Live - Life . Lincoln . Live.Life. Lincoln. Live . Life. Lincoln . Live - Life . Lincoln - Live. Life Lipcoln  MINUTES  CITY OF LINCOLN CITY COUNCIL & LINCOLN REDEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES Council Work Session February 14, 2022  Work Session  Meeting conducted electronically on Zoom. CALL TO ORDER by Mayor Andreatta at 4:00PM. 1. ROLL CALL: Councilmembers present: Paul Joiner  Dan Karleskint Bill Lauritsen Holly Andreatta Sean Scully, City Manager Kristine Mollenkopf, City Attorney Gwen Scanlon, City Clerk Matt Alves, Public Safety Chief  Alyssa Silhi (attended via phone first part of meeting)  Mayor  Roll Call: 5 members present, 0 members absent.  Staff members present:  Various City employees, consultants and members of the public were also present via  teleconference.  2. FLAG SALUTE. - Evan Faddis, Fire Captain, led the pledge of allegiance.  3. PUBLIC COMMENT - none. 4. STAFF REPORTS  4.A. Council discussion regarding AB 361 to continue with public meetings in a virtual setting due to the spread and risks relative to the Omicron variant of COVID-19 to allow for Kristine Mollenkopf, City Attorney, gave a brief staff report. Councilmember Joiner stated his support to return to in-person meetings. Councilmembers Karleskint, Lauritsen and Silhi all concurred with Councimember Joiner. Mayor Andreatta stated she was also in support of returning toi in-person meetings but noted staff and public could attend meetings virtually in a hybrid in-person/irtual meeting format. Mayor Andreatta opened and closed the discussion to 4.B. Council discussion of priorities, strategies and desired outcomes for the use of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) revenue received by the City of Lincoln. (Sean Scully) Sean Scully, City Manager, gave a brief staff report detailing the City's approximately $11million revenue rèceived from American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to provide support to the Lincoln community and businesses. A lengthy City Council discussion ensued regarding a variety of potential uses for the funds: business assistance grants to offset the losses created by COVID; staffing of the City's Fire Department which has been significantly affected by COVID; assistance tor non-profits to provide services that support the community recovery from COVID; and mental health resources to assist the youth and the potentially long lasting and significant mental damages caused by the pandemic. Additional Council discussion ensued on a needs assessment for businesses and non-profits as well as how much to set aside for these programs.  continued video conferencing of public meetings. (Mollenkopf)  the public with no comments.  600 Sixth Street Lincoln, CA 95648 www.c.lincoln.ca.us 916-434-2400    Live. Life - Lincoln . Live Life Lincoln. Live - Life Lincoln Live Life Lincoln Live Life Lipcoln  Page 2of2  City Council, Public Finance Authority and Redevelopment Successor Agency Work Session Meeting Minutes February14,: 2022  Councimember Silhi signed off her telephone connection on the meeting at 4:35PM and returned Mayor Andreatta opened the discussion to three representatives of groups seeking ARPA funding a) Tom Indrieri, Lincoln Area Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive, stated a business survey to get a needs assessment could be done very quickly and that he and the Chamber could help administer a grant program. Mr. Indrieri stated he had been working with the Elk Grove Chamber who is doing a similar grant to get a similar program in Lincoln. Sean Scully stated he could bring an ARPA Business Assistance staff report to City Council on March 8, 2022. b) Drey Bravo, The Foundry Director and a Lincoln non-profit, stated there is a need and asked if the non-profit needs assessment would be done through the Lincoln Community Foundation. A brief City Council discussion ensued on how best to assess the needs of Lincoln Non-Profit and possibly using a first-come, first-served basis and Council consensus was to bring c) Evan Faddis, Lincoln Fire Captain and Union Representative, stated the Fire Department Staff are on the front lines and have daily contact with COVID. He continued that having 3 fire stations open increased the initial response time but having only two staff at each station actually increased the total overall response time. He continued that three additional staff positions were cut at last year's budget and the average age of staff members is 45 years old and without new personnel there would be a lot of knowledge lost when staff retires. He also stated the City had an unsuccessful tax measure for additional public safety staffing and had also unsuccessfully tried for the Staffing For Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant two years in a row; first asking for 9 additional firefighters and following year asking for 18 additional firefighters. Mr. Faddis concluded by requesting Council use these funds to hire Mayor Andreatta opened and closed the discussion to the public at 5:36PM with no comments. Another City Council discussion ensued on using the standard allowance of $10 million instead of performing the revenue loss calculation costs and how much of that should be used for the Fire Department. Also discussed was cost of additional firefighting staff factoring in California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act (PEPRA) lower benefit costs, paramedic training costs and various levels of staffing. Sean Scully, City Manager, stated staff would bring this issue back to  via Zoom audio/video at 4:38PM. at 4:40PM with the following comments:  this portion back for further discussion.  additional firefighting staff.  Council a few times to refine their direction. 5. COUNCIL INITIATED BUSINESS - none.  6. ADJOURNMENT- adjourned by Mayor Andreatta at 5:44 PM.  uaBcanh Submitted by Gwen Scanlon, City Clerk  600 Sixth Street . Lincoln, CA Kci'wwwai.lincan.91643400