[0:00] All right, I will call this regular

[0:01] scheduled meeting to order. If you will

[0:03] join and salute to our nation's flag.

[0:06] >> Ready, begin.

[0:07] >> I aliance to the flag of the United

[0:10] States of America and to the republic

[0:13] for which it stands, one nation under

[0:16] God, indivisible, with liberty and

[0:18] justice for all.

[0:21] >> Roll call and declaration of conflicts

[0:23] of interest, please.

[0:24] >> Council member Abram, hear none. Council

[0:26] member Bixel,

[0:27] >> here are none.

[0:28] >> Vice Mayor Manz, here none. Council

[0:29] member Phillips

[0:29] >> hear none.

[0:30] >> Mayor Bill

[0:31] >> hearing none.

[0:32] >> All right. Approval of agenda is posted

[0:34] or amended.

[0:34] >> So move second.

[0:36] >> Motion in two seconds. We call the role.

[0:38] >> Council member Abram.

[0:38] >> Yes. Council member Bixel.

[0:40] >> Yes.

[0:40] >> Vice Mayor Monet. Council member

[0:41] Phillips. Yes.

[0:42] >> Mayor Bill Black.

[0:43] >> Yes. Passes on a 5-0. All right. We will

[0:45] start with the proclamations.

[1:01] Riley, will you come up please?

[1:12] So today we are recognizing Riley Ramos

[1:15] who graduated this year from Pitman High

[1:18] School. Uh this is a certificate of

[1:20] recognition presented by the city uh

[1:22] Turlock City Council on behalf of the

[1:24] citizens of Turlock for her

[1:25] distinguished achievements in future

[1:27] farmers of America livestock exhibition

[1:30] academics and athletics for exemplifying

[1:33] leadership and excellence in her

[1:35] community. On behalf of our wonderful

[1:37] mayor Amy Blue City Council,

[1:40] congratulations on the recognition.

[1:42] [applause]

[1:48] teacher this week, right?

[1:49] >> Yeah, kind of.

[1:53] Thank you guys so much for this. This is

[1:55] a really good honor. Thank you so much

[1:57] and have a good night.

[2:01] [applause]

[2:21] All right, treasures report. Welcome.

[2:25] Good evening, mayor, uh members of the

[2:27] council, city staff, uh and the public.

[2:29] I'm here to review the city's investment

[2:31] portfolio.

[2:33] Uh first, just wanted to remind you on

[2:35] our investment policy, which is kind of

[2:37] our guiding document. It establishes our

[2:39] priorities. uh or objectives of safety,

[2:42] liquidity and return. It also encourages

[2:45] us to invest prudently. Um obviously all

[2:48] investing carries risk but if we can

[2:49] diversify uh those risks then hopefully

[2:52] on the the entire portfolio that the

[2:54] risk is brought down. Um it also

[2:56] specifies what types of investments we

[2:58] can make. We can't invest in stocks or

[3:00] anything like that. We're really uh

[3:02] limited to short-term highquality bonds.

[3:05] So let's take a look at what the bond

[3:07] market has done over the last year.

[3:10] This is a year ago what the yield curve

[3:13] looked like. So the yield curve is it

[3:16] shows you the interest rates for

[3:18] investing in a treasury bond of various

[3:20] different maturities from 0 to 5 years.

[3:23] Um typically a yield curve is upward

[3:25] sloping. So you get a larger return the

[3:27] longer you lock up your money. Um here

[3:30] it's called inverted. We have shorter

[3:31] term rates that are above longer term

[3:33] rates. Um that typically signals that

[3:35] we're in a period of transition where

[3:37] short-term rates will be coming down.

[3:39] And that is what happened over the

[3:40] second half of 2025. Um inflation was

[3:43] coming down. The Fed cut the short-term

[3:45] rates threequarters of a percent. Um but

[3:48] in the first half of 2026, that trend

[3:51] changed a little bit. We had um the uh

[3:54] crisis in the Middle East, the conflict

[3:56] in the Middle East, uh raising, you

[3:58] know, oil prices and maybe there's

[4:00] rekindling of inflation. So perhaps the

[4:02] Fed isn't going to be able to cut

[4:03] interest rates as much. So interest

[4:05] rates actually rose for uh longer term

[4:08] maturities, which uh negatively affects

[4:11] the the value of the bonds that you own,

[4:14] but it does mean that um when you're

[4:16] reinvesting that money, it's going to be

[4:18] at higher rates. So it's sort of like we

[4:20] took one step back, but then we're going

[4:21] to take two steps forward. We'll still

[4:23] get to where we intended to, just kind

[4:25] of a different path.

[4:28] um looking at our portfolio more

[4:30] specifically. Um again, we want to make

[4:34] sure we're investing safely. So, how do

[4:36] we do that? Short-term high-quality

[4:38] bonds. Bonds are contractual obligations

[4:41] where the issuer is, you know, required

[4:42] to return our money and pay us interest.

[4:44] Uh in particular, twothirds of our

[4:46] portfolio is in uh US treasuries and

[4:48] agencies. Those are backed by the full

[4:51] faith and credit of the US government.

[4:53] So, they're very safe. Um even these

[4:55] other types of investments, you know,

[4:57] even the corporate bonds, those are very large companies that we use every

[5:00] day, they're very safe investments. So

[5:03] we feel good about the safety.

[5:05] Um for liquidity, we have about $80

[5:08] million that is due due on demand. So

[5:11] that's uh invested in things like money

[5:13] market funds or investment pools like

[5:15] camp or leif where if you put a dollar

[5:18] in, you should be able to get a dollar

[5:19] out, you know, in the next day or two.

[5:21] Um, so if we do have any unexpected um,

[5:24] surprises, we have money that we could,

[5:26] you know, use for that. Um, so we have

[5:28] very good liquidity. If anything, we've

[5:30] been taking the liquidity down. You see

[5:31] about 40 million we've kind of

[5:33] transferred from the do on demand to

[5:35] longer term maturities to try to lock in

[5:37] those higher rates over the long run.

[5:42] And lastly, we want to make sure that

[5:43] we're getting um a good return on our

[5:45] investment.

[5:47] And over the last year, again, despite

[5:49] the the rise in yields and stuff, we

[5:51] were still able to manage a 3.13%

[5:53] return, which is almost 10 billion

[5:55] dollars of growth. If you compare that

[5:58] to uh a fund of 1 to threeyear treasury

[6:00] bonds, uh we actually outperform that by

[6:03] 0.35% or about an extra million dollars.

[6:06] So, I think it was pretty good pretty

[6:08] good year on that on that respect. And

[6:11] then looking forward again, rates are a

[6:13] little bit higher. We now expect about a

[6:15] 4% return over the next two years, which

[6:18] also compares favorably to our

[6:20] benchmarks.

[6:23] With that, I'll take any questions.

[6:26] >> Questions for the treasur?

[6:28] >> Comments for the treasur?

[6:30] >> Okay, that too.

[6:31] >> Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. I have comments.

[6:32] Hey, you're being really modest and

[6:35] humble. Thank you. But you're doing a

[6:37] great job over your predecessor because

[6:39] I know you've improved the city's income

[6:41] and our growth. So, um, you know me. I'm

[6:43] going to just call it out for what it

[6:44] is. But thank you. Great job. Keep

[6:47] going.

[6:48] >> Thank you. Anybody else?

[6:50] >> All right. Thank you so much.

[6:54] >> Okay. At this time, we're going to open

[6:55] the public comment on the consent

[6:58] calendar. This is your opportunity to

[7:01] comment on any item on the consent

[7:02] calendar or to request from the council

[7:04] that an item be removed for separate

[7:06] consideration. If you're requesting that

[7:07] an item be pulled, please state the item

[7:09] number and briefly explain your request

[7:11] to the council. Public comment on the

[7:12] consent calendar is limited to one

[7:14] minute per speaker. Uh madam clerk.

[7:17] >> Yes. So we have no blue cards for um

[7:20] consent calendar. There is no one

[7:22] online. So if anyone from the public

[7:24] would like to comment on an item on the

[7:25] consent calendar, please come forward.

[7:29] >> Seeing no hands, mayor.

[7:30] >> Okay. We will close public comment and

[7:33] move forward.

[7:34] >> Move to approve consent calendar as

[7:35] written. Second.

[7:38] >> Motion to second. We call the role.

[7:39] >> Council member Abram.

[7:40] >> Yes. Council member Vixel.

[7:41] >> Yes.

[7:42] >> Vice Mayor Man.

[7:42] >> Yes.

[7:43] >> Council member Phillips.

[7:44] >> Yes.

[7:44] >> Mayor BL.

[7:44] >> Yes. Passes on a 5-0. There are no final

[7:47] readings. Uh public hearing 8A. We have

[7:51] a presenter. Who's Mr. Morris?

[7:55] That makes sense. Engineers report. I

[7:58] get it.

[8:00] >> Yeah. No, it doesn't say that.

[8:03] >> Not on mine.

[8:04] >> Good evening. Good evening,

[8:06] >> mayor and council members. Yes, tonight

[8:08] uh approving the engineers report and

[8:11] confirming diagrams assessments and

[8:13] ordering the leving of collection of

[8:14] assessments as originally proposed for

[8:17] fiscal year 2627 for all landscaping and

[8:20] lighting assessment districts in all

[8:22] street maintenance benefit assessment

[8:23] areas within the city of Turlock

[8:26] pursuant to resolution number 97128.

[8:29] If there's any questions, comments,

[8:31] >> questions.

[8:33] Okay, with that we'll open it to the

[8:35] public. Uh, and I will, uh, give that to

[8:39] the clerk.

[8:40] >> All right, so we have no blue comment

[8:42] cards. We have no one online. If anyone

[8:44] from the public in the audience would

[8:46] like to speak regarding this item,

[8:48] please come forward to the lect turn.

[8:51] >> Seeing no hands, mayor.

[8:52] >> All right. Well, then we will close

[8:53] public comment and move to

[8:55] >> move to approve 80.

[8:56] >> Both resolutions.

