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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.
[9:44] two
[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.