[0:01] >> call to order the regular meeting
[0:02] for february 4th, 2025.
[0:05] city clerk, roll call,
[0:08] please.
[0:09] >> [ roll being called ]
[0:17] >> we will
[0:18] go ahead and move on to invocation
[0:20] and flag salute. Councilmember breitenbucher.
[0:26] >>
[0:28] ready. Salute.
[0:29] >> I pledge allegiance
[0:31] to the flag of the united states of america
[0:32] and to the republic for which it stands
[0:34] one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for
[0:35] all.
[0:41] >> let's
[0:44] bow our heads.
[0:45] >> we thank you
[0:46] for this day. Thank you for the rain.
[0:47] we
[0:50] pray that it goes to the right
[0:53] places and fills the reservoirs and helps
[0:56] the state stay
[0:59] in its water regulation.
[1:04] we thank you for the first responders
[1:05] down south who put their lives
[1:07] on the line to protect life and property.
[1:08] we are grateful that they are
[1:10] coming back and that those fires are
[1:11] being mitigated.
[1:13] lord, we just pray now for this council
[1:14] for
[1:16] wisdom as we go through the agenda
[1:20] , and help us to lead this city
[1:23] . We pray for the people that are here.
[1:26] thank them for coming out and
[1:29] being involved . We pray now for
[1:32] your blessings
[1:35] for
[1:36] the city, the staff, the employees,
[1:37] and our citizens as we continue. We
[1:38] just
[1:41] pray that
[1:43] , thank you for life in the precious
[1:44] gift you have
[1:47] given us. In christ's name, amen.
[1:50] >>
[1:52] thank you, council member breitenbucher.
[1:59] now we will go ahead
[2:00] and continue to agenda review and
[2:01] supplemental reports.
[2:02] >> mayor, we
[2:03] have the following supplemental
[2:04] reports. Item d1. We have a powerpoint
[2:05] update by city staff
[2:08] . As far as agenda review,
[2:10] all city council meetings shall be
[2:11] conducted in orderly and efficient
[2:12] manner without willful disruption
[2:14] by any person or persons in attendance.
[2:16] the city has also adopted a decorum
[2:17] policy that governs
[2:20] meetings, which states that all city
[2:21] council
[2:23] meeting attendees shall refrain from
[2:24] behavior that
[2:26] disrupts or threatens to disrupt
[2:37] city government operations. This includes
[2:38] but not limited to harassment and/or
[2:39] intimidation of
[2:40] city staff, elected officials, or members of
[2:41] the public. Please be advised should
[2:42] disruption
[2:43] occur, a member of the city council
[2:44] shall issue the person or persons
[2:45] an initial warning. Should a second
[2:47] disruption occur by the same person
[2:48] or persons, a
[2:49] member of the city council shall ask
[2:50] the person or persons to leave the
[2:52] meeting. That is all I have for you
[2:53] tonight.
[2:54] >> okay.
[2:59] let's go ahead and move on to disclosure
[3:00] of ex parte
[3:02] communications. Anything?
[3:13] okay. Seeing none from the council,
[3:14] we will go ahead and go to presentations.
[3:16] the council can join me up in the
[3:17] front.
[3:18] >> presentations. A1. Present
[3:19] a proclamation
[3:20] proclaiming february 4th, 2025. And
[3:21] tonight we have dr.
[3:26] singh to accept the proclamation.
[4:06] >>
[4:08] whereas, on february 4, 1986, four unarmed and peaceful sikh
[4:17] students, baldhir singh, jhilman singh,
[4:18] and harminder singh were killed
[4:19] by state police in punjab, india, in an
[4:21] unprovoked firing, while
[4:23] participating in protest against the desecration of sikh
[4:27] scripture "sri guru granth
[4:29] sahib" considered by all sikhs to be the final, supreme and
[4:31] living guru after the lineage of 10 sikh gurus;
[4:35] and whereas, the state government
[4:36] constituted a commission of
[4:38] judicial inquiry headed by a renowned
[4:41] jurist on this incident of extra-judicial killings.
[4:48] >> the justice gurnam singh
[4:51] commission of inquiry submitted
[4:53] and not even a single perpetrator
[4:54] has been brought to justice today.
[4:57] families
[4:58] have been fighting for the truth --
[5:00] [ inaudible ]
[5:02] accountability and closure for over
[5:03] 39 years. And --
[5:07] >> whereas, this incident has now
[5:09] also received international
[5:11] attention as dr. Cheema, member of
[5:13] united nations global steering committee of osapg, has raised
[5:18] it on various international
[5:21] forums; and
[5:22] >> now therefore I, gary singh, mayor
[5:23] of the
[5:26] city
[5:27] of manteca on behalf of the city council
[5:28] stand in solidarity and empathy with
[5:29] the
[5:32] families and victims
[5:33] in their pursuit of justice. I do
[5:34] hereby proclaim february 4th, 2025
[5:35] as saka
[5:38] nakodar day.
[5:47] >>
[5:50] sir?
[5:53] >> I didn't want to get
[5:56] in his way.
[6:04] >> thank you, mayor. Thank you, city
[6:05] council. I'm going to
[6:08] start with greetings.
[6:11] we are
[6:14] extremely grateful to
[6:17] mayor mayor singh and the city council
[6:20] to recognize the very fourth
[6:23] as saka nakodar day
[6:26] . Why? Why it
[6:28] is important to remember these atrocities
[6:32] ? It is black awareness
[6:35] month too.
[6:41] you know, our pains are the same.
[6:42] our circumstances might be different.
[6:44] my brother
[6:51] , who was a pre-engineering student
[6:52] who wanted
[6:55] to be an electrical engineer
[6:58] --he was 19
[7:01] .
[7:04] and they were completely unarmed
[7:07] doing a peaceful protest
[7:10] . And there are rules
[7:13] and regulations to open
[7:16] the live fire .
[7:19] you need a judicial permission . You
[7:22] need to give a verbal warning
[7:25] . You need to start
[7:27] with a minimum amount of force. You
[7:28] need to declare
[7:31] the assembly unlawful. Nothing
[7:34] was done. They
[7:37] opened live fire , and my brother
[7:40] , who was
[7:42] in the five up front --he was the
[7:43] first one who got martyred
[7:46] that day for doing a
[7:48] peaceful protest against the sacrilege
[7:52] . It did not
[7:55] end there.
[7:58] the other two
[8:01] --he was uncle of this
[8:04] girl who is standing next to me
[8:07] . And
[8:10] singh. They were not shot at the same
[8:13] point . They were shot
[8:16] more than a kilometer away
[8:19] . And
[8:22] the farm where they were taking refuge
[8:25] . Didn't end there.
[8:31] a second year student.
[8:34] he was --
[8:37] they challenge him by name.
[8:40] the station
[8:43] house officer and
[8:49] --in his mouth and shot him
[8:52] at point-blank. All four were brought
[8:53] to
[8:55] the hospital for autopsies
[8:58] . They
[8:59] date of their autopsies in the dark
[9:01] of the night. And when the doctors
[9:02] went to do
[9:04] the autopsies , you will be
[9:07] shocked to know that
[9:13] ravinder was still alive. He
[9:15] was still alive, so the doctors took
[9:16] him to the hospital , tried to
[9:19] treat him, but the police took over
[9:22] , and they took him to another hospital
[9:25] . If it
[9:27] happened in tracy, we will take them
[9:28] to sacramento
[9:31] to a different hospital.
[9:33] and when they went to the other hospital,
[9:34] the doctors
[9:37] --the
[9:39] police made sure while they were taking
[9:40] him to the other hospital that he
[9:41] is
[9:43] dead. It didn't end there.
[9:46] next morning, my father , who was 39
[9:50] --only one from the
[9:53] four families was
[9:54] able to get into the city while the
[9:55] city was under curfew. He went to
[9:59] the hospital
[10:00] , identified his son, asked for his
[10:02] body for his
[10:04] permission. He was told to go to the
[10:05] police station . In the meantime,
[10:08] police took all four bodies
[10:13] . Kerosene fuel to burn them all.
[10:17] my dad
[10:18] sat in front of the police station,
[10:20] started a
[10:23] protest
[10:26] . A commission
[10:29] was constituted.
[10:31] it was a retired high court justice
[10:33] who gave his report to the state government
[10:39] on the 31st of october, 1986. And
[10:41] the rule of law states
[10:42] once a report is submitted to the state,
[10:44] and needs to be played
[10:46] in the state assembly within six months
[10:50] of submission .
[10:53] and a report needs to
[10:56] be issued. 39
[10:59] years. 39 years till this day
[11:02] that report
[11:05] hasn't been acted upon.
[11:08] that is why it
[11:10] is important to remember these days
[11:15] . And then when my father applied underwriting
[11:16] information for the report, guess
[11:17] what
[11:20] they told.
[11:22] this never happened. We never killed anyone.
[11:26] this has been brought
[11:28] into both houses of the parliament
[11:29] in india
[11:34] . Upper and lower. The state assembly.
[11:35] the governor
[11:36] of the state. The president of india.
[11:40] we went to the high court. Nothing.
[11:44] so
[11:45] that is when we came to the global
[11:47] communities to raise the global awareness.
[11:48] our
[11:50] case --
[11:53] in 2022. U.s. Congress
[11:56] declared february as
[12:01] saka nakodar debuted on june 13th
[12:02] of last year, california
[12:04] state assembly recognized saka nakodar
[12:05] day for the fourth of
[12:07] february. And I am so , so thankful
[12:08] to
[12:11] you all to shed the light
[12:14] on this atrocity.