[8:58] >> Yes. Second both resolutions. Sorry.

[9:00] Both resolutions. Thank you.

[9:01] >> Thank you. We have a motion to second.

[9:02] You call the role, please.

[9:03] >> Council member Abram,

[9:04] >> yes.

[9:04] >> Council member Bixel,

[9:05] >> yes.

[9:05] >> Vice Mayor Monz,

[9:06] >> yes.

[9:06] >> Council member Phillips, yes.

[9:08] >> Mayor Back,

[9:08] >> yes. Passes on a 5-0. Thank you, Mr.

[9:10] Morris.

[9:11] >> All right. 9A

[9:14] Tikkert. I think this is the road

[9:16] doctor.

[9:17] >> You

[9:20] hiding. He comes with good news.

[9:23] >> I know.

[9:24] >> Really good news.

[9:28] But he's saying about course.

[9:34] » Good evening, mayor and council members.

[9:38] Yes, I do have good news. Uh the item

[9:41] before you is for awarding bid and

[9:43] approving an an agreement between the

[9:46] city of Turlock and Titer Construction

[9:49] for rehabilitation of gear road project.

[9:54] Uh a little background here just to

[9:56] refresh everybody's memory. Three years

[9:58] ago, the council approved task order

[9:59] number two authorizing us to start

[10:01] preliminary design up to 30% stage of

[10:05] completion.

[10:06] Uh

[10:09] we made the first uh uh public

[10:11] information meeting with the public

[10:14] collected uh comments from the public

[10:16] based on the stage of uh design that we

[10:20] had at the time and subsequent to that

[10:22] we made a similar presentation to the

[10:25] council.

[10:26] With that we requested and received

[10:28] authorization to proceed with final

[10:31] design. Shortly after that, we received

[10:34] good news from uh Stanco Stannis Law

[10:37] Council of Governments that we were the

[10:40] recipients of $4.8 million in surface

[10:43] transportation block grant funding SDPG,

[10:46] which meant the project was federalized,

[10:49] meaning that we had to follow federal

[10:51] regulations, follow Calrans procedures.

[10:55] Uh so we held the second public

[10:59] information meeting, collected

[11:00] additional information based on stage of

[11:03] uh design from the public. Uh made

[11:06] another uh presentation to the council.

[11:11] Calrans determined that the project is

[11:13] categorically

[11:14] excluded from the requirements of

[11:17] national environmental policy act NEPA

[11:19] which meant that federal environmental

[11:22] clearance was achieved. Right after

[11:23] that, the council made a similar uh

[11:26] determination based on uh California

[11:30] Environmental Quality Act SQUA. That

[11:32] meant that the state regulations were

[11:35] satisfied as far as environmental

[11:37] clearance. With those two environmental

[11:39] clearances at hand, we requested uh

[11:42] authorization to proceed from CALR and

[11:45] Federal Highway Administration. FHWA

[11:48] issued a document that is called E76

[11:51] obligated the 4.8 8 million and

[11:54] authorized us to proceed with

[11:56] advertising the project for

[11:58] construction. Before that, we had

[12:00] already come to the council and asked

[12:01] for authorization to uh advertise the

[12:05] project once all these documents were in

[12:07] place.

[12:09] Uh, as soon as we received the E76, we

[12:13] had additional good news from Stanco

[12:15] that we received another $2 million in SDBG funding for safety improvements

[12:22] along the corridor. So that brought the

[12:24] total to 6.8 million, which means

[12:27] shortly we will ask FHWA to amend E76

[12:32] for the additional 2 million. So that

[12:34] can be obligated towards the project.

[12:38] Uh, one item to bring up here is as we

[12:41] went through the project, we were

[12:42] looking at different ways to advertise

[12:45] the project and see how we could speed

[12:47] up the uh, construction and also

[12:51] encourage participation by different

[12:54] contractors.

[12:56] Looking at three different phases,

[12:58] staging those, overlapping those, it all

[13:01] didn't help that much. We put our heads

[13:04] together with Stanco and Calrans and

[13:07] based on the climate of bidding at the

[13:11] time that we were looking at this, we

[13:13] all reached the conclusion it would be

[13:15] best to have one bid package for all

[13:17] three phases.

[13:19] So this is the entire project from

[13:22] Golden State Boulevard to Taylor Road.

[13:25] Up close a little bit, this is the

[13:27] southern portion phase one from Golden

[13:30] State to Hawkeye.

[13:32] Middle portion is phase two Hawkeye to

[13:36] Monte Vista. North portion is Monte

[13:39] Vista to Taylor.

[13:42] Now what do we have in the specs? We

[13:44] have 400 working days given to the

[13:46] contractor to construct the project. Uh

[13:49] 10 days after notice to proceed, the

[13:52] contractor has to start construction

[13:54] activities. So let's say we issue notice

[13:56] to proceed at the end of the month 400

[14:00] calendar days or working days, I'm

[14:02] sorry, working days. That would put us

[14:05] uh at an approximate completion date of

[14:07] midappril of 2028. That's assuming

[14:11] weather permitting us to continue with

[14:14] construction. If we have the wet winter

[14:16] that they are forecasting, there is no

[14:18] construction. So the dates will be

[14:20] extended.

[14:22] What we have asked or we have mandated

[14:26] uh in the construction in contract

[14:28] documents is that phase one and three be

[14:31] constructed simultaneously

[14:34] before

[14:36] uh phase two can be started. Those two

[14:39] phases have to be completed. So the

[14:41] section between Hawkeye and Monte Vista

[14:43] would be only constructed

[14:46] after the southern portion and the

[14:48] northern portion of the project have

[14:50] been completed. Work hours are limited

[14:52] to 7 am to 5:00 pm Monday through

[14:55] Friday. No work on the weekends or legal

[14:58] holidays. No night work is permitted and

[15:02] one lane will remain open in each

[15:04] direction at all times.

[15:07] All lanes will be open to traffic

[15:11] on Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays

[15:14] after 400 p. p.m. on Friday and after

[15:16] 400 p p.m. the day before any legal

[15:19] holiday and any time that the contractor

[15:21] doesn't have any active construction in

[15:24] that particular lane.

[15:27] With all of that in mind, we advertised

[15:29] the project on June 23 and opened four

[15:32] bids on July 28.

[15:36] This is the tabulation of all four bids.

[15:39] We analyzed the bids, reviewed all the

[15:42] documents submitted for compliance with

[15:45] uh

[15:48] with the bid document requirements. I'm

[15:51] sorry. Uh

[15:53] when we determined that the lowest

[15:55] responsible responsive bidder was Tik

[15:57] Tok, the full name legal name is a

[16:00] Tyikert and Sun Inc. doing business as

[16:03] tighter construction for the bid amount

[16:06] of 20,280,558

[16:11] which is just about 5.9 million below

[16:14] engineers estimate.

[16:18] So the motion before you and our

[16:20] recommendation and request is to award

[16:22] bid and approve an agreement between the

[16:24] city and hyper construction in the

[16:27] stated amount plus 10%

[16:31] uh contingency in the amount of

[16:33] $2,28,000.

[16:37] Any questions?

[16:38] >> Questions?

[16:40] >> I hope I didn't go too fast. I was

[16:42] trying to make

[16:43] >> you good. Okay. So, uh, at this time

[16:45] we'll open the public comment and ask

[16:46] the city clerk to facilitate that public

[16:48] comment, please.

[16:49] >> Okay, we have no blue comment cards. We

[16:51] do have someone on remote participation.

[16:54] So, if you would like to speak regarding

[16:55] item 9A, please raise your hand or press

[16:58] star 9 and indicate.

[17:02] Otherwise, we will now seeing no comment

[17:06] on there, we'll move back to the council

[17:08] chambers. Does anyone like to comment

[17:09] regarding item 9A?

[17:11] Please come forward.

[17:20] Good evening. Um, so I guess the first

[17:23] question is how's Target going to do

[17:25] this construction for $5,5 million

[17:30] below cost?

[17:33] >> Our costs are not guaranteed. These are

[17:36] >> cost is 25,000.

[17:38] >> No, 26 million. 26 million. Okay, 26

[17:44] million. So, how does Tiger get 20

[17:46] million?

[17:48] >> That is their bid. That's how the

[17:50] bidding process works.

[17:52] >> So, their bid is well below

[17:54] >> direct comments. Just make your comments

[17:57] and

[17:57] >> he's the one that was answering the

[17:58] question. I don't even know who

[18:00] >> we in order to maintain a calm decorum

[18:02] in the room. We don't need to go back

[18:03] and forth. So please,

[18:04] >> no, the question I'm not going to ask

[18:06] the question

[18:08] at $20 million is well below the $26

[18:12] million which will cost the city again

[18:16] an extra cost. That's what they call

[18:18] that, right? So when they don't complete

[18:20] a project then and only then will the

[18:25] city be in carrying more cost. So the

[18:27] price will be over $26 million. You

[18:30] understand? Anyway,

[18:33] nobody

[18:36] the cost of construction

[18:40] when you have it below the bed will

[18:43] inevitably and always goes up over $26

[18:47] million. It will always happen. It never

[18:51] fails. They call extra costs.

[18:55] And so my question again is why and how

[18:59] is Tiger going to do a project for below

[19:03] cost.

[19:06] >> We'll answer the questions that after

[19:07] all.

[19:09] >> That's my question.

[19:10] >> Understood.

[19:13] » Is there anyone further that would like

[19:15] to speak regarding the item?

[19:17] >> Seeing no further comments.

[19:21] >> So Mr.

[19:22] Can you speak to all the roads you've

[19:24] done and what people are bidding in and

[19:26] how much under and how much over cost

[19:29] are they are we putting into it?

