To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Julie Lucido, Public Works Director
Prepared By: Don Schmidt, Associate Civil Engineer
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Response to the Napa County Grand Jury Report on City of Napa Sidewalks
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Approve the City of Napa Response to the 2019-2020 Napa County Grand Jury Final Report entitled, "The City of Napa's Sidewalks: Watch Your Step", and direct the City Manager to submit the response on behalf of the City Council to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court.
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DISCUSSION:
On April 30, 2020, the 2019-2020 Napa County Grand Jury submitted the Final Report entitled "The City of Napa's Sidewalks: Watch Your Step," as set forth in Attachment 2. State law requires the City Council to respond to each finding and recommendation of the Grand Jury and submit the response to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court within 90 days of the report. (See California Penal Code Sections 933 and 933.05.) In compliance with these requirements, the Public Works Director recommends that the City Council approve the recommended City Response to the Grand Jury Report as presented in Attachment 1.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS:
No direct financial impacts on the City have been identified related to this response to the Napa County Grand Jury. There are specific projects to advance our sidewalk repair program that were previously incorporated into the City's adopted budget. The Public Works Department maintenance and operations budget also includes funding in the FY 2020-2021 proposed budget to address on-going repairs of the sidewalks.
CEQA:
The Public Works Director has determined that the Recommended Action described in this Agenda Report is not subject to CEQA, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c).
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
ATCH 1 - Letter to Honorable Mark Boessenecker, Presiding Judge of the Superior Court, containing the City of Napa Response to the 2019-2020 Napa County Grand Jury Fin...
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