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Town Council Meeting Minutes
July 26, 2022, 5:00 PM
Town Hall – Administrative Center | 10183 Truckee Airport Road, Truckee, CA
1. Call to Order – 5:00 pm.
2. Roll Call: Council Members; Zabriskie, Polivy, Klovstad, Vice Mayor Romack, and Mayor Henderson.
Staff Present: Jen Callaway, Town Manager; Nicole Casey, Administrative Services Director; Denyelle Nishimori, Community Development Director; Andrew Morris, Town Attorney; Lynn Baumgartner, Housing Program Analyst; Danny Renfrow, Acting Chief of Police; Dan Wilkins, Town Engineer/Public Works Director; Hilary Hobbs, Assistant to the Town Manager; Mike Ross, Chief Building Official; Kim Dalbol, Plans Examiner; Pacita Ravey, Development Services Technician; Bibiano Lopez Jr., Plans Examiner; Jenna Gatto, Planning Manager; Becky Bucar, Engineering Manager; Riley Morrison, Street Maintenance Manager; Carlos Reyes, Seasonal Street Maintenance Worker; Todd Curtis, Street Maintenance Worker II ; Ross Payne, Street Maintenance Worker II.
3. Pledge of Allegiance – recited in unison.
4. Public Comment
Mayor Henderson opened public comment.
Verbal comment received from: Suzie Tarnay and Patrick Flora.
Mayor Henderson closed public comment.
5. Presentations
5.1 Introduction of Returning Staff: Pacita Ravey, Kim Dalbol, and New Staff: Bibiano Lopez, Todd Curtis, Ross Payne, and Carlos Reyes Herrera.
Mike Ross, Chief Building Official introduced returning staff Pacita Ravey, Development Services Technician, Kim Dalbol, Plans Examiner, and new staff Bibiano Lopez, Building Inspector/Plans Examiner.
Riley Morrison, Street Maintenance Manager, introduced Carlos Reyes, Seasonal Street Maintenance Worker; Todd Curtis, Street Maintenance Worker II; and Ross Payne, Street Maintenance Worker II.
5.2 Jen Callaway, Town Manager presented the Town Manager Report.
Mayor Henderson opened the presentation items to public comment.
Seeing none, Mayor Henderson closed public comment.
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6. Consent Calendar
It was moved by Council Member Polivy, and seconded by Vice Mayor Romack, to approve the Consent Calendar Items 6.1 and 6.2 as follows:
6.1 (1) Adopted Resolution 2022-41 approving the abandonment of a 1,125 sq. ft. portion of the access easement along the southeastern (front) property line of 13439 Hillside Drive (Assessor's Parcel Number (APN) 046-510-012-000); Lot 64 of the Tahoe Donner Unit 7, Book 4, Page 37); and (2) Authorized the Town Manager to sign the Indemnification Agreement between the Town of Truckee and Kevin and Lauren Bean regarding APN 046- 510-012-000.
6.2 Authorized the Town Manager to 1) Execute a contract amendment with Integrated Design 360 (ID360) in the amount of $4,900, for a total amended contract amount of $53,466, for the purpose of holding two additional Stakeholder Advisory Committee meetings to support reach code development; and 2) Approved a budget amendment to adjust allocation of funds for project C1510 between FY21/22 and FY22/23 to account for the timing of expenses related to this project.
The Consent Calendar carried with the following vote:
Ayes: Council Member Polivy, Vice Mayor Romack, Mayor Henderson, Council Member Klovstad, and Council Member Zabriskie.
Noes: none.
Absent: none.
Abstained: none.
The motion passed 5-0.
7. Discussion Items
7.1 STAFF REPORT - 2021 Community Development Annual Report.
Recommended Action: Accept the 2021 Community Development Annual Report and direct the Community Development Director to file the report with the State Office of Planning and Research and the State Department of Housing and Community Development.
Lucas Kannall, Assistant Planner, presented from the Staff Report (presentation on file with the Town Clerk).
