AGENDA
CITY OF WATSONVILLE
CITY COUNCIL MEETING

Tuesday, November 09, 2021 at 4:00 P.m. - 9:00 P.m.

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FACE MASKS REQUIRED

1.

CLOSED SESSION CORRESPONDENCE (IF ANY)

2.

CLOSED SESSION

CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT:

PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT THIS TIME.

The City Council of the City of Watsonville will recess to Closed Session to discuss the matters that follow:

2.a

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL—ANTICIPATED LITIGATION

(Government Code Section 54956.9(c))

1. Initiation of litigation pursuant to Section 54956.9(c):

            (1 Case) 

2.b

CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR

(Government Code Section 54957.6)

Agency negotiator: Matt Huffaker and Nathalie Manning

Employee organization: Public Safety Mid-Management

2.c

PERSONNEL MATTERS

(Government Code Section 54957)

1. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT/EMPLOYMENT
   Title: City Manager Pro Tempore

CITY COUNCIL RESUMES AT 6:00 P.M.

3.

ROLL CALL

3.a

MOTION TO EXCUSE ABSENT COUNCIL MEMBER(S) (If any)

4.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

5.

INFORMATION ITEMS

5.a

REPORT OF DISBURSEMENTS

5.b

MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS REPORT

6.

PRESENTATIONS & ORAL COMMUNICATIONS

This time is set aside for members of the general public to address the Council on any item not on the Council Agenda, which is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council. No action or discussion shall be taken on any item presented except that any Council Member may respond to statements made or questions asked, or may ask questions for clarification. All matters of an administrative nature will be referred to staff. All matters relating to Council will be noted in the minutes and may be scheduled for discussion at a future meeting or referred to staff for clarification and report. 

ALL SPEAKERS ARE ASKED TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD & LEAVE IT AT THE PODIUM. SPEAKERS ARE ASKED TO ANNOUNCE THEIR NAME AND DISTRICT IN WHICH THEY LIVE IN ORDER TO OBTAIN AN ACCURATE RECORD FOR THE MINUTES.

6.a

ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC (2 MINUTES EACH)

6.b

ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE COUNCIL (3 MINUTES EACH)

6.c

PINK PATCH PROJECT

PRESENTATION OF THE 4TH ANNUAL CHECK BY THE WATSONVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO THE KATZ CANCER CENTER FROM THE PINK PATCH PROJECT

6.d

MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE MONTH

MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER AS NATIONAL AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE MONTH & ENCOURAGING ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO REFLECT ON THE HISTORY & CONTRIBUTIONS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO OUR SOCIETY

6.e

MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION FOR CORRIGAN'S CHRISTMAS TREES

MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING CORRIGAN'S CHRISTMAS TREES FOR BEING A SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS & WISHING FOR THEM TO CONTINUE BEING PART OF THE COMMUNITY FOR MANY MORE YEARS

6.f

MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION FOR CONCHITA ESTHER GONZALEZ & CONCHITA'S ICE CREAM & PASTRY

MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING CONCHITA ESTHER GONZALEZ & CONCHITA'S ICE CREAM & PASTRY FOR DECADES OF SERVING UP SWEET TREATS & SMILES TO THE COMMUNITY & WISHING HER SUCCESS IN HER FUTURE  ENDEAVORS

6.g

MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION FOR FATIMA & FRANCO VACA

MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING FATIMA & FRANCO VACA'S  BUSINESSES WHICH PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCTS & GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE TO ALL WHO VISIT THEIR LOCALES & WISHING THEM CONTINUED SUCCESS FOR YEARS TO COME

6.h

REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION

7.

CONSENT AGENDA

All items appearing on the Consent Agenda are recommended actions which are considered to be routine and will be acted upon as one consensus motion. Any items removed will be considered immediately after the consensus motion. The Mayor will allow public input prior to the approval of the Consent Agenda.

PUBLIC INPUT (2 MINUTES EACH)

7.a

MOTION APPROVING MINUTES OF OCTOBER 26, 2021

7.b

 BIDS FOR THE HAMES WATER RESERVOIR INTERIOR COATING & CONNECTION (Recommended by Interim Public Works & Utilities Director Di Renzo)

RESOLUTION APPROVING PLANS & SPECIFICATIONS & CALLING FOR BIDS FOR HAMES WATER RESERVOIR INTERIOR COATING & CONNECTION MODIFICATIONS PROJECT NO. WA-21-14826 (ESTIMATED COST OF $488,600 WILL BE FUNDED FROM THE WATER ENTERPRISE FUND)

7.c

PURCHASE OF 35-GALLON CARTS FROM OTTO ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Recommended by Interim Public Works & Utilities Director Di Renzo)

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PURCHASE OF SIX THOUSAND 35-GALLON GREEN ORGANICS CARTS FOR THE CITY’S SOLID WASTE UTILITY ORGANICS RECYCLING PROGRAM FROM OTTO ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS NORTH AMERICA, INC., IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $300,000

