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[1:33] All right. Good evening, everyone. I'm going to go ahead and call this

[1:38] September 9th, 2026 city council meeting to order.

[1:45] And we have a wonderful treat tonight. Um leading us in our flag salute, we

[1:50] will have our Citrus Heights Police Department explorers. So, let's

[1:56] um rise for the pres presentation of the flag.

[2:14] Forward

[2:42] Hello. Oh.

[2:55] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the

[3:00] republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[3:07] justice for all.

[3:40] Well, thank you very much everyone. Everyone, let's go ahead and have a

[3:42] seat.

[3:46] What a wonderful treat. And our roll call, please.

[3:50] » Council member Carpinsky Costa, >> present. Council member Nelson is absent

[3:56] and excused. Council member Schaefer >> here.

[3:59] » Council member or Vice Mayor Middleton, >> present.

[4:02] » And Mayor Lopez Taff >> here.

[4:05] » Next item, please. >> Next item is our video statement. Uh,

[4:09] this meeting of the Citrus Heights City Council is live and recorded with closed

[4:14] captioning. It is cablecast on MetroCable channel 14, the local

[4:19] government affairs channel on the Comcast and DirecTV Universe cable

[4:23] systems. It is also livereamed at citrus heights.net. Tonight's meeting replays

[4:29] Monday, September 14th at 9:00 a.m. on MetroCable channel 14. And this meeting

[4:35] will uh can also be viewed on the city's YouTube channel. Slow.

[4:41] » All right. Thank you. Uh, next item is approval of agenda.

[4:46] » Move approval. >> Second.

[4:49] » Okay. We have a motion and a second. Those in favor?

[4:52] » I. >> I.

[4:54] » All right. It sounds unanimous and we have an agenda. Next item, please.

[5:01] Next item is presentation number four, proclamation of the city of Citrus

[5:05] Heights proclaiming September 13 through 19th, 2026 as National Adult Education

[5:12] and Family Literacy Week. All right, this is a particular interest

[5:19] to me. So I assigned myself since there are four of us and four proclamations.

[5:24] Um and it sound it looks like Richard Judge is joining us, principal from San

[5:32] Juan School District Adult Education Division. Welcome. Please come to the

[5:37] podium. And um so the way this goes is I read the proclamation. If you have any

[5:43] remarks um feel free to share them and then we will take some pictures with

[5:47] you. That sounds good. Okay. All right.

[5:55] Whereas millions of American adults lack foundational literacy, numeracy, and

[6:00] digital skills, limiting their ability to participate in today's rapidly

[6:04] evolving economy. And whereas employers nationwide report growing difficulty

[6:09] finding skilled skilled workers, underscoring the need for strong

[6:13] pathways that connect adult learners to education, training, and career

[6:17] opportunities. Whereas illiteracy costs the US economy

[6:22] billions of dollars each year through reduced productivity, lower earnings,

[6:27] and greater reliance on public assistance. And whereas adult education

[6:31] and family literacy programs help learners earn credentials, strengthen

[6:35] English language and digital skills, prepare for college and careers, and

[6:40] build the tools needed for lifelong success. And whereas adult education

[6:45] providers across the nation deliver highquality learning opportunities that

[6:50] strengthen families, support employers, and empower communities. Now therefore,

[6:55] be it resolved that the city council of the city of Citrus Heights does hereby

[6:59] proclaim September 13 through 19th, 2026 as National Adult Education and Family

[7:06] Literacy Week in the City of Citrus Heights and encourages all residents to

[7:11] recognize the importance of adult education, workforce skills, and family

[7:16] literacy programs. Mr. Judge, welcome.

[7:20] » Thank you. tell us a little bit about your work at uh the San Juan Adult

[7:24] Center. >> Well, the San Juan Adult School is part

[7:27] of a consortium in the region called the Capitol Adult Area. Our adult education

[7:32] regional consortium were one of our school is one of about 12 schools in

[7:37] that consortium. Uh we all offer vital um public service to the community,

[7:42] whether it be English instruction, high school completion for adults, job

[7:47] training, or job readiness. Uh we serve in San Juan at least about 3,000

[7:53] students a year um and the consortium itself is closer to 10,000 students in

[7:58] the region. So we offer a vital service and uh it wouldn't be possible with

[8:02] support like yours and of course our school district and uh the county office

[8:07] of education. >> Now you also have uh very interesting

[8:11] programs for um workforce development. Um can you just name a handful?

[8:16] » Yes. So our um our flagship program is our clinical medical assisting program

[8:22] at Sunrise Tech Center which is on the corner of Sunrise and Oak. Um that's uh

[8:27] an impacted program. We always get more students than we have spaces for. But

[8:31] this year um we've expanded. We now offer at San Juan at Sunrise um a

[8:38] pharmacy tech program >> um as well as an EMT program. Those are

[8:43] just getting off the ground this year. At our other location at Incina Adult

[8:46] Center, we offer dental assisting and uh phabbotomy.

[8:50] » Wonderful. Do my colleagues have any comments, questions? Well, we sure

[8:56] appreciate that you chose Citrus Heights to have your your location because uh I

[9:01] I pass it almost every day and I appreciate your work there.

[9:04] » We're very happy where we are. >> All right. And we'll come join you for a

[9:07] photo op. >> Thank you.

[9:30] location.

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[9:53] congress.

[10:21] All right, let's have our next item, please.

[10:24] » Next item is presentation number five, which is a proclamation of the city of

[10:29] Citrus Heights proclaiming September 2026 as prostate cancer awareness month.

[10:38] The mayor has asked me I guess I have special

[10:42] sorry I guess I have special interest in this and and you must be Kenneth Isaac.

[10:48] » I am. Yes. >> Good. You are from the Greater

[10:50] Sacramento Prostate Cancer Support Group.

[10:52] » Yes. >> And we'll we'll read the proclamation

[10:55] routine and then you get to say a few words and then we get to do a photo up.

[10:58] How's that? >> Sounds great. So, this is a proclamation

[11:01] of the city of Citrus Heights proclaiming September 2026 as prostate

[11:05] cancer awareness month. Whereas prostate cancer is most frequently diagnosed

[11:11] cancer in men, it's estimated that 13% of men will develop this disease in

[11:16] their lifetime. Whereas approximately 333,830

[11:22] new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in the United States this year

[11:26] and roughly 36,320 men are estimated to die from the

[11:32] disease which is one man every 15 minutes. And whereas one in eight men

[11:38] will be diagnosed in their lifetime with African men facing a higher risk

[11:43] and double the mortality rate. And whereas early stages of prostate cancer

[11:49] usually do not have symptoms. So education regarding early detection

[11:54] strategies is critical to saving lives and protecting our families. Whereas the

[11:59] five-year survival rate approaches 100% when prostate cancer is diagnosed and

[12:04] treated early. The American Cancer Society recommends that men have a

[12:10] conversation with their healthc care provider to make an informed decision

[12:14] about testing for prostate cancer. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the city

[12:18] council of the city of Citrus Heights has hereby proclaimed September 2026 as

[12:23] prostate cancer awareness month and joins communities across the nation to

[12:28] increase awareness about the importance of early detection and treatment of this

[12:31] disease. >> What say you? I absolutely um I am next

[12:38] month I'll be a 19-year survivor of prostate cancer and in the last three

[12:44] years I've had um two family members both diagnosed with prostate cancer and

[12:50] have undergone treatment and are both doing very well at this point. I am uh

[12:56] honored to be here on behalf of the Sacramento's prostate cancer support

[13:00] group for which I've been a member for the last u 19 well soon to be 18 uh 19

[13:07] years but um yes uh um >> where do you meet?

