01/10/2022 City Council Regular Meeting (02 - Final Agenda)
January 7, 2022 4:35 PM City Council Regular Meeting Agenda Page1 MAYOR
Marie Blankley
COUNCIL MEMBERS
Rebeca Armendariz
Dion Bracco
Zach Hilton
Peter Leroe-Muñoz
Carol Marques
Fred Tovar
CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA
CITY OF GILROY
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL
7351 ROSANNA STREET
GILROY, CA 95020
REGULAR MEETING 6:00 P.M.
MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 2022
**AMENDED**
CITY COUNCIL PACKET MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT www.cityofgilroy.org
AGENDA CLOSING TIME IS 5:00 P.M. THE TUESDAY PRIOR TO THE MEETING
Due to COVID-19, it is possible that the planned in-person meeting may have to change to a virtual
meeting at any time and possibly on short notice. Please check the City of Gilroy website at
http://gilroyca.iqm2.com/Citizens/default.aspx for any updates to meeting information.
COMMENTS BY THE PUBLIC WILL BE TAKEN ON AGENDA ITEMS BEFORE ACTION IS TAKEN BY
THE CITY COUNCIL. Persons wishing to address the Council are requested, but not required, to
complete a Speaker’s Card located at the entrances. Public testimony is subject to reasonable
regulations, including but not limited to time restrictions for each individual speaker. A minimum
of 12 copies of materials should be provided to the City Clerk for distribution to the Council and
Staff. Please limit your comments to 3 minutes. The amount of time allowed per sp eaker may vary
at the Mayor’s discretion depending on the number of speakers and length of the agenda.
Written comments on any agenda item may be emailed to the City Clerk’s Office at
cityclerk@cityofgilroy.org or mailed to the Gilroy City Clerk’s Office at City Hall, 7351 Rosanna
Street, Gilroy, CA 95020. Comments received by the City Clerk’s Office by 1 p.m. on the day of a
Council meeting will be distributed to the City Council prior to or at the meetin g and available for
public inspection with the agenda packet located in the lobby of Administration at City Hall, 7351
Rosanna Street prior to the meeting. Any correspondence received will be incorporated into the
meeting record. Items received after the 1 p.m. deadline will be provided to the City Council as
soon as practicable.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Governors Order N -29-20, the City will
make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. If you need special
assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk a minimum of 72 hours
prior to the meeting at (408) 846-0204.
If you challenge any planning or land use decision made at this meeting in court, you may be
limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing held at this
meeting, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to, the public
hearing. Please take notice that the time within which to seek judicial review of any final
administrative determination reached at this meeting is governed by Section 1094.6 of the
California Code of Civil Procedure.
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A Closed Session may be called during this meeting pursuant to Government Code Section
54956.9 (d)(2) if a point has been reached where, in the opinion of the legislative body of the City
on the advice of its legal counsel, based on existing facts and circumstances, there is a
significant exposure to litigation against the City.
Materials related to an item on this agenda submitted to the City Council after distribution of the
agenda packet are available with the agenda packet on the City website at www.cityofgilroy.org
subject to Staff’s ability to post the documents before the meeting.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE GILROY OPEN GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE
Government's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public.
Commissions, task forces, councils and other agencies of the City exist to conduct the
people's business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the
people and that City operations are open to the people's review.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE OPEN
GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE, TO RECEIVE A FREE COPY OF THE ORDINANCE
OR TO REPORT A VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE, CONTACT THE OPEN
GOVERNMENT COMMISSION STAFF AT (408) 846-0204
I. OPENING
A. Call to Order
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Invocation
3. City Clerk's Report on Posting the Agenda
4. Roll Call
B. Orders of the Day
C. Employee Introductions
II. CEREMONIAL ITEMS
A. Proclamations, Awards and Presentations
III. PRESENTATIONS TO THE COUNCIL
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AGENDA BUT WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL
This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons desiring to address the Council on
matters within the Gilroy City Council’s jurisdiction but not on the agenda. Persons
wishing to address the Council are requested to complete a Speaker’s Card located at the
entrances and handed to the City Clerk. Speakers are limited to 1 minute each. The
amount of time allowed per speaker may vary at the Mayor’s discretion depending on the
number of speakers and length of the agenda. The law does not permit C ouncil action or
extended discussion of any item not on the agenda except under special circumstances. If
Council action is requested, the Council may place the matter on a future agenda.
