CITY OF
JACKSON City of Jackson
IFORNIA
City Council Meeting Minutes
Monday, August 08, 2022
Mayor and Council Members John Georgette, City Clerk
Robert Stimpson, Mayor
Connie Gonsalves, Vice Mayor Staff Members:
Max Godde, Council Member Josh Nelson, City Attorney
Steve McLean, Council Member Yvonne Kimball, City Manager Chad Simmons, Council Member Bree Wilder, Public Works Superintenden Dale Fishback. Interim Fire Chiet
ABSENT: Chris Mynderup, Police Chief
Mayor Stimpson called the meeting to order at 7:01 pm
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
Mayor Stimpson led the Pledge of Allegiance.
1. Proclamation
Mayor Stimpson read the Proclamation of the 100th Anniversary of Argonaut Mine Disaster.
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA.
Motion to approve the City Council Agenda dated August 8, 2022, as presented. Moved by Vice Mayor Gonsalves, seconded by Councilmember Godde, and carried bu a 5 to 0 roll call vote:
AYES: Stimpson, Gonsalves, Godde, McLean, Simmons
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
3. REMOTE MEETING FINDINGS.
Motion to approve the Remote Findings dated August 8, 2022, as presented. Moved by Vice Mayor Gonsalves, and seconded by Councilmember McLean and carried by a 5 to 0 roll call vote:
AYES: Stimpson, Gonsalves, Godde, McLean, Simmons
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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4. PUBLIC MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
Discussion items only, no action will be taken. Any person may address the Council at this time on any subject within the jurisdiction of the City Council. Please note - there is a three (3) minute limit.
Paul Jones offered prayers.
Tyx Pulskamp, Jackson resident, and four others, came to speak about the Out4MentalHealth Project. Tyx is the Out4Mental Health Task Force Lead. In 2019 he attended the CA Statewide Health and Human Services Conference in Sacramento which helped secure a grant and he learned from a contact that Amador County might be eligible to receive grants to help with the LGBTQ residents in Amador County. Tyx provided some details of the grant program. Sierra Wind Wellness and Recovery Center on Argonaut Lane in Jackson and the Youth Group that supports youth 12-18 received a grant of $43,000 by way of Amador Arts Council, because the Tri-County LGBTQ Mental Health Alliance is Amador/Calaveras & Tulomone, and the grant was specific to Amador County. He said that he is on the Board of the Tri-County LGBTQ Mental Health Alliance. He read a statistic, "While 69% of youth in urban areas have considered ending their lives, 80% of rural LGBTQ youth have thoughts of suicide." The Out4MentalHealth Project is using the grant money to share opportunities in supporting LGBTQ residents with support to LGBTQ youth, adults and seniors, to live a healthy life by offering health care, counseling, and various other resources.
Jennie McFay, resident in Pine Grove, thanked Cal-Fire for saving our homes and neighborhood. She stated that their group is hoping to use some of the grant money to help LGTBQ people to get the mental health resources they need because there is so much anger and problems people are dealing with.
Out4Mentalllealth is a state-wide project that advances mental health, equity and provides resources in LBGTQ communities and represents a collition voice in state level policy discussions.
Nicki Silveria, introduced herself as a school teacher and educator. Her heart lies with the youth. She said the 80% statistic that Tyx shared, , really hit her and she hopes to be making an impact with the LGTBQ youth to help with showing love and support.
Patrice Perro- introduced herself as a licensed marriage and family therapist and a Jackson resident, who is here to talk about the Public Behavorial Health system function. The Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) was passed in law by CA vote in 2004. One function of the MHSA is a community planning process and per legislation and regulations the MHSA community planning process must include participation of representatives in un-served and under-served populations and family members. Funding opportunities like the Out4MentalHealth grant, help marginalized communities to participate in the mental health community service process in order to ensure LGBTQ residents of Amador County are provided equitable mental health and public health services.
Tracy Duke- Speaking for Keith Parsons, who is not here. Tracy read a letter writted by Keith, as follows:
LGBTQ have problems getting health care locally. I'm speaking for the LGBTQ Community who have received different treatment in grocery stores, hospital and public events. I ask you to please strive to represent the entirety of this community with dignity and compassion.
VM Gonsalves commented on Mr. Pulskamp's report. She said it seems like the grant money would be a good fit with the County agencies and the school districts and I'm sure you've already contacted them.
