City Council Meeting
Regular MeetingPlacerville, CA · January 24, 2023
Agenda
AGENDA
PLACERVILLE CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2023
NO CLOSED SESSION SCHEDULED
OPEN SESSION: 5:00 PM
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – TOWN HALL
549 MAIN STREET, PLACERVILLE, CA 95667
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION INFORMATION
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taken (3 minutes maximum) on items listed on the agenda when they are called.
General comments will be taken under Item 8. Comments must not be slanderous, and
must relate to business within the jurisdiction of the City Council.
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Council.
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CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
MICHAEL SARAGOSA, MAYOR
JACKIE NEAU, VICE-MAYOR
JOHN CLERICI
NICOLE GOTBERG
DAVID YARBROUGH
M. CLEVE MORRIS MONA EBRAHIMI REGINA O’CONNELL
CITY MANAGER CITY ATTORNEY CITY CLERK
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NO CLOSED SESSION
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5:00 P.M. OPEN SESSION
1. CALL TO ORDER & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
2. ROLL CALL: Clerici, Gotberg, Neau, Saragosa, Yarbrough
3. CEREMONIAL MATTERS
4. CLOSED SESSION REPORT – City Attorney Ebrahimi
5. ADOPTION OF AGENDA
6. ANNOUNCEMENTS/PRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC
6.1 Brief Comments by the City Council
6.2 Presentation from Placerville Fire Safe Council regarding on-going
activities and their Spring Education Event (Mr. Morris)
Att. A: Event Flyer
7. 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.
7.1 Approve the Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of
January 10, 2023 (Ms. O’Connell)
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7.2 Approve the Accounts Payable Register (Mr. Warren)
7.3 Approve the Payroll Register (Mr. Warren)
7.4 Receive and File Public Records Requests (Ms. O’Connell)
7.5 Adopt a Resolution Approving a Street Frontage Improvement
Agreement (SF-411) for the Property Located at 2808 Sleepy Hollow
Court, Identified as Assessor’s Parcel Number 323-510-029, and
Authorize the City Engineer to Process the Agreement and to
Record the Agreement at the El Dorado County Office of the
Recorder (Ms. Neves)
Att. A: Resolution
Att. B: Street Frontage Improvement Agreement
7.6 Adopt a resolution terminating the Proclamation of a State of
Emergency declared by the City Manager on December 31, 2023 and
continued by the City Council on January 6, 2023
Att. A: Resolution
Att. B: Proclamation of a State of Emergency
8. PUBLIC COMMENT – 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.
8.1 Oral Communication
8.2 Written Communication
9. ITEMS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
10. ORDINANCES
11. PUBLIC HEARINGS
12. DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS
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12.1 Adopt a Resolution:
1. Approving a Budget Appropriation in the Amount of
$301,002 in Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Funds
for the Placerville Drive Pedestrian Connectivity Project (CIP
#42337); and
2. Approving a $67,450 Budget Appropriation in Road
Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account Net Revenue for the Said
Project; and
3. Approving a Consulting Services Agreement with R.E.Y.
Engineers, Inc. in the Amount of $529,154 for the Said Project and
Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the Same; and
4. Authorizing Staff to Issue Notice to Proceed #1 to R.E.Y.
Engineers, Inc. for the Said Project for the Project Approval and
Environmental Documentation Phase in an Amount of $269,048
(Ms. Neves)
Att. A: Resolution
Att. B: Project Exhibit
12.2 Adopt a Resolution Declaring the following:
1. The underground utility and subsurface failures located
at the intersection of Spring Street and Bedford Avenue an
imminent threat to the environment, public health, safety, and
welfare; and
2. The public interest and necessity demand the immediate
commencement of the above-described work and the expenditure of
public money, in order to safeguard life, health, and further
property damage that will occur unless these conditions are repaired
immediately; and
3. Substantial evidence, as set forth in this resolution,
demonstrates that the emergency conditions would not permit delay
resulting from competitive bidding because the work must be
commenced and finished as soon as possible in order to prevent
injury to the public or further property damage; and
4. Because of the above reasons, competitive bidding would
not provide an advantage for the public; and
5. The actions authorized by this approval (the "Project") is
categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant to the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Guideline Section
15269, which applies to projects to maintain, repair, restore,
demolish or repair property or facilities damages or destroyed as a
result of a disaster. The City Manager declared a local state of
emergency on December 31, 2022, which the City Council ratified
on January 6, 2023. Staff is directed to file a Notice of Exemption;
and
6. Approve a construction contract with Doug Veerkamp
General Engineering, Inc. for the Spring Street and Bedford Avenue
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Storm Drain Repair project (CIP #42342) in an amount not to exceed
$274,650.00 for necessary equipment, services, and supplies to
make repairs to the existing damaged underground utilities and
paving restoration located at the intersection of Bedford Avenue and
Spring Street and on Spring Street; and
7. Authorize the City Manager to execute the same; and
Approve a budget appropriation in the amount of $310,000 from the
Measure L Fund Operating Reserve for the said project. (Ms. Neves)
Att. A: Resolution
Att. B: Project Exhibit
Att. C: DVGE Estimate
12.3 Adopt a Resolution Declaring:
1. The underground utility and subsurface failures located
within City right of way adjacent to Placerville Drive pose an
imminent threat to the environment, public health, safety, and
welfare because without immediate repairs, drivers and passerby’s
can fall within the sinkhole and be seriously injured; and
2. The public interest and necessity demand the immediate
commencement of the above-described work and the expenditure of
public money, in order to safeguard life, health, and further
property damage that will occur unless these conditions are repaired
immediately; and
3. Substantial evidence, as set forth in this resolution,
demonstrates that the emergency conditions would not permit delay
resulting from competitive bidding because the work must be
commenced and finished as soon as possible in order to prevent
injury to the public or further property damage; and
4. Because of the above reasons, competitive bidding would
not provide an advantage for the public; and
5. The actions authorized by this approval (the "Project") is
categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant to the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Guideline Section
15269, which applies to projects to maintain, repair, restore,
demolish or repair property or facilities damages or destroyed as a
result of a disaster. The City Manager declared a local state of
emergency on December 31, 2022, which the City Council ratified
on January 6, 2023. Staff is directed to file a Notice of Exemption.
