CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA SUMMARY

Tuesday, April 08, 2025 at 6:00 P.m. - 9:00 P.m.

Hybrid City Council Chamber/Virtual Zoom Meeting

215 East Branch Street, Arroyo Grande

 

In person at:

Arroyo Grande City Council Chamber

215 E. Branch Street, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420

AND via Zoom at:

https://arroyogrande-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NRsyFrUIQ_6179_iBTyDVA

Please click the link above to register to join the Zoom Meeting

 

This City Council meeting is being conducted in a hybrid in-person/virtual format. Please be advised that while the City will endeavor to ensure these remote participation methods are available, the City does not guarantee that they will be technically feasible or work all the time. Further, the City reserves the right to terminate these remote participation methods (subject to Brown Act restrictions) at any time and for any reason. 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.

 

 

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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

None.

5.b

Ordinances read in title only

• Recommended Action:

  Move that all ordinances presented at the meeting shall be read by title only and all further readings be waived.

6.

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

6.a

Honorary Proclamation Declaring April 2025 as National Sexual Assault Violence Awareness Month

6.b

Honorary Proclamation Declaring April 25, 2025 as Arbor Day

6.c

City Manager Communications

(DOWNING)

• Recommended Action:

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

7.

CITY COUNCIL REPORTS

None.

Reports are made during the Second Council Meeting each month.

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 registering and joining the Zoom meeting utilizing the link provided below. Once in the meeting, please use the “raise hand” feature to indicate your desire to provide public comment.

• Click the link below to register to join the webinar: https://arroyogrande-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NRsyFrUIQ_6179_iBTyDVA
• After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Please be advised that while the City will endeavor to ensure these remote participation methods are available, the City does not guarantee that they will be technically feasible or work all the time. Further, the City reserves the right to terminate these remote participation methods (subject to Brown Act restrictions) at any time and for any reason. Please attend in person or submit your comment via email to the City Clerk by 2:00 p.m. the day of the meeting to have it included as part of the record.

 

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 1 minute 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

Cash Disbursement Ratification

(VALENTINE)

• Recommended Action:

  Review and ratify the attached listing of cash disbursements for the period of March 1 through March 15, 2025.

9.b

Statement of Investment Deposits for February 2025

(VALENTINE)

• Recommended Action:

  Receive and file the attached report listing investment deposits of the City of Arroyo Grande as of February 28, 2025, as required by Government Code Section 53646(b).

9.c

Acceptance of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, Single Audit, and Audit Report for the Transportation Development Act Transportation Fund Reports

(VALENTINE)

• Recommended Action:

  1) Receive and file the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), Single Audit, and Audit Report for the Transportation Development Act Transportation Fund for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024; and;

  2) Determine that receiving and filing the ACFR, Single Audit and Audit Report for the Transportation Development Act Transportation Fund 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. (c)(2)-(3), 15378.)

9.d

Approval of Minutes

(MATSON)

• Recommended Action:

  Approve the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of March 25, 2025, as submitted.

9.e

Confirm Direction on a “Buy Local Program”

(DOWNING)

• Recommended Action:

  Confirm staff’s direction on a “Buy Local Program” administered by the South County Chambers of Commerce to support Village businesses impacted during the Traffic Way Bridge Replacement Project.

9.f

Assembly Bill 2561 (City Workforce Vacancies, Recruitment, and Retention Trends) Compliance Procedure

(GARCIA)

• Recommended Action:

  1) Adopt a Resolution adopting procedures for public hearings under Assembly Bill 2561; and

  2) Direct staff to incorporate the procedure into the City Council Handbook.

9.g

Public Works Budget Reallocation for Vehicle Replacement; and Resolution Declaring Vehicles as Surplus

(ROBESON)

• Recommended Action:

  1) Carry over $160,000 of unspent FY 2023-24 funds into FY 2024-25 for the replacement of a bucket truck. Authorize the City Manager to approve the purchase of a bucket truck following competitive bidding per the City’s Purchasing Policy;

  2) Reallocate $140,000 in FY 2024-25 funds from the purchase of a medium-duty dump truck to the purchase of three light-duty trucks and authorize the purchase of the vehicles from Arroyo Grande Chevrolet for $120,113.72; and

  3) Adopt a Resolution declaring specified equipment to be surplus and authorizing the sale or disposal thereof.

9.h

2024 Street Repair Testing and Inspection Contract Amendment

(ROBESON)

• Recommended Action:

  Authorize the City Manager to execute an amendment to the existing special testing and inspection Purchase Order (Purchase Order No. 2025112) with Pavement Engineering, Inc.

9.i

Senate Bill 1 Projects for Fiscal Year 2025-26

(ROBESON)

• Recommended Action:

  1) Adopt a Resolution adopting a list of projects for Fiscal Year 2025-26 funded by Senate Bill 1;

  2) Authorize the Director of Administrative Services to submit the Resolution to the California Transportation Commission (CTC); and

  3) Make findings that adopting the Resolution is not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because the adoption 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.)

10.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

10.a

Amendments to Title 6 (Animals) of the Arroyo Grande Municipal Code

(MARTINEZ)

• Recommended Action:

  1) Adopt an Ordinance amending Title 6 (Animals) of the Arroyo Grande Municipal Code, titled: “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARROYO GRANDE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 6 (ANIMALS) OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT AND INCORPORATE BY REFERENCE SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CODE TITLE 9 (ANIMALS) AND TO RETAIN CERTAIN CITY REQUIREMENTS REGARDING ANIMALS”; and
  2) Find that the ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it will not result in a direct, or reasonably foreseeable indirect, physical change in the environment (State CEQA Guidelines, §§ 15060 (c)(2) and (3), 15378.).

11.

BUSINESS ITEMS

11.a

Amendments to Titles 2 and 3 of the Arroyo Grande Municipal Code Regarding Bylaws for the City’s Advisory Bodies

(PEDROTTI)

• Recommended Action:

  1) Introduce an Ordinance amending Titles 2 and 3 of the Arroyo Grande Municipal Code relating to the bylaws for various City bodies, titled “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARROYO GRANDE AMENDING TITLES 2 AND 3 OF THE ARROYO GRANDE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO BYLAWS FOR VARIOUS CITY BODIES AND FINDING THE ORDINANCE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT; and

  2) Find that the Ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. (State CEQA Guidelines section 15060, subd. (c)(2); 15061(b)(3)).

11.b

Adoption of a Land Use Scenario for the General Plan Update

(PEDROTTI)

• Recommended Action:

  1) Adopt a preferred land use scenario for the General Plan Update, or a hybrid thereof; and

  2) Find that the adoption of a land use scenario is not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) because adoption has no potential to result in either a direct, or reasonably foreseeable indirect, physical change in the environment. (State CEQA Guidelines, §§ 15060 (c)(2) and (3), 15378.).

12.

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 two other Council Members.

13.

CLOSED SESSION

 

CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6

Meet with City-designated negotiators described below. Negotiation will include salary, compensation and benefits:

1. 1.  Unrepresented Management Employees
      1. City-designated negotiators: Che Johnson, Special Labor Counsel

Adjourn to Closed Session

14.

RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION

Announcement(s) of any reportable action(s) taken in Closed Session will be made in open session, and repeated at the beginning of the next Regular City Council meeting as this portion of the meeting is not recorded.

15.

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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