City Council Meeting
Regular MeetingPlacerville, CA · April 11, 2023
Agenda
AGENDA
PLACERVILLE CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2023
CLOSED SESSION: 4:00 P.M.
OPEN SESSION: 5:00 P.M.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – TOWN HALL
549 MAIN STREET, PLACERVILLE, CA 95667
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54953, Subdivision (b), the following
City Council meeting includes teleconference participation by Councilmember
Clerici from: Gaia Hotel and Resort, 4125 Riverside Pl, Anderson, CA 96007
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION INFORMATION
You are welcomed and encouraged to participate in this meeting. Public comment is
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.
Advance Correspondence/Written Comments: You may submit your comments by e-mail
to pv.citycouncil@cityofplacerville.org, or you may submit your comments in-person at the
Administration Department, City Hall – 4th Floor, 3101 Center Street by 10:00 a.m. the day
of the meeting to give the City Clerk adequate time to forward your comments to the City
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of each item to be transacted or discussed be posted at least 72 hours prior to a regular
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City’s website: www.cityofplacerville.org.
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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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4:00 P.M. CLOSED SESSION
Item 1: Conference with Legal Counsel—Anticipated Litigation,
Pursuant to Gov. Code sec. 54956.9(d)(2) (One case)
The receipt of an email from Julie Robinson alleging a Brown Act
violation, a copy of the email which is available for public
inspection (Gov. Code sec. 54956.9(e)(2)
Item 2: Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation:
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to §§ 54956.9(e)(2),
54956.9(e)(5): (One case) [Guest column written by Mike Owen
in Mountain Democrat alleging breach of contract by City in
Farm Trails contract].
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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
3.1 Proclamation Recognizing April, 2023, as Child Abuse Prevention
Awareness Month (Mayor Saragosa)
3.2 Proclamation Declaring the Week of April 9–15th, 2023, to be
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (Mayor Saragosa)
4. CLOSED SESSION REPORT – City Attorney Ebrahimi
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5. ADOPTION OF AGENDA
6. ANNOUNCEMENTS/PRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC
6.1 Brief Comments by the City Council
6.2 Placerville Fire Safe Council Presentation (Mr. Morris)
6.3 Presentation on the City’s Marketing Program through the El
Dorado County Chamber of Commerce (Mr. Morris)
Att. A: Presentation
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
March 28, 2023 (Ms. O’Connell)
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:
1. Approving a Title Change for the Position of Water
Reclamation Facility Supervisor to Water Reclamation Facility Chief
Plant Operator; and
2. Adopting the Salary for the Water Reclamation Facility
Chief Plant Operator (Mr. Morris/Ms. Neves)
Att. A: Resolution
Att. B: Job Description
7.6 Ratify an Agreement with Cal.net for a Voice Over Internet Protocol
Phone System for City Hall, Town Hall and the Water Reclamation
Facility (Mr. Morris)
Att. A: Resolution
Att. B: Proposal
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Att. C: Agreement
7.7 Acknowledge and File the Quarterly Investment Report for the
period ended March 31, 2022 (Mr. Warren)
7.8 Acknowledge and File the Measure J Fund Financial Report for the
quarter ended December 31, 2021 (Mr. Warren)
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
12.1 Consider Agreement with Jaime Low for Potential Water Line
Placement/Relocation at 742-750 Chamberlain Street and Approval
of Notice of Exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15301
and 15302 (Mr. Morris)
Att. A: Resolution
Att. B: Draft Agreement
Att. C: Exhibit
12.2 Acknowledge and File the AB 481 Annual Report and Direct Staff to
Post the Report Pursuant to Government Code 7072 (Chief Wren)
Att. A: List of Equipment
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12.3 Receive and File Status Update and Approve Additional
Environmental Services for the Clay Street Bridge Replacement
Project (CIP #406171) (Ms. Neves)
Att. A: Resolution
Att. B: Project Exhibit
Att. C: Dewberry Amendment #5 Request
Att. D: Project Delivery Schedule submitted to HBP February 2023
12.4 Consider a New Salary Schedule and Job Description for the
Assistant Finance Director Position (Mr. Warren)
Att. A: Resolution
Att. B: Salary Schedule
Att. C: Assistant Finance Director Job Description
13. COUNCIL REPORTS FROM OTHER AGENCY MEETINGS
• El Dorado County Transit Authority
Vice-Mayor Neau, Councilmember Yarbrough
• El Dorado County Transportation Commission
Mayor Saragosa, Vice-Mayor Neau, Councilmember Clerici
• LAFCO (El Dorado Local Agency Formation Commission)
Councilmember Clerici
• SACOG (Sacramento Area Council of Governments)
Mayor Saragosa
• Pioneer Community Energy Board of Directors
Councilmember Yarbrough
• Placerville Fire Safe Council
Vice-Mayor Neau
• City/County Two by Two Committee
Mayor Saragosa, Vice-Mayor Neau
• Opportunity Knocks/Continuum of Care
Councilmember Gotberg
14. REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS – (Requests for Future Agenda
Items Requires a Majority Concurrence of the Council)
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15. CITY MANAGER AND STAFF REPORTS
15.1 Receive and File March 2023 Police Report - Stats (Chief Wren)
Att. A: Stats – March 2023
15.2 Receive and File March Fire Station 25 Run Report (Chief Cordero)
Att. A: March Report
15.3 2023 Main Street Event Calendar (Mr. Morris)
16. UPCOMING ITEMS
Items tentatively scheduled for the next City Council meeting include: Receive
and file arborist report regarding the community Christmas tree and provide
direction to staff, Policy for Bell Tower Use, Spring Street Storm Drain Repair
Contract Change Orders, Review information submitted to LAFCO for the City’s
Municipal Service Review and provide direction to staff.
17. ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled City Council meeting will be held on Tuesday,
April 25, 2023, 4:30 P.M. Closed Session, 5:00 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 April 11, 2023, Regular Meeting of the Placerville
City Council was posted and available for review on April 6, 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: ___________________________________
Regina O’Connell, CPMC, City Clerk
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