7.d

SCHOOL COMMUNITY POLICING OFFICER PROGRAM AGREEMENT WITH PAJARO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (Recommended by Interim Police Chief Sims) 

RESOLUTION APPROVING SCHOOL COMMUNITY POLICING OFFICER PROGRAM AGREEMENT WITH PÁJARO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR SCHOOL COMMUNITY POLICING OFFICER SERVICES AT WATSONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR 2021-2022, REIMBURSE CITY $77,391

7.e

LEASE WITH WATSONVILLE CHAPTER 119, EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION (Recommended by Airport Director Williams)

RESOLUTION APPROVING THREE YEAR LEASE WITH WATSONVILLE CHAPTER 119, EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION FOR THE USE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 60 AVIATION WAY, COMMENCING ON OCTOBER 1, 2021, & ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

7.f

ACCEPTANCE OF EDWARD BYRNE JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM (Recommended by Interim Police Chief Sims)

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE, FOR THE EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 IN THE AMOUNT OF $21,767 TO FUND CRIME ANALYSIS SOFTWARE & APPROPRIATION OF SUCH FUNDS TO THE JAG ACCOUNT

7.g

ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT FUNDS ($64,000) FROM CALeVIP FOR EV CHARGING STATIONS (Recommended by Interim Public Works & Utilities Director Di Renzo)

RESOLUTION ACCEPTANCE OF $64,000 CALIFORNIA ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT (CALeVIP) GRANT FUNDED BY THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION FOR PURCHASE & INSTALLATION OF TWELVE PUBLIC FACING LEVEL 2 (MEDIUM LEVEL) ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) CHARGING STATIONS & APPROPRIATING $92,000 TO THE CARBON FUND

7.h

GRANT APPLICATION TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HOUSING &  COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (HCD) (Recommended by Community Development Director Merriam)

RESOLUTION SUBMITTAL OF GRANT APPLICATION FOR $1,300,000 TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR FUNDING UNDER THE 2021 CALHOME PROGRAM FOR THE CITY’S FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE, & OWNER-OCCUPIED REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE (INCLUDING  CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR OR REHABILITATION OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS (ADUS) & JUNIOR ADUS & TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE CALHOME GRANT FUNDS

7.i

GRANT APPLICATION TO CALIFORNIA WATER & WASTEWATER ARREARAGE PAYMENT PROGRAM (Recommended by Interim Public Works & Utilities Director Di Renzo)

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL OF GRANT APPLICATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $477,861.65 FOR THE CALIFORNIA WATER & WASTEWATER ARREARAGE PAYMENT PROGRAM & APPROPRIATING SUCH FUNDS TO THE WATER ENTERPRISE FUND

7.j

 APPLICATION FOR A STATE CANNABIS EQUITY GRANT (Recommended by Community Development Director Merriam)

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL OF APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDING OF $2,000,000 THROUGH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA CANNABIS EQUITY GRANT TO SUPPORT CANNABIS EQUITY BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF WATSONVILLE & APPROPRIATING SUCH FUNDS TO THE SPECIAL GRANTS FUND

7.k

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PAJARO VALLEY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT (Recommended by City Manager Huffaker)

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PÁJARO VALLEY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT PROJECT

JOINT COUNCIL & SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING

7.l

 LOAN FOR $599,588 WITH THE CITY OF WATSONVILLE REDEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY FROM GENERAL FUND (Recommended by Administrative Services Director Czerwin)

JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATSONVILLE & SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY CONFIRMING A LOAN FOR $599,588 TO COVER THE RECOGNIZED OBLIGATION PAYMENT SCHEDULE (ROPS) FOR 2019-2020

8.

ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

9.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

9.a

DOWNTOWN WATSONVILLE SPECIFIC PLAN PROGRESS UPDATE

1) Oral Report by Community Development Director Merriam 
2) City Council Clarifying & Technical Questions
3) Public Input

10.

NEW BUSINESS

10.a

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ & MIDPEN HOUSING FOR PROCESSING THE PIPPIN PHASE II PROJECT (Recommended by Community Development Director Merriam)

1) Staff Report by Community Development Director Merriam
2) City Council Clarifying & Technical Questions
3) Public Input
4) Motion Whether to Approve Staff Recommendation
5) City Council Deliberation on Motion
6) RESOLUTION APPROVING MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ & MIDPEN HOUSING CORPORATION, INC., FOR THE PIPPIN PHASE II PROJECT LOCATED AT 78 ATKINSON LANE, 

11.

EMERGENCY ITEMS ADDED TO AGENDA

12.

REQUESTS & SCHEDULING FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

13.

ADJOURNMENT

This agenda was posted in accordance to the California Brown Act. The agenda packet can be accessed on the City of Watsonville website at https://www.cityofwatsonville.org/2123/City-Council-Agendas-Minutes

Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the Council after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s Office (275 Main Street, 4th Floor) during normal business hours.

Such documents are also available on the City of Watsonville website at: https://www.cityofwatsonville.org/2123/City-Council-Agendas-Minutes subject to staff’s ability to post the document before the meeting.