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City Council Regular Meeting

Regular Meeting

Clearlake, CA · July 18, 2024

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CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Clearlake City Hall Council Chambers 14050 Olympic Dr, Clearlake, CA Thursday, July 18, 2024 Regular Meeting 6:00 PM MINUTES A. ROLL CALL PRESENT Mayor David Claffey Vice Mayor Joyce Overton Council Member Russ Cremer Council Member Russ Perdock Council Member Dirk Slooten B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE C. INVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE D. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA Motion made by Council Member Slooten, Seconded by Council Member Cremer. Voting Yea: Mayor Claffey, Vice Mayor Overton, Council Member Cremer, Council Member Perdock, Council Member Slooten E. PRESENTATIONS 1. Presentation of July's Adoptable Dogs 2. Swearing In of New Police Department Employees 3. Presentation of the 2023 Annual Tourism Report 4. Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring July 2024 as Parks Make Life Better! Month F. PUBLIC COMMENT Alice Reece spoke against the City's lawsuit against Highlands Water Company. She also spoke against Highlands Food Park. She also spoke regarding the ongoing remodel of the Senior Center. Frank Costner, general manager of Konocti County Water District, stated developers should pay for their own development improvements. He also stated that the water quality is getting worse July 18, 2024 Page. 2 and suggested the Council form a committee on water quality. He further stated the City should focus on improving other areas before consolidation. Leslie Sheridan spoke regarding an issue with her neighbor dealing drugs and creating a nuisance. Marietta O'Conner spoke regarding the potholes on her street. She lives on Huron Avenue. Stephanie Hummel spoke regarding getting the fog lines repainted near her home near the senior center. Margaret Garcia spoke regarding the upcoming road work and the number of potholes and the lack of sidewalks. She lives on Uhl Avenue. G. CONSENT AGENDA Motion made by Council Member Perdock, Seconded by Council Member Slooten. Voting Yea: Mayor Claffey, Vice Mayor Overton, Council Member Cremer, Council Member Perdock, Council Member Slooten 5. Authorization of an Amendment of Contract with Square Signs LLC for the Digital Marquee Signs Project Recommended Action: Move to amend the contract with Square Signs LLC in the amount of $48,583.75. 6. Consideration of Amendment to Agreement with OpenGov Inc. to Expand Services to Include OpenGov/ Cartegraph Suite Recommended Action: Move to approve and authorize the City Manager to execute an amendment. 7. Warrants Recommended Action: Receive and file 8. Continuation of Director of Emergency Services/City Manager Proclamation Declaring a Local Emergency for Winter Storms Recommended Action: Continue declaration of emergency 9. Minutes of the June 12, 2024 Lake County Vector Control District Board Meeting Recommended Action: Receive and file 10. Notice of Expiring Committee Appointments 11. Minutes Recommended Action: Receive and file July 18, 2024 Page. 3 H. BUSINESS 12. Discussion and Consideration of a Mitigation Fee Program on Behalf of the Lake County Fire Protection District Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution 2024-14 City Manager Flora gave the staff report. Chief Sapeta gave information to the Council on behalf of the Lake County Fire Protection District. Motion made by Council Member Slooten, Seconded by Council Member Perdock. Voting Yea: Mayor Claffey, Vice Mayor Overton, Council Member Cremer, Council Member Perdock, Council Member Slooten It was the consensus of the Council for the City to direct staff to draft an ordinance to have the City collect the fees, report annually to the Council, and to spend the fees collected by the City within the City's jurisdiction. 13. Consideration of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Konocti Unified School District (KUSD) for a School Resource Officer Recommended Action: Approve MOU and authorize City Manager to sign. Chief Hobbs gave the staff report. Motion made by Council Member Cremer, Seconded by Vice Mayor Overton. Voting Yea: Mayor Claffey, Vice Mayor Overton, Council Member Cremer, Council Member Perdock, Council Member Slooten 14. Consideration of Updates to Management Classification and Benefits Plan and City Salary Schedule Recommended Action: Approve 3% COLA for Employees Impacted by the Management Benefits Plan. City Manager Flora gave the staff report. Motion made by Council Member Perdock, Seconded by Council Member Cremer. Voting Yea: Mayor Claffey, Vice Mayor Overton, Council Member Cremer, Council Member Perdock, Council Member Slooten 15. Consideration of Holding the First Reading of Ordinance No. 270-2024, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Clearlake Amending Section 2-3.7 of the Clearlake Municipal Code Authorizing the City Manager to Sign Documents as Specified in Government Code Section 40602 Recommended Action: Hold the first reading of the ordinance, read it by title only, waive further reading, and set second reading and adoption for the August 1st, 2024 meeting Administrative Services Director Swanson gave the staff report. July 18, 2024 Page. 4 Motion made by Council Member Cremer, Seconded by Council Member Slooten. Voting Yea: Mayor Claffey, Vice Mayor Overton, Council Member Cremer, Council Member Perdock, Council Member Slooten I. CITY MANAGER AND COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS J. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Vice Mayor Overton asked for and received consensus for a discussion on a tax measure for parks and recreation. Mayor Claffey asked for and received consensus for a discussion on the fee structure for events. K. CLOSED SESSION (16) CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – LIABILITY CLAIMS - Claimants: Gina Marie Doidge individually and on behalf of Isaiah Doidge, a minor; Agency Claimed Against: City of Clearlake (17) CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – LIABILITY CLAIMS - Claimant: Jeffrey Dryden; Agency Claimed Against: City of Clearlake (18) Conference with Labor Negotiators: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6: Agency designated representatives: City Manager Flora, and Administrative Services Director Swanson; Employee Organization: Unrepresented Management Employees (19) Conference with Legal Counsel: Existing Litigation: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1): Case No. CV425596: City of Clearlake v. Highlands Mutual Water Company, et al., Lake County Superior Court (20) Conference with Legal Counsel: Existing Litigation: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1): Case No. A169438; Koi Nation of Northern California v. City of Clearlake, et al., California Court of Appeal L. ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION FROM CLOSED SESSION City Attorney Pucci announced the Council unanimously voted to reject the claims of Jeffrey Dryden and Gina Diodge and Isaiah Diodge. M. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 8:33 p.m. Melissa Swanson, Administrative Services Director/City Clerk July 18, 2024 Page. 5

