CC 2024-03-26 Agenda SummaryCITY COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA SUMMARY
Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 6:00 p.m.
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: 1-669-900-6833; 1-346-248-7799
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
publiccomment@arroyogrande.org. Meetings will be broadcast live on Channel 20 and streamed on the City's
YouTube Channel.
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 the Month of April 2024 as "Month of the Child" and "Child
Abuse Prevention Month"
6.b City Manager Communications
(DOWNING)
Recommended Action:
Receive correspondence/comments as presented by the City Manager and Provide
direction, as necessary.
7.CITY COUNCIL REPORTS
7.a MAYOR RAY RUSSOM:
California Joint Powers Insurance Authority (CJPIA)1.
Central Coast Blue Regional Recycled Water Authority Board2.
Five Cities Fire Authority3.
San Luis Obispo County Mayor's Meeting4.
South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District (SSLOCSD)5.
Other6.
7.b MAYOR PRO TEM GUTHRIE:
County Water Resources Advisory Committee (WRAC)1.
Council of Governments/Regional Transit Authority/ South County Transit
(SLOCOG/SLORTA/SCT)
2.
Integrated Waste Management Authority Board (IWMA)3.
REACH Economic Development Roundtable4.
Other5.
7.c COUNCIL MEMBER BARNEICH:
Audit Committee1.
Homeless Services Oversight Council (HSOC)2.
Zone 3 Water Advisory Board3.
Other4.
7.d COUNCIL MEMBER GEORGE:
Five Cities Fire Authority1.
Visit SLO CAL Advisory Board2.
Other3.
7.e COUNCIL MEMBER SECREST:
Air Pollution Control District (APCD)1.
South County Chambers of Commerce Governmental Affairs Committee2.
Other 3.
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
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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
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Or by Telephone: 1-669-900-6833; 1-346-248-7799
Press * 9 to “raise hand” for public comment
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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:
Ratify the attached listing of cash disbursements for the period of February 16 through
February 29, 2024.
9.b Consideration of Annual Military Equipment Report Per CA AB#481
(MARTINEZ)
Recommended Action:
Receive and file the “Military Equipment Use Inventory Report” in accordance with
California Assembly Bill 481 and make a motion to approve the renewal of Ordinance No.
714.
9.c Monthly Water Supply and Demand Update
(ROBESON)
Recommended Action:
Receive and file the Monthly Water Supply and Demand Update.
9.d Consideration of an Award of Contract to Sancon Technologies, Inc. (Sancon) for
Construction of the Highway 101, Linda Drive, and Arroyo Grande Cemetery Easement
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Sewer Lining Project
(ROBESON)
Recommended Action:
1) Award a contract for the Highway 101, Linda Drive, and Arroyo Grande Cemetery
Easement Sewer Lining Project in the amount of $158,380 approved by the City Manager in
consultation with the City Attorney;
2) Authorize the City Manager to approve change orders of up to 10% of the contract
amount, $15,838, for unanticipated costs during the construction phase of the Project;
3) Determine that the Project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) under the Class 1 exemption, which applies to the operation, repair,
maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing structures,
facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features where the project involves
negligible or no expansion of existing or former use. (State CEQA Guidelines, § 15301).
9.e Consideration of a Resolution to Adopt Projects to be Funded by the Road Repair and
Accountability Act of 2017 (SB1) For Fiscal Year 2024-25
(ROBESON)
Recommended Action:
1) Adopt a Resolution approving use of funding from SB1 for the 2024 Pavement
Management Program in FY 2024-25;
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. (b)(2)-(3), 15378.)
9.f Consideration of Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Title 16 of the Arroyo Grande
Municipal Code Regarding Accessory Dwelling Units
(PEDROTTI)
Recommended Action:
1) Adopt the Ordinance amending Section 16.52.150 of the Arroyo Grande Municipal Code;
and
2) Find that the Ordinance is statutorily exempt per Section 15282(h) of the CEQA
Guidelines regarding projects involving the adoption of an ordinance regarding second units
in a single-family or multi-family residential zone by a city to implement Government Code
Section 65852.2.
10.PUBLIC HEARINGS
10.a Continued Public Hearing to Consider a Resolution Denying the Installation of One (1)
Domestic Well on Property Zoned Planned Development (PD); Applicant–Michael Harris;
Representative–Richard Burde, SLO Civil Design and Marsha Burch, Attorney at Law
(PEDROTTI)
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Recommended Action:
The applicant and Staff are working on procedural matters associated with the application.
Staff recommends closing the hearing and continuing the matter to a date uncertain. The
City will re-notice the public hearing at that time.
11.OLD BUSINESS
None.
12.NEW BUSINESS
12.a Consideration of Annual Report and Adoption of Resolution of Intention for Levy of Annual
Assessment for the Arroyo Grande Tourism Business Improvement District
(BOHLKEN)
Recommended Action:
1) Receive and approve the Annual Report;
2) Adopt a Resolution of Intention to levy and collect assessments within the AGTBID area
for FY 2024-25;
3) If the Resolution of Intention to levy and collect assessments within the AGTBID area
for FY 2024-25 is adopted, set the date for a public hearing for April 23, 2024, in
accordance with Streets and Highways Code Section 36534; and
4) Determine that approving the annual report and adopting a Resolution of Intention to
levy and collect assessments is not 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:
CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS pursuant to Government Code Section
54956.8:
Property: 400 West Branch Street, Arroyo Grande
Agency negotiators: Matthew Downing, City Manager; Bill Robeson, Assistant City Manager/Public
Works Director; Isaac Rosen, City Attorney
Negotiating parties:
- Dev Patel, on behalf of Kamla Hotels
- The Housing Authority of San Luis Obispo/People’s Self-Help Housing
Under negotiation: Price and terms of payment
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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.
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