[13:13] » We meet uh here at Mer Dignity Health over on Coil um and we also meet at UC

[13:21] Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. So, you meet on coil at the at the hospital

[13:26] » at the U No, we have a u a room at the uh medical building over at the across

[13:33] from the hospital. >> So, where would people find information

[13:35] about the support group if they needed it?

[13:37] » Um we have a a we do have a website, but uh but we're also we um u

[13:47] we put out information flyers as well. And um um We, like I said, uh, Beverly

[13:56] is our Beverly Nicholson who's our facilitator and she is our contact

[14:01] person for information, you know. >> So, people would look up Sacramento

[14:06] Prostate Cancer Support Group, >> correct? Yes.

[14:09] » And find that online? >> Yes.

[14:11] » Okay. >> Does anyone have comments about this?

[14:14] » I do. >> Every year.

[14:19] » Every year. And uh I certainly and my family has certainly struggled with uh

[14:24] with uh prostate issues. It's not some anything to be ashamed about.

[14:28] » It really is something that's kind of men go through in general. My doctor

[14:33] told me that if you live to age 80, 80% of men that live to age 80 will have

[14:40] prostate cancer. Um it is very treatable. There's really no reason to

[14:45] die from this disease. It's just a matter of getting past the the concerns

[14:51] with verility and that is I've had friends and other family say, "Oh, I'd

[14:57] rather die than have them treat me for that." Um, it's just senseless. It

[15:02] really is pretty senseless. I did have another friend who decided he's not

[15:07] going to get treatment and he did. They told him he'd lived for five years and

[15:11] he lived right almost five years to the day. Um, but it is really just not a big

[15:18] deal to to deal with it. And um, and it's really not that going on the other

[15:23] side. I did not have prostate cancer. Um, but I did recently have an issue

[15:29] with my prostate and that turned into um, a diagnosis leukemia. So, it really

[15:35] is that that issue that I had with my prostate was um um was known if you take

[15:42] cold medicine and you uh have issues with your prostate, it could cause it to

[15:47] swell and make it difficult to urinate. So, so but it's uh this is this is

[15:52] nothing to be ashamed about and you and if you need support or you need help,

[15:57] you should get treatment. It's really not that big a deal.

[16:00] » No, absolutely. And um I know early well like with all cancers early detection is

[16:07] the key >> to um you know um

[16:11] being treated and your survival rate being as high as 95%

[16:18] when treated you know at at the early stages.

[16:22] » That's a big number. 95% survival rate for treat early treatment. Yeah,

[16:26] » that's huge, >> you know, but we have um so many that uh

[16:32] for whatever their reason is um you know push it aside, ignore it,

[16:39] don't want to accept it and um as a result um you know they do succumb to

[16:47] it. So um uh but I uh like I said when I was

[16:54] diagnosed in 2007 I found out because of a uh

[17:02] uh life insurance policy that I had applied for and all and that's how I was

[17:07] diagnosed. I mean well that's how I was found out about it. Went to my primary

[17:12] care doctor and he felt everything was okay. my PSA was low and he says, "Ken,

[17:19] you're you're okay." He says, "You sure?" You know, I says, I showed him

[17:24] the letter from Genworth Life that I had. And I said, you know, he says, "Let

[17:30] me talk to a urologist." And the urologist had me had him send, you know,

[17:37] send uh refer him to me uh refer me to him. And so at that point uh um I told

[17:46] the urologist um you know he says we can uh wait six months and take another

[17:52] blood test or I says no I'd like to know you know so I I went for a

[18:01] biopsy and sure enough biopsy came back with a 3 plus4 gleason which is the

[18:08] intermediate range of prostate cancer. So you're saying a low a low PSA isn't

[18:15] necessarily mean you're >> Absolutely. I had a friend who died and

[18:18] he was a nurse. He was an he was a army nurse who um uh retired went to work for

[18:26] Kaiser and worked as an osttomy nurse for Kaiser. Um, and Michael who passed

[18:32] away uh I think it was about three years ago from prostate cancer was a zero uh

[18:39] PSA, you know. Yes. So it's it uh uh you know

[18:46] there's there's other parts to it that sometimes you have to do uh

[18:52] you know you have to find the right uh urologist and the right you know and do

[18:58] the right testing you know genomic testing is a big important

[19:02] » well thank you so much for the work that you're doing with the prostate support

[19:05] center uh prostate support group uh I used to work for the the cancer society

[19:11] so I understand early early detection is key. All right, let's go ahead and

[19:17] » Thank you. Could I

[19:35] absolutely

[20:19] Thank you.

[20:40] Next item, please. >> Our next item is presentation number

[20:44] six, proclamation of the city of Citrus Heights recognizing firefighter

[20:48] appreciation month and California Firefighters Memorial Day.

[20:54] » Okay. So, um, we have representatives from the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire

[20:58] District here tonight to accept a proclamation in honor of Firefighter

[21:02] Appreciation Month and California Firefighters Memorial Day. And I'd like

[21:06] to welcome to the podium Battalion Chief Christopher Reid, and crew from Station

[21:10] 21, uh, Captain Ryan McCone, Engine Al Lopez, firefighter Andrew Negera.

[21:19] Alrighty, you guys ready? >> Yes, we are. All right. So, whereas the

[21:24] Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District assures the well-being of Citrus Heights

[21:28] residents and businesses through the tireless work of its staff among our

[21:32] four local firehouses, Station 21, Station 23, Station 27, and Station 28.

[21:38] And California fighter fire firefighters respond to nearly 3 million incidents

[21:42] each year, providing not only fire protection, but also emergency medical

[21:47] care, disaster response, technical re rescues, and other essential public

[21:52] services. And the role of a firefighter today is one of dedication, commitment,

[21:57] sacrifice, and the willingness to put their lives on the line. And Metro Fire

[22:03] dedicates countless hours of service to the Citrus Heights community through

[22:06] critical emergency response, risk reduction programs, community education,

[22:10] and public engagement events. And the city of Citrus Heights partners with

[22:15] Metro Fire to execute everyday SE safeguards to go above and beyond to

[22:19] carry out exceptional operations. Now therefore, it be resolved that the

[22:24] city council of the city of Citrus Heights does hereby proclaim September

[22:27] 2026 as firefighter appreciation month and October 3rd, 2026 as a day to

[22:33] commemorate California Firefighters Memorial Day and urges all citizens to

[22:38] recognize that firefighters make fundamental and irreplaceable

[22:41] contributions to our state with their willingness to make sacrifices to serve

[22:45] the public and ensure our communities are stronger and safer.

[22:49] » Thank you.

[22:53] All right, feel free to have your comments.

[22:56] » Um, Mayor Lopez, Taff, uh, members of city council, thank you very much. Uh,

[23:01] members of Metro Fire like to express our sincere gratitude for this honor.

[23:06] Um, on behalf of Metro Fire, we deeply appreciate and your recognition of

[23:10] September as firefighter appreciation month. As you know, September is an

[23:14] important month to firefighters, particularly on the anniversary of

[23:17] September 11th and a very sacred holiday to most firefighters. Um, and you'll see

[23:23] that in reflected in the number of firefighters that participate in the 911

[23:27] challenge or the uh scale building to replicate the same things that the

[23:32] firefighters in New York City did. Um this month we're going to actually in

[23:36] October we're going to add 36 new names to the firefighter wall at the state

[23:40] capital of firefighters that have fallen in the line of duty or died of cancer or

[23:44] other related uh diseases that they've acquired during the the fire service.

