RIDGECREST CITY COUNCIL
SUCCESSOR REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
FINANCING AUTHORITY
HOUSING AUTHORITY
Minutes
Wednesday, March 2, 2022 Regular Session - 6:00 p.m.
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CALL TO ORDER - 6:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Council Present: Mayor Eric A. Bruen (via WebEx); Mayor Pro Tem L. Scott Hayman; Vice Mayor Solomon P. Rajaratnam; Council Member Peggy Breeden; Council Member Kyle Blades
Staff Present: City Attorney Koczanowicz (via WebEx); City Clerk Charlon; Capt. Dampier; City Manager Strand; Finance Director Freese; PW Director Reed
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
• Blades - Breeden: 5 Ayes
NOTE: The vote is displayed in bold below each item. For example, Blades-Rajaratnam denotes Council Member Blades made the motion and Vice Mayor Rajaratnam seconded the motion. Ayes, Noes, Absents, Abstentions follow.
REGULAR SESSION
PRESENTATIONS
1. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) FREESE
PUBLIC COMMENT OF ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
Public comments heard from S. Connally; A. Saunders travel blogger; M. Neel
COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS
CONSENT CALENDAR
2. Proposed Action To Approve Draft Minutes Of The Ridgecrest City Council Regular Meeting Dated February 16, 2022 CHARLON
• Blades - Rajaratnam: 5 Ayes
PUBLIC HEARING
3. A Public Hearing And Approval Of A Resolution Of The City Of Ridgecrest City Council To Consider Public Comments And Establish A Finding For Unmet Needs That Are Reasonable To Meet With The Public Transportation System for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 SMITH REED • Public hearing opened at 7:05
• Public comments heard from
• K. Brown - Inyokern hub which is owned by the city on 2nd street, the location has no signs as the transportation hub or which busses come there. • No comments received by the City Clerk
• Public hearing closed at 7:20
• Blades - Rajartnam: 5 Ayes
4. Conduct A Public Hearing And Adopt A Resolution Recommending Community Development Block Grant CARES Act (CDBG-CV3) Funding Use In The Amount of $67,219.80 And Proiect Description To The Kern County Board Of Supervisors For The City Of Ridgecrest
WEGENER CHARLON
• Public hearing opened at 7:22
• No public comments heard; no comments received by the City Clerk • Public hearing closed at 7:30
• Blades - Breeden: 5 Ayes
DISCUSSION / ACTION ITEMS
5. Fire Contract Review STRAND
Public comments heard from M. Neel
6. A Resolution Of The Ridgecrest City Council Declaring Intention To Vacate And Abandon A Certain Pedestrian Way In Tract 1252 And Setting A Public Hearing Per Streets And Highways Code Section 8335 SPURLOCK
• Blades - Rajaratnam: 5 Ayes
7. Discussion Regarding The Board Of The Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority (IWVGA) HAYMAN
Public comments heard from M. Neel; K. Brown
ORDINANCE
8. Second Reading And Adoption, Ordinance 22-01 Of The Ridgecrest City Council Amending The Ridgecrest Municipal Code Regarding Solid Waste MCKENZIE Motion To Waive Reading In Full, Ordinance 22-01 Of The Ridgecrest City Council Amending the Ridgecrest Municipal Code Regarding Solid Waste.
Public comments heard from M. Neel
• Rajaratnam - Breeden: 5 Ayes
Motion To Adopt, Ordinance 22-01 Of The Ridgecrest City Council Amending the Ridgecrest Municipal Code Regarding Solid Waste.
• Blades - Breeden: 5 Ayes
Minutes - CITY COUNCIL / SUCCESSOR REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY / FINANCING AUTHORITY / HOUSING AUTHORITY REGULAR - March 2, 2022
COMMITTEE REPORTS
**Committee Meeting dates are subject to change and will be announced on the City website Infrastructure Committee
Members: Solomon Rajaratnam and Kyle Blades
Meeting: 4th Thursday each month at 5:00 p.m.
Location: City Hall Council Chambers
• Report from 02/24/22 - discussed Downs St. lighting, Caltrans update Downs and 178 intersection, modernizing city biking traffic
OTHER COMMITTEES, BOARDS, OR COMMISSIONS
KernCOG - 2/17
League of Ca Cities - 2/18 - discussed SB9 extensively; San Bernardino Sheriff brought light to the marijuana farms from the Cartels in our area
EKEA - 2/10
CITY MANAGER REPORT
• Clean CA Grant for $1.8M was approved
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMENTS
Blades - Big ticket items coming forward - Fire Contract, ARPA, Clean CA Grant, Etc. - Feedback is important from the public. It is not easy for him because fundamentally he does not agree with items like the trash, but it has to be done.
Rajaratnam - thanked staff for hard work and public for participating Bruen - thanked council for great meeting, looks forward to being home from Washington DC tomorrow, full of pride being able to talk with elected officials about Ridgecrest Hayman - thanked the couple that was here to blog about Ridgecrest for the next month. Thanked Mayor for being in DC. Proud of work being done and serving with this council.
ADJOURNMENT - 8:50 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Charlen
icca Charlon, City Clerk.
Minutes - CITY COUNCIL / SUCCESSOR REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY / FINANCING AUTHORITY / HOUSING AUTHORITY REGULAR - March 2, 2022