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City Council and Concurrent Authorities
City of Stockton
Meeting Agenda - Final
City Council and
Concurrent Authorities
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
3:00 PMTuesday, November 4, 2025
Closed Session 3:00 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 25-1235 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE / PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT:

Recommended Action: City Manager

This Closed Session is authorized pursuant to Government Code section 54957(b).

Department: City Attorney

3.2 25-1207 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED

LITIGATION
Number of Cases: One
Based on existing facts and circumstances a point has been reached where, in the opinion of the legislative body of the local agency on the advice of its legal counsel, there is a significant exposure to litigation against the local agency pursuant to government Code sections 54956.9(d)(2) and 54956.9(e)(3).

Department: City Attorney

3.3 25-1188 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION Number of Cases: Two

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Name of Case: Central California Traction Company, Claim No. 4A25048P2WS-0001
Name of Case: Police Officer/Chief Pilot Daniel Lowry, (Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Case No.

ADJ15808841)
This Closed Session is authorized pursuant to section 54956.9(d) (1) of the Government Code to discuss matters
pertaining to existing litigation.

Department: City Attorney

3.4 25-1189 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
Recommended Action: Agency Designated Representative: Acting City Manager; Deputy City Manager Chad Reed; City Attorney; Director of Human Resources; Assistant Director of Human Resources; Jasmine Pantoja, Supervising HR Analyst; Brandon Sepulveda, Interim Budget Officer; and Legal Counsel, Dania Torres Wong of Sloan Sakai
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: Human Resources

4. CLOSED SESSION PUBLIC COMMENT*

5. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION

6. REGULAR SESSION CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL

7. INVOCATION/PLEDGE TO FLAG

8. REPORT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION

9. ADDITIONS TO REGULAR SESSION AGENDA***

10. RECOGNITIONS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, OR REPORTS

11. PUBLIC COMMENTS* – MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA

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12. CONSENT AGENDA

12.1 25-1256 APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
Approve the minutes from the City Council meetings of October 6, 2025 Department: City Clerk
Attachment A - 2025-10-06 Special Closed Session
Attachment B - 2025-10-06 Special Study Session
Attachments:

12.2 25-1105 ADOPT A RESOLUTION REMOVING A COMMISSIONER FROM THE

STOCKTON ARTS COMMISSION
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt a resolution removing Maurice Spiller from the Stockton Arts Commission due to violation of the attendance policy.

Department: Community Services
Attachment A - Attendance Policy
Proposed Resolution
Attachments:

12.3 25-0940 ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE CONTRACT AMENDMENT NO. 6 WITH EVOQUA WATER TECHNOLOGIES TO PURCHASE

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AND SERVICE SOFTWARE FOR

WASTEWATER TREATMENT
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt a resolution to authorize Contract Amendment No. 6 with Evoqua Water Technologies LLC, of Chicago, Illinois, (Exhibit 1 to the Resolution) for the purchase of hydrogen peroxide and service software for wastewater treatment and fund Contract Amendment No. 6 in the amount of $200,000 for a total contract not-to-exceed amount to $2,129,260.

It is further recommended that the City Manager be authorized to take appropriate and necessary actions to carry out the purpose and intent of the resolution.

Department: Municipal Utilities
Proposed Resolution
Exhibit 1 - Contract Amendment No. 6
Attachments:

12.4 25-1055 ADOPTION OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 3.02 OF

THE COUNCIL POLICY MANUAL - COUNCIL AND MAYORAL

APPOINTMENTS TO COMMITTEES, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS

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Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the proposed amendment to Chapter 3.02 of the Council Policy Manual regarding Council and Mayoral appointments to committees, boards, and Commissions.

Department: None
Attachment A - CPM 3.02 - redline
Proposed Resolution
Exhibit 1 - CPM 3.02
Attachments:

12.5 25-1120 APPROVE MOTION TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH IDEXX

LABORATORIES FOR DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT IN AN AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED $60,283 ANNUALLY AND $343,614 FOR A 6-YEAR TERM
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council approve a motion to:

1. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement for diagnostic equipment not to exceed $60,283 annually and $343,614 for a 6-year term; and

2. Approve findings pursuant to Stockton Municipal Code section 3.68.070 in support of an exception to the competitive bidding process.

It is further recommended that the City Manager, or designee, is hereby authorized and directed to make any and all expenditures and appropriations on behalf of the City as appropriate and necessary to carry out the purpose and intent of this motion.

Department: Police
Attachment A - IDEXX 360 AgreementAttachments:

12.6 25-1160 APPROVE MOTION TO ACCEPT REQUEST FOR REFUND AS

REQUESTED BY THE STOCKTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE
AMOUNT OF $52,980
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council approve a motion:

1. Authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to accept a request for refund as requested by the Stockton Police Department in the amount of $52,980.

2. Authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to take all necessary and appropriate actions to carry out the purpose and intent of the motion.