Mayor Henderson opened the item for public comment.
Seeing none, Mayor Henderson closed public comment.
Council Direction:
Noted that census numbers differ based on sources.
Would like the vacancy rate to include vacancies based on primary and secondary residences in the future.
The staff recommendation was moved by Council Member Zabriskie, seconded by Council Member Klovstad, and adopted with the following vote:
Ayes: Council Member Polivy, Vice Mayor Romack, Mayor Henderson, Council Member Klovstad, and Council Member Zabriskie.
Noes: None.
Absent: None.
Abstained: None.
The motion passed 5-0.
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7.2 STAFF REPORT - Clean-Up the Lake Donner Lake Monitoring Agreement.
Recommended Action: Authorize the Town Manager to: 1) Execute a contract with Clean-Up the Lake to complete Donner Lake Monitoring program in an amount not to exceed $16,603 funded through CIP2314 Climate Partnerships; and 2) Provide direction to staff regarding an educational art installation.
Jen Callaway, Town Manager, presented from the Staff Report (on file with the Town Clerk).
Council Discussion:
Observations species using high resolution photos and videography can be used to determine the density of invasive species.
Density differences of Asian clams and crawdads are documented using GPS pinpointing and a verbal log of the transcript. If other invasive species show up, they will take detailed descriptions.
Donner Lake has been added to the logo.
This is the last piece of funding needed.
Artists were connected with through other projects.
They are working on a storage solution for Donner Lake litter and Council direction on art will impact that.
Mayor Henderson opened the item for public comment.
Seeing none, Mayor Henderson closed public comment.
Council Direction:
Support for collaborative agreement and direct Public Art Commission of Truckee (PACT) to do a call for projects.
Work with Building 180.
Suggest that a location be publicly accessible and associated with water and location determined by PACT.
PACT will bring proposal to Council for final approval.
The staff recommendation as amended above was moved by Council Member Klovstad, seconded by Vice Mayor Romack, and adopted with the following vote:
Ayes: Council Member Polivy, Vice Mayor Romack, Mayor Henderson, Council Member Klovstad, and Council Member Zabriskie.
Noes: None.
Absent: None.
Abstained: None.
The motion passed 5-0.
7.3 STAFF REPORT - Ready Nevada County: Preparing for the Future Tax Measure.
Recommended Action: Discuss Ready Nevada County: Preparing for the Future tax measure and provide feedback and/or direction to staff.
Jen Callaway, Town Manager, presented from the Staff Report (on file with the Town Clerk).
Council Discussion:
Staff will come back with numbers for sales tax collection by jurisdictions. The unincorporated Nevada County sales tax rate is 7.5%. The County has ~$30 million in reserves that they have been using as a match for state and federal funds. The fund balances are set through the budget policy but has changed DocuSign Envelope ID: 1B5D41E5-1EA1-4F3B-9B2A-D6F32BF92BBC
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due to wildfire impact. The Office of Emergency Services is now operational 40-50 times a summer, up from 3-5 times, and needs to meet the new demand. Used polling and community outreach for basic direction to the Board of Supervisors (BOS), and plan to do more outreach before it goes to the BOS. This is proposed as a sales tax with no sunset (compared to Measure T that was a parcel tax with a 5-year sunset) because they don’t see work being completed in five years. They polled on a parcel vs sales tax, and sales tax was supported 61-62%. o Polling on parcel tax has less than 60% support in 2019. For eastern Nevada County, where the money goes is up for discussion – potentially directly to the Town or the Truckee Fire District (TFD). They have also discussed money going to homeowners for home hardening.
County desires feedback on what the Town would support. County has received feedback on having a higher percentage of funds going to eastern county due to a higher summer population, and Federal Emergency Management Act (FEMA) bases recovery on estimated value, and eastern county has estimated value of 30%.
County has not received formal positions from fire districts in the County. There would be an eastern county Tax Advisory Committee (TAC) to make recommendations to BOS, consisting of OES, TFD, Town Staff, health & human services providers, and land stewards.
