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CITY COUNCIL
Kevin McCarty, Mayor
Lisa Kaplan, District 1
Roger Dickinson, District 2
Karina Talamantes, Vice Mayor, District 3
Phil Pluckebaum, District 4
Caity Maple, District 5
Eric Guerra, Mayor Pro Tem, District 6
Rick Jennings, II, District 7
Mai Vang, District 8
CHARTER OFFICERS
Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk
Susana Alcala Wood, City Attorney
Farishta Ahrary, City Auditor
Leyne Milstein, Interim City Manager
John Colville, City Treasurer
DRAFT Minutes
City Council
Financing Authority
Housing Authority
Public Financing Authority
Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency
City Hall Complex
915 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Published by the Office of the City Clerk
(916) 808-7200
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
5:00 p.m.
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City of Sacramento
City Council - 5PM
City Hall Complex, 915 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Regular Meeting DRAFT Minutes
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
5:00 PM
All items listed are heard and acted upon by the City Council unless otherwise noted.
Open Session
Regular session called to order by Vice Mayor Talamantes at 5:11 p.m. Tuesday, August 26, 2025, at the Sacramento City Hall Council Chamber.
Members Present: Roger Dickinson, Eric Guerra (at 5:18 p.m.), Rick Jennings, Lisa Kaplan (until 8:07 p.m.), Phil Pluckebaum (at 5:16 p.m.), Karina Talamantes, Mai Vang, and Mayor Kevin McCarty (at 5:18 p.m., until 8:06 p.m.).
Member Absent: Caity Maple.
Land Acknowledgement – Led by Vice Mayor Talamantes.
Pledge of Allegiance – Led by Vice Mayor Talamantes.
Closed Session Report – Assistant City Attorney Matthew Ruyak reported there is nothing to report out at this time.
Special Presentation/General Communications
A. Honoring Sacramento Fire Department for Receiving the American Heart Association Mission: Lifeline® Gold Award Target: Heart Attack Honor Roll Award - Presented by Councilmember Jennings
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Consent Calendar
All items listed under the Consent Calendar are considered and acted upon by one Motion.
Action: Moved/Seconded: Member Talamantes / Member Kaplan.
Yes: Members Roger Dickinson, Eric Guerra, Rick Jennings, Lisa Kaplan, Phil Pluckebaum, Karina Talamantes, Mai Vang, and Mayor Kevin McCarty.
Absent: Member Caity Maple.
Members of the public provided public comments.
A motion passed to adopt the Consent Calendar in one motion except as indicated at each item.
1. Approval of City Council Meeting Minutes
File ID: 2025-00493
Location: Citywide
Action: Passed Motion No. 2025-0267 approving City Council Meeting Minutes dated July 1, 2025 (City Council 2PM), July 22, 2025 (City Council 2PM), July 22, 2025 (City Council 5PM), July 29, 2025 (City Council 5PM).
Contact: Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk, (916) 808-5441, [email protected], Office of the City Clerk
2. Confirmation of Board and Commission Appointments
File ID: 2025-01551
Location: Citywide
Action: Passed Motion No. 2025-0268 confirming the following board and commission appointments: 1) Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy Commission: Rosa Maria Carmen Orozco - Seat K; 2) Community Police Review Commission: Larry Darnell Coleman, II - Seat C; 3) Disabilities Advisory Commission: Maryclaire Igwegbe - Seat K; and 4) Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Commission: Lisa Felder - Seat B.
Contact: Jacob Bredberg, Administrative Analyst, (916) 808-6846, [email protected]; Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk, (916) 808-5442, [email protected]; Office of the City Clerk
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3. Annual Reports for City Council Appointive Officers - City Clerk and City Treasurer
File ID: 2025-01556
Location: Citywide
Action: Received and filed.
