GRASS VALLEY
City Council Regular Meeting, Capital Improvements Authority and Redevelopment "Successor Agency"
Tuesday, October 08, 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.)
City of Grass Valley, CA AGENDA October 08, 2024
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 September 24, 2024 Recommendation: Council approve minutes as submitted.
2. Amended Memorandum of Understanding with the Nevada County Professional Firefighters, IAFF Local 3800 for the Employment Classifications in the City's Employees Unit #8 for the Period July 1, 2024 – December 25, 2025 CEQA: Not a Project
City of Grass Valley, CA AGENDA October 08, 2024
Recommendation: That Council 1) review the Labor Memorandum of Understanding for an eighteen-month period beginning July 1, 2024, through December 31, 2025, between the City of Grass Valley and the Nevada County Professional Firefighters, IAFF Local 3800 for the Employment Classifications in the City's Employees Unit #8; 2) adopt Resolution No. 2024-70 approving Labor Memorandum of Understanding; and 3) and authorizes the City Manager to execute the Labor Memorandum of Understanding subject to legal review.
3. Loma Rica Landscaping and Lighting District – Approve Engineer’s Report and Intent to Annex
CEQA: Not a Project
Recommendation: That Council 1) adopt Resolution 2024-71 approving the Engineer’s Report without modifications and 2) adopt Resolution 2024-72 declaring the intent to annex property and levy assessments for Fiscal Year 2025-26 for the Residential Landscaping and Lighting District No. 1988-2, Zone VI – Loma Rica Annexation 2024-01
4. Approval of a range increase and Executive Contract Appendix CEQA: Not a project
Recommendation: That Council 1) approve a 4% increase to the pay ranges for all Executive Contract Employees & change the retiree Health Plan Benefit to allow all executives to be eligible; 2) review the proposed Amendment to the Employment Agreements (including Appendix A) with Department Directors, City Clerk, and Deputy Directors; 3) authorize the City Manager to execute the agreements subject to legal review; 4) authorize the Finance Director or the City Manager’s designee to make any necessary budget adjustments and/or amendments to complete this action.
5. Appointment of Planning Commissioner
CEQA: Not a Project
Recommendation: That Council approve the appointment of Matthew Wich as Planning Commissioner for Councilmember Ivy.
ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION OR SEPARATE ACTION AND /
OR ANY ADDED AGENDA ITEMS
REORGANIZATION RELATED ITEMS
PUBLIC HEARING
6. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 829 Increasing Compensation for Mayor and City Councilmembers
CEQA: Not a Project.
Recommendation: That the Council hold a second, waive full reading and read by title only, and adopt Ordinance No. 829 Increasing Compensation for Mayor and City Councilmembers.
7. Introduction of an ordinance amending 10.64.010, 10.64.020, and 10.64.030 of Chapter 10.64 of Title 10 and adding section 12.16.040 to Chapter 12.16 of Title 12 of the Grass Valley Municipal Code regulating use of wheeled devices CEQA: Not a project
City of Grass Valley, CA AGENDA October 08, 2024
Recommendation: Introduce the attached ordinance, waive full reading, and read by Title Only
ADMINISTRATIVE
8. Downtown Public Restroom Project (Church Street Parking Lot) CEQA: Exempt – Not a Project
Recommendation: That Council 1) review a proposed public restroom project funding; 2) authorize the Mayor to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with GVDA for funding a portion of the proposed restroom, subject to legal review; and 3) authorize the Administrative Services Director to make necessary budget adjustments or transfers to add the project current budget.
9. Resolution in support of Proposition 36
CEQA: Not a project.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution 2024-73 in support of Proposition 36, the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act
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, October 8, 2024 at 6:00 PM was posted at city hall, easily accessible to the public, as of 5:00 p.m. Friday, October 4, 2024.
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Taylor Whittingslow, City Clerk