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City Council
MAYOR
Marie Blankley
Agenda
CITY OF GILROY
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL
7351 ROSANNA STREET
GILROY, CA 95020
CITY COUNCIL - REGULAR MEETING 6:00 PM
MONDAY MAY 4, 2020
COUNCIL MEMBERS
Rebeca Armendariz
Dion Bracco
Tom Cline
Zach Hilton
Carol Marques
Fred Tover
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The agenda for this City Council - Regular Meeting is as follows:
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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
Item 8A - CARES Act Funding Public Hearing and Item 10A - Economic Climate and
Revenue Projections will be moved up the agenda to be heard following Future Council
Initiated Agenda Items
C. Employee Introductions
II. CEREMONIAL ITEMS
A. Proclamations, Awards, and Presentations
1. Proclamation Naming May 3 Through May 9, 2020 Professional Municipal Clerk
Week
III. PRESENTATIONS TO THE COUNCIL
PUBLIC COMMENT BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
BUT WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC
COMMENTS MAY BE SUBMITTED BY EMAIL TO: shawna.freels@cityofgilroy.org, (This
portion of the meeting is reserved for persons desiring to address the Council on matters not
on this agenda. The law does not permit Council 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 material provided by public
members for Council agenda item “public comment by Members of the Public on items not
on the agenda” will be limited to 10 pages in hard copy. An unlimited amount of material may
be provided electronically.)
IV. REPORTS OF COUNCIL MEMBERS
Council Member Bracco – Gilroy Downtown Business Association Board (alternate), Gilroy
Sister Cities Association (alternate), Santa Clara Co. Library JPA, SCVWD Joint Council-
SCRWA-Board Water Resources Committee, South County Joint Planning Advisory
Committee (alternate), South County Regional Wastewater Authority Board, South County
Youth Task Force Policy Team (alternate), Street Naming Committee
Council Member Tucker –CalTrain Policy Group, Cities Association of Santa Clara Co. Board
of Directors, General Plan Advisory Committee, Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency
Governing Board, Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency Implementation Board, Street Naming
Committee, Visit Gilroy Board
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Council Member Blankley - ABAG (alternate), Cities Association of Santa Clara Co. Board of
Directors (alternate), Economic Development CorporationBoard, Gilroy Sister Cities
Association, Gilroy Youth Task Force (alternate), SCVWD Joint Council-SCRWA-Board
Water Resources Committee, South County Regional Wastewater Authority Board, VTA
Board of Directors Alternate, VTA Policy Advisory Committee, VTA South County City Group
Council Member Marques - Gilroy Downtown Business Association Board, Gilroy Gardens
Board of Directors, Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency Governing Board (alternate), Santa
Clara Valley Habitat Agency Implementation Board (alternate), Silicon Valley Clean Energy
JPA Board (alternate), URM Task Force Sub-Committee, VTA Committee for Transit
Accessibility (alternate)
Council Member Tovar –Santa Clara Co. Expressway Plan 2040 Policy Advisory Board,
Recycling and Waste Reduction Commission, Santa Clara Co. Library JPA (alternate),
SCVWD Water Commission (alternate), Silicon Valley Clean Energy JPA Board, South
County Regional Wastewater Authority Board, South County United for Health, Street
Naming Committee, VTA Committee for Transit Accessibility, VTA Policy Advisory Committee
(alternate)
Council Member Leroe-Muñoz - ABAG, CalTrain Policy Group (alternate), Gilroy Youth Task
Force, Historic Heritage Committee, SCVWD Water Commission, Silicon Valley Regional
Interoperability Authority Board, South County Youth Task Force Policy Team, VTA Mobility
Partnership
Mayor Velasco - Economic Development Corporation Board, General Plan Advisory
Committee, Historic Heritage Committee (alternate), Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency
Governing Board, Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency Implementation Board, South County
Joint Planning Advisory Committee, South County Regional Wastewater Authority Board
(alternate), URM Task Force Sub-Committee, VTA Mobility Partnership, VTA South County
City Group (alternate)
V. FUTURE COUNCIL INITIATED AGENDA ITEMS
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.
A. Minutes of the April 20, 2020 Regular Meeting
B. Opening of a Recruitment Period for Six Seats on the Youth Commission With Terms
Ending September 30, 2022
C. Approval of a Notice of Acceptance of Completion and Reduction of the Faithful
Performance and Payment Security Bonds for Property Improvement Agreements No. 2017-
02 and No. 2017-03, Cambridge Place –Tract 10369
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VII. BIDS AND PROPOSALS
A. Approval of a Program Supplement Agreement for the Bridge Preventative Maintenance
Program Project No. 18-PW-246, Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Budget in the
Amount of $200,000, and Award of a Contract to American Civil Constructors West Coast
LLC in the Amount of $180,620 with a Contingency of $18,062 for the Construction of the
Bridge Preventative Maintenance Program Project No. 18-PW-246
1. Staff Report: Girum Awoke, Public Works Director
2. Public Comment
3. Possible Action:
Approve, and authorize the Interim City Administrator to execute:
a) An updated temporary memorandum of agreement with the American Federation
of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Local 101 regarding wages,
hours and working conditions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and shelter in
place orders.
