M I N U T E S
Meeting of the
Scotts Valley City Council
Date: October 5, 2022
Time: 6:00 PM
CONTACT INFORMATION MEETING LOCATION POSTING
City of Scotts Valley
1 Civic Center Drive
Scotts Valley, CA 95066
(831) 440-5600
Zoom Video Conference The agenda was posted
at City Hall and on the Internet at
www.scottsvalley.org.
CALL TO ORDER 6:00 PM
The City Council meeting was called to order at 6:01 PM.
MOMENT OF SILENCE
ROLL CALL
ELECTED OFFICIALS PRESENT:
Donna Lind, Mayor
Jim Reed, Vice Mayor
Jack Dilles, Council Member
Randy Johnson, Council Member
Derek Timm, Council Member
CITY STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT:
Mali LaGoe, City Manager
Kirsten Powell, City Attorney
Steve Walpole, Chief of Police
Taylor Bateman, Community Development Director
Chris Lamm, Public Works Director/City Engineer
Cathie Simonovich, City Clerk
COMMITTEE REPORTS
CM Timm attended the Pension Subcommittee meeting where they discussed various hypothetical funding scenarios for the 115 Trust. They will come back to the full Council with recommendations at a later date.
CM Dilles attended the Pension Subcommittee meeting and added that the committee is also reviewing what other cities are doing to address reserves.
Mayor Lind attended a couple of Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (METRO) meetings, and they are looking at a company to assist with payroll, which is currently processed by the County.
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Mayor Lind attended the grand opening of the Scotts Valley Performing Arts Theater and gave congratulations to the Theater Guild.
Mayor Lind congratulated Chief Walpole on the success of the Scotts Valley Police Department’s annual inspection.
CITY MANAGER REPORT
Traffic: The Police Department has been working closely with Caltrans to try to alleviate the traffic congestion at the beginning of the school day. New legislation that mandates schools to start no earlier than 8:30 AM has resulted in all of the high school students arriving at the same time which has caused significant congestion at the main intersection at Scotts Valley Drive and Granite Creek Road. The lights have been adjusted and this is currently the best we can hope for, given the design of the intersection. Please be patient as we continue to monitor the situation.
Police Department:
• The swearing-in ceremony for Officer Jesse Pidcock will be on October 12, 2022.
Officer Pidcock is returning to the Police Department after a long stint in a different career. He recently completed an accelerated refresher academy course.
• Interviews have been held for the last open position at the Police Department.
Public Works Department:
• Installed the second of several new water bottle filling stations and drinking fountains at the public parks
• Released several bid requests/requests for proposals for the following projects:
o Updating the City’s pavement management program
o Demolishing the old PWD building in order to replace that building, hopefully in Spring 2023
o On-call janitorial services, to supplement the work that our maintenance staff are able to complete
o Consulting assistance to develop a Parks and Recreation strategic plan • Staff met with designers regarding the Siltanen Park irrigation system to move forward with a Capital Improvement Project to replace the irrigation system • Began the process with the consultants to upgrade the HVAC at City Hall Halloween: Bring your kids to the Parks and Recreation building on Halloween – the building is decked out and the staff is ready for trick-or-treaters!
PUBLIC COMMENT TIME
CM Timm thanked the Sunrise Rotary for the 3-day bike event which benefits the youth in our county. This event coincides with Biketober so please consider participating in the Biketober events such as bike workshops, bike to school, and the bike to work DocuSign Envelope ID: 47607B57-77B5-4DBE-88AB-81CD30A06110 City Council Meeting Minutes Page 3
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challenge. More information can be found on the Ecology Action website.
Congratulations to Scotts Valley Police Department for their new Bike Patrol unit!
CONSENT AGENDA
A. Approve City Council minutes of 09-21-2022
B. Approve check registers dated 09-22-2022 and 09-29-2022 C. Approve agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. to prepare the 6th Cycle Housing Element Update
Public Comment was received from Evan Siroky in support of the City entering into an agreement for the housing element.
D. Approve amendment to the agreement with Avenu Enterprise Solutions, LLC (New Vision) for application hosting and support services for the financial ERP system
E. Appoint Wayne Thompson to serve on the Cultural Resource Preservation Commission
CONSENT AGENDA APPROVAL WITH NO ALTERATIONS
M/S: Timm/Dilles
To approve the Consent Agenda.
Carried 5/0 (AYES: Dilles, Johnson, Lind, Reed, Timm)
REGULAR AGENDA APPROVAL WITH NO ALTERATIONS
M/S: Dilles/Johnson
To approve the Regular Agenda.
Carried 5/0 (AYES: Dilles, Johnson, Lind, Reed, Timm)
REGULAR AGENDA
1. Authorization to execute multi-year agreement with Cyber Ascend Technologies for Information Technology managed services
City Manager LaGoe presented this item. Phil Neuman from Cyber Ascend Technologies spoke regarding the company’s work with the City of Scotts Valley as the interim IT provider. City Manager LaGoe responded to questions and comments from Council.
Allan Timms, a resident of Scotts Valley, spoke in favor of the City executing an agreement with Cyber Ascend Technologies.
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M/S: Johnson/Dilles
To authorize the City Manager to execute a multi-year agreement with Cyber Ascend Technologies for Information Technology managed services, with the option to extend additional years as needed.
Carried 5/0 (AYES: Dilles, Johnson, Lind, Reed, Timm)
2. Future Council agenda items
CM Timm noted that there is an appeal to the case, Grant Park Neighborhood Association vs. the CDPH. The Scotts Valley City Council has been asked to submit comments to the League of California Cities regarding a joint appeal brief. CM Timm requested this as a future agenda item. City Attorney Powell confirmed that this will be a closed session item discussion at an upcoming meeting.
CM Reed requested a future agenda item regarding term limits for Council Members.
Support for this future item coming to the Council at a future meeting was received from a majority of the Council.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 6:52 PM.
Approved: _____________________________
Donna Lind, Mayor
Attest: ___________________________
Cathie Simonovich, City Clerk
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