CITYOF  CITY OF JACKSON City Council Meeting Minutes June 08, 2020  JJACKSON CALIFORNIA Mayor and Council Members Robert Stimpson, Mayor Connie Gonsalves, Vice Mayor Wayne Garibaldi, Council Member Keith Sweet, Council Member - via telecon ABSENT: MarilynLewis, Council Member  John Georgette, City Clerk StaffMembers: Josh Nelson, City Attorney Yvonne Kimball, City Manager Max Godde, Public Works Superintendent Debbie Mackey, Fire Chief Chris Mynderup, Police Chief Patti Ungaro, Administrative Assistant  Mayor Stimpson called the meeting to order at 7:13 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. Mayor Stimpson led the Pledge of Allegiance.  Mayor Stimpson held a moment of silence for David Gardella, former City Firefighter who passed on this  day 36 years ago.  1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA.  Motion to approve the City Council Agenda dated June 08, 2020 as presented. Moved by, Councilmember Garibaldi seconded by Vice Mayor Gonsalves, and carried by a 41 to Or roll  call vote:  AYES: Stimpson, Gonsalves, Garibaldi, Sweet  NOES: None ABSENT: Lewis ABSTAIN: None  2. PUBLICMATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA.  Discussion items only, no action will be taken. Any person may address the Council at this time on any subject within the jurisdiction oft the City Council. Please note - there is a three (3) minute limit.  Paul Jones, Jackson resident, offered prayer.  Moved next speaker (and group) outside due to size ofc crowd and to allow for social distancing.  Shawn Karai, Owner ofl New York Fitness came to speak about his gym and the letters he received from the City of Jackson ini regard to closing the gym. Mr. Karai was supported by his wife and over 50 ofl his gym members. Shawn explained his background of moving to Jackson with his family and purchasing the gym tol help the community with many health issues through    City Council Minutes - June 08. 2020  Page 2  exercise. When COVID-19 hit, they felt remaining open would be to the betterment of the community versus turning people away that were. left without an avenue to deal with the reversal oft their health issues. Mr. Karai explained how cleanliness was already their top priority prior to the pandemic but increased their cleaning and disinfecting the gym as well as taking temperatures oft the workers and gym members, wearing masks, and spacing and/or eliminating equipment. He came with over. 300 signatures from the local community supporting how essential the gym is during this pandemic. Since Governor Newsom was going to re-open fitness facilities with guidelines as ofFriday, June 12th, Mr. Karai requested to remain operable and Several gym members also spoke in support of the gym and howi it has helped them. Many members with various health issues explained how detrimental it would be to them ifthe gym were closed. Several senior members need the gym post-surgery and/or post-rehabilitation to Mayor Stimpson reminded the group that the City of. Jackson follows the guidelines as directed by the Governor's Executive Orders and the Amador County Department of] Health. Shawn Karai questioned why it was necessary for the City to state their business license would be pulled ifthey didn'tclose the gym. Councilmember Wayne Garibaldi explained that the City had to take action based on the County Health Department directives and without putting the Tom Peyton, Jackson resident and business owner, asked about the rally proposed on Wednesday inl Detert Park and if a permit was filed. The item he is mostly concerned about is with the outside group ofj protestors and tried to find out who they were or where they were from and requested JPD to look into (which Chief Mynderup will address in his Administrative Report).  thanked the Council to allow him to express his thoughts.  deal with pain or just being able to move.  City in violation.  After no further public comment, Mayor Stimpson moved onto the Consent Calendar.  3. CONSENT CALENDAR.  Items listed on the consent calendar are considered routine and may be enacted by one motion. Any  item may be removed for discussion at the request ofa Council Member. a. Approval of the May 26, 2020 Meeting Minutes. b. Approval of Expenditure Report in the amount of$162,499.63. Approval of Payroll Expenditure Report in the amount of $289,701.59. d. Receive Jackson Fire Department Monthly Report for May 2020. Receive Jackson Police Department Monthly Report for May 2020. f. Building Department Monthly Report for May 2020. g. Possible Acceptance of SEIU Tentative Agreement. h. Resolution 2020-14 Amador County to Conduct Election. Resolution 2020-15 Election Support Services from County Clerk.    City Council Minutes - June 08. 2020  Page 3  Motion to approve the Consent Calendar dated. June 08, 2020 as presented. Moved by Council Member Garibaldi, seconded by Vice Mayor Gonsalves, and carried by a 4 to Oroll call vote:  AYES: Stimpson, Gonsalves, Garibaldi, Sweet ABSTAIN: Sweet; item b, check#12216only  NOES: None ABSENT: Lewis  4. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS. expected to be taken by the Council. Public Works Superintendent, Max Godde  This section is toj provide staff an opportunity to present oral status reports on issues. No legal action is  Max stated he gets calls after hours/weekends from staff, public or council with water or sewer emergencies and wanted to state that the fastest way toi reach help is by calling City Hall at 209- 223-1646 and select the prompt for "Water or Sewer Emergency" which will route immediately Next week Pine Grove Youth Camp will be working ai fire break on 900 N Main and Oro de  tot the staffon-call.  Amador property and will spend time in the Cemetery with yard work.  Police Chief, Chris Mynderup  Received notification oft the planned protest from an alliance of] BLM will be held at Detert Park on Wednesday, 3-6pm. Been in contact with the coordinator who stated this will be aj peaceful event. To answer Tom Peyton, the people putting on this protest are from this area comprised of young adults. The group of protestors from Martell stated they will also be joining this protest. There have been zero issues from the Martell protest. JPD sent out aj press release to local media to alert our community. His staff1 has been working diligently on safety plans and been in contact with several neighboring cities law enforcement agencies for support. JPD will have plenty of bodies on hand and in reserves for this event for the safety of our community. Public Works will Vice Mayor Gonsalves stated this local group on Facebook has about 300 followers; if they come out to support this protest, how will parking and pedestrian crossing be addressed? Chief Mynderup re-confirmed hel has plenty of bodies lined up, approximately 301 law enforcement officials plus 20 on stand-by from Mule Creek with additional support the Sheriff's department,  also be putting up barricades in certain areas of. Jackson.  