b) An updated temporary memorandum of agreement with the Gilroy Management
Association regarding wages, hours and working conditions in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic and shelter in place orders..
c) An updated temporary memorandum of agreement with the Gilroy Police Officers
Association regarding wages, hours and working conditions in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
d) An updated temporary policy memorandum with unrepresented employees in
each of the following groups in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and shelter in
place orders:
1. Full-time Unrepresented Confidential Non-Exempt & Exempt Employees
2. Full-time Unrepresented Council-Appointed Employees
3. Part-Time/Temporary/Seasonal Unrepresented Hourly & Exempt Employees
VIII. PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. Consideration of Amendments to the 2015-2020 Consolidated Plan and Fiscal Year 2019-
2020 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual Action Plan to Reallocate up to
$344,229 of Existing Program Funding and $275,486 of Funding Received Under the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Related to the COVID-19
Pandemic, and Approval of a Budget Amendment in Fiscal Year 2019-2020 in the Amount of
$619,715
1. Staff Report: Karen Garner, Community Development Director
2. Disclosure of Ex-Parte Communications
3. Open Public Hearing
4. Close Public Hearing
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5. Possible Action:
Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gilroy approving the issuance
by the California Public Finance Authority of multifamily housing revenue bonds in
an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $40,000,000 for the purpose of
financing or refinancing the acquisition and construction of 1st and Kern Apartments
and certain other matters relatingthereto. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of
the City of Gilroy approving, authorizing and directing execution of a joint exercise
of powers agreement relating to the California Public Finance Authority.
B. Public Hearing to Establish a List of Properties Subject to the Weed Abatement Program
and Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the Fire Chief to Abate the Nuisance Arising Out of
Weeds Growing and Refuse Accumulating Upon Property in the City of Gilroy Pursuant to
Section 12.51 of the Gilroy Code
1. Staff Report: Mark Bisbee, Interim Fire Chief
2. Disclosure of Ex-Parte Communications
3. Open Public Hearing
4. Close Public Hearing
5. Possible Action:
Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gilroy approving the issuance
by the California Public Finance Authority of multifamily housing revenue bonds in
an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $40,000,000 for the purpose of
financing or refinancing the acquisition and construction of 1st and Kern Apartments
and certain other matters relatingthereto. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of
the City of Gilroy approving, authorizing and directing execution of a joint exercise
of powers agreement relating to the California Public Finance Authority.
C. Approval of the Issuance of Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds by the California Public
Finance Authority for a Housing Project Located at 1st Street and Kern Avenue (APN 790-
21-041) and Authorization to Enter into a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement Related to the
California Public Finance Authority
1. Staff Report: Karen Garner, Community Development Director
2. Disclosure of Ex-Parte Communications
3. Open Public Hearing
4. Close Public Hearing
5. Possible Action:
Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gilroy approving the issuance
by the California Public Finance Authority of multifamily housing revenue bonds in
an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $40,000,000 for the purpose of
financing or refinancing the acquisition and construction of 1st and Kern Apartments
and certain other matters relatingthereto. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of
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the City of Gilroy approving, authorizing and directing execution of a joint exercise
of powers agreement relating to the California Public Finance Authority.
IX. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. Implementation of a Small Unmanned Aerial System Program in Public Safety
1. Staff Report: Scot Smithee, Police Chief
2. Public Comment
3. Possible Action:
Approve, and authorize the Interim City Administrator to execute:
a) An updated temporary memorandum of agreement with the American Federation
of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Local 101 regarding wages,
hours and working conditions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and shelter in
place orders.
b) An updated temporary memorandum of agreement with the Gilroy Management
Association regarding wages, hours and working conditions in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic and shelter in place orders..
c) An updated temporary memorandum of agreement with the Gilroy Police Officers
Association regarding wages, hours and working conditions in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
d) An updated temporary policy memorandum with unrepresented employees in
each of the following groups in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and shelter in
place orders:
1. Full-time Unrepresented Confidential Non-Exempt & Exempt Employees
2. Full-time Unrepresented Council-Appointed Employees
3. Part-Time/Temporary/Seasonal Unrepresented Hourly & Exempt Employees
X. INTRODUCTION OF NEW BUSINESS
A. Current Economic Climate and Revenue Projection Updates Due to the COVID 19
Shelter-in-Place Order
1. Staff Report: Bryce Atkins, Interim Finance Director
2. Public Comment
3. Possible Action:
Approve, and authorize the Interim City Administrator to execute:
a) An updated temporary memorandum of agreement with the American Federation
of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Local 101 regarding wages,
hours and working conditions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and shelter in
place orders.
