Corey Middleton, Mayor
Paul McCoy, Mayor Pro tempore
Colleen Baker, Councilmember
Drake Davis, Councilmember
Duane Kegg, Councilmember
Jason Ledbetter, City Manager
Rhetta Hogan, Asst. City Manager and Clerk
Emily Aldrich, Finance Director
Matthew Bray, Public Works Director
John Elsnab, Human Resources Director
Mark Gilman, Police Chief
Dohn Henion, City Attorney
Jerry Lemos, Fire Chief
Juliana Lucchesi, Planning Director
YREKA CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
April 4, 2023
Closed Session 5:30 PM
Regular Session: 6:30 PM
Yreka City Council Chamber, 701 Fourth Street, Yreka, CA Phone 530-841-2386, Facsimile 530-842-4836, email: [email protected] Regular Meetings of the Yreka City Council are held the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month.
The full agenda packet can be found on the City’s website: www.ci.yreka.ca.us/AgendaCenter
1. 5:30PM CALL TO ORDER:
2. PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION:
3. CLOSED SESSION:
The City Council will recess to Closed Session to discuss the following item(s). At the conclusion of the Closed Session, Open Session will reconvene and reportable action, if any, will be announced:
a. Conference with Real Property Negotiations (§ 54956.8) Property: Fall Creek (Superior Water Rights, including Power Generation Facility)
Third Party Negotiation: PacifiCorp
City Negotiation: City Manager and City Attorney
Negotiating Parties: City of Yreka and PacifiCorp
Under Negotiation: Possible purchase including price, terms of payment, or both.
4. OPTIONAL RECESS IF DESIRED:
Join this meeting via Zoom:
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6194957056
Meeting ID# 619-495-7056
Members of the public may also remotely listen to and participate in the meeting via teleconference. If you wish to listen or participate in this meeting through teleconference, simply dial into the conference number below, and enter the meeting ID#.
Conference call in Number: 669-900-6833 (Toll-Free 888 788 0099) “RAISE YOUR HAND” to provide public comment for your desired item. Speakers will be asked to identify themselves.
• Online: If you are online, click on “raise hand” on the bottom of your screen. • Mobile App: In the mobile app, you can raise your hand by tapping the "Raise Hand" option in the "More" tab. • Telephone: If you are calling in via telephone, to raise your hand, dial *9 (star-nine). Speakers will be called on by the last four digits of their phone number. To unmute yourself dial *6 (star-six). 1 of 44
5. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION AT 6:30 PM:
Announcement of any action taken by the City Council in Closed Session required by the Ralph M. Brown Act. (Government Code § 54950 et. seq.)
6. 6:30PM CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
7. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND/OR ANNOUNCEMENTS:
This time slot is for informational presentations, appointments, or awards to be presented by the City Council or to the City Council.
a. “Fund Your Small Business” Special Event
Quintin Gaddy, Program Director: Business Development with Siskiyou Economic Development, will share information about a special event, (Wednesday April 19, 2023, 10am at the Holiday Inn, Yreka), “Fund Your Small Business” hosted by Siskiyou Economic Development and cohosted by the Women’s Business Center at JEDI. The event will feature a panel of several lenders, the US Small Business Administration, and the CA Office of the Small Business Advocate, with a focus towards first time business owners or those looking to scale their business for the first time. b. Caltrans Update on Yreka Rehab
Catherine Low, Caltrans Project Manager, will give an update on the Yreka Rehab Project.
8. PUBLIC COMMENTS:
Public participation is welcomed and invited at all City Council meetings. This time is set aside for residents to address the City Council on matters listed on the Consent Agenda as well as other items not included on the Regular Agenda. If your comments concern an item noted on the Regular Agenda, please address the Council when that item is open for public comment.
The City requests that persons addressing the City Council refrain from making personal, slanderous, profane, or disruptive remarks.
Councilmembers, when recognized by the Mayor, may ask questions of presenter but no action may be taken by the City Council during the public comment section of the meeting. Under the Brown Act, the City Council is prohibited from discussing or taking action on any item not listed on the posted agenda.
This time is set aside for residents to address the City Council on matters listed on the Consent Agenda as well as other items not included on the Regular Agenda. If your comments concern an item noted on the Regular Agenda, please address the Council when that item is open for public comment. • Please speak into the microphone from the podium. The podium electronically adjusts up and down to accommodate speaker.
• Please state your name for the record prior to providing your comments. • Please address the Council as a whole.
• If you have documents to present, please provide a minimum of seven (7) copies. • Please limit your remarks to five (5) minutes.
Public comments period is not intended to be a “Question and Answer” period or conversations with the Council or City staff.
9. PUBLIC COMMENT FOLLOW-UP:
This is the time for City Council or the City Manager to respond to public comments and may direct staff to prepare a report or place an item on a future agenda.
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10. CONSENT AGENDA:
All matters listed under the consent agenda are considered routine and non-controversial and will be enacted by one motion unless any member of the Council wishes to remove an item for discussion, a. Approval/ratification of payments issued from March 13, 2023, through March 26, 2023. b. Approval of Minutes of the Regular Meeting held March 21, 2023. c. Approval of Minutes of the Special Meeting held March 25, 2023. d. Continuation of Urgency Ordinance #864: Fireworks.
e. Waive Full Text Reading of All Ordinances on the Agenda. Ordinances shall be introduced and adopted by title only.
