GRASS VALLEY
City Councit Regutar Meeting, CapitaI lmprovements Authority and Redevetopment "Successor Agency"
Tuesday, August 09, 20ZZ al7:00 PM
Council Chambers, Grass Vatley city Hatt | 125 East Main Street, Grass valtey, Catifornia Tetephone: (5301174-4310 - Fax: (530) 274-4399
E-Mait: info@cityofqrassv atlev.com Web Site: www.citvofqrassvattey.com
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
Meeting Catted to order at 7:02 pm
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Aguitar ted the ptedge of attegiance.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT
CounciI Member Bob Branstrom
councjt Member Hitary Hodge
Councit Member Tom lvy
Vice Mayor Jan Arbuckte
Mayor Ben Agujtar
AGENDA APPROVAL .
Motion made to approve agenda by Vice Mayor Arbuckte, Seconded by Council Member Branstrom.
Voting Yea: Councjt Member Branstrom, Council Member Hodge, CounciI Member lvy, Vice Mayor Arbuckte, Mayor Aguilar
REPORT OUT OF closED sEssloN
No closed session.
INTRODUCTIONS AND PRESENTATIOXS
1 Catifornia Department of lnsurance seryices and Safer from Witdfires (lnteragency Wi(dfire Mitigation Partnership) Presentation
PUBLIC COIAA{ENT -
Pubtic comment in person: Erenda Jo Engtish
Virtuat comments attached
CONSENT ITEMS .
Motion made to approve consent by Vice Mayor Arbuckte, Seconded by Council Member Branstrom.
Voting Yea: Councit Member Branstrom, Council Member Hodge, Councit Member lvy, Vice Mayor Arbuckte, Mayor Agujlar
2, Approvat of the Regular Meeting Minutes of Juty 26, 2022.
Recommendation: Councit approve minutes as submitted.
3. Assembty Bitt 361 Resotution
Recommendation Adopt resotution R2022-68 authorizing remote teteconference meetings of the City Councit and other legistative bodjes of the City pursuant to government code section 54953(e)
4. Local Emergency Proctamation (COVID-19)
Recommendation: Continuance of Novet Coronavirus (COVID-19) proctamation dectaring a LocaI State of Emergency
5, Locat Emergency Proclamation (Drought Conditions)
Recommendation: Drought Conditions proctamation dectaring a Locat State of Emergency
6. Local Emergency Proclamation (Winter Storm of December 27th, 2021] Recommendation: Winter Storm of December 27th,202'l proctamation declaring a Local State of Emergency
7. Appointment of City Councitmembers and Staff to Boards and Commissjons Recommendation Approve Mayor Aguilar's recommendation appointment of
8. Pubtjc hearing to consider a cost report for both administrative fines and abatement costs and ptacement of those costs and unpaid administrative fines on the tax ro[t for 905 W. Main Street.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution 2022-67 that imposes a speciaI assessment on the tax rolt for Assessor's Parcel Number 029-010-009 for abatement costs and unpaid administrative fines and requests the Nevada County Auditor-Controlter cottect that assessment for the City.
City of 6rass Vattey, CA MINUTES August 09, 2022
Councitmembers and Staff to various Boards and Commissions.
ITEIAS REAAOVED FROAA CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION OR SEPARATE ACTION AND /
OR ANY ADDED AGENDA ITEAAS
REORGANIZATION RELATED ITEA{S
PUBLIC HEARING
Tom Last, Community Devetopment Director, gave presentation to the councit.
Virtual comment attached.
Motion made to adopt Resotution 2022-67 that imposes a speciat assessment on the tax rot[ for Assessor's Parcet Number 029-010-009 for abatement costs and unpaid administrative fines and requests the Nevada County Auditor'Controt(er cottect that assessment for the City by CounciL Member Hodge, Seconded by Vice lrlayor Arbuckte.
Voting Yea: CounciI Member Branstrom, Councit Member Hodge, CounciI Member lvy, Vice Mayor Arbuckte, Mayor Aguitar
ADMINISTRATIVE
9. Continuation of Consideration for a SchooI Resource Officer agreement with the Grass Vattey Schoot District
Recommendation: Approve the agreement between the Grass Vattey Schoot District and the Grass Vattey Potice Department to provide School Resource Officer services Atex Gammelgard, Potice chjef, gave presentation to the council.
