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AGENDA
PLACERVILLE CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2026
CLOSED SESSION: 4:30 P.M.
OPEN SESSION: 5:00 P.M.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – TOWN HALL
549 MAIN STREET, PLACERVILLE, CA 95667
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION INFORMATION
You are welcomed and encouraged to participate in this meeting. Public comment is taken (3 minutes maximum) on items listed on the agenda when they are called.
Comments on items not on the agenda will be taken under Item 8. Comments must not be slanderous and must relate to business within the jurisdiction of the City Council.
Advance Correspondence/Written Comments: You may submit your comments by e-mail to [email protected], or you may submit your comments to the Administration Department, 3101 Center Street, Placerville, CA 95667 by 2:00 p.m. the day of the meeting.
Advance Correspondence/Written Comments received by 12:00 p.m. Tuesday preceding the Council meeting will be included in the agenda packet. Comments received after that time and by 2:00 p.m. the day of the meeting will be provided to the members of the City Council and, if relating to a staff report, immediately posted to the City’s website.
Copies of the comments will be placed on the back table for public inspection at the meeting.
These comments will not be read aloud but will be acknowledged. All comments will be available for inspection in the Administration Department during normal business hours.
The Brown Act: Government Code 54950 (The Brown Act) requires that a brief description of each item to be transacted or discussed be posted at least 72 hours prior to a regular meeting. The City posts the Agenda on the City Hall and Town Hall windows, and on the City’s website: www.cityofplacerville.org.
To ensure that matters are decided based on evidence made available publicly before and during the meeting, Councilmembers will not review or consider information received electronically while the meeting is in progress.
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CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
NICOLE GOTBERG, MAYOR
JACKIE NEAU, VICE-MAYOR
RYAN CARTER
JOHN CLERICI
DAVID YARBROUGH
EXECUTIVE STAFF:
JOE WREN
City Manager
MONA EBRAHIMI
City Attorney
REGINA O’CONNELL
City Clerk
CAROLE KENDRICK
Director of Development
Services
DENIS NISHIHARA
Director of Community Services
MELISSA SAVAGE
City Engineer/Director of
Engineering
NICK STONE
Director of Public Works
NATALIE TORNINCASA
Director of Finance
DAN MACIEL
Chief of Police
BRAD GATES
Fire Chief, El Dorado County
Fire Protection District
____________________________________________________________________________________ 4:30 P.M. CLOSED SESSION
Item 1: Public Employment Performance Evaluation
Government Code § 54957
City Manager
____________________________________________________________________________________ 5:00 P.M. OPEN SESSION
1. CALL TO ORDER & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
2. ROLL CALL: Carter, Clerici, Gotberg, Neau, Yarbrough
3. CEREMONIAL MATTERS
3.1 Swear-In and Ceremonial Oath of Office for Newly Appointed Police Department Personnel (Chief Maciel)
3.2 Introduce and Welcome New Associate Planner, Arianna Blandon (Ms. Kendrick)
4. CLOSED SESSION REPORT – City Attorney
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5. ADOPTION OF AGENDA
6. ANNOUNCEMENTS/PRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC
6.1 Brief Comments by the City Council
7. CONSENT CALENDAR
NOTE: All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion by roll call vote unless any member of the Council wishes to remove an item for discussion. The reading of the full text of all Resolutions will be waived unless a Councilmember requests otherwise.
7.1 Approve the Minutes of the Regularly Scheduled City Council Meeting of September 22, 2026 (Ms. O’Connell)
7.2 Approve the Accounts Payable Register (Ms. Tornincasa)
7.3 Approve the Payroll Register for Pay Periods 6 and 7 (Ms.Tornincasa)
7.4 Receive and File Public Records Requests (Ms. O’Connell)
7.5 Biennial Review and Amendment of the City’s Conflict of Interest Code to Add Designated Positions, Update Job Titles, and Remove Obsolete Positions (Ms. O’Connell)
Att. A: Resolution (with Appendix 1)
7.6 Consider Ratifying a Master Agreement for Engineering Services with Ghirardelli Associates, Inc. for As-needed Project Manager Services on City Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Projects (Ms.
Savage)
Att. A: Resolution
7.7 Consider Approving a $1,250,000 Budget Appropriation of State Transportation Improvement Program Funds for the Western Placerville Interchanges Phase 2.3 – Westbound Off-Ramp Project (CIP #42614), Approving Task Order 1-A with Ghirardelli Associates, Inc. for Project Management Services, and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the Same (Ms. Savage)
Att. A: Resolution
7.8 Consider Approving a $228,500 Budget Appropriation in Highway Safety Improvement Program Funds for the Highway 50 Corridor Intersection Pedestrian Safety Project (CIP #42247) (Ms. Savage) ________________________________________________________________________ Regular Meeting of the City Council of October 13, 2026 4 Visit us on “The Web” at www.cityofplacerville.org
Att. A: Resolution
8. PUBLIC COMMENT – NON-AGENDA ITEMS
This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the Council on any matter not on the Agenda that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council.
State law prohibits the Council from acting on items not listed on the Agenda except by special action of the City Council under specified circumstances.