[12:16] declare itself as the biggest democracy.
[12:20] but they don't follow
[12:22] the rule of law. Thank you so much
[12:23] for listening. I
[12:26] appreciate you.
[12:35] >> I would like everyone to come here
[12:36] in
[12:37] the picture. Whoever is sitting. [
[12:38] inaudible
[12:41] ]
[13:30] >> I just want to briefly think everyone, the
[13:31] citizens of manteca,
[13:32] for your patience and for your love
[13:34] for everyone . Just a couple years
[13:38] ago
[13:40] city councilmember singh got together
[13:43] . Sharon washington. She came.
[13:46] and the key
[13:49] feeling then was
[13:52] we can breathe. Talking
[13:55] with
[13:57] george floyd and the very sad killing
[13:58] of him
[14:01] by the police by sitting on his neck. Although
[14:03] these incidents are very far apart
[14:07] , the floyd incident is
[14:09] no less important, but it is nothing
[14:10] compared to being shot
[14:16] in
[14:18] your mouth and being dragged to a
[14:19] hospital miles and miles away so you
[14:20] could
[14:21] die. I believe today our city spoke
[14:28] . America spoke.
[14:30] and as long as we continue to speak
[14:31] and recognize each other's pain and
[14:33] love, no one can fail us and we will
[14:34] never fail.
[14:37] >> [ applause
[14:40] ]
[15:01] >>
[15:02] okay, mayor and council. That will bring
[15:04] us to item a2.
[15:07] black history month. Today we have
[15:12] gwen from the senior center along
[15:13] with tyler from the recreation services
[15:14] department
[15:17] to accept.
[15:35] she
[15:37] just lost 30 seconds.
[15:38] >> whereas, national black history
[15:40] month in february affords special opportunity to become
[15:41] more
[15:42] knowledgeable about black heritage and to honor the many
[15:44] black leaders who have
[15:45] contributed to the progress of our nation.
[15:49] african americans have played a significant role in the history
[15:51] of our nation and california's economic,
[15:53] cultural, spiritual, and
[15:56] political development while
[15:58] working tirelessly to promote their culture and history; and
[16:03] >> whereas, black history month is
[16:05] an occasion to rediscover the
[16:06] enduring stories of african americans and the gifts of
[16:08] freedom, purpose and
[16:09] opportunity they have bestowed on future generations,
[16:11] black history month is american
[16:14] history; and
[16:17] >>
[16:18] whereas, black history month reminds us to continue to fight
[16:19] for justice and equality and should be
[16:22] a uniting call to our nation to continue to work for a more
[16:26] diverse, supportive, inclusive, and protective
[16:29] union; and
[16:31] >> whereas, black history month is
[16:33] a call to each and every citizen of our great community
[16:35] to reflect
[16:36] on the cultural, scientific, political, and economic
[16:41] contributions of african
[16:44] americans, which are woven
[16:45] throughout american society. We remember, learn from, and
[16:47] build on the past, so that,
[16:48] together, we can build a better and more
[16:49] prosperous future for all americans; and
[16:52] now, therefore, I, gary singh, mayor of the city of manteca,
[16:56] on behalf of city council, do hereby proclaim february 2025,
[17:00] as black history month. We call upon public officials,
[17:04] educators,
[17:06] librarians, and all the residents to take part in
[17:08] programs, ceremonies, and
[17:10] activities to enrich this shared
[17:12] american history.
[17:19] >> [ applause ]
[17:30] >> hello, everyone.
[17:39] my name is tyler, and I am
[17:40] a recreation supervisor for the recreation
[17:41] community services department. I work
[17:42] at the senior center,
[17:43] and we have worked with grace on a
[17:45] variety of programs at our
[17:48] senior center
[17:53] , and so she is going to now bring
[17:54] us black history month celebration.
[17:55] in
[17:56] recognition of february's black history month
[18:00] , she is
[18:01] going to give you a little more details about
[18:03] what will be going on. But we
[18:04] have flyers here. It will be on tuesday,
[18:06] fibber 25th, at the
[18:07] senior center, so we welcome you all
[18:09] to join us.
[18:10] >> thank you,
[18:15] tyler.
[18:16] my name is gwendolyn grace, and this
[18:18] is the second year we will
[18:19] be celebrating black history at the
[18:20] senior center this year. We invite
[18:21] you all to come
[18:22] out. We're going to have music, dancing, food,
[18:24] trivia, giveaways
[18:30] , and biographies and some videos.
[18:31] so it
[18:32] should be a good time. We invite you
[18:33] all to come out.
[18:36] thank you.
[18:41] >> [ applause ]
[18:51] >> okay. That will bring us our last
[18:52] presentation item, a3, certificate
[18:55] of recognition to
[18:58] robert
[19:01] desruisseau
[19:07] .
[19:19] >> right in front.
[19:22] right here.
[19:28] look
[19:31] at that.
[19:34] [ inaudible ]
[19:40] >> top 10 in the country.
[19:43] this one is for
[19:45] winning the national [ inaudible ]
[19:49] >>
[19:52] [ laughter ]
[19:55] >> all right. So we want
[19:56] to
[19:57] give this certificate of recognition
[19:58] presented to robert desruissea
[20:00] . For your outstanding
[20:13] achievement in bmx racing. Your hard
[20:14] work and commitment to
[20:16] excellence have not only brought you
[20:19] personal success but have also inspired
[20:22] those around you. We honor
[20:23] your accomplishments and celebrate
[20:25] your passion. Thank you.
[20:28] everybody, round of applause.
[20:29] >> [
[20:30] applause
[20:31] ]
[20:34] champion. Got more
[20:37] than me.
[20:40] [ inaudible ] come on. You got
[20:43] to.
[20:46] >> tell me how you got there.
[20:52] >> it is all thanks to my coach,
[20:54] rick. He has been training me for
[20:55] the past three years. I would
[20:57] be like this right now if it wasn't
[20:58] for him.
[20:59] >> nice.
[21:01] how hard was it?
[21:04] >> [ applause ]
[21:07] >> it was hard getting to
[21:09] maines. I had to race about 50 people
[21:10] .
[21:16] >>
[21:19] where was it
[21:22] ?
[21:23] >> oklahoma. >> wow. All right.
[21:28] did you have fun?
[21:29] >> yeah.
[21:33] >> all right. Well, congratulations,
[21:35] and thank you for doing this. Do
[21:36] you want to say a few words? You can
[21:38] probably tell us a
[21:41] lot more.
[21:43] >> you know, robert started off a
[21:44] little rough this season. He
[21:45] had a really bad crash at the beginning
[21:47] of the year, and then he just
[21:48] kind of picked it up and he did not
[21:50] lose after that. He
[21:53] just won, won, and won
[21:54] and then it came to the northern california
[21:56] series. You can see he won
[21:59] it all. And this
[22:00] is the state trophy for the finals
[22:03] where he ended up finishing first
[22:05] overall at the finals.
[22:07] and then they take the top 10 from
[22:08] each
[22:10] state and they take him to, to race
[22:11] a race
[22:14] called race of champions, which
[22:17] he won
[22:19] the race of champions. And he got
[22:20] really lucky because
[22:21] the girl from columbia was right behind
[22:23] him. Right behind him.
[22:25] and she was right behind him again
[22:26] over
[22:29] in grands.
[22:32] and that was the race
[22:33] for four days. The first two days
[22:35] is roc and the next two days
[22:36] is grants. He had a very unfortunate
[22:38] accident when he went for the west
[22:39] coast finals. He crashed. And he was
[22:41] overall had to finish
[22:44] fifth. He would have been
[22:45] first overall. But because of the
[22:47] crash, he finished
[22:48] third overall in the west coast gold
[22:50] cup finals.
[22:53] but other than that, he won everything.
[22:56] just amazing. As a dad, that is,
[22:58] like, the rockstar win.
[22:59] >> [ applause
[23:02] ]
[23:05] >> I
[23:06] just want to thank you for reaching
[23:08] out. I'm glad we were able to give
[23:11] you a little bit today
[23:14] . We have a champion among us. Congratulations
[23:15] for all of your efforts and bringing
[23:16] the trophy home to manteca. Thank
[23:20] you again.
[23:22] you have a lot of bling, but I will
[23:23] give you another one
[23:24] here. It is one of our official pens.
[23:26] take over now. Sure.
[23:28] >> another kid too that is being looked
[23:29] at.
[23:32] he is a kid with
[23:35] autism. And he is
[23:36] verbal, but he is eight or nine years
[23:38] old. He basically trains with robert
[23:39] all
[23:40] the time, and he finished exactly
[23:41] as robert
[23:44] . And his name is alejandra.
[23:47] and he definitely deserves to
[23:50] be up here too.
[23:52] and I know I did not mention him before,
[23:53] but I just thought of
[23:55] it right now. This little kid with autism
[23:59] . It was crazy.
[24:00] from his first straight race, john
[24:02] anderson was setting up cones to make
[24:03] sure
[24:04] he could follow the straight line
[24:05] and not crash into people. Two years,
[24:07] three years later , he is winning
[24:11] it all.
[24:53] [ inaudible
[24:56] ]
[25:35] >> all right.
[25:38] that was good. Congratulations to everyone.
