City Council Meeting
Regular MeetingPlacerville, CA · March 23, 2021
Agenda
AGENDA
PLACERVILLE CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 2021
CLOSED SESSION: 5:00 PM
OPEN SESSION: 6:00 PM
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CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
DENNIS THOMAS, MAYOR
KARA TAYLOR, VICE-MAYOR
PATRICIA BORELLI
JACKIE NEAU
MICHAEL SARAGOSA
M. CLEVE MORRIS JOHN DRISCOLL REGINA O’CONNELL
CITY MANAGER CITY ATTORNEY CITY CLERK
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5:00 P.M. CLOSED SESSION
Item 1: Conference with Real Property Negotiator
Government Code § 54956.8
Properties: 515 and 525 Main Street
Negotiating Parties: El Dorado County and City of Placerville
Under Negotiation: Purchase and terms
Item 2: Conference with Real Property Negotiator
Government Code § 54956.8
Properties: 487 and 489 Main Street
Negotiating Parties: Arts & Culture El Dorado and City of
Placerville
Under Negotiation: Price and terms
Item 3: Conference with Labor Negotiators
Patrick Clark, Cleve Morris, Dave Warren
Government Code §54957.6
Bargaining Unit: Local 39
Item 4: Conference with Labor Negotiators
Patrick Clark, Cleve Morris, Dave Warren
Government Code §54957.6
Bargaining Unit: PPOA
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6:00 P.M. OPEN SESSION
1. CALL TO ORDER & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
2. ROLL CALL: Borelli, Neau, Saragosa, Taylor, Thomas
3. CEREMONIAL MATTERS
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4. CLOSED SESSION REPORT – City Attorney Driscoll
5. ADOPTION OF AGENDA
6. ANNOUNCEMENTS/PRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC
6.1 Brief Comments by the City Council
7. PUBLIC COMMENT – BRIEF – NON-AGENDA ITEMS
This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the Council on any
matter not on the Agenda that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council.
State law prohibits the Council from acting on items not listed on the Agenda except by
special action of the City Council under specified circumstances. The Mayor reserves the
right to limit the speaker’s time to three minutes. You are not allowed to make personal
attacks on individuals or make comments which are slanderous or which may invade an
individual’s personal privacy.
7.1 Written Communication
Item 1: Email to the City Council from Nicole Gotberg dated March
13, 2021
Item 2: Letter to the City Council from Joseph Connolly dated March
15, 2021
Note: Due to the large volume of this document, it was not printed for
inclusion in the City Council agenda packet and was, instead,
emailed to the full City Council.
7.2 Oral Communication
8. CONSENT CALENDAR
NOTE: All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be
enacted by one motion by roll call vote unless any member of the Council wishes to remove
an item for discussion. The reading of the full text of all Resolutions will be waived unless
a Councilmember requests otherwise.
8.1 Approve the Minutes of the City Council Meeting of March 9, 2021
(Ms. O’Connell)
8.2 Approve the Accounts Payable Register (Mr. Warren)
8.3 Approve the Payroll Register (Mr. Warren)
8.4 Receive and File Public Records Requests (Ms. O’Connell)
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8.5 Receive and File the 2020 Housing Element Annual Progress Report;
and Direct Staff to Submit to the Governor's Office of Planning and
Research and Department of Housing and Community Development
as Required Under Government Code Section 65400 (Mr. Rivas)
Att. A: 2020 Housing Element Progress Report
9. ITEMS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
10. ORDINANCES
11. PUBLIC HEARINGS
12. DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS
12.1 Approve Recommended Process for Public Forum and Review of City
Logo and Direct the Subcommittee and Staff to Proceed as Outlined
(Mr. Morris)
Att. A: Draft Process
12.2 Approve a Request for Proposals for City Attorney Services for the
City of Placerville and Authorize Staff to Release the Request for
Proposals (Mr. Morris)
Att. A: Request for Proposals
12.3 Approve New Meeting Time and Agenda Format and Authorize Staff
to Proceed (Ms. O’Connell)
12.4 Adopt a Resolution:
1. Approving the Construction of a Community Garden on
the South Edge of Duffey Park, and that the Garden Construction be
Funded, and Managed by the Key Club of El Dorado High School on
Five (5) Year Renewable Terms, with the Community Services
Department Staff Assisting in Alteration of the Irrigation System
and Clearing & Prepping the Site for a Garden and the Provision of
Water to the Garden; and
2. Authorizing the Director of Community Services to
Negotiate and Execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the El
Dorado Union High School District for the Construction,
Maintenance, and Operation of the Said Community Garden (Mr.
