CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
City Hall Council Chambers
110 E. Cook Street
Mayor Alice Patino
Mayor Pro Tem Mike Cordero
Councilmember Carlos Escobedo
Councilmember Gloria Soto
Councilmember Etta Waterfield
City Manager Jason Stilwell
City Attorney Thomas Watson
City Clerk Patti Rodriguez
Chief Deputy City Clerk Rhonda White, CMC
CLOSED SESSION 4:45 P.M.
REGULAR MEETING AT 5:30 P.M.
PURSUANT TO AB 361, THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED BY USING A
COMBINATION OF VIRTUAL/IN-PERSON (HYBRID) MEETING PLATFORMS TO PROMOTE SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND FACILITATE CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT DUE TO THE RECENT SURGE IN THE OMICRON COVID-19 CASES WITHIN THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA AND THE
CITY OF SANTA MARIA
Effective March 1, 2022, the requirement for unvaccinated persons to mask in indoor public settings and businesses was replaced by a strong recommendation that all persons, regardless of vaccine status, mask in indoor public settings and businesses.
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL: Councilmember Cordero, Councilmember Escobedo, Councilmember Soto, Councilmember Waterfield, and Mayor Patino
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
(NOT TO EXCEED A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES)
The City Council values your input. Written comments will be accepted until 3:00 p.m. the day of the meeting via the portal public comment form or by email to cityclerk(a�cityofsantamaria.orq. To address the City Council via the online Zoom application, please click here to register to speak. To join the open meeting by phone, dial 1-669-900-9128, and use Webinar ID: 871 5388 6381. Individual speakers are limited to three minutes or as directed by the Mayor.
RECESS - CLOSED SESSION
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL IMMEDIATELY RECESS TO A CLOSED SESSION FOR THE FOLLOWING:
1) PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.
Title: City Manager & City Attorney
RECONVENE
CITY COUNCIL WILL RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION AT 5:30 P.M.
NVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL:
Councilmember Cordero, Councilmember Escobedo, Councilmember Soto, Councilmember Waterfield, and Mayor Patino
1A. RETIREMENT RESOLUTION FOR PEG PRODUCTION MANAGER:
"ALAN SUTTERFIELD"
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a Resolution honoring and commending Alan Sutterfield for his 16 years of dedicated public service to the City of Santa Maria and congratulating him on his upcoming retirement. 1 B. Present a Proclamation recognizing the month of September 2022 as:
"NATIONAL LIBRARY CARD SIGN-UP MONTH"
in the City of Santa Maria, and encouraging all residents to sign-up for a free library card and connect with fellow community members at the Santa Maria Public Library
or one of its branch libraries to promote greater awareness of Library services and the value libraries provide to the community.
1C. BUSINESSES OF THE MONTH. The City Council will present a certificate of recognition to the Featured Businesses for August 2022 - cnagy wines and Santa Maria Tool, Inc.
2 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
(NOT TO EXCEED A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES)
The City Council values your input. Written comments will be accepted until 3:00 p.m. the day of the meeting via email to cityclerk cityofsantamaria.orq. To address the City Council via the online Zoom application, please click here to register to speak. To join the open meeting by phone, dial 1-669-900-9128, and use Webinar ID: 890 1172 4807. Individual speakers are limited to three minutes or as directed by the Mayor.
CONSENT CALENDAR
The following routine items are presented for City Council approval without discussion as a single agenda item in order to expedite the meeting. The Consent Calendar is approved by roll call vote with one motion.
These items are discussed only on request of Councilmembers. Members of the public may speak on Consent Calendar items during the Public Comment Period.
SHOULD A COUNCILMEMBER WISH TO DISCUSS OR DISAPPROVE ANY ITEM, it must be dropped from the blanket motion of approval and considered as a separate item.
RECOMMENDATION:
To adopt the Consent Calendar as submitted.
CITY MANAGER/CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT
3A. Waive the reading in full of all Ordinances and Resolutions. Ordinances on the Consent Agenda will be adopted by the same vote cast at the first meeting, unless City Council indicates otherwise.
3B. Approve the Minutes of the regular City Council meeting of August 2, 2022. 3C. Adopt a Resolution continuing the extension of the City's ability to conduct meetings of the City Council and City Boards, Commissions, and Committees partially or completely remotely by using a combination of in-person/virtual (hybrid) platforms as authorized by Government Code § 54953(e)(1)(A) to promote social distancing, prioritize the Public's Health and Wellbeing under Santa Barbara County Health Officer Orders, and provide flexibility as needed to facilitate continuity of government. 3D. Adopt a Resolution establishing a Digital Forensics Examiner classification and corresponding job specification resulting from the budget adoption for Fiscal Years 2022-23 and 2023-24; and adopting a comprehensive Salary Schematic Schedule for all full-time and part-time employees in accordance with CaIPERS guidelines. 3E. Adopt a Resolution cancelling the regular City Council meeting scheduled on September 6, 2022.
3F. Adopt a Resolution approving a contract with Astound Business Solutions for the installation of a fiber optic connection between the Wastewater Treatment Plant and the City's fiber ring in the amount of $300,000, which are American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds already appropriated and allocated for this project.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
3G. Payment of Warrants. Ordered ratified subject to having been certified as being in conformity with the budget and having been approved for payment by the Director of Finance.