Department: Police
Attachment A - SPD Evidence Disposition RequestAttachments:

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12.7 25-1069 APPROVE MOTION TO EXECUTE A THREE (3) YEAR STANDARD AGREEMENT, WITH TWO (2) ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR OPTIONS TO

EXTEND, FOR ROTATING TOWING SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED $100,000
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council approve a motion to:

1. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute a three (3) year Standard Agreement, with two (2) one-year options to extend, for rotating towing services between the City of Stockton (City) and the listed tow companies.

2. It is further recommended that the City Manager, or designee, be authorized and directed to make any and all expenditures and appropriations on behalf of the City as appropriate and necessary to carry out the purpose and intent of this motion.

Department: Police
Attachment A - Tow Rotation Standard AgreementAttachments:

12.8 25-1063 APPROVE MOTION TO AUTHORIZE CONTRACT CHANGE ORDER NO. 5 FOR PARKS MAINTENANCE AND JANITORIAL PROJECT
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council approve a motion to authorize Contract Change Order No. 5, in the amount of $391,082.06, with Al Fresco Landscaping, Inc. of Hollister, CA, for the Parks Maintenance and Janitorial , Project No. OM-23-039.

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 - CCO No. 5 with Al Fresco Landscaping, Inc.Attachments:

12.9 25-0908 APPROVE MOTION TO AUTHORIZE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT AMENDMENT NO. 12, AUTHORIZE PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES CONTRACT AMENDMENT NO. 8, AND AUTHORIZE
CONTRACT CHANGE ORDER NO. 26 FOR THE NEW CITY HALL

RENOVATIONS AND RELOCATION PROJECT

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Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council approve a motion to:

1. Authorize Professional Services Contract Amendment No. 12 in the amount of $186,000 with Indigo | Hammond + Playle Architects, LLP for design support during construction for the New City Hall Renovations and Relocation, Project No. E016015.

2. Authorize Professional Services Contract Amendment No. 8 in the amount of $400,000 with Griffin Structures, Inc. for construction management services for the New City Hall Renovations and Relocation, Project No. E016015.

3. Authorize the City Manager to enter into Balancing Contract Change Order No. 3 with DSS Company dba Knife River Construction, in the amount not to exceed $80,000 for the Stockton City Hall Parking Lot, Project No. E016015-A.

4. Authorize Contract Change Order No. 26 in the amount of $496,820.18 with Roebbelen Contracting, Inc. for construction of the New City Hall Renovations and Relocation, Project No. E016015.

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 - Vicinity Map
Attachment B - Amendment No. 12
Attachment C - Amendment No. 8
Attachment D - CCO No. 26
Attachments:

12.10 25-0928 ADOPT RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL SIDEWALK GAP CLOSURE - PHASE 1 PROJECT

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Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt a resolution to:

1. Appropriate federal Surface Transportation Block Grant Program funds in the amount of $1,677,428 to the Safe Routes to School Sidewalk Gap Closure - Phase 1, Project No. WT19013/Federal Project No.

ATPSB1L-5008(187).

2. Appropriate Community Development Block Grant funds in the amount of $500,000 to the Safe Routes to School Sidewalk Gap Closure - Phase 1, Project No. WT19013/Federal Project No. ATPSB1L-5008(187).

3. Approve the plans and specifications for the Safe Routes to School Sidewalk Gap Closure - Phase 1, Project No. WT19013/Federal Project No. ATPSB1L-5008(187).

4. Award a Construction Contract in the amount of $2,109,395 to FBD Vanguard Construction, Inc. of Livermore, CA, for the Safe Routes to School Sidewalk Gap Closure - Phase 1, Project No. WT19013/Federal Project No. ATPSB1L-5008(187).

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 - Construction Contract
Attachments:

12.11 25-1253 ADOPTION OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 4.06 OF

THE COUNCIL POLICY MANUAL- COUNCIL COMMENTS
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the proposed amendment to Chapter 4.06, section 4.06.020 of the Council Policy Manual regarding council comments.

Department: City Attorney
Attachment A - Council Policy 4.06 - redline
Proposed Resolution
Exhibit 1 - Council Policy 4.06 (Clean)
Attachments:

13. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

14. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

15. HEARINGS**

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15.1 25-0892 PREZONE REQUEST FOR A DRIVE THROUGH QUICK-SERVE RESTAURANT DEVELOPMENT AT 9324 THORNTON ROAD (APN
072-450-26) (APPLICATION NO. P23-0295)
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council affirm the Planning Commission's recommendation and adopt a resolution to deny the prezoning and annexation request and uphold the Planning Commission's denial of the Design Review request for the construction of a Jack-in-the-Box quick-serve drive-through restaurant at 9324 Thornton Road, based on the inability to make all required findings in the proposed resolution.