[23:49] Um, I want to assure you we'll continue to honor the legacy of those people. And

[23:54] I just want to say for myself, I've been in this job for 38 years. And I have

[23:59] served most of those years in Sisters Heights. And I have to say that this is

[24:02] one of the best relationships we have with any city in our jurisdiction. Um,

[24:07] it's an honor to work with your police department and your local officials.

[24:11] They're very good. They come out to our fires, particularly the building comm uh

[24:15] commission comes out and uh and assists us all the time. So, we want to thank

[24:19] you very much and we appreciate this honor.

[24:22] » Well, we absolutely appreciate your partnership as well. Uh, do my

[24:26] colleagues have any other comments? Yes. >> This morning I was watching the wall in

[24:30] New York they put up for the 23 police officers and I was thinking about the

[24:34] 343 firefighters that lost their lives on 911 in New York. Not to count the

[24:39] numbers that lost their lives due to exposure to whatever they got exposed

[24:43] to. and the dog that was from Sacramento that helped cadaavver search. So, I was

[24:49] I'm just so glad you guys are doing something in memory of those people.

[24:55] » Absolutely. We're uh >> we appreciate everything you do in our

[24:57] community. You know that. I mean, that's you know, when you do the boot, we're so

[25:01] proud that you're out there and >> so we're glad you're here.

[25:04] » Thank you very much. >> And I can't say more that uh I just

[25:09] appreciate the quality of service that we have here in in in our city. Um, and

[25:14] glad that you guys are here. Uh, I'm delighted to see that my fire station 23

[25:20] is getting a new building soon. Um, so that's very exciting and um, and we're

[25:26] more than pleased to have you here. Thank you.

[25:28] » We could put a mural on it. >> And you know, always you guys, thank you

[25:34] so much. My brother serves out in Gardenerville in Nevada and it's always

[25:38] such a pleasure to see you here. And since, you know, once a year you're

[25:42] here, I won't tell my same old story. I'll remind people to check your smoke

[25:45] detectors and your carbon monoxide. And if you haven't checked the expiration

[25:49] date on your fire extinguishers, our men who fight fires are sitting here right

[25:53] here today. Go ahead and check that out and make sure that all those things are

[25:56] up to date. >> Thank you for reminding people.

[25:58] » Such a great tip. All right, we'll join you for a photo.

[26:40] that way.

[26:44] One, two, three.

[27:27] Next item, please. Next item is presentation number seven,

[27:32] proclamation of the city of Citrus Heights proclaiming September 20th

[27:35] through 26th, 2026 as National Forensic Science Week.

[27:41] » All right, with that, I'd like to invite um Sergeant Dave

[27:46] Nher Nhir, Senior CSI Daniel Stevenson, CSI Kayla

[27:54] Pelitzer, here tonight to accept the proclamation.

[27:59] Welcome. >> Good evening.

[28:01] » Okay. Proclaim proclaiming September 20 to 26 2026 as National Forensic Science

[28:08] Week. Whereas the third week in September 2026 is recognized as National

[28:13] Forensic Science Week and forensic science service providers address a

[28:20] critical questions civil and criminal investigations and trials in the United

[28:24] States including by providing scientific conclusions relating to forensic

[28:30] evidence and forensic science service providers partner with federal agencies

[28:35] to build m and maintain criminal database. cases relating to latent

[28:41] prints, DNA and other information relevant to criminal cases as well as

[28:46] other federal, state, and local agencies to ensure public safety. And forensic

[28:52] science service providers serve a vital role in the criminal justice system by

[28:57] providing scientific information to investigators

[29:02] and officers of the court. And the city of Citrus Height's crime scene property

[29:07] evidence specialists are trained in physical evidence collection,

[29:11] preservation, and reconstruction of crime scenes to preserve preserve

[29:15] evidence for future prosecution. And the city of Citrus Heights is committed to

[29:20] the use of forensic forensic science in the investigation of crimes, the

[29:25] prosecution and conviction of the correct perpetrators

[29:29] of crimes, and the exoneration of innocent individuals falsely accused of

[29:34] crimes in the United States. Now therefore, it be resolved that the city

[29:38] council of the city of Citrus Heights declares this week, so the week of

[29:43] September 2026,

[29:46] 2026, 2026, as National Forensics, Forensic Science Week, in honor of the

[29:52] women and men who diligence whose diligence and professionalism are

[29:58] tremendous assets to the overall police department team as they work to keep our

[30:03] city and citizens safe.

[30:07] All right. Would you like to make a few comments?

[30:10] » Yes, we would. First of all, good evening, uh, Mayor Lopez, staff,

[30:12] council, and everyone here in attendance. Um, I couldn't think of a

[30:16] more, I guess, qualified team. We're very proud of the work that our property

[30:21] and evidence team does day in and day out. Much of our department's success

[30:24] really does hinge on the work that they do. Not only do they manage our property

[30:28] and evidence, but they're also crossrain and crime scene investigations, which is

[30:31] a whole other art. So, uh, without further ado, I would like to introduce

[30:35] Danielle because she would like to say a few words and she is one of our fearless

[30:38] leaders of that unit. So, Danielle, >> hi. Thank you for having us. Um, I'm I

[30:43] have the pleasure every year of coming before you guys and being honored by you

[30:47] guys. So, I want to say first and foremost, I really appreciate that we

[30:50] value that you guys value us. We are albeit I don't have my entire team here,

[30:55] but we are your CSI team and we are so stinking proud of that. We love Citrus

[30:59] Heights. We love the police department and we are glad that we represent this

[31:03] city and the police department. So, thank you so much for taking the time to

[31:06] represent us as well. >> Well, thank you. Do my colleagues have

[31:10] any other comments? >> A question. Do we have a lab? Do you do

[31:14] you actually take things like Abby Shuto and look at a lab?

[31:18] » Yeah, we do. We actually have a lab. Um, it does have some restrictions like we

[31:21] we will collect evidence that will then go down to the Sacramento County Crime

[31:24] Lab, but we do process evidence for latent prints and we do process for DNA,

[31:30] meaning we try to obtain DNA. Obviously, we can't see it, so we hope that we get

[31:33] it, but we do process evidence for DNA and latent prints and obtain that

[31:38] information and send it off to the then more experts in that area to do the

[31:42] hopefully the identification of the person.

[31:44] » Do we ever have walkalongs at the lab? >> Unfortunately, no. Um, there's a there's

[31:49] a DNA piece that has to be honored as well as a chain of custody. And because

[31:52] we are a unit that's dual, we do property and evidence as well as CSI,

[31:56] it's not something that we do on a daily basis. So, we really don't know when

[31:59] we're going to need to do that until we do. So, it's hard to schedule something

[32:03] like that. >> Okay. Don't want to contaminate the

[32:05] Yeah. >> Yeah.

[32:07] » Fascinating. >> It just I'm glad we have a lab. I've

[32:10] never seen it. So, >> so I I do have a quick comment. I

[32:13] realize I just said this in the in the in the proclamation, but I just want to

[32:19] really bring this home that it's really critical the work that you guys do and

[32:23] bringing these criminals uh to justice. And um I'm not sure how often the

[32:30] evidence exonerates a particular person unless it's like straight DNA or

[32:34] something like that, but um but I I just the work that you do is so important uh

[32:39] to to to really giving our residents here a sense of security and safety that

[32:45] hey, if something does happen that we can catch the people that uh that

[32:50] created that problem. >> Thank you. Yeah, we're your last

[32:52] responders. You have your first responders. we're your last responders.

