City of Guadalupe
Regular Meeting of the Guadalupe City Council
Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at 6:00 pm
City Hall, 918 Obispo Street, Council Chambers
1. ROLL CALL:
Council Member Christina Hernandez
Council Member Gilbert Robles
Council Member Megan Lizalde
Mayor Pro Tempore Eugene Costa Jr.
Mayor Ariston Julian
Mayor Julian called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. All members were present. (NOTE: The abbreviation, "CM" for "Council Member" will be used in these minutes.)
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. MOMENT OF THANKS, APPRECIATION OR CONDOLENCES.
Mayor Julian said, "Too often, we have to offer our prayers and condolences. We can continue to do that, but I'd like to highlight some positive things that are happening here in Guadalupe:
- Rudy Quintanilla: He is a volunteer who has been weeding and sprucing up the City's Veterans Memorial Parking lot downtown. He's said that he'd like to adopt the Memorial Parking lot to continue helping to maintain its upkeep.
- Central Coast Vietnam Veterans Association: Thanks to Chapter 982 for the relocation of the Veterans Memorial Monument from private property on to City property. Also, thanks for the dedication and Guadalupe Veterans Memorial Paver project that will go around the monument which will complete the relocation of the monument. You don't have to be a veteran ...costs $50 to put your name there, or have an imprint like 'In Honor Of", etc. Contact Deek Segovia if interested. (A comment, though, was made that everything was sold out already.) - Volunteer Clean-Up: On Earth Day, this wasn't advertised. Thanks to Jacob, Josue, Patrick, Chief, etc. who helped clean up Nelson Street, Point Sal Dunes and West Main Street. By us being out there, people were stopping by saying they would help next time. There were weeds everywhere. It'll be a long time before we catch up due to the heavy rains we've had, here and everywhere. So, it's best to get everyone to help clean up.
April 25, 2023 City of Guadalupe Council Meeting Minutes Page 1 of 12 General Plan approval: The Guadalupe General Plan 2042 won a Comprehensive Plan Award: Small Jurisdiction Award of Excellence or Merit. The plan is being submitted for an award at the State level once nominations are open.
- Recreation Economy for Rural Communities (RERC): Todd will give details later. - Guadalupe Community Resiliency Plan 2023: That will be discussed tonight.
The mayor stressed, "If you combine all these things, here are a lot of positive things happening now.
We should be proud of all that's happening here. Things will be happening quickly. Appreciation and thanks to those who put everything together."
CM Hernandez added, "Thank you to those who came out during Clean-Up Day on Saturday." CM Lizalde also said, "Thank you, too. It was such an eye-opening experience for a lot of people.
Maybe they didn't take part in this particular activity, but / saw neighbors cleaning up... got everyone excited about getting back outside, tidying up and really focusing on our environment. A really nice way to kick off Spring, change in the weather...there are really a lot of great things happening."
4. AGENDA REVIEW
City Attorney Sinco mentioned that staff requested Item #14. 'Conference with Labor Negotiators' be canceled. There were no other changes requested for the agenda.
5. COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION FORUM
There were two (2) Requests to Speak:
Amelia Villegas: Ms. Villegas mentioned that this is "National Library Week", from 4/23/23 through 4/29/23. She said, "As a member of the 'Friends of the Guadalupe Library', I encourage everyone to utilize our little branch here in Guadalupe. The 'Friends' is an auxiliary group that helps with funding in support of our library. Library cards are free...just go to the library and let them know you want a card. There's no waiting, and you can use the card immediately to check out books, DVDs, magazines...use any of the six (6) computers that are available. The library is increasing the number of books in Spanish for children, teens and adults. If a book isn't at the branch, it can be ordered from another branch through the Gold System, inter-library loan system. The book will be delivered to the branch here in town and you'll be notified for pick up. An additional staff member was recently hired resulting in new and increased hours for the library: Monday - Friday, 12:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
And on Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. During business hours, Wi-Fi is available.
Ms. Villegas also mentioned that during the Santa Maria Strawberry Festival to be held at the Fair Park from Friday, 4/28/23, to Sunday, 4/30/23, the Santa Maria main library will have a table in the fair convention center. She said, "I will be there on Saturday, 4/29, from 12noon to 3:00 p.m. Please stop by and ask questions or just say 'hello'."
