City Council - Regular Meeting

the uh Tuesday, May 12th session of the Ripen City Council to order. We met in close session um earlier and Mr. Turstra, could you

Yeah, thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh all members of the council were present for the entirety of the close session which began at 5:30. There was no reportable action out of that session. Very good. Thank you. Um let's uh move to the pledge of allegiance and then the in remain standing for the invocation by pastor Brett. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Mayor and City Council. Uh, thank you for letting me be here to pray. I'm all gussied up because I get to go on a ride along today with our PD and, uh, enter into the new role as chaplain. So, um, let us pray. God, thank you for this opportunity uh, for all the men and women who are gathered here, for the leaders that you've appointed over our city. Lord, give them wisdom and God give them discernment to lead justly and with intent of the public in their hearts so that all the Ripen residents who live here may truly prosper. God, we pray that in all the matters of today, they would be mindful and attentive to all the things that must be done. Give them strength, encourage their heart and their homes. We ask that in Jesus name. Amen. All right, Lisa. Roll call, please.

Council member Daniel Degraphth here. Leo Zuber here. Mike Christa, present. Vice Mayor Dean Uker here. Mayor Gary Barton, present. This time, um, any items that are not on the agenda, if anyone would like to address the council, we welcome you to the podium. And our poet laurate is here tonight.

Good evening everyone. I I introduced myself as Emil Golermo, the first poet laurate. I usually stand aside, but I I do want to write poems about each and every one of you because it occurred to me that a poet laurate should be writing about the people who serve this great city of Ripen. So expect some phone call within the next six months or so and we'll figure out a way to get the juiciest material into verse. So, thank you very much. A quick report from the poetry department. I spoke to nine classes in seven hours at Ripen High School in April, reaching more than 250 students, another 30 kids through a homeschool program. So, we are progressing in our goals of spreading literacy through poetry in ripen. And now, this month's poem, mom history and ripen demographics. May is AsianAmerican Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month. A NH PIHM a nippy hymn. One heck of an acronym. Even in ripen in demographic terms 68% white 25% Hispanic 6% Asian.2% Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander.9% American Indian 1% black 99% US citizens in May. Tell your AAHPI friends happy AAHPI month. Celebrate at the Golden B. The China Bowl. No longer the golden bowl where they know me as tofu guy. May is also the time we remember all our moms. Mine, yours, theirs, and their moms. It's the infinite loop of Mother's Day love. My mom did not live in ripping. But she would have liked the quiet. As an Asian-American mom, my mom was special. Not a tiger mom. She was more lamb than

tiger. Quiet, reverential, differential. A religious woman who prayed a lot. Small. Her physicality meant she had to be wise not to be bamboozled or bullied by overt strength. Mom grew up in a tough part of Manila during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in World War II. She worked in a seamstress shop, hid under sewing machines to avoid soldiers who were recruiting comfort women. They never found my mom. Instead, a shop patron saved her. An older Spanish woman, Lola Anelita, the angel. They traveled to safety to San Francisco. They found a community of Filipino women, the answer to the Filipino bachelors waiting for decades to start families. Anti-misination laws prevented race mixing. But there were few Filipinos for Filipinos. When my mother arrived, she symbolized the beginning of a baby boom that spurred the growth of a Filipino American community in California and the US. They made up for lost generations and birthed an eventual ripenite. A mother's day memory in May, Asian, American, Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Thank you very much.

Thank you, Emil. Okay, we've got uh a few uh minutes to approve uh our last council meeting, a strategic planning meeting uh on the 20th of last month, and then a special meeting on the 23rd. Do I have a motion to approve the minutes of move to approve? Second. Have a motion. That all three. That is all three.

Motion is carried. Um can uh let's see. Uh motion to approve the agenda as posted. pulling is. So, there is one item to be pulled from the consent calendar that I asked for and that is item 31H. 31H. I think it's 31. 1.4H. It's close. One point. You know what? It had an H in it. Staff would also out the It's the regarding the donation to the animal shelter. It's going to

All right. So, is there a motion to approve? Staff would also like to request 1.4A to be pulled. This is in regards to the Pereira subdivision. While we're at Very good. I'll make a motion to approve the agenda as amended. Second.

