City Council Meeting
Agenda
July 22, 2025
6:00 PM
City of Turlock Yosemite Room
156 S. Broadway, Turlock, California
Mayor
Amy Bublak
Council Members
Kevin Bixel
Cassandra Abram
Erika Phillips
Rebecka Monez
(Vice Mayor)
Interim City Manager
Sue Borrego
City Clerk
Nichole Fiez
City Attorney
George A. Petrulakis
SPEAKER CARDS: To accommodate those wishing to address the Council and allow for staff follow- up, speaker cards are available for any agendized topic or any other topic delivered under Public Comment. Please fill out and provide the Comment Card to the City Clerk or Police Officer.
NOTICE REGARDING NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS: The Turlock City Council meetings are conducted in English and translation to other languages is not provided. Please make arrangements for an interpreter if necessary.
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NOTICE: Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54954.3, any member of the public may directly address the City Council on any item appearing on the agenda, including Consent Calendar and Public Hearing items, before or during the City Council’s consideration of the item. Members of the public will be allowed three (3) minutes for comments.
AGENDA PACKETS: Prior to the City Council meeting, a complete Agenda Packet is available for review on the City’s website at www.cityofturlock.org and in the City Clerk’s Office at 156 S. Broadway, Suite 230, Turlock, during normal business hours. Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the Council after distribution of the Agenda Packet are also available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s Office. Such documents may be available on the City’s website subject to staff’s ability to post the documents before the meeting.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. SALUTE TO THE FLAG
3. ROLL CALL AND DECLARATION OF CONFLICTS
4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AS POSTED OR AMENDED
This is the time for the City Council to remove items from the agenda or to change the order of the agenda. Matters may be taken up out of order of the established agenda by a four-fifths vote of the City Council.
CITY OF TURLOCK
CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Next City Council Resolution: 2025-137 Next Ordinance: 1332-CS
5. PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS, APPOINTMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS,
PRESENTATIONS, AND BRIEFINGS
A. Presentation: Treasurer's Report (Abram)
B. Proclamation: National Night Out 2025 (Bublak)
C. Briefing: Charter City (Petrulakis)
6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54954.3(a), this portion of the meeting is set aside for members of the public to address the City Council on matters that are not listed on tonight’s agenda but are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council. Speakers will be allowed up to three (3) minutes for their comments. Speakers who wish to address a matter listed later on the agenda may be asked to wait until that item is heard. Comments on matters outside the Council’s subject matter jurisdiction may be ruled out of order by the presiding officer and not permitted to continue. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2(a)(3), the City Council may not take action or engage in substantive discussion on items not listed on the posted agenda.
However, the Council or staff may briefly respond to public comments, refer matters to staff, or request that a topic be placed on a future agenda.
7. CITY MANAGER REPORTS/UPDATES
City Manager reports/updates are provided for informational purposes only and no action or discussion may be undertaken. The City Manager may direct department heads to provide reports/updates at the City Manager’s request.
8. CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion with no separate discussion. Any item may be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered separately at the request of the Mayor or any Councilmember. Prior to Council action, members of the public may address the Council on the Consent Calendar. If during their Consent Calendar comments, a member of the public requests removal of an item for separate consideration, the Mayor or a Councilmember may do so. Public comment on the Consent Calendar is limited to one (1) minute per speaker, regardless of the number of items addressed by the speaker.
A. Motion: Accepting the Weekly demands of June 27, 2025 through July 3, 2025 in the amount of $1,983,425.86, July 4, 2025 through July 10, 2025 in the amount of $2,080,514.66 B. Motion: Accepting the Minutes of the July 8, 2025 Regular City Council Meeting and the amended minutes of the June 10, 2025 Regular City Council Meeting.