April 25, 2023 City of Guadalupe Council Meeting Minutes Page 2 of 12 Mayor Julian mentioned that Ms. Villegas' mother worked at the library when it was housed in the Veterans Building. She commented, "Yes, my mother was the librarian here from 1964 to around 1982/83. The library was first in the location where Alcoholics Anonymous is now housed. It was then moved to the 'larger' location which is where the Historical Museum is now located." CM Lizalde then asked if donations were accepted which they are.
Denise Swangin: I live in Pasadera on Hacienda Drive. I have been having some issues with a neighbor parking in front of my house after I have repeatedly asked him not to. He made it clear that he would continue to park in front of my home if the space was empty. I only have one space out front as I have a fire hydrant. There is no place for my elderly mother to park or friends when they visit. I am requesting that the City provide, at my expense, a parking permit to park in front of my home. Thank you for your time and consideration. If you would like to further discuss, / will provide you with my contact information. Thank you.
6. CONSENT CALENDAR
The following items are presented for City Council approval without discussion as a single agenda item in order to expedite the meeting. Should a Council Member wish to discuss or disapprove an item, it must be dropped from the blanket motion of approval and considered as a separate item.
A. Waive the reading in full of all Ordinances and Resolutions. Ordinances on the Consent Calendar will be adopted by the same vote cast as the first meeting unless City Council indicates otherwise.
B. Approve payment of warrants for the period ending April 17, 2023.
C. Approve the Minutes of the City Council regular meeting of April 11, 2023.
D. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-29 approving a list of projects funded by Senate Bill 1 (SB 1): The Road Repair and Accountability Act.
E. MONTHLY REPORTS FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS
1. Public Safety Department:
a. Police Department report for March 2023
b. Fire Department report for March 2023
c. Code Compliance report for March 2023
2. Human Resources report for March 2023
3. Recreation and Parks report for March 2023
4. City Treasurer's report for February 2023
CM Hernandez requested that Item #6.B.-Warrants be pulled.
Motion was made by Council Member Lizalde and seconded by Council Member Robles to approve the balance of the Consent Calendar. 5-0 Motion passed.
April 25, 2023 City of Guadalupe Council Meeting Minutes Page 3 of 12 Item #6.B - Warrants: CM Hernandez questioned the $5,000 warrant which was charged to the Police Department with the description, "Common Sense Consulting". Mr. Bodem explained, "The $5,000 was for a consultant who came in to give a six-hour training. It was for our management staff, not all employees. I'm authorized to sign off on amounts under $50,000 if in the budget.
Otherwise, the item/request needs to go out for quote." Mayor Julian asked about results and any follow up to this training. Chief Cash said, "This type of team building training had been brought up by the prior Human Resources Manager about one year ago. It took a while before we found someone. The consultant wants to come back to follow up with the workbooks given to the participants at the training to see how things are going. There was a trade-off with this consultant: train the management team first and the consultant will give free training on team building for Public Safety staff."
CM Lizalde asked, "Did this go under a separate training budget?" Mr. Bodem said that there's different training for each department. Chief Cash said he took the cost in his department's budget.
CM Lizalde also asked, "I know we sent our Code Enforcement Officer to training. I was wondering where we are with that budget item? Have we spent everything already? How are we doing with that?" Chief responded, "Our Finance Director sends me our expenditure sheet monthly. We're within budget for Fire and Police. First thing we look at is what's our mandatory training. Then we work around that, so we know what's already going to be spent...then we see what our needs are during the year."
Motion was made by Council Member Costa, Jr. and seconded by Council Member Lizalde to approve Item #6.B-Warrants. 5-0 Motion passed.
7. CITY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT: (Information Only)
In addition to what is in the City Administrator's written report, Mr. Bodem cited the following:
An email was received stating that there was groundbreaking for Santa Barbara County Regional Fire Communication facility. It's an $18M project to be built in Santa Barbara. I'm sure the Chief can elaborate on that.
FEMA recently contacted me. There was damage to the unpaved parking lot at Le Roy Park due to the floods. FEMA could probably pay to have the lot paved so, in the event of future flooding, the parking lot will not be damaged. We will send FEMA all the necessary information for them, FEMA, to pay for this, as well as some of the water treatment plant.
