[7:26] >> all right, good evening, everyone.
[7:27] I'm going to call the regular council meeting to order for
[7:31] september 1st, 2026, at 7:00 p.m.
[7:33] at this time we have no disclosures pursuant to
[7:36] government code section 54953.8.3.
[7:41] roll call and declaration of conflicts, please.
[7:46] >> council member bedolla. >> council member evans.
[7:53] >> present, no conflicts. >> council member nygard.
[7:59] >> present, no conflicts. >> mayor pro tem abercrombie.
[8:03] >> present, no conflicts. >> mayor arriola.
[8:08] >> present, no conflicts. >> present, no conflicts.
[8:22] >> madam clerk, is that sufficient?
[8:29] >> sorry, 7:03. The clock is off there.
[8:48] >> mayor, we are having a tech issue on ur end ere.
[8:53] okay. Result?
[8:57] >> are we ready to proceed? All right, thank you.
[9:00] please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance.
[9:03] > I pledge allegiance to the flg of the united states of america
[9:06] and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god,
[9:10] indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
[9:18] >> please remain tanding for our invocation from pastor kevin
[9:21] james is a new creation bible fellowship.
[9:24] >> let us bow our heads for a word of prayer.
[9:26] lord god, first, giving you all the glory, honor, and praise,
[9:32] because only you are truly worthy.
[9:34] thank you for remaining faithful to us even though, at times, we
[9:38] are not faithful to you. Search our hearts and our minds
[9:43] ight now for offensive waysn us.
[9:47] lead us into ways verlasting, oh, god.
[9:48] we invite your presence throughout this entire council
[9:52] meeting. We pray, counc god, that you wil
[9:58] guide our city council this meeting.
[9:59] bless our mayor, city council members, and city staff with
[10:02] wisdom as they preside over tonight's agenda items.
[10:06] father, we pray that every decision made this evening will
[10:09] be what is best for the residents of our great city, and
[10:13] we pray that everything this evening is done decently and in
[10:18] order. We thank you, lord god come in
[10:23] advance for the answered prayer. It is in your name that we pray
[10:26] and give thanks and say amen. >> thank you, pastor.
[10:31] you may be seated. Members of the public may
[10:39] participate remotely by visiting the following link and using the
[10:47] information provided on the screen.
[10:49] this is also available online on the city website as well as in
[10:53] paper format here at city hall. That brings us to the
[10:55] presentations. I will go ahead and turn it over
[10:58] to our tracy police chief. >> do you mind if I
[11:09] just -- thank you very much. Good evening, mayor and council
[11:14] and to our community members. Thank you so much.
[11:17] if you would indulge me just for a moment, this is a great honor
[11:20] for me. We generally get to recognize
[11:24] our officers for all the good work they do, and they are the
[11:28] face of the police department, but today e get to celebrate
[11:31] one of our dispatchers, one of our very own who is the voice
[11:34] behind the face. They are the first to make
[11:37] contact with our community in need, so we are very proud of
[11:44] nicolle's accomplishment today. I'm going to celebrate her a bit
[11:46] and talk about why she has been chosen as an employee of the
[11:51] month. Nicolle has proudly served as a
[11:55] dispatcher for our police departments in 2016, bringing a
[11:59] decade of experience and dedication and commitment to the
[12:02] department and the community she serves.
[12:05] nicolle recently joined our dispatch training team, formerly
[12:07] known as cto connolly she has demonstrated developing the next
[12:13] generation of dispatchers. She has time to ensure new
[12:16] employees understand not only what to do, but why it is
[12:18] important to do the things they do.
[12:21] when a trainee is struggling with the concept, nicolle's
[12:25] patient and willing to explain in a different way until the
[12:28] trainee has a clear understanding of the material.
[12:31] her commitment to her trainees combined with her knowledge and
[12:34] experience makes her an invaluable -- excuse my
[12:39] stutter -- addition to the training team.
[12:40] beyond her role as a trainer, nicolle is a dedicated and
[12:44] dependable dispatcher who consistently goes above and
[12:46] beyond for both her coworkers and for the community.
[12:51] she regularly volunteers for overtime shifts to support her
[12:53] teams, to help ensure the department is adequately
[12:59] staffed. Your coworkers know she can be
[13:01] counted on. She's a eliable partner,
[13:04] particularly during challenging and demanding shifts.
[13:07] nicolle takes great pride in providing exceptional service to
[13:10] the officers and citizens she assists.
[13:12] she has a strong ability to anticipate what officers may
[13:16] need and often has information ready before it is requested.
[13:19] she makes full use of the systems and resources available
[13:23] to her to gather accurate, timely information helping
[13:27] officers in the field ake informed decisions and keep
[13:30] communities safe. Her professionalism, initiative,
[13:33] and willingness to help others example has the qualities of an
[13:36] outstanding police dispatcher. Nicolle shares that she enjoys
[13:42] the challenges that come with dispatching and most importantly
[13:46] genuinely enjoys helping people. I know this for a fact.
[13:49] my last set-along with his with nicolle and she was able to
[13:53] really enlighten me about the challenges of the work that her
[13:55] and the rest of the team does. She speaks highly of her
[14:01] coworkers and values teamwork within the unit.
[14:03] she recognizes the hard work her fellow dispatchers put in every
[14:07] day and appreciates the way they support one another.
[14:10] nicolle grew up in fremont, california.
[14:13] outside of work she also enjoys photography.
[14:15] I have seen her work. She has got a really good eye
[14:23] and is an accomplished photographer.
[14:25] she enjoys gardening and raising chickens.
[14:26] that, I did not know about her. She's married to her high school
[14:29] sweetheart and together they have three children ages 18, 15,
[14:34] and 12, and I believe they are all here.
[14:37] 2 out of 3. And I see the hubby taking the
[14:39] photograph. Otstanding.
[14:40] nicolle is also committed to their personal growth and
[14:43] education. She recently earned three
[14:47] associate degrees and is currently pursuing her
[14:50] bachelor's degree in psychology. Nicolle's dedication to her
[14:52] profession, commitment to her coworkers, passion for helping
[14:56] others, and continued his pursuit of personal and
[14:58] professional growth makes are truly deserving of this
[15:01] recognition here today. I want to congratulate you
[15:04] personally. I do appreciate all that you do.
[15:05] you are a shining star, and I look forward to having more of
[15:11] the employee of the months be much like you, dispatchers
[15:14] deserving of it. Forward for your check and yourg
[15:18] certificate, and if we could give nicolle a round of
[15:21] applause. [applause]
[15:32] [inaudible] thank you all.
[15:43] that's the end of my presentation.
[15:44] I also want to thank the rest of the dispatchers who came down to
[15:48] support nicolle, and the officers in the back.
[15:51] thank you all. At the end of my presentation.
[15:54] >> thank you, chief. Council will join me for the
[15:59] presentations. All right, good evening,
[16:20] everyone. It's an honor to have this type
[16:22] of presentation. It's new to the city council but
[16:25] now we have our military enlistments, so we are going to
[16:27] go ahead and invite all of them to come up individually.
[16:30] you'll have an opportunity to speak if you'd like, shake hands
[16:33] with council, and a group photo at the end.
[16:37] first and foremost -- [reading name]
[16:44] [applause] we have a certificate of
[16:47] recognition on the occasion of your enlistment in the
[16:50] united states army. [applause]
[17:00] next up we have -- [reading name]
[17:07] we have a certificate of recognition presented on the
[17:11] occasion of your enlistment in the united states army.
[17:15] [applause] next up --
[17:27] [reading name] a certificate of recognition is
[17:35] presented on the occasion of your enlistment in the
[17:37] united states army. [applause]
[17:47] next up -- [reading name]
[17:55] we have a certificate of recognition presented on the
[17:58] occasion of your enlistment in the united states army.
[18:02] [applause] next --
[18:15] [reading name] we have a certificate of
[18:18] recognition presented on the occasion of your enlistment in
[18:21] the united states army. [applause]
[18:32] all right, and last but not least --
[18:35] [reading name] we have a certificate of
[18:42] recognition presented on the occasion of your enlistment in
[18:45] the united states army. [applause]
[18:57] all right, can we have a round of applause for all our military
[19:02] enlistments tonight? [applause]
[19:16] [inaudible] all right, congratulations and
[19:42] thank you all for your service. Next up we have a proclamation.
[19:49] we have tracy connect's day, so I'd like to invite former
[19:57] mayor nancy young, if she'd li like.
[20:25] tracy connects day. Whereas tracy connects is an
[20:28] annual community event founded by former tracy mayor nancy
[20:31] young that highlights the many wonderful opportunities tracy
[20:33] has to offer, and whereas the purpose and vision of tracy
[20:36] connect is to connect members of the tracy community with local
[20:41] non-profit organizations, service organizations,
[20:43] faith-based groups, and churches, school rograms, city
[20:46] services, and more, bringing awareness and opportunity to
[20:49] inspire synergy and connection between local businesses,
[20:53] associations, organizations, and individuals in the tracy
[20:57] community. And whereas tracy connects is
[20:59] celebrating its sixth annual community event inviting members
[21:02] of the community with various resources to bring awareness of
[21:05] all the local services available at no cost to them.
[21:08] it also allows our tracy community to connect and network
[21:11] with one another, whereas the theme for this year's event is
[21:15] "living your best life in tracy, bridging the digital divide,
[21:18] youth and seniors." a portion of the proceeds
[21:21] generated will benefit local organizations that provide help
[21:23] and support for foster youth. Therefore be it resolved that I,
[21:28] dan arriola, mayor of the city of tracy, and on behalf of the
[21:33] city council proclaim september 19th, 2026, as tracy
[21:36] connects day and encourage the tracy community to participate
[21:39] in this annual event and get connected with the numerous
[21:42] opportunities tracy has to off offer.
[21:52] >> thank you, mayor arriola and council.
[21:54] so thankful for this continuation of such a great
[21:56] event that we have going on here in the city of tracy, in
[22:00] partnership with the city of tracy, as well as the other
[22:05] partners we have. As our tra mayor just read and t
[22:11] you know, on the 19th, all you are invited.
[22:13] I left some cards out front in the lobby.
[22:15] you are able to pick them up as you go out.
[22:18] this year's theme, as was said, "bridging the digital ivide for
[22:24] youth and seniors." we are grateful that over the
[22:26] last five previous years they have been able to get out over
[22:31] $55,000 for beneficiaries for filling the different needs and
[22:35] we've highlighted throughout the past.
[22:40] it's not just a free event to come to bet everything will be
[22:46] free. Everything we have to offer is
[22:49] free. We have one more day for
[22:52] sponsors and one more week for vendors.
[22:54] if you want to sign up, non-profit, it's very
[22:59] inexpensive and so are other vendors if they would like to
[23:01] sign up. You can go to
[23:09] tracyconnects.com. Thanks to my partial team, all
[23:10] the way down to my youngest, my ganddaughter is here with us
[23:14] today, so we are glad for all the communities that continue to
[23:17] come together. S it will be a great event.
[23:19] I would love to see all they are.
[23:21] god bless you. Thank you.
[23:45] [inaudible] >> we are taller than y'all.
[24:01] >> just squeeze. >> we don't want the podium
[24:05] blocking. >> okay, you guys.
[24:23] one, two, three. [applause]
[24:31] >> all right, that's it for our presentations today.