6. Approving a construction contract with Doug Veerkamp
General Engineering, Inc. for the Placerville Drive Storm Drain
Repair Project (CIP #42343) in an amount not to exceed $35,000.00
for necessary equipment, services, and supplies to make repairs to
the existing damaged underground utilities and restoration located
within the City right of way adjacent to Placerville Drive; and
7. Authorizing the City Manager to execute the same; and
8. Approving a budget appropriation in the amount of
$34,546 from the Measure L Operating Reserve for the said project.
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9. Approving a $4,500 budget appropriation from the TDA
Article 8 Fund unassigned fund balance for the said project; and
Approving a $10,234 budget appropriation from the Storm
Drain Fund unassigned fund balance for the said project. (Ms. Neves)
Att. A: Resolution
Att. B: Project Exhibit
12.4 Adopt a Resolution:
1. Approving a contract with Holt of California for a D100-8
100 KW diesel generator set and commissioning in the amount of
$63,891.00 for the City Hall Backup Generator Installation project
(CIP #42341) and authorizing the City Manager to execute the same;
and
2. Approving a construction contract with Data Specialties,
Inc. for the replacement of the City Hall electrical service panel, and
installation of the said standby generator, Automatic Transfer
Switch (ATS), and a security fence in the Center Street Parking
Structure in the amount of $191,411.00 for the said project and
authorizing the City Manager to execute the same; and
3. Approving a $172,898 budget appropriation in 2019
State PSPS Grant funds for the said project; and
4. Approving a $87,404 budget appropriation from the
General Fund unassigned fund balance for the said project.
(Mr. Stone)
Att. A: Resolution
Att. B: Data Specialties
Att. C: Holt of California (CAT) Proposal
12.5 Receive and File Councilmember Appointments to Other Agencies
and Boards (Ms. O’Connell)
Att. A: 2023 Councilmember Committee Assignment Roster
12.6 Appoint two public members to the Cannabis Community Benefits
Committee for the City of Placerville (Mr. Morris)
Att. A: Cannabis Community Benefits Program
13. COUNCIL REPORTS FROM OTHER AGENCY MEETINGS
• El Dorado County Transit Authority
• El Dorado County Transportation Commission
• LAFCO (El Dorado Local Agency Formation Commission)
• SACOG (Sacramento Area Council of Governments)
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• Pioneer Community Energy Board of Directors
• Placerville Fire Safe Council
• City/County Two by Two Committee
• Opportunity Knocks/Continuum of Care
14. REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS – (Requests for Future Agenda
Items Requires a Majority Concurrence of the Council)
15. CITY MANAGER AND STAFF REPORTS
15.1 Receive and File December Fire Station 25 Run Report (Chief
Cordero)
Att. A: December Report
16. UPCOMING ITEMS
Items tentatively scheduled for the next City Council meeting include:
Cottonwood 4&6 Agreement and Final Map Approval, Astonia Estates Final Map
Approval, Dig Once Ordinance and Road Moratorium, Broadway Sidewalks
Permission To Bid, Cedar Ravine Road Multimodal Study CIP and Contract, Clay
Street Dewberry Amendment, Police and Fire Departments Monthly Reports,
Click2Gov Business License Software Demonstration, Worker’s Compensation
Trending Report, Investment Report, Measure J Report, IT Contract for CLETS
and RIMS.
17. ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled City Council meeting will be held on Tuesday,
February 14, 2023, 4:30 P.M. Closed Session, 5:00 P.M. Regular Meeting
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CERTIFICATION OF AGENDA POSTING
I, Erin H. Strawn, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Placerville, declare that the
foregoing Agenda for the January 24, 2023, Regular Meeting of the Placerville
City Council was posted and available for review on January 19, 2023 at City Hall,
3101 Center Street, Placerville, CA 95667 and at Town Hall, 549 Main Street,
Placerville, CA 95667
The Agenda is also available on the City website at www.cityofplacerville.org
Attest: ___________________________________
Erin H. Strawn, Deputy City Clerk
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