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new ordinance. All right, I'm going to
call this meeting to order and if you

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will lead us in our pledge.
>> Just say ready, begin. Okay, whenever

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you're ready.

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» I aliance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the republic

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for which it stands. One nation under
God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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» So, we're having the uh Melon Carnival
coming up and we have a bunch of uh

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young ladies that are going to be in a
contest. So, now you have a little bit

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of appetite for what's going on out
there. And I hope everybody wants to

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participate. So from that point, let's
start with a roll call for uh

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declarations of conflict of interest and
being present.

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» Council member Abram here and none.
>> Council member Vixel,

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» here none.
>> Vice Mayor Mes.

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» Council member Phillips here none.
>> Mayor Bidler,

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» here none.
>> All right. Uh approval of agenda as

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posted or amended.
>> So moved. Second.

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» Motion to second. Call the role, please.
>> Council member Abram, yes. Council

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member Bixel,
>> yes.

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» Vice Mayor Monet, yes.
>> Council member Phillips, yes.

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» Mayor Bibler,
>> yes. Passes on a 5-0. All right. Uh, we

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have Turtle Partnership Incentive
Program and I believe that Mr. Sims is

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ready.

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Tell us something good.
>> Good evening, mayor, council members,

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city staff, and members of the public.
Tonight, we are celebrating another new

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Turlock business that has completed the
steps in the Turlock Partnership

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Incentive Program, Inspire and Bloom
LLC, located at 21101 Gear Road, Sweet

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101A. They're family-built organization
providing applied behavior analysis

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therapy and support to children with
autism and developmental needs, helping

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children build communication, social and
everyday life skills. Beyond supporting

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local families, Inspire and Bloom is
committed to our community by hiring

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locally, mentoring students with
institutions like Santa State, and

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creating sustainable ABA career
opportunities right here in the Central

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Valley. We wish this new business
continued success and look forward to

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watching them thrive in our community.
At this time, I'd like to invite Mayor

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Bublack, city council members, city
manager, and the business owners, Mr.

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Mike Morgan and Olivia Morgan, forward
for a special check presentation.

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It's child.

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One, two, three.
One more.

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[applause]

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Just like that.

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» You got money for us, too?

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All right. Good evening, Mayor and
Council. Um, on behalf of the transit

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team, I want to give you a brief update
on what we've been up to in July. We've

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been pretty busy with a lot of different
activities, a lot of good stuff.

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First, I wanted to speak about our free
rides in July program. This is something

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we've been doing for quite a few years
now, partnering with our regional

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partners at Stan and most recently
Merced to offer free rides throughout

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the region, which has been great. Um, so
here you can see our writership numbers.

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Saw a 14.2% increase of writership
overall compared to the same period last

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year, which is great. If you look at the
details there, you can see the large

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portion of that was our on demand
service. So, as word gets out about

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that, I think more and more folks are
using that. A lot of folks use that to

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get to the fair, which is great. And so,
again, the purpose with this is

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increased writership. It's achieving
that purpose. Every year we do this,

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we're seeing more and more writers,
which is great. Um, this is largely

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funded by a grant through the state
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Unfortunately, LCTOP funding is being
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do these free ride promotions throughout
the year like we used to. We used to

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have multiple periods. Now, it's just
going to be limited to July. If things

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change, we'll increase it back again,
but for now, it'll still be July, but

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received well by the community. Hearing
a lot of good things.

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Obviously, the fair is a big part of
that. Uh I just got through talking

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about all of July. Now we're focusing on
the fair and we provided a lot of

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expanded and extended service during the
fair which was July 10th through the

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19th. And that service was running buses
to later, running more buses, running

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the shuttle and um the the main
difference between this year and last

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year is that prior we would have a
physical presence inside the fairgrounds

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and this year we changed it up a bit. We
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transit center itself. That seemed to
work really well. We invested a lot more

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effort and time into the folks that were
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center to ride the shuttle. It started
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event which was great. Had lots of
regional transportation partners there

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with us. We had the recreation
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games and just was received really well
by the community. And so radio

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advertising was another big change. You
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transit center parking lot would maybe
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packed pretty much every night of the
fair this year. And so, a lot of people

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are hearing about the shuttle, uh,
hearing about our service, and again,

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lots of good things coming from that.
The shuttle itself was running every 5

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to 10 minutes. We saw, you know, over
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72% increase over the prior year. Pretty
substantial. We handed out over 3,600

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bottles of cold water, which was 111%
increase. So, for give you an idea, we

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order a large pallet of water. That's
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more than two pallets of water this year
and so it was pretty substantial. We're

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going to increase that order next year.
Um, but again, the radio advertising

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played a huge role. Lots of strong
positive feedback from writers, largely

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non-transit riders, too. That's the
beauty of this system is we're we're

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investing in typically non-transit
riders. And so, we're breaking down some

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of those stigmas that folks have about
transit in the community. So, it just

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helps us achieve our goals. Going past
the fair, we also sponsored a free swim

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day at Columbia Pool, which was great.
So on July 30th, uh, everybody could

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come in for free and so 38 adults and 56
youth were able to take advantage of

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that. We were there with our staff. Buzz
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but he was there. Um, but had a great
time. Uh, lots of interactions with

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folks that were learning about the
service. And um given that that

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particular segment of the city is a
disadvantaged area, transit is a really

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important feature for a lot of
households in that area. And so they

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were able to learn about services that
are available to them often for free. A

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lot of times we're still letting people
know kids ride free, you know, so that

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they they're not aware of this. So we're
able to do that. We had a great time

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there. And last but not least, our
short-range transit plan. So we at the

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last meeting here, we let you know about
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And so we actually had those. We had our
pop-up events throughout Turlock. We had

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two community workshops, one at the
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We had 10 or 11 folks that showed up for
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Few notes for the council and the
community to know. Community is

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generally pretty happy with the transit
service that they have. So we were

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hearing that loud and clear. We also
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That's probably the most common request
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of Sunday service, whether that's fixed
route, on demand, uh something just to

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be able to get around on Sundays,
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to Amtrak, um just various places in our
community. So, we're hearing that loud

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and clear. And then also some other
general service changes and some bus

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stop improvements, amenity improvements
like bus shelters and benches and things

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like that. So, a lot of good stuff. And
where we're at in that plan right now,

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we're at the end of phase two. So, we're
kind of wrapping up the community

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feedback portion. By all means, if you
have feedback, uh, feel free to continue

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to send that in. But, we're kind of
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into the next phase, which is service
evaluation, where we crunch all the

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data, look at all the numbers, and
eventually get to um some

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recommendations back to the community
and to the council and say, "This is

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what we're hearing. This is what we
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what we can provide. Here's our
recommendations. What do you all think

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about that?" So, that's where we're at.
So, we've been pretty busy during July.

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Wanted to give you that update and happy
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» Dr. Murphy and I uh joined there. It was
pretty nice. Yeah, I drank at least two

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of those waters.
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» Any questions?
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» Thank you.
>> Okay, we have a sidewalk program.

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Director Fiser,

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there's a sidewalk on the mountain.

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Good evening, council members, mayor.
Thanks for having me tonight. I wanted

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to bring you a brief update on our
sidewalk program. The last time we

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talked about this was in January.

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City and state law has long placed
responsibility of the sidewalks on the

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property of the adjacent property
owners. In December of 2025, um we had

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brought um a financial assistance
program that was primarily funded

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through measure L, which gave some
assistance to residents that needed to

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repair their sidewalks or or mitigate
some of the tripping hazards. Um program

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involves a city contractor performing
the work at prevailing wage. Um and then

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the resident the city would pay for that
and the resident would then reimburse

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their portion of the of the cost. Um and
then and in January, we brought the

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finalized program um to the municipal
code for the updates.

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overall process generally takes three to
four months um in the from the initial

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notice to the of the defect to a city
initiated repair. Um obviously if the

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residents want to repair that on their
own they can't do that and they can do

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that within their time frame and we
encourage them to do that if if they

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choose to do so. Um we conduct a lot of
public outreach. We um put utility

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mailers um we do social media. Um, we're
actually physically going out to the

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property and talking to the property
owners and we're following up with phone

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calls just to make sure that we know
that we get all of the education

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opportunity that we can and people that
are understanding of the program and

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what the benefits are. Um, when we do go
out to the property, um, once we have

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notification of it, we'll paint it and
we'll put the appropriate signage and

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that really reduces the risk of tripping
hazards because it makes it more

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obvious. And then we find that some of
the smaller lifts in the sidewalks can

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create some of the bigger problems
because they're not they're not as um,

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blatantly obvious as some of the bigger
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Um once we do that, we begin notifying
the property owners of their obligation

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to repair.
City does um we do everything we can to

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make sure that we're properly explaining
um what the to the owners what the

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program is um why why it's respons who's
responsible for it and why it's

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important. Um we also encourage them to
to when they when they get um an

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encroment permit, we'll we'll cover that
as well. So even if they choose to

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repair the subway on their own, we're
going to initiate the encroachment

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permit for them again and give them um
financial assistance on that. So the

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city's typically going to send five
notices um combination of first class

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and certified letters um if the property
owner remains nonresponsive um through

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this process. the city will initiate the
repair um and after the pair the city

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you know begins the cost recovery
process which ultimately um ends up on

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sending a bill to the property owner and
ultimately if it's not paid we will put

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it on the tax ro as a form of a lean
again um this is just a visual

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representation of the 3 to four month
process um the mailing uh notices and

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the owner outreach the phone calls that
is the majority of the process and

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really the the you know the the city
initiated repairs smallest portion of

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that. It usually takes like four four
weeks to get it done once we decide to

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get um that that we'll make the repairs.
Couple of stats on it. Um the total

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number of properties um city-owned and
non cityowned inspect in 2026 have been

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187. Um number of applicants that have
rolled in our sidewalk repair assistance

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program of 54. We've made um 29
completed repairs. We have 15 more that

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are out ongoing with the contractor
current currently. We have 10 more on

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deck. Um there have been some pairs that
have not completed through our sidewalk

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assistance program. Um there's 25 of
those and so the total repair is about

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54 and these range um anywhere from a
few hundred to you know to several

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thousand up to you know in some cases
$10,000 depending on you know large

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properties and business owners and
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Um looking at budgets the assist program
began um in spring of the prior fiscal

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year. We didn't budget a whole bunch of
money, but we, you know, during the the

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new fiscal year, we did. Um, so there's
approximately 36,000 assistance has been

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or is expected to be provided this year
so far. Um, so we have about $263,000

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remaining available for the program
budget. Um, we're only about two months

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into this fiscal year, so um there's
plenty of funding left. Um, if we do run

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into a a case where it's wildly
successful and we need more more money,

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we'll we'll be back up here asking for
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I want to focus on a couple or bring it,
you know, notice to, you know, city

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locations. We have been um busy. We've
had a combination of staff making

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repairs. I know they made numerous
repairs at Padretti Park not that long

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ago. Um but other city locations of
Broadway, Crane, Rotary, Four Seasons,

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Kurt, Andre Parks, making sure those
parks are safe for our children and

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anyone that wants to walk through there,
you know, because they're a big part of

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our our community and we recognize the
importance of those.

