Regular Meeting Agenda
City Council
Mark Turner - Mayor
Marilyn Librers - Mayor Pro Tem
Miriam Vega - Council Member
Soraida Iwanaga - Council Member
Yvonne Martínez Beltrán - Council Member
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 6:00 PM
Council Chamber Building
17555 Peak Avenue, Morgan Hill, CA 95037
Morgan Hill City Council meetings are held in person with the option for the public to attend in-person or participate by teleconference/video conference. Information on how the public may observe and participate in the meeting is below.
MEETING PARTICIPATION
Morgan Hill City Council meetings are held in person. The community may attend in person or via Zoom (video/teleconference). The meetings are also live-streamed on the City’s website, Facebook page, and Channel 17.
As a courtesy, and technology permitting, members of the public may attend online.
However, the City cannot guarantee that the public’s access to online technology will be uninterrupted, and technical difficulties may occur from time to time. Unless required by the Ralph M. Brown Act, the meeting will continue despite technical difficulties for participants using the online option.
Those wishing to participate in the meetings remotely must register in advance at https://bit.ly/CityCouncilZoomRegistration. Additionally, Zoom participants must be running the latest version or will be required to update to the latest version before being able to join the meeting remotely.
Remote participation is also available by calling (669) 900-9128 and entering webinar id: 873 3200 8380#. Dial *9 to raise your hand, and be called upon to speak for up to 3 minutes. Dial *6 to unmute.
PUBLIC COMMENT
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Public comment is limited to three minutes, but the Mayor may adjust time limits for individual or total comments while ensuring all viewpoints are heard, encouraging speakers to avoid repetition, and allowing a designated spokesperson for organized support or opposition to present longer if needed.
Those attending remotely may only offer public comment for items on the agenda in one of four categories:
• Consent Calendar
• Other Business
• Public Hearings
• Closed Session
Public comment will be heard from those attending in person first with the submission of a speaker card. Once that is complete, we will move to those on Zoom that have their hand raised. Following public comment from Zoom, we will close the public comment period for that item.
Remote public comment for items not on the agenda will not be accepted.
Written public comment may be submitted to the City Clerk:
• In person at the City Council Meeting;
• Via email to [email protected]; or
• Hand delivered or mailed to the City Clerk at 17575 Peak Avenue, Morgan Hill, CA 95037
Please email your comments to the City Clerk no later than 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday (the day before the City Council meeting) so that your comments can be submitted to the members of the City Council with sufficient time to review them. You may continue to provide written comments up to noon on Wednesday (the day of the meeting), although Council Members may not have sufficient time to review them before the meeting.
Public comments submitted to the City Clerk after noon (12:00 p.m.) the day of the meeting will be provided to the City Council as time allows.
Written comments WILL NOT be read aloud during the City Council Meeting. Please note that written comments are posted on the City's website. It is recommended that you do not include any personal information that you do not want to be posted on the web. Please be advised that communications directed to the City Council are public records and are subject to disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act and Brown Act unless exempt from disclosure under the applicable law. Communications will NOT be edited for redactions and will be printed/posted as submitted.
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA)
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you are a disabled person and January 15, 2025
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL ATTENDANCE
DECLARATION OF POSTING AGENDA
SILENT INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PRESENTATIONS
YAC Presentation
CITY COUNCIL REPORTS
Mayor Turner
CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT
OTHER REPORTS
PUBLIC COMMENT
This opportunity for public comment is for items that are not on the agenda. If you would like to make comments on an item that is on the agenda, please wait until we get to that item to offer your comments. Members of the public are entitled to address the City Council concerning any item within the Morgan Hill City Council’s subject matter jurisdiction. Public comments are limited to no more than three minutes. Except for certain specific exceptions, the City Council is prohibited from discussing or taking action on any item not appearing on the posted agenda. Public comment is intended for comments. Questions posed during public comment are not generally answered. If January 15, 2025
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ADOPTION OF AGENDA
CONSENT CALENDAR
Items appearing on the Consent Calendar are considered routine and may be approved by one motion. Pursuant to City Council Policies and Procedures (CP 97-01), any member of the Council or public may request to have an item removed from the Consent Calendar for comment and action.
1. APPROVE THE DECEMBER 4, 2024 AND THE DECEMBER 11, 2024 CITY
COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
Recommendation:
Approve minutes.
2. AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH TOOLE DESIGN FOR $220,250 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ACTION PLAN
Recommendation:
1. Authorize the City Manager to execute a consultant agreement with Toole Design for the development of a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan for the City of Morgan Hill; and
2. Adopt a resolution amending the FY24-25 Capital Improvement Program Budget appropriating $220,250 in expenses and $200,500 in grant revenue within the Traffic Impact Fund (309).
3. RATIFY THE CITY MANAGER'S EXECUTION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH MONTEREY BAY OFFICE PRODUCTS, INC. FOR
THE PURCHASE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CITY'S MULTI-FUNCTION
PRINTERS
Recommendation:
Ratify the City Manager's execution of the first amendment to the agreement with Monterey Bay Office Products, Inc. for the purchase of the City's multifunction printers.
