GRASS VALLEY
City Councit Regutar Meeting, CapitaI lmprovements Authority and Redevetopment "Successor Agency"
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 7:00 PM
Council Chambers, Grass Vattey City Hatt | 125 East Main Street, Grass Vattey, Catifornia Tetephone: (5301274-4310 - Fax 15301274'4399
E-Mait: info@cityof qrassvattey.com Web Site: www.cityofq rassvattev.com A'tINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
Meeting Catted to order at 7:02 pm.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Ptedge of Attegiance Led by Mayor Aguitar
ROLL CALL
PRESENT
Councit Member Bob Branstrom
Councjt Member Hitary Hodge
CounciI Member Tom lvy
Vice Mayor Jan Arbuckte
Mayor Ben Agultar
AGENDA APPROVAL .
Motion made to approve agenda as submitted by Vice Mayor Arbuckte, Seconded by Councit Member Branstrom.
Voting Yea: Councit Member Branstrom, Council Member Hodge, Council Member lvy, Vice Mayor Arbuckte, Mayor Agujtar
REPORT OUT OF CLOSED TE5SION
No ctosed session.
INTRODUCTIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
'1. American Legion Poppy Days Proctamation
PUBLIC COM AENT .
ln person: Sandra Spargo, gave packet to councit.
Virtuat: Attached.
CONSENT ITEIAS .
Pubtic comments for consent are attached.
Motion made to approve consent by Vice Mayor Arbuckte, Seconded by Councit Member Branstrom.
Voting Yea: Councit Member Branstrom, CounciI Member Hodge, CounciI Member lyy, Vice Mayor Arbuckte, Mayor Aguitar
2. Approvat of the Regutar Meeting Minutes of Aprit 26, 2022 Recommendation: CounciI approve minutes as submitted.
3. Local Emergency Proctamation (COVID-19)
BgggrnmenlElg: Continuance of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-I9) proctamation dectaring a Local State of Emergency
4. LocaI Emergency Proctamation (Drought Conditions)
Recommendation: Drought Conditions proctamation dectaring a Locat State of Emergency
5. Local Emergency Proctamation (Wjnter Storm of December 27th,2021) Recommendation: Winter Storm of December 27th,2021 proctamation dectaring a Local State of Emergency
6. Second Reading of Ordinance #815
Reccomendation: Hotd a second readi ng by Titte Onty and Adopt Ordinance #815
7. lnitiate Annexation Proceedings and Approve the Boundary Map for Annexation of Loma Rica Ranch-Phase 'l to the Residential Landscaping and Lighting District No. 1988.2
BgEg!!!g!!!g!!9!: That Council approve Resotution 2022'22 initiating annexation proceedings and approving the boundary map for Annexation 7072-1 of Loma Rica Ranch-Phase'l into the Residential Landscaping and Lighting District No. 1988-2.
8. Slate Creek Road lmprovements Project - Final Acceptance Reccomendation: That Councit 'l ) approve the final payment and accept the State Creek Road lmprovements Project as comptete, and 2) authorize the City Engineer to fite a Notice of Comptetion with the County Recorder.
9. Condon and Scotten Turf lnstattation Project - Authorizatjon to Award Contract Recommendation: That Councit 1 ) authorize the award of a contract for the Condon and Scotten Turf lnstaltation Project 2) authorjze the Mayor to execute the constructjon contract, subject to [ega[ review and, 3) authorize the City Engineer to approve construction change orders for up to 10% of the contract amount.
10. Condon and Scotten Turf Replacement Project- Authorizatjon to Award Contract Reccomendation: That CounciL 1 )award a contract for the Condon and Scotten Turf Reptacement Project to Goodtand Landscape Construction, lnc., 2) authorize the Mayor to execute the construction contract, subject to [ega[ review and, 3) authorize the City Engineer to approve construction change orders for up to 10% of the contract amount.