The Mayor reserves the right to limit the speaker’s time to three minutes. You are not allowed to make personal attacks on individuals or make comments which are slanderous or which may invade an individual’s personal privacy.
8.1 Oral Communication
8.2 Written Communication
9. ITEMS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
10. ORDINANCES
Second reading and adoption of ordinances will be placed on the Consent Calendar unless separate discussion or action is requested by a Council Member or member of the public.
10.1 Introduction and First Reading of an Ordinance Amending Title 1, Chapter 21, Section 3 of the Placerville City Code to Limit CitySubsidized Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Benefits for Members of the City Council to Member-only Coverage, Eliminating Spouse and Dependent Eligibility effective January 1, 2027 (Ms.
Tornincasa)
Att. A: Ordinance
Att. B: Exhibit A
10.2 Consideration of an Ordinance Amending Section 1-9-8 of Title 1 of the Placerville Municipal Code Regarding City Hall Office Hours and Location (Mr. Wren)
Att. A: Ordinance
Att. B: Redlined Ordinance 1-9-8 City Hall Office Hours
11. PUBLIC HEARINGS
12. DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS
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12.1 Adopt a Resolution to Amend Medical Benefit Contributions and Establish a Fixed Subsidy Cap for Active Employees and Retirees in the Unrepresented Confidential Unit, Executive Management Unit, and Supervisor Units Effective January 1, 2027 (Ms. Tornincasa) Att. A: Resolution
12.2 Planning Commission Biennial Review of the General Plan Policy Document – Recommendations Regarding Capital Improvement Program Prioritization, General Plan Updates, and Implementation Tracking Timeline (Ms. Kendrick)
Att. A: General Plan Section VIII Administration and
Implementation
Att. B: General Plan Implementation Program 1 Tracking Table (September 2026)
Att. C: Planning Commission Staff Report – September 15, 2026
12.3 Fire Gate on Arizona Way (Pleasant Street/Arizona Way) – Cottonwood Park Apartments (SPR98-02) (Ms. Kendrick)
Att. A: SPR98-02 Mitigated Negative Declaration
Att. B: Site plan showing Arizona Way (from project files) Att. C: City Council August 27, 2025 Fire Gates staff report Att. D: City Council August 27, 2025 Minutes revised
Att. E: State regulations (PRC 4290.5, 14 CCR §1267.01)
12.4 Return to City Council – Police Department Fee Schedule (Chief Maciel)
Att. A: Resolution
Att. B: Proposed Fee Schedule
Att. C: Fee Survey Results
Att. D: City Code 1-22-4
12.5 Consider Adopting a Resolution Approving the Light Pole Banner Program Administrative Policy and Exhibits A and B and Utilizing Established Cost-Recovery Fee for Community Use of City Streetlight Poles (Mr. Nishihara)
Att. A: Quick Reference: “Top 10”
Att. B: Application
Att. C: Light Pole Banner Policy
Att. D: Resolution
13. COUNCIL REPORTS FROM OTHER AGENCY MEETINGS
• El Dorado County Transit Authority
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(Neau, Yarbrough)
• El Dorado County Transportation Commission
(Clerici, Neau, Yarbrough)
• LAFCO (El Dorado Local Agency Formation Commission)
(Carter)
• SACOG (Sacramento Area Council of Governments)
(Clerici)
• Pioneer Community Energy Board of Directors
(Carter)
• Placerville Fire Safe Council
(Gotberg)
• Opportunity Knocks/Continuum of Care
(Carter)
14. REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS – (Requests for Future Agenda Items Requires a Majority Concurrence of the Council)
15. CITY MANAGER AND STAFF REPORTS
16. UPCOMING ITEMS
Items tentatively scheduled for the next City Council meeting include: Placerville Wildfire Resilience Strategy Implementation Update (with CAL FIRE); Proclamation Veterans’ Day; Proclamation: Extra Mile Day; Request Cancellation of the Nov. 24th CC Meeting; Placerville Aquatics Center Fiscal Analysis and Operations Presentation; Safety Element Update; Open Space Element; Finance Amendment 2nd reading; Vacant Buildings Report; Certifying a Recirculated Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH#201408204), Adopting a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, Adopting Environmental Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, and Approving the Clay Street Bridge Replacement Project; Thompson Way, Sheridan Street, Sherman Street - Ratify CCOs and authorize staff to file a Notice of Completion.
17. ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled City Council meeting will be held on October 27, 2026, at 4:30 P.M. Closed Session, 5:00 P.M. Regular Meeting. ________________________________________________________________________ Regular Meeting of the City Council of October 13, 2026 7 Visit us on “The Web” at www.cityofplacerville.org
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CERTIFICATION OF AGENDA POSTING
I, Rachel Doig, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Placerville, declare that the foregoing Agenda for October 13, 2026, Regular Meeting of the Placerville City Council was posted and available for review on October 9, 2026, at City Hall, 3101 Center Street, Placerville, CA 95667 and at Town Hall, 549 Main Street, Placerville, CA 95667.
The Agenda, including all staff reports and attachments, is available on the City website at www.cityofplacerville.org
Attest: ______________________________________
Rachel Doig, Deputy City Clerk