Contact: Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk, (916) 808-5442, [email protected], Office of the City Clerk; John Colville, City Treasurer, (916) 808-8297, [email protected], Office of the City Treasurer
4. Supplemental Contract: Citywide Printing Services for Large Document Scanning and Outputting
File ID: 2025-01365
Location: Citywide
Action: Passed Motion No. 2025-0269 authorizing the Interim City Manager, or designee, to execute Supplemental Contract No. 4 to City Contract No. PRC001820 with Sac City Blue DBA Signature Reprographics to increase the not to exceed (NTE) amount of the contract from $249,000 to $450,000.
Contact: Gary O’Neill, Contract and Compliance Specialist, (916) 808-7432, [email protected]; Dayana Reyes Zanaska, Procurement Manager, (916) 808-5524, [email protected]; Peter Coletto, Director of Finance, (916) 808-5416, [email protected]; Department of Finance
5. Power Inn Queue Cutter Project (T15186000): Execution of Supplement No. 6 to the Funding Agreement with the California Department of Transportation and Related Budgetary Adjustments
File ID: 2025-01399
Location: Power Inn Road between UPRR crossing and Fruitridge Road Intersection, District 6
Action: Adopted Resolution No. 2025-0223 authorizing the Interim City Manager or designee to 1) execute a supplemental agreement (C2018-0341-6) with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to receive $400,000 to construct the Power Inn Queue Cutter Project (T15186000); and 2) increase the revenue and expenditure budgets of the Power Inn Queue Cutter Project (T15186000) by $400,000 (Other Capital Grants, Fund 3704).
Contact: Avtar Banwait, Assistant Civil Engineer, (916) 808-6805, [email protected]; Judy Matsui-Drury, Supervising Engineer, (916) 808-7610, [email protected]; Ofelia Avalos, Engineering Manager, (916) 808-5054, [email protected], Department of Public Works
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6. Non-Professional Services Agreement Increase of Not To Exceed Amount for the Citywide Web-Based Bidding Portal (“PlanetBids”)
File ID: 2025-01410
Location: Citywide
Action: Passed Motion No. 2025-0270 approving the increase of the not to exceed (NTE) Amount of the Non-Professional Services Agreement with PlanetBids for Citywide Web-Based Bidding Portal services, No. PRC002212, from $238,000 to $380,000.
Contact: Gary O’Neill, Contract and Compliance Specialist, (916) 808-7432, [email protected]; Dayana Reyes Zanaska, Procurement Services Manager, (916) 808-5524, [email protected]; Peter Coletto, Director, (916) 808-5416, [email protected]; Department of Finance
7. Cooperative Contract Supplement for Janitorial Supplies and Equipment from Waxie Sanitary Supply
File ID: 2025-01417
Location: Citywide
Action: Passed Motion No. 2025-0271 authorizing the Interim City Manager or designee to execute a supplement contract to Citywide agreement No. PRC003296 with Waxie Sanitary Supply, increasing the Not To Exceed (NTE) Amount of the agreement from $249,000 to $400,000.
Contact: Gary O’Neill, Contract and Compliance Specialist, (916) 808-7432, [email protected]; Dayana Reyes Zanaska, Procurement Manager, (916) 808-5524, [email protected]; Peter Coletto, Director, (916) 808-5416, [email protected], Department of Finance.
8. Supplemental Agreement #2 for Labor Compliance Consulting Services File ID: 2025-01389
Location: Citywide
Action: Passed Motion No. 2025-0272 authorizing the Interim City Manager or designee to execute a supplemental agreement with S&H Consulting, LLC, exercising the City’s options to extend the term for the remaining three years and increasing the not to exceed amount by $400,000, for a total contract amount of $649,000.
Contact: Rachel Trujillo, Contract & Compliance Specialist, (916) 808-6040, [email protected]; Jason Wiesemann, Park Planning and Development Services Manager; (916) 808-7634, [email protected], Department of Youth, Parks, & Community Enrichment
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9. July 2025 Monthly Investment Transactions Report
File ID: 2025-01343
Location: Citywide
Action: Received and filed.
