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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, June 04, 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 - 3 -
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Committee 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.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Consider interviewing and recommending an appointment for one vacancy on the City of Modesto Board of Zoning Adjustment and forwarding to City Council for approval. (Funding Source: Not Applicable)
Motion recommending the appointment of one full-term vacancy with the date ending December 31, 2028, on the City of Modesto Board of Zoning Adjustment and forwarding to Council for approval.
CED; Jessica Hill, 209-577-5267, [email protected]
2. Consider the appointments for two vacancies, with a term end date of, December 31, 2027, to the City of Modesto Entertainment Commission and forwarding to Council for approval. (Funding Source: Not Applicable)
Motion recommending the appointments for two vacancies, with a term ending December 31, 2027, to the City of Modesto Entertainment Commission and forwarding to Council for approval.
CED; Jessica Hill, 209-577-5321, [email protected]
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3. Consider appointments to fill two vacancies to the City of Modesto Housing Rehabilitation Loan Committee (HRLC), with a term ending December 31, 2028. (Funding Source: Not Applicable)
Motion recommending appointments to fill two vacancies to the City of Modesto Housing Rehabilitation Loan Committee (HRLC), with a term ending December 31, 2028, and forwarding to Council for approval.
CED; Edgar Garcia, 209-571-5101, [email protected]
4. Consider the appointment of one City of Modesto representative vacancy to the Stanislaus Animal Services Agency Advisory Committee for a two-year term beginning July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027, and forwarding to Council for approval. (Funding Source: Not Applicable)
Motion recommending the appointment of one City of Modesto representative vacancy to the Stanislaus Animal Services Agency Advisory Committee for a two-year term beginning on July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027, and forwarding to Council for approval.
CITY MANAGER; Scotty Douglass, 209-577-9149, [email protected]
5. Consider the appointment of one City of Modesto Public Member vacancy for the Audit Committee for a partial unexpired term ending June 30, 2027, and forwarding to Council for approval. (Funding Source: Not Applicable)
Motion recommending the appointment to fill one City of Modesto Public Member vacancy for the Audit Committee for a partial unexpired term ending June 30, 2027, and forwarding to Council for approval.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT; DeAnna Christensen, 209-577-5387,
[email protected]
6. Consider the appointments of three vacancies on the Equity Commission for partial unexpired terms ending December 31, 2026, and forwarding to Council for approval. (Funding Source: Not Applicable)
Motion recommending the appointments of three vacancies for partial unexpired terms ending December 31, 2026, and forwarding to Council for approval.
HUMAN RESOURCES; Christina Alger, 209-571-5126, [email protected]
7. Consider the appointment of members to the Modesto Culture Commission to fill three vacancies for four-year terms with a term expiration of December 31, 2028, and forwarding to Council for approval. (Funding Source: Not Applicable) Motion recommending the appointment of members to the Modesto Culture Commission to fill three vacancies for four-year terms with a term expiration of December 31, 2028, and forwarding to Council for approval.
PRN; Jeremy Rogers, 209-577-5347, [email protected]
8. Consider two appointments to fill one Member-At-Large vacancy for a four-year term with a term expiration of December 31, 2028, and one Youth Member-At-Large vacancy for a one-year term with a term expiration of December 31, 2025, on the City - 5 -
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of Modesto Golf Courses Advisory Committee, and forwarding to Council for approval. (Funding Source: Not Applicable)
Motion recommending two appointments to fill one Member-At-Large vacancy for a four-year term with a term expiration of December 31, 2028, and one Youth Member-At-Large vacancy for a one-year term with a term expiration of December 31, 2025, on the City of Modesto Golf Courses Advisory Committee and forwarding to Council for approval.
PRN; Jessica Franco, 209-577-5278, [email protected]
9. Consider the appointments of three vacancies to the City of Modesto Blight Abatement Advisory Committee for a four-year term with an expiration date of December 31, 2029, and forwarding to Council for approval. (Funding Source: Not Applicable) Motion recommending the appointments of three vacancies to the Committee for a four-year term with an expiration date of December 31, 2029, and forwarding to Council for approval.
PUBLIC WORKS; Rosene Nguyen, 209-577-5453, [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