1 City of South Lake Tahoe
City Council and South Tahoe Joint Powers Parking
Financing Authority
Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, April 05, 2022 at 9:00 AM
City Hall - Council Chambers - 1901 Lisa Maloff Way, South Lake Tahoe City Council
Devin Middlebrook, Mayor
Cristi Creegan, Mayor Pro Tem
Cody Bass, Councilmember
John Friedrich, Councilmember
Tamara Wallace, Councilmember
Mission of the City Council
The City Council exists to represent the public
interest, to oversee the City's operations and to
plan for the City's future.
NOTE: The Meeting Minutes represent actions taken during the meeting of the City Council. Complete Council members discussions on Regular Session meeting items can be viewed in archived video recordings on the City’s website at http://www.cityofslt.us Public submittals on items are retained in the administrative record and can be viewed in the City Clerk’s repository at http://www.cityofslt.us
Call to Order/Pledge of Allegiance
At 9:12 a.m. Mayor Middlebrook called the meeting to order. Middlebrook then led the pledge of allegiance to the flag.
Roll Call
Present were Mayor Middlebrook, Councilmembers Bass, Creegan, Friedrich and Wallace.
Also present were City Manager Irvin, City Attorney Stroud, and City Clerk Blankenship.
Closed Session Report
No reportable action.
City Employee Recognitions
1. City Employee Recognitions
Action: Sara Letton, Sustainability Coordinator and Chris Heckathorn, Public Works were introduced to City Council. Olga Tikhomirova, Finance was recognized for reaching 20 YearsService.
Proclamation
2. Proclamation - Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month Action: Issued Proclamation recognizing April 2022, as "Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month".
The following person addressed City Council:
1. Deanna Santana, El Dorado County Child Abuse Prevention Council 2 Public Communications
Public Comment was heard from the following people:
1. Mary McCall - Bijou Golf Course *written material distributed
2. Carole Foster – Wagon Train Event * written material distributed
3. Ed Mosur – Tourism Improvement District, Business Improvement District Written Public Comment was received from the following people:
4. Jim Bohlen – Diana Madson
5. Saundra Edwards – Councilmember Wallace
6. Susan Griffin – Councilmember Creegan
7. Warren Harding – Corey Rich and Chris McNamara
8. Will Irwin – endangered species, environmental concerns
9. Udo Keppler – government corruption
10. Wally Pinniped – Councilmember Wallace
11. John Powell – Bijou Park Creek
12. Phuket Sherpa – Cory Rich
13. Joseph Story – Diana Madson
City Commission Reports
1. David Gregorich, Parks and Recreation Commission
Consent Agenda
Note: Councilmember Friedrich pulled Item 8 off consent.
Note: Councilmembers Friedrich and Creegan recused themselves from voting on Items 6 and 7 due to property interest in the area.
Action: Moved/Seconded: Wallace/Bass
Yes: Bass, Creegan, Friedrich, Middlebrook, and Wallace Action: Passed Consent Agenda Items 3 through Item 7, with noted recusals.
3. City Council Meeting Minutes
Action: Passed Motion 2022-026 approving the March 1, 2022 and March 15, 2022 Regular City Council meeting minutes.
4. Agreement for Consultant Services to Develop a "Reach Code" for Enhanced Building Code Requirements With Integrated Design 360, LLC
Action: Passed Resolution 2022-027 authorizing $50,000 of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for Reach Code development and authorizing and directing the Mayor to execute an Agreement C-043-2022 for consultant services to develop a reach code with Integrated Design 360, LLC in an amount not to exceed $74,543.
5. License Agreement with the California Tahoe Conservancy for the Tahoe Valley Stormwater & Greenbelt Improvement Project
Action: Passed Motion 2022-031 to approve License Agreement C-044-2022 between the California Tahoe Conservancy and City of South Lake Tahoe to allow the City and the general public to occupy and use the facilities to be constructed on portions of 17 Conservancy-owned parcels for a 25-year term.
6. Agreement for Third Party Plan Review Services for Multi-Generational Recreation and Aquatics Facility with BPR Consulting Group
3 Action: Passed Motion 2022-032 authorizing and directing the Mayor to execute Professional Services Agreement C-045-2022 with BPR Consulting Group in the amount of $42,800 with an additional contract contingency of 10% ($4,280) for third party plan review services.