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We have had some challenges. Um
inspection capacity has been limited. Um

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you we have a lot of we have a lot of um
on deck. We've you know so far we've

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done 187 inspections. Um the same
inspectors reporting the sidewalk

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program. You know they're they're
responsible for the capital work in the

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city, the utility work um such as like
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and other development projects and any
other construction that's that's

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operating through the city. Um some
property owners have been nonresponsive

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or disagree with their responsibility to
make the repairs and you know staff is

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is spending a sign significant amount of
time um conducting outreach and

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explaining both obligations and
assistance opportunities. Um so

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approximately 120 um properties that are
currently um in in the compliance

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program at this point. So as we're
working through this, we started off

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kind of slow just kind of get the
program filled out um make any changes

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that we needed to do and now Now we're
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So in conclusion, staff will continue to
outreach inspections and compliance

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efforts. Um we'll continue to, you know,
that we'll continue to make sure that we

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have adequate inspection capacity and
timely um property owner response and

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contractor availability. That's one of
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making sure that we're keeping our
contractors happy and then and we're

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going through and making, you know,
meaningful repairs where we're grouping

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them in areas where, you know, it makes
the most sense for everybody. um any you

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know any substantive program change at
this point we would bring this back to

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the council at this point you know we
feel that the program is is successful

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um but if there's any suggestions at all
that you know that we would definitely

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listen to them but we would need to
bring it back to the council um

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currently participation appears
generally within our expectations what

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we expected and I think that we're just
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the sidewalk repair assistance program
meaning I think that you know there's a

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good value to it we're finding that the
smaller repairs are generally very

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inexpensive for the property owners in
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portion. And I would be happy to answer
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» Is it true that uh Turlock has one of
the better uh methodologies for

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sidewalks?
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several um inquiries from neighboring
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program um and we've also looked at a
couple other programs and comparing

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them. I think that we really have one of
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um that that it's out there right now. I
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really close to us right now that are
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they're, you know, they're struggling
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know.
>> Awesome. Anybody?

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All right, stay there because we have to
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traffic.

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pretty big.
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» Okay.

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» Okay. So, um Mr. Fischer, Director
Fischer is going to be leaving us, but

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uh not without uh knowing that he still
lives here and his heart will still be

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here and that he's always welcome to
come back, but he got a better job. He

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can tell you, not me. Um just more
money. So in honor of the distinguished

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service of municipal services director
SRWA general manager Christopher J.

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Fiser.
So Chris began his service in the city

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of Turlock on October 16th, 2023.
During his tenure, he helped guide the

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concluding stages of the regional
surface water supply project and the

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delivery of treated surface water to
Turlock and series, a project that

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received the design build institution uh
of America's national award of merit.

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Pretty big deal. Then Chris advanced
difficult but necessary initiatives

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including financially sustainable and
equitable sewer rates and sidewalk

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compliance programs as we just heard. He
supported the city's roads program

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through interdep departmental
coordination and staff support and

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oversaw completion of the Columbia Pool
improvement project. He barely been

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here. This is a lot. In the summer of
2026, Chris temporarily served in the

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role of city manager during a leadership
vacancy, providing continuity and a

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steady leadership to city operations,
guided by the principles of safety,

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quality, and community. Your three
pillars, uh Chris inspired those around

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him to work smarter and more efficiently
while maintaining the higher standards

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of ethics, professionalism, and public
service. So, on behalf of the city

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council, myself, our entire team, and
our city, we wish you well and hope that

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you come back soon. But I'd love to get
a picture with all of us because you are

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part of the team. Is that all right?
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» Do you want to say something?
>> I do.

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» All right.
>> Yeah.

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» You know, and this wasn't a decision
that was that was made easily. Um, you

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guys have been incredibly supportive
throughout and I have a great staff.

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They just they're wonderful people and
they will take care of this and like my

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work isn't done here you know like I I
expect to be back here in you know in

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the future because this is my hometown
and this is this is where I belong and

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I'm I'm extremely proud of the work
we've done and JJ I mean I'm sorry Dr.

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Murphy, I you know I you know I'm just
getting to know you, but you know like

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this is the first time and I've seen
smiles in the hall and just in people

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jumping around. So like I I I feel like
you know like there was a lot to learn

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you know from you and and but I I hope
we can stay in touch and and we can

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definitely you know work together in the
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Two, three,
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So the next one will not take place
today because uh Martin is sick and uh

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we asked if he wanted if he wanted to do
this or if he was sick and he he is in

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fact sick. So he he would like to do it
another time. So we'll probably the next

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meeting we'll we'll correlate with him.
He he actually will be uh I think

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September 1st is his last day or
something. Is that right?

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» That sounds about right. He told me when
I was uh found him in Ghiradelli in San

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Francisco months and months ago he's
like I'm I'm leaving. I'm like, "No."

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So, 30 some day years he's he's
entitled. But our next person is a

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police captain, Miguel Pico. Come on up,
[applause]

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man.
Is it something in the water, Chris?

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What's happening? Why are these people
leaving?

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So, uh, we have Captain Miguel Pacheo
here who was hired as police officer on

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April 16th of 2000. Beginning more than
26 years of dedicated service to the

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city, marked by courage, integrity, and
professionalism,

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Miguel advanced from police officer
through the ranks of corporal, sergeant,

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lieutenant, and captain, reflecting his
enduring commitment to the city, proven

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leadership, and continued pursuit of
excellence. During his distinguished

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career, Captain Pico served on the SWAT
team and was entrusted to lead the

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police department on several occasions
as interim and acting police chief. As

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police captain, he provided steady
leadership, oversaw critical public

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safety operations, supported and
mentored fellow officers, and worked

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with city officials and community
partners to meet the needs of residents.

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Uh, it doesn't say on here, but you did.
FBI also started running again. That was

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awesome.
So Miguel Sound judgment, dedication,

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and commitment to community oriented
policing have strengthened the police

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department, advanced public safety, and
helped build trust throughout our

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community. So on behalf of myself, our
entire council, and our community, we

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thank you for so many years that you've
given to our city and the safeness that

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we feel because of you and your
leadership. So thank you, Miguel.

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» Yeah. Uh just super super quick. Um to
my wife, uh it's been a journey, but we

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made it, right? I'm retiring, so uh most
of my sanity is still here, so we're

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doing pretty good. Uh to my mom who took
me to Explorer meetings, um when I was a

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kid, thank you. Family came in. To my
kids, uh thank you for all the bad days

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they came home and hear me talk about
it. Uh won't have that anymore. Uh I

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made a lot of requests to council in my
years here. Thank you for all the

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support. Usually it was around money and
stuff we were trying to get, and you

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were very supportive. So, thank you. Uh
I think it's appropriate to say one

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thing before I leave. Uh, one last
request and it's really for the city of

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Turlock. Please keep the officers in
mind who are still doing the job. Uh,

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admittedly I've wrote a desk for several
years, but um, cops are my heroes. Just

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straight up, they are. Um, if you can
imagine the worst day in your life, our

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officers do that uh, every day of every
shift that they work. They meet people

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in trauma, dangerous, emotional stuff
they go through. So, to the city council

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for your support of frontline staff, I
do thank you. Turlock's very special. Uh

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to the community out there, you've got
good cops working here. Um don't believe

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everything you see in the paper. It's a
special place. I came from Sacramento. I

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thought I'd be here a year. We made a
life out of here. I raised my kids and

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my beautiful wife. Uh we laid roots here
special. Please keep the cops in our

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prayers. That's all I ask. But thank
you.

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» Thank you. [applause]

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One, two, three, four,

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Wait till the KMA point. That's the
hardest part, huh?

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All right. On to consent calendar. At
this time, we will open the public

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comment on the consent calendar. This is
the opportunity to comment on any item

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on the consent calendar or to request
from the council that an item be removed

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for separate consideration. If you are
requesting that an item be pulled,

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please state the item number and briefly
explain

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your request to the council. Public
comment on the consent calendar is

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limited to one minute. The city clerk
will now facilitate that public comment.

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» All right, we will for consent item we
will begin with we have zero speaker

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cards. So we'll go to our online remote
speakers. If anyone online would like to

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speak, this is your time to raise your
hand or press star 9 to indicate so.

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Seeing none, we'll go back to in person.
If there's anyone in person that would

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like to speak regarding the consent
calendar, please come forward to the

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left turn.
>> Seeing none, mayor.

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» Okay. At this time, public comment is
now closed.

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» Move to approve consent calendar as
written.

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» Second.
>> Second.

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» Have a motion to second. Will you call
the role, please?

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» Council member Abram.
>> Yes. Council member Bixel.

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» Yes.
>> Vice Mayor Manz. Yes. Council member

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Phillips. Yes.
>> Mayor BL.

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» Yes. Passes on a 5-0. There are no final
readings. Public hearings. We have 8A

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authorizing the submitt of PLHA plan
amendment uh for 2020 allocation year.

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Money man.

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Thank you, honorable mayor and council
members. item we have before you today

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is a request for an amendment to the
permanent local housing allocation plan

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for the program year of 2020.
So the recommended action before you is

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really just to amend that the program
year of 2020 to adjust what was

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submitted prior to for the 80% factor of
area income um which we call AMI from

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80% to 120%. Really what this does is
realign all the other allocations that

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we have in place and how we're utilizing
the AMI uh factor for first-time home

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buyer program
background. Um so this program came into

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place back in 2017 2017 for some
legislation that move forward. Basically

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what they did is establish a fee uh for
recording uh real estate documentation

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for $75 that was carved out uh
established this program. Overall, the

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program was meant to to assist with
housing needs.

