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MINUTES OF THE DAVIS CITY COUNCIL
Meeting of January 13, 2026
The City Council of the City of Davis met in regular meeting session beginning at 6:33 p.m. in the Community Chambers, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Donna Neville.
Councilmembers Present: Josh Chapman, Linda Deos, Gloria Partida, Bapu Vaitla , Donna Neville
Councilmembers Absent: None
Other Officers Present: City Manager Daryel Dunston , City Attorney Inder Khalsa, City Clerk Zoe Mirabile
1. Approval of Agend a. L. Deos moved, seconded by J. Chapman, to approve the agenda. Motion passed unanimously.
2. City Manager Announcements
D. Dunston: January 19 —annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at Veterans Memorial Theatre. February 15—Children’s Sumer Activity Fair at Veterans Memorial Center.
3. City Council Announcements and Liaison Reports. None
4. Public Comments
• Ning Wan: Personal experience with eviction. Support free speech. • Catherine Brinkley: Village Farms—should require edible landscaping and design roofs so future homeowners can get more solar energy, maximize south facing.
Project needs greater density.
• Alan Miller: Oppose MAPA on future consent calendar.
• Scott Steward: Support Human Relations Commission MAPA recommendations.
5. Workshop: Village Farms Davis Project Application – Development Agreement Exhibit E Affordable Housing Project Individualized Plan
Community Development Director Sherri Metzke r: Council action on December 16 approved language for the Affordable Housing Individualized Plan and directed staff and the council subcommittee to work with the developer to add a trigger to the De- velopment Agreement to shift burden away from the city based on some condition occurring. Negotiations have continued; presented alternative language for council deliberation.
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Rochelle Swanson, representing Village Farms Davis applicant team: Summarized revisions to Affordable Housing Plan since November. Current option under consider- ation has potential implications. Additional revision to the Affordable Housing Plan submitted to city attorney.
Public comments:
• Ning Wan: Request information about deed restrictions. • Georgina Valencia, Ben Boucher, Ellen Kolarick and Gayna Lamb -bang: Should include affordable for sale deed restriction homes in plan. Need both rental and for sale affordable housing in project and down payment assistance program. • Ken Wagstaff: Support plan. Need to maximize possibilities for affordable housing cooperatives.
• Broke Hazey, Kaylana Gallagher, Brian Lowe, Dale Skye: Support Village Farms project.
• Connor Gorman: When possible , developer should build affordable units. If not, then value of land dedication and in lieu fees should be commensurate with the cost to build.
• Scott Steward: Support plan.
• Rachael Fulp-Cooke: Need strong and meaningful plan with provisions included in baseline features.
City Council recessed at 8:17 p.m. and reconvened at 8:45 p.m.
J. Chapman moved, seconded by G. Partida, to revise the Affordable Housing Project Individualized Plan language as follows:
1. Remove sunset clause
2. No building permits issued for phase 3 until city receives final $3 million contribu- tion
3. No additional building permits after initial 150 permits issued, until commence con- struction on 100 affordable units
4. City option to exercise after 150 units
Motion passed by the following vote:
AYES: Chapman, Deos, Partida, Neville
NOES: Vaitla
D. Neville moved, seconded by L. Deos, to revise the Baseline Features language to include an obligation to commence construction of 100 affordable units prior to con- struction of low density (phase 3). Motion passed by the following vote:
AYES: Chapman, Deos, Partida, Neville
NOES: Vaitla
6. AB 1234 Reporting. None
7. Long Range Calendar
D. Dunston: No changes to long range.
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D. Neville: Possible to meet earlier than 6:30 next meeting? City Clerk Zoe Mirabile: Ordinance establishes start time of regular meetings. Can schedule an earlier special meeting for all other items and hold regular meeting at 6:30 with only Village Farms item on agenda. Council consensus.
8. Adjournment. Meeting adjourned at 9:36 p.m.