Good luck with your program.
Patrick Chew, -Fire Marshal for Amador Fire Protection District. Patrick said that his team is looking Jackson City Council Agenda Monday, August 8, 2022
forward to serving Jackson with Fire Marshal services and also parterning with Jackson. He's met with Captains and Engineers at Jackson's Fire Stations. He reported that the contract will be signed at the next Board of Directors meeting on Tuesday, August 16, 2022.
5. CONSENT CALENDAR.
Items listed on the consent calendar are considered routine and may be enacted by one motion. Any item may be removed for discussion at the request of a Council member. a) REMOVED- (has errors) Approval of the July 25, 2022 Meeting Minutes. b) Approval of Expenditure Reports in the total amount of $485,748.23. c) Approval of Payroll Expenditure Report in the amount of $904, 135.53. d) Receive Jackson Building Department Monthly Report for July 2022. e) Receive Jackson Fire Department Monthly Report for July 2022. f) Receive Jackson Police Department Monthly Report for July 2022.
Motion to approve the Consent Calendar, (except Sa). dated August 8, 2022, as presented.
Moved by Councilmember McLean, and seconded by Councilmember Godde and carried by a 5 to 0 roll call vote:
AYES: Stimpson, Gonsalves, Godde, McLean, Simmons
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
6. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS.
This section is to provide staff an opportunity to present oral status reports on issues. No legal action is expected to be taken by the Council.
Public Works, Bree Wilder
• Broadway water leak, fixed. Water St. & Perry - had water leaks, which we will fix this week. • Street striping, we got around all the schools and finish Main St. • Tyke Wooden has taken another position. Bree is recruiting for a new hire of a FT person and a PT person to help.
• Thorton Consuelo responded to Bree's report, that he went towork at the Museum and appreciates the street striping that was done.
Police Chief, Chris Mynderup
• 7/28 Met with returning & new school advisors for HS, Jr. High and Elementary Schools. We will be watching the traffic flow for safety.
• 8/2 I attended swear in ceremonies. Congratulations to lone PD's Chief John Alfred. There were also some Corporal promotions, for 2 of his officers. They also brought on 2 FT and 1 reserve officer positions.
8/9 Funeral services for Vivian Fernandez. She was 106 years old. She was a huge supporter of the • Wednesday, the Sargents and I will be attending a training in Sacramento, regarding Senate bill 2 3 Jackson City Council Agenda Monday, August 8, 2022
which is the certification and decertification. We will learn what would decertify an officer. • Councilmember Simmons responded regarding: Vista point homeless. • Chief Mynderup met with CHP, Cal-Trans and Sheriff's Dept. and will be sending Christine, along with Sheriff's Dept. to homeless camp to help. The eviction notices will go out around Labor Day, to clean out that camp. After every is moved Cal-Trans will come and clear out the area.
Interim Fire Chief, Dale Fishback
• Ampine Fire- I would like to acknowledge some of my troups. Myself and 2 units that responded to the fire. Within 45 minutes the troups called out to each other and we sent out 2 additional engines for the next 5 hours. They did a great job of supporting the community. • We sent out an engine out this morning on a strike team to the 6 Rivers Lightening Complex. There were 12 fires started there. 4 fires were under control and the other 8 had no containment. They are trying to build some forces, in case it gets out of hand. They are signed up for a maximum 2 week commitment and we will see if they go for a few weeks, or maybe it will be done sooner. We have an engine out with a crew of 3 on a strike team.
• There have been several different roadside fires that have started in Jackson. We are monitoring and watching how they started. They are small and we have taken care of them. • Last week we took delivery of our new utility pickup. It's currently getting scheduled for it's city badging. It will be fully in service in 4-6 weeks.
• 2 applications for Fire Department were received. Both applicants are young and buddies. They both come from a long term fire fighting families. We are excited to have them join the force.
City Manager, Yvonne Kimball
• Jackson swimming pool is closed for the season. CM Kimball received an invoice from ACRA, who managed the pool this year and it is $14,000 for June and July 2022. We will see what we are charged for August 2022.
• City Hall construction continues. We will add handicap additions. We are hoping to move back to the City Hall by October.
City Attorney, Josh Nelson
• No report.
7. COUNCIL REPORTS.
This section is to provide Council members an opportunity to present reports on their activities and to request items be placed on future agendas.
