CITY COUNCIL / LRA BOARD RIVE CITY OF RIVERBANK
Mayor/Chair Regular City Council and
Richard D. O'Brien Z
Council/Authority Members: Local Redevelopment Authority District 1 -Luis Uribe CITY OF ACTION Board Meetings
District 2- Rachel Hernandez Council Chambers, 6707 Third St CST. 1922 Suite B
District 3- Leanne Jones Cruz
District 4 -Darlene Barber-Martinez Riverbank, CA 95367 (2) choose civility -
MINUTES
TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2023 - 6:00 P.M.
(THE AGENDA PACKET IS ONLINE AT HTTP://WWW.RIVERBANK.ORG/AGENDACENTER)
1. CALL TO ORDER - Mayor / Chair O'Brien called the meeting to order at 6:00P.M
2. FLAG SALUTE -Mayor / Chair O'Brien led the pledge of allegiance.
3. INVOCATION - Reverend Charles Neal provided the invocation.
4. ROLL CALL - City Clerk Hernandez conducted Roll Call.
Members of the City Council / Local Redevelopment Authority Board present:
Council Member / Authority Member District 1 Luis Uribe Council Member / Authority Member District 3 Leanne Jones Cruz Council Member / Authority Member District 4 Darlene Barber-Martinez Vice Mayor / Vice Chair District 2 Rachel Hernandez
Mayor / Chair Richard D. O'Brien
5. AGENDA CHANGES
No Agenda Changes.
6. CONFLICT OF INTEREST: Any Council/Authority Member or Staff who has a direct this time of Interest on any scheduled agenda item to be considered is to declare their conflict at No Conflicts Declared at this time.
7. PRESENTATIONS (Informational only)
Item 7.1 Proclamation to Golden Valley Health Centers- It is recommended that the City Council read the Proclamation for National Health Center Week - August 8-12, 2023; and present to Golden Valley Health Centers.
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Mayor O'Brien presented the Proclamation to Golden Valley Health Centers for National Health Center Week. Yamilet Valladolid, Director of Government and Community Affairs and Golden Valley Health Centers Staff received the Proclamation on behalf of GVHC and spoke in appreciation.
PUBLIC COMMENTS (No action can be taken)
At this time, members of the public may comment on any item not appearing on the agenda, and within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council/LRA Board. Individual comments will be limited to a maximum of 3 minutes (or as stated by the presiding Officer) and time cannot be yielded to another person. Under State Law, matters presented during the public comment period cannot be discussed or acted upon.
Mayor O Brien Opened Public Comment at 6:09 P.M.
Jami Aggers, Modesto Resident spoke in opposition of the River Walk Project.
Jacob Faulder, District Representative with Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil's office gave a Legislative Update.
There being no further public comments, Mayor O'Brien closed the Public Comment period 6:13 P.M.
9. CONSENT CALENDAR
Item 9.1 Waive Readings. All Readings of ordinances and resolutions, except by title, are waived
Item 9.2 Approval of the City Council and Local Redevelopment Authority Board Minutes for June 27, 2023.
Item 9.3 Acceptance of the Riverbank Pool Resurfacing Project and Authorization to File a Notice of Completion.
Item 9.4 Resolution 2023-090 to Award Bid for the Sierra House Remodel Project to Harris Builders Inc. and Authorize Execution of Future Change Orders.
Item 9.5 Resolution 2023-091 to Award Bid for the Well #13 - Test Well Project to Eaton Drilling Co., LLC and Authorize Execution of Future Change Orders.
Item 9.6 Resolution 2023-092 to Approve and Adopt the Revised 2023 City of Riverbank Measure L Expenditure Plan Project List.
There being no public comments, Mayor O'Brien brought the item back to City Council.
ACTION: By motion moved and seconded (Hernandez / Uribe 5/0) to approve the consent calendar as presented.
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Motion carried by unanimous City Council and LRA Board roll call vote:
AYES: Uribe, Hernandez, Jones Cruz, Barber-Martinez, and Mayor O'Brien NAYS: None / ABSENT: None / ABSTAINED: None
10. PUBLIC HEARINGS
No Items Scheduled.
11. NEW BUSINESS
Item 11.1 Designation of a Voting Delegate and Alternate(s) to Attend the 2023 League of California Cities Annual Conference- It is recommended that City Council designate a member of the Council as the Voting Delegate, plus one or two alternates. They will attend the 2023 League of California Cities Annual Conference and Expo, to be held in Sacramento on September 20-22, 2023, and to participate in the Annual Business Meeting for the consideration of resolutions that establish Cal Cities policy. The City Council is to ratify the designations by roll call vote. i Manage Delegate and Alerate for the 20e staf ague or atomia al des Antial Conference.
City Council discussed the item with staff.
There being no further public comments, Mayor O'Brien brought the item back to the City Council.