I will an option. No, no, no. That is not technical difficulties. Should I call for it again? Okay. Now

very good. Uh next the consent calendar. Uh I'll move to approve as amended. As amended. Good. All right. Um items to that were pulled to be discussed. Uh Kevin, Mr. Warner.

Thank Thank you, Mr. Mayor. This is related to the subdivision improvement agree agreement for the uh Pereira subdivision. staff has not received the uh the necessary bonds that guarantees the improvement. Therefore, we're requesting that um council approve the item as recommended in the sta in the staff report contingent on the bonds being received by the city.

Okay. Do we have a motion to that effect? Thank item carries and then the U item that I asked to be pulled which I don't know the number of but I do know what it's about.

Thank you. So yeah, I just wanted to highlight this. This was a a really generous donation by the trust of Paula Carroll. Um I did a little hunting around uh the internet to try to find out who Paula Carroll was. She was quite an accomplished woman. Uh I don't believe had children. U she spent the last several years of her life in Turlock. And so I reached out to a couple of people. There may be one of them, I hope, who will come to next month's meeting and fill us in on some uh memories of her and why this was important to her. So anyway, I just wanted to highlight that. And that is all. So is there a motion to approve the donation from the Paula Carroll Trust?

I'll move to accept. Second. 507. 500,000. It's over 500,000. Whoops. Oh, shoot. Sorry. It's all right. You can have it. Okay, there we go. Oh, I g it.

Good. concludes the consent calendar and uh with the exception of we had a proclamation for Ripen Christian girls soccer team and so if uh coaches are here All right. All right. Well, thank you.

Thank you for Thank you for come. Wow, you really do. Okay. Uh so yeah, I just wanted to say that uh Ripen Christian Athletics has been just exceptional for several years uh in so many sports and this is another example of that. We're also very proud of what's going on with the school across the street from you as well and their accomplishments. But tonight is about your girls soccer team uh winning the section championship and uh yet another great accomplishment. So much time goes into that. Uh most of it unseen by those who uh enjoy spectating at your your games. And so anyway, our community is really appreciative of your efforts and particularly the efforts of the girls on your team. And so please extend our congratulations to them. We have a proclamation here that I won't read all of, but it just uh expresses again our appreciation for the work, the dedication, the sportsmanship, uh the way RC conducts themselves on the field. Um they did a lot better than I did when I was in high school. Um and uh so we uh yeah we just appreciate that and u so congratulations to both of you and your your team.

Very kind. And here's some pins. Okay. Move to uh a public hearing on the Iona vehicle charging station. Uh Mr. Zitervart.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Fellow council members. Uh just a little background here. Last October, the planning commission approved a uh um a vehicle charging station located next to uh Lintita Hotel over there and and Starbucks. There's a vacant parcel that they're looking to locate on. Um as a condition of approval of that project, the applicant was required to enter into a development agreement uh prior to any issuance of building permits. Uh last month the planning commission did review the development agreement that's in front of you here this evening uh with the recommendation to the city council for approval. Um just a little background development agreements are utilized by the city to formalize project specific requirements uh and ensure that ongoing compliance uh with the conditions of approval um with this with the associated project. Um the proposed development agreement does not introduce new requirements. Rather, it just memorializes the obligations um and conditions that were previously established uh when the project was approved last October. Um this is a public hearing this evening. So that will conclude my presentation. Um and after the public hearing open and closed, uh there's a item a little bit later on the agenda which is a an ordinance for first reading and introduction.

Good. Thank you, Mr. Zidervart. Any questions, comments from the council at this point? Okay, this is a public hearing. Is there anyone in the audience who would like to address this issue? Seeing none, any uh online, we will close the public hearing, bring it back to council. Any comments, questions on this item? Is there a motion to uh There is no motion. Uh let's see. We wave. We do wave the first reading though. Is that No.

