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Home My WebLink AboutCC 2026-04-14 Agenda SummaryCITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA SUMMARY Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 6:00 p.m. In person at: Arroyo Grande City Council Chamber 215 E. Branch Street, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 AND via Zoom at: https://arroyogrande-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NRsyFrUIQ_6179_iBTyDVA Please click the link above to register to join the Zoom Meeting This City Council meeting is being conducted in a hybrid in-person/virtual format. Please be advised that while the City will endeavor to ensure these remote participation methods are available, the City does not guarantee that they will be technically feasible or work all the time. Further, the City reserves the right to terminate these remote participation methods (subject to Brown Act restrictions) at any time and for any reason. 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 publiccomment@arroyogrande.org. Meetings will be broadcast live on Channel 20 and streamed on the City’s Website. CLOSED SESSION: None. 1.CALL TO ORDER 2.ROLL CALL 3.MOMENT OF REFLECTION 4.FLAG SALUTE 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 Declaring April 2026 as "National Sexual Assault Awareness Month" 6.b Honorary Proclamation Declaring April 24, 2026 as "Arbor Day" 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 Mayor's Commendation Recognizing the Recreation Services Department 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 registering and joining the Zoom meeting utilizing the link provided below. Once in the meeting, please use the “raise hand” feature to indicate your desire to provide public comment. Click the link below to register to join the webinar: https://arroyogrande- org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NRsyFrUIQ_6179_iBTyDVA • After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. • Please be advised that while the City will endeavor to ensure these remote participation methods are available, the City does not guarantee that they will be technically feasible or work all the time. Further, the City reserves the right to terminate these remote participation methods (subject to Brown Act restrictions) at any time and for any reason. Please attend in person or submit your comment via email to the City Clerk by 2:00 p.m. the day of the meeting to have it included as part of the record. 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 1 minute 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. • Page 2 of 406 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 Approval of Minutes (MATSON) Recommended Action: Approve the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of March 24, 2026, as submitted. 9.b Cash Disbursement Ratification (VALENTINE) Recommended Action: Review and ratify the attached listing of cash disbursements for the period of March 1 through March 15, 2026. 9.c Statement of Investment Deposits for February 2026 (VALENTINE) Recommended Action: Receive and file the attached report listing investment deposits of the City of Arroyo Grande as of February 28, 2026, as required by Government Code Section 53646(b). 9.d Tourism Business Improvement District Annual Assessment Report, Preliminary FY 2026- 27 Budget and Resolution of Intention to Levy (BOHLKEN) Recommended Action: 1) Approve Annual Assessment Report and Preliminary FY 2026-27 Budget; 2) Adopt a Resolution of Intention declaring the intention to continue the Arroyo Grande Business Improvement District, to continue the basis for and to levy the assessments for the District, and to set a date for the public hearing on the District and the assessment for the 2026-27 Fiscal Year; and 3) Set the date for a public hearing for April 28, 2026, in accordance with Streets and Highways Code Section 36534; and 4) Find that the recommended actions are not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) because these efforts have no potential to result in either a direct, or reasonably foreseeable indirect, physical change in the environment. (State CEQA Guidelines, §§ 15060 (c)(2) and (3), 15378). 9.e Senate Bill 1 Projects for Fiscal Year 2026-27 (ROBESON) Recommended Action: 1) Adopt a Resolution adopting a list of projects for Fiscal Year 2026-27 funded by Senate Page 3 of 406 Bill 1; 2) Authorize the Director of Administrative Services to submit the Resolution to the California Transportation Commission (CTC); and 3) Make findings that adopting the Resolution is not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because the adoption 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. (c)(2)-(3), 15378.) 9.f Red Curb Adjustments, Huasna Road (ROBESON) Recommended Action: 1) Adopt a Resolution approving the addition of 15 feet of restricted parking and removal of 77 feet of restricted parking on the north side of Huasna Road just west of Rosewood Lane; and 2) Determine that the action is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) under the Class 1 exemption because it is a minor alteration of an existing structure that involves negligible or no expansion of the existing use and no exceptions to the Class 1 exemption apply. (State CEQA Guidelines, § 15301.) 9.g Appointment to the Planning Commission (MATSON) Recommended Action: 1) Adopt a Resolution appointing Cory Hanh to the Planning Commission; and 2) Determine that approving the appointments to the Planning Commission 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, Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, §§ 15060, subd. (c)(2)-(3), 15378.). 9.h Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Title 16 of the Arroyo Grande Municipal Code to Implement Housing Element Programs A. 1-2 and A. 10-2 (PEREZ) Recommended Action: 1) Adopt an Ordinance implementing Housing Element Programs A. 1-2 and A. 10-2 by amending Chapter 16.36 relating to allowed residential uses and residential density in Mixed-Use zones; and 2) Find that the Ordinance is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080.085; 10.PUBLIC HEARINGS 10.a Supplemental Report for Rescheduled Appeal Case 26-002;Appeal of Planning Commission Approval of Conditional Use Permit 25-001;Location–1271&1281 James Way;Appellants–Pismo Medical Properties LLC, Arroyo Grande Partners LLC, Ray B Bunnell Revocable Trust Page 4 of 406 (PEREZ) Recommended Action: 1) Adopt a Resolution denying Appeal Case 26-001 and approving Conditional Use Permit 25-001; Construction of Ninety-Two (92) Multi-Family Dwelling Units; Location – 1271 and 1281 James Way; Appellants – Pismo Medical Properties LLC, Arroyo Grande Partners LLC, and Ray B Bunnell Revocable Trust, and Finding the Project Statutorily Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080.66(a), and Categorically Exempt Pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15332. 10.b Architectural Review 25-005; Public Art on Private Property; Location – 201 E. Branch St.; Applicant – Monarch Books, Taneesha Regez (PEREZ) Recommended Action: 1) Adopt a Resolution denying Architectural Review 25-005 for a proposed mural at 201 East Branch Street; and 2) Find that the denial of the proposed mural is not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) because CEQA does not apply to projects which a public agency disapproves or rejects (Pub. Resources Code §21080(b)(5); State CEQA Guidelines, §15270(a)), and the denial will not have direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect environmental impacts (State CEQA Guidelines, §15060, subd. (c)(2)-(3); § 15378). 11.BUSINESS ITEMS None. 12.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 two other Council Members. 13.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. 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