[19:31] >> A number of our projects have been

[19:32] closed well below engineers estimate and

[19:36] well below the bid that the contractor

[19:39] brought in. We don't we simply follow

[19:42] the uh public contract code which

[19:46] requires us to publicly advertise the

[19:48] project and award the project to the

[19:51] lowest responsible responsive bidder. We

[19:54] do not negotiate a contract with the

[19:56] contractor. We do not ask the contractor

[19:59] how can you do it for a certain price

[20:01] because that is negotiation. We review

[20:04] all the documents that is submitted and

[20:06] make a determination based on that. If

[20:09] they have followed all the requirements

[20:10] in the bid documents and requirements by

[20:13] law, which is all the registration that

[20:15] they're supposed to have, submit the uh

[20:18] bonds that they need to, the insurance

[20:20] that they need to, then they are

[20:22] responsible and responsive. That is the

[20:25] basis for the recommendation. Why do

[20:27] they have a lower price? They only know

[20:30] that. What I can say as far as engineers

[20:32] estimate, engineer's estimate is for

[20:35] budgeting purposes and that is based on

[20:38] the historic bid prices of a number of

[20:42] projects in the state. So we go to a

[20:44] database and receive that. It doesn't

[20:47] reflect the current bidding environment.

[20:50] It doesn't reflect three projects or

[20:53] three phases being done at the same

[20:55] time. It doesn't reflect the size of a

[20:59] contractor and their capability in

[21:01] staffing a project and actually doing

[21:03] the project in more efficient way.

[21:06] Our uh estimate was based on three

[21:08] phases consecutive and that's the only

[21:11] way we can put that together. There is

[21:13] no way for us to estimate efficiencies

[21:16] if the phases are done concurrently or

[21:20] in a different type of arrangement

[21:22] because that data is not available to

[21:24] us.

[21:25] So we basically wait until the bids come

[21:28] in and go through our process as the law

[21:30] requires us.

[21:31] >> Okay.

[21:32] >> Thank you.

[21:34] >> Yeah. Close public comment. Did you have

[21:35] a comment

[21:36] >> or what is your will?

[21:38] >> No.

[21:38] >> Motion to approve 9A.

[21:40] >> Second.

[21:41] >> Motion and second. Will you call the

[21:43] role, please?

[21:43] >> Council member Abram. Yes.

[21:45] >> Council member Bixel. Yes.

[21:46] >> Vice Mayor Monz. Yes.

[21:47] >> Council member Phillips. Yes. Mayor

[21:48] >> Back.

[21:49] >> Yes. That part passes with 5-0. And I

[21:51] believe you have one more part.

[21:54] Yes. The next item,

[21:59] » the next item is related to what we went

[22:02] over the project and that is uh we are

[22:05] requesting your approval of amendment

[22:06] number 22 for task order number 7A

[22:11] uh with uh NB5 for construction

[22:14] management inspection services for gear

[22:17] road uh rehabilitation project.

[22:21] Uh this is all in your staff report. Uh

[22:25] but overall the construction management

[22:27] inspection services are described or

[22:30] defined in three components. One is

[22:32] pre-construction which as the name

[22:35] suggests these are all the activities

[22:37] that we have to do in the leadup to the

[22:40] actual construction such as

[22:42] constructibility review, fire review,

[22:44] setting up the project, uh estimating

[22:46] the project cost and scheduling ahead of

[22:50] receiving the schedule from the

[22:52] contractor. The next component is

[22:54] construction management and inspection

[22:56] which is again this is when construction

[22:59] is actively ongoing and that is to make

[23:01] sure that we have enough oversight to

[23:04] make sure that whatever is constructed

[23:05] is in accordance and compliance with the

[23:08] construction documents.

[23:11] Post construction. As the name suggests,

[23:13] this is after the construction is

[23:14] completed to make sure that all checks

[23:17] and balances are properly documented.

[23:20] All the records are complete and

[23:22] finances are all uh looked at and

[23:26] finalized so we can accept the project

[23:29] and also make a final payment to the

[23:31] contractor. Pre-onstruction services

[23:35] were approved by the council as task

[23:38] order number seven previously. So task

[23:41] order sum number 7A is in fact nothing

[23:45] other than an amendment to task order 7

[23:47] for the remainder of the activities.

[23:51] So that is our proposed task order to

[23:54] you. If you're interested these are all

[23:56] the breakdown of various subtask

[23:59] involved in each category and in great

[24:03] detail. Those are in exhibit W attached

[24:06] to your staff report if you're

[24:08] interested to get into that much detail.

[24:12] So, we have a motion before you for

[24:14] approving uh task order number 7A with

[24:17] NB5 for construction management

[24:20] inspection services in the amount of

[24:23] 3,676

[24:25] 80576

[24:27] cents.

[24:29] >> Thank you. Any questions for Mr. Pesh?

[24:32] Okay. Okay, at this time I'll open the

[24:33] public comment and ask the city clerk to

[24:35] facilitate the public comment.

[24:36] >> Okay, we have no blue cards. Um, if

[24:38] anyone's joining remotely and would like

[24:40] to speak, you may raise your virtual

[24:42] hand now or press star 9 to indicate

[24:44] that you would like to speak.

[24:47] >> Seeing no comment online, would anyone

[24:49] in the public like to speak regarding

[24:50] this item? Please come forward to

[24:52] lectern.

[24:54] Seeing no comment, mayor.

[24:56] >> Okay, we will close public comment.

[24:57] Bring it back to council.

[24:58] >> Did you have a question?

[24:59] >> I have a quick comment. So, you know,

[25:01] this is this is like the last piece of

[25:03] the the Gear Road project. And just for

[25:06] the public's edification, you know, when

[25:08] you look at $27 million, how it all adds

[25:10] up, I asked Director Mareno for, okay,

[25:13] break it down for all the different

[25:14] funding sources and 75% or or more if my

[25:19] calculations were included everything um

[25:21] is not our own local dollars. You know,

[25:24] only about 25% is measure A. So, I just

[25:27] want to commend your staff for, you

[25:29] know, using our local dollars wisely and

[25:31] going after all the other things so we

[25:33] can take on a big project like this and

[25:35] still have wiggle room to do other

[25:37] things. So, with that, I'll move to

[25:38] approve.

[25:39] >> Second. Have a

[25:41] >> motion to second. We call the role,

[25:42] please.

[25:42] >> Council member Abram, yes.

[25:43] >> Council member Bixel, yes.

[25:44] >> Vice Mayor Monet. Yes.

[25:45] >> Council member Phillips. Yes.

[25:46] >> Mayor Bill Black.

[25:47] >> Yes.

[25:48] >> 50. Thank you, Rod Doctor.

[25:51] >> Okay. Item C, general plan amendment.

[25:54] And I believe Oh, Miss Warernner, it's

[25:56] not a birthday game, is it?

[25:58] >> No.

[26:00] >> But thank you for that birthday present.

[26:03] >> Um, so the item before you tonight is um

[26:06] the council to consider the adoption of

[26:08] the 2331

[26:11] um or six cycle housing element. Um I'm

[26:14] actually not going to do the

[26:15] presentation. I'm going to turn it over

[26:16] to our consultant Andrew Hill um with

[26:19] Diet and Batia, the urban um and

[26:21] regional planners. Andrew,

[26:32] » excuse me. Thanks, Adrian. Um, good

[26:34] evening, mayor, council members. Um, so

[26:36] tonight we're pleased to introduce the

[26:39] uh six cycle housing element and related

[26:41] general plan and zoning amendments. It's

[26:43] been a long road to get here, including

[26:45] multiple rounds of review um with the

[26:48] California Department of Housing and

[26:49] Community Development or HCD. But on

[26:52] July 3rd, the state issued a letter

[26:54] finding that if the city adopts the

[26:56] housing element as revised together with

[26:58] the zoning amendments, um Cherlock can

[27:00] be found in compliance with um state

[27:02] housing law. And so the purpose of the

[27:05] item tonight is to provide a brief

[27:07] overview of the six cycle housing

[27:09] element and related zoning amendments to

[27:12] hear public comments and if appropriate

[27:14] for the council to adopt um the housing

[27:16] element and related general plan and

[27:18] zoning amendments. Um I had a longer

[27:21] presentation which I'm going to cut back

[27:22] to 10 minutes or less. Um but I'm happy

[27:25] to come back and answer any more

[27:26] questions or provide detail uh if you if

[27:29] you do have questions. So let me know.

[27:32] Um, one of the core components of the

[27:34] housing element is the sites inventory.

[27:37] It's a list of sites within the city of

[27:40] Turlock that are available for housing

[27:41] development during the period. Um, it is

[27:44] how the city demonstrates that the

[27:47] zoning map has adequate capacity to meet

[27:50] Turlock's assessed share of the regional

[27:52] housing need, which for the this current

[27:54] 8-year period is 5,82

[27:58] units. Um those 5,82 units are broken

[28:02] out into different income categories.

[28:04] The way you demonstrate capacity for

[28:06] lower income housing is by demonstrating

[28:09] adequate capacity for higher density um

[28:12] housing at 20 dwelling units per acre or

[28:14] more. State law establishes certain

[28:17] requirements for um housing sites that

[28:20] are identified to meet lower income um

[28:23] arena obligations. um they're

[28:25] essentially meant to uh encourage cities

[28:27] to put forward the most shovel ready

[28:29] sites.

[28:31] Um and so in putting together the

[28:33] inventory, we first did an assessment of

[28:35] uh projects that are currently in the

[28:37] development pipeline. Projects that are

[28:39] permitted or constructed after June 2023

[28:42] can be counted towards that requirement

[28:45] for um 5,82 units. Currently there are

[28:48] 14 projects in the development pipeline

[28:51] um that have a capacity for um 1137

[28:55] units. So those were deducted from that

[28:58] um 5,82.

[29:00] Additionally, we looked at um under

[29:02] current zoning, you know, looked at um

[29:04] vacant land that is zoned for

[29:06] residential uses. We looked at capacity

[29:08] in the downtown area. Uh we looked at

[29:10] capacity in the Morgan Ranch master plan

[29:12] area and we accounted for ADU

[29:14] development. And when you add up all of

[29:16] those things, um there's currently the

[29:19] zoning map has a capacity for uh 456

[29:22] units, which is about 78% of the way

[29:25] there to the to the target. Not quite

[29:27] there, though. And notably, there was a

[29:30] deficit of um land that's zoned for

[29:34] higher densities that are deemed

[29:35] affordable to lower income units. And

[29:37] so, the housing element proposes a

[29:39] reszoning strategy that can bridge that

[29:41] gap. That strategy involves creation of

[29:44] a new commercial residential mixeduse

[29:47] zone. It would apply to 52 properties um

[29:50] that are vacant or underutilized on

[29:52] commercial corridors um in Turlock.