Okay. Then let's move on to the next item. And Mr. Ziderhart.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Fellow council members. Um this is another public hearing. So we will have no action on this one as well but I will go through a little slide presentation of the uh accessory dwelling unit or dwelling unit ordinance and some of the changes that uh we've done. I did par it down from the uh planning commissions uh which had quite a few slides. So if you have questions um after we're done with this I'd be happy to answer. Um so basically uh we are looking to re uh to uh to bring up to date our accessory dwelling unit and and junior accessory dwelling unit ordinance. Um why this matters? Basically the state has passed uh over multiple ADU laws over the past five years. So it's been about 5 years since we updated and because of these changes these laws have fundamentally uh changed how cities must regulate ADUs. Um, our current ordinance no longer reflects uh these a lot of these updates. Um, if it meets uh local discretion has to be drastically limited by state law now. Um, so if it meets objective standards, uh, we must approve it. There's really no discretion allowed. Um, clear ministerial approval pathways are required by state law. Uh, this has always been the case, but they just kind of tighten that down a little bit even further. Um so we're we are required to provide a clear by right path of approval for these units and failure to update risks loss of local control and legal exposure. Um if we don't comply we risk losing kind of the limited control that we still have and could potentially face legal challenges. And there's two types really what the uh the laws have passed here in the last five years. There's really narrowed down to two types of ADUs. Um, basically state law creates two distinct categories of accessory dwelling units.

U under California government code section 66 323 is what these they refer to these ADUs or their or so-called stateex exempt ADUs. Um, these are ADUs that that meet specific criteria such as size and configuration and they must be approved minister ministerally with very limited local discretion. Um these units are subject to strict state standards um including reduced setbacks and capped heights. Um all other ADUs fall into uh what we refer to as non-exempt ADUs. Uh while these still must be approved ministerally, um cities retain a little bit of ability, not much, but a little bit of ability to apply objective development standards uh such as height setbacks and design requirements probably being the most important. um just so long as those standards do not conflict with state law or preclude construction of an ADU. So in short, the distinction is important because state ADUs are governed almost entirely by state law and whereas non-exempt ADUs still allow uh for a measured level of local control through objective standards. So some of the updates that took place here that's in front of you tonight um basically uh development standards had to be updated. We must allow at least one ADU up to 800 square f feet uh with no exceptions on a residential lot. Um we cannot limit ADUs to a single story like we did previously in our ordinance. Uh state law controls height not not uh stories. So if somebody could design an ADU that would allow a second story, we cannot restrict that. uh setbacks are limited to four feet and uh adus that are converted from existing um existing space require no setbacks if the building's already in place. And then our current code obviously is

not compliant again and must be updated in in these areas as well. Some of the uh key policy changes that were that took place with the updated laws were owner owner occupancy requirements are no longer allowed and must be removed. Uh in the past we were able to make sure that an owner lived on the property if there was a junior accessory dwelling unit. Uh now that's not the case anymore. So someone can buy um a piece of property uh put in a junior accessory dwelling unit, rent the main house out, rent the junior accessory dwelling unit out, and also add an accessory dwelling unit onto the lot itself. So you have three rental units on on one piece of property. Um design standards uh must be objective. Like we mentioned earlier, uh they there's no subjective review. Um it's no longer permitted for state exempt units. Um, we can't require them to match materials of the main house, colors, uh, roofing materials or anything like that. Um, parking requirements must follow state law, including required exemptions. Um, fees and utility charges must be proportional and are limited by state law. So, we can charge some fees uh, in very limited u circumstances. some in some cases we can't charge any fees at all um to offset the impacts to the city. And then lastly, uh we must establish clear state compliant application procedures. Again, this is something we already were doing, but uh they just kind of um fine-tuned those a little bit more and put a little faster time time frames on them. So what this means for RIP um basically more ADUs allowed by right um more ADUs must be allowed by right on residential properties. Um they must be approved quickly through a ministerial process. um if they meet uh the standards uh we cannot deny them at all and our only uh