Council member Simmons -
• No report.
Council member Godde
• No report.
Council member McLean
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• Attended the Amador County Commission meeting.
• Attended the Amador Transit meeting.
Vice-Mayor Gonsalves
• No report.
Mayor Stimpson
Mayor Stimpson had a discussion with Chief White, AFPD, in regards to their extra Ladder truck.
We will be having a discussion within the next week and see when we may have the truck to use at our disposal in the City.
8. DISCUSSION CALENDAR.
a) Receive, discuss and provide direction regarding (verbal) report from the Homeless Outreach Coordinator regarding the City's response to homeless issues.
Christine Platt, the city's Homeless Outreach Coordinator, reported the following:
Shower program is going well. Tuesday they had 19 people use it.
Many agencies are doing Outreach, Behavorial Health, Rose Home and Victory Village.
Winter donations.
One of the homeless individuals that she helps with is doing well in re-hab and she has been working with him for the next steps.
She and the Chief are working on the proposal for the Homeless Housing Assistance Program round 3.
The proposal is to be able to hire a PT person to help her with all her work. This grant is funded through HUD.
She has been working with an individual that was staying at the Vista Point homeless encampment, as there is very limited housing available in this area, especially if you have an animal.
The City of Lodi just opened a low barrier shelter that actually takes animals. Ms. Platt is hoping to tour that location and see what a low barrier shelter looks like.
Tulomne County just got their approval to build a pallet community shelter in their county.
Victory Village (of Jackson) brings donations and is an advocate for people of this Community.
The Outreach program also looks for shelters close the unhused indviduals' family and friends in order to bring them home.
b) Ordinance 726 adding Chapter 17.28 to title 17 of the Jackson Municipal Code Relating to an Expedited, Streamlined permitting process for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (Waiving first hearing) Attorney Nelson, stated that this is a State Law to adopt this and it is a mandate to discuss and pass this Ordinance.
Mayor opened public hearing. Hearing none, Mayor asked for a motion.
Motion to approve waiving the first reading of Ordinance 726, adding Chapter 17.28 to title 17 of the Jackson Municipal Code Relating to an Expedited, Streamlined permitting process for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations on August 8, 2022, as presented. Moved by 5 Jackson City Council Agenda Monday, August 8, 2022
Councilmember Godde, seconded by Councilmember McLean, and carried by as to 0 roll call vote:
AYES: Stimpson, Gonsalves, Godde, McLean, Simmons
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
c) Resolution 2022-15 adoption of planning and engineering service fees (public hearing and possible adoption)
City Manager Kimball gaven an overview. She said city's planning fees have not been updated for a very long time. Recently the City Planner Consultant changed, and the new firm's rates almost doubled from years ago. As a result, City spent more in planning services but the cost is not being recovered by developers and project applicants. The shortfall initiated the need to examine city's fees and it turned out very low compared to county and surrounding cities. She then worked on the proposed fees for council consideration.
Mayor Stimpson asked for Council input. VM Gonsalves said that she is not comfortable with the changes as they seemed to jump too much from the existing schedule. City Council discussed the proposed fee schedule.
Dalacie Blankenship, Finance Manager, spoke online about the deposits that the applicant is paying are for their project permit and that the staff processing costs have gone up, due to Consultant prices at this point.and therefore we need to raise the service fees. I would therefore support the passing of this. It will give the applicant a more realistic picture of what the actual costs will be for their project.
Sierra Grandbois, one of the Planning Commissioners for the City of Jackson, was online and requested to speak about the planning fees. She has experience from a previous job as a Real Estate Attorney. These fees are incredibally low. If you look at other cities, you are looking at a minimum of a $5,000 deposit for a project and then you have additional staff fees involved. I understand this is a really big jump for us to do, but the costs are still really low. I feel it is a reasonable start for us to move forward.
Hearing no additional public comments, Mayor closed the public comments. Mayor closed the public hearing and had additional discussion with council.
CM Simmons stated that fees are going up and that the deposit that the applicant pays to move forward on their project, is just the beginning of the costs. There are additional costs involved and it would be good to give the applicant a more realistic cost.
City Manager Kimball, clarified that the proposed fees are deposits. The actual cost for a project will be billed once the deposit is exhausted.
