MINUTES
City of Guadalupe
Regular Meeting of the Guadalupe City Council
Tuesday, August 8, 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. CM Lizalde was absent with all other members 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.
CM Costa, Jr said, "I'd like to say 'thank you' to Rudy Gutierrez and Juan Esparza for being out there yesterday at the car crash by the school. They set cones out to close out the area. On Facebook, it said that nobody was doing anything. But those two gentlemen heard it, saw it, went over and put cones out quickly. I want people to know that something was being done." Mr. Bodem said that there was another car accident coming into town that they addressed later that day after that. There were two (2) situations where they stepped up."
Mayor Julian said, "Since you're praising them on that, they're doing an excellent job. Both the Juans, Eddie and Rudy are trying to catch up on things that are needed in Parks & Recreation & Public Works. " CM Costa, Jr. added, "So thank you to our staff out there for showing up." The mayor said, "So, there's also lot to say about PD. Let's not forget Chief and the group. Power's back on... al's good."
CM Hernandez said, "Condolences to the family of Ramirez family. I went to high school with David, and he, unfortunately, recently lost his wife to cancer."
AGENDA REVIEW
There were no changes to the agenda.
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION FORUM
August 8, 2023 City of Guadalupe Council Meeting Minutes Page 1 of 11 Request to Speak
Mr. George Alvarez: I just want to thank the City Council for their quick action in responding to my concerns about the downtown area, where they painted the red lines where it needed to be done. I was shocked it happened so quickly. We're not famous for doing stuff like that but I'm glad you guys did that. It's your city...it's my city. We don't want black eyes with people driving through saying that this town doesn't have its act together.
Also, there's a serious concern and a potential problem for the City. You'll notice that if you drive through town, before the bridge to the right where there's the rodeo grounds, there's a mobile unit there for quite a while now, permanently stationed there. All of a sudden, there's a unit that used to go on top of a pickup, a camper that was removed from Olivera Street...now placed there. How the man did it, I don't know, but it's there. That's near, maybe CalTrans property.
Here's the problem I see down the road. As you're all aware of, people who have camper units and are homeless, will find an area to park. That could be the beginning of having at least 5-10 units there if you don't nip it in the bud now. Once they're in there, they can play the 72-hour game of just moving it a little bit. If you pay attention, in Santa Maria on certain streets, there are a bunch of campers out there. Lompoc is inundated with campers, and they have a problem with the homeless.
We have the potential of finding out what we can do before it gets to this point. Unfortunately, we don't have the ACLU to help us out. People are coming in because of civil liberties. That's the dangerous aspect of dealing with the homeless. We don't know who they are...what issues they have... what histories they have. And it's an open book situation, and it's sad. I just want to bring that to your attention. Thank you.
Mayor Julian said, "Santa Maria had the same problem. That's CalTrans property there. But here, it's County property. So, a call into Steve Lavagnino is needed to say we have some issues. Chief, you probably know who the owner of the camper is. Thank you, George." A letter was sent in by the Guadalupe Business Association and reads as follows:
Mike Lew, P.E. District 5 Project Manager August 8, 2023 2885 S. Higuera St.
SanLuis Obispo, CA 93401
Subject Project 05-1E030-0513000026: Guadalupe Street ADA Project/Streets Dear Mr. Lew,
This letter is written on behalf of the membership, Board of Directors of the Guadalupe Business Association, as well as members of the general public in attendance [at] our meeting of August 7th, 2023; we are located in the City of Guadalupe and are writing this letter to re-emphasize and reiterate concerns of a number of business owners and city residents. These concerns were initially shared this past December and January. In our meeting last night, one of our business members August 8, 2023 City of Guadalupe Council Meeting Minutes Page 2 of 11 shared a discussion they had with one of the CalTrans survey team and it was indicated in that conversation that many of the concerns that we had previously indicated were not being addressed OR simply ignored. Additionally, previous dialog with our prior City Engineer and Public Works director indicated that there would be a public dialog possibly in the form of a zoom or a town-hall style meeting to inform residents of the Guadalupe Street ADA project. To our knowledge, that has not happened.
As stated last year, we would like to continue our support of a few different but critical components of the Guadalupe St/Highway 1 ADA project.