[29:56] Importantly, all the property owners

[29:58] maintain their current development

[30:00] rights. If they wish to develop

[30:02] their properties uh consistent with

[30:04] current commercial zoning, they have the

[30:06] right to do that. This new zone gives

[30:08] them the option to also develop multif

[30:10] family housing on their properties if

[30:12] they choose to. And the purpose of this

[30:14] zone is to demonstrate um to the state

[30:17] that the that Turlock zoning map has

[30:19] adequate capacity to meet that

[30:21] requirement for 5,82 units. Um and also

[30:24] to provide more opportunities for

[30:26] workforce housing in Turlock that that

[30:28] can go for service workers, teachers,

[30:30] public servants, and other people who

[30:32] work in Turlock and and make less than

[30:34] 80% of the countywide median income.

[30:37] Uh the four corridors where uh that

[30:40] where the reszone sites are located are

[30:42] North Golden State, Gear Road, West

[30:44] Main, and Southlander. It's not all the

[30:46] properties in those corridors. It's uh

[30:48] select properties that meet the criteria

[30:50] identified by the state.

[30:52] Um and then when you add the 4,500 units

[30:56] that you get under current zoning plus

[30:58] the additional capacity that you get

[31:00] with this resoning, um the city would

[31:03] have uh capacity to to meet um that

[31:06] requirement for 5,82 units with a buffer

[31:10] just in case any of the sites don't

[31:11] develop as envisioned. That buffer is

[31:13] important um to make sure that you will

[31:15] always have capacity to to meet the

[31:17] state requirements.

[31:19] Uh and this is a map of the uh of the

[31:21] site citywide. Um the second component

[31:25] uh key component of the housing element

[31:27] is the action plan which is a program of

[31:29] implementing actions. It's organized

[31:32] around uh six goals very similar to the

[31:35] fifth cycle element. Um and it those the

[31:38] action plans contains 56 programs

[31:40] that'll be implemented um over the

[31:42] eight-year cycle. Uh it's important to

[31:44] note me many of these programs uh

[31:47] reiterate commitments that the city has

[31:49] already made for example sidewalk

[31:51] programs. So it's not a commitment of

[31:54] new new funding requirements for you

[31:55] know 56 new programs. We've wherever

[31:58] possible we've uh reiterated commitments

[32:00] that the city has already made.

[32:03] Um I just wanted to touch briefly on the

[32:06] revisions in your packet tonight. You'll

[32:08] see there's a very colorful version.

[32:10] It's red lines of all the changes that

[32:12] were made in response to comments um by

[32:14] HCD and then there's also a clean

[32:16] version. Content is the same. Um just if

[32:19] you wanted to follow along inside

[32:21] baseball and see what the changes were,

[32:23] that's why the redline version is there.

[32:25] HCD really focused on two things in

[32:28] their in their review. one was um asking

[32:31] for additional analysis to demonstrate

[32:34] the viability of uh for of redevelopment

[32:37] for non- vacant sites that are included

[32:39] on the housing element. And so in

[32:41] response to that, we've included a new

[32:43] appendix F that goes site by sight with

[32:45] all those 52 sites, provides um

[32:48] additional analysis and support uh to to

[32:51] demonstrate to the state that that those

[32:53] are real viable candidates for

[32:54] redevelopment within the period. Um

[32:56] there's also a table of indicators

[32:58] indicating that all of those sites

[33:00] checked three boxes have at least three

[33:01] indicators of redevelopment potential.

[33:04] Additionally, they asked for analysis of

[33:06] downtown development trends and the

[33:08] potential for mixeduse development and

[33:09] non-residential development. So, we've

[33:11] added that into that same appendix as

[33:13] well. And we did an analysis of recent

[33:16] uh sales prices and rents in comparison

[33:19] to household income to support our

[33:21] projections for moderate income housing.

[33:24] Um and then the second focus of HCD's

[33:27] review was on the programs in the

[33:29] housing action plan. Um and here they

[33:32] really focused on uh identifying uh

[33:35] amendments to the Turle Municipal Code

[33:37] to bring to bring it in line with new

[33:39] state laws. I'm sure you're aware every

[33:41] year for the past several years there

[33:42] have been a raft of new laws. Um and so

[33:45] these programs um address uh those new

[33:49] requirements and bring the Turle

[33:51] Municipal Code into compliance with um

[33:53] state law. And the second uh focus of

[33:56] their review was on programs addressing

[33:58] disproportionate needs in census tracks

[34:00] that have a higher concentration of

[34:02] lower income residents. Um and this is

[34:04] what the state calls affirmatively

[34:06] forwarding uh fair housing. Um and so

[34:09] there's a number of programs there um

[34:11] that address those those requirements

[34:13] and that was another focus of the

[34:14] state's review. Again, these programs

[34:17] reiterate commitments for the large part

[34:18] that the city has already made as

[34:20] opposed to identifying, you know, new

[34:22] programs that need in need of new

[34:23] funding.

[34:25] Um and so let me touch on quickly the

[34:28] zoning amendments. Also in your packet

[34:30] tonight is the the reasonzoning to

[34:32] create this new commercial residential

[34:34] mixeduse zone. Again, the purpose of

[34:37] this is to demonstrate that that the the

[34:40] zoning map has adequate capacity to meet

[34:42] um to for at least 5,82 units over the cycle. Um it gives property

[34:49] owners the option to develop housing,

[34:50] but does not requirement require that

[34:52] they do that. in order to ensure that if

[34:55] a property owner wants to develop

[34:57] non-resident 100% non-residential uses,

[35:00] this zone creates four subzones so that

[35:04] um a property owner who's currently in

[35:07] the CO district maintains all of those

[35:10] same standards if they want to develop

[35:12] 100% um nonresidential uses. a property

[35:16] owner in the CH district would be in the

[35:19] new uh subzone C and that ensures they

[35:22] have all of the same development rights

[35:24] now. They're not losing anything. If

[35:26] they choose to develop uh with mixed use

[35:28] or uh residential development, well then

[35:30] they're subject to the new standards um

[35:32] that are in the CRMU zone. Uh important

[35:36] to note, uh sites that are being

[35:38] reszoned to accommodate a a shortfall of

[35:42] um of units, as in this case, are are um

[35:45] subject to certain requirements under

[35:47] state law. Um and all of the all of the

[35:50] 52 sites that have been identified for

[35:52] this new CRMU zone meet those meet those

[35:54] requirements.

[35:56] Um this is a quick snapshot of the

[35:58] development standards for the CRMU zone.

[36:01] Um it uh really mirrors the um RH

[36:05] district with a few modifications as

[36:08] required to meet the requirements for

[36:10] sites reszone to uh to accommodate a

[36:12] arena shortfall.

[36:15] Um state law requires that uh the the

[36:18] general plan land use map and uh zoning

[36:21] be consistent. And so in order to ensure

[36:23] that consistency um there's a few

[36:25] targeted uh updates to the land use and

[36:28] economic development that are required.

[36:29] Essentially, we've created an a

[36:31] corresponding land use classification

[36:34] which we're calling commercial

[36:35] residential mixed use. This is a

[36:37] definition for it. And the general the

[36:40] general plan land use diagram has been

[36:42] updated. So those same 52 sites um now

[36:44] have the new um CRMU land use

[36:47] classification.

[36:49] Um and so quick look ahead. Tonight is

[36:51] the uh the first reading of the zoning

[36:53] and next week would be the second

[36:55] reading of the zoning following which we

[36:57] would resubmit um to HCD to demonstrate

[37:00] that we've done what they asked the city

[37:02] to do in the letter of July 3rd and um

[37:06] that's my quick presentation. I'm happy

[37:08] to answer any questions or provide more

[37:09] detail if you'd like

[37:11] >> questions.

[37:13] Okay, no questions. Then I would ask uh

[37:16] I'll open the public comment, ask the

[37:17] clerk to facilitate it. So, we have no

[37:20] blue comment speaker cards for this

[37:22] item. Um, anyone joining remotely, if

[37:24] you'd like to speak on this item, please

[37:26] raise your virtual hand or press star

[37:28] nine to speak. Seeing none, we'll move

[37:31] back to the council chambers. Would

[37:33] anyone like to speak regarding item 9 C.

[37:42] » Good evening, uh, council, staff,

[37:45] community. Mil Treeweiler. Our plan our

[37:48] Turlock planning department along with

[37:49] consultants been working on this tur

[37:51] turlock housing element for over two

[37:53] years. The residents of Turlock are very

[37:55] fortunate to have a professional

[37:56] planning department with experienced and

[37:58] well educated staff members here in

[38:00] Turlock.

[38:02] On July 18th, 2024 at the planning

[38:05] commission meeting, there was a Turlock

[38:07] housing element study session to prepare

[38:09] the housing element. The housing element

[38:10] is one of the required seven mandatory

[38:13] elements combined in contained in the

[38:16] city general plan. A notice by the city

[38:20] that the first public review period for

[38:23] the draft housing element ran from

[38:25] October 2nd through November 1st, 2024.

[38:30] Starting that public comment uh may be

[38:33] submitted in writing. Additionally, the

[38:34] planning commission will review the

[38:36] draft housing element at a public

[38:38] meeting on October 3rd, 2024,

[38:41] and community members are invited to

[38:43] attend. The state responded on no April

[38:48] 30th, 2025.

[38:50] The California Department of Housing and

[38:52] Community Development completed a review

[38:54] of the draft housing element and found

[38:56] that while the draft addresses

[38:59] uh many of the statutory requirements,

[39:02] some further revisions are necessary to

[39:04] substantially comply with the state's

[39:06] housing element law.