Recommended City Council Action: Motion to Adopt the Consent Agenda of the City Council of the City of Yreka as presented.
11. NEW BUSINESS
City Manager
a. Agenda Title: Special Event Known as the “Kiwanis Club Easter Egg Hunt” Steve Mains & Charles Schmidt, on behalf of the Kiwanis Club, have requested permission to have an Easter Egg Hunt with a Craft Show following at Miner Street Park for the special event known as “Kiwanis Club Easter Egg Hunt”. The event would take place on Saturday, April 8, 2023, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM.
Recommended City Council Action: Motion to Adopt Resolution 2023-17 Approving Vendors and Other Requests Associated with the Special Event Being Held by the Kiwanis Club to Be Known as “Kiwanis Club Easter Egg Hunt”.
Police Chief
b. Agenda Title: Department of Justice, Community Hiring Program Grant Application The City of Yreka Police Department is applying for competitive Department of Justice, Community Hiring Program grant funding for officers to hire and or rehire additional career law enforcement officers in an effort to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The City is requesting funding for two officers, a total grant award of $750,000 for three years expendable over a five year period taking into account the recruitment lead time. The City would be responsible for a grant match of at least $250,000 over that same period for the two officers.
Recommended City Council Action: Motion to Adopt Resolution 2023-18 of the City Council of the City of Yreka, State of California, Approving the Filing of Application for “FY23 Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program”.
12. CITY MANAGER/STAFF REPORTS:
City Manager and Staff may make brief announcements or reports at this time.
13. MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS, STATEMENTS AND REQUESTS:
AB 1234* Conference and Meeting Report (verbal, if any) *(In accordance with AB 1234, Councilmembers shall make a brief report or file a written report on any meeting/event/conference attended at City expense.) 3 of 44
Members of the Council may make brief announcements, reports, or request staff to report to Council on any matter at a subsequent meeting.
14. ADJOURNMENT:
In compliance with the requirements of the Brown Act, notice of this meeting has been posted in a publicly accessible place, 72 hours in advance of the meeting.
All documents produced by the City which are related to an open session agenda item and distributed to the City Council are made available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s Office during normal business hours.
Public Hearings: If, in the future, you wish to challenge in court any of the matters on an agenda for which a public hearing is to be conducted, you may be limited to raising only those issues which you (or someone else) raised orally at the public hearing or in written correspondence received by the City at or before the hearing. Any person seeking to challenge a City Council decision made as a result of a proceeding in which by law a hearing is required to be given, evidence is required to be taken, and the discretion in the determination of facts is vested in the City Council, shall be required to commence that action 90 days following the date on which the decision becomes final as provided in Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6. Please refer to Code of Civil Procedure 1094.6 to determine how to calculate when a decision becomes “final.”
"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 Yreka 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 Yreka, 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." The City of Yreka does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or any other legally protected classes in employment or provision of services. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, those requiring accommodations for this meeting should notify the City Clerk 48 hours prior to the meeting at (530) 841-2386 or by notifying the Clerk at [email protected].
AFFIDAVIT OF NOTIFICATION AND POSTING
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF SISKIYOU) SS
CITY OF YREKA )
I, Rhetta Hogan, City Clerk for the City of Yreka, hereby declare under penalty of perjury that a copy of the above Agenda of the Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Yreka, California, was delivered and/or notice by email not less than 72 hours, before the hour of 5:30 p.m. on April 4, 2023 to the members of the governing agency, and caused the agenda to be posted on the City’s website at www.ci.yreka.ca.us and posted at Yreka City Hall, 701 Fourth St., Yreka, California. /s/: Rhetta Hogan
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Corey Middleton, Mayor
Paul McCoy, Mayor Pro tempore
Colleen Baker, Councilmember
Drake Davis, Councilmember
Duane Kegg, Councilmember
Jason Ledbetter, City Manager
Rhetta Hogan, Asst. City Manager and Clerk
Emily Aldrich, Finance Director
Matthew Bray, Public Works Director
John Elsnab, Human Resources Director
Mark Gilman, Police Chief
Dohn Henion, City Attorney
Jerry Lemos, Fire Chief
Juliana Lucchesi, Planning Director
YREKA CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
March 21, 2023
Closed Session 5:30 PM
Regular Session: 6:30 PM
Yreka City Council Chamber, 701 Fourth Street, Yreka, CA Phone 530-841-2386, Facsimile 530-842-4836, email: [email protected] Regular Meetings of the Yreka City Council are held the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month.
The full agenda packet can be found on the City’s website: www.ci.yreka.ca.us/AgendaCenter
1. 5:30PM CALL TO ORDER:
Mayor Middleton called the meeting to order at 5:30PM. Councilmembers Baker, Davis, Kegg, McCoy and Middleton were present.
2. PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION:
There were none.