We continue to support the City of Guadalupe 2020 Short Range Transit Plan and the 2018 State Rail Plan, both of which advocate improving connections with multiple transit options which only serves to better support the mobility of many of our citizens. We support the installation of a bus bay/curb inset in front of the Amtrak Station, so that two bus routes can safely meet simultaneously at this location. Furthermore, we support the removal of the mid-block bulbouts along Guadalupe Street.
These bulbouts do not meet their intended goal of calming traffic or facilitating safe pedestrian travel. Instead, we would support alternative bulbouts at intersections with stop signs and areas of regular pedestrian crossing (such as at the road angle change between 8th and gth Streets).
Additionally, lost parking spaces for businesses along our main thoroughfare hurts the economic development and redevelopment of our downtown corridor. In a time where our largest tourism draw - the Guadalupe Dunes - is now inaccessible due to storm damage, making our downtown less appealing to visitors for a lack of parking and access will have a negative effect on the city's economy.
We do continue to support the pedestrian & student safety along Guadalupe Street. The addition of a 4-way stop at Guadalupe Street and gth Street, in addition to a 3-way stop at Guadalupe & Olivera Streets would aid pedestrian flow/safety in these areas as it did when implemented at Guadalupe & 11th Streets. We also support including rapid rectangular flashing beacons (RRFB) to all stop sign areas and would appreciate the consideration of other pedestrian safety elements like in ground lighting through the cross walks. When our streets get foggy, this can greatly increase the safety for those crossing, especially our students crossing early in the morning.
Third area of support is to get our electrical utilities undergrounded by Guadalupe Street, south of Olivera Street, along with conduit along Guadalupe Street to support the Broadband connectivity of our town. Implementing this will aid us in our push to bring reliable, high-speed, stable internet throughout or town, improving Guadalupe's resiliency, economy, education, healthcare, and helping to reach the State's well publicized Digital Equity goals.
The Fourth area of support is for the alterations of landscaping along Guadalupe Street to bring in energy-efficient streetlights that truly capture the historic character of our Downtown that we are working hard to preserve and restore. Better lighting standards will encourage pedestrian use and improve safety by reducing darkened areas and illuminating business storefronts and signage. As an example, Shell Beach has beautiful light standards with fixtures that hang over both sidewalk and street giving the street a warm and inviting look; the ability to connect to power at the top of the light standards would improve efficiency towards the City's beautification work as well. In addition, we support an improved treescape. The existing trees have small canopies, limiting their effectiveness at reducing the urban heat island effect and by not providing any meaningful shade for August 8, 2023 City of Guadalupe Council Meeting Minutes Page 3 of 11 pedestrians. This item is specifically mentioned in the City's 2020 Mobility and Revitalization Study.
Trees planted with a minimum well of 6 feet on all sides and 5 feet deep encourages adequate size for a continuous, verdant shade canopy for pedestrians.
Finally, we support reducing the speed limit from 30 mph down to 25 mph along Guadalupe Street.
Please understand, with all due respect, while supportive of the end goals, we do have a general opposition to a plan that does not fulfill the changes to the project that have previously been proposed by the City of Guadalupe and its constituents - both business and residents- to CalTrans.
Sincerely,
Garret Matsuura, President, GBA Brooks Van Wingerden, Co-Owner Guadalupe Belinda Popovich, Vice President, GBA Social club
Lupe Alvarez, Vice President, Sponsorships, GBA Ernesto Valle, Owner, Lobo Butcher Shop Melanie Backer, Secretary, GBA Pablo Ramos, Owner, 805 Concerts Judy Wilson, Treasurer, GBA
Jeff Railsback, 3CE - Central Coast Community Energy
Juan Pablo Cal y Mayor, Corporate Development Manager,
Omni Design Incorporated
Svyatoslav Popovich, Brazen Fox Fabrication
Erika Weber, Executive Director, Dunes Center
Alexander Jauregui, Principal, McKenzie Middle School
Tirzo Lopez, AFLAC
Stew Jenkins, General Counsel, Andres Realty
Alhan Diaz cc: Todd Bodem Guadalupe City Council
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.
Approve payment of warrants for the period ending July 31, 2023. c. Approve the Minutes of the City Council regular meeting of July 25, 2023.
D. MONTHLY REPORTS FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS
1. Planning Department report for July 2023
2. Building Department report for July 2023
No items were pulled. Motion was made by Council Member Costa, Jr. and seconded by Council Member Robles to approve the full Consent Calendar. 4-0 Absent: 1 Lizalde Motion passed.
