1 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES CITY OF SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA
February 7, 2023, 5:30 p.m.
City Hall Council Chambers
110 East Cook Street
Santa Maria
Roll Call: Mayor Alice Patino, Councilmember Maribel Aguilera-Hernandez, Councilmember Mike Cordero, Councilmember Carlos Escobedo, Councilmember Gloria Soto
Staff Present: City Manager Jason Stilwell, City Attorney Thomas Watson, Interim Deputy Fire Chief Jim Clayton, Deputy Fire Chief Bradley Dandridge, Director of Public Works Brett Fulgoni, Assistant City Manager Andrew Hackleman, Director of Finance Mary Harvey, Library Director Dawn Jackson, Chief Human Resources Officer Linda Le, Chief Information Officer Jeffrey Marecic, Director of Community Development Chuen Ng, Director of Recreation & Parks Alex Posada, Chief of Police Marc Schneider, Director of Utilities Shad Springer, Chief Deputy City Clerk Rhonda White, Deputy City Clerk Beth Cleary, Business Program Leader Alexandra Valadez
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1. INVOCATION
Joe Nellermoe of Bethel Lutheran Church gave the Invocation.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Councilmember Soto led the Pledge of Allegiance.
3. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Patino convened the meeting and called the meeting to order at 5:33 p.m.
Mayor Patino gave a brief report on staff efforts during the recent storms and thanked staff for their service.
4. PROCLAMATIONS
There were no Proclamations.
5. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
Written comment was received from Scott Fina requesting that the City Council adopt a development impact fee deferral program ordinance for affordable housing.
2 Gary Hall spoke about the mobile homeowner s' meetings and said the homeowners were hopeful the process could be accelerated.
Danny Almanza spoke about his religious beliefs.
Zabrina Tipton spoke on behalf of the Small Business Administration Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience and its services.
Brett Garrett spoke on behalf of People for Public Banking Central Coast and their advocacy efforts for a Central Coast Public Bank that would be a government -owned bank to meet the needs of the cities and counties on the Central Coast.
6. CONSENT CALENDAR
Consent Calendar Items 6a - 6j were approved as presented, including the adoption of Resolution Nos. 2023-13, 2023-14, 2023-15, 2023-16, 2023-17, 2023-18, 2023-19, 2023-20, 2023-21, 2023-22, 2023-23, 2023-24, 2023-25, and 2023-26.
Moved by: Councilmember Aguilera-Hernandez
Seconded by: Councilmember Escobedo
Motion carried (5 to 0)
CITY MANAGER/CLERK DEPARTMENT
6.a Ordinances and Resolutions
Moved by: Councilmember Aguilera-Hernandez
Seconded by: Councilmember Escobedo
Waive the reading in full of al l 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.
Motion carried
6.b Approval of Minutes
Moved by: Councilmember Aguilera-Hernandez
Seconded by: Councilmember Escobedo
Approve the Minutes of the regular City Council meeting of January 17, 2023.
Motion carried
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
6.c Payment of Warrants.
3 Moved by: Councilmember Aguilera-Hernandez
Seconded by: Councilmember Escobedo
Order ratified subject to having been certified as being in conformity with the budget and having been approved for payment by the Director of Finance.
Motion carried
6.d Payment of Payroll.
Moved by: Councilmember Aguilera-Hernandez
Seconded by: Councilmember Escobedo
Order 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.
Motion carried
FIRE DEPARTMENT
6.e Assistance to Firefighters Grant
Action: Adopted as Resolution No. 2023-13.
Moved by: Councilmember Aguilera-Hernandez
Seconded by: Councilmember Escobedo
Adopt a Resolution accepting an Assistance to Firefighters Grant (#EMW -2021-FG-02509) fro m the Federal Emergency Management Agency for wellness physicals for Santa Maria Fire Department personnel.
Motion carried
LIBRARY
6.f Stronger Together Early Learning Hub Project
Action: Resolution No. 2023-14.
Moved by: Councilmember Aguilera-Hernandez
Seconded by: Councilmember Escobedo
Adopt a Resolution approving the receipt of grant funds from the California State Library through the Black Gold Cooperative Library System for the Stronger Together Early Learning Hub Project.
Motion carried
4 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
6.g Professional Service Agreements for On-Call Civil Engineering & Surveying Action: Resolution Nos. 2023-15 through 2023-19, respectively.
Moved by: Councilmember Aguilera-Hernandez
Seconded by: Councilmember Escobedo
Adopt Resolutions awarding Professional Service Agreements in the amount of $500,000 for on -call Civil Engineering and Surveying to: 1) Bengal Engineering; 2) Bethel Engineering; 3) Consor; 4) Psomas; and 5) Wallace Group.
Motion carried
6.h Professional Service Agreements for On-Call Geotechnical Engineering & Materials Testing Action: Resolution Nos. 2023-20 through 2023-22, respectively.
Moved by: Councilmember Aguilera-Hernandez
Seconded by: Councilmember Escobedo
Adopt Resolutions awarding Professiona l Service Agreements in the amount of $300,000 for on -call Geotechnical Engineering and Materials Testing to: 1) Earth Systems; 2) GeoSolutions, Inc; and 3) Engeo.
Motion carried
6.i Professional Services Agreement for On-Call Architecture & Structural Engineering Action: Adopted as Resolution Nos. 2023-23 through 2023-25, respectively.
Moved by: Councilmember Aguilera-Hernandez
Seconded by: Councilmember Escobedo
Adopt Resolutions awarding Professional Services Agreements in the amount of $300,000 for on-call Architecture and Structural Engineering to: 1) AGD Architecture Design; 2) Arcadis IBI Group; and 3) Omni Design.
Motion carried
6.j Acquisition of Jones Street Property
Action: Resolution No. 2023-26.
Moved by: Councilmember Aguilera-Hernandez
Seconded by: Councilmember Escobedo
5 Adopt a Resolution authorizing the acquisition of Assessor Parcel Number 125 -200-046 from HT Partners, a California Limited Partner ship, representing approximately 74,923 sq. feet of abandoned railroad, based on the appraisal report for the total just compensation of $412,000 for the extension of the Jones Street Multimodal Trail.
Motion carried
7. PRESENTATIONS
7.a Community Development Block Grants, HOME Investment Partnership, and Permanent Housing Allocation Accomplishments
The City Council received a presentation from Community Programs Manager Rosie Rojo who gave an overview of recent projects and programs funded by Community De velopment Block Grant funds, HOME Investment Partnership, and Permanent Local Housing Allocations.
8. PUBLIC HEARING
Mayor Patino moved Item 9a on the agenda to be heard before Item 8a.
Upon commencing with Item 8a, Councilmember Aguilera -Hernandez recuse d herself from the proceedings due to a conflict of interest and left the Council Chambers at 6:30 p.m.
8.a Betteravia Plaza and Betteravia Place at the Corner of South Blosser Road and Dan Blough Drive The City Council considered a recommendation of the P lanning Commission to review a General Plan land use map amendment FROM Community Commercial (CC) and Light Industrial (LI) TO 68 net acres High-Density Residential (HDR -22) and 11.16 net acres of Community Commercial (CC); and a Zoning map amendment FROM PD/C-2 (Planned Development/General Commercial) and PD/M -1 (Planned Development/Light Manufacturing) TO 68 net acres PD/R -3 (Planned Development/High -Density Residential) and 11.16 net acres PD/C-2 (Planned Development/General Commercial).
Public input :
The Project Applicant and MBK Rental Living, Inc., representative, Ben Ortega, along with Laurie Tamura of Urban Planning Concepts, spoke in favor of the project.
Action: Adopted as Resolution No. 2023-27.
Moved by: Councilmember Soto
Seconded by: Mayor Patino
Adopt a Resolution approving an Addendum to the Betteravia Plaza Final Environmental Impact Report for the General Plan Land Use Map Amendment, Zone Change for Betteravia Plaza, and Planned Development Permits for Betteravia Place Apartments located at Lots 1 through 4 of Tract 6008, with the addresses of 2050 and 2100 South Blosser Road.
Noes (1): Councilmember Escobedo
6 Absent (1): Councilmember Aguilera-Hernandez
Motion carried (3 to 1)
Action: Adopted as Resolution No. 2023-28.
Moved by: Councilmember Soto
Seconded by: Mayor Patino
Adopt a Resolution amending the General Plan Land Use Policy Map designation of 16.84 -net acres FROM CC (Community Commercial) and LI (Light Industry) TO HDR (High Density Residential) and CC (Community Commercial).
Noes (1): Councilmember Escobedo
Absent (1): Councilmember Aguilera-Hernandez
Motion carried (3 to 1)
Action: Introduced as Ordinance No. 2023-01.
Moved by: Councilmember Soto
Seconded by: Mayor Patino
Introduce for the first reading and continue to a future meeting for second reading and adoption, an Ordinance amending the Official Zoning Map for 16.84 -net acres located at Lots 1 and 4 of Tract 6008, with the addresses of 2050 and 2051 South Blosser Road, FROM PD/C-2 (Planned Development/General C ommercial) and PD/M -1 (Planned Development/Light Industrial) TO PD/R-3 (Planned Development/High Density Residential) and PD/C -2 (Planned Development/General Commercial) zoning district.
Noes (1): Councilmember Escobedo
Absent (1): Councilmember Aguilera-Hernandez
Motion carried (3 to 1)
Action: Adopted as Resolution No. 2023-29.
Moved by: Councilmember Soto
Seconded by: Mayor Patino
Adopt a Resolution approving the Betteravia Place 1 Planned Development Permit (PD2021 -0006) located at Lots 3 and 4 of Tract 6008.
Noes (1): Councilmember Escobedo
Absent (1): Councilmember Aguilera-Hernandez
7 Motion carried (3 to 1)
Action: Adopted as Resolution No. 2023-30.
Moved by: Councilmember Soto
Seconded by: Mayor Patino
Adopt a Resolution approving the Betteravia Place 2 Planned Development Permit (PD2022 -0011) located at Lots 1 and 2 of Tract 6008.
Noes (1): Councilmember Escobedo
Absent (1): Councilmember Aguilera-Hernandez
Motion carried (3 to 1)
9. REGULAR BUSINESS
9.a English/Spanish Interpretation
The City Council received and filed an update on the status of interpretation services for City Council meetings and decided to continue foll owing past practice and City Council policy direction from the June 21, 2022, City Council meeting.
10. REPORT BY CITY MANAGER
City Manager Stilwell reported that Deputy Fire Chief Bradley Dandridge had joined the City's Fire Department. The next meeting of the City Council would be February 21st and would include a Proclamation for Women's Day, a Proclamation for Black History Month, the Battles Road Trail Property Acquisition and Expansion, the biannual review of the Resolution of Governance, and the 2nd Quarter Financial Report.
Mr. Stilwell also gave the AB1234 report for Councilmember Aguilera -Hernandez as she had left the meeting early. Ms. Aguilera -Hernandez attended the League of California Cities New Mayors and Councilmembers Academy and completed the required ethics and harassment training.
11. ORAL REPORTS OF COUNCILMEMBERS AND OFFICERS (INCLUDING AB1234 REPORTS) Councilmember Cordero reported that he attended the Quarterly Schools Meeting; the Fire Protection Appreciation Dinner; a meeting with Laurie Tamura regarding the Betteravia Place item discussed this evening; an affordable housing meeting; and a site visit with Hardy Diagnostics.
Councilmember Escobedo reported that he attended the Fire Protection Appreciation Dinner; the Point-in-Time Count; and a Chamber of Commerce Meet & Greet.
Councilmember Soto reported that she attended the Quarterly Schools Meeting and the Elected Leaders Forum.
8 Mayor Patino reported that she attended a Project Opioid Meeting; a Hope Village meeting; the Fire Protection Appreciation Dinner; the SBCAG and APCD monthly meetings; a Marian Foundation Board Retreat; a LAFCO Land Use Law & Planning Conference; the Mayors and Councilmembers Academy; and a Chamber of Commerce Meet & Greet.
12. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the City Council, Mayor Patino declared the City Council meeting adjourned at 7:41 p.m.
Approved at a regular meeting of the City Council on February 21, 2023.
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Rhonda M. White, Chief Deputy City Clerk
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Alice M. Patino, Mayor