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CITY OF CARSON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021 HOUSING AUTHORITY/ 701 East Carson Street SUCCESSOR AGENCY/ Online Remote Meeting CITY COUNCIL AGENDA 5:00 PM Lula Davis-Holmes, Mayor Jim Dear, Mayor Pro Tem Jawane Hilton, District 1 Councilmember Cedric L. Hicks, District 3 Councilmember (Vacant), District 4 Councilmember (Vacant), City Clerk Monica Cooper, City Treasurer SPECIAL MEETING OF CARSON CITY COUNCIL ********************* LIVE PUBLIC COMMENT IN-PERSON AT JUANITA MILLENDER MCDONALD COMMUNITY CENTER “In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, if you require a disability related modification or accommodation to attend or participate in this meeting, including auxiliary aids or services, please call the City Clerk’s office at 310-952-1720 prior to the meeting.” (Government Code Section 54954.2) PUBLIC INFORMATION The public may address the members of the City Council on any matters within the jurisdiction of the City Council or on any items on the agenda of the City Council , other than closed session matters, prior to any action taken on the agenda. Because of the threat of COVID-19 (aka the “Coronavirus”) you are urged to take all appropriate health safety precautions. DUE TO CORONAVIRUS COVID-19, NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE ALLOWED INTO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS DURING CARSON COUNCIL MEETINGS. TO FACILITATE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION OUR CARSON CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO YOU BY: • Livestream on the City’s website: The meeting will be conducted live over the internet via http://ci.carson.ca.us • Cable Channel 35 (Spectrum) and Channel 99 (AT&T) Any members of the public wishing to provide public comment for the items on the CITY OF CARSON Page 1 Housing Authority/Successor Agency/City Council AGENDA WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021 agenda may do so as follows: 1. Email: You can email comments to cityclerk@carson.ca.us or through the home page of our city’s website at ci.carson.ca.us, up until the meeting’s published start time. Please identify the Agenda item you wish to address in your comments. Your comments will be read into the record. 2. Telephone: You can record your comments at (310) 952-1720, up until the meeting’s published start time. Please identify the Agenda item you wish to address in your comments. Your comments will be read into the record. 3. Box outside of City Hall: You can provide hand-written comments by dropping off a note at the box located in front of City Hall (701 East Carson Street), up until the meeting’s published start time. Please identify the Agenda item you wish to address in your comments. Your comments will be read into the record. 4. PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENT "A" TO THIS AGENDA FOR SPECIAL PUBLIC PARTICIPATION OPTIONS. CALL TO ORDER: CITY COUNCIL (5:00 pm) ROLL CALL (CITY CLERK): FLAG SALUTE: INVOCATION: Item No. 1. 2021-476 PASTOR WALTER TUCKER, TRUTH & LOVE CHRISTIAN CHURCH CLOSED SESSION (Item 2) REPORT ON ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS (CITY CLERK) ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION ITEMS (CITY ATTORNEY) RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION UNTIL 6:00 P.M. OR UNTIL THE END OF CLOSED SESSION, WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST Item No. 2. 2021-503 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (CITY COUNCIL) Recommendation: A closed session will be held, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 (d)(2) or (d)(3) & (e)(1), because there is a significant exposure to litigation in 1 case. CITY OF CARSON Page 2 Housing Authority/Successor Agency/City Council AGENDA WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021 RECONVENE: OPEN SESSION AT 6:00 P.M. REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION (CITY ATTORNEY) SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY: (Item 3) The public may address the members of the City Council prior to any action taken on the agenda. Speakers are limited to no more than three minutes, speaking once (excepting applicants who are afforded a right of rebuttal, if desired), unless extended by order of the Mayor with the approval of the City Council. (Please see Attachment A to this Agenda) Item No. 3. 2021-457 CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING ON APPEAL OF CARSON PLANNING COMMISSION DECISION ADOPTING PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 21-2708, CONDITIONALLY APPROVING RELOCATION IMPACT REPORT NO. 04-19 FOR MITIGATION OF RELOCATION IMPACTS OF CLOSURE OF RANCHO DOMINGUEZ MOBILE ESTATES (CITY COUNCIL) Recommendation: TAKE the following actions: 1. TAKE any remaining public testimony. 