[25:41] and we
[25:44] will go on to
[25:47] public comments.
[25:50] >> mayor, at this time, you may call
[25:53] for public
[25:56] comment for items not listed on the
[25:58] agenda via zoom webinar or in person.
[25:59] public comment is limited to three
[26:00] minutes per
[26:02] person.
[26:03] >> okay.
[26:05] are there any
[26:06] comments on items that are not listed
[26:08] on the agenda tonight?
[26:11] anybody on zoom?
[26:17] >> I have no hands raised. >> okay.
[26:20] and anybody
[26:22] in public like to speak on any items
[26:23] that are not on
[26:26] the agenda?
[26:29] all right. Here is your
[26:32] final chance.
[26:34] see nine, we will go ahead and move
[26:35] onto the next item. Consent.
[26:41] councilmember lackey .
[26:44] >>
[26:47] c 7.
[26:50] >> councilmember
[26:53] breitenbucher.
[26:54] >> nothing. >> councilmember
[26:56] morowit.
[26:57] >>
[26:59] c 7.
[27:00] >> okay. And vice mayor.
[27:02] >> let's do
[27:05] c
[27:08] 8.
[27:09] >> I think you just wanted to do it.
[27:17] >> all right. Okay. If I can
[27:19] have --I don't have anything. If I
[27:21] can have a motion for
[27:22] items not pulled. Okay. I have a motion
[27:24] from vice mayor halford. All in
[27:27] favor
[27:30] . Motion carries. 5-0.
[27:33] >> adopt a
[27:34] resolution approving a budget appropriation
[27:36] for major equipment
[27:37] purchase fee fund for the purchase
[27:39] of five
[27:41] new fully outfitted marked patrol
[27:42] vehicles
[27:43] for an amount not to exceed $510,000
[27:45] and authorizing
[27:50] city manager or designee to sign all necessary
[27:52] documents to effectuate the agreement.
[27:54] we have chief of police stephen
[27:57] .
[27:58] >>
[27:59] do you want to present something or do
[28:00] you want me to see if
[28:02] councilmember lackey has a question?
[28:03] >> we will go
[28:06] with the question.
[28:07] >> council
[28:08] member lackey .
[28:09] >> so my question
[28:10] is , we are going to
[28:12] be purchasing
[28:17] five new fully outfitted patrol vehicles.
[28:18] can
[28:19] you just kind of give us an idea?
[28:21] I know it says the equipment purchase
[28:22] fee fund. A little bit about the acquisition
[28:24] of these vehicles?
[28:25] >> sure. What they
[28:27] are using right now is the
[28:30] vehicle fee fund
[28:32] , however, without measure q being passed
[28:35] , we would usually wait until the
[28:36] beginning of
[28:38] the budget season, but due to measure
[28:39] q passing
[28:43] and projected revenues for that and
[28:45] the immediate need for the vehicles today
[28:48] , we are putting it on
[28:51] the agenda . It takes quite
[28:54] some time to get a vehicle
[29:00] . And it goes by purchase order date.
[29:01] you
[29:02] cannot get a purchase order date until it
[29:03] passes. So if you're looking at
[29:04] getting a vehicle through the regular
[29:05] budget cycle, once a budget passes
[29:09] , then we would be able to
[29:17] put in a purchase order and get those
[29:18] vehicles. And a lot of
[29:19] the time there's --everyone is around
[29:21] the same time trying to get vehicles.
[29:23] and so that pushes out with who we
[29:24] get
[29:25] the vehicles from. And so being able
[29:27] to do it now kind of puts us in
[29:28] front of the eight ball instead of
[29:30] behind it.
[29:33] thank you.
[29:34] >> any
[29:36] other questions? Councilmember
[29:42] morowit.
[29:43] >> I don't
[29:44] have much to add from what council
[29:45] member lackey has said. I will just
[29:46] say that
[29:47] I want to emphasize that this is one
[29:48] of the things we talked
[29:49] about with the passing of measure
[29:51] q for the
[29:52] additional sales tax even though we
[29:53] are not collecting it yet. We are
[29:54] able to
[29:57] get these vehicles on the ground
[29:59] and into the police station as the
[30:00] chief has said.
[30:02] it takes a long time to get these
[30:03] ordered and we are usually constrained
[30:04] by
[30:06] budget times.
[30:08] so this was a great win for the city,
[30:09] and we wanted
[30:11] to show you that we needed this immediately. I
[30:12] know there's been some accidents and
[30:13] some things that happened with vehicles
[30:15] and we have mishaps and worn out parts.
[30:16] so
[30:17] to be able to purchase when we actually
[30:18] need them
[30:20] immediately and not wait until a budget
[30:21] cycle is very important. It
[30:23] is not uncommon for an officer to arrive
[30:24] in a
[30:25] vehicle and that is only because there
[30:27] is not a vehicle for the second
[30:29] officer. So this is much better for
[30:30] the city to get these
[30:33] vehicles purchased and with the measure
[30:34] q
[30:35] funds coming sometime next year or
[30:36] this year
[30:42] --later in the year --we are able
[30:43] to do
[30:44] this. It's great. Thank you.
[30:45] >> okay.
[30:46] anybody else in the council want
[30:47] to say anything? Councilmember halford?
[30:48] or vice mayor. Sorry.
[30:51] >> I will just say it
[30:52] is good to be able to do this early.
[30:54] the lead time on units
[30:57] and equipment --you'll be lucky if
[30:58] you have them
[30:59] on the road in six months. The lead
[31:00] time is incredible.
[31:06] needless to say, they are not cheap.
[31:07] they
[31:08] never were, but they have gotten really expensive
[31:11] . The last few years. Good move. Good
[31:12] use of the money.
[31:15] I would just reiterate what council
[31:16] said
[31:18] already.
[31:20] thank you to chief and the staff to
[31:21] proactively look into
[31:24] purchasing these
[31:26] and kind of getting ahead of the curve.
[31:27] with
[31:30] that, I will entertain a motion.
[31:33] >> second.
[31:39] >> okay. I have a motion from vice
[31:41] mayor halford and a second from councilmember
[31:42] morowit. All in favor. Motion
[31:45] carries, 5-0. C 8.
[31:46] >> adopt
[31:48] a resolution , one, changing the name
[31:49] of capital
[31:51] improvement project 2401 from public
[31:52] safety facility feasibility study
[31:54] to the
[31:57] manteca police department headquarters.
[32:00] two, amending the fiscal year
[32:03] 24-25 budget and capital
[32:04] improvement program to appropriate
[32:07] $4,600,000 from government facility
[32:09] fee fund toward capital improvement project
[32:12] 24071
[32:15] . Three, award lpa
[32:22] incorporated the requested proposal
[32:23] for architecture and engineering services
[32:24] for the new manteca
[32:25] police department headquarters for
[32:27] an amount not to exceed $4,600,000
[32:30] . Four, update the location from
[32:32] 24 360 west yosemite avenue to a location
[32:35] to be determined by the police headquarters
[32:36] ad hoc committee
[32:39] and authorize the city manager
[32:42] to sign the agreement and any
[32:43] associated documents. We have chief
[32:45] of police stephen.
[32:46] >> all right. I
[32:47] will
[32:48] start with
[32:50] --
[32:51] >> he doesn't need to do a report.
[32:52] >> I just pulled it
[32:54] to say
[32:56] it is very gratifying to see we are
[32:57] making positive, concrete progress
[32:59] on building a new police department.
[33:02] we moved into this one here in july
[33:03] of 1976.
[33:06] yes, I was there.
[33:07] >> I wasn't
[33:09] on earth.
[33:10] >> we have added to it
[33:12] three times .
[33:15] we are overcrowded again.
[33:17] and so it is not probably the best
[33:18] design in the world.
[33:21] honestly, it wasn't when they built it
[33:24] the first time because they had
[33:26] waist high windows facing the parking lot.
[33:34] so,
[33:35] thank you to the public for passing
[33:36] measure q, which will help fund this,
[33:37] as
[33:40] will the
[33:42] fees and other revenue sources. I'm
[33:43] thankful we
[33:44] are making concrete progress and getting
[33:46] it done while I'm still on
[33:49] the city council
[33:52] hopefully.
[33:53] >> we're going to go for
[33:54] it. Anybody else on the council?
[33:55] >>
[33:56] I just want to
[33:58] reiterate what the
[34:00] vice mayor just said. It is a great accompaniment.
[34:03] once again, this only can happen because of
[34:04] measure
[34:07] q because we are able to get
[34:09] the funds to be able to start the
[34:10] work. So once again,
[34:11] this is your tax dollars at work.
[34:13] and I appreciate the ad hoc
[34:15] committee's work . And we will see
[34:16] what
[34:18] they come up with as a location. Stay
[34:19] tuned.
[34:20] >> yeah. I'm
[34:21] very excited to get this moving and
[34:22] hopefully see this place built
[34:25] . And I know the ad hoc
[34:29] with me and vice mayor will be busy
[34:31] for the next few months to
[34:33] get this going with the chief. Thank
[34:34] you to get to
[34:36] this point. I will open it up for
[34:37] public comment.
[34:38] sorry I did not do that in the last
[34:40] one. Anybody wanting to
[34:43] tell us anything about
[34:46] --this item.
[34:52] all right.
[34:55] okay. With
[34:56] that, I will go ahead and bring it
[34:57] back to council. I will entertain
[34:58] a motion.