We expect that there will be a notice to propose a 6th Amendment to the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement for 3C Energy which is the County of San Luis Obispo. The 5th Amendment that was just added was the City of Atascadero.
April 25, 2023 City of Guadalupe Council Meeting Minutes Page 4 of 12 Mayor Julian commented that there is a significant report on RERC (Recreation Economy for Rural Communities) in the City Administrator's report in the complete agenda. He said, "This should be shared with anybody concerned about our recreation and the income that comes regarding that." CM Lizalde asked Mr. Bodem about his meeting with Dr. Emilio Handall, School District Superintendent and whether or not the City was moving forward with the Townsend Group. Mr.
Bodem said, "We don't have a contract with the Townsend Group, but we did use them to write the grant for the Royal Theatre. I know there's been some discussion, you mentioned it, that we need to have a grant writer. Having one grant writer to cover all kinds of the different disciplines within a city is complicated. For example, if we hired a grant writer to write grants for just public works Shannon would be the only one who would be able put in the right language to use because she understands public works. So, hiring one grant writer would be a problem. If you're interested in this, we could go to this group that has something like 100+ grant writers. Dr. Handall said the return on investment is immeasurable. If the City is interested in doing this, we can think about it during the budget process." CM Lizalde suggested that the City should at least explore further in terms of cost. She said, "I do know, as a parent, that the school has been able to get a significant amount of grants for the past few years that have been impactful. It's at least something we can look into...at least get numbers."
CM Lizalde asked if Mr. Bodem had been in touch with Tesla as a result of an email she forwarded to him. He said, "There's a project developer interested in Guadalupe because of Hwy 1. Guadalupe could be a "hot spot" for Tesla to come and put charging stations. The electrical vehicle charging stations (EVCs) are typically located on malls and sometimes on private property. I called the Dunes Center to see if there's some interest in the old Far Western property. I don't know if there's interest there but they're looking at 8-20 slots. They don't typically do this on the side of a street, but they have done it in public parking spaces, as well. Example, the Veterans Memorial Parking lot...could do that. There's an opportunity to pursue that. If not, we could look at some landowners in town.
They're also interested in Pasadera area. The only problem there is that people would just charge their cars there and not use the downtown restaurants, etc. I think it's a great opportunity and we'd be a destination point to charge vehicles." CM Lizalde said, "I'm not sure / want to do that in Pasadera. I'd want to have them in the downtown area to revitalize the area. I think it's a good opportunity to look at." (
Ms. Sweeney added, "The General Plan does include requirements for new establishments, new commercial areas, to have a certain number of EVCs. Mayor, you're correct in saying when Pasadera builds out their commercial area, there will be EVCs required there. There currently are two (2) free EVC spots at the Veterans Memorial Plaza Parking Lot. I'm applying for a Clean California Local Grant, per Council's direction, which is due this Friday. Park of that project includes two (2) EVCs.
Even if we don't get that grant, the Affordable Housing grant that we got will be for a restroom and two (2) charging stations at the Amtrak station. If we don't get the Clean California Local Grant, we still will be able to move forward with those. We'll know about that grant in September if it will be awarded to us. It's appealing to have Tesla stations for the Veterans Memorial Plaza Parking lot.
April 25, 2023 City of Guadalupe Council Meeting Minutes Page 5 of 12 They're not free. I've never seen that parking lot full except during events. So, I see dedicating eight (8) spots to that would be a good thing. I would just be looking for direction if Council feels the same." Mayor Julian commented "If we don't do that, we'd be behind the '8-ball'. We'd have to move forward with that. Are these quick charging?" Mr. Boder said that the Tesla ones are quick charging. Ms. Sweeney said, "This would be great...for the economic vitality, for the interest in our downtown. Having eight (8) of them means there's more reliability. Sounds like the City Council is in supportive of this...." At this point, City Attorney Sinco interrupted saying, "Please don't discuss this any further. This is not an agendized item. We'll bring this item to you for public discussion in an open session in the future, if that's all right." The mayor then said, "Good informal chat."
8. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT: (Information Only) Chief Cash started off by saying, "First of all, I'd like to thank CM Lizalde. We go to a lot of meetings together. There was a meeting at Mckenzie Intermediate School regarding the emergency alert process. There was an incident that had occurred, and there were some concerned citizens. It was a good way for the school to show, not only the concerned parents, but us, too, what their process is. It's good for the communication between school and public safety so we can do some follow-up." There's a meeting with the school on 4/26..applying for an SRO (School Resource Officer) grant.
There are challenges with staffing and budget. We have some different ideas we're going to float out there with them. The bottom line is always that our schools are safe for our children. Asked to come back and talk more.
Chief thanked the Pasadera resident who came forward and spoke this evening regarding parking.
He asked that she schedule another meeting with him to go into further detail about how they will deal with the parking issue.
An outside attorney service did a cease-and-desist order with one of our stores re: tobacco. The business had not re-upped their retail license. There are eight (8) retail stores that sell tobacco. Each year they have to purchase their license. Guadalupe had an "f" grade before, but it was improved to an "A" grade. We really worked with our establishments to get rid of those cigarettes that were being sold to kids, and we instituted our permit process. All of our establishments are stepping up to do what needs to be done. They come to PD and drop off their check or let me know they have the check. I can cross them off my list. We can then do an inspection of their store. I'd like to give a 'shout out' to our establishments for doing what they should be doing. It's kind of our fault that we didn't check to make sure that those things got done.
Todd talked about this. Today was the groundbreaking in Santa Barbara for the new fire communication center. All departments will be going to that communications center. That's a huge step forward regarding what's really happening. We're separating the communication for the Fire Department and law enforcement within the County of Santa Barbara. We're unique here in April 25, 2023 City of Guadalupe Council Meeting Minutes Page 6 of 12 Guadalupe where fire and law enforcement respond together. Response time in Guadalupe is three (3) minutes whereas the industry standard is seven (7) minutes. We're very proud of that.
Mayor Julian asked about code compliance and towing cars. Chief Cash said, "What was 'Operation Night Tow' has become 'Operation Anytime Tow'. I talked with towing companies, and they really want us now. We want to tow cars of value first. They can hold cars to make sure people pay. There's a two-page list of vehicles. We're towing during the day and night. There was one tow for unpaid registration since 2012. There were six (6) or seven (7) that came through last week. People were upset. For the towing company, to get a car released, you have to come to the Police Department.
I have to sign to have the car released. There are two (2) towing companies who appreciate our work. In Santa Maria, you don't have to go to PD for signature release. That causes friction with the towing company when people come to pick up their vehicles. People are upset, but we're getting things done. We're going through all areas of town." Mayor Julian said, "You see some vehicles that are deficient with their registration by several years. This sends a message = get your tags." Chief Cash added, , "There was a car and boat connected. We towed both for not having updated registrations. We had a list for Pasadera, but all were corrected before we had to tow. We're going to take the police trailer out to one of the pocket parks. Certain areas of Pasadera don't come to our meetings. We're going to stage a meeting out there to discuss that we're going to continue this process. We're not enforcing CCRs, but there are things we will enforce because of our ordinances." CM Lizalde then said, "Enforcement should be across-the-board. This is a citywide issue, not a Pasadera issue, not a Point Sal issue, etc. I appreciate that this is about the City. This is not about one neighbor versus another...one street versus another. This is about what kind of property values we want to maintain. What type of neighbors do we want to be to one another. What we want our streets to look like. These ordinances have been in the books for some time. They're in response to a need. I believe it's cyclical. During the pandemic, there was a courtesy not to enforce things. Once everyone is educated and understands that this is not new, I hope neighbors will be supportive and understand that public streets support everyone and not just your home. I appreciate the work you're doing. I know it's difficult, but I know you're doing your job. You're doing what the citizens have asked for. So, thank you."
At this time, Mr. Bodem said he had missed one of his notes on an unrelated item: "As of April 11th, the wastewater treatment plant has stopped discharging to the river."
REGULAR BUSINESS
9. Approval of the Guadalupe Community Resilience Plan 2023.
Written report: Tiffany Gonzales, Community Development Director, LADG Recommendation: That the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2023-30 approving the Guadalupe Resilience Plan as written.
