City Council Meeting
Minutes
March 14, 2023
6:00 p.m.
City of Turlock Yosemite Room
156 S. Broadway, Turlock, California
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Bublak called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
SALUTE TO THE FLAG
ROLL CALL AND DECLARATION OF CONFLICTS
Present: Councilmembers Cassandra Abram, Kevin Bixel, Rebecka Monez, Vice Mayor Pam Franco, and Mayor Amy Bublak.
Absent: None
Councilmember
Abram
Councilmember
Bixel
Councilmember
Franco
Councilmember
Monez
Mayor
Bublak
None None None None None
1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AS POSTED OR AMENDED
Action: Motion by Vice Mayor Franco, seconded by Councilmember Abram, to approve the agenda as posted. Motion carried 5/0 by the following vote:
Councilmember
Abram
Councilmember
Bixel
Councilmember
Franco
Councilmember
Monez
Mayor
Bublak
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2. PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS, APPOINTMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS,
PRESENTATIONS, AND BRIEFINGS
A. Presentation: Dave White of Opportunity Stanislaus – Annual Update
Dave White, CEO of Opportunity Stanislaus, provided their annual update discussing services they provide and projects and programs they off currently offer.
B. Briefing: City Council to discuss vision and goals for the preparation of the Fiscal Year 2023- 2024 Budget (Moreno)
Finance Director Moreno discussed the preparation of the FY 2023-24 budget and asked City Council to provide their vision and goals so they can be incorporated into the upcoming budget and forecasted out for future budgets.
Mayor Bublak’s priorities were better social media/communications service for all districts and the Mayor and having a person dedicated to providing this service , incorporating the use of self-service apps into the City system, and increasing cybersecurity.
Vice Mayor Franco priorities were getting city roads repaired and/or replaced quicker, keeping the city’s transit system stays solid and providing additional advertising to bring up ridership, updating and improving the City website, and making sure Public Safety services are as good as they can be.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2023
Next City Council Resolution: 2023-057 Next Ordinance: 1301-CS
Councilmember Bixel would like the City website to be more user friendly , have additional information regarding Public Safety news and events, and something to be done regarding the unsheltered.
Councilmember Abram ’s priorities were technology updates to include an overall comprehensive communications strategy, prioritizing sidewalk repairs, not only on roads being paved but also in districts, and securi ng a grant writer to find funds for programs and services for the City.
Councilmember Monez’s priorities were technology improvements, roads, curb and gutters, and street lighting.
Director Moreno thanked the Council for their input.
Mayor Bublak spoke about the League of California Cities and would list to see what the City is getting out of its membership with the League. She requested a cost analysis to see if funds spent on this would be better served on improving communications or towards funding a grant writer.
City Manager Wilson responded to the Council’s comments.
3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Mayor Bublak opened Public Participation and the following members of the public spoke:
John Gebelein
Milt Trieweiler
Ramon Rodriguez
Dale Parkinson
Ryan Taylor
Mary Jackson
With no further comment, Mayor Bublak closed Public Participation.
4. MOTION WAIVING READING OF ALL ORDINANCES ON THE AGENDA, EXCEPT BY TITLE
Action: Motion waiving reading of all ordinances on the Agenda, except by title. Motioned by Vice Mayor Franco, seconded by Councilmember Monez, and carried 5/0 by the following vote:
Councilmember
Abram
Councilmember
Bixel
Councilmember
Franco
Councilmember
Monez
Mayor
Bublak
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
5. CONSENT CALENDAR
Consent Item 5G and 5H was pulled for separate consideration.
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CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2023
Next City Council Resolution: 2023-057 Next Ordinance: 1301-CS
A. Resolution 2023-057: Accepting Weekly Demands of 02/23/2023 in the amount of $2,816,800.58 and 03/02/2023 in the amount of $644,541.73
B. Motion: Accepting Minutes of the 01/24/2023 Special and Regular Joint Meeting of the City of Turlock City Council and Planning Commission
C. Resolution 2023-058 Initiating proceedings for the formation of the Yadegar Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District and the Street Maintenance Benefit Assessment Area, Development Project No. 2 3-004, and directing the City Engineer to act as the Engineer of Work and produce an Engineer’s Report which details the annual costs to the development (Schulze)
D. Resolution 2023-059: Initiating proceedings for the formation of the Karampoor Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District and the Street Maintenance Benefit Assessment Area, Development Project No. 23 -003, and directing the City Engineer to act as the Engineer of Work and produce an Engineer’s Report which details the annual costs to the development (Schulze)
E. Resolution 2023-060: Initiating proceedings for the formation of the Columbus Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District and the Street Maintenance Benefit Assessment Area, Development Project No. 23 -016, and directing the City Engineer to act as the Engineer of Work and produce an Engineer’s Report which details the annual costs to the development (Schulze)
F. Resolution 2023-061: Approving Contract Change Order No. 2 in the amount of $184,508.68 (Fund 218 – Measure L) with George Reed, Inc. of Modesto, California, for City Project No. 21- 018 “Lander Avenue Rehabilitation between D Street and SR-99” bringing the contract total to $3,423,883.25 (Schulze)
