AGENDA
Special Meeting of the
Scotts Valley City Council
In-Person and Remote Access
Date: December 18, 2024
Time: 6:30 PM
CONTACT
INFORMATION
MEETING LOCATION POSTING
City of Scotts Valley
1 Civic Center Drive
Scotts Valley, CA 95066
(831) 440-5600
City Council Chambers
1 Civic Center Drive
Scotts Valley, CA 95066
OR
Zoom Video Conference
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83295730901
Agenda posted on 12-17-
2024 at City Hall, SV
Senior Center, SV Public
Works Building, and on the
Internet
at: www.scottsvalley.gov
ELECTED OFFICIALS CITY STAFF MEMBERS
Steve Clark, Council Member
Krista Jett, Council Member
Donna Lind, Council Member
Derek Timm, Council Member
Allan Timms, Council Member
Mali LaGoe, City Manager
Kirsten Powell, City Attorney
Cathie Simonovich, City Clerk
MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA PACKET MATERIALS
Notice regarding City Council Meetings:
The City Council meets regularly on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month at 6:00 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers located at 1 Civic Center Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066, and via Zoom Webinar remote access.
Agenda and Agenda Packet Materials:
The City Council agenda and the complete agenda packet are available for review by 5:00 PM the Friday before the Wednesday meeting on the Internet at the City’s website:
www.scottsvalley.gov and in the lobby of City Hall at 1 Civic Center Drive, Scotts Valley, CA.
Pursuant to Government Code §54957.5, materials related to an agenda item, submitted after distribution of the agenda packet, are available for public inspection in the lobby of City Hall during normal business hours, Monday-Friday, 8am-12 pm and 1-5 pm. In accordance with AB 1344, such documents will be posted on the City’s website at www.scottsvalley.gov.
Public Participation:
The meeting will be available on Zoom and livestreamed to the City of Scotts Valley’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@cityofscottsvalley
For those wishing to participate via Zoom you can join the following ways:
Zoom Webinar meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83295730901 Or dial one of these numbers: (669) 900-9128 or (669) 444-9171 Webinar ID: 832 9573 0901
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Whether attendance is in-person or remote, you will be given opportunities to provide public comment at the appropriate times throughout the meeting. The time limit is up to 3 minutes for an individual, or 5 minutes for someone who is representing a group of three or more, at the discretion of the Mayor. Please note that this is not a question-and-answer time, but simply a time to provide comments to the Council. At the appropriate times during the meeting for public comment, on items not on the agenda, and on specific agenda items, the Mayor will announce that public comment will be accepted.
How to comment via in-person attendance:
Please proceed to the public comment podium when the Mayor opens the item for public comment.
How to comment via Zoom Webinar:
Use the webinar attendee option to “raise hand” when the Mayor opens the item for public comment. The Clerk will unmute you when it is your turn. If you have joined via Zoom phone call, dial *9 or your phone to “raise your hand”, and the Clerk will unmute you when it is your turn.
CALL TO ORDER 6:30 PM
ROLL CALL
ALTERATIONS TO REGULAR AGENDA
Council can remove or add items to the Regular Agenda.
REGULAR AGENDA
Persons wishing to speak on any item may do so by raising their hand to be recognized by the Mayor.
1. Approve Resolution No. 2058 declaring a local emergency regarding the tornado that hit Scotts Valley and naming the City Manager the Director of Civil Defense and Disaster
ADJOURNMENT
ADA NOTICE
The City of Scotts Valley does not discriminate against persons with disabilities. The City Council Chambers is an accessible facility. If you wish to attend a City Council meeting and require assistance such as sign language, a translator, or other special assistance or devices in order to attend and participate at the meeting, please call the City Clerk's office at (831) 440-5600 five to seven days in advance of the meeting to
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make arrangements for assistance. If you require the agenda of a City Council meeting be available in an alternative format consistent with a specific disability, please call the City Clerk’s Office. The California State Relay Service (TTY/VCO/HCO to Voice: English 1-800-735-2929, Spanish 1-800-855-3000; or, Voice to TTY/VCO/HCO: English 1-800-735-2922, Spanish 1-800-855-3000), provides Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf and Disabled and will provide a link between the TDD caller and users of telephone equipment.
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PROCEDURAL INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC
THE FOLLOWING IS THE PROCEDURE COUNCIL SHOULD TAKE IN
APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION:
1. Move the Resolution number for approval.
2. Second the motion.
3. Vote by body, a roll call vote is not required.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE PROCEDURE COUNCIL SHOULD TAKE IN
INTRODUCTION/ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE:
1. Move the Ordinance number for introduction (or adoption).
2. Move the Ordinance be introduced by title only and waive the reading of the text.
3. Read the Ordinance title.
4. Second the motion.
5. Vote by body, a roll call vote is not required.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE PROCEDURE COUNCIL SHOULD TAKE IN
PUBLIC COMMENT/PUBLIC HEARINGS:
Unless otherwise determined by the presiding officer of the meeting:
1. Three minutes allowed per individual to speak.
2. Five minutes allowed per individual representing a group of three or more. ❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖
The City of Scotts Valley does not discriminate against persons with disabilities. The City Council Chambers is an accessible facility. If you wish to attend a City Council meeting and require assistance such as sign language, a translator, or other special assistance or devices in order to attend and participate at the meeting, please call the City Clerk's office at (831) 440-5602 five to seven days in advance of the meeting to make arrangements for assistance. If you require the agenda of a City Council meeting be available in an alternative format consistent with a specific disability, please call the City Clerk’s Office. The California State Relay Service (TTY/VCO/HCO to Voice: English 1-800-735-2929, Spanish 1-800-855-3000; Voice to TTY/VCO/HCO: English 1- 800-735-2922, Spanish 1-800-855-3000; or, from or to Speech-to-Speech, English & Spanish 1- 800-854-7787), provides Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf and Disabled and will provide a link between the TDD caller and users of telephone equipment.