Pubtic comments from: Brenda Jo Engtish and Lisa Lowe
VirtuaI comments attached.
Motion made to approve the agreement between the Grass Vattey Schoot District and the Grass Vattey Potice Department to provide School Resource Officer services by vice Mayor Arbuckte, Seconded by Councit l ember Branstrom.
Voting Yea: CounciI Member Branstrom, Councit Member Hodge, Councit Member lYy, vice Mayor Arbuckte, Mayor Aguitar
10. Fire Department Response in Nevada County.
Recommendation: That Councit 1 ) Receiye a brief overview of fire department response models within Nevada County and 2) provide direction to staff for additionat reviews of fire department response modets, mutual suPPort with partner agencies, resilience of services within Nevada County, and potentiat future chattenges.
Mark Buttron, Fire Chief, gave presentation to the councjt.
PubUc comment: Brenda Jo
Virtuat attached.
Councjl gaye staff the djrections to bring back a more in-depth ptan of ho\a to handLe the response probtem for the City of Grass Valtey, and took at hosting a meeting with atl districts to have a conversation.
BRIEF REPORTS BY COUNCIL TAE BERS
Council Member lvy had nothing to report. Councitmember Branstrom went to the Saint Josephs Cutturat Center open house, Thursday night market, Downtown Merchant meeting regarding the county \r/ide sales tax and a Board of Supervisors meeting about the proposed county wide sates tax. Councitmember Hodge instatted a water drip system to conserve water, and her mother got a new puppy. Vice Mayor Arbuckte attended the NCTC TSC City of Grass Vattey, CA MINUTES August 09, 2022
meeting, Nationat League of Leaders conference, REAL meeting, Mine Wine and Dine dinner, the National Night out, a Patsy Cline on off Broadway show, a Downtown Merchant meeting, and a Board of SupeMsors Meeting. She witt be attended the opening of the fair and Nationa[ League of Women summer conference. Mayor Aguilar also attended the Mine Wine and Dine dinner, Nationat Night Out, a Board of SupeMsors meeting, and witt be attending the opening of the fair grounds.
ADJOURN
Meeting adjourned at 8:55 pm.
Ben Aguilar, Mayor Taylor Day, Deputy City Clerk
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Sent: Monday, August 1, 2022 10:45 AM
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Yeah. Hi. My name is George Cruz. I live at 13624 N Belleview Dr Grass Valley. Yeah, I do have a comment. First of all, I just read the fact that the you guys are trying to raise the sales tax in our area because of fire. I think what needs to be done before all this because I don't agree with the sales tax because we've already been taxed not that long ago.
I think that needs to be done as maybe you guys need to build less stuff up here. We don't need to support more homes, more people in a area where we don't have the ability to even support the houses that are up here. We have fire danger. We all know that our environment has changed. Don't know that. But yet the greed is big. I do not agree with what's going on up here. I've watched this place change from a decent community and to damage. Just look at Roseville. I've seen Roseville when it was just a hog town. It's being destroyed. The environment, the air around there. And it's just like going down South. So if this is what you guys want with the greed and stuff, be my guest. But you're destroying our area. And I'm tired of listening to environmentalists talk about how we got to do this and that and our garbage. We can't even handle the garbage in this community right now. Your mccourtney landfill was a disaster. All right, that's my comment. Thank you. Goodbye.
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From: joshua mcintosh
Sent: Friday, August 5, 2022 10:35 AM
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Subject: Police attention needed on Brooks Rd traffic speeding, drug traffic [You don't often get email from [email protected]. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ]
Grass Valley city council,
I live at 14086 Brooks rd Grass Valley and I'm having concerns about traffic speeding and drug traffic in my neighborhood. I have reported these concerns to GVPD and CHP but still have not seen any presents in our neighborhood.
The speed limit is posted at 15 miles per hour and we routinely have people driver 40 MPH or above. We walk that road daily and we have to jump out of the way of cars every time we are out so we don't get hit.
We are also seeing more questionable activity with homeless parking overnight, cars be left on the road, needles on the ground, littering, and more aggressive interactions with people passing threw or just sitting in the neighborhood.
We have reached out to Police and CHP without getting a response and would like city council to step in and get some law enforcement to the area. We would also like city council to consider getting speed bumps installed to address the high speeds before there is an accident that may have consequences that can't be undone.
