City Council - Regular Meeting

All right. Good evening, everyone. Welcome to your Patterson City Council meeting Tuesday, August 18th, 2026. Report from closed session. City Council approved the settlement and release agreement between the City of Patterson and Northeast Territories Patterson LLC and VOP 2.1 LLC with a 4-0 vote with one absence. As soon as it is executed, it will be made available for public viewing. And on the other two items, direction has been provided to staff. Your council will now adjourn from a closed session. Public meeting guidelines. City of Patterson City Council meetings are conducted in person

And your mayor has no agenda conflicts. Items from the public. Any member of the audience who wishes to address the council on a matter not listed on the agenda may do so by raising your hand and stepping to the podium. If you're joining the meeting through Zoom, please use the raised hand feature. If you're calling in by phone, you may press 9 when the mayor announces the item. Council will take no action other than referring the item to staff for study analysis and may place the item on a future agenda. In order that all interested parties have an opportunity to speak, each individual may pr

I just want to make a quick comment to that, Tim. Thank you so much for that. I might have been in your class because I took the CERT program as well with Captain Ambrosino about maybe 12 years ago. I graduated with my husband and my nephew. We all took the class. So it's super validating for you to come up and say that. So I'll go ahead and also post about that and give the information out. And thank you for bringing that up. It's super important for us to be part of these programs. Thank you.

Is there anyone else present in the council chamber who wishes to provide a public comment? All right, seeing none, we will now close in-person public comment. Madam Clerk, is there anyone online who wishes to provide a public comment?

All right. So seeing there's no further comments online, we will now close the public comment period. Consent calendar. All items are approved by a single action. any item may be removed from the consent calendar for separate discussion upon request remember the public staff or council member consent calendar items five point one to five point one four are open for consideration for approval are there any items be pulled for discussion by council members I had requested item five point one four to be removed city manager are you going to remove item five point one four

Okay. Item 5.14 has been removed. Are there any other items that need to be removed by the council?

OKAY. SO DO I HAVE CONSENSUS OF THE COUNCIL TO REMOVE 5.14 COMPLETELY FROM THE CALENDAR AND BRING IT BACK AT A LATER DATE?

ALL RIGHT. SO MOVED. ANY OTHER ITEMS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR BY COUNCIL MEMBERS? SEEING NONE, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO BE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION BY STAFF OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC?

Okay, item 5.13 is being removed. So item 5.13 will be pulled from the consent calendar for further discussion. Do we have any additional items to pull from the consent calendar? All right, seeing no additional items to be pulled from the consent calendar, do I have a motion to approve consent calendar items 5.1 to 5.12?

All right, we have a motion. Do we have a second? Okay, the motion has been seconded and requires a roll call vote from the council. Council member Mora?

And your mayor votes aye. The motion to approve consent calendar items 5.1 to 5.12 passes with a 4-0 vote. All right, so point of clarification from the city attorney for item 5.13. I'm so sorry.

OK. All right so what we'll do since we just approved 5.1 to 5.1 to we will go ahead and put that portion of the consent calendar open to public comment are there any members of the public present the council chambers who have a public comment on consent counter items 5.1 to 5.1 to. Right seeing none in the council chambers man workers anyone online who is about a public comment on items 5.1 to 5.1 to.

Any further questions or concerns on that item?

And is there anyone else online who has a further comment on those items?

Thank you. Madam Clerk, is there anyone else online who wishes to provide a public comment on consent calendar items 5.1 to 5.12? All right so seeing none and that the council has approved 5.1 to 5.1 to we'll move on to 5.1 for an open that item up for public comment is there anyone present the council chambers who wish to buy the public comment on item 5.1 for. Right seeing none you know. Step forward sir.

Thank you sir. Is there anyone else present the council chambers which by the public comment on item 5.1 for.

Thank you sir. And under you making your way over okay we will wait for you. Yeah, no problem.

Thank you. Is there anyone else present in the council chambers who has a public comment on item 5.14? All right, seeing none, we now close the in-person public comment. Madam Clerk, is there anyone online who has a public comment on item 5.14?

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Is there anyone else online who would provide a public comment on item 5.14?

Thank you, ma'am. Is there anyone else online who wish to provide a public comment on item 5.14?

Thank you, ma'am. And there are no other there are no other comments all right so seeing no further online public comment on item five point one four and since it was already consented to move on to another agenda will close that item and will open up item five point one three so deputy city attorney christina pritchard you have floor.

Thank you for that clarification. So now we'll open up 5.13 for public comment. Is there anyone present in the council chambers who wish to provide a public comment on item 5.13? All right, seeing none, we'll close the in-person public comment. Madam Clerk, is there anyone online who wishes to provide a public comment on item 5.13?

You're welcome, ma'am. Is there anyone else online who has a public comment on item 5.13? All right. And with that, we will close the public comments section on item 5.13 and we'll bring it back to the council for their direction and action. Do I have a motion to approve consent calendar item 5.13? I'll motion. All right we have a motion on the table do we have a second.

The motion has been seconded requires a roll call vote from the council council member Mora.

