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Council Advances Housing and Parks Actions

Scotts ValleyApr 1, 20261 min read

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The City Council voted 5-0 to submit Scotts Valley’s 2025 Housing Element Annual Progress Report and approved steps to dissolve the Scotts Valley Parks and Recreation Advocates, transferring its remaining assets to the City for parks and recreation purposes.

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The housing report will be submitted to the Department of Housing and Community Development and the State Office of Planning and Research. The Council also appointed three people to complete the parks nonprofit’s dissolution and transfer its remaining assets to the City. Residents spoke in support of a ban on filtered tobacco product sales, but no action on that request was recorded.

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Approved the 2025 Housing Element Annual Progress Report submission to the Department of Housing and Community Development and the State Office of Planning and Research by a 5-0 vote.
Appointed Stephanie Hill, Kendra Reed, and Taylor Bateman to the Scotts Valley Parks and Recreation Advocates Board of Directors and authorized steps to dissolve the organization and transfer its remaining assets to the City for parks and recreation purposes by a 5-0 vote.
Approved the consent agenda by a 5-0 vote, including appointing Jack Dilles to the Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District Public Financing Authority and adopting the Santa Cruz County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan 2025 Update.
Recognized April 2026 as Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month and April 19-26, 2026, as California Cities Week.
Reached consensus to consider displaying the Pride Flag during June as a future agenda item.

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City Council Meeting

Apr 1, 2026, 6:00 PMCity Council Chambers, 1 Civic Center Drive, Scotts Valley CA 95066completed

Agenda

CALL TO ORDER [EVENT_TIME]
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE and MOMENT OF SILENCE
ROLL CALL
SPECIAL SET MATTER
1. Mayor's Proclamation for Arts, Culture, & Creativity Month, April 2026
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Decision: SPECIAL SET MATTER
2. Mayor's Proclamation for California Cities Week, April 19–26, 2026
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Decision: SPECIAL SET MATTER
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Council members are appointed to committees which are either City committees or committees dealing with other jurisdictions. This portion of the agenda allows the committee member to present oral or written reports to the Council regarding their committee assignments. It also allows the Council to make comments and give the committee member direction, as required.
CITY MANAGER REPORT
PUBLIC COMMENT TIME
This is the opportunity for individuals attending in person to make oral comments to the Council on any items within the purview of the Council, which are NOT part of the Agenda. No action on the item may be taken, but the Council may request the matter be placed on a future agenda. Written public comment may be emailed to the City Clerk by 5:00 PM on the day of the meeting at csimonovich@scottsvalley.gov.
ALTERATIONS TO CONSENT AGENDA
Council can remove or add items to the Consent Agenda.
CONSENT AGENDA
The Consent Agenda is comprised of items which are intended to be non-controversial and are approved without discussion. Persons wishing to speak on any item may request the item be moved to the Regular Agenda by raising their hand to be recognized by the Mayor. An item will only be moved from the Consent Agenda to the Regular Agenda if a City Council Member requests it to be moved and a majority of the Council agrees.
1. Approve City Council Regular Meeting minutes of 03-18-2026 and Special Study Session minutes of 03-12-2026 and 3-13-2026
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Decision: CONSENT AGENDA
2. Appoint Jack Dilles as a public member to the Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District Public Financing Authority (EIFD PFA)
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Decision: CONSENT AGENDA
3. Adoption of the Santa Cruz County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan 2025 Update
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Decision: CONSENT AGENDA
ALTERATIONS TO REGULAR AGENDA
Council can remove or add items to the Regular Agenda.
REGULAR AGENDA
Persons wishing to speak on any item may do so by raising their hand to be recognized by the Mayor.
1. Approve the Housing Element Annual Progress Report and authorize submittal of the Annual Progress Report to the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) Department
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Decision: REGULAR AGENDA
2. Appoint new members to the Scotts Valley Parks and Recreation Advocates to take actions necessary to dissolve the Scotts Valley Parks and Recreation Advocates
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Decision: REGULAR AGENDA
3. Future Council Agenda Items
Decision: REGULAR AGENDA
CONVENE TO CLOSED SESSION
CLOSED SESSION SUBJECT(S)
1. Conference with legal counsel regarding real property negotiations Legal Authority: Government Code Section 54956.8 Location: 2 lots between 201 and 241 Kings Village Road, Scotts Valley; APNs 022-601-05 and 022-601-13 Staff Present: City Manager, City Attorney
Decision: CLOSED SESSION SUBJECT(S)
RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION
REPORT ON ACTION TAKEN DURING CLOSED SESSION
ADJOURNMENT