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Current issue as we just stated really
again remending what was done in 2020 um

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to match what our current program years
and how we're doing the AMI factor of

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80%. Why this is important? Because we
have an 80% factor for some of our enter

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programs where the PHA is a state
program which actually has a little more

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flexibility where we can increase that
number and take on other applications

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where we couldn't do another program
funding sources. Just to give you an

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overall idea of what we've done so far
with these with these fundings, we've re

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rehabilitated a forplex, one forplex, uh
three single family homes, and we've

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also done for two first-time home buyer
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The physical impact of this action is
none really just staff time really

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submitting the application and what the
action we're doing today. Next steps

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overall is to execute the the resolution
and the amendments. Again, that is

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before you with within your packet
overall today.

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Again, this this is really just amending
the overall program itself to be in line

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with the rest of the fiscal years and
how they line up. We actually do have

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the first-time home buyer in place ready
to go as soon as this amendment is done.

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So we'll submit that resolution
application at least about 30 days to to

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move forward and then we can get the
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» Is there any questions?
>> Questions for director.

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» Okay. Uh at this time I will open the
public comment and ask the city clerk to

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facilitate the public comment. Each of
you will have three minutes.

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» Okay. We have no blue cards for this
item. Um if anyone joining remotely

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would like to speak regarding this item,
please raise your hand or press star 9.

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No one online is indicating as anyone in
person would like to speak regarding

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this item, please come forward to the
left turn.

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» Seeing none, mayor.
>> All right, I will close public comment

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at this time.
>> Move to approve ad.

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» Second.
>> Motion in a second. Will you call the

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role, please?
>> Council member Abram, yes. Council

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member Bixel,
>> yes.

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» Vice Mayor Mes, yes.
>> Council member Phillips, yes.

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» Mayor Vlac,
>> yes. On a 5-0. Thank you, director.

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» All right. The next item is a second
reading of the ordinance amendment for

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our general plan amendment of 2026.

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Miss Quintterero.
>> Yes.

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» Thank you. Good evening, mayor, council,
members of the public. The item before

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you tonight is the housing element and
the associated general plan amendments,

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ordinance updates, and reszone actions.
This item was introduced at the last

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city council meeting and tonight is the
public hearing and second reading of the

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item and I'm available and happy to
answer any questions if there are

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» questions for
Okay, no questions. All right. So, at

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this time I will open it to the public
and ask the clerk to facilitate public

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comment.
>> We have no blue cards for this item. If

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anyone is joining remotely that would
like to speak regarding this item,

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please either raise your hand or press
star 9.

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Seeing none, mayor, moving back to in
person. Would anyone in person like to

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speak regarding this item? Please come
forward. Thank you.

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» Good evening, council, staff, community
members. Milt treeer. Our Turle planning

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00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:32,399
department along with consult have been
working on this Turlock housing element

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00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:36,159
for over two years now. On July 18th,
2024 at the planning commission meeting,

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there was a Turlock housing element
study to prepare for the housing

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element. A notice of the city of the
first public review period for the draft

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00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:52,640
of housing element ran from October 1st
or October 2nd to November 1st, 2024.

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Two years ago, almost two years ago, the
state responded on April 30th, 2025. The

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California Department of Housing and
PUNY Velum completed a review of the

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draft housing element and found that
while the draft address sees addresses

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many of the statutory requirements, some
further revisions are necessary to

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substantially comply with the state's
housing element law.

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After that, multiple plans were
submitted to the state for review and

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they were all turned down by the state.
It seems to me that our planning staff

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and consultant were not allowed to make
or present the solutions to the issues

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of not complying to the state because
possibly of from pressure of the many

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city managers we had during that period
of time

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because the city managers are Atwell
employees and they're controlled by our

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00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:52,240
current city of Turlock elected
officials. But now once again we're

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presenting this to the state.
So we will once again find out if the

439
00:31:55,600 --> 00:32:01,519
planning department and the consultants
were allowed to do their jobs because if

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00:31:59,279 --> 00:32:06,000
they have been this will go through.
Thank you.

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00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:09,559
» Is there anyone further would like to
speak? Ron Ber

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00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:21,120
uh just some general comments. Um I've
looked through a little bit of the

443
00:32:17,679 --> 00:32:27,440
document. It's a long document with a
lot in it. Um, it's got some fascinating

444
00:32:24,159 --> 00:32:32,559
information in it. It really does. Um,
and I've made a good number of posts

445
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:37,200
about that. Um,
I just u basically wanted to uh thank

446
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:42,240
Katie and everybody else who worked on
it. I mean, it's a very detailed, very

447
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:48,080
involved document. I know it's been a
long process, but I can't imagine

448
00:32:45,519 --> 00:32:53,120
how much time and effort they had to put
into it. So, I just wanted to say thank

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00:32:50,159 --> 00:32:56,640
you.
>> Are there any further speakers regarding

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00:32:54,720 --> 00:33:01,039
this item?
>> Seeing none, mayor.

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» All right. Closing public comment.
>> Motion to approve the resolution and

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both ordin ordinances contained within
item 8b.

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00:33:06,559 --> 00:33:10,240
» Second. We have a motion in a second.
May you call the role, please.

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» Council member Abram.
>> Yes. Yes. Council member Bixel. Yes.

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00:33:11,519 --> 00:33:17,200
» Vice Mayor Monet. Yes. Council member
Phillips. Yes. Mayor Bill Black.

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» Yes. Pon50. Thank you everyone.
>> All right. 9A is accepting the economic

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00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:28,360
development strategic implementation
plan.

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Mr. Sims got a lot going on today.

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00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:35,760
Good evening, mayor, council, members,
city staff, and members of the public.

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Before you tonight is the proposed
economic development strategic plan

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implementation plan for 2026 through
2029. As council will recall, on March

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10th, 2026, council adopted the updated
economic development strategic plan

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prepared by Cosmont, establishing nine
strategic priorities to focus on in

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00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:58,640
economic development. The implementation
plan takes those priorities, turns them

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into specific action items, timelines,
and performance metrics so we can track

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00:34:00,399 --> 00:34:05,440
our progress as we regularly report back
to council.

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The plan is organized into three phases
over three years. Phase one is

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foundation and business engagement.
Phase two is investment and development

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activation. Phase three is long-term
growth and destination development. Now,

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these phases are not firm boundaries.
Economic development doesn't always

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happen according to a predetermined
schedule. Markets change, opportunities

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arise, and we have to be nimble.
Something identified for year three may

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00:34:29,839 --> 00:34:36,000
make sense to pursue in year one.
Several activities are also reoccurring

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strategies that will continue throughout
all three years, including business

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retention, attraction, developer
engagement, marketing, and business

476
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:47,119
assistance. We look at this
implementation plan much like a playbook

477
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:50,000
as a coach will carry on the field. We
have a game plan. We know what we want

478
00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:53,839
to where we want to go and what we want
to do, but we also have to read what's

479
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:57,760
happening in front of us and adjust the
play when conditions change. So, this

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00:34:56,000 --> 00:35:01,520
plan is I just want to say it's very
collaborative. It's crossepart

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00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:05,599
departmental effort and a great example
is the Chick-fil-A grand opening. Uh

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that project required significant
involvement from development services,

483
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:13,200
engineering, municipal services, fire,
police, city administration, and others

484
00:35:11,839 --> 00:35:16,640
working together to get that project
across the finish line. So, great job to

485
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:21,200
Adrian and her team, Chris and his team,
city administration, all staff involved.

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00:35:19,359 --> 00:35:24,640
And we received tremendous feedback.
Chick-fil-A's opening team told us

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Turlock was their most businessfriendly
experience and that Turlock's

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00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:32,800
Chick-fil-A grand opening day was the
highest performing of all Chick-fil-A

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00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:36,400
grand openings in the US. So, being able
to receive that type of feedback from a

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00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:40,960
new business comes from leadership,
coordination, and city staff working

491
00:35:38,240 --> 00:35:44,160
together to get a project to Yes. So,
and as the mayor had said, this isn't

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just about Chick-fil-A. It's about using
that success as a springboard for

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00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:52,720
additional investment, jobs, sales tax
revenue that support services for our

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00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:56,640
community. Tonight,
rather than going in depth on every

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00:35:54,400 --> 00:36:01,040
action item in the plan, there's about
35 to 40. I want to highlight a few

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00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:05,040
examples of what's already happening and
why it's happening. One action item

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00:36:03,359 --> 00:36:08,880
focuses on business retention and
expansion. Our city manager is joining

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00:36:07,359 --> 00:36:11,760
economic development on meetings with
some of our largest employers and

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00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:16,720
stakeholders to better understand
challenges, successes, and opportunities

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for growth. In one recent meeting, we
learned that a large employer has an

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00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:24,800
opportunity for a 10,000 square foot
expansion that could add production

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00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:28,480
lines and additional jobs in Turlock.
This organization has a corporate office

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00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:32,400
out of state is in and is competing to
have an additional investment at their

504
00:36:30,240 --> 00:36:36,400
Turlock facility. And being able to have
a development incentive program like the

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00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:41,040
Turlock development incentive program is
an added benefit that we can that can

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00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:44,640
add to help that large employer win that
job.

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These incentive programs are prime
examples of how it will bring wins to

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00:36:46,240 --> 00:36:52,240
us. This will help attract projects in
WISP and throughout Turlock. We met with

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00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:56,000
another business that happens to be
opening soon that needed assistance with

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00:36:54,000 --> 00:37:00,240
their project and through collaboration,
we coordinated a team meeting to help

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that business find a path forward. This
is an example of business concierge

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00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:07,200
priority that is called out in this
implementation plan. Instead of

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00:37:05,839 --> 00:37:11,119
businesses being stuck or not
understanding a path forward, acting as

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a business concierge will assist our
economic development efforts going

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00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:18,480
forward. Another major focus is business
attraction. And we're going all in on

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00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:23,040
this one. The city manager and I are
committed to targeting recruitment

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00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:28,880
meetings and conferences ICS
uh to prospective businesses uh outside

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00:37:26,079 --> 00:37:31,839
of California to put Turlock in front of
them. We've already had several

519
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:35,119
discussions with high performing
businesses considering Turlock for a

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00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:39,040
location. We're speaking with large
employers, potential sports users, and

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00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:42,720
family entertainment venues. Sports and
entertainment are massive economic

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00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:46,880
drivers for communities, a magnet that
pulls outside dollars and assists

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00:37:44,240 --> 00:37:50,160
others, other local business such as
hotels and shopping. The incentive

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00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:54,079
program will help us get those business
attraction wins as well. We're also

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00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:57,599
meeting and strengthening partnerships
with organizations in our community,

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00:37:56,079 --> 00:38:02,079
including the Turlock Chamber, Santa
Loss, Latino Chamber, Beam Circular,

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00:37:59,920 --> 00:38:05,040
Opportunity Stannis Loss, and Volt
Institute. and we're increasing

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00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:08,800
engagement with developers, property
owners, and commercial real estate

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brokers. We want to hear what's working,
what isn't, and where we can move

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00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:17,280
faster. The city manager and I have the
developer roundt scheduled for early

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September to continue that conversation
with our local realtors and developers.