[39:09] Multiple plans were submitted to the

[39:11] state review and they were all turned

[39:14] down by the state. It seems obvious to

[39:15] me that our planning staff and

[39:17] consultant were not allowed to make or

[39:19] present solutions to the issue of not

[39:22] complying to the state because of

[39:24] pressure from the city managers. The

[39:26] city managers are at will employees

[39:29] controlled by the current city of

[39:30] Turlock elected officials.

[39:33] Residents of Turlock remember that

[39:35] anyone at this dis

[39:37] almost anything they want but that

[39:40] doesn't mean that what they say is true.

[39:44] This update must be passed and submitted

[39:46] to the state for review tonight. Thank

[39:49] you.

[39:52] » Are there anyone else that would like to

[39:54] speak on item?

[39:56] >> Seeing no further comment, Mayor.

[39:59] >> All right. I'll close public comment. Uh

[40:01] for the record, uh Dr. Murphy, um

[40:04] tonight, if we approve this, it's the

[40:07] review's over or don't we have a second

[40:08] reading or something?

[40:09] >> We have a second reading two weeks from

[40:11] now.

[40:11] >> Okay. Thank you. what does it

[40:14] >> um I just have a brief comment. Um this

[40:16] has been a very long process and kind of

[40:19] bumpy bumpy and ciruitous at times, but

[40:21] um thank you for the staff for doing all

[40:23] of this work for this long. And I I just

[40:25] do want to note something that's buried

[40:26] in the housing element that a few years

[40:30] ago, I don't have the exact date, we we

[40:32] mailed out like 1500 surveys to people

[40:35] and that is considerable community

[40:38] engagement beyond what we've done in

[40:40] previous housing elements. So, um I I

[40:43] think that's really notable and I hope

[40:44] that when we do this next time, we can

[40:47] move away from snail mail and get a

[40:48] little bit more in the 21st century, but

[40:50] um I there's a lot of good in here.

[40:52] There's hundreds of hours of work in

[40:54] here. So, thank you to everyone

[40:55] involved. And uh with that, I will move

[40:56] to approve.

[40:57] >> Second.

[40:58] >> Motion in a second. We call the role,

[40:59] please.

[41:00] >> Council member Abram. Yes.

[41:01] >> Council member Bixel. Yes.

[41:02] >> Vice Mayor MZ. Yes.

[41:03] >> Council member Phillips. Yes. Mayor

[41:04] >> Goodl.

[41:04] >> Yes. And it passes on a 5-0. Thank you

[41:06] for that.

[41:07] >> All right. Uh this is the time set aside

[41:09] for the general public participation.

[41:11] I'll ask the city clerk to facilitate

[41:12] this public comment.

[41:14] >> All right. Well, we'll begin with blue

[41:16] speaker comment cards. I have three of

[41:18] them as the first one is Sean Sheridan.

[41:21] Please come forward.

[41:27] All right. Mayor and councel, I'm here

[41:29] to uh publicly thank the new city

[41:31] manager regarding an abandoned vehicle.

[41:35] I worked with the Turlock Police

[41:36] Department for more than a year and was

[41:38] ultimately stonewalled.

[41:41] I sent Dr. Murphy a single respectful

[41:43] email and the matter was solved in 72

[41:46] hours. So, thank you truly.

[41:50] I am also here for another reason. In

[41:53] about 3 weeks, I plan to submit a

[41:56] comprehensive citizens complaint to the

[41:59] city manager regarding the handling of

[42:01] public records and public record

[42:03] requests.

[42:04] I will request that the matter undergo

[42:06] an independent third-party legal review.

[42:09] I will also request that the city

[42:11] manager then publicly report to the city

[42:13] council the findings and actions taken.

[42:16] The purpose is to solve issues and

[42:20] identify criminal behavior so that

[42:22] specific staff can be held formally

[42:24] accountable.

[42:26] In two weeks, I plan to return to this

[42:28] city council and share examples of why

[42:30] investigations are needed. I will share

[42:33] one example today. It comes from P

[42:37] request 25-221

[42:39] in December.

[42:42] I'm holding up an unsigned

[42:45] uninitialed version of the signature

[42:48] page for an already issued building

[42:51] permit

[42:52] released as an official record. The

[42:55] signature and initials were deliberately

[42:58] omitted. I was recently informed as to

[43:01] who supplied this, but that person

[43:03] cannot be the one held the only one held

[43:06] accountable. The real culprit is the

[43:09] genius in the building that thought that

[43:11] was a good idea.

[43:13] the genius who forgot to have the

[43:15] pre-markings of the check boxes removed

[43:19] so that it would not be obvious that the

[43:22] building and safety division pre-marked

[43:24] the workers compensation exempt checkbox

[43:27] that no employees would be used rather

[43:30] than letting the signer of the permit

[43:33] mark it under penalty of perjury.

[43:35] And instead of letting the signer mark

[43:38] as authorized agent or licensed

[43:40] contractor, the city of Turlock

[43:43] pre-marked the owner checkbox.

[43:46] The actual signed version, the other

[43:49] paper I have revealed that the signer

[43:53] did not mark any of the 11 checkbox

[43:56] options on the page, none, and yet

[44:00] received the permit.

[44:04] Next speaker is Candace Build.

[44:15] Hi. Yep. I'm Candace. I'm the one that

[44:18] doesn't like to talk in public and I'm

[44:19] the one that's irritated because you

[44:20] guys aren't holding anybody accountable.

[44:22] So, we've got uh issues here with and

[44:24] you um u Mr. Murphy said that you were

[44:26] going to look into this for me and I

[44:27] don't believe you did anything because

[44:29] you said that the uh Enrique did

[44:32] everything fine. Um if you guys have

[44:33] checked your emails, you'll see that he

[44:35] did not because if he had checked off

[44:36] the item, it would not be still flooding

[44:38] my floor. Is that enough water damage

[44:40] for you guys to call it actually what it

[44:41] is? Because And then he didn't even look

[44:43] at anything else cuz if he would have

[44:45] This is right next to my front door.

[44:47] This is a bookshelf.

[44:50] This is a closeup of the bookshelf. This

[44:53] right here mold

[44:55] one section right there in the middle

[44:58] right there. That's what it is. Okay.

[45:00] You guys are not you guys aren't holding

[45:02] him accountable. And then you said that

[45:03] the records request was done correctly.

[45:05] No, it wasn't. I asked for four

[45:06] addresses. I received two. And then

[45:09] Enrique

[45:10] with that P that I have. I have uh

[45:13] paperwork showing that he has been

[45:14] working with my landlord for for five

[45:17] years. I have his initials on all of

[45:19] those um signoffs. And then he was

[45:22] working with my landlord together.

[45:24] There's an email trail of them

[45:25] discussing back and forth what what uh

[45:28] day works best for you and what's this.

[45:29] I thought it was supposed to be an

[45:30] independent the website. Your guys' city website says that if we need

[45:35] something with our housing, we can ask

[45:37] for it and it's supposed to be an

[45:38] independent. I'm sorry, but last time I

[45:40] checked, the good old boys don't get to

[45:42] communicate together and have it be

[45:43] independent. They showed up together.

[45:45] They they

[45:47] coordinated their own schedules. And you

[45:48] know what they did? They scheduled it

[45:50] for the exact day and time of my very

[45:52] first cardiac appointment. It took me

[45:54] four months to make it and I had to push

[45:56] it out again. So, you guys are allowing

[45:58] him to actively mess with my health at

[45:59] this point. I mean, more than they

[46:01] already have. I mean, I don't know what

[46:02] else I need to do. Maybe I need to file

[46:04] a tort or something or getting like one

[46:06] of my own attorneys involved here

[46:07] because this is ridiculous the the

[46:09] amount of like you just are just signing

[46:11] off on whatever you guys want and I

[46:12] don't understand. And then you take the

[46:14] word of this this uh this report that

[46:16] you got from environmental science

[46:18] services. Okay, I have an email right

[46:20] here.

[46:22] This one right here from him from the

[46:24] same guy and he says clearly it says we

[46:26] should we should put you on the schedule

[46:28] as soon as possible as soon as Monday.

[46:30] You definitely have a problem.

[46:33] He didn't show. I called him

[46:36] email from him. I had your landlord call

[46:38] me this morning and he's questioning our

[46:40] experience. I'm sending over references.

[46:41] I'll call you and we'll get back to you

[46:43] when when that's when they've okayed it.

[46:45] So, he's a he had stopped my attempt at

[46:48] an independent and then you guys were

[46:50] supposed to be my backup. You guys were

[46:52] supposed to support me because I am your

[46:54] resident. And what did you do? You sided

[46:56] with my landlord.

[46:58] That's what you did. You sided with my

[46:59] landlord and you sided with some guy who

[47:00] doesn't even have any any uh

[47:03] certifications at all. And he clearly

[47:05] tells me it's fine. But then when he

[47:07] comes out with my landlord after

[47:08] discussing what kind of testers they're

[47:10] going to get, what kind of this and

[47:11] that, he comes out with not a tester. He

[47:12] comes on the surface only. Of course

[47:14] it's going to say that it's dry. Of

[47:16] course. What else is it going to say?

[47:21] >> Lesie Stokes.

[47:33] » Good evening. So,

[47:36] first of all, let's talk about the

[47:38] fireboard that we're supposed to get

[47:40] that I haven't seen.

[47:42] Right. We were supposed to get that so

[47:44] we could study on whether or not Turlock

[47:45] could get a fire chief and fire marshal

[47:49] of its own. We haven't gotten that yet.

[47:52] So I'm wondering where that is.

[47:55] Secondly,

[47:56] your words, not mine. Secondly, right, I

[48:00] want to talk about data centers because

[48:03] the county is now being courted

[48:08] by lobbyists of data centers.

[48:12] Patterson is in it. Modesto is in it.

[48:15] Modesto even has a site.

[48:18] So I'm going to ask you again, right?

[48:21] What's best for Turlock?

[48:25] Because none of you, not one of you,

[48:28] this is not a Democratic or

[48:32] Republican issue.

