CITY OF DAVIS
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
COMMUNITY CHAMBERS, 23 RUSSELL BOULEVARD, DAVIS, CA 95616 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2025
6:30 P.M.
Members of the City Council:
Bapu Vaitla, Mayor
Donna Neville, Vice Mayor
Josh Chapman
Linda Deos Daryel Dunston, City Manager
Gloria Partida Inder Khalsa, City Attorney
PLEASE NOTE – The numerical order of items on this agenda is for convenience of reference; times listed are estimates. Items may be taken out of order upon request of the Mayor orCouncil Members. A 4/5 vote of the Council is required to begin consideration of a new item of business after 11:30 p.m.
Roll Call
Approval of Agenda
Item 1
6:30 Ceremonial Presentations of Proclamations:
A. Recognizing Second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day B. Recognizing October 24 as United Nations Day
C. Recognizing October 24 as World Polio Day
D. Recognizing October as Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month E. Recognizing October as Filipino American History Month Item 2
6:55 A. City Manager Brief Announcements
B. City Council Brief Announcements and Liaison Reports from Various 2x2 Meet- ings and Commission/Board/Inter-jurisdictional Assignments C. City Council Indication of Intent to Pull Item(s) from the Consent Calendar for Discussion
Item 3
7:00 Public Comments
The Public Comments section is for the City Council to receive comments; except for brief questions for clarification, no discussion or action may be taken on any item that is not listed on the agenda. Publiccomment may be continued to the end of the meeting if the time allotted for public comment expires.
IN PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTS:
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should reserve their comments for regular matters listed on this agenda until the time the item is considered by the Council.Speakers will be asked to line up at the podium and state their name for the record. Comments are limited to no more than 2 minutes per speaker.
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Note: You must leave a separate voicemail for each item you wish to com- ment on. Please indicate your name and which item you are speaking about.
Item 4 Consent Calendar
7:20 All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered routine and non-controver- sial, require no discussion and are expected to have unanimous Council support, and may be enacted by the Council in one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items; however, before the Council votes on the motion to adopt, members of the Council, staff, or the public may request that specific items be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion and action. Item(s) removed will be discussed later in the meeting as time permits.
A. Amendment #1 to On Call Engineering Services Agreement Task Order #34 for Construction Support Services for Central Park Revitalization Project, CIP No. ET0004 (Public Works Engineering & Transportation Director Ryan Chap- man/City Engineer Melissa Marshall/Principal Civil Engineer Melody Eldridge) Recommendation: Approve Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Amendment #1 to Task Order 34 with WSP for Construction Manage- ment and Inspection Services for the Central Park Revitalization Project B. Rejection of Bids – 2025 Annual Re -Striping Maintenance Project, CIP No.
ET7256 (Public Works Engineering & Transportation Director Ryan Chapman) Recommendation: Approve Resolution Rejecting All Bids for the 2025 An- nual Re-Striping Maintenance Project
C. Yolo Basin Foundation Interpretive Public Art Project (Arts & Culture Manager Rachel Hartsough)
Recommendation: Approve Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement with Yolo Basin Foundation for Implementation of Pub- lic Art in Connection with the Wastewater Treatment Plant Public Art Initiative 10-21-25 City Council Meeting
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D. Amendment #2 to Contract to Purchase Artwork for the N Street Park Public Art Stage Project (Arts & Culture Manager Rachel Hartsough) Recommendation: Approve Resolution Authorizing the C ity Manager to Execute Amendment #2 to the Contract to Purchase Artwork with Cjay Rough- garden for N Street Park
E. Adoption of the 2025 California Building Standards and Fire Codes ( Commu- nity Development Director Sherri Metzker/Chief Building Official Carson Green/ Fire Chief Joseph Tenney/Fire Marshal Patrick Sandholdt) Recommendation:
1. Approve Resolution Approving Findings to Support Local Modifications to the Standards Contained in the 2025 California Building Standards Code, which Includes the 2025 California Fire Code, and Directing the City Clerk to Schedule a Public Hearing on November 18, 2025, and Publish a Notice for the Adoption of the 2025 California Building Standards Code Including the 2025 California Fire Code in Accordance with State Law
2. Introduce Ordinance Repealing and Replacing Article 8.01 of Chapter 8 of the Davis Municipal Code, and Adopting by Reference Part 2 Building Code, Part 2.5 Residential Code, Part 3 Electrical Code, Part 4 Mechanical Code, Part 5 Plumbing Code, Part 7 Wildland -Urban Interface Code, Part 8 His- toric Building Code, Part 9 Fire Code, Part 10 Existing Building Code, and Part 11 Green Stan dards Code, Including Related Appendices, as Identi- fied, of the California Code of Regulations Title 24, 2025 Edition of the Cali- fornia Building Standards Code and Marking Certain Additions and Amend- ments Thereto Through Express Finding of Local Necessity
3. Introduce Ordinance Repealing and Replacing Article 13.01 of Chapter 13 of the Davis Municipal Code, and Adopting by Referencethe California Fire Code, Including Related Appendices, as Identified, of the California Code of Regulations Title 24, 2025 EditionPart 9 of the California Building Stand- ards Code and Marking Certain Additions and Amendments Thereto Through Express Finding of Local Necessity
F. Davis Appointment to the Sacramento -Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control Dis- trict (Assistant City Manager Kelly Stachowicz)
Recommendation: Reappoint Dr. Christopher Barker to the Sacramento - Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District as the city representative from Davis for a four year term.
