CITY OF PLACERVILLE

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

 

Regular City Council Meeting

January 27, 2009

 

City Council Chambers – Town Hall

549 Main Street, Placerville, CA  95667

6:30 P.M. Closed Session

7:00 P.M. Open Session

 

6:30 P.M. CLOSED SESSION

 

Pursuant to the cited authority (all references to the Government Code), the City Council will hold a Closed Session to discuss the following items:

 

Govt. Code 54956.9       Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing  Litigation – Three cases:

Pust v. City of Placerville

                                      Grimshaw v. City of Placerville

                                      Struthers v. City of Placerville

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Materials related to an item on this Agenda,

submitted to the City Council either with or after

distribution of the agenda packet,

are available for public inspection in the

City Clerk’s Office at City Hall, 3101 Center Street,

 during normal business hours.

 

Courtesy Announcement

Before we proceed, please turn off all cellular telephones, personal pagers, and other communication devices, as a courtesy to others, and to limit interference with our audio and video broadcast equipment. 

Thank you for your cooperation.

 

7:00 P.M. OPEN SESSION

 

1.                CALL TO ORDER & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

 

 

 

2.      ROLL CALL:         Acuna, Borelli, Hagen, Machado, Rivas

 

3.      ANNOUNCEMENTS TO THE PUBLIC

           

 

4.      CLOSED SESSION REPORT – City Attorney Driscoll

 

 

5.      ADOPTION OF AGENDA

 

 

6.      CEREMONIAL MATTERS

 

6.1    A Proclamation of the City Council of the City of Placerville in Support of El Dorado Irrigation District’s Application for Grant Funds for the Sierra Nevada Conservancy Proposition 84 Grants Program Under the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006 for the Hazel Creek and Hazel Creek Campground Restoration Project

 

 

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.  The Mayor will recognize you and when you come to the microphone, please state your name for the record.  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           Oral Communication

 

 

Speakers are limited to three minutes.  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.

 

PLEASE GIVE ANY WRITTEN MATERIAL PRESENTED AT THE MEETING TO THE CITY CLERK FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD.

 

7.2    Written Communication

 

Letter of resignation from Planning Commissioner Manny DeAquino.

 

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 or audience 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           Minutes of January 13, 2009 (Ms. Zito)

 

Recommendation to approve the Minutes of the regularly scheduled City Council meeting of January 13, 2009.

 

8.2           Warrant Register (Mr. Warren)

 

Recommendation by the Director of Finance to approve the Warrant Register.

 

8.3    Payroll Register  (Mr. Warren)

 

Recommendation by the Director of Finance to approve the Payroll Register.

 

8.4    Request by Placerville Art on Parade and Placerville Downtown Association for Community Promotion Funds for Banners on Parade Project and Placerville Art Walk (Mr. Driscoll)

 

                   Resolution No. _____

 

Recommendation by the City Manager/Attorney that the City Council adopt a Resolution authorizing the appropriation of $1,500.00, from the City Council’s Community Promotion budget as the City’s contribution towards the 2009 “Banners on Parade” project, and, further, the appropriation of $1,000.00 toward the “Placerville Art Walk”.

 

 

9.      ITEMS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR

 

10.    ORDINANCES – None Scheduled

 

 

11.    PUBLIC HEARINGS 

 

11.1     A Public Hearing Regarding Speed Limits on Highway 49 (Mr. Tippett)

 

Recommendation by the City Engineer that the City Council conduct a Public Hearing to receive and provide input on the CalTrans recommended revisions to the speed limits on Highway 49. 

 

 

12.    DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS

 

12.1  Project Development Status – Main Street/Cedar Ravine Road/Clay Street Roundabout (Mr. Tippett)

 

Recommendation by the City Engineer that the City Council take the following action:

 

1.                 Receive a project development status report.

2.                 Provide input on the design concept of a roundabout at the intersection of Main Street and Cedar Ravine Road and/or direction for project development.

3.                 Authorize continuation of project development of the Clay Street Bridge replacement and Main Street/Cedar Ravine Road/Clay Street intersection improvements.

 

12.2     Confirmation of Appointment to the Personnel Board to Fill One Unexpired Term Ending March 1, 2009 and One Unexpired Term Ending March 1, 2011 (Ms. Zito)

 

Recommendation by the City Clerk that the City Council confirm the appointment of Ken Mikulecky to the City’s Personnel Board to fill the unexpired term of Michele MacIntyre who resigned on December 10, 2008, and further, to appoint the fifth member of the Personnel Board as recommended by the other four members of the Personnel Board, to fill the unexpired term to end March 1, 2011. The fifth Personnel Board member, Helen Wright, resigned effective  December 14, 2009.

 

 

 

13.           COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS/ITEMS INITIATED BY

COUNCILMEMBERS

 

 

14.    STAFF REPORTS

 

 

15.    UPCOMING ITEMS

 

 

16.    ADJOURNMENT

 

A Special Council Workshop will be held on February 4, 2009 at 6:00 P.M. at Town Hall.

The next Regular Council meeting will be held on February 10, 2009: 6:00 P.M. Closed Session; 7:00 P.M. Regular Session.

 

 

 

Susan Zito, CMC

City Clerk

 

 

CERTIFICATION OF AGENDA POSTING

 

I, Susan C. Zito, CMC, City Clerk of the City of Placerville,

Declare that the foregoing Agenda for the January 27, 2009

Regular Meeting of the Placerville City Council

Was posted and available for review on January 22, 2009

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

 

Signed this 22nd day of January, 2009 at Placerville, California.

 

 

 

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Susan C. Zito, CMC, City Clerk