[48:34] This is a people issue. And everybody

[48:37] here knows farmers here. So, I'm going

[48:41] to need for y'all to just say we ban all

[48:46] data centers.

[48:48] This needs to happen. Now,

[48:51] if Modesto does it,

[48:54] they still taking our water, aren't

[48:55] they?

[48:57] So, we need to do that.

[49:00] Thirdly, to the new city manager,

[49:04] welcome.

[49:06] However, I understand that you have

[49:10] military background.

[49:13] I'm going to need for you to stop that.

[49:16] No militant

[49:21] pushing around people,

[49:24] right?

[49:25] You're going to need to follow the line.

[49:28] This is the way this is going to go.

[49:30] Because

[49:33] trust me, at $1.3 million,

[49:36] not seeing it.

[49:38] Not.

[49:40] So, I'm going to need for you to play by

[49:43] the rules. That means your no big

[49:46] contracts.

[49:48] Put those behind you.

[49:52] I want all of this stuff to stop. And

[49:55] y'all are sitting out here with we're

[49:57] being courted by data center lobbyists.

[49:59] Do you get that?

[50:02] And this needs to stop. Patterson is in

[50:04] it. Modesto's in it. When's it going to

[50:07] be Turlock? Because we're slotted for

[50:09] three of them.

[50:11] We don't want this problem.

[50:13] You're going to hurt the people who

[50:15] actually live here,

[50:18] right? These are your constituents, not

[50:20] mine. Yours. And it needs to happen. I

[50:25] don't need to go through all the details

[50:26] that data centers can do because you've

[50:29] all seen it,

[50:32] every one of you.

[50:35] >> Brad Bates,

[50:47] » greetings, um, Dr. Murphy and Attorney

[50:51] Luchi. I hope I have that right. Welcome

[50:54] to Turlock. Okay, two guesses. Montana

[50:58] Park. Just curious, how's it coming?

[51:01] Went by the other day. Uh, not a lot of

[51:03] activity. It's been on the drawing board

[51:05] now for over 10 years. We've had two

[51:07] launch ceremonies, funds committed,

[51:10] county level, state level, on-site

[51:12] update, etc. Goals of the city council,

[51:15] in my opinion, safety, essential

[51:17] services, quality of life. This that's

[51:19] part of that component. Recently, there

[51:21] were a lot of press releases, social

[51:23] media, and articles about Chick-fil-A

[51:25] coming. I think that's great. I really

[51:26] do. It's a feather in our proverbial

[51:28] cap. But it was quoted that Turlock uh

[51:31] had been fighting for five years to to

[51:33] make this happen. Now, I'm not sure who

[51:35] you were fighting with, but nonetheless,

[51:37] my point is, isn't a multi-use regional

[51:41] park for the historically underserved

[51:44] West Side worth fighting for? Now, I

[51:47] know there's a lot of activity going on.

[51:49] These things take time. There's steps to

[51:50] follow, levels of bureaucracy to

[51:53] navigate, resecuring the funds that were

[51:55] promised, etc., etc. Staff has a lot on

[51:57] their plate, and I'm sure that director

[52:00] uh Fiser already has quite a substantial

[52:03] file on this project. Turlock has a

[52:05] history of doing things well. We have

[52:07] proven that with the soccer complex,

[52:09] Kadetti Park, the Columbia Pool. I hope

[52:12] that that continues. Now, pickle ball is

[52:15] the fastest growing sport in the world.

[52:17] Has been for several years. Yes, I am a

[52:19] part of that group and there's a large

[52:21] group of folks, ages, ethnicities, all

[52:23] parts of Turlock who are really

[52:25] interested and hopeful in seeing that

[52:27] this project will occur sooner rather

[52:29] than later. Uh, and I agree a lot of

[52:33] other cities in our region are doing

[52:34] some really nice park projects. You're

[52:36] probably aware of them. Modesto series,

[52:38] Oakdale, Los Bannis just did a beautiful

[52:40] project uh that they just opened about

[52:42] uh two weeks ago. Even Little Riverbank.

[52:45] I got a minute left. I want to tell you

[52:48] about Nathan real quick. Nathan is 12

[52:51] years old. Uh he plays sometimes with

[52:53] our pickle ball group. Nathan started

[52:56] out as a junior. He is now ranked 14 in

[52:59] the nation in his age group. This kid is

[53:02] phenomenal. I call him Mongoose. That's

[53:04] my my nickname. He is fearless. He is

[53:07] ferocious. He's quick. He can beat any

[53:10] pickle ball player in Turlock. Hands

[53:13] down. He's 12 years old now. I think I

[53:16] think Nathan uh I believe he's in

[53:18] Livingston. I wouldn't try to pick an

[53:20] ethnicity, but if I did, I'm going to

[53:22] take a guess. I would say probably

[53:23] Vietnamese. Doesn't matter. If we had

[53:26] courts here in Turlock, Nathan would be

[53:28] playing here in Turlock. And I think

[53:30] there's a lot of Nathans out there on

[53:32] the west side or in the entire town and

[53:35] there's a lot of people that are trying

[53:38] to encourage and mentor. Uh it's a great

[53:40] opportunity. So when we talk about the

[53:43] kids, remember time 10 years, 10 years.

[53:47] When we talk about our kids and we talk

[53:49] about time,

[53:52] I'll [clears throat] just finish my

[53:53] sentence.

[53:55] Uh when we talk about kids in time,

[53:56] remember for 10 years now, there are

[53:59] some kids that were probably in their

[54:01] early ages, five, six, seven, eight.

[54:04] They're now gone. They're off with their

[54:06] lives. We missed an opportunity. But so

[54:09] I would like to have you refocus on uh

[54:13] the park. Thank you.

[54:15] >> Well, now we move to our remote

[54:17] participants. If you're joining remotely

[54:18] and would like to speak on public

[54:20] participation, please raise your hand.

[54:22] Um or now press star nine. We do have

[54:25] our first guest, which is Ramon

[54:26] Rodriguez.

[54:28] Raone, go ahead and speak.

[54:32] >> Uh good evening everyone. Can everyone

[54:34] hear me?

[54:37] >> We can hear you. It is adjusting it now.

[54:40] Go ahead and continue.

[54:43] >> Good evening, madame mayor, city council

[54:45] members, members of the public. I just

[54:48] recently got back from Modesto City

[54:50] Council meeting online on Zoom as well

[54:53] regarding AI data centers.

[54:56] It's happening everywhere. People all

[54:59] over the country. This is not a

[55:01] political issue. This is a common sense

[55:03] issue that having a data center

[55:06] especially in Turlock

[55:11] moratoriums we need to put infinite

[55:13] pause and bands on AI data centers

[55:15] because honestly

[55:18] if we have a data center in Turlock

[55:21] it's going to ruin our town it's going

[55:24] to cost our utility bills going to go up

[55:27] way up because

[55:30] the amount of energy

[55:31] the amount of water and the amount of

[55:34] land that the AI data center is going to

[55:36] use, it's going to ruin the charm of a

[55:38] small town and there's like a lot of

[55:41] evidence, a lot of data, everything that

[55:44] having an AI data center is not going to

[55:46] be a good fit for Turlock.

[55:48] So, I implore you all that use that you

[55:53] use all the selling walls that you have

[55:55] on the books to tell the AI data centers

[55:57] that they should not build because

[56:01] We are living in a time where land is

[56:04] limited, water is being uh running low.

[56:09] We are in the middle of a heat crisis.

[56:12] Climate change is happening all over the

[56:14] world.

[56:16] And you're seeing everyone from

[56:18] Patterson to Modesto and all over

[56:20] California and the United States that

[56:21] people are that the people are saying no

[56:24] to data centers.

[56:26] Turlock as a town, we should not have an

[56:28] AI data center. We should focus on

[56:30] what's the most important part and to

[56:33] keep our town Turlock

[56:36] and tell the AI data centers to leave

[56:39] because we do not need it. We have

[56:42] farmland. We have everything

[56:46] and if we build a data center that's

[56:47] going to ruin uh the bread basket that

[56:50] was we call the central valley. That's

[56:51] what we hear from Mr.

[56:54] uh tree so many times that farmland

[56:56] supposed to be in farmland. We should

[56:58] not have a data center because that's

[57:00] going to take all of our water. And if

[57:02] we do have a data center, how are we

[57:05] going to eat? How are we going to

[57:06] survive? How are we going to have water?

[57:08] And also, it's going to put uh health

[57:11] problems to everyone living near a data

[57:14] center. So, people take this seriously.

[57:19] We should not have a data center. It's

[57:21] happening all over the country. And I

[57:25] implore you all to say no to data

[57:26] center. Thank you.

[57:29] There's no additional remote

[57:31] speakers indicating they want to

[57:33] comment. Um, anyone from the audience

[57:34] that would like to speak during public

[57:36] participation, please come forward to

[57:38] the lecture

[57:42] library.

[57:44] >> Good evening. I'm Karina Medosa and I am

[57:47] with the Turlock Public Library. Um, as

[57:50] we're getting ready for school, I want

[57:53] to say we do have a program called a

[57:56] thousand books before kindergarten. And

[57:58] a lot of people get that shock reaction

[58:00] of how is that even achievable? It is.

[58:05] It's one of those if you read three

[58:06] books a night, after a year you've

[58:08] reached a thousand books. It could be

[58:10] read by anybody. Neighbors,

[58:12] grandparents, babysitters, mom, dads, it

[58:15] could be read the same book. As we all

[58:18] know, kids love that same book you read

[58:20] night after night after night. That

[58:23] counts, too. Every single time. Why is

[58:25] that important? Because books have words

[58:28] that we don't use in like normal

[58:30] everyday language. You're exposing kids

[58:32] to vocabulary. You're exposing kids to

[58:34] narrative skills. So, they're able to

[58:37] learn what's going to happen next, a

[58:39] start, a beginning, and the middle. They learn all of that from a book. And

[58:44] most people say, "Well, why is that

[58:45] important?" They're two. third one.

[58:48] Anything else? Well, studies have shown

[58:52] if kids are read to before they even

[58:54] reach school, they learn how to read

[58:57] better. They learn how to pay attention.