Contact: Stacy Hussey, Chief Investment Officer, (916) 808-7746, [email protected], Office of the City Treasurer
10. Supplemental Agreement: Rental of Temporary Liquid Handling Equipment File ID: 2025-01455
Location: Citywide
Action: Passed Motion No. 2025-0273: 1): authorizing the Interim City Manager or designee to execute Supplemental Agreement No. 02 to City Agreement PRC002547 with Western Oilfields Supply Company dba Rain for Rent (PRC002547) for rental of temporary liquid handling equipment, for an amount not to exceed $330,000 bringing the agreement’s total not-to-exceed amount to $575,000; and 2) resetting City Manager's authority to issue supplemental agreements for City Agreement No.
PRC002547.
Contact: Deanne Neighbours, Logistics Manager, (916) 808-3536, [email protected]; David Herrmann, Water Division Manager, (916) 808-5652, [email protected]; Sherill Huun, Interim Director, (916) 808-1455, [email protected]; Department of Utilities
11. Agreement: Department of Utilities (DOU) Critical Infrastructure Clean-Up [Published for 10-Day Review 08/13/2025]
File ID: 2025-01385
Location: Citywide
Action: Adopted Resolution No. 2025-0224 authorizing the Interim City Manager or designee to: 1) execute a Nonprofessional Services Agreement with Forensiclean LLC (PRC003542) for litter mitigation and hazardous materials removal around critical City Utility infrastructure, for a maximum of five years and an amount not-to-exceed $4,000,000; and 2) transfer $75,000 from the Water available fund balance (Fund 6005) and $75,000 from the Storm Drainage available fund balance (Fund 6011) to the Department of Utilities Operating Fund Level Programs (14001041, Fund 6005 and Fund 6011) for a total transfer amount of $150,000.
Contact: Deanne Neighbours, Logistics Manager, [email protected], (916) 808-3536; Charley Cunningham, Wastewater & Drainage Division Manager, [email protected], (916) 808-5652; Sherill Huun, Interim Director, [email protected], (918) 808-1455; Department of Utilities
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12. Authority to Apply for the State of California, Wildlife Conservation Board’s Habitat Planning Grant
File ID: 2025-01459
Location: Citywide
Action: Adopted Resolution No. 2025-0225 authorizing the Interim City Manager, or designee to: 1) apply for grant funding from the California Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) Habitat Planning Grant; and, if awarded, 2) execute a Grant Funding Agreement for the California WCB Habitat Planning Grant; 3) prepare the necessary data, and execute all reporting, payment requests, and documentation of compliance related to the grant through completion of the project; 4) create a new project Wildlife Conservation Board Habitat Planning Grant (G14250200); and 5) establish revenue and expenditures budgets for the WCB Habitat Planning Grant (G14250200, fund 7105) for an amount not-to-exceed $332,819, or the amount awarded.
Contact: Ashlee Casey, Executive Director, (916) 808-5378, [email protected]; Erica Bishop, Program Manager, (916) 808-1997, [email protected]; Emily Lee, Administrative Analyst, (916) 808-1993, [email protected]; Water Forum
13. Supplement to Contract No. 2024-1137 with the Shaw Law Group for Legal Services
File ID: 2025-01480
Location: Citywide
Action: Passed Motion No. 2025-0274 authorizing the City Attorney to execute a supplement to contract 2024-1137 by $57,000 to an amount not-to-exceed $127,000 for legal/investigatory services.
Contact: Brittany Phillips, Equal Employment Manager, (916) 808-7728, [email protected], Human Resources; Brett M. Witter, Assistant City Attorney, (916) 808-5346, City Attorney Office
14. Fiscal Year 2025/26 Department of California Highway Patrol Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program
File ID: 2025-01368
Location: Citywide
Action: Adopted Resolution No. 2025-0226 authorizing the Interim City Manager, or designee to: 1) accept a grant award of $218,027 from the State of California Department of Highway Patrol (CHP) for the Fiscal Year 2025/26 Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program (CTFGP); 2) execute the FY2025/26 CTFGP agreement; 3) establish the FY2025-26 CTFGP operating grant (G11019000); and 4) adjust the operating grant (Fund 2702) expenditure and revenue budgets in the amount of $218,027.