2. CLOSE the public hearing. 3. ADOPT Resolution No. 21-070, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, MODIFYING, PURSUANT TO CARSON MUNICIPAL CODE �9173.4(C)(2)(b), THE DECISION OF THE CARSON PLANNING COMMISSION ADOPTING PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 21-2708 CONDITIONALLY APPROVING RELOCATION IMPACT REPORT NO. 04-19 FOR MITIGATION OF RELOCATION IMPACTS OF CLOSURE OF RANCHO DOMINGUEZ MOBILE ESTATES, BY IMPOSING ADDITIONAL RELOCATION IMPACT MITIGATION MEASURES, ALTERING THE PROOF OF PURCHASE PRICE REQUIREMENTS, AND MAKING OTHER SPECIFIED MINOR MODIFICATIONS, AND AFFIRMING THE DECISION IN ALL OTHER RESPECTS (Exhibit No. 5 - 5.A). CITY OF CARSON Page 3 Housing Authority/Successor Agency/City Council AGENDA WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021 Attachments: Exhibit No. 1 CC Staff Report June 1, 2021 & 1A-1M FINAL Exhibit No. 2 Resident Survey re: Outstanding Coach Mortgages (June 9, 2021) Exhibit No. 3 Responses to Resident Survey re Outstanding Coach Mortgages Exhibit No. 4 - Public Comment Letters (None Received by CD/Planning Division) Exhibit No. 5 CC Proposed Resolution No. 21-070 & Amended Conditions of RIR No ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (COUNCIL MEMBERS) ADJOURNMENT CITY OF CARSON Page 4 Housing Authority/Successor Agency/City Council AGENDA WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021 AGENDA ATTACHMENT A – PARTICIPATION OPTIONS FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON APPEAL OF PLANNING COMMISSION DECISION ON RIR NO. 04-19 (RANCHO DOMINGUEZ MOBILE ESTATES) The City of Carson deeply cares for its mobile home residents, and respects the rights of Rancho Dominguez Mobile Estates mobile home park (“Park”) residents and others to participate in the public hearing on the administrative appeal of the Carson Planning Commission’s Decision on RIR No. 04-19 related to determination of the relocation impact mitigation measures required to be taken by the Park owner in connection with closure of the Park. Due to the current Coronavirus public health emergency, no members of the public are being permitted entry into the Council Chambers during this public hearing. The hearing will be conducted electronically via remote teleconferencing using the Zoom application. To facilitate viewing the meeting, this hearing will be available by livestream on the City's website (http://ci.carson.ca.us), and broadcast on cable television channels 35 (Spectrum) and 99 (AT&T). Members of the public wishing to provide comment (English and Spanish) for this public hearing may do so as follows: • E-mail: You can email comments to cityclerk@carson.ca.us or through the home page of the City’s website at ci.carson.ca.us, up until the meeting’s published start time. Please identify the Agenda item you wish to address in your comments. Your comments will be read into the record. • Telephone Message: You can record your comments at (310) 952-1720, up until the meeting’s published start time. Please identify the Agenda item you wish to address in your comments. Your comments will be read into the record. For questions regarding the RIR or Park closure, please call the Planning Division, McKina Alexander, Associate Planner at (310) 952-1700 ext. 1326; and please call Sylvia Rubio at 310-952-1700 ext. 1318 for Spanish interpreter service. • Box outside of City Hall: You can provide hand-written comments by dropping off a note at the box located in front of City Hall (701 East Carson Street), up until the meeting’s published start time. Please identify the Agenda item you wish to address in your comments. Your comments will be read into the record. • Live (Zoom) Participation (Telephone): You can provide live public comment over the telephone (and listen to the hearing) in real-time during the hearing using the electronic software application (Zoom) that will be used to conduct the hearing. Spanish translators will also be available. Residents interested in using the Live Zoom option must contact the Planning Division (malexander@carsonca.gov or 310-952-1700 ext. 1326) the day before the hearing by 5:00 p.m. to request call-in CITY OF CARSON Page 5 Housing Authority/Successor Agency/City Council AGENDA WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021 information; and must call-in no later than 4:00 p.m. on the date of the hearing and follow the instructions provided by the meeting administrator. Please state if you will need Spanish interpreter services. Residents who call in will be placed on hold until the hearing begins, and the meeting administrator will unmute and call upon residents by name when it is their turn to provide public comment. If your name is called and