3. CLOSED SESSION:
The City Council will recess to Closed Session to discuss the following item(s). At the conclusion of the Closed Session, Open Session will reconvene and reportable action, if any, will be announced:
a. Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation (§ 54956.9) Initiation of litigation pursuant to Subdivision (c) of Section 54956.9 of the Government Code:
(Number of cases to be discussed – One (1) - The names of the parties are not disclosed, as it is believed that that to do so would jeopardize the City's ability to serve process or to conclude existing settlement negotiations to the City's advantage).
Councilmember Davis voluntarily recused himself from closed session at 5:40PM.
City Council gave direction for settlement authority to City’s legal representatives pursuant to the written agreement for settlement in a civil administrative matter.
MOTIONED: Councilmember Kegg
SECONDED: Councilmember Baker
AYES: Councilmembers Baker, Kegg, McCoy, and Middleton
NOES: -0-
ABSENT: -0-
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4. 6:30PM CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
The regular meeting was called to order at 6:30PM, Councilmembers Baker, Davis, Kegg, McCoy and Middleton were present.
5. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND/OR ANNOUNCEMENTS:
This time slot is for informational presentations, appointments, or awards to be presented by the City Council or to the City Council.
Recognition of Lt. Ray Boutin and the Shop with a COP program
6. PUBLIC COMMENTS:
Public participation is welcomed and invited at all City Council meetings. This time is set aside for residents to address the City Council on matters listed on the Consent Agenda as well as other items not included on the Regular Agenda. If your comments concern an item noted on the Regular Agenda, please address the Council when that item is open for public comment.
The City requests that persons addressing the City Council refrain from making personal, slanderous, profane, or disruptive remarks.
Councilmembers, when recognized by the Mayor, may ask questions of presenter but no action may be taken by the City Council during the public comment section of the meeting. Under the Brown Act, the City Council is prohibited from discussing or taking action on any item not listed on the posted agenda.
This time is set aside for residents to address the City Council on matters listed on the Consent Agenda as well as other items not included on the Regular Agenda. If your comments concern an item noted on the Regular Agenda, please address the Council when that item is open for public comment. • Please speak into the microphone from the podium. The podium electronically adjusts up and down to accommodate speaker. (Should you need an additional special accommodation, e.g., remote microphone, please notice the City Clerk prior to the start of meeting for arrangements). • Please state your name for the record prior to providing your comments. • Please address the Council as a whole.
• If you have documents to present, please provide a minimum of seven (7) copies. • Please limit your remarks to five (5) minutes.
Public comments period is not intended to be a “Question and Answer” period or conversations with the Council or City staff.
Public comment Tad White, Mark Atwood, Louise Gliatto, and Jerry Stacher.
7. PUBLIC COMMENT FOLLOW-UP:
This is the time for City Council or the City Manager to respond to public comments and may direct staff to prepare a report or place an item on a future agenda.
Councilmember Kegg asked for future agenda item where he be allowed to share information on community efforts with the Continuum of Care and Homeless Coalition, and what the future holds for helping out the Homeless community.
8. CONSENT AGENDA:
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a. Approval/ratification of payments issued from February 27, 2023, through March 12, 2023. b. Approval of Minutes of the Regular Meeting held March 7, 2023. c. Approval of Minutes of the Special Meeting held March 10, 2023. d. Cash Balances, Budget to Actual and Fiscal Performance Reports for February 2023. e. Continuation of Urgency Ordinance #864: Fireworks.
f. Waive Full Text Reading of All Ordinances on the Agenda. Ordinances shall be introduced and adopted by title only.
Recommended City Council Action: Motion to Adopt the Consent Agenda of the City Council of the City of Yreka as presented.
There was no public comment.
Motion to Adopt the Consent Agenda of the City Council of the City of Yreka as corrected for the minutes of March 7, 2023, where Councilmember Baker was typed as Councilmember Baird on a motion.
MOTIONED: Councilmember McCoy
SECONDED: Councilmember Kegg
AYES: Councilmembers Baker, Davis, Kegg, McCoy, and Middleton NOES: -0-
ABSENT: -0
Council agenda 11.b. was presented after the 8.a.-e. Consent Agenda. The City Council resumed the meeting back to old business 9.a.
9. OLD BUSINESS
City Manager
a. Agenda Title: Support State Legislation to Revise the Boundaries of the Sierra Nevada Conservancy Region to include all Areas and Watersheds of Siskiyou and Modoc Counties.
Recommended City Council Action: Motion to Adopt Resolution 2023-12 to Support State Legislation to Revise the Boundaries of the Sierra Nevada Conservancy Region to include all Areas and Watersheds of Siskiyou and Modoc Counties.
There was no public comment.
Motion to Adopt Resolution 2023-12 to Support State Legislation to Revise the Boundaries of the Sierra Nevada Conservancy Region to include all Areas and Watersheds of Siskiyou and Modoc Counties.
MOTIONED: Councilmember McCoy
SECONDED: Councilmember Baker
AYES: Councilmembers Baker, Davis, Kegg, McCoy, and Middleton NOES: -0-
ABSENT: -0
Public Works
b. Agenda Title: Award Professional Services Agreement with ORW for Architecture and Engineering Services for the City Hall ADA Remodel Project.