[32:57] So, we're hoping that whatever we can catch will help exonerate people that

[33:00] didn't do things. That's just as important, but also put away the people

[33:04] that are doing the things. So, >> we appreciate it,

[33:07] » Vice Mayor. >> And I just want to say when I early on

[33:10] when I first got elected in my first term, I did kind of go around and do a

[33:13] tour of the police department. I didn't get to see any of like the cool stuff

[33:16] you guys had, but I got to hear a lot of the stories. And I just remember

[33:19] thinking, "Wow, this is so much better than like any NCIS TV show I've ever

[33:24] watched." like you know and watching your the Facebook page for the police

[33:27] department and just the way you guys are like so creative and you come up with

[33:30] like >> just ways to like crack down and solve

[33:33] the crimes and to get the stuff done. I'm like wow. Um I don't know if you

[33:36] guys are play Clue but it's like watching you guys work is like watching

[33:40] like Clue in live action. I really appreciate your work.

[33:42] » Thank you. We enjoy what we do. >> Yeah, it it shows. It shows. All right,

[33:47] we'll join you for our photo. >> Thank you.

[34:28] One, two, three.

[35:13] All right, next item, please. Our next item is public comment. Whether

[35:19] participating in person or virtually, members of the public may address the

[35:24] city council during the meeting. Speakers are limited to three minutes

[35:27] each, and the mayor has the discretion to adjust the allotted time. There is a

[35:31] countdown display that will beep at the end of the allotted time. For in-person

[35:36] public comment, please fill out a speaker identif identification sheet and

[35:40] give it to the city clerk. When you're called upon to speak, step forward to

[35:44] the podium and state your name for the record. For Zoom public comment, please

[35:49] use the Zoom raise hand function or star9 from a telephone. Unmute when

[35:54] called upon to speak and state your name for the record. Consistent with the

[35:58] Brown Act, the council is prohibited from engaging in a discussion or taking

[36:03] action on any item not appearing on the agenda. Uh, and I do not have any

[36:08] speaker cards for this portion of the public comment period. Um, and I do not

[36:13] see anybody um raising their hands online.

[36:16] » All right. Has anyone changed their mind in the chambers? You'd like to speak

[36:22] for general public comment? All right. Let's go to our next item. Our

[36:29] next item is comments by council members and regional board update.

[36:33] » All right. What you got, Dr. Gina? >> Not much. Not much. It's been a slow

[36:37] couple weeks. Um did did enjoy the Auburn Boulevard ribbon cutting that we

[36:42] went to. Um it was just nice. It was good. It was good turnout, good food,

[36:48] good community. That was What else did we do? Oh, and I

[36:52] want before I do that, I want to thank the police explorers for doing our flag

[36:57] thing earlier. I, you know, I know I was the one that asked if they would come

[37:00] and do it and so I want to thank you for coming and doing it. It was nice. Um

[37:05] went to we prosper together which is an all day seminar to well I guess u

[37:11] conference today. uh all of us were there and we got to participate in

[37:17] collaboration within the region and you know all the vision for the region's

[37:21] success uh that was good and then my highlight of the week was yesterday I

[37:26] belong to a low vision group because I have low vision and yesterday we heard

[37:31] from a fellow he he wasn't in person he was on a um recording and he was on the

[37:38] 74th floor of the towers when the plane hit blind

[37:42] and he was with his dog Roselle. And Roselle and him took the stairs down

[37:47] with a couple of other people that they kind of Roselle kept everybody calm and

[37:52] whatever. And they and so he was telling his story about how it felt to have the

[37:56] building shake and going down 74 flights of stairs and then having the towers

[38:02] collapse. It was very moving um very moving narrative and you know kudos to

[38:08] Ros Rochelle for Roselle for being such a great dog. So anyway that was my

[38:13] highlight of the week.

[38:18] » All right let's go with council member Schaeer.

[38:21] » Well thank you mayor. So uh I had a since the last meeting I had a sik board

[38:26] meeting. We um glad to hear that the SB 1087 which is uh uh greenhouse gas

[38:33] emissions regulation that uh that it was going to be very tough for us to meet

[38:38] those regulations and that would have put our SP1 uh gas tax money uh um would

[38:47] have been made it difficult if we didn't reach those greenhouse gas reduction

[38:51] goals. So, um, SP 1087 mitigates that a bit.

[38:57] Um, so hope glad to see that that passed the, uh, Senate and the Assembly and is

[39:02] now on the governor's desk and fingers crossed he's going to sign that. I also

[39:07] went to the Auburn Boulevard ribbon cutting, um, and also went to to um, uh,

[39:14] to the We Prosper Together today, which is great uh, events. But uh the

[39:20] highlight of the last couple weeks was thank you very much for Charles Anderson

[39:24] of League of Cities. Um he organized a tour of Beiel Air Force Base. Um what a

[39:30] gem that uh that their mission is their mission is uh about um surveillance and

[39:38] security uh from all around the world. Uh they uh the primary mission there is

[39:44] they launched the U2 uh spy plane, if you will. It's pretty amazing. It's a

[39:48] glider with a jet engine on it. >> Uh it's pretty amazing how quickly that

[39:53] takes off and how slow it can fly. Uh they did a demonstration as we looked

[39:57] up. It looked like the thing was stopped in midair. It was moving but still it

[40:02] was moving incredibly slow. Uh and it can fly above 70,000 ft. So just

[40:07] amazing. Uh, and that's been uh you know um you may recall one was shot down um

[40:17] uh in 1961 I think was 65 years ago. Uh and uh and it was uh last guy's name was

[40:26] Powers. Can't remember the full name of the pilot who was held hostage u after

[40:32] that. But anyway, it's a it's pretty amazing aircraft, pretty amazing

[40:36] mission. Um the uh I just can't tell you how much I appreciate our armed forces

[40:42] and what they do to to keep our uh our country safe uh and maintain our way of

[40:49] life here. So that was great and I want to thank Charles for organizing that was

[40:54] really fantastic. There was only about 12 of us on that tour and it just really

[40:59] um demonstrates uh what we what the assets we have here in Northern

[41:06] California and why that why those are so important to us. So uh with that that's

[41:11] all I have mayor. >> Well thank you vice mayor.

[41:15] » Okay so um I also attended the ribbon cutting which was really great because

[41:20] it's been a long haul to get that done. Thank you to all of our city team who

[41:24] got that work done for us and made sure that we could get the complete streets

[41:27] done. Um on the 3, I attended um the Sacramento Metro Cable Commission

[41:33] meeting where we will be getting some of our um PEG fees back to put back into

[41:38] our um into our facility here to make sure that we have the right audio and

[41:42] whatnot. And that was really great. I want to take a moment to really

[41:45] highlight the fact that um our uh administrative services director Susan

[41:50] Tawwar actually came to the meeting. She participated in an ad hoc committee and

[41:54] she worked on finding the savings so that we could get that money back to the

[41:58] cities um and also to find a way to make sure that the other um PEG licenses, the

[42:03] other providers like KVIE, PBS were also able to get some of their funding and

[42:07] find us a real road map going forward to how it's going to work out budgetwise

[42:11] over the next couple years. Um, we're still not out of the woods with that yet

[42:14] with people not, you know, using traditional cable. You know, funding is

[42:18] going to decrease and with our job is to make sure that as a city we give people

[42:22] access to their meetings in a way that they can actually access them. And I

[42:27] think that's it. >> All right. Thank you. And on my

[42:32] calendar, I always feel busy, but it's uh along with my colleagues uh at a lot

[42:38] of these events, Auburn Boulevard complete streets. It was nice to be at

[42:43] that end of things. And what a wonderful um Gateway Arch we have, you know, a