G. Item pulled for separate consideration.
H. Item pulled for separate consideration.
I. Resolution 2023-062: Approving a Professional Services Agreement with The Cloudburst Group to assist with the Housing Program Services Policies and Procedures and Program Plans for HUD Community Planning and Development (CPD) programs in an amount not-to- exceed $49,898 with the cost to be shared between CDBG and HOME funding (Quintero)
J. Resolution 2023 -063: Authorizing the City Manager to execute a Purchase Agreement between the City of Turlock and Microsoft through the Licensing Solution Provider (LSP) SoftwareONE, Inc. for a period of three (3) years in the amount of $95,569.08 per year for a total amount not-to-exceed $315,377.96, which includes a 10% contingency (Showalter)
Action: Motion by Councilmember Monez, seconded by Vice Mayor Franco, to adopt the Consent Calendar as amended for Item 5E, and carried 5/0 by the following vote:
Councilmember
Abram
Councilmember
Bixel
Councilmember
Franco
Councilmember
Monez
Mayor
Bublak
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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Next City Council Resolution: 2023-057 Next Ordinance: 1301-CS
G. Resolution: Authorizing staff to proceed with a change to the scope of work of City Project No. 20-013 “Water and Sewer Main Extensions – N. Golden State Boulevard” to add an estimated 20,846 square yards of additional pavement rehabilitation to the project on Golde n State Boulevard which will result in resurfacing all the northbound lanes from Atherstone Road to Taylor Road, to be funded by Measure L “Local Streets and Roads” (Schulze)
Mayor Bublak opened the item for public comment. Comment was received from the following:
Milt Trieweiler
Mary Jackson
With no further comment, Mayor Bublak closed public comment.
Director Schulze and Director Quintero responded to questions from the City Council and the public.
Action: Resolution 2023-064 Authorizing staff to proceed with a change to the scope of work of City Project No. 20-013 “Water and Sewer Main Extensions – N. Golden State Boulevard” to add an estimated 20,846 square yards of additional pavement rehabilitation to the project on Golden State Boulevard which will result in resurfacing all the northbound lanes from Atherstone Road to Taylor Road, to be funded by Measure L “Local Streets a nd Roads” as motioned by Councilmember Monez, seconded by Vice Mayor Franco, and carried 5/0 by the following vote:
Councilmember
Abram
Councilmember
Bixel
Councilmember
Franco
Councilmember
Monez
Mayor
Bublak
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
H. Resolution: Reaffirming the Proclamation of a Local Emergency in Response to a continuing Unsheltered Homeless Crisis (UHC) within the City of Turlock and Confirming Rules and Regulations No. 1 Made and Issued on July 13, 2021 (Eddy)
Mayor Bublak opened the item for public comment. Comment was received from the following:
Milt Trieweiler
Mary Jackson
Ryan Taylor
With no further comment, Mayor Bublak closed public comment.
City Manager Wilson and City Attorney Petrulakis responded to questions from the public and from the City Council.
Action: Resolution 2023 -065A: Reaffirming the Proclamation of a Local Emergency in Response to a continuing Unsheltered Homeless Crisis (UHC) within the City of Turlock and Confirming Rules and Regulations No. 1 Made and Issued on July 13, 2021 as motioned by Councilmember Monez, seconded by Councilmember Abram, and carried 5/0 by the following vote:
Councilmember
Abram
Councilmember
Bixel
Councilmember
Franco
Councilmember
Monez
Mayor
Bublak
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2023
Next City Council Resolution: 2023-057 Next Ordinance: 1301-CS
6. FINAL READINGS
None
7. PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. Determining the approval of Rezone 2022-03, (2710 Geer Rd) is categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15301 (Existing Facilities) of the CEQA Guidelines and introducing and conducting the first reading of an Ordinance amending the Zoning Map of the City of Turlock, California, attached to Title 9 of the Turlock Municipal Code [Rezone 2022 -03 (2710 Geer Road)] to rezone the property from PD 34 to Community Commercial (Quintero)
Director Quintero provided a staff report presentation on this item and discussed the purpose of the request to rezone this property.
Mayor Bublak opened public comment and comment was received from the following:
Ryan Taylor
With no further comments, Mayor Bublak closed public comment.
Director Quintero responded to questions from the public.