I will be attending the next City counsel meeting on 8/9/22 and would appreciate if you could spend a few minutes addressing my concerns.
Thank you,
Joshua McIntosh
925‐285‐0220
14086 Brooks Rd.
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Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2022 8:21 PM
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Hi, this is Matthew Coulter commenting on the fire response. At the Board of Supervisors meeting today. There was a discussion by someone from Chicago Park about the Chicago Park Fire Department also closing due to financing just referred to in Chicago Park. Think Pike has some things going on. So yeah, that we can extend farther and farther out. There's a new car accident out of Hanson Brothers, which is now Grass Valley 's area of expertise. We're running out of ambulances every day, too, and that seems to be a problem. I know that's not part of the Grass Valley system, but I think you guys need to be aware of that, then upgrade that system in some way shape or form so we're not constantly running out of ambulances every day. It's pretty disturbing to hear that from the scanner that I listen to all the time and post on my page. Concerned Citizen, just Google, Concerned Citizen, Nevada County. That should come up on Facebook. Have a good night.
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Hi, this is Matthew Coulter commenting on the school resource officer topic for the City Council meeting. I think a maybe a youth officer would be better and go where the kids are versus just concentrating on the schools because it seems like they get in trouble after school, correct? That's when most of the crime and different things happen. So that would probably be a good aspect to deal with, because I know in 2030 kids show up over here at Memorial Park they might want to visit from time to time, or down here at Tennessee school when they're thrashing the playground over it, any of the parks that they're thrashing and putting graffiti in because no one seems to talk to those kids for some reason. I know you don't want them in town, you don't want them in Elizabeth Daniels Park, but they're part of the community too, and be nice to give them some attention because I don't think it's happening at school. Thanks a lot.
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This is Matthew Coulter commenting on the 905 W Main St situation. In that situation, there's been multiple people overdosing with death, as well as many overdose medical responses there. Kids are afraid to walk by it on the way to school, so they usually walk on the other side, which is under construction with the tomato farm destruction of Gilded Springs. What a name. And. It should have been dealt with a long time ago. I see that you're still soft pedaling the whole thing, but sad because this is what the city does. The police do what they do and you guys do what you do. So enjoy.
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Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2022 7:01 PM
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Good evening, this is Matthew Coulter for the Grass Valley City Council meeting. Sorry I couldn't be there in person.
I'm still at the Board of Supervisors meeting that started at 9:00 o'clock this morning for the county of Nevada.
Public comment being that what is going on over at Memorial Park. The contractor one was granted an emergency restraining order. I was arrested and thrown in jail by Officer Herrera illegally off my property. Went to court last Monday and Tuesday the judge threw it out because they had insufficient evidence of me doing violence to them, which I've never done, never said anything violent, and officer Herrera continues to harass me and promote. Now they're going to get a harassment restraining order versus a workplace violence restraining order, and I'm going to be going to court because the mayor's got a restraining order against me, too So these restraining order is dropping like rain from the sky. Just amazing. From our elected officials. Back to Memorial Park, the Ender OT asked me to find him a rock Mason that could fix the rocks on the historic clock tower. He also said a lot of other pretty incredible things under oath, which I think the city should be very concerned about. Who they hire to do work in public spaces and the control they have over the people that they hire to come to our public spaces to conduct this work, they call it. Connected to that Project, Memorial Lane still hasn't been paved where the big holes ripped up, and then it creates a lot of dust. Every car that drives over all day long, all three thrift up is just gravel. And there's a guy living over at the park up against the Boy Scout, Girl Scout Building, building a fire. Just sleep over there because the sprinklers come on and chase them out of the veterans area at night, I guess. And Speaking of that, need to get those sprinklers off those veterans walls because every day they get wet and then the heat comes and expands and it's popping off all the tiles, so the sprinkler should not be running onto the walls. Also, there's dead trees in the veterans area. That's Elizabeth Poston, I think, planted those. And she's getting a restraining order against me too, because she can't water trees she puts in. Yet she charges the city a bunch of money to do it, and they die repeatedly. She says she calls herself the city horticulturist. I can't find anything about that anywhere in the documents that there is such a title or the pay grade for such a title. I'm very curious about that. I would like someone to give me that information, please. You know how to contact me. Thank you very much. That's my public comment for tonight. Have a great night.
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