City Council/Successor Agency to the
Redevelopment Agency/Public
Financing Authority/Parking Authority
Concurrent
City of Stockton
Meeting Agenda - - Revised
City Council/Successor
Agency of the
Redevelopment
Agency/Public Financing
Authority/Parking Authority
Concurrent Agenda
Christina Fugazi, Mayor/Chair (At Large)
Jason Lee, Vice Mayor (District 6)
Michele Padilla (District 1)
Mariela Ponce (District 2)
Michael Blower (District 3)
Mario Enríquez (District 4)
Brando Villapudua (District 5)
Council Chamber, City Hall, 425 N. El Dorado
Street, Stockton CA
4:00 PMTuesday, February 18, 2025
Closed Session 4:00 PM :: Regular Session 5:30 PM
1. CLOSED SESSION CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
2. ADDITIONS TO CLOSED SESSION AGENDA
3. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION
3.1 25-0155 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
Recommended Action: Agency Designated Representative: Interim City Manager and Human Resources Director
Employee Organizations: Unrepresented Units, Stockton City Employees' Association, Operating Engineer's Local 3, Mid-Management/Supervisory Level Unit, Unrepresented Management/Confidential, Law Department, Stockton Police Management Association, Stockton Firefighters Local 456 International Association of Firefighters, Stockton Fire Management, Stockton Police Officers' Association (SPOA)
This Closed Session is authorized pursuant to section 54957.6(a) of the Government Code.
Department: City Attorney
4. CLOSED SESSION PUBLIC COMMENT*
5. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
6. REGULAR SESSION CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
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7. INVOCATION/PLEDGE TO FLAG
8. REPORT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION
9. ADDITIONS TO REGULAR SESSION AGENDA***
10. RECOGNITIONS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, OR REPORTS
10.1 25-0172 PROCLAMATION: BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Department: City Clerk
11. PUBLIC COMMENTS* – MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA
12. CONSENT AGENDA
12.1 25-0012 ADOPT RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COLUMBUS PARK
RENOVATIONS PROJECT
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt a resolution to:
1. Approve the plans and specifications for the Columbus Park Renovations, Project No. WP22041.
2. Approve an Agreement between the City of Stockton and the San Joaquin County Office of Education dba Greater Valley Conservation Corps in the amount of $106,606 for the Columbus Park Renovations, Project No.
WP22041.
3. Award a Construction Contract in the amount of $2,345,000 to Stockbridge General Contracting, Inc. of Clovis, CA, for the Columbus Park Renovations, Project No. WP22041.
It is also recommended that the City Manager be authorized to take appropriate and necessary actions to carry out the purpose and intent of this resolution.
Department: Public Works
Attachment A - Vicinity Map
Proposed Resolution
Exhibit 1 - GVCC Agreement
Exhibit 2 - Construction Contract
Attachments:
12.2 24-1216 APPROVE A MOTION TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE
PURCHASING AGREEMENT FOR SOLAR LIGHTING
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Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council approve a motion to:
1. Approve findings pursuant to Stockton Municipal Code section 3.68.070 in support of an exception to the competitive bidding process.
2. Approve the use of a Cooperative Purchase Agreement through BuyBoard National Purchasing Cooperative, Contract No. 725-24, to purchase solar lights.
3. Authorize the City Manager to execute a contract in the amount of $387,527 with Fonroche Lighting America of Fort Worth, TX, to purchase solar lights for the Weston Ranch Greenbelt, within Weston Park, and Van Buskirk Park sport courts.
It is also recommended that the City Manager be authorized to take appropriate and necessary actions to carry out the purpose and intent of this motion.
Department: Public Works
Attachment A - Project Vicinity Map
Attachment B - Cooperative/Piggyback Purchase Agreement Attachments:
12.3 25-0173 ADOPTION OF PROPOSED COUNCIL POLICY MANUAL CHAPTER
3.14- CHARTER SECTION 406 INVESTIGATIONS PROCEDURE
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt by resolution the proposed Council Policy Manual (CPM) Chapter 3.14- Charter Section 406 Investigations Procedure.