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7. CITY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT: (Information Only)
Mr. Bodem gave the following report: Dayanira Cruz, Engineer Technician, is currently working on the NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) for the CDBG grant for Highway 1 (tribal letters for Le Roy Park). She's also invoicing for the department and trying to set up inspections for grease traps/interceptors with the Wallace Group which she will be shadowing.
Dayanira is also organizing how to send out educational information to residents regarding grease disposal related to the FOG (Fats, Oils and Grease) program that we are implementing. She is doing some quality control on the ArcGIS for the Urban Forestry grant. She will be spending more time continuing to do an inventory of the City's trees once Dwayne Chisam, Interim Public Works Director/City Engineer, returns.
Other things she's involved in are setting up meetings for anything related to public works, which could be for 303 Obispo Street, Central Park, the electric bus, the elevated tank painting project, Pioneer Street lift station, Le Roy Park, etc. Mr. Chisam, who was recently hired, will undertake those meetings over time.
Hannah Sanchez, Josue Meraz and / were on the team that won (softball).
Ms. Sanchez, Recreation Manager, has given her notice that she is resigning. She plans to stay until October/November. She is leaving for personal reasons... she loved working here and may be moving out of the area.
8. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT: (Information Only) Chief Cash said there was nothing further to add to his written report but did ask if there were any questions. There were none.
REGULAR BUSINESS
9. Tesla electric vehicle charging station in Guadalupe - City Guidance.
Written report: Todd Bodem, City Administrator
Recommendation: That the City Council direct staff on the installation of a Tesla electric vehicle charging station at the Veterans Memorial Plaza parking lot located at 884 Guadalupe Street or an alternative location.
Mr. Bodem gave a brief background on this item. Earlier this year, he reported to the City Council that Tesla showed interest in developing a Supercharger station, or electric vehicle (EV) fast charging station in the City. Tesla has conducted a thorough review of multiple city locations, evaluating electrical availability, site design and property constraints. The Veterans Memoria Plaza (downtown parking lot) has been identified by Tesla as the preferred location for installing the EV charging station.
August 8, 2023 City of Guadalupe Council Meeting Minutes Page 5 of 11 Other sites had been looked at for these stations, such as the former Far Western Building (now owned by the Dunes Center), Pasadera commercial property, and the former Al's Union parking lot.
They typically go with private property, but there seems to be more partnerships with public property. The downtown parking lot is centrally located. People can park their car, eat/have coffee at a local restaurant, while the car is being charged.
Tesla would like to use the parking lot and would almost like to own the lot. The two (2) events that are held each year there...we'd have to do something else with that. There are currently only two (2) non-Tesla slow EV chargers in Guadalupe, one at the Veterans Memorial Plaza parking lot and the other at the Senior Center. There would be 15 supercharging stations which cars can only park if charging. There would also be 12 slow charging stations that would allow for non-EV parking.
Mr. Bodem then cited the various options for the City Council to consider: 1) pursue agreement with Tesla for use of Veterans Memorial Plaza parking lot; 2) direct staff to pursue other potential locations; 3) decide not to pursue EV charging stations in the City now, or 4) let Tesla pursue stations on private ventures within the City.
Mayor Julian asked, "Tesla says the lot can't be shut down?" Mr. Bodem said, "Yes, Tesla needs it open 24/7, year-round. For the vehicles... they have to know if they come to town that the stations are open." The mayor then said, "So, that's 24/7, 365?" Mr. Bodem confirmed that and said that it is a requirement in the agreement that the lot couldn't be shut down for an event.
Mayor Julian said, "One of the rubs to the businesses is that there is, or should be, a two-hour parking limit along streets for anybody. What I see is a lot of business workers park on the street. If we say that we're going to implement the two-hour parking, that they have to park in the parking lot, you're going to have that parking lot full of employees and visitors. For us to say you can't have any activities there... we have fiestas, Halloween, or any other event, that you can't close it down to these events...this is our only area in the middle of town, unless the Dunes Center wanted to do put this over on that side which I don't think is really in the game..." CM Robles said, "I agree with the mayor. Give up complete rights of the parking lot for their usage? I think we have two (2) events every year for sure. Not giving any leeway for City activities is a little too much. Don't like that."
CM Hernandez asked about the fireworks booth for 4th of July. She said, "That would be a problem if the parking lot couldn't be used for that purpose." Mr. Bodem said, "I think it would be a problem.
Maybe look at it...but it probably would interfere."