[58:59] They learn how to listen. And they

[59:00] definitely learn how to sit. All key

[59:03] skills for kindergarten.

[59:05] And then one thing you think, oh, it's

[59:08] cute. It's adorable. But here's the

[59:09] thing. If they're not ready for

[59:10] kindergarten, they're not ready to

[59:12] learn. They're not ready to read. They may become behind. And then the

[59:16] behind keeps following them up once they

[59:19] reach the third grade. And after third

[59:21] grade, they're no longer learning to

[59:24] read. They're reading to learn. And once

[59:26] they're behind, it follows them through

[59:28] adulthood. And that's one of the kind of

[59:30] key indicators of success at their jobs,

[59:34] high schools, and even criminal

[59:37] activities. What do they have in common?

[59:39] Their literacy skills. So to kind of

[59:42] encourage all of the young littles, cute

[59:45] ones, to make it a positive, happy

[59:47] event, we like to celebrate the fact

[59:48] that we want people to reach out their

[59:50] kids. So we have 1,000 books before

[59:52] kindergarten. Um, at the 500 mark, they

[59:55] get a little bag. At the thousand mark,

[59:57] they get a little medal that these kids

[1:00:00] absolutely love. They will wear that

[1:00:03] medal to bed. The grandparents, they

[1:00:06] show everybody. It's like straight up

[1:00:08] metal that says, "I am a reader." they

[1:00:10] get a free book to kind of continue

[1:00:12] their journey. But in order to celebrate

[1:00:14] that, we are having um the Minnesota

[1:00:16] Children's Museum come out to do two

[1:00:18] programs on September 4th at 11:00 a.m.

[1:00:21] and then at 2:00. It is limited to 30 at

[1:00:24] each of these. So, we are requiring

[1:00:26] signups, but it's completely free to

[1:00:28] register. And also, even if you can't

[1:00:31] make it, you can still participate in

[1:00:33] the thousand books before kindergarten.

[1:00:35] If they're in TK, you know what? They

[1:00:37] haven't reached kindergarten yet, so

[1:00:39] they can still apply. And that's all

[1:00:41] I've got. So, thank you.

[1:00:44] >> Thank you. Are there any additional

[1:00:45] members that would like to speak during

[1:00:46] public participation? Please come forth.

[1:00:48] Mil

[1:00:53] Treeweiler, is getting rich and becoming

[1:00:55] wealthy the most important goal in

[1:00:57] human's lifetime? Do we humans have a

[1:01:00] responsibility to our children, our

[1:01:01] grandchildren, and our descendants?

[1:01:04] As adults and parents, the most

[1:01:05] important duty and responsibility is to

[1:01:08] plan for the future of our children and

[1:01:10] descendants. This is because our

[1:01:11] children, our grandchildren, and our

[1:01:13] descendants are too young or haven't

[1:01:15] been your born yet and can't do or plan

[1:01:19] for their own future. Just for your

[1:01:21] information, I want you to be aware that

[1:01:23] there is corruption here in Stannislas

[1:01:25] County. Most recently, the corruption in

[1:01:28] Stanas County's Stanco that's being

[1:01:32] prosecuted now after the top people

[1:01:35] there embezzled hundreds of thousands of

[1:01:37] dollars. The building industry will tell

[1:01:40] you there's plenty of farmland to grow

[1:01:41] food on. This is false. Recently, many

[1:01:44] farmers in the Central Valley have had

[1:01:46] to take their farmland out of production

[1:01:48] because of a lack of water. The building

[1:01:50] industry has not researched how little

[1:01:53] prime farmland is still left on the

[1:01:55] earth.

[1:01:56] Dave and the Building Industry

[1:01:58] Association do not seem to be concerned

[1:02:01] about the future of our children,

[1:02:03] grandchildren, and descendants. The

[1:02:06] worst part of it is some of these people

[1:02:08] may do corrupt things to make money.

[1:02:11] They may try to bribe you with money,

[1:02:14] with services for your home, or provide

[1:02:16] you with trips and other pleasures to

[1:02:18] get your vote. In some cases, they'll

[1:02:20] even try to blackmail you or intimidate

[1:02:23] you just to get their way.

[1:02:26] My last comment already been covered,

[1:02:28] but I'm going to cover it myself.

[1:02:31] We must guard against the introduction

[1:02:33] of data centers into Stannislos County.

[1:02:36] The people promoting these centers are

[1:02:38] not concerned what we uh that we live in

[1:02:42] an area with the best farmland on earth.

[1:02:46] Their concern is not what's best for our

[1:02:48] children and our grandchildren

[1:02:50] and our descendants, but how much money

[1:02:53] they can make. I'm not saying that

[1:02:56] there's not a need for more data

[1:02:58] centers. I'm saying this is not the

[1:03:00] place to build data centers. Not in

[1:03:03] Stannis County, not in the city of

[1:03:05] Turlock, and we should have a policy

[1:03:07] against it in the city of Turlock. We

[1:03:10] must aggressively fight against the data

[1:03:13] centers here in Stannislas County. Thank

[1:03:15] you.

[1:03:17] >> Are there any other people that wish to

[1:03:19] make public participation? Go ahead.

[1:03:30] Um on the subject of the data centers uh

[1:03:34] it's not something that I am really well

[1:03:37] informed about but I know a little bit

[1:03:40] um as I understand there already is

[1:03:42] connection with Amazon here in our area

[1:03:46] and um I haven't looked into that just

[1:03:49] heard that recently but um there seems

[1:03:52] to be an awful a lot of concern and a

[1:03:54] lot of things that are said uh

[1:03:57] that I don't know how we um actually

[1:04:00] verify

[1:04:02] how valid those things are about water

[1:04:04] use about energy. I've heard things

[1:04:06] about the water that goes back into the

[1:04:08] ground and it's you know now tainted and

[1:04:11] it's going to impact us and so these are

[1:04:13] very concerning things and uh we already

[1:04:16] have issues with our water, our

[1:04:18] groundwater and all that. Uh, and I

[1:04:21] would just really like to see the

[1:04:23] council take that to heart, hear what

[1:04:25] the people are saying. There's a lot of

[1:04:27] concern, way more than is here tonight,

[1:04:30] uh, about that issue. And I would also

[1:04:33] like to say I'd like to not see data

[1:04:35] centers here. Thank you.

[1:04:38] >> Is there anyone else from the public

[1:04:40] that would like to make a public

[1:04:41] comment?

[1:04:43] Seeing none, we have one more online

[1:04:45] that would like to make a public

[1:04:46] comment. Um L uh if you can please go

[1:04:50] ahead and speak.

[1:04:57] Oh, can you go ahead and try again?

[1:05:01] You are unmuted. You may need to unmute

[1:05:04] yourself.

[1:05:09] We will wait a couple more. We'll wait

[1:05:11] about 10 more seconds.

[1:05:25] Okay, we're unable to hear L. Um, seeing

[1:05:28] no additional speakers at this time,

[1:05:30] Mayor.

[1:05:31] >> Then I will close public comment

[1:05:34] and move on to city manager reports and

[1:05:38] updates. Dr. Murphy.

[1:05:45] Uh, first things first, would the

[1:05:47] council appreciate an update from uh,

[1:05:50] Director Fischer on Montana Park? Sounds

[1:05:52] great.

[1:05:52] >> I was going to ask him to give that to

[1:05:54] Mr. Bates separately.

[1:05:55] >> Okay.

[1:05:56] >> But if you if you would like to do

[1:05:57] >> I think for the public maybe we can

[1:06:00] Chris if you'll come up

[1:06:02] >> and as he's coming up not to waste any

[1:06:04] time. I just I I do want to make uh two

[1:06:06] comments. Uh, I think council's aware,

[1:06:09] maybe the public's not aware. I was

[1:06:11] proud to sit on the interview committee

[1:06:13] and I helped select the fire chief and

[1:06:16] the new fire marshal, the Turlock fire

[1:06:18] chief who's here and uh our new fire

[1:06:21] marshal who should be starting very

[1:06:23] soon. So I played a role in that and you

[1:06:26] know one thing I will promise you I will

[1:06:27] never run away from my military

[1:06:29] background. I served alongside of some

[1:06:31] of America's greatest heroes and

[1:06:33] dedicated public servants. A military

[1:06:35] leader is not also a militant leader. I

[1:06:39] try to be a collaborative leader,

[1:06:41] mission focused, and I would ask that

[1:06:42] gentleman to listen to Mr. Sheridan's

[1:06:45] own comments.

[1:06:48] » All right. Thank you. Um I am pleased to

[1:06:50] see since the last time we were here, we

[1:06:52] talked about getting Montana Park out to

[1:06:54] bid, you know, by the end of July. We

[1:06:56] are a little bit behind on that and some

[1:06:57] of the reason for that is we've had some

[1:06:59] public some really good public

[1:07:00] suggestions. So, making some of those

[1:07:01] changes and working through some of

[1:07:02] those things have delayed. And we've

[1:07:04] also had some really time-sensitive

[1:07:05] projects that we've delivered to the

[1:07:06] council. And thank you for making those

[1:07:08] decisions that have um once that bubble

[1:07:10] of um ARPA funds, you know, gets through

[1:07:13] here, we should have a little bit more

[1:07:14] bandwidth. And we look to get it out,

[1:07:15] you know, to bid in the next few weeks.

[1:07:17] And actively, and the good news is is

[1:07:18] we've been actively working on um

[1:07:20] additional funding opportunities. In

[1:07:21] fact, just yesterday, we submitted

[1:07:23] another um grant application for

[1:07:24] community resilience and heat and heat

[1:07:27] projects looking to, you know, cover

[1:07:29] some of the state shade structures. So,

[1:07:31] yeah, we're really excited about the the

[1:07:33] project and we we are continuing to

[1:07:34] focus on it.

[1:07:38] » Good enough. Thank you.

[1:07:39] >> Thanks.

