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AGENDA OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS |
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Mayor Mayor Pro Tem Alice Patino Councilmember Jack Boysen Councilmember Mike Cordero Councilmember |
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City Manager City Attorney City Clerk Chief Deputy City Clerk Ex-Officio Clerk of the City Council |
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REGULAR MEETING MAY 17, 2011, AT 6:30 P.M. |
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This agenda is prepared
and posted pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2. By listing a topic on this agenda, the City
Council has expressed its intent to discuss and act on each item. In addition to any action identified in the
summary description of each item, the action that may be taken by the City
Council shall include: a referral to
staff with specific requests for information; continuance; specific direction
to staff concerning the policy or mission of the item; discontinuance of
consideration; authorization to enter into negotiations and execute agreements
pertaining to the item; adoption or approval; and disapproval. Items not on the agenda may not be discussed
or acted upon except under emergency circumstances. (Government Code Section 54954.2).
Copies
of the staff reports or other documentation relating to each item of business
referred to on the agenda are on file in the Office of the City Clerk,
The
City of
Participation
includes assistance under the Americans with Disabilities Act to provide an
equally effective opportunity for individuals with a disability to participate
in and benefit from City activities. For the hearing impaired, the City has
assisted listening equipment available. For TDD (Telecommunications Devices for
the Deaf) service, please call (800) 735-2929. In order for the City to
make reasonable accommodation arrangements for the use of this assisted
listening equipment, notification is required by at least 4:00 p.m. the Friday
before the meeting by calling 925-0951, extension 307. This equipment can
also be used for translation by Spanish-only speaking persons. To allow the City to coordinate and request a
Spanish translator from the volunteer corps, call 925-0951, extension 307 by
1:00 p.m. on Monday before the meeting. Para permitir a la Ciudad el poder coordinar y solicitar a un traductor
para español del cuerpo de voluntarios, llame al 925-0951, extensión 307 a la
1:00 de la tarde el lunes antes de la junta.
INVOCATION:
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG:
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor
Lavagnino
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers
Boysen, Cordero, Orach, Patino, and Mayor Lavagnino
1. PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS:
A. Resolution No. 2011-47 to be adopted honoring and commending:
for more than 16 years of full-time service to the
City of Santa Maria Fire Department, and 31 years overall, and congratulating
him on his retirement.
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers
Boysen, Cordero, Orach, Patino, and Mayor Lavagnino
B. Presentation of the “GOING THE EXTRA MILE (GEM)” Award to:
Systems Analyst I
for devoting countless hours of his personal time
and his own money to produce a powerful educational film for the Police
Department’s Traffic Unit that has been shown to more than 2,000 students.
and
Fire Battalion Chief
for
volunteering his own time on weeknights and Saturdays to help make the City’s “Listos”
community emergency preparedness classes a success, while still fulfilling his
regular duties as Fire Marshal, Battalion Chief, and training seven new
firefighter recruits.
C. Recreation and Parks Volunteer of the Month for May 2011:
SHARON FOSTER/TOWN CENTER GALLERY
for
her dedication and commitment to the Fine Arts Show at the Autumn Arts Grapes
and Grains Festival.
D. Proclamation declaring June
2, 2011, as:
in the City of
E. Proclamation declaring the week of June 6 - 11, 2011, as:
“SPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
LAW ENFORCEMENT TORCH RUN WEEK”
in the City of Santa Maria and encouraging the
community to recognize and honor the Law Enforcement Officers from the City of
Santa Maria for their dedicated efforts in support of the Special Olympic
athletes in the community.
F. Proclamation declaring the month of May 1 - June 14, 2011, as:
“NATIONAL MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH”
in the City of
2. PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD (NOT TO EXCEED A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES):
The Council values
your input. Individual speakers are limited
to three minutes or as directed by the Mayor.
To address the Council you are asked to fill out a Request to Speak
Form and provide it to City Staff PRIOR TO this part of the agenda. This assists the Clerk in accurately
preparing the minutes of the meeting.
Once the public comment period commences, no other speakers will be
allowed to submit a Request to Speak Form.
This time is reserved to accept comments from the public on Consent
Agenda items, Closed Session items, or matters not otherwise scheduled on this
agenda. Direction to staff may be given;
however, State law does not allow action to be taken by the Council on matters
not on the printed agenda at this meeting.
The law requires that notice be given to the public at large to allow
for full disclosure and discussion and decisions on important public
issues. To have City Council discussions
and decisions on unnoticed items would prevent the type of public input
necessary to make governmental decisions.
