08 08 2023 Minutes
City of South Lake Tahoe
City Council, South Tahoe Joint Powers Parking
Financing Authority and South Tahoe Joint
Powers Financing Authority
Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 9:00 am
City Hall - Council Chambers - 1901 Lisa Maloff Way, South Lake Tahoe City Council Mission of the City Council
Cristi Creegan, Mayor
Cody Bass, Mayor Pro Tem
John Friedrich, Councilmember
Tamara Wallace, Councilmember
Scott Robbins, Councilmember
The City was established to provide essential,
outstanding and cost-effective services that
enhance environmental sustainability, economic
vitality and the quality of life for our residents,
businesses and guests.
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 9:25 a.m. Mayor Creegan called the meeting to order. Creegan then led the pledge of allegiance to the flag.
Roll Call
Present were Mayor Creegan, Mayor Pro Tem Bass, Councilmembers Friedrich, Robbins and Wallace.
Also present were City Manager Irvin, City Attorney Stroud and City Clerk Blankenship.
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Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation - Gov. Code section 54956.9(d)(4) (one case)
Action: City Attorney Stroud reported that City Council voted 5-0 to authorize initiation of litigation in one case.
Conference with Labor Negotiator - Government Code section 54957.6(a) Action: No reportable action.
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Note: Mayor Creegan noted that Item #14 would be heard after Item #19. 08 08 2023 Minutes
City Employee Recognition
1. City Employee Recognitions
Action: Joseph Chaisson, Myles Galdi, Heidi Wilson and Emma Morena, Police Department, . Jeremy Harrison, Development Services, and Nicholas Steffen, Fire Department were introduced to City Council. Sebastian Knapp, Information Technology, and Melissa Dube, Police Department, were recognized for reaching 15 Years-Service.
Jeff Roberson, Police Department, and Gildardo Navarro, Public Works Department, were recognized for reaching 20 Years-Service.
Public Communications
Public Comment was heard from the following people:
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Ed Mosur – e-scooter danger, report from Riva Feldman contract Mary McCall – Bijou Golf Course improvements, transients living in meadows No name provided – banning horse drawn carriages.
Angie Reagan – Accessibility for all, horse drawn carriages, Suicide Prevention Month, Access Tahoe meeting
Stacey Ballard – Access Tahoe meeting
Molly Armanino – banning fireworks
Dr. Katie Lawler – animal ethics, and horse drawn carriages Eugene Aguilar – horses are well treated by the Borges family Written Comment was received from the following people:
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25. Jim Bohlen – Diana Madson
Asa Briggs – cell towers
Shirley Briggs – cell towers
Margaret Byers – broadband
David Chain – environmental procedures, cell towers
Edith Chase – cell towers, Tahoe Prosperity Center
Ernest Coe – cell towers
Granville Fortescue – scenic corridors, cell towers *2 comments received Steven Hart – cell towers
Patrick Henry – cell towers
Phillip McGraw – cell towers
Peter Norman – over tourism
Renuka Ray – cell towers
David Sive – cell towers
Edgar Wayburn – Danielle Hughes
Dennis Weaver - cell towers
Brent Wisner – Verizon, cell towers
City Commission Reports
1. Nicole Ramirez Thomas, Parks and Recreation Commission – equitable access to beach and bike paths, need for additional staff at the Recreational Center. 08 08 2023 Minutes
Consent Agenda
Note: Councilmember Robbins requested Item 9 be pulled from the Agenda and added to a future meeting as New Business. This action required a vote of the Council.
Action: Moved/Second: Robbins/Wallace
Yes: Bass, Creegan, Friedrich, Robbins and Wallace
Action: Passed Motion 2023-064.
Note: Mayor Creegan recused herself from voting on Item 7 due to property interest in the area and Councilmember Bass recused himself from voting on Item 7 due to financial interest in the industry.
Action: Moved/Seconded: Wallace/Friedrich
Yes: Bass, Creegan, Friedrich, Robbins and Wallace
Action: Passed Consent Agenda with noted recusals and Item 9 pulled.
2. City Council Meeting Minutes
Action: Passed Motion 2023-062 approving the June 6, 2023 City Council meeting minutes and the June 20, 2023 City Council and South Tahoe Joint Powers Financing Authority meeting minutes.
3. ALS Cardiac Monitor Lease Agreement with Zoll Medical Corporation Action: Passed Resolution 2023-066 Authorizing Sole Source Purchase and Execution of Lease Agreement C-153-2023 with Zoll Medical Corporation for Six Cardiac Monitors and Amending the FY 2022-2023 Budget by Appropriating $147,000 into Emergency Medical Services Account 236 02262 46110.
