GRASS VALLEY
Special City Council Meeting
Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 3:30 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 March 30, 2023
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
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 (roll call vote).
1. Approval of the Regular Meeting Minutes of March 15th, 2023 Recommendation: Council approve minutes as submitted.
2. Local Emergency Proclamation (Drought Conditions)
CEQA: Not a Project.
Recommendation: Drought Conditions proclamation declaring a Local State of Emergency
3. Local Emergency Proclamation (Winter Storm of February 2023) CEQA: Not a project
Recommendation: To continue the Winter Storm February 24th, 2023 to March 1st, 2023 proclamation declaring a Local State of Emergency
4. Review of 2022 General Plan Annual Progress Report.
CEQA: Not a Project
Recommendation: Receive and File. No formal action required.
5. Review of 2022 Annual Housing Element Progress Report CEQA: Not a Project
Recommendation: Receive and File. No formal action required.
6. Condon Park Parking Improvements Project – Final Acceptance CEQA: Exempt – Section 15301 “Existing Facilities”
City of Grass Valley, CA AGENDA March 30, 2023
Recommendation: That Council: 1) accept the Condon Parking Lot Improvements Project as complete, and 2) authorize the City Engineer to file a Notice of Completion with the County Recorder.
7. Ridge Village Development – Approve Final Map
CEQA: Negative Declaration
Recommendation: That Council 1) approve the Final Map 19PLN-24 for Ridge Village Subdivision, 2) accept the public improvements, and 3) approve Resolution 2023-10, accepting the public utility easements and roadway dedications.
8. On-Call Civil Plan Review Services – Contract Amendment CEQA: Exempt – Not a Project
Recommendation: That Council 1) authorize a contract amendment with Bureau Veritas North America Inc. (BV) for on-call civil plan review services, and 2) authorize the City Engineer to execute a contract amendment with BV, pending legal review, in an amount not to exceed $60,000 for the initial 2 year term of the project.
9. On-Call Engineering Services – Authorization to Award Contract CEQA: Exempt – Not a Project
Recommendation: That Council 1) authorize the City Engineer to execute a contract with Coastland Civil Engineering LLP., pending legal review, for on-call professional engineering services, in an amount not to exceed $330,000 for the initial 3 year term of the project.
ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION OR SEPARATE ACTION AND /
OR ANY ADDED AGENDA ITEMS
PUBLIC HEARING
ADMINISTRATIVE
10. Pioneer Community Energy - Community Choice Aggregation Program (CCA) for the City of Grass Valley
CEQA: Not a project
Recommendation: That Council 1) approve Pioneer Community Energy to procure the necessary energy to serve the City of Grass Valley starting in January 2024, and 2) adopt a Resolution 2023-09 authorizing the Mayor to appoint City Council Members to the Pioneer Board of Directors.
11. Parks Capital Improvements Projects – Summary and Update CEQA: Exempt – Not a Project
Recommendation: That Council 1) receive an update on the numerous Parks and Recreation improvements projects completed throughout the City in the past several years.
BRIEF REPORTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
ADJOURN
POSTING NOTICE
City of Grass Valley, CA AGENDA March 30, 2023
This is to certify that the above notice of a Special meeting of The City Council, scheduled for Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 3:30 PM was posted at city hall, easily accessible to the public, as of 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, 2023.
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Taylor Day, City Clerk