CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA SUMMARY

Tuesday, August 08, 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:

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

b) PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957(b):

PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT

Position: City Manager

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 8, 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

b) PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957(b):

PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT

Position: City Manager

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.

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 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 1 through July 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.)

9.b

Consideration of Statement of Investment Deposits

(VALENTINE)

• Recommended Action:

  1) Receive and file the attached report listing investment deposits of the City of Arroyo Grande as of June 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.)

9.c

Authorization to Submit Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Application for Central Coast Blue Project and Incur Related Loan Application and Issuance Costs

(VALENTINE)

• Recommended Action:

  Authorize the Interim City Manager to submit an application to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to fund the City’s share of Central Coast Blue (CCB) project costs and incur related costs related to the application and appropriate $55,000 from the Water Enterprise Fund Balance.

9.d

Approval of Minutes

(MATSON)

• Recommended Action:

  Approve the minutes of the Special and Regular City Council Meeting of July 25, 2023, as submitted.

9.e

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.f

Consideration of Rejection of All Bids for the Arroyo Grande Police Department Camera System Project, PW 2023-10

(KAHN)

• Recommended Action:

  Reject all Bids for the Arroyo Grande Police Department Camera System Project (Project) and direct staff to reissue a Request for Proposal for design of this project, and subsequently competitively bid the construction of the project.

9.g

Consideration of Approval of 191 Tally Ho Frontage Improvement Project

(KAHN)

• Recommended Action:

  1) Approve the construction plans and specifications for the Project; 2) Authorize the City Clerk to advertise for construction bids; 3) Find that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under a Class 2 exemption, pursuant to Guidelines Section 15302 and 4) Direct the City Clerk to file a Notice of Exemption.

9.h

Consideration of Budget Amendment for Parklet Concrete Barriers and Planters

(KAHN)

• Recommended Action:

  1) Approve a budget amendment of $90,000 from general fund reserves for the purchase of decorative concrete barriers and planters and street signs associated with the long-term parklets program; 2) Make findings that continuing administrative or maintenance activities—such as purchases for supplies, personnel-related actions, and general policy and procedure making—do not qualify as a project under CEQA.

10.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

None.

11.

OLD BUSINESS

11.a

Safe Parking Ordinance Update

(PEDROTTI)

• Recommended Action:

  Suspend efforts to adopt a safe parking ordinance due to the inability to secure a commitment from a social service provider to support individual safe parking sites.

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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