City Council Meeting: January 10, 2017

POINT ARENA CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA
JANUARY 10, 2017
SPECIAL SESSION – 10:00 A.M.
I.    CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL

II.  APPROVAL OF AGENDA

III. COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS

IV. PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR (PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD)
This is the time for members of the public who wish to be heard on matters that do not appear on the Agenda. City Council policy is to limit each speaker to three (3) minutes. Such time allotment or portion thereof shall not be transferred to other speakers. The public will be allowed to speak concurrently with the calling of an agenda item following the staff presentation of that item.
Pursuant to the Brown Act Section 54954.3, the City Council may not take action on an item that does not appear on the Agenda.

V PRESENTATIONS – All items in this section are for discussion and possible direction to staff. No action recommendations or staff reports for these items are being presented. Resource materials will be given to Councilmembers by the CDS & RCAC presenters.

     A)  Introduction and Purpose of Meeting by City Manager Shoemaker
     B)  Presentation by Jeff Lucas of Community Development Services (CDS)
            1) Overview of CDS Services for Point Arena
            2) Overview of the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG)
            3) Overview of the Revolving Loan Policies and Guidelines
4) Discussion of Possible Loan Committee

VI COUNCIL GOAL SETTING WORKSHOP

     A)  Workshop Introduction
     B)  Summary Review of City Functions
            1) Current Proposed & Needed Projects
     C)  Review of Past Council Goals & Progress
     D)  City/Community Needs Discussion
     E)  Council Goal Setting

VII CITY MANAGER/CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS

     A)  Letter Regarding Support of State Transportation Funding Legislation – discussion and possible action
            1) Recommendation: Approve Mayor and City Manager to customize letter and send to appropriate legislators.

VIII CLOSED SESSION – Conference with Real Property Negotiators (§54956.8); Property: APN 027-10-113; Negotiator: Richard Shoemaker, City Manager; Negotiating Parties: City of Point Arena and Verizon California, Inc.; Subject Matter: Instructions regarding terms of potential lease agreement.

IX Next Council Meeting – January 24, 2017

 

DATED: January 6, 2017

Library Advisory Board Vacancy

The City of Point Arena seeks an individual to serve on the Mendocino County Library Advisory Board. The Library Advisory Board plays an important role in the development of quality improvements in local library branches, including Coast Community Library. It helps guide library policy, reviews the budget and advises the Library Director. The Board meets monthly at venues around the county. Preference is given to a City resident. The term of service is two years. Applications are due January 20. A link to the application is below.

Final 2016 Election Results

CITY COUNCIL 4-YEAR SEAT 

SCOTT M. IGNACIO *              134      29.78%
RICHARD WASSERMAN *      105      23.33%
JONATHAN TORREZ *              98       21.78%
JANE JARLSBERG                     97       21.56%
SHERYL “LIAN” SMITH            16         3.56%

CITY COUNCIL 2-YEAR SEAT 

BARBARA BURKEY *             142      45.37%
ANNA DOBBINS *                      95      30.35%
JIM KOOGLE                               73      23.32%
Write-in Votes                                  3        0.96%

MEASURE AC – TRANSIT OCCUPANCY TAX (TOT)

YES                  121      65.76%
NO                     63       34.24%

MEASURE AD – TOT ADVISORY          

YES                  135      72.97%
NO                     50       27.03%

MEASURE AE – CANNABIS BUSINESS TAX       

YES                  113      62.43%
NO                     68       37.57%

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