OROVILLE — Among many action items slated for Tuesday’s Oroville City Council meeting, an ordinance regulating mobile food vending aims to set standards for hosting multiple food vendors in one location, called a “mobile food vendor village.”
With the city having received requests by businesses to be able to host than one mobile food vendor on their property, the proposed ordinance would allow Oroville to regulate vendors similar to restaurants in buildings to protect adjacent private property and to ensure the use does not “generate litter, create unsafe traffic patterns, and create a need for additional law enforcement,” according to a staff report.
The Oroville Planning Commission discussed ordinance amendments Sept. 28. According to the report, one concern was about unfair business advantages for mobile food vendor hosts who don’t have to pay property taxes on the restaurant use. Another concern was about traffic management.
The draft ordinance calls for limiting a mobile food vendor village to 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., and does not permit villages in downtown Oroville.
Infrastructure
Sidewalks, street crossings, bike lanes and pedestrian signal improvements slated for Highway 162 to the tune of up to $7.25 million are due, and a bid for construction by Lamon Construction Inc. is under consideration. According to a staff report, grants fund about $3.95 million for the project, with the remainder to come from city transport and traffic fees.
The Oroville Convention Center and its current operator, YMCA of Northern California, are soon to receive a breath of relief after an imminent threat of losing services this year for youth and seniors that were too costly to continue. A new lease agreement is said to support the presence of the YMCA in Oroville and continue services. The city would assume costs for utilities and insurance of the building in the new agreement.
To save on cost for Oroville Rescue Mission’s construction of Mission Esperanza shelter project, designed with 30 Pallet shelters and commercial office space, the council will consider a request to defer about $45,385 in development and public art fees for the development.
The city may also seek a grant opportunity to fund development of “community microgrids” being eligible within a high-risk disaster zone as part of state mandates on utility companies. According to a staff report, Oroville could own this microgrid system, which would provide designated island areas that would remain energized during PG&E grid outages.
Housing
In a public hearing, the council will consider participating in the Statewide Community Infrastructure Program and Bond Opportunities for Land Development programs that provide access from $500,000 to $5 million in funding for developments not large enough for a bond issue.
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Continuing the public hearings is a discussion to modify the city’s Community Development Block Grant home rehabilitation program, changing the interest rate for new loans from 3% to 0% for the next five years.
The Oroville City Council meets the first and third Tuesday of the month at 4 p.m. at the Oroville City Council Chambers at 1735 Montgomery St. Meetings are free, open to the public and are also streamed on Zoom and YouTube. The council agenda and links to live feeds can be found at cityoforoville.org.
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