During the Citrus Heights City Council’s June 28 meeting, city leaders are slated to recognize a long-time resident who helped save the life of a man at the Veteran’s Community Center, as well as consider approving a $470,000 contract and consider making re-appointments to several committees where Councilman Bret Daniels currently holds positions. The council will also hold a special study session preceding the regular council meeting to discuss a comprehensive transit plan final report.
Here’s a brief summary of what’s included in the 178-page agenda packet for the council’s June 28, 2018, meeting, followed by vote highlights from the most recent council meeting:
SPECIAL MEETING (6 p.m.)
Study Session. “Citrus Heights Comprehensive Transit Plan Final Report and Recommendations.”
REGULAR MEETING (7 p.m.)
Agenda Items of Note:
- Presentation. Long-time resident Roy McAlister will be recognized by the city council for his life-saving efforts in assisting a man who suffered a massive heart attack at the Citrus Heights Veteran’s Community Center.
- $470k contract. The city council will consider a staff recommendation to award a $470,076 contract with Omni-Means, to provide professional services for the recently approved “Electric Greenway” project, a $7 million multi-use trail project that will extend from Wachtel Way to Sunrise Boulevard. The majority of the project will be funded by an “ATP Senate Bill 1 Augmentation” grant, a state grant fund which currently receives $100 million annually from the 2017 “gas tax,” known as SB 1.
- Intersection improvements. The council will consider approving an amended contract with TJKM Transportation Consultants, which is providing design and public outreach services for a half-million dollar project to upgrade signage and pedestrian count-down indicators at various intersections in the city, including the installation of a pedestrian barrier fence at the intersection of Greenback Lane and Auburn Boulevard. The amendment increases the consultant’s “not-to-exceed” fee by about 20% more than the original contract, bringing the total up to $67,879. A city staff report says the increase was due to Caltrans determining that additional environmental testing, investigation, and collection of soil samples “is needed to evaluate the potential to encounter hazardous materials during construction.” The majority of the project is funded by a $486,000 federal grant.
- Storm Water Regulation Ordinance Update. More than a third of the council’s agenda packet is related to minor revisions to the city’s existing Storm Water Regulations. According to a city staff report, the changes will have no fiscal impact and include updating terminology and cross-references in the existing ordinance.
- Committee re-appointments. The council will consider making re-appointments to two committees where Councilman Bret Daniels currently holds a position as a committee member or alternate. The move is likely an effort to strip Daniels of his position on committees, as it follows the council’s decision earlier this month to censure him. The two committees are the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District Board of Directors and the Sacramento Transportation Authority (STA).
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The council will also decide whether to approve a 20-foot wide water line easement for a new senior care facility approved to be constructed at 6550 Greenback Ln., and to record delinquent solid waste service charges on the property tax roll.
The city council’s special meeting will convene at 6 p.m. on June 28, 2018, at 6360 Fountain Square Drive. The regular meeting will follow at 7 p.m. The full agenda packet can be viewed by clicking here.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE JUNE 14th COUNCIL MEETING:
Present: Mayor Steve Miller, Vice Mayor Jeannie Bruins, Bret Daniels, Albert Fox, Jeff Slowey
Regular meeting length: 37 minutes
QUOTABLE: “My wife and my God know the truth and that’s what’s most important.” — Councilman Bret Daniels, commenting about allegations made in two police reports that claimed he pursued communication with a former high school girlfriend in a way she found “creepy.”
- Security Cameras at Rusch Park (approved, 5-0). The council approved a police recommendation to authorize spending $15,918 to install three security cameras at Rusch Park. Read more: Rusch Park to get live-streaming security cameras
- Eminent Domain/Public Hearings (approved, 5-0). The council unanimously voted to authorize eminent domain proceedings to acquire small portions of two properties on Auburn Boulevard which the city said were necessary to acquire for roadway widening and improvements associated with Phase II of the Auburn Boulevard Complete Streets project. No property owners spoke during a limited public hearing held prior to the vote.
