Chico City Council Meeting Allows Real-Time Participation Tonight. Hereโs What You Need to Know
The meeting starts at 6PM and will run until 10 unless the council approves extending the time beyond that.
Full Zoom information is below. If you have questions about how to participate, please post in the comments and we will do our best to answer.
๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ.
Generally, you are limited to 3 minutes speaking time. However, if there are many people who want to speak on something, they may reduce that time to 1 or 2 minutes. Plan your comments accordingly in case your time is limited.
Review the Full Agenda Here
๐๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ง:
๐. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ This is your opportunity to speak to council about anything that is on your mind. Generally comments are limited to 3 minutes.
๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ:
This is our only opportunity for public input on the evictions, since there is no directly related agenda item. Some important things you may want to bring up:
The evictions solve nothing. They are expensive. There is no place for people go legally right now. They push desperate people into the Avenues and alleyways, which may well push up crime in those areas. Desperate people without options will do desperate things.
As well, this is an opportunity to express any other concerns you have for our community.
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The council is replacing Andrew Jared, who has provided able and ethical representation to the city, with Vince Ewing, an attorney who's has cronies on the current council. There was no competitive process to solicit a replacement, this was done through a closed session in possible violation of the Brown Act. You can read more about this here.
๐.๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐-๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
Do you agree that parking fees should be charged to access Upper Park? If so, how can they be implemented fairly in a way that doesn't prevent low-income people from accessing OUR park?
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California approved recreational Cannabis in 2016. Chico voters overwhelmingly approved it, with over 60% in favor. Yet here we are in 2021 and we still don't have a single legal dispensary.
Commercial cannabis will bring immediate jobs and additional revenue to Chico, things we desperately need as the pandemic continues. It is heavily regulated by the state, and must have security staff onsite at all times, video cameras inside and out, and much more. Dispensaries throughout the state have proven themselves to be good neighbors that don't contribute to an increase in crime. This is long overdue and the current council is once again stalling.
๐.๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐
Everything about this is political. Kami finally attended one (yep only one, and weeks after she requested this item be agendized) GCHTF meeting and has so little knowledge about their work it is laughable.
Nonetheless, she will try to take over the task force at tonight's meeting.
For those who haven't attended GCHTF meetings: The task force is collaborative community group that includes service providers, city staff and the general public. It has been around for 25 years, and many of the organizations we take for granted in our community sprang forth from that collaboration, including the Torres Shelter and CHAT.
Meetings are open to the public. Anyone can become a member by attending 1 meeting and requesting membership.
Kami doesn't believe the homeless should receive any services, she believes that service providers are only in it for the money, and she isn't happy about the task force having a seat on the Butte CoC, which is the organization that manages most funding for homelessness that comes into Butte County.
Word has is she will try to "take over" by saying that the city "owns" the task force (it does not, aside from city staff helping to manage the mailing list and paying for the website hosting one year, it receives no city resources). She may also say that the city owns the "intellectual property rights" to the task force, something that attorneys who have been consulted say is not the case; the city can't own the product of a collaborative body.
If she wants to create an official city commission on homelessness, more power to her. It will certainly be costly, something the conservatives say they don't want, but with homelessness being one of the most important issues our city faces, another commission may be an asset.
Demand that she leave the task force to their work, and that the city council protect a 25-year old collaborative body that has so effectively fostered service and collaboration in our community.
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The City Council will review, and presumably rescind, the Housing Committee report that includes inclusionary zoning, a liberalization of permitting on ADUs, as well as vague commitments for the City to support affordable housing and look into community land trusts.
It's a big and complicated report, but most recommendations are worth defending.
๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐'๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐, ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ. The community input on the Housing Element update is basically over until the work is done in August, and we need more opportunities for people to learn about what these recommendations mean for the community, of to have the opportunity to speak their mind on city housing policy.
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This item should be getting a hard NO. The city is effectively gambling with our unfunded pension liabilities, issuing a bond and assuming it will do well enough to cover liabilities. This item deserves a deep dive and we will try to do that in coming weeks.
Public Participation During the Meeting via Zoom:
Meeting information:
https://zoom.us/s/91385146443 Passcode: Council
Or join webinar with the following methods
Phone one-tap: US: +16699006833,91385146443# or +14086380968,91385146443#
Passcode: 9563398
Instructions for using Zoom:
โข Join the meeting using the link above.
โข You must have audio and microphone capabilities on the device you are using to join the meeting.
โข When you join the meeting make sure that you join the meeting with audio and follow the prompts to test your speaker & microphone prior to joining the meeting.
To speak on an item using Zoom
โข The Mayor will call the item and staff will begin the staff report.
โข Click on the Raise Hand icon if you would like to speak on the item. The City Clerk will call your name when itโs your turn to speak.
โข When your name is called, you will be prompted to unmute yourself.
โข When your time is up, you will be muted.
โข You will repeat this process for each item you want to speak on
๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ
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