Mayor Stimpson remarked that we do need to catch up with the present fee structure, but we need to do the fee raise in a paced plan in order to get the fees more up to date. He stated that we need to look at all the fees that the City charges and make a plan to analyze them consistently each year, so that we don't have a big jump in the future.
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City Manage Kimball was asked if this includes the building fees. She said that the building fees have been looked at that more recently, in 2019. She clarified that the proposed fees are for the Planning Department projects.
Mayor asked the City Council if they were ok to tabling this discussion to have at a future meeting, with next time having comparison information to review, in order to discuss and make a decision. The Council agreed.
d) Funding authorization to pave Shopping Dr., Vukovch Way- (possible use of TOT funding and other general or special funds) [requested by Mayor Stimpson] Mayor Stimpson gave an introduction regarding the bad condition of the road. He said he has been approached by several people that it impacts. The Holiday Inn and the Jackson Cinema (that is in the works of reopening). The road in disrepair is hurting both the Hotel and Cinema.
VM Gonsalves responded that we are dealing with commercial entities that this road services and we do collect tax dollars from each of them. My opinion would be to resurface the road, but stop it as it goes up to Shopping Dr. because we have more city streets that are in worse shape that need to be fixed. She asked how much the resurfacing is this going to cost?
City Manager Kimball responded that Public Works Supervisor, Bree Wilder, got quotes. One estimate says Vukovich Way to Clinton Rd. is about $99,000, which takes it back out to the back side of the theatre.
Mayor Stimpson stated that he had discussed the funding options with City Manager Kimball. The options are TOT money and ARPA.
City Manager Kimball explained that the TOT is the Council's discretionary money and TOT is for purposes of economic development, and we currently have over $500,000 in the TOT fund. Holiday Inn is a major contributor to the TOT fund and they are on Vukovich Way. The second possible funding is from the American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA) which is given to municipalities and counties, by the Federal Government as part of the COVID rescue plan. The City has 1.1 million dollars that we have to use in the next 5 years and we haven't spent any yet. This economic development project would be an approved use for some of the money. We could always use the general fund or SB1 (money) which we have a priority list based on the PCI (Pavement Condition Index).
The Council discussed that they would suggest using both ARPA and TOT money to do the paving of the road. VM Gonsalves and CM McLean are suggesting that the split be 70 or 80% ARPA and the rest from TOT.
Mayor Stimpson asked for any public comments.
Lana Vukovich, Jackson resident and business owner asked- how many bids the city received for the paving and the cost of each bid? She added that road hasn't been paved in 40 years, so it's really bad, but she realized that there are many roads in Jackson that need to be paved.
Bree Wilder, PW Superintendent, responded that we only have 1 bid right now, just to see what the ballpark estimate would look like. We do need to put out an RFP for other bids, but we need to get 3 bids and make a decision quickly, as the price fluctuates quickly. 7 Jackson City Council Agenda Monday, August 8. 2022
Mayor Stimpson requested that Bree put out the RFP. CM McLean agreed and mentioned that an ad hoc committee for this would be good.
At this point, CM Godde spoke. He recalled that when he was in Public Works, working with Bree for few years, the dept. spent a lot of time looking at all the roads in the city and putting together a report.
In 2013 Vukovich Way was listed at 56 on the PCI index. 100 being like a brand new road and 0 being nothing but gopher holes and dirt. Vukovich Way is in the middle of the PCI index. Shopping Circle is at
21. The city has a lot of roads that are worse, but if we have money that if we don't spend it we lose it. then maybe we should be looking at what other options that money should be put towards.
VM Gonsalves asked City Manager Kimball if we already had other projects that were on the list for the ARPA money? Do you have a staff committee, that maybe one or two of the Council Members could be a part of that conversation?
City Manager, Kimball responded. She said that we had a department meeting and drafted a list of needs that we could spend the money on, but that total came out to be $3 million dollars. We are making revisions, but at this point, all department agreed on the need to put $00,000 on the street sweepter for the city. She added that she will discuss this with the Finance Committee which includes the Mayor and CM Simmons to come up with a ranking of proposed expenditures Mayor Stimpson requested of Manager Kimball to set up another Finance Committee meeting with CM Simmons, Manager Kimball and himself.
9. REGULAR MEETING ADJOURNMENT.
Regular meeting adjournment at 8:53pm.
ATTEST:
Lohn Fearle 9/29/2022
John Georgette, City Clark Date Approved
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