[24:33] thank you, everyone. >> mayor, city manager.
[24:39] I want to report that we've been advised that our youtube feed is
[24:42] not currently working. We are ttempting to
[24:44] troubleshoot it. We are asking that anyone who is
[24:47] attempting to view this online to switch to facebook or zoom.
[24:51] we ill also put out a notice via social media until the issue
[24:55] is fixed, but for sb707 we have to make the announcement but we
[25:01] can continue the meeting. >> thank you.
[25:05] we will give folks a minute to go ahead and exit if they'd li
[25:10] like. That brings us to the consent
[25:37] calendar. Council, re there any items you
[25:39] would like to pull for consent? >> I'm going to recuse myself
[25:41] from lett 3s. >> understood.
[25:47] >> I would like to pull 3a. >> staff, do you have any items
[25:55] to pull? >> staff has no items to pull.
[25:59] thank you. >> would members of the audience
[26:00] please raise your hand if there any consent calendar items you
[26:04] would like to pull other than lett 3kor 3s?
[26:12] with that will entertain a motion.
[26:18] >> motion. >> second.
[26:20] >> we have a first and a second. Roll call, please.
[26:23] >> yes. >> yes.
[26:29] >> council member bedolla. >> yes.
[26:31] >> council member nygard. >> mayor arriola.
[26:34] >> yes. >> all right, that takes us to
[26:42] item 3a, related to the art installations at the track.
[26:48] staff report or a comment? >> I would like to make a quick
[26:50] comment, mayor. Thank you.
[26:52] I wanted noted I'm supporting all the consent items except for
[26:55] this one. I do support the arts.
[26:57] I love the arts and I wanted to support this.
[27:00] we did a discussion when this item came before council some
[27:04] months back and I requested some value engineering on this.
[27:07] being the price tag is $600,000 for this art project, for my own
[27:11] personal feelings it's a little too high of an expenditure for
[27:15] an art project, so I won't be supporting at this time and
[27:18] that's my only comment. Thank you.
[27:20] >> understood. Do you have any preliminary
[27:24] questions from council? Seeing none, we will go for
[27:27] public comment. You have any members of the
[27:30] public to speak on item 3 letter a?
[27:32] seeing none in chambers, do they have any online?
[27:36] >> no, mayor. >> we will close the public
[27:39] comment for item 3a. >> I was also opposed to this
[27:44] when it came before. Same concerns that councilmember
[27:47] evans just voiced, and I also do not support moving forward at
[27:50] this. >> understood.
[27:54] thank you, mayor pro tem. At this time I will entertain a
[27:57] motion. >> I entertain a motion to
[27:59] approve the consent calendar, minus 3a.
[28:06] sorry, excuse me. 3a.
[28:09] >> I will go ahead and second that motion.
[28:12] roll call, please. >> council member nygard.
[28:15] >> yes. >> mayor arriola.
[28:16] >> yes. >> council member bedolla.
[28:21] >> no. >> council member evans.
[28:25] >> no. >> mayor pro tem abercrombie.
[28:28] >> no. >> at this time item 3a fails.
[28:34] do you have any alternate motions?
[28:36] >> I guess I can make an alternate motion that staff take
[28:39] another look at this and bring back some value engineering for
[28:41] this item. >> I would second that motion.
[28:46] >> we have a first and a second. Roll call, please.
[28:49] >> council member evans. >> yes.
[28:52] >> mayor pro tem abercrombie. >> yes.
[28:54] >> council member bedolla. >> yes.
[28:56] >> council member nygard. >> yes.
[28:58] >> mayor arriola. >> yes.
[29:03] >> all right, this will come back for further discussion for
[29:08] item 3a. Next up, that brings us to item
[29:13] 3f. Councilmember, I believe you
[29:16] need to leave the dais to recuse yourself.
[29:22] >> thank you. >> this is item 3f regarding
[29:28] awards for the mayor's community youth support network use
[29:33] grants. Did council need a staff report?
[29:35] no? To be have any preliminary
[29:38] questions? No?
[29:39] will go out for public comment on item 3f related to the
[29:43] mayor's community youth support network grants.
[29:47] seeing none in hamber -- excuse me, please go ahead.
[29:50] ith one comment we . >> thank you.
[29:56] good evening, chamber. I just wanted to speak on behalf
[30:01] of the youth program -- >> please speak into the
[30:03] microphone a little bit more. >> I apologize.
[30:06] I wanted to speak on behalf of of the tracy youth program and
[30:10] my involvement there, because I believe it is such an important
[30:13] part of our community. We just graduated our 30th
[30:16] cohort today and it was a really great ceremony for five lucky
[30:22] local youth to learn all about bike mechanics and lifelong
[30:24] skills that I hope they take with them for decades to come.
[30:29] so I appreciate you recognizing it as a legitimate opportunity
[30:34] for our youth, and that we continue to invest in our youth
[30:38] in a nontraditional program such as this.
[30:41] that is all from me. Again, I appreciate you, and
[30:45] have a good night. >> tank you.
[30:49] >> next speaker, please. >> I am also one of the
[30:55] nonprofits -- >> please pull the microphone
[30:57] down. Can't hear you very well.
[30:59] >> sorry about that. I am also here on behalf of one
[31:03] of the nonprofits serving tracy for the past 25 years.
[31:07] we were awarded some sons, we have a soccer club for the kids
[31:13] on fridays and sundays for about four hours on fridays.
[31:17] that includes practices, games, and also on sundays.
[31:19] we get them uniforms and we just want to thank everybody for
[31:26] looking into this, for looking at the youths, and we have a
[31:45] very good experience with kids graduating and going to
[31:46] universities and different events to keep them out of
[31:47] trouble. Thank you.
[31:53] >> thank you, sir. Do you have any additional
[32:01] >> yes. Il member bedolla. >> council member nygard.
[32:06] >> mayor arriola. >> yes.
[32:13] item 3f passes. Can someone please ask
[32:16] councilmember nygard to return? All right, that concludes our
[32:36] consent calendar. At this time we have items from
[32:39] the audience. As a reminder, this is for any
[32:42] item that is not on tonight's agenda, and the city council is
[32:45] limited in how we can respond pursuant to the california
[32:48] government code. Can I please see hans raise for
[32:50] anyone who would like to speak on an item not on tonight's
[32:55] agenda? I counted 16, and per our public
[33:03] comment guidelines, with 16-25 requests each speaker will get .
[33:08] do you have any speaker cards for items from the audience?
[33:12] >> yes, mayor. I received six speaker cards.
[33:16] >> let's please proceed with speaker cards.
[33:19] >> mr. Bob tanner? >> they're stopping me in the
[33:39] streets talking about fireworks. They hear it almost every week,
[33:43] even though it's illegal now, but for the fourth.
[33:50] the city council needs to stop selling safe and sane, only have
[33:55] the one fireworks you do for the city itself, and no more.
[34:02] drones should be up almost every weekend.
[34:06] this past weekend in my neighborhood we heard fireworks
[34:11] from south tracy. You could tell it was in that
[34:16] area, but you couldn't say where it was.
[34:18] you could just hear it coming up from south tracy.
[34:23] we just need to stop having these fireworks.
[34:27] people are saying that this council is not listening,
[34:30] they're not doing their job, they should be doing something
[34:32] about it, but they are. You raised the fees, that's
[34:38] great, but fees aren't everything.
[34:42] you need to stop selling, as well.
[34:46] thank you. >> thank you, mr. Tanner.
[34:47] next speaker card, please. [reading name]
[34:59] >> good evening, mayor and members of the council.
[35:01] I am here on behalf of the greater stockton chamber of
[35:06] commerce start program, standing together against all regional
[35:09] theft. First I would like to start by
[35:11] thanking councilmember nygard for speaking at our green team
[35:15] of san joaquin event. Over the past two years, we have
[35:18] grown from an innovative approach to combating retail
[35:20] theft into an award-winning community engagement, economic
[35:23] element, and public safety initiatives built around a
[35:25] simple but powerful principal: businesses and residents taking
[35:30] ownership of their community and becoming part of that solution.
[35:32] as s.t.a.r.t. Has continued to grow throughout the region, I
[35:34] usinesses are aware of two cy resources available and provided
[35:41] to them at no cost. The first is our small business
[35:44] can ead grant. We have fewer than 90 grants
[35:47] remaining, so funding is limited and running out for that aspect.
[35:52] qualifying businesses must be independently owned, franchises
[35:56] qualify, a retail or commercial business having been open since
[36:00] 2020 with a storefront located here in san joaquin county.
[36:04] the second resource is our free merchant account.
[36:07] here businesses can create a secure account to receive any
[36:10] reports of retail theft that might be made by their shoppers
[36:13] on the s.t.a.r.t. App, review and organize instant information
[36:16] as well as compiling the reports into a singular pdf document to
[36:20] attach to their online police reports.
[36:23] these resources are about giving businesses the tools they need
[36:26] to take an active role in community safety and
[36:28] strengthening the connection between businesses, residents,
[36:33] and law enforcement. For two years s.t.a.r.t. Has
[36:35] demonstrated what can happen when the private sector,
[36:38] residents, law enforcement, local government, and non-profit
[36:42] organizations all come to work together.
[36:43] as we move into the next phase of s.t.a.r.t. When you want to
[36:46] continue building this partnership here in tracy.
[36:49] I strongly encourage tracy businesses to visit to create
[36:52] their account and see if they qualify to receive th the free
[36:57] camera grant. With fewer than 90 remaining, I
[36:59] encourage businesses to apply while funding lasts.
[37:03] thank you. >> next speaker card, please.
[37:06] >> nancy rush. >> good evening.
[37:12] I wanted to once again talk about climate change.
[37:15] we need to update our climate change plan in the city of
[37:22] tracy. This year we are
[37:24] expected -- they have projected a 500-year el nino, warmer and
[37:31] wetter, very wet. I haven't heard anything from
[37:35] this city nor the county. The county of marin is dredging
[37:40] creeks and advising other residents to pack their go bags
[37:43] and make arrangements for what they will do in the event of a
[37:48] flood. I haven't seen anything from he
[37:50] city or the county. The county, on the 19th, the
[37:53] same day as tracy connects, is having a "please help clean up
[37:58] our stormwater ways." and I will be doing that while
[38:02] you guys are having fun in the park.
[38:04] I will clean up the trash. But it doesn't look to me like
[38:07] it is ready. There are weeds, there's a lot
[38:11] of stuff growing, and I have seen in past years where those
[38:14] waterways are full. So if this is a 500-year event,
[38:20] they might overfill. I know in the past they have had
[38:23] floods on the outskirts of the city limits, and we have had
[38:26] very large trees keel over on houses because the roots are so
[38:34] soaked and the soil will no longer hold them.
[38:37] so I would like for us to prepare and maybe have something
[38:41] in a plan. That's it.
[38:43] thanks. >> thank you, ms. Rush.
[38:47] next speaker card, please. >> pat howell.
[38:59] >> good evening, council. Pat howell.
[39:04] I understand that we are updating our 20-year plan.
[39:07] instead of just reviewing and tweaking this document as the
[39:11] state requires, let's make a real commitment to a climate
[39:17] action plan. I understand that the elements
[39:21] of this 20-year plan includes safety policies to protect our
[39:25] population from climate events, fire, flood, drought, water,
[39:31] soil contamination, air quality, et cetera.
