City of St. Helena
City Council Regular Meeting
Tuesday, October 13, 2026 @ 6:00 PM
Vintage Hall Board Room - Second Floor
465 Main Street, St. Helena CA
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1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
Mayor: Paul Dohring, City Council Members: Aaron Barak, Michelle Deasy, Kate Spadarotto, Scott Diaz
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
4. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
5. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
5.1. Regular City Council Meeting Minutes of September 22, 2026
6. PUBLIC FORUM
Members of the public are entitled to speak on matters of municipal concern not on the agenda during Public Forum. Each person’s comments shall be limited to 4 minutes. Each person is entitled to speak on any non-agendized item only once at any meeting. Brief questions by Council Members for clarifications may be posed and answered, and Council Members may make requests that items be placed on future agendas, but in accordance with state law, no substantive discussion or action may take place unless and until the matter properly appears on the agenda.
Estimated start time: 6:05 p.m.
6.1. Public Comment
7. REPORTS BY STAFF AND CITY COUNCIL, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, AND AB 1234 REPORTS
Reports by staff and/or Council Members on items of general interest. Brief questions for clarification may be posed and answered, and Council Members may request that items be placed on a future agenda. Except under certain circumstances, the Brown Act prohibits any other discussion or action by the City Council.
8. PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLIC RECOGNITIONS
8.1. Proclaiming October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month
9. STAFF BRIEFING AND PRESENTATIONS
9.1. Status Report on Interim Strategic Plan and 6-Month Implementation Framework
9.2. Water System Update
10. CONSENT ITEMS
Members of the Council or the public (present at the meeting) may ask that any items be considered individually for purposes of considering alternative action, for extended discussion, or for public comment. Unless that is done, one motion may be used to adopt all recommended actions. (Roll Call Vote) Estimated start time: 6:50 p.m.
10.1. Resolution to Amend the Planning Commission By-Laws CEQA Determination: Not a project pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5).
Prepared By: Leza Mikhail, Director of Community Development Recommendation: Adopt a resolution approving the proposed amendments to the City of St. Helena Planning Commission By-Laws.
10.2. Planning Commission Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2026-27 and Accomplishments for Fiscal Year 2025-26.
CEQA Determination: Not a CEQA Project (CEQA Guidelines §15378) Prepared By: Leza Mikhail, Director of Community Development Recommendation: Adopt the Planning Commission Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2026-27, including the Commission’s accomplishments for Fiscal Year 2025-
26. 10.3. Consideration and Proposed Approval of a Resolution Authorizing Execution of a Professional Services Agreement with Hydrologics, Inc. to perform water system maintenance operations and related budget amendment.
CEQA Determination: Statutory Exemption
Prepared By: Bruce Zaeni, Project Manager, Joseph Leach, Director of Public Works
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution.
10.4. Consideration and Proposed Approval of a Resolution Authorizing execution of a Professional Services Agreement with Cannon Corporation for SCADA System Final Design and Preparation of Plans, Specifications and Estimate for Project CIP No. W18-113 in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $248,967 and applicable budget amendment.
CEQA Determination: Not a CEQA Project (CEQA Guidelines §15378) Prepared By: Bruce Zaeni, Project Manager
Recommendation: Approval of Resolution.
11. PUBLIC HEARINGS
Estimated start time: 7:00 p.m.
11.1. Introduce and waive the first reading of an ordinance amending Section
3.04.210 (Bidding procedures for various project amounts) by adding Subsection D (Design-Build) and adding Section 3.04.245 (Design-build contracts) to the St. Helena Municipal Code to authorize design-build project delivery in accordance with state law and adopting a design-build organizational conflict of interest policy.
CEQA Determination: Not a CEQA Project (CEQA Guidelines §15378) Prepared By: Eric Janzen, Asst. PW Director
Recommendation: Introduce the Ordinance and waive first reading.
12. OLD BUSINESS
13. NEW BUSINESS
13.1. Chief of Police Contract Ratification and Presentation of Chief of Police Badge CEQA Determination: Not a CEQA Project (CEQA Guidelines §15378) Prepared By: Martin Beltran, Finance Manager
Recommendation: Staff recommends approval of the attached resolution.
14. CITY COUNCIL REPORTS
15. ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular City Council meeting is scheduled for October 27, 2026 at 6 p.m.
This agenda was posted at City Hall, 1088 College Avenue, and at Vintage Hall, 465 Main Street, St. Helena, California on October 9, 2026.
Andrew Bradley, City Clerk
In Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please call the City Clerk’s Office (707) 967-2792. Notification 72 hours prior to the meeting as required by Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.
CHALLENGING DECISIONS OF CITY ENTITIES
The time limit within which to commence any lawsuit or legal challenge to any quasi-adjudicative decision made by the City of St. Helena is governed by Section 1094.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure, unless a shorter limitation period is specified by any other provision, including without limitation Government Code section 65009 applicable to many land use and zoning decisions, Government Code section 66499.37 applicable to the Subdivision Map Act, and Public Resources Code section 21167 applicable to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Under Section 1094.6, any lawsuit or legal challenge to any quasi-adjudicative decision made by the City must be filed no later than the 90th day following the date on which such decision becomes final. Any lawsuit or legal challenge, which is not filed within that 90-day period, will be barred. Government Code section 65009 and 66499.37, and Public Resources Code section 21167, impose shorter limitations periods and requirements, including timely service in addition to filing.
If a person wishes to challenge the above actions in court, they may be limited to raising only those issues they or someone else raised at the meeting described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of St. Helena, at or prior to the meeting. In addition, judicial challenge may be limited or barred where the interested party has not sought and exhausted all available administrative remedies.
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL RECEIVED AFTER THE POSTING OF THE AGENDA Any supplemental writings or documents distributed to a majority of the City Council regarding any item on this Agenda, after the posting of the Agenda, will be available for public review in the City Clerk’s Office located at 1088 College Avenue, St. Helena, California, during normal business hours and by appointment. In addition, such writings or documents will be made available on the City’s website at cityofsthelena.gov and will be available for public review at the respective meeting.