GRASS VALLEY
City Council Regular Meeting, Capital Improvements Authority and Redevelopment "Successor Agency"
Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 6:00 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.
Mayor Jan Arbuckle, Vice Mayor Hilary Hodge, Councilmember Bob Branstrom, Councilmember Haven Caravelli, Councilmember Tom Ivy
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 6:00 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/@cityofgrassvalley.com
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.
Please note, individuals who disrupt, disturb, impede, or render infeasible the orderly conduct of a meeting will receive one warning that, if they do not cease such behavior, they may be removed from the meeting. The chair has authority to order individuals removed if they do not cease their disruptive behavior following this warning. No warning is required before an individual is removed if that individual engages in a use of force or makes a true threat of force. (Gov. Code, § 54957.95.)
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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
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. Proclamation for June 2024 as Pride Month.
2. Proclamation for June 2024 as Small Cities Month
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. Speaker cards are assigned for public comments that are on any items not on the agenda, and within the jurisdiction or interest of the City. Speaker Cards can be pulled until the opening of public comment at which time sign ups will no longer be allowed.
These cards can be found at the City Clerks desk. 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). Thirty minutes of public comment will be heard under this item in order of the speaker card assigned and the remaining general public comments will be heard at the end of the meeting. We will begin with number one.
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.
3. Approval of the Regular Meeting Minutes of May 28, 2024.
Recommendation: Council approve minutes as submitted.
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4. Appointment of Historical Commissioners Mark Reilly & Gregory Savelly and Historical Commission Alternate Marilyn Adams to the Historical Commission for a four-year term.
CEQA: Not a Project
Recommendation: That the City Council appoint Historical Commissioners Reilly & Savelly and Historical Commission Alternate Adams to a term ending July 1, 2028
5. Adoption of five Resolution of Intention to Order Improvements for Landscaping and Lighting Districts (LLD) – Annual Assessments for Fiscal Year 2024-25 and Benefit Assessment Districts (AD) – Annual Assessments for Fiscal Year 2023-24 and set public hearing on June 25, 2024
CEQA: Not a Project.
Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council adopt five Resolutions (2024-32, 2024-33, 2024-34, 2024-35, 2024-36) 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 25, 2024. 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. 2024-32 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.2024-33 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. 2024-34 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. 2024-35 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. 2024-36 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.
6. Active Transportation Program Grant Application – Leveraging Commitment CEQA: N/A – Not a Project/Administrative Action
Recommendation: That Council adopt a Resolution committing to project funding of $3.31 million in leveraging funds as part of the City’s grant application for the Wolf Creek Community and Connectivity Project.
7. Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account Funding – Adopt Project List CEQA: N/A – Not a Project/Administrative Action
Recommendation: That Council adopt a Resolution to include Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) funding in the Fiscal Year 2024/25 budget and specifying a list of projects to be funded with RMRA funds.
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ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION OR SEPARATE ACTION AND /
OR ANY ADDED AGENDA ITEMS
REORGANIZATION RELATED ITEMS
PUBLIC HEARING
ADMINISTRATIVE
8. Grass Valley Downtown Association Request for 2024 Business Improvement District Allotment
CEQA: Not a Project.
Recommendation: That Council 1) receive a presentation from the Grass Valley Downtown Association (GVDA) request for the distribution of $60,000 of Business Improvement District (BID) Assessment funds; 2) review and approve the proposed distribution of BID Assessment funds; and 3) authorize City to pay the proposed invoice from the GVDA.
9. Mill Street Parking Lot – Temporary Parking Program
CEQA: N/A – Not a Project/Administrative Action
Recommendation: That Council authorize a temporary parking program of a combination of free and permit parking for the Mill St Parking Lot.
10. Update Municipal Code Chapter 8.16 Fire Control Regulations CEQA: Not a project
Recommendation: That Council: 1) review the proposed ordinance to repeal Articles II, III, IV, and V of Municipal Code Chapter 8.16 (Fire Control Regulations) and replace with new Article II; 2) waive full reading and adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 37; 2) waive full reading and introduce Ordinance No. 38.
BRIEF REPORTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
CONTINUATION OF PUBLIC COMMENT
ADJOURN
POSTING NOTICE
This is to certify that the above notice of a meeting of The City Council, scheduled for Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 6:00 PM was posted at city hall, easily accessible to the public, as of 5:00 p.m. Thursday, June 6, 2024.
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Taylor Day, City Clerk