[39:32] it is the perfect time to develop a climate action plan
[39:36] that provides yearly goals so that budgets can be adopted to
[39:43] support these goals. Climate action plans with the
[39:46] purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other
[39:51] environment or problems are recommended by the california
[39:53] air quality board. Millions of california citizens
[39:58] are living in towns and cities with voluntary climate action
[40:02] plans. We live in a very dangerous
[40:05] environment with nitrates and other contaminants used by
[40:08] agriculture, which can be found in our water and our soil.
[40:12] air pollution is an extremely serious problem that causes many
[40:15] asthma emergencies a year. Our wind patterns coming through
[40:21] ultima pass increase the dangers for wildfires.
[40:24] also our neighbor, the lawrence -- the livermore
[40:29] national lab, 15 miles from us, has increased their nuclear
[40:33] weapon production and design tip ability.
[40:36] they will meta-plutonium now available by our national
[40:40] government and that means that plutonium and highly
[40:45] radioactive waste will be transported over our major
[40:48] highways that surround us. We must do better and
[40:57] immediately do a climate action plan and improve our all-ctizen
[41:03] disaster response plan. Thank you.
[41:05] >> thank you, ms. Howell. Next speaker card, please.
[41:09] >> larkin fleckner. >> good evening, mayor and
[41:25] council members. It is nice to see you all again.
[41:28] I recently spoke at a city council meeting asking that the
[41:31] city move forward with an updated omprehensive climate
[41:33] action plan. At the time it was insinuated by
[41:36] another resident in attendance that I not be part of some
[41:40] nefarious out of town climate organization traveling from city
[41:42] to city to spread my insidious pro-tree messaging.
[41:45] as intriguing as that may sound, for the record, I am not.
[41:55] I am a proud resident of tracy. I live here with my husband and
[41:56] two children. My parents and my little brother
[41:57] are also longtime residents. They care deeply about our city.
[41:59] I assure you that I would not bring something to council if I
[42:01] did not feel it were important. With that I will move to my ask.
[42:05] I am appreciative of you taking time to listen to the recent
[42:08] requests for an updated climate action plan.
[42:11] I believe that council is amiable to the idea, which is
[42:14] awesome. However, I don't see it as a
[42:16] topic for today's agenda. I am respectfully asking
[42:19] city council to request that this item be agen agendized fore
[42:27] next meeting in accordance with the protocols and rules of
[42:33] procedure, which states that the motion maker may include a
[42:36] specific meeting date on which the item must be brought to the
[42:39] cty council for consideration, and such date shall prevail
[42:44] unless the city manager provides information to explain that such
[42:47] date is not possible either due to current workloads, staffing,
[42:51] and/or anticipated research. Thank you for your time and
[42:54] consideration and thank you for what you do.
[42:58] >> thank you. Next speaker card, please.
[43:01] >> veronica vargas. >> good afternoon, mayor,
[43:11] city council, staff members. I has been asked, or three
[43:18] bullet point items, for you all to consider, and I would love if
[43:22] this council decides to bring my ask to the future discussion
[43:27] for future consideration in a futur.
[43:31] this is three points. First, the activation of the
[43:37] nature park. We asked the city council direct
[43:40] staff to bring a design and construction workflow to phase
[43:43] one of the nature park. This should and could utilize
[43:49] the voter approved measure b fundings, ensuring zero impact
[43:53] to the city general fund. To ensure fiscal responsibility,
[43:59] council should establish a firm target budget ap for phase one.
[44:06] furthermore, the community requests that phase one design
[44:09] prioritize immediate integration of youth structure for
[44:13] agricultural learning opportunities, like a greenh
[44:16] greenhouse, outdoor nature education, and an education
[44:21] center alongside trails and utilities infrastructure for the
[44:23] nature park. Number two, the urban forestry
[44:30] management plan and ordinance update.
[44:31] to protect and enhance the tracy existing green canopy, we
[44:36] request that the city council formally adopt this plan, to
[44:43] update the tracy tree ordinance to ensure the robust heritage
[44:47] tree policy and enforce higher tree replacement ratios of 1:3
[44:54] o greater for private and commercial development.
[44:57] I'm going to leave the third item to one of the board members
[45:01] to finish, and it is a pleasure being here this evening.
[45:04] thank you. >> thank you, ms. Vargas.
[45:08] next speaker card, please. >> mayor, we have no additional
[45:11] speaker cards but I do have a speaker on line.
[45:14] >> let's proceed with who is in chambers right now.
[45:17] who would like to speak next? >> good evening.
[45:32] my name is ellen mcrae. I am a lifelong resident of
[45:37] tracy, and I would like to add my voice to veronica's in hopes
[45:40] that you will implement -- >> ms. Mccray, could you speak
[45:45] a little closer to the microphone?
[45:47] thank you. >> in hope that you will
[45:50] implement the urban forest management plan, that you will
[45:52] begin work on the nature park, and that you can implement some
[45:58] kind of city department to protect and expand tracy's
[46:03] trees. Thank you.
[46:03] >> thank you, ms. Mcrae. Next speaker, please.
[46:14] >> good evening. My ame is cynthia eese, and I
[46:18] am a tracy resident. I'm here today to support an
[46:20] updated climate action plan. Residents have been asking for
[46:24] this update dating back to 2021, and as recently as the last
[46:28] meeting on august 18th. The lack of follow-through is
[46:33] concerning. That is why I am asking in this
[46:35] item be agendized for the next council meeting on septem
[46:43] september 15th in accordance with item four dot three dot one
[46:46] dot three of the protocols and rules of procedure.
[46:50] that section indicates a council member can request a specific
[46:52] gendized and the date should prevail unless the city manager
[46:59] provides information explain why it is not possible.
[47:03] as I have stated previously, we are contending with extreme
[47:07] weather. There is rising heat.
[47:10] tracy faces rising heat, more frequent triple digit summer
[47:14] days, and updating plans protect vulnerable residents.
[47:17] central valley water supplies are shrinking.
[47:22] smarter water management secures future growth.
[47:25] wildfire smoke and traffic pollution harm health.
[47:27] better plans reduce local air risks.
[47:31] also there is a state compliance.
[47:36] ew laws. Plans must align with there's also grant money that
[47:39] could be accessed, updated plans unlock these funds.
[47:44] it also lowers utility bills, green building codes save
[47:49] residents money. Energy efficiency drops monthly
[47:52] costs. So I and asking you, please put
[47:56] this on the agenda. Thank you.
[48:00] >> thank you, ms. Reese. Next speaker, please.
[48:16] >> good evening, mayor and council members, staff.
[48:18] it looks like I'm part of the conspiracy here, to improve the
[48:22] environment here in the community.
[48:23] let me read bullet .3. I think you have a copy of it.
[48:31] the tracy tree foundation is asking for stability for tree
[48:33] development and wellness, to guarantee the long-term survival
[48:39] of our urban forest. We request that the council
[48:41] direct staff to evaluate the feasibility of establishing a
[48:46] dedicated department or division for tree development and
[48:49] wellness. This entity would be tasked with
[48:54] cross-departmental coordination, working alongside public works
[48:58] engineering and water utilities to establish strict, sustainable
[49:02] irrigation standards. The city trees manage route and
[49:04] sidewalk mitigation and protect public safety.
[49:12] currently trees are taken care of by public works and the
[49:15] recreation department, and I think it would be better if we
[49:18] had sort of a unified central department, group, that deals
[49:26] with that. I think we would be better
[49:30] served as a community. That said, we are looking to
[49:34] plant around 200 trees on october 3rd, and we are looking
[49:36] for cooperation from the city to do that.
[49:39] so any help would be appreciated.
[49:41] thank you. >> thank you.
[49:43] next speaker, please. Whoever would like to speak ne
[49:49] next. >> good evening, mayor and
[49:56] council, staff, ladies and gentlemen.
[49:58] I'm just here with a request, in other ask, I guess you could
[50:04] say. As you know september we have
[50:06] 9/11, the 25th anniversary this year.
[50:09] I want to say on the record that I'm not asking anyone to stop
[50:13] living or stop celebrating whatever they are, but just out
[50:15] of respect, especially the 25th anniversary, no disrespect to
[50:19] the staff at all, I love you guys, you worked really hard,
[50:24] graham mcdonald is a great guy.
[50:27] how did the city and at putting a block party on 9/11?
[50:30] many other fridays. It could have been on any other
[50:34] friday. It is the 25th anniversary.
[50:37] again, I'm not saying everybody should stop living their life
[50:40] and be sad. We are a strong and resilient
[50:42] nation. We do get up and go.
[50:47] but this s close to many people's heart.
[50:49] I might be the lone wolf here when I say this, but I have been
[50:53] hosting a 9/11 memorial event since 2002 and this is my 25th
[50:58] year of doing it. Mayor, you have attended it.
[51:03] mr. Evans, steve. M. Abercrombie.
[51:05] and a couple people here have attended it.
[51:08] veronica has attended it. So it is very
[51:11] important -- again, please don't get me wrong, I'm not telling
[51:13] you guys to do something from the city, but at least don't do
[51:17] something that doesn't sound right.
[51:18] just because you can do it doesn't mean you should do it.
[51:21] hs many other fridays. Please, if you can, move that
[51:25] 9/11 block party on that day. I'm posting this, I have been
[51:28] hosting it, and I never keep a penny of this money.
[51:31] this is a self-funded event. All the money raised has been
[51:35] given back to the tracy firefighters association and the
[51:38] police officers association. You can ask them any time how
[51:39] much has been given to them because I don't want to brag
[51:42] about it. It's been over hundreds of
[51:44] thousands. This is something close to not
[51:46] only my heart but to a lot of people who know what this means.
[51:49] a lot of people do know what this means.
[51:52] I'm not saying they don't know. Would it carry something,
[51:55] because if we forget about history, I don't want to go that
[51:58] route, that I just want to say thank you so much for the time,
[52:01] appreciate it. God bless you and god bless the
[52:04] united states of america. Thank you.
[52:06] >> thank you. Next speaker, please.
[52:10] >> can anybody hear me? >> yes, thank you.
[52:13] >> my name is anthony villal villalobos.
[52:17] I wrote on this paper because I get nervous.
[52:18] I like to blabber a lot. All right.
[52:23] [clears throat] what independent oversight does
[52:25] the city have to ensure that the ntm is providing the services
[52:29] taxpayers are paying for, that the city personnel are
[52:35] maintaining appropriate boundaries -- sorry -- with ntmd
[52:45] that the safety and discipline of investigations and employment
[52:47] are being applied constantly? If there's no -- you know, just
[52:55] wondering what's going on. Just checking for the bus
[52:58] services. That's what I'm talking about.
[53:01] so yeah. Pretty much that's -- that's
[53:04] what I'm talking about. >> thank you, mr. Villalobos.
[53:09] >> you're welcome. Have a nice night.
[53:12] >> you, too. Next speaker, please.
[53:19] >> good evening, mr. Mayor, city council.
[53:23] >> good evening. >> I am here to request the same
[53:26] request that my colleague did, regarding the implementation of
[53:35] forest management, and the nature park.
[53:43] that's it. Very short.
[53:46] >> thank you. Next speaker, please.
[53:52] >> good evening, mr. Mayor. Todd lee berg.
[53:55] two topics tonight. First one is halloween.
