CITYOF  CITY OF JACKSON City Council Meeting Minutes August 10, 2020  JJACKSON CALIFORNIA Mayor and Council Members Robert Stimpson, Mayor Connie Gonsalves, Vice Mayor Wayne Garibaldi, Council Member Keith Sweet, Council Member Marilyn Lewis, Council Member - via telecon ABSENT: None  John Georgette, City Clerk Staff Members: Josh Nelson, City Attorney Yvonne Kimball, City Manager Bree Wilder, Acting Public Works Superintendent Debbie Mackey, Fire Chief Chris Mynderup, Police Chief Patti Ungaro, Administrative Assistant  Mayor Stimpson called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCETOTIE FLAG. Mayor Stimpson led the Pledge of Allegiance. 1., APPROVALOF AGENDA.  Motion to approve the City Council Agenda dated. August 10, 2020 as presented. Moved by Vice Mayor Gonsalves, seconded by Councilmember Garibaldi, and carried by a 5to Oroll  call vote:  AYES: Stimpson, Gonsalves, Garibaldi, Lewis, Sweet  NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None  2. PUBLIC MATTERSNOT ONTHE AGENDA.  Discussion items only, no action will be taken. Any person may address the Council at this time on any subject within the jurisdiction ofthe City Council. Please note - there is a three (3) minute limit. Thornton Consolo, Jackson resident, commented that we are near to the end of summer with fire and flood dangers, rain early October and the creeks are full of debris and growth. Bree Wilder, Acting PW Superintendent acknowledged that the request for creek cleaning has already been processed. Corwin Haynes, Jackson resident, who lives on Argonaut Lane has been having problems with people speeding and running stop signs by his home. He stated that he already notified JPD but has not seen any officer out there as ofyet. He would like this addressed and will be back in a couple meetings to follow up. ChiefMynderup clarified tol Mr. Haynes that his officers have been out there with most recently last Tuesday. Chief also explained that every officer provides daily logs and he is welcome to come to. JPD. and request this information. Discussion was held between Council and Mr. Corwin on    City Council Minutes - August 10, 2020  Page 2  surveillance ideas in that area. City Attorney Nelson stated this has turned into discussion and expired  time limit.  Paul Jones, Jackson resident, offered prayer.  After no further Public Comment, Mayor moved to next item.  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 oft the July 27, 2020 Meeting Minutes.  b. Approval of] Expenditure Reports in the total amount of$I,145,595.24. - Approval of] Payroll Expenditure Report in the amount of $816,608.65. d. Receive. Jackson Fire Department Monthly Report for. July 2020. Receive. Jackson Police Department Monthly Report for. July 2020.  - Engineer Periodical Report.  Motion to approve the Consent Calendar dated. August 10, 2020 as presented. Moved by Vice Mayor Gonsalves, seconded. by Councilmember Garibaldi, and carried by a. 5to Oroll call vote:  AYES: Stimpson, Gonsalves, Garibaldi, Lewis, Sweet  NOES: None ABSENT: None  ABSTAIN: Sweet; Check #12369 only  4. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS. expected to be taken by the Council.  This section is toj provide staff an opportunity to present oral status reports on issues. No legal action is  Acting Public Works Superintendent, Bree Wilder  Survived his first week after Max's retirement. He accepted the challenge with PW being short- handed. He thanked Trevor, Robert and Rodney for all the extra efforts and willingness during Has put in an ad in the paper again for the Maintenance Worker Ij position - deadline is August After they got their Sweeper back it blew a hydraulic hose and did not get out last week. Itis The water department has been doing some fire hydrant maintenance. They will finish the  these times. 20th.  now: fixed and swept Main St. and Hwy.  installation of the first round of radio read meters this week.  Police Chief, Chris Mynderup  Reported he had a chance to review the end of year statistics compared to FY18-19 and found an overall increase of 16% in total incidents. He outlined additional incident statistics that rolled up    City Council Minutes - August 10, 2020  Page 3  to the total incidents. Due to the COVID and homeless issues are the result oft the increase in  assault/battery and theft incidents.  Fire Chief. Debbie Mackey  COVID cases continue to increase, they are responding daily to positive cases. We were having ac difficult time obtaining PPE, but assistance from the Mayor and our Emergency Operations Center assisted us in having Tyvec suits and N95 masks. PPE is on backorder due to increase in They responded a water tender with Engineer Sharp and Firefighter Roots to the Clay incident. They had a fire in the park up at Gold Ridge, a cigarette was extinguished in the bark. They received a grant in the amount of $7,900 to purchase PPE, this is an Assistance to We have out Captains promotional that will be taking place at the end of September.  