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CITY OF UKIAH
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
Regular Meeting
CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS
300 Seminary Avenue
Ukiah, CA 95482
June 15, 2016
6:00 p.m.
1. ROLL CALL
Ukiah City Council met at a Regular Meeting on June 15, 2016, having been legally noticed on June
10, 2016. Mayor Scalmanini called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Roll was taken with the following
Councilmernbers Present: Douglas F. Crane, Maureen Mulheren, Kevin Doble, Vice Mayor Jim O.
Brown, and Mayor Stephen G. Scalmanini. Staff Present: Sage Sangiacomo, City Manager; David
Rapport, City Attorney; and Ashley Cocco, Deputy City Clerk.
MAYOR SCALMANINI PRESIDING.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
A Moment of Silence was observed to honor those civilians who lost their lives in a mass shooting
in Orlando, Florida.
URGENCY ITEM:
Presenter: Shannon Riley, Senior Management Analyst.
Motion/Second Crane/Mulheren to accept urgency item due to timelines and place as Agenda Item
13c. Motion carried by the following roll call votes: AYES: Crane, Mulheren, Doble, Brown, and
Scalmanini. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
3. PROCLAMATIONS/INTRODUCTIONS/PRESENTATIONS
a. Presentation: Rural Communities Housing Development Corporation (RCHDC) and
Mendocino County's Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) Housing Project
for Mentally III and Homeless — Administration.
Presenter: Mike Pallesen, Rural Communities Housing Development Corporation Director of
Development.
Public Comment: 011ie Vincent-dePaule; Jacque Williams, Executive Director of the Ford Street
Project; and Libby Guthrie, Executive Director of Mendocino County AIDS/Viral Hepatitis Network.
Report was received.
4. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. Minutes of June 1, 2016, a Regular Meeting.
Motion/Second: Mulheren/Brown to approve the Minutes of June 1, 2016, a Regular Meeting, as
submitted. Motion carried by the following roll call votes: AYES: Crane, Mulheren, Doble, Brown,
and Scalmanini. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
6. RIGHT TO APPEAL DECISION
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Minutes of June 15, 2016, Continued.
7. CONSENT CALENDAR
a. Report of Disbursements for the Month of May — Finance.
b. Approval of New Agreement (COU No. 1516-217) with Aimee Shields Formerly DBA Perfection
Plus Transcription for Procurement of Sole Source Transcription Services, not to Exceed
$15,000 per Fiscal Year — Police.
c. Award of Contract (COU No. 1516-218) for Oak Manor Subdivision Electric Improvement Project,
Specification 16-04, to Wipf Construction in the Amount of $44,727.50 (EUD) — Electric Utility.
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Public Records Act for Requested Copies of Public Records Administration Pulled by
Councilmember Crane and moved to Agenda Item 13d.
e. Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute an Agreement (COU No. 1516-220) with
the Credit Bureau of Ukiah, Inc. for Collection Services — Administration.
f. Notification of Publishing Services (COU No. 1516-221) by Ukiah Daily Journal for Fiscal Year
2016/2017, in the Amount of $6.25 Per Column Inch for the First Insertion and $4.26 Per Column
Inch for Each Subsequent Insertion of the Same Advertisement — Administration.
Motion/Second: Crane/Doble to approve Consent Calendar Item 7a -c, e, and f, as submitted, with
Agenda Item 7d pulled and moved to Agenda Item 13d. Motion carried by the following roll call
votes: AYES: Crane, Mulheren, Doble, Brown, and Scalmanini. NOES: None. ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
8. AUDIENCE COMMENTS ON NON -AGENDA ITEMS
Presenter: Paul Mueller.
9. COUNCIL REPORTS
Presenters: Councilmembers Mulheren, Crane, Doble, and Mayor Scalmanini.
10. CITY MANAGER/CITY CLERK REPORTS
Presenters: Sage Sangiacomo, City Manager; Tim Eriksen, Director of Public Works/City Engineer;
and Jarod Thiele, Public Works Project Analyst.
11. PUBLIC HEARINGS — 6:15 P.M.
12. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
a. Discussion, Consideration, and Possible Introduction by Title Only of an Ordinance
Amending the Traffic Engineering Committee (TEC) to Include a Position for an Active
Transportation Representative — Administration.
Presenter: Tim Eriksen, Director of Public Works / City Engineer.
Motion/Second: Mulheren/Crane to introduce ordinance by title only. Motion carried by the following
roll call votes: AYES: Crane, Mulheren, Doble, Brown, and Scalmanini. NOES: None. ABSENT:
None. ABSTAIN: None.
Motion/Second: Crane/Mulheren to introduce ordinance amending Ordinance 1025 and adding an
Active Transportation Representative to the Traffic Engineering Committee (TEC). Motion carried
by the following roll call votes: AYES: Crane, Mulheren, Doble, Brown, and Scalmanini. NOES: None.
ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
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Minutes of June 15, 2016, Continued.
b. Receive Status Report and Provide Direction Concerning the Proposed LAFCo Sphere of
Influence for the Willow County Water District — Planning.
Presenter: Kevin Thompson, Acting Community Development Director / Principal Planner and Tim
Eriksen, Director of Public Works / City Engineer.
