City Council Regular Meeting

MINUTES CITY OF CLEARLAKE CITY COUNCIL & REDEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY REGULAR MEETING MAY 14, 2015 CALL TO ORDER CLOSED SESSION CITY COUNCIL MEETING: 5: 30 P.M. Roll Call. Present: Denise Loustalot, Mayor Gina Fortino Dickson, Vice Mayor Russell Perdock, Councilmember Joyce Overton, Councilmember Bruno Sabatier, Councilmember Staff: Joan Phillipe, City Manager Ryan R. Jones, City Attorney (1) CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL--EXISTING LITIGATION (Government Code Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9) Name of case: Anthony Spittler, Jeri Spittler, and Robin Farnham v. City of Clearlake Civil Action No.: CV 414715 (2) PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT – Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957: Title: City Manager Closed Session was continued at 5:55 P.M. with no reportable action. CALL TO ORDER REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING: 6:02 P.M. Roll Call. Present: Denise Loustalot, Mayor Gina Fortino Dickson, Vice Mayor Russell Perdock, Councilmember Joyce Overton, Councilmember Bruno Sabatier, Councilmember Staff: Joan Phillipe, City Manager Craig Clausen, Chief of Police Melissa Swanson, City Clerk Chris Becnel, Director of Finance Ryan R. Jones, City Attorney INVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE Councilmember Overton led a moment of silence. AGENDA APPROVAL, ADDITIONS AND/OR DELETIONS ACTION: It was moved by Councilmember Perdock and seconded by Councilmember Overton to approve the agenda as amended. The motion passed with a unanimous roll call vote. PUBLIC COMMENT – CCM 05-14-15 Page 1 of 4 John Clemons spoke regarding allegations against him and complained about the police department’s investigation. Bill Shields spoke about Code Enforcement and suggested an oversight committee. Consent Items Recommended Action 1. Warrant Registers Receive and file 2. Minutes of the March 18, March 26, April 9, Receive and file April 16, April 23, and May 7, 2015 Meetings 3. Lake Local Agency Formation Commission Receive and file Proposed FY 2015-16 Budget and Public Member Recruitment 4. Consideration of Acceptance of Property Approve acceptance of property Located at 15085 Lakeview Ave 5. Consideration of Signators for 14-CDBG-9879 Adopt resolution Community Development Block Grant; Resolution No. 2015-10 6. Request to Schedule May 21st and June 4th at Approve schedule 6:00 p.m. as Council Budget Workshop Sessions 7. Consideration of Resolution No. 2015-12, Adopt resolution Authorizing the Temporary Street Closure of a Portion of Golf Avenue Between Lakeshore Drive and Ballpark Avenue for the Purpose of Conducting the Lake County Youth Services Youth Fest 2015 8. Police Department Quarterly Report Receive and file 9. Finance Department Quarterly Report Receive and file 10. City Clerk Department Quarterly Report Receive and file 11. Public Works and Engineering Department Receive and file Quarterly Report Councilmember Sabatier pulled items #2 and #6 for clarification and separate discussion. Citizen Michael Dunlap pulled item #3 for separate discussion Councilmember Sabatier made a correction to the April 23, 2015 minutes to add there was no action taken by the Council during Closed Session. ACTION: It was moved by Councilmember Sabatier and seconded by Councilmember Perdock to accept Item #2 as corrected. The motion passed with a unanimous roll call vote. CCM 05-14-15 Page 2 of 4 Item #3 was discussed and questions were answered by Councilmember Overton. ACTION: It was moved by Councilmember Sabatier and seconded by Vice Mayor Fortino Dickson to accept Item #3 as presented. The motion passed with a unanimous roll call vote. Item #6 was reviewed by Councilmember Sabatier. ACTION: It was moved by Councilmember Perdock and seconded by Councilmember Sabatier to accept Item #6 as presented. The motion passed with a unanimous roll call vote. ACTION: It was moved by Vice Mayor Fortino Dickson and seconded by Councilmember Overton to accept the remaining Consent Calendar items as presented. The motion passed with a unanimous roll call vote. BUSINESS 12. Determination of Council Action with Regard to Qualified Referendum on Ordinance No. 173-2015 Pursuant to Election Code Section 9241 City Clerk Swanson gave the staff report. ACTION: It was moved by Councilmember Sabatier and seconded by Councilmember Overton to repeal Ordinance No. 173-2015 and direct staff to prepare the appropriate documents to enact the repeal for approval at the May 28th Council meeting. The motion passed with a unanimous roll call vote. 13. Discussion to Determine if There is Direction to Staff on Existing Regulations Based on Determination on the Qualified Referendum City Attorney Jones gave the staff report. ACTION: It was the consensus of the Council to direct staff to bring forward amendments to the current medical marijuana ordinance to include an eradication and abatement clause with higher fines, limit plants to 6 plants per parcel, with a size limitation of six feet in height, and further directed staff to propose forming an ad hoc committee comprising of councilmembers, city staff, and public members. 14. Request for Consideration to Adopt Resolution No. 2015-11, Authorization of Award of Bid for an Auxiliary Employee Entrance and Expansion of Evidence Storage Room to R and C Construction in the Amount of $43,800 Chief Clausen gave the staff report. ACTION: It was moved by Councilmember Perdock and seconded by Councilmember Overton to adopt Resolution No. 2015-11, Authorization of Award of Bid for an Auxiliary Employee Entrance and Expansion of Evidence Storage Room to R and C Construction in the Amount of $43,800, and read it by title only. The motion passed with a unanimous roll call vote. 15. Verbal Report on Proposed Grant Application for Burns Valley School and Civic Center Pedestrian Sidewalk Project and Request for Allocation of Matching Funds from Series A Bond Funds in an Amount Not to Exceed $200,000 CCM 05-14-15 Page 3 of 4 City Manager Phillipe gave the staff report. ACTION: It was moved by Councilmember Sabatier and seconded by Councilmember Overton to authorize allocation of Series A Bond Funds for grant match in not to exceed $200,000. The motion passed with a unanimous roll call vote. 16. Discussion on Possible Council Participation in the 2015 Lower Lake Daze Parade Scheduled for May 24th, 2015 Councilmember Sabatier reported on this item. ACTION: It was the consensus of the Council to allow available councilmembers and staff to participate in this event and Councilmember Sabatier to coordinate participation. CITY MANAGER AND COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS Councilmember Sabatier asked for and received Council consensus to direct staff to bring to a future agenda consideration of making the Skate Park Committee a permanent subcommittee of the Parks and Recreation Commission. Councilmember Sabatier also asked for and received Council consensus to bring a discussion on a communication plan for the Council to the Goals and Objectives Budget Workshop. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business of the Council, the meeting was adjourned at 8:31 p.m. Melissa Swanson, City Clerk CCM 05-14-15 Page 4 of 4