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And finally, branding, communication,
and marketing are important components

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00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:30,240
of economic development. Our economic
development and communications team

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00:38:28,720 --> 00:38:34,560
continues to do a great job highlighting
Turlock businesses, community events,

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00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:38,800
and opportunities. And we're seeing
strong engagement across all our social

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00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:41,760
media platforms. We're stringing we're
seeing strong participation in the

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00:38:40,240 --> 00:38:45,520
Turlock partnership incentive program
with economic development, planning, and

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00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:49,280
building staff working together to
promote that program as businesses come

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00:38:47,599 --> 00:38:53,040
to the counter. It's really helping us
get more wins for that program. Looking

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00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:56,400
ahead, we're going to market Turlock
more aggressively. We're going to think

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00:38:54,160 --> 00:39:00,560
outside the box. Working with our city
manager, our PIO and communication staff

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00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:04,960
are exploring targeted advertising,
commercial real estate and development

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00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:08,800
publications, geo fencing campaigns, and
other strategies to put Turlock in front

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00:39:07,359 --> 00:39:13,839
of the businesses, developers, and
investors, maybe even advertisements in

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00:39:11,119 --> 00:39:16,640
Bay Area sports team publications.
There's a lot of momentum around

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00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:21,119
economic development in Turlock right
now with our new city manager economic

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00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:25,200
development experience, energy and and
how how we get to yes philosophy. I

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00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:29,040
believe we have an opportunity to build
on that momentum and take our efforts to

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00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:32,880
another level. And that philosophy
aligns with this implementation plan. We

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00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:37,200
want Turlock to compete for investment,
respond when opportunities arise, work

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00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:41,520
collaboratively to solve problems, and
get projects across the finish line.

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00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:46,560
This implementation plan gives us the
playbook. Our job now is to execute,

553
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:50,640
measure our results, remain flexible,
and continue working together as one

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00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:54,480
city team to bring investment,
businesses, jobs, and economic

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00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:58,320
opportunity to Turlock.
So, with that, that kind of concludes my

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00:39:56,640 --> 00:40:01,119
presentation. If there's further
question, we can go into that, but I

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00:40:00,079 --> 00:40:04,960
kind of wanted to give you guys a high
level overview of what's going on and

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00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:08,800
why it's happening and the momentum that
we're building.

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00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:13,119
» Questions for Mr. Simps?
>> Great presentation. Thank you.

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00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:17,040
» Very good. Okay. At this time, uh, we
will have we'll open it to the public

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00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:20,000
and ask the clerk to
handle it.

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00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:23,520
» Yes. So, we have no blue cards for this
item. Um, if anyone joining remotely

563
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:30,240
would like to speak, please raise your
hand or press star 9 to indicate so.

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00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:34,240
Seeing none, if when anyone in person
would like to speak regarding this item,

565
00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:38,240
please come forward to the left turn.
>> Seeing none, mayor. Okay, we're going to

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00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:41,200
close public comment, but uh John Madden
was on this somehow like the X's and O's

567
00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:43,440
all over the place.
>> It's a playbook. We're ready to move.

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00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:48,000
» Okay,
>> if we got to call audible, we will.

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00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:51,760
» Yeah. Um so, you know, no particular
questions, but you know, thank you for

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00:40:49,599 --> 00:40:56,240
really highlighting kind of where we're
at, what we're doing. Um you know, in

571
00:40:54,720 --> 00:41:00,720
the implementation plan, like you said,
I think there's what 35 different

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00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:05,200
different items. Um, and I, you know,
back in March when we were presented

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00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:08,560
with sort of the overarching plan, I I
think it was, I can speak for everybody

574
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:13,200
that it was important to have like
here's here's the order of what we're

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00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:17,520
going to do. Um, and you know, one thing
that I I'm not seeing in the plan that I

576
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:22,319
would have wanted to see a little bit
more is sort of like maybe a little bit

577
00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:26,319
more specific timelines on like, you
know, a lot of things are listed as

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00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:31,280
ongoing or in progress and, you know,
having having some specific milestones.

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So we can come back at that date and say
where are we at and and a little bit

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00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:41,599
more of the the how like phase phase
three year three is we're going to

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00:41:38,240 --> 00:41:45,839
support housing development but I would
like to see whatever comes through all

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00:41:43,359 --> 00:41:49,280
of this collaboration and and you know
really talking through departments. I

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00:41:47,599 --> 00:41:54,240
want to see the specific policies come
forth to us so we can really talk about

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00:41:51,359 --> 00:41:57,520
how we can support what what is out
there and what's needed in the

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00:41:55,200 --> 00:42:01,520
community.
Yes, sir.

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00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:06,640
» So, I just want to say uh economic
development will no longer be a just a

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00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:11,040
department goal. I mean, we're all going
to work towards it. If you look at all

588
00:42:08,079 --> 00:42:16,160
the directors over there and this the
council, the community, we are all going

589
00:42:13,839 --> 00:42:20,720
to be part of this team. Uh this is not
going to be driven by one person, one

590
00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:26,240
branch. We all got to roll up our
sleeves and do this. So to your point um

591
00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:30,960
and and I think Anthony said it good in
the beginning, economic development has

592
00:42:28,240 --> 00:42:36,480
to be flexible because today's
opportunity may be gone, but we always

593
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:42,000
have to be striving for tomorrow and and
how to build what this council and this

594
00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:46,480
community needs. We don't have to chase
every bright light out there. We have to

595
00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:52,000
pick what's right for Turlock and and
our team's going to be behind that.

596
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:54,720
Uh, with that I'll move to approve the
this item. Second

597
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:56,480
» with a motion and second. I'll call the
role.

598
00:42:55,359 --> 00:42:58,560
» Council member Abram. Yes.
>> Council member Bixel. Yes.

599
00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:00,240
» Vice Mayor Manz. Yes.
>> Council member Phillips. Yes.

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00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:05,680
» Mayor BL.
>> Yes. Pass on 5 Z. Thank you, Mr. Sims.

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All right. The next one is approving an
agreement with St. Francis Electric for

602
00:43:07,359 --> 00:43:15,680
traffic signal and and street light
prevention, maintenance, and repair

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00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:18,920
services for five years. Mr. Fisher.
>> Back again.

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00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:27,680
too soon.
>> No, no, no.

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00:43:25,839 --> 00:43:30,880
» This item um tonight before you is
requesting a 5-year agreement with St.

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00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:36,480
Francis Electric for traffic signal and
street light maintenance repair services

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00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:40,960
in the amount not to exceed 2.5 million.
Um just a little bit of background. The

608
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:45,280
city maintains about 100 traffic 102
traffic signals and uh rapid uh flashing

609
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:49,040
beacon locations along with associated
controllers uh detection system, battery

610
00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:53,280
backups, pedestrian equipment, um and
street light infrastructure. These are

611
00:43:51,119 --> 00:43:57,200
all critical components um of our of our
transportation system and um hopefully

612
00:43:55,920 --> 00:44:00,880
you know we can we can demonstrate
tonight like what we've done with the

613
00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:04,560
previous contract and and get you swayed
to to approve this one. So, under our

614
00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:08,560
current contract, um, we've been able to
do more than simply just respond, um, to

615
00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:11,760
when a signal has a problem. Um, we've
really taken a proactive approach on our

616
00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:14,800
maintenance. We've looked at our entire
system. We've looked at all of our

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00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:19,839
inspection records and we've we've
prioritized all of the the suggestions

618
00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:23,520
or the information. We've replaced all
of the aging battery backup systems. So,

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when our, you know, our power goes out,
you know, our street lights aren't dark.

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00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:30,319
Um,
fail detection loops. That means that

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when you pull up to, you know, you and
you stage, um, it detects it detects the

622
00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:36,800
cars in there and it it changes the
light appropriately and it prioritizes

623
00:44:35,599 --> 00:44:39,839
those things failed. You won't
necessarily know. You're just going to

624
00:44:38,319 --> 00:44:44,720
wait a little bit longer. You know, for
instance, when I first started here in

625
00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:50,000
city tour lock, my my distance from my
house to to church on Sunday was 17

626
00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:54,755
minutes. It's now 12. Um, so there's a
big improvement. Now, have we got areas?

627
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:54,755
» No. [laughter]

628
00:44:55,200 --> 00:45:01,119
» Sorry.
haven't asked, sir.