AGENDA ITEM 1.
DATE: 12/18/2024
City of Scotts Valley
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
DATE: 12/18/2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Kirsten Powell, City Attorney
APPROVED: Mali LaGoe, City Manager
SUBJECT: Approve Resolution No. 2058 declaring a local emergency regarding the tornado that hit Scotts Valley and naming the City Manager the Director of Civil Defense and Disaster
SUMMARY OF ISSUE
On December 14, 2024, an Enhanced Fujita Scale 1 tornado hit the City of Scotts Valley travelling .31 miles from Lockwood Lane to Kings Village Road along Mt. Hermon Road (the “Tornado”). The Tornado damaged or destroyed 15 overhead traffic signals, caused power outages and downed numerous trees throughout the area including a tree approximately 4 feet in diameter which blocked Bean Creek Road and damaged the Scotts Valle Middle School.
Current estimates of the damage caused by the Tornado exceed $100,000, although the true extent of the damage caused by the Tornado has yet to be ascertained.
On December 14, 2024, the City Manager acting as the Director of Civil Defense and Disaster proclaimed an emergency in accordance with Scotts Valley Municipal Code Chapter 2.48.
Pursuant to Government Code Section 8630, a local emergency shall be deemed to continue to exist for a period of up to seven days, and thereafter by ratification and extension by the City Council, until the local emergency is terminated by the City Council. The proposed resolution ratifies the proclamation of local emergency and deems it to continue to exist until terminated by the City Council.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a “project” with the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15320,15378 and 15061(b)(3) as it is an organizational structure change and does not have the potential to result in either a direct or reasonable foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
FISCAL IMPACT
Staff has not yet determined the extent of the damage caused by the Tornado, or the expected cost of repairs. There is no fiscal impact to the City associated with this action.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council approve the resolution.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Resolution No. 2058 Tornado Emergency 12.18.24
2. December 2024 Tornado Emergency Declaration
RESOLUTION NO. 2058
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCOTTS VALLEY
DECLARING A LOCAL EMERGENCY REGARDING THE TORNADO THAT HIT
SCOTTS VALLEY AND NAMING THE CITY MANAGER THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL
DEFENSE AND DISASTER
WHEREAS, Scotts Valley Municipal Code section 2.48.050 enables the City to designate the City Manager as the Director of Civil Defense and Disaster and enables such Director to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency when the City is affected by a "disaster" which is defined as actual or threatened enemy attack, sabotage, extraordinary fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot, earthquake or other similar public calamity; and
WHEREAS, on December 14, 2024, an Enhanced Fujita Scale 1 tornado hit the City of Scotts Valley travelling .31 miles from Lockwood Lane to Kings Village Road along Mt.
Hermon Road (the “Tornado”); and
WHEREAS, the Tornado damaged or destroyed 15 overhead traffic signals, caused power outages and downed numerous trees throughout the area including a tree approximately 4 feet in diameter which blocked Bean Creek Road and damaged the Scotts Valle Middle School; and
WHEREAS, current estimates of the damage caused by the Tornado exceed $100,000, although the true extent of the damage caused by the Tornado has yet to be ascertained; and
WHEREAS, on December 14, 2024, the City Manager acting as the Director of Civil Defense and Disaster proclaimed an emergency in accordance with Scotts Valley Municipal Code Chapter 2.48; and
WHEREAS, in order for the City of Scotts Valley local emergency to remain in effect, it must be ratified by the Scotts Valley City Council; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Scotts Valley Municipal Code Chapter 2.48, the City has established a Civil Defense and Disasters Council to provide for the preparation and carrying out of plans for the protection of persons and property within the City in the event of a disaster; and
WHEREAS, the Tornado constitutes a disaster under Chapter 2.48; and WHEREAS, the City Council needs to name a Director of Civil Defense and Disaster to direct the day to day operations during an emergency.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Scotts Valley hereby declares that as of December 14, 2024, a local emergency exists in the City of Scotts Valley due to the Tornado and hereby ratifies the Proclamation Of Existence Of Local Emergency Issued By The City Of Scotts Valley Director Of Civil Defense And Disaster issued by the City Manager on December 14, 2024, a copy of which is attached hereto.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is hereby designated the Director of Civil Defense and Disaster and authorized to perform all duties outlined in Sections
2.48.050 and 2.48.060 of the Scotts Valley Municipal Code.
The above and foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Scotts Valley at a special meeting held on the 18th day of December, 2024 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Approved: ___________
_____________, Mayor
Attest:
Cathie Simonovich, City Clerk