[42:48] good welcome map for our city. I also attended on that same day two additional

[42:53] meetings. I had my library board meeting and our air quality board meeting. um

[42:59] always happens on the same day. On the third, I I did meet with our library

[43:04] director. I am the vice chair now of the library board and our current chair is

[43:10] also out on maternity leave. Interesting what happened to the water this past uh

[43:14] nine months ago and um so got to meet with our library director. really um

[43:23] it's always fun to peek behind the curtain of what goes on in planning and

[43:29] so just just good to have that check-in with our library director. Um on

[43:34] yesterday I participated in something that I felt very passionate about and

[43:39] that was going and attending the Sacramento Board of Supervisors final

[43:43] budget recommendation meeting um to support adding the funds back to the

[43:49] DA's misdemeanor unit. And as you know that is such a crucial piece that we can

[43:58] make arrests. We can pack package information for good arrests, but we

[44:04] need prosecution. And without our partners at the DA's

[44:08] office, um we cannot do that effectively here. And so, um I'm proud to say that

[44:14] between my comments and others in the community, uh that funding was restored

[44:21] to the DA's office. So, I just wanted to make sure everyone knew about that. Of

[44:26] course, we all attended the we prosper together summit today and that's all

[44:31] about building workforce development um looking at not only K12 uh but also

[44:38] engaging college, community college, private industry

[44:44] and working together to bring um prosperity to our communities

[44:51] uh by being very very focused with our efforts. And finally, I ended my my

[44:56] afternoon today with um the Sack Metro Air Quality District's 30th anniversary.

[45:02] Very nice to see my fellow electeds. Um Doris Mat, Congresswoman Doris Matsoule

[45:08] was in attendance and just love it when um good old Citrus Heights gets their

[45:14] the attention from our other elected officials. And so uh and them

[45:19] discovering that Citrus Heights is a pretty amazing place to be. And with

[45:23] that, that's the end of my report. Let's have our next item, please.

[45:29] » The next item is consent calendar. Item eight is approval of amendments. Item

[45:35] nine is conflict of interest code by annual update. Item 10 is the 2025

[45:40] accessibility and drainage project final acceptance and notice of completion. And

[45:44] item 11 is the 7555 Old Auburn Road tenant improvement

[45:50] project award of contract. >> Okay. Um I know I had a request to pull

[45:58] item 11 for separate discussion and presentation.

[46:03] Other than that, are there any other items that are wished to be pulled for

[46:06] discussion or presentation? >> Okay, I'll entertain a motion.

[46:12] Move approval of items 8, 9, and 10. >> We have a motion.

[46:20] » Second. >> All right, we have a motion and a

[46:23] second. Those in favor? >> I I.

[46:26] » All right, that sounds unanimous. Let's have item 11.

[46:45] Good evening, mayor, vice mayor, city council. Regina Cave, your general

[46:49] services director. And this item before you this evening pertains to the 7555

[46:53] old Auburn Road tenant improvement project in which staff is seeking

[46:57] council authorization for the city manager to execute an agreement with

[47:01] American River Construction Inc. for construction of the 755 old Auburn Road

[47:05] tenant improvement project. Some background and history on this

[47:10] project and these efforts. So city is required to provide animal services for

[47:14] the community. In 1997 when we incorporated, we assumed contract

[47:18] services through Sacramento County for not only animal services officers but

[47:22] sheltering as well. In 2000 was a great year. That's when I started at the city.

[47:26] Uh city began providing enhanced services with a county officer assigned

[47:30] specifically to Citrus Heights. Enhance those services through local customer

[47:34] service but also maintaining sheltering services provided through county's

[47:37] animal uh Bradshaw animal shelter. Over the years we had different extensions

[47:41] and different augmentations of the contract. And then in 2009, the city

[47:45] convened a CAC, a citizens advisory committee to discuss some of these

[47:48] challenges related to the existing animal services program uh as well as

[47:53] county uh provided services. And that CAC uh came up with some various

[47:57] recommendations regarding these services and made recommendations to the council

[48:02] uh looking at developing options for sheltering including temporary shelter

[48:06] options based either within Citrus Heights or near Citrus Heights. Uh this

[48:10] would help to reduce uh you know uh our residents if they do have an animal that

[48:15] gets out and our animal services officers uh retrieve that animal having

[48:19] to drive all the way down to the shelter to retrieve their animal back. Uh

[48:23] looking at contract for a local shelter facility uh or Citrus Heights owned and

[48:27] operated shelter. Uh identify community partners and support and promoting

[48:31] existing programs within the local community here in Citrus Heights. uh

[48:35] looking to encourage the establishment of or cooperative cooperative efforts

[48:40] with citruses animal nonprofit groups to provide animal programs, education and

[48:45] outreach to residents and to work with county in specific neighborhoods where

[48:50] feral and stray cat populations are significant. So this is back to 2009.

[48:54] Now in 2012 uh following some of those recommendations from the CAC the city

[49:00] launched its first animal services division and that mean meant that we uh

[49:03] brought on our own animal services officers here in the community and then

[49:07] continued our work with uh Sacramento County for sheltering services.

[49:12] So over the years, the city developed and fostered various community

[49:15] partnerships, including local foster and rescue groups, uh veterinarians and pet

[49:20] hospitals for sheltering and temporary holds as well and advanced efforts to

[49:25] address challenges regarding feral and stray cat populations here in the

[49:28] community. In recent years, local volunteers, as county, as a council is

[49:32] aware, uh local volunteers have expressed concerns that the stray and

[49:36] feral cat population continue to increase here in our community and costs

[49:40] for spayneuter services as that key barrier. Um many times that either

[49:45] vouchers aren't available or our volunteers are paying out of their

[49:48] pocket for these services. In 2024, April, city council adopted a

[49:54] strategic objective to evaluate the feasibility of expanding shelter and pet

[49:58] reunification services within the city. Again, consistent with one of those CAC

[50:02] recommendations. Let's try to keep those services here locally and it makes it

[50:05] easier on our residents and reduces some of our costs. So, in October of 2024,

[50:10] following several months of our city manager looking for some options for

[50:14] facilities here in the community, uh the city moved forward with acquiring two

[50:17] adjacent commercial buildings located on Old Auburn Road, and this would help

[50:21] support future enhancements uh for animal services. In early 2025, Field

[50:26] Haven Felion Center, uh, a local nonprofit who had already been working

[50:30] with our animal services division, approached the city with a proposal that

[50:34] would help strengthen its relationship with the city. And that would provide

[50:37] for, uh, strategic uh, vital but limited services here in the city, focusing on

[50:43] our stray feral cap population, but also providing uh, education services here in

[50:48] the community and affordable services. So for orientation of where these

[50:53] buildings are. So this is Silven Corners on your left and if you go just up to

[50:59] the northeast of Silven Corners is where the old Auburn site is at the campus.

[51:04] 7555 is the building on the west and 7569 is the building on the east.

