CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA SUMMARY

Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at 5:00 P.m. - 10:00 P.m.

Hybrid City Council Chamber/Virtual Zoom Meeting

215 East Branch Street, Arroyo Grande

CLOSED SESSION MEETING 5:00 P.M.

REGULAR MEETING 6:00 P.M.

In person at:

Arroyo Grande City Council Chambers

215 E. Branch Street, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420

AND via Zoom at:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86752345420

Please click the link above to join the Zoom Meeting:

 

Webinar ID: 867 5234 5420

Or by Telephone:  [phone]

 

This City Council meeting is being conducted in a hybrid in-person/virtual format. Members of the public may participate and provide public comment  on agenda items during the meeting in person at the location identified above, by joining the Zoom meeting, or by submitting written public comments to the Clerk of the Council at . Meetings will be broadcast live on Channel 20 and streamed on the City’s website and www.slo-span.org.

 

CLOSED SESSION MEETING 5:00 P.M.

1.  CALL TO ORDER

2.  ROLL CALL        

3.  FLAG SALUTE

4.  PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS      

5.  CLOSED SESSION        
The City Council will recess to a closed session for the following and will report any reportable action at the City Council meeting beginning at 6:00 p.m.:

a) LABOR NEGOTIATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6:

1.  Employee Organization: Arroyo Grande Police Officers’ Association
1. City-designated negotiators: Che Johnson, Special Labor Counsel; Tashina Ureno, Human Resources Officer; Nicole Valentine, Director of Administrative Services
2.  Employee Organization: Service Employees International Union, Local 620
1. City-designated negotiators: Che Johnson, Special Labor Counsel; Tashina Ureno, Human Resources Officer; Nicole Valentine, Director of Administrative Services
3. Unrepresented Management Employees
1.  City-designated negotiators: Che Johnson, Special Labor Counsel
4. City Manager
1. City-designated negotiators: Che Johnson, Special Labor Counsel

6.  ADJOURNMENT

 

REGULAR MEETING 6:00 P.M.

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1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

ROLL CALL

3.

MOMENT OF REFLECTION

4.

FLAG SALUTE

5.

AGENDA REVIEW

5.a

Closed Session Announcements

City Attorney Isaac Rosen will announce any reportable action from the following:

City Council Closed Session Meeting of August 22, 2023

a) LABOR NEGOTIATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6:

1.  Employee Organization: Arroyo Grande Police Officers’ Association
1. City-designated negotiators: Che Johnson, Special Labor Counsel; Tashina Ureno, Human Resources Officer; Nicole Valentine, Director of Administrative Services
2.  Employee Organization: Service Employees International Union, Local 620
1. City-designated negotiators: Che Johnson, Special Labor Counsel; Tashina Ureno, Human Resources Officer; Nicole Valentine, Director of Administrative Services
3. Unrepresented Management Employees
1.  City-designated negotiators: Che Johnson, Special Labor Counsel
4. City Manager
1. City-designated negotiators: Che Johnson, Special Labor Counsel

5.b

Ordinances read in title only

None.

6.

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

6.a

Interim City Manager Communications

(ROBESON)

• Recommended Action:

  Receive correspondence/comments as presented by the Interim City Manager and Provide direction, as necessary.

7.

CITY COUNCIL REPORTS

7.a

MAYOR RAY RUSSOM:

1. California Joint Powers Insurance Authority (CJPIA)
2. Central Coast Blue Regional Recycled Water Authority Board
3. Five Cities Fire Authority
4. San Luis Obispo County Mayor's Meeting
5. South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District (SSLOCSD)
6. Other

7.b

MAYOR PRO TEM BARNEICH:

1. Audit Committee
2. Homeless Services Oversight Council (HSOC)
3. Zone 3 Water Advisory Board
4. Other

7.c

COUNCIL MEMBER GEORGE:

1. Five Cities Fire Authority
2. Tourism Business Improvement District Advisory Board
3. Visit SLO CAL Advisory Board
4. Other

7.d

COUNCIL MEMBER GUTHRIE:

1. County Water Resources Advisory Committee (WRAC)
2. Council of Governments/Regional Transit Authority/ South County Transit (SLOCOG/SLORTA/SCT)
3. Integrated Waste Management Authority Board (IWMA)
4. REACH Economic Development Roundtable
5. Other

7.e

COUNCIL MEMBER SECREST:

1. Air Pollution Control District (APCD)
2. South County Chambers of Commerce Governmental Affairs Committee
3. Other 

8.

