City Council Special Closed Session
Special MeetingCalistoga, CA · March 21, 2022
Agenda
Mayor
Chris Canning
Vice Mayor
Irais Lopez-Ortega
Councilmembers AGENDA
Lisa M. Gift City Council Special Meeting
Gary Kraus
Closed Session
Donald Williams
Monday, March 21, 2022 - 11:00 AM
Virtual
* COVID-19 NOTICE *
THIS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 54953 (AS AMENDED BY AB 361) WHICH AUTHORIZES TELECONFERENCED MEETINGS
UNDER THE BROWN ACT DURING CERTAIN PROCLAIMED STATES OF EMERGENCY. THE GOVERNOR
OF CALIFORNIA PROCLAIMED A STATE OF EMERGENCY RELATED TO COVID-19 ON MARCH 4, 2020.
THIS TELECONFERENCED MEETING IS NECESSARY SO THAT THE CITY CAN CONDUCT ESSENTIAL
BUSINESS AND IS PERMITTED UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE 54953 IN ORDER TO PROTECT PUBLIC
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ATTENDEES.
Consistent with Government Code Section 54953, this City Council Meeting will be held via
teleconference only, and will not be physically open to the public. Councilmembers and staff will
teleconference into the meeting by audio and/or video. The meeting will be conducted via Zoom Webinar.
Below is information on how the public may observe and participate in the meeting. The City recognizes that not
all residents have the same ways to stay engaged, so several alternatives are offered.
Please participate in the meeting by observing or listening to the meeting in one of the following ways:
1. Watch on your TV – Napa Valley TV Channel 28 (call your cable provider to ensure you have a City of
Calistoga coded cable box)
2. Listen or participate via your phone – dial 1-669-900-6833, enter webinar ID: 829-0729-5419,
password: 123201
3. Watch or participate online via Zoom - click this link and enter password: 123201
4. Watch online via YouTube Live at youtube.com/cityofcalistoga
COMMENT ON THIS MATTER DURING THE MEETING: Please participate in the meeting by providing public
comment on any item on the agenda or any item of municipal concern. To comment during a virtual meeting
(Zoom), click the "Raise Your Hand" button to request to speak when Public Comment is being taken on the
Agenda item. You will be unmuted when it is your turn to make your comment for up to 3 minutes. After allotted
time, you will be re-muted. Instructions for how to "Raise Your Hand" are available at:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/205566129-Raise-Hand-In-Webinar.
WRITTEN COMMENTS: Alternatively, you may provide public comment on any item on the agenda or any item
of municipal concern via email. Please submit your comment, limited to 350 words or less, via email to
publiccomment@ci.calistoga.ca.us. Written public comments submitted by email should clearly indicate the
Agenda Item No. or specify “Oral Communications” in the Subject Line for items not on the agenda and are
requested to include the submitter’s full name. Comments received by 4:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting will
be posted online with the agenda packet and included in the record but will not be read aloud. Comments
received after 4:00 p.m. will be made part of the written record but will not be read verbally at the meeting. The
City of Calistoga thanks you in advance for taking all precautions to prevent spreading the COVID-19 virus. Note:
The methods of observing or listening to the meeting or providing public comments may be altered or the meeting
may be cancelled, if needed, due to certain technical disruptions. You may check on the status of the meeting
by visiting the City website at www.ci.calistoga.ca.us for any updates or changes should they occur.
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1. CALL TO ORDER – ROLL CALL
2. ORAL COMMUNICATION
This is a Special Meeting, pursuant to provisions of the Government Code
§54957, this is the time provided for members of the public to address the City
Council regarding matters of municipal concern for the item listed below
(maximum of three minutes per speaker).
3. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION ON THE FOLLOWING MATTER:
3.1. Conference with Real Property Negotiations, GC §54956.8
Property: 1435 North Oak Street, APN 011-140-006, APN 011-140-007,
APN 011-140-055, APN 011-481-022
Agency Negotiator: Laura Snideman, City Manager
Negotiating Parties: Napa County CEO, Minh C. Tran
Under Negotiation: Price and/or Terms for Payment for Potential
Purchase of Property
4. CONVENE TO OPEN SESSION TO REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION
5. ADJOURNMENT
NOTICE: If you challenge a city’s zoning, planning, or other decision in court, you may be limited
to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this
notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to, the public
hearing. Judicial review of any City administrative decision may be had only if a petition is filed
with the court not later than the 90th day following the date upon which the decision becomes
final. Judicial review of environmental determinations may be subject to a shorter time period for
Litigation, in certain cases 30 days following the date of final decision.
Pursuant to GC §54957.5 any writings/documents provided to a majority of the City Council
regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection on the City website
at www.ci.calistoga.ca.us.
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: The City can provide special assistance for persons
with disabilities to participate in public meetings. To make a request for disability-related
modification or accommodation please contact the City Clerk at mrittburg@ci.calistoga.ca.us or
(707) 942-2807. If you need assistance or accommodation, please provide notice at least 48
hours prior to the meeting. For TTY/ Speech-to-Speech users, dial 7-1-1 for the California Relay
Service, offering free text-to-speech, speech-to-speech, and Spanish language services 24
hours a day, 7 days a week.
Se les pide por favor que avise con 48 horas de anticipación cuando haga un pedido para
asistencia. Esto les da suficiente tiempo antes de la junta para permitir que la ciudad tome
medidas razonables.
POSTING: I declare a copy of this agenda was posted at City Hall, 1232 Washington Street,
Calistoga, among other locations in the city limits of Calistoga, on March 17, 2022 by 4:30 p.m.
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