City Council Special Meeting - Closed Session

Mayor Donald Williams Vice Mayor Irais Lopez-Ortega Councilmembers Lisa M. Gift AGENDA Scott Cooper City Council Special Meeting - Closed Session Kevin Eisenberg Tuesday, June 20, 2023 - 4:00 PM Virtual THIS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH VIDEOCONFRENCE AND TELECONFERENCE The City Council will be participating remotely from the following locations: Mayor Williams - 59 View Road, Calistoga Vice Mayor Lopez-Ortega - 1306 Foothill Blvd., Calistoga Councilmember Cooper - 1704 Myrtle St., Calistoga Councilmember Eisenberg - 2101 Tablerock Ct., Calistoga Councilmember Gift - City Hall, 1232 Washington St., Calistoga This meeting will not be broadcast on TV or livestreamed online. Please participate in the meeting by observing or listening to the meeting in one of the following ways: 1. Listen or participate via your phone – dial 1-669-900-6833, enter webinar ID: 829-0729-5419, password: 123201 2. Watch or participate online via Zoom - click this link and enter password: 123201 COMMENT ON THIS MATTER: Please participate in the meeting by providing public comment on any item on the agenda. 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 the 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 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. in the Subject Line and are requested to include the submitter’s full name. To ensure the City Council receives your written comments prior to taking action, they must be received by 9:00 A.M. on the day of the meeting. All written comments received by this deadline will be provided to the City Council and posted online in advance of the meeting. Comments received after the 9:00 A.M. and prior to the close of the meeting will be provided to the City Council and included with supplemental materials after the meeting. No written comments will be read into the record. 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. 1. CALL TO ORDER – ROLL CALL 2. ORAL COMMUNICATION Page 0 of 4  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). 2.1. Public Comment 6.20.23 Special Meeting 4 3. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION ON THE FOLLOWING MATTER: 3.1. 1. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS Property: APNs 011-260-03, 011-260-02, 020-150-033, and 020-150-008 City Negotiators: City Manager Laura Snideman; Katie Lichtig, Technical/Professional Executive Negotiating Parties: City of Calistoga; Energy Vault, Inc. Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Lease 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 June 15 , 2023 by 4:30 p.m. Page 1 of 4 Yudiana Galvan, Interim City Clerk Page 2 of 4 Marni Rittbur From: Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2023 11:29 AM To: Public Comment Subject: Planning Commission re PGE/Energy Vault proposal CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. To : Calistoga Planning Commission Re : PG&E/Energy Vault proposal The Calistoga Green Committee would like to express appreciation for the several opportunities to meet with Energy Vault personnel, and thanks City staff for the detailed staff report and accompanying documents related to the proposed Energy Vault project. Having taken full advantage of these resources, the Green Committee would like to express support for the project to replace the current diesel generator with the proposed hydrogen fuel cell system. Obviously our primary charge is the environment and what Calistoga can do reduce, and eventually eliminate its contribution to climate change. Nonetheless, we recognize there are other important questions relating to practicality, safety, and compliance with regulatory and code requirements. What we have learned from Energy Vault representatives as well as from City staff documents and our own online research, lead to a clear preference for this solution, not even considering the added benefit that coverage would expand to include the entire City, thus eliminating most or all of the polluting, noisy, large and small home generators and their associated risks. Thank you for the opportunity to express our support for this project. Antoinette Mailliard, chair Calistoga Green Committee Page 4 of 3