CITY COUNCIL / LRA BOARD CITY OF RIVERBANK
Mayor/Chair Regular City Council and Local
Rachel Hernandez Redevelopment Authority Board
Council/Authority Members Meetings
District 1 — Luis Uribe
District 2 - Cindy Fosi Council Chambers
Vice Mayor, District 3 — John Pimentel 6707 Third Street, Suite B District 4 - Stacy Call Riverbank, CA 95367
) choose civility
TUESDAY,FEBRUARY 24, 2026 — 6:00 PM
(THE AGENDA PACKET IS ONLINE AT HTTP://WWW.RIVERBANK.ORG/AGENDACENTER)
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor / Chair Hernandez called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.
FLAG SALUTE
Vice Mayor Pimentel led the pledge of allegiance.
3. INVOCATION
Reverend Randy Richardson 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 2 Cindy Fosi
Council Member / Authority Member District 4 Stacy Call Vice Mayor / Vice Chair District 3 John Pimentel
Mayor / Chair Rachel Hernandez
AGENDA CHANGES
No Agenda Changes.
6. CONFLICT OF INTEREST
None.
7. PRESENTATIONS
Item 7.1. Presentation- StanCOG Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) Michael Schmitt, Consultant with Kimley Horn, gave a PowerPoint Presentation on the StanCOG Regional Transportation Plan. Provided survey for the Community.
CC/LRA Minutes - 2/24/2026
Item 7.2. Presentation - Love Our Neighbor Program by Love Stanislaus County Gaby Hernandez, Director of Love our Neighbor, gave a PowerPoint Presentation on the Love Our Neighbor Program by Love Stanislaus County.
8. PUBLIC COMMENTS
Mayor Hernandez opened the Public Comment Period at 6:28 P.M.
Alexis Chavez, Representative for Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil, to provide a legislative update and upcoming events.
Mayor Hernandez Closed the Public Comment Period at 6:31 P.M.
9. CONSENT CALENDAR
Item 9.1. Waiver of Readings
Item 9.2. Approval of the City Council and Local Redevelopment Authority Board Minutes for February 10, 2026
Item 9.3. Resolution to Award Bid for the Pedestrian Access on Roselle Ave Over the MID Canal Project to United Pavement Maintenance, Inc., and Authorize Execution of Future Change Orders
Resolution 2026-013
There being no public comments, Mayor Hernandez brought the item back to City Council.
ACTION: By motion moved and seconded (Uribe / Call 5/0) to approve Consent Calendar as presented.
Motion carried by unanimous City Council and LRA Board roll call vote:
AYES: Uribe, Fosi, Call, Pimentel, and Mayor Hernandez
NAYS: None / ABSENT: None / ABSTAINED: None
10. PUBLIC HEARING
Item 10.1. Resolution Approving the LRA Mid-Year Budget Adjustments 2025-2026 Local Redevelopment Authority Director, Bridgewater, gave a comprehensive staff report and PowerPoint presentation on the LRA Mid-Year Budget Adjustments for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
LRA Board discussed item with staff.
Mayor Hernandez opened public comment at 6:34 P.M.
Mayor Hernandez closed public comment at 6:34 P.M.
There being no further public comment Chair Hernandez brought the item back to the LRA Board.
CC/LRA Minutes - 2/24/2026
ACTION: By motion moved and seconded (Fosi / Uribe 5/0) approve LRA Resolution 2026-001 approving the LRA Mid-Year Budget Adjustments for Fiscal Year 2025-2026.
Motion carried by unanimous Authority Member and LRA Board roll call vote:
AYES: Uribe, Fosi, Call, Pimentel, and Chair Hernandez
NAYS: None / ABSENT: None / ABSTAINED: None
Item 10.2. Resolution Approving the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Mid-Year Budget Amendments Assistant City Manager Alcantor, gave a comprehensive staff report and PowerPoint presentation on the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Mid-Year Budget Amendments.
City Council discussed item with staff.
Mayor Hernandez opened public comment at 6:46 P.M.
Diego Hernandez, Riverbank resident, to express his concerns with Item 10.2.
Mayor Hernandez closed public comment at 6:49 P.M
There being no further public comment, Mayor Hernandez brought the item back to the City Council.
ACTION: By motion moved and seconded (Fosi / Uribe 5/0) approve Resolution 2026-014 approving the Mid-Year Budget Adjustments for fiscal year 2025-2026.
