The City Clerk announced the following supplemental material: Item 5A: Presentation submitted by city staff.

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1 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NAPA MARCH 15, :30 PM Afternoon Session 6:30 PM Evening Session City Hall Council Chambers 955 School Street 3:30 P.M. CITY COUNCIL MEETING: AFTERNOON SESSION 1. CALL TO ORDER: 1.A Roll Call PRESENT: Inman, Mott, Sedgley, Luros, Mayor Techel 2. AGENDA REVIEW AND SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS: The City Clerk announced the following supplemental material: Item 5A: Presentation submitted by city staff. 3. PUBIC COMMENT: Paul Hicks, resident and member of the Executive Committee of the Napa Chamber of Commerce, voiced concern regarding City Council Agenda Item 11A. Mayor Techel announced the Consent Calendar. Vice Mayor Luros announced recusal from Consent Calendar Item 4C due to the fact that her residence is within 500 feet of the subject property. Note: As a Consent Calendar item recusal, Vice Mayor Luros was not required to leave the Council Chambers. 4. CONSENT CALENDAR: Moved, seconded ( Mott / Inman ) to approve the Consent Calendar items with Vice Mayor Luros recusing from Item 4C. Motion carried: AYES: Inman, Mott, Sedgley, Luros, Mayor Techel NOES: None RECUSED: Luros (Item 4C) Page 1 of 6

2 4.A City Council Special Meeting Minutes Approved February 26, 2016 Special. 4.8 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Approved March 1, 2016 Regular. 4.0 Planned Development Overlay District (PD-35) Ordinance Approved, with Vice Mayor Luros recusing, the second reading and final adoption of Ordinance , approving a Planned Development Overlay District (PD-35) to establish development standards for Harvest Village at 804 Capitola Drive. 4.D Children Exposed to Domestic Violence Grant from the California Office of Emergency Services Adopted Resolution R authorizing acceptance of a Children Exposed to Domestic Violence Grant from the California Office of Emergency Services, and authorizing budget appropriation in the amount of $175, E McKinstry Street Rule 208 Underground Utility Project (UU12PW02) Additional Budget Appropriation Adopted Resolution R authorizing an additional budget appropriation in the amount of $10,000 for the McKinstry Street Rule 208 Underground Utility Project, and determine that the project is exempt from CEQA. 4.F Revision to Master Purchase Order MC16PW01 issued to Shamrock Materials, Inc. Authorized an increase to Master Purchase Order MC16PW01 issued to Shamrock Materials, Inc. in the amount of $60,000, for a total blanket amount of $235,000, in order to provide sufficient concrete material for the Sidewalk Improvement Program in FY2015/16, and determine that the recommended action is not subject to CEQA. 4.0 Amendment to Agreement for On-Call Engineering Services Adopted Resolution R authorizing the Public Works Director to execute Amendment No. 3 to Agreement No. C with Gossett Civil Engineering for on-call engineering services in the amount of $75,000 for a total contract amount not to exceed $295,000, authorizing an additional budget appropriation, and determine that the amendment is not subject to CEQA. Page 2 of 6

3 4.H CalHome Grant Amendment Adopted Resolution R authorizing execution of an amendment to the City's CalHome Grant to extend the term of the grant for a one year period and determine the recommended action is exempt from CEQA. 6. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS: 5.A Downtown Napa Business and Construction Update for 2015 Robin Klingbeil, Sr. Development Project Coordinator with the Economic Development Division, provided a presentation summarizing the business activity in the Downtown Area for General discussion ensued regarding the economic vitality of downtown. Also mentioned were the former Safeway site and the Goodman Library, buildings damaged during the 2014 earthquake. In response to a question posed by Mayor Techel, Jack LaRochelle stated that the City was informed that the Army Corps of Engineers had the funding to dredge the entire navigable waterway of the Napa River. City Manager Pamess stated that the City's high level of service is attributable in large part to the infusion of tourism and the revenue received from Transient Occupancy Taxes (TOT). 5.8 Proposed funding for Community Development Block Grant Program Joe Wiencek, Housing Rehabilitation Program Supervisor, reported on recommendations for the FY Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. Mr. Wiencek confirmed the recommendations would return to Council for formal adoption during a noticed public hearing. Brief discussion ensued with regard to potential projects that could be funded by the revenue that would become available after the Main Street property sale. Lark Ferrell, Housing Manager, confirmed that funds received from that sale must go into "bricks and mortar" projects, and could not be used for new construction. Moved, seconded ( Sedgley/ Inman ) to accept the report. Motion carried: AYES: Inman, Sedgley, Mott, Luros, Mayor Techel NOES: None Page 3 of 6

