Town of Paradise
Town Council
Special Meeting Agenda
11:00 AM – March 17, 2023
Town of Paradise Council Chamber – 5555 Skyway, Paradise, CA Meeting Procedures
I. The Mayor is the Presiding Chair and is responsible for maintaining an orderly meeting. The Mayor calls the meeting to order and introduces each item on the agenda.
II. The Town staff then provides a report to Council and answers questions from the Council.
III. Citizens are encouraged to participate in the meeting process and are provided several opportunities to address Council. Any speaker addressing the Council is limited to three minutes per speaker - fifteen minutes per agenda item A. If you wish to address the Council regarding a specific agenda item, please complete a “Request to Address Council” card and give it to the Town Clerk prior to the beginning of the meeting. This process is voluntary and allows for citizens to be called to the speaker podium in alphabetical order.
Comments and questions from the public must be directed to the Presiding Chair and Town Council Members (please do not address staff.) Town staff is available to address citizen concerns Monday through Thursday at Town Hall between the hours of 8am and 5pm.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Compliance, persons who need special accommodations to participate in the Town Council meeting may contact the Town Clerk at least three business days prior to the date of the meeting to provide time for any such accommodation.
Town Manager, Kevin Phillips
Town Attorney, Scott E. Huber
Town Clerk/Elections Official, Dina Volenski
CDD, Planning & Onsite, Susan Hartman
CDD, Building & Code Enforcement, Tony Lindsey
Finance Director/Town Treasurer – Vacant
Public Works Director/Town Engineer, Marc Mattox
Division Chief, CAL FIRE/Paradise Fire, Patrick Purvis
Chief of Police, Eric Reinbold
Recovery & Economic Development Director, Colette Curtis Human Resources & Risk Management Director, Crystal Peters Information Systems Director, Luis Marquez
Mayor, Greg Bolin
Vice Mayor, Rose Tryon
Council Member, Steve Crowder
Council Member, Steve “Woody” Culleton
Council Member, Ron Lassonde
1 1. OPENING
1a. Call to Order
1b. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America 1c. Roll Call
2. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION
2a. After discussion, consider waiving the reading of entire Town of Paradise Urgency Ordinance No. 624, and adopting Town of Paradise Urgency Ordinance No. 624, “An Urgency Ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of Paradise Amending Urgency Ordinance No. 612 and adopting New Urgency Ordinance 624 Relating to Interim Housing, Accessory Building(s) and Unoccupied Recreational Vehicles Inside the Camp Fire Area”. (ROLL CALL VOTE)
3. ADJOURNMENT
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URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 624
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF PARADISE AMENDING URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 612 RELATING TO
INTERIM HOUSING, ACCESSORY BUILDING(S) AND UNOCCUPIED
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES INSIDE THE CAMP FIRE AREA
The Town Council of the Town of Paradise does ordain as follows:
Section 1. Emergency Findings.
This Urgency Ordinance is adopted pursuant to California Government Code Section 36934 and shall take effect immediately upon its approval by at least a four-fifths vote of the Town Council. The Council finds that this Ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, based upon facts set forth in this Ordinance. The Council also finds that there is a significant need for Town residents who are currently in compliance with the Town code to have additional time to rebuild their primary residences.
Section 2. Extension of Urgency Ordinance
Section 19 of Urgency Ordinance 612 is hereby amended to read as follows, “This Ordinance shall expire on April 30, 2024.” Section 3. CEQA Exemption.
Adoption of this Ordinance is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to California Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(3)regarding projects to maintain, repair, restore, or replace property or facilities damaged or destroyed as a result of a declared disaster and Section 21080(b)(4) regarding actions to mitigate or prevent an emergency, 3 TOWN OF PARADISE
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Section 4. Severability.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance. The Town Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and every section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional or invalid.
Section 5. Effective Date and Publication.
This Ordinance shall be and the same is hereby declared to be in full force and effect immediately upon its passage by a fourfifths (4/5) or greater vote. The Town Clerk of the Town of Paradise is authorized and directed to publish a summary of this Ordinance before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage. This Ordinance shall be published once, with the names of the members of the Town Council Members voting for and against it, in the Paradise Post, a newspaper of general circulation published in the Town of Paradise, State of California. A complete copy of this Ordinance is on file with the Town Clerk of the Town 4 TOWN OF PARADISE
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Town Council of the Town of Paradise, County of Butte, State of California, on this 17th day of March, 2023 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Greg Bolin, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_________________________ ______________________________ Dina Volenski, CMC, Scott E. Huber
Town Clerk Town Attorney
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