Action: Resolution 2023-065B: Determining the approval of Rezone 2022-03, (2710 Geer Rd) is categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15301 (Existing Facilities) of the CEQA Guidelines as motioned by Vice Mayor Franco, seconded by Councilmember Monez, and carried 5/0 by the following vote:
Councilmember
Abram
Councilmember
Bixel
Councilmember
Franco
Councilmember
Monez
Mayor
Bublak
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Action: Ordinance 13 01-cs: Introduction and first reading of an Ordinance Amending the Zoning Map of the City of Turlock, California, attached to Title 9 of the Turlock Municipal Code [Rezone 2022 -03 (2710 Geer Road)] to rezone the property from PD 34 to Community Commercial as introduced by Vice Mayor Franco, seconded by Councilmember Monez, and carried 5/0 by the following vote:
Councilmember
Abram
Councilmember
Bixel
Councilmember
Franco
Councilmember
Monez
Mayor
Bublak
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
B. Approving the second substantial amendment to the FY 2021-2022 City of Turlock/Stanislaus Urban County HOME Consortium Annual Action Plan to allocate HOME-ARP funds (Quintero)
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Next City Council Resolution: 2023-057 Next Ordinance: 1301-CS
Director Quintero provided a green sheet for this item which included written public comments received for the HOME-ARP Plan and introduced Stephanie Jennings with Cloudburst Group, the contractor who prepared the HOME -ARP Allocation Plan. Ms. Jennings provided an overview presentation of the City of Turlock/Stanislaus HOME Consortium, including a brief history of the American Rescue Plan Act. She discussed funds the City is able to receive, information regarding the Allocation Plan, HOME-ARP qualifying populations, eligible activities, the allocation planning process and consultation methods. She also reviewed the key takeaways from the needs assessments and spoke about the priority uses of HOME -ARP funds.
Director Quintero reviewed the proposed allocations and discussed the draft plan and public outreach that occurred.
Director Quintero and Ms. Jennings responded to questions from the City Council.
Mayor Bublak opened public comment and comment was received from the following:
Milt Trieweiler
Ron Bridegroom
Mary Jackson
With no further comments, Mayor Bublak closed public comment.
Director Quintero responded to questions from the public.
Action: Resolution 2023-066: Approving the second substantial amendment to the FY 2021 - 2022 City of Turlock/Stanislaus Urban County HOME Consortium Annual Action Plan to allocate HOME-ARP funds as introduced by Vice Mayor Franco, seconded by Councilmember Bixel, and carried 5/0 by the following vote:
Councilmember
Abram
Councilmember
Bixel
Councilmember
Franco
Councilmember
Monez
Mayor
Bublak
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
C. Ordering the improvements and formation of the “California Freight Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District and the Street Maintenance Benefit Assessment Area, Development Project No. 22-036,” and confirming the diagram and benefit assessments as set forth in the annual report of the Engineer of Work and the levying and collection of assessments set forth therein for fi scal year 2023 -2024 for the “California Freight Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District and the Street Maintenance Benefit Assessment Area, Development Project No. 22-036,” pursuant to Resolution No. 97-128 (Schulze)
Director Schulze provided a staff report on this item.
Mayor Bublak opened public comment and comment was received from the following:
Milt Trieweiler
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With no further comments, Mayor Bublak closed public comment.
Director Schulze responded to questions from the public.
Mayor Bublak asked City Clerk Christel to report on the results of the election. City Clerk Christel stated one ballot was received that was in favor of the district, therefore the City Council could form the district.
Action: Resolution 2023-067: Ordering the improvements and formation of the “California Freight Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District and the Street Maintenance Benefit Assessment Area, Development Project No. 22-036,” and confirming the diagram and benefit assessments as set forth in the annual report of the Engineer of Work and the levying and collection of assessments set forth therein for fiscal year 2023-2024 for the “California Freight Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District and the Street Maintenance Benefit Assessment Area, Development Project No. 22 -036,” pursuant to Resolution No. 97 -128 as introduced by Councilmember Abram, seconded by Councilmember Monez, and carried 5/0 by the following vote:
Councilmember
Abram
Councilmember
Bixel
Councilmember
Franco
Councilmember
Monez
Mayor
Bublak
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
D. Ordering the improvements and formation of the “PM 21 -03 Bright Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District and the Street Maintenance Benefit Assessment Area, Development Project No. 21-019,” and confirming the diagram and benefit assessments as set forth in the annual report of the Engineer of Work and the levying and collection of assessments set forth therein for fiscal year 2023 -2024 for the “PM 21 -03 Bright Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District and the Street Maintenance Benefit Assessment Area, Development Project No. 21-019,” pursuant to Resolution No. 97-128 (Schulze)
Director Schulze provided a staff report on this item.
Mayor Bublak opened public comment and with no comment received from the public, closed public comment.
Director Schulze responded to questions from the public.
