GRASS VALLEY
City Council Regular Meeting, Capital Improvements Authority and Redevelopment "Successor Agency"
Tuesday, November 08, 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
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
Meeting called to order at 7:02 pm.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Aguilar led the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT
Council Member Bob Branstrom
Council Member Hilary Hodge
Vice Mayor Jan Arbuckle
Mayor Ben Aguilar
ABSENT
Council Member Tom Ivy
AGENDA APPROVAL -
Motion made to approve the agenda as submitted by Council Member Hodge, Seconded by Council Member Branstrom.
Voting Yea: Council Member Branstrom, Council Member Hodge, Vice Mayor Arbuckle, Mayor Aguilar
REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION
No closed door meeting.
INTRODUCTIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
1. National Hospice Month Proclamation
2. Resolution recognizing the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe Pubic Comment: Shelly Covert
Item # 3.
City of Grass Valley, CA MINUTES November 08, 2022
Motion made to approve Resolution 2022-81 by Council Member Hodge, Seconded by Council Member Branstrom.
Voting Yea: Council Member Branstrom, Council Member Hodge, Vice Mayor Arbuckle, Mayor Aguilar
PUBLIC COMMENT -
In Person comments: Diana Gamzon, Camron Brady
Virtual public comments attached.
CONSENT ITEMS -
Public Comment: Matthew Coulter
Motion made to approve consent as submitted by Council Member Branstrom, Seconded by Council Member Hodge.
Voting Yea: Council Member Branstrom, Council Member Hodge, Vice Mayor Arbuckle, Mayor Aguilar
3. Approval of the Regular Meeting Minutes of October 25, 2022 Recommendation: Council approve minutes as submitted.
4. Assembly Bill 361 Resolution
Recommendation: Adopt resolution R2022-83 authorizing remote teleconference meetings of the City Council and other legislative bodies of the City pursuant to government code section 54953(e)
5. Local Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19)
Recommendation: Continuance of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) proclamation declaring a Local State of Emergency
6. Local Emergency Proclamation (Drought Conditions)
Recommendation: Drought Conditions proclamation declaring a Local State of Emergency
7. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 820 Amending the Whispering Pines Specific Plan and Rezoning the property at 125 Crown Point Court to create a new Subarea – SP1A.1 – Public Assembly Uses for InConcert Sierra.
Recommendation: Hold a Second Reading, by Title only, of Ordinance No. 820, which finalizes the Rezoning for the InConcert Sierra Project as adopted by the City Council on October 25, 2022.
8. Colfax Avenue Repaving Project – Authorization to Award Contract Recommendation: That Council authorize the City Engineer to execute a construction contract with Hansen Bros. Enterprises for the repaving of Colfax Avenue and Central Avenue, for an amount not to exceed $150,000.
ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION OR SEPARATE ACTION AND /
OR ANY ADDED AGENDA ITEMS
REORGANIZATION RELATED ITEMS
Item # 3.
City of Grass Valley, CA MINUTES November 08, 2022
PUBLIC HEARING
9. Regional Transportation Mitigation Fees – Fee Increase Correction Recommendation: That Council: 1) hold a public hearing; and 2) adopt a Resolution approving a correction to the existing regional transportation mitigation fees.
Bjorn Jones, City Engineer, gave the presentation on this item.
Motion made to 1) hold a public hearing; and 2) adopt a Resolution approving a correction to the existing regional transportation mitigation fees by Council Member Branstrom, Seconded by Council Member Hodge.
Voting Yea: Council Member Branstrom, Council Member Hodge, Vice Mayor Arbuckle, Mayor Aguilar
ADMINISTRATIVE
BRIEF REPORTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
Councilmember Hodge is excited to welcome the newest future Councilmember Ansel Ivy, and thank you to Mayor Aguilar for letting her push him in the pool. Councilmember Branstrom attended the Memorial Pool opening, an electric vehicle event, a Pickle Ball event, the dog parade, the skate park event on Halloween, and Miners Foundry Sierra Stages event. Vice Mayor Arbuckle has been on Vacation and attended the Memorial Pool opening.
Mayor Aguilar attended the Memorial Pool Opening, wanted to give a congratulations to the the Ivy family, remind people that the polls close at 8:00 pm tonight, and attended the Grass Valley Safe Trick or Treat and Halloween Skate Park Event.
ADJOURN
Meeting Adjourned at 7:38 pm.
________________________________ ______________________________ Ben Aguilar, Mayor Taylor Day, Deputy City Clerk
Adopted on:_________
Item # 3.