Zeller)
Att. A: Resolution
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Att. B: Key Club’s Memo Outlining the Project
Att. C: Map of Duffey Park and Garden Location
12.5 Adopt a Resolution:
1. Ratifying Contract Change Orders (CCO) #4, #5, #6, & #7
in the Total Aggregate amount of $45,450 with C.E. Cox
Engineering, Inc. for the Mosquito Road Stabilization-Clay Street to
City Limits Project (CIP #41819); and
2. Authorizing the City Engineer to Execute a Notice of
Completion and Instructing the City Clerk to Record said Notice
with the El Dorado County Recorder’s Office for the Project; and
3. Authorizing the Assistant City Manager/Director of
Finance to Release all Remaining Retention being held for
Construction Security, not more than Sixty (60) Days after the
Notice of Completion Filing for the said Project, per Public Contract
Code 7107(c) (Ms. Neves)
Att. A: Resolution
Att. B: Draft Notice of Completion
12.6 Adopt a Resolution:
1. Approving an AB 2766 Subvention Fund Program Grant
Agreement with the El Dorado County Air Quality Management
District in the Maximum Amount of $36,800 for the Purchase of an
Unmarked 2021 Tesla Model 3 Sedan and Authorizing the City
Manager to Execute the Same; and
2. Approving a $32,792 Budget Appropriation in AQMD AB
2766 Subvention Fund Program Grant Revenue for the Purchase of
the Said Vehicle; and
3. Approving a $8,198 Budget Appropriation from the
General Fund Contingency for Unforeseen Expenditures for the
Purchase of the Said Vehicle; and
4. Authorizing the Chief of Police to Purchase an
Unmarked 2021 Tesla Model 3 Sedan (Chief Wren)
Att. A: Resolution with Agreement
Att. B: Tesla Quote
13. COUNCIL REPORTS FROM OTHER AGENCY MEETINGS
• El Dorado County Transit Authority
Vice-Mayor Taylor, Councilmember Neau
• El Dorado County Transportation Commission
Mayor Thomas, Vice-Mayor Taylor, Councilmember Borelli
• LAFCO (El Dorado Local Agency Formation Commission)
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Councilmember Neau
• SACOG (Sacramento Area Council of Governments)
Councilmember Saragosa
• Placerville Fire Safe Council
Councilmember Borelli
14. REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS – (Requests for Future Agenda
Items Requires a Majority Concurrence of the Council)
15. CITY MANAGER AND STAFF REPORTS
16. UPCOMING ITEMS
Items tentatively scheduled for the next City Council meeting include: Dewberry
WPI Phase II Construction Management Contract Expiration Date, Measure J
Report, Investment Report, Formula Business Ordinance Discussion, Spring
Street Contract Change Orders Ratified, Traffic Speed on Broadway Ordinance,
REAP Application Resolution, and Notice of Completion for Upper Broadway
Construction Contract and Retention Payment with Contract Change Order
Ratification.
17. ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled Council meeting will be held on April 13, 2021,
5:30 P.M. Closed Session, 6:00 P.M. Regular Meeting.
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CERTIFICATION OF AGENDA POSTING
I, Regina O’Connell, City Clerk of the City of Placerville, declare that the
foregoing Agenda for the March 23, 2021, Regular Meeting of the Placerville City
Council was posted and available for review on March 18, 2021 at the City Hall of the
City of Placerville, 3101 Center Street, Placerville, CA 95667.
The Agenda is also available on the City website at www.cityofplacerville.org
Attest: __________________________________
Regina O’Connell, City Clerk
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