Department: Community Development
Attachment A - Location Map & Aerial Photo
Attachment B - General Plan Land Use Map
Attachment C - Zoning Map
Attachment D - Conceptual Project Plans
Attachment E - Prezone Description and Map
Attachment F - Planning Commission Reso 2025-08-14-0302 Proposed Resolution Recommending Denial
PPT - 15.1 - 9324 Thornton Road
Attachments:

15.2 25-0999 CITY-INITIATED ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 16 OF THE STOCKTON MUNICIPAL CODE, DIVISION 2, CHAPTER 16.20 TO
SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2023-2031 STOCKTON

HOUSING ELEMENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Find no further environmental review is required for proposed code amendments pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section 15183 (consistency with General Plan and Community Plan); and

2. Adopt an Ordinance Amending Title 16 (Development Code) of the Stockton Municipal Code (SMC), Chapter 16.20, Section 16.20.020 (Allowable Land Uses and Permit Requirements).

Department: Community Development
Attachment A - PC Resolution
Attachment B - Redline Version
Proposed Ordinance
PPT - 15.2 - Amending SMC 16.20
Attachments:

16. NEW BUSINESS

16.1 25-1192 ADOPT A MOTION TO ACCEPT AND APPROVE THE NOTICE OF

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FUNDING AVAILABILITY (NOFA) PROCESSES TO BE USED BY

THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO ISSUE

AWARDS OF STATE AND FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING TO

ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt a motion to:

1. Accept and approve the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) processes to be used in determining competitive funding awards related to State and Federal funding grants administered by the Economic Development Department; and

2. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to take appropriate and necessary actions to carry out the purpose and intent of this motion.

Department: Economic Development
Attachment A - March 2025 Special Council Meeting
Attachment B - October 2025 Presentation
PPT - 16.1 - NOFA Process Approval
Attachments:

16.2 25-0617 UNITED WAY OF SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY UPDATE ON THE

NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
Informational item only.

Department: Economic Development
Attachment A - Executive Summary
PPT - 16.2 - Nonprofit Capacity Building Program
Attachments:

16.3 25-1104 CITYWIDE POOL ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGIC OPTIONS FOR

AQUATICS FACILITIES
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that City Council provide direction to staff regarding future investment in City aquatics facilities.

Three options are presented:

1. Repair the pools to meet minimum code compliance.

2. Modernize Brooking Park, Holiday Park, Oak Park, Sherwood Park, and Sousa Park pools.

3. Decommission Brooking Park, Holiday Park, Sherwood Park, and Sousa Park pools, and consolidate resources into the design of Oak Park Pool as a regional aquatics complex, while operating McKinley and Victory Park pools, and the high school pools in partnership with local districts.

Future funding would be needed for the construction.

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Department: Community Services
Attachment A - Stockton Pool Needs Assessment
PPT - 16.3 - Pool Needs Assessment
Attachments:

16.4 25-1208 SILVER LAKE FAMILY CAMP DISCUSSION AND NEXT STEPS Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
Receive and review the findings of a Facility Condition Assessment (FCA) for the Stockton Municipal Family Camp at Silver Lake, and provide direction to staff regarding whether to pursue reopening the camp.

Department: Community Services
Attachment A - Silver Lake Campground FCA Final Report
PPT - 16.4 - Silver Lake Campground Facility Assessment Attachments:

17. CITY MANAGER'S UPDATE

18. COUNCIL COMMENTS

19. ADJOURNMENT

1. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

1.1 25-1254 COUNCIL COMMITTEE/BOARD AND COMMISSION MINUTES Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
Information item only. No action required.

Department: City Clerk
Ad Hoc Homelessness 2025-04-03
CICP 2025-03-26
CSC 2025-08-05
CSC 2025-08-21
Leg 2024-02-26
PC 2025-06-12
Attachments:

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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 October 30, 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. 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.

In accordance with the Americans With Disabilities Act and California Law, it is the policy of the City of Stockton to offer its public programs, services and meetings in a manner that is readily accessible to everyone, including those with disabilities. If you are disabled and require a copy of a public hearing notice, or an agenda and/or agenda packet in an appropriate alternative format; or if you require other accommodation, please contact the Office of the City Clerk located at 425 North El Dorado Street, Stockton, California 95202 during normal business hours or by calling (209) 937-8458, at least 5 days in advance of the hearing/meeting. Advance notification within this guideline will enable the City/Agency to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility.

Materials related to an item on this agenda submitted to City Council after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the City Clerk's Office at 425 North El Dorado Street, Stockton, California 95202, during normal business hours. Such documents are also available on the City's website at www.stocktongov.com subject to staff's ability to post the documents before the meeting.

CHALLENGING CITY DECISIONS: The time limit within which to commence any lawsuit or legal challenge to any quasi-adjudicative decision made by the City is governed by Section 1094.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure, unless a shorter limitation period is specified by any other provision. Under Section 1094.6, any lawsuit or legal challenge to any quasi-adjudicative decision made by the City must be filed no later than the 90th day following the date on which such decision becomes final. Any lawsuit or legal challenge, which is not filed within that 90-day period, will be barred. If a person wishes to challenge the nature of the above section in court, they may be limited to raising only those issues they or someone else raised at the meeting described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Stockton, at or prior to the meeting. In addition, judicial challenge may be limited or barred where the interested party has not sought and exhausted all available administrative remedies.

Council Policy Manual Chapter 4.07 DECORUM
§ 4.07.010 Policy.
1) COUNCILMEMBERS

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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 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.

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