ACTION: By motion moved and seconded (O'Brien /Uribe 5/0) to appoint Vice Mayor Rachel Hernandez as the primary voting Delegate and Councilmember Leanne Jones Cruz as the alternate for the 2023 League of California Cities Annual Conference and Expo.
Motion carried by unanimous City Council and LRA Board roll call vote:
AYES: Uribe, Hernandez, Jones Cruz, Barber-Martinez, and Mayor O'Brien NAYS: None / ABSENT: None / ABSTAINED: None
Item 11.2 Consideration of the Options for the Selection of a Riverbank Representative to the City of Oakdale Ad Hoc Animal Shelter Subcommittee- It is recommended that the City Council consider the options for the selection and appointment of a Riverbank Representative to the City of Oakdale Ad Hoc Animal Shelter Subcommittee.
City Manager Garcia presented a comprehensive staff report on the available options for the selection and appointment of a Riverbank Representative to the City of Oakdale Ad Hoc Animal Shelter Subcommittee.
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City Council discussed the item with staff.
Markie Wallace, Riverbank Resident commented on her interest to be considered as the representative or alternate for the Ad Hoc Animal Shelter Subcommittee.
There being no further public comments, Mayor O'Brien brought the item back to the City Council.
ACTION: By motion moved and seconded (Jones Cruz / Uribe 5/0) to appoint Mayor Richard D. O'Brien as the Riverbank Representative and Riverbank resident Markie Wallace, as the alternate to the Ad Hoc Animal Shelter Subcommittee.
Motion carried by unanimous City Council and LRA Board roll call vote:
AYES: Uribe, Hernandez, Jones Cruz, Barber-Martinez, and Mayor O'Brien NAYS: None / ABSENT: None / ABSTAINED: None
COMMENTS/REPORTS
A brief report on notable attendance of a meeting or conference or other notable topics of City business shall be made. The Brown Act does not allow for discussion or action of items by the City Council/LRA Board during this time.
Item 12.1 Staff
City Manager Garcia reported on the following:
• Chief Ridenour would like to remind everyone that next Tuesday, August 1st is our National Night Out, the event will be hosted at Silva Park. Our fire department is going to be there, the Sheriff's Tactical Culinary team will be cooking hot dogs, CVCR is going to be providing snow cones. There will also be Menchies Frozen Yogurt as well as fun games. Its going to be a great night to come out and meet your neighbors, local law enforcement, fire department and community members.
We hope to see you there 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at Silva Park.
Item 12.2 Council/Authority Member
Councilmember Jones Cruz reported on the following:
• No Comments.
Councilmember Uribe reported on the following:
• This Friday, will be meeting with the Mayor (Presidente Municipal) of our Sister City, Tamazula de Gordiano. We will be delivering donated used fire equipment, that we as a committee received from the Modesto Fire Department. This is just one small step in how we'd like to help their community. The Mayor of Tamazula and / will be discussing future needs for both cities and how we can help each other. Looking forward to that discussion, and reporting back to everyone.
Councilmember Barber-Martinez reported on the following:
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• Thank you, Riverbank Police Services, Parks & Rec Department, and Administration Department, for helping CVCR put together the Bike Rodeo. We had about 100 youth/children in attendance, with close to 50 giveaways. Thank you to the Community we gave away 28 bikes, so we had a lot of happy children.
Thank you to the community for bringing out their children.
Vice Mayor Hernandez reported on the following:
• I have embarked on a 6-month program, for elected leaders across the state that deals specifically with water. So, for the next six months, that is probably all I am going to speaking on. There is a lot to learn the science and policy. It will culminate into a formal presentation, so more to come.
Item 12.3 Mayor/Chair
Mayor O'Brien reported on the following:
• Would like to sit down and have a discussion on our Strategic Plan. Be able to have direction from this Administration before the 2024 Election. That way we have direction, focus to see what can be resolved between now and then. • Would like to thank Senator Alvarado-Gil for hosting a meeting with us, we are really impressed with the way that she is moving forward as a junior Senator. We appreciated her comments during our meeting.
• Would like to have some legal help with the CPUC going forward with PG&E's changing of services, without any authorization. And then requiring us to pay for it to be restored. I think with a 18 billion revenue or profit from last year, I think they can restore it, with how it should be.
13. CLOSED SESSION
The public will have a limit of 3 minutes to comment on Closed Session items) as set forth on the agenda prior to the City Council/LRA Board recessing to Closed Session.
No Items Scheduled.
14. ADJOURNMENT OF THE REGULAR MEETING
There being no further business, Mayor / Chair O'Brien adjourned the regular meeting at 6:34 P.M.to the next regular scheduled City Council / LRA Meeting of August 22, 2023 at 6:00 P.M.
ATTEST: (Adopted 08/22/2023) APPROVED:
Pretend Pin
Gabriela Hernandez
City Clerk / LRA Recorder Mayor/ Chair
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