GRASS VALLEY
City Councit Regutar Meeting, CapitaI lmprovements Authority and Redevetop ment "Successor Agency"
Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 7:00 PM
Councit Chambers, Grass Vattey City Hatt | 125 East Main Street, Grass Valtey, Catifornia Tetephone: l53ol 274-4310 - Faxi (530). 774-4399
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CALL TO ORDER
Meetjng catted to order at 7:02 pm
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Jerry Cirino led ptedge of atlegiance
ROLL CALL
PRESENT
CounciI Member Bob Branstrom
Council Member Hitary Hodge
CounciI Member Tom lvy
Vice Mayor Jan Arbuckte
Mayor Ben Aguilar
AGENDA APPROVAL .
Motion made to approve agenda by Vice Mayor Arbuckle, Seconded by Council Member Hodge.
Voting Yea: Councit Member Branstrom, Councit Member Hodge, CounciI Member lvy, Vice Mayor Arbuckte, Mayor Aguitar
REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION
INTRODUCTIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
PUBLIC COruAENT .
Virtuat Pubtic Comments attached.
ln person Public Comments: Robin Davies, Ljttje Pittand, Ljndy Schasiepen, lngrid Calanio, Sherri Bernadette, Greg Schasiepen
CONSENT ITEIAS -
Motion made to approve consent by Vice Mayor Arbuckte, Seconded by Council Member Hodge.
MINUTES
Voting Yea: CounciI Member Branstrom, Councit Member Hodge, CounciI Member lvy, Vice Mayor Arbuckte, Mayor Aguitar
Recommendation: Continuance of Noyel Coronavirus (COVID-19) proctamation dectaring a Local State of Emergency
4. LocaI Emergency Proclamation (Drought Conditions)
Recommendation: Drought Conditions proctamation declarjng a Locat State of Emergency
5. Locat Emergency Proctamation (Winter Storm of December 27th, 202'l) Recommendation: Mnter Storm of December 271h,2021 proctamation dectaring a Locat State of Emergency
6. Out of State Travet - IACP Annuat Conference
Recommendation: Approve out of state traYel
7. Updated Job Description for Firefighter/Lateral Firefighter & Firefighter Paramedic/Laterat Firefighter Paramedic.
Recommendation: That Council I) approve the updated job descriptions for Firefighter/Laterat Firefighter & Firefighter Paramedic/LateraI Firefighter Paramedic.
8. lnternationat Union of Operating Engineers, Stationery Engineers, Locat 39 Memorandum of Understanding - Unit #2 (Generat Emptoyees) and Unit #3 (Office Technical Emptoyees) September'1, 2022 - June 30, 2023
Recommendation: Adopt Resotution No. 2022-72 &.2022-73 approving the Labor Memorandum of Understanding for a ten-month period beginning Septembe|l, 2022 through June 30, 2023 between the City of Grass va[tey and the lnternational Union of Operating Enginee6, Stationery Engineers, Locat 39 (Unit 2 and Unit 3).
ITEMS REIAOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION OR SEPARATE ACTION AND / OR ANY ADDED AGENDA ITEA{S
REORGANIZATION RELATED ITEA{S
PUBLIC HEARING
City of Grass Vattey, CA MINUTES September 13, 2022
1. Approvat of the Regular Meeting Minutes of August 23, 2022.
BEgrnglsEllgn: CounciI approve minutes as submitted.
2. AsembLy Bitt 361 Resotution
Recommendation: Adopt resolution R2022-71 authorizing remote teleconference meetings of the City Council. and other legistative bodies of the City pursuant to government code section 54953(e)
3. Local Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19)
ADMINISTRATIVE
9. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 818 Amending the City's Devetopment Code Recommendation: For CounciI to reconsider atlo\{ing food truck in commercial zones and to hold a Second Reading, by Titte onty, of Ordinance No. 818, Amending the City's DeveLopment Code for 2022.
Lance Lowe, PrincipaI Ptanner, gave presentation to the council council discussed the attowance of Food Trucks.
PubUc Comments: Jerry Cirino, Ray Beyers, Henry Ramos
Motion made to remove the allowance of Food Trucks and to hold a Second Reading, by Titte onty, of Ordinance No. 818, Amending the City's Development Code for 2022 by Vice Mayor Arbuckte, Seconded by Councjl Member Branstrom.