[35:01] >> second.
[35:03] >> okay. A motion from vice mayor
[35:04] and a second from
[35:07] council member
[35:10] breitenbucher.
[35:11] all in favor, say aye. Motion passes,
[35:13] 5-0.
[35:18] d 1.
[35:19] >> conduct a public hearing and
[35:20] adopt a
[35:21] resolution approving the water capacity
[35:22] fee nexus study setting charges for
[35:23] the water capacity fee updated
[35:24] water meter installation fee and interim
[35:29] residential a new connection fee and
[35:30] authorize the city manager or does
[35:31] it
[35:32] need to take all appropriate actions
[35:34] necessary to
[35:36] carry out the purpose and intent of
[35:37] the resolution
[35:40] ,
[35:41] wave the first reading by substitution
[35:43] of the title, and introduce an ordinance
[35:44] of
[35:45] the city council of the city of manteca
[35:47] , state of california repealing and
[35:49] replacing chapters 13.0 4.010
[35:54] meter is required and 13.0 4.020 rules
[35:57] and regulations. We have deputy director
[35:58] of
[36:00] engineering for you.
[36:01] >> good evening
[36:02] ,
[36:04] mayor, to the council members.
[36:07] let me just start
[36:10] off with deputy director of engineering.
[36:11] let
[36:13] me just start off to get this off
[36:14] the
[36:15] plate. These are not the user rates.
[36:19] these are developer fees that developers
[36:22] will be paying. So
[36:23] the items I'm bringing forth tonight
[36:25] do not impact
[36:28] regular users.
[36:34] so with that cleared, I will go ahead
[36:35] and
[36:37] get started.
[36:42] so as you guys are aware, these are
[36:43] capacity fees. Any type of
[36:44] fee structure that we put together require
[36:46] a lot of data
[36:51] . It feels like these are all kind of
[36:52] coming in together around the
[36:54] same time. But we have been working
[36:55] on these for a long time.
[36:57] it all started with the 2023 general plan
[37:01] . The last time these capacity fees
[37:02] were
[37:03] looked at was back in 2008. So we
[37:04] had to wait for the general plan
[37:06] to tell us what the future growth
[37:07] projections were.
[37:10] the general plan for
[37:13] 2043 was
[37:15] approved back in july 2023 with the
[37:16] general
[37:19] plan approved
[37:21] within started working on the master
[37:22] plan. So the master plans for
[37:25] the water system was approved on march 2024
[37:28] ,
[37:30] and with that, we then had to make
[37:31] sure we had the most
[37:33] recent and up-to-date information.
[37:34] so we had to wait for a
[37:37] lot of audit to be
[37:40] caught up. So those are kind of the
[37:42] data sources we got all the information
[37:43] to plug into these rates. It wasn't
[37:44] like
[37:46] we were just waiting around
[37:48] . There were lots of data. Lots of
[37:49] reports. Lots of
[37:51] studies that had to be before we could
[37:52] move forward with these
[37:55] capacity fee calculations
[37:58] [ inaudible ] developers.
[38:01] so there is
[38:03] typically three different types of approaches
[38:04] for putting together
[38:07] a capacity
[38:10] fee. There is a buy in
[38:11] approach. There is an incremental
[38:12] and there is a hybrid approach. For
[38:13] the water system, because
[38:16] we do have access
[38:19] available capacity , the best
[38:22] approach to
[38:25] was the buy in approach.
[38:30] when you're looking at an incremental
[38:31] approach, that is where your system
[38:33] is kind of maxed out. There is no
[38:34] additional access
[38:39] capacity. Then you would be looking
[38:40] at an incremental approach. A hybrid
[38:41] approach
[38:42] would be you have some excess capacity.
[38:43] you could be in trouble in the next
[38:45] five years or so. Looking at our water
[38:46] system, this was
[38:54] feedback from our water master plan,
[38:55] which showed we do have excess capacity,
[38:56] and therefore the buy in approaches
[38:58] the most accurate way to do it. I
[38:59] do have
[39:00] a little bit of math just to show
[39:01] that a lot of numbers
[39:04] went into this.
[39:07] so just to kind of make it very simple,
[39:10] it really comes down to what because
[39:11] we
[39:12] are using the buy in approach --it
[39:13] comes down to what the value
[39:15] of your system is divided by your
[39:16] actual max
[39:21] . So just a quick calculation to show
[39:22] how some of these numbers are
[39:24] put together. I'm not going to bore
[39:25] you guys with it, but
[39:27] the maxed demand is pulled directly
[39:28] from our master plan.
[39:31] the peak
[39:34] factor was also derived from our master plan,
[39:35] so we couldn't have
[39:36] actually put these studies together
[39:37] until we completed our master plan.
[39:41] this is a typical
[39:46] revised, updated cost for the capacity
[39:47] fee for
[39:50] a single-family home.
[39:55] I just have a total current fee here
[39:56] and
[39:57] the proposed fee. So these fees are
[39:58] meant to ensure that developers are
[39:59] paying their
[40:02] fair share
[40:04] so that as we are looking at all of
[40:05] our
[40:07] user rates , developers are being
[40:08] required to pay
[40:11] their fair share. And if
[40:14] you look at further down
[40:17] had an eight
[40:18] inch line, it is quite a significant
[40:20] increase. But for the most part
[40:21] single-family residential are going
[40:23] to be another
[40:24] three-quarter inch meter. That is
[40:26] going up roughly $310
[40:29] , and I do want to
[40:33] kind of stress that because these
[40:35] fees were last looked at in 2008
[40:39] . They have been continually escalated
[40:41] based on cpi. So being off
[40:43] by $310 actually is very, very good
[40:44] for
[40:46] a great study that was looked at 15
[40:47] plus
[40:50] years ago.
[40:55] we are also adding a discount fee.
[40:56] this is
[40:59] a new fee we have been
[41:02] looking at . And the whole idea
[41:04] is that we do have some large estate lots.
[41:08] they are inside the city limits.
[41:11] but they may be on a well
[41:14] , and if the well
[41:17] goes bad , it is
[41:19] really not fair to have those folks also
[41:23] pay the same development fees as a
[41:24] developer who is going to be going
[41:25] in and purchasing large tracts of
[41:26] land and
[41:27] then putting undue stress on our system.
[41:29] so we would still
[41:32] recover those costs
[41:34] when that land develops in the future,
[41:35] but this would
[41:36] be mainly for emergency -- emergencies
[41:38] . There is very few
[41:41] of these properties
[41:42] that fall into this category. So we
[41:44] do have some requirements
[41:46] . First is that it does have to be
[41:47] a
[41:50] single-family residential
[41:52] built prior to march 2024. That is when
[41:53] the master plan
[41:56] was adopted.
[42:01] you must be within the city limits.
[42:02] you also must have no
[42:03] prior water connections. So if you
[42:05] are a business and you want to put
[42:06] in a car wash or a laundromat, this
[42:08] would not apply to you. We would still
[42:10] charge them the meter installation
[42:11] fee. And then there
[42:12] is a $500 administration fee just
[42:14] for the city to track all of those
[42:17] types of customers .
[42:20] with that --
[42:21] >>
[42:22] and you go back to that real quick? Can
[42:23] you tell us what
[42:28] those fees are currently if somebody
[42:29] wanted to do that?
[42:30] >> so those fees right now currently
[42:32] if you wanted to do that you
[42:33] would fall under the single-family
[42:35] residential. And so they
[42:38] would be paying roughly
[42:41] --if
[42:42] the proposed fees are in place, that
[42:44] would be roughly $6000.
[42:46] now that is just for capacity fees.
[42:47] there
[42:49] are other fees that would also apply
[42:53] . And so some of those costs
[42:55] would actually be north of $15,000
[42:59] .
[43:00] >> all in it could be
[43:01] 15,000 to connect to the city currently.
[43:02] >>
[43:05] currently. Correct.
[43:08] so that is why you are not --these
[43:09] properties are
[43:11] very few and far in between.
[43:17] and a lot of times folks are not
[43:18] going to want to connect unless they
[43:20] have to. So we do want to be
[43:21] good neighbors if our neighbors are
[43:23] struggling with their wells and they
[43:24] have --they
[43:25] don't have potable drinking water,
[43:26] we should try to come up with a mechanism
[43:28] for them to connect to the city system.
[43:29] so that was kind of the idea
[43:31] with this new connection fee.
[43:32] >> awesome.
[43:33] >> yeah.
[43:41] do you guys want to make a comment before
[43:42] I
[43:43] open it up?
[43:44] >> I just got a quick
[43:45] question. On the fee --went
[43:46] back again. That only applies to the
[43:47] existing dwelling.
[43:50] so if it is
[43:52] in the state lot and they did us lot
[43:53] split for the
[43:56] put an adu on, it would
[43:59] be the regular fee?
[44:01] >> so the way it is worded right now
[44:02] is existing
[44:05] single-family residential built prior to
[44:11] march 2024. And they
[44:13] also must be within city limits. If
[44:14] they annex
[44:20] --technically if they are outside
[44:21] and annexed and it was an existing
[44:23] property, they would
[44:26] fall under
[44:28] this. But if it is a new state lot
[44:29] and they are splitting it
[44:31] off, that would not fall under this
[44:32] now.
[44:33] >> but would it still
[44:35] apply?
