GRASS VALLEY
City Council Regular Meeting, Capital Improvements Authority and Redevelopment "Successor Agency"
Tuesday, August 13, 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
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.
1. Approval of the Regular Meeting Minutes of July 23, 2024.
Recommendation: Council approve minutes as submitted.
2. Center For The Arts – Student Matinee Program Funding CEQA: Exempt – Not a Project
Recommendation: That Council 1) review the attached proposal; 2) approve the $16,000 in Special Project funding for this program; and 3) Authorize the Finance City of Grass Valley, CA AGENDA August 13, 2024
Director to make any necessary budget transfers and/or amendments to fund the Student Matinee Program.
3. Continuation of 20% Water Conservation from all City Customers Due to inoperable Drum and South Yuba Canals
CEQA: Not a Project.
Recommendation: That Council continue the mandate of all City Water Customers to conserve 20% of their normal water usage.
4. Grass Valley Police Officer’s Association – July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2026 CEQA: Not a project
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2024-60 approving the Labor Memorandum of Understanding for a two year period beginning July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026, between the City of Grass Valley and City of Grass Valley and the Grass Valley Police Officer’s Association (Unit 6).
5. Appointment of Councilmember’s for the Measure B Oversight Committee CEQA: Not a Project
ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION OR SEPARATE ACTION AND /
OR ANY ADDED AGENDA ITEMS
REORGANIZATION RELATED ITEMS
PUBLIC HEARING
6. Appeal of the Planning Commission’s denial of Use Permit applications for an exception to the multifamily covered parking requirement established in Section
17.36.040, Table 3-3 of the City of Grass Valley Municipal Code.
Recommendation: Based upon the evidence in the public record, and the Planning Commission’s 3:1 denial, staff recommends that the City Council take one of the following actions:
Option 1) Uphold the Planning Commission’s denial of Use Permit applications 24PLN0008, -0009, and -0010; a) Deny the appeal and uphold the Planning Commission’s denial of the Use Permit applications for a reduction in covered parking requirements; b)Determine the proposed projects at 210 Sutton Way (24PLN-0008), 265 Sutton Way (24PLN-0009), and 228 Sutton Way (24PLN-0010) exempt pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and Guidelines, as detailed in the attached June 18, 2024 Planning Commission Staff Report; c) Uphold the Planning Commission’s finding for denial of the Use Permits, that “insufficient quantitative evidence was provided to document a need for a reduction of the covered parking standard;” and, d) Deny the Use Permits as presented in this Staff Report.
Option #2) Overturn the Planning Commission’s denial of Use Permit applications 24PLN-0008, -0009, and -0010; a) Uphold the appeal and overturn the Planning Commission’s denial of the Use Permit applications for a reduction in covered parking requirements; b) Determine the proposed projects at 210 Sutton Way (24PLN-0008), 265 Sutton Way (24PLN-0009), and 228 Sutton Way (24PLN-0010) exempt pursuant to City of Grass Valley, CA AGENDA August 13, 2024
Section 15061(b)(3) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and Guidelines, as detailed in the attached June 18, 2024 Planning Commission Staff Report; c) Adopt Findings of Fact as detailed in the June 18, 2024 Planning Commission Staff Report for approval of the Use Permits as presented in the Staff Report; and, d) Approve the Use Permits as presented in this Staff Report.
Option #3) Continue the appeal of Use Permit applications 24PLN-0008, -0009, and - 0010 for additional information to be provided
ADMINISTRATIVE
7. Main St Sealing And Striping – Authorize Bidding and Approve Design CEQA: Categorically Exempt – Section 15301 “Existing Facilities” Recommendation: That Council 1) approve the findings that the project is categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); 2) provide direction to Staff on several design proposals; and 3) authorize the advertisement for bids.
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, August 13, 2024 at 6:00 PM was posted at city hall, easily accessible to the public, as of 5:00 p.m. Friday, August 9, 2024.
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Taylor Whittingslow, City Clerk