629
00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:04,000
» So, you know, it's
it's a combination of all the little

630
00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:07,680
things, you know, and then, you know,
and we got far enough ahead on the on

631
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:12,079
the the deferred maintenance so we could
start making improvements for safety and

632
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:15,280
visibility. So, you see our new our new
uh street signs, you know, replacing the

633
00:45:13,680 --> 00:45:19,119
ones that have been damaged by wind many
decades ago where you can't unfadable,

634
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:22,640
then putting, you know, the signal tape
around there and repainting so they

635
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:25,359
really stand out, right? And like that
really helps some of the newer vehicles

636
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:28,800
that have detection, you know, and be
and be more safer. Now when the way I

637
00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:32,319
look at it is, you know, if we pre
prevent one injury accident at one

638
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:35,440
intersection, like the money's well
spent. I mean, it's just it's absolutely

639
00:45:33,839 --> 00:45:39,920
incredible. I mean, not only from, you
know, people having a bad day to, you

640
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:45,280
know, to all the time invest spending on
on mitigating some of those things. For

641
00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:49,680
this RFP, we went out um and we went out
for competitive bid process. Um we you

642
00:45:48,319 --> 00:45:53,119
know propos all all the proposals were
evaluated on qualification staffing

643
00:45:51,520 --> 00:45:56,880
methodology and emergency response
capability pricing and re you know and

644
00:45:55,040 --> 00:46:03,520
references and following that St.
Francis simply was just the the best

645
00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:08,720
one. So under the new proposed agreement
sorry sticky fingers

646
00:46:07,119 --> 00:46:12,480
um we made some changes to the scope.
Um, previously it was more just

647
00:46:10,240 --> 00:46:16,800
responding um and going out and fixing
things. You know, we we've made some

648
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:20,319
changes to include all of um any changes
that we want to make to make safety

649
00:46:18,880 --> 00:46:22,960
improvements. So, if we want to change,
for instance, in front of them, you

650
00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:26,960
know, the the junior high to put
countdown signal heads for pedestrians,

651
00:46:25,119 --> 00:46:30,560
we can do that with this new contract,
you know, and we could use utilize those

652
00:46:28,640 --> 00:46:35,359
existing assets in other locations that
maybe don't need that. Um,

653
00:46:33,520 --> 00:46:40,000
so this current contract is basically
the same contract. Now, if you remember

654
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:42,800
when I first started back in 2022, we
came back to the council and I asked for

655
00:46:41,359 --> 00:46:45,839
for more money because like I looked at
that, you know, our system and I said,

656
00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:48,800
"This is simply isn't enough for what we
want to do." You know, when we looked at

657
00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:52,480
it and we said, "Okay, I think this is
the amount of work that we can do um

658
00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:57,280
given, you know, our budget, you know,
our budget year." So, we we proved that

659
00:46:55,520 --> 00:47:00,400
was accurate. We made a lot of
improvements and we're looking for the

660
00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:04,720
next phase of of making this this
better. So, um obviously the actual

661
00:47:03,040 --> 00:47:07,760
expenditures will vary. Um this is a not
to exceed amount if we find a place

662
00:47:06,240 --> 00:47:12,480
where you know we're we're meeting we
won't spend the money but um this is all

663
00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:16,800
funded through um fund 219 which is
contract services signalization um we

664
00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:22,400
recommend that you approve this
agreement um and it really the goal uh

665
00:47:19,359 --> 00:47:26,160
for me is just have a safe reliable
system that is keeps traffic moving and

666
00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:29,119
it makes efficiency because it makes all
of our lives better. And again it's it's

667
00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:31,839
so hard to explain the things that we
fix that like we don't notice but we

668
00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:35,280
only notice when we're sitting there
waiting at a light because it doesn't

669
00:47:33,119 --> 00:47:38,880
go. So, be happy to answer any
questions. Yeah.

670
00:47:36,720 --> 00:47:42,560
» Is it true the ants were eating some of
the

671
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:45,200
» Oh, yeah. Regis, that's a thing. That
was I didn't believe it. I had to go out

672
00:47:43,839 --> 00:47:47,599
there and look at it myself. But yeah,
it was absolutely true.

673
00:47:46,319 --> 00:47:51,280
» So, the ants eat like
>> they ate the insulation off the wiring

674
00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:53,839
which cause intermittent shorts during
fog events. Yeah.

675
00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:56,000
» Who knew?
>> Yeah.

676
00:47:54,160 --> 00:48:01,200
» Who knew?
>> Question for director.

677
00:47:58,160 --> 00:48:04,400
» Okay. Um for that then I will open the
public comment and ask the city clerk to

678
00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:08,480
facilitate the public comment.
>> We have no blue speaker cards. If anyone

679
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:13,839
joining remotely would like to speak,
please raise your hand or press star 9

680
00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:17,760
to indicate.
Seeing none any if anyone in person

681
00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:21,599
would like to speak regarding this item,
please come forward to lect turn.

682
00:48:20,319 --> 00:48:23,839
» Seeing none, mayor.
>> All right, then I will be closing the

683
00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:25,839
public comment.
>> Move to approve 9B.

684
00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:27,599
» Second.
>> Motion in a second. Will you call the

685
00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:29,760
role, please?
>> Council member Abram. Yes. Council

686
00:48:28,960 --> 00:48:31,920
member Bixel. Yes.
>> Vice Mayor Manz.

687
00:48:30,720 --> 00:48:35,839
» Council member Phillips. Yes. Mayor
>> Back. Yes. Passes on 5-0. Thank you,

688
00:48:34,240 --> 00:48:39,680
Director Fischer.
>> Okay. This is the time set aside for the

689
00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:42,800
general public participation and we'll
ask the city clerk to facilitate the

690
00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:45,920
public comment. This is opportunity for
members of public to address the city

691
00:48:44,240 --> 00:48:49,520
council on matters that are not on
tonight's agenda and are within the

692
00:48:47,359 --> 00:48:52,160
council's subject matter jurisdiction.
Each speaker will have up to three

693
00:48:50,720 --> 00:48:56,079
minutes and the total time allotted for
general public participation is 30

694
00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:59,599
minutes. Madam clerk,
>> we have a total of seven speaker cards.

695
00:48:58,079 --> 00:49:03,440
We'll begin with the first five speaker
cards and then we'll move to our remote

696
00:49:01,440 --> 00:49:07,760
speakers and then coming back to address
the remainder of the blue cards. So the

697
00:49:05,440 --> 00:49:12,000
first blue speaker is Maddie S. If you
can please come forward to the lect

698
00:49:09,119 --> 00:49:15,119
turn.
>> Yep. Over there.

699
00:49:13,680 --> 00:49:19,040
» Hold that microphone down, sweetheart,
so you can reach it. There you go.

700
00:49:23,359 --> 00:49:30,400
Hi, my name is Maddie, which you
probably already know, and I'm here

701
00:49:27,599 --> 00:49:34,480
because I think that kids,
too. I have three ideas that I think I

702
00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:39,040
could that I think could make our
community a better place for kids.

703
00:49:36,559 --> 00:49:43,280
First, create a kids cleanup turlock
community day where the community

704
00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:50,319
gathers together to help clean. It would
be great to have free or inexpensive

705
00:49:46,720 --> 00:49:55,280
sports art programs, movie night, game
night, and community events. Chillock

706
00:49:52,880 --> 00:49:59,680
does not currently offer any ongoing
completely free self-defense class for

707
00:49:57,280 --> 00:50:06,200
kids. So, it would be great to have one
so kids can learn to be safe.

708
00:50:02,960 --> 00:50:06,200
» Thank you.

709
00:50:08,160 --> 00:50:12,200
» We have Haley Cooper.

710
00:50:14,079 --> 00:50:19,520
Only speakers with sashes get to speak
tonight.

711
00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:23,514
» Yes.
>> Good evening, council mayor. My name is

712
00:50:21,359 --> 00:50:28,079
Haley Cooper. I am 12 years old. What
[snorts] I love about Turlock is the

713
00:50:26,160 --> 00:50:34,000
farmers market and meeting new people
and communities. I also love to attend

714
00:50:31,440 --> 00:50:39,400
them with my family and I love holiday
parades to see what our community could

715
00:50:35,839 --> 00:50:39,400
do and come together.

716
00:50:39,890 --> 00:50:46,119
» [applause]
>> Thank you.

717
00:50:42,079 --> 00:50:46,119
We have Audrey Nelson.

718
00:51:04,480 --> 00:51:17,960
» Hi, my name is Audrey Nelson.
And thank you for the people that are

719
00:51:11,520 --> 00:51:17,960
here today. And I love Turlock.

720
00:51:27,839 --> 00:51:37,400
» My favorite thing about Turlock
is

721
00:51:34,079 --> 00:51:37,400
the fair.

722
00:51:42,720 --> 00:51:45,960
Thank you.

723
00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:52,599
» Next speaker is Millie Clawson.

724
00:52:02,319 --> 00:52:10,480
» Hello, my name is Lily.
One of my favorite things about Sherlock

725
00:52:08,240 --> 00:52:15,040
is that they brought the melon festival
back. One,

726
00:52:13,040 --> 00:52:20,760
I really like the parks, too. My
favorite park is Crane Park. Thank you

727
00:52:17,280 --> 00:52:20,760
for your time.

728
00:52:20,761 --> 00:52:22,781
[applause]

729
00:52:23,359 --> 00:52:27,720
Next speaker is Melissa Lopez.

730
00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:40,400
All right. Can you hear me? Okay. Okay.
Uh, good evening. My name is Melissa

731
00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:44,880
Lopez and there was two comments I
wanted to make. Firstly was one that was

732
00:52:42,319 --> 00:52:49,920
already brought up, the sidewalks. Um,
myself and other community members on I

733
00:52:47,920 --> 00:52:53,520
don't know directions that side of town.
Um, really appreciate that sidewalks

734
00:52:52,079 --> 00:52:57,040
were put in where there was like more
like dirt patch. It makes it look nicer.

735
00:52:55,280 --> 00:53:02,400
It's safer. So, we really appreciate
that and just wanted to say that. The

736
00:52:58,880 --> 00:53:06,880
second thing was um about two years ago
uh Self-Help Enterprises came in and

737
00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:09,599
built I think 24 homes here in Turlock.
And I think that was a really great

738
00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:12,559
thing that you guys did it uh really
fast. You did the inspections really

739
00:53:11,040 --> 00:53:16,800
quick. And as someone that personally
benefit benefited from that, um it was

740
00:53:14,880 --> 00:53:20,359
really great that you guys did that. So,
thank you for your time.

741
00:53:22,559 --> 00:53:27,839
Okay, we'll move to our remote speakers
before coming back to the blue cards.

742
00:53:26,319 --> 00:53:31,359
Um, if you are joining remotely and
would like to speak, please raise your

743
00:53:29,200 --> 00:53:37,880
hand or press star nine. We do have our
first speaker is Ramon Rodriguez. Please

744
00:53:34,079 --> 00:53:37,880
go ahead and speak.

745
00:53:38,720 --> 00:53:48,319
» Can everyone hear me?
>> We can hear you. Yes.

746
00:53:42,800 --> 00:53:55,040
Uh anyways, my uh suggestions for to see
Turlock grow is since California's uh

747
00:53:53,040 --> 00:54:01,440
home to many marathons and half
marathons, I think we should have half

748
00:53:58,960 --> 00:54:08,240
marathons in marics here in Turlock
because you imagine having a

749
00:54:05,280 --> 00:54:13,280
marathon and half marathon in Turlock.
It will bring it will put Turlock on the

750
00:54:10,559 --> 00:54:17,680
map as long as uh being on a list of
cities that host marathons and half

751
00:54:15,040 --> 00:54:22,960
marathons because we all know Turlock
loves the sports. We have great high

752
00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:29,119
school and college sport programs.
Everyone knows about this all and since

753
00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:34,480
uh we can have it, it could be either
one year, two years or maybe someday.