3. CONSENT
CALENDAR:
The following routine items are presented for City
Council approval without discussion as a single agenda item in order to
expedite the meeting. The Consent
Calendar is approved by roll call vote with one motion. These items are discussed only on request of
Councilmembers. Members of the public
may speak on Consent Calendar items during the Public Comment Period.
SHOULD A COUNCILMEMBER WISH TO DISCUSS OR
DISAPPROVE ANY ITEM, it must be dropped from the blanket motion of approval and
considered as a separate item.
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers Boysen, Cordero, Orach,
Patino, and Mayor Lavagnino
CITY MANAGER/CITY CLERK:
A. Recommendation of City Staff to waive the
reading in full of all Ordinances and Resolutions. Ordinances on the Consent Agenda will be
adopted by the same vote cast at the first meeting, unless City Council
indicates otherwise.
B. Recommendation of City Staff that the City
Council approve the Minutes of the Regular City Council
Meeting of May 3, 2011.
a. Minutes to be approved.
C. Recommendation of City Staff that the City
Council conduct the second reading by title only of Ordinance No. 2011-04,
authorizing an amendment to the contract between the City
Council of the City of Santa Maria and the Board of Administration of the
California Public Employees’ Retirement System to provide 2% at 55,
three-year final compensation for miscellaneous members and 3% at 55,
three-year final compensation for local safety members, and adopt the ordinance.
a. Ordinance No. 2011-04
to be adopted.
D. Recommendation of City Staff that the City
Council adopt a resolution declaring certain City equipment to
be surplus and authorizing the donation of nine retired laptop computers to
Converge PacWest for a humanitarian mission benefiting a school in
earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
a. Resolution No. 2011-48
to be adopted declaring equipment to be surplus and authorizing its disposal
through donation.
E. Recommendation of City Staff that the City
Council review staff’s recommended response to the Santa
Barbara County Civil Grand Jury Report regarding “Improving Our Emergency Alert System in the 21st Century” and
authorize the City Manager to sign and transmit the City’s response to the
Presiding Judge of the Superior Court and the County Board of Supervisors.
a. Response to be approved.
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT:
F. Payment of WARRANTS.
a. To be ordered ratified subject to having been
certified as being in conformity with the budget and having been approved for
payment by the Director of Administrative Services.
G. Payment of PAYROLL.
a. To be ordered ratified subject to having been
certified by the proper Department Heads, as shown on records on file in the
Department of Administrative Services, and having been approved for payment by
the Director of Administrative Services.
H. Recommendation of City Staff
that the City Council adopt a resolution approving the City of
Santa Maria 2011 Investment Policy.
a. Resolution
No. 2011-49 to be adopted approving the 2011 Investment Policy.
I. Recommendation of City Staff
that the City Council adopt a resolution approving
Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 54 which incorporates a
Fund Balance Policy, including a General Fund Prudent Reserve and
authorizes the Director of Administrative Services to implement the Fund
Balance Policy.
a. Resolution
No. 2011-50 to be adopted approving the Governmental Accounting Standards
Board Statement No. 54.
J. Recommendation of City Staff
that the City Council adopt five resolutions authorizing
pre-tax payroll deduction plans for member contributions and the Employer
Paid Members Contribution (EPMC) pertaining to the California Public Employees
Retirement System (CalPERS).
a. Resolution
No. 2011-51 to be adopted authorizing employees’ contributions to CalPERS which are picked-up by the City to be
excluded from the gross income of the employee until such time as the
contribution is distributed to the employee; and
b. Resolution No.
2011-52 to be adopted authorizing paying and reporting the value of EPMC to
CalPERS for full-time general employees represented by the Service Employees
International Union (SEIU); and
c. Resolution
No. 2011-53 to be adopted authorizing paying and reporting the value of
EPMC to CalPERS for the Non-Represented Management and Confidential Employees;
and
d. Resolution
No. 2011-54 to be adopted authorizing paying and reporting the value of
EPMC to CalPERS for the Public Safety Managers; and
e. Resolution
No. 2011-55 to be adopted authorizing paying and reporting the value of
EPMC to CalPERS for the employees represented by the Santa Maria Fire Fighters’
Union.
K. Recommendation of City Staff
that the City Council adopt a resolution giving final approval
to the estimated allocations and activities for use of Federal funds under
the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and the HOME Investment Partnerships
Program for Fiscal Year 2011-12, and authorizing the City Manager to execute
the necessary documents on behalf of the City of Santa Maria for the
application of funds. [Annual Action Plan] [Action Plan Attachments A-C] [Action Plan Attachment D] [Action Plan Attachments E-F]
a. Resolution
No. 2011-56 to be adopted approving the 2011-12 Annual Action Plan.