4 6. COMMENTS BY COUNCIL OR CITY MANAGER: There were no comments provided. 4:30 P.M. 6:30 P.M. CITY COUNCIL RECESS 6:30 P.M. CITY COUNCIL MEETING: EVENING SESSION 7. CALL TO ORDER: 7.A Roll Call PRESENT: Inman, Mott, Sedgley, Luros, Mayor Techel 8. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: 9. AGENDA REVIEW AND SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS: The City Clerk announced the following supplemental material: Item 11 A: Presentations from City Staff and the Housing Action Committee (HAC); Letter from Conchita Marusich, Co-Chair, Affordable Housing Committee, Democrats of Napa Valley; Letter from Chris Wunderlich, Chair of the Local Government Relations North Bay Association of Realtors; (Received during the meeting: Letter from Holman Teague on behalf of the Palm Hill Group/Napa Valley Investment Properties, Inc.; Letter from Travis Stanley, President and CEO of the Napa Chamber of Commerce). 10. PUBLIC COMMENT: Leslie Wetsch commented on the Hakeem Brown Case and the mural at the Napa Mill. 11. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS: 11.A Affordable Housing Strategies Lark Ferrell, Housing Manager, provided a staff report regarding potential affordable housing financial and non-financial strategies, the need to raise the impact fees, and to provide direction regarding financial and non-financial strategies for increasing the housing stock for lower income families. Page 4 of 6

5 Cassandra Walker, Consultant representing the Housing Action Committee (HAC), provided an overview of the HAC's recommendations. Mayor Techel called for public comment. The following individuals spoke with regard to their suggestions regarding affordable housing strategies which included their personal or professional recommendations, concerns, and the overall need for affordable housing: - Kathleen Dreesen, Executive Director of Napa Valley Community Housing. - Ricky Hurtado, resident. - Michael Murray, member of the Executive Committee of the Napa Chamber and a City Planning Commissioner. - Joe George, resident. - Kevin Teague- representing the Palm Hill Group/Napa Valley Investment Properties. - Karen Relucio, MD. - Travis Stanley, President of Napa Chamber of Commerce. - Conchita Marusich, Co-Chair of Afford Housing Committee Democrats. - Paula Castaneda MENTIS. - Kimberly Richard, resident. - Rod Thoits, resident. - Mike Robak, resident. - Sharon Macklin, resident. - JoeIle Gallegher, Cope Family Center. - Wayne O'Connell, Vintner and Developer. - Chris Craiker, local architect. - Bob Massaro, member of Affordable Housing Task Force, Housing Developer. There were no further requests to speak. Council discussion ensued regarding warehouse and industrial fees, the vesting of tentative maps, the timing in which fees would be and are currently paid pursuant to the current code, the locking-in" of fees, and the increased rental costs and decreased rental stock. Mayor Techel recognized Local Realtor and member of the HAC Committee, Randy Gularte, who voiced concern regarding the length of time between the approval of a tentative and final map. Page 5 of 6

6 General discussion ensued with regard to the recommendations provided by the city and the HAC group. Councilmembers supported staff's recommendation to phase-in the increase the fees in three months and again in January 2017, and budget allocation of $350,000 from the General Fund, and the support of non-monetary policies to support affordable housing for increased efficiencies. Council agreed that the real estate transfer tax would only be advisable if there were an agreement with the County that they also put their transfer tax into the housing fund. At the end of the discussion, Mayor Techel voiced the City's need to do a better job of communicating opportunities and projects related to affordable housing strategies, citing the Housing Element also provides direction. 12. COMMENTS BY COUNCIL OR CITY MANAGER: 1. ADJOURNMENT: 9:03 P.M. Dorothy-Roberti, City Cle 71- caz, Page 6 of 6