[53:59] a year ago, halloween, two children were hit outside the
[54:03] fairhaven neighborhood. To your credit, you authorized
[54:07] construction of the streetlight. That streetlight is not yet
[54:10] installed. There are temporary signs out
[54:11] there, which is a positive first step.
[54:14] that being said, you have less than eight weeks to get a
[54:17] streetlight installed, which is probably not going to happen.
[54:19] I'm hoping you guys can have an option b to direct traffic out
[54:24] there if the light is not installed.
[54:28] second topic, mr. Mayor, last week or two weeks ago you
[54:31] announced the settlement agreement.
[54:35] I'm cautiously optimistic that this will lead to positive
[54:40] results, hat they eventually turn over the land without issue
[54:45] and finally pay the $8 million. Those are long-standing and
[54:51] overdue issues. At the same time, you announced
[54:53] that the city will be playing some money, approximately
[54:55] $5 million is what I'm hearing. Sutherland has a long history of
[55:03] not honoring their legal obligations, paying the bills on
[55:07] time. I strongly urge the city, before
[55:09] you pay any money, make sure you have the land completely deeded
[55:15] and you have the full $8 million.
[55:17] don't pay before then, please. Thank you.
[55:21] >> thank you. Next speaker, please.
[55:34] >> good evening. Kevin toback, on the board of
[55:40] the district and on behalf of the cemetery I would like to
[55:43] thank the council for approving the item at the last meeting.
[55:45] the cemetery is such a special place in this community was so
[55:50] many of our loved ones there. It was so helpful to see that
[55:55] the city will provide some policing to the cemetery
[55:58] district after hours. It's unfortunate that some folks
[56:00] just can't follow the rules and regulations of the cemetery
[56:04] district, which are pretty standard.
[56:06] so I just wanted let you know we are very thankful for what the
[56:09] city is doing for the cemetery. I want to thank the police
[56:12] department in particular, anna contrasts, and the city
[56:19] attorney's office for working with our staff and our egal
[56:22] counsel, and thank you very much.
[56:23] I don't think a lot of people know this, the cemetery is 145
[56:26] years old. There's a lot of history there.
[56:29] it's a special place. So I wanted to thank you very
[56:31] much for providing the assistance at the cemetery.
[56:37] >> thank you. Next speaker, please.
[56:46] >> good evening, city council. I'm going to talk about the
[56:53] nature park. There is $8.5 million that has
[56:56] been set aside. We have been waiting patiently,
[57:01] patiently, for years, to have a beginning on the nature park.
[57:04] now that all the money has been collected, we are asking that
[57:08] you direct staff to start to put out bids, and that we can
[57:14] actually begin, we can go. I also would like to see the
[57:21] urban forestry management plan, which was accepted by the
[57:26] council but has not yet been implemented, I would like to see
[57:32] that began, as well. I do have to note that, if those
[57:36] of these things are done, you are like halfway to compliance
[57:46] on the of environmental action plan.
[57:48] so everything ere tonight is kind of dovetailing.
[57:54] I do appreciate your service, and thank you.
[57:57] >> thank you. Next speaker, please.
[58:02] seeing none -- l. Oh.
[58:14] >> I wrote it down this week. Good evening, council.
[58:19] I have got a rave, a ranch, and a question for you.
[58:23] first the rave. A city staff member listened at
[58:27] the last meeting when I brought up the pothole on grant line.
[58:29] my wife and I have been trying to get it fixed for over a year.
[58:32] less than a week after mentioning it here, it was
[58:38] repaired. That is what responsiveness
[58:41] looks like. Whoever handled this deserves
[58:44] employee of the month. When the system works, I would
[58:47] like to say so. Now the rant.
[58:56] we just didn't move the homeless person out of one part to let
[59:01] them settle in another. I reported the same woman living
[59:04] in lincoln park for about a year.
[59:06] I've been told they have new codes in the parks, that the
[59:08] staff knows her, familiar faces, and that the police might police
[59:14] need to catch her sleeping overnight, but every morning she
[59:18] is still there. Now it looks like we are up to
[59:20] three people living in that park.
[59:22] I ask you, are we actually addressing homelessness in our
[59:26] parks or are we just trying to make residents feel like
[59:28] something is happening? Because from ground level it
[59:34] doesn't look like progress, it looks like we are spending a lot
[59:37] of money shuffling people around without solving anything.
[59:41] with no homeless commission any longer, the only place that you
[59:45] can bring this up is before you. And finally, the question.
[59:50] the flashing light for the fire station on 11th street had a
[59:57] burned-out lower left bulb. I noticed it weeks ago, but kept
[1:00:00] forgetting to report it. My wife reported it late last
[1:00:09] week, and it was fixed the next day.
[1:00:14] that's the part that really bothers me.
[1:00:20] why did it take a resident to report something that the city
[1:00:25] employees -- >> your time is up.
[1:00:25] >> I'll finish it later. >> thank you.
[1:00:31] next speaker, please. >> I was going to rebut
[1:00:45] everything chuck said, but it didn't take too long.
[1:00:50] s my representative to request nd at the end of the meeting to
[1:00:54] have the staff provide you with a report that says how
[1:01:04] public-private partnership's work, and what are the benefits
[1:01:06] and the advantages. I think now is a really great
[1:01:09] opportunity, that urban forest can be about $0.30 on the dollar
[1:01:14] with public-private, but I would like to hear their take on it.
[1:01:18] they can't do anything if I ask them, but if you ask them that
[1:01:21] would be helpful. The other thing is they had that
[1:01:28] fiasco that we didn't collect enough money and we had to raise
[1:01:30] the rates and everybody in town is upset, so to avoid that
[1:01:34] happening to the people ho are going to replace you in ten
[1:01:38] years when the measure b money stops, I would like to suggest
[1:01:42] to you that you request from the city what the operational costs
[1:01:47] are going to be of all of the new capital improvements from
[1:01:56] measure b, how it's going to be at year 20 when there is no
[1:01:59] revenue to support it. It will be a big number.
[1:02:02] you won't have the budget for it.
[1:02:04] you might be shocked, but you should ask that question ahead
[1:02:08] of time so you can take some sort of action.
[1:02:11] the other is, in ancient history I was on the city council one
[1:02:19] time, and they actually presented a budget that had a
[1:02:23] per unit cost and it. You do not have such a budget,
[1:02:28] and unless you ask for one, you will never get one.
[1:02:31] it is very hard to parse what is the value of the art compared to
[1:02:36] the value of anything else if you don't know what it costs per
[1:02:43] unit. You need to ask for that.
[1:02:44] thank you very much. >> any additional speakers?
[1:02:52] seeing none in chambers, do we have any online?
[1:02:58] >> yes, mayor. We have one speaker online.
[1:03:03] >> let's proceed. >> can you hear me?
[1:03:06] >> yes, thank you. >> excellent, I'll just get
[1:03:09] started. Good evening, my name is andrew.
[1:03:10] I am accessing my opposition to the widespread use of flock
[1:03:14] cameras in the city of tracy. I'm calling on city council to
[1:03:18] cancel the city contract with flock it neatly and not seek an
[1:03:22] alternative vendor. These cameras are a great threat
[1:03:23] to our citizens' privacy and safety.
[1:03:25] due to the nature of how the system works, I as a member of
[1:03:30] the public have no idea whether searches are for legitimate
[1:03:32] purposes. Just this year there was a
[1:03:35] public records request that revealed federal agents
[1:03:39] including I.c.e. Have been using these in violation of california
[1:03:42] law. As it so happens, tracy pd has
[1:03:46] no way of knowing if searches are for legitimate purposes
[1:03:49] since they share data with 363 other police departments in
[1:03:53] california according to their disclosure.
[1:03:55] excuse me. This allows all those agencies
[1:04:01] to search tracy's network of cameras th at will.
[1:04:05] if we make it estimate that mean 360ish other agencies, let's say
[1:04:10] a dozen officers have search credentials that each
[1:04:12] department. The math works out to about 4300
[1:04:15] people who can search tracy's network and track whoever they
[1:04:19] want without a warrant. It would be really difficult to
[1:04:24] phish and use it for criminal purposes but I digress.
[1:04:30] I've only got 2 minutes, so much ais made about china and the
[1:04:39] government who uses surveillance to surveilled their citizens.
[1:04:40] let me remind you that these systems were designed by
[1:04:43] american companies such as oracle and cisco solely for the
[1:04:48] same systems are used in the u.s. And it is growing one city
[1:04:52] at a time. More invasive surveillance
[1:04:55] technology at a time. I ask everyone present, do we
[1:04:59] truly value our freedoms or will we yield them for some perceived
[1:05:01] short-term benefit? Visit deflocktracy.com for
[1:05:10] more. I yield my time.
[1:05:13] >> thank you. Next speaker, please.
[1:05:17] no additional speakers? >> no additional speakers
[1:05:20] online. >> thank you.
[1:05:20] with that we will close out items from the audience.
[1:05:23] that brings us to public hearings.
[1:05:27] first up we have item 5a related to the development impact fee
[1:05:32] nexus studies. Staff report, please.
[1:05:41] >> thank you. Good evening.
[1:05:43] my name is veronica child, from the community and economic
[1:05:46] develop a department. This evening I'm going to give
[1:05:49] you a presentation about our nexus studies and how they
[1:05:51] relate to our master plans, and you're asking the city council
[1:05:55] adopt the new nexus studies and associated development impact
[1:06:00] fees. The city of tracy currently has
[1:06:06] seven infrastructure master plans.
[1:06:09] transportation, water, sewer, storm, public safety, public
[1:06:14] facilities, and parks. This identifies the long-term
[1:06:17] intersection needs and costs associated with the
[1:06:19] infrastructure to support future growth.
[1:06:23] these studies take he master plan cost data and determine new
[1:06:28] developments fair share and establish development impact
[1:06:30] fees to fund the future infrastructure.
[1:06:34] development impact fees are a one-time fee under the
[1:06:37] mitigation fee act, assembly bill 1600.
[1:06:40] they must fund capital imprudence only.
[1:06:42] they cannot send any maintenance, salaries, or
[1:06:46] existing deficiencies, and this requires that we show a clear
[1:06:49] link between the fee and the improvement, and we track those
[1:06:52] separately by category in separate funds.
[1:06:55] development impact fees are calculated by taking the project
[1:06:58] costs attributed to new development and divide that by
[1:07:03] the units of new development. The fees vary by residential or
[1:07:08] nonresidential, and by specific infrastructure categories
[1:07:11] associated with the seven master plan as I before.
[1:07:21] this map of the city shows the 3c areas in the city.
[1:07:22] the light blue is the core fee area, in the dark blue is the
[1:07:25] master plan fee area. The nexus studies we are talking
[1:07:28] about this evening or in the dark blue areas on that map.
[1:07:37] in 2022 we did adopt an update to the recreation and trails
[1:07:41] master plan and in 2024 we adopted the water and public
[1:07:46] safety and public master plans. Since then we have been working
[1:07:49] on these nexus studies. We have had key updates in this
[1:07:53] time period. One of these is in line,
[1:07:56] shifting the residential fees from the fee per nit two fee
[1:08:01] per square foot. We have decreased our rogram
[1:08:03] management fee from 5% to 2.5%. We have seen some increases due
[1:08:09] to higher construction costs, updated facilities plans, and
[1:08:16] employees per square foot. Related to parks, we have broken
[1:08:18] up the fees into a separate fee and then they are now based on
[1:08:31] the previous 4 acres per 1000 residents.
