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RIO VISTA CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION
CITY COUNCIL
MAYOR RONALD KOTT
VICE MAYOR EDWIN OKAMURA
COUNCIL MEMBER RICK DOLK
COUNCIL MEMBER SARAH DONNELLY
COUNCIL MEMBER WALT STANISH
PLANNING COMMISSION
CHAIR TOM DONNELLY
VICE CHAIR LISA DUKE
COMMISSIONER RICHARD BRADSHAW
COMMISSIONER EMMETTE HOL TSLANDER
COMMISSIONER LISA HECHTMAN
COMMISSIONER KEVIN McNAMARA
COMMISSIONER CLINTON SCHOL TING
BY TELECONFERENCE AND IN-PERSON
JOINT STUDY SESSION / SPECIAL MEETING
MINUTES
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
6:00 P.M. -JOINT SPECIAL MEETING
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
ONE MAIN STREET
RIO VISTA, CALIFORNIA 94571
Council Member Stanish, should he be participating via teleconference, will be at the address below:
167 Main Street
Rio Vista, CA 94571
A copy of this agenda had been posted at the address above per adherence to Section 54953(b)(3) of the Ralph M. Brown Act, has been posted from the date of release noted below, and will be removed once this noticed public meeting has ended.
1. CLOSED SESSION
None
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2. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL - PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Kott called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
City Council:
PRESENT: Council Members Stanish, Vice Mayor Okamura and Mayor Kott
Let the record reflect that Council Member Stanish attended the meeting in person.
ABSENT: None
RECUSED: Council Member Dolk and Council Member Sarah Donnelly Planning Commission: PRESENT: Commissioners Bradshaw, Hechtman, Holtslander, and Scholting, Vice Chair Duke, and Chair Tom Donnelly
Commissioner Scholting attended the meeting at 6:08 p.m.
ABSENT: Commissioner McNamara
3. PUBLIC COMMENT (Time Limit - 5 minutes per speaker} - Public comment is limited to only those items listed on this agenda. Government Code Section 54954.3(a}
Zero (0) public comment was received.
4. DISCLOSURE OF EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS
City Council Members and Planning Commissioners should disclose any communications they have had on the agenda items at this time.
No disclosures were made.
5. SPECIAL MEETING ITEMS
5.1 Incoming Planning Commissioner Lisa Hechtman
1. Welcome from Commission
2. Welcome from City Council
3. Swearing-In/ Oath-Taking - (to be led by City Clerk)
4. Words from Commissioner Hechtman
Zero (0) public comment was received.
Special/Joint Meeting - September 10, 2024 - Rio Vista City Council and Planning Commission Minutes Page 3 of 6 Newly appointed Planning Commissioner Lisa Hechtman was respectively welcomed and congratulated by Mayor Kott and Planning Commission Chair Tom Donnelly.
City Clerk Pam Caronongan administered the Oath of Office for Commissioner Hechtman. Commissioner Hechtman expressed her gratitude towards the Planning Commission and the City Council for the appointment.
5.2 JOINT STUDY SESSION: Waterfront Specific Plan (WSP) Planning Consultant Richard Smeaton provided the City Council and the Planning Commission with a presentation to facilitate the joint study session regarding the Waterfront Specific Plan (WSP).
The following topics were discussed during the joint study session, per City Council directive during the August 6, 2024 regular meeting:
1. Development Requirements as it pertains to Senate Bill 330 (SB330).
2. Flexibility of Uses within the WSP versus other districts.
3. Hotel heights and locations.
4. 100-Year versus 200-Year Flood Plains.
5. Potential Flood Wall.
6. Potential Retail/ Commercial Square Footage.
City Manager Kristina Miller and Planning Consultant Smeaton provided responses to inquiries and requests for clarification from the City Council and the Planning Commission.
Throughout the joint study session, two (2) individuals gave public comments I requests for clarification from City Council, the Planning Commission, and staff. These requests for clarification were furnished through discussions held between the City Council and Planning Commission along with staff providing responses to address all inquiries presented during the meeting.
Special/Joint Meeting- September 10, 2024- Rio Vista City Council and Planning Commission Minutes Page 4 of 6 Staff recommended the following:
1. For City Council to instruct staff to ensure that future developments within the WSP area incorporate densities to ensure that at least 165 dwelling units are constructed within the area buildout.
2. For language to be included to indicate that the six (6) single-family houses located at 108, 198, 200, 210, 220, 224, and 230 Logan Street can continue to be used as single-family houses until such time as they are redeveloped.
City Council and Planning Commission reached consensus, with City Council approving staff recommendations noted above.
Per consensus of City Council and Planning Commission, City Council directed staff with the following:
1. Compliance shall be according to the 100-Year Flood Plain requirements.
2. For the Front Street Zone to be three-stories by right and up to five stories with conditional use permit (CUP).
3. For a hotel to be located anywhere on the waterfront within the Waterfront Specific Plan.
4. Bring the WSP matter before the City Council for consideration and approval as an agenda item at the closest possible opportunity providing time for staff to carry out the required public noticing.
6. REPORTS
6.1 City Manager
None
6.2 City Council
None
6.3 Planning Commission
None
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7. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Kott adjourned the meeting at 7:09 p.m.
Pam Caronongan, MMC, Clerk
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