Voting Yea: Councit Member Branstrom, Councit Member Hodge, Councit Member lvy, Vice Mayor Arbuckte, Mayor Aguitar
BRIEF REPORTS BY COUNCIL {EMBERS
Councitmember Branstrom attended the Nevada City Arts Councit, ERC meetjng, and League of Catifornia Cities Conference. Councitmember Hodge attended the League of California Cities Conference. Councitmember lvy had nothing to report. Vice Mayor Arbuckte attended the League of Catifornia Cities Conference. Mayor Aguitar attended the League of Catifornia Cities Conference.
ADJOURN
Meeting adjourned at 7:56 pm
Ben Aguilar, Tay Day, Depu Clerk
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9/13/22, 3:30 PM Public Comment from Baseline Tennis Club for September 13, 2022 GV City Council Meeting - Public Comments - Outlook about:blank 1/1
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Public Comment from Baseline Tennis Club for September 13, 2022 GV City Council Meeting
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You don't often get email from [email protected]. Learn why this is important On behalf of the Baseline Tennis Club, we would to include the attached public comment document in the City Council Meeting package. Please let me know if you have questions. Thanks.
Rick Partridge
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Comments from Baseline Tennis Club for submission to the Grass Valley City Council Meeting on September 13, 2022
Community. Whether you grew up in this beautiful area or moved here to enjoy our variety of year-round outdoor recreation opportunities, connecting with those with similar interests can be a challenge. The Baseline Tennis Club came about in part due to that challenge.
Access to public tennis facilities and opportunities for residents to connect with other players is quite limited in Nevada County. The City of Grass Valley has taken the lead in providing public courts and facilitating access for teaching professionals. The City has also worked with the Grass Valley Pickleball Club to formulate a successful court access schedule that accommodates all players interested in their sport.
The Baseline Tennis Club, a local community group open to all levels of tennis player, was created to work with the City to emulate that success. This group has been playing the past 2 years, growing from the original 4 or 5 players to more than 25, in part due to referrals from other players and local pros, as well as those who just show up at the courts to inquire about a tennis community. We are a microcosm of the community – retirees, working professionals, and busy community leaders representing all diverse groups. In recent months as the group grew and we had 8 or more players showing up for open play sessions, we have used 2 adjacent courts to be able to rotate in all players coming to the open session.
With two or three 2-hour reserved time slots on two courts per week, we can utilize a court reservation app and facilitate group play. Group texts will help players find others of their skill level for both singles and doubles play on their own schedules.
Established doubles groups can find alternates when necessary and we can all meet some new people with a common love of the game.
With posted scheduled open play times at the courts and a link to our tennis community website, it gives the community an opportunity to showcase Grass Valley as a leader in supporting tennis in our area. Visitors come to hike, bike, boat, and enjoy the river, so let's add tennis with some scheduled times. Another great reason to come to Grass Valley!
We see this as a huge benefit for the community as a way for tennis players at all levels to connect with each other and find partners to play with. 1 Alena Loomis
From: Kathy Tillett <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2022 12:33 PM
To: COGV General Voicemail
Subject: Short term rentals/Airbnbs
Please limit the number of short term rentals in our community. We are in dire need of rentals for locals.
I am one of the tenants that was evicted due to the Olympia Hotel project and found it difficult to find a new home in our area. It took many months.
Amazingly I found many apartment complexes were also acting as short term rentals. I did not expect that. Many ADUs were also short term. Homes that have been traditionally rentals for locals are now short term rentals. These are in established neighborhoods. They should not be there.
When the hotel opens, I would like to see short term rentals reduced by the number of hotel rooms and homes taken. I believe that hotel will have 79 rooms and you took 11 single family homes out for this project. 90 less short term rentals would help! I brought up the issue of short term rentals in the review process for the hotel and you, the city just ignored it. It is time you wake up and start helping the working people and seniors in our community! Enough money on tourism, help the people who make our community great!
Kathy Tillett
304 Sutton Wy Apt 38
Grass Valley, CA 95945
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Re: City's Mill St Vacant lot
Tue 9/13/2022 4:17 PM
You don't often get email from [email protected]. Learn why this is important Thank you for picking up the stacks of wood from the December storm that were at the City’s vacant lot on Mill. However, no one has come out to take care of the overgrowth of weeds and the trash. I really wish the city staff would take pride in our city and manage the properties that they do have before looking to purchase more. For example, there is a matrtress that someone dumped in the lot over a years ago. The city workers have come out numberous times to hang up fences with no parking and no trespassing signs, but they don’t pickup any of the trash or haul off that mattress.