Council authorized staff to advertise a Request for Proposals (RFP) for architecture and engineering design and construction management services for the City Hall ADA Remodel Project. While the first 29 of 44
advertisement in June 2022 received no submissions, the second posting in December 2022 resulted in three proposals. After reviewing the proposals and additional cost breakdowns from the proposers, it was determined that ORW Architecture, Inc. from Medford, OR is best suited to provide these services. The scope of work in this proposal includes finalizing the City’s conceptual design; preparing the plans, specifications, and estimates for the bid documents; answering bidder questions throughout the bidding phase; and providing construction management and support during the City Hall remodeling process.
Recommended City Council Action: Motion to Authorize the City Manager and staff to execute a Professional Services Agreement with ORW Architecture, Inc. for Design and Construction Management Services for the City Hall ADA Remodel Project.
Public Comment was heard from Tad White and Debbie Baird.
Motion to Authorize the City Manager and staff to execute a Professional Services Agreement with ORW Architecture, Inc. for Design and Construction Management Services for the City Hall ADA Remodel Project.
MOTIONED: Councilmember Kegg
SECONDED: Councilmember McCoy
AYES: Councilmembers Baker, Davis, Kegg, McCoy, and Middleton NOES: -0-
ABSENT: -0
Planning Director
c. Agenda Title: Pro-Housing Designation Program
The City Council requested to revisit the Pro-Housing Designation (from December 20, 2022). The Prohousing Housing Designation identifies local policies that jurisdictions are adopting to address housing needs and affordability and identifies State programs and grants for which Prohousing designated jurisdictions should receive preference or additional points. City Staff are requesting City Council review the proposed activities to achieve a Pro Housing Designation and authorize the submittal of the application to HCD.
Recommended City Council Action: Motion to approve Resolution 2022-59 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Yreka Authorizing Application To and Participation In The Prohousing Designation Program
Public comment was heard from Cindy Hammer, Quintin Gaddy, Diane Collier, and Debbie Baird.
Motion to approve Resolution 2022-59 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Yreka Authorizing Application To and Participation In The Prohousing Designation Program.
MOTIONED: Councilmember McCoy
SECONDED: Councilmember Kegg
AYES: Councilmembers Kegg, McCoy, and Middleton
NOES: Councilmember Baker and Davis
ABSENT: -0-
Councilmember Baker requested that her comment go on record, “reason she is voting no is that as the ProHousing Designation is not a state mandated program and wanted to make it clear to everyone here that she (Councilmember Baker) is not antihousing”.
10. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
Public Hearing Protocol:
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i. Mayor will describe the purpose of the Public Hearing. ii. City Staff will provide the Staff Report.
iii. City Staff will respond to questions from the City Council. iv. Mayor will open the Public Hearing.
v. Public wanting to comment will come to the podium, provide the City Clerk with their name and address, and provide their comments.
vi. Mayor will close the Public Hearing.
vii. City Council will deliberate and act on the item.
Meeting was recessed for a break at 8:21PM and reconvened at 8:36PM.
Finance Director/Fire Chief
a. Agenda Title: Updating the City’s Capital Improvement Plan and Development Impact Fee (Rate) for Public Safety – Fire.
The City’s fire development impact fee for capital needs was updated and fee structure evaluated.
Mitigation fees are needed to cover the impacts from new development (construction) within the boundaries of the City of Yreka to the Fire Department. The study recommends increasing the fee from $35 flat rate to $2.03 per building square foot, in accordance with the Fire Development Impact Fee nexus study prepared by PFG Capital, dated February 2023. Study is available at City Hall and online: http://ci.yreka.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/1373/2023-Yreka-Fire-Mitigation-Impact-FeeStudy Recommended City Council Action: Motion to approve City Council Resolution 2023-15 approving the Development Impact Fee Report and Updating the City’s Capital Improvement Plan for Public Safety - Fire and Development Impact Fee (Rate) Program.
Public comment was heard from Lorenzo Love.
Motion to approve City Council Resolution 2023-15 approving the Development Impact Fee Report and Updating the City’s Capital Improvement Plan for Public Safety - Fire and Development Impact Fee (Rate) Program.
MOTIONED: Councilmember Baker
SECONDED: Councilmember Davis
AYES: Councilmembers Baker, Davis, Kegg, McCoy, and Middleton NOES: -0-
ABSENT: -0-
11. NEW BUSINESS
City Manager/Planning Director
a. Agenda Title: Vacant Land Survey and Homekey Feasibility Study – Presentation and Discussion City Staff in coordination with Housing Tools (City Consultant) have prepared an initial vacant land inventory of private properties that are eligible for state tax rebates and grants for multi-unit housing projects. The document also includes a feasibility study of two hotel properties that could be sites for the future HomeKey program. This item will review next steps for the vacant land survey and ask direction from City Council on the preferred HomeKey site.
Public comment was heard from Louise Gliatto and Diane Collier.
Council agenda 11.b. was presented after the 8.a.-e. Consent Agenda. The City Council resumed the meeting back to old business 9.a.
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City Manager
b. Agenda Title: Proclamation Recognizing April 2023: The Siskiyou Child Abuse Prevention Council Collaborative Proclamation.
