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Town of Loomis
ACTION MINUTES LOOMIS TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
LOOMIS DEPOT
5775 HORSESHOE BAR ROAD, LOOMIS, CA 95650 and
Paris Ballroom- 700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20004
(Councilmembers Cortez and Knisley)
www.loomis.ca.gov
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 12, 2024 6:00 PM
CALL TO ORDER: 6:08 Pm by Mayor Youngblood
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL Mayor Stephanie Youngblood PRESENT
Mayor pro tempore David Ring PRESENT
Councilmember Danny Cartwright PRESENT
Councilmember Jenny Knisley PRESENT
Councilmember Amanda Cortez PRESENT
ADOPTION OF AGENDA:
Motion to adopt agenda: Councilmember Cartwright 2nd: Councilmember Ring Ayes: Cartwright, Ring, Cortez, Knisley, Youngblood
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
RECOGNITIONS/PROCLAMATIONS: None
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO COUNCILMEMBERS :
Councilmember Ring asked about planting trees at Blue Anchor Park.
Councilmember Knisley reminded all about the Day before Thanksgiving Parade, the tree lighting ceremony and the Fall clean up day.
TOWN MANAGER REPORT
Town Manager Wes Heathcock highlighted the following items on the Town Manager Report • Introduction of our new Finance Director- Ted Williams • 40 year Town Anniversary
• Downtown Loomis Civic Space and Connectivity Study
LOOMIS LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER LIBRARIAN’S REPORT Library Director Sarah Comstock spoke on the many activities happening at the Loomis Library and Community Learning Center. She also announced that there will be 2 library board positions that will need to be filled.
Click the following link to view the activities of the Library - https://loomislibrary.org/
LOOMIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE UPDATE
Loomis Chamber director Heather Helwig spoke on the upcoming activities with the Chamber of Commerce, including the Mixer; The Christmas Baskets project and she announced there would be no Coffee Connection this upcoming month. Click on the following link to view the activities of the Loomis Chamber. https://www.loomischamber.com/
ALLIED AGENCY ACTIVITIES UPDATE:
Item 2
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South Placer Fire District Chief Duerr spoke on the monthly statistics and activity related to the Fire District.
Placer County Sheriff Deputy Bilodeau spoke on the monthly statistics related to the Sheriff’s Department.
PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA:
Jennifer Pasquetti – spoke on the negative effects their family has had to endure for years as a result of poor management of the New Dawn Residential drug and Alcohal rehabilitation facility located next door.
Dave Kendell- spoke on the same topic
Joseph Miller – spoke on the same topic
Susan Sutdham – spoke on the same topic
Jason Pasquetti - spoke on the same topic.
Frank Vantacich – Brace Road. Spoke on the Road repair work on Brace Road at Laird Road.
Alan Hanway – Brace Road. Spoke on the heavy Truck traffic and speeding cars on Brace Road.
Alina Mileer – Bankhead Road. Spoke on the improper behavior of people trespassing on her property.
Miguel Ucovich – Craig Court. Commented on the support for the Library Tax measure and asked about the use of excess funds generated by the ¼ cent tax measure.
Pam Blake – Spoke on the Bankhead Road trespassing.
OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON CONSENT CALENDAR:
Councilmember Knisley asked for item 5 to be pulled for discussion Councilmember Ring asked for item 10 to be pulled for discussion Jan Clark-Crets asked for item 8 to be pulled for discussion Pam Blake- Asked for item 9 to be pulled for discussion Motion to approve items 1-4, 6-7 & 11: Councilmember Ring – 2 nd: Councilmember Cortez
Ayes: Ring, Cortez, Knisley, Cartwright, Youngblood
Noes: None
Abstain: None
Absent: None
CONSENT AGENDA RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. Draft Council Action Minutes – 10/8/2024 APPROVE
2. Disbursement Report - 20241031 RECEIVE AND FILE
3. Treasurer’s Report 20240930 RECEIVE AND FILE
4. Planning Status Report – 20241031 RECEIVE AND FILE
5. Engineer’s Report – November 2024 RECEIVE AND FILE
6. Title 13 Zoning Ordinance – Second reading of Ordinance No.299 APPROVE amending Title 13 of the Loomis Municipal Code Zoning Ordinance for Housing Element Compliance.
7. Planning Commissioner Appointment Process and Compensation APPROVE Second Reading of Ordinance No. 300 amending Loomis Municipal Code Sections 2.36.020, 2.36.404 and 2.36.060 outlining the Appointment process and Compensation for Planning Commission.
8. A Resolution of the Town Council of the Town of Loomis APPROVE RESOLUTION appropriating an additional $100,000 from fund 324-200
(Horseshoe Bar Interchange development impact fees) for the I-80 Horseshoe Bar Interchange Project (#22-09); and authorize the Town Manager to execute a project-specific professional services contract with Dokken engineering of Folsom, California, exclusively for the 12/4/2024 11:15 AMhttps://townofloomis.sharepoint.com/sites/files/Files/Clerk/1 Agendas/2024/18 December 10, 2024/2 Action Minutes 20241112 TC Meeting.doc 3
project study report-project development support (PSR-PDS) phase of the I-80 Horseshoe Bar Interchange Project (#22-09).
9. A Resolution of the Town Council of the Town of Loomis APPROVE RESOLUTION approving the plans and specifications for the Humphrey Road gap closure project #23-09, authorizing the expenditure of a construction budget in the amount of $210,000.00 and authorizing the Town Manager to execute a construction contract with PMB construction Inc. Of Rocklin, California
10. A Resolution of the Town Council of the Town of Loomis APPROVE RESOLUTION authorizing the Town Manager to execute a contract amendment with Van Groningen and Associates for finance services in an amount not to exceed $60,000.
11. A resolution of the Town Council of the Town of Loomis APPROVE RESOLUTION Authorizing the Town Manager to execute a contract extension and amendment for professional services with R3 Consulting Group in the amount of $90,000.
Item 5: Councilmember Knisley asked that the design for the back of the Welcome to Loomis sign be assigned to the Economic Development Committee to look into it.
Item 8: Jan Clark-Crets asked that the typo in the contract agreement with Dokken Engineering be corrected Item 9: Pam Blake asked about the lowest bidding process on Construction project contract.
Item 10: Councilmember Ring asked for clarification on the contract extension for VGA.
Motion to approved items 5, 8 ,9 and 10: Councilmember Cartwright – 2 nd: Councilmember Cortez
Ayes: Cartwright, Cortez, Knisley, Ring, Youngblood
Noes: None
Abstain: None
Absent: None
BUSINESS
12. PCPTA COUNTYWIDE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN PRESENTATION A representative from Placer County Transportation Planning Agency update the Town on the Countywide Active Transportation Plan
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Receive and File
PUBLIC COMMENT
Jan Clark-Crets: Asked about the public outreach process regarding how PCTPA moves forward on the plan.
COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS
Councilmember Ring commented that he is moving his community meet and greet to the library on December 7, 2024. He also gave a Pioneer meeting update.
Councilmember Cortez spoke on the opportunity to volunteer at the elections Councilmember Youngblood spoke on the League of CA Cities Annual meeting.
ADJOURNMENT 7:56 pm by Mayor Youngblood
To view the video recording of this meeting, click the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=999SwwiQ24I
Signed, December 10, 2024 at Loomis, California
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