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The meeting will take place via webinar beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20.
The agenda can be found here.
To speak on an agenda item, access the meeting remotely here or join by phone by calling toll-free 877-309-2074 or 213-929-4221. The access code is 613-543-614; the audio pin will be shown after joining the webinar. Those phoning in without using the web link will be in “listen mode” only and will not be able to participate or comment.
Comments can be submitted by email to
Indicate in the email subject line "for public comment" and list the item number of the agenda item that is the topic of the comment. Comments that read to the council will be subject to the three minute time limitation (approximately 350 words). Written comments that are only to be provided to the council and not read at the meeting will be distributed to the council prior to the meeting.
On Tuesday, the council will hold public hearings to consider general plan amendment and zone changes for two separate projects.
In the first, Bridges Construction is seeking a general plan amendment and zone change to major retail for a mini storage facility it proposes to build at 1296 and 1320 Craig Ave.
In the second, Cory Poso is seeking a general plan amendment and zone change to low residential zoning for his property at 1339 and 1343 Broten Court, where he wants to build a home.
Under council business, City Manager Kevin Ingram will present resolutions for the council to approve in order to establish ad hoc advisory committees for design and construction review of the new lakefront park and to revise the city’s existing right-of-way ordinance.
In other council action, Police Chief Brad Rasmussen will ask for the council to make a determination that public convenience or necessity would be served by the issuance a Type-42 on sales beer and wine liquor sales license to Barbara Flynn for Wine in the Willows at 125 Park St., and adopt the proposed resolution.
On the consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are ordinances; minutes of the city council regular meeting of Oct. 6; confirmation of the continuing existence of a local emergency for the Mendocino Complex fire; confirmation of the continuing existence of a local emergency for the February 2019 storms; confirmation of the continuing existence of a local emergency for the October 2019 public safety power shutoff; confirmation of the continuing existence of a local emergency for the COVID-19 public health emergency; receipt and filing of the draft minutes of the Measure Z Advisory Committee regular
meeting of Oct. 7; and approval of Application 2020-018, with staff recommendations, for the Drive-Thru Trick or Treat event on Park Street, Oct. 30.
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The US Forest Service said the lightning-caused complex, burning since Aug. 17, was up to 1,032,264 acres and 86 percent containment on Sunday night.
It’s burning on the Mendocino, Shasta-Trinity and Six Rivers National Forests.
As containment has risen on the complex, firefighter numbers have been rolled back. By Sunday night, officials said 2,508 personnel remained assigned to all four zones.
The Forest Service said firefighters have completed the remaining line in the Eel River Canyon while helicopters were used to drop water on isolated areas of heat near the river.
Suppression repair activities, including constructing waterbars, removing dozer berms, spreading slash piles outside of dozer line where possible, using woody material that is 2 inches or less in diameter to cover line, and covering 50 percent of bare soil area with woody material are ongoing along the western side of the South Zone, officials said.
On Saturday, the Forest Service said firefighters completed one mile of handline and one and a half miles of dozer line repair in the southwest portion of the fire.
A closure order remains in effect for the fire area on the Mendocino National Forest.
Private properties accessed via a Forest System road may require a permit from the USDA Forest Service. Contact the Mendocino National Forest at 530-934-3316 for more information.
Hunting and recreation are prohibited within the August Complex South Zone Fire Area Closure area. Safety hazards in the area include unstable trees that may fall, loose rocks and boulders, burning stumps and deep ash pits.
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The data cover 408,740 positions and a total of nearly $20.39 billion in 2019 wages.
Users of the site can view compensation levels on maps and search by region; narrow results by name of the entity or by job title; and export raw data or custom reports.
The newly published data were reported by 11 UC institutions (312,118 employees and $17.16 billion in wages) and 44 CCC districts (96,622 employees and $3.23 billion in wages).
The breakdown for the 11 UC institutions is as follows:
– University of California, Los Angeles: 67,632 employees; wages, $4,029,790,028; health and retirement contributions, $626,895,228.
– University of California, San Francisco: 34,167 employees; wages, $3,296,751,282; health and retirement contributions, $474,795,731.