The mayor added, "Okay, if Tesla were to say okay to put it there, have your events, and go with that. But to say to us that it has to be open, and you can't have things like food trucks, or a farmers' market...if we're handcuffed by Tesla, then I say no. But if Tesla can work around that, maybe we can consider." Mr. Bodem responded, "This is what they told me initially. Obviously, I'll bring it back to them and say these are the concerns of the Council. If you want to pursue this, you can further investigate. If not, they can look somewhere else." CM Costa, Jr. said, "Would hate to give up our parking lot. It's a common ground after parades.
People come to the parking lot to raise funds. Yes, it's good if people have electric vehicles and Teslas August 8, 2023 City of Guadalupe Council Meeting Minutes Page 6 of 11 to come and visit our small town. Allows people to eat here, but to give it up for all that, I can't see that happening to our community." CM Hernandez added, "It would be great to continue to pursue other locations since this is really important."
Mr. Bodem said, "I'm just personally a believer in this. This is the future. Necessity is the mother of invention. This is just setting the stage. If you're open to it, great. If not, let them pursue other opportunities. I can still ask them if they're willing to work around events." Mayor Julian said, "Having EV stations is very important to us, especially on Hwy 1... the new bridge, fixing up Hwy 1 and Hwy 166, opening up the dunes again, and the change that is coming forth with electric vehicles, it's important for us to have it. Just relay that to them. We do want to make sure that we have the ability to do that. If we can work with them on this side, then it's fine." Mr. Bodem said that he would contact Tesla again and say that the City still has an interest, but more flexibility is needed by the City regarding our use of the parking lot. They mayor then said, "They must have a footprint on how many stations will make it for them." Mr. Bodem said they have some sort of calculus and metric on that." No further action was taken at this time.
CM Hernandez asked, "This brings up another question for me. What are the hours for parking at the Veterans Memorial Park?" Chief Cash said, "There's two-hour parking between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. From 12:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m., there is no parking in that lot or the business district, between 6th and 12th Streets. The other times are open parking." CM Hernandez asked if there was signage at the parking lot. Chief Cash confirmed that there was signage posted.
At this point, Mayor Julian asked if anyone in the audience wanted to comment. Mr. Andrew Espinosa came to the podium. He said, "I live at 1032 Guadalupe Street. The area I'm talking about is between 11th & 10th Streets. When they first put up the signs they're referring to, we were all sort of puzzled. Especially those of us who live in that area. We're mixed with some residents and some commercial but there really aren't any commercial buildings there. There's a gas station, the post office, Dunes Center but really no businesses like downtown. This was brought up several times.
Someone came here to the city and brought it to their attention. I just found out today, after I got a ticket, that they had a permit. I didn't know that, and I've been living there for since the seventies and well, that sign's been there for I don't know how long. But the point is...and I'm not arguing about the ticket. The officers were just doing their job. But the argument is, between 11th & 10th Street, that sign...! don't know why that sign there." Mayor Julian said, "One of the reasons is for street cleaning." Mr. Espinosa added that he knows not to park on the street on Fridays, out of consideration, because of the street sweeping.
Mayor Julian then said, "I think there are four (4) permitted spots?" Chief Cash then said, "With the help of the City Attorney, the City Council approved for a limited parking district. It's only for the three-four parking spaces on the eastside of the street right next to the gas station. Those are the residents that came forward. We didn't do anything to the westside of the street. The gentleman is 100% correct - there is limited parking, off-street parking, as far as homes in that general area. We might suggest, for discussion, maybe include them in that limited area on the westside of the street with the eastside of the street in front of the Dunes and the little yellow house." August 8, 2023 City of Guadalupe Council Meeting Minutes Page 7 of 11 Mr. Espinosa said, "The three (3) houses I'm referring to are the ones behind the post office. And there are four (4) more across from the Dunes Center. I can speak for them, too, because they're in the same boat without parking spots. They all park on the street." CM Costa, Jr. said, "I know where you live behind the post office. It's very limited. The post office needs those spots. And I think there is one spot in that parking lot?" Mr. Espinosa said, "There are no parking spots. It's like asking them if you can park in their driveway. It's like that. That's the way they feel about it during work hours."
Mayor Julian said, "Then let's talk about it. Bring it back. We're only talking about the number of spaces that are required." Chief Cash then said, "I'll retrieve the report and with the help of the City Attorney, I can look to at least amend, and you'll have something for discussion. I can submit another staff report to look at all the options there."
