SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
MILPITAS CITY COUNCIL
January 25, 2022 Milpitas City Council Agenda Page 1
MI N UT E S
TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2022
MILPITAS, CA
5:30 PM
The City Council of the City of Milpitas convened on the Special Council Meeting day of January 25, 2022, via teleconference/Zoom webinar.
CALL MEETING TO ORDER by Mayor and ROLL CALL by City Clerk Mayor Tran called the Regular City Council meeting to order at 5:30 PM. Roll Call was taken by City Clerk Wood.
PRESENT: Mayor Tran, Vice Mayor Montano, Councilmembers Chua, Dominguez, and Phan (arrived at approximately 5:35)
ABSENT: None
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Tran.
PUBLIC FORUM
Those interested are invited to address the City Council on the agenda item listed below only, by using the “raise hand” in the zoom webinar online (see instructions on page one (1). Speakers may state their name and city of residence for the record, and limit spoken remarks to three minutes, or less, at the discretion of the Mayor.
There were no speakers under Public Forum.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
There were no announcements.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS City Attorney Diaz asked the Mayor and City Councilmembers if they had any personal conflicts of interest. By roll call, there were no conflicts of interest.
READING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CODE OF CONDUCT
City Attorney Diaz read aloud the City Council Code of Conduct.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Motion: to approve the January 25, 2022, Special Meeting Agenda.
Motion/Second: Mayor Tran / Councilmember Dominguez
Motion carried by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Chua, Dominguez, Phan, Vice Mayor Montano, Mayor Tran
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NOES: None
AGENDA ITEMS
1. Receive a Staff Presentation on the Preliminary FY 2023-32 Ten-Year General Fund Financial Forecast and Provide Feedback on Desired Service Levels to Inform the FY 2022-23 Budget Development (Staff Contacts: Ashwini Kantak, Assistant City Manager, 408-586-3053 and Lauren Lai, Finance Director, 408-586-3111)
City Manager McHarris introduced the item. FM3 consultant Curt Below Finance presented preliminary survey results from the community engagement citywide survey. Director Lai, Assistant City Manager Kantak, and Deputy City Manager Rossmann gave a presentation on the Preliminary FY 2023-32 Ten- Year General Fund Financial Forecast.
The following spoke under public comment:
1. Voltaire Montemayor
2. Allysson McDonald
3. Barbara Jo Navarro
4. Stephen Balsbaugh
Mayor Tran commented on investing in Public Works to address streetscaping, landscaping, and streetlights.
Councilmember Dominguez commented on looking for grant opportunities and funding parks.
Councilmember Chua commented on redirecting $60,000 of America Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds from the Main Street Revitalization to environmental sustainability projects and requested a project plan for the 12 funded park projects included in the CIP budget.
Mayor Tran commented on postponing the item to change his term limits proposal for elected officials and look at it at a later time.
Council had a consensus to add a pickleball pilot program to the CIP budget discussion.
Councilmember Dominguez asked to look at cost of developing the pickleball courts beyond a pilot program and wanted to see if it is possible to fund it through ARPA. She also wanted to see if any funding could be allocated to the CIP unfunded parks.
Vice Mayor Montano requested a list of other Santa Clara County City’s reserve funding in comparison to Milpitas.
Councilmember Chua asked to add a summary of the unfunded liabilities balances to the previously requested list with the percentage of reserves each city has in terms of their unfunded liabilities. She also commented on having staff look at funding the Park Champions program with ARPA funding.
Councilmember Phan commented on the community survey and would like to have more cross tab data included so that Council can fully assess the community’s needs.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Tran adjourned the meeting at 8:40 PM.
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The foregoing minutes were approved by the Milpitas
City Council on February 1, 2022.
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Wendy Wood
City Clerk