CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA
Tuesday, November 15, 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
i)
City Manager Jason Stilwell
City Attorney Thomas Watson
City Clerk Patti Rodriguez
Chief Deputy City Clerk Rhonda White, CMC
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.
How to observe the Meeting: Watch an instructional Video on participating using Zoom) Members of the public may participate 1) in person, 2) by registering with Zoom, 3) by observing the meeting on Comcast Channel 23, or 4) by visiting the Live Stream page on the City's meeting portal https://cityofsantamaria.civicweb.net/Portal/Video.aspx . The Live Streams of these meetings are typically available within 15 minutes of the start of the meeting.
How to submit Public Comment:
If you wish to submit a public comment, as opposed to a specific written communication to the City Council, please submit public comments using the meetings portal or via email at cityclerk(c�cityofsantamaria.orq, with the subject line to include "For Public Comment," by 3:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Submissions received after that time may not be timely viewed by the City Council. Submissions for public comment will be provided to the City Council, summarized into the record at the meeting, and posted on the agenda with only your name and comments.
To participate by phone, dial 1-669-900-9128 and use Webinar ID: 878 8165 8489. Press *6 to un-mute your phone.
Press *9 to raise your hand to speak. If you are watching the Live Stream of the City Council meeting, and wish to make either a general public comment or to comment on a specific agenda item, please select this link to register to speak. You will receive an email with instructions on how to access the meeting. When it is your time to speak, your microphone will be un-muted for the time allotted and will be muted upon completion of your comments.
American Disability Act Accommodations:
Any member of the public who needs accommodations should email the City Clerk's Office at cityclerk(a�cityofsantamaria.orq or call 805-925-0951 x2306. The City Clerk's Office will use its best efforts to provide reasonable accommodations by request at least 48 -hours ahead of the meeting.
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CALL TO ORDER
1 ROLL CALL:
Councilmember Cordero, Councilmember Escobedo, Councilmember Soto, Councilmember Waterfield, and Mayor Patino
1 PROCLAMATIONS/COMMENDATIONS
1A. BUSINESSES OF THE MONTH. The City Council will present a certificate of recognition to the Featured Businesses for November 2022 - Abbey Carpet & Floors and Santa Maria BBQ Outfitters.
1B. Present a Proclamation recognizing the day of November 26, 2022, as:
"SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY"
in the City of Santa Maria, and encouraging all residents and businesses to shop at small businesses and support local retail.
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 cityclerkRcityofsantamaria.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: 878 8165 8489. Individual speakers are limited to three minutes or as directed by the Mayor. 3 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 October 18, 2022.
3C. Adopt a Resolution approving 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 cancelling the regular City Council meeting scheduled on December 6, 2022.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
3E. 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.
3F. 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.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
3G. Adopt a Resolution approving the Final Map and Subdivision Improvement Agreement for the Northman Residential Final Map, Tract 6018. California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): Final Mitigated Negative Declaration (SCH #2018121020) adopted June 19, 2019.
4 PRESENTATIONS
4A. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS REGIONAL BROADBAND PROJECT. The City Council will receive a presentation from the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments with an update regarding its Regional Broadband Strategy Project. (Chief Information Officer) 5 APPOINTMENT
5A. The City Council will consider making one appointment to the Block Grants Advisory Committee. (Chief Deputy City Clerk)
Block Grants Advisory Committee
Councilmember Waterfield will have the opportunity to make one nomination to fill an unexpired term ending in 2024.
New Applicant: Audrey Bustamante
6 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.
6A. 2023 BUILDING AND FIRE CODE UPDATES TO THE SANTA MARIA MUNICIPAL CODE. The City Council will consider updates to the Santa Maria Municipal Code (SMMC) relating to building and fire codes, in alignment with recently adopted State of California building codes that will take effect January 1, 2023. California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): Exempt, CEQA Guidelines Section 15601(b)(3). (Director of Community Development/Fire Marshal)
RECOMMENDATION:
Introduce for first reading, and continue to a future meeting for second reading and adoption, an Ordinance amending portions of Chapters 9-04 through 9-76 of Title 9 of the City of Santa Maria Municipal Code concerning Building and Fire Code regulations. 6B. FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER. The City Council will consider the Quarterly Financial Report for the first quarter ending September 30, 2022, and budget amendments to approve operational changes to the 2022-23 Budget. (Director of Finance)
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a Resolution approving First Quarter amendments to the 2022-23 Budget for personnel and operational changes.
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a Resolution approving the classification of Aquatics Safety & Education Specialist (Limited - Services) and corresponding job specification; authorizing the establishment of January 2023 Minimum Wage Increase; and approving and adopting a comprehensive Salary Schematic Schedule for all full-time and part-time employees in accordance with CalPERS guidelines.
REPORT BY CITY MANAGER
ORAL 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 December 6th City Council meeting will be cancelled. The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held on December 20, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. The deadline for submitting items for the December 20th meeting is Wednesday, December 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 la Ciudad que coordine y solicite un traductor de un grupo de voluntarios, Ilame al (805) 925-0951 extension 2307 a la 1:00 de la tarde el lunes antes de la junta.