[1:08:34] we have seen decreases in the water fee due to lower water
[1:08:37] demand and the $20 million recycled water branch, nd the
[1:08:43] capacity fee is now being charged based on usage and meter
[1:08:45] size as opposed to acreage. In addition, we have multiple
[1:08:50] meetings with the building industry association and various
[1:08:54] developers to go over these fees and work with our outside
[1:08:58] counsel to make sure we have the most fair fees to present to you
[1:09:03] tonight. Our water fees are changing
[1:09:07] slightly. They are actually reducing,
[1:09:09] going from about $17,000 down to about $12,000.
[1:09:15] they are increasing, single-family residential per
[1:09:22] square now a little over $7 per square foot.
[1:09:27] for public safety facilities, these are all the facilities
[1:09:31] included in the master and being funded through the nexus study.
[1:09:39] these total out to about $98 million in costs and the
[1:09:47] cost is about $62 million. The safety fee is going up from
[1:09:55] about $0.86 per square foot to $1.31 per square foot for single
[1:09:59] family residential, and for commercial about $670 per 1000
[1:10:03] suare feet to about $920 per 1000 square feet.
[1:10:12] the public facilities included in the master plan are listed
[1:10:14] here in this table. They total to about
[1:10:19] $241 million. The maximum attributable is
[1:10:23] about $128 million, but we are only funding about $101 million
[1:10:27] to the impact fee program because we do have some funding
[1:10:30] already identified. How that affects the public
[1:10:35] facilities fee, about $1.64 per square foot and increasing to
[1:10:42] $1.82 per square-foot. For commercial they were about
[1:10:47] $110 going up to about $358 per thousand square feet.
[1:10:54] these tables show comparison to other agencies, so we used a
[1:11:00] 2600 square-foot prototype for single family residential.
[1:11:03] as you see by this chart, the tracy existing fees are in
[1:11:07] orange, the proposed fees are in green, and neighboring cities
[1:11:11] are in blue. So ou will see that the
[1:11:14] proposed fees are slightly increasing overall for
[1:11:16] single-family residential unit, and below the median line.
[1:11:21] and then for multifamily residential you're using a 995
[1:11:25] square foot unit as a prototype. You will see that we are just
[1:11:27] over the median, and there is a slight decrease overall to the
[1:11:32] impact fees from the existing to the proposed.
[1:11:40] and then for commercial we do have our office, we are using
[1:11:47] per 1000 square feet. The feasibility median line, and
[1:11:54] for commercial you can see the tracy proposed fees are actually
[1:11:57] less overall than the existing fees, and for industrial, same
[1:12:03] situation that the tracy existing fees are higher than
[1:12:06] what our new proposed fees are. I'm happy to answer any
[1:12:11] questions you may have. I also have atomized it in the
[1:12:15] audience, one of the consultants that's been working on this, and
[1:12:18] he'll be here to help answer any questions you might have.
[1:12:22] thank you. >> thank you.
[1:12:24] does council have any peeling merry questions?
[1:12:27] mayor pro tem? > thank you very much.
[1:12:29] great report. It was one outstanding issue
[1:12:33] that you said you had, got that resolves?
[1:12:37] >> we did get that resolved. We had another conversation with
[1:12:41] them and they agree with the fees as they are presented
[1:12:45] tonight. >> thank you very much.
[1:12:46] >> thank you. Councilmember victoria?
[1:12:56] >> I see a presentation that the proposed fee for a single family
[1:12:57] for 2026, it says $7.04 per square foot.
[1:12:59] I think in the actual nexus study -- I forget the publisher,
[1:13:04] sorry. I think it says it is $7.27.
[1:13:08] can I ask why it's different? Which one are we adopting today?
[1:13:13] >> we are adopting the $7.04 per square foot.
[1:13:16] we came to an agreement with the bia to o a slight reduction to
[1:13:20] the contingency related to the park.
[1:13:23] >> that clarifies, thank you. Sorry, I have one more question.
[1:13:31] for an average -- average doesn't matter, and for a new
[1:13:37] single-family home, what is the net change in impact fees after
[1:13:40] the water fee reductions we are seeing?
[1:13:46] the increases and the reduct reductions?
[1:13:50] out of all the increases and reductions they are seeing, what
[1:13:52] is the net change for a single family home?
[1:13:56] are fees going up? >> for a single-family home the
[1:13:59] fees are increasing slightly. The 2600 square-foot single
[1:14:01] family residential unit was at about $59,680 and it's going up
[1:14:08] slightly to be $63,354. >> thank you.
[1:14:18] >> thank you, councilmember. >> staff answered all my
[1:14:20] questions, so thank you. >> all right, we will go out for
[1:14:26] public comment. Would any members of the public
[1:14:27] like to speak on item 5a related to the impact fee nexus studies?
[1:14:33] seeing one hand, we will allow for minutes.
[1:14:39] please proceed. >> mayor, it's a public hearing
[1:14:40] so we should -- >> my apologies, they are going
[1:14:44] to open the public hearing at 8:07.
[1:14:56] >> I don't understand, do we have $20 million coming in for
[1:15:00] the library? Because I on't need that much
[1:15:04] to do what I need t the library, and I might not have to
[1:15:07] beg and borrow from you guys. Is that what I'm seeing here?
[1:15:13] that's my question. And if I could get that answered
[1:15:16] by staff, that would be nice. Thank you.
[1:15:21] >> thank you. Next speaker please.
[1:15:34] >> I just have one question. When your public safety fees
[1:15:41] comparison shows everyone going up except industrial, why is
[1:15:43] industrial going down? They take as much ublic safety
[1:15:49] as anywhere else. You would think that either they
[1:15:54] stay even or they go up just like everyone else.
[1:15:58] and that is under the public safety fee comparison sheet.
[1:16:04] it's only a minor drop, but it is dropping, and they take as
[1:16:11] much safety as everything else. So if you could answer that
[1:16:16] question, that would be great. >> thank you, mr. Tanner.
[1:16:18] do they have any additional speakers on this item?
[1:16:23] okay, do we have any speakers on line?
[1:16:26] >> no, mayor. No speakers online.
[1:16:28] >> with that we will close at public comment and close the
[1:16:31] public hearing for item 5a. Staff, I would like to get
[1:16:34] responses to the questions related to the library fees and
[1:16:38] public safety fees in the industrial category.
[1:16:44] >> yes, that is correct. The cost estimate for the tracy
[1:16:47] library is $27 million. The costs attributable to the
[1:16:52] fee program is $20 million. So we would be collecting from
[1:16:56] new development about $20 million to fund the library.
[1:17:01] and for industrial, I believe the fees are going down because
[1:17:03] the assumptions of the number of people per thousand square feet
[1:17:08] in industrial building has gone down.
[1:17:11] >> thank you. Do you have any additional
[1:17:14] questions, discussion, or entertain a motion?
[1:17:17] >> I make a motion to adopt a resolution adopting the public
[1:17:22] facilities nexus study and associated public facilities
[1:17:25] project list, and adopting an updated charge for the public
[1:17:30] facility fees, adopting water capacity nexus study, adopting
[1:17:33] updated charges for water capacity fees, adopting public
[1:17:38] safety nexus study and associated public safety project
[1:17:42] lists, adopting updated charges for public safety fees, adopting
[1:17:47] park edication, and park acquisition and improvement see,
[1:17:54] nexus study and associated park acquisition and improvement fee
[1:17:57] project list, adopting charges and dedication requirements for
[1:18:03] park dedication and charges for park acquisition and improvement
[1:18:09] fee. >> second.
[1:18:10] >> we have a first and a second. Councilmember bedolla, did you
[1:18:14] have a comment? >> quick question, I wanted to
[1:18:16] check in with staff. The lowering of the parks fee,
[1:18:22] that happened kind of recently. If we improve, with staff still
[1:18:28] say that new development is paying for their fair share of
[1:18:32] infrastructure? >> yes, absolutely.
[1:18:36] >> thank you. >> we have a first and a second.
[1:18:38] roll call, please. >> mayor pro tem abercrombie.
[1:18:41] >> yes. >> councilmember evans.
[1:18:43] >> yes. >> councilmember bedolla.
[1:18:44] >> yes. >> councilmember nygard.
[1:18:45] >> yes. >> mayor arriola.
[1:18:47] >> yes. Madam clerk, will you please
[1:18:51] read the title of the proposed ordinance?
[1:18:58] >> amending the tracy municipal code title 13 by amending
[1:19:04] chapters 13.04, 13.08, and 13.12, repealing chapters 13.16
[1:19:12] and 13.20, and adding chapters 13.37 and 13.38, updating the
[1:19:18] development impact fees. >> motion to waive the first
[1:19:24] reading by substitution of title and introduce the ordinance.
[1:19:28] >> second. >> we have a first and a second.
[1:19:29] roll call, please. >> mayor pro tem abercrombie.
[1:19:30] >> yes. >> councilmember evans.
[1:19:32] >> yes. >> councilmember bedolla.
[1:19:33] >> yes. >> councilmember nygard.
[1:19:35] >> yes. >> mayor arriola.
[1:19:36] >> yes. All right, the impact fees past.
[1:19:42] thank you, staff, and we look forward to new develop and
[1:19:46] paying their share. That brings us to regular agenda
[1:19:49] items. Item 6 letter a is related to
[1:19:52] the cal city's annual conference.
[1:19:54] staff report, please. >> did evening, both
[1:20:01] city council and staff. My name is elva esquivel, the
[1:20:09] acting city clerk. This is about the annual
[1:20:13] conference and expo general assembly meeting.
[1:20:14] it is scheduled for september 23rd through septembe.
[1:20:19] as you know, cal cities advocates on important issues.
[1:20:26] their advocacy teams work with regional field staff and
[1:20:29] lawmakers to sponsor, draft, and support legislative and
[1:20:34] regulatory measures that promote local decision-making and lobby
[1:20:38] against policies that erode local control.
[1:20:42] an important part of the annual conference and expo is the
[1:20:46] general assembly meeting to be held on friday, september 25th.
[1:20:52] a this meeting, cal cities membership considers and acts on
[1:20:56] resolutions that establish cal cities policy.
[1:20:59] in order to expedite the conduct of business at this policymaking
[1:21:03] meeting, each city council is required to designate a voting
[1:21:07] delegate and up to two alternates who are registered
[1:21:11] for and attend the annual conference and general assembly
[1:21:15] meeting. A voting card will be given to
[1:21:17] the city official designated on the voting delegate form.
[1:21:22] cal cities has requested to receive the names of the
[1:21:25] delegates prior to attendance at the conference.
[1:21:30] as council is aware, the cal cities annual conference
[1:21:35] resolutions process is one way that the city officials can
[1:21:37] directly participate in the development of cal cities
[1:21:39] policy. The deadline to submit
[1:21:42] resolutions this year was july 25th.
[1:21:47] this year cal cities has reported receiving one
[1:21:49] resolution to be considered at the general assembly meeting in
[1:21:53] advance. Attachment b of the staff report
[1:21:55] contained the general resolution submitted by the city of
[1:22:01] marietta and eight letters of concurrence for the city of
[1:22:05] murrietta submission, and the general resolution text and its
[1:22:10] implications. The general resolution and cal
[1:22:14] cities analysis site multiple laws passed by the state
[1:22:18] legislature, mandating various restrictions or reporting
[1:22:22] requirements upon local agencies and elected officials.