Motion carried by unanimous City Council and LRA Board roll call vote:
AYES: Uribe, Fosi, Call, Pimentel, and Chair Hernandez
NAYS: None / ABSENT: None / ABSTAINED: None
11. NEW BUSINESS
Item 11.1. Provide Direction on a Facility Fee Waiver Request for Riverbank Youth Baseball and Softball Association in the Amount of $16,500.00 for Use of the Castleberg Park Sports Fields and Concession Stand
Parks & Recreation Director, Patton gave a comprehensive staff report and PowerPoint presentation on Facility Fee waiver request from Riverbank Youth Baseball and Softball Association in the amount $16,500.00 for the use of the Castleberg Park Sports Fields and Concession Stands and presented the council with three possible options.
City Council discussed the item with staff.
Phillip Sharp, RYBSA Director, spoke a little about the organization and would like Council to consider approving option 2.
Charles Latham, RYBSA Treasurer, discussed the cash flow and the budget of the organization.
CC/LRA Minutes - 2/24/2026
Cathy Burke, RYBSA Secretary, spoke about the organization and the impact it has on the community.
Michael Christie, Riverbank resident, expressed his support for option 3.
Diego Hernandez, Riverbank resident, is in support of Item 11.1 but would like to see other options discussed covering the shortfalls of the expense.
There being no further public comment, Mayor Hernandez brought the item back to the City Council.
ACTION: By motion moved and seconded (Hernandez / Fosi 3/2) to approve Resolution 2026-015 with option 3 including a 3 year MOU with O fees for the 1st year, 25% of fees 2nd year, 50% of fees 3rd year.
Motion carried by City Council and LRA Board roll call vote:
AYES: Fosi, Pimentel, and Chair Hernandez
NAYS: Uribe, Call / ABSENT: None / ABSTAINED: None
Item 11.2. Resolution Authorizing the Inclusion of Certain Crossroads West Specific Plan (CWSP) Roadway and Trail Segments in the Citywide System Development Fee (SDF) Update Study
Director of Community Development, Mann gave a comprehensive staff report and PowerPoint presentation on the Inclusion of Certain Crossroads West Specific Plan (CWSP) Roadway and Trail Segments in the Citywide System Development Fee (SDF) Update Study.
City Council discussed item with staff.
Michael Christie, Riverbank resident expressed his support for Item 11.2 Dave Romano, on behalf of the Machado family spoke on Item 11.2 would like for Council to consider approving the item.
There being no further public comment, Mayor Hernandez brought the item back to the City Council ACTION: By motion moved and seconded (Fosi / Uribe 5/0) approve Resolution 2026-016 authorizing the inclusion of certain Crossroads West Specific Plan (CWSP) Roadway and Trail Segments in the Citywide System Development Fee Study.
Motion carried by unanimous City Council and LRA Board roll call vote:
Ayes: Uribe, Fosi, Call, Pimentel, and Chair Hernandez
NAYS: None /ABSENT: None /ABSTAINED: None
12. COMMENTS/REPORTS
Item 12.1. Staff
Assistant City Manager Alcantor:
CC/LRA Minutes - 2/24/2026
• The fourth draft of the Housing Element has been posted on our website for public comment over the next seven days. Following public review, the Housing Element will be under review by HCD. This additional review was necessary due to a local landowner removing their property from the Housing Element Rezone program. Following review by HCD, it is anticipated the final Housing Element will be reviewed by Planning Commission at its March 31st meeting, with the final adoption scheduled for April 28th, with the City Council hearing. • In our Recreation Department. Our summer programs open on March 1st. The Parks and Recreation Department will be offering a variety of programs, ranging from summer camps to swim lessons to soccer. Many of the programs have limited space and fill up quickly, so families are encouraged to register as soon as possible. Registration can be done by visiting the Parks and Recreation page on the city website.
• Public works would like to note that our street sweeper will not be operating this week or next week, due to some repairs. We appreciate everybody's patience while it's being serviced. • And then another great announcement to make is that we are now recruiting residents to serve on our Budget Advisory Committee. This committee advises the City Council of the city's financial health, operating budget and long term financial sustainability. Committee members will review audits, financial reports, evaluate the operating budget and capital improvement program, assess revenue proposals and make recommendations on financial policies and priorities. The application period is open until April 9th or until vacancies are filled.
Details and the applications are available on our website or in our administration office.
Item 12.2. Council/Authority Member
Vice Mayor Pimentel:
• I would like to give a shout out to Grand Asia. This week they celebrated the Chinese Lunar New Year. A special thank you to all those in Riverbank and all over that came out. Made it a special week and they supported the event. Thank you to Mr. Steve and Lena for donating to the Riverbank Sister Cities.