April 25, 2023 City of Guadalupe Council Meeting Minutes Page 7 of 12 Ms. Gonzales gave a brief overview of the process involved with writing the Resilience-Guadalupe Plan. The City of Guadalupe was awarded a planning grant from the State Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program for the Le Roy Park renovation. Los Amigos de Guadalupe (LADG), which was called Rural Community Development Corporation of California (RCDDC) at the time, was awarded a contract with the City on October 9, 2018, to administer this grant which included a requirement for the preparation of the Resilience-Guadalupe Plan.
The work on Guadalupe's Resiliency Plan began in early 2019, with an introductory presentation to the City Council on February 26th. Over 30+ meetings, in both English and Spanish, were held with well over 200 participants, as part of the planning process, including students from McKenzie Intermediate School, teachers, city staff, council members, numerous service organizations and community members. The formal Resilience-Guadalupe effort was put on hold with the onset of COVID-19 in March 2020. The extensive community participation part of this process was completed in 2021.
The plan was placed on the "back burner" for a lengthy time due to COVID-19 and staffing changes within LADG. The draft was formalized and released for public comment on February 10, 2023. The draft plan was publicized through various venues with no comments received at the close of the comment period on March 10, 2023.
Due to the length of time to complete the plan, some recommendations have already been implemented. Members had asked for better parks - Le Roy Park & Community Center has been renovated and a $5M award was received to renovate Central Park. In addition, LADG facilitated meetings with both the City, business leaders and local non-profit organizations which led to the incorporation of the Guadalupe Business Association (GBA).
The plan has the potential to generate funds with the data and findings which can be a valuable reference document for grant writing for both the City and community organizations. Mayor Julian commented, , "If anyone is a grant writer, this report has so much data. This really sets the tone for where we want to go." CM Lizalde said, "It's good to see everything in one package." The mayor also asked, "Will this be out in booklet form?" Ms. Gonzales said that it would be.
Ms. Alejandra Mahoney, Executive Director of LADG, added, "So much credit needs to go to Tiffany Gonzales. She really did the work to have the final product completed." Ms. Gonzales gave compliments back to Ms. Mahoney for her part in the process. Ms. Mahoney also said, "The CDBG reps want to see Guadalupe success with the potential it has. They helped push us." Mayor Julian then said, "To echo what's been said, you were given fish line that was all tangled up.
You were able to untangle everything and came up with a final product. Thank you." As an aside, the mayor mentioned that Tiffany Gonzales came from CHC.
Motion was made by Council Member Robles and seconded by Council Member Lizalde. Roll Call:
Ayes: 5 Nos: 0 5-0 Motion passed.
10. City Hall Parking Restrictions.
Written report: Philip F. Sinco, City Attorney
April 25, 2023 City of Guadalupe Council Meeting Minutes Page 8 of 12 Recommendation: That the City Council:
1. Introduce on the first reading, and continue to its meeting of May 9, 2023, for second reading and adoption, Ordinance No. 2023-510 amending Chapter 10.24 of the Guadalupe Municipal Code to restrict designated twelve (12) parking spaces on the east side of Obispo Street between Ninth and Tenth Streets for the use of City of Guadalupe employees and to create 10-minute limited public parking; and
2. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-31 to establish preferential permit parking for City of Guadalupe employees for these twelve (12) designated parking spaces on the east side of Obispo Street between Ninth and Tenth Streets.
City Attorney Sinco started the discussion saying, "A traffic plan that Chief Cash negotiated with the School District was implemented in January 2023. There was a decision to move forward with a parking plan for anticipated issues relating to parking on Obispo Street in front of City Hall. The plan would involve parking permits for employees to park in preferential parking spaces. The Guadalupe Municipal Code does not have a provision for permit parking. The resolution and ordinance tonight, if approved, would allow the City Council to establish permit parking, as well as have designated limited time parking spaces." At this time, City Attorney Sinco turned the discussion over to Chief Cash.