There were ~1,000 survey responses from a professional pollster, with Truckee breakout of 100. Combined definitely and probably yes at 62% in November 2021. TAC proposing to BOS for final decisions was proposed instead of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) because Supervisors are responsible to voters, and the TAC has local level control.
Mayor Henderson opened the item for public comment.
Written comment received from:
Dave Gove Elias Blawie Jennifer Bloomfield
Joan de Ryk Jones John Perhacs Lindsay Smith
Ted Owens Richard Anderson Ruth Hall
Patrick Flora
Verbal comment received from:
Hardy Bullock, Nevada County Supervisor District 5, Patrick Flora, CATT, and Heidi Hall, Nevada County Supervisor District 1
Mayor Henderson closed public comment.
Council Direction:
Council understands the importance of wildfire funding and supports the purpose and guiding principles of the measure.
Council is not supportive of proposed tax measure as it currently stands. Council would like sunset date of 6-8 years.
Council has concerns due to potential tax cap limitations. Council wants to ensure revenue comes back to eastern county and/or Truckee. Council wants more control of funds including Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
Council wants annual reporting on how tax dollars are used. Council thinks this should be a special tax, not a general tax. Council would like a binding security agreement.
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7.4 STAFF REPORT - Town Council Priorities and Work Plan Quarterly Update for the Period Ending June 30, 2022.
Recommended Action: Receive the quarterly update on the Town Priorities and work plan progress from April 1, 2022, through June 30, 2022.
Jen Callaway, Town Manager, presented from the Staff Report (on file with the Town Clerk).
Council Discussion:
Climate incentives working group can be added to the workplan bike rack.
Mayor Henderson opened the item for public comment.
Seeing none, Mayor Henderson closed public comment.
Council Direction:
Add climate incentives working group to workplan bike rack.
8. Council Reports
Council Member Polivy
Had conversations with constituents.
Vice Mayor Romack
Had conversations with constituents.
Attended Truckee North Tahoe Transportation Management Association (TNT/TMA) meeting.
Attended Mountain Housing Council (MHC) quarterly meeting.
Council Member Klovstad
Had conversations with constituents.
Attended Reach Code Committee meeting.
Attended Biomass task force meeting.
Attended Climate Transformation Alliance (CTA) meeting launch.
Council Member Zabriskie
Attended the Nevada County Transportation Commission (NCTC) meeting. Did Truckee River Watershed Council stream monitoring.
Mayor Henderson
CTA meeting launch.
Met with downtown business owners.
Met with low-income developer.
Spoke with Supervisor Gustafson and Mayor Lynda Salcido Mammoth Lakes.
9. Closed Session
9.1 Conference with Real Property Negotiators – Property Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 019- 130-004-000, Agency negotiator: Dan Wilkins, Director of Public Works/Town Engineer; Hilary Hobbs, Assistant to the Town Manager; Jen Callaway, Town Manager; and Andrew Morris, Town DocuSign Envelope ID: 1B5D41E5-1EA1-4F3B-9B2A-D6F32BF92BBC
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Attorney, Government Code Section 54956.8. Negotiating parties: Town of Truckee and Andy Barr and Joan Jones. Under negotiation: price and terms of payment.
Reportable Action: None.
9.2 Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation – Initiation of litigation pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9: two cases.
Reportable Action: None.
9.3 Conference with Labor Negotiators – Agency designated representatives: Nicole Casey, Administrative Services Director; Employee Organizations: Mid-Managers Association, Police Officers Association, and/or General Employees Association, or unrepresented employee, Government Code Section 54957.
Reportable Action: None.
10. Adjournment – 8:52 pm.
To the regular meeting of the Truckee Town Council August 9, 2022, 5:00 p.m. at Town Hall, 10183 Truckee Airport Road, Truckee, CA.
Respectfully submitted by: Approved:
Lynn Baumgartner, Administrative Analyst II
on behalf of Judy Price, Town Clerk
Courtney Henderson, Mayor
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