11. Nevada County Transportation Commission FY 2022l23 Overat[ Work Program Approvat Recommendation: That Councit: 'l ) review the projects proposed for inctusion in the Nevada County Transportation Commission FY 2022l 23 OveralI Work Program, 2) adopt City of Grass VatLey, CA MINUTES May 10, 2022
a Resotution 2022-20 approving the projects for inctusion jn the Nevada County Transportation Commission Overat[ Work Program
12. Appointment of Vice Mayor Arbuckte Nominee, Debbie Thomas, for the Measure E OYersight Committee
Recommendation: That the City Councit appoint Measure E Oversight Committee Member Thomas to a term ending December 2022
13. Gjtded Springs Development Approve Finat Map
Recommendation: That Counci[ 1
) approve the Finat Map l8PLN-46 for Gitded Springs
Subdivision and 2) approve Resotution 2022-23, accepting the pubtic utility easements and rejecting a roadway dedication
14. Modification to the Buitding Officiat satary range.
Recommendation: That Council approve the increase in the satary range of the Bui(ding Official. job ctass.
ITEA{S REMOVED FROA{ CONSENT CALENDAR R DISCUSSION OR SEPARATE ACTION AND /
OR ANY ADDED AGENDA ITEMS
REORGANIZATION RELATED ITEMS
PUBLIC HEARING
15. Regiona( Transportation Mitigation Fees - AnnuaI lnftation lncrease Recommendation: That Councit: '1 ) hotd a pubtic hearing; and 2) adopt a Resotution approving an annual inftation increase to the existing regional transportation mitigation fees.
Ejorn Jones, City Engineer, gave presentation to the councit. Mike Woodman from NCTC answer questions of funding and how the program works for the City.
Pubtic comment attached.
Motion made that Councit: 1) hotd a pubtic hearing; and 2) adopt a Resotution approving an annuaI inflation increase to the existjng regiona( transportation mitigation fees by Councit Member Hodge, Seconded by Vice Mayor Arbuckte.
Voting Yea: CounciI Member Branstrom, Councit Member Hodge, CounciI Member lvy, Vice Mayor Arbuckte, Mayor Aguitar
'16. Annual lnftation lncrease for Water, Sewer, and Devetopment lmpact Fees Recommendation: That Councit: 1) hotd a pubtic hearing; and 2) adopt Resotution No. 2022-21 approving an annual inftation increase to the existing water, sewer, and devetopment impact fees
Tjm Kiser, Cjty Manager, gave presentation to the councjt.
Councjl discussed the upcoming rate study and pushing off the fee increase until after the study js done and comes before the CounciL.
Council took no action on this item.
City of Grass Val.tey, CA MINUTES May 10, ZO22
17. Approvat of new fees for the fottowing: 'l) Animat Controt Microchipping; 2) Animat Control Turn-in fee for unattered cats & dogs; 3) Anjmat Control adoptions for Ferat and working Cats; and 4) Fire fee for Sprinkter Modification Recommendation: Conduct the pubtic hearing and approve the attached Resolutjon 2022-24 to adopt new use and service fees.
Tim Kiser, City l'lanager, gave presentation to the Councit. Atex Gammelgard ctarified some questions in regard to the Animat controt fees.
Motion made to Conduct the pubtic hearing and approve the attached Resotutjon 2022-24 to adopt new use and service fees by Vice Mayor Arbuckte, Seconded by Councit Member Hodge.
Voting Yea: counciI Member Branstrom, Councit Member Hodge, CounciL Member lvy, Vice Mayor Arbuckte, Mayor Agujtar
ADA{INISTRATIVE
BRIEF REPORTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
Councitmember Branstrom attended the ERC tour of Nevada County, Cal Cities SPeaker, Cat Cities Sotid Waste Commission, Mayor's Prayer breakfast, the Smartsvi(te pioneer days, Joy Luck Ctub production, went to a breakfast group in auburn, attended the first Witd Edges Project showing, visited his mom for Mother's Day, and is excjted for Armed Forces Day on May 21st. Councitmember lvy had nothing to report. Councitmember Hodge attended a Center for the Arts devetopment productions meeting, and is looking forward to the Sierra Cast ate festivat coming up and working in her garden. Vice Mayor Arbuckte attended a League of Cities Pubtic Safety meeting, a League of Cities Poticy Committee meeting, a Sotid Waste Committee Meeting, Nationat League of Raciat Equity and Leadership meeting, a women of Municipat Goyernment meeting, the Mayors Prayer Breakfast, the Law Enforcement Appreciation dinner. She is excited for the upcoming Armed Forces day, and is excited to',etcome her new Measure E oversight committee, Debbie Thomas, who is Ed Thomas daughter and 1s witting take his ptace on the committee. She is atso pteased to say that her granddaughter wilt be born soon. Mayor Aguitar gave a presentation at the Mayors Prayer breakfast, and mothers day was fun to be around famity, He attended the Contractors Golf Tournament, and is excited to attended the armed forces day cetebration which is on May 21st from 11 to 4 in Downtown Grass Vattey. Lastty the battots are coming out and he encourages everyone to vote.
