hall sign.
Public Works Director Dobbins responded it was knocked over and broken during the January winter storms.
Council Member Silva announced the Little League's opening day this Saturday, and daylight saving time changing this Sunday. She hoped it was true about the time not changing ever again.
Council Member Worthy informed she will be attending the Civic Well Policymakers Conference in Asilomar next week, Thursday through Sunday. She also told Commissioner Naegle about her brother when he was in High School and they didn't have enough toilet paper in the restrooms, he wasn't getting any action from the school administration, so he called the Health Department and it was taken care of.
Mayor Rios commented about how exciting the Fairview’s 8 th Grade basketball championship
game was this weekend against Soledad, which was a close game in the last seconds losing by one point.
BUSINESS FROM CITY MANAGER
11. Oral Communications
City Manager Barber informed the financial audits are underway and should be coming soon. The delay is due to Covid moneys requiring a single audit thus requiring more documentation, as well as staff shortage in our Accounting Department. He also announced that the School District offered to host the next Joint meeting between the Council and the School Board on Tuesday, May 9 th
, and staff looks forward to a productive meeting to discuss resources and future development projects.
Fire Chief Muscio reported on another potential storm system coming in starting Thursday through the weekend, and the County's Emergency Services is already monitoring the situation and have started the coordination calls.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 7:16 PM.
ATTEST:
Mary Villegas, Deputy City Clerk