there is no immediate response, the meeting administrator will move to the next public commenter and will not be obligated to return to you. Residents utilizing this option are requested to please follow these instructions very carefully so as to avoid creating unnecessary technical difficulties for City staff and the hearing participants. • Community Center: You can provide live public comment in-person including Spanish translation from the City’s Juanita Millender-McDonald Community Center, Hall A/B, during the public hearing on the following terms and conditions: • A projector screen, podium and microphone will be set up, allowing members of the public to observe the hearing (with Spanish translation) and provide public comments to the Council (with Spanish translation) in real-time. • To prevent the spread of COVID-19, a contactless temperature screening will be performed at the entry; anyone with a temperature over 100.3 F will be required to leave the premises. • Execution of a liability waiver and release form provided by the City related to COVID-19 will be required prior to entering the Community Center. • Face coverings will be required at all times. • A microphone cover will be used and changed out and/or cleaned between speakers to ensure compliance with applicable COVID-19 sanitation protocols. • To ensure social distancing, chairs will be spaced at least six feet apart, and no standing or overflow attendance will be permitted. As such, capacity will be limited to 100 persons. • Chairs will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, and members of the public who do not arrive in time to get a chair will be required to leave the premises. • Any person who refuses to strictly adhere to these measures will be required to leave the premises. For the protection of your own health and the health of others related to the spread of COVID-19, the City urges you to consider other options for public participation first, and to consider the risks involved with the in-person Community Center CITY OF CARSON Page 6 Housing Authority/Successor Agency/City Council AGENDA WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021 option, before making a decision to participate in the hearing via the Community Center option. If you have any questions, please contact McKina Alexander, Associate Planner, at malexander@carsonca.gov or 310-952-1700 extension 1326; and for Spanish interpreter services, please call Sylvia Rubio at 310-952-1700 extension 1318. The City thanks you for your interest in this matter, and thanks you in advance for your cooperation. CITY OF CARSON Page 7 Housing Authority/Successor Agency/City Council AGENDA WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021 ARCHIVO ADJUNTO A DE LA AGENDA – OPCIONES DE PARTICIPACIÓN PARA LA AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA SOBRE LA APELACIÓN DE LA DECISIÓN POR LA COMISIÓN DE PLANIFICACIÓN SOBRE EL RIR NO. 04-19 (RANCHO DOMINGUEZ MOBILE ESTATES) La ciudad de Carson estima profundamente a sus de residentes de casas móviles y respeta los derechos de los residentes del parque Rancho Domínguez Mobile Estates ("Park") y de otros, a participar en la audiencia pública sobre la apelación administrativa de la decisión de la Comisión de Planificación de Carson sobre RIR No. 04-19 relacionada con la determinación de las medidas de mitigación de impacto a la reubicación que debe tomar el propietario del Parque en relación con el cierre del Parque. Debido a la actual emergencia de salud pública del Coronavirus, no se permite la entrada a ningún miembro del público a las Salas del Consejo durante esta audiencia pública. La audiencia se realizará virtualmente a través de teleconferencia utilizando la aplicación Zoom. Para facilitar la participación del público, esta audiencia estará disponible por transmisión en vivo por internet en la página de la Ciudad http://ci.carson.ca.us y también transmitida por los canales de televisión por cable 35 (Spectrum) y 99 (AT&T). Sin embargo, los miembros del público que deseen presentar comentarios (en español o inglés) durante esta junta, podrán hacerlo de la siguiente manera: • Correo Electrónico: Puede proporcionar sus comentarios por correo electrónico enviados a cityclerk@carson.ca.us o a través de la página principal de internet de la Ciudad en ci.carson.ca.us, a más tardar hasta la hora de inicio de la junta. Favor de identificar el tema de orden del día del cual desea presentar sus comentarios. Sus comentarios se leerán al registro público. • Mensaje Telefónico: Puede proporcionar sus comentarios dejando mensaje al (310) 952-1720 a más tardar hasta la hora de inicio de la junta. Favor de identificar el tema de orden del día del cual desea presentar sus comentarios. Sus comentarios se leerán al