Proclaims April as Child Abuse Prevention and Sexual Assault Awareness Month–as well as April 15th–21st, 2023 as Week of the Young Child. We call upon all citizens, community agencies, faith groups, medical facilities, elected leaders and businesses to increase their participation in efforts to support families, thereby preventing child abuse and strengthening families in the communities in which we live.
Recommended City Council Action: Motion to Approve the Proclamation Recognizing April 2023:
The Siskiyou Child Abuse Prevention Council Collaborative Proclamation.
Michelle O’Gorman and Ms. Potts presented.
Motion to Approve the Proclamation Recognizing April 2023: The Siskiyou Child Abuse Prevention Council Collaborative Proclamation.
MOTIONED: Councilmember Davis
SECONDED: Councilmember Kegg
AYES: Councilmembers Baker, Davis, Kegg, McCoy, and Middleton NOES: -0-
ABSENT: -0-
City Manager
c. Agenda Title: Resolution 2023-16 of the City Council of the City of Yreka Authorizing State of California Local Jurisdiction Cannabis Retail Access Grant Program Funding.
The California Legislature has appropriated funds for award by the California Department of Cannabis Control to eligible local jurisdictions to develop and implement a cannabis retailer licensing program, and has a plan to develop and implement a program to issue permits to commercial cannabis retail businesses, and has determined that it will use grant funds from the Department of Cannabis Control to establish a local cannabis retailer licensing program as described in its application for grant funds.
Recommended City Council Action: Motion to Approve 2023-16 of the City Council of the City of Yreka Authorizing State of California Local Jurisdiction Cannabis Retail Access Grant Program Funding.
Public comment was heard from Louise Gliatto, Dawnmarie Autrey, Rob O’Gorman, and Jerry Stacher.
Motion to Approve 2023-16 of the City Council of the City of Yreka Authorizing State of California Local Jurisdiction Cannabis Retail Access Grant Program Funding.
MOTIONED: Councilmember McCoy
SECONDED: Councilmember Kegg
AYES: Councilmembers Kegg, McCoy, and Middleton
NOES: Councilmember Baker and Davis
ABSENT: -0-
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City Attorney/City Manager
d. Agenda Title: Introduction of Ordinance 874, an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Yreka, California adding chapter 9.70 to the Yreka Municipal Code entitled “Personal Fireworks Prohibited” and Finding the Ordinance Exempt from CEQA.
Recommended City Council Action: City Council consider public comment and, upon motion, introduce the Ordinance 874, approving and adopting “Personal Fireworks Prohibited” and Finding the Ordinance Exempt from CEQA. Following motion, pass the ordinance to a subsequent meeting for the consideration of the ordinance’s adoption.
Public comment was heard from Tad White.
A motion was made to amend the ordinance to include the written comments received from Councilmember Davis to allow for the use of safe and sane fireworks in the ordinance and bring back for introduction.
MOTIONED: Councilmember Baker
SECONDED: Councilmember Davis
AYES: Councilmembers Baker and Davis
NOES: Councilmember Kegg, McCoy and Middleton
ABSENT: -0
Motion that the City Council consider public comment and, upon motion, introduce Ordinance 874, approving and adopting “Personal Fireworks Prohibited” and Finding the Ordinance Exempt from CEQA. Following motion, pass the ordinance to a subsequent meeting for the consideration of the ordinance’s adoption.
MOTIONED: Councilmember McCoy
SECONDED: Councilmember Kegg
AYES: Councilmembers Kegg, McCoy, and Middleton
NOES: Baker and Davis
ABSENT: -0-
12. CITY MANAGER/STAFF REPORTS:
City Manager and Staff may make brief announcements or reports at this time. • 3/17 PW Director, Matt Bray, PW Manger Ben Miller and City Manager Ledbetter met with Brian Meek at the stone entrance to Miner Street Park to discuss restoring the archway, a historic that was part of the fair San Francisco World’s fair in early 1900’s. The restoration is being funded by the Yreka Enrichment Committee.
• 3/16 City Manager toured the encampment on campus drive with the Fire and Police Chiefs, Mayor, Mayor Protempore, County Representatives as well as other YPD officers, strategizing for fire season prior to the shelter’s scheduled opening and post opening. The fire line will be brought down further from the hill.
• 3/9 YPD Chief, Finance Director and City Manager met with representatives from Walmart and their cart retrieval company to discuss retrieval and regroup in a few weeks to see how the retrieval program is working.
• 3/15 Local school Grades 2-4 came to Council Chambers to meet with the planning director for a general plan function for parks master planning. Councilmember McCoy also attended. • 3/16 Mayor ProTempore McCoy and Councilmember Kegg 5 met with County staff to discuss the possibility of an encampment grant opportunity for pallet shelters, as the County is considering going after an encampment grant that would focus on cleaning up the camp on Campus. 33 of 44
• Kiwanis Easter egg hunt is scheduled for 4/8 at Miner Street Park, $500 donation.
13. MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS, STATEMENTS AND REQUESTS:
AB 1234* Conference and Meeting Report (verbal, if any) *(In accordance with AB 1234, Councilmembers shall make a brief report or file a written report on any meeting/event/conference attended at City expense.) Councilmember McCoy sat in on the state committee meeting of the California League of Cities and commented on the pension funding horizon issues facing the City (as other entities), that will require more money to cover retirement costs (of the City’s pension plans).