ADJOURN
Meeting adjourned at 8:19 pm
Ben Aguilar, Mayor Taylor , Deputy City Clerk
city of Grass Vattey, cA AAINUTES May 10, 2022
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Imerald Pearson
Tuesday, May 10,
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Update the General Plan
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My name is Emerald Aries Pearson, a loth Srader attendin8 Ghidotti Early College Hi6h S.hool. We es e cless hadjust witnessed . pres.ntation demonstrating the in€vitable futuro our town fac6s if we do not grow with the new gen€ration, Apparently, our Gen6ral Plen detailing the futu16 of this town has not been updated in decades, which def€ats the purpose of plennint for the future. lt is up to the City Council to look out for the community and upcoming climate cris€s that we will face if Grass Valley does not continue to grow. Environmental p.otections should be deteiled end enacted to protect the tranquility ofthis hom6lytown. l.m e Grass Valley r6sident worried about my future and th6 future of everyone around ms.
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My name is iulia Kstz and l'm a sophomore at Ghidotti EarlyCollege High School. I h.ve lived in Alta Sierre for 2 years now, and I absolut€ly love it. Our Navada County is e bealjtiful end fulfilling plece to live, lush with nature end beautiful historic sites, My lov€ for Nevada County €xt€nds to its environmental h6alth, which has already be6n endan8e.ed by wildfires and drought conditions, both of which are dir6ct results ol global climate chan8e, Grass Valley's General Plan is mad€ to protect its land, people. and tutur€, which is why it must be updated. The updated vorsion of Grass Velley's Gsneral Plan ought to protect us from manmad€ harm .Sainst tho onvironment, spccificelly the ldaho_Marylahd Min6, as we alreadv have enough to protsct against (i.e. ,lres and drought). Please strongly consid€r includint chvironmental prot€ctions in an updated vsrsion ot Grass vallsy's General Plan Sincerely,
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Zachary Setting
Tuesday, May 1
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; You don't often g€t email from [email protected]. Learn whv this is imoortant Hello Grass Valley City Council,
My name is Zachary futting. I live in Grass Valley and attend Ghidofti Early College High School, lam concerned about how the opening of this ancient mine will negatively affect our community and our lives. I know that the climate crisis is rapidly getting worse and growing and needs to be taken care of. Plaase update the General Plan to includs Climate Chango acceptance, mitigation, and emission reduc'tion measures.
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Zachary Sefting.
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Sidney Pixley
Tuesday, May 2 11.1
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Hello Grass Valley City Council
My name is Julia Barbieri. I am a student at Ghidofti early college high school. I have lived here for 16 years, which is basically my whole life. I want to see our county stay beautiful and safe tor years to come, so I can always come back and enjoy this wonderful place that I grew up in. Allowing the mine to operate would greatly impact my quality ot life, as wellas many others. Don't let it happen. Please update the General Plan to include climate change acceptance, mitigation, and emission reduction measures,
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Caroline Fike
Monday, May 9, 2i221T.
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You don't often get email from 25{[email protected]. Learn why this is important Hello Grass Valley City Council,
My name is Caroline Fike. I live and go to school in Grass Valley. I wanted to talk to you about some conc€rns for our community. As you should be aware there is a climate change crisis in Grsss Valley. Fire likelihoods have increased up to 1/3 in tha past few years, and we hav€ seen ths sffoct of these extreme temperaturas on our county. One example of these extrsme temperatures is the snow storm that happened this winter, here we have never had a snow storm that extreme. Our summers keep getting hotter and hotter, and we hav6 notic€d th€ general plan includes nothing about climste change. I would like to ask you if you can please update the general plan to include Climate Change acceptanca, mitiBation, and emission reduction m€asures.
