10/21/14 City Council Meeting

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1 ADJOURNED REGULAR CHICO CITY COUNCIL MEETING D October 21, 2014 Minutes 1.1. ADJOURNED REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING ~ 6:30 p.m Call to Order - Mayor Gruendl called the October 7, 2014 City Council meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber, 421 Main Street Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag 1.4. Roll Call Present: Absent: Gofoff, Morgan, Ritter, Schwab, Stone, Sorensen, Gruendl 1.5. Closed Session Announcement - Council met with staff In Closed Session. No action was taken; direction was given Proclamation for National Food Day 2. CONSENT AGENDA - Item 2.2. and 2.3. were removed from the Consent Agenda. A motion was made by Schwab and seconded by Stone to approve the Consent Agenda, with Items 2.2. and 2.3. removed for further clarification. Gofoff, Morgan, Ritter, Schwab, Stone, Sorensen, Gruendl 2.1. RESOLUTION NO RESOLUTION OF. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CIT)' OF CHICO ADOPTING THE BUTTE COUNTY LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN Adopted - the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan CLHMP) developed by Butte County to make its residents less vulnerable to future hazard events. The plan was prepared pursuant to the requirements of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 so that Butte County, and by extension, the City of Chico, would be eligible for Federal Emergency Management Agency ffemal pre-disaster mitigation and hazard mitigation grant programs. (The Interim Fire Chief recommended adoption of the resolution.) For the consideration of Item the City Council acted in its capacitv as the Successor Agency for the consideration of the resolution and re-convened as the Citv Council for the consideration of the Supplemental Appropriation RESOLUTION NO. SA RESOLUTION OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE CHICO REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APPROVING AN EXPENDITURE OF EXCESS BOND PROCEEDS FOR THE AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANT MATCH REQUIREMENT - Successor Agency Action APPROVAL OF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION/BUDGET MOPIFICATION NO CM City Council Action October 21, 2014 DRAFT MINUTES Page 1 of8

2 10/21114 City Council Meeting Staff requested that the Successor Agency approve the City's use of $ in Excess Bond Proceeds to cover the increase in the City's grant match for the 2014 Airport Improvement Program grant. Airport capital improvements are eligible for funding from Excess Bond Proceeds under both the terms of the bond covenants and the terms of the Bond Expenditure Agreement that was entered into between the Successor Agency and the City. The Bond Expenditure Agreement required that the City first obtain the concurrence of the Successor Agency for expenditures on projects not specifically listed in the Agreement. (The City Manager/Airport Manager recommended adoption of the resolution. by the Successor Agency, followed by City Council approval of the Supplemental Appropriation /Budget Modification No CM-001.) A motion was made by Sorensen and seconded by Goloff to adopt the following Successor Agency resolution: RESOLUTION NO RESOLUTION OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE CHICO REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APPROVING AN EXPENDITURE OF EXCESS BOND PROCEEDS FOR THE AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANT MATCH REQUIREMENT- Successor Agency Action; and City Council approval of the following supplemental appropriation: SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION/BUDGET MODIFICATION NO CM City Council Action Goloff, Morgan, Ritter, Schwab, Stone, Sorensen, Gruendl 2.3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF 10n/14 Approved- minutes from the City Council meeting held on 10n/14. This item was removed from the Consent Agenda at the request of Councilmember Stone. A motion was made by Stone and seconded by Sorensen to approve the minutes from the City Council meeting held on 10fi/14, as amended to reflect Councilmember Stone's "no" vote on Consent Agenda Item 2.3. Goloff, Morgan, Ritter, Schwab, Stone, Sorensen, Gruendl 2.4. ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT - Items 2.2. and PUBLIC HEARINGS - 4. REGULAR AGENDA 4.1. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICO. CALIFORNIA, AMENDING, 5.40 OF THE CHICO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ALARM SYSTEMS, Final Reading and Adoption October 21, 2014 DRAFT MINUTES Page 2 of8

3 10/21114 City Council Meeting At its meeting of 10/7/14. the City Council introduced an ordinance amending section 5.40 regarding Alarm Response Protocol. The ordinance provides new reaulations regarding alarm systems. (Report. Mike O'Brien. Police Lieutenant) Addressing the Council on this item was Donna Shary. A motion was made by Stone and seconded by Morgan to adopt the following ordinance, by reading of title only: ORDINANCE NO ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING 5.40 OF THE CHICO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ALARM SYSTEMS Goloff, Morgan, Ritter, Schwab, Stone, Sorensen, Gruendl 4.2. CONSIDERATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PLAN TO ABATE THE GROWTH OF INVASIVE ARUNDO WEED IN CHICO TRIBUTARIES At jts meeting of October the Citv Council agendjzed Councllmember Stone's reguest to discuss the development of a plan to abate the environmental hazards and fire risk posed by the invasive Arundo weed growing along Little Chico Creek on both public and private lands. (Report - Interim Eire Chief Shane Lauderdale) Addressing the Council on this item were Mark Stemen and John Salyer. A motion was made by Stone and seconded by Schwab to accept staff's recommendations as presented in the staff report. Goloff, Morgan, Ritter, Schwab, Stone, Sorensen, Gruendl 4.3. CONSIDERATION OF A CITIZEN'S REQUEST FOR ADPITIONAL EMPLOYEE INFORMATION TO BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE On 9/ the Citv Clerk received a letter from Michael Jones requesting Council consideration of requiring the posting of sala~:y. wage and benefit Information for each employee, on the City's website. At its meeting of 10/7/14, the Council voted to agendize the request for discussion. Addressing the Council on this item were Michael Jones, John Salyer, and Chris Bolshazy. It was noted by Assistant City Manager Constantin that the salary information being requested has been uploaded to the City's website and is listed by employee number. Information going back to 2007 has also been included in the report listed out (by employee number) for comparison purposes. Mr. Jones expressed appreciation for the information. October21, 2014 DRAFT MINUTES Page 3 of8