demand.  The fire burned East of Wilton and burned over 700 acres.  Firefighters grant. Strike team list after the 20th. Tyler Nolan is returning. They have 2 new volunteers.  The Electra fire burned just under 1 acre, E6332 responded to the call.  Water rescue at Electra, rafters were unaccounted, E6331 was diverted from the Electra fire to assist with the rescue, R-4 was dispatched and they picked up our technical rescue trailer to assist  with the incident.  City Attorney.Joshi Nelson stated they have been tracking a number of cases working their way through related to referendum on the water/sewer rates. He reminded the Council of a case that Amador Water Agency won. The court just recently decided and clarified that the Referendum on water/sewer rates are not permitted under Prop 218. The only way to reduce these rates is through the Initiative. This sounds like a technical issue but it has al big difference because Referendum automatically stated the approved affected date oft the rate resolution until it is submitted to the voter and the Initiative is protected. Itisa City Manager, Yvonne Kimball announced the City's new website is up now. There are still some page updates needed and some tweaking on the technical side, but the domain is secure. CM Kimball participated on a call with all City representatives to discuss how to share the County's $3.8M CARES grant that needs to be spent by December 2020. She then met with her department heads and came up with a list ofi ideas including a Mask Outreach program, additional funding for the City Hall roof, funds for a Lease partnership to utilize the "sink hole" lot on Main St. for additional parking. The request totals about $1M and was submitted to the County. The County Manager acknowledged receipt oft the  good win for local governments.  list but no word back to-date. 5. COUNCIL REPORTS.  This section is to provide Council members an opportunity to present reports on their activities and to  request item be placed on future agendas.    City Council Minutes - August 10, 2020  Page 4  Council member Sweet attended an ACTC meeting, nothing on the agenda that affected us. However, he sent out an email, that was broadcasted by various organizations in the County, there is ai meeting in Rancho Cordova with respect to Hwy 16. Amador County has been trying to get the City of Sacramento and Rancho Cordova that has approximately 55,000 homes in the pipeline along/near Hwy 161 to engage inat traffic study. A traffic study is a simple request and generally required. They also want the highway relinquished from State control to the County control. Due to the amount of flack from Amador County and other organizations, they have not been able to engage the Rancho Murrieta population who would also be affected by many stop lights on Hwy. 16 as we are. The City of Sacramento and several developers will be hosting a teleconference with respect to the issues along Hwy 16 on August 12th at 6:00 pm and encourages everyone toj participate to show concern and substantiation. He forwarded the email to Council and others with this information and ifanyone else is  interested, let him know and he will provide. Council member Lewis - nothing to report.  Council member Garibaldi spoke in reference to the park fire in the bark, sounds like rubberized bark would be a' "Capital Improvement" and may be able to use Park funds for that. Will be attending a Rec Agency meeting on Wednesday with one oft the items being that the current Executive Director, Carolyn Fregulia, has tendered her resignation as ofend of this year. The Recreation Agency will be holding a search for replacement, if anyone has aj referral with a desire or experience in education and/or recreation agency to please send them their way or access the ACRA website at goacra.com. CM  Garibaldi will be the Chairman until the end oft this year for ACRA.  Vice Mayor Gonsalves - nothing to report. Mayor Stimpson nothing to report. 6. DISCUSSION CALENDAR.  For the record: Action minutes provide the necessary documentation ofCity 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  discussion.  a. Presentation by EPA regarding Argonaut Mine Clean-up.  John Hillebrand and Michelle Rogow from EPA provided aj presentation on the Clean Up efforts at the Argonaut Mine (reference copy of flyer sent to: residents isi in meeting packet). Following the Presentation, Council held discussion and covering their questions/concerns with EPA. They all realize a more effective truck route is needed to move the materials out and they will continue this study with  minimal disruption to the residents.  