• Also beginning March 8th / will be out of the Country for three weeks and then I will come back refreshed.
Councilmember Uribe:
• I recently met with Modesto Councilmember Chris Ricci kind of shared our desire to work towards regional planning efforts as both of our cities are continuing to grow, advocated for joint planning workshop, especially with North County Corridor. Phase I underway. Phase I/ is still seeking funding. So having these kinds of joint planning sessions early makes a ton of sense.
• Modesto is going to be holding a zoom meeting tomorrow about the Tivoli North Specific Plan community outreach. So I'm very interested in what they're planning to kind of share there.
This is the development just south of the North County Corridor that's going to come up right up to Riverbank. I also shared some of my goals for that joint planning session with Councilmember David Wright of Modesto. Just trying to connect the two Planning Departments and get something going there.
• On February 20th I had the pleasure of attending Collective Space, 4-year anniversary with Councilmember Fosi. Great event. We wish them many more years of continued success.
CC/LRA Minutes - 2/24/2026
• Finally, I'm looking forward to attending the El Concilio meet your local elected event tomorrow 5:30pm to 7:30pm at 1314 Eighth Street in Modesto. It is open to the public and all are welcome.
Councilmember Fosi:
• On February 11th, I attended my first SHA meeting, which is Stanislaus Homeless Alliance.
They talked about attainable housing program and we saw a presentation from Central Valley Attainable Housing. I'm excited to see where this program goes. It's not affordable housing.
It's attainable for everybody on this board. Their kids maybe can buy a house. And that's what / want to work on, is bringing it to a level where our kids can buy houses, not mansions.
Councilmember Call:
• So last week / was able to attend the StanCOG meeting where they just reviewed the 132 expansion and going into the 2nd phase of that, I also met with supervisor Buck Condit and Department of Environmental Resources Christy McKinnon regarding Sturba. And if you all remember, there were some conversations about Non-district East and Non-district West, so they both had reports on or studies on data that they've collected, and they have found that the data is competing. So the County is hiring a third party to review both studies to try to pull more accurate information regarding the overdraft. Last Wednesday, the County met with Non-district East and they discussed some next steps. So there are more meetings to come on that. So l'll be happy to report once I get those.
• Then last Friday, Supervisor Buck Condit and / went to tour Aemetis, the Riverbank Industrial Complex. Buck hadn't been there in a couple of years, so he was very interested and fascinated in all of the work that Aemetis had already done and the future plans. And then we may have identified some opportunities there.
• This Friday, the 27th at Papapolloni on McHenry, the old Jacobs Fine dining for those who are familiar, they are holding their 4th annual speech and art contest starting at 6:00 p.m. and we have two students from Riverbank who are participating in the Speech and Art contest. • Then next Thursday, March 5th, the Riverbank Chamber and Stanislaus Chamber will be at the Multi-chamber mixer in Ceres 2401 Rockefeller Drive starts at 5:30 p.m. • And then a couple months ago maybe, Councilmember Uribe had brought up speed bumps.
And since then I've had constituents in both District 1 and District 3 reached out to me about some concerns with roadways, so l'd be interested, and I'm hoping Council can agree to revisit some of these high traffic areas and maybe collaborate with Riverbank Police Services on the possibility of a speed bump policy of some sort for these danger areas or hot areas.
Not sure what the term is.
Item 12.3. Mayor/Chair
Mayor Hernandez:
• I mentioned previously that Councilmember Call and / were going to go on StanCOG bus tour, so we jumped on the bus with some of our peers and went from Downtown Modesto through Southside Modesto, down Roselle to Riverbank to talk through some of the ongoing projects, the funding and some of the limitations that are going on.
CC/LRA Minutes - 2/24/2026
• The next day, I had 4 to 5 hours of interviews to finally interview the finalists or the person who hopefully is going to accept an offer for the Executive Director position of StanCOG. There is more to come on that as negotiations happen.
13. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Mayor / Chair Hernandez adjourned the regular meeting at 8:05 P.M. to the next regular scheduled City Council / LRA Meeting of March 10, 2026.
ATTEST: (Adopted 03/10/2026) APPROVED:
Reun
Gabriela Hernandez, CMC Rachel Hernandez
City Clerk / LRA Recorder Mayor/Chair
CC/LRA Minutes - 2/24/2026