CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA SUMMARY

Tuesday, February 13, 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 streamed on the City’s website and www.slo-span.org.

 

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1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

ROLL CALL

3.

MOMENT OF REFLECTION

4.

FLAG SALUTE

ARROYO GRANDE VALLEY KIWANIS CLUB

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 Recognizing February 2024 as Teen Dating Violence Action and Prevention Month

6.b

Honorary Proclamation Recognizing Fire Chief Stephen Lieberman Upon His Retirement from Public Service

6.c

City Manager Communications

(DOWNING)

• Recommended Action:

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

6.c.1

Recent Storm Conditions and Updates

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 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 January 1 through January 15, 2024;
  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. (c)(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 December 31, 2023, as required by Government Code Section 53646(b); and

  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. (c)(2)-(3), 15378.)

9.c

Approval of Minutes

(MATSON)

• Recommended Action:

  Approve the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of January 23, 2024, as submitted.

9.d

Consideration of Appointment to the Downtown Parking Advisory Board

(MATSON)

• Recommended Action:

  Approve the recommendation of Mayor Pro Tem Guthrie to appoint Kevin Delaney to the Downtown Parking Advisory Board.

9.e

Consideration of Approval of Amendment 1 to the Regional Surface Transportation (RSTP) Exchange/Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) Cooperative Agreement AG – FAST – 01 with the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments

(ROBESON)

• Recommended Action:

  1) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute SLOCOG RSTP Exchange/STBG Cooperative Agreement Amendment 1 to AG-FAST-01;

  2) Direct the City Clerk to submit the RSTP Exchange/STBG Cooperative Agreement Amendment 1 to No. AG-FAST-01 and the Resolution to the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments; and

  3) Find that approving this agreement 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.f

Consideration of Final Approval of Community Development Block Grant Projects for Year 2024 and Finding the Action Exempt Under the California Environmental Quality Act, State Guidelines Section 15061

(PEDROTTI)

• Recommended Action:

  1) Approve the proposed projects to be funded with the City’s allocation of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for the Year 2024, as shown in Table 1 below; and

  2) Find that the preliminary approval of projects is exempt from CEQA, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061 subd. (b)(3).

9.g

Consideration of Rejection of All Bids for the Five Cities Fire Authority (FCFA) Apparatus Door Replacement Project, PW 2023-11

(ROBESON)

• Recommended Action:

  Reject all Bids for the FCFA Apparatus Door Replacement Project and direct staff to competitively rebid this project.

10.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

10.a

Hold Public Hearings, Consider Adopting a Resolution Updating the Development Impact Fee Schedule & Consider the 2024 Development Impact Fee Nexus Study, & Introduction of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 3.36 of the AGMC, Development Impact Fees

(VALENTINE)

• Recommended Action:

  1) Hold a Public Hearing and Adopt the Resolution updating Development Impact fees set forth in Attachment 1 Exhibit A;

  2)Receive and file the 2024 Development Impact Fee Nexus Study Update;

  3) Hold a Public Hearing and Introduce the Ordinance amending Arroyo Grande Municipal Code Section 3.36.030 Regarding Development Impact Fees; and

  4) Make findings that adopting the Resolution updating Development Impact fees and introducing the proposed Ordinance are not projects subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) because they have 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.).

10.b

Introduction of an Ordinance Amending Section 16.04.070 of Chapter 4 of Title 16 of the Arroyo Grande Municipal Code Regarding the Definition of Formula Business and Finding That This Action is Exempt from Review Under the CEQA

(PEDROTTI)

• Recommended Action:

  Introduce, read by title only, and waive further reading of an Ordinance amending Section 16.04.070 of the Arroyo Grande Municipal Code regarding the definition of a Formula Business and finding the Ordinance exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because the Ordinance 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)

11.

OLD BUSINESS

None.

12.

NEW BUSINESS

12.a

Consideration of a Resolution Approving Arroyo Grande Community Service Grant Program Allocations for Fiscal Year 2023-24 and Finding This Action Is Not a Project Under the CEQA, State Guidelines Section 15378

(PEDROTTI)

• Recommended Action:

  1) Adopt a Resolution approving the Arroyo Grande Community Service Grant Program funding allocations identified in Attachment 1; and

  2) Determine that adopting the Resolution 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.)

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.

CLOSED SESSION

The City Council will recess to a closed session for the following:

a) CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.8:

    Property: 214 East Branch Street

    Agency Negotiators: Matthew Downing, City Manager; Bill Robeson, Assistant City Manager/Public Works Director 

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.

This agenda was prepared and posted pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2 Agenda reports can be accessed and downloaded from the City’s website at www.arroyogrande.org If you would like to subscribe to receive email or text message notifications when agendas are posted, you can sign up online through the “Notify Me” feature.

City Council Meetings are cablecast live and videotaped for replay on Arroyo Grande’s Government Access Channel 20. The rebroadcast schedule is published at www.slo-span.org.