control is through clear objective standards uh but only for the non-exempt units which uh we don't quite honestly we don't see a lot of those being built in town anyways um so the planning commission did um review the ordinance and do have a recommendation in front of you tonight some of the concerns that they raised at the meeting though were infrastructure impacts you know state law limits facilities city's ability ability to collect development impact fees uh for certain ADUs. Again, raising concerns about long-term impacts on water, sewer, roadways, and public service infrastructure. Um neighborhood parking and street congestion. You know, reduced ability to require um off- streetet parking uh for these units may result in increased on street parking and potential congestion in established neighborhoods. um design compatibility limitations. You know, state law restricts local discretion limiting the city's ability to require design standards that ensure that these new ADUs are fully compatible with existing neighborhood uh characteristics. And then increased unit density on single family parcels. Like I mentioned a little bit earlier, state law requires the allowance of multiple ADUs on a single family property um which may impact neighborhood density, infrastructure, capacity, and overall just quality of life for that neighborhood. So kind of in closing here, um basically the the summary of of the changes were, you know, establishing stateex exempt ADU framework, um expanding ADU allowances, updating development standards, and removing any non-compliant provisions, and then the recommendation would be to adopt the ordinance um that's a little bit later here on the agenda. So with that, I will conclude my presentation and uh entertain any questions if you have any.

Thank you, Kenny. Any questions, comments? I got a question. It's more of a thought. I don't know if you want to entertain the thought for now, but um so as far as fees go, um like our our standard fees, I'm assuming we have higher fees for a a multi-unit parcel versus a single unit parcel, a single family home if if it's zoned, you know, for like a duplex or something like that. Yeah, we do have different fees for multif family and single family. Um, would it make sense or I don't know if it'd be allowable, but if someone wants to put an ADU on their property, just make them reszone it to a so it's that lot's no longer a single family lot, right? I mean, can't legally you can't do that. No, but

Okay, that's a good question. Well, I mean, it's just it's crazy though that you can say, okay, you're zoned for a single family unit. now we just turn you're single family and we can't charge you any more fees even though there's double the impact potentially. I mean it makes no sense but like all right well you want to do this then you're no longer sing I mean it's clearly not a single family unit anymore but we are um within our ordinance we are charging fees as as as we are allowed by law. So I mean there are some instances where we can obviously in other instances where the state law is just very clear we cannot do it. So, we're trying to just follow the letter of the law in that instance. Um, you know, every community kind of approaches us a little bit differently, but um, yeah.

Any other questions? Does your ordinance address this? Yeah. One of my questions. Um, I think it it does. I don't know if Tommy wants to share on that a little bit. That letter we got from

Yeah, really it's just a fundamental misreading of our ordinance. Um so the section that they're talking about so our ordinance is structured to address stateex exempt non-exempt and then we have uh general requirements that apply to all types of ADUs. Um in this um in that general requirements section we have a a provision that just says except as otherwise specified in this chapter. So essentially what it means is we're talking about non-exempt ADUs. We have a cap of 1 ADU and one JADU per lot. That's permissible under the law.

Tommy, so just so anyone listening, could you just describe the letter that we received?

Yeah. So, and it's going to be it's going to be incorporated into once we take public comment on this. It's going to be addressed by the city clerk, but I'll just address it now. It's a letter from the uh California uh HDF uh which is a nonprofit uh organization um I believe based in the Bay Area that um had some issues with uh the substance of our ordinance. And so uh essentially what I'm saying here is that um it uh it misinterprets the provisions of the ordinance because um there is a specific carve out for those ex uh for those exempt ADUs and we are handling those as required by law. Thank you. Mike, did you have a question?

I was just going to mention that. So, our ordinance meets the state forest housing. Well, yes, we believe so. So, the requirement here would be obviously we have to vet it through the planning commission, city council once they adopt it, we do have to send it to HCD who might provide comments back to us. Um, obviously if we can rectify those comments at staff level, we will. Um but we could be back in front of the city council with a few recommended um amendments that HCD is going to kick our way once we send it up.