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Quitclaim U.S. Highway 50 - South Lake Tahoe Safety Project Utility Easements Action: Passed Resolution 2023-067 approving Easement Quitclaim Deed D-036-2023 to remove City easement rights on APN 029-161-025 as described within the Easement Quitclaim Deed and authorizing the City Manager to sign the Quitclaim Deed.
Amendment No. 1 to California Tahoe License Agreement No. 2022-0214-LT-279 Action: Passed Resolution 2023-068 approving C-154-2023 Amendment No. 1 to the existing California Tahoe Conservancy License Agreement No. 2022-0214-LT-279 (Tahoe Valley Stormwater and Greenbelt Improvement Project).
6. Winter Storm 2023 Reconciliation Budget Appropriation Action: Passed Resolution 2023-069 appropriating $968,447 from General Fund Undesignated Excess Reserves Account for Reconciliation of Winter 2023 Expenditures.
7. Ordinance - Confirmation of Termination and Rescission of Development Agreement with Perfect Union SLT, LLC (Second Reading)
Action: Passed Ordinance 2023-1175 Confirming Termination and Rescission of Development Agreement with Perfect Union SLT, LLC.
8. Community Development Block Grant CV 1 Subrecipient Agreement and Scope of Work for the Boys and Girls Club of Lake Tahoe
Action: Passed Motion 2023-063 authorizing and directing the Mayor to execute C-155- 2023 Subrecipient Agreement for the Boys and Girls Club with an expenditure term until February 28th, 2024, and not to exceed amount of $87,594.00.
Public Comment was heard from the following person:
1. Jude Wood, Boys and Girls Club of South Lake Tahoe
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9. Financial Policy Amendments Regarding Cell Phones, Local Training & Meeting, Procurement, Grant Funding and Compliance, Travel, and Preserving Capital Investments, and New Financial Policy - Leases and Subscription Based Information Technology Arrangements (SBITAs)
This item was pulled and will be placed on a future agenda as New Business.
10. El Dorado Community Foundation Grant Acceptance
Action: Passed Resolution 2023-070 authorizing the City to (1) execute Agreement C-156-2023 for Funding with El Dorado Community Foundation to accept the Foundation's grant in the amount of $20,000, and (2) amend FY 22/23 budget and accept El Dorado Community Foundation's grant of $20,000 into the Parks Maintenance account 100-04170-36280 (Contributions and Donations) designated to sustain the Park Ranger Program.
11. Professional Services Agreement with CentralSquare Technologies LLC. to provide property information and permit management software and Professional Services Agreement with HdL Companies to provide business licensing and transient occupancy tax administration software.
Action: Passed Resolution 2023-071: (1) authorizing and directing the City Manager to execute the Software and Professional Services Agreement C-157-2023 with CentralSquare Technologies, LLC in the amount of $279,475 including one-time implementation cost and first year annual maintenance fee of $72,600 (subject to 3% increase for year two, 4% for year three and 5% year over year thereafter) for Community Development Software Implementation for the five year initial term which will automatically renew for additional successive one year terms thereafter; (2) authorizing corresponding budget appropriations transferring a total of $279,475 from Long Term Building Permit Fees account 271-03110-50014 into Software/Hardware Capital Project account 301-70008-46122; and (3) authorizing and directing the City Manager to execute the Software and Professional Services Agreement C-158-2023 with HdL in the amount of $76,500 for one-time implementation cost and $22,000 for first year annual subscription fee for Prime Cloud Software Implementation for twelve months initial term which will automatically renew for successive twelve months terms thereafter
Public Hearing - City Council and South Tahoe Joint Powers Financing Authority
12. Issuance of 2023 Lease Revenue Bonds Series A for the Multigenerational Recreation and Aquatic Center Construction Financing in a Principal Amount Not to Exceed $59 Million Note: Mayor Creegan recused herself from this item due to financial interest in the area and left the meeting. Mayor Pro Tem Bass presided.
Action: Moved/Seconded: Wallace/Friedrich
Yes: Bass, Friedrich, Wallace and Robbins
Absent (recused): Creegan
Action: Acting as the City Council, Passed Resolution 2023-072 approving the issuance of the Authority Lease Revenue Bonds, 2023 Series A, and authorizing the City`s execution and delivery of related documents and taking related actions; and, Acting as the Authority, Passed STJPFA Resolution 2023-001 authorizing the sale, issuance and delivery of Lease Revenue Bonds, 2023 Series A, and authorizing the execution and delivery of an indenture and other documents and taking related actions.
