Town of Paradise
Town Council Meeting Agenda
6:00 PM – March 12, 2024
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.
B. If you wish to address Council regarding an item not on the agenda, you may do so under Item 4, “Public Communication.” Again, please fill out a card and give it to the Town Clerk before the meeting. State Law prohibits Council action on items not listed on a public agenda.
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, Jim Goodwin
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, Aimee Beleu
Public Works Director/Town Engineer, Marc Mattox
Division Chief, CAL FIRE/Paradise Fire, Garrett Needles Chief of Police, Eric Reinbold
Recovery & Economic Development Director, Colette Curtis Human Resources & Risk Management Director, Crystal Peters Information Systems Director, Luis Marquez
Mayor, Ron Lassonde
Vice Mayor, Greg Bolin
Council Member, Steve Crowder
Council Member, Steve “Woody” Culleton
Council Member, Rose Tryon
1. OPENING
1a. Call to Order
1b. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America 1c. Invocation
1d. Roll Call
1e. Paradise Moose Lodge presentation of Tommy and Rosie Moose dolls for first responders, presented by Cal Turner and Jerry Lundberg. 1f. Paradise Fire Department 2023 Year in Review - Garrett Needles, Paradise Fire Chief
1g. Camp Fire Recovery Updates - Written reports are included in the agenda packet.
p6 Colette Curtis, Recovery and Economic Development Director - Recovery Projects, Advocacy, Economic Recovery and Development, Communications and Emergency Operations.
p9 Marc Mattox, Public Works Director/Town Engineer - Infrastructure and Sewer Update.
p11 Tony Lindsey, CDD-Building and Code Enforcement-Code Enforcement Update.
p15 Kate Anderson, Business and Housing Manager-Business and Housing Update.
2. CONSENT CALENDAR
One roll call vote is taken for all items. Consent items are considered to be routine business that does not call for discussion.
2a. p16 Approve minutes of the February 13, 2024 Regular and Special Town Council meetings and February 16, 2024 Special Town Council meeting. 2b. p25 Approve February 2024 Cash Disbursements in the amount of $2,350,480.36.
2c. p33 Acknowledge receipt of and file the Planning Commission’s annual report concerning implementation status of the 1994 Paradise General Plan and Housing Element for the 2023 calendar year.
2d. p60 Approve write-off of uncollectible miscellaneous invoices and citations which are attached as Exhibit A.
2e. p80 Approve and authorize Town staff to implement the Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project. Project would include the hiring of three (3) full-time, limited term staff members to facilitate the 36-month program that will increase capacity for hazardous fuels along all Town Right-of-Ways. 2f. p81 1. Re-appoint two Planning Commissioners, Charles Holman and Zeb Reynolds, whose terms will expire on June 30, 2024 for one 4-year term effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2028; or,
3 2. Approve a Notice of Vacancy and application and authorize staff to advertise the upcoming vacancies on the Planning Commission and designate two (2) Town Council members to serve as an interview panel.
3. ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR
4. PUBLIC COMMUNICATION
For matters that are not on the Council business agenda, speakers are allowed three (3) minutes to address the Council. The Town Council is prohibited from taking action on matters that are not listed on the public agenda. The Council may briefly respond for clarification and may refer the matter to the Town staff.
5. PUBLIC HEARINGS
For items that require a published legal notice and/or a mailed notice.
Public Hearing Procedure:
A. Staff Report
B. Mayor opens the hearing for public comment in the following order:
i. Project proponents (in favor of proposal)
ii. Project opponents (against proposal)
iii. Rebuttals – if requested
C. Mayor closes the hearing
D. Council discussion and vote
5a. p82 1. Consider concurring with the recommended actions adopted by the Planning Commission of February 27, 2024, and embodied within Planning Commission Resolution No. 2024-01; and, 2. Concur that the final draft Safety Element is within the scope of the previously adopted Negative Declaration; and, 3. Adopt Town of Paradise Resolution No. 2024-______, “A Resolution of the Town Council of the Town of Paradise Adopting an Amendment to the Safety Element of the 1994 Paradise General Plan and Finding the Amendment Within the Scope of the Certified Negative Declaration Prepared for the Town of Paradise Housing and Safety Element Updates: Town of Paradise Safety Element 2024 Update”; or, 4. Provide alternative direction to town staff. (ROLL CALL VOTE)
6. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION
Action items are presented by staff and the vote of each Council Member must be announced. A roll call vote is taken for each item on the action calendar. Citizens are allowed three (3) minutes to comment on agenda items.