All right. Thank you. I I will just add uh just a comment or reaction. This is so typical of the state of California. They have a problem. They want a one-sizefits-all and they stick it to the cities and make them fix it for them. Uh, ripen uh is in many ways ripping because primarily the character of the people who live here, but the character of the community reflects that. And we are now being subject to uh an ordinance that uh a state law that has great potential to significantly change the character of of our neighborhoods. This is a this is a bad deal and uh as you've described, apparently there's nothing we can do about it, but it makes me sick. Uh okay. Uh that said, is there a motion to wave the first reading and introduce this for

Oh, we go down to the next. Okay. Thank you, Liam. We need to open

It's a public hearing. Is there any comment other than the one I just made? H I know I'm a poet, but I'm a resident. First, uh, I was just wondering this sort of, if I understand this, um, the the ordinance allows for the state to be or the city to be in compliance with the state, but who is the final arbiter when it comes to the number of permits that are applied for? And who who decides? Is there someone who caps anything? Is there someone who says because that that that seems to be missing in the discussion until the last slide where you talk about infrastructure and you talk about maybe assessing fees uh because I think I mean are we going to there was an assumption made that we would not see a lot of people doing this. I don't know if that's true, but should ripen resident residents expect to see people put things in their backyard that we would not like to see them put in their backyard? Uh is it something I and then who do we go to? Do we go to the planning commission or do we go to the state? I think that uh understanding that might might help people understand how Ripen is involved in regulating this or if it's something that we're you know we we're taking our cues from the state we essentially rubber stamp the green light and say yeah here's how you can do it but then then what and then I think we have to think about the then what so um if I had more time I'd put that in verse but uh just just some concerns as a as a resident. I live in a nice single family type place. I've thought about doing things like this, but I thought, oh, surely there will be people at city hall who've been thinking about this and who can begin to think about how to make

sure that growth is regulated. You wouldn't just build a new subdivision, right, without going through infrastructure and sewage and water and all that. um the impacts of an ADU could be significant if 10 of my neighbors decide, yep, this is the year we're all going to do it and and then what? So anyway, thank you very much for your time. Yeah, good questions. Kenny, did you want to address?

Yeah, I could take a stab at some of those. I don't if Tommy wants to chime in a little bit too is um you we are regulated by the state and these are by right. So we don't have an ability to bring these to planning commission for approval. um somebody can walk into the building department and apply for a permit per se for these and 10 of your neighbors could put one on their lot. Um the only uh way that we would have any control over that is if we didn't have appropriate size sewer lines or things like that or water lines to handle that demand. Um we build our infrastructure very well here in Ripen. So that's probably never going to be the case actually. Um so it is kind of being forced upon us just to allow these. um we don't have any recourse to really deny him. Um and that's kind of the unfortunate, you know, part of this whole, I guess, pill to swallow.

Thank you. Anything to add, Tom? Yeah, I would just generally say that land use is typically a local affair and um you know, cities generally enjoy um a pretty broad latitude to regulate land use within their their jurisdictions. That's not without exceptions. Um, and this is one of those cases where uh the old rules have been thrown uh thrown out the window and the state is now starting to reach its tentacles into an area that used to be purely regulated at the local level and is now um cities are being forced to implement regulations that um they wouldn't otherwise do.

Thank you. Okay. I have a I have a comment, Mr. Mayor. Yes. So, as um council member Zuber and city attorney um referenced, we did receive a public comment from Kell HDF regarding the proposed amendments to the city's ADU ordinance. We will be putting this into the record and it was provided to all of you on the dis um this evening. Thank you.

Thanks, Lisa. Okay, we now move to the ordinances and see. Uh, so this is uh regarding the development agreement with Iona. Uh, anything you'd like to add, Kenny, on the ordinance? Uh, no. I don't have anything to add, Mr. Mayor. It's just a first reading and introduction. So, I would ask that you would wave the first reading and introduce the ordinance. All right. Is there a motion to I'll move that we wave the first reading and introduce the ordinance.

