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AGENDA
City of Modesto
SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE / COUNCIL
WORKSHOP
2001-40 Del Puerto Room.
Tenth Street Place, 1010 10th Street
Modesto, California
Wednesday, March 05, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Roll Call: Eric Alvarez, Chair
Rosa Escutia-Braaton, Vice-Chair
Jeremiah Williams, Member
Alternates: Chris Ricci, Nick Bavaro, David Wright, Sue Zwahlen Council has not delegated directive or final approval authority to the Committees.
Committee actions are recommendations to the full City Council, not final decisions on an issue. * Public Comment will only be in person. Members of the public who wish to address the Committee, by providing public comment, during the meeting must do so in-person in the 2001-40 Del Puerto Room. 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 Committee Member 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 Committee 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.
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"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.
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 Committee meeting via Zoom
The City of Modesto is now offering the ability to view Committee meetings via telephonic conferencing via “Zoom” video conferencing computer technology. The meeting may be accessed through the use of Zoom using the following options:
Enter the following link into an Internet Browser
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/95895497651
Enter the following link into an Internet Browser https://zoom.us/ and using the Webinar ID: 958 9549 7651
Passcode: 84326
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 Committee meeting.
Joining the Committee 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: 958 9549 7651 Passcode: 84326
PUBLIC COMMENTS IN PERSON
Three-minute time limit per speaker.
Only interested persons in the audience may present these matters. Under State law, Committee Members 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 Committee Member or the Committee itself may take action to direct staff to place a matter of business on a future agenda.
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 Committee - 3 -
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Members 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 www.modestogov.com/councilmeetings 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, 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
Any and all of the following agenda items are subject to action by the Modesto City Council.
CONSENT ITEMS - ROLL CALL VOTE REQUIRED:
Information concerning the consent items listed below has been forwarded to each Committee Member prior to this meeting for study. Unless some member of the audience or Committee Member has a question concerning an item and asks that it be withdrawn from the consent list, the Committee approves the items at one time. The action taken by the Committee in approving consent items is set forth in the explanation of this individual item.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Consider accepting the 2024 Annual Report of the City’s Citizen Advisory Boards, Commissions, and Committees, and forwarding to Council for acceptance. (Funding Source: Not Applicable)
Motion accepting the 2024 Annual Report of the City’s Citizen Advisory Boards, Commissions and Committees and forwarding to Council for acceptance.
CITY MANAGER; Allison Van Guilder, 209-577-5228, [email protected]
2. Consider the appointment of four vacancies to the City of Modesto Blight Abatement Advisory Committee for a four-year term with an expiration date of December 31, 2028, and forwarding to Council for approval. (Funding Source: Not Applicable) - 4 -
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Motion recommending the appointment of four vacancies to the Committee for a four-year term with an expiration date of December 31, 2028, and forwarding to Council for approval.
PUBLIC WORKS; Myriah Hill, 209-577-5495, [email protected]
3. Consider the appointment of Christopher Fox to the Modesto City-County Airport Advisory Committee for a four-year term with an expiration date of June 30, 2029, and forwarding to Council for approval. (Funding Source: Not Applicable) Motion recommending the appointment of Christopher Fox to the Airport Advisory Committee for the position of Public-At-Large for a four-year term with an expiration date of June 30, 2029, and forwarding to Council for approval.
PUBLIC WORKS; Marisol Navarro, 209-577-5319, [email protected]
ADJOURNMENT
Posted pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2 on the bulletin board at Tenth Street Place on at by
date time signature