Written comments to address the Council on matters not on this agend a may be e-mailed
to the City Clerk’s Office at cityclerk@cityofgilroy.org or mailed to the Gilroy City Clerk’s
Office at City Hall, 7351 Rosanna Street, Gilroy, CA 95020. Comments received by the City
Clerk’s Office by 1:00pm on the day of a Council meeti ng will be distributed to the City
Council prior to or at the meeting and available for public inspection with the agenda
packet located in the lobby of Administration at City Hall, 7351 Rosanna Street, prior to the
meeting. Any correspondence received wil l be incorporated into the meeting record. Items
received after the 1:00pm deadline will be provided to the City Council as soon as
practicable. Written material provided by public members under this section of the agenda
will be limited to 10 pages in hard copy. An unlimited amount of material may be provided
electronically.
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01/10/2022 Page4 IV. REPORTS OF COUNCIL MEMBERS
Council Member Bracco – Gilroy Sister Cities Association (alternate), Santa Clara Co.
Library JPA, SCVWD Joint Council-SCRWA-Board Water Resources Committee, South
County Regional Wastewater Authority Board, Street Naming Committee
Council Member Armendariz – ABAG (Alternate), CalTrain Policy Group, Gilroy
Downtown Business Association Board (alternate), Gourmet Alley Ad Hoc Committee,
Historic Heritage Committee, Santa Clara Co. Library JPA (alternate), Santa Clara
Valley Habitat Agency Implementation Board, Silicon Valley Clean Energy Authority
JPA Board (Alternate), Street Naming Committee, VTA Committee for Transit
Accessibility (Alternate)
Council Member Marques - Gilroy Downtown Business Association Board, Gilroy
Gardens Board of Directors, Gourmet Alley Ad Hoc Committee, Historic Heritage
Committee (Alternate), Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency Governing Board, Santa
Clara Valley Habitat Agency Implementation Board, South County Regional Wastewater
Authority (Alternate)
Council Member Hilton – Gilroy Economic Development Partnership, Silicon Valley
Clean Energy Authority JPA Board, South County United for Health, Visit Gilroy
California Welcome Center Board
Council Member Tovar – Economic Development Corporation Board, Gourmet Alley
Ad Hoc Committee, Recycling and Waste Reduction Commission, Santa Clara Co.
Expressway Plan 2040 Policy Advisory Board, SCVWD Water Commission (alternate),
South County Joint Recycled Water Advisory Committee, South County Regional
Wastewater Authority Board, Street Naming Committee, South County Youth Task
Force Policy Team (alternate), VTA Committee for Transit Accessibility
Council Member Leroe-Muñoz - ABAG, CalTrain Policy Group (alternate), Cities
Association of Santa Clara County Board of Directors, Economic Development
Corporation Board, Gilroy Youth Task Force, SCVWD Water Commission, Silicon
Valley Regional Interoperability Authority Board, South County Youth Ta sk Force Policy
Team, VTA Mobility Partnership, VTA South County City Group (alternate), VTA Policy
Advisory Committee (alternate)
Mayor Blankley - Cities Association of Santa Clara Co. Board of Directors (alternate),
Gilroy Economic Development Partnership, Gilroy Sister Cities Association, Gilroy
Youth Task Force (alternate), Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency Governing Board,
SCVWD Joint Council-SCRWA-Board Water Resources Committee, South County Joint
Recycled Water Advisory Committee, South County Regional Wastewater Authority
Board, VTA Board of Directors Alternate, VTA Mobility Partnership, VTA Policy Advisory
Committee, VTA South County City Group
V. FUTURE COUNCIL INITIATED ITEMS
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01/10/2022 Page5 VI. CONSENT CALENDAR (ROLL CALL VOTE)
All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered by the City Council to be routine
and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a
request is made by a member of the City Council or a member of the public. Any person desiring
to speak on any item on the consent calendar should ask to have that item removed from the
consent calendar prior to the time the Council votes to approve. If removed, the item will be
discussed in the order in which it appears.