[1:22:27] however, these laws included exclusions for the state
[1:22:29] legislature and for state agencies.
[1:22:33] he city supports policit promote local authority and
[1:22:35] flexibility for local governments to be responsive and
[1:22:40] transparent to their constituencies.
[1:22:43] the city policies also do not support unfunded mandates which
[1:22:45] are often imposed on the cities not on the state.
[1:22:50] however, it is not clear what impact this resolution would
[1:22:54] have on influencing the state legislature.
[1:22:57] there is no anticipated fiscal impact associated with this
[1:23:01] action and this agenda item supports governance strategic
[1:23:05] goal number one to model good government, governance,
[1:23:10] teamwork, and transparency. Staff recommends that the
[1:23:12] city council take the following actions this evening with regard
[1:23:15] to the league of california cities 2026 annual conference
[1:23:19] and expo general assembly meeting.
[1:23:24] first, by motion, designate a voting delegate and up to two
[1:23:27] alternate voting delegates for the league of california cities
[1:23:29] 2026 annual conference. Second, discuss general
[1:23:35] resolution number 1 and determined by motion how to
[1:23:38] authorize the appointed delegate to.
[1:23:43] third, to adopt a resolution designating the voting delegate
[1:23:45] and up to two alternate voting delegates selected in the prior
[1:23:51] action for the 2026 annual conference and expo
[1:23:54] general assembly meeting. This concludes my report and
[1:23:56] staff is available for questi questions.
[1:24:01] >> quick question, who from council will be attending the
[1:24:04] conference? >> you are the only
[1:24:06] myself, sara castro, arturo sanchez, our legislative anal
[1:24:20] analyst, and the city attorney and daniel green, the assistant
[1:24:24] city ttorney. >> thank you.
[1:24:29] do you have any preliminary questions?
[1:24:34] >> thank you. Is it possible for council
[1:24:36] embers to sign up to go or is it closed off?
[1:24:40] >> I would have to check. But it usually does -- we can
[1:24:43] check for you. >> are you interested if it's
[1:24:49] available? >> I have something to change.
[1:24:51] >> anybody else? Okay.
[1:24:58] just for my questions, with regard to the general resolu
[1:25:02] resolution, I just want to confirm that our city policy is
[1:25:04] such that we would be supporting local control, opposing unfunded
[1:25:10] mandates and anything in which the legislature has excluded
[1:25:14] from requirements placed upon local governments.
[1:25:18] his head in with our olicies? >> arturo sanchez, city manager.
[1:25:25] those three items as described by the mayor ended the
[1:25:27] resolution would be consistent wth our local policies, yes,
[1:25:31] sir. >> thank you, mr. Sanchez.
[1:25:32] that is also what I would be proposing that we support.
[1:25:37] will got to the public for this item, 6a related to the
[1:25:41] cal cities annual conference. Are there any members of the
[1:25:43] public would like to speak on item 6a?
[1:25:47] seeing that in chambers, do you have any on the line?
[1:25:50] >> no speakers online. >> with that will close out
[1:25:54] public comment for item 6a. You're welcome to join, as well.
[1:26:05] my only concern is that I have a 2:00 p.m. Flight and sometimes
[1:26:11] these resolutions begin around noon.
[1:26:13] sometimes they run late. Can staff to have been if become
[1:26:22] unavailable? >> we have later flights so if
[1:26:25] you would like to designate us as an alternate.
[1:26:32] >> I moved to designate myself as a voting delegate, and if
[1:26:39] councilmember bedolla has a delegate or her designee is a
[1:26:43] second delegate for the annual conference.
[1:26:51] >> I have a second from councilmember evans.
[1:26:54] is that okay with you? >> I believe we can resolve the
[1:26:57] issue whether or not there is space for councilmember bedolla
[1:27:01] probably by tomorrow. To be can turn in the
[1:27:02] appropriate names in that. >> we have a first and a second
[1:27:08] roll call, please. >> mayor arriola.
[1:27:12] >> yes. >> councilmember evans.
[1:27:13] >> yes. >> councilmember bedolla.
[1:27:15] >> yes. >> councilmember nygard.
[1:27:16] >> yes. >> mayor pro tem abercrombie.
[1:27:18] >> yes. >> thank you.
[1:27:23] was there any council opposition to the policies I briefly
[1:27:26] discussed with staff earlier? With that I would move my motion
[1:27:30] to authorize whichever appointed delegate to vote under the
[1:27:35] conditions of supporting local control opposing unfunded
[1:27:39] mandates, opposing anything in which state legislature is
[1:27:42] excluded from the authority of local government.
[1:27:45] >> second. >> we have a first and a second
[1:27:46] roll call, please. >> mayor arriola.
[1:27:48] >> yes. >> mayor pro tem abercrombie.
[1:27:50] >> yes. >> councilmember bedolla.
[1:27:51] >> yes. >> councilmember evans.
[1:27:53] >> yes. >> councilmember nygard.
[1:27:56] >> yes. >> thank you.
[1:28:04] and is the third motion separate than the first motion?
[1:28:09] I would move to adopt a resolution, with the previously
[1:28:15] designated voting delegates as the alternate voting delegates
[1:28:18] to the league of california cities annual conference.
[1:28:21] >> second. >> we have a first and a second
[1:28:22] roll call, please. >> mayor arriola.
[1:28:24] >> yes. >> mayor pro tem abercrombie.
[1:28:26] >> yes. >> councilmember bedolla.
[1:28:27] >> yes. >> councilmember evans.
[1:28:28] >> yes. >> councilmember nygard.
[1:28:30] >> yes. >> all right, the item passes.
[1:28:36] thank you to everyone. I look forward to seeing you all
[1:28:38] at the annual conference. That brings us to item 6b
[1:28:44] regarding council compensation. Staff report, please.
[1:28:49] >> thank you, mayor and council. May I have the powerpoint,
[1:28:53] please? Thank you.
[1:29:07] sara castro, assistant city manager presenting this item for
[1:29:11] you tonight. The item before you is a routine
[1:29:12] item that we bring every other year.
[1:29:16] a little bit of background on the city council and treasurers
[1:29:20] compensation, the city council code of conduct states that the
[1:29:24] mayor and council salaries should be reviewed every two
[1:29:28] years, and the treasury salary is at the same time.
[1:29:35] we follow the approved compensation increases to go
[1:29:38] into effect for our next mayor and council.
[1:29:41] in this case, any approved compensation increase would go
[1:29:45] into effect january 1 of 2027. Current salaries are set by
[1:29:52] ordinance 1351 on october the 15th of 2024.
[1:30:02] all of those became effective january 1, 2025.
[1:30:07] the chart below shows the current salaries for mayor,
[1:30:11] council members, and treasurer. >> I'm going to briefly go over
[1:30:17] some rules around council compensation.
[1:30:19] this is set by ordinance. There were some amendments to
[1:30:26] the government code 36516 around the compensation.
[1:30:32] it's based upon population size. The city of tracy falls into the
[1:30:36] range of over 75 but up to and including 150,000 in population,
[1:30:41] which allows for a maximum compensation of $1900 per
[1:30:46] month. That same government code
[1:30:48] section also allows for an additional maximum of $150 per
[1:30:52] month for each commission, committee, board, or similar
[1:30:57] authority. It also authorizes compensation
[1:30:58] in addition to the base for the mayor also approved by ordinance
[1:31:04] and that is currently set at $200.
[1:31:06] further increases to compensation can be allowed by
[1:31:12] either one of the following, 5%, up to 5% for each calendar year
[1:31:16] from the date of the last increase, or an amount that is
[1:31:21] equal to cumulative inflation since january 1 of 2024, based
[1:31:26] on the consumer price index for california.
[1:31:30] it cannot exceed 10% for each calendar year.
[1:31:31] we have done the calculation on this and the cumulative increase
[1:31:38] would be 7.75%. Some other quick rules around
[1:31:42] the city treasurers compensa compensation, this is set up
[1:31:46] differently. This is set by council
[1:31:49] resolution and the government code does not set a maximum
[1:31:52] monthly compensation for elected city treasurers.
[1:31:55] this allows the city council the discussion on the amount of
[1:31:59] salary for treasurer. Although the salary has
[1:32:01] historically been set to align the city council.
[1:32:05] taking a quick look at the maximum allowable salary
[1:32:11] increase, the left side hows the current salaries it became
[1:32:15] effective january 1, 2025. $1900 for the city council,
[1:32:20] $2100 for the ayor, in $1900 for the city treasurer.
[1:32:25] using the maximum allowable increase from the information I
[1:32:28] shared on the slide before would allow up to 5% per calendar
[1:32:35] year, showing the amount for each year would take that
[1:32:41] maximum allowable increase of salary up to $2090 for
[1:32:47] city council and $2290 for the mayor.
[1:32:50] and there's no percentage applicable to the city
[1:32:52] treasurer. When we look at the total
[1:32:56] increase, that would ake city council up to 25,080
[1:33:02] annually and the married $27,480 annually if council were to
[1:33:07] choose to amend the salaries to the maximum.
[1:33:12] so with this item I am requesting some direction from
[1:33:17] the council. Should we amend the mayor and
[1:33:19] city council monthly salary? If so, by what amount up to the
[1:33:26] maximum allowable of 10%? And also should the city
[1:33:29] treasurer monthly salary be increased, and if so, what
[1:33:35] amount? And if council provides
[1:33:37] direction on that salary increase, staff will return with
[1:33:40] the ordinance and the resolutions appropriate at a
[1:33:42] future meeting date, and again any salary increase would become
[1:33:47] effective january 12027. This concludes my staff report.
[1:33:53] thank you. >> did he have any preliminary
[1:33:56] questions? >> just to confirm, although we
[1:34:00] are allowed, we do not get any eight -- I just want to make it
[1:34:08] clear, we don't get compensation for the commissions we serve on?
[1:34:12] >> that is correct. It's just a monthly salary.
[1:34:15] >> right. Secondly, if we don't do
[1:34:18] anything, we can vote tonight to say we just want to stay where
[1:34:22] we're at and next time you don't have to bring anything back.
[1:34:25] >> you are correct. >> thank you.
[1:34:30] >> any questions on the side? I wanted to confirm, have we
[1:34:38] calculated with the total annual salary would be for the second
[1:34:44] compensation category for cumulative inflation?
[1:34:51] >> on the cumulative inflation, that would be 7.75%.
[1:34:57] >> do you have umbers or based on the percentage?
[1:35:02] >> I did the calculation probably last month.
[1:35:07] >> understood. That answers our questions.
[1:35:09] I'm going to go out for public comment on this item.
[1:35:12] would anyone like to speak on item 6b?
[1:35:17] I see three hands. We will allow 4 minutes for
[1:35:19] whoever would like to start. >> I want to take this time to
[1:35:33] thank all of you for the job that you do.
[1:35:37] I'm very impressed with the fact that you always make sure that
[1:35:40] we are on budget, and I believe in budgets, and I believed in
[1:35:46] responsibility. But I also believe in paying for
[1:35:48] what you get, and that I personally would prefer that you
[1:35:55] take the maximum increase. I think you deserve it, nd I
[1:35:58] think that's what we should do. Thank you.