Public Comment: Dave Redding, General Manager for Willow County Water District.
Motion/Second: Crane/Mulheren to direct Staff to attend the July LAFCo meeting and express
support for Commissioner McCowen's motion; and to continue to work cooperatively with the District
to discuss and resolve any overlap issues. Motion carried by the following roll call votes: AYES:
Crane, Mulheren, Brown, and Scalmanini. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: Doble.
c. Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute an Agreement with Mark and Jann
Lanz for the Purchase of an Easement at the Corner of South State Street and Hastings
Avenue and Approval of Corresponding Budget Amendment — Administration.
Presenter: Tim Eriksen, Public Works Director / City Engineer.
Motion/Second: Mulheren/Dobie to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an
agreement (COU No. 1516-222) for the purchase of an easement at the corner of South State Street
and Hastings Avenue and approve a corresponding budget amendment. Motion carried by the
following roll call votes: AYES: Crane, Mulheren, Doble, Brown, and Scalmanini. NOES: None.
ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
d. Adoption of Resolution of the City Council of the City of Ukiah Authorizing Funding and
Appropriations to Continue Municipal Operations Pending Adoption of the Fiscal Year
2016-17 Budget — Administration.
Presenter: Sage Sangiacomo, City Manager.
Motion/Second: Crane/Mulheren to adopt resolution (2016-35) authorizing continued municipal
operations pending adoption of the fiscal year 2016-17 budget. Motion carried by the following roll
call votes: AYES: Crane, Mulheren, Doble, Brown, and Scalmanini. NOES: None. ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
RECESS: 8:08 — 8:12 P.M.
13. NEW BUSINESS
a. Presentation of Annual Report from the Economic Development Financing Corporation
(EDFC) and Consideration of Funding in Fiscal Year 2016-17 — Administration.
Presenters: Shannon Riley, Senior Management Analyst and John Curry, Director of EDFC.
Public Comment: Mike Pallesen, Rural Communities Housing Development Corporation Director
of Development.
Motion/Second: Brown/Dobie to take no action, receive report, and consider funding during the FY
2016-17 Budget Hearings. Motion carried by the following roll call votes: AYES: Crane, Mulheren,
Doble, Brown, and Scalmanini. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
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Minutes of June 15, 2016, Continued.
c. Urgency Item — Authorize Letter of Support from the Ukiah City Council for Rural
Communities Housing Development Corporation's Proposed Affordable Senior Housing
Project on Brush Street — Administration.
Presenter: Shannon Riley, Senior Management Analyst.
Motion/Second: Mulheren/Crane to authorize the Mayor to sign a letter of support for RCHDC's
application for funding from California's Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program
for the proposed Orr Creek Commons project. Motion carried by the following roll call votes: AYES:
Crane, Mulheren, Doble, Brown, and Scalmanini. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
b. Discussion and Consideration of a Resolution Amending Section 2081 — Adjusting
Voluntary Spending Limits to Reflect Increase in Consumer Price Index from Original
Limits Established in 2006 — Administration.
Presenter: Sage Sangiacomo, City Manager.
Motion/Second: Brown/Mulheren to adopt resolution (2016-36) amending City Code Section 2081,
increasing the voluntary spending limit to $5,850. Motion carried by the following roll call votes:
AYES: Mulheren, Brown. NOES: Doble. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: Crane and Scalmanini.
d. Discussion and Possible Adoption of Resolution Establishing Fees and Charges Under
California Public Records Act for Requested Copies of Public Records — Administration —
From Consent Calendar Item 7d.
Presenter: David Rapport, City Attorney.
Motion/Second: Crane/Brown to adopt resolution (2016-37) establishing fees and charges under
the California Public Records Act for requested copies of public records. Motion carried by the
following roll call votes: AYES: Crane, Mulheren, Doble, Brown, and Scalmanini. NOES: None.
ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNED TO CLOSED SESSION AT 9:12 P.M.
14. CLOSED SESSION
a. Conference with Legal Counsel — Existing Litigation
(Cal. Gov't Code Section 54956.9(d)(1))
Name of case: City of Ukiah v. Questex, LTD, et al, Mendocino County Superior Court, Case
No. SCUK- CVPT-15-66036
b. Conference with Legal Counsel — Existing Litigation
(Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1))
Name of case: Ukiah Valley Sanitation District v. City of Ukiah, Mendocino County Superior
Court, Case No. SCUK-CVC-13-63024
c. Conference with Legal Counsel — Existing Litigation
(Cal. Gov't Code Section 54956.9(d)(1))
Name of case: County of Mendocino v. Solid Waste System, Inc. et al., Mendocino County
Superior Court, Case No. SCUK-CVG-11-59459
d. Conference with Legal Counsel — Existing Litigation
(Cal. Gov't Code Section 54956.9(d)(1))
Name of case: Ukiah Citizens for Safety First v. City of Ukiah, Mendocino County Superior Court,
Case No. SCUKCVPT 14-63579
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Minutes of June 15, 2016, Continued.
No action was taken on Closed Session items.
I 15. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:20 p.m.
Ashley Co •'•, Deputy City Clerk
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