The following person addressed City Council:
1. Christine Choi, PFM Financial Advisors
Public Comment was heard from the following people:
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6. Jerry Bindel, Chairman Independent Citizens Oversight Committee Nicole Ramirez, Parks and Recreation
Carl Rubado
Jude Wood, Boys and Girls Club
David Gregorich, Independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee, Parks and Recreation 08 08 2023 Minutes
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9. Ed Mosur
Amelia Richmond
Michael Glover, CEO Tahoe Chamber
Regular-Unfinished Business
13. Agreement with Roebbelen Contracting, Inc. for Multi-Generational Recreation and Aquatic Center
Note: Mayor Creegan recused herself from this item due to financial interest in the area and left the meeting. Mayor Pro Tem Bass presided.
Action: Moved/Seconded: Friedrich/Wallace
Yes: Bass, Friedrich, Wallace and Robbins
Absent (recused): Creegan
Action: Passed Resolution 2023-073 appropriating $71,578,652 for the Multi-Generational Recreation and Aquatic Center Project upon successful bond sale and authorizing and directing the Mayor Pro Tem to execute a construction contract C-161-2023 with Roebbelen Contracting, Inc. in the amount of $67,851,097.00.
The following person address the City Council:
1. Chris Vicencio, JK Architecture Engineering
Public Comment was heard from the following people:
2. David Gregorich
3. Jerry Bindel, Chairman Independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee
4. Nicole Ramirez, Parks and Recreation Commission
5. Jude Wood, Boys and Girls Club
6. Amelia Richmond
7. Molly Armanino
8. Michael Glover, CEO Tahoe Chamber
Note: This Item was heard after Item 19 under Regular Unfinished Business (continued)
14. Heavenly Valley Neighborhood Traffic and Parking Plan and Negotiations with Heavenly Resort Related to On-Street Parking Agreement
Note: City Manager Irvin recused himself from this item due to residence in the area, and left the meeting.
Action: Moved/Seconded: Wallace/Bass
Yes: Bass, Creegan, Friedrich, Wallace and Robbins
Action: Passed Motion 2023-065 to Hold the first reading (by title only) of an Ordinance amending South Lake Tahoe City Code, Title 4, Chapter 4.25, by adding Article IX (Chain Control Zone), and refer the second reading and adoption to the September 12, 2023 meeting; and Hold the first reading (by title only) of an Ordinance amending City of South Lake Tahoe City Code Section 4.25.420 to establish Angle Parking on the East Side of Ski Run Boulevard from David Lane to Regina Road and Removing Outdated Angle Parking Areas, and refer the second reading and adoption to September 12, 2023 meeting; Passed Resolution 2023-074 Establishing Seasonal No Parking Restrictions and Residential Parking Permit zones on Certain Streets in the Heavenly Valley Neighborhoods with a change of one side of Verdon reserved for permit parking; 4) Passed Resolution 2023-075 appropriating $200,000 from the Parking Bellamy Court Fund Available Fund Balance and Authorizing the City Manager to execute the necessary purchase orders for implementation of the No Parking and Residential Parking Permit program in Heavenly Valley Neighborhood; and City Council provided direction to staff to continue negotiating with Heavenly Valley Limited Partnership for On-Street Parking related to the Heavenly Resort area.
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15. Supplemental Analysis of Tiered Inclusionary Housing Requirement and In-Lieu Fee Action: Moved/Seconded: Wallace/Bass
Yes: Bass, Creegan, Wallace and Robbins
Absent: Friedrich
Action: Passed Motion 2023-066 directing staff to draft a Tiered Inclusionary Housing Requirement Ordinance for presentation and adoption by the City Council.
The following person addressed the City Council:
1. Aaron Nousaine, Consultant
Written Comment was received from the following person:
2. Seth Dallob
New Business - City Council and South Tahoe Joint Powers Parking Financing Authority
16. Bellamy Parking Garage Upgrade Project
Action: Moved/Seconded: Wallace/Bass
Yes: Bass, Creegan, Friedrich, Wallace and Robbins
Action: Passed STJPPFA Resolution 2023-001 authorizing and directing the South Tahoe Joint Powers Parking Financing Authority Chair to execute contract C-163-2023 with JPB Designs, Inc. for $478,300, plus 10% contingency of $47,830 for the Bellamy Parking Garage Upgrade Project and amending FY 2022/23 Parking Garage Budget, including appropriating $171,130 from the Parking Garage Fund balance.