4. RECEIVE MONTHLY BUDGET UPDATE AND NOVEMBER 2024 FINANCIAL
AND INVESTMENT REPORTS
Recommendation:
Recieve and file report.
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5. ADOPT RESOLUTION APPROVING COMMENCEMENT OF 2025 WEED
ABATEMENT PROGRAM
Recommendation:
1. Open/Close public hearing; and
2. Adopt a resolution authorizing Santa Clara County to commence hazardous vegetation abatement activities.
6. ADOPT RESOLUTION AMENDING THE TEXT OF THE MORGAN HILL 2035
GENERAL PLAN TO ELIMINATE THE FLOOR AREA RATIO FOR THE
MIXED USE FLEX LAND USE DESIGNATION AND INTRODUCE
ORDINANCE (ZA2024-0002) AMENDING CHAPTER 12.32 (RESTRICTIONS ON REMOVAL OF SIGNIFICANT TREES) WITHIN TITLE 12 (STREET,
SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES) OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE
CITY OF MORGAN HILL AND VARIOUS CODE PROVISIONS WITHIN TITLE 18 (ZONING) OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF MORGAN HILL
IMPLEMENTING UPDATES TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT
PROVISIONS TO COMPLY WITH SENATE BILL 477 AND SENATE BILL 1211; IMPLEMENTING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH COMMUNITY CLINICS BY-RIGHT TO COMPLY WITH ASSEMBLY BILL 2085; UPDATES TO
PARKING PROVISIONS TO COMPLY WITH ASSEMBLY BILL 2097; AND
IMPLEMENTING MINOR AMENDMENTS DUE TO CLERICAL ERRORS AND
INCONSISTENCIES
Recommendation:
1. Open/close the public hearing;
2. Adopt a Resolution approving an amendment to the text of the Morgan Hill 2035 General Plan to eliminate the Floor Area Ratio for the Mixed Use Flex land use designation;
3. Waive first and second reading of the Ordinance Amendment; and
4. Introduce Ordinance Amendment.
OTHER BUSINESS
7. DOWNTOWN MORGAN HILL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT 2024 ANNUAL REPORT
Recommendation:
Accept and file the Downtown Morgan Hill Improvement District Annual Report.
8. SELECT AND APPOINT CITY COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEMPORE
Recommendation:
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2. Select a Council Member to serve as Mayor Pro Tempore per City Council Policy 99-01.
FUTURE COUNCIL INITIATED AGENDA ITEMS
Note: in accordance with Government Code Section 54954.2(a), there shall be no discussion, debate and/or action taken on any request other than providing direction to staff to place the matter of business on a future agenda.
CLOSED SESSION
Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation (§ 54956.9) Cheryl Dominguez v. City of Morgan Hill: Workers Compensation Claim Nos. MHL1900016
OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
ADJOURNMENT
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Any documents produced by the City and distributed to the majority of the City Council less than 72 hours prior to an open meeting, will be made available for public inspection at the City Clerk’s Counter at City Hall located at 17575 Peak Avenue, Morgan Hill, CA, 95037 and at the Morgan Hill Public Library located at 660 West Main Avenue, Morgan Hill, California, 95037 during normal business hours. (Pursuant to Government Code 54957.5)
PUBLIC COMMENT
Members of the Public are entitled to directly address the City Council concerning any item described in the notice of this meeting during consideration of that item. If you wish to address the Council on any item on this agenda, please complete a speaker request card located in the foyer of the Council Chambers and deliver it to the Minutes Clerk before the City Council discussion on the item. You are not required to give your name on the speaker card to speak to the Council, but it is very helpful. When you are called, proceed to the podium, and the Mayor will recognize you. If you wish to address the City Council on any other item of interest to the public, you may do so during the public comment portion of the meeting following the same procedure described above. Please limit your comments to three (3) minutes or less.
Please submit written correspondence to the Minutes Clerk, who will distribute correspondence to the City Council.
Persons interested in proposing an item for the City Council agenda should contact a member of the City Council who may request an item on the agenda for a future City Council meeting. Council discussion or action may not be taken until your item appears on an agenda. This procedure is in compliance with the California Public Meeting Law (Brown Act) Government Code §54950.
City Council Policies and Procedures (CP 03-01) outlines the procedure for the conduct of public hearings.
Notice is given, pursuant to Government Code Section 65009, that any challenge of Public Hearing Agenda items in court, may be limited to raising only those issues raised by you or on your behalf at the Public Hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to the Public Hearing on these matters.
The time within which judicial review must be sought of the action by the City Council, which acted upon any matter appearing on this agenda is governed by the provisions of Section 1094.6 of the California Code of Civil Procedure.
For a copy of City Council Policies and Procedures CP 97-01, please contact the City Clerk’s office (408) 779-7259, (408) 779-3117 (fax) or by email [email protected].
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