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My nam€ is Max Gelvin end I 8o to school in Grass Valley. Our community is very tight *nit and has been a 8r€at reflection of our history. However, it is vory old fashioned. For example, the General Plan haint been updated in 20 yeers. our community, thou8h it is very clos€, has to chan86 in some weyto.dept to the current problams. our curront plans do not sccommodet€ for incrersed d.nger in terms ofclimat€ chanSe end larte €nvironmentsl impact caus6d by our own .ctions. We n6ed to chanSe thet, Teke .ction egsinst thosa that wish to do our community mor. h.rm like the ldaho Maryland Mine .nd update the Ganerel Plen to include Climat6 Chango acc6ptance, mitigalion .nd emission reduction m€esures.
A stud.nt for the future,
Max Galvin
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Dylan Finkler
Monday, Mayj2
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You don't often get email from [email protected] l Hello Grass Valley City Council,
My name is Dylan Finkler, I attend school at Shidotti early college high school, and as l'm sure you know, the climate crisis has been drastically gatting worse over the past couple years. Friends and family of mine who may not have seen or acknowledged the issue of climate change in years past havo steadily begun to feel the effects of climate change on our beautiful county and the areas around. Pl€ase update the general plan to include climate change measures, wildfire risk, mitigation and emission r€duction measur€s.
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Maleki Waters
Monday, May
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My name is Maleki Waters
I live in Grass Valley, I attend school in Grass Valley end I am concerned for the opening for the ldaho Maryland mine.
The Climate Crisis affects each and every one of us. lt greatly eff€cts our ozone and temperature overall. Please update the General Plan to include Climate Chang€ scceptance, mitigation, end emission reduction me.sures, Sincerely, Maleki Watsrs
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Monday, May 9, 2022 12:45 PM
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You don t often get email from [email protected] Hello Grass Vall€y city council,
My name is Wyatt Cox.
I att€nd Ghidotti Earty College Hi8h School in Grass Vall€y & am concerned about our community. The G€neral Plan has been not been updated since 20 years ago & does not include intormation about climate change. Please update the General Plan to include Climate Change acceptance, mitigation, & emission redudion moasures. This includes not buildinS the ldaho-Maryland Min€.
Sincerely,
Wyett Cox
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Aj Janow
Monday, ,2022 12:45
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My name is N. I attend Ghidotti located in Grass Valley, I am concerned about environmental health in general. Please update the General Plan to include Climat6 Change acceptanca, mitigation, and emission reduction moasures. An issue I have is the ldaho Maryland Mins r€openinB.
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Kate tore
Monday,
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my n.m. is krte 1016 and iliva as wellss sttend school in &ass valley and i'm concern€d sbolttha reoponing ofth€ idaho maryl.nd mine. aonsideaing thatthe mine willcause pollution and destroy the living areas of residents thst livo na.r th€ min6. ple.se updete ths gsnar.l plen to includ. climata chanSe .cceptence, mitigation, .nd omislion rodudion m6aautes,
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Caliana Raiche-Kott
Monday, May 9,
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Update the General Plan
i You don't often get email from [email protected]. lei0lby..llhirEim!9rlatrI Hello Grass Valley City Council, my name is Caliana Raiche-Kott. I live in Grass Vall6y, .tt€nd school here (Ghidotti), and love this town. I am concerned for our community and how we impact the climate. Please upd8to the general plan to include measures to reduce climate change acceptance, mitigation, and emission. Thank you very much, Sincerely, a concerned student.
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Theodore Aronow
Monday, May 9, 2
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Update the General Plan
You don't often get email from [email protected]@4aol Dear Grass Valley City Council,
Hello, My name is Theodore Aronow. I live in Nevada County and attend School in Grass Valley. I am concerned about the current state of our city, There is a climate crisis and we need to t.ke action. Please update the general plan to include climate chang€ acceptance, mitigation, and emission reduction measures.
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Theodore Aronow
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lsla Blue
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My name is lsla.nd I attend school in Grass Valley. The climate crisis is a growing danger and lam emailing you with the hope that you will update the general plon to include climate change acceptance, mitigations, and emission reduction meaSures,
Sincerely,
lsla Blue
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Aela Clark
Monday, ay
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You don't often get email lrom [email protected]. lsamJhylhifistEpeltad My name is Aela, lgo to school in grass valley and I think that it's really important to pleaso update the general plan.