Members of the Council may make brief announcements, reports, or request staff to report to Council on any matter at a subsequent meeting.
14. ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting was adjourned at 11:21PM
Corey Middleton, Mayor
Minutes approved by City Council,
Motion on April 4, 2023
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Rhetta Hogan, City Clerk
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Corey Middleton, Mayor
Paul McCoy, Mayor Pro tempore
Colleen Baker, Councilmember
Drake Davis, Councilmember
Duane Kegg, Councilmember
Jason Ledbetter, City Manager
Rhetta Hogan, Asst. City Manager and Clerk
Emily Aldrich, Finance Director
Matthew Bray, Public Works Director
John Elsnab, Human Resources Director
Mark Gilman, Police Chief
Dohn Henion, City Attorney
Jerry Lemos, Fire Chief
Juliana Lucchesi, Planning Director
YREKA CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
Saturday, March 25, 2023, 9:00AM – 11:00AM
Police Emergency Operations Center 1400 Fairlane Rd, Yreka, CA 96097 Phone 530-841-2386, Facsimile 530-842-4836, email: [email protected] Regular Meetings of the Yreka City Council are held the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month.
The full agenda packet can be found on the City’s website: www.ci.yreka.ca.us/AgendaCenter
1. CALL TO ORDER SPECIAL SESSION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
2. PUBLIC COMMENT:
Public comment was heard from Louise Gliatto and Jan Osborne.
3. CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP 9AM-11AM
Staff will work with the City Council to address concerns relating to details related to the role and responsibilities of elected officials, review code of conduct documents, and administrative processes.
Staff was given direction on how to structure the next meeting continued review and discussion of the City’s Code of Conduct for Elected Official (adopted 09-05-02).
4. BREAK/RECESS
5. CLOSED SESSION (closed session meeting convened at 11:17AM):
The City Council will recess to Closed Session to discuss the following item(s). At the conclusion of the Closed Session, Open Session will reconvene and reportable action, if any, will be announced:
a. Public Employee Performance Evaluation § 54957
Title: City Attorney
6. REPORT OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION:
There was no reportable action.
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7. ADJOURNMENT:
Meeting was adjourned 1:19PM
Corey Middleton, Mayor
Minutes approved by City Council,
Motion on April 4, 2023
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Rhetta Hogan, City Clerk
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CITY OF YREKA
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEMORANDUM
To:
Prepared By:
Agenda Title:
Meeting date:
Yreka City Council
City Clerk
Discussion/Possible Action: Continuation of Urgency Ordinance 864.
April 4, 2023
Discussion:
The drought, prevailing climatic temperatures, and the allocation of Yreka Fire Resources to mutual aid to suppress wildfires was found to constitute an immediate threat to the public safety.
Ordinance 864 delays the sale of fireworks and the use of fireworks and public displays of pyrotechnics until the threat to public safety is abated.
Recommendation:
That the Council continue Urgency Ordinance 864.
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SUMMARY OF ADOPTED URGENCY ORDINANCE No. 864
Please take notice that the Yreka City Council adopted, at an emergency meeting held on July 29, 2021, a temporary urgency ordinance, number 864, entitled: “AN UNCODIFIED URGENCY
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF YREKA DECLARING A LOCAL EMERGENCY, AND AUTHORIZING THE
DELAY OF THE SALE AND USE OF FIREWORKS WHICH MAY CREATE A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY
DEEMED TO BE ARISING FROM THE INCIDENCE OF THE LAVA FIRE AND SETTING FORTH THE FACTS CONSTITUTING SUCH URGENCY AND FINDING THE ORDINANCE EXEMPT FROM CEQA REVIEW” This urgency ordinance generally provides:
1. The factual background of the Lava Fire, the drought, the prevailing climatic temperatures and the fact that Yreka’s Fire Resources are engaged in mutual aid to suppress the Lava Fire as well as the allocation of law enforcement resources in traffic control and the fact that without Yreka’s normally available police and fire resources, the use of fireworks and pyrotechnics fire may not be able to be suppressed which was found to constitute the basis for the urgency nature of the ordinance and the City Council determined that there existed an immediate threat to the public health, safety and/or welfare and a need for immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety that warrants the adopted urgency measures.
2. The ordinance delays the sale of fireworks and the use of fireworks and public displays of pyrotechnics until the threat to public safety is abated and the urgency ordinance is terminated.
3. The city council determined that a local emergency now exists and shall continue to exist until its termination is ordained by the City Council. The need for continuance of the urgency measures will be regularly reviewed by City Council until it is terminated. The ordinance will be terminated at the earliest possible time.
4. The ordinance vests in the City Manager, Chief of Police and the Fire Chief with the discretion to take such acts as may be necessary to effectuate the intent of the ordinance.
5. The Council determined that the ordinance complies with a categorical exemption from CEQA review.
By roll call vote the following councilmembers voted in favor of the ordinance: Duane Kegg, Deborah Baird, Paul McCoy and Corey Middleton.