[51:12] So, proceeding with background history, in August of 2025, city council after um

[51:17] hearing a presentation from uh city manager Feny, city council authorized

[51:21] staff to enter into an agreement with Field Haven. However, directed staff to

[51:26] continue discussions with representation from all stakeholders here in the

[51:29] community on the services that would be provided through this partnership with

[51:32] Field Haven. And then at that same m meeting, city council also authorized uh

[51:38] an architectural engineering design services contract. And then shortly

[51:42] after, staff issued a task order to begin those architectural design

[51:46] services specifically to the old Auburn buildings with the focus at that time on

[51:50] the alternate building 7569 as that was identified for the city's future animal

[51:56] services. Then in January of this year, the city

[52:00] and Field Haven finally entered into an agreement after months of discussions uh

[52:04] for a preliminary pilot program with options to extend and transition to

[52:08] maybe more permanent services later on down the road utilizing the Westerly

[52:12] building known as 7555 Old Auburn Road, which is the item before you this

[52:16] evening. In anticipation of accepting Field Haven as a tenant, we had already

[52:21] started on some of those design services. um recognizing that any tenant

[52:25] that we would bring into that building is a means to be able to preserve our

[52:30] asset of that building um that we would have to do some level of tenant

[52:34] improvements. So at that time we identified improvements as floors, uh

[52:40] door replacements, constructing an ADA accessible restroom, uh looking at

[52:45] replacing the old single pane, uh windows, replacing ceiling tiles and

[52:50] lighting replacement, converting to LED, uh lightings and ballasts and minor

[52:55] electrical and plumbing. So this past August, we finalized our

[53:00] plans and specs and issued an RFP request for proposal to construct these

[53:05] tenant improvements identified within the plans. And in general, uh the plans

[53:09] included we separated it as a base bid which would be specifically for the

[53:13] floors. This is removing all of the old uh lenolum and carpet for sanitary

[53:18] purposes and based on any future services that would operate out of that

[53:21] building. uh also including replacing all the old doors, uh constructing uh

[53:27] one ADA accessible restroom, minor electrical and plumbing, an on-site ADA

[53:32] path from the public rideway to the building. We also included several

[53:36] additive alternatives. So, what this allows us for is flexibility that if we

[53:40] could not uh fund these items or or if it was deemed not necessary, we would be

[53:45] able to pull those items out. So, additive alternate one is replacing all

[53:49] of the ceiling tiles. Uh these would be replaced with what they're called

[53:52] cleanable washable based on not only the services that Field Haven would be

[53:55] providing out of that building but for future maintenance that would be

[53:59] provided by city staff. Uh ceiling tile, excuse me, ceiling light replacement LED

[54:04] conversion is additive of alternate number two. All the lights that are in

[54:06] there are old um fluorescent tubing which is no longer provided and

[54:11] supported. Uh as you go around all of our buildings, everything has been

[54:14] converted to LED for efficiency and for maintenance purposes. And then additive

[54:18] alternate three is full window replacement. Again, those are old single

[54:21] pane aluminum windows. And from an efficiency standpoint and safety and

[54:26] security, the recommendation would be to replace all the windows.

[54:31] So on August 31st, bids were received and read aloud as required by public

[54:35] works projects. And with American River Construction Incorporated being found as

[54:39] the most responsive responsible bidder, again, that base bid came in at

[54:43] $255,000. We also included a line item on there of

[54:47] 25,000 for supplemental. What that means is that provides essentially for that um

[54:53] contingency. So if we do have any uh change orders, we would be able to just

[54:57] pull from that 25,000. And then the additive alternate one for

[55:01] ceiling tiles came in at 24,000. Additive alternate two for the lights is

[55:05] 38,000 and additive alternate three for the windows is 115. total with a

[55:10] recommended 10% contingency and that supplemental comes to a not to exceed of

[55:14] $52,700. And I do want to also emphasize that

[55:20] because this is a public contract, this is all subject to prevailing wages. Um

[55:25] this is not just, you know, a general contractor that we can pull off the

[55:28] street and pay um you know, as we would maybe for our own home improvements.

[55:32] subject to prevailing wage and it's cons considerably more than what any one of

[55:36] us when we're having private work to get done.

[55:41] Justification of this project uh it's an investment for long-term uh fiscal

[55:45] benefit to the city. You know, we need to maintain this building that campus as

[55:49] an asset and we need to make sure that we're reducing our maintenance costs and

[55:52] level of effort moving forward by our own uh forces. And it also allows for

[55:57] flexibility later on down the road. So, you know, if for whatever reason,

[56:00] whether it's Field Haven, if they um decide to maybe this is not a good

[56:05] building that they want to stay in long term or another business comes in or if

[56:08] the city decides to sell it, it improves the value of that building and it makes

[56:12] that building essentially transferable to almost any use. The project also

[56:16] aligns with city council priority of maintaining enhancing fiscal stability

[56:20] while supporting operational excellence. So it works to achieve local control

[56:24] here in the community by providing these services or supporting these services

[56:27] with Field Haven. And then improves uh improvements will support Field Haven's

[56:32] operations again which are consistent with recommendations from the CAC. So

[56:36] develop options for sheltering. They will be able to provide sheltering

[56:39] services and fostering of uh cats that the uh animal services officers um

[56:44] retrieve from in the field or that are brought in from uh residents. identifies

[56:49] community partners with Field Haven and support promote existing programs within

[56:52] the local community. Encourages establishment of or cooperative efforts

[56:57] with Citrasites animal nonprofit groups. Again, Field Haven is a local nonprofit

[57:01] group. And work with the county or nonprofits in this case in specific

[57:06] neighborhoods where feral and stray cat populations are significant, which we

[57:09] continue to hear.

[57:12] So before you are the recommendations by staff, and I'm here to entertain any

[57:16] questions. All right, questions from my colleagues.

[57:22] » Uh, Council Member Schaefer, >> just for clarification, this is just for

[57:26] one of the two buildings, >> correct? This is just for the Westerly

[57:29] building, uh, which will be >> Just to reiterate, when it comes to the

[57:32] lighting, the lighting is obsolete and unavailable to

[57:36] to replace the existing fixtures. If we opted not to do this uh, long term, it

[57:45] it's still going to be an issue. Correct.

[57:50] » Question. >> Yes.

[57:52] » So this is just for the structure. Then we have to go to bid to do the interior.

[57:58] » This is for the interior for 7555. This is for the interior improvements.

[58:03] » So office space and that kind of you know walls that you're going to separate

[58:10] rooms. >> We are not separating anything. If the

[58:13] tenant chooses to move forward. I thought the tenant was going to

[58:16] temporarily op operate out of that 7555 until 69 was ready.

[58:21] » No. So 7555. Let me go back on the map. 7555 is in that circle. That is the

[58:28] Westerly building. That is Field Haven's building. They have since moved out into

[58:33] 7569 temporarily to um >> They were already in 69,

[58:38] » correct? Oh, >> correct. We moved them out about two

[58:40] weeks ago. >> We made some minor modifications with

[58:43] our own staff forces. They are in there now and they have uh advised as of last

[58:47] week that they intend to start surgeries as of September 21st.

[58:51] » Do we will we in the future need to do something to the six to the other

[58:54] building? >> That is correct. As indicated in the

[58:56] staff report, we have are near completion on the design for 7569 and we

[59:00] will look to advertise possibly in November, December.

[59:03] » What will Field Haven do while that construction's ongoing?

[59:06] » They will be in their building before we start construction. it will be back into

[59:10] 7555 and be able to be operable before we start our construction on the other

[59:14] building. That's why we're doing their work ahead of ours.

[59:16] » So, the permanent building is 55. >> Correct.

[59:19] » And ours is going to be 69. >> That is correct. 7569 is a bigger

[59:23] building. It's larger. It provides uh more space for our needs.

[59:27] » I was mixed up. I thought the 55 was the bigger building. So, 69 is

[59:30] » 69 is bigger. It also is more conducive. just waiting to see where we save money

[59:34] on our contract with the county because so far I don't you know I don't see that

[59:38] we've saved anything. So >> well it takes time and you know like

[59:41] they say you know have to spend money to save money and in this case we're going

[59:45] to have to spend money and to save those funds long term.