Thank youl
Aela
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Jonah Russell
Monday, May 11
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Update the General Plan
9 You don't often get email hom [email protected]. IeaEldylhii,irimpadad Hello 6rass Valley City Council,
My name is Jonah Russall and I am a Junior at Ghidotti €arly College High School, Climate Change has becoma possibly the bigtest problem that the world is currently experiencing. Here in Nevada County, we see that impact in the form of wildfires. My dad recently retired from Calfire last Novemb6r after over two dacades of wildland firefighting. Every summer for most of my life he has been gone all over tha state, and each year the fires get worse, The last two summors have been so bad that the air quality was well above hazardous for most of the fire season. Nevada County is one of the most affected locations in California, so we should be doing the most about it. Pleass update the General Plan to include Climate Change acceptance, mitigation, end emission reduction measures. mlru*d, pleelc forw.rd thls m€si.g. $,lth your commetts to EhlglrE0lgEllggE tt
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Sascha Roberts
Monday, May 9, 11;
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18 My name is Sascha Roberts and I have lived in Grass Valley for most of my life. I am a Junior at Ghidotti Early College Highschool and wanted to expross my conc€rn for my community. As climate chengs becomes more of a concern in our present day world it is time to take action. Please update tho General Plan to include Climate Change accePtanc€, mititation, and emission reduction measures.
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Sascha Robsrts
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Monday, May 11:
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I You don't often get email from [email protected]. Learuduliiti m@danl Hello Grass Valley City Council,
My name is Sage Fowler. I currently live, work, and attend school in Grass Valley. I am concerned for our community and its future concerning the climate crisis. Since the 19@s, each decade has evera8ed higher than the previous one. This last decade has bean thE hottest in 125,000 years. Please updata the General Plan to include Climate Change acceptance, mitigation, and emission reduction measures, Sincerely,
Sage Fowler
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Thank you and sincerely,
Emmy Retzler
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i You don't often get email from [email protected] EQldaol Hello Grass Valley City Council.
My name is Tenaya Anderson and I am I junior at Ghidotti Early College High School. I have lived in Nevada City/Grass Valley for my entire life, and I attend sdtool and extracurriculars in Grass Valley. The climste crisis is global, but must be addressed on a local scale. Our beautiful and historical town deservas to be preserved, and in order for this to be dona, the General Plan must be updated to include Climate Change acceptence, mitigation, and emission reduction measuros, Sincerely,
Tenaya Anderson
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My name is Kimberly Aguilar Diaz,
I attend school in Grass Valley California, at Ghidotti Early College high school. I am concerned about our community, specifically the climate crisis upon us, and how some decisions may affect those of us who live here. Thank you.
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May ro, 2C22
To the City Council:
We have lived at this address for twenty-two years. Originally, the parking at the top of North Auburn Street was marked and restricted to three-hour parking all the way up to Washington Street with a police ofEcer that checked regularly for offenders. The parking on North Auburn Street was also limited to one side only because ofhow narrow the street is especially going up the hill.
Today, it's common for neighbors and shoppers to park on both sides ofthe street and facing in either direction. It's also common to find people parked in the red zones, on the sidewalks and where signs clearly prohibit parking. There is no police officer checking that the rules are being followed.
Many times, I have reported via the city's website when offenders leave their cars for over three days. Usually, my requests are ignored. When cleaners and gardeners work for us, they need somewhere to park but the street is often lined with cars. A lot of the problem is due to the city not enforcing that people have off-street parking for renters and not providing adequate parking for downtown visitors. Each time that I've contacted the city staff about relief from the parking situation, I've been told that it's out of their control and they can do nothing about it.
Several years ago, the city painted the curb red ten feet from our driveway to prevent parked cars from obstructing our view. The curb needed to be repainted. TWice, I contacted the city via email and never got a reply. I ended up painting it myself.
Why was the patrol halted on North Auburn Sheet? Why is the parking no longer limited on North Auburn Street? When someone parks where they shouldn't the road is only ro feet wide which makes it difEcult for a fire engine to access the hill. Recently, with a home improvement project a few doors down from us, we had trucks blocking the road and parked all day at the narrowest section. We were unable to access our driveway without getting out ofthe car to contact the neighbors who were blocking the way.
Our streets are narrow due to the historical charm and that shouldn't be destroyed. fuain, I request that the city take an active role in enforcing fair, safe, and limited parking on North Auburn Street as it did in the past and show that it truly is interested in "providing quality services to our citizens."