Agenda

CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Clearlake City Hall Council Chambers 14050 Olympic Dr, Clearlake, CA Thursday, July 18, 2024 Regular Meeting 6:00 PM The City Council meetings are viewable in person in the Council Chambers, via livestreaming on the City’s YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTyifT_nKS-3woxEu1ilBXA) or “Lake County PEG TV Live Stream” at https://www.youtube.com/user/LakeCountyPegTV/featured and the public may participate through Zoom at the link listed below. The public will not be allowed to provide verbal comment during the meeting if attending via Zoom. The public can submit comments in writing for City Council consideration by commenting via the Q&A function in the Zoom platform or by sending comments to the Administrative Services Director/City Clerk at mswanson@clearlake.ca.us. To give the City Council adequate time to review your comments, you must submit your written emailed comments prior to 4:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. AGENDA MEETING PROCEDURES: All items on agenda will be open for public comments before final action is taken. Citizens wishing to introduce written material into the record at the public meeting on any item are requested to provide a copy of the written material to the Administrative Services Director/City Clerk prior to the meeting date so that the material may be distributed to the City Council prior to the meeting. Speakers must restrict comments to the item as it appears on the agenda and stay within a three minutes time limit. The Mayor has the discretion of limiting the total discussion time for an item. Pursuant to Senate Bill 1100 and the City Council Norms and Procedures, any member of the public making personal, impertinent, and/or slanderous or profane remarks, or who becomes boisterous or belligerent while addressing the City Council, staff or general public, or while attending the City Council meeting and refuses to come to order at the direction of the Mayor/Presiding Officer, shall be removed from the Council Chambers or the Zoom by the sergeant-at-arms or the City Clerk and may be barred from further attendance before the Council during that meeting. Unauthorized remarks from the audience, stamping of feet, whistles, yells, and similar demonstrations shall not be permitted by the Mayor/Presiding Officer. The Mayor/Presiding Officer may direct the sergeant-at-arms to remove such offenders from the room. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT (ADA) REQUESTS If you need disability related modification, including auxiliary aids or services, to participate in this meeting, please contact Melissa Swanson, Administrative Services Director/City Clerk at the Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive, Clearlake, California 95422, phone (707) 994-8201, ext 106, or via email at mswanson@clearlake.ca.us at least 72 hours prior to the meeting, to allow time to provide for special accommodations. July 18, 2024 Page. 2 AGENDA REPORTS Staff reports for each agenda item are available for review at www.clearlake.ca.us. Any writings or documents pertaining to an open session item provided to a majority of the City Council less than 72 hours prior to the meeting, shall be made available for public inspection on the City’s website at www.clearlake.ca.us. Zoom Link: Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device: Please click this URL to join. https://clearlakeca.zoom.us/s/89392307654?pwd=zgWSv4aSebNIOPKPiOOM3LLIlcaG8T.1 Passcode: 379358 Or One tap mobile: +16694449171,,89392307654# US +12532158782,,89392307654# US (Tacoma) Or join by phone: Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 669 444 9171 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 719 359 4580 or +1 720 707 2699 or +1 253 205 0468 or +1 689 278 1000 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 305 224 1968 or +1 309 205 3325 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 360 209 5623 or +1 386 347 5053 or +1 507 473 4847 or +1 564 217 2000 or +1 646 558 8656 or +1 646 931 3860 Webinar ID: 893 9230 7654 International numbers available: https://clearlakeca.zoom.us/u/kGEEJ0Nkh A. ROLL CALL B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE C. INVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE: The City Council invites members of the clergy, as well as interested members of the public in the City of Clearlake, to voluntarily offer an invocation before the beginning of its meetings for the benefit and blessing of the City Council. This opportunity is voluntary and invocations are to be less than three minutes, offered in a solemn and respectful tone, and directed at the City Council. Invocational speakers who do not abide by these simple rules of respect and brevity shall be given a warning and/or not invited back to provide a subsequent invocation for a reasonable period of time, as determined appropriate by the City. This policy is not intended, and shall not be implemented or construed in any way, to affiliate the City Council with, nor express the City Council's preference for, any faith or religious denomination. Rather, this policy is intended to acknowledge and express the City Council's respect for the diversity of religious denominations and faith represented and practiced among the citizens of Clearlake. If a scheduled July 18, 2024 Page. 3 invocational speaker does not appear at the scheduled meeting, the Mayor will ask that the City Council observe a moment of silence in lieu of the invocation. More information about the City's invocation policy is available upon request by contacting the Administrative Services Director/City Clerk at (707) 994-8201x106 or via email at mswanson@clearlake.ca.us. D. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA (This is the time for agenda modifications.) E. PRESENTATIONS 1. Presentation of July's Adoptable Dogs 2. Swearing In of New Police Department Employees 3. Presentation of the 2023 Annual Tourism Report 4. Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring July 2024 as Parks Make Life Better! Month F. PUBLIC COMMENT: This is the time for any member of the public to address the City Council on any matter not on the agenda that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City. The Brown Act, with limited exceptions, does not allow the Council or staff to discuss issues brought forth under Public Comment. The Council cannot take action on non-agenda items. Concerns may be referred to staff or placed on the next available agenda. Please note that comments from the public will also be taken on each agenda item. Comments shall be limited to three (3) minutes per person. G. CONSENT AGENDA: All items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine in nature and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the Council requests otherwise, or if staff has requested a change under Adoption of the Agenda, in which case the item will be removed for separate consideration. Any item so removed will be taken up following the motion to approve the Consent Agenda. 5. Authorization of an Amendment of Contract with Square Signs LLC for the Digital Marquee Signs Project Recommended Action: Move to amend the contract with Square Signs LLC in the amount of $48,583.75. 6. Consideration of Amendment to Agreement with OpenGov Inc. to Expand Services to Include OpenGov/ Cartegraph Suite Recommended Action: Move to approve and authorize the City Manager to execute an amendment. 7. Warrants Recommended Action: Receive and file 8. Continuation of Director of Emergency Services/City Manager Proclamation Declaring a Local Emergency for Winter Storms Recommended Action: Continue declaration of emergency July 18, 2024 Page. 4 9. Minutes of the June 12, 2024 Lake County Vector Control District Board Meeting Recommended Action: Receive and file 10. Notice of Expiring Committee Appointments 11. Minutes Recommended Action: Receive and file H. BUSINESS 12. Discussion and Consideration of a Mitigation Fee Program on Behalf of the Lake County Fire Protection District Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution 2024-14 13. Consideration of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Konocti Unified School District (KUSD) for a School Resource Officer Recommended Action: Approve MOU and authorize City Manager to sign 14. Consideration of Updates to Management Classification and Benefits Plan and City Salary Schedule Recommended Action: Approve 3% COLA for Employees Impacted by the Management Benefits Plan. 15. Consideration of Holding the First Reading of Ordinance No. 270-2024, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Clearlake Amending Section 2-3.7 of the Clearlake Municipal Code Authorizing the City Manager to Sign Documents as Specified in Government Code Section 40602 Recommended Action: Hold the first reading of the ordinance, read it by title only, waive further reading, and set second reading and adoption for the August 1st, 2024 meeting I. CITY MANAGER AND COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS J. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS K. CLOSED SESSION (16) CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – LIABILITY CLAIMS - Claimants: Gina Marie Doidge individually and on behalf of Isaiah Doidge, a minor; Agency Claimed Against: City of Clearlake (17) CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – LIABILITY CLAIMS - Claimant: Jeffrey Dryden; Agency Claimed Against: City of Clearlake (18) Conference with Labor Negotiators: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6: Agency designated representatives: City Manager Flora, and Administrative Services Director Swanson; Employee Organization: Unrepresented Management Employees July 18, 2024 Page. 5 (19) Conference with Legal Counsel: Existing Litigation: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1): Case No. CV425596: City of Clearlake v. Highlands Mutual Water Company, et al., Lake County Superior Court (20) Conference with Legal Counsel: Existing Litigation: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1): Case No. A169438; Koi Nation of Northern California v. City of Clearlake, et al., California Court of Appeal L. ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION FROM CLOSED SESSION M. ADJOURNMENT POSTED: July 15, 2024 BY: Melissa Swanson, Administrative Services Director/City Clerk

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