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b) An updated temporary memorandum of agreement with the Gilroy Management
Association regarding wages, hours and working conditions in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic and shelter in place orders..
c) An updated temporary memorandum of agreement with the Gilroy Police Officers
Association regarding wages, hours and working conditions in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
d) An updated temporary policy memorandum with unrepresented employees in
each of the following groups in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and shelter in
place orders:
1. Full-time Unrepresented Confidential Non-Exempt & Exempt Employees
2. Full-time Unrepresented Council-Appointed Employees
3. Part-Time/Temporary/Seasonal Unrepresented Hourly & Exempt Employees
B. Consideration of a Third Time Extension Request for a Tentative Map and Architectural
and Site Review Permit for a Development of 202 Townhouse Units at the Southeast Corner
of Santa Teresa Boulevard and First Street, APN's 808-01-21, 808-01-22 and 808-01-23;
filed by Eagle Garden, LLC (TM 13-11 & AS 18-20)
1. Staff Report: Karen Garner, Community Development Director
2. Public Comment
3. Possible Action:
Approve, and authorize the Interim City Administrator to execute:
a) An updated temporary memorandum of agreement with the American Federation
of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Local 101 regarding wages,
hours and working conditions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and shelter in
place orders.
b) An updated temporary memorandum of agreement with the Gilroy Management
Association regarding wages, hours and working conditions in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic and shelter in place orders..
c) An updated temporary memorandum of agreement with the Gilroy Police Officers
Association regarding wages, hours and working conditions in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
d) An updated temporary policy memorandum with unrepresented employees in
each of the following groups in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and shelter in
place orders:
1. Full-time Unrepresented Confidential Non-Exempt & Exempt Employees
2. Full-time Unrepresented Council-Appointed Employees
3. Part-Time/Temporary/Seasonal Unrepresented Hourly & Exempt Employees
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C. Approval of Updated Temporary Memorandums of Agreement with AFSCME Local 101,
Gilroy Management Association, and the Gilroy Police Officers Association, and Temporary
Policy Memorandums with Unrepresented Employees in Response to the COVID-19
Pandemic and Shelter in Place Orders
1. Staff Report: LeeAnn McPhillips, Human Resources Director/Risk Manager
2. Public Comment
3. Possible Action:
Approve, and authorize the Interim City Administrator to execute:
a) An updated temporary memorandum of agreement with the American Federation
of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Local 101 regarding wages,
hours and working conditions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and shelter in
place orders.
b) An updated temporary memorandum of agreement with the Gilroy Management
Association regarding wages, hours and working conditions in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic and shelter in place orders..
c) An updated temporary memorandum of agreement with the Gilroy Police Officers
Association regarding wages, hours and working conditions in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
d) An updated temporary policy memorandum with unrepresented employees in
each of the following groups in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and shelter in
place orders:
1. Full-time Unrepresented Confidential Non-Exempt & Exempt Employees
2. Full-time Unrepresented Council-Appointed Employees
3. Part-Time/Temporary/Seasonal Unrepresented Hourly & Exempt Employees
XI. CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORTS
XII. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORTS
XIII. CLOSED SESSION
A. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS - COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNITS
Pursuant to GC Section 54957.6 and GCC Section 17A.11 (4); Collective Bargaining Units:
Local 2805, IAFF Fire Unit Representing Gilroy Fire Fighters; AFSCME Local 101
Representing Employees Affiliated with AFSCME, Local 101; Gilroy Management
Association (GMA); Gilroy Police Officers Association, Inc. Representing Gilroy Police
Officers;
Unrepresented Confidential Exempt Employees, Unrepresented Confidential Non-Exempt
Employees, Non-Exempt Part-Time/Temporary/ Seasonal Employees, Exempt Part-
Time/Temporary/Seasonal Employees and Department Head Employees
City Negotiators: Jimmy Forbis, Interim City Administrator, LeeAnn McPhillips, HR Director;
Anticipated Issues(s) Under Negotiation: Wages, Hours, Benefits, Working Conditions;
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Memorandums of Understanding: City of Gilroy and Gilroy Fire Fighters Local 2805, City of
Gilroy and AFSCME Local 101 Representing Employees Affiliated with AFSCME, Local 101;
City of Gilroy and the Gilroy Management Association (GMA); City of Gilroy and Gilroy Police
Officers Association, Inc.
1. Public Comment on Closed Session
2. Adjourn to Closed Session
ADJOURN TO OPEN SESSION
Report of any action taken in Closed Session and vote or abstention of each Councilmember
if required by Government Code Section 54957.1 and Gilroy Code Section 17A.13 (a); Public
Report of the vote to continue in closed session if required under Gilroy Code Section 17A.11
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