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
Thursday, August 1, 2024
SPECIAL MEETING
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
110 EAST COOK STREET
TELECONFERENCE LOCATION
MAIN LOBBY
92-1185 ALIINUI DRIVE
KAPOLEI, HAWAII 96707
5:30 P.M.
Oral Comments during the meeting:
In-person format. Attend the meeting in-person at either location listed above and submit a request to speak.
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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.
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 extension 2306. 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.
CLOSED SESSION
1. CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL: Councilmember Aguilera-Hernandez, Councilmember Cordero, Councilmember Escobedo, Mayor Pro Tem Soto, and Mayor Patino
2. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
In-person oral comments will be accepted during this time. There is no Zoom participation available for the Closed Session Public Comment period. Written comments may be submitted per the instructions above.
3. RECESS-CLOSED SESSION
The City Council will immediately recess to a closed session for the following:
3.a Public Employee Recruitment - City Manager, Pursuant to California Government Code §54956.8
4. RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION
5. REPORT BY THE CITY ATTORNEY FROM CLOSED SESSION
6. ADJOURNMENT
PLEASE NOTE:
The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held on August 20, 2024, at 5:30 p.m.
The regular meeting of the City Council of August 6, 2024, has been cancelled.
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.
I, Donna G. Schwartz, hereby certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing agenda was posted not less than 24 hours at the following locations: City of Santa Maria City Hall, Santa Maria Public Library, and 92-1185 Aliinui Drive, Kapolei, Hawaii; and made available at
https://www.cityofsantamaria.org/services/departments/city-clerk-records/agendas-reports- meeting-videos on this 31st day of July 2024.
/s/ DONNA G. SCHWARTZ
Chief Deputy City Clerk