GRASS VALLEY
City Council Regular Meeting, Capital Improvements Authority and Redevelopment "Successor Agency"
Tuesday, August 12, 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 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 Hilary Hodge, Vice Mayor Haven Caravelli, Councilmember Jan Arbuckle, Councilmember Joe Bonomolo, 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 & 18 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 August 12, 2025
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
CITY UPDATE
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 22nd, 2025 Recommendation: Council approve minutes as submitted.
2. Approval of the Special Meeting Minutes of August 5th, 2025 Recommendation: Council approve minutes as submitted.
3. Updated Job Description for Fire Engineer and Fire Captain City of Grass Valley, CA AGENDA August 12, 2025
CEQA: Not a Project
Recommendation: That Council approve the updated job descriptions for Fire Engineer and Fire Captain, subject to legal reveiw.
4. Slate Creek Lift Station Pump Replacement Project – Authorization to Bid 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); and 2) authorize the advertisement for bids.
5. NID/ Grass Valley Water Service Area Boundaries – Execute Agreement Amendment CEQA: N/A – Not a Project
Recommendation: That Council authorize the Mayor to sign the “Second Amendment to the Contract Between Nevada Irrigation District and City of Grass Valley for Water Supply”
6. Responses to the Nevada County Grand Jury Report “A Long and Winding Road for the Homeless of Nevada County”
CEQA: Not a Project
Recommendation: That Council accept and file responses to the Nevada County Grand Jury “A Long and winding Road for the Homeless of Nevada County.
7. Updated Appointment of City Councilmembers and Staff to Boards and Commissions CEQA: Not a Project
Recommendation: Approve Mayor Hodge’s updated recommendation of appointments of Councilmembers and Staff to various Boards and Commissions.
ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION OR SEPARATE ACTION AND /
OR ANY ADDED AGENDA ITEMS
REORGANIZATION RELATED ITEMS
PUBLIC HEARING
ADMINISTRATIVE
8. Community Farms Planning for Mautino Park
CEQA: Not a project.
Recommendation: That Council 1) receive and file the Final Community Food Campus report submitted by Interfaith Food Ministry and Sierra Harvest; 2) consider the proposal's findings and recommendations; and 3) provide direction to staff on next steps for the development at Mautino Park.
9. Residential Permit Parking Program Discussion
CEQA: Not a project
Recommendation: Provide direction to staff on the implementation of a Residential Permit Parking program for implementation of terms via future ordinance/resolution adoption
10. Identification and Implementation of Supplemental City Goals – FY 2025–2026 City of Grass Valley, CA AGENDA August 12, 2025
CEQA: Not a Project
Recommendation: That the City Council 1) Review the proposed supplemental (nonbudgeted) City Goals for FY 2025–2026; 2) Provide input on additional potential goals for consideration; and 3) Identify and prioritize the top five non-budgeted goals/activities to help guide staff focus and resource allocation during the upcoming fiscal year.
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 12, 2025, at 6:00 p.m., was posted at city hall, easily accessible to the public, as of 5:00 p.m. Friday, August 12, 2025.
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Taylor Whittingslow, City Clerk