Joyce and Larry Hoffrnan
266 North Auburn Street
Grass Valley, CA9S94S
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Yes, Matthew Coulter. Public comment on the transportation funding. I think the city isn't taking this seriously.
Anything to do with traffic and mitigating the deadliness of our streets that seem to be scarier by the day to walk on, drive on, cross people off, to run across crosswalks even when they have a green light to cross the street My request is that all of you ride the bus, go ride the bus for an hour, and you come back and you tell me if you feel safe.
Thanks a lot.
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It's too much like you just violated the brown Act by doing that, right? l'm allowed public comment on each item not gramham together. So l'd like to public comment on the military equipment for the police and say that is a bad move by Grass Valley. Bad move, all that comment, police equipment, bad move. Anything else? You received a voice mail from ){]BELE55-!ALLEB.
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Matthew Coulter, public comment on your rubber stamp number thirteen item on the agenda, which is Gilded Springs. l'm confused with you guys giving a final map to a place that doesn't have a turn lane going into it off of West Main. There's definitely going to be accidents there. Actually, that push out concrete push out keeps people from getting off the road and turning in so they have to come to a complete stop almost before turning in on West Main. And we know that stretch to there's about a fifty mile an hour stretch stand there and watch ten cars. l'll guarantee you once going fifty in the first ten you see fifty through a school zone and around a blind corner. So the gilded spring situation as well as the Creek situation at Gilded Springs that they continue to violate water rights for pushing right up and into the Creek with their heavy equipment they're supposed to stay back thirty feet from waterways but it doesn't seem to be an issue with Grass Valley about any water rules water is to be abused in Grass Valley put in pipes taken off a maps which they did on this map here for guilded springs they tried to say that was a not even a Creek. Yet a multi $1,000,000 project was thenjust downstream on the same Creek. So maybe American rivers need to go find real creeks instead of fake creeks, put millions of dollars into up against Condon Park there. So Gilded Springs is a freaking nightmare. They got a water issue out front. When it does rain, it comes up through the ground right at the entrance there it's a spring. There's going to be water issues, drainage issues and the mud settles right on the Braille pad for the sidewalk. And there's no crosswalk. So how can you finalize stuff that isn't finished? Thank you.
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Yes, it's a public comment on the rubber stamp item number 12, appointment of Vice Mayor Arbuckle nominee Debbie Thomas for Measure E Oversight Committee. lt seems like there should be civilians on the oversight Committee, not people that are benefiting from it in some way, shape or form there and giving friends contracts, just like with the police Oversight Committee that seemed to fall apart and disappear I think more oversight would be key for this town. And I think the people doing the oversight should be the citizens, not the fox. Watching the Hen House comment for number 12 on the rubber stamp agenda. Thank you.
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Matthew Coulter comment on number 10 on your rubber stamp agenda continents cotton turf replacement project.
Just like the number 9, but where money and the 10% of the contract amount up to. So have you guys ever not used that 10%? I guess that's my question. lt doesn't seem like anything ever comes in below. lt always comes in above.
And again, I disagree with the plastic fields that only lasts 10 years and have cancer warnings on them. Thank you.
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City Council meeting comment on #9 Condon and Scott and Turf installation project. Authorization to award contract. As long as all your folks know that these are cancer causing materials and they have a 10 year lifespan and it will need to be replaced in 10 years as far as all the turf'cause, that's the lifespan is. lt breaks apart into tiny little pieces, gets into the water system and that's where all the pieces of the artificial grass end up more plastic in the water system all the way in the ocean. l'm sure you've heard about the plastic in the ocean. There's plastic in the ocean. Do that and it doesn't all create. lt's created by the ocean. lt comes from upstream places like here. So please consider not doing this. I know you will 'cause you love this kind of thing? None of you people play sports or go outside, so it's all good for you to have plastic stuff for kids to play on and get cancer. So that's #9. Thanks a lot.
Totally disagree with it.
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Yes, Matthew Coulter on #7 on your rubber stamp agenda is a. Annex proceedings about lighting and the city really needs to get a grip on their lighting. These LED lighting is going up everywhere. I mean, literally, I can't have a garden in my backyard because all the Eli D lighting at Memorial Park now floods over here and my plants grow tall and spindly because there'sjust too much light going on without proper shielding to push the light down where you need it not up into the stars, where you ruin your night sky and make it look like a prison camp. That's what's going on around town. I live over by Memorial Park. The brighlest lights in town are on the side of the Bret Hart building.