[1:36:03] >> thank you. Next speaker, please.
[1:36:16] >> I'm not sure what you're getting paid for now as it is.
[1:36:21] in '24, when I asked the question what city council does,
[1:36:26] where's the grants, nancy young came unglued and was going all
[1:36:28] over the place. They finally provided, after
[1:36:32] several meetings, a list of all grants that the city receives,
[1:36:39] both the city, fire, and police. Both fire and police have their
[1:36:43] own grant writers. I don't know what the city has,
[1:36:47] I assume they do. But if the city council is
[1:36:50] earning their money, they would find where the grants are and
[1:36:53] start suggesting that the city apply for them.
[1:36:56] but I haven't heard of anything of what you guys are doing.
[1:37:00] so I would think that salary should be flat and you can't
[1:37:09] touch it until after the elections.
[1:37:13] so whatever is in '26 is really going to help.
[1:37:17] but some of you are going to be gone one way or another.
[1:37:23] what are you guys doing? What grants are you providing
[1:37:27] the city to try and get? I would like to see a list of
[1:37:34] any and all grants that the city has obtained or is in the
[1:37:40] process of obtaining. That would show what the worth
[1:37:45] is of the city council along with everything else going on.
[1:37:48] but we haven't seen it since '24.
[1:37:54] no one is telling us what's going on.
[1:37:57] every once in while the police get a grant for flock or
[1:38:00] something else and we know that's happening, or the fire
[1:38:03] department get something that their ambulance, we know that's
[1:38:07] happening. But what's happening with the
[1:38:10] city? What kind of grants are they
[1:38:11] trying to get a hold of and what have they obtained?
[1:38:15] haven't heard. Start earning your money.
[1:38:22] >> thank you, mr. Tanner. Next speaker, please.
[1:38:39] >> I think everybody deserves a raise, but the government's
[1:38:47] stepped forward and said that the senior citizens that are on
[1:38:53] social security get this little raise and then everybody else is
[1:38:58] entitled to this big raise. Let's start a movement right
[1:39:03] here and let's lock the city council rate into the exact
[1:39:10] same saying that social security gets.
[1:39:13] I think that would be fair. And maybe if you start that,
[1:39:18] then another city would do it, and we have this big movement
[1:39:24] and government will actually perform better because they need
[1:39:30] to make the economics work so they can get there bigger
[1:39:38] raises. If we lock it to something that
[1:39:40] is already there, it might work. So I'm telling you, lock your
[1:39:45] raise to 3% for this year. That's where mine was locked.
[1:39:50] thank you. >> thank you.
[1:39:52] next speaker. >> hello again.
[1:40:07] I'm not great at winging it, but this -- this sounds like an
[1:40:13] awkward one for you guys to vote on.
[1:40:16] sorry. I just want to make an
[1:40:18] observation, which is I am a longtime worker, I just started
[1:40:21] coming in person, but I've watched a lot of city council
[1:40:24] meetings over the years and I feel like you all had been doing
[1:40:27] a better job working together. When I walk downtown ic change
[1:40:31] and I see you in the community, and I'm sure there's things
[1:40:34] behind the scenes that you guys could be working more
[1:40:38] collaboratively on. So I guess if you do vote this
[1:40:42] in, just use it as your incentive to make sure you are
[1:40:48] getting those potholes filled, take care of them feral cats,
[1:40:52] what are the people bring to you, climate action plan.
[1:40:54] keep up the good work. Do more and do what you feel is
[1:41:00] right. Thanks.
[1:41:03] >> thank you. Do you have any additional
[1:41:04] speakers on this item? Seeing nine in chambers, do you
[1:41:08] have any online? >> no speakers online.
[1:41:11] speak a little close public comment for item 6b and return
[1:41:16] to council for discussion or entertain a motion.
[1:41:24] council member evans? >> thank you, mayor.
[1:41:25] I posed a raise two years ago and I'm going to oppose this
[1:41:29] one. I like the idea of public
[1:41:31] service being to represent the best interest of the community,
[1:41:34] and I understand the arguments against that, but in the end I
[1:41:37] don't want our constituents thinking that is why we are
[1:41:42] here. I also really don't like the
[1:41:44] idea of anybody being able to give themselves a raise.
[1:41:48] it seems inherently wrong. In addition, money is finite,
[1:41:51] the city only has so much, is only so much to go around.
[1:41:54] whatever we take doesn't go into the roads, it doesn't go into
[1:41:57] fixing the potholes or the parks, it doesn't go into public
[1:42:02] safety. I'm just going to say I'm
[1:42:04] opposed to any pay raises. Thank you.
[1:42:09] >> thank you. Councilmember nygard?
[1:42:11] >> thank you, mayor. I'm kind of neutral on this.
[1:42:13] I didn't run for this position for money, either, but I will go
[1:42:17] with the consensus of the dais because I do want to make sure
[1:42:23] that we all feel we do hold some value up here.
[1:42:30] I commend all of us this last 18 months, the collaboration we
[1:42:36] have been able to have on this dais and the work you've been
[1:42:41] able to accomplish, and I look forward to many more months
[1:42:45] ahead. Thank you.
[1:42:48] >> thank you, councilmember nygard.
[1:42:50] >> thank you. I've supported what I call
[1:42:53] correcting compensation two years ago.
[1:42:54] I think it's currently fair. But going forward I think it'll
[1:42:57] be a good idea to think about tying t to something objectives
[1:43:02] like social security. Thank you.
[1:43:07] >> mayor pro tem? >> as I previously stated, I
[1:43:10] don't support -- I didn't sign up to et paid and I'm fine with
[1:43:12] what I'm getting compensated with.
[1:43:15] thank you. >> thank you.
[1:43:17] as for my comments, I would be consistent with what I've said
[1:43:20] in the past. I want to make sure we are
[1:43:23] reducing barriers to articipate in local governance and I would
[1:43:27] 
[1:43:35] council, not for this one. We don't know who will be
[1:43:36] sitting in the seats, so I would generally support some moderate
[1:43:42] raise. I want to confirm, with regards
[1:43:44] to the compensation category for cumulative inflation,
[1:43:50] essentially the cola adjustm adjustments, ms. Castro, do you
[1:43:53] have an answer for that? >> I believe the intent behind
[1:43:58] this is to keep inflation at more of an inflationary
[1:44:02] increase. But when you look cumulatively,
[1:44:08] for two years, typically a lot of the cost-of-living increases,
[1:44:11] as was entioned, are usually in the 3-4% range, that we are
[1:44:15] looking cumulatively over that time, not just one 3% increase,
[1:44:21] if that makes sense. It's a cumulative amount of
[1:44:25] cost-of-living increase for two years.
[1:44:28] >> just to confirm, 7.75% over two years?
[1:44:33] >> that's right. >> okay.
[1:44:35] with that, and similar to what councilmember bedolla was
[1:44:39] saying, I would be comfortable attaching it with something, I
[1:44:41] think would be fair to attach it to cola.
[1:44:45] so I will go with the consensus as well, that I would be
[1:44:49] supporting attaching it to a cumulative inflation basis.
[1:44:56] any additional comment? Council member evans?
[1:44:59] >> just thinking it through. I'm not opposed to the idea.
[1:45:02] I'm opposed to an increase at this time.
[1:45:05] the last increase percentagewise was very high.
[1:45:11] I can't remember, somewhere in the neighborhood of 79-80%,
[1:45:14] something like that. I don't mind that idea of
[1:45:20] attaching it to something like cpi, because theoretically that
[1:45:24] takes it out of ur hands, and that is one thing I stated that
[1:45:28] I've never been comfortable with that idea of us giving ourselves
[1:45:33] raises. So I guess if we attach it to
[1:45:35] cpi, that would be -- is there a way to lock it in and keep that?
[1:45:44] >> unfortunately no. It'll come back every two years
[1:45:46] to have a discussion. >> for me, I think in the future
[1:45:55] that would make sense. I think it's a good idea.
[1:45:59] for me the salary is a little high for my taste.
[1:46:01] I would say maybe in the future at some point I could support
[1:46:06] it. >> this is for an informational
[1:46:10] update, asking for a motion for direction today.
[1:46:13] >> I'm seeking direction. If action were to be taken, it
[1:46:16] would need to be taken with this council with the intent of
[1:46:21] taking effect for the next council.
[1:46:22] >> so you eed a specific motion team asked.
[1:46:26] >> if possible, yes. >> if I made a motion to not be
[1:46:30] one, that's what I would do right now.
[1:46:32] would make a motion that we maintain the current salary as
[1:46:36] they are. >> I would second that.
[1:46:41] >> we have a irst and second. Roll call, please.
[1:46:46] >> mayor pro tem abercrombie. >> yes.
[1:46:48] >> councilmember bedolla. >> yes.
[1:46:49] >> councilmember evans. >> yes.
[1:46:50] >> councilmember nygard. >> yes.
[1:46:51] >> mayor arriola. >> yes.
[1:46:57] >> so that takes care of council compensation and that takes care
[1:47:01] of our regular items. At this point we have items from
[1:47:04] the audience. Would any members of the public
[1:47:06] like to speak on an item not on tonight's agenda?
[1:47:15] the time is yours. We will allow 4 minutes.
[1:47:31] >> and finally I have the question.
[1:47:34] the flashing warning light at the fire station on 11th street
[1:47:37] had burned out, the lower left bulb.
[1:47:42] I noticed it several weeks ago. My wife reported it and it was
[1:47:48] fixed the next day. So obviously somebody thought
[1:47:52] that it was something that needed to be fixed right away.
[1:47:54] but the part that bothers me, why did it take a resident to
[1:48:03] report his? Doesn't city employees and
[1:48:06] police officers drive past it every day?
[1:48:09] so here's my question: are they not allowed to use 11th street?
[1:48:13] because every vehicle has a radio and it.
[1:48:16] it will be a very simple thing to call up and say, hey, I
[1:48:22] noticed this light is out, and it would've been taken care of
[1:48:25] right away. No employee of the month for
[1:48:27] this group of people. I would like to celebrate the
[1:48:32] staff that responds quickly, and let's be honest, it's not
[1:48:37] working in our parks, so let's empower where required the city
[1:48:47] employees to look for safety issues while they are working
[1:48:50] and report them. Tracy city residents shouldn't
[1:48:54] be the only ones reporting things.
[1:49:00] and I would just like to say, as a city council, I think you guys
[1:49:07] are great. I have watched some other
[1:49:11] meetings online for other city councils and stuff, and there's
[1:49:16] bickering, and we had bickering before, but you guys generally
[1:49:22] take care of your business and listen to what people say, and
[1:49:27] you should be appreciated by this town.
[1:49:32] in my little blogs and stuff, I hope I haven't offended any of
[1:49:36] you, but I try to put it out to where we actually see what's
[1:49:46] happening, and that the city council does get credit for
[1:49:48] what they're doing. So I thank you for your jobs.
[1:49:52] >> thank you. Next speaker.
[1:50:04] seeing none in chambers, do you have any online?
[1:50:05] >> no speakers on line. >> with that I will close out
[1:50:07] items from the audience. That brings us to staff items.
[1:50:11] >> good evening, city manager. I just have a couple of
[1:50:14] announcements that went out over these last few weeks.
[1:50:16] you may have seen sara castro has been selected to sell our
[1:50:21] second assistant city manager role.
