Special City Council Meeting Minutes
June 4, 2024
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VALLEJO
VALLEJO CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
JUNE 4, 2024
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
555 Santa Clara Street, Vallejo, California
1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 6:01 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor McConnell, Vice Mayor Loera-Diaz, Councilmembers Arriola, Bregenzer, Matulac, Palmares, and Verder-Aliga
Absent: None
Staff present: City Manager Murray, City Attorney Nebb and City Clerk Abrahamson
3. REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION
City Attorney Nebb reported Council provided to direct to staff regarding Closed Session Item 3A and provided direction to its property negotiators regarding Item 3C. There was no action to report for Item 3B.
4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
5. ACTION CALENDAR
A. ADOPT A RESOLUTION GRANTING APPEAL (APP24-0001),
OVERTURNING THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL OF AND
DENYING THE APPLICATION FOR A MAJOR USE PERMIT (UP22-00008)
TO ALLOW THE OPERATION OF A CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF UP TO 400 STUDENTS AT 241-255 GEORGIA STREET Recommendation: Adopt a resolution granting Appeal (APP24-0001), overturning the Planning Commission's approval of and denying the application for a Major Use Permit (UP22-0008) to allow the operation of a charter high school with an enrollment of up to 400 students at 241-255 Georgia Street.
Contact: Gillian Haen, Assistant City Manager
[email protected]
City Attorney Nebb provided clarity on the item before Council this evening.
Assistant City Manager Haen outlined the history of the project and the CEQA determination, discussed the findings to grant appeal and findings to deny the use permit and concluded with staff recommendation.
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Speakers: Eric Schaffer, Ann Adams, Anne Carr, Jose Carrizales, and Jimmy Genn.
Action: moved by Vice Mayor Loera -Diaz and carried to adopt Resolution No. 24-080 N.C., a resolution granting Appeal (APP24 -0001), overturning the Planning Commission's approval of and denying the application for a Major Use Permit (UP22 -0008) to allow the operation of a charter high school with an enrollment of up to 400 students at 241 -255 Georgia Street as revised to add the following to Finding 1: The proposed Project is not similar to other education-related uses in the general vicin ity of the proposed use. The Pathways Charter School provides support services to home -school students in Sonoma, Solano, Napa, and Marin counties. In correspondence to the Planning Commission, the School leases space at 301 Georgia to use primarily as off ice use for its regional school staff. The maximum number of students that are on site at any one time is 25. It is more typical, however, for one or two students to be on site to drop off or pick up their packets. The Immersive Learning Center is a tutoring center which according to its website provides academic support and academic enrichment classes in STEAM subjects to K -12 students and adults.
Neither of these uses matches the scale and intensity of the proposed Project. (Noes: Palmares).
6. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 6:29 p.m.
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ROBERT H. MCCONNELL, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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DAWN G. ABRAHAMSON
CITY CLERK
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