They're like 10 times brighter than anything else in town. lt's incredible. So that's #7. l'll call back on some others.
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This is public comment for the City Council. May 10th, 2022. This is Matthew Coulter calling and l'm just public comment section. l'd like to explain my dismay for what's going on at Memorial Park, the destruction of the historic trees that the roots are being ripped out with backhoes. Every one of those roots needs to be cut with a saw or apparel loppers so it can heal properly and notjust rocked and get root rot on. This is happened to numerous trees in the park as well as the historic clock tower. lt survived 100 years without being damaged and now it's all broken up. lt's even house subsidence from driving heavy equipment up close to it. lt's very bad shape The Historical Commission meeting today. They're unaware of the damage that has been done over there. I would like them to be able to get access inside the chain link because they have access issues to be able to see the damage that is done to that historic clock tower. Also in the par( please remove the leaves. lt was going to be drying out and we need the leaves removed and the fire danger removed and notjust pushing over towards my house which seems to be what publicworks likes to do. Also today again my water was turned off by the city without any warning, any notice or anything. This is like the fourth time that they've done this and this is all connected. I believe that what's going on at Memorial Park. lf anyone thing knows anything about what's going on over there, I see the engineers over there.
They seem to be perplexed by what's going on. So please everyone on City Council physically go to Memorial Park, walk through the construction zone and see if that's a good look for Grass Valley for the last three years. That's my pu blic comment. Thank you.
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Hi, this is lvlatthew Coulter at 3:00 o'clock on the 1Oth of May 2022 and l'm calling for the historic Commission meeting. Couldn't get any feedback from the city on the meeting, so I'm hopefully getting comment in on the second item on the agenda, the Clock Tower project at Memorial Park. I hope everyone on the historical Commission goes over to Memorial Park and see the destruction that's taken place or historical items over there. All these things should have been fenced off so these animals couldn't destroy him with backhoes and tractors and cause subsidence. And it'sjust really sad what's happened to Memorial Park, and it's sad that the historical Commission has just turned a blind eye to it. There's going to be 1 7 lockable cages in the park, with a lot of noise.
That's more than all the other parks combined. So please consider protecting what's left. Please consider going over there physically and looking at the damage. Getting a walk through and look at the memorials that have been moved and that are being used as trash piles in storage areas and the damage to the historic trees byjust digging their roots up without severing them properly with a saw or loppers to have them heal in the future. There's just roots sticking out of the ground everywhere. lt's very, very sad. So please consider saving any history that's left here because it'sjust being gobbled up by the bulldozers by the day. Thank you.
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Sandra Spargo
Morgan Ranch
230 Elysian Place
Grass Valley, CA 95945
Assessment 008-932-037-000, Lot 363, #4A
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Re: INFORMATIONAL NOTICE/I have no control over the City's landscape easement on my Morgan Ranch lot.
Dear City Council Members:
The City emailed my sewer bill on May 2. Attached to the bill was Chief Mark Buttron's lnformational Notice regarding flammable vegetation on private property. A copy of the Notice is attached.
Please note that although the Notice was signed on March 23, I did not receive it till one day after the deadline of May 1 .
Please know that I have no control over my lot's portion of the City's mandated landscape easement that parallels Ridge Road. The easement runs a full block from the corner of Ridge Road and Woodcrest Way to the corner of Ridge Road and Morgan Ranch Drive. My easement portion is one of 19 that comprise the block-long easement.
Attachment l: Morgan Ranch Subdivision, Site Plan, Lot 363, signed on May 21, 1999, mandating the landscape easement. lvly easement ponion measures approximately 74 feet wide and S0-foot long, measuring uphill from Ridge Road.
I I respectfully request that you inspect this block-long landscape easement for fire hazardsI I respectfully request that you empower the City's funding of the 1972 Lighting and Landscaping Act.
Note: The Act is based on Afticle Xlll.D of the California Constitution (Proposition 218) and the Proposition 218 Omnibus lmplementation Act.