Chief Cash said, "The school has a large number of students, faculty and staff. There are community members who do business here at City Hall. There's no off-site parking for our employees. We're looking to assist our employees and those who do business here and other spaces, too." CM Costa said, "Stay off of gth Street. For the morning session, 10t Street is closed off." Chief Cash added, "The morning is where there's a clash between students, faculty and staff. Also, for timed parking, it should be between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. There are twelve spaces for City employees, 10-minute parking and eight (8) open spaces."
CM Lizalde questioned the layout and the noted "20-minute parking". City Attorney said that the sign on the layout is wrong...it should be 10-minute parking.
At this point, Mayor Julian mentioned that Shirley Boydstun had sent in an email on this item and asked City Attorney Sinco to read it. The email read as follows: "After reading the proposals for parking site and length of parking times, I support having 20-minute parking. Just getting to the Finance Department (one person at a time, please) can take most of the 20 minutes allowed. And to meet with administration or other departments, the same comment applies. And where do contractors and applicants for permits, etc. park for surely more than 20 minutes? I urge Council to give this thorough thought before placing signs and lettering." Signed, Shirley Boydstun, Guadalupe City Attorney Sinco said that the limited time parking could be changed from 10 minutes to any other time that the Council agreed to. There was some discussion to look at possibly changing to 20 minutes. City Attorney Sinco offered that that Chief Cash probably would not cite anyone if they went over 10 minutes.
CM Costa, Jr. suggested looking at installing parking meters in front of City Hall. City Attorney Sinco said, "We have the authority in the code to do so." Mayor Julian then asked, "How many vehicles April 25, 2023 City of Guadalupe Council Meeting Minutes Page 9 of 12 do with have with Recreation and Public Works?" Ms. Sweeney said, "Seven." The mayor then asked if there was a meeting at City Hall for employees driving those vehicles, where would they park?" The response was that those vehicles would be probably park across the street or in front of City Hall ...or wherever there were open spaces.
Chief Cash said, "We had teachers parking in front of City Hall and our employees had to park blocks away. I've told the school district that it is not the City's responsibility to provide parking for school staff and faculty." Mayor Julian said, "Mary Buren School...40 years old... more classrooms will be coming. All schools have the same problem with expansion." Chief Cash added, "There would be 12 spots for employees who don't represent Public Works. Those employees park their cars in the City yard."
Back to the subject of parking meters, Ms. Sweeney said, "I looked this up quickly...a parking meter is anywhere between $200-$550 each. In a large city like Los Angeles, there is an entire staff that handles parking meters. There are meter technicians, meter maids, etc. There's also a cost associated with administering a meter program. It's not as cost effective for non-urban areas." Chief Cash said, "Front parking lot is closed. The biggest issue is with parents dropping off their kids and faculty needing parking. Parents had agreement to use the parking lot at the Catholic church on11th Street."
CM Lizalde commented, "This issue and potential resolution has to be collaborative with the School District. They're expanding so much, and parking is needed. We need to discuss this issue with the School District. The school year is almost over, but this issue shouldn't go past the Fall when school's back in session." Mayor Julian then asked, "Is the proposed employee parking enough? Where do people park if a large meeting is held at City Hall?"
CM Robles asked, "Is the School District encouraging use of buses? The School District is impacted.
Use of bus service should be pushed." CM Hernandez said, "There are only two (2) buses now." CM Costa, Jr. added, "There are two (2) routes every morning. In the afternoon, it's limited on who can ride…limited stops." CM Robles said that there's major traffic with parents wanting to drop off younger kids.
CM Lizalde asked, "Has the parking lot closure helped or pushed out the problem to the front of City Hall?" Chief Cash responded, "Everyone has different measurements. Mine is injuries. Is this safer than before? Yes. Is it inconvenient? We're just moving the problem around. Parking on 11t Street is dangerous with farm workers traffic in the mornings." CM Hernandez added, 'It's more disturbing now. The traffic staff, crossing guards......kids are just running in front of cars." CM Costa, Jr. said that with the blocked off area in the morning, everyone wants to just go through.