754
00:54:31,359 --> 00:54:40,480
But hopefully I would love to see a half
marathon and marathon because if you do

755
00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:46,960
allow it, it will bring a lot of
recognition. It will bring many visitors

756
00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:54,160
to know where Turlock is and also it
means new economic opportunities because

757
00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:59,280
who might know a visitor from Bay Area
or Southern California or elsewhere if

758
00:54:56,880 --> 00:55:03,760
they see Turlock being hey this town's
nice we I could open up my business or

759
00:55:01,520 --> 00:55:08,720
expand operations.
That's a chance right there. So

760
00:55:07,359 --> 00:55:13,520
we have everything. We have the
Christmas parade, the Fourth of July

761
00:55:10,319 --> 00:55:18,240
parade, the melon carnival, the farmers
market, the the market. That's

762
00:55:16,400 --> 00:55:23,040
everything that Turlock has. The only
thing Turlock needs is a half marathon,

763
00:55:20,160 --> 00:55:27,359
a marathon, and that could be a huge
multiplier effect for our community as

764
00:55:25,040 --> 00:55:33,680
well as our economic
uh engine because we know Turlock is

765
00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:38,800
growing. So if we want to do that, we
should consider looking into having a

766
00:55:36,240 --> 00:55:45,599
such an events like a half marathon
marathon because every city has these

767
00:55:42,559 --> 00:55:51,240
events. It's a great huge booster for
our economy.

768
00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:51,240
You should look at it too.

769
00:55:55,280 --> 00:56:01,760
» Ramon, I believe you've muted yourself.
>> Oh, sorry.

770
00:56:00,079 --> 00:56:05,599
» There you go.
Anyways,

771
00:56:03,280 --> 00:56:11,119
having a half marathon and a marathon in
Turlock is going to be a huge game

772
00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:15,839
booster on the on our community. It will
bring a lot of change. It'll bring a lot

773
00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:21,440
of community pride. Also, a lot of
opportunities for to grow our economy.

774
00:56:18,160 --> 00:56:25,760
So, we could look at it and I hope you
look at it too because Turlock needs to

775
00:56:23,760 --> 00:56:30,720
be on the map all over California. Thank
you.

776
00:56:28,319 --> 00:56:35,480
» Thank you. We have no further online.
Um, so next person is Candace Bills.

777
00:56:44,240 --> 00:56:51,440
» Hi. I know you guys all know who I am.
So, I think that I wouldn't have been so

778
00:56:48,559 --> 00:56:55,599
pissed off last week if our little
business arrangement hadn't started off

779
00:56:53,040 --> 00:56:59,200
on lies. So, I spent weeks calling the
city departments, uh, the building

780
00:56:57,520 --> 00:57:02,640
department, code enforcement, trying to
get some things set up, um, an

781
00:57:01,359 --> 00:57:06,400
inspection of something. And I was told
that that wasn't something that existed

782
00:57:04,240 --> 00:57:10,559
in the city of Turlock, that you didn't
have a code enforcement. You didn't have

783
00:57:08,319 --> 00:57:14,960
a building inspection department. So,
whoever answers your phone for both of

784
00:57:12,640 --> 00:57:20,640
those departments lied to me. It took an
email to get the ball rolling. And then

785
00:57:17,920 --> 00:57:25,599
you finally got you finally started to
listen to me little bit. And then when I

786
00:57:23,359 --> 00:57:30,079
asked you to correct your mistakes on
the thing because you had it you had um

787
00:57:27,599 --> 00:57:34,559
a structural flood listed as a pl a
plumbing leak. I said, "Ah, actually

788
00:57:32,319 --> 00:57:39,599
that's factually incorrect. It was a
flood structural flood. Water came out

789
00:57:37,359 --> 00:57:43,520
at the baseboards. I thought a pipe
broke. That's not a plumbing leak. That

790
00:57:41,359 --> 00:57:48,160
is a flood. Please correct it." Ghost
it. Cool. And then there was another

791
00:57:46,160 --> 00:57:52,559
time that um when the inspection did
happen, it was 4 days late. no problem

792
00:57:50,319 --> 00:57:58,480
there because you guys uh said it was
fine. Um and and when it was supposedly

793
00:57:55,280 --> 00:58:01,200
looked into, uh the city uh manager
didn't look into it himself like he

794
00:57:59,839 --> 00:58:06,240
said. He passed it on to somebody else
who said it was within the time frame,

795
00:58:03,040 --> 00:58:12,000
which I'm sorry, but 28 comes after 24.
I thought could be wrong but um anyway

796
00:58:09,839 --> 00:58:17,200
so that happened and then when I called
him out on that on the fact the you know

797
00:58:14,640 --> 00:58:22,480
factual like all the inadequacies and
all the inaccuracies on his report

798
00:58:19,280 --> 00:58:26,640
ghosted again no response like okay well
that's fun and so then by the time I did

799
00:58:24,799 --> 00:58:31,920
get a response it was past the 10 days
so then there was no appeal process so I

800
00:58:28,480 --> 00:58:36,000
come here and then I'm told to appeal
how it's already past the 10 days and

801
00:58:33,839 --> 00:58:39,520
everybody knows it so that was done. So,
I dealt with that and then I get told

802
00:58:38,160 --> 00:58:45,280
that everything's going to get looked
into and it's not. And then last week, I

803
00:58:42,960 --> 00:58:48,079
realized that if this might be a racial
thing, I said because I'm a black girl

804
00:58:46,960 --> 00:58:52,799
with cancer and you guys are trying to
sweep me under the rug, but you're so

805
00:58:49,839 --> 00:58:57,599
quick to remove a car for someone who is
of the white race. And so I just don't

806
00:58:55,760 --> 00:59:01,440
think that I'm that there's some there's
some racial disparities here because

807
00:58:59,359 --> 00:59:08,400
I've been begging for your guys' help
for months, weeks, whatever. And

808
00:59:05,040 --> 00:59:12,880
nothing. You guys are telling me that 28
is like nothing you guys are telling me

809
00:59:10,960 --> 00:59:16,160
makes sense. Nothing. And then you guys
are scrambling to like, oh, we're going

810
00:59:14,799 --> 00:59:19,040
to come fix it now. We're going to
reopen your case based on new

811
00:59:17,920 --> 00:59:23,280
information. I'm like, what new
information? It's been like this. And

812
00:59:21,280 --> 00:59:27,359
it's actually been a year. I tried so
hard not to come to you guys. Tried so

813
00:59:25,440 --> 00:59:31,119
hard because I knew it would meant
penalties. I knew that there would be a

814
00:59:29,359 --> 00:59:36,400
problem for my landlord because you guys
were supposed to be what's that word

815
00:59:34,400 --> 00:59:39,680
where you don't play favorites. You were
supposed to be anti-good boys club and

816
00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:43,520
instead you went right in there with it
and now hindsight's shown me that that's

817
00:59:41,680 --> 00:59:52,119
how it happened from the start because
you guys would have given me a right.

818
00:59:47,680 --> 00:59:52,119
» The next speaker is Amora Maldonado.

819
01:00:11,760 --> 01:00:16,280
One, two, one, two, three.

820
01:00:42,799 --> 01:00:45,960
That's okay.

821
01:00:56,880 --> 01:01:01,880
We're gonna come back to you guys next
time.

822
01:01:03,440 --> 01:01:08,000
» Amora,
>> next time.

823
01:01:05,119 --> 01:01:14,592
» You are smart and beautiful. You come
back next time and try again,

824
01:01:09,359 --> 01:01:16,612
sweetheart. It's okay. Thank you.
[applause]

825
01:01:19,040 --> 01:01:26,440
Are there any speakers that would like
to come up to lect turn? Go ahead.

826
01:01:29,359 --> 01:01:36,559
» Okay. I'm speaking uh unexpectedly
tonight. I postponed addressing this

827
01:01:34,079 --> 01:01:42,079
council regarding the city's gross
handling of public records requests, but

828
01:01:38,799 --> 01:01:46,000
I'm here due to highly unscrupulous
interactions that occurred just hours

829
01:01:44,160 --> 01:01:50,319
ago.
Your executive administration has

830
01:01:47,599 --> 01:01:54,079
descended into operational chaos,
providing contradictory directives

831
01:01:52,079 --> 01:01:58,640
regarding my statutory right to appeal
to the planning commission.

832
01:01:56,319 --> 01:02:04,160
The city manager claims I exhausted my
administrative remedies in June, but on

833
01:02:01,359 --> 01:02:11,920
July 20th, I made an entirely new
discovery. Building permit 25-1123

834
01:02:08,160 --> 01:02:17,359
is void by state law. A six-unit
building must be handled as a commercial

835
01:02:14,559 --> 01:02:23,680
property and the city paid the state a
fee based on a residential status rather

836
01:02:20,319 --> 01:02:28,240
than the mandated commercial status.
I cannot tell the story in three

837
01:02:25,359 --> 01:02:33,599
minutes, but after the city manager sent
a letter via certified mail dated July

838
01:02:30,480 --> 01:02:39,040
29th, I realized that I had not
exhausted local administrative remedies

839
01:02:36,559 --> 01:02:43,680
due to the explicit and exclusive
language of both the planning commission

840
01:02:41,520 --> 01:02:49,920
and city council resolutions regarding
my earlier appeals.

841
01:02:46,319 --> 01:02:57,760
Dr. Murphy emailed at 3:00 today to
unilaterally shut me down. case closed.

842
01:02:54,480 --> 01:03:03,760
But 45 minutes later, Director Wernern
emailed an entirely new appeal form that

843
01:03:00,960 --> 01:03:10,160
did not exist before today. Yet, it
shows a revised date of yesterday. How

844
01:03:06,640 --> 01:03:15,359
convenient. And in the frantic rush, it
cites on the new form a 2023 resolution

845
01:03:13,440 --> 01:03:21,520
for the appeal fee rather than the
council's August 2025 fee schedule.