[44:36] >>
[44:38] adus are an interesting one. Right now
[44:41] we do have it written in the current ordinance
[44:44] that
[44:46] adus would not be subject to these
[44:47] fees , and
[44:50] the thought is, if you put
[44:56] an adu, you are
[44:58] being fed off of the same line. You
[44:59] are not going to run a new
[45:01] line to tap into the city system.
[45:02] >> split your existing --[ inaudible
[45:04] ] any other questions from council
[45:05] before I open it up
[45:08] ? Okay. We will go ahead and open
[45:09] up the public hearing
[45:11] at 6:48: 37. City clerk
[45:14] , anybody on zoom?
[45:17] >> I do have a
[45:20] hand raised .
[45:21] >> okay.
[45:26] >> okay. Can you
[45:29] hear us? You will
[45:31] have three minutes. We will start
[45:32] the time now.
[45:35] >> okay. Thank you very much.
[45:38] thank you very much for
[45:44] the city residents. I really
[45:47] appreciate for some good causes.
[45:50] one question I have
[45:53] not specific to the fee structure
[45:54] but regarding
[45:55] the water impurities, which has been
[45:57] circulated quite a few times.
[46:00] the last one year we
[46:02] received notice 2 to 3 times. Just
[46:03] wanted to
[46:05] check if we bring anything on that front
[46:09] to not get
[46:10] into that very often. I know it is
[46:12] one well [ inaudible
[46:15] ] circulation. So just wanted
[46:17] to check what city is doing in order
[46:20] to produce those impurities.
[46:21] >> hello. Sorry.
[46:24] this does not pertain to
[46:27] our normal fees for water rates
[46:29] . This is just for new development
[46:34] connection fees. So that would be
[46:35] may be a leader on agenda item on
[46:39] another day.
[46:40] >> sounds good.
[46:42] >> okay?
[46:45] anybody else on zoom?
[46:54] >> I have no other hands raised. >>
[46:55] okay. Anybody in the audience would
[46:57] like to speak on this item?
[47:08] >> okay. Zenon, we will go ahead and
[47:09] close the
[47:12] public hearing at 6:50:36. We will
[47:13] bring it back to council for discussion.
[47:15] councilmember
[47:18] lackey .
[47:21] >> I don't have
[47:24] any comment.
[47:25] >> okay.
[47:26] council member morowit.
[47:27] >> nine. >>
[47:28] council member
[47:30] breitenbucher.
[47:32] >> no comment. >> vice mayor. >> ditto.
[47:36] >> I would just like
[47:39] to say , good
[47:40] call on as far as the city looking
[47:42] at these rates. You are correct
[47:45] seeing that there hasn't been significant
[47:46] changes.
[47:48] that means
[47:49] at least this is one of those fees
[47:51] we have been staying
[47:52] up on and making sure development
[47:54] is made for those connections. I did
[47:56] see some of the fees were going down
[48:00] . Can you kind of elaborate why?
[48:03] >> yeah. I think there was
[48:05] --it did slightly go down if you separate
[48:06] the actual
[48:08] connection fees and some of the other
[48:09] fees we
[48:12] put together , but when
[48:13] you total it altogether in terms of
[48:15] the overall capacity , it does
[48:18] go up. But if you look at
[48:21] the individual components , yes,
[48:23] some of those dated very slightly.
[48:27] so the original fee that was
[48:30] encompassed
[48:31] in the actual capacity fees were the
[48:33] service water
[48:34] service fee. Service water capital fee
[48:36] , and then
[48:38] you had the meter installation fee.
[48:39] so it was
[48:42] just how they priced out the
[48:44] actual fee structure previously versus
[48:45] how we are
[48:48] doing it now.
[48:49] >> okay.
[48:51] and I do want to give kudos to staff
[48:52] on basically creating that new connection
[48:54] fee for existing residents. I know
[48:55] there's
[48:57] a lot of individuals that may
[48:58] be were in the country or the county
[49:00] at one time
[49:02] or in the city and they have been
[49:03] sitting on wells
[49:05] or septic and they just don't really
[49:06] want to come into
[49:09] the city . And
[49:10] one of the standouts usually is the
[49:12] fees and the process to get that
[49:15] done. Seeing the significance
[49:18] reduction I
[49:20] think will help a lot of those individuals
[49:21] on the cusp to come into the
[49:24] city and also bring out some of those
[49:27] individual lots that are sitting in
[49:28] our city
[49:29] that should be on the city system.
[49:33] great job on that also. With that
[49:36] , I will entertain a motion.
[49:51] >> so moved. >> second. >> all right.
[49:52] I have a motion from councilmember breitenbucher
[49:53] and a second from councilmember lackey to
[49:54] adopt a
[49:55] resolution approving the water capacity
[49:57] fee nexus study setting charges
[49:58] for water capacity fee updating water
[49:59] meter installation fee and interim
[50:00] residential new
[50:02] connection fee and authorizing the
[50:03] city manager or designee to take
[50:05] all appropriate actions necessary
[50:06] to carry out the proposed
[50:08] and intent of the resolution, wave
[50:09] the first reading
[50:12] a substitution of the title
[50:13] and introduce an ordinance of the
[50:15] city council
[50:18] for the city of manteca state of california
[50:19] repealing and
[50:20] replacing chapter 13.04 .01 meters required
[50:24] and 13.0 4.020 rules
[50:27] and regulations.
[50:30] all in favor, say aye.
[50:36] motion carries, 5-0. And we are
[50:38] on to d 2.
[50:39] >> conducted a public hearing
[50:40] and adopt resolution capacity fee
[50:42] nexus study
[50:48] setting charges for the sewer capacity
[50:49] fee and the interim
[50:50] residential new connection fee and
[50:51] authorizing the city manager or designee
[50:52] to take all
[50:54] appropriate actions necessary
[50:57] to carry out the purpose
[50:59] and intent of the resolution. We have
[51:00] the first reading by substitution
[51:01] of the title
[51:02] and introduce an ordinance of the
[51:03] city of manteca, state of california
[51:06] , repealing and replacing chapter
[51:07] 13.12 sewer
[51:09] connection fees.
[51:10] >> already.
[51:12] >> good evening again, mayor
[51:15] , city council. Thank you
[51:17] . Deputy director of engineering.
[51:18] again,
[51:21] just wanted to stress that
[51:24] this is the
[51:26] capacity that is charged to developers.
[51:27] this is not the user rates.
[51:30] so none of this information that we
[51:32] are presenting here affects the current users.
[51:40] so again
[51:43] , the last time these
[51:44] fees were looked at was back in 2008
[51:48] . I think a lot of utility fees kind
[51:49] of
[51:51] go together because there is lots
[51:52] of
[51:53] crossover in terms of the documentation
[51:55] that is needed.
[51:57] I skipped over some of the other documentation
[51:58] that is referenced
[52:00] on the waterside, but there's typically
[52:03] three different types of approaches
[52:09] . We did take a different approach
[52:10] on the
[52:11] sewer side than we did on the waterside
[52:13] because right now
[52:16] we do --we don't have any excess capacity
[52:19] in our sewer system.
[52:22] so what we did
[52:24] was we included all of the costs associated
[52:25] with providing service to
[52:28] future customers
[52:30] . Rolled that all into an incremental
[52:31] capacity increase.
[52:33] so anything that is associated with
[52:34] future development
[52:37] and future growth
[52:40] --they are paying their fair share.
[52:41] nothing more. Nothing less. That is
[52:43] what these fees are designed to do.
[52:48] so this table I have here with all
[52:49] of the
[52:52] cost down took a lot of time
[52:53] for consultants to go through and
[52:55] figure out how
[52:58] and what treatment process
[53:01] is designed to address each
[53:04] component. So whether it be the
[53:07] flow, nitrogen , you have to
[53:10] study the improvements
[53:17] --what the improvements are intended
[53:19] to do, and attribute those costs to
[53:20] just those individual components.
[53:21] so that took quite a bit of time.
[53:22] and we couldn't do
[53:24] it without having a plan in place.
[53:28] once
[53:31] we got all that information
[53:32] , the calculation actually ends up
[53:34] being pretty simple
[53:40] . Just based on the amount
[53:41] of contribution for each single family
[53:43] home, we are able to calculate the
[53:45] unit cost for each component. So if
[53:46] you look at
[53:49] the highlight in red here
[53:52] , because the bulk of our needs
[53:53] right now are at the treatment plant,
[53:55] flow is really your
[53:58] cheapest component
[54:04] . We are struggling with nutrient
[54:05] removal. So as you move to the left,
[54:07] nitrogen is the most expensive component.
[54:09] so just to kind of give you an idea
[54:10] of how the different
[54:13] needs have
[54:14] grown. And nitrogen really is a new
[54:16] requirement for us
[54:17] that wasn't accounted for in the original
[54:19] study back in 2008.
[54:25] so taking all of that
[54:28] , we are changing
[54:31] the fee structure for the
[54:34] sewer side.
[54:36] so I can't give you a comparable between
[54:37] existing and proposed.
[54:40] but one that I can give you
[54:42] comparable four is the single-family home
[54:51] . Currently for a single-family home,
[54:52] the capacity is $5964. That
[54:53] is going to be going up roughly $1000.
[54:55] $947 if you are counting it.
[54:57] we have sat down and reviewed this
[55:01] with the bia
[55:07] . They didn't have any comments. They
[55:08] did
[55:09] ask some questions about why and how.
