CITY OF DAVIS
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
COMMUNITY CHAMBERS, 23 RUSSELL BOULEVARD, DAVIS, CA 95616 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 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 or Council 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 November 11 as Veterans Day
B. Recognizing November 29 as Small Business Saturday
C. Recognizing November 10-14 as Law Enforcement Records and Support Per- sonnel Week
D. Recognizing November as Native American Heritage Month E. Recognizing 2025 Yolo Philanthropy Awards Recipients F. Reaffirming Friendship and Support of Our Sister City, Uman, Ukraine Item 2
7:00 A. City Manager Brief Announcements
B. City Council Brief Announcements and Liaison Reports from Various 2x2Meet- 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
7:05 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. Public comment 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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Any member of the public may address the City Council on matters not listed on this agenda, or on matters listed on the consent calendar . If possible, residents 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. Commentsare limited to no more than 2 minutes per speaker.
WRITTEN AND VOICEMAIL PUBLIC COMMENTS:
1. Submit written public comments to [email protected].
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2. Submit comments by voicemail prior to the meeting: Call the city’s dedicated phone line (530) 757-5693 to leave a voicemail message for public comment.
Staff will play comments during the appropriate agenda item. Comments will be accepted from 12:00 noon until 4:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting.
Voicemail public comments will not be accepted after 4:00 p.m. Speakers will be limited to no more than two minutes.
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
7:25 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 Coun cil 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. Agreement to Improve Fiber-Optic Infrastructure (Information Services Director Jason Best/Technical Service Manager Brad Gonzalez)
Recommendation: Approve Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Agreements with Crown Castle Fiber LLC to Improv e Fiber-Optic In- frastructure Services
B. Amendment #3 to Agreement for Accounting Services (Assistant City Manager Kelly Stachowicz)
Recommendation: Approve Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Amendment #3 with SRYAN Consulting LLC to Extend Contract for Accounting Services
C. Replacement Primary Network Firewall for City Hall (Information Services Di- rector Jason Best)
Recommendation: Approve Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Purchase a Replacement Firewall from Palo Alto/Immer1
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D. Grant Acceptance – Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES)State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) (Information Services Director Jason Best/Technical Service Manager Brad Gonzalez)
Recommendation: Approve Resolution Accepting the FEMA and Cal OES SLCGP Grant Funds and Amending Fiscal Year 2025/26 Budget E. Grant Acceptance – Office of Traffic Safety (Police Chief Todd Henry) Recommendation: Approve Resolution Accepting State of California Of- fice of Traffic Safety Grant Funds and Amending Fiscal Year 2025/26 Budget F. Intention to Levy and Collect an Assessment for FY 2026 -2027 Downtown Business Improvement District (DBID) (Economic Development Director Katie Yancey)
Recommendation: Approve Resolution of Intention to Levy and Collect the BID Annual Assessment Fee for the Core Area and Periphery Core Benefit Zones Pursuant to the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1989 for the DBID for FY 2026-27
G. Second Reading of 2025 Zoning Omnibus and Municipal Code Amendments:
1. Ordinance Amending Various Sections of Chapter 40 of the Davis Municipal Code to Update and Clarify the Provisions of the Zoning Ordinance to Cre- ate a More Streamlined Approach to Entitlement Processing and to Remain Consistent with the State of California Requirements
2. Ordinance Amending Various Sections of Chapters 8, 34, 36 and 37 of the Davis Municipal Code to Update and Clarify the Provisions of the DavisMu- nicipal Code to Create a More Streamlined Approach to Entitlement Pro- cessing and to Remain Consistent with the State of California Requirements Recommendation: Adopt (Introduced 10-21-2025)
H. Commission Minutes:
1. Climate and Environmental JusticeCommission Meetings of March 31, May 27, June 23, and September 22, 2025
2. Planning Commission Meeting of September 10, 2025
Recommendation: Informational
Regular Calendar
*See above instructions for public comments*
Item 5
7:30 Workshop: Village Farms Davis Project – Pre-General Plan Amendment, Pre- zone/Preliminary Planned Development, Development Agreement, Annexa- tion/Sphere of Influence Amendment (Community Development Director Sherri Metzker/Principal Planner Dara Dungworth)
Recommendation:
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2. Consider the project applications and documents and provide feedback:
A. Pre-General Plan Amendment, including provisions for Baseline Project Features as required by Chapter 41 of the Davis Municipal Code B. Pre-Zoning and Preliminary Planned Development
C. Development Agreement
Item 6
10:00 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 November 4, 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 31 2025, and made available to the public during normal business hours.
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