GRASS VALLEY
City Council Regular Meeting, Capital Improvements Authority and Redevelopment "Successor Agency"
Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 7:00 PM
Council Chambers, Grass Valley City Hall | 125 East Main Street, Grass Valley, California Telephone: (530) 274-4310 – Fax: (530) 274-4399
E-Mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.cityofgrassvalley.com AGENDA
Any person with a disability who requires accommodations to participate in this meeting should telephone the City Clerk’s office at (530)274-4390, at least 48 hours prior to the meeting to make a request for a disability related modification or accommodation.
MEETING NOTICE
City Council welcomes you to attend the meetings electronically or in person at the City Hall Council Chambers, located at 125 E. Main St., Grass Valley, CA 95945. Regular Meetings are scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. Your interest is encouraged and appreciated.
This meeting is being broadcast “live” on Comcast Channel 17 by Nevada County Media, on the internet at www.cityofgrassvalley.com, or on the City of Grass Valley YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdAaL-uwdN8iTz8bI7SCuPQ.
Members of the public are encouraged to submit public comments via voicemail at (530) 274-4390 and email to [email protected]. Comments will be reviewed and distributed before the meeting if received by 5pm. Comments received after that will be addressed during the item and/or at the end of the meeting. Council will have the option to modify their action on items based on comments received. Action may be taken on any agenda item.
Agenda materials, staff reports, and background information related to regular agenda items are available on the City’s website: www.cityofgrassvalley.com. Materials related to an item on this agenda submitted to the Council after distribution of the agenda packet will be made available on the City of Grass Valley website at www.cityofgrassvalley.com, subject to City staff’s ability to post the documents before the meeting.
Council Chambers are wheelchair accessible and listening devices are available. Other special accommodations may be requested to the City Clerk 72 hours in advance of the meeting by calling (530) 274-4390, we are happy to accommodate.
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
City of Grass Valley, CA AGENDA March 22, 2022
ROLL CALL
AGENDA APPROVAL - The City Council reserves the right to hear items in a different order to accomplish business in the most efficient manner.
REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION
INTRODUCTIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
1. Reserve Police Officers Retirement
PUBLIC COMMENT - Members of the public are encouraged to submit public comments via voicemail at (530) 274-4390 and email to [email protected]. Comments will be reviewed and distributed before the meeting if received by 5pm. Comments received after 5pm will be addressed during the item and/or at the end of the meeting. Council will have the option to modify their action on items based on comments received. Action may be taken on any agenda item. There is a time limitation of three minutes per person for all emailed, voicemail, or in person comments, and only one type of public comment per person. For any items not on the agenda, and within the jurisdiction or interest of the City, please come to the podium at this time. If you wish to speak regarding a scheduled agenda item, please come to the podium when the item is announced. When recognized, please begin by providing your name and address for the record (optional).
CONSENT ITEMS - All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are to be considered routine by the City Council and/or Grass Valley Redevelopment Agency and will be enacted by one motion in the form listed. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless, before the City Council and/or Grass Valley Redevelopment Agency votes on the motion to adopt, members of the Council and/or Agency, staff or the public request specific items to be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion and action (roll call vote).
2. Approval of the Regular Meeting Minutes of March 8, 2022.
Recommendation: Council approve minutes as submitted.
3. Update to Municipal Code Section 8.16 miscellaneous Fire Control Regulations Recommendation: 1) That Council approve Ordinance 814 amending the Grass Valley Municipal Code Section 8.16.230 and 8.16.240.
4. Review of 2021 Annual Housing Element Progress Report Recommendation: Receive and File. No formal action required.
5. Review of 2021 General Plan Annual Progress Report.
Recommendation: Receive and File. No formal action required.
6. Condon Park Parking Improvements Project
Recommendation: That Council 1) authorize a contract amendment in the amount of $43,750.00 for work associated with construction of a new water line.
7. Authorize travel for Vice Mayor Arbuckle to the National League of Cities (City Summit)
Recommendation: That Council approve travel and related expenses for Vice Mayor Arbuckle to attend the National League of Cities (City Summit).
City of Grass Valley, CA AGENDA March 22, 2022
8. Adopt Resolution No. 2022-009 Declaring Vehicles of the City of Grass Valley Surplus.
Recommendation: That council 1) Adopt Resolution No 2022-009 Declaring Vehicles as Surplus and Authorizing Disposition of listed equipment.
ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION OR SEPARATE ACTION AND /
OR ANY ADDED AGENDA ITEMS
REORGANIZATION RELATED ITEMS
PUBLIC HEARING
9. Consideration of Pre-Annexation and Development Agreements with Hansen Bros.
Enterprises (HBE) and CalMat tied to the recently approved Southern Sphere of Influence Planning and Annexation Project.
Recommendation: That Council conduct the public hearing and approve both agreements.
ADMINISTRATIVE
10. Pioneer Community Energy and Community Choice Aggregation for Grass Valley Recommendation: That Council 1) receive a presentation from Pioneer Community Energy on Community Choice Aggregation (CCA); 2) authorize the City Manager to initiate an Implementation Study for the purposes of further evaluation regarding the possibility of the City joining Pioneer Community Energy’s JPA, subject to legal review; 3) authorize the City Manager to sign all documents required to complete the study; and 4) approve the Finance Director to make the necessary budget adjustments and transfers to complete these actions.
11. Police Military Equipment Use Policy (AB481)
Recommendation: That Council 1) Review the proposed Police Department military equipment use policy and associated attachments per the requirements of AB-481; and 2) provide direction to staff related to the Police Departments proposed process to comply with AB-481 and/or any other direction related to the policy and use of equipment as outlined in the staff report and attachments
BRIEF REPORTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
ADJOURN
POSTING NOTICE
This is to certify that the above notice of a regular meeting of The City Council, scheduled for Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 7:00 PM was posted at city hall, easily accessible to the public, as of 5:00 p.m. Friday, March 18, 2022.
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Taylor Day, Deputy City Clerk