CITY COUNCIL / LRA BOARD CITY OF RIVERBANK
Mayor/Chair Regular City Council and Local
Rachel Hernandez BA 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
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TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2026 — 6:00 PM
(THE AGENDA PACKET IS ONLINE AT HTTPS://RIVERBANKCA.PORTAL.CIVICCLERK.COM/)
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor / Chair Hernandez called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.
2. FLAG SALUTE
Vice Mayor Pimentel led the pledge of allegiance.
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 Declared.
7. PRESENTATIONS
Item 7.1. Student Support Fund Scholarship Awards by Riverbank Sister Cities Committee
Elizabeth Uribe and the Sister Cities Committee presented the Scholarship Awards.
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Item 7.2. Proclamation - National Arbor Day
Mayor Hernandez read the proclamation in celebration of National Arbor Day.
Item 7.3. Proclamation - National Library Week
Mayor Hernandez read and presented the proclamation for National Library Week to Friends of the Library Group.
8. PUBLIC COMMENTS
Mayor Hernandez opened the Public Comment Period at 6:23 P.M.
Olivia Arambula, Riverbank Chamber of Commerce, extended an invitation to upcoming community events.
Michael Christie, Riverbank resident, to express his opposition to the rezoning of Roselle and Glow Road.
Jordan Davidson, Riverbank resident, to express his opposition to the rezoning of Roselle and Glow Road.
Rosevelt Brown, Riverbank resident, to express his opposition to the rezoning of Roselle and Glow Road.
Molly Hoyt, Riverbank resident, to express her opposition to the rezoning of Roselle and Glow Road.
Bucky Hoyt, Riverbank resident, to express his opposition to the rezoning of Roselle and Glow Road.
Edward Jones, Riverbank resident, let the Mayor and Council know they are doing a fine job improving the City of Riverbank.
Mayor Hernandez Closed the Public Comment Period at 6:40 P.M.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Item 9.1. Waiver of Readings
Item 9.2. Approval of the City Council and Local Redevelopment Authority Board Meeting Minutes for March 10, 2026, and Special Meeting Minutes for March 24, 2026.
Item 9.3. Resolution Approving the Fiscal Year 2024 and Fiscal Year 2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funding Agreements with Stanislaus County Resolution 2026-019
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Item 9.4. Resolution Approving the Memorandum of Agreement for Implementation of the Pyrethroid Control Program; CASQA Group Membership & Our Water Our World (OWOW) Group Subscription with Stanislaus County - San Joaquin County Central Valley Agencies and Authorize the City Manager or Designee to Execute the Agreement on behalf of the City of Riverbank
Resolution 2026-020
Item 9.5. Resolution Adopting a List of Projects for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Funded by SB 1:
The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017
Resolution 2026-021
Item 9.6. Resolution to Award Contract for Jacob Myers Park Food Vendors to Ice Ice Baby Ice Cream
Resolution 2026-022
There being no public comments, Mayor Hernandez brought the item back to City Council.
ACTION: By motion moved and seconded (Uribe / Fosi 5/0) to approve Consent Calendar as presented
Motion carried by City Council and LRA Board roll call vote:
AYES: Uribe, Fosi, Pimentel, Call, and Mayor Hernandez
NAYS: None / ABSENT: None / ABSTAINED: None
10. NEW BUSINESS
Item 10.1. Resolution Ratifying the Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Protection District Ordinance No. 2026-16, adopted on February 11, 2026, as required under Health and Safety Code section 13869.7
Director of Community Development Josh Mann gave a comprehensive staff report and PowerPoint presentation on the ratification of the Stanislas Consolidated Fire Protection District's adopted Ordinance No. 2016-16
City Council discussed the item with staff.
There being no further public comment, Mayor Hernandez brought the item back to city council.
ACTION: By motion moved and seconded (Uribe / Fosi 5/0) approve Resolution 2026-023 to approve the ratification of
SCFPD Ordinance No. 2016-16.
