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Regular Meeting - 6:30 PM
6:30 PM REGULAR MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
Honorary Mayor for the Day Finley Henderson called the Regular meeting to order at 6:31 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chamber, 1644 Oak Street, Solvang, California.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Mark Infanti, via Zoom, Mayor pro tem David Brown, Councilmembers Robert Clarke, Claudia Orona, Elizabeth Orona, Honorary Mayor for the Day Finley Henderson Staff: City Manager Randy Murphy, City Attorney Chelsea O’Sullivan, City Clerk Annamarie Porter, Public Works Director Rodger Olds, Planning Manager Rafael Castillo, Administrative Services Director Wendy Berry, Special Advisor Rod Wood, Wastewater Division Supervisor Nathan Giacinto.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Honorary Mayor for the Day Henderson led in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Mayor pro tem Brown reported that Honorary Mayor for the Day Henderson met with City staff and she provided a debriefing of her meetings and recommended the City consider installing a miniature golf course for families.
PROCLAMATIONS, COMMENDATIONS AND CEREMONIAL ITEMS - None a. Sexual Assault Awareness Proclamation
b. Child Abuse Prevention Proclamation
Allison Wales, Associate Director, North County Rape Crisis and Child Protection Center. c. Fair Housing Month Proclamation
PRESENTATIONS
a. Wastewater Division Presentation
Wastewater Division Supervisor Giacinto narrated a PowerPoint presentation with details regarding the Wastewater Division operations, management and recent activities.
1. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS – NON-AGENDA AND CONSENT ITEMS Mayor pro tem Brown invited public comments.
Barbara Allen, Mission Oaks Homeowners Association
Paul Matthies
Dan Martin
Dan Willick
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SOLVANG CITY COUNCIL
MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2024
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Al Cortese
Steve Martin
Denise El Amin
There were no other public communications.
2. CITY MANAGER REPORT AND ADVANCE CALENDAR
City Manager Murphy referenced items on the future agenda; reported a letter that will be distributed in the water bill asking residents to participate in a survey to help with the budget process and announced a meeting on April 25th to be held at City Hall to discuss the Santa Ynez Valley Trail.
3. COUNCIL COMMENTS, REQUESTS, GC SECTION 53232.3(d) (aka AB 1234) and GC SECTION 84308 (aka SB 1439) REPORT OUT
Mayor pro tem Brown reported on his attendance at the last EMA GSA Committee meeting.
4. CONSENT ITEMS
a. Approve Order of Agenda as Presented
b. Approve City Council Minutes: March 25, 2024.
c. Approve March Accounts Payable
d. For Second Reading Adopt by Title Only Ordinance No. 24-0372 amending Solvang Municipal Code Title 11, Zoning Regulations, Chapter 2, Section 11-2-4.A, Zoning Map e. Approve the Fourth Amendment to the Agreement with Carollo Engineers Inc to Support Solvang’s USDA Grant Application for the WWTP Project to extend the term to April 1, 2025, and authorize the Mayor to Execute on behalf of the City f. Approve the Inaugural meeting date of the Measure U Citizens Oversight April 26, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. of the Measure U Citizens Oversight Committee as agreed to by the City Manager and Measure U Committee members
g. Adopt Resolution No. 24-1248 Adopting the Second Amended and Restated Joint Powers Agreement for the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments h. Approve the Management Analyst Revised Job Description i. Adopt Resolution No. 24-1246 Approving the Annual Investment Policy for Year 2024 j. Adopt Resolution No. 24-1249 Authorizing the filing of a claim with the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments for allocation of transportation Development Act Funds for Fiscal Year 2024-2025
k. This item was pulled by Councilmember Elizabeth Orona for separate discussion.
Motion by Councilmember Elizabeth Orona, approve Consent Items 4.a-4.j, as presented, seconded by Councilmember Clarke and carried 5-0.
EXCLUDED CONSENT ITEMS
k. Approve a Joint Grant Management Agreement between the Santa Ynez Band of Mission Indians, the County of Santa Barbara, City of Solvang, and City of Buellton for a joint submission for the DocuSign Envelope ID: F8DAEFB0-8047-43B0-A3C2-080F76FC4AF7 M 2024-04-08 CC 3
Caltrans Active Transportation Program (ATP) Cycle 7 Infrastructure Grant in the amount not to exceed $20,598, for the term April 2, 2024 through end date of the grant, if awarded, and authorize the Mayor to execute on behalf of the City
Councilmember E Orona explained this is an assessment of multimodal connections.
City Manager Murphy stated the route has not been identified through Solvang yet; noted the grant application is due in June and will not be available again for two years, and the urgency is that the Tribe may lose its disadvantaged status in the interim.
Motion by Councilmember Elizabeth Orona, to approve Consent Item 4.k, as presented, seconded by Councilmember Claudia Orona and carried 5-0.
5. PUBLIC HEARINGS - None
6. DISCUSSION ITEMS
a. Discussion and Possible direction to Staff regarding implementation of City Council Goals Special Advisor Wood recommended that Council establish what it will use for funding and then start assigning dollars to those goals, added this is a three-step process and final decisions will be made during the budget process.
Mayor pro tem Brown invited public comments.
David Goldstein
Carrie McKinnon
Denise El Amin
There were no other public comments.
Discussion followed regarding consulting costs, infrastructure assessment costs, available funding, using existing studies, identifying funding potential and issues, and ensuring that whatever City Council approves, gets done.
Planning Manager Castillo reported the General Plan sets the stage to move forward; spoke about consultant costs versus staff costs.
Consensus to move the top 15 goals forward to the budget process. b. Discussion and possible action to create an Ad Hoc Budgetary Committee for the purpose of reviewing the proposed budget and grant applications comprised of two City Council Members and a member of the Measure U Committee
Administrative Services Director Berry presented details of the report.
Mayor pro tem Brown invited public comments.
Denise El Amin
There were no other public comments on this item.
Motion by Mayor pro tem Brown, to create an Ad Hoc Budgetary Committee for the purpose of reviewing the proposed budget and grant applications comprised of Mayor Infanti and Councilmember Clarke and a member of the Measure U Committee, seconded by Councilmember Claudia Orona and carried 5-0.
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c. Discussion and Direction to staff regarding the request by RATPDev for a contract amendment to include rate structure modifications and rate increases to operate the Santa Ynez Valley Transit service
Public Works Director Olds narrated a PowerPoint presentation with details of the item.
Discussion followed regarding the annual ridership, the motivation for renegotiating the contract, and the need for transparency before proceeding.
Mayor pro tem Brown invited public comments.
Denise El Amin
There were no other public comments.
Wess Cruz, RATP Dev USA, reported ridership has increased; mentioned having challenges retaining and recruiting operators; asked that the City make them whole so that they are able to run the business in the City and offered to open their books to the City.
No action taken pending a City review of RATPDev books and clarification of ridership.
7. COUNCIL CLOSING COMMENTS
Mayor pro tem Brown clarified that one of the Consent Items pertained only to Site B and D and not Site C.
8. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 9:06 p.m.
Respectfully submitted:
Annamarie Porter, City Clerk
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