AGENDA
Rio Dell City Council
special meeting/CLOSED SESSION
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2022– 4:00 p.m.
City Council Chambers
675 Wildwood Avenue
WELCOME . . . Copies of this agenda, staff reports and other material available to the City Council are available at the City Clerk’s office in City Hall, 675 Wildwood Avenue. Your City Government welcomes your interest and hopes you will attend and participate in Rio Dell City Council meetings often.
SPECIAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ALTERATIONS TO MEETING FORMATCORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)Effective immediately, the City of Rio Dell will reopen city council meetings held in City Hall Council Chambers to in-person attendance by the public. The public may also attend these meetings virtually through Zoom. To maintain safety and minimize the health risks associated with COVID-19, participants may be required to complete an Attestation of Vaccination upon entering the City Council Chambers.
Fully vaccinated participants will not be required to wear a mask. Unvaccinated participants must wear face coverings at all times while in the City Hall Council Chambers. Public Comment by Email:In balancing the health risks associated with COVID-19 and need to conduct government in an open and transparent manner, public comment on agenda items can be submitted via email at [email protected]. Please note the agenda item the comment is directed to and email no later than one hour prior to the start of the Council meeting. Your comments will be read out loud, for up to three minutes. Zoom Public Comment:When the Mayor announces the agenda item that you wish to comment on, call the conference line and turn off your TV or live stream. Please call the toll-free number 1-888-475-4499, enter meeting ID 987 154 0944 and press star (*) 9 on your phone – this will raise your hand. You will continue to hear the meeting on the call. When it is time for public comment on the item you wish to speak on, the Clerk will unmute your phone. You will hear a prompt that will indicate your phone is unmuted. Please state your name and begin your comment. You will have three minutes to comment. SPECIAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ALTERATIONS TO MEETING FORMATCORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)Effective immediately, the City of Rio Dell will reopen city council meetings held in City Hall Council Chambers to in-person attendance by the public. The public may also attend these meetings virtually through Zoom. To maintain safety and minimize the health risks associated with COVID-19, participants may be required to complete an Attestation of Vaccination upon entering the City Council Chambers.
Fully vaccinated participants will not be required to wear a mask. Unvaccinated participants must wear face coverings at all times while in the City Hall Council Chambers. Public Comment by Email:In balancing the health risks associated with COVID-19 and need to conduct government in an open and transparent manner, public comment on agenda items can be submitted via email at [email protected]. Please note the agenda item the comment is directed to and email no later than one hour prior to the start of the Council meeting. Your comments will be read out loud, for up to three minutes. Zoom Public Comment:When the Mayor announces the agenda item that you wish to comment on, call the conference line and turn off your TV or live stream. Please call the toll-free number 1-888-475-4499, enter meeting ID 987 154 0944 and press star (*) 9 on your phone – this will raise your hand. You will continue to hear the meeting on the call. When it is time for public comment on the item you wish to speak on, the Clerk will unmute your phone. You will hear a prompt that will indicate your phone is unmuted. Please state your name and begin your comment. You will have three minutes to comment.
SPECIAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ALTERATIONS TO MEETING FORMAT CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)
Effective immediately, the City of Rio Dell will reopen city council meetings held in City Hall Council Chambers to in-person attendance by the public. The public may also attend these meetings virtually through Zoom.
To maintain safety and minimize the health risks associated with COVID-19, participants may be required to complete an Attestation of Vaccination upon entering the City Council Chambers.
Fully vaccinated participants will not be required to wear a mask. Unvaccinated participants must wear face coverings at all times while in the City Hall Council Chambers.
Public Comment by Email:
In balancing the health risks associated with COVID-19 and need to conduct government in an open and transparent manner, public comment on agenda items can be submitted via email at [email protected]. Please note the agenda item the comment is directed to and email no later than one hour prior to the start of the Council meeting. Your comments will be read out loud, for up to three minutes.
Zoom Public Comment:
When the Mayor announces the agenda item that you wish to comment on, call the conference line and turn off your TV or live stream. Please call the toll-free number 1-888-475-4499, enter meeting ID 987 154 0944 and press star (*) 9 on your phone – this will raise your hand. You will continue to hear the meeting on the call. When it is time for public comment on the item you wish to speak on, the Clerk will unmute your phone. You will hear a prompt that will indicate your phone is unmuted. Please state your name and begin your comment. You will have three minutes to comment.
SPECIAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ALTERATIONS TO MEETING FORMAT CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)
Effective immediately, the City of Rio Dell will reopen city council meetings held in City Hall Council Chambers to in-person attendance by the public. The public may also attend these meetings virtually through Zoom.
To maintain safety and minimize the health risks associated with COVID-19, participants may be required to complete an Attestation of Vaccination upon entering the City Council Chambers.
Fully vaccinated participants will not be required to wear a mask. Unvaccinated participants must wear face coverings at all times while in the City Hall Council Chambers.
Public Comment by Email:
In balancing the health risks associated with COVID-19 and need to conduct government in an open and transparent manner, public comment on agenda items can be submitted via email at [email protected]. Please note the agenda item the comment is directed to and email no later than one hour prior to the start of the Council meeting. Your comments will be read out loud, for up to three minutes.
Zoom Public Comment:
When the Mayor announces the agenda item that you wish to comment on, call the conference line and turn off your TV or live stream. Please call the toll-free number 1-888-475-4499, enter meeting ID 987 154 0944 and press star (*) 9 on your phone – this will raise your hand. You will continue to hear the meeting on the call. When it is time for public comment on the item you wish to speak on, the Clerk will unmute your phone. You will hear a prompt that will indicate your phone is unmuted. Please state your name and begin your comment. You will have three minutes to comment.
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
This time is for persons who wish to address the Council on any matter not on this agenda and over which the Council has jurisdiction. As such, a dialogue with the Council or staff is not intended. Items requiring Council action not listed on this agenda may be placed on the next regular agenda for consideration if the Council directs, unless a finding is made by at least 2/3rds of the Council that the item came up after the agenda was posted and is of an urgency nature requiring immediate action.
SPECIAL MEETING MATTERS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION 2022/1122.01 - Conference with Legal Counsel – Consider Initiation of Litigation Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(4):
Two (2) Cases/Matters
2022/1122.02 - Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation Significant Exposure to Litigation Pursuant to Paragraph (2) or (3) of Subdivision (d) of §54956.9: One Case:
River Watch Wastewater Discharge Violation Claims
PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING CLOSED SESSION
RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION
RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION
ORAL ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING CLOSED SESSION
J. ADJOURNMENT
In compliance with the American with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Office of the City Clerk at (707) 764-3532. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to assure accessibility to the meeting.
The next Regular City Council meeting is scheduled for
Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 6:30 p.m.