CHP and other agencies. Fire Chief. Debbie Mackey upto 101 hours.  Recruit Academy is going well. They are making al lot of progress and meet on Saturday's for JFD continues their weed abatement throughout Jackson. Last week they returned to their  Weekly Training nights following all their advisories by Dr. Kerr.  City Attorney, Josh Nelson - no report.    City Council Minutes - June 08. 2020  Page 4  Yvonne Kimball - thanked Debby Collins for her work at the Cemetery as she has spent several days  cleaning up it on her own. 5. COUNCILREPORTS.  This section is to provide Council members an opportunity to present reports on their activities and to Council member Sweet attended an ACTC meeting with the only item relating to the City are. monies from a Bike Pedestrian Fund. He asked the ACTC Director to notify all the local agencies regarding monies available. ACTC received $65K that have not been spent yet. This money was for a sidewalk project but according to Susan Peters, City Planner, this was not enough for this project. CM Sweet suggested to City staff to submit another application for additional funding to cover the sidewalk project. The City is also getting another $65K ofRTM funds and hope to combine with SP1 funds for Road  request item be placed on future agendas.  Improvements.  Council member Lewis = absent. Reduced Membership Fees.  Council member Garibaldi ACRA will be meeting this Wednesday and hoping to have a forum on Vice Mayor Gonsalves reported the Car Show is now cancelled, September not likely to happen due to uncertainty of Phase 4 oft the pandemic. However, the Club decided to schedule for May 15, 2021. The show is run on sponsorship from the Registration and Car entry fees. This year's fees will be held onto for next year. The major sponsorships were contacted as the Club still wished toj provide a little  something to Hospice and Tri-County Wildlife this year.  VM Gonsalves wrote al letter to the Department ofl Insurance, with assistance of! Max and CalFire, to get statistics ofmiles ofcreek clearing that the CYA Camp assists the COJ with along with the fuel and fire line breaks they do. She is trying to lobby the Department of Insurance to get behind the support of Mayor Stimpson stated he's on the Open Amador Committee meeting with Dr. Rita Kerr and neighboring Mayors, probably holding last of meetings now that the County is opening up.  keeping the CYA Camps open. No response as ofyet and has sent a 2nd request.  No public comment - moved to next item. 6. DISCUSSION CALENDAR.  For the record: Action minutes provide the necessary documentation of City Council actions and audio recordings are retained for those desiring more detail on particular agenda item discussion. These audio recordings provide an accurate and comprehensive backup of City Council deliberations and citizen Mayor Stimpson suggested pulling items b, c, and d from the Discussion Calendar due to the events this  discussion.  evening. CA Nelson he could do sO with a motion.    City Council Minutes - June 08. 2020  Page 5  Motion to postpone items 6b, 6c, and 6d until a subsequent meeting. Moved by Council Member Garibaldi, seconded by Vice. Mayor Gonsalves, and carried by a 4t0 Oroll call vote:  AYES: Stimpson, Gonsalves, Garibaldi, Sweet  NOES: None ABSENT: Lewis ABSTAIN: None  a. Possible Approval of Resolution No. 2020-16 Water Service Regulations and Fees. City Manager Kimball gave an overview. She said both the municipal code and the state regulations require water system providers to adopt their own service regulations which outline procedures and fees. The last Water Regulations were adopted in 2009 when the old water rates were established. The City has since changed the water: rates in 2019. And in 2018 State adopted new law with new requirements on fees and procedures. Both changes prompted changes to the 2009 Water Regulations. An example oft the changes is the after-hour reconnection fee; there was no fee before and ai new fee of$150. All fees and procedures are in accordance with state law. City staff began the work in Fall of2019 and finished it in May. City Employees, Angie Ervin, Trevor Hoaas, Ryan Mayor Stimpson asked Council for questions. CM Garibaldi and CM Sweet both said they were pleased to see the completion of the update and gave. kudos to Angie, Trevor, Ryan and others who Mayor Stimpson opened to Public Comments, hearing none, he brought the item back to Council. Because the cover resolution was missing from the packet, Council decided to wait until next meeting to adopt the Resolution when all backup materials are present. Council directed toj place  Peters did a great job putting the bulk oft the updates together.  worked on it.  this item ini next meeting's consent calendar for adoption.  Review of the Draft Amador County 10-year Plan to Address Homelessness - May 2020  Report and provide direction to respond.  City Manager Kimball provided overview oft the County's proposed 10-year Plan to Address Homelessness with her suggested comments/additions. Following Council discussions, CMI Kimball was directed by Council toj proceed with submitting the City's response back to the County with the Motionfor City Manager's response letter to include Council's unanimous vote to provide these comments dated June 08, 2020 as presented. Moved by Vice Mayor Gonsalves, seconded. by Councilmember Garibaldi, and carried by a 4 to Or roll call vote:  proposed commentsysuggestions accompanied by a cover letter.  AYES: Stimpson, Gonsalves, Garibaldi, Sweet  NOES: None ABSENT: Lewis ABSTAIN: None    City Council Minutes - June 08. 2020 7. REGULAR MEETING ADJOURNMENT. Mayor Stimpson adjourned the meeting at 8:36] p.m. 8. CLOSED SESSION.- CANCELLED.  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