4 No action was taken on this item. It was suggested that staff should give it a month or so and if needed, the Finance Committee could review any possible changes to the information being provided CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS BY STAFF AND THE PARKING ACTION RESOURCE COMMITTEE (PARC) REGARDING A SMART METER PARKING PLAN At its meeting on July 1, 2014, Council directed staff to work with the Parking Action Resource Committee (PARC) to draft potential modifications to the City's parking management practices that incorporated newer technology. and 2) developed a plan of action. PARC and staff outlined some initial steps and an adaptable approach to changes in downtown parking practices for Council consideration. <Report - Ruben Martinez. Public Works Directod Councilmember Schwab recused herself on this matter due to owning a leasehold property within 500' of the area being discussed. She left the dais and the Chamber. Addressing the Council on this item were Michael Jones, Jovanni Tricerri, T J Glenn, Janine Rood, Tom Digiovanni, Melanie Bassett, and Mike Trolinder. A motion was made by Stone and seconded by Sorensen to approve the following recommendations: 1. Prepare a Supplemental Appropriation requesting approximately $320,000 to purchase and install (a) 450 new smart meters; (b) four multi-space kiosk units; (c) monthly service fees; and (d) branding and education methods, including technology compatible with current enforcement methods. 2. Develop Municipal Code revisions incorporating the 85% parking occupancy guideline for managing the Central Business District parking area. 3. Continue to work with PARC volunteer committee to develop parking space performance criteria, and an action plan. Then return to the Internal Affairs Committee for discussion of policy recommendations and the completion of the Strategic Implementation Plan. 4. Develop a. method to measure the impacts of the parking changes and to report the results to the Internal Affairs Committee quarterly. DISQ: Goloff, Morgan, Ritter, Stone, Sorensen, Gruendl Schwab The Council recessed at 7:55p.m. for a 15 minute break. The meeting was reconvened and all members were present. Prior to the break, Mayor Gruendl announced that at the request of the City Attorney, Item October 21, 2014 DRAFT MINUTES Page 4 of8

5 4.5. was being pulled from the agenda for further discussion with staff CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN $ LOAN FROM THE CITY'S SEWER FUND TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND - Removed from the Agenda for furtherdjscussion with staff CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING BANCROFT DRIVE STORM DRAIN ISSUES On February 9, 2014, there was a high-intensity storm in the foothills east of the Belvedere Subdivision. The storm exposed jssues in the storm drain design of the subdivision. resulting in extreme flooding conditions on Bancroft Drive. Staff worked with developers to identifv a preferred alternative to correct the issues with the system that will increase the current drainage capacity of the system. (Report Ruben Martinez. Public Works Director) Addressing the Council was Jona O'Shea, Bill Webb, and Stephanie Taber. A motion was made by Sorensen and seconded by Morgan to approve the following recommendations along with the requested change in the amortization schedule: 1. Authorize the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding - Agreement for Bancroft Drive; 2. Authorize the City Manager to accept easements outside of the City Boundary; and 3. Consider and find CEQA Statutory Exemption pursuant to section (b) and (c) of the CEQA Guidelines due to an emergency situation posed by not remedying the present storm water drainage system capacity. Goloff, Morgan, Ritter; Schwab, Stone, Sorensen, Gruendl 4.7. CONSIDERATION OF A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION/BUDGET MODIFICATION REQUEST FOR SHORT -TERM REPAIRS TO SYCAMORE POOL The low water conditions imoosed by the drought provides an opportunity to complete short term. uraent repairs at Sycamore Pool in the One Mile Recreation Area in Bidwell Park in a cost efficient manner and under the current operating permits from the regulatory agencies. Because of the substantial jmpact these repairs would have on the Park8 Division budget. Staff is seeking supplemental funding from the Citv Council for fiscal year (Report - Ruben Martinez, Public Works Director) Council member Schwab recused herself on this item due to residing within 500' of the area being discussed. She left the dais and the rest of the meeting. Addressing the Council on this item was Stephanie Taber. A motion was made by Morgan and seconded by Gruendl to direct staff to bring back the October 21, 2014 DRAFT MINUTES Page 5 of8

