City Council
Darrell Steinberg, Mayor Lisa Kaplan, District 1 Sean Loloee, District 2 Karina Talamantes, District 3 Katie Valenzuela, District 4 Caity Maple, District 5 Eric Guerra, Vice Mayor, District 6
Rick Jennings, II, District 7
Mai Vang, Mayor Pro Tem, District 8
Charter Officers
Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk
Susana Alcala Wood, City Attorney Jorge Oseguera, City Auditor Howard Chan, City Manager John Colville, City Treasurer
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Council Chamber, 915 I Street, 1st Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 Published by the Office of the City Clerk (916) 808-7200 Tuesday, February 21, 2023
5:00 p.m.
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City of Sacramento
City Council - 5PM
City Hall Complex, 915 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Council Chamber, 1st Floor Regular Meeting DRAFT Minutes
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
5:00 PM
All items listed are heard and acted upon by the City Council unless otherwise noted.
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Regular session called to order by Mayor Darrell Steinberg at 5:02 p.m. Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at the Sacramento City Hall Council Chamber.
Members Present: Eric Guerra, Rick Jennings, Lisa Kaplan, Sean Loloee, Caity Maple, Katie Valenzuela, Mai Vang, and Mayor Darrell Steinberg (until 8:49 p.m.).
Member Absent: Karina Talamantes.
Land Acknowledgement – Led by Girl Scout Troop 1290.
Pledge of Allegiance – Led by Girl Scout Troop 1290.
Closed Session Report – None.
Special Presentation/General Communications
Resolution Commemorating Black History Month 2023 - Presented by Councilmember Jennings.
Consent Calendar
All items listed under the Consent Calendar are considered and acted upon by one Motion. Anyone may request an item be removed for separate consideration.
Action: Moved/Seconded: Member Kaplan / Member Loloee.
Yes: Members Eric Guerra, Rick Jennings, Lisa Kaplan, Sean Loloee, Caity Maple, Katie Valenzuela, Mai Vang, and Mayor Darrell Steinberg.
Absent: Member Karina Talamantes.
Members of the public provided public comments.
A motion passed to adopt the Consent Calendar in one motion except as indicated at each item.
City Clerk’s Log of Councilmember Pending Requests
File ID: 2023-00126
Location: Citywide
Action: Passed Motion No. 2023-0051 approving the City Clerk’s Log of Councilmember Pending Requests.
Contact: Mindy Cuppy, MMC, City Clerk, (916) 808-5442, [email protected], Office of the City Clerk Confirmation of Board and Commission Appointments (To Be Delivered) File ID: 2023-00136
Location: Citywide
Action: Passed Motion No. 2023-0052 confirming board and commission appointments to the Sacramento Disability Advisory Commission, the Preservation Commission, the Active Transportation Commission, the Measure U Community Advisory Committee, the Utility Rate Advisory Committee, and the Parks and Community Enrichment Commission.
Contact: Mindy Cuppy, MMC, City Clerk, (916) 808-5442, [email protected], Wendy Klock-Johnson, MMC, Chief Assistant City Clerk, (916) 808-7509, [email protected], Office of the City Clerk Budgetary Adjustments and Report Back: Department of Public Works Emergency Contract -Marconi Avenue Overcrossing Railing Repair Project (R15222200) File ID: 2023-00001
Location: District 2
Action: Adopted Resolution No. 2023-0046: 1) authorizing the City Manager or City Manager’s designee to transfer $639,000 (Gas Tax- Fund 2002) from the available fund balance within the Gas Tax Fund to the expenditure budget of the Bridge Maintenance Program (R15222200) to support the Marconi Avenue Overcrossing Railing Repair Project.
Contact: Josh Werner, Assistant Civil Engineer, (916) 808-8158, [email protected]; Judith Matsui-Drury, Supervising Engineer, (916) 808-7610, [email protected]; Ofelia Avalos Engineering Services Manager, (916) 808-5054, [email protected], Department of Public Works Delegation to Vote: Reclamation District 1000 Proposition 218 Proposed Stormwater Service Fee File ID: 2023-00130
Location: Citywide
Action: Adopted Resolution No. 2023-0047 delegating the City Manager or the City Manager's designee authority to vote on behalf of all City-owned properties included in the proposed stormwater service fee for Reclamation District 1000 Stormwater Service Fee ballot election by March 10, 2023.
Contact: Pravani Vandeyar, Interim Director of Utilities (916) 808-3765, [email protected]; Anne Sanger, Government Affairs Manager, (916) 808-1635, [email protected], Department of Utilities Northgate Boulevard Transportation Plan Final Draft (S15184100) File ID: 2023-00094
Location: District 2, Represented by Mayor Steinberg; District 3, Represented by Councilmember Talamantes Action: Adopted Resolution No. 2023-0048: 1) approving the Northgate Boulevard Transportation Plan; 2) amending the Bicycle Master Plan to reflect the Northgate Boulevard Transportation Plan, and 3) rescinding previous transportation plans on this segment of Northgate Boulevard.