[55:10] we went through the calculations with
[55:11] them. I don't see them here tonight.
[55:13] I don't know if they are
[55:15] online, but it has been more or less
[55:16] vetted through
[55:19] the bia .
[55:22] we are adding
[55:28] --sorry.
[55:29] go back. We do have the single-family.
[55:31] we are also adding a category for
[55:32] multifamily and
[55:34] also mobile homes.
[55:37] this is lining up with exactly how
[55:38] we have
[55:39] our user rates structured so that
[55:40] way we are consistent throughout the
[55:41] whole capacity
[55:43] system charging to the
[55:46] developers and also when those folks
[55:48] become users , everything is seamless
[55:52] and as straightforward as can be.
[55:58] for commercial low strength,
[56:04] we do have that calculated. It is
[56:05] based on
[56:06] their projected loading. So depending on
[56:07] how much flow they are predicted to
[56:08] use
[56:10] to assess nitrogen, these are
[56:13] the total costs. The
[56:16] meter size is based on their water meter.
[56:25] the reason for that is there is
[56:26] no good way to measure wastewater
[56:28] at those lower levels, so you use
[56:29] the meter sizes
[56:30] as a gauge for how much water they
[56:31] are going to use, which means
[56:33] a portion of that is going to be generating
[56:34] your wastewater.
[56:36] so that is the cost for promotional
[56:42] strength. And the cost for medium strength
[56:46] sewer capacity fees. Then we also have
[56:49] the commercial high-strength
[56:52] .
[56:55] and we also added the discount fee
[56:58] for our
[57:01] friends who are inside the
[57:04] city limits existing single-family homes
[57:07] constructed prior to
[57:10] march 2024. No prior
[57:12] sewer connections . So this would
[57:13] be folks
[57:18] put on septic that their septic may
[57:19] have gone bad and they cannot get
[57:22] a permit because there is a separation
[57:23] issue between their septic and
[57:26] their well. There is
[57:27] just a straight administration fee
[57:29] of $500 for a
[57:32] sewer connection. With that
[57:35] , I will be happy to
[57:38] answer any questions.
[57:41] >>
[57:43] anybody on the council have any questions
[57:44] before
[57:47] I go to the public
[57:50] ? Okay. We will go
[57:51] ahead and open up the public hearing
[57:53] at 7:01:18. Anybody on zoom?
[57:59] >> I have no hands raised
[58:02] .
[58:03] >>
[58:04] okay. Anybody in the public like to
[58:05] speak on this item?
[58:14] okay. Seeing
[58:15] none, we will go ahead and close the
[58:17] public hearing at 7:01:43.
[58:18] bring it back for council discussion.
[58:20] counsel number
[58:23] morowit.
[58:24] >> good presentation.
[58:28] it is just an update to a study that
[58:29] we have to
[58:30] do in order to keep up with fees so
[58:32] we don't get large fees down
[58:34] the road . Developers and builders
[58:35] can prepare these fees
[58:38] prior to building. Thank you.
[58:41] >>
[58:42] council member breitenbucher.
[58:43] >> no
[58:44] comment.
[58:45] >>
[58:46] council member lackey .
[58:47] >> no comment.
[58:50] >> vice mayor. >>
[58:52] just glad to see all of the fees being current.
[58:56] >> okay. Same here.
[58:59] good job on this and making sure
[59:02] it is all good
[59:04] and great on the interim residential
[59:06] connection also. With that, I will
[59:08] entertain a motion.
[59:09] >> motion to approve.
[59:11] >>
[59:12] okay. I have a motion from councilmember
[59:14] morowit. Second from
[59:17] vice mayor halford
[59:18] to adopt a resolution approving the
[59:26] sewer capacity fee nexus study setting
[59:27] charges for this work best if he and
[59:28] interim residential new connection and
[59:29] authorizing the city
[59:30] manager designee to take all appropriate
[59:31] actions necessary to carry out the
[59:32] proposed intent of
[59:35] the resolution
[59:40] , wave the first reading by substitution
[59:41] of the title, and introduce
[59:42] an ordinance of the city council of
[59:44] the city of manteca, state of california,
[59:45] billing and replacing chapter 13.12
[59:46] sewer connection charges. All in favor,
[59:47] say aye.
[59:50] opposed motion carries, 5-0.
[59:53] thank you. Appreciate it.
[59:56] with that
[59:59] --
[1:00:01] we will head to city manager comments.
[1:00:05] >> thank you.
[1:00:08] I would like to
[1:00:10] officially welcome interim fire chief
[1:00:11] dave to
[1:00:14] the team . It is his first week
[1:00:17] , and we're excited for the leadership
[1:00:18] and expertise
[1:00:20] he brings to the manteca fire department.
[1:00:23] welcome.
[1:00:24] >> welcome, sir.
[1:00:26] >> and also
[1:00:29] another announcement
[1:00:31] . State of the city is on march 13th.
[1:00:32] the 2025 state
[1:00:35] of the city will take place on thursday,
[1:00:38] march 13th
[1:00:41] , at 9:00 a.m.
[1:00:42] at great wolf lodge. This year's theme,
[1:00:44] honor our roots
[1:00:45] reflects our commitment to preserving
[1:00:47] manteca's
[1:00:48] history while embracing new opportunities.
[1:00:55] attendees will hear from the mayor
[1:00:56] and business leaders about upcoming
[1:00:57] events and initiatives.
[1:00:58] tickets are $20 . That includes breakfast.
[1:00:59] and they are
[1:01:00] available through the manteca chamber
[1:01:02] of commerce online and in the office
[1:01:05] . For
[1:01:07] those who are unable to attend in
[1:01:08] person, the event will be broadcast
[1:01:09] on
[1:01:11] social media and streamed
[1:01:13] in council chambers.
[1:01:14] >> all right.
[1:01:15] I will
[1:01:16] be there.
[1:01:17] >> the community garden
[1:01:18] project --the project has started
[1:01:20] near the downtown library. We
[1:01:22] have partnered with urban green project
[1:01:23] to create a
[1:01:26] vibrant community
[1:01:28] . A vibrant community driven garden. Stayed
[1:01:31] tuned for future updates but if you
[1:01:32] have driven
[1:01:35] by, you have seen the
[1:01:36] groundbreaking is moving out there.
[1:01:38] state route 99
[1:01:41] corridor project. The
[1:01:43] crossing is being removed as part
[1:01:44] of the state route 99 120
[1:01:47] nectar project. The closure will be
[1:01:48] in effect for
[1:01:49] approximately 18 months with the detours.
[1:01:52] to stay informed, the project updates
[1:01:53] and detour information are available
[1:01:54] at
[1:01:56] state route 99 120
[1:01:58] connector.com and on the city social media.
[1:02:02] the manteca
[1:02:03] senior center that is offering online
[1:02:05] registration and digital payment
[1:02:06] starting february 2025, seniors can
[1:02:08] now enroll in the new civic
[1:02:11] wreck system for online registration
[1:02:14] by march in office
[1:02:17] electronic registration options will
[1:02:20] be available for all programs.
[1:02:23] a couple community dances. Check out
[1:02:26] the manteca
[1:02:28] community services facebook page for
[1:02:29] upcoming themed dance is taking place
[1:02:31] from february to april. Register online
[1:02:35] or at the recreation office.
[1:02:38] last announcement.
[1:02:41] the water and wastewater meetings
[1:02:44] .
[1:02:45] you're probably asking yourself why
[1:02:47] is the city of manteca proposing to
[1:02:51] raise water and sewer rates?
[1:02:53] we get it. No one wants to pay more
[1:02:54] for the truth is
[1:02:56] that the city could have and should
[1:02:57] have
[1:03:00] adjusted rate
[1:03:03] . Incrementally years ago,
[1:03:04] but because increases were put off
[1:03:05] for so long, we are now at a point
[1:03:07] where we have to act. Our utility
[1:03:09] funds can no longer keep up with
[1:03:11] the cost of maintaining our aging system
[1:03:12] , keeping
[1:03:15] up with services
[1:03:18] , demands, and making critical infrastructure upgrades
[1:03:21] . It has been nearly
[1:03:22] 15 years since the last adjustment.
[1:03:28] and in that time, costs have gone
[1:03:30] up while parts of our system
[1:03:33] have aged past
[1:03:36] their
[1:03:37] lifespan. To make sure we're making
[1:03:38] the right decision, we brought an
[1:03:39] independent consultant to
[1:03:40] assess what is needed to keep things
[1:03:41] running safely and efficiently. While
[1:03:42] these improvements we
[1:03:45] risk breakdowns --without these
[1:03:46] improvements we risk breakdowns. We do
[1:03:54] reduce service and higher costs
[1:03:55] down the road. Because customer rates
[1:03:56] are what fund local and sewer projects,
[1:03:57] we have
[1:03:58] to propose these adjustments to ensure
[1:04:00] we can continue providing safe,
[1:04:01] reliable service, not just today but
[1:04:03] for the years to come.