I am not asking for anything out of the ordinary I am just asking the city to maintain their property as they would require private citizens and businesses to do.
Thank you,
Jedidiah
From: Jedidiah Watson
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2022 11:58 AM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: City's Mill St Vacant lot
Please send someone out to maintain your vacant lot and please do so on a regular basis. It is an eye sore to the community and violates the city's own vegetation management codes. There are still stacks of sticks and branches from the December storm last year, overgrown weeds and shrubs, and because of the overgrowth we have seen people dump trash like a bathtub, people passed out in the bottom of the lot, and kids are going down there to hang out and access the back yards of neighboring properties.
Thank You,
Jedidiah
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Update the General Plan!
Fri 8/26/2022 2:02 PM
You don't often get email from [email protected]. Learn why this is important Grass Valley Public Comment ,
Dear representative,
Do you understand the science of climate change yet? It is progressive. Each generation will suffer much more than the one before. Your children will never know the abundance your generation squandered. If you care about the very survival of your grandchildren, you must act NOW.
I am an elder ally of the Nevada County Sunrise chapter. They are requesting that the General Plan be updated to address the climate emergency. We ask that your board include and prioritize climate mitigation and climate responsible action in all relevant city and county policies and procedures.
This includes our request for the immediate halting of the Idaho Maryland Mine project, initiation of plans and strategy to reach carbon net neutrality, and the prioritization of the wellbeing of Nevada County's biodiversity and watershed.
We ask that Nevada County set precedence in climate action and we encourage the county to look toward leaders in sustainability such as Truckee's recent climate action and mitigation plans.
Thank you for your consideration,
Sunrise Nevada County
Carol Kuczora
[email protected]
P.O. Box 536
Grass Valley, California 95945
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Good evening
My name is Lindy Schasiepen (Greg Schasiepen) I live on Success Mine Loop in Grass Valley in the Morgan Ranch development.
The reason I am here this evening is to make the City Council aware of nuisance issues that are plaguing our neighborhood.
Our residence at 220 is adjacent to the open space at the lower section of Morgan Ranch. This area has an unobstructed view of the coastal range and sunsets. We are happy to share this scenery with neighbors and others who quietly enjoy the peace and loveliness of a beautiful vista.
Unfortunately, we are experiencing visitors who are not appreciative of this view.
For the past four years, as you can see from the innumerable calls to the Grass Valley Police Department, this area between 198 and 220 Success Mine Loop has been a gathering place for teenagers. Respectful young people in the past have been welcome and have not been a problem.
Sadly, these recent teens treat our neighborhood very badly. We have had instances of public urination and defecation, trespassing, littering, drug and alcohol use, drug dealing, loud music, illegal parking, obscenity, crudeness, lewd behaviors...and the final straw was on August 25 when teenagers had what appeared to be a rifle and were firing it on the hillsidel ln each instance 911 or dispatch has been called and officers responded. As they are underage, their names and addresses are taken but there are no other consequences, apart from a stern lecture. ln only one instance a parent was notified and they arrived to drive the offending drunk teenagers out of our area - leaving all the ir vehicles behind.
Night after night we are disturbed and threatened by these activities.
Thank you to the City Council for allowing us to voice our concerns and we look forward to some action being taken to alleviate our problem.
ISSUES TO RESOLVE:
TRESPASSING
DESTRUCTION OF FENCES AND PROPERTY
SMOKING OF CIGARETTES AND POT
DRUG DEALING
DRUG USE
UNDERAGE DRINKING
LITTERING - FOOD CONTAINERS, ETC.
ILLEGAL PARKING
SPEEDING OF VEHICLES
PUBLIC URINATION
RESTRICTION OF ROADWAY ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES
LOUD MUSIC
MULTIPLE HOURS OF PARTYING
FIREARM USAGE
GOLF PRACTICE
MOTORCYCLES IN THE CACHEMENT AREA
ARGUMENTATIVE AND CONFRONTATIONAL BEHAVIOR
LEWD AND CRUDE BEHAVIOR
NIGHTLY OCCURENCES
DETERRENT SOTUTIONS:
NO PARKING OR LOITERING SIGNAGE
CURB PAINTING
REGULAR POLICE PRESENCE AFTER DUSK
GV POLICE TRAILER PARKED - RECORDING INFRACTIONS
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