This summary is not intended to be a comprehensive statement of all of the provisions of the Ordinance, but constitutes only a fair summary of the Ordinance. The complete text of the Ordinance and the minutes of the emergency session is available for review online in Yreka’s City Council Agenda section or through a public records request as an in-person review of it is not available because City Hall is not currently open to the public.
Yreka City Clerk
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CITY OF YREKA
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEMORANDUM
To: Yreka City Council
From: Emily Aldrich, Finance Director
Prepared by: Jesenia Ortiz, Fiscal & Admin Technician
Agenda title: Adopt Resolution 2023-17 Approving Vendors and Other Requests Associated with the Special Event Being Held by the Kiwanis Club to Be Known as “Kiwanis Club Easter Egg Hunt”.
Meeting date: April 4, 2023
Discussion:
Steve Mains & Charles Schmidt, on behalf of the Kiwanis Club, have requested permission to have an Easter Egg Hunt with a Craft Show following at Miner Street Park for the special event known as “Kiwanis Club Easter Egg Hunt”. The event would take place on Saturday, April 8, 2023, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM.
Fiscal Impact:
The Kiwanis Club holds their Easter Egg Hunt every year at Miner Street Park, which is subsidized in part by the City in the amount of $500.00 for candy. This year the event sponsors have requested to include a Craft Show. There will likely be labor costs incurred by the Public Works Department for extra trash removal due to the increased number of participants and expanded scope of the event.
The fiscal impact of cleanup is expected to be less than $500.00 for the event. The Kiwanis Club has also requested Yreka Police Department to start the Easter Egg Hunt, as is the tradition, by using their sirens at 10:00 AM.
Recommendation and Requested Action:
That Council adopt Resolution 2023-17 Approving Vendors for the Craft Show and Other Requests Associated with the Special Event being held by the Kiwanis Club to be known as “Kiwanis Club Easter Egg Hunt”.
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RESOLUTION NO. 2023-17
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YREKA
APPROVING VENDORS AND OTHER REQUESTS ASSOCIATED WITH EVENT BEING HELD BY THE KIWANIS CLUB KNOWN AS “KIWANIS CLUB EASTER EGG HUNT” WHEREAS, the city, a municipal corporation, is the owner of certain lands within the City of Yreka which are operated by the City as public municipal facilities, and, WHEREAS, the Kiwanis Club (hereafter also referred to as “event sponsor”) desires to hold an event known as “Kiwanis Club Easter Egg Hunt” on Saturday, April 8, 2023, at Miner Street Park; and,
WHEREAS, the following provisions of the Yreka Municipal Code [YMC] are implicated by this event:
Vehicle controls- YMC Chapter 10.73
Business license-YMC Section 5.04
Sound Amplifying Devices-YMC Chapter 9.28
Temporary Signs-YMC Section 13.16.020 (d); and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, Section 15061(b)(3) that this action is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in that it is not a Project which has the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined it would be in the best interests of the City to approve and authorize the action outlined in this Resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YREKA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Council hereby finds and determines that the foregoing recitals are true and correct.
Section 2. The Council directs as follows:
a. The event sponsor is hereby issued a permit for the use of Miner Street Park for the event to be held on Saturday, April 8, 2023. The event sponsor may add vendors to the event and the City will work with the event sponsor to facilitate issuance of the daily business licenses for the event. Event sponsor will be responsible and hold harmless the City for acts of the vendors.
b. The event sponsor is responsible to furnish, place, and remove extra garbage cans and dispose of garbage, provide emergency access, cleanup all areas used including but not limited to the park.
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c. The event sponsor shall provide the City with proof of general liability insurance of not less than $1,000,000 and a separate endorsement naming the City of Yreka as additionally insured specific to the event dates and location. Event sponsor will be responsible and hold harmless the City for acts of the volunteers and vendors. d. The event sponsor shall comply with all other City of Yreka ordinances; and, shall comply with such further conditions and requirements as may be set by the Chief of Police, Public Works Director, and the Public Works Maintenance Manager. e. The event sponsor shall not place any paint on the street pavement, curb, gutter, and sidewalk. Any markings on the street pavement, curb, gutter, and sidewalk shall be of a temporary nature and shall be removed by the event sponsor within 7 days after the end of the event.
f. The Department of Public Works is directed to prepare a Use and Encroachment Agreement to be signed by the Event Sponsor setting forth the terms of use in accordance with this Resolution.
Section 3. It is further resolved, If any section, subsection, part, clause, sentence or phrase of this Resolution or the application thereof is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, the validity of the remaining portions of this Resolution, the application thereof, shall not be effected thereby but shall remain in full force and effect, it being the intention of the City Council to adopt each and every section, subsection, part, clause, sentence phrase regardless of whether any other section, subsection, part, clause, sentence or phrase or the application thereof is held to be invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 4. The City Manager, the Chief of Police, Public Works Director, Public Works Maintenance Manager, and all other proper officers and officials of the City are hereby authorized and directed to execute such other agreements, documents and certificates, and to perform such other acts and deeds, as may be necessary or convenient to affect the purposes of this Resolution and the transactions herein authorized.