Public Comment was heard from the following person:
1. Ed Mosur
Written Public Comment was received from the following person:
2. Grace T.
7. Grant Acceptance and Fund Appropriation for Campground Restroom Relocation Note: City Clerk noted comments from previous meeting on this item which are in the administrative record for the March 3, 2022 meeting.
Action: Passed Resolution 2022-038 to accept grant awards in the amount of $427,952 through the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation Proposition 68 Per Capita and RIRE grant funding programs and appropriate said grant awards towards the relocation of the existing restroom located at the City’s campground for purposes of clearing the existing site for the construction of the city’s new Multi-Generational Recreation and Aquatics Facility.
Written Public Comment was received from the following people:
1. Edwin Bustillos
2. Saundra Edwards
3. Val Plumwood
4. Paul Thorpe
5. Grace Thorpe
8 Ordinance - Amendments to Cannabis Ordinance Prohibiting On-Site Consumption, Allowing Increased Cultivation Canopy of 22,000 Square Feet, and Allowing Owners and Operators to Hold More Than One Non-Retail Permit (Second Reading) Note: Councilmember Bass recused himself from this item and left the meeting.
Action: Moved/Seconded: Friedrich/Creegan
Yes: Creegan, Friedrich and Middlebrook
No: Wallace
Recused: Bass
Action: 1) Passed Motion 2022-033 finding that the 2030 General Plan EIR adequately addresses the potential environmental impacts of the proposed ordinance and that no further environmental analysis is required to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act; and 2) Passed Motion 2022-034 to hold a second reading (by title only) and adopt Ordinance 2022-1161 amending Article X (Cannabis Regulations) of Chapter 6.55 of the South Lake Tahoe City Code to prohibit on-site consumption, allow increased cultivation canopy of 22,000 square feet, and allow owners and operators to hold more than one non-retail permit.
Public Comment was heard from the following people:
1. Cody Bass, Tahoe Wellness Center
2. Ed Mosur
3. Mary McCall
4. Melissa Soderston
5. Scott Robbins
4 Public Hearing
9. Sugar Pine Village Affordable Housing Project - Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA)
Action: Moved/Seconded: Wallace/Creegan
Yes: Bass, Creegan, Friedrich, Middlebrook and Wallace
Action: Passed Resolution 2022-039 authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds by the California Municipal Finance Authority for the purpose of providing financing for a residential rental housing facility known as Sugar Pine Village Phase 1A.
10. Tentative Subdivision Map approval - 3708 Lake Tahoe Boulevard & 3709 Osgood Avenue Town Homes
Action: Moved/Seconded: Bass/Wallace
Yes: Bass, Creegan, Friedrich, Middlebrook and Wallace
Action: Passed Resolution 2022-040 approving the Tentative Subdivision Map.
Public Comment was heard from the following people:
1. Ed Mosur
2. Gary Midkiff, Midkiff and Associates
11. Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control - Public Convenience or Necessity - Grocery Outlet
Action: Moved/Seconded: Bass/Wallace
Yes: Bass, Creegan, Friedrich, Middlebrook and Wallace
Action: Passed Resolution 2022-041 approving issuance of a Letter of Public Convenience or Necessity to the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control for the Issuance of a Type 21 License for the Premises at 2358 Lake Tahoe Boulevard (Grocery Outlet Inc.) The following people address the City Council:
1. Katie Shardt, Grocery Outlet
2. Veronica Vargas, Entitlement Manager, Grocery Outlet
3. Kim and Ryan Schouten, Grocery Outlet
12. Ski Run Business Improvement District Annual Assessment Action: Moved/Seconded: Wallace/Friedrich
Yes: Bass, Creegan, Friedrich, Middlebrook and Wallace
Action: Passed Resolution 2022-042 confirming the Ski Run Business Improvement District annual report and levying the assessment for business license year 2022/2023.
Public Comment was heard from the following person:
1. Ed Mosur
Regular-Unfinished Business
13. Contract for the Supply and Installation of LED Lighting Retrofit Assemblies for US 50 Between Trout Creek and Ski Run Blvd. With Advanced Lighting Services, Inc.
Action: Moved/Seconded: Bass/Friedrich
Yes: Bass, Creegan, Friedrich, Middlebrook and Wallace
Action: 1) Passed Resolution 2022-043 appropriating funds for the award of a Public Works Contract for LED lighting retrofits to Advanced Lighting Services, Inc. for the project base bid and additive alternates 1 & 2 amount of $150,418.15 and 10% contingency of $15,041.82; and (2) Passed Motion 2022-035 authorizing and directing the Mayor to execute agreement C-046-2022 with Advanced Lighting Services, Inc. for the selected amount.