3H. Payment of Payroll. Ordered ratified subject to having been certified by the proper Department Directors, as shown on records on file in the Department of Finance, and having been approved for payment by the Director of Finance.
31. Adopt a Resolution establishing the City of Santa Maria's 2022-23 appropriation limit.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
3J. Adopt a Resolution declaring a 2001 Hi -Tech Fire Engine, Unit 224-01 (License No. 1090970), as surplus property and approving its donation to the Pismo Beach -Five Cities Rotary Charitable Foundation.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
3K. Adopt a Resolution approving a donation of drone equipment to the Santa Maria Police Department from the Santa Maria Police Council.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
3L. Adopt a Resolution approving an agreement with American Pavement Systems, Inc., and awarding Bid No. 2022/05, Annual Surface Seal Street Maintenance Project. 4 REGULAR BUSINESS
ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS FOR REGULAR BUSINESS ITEMS:
Council Agenda Report to be given.
Questions from the City Council.
Written communications/Public input.
City Council discussion and action.
4A. DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH VERNON PROPERTY
GROUP, LLC FOR CITY SURPLUS LAND LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MAIN AND BROADWAY (LOT 3). The City Council will consider a proposed development project from Vernon Property Group that would include a 5 - story mixed -use building with ground -floor commercial, residential apartments, and public open spaces as part of the revitalization and redevelopment of the City of Santa Maria's Downtown. (Community Development Director)
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a Resolution approving a Disposition and Development Agreement between the City of Santa Maria and Vernon Property Group, LLC which includes the sale of surplus land located on the southeast corner of Main Street and Broadway (Lot 3). 4B. 4TH QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT. The City Council will receive the fourth- quarter financial report ending June 30, 2022. (Director of Finance) RECOMMENDATION:
Receive and file report.
REPORT BY CITY MANAGER
.L REPORTS OF COUNCILMEMBERS AND OFFICERS (INCLUDING AB1234 REPORTS)',
ADJOURNMENT
PLEASE NOTE:
City Council Meetings are televised live on Comcast cable television channel 23 and are rebroadcast at 9:00 a.m. on the next Thursday and on the following Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. Council Meeting videos are also available for viewing on the City's website. Your attendance at this public meeting may result in the recording and broadcast of your image and/or voice.
If you challenge a determination made on a matter on this agenda in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described on this agenda, or in written correspondence to the city council at, or prior to, the public hearing.
The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held on September 20, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. The deadline for submitting items for the September 20th meeting is Wednesday, September 7th.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING INFORMATION AND PROCESS:
This agenda is prepared and posted pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2. By listing a topic on this agenda, the City Council has expressed its intent to discuss and act on each item. In addition to any action identified in the summary description of each item, the action that may be taken by the City Council shall include: a referral to staff with specific requests for information; continuance; specific direction to staff concerning the policy or mission of the item; discontinuance of consideration; authorization to enter into negotiations and execute agreements pertaining to the item; adoption or approval; and disapproval. Items not on the agenda may not be discussed or acted upon except under emergency circumstances. (Government Code Section 54954.2).
Copies of the staff reports or other documentation relating to each item of business referred to on the agenda are on file in the Office of the City Clerk and available for public inspection during City Hall business hours the Friday before the meeting. Any written correspondence or documents provided to a majority of the City Council after distribution of the Agenda will also be available for public inspection in the Office of the City Clerk. If requested, the agenda and supporting documents shall be made available in alternative formats to persons with a disability. The City Clerk's Office will answer any questions regarding the agenda.
Materials related to an item on this agenda submitted after distribution of the agenda packet will also be available with the agenda material for public inspection during normal business hours in the City Clerk's Office, 110 E. Cook
Street, Santa Maria. Subject to the ability to post the documents prior to the meeting, such documents will also be available on the City's website at https://cityofsantamaria.civicweb.net/Portal .
The City of Santa Maria welcomes orderly participation at its meetings from all members of the public. Orderly participation means speaking only on items of City business or on subjects within the City's control. Though the City Council wants to hear your concerns and values your input, it is inappropriate to defame, yell, use profane language, interrupt, or disrupt the meeting. All cellular telephones are to be turned off or set to vibrate, and signs are not to be displayed in a manner that violates the rights of others or prevents others from watching or fully participating in the Council meeting. Pursuant to Government Code Section 36813, the Mayor is authorized to prohibit such conduct, up to and including ordering anyone that disrupts the meeting to be removed from the City Council Chambers.
To receive reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act during the meeting, please notify the City Clerk's office of your needs during business hours at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting (typically before 3 p.m. on the Thursday before the meeting). The Office of the City Clerk is located at 110 East Cook Street in Santa Maria; telephone (805) 925-0951, extension 2307. The City will give primary consideration to your request in providing assistance. Examples of assistance may include exhibits in large -sized format, use of assisted listening equipment, use of the California Relay Service, texting by cellular phone, or the services of a live interpreter.
Assisted listening equipment can also be used for translation by Spanish -only speaking persons. To allow the City to coordinate and request a Spanish translator from the volunteer corps, contact the Office of the City Clerk by 1:00 p.m. on Monday before the meeting. Equipo tambien puede ser utilizado para la asistencia de traduccion para esas personas que solamente hablan espanol. Para permitirle a Ia Ciudad que coordine y solicite un traductor de un grupo de voluntarios, Ilame al (805) 925-0951 extension 2307 a Ia 1:00 de la tarde el lunes antes de la junta.