Contact: Leslie Mancebo, Senior Transportation Planner, (916) 808-5581, [email protected]; Jennifer Donlon Wyant, Transportation Planning Manager, (916) 808-5913, [email protected]; David Edrosolan, City Traffic Engineer, (916) 808-5974, [email protected], Department of Public Works Freeport Boulevard Transportation Plan Final Draft (S15184100) File ID: 2023-00096
Location: District 5, Represented by Councilmember Maple; District 7, Represented by Councilmember Jennings Action: Adopted Resolution No. 2023-0049: 1) approving the Freeport Boulevard Transportation Plan; 2) amending the Bicycle Master Plan to reflect the Freeport Boulevard Transportation Plan; and 3) rescinding previous transportation plans on this segment of Freeport Boulevard.
Contact: Leslie Mancebo, Senior Transportation Planner, (916) 808-5581, [email protected]; Jennifer Donlon Wyant, Transportation Planning Manager, (916) 808-5913, [email protected]; David Edrosolan, City Traffic Engineer, (916) 808-5974, [email protected], Department of Public Works Grant Application for State of California Natural Resources Agency, Department of Water Resources, Urban Community Drought Relief Grant Program File ID: 2022-02539
Location: Citywide
Action: Adopted Resolution No. 2023-0050 authorizing the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee to: 1) apply for grant funding from the State of California, Natural Resources Agency, Department of Water Resources (DWR), Division of Regional Assistance, for the Urban Community Drought Relief Grant Program; and, if awarded, 2) sign and execute agreements and all necessary documents of compliance related to the grant on behalf of the City; and 3) adjust revenue and expenditures budgets in the Well Rehabilitation Program (Z14110100, Fund 6205) for an amount of the grant award not-to-exceed $25 million.
Contact: Pravani Vandeyar, Interim Director (916) 808-3765, [email protected], Chuong (Ryan) Pham, Business Services Manager (916) 808-8995, [email protected], Dean Fujimoto, Program Manager, (916) 808-6645, [email protected], Tyler Stratton, Program Specialist, (916) 808-1284, [email protected], Department of Utilities Supplement to Contract No. 2022-0819 for Legal Services File ID: 2023-00144
Location: Citywide
Action: Passed Motion No. 2023-0053 amending contract #2022-0819 by $84,000 and authorizing the City Attorney to execute a supplemental contract with Liebert Cassidy Whitmore an amount not-to-exceed $144,000, reflecting an increase of $60,000 necessary to cover the work required for representation during the arbitration of disciplinary appeals.
Contact: Aaron Donato, Labor Relations Manager, (916) 808-5816 [email protected], Labor Relations Citywide Cleanup Contract Extension
File ID: 2023-00103
Location: Citywide
Action: Passed Motion No. 2023-0054: 1) authorizing the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee to execute Supplemental Agreement No. 2 to City Agreement No. 2022-0749 with Forensiclean LLC in an amount not to exceed $250,000 for a total not to exceed amount of $1,820,016.
Contact: Nicholas Golling, Homeless Services Manager, [email protected], (916) 808-7816, Department of Community Response Contract: Training for EMT-Paramedic Students
File ID: 2023-00049
Location: Citywide
Action: Passed Resolution No. 2023-0051: 1) authorizing the City Manager, or City Manager's designee, to execute the Agreement Regarding Training for EMT-Paramedic Students with Los Rios Community College District (LRCCD) and American Medical Response West doing business as NCTI for the Sacramento Fire Department to provide education and training in emergency medical services to LRCCD and NCTI students for $3,300 per student for an initial three-year period with two possible one-year extensions not to exceed a total of five years; and 2) authorizing the City Manager to adjust the Fire Department’s revenue and expenditure budgets to reflect funds collected under these agreements until June 30, 2023.
Contact: Tilden Billiter, Deputy Chief, (916) 808 - 1603, [email protected], Fire Department Approval of Professional Services Agreements for an Employee Assistance Program [Published for 10-Day Review on 02/10/2023] File ID: 2022-01883
Location: Citywide
Action: Passed Motion No. 2023-0055 authorizing the City Manager, or City Manager’s designee, to execute a professional services agreement with CONCERN for Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services for a cost not to exceed $1.75 million for a term of five years.
Contact: Sharneel Kumar, EHS Manager, 916-808-5872, [email protected], Human Resources Public Hearings
Ordinance Listing Zoo Entrance Structures (3930 West Land Park Drive) as a Landmark on the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources (M22-004) (Passed for Publication: 01/10/2023; Published: 01/13/2023) File ID: 2022-02110
Location: Zoo Entrance Structures (3930 West Land Park Drive), District 7, Represented by Councilmember Jennings Action: Moved/Seconded: Member Jennings / Member Guerra.
Yes: Members Eric Guerra, Rick Jennings, Lisa Kaplan, Sean Loloee, Caity Maple, Katie Valenzuela, Mai Vang, and Mayor Darrell Steinberg.
