CITY COUNCIL
Mayor Edwin Okamura
Vice Mayor Sarah Donnelly
Council Member Rick Dolk
Council Member Lisa Duke
Council Member Walt Stanish
MINUTES
RIO VISTA CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2025
5:00 P.M. - SPECIAL MEETING
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1 MAIN STREET
RIO VISTA, CALIFORNIA 94571
COUNCIL MEMBER STANISH TELECONFERENCING FROM:
AV. PLAYA GRANDE
NO. 1 COL. CENTRO
CABO SAN LUCAS, BCS, C.P. 23450 MEXICO
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1. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Okamura called the special meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.
Roll call vote found the following members present:
Council Members Dolk and Duke, Vice Mayor Donnelly, and Mayor Okamura in attendance at 1 Main Street, Rio Vista, CA 94751; and Council Member Stanish in attendance via teleconference from Av. Pia ya Grande, No. 1 Col. Centro, Caba San Lucas, BCS, C. P. 23450 Mexico.
Mayor Okamura led the pledge of allegiance.
2. PUBLIC COMMENT (Time Limit - 5 minutes per speaker)
Members of the audience may comment on item(s) listed on this agenda (Government Code section 54954.3 (a)). Each person will be allowed five minutes, or less, if a large number of requests are received on a particular subject, all subject to the Mayor's direction. If you wish to offer public comment, please complete a speaker form (optional) and deliver it to the City Clerk prior to the start of the meeting. When your name is called or you are recognized by the Mayor, please stand, make your way to the podium, and present your comments.
One public comment was made.
3. DISCLOSURE OF EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS
City Council Members should disclose any communications they have had on applicable agenda items at this time.
None.
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4. BUDGET WORKSHOP - Following presentation from staff regarding the Operating Budget and the Measure K Oversight Committee's recommendation, City Council will hold a discussion and provide direction on the Fiscal Year 2025/26 Budget.
Finance Director Jen Lee presented the staff report to City Council.
With regard to the Fiscal Year 2025/26 Budget to be considered for adoption at a future meeting, City Council directed staff to:
• Reduce the 2025/26 proposed Cannabis Fees Gross Receipts by $20,000 to reflect the potential revocation of the Haze Conditional Use Permit. • Reduce the proposed transfer of Transient Occupancy Tax Fund to Promotion of Commerce and Tourism from $35,000 to $30,000 There was City Council consensus to approve the Measure K Oversight Committee's recommendation to fund the proposed $2,500,000 Roadway Improvement Project by an lnterfund Loan from Municipal Improvement Fund 056 in Fiscal Year 2025/26 with a repayment schedule of principal and interest, using $500,000 per year of Measure K revenue, over the next five years, to repay the annual principal.
Finance Director Jen Lee advised she will prepare an amortization schedule of the $2. 5 million loan.
City Council expressed their support for the following to be included in the Fiscal Year 2025/26 Budget to be considered for adoption at a future meeting:
• $340,000 for shade structures at City parks
• $275,000 for a Public Works Corp Yard modular building • Addition of a door between the two rooms in the Community Event Center • Addition of a roll-up glass door to replace the existing roll-up door at the Community Event Center
• Reservations software
• Siding and new signage for the exterior of the Community Event Center • $30,000 grant match for electric truck for Public Works Department • $30,000 landscape improvement for Promenade
• $30,000 branding implementation • $174,000 replacement of two Police vehicles Regarding the proposed Airport Road Tree Planting Project, City Council requested staff bring more information including a cost breakdown of trees and irrigation, as well as information about a potential "adopt a tree" program.
City Council requested a future agenda item regarding speed mitigation on Airport Road.
There was consensus to refer to 45 Main Street as "Community Event Center." There were two public comments.
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5. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Okamura adjourned the meeting at 7:33 p.m.
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