[1:04:09] we have some
[1:04:10] upcoming community meetings on rate
[1:04:11] increases and handouts are available
[1:04:12] at the back table for
[1:04:13] more information. Residents are encouraged
[1:04:15] to learn more about the proposed rate adjustments
[1:04:17] and ask questions at upcoming community meetings
[1:04:19] . There is a virtual facebook live
[1:04:21] on saturday,
[1:04:23] february 22nd, at 2:00 p.m. There
[1:04:24] is also
[1:04:27] a wednesday february 26
[1:04:30] at 2:00 p.m. And then a
[1:04:33] wednesday march 5th
[1:04:35] at 6:00 p.m. Details on the proposed
[1:04:36] rates can be found at
[1:04:38] manteca water rates.org , and manteca
[1:04:42] wastewater.org . One last
[1:04:45] notable item is there is also
[1:04:48] a discount program coming in march
[1:04:52] . So stay tuned for that. More information
[1:04:54] will come out on that.
[1:04:56] mayor, that concludes the city manager
[1:04:57] report.
[1:05:00] >> thank you. Appreciate it.
[1:05:03] with that, we will go to council comments.
[1:05:06] start with
[1:05:09] council member breitenbucher.
[1:05:12] >> okay. I wanted to
[1:05:15] bring forward an item to look at
[1:05:17] putting onto next meeting's agenda
[1:05:21] . It is laura's
[1:05:24] law. 2021 we sent a letter to the supervisors
[1:05:27] asking to implement that
[1:05:30] . It is a state law that
[1:05:33] helps people
[1:05:38] mental health. Enhances public safety
[1:05:39] , reduces the
[1:05:42] need for inpatient
[1:05:43] commitment and incarceration. It is
[1:05:45] known as aot
[1:05:51] . It is a california law that allows
[1:05:52] courts
[1:05:53] to order community treatment for people
[1:05:54] with severe
[1:05:57] mental illness. A law was named after
[1:05:58] laura wilcox, who was killed by person
[1:06:00] with mental illness in 2001. Today
[1:06:01] the
[1:06:03] navigation center we had
[1:06:06] --I was there when they took a call
[1:06:09] from kaiser. They had a patient
[1:06:12] that they were going to discharge.
[1:06:14] they were asking 555 to take them.
[1:06:21] there is an
[1:06:24] issue there. And because we
[1:06:27] don't have
[1:06:30] the ability --
[1:06:31] if the person refuses, you cannot
[1:06:33] force them. This
[1:06:35] puts a tool in the box that allows
[1:06:36] the court
[1:06:38] to say, yes, this person needs help,
[1:06:39] and it gets them help. Otherwise
[1:06:41] these people get lost in the weeds.
[1:06:45] so did you
[1:06:47] have something?
[1:06:48] >> yeah, mayor and
[1:06:51] council. I wanted to add to that.
[1:06:52] assisted outpatient treatment. What
[1:06:54] makes it
[1:06:57] unique is counties have to opt into
[1:06:58] it. Cities cannot.
[1:07:00] the county has to do it. So each
[1:07:02] --all 58 counties in the state and
[1:07:03] each one individually has to
[1:07:06] do it. In 2021, the
[1:07:08] council did send a letter to the board
[1:07:09] of supervisors requesting that they
[1:07:10] do
[1:07:11] it. They decided not to and instead
[1:07:14] stick with what is called their inspire
[1:07:15] program, which is
[1:07:18] voluntary treatment
[1:07:24] . I know at the time they said that
[1:07:25] they
[1:07:26] would update us. We have not received
[1:07:27] an update. I just wanted to give some
[1:07:28] more background on what laura's law
[1:07:30] is in case you may want to know.
[1:07:31] >>
[1:07:33] thank you.
[1:07:34] >> anything else, council
[1:07:35] member?
[1:07:36] >> asking for that -->> I'm
[1:07:37] asking for that to be.
[1:07:39] >> I would just like
[1:07:41] to add I think we need to give it
[1:07:42] another shot. I think it would
[1:07:44] be helpful for our community. I think
[1:07:45] we need to prepare some changes on
[1:07:46] our supervisors. Hopefully they will
[1:07:47] relook at this and understand the
[1:07:48] importance and benefits
[1:07:51] of this. I will be supportive
[1:07:54] of it.
[1:07:57] >>
[1:07:59] I am seeing five head nods, so I will
[1:08:00] prepare a letter to bring forward
[1:08:01] to
[1:08:03] the next meeting for council approval.
[1:08:04] >> anything else?
[1:08:05] >> yeah. Welcome, chief. Welcome to
[1:08:06] your first meeting. It
[1:08:10] was a fun one. And those
[1:08:11] employees. We had about three employees
[1:08:13] that were
[1:08:16] sworn in . Or more.
[1:08:17] >>
[1:08:19] just yesterday we had three .
[1:08:21] >> will come to those. I'm excited
[1:08:22] about the
[1:08:24] community garden coming downtown.
[1:08:25] we
[1:08:26] had looked at another location. Excited
[1:08:28] about this one.
[1:08:30] it gives people another reason to
[1:08:33] come downtown . So pretty stoked about this.
[1:08:34] that is
[1:08:36] it for me. Thank you. Councilmember
[1:08:40] morowit.
[1:08:41] >>
[1:08:43] good evening. I attended the
[1:08:45] union booster crab feed saturday.
[1:08:47] well attended. Good group of folks.
[1:08:49] made some money
[1:08:52] for the cause. Sports.
[1:08:55] I would just like to reiterate
[1:08:56] a couple of things we mentioned tonight
[1:09:00] . We mentioned some tonight. We had
[1:09:01] purchased a
[1:09:03] fire engine last month. Went to direct
[1:09:04] result again of
[1:09:05] measure q. Being able to purchase something
[1:09:07] had a
[1:09:08] budget cycle that was an opportunity
[1:09:13] of a demo type fire engine in
[1:09:16] the bay area where if we did
[1:09:17] not move on that engine, we wouldn't
[1:09:19] have been able to purchase it. Because
[1:09:20] there
[1:09:21] were other cities that really liked
[1:09:22] it and wanted it, but we were
[1:09:25] able to do that and
[1:09:27] pd vehicles tonight. We used funds
[1:09:34] to outfit the equipment with radios
[1:09:35] and sirens and all of that good stuff
[1:09:37] that goes with the public safety
[1:09:38] equipment. Putting that on hold to
[1:09:40] add to this
[1:09:45] . Those will be fully outfitted. And
[1:09:46] then of course the police
[1:09:47] department. I cannot say enough. Years
[1:09:49] and years.
[1:09:50] if we pass measure
[1:09:52] q. We are on track to do that. I appreciate
[1:09:53] that. I would also like to
[1:09:57] welcome the new interim fire chief,
[1:09:59] dave. Thank you, sir.
[1:10:05] that is what wisdom and experience brings
[1:10:08] . Great to have him. Thank you.
[1:10:11] >>
[1:10:17] you wanted to add anything?
[1:10:18] >>
[1:10:19] I was just going to thank you for
[1:10:20] the honor and privilege of being able
[1:10:21] to serve the community. I'm happy
[1:10:23] to be here.
[1:10:24] >> welcome, sir. Councilmember
[1:10:29] lackey .
[1:10:30] >> all right. Just a few
[1:10:31] things. Welcome,
[1:10:32] chief. Glad to have you aboard. Last week
[1:10:33] councilmember
[1:10:34] breitenbucher and I went to the water
[1:10:35] sewer town hall meeting . It was
[1:10:38] really informative
[1:10:40] . It was a great meeting. Unfortunately
[1:10:41] we only had
[1:10:42] about 10 people from the public attend,
[1:10:44] so I really encourage everybody
[1:10:50] to go and
[1:10:51] get informed and see what is going
[1:10:53] on. See why these rates are having
[1:10:54] to
[1:10:55] be increased and how dire the situation
[1:10:56] actually is.
[1:11:02] there are a lot of different opportunities
[1:11:03] to attend, and we have actually been
[1:11:05] able to extend that so that there
[1:11:08] is the facebook live
[1:11:10] . There are evenings. There are weekends.
[1:11:11] so there is
[1:11:12] a timeframe that should work for just
[1:11:14] about everybody
[1:11:16] . So please get out there. I'm really
[1:11:17] encouraged to know there is
[1:11:19] a discount program that is being implemented
[1:11:22] . When we first talked about this,
[1:11:23] I did ask
[1:11:24] if there was going to be something
[1:11:26] to help, and so I'm glad to
[1:11:28] see that that is being worked on.
[1:11:29] also
[1:11:32] grateful to see that we are seeing
[1:11:35] the
[1:11:38] benefits of measure q .
[1:11:40] as you know, I was not a fan of the
[1:11:41] measure, but
[1:11:43] we are putting the money where we
[1:11:44] said we would
[1:11:50] . So we are seeing the benefits. We
[1:11:52] are seeing a new fire truck. We are
[1:11:53] seeing police vehicles. So I am encouraged
[1:11:56] by that . To say the least.
[1:11:59] so I went to
[1:12:05] paint and
[1:12:07] sip this past week at our new thomas
[1:12:08] toy community center. If you have
[1:12:09] not
[1:12:10] seen the center, please go check it
[1:12:11] out. I love community projects. So
[1:12:12] this is
[1:12:13] one of those that gets teens involved.
[1:12:14] we will have the community
[1:12:17] garden, which
[1:12:21] with the youth leader background I
[1:12:23] think this is an amazing opportunity
[1:12:24] for people
[1:12:25] of all ages, but especially our youth
[1:12:29] to be able to come in, work together,
[1:12:30] do something good for the community,
[1:12:32] and maybe even collaborate with different organizations
[1:12:34] . Other than that, I hope everybody
[1:12:35] has a wonderful night.
