ACTION MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2022
6:30 PM OPEN SESSION
PUBLIC TELECONFERENCE NUMBER
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COMMUNITY CENTER
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SAN JACINTO, CA 92583
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1. ORGANIZATION
Mayor Crystal Ruiz called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm.
1.1 Roll Call
Deputy City Clerk Julia Espinoza conducted the roll call:
Present in person: Mayor Crystal Ruiz, Councilmember Brian Hawkins, and Councilmember Michael Heath
Teleconferenced in: Mayor Pro Tem Phil Ayala
1.2 Invocation
Councilmember Hawkins gave the invocation.
1.3 Pledge of Allegiance
Councilmember Heath led the Pledge of Allegiance.
1.4 Special Presentation(s)
There were no special presentations
Councilmember Alonso Ledezma arrived to the meeting at 6:42 p.m.
CRYSTAL RUIZ, MAYOR
PHIL AYALA, MAYOR PRO TEM
ALONSO LEDEZMA, COUNCILMEMBER
BRIAN HAWKINS, COUNCILMEMBER
MICHAEL HEATH, COUNCILMEMBER
1.5 Mayor/Council Member Reports
Councilmembers provided their reports.
1.6 Late Items
There were no late items.
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS
There was one public comment:
Scott Wright
3. CONSENT CALENDAR
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 April 5, 2022, Regular Meeting/City Clerk/Approved
3.A.3. Minutes of the Special City Council Meeting of April 7, 2022/City Clerk/Approved
3.A.4. Warrants and Disbursements – March 2022/Finance/Approved
3.A.5. Levying a Special Tax within Community Facilities District 2003-1, including certain annexation territory (Annexation No.
62)/Finance/Approved
3.A.6. Second Reading of Ordinance 22-03, Authorizing the levy of Special Tax in Community Facilities District No. 2020-1/Finance/Approved
3.A.7. Approval of Power Charge Indifference Adjustment Voluntary Allocation of Long-Term Renewable Energy Portfolio from Southern California Edison and Authorization to Execute the Voluntary Allocation Agreement on behalf of San Jacinto Power/Finance/Approved
3.A.8. Support EMWD's Request for STAG funding, Well 27/City Manager/Approved
3.A.9. AB 2440 (Irwin) Responsible Battery Recycling Act of 2022 – Support Letter/City Manager/Approved
3.A.10. Full Local Street Closure of Cawston Avenue, and 4-phase closure of Sanderson Avenue/Esplanade for construction of EMWD San Jacinto Valley Raw Water Pipeline/Engineering/Approved
M/S/C (Hawkins/Heath) moved to approve the Consent Calendar. Motion carried 5/0.
Ayes: Heath, Ayala, Ruiz, Hawkins, Ledezma
Nays: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
4. DISCUSSION ITEMS
4.1 An Urgency Ordinance and A Non-Urgency Ordinance Extending the Existing Franchise Granted to Southern California Edison Company ("SCE") to Transmit Electricity in the City and Determining the Ordinances Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
City Attorney Michael J. Maurer presented the staff report.
M/S/C (Ledezma/Hawkins) made a motion to 1) adopt Ordinance No. 22-04, an urgency ordinance extending for one year the franchise granted to SCE; and 2) approve the introduction of Ordinance No. 22-05, extending for one year the franchise granted to SCE, for one year. Motion carried 5/0.
Ayes: Ruiz, Heath, Ayala, Hawkins, Ledezma
Nays: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
4.2 Direction to the City Manager Regarding Potential Civic Center Development City Manager Robert Johnson presented the staff report.
M/S/C (Ruiz/Ledezma) made a motion to move forward with preparing a conceptual design, financing options, and a schedule of development, which would be returned to the City Council for further direction. Motion carried 5/0.
Ayes: Ledezma. Hawkins, Heath, Ayala, Ruiz
Nays: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
4.3 2022 City of San Jacinto Special Events Update
Economic Development and Special Project Administrator Tara Magner presented the staff report.
Council received and filed the upcoming City-sponsored special events.
5. CITY MANAGER UPDATE
City Manager Robert Johnson presented the update for March 2022.
6. FUTURE REQUESTS FROM CITY COUNCIL TO STAFF
7. ADJOURNMENT
With no further business before the City Council, Mayor Ruiz adjourned the City Council's Regular Meeting at 7:44 pm.
CITY OF SAN JACINTO:
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Crystal Ruiz, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Julia Espinoza, Deputy City Clerk
Approved as read: May 3, 2022
Approved as amended: