Mayor Alice Patino
Mayor Pro-Tem Gloria Soto
Councilmember Mike Cordero
Councilmember Carlos Escobedo
Councilmember Maribel Aguilera-Hernandez
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA
Monday, June 3, 2024
SPECIAL MEETING
4:30 P.M.
Oral Comments during the meeting:
In-person format. Attend the meeting in-person at the City Hall Council Chambers at 110 East Cook Street, Santa Maria, and submit a request to speak to the Clerk or City staff. •
Zoom Meeting Portal. Participate via Zoom to register to speak during the Public Comment portion of the meeting or on a particular Agenda Item. Use the link below or dial-in via telephone.
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RUVfaJ3dQZ2grFRU21Leww Dial Phone #: 1-669-900-9128**
Webinar ID #: 896 0150 7643
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Public Written Comments prior to the meeting (must be received by 2:00 p.m. in advance of the meeting*):
Email - Submit Comments via email to [email protected]. In the body of your email, please include the date of the meeting and the item number (if applicable). Emails will not be read aloud during the meeting.
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*All written correspondence will be distributed to Councilmembers and attached to the associated meeting agenda (under Public Comment or Agenda Item); however, submissions received after the deadline will not be processed until the following day.
How to watch the meeting from home:
Comcast Channel 23 - Live during the meeting, and rebroadcast on Thursday at 9:00 a.m. after the meeting and again on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. the following week.
1. Live Webcast - Online from the Agenda Center & Meetings Portal (select meeting date) or at https://video.isilive.ca/santamaria/live.html. Note - When no meeting is streaming, the window will read "Searching for live stream."
2. You Tube Live Stream - You Tube Webcast.
Note: Live Webcast and You Tube Live are typically available within 15 minutes before the start of the meeting. There is a delay of about 15-30 seconds with both the Live Webcast
3. and You Tube Live Stream.
Zoom Meeting Portal - Registration is required (link above) even for observing the meeting.4.
American Disability Act Accommodations:
Any member of the public who needs accommodations should email the City Clerk’s Office at [email protected] or call 805-925-0951 x2306. The City Clerk’s Office will use its best efforts to provide reasonable accommodation by request by the end of business the day before the meeting.
1. INVOCATION
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL: Councilmember Aguilera-Hernandez, Councilmember Cordero, Councilmember Escobedo, Councilmember Soto, and Mayor Patino
4. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD (Not to exceed 15 Minutes)
The City Council values your input. Instructions are provided above (page 1) for communicating with the City Council. Individual speakers are limited to three minutes or as directed by the Mayor.
5. 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.
5.a Presentation – Response to Questions Regarding Proposed Fiscal Year 2024-2026 Budget
The City Council will receive a presentation regarding questions submitted and the responses for the Proposed Fiscal Year 2024-2026 Budget. The public hearing date for adoption of the proposed Fiscal Year 2024-26 Biennial Budget will be on June 18, 2024.
6. ADJOURNMENT
PLEASE NOTE:
The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held on June 4, 2024, at 5:30 p.m.
Regular 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.
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 this agenda are on file in the Office of the City Clerk and available for public inspection during City Hall business hours 24 hours 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 meetings website portal for the current City Council meeting at https://cityofsantamaria.org/meetings.
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 2306. 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 interpretation by Spanish-only speaking
persons. To allow the City to coordinate and request a Spanish interpreter from the volunteer corps, contact the Office of the City Clerk by 1:00 p.m. on Monday before the meeting.
Equipo también puede ser utilizado para la asistencia de interpretación para esas personas que solamente hablan español. Para permitirle a la Ciudad que coordine y solicite un interprete de un grupo de voluntarios, llame al (805) 925-0951 extensión 2307 a la 1:00 de la tarde el lunes antes de la junta.
FOR THE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 3, 2024
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
TO: City Council
FROM: Interim City Manager Alex Posada
SUBJECT: Presentation – Response to Questions Regarding Proposed Fiscal Year 2024-2026 Budget
The City Council will receive a presentation regarding questions submitted and the responses for the Proposed Fiscal Year 2024-2026 Budget. The public hearing date for adoption of the proposed Fiscal Year 2024-26 Biennial Budget will be on June 18, 2024.
BACKGROUND:
On May 21, 2024, the City Council held a public meeting to receive the Preliminary Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-26 Proposed Budget report t. The City Council requested another special meeting occur regarding the budget to address questions regarding the proposed programs, revenues and expenditures, before the budget is brought back for adoption on June 18, 2024.
DISCUSSION:
City Staff engaged in the development of the FY 2024-26 Biennial Budget, encompassing FY 2024-25 and FY 2025-26. The proposed budget is in alignment with the City Council's Goals and Priorities. The proposed budget presents funding for status quo levels of operating programs, including proposed budget amendments and proposed Capital Improvement Program and maintenance projects. As presented at the May 21, 2024 , Council Meeting the proposed budget totals $354.9 million in all operating funds in FY 2024-25 and $346.4 million in FY 2025-26. During the Preliminary Budget presentation, staff provided a number of recommendations to balance the budget and address long - term fiscal sustainability. The recommendations include balancing the FY 2024-25 budget with a one-time draw on the General Fund, Measure U, and Local Economic Augmentation Fund reserves in the amount of $20.8 million and reducing ongoing expenditures in the General Fund and Measure U to meet the City’s financial polic y of balanced budget by the end of FY 2024-25 where ongoing revenues shall be sufficient to fund ongoing expenditures. The recommendations also include setting reserve levels to ensure the City’s long -term fiscal sustainability and ability for the City to operate in emergency and economic downtown conditions.
City Council, needing more information to provide further direction, asked that a Special Meeting be established to ad dress questions before voting on the budget on June 18, 2024. City Councilmembers will submit a list of their currently identified questions in advance of that meeting to provide staff with time to prepare responses for the meeting.