Second and I cannot call the vote there. There it is. Paused. This time I got It's always a race. All right. And then the uh the next ordinance on the item we just discussed adus. Are we doing the same thing? Oh, repeat my motion to wave the wave and introduce the ordinance. Thanks. Second. Can I ask a question before we do this? Sure. What if we vote in no

violation of state law to do whatever the state law says? They'll come in here, protest our denial, and win. It'll be a free-for-all. Take a trip down. Yeah, there's no come and protest the fact that we don't have an ordinance. It'll devolve into a discussion with each individual person who comes in here and wants to do it. Ken and his people will say, "No, you can't do it based on our" and they'll appeal to the state and the state will come back and say, "You do what you want to do. Build it." Okay. Thank you. Yeah. And that's right. And then at that point, everybody will be coming.

And thank you. Just one last, I know you're satisfied, but I'll just add another uh wrinkle to this, but um jurisdictions without an ordinance uh automatically default to state law, which is more generous and broadly construed than what without an ordinance or one that's in conflict with state law. That's correct. And conflicting ordinances are null and void as asoid. So if ours is better than state, we're able to use it if it complies. If we don't state rules, correct? Tell me how we're independent.

So, let's see. Leo reducing the ordinance. We had a second. Is that correct? And I can't call the vote. There we go. Can we just send the applications to the governor's desk and have him approve them? Every time we get one, we should just send it to him. Here you go. You want to approve these things? He's got a big lot. We should apply for Let's go buy the property around.

All right. Moving forward. Discussion items. Uh is Mr. Is this you? This is Lisa. Okay, that's me, Mr. Mayor. Thank you.

So, this um discussion item is about regarding our agenda management system. Um you guys may know it as Minutatra digital boardroom is what we're currently seeing. Um it's from a provider by the names of Granicus and also IQM2. Those are all synonymous names. Um but we've been using them since 2017. But the minute track portion that we use will be um no longer supportive as of September of 2026. So the city clerk's department reached out to other city clerks um and looked at different websites um to figure out how we wanted to move forward um with a change in this area. We did look at um a potential of six different softwares. um two of them were what we ended up looking at more closely because they would potentially be um good fits. Um the other ones were not um recommendations by other cities or they also were going obsolete shortly um or there was one that was just would not even work for us completely. So, our priorities when we were looking at these softwares was to um easily create our staff reports, agendas, minutes, um have the council be able to vote and review um your notes um during the meetings and follow along on the agenda. Um we also like to use this software that we currently have to um look up what we've done in the past and reference um the um actions that have been taken by the city council. So, I do have two options in front of you this evening. Um, we are looking at one called Escribe, which has an annual cost of $18,000 and a onetime cost of $1,200. And then Granicus, um, would be the software called Peak, which is also just over 18,000, but the onetime cost would be almost $11,000 to implement it. Um, our recommendation based upon the demonstrations that we received would be to recommend Escribe. It is the cheaper of the two, but that

is not the reason that we chose it. It would just be um more functional for us. Um from your perspective as a city council, you would have the same um functionality that you do in the current system where you'd be able to review the agenda, make your own notes, reference those notes during the meeting. Um during the meeting, the mayor would be able to call the vote, everybody would be able to vote alongside um each other on a particular item. So the implementation for the software is about 12 weeks and we're hoping to get it implemented by the end of September. Um and then it also has a little currently we um stream our meetings through YouTube and this also has the ability to use YouTube and actually pinpoint different pieces of the agenda. Um so if somebody wants to go to this particular item 4A, they could just somehow click on that and it would bring them to that part of the YouTube video. So, with that, I'm happy to answer any question, but I would be looking for action this evening um for the city council to approve us to move forward with escribe. Um and the fiscal impact would be $18,000 to the general fund and a $1,200 onetime fee. Um that is the amount that we have currently budgeted because that's how much we did pay in this last fiscal year for the current um minute track that we have.