C. Motion: Waiving Reading of Title and Text of All Ordinances Included in the Agenda D. Motion: Approving a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Stanislaus County Office of Education and the City of Turlock, authorizing the acceptance of an allocation of funds and execution of a grant MOU to implement the After School Education and Safety (ASES) Program for the 2025-2026 school year (Vargas)
CITY OF TURLOCK
CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Next City Council Resolution: 2025-137 Next Ordinance: 1332-CS
E. Resolution: Initiating proceedings for the annual levy of assessments for existing Landscaping and Lighting Assessment Districts (Exhibit A) and Street Maintenance Benefit Assessment Areas (Exhibit B) in the City of Turlock for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 (Morris) F. Resolution: Declaring the City Council’s intention for the levy and collection of assessments, preliminarily approving the Engineer’s Report, and appointing a time and place for a public hearing for the existing Landscaping and Lighting Assessment Districts and Street Maintenance Benefit Assessment Areas (Exhibit A) in the City of Turlock for Fiscal Year 2025- 2026 (Morris)
G. Resolution: Affirming Community Events and Activities Grants awards totaling $53,000 funded by Fund 120 "Tourism" in Fiscal Year 2025 - 2026 and directing the Parks, Arts, & Recreation Commission to evaluate eligible Community Events and Activities Grant applications that did not receive full funding, and further directing the City Manager or Interim City Manager to agendize the allocation of any remaining grant funds on a future City Council agenda (Crivelli) H. Resolution: Approving Amendment No. 5 for Task Order No. 5 under the terms of the Master Agreement (City Contract No. 2023-110) with Provost & Pritchard Engineering Group, Inc. dba Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group (Clovis, California office) for Engineering Design Services for the City of Turlock’s Roads Initiative Program in the amount of $151,155.00 to be funded by Fund 218 “Measure L” under City Project No. 25-040 “Provost & Pritchard Task Order No. 5 for Roads Program CIP Projects,” and authorizing staff to proceed with advertising for construction of said City Project upon completion of bid documents (Pezeshk) I. Resolution: Approving the appropriation of funds from fund 119 "American Rescue Plan Act" (ARPA) to account 119-10-188.51015_001 Network Firewall/Cyber Solutions in an amount not to exceed $350,000 for cybersecurity enhancements and upgrades (Showalter) J. Motion: Accepting the improvements and authorizing the City Engineer to file a Notice of Completion for “Balisha Ranch” Subdivision, Project No. 21-020 (Morris)
9. FINAL READINGS
A. Ordinance: Second and Final Reading Repealing and Replacing Turlock Municipal Code Title 5 (Public Welfare, Morals, and Conduct), Chapter 5-17 (Vendors) with a new Chapter 5-17 (Itinerant Vendors) to remove outdated street and sidewalk vending regulations and adopt a regulatory framework for itinerant (door-to-door) vendors only (Petrulakis)
10. PUBLIC HEARINGS
11. ACTION ITEMS
A. Resolution: Approving the updated five-year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for the City of Turlock for Fiscal Years 2025-26 through 2029-30 (Fremming) B. Resolution: Authorizing the Interim City Manager to enter into an agreement with California State University Fresno Foundation to offer Parent University virtual training classes at no- cost to Turlock residents, in the amount of not to exceed $7,000 for one (1) year, with options to renew for one (1) additional year, at $7,000 per year (Sims) C. Resolution: Approving an agreement between the City of Turlock and Matrix Design Group,
CITY OF TURLOCK
CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Next City Council Resolution: 2025-137 Next Ordinance: 1332-CS
Inc. of Colorado Springs, Colorado in the amount of $206,526 and a contingency amount of $20,653 (10%) to be funded by account number 301-50-523.43298 "Capital Improvements" for RFP 25-002 to update the City's Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan (Loehr)
D. Motion: Authorize the Interim City Manager to execute the response to the Stanislaus County Civil Grand Jury Case No. 25-085C report findings and recommendations; and authorize the release of the Department of Housing and Urban Development monitoring report dated July 31, 2024, to the public (Borrego)
E. Resolution: Approving agreement between the City of Turlock and the State of California Office of Emergency Services for the no-cost exchange transfer of an existing Type 1 Fire Engine to a new Type 1 Fire Engine, including associated equipment, to be temporarily housed and maintained by the City, and authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute the agreement (Harcksen)
F. Resolution: Approving agreement between the City of Turlock and the State of California Office of Emergency Services for the no-cost transfer of a Type 6 Fire Engine, including associated equipment, to be temporarily housed and maintained by the City, and authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute the agreement (Harcksen)
12. COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND FUTURE ITEMS
13. CLOSED SESSION
A. Conference with Labor Negotiators, Cal. Gov’t Code §54957.6(a) “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a legislative body of a local agency may hold closed sessions with the local agency's designated representatives regarding the salaries, salary schedules, or compensation paid in the form of fringe benefits of its represented and unrepresented employees, and, for represented employees, any other matter within the statutorily provided scope of representation.”
Agency Designated Representative: Interim City Manager, Sue Borrego Employee Organization: Turlock Management Association-Public Safety
14. REPORTS FROM CLOSED SESSION
15. ADJOURNMENT