Connie Espinosa, who introduced herself as Mr. Espinosa's wife, then asked to speak. She said, "While you take the issue up in discussion, and we're getting tickets, so where are we supposed to park tonight? We have nowhere to park. And the post office is always complaining, and I don't understand why they're complaining if we park there at night. We're all out of there when the post office opens at 9:00 a.m. The post office is barricading the whole parking lot for us to go up there.
We can't even go there to unload our groceries. I have pictures where they have barricades blocking us. If the ambulance is called, they can't come through because of the barricades. They're blocking us. We're residents. Where are we supposed to park? This morning, we all woke up to tickets for parking on the street. We've been parking there for years. They barely put those signs up. They weren't up there since the seventies. So, tonight, where are we supposed to park without getting tickets? Where do we park while you're discussing all of this and figure it out? Where are we supposed to park then?"
Chief Cash responded, "We will put a moratorium on any tickets until the item comes back to the City Council. That's what we did in the previous process until the City Council makes a decision. We won't be giving any tickets except for notification of street sweeping on Friday mornings. We would appreciate people moving their vehicles to get that done. With the Council's direction, we would hold tight on everything until it came back." City Attorney Sinco clarified that this action would not be at the Council's direction but rather what the Police Department is going to do.
CM Costa, Jr. asked, "So, this will only be for the people between 10th & 11th Streets. Correct? That residential area?' The response was yes, only that area.
Another resident, Jose (last name unknown) also raised concerns about parking. (He spoke in Spanish and CM Hernandez translated.) He is a neighbor of the Mr. and Ms. Espinosa on the eastside, and his parking issues are the same as theirs. Mayor Julian said we can't do anything with the post office, but we can from the city-side.
Mr. Espinosa asked to speak again. He said, "Why don't they put a sign...okay with two-hour parking sign because people use it for the post office. But if they would correct the sign and say like 'No Parking on Fridays' because of the street sweeping. Just change the sign between 10th & 11th Streets...that would be good. That way everybody could respect that. There would be new residents.
Change the wordage then. No parking on Fridays."
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10. Second Amendment to the Joint Powers Agreement Creating the Central Coast Water Authority.
Written report: Philip F. Sinco, City Attorney
Recommendation: That the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2023-68 approving the second amendment to the joint powers agreement creating the Central Coast Water Authority regarding storage of groundwater.
City Attorney Sinco made some initial comments saying, "This is not my expertise.. the agreement is but not the subject matter of the agreement which is groundwater banking. You probably know about this, Mr. Mayor, than I do, as would CM Lizalde, being an alternate to the CCWA board." He then gave a brief background on the agreement and second amendment.
The Joint Powers Agreement created the Central Coast Water Authority (CCWA) which is what we are a part of and where we get our water. The First Amendment of the Agreement was entered into on December 12, 2017. Arguably, this second amendment isn't technically necessary. There's a good argument that the CCWA already has this authority. But, basically, to remove any doubt about that, they decided to go ahead and formalize the amendment.
Basically, this is a very smart idea because as we know from drought years, water can be difficult to come by. As we had a beneficial year last year with a lot of water, there aren't a lot of facilities to save that in drought years. So, that's what brought this about to start looking into that. It's a good idea...the staff recommends it. The Second Amendment adds one paragraph to the Agreement. This proposed Amendment to the JPA would make clear that CCWA has the authority to enter into contracts or take any other action to store water in groundwater banks, reservoirs, or any other above- or below-ground infrastructure or facilities used for the short- or long-term storage of water.
This proposed amendment to the JPA is not CEQA required as there isn't a proposed project.
Motion was made by Council Member Costa, Jr. and seconded by Council Member Robles to approved Resolution No. 2023-68 approving the Second Amendment to the Joint Powers Agreement creating the Central Coast Water Authority related to groundwater storage. Roll Call:
Ayes: 4 Absent: 1 Lizalde 4-0 Motion passed.
11. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Mr. Bodem: Move "Food Truck & Special Event Ordinance" from "Unscheduled Items" TO the August 22nd meeting.
No other additions or changes were requested.
