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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/26/2024 7:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
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22-818 11. Introductions/PresentationProclamation Recognizing Janette Lares- Miss Hercules and Miss CA. Earth 2022   Not available Video Video
22-810 11. Public HearingFive Year Extension of the Expiration Date of the Vesting Tentative Map No. 9533 and Amendment #4 to the Development and Owner Participation Agreement (DOPA 07-01) for the Hill Town Project RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the City Council approve adoption of Hill Town Amendment #4 to extend the term of the Development and Owner Participation Agreement (DOPA 07-01) by and between the City of Hercules and the Santa Clara Valley Housing Group, Inc. and authorize the City Manager to execute the amended DOPA if it is substantially similar to the approved draft (Attachment 2A), to extend the expiration date of the Vesting Tentative Map No. 9533 for the Hill Town project and finding the actions are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).   Not available Video Video
22-811 12. Public HearingRepeal Local Density Bonus Regulations in Hercules Municipal Code and Reference State Density Bonus Law RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Ordinance No. 24-XX (Attachment 2) the proposed amended provisions of Hercules Municipal Code Sections 13-6.100, 13-6.300 and 13-30.420, amending and renumbering Sections 13-30.460 and 13-30.470, repealing Sections 13-30.430, 13-30.440 and 13-30.450 and amending Section 13-60.200 to comply with the State Density Bonus Law and finding the action exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).   Not available Video Video
22-817 11. ConsentMeeting Minutes for the Special Meeting of March 12, 2024   Not available Not available
22-814 11. Discussion/Action ItemCCTA Feasibility Study Update for Expanded Ferry Service in Contra Costa County - Hercules Location RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council receive a status update from Contra Costa County Transportation Authority (CCTA) Executive Director Tim Haile on the draft Ferry Feasibility Study for the Hercules location and discuss the information provided.   Not available Video Video
22-813 12. Discussion/Action ItemContra Costa Countywide Smart Signals Project RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council receive a presentation from Contra Costa County Transportation Authority (CCTA) Planning Director John Hoang on the Contra Costa Countywide Smart Signals Project including within the City of Hercules and discuss the information provided.   Not available Video Video
22-812 13. Discussion/Action ItemDraft Fiscal Year 2024-25 Capital Projects Proposed Budget and Ten-Year Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) Plan RECOMMENDATION: City Council receive a report and the Draft Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 Proposed Budget and Ten-Year CIP plan to discuss and provide direction to staff regarding future funding options as recommended below: 1. Capital Grants 2. General Fund Reserve 3. Bond Financing   Not available Video Video
22-815 14. Discussion/Action ItemVictoria by the Bay Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District - Implementing Strategy to Balance the Budget and Eliminate the Fund Deficit. RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that City Council: a) Receive a report from staff on the follow-up items from the February 27, 2024 Council meeting; and b) Direct staff by minute order to begin preparing documents for a Proposition 218 property owner ballot proceeding to increase assessment rates for the Victoria by the Bay Landscaping and Lighting Assessment commencing Fiscal Year 2024/25 to balance the budget and eliminate the cumulative fund deficit over a 10-year period, to be considered for approval at a future Council meeting during the regularly scheduled, annual LLAD assessment approval process; and c) Select by minute order the cessation of irrigation and maintenance of the landscaping on residential streets, excepting trees, as the preferred cost-cutting option to balance the budget and eliminate the deficit over a 10-year period, should the Proposition 218 proceedings to increase the assessments not pass, and authorize   Not available Video Video