CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA SUMMARY

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Hybrid City Council Chamber/Virtual Zoom Meeting
215 East Branch Street, Arroyo Grande

 

 

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:  1-669-900-6833; 1-346-248-7799

 

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 publiccomment@arroyogrande.org. Meetings will be broadcast live on Channel 20 and streamed on the City’s website and www.slo-span.org.

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1. 5:00 PM CALL TO ORDER

2. ROLL CALL

3. CLOSED SESSION ITEMS

    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.  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

4. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING CLOSED SESSION ITEMS

5. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION

6. 6:00 PM RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION

 


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5.a

  

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. 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; Tashina Ureno, Human Resources Officer; Nicole Valentine, Director of Human Resources

4. City Manager

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

5.b

  

None.

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6.b

  

(McDONALD)

  • Recommended Action:

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

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None.


Reports are made during the Second Council Meeting each month.

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: 1-669-900-6833; 1-346-248-7799
    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.

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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.

(VALENTINE)

  • Recommended Action:

    1) Ratify the attached listing of cash disbursements for the period of May 1 through May 15, 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.)

(VALENTINE)

  • Recommended Action:

    1) Receive and file the attached report listing investment deposits of the City of Arroyo Grande as of April 30, 2023, as required by Government Code Section 53646(b); 2) Determine that receiving the report of investment deposits 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.)

(MATSON)

  • Recommended Action:

    Approve the minutes of the Special Closed Session Meeting of May 25, 2023, and Regular City Council Meeting of May 23, 2023, as submitted.

(McDONALD)

  • 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.) 

(McDONALD/ROSEN)

  • Recommended Action:

    1) Authorize approval of the attached Agreement with the County in substantially final form, subject to minor changes approved by the City Manager in consultation with the City Attorney as necessary to effectuate the intent of the parties, and the recordation of the subject quitclaim deed with the County Registrar. 2) Make findings that approval of the Agreement with the County 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).

(ROBESON)

  • Recommended Action:

    1) Approve the Engineer’s Reports for the Parkside Village Assessment District, Grace Lane Assessment District, and Arroyo Grande Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District No. 1, within Tract 1769, for FY 2023-2024; 2) Adopt Resolutions declaring the intention to levy and collect assessments for the Parkside Village Assessment District, Grace Lane Assessment District, and Arroyo Grande Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District No. 1, within Tract 1769, for FY 2023-2024; 3) Set a public hearing for June 27, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. for the Parkside Village Assessment District, Grace Lane Assessment District, and Arroyo Grande Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District No. 1, within Tract 1769, to consider levying the property assessments; and 4) Make findings that the consideration of Engineer's Reports and Resolutions declaring the City's intention to levy and collect assessments is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) under the Class 2 exemption, which applies to the replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities where the new structure will be located on the same site as the structure replaced and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the structure replaced. (State CEQA Guidelines, § 15302.)

(ROBESON)

  • Recommended Action:

    1) Award a contract for the 2022 Street Repairs Project to JJ Fisher Construction in the amount of $3,782,005 for both the base bid and additive bid; 2) Authorize the City Manager to approve change orders of 10% of the contract amount, $378,200.50, for unanticipated costs during the construction phase of the 2022 Street Repairs Project; 3) Award a contract for the 2022 Slurry Seal Project to American Asphalt South in the amount of $1,737,575.49; 4) Authorize the City Manager to approve change orders of 10% of the contract amount, $173,757.55, for unanticipated costs during the construction phase of the 2022 Slurry Seal Project.

  • Recommended Action:

    1) Approve the construction plans & specifications for the 2022 Concrete Repairs Project, PW 2022-07; 2) Authorize staff to advertise for construction bids; 3) Find that the plans & specifications for the Concrete Repairs Project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Guidelines Section 15301(c), a Class 1 exemption, which applies to the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features where the project involves negligible or no expansion of existing or former use; and 4) Direct the City Clerk to file a Notice of Exemption.

(PEDROTTI)

  • Recommended Action:

    1) Adopt a Resolution approving the Agreement between the County of San Luis Obispo and the City of Arroyo Grande for joint participation in the Community Development Block Grant Program, the Home Investment Partnerships Program, and the Emergency Solutions Grant Program for Fiscal Years 2024-25 through 2026-27. 2) Make findings that the execution of the Agreement is not a project for purposes of compliance with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the City’s CEQA Guidelines. (State CEQA Guidelines, §§ 15060, subd. (b)(2)-(3), 15378.)

(PEDROTTI)

  • Recommended Action:

    1) Approve and authorize the Mayor to execute an Agreement for Consultant Services with KTUA to assist the City with the Active Transportation Plan in substantially final form (subject to minor revisions as approved by the City Council consistent with Council direction); 2) Determine that approving the Agreement is not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) because preparation of the Plan 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). Additionally, the City and consultant will evaluate potential impacts of the Active Transportation Plan in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act, and prepare any appropriate environmental document at that time, if required.

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(McDONALD/VALENTINE)

  • Recommended Action:

    1) Approve the Amended and Restated Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement for the FCFA (with direction to transmit the approved Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement consistent with State law) with a formal execution date of June 22, 2023; 2) Appoint two members of the City Council to the FCFA Board of Directors; 3) Consider the two proposed agreements between the FCFA and the OCSD regarding short-term fire and emergency response services and ongoing post-employment liabilities of the OCSD to the FCFA, which will be proposed for approval by the FCFA Board of Directors; and 4) Review and provide direction to the City’s representatives on the FCFA Board of Directors regarding the draft FCFA FY 2023-24 Budget.

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None.

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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.

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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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