GRASS VALLEY
City Council Regular Meeting, Capital Improvements Authority and Redevelopment "Successor Agency"
Tuesday, May 24, 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
ROLL CALL
City of Grass Valley, CA AGENDA May 24, 2022
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. Presentation by the Police Chief introducing new employees hired since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as recognition of employees of the year.
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 but Council action is required to do so (roll call vote).Unless the Council removes an item from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion, public comments are invited as to the consent calendar as a whole and limited to three minutes per person.
2. Approval of the Regular Meeting Minutes of May 10, 2022.
Recommendation: Council approve minutes as submitted.
3. Local Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19)
Recommendation: Continuance of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) proclamation declaring a Local State of Emergency
4. Local Emergency Proclamation (Drought Conditions)
Recommendation: Drought Conditions proclamation declaring a Local State of Emergency
5. Local Emergency Proclamation (Winter Storm of December 27th, 2021) Recommendation: Winter Storm of December 27th,2021 proclamation declaring a Local State of Emergency
6. Request for Proposals of Social Media Management Consultants Recommendation: That Council approve the RFP and direct staff to move forward with the procurement process.
7. Adoption of five Resolution of Intention to Order Improvements for Landscaping and Lighting Districts (LLD) – Annual Assessments for Fiscal Year 2022-23 and Benefit City of Grass Valley, CA AGENDA May 24, 2022
Assessment Districts (AD) – Annual Assessments for Fiscal Year 2022-23 and set public hearing on June 14, 2022
Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council adopt five Resolutions (2022-25, 2022-26, 2022-27, 2022-28, 2022-29) of Intention for Commercial LLD #1988-1, Residential LLD #1988-2, Morgan Ranch Unit 7 A.D. #2003-1, Morgan Ranch West A.D. #2010-1 and Ridge Meadows A.D. and set public hearing on June 22, 2021.
The five Resolutions related to the Commercial and Residential Landscaping and Lighting Districts, the Morgan Ranch-Unit 7 Benefit Assessment District, the Morgan Ranch West Benefit Assessment District and Ridge Meadows Benefit Assessment District are as follows: 1.Resolution of Intention No. 2022-25 to Order Improvements Pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 – Assessment District No. 1988- 1, Commercial Landscaping and Lighting District. 2. Resolution of Intention No.2022- 26 to Order Improvements Pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 – Assessment District No, 1988-2, Residential Landscaping and Lighting District. 3. Resolution of Intention No. 2022-27 to Order Improvements Pursuant to the Benefit Assessment Act of 1982 (Sections 54703 and following, California Government Code; hereafter the “1982 Act”) – Morgan Ranch – Unit 7 Benefit Assessment District No. 2003-1. 4. Resolution of Intention No. 2022-28 to Order Improvements Pursuant to the Benefit Assessment Act of 1982 (Sections 54703 and following, California Government Code; hereafter the “1982 Act”) – Morgan Ranch West Benefit Assessment District No. 2010-1. 5. Resolution of Intention No. 2022-29 to Order Improvements Pursuant to the Benefit Assessment Act of 1982 (Sections 54703 and following, California Government Code; hereafter the “1982 Act”) – Ridge Meadows Benefit Assessment District No. 2016-1.
8. Extension of Hiring List for Firefighter
Recommendation: That Council extend the hiring list for firefighter until August 1, 2022.
ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION OR SEPARATE ACTION AND /
OR ANY ADDED AGENDA ITEMS
REORGANIZATION RELATED ITEMS
PUBLIC HEARING
ADMINISTRATIVE
BRIEF REPORTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
ADJOURN
POSTING NOTICE
This is to certify that the above notice of a meeting of The City Council, scheduled for Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 7:00 PM was posted at city hall, easily accessible to the public, as of 5:00 p.m. Friday, May 20, 2022.
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Taylor Day, Deputy City Clerk