Public Comment was heard from the following person:
1. Ed Mosur
5 14. Ordinance – Amendments to South Lake Tahoe City Code Section 4.150.210 (Placement of Residential Containers for Collection Purposes) to Require Better Trash Management (First Reading)
Action: Moved/Seconded: Friedrich/Creegan
Yes: Bass, Creegan, Friedrich, Middlebrook and Wallace
Action: Passed Motion 2022-036 to hold a first reading (by title only) of an Ordinance Amending Section 4.150.210 (Placement of Residential Containers for Collection Purposes) of the South Lake Tahoe City Code to Require Better Trash Management, and refer second reading and adoption to the May 3, 2022 meeting.
The following person addressed the City Council:
1. Jeff Tillman, South Tahoe Refuse
Public Comment was heard from the following person:
2. Ed Mosur
Regular-New Business
15. Ordinance - Military Equipment Use Policy (First Reading) Action: Moved/Seconded: Wallace/Bass
Yes: Bass, Creegan, Friedrich, Middlebrook and Wallace
Action: Passed Motion 2022-037 to hold first reading (by title only) of an Ordinance approving a military equipment use policy and refer second reading and adoption to the May 3, 2022 meeting.
Public Comment was heard from the following person:
1. Ed Mosur
16. Travel Authorization - California Tahoe Alliance Advocacy Days, Sacramento, April 19-20, 2022
Action: Moved/Seconded: Friedrich/Wallace
Yes: Bass, Creegan, Friedrich, Middlebrook and Wallace
Action: Passed Motion 2022-038 authorizing Mayor Middlebrook and Mayor Pro-Tem Creegan to attend the California Tahoe Alliance Advocacy Days in Sacramento. The estimated cost per person is $550.
Regular New Business - South Tahoe Joint Powers Parking Financing Authority
17. Agreement with Walker Consultants for the City Parking Garage Access and Revenue Control System and Modification Project
Action: Moved/Seconded: Bass/Creegan
Yes: Bass, Creegan, Friedrich, Middlebrook and Wallace
Action: Acting as the South Tahoe Joint Powers Parking Financing Authority, Passed STJPPFA Resolution 2022-003 authorizing and directing the Chair to execute Professional Services Agreement C-047-2022 with Walker Consultants in the amount of $187,230, and appropriating $205,953 (including contingency) into the Parking Garage Revenue Expense Account for the Parking Garage Access and Revenue Control System and Modification Project.
Agenda Planning Calendar
18. Agenda Planning Calendar
Action: Received.
Updates and Announcements (City Attorney, City Clerk, City Manager) City Clerk:
1. Next scheduled meeting on May 3, 2022, 9:00a.m.
City Manager:
1. Policy on distributing City Owned Commodities
6 Councilmember Reports and Comments - Assignments to Boards, Committees, and Commissions Councilmember Friedrich:
1. Multicultural Alliance Subcommittee meeting –Festival scheduled September 24, 2022
2. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board Meeting
3. Housing Subcommittee Meeting
Councilmember Wallace
1. Support for House Resolution 6903 (Bass second)
Councilmember Bass:
1. Upcoming Tahoe Transportation District meeting
2. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency meeting
Councilmember Creegan:
1. Clean Tahoe meeting
2. South Tahoe Refuse and Solid Waste JPA partnership
3. Upcoming South Tahoe Public Utility District 2 X 2 meeting Closed Session
Note: No public comments were received on Closed Session Items.
19. Public Employee Performance Evaluations – Government Code section 54957(b)(1) Title: City Manager and City Attorney
Action: No reportable action.
20. Conference with Labor Negotiator – Government Code section 54957.6(a) Designated Representative: Thomas Stuart, Assistant to City Manager II Unrepresented Employees: City Manager and City Attorney Action: No reportable action.
Adjournment
At 1:26 p.m. Mayor Middlebrook adjourned the meeting.
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Devin Middlebrook, Mayor Date
Attest:
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Susan Blankenship, City Clerk
The presence of electronic signature certifies that the foregoing is a true and correct copy as approved by the South Lake Tahoe City Council.
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