No motion needed for this item, was for presentation and discussion only:    City Council Minutes - August 10, 2020  Page 5  b. 2nd Reading and Approval of Ordinance No. 717 to Rezone 1460 Jackson Gate Road and Resolution No. 2020-27 Amending the City Jackson's General Plan Land Use Designation City Manager Kimball summarized the staff report for the Rezone and GPA for 1460 Jackson Gate Road and clarified this is the 2nd Reading and Approval ofOrdinance No. 717 and Resolution No. 2020-27. Mayor Stimpson opened for Public Comment, after hearing none, seeing none: moved back to Council Motion to approve Ordinance. No. 7170 Changing the Zoning forAssessor's Parcel No. 020- 031-001, 1460. Jackson Gate Rdj from Residential Duplex to. Residential Medium Density dated. August 10, 2020 as presented. Moved by Councilmember Garibaldi, seconded by  and Zoning Map.  whom made two (2) separate motions as follows:  Councilmember Sweet, and carried by a 5to 0 roll call vote:  AYES: Stimpson, Gonsalves, Garibaldi, Lewis, Sweet  NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None  Motion to approve Resolution No. 2020-27Adopting a GPAfor Mr. Mark Carman at, 1460 Jackson Gate Rdfrom Residential Duplex to Residential Medium Density dated. August 10, 2020 as presented. Moved by Councilmember Garibaldi, seconded by Vice Mayor  Gonsalves, and carried by a. 5to Oroll call vote:  AYES: Stimpson, Gonsalves, Garibaldi, Lewis, Sweet  NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None C. Adoption ofFY20/21 Budget.  City Manager Kimball gave an overview oft the budget and said it has been a challenging budget to propose due to the uncertainties with COVID. All funds were expected to be impacted. Waterand Sewer funds are doing better after the new rates were implemented in the last couple ofyears. But they are not meeting the revenue projections made by the rate studies because of COVID impacts. Measure Mi is for the first time balanced largely because of the SAFER grant. The Swimming Pool continues to be supported by the General Fund and expects a full program year in summer of2021. The General Fund isi in deficit of$13,000. Data change daily. Itis difficult to make any kind of projections. She then thanked Mayor Stimpson and Council Member Garibaldi for going over the drafts with her last few Mayor asked if Council has any questions. CM Sweet said he appreciated the Finance Committee's work. But he is concerned that the General Fund is not balanced. CM Garibaldi said when the Committee first met, the draft was in deficit by a lot more. The City Manager made some adjustments tor reduce the deficit to the current $13,000. The COVID crisis made projections difficult. This is the  weeks.    City Council Minutes - August 10, 2020  Page 6  best someone could come up with at this point. He would like to closely monitor the spending and the revenues to see where we actually are headed budget wise in a few months. Mayor Stimpson agreed. CM Sweet said many employees had to take furlough days. Police and Fire did not need to this time. If we have to do more budget cuts, he thinks Police and Fire need toj participate in either furlough or Mayor Stimpson opened for Public Comment. After hearing none, seeing none, he moved back to Council. Councilmember Sweet requested to approve the first two (2) Resolutions separately from the Motion to approve Resolutions No. 2020-28 and 2020-29for. Setting Tax Appropriation Limit andj forApproving the City Operation Budget and City Capital Improvement Budget for FY20-21, the dated. August 10, 2020 as presented. Moved by Vice Mayor Gonsalves,  layoffs. CM Garibaldi agreed. So did Mayor Stimpson.  third (3rd).  seconded by Councilmember Garibaldi, and carried by a 5 to 0 vote:  AYES: Stimpson, Gonsalves, Garibaldi, Lewis, Sweet  NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None  Motion to approve Resolution No. U2u-30Authortzing Full-Time Positions in the City Service Effective. July 1, 2020, in Accordance with the Operating Budgetfor the 2020-21 Fiscal Year dated. August 10, 2020 as presented. Moved by Councilmember Garibaldi, seconded by Vice Mayor Gonsalves, and carried by a 5to 0 roll call vote:  AYES: Stimpson, Gonsalves, Garibaldi, Lewis  NOES: Sweet ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None  d. Civic Center Technology Update.  City Manager Kimball asked Patti Ungaro, City Administrative Assistant to cover this item. Patti briefed the Council on the technology needs oft the Civic Center, what we are doing to currently address our issues, moving forward with staffrecommendations and our ultimate goal while awaiting Council's Mayor Stimpson commented he personally likes the traditional meeting. Following Council discussion, it was decided to try the next two (2) City Council meetings completely virtually on Zoom and continue tol looking into A/V: resources. It was also noted that we check with Ring Central, who provided our phone system, that they may have a dedicated IT team that can assist us. It is agreed we need technology in the Civic Center for future uses, maybe not this year, but maybe we'll be able to get some COVID  direction.  funds.    City Council Minutes August 10, 2020  Page 7  7. REGULAR MEETING ADJOURNMENT. Mayor Stimpson adjourned the meeting at 9:05 p.m.  ATTEST:  08/25/2000 Date Approved