Department: City Attorney
Attachment A - 406 Sample Policy
Attachment B - 406 Sample policy (redlined)
Attachment C - 406 Sample policy (clean)
Proposed Resolution
Exhibit 1 - 406 Sample policy (clean).pdf
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13. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
14. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
15. NEW BUSINESS
15.1 25-0153 APPOINTMENT TO THE STOCKTON CIVIL SERVICE/EQUAL
EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION
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Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
Adopt a resolution appointing one member to the Civil Service Commission/Equal Employment Commission for a term commencing immediately and ending December 31, 2027.
Department: City Clerk
Attachment A - Redacted Applications
Proposed Resolution - CSC Appointments
Attachments:
Note: This item was revised by the Office of the City Clerk on February 15, 2025
15.2 25-0161 CITY DETECT PROJECT UPDATES: REVITALIZING & IMPROVING
STOCKTON THROUGH EDUCATION (RISE) PROGRAM OVERVIEW,
TIMELINE PROPOSAL TO EXPEDITE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS
ON EDUCATION LETTERS, AND CITY DETECT DATA BY COUNCIL
DISTRICT
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
Informational only; no action to be taken.
Department: Police
PPT - 15.2 - City Detect Project UpdatesAttachments:
15.3 25-0160 NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES SECTION (NSS) UPDATES:
STAFFING OVERVIEW FOR NSS, ENFORCEMENT PROCESS
OVERVIEW, AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS FOR CALENDAR
YEAR 2024
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
Informational only; no action to be taken.
Department: Police
PPT - 15.3 - Neighborhood Services Section UpdatesAttachments:
15.4 25-0168 UPDATE ON CLEAN CITY
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
No action to be taken. Public Works to provide an update on actions taken to clean up Stockton.
Department: Public Works
PPT - 15.4 - Clean City UpdateAttachments:
15.5 25-0170 TEEN IMPACT CENTER UPDATE
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
Information only: no action to be taken.
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Department: Community Services
Attachment A - 2025-2030 CEDS
PPT - 15.5 - Teen Impact Center Update
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15.6 25-0136 UPDATE ON PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE AMERICAN RESCUE
PLAN ACT
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
Informational item only. No action to be taken.
Department: Administrative Services
PPT - 15.6 - ARPA Program UpdateAttachments:
15.7 25-0191 COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE DIRECTION REGARDING
CLOSED SESSION BROWN ACT VIOLATION INVESTIGATIONS
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended Council discuss and provide possible direction regarding Closed Session Brown Act Violation investigations.
Department: None
Note: This item was added and revised February 15, 2025
16. HEARINGS**
17. CITY MANAGER'S UPDATE
18. COUNCIL COMMENTS
19. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
1. 25-0166 COUNCIL COMMITTEE/BOARD AND COMMISSION MINUTES Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
Information item only. No action required.
Department: City Clerk
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AdHoc Homelessness 2024-11-07
CSC 2024-11-21
CSC 2024-12-19
Leg 2024-11-20
Strong Communities 2024-04-04
WAG 2024-08-07
WAG 2024-10-24
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CERTIFICATE OF POSTING
I declare, under penalty of perjury, that I am employed by the City of Stockton and that I caused this agenda to be posted in the City Hall notice case on February 15, 2025 in compliance with the Brown Act.
Katherine Roland, CMC, CPMC
City Clerk
By: ________________________________
Deputy
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PUBLIC COMMENTS
*Citizens may comment on any subject within the jurisdiction of the City Council/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency/Public Finance Authority/Parking Authority, including items on the Agenda. The time limit for public comment is four (4) minutes and remains at the discretion of the presiding officer and changes shall be set at the start of the meeting. Speakers must submit “Request to Speak” cards to the City Clerk, and be prepared to speak when called. No speaker cards will be received after the close of the Citizen’s Comments portion of the meeting.
**Speakers should hold comments on items listed as a Hearing until the Hearing is opened.
The City of Stockton invites public comments in multiple forms. You provide your comments by using one of these methods:
1. Email - you may email your comments to [email protected]
2. Voicemail - you can leave a voice message by dialing (209) 937-8459.
3. In-Person Comments - a) Speakers must submit "request to speak cards" to the Clerk prior to the Public Comment portion of the agenda. No speaker cards will be accepted after the close of Public Comment. Please redirect any inquiries to [email protected]. b) Address only issues over which the meeting body has jurisdiction. c) The time limit for public comment is at the discretion of the presiding officer and shall be set at the start of the meeting. Donating time is not authorized. d) Your time will be displayed on the speaker podium for convenience.
