CHICO — For the first meeting of 2024, the Chico City Council will revisit a variety of matters broached in 2023, including several relating to downtown.
Tuesday’s agenda features final public hearings on Casino Chico’s move into a building on Broadway and the city relaxing its restrictions on the number of bars in the northern part of downtown, both previously approved. If they choose to pull it from the consent agenda (routine items adopted in a single motion), councilors may discuss the latest progress report from the Downtown Chico Business Association per terms of a multi-year funding agreement.
The council also will consider approving two-dozen acquisitions — negotiated in closed session last year — of rights of way for road improvements; a timeline for the 2024-25 budget; a recommendation from the Finance Committee to send an amended version of Measure H to voters; and imposing limits on rents at senior mobile home parks and on how long residents may leave vehicles parked on city streets. The latter two stem from council members’ request for discussions, as does an assessment from the Community Development Department on the city’s eligibility to seek a pro-housing designation — and associated funding — from the state.
In addition, Butte County Behavioral Health Director Scott Kennelly will make a presentation on the county’s settlement of a lawsuit against pharmaceutical manufactures of opioids. An abbreviated closed session will consist of updates on labor talks and the Warren v. Chico federal litigation.
Citizens will get a last chance to address the council’s greenlighting a revenue-sharing proposition from the casino set to relocate downtown from north Chico and the removal of a municipal code provision capping liquor licenses in the downtown core. Each drew supporters and detractors at meetings where they were approved. The DCBA report recaps the first nine months of the group’s activities since the council agreed to support the business owners group with $140,000 a year for three years.
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Measure H, the 1% sales tax approved in 2022 to bolster road repairs and public safety, faces an uncertain future due to a California initiative on the November ballot tightening processes for levying taxes. Councilors on the Finance Committee voted 3-0 to recommend the city reword Measure H to comply with the initiative and seek fresh approval.
The Chico City Council regularly meets at 6 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday of the month at 421 Main St. Closed session starts at 5:30 p.m. Meetings are free and open to the public.
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