6 proposed Supplemental and Budget Modification No PWD-001 in a month when the Council would be in a position to talk about the General Fund carryover amounts so that all priorities for the funds could be discussed. Mayor Gruendl asked for a friendly amendment to move this request forward at this time and then consider the rest of the requests at a later time. The amendment was not accepted. The motion failed by the following vote: DISQ: Morgan, Ritter, Gruendl Goloff, Stone, Sorensen Schwab A motion was made by Sorensen and seconded by Goloff to approve the Supplemental Appropriation/Budget Modification No PWD-001 in order to make the repairs when the water level was low in the pool due to the drought. As a follow up, staff was directed to bring back the list of identified priorities by departments for Council consideration at the second meeting in December. DISQ: Goloff, Morgan, Stone, Sorensen, Gruendl Ritter Schwab 4.8. ITEMS ADDED AFTER THE POSTING OF THE AGENDA M 5. BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR Loretta Torres addressed the Council regarding her concerns over a "tiny house village" concept that she believed was being planned for the community. John Salyer urged Council to review the list of priorities and determine where the City was in terms of implementation. Melanie Bassett, on behalf of DCBA, asked the Council to authorize "free parking" for the holiday season. Staff noted, for the record, that this request will be agendized for Council consideration at its meeting of November 4, Stephanie Taber congratulated Frank Fields for his recent appointment to the position of Administrative Services Director. She also had questions concerning the update from the Air Quality Board. Donna Shary asked for clarification regarding the COPS grant that was not received and the three police officer positions that were authorized with the adoption of the 2014/2015 Budget should the grant not be awarded. 6. REPORT$ AND COMMUNICATIONS M No action was taken on these items CITY MANAGER'S REPORT - Verbal Report. Citv Manager Orme 6.2. SUNSHINING OF CHICO POLICE OFFICERS' IN mal NEGOTIATIONS PROPOSAL October 21, 2014 DRAFT MINUTES Page6of8

7 10/21114 City Council Meeting Under the terms of the Council's policy to sunshine initial proposals of the City's employee groups, the Council was provided with the initial proposal from the Chico Police Officers' Association (CPOA). In this initial proposal. the CPOA group requested the Council extend CPOA's existing contract to December 31, 2017, with all the terms of contract remaining in full force and effect. Additionally, the group submitted various cost items that would result in a fiscal impact of approximately $5,194,769 over the term of their proposal (January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2017.) Items #6, 7, 8, 10, and 11 also have cost implications. but further analysis would have to be conducted in order to determine the estimated costs of these items. Once negotiations conclude in Closed Session. the final negotiated agreement will be brought back to the Council for action in open session. Addressing the Council in opposition to the sunshining of the initial proposals were Donna Shary and Jovanni Tricerri COUNCIL APPOINTED COMMITTEE REPORTS * BCAG ~ October meeting canceled. * BCAQMD ~ Seotember Meeting Summary Included (Next meeting- October ) * LAFCO - October meeting canceled. next meeting is November The agenda for September 4, 2014 and the August 2014 approved minutes are included in this packet. * Finance Committee - September meeting canceled. * Internal Affairs Committee -October meeting canceled. Rose Kelley addressed the Council regarding the Finance Committee reports. 7. ADJOURNMENT~ Adiourned at 9:35 p.m. to an adjourned regularly scheduled Cjty Council meeting on Tuesday. October (Joint meeting of City Council and Airport Commission) at 6:00 p.m. That meeting will be adjourned to November 4, 2014 for Closed Session at a time to be determined if needed, followed by a regular City Council meeting at 6:30p.m. in the City Council Chamber. Date Approved: /drp 11/4/14 Deborah R. Presson, MMC, City Clerk October 21, 2014 DRAFT MINUTES Page 7 ofb

8 CLOSED SESSION AGENDA Chico Municipal Center. Conference Room # Main Street October Adjourned Regular City Council Meeting 1. CALL TO ORDER - 6:00 p.m Roll Call Present Absent: Morgan, Ritter, Schwab, Sorensen, Stone, Gruendl, Goloff 1.2. Staff Present City Manager Orme, City Attorney Ewing, City Clerk Presson, Assistant City Manager Constantin, Administrative Services Director Fields, Labor Negotiator Davis 2. CLOSED SESSION MATIERS 2.1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR (Gov. Code Sec ) Negotiator: Mark Orme. Cltv Manager and Timothy Davis. Burke. Williams & Sorensen Employee Organization: Chico Pollee Officers' Association ICPOA) and Management (MGT) 3. ADJOURNMENT - Adjourned at 6:25 p.m. to the October 21, AdJourned Regular City Council meeting in the Council Chamber. Date Approved: /drp 11/4/14 Deborah R. Presson, MMC, City Clerk October 21, 2014 DRAFT MINUTES Page 8 of8