– University of California, San Diego; 47,070 employees; wages, $2,636,228,727; health and retirement contributions, $453,059,955.
– University of California, Davis: 45,488 employees; wages, $2,519,966,364; health and retirement contributions, $462,541,591.
– University of California, Irvine: 30,326 employees; wages, $1,535,713,385; health and retirement contributions, $265,682,656.
– University of California, Berkeley: 35,449 employees; wages, $1,339,276,525; health and retirement contributions, $208,655,181.
– University of California, Santa Barbara: 17,974 employees; wages, $554,105,922; health and retirement contributions, $98,187,793.
– University of California, Riverside: 13,635 employees; wages, $476,546,526; health and retirement contributions, $80,352,057.
– University of California, Santa Cruz: 12,981 employees; wages, $387,730,007; health and retirement contributions, $74,367,492.
– University of California, Office of the President: 2,242 employees; wages, $221,726,496; health and retirement contributions, $37,013,038.
– University of California, Merced: 5,154 employees; wages, $157,879,575; health and retirement contributions, $30,105,228.
The top 10 largest community college districts are as follows:
– Los Rios Community College District: 8,466 employees; wages, $253,396,098; health and retirement contributions, $78,103,820.
– San Diego Community College District: 6,416 employees; wages, $228,228,139; health and retirement contributions, $72,442,239.
– Foothill-De Anza Community College District: employees, 4,114; wages, $152,567,755; health and retirement contributions, $37,605,641.
– South Orange County Community College District : employees, 3,777; wages, $150,165,096; health and retirement contributions, $47,570,830.
– Contra Costa Community College District: employees, 4,976; wages, $144,575,038; health and retirement contributions, $43,237,040.
– San Francisco Community College District : employees, 2,604; wages, $140,928,567; health and retirement contributions, $36,910,906.
– Rancho Santiago Community College District: employees, 3,801; wages, $140,184,249; health and retirement contributions, $40,625,717.
– Ventura County Community College District: employees, 2,964; wages, $114,429,965; health and retirement contributions, $38,492,132.
– Sonoma County Junior College District: employees, 3,163; wages, $101,164,568; health and retirement contributions, $28,428,741.
– Peralta Community College District 3: employees, 173; wages, $99,905,820; health and retirement contributions, $30,398,491.
Yuba Community College District, one of the two districts serving Lake County, is listed No. 31 of the 44 districts that have filed. It has 1,644 employees, $40,416,807 in wages and $6,388,814 in health and retirement contributions.
The Mendocino-Lake Community College District did not file.
California law requires cities, counties and special districts to annually report compensation data to the state controller. The state controller also maintains and publishes state and California State University salary data.
No such statutory requirement exists for UC, CCC, superior courts, fairs and expositions, First 5 commissions, or K-12 education providers; their reporting is voluntary.
A list of entities that did not file or filed incomplete reports is available here.
Since the website launched in 2010, it has registered more than 12 million pageviews. The site contains pay and benefits information on more than two million government jobs in California, as reported annually by each entity.
As the chief fiscal officer of California, Controller Yee is responsible for accountability and disbursement of the state’s financial resources. The controller has independent auditing authority over government agencies that spend state funds.
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The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. as a drive-thru drop off on the west side of the police station at 2025 S. Main St.
Physical distancing and face masks will be required. Persons arriving at the event are directed to remain in their vehicles until directed by police staff.
The department said it will accept all over-the-counter or prescription medication in pill, tablet or capsule form including schedule II-V controlled and noncontrolled substances.
Pills need to be emptied out of their containers and placed in a plastic bag, not paper, so they can easily see the contents to make sure there is nothing in the bag they can't take.
They also will collect vape pens or other e-cigarette devices from individual consumers only after the batteries are removed from the devices. They stressed that they will not be responsible for removing the batteries from the devices.
Items that won’t be accepted are illegal drugs, needles, inhalers and aerosol cans.
“Since we started participating with the prescription Take Back Program in January of 2019, our agency has collected 557 pounds of prescription drugs, many of which were dangerous narcotics including opioids. This protects our community by keeping these drugs from being diverted to illegal use and keeps it out of our environment and water,” the department said in a report on the event.