[59:49] » Um I have a question Regina. Um could you tell us if this was originally put

[59:56] into our budget that we we had just previously discussed? We did identify

[1:00:01] for last fiscal, we intended that we were going to actually spend the funds

[1:00:04] last fiscal. So, we saved those funds in anticipation for this uh of over

[1:00:09] $500,000 is what we programmed. That was the initial budget.

[1:00:12] » Okay. So, we just deferred action. >> Correct.

[1:00:15] » Okay. All right. Do my colleagues have additional questions?

[1:00:21] » All right. What is the pleasure of council?

[1:00:24] » I'll make the motion. See the motion.

[1:00:31] I'd like to make >> Council Member Schaefer, could you?

[1:00:34] Thank you. >> Thank you. I'd like to uh make a motion

[1:00:37] council adopt resolution 2026, a resolution of the city council of the

[1:00:41] city of Citrus Heights, California, authorizing city manager to execute an

[1:00:45] agreement with American River Construction Incorporated

[1:00:48] for the 755 Old Auburn Road tenant improvement project.

[1:00:55] » Okay, we have a motion. and second

[1:00:59] » and a second. And those in favor?

[1:01:04] » I. >> Any oppose?

[1:01:07] Okay, we are unanimous. Thank you. >> Thank you, Regina.

[1:01:14] » Yes. Thank you, Regina, for providing the report.

[1:01:21] » Okay. Our next item, please. >> Our next item is regular calendar item

[1:01:25] number 12. The subject is League of California Cities annual conference

[1:01:29] resolution and the recommendation is that the city council review the Cal

[1:01:34] city's resolution and provide direction to the city's voting delegate.

[1:01:41] » Good evening, mayor and council. Casey Kemp, our community development

[1:01:43] director. Um, this item was presented to the council on August 12th. Um, we had

[1:01:48] just received the the resolution and there was some questions that came up

[1:01:51] and so the council directed staff to come back uh and bring some more

[1:01:55] information. Uh you also received a public comment um at that meeting and

[1:01:59] it's include also included in your packet from uh Mr. Warren. Um so tonight

[1:02:03] the request is to provide direction to the Cal City's voting delegate which is

[1:02:07] council member Middleton um on the resolution before the annual business

[1:02:11] meeting. This resolution as proposed would evaluate um opportunities to

[1:02:18] reestablish local control as it relates to zoning and housing criteria. as we've

[1:02:23] seen over the years that uh legislature has eroded that um tool for us and it um

[1:02:28] there uh this resolution would allow Cal Cities to sort of feel it out, see if

[1:02:33] there's support for either a constitutional amendment or some other

[1:02:37] legislative approach to help restore that local control to the community. Um

[1:02:42] what it does not do is it does not place a ballot measure on on the ballot

[1:02:46] tomorrow. um it does not um commit to Cal's any specific future action. Um

[1:02:52] there will be it's a first step to seeing if it's possible and there will

[1:02:55] be a lot of opportunities for feedback between the league's uh policy committee

[1:02:59] and other uh league endeavors. So we're asking the council to um direct

[1:03:04] uh council Middleton to either support oppose or abstain from voting on the

[1:03:09] resolution uh in the next at the end of this month. We also have Charles

[1:03:13] Anderson is in attendance from the League of California Cities. uh he's

[1:03:16] available to answer any questions you may have and I'm happy to answer any

[1:03:18] questions you may have as well.

[1:03:22] » Thank you so much Casey. Do we have any initial questions um either for Casey or

[1:03:27] Go ahead Charles and come to the podium. Anyone have any specific questions about

[1:03:34] this particular item? >> Do you mind if I reiterate a couple

[1:03:40] things? >> Please.

[1:03:42] » Thank you, Charles. Thank you, Mayor Lopez. Taff. Um, I know that I I saw the

[1:03:48] um I saw the council meeting um where there the question was raised and the

[1:03:54] concern was that um if the resolution passes, it was almost a foregone

[1:03:59] conclusion that there would be some kind of constitutional amendment and that um

[1:04:05] that would be on the ballot. And then if that passed then what would be the

[1:04:09] consequences to the city regarding its own housing? Um, I just want to say

[1:04:14] that, um, in that resolution, it's very clear that what they're really asking is

[1:04:19] they're asking for the League of California Cities, uh, or they're saying

[1:04:23] should the League of California cities should form a statewide working group to

[1:04:28] evaluate and to gather all the information up to see whether or not we

[1:04:34] can uh, accomplish anything to restore local control through a constitutional

[1:04:38] amendment, through uh, legislation, through some policy and advoc acy

[1:04:43] related things or or whatever may be available to us as a as a a way to

[1:04:48] accomplish that. Um there are a lot of steps a lot of steps to get from if that

[1:04:55] passes that resolution passes at our general session at annual conference.

[1:05:00] There are a lot of steps that it would take to get to that point to where there

[1:05:05] was a feasible constitutional amendment. Um there are a lot of challenges to

[1:05:11] doing that. Um, it has to be something that we already know that the state uh

[1:05:16] the citizens of the state of California would support. Um, we would have to look

[1:05:20] at potential opposition. We'd have to raise a lot of money. Um, people

[1:05:27] probably have heard how expensive it is to have anything on the ballot. Um,

[1:05:32] there are just a lot of different things. And so we would also be looking

[1:05:35] at whether or not there's some legislation that could accomplish some

[1:05:39] of what we're looking at or or some there's some policies that we can get

[1:05:42] through maybe some you know the you through the state. Um, so I just want to

[1:05:48] make it clear that by supporting that resolution that alls it's really trying

[1:05:54] to do is to get the League of Cal authorize

[1:05:58] and direct the League of California cities to really focus on this issue of

[1:06:03] the state coming uh and basically doing a lot of

[1:06:09] u laws and that are favoring developers over the control of cities.

[1:06:16] and how do we combat that? And so that's really all it's it's trying I think

[1:06:20] they're trying to accomplish. >> Thank you for that clarification,

[1:06:24] Charles. Do we have any further questions um for Charles? Yeah, Dr.

[1:06:29] Jane. >> So over the years and you for sure this

[1:06:32] year and in the years before that we could see little by little the

[1:06:35] legislature passing bills that erode. We became a city so that we could have

[1:06:39] local control and we're losing this local control. you know, titch by titch

[1:06:43] by titch. Every time they pass a law that changes our zoning codes, it

[1:06:47] changes everything that we consider local. And so I I see the the

[1:06:52] frustration that some cities, especially the builder remedy cities that, you

[1:06:57] know, have just >> they buildings that don't fit in their

[1:07:01] plan. They don't fit the community. They don't match the community where they're

[1:07:05] being constructed and and the legislature doesn't care. So I think

[1:07:08] that somebody's got to look at it. You know, I'd hate to see this have to go to

[1:07:13] a ballot measure because it is expensive. But if we couldn't, you know,

[1:07:16] increase our lobbying efforts or something to, you know, stop what you're

[1:07:21] doing, do something different, but it doesn't seem that's working, does it?

[1:07:25] Doesn't seem that we they're listening. >> It's been it's definitely been an uphill

[1:07:29] battle for sure. Yes. >> So, anyways, I I kind of do support, you

[1:07:35] know, supporting the resolution so that we can at least get something going. We

[1:07:39] rattle the make a little noise.

[1:07:43] » Any other comments? >> Yeah, I think the state legislature has

[1:07:47] way too much time on their hands. >> May they need to go part-time.

[1:07:53] » That'd be nice. >> Well, that's not what we're voting on.

[1:07:56] » I know. >> Any other comments?

[1:08:00] » I don't know. What do you want me to do? >> All right. What's our recommendation?

