GRASS VALLEY
City Council Regular Meeting, Capital Improvements Authority and Redevelopment "Successor Agency"
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 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
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
Meeting called to order at 6:01 pm.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Vice Mayor Caravelli led the pledge of allegiance.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT
Councilmember Jan Arbuckle
Councilmember Joe Bonomolo
Councilmember Tom Ivy
Vice Mayor Haven Caravelli
ABSENT
Mayor Hilary Hodge
AGENDA APPROVAL –
Motion made to approve the agenda by Councilmember Arbuckle, Seconded by Councilmember Bonomolo.
Voting Yea: Councilmember Arbuckle, Councilmember Bonomolo, Councilmember Ivy, Vice Mayor Caravelli
REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION
No report out of closed session.
INTRODUCTIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
1. LGBTQ & Pride Month Proclamation
PUBLIC COMMENT -
In-person public comments: Speakers 1 to 5
Virtual Public comments.
CONSENT ITEMS –
Public Comment: Bob Branstrom
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Virtual Public comment attached.
Motion made to approve the consent as submitted by Councilmember Arbuckle, Seconded by Councilmember Ivy.
Voting Yea: Councilmember Arbuckle, Councilmember Bonomolo, Councilmember Ivy, Vice Mayor Caravelli
2. Approval of the Regular Meeting Minutes of May 27, 2025.
Recommendation: Council approve minutes as submitted.
3. Rezone and use permit application by Granite Wellness to change the zoning of a 3.31 acre parcel, APN 035-330-021, from Central Business District (C-2) to the Community Business District (C-1) zoning designation, and a Use Permit for an in-patient Withdrawal Management Facility.
CEQA: CEQA Exemption Class 1
Recommendation: Hold a second reading, waive full reading, by title only, to adopt Ordinance 836, attached, regarding a zoning amendment to rezone a portion of APN:
035-330-021 from Central Business District (C-2) to the Community Business District (C-1).
4. Adoption of Five Resolutions of Intention to Levy Annual Assessments for Landscaping and Lighting Districts and Benefit Assessment Districts for Fiscal Year 2025-26 and to Set a Public Hearing for June 24, 2025.
CEQA: Not a Project.
Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council adopt five Resolutions of Intention related to the City’s Landscaping and Lighting Districts (LLDs) and Benefit Assessment Districts (ADs), and set a public hearing for June 24, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers: 1) Resolution of Intention No. 2025-21 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.2025-22 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. 2025-23 to Order Improvements Pursuant to the Benefit Assessment Act of 1982 Assessment District No. 2003-1, Morgan Ranch Unit 7. 4) Resolution of Intention No. 2025-24 to Order Improvements Pursuant to the Benefit Assessment Act of 1982 Assessment District No. 2010-1, Morgan Ranch West. 5) Resolution of Intention No. 2025-25 to Order Improvements Pursuant to the Benefit Assessment Act of 1982 Assessment District No. 2016-1, Ridge Meadows Benefit.
5. Grass Valley Citizen’s Star Award
CEQA: Not a project
Recommendation: Approve of the Nomination of Peggy & Howard Levine for a “Grass Valley Citizen’s Star” award.
6. Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account Funding – Adopt Project List CEQA: N/A – Not a Project/Administrative Action
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Recommendation: That Council adopt a Resolution to include Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) funding in the Fiscal Year 2025/26 budget and specifying a list of projects to be funded with RMRA funds.
7. Local Transportation Fund (LTF) Claim for Transit and Paratransit Operations CEQA: N/A – Not a Project
Recommendation: That Council adopt a resolution requesting that Nevada County Transportation Commission (NCTC) allocate $665,159 of the City’s FY 2025/26 estimated apportionment of LTF in support of transit and paratransit services.
8. Letter of Support – Development of Solutions for SB 1383 Compliance and Vegetation Fuel Reduction Waste
CEQA: Not a Project.
Recommendation: That Council review and approve the Letter of Support for the Development of Solutions for SB 1383 Compliance and Vegetation Fuel Reduction Waste.
ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION OR SEPARATE ACTION AND /
OR ANY ADDED AGENDA ITEMS
REORGANIZATION RELATED ITEMS
PUBLIC HEARING
ADMINISTRATIVE
9. Grass Valley Downtown Association Request for 2025 Parking and 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 $70,000 of Business Improvement District (BID) Assessment funds; 2) review and approve the Agreement for Administration of “Parking and Business Improvement Area”, subject to legal review; 3) review and approve the proposed distribution of BID Assessment funds; and 4) authorize City to pay the proposed invoice from the GVDA in accordance with the Agreement for Administration of “Parking and Business Improvement Area”.
Vice Mayor Caravelli recused herself because she owns a building within the BID zone.
GVDA & Tim Kiser, City Manager, gave a presentation to the council.
Public Comments: Shawn Johnson, Patrick Johnson
Virtual Comments attached.
Motion made to 1) receive a presentation from the Grass Valley Downtown Association (GVDA) request for the distribution of $70,000 of Business Improvement District (BID) Assessment funds; 2) review and approve the Agreement for Administration of “Parking and Business Improvement Area”, subject to legal review; 3) review and approve the proposed distribution of BID Assessment funds; and 4) authorize City to pay the proposed invoice from the GVDA in accordance with the Agreement for Administration of “Parking and Business Improvement Area”.by Councilmember Ivy, Seconded by Councilmember Bonomolo.
Voting Yea: Councilmember Arbuckle, Councilmember Bonomolo, Councilmember Ivy.
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10. Capital Improvement Program – Adopt Capital Project List and Budgets CEQA: N/A – Not a Project
Recommendation: That Council adopt a five year Capital Improvement Program covering Fiscal Years 2025/26 through 2029/30.
Bjorn Jones, City Engineer, gave an overview to the council.
Public Comment: Shawn Johnson
Virtual Public comment attached.
Motion made to adopt a five year Capital Improvement Program covering Fiscal Years 2025/26 through 2029/30.by Councilmember Arbuckle, Seconded by Councilmember Bonomolo.
Voting Yea: Councilmember Arbuckle, Councilmember Bonomolo, Councilmember Ivy, Vice Mayor Caravelli
BRIEF REPORTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
Councilmember Bonomolo met with the Skate Community, visited local parks, and attended the movies. Councilmember Arbuckle attended the Women in Municipal Government Conference in San Antonio, the Police Academy Graduation, and had questions about how Matthew Coulter could attend Brown Act meetings. Councilmember Ivy participated at a joint meeting with NC and R3 about recycling options and is working on a COAD group. Vice Mayor Caravelli attended the ERC board meeting, GVDA board meeting, Car Show , where she was able to present the Mayor's award, is still working on art for City Hall, and met with the artist.
ADJOURN
Meeting adjourned at 7:22 pm.
______________________________ ______________________________ Hilary Hodge, Mayor Taylor Whittingslow, City Clerk
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1 Taylor Whittingslow
From: WIRELESS CALLER - Voicemail box 8880 <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2025 6:19 PM
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Hello, this is Matthew Colter calling for public comment City Council meeting and I'm doing it while Robin's doing hers because she is just so vile to listen to her sales pitch for a commercial operation I'd like to start out with the Olympia Creek destruction there at the corner of Seton Way and Idaho, Maryland That road that wasn't even planned or designed was just kind of punched in there and drove the heavy equipment right through the creek This is violations of state and federal law for our waterways, and the city just doesn't really seem to care that much about it, and that's very, very disappointing because we all drink water as far as I know, I haven't met anyone that doesn't. Oh, and is the mayor doing her five days for her DUI right now, is that why she's not there? I'm just kind of curious. The illegal dumping along Wolf Creek at the corner of Railroad Avenue was new in the last two days. A big pile of
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2 illegal material there. The projects that the city is doing, like the skate park, the masticating, the Sherwin Williams project, South Auburn Street, the dust is really unbearable. And being that we are basically living on top of the Superfund site, we should be very careful about what we put into the air. And as well as the work that's going on on South Auburn Street, a lot of raw materials going down the drains, washed down the drains, the concrete cutting and such. No new bike lanes on the new paved part of Bennett Street that Tim and Bjorn said when they did the paving they were going to put in some sharos and some bike lanes and stuff and the painting's done as far as I know and there's nothing there, bicycles or pedestrians or anything. Pretty bizarre. I'd like to take number four off the consent calendar and comment on that on a separate note. I'll call back separately on that. Thank you.