Contact: Brent Kaneyuki, Police Captain, (916) 808-4504, [email protected], Police Department
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Public Hearings
15. Birchway at Natomas Apartments Rezone (P24-033) [Noticed 08/15/2025; Passed for Publication 08/12/2025; Published 08/15/2025]
File ID: 2025-01144
Location: APN: 225-2110-028-0000, 225-2110-055-0000, 225-2110-056-0000, 225-2110-059-0000, 120 Promenade Circle, District 3
Action: Moved/Seconded: Member Talamantes / Member Kaplan.
Yes: Members Roger Dickinson, Eric Guerra, Rick Jennings, Lisa Kaplan, Phil Pluckebaum, Karina Talamantes, Mai Vang, and Mayor Kevin McCarty.
Absent: Member Caity Maple.
Members of the public provided public comments.
Conducted a public hearing and upon conclusion, adopted: 1) Resolution No. 2025- 0227 adopting the addendum to the previously approved Natomas Recirculated Environmental Impact Report (Per Public Resources Code section 21166 and CEQA Guidelines sections 15162 and 15164); 2) Ordinance No. 2025-0024 approving the Birchway Apartments Development Agreement between the City of Sacramento and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (the “landowner”); 3) Ordinance No. 2025-0025 to rezone 12.9 acres from Employment Center (EC-50-PUD) zoning to Multi-Unit Dwelling (R-3A-PUD) zoning; 4) Resolution No. 2025-0228 for: a) a Planned Unit Development (PUD) Schematic Plan Amendment to designate the site for residential and park-and-ride uses in the Promenade at Natomas PUD; and b) PUD Guidelines Amendment to allow residential uses; and 5) Resolution No. 2025-0229 for: a) Site Plan and Design Review for the construction of 378 multi-unit dwellings, resident amenities, 165 park-and-ride vehicle parking spaces, and other site improvements totaling 350,050 square feet; and b) Tree Permit for the removal of four private protected trees and six city-owned trees.
Contact: Jose Quintanilla, Associate Planner, (916) 808-5879, [email protected]; Stacia Cosgrove, Principal Planner, (916) 808-7110, [email protected]; Community Development Department
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16. Ordinance Listing 12 Landmark Properties and the New Helvetia Historic District on the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources and Adopting the Historic District Plan for the New Helvetia Historic District (M23-003) [Passed for Publication 07/22/2025; Published 07/25/2025, 08/01/2025; Noticed 08/01/2025] File ID: 2025-01462
Location: 2014 10th Street (009-0121-015-0000); 6390 South Land Park Drive (024-0297-002-0000); 4991 Warwick Avenue (022-0103-024-0000); 4322 4th Avenue (014-0163-057-0000); 4214-4216 Lotus Avenue (018-0031-003-0000); 4200 Broadway (014-0191-046-0000);3948 33rd Street (020-0043-008-0000); 3639 4th Avenue (010-0385-012-0000); 3555 3rd Avenue (010-0381-019-0000); 2710 X Street (010-0241-029-0000); 2685 26th Street (010-0355-014-0000); 2404 21st Street (010-0216-008-0000); Multiple Addresses, New Helvetia Historic District (009-0030-037-0000, 009-0030-038-0000, 009-0030-041-0000) - District 4, District 5, District 7
Action: Moved/Seconded: Member Jennings / Mayor McCarty .
Yes: Members Roger Dickinson, Eric Guerra, Rick Jennings, Lisa Kaplan, Phil Pluckebaum, Karina Talamantes, Mai Vang, and Mayor Kevin McCarty.
Absent: Member Caity Maple.
Members of the public provided public comments.