registro público. Si tiene preguntas sobre el RIR o el cierre del parque, llame a la División de Planificación con McKina Alexander (Planificadora Asociada) al (310) 952-1700 ext. 1326; o con Sylvia Rubio al 310- 952-1700 ext. 1318 para intérprete en español. • Buzón Afuera De City Hall: Puede proporcionar sus comentarios por escrito dejando una nota en el buzón ubicada en la entrada de City Hall (701 East Carson Street), a más tardar hasta la hora de inicio de la junta. Favor de identificar el CITY OF CARSON Page 8 Housing Authority/Successor Agency/City Council AGENDA WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021 tema del orden del día del cual desea presentar sus comentarios. Sus comentarios se leerán al registro público. • Participación vía (Zoom) en Vivo y (Teléfono): Puede proporcionar sus comentarios públicos en vivo y tiempo real vía telefónica (y escuchar el discurso) durante la junta utilizando la aplicación de software (Zoom) que se utilizará para llevar a cabo la audiencia especial. Traductores a español estarán disponibles. Los residentes interesados en esta opción deben comunicarse con la División de Planificación a malexander@carsonca.gov o 310-952-1700 ext.1326 antes de las 5:00 p.m., a más tardar el día antes de la audiencia para solicitar la información para llamar; y debe conectarse el día de la junta a más tardar a las 4:00 p.m. siguiendo las instrucciones proporcionadas por el administrador de la junta. Los residentes que llamen serán mantenidos en espera hasta que comience la audiencia y el administrador de la junta nombrara al residente y activara su bocina cuando sea su turno de decir sus comentarios públicos. Si al nombrar al residente en espera no hay respuesta inmediata, el administrador de la junta pasará al siguiente comentarista público en espera y no estará obligado a volver a usted. Se pide de favor a los residentes que utilizan esta opción y que por favor sigan estas instrucciones cuidadosamente para evitar dificultades técnicas innecesarias para el personal de la Ciudad y para todo los participantes de la junta. • Centro Comunitario: Puede proporcionar sus comentarios públicos en vivo y en persona, incluyendo el servicio traducción al español, en el Centro Comunitario de la Ciudad - Juanita Millender-McDonald salas A / B (801 E. Carson Street), durante la junta especial con los siguientes términos y condiciones: • Se instalará una pantalla, un podio y micrófono, que permitirán a los miembros del público presenciar la junta en vivo (con traducción al español) y proporcionar comentarios públicos al Consejo (con traducción al español) en tiempo real. • Para evitar la propagación del COVID-19, al entrar se le realizará una revisión de temperatura sin contacto; cualquier persona con temperatura de 100.3 F o más deberá abandonar las instalaciones. • Se le requerirá llenar un formulario de exención y liberación de responsabilidad en relación al COVID-19 proporcionado por la Ciudad antes de ingresar al Centro Comunitario. • Se requerirán cubiertos faciales en todo momento. CITY OF CARSON Page 9 Housing Authority/Successor Agency/City Council AGENDA WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021 • Para asegurar cumplimiento con los protocolos de saneamiento de COVID-19 aplicables, se utilizará un cubierto de micrófono y se cambiará o limpiará entre los comentaristas. • Para asegurar distanciamiento social, las sillas estarán espaciadas a menos seis pies de distancia y no se permitirá asistencia de pie, o sobrellene de personas presentes. Por lo tanto, la capacidad se limitará a 100 personas. • Asientos estarán disponibles por orden de llegada y los miembros del público que no lleguen a tiempo para obtener un asiento, deberán abandonar las instalaciones. • Cualquier persona que se niegue a cumplir con estas medidas estrictamente será obligada a abandonar las instalaciones. Condiciones y términos de participación en el Centro Comunitario adicionales o modificadas se podrán imponer si la Ciudad lo considera necesario para cumplir con las reglas y protocolos aplicables de COVID-19. Para la protección de su propia salud y la salud de otras personas relacionadas con la propagación de COVID-19, la Ciudad les pide que consideren las primeras opciones de participación pública tomando en cuenta los riesgos involucrados con la opción de participación en persona en el Centro Comunitario antes de tomar la decisión de participar en la junta a través de esta opción. Si tiene alguna pregunta, comuníquese con McKina Alexander, Planificadora Asociada a malexander@carsonca.gov o al 310-952-1700 extensión 1326; y para intérprete al español, llame a Sylvia Rubio al 310-952-1700 extensión 1318. La Ciudad agradece su interés en este asunto y de antemano su cooperación. CITY OF CARSON Page 10