Mt. Shasta City Council Regular Meeting Minutes
February 14, 2022
Please note that this meeting was held to allow Council Members, Staff, and the public to participate via ZOOM, pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20.
Approved as Submitted February 28, 2022
“Our mission is to maintain the character of our “small town” community while striking an appropriate balance between economic development and preservation of our quality of life. We help create a dynamic and vital City by providing quality, cost-effective municipal services and by forming partnerships with residents and organizations in the constant pursuit of excellence.”
STANDING AGENDA ITEMS
1. Call to Order and Roll Call: At the hour of 5:32 p.m. Mayor Jeffrey Collings called the meeting to order.
Council Members Present: Redmond, Stearns, Stackfleth, Clure, Collings Council Members Absent: None
2. Public Comment:
Tracy Costello – Suggested ideas for a local ride service.
3. Council and Staff Comments:
Todd Juhasz, City Manager – Comments regarding the request for proposals for a stormwater rate study, update of police and fire consolidation RFP process.
Teresa Spade, City Planner – Request for joint Planning Commission/City Council workshop; date set for April 19, 2022.
4. Committee Updates:
a) Downtown Enhancement Advisory Committee
b) Library Tax Advisory Committee
c) Beautification Committee
d) Active Transportation Committee
Todd Juhasz, City Manager – Brief update of committee activities and vacancies.
CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS
5. Consent Agenda:
COUNCIL ACTION: Approved the following Consent Agenda items. All Resolutions and Ordinances on this agenda, or added hereto, shall be introduced or adopted, as applicable, by title only, and the full reading thereof is hereby waived.
a. Approval of Minutes: January 10, 2022 Regular and Special City Council Meetings, January 31, 2022 Special Meeting
b. Approval of Disbursements: Accounts Payable 1/6, 1/20, and 1/27/2022; Total Gross Payroll and Taxes: For Periods Ending 1/9 and 1/23/2022
c. Monthly Investment Report, December 2021
d. Approval of Contract with 22nd Avenue Entertainment for Council and Commission Hybrid Meetings and Associated Budget Adjustment
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e. Police Department Report January 2022
f. Approval of a New Job Description and Associated Pay Range for Director of Public Works g. SB 2 Planning Grant Application Revision and Authorization to Execute MOTION TO APPROVE: Stackfleth
SECOND: Redmond
AYES: Redmond, Stackfleth, Stearns, Clure, Collings
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
6. Public Hearing: Short-Term Rental License Moratorium Teresa Spade, City Planner – Staff report. Review of moratorium, current short-term rental permissions, process of developing a short-term rental ordinance.
Clarifying questions from Council.
Public Hearing Open: 5:50 p.m.
Peggy Risch – In support of urgency ordinance, comments about short-term rentals in commercial zones.
Public Hearing Closed: 5:52 p.m.
Council discussion.
COUNCIL ACTION: Approve Urgency Ordinance CCO-22-01, An Interim Urgency Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Mt. Shasta Establishing a Moratorium on the Issuance of New Short-term Rental Business Licenses within City Limits Pending Further Study and Adoption of Final Regulatory Standards by title only.
MOTION TO APPROVE: Stearns
SECOND: Stackfleth
AYES: Redmond, Stackfleth, Stearns, Clure, Collings
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
7. Special Presentation: Friends of the Library and the Library Tax Advisory Committee Evelyn Callas, Friends of the Library Representative – Review of the Friends of the Library (FOL) opposition to a special tax for library construction. Comments about the proposed expansion and opposition to the building size.
Betty Kreeger, Library Tax Advisory Committee – Concurred with previous comments.
Dennis Johnson, Library Tax Advisory Committee Chair – Comments regarding proposed tax. Suggestion to develop project based on finances and ability to service a loan with existing tax.
Clarifying questions from Council.
Courtney Laverty, Library Director – Comments in opposition to expansion design, suggestions for reconfiguration. Recommendation to take time and review library usage.
Nancy Van Susteren – In opposition to additional sales tax for library expansion.
Council Discussion.
8. Discussion and Possible Action: Proposed .25% Sales Tax to Fund Library Construction Brief Council discussion; decision not to proceed with sales tax.
No Council action taken.
9. Discussion and Possible Action: Development of a Citywide Receivership Program and an Abandoned and Distressed Building Ordinance
Todd Juhasz, City Manager – Review of proposed vacant and distressed building ordinance, receivership program.
Council comments and clarifying questions.
No public comment.
COUNCIL ACTION: Direct staff to develop a receivership program for distressed, underused, and nuisance properties.
MOTION TO APPROVE: Stackfleth
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SECOND: Stearns
AYES: Redmond, Stackfleth, Stearns, Clure, Collings
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
10. Future Agenda Items (Appearing on the agenda within 60-90 days):
COUNCIL ACTION: Reviewed Items a through i. Items added to future agendas: None, discussion regarding setting item dates to be heard.
a. Mid-Year Budget Review – 2/2022
b. RFP for Study of Regional/Area Safety Service Consolidation - TBD c. Shadow Mountain Trailer Park and Lake Siskiyou Mutual Water Company Sewer Connections – TBD d. General Plan Workshops – TBD
e. Presentation from Lance Holman, Holman Capital Corporation – TBD f. Discussion and Possible Action: Annexation of the Orchard and Crystal Geyser Properties – TBD g. Discussion and Possible Action: Review of Chapter 13.95 Extraction and Exportation of Groundwater from the City of Mt. Shasta - TBD
h. Consideration of easement for trailhead proposed by Mt. Shasta Trail Association – TBD i. Discussion and possible action related to a solar storage project - TBD
11. Adjourn: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:47 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted By: Kathryn M. Joyce, Administrative Assistant/Deputy City Clerk