[1:08:03] Did we have a public comment on this item? I know you were holding

[1:08:07] » it was actually for Okay, Mr. Anderson. >> Perfect. Perfect. All right. So, what is

[1:08:13] what is >> we direct our representative Porsche

[1:08:16] Middleton to vote yes on the resolution? >> I second.

[1:08:20] » And I support that as well. So, it sounds like we have direction to support

[1:08:26] this this particular item. >> Are we supposed to vote?

[1:08:30] » I can't imagine a city would say no to it. I just

[1:08:32] » I I would have been I would been very surprised if you were able to vote no on

[1:08:38] this. Uh >> we should probably thank the city of

[1:08:40] Muretta for bringing this forward. >> And Ryan, is that all that's required of

[1:08:44] us or our recommendation? >> I think a actual motion and vote would

[1:08:49] be in order to >> Okay. So, we had a motion

[1:08:53] » and a second >> and a second. All right. Let's go ahead

[1:08:55] and vote. Those in favor? I. Any opposed? All right. Now, it's official.

[1:09:01] Thank you. >> Thank you very much, Charles.

[1:09:03] » Charles.

[1:09:07] » All right. Next item, please.

[1:09:10] » Next item is items requested by council members or future agenda items.

[1:09:15] » All right. Do we have any requested items? Yes, Dr. Jana.

[1:09:18] » Well, I first have an announcement. She was supposed to come and she didn't

[1:09:21] come. Is Saturday is Battle of the Bands. And if you haven't got your

[1:09:24] tickets, you can get them. I think at the door they're $40. Go online. I think

[1:09:28] they're 32. And so it's all you can eat and drink and be merry. So, and you get

[1:09:33] to vote on the best band, the best food, and it's it it goes for the American

[1:09:37] Legion is the fundraiser. So, that with that announcement, I have a we had I

[1:09:42] think we all saw an email from u uh one of the residents who's concerned about

[1:09:47] the El Nino year >> and we saw that. And so, um, I would ask

[1:09:51] that we, and I I think Regina is nodding in her head, that we would get a

[1:09:56] presentation, if I can get a second, on how the city is preparing for, um, the

[1:10:00] event of an El Nino, uh, our flood water management, and how we would deal with

[1:10:05] potential flooding, our sandbags, and whatever else. And what we got a new

[1:10:09] FEMA designation or something. So, if I get a second, we could get a get a

[1:10:14] presentation before the winter sometime maybe in November or something.

[1:10:18] Uh, I spoke with Regina briefly on this and we'd like to bring it earlier,

[1:10:22] sooner than later before the storms start just to educate the community. So,

[1:10:25] we'll try to get that agenda to ASAP. >> Okay, great.

[1:10:27] » Perfect. Thank you. >> Thanks so much, staff, and thank you,

[1:10:29] Mary Jane, for seconding. >> All right, Vice Mayor.

[1:10:32] » Yeah. So, this is probably the first time I ever have anything, but there is

[1:10:34] this thing going around about Mako and it's um for home kitchens in the county.

[1:10:39] Um it would be it would allow for permitting if the county were to approve

[1:10:42] it to approve like um home kitchens um and the county would have to uh take the

[1:10:48] permitting fees but the any fallout that comes out of that would be on the cities

[1:10:51] to manage and I would like for uh staff if possible to look into that because

[1:10:56] there are some folks like um out in Folsam who are going putting up

[1:10:59] resolutions in support of and before we get to the point of doing anything in

[1:11:03] that direction I really want to know what that is about and how it would

[1:11:06] impact our city. >> I second

[1:11:10] I second that request. >> Thank you.

[1:11:13] » Perfect. I'm curious about that, too. So, thank you for bringing that up. Any

[1:11:17] other items, Tim? We can go three for three if you have one. Okay.

[1:11:22] All right. Perfect. We have our additional request. Uh, next item,

[1:11:27] please. Next item is city manager items. >> Good evening, Mayor, Council. Casey

[1:11:32] Kempar, your community development director, filling in for city manager

[1:11:35] Feny today. Uh, a few updates for you. So, tomorrow night, it's a busy week.

[1:11:40] Uh, tomorrow night is the elected officials reception here right across

[1:11:43] the hall. Um, it's from 5 to 7 pm. So, you can uh get to know your elected

[1:11:48] officials. Um, that's put on by put on by the chamber of commerce. So, if you

[1:11:52] are planning on attending, those out in the audience, you can RSVP on the

[1:11:55] chamber's website. Uh, we heard a little bit about 911

[1:12:00] today. It's hard to believe it was 25 years ago. Um, seems like yesterday. Um,

[1:12:06] but the Silven Cemetery every year does a a memorial um honoring those that were

[1:12:11] lost in that day. Um, so that's 7401 Auburn Boulevard um on Friday 8:15 a.m.

[1:12:17] Um, and I will be there to to be there as well.

[1:12:23] Uh, a little more fun on um next Friday, the 18th is Citrus Nights. The second

[1:12:28] one this year. Um, it's been a great turnout, great showing. Everyone's had a

[1:12:32] good time. This time it's a country uh band called Moonshine Crazy. They're

[1:12:36] supposed to be really good. Um we'll have our food trucks there again, lawn

[1:12:40] games. It's a great family-friendly experience. Uh there's also 360°ree

[1:12:44] photo booth experience. Um the chamber will be um providing a uh beer and wine

[1:12:49] garden. If you are coming out again on um September 18th, it's from 6:00 to 900

[1:12:55] p.m. Parking is at city hall, Dony Medical Building, um Craise Police

[1:13:00] Department, and along Stock Ranch Road. So, hope to see everyone there.

[1:13:05] Uh, and then, uh, lastly, the se second meeting in September, uh, will not be

[1:13:10] held because, um, the council will be at the League of California Cities

[1:13:13] conference talking about the business we just talked about. So, our next um,

[1:13:17] council meeting will be October 14th, 2026.

[1:13:21] That's all I have. Just want to remind everybody,

[1:13:25] everybody's complaining about mosquitoes and the and citruses. I see a lot on

[1:13:30] social media. I hear people complaining about it. Um, remember to uh to use um I

[1:13:37] use the the mosquito repellent. Um it is kind of a bad year. I did have uh

[1:13:44] mosquito vector control come out and inspect my house. They didn't find any

[1:13:47] standing water or anything, but uh but nonetheless, they're bad.

[1:13:51] » They leave a trap for you. Did they leave?

[1:13:54] » So u so I just would uh and it's the weather should be perfect. It's going to

[1:13:59] be about 80 degrees for the high for citrus nights next Friday night.

[1:14:04] » Um so it should be the weather should be really really nice. Uh but just remember

[1:14:09] fight the bite. >> I would tag on to that that we had a

[1:14:12] little split of rain one night and that's just enough rain to to fill up a

[1:14:17] bottle cap that the mosquitoes will def definitely multiply in a bottle cap. So

[1:14:22] check around your yard, your properties for any standing water, even if it's in

[1:14:26] a in a draining dish of a potted plant, you know, so it's u it's not just big

[1:14:31] waddies of water. It's sometimes little teeny bodies of water. So and use

[1:14:35] repellent, especially if you come to citrus nights

[1:14:39] » and we have some repellent available there. So um but yeah, people were

[1:14:44] complaining at the thing. I go over and get some repellent. I even got a bite on

[1:14:49] my fa I put repellent all over me and I got a bite on my face.

[1:14:53] » Oh goodness. Well, with that that bit of advice, we'll call our meeting

[1:14:58] adjourned. Thank you.

Regular City Council Meeting September 9, 2026

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