12. ANNOUNCEMENTS - COUNCIL ACTIVITY/COMMITTEE REPORTS
CM Robles: The Bulldogs are in their first week of full contact practice. They finished two (2) weeks of clinic and conditioning. In two (2) weeks, they will be having jamboree and after that will be game time. We're still in dire need, in the senior division, of coaches. We're short coaches. If there are any August 8, 2023 City of Guadalupe Council Meeting Minutes Page 9 of 11 fathers out there in Pasadera and want to make an impact, help our youth and mentor some of our kids, step up and contact Enrique Ortiz.
Mr. Bodem asked CM Robles, "How's the field there?" CM Robles said, "Do you really want to know? You can walk 5' and be 4" taller or you can be 3" shorter. Yeah, it's in bad condition." Mr. Bodem then said, "A citizen had asked for a dump load of..." CM Robles said, "It's, it's in bad condition." Mr. Bodem asked, "What would it take in your estimation?" Mayor Julian interjected saying, "Around $25,000." CM Robles said, "Yeah...we have issues with the gophers. That's the biggest problem."
CM Hernandez: School starts on Thursday, August 10". Just a gentle reminder to slow down and watch for the kids crossing the streets. CM Robles added, "Be safe at Mary Buren." Major Julian: There was a meeting and walk-through with Taylor Farms leaders and owners to discuss Highway 166 and Highway 1 Caltrans projections for renovations from Southern Pacific Railroad, Obispo Street, Flower Street and Pasadera Development. There were concerns with exiting the plant to Hwy 1 and/or Obispo Street. They also invited council members to walk through the plant. That was the first time / walked through that whole place since it was secured and closed down. There was a map that showed an exit that went through and out but there's no exit.
There is a meeting scheduled with SBCAG, Caltrans, the City and Taylor Farms for a walk-through and issues related to draft renovations. It's scheduled for Thursday, August 10th, at 9:30 a.m. I appreciate CalTrans meeting because they want to know what's going on. I mentioned this before...it's a $31M project. Gotta do it right the first time.
There was a visit, last Friday, by Maria Gallegos Herrera, USDA State Director, and other local USDA staff, to update USDA staff on plans for the $1.7M expansion of Le Roy Park. Ms. Herrera's card says Davis but she's from Visalia. They are interested to know what we will be doing with the 2,200 sq. ft. expansion that goes from the gym to the play area. They're very supportive of what's going on.
Al Correale, our local point person, was there, and he wants to do a lot for Guadalupe, so we'll take him up on that.
There's a zoom meeting with Guadalupe State and Federal legislative update which includes part of what FEMA's going to do with the river and also Main Street beach. There are some significant requests by Supervisor Lavagnino for FEMA to step in and help...it's going to be expensive.
We are coordinating with Pasadera management to best support developments related to Caltrans draft highway plans. What's needed to exit their property.
We know that there are some issues with the Santa Maria Valley Railroad in terms of access. They're working with the Feds now to see what we can do to get some clearance, in terms of railroad line replacements. That's all moving forward.
13. ADJOURNMENT TO CLOSED SESSION MEETING
August 8, 2023 City of Guadalupe Council Meeting Minutes Page 10 of 11 Items to be discussed in closed session are: 1) "Conference with Labor Negotiators; 2) "Public Employee Performance Evaluation-Director of Public Safety", and 3) "Public Employee Performance Evaluation-City Attorney".
Motion was made by Council Member Costa, Ir and seconded by Council Member Robles to adjourn the meeting to closed session. 4-0 Absent: 1 Lizalde 4-0 Motion passed. The meeting adjourned to closed session at 6:42 p.m.
14. CLOSED SESSION AGENDA
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; Guadalupe Police Officers Association (POA); International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), Local 4403.
Public Employee Performance Evaluation
(Subdivision (b) of Gov. Code Section 54957)
Title: Director of Public Safety
Public Employee Performance Evaluation
(Subdivision (b) of Gov. Code Section 54957)
Title: City Attorney
15. ADJOURNMENT TO OPEN SESSION MEETING
Motion was made by Council Member Costa, Jr. and seconded by Council Member Robles to adjourn to open session. 4-0 Absent: 1 Lizalde 4-0 Motion passed. Meeting adjourned to open session at 8:02 p.m.
16. CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS
There was "no reportable action".
17. ADJOURNMENT
Motion was made by Council Member Costa, Jr. and seconded by Council Member Robles to adjourn meeting. 4-0 Absent: 1 Lizalde 4-0 Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 8:03 p.m.
Prepared by: Approved:
Queli Ades
Amelia M. Villegas, City Clerk Ariston Jultan, Mayor
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