CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA SUMMARY

Tuesday, April 23, 2024 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 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 and streamed on the City's YouTube Channel.

 

CLOSED SESSION:

None.

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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

None.

6.

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

6.a

Honorary Proclamation Declaring May 2024 as "Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month"

6.b

Honorary Proclamation Declaring May 2024 as "Mental Health Awareness Month"

6.c

Honorary Proclamation Declaring May 5-11, 2024 as "Public Service Appreciation Week"

6.d

City Manager Communications

(DOWNING)

• Recommended Action:

  Receive correspondence/comments as presented by the 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 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.c

COUNCIL MEMBER BARNEICH:

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

7.d

COUNCIL MEMBER GEORGE:

1. Five Cities Fire Authority
2. Visit SLO CAL Advisory Board
3. 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:

  Ratify the attached listing of cash disbursements for the period of March 16 through March 31, 2024.

9.b

Approval of Minutes

(MATSON)

• Recommended Action:

  Approve the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of April 9, 2024, as submitted.

9.c

Consideration of Cancellation of July 9, 2024 City Council Meeting

(DOWNING)

• Recommended Action:

  Cancel the regularly scheduled City Council meeting of July 9, 2024.

9.d

Review and Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the Recurring Annual Display of Specified Commemorative Flags at City Hall and Heritage Square Park

(DOWNING)

• Recommended Action:

  Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City to display the commemorative flags specified therein on a recurring annual basis, in accordance with all policies and procedures established in the City’s adopted Flag Policy.

9.e

Monthly Water Supply and Demand Update

(ROBESON)

• Recommended Action:

  Receive and file the Monthly Water Supply and Demand Update.

9.f

Consideration of Acceptance of the 2022 Concrete Repair Project, PW 2022-07

(ROBESON)

• Recommended Action:

  1) Accept the project improvements as constructed by JJ Fisher Construction, Inc. in accordance with the plans and specifications for the 2022 Concrete Repair Project, PW 2022-07;

  2) Direct staff to file a Notice of Completion; and

  3) Authorize release of retention, thirty-five (35) days after the Notice of Completion has been recorded if no liens have been filed.

10.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

10.a

Public Hearing to Consider Adoption of Resolutions Levying an Annual Assessment for the Arroyo Grande Tourism Business Improvement District (AGTBID) and Approving the AGTBID Budget for FY 2024-25

(BOHLKEN)

• Recommended Action:

  1) Conduct a public hearing to receive public comment and protests regarding the City Council’s intention to continue the AGTBID and levy an annual assessment for FY 2024-25;

  2) Determine whether a legally sufficient number of protests have been made;

  3) If a legally sufficient protest is not made, adopt a Resolution levying an annual assessment for the AGTBID for FY 2024-25;

  4) Adopt a Resolution approving the FY 2024-25 operating budget for the AGTBID; and 5) Determine that conducting a public hearing to adopt a Resolution to levy and collect assessments and adopting a Resolution to approve the AGTBID operating budget is not 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, §§ 15061, subd. (b)(2)-(3), 15378.).

10.b

Public Hearing to Consider a Resolution of Necessity for Acquisition by Eminent Domain of Temporary Construction Easement Interests in Certain Real Property for the Traffic Way Bridge Replacement Project

(ROBESON)

• Recommended Action:

  Conduct a public hearing and adopt a Resolution of Necessity declaring that the acquisition by eminent domain of TCE interests in certain real property, more particularly described as Assessor Parcel Numbers 007-482-006, 007-481-011, 007-482-026, 006-311-056, and 006-311-067 (collectively the “Property”), may be necessary for the Project..

11.

OLD BUSINESS

None.

12.

NEW BUSINESS

12.a

Consideration of the 5-Year Capital Improvement Program Budget and 5-Year Measure O 2006 Sales Tax Fund Expenditure Program

(VALENTINE)

• Recommended Action:

  Provide direction on the proposed 5-Year CIP Budget and the expenditures funded by the 5-Year Measure O 2006 Sales Tax Fund Expenditure Program.

12.b

Consider Results of Community Survey for a Potential Future Revenue Measure

(DOWNING)

• Recommended Action:

  Review and file the Community Survey Results Summary.

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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