Conducted a public hearing and upon conclusion, passed Motion No. 2025-0275: 1) determining the proposed project is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15308; 2) adopted Ordinance No. 2025-0026 listing 12 properties as landmarks and the New Helvetia Historic District as a historic district on the Sacramento register of historic and cultural resources (M23-003); and 3) adopted Ordinance No. 2025-0027 adopting the Historic District Plan for the New Helvetia Historic District.
Contact: Sean de Courcy, Preservation Director, (916) 808-2796, [email protected], Community Development Department
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17. Independence in Natomas (P22-047) [Noticed on 08/15/2025; Passed for Publication 08/12/2025; Published 08/15/2025]
File ID: 2025-01523
Location: NE Corner of North Park Drive and Kankakee Drive, APN:
225-1780-003-0000 & 201-0300-145-0000, District 1
Action: Moved/Seconded: Member Kaplan / Member Talamantes.
Yes: Members Roger Dickinson, Eric Guerra, Rick Jennings, Lisa Kaplan, Phil Pluckebaum, Karina Talamantes, Mai Vang, and Mayor Kevin McCarty.
Absent: Member Caity Maple.
Members of the public provided public comments.
Conducted a public hearing and upon conclusion, adopted:1) Resolution No. 2025- 0230 adopting an Addendum to the adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration; 2) Ordinance No. 2025-0028 rezoning 10.8-acres from Single-Unit or Duplex Dwelling and Creekside Planned Unit Development (R-1A-PUD) zone to Multi-Unit Dwelling and Creekside Planned Unit Development (R-2A-PUD) zone; 3) Resolution No. 2025-0231 adopting findings of fact and conditions of approval for: a) a Tentative Parcel Map for Condominium Purposes for 170 residential units; b) a Tentative Parcel Map Design Deviation for non-standard street section; and c) Site Plan and Design Review for the construction of a 170-unit residential development comprised of 85 duplex buildings and associated improvements on 10.8-acres with deviations to rear-yard setback and accessory height requirements of the Multi-Unit Dwelling and Creekside Planned Unit Development (R-2A-PUD) zone.
Contact: Deja Harris, Associate Planner, (916) 808-5853, [email protected]; Stacia Cosgrove, Principal Planner, (916) 808-7110, [email protected]; Community Development Department
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Discussion Calendar
18. Audit of City of Sacramento’s Animal Care Services Division File ID: 2025-01314
Location: Citywide
Action: Moved/Seconded: Member Guerra / Member Dickinson.
Yes: Members Roger Dickinson, Eric Guerra, Rick Jennings, Lisa Kaplan, Phil Pluckebaum, Karina Talamantes, Mai Vang, and Mayor Kevin McCarty.
Absent: Member Caity Maple.
Members of the public provided public comments.
Passed Motion No. 2025-0276 approving the Audit of City of Sacramento’s Animal Care Services Division.
Contact: Farishta Ahrary, City Auditor, (916) 808-7266, [email protected]; Kevin Christensen, Assistant City Auditor, (916) 808-4743, [email protected]; Office of the City Auditor
19. Streamline Sacramento - A Status Update on the City’s Development Process Improvements Program
File ID: 2025-01484
Location: Citywide
Members of the public provided public comments.
Action: Reviewed, discussed and provided direction to staff on Streamline Sacramento - the City’s Development Process Improvements Program.
Contact: Matt Hertel, AICP, Assistant Director, (916) 808-7158, [email protected]; Mandy Holm, Program Specialist, (916) 808-8112, [email protected]; Community Development Department
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Information Items
This item is for information only and is not eligible for action at this time.
20. Notification of Final Map Approval of Panhandle Villages 3, 4 and 5 (Z22-054/FPM24-0030)
File ID: 2025-01505
Location: District 1
Action: Received and filed.
Contact: David Veasey, Supervising Surveyor, (916) 808-6364, [email protected], Department of Public Works
Council Comments-Ideas, Questions, AB1234 Reports
1. Information Requests
None.
2. AB1234 Reports
None.
City Manager's Report
None.
Public Comments-Matters Not on the Agenda
Members of the public provided public comments.
Adjourned – 8:18 p.m.