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
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11. COUNCIL REFERRALS
Item 11.1. America's 250th Anniversary
Councilmember Call gave PowerPoint Presentation on America's 250th Anniversary.
DIRECTION: Councilmember Uribe, Councilmemeber Call, Vice Mayor Pimentel gave direction to bring back this item on the next meeting agenda for further discussion.
12. COMMENTS/REPORTS
Item 12.1. Staff
City Manager Garcia:
• Mayor and council, just a couple of comments for tonight. The city's flag design contest is still accepting designs until this Thursday, April 16th at 5:30pm. The application and design guidelines are available on the City's website.
• From the City Clerk, the city is currently accepting applications for the second cohort of the Riverbank Youth Council. There is an informational night being held on Monday, April 20th, from 4:00pm to 5:00pm that will be here in the City Council Chambers. And the applications are available online and at City Hall North in the admin department. Those are due on Thursday, May 14th, at 5:30pm. • And the last comment, the city's notice of funding availability for affordable housing developments is still open and accepting proposals until Monday, May 4th at 5:00pm. There's currently $1.5 million available for projects.
Item 12.2. Council/Authority Member
Vice Mayor Pimentel:
• Good evening everyone. It's nice to be back. Having spent 21 days in the Philippines, / learned why we have our own laws and rules and regulations about vendors. You know, when I first came to the council, / was like, they're just trying to earn a living out there. We're kind of hard on them. But that's not the case. The reason why we have everything in place is because, in the Philippines, it's out of control and here in Riverbank its in control. There's a reason for everything. The Health Department in the Philippines, they can just set up in the streets, interrupt the traffic, and the police look the other direction. They look away, so / have a lot of respect for Riverbank and why we do what we do. I just wanted to say that. • On 4/30 / will be attending the State of the City with the Mayor and all the Council. We hope you can come out.
• Also, on May 13th / will be attending the Stanislaus Homeless Alliance meeting. It's very important that we educate on the homeless alliance, and it's something that I'm passionate about, and I hope to learn from it.
• If you have books and want to donate them to the local books, please contact me and / will take them to the right places.
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Councilmember Uribe:
• So, as mentioned by Marisela, the flag design ends April 16th at 5:30pm. So, once you submit your designs, come on down to Council.
• Sister Cities is going to be holding their first ever Tamazula night. It's going to be here in the chambers at 5:30pm to 7:30pm. It's an invitation to all residents who call Tamazula home. We want you to bring your stories, your memories, traditions, and share those firsthand with the committee. So our community can kind of celebrate together. • On Monday 4/20, I will be presenting to a primarily Spanish-speaking group who are highly engaged in our community about the status of the Blue Zone project. The status of the heal ordinance that the previous Council had passed. They are very excited about the information.
They meet consistently. So there are a lot of aspects of that group that align kind of with the Blue Zone project. So we want to loop them in and just kind of build on that. • Also, on 4/20 / will be meeting with Councilmember Cindy Fosi here for the Wasterwater Treatment expansion feasibility project. So we will be reviewing those alternatives evaluation and ranking metrics confirming alignment on preferred alternatives as we move this to the next phase. So, following this, staff will prepare it and bring it to the Council for the evaluation. • April 25th LOVE Riverbank is happening. After those events, make sure you come out to the Community Center. Also, downtown here the Somar Music Festival will be happening from 11:00am to 8:00pm. So come on out.
Councilmember Fosi:
• On April 21st, the women's group will be meeting at Morris Nursery. You can come and go shopping for plants, and they give us a little discount, and they offer help on how to plant and what dirt you need and everything. So that is pretty cool. • Last Wednesday I went to the Stanislaus Housing Alliance meeting in downtown Modesto.
The City of Modesto presented their annual action plan which talks about the monies that they will have available for homelessness and building facilities, which was pretty interesting. • Sierra House updates that there were 232 showers given last month. 111 of them were women, 113 were men. There were 213 meals given out.