COMMUNITY COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS

This public comment period is an invitation to members of the community to present issues, thoughts, or suggestions on matters not scheduled on this agenda. Comments should be limited to those matters that are within the jurisdiction of the City Council. Members of the public may provide public comment in-person or remotely by joining the Zoom meeting utilizing one of the methods provided below. Please use the “raise hand” feature to indicate your desire to provide public comment. 

• Click the link below to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86752345420; Webinar ID: 867 5234 5420
• Or by Telephone: [phone]
  Press * 9 to “raise hand” for public comment

The Brown Act restricts the Council from taking formal action on matters not published on the agenda. In response to your comments, the Mayor or presiding Council Member may:

• Direct City staff to assist or coordinate with you.
• A Council Member may state a desire to meet with you.
• It may be the desire of the Council to place your issue or matter on a future Council agenda.

Please adhere to the following procedures when addressing the Council:

• Comments should be limited to 3 minutes or less.
• Your comments should be directed to the Council as a whole and not directed to individual Council members.
• Slanderous, profane or personal remarks against any Council Member or member of the audience shall not be permitted.

9.

CONSENT AGENDA

The following routine items listed below are scheduled for consideration as a group. The recommendations for each item are noted. Any member of the public who wishes to comment on any Consent Agenda item may do so at this time. Any Council Member may request that any item be withdrawn from the Consent Agenda to permit discussion or change the recommended course of action. The City Council may approve the remainder of the Consent Agenda on one motion.

9.a

Consideration of Cash Disbursement Ratification

(VALENTINE)

• Recommended Action:

  1) Ratify the attached listing of cash disbursements for the period of July 16 through July 31, 2023; 2) Determine that ratifying the cash disbursements is not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) because it has no potential to result in either a direct, or reasonably foreseeable indirect, physical change in the environment. (State CEQA Guidelines, §§ 15060, subd. (b)(2)-(3), 15378.)

9.b

Consideration of an Agreement with Mosaic Public Partners for Executive and Professional Recruitment Services and Request to Approve a Budget Adjustment Request

(ROBESON)

• Recommended Action:

  Approve an Agreement with Mosaic Public Partners for executive and professional recruitment services and approve one related budget adjustment.

9.c

Consideration of Adoption of a Resolution Declaring a Continued Local Emergency Related to the Ongoing Storm Events

(ROBESON)

• Recommended Action:

  1) Adopt a Resolution declaring a continued local emergency related to the ongoing impacts associated with the storm events, beginning in December 2022 and continuing through the present; 2) Make findings that adopting the Resolution continuing a local emergency is not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) because the continued declaration in itself has no potential to result in either a direct, or reasonably foreseeable indirect, physical change in the environment. (State CEQA Guidelines, §§ 15060, subd. (b)(2)-(3), 15378.) 

9.d

Consideration of Appointments to the Arroyo Grande Tourism Business Improvement District Advisory Board

(MATSON)

• Recommended Action:

  1) Approve Mayor Ray Russom’s recommendation to appoint Sean Dasmann to the Arroyo Grande Tourism Business Improvement District (AGTBID) Advisory Board; 2) Approve Mayor Pro Tem Barneich’s recommendation to appoint Greg Dutson to the AGTBID Advisory Board; 3) Approve Council Member Guthrie’s recommendation to appoint Jared Worthen to the AGTBID Advisory Board; and 4) Approve Council Member Secrest’s recommendation to appoint Jeannie Miranda to the AGTBID Advisory Board.