6a. p219 1. Consider concurring with staff’s recommendation for awarding the contract for Progressive Design Build Services for the Paradise Sewer Project to the Mountain Cascade-Carollo team; and, 2. Authorize the Town Manager to enter into a Progressive Design Build Contract (2023-005) with the recommended firm, contingent upon approval by the Town Attorney; and, 3. Adopt Resolution No. 2024-__, “A Resolution Designating Authority to the Paradise Town Manager to Execute Individual Contract Amendments Under the Resultant Progressive Design Build Contract for RFQ 2023-005 Progressive Design Build Services with Mountain Cascade/Carollo Engineers for the Paradise Sewer Project up to the maximum contract aggregate amount of $17,000,000 to complete the initial design and progressive design build process for the Paradise Sewer Project.” (ROLL
CALL VOTE)
6b. p558 1. Consider directing staff to enter into an agreement with the City of Chico to provide an investment of $75,000 to the Chico Airport Revenue Guarantee Fund; and, 2. Direct staff to enter into an agreement with Adventist Health Feather River Foundation to accept $75,000 in matching funds, contingent upon approval by Adventist Health Feather River Foundation; and, 3. Direct Staff to transmit a total investment of $150,000, contingent on matching funds approval, to the City of Chico Airport Revenue Guarantee Fund; or, 4. Provide alternate direction. (ROLL CALL VOTE) 6c. p561 1. Discuss and consider concurring with staff recommendation to approve the Intergovernmental Subrecipient Agreement for the Town of Paradise to assist Paradise Irrigation District in utilizing CDBG-DR funds; and, 2. Adopt Resolution No. 2024-__, A Resolution of the Town Council of the Town of Paradise authorizing the Town Manager, or his designee, to sign the Intergovernmental Subrecipient Agreement to allow the Town of Paradise to administer and support in the utilization of CDBG-DR funds allocated to PID by HCD via the CDBG-DR program. (ROLL CALL VOTE) 6d. p721 1. Consider adopting Resolution No. 2024-____, “A Resolution of the Town Council of the Town of Paradise Adopting the California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act Policy and Procedure” and, 2.
Consider waiving the first reading of the Town of Paradise Ordinance No. 634 and read by title only; and, 3. Introduce Town Ordinance No. 634 “An Ordinance Adding Section 2.45.105 to the Paradise Municipal Code Relating to an Informal Bid Process for Public Works Projects of $200,000 or Less.” (ROLL CALL VOTE)
6e. p726 1. Consider adopting Resolution No. 2024-___, “A Resolution of the Town Council of the Town of Paradise Awarding Contract No. 9435, Fire Station 82 Re-Roofing Project to Four Seasons Roofing of Chico in the Amount of Their Base Bid Plus Additive Bid Number One” for a total of $37,088.00 and, 2. Authorize the Town Manager to execute an agreement with Four Seasons Roofing in the amount of their base plus additive bid number one and to approve contingency expenditures not exceeding 10%. (ROLL CALL VOTE)
6f. p745 Hear an update on the potential applicability of Red-Light Enforcement Cameras in Paradise.
6g. p748 1. Discuss and consider adopting Resolution No. 2024-__, "A Resolution of The Town Council of The Town of Paradise Making Findings Concerning Sole Vendor For The Purchase of E-Citation and Collision reporting software, by Crossroads Software Inc. Pursuant To Paradise Municipal Code Sections 2.45.070B, 245.070C, and 245.070G"; and, 2.
Authorize the Town Manager to enter into an agreement to purchase the Crossroads software and to pay Sun Ridge Systems (RIMS) for the integration of the software into the Police Department’s CAD system. (ROLL
CALL VOTE)
5 6h. p753 Provide an update on Police Department Drone Program and review policy with Council. (Adopted May 9, 2023)
6i. p756 Discuss and consider adopting the following: 1. Adopt Resolution No. 2024-__ , “A Resolution of the Town Council of the Town of Paradise Approving an application for funding and the execution of a grant agreement and any amendments thereto from the 2023-2024 funding year of the State CDBG Mitigation Resilience Infrastructure (MIT-RIP) program.” and, 2.
Adopt Resolution No. 2024-__ , “A Resolution of the Town Council of the Town of Paradise Approving an application for funding and the execution of a grant agreement and any amendments thereto from the 2023-2024 funding year of the State CDBG Resilient Planning and Public Services (MIT-PPS) Program.” (ROLL CALL VOTE)
7. COUNCIL INITIATED ITEMS AND REPORTS
7a. Council initiated agenda items
7a1. p765 Discuss Ordinance No. 632 and the provisions for residents to store RVs on vacant properties. (CULLETON)
7a2. Discuss electronic signs in the Commercial Zones. (CULLETON) 7b. Council reports on committee representation
7c. Future Agenda Items
8. STAFF COMMUNICATION
8a. Town Manager Report
9. CLOSED SESSION
10. ADJOURNMENT