Regular-New Business
17. Citizen Appointments to Commissions and Boards
Note: Updated application from Nolan Barichievich distributed to Council.
El Dorado County Community Action Council
Action: Moved/Seconded: Wallace/Bass
Yes: Bass, Creegan, Friedrich, Wallace and Robbins
Action: Passed Motion 2023-069 appointing Chelsea Thomas.
Airport Land Use Commission
Action: Moved/Seconded: Bass/Wallace
Yes: Bass, Creegan, Friedrich, Wallace and Robbins
Action: Passed Motion 2023-068 appointing Joshua Cleaver Arts, Culture, and Tourism Commission
Action: Moved/Seconded: Wallace/Bass
Yes: Bass, Creegan, Friedrich, and Wallace
No: Robbins
Action: Passed Motion 2023- 067 appointing Rachel Carlson and Nolan Barichievich and directed City Clerk to resolicit for the position of non-voting representative associated with the South Lake Tahoe Tourism Improvement District or Lake Tahoe Lodging Association Written Comment was received from the following person:
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Aubrie Williams, applicant Arts, Culture and Tourism Commission Chelcee Thomas, applicant, EDC Community Action Council 08 08 2023 Minutes
18. Residential Parking Permit Program
Note: City Manager Irvin recused himself from this item due to residency in the area and left the meeting.
Action: Moved/Seconded: Friedrich/Robbins
Yes: Bass, Creegan, Friedrich, Wallace and Robbins
Action: Passed Motion 2023-070 to hold the first reading of an Ordinance amending South Lake Tahoe City Code, Title 4, Chapter 4.25, Article V (Stopping, Standing and Parking) by adding Section 4.25.365 (Residential Parking Permit Program), and refer the second reading and adoption to the September 12, 2023 meeting.
Public Comment was heard from the following people:
1. 2.
Mike Keck
Zoey Siegal
Written Comment was received from the following person:
3. Englehardt
19. Building Energy Efficiency Reach Code
Action: Moved/Seconded: Bass/Friedrich
Yes: Bass, Creegan, Friedrich, Wallace and Robbins
Action: Passed Motion 2023-071 providing direction components of the reach code, including:
applicable building types - all Single Family Residential, including condominiums, Accessory Dwelling Units, Multi-Family Residential, Commercial Retail, Office, Restaurant and Hotel, and Public Service Facilities; desired reach code option – electric preferred, and exemptions – all; a complimentary educational program and associated budget to increase local knowledge of building energy efficiency and electrification measures - yes, and to conduct additional economic impact analysis to determine impacts on local construction industry, real estate market and housing costs – yes; and direction to bring this item back in a year for review.
The following person addressed the City Council:
1. Leila Silver, Sustainable Policy & Programs Manager, Integrated Design 360 Public Comment was heard from the following person:
2. Molly Armanino
Written Comment was received from the following person:
3. Seth Dallob
Agenda Planning Calendar
20. Agenda Planning Calendar
Action: Received and filed.
Updates and Announcements (City Attorney, City Clerk, City Manager) City Attorney:
1. Petition filed for South Lake Tahoe Property Owners group vs. City – Measure T case City Clerk:
1. Proclamation request from Angie Reagan to designate September 2023 as Suicide Prevention and Action Month and a Proclamation request from Daughters of the American Revolution to designate September 17 – as Constitution Week. (Council consensus)
City Manager:
1. Update on preliminary Caltrans response on the US 50 and 89 speed limits 08 08 2023 Minutes
Councilmember Reports and Comments - Assignments to Boards, Committees, and Commissions
Councilmember Robbins:
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5. Attended Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting
Access Tahoe Round Table attendance
Scooter corrals for future agenda item (Wallace second) Security analysis for possible ransomware attacks (Bass second) Rental registry discussion (City Manager noted it could be merged into existing APC item)
Councilmember Bass:
1. Upcoming meetings
Councilmember Friedrich:
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3. Tahoe Regional Planning Governing Board meeting attendance Upcoming September Multicultural Festival
Onsite consumption Ordinance (Wallace second)
Mayor Creegan:
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Solid Waste JPA meeting attendance
Upcoming Tahoe Summit
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Date
Adjournment
At 4:44 p.m. Mayor Creegan adjourned the meeting.
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Cody Bass, Mayor Pro Tem
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.
Sue Blankenship (Sep 13, 2023 09:55 PDT) Cody Bass (Sep 13, 2023 10:46 PDT) Sep 13, 2023 08 08 2023 Minutes
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