[1:12:38] >> all right. Thank you, councilmember
[1:12:41] lackey . Vice
[1:12:43] mayor.
[1:12:44] >> welcome, chief. I'm sure
[1:12:45] you'll do a
[1:12:47] great job and be here for
[1:12:50] a few months. Or longer. Who knows?
[1:12:56] >> I was out of
[1:12:58] the area for about 2 1/2 weeks. I
[1:12:59] don't have a lot to say.
[1:13:02] >> all right.
[1:13:05] >> he is doing great tonight.
[1:13:08] >>
[1:13:11] welcome, chief.
[1:13:17] I am
[1:13:19] hoping --doing pretty good so far
[1:13:20] this week. Looks like you brought
[1:13:21] the rain. So that is great. Great
[1:13:23] for all of the fires out there.
[1:13:26] I know this past week we have had
[1:13:32] done a lot of the
[1:13:34] interviews for boards and commissions,
[1:13:35] so one of the things I wanted to do
[1:13:37] was ask for council successes for our
[1:13:39] city clerk to go
[1:13:41] back out . We are recruiting under
[1:13:42] the recreation and
[1:13:46] park commission in the public oversight committee
[1:13:50] because we have not had
[1:13:52] enough applicants for all districts.
[1:13:53] and
[1:13:55] I believe counsel number breitenbucher
[1:13:56] you
[1:13:57] wanted to also add a portion of that
[1:13:59] on measure
[1:14:02] q.
[1:14:14] >> I would like to see
[1:14:15] if you guys are agreeing with that.
[1:14:17] we can see the
[1:14:26] >> I think we
[1:14:27] should probably go out and give it
[1:14:29] a month.
[1:14:32] >> we can definitely
[1:14:33] do about a month recruitment. 3 to
[1:14:35] 4 weeks . And then we
[1:14:36] can have something back to you guys
[1:14:38] for appointments
[1:14:43] after the 3 to 4 weeks. You guys would
[1:14:44] do the
[1:14:45] interviews. And then a week after
[1:14:46] that in mid-march we can have the
[1:14:50] appointments made.
[1:14:51] >> last time it
[1:14:52] was kind of during the holiday season.
[1:14:53] so maybe a lot of people did not
[1:14:56] get the information and did not
[1:14:59] apply. And also I think it gives an
[1:15:00] opportunity. I will say the people
[1:15:01] that already applied and that already
[1:15:02] interviewed do not
[1:15:03] need to reapply. Or they do not need
[1:15:05] to be reinterviewed.
[1:15:07] we will still retain your information
[1:15:08] and just wait
[1:15:10] for new applicants. Are we good on
[1:15:11] that?
[1:15:12] >> I am
[1:15:13] supportive of that. We want to reiterate
[1:15:14] ,
[1:15:15] though, that one of the reasons we
[1:15:17] are extending it is there were not
[1:15:20] enough applicants
[1:15:22] for the mayor in particular to appoint
[1:15:23] the number
[1:15:25] of people that he needed to appoint .
[1:15:28] on parks and rec, the numbers just
[1:15:29] were not there. Not
[1:15:31] enough applied to fill the position.
[1:15:35] >> all right.
[1:15:44] if I ask for
[1:15:45] one, I guess I will ask for another
[1:15:47] one. I would also like to see a
[1:15:48] council consensus to look into whether
[1:15:50] maybe we can do an expedited process
[1:15:51] or grandfather in. I have seen a lot
[1:15:53] of this stem from the city of
[1:15:54] berkeley on affordable housing or
[1:15:56] housing options. Looking at
[1:16:02] adu
[1:16:04] s or converted spaces through an amnesty
[1:16:08] program or fee deferral process.
[1:16:11] people may already
[1:16:12] have those. And they have done it
[1:16:13] without permits allowing them to come
[1:16:14] up
[1:16:17] to code and actually bring it
[1:16:18] to light instead of continuing to
[1:16:20] being under the
[1:16:23] radar there.
[1:16:29] if we can start
[1:16:31] a program I would like to see the
[1:16:32] city attorney and city manager's office
[1:16:33] kind of work together on some kind
[1:16:35] of program that can work with the
[1:16:36] rest of the staff and bring back to
[1:16:38] us to kind of help get some of
[1:16:41] these unpermitted adus
[1:16:43] or whatever they may be in the city
[1:16:44] running. And
[1:16:47] so I think with that , maybe also
[1:16:48] not
[1:16:50] something that
[1:16:51] I know government already starts dragging
[1:16:53] and making it very difficult
[1:16:56] with the process. I think it should
[1:16:57] be
[1:16:58] something that could be efficiently done.
[1:17:03] just to get these individuals and
[1:17:05] for us also as the safety purposes
[1:17:06] and
[1:17:07] code enforcement. To make sure everybody is
[1:17:11] legal and everything is done appropriately.
[1:17:12] I
[1:17:13] don't know your thoughts on that.
[1:17:14] >>
[1:17:16] I'm supportive of taking a look at
[1:17:17] it. I think it is
[1:17:19] going to be pretty complicated. There's
[1:17:20] lots of variations
[1:17:23] of what has been done
[1:17:26] .
[1:17:27] >> correct.
[1:17:29] >> a
[1:17:31] lot of years. Dating back to the 20s
[1:17:32] and 30s. Some of the
[1:17:35] downtown areas . There's two or three
[1:17:40] .
[1:17:41] >> there's a lot of them. >> dwelling
[1:17:42] units on a single lot.
[1:17:44] so it is not going to happen
[1:17:56] in a week.
[1:17:57] >> I know.
[1:17:58] and I think it could be some kind
[1:17:59] of base process on different types.
[1:18:00] >> it
[1:18:01] is going to be complicated. They probably
[1:18:02] don't even know what is out there.
[1:18:03] >>
[1:18:04] correct. But at least allows residents
[1:18:05] to come forward if they want to
[1:18:06] actually make everything permitted
[1:18:08] and legal. Instead of us --a lot of
[1:18:09] times we
[1:18:10] may see things and we just ignore
[1:18:11] them. So I thought, here is an
[1:18:13] opportunity if we were willing to
[1:18:14] do it to go forward.
[1:18:20] >> I agree. I think
[1:18:22] it sounds like it is going to be a
[1:18:23] complicated process. And so
[1:18:25] I just need a little more time to
[1:18:26] wrap my head around
[1:18:28] it.
[1:18:29] >> I just want to caution everyone
[1:18:30] could we are doing
[1:18:31] an in consensus to look into. We are
[1:18:32] not necessarily
[1:18:38] approving anything this evening.
[1:18:40] >> yeah. We are just having staff
[1:18:41] look at it. We are not creating the
[1:18:43] process right now.
[1:18:44] >> okay. Okay.
[1:18:45] >> no one is being bound by anything
[1:18:46] you
[1:18:47] say.
[1:18:48] >> I am not forcing you.
[1:18:49] >> there is no comment to be said.
[1:18:50] it is basically
[1:18:53] look into it or we don't. I'm supportive
[1:18:55] of looking into anything that would
[1:18:57] help folks become existing
[1:18:59] nonconforming structure. Or something
[1:19:00] to
[1:19:03] that effect.
[1:19:08] thank you.
[1:19:09] >> all right. I think you
[1:19:10] have got some consensus there. We're
[1:19:11] good with that one too. With that, I
[1:19:13] also wanted to reiterate the super
[1:19:14] bowl is this weekend, which means
[1:19:15] also the rotary
[1:19:16] omelette pancake breakfast. If you
[1:19:18] haven't been there
[1:19:19] , please try to make it this sunday.
[1:19:21] 7:30 a.m. To
[1:19:24] 11:30 a.m. . And please make
[1:19:27] it out to him rps
[1:19:30] held by the
[1:19:33] manteca rotary club. It is always
[1:19:35] a full house. And you will see councilmember
[1:19:39] morowit hopefully will be
[1:19:42] there. We
[1:19:43] were thinking we were going to get
[1:19:45] you in the kitchen this year
[1:19:48] and maybe cooking.
[1:19:49] >> no, no.
[1:19:51] >> the fire department. >> I think
[1:19:52] that would require council consensus
[1:19:54] to get him into the
[1:19:57] kitchen.
[1:20:00] >> gabbard >> do we have council
[1:20:01] consensus to get him in the kitchen?
[1:20:03] >> no. >> no, we
[1:20:04] don't. As you can see, everybody knows
[1:20:06] morowit's cooking skills. But
[1:20:09] with that, I know vice mayor
[1:20:10] halford is usually on the microphone.
[1:20:12] >> there's going to
[1:20:15] be 100
[1:20:16] plus raffle prizes and five raffles
[1:20:17] during the day so everybody has an
[1:20:18] opportunity. It
[1:20:21] is a good time. Money goes to a
[1:20:24] good cause.
[1:20:27] fun scholarships. Donations. Other
[1:20:28] nonprofits. Projects both here in
[1:20:30] manteca and internationally.
[1:20:32] so it supports a lot of good stuff.
[1:20:36] >> $15. And you can get them from
[1:20:39] a rotarian or also buy them.
[1:20:40] >>
[1:20:41] and you cannot get that kind of breakfast
[1:20:42] for $15 anyway.
[1:20:43] >> they are usually
[1:20:45] more if
[1:20:48] --
[1:20:51] >> no. They are a lot less. >>
[1:20:53] I will adjourn this meeting at 7:24.