*All written and voicemail public comments received by the Clerk's Office 90 minutes prior to the meeting start time will be forwarded to the meeting body members as correspondence and attached to the minutes. All comments received after that time will be forwarded as correspondence the following business day. Written and voicemail comments will not be read into the record.
Council Policy Manual Chapter 4.07 DECORUM
§ 4.07.010 Policy.
1) COUNCILMEMBERS
The City Council will practice civility and decorum in their discussions and debate. Councilmembers will value each other's time and will preserve order and decorum. A member shall neither, by conversation or otherwise, delay or interrupt the proceedings of the Council, use personal, impertinent or slanderous remarks, nor disturb any other member while that member is speaking or refuse to obey the orders of the presiding officer or the Council, except as otherwise provided herein.
A) All Councilmembers have the opportunity to speak and agree to disagree but no Councilmember shall speak twice on any given subject unless all other Councilmembers have been given the opportunity to speak.
B) The Mayor has the affirmative duty to maintain order. The City Council will honor the role of the Mayor in maintaining order. If a Councilmember believes the Mayor is not maintaining order, the Councilmember may move that the Vice-Mayor enforce the rules of decorum and otherwise maintain order. If that motion receives a second and is approved by a Council majority, the Vice-Mayor shall enforce the rules of decorum and maintain order.
C) Any Councilmember who violates the rules repeatedly shall be sanctioned by the City Council, including, but not limited to, barring the Councilmember from further participation (other than voting) on the subject. 2) PERSONS ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL
Persons addressing the Council shall not make personal, impertinent, unduly repetitive, slanderous or profane remarks to the Council, any member of the Council, City staff or the general public, nor utter loud, threatening, personal or abusive language, nor engage in any other conduct that disrupts, disturbs or otherwise unreasonably impedes the orderly conduct of the Council meeting. Any person who makes such remarks, who utters loud, threatening, personal or abusive language, who is unduly repetitious or engages in extended discussion of
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irrelevancies, or who engages in any disorderly conduct that disrupts, disturbs or otherwise unreasonably impedes the orderly conduct of any Council meeting shall, at the discretion of the presiding officer or a majority of the Council, be barred from further audience before the Council during that meeting. 3) ENFORCEMENT
The rules of decorum set forth above shall be enforced in the following manner:
Warning. The presiding officer shall request that a person who is breaching the rules of decorum be orderly and silent. If, after receiving a warning from the presiding officer, a person persists in disturbing the meeting, the presiding officer shall order him or her to leave the Council meeting. If such person does not remove himself or herself, the presiding officer may order any law enforcement officer who is on duty at the meeting to remove that person from the Council Chambers.
4) RULES PERTAINING TO SIGNS, OBJECTS, SYMBOLIC MATERIALS, AND FIRE SAFETY WITHIN THE
COUNCIL CHAMBERS DURING COUNCIL MEETINGS
A) Objects and symbolic materials such as signs which do not have sticks attached or otherwise create any fire or safety hazards will be allowed within the Council Chamber during Council meetings provided that they are not so large as to infringe upon the space of those in adjacent areas, and are no wider on their longest side than the audience chairs.
B) Persons with objects and symbolic materials such as signs must remain seated when displaying them except when making an oral presentation to the Council and must not raise them above shoulder level or otherwise use them to obstruct vision or passage or disturb the conduct of the Council meeting. Such materials may not be placed on or against the walls, doors or furniture or in the aisles.
C) Exits shall not be obstructed in any manner. Obstructions, including storage, shall not be placed in aisles or other exit ways. Hand carried items must be stored so that such items do not inhibit passage in aisles or other exit ways.
D) Exit ways shall not be used in any way that will present a hazardous condition.
E) Overcrowding and admittance of persons beyond the approved capacity of a place of assembly are prohibited.
F) The Fire Marshal may establish designated areas for media equipment. 5) PERSONS AUTHORIZED WITHIN RAIL
No person except City officials and City staff shall be permitted within the rail in front of the City Council dais without the express consent of the presiding officer.