Section 5. The City Clerk shall forward a copy of this Resolution to the event sponsor, Chief of Police, Public Works Director, and the Public Works Maintenance Manager. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage.
Passed and adopted this 4th day of April 2023, by the following vote:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSENT:
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Corey Middleton, Mayor
Attest_____________________________
Rhetta Hogan, City Clerk
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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEMORANDUM
TO: Yreka City Council
FROM: Jason Ledbetter, City Manager, Mark Gilman, Police Chief AGENDA TITLE: Motion to Adopt Resolution 2023-18 of the City Council of the City of Yreka, State of California, Approving the Filing of Application for “FY23 Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program”.
MEETING DATE: April 4, 2023
Recommendation andRequested Action:
Motion to Adopt Resolution 2023-18 of the City Council of the City of Yreka, State of California, Approving the Filing of Application for “FY23 Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program”.
CFDA Number: 163710 – Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants Grant discussion:
The City of Yreka Police Department is applying for competitive Department of Justice, Community Hiring Program grant funding for officers to hire and or rehire additional career law enforcement officers in an effort to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The City is requesting funding for two officers, a total grant award of $750,000 over a five year period. The City would be responsible for a grant match of at least $250,000 over the 5-year period for the two officers.
The Department of Justice has announced nationwide a competitive grant award program offering $224.5 million in funding available through fiscal year 2023. Grant applicants, if awarded will received funds that will support up to 75% of an officer’s entry level salaries and fringe benefits for three years within a five-year period of performance to accommodate the time needed for recruitment and hiring.
There is a minimum of 25% local cash match (cost share) requirement unless a waiver is approved.
The maximum federal share per officer position is $125,000 over the three-year period, (unless a local match waiver is approved). Additional costs in excess of the $125,000 three year annual salary and benefits for entry level salary and fringe benefits will be the responsibility of the recipient agency.
GOALS: The goals of the COPS Hiring Program (CHP) are to provide funding directly to law enforcement agencies (LEOs) to hire and or rehire additional career law enforcement officers in an effort to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts.
OUTCOMES: Anticipated outcomes of CHPO award include engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, implementation of 42 of 44
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changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and increased capacity of agency to engage in community policing activities.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS: (1) Funding must be used to reorient the mission and activities of law enforcement agencies toward the community or enhance their community involvement in community policing. (2) The additional officer positions should be added to the LEO’s budget over and above the locally funded positions without the grant award (no supplanting). (3) Agencies must retain each CHP funded position for a minimum of 12-months following the three years of funding for that position.
The COPS Office is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and build trust between law enforcement and the community.
The City’s proposal is to add community positions that are currently unmet, and being addressed with overtimes, on call reserve officers and requests for mutual aid to address the community policing issues and needs including youth outreach, substance use and abuse, unhoused, displaced fire victims how have lost their homes from wildfires in the County, closure I5 during winter storms and assisting stranded motorists and truckers.
Fiscal Impact:
The City is requesting funding for two officers, a total grant award of $750,000 over a five year period. The City would be responsible for a grant match of at least $250,000 over the 5-year period for the two officers. There is no indirect cost recovery. 43 of 44
Resolution Number: 2023-18
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF YREKA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
APPROVING THE FILING OF APPLICATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE “FY23 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES (COPS) HIRING PROGRAM” WHEREAS, The Department of Justice has announced nationwide a competitive grant award program offering $224.5 million in funding available through fiscal year 2023. Grant applicants, if awarded will received funds that will support up to 75% of an officer’s entry level salaries and fringe benefits for three years within a fiveyear period of performance to accommodate the time needed for recruitment and hiring; and WHEREAS, The City of Yreka Police Department is applying for competitive Department of Justice, Community Hiring Program grant funding for officers to hire and or rehire additional career law enforcement officers in an effort to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts.
WHEREAS, The City is requesting funding for two officers, a total grant award of $750,000 over a five year period. The City would be responsible for a grant match of at least $250,000 over the 5-year period for the two officers, and
WHEREAS, The City’s proposal is to add community positions that are unmet, and being addressed with overtimes, on call reserve officers and requests for mutual aid to address the community policing issues and needs;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Yreka:
1. Approved the filing of an application for the Department of Justice “FY23 Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program”; and
2. Certifies that said applicant has or will have sufficient fundsto operate and maintain the program; and,
3. Certifies that funds under the jurisdiction of City Council of the City of Yreka are available.
4. Certifies that said applicant will expend grant funds prior to the end of the five-year grant award period.
5. Appoints Jason Ledbetter, City Manager, or a designee, to conduct all negotiations, execute and submit all documents including, but not limited to applications, agreements, amendments, payment requests and so on, which may be necessary for the completion of the aforementioned project.
The foregoing resolution was approved and adopted the 4th day of April 2023 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENTS: Corey Middleton
Mayor
----CERTIFICATION OF RESOLUTION---- Please note the person attesting cannot be the person(s) appointed in (5.) ATTEST:
I, Rhetta Hogan, City Clerk of the City of Yreka, witness my hand or the seal of the City of Yreka on the 4th day of April, 2023.
Shella Rhetta Hogan
City Clerk
OFFICAL SEAL OR
NOTARY CERTIFICATION
(If Applicable)
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