Agenda — Modesto City Council, November 14, 2023

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MODESTO CITY COUNCIL
www.modestogov.com
AGENDA
City of Modesto

CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Chambers, Basement Level
Tenth Street Place, 1010 10th Street
Modesto, California
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 5:30 PM
Roll Call - Councilmembers Alvarez, Bavaro, Escutia-Braaton, Ricci, Williams, Wright, Mayor Zwahlen
* Public Comment will only be in-person. Members of the public who wish to address the Council, by providing public comment, during the meeting must do so in-person in the Council Chambers.

As an alternative, members of the public may also provide written public comment submitted via email as indicated in the Submitting Comments by Email instructions on this agenda. Zoom will still be available for viewing and Wordly translation.
*Members of the public will be allowed to provide public comment through Zoom if a Councilmember is participating remotely pursuant to the provisions of Assembly Bill 2449. *Effective March 1, 2023, if a technical issue arises with Zoom or the phone dial-in option, the Council meeting will continue unless the meeting is being held pursuant to the provisions of Assembly Bill 2449. Alternative viewing options are listed below, and the meeting is physically open to the public.
“Wordly” can translate into 25+ different languages! To access written translation during the meeting, please scan the QR Code or click this link https://attend.wordly.ai/join/RJDY-6364.
"Wordly" puede traducir a más de 25 idiomas diferentes! Para acceder a la traducción durante la reunión, por favor escanee el código QR o haga clic en el enlace https://attend.wordly.ai/join/RJDY-6364.
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You may observe a livestream of the meeting at http://media.modestogov.com. You may also view or listen to the meeting as indicated below.

THE MEETING CAN BE VIEWED BY ZOOM VIDEO

CONFERENCING OR TELEPHONE
Joining the City Council meeting via Zoom
The City of Modesto is now offering the ability to view Council meetings via telephonic conferencing via “Zoom” video conferencing computer technology. The meeting may be accessed through the use of Zoom using the following options:
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To use Zoom, please visit: https://zoom.us/ and either sign-up for a free Zoom account or continue as a guest. Once you have downloaded the app onto your mobile device, joined from your web browser, or downloaded the Zoom software on your computer you will be ready for the upcoming Council meeting.

Joining the City Council meeting via Telephone
If you don’t have a smart phone or computer to access the meeting via Zoom, you can listen by phone, by calling 1-877-853-5257 (Toll Free) or 1-888-475-4499 (Toll Free) and enter the Webinar ID 869 4597 0570 Passcode 84326

SUBMITTING COMMENTS BY E-MAIL
Written comments may be submitted via email to: [email protected] (include Agenda Item Number in the subject line). All comments will be shared with the Councilmembers and placed in the record but will not be read aloud during the meeting. Written comments must be received two hours before the meeting.

This Agenda is on file in the City Clerk’s Office, Sixth Floor, 10th Street Place, Posting Board at entry of 10th Street Place, and is available on the City’s Web site at www.modestogov.com.

Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the Council after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the Clerk’s office during normal business hours. Such documents are also available online, subject to staff’s ability to post the documents before the meeting, at the following website https://www.modestogov.com/council-meetings In accordance with the requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) of 1990, the Fair Employment & Housing Act (“FEHA”), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended), Government Code section 11135 and other applicable codes, the City of Modesto (“City”) will not discriminate against individuals on the basis of disability in the City’s services, - 3 -
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programs, or activities. For more information, please visit the City of Modesto website at https://www.modestogov.com/865/Americans-with-Disabilities-Act-ADA In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk (209) 577-5396. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.

Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
Invocation: Cindy Fraze, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints City Clerk’s Announcements
Declaration of Conflicts of Interest
Reports from Closed Session

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS

1. Proclamation declaring November 12-18, 2023, as United Against Hate Week in the City of Modesto. (Funding Source: Not Applicable)
CITY COUNCIL; Ariana Harbottle-Jarrett, 209-571-5597, [email protected]

2. Proclamation declaring November 25, 2023 as Small Business Saturday. (Funding Source: Not Applicable)
CITY COUNCIL; Ariana Harbottle-Jarrett, 209-571-5597, [email protected]

3. Presentation from the Municipal Information Systems Association of California (MISAC) to the City of Modesto for the 2023 MISAC Excellence Award for Best Practices in Information Technology and the 2023 MISAC Innovation Award for the City’s implementation of Wordly Real-time Translation Services. (Funding Source:

Not Applicable)
IT; Scott Conn, 209-577-5229, [email protected]

MISCELLANEOUS
Legislation, Appointments, Other

4. Consider accepting the resignation of Alexandra von Stade from the Measure H Oversight Board. (Funding Source: Not Applicable)
Staff Recommendation:
 Resolution accepting the resignation of Alexandra von Stade from the Measure H Oversight Board.

BUDGET; Steve Christensen, 209-577-5390, [email protected] - 4 -
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5. Consider appointing Erin Black to the City of Modesto Planning Commission with a partial term expiring December 31, 2024. (Funding Source: Not Applicable) Staff Recommendation:
 Resolution appointing Erin Black to the City of Modesto Planning Commission with a partial term expiring December 31, 2024.

CED; Jessica Hill, 209-577-5267, [email protected]

PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON
Three-minute time limit per speaker.

Only interested persons in the audience may present these matters. Under State law, Councilmembers may respond to matters being presented under this item only as follows:
a. Briefly respond to statements made or questions raised. b. Ask a question for clarification.
c. Provide a reference to staff or other resources for factual information. d. Request staff to report back at a subsequent meeting. e. Finally, a Councilmember or the Council itself may take action to direct staff to place a matter of business on a future agenda.

CONSENT ITEMS – ROLL CALL VOTE REQUIRED
Information concerning the consent items listed below has been forwarded to each Councilmember prior to this meeting for study. Unless some member of the audience or Councilmember has a question concerning an item and asks that it be withdrawn from the consent list, the Council approves the items at one time. The action taken by the Council in approving consent items is set forth in the explanation of this individual item.

Any and all of the following agenda items are subject to action by the Modesto City Council.

CONSENT
An item may be removed from consent and discussed at the request of an audience member or Councilmember.

Consent

6. Consider approving the minutes from the November 7, 2023 Council Meeting. (Funding Source: Not Applicable)
Staff Recommendation:
 Motion approving the minutes from the November 7, 2023 Council Meeting.