The Act's funding's goals, as stated in the 2020/2021 Engineer's Report, were to accomplish the following maintenance for Zone 1 , Morgan Ranch:
1. The repaif removal or replacement of any improvement.
2. Landscaping, including cultivation, weeding, mowing, pruning, tree removal, replanting, spraying, feftilizing and treating for disease.
3. lrrigation, including the operation, adjustment and repair of the irrigation system.
4. The removal of trimmings, rubbish, debris and solid waste. 2of3
These goals were good only on paper. Du(ing 2020/2021 , 14 of '1 9 easement portions were not maintained--as they have not been tot the 5-1/2 years that I have lived at 230 Elysian Place. Five easement portions located near the Morgan Ranch entrance were maintained. Note: No public record defines partial funding ofthe landscape easement, nor a preference of which easement portions are maintained.
Attachments 2 through 12: Pictures of 14 easement podions that were not maintained.
1. Tree branches limbed less than six feet from the ground or never limbed.
2. Tree branches overhanging backyard wooden fencing.
3. Trees not meeting minimum veftical nor horizontal spacing.
4. Pine needles and cones creating thick ground cover.
5. Decaying tree limbs laying upon pine needles and cones.
6. Vegetation more than four inches tall above mineral soil.
7. Laddered trees and bushes.
8. A huge, dense blackberry bush, representing years of non-maintenance.
Reasons why I have no control to enforce Ordinance No.787, Section 1 The City approved the developer's backyard fencing without gates. None of the 1 I easement ponions that comprise the block-long landscape easement have gates to the easement. The City blocked homeowner access.
Attachment 13i Drainage Exhibit of Lot 363. The Nevada City Engineering survey shows the location of my backyard fencing, which has no gate to the easement. (Please note actual easement placement, "L. E." City-approved fencing was built in the middle of the easement.)
Attachment 14: Assessor's Map 8k.8, County of Nevada, 7999, showing private lots that comprise the block-long landscape easement. Please note my non-survey addition of the lots' easement portions in orange.
lf $27,188.18 is insufficient for payment to Scope Landscaping to maintain the blocklong landscape easement, it is the responsibility of the City Council to find a solution that will fulfill funding and maintenance goals of the 7972 Lighting and Landscaping Act. 1 2. 421 homeowners are taxed under the 1972 Lighting and Landscaping Act to maintain Morgan Ranch's front entrance and its city-mandated easements.
Attachment 15: ln 2021-2022, Morgan Ranch's 421 lots were each taxed $64.58 for lighting and landscaping maintenance. Total taxes collected were $27,188.18. 3of3
ln summary
Homeowners who live on Elysian Place and Samantha Way own lots that each comprise a ponion of the City's block-long landscape easement that parallels Ridge Road.
Developer-built and City-approved backyard fencing allows no gates for homeowner access to the landscape easement.
Morgan Ranch owners pay tax to maintain this landscape easement.
The Engineer's Bepon outlines Morgan Ranch, Zone 1's landscape funding and maintenance goals.
The City Council approves the Engineer's Report under California's 1972 Lighting and Landscaping Act.
Year after year, funding and maintenance goals of the 1972 Lighting and Landscaping Act arc not met.
Year after year, pine needles and pine cones and decaying limbs accrue, forming a thick ground layer.
Year after year, trees are not limbed nor meet horizontal nor vertical distancing.
Year after year, tree limbs grow over wooden backyard fencing. The fencing meanders the upper end of Morgan Ranch, like a fuse waiting to be lit.
Attachment 16: Josephine McProud's, City-approved, 1987, landscape plan forthe block-long landscape easement. The second page shows drip irrigation, control valve and spray head.
Homeowners have no say regarding the plantings. Current plantings appear to be originals and volunteers among dead remnants.
ln conclusion,
! I respectfully request that you inspect this block-long landscape easement for fire haz ards The neglected easement endangers 421 Morgan Ranch homes, Nevada Union High School, the First Baptist Church, Grace Lutheran, the Ridge Racquet Club and medical facilities on Sierra College Way.
I I respectfully request that you empower the 1972 Lighting and Landscaping Act in order to maintain the block-long landscape easement paralleling Ridge Road, as contracted with the people of Morgan Ranch.
Sincerely,
Sandra Spargo
ln addition,
The City of Grass Valley has not publicly addressed the landscape easement's original, 1987 plantings, which are not drought tolerant.