FIRE DEPARTMENT:
L. Recommendation of City Staff that the City
Council adopt a resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into a successor agreement for Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) services
between the City of Santa Maria and the Santa Maria Public Airport District.
a. Resolution No. 2011-57
to be adopted approving a successor agreement with the Airport District for
ARFF services.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT:
M. Recommendation of City Staff
that the City Council approve the Notice of Contract
Completion for Mall Parking Structure A – Federal Stimulus Energy
Efficiency Project, Bid No. 2010/13.
a. Notice
of Contract Completion to be approved and the Chief Deputy City Clerk directed
to record same.
RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT:
N. Recommendation of City Staff
that the City Council adopt a resolution approving the
Engineer’s Reports and a resolution declaring the intent to levy and
collect the property tax assessments for each of the four Landscape Maintenance
Districts and the 21 Special Benefit Zones, and set a public hearing for July
19, 2011, to consider the proposed landscape assessments.
a. Resolution No. 2011-58
to be adopted approving the Engineer’s Reports for Assessment Proceedings.
b. Resolution No. 2011-59
to be adopted declaring the intent to levy and collect assessments and setting
July 19, 2011, as the time and place for a public hearing for the four
Landscape Maintenance Districts and 21 Special Benefit Zones.
APPOINTMENTS:
4. APPOINTMENT TO ALL-AMERICA
CITY COMMITTEE AND LANDMARK COMMITTEE.
The City Council is requested to make
one appointment to the All-America City Committee for a two-year term and one
appointment to the Landmark Committee for a three-year term that will expire in
January 2013 and January 2014 respectively.
Applications were received from Karen Sanchez for the All-America City
Committee and Michael Anderson for the Landmark Committee.
a. Staff
report to be given. (Chief Deputy City
Clerk)
b. Nomination
to be made to the All-America City Committee by Councilmember Orach
c. Nomination
to be made to the Landmark Committee by Mayor Lavagnino.
d. Appointments
to be made by the Mayor with confirmation by the City Council.
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers Boysen, Cordero, Orach,
Patino, and Mayor Lavagnino
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
5. AMENDMENT TO THE COUNTYWIDE
SITING ELEMENT ADDING THE INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY (IWMF) AT LOS
FLORES. The City Council will consider adoption of a resolution approving an
amendment to the Countywide Siting Element and a resolution making findings of
consistency for an amendment to the Siting Element.
a. Staff report to be made. (Director of Utilities)
b. Written communications.
c. Those in favor to be heard.
d. Those in opposition to be heard.
e. After
all persons have been heard, and all written communications filed, hearing to
be closed.
f. Resolution No. 2011-60
to be adopted approving the amendment to the Countywide Siting Element for the
Integrated Waste Management Facility at Los Flores.
g. Resolution No. 2011-61
to be adopted making findings of consistency for the
Countywide Siting Element.
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers Boysen, Cordero, Orach,
Patino, and Mayor Lavagnino
REGULAR BUSINESS:
6. DISCUSSION OF AMENDMENTS TO
DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN. The City Council is requested to discuss possible
amendments to the Downtown Specific Plan and direct Community Development staff
to prepare amendments to the Plan based on options presented by staff and
further discussion amongst Councilmembers.
a. Staff report to be given. (Director of Community Development)
b. Public Input.
c. Council discussion.
d. Direction
to staff to be given on proposed amendments to the Downtown Specific Plan.
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers
Boysen, Cordero, Orach, Patino, and Mayor Lavagnino
REPORT BY CITY MANAGER:
ORAL REPORTS OF COUNCILMEMBERS AND OFFICERS
(INCLUDING AB1234 REPORTS):
CLOSED SESSION: The
City Council will recess to a Closed Session to discuss:
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED
LITIGATION Initiation of litigation pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section
54956.9 (one potential case).
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 54956.9.
Michael Acuna v. City of
ADJOURNMENT:
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Planning
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May 18,
2011 |
CANCELLED |
6:30 p.m. |
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June 1,
2011 |
City Council Chambers |
6:30 p.m. |
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Block
Grants Advisory Committee |
June 13,
2011 |
City Hall
Conference Room |
5:30 p.m. |
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Landmark
Committee |
June 14,
2011 |
Library Study Room C |
4:00 p.m. |
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June 14,
2011 |
City Hall Conference Room |
5:30 p.m. |
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Recreation
and Parks Commission |
June 14,
2011 |
City Council Chambers |
6:30 p.m. |
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Library
Board |
June 14,
2011 |
Library Conference Room |
7:00 p.m. |
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Code
Compliance Board |
June 15,
2011 |
City Council Chambers |
4:00 p.m. |
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City
Furlough Day |
May 20,
2011 |
City
Offices Closed |
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