Mr. Bodem asked if the green grass area can be converted into a parking lot. CM Lizalde said, "We're getting into an area where we don't have any control. The School District has to take control of this issue." CM Costa, Jr. said, "If we go with 20-minute parking, specified employee parking and open parking to conduct business, okay...but we'll still have school faculty parking in front of City Hall." April 25, 2023 City of Guadalupe Council Meeting Minutes Page 10 of 12 CM Robles questioned, "Would it be valuable to have a joint meeting with the School District to discuss this issue?" Chief Cash said, "CMs Hernandez and Lizalde are part of a meeting with the School District, School Board and the Housing Authority." Ms. Sweeney then said, "Request for bids went out for the City Facility Master Plan. Notice of Award will be on for the May gih council meeting. There will be short-term and long-term purposes. We will be able to talk about the use of facilities and parking will be in that. The final document is targeted for November 2023." The mayor said that this seems premature now.
CM Robles thanked public works for the safety striping on Obispo Street and West Main Street.
Mr. Bodem asked, "Are we okay with the proposal now? If we have to change after the Facilities Master Plan, we can make staff happy." City Attorney Sinco said, "The plan is approved for 20- minute parking. We can nix 10-minute parking but change language to 20-minute parking for hours as stated in the approved resolution by City Council. We can bring back to the next meeting." Motion was made by Council Member Costa, Jr. and seconded by Council Member Lizalde to continue this item at the next City Council meeting. 5-0 Motion passed.
11. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Mayor Julian: "State of the City" Report - sometime in July City Attorney Sinco: Review Local Emergency every 60 days. This was last done in March - schedule for May gth meeting. (Item may be rescinded.)
Shannon Sweeney: Notice of Award - Facilities Master Plan - schedule for May gth meeting.
12. ANNOUNCEMENTS - COUNCIL ACTIVITY/COMMITTEE REPORTS
Mayor Julian - SBCAG: Signalization at Black Road & Hwy 166 should be finished by August. Cost will be between $1.2M - $2M.
There will be a meeting on Wednesday, May 3rd at 3:30 p.m. with SBCAG staff and Cal Trans staff The mayor asked how many council members could attend. City Attorney Sinco said, "Can't have more than two (2)." The mayor said he'd like a public meeting which would then require the meeting to be noticed. There was much discussion between the Council and staff whether this should be a public meeting or limit attendance. Ms. Sweeney said, "That wasn't the intent of the meeting. It is intended to get into details of existing projects. We can have one meeting to 'get into the weeds' and then where does that bring things in terms of direction? I'm concerned about productivity of getting direction that we may not get with a public meeting." Mayor Julian said, "We will work on technical things with Cal Trans and staff." Mayor Julian and CM Hernandez to attend this meeting.
CM Robles - Thank you for the Viva el Arte concert on April 15th. It was a really good concert.
April 25, 2023 City of Guadalupe Council Meeting Minutes Page 11 of 12 CM Lizalde - Thank you to Hannah and Parks & Recreation for all the upcoming events. They're all positive activities.
13. ADJOURNMENT TO CLOSED SESSION MEETING
Item to be discussed in closed session: Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation. The second item, Conference with Labor Negotiators, was canceled.
Motion was made by Council Member Costa, Jr. and seconded by Council Member Lizalde to adjourn the meeting to closed session. 5-0 Motion passed. Meeting was adjourned to closed session at 7:43 p.m.
CLOSED SESSION
14. Conference with Labor Negotiators
(Subdivision (a) of Gov. Code Section 54957.6)
Agency designated representatives: City Administrator and Human Resources Manager Employee organizations: Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 620 and Guadalupe Police Officers Association (POA)
15. Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation Subdivision (d) (1) of Government Code Section 54956.9
Name of case: City of Guadalupe v. Guadalupe Post #371 of the American Legion, Santa Barbara Superior Court Case No. 22CV042488
16. ADJOURNMENT TO OPEN SESSION MEETING
Motion was made by Council Member Costa, Jr. and seconded by Council Member Hernandez to adjourn to open session. 5-0 Motion passed. Meeting adjourned to open session at 8:34 p.m.
17. CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS
"No reportable action."
18. ADJOURNMENT
Motion was made by Council Member Costa, Jr. and seconded by Council Member Hernandez to adjourn the meeting. 5-0 Motion passed. Meeting was adjourned at 8:35 p.m.
Prepared by: Approved by:
Canti An ele
Amelia M. Villegas, City Clerk Ariston Julian, Mayor
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