NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING
PACIFIC
GROVE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING
AGENDA
Council
Chambers – City Hall –
Note: The Council will not begin consideration of
any item on this agenda later than
Copies
of the agenda packet are available for review at the Pacific Grove Library
located at 550 Central Avenue; the reception counter in City Hall at 300 Forest
Avenue, Pacific Grove; and on the internet at: http://www.ci.pg.ca.us/agendas
PRESENTATIONS
A. Presentation by Lyndel Melton of RMC Environmental on behalf of the Division of Ratepayers Advocates regarding proposed regional desalinization plant.
Reference: City Manager Colangelo
Recommended Action: Receive
APPROVAL OF
AGENDA
COUNCIL AND
STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS
ORAL
COMMUNICATIONS
(Comments from
the audience will not receive Council action.
Comments must deal with matters subject to the jurisdiction of the City
and the Council and will be limited to three minutes. Comments regarding agenda items, not on the
consent agenda, shall be heard prior to Council’s consideration of such items
at the time such items are called.
Whenever possible, letters should be submitted to the Council in advance
of the meeting.)
CONSENT
AGENDA
(The Consent Agenda consists of those
items which are routine and for which a staff recommendation has been
prepared. A Councilmember, member of the
audience or staff may request that an item be placed on the regular agenda for
further discussion. One motion will
cover all items on the Consent Agenda.
The motion to approve will authorize the action or recommendation
indicated.)
1. APPROVAL OF ACTION
MINUTES
A.
Action Minutes of the January 16, 2008 City Council Meeting
Recommended
Action: Approve
2.
REPORTS
OF STAFF:
A. Highlights
of the January 18, 2008 Monterey Regional Waste Management District Board
Meeting
Gary Bales, the City’s
representative to the Monterey Regional Waste Management District Board, will
report on activities and actions by the Monterey Regional Waste Management
District Board
Reference: City Manager Colangelo
Recommended Action: Receive
3.
REPORTS
OF COMMISSIONS, BOARDS, AND STANDING COMMITTEES
A. Annual
Report for 2007 of the American With Disabilities Act Compliance Advisory
Committee
Recommended
Action: Receive
B. Meeting
Minutes of the January 22, 2008 Architectural Review Board
Recommended
Action: Receive
C. Meeting
Minutes of the January 17, 2008 Special Events Committee
Recommended
Action: Receive
D.
Meeting Minutes of the December 11, 2007 Traffic Safety
Commission
Recommended
Action: Receive
REGULAR
AGENDA
4.
REPORTS
OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND STANDING COMMITTEES
A. Americans with
Disabilities Act Compliance Advisory Committee
B. Architectural
Review Board
C. Beautification
and Natural Resources Committee
D. Cultural Arts
Commission
E. Economic
Advisory Committee
F.
Golf
Course Advisory Committee
G.
Historic
Resources Committee
H.
Housing
Committee
I.
Library
Board
J.
Museum
Board
K.
Planning
Commission
L.
Recreation
Board
M.
Special
Events Committee
N.
Traffic
Safety Commission
O.
ad hoc Budget and
P.
ad hoc Campaign
Q.
ad hoc Charter Review
Committee
R.
ad hoc Crespi Pond
Oversight Subcommittee
S.
5. OLD BUSINESS
The Council will hold the second reading
of an ordinance to authorize the extension of the City’s lease of a portion of
its tidelands and submerged lands to the
Reference: City Attorney David Laredo
Recommended
Action: Adopt Ordinance
6.
NEW
BUSINESS
The
“Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act of 2006” (DIVCA), effective
January 1, 2007, requires cities that currently franchise cable television services
take the action of passing an ordinance which will require state cable
franchisees to provide benefits at the same level as the local franchise.
Reference: Celia Perez
Recommended Action: Adopt Ordinance
B. Receive Financial Report on the first 12 months of
City Operation of the Golf Pro Shop
On
Reference:
Jim Becklenberg, Director of Management and Budget
Recommended Action: Receive
Following public hearing, the Council will review
and discuss the first reading of the draft Ordinance. The Council may approve
or reject the first reading of the draft. If approved, a second reading shall
be set at the next Council meeting.
Reference:
Recommended
Action: Hold first reading of the Ordinance
Reference:
City Manager Colangelo
Recommended
Action: Adopt the attached Resolution.
7.
REPORTS
OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:
A.
Mayor’s Annual Appointments to the City’s Boards, Commissions and
Committee
Reference: Mayor Cort
Recommended Action: Approve the Mayor’s Annual Appointments to the City’s Boards, Commissions and Committees
B.
Meeting
Reports
·
Association
of
·
Community
Human Services
·
Executive
Committee,
·
Fort
Ord Reuse Authority
·
Monterey
Regional Water Pollution Control Agency, JPA
·
Monterey-Salinas
Transit
·
Transportation
Agency for
C. Reports on
Trips, Conference Attendance, and Meetings (AB 1234)
8.
ITEMS
REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA
9.
CLOSED
SESSION
A. Pursuant to
California Government Code Section 54956.9, Council will Meet in Closed Session
with Legal Counsel to Consider Pending Litigation
i. California-Nevada Methodist Homes v.
City of
B. Consider Claim for Damages No. L2007-31 –
Collins,
Council
will consider a claim from an injured party and determine whether to approve
the claim or deny and refer the matter back to staff. If the claim is denied as recommended, the
claimant will have six (6) months to file legal action.
C. Consider Claim for Damages No. L2007-32 -
Kellett
Council
will consider a claim from an injured party and determine whether to approve
the claim or deny and refer the matter back to staff. If the claim is denied as recommended, the
claimant will have six (6) months to file legal action.
D. Pursuant to California Government Code Section
54957.6 Council will Meet in Closed Session with its Designated Representative,
James J. Colangelo, Regarding Labor Negotiations: All Bargaining Units
10. PUBLIC
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION
(Following
Closed Session, the Council shall reconvene in open session, prior to
adjournment, and make disclosures as required by Government Code sections 54957.1 and 54957.7. If this
announcement is made in the City Manager’s Conference Room, public participants
shall be invited for the purpose of hearing the announcement. Alternatively, the Council may
reconvene in the City Council Chambers to enable the public to hear the
announcement.)
ORDER
FOR ADJOURNMENT
Items
to be included on the Council Agenda must be received no later than
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