Major actions taken by the Council at its regular meeting on April 19, 2017 include:
• Attended a site visit regarding the Great Tide Pool Construction Award
• Authorized the City of Pacific Grove to join an Amicus Brief in the Marin County Pension
Benefit Case before the California Supreme Court, supporting the principle of reasonable
pensions, and overturning the “California Rule”.
• Authorized the City Manager to enter into an agreement with Monterey Peninsula
Engineering for the Construction of Boardwalk and Decomposed Granite Walkways at the
Great Tide Pool Site for a cost not to exceed $145,000 plus a 15% contingency.
• Received meeting minutes from the BNRC and HRC.
• Received report on the Fiscal Year 2016/17 Capital Improvement Plan.
• Received and approved FY 2017-18 Capital Improvement Plan and provided any desired
direction or requests for additional information.
• Approved a resolution adopting the master fee schedule for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-18,
including the annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) adjustment and other changes as directed
by Council; and directed staff to initiate a Request for Proposals process to solicit responses
to evaluate the City’s Master Fee Schedule for consistency with the City Council’s directive
of full cost recovery for City services.
• Approved a resolution of intention to levy an assessment for the Hospitality Improvement
District for Fiscal Year 2017-18 and directed staff to notice a public hearing to be held on
May 3, 2017 for the purpose of hearing any protests and determining whether to levy the
assessment.
• Approve a resolution of intention to levy an assessment for the Downtown Business
Improvement District for Fiscal Year 2017-18 and directed staff to notice a public hearing to
be held on May 3, 2017 for the purpose of hearing any protests and determining whether to
levy the assessment.
• Adopted a resolution establishing the Monterey Bay Community Power Authority and
approving the City of Pacific Grove as a founding member of the Authority; held first
reading of an ordinance authorizing the implementation of a Community Choice Energy
program in the City of Pacific Grove, and direct publication of a summary of the ordinance
in accord with the City Charter; directed staff to move forward with discussions and
participation for the City of Pacific Grove’s share of the credit guarantee; and appointed two
representatives of the Pacific Grove City Council to serve as a primary and alternate on the
newly formed Monterey Bay Community Power Board of Directors.
• Adopted by urgency ordinance an addition to the City Salary Schedule for the
Administrative Services Director classification. Authorize the City Manager to fill the
vacant position.
• Authorize the City Manager to award a contract to Tannery Creek Systems, Inc. for the
purchase of a License Plate Recognition System in an amount not to exceed $60,000. The system will be used primarily for parking enforcement.
The agenda reports and supporting documents for all of these actions are on the City’s website,
at http://www.cityofpacificgrove.org. Details of the actions taken will also be available, upon
completion and adoption of the meeting minutes, which will also be posted on the website.