9.e

Consideration of Appointment to the City of Arroyo Grande Downtown Parking Advisory Board

(MATSON)

• Recommended Action:

  Approve a recommendation by Mayor Pro Tem Barneich to appoint Alex Creswell to the City of Arroyo Grande Downtown Parking Advisory Board.

9.f

Consideration of an Agreement with Clifford Moss for Voter Opinion Polling and Public Outreach and Education Services for a Potential Future Ballot Measure

(ROBESON/MATSON)

• Recommended Action:

  Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Clifford Moss for Voter Opinion Polling and Public Outreach and Education services for an amount not to exceed $115,000 in substantially final form.

9.g

Consideration of Appointment of a Voting Delegate for the League of California Cities Annual Conference

(MATSON)

• Recommended Action:

  Appoint Council Member Jim Guthrie as the voting delegate for the League of California Cities Annual Conference and authorize submittal by the City of the League of California Cities’ Voting Delegate/Alternate Form.

9.h

Approval of Minutes

(MATSON)

• Recommended Action:

  Approve the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of August 8, 2023, as submitted.

9.i

Consideration to Approve an Exclusive Vendor Police Tow Service Agreement Extension with College Towing South

(MARTINEZ)

• Recommended Action:

  Authorize the Interim City Manager to execute a two-year extension for the exclusive vendor police tow service Agreement with College Towing South for towing services with several modified terms, described herein.

9.j

Consideration of Adding the Add-Alternate Elements to the Contract for Construction of the 2022 Concrete Repairs Project, PW 2022-07

(KAHN)

• Recommended Action:

  1) Increase the contract for the 2022 Concrete Repairs Project to JJ Fisher Construction, Inc. in the amount of $122,187 for the two add-alternate elements of, a) the east and south crosswalks and adjoining curb at the intersection of East Branch and Mason Streeet, and b) 920 square feet of sidewalk repairs adjacent to the curb ramp improvements at Alder Street and Farroll Avenue; 2) Authorize the City Manager to approve change orders of 10% of the additional amount, $12,218.70, for unanticipated costs during the construction phase of the Project; and 3) Approve two budget adjustment requests.

9.k

Monthly Water Supply & Demand Update

(KAHN)

• Recommended Action:

  Receive and file the Monthly Water Supply and Demand Update.

9.l

Consideration of the Summary Vacation of a Public Utility Easement Located at 1180 Linda Drive

(PEDROTTI)

• Recommended Action:

  Adopt a Resolution summarily vacating a public utility easement at 1180 Linda Drive pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Section 8330 et seq.

10.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

None.

11.

OLD BUSINESS

11.a

General Plan Update Study Session and Consultant Introduction

(PEDROTTI)

• Recommended Action:

  Conduct a study session, receive an update on the status of the General Plan Update and provide input and direction to staff and the consultant team on the key issues and areas to be addressed as part of the General Plan Update.

12.

NEW BUSINESS

None.

13.

COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS

Any Council Member may ask a question for clarification, make an announcement, or report briefly on his or her activities. In addition, subject to Council policies and procedures, Council Members may request staff to report back to the Council at a subsequent meeting concerning any matter or request that staff place a matter of business on a future agenda. Any request to place a matter of business for original consideration on a future agenda requires the concurrence of at least one other Council Member.

14.

ADJOURNMENT

 

All staff reports or other written documentation, including any supplemental material distributed to a majority of the City Council within 72 hours of a regular meeting, relating to each item of business on the agenda are available for public inspection during regular business hours in the City Clerk’s office, 300 E. Branch Street, Arroyo Grande. If requested, the agenda shall be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with a disability, as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act. To make a request for disability-related modification or accommodation, contact the Legislative and Information Services Department at 805-473-5400 as soon as possible and at least 48 hours prior to the meeting date.

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