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3 Taylor Whittingslow
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Hi, this is Matthew Colter commenting of City Council meeting on the What are you calling at the capital improvement for project list and budgets? That was a bizarre presentation. It didn't mention Any of the six project areas, but I will speak to the peanut-shaped roundabout I was the only civilian in the meeting With Caltrans when I was first introduced the other person in the meeting was on actin from freed who now works for disabled advocate groups in Sacramento out of the state Capitol.
Both Tim and Caltrans were baffled that people had questions about pedestrian access, which was super disappointing. I understand Caltrans, they deal with car stuff. They're not really into the bicycle and the walking stuff. They're trying to be more, they're putting more money into it, and that's surely because of the number of deaths. That's the only thing that's motivated them to change their attitudes towards
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4 cyclists and pedestrians. Now the city needs to catch up with that attitude and realize that there's a lot of people walking around and more people would walk around. And when you walk around you have a lot better attitude about a city because you're able to see the idiosyncrasies of it, good, bad, indifferent, and see the different things that make that city what it is and unique. By driving through the city it's driving through any city. You're going to have to watch out for the traffic, you're going to have to watch out for the potholes, and you have to watch out for unfamiliar things. So you're really going to miss out on what you're trying to be there to see in the first place. So the more people we can get out on bicycles on foot would be really nice to see because with the electric bike movement, there are just so many people of all ages out on bicycles. Unfortunately, a 13-year-old girl was in Tahoe on an electric bike just a few days ago. And these things happen because our infrastructure isn't really set up for sharing our areas. It's basically the largest vehicle wins and that's how it works. Now for me to walk from my house to Safeway, which I do on a daily basis for groceries, with the current design I'll have to cross the Pnet five times. Right now I have three intersections to cross instead of five. So for pedestrians it's actually worse. Thank you.
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5 Taylor Whittingslow
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Hi, this is Matthew Coulter commenting on the downtown association presentation for the city of grass valley and I understand that the downtown association meetings are Brown Act governed meetings and I'm wondering what the zoom link is that I may participate at these meetings because obviously I Researched it and there's really not no way for the public to participate with the meeting unless they physically go there and sit in the meeting which I'm not allowed to do because Robin is literally afraid to death and in fear for her life her words and needs an escort to her car because I'm a bad person and she's afraid of me or something I don't know exactly what she said in her restraining order as well as her staff member there next to her so yeah like to know how I can participate in those meetings since They are
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6 governed meetings, regulated by our California laws, which you guys don't seem to follow at all. Thank you.
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Hello, this is Matthew Coulter trying to finish my public comment because I got cut off and I just wanted to mention that Two weeks ago at the skate park meeting at the very end of the meeting my public comment wasn't played It came in in plenty of time So I really don't appreciate you and you're violating the Brown Act by not playing my public comments that come in in plenty of time There's no reason for you not to play them. Thank you
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Yes, I don't support Howard and Peggy. Peg's been gone for quite a while. Howard remarried and he's a total fake and phony. That's my opinion of Howard and what I know of him. I'm calling on the number four, the landscaping assessment. And I would like the city council to drive up whispering pines, for example, look at the medium in the street that we're Charging folks for this landscaping and see the dead trees now these trees have been dead this year last year the year before they've been dead for as like Five ten years and they're still there and you're charging people for this dead tree landscaping so I Don't really get how you can even pull it off. I guess it's because people don't come to the meetings. They just Keep getting their taxes raised But the landscaping that the city does or lack of or just complete ignoring it is super visible in so many areas with dead landscaping, broken water systems,
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