846
01:03:18,880 --> 01:03:26,000
I have to ask this council who is
exactly in charge. The city manager

847
01:03:24,400 --> 01:03:31,680
tells a resident in writing, "The case
is closed and no fees, no appeal will be

848
01:03:28,799 --> 01:03:36,160
accepted." Less than an hour later, a
department director countermands him

849
01:03:33,920 --> 01:03:41,280
using a new backdated legally
incompetent form. I would like to demand

850
01:03:39,599 --> 01:03:46,960
immediate intervention from the city
attorney to clarify this administrative

851
01:03:43,520 --> 01:03:53,440
train wreck, but I don't know how she
could not be part of the problem.

852
01:03:50,240 --> 01:03:57,599
You must be excited, mayor, to give your
got you covered state of the city

853
01:03:55,359 --> 01:04:02,799
address on Thursday.
But I am forced to constantly wonder

854
01:04:01,039 --> 01:04:08,480
what would have happened to my elderly
mother if she had not had a legal agent

855
01:04:06,079 --> 01:04:12,520
to stand up to this genuinely
unscrupulous administration.

856
01:04:13,280 --> 01:04:19,160
Is there anyone further that would like
to speak? Please come forth.

857
01:04:24,880 --> 01:04:30,960
» Good evening. uh melt treewater. Do we
adults and parents have a responsibility

858
01:04:29,440 --> 01:04:34,559
to our children, grandchildren, and
descendants? We sure do because they

859
01:04:33,200 --> 01:04:39,119
can't plan for themselves because
they're too young or they haven't been

860
01:04:36,480 --> 01:04:43,039
born yet. In an online vote two years
ago, the residents of Turlock responded

861
01:04:40,799 --> 01:04:49,359
to a survey that they liked our small
town. Our 73,000 residents is an ideal

862
01:04:47,039 --> 01:04:53,920
population for the city in this valley.
Residents of Turlock, remember that

863
01:04:51,920 --> 01:04:57,839
anyone at this das can say almost
anything they want. But that doesn't

864
01:04:56,319 --> 01:05:01,920
mean that what they say is good for the
Turlock residents.

865
01:04:59,839 --> 01:05:07,119
If you're on your computer now, right
now, please open up a new window on your

866
01:05:04,799 --> 01:05:10,960
computer. Go to the city website, city
of turlock.org.

867
01:05:08,880 --> 01:05:15,920
Scroll down to the bottom and click on
government. Then select the Turlock City

868
01:05:13,359 --> 01:05:18,960
Council and then select the picture of
the mayor.

869
01:05:17,440 --> 01:05:22,319
We all know that there's an election
coming up, but did you know that we

870
01:05:20,720 --> 01:05:27,839
Turlock residents are paying for the
mayor's campaign literature? Here you

871
01:05:25,119 --> 01:05:33,200
will see a 1,700word
campaign ad for the mayor. Having

872
01:05:30,400 --> 01:05:38,400
attended, having attended almost every
council meeting in the past 12 years, I

873
01:05:35,599 --> 01:05:43,599
can guarantee you that some t staff time
was spent on this campaign

874
01:05:40,079 --> 01:05:48,319
advertisement. Of course, it's uh got a
lot of exaggerations and false

875
01:05:45,039 --> 01:05:53,440
statements in it, but research will help
you find that out. This prepos this is

876
01:05:51,680 --> 01:05:57,680
preposterous. The residents of Turlock
must not pay for the Turlock's campaign

877
01:05:55,599 --> 01:06:02,160
advertisement.
Just check the two council members on

878
01:05:59,520 --> 01:06:05,920
the same page running for office. They
don't have campaign advertisements on

879
01:06:03,839 --> 01:06:09,440
their Tur on the Turlock website. The
other two candidates running for mayor

880
01:06:07,520 --> 01:06:14,240
do not have campaign advertisements on
the city of Turlock website.

881
01:06:11,520 --> 01:06:20,160
This is a prime example of people seated
this dis are falling short.

882
01:06:17,680 --> 01:06:25,599
Lastly, let me make you aware that we
must not allow the data centers here in

883
01:06:22,640 --> 01:06:30,079
Turlock or Stannislas County. Data
centers will suck up our water, eat up

884
01:06:28,160 --> 01:06:35,200
our electrical power, and pollute our
city's air. Data center advocates are

885
01:06:32,640 --> 01:06:40,240
not concerned that we live in an area
with the best farmland on Earth. The

886
01:06:37,440 --> 01:06:45,680
data center advocates are not concerned
about what is best for our children, our

887
01:06:43,039 --> 01:06:51,520
grandchildren and descendants, but how
much money that they can make.

888
01:06:48,960 --> 01:06:56,559
We must aggressively fight against data
centers here in Turlock and in Stannis

889
01:06:54,079 --> 01:07:01,440
Los County. We must have an ordinance
that will ban data centers here in the

890
01:06:58,559 --> 01:07:05,119
city of Turlock and all the rural areas
of Stannislas County. A lot of work to

891
01:07:03,920 --> 01:07:09,599
do, but we've got to get this
accomplished. We cannot have these

892
01:07:07,119 --> 01:07:15,760
terrible data centers in the central
valley of California. Thank you.

893
01:07:14,160 --> 01:07:18,960
» Thank you. Would anyone else like to
speak?

894
01:07:17,440 --> 01:07:22,799
Please.
>> All right. Good evening, mayor, city

895
01:07:20,720 --> 01:07:26,480
council, all of our amazing leaders over
here. Um, I probably should have gotten

896
01:07:25,200 --> 01:07:30,720
up and said what all our girls were
going to be doing. I know that we I made

897
01:07:28,079 --> 01:07:35,039
sure that Mayor Amy had a text message
about 25 minutes before we were coming

898
01:07:32,400 --> 01:07:38,160
in here, but when we did bring back in
the Turlock Melon Carnival, we also

899
01:07:36,720 --> 01:07:41,920
brought back in the Turlock Melon
Pageant. And for the first two years, we

900
01:07:40,559 --> 01:07:45,839
have done a pretty great job for that.
But this year, we have changed our melon

901
01:07:43,520 --> 01:07:49,680
pageant um to be more of an ambassador
program instead of just a beauty

902
01:07:47,920 --> 01:07:53,440
pageant, right? All of our all of our
girls are amazing and beautiful, but we

903
01:07:51,920 --> 01:07:57,359
did think it was important to go ahead
and start instilling in this next

904
01:07:54,880 --> 01:08:02,799
generation the importance of being
civic-minded and being a strong leader

905
01:08:00,240 --> 01:08:06,720
who has honor, respect, and integrity in
their community. So, the girls will be

906
01:08:05,200 --> 01:08:09,680
attending two city council meetings,
this one and the other one will be on

907
01:08:07,839 --> 01:08:13,119
September 8th. So, I have notified you
guys a little bit earlier. I'm so sorry

908
01:08:11,039 --> 01:08:15,839
about that. And part of it is that they
do have to give up and they have to

909
01:08:14,400 --> 01:08:19,359
speak at just one of those meetings. So,
a lot of our girls did a really great

910
01:08:17,120 --> 01:08:22,640
job not coming in here before and and
jumping up there. So, just so you guys

911
01:08:21,279 --> 01:08:25,040
know, the girls in the sashes, that's
what they're doing is they're actually

912
01:08:23,679 --> 01:08:28,960
practicing what it means to be
civic-minded and be involved and learn

913
01:08:27,199 --> 01:08:31,359
how to make a difference. Um, the
assignment was that they were to come

914
01:08:30,239 --> 01:08:34,960
here and they were to talk to you guys
either about something they heard about

915
01:08:32,640 --> 01:08:38,799
during the meeting or to comment about
something in Turlock that they're really

916
01:08:36,719 --> 01:08:42,560
proud of that you guys have done or
something that they would like to see

917
01:08:39,920 --> 01:08:45,759
improved on. um all with being able to
do that with respect and kindness

918
01:08:44,239 --> 01:08:49,920
because we get a lot more done with
honey than we do with vinegar. Um so

919
01:08:48,159 --> 01:08:53,839
girls, I am really proud of you guys for
coming up here and we are really proud

920
01:08:51,759 --> 01:08:59,120
of what's going on with the Turlock
Melon Pageant. And then just a quick

921
01:08:56,400 --> 01:09:04,319
plug cuz I still have a a$124. I still
got a dollar again a minute. Um, the

922
01:09:02,239 --> 01:09:08,400
Melon Carnival will be this September
19th and 20th, and all of our girls will

923
01:09:06,319 --> 01:09:14,799
be on stage on that Saturday, September
19th, to see who's going to be Miss

924
01:09:11,040 --> 01:09:17,839
Melon. Um, and our winners will actually
have a legacy program that they're going

925
01:09:16,319 --> 01:09:20,159
to continue working on. So, anything
that you guys need help with, they

926
01:09:19,040 --> 01:09:23,520
definitely want to be there for you
guys. But also, as a group, they'll get

927
01:09:22,080 --> 01:09:27,279
together and they'll think of one item,
one thing that they want to do to leave

928
01:09:24,960 --> 01:09:31,759
as a legacy for their reign in Turlock.
could be something as simple as um

929
01:09:30,080 --> 01:09:35,600
fundraisers to get blankets for our
shelters or planting a tree in one of

930
01:09:34,239 --> 01:09:39,199
the parks, figuring out how to get a
bench somewhere. They'll figure out

931
01:09:37,520 --> 01:09:42,239
what's what's close to their heart and
work on that together as a group of the

932
01:09:40,880 --> 01:09:45,359
reigning queens this year. So, we're
very excited, very proud of them, and

933
01:09:44,080 --> 01:09:49,880
that is what our girls were doing up
here with you guys today. So, thank you

934
01:09:46,560 --> 01:09:49,880
for your time.

935
01:09:51,279 --> 01:09:56,080
» Thank you. Is there anyone else that
would like to speak regarding public

936
01:09:53,679 --> 01:09:59,719
comment?
Seeing none, mayor,

937
01:10:01,280 --> 01:10:08,000
» I'm closing public comment. Moving to
the city manager reports and updates.

938
01:10:06,320 --> 01:10:12,800
» Good evening, council. Uh, a couple
things. First, I just want to commend

939
01:10:10,000 --> 01:10:18,320
Chris. Chris, uh, it was great working
with you side by side. Uh I remember

940
01:10:16,239 --> 01:10:24,640
watching some Turlock council meetings
when you were actually in this chair or

941
01:10:21,199 --> 01:10:28,239
presentations you made and uh even in
your comments today, you can tell you

942
01:10:26,719 --> 01:10:31,760
love this city, you love this
organization, and it's been great to

943
01:10:29,920 --> 01:10:35,280
work and you'll always have a home here
whenever you want to come back to the

944
01:10:32,960 --> 01:10:38,320
varsity team. All right.
>> Oh, dang.

