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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
Special Meeting
CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS
300 Seminary Avenue, Ukiah, CA 95482
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April 29, 2020
4:00 p.m.
1. ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Ukiah City Council met at a Special Meeting on April 29, 2020, having been legally noticed on April
28, 2020. Mayor Crane called the meeting to order at 4:03 p.m. Roll was taken with the following
Councilmembers Present: Maureen Mulheren, Jim O. Brown, Stephen G. Scalmanini, Juan V.
Orozco, and Douglas F. Crane. Staff Present: Sage Sangiacomo, City Manager; David Rapport,
City Attorney: and Kristine Lawler, City Clerk.
MAYOR CRANE PRESIDING.
2. AUDIENCE COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
3. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
a. Receive Status Report and Consider Any Action or Direction Related to the Novel
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Emergency Including Operational Preparedness and Response;
Continuity of City Operations and Services; Community and Business Impacts; and Any
Other Related Matters.
Presenters: Sage Sangiacomo, City Manager; Tami Bartolomei, Office of Emergency Services
Coordinator; Doug Hutchison, Fire Chief; Justin Wyatt, Police Chief; Craig Schlatter, Community
Development Director; Shannon Riley. Deputy City Manager; Tim Eriksen, Public Works Director/
City Engineer; Greg Owen, Airport Manager; Tami Bartolomei for Sean White, Water Resources
Director; and Dan Buffalo, Finance Director.
No public comment was received.
Motion/Second: Brown/Scalmanini to send both letters [1. Letter to Governor, and 2. Senator
McGuire and Assembly Member Woods, in respect to city shortfalls from to COVID-19 Crisis]under
the Mayor's signature. Motion carried by the following roll call votes: AYES: Mulheren, Brown.
Scalmanini, Orozco, and Crane. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
b. Consider proposed letter to Ukiah Valley Sanitation District Board of Directors Re: April
30, 2020, Deadline for Joint City Council/Board of Directors Meeting Under Refinancing
Agreement between City and District, and authorized the Mayor to execute the letter and
any other corresponding action if necessary.
Presenters: David Rapport, City Attorney.
No public comment was received.
Council Consensus directs the City Attorney to add a sentence to the end of the letter requesting
written confirmation from the Ukiah Valley Sanitation District.
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City Council Minutes for April 29, 2020, Continued:
Motion/Second: Mulheren/Brown to:
1. Authorize letter to District Board acknowledging that the joint City Council/District Board meeting
or meetings required to commence by April 30, 2020, under Section 7 of the Refinancing
Agreement between the City and the District cannot begin, because of the Shelter-in-Place
orders issued by Executive Order of the Governor and the Mendocino County Health Officer
under the authority of Health and Safety Code Sections 101040, 101085 and 120175. The City
Council is ready and willing to commence those meetings as soon as it can be scheduled, when
face-to-face meetings between the City Council and Board of Directors are no longer prohibited
as a result of the COVID-19 health emergency.
2. Authorized the Mayor to execute any corresponding amendment to the Refinancing Agreement
if necessary.
Motion carried by the following roll call votes: AYES: Mulheren, Brown, Scalmanini, Orozco, and
Crane. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
4. NEW BUSINESS
a. Discuss and Consider Approval of Resolutions Confirming Emergency Orders of the City
Manager of the City of Ukiah in His Capacity as the Director of Emergency Services
including 1) Suspending Ukiah City Code Sections 4514-4517 for 60 days from April 22,
2020 through June 21, 2020 and 2) Extending the Operation Period of the Winter Homeless
Shelter Located at 1045 South State Street in Ukiah from April 30, 2020 to June 30, 2020.
Presenter: Sage Sangiacomo, City Manager.
No public comment was received
Motion/Second: Brown/Orozco to:
1. Approve Resolution (2020-17) confirming Emergency Order of the City Manager of the City of
Ukiah, in his capacity as the Director of Emergency Services for the City, suspending Ukiah City
Code Sections 4514-4517 for 60 days from April 22, 2020 through June 21,2020;
2. Approve Resolution (2020-18) confirming Emergency Order of the City Manager of the City of
Ukiah, in his capacity as the Director of Emergency Services for the City, extending the operation
period of the Winter Homeless Shelter located at 1045 South State Street in Ukiah from April 30,
2020 to June 30, 2020.
Motion carried by the following roll call votes: AYES: Mulheren, Brown, Scalmanini, Orozco, and
Crane. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
5. ADJOURNMENT
City Manager Sangiacomo gave closing statements. There being no further business, the meeting
adjourned at 5:43 p.m.
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K istine Lawler, City Clerk
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