Your mayor votes I. The motion to approve consent calendar item five point one three passes with a four zero vote. Moving on to city staff reports appointment of up to two city council members to participate in consultant interviews for the city attorney services feasibility study receive an update regarding the city attorney services feasibility study request for proposals and appoint up to 2 council members to participate in the consultant interviews staff report city manager your.

All right. Thank you very much for that overview. Do I have a couple of volunteers to participate in this feasibility study? Okay. We have one volunteer. Do we have a second? All right, we have two. Councilmember Hernandez, you want to put your name in the hat? Yep, and neither do I. I think we're good to go there, but we'll go ahead and put it out for public comment first, and then we'll bring it back for a vote. All right, any other questions or concerns from the council at this time before we go to public comment? Can you volunteer someone? Sure. And is it up to two, or can we have three?

Yeah. Understood. All right. So can we get a consensus from the Council as to who we want to have on there? We have three names on the table.

Okay. All right. So we'll settle it there. It'll be Councilmember Nonum, Jack, and Kendra, but we're going to go ahead. If there's no further questions or concerns, we'll put it out for public comment. Is there anyone present in the Council chambers that has a public comment on item 6.1. All right, seeing none, we will close the public comment period. Madam Clerk, is there anyone online who has a public comment on item 6.1?

Thank you, ma'am. Is there anyone else online who wishes to provide a public comment on item 6.1?

All right. So seeing no further comments online, we will now close the public comment period and bring the item back to the Council for their direction and action. It seems like we have two names on the table, so I will just go ahead and see if we have a consensus for the Council to recommend Council Member Nodem Jack and Council Member Mora for appointment to participate in the consultant interviews. Do we have a consensus of the Council for this action?

All right I also believe that that's the proper choice so it's so moved and we'll go ahead and close item six point one and move on to item seven public hearing consider an interim urgency ordinance number eight nine zero extending the temporary moratorium on the approval of new land use applications for data centers for ten months and fifteen days and issues of a written report adopt by at least a four fifth vote of the city council Interim urgency ordinance number eight nine zero extending interim urgency ordinance number eight eight nine for an additional ten months and fifteen days through

Thank you, City Attorney Pritchard. Questions, comments, or concerns from the council?

All right. Your mayor has no questions, comments, or concerns. So we will open up item 7.1 for public comment. Are there any persons present in the council chambers who wish to provide a public comment on item 7.1?

Any feedback or concerns on Council's statement?

One quick question. We had mentioned a committee. Is that what you mentioned with the community input?

Any further comments or questions or concerns for council? Seeing none, we will now open item 7.1 for public comment. Is there anyone present in the council chamber who wishes to provide a public comment on item 7.1? All right. Seeing none, we will now close. Go ahead, sir. No problem.

THANK YOU, SIR. NO PROBLEM, MA'AM. STEP FORWARD.

Thank you, ma'am. Is there anyone else present in council chambers who wish to provide a public comment on item 7.1? All right. Seeing none, we will now close the in-person public comment period. Madam Clerk, is there anyone online who wishes to provide a public comment on item 7.1?

All right. With that, we will go ahead and Close the public comment period on item 71. No problem.

Thank you, ma'am. Is there anyone else online who wishes to provide a public comment?

All right. Seeing no further comments online, we now close the public comment period and bring the item back to the council for any final thoughts or comments in their action. right any further comments questions or concerns from the council on item seven point one. And do I have a motion to adopt interim urgency ordinance number eight nine zero extending interim urgency ordinance eight eight nine for an additional ten months and fifteen days to july fifteenth twenty twenty seven and receive an issue the written report attached as exhibit be describing the measures the city has taken to allevi

No comments on my name all right so seeing no further comments on item 7.2 now close the public comment period and close the item and it will be continued to the 7 September 15th 2026 regular meeting. All right moving on to city council items. WE HAVE FOR APPOINTMENT TWO MEMBERS TO THE PARKS RECREATION AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION FOR THE TERM OF MAY TWENTY TWENTY SIX TO MAY TWENTY TWENTY EIGHT. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION WE APPOINT OR LINDA PEREZ AND ADOLPHO VIRGIN TO THE PARKS RECREATION AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION FOR THE TERM OF MAY TWENTY TWENTY SIX TO MAY TWENTY TWENTY EIGHT. ARE THERE

ALL RIGHT. AND I CONCUR WE HAVE A CONSENSUS OF THE RECOMMENDATION. SO IT IS SO MOVED. ALL RIGHT. CITY COUNCIL ITEMS MOVING ON. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER NOTAM JACK, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE COUNCIL?

Thank you, ma'am. Council Member Moore. this time all right and uh for myself we have the stancock meeting tomorrow night in modesto other matters all right well i have one uh this past saturday council member known jack and i attended the night at the museum to celebrate not only our wonderful museum and raise funds for its reservations but also to celebrate the wonderful accomplishments of linda jackson briggs She served the Patterson historical society in our city for decades maintaining our museum and our most precious artifacts so I just wanted to bring that up and bring it to the attenti