City Council
City of Lafayette
City Council
General Plan Advisory Committee
Teleconference via Zoom
Lafayette, California
Monday, January 24, 2022
5:00
p.m.
2022.01.24 CC Action
January 24, 2022 Agenda with Hyperlinks
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1)
Call to Order 5:00pm
2)
Roll Call
3)
Adoption of Agenda
4)
Public Comments 5:00pm (for items not on the agenda)
5)
Special Joint Session 5:00pm to 7:00p City Council and General Plan Advisory Committee - Mission Statement Sub-Committee Sarah Allen, Assistant Planning Director and Jim Cervantes, GPAC Chair Presenting Findings and Recommendations for the General Plan Mission Statement Recommendation:
Review and approve the draft Mission, Vision, and Values statements as recommended by the General Plan Advisory Committee.
Item 5
Item 5 Public Comments
6)
Presentations 7:00pm
A.
Management Partners Organization Assessment of the City’s Planning, Public Works/Engineering, Administrative Services, Parks, Trails and Recreation, and Police Departments Recommendation:
Receive and file.
Item 6A
Item 6A Presentation
7)
Consent Calendar
A.
Minutes – January 10, 2021
Recommendation:
Approve.
Item 7A
B.
Design Services Agreement for Land Surveying and Civil Engineering Services for the Lafayette Community Center Playground Renovation Project Recommendation:
Authorize staff to execute the Design Services Agreement with LCC Engineering & Surveying Inc. for the Lafayette Community Center Playground Renovation Project.
Item 7B
C.
Resolution 2022-04 2nd Extension of Families First Corona Virus Response Act (FFCRA) Recommendation:
Adopt Resolution 2021-04 to extend the EPSLA provisions of the FFCRA administratively as part of the City’s Coronavirus Compensation Policy retroactively from June 30, 2021 until such time as the California state of emergency has ended as outline in Compensation Policy Update #7.
Item 7C
8)
Old Business
A.
Joanne Robbins, City Clerk
Review Policy for Issuing Proclamations
Recommendation:
Continue with the current practice routing all proclamation requests to the City Clerk.
Item 8A
9)
Staff Reports
A.
Tracy Robinson, Administrative Services Director
Resolution 2022-02 Adopting the Final FY2021/2022 Municipal Budget/Workplan; Appropriating Revenue and Expenses; Confirming the City’s Investment Policy; Determining Fees for all City Services and Authorizing Transfer and Expenditures Including the 2022 Capital Improvement Program Recommendation:
Receive the Final Municipal Budget/Workplan for FY2021/2022 and Adopt Resolution 2022-02.
Item 9A
Item 9A.Resolution 2022-02
B.
Niroop Srivatsa, City Manager
Organizational Assessment of City Departments
Recommendations: (1) Approve four new, currently unfunded positions (Senior/Associate Engineer, Senior Planner/Long Range, management Analyst, Personnel Analyst, (2) defer recommendations on Council and Commission practices to the March goals setting workshop, and (3) direct the City Manager to provide an update on the remaining recommendations in three months.
Item 9B
10)
Public Hearings
A.
Nancy Tran, Senior Planner
DR16-20 Peter Schadek (Owner), C-1 Zoning: Request for Design Review for the construction of 9 multi-family rental units within two 3-story buildings with a maximum height of 35’ at 3458 Mt. Diablo Blvd and 1005 2nd St., APNs 243-011-042 and 243-011-056. The project qualifies for an infill exemption under the California Environmental Quality Act and includes State Density Bonus concession and waiver requests to not apply the required 10-ft side and rear yard setbacks and the 50-ft. setback for the third story, and to allow 3 stories, without being granted a Land Use Permit, where 2-1/2 stories are permitted by right. The applicant is not seeking to utilize the density bonus to increase the maximum number of dwelling units per acre.
Recommendation:
Review the proposed project, conduct a public hearing, and adopt City Council Resolution 2022-03 finding the project exempt from CEQA and approving the project, subject to conditions.
Item 10A
Item 10A.Part2
Item 10A Public Comments
11)
Items Removed from Consent Calendar
12)
Council / Commission Reports
A.
Councilmembers report on activities and consideration of matters a Councilmember wishes to initiate for placement on a future agenda.
B.
City Manager’s Update
Recommendation:
Receive and file.
13)
Written Communications
14)
Adjournment
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Board
1 Discussion:
In accordance with State Law, the Board is generally prohibited from discussing and making decisions regarding items not posted on the agenda. Exceptions include items of urgency that become known to the Board after the posting of the agenda; discussion of such items requires a 2/3rds affirmative vote by the Board.
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Public Comments on Agenda Items:
Persons wishing to speak on items listed on the agenda will be heard when called by the meeting chair. After the public has commented, the item will be closed to public comment and brought to the Board for discussion and action. There is no further comment permitted from the audience unless invited by the meeting chair.
Public Comments on Non-Agenda Items:
Persons wishing to speak on matters not posted on this agenda are encouraged to submit the matter in writing to the City Clerk or staff aide at least ten days prior to the next regularly scheduled Board meeting date. Persons unable to do this may address the Board under the PUBLIC COMMENTS section of this agenda. Note, however, that such matters may be referred to staff for action or posted on a future agenda.
Time Limit on Comments:
Persons will be permitted to speak for up to three minutes.
Posted Times:
Posted times are estimated and actual times will vary. Public hearings may start later but never earlier than posted time.
Reconsideration of Items:
After the Board has acted on an agenda item, it may reconsider the same item later in the meeting in accordance with Council Rules of Proceedings II.D.4.
Consent Calendar:
All matters listed under consent calendar are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless requested by a member of the Board or a member of the public prior to the time that the Board votes on the motion to adopt. Members of the public may request that items be removed from the Consent Calendar prior to the time that the Board votes on the motion to adopt, however, the decision to remove the item is solely at the discretion of the Board.
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