AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2022
6:30 PM OPEN SESSION
PUBLIC TELECONFERENCE NUMBER
(951) 465-7684, Conference ID #:536 993 13#
LIVE STREAM LINK: www.sanjacintoca.gov
SAN JACINTO CITY HALL
595 S. San Jacinto Ave
San Jacinto, CA 92583
951-487-4330
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CRYSTAL RUIZ, MAYOR
PHIL AYALA, MAYOR PRO TEM
ALONSO LEDEZMA, COUNCILMEMBER
BRIAN HAWKINS, COUNCILMEMBER
MICHAEL HEATH, COUNCILMEMBER
IMPORTANT MESSAGE REGARDING February 1, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING ***SPECIAL TELECONFERENCING MEETING PROCEDURES***
This City Council meeting is being conducted ONLY utilizing teleconferencing and electronic means consistent with AB 361 because state and local officials continue to recommend measures to promote social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There will be no physical meeting location. The City Council meeting may be joined telephonically by calling (951) 465-7684, Conference ID #:536 993 13#.
Submission of Public Comments: For those wishing to make public comments at the February 1, 2022, City Council meeting, you will have an opportunity to make public comments from the telephone line during the meeting. When comments are called, please press *6 to unmute your line and request to be heard.
Alternatively, please submit your comments by email to be read aloud at the meeting by the City Clerk.
Email comments to Julia Espinoza at [email protected]. Please put “PUBLIC COMMENT” in the email subject line. Email comments on matters not on the agenda must be received before the time the Mayor calls the item for Public Comments. Email comments on public hearing items must be received before the time the Mayor closes the public hearing on the agenda item. All email comments shall be subject to the same rules as would otherwise govern speaker comments at the Council meeting. Electronic comments on agenda items for February 1, 2022, may only be submitted via email. Comments via text and social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) will not be accepted.
Submission of Public Hearing Comments: Please put “COMMENT FOR PUBLIC HEARING” in the subject line.
Reading of Public Comments: The City Clerk shall read all email comments, provided that the reading shall not exceed three (3) minutes, or such other time as the Council may provide, consistent with the time limit for speakers at a Council meeting. The email comments submitted shall become part of the record of the Council meeting.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the office of the City Clerk at 951-487-7339. Notification 48 hours prior to a meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to that meeting [28 CFR 35.102.35.104 ADA Title II].
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1. ORGANIZATION
1.1. Roll Call
1.2. Invocation
1.3. Pledge of Allegiance
1.4. Mayor / Council Member Reports / Discussions
1.5. Late Items
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS
3. CONSENT CALENDARS
3.A. Consent Calendar - City Council
3.A.1. Waiver of Full Reading of Ordinance(s), and Reading by Title Only
3.A.2. Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of January 18, 2022 RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council approve the minutes of the January 18, 2022, Regular City Council Meeting.
Department: City Clerk
3.A.3. Treasurer’s Report at December 31, 2021
RECOMMENDATION:
Receive and File Treasurer’s Report for the month ending December 31, 2021.
Department: Finance
3.A.4. Virtual Meeting Findings
RECOMMENDATION:
Make findings that state and local officials continue to recommend measures to support social distancing due to the COVID-19 emergency and authorize virtual meetings for the City Council and all City bodies for the next 30 days.
Department: City Attorney
3.A.5. Contract Extensions for Landscape and Irrigation Maintenance Agreements with Inland Empire Landscaping and Executive Image
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
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1. AUTHORIZE the City Manager to issue a one-year extension of the Landscape and Irrigation Maintenance Agreement for Inland Empire Landscaping in the amount of $406,641.96 annually.
2. AUTHORIZE the City Manager to issue a one-year extension of the Landscape and Irrigation Maintenance Agreement for Executive Image and increase the maximum contract amount from $235,680.00 annually to $282,816.00 annually.
Department: Public Utilities
3.A.6. The Cove Specific Plan Northbound Local Street Closure for Warren Road RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council approve northbound local street closure of Warren Road between Cottonwood Avenue and Upperline Drive for up to 10 working days.
Department: Engineering
4. PUBLIC HEARING
4.1. Proposal by the City of San Jacinto to consider the 6th Cycle, 2021-2029 San Jacinto Housing Element.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. DETERMINE that the Project is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to §15060(c)(2) of the CEQA Guidelines - Preliminary Review - as it can be seen with certainty that the adoption of the Housing Element will not result in a direct or reasonable foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment; and, §15061(b)(3) - Common Sense Exemption - whereby the activity is covered by the common sense exemption that CEQA applies only to project which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment; where is can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA and DIRECT Staff to file a Notice of Exemption (NOE).
2. AUTHORIZE Staff to make additional non-substantive changes to the San Jacinto 6th Cycle (2021-2029) Housing Element based on new California Department of Housing and Community Development comments.
3. ADOPT Resolution No. 3895 thereby ADOPTING the San Jacinto 6th Cycle (2021-2029) Housing Element.
Department: Community Development
5. DISCUSSION ITEMS
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5.1. Authorization to Submit a Two-Year Community Development Block Grant Application to the Riverside County Department of Housing Homelessness Prevention & Workforce Solutions for Program Years 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 RECOMMENDATION:
1. AUTHORIZE the City Manager to submit an application to the Riverside County Department of Housing Homelessness Prevention & Workforce Solutions (HHPWS) for a two (2) year Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) allocation for the Mistletoe Park Restroom Facility Improvement Project; and,
2. APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the City Manager to submit a CDBG application for the Voices for Children Riverside County Court Appointed Special Advocate Project for the requested amount of $10,000, subject to the conditions of the CDBG program as provided by the Riverside County Department of Housing Homelessness Prevention & Workforce Solutions Program.
Department: Community Development
6. FUTURE REQUESTS FROM CITY COUNCIL TO STAFF
7. ADJOURNMENT
DOCUMENTS RELATED TO OPEN SESSION AGENDAS (SB343) - Any public record, relating to an open session agenda item, that is distributed within 72 hours prior to the meeting is available for public inspection at the public counter located in the Administration Building of City Hall, 595 S. San Jacinto Avenue, San Jacinto, CA 92583.
I, Julia Espinoza, Deputy City Clerk of the City of San Jacinto, do hereby certify that I caused to be posted the foregoing agenda this 27th day of January 2022 as requested by law.
Julia Espinoza, Deputy City Clerk