945
01:10:36,960 --> 01:10:42,960
» Um
>> I've been honored. Uh this week I

946
01:10:41,040 --> 01:10:47,920
started my operation switch. So stopped
working in the city hall and I got to

947
01:10:44,400 --> 01:10:51,920
work in 911 uh with the staff this week
uh the other day. I guess it was

948
01:10:50,080 --> 01:10:55,120
yesterday. Feels like it was a week. It
was I guess it was guess it's only

949
01:10:53,520 --> 01:11:01,360
Tuesday. So yesterday I worked a couple
hours over there and you know what the

950
01:10:58,239 --> 01:11:06,159
police officer said earlier truly you
know you you listen to some of the calls

951
01:11:03,120 --> 01:11:13,120
they take and what what's you know both
fire and and police are dispatched to

952
01:11:09,520 --> 01:11:18,960
you never know uh as bad as a day you
think you're having what you know they

953
01:11:15,520 --> 01:11:26,960
have to deal with sometimes. And then uh
lastly uh this is a bad news good news

954
01:11:22,640 --> 01:11:32,080
story. I had my car towed uh last week
and I had to take an Uber to my first

955
01:11:29,120 --> 01:11:36,640
meeting at 7 a.m. And uh when I
explained that to the employees, I met

956
01:11:33,440 --> 01:11:41,679
with like 70 employees. Uh this is the
type of organization you have. I left. I

957
01:11:39,760 --> 01:11:46,960
was trying to then call 911 to take care
of, you know, what's going on and found

958
01:11:43,760 --> 01:11:51,600
out that the car was towed, but there
were like five employees who came out

959
01:11:49,120 --> 01:11:54,880
and said, "Hey, sir, uh, what's your car
look like?" Because we work all over the

960
01:11:53,760 --> 01:11:59,040
city, you know, where they're the
maintenance team and, you know, we'll

961
01:11:56,640 --> 01:12:04,719
keep an eye out for your car. And I was
just so touched that employees listened

962
01:12:01,520 --> 01:12:07,520
to my plight and decided take it upon
themselves to come out and say, "Look,

963
01:12:06,320 --> 01:12:11,760
we're getting ready to drive out and
start our day. But if we can help, we'll

964
01:12:09,840 --> 01:12:15,120
we'll put our eyes out there." So that's
what you have. And that's why I'm so

965
01:12:13,280 --> 01:12:19,440
proud to work with this team and I
understand why Chris was emotional

966
01:12:16,719 --> 01:12:23,920
because truly we have great employees
that are just trying to just do a little

967
01:12:21,840 --> 01:12:27,040
bit to make our community better. So
proud to be here.

968
01:12:25,600 --> 01:12:30,320
» Thank you.
All right, council member comments,

969
01:12:28,480 --> 01:12:33,040
announcements, and or future items.
Council member Raven,

970
01:12:31,440 --> 01:12:36,640
» uh, just briefly, I wanted to say, you
know, welcome to all the young ladies

971
01:12:34,320 --> 01:12:40,560
that came out tonight and spoke. And,
um, I'll look forward to seeing you

972
01:12:37,920 --> 01:12:44,080
again in in two weeks or however long it
is. Um, I saw a couple of you are Girl

973
01:12:42,480 --> 01:12:47,520
Scouts and I saw a few of the daisies
leave. So, I hope you're counting this

974
01:12:45,679 --> 01:12:51,600
for part of your Democracy for Daisies
and Brownies because this is this is

975
01:12:49,600 --> 01:12:55,679
democracy and work. This is, you know,
your government, the closest that you

976
01:12:53,520 --> 01:12:59,760
can get to it. So, welcome. I'm so glad
you guys are getting involved.

977
01:12:58,320 --> 01:13:05,199
» I just want to give a shout out to
Chris. Um, wish you absolutely, you

978
01:13:02,960 --> 01:13:11,760
know, the best. You will be missed.
You're an absolute consumate pro and we

979
01:13:07,280 --> 01:13:15,840
thank you and welcome you back anytime.
>> Um, first to our ladies, our young

980
01:13:13,600 --> 01:13:20,159
ladies, our ambassadors. I know some of
you are going to be future leaders

981
01:13:17,600 --> 01:13:23,840
around here. And Miss Samora, I just
want to tell you, don't be scared,

982
01:13:22,159 --> 01:13:28,239
sweetheart, at coming back to the next
council meeting and speaking because

983
01:13:26,400 --> 01:13:32,640
we're all leaders up here in elected
officials, but sometimes we get nervous,

984
01:13:29,840 --> 01:13:36,080
too. And it's and it's totally okay. So,
we'll be looking forward to what you

985
01:13:34,159 --> 01:13:40,719
have to say at the next council meeting
in September. And I wish all of you

986
01:13:38,400 --> 01:13:46,480
young ladies the best at becoming the
next Miss Melon. I'm so glad that's

987
01:13:42,400 --> 01:13:51,040
back. Fisher. Oh, Fisher.
three short years, Betty, but you've

988
01:13:48,640 --> 01:13:55,040
done some very, very heavy lifting
around here at city hall. Um, and it

989
01:13:53,520 --> 01:13:58,960
didn't go unnoticed and it certainly
doesn't go unappreciated. So, I'm going

990
01:13:57,120 --> 01:14:03,040
to piggyback what JJ said. When you want
to come back to the varsity team, come

991
01:14:00,560 --> 01:14:06,400
on. Um, because you will be missed and
you've done a lot in your very short

992
01:14:04,560 --> 01:14:09,280
stay here and we're very grateful. So,
but we wish you well and we understand

993
01:14:07,760 --> 01:14:13,360
family commitments and families first
and and we want the best for you and

994
01:14:11,280 --> 01:14:18,880
yours. So, thank you. The last thing I
have, fire chief Serpa. Boy, you guys

995
01:14:16,320 --> 01:14:23,199
are killing it, man. I love it. Um, it's
See, am I wrong to say all of our

996
01:14:20,400 --> 01:14:28,320
firefighters are home?
>> Almost except one unit. Just one. Yeah.

997
01:14:25,520 --> 01:14:32,159
Okay. Um, well done. Very appreciated.
Um, you guys are knocking it out of the

998
01:14:30,000 --> 01:14:37,280
park. Um, we thought we had a reported
structure fire uh down on Lewis and all

999
01:14:35,120 --> 01:14:42,159
of our Turlock units were were tied up
and MST showed up with a ladder truck

1000
01:14:40,080 --> 01:14:46,400
and a whole company and five extra
engines. I it's the support we have from

1001
01:14:44,480 --> 01:14:50,560
you guys and the organization is amazing
and we're grateful. So, thank you for

1002
01:14:48,000 --> 01:14:54,719
that.
>> Chris Fischer, we are going to miss you.

1003
01:14:52,800 --> 01:14:58,560
Um, just the time I have spent with you.
Um, I've learned a lot from you and just

1004
01:14:56,320 --> 01:15:02,320
listening to your um, presentation. So,
thank you for all that you have done uh

1005
01:15:00,159 --> 01:15:06,000
while being here. Um like everybody else
said, you are going to be missed. Um but

1006
01:15:03,920 --> 01:15:10,480
I'm sure we'll see you around. And to
all the young ladies, um everybody who

1007
01:15:08,239 --> 01:15:14,719
spoke, you guys did an amazing job. I
wish I had I was that brave when I was a

1008
01:15:12,400 --> 01:15:21,040
kid. So, um I look forward to seeing you
girls back uh in a couple weeks.

1009
01:15:18,080 --> 01:15:27,440
» All right, Chris Fischer, you've got big
shoes to fill. You you saved us on SRWA.

1010
01:15:24,560 --> 01:15:32,159
you set it up for complete just
wonderful situation now. It's it's

1011
01:15:30,400 --> 01:15:37,199
amazing that what you've done while
you've been here and you're always

1012
01:15:33,679 --> 01:15:41,920
welcome back. Um to Captain Peno, thank
you for all of your years of service

1013
01:15:39,360 --> 01:15:46,320
that obviously law enforcement's close
to my heart and uh I I get what he's

1014
01:15:44,560 --> 01:15:50,000
saying. It's it's think about those
people that are going out there every

1015
01:15:47,520 --> 01:15:54,960
day still and taking those calls that
are your worst day. And then uh loved

1016
01:15:52,719 --> 01:15:59,600
hearing the the young voices, the the
hope and the the dreams. Bring it you

1017
01:15:57,760 --> 01:16:04,239
guys. That's what we need here. That's
you guys are our future. So keep coming

1018
01:16:02,480 --> 01:16:08,000
and you'll learn. You you'll get your
voice. It'll be perfect. All right. We

1019
01:16:06,320 --> 01:16:11,440
have close session room.
>> Yes, we have two items. A conference

1020
01:16:10,000 --> 01:16:16,000
with legal counsel anticipated
litigation purs California government

1021
01:16:13,679 --> 01:16:19,840
code 549569D21
case. And item B is conference with

1022
01:16:18,159 --> 01:16:25,760
legal council existing litigation
pursuant to government code 5495

1023
01:16:23,040 --> 01:16:30,320
9D1 one case people versus state of
California versus the city of Turlock.

1024
01:16:28,159 --> 01:16:34,080
At this time I will open up public
comment for any items on the close

1025
01:16:32,560 --> 01:16:37,840
session the two items that I just read.
If anyone would like to come forward to

1026
01:16:35,520 --> 01:16:40,400
the lect turn or if anyone is on the
remote that would like to speak

1027
01:16:38,880 --> 01:16:44,320
regarding this item please raise your
hand.

1028
01:16:42,239 --> 01:16:48,320
Seeing none, we'll close public comment.
>> All right. And we will uh go to close

1029
01:16:46,560 --> 01:16:53,159
session. Should there be anything to
report out, we'll let you know. Thank

1030
01:16:49,679 --> 01:16:53,159
you and be safe.

1031
01:28:11,520 --> 01:28:15,239
All right, we're back.

1032
01:28:18,159 --> 01:28:22,679
Three,
four.