Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Presiding: Mayor McLaughlin · Called to order: 6:35 p.m. · 5 items · 21 votes · 13 public comments
What happened
The council approved 15 routine items on consent, including a $17.5 million progressive design-build contract for a wet weather storage facility and $750,000 for the library to buy preprocessed books.
The council approved 5-2 a new law restricting secondhand dealers and cash-for-gold shops to specific commercial zones, with Bates and Boozé voting no. The ordinance limits these businesses to C-2 and C-3 commercial districts only.
A 3-year storage license for Nematode Holdings at Point Molate was approved 5-1, with Boozé voting no. The company will store equipment on city property at 2100 Western Drive.
The council extended the loan repayment deadline for the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts and approved $200,000 in annual grants to the center. Bates abstained from the vote while all other members voted yes.
The council unanimously endorsed a homeless workforce conference and waived the auditorium rental fee for the Saffron Strand 2014 event. Discussion of emergency issues at the Hacienda Housing Authority property was continued to a future meeting.
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Approved as a group without individual discussion.
Biggest items: $17.5M Wet weather storage facility progress... · $750K Library materials contract · $424K NSP3 construction agreement - 411-423...