City of Sacramento
Law and Legislation Committee Report
915 I Street Sacramento, CA 95814
www.cityofsacramento.org
File ID: 2025-00096 4/8/2025 Item 1.
Law and Legislation Committee Meeting Minutes
File ID: 2025-00096
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Pass a Motion approving the Law and Legislation Committee meeting minutes dated March 11, 2025.
Contact: Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk, (916) 808-5442, [email protected], Office of the City Clerk
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-March 11, 2025, Law and Legislation Committee DRAFT Meeting Minutes Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: It is the best practice for the legislative body to approve the minutes for each meeting.
Policy Considerations: As a best practice, the City Clerk keeps a permanent record of the Law and Legislation Committee proceedings showing all action considered and taken, motions and records, the text of ordinances and resolutions introduced or adopted, and all amendments thereto proposed or adopted, and the vote of each member regarding any matter before the Law and Legislation Committee.
Economic Impacts: None.
Environmental Considerations: This action is not a project that is subject to CEQA because it is an administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. (CEQA Guidelines §15378(b)(5)).
Sustainability: None.
Commission/Committee Action: None.
File ID: 2025-00096 4/8/2025 Item 1.
Rationale for Recommendation: After each Law and Legislation Committee meeting, the City Clerk composes the DRAFT Minutes noting the action taken by the legislative body. The DRAFT Minutes are presented to the Law and Legislation Committee for its approval as a permanent record of the meetings actions.
Financial Considerations: None.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): None.
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LAW AND LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
Caity Maple, Chair, District 5
Roger Dickinson, District 2
Phil Pluckebaum, Vice Chair, District 4
Rick Jennings, II, District 7
COMMITTEE STAFF
Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk
Steve Itagaki, Supervising Deputy
City Attorney
Consuelo Hernandez, Director of
Governmental Affairs
DRAFT Minutes
Law and Legislation
Committee
City Hall Complex
915 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Published by the Office of the City
Clerk (916) 808-7200
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
11:00 a.m.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
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City of Sacramento
Law and Legislation Committee
City Hall Complex, 915 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Regular Meeting DRAFT Minutes
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
11:00 AM
All items listed are heard and acted upon by the Law and Legislation Committee unless otherwise noted.
Open Session
Regular meeting called to order by Chair Maple at 11:01 a.m. Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at the Sacramento City Hall Council Chamber.
Members Present: Roger Dickinson, Rick Jennings, Phil Pluckebaum and Chair Caity Maple.
Land Acknowledgement – Led by Councilmember Jennings.
Pledge of Allegiance – Led by Councilmember Jennings.
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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 Dickinson / Member Jennings.
Yes: Members Roger Dickinson, Rick Jennings, Phil Pluckebaum and Chair Caity Maple.
Members of the public provided public comments.
A motion passed to adopt the Consent Calendar in one motion except as indicated at each item.
1. Law and Legislation Committee Meeting Minutes
File ID: 2025-00107
Location: Citywide
Action: Passed a Motion approving the Law and Legislation Committee meeting minutes dated February 11, 2025.
Contact: Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk, (916) 808-5442, [email protected], Office of the City Clerk
2. Law and Legislation Log
File ID: 2025-00517
Location: Citywide
Action: Passed a Motion approving the Law and Legislation Log.
Contact: Consuelo Hernandez, Director of Governmental Affairs, (916) 808-7395, [email protected], Office of the City Manager
3. Legislative Advocacy Correspondence
File ID: 2025-00650
Location: Citywide
Action: Received and filed.
Contact: Consuelo Hernandez, Director of Governmental Affairs, (916) 808-7395, [email protected], Office of the City Manager
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Discussion Calendar
4. An Ordinance Amending Various Provisions of Title 17 of the Sacramento City Code Relating to Off-Street Vehicle Parking Requirements (M25-004) File ID: 2025-00631
Location: Citywide
Action: Moved/Seconded: Member Pluckebaum / Member Dickinson.
Yes: Members Roger Dickinson, Rick Jennings, Phil Pluckebaum and Chair Caity Maple.
1) Reviewed a Resolution determining the project is a subsequent project within the scope of the Master Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the 2040 General Plan, the project will not have any additional project-specific environmental effects not previously examined in the Master EIR, and no new mitigation measures or alternatives are required (California Public Resources Code §21157.1; CEQA Guidelines §15177); 2) reviewed an Ordinance amending various provisions of Title 17 of the Sacramento City Code, relating to off-street vehicle parking requirements; and 3) passed a Motion forwarding the Resolution and Ordinance to City Council for consideration.
Contact: Ryan Dodge, Associate Planner, (916) 808-8044, [email protected]; Vic Randall, Senior Planner, (916) 808-5530, [email protected]; Department of Community Development
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5. Councilmember Proposal Request for Committee Consideration - Moratorium on Code Enforcement of RV Trailers in Front Yards
File ID: 2025-00627
Location: Citywide
Action: Moved/Seconded: Member Maple / Member Pluckebaum.
Yes: Members Roger Dickinson, Rick Jennings, Phil Pluckebaum and Chair Caity Maple.
Members of the public provided public comments.
Reviewed and provided direction on the attached councilmember proposal regarding a moratorium on code enforcement of RV trailers in front yards and passed a Motion directing the appropriate council appointive officer to commence work on the proposal and forward the item to the city council for consideration without further review by the committee.
Contact: Mayor Pro Tem Eric Guerra; Philip Norton, Chief of Staff; Will Antinetti, Policy Director, (916) 808-7001, [email protected]; Office of Councilmember Eric Guerra, District 6
Committee Comments-Ideas, Questions and Meeting Reports
None.
Public Comments-Matters Not on the Agenda
None.
Adjourned – 11:47 a.m.