G. Human Relations Commission Action Item: Proposal for Additional 2025/2026 Commission Workplan Tasks (Community Relations Program Manager Carrie Dyer)
Recommendation:
1. Approve the proposed task of reviewing the Human Relations Commission webpage and making recommendations for content, resource, and acces- sibility updates.
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2. Pause the proposal to develop an action planaddressing the Commission’s duties under the Civil Rights Ordinance, Chapter 10, until the City Attorney’s review of Chapter 10 is completed and the City Council takes action on any recommended updates.
H. Commission Minutes:
1. Fiscal Commission Meetings of June 4 and August 6, 2025
2. Open Space and Habitat Commission Meeting of September 8, 2025
3. Police Accountability Commission Meeting of September 8, 2025
4. Transportation Commission Meeting of September 8, 2025 Recommendation: Informational
Regular Calendar
*See above instructions for public comments*
Item 5
7:25 Appointments to Advisory Commissions; Formation and Appointment to General Plan Committee:
A. Fiscal Commission and Police Accountability Commission (Council Subcom- mittee on Commissions—Neville & Partida)
Recommendation:
1. Appoint members to Fiscal Commission (2 regular, 1 alternate) and Police Accountability Commission (2 regular).
2. Reinstate the standard commission membership (7 regular members and 1 alternate; temporarily reduced to 5 regular and 1 alternate during recruit- ment efforts) and quorum requirements (quorum of 5; temporarily reduced to 3).
B. 2025 General Plan Update, General Plan Committee Formation (Council Sub- committee on General Plan—Chapman & Vaitla)
Recommendation: Approve Resolution Forming a General Plan Commit- tee and Establishing Its Purpose, Function, Composition and Administration, and appointing 13 members from 6 commissions.
Item 6
7:45 Public Hearing: 2025 Omnibus Zoning Ordinance and Municipal Code Amend- ments (Community Development Director Sherri Metzker/Principal Planner Dara Dungworth/Associate Planner Thomas McNairn)
Recommendation:
1. Introduce Ordinance Amending Various Sections of Chapter 40 of the Davis Municipal Code to Update and Clarify the Provisions of the Zoning Ordinance to Create a More Streamlined Approach to Entitlement Processing and to Re- main Consistent with the State of California Requirements
2. Introduce Ordinance Amending Various Sections of Chapters 8, 34, 36 and 37 of the Davis Municipal Code to Update and Clarify the Provisio ns of the Davis Municipal Code to Create a More Streamlined Approach to Entitlement Pro- cessing and to Remain Consistent with the State of California Requirements 10-21-25 City Council Meeting
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Item 7
8:15 Affordable Housing Production – Implementation of Davis Municipal Code Article
18.05 (Social Services & Housing Director Dana Bailey/Affordable Housing Man- ager Iris Grace)
Recommendation:
1. Receive informational report providing overview of Article 18.05 and its appli- cation related to the development of affordable housing.
2. Provide feedback related to two (2) clarifying questions regarding:
A. Affordable Housing Plan financial review
B. Affordable Housing Plan Project Individualized Plan (PIP) Item 8
9:15 A. AB 1234 Reporting of Meetings Attended at City Expense B. City Council Long Range Calendar. The calendar is a fluid working document used to support efficient and effective meetings and is subject to change. At this time, Council may request items be placed on a future meeting agenda.
Adjournment.
The foregoing agenda for the October 21, 2025 meeting of the Davis City Council was delivered to each Councilmember and posted on the outside public bulletin board at City Hall, 23 Russell Boulevard on Oc- tober 17 2025, and made available to the public during normal business hours.
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