[1:07:42] >> All right. And now we have council

[1:07:44] member comments, announcements, andor uh

[1:07:46] future items. Council member Abram,

[1:07:47] >> just a couple comments. Um, National

[1:07:49] Night Out was last week and it was

[1:07:51] great. So, thank you to everybody who

[1:07:52] took part in it. Um, I got to go to a

[1:07:54] couple events that were being held for

[1:07:56] the first time. So, it's a a community

[1:07:58] event that's still growing. Um, in the

[1:08:00] consent calendar tonight, one of the

[1:08:01] items that was um approved uh were the

[1:08:04] portable ballards that I spoke about

[1:08:06] some time ago. Um, so I want to thank

[1:08:08] staff for looking into that and for my

[1:08:10] colleagues for supporting that. I think

[1:08:11] that's going to be a great uh value ad

[1:08:13] for public safety for pedestrians and I

[1:08:16] look forward to seeing them out and

[1:08:17] about. Um and then finally, we've had um

[1:08:20] several uh members of our fire

[1:08:21] department who have been deployed to the

[1:08:23] fires in Oregon and the nearby ones in

[1:08:25] Calvary County. So, you know, they're

[1:08:27] not if they're busy, they're not

[1:08:29] watching this, but to everybody else who

[1:08:31] um's coming back from that, you know,

[1:08:32] Turlock, thanks you for your service

[1:08:34] here and being away from your family for

[1:08:37] days and days and days to take care of

[1:08:38] our region.

[1:08:41] I too would like to um shout out to the fire folks that have been deployed.

[1:08:46] Um I have some relatives that have been

[1:08:49] involved with fires various states. Um

[1:08:52] I've heard some citizens be concerned

[1:08:55] that we're sending our people away and

[1:08:56] leaving our stations uncovered and I can

[1:08:58] assure you as I know the chief has has

[1:09:01] sent out that that is not the case. It

[1:09:03] is um we are still well protected here

[1:09:06] in town. So thank you.

[1:09:09] Yeah, I'm going to start with data

[1:09:10] centers.

[1:09:12] So folks, normally we don't comment on

[1:09:14] what gets posted on social media, but in

[1:09:17] this case, an elected official put a

[1:09:19] post out about a week ago and concerning

[1:09:22] datas. That elected official was

[1:09:23] schoolboard trustee Mary Jackson. She

[1:09:26] posted up online that Turlock had a data

[1:09:28] center and that Turlock had two

[1:09:30] additional pending permits within city

[1:09:32] hall for two more data centers. Um,

[1:09:35] hence I think Leslie that's your comment

[1:09:37] that Turlock's slotted for three. I I

[1:09:41] want to the public to know that that is

[1:09:43] an absolute false post. Turlock does not

[1:09:46] have a data center. Turlock does not

[1:09:48] have any permits pending for data

[1:09:50] centers. And I and I and I point this

[1:09:52] out and I appreciate Dr. Murphy having

[1:09:54] the staff reply to the online post with

[1:09:58] the city logo because when elected

[1:10:00] officials post things, the public

[1:10:01] depends on that and relies on that and

[1:10:03] expects it to be true. Um, Milt

[1:10:06] Treeweiler, you and I agree on very

[1:10:10] little, sir, but I can tell you we both

[1:10:13] agree that Turlock is a very precious

[1:10:16] bread basket with the best farmland in

[1:10:19] the world, and I don't want data centers

[1:10:21] anywhere near it. Okay. So, if we could

[1:10:24] all work to get it out of the county,

[1:10:25] that would be great. But I need the

[1:10:27] record clear for what Turlock has and

[1:10:28] what Turlock doesn't have because

[1:10:30] Leslie, you're right. This is not a

[1:10:32] Republican or a Democrat issue. This is

[1:10:34] a humanity issue. Um, moving on. Fire

[1:10:37] department. Thank you for those

[1:10:39] comments. Um, I know Chief Serpa, you

[1:10:42] weren't with us on our side of things

[1:10:44] back when the Cowdor fires were going

[1:10:47] on. Um, now we have the Gan Fire going.

[1:10:50] There are fire departments statewide

[1:10:52] sending resources. I did check in with

[1:10:55] Chief Evans. I was informed that you are

[1:10:58] being very strategic not only about

[1:11:01] making sure Turlock has plenty of

[1:11:03] coverage, but also monitoring the

[1:11:05] firefighter fatigue issue so that when

[1:11:08] resources are being sent out and we have

[1:11:10] additional firefighters here at home

[1:11:11] that are working overtime to cover those

[1:11:13] positions that we don't run into

[1:11:15] firefighter fatigue uh like we did with

[1:11:17] the Caldor fire a few years back. So, I

[1:11:19] was told that you were making very

[1:11:20] strategic moves and very much on top of

[1:11:22] that and I just wanted to say thank you.

[1:11:24] Um, great job. Keep it going. Um, the

[1:11:27] last comment I have is about the gear

[1:11:29] road corridor that's coming. Um, you

[1:11:31] guys, Dr. Pesh, the road doctor, we call

[1:11:33] him, he's also like our city treasure, a

[1:11:36] very humble guy. Um the five of us all

[1:11:39] know that two years ago we were told

[1:11:41] that project was going to cost 25

[1:11:43] million at at the base level and he

[1:11:45] reworked that project and got it down to

[1:11:47] 20,280,000.

[1:11:49] He didn't give himself credit for that

[1:11:51] but you all know I'm one to give credit

[1:11:52] where it goes regardless of what side

[1:11:54] it's on. So thank you.

[1:11:57] >> Well you guys pretty much covered most

[1:11:59] of the stuff but um national night out I

[1:12:02] was able to go to Columbia Park and

[1:12:04] there was a lot of people there so great

[1:12:06] turnout. Um Chick-fil-A grand opening um

[1:12:09] happened. Um great turn uh turnout there

[1:12:11] as well. If you guys haven't went by

[1:12:13] there, um it's it's actually going

[1:12:16] pretty quickly. I had some some

[1:12:17] employees go there and they're like,

[1:12:18] "Oh, it's going the first day. I think

[1:12:20] it was like an hour wait or something,

[1:12:21] but now I think um it's it's less than

[1:12:24] that." So, um I just love to see Turlock

[1:12:26] uh expand and grow um economically. So,

[1:12:31] >> thank you. So, the greatest news about

[1:12:33] Chick-fil-A is that it is an anchor. And

[1:12:36] what that means is that people come here

[1:12:38] from other cities. We many of of the

[1:12:41] citizens in this town have gone to

[1:12:43] Mantika to get their Chick-fil-A on. So,

[1:12:47] here comes the best part. This is the

[1:12:50] largest ever in the history of

[1:12:53] Chick-fil-A. The showing on the first

[1:12:55] day, we handled it. Turlock, California

[1:12:57] handled it. And I and kudos to all of

[1:12:59] our staff who were out there making sure

[1:13:01] everything was working. Even uh the

[1:13:03] captain on a day off was sitting there

[1:13:05] kept moving the pylons to make sure that

[1:13:07] there weren't any issues. It it turned

[1:13:09] out really well. And people can say,

[1:13:12] well, it's just a fast food. Okay. But

[1:13:14] it starts the the whole thing for

[1:13:16] economic development. We create money

[1:13:19] and revenue so that we can provide our

[1:13:23] employees and they provide a better

[1:13:26] service. There's a whole structure to

[1:13:27] how this works. It's not just a

[1:13:29] sandwich. So, I am super proud that

[1:13:31] Chick-fil-A is here and what our our

[1:13:33] group did was phenomenal. And that's how

[1:13:36] you do economic development. It's not

[1:13:38] just one thing and we call it a day and

[1:13:40] the ribbon cutting and move on. The this

[1:13:41] is how you bring large things here that

[1:13:44] are going to build our economy for us

[1:13:47] and not come into the streets down where

[1:13:50] we're living in our residential. Um, I

[1:13:52] also want to just say that the advisory

[1:13:54] board for uh the fire department is not

[1:13:57] to decide if we're coming back per se.

[1:14:00] It is an advisory board to the chief. So

[1:14:03] now that he's in a position, he will do

[1:14:05] like our police chief and have a group

[1:14:08] of people who will sit on that and as we

[1:14:09] progress through the issues of getting

[1:14:12] what 48 months till we get our our

[1:14:14] ladder truck, all these things. How do

[1:14:16] we get there so that we get to the fact

[1:14:19] that we're back to Turlock Fire

[1:14:20] Department? So, it's not one equals the

[1:14:24] other and we needed Chief Serpa to start

[1:14:26] this for us. So, he'll be working on

[1:14:28] that shortly. And other than that, I

[1:14:30] think we have close session.

[1:14:32] >> Yes, I will begin by reading the items

[1:14:34] for close session and then you'll see me

[1:14:35] open up public comment for close

[1:14:37] session. So, if you want to speak to

[1:14:38] that is your time regarding those close

[1:14:40] session items. So 13A is threat with

[1:14:43] public services, public facilities,

[1:14:44] critical infrastructure controls,

[1:14:46] critical infrastructure, information

[1:14:47] relating to cyber security, California

[1:14:50] government code 54957A1.

[1:14:54] And item B is conference with legal

[1:14:56] council existing litigation uh pursuant

[1:14:58] to government code California 59

[1:15:01] 549569D1.

[1:15:03] Uh two cases Turlock Gospel Mission

[1:15:05] versus the city of Turlock and people of

[1:15:07] the state of California versus the city

[1:15:09] of Turlock. At this time, if you would

[1:15:11] like to make any comments, we'll start

[1:15:13] with members of the public sitting live.

[1:15:18] Seeing none, we'll move to our virtual.

[1:15:20] If anyone on the virtual would like to

[1:15:21] speak regarding those two close session

[1:15:23] items, please unmute yourself or press

[1:15:25] star six.

[1:15:28] Seeing none, mayor.

[1:15:30] >> All right, then we will uh adjourn to

[1:15:32] our close session and come out and

[1:15:34] report should there be anything. Thank

[1:15:36] you.

[1:27:14] Nothing to see.

[1:27:19] » We're live. All right. There's nothing

[1:27:21] to report out and we are adjourned.

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