HCAOG Meeting Record December 17, 2009
Note: The following record contains motions and actions of the HCAOG Board.
An audio library of meeting proceedings is on file at the HCAOG office.
M E E T I N G R E C O R D
(DRAFT)
Special
Meeting
Thursday,
December 17, 2009, 2:30 pm
Eureka
City Hall, Council Chambers
531
K Street, Eureka
PRESENT:
Councilmember Mark Wheetley, Chair City
of Arcata
Mayor Jeff Farley, Vice-Chair City of Ferndale
Mayor Virginia Bass City of Eureka
Mayor Pro Tem Doug Strehl (Alternate) City
of Fortuna
Mayor Marlene Smith City of Blue Lake
Mayor Stan Binnie City of Trinidad
Mayor Julie Woodall City of Rio Dell
Supervisor Jimmy Smith County
of Humboldt
POLICY
ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Rex Jackman (PAC) Caltrans
District 01
Dean Glaser (PAC) Humboldt Transit Authority
STAFF:
Spencer Clifton Executive Director
Marcella Clem Transportation Planner
Debbie Egger Executive Secretary
ABSENT:
None
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 2:33 pm by HCAOG Chair Mark Wheetley.
1. REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS PUBLIC
HEARING
Staff provided
update information regarding the RHNA cycle noting State Law requirements in
holding public hearing for final comment.
No public participation occurred.
Public hearing closed at 2:34 pm.
2. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - None
3. CONSENT CALENDAR
(HCAOG)
A. Meeting Record of December 3,
2009
MOTION WAS MADE (Farley/Bass)
to approve December 3, 2009 Meeting Record as presented.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
4. ITEMS REMOVED FROM HCAOG CONSENT CALENDAR –
None.
OVER
5. ADJOURNMENT OF THE ASSOCIATION: CONVENING OF POLICY
ADVISORY COMMITTEE (PAC) ON
TRANSPORTATION – 2:35 P.M.
A.
HUMBOLDT COUNTY REGIONAL HOUSING NEED ALLOCATION (RHNA) PLAN (FINAL)
MOTION WAS MADE (Farley/M. Smith) to the adopt the RHNA Plan
as submitted and forward the adopted Plan to the Department of Housing and
Community Development (HCD) for acceptance.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
B. HUMBOLDT COUNTY BLUEPRINT PLANNING PROJECT CONSULTANT
CONTRACT AWARD
Planning consultant(s) Bharat Singh, Community
Design and Architecture (CD+A) and George Williamson, Planwest Partners Inc.,
provided Board with brief presentations of previously reviewed proposals,
pursuant to request and protest of previous selection.
MOTION WAS MADE (Farley/Bass) to disallow protest submitted
by consulting firm CD+A and reaffirm previous selection of Planwest Partners
Inc., based upon a determination that the previous proposal selected best meets
the evaluation criteria contained in the Request For Proposal.
MOTION CARRIED BASED UPON THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
Ayes: Wheetley, Bass, Farley, Binnie, M.
Smith, Woodall, Strehl, Glaser
Noes: None
Abstain: Jackman
Absent: None
C. AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA)
PROGRAMMING AMENDMENT
MOTION WAS MADE (Farley/Woodall) to approve transferring $300k
of ARRA funds from the transit set-a-side to the City of Fortuna for their
Fortuna Boulevard project.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
6. RECONVENING
OF THE ASSOCIATION: ACTION ON PAC
ITEMS–3:40 P.M.
MOTION WAS MADE (Bass/Binnie) to ratify the actions taken by
the Policy Committee.
MOTION
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
7. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
Councilmember Wheetley provided handout information from Institute for Local Government regarding Basics of SB375 and public participation requirements.
Rex Jackman, Caltrans District 01, provided information on public meeting being held January 27th, Manila Community Center, 4:30pm - 6:30pm for S.R. 255 Feasibility Study.
8. PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATION
A.
AMENDMENT TO HCAOG COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
Discussion occurred regarding amendments to the Cooperative Agreement and inclusion of City Managers/Executive Committee in the Cooperative Agreement vs Overall Work Program. Councilmember Wheetley provided information on other JPA’s and how they have structured inclusion of Executive Committees.
MOTION WAS MADE (Smith/Farley) to approve amendments to the HCAOG Cooperative Agreement with the following new language being added to Section 1:
Without limiting the generality of the forgoing, the specific purpose of the Association is to engage in:
· Mandated State and Federal Government activities.
· Regional Transportation Planning Agency activities.
· Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies (SAFE) (call boxes).
· Regional trails planning, management, and development.
Also including in motion direct staff to provide Board with schedule to allow discussion for Executive Committee to come back to the Board.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
B. ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND
APPOINTMENT OF CALCOG DELEGATE FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2010
HCAOG
Chair:
Nominations were
opened for Chair.
NOMINATION
WAS MADE to
elect Councilmember Mark Wheetley, City of Arcata, as HCAOG Chair for calendar
year 2010.
Nominations
closed.
VOTE
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
CALCOG Delegate:
Nominations were
opened for CALCOG Delegate.
NOMINATION
WAS MADE to
elect Councilmemer Mark Wheetley, City of Arcata, as CALCOG Delegate for
2010.
Nominations
closed.
VOTE
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
HCAOG
Vice-Chair:
Nominations were
opened for Vice-Chair.
NOMINATION
WAS MADE to
elect Mayor Virginia Bass, City of Eureka, as Vice-Chair for calendar year
2010.
Nominations
closed.
VOTE CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
HCAOG
Treasurer:
Nominations were
opened for Treasurer.
NOMINATION
WAS MADE to
elect Mayor Pat Whitchurch, City of Fortuna, as Treasurer for calendar year
2010.
Nominations
closed.
VOTE CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Elected Officers for 2010: Councilmember
Mark Wheetley, Chair and CALCOG Delegate
Mayor Virginia Bass, Vice-Chair
Mayor Patrick Whitchurch, Treasurer
9. BOARD
MEMBER REPORTS - None
10. ADJOURNMENT - There being no further business, the meeting was
adjourned at 4:06 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Debbie Egger, Executive
Secretary