Thank you. Thank you, Lisa. Any questions? One question. Are you okay with this, Jane? Does it work for you? Okay. If you're looking for a motion, then I'll make a motion. Um, I I have a question, Lisa. Did you inquire why each of your two finalists have won a 6%, one a 7% uh bump each year? That's pretty generous. Uh, relative to CPI, inflation. Um, how do they justify that? The increases that we have seen over the last three years with our current provider has been a minimum of 7%. It actually went up to 10% a couple of years. They tried to give us a 20% increase which we fought back for.

Oh gosh. Okay. So, this is a deal. I do believe it is high too, but um yes, that's what it is. And it's locked in. They can't go beyond 6%. Is that correct? That's correct. It's written in the contract. Thank you. How long? Um the escribe would be for three years. So it would be a 6% increase for the next it would be 18 now and then 6% and 6%. Y is there a motion to approve uh escribe? Motion to approve as presented. And is there a second? I'll second.

All right. Good. Thank you, Chief Sour. Mr. Mayor, I have nothing to report. And Mr. Stevens, uh, nothing to report. Mr. Zervart. Uh, one quick item. Uh, next Monday we will be having a planning commission meeting. Uh, one item, Ripen Vet Clinic will be looking to expand their hours and add emergency vet services. So, that is a amendment to their use permit. So, that'll be at next uh, Monday's planning commission meeting if you want to join us. Okay, Mr. Keys.

Yes. Real quick, Mr. Mayor, honorable city council, our water usage for the month of April was 24% lower than our 2013 numbers. It was 5% lower than our last year's number. Um, and then our large item pickup is underway so residents can sign up online and and get their items picked up off the street. That goes through September. Excellent. Thank you, Mr. Turbstra. Mr. Werner, Mr. graph.

Not a whole lot other than, you know, thank you to everyone who's stuck around this whole time, we we appreciate you. Um, those who commented earlier, you know, he had to leave. That's okay. But he left, uh, us with words of wisdom and some words on a council agenda item, so that was good. Um, uh, I know Mayor Barton was in DC, so I'm looking forward to hear, uh, maybe a little brief update on on how his DC trip went. Oh, it won't be brief. out of the nest. He's taking you to coffee to tell you. Perfect. Thank you, Mr. Zuber. Mr. Rusha,

Vice Mayor Uker, all right. Yes. Um, Councilman Degraph gave you a heads up, so settle in, guys. This is going to take a while. Um,

so yeah, I attended the uh the one voice trip last week in DC. It was an interesting experience. I've shared a little of that with a few people here. It is um it was at times an uncomfortable experience for me uh constantly going to people and with your hands out asking for money, but that's the nature of that business and doing what's best for our town. uh we didn't have any projects uh specifically to speak of but certainly the impacts of the significant growth in cities in the south county Mantika in particular but MountainHouse le Tracy uh as we all know has a great impact on our town particularly when it comes to traffic uh and uh so we are hopeful that our representatives in DC will recognize the challenges that presents for all of us and will uh appropriately apply dollars to improve our road systems here. Otherwise, beautiful week in DC. I love that town. Love the history. Um don't like a lot of what happens there, but other than that, uh good group. And with that, if there are no other comments, our meeting is adjourned. Well, this meeting is adjourned and now we move to our successor uh meeting. Uh let's see. Is there do we ask for public comment on this?

No, but we have roll call. We have roll call. Okay. Lisa, roll call. Director Daniel Degraphth. I'm still here. Leo Zuber here. Mike Rusha. Um, yeah, I'm here. Vice Chairman Dean Uker here. Chairman Gary Barton. I am going to echo uh member Degraph. I am still here. All right. Uh, do we have a motion uh to approve? I'll approve the minutes. The minutes. Mike, you would like to go through the Can we go through all Oh, what? No. No, we can't. Do we have a motion?

Motion and a second. Yeah. No. Okay. Do we have a second? Mike's second. Mike seconded. Okay. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. I. Oppos? Nay. Carries. No other business. Yeah. Consent calendar. Consent calendar. Move to approve the consent calendar. Second. Motion second to approve. All those in favor say I. I. opposed. Nay. No nays. It's approved. And that concludes our successor agency business. It's the longest successor agency meeting in the last year and a half.