1. December 6, 2021 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes
2. December 13, 2021 City Council Special Meeting Action Minutes
3. Claim of Westwood Inv., LLC (The City Administrator recommends a “yes”
vote under the Consent Calendar shall constitute the denial of the claim)
VII. BIDS AND PROPOSALS
1. Award of Contract for CEQA Review of Planning Application's AS21-13 and
TM 21-02 for 6970 Camino Arroyo Development Project.
1. Staff Report: Kraig Tambornini, Senior Planner
2. Public Comment
3. Possible Action:
Award a contract to EMC Planning in the amount of $169,049.00 for preparation
of an initial study/mitigated negative declaration for Planning Application AS 21 -
13 and authorize the City Administrator to execute the contract and associated
documents.
2. Approval of a Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Budget Amendment Increasing
Appropriations in the Amount of $63,502 and Award of a Contract to
Burkett's Pool Plastering Inc. for a Base Bid amount of $280,457, with a
contingency of $28,045 for the Christopher High School Activity Pool Re -
Plaster, Project No. 22-ASD-271.
1. Staff Report: Walter Dunckel, Facilities Superintendent
2. Public Comment
3. Possible Action:
a. Adopt a resolution of the City Council of the City of Gilroy amending the FY
22 budget to transfer $63,502 from Capital Projects Fund (400) to Fa cilities
Fund (651) and appropriate the related expenditure for the Pool Replaster
project.
b. Award a contract to Burkett's Pool Plastering Inc. for the base bid price of
$280,457 for the Christopher High School Activity Pool Re-plaster, Project
No. 22-ASD-271, establish a contingency of up to $28,045 (10%), and
authorize the City Administrator to execute the contract and associated
documents.
VIII. PUBLIC HEARINGS
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1. Streamline Consolidation of the City's Boards and Commissions
1. Staff Report: Jimmy Forbis, City Administrator
2. Public Comment
3. Possible Action:
Council:
a) Adopt A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gilroy Consolidating the
Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization Committee, Historic Heritage
Committee, and the Street Naming Committee, and Placing Their Associated
Board Functions Under the Authority of the Planning Commission.
b) Motion to read the ordinance by title only and waive further reading.
c) Introduce an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of G ilroy Consolidating
the Bicycle Pedestrian Commission and Placing Their Associated Board
Functions for Infrastructure Planning and Development Review Under the
Authority of the Planning Commission, and the Associated Board Functions
for Education and Encouragement Activities Under the Authority of the Parks
and Recreation Commission.
X. INTRODUCTION OF NEW BUSINESS
1. Consideration of Authorizing Virtual Meetings Pursuant to Section 54953 of
the Brown Act for Council and all Boards and Commissions
1. Staff Report: Jimmy Forbis, City Administrator
2. Public Comment
3. Possible Action:
Adopt Resolution authorizing virtual meetings pursuant to Section 54953 of the
Brown Act for Council and all Boards and Commissions.
2. Accept the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for Fiscal Year-Ended
June 30, 2021
1. Staff Report: Harjot Sangha, Finance Director
2. Public Comment
3. Possible Action:
Accept and file report.
XI. CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT
A. Covid-19 Update
B. Status of In-Person Council Meetings
C. City-wide Road Repairs Due to Recent Inclement Weather
XII. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT
XIII. CLOSED SESSION
ADJOURNMENT
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01/10/2022 Page7 MEETING DATES
FUTURE MEETING DATE:
JANUARY 2022
24* Regular Meeting - 6:00 p.m.
FEBRUARY 2022
7* Regular Meeting - 6:00 p.m.
15* Special Meeting - Council Retreat - 6:00 p.m.
28* Regular Meeting - 6:00 p.m.
MARCH 2022
7* Regular Meeting - 6:00 p.m.
21* Regular Meeting - 6:00 p.m.
*meeting is webstreamed and televised