Absent: Member Karina Talamantes.
Members of the public provided public comments.
Conducted a public hearing and upon conclusion: 1) passed Motion No. 2023-0056 determining the listing of Zoo Entrance Structures (3930 West Land Park Drive) as a landmark on the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15308, which exempts actions taken to assure the maintenance, restoration, enhancement, or protection of the environment and where the regulatory process involves procedures for the protection of the environment; and 2) adopted Ordinance No. 2023-0004 listing Zoo Entrance Structures (3930 West Land Park Drive) as a landmark on the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources.
Contact: Sean de Courcy, Preservation Director, (916) 808-2796, [email protected], Community Development Department Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) Fee - 2023 Adjustment [Noticed 02/10/2023 & 02/15/2023] File ID: 2023-00059
Location: Natomas Basin, Council Districts 1 and 3
Action: Moved/Seconded: Member Kaplan / Member Loloee.
Yes: Members Eric Guerra, Rick Jennings, Lisa Kaplan, Sean Loloee, Caity Maple, Katie Valenzuela, Mai Vang, and Mayor Darrell Steinberg.
Absent: Member Karina Talamantes.
Conducted a public hearing and upon conclusion, adopted Resolution No. 2023-0052 adjusting the amount of the Natomas Basin Conservation Plan (HCP) fee, to be effective in 60 days.
Contact: Cheryle Hodge, Principal Planner, (916) 808-5971, [email protected], Community Development Department Third-Party Appeal: 7909 Bruceville Road - Proposed Storefront Dispensary (P22-020) [Noticed 02/10/2023] File ID: 2022-02448
Location: 7909 Bruceville Road, APN: 117-0330-007-0000, District 8, represented by Mayor Pro Tem Vang Action: Moved/Seconded: Member Vang / Member Maple.
Yes: Members Eric Guerra, Rick Jennings, Lisa Kaplan, Sean Loloee, Caity Maple, Katie Valenzuela, Mai Vang, and Mayor Darrell Steinberg.
Absent: Member Karina Talamantes.
Members of the public provided public comments.
Conducted a public hearing and upon conclusion, adopted: 1) Resolution No. 2023-0053 determining the project is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 - Existing Facilities); and 2) Resolution No. 2023-0054 adopting Findings of Fact and approving a) Conditional Use Permit to establish a cannabis dispensary (storefront with delivery) within a 2,644-square-foot tenant space of an existing 13,860-square-foot retail building, on
1.31 acres in the General Commercial Zone (C-2); and b) Site Plan and Design Review for minor exterior building renovations, thereby denying the third-party appeal.
Contact: Robert W. Williams, Associate Planner, 916-808-7686, [email protected], Kevin Colin, Principal Planner, 916-808-5260, [email protected], Community Development Department.
Discussion Calendar
Discussion calendar items include an oral presentation including those recommending “receive and file”.
Overview of the City’s Prohousing Designation and 2023 Housing Programs and Authorization to Apply for the State’s Prohousing Incentive Pilot Grant Program File ID: 2023-00008
Location: Citywide
Item postponed to the March 7, 2023 meeting.
Recommendation: 1) Review and comment on an overview of the Prohousing Designation Program and the 2023 housing programs from the City’s 2021-2029 Housing Element; 2) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee to: 1) apply for and accept up to $2.5 million in grant funding from the California Department of Housing and Community Development for its 2023 Prohousing Incentive Pilot (PIP) Program; and 2) if awarded: a) increase the revenue and expenditure budget in the FY2022/23 Affordable Housing Project (I02189050, Fund 2702) by up to $2.5 million; and b) execute a grant agreement with the State of California (Standard Agreement) and any other documents necessary to secure the PIP grant, in a form approved by the City Attorney.
Contact: Axel Magallanes, Administrative Analyst, (916) 808-1844, [email protected]; Denise Malvetti, Deputy Director, (916) 808-7064, [email protected], Office of Innovation & Economic Development; Greta Soos, Associate Planner, (916) 808-2027, [email protected], Matt Hertel, AICP, Long Range Planning Manager, (916) 808-7158, [email protected], Community Development Department Information Items
This item is for information only and is not eligible for action at this time.
Notification of Final Map Approval of North side of E Street (Z20-087/FPM21-0051) File ID: 2023-00099
Location: District 4, Represented by Councilmember Valenzuela Action: Received and filed.
Contact: Jimmy L Byrum, City Surveyor, (916) 808-7918, [email protected], Department of Public Works Council Comments-Ideas, Questions, and AB1234 Reports
Information Requests
Member Valenzuela
Code Enforcement and the City Attorney's office are working on technical amendments to the amplified sound ordinance to address concerns about sound interfering with healthcare services delivery. Asked the CAO to work with Planned Parenthood to review this language before it comes back to Council. Also requests that this measure be brought back as an urgency measure.
AB1234 Reports
None.
City Manager's Report
None.
Public Comments-Matters Not on the Agenda
Members of the public provided public comments.
Adjourned – 9:14 p.m.
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