[1:50:26] while she is new to the position, he is not new to the
[1:50:29] ity. She's been in a couple of other
[1:50:32] roles. Primarily senior and finance,
[1:50:34] and she's in the finance director since 2022, and the
[1:50:38] finance budget officer? Accounting manager prior to
[1:50:42] that. She's got over 20 years of
[1:50:46] experience in california local governments and we are excited
[1:50:50] to welcome her upstairs to be part of our team.
[1:51:03] timely, mr. Tanner, I'm glad he still here.
[1:51:04] yesterday the text for assembly bill 113, the budget committee
[1:51:05] bill, was released and it includes $5 million in proposed
[1:51:07] funding for the city of tracy, this is for the state.
[1:51:10] this includes $2 million for climate adapter tree planting,
[1:51:14] $1 million for improved expansion of animal shelter and
[1:51:16] for the police department to update its communication
[1:51:18] systems. Some of these things were
[1:51:20] projects that you also saw at our legislative -- during our
[1:51:25] legislative trip to washington, d.c., as also we
[1:51:28] were stomping behind the scenes. The state budget has not yet
[1:51:35] been awarded, but these would be a significant investment in our
[1:51:37] community and we are very pleased to see tracy included in
[1:51:41] these proposals. That's $5 million that we are
[1:51:44] looking to hopefully be awarded in the coming months.
[1:51:46] also I wanted to announce that we do currently has recruitment
[1:51:51] open for our environmental sustainability community.
[1:51:54] have a couple of vacant positions we are trying to for
[1:51:57] that. If you know anybody wants to get
[1:51:59] involved and be a part of it, please go to our website and you
[1:52:03] will see the application and the process they are.
[1:52:09] some updates at gretchen talley park, I don't know if you seen
[1:52:13] the social media updates, it is pretty impressive, the phase
[1:52:17] that is getting ready to come oline.
[1:52:19] we completed some light testing at the park and excited to share
[1:52:22] we are still on track for a fall opening.
[1:52:26] it will feature four lighted pickleball courts, tennis
[1:52:30] courts, and basketball courts giving our communities even more
[1:52:32] opportunities to get outside and play.
[1:52:34] it should come online as daylight savings time is going
[1:52:37] into effect, and it will be getting darker earlier so we are
[1:52:42] excited to announce it is opening in the fall.
[1:52:44] sprouts farmers' market is having its grand opening this
[1:52:48] friday at 6:45 a.m., so good to see a lot of you bright and
[1:52:53] early. This is a great addition and we
[1:52:56] know that many residents is whas wellare looking forward tom
[1:53:02] opening their doors. That's all the announcements I
[1:53:05] have for this evening. >> thank you.
[1:53:07] that brings us to council items. You have any council items on
[1:53:11] the side? Mayor pro tem?
[1:53:14] >> I would like to get support for bringing back the nature
[1:53:17] park just to get a better understanding of how many phases
[1:53:22] we are talking about, the bandwidth available to move
[1:53:26] forward with that, what the overall costs are, just some
[1:53:34] more -- I was unfortunately -- I thought when I saw it,
[1:53:38] $8 million, I thought that covered the whole nature park.
[1:53:40] I later found out that was just phase one.
[1:53:44] sophie could get something done that clarification on
[1:53:49] so if wecould get clarification, and if we have the track going e
[1:53:55] staffing available to do that?
[1:53:57] >> I will support that. >> and I will take a third on
[1:54:00] that. >> so you want an update on the
[1:54:04] nature park project? >> right.
[1:54:08] how many phases we are talking about, the cost, do we have the
[1:54:12] availability to move forward with essays one right now
[1:54:14] because of staffing, all the other things they are doing,
[1:54:18] more of an update, yes. Thank you.
[1:54:22] >> councilmember bedolla? >> I want to add that the
[1:54:29] climate adaptive treeplanting request is really good news for
[1:54:32] tracy. I work directly with the ffice
[1:54:36] on the city's two million-dollar requests I'm very glad to see
[1:54:38] the full request included in the state budget bill.
[1:54:41] there is still a process to finish, but this is exactly the
[1:54:44] kind of outside funding we should be working with.
[1:54:48] thank you. >> councilmember evans?
[1:54:51] >> I wanted to bring it to staff and make a request.
[1:54:58] mr. Dobie mentioned multiple people living in lincoln park
[1:55:00] and that he's been requesting us to look at that for over a year.
[1:55:04] given the amount of progress and effort that we have put into
[1:55:10] ensuring that our parks are clean and safe, I want to
[1:55:13] understand the full extent of what's going on.
[1:55:15] I can take some time and walk out there with tracy pdf that's
[1:55:20] what it takes. But I want to really understand,
[1:55:23] we put a lot of effort into the park ordinance, spent a lot of
[1:55:27] money and a lot of the public's money on a shelter, so I need to
[1:55:32] understand, if that's happening, why it's appening, and what our
[1:55:35] next steps are. I want to solution.
[1:55:43] want a solution. It could be a staff report
[1:55:47] brought to the council, or I would like to request time with
[1:55:50] pd on site. >> I'm good with whatever
[1:55:53] version it takes. >> I will support that.
[1:55:56] >> thank you. Was that clear or does staff
[1:55:58] need more? Under the constituent mentioned
[1:56:07] halloween approaching and the intersection where the accident
[1:56:10] occurred at val pico and tracy boulevard.
[1:56:16] do we have something temporary coming for the halloween crowds
[1:56:18] we are going to see out there? If this needs to be taken to a
[1:56:26] report off-line, that's fine, too.
[1:56:28] but I would like some comfort level.
[1:56:31] >> councilmember evans, I would like to say there is an event
[1:56:35] being planned, but I don't know if we have anybody from parks or
[1:56:40] pd that is here. If not, I can provide an update
[1:56:43] before halloween to make sure we know -- but I know that the
[1:56:48] single light will not be installed before this october.
[1:56:53] but I believe the light pole has been ordered, the design has
[1:56:55] been done and the funding has been provided.
[1:56:59] it's just the timing. >> I think the concern is what's
[1:57:01] going to be done on a temporary basis for halloween.
[1:57:02] I'm sure my colleagues would like that update as well.
[1:57:06] if you could make that for all of us, I appreciate that.
[1:57:09] other than that, had a great time at the veterans breakfast
[1:57:12] on saturday. Lots of great events around the
[1:57:14] city. There was a car show, so
[1:57:17] hopefully folks are getting out there and enjoying all the great
[1:57:23] things, concerts in the park, a lot of great things happening.
[1:57:25] thanks, everybody. Have a great night.
[1:57:30] >> councilmember nygard? >> thank you, mayor.
[1:57:32] I would like to address the urban forest management plan.
[1:57:37] I was on the environmental commission back in october of
[1:57:43] 2023 and this was actually approved at the commission.
[1:57:46] I do not believe it has come back to staff, so I would like
[1:57:52] to see if we could have it returned, support to have that
[1:58:00] bought back, and to have the presentation so this council
[1:58:04] will know what the urban forest management plan actually
[1:58:09] curtails. >> I'll second that.
[1:58:13] >> I will third. >> thank you very much.
[1:58:15] also I just wanted to -- I attended this weekend the car
[1:58:21] show. Congratulations to the
[1:58:21] organizers of that event. Great attendance.
[1:58:26] it was just packed. It was exciting to see the
[1:58:34] festival flair come back. Everybody downtown, beautiful
[1:58:41] weather, lots of families. Congratulations and kudos to the
[1:58:43] organizers who put in for that. I want to bring an important
[1:58:48] issue that is still prominent in our downtown streets as well as
[1:58:52] I the city of tracy. I would really like to have a
[1:58:55] consensus to have it brought back for discussion about our
[1:59:00] electric bikes and scooters on our city streets.
[1:59:02] I think it is time to just have a presentation maybe from pd and
[1:59:09] what exactly are some of the dnv traffic rules in regards to the
[1:59:16] evolving state of these electric cycles, because they are going
[1:59:18] from bikes now to mopeds to even more powerful electric bikes.
[1:59:26] actually, motorcycles. But a very continued use f our
[1:59:35] sidewalks, and I feel that is an incredibly unsafe use of our
[1:59:40] streets. So I would like to see if I
[1:59:42] could have consensus to have this brought back as a
[1:59:45] discussion item for street safety.
[1:59:50] >> I'll second. >> third.
[1:59:52] >> also, one of the items that we had in our consent calendar
[1:59:55] was about stormwater basins, and I would really love to see if we
[2:00:00] could bring this item back for discussion on how we could
[2:00:04] actually have a discussion on, one, more multi-use of our storm
[2:00:13] basins, possibly recreation areas, but more importantly how
[2:00:16] we can capture that stormwater, possibly for maybe our purple
[2:00:22] pipe. I think it would be a good
[2:00:27] discussion to see what we could do to improve the use of our
[2:00:29] storm basins. >> second.
[2:00:34] >> third. >> thank you very much.
[2:00:39] last, I loves interfaith and the diligent work they do to help
[2:00:46] meet the food need in our community.
[2:00:52] because of the track construction, they used ritter
[2:00:56] park as they are receiving spa space, I think there are
[2:01:01] hundreds of clients to go through on a daily basis.
[2:01:06] they utilize the residential area to go across and to go to
[2:01:12] parker. I live on that street and I've
[2:01:13] had many of my neighbors come to say how cars are speeding.
[2:01:21] we did have pd has a -- the traffic, where they easure your
[2:01:32] speed. It was on there for quite a few
[2:01:34] weeks and it did help curtail the speed, but I would really
[2:01:37] like to get an update on how much longer we are going to
[2:01:41] be -- it has been over a year. How much longer we are going to
[2:01:44] be using that ritter park as the designated space, and then going
[2:01:51] to parker and over to the interfaith facility.
[2:01:59] I watch my elderly neighbor trying to back out of her
[2:02:03] driveway the every day, and they just went around her and it
[2:02:06] was really sad to watch. So it has gotten to be a little
[2:02:16] unsafe and a little frustrating, because they do speed on that
[2:02:19] small section. Like I said, it's a couple
[2:02:22] hundred every single day, monday through thursday.
[2:02:25] I just want to say, yes, I really enjoyed this weekend,
[2:02:31] really great to see the rowds that have really enjoyed our
[2:02:34] downtown. All I can say is fall is here.
[2:02:38] we got the cool weather and the wind back, and I just really
[2:02:45] thank the city for all they are doing and welcome back, midori,
[2:02:52] from your vacation, and welcome, sara, into your new position.
[2:02:57] >> thank you, councilmember. I will keep it brief.
[2:02:59] thank you for all your work. Back from our vacations, let's
[2:03:01] get back to work. I want to wish everyone a happy
[2:03:04] labor day. I hope you have a long and safe
[2:03:06] weekend and we will see you all at the next meeting.
[2:03:11] >> moved to adjourn. >> second.
[2:03:13] >> I heard a second from councilmember evans.
[2:03:16] roll call, please. >> mayor pro tem abercrombie.
[2:03:18] >> yes. >> councilmember evans.
[2:03:19] >> yes. >> councilmember bedolla.
[2:03:20] >> yes. >> councilmember nygard.
[2:03:22] >> yes. >> mayor arriola.
[2:03:23] >> yes. We are adjourned at 8:56 p.m.
[2:03:31] good night, everyone. >> I forgot the whole reason I
[2:03:33] came up here.