• On 4/20, as Luis said, we will be attending a presentation on the feasibility study. I am very plant and what's the best route to go and then looking forward to being able to present it to our citizens.
Councilmember Call:
• A few weeks ago, I attended Project Resolve, and it was my second favorite one, probably because we got to tour the Juvenile Hall Center on Bluegum, and it was really interesting to see. One, I can happily say that the facility is not full. So that was nice to see. We were actually able to tour some of the rooms and classrooms, and they were not full. So we are not at capacity, which is great for our youth. These kind of red flags to me, and maybe not red flags, but things that kind of make your head spin are that they're housing 12yr old to 25 yr- olds together. That's the age range. Currently, there are around 70 juveniles in the center and less than 10 of them are women. And in some of the conversations they talked about the
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female presence being much higher historically, so women are not in juvenile hall as frequently and I feel like that is a positive, but also it kind makes you wonder what shift happened. So, for me, that was just interesting data that they shared with us. But it was really cool to see it. I have always wanted to see it.! don't know why, so it was a fun walk-through. • Marisela hit on it, but the youth council info night is here in the Council Chambers next Monday the 20th at 4:00pm. And then right after, I'll be doing my office hours at the Riverbank Industrial Complex in building 18 at 6:00pm not only will it be my office hours, but / will have Amber Collins, the Executive Director StanCog and she will be doing a brief overview on housing. So l am calling it housing 101. So / encourage the Riverbank community members, especially those with questions regarding the rezoning process that is currently going on, to come hear, listen, see the process of housing in California.
Item 12.3. Mayor/Chair
Mayor Hernandez:
• I attended my first StanRTA board meeting. Which is our public transit system or our bus system. The system is facing some potential large budget cuts and that will likely result in route cuts should we not address the budget as a whole. And so that is kind of looming over the board right now. And there is more to come around that. • I just want to welcome Kinfolks, which is right here corner from us, and Cocina Devina, which is in the River Heights Shopping Center, which has had their soft opening as well. So if you want to check out new restaurants, these are a couple that really complement our city.
13. CLOSED SESSION
Item 13.1. LIABILITY CLAIMS
(Pursuant to Govt. Code §54961)
Claimant: Roderick Arellano-Carpenter & Zuckerman
Agency Claimed Against: City of Riverbank
Item 13.2. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
(Pursuant to Govt. Code § 54956.8)
Property: 3300 Atchison Rd. (APN: 132-009-069)
Agency Negotiator: Marisela H. Garcia, City Manager
Property Negotiator: Del Rio City Center, LLC.
Under Negotiation: Price, terms of payment, or both
There being no public comments, Mayor Hernandez moved to Closed Session at 7:04 P.M.
Reconvened from Closed Session at 7:23 P.M.
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14. REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION
Item 14.1. Report from Closed Session Item 13.1
LIABILITY CLAIMS
(Pursuant to Govt. Code § 54961)
Claimant: Roderick Arellano-Carpenter & Zuckerman
Agency Claimed Against: City of Riverbank
DIRECTION: Claim was denied by a vote of 5/0.
Item 14.2. Report from Closed Session Item 13.2
CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
(Pursuant to Govt. Code § 54956.8)
Property: 3300 Atchison Rd. (APN: 132-009-069)
Agency Negotiator: Marisela H. Garcia, City Manager
Property Negotiator: Del Rio City Center, LLC.
Under Negotiation: Price, terms of payment, or both
DIRECTION: Direction was provided to staff.
15. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Mayor / Chair Hernandez adjourned the regular meeting at 7:23 P.M. to the next regular scheduled City Council / LRA Meeting of April 28, 2026.
ATTEST: (Adopted 04/28/2026) APPROVED:
Siles thank
Gabriela Hernandez, CMC Rachel Hernandez
City Clerk / LRA Recorder Mayor/Chair
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