Mayor Bublak asked City Clerk Christel to report on the results of the election. City Clerk Christel stated one ballot was received that was in fav or of the district, therefore the City Council could form the district.
Action: Resolution 2023-068: Ordering the improvements and formation of the “PM 21 -03 Bright Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District and the Street Maintenance Benefit Assessment Area, Development Project No. 21-019,” and confirming the diagram and benefit assessments as set forth in the annual report of the Engineer of Work and the levying and collection of assessments set forth therein for fiscal year 2023 -2024 for the “PM 21-03 Bright Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District and the Street Maintenance Benefit Assessment Area, Development Project No. 21 -019,” pursuant to Resolution No. 97 -128 as
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Next City Council Resolution: 2023-057 Next Ordinance: 1301-CS
introduced by Councilmember Abram, seconded by Councilmember Bixel, and carried 5 /0 by the following vote:
Councilmember
Abram
Councilmember
Bixel
Councilmember
Franco
Councilmember
Monez
Mayor
Bublak
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
E. The following Public Hearing Item has been postponed and will be brought back to City Council at a later date: Ordering the improvements and formation of the “PM 22 -01 Pitau Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District and the Street Maintenance Benefit Assessment Area, Development Project No. 22-004,” and confirming the diagram and benefit assessments as set fo rth in the annual report of the Engineer of Work and the levying and collection of assessments set forth therein for fiscal year 2023 -2024 for the “PM 22 -01 Pitau Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District and the Street Maintenance Benefit Assessment Ar ea, Development Project No. 22 -004,” pursuant to Resolution No. 97 -128 (Schulze).
8. ACTION ITEMS
A. Accepting the 2022 General Plan Annual Report pursuant to California Government Code Section 65400(a)(2) to be submitted to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research and the California Department of Housing and Community Development (Quintero)
Director Quintero presented the 2022 Annual Report. She discussed land entitlements the City applied for in 2022, General Plan implementation items and the status of those items, and the housing implementation measures.
Director Quintero responded to questions from the City Council.
Mayor Bublak opened public comment and comment was received from the following:
Milt Trieweiler
Mary Jackson
With no further comments, Mayor Bublak closed public comment.
Director Quintero responded to questions from the public.
Action: Resolution 2023-069: Accepting the 2022 General Plan Annual Report pursuant to California Government Code Section 65400(a)(2) to be submitted to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research and the California Department of Housing and Community Development as introduced by Councilmember Monez, seconded by Vice Mayor Franco, and carried 5/0 by the following vote:
Councilmember
Abram
Councilmember
Bixel
Councilmember
Franco
Councilmember
Monez
Mayor
Bublak
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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B. Rescinding the existing change order approval policy outlined in Resolution No. 2009-246 and adopting an approval policy to be applied to contract change orders for construction of public projects (Schulze)
Director Schulze provided a staff report on this item and discussed the benefits of the policy change.
Director Schulze responded to questions from the City Council.
Mayor Bublak opened public comment and comment was received from the following:
Mary Jackson
With no further comments, Mayor Bublak closed public comment.
Director Schulze responded to questions from the public.
Action: Resolution 2023-070: Rescinding the existing change order approval policy outlined in Resolution No. 2009 -246 and adopting an approval policy to be applied to contrac t change orders for construction of public projects as introduced by Councilmember Monez, Councilmember Bixel, and carried 5/0 by the following vote:
Councilmember
Abram
Councilmember
Bixel
Councilmember
Franco
Councilmember
Monez
Mayor
Bublak
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
9. CITY MANAGER REPORTS/UPDATES
City Manager Wilson advised all reportable items were included in the agenda packet.
10. COUNCIL ITEMS FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION
Councilmember Monez requested City Manager Wilson put something on a future agenda to raise his contract approval limit so the City is more in line with what other cities have . City Manager Wilson agreed.
11. COUNCILMEMBER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Councilmember Bixel thanked staff for the work they do.
Vice Mayor Franco discussed her recent StanCOG trip to Riverside and Sacramento and reported out on topics covered during their meetings. She also thanked staff for all the work they have been doing in the inclement weather.
Councilmember Monez thanked the firefighters for the work they do.
12. CLOSED SESSION
At the request of Mayor Bublak, City Clerk Christel read the closed session titles.
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A. Conference with Labor Negotiators - California Government Code §54957.6(a) Agency Designated Representative: Deputy City Manager Sarah Eddy Employee Organization: Turlock Management Association – Public Safety Employee Organization: Turlock Firefighters Association – Local 2434
B. Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation - California Government Code §54956.9(d)(2) Potential Case(s): (1 case)
13. REPORTS FROM CLOSED SESSION
Mayor Bublak reported that for the Closed Session Items, no reportable action was taken.
14. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Bublak adjourned the regular meeting at 9:08 p.m.