CC 2024-09-09 Revised Agenda Summary SPCITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
REVISED AGENDA SUMMARY
Monday, September 9, 2024, 5:00 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 and streamed on
the City's YouTube Channel.
CLOSED SESSION MEETING 5:00 P.M.:
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. FLAG SALUTE
4. PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
5. CLOSED SESSION
The City Council will recess to a closed session for the following and will report any reportable action at the
City Council Regular meeting at 6:00 p.m.:
a) Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation (2 cases) Per Paragraph (1) of Subdivision (d) of
Government Code Section 54956.9:
Name of Cases: Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Product Liability Litigation, Master Docket No. 2:18-mn-2873-
RMG; City of Camden, et al. v. BASF Corporation, Civil Action No.: 2:24-cv-03174-RMG; City of Camden et. al.
v. Tyco Fire Products LP, Civil Action No.: 2-24-cv-02321-RMG
b) Conference with Real Property Negotiators Per Government Code Section 54956.8:
Property: 214 East Branch Street
Agency Negotiators: Matthew Downing, City Manager; Bill Robeson, Assistant City Manager/Public Works
Director
6. ADJOURNMENT
REGULAR MEETING 6:00 P.M.
1.CALL TO ORDER
2.ROLL CALL
3.MOMENT OF REFLECTION
4.FLAG SALUTE
5.AGENDA REVIEW
*5.a Closed Session Announcements
City Attorney Rosen will announce any reportable action from the meeting of:
September 9, 2024
a) Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation (2 cases) Per Paragraph (1) of
Subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9:
Name of Cases: Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Product Liability Litigation, Master Docket
No. 2:18-mn-2873-RMG; City of Camden, et al. v. BASF Corporation, Civil Action No.: 2:24-
cv-03174-RMG; City of Camden et. al. v. Tyco Fire Products LP, Civil Action No.: 2-24-cv-
02321-RMG
b) Conference with Real Property Negotiators Per Government Code Section 54956.8:
Property: 214 East Branch Street
Agency Negotiators: Matthew Downing, City Manager; Bill Robeson, Assistant City
Manager/Public Works Director
Negotiating Parties: Ed Evans, Broker/Owner Remax; Elissa Williams, Broker/Owner
Remax
Under Negotiation: Price and terms of payment
5.b Ordinances read in title only
None.
6.SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
6.a Honorary Proclamation Declaring September 15 - October 15, 2024 as "National Hispanic
Heritage 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
None.
Reports are made during the Second Council Meeting each month.
8.COMMUNITY COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS
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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
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 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.
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 Cash Disbursement Ratification
(VALENTINE)
Recommended Action:
Review and ratify the attached listing of cash disbursements for the period of August 1
through August 15, 2024.
9.b Statement of Investment Deposits for July 2024
(VALENTINE)
Recommended Action:
Receive and file the attached report listing investment deposits of the City of Arroyo Grande
as of July 31, 2024, as required by Government Code Section 53646(b).
9.c Approval of Minutes
(MATSON)
Recommended Action:
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Approve the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of August 27, 2024, as submitted.
9.d Resolution Approving a Grant Agreement with the California Office of Traffic Safety and
Approve a Budget Adjustment
(MARTINEZ)
Recommended Action:
1) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Chief of Police to execute a grant agreement with the
California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to help address ongoing traffic safety concerns and
appropriate the funding for the activities;
2) Approve a Budget Amendment Request for FY 2024-25 in the amount of $75,000 to
account for the additional revenue and expenditures related to the grant; and
3) Find that adopting the Resolution is not a project subject to the California Environmental
Quality Act (“CEQA”) because that declaration 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.e Approve Agreement for Marketing Services for Arroyo Grande Tourism Business
Improvement District
(BOHLKEN)
Recommended Action:
1) Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Commune Communications for
marketing services for the Arroyo Grande Tourism Business Improvement District
(AGTBID); and
2) Determine that approving an Agreement for marketing services for the AGTBID 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, §§ 15060, subd. (b)(2)-(3), 15378.)
9.f Amendments to On-Call Consultant Services Agreements for Support to the Community
Development and Public Works Departments
(ROBESON)
Recommended Action:
1) Authorize the City Manager to amend on-call consultant service agreements between the
City and sixteen (16) consultants currently on the City’s on-call list for consultant services in
16 disciplines for the Community Development and Public Works Departments, subject to
minor modifications determined to be necessary and appropriate by the City Attorney: and
2) Make findings that executing agreement amendments with consultants 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, §§ 15060, subd. (c)(2)-(3), 15378.)
9.g Accept Public Improvements for Tract 2985
(ROBESON)
Recommended Action:
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1) Adopt a Resolution accepting public improvements for Tract 2985, located at 251 Corbett
Canyon Road; and
2) Determine that acceptance of the public improvements, which were a required Condition
of Approval for the underlying entitlements, 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, §§ 15060, subd. ( b)(2)-(3), 15378.)
10.PUBLIC HEARINGS
None.
11.BUSINESS ITEMS
11.a Traffic Way Bridge Replacement Project, Traffic Detour Plan, and Parking Impacts
(ROBESON)
Recommended Action:
Review and provide input regarding the traffic detour plan and parking impacts associated
with construction of the Traffic Way Bridge Replacement Project.
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. 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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