City Council - Regular Meeting

Okay, we are going to call this meeting to order. Vice Mayor stand. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Let's pray. Father, we know that hate cannot drive out hate and that only love can do that. So, I'm just praying for us in Riverbank that we would have a fresh baptism of that love to learn to love you with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength and what it means to love our neighbor as ourself. Lord, you said to ask for wisdom. So, we're asking for wisdom tonight as we conduct business at the city council. Lord, we know that every good gift comes from you. So, we recognize that tonight as we move forward in Jesus name. Amen. Roll call, please. Council member, here.

Council member FSY here. Council member Call here. Vice Mayor Pimento here. Mayor Hernandez

here. Uh there are no agenda agenda changes at this moment. Any council authority member who has a direct conflict of interest on any scheduled agenda item to be considered is to declare the conflict at this time. Pursuant to government code 84308 Lavine Act, any council authority member who has received a contribution of 500 or more, $500 or more within the preceding 12 months from a party, participant or their agent related to an item on the agenda must disclose that contribution on the record prior to participation in the discussion or decision on the item and may be required to recuse themselves as applicable. Any conflict of interest? All right, we have item 7.1 Stanco here to uh present on the regional transportation plan.

Uh good evening, Mayor Hernandez and council. My name is Michael Schmidt. I'm with Kimley Horn and Associates and I'll be presenting on the regional transportation plan. Can hear me? Closer. Is that better? There we go. I'll reintroduce myself. Um good evening again, Mayor Hernandez and council. My name is Michael Schmidt. I'm with Kimley Horn and Associates. I'm here to talk about the regional transportation plan this evening. Um, so I'm basically going to first talk about what is the regional transportation plan just to give an overview of it and then I'm going to share a little bit of information about where we're at in the process and then I'll highlight some of the connections to other Stanco projects. And if you're not familiar with Stanco, Stanco is basically the regional authority. It oversees all of the regional connections for transportation within the county. Um, and then we'll talk about how to participate. I'm really here to kind of ask for your participation to get your input to make sure we build a plan that really meets the community's needs. And then I'll talk about next steps. So, what is a regional transportation plan, sustainable community strategy? It's kind of a mouthful, but it ra basically is intended to reflect the shared vision of cities and the county as it relates to transportation and land use. It documents our long range multimotal transportation plan. So, we're thinking bikes, peds, cars, aviation. So all the modes um it docu it complies with various federal and state requirements and it links transportation land use. So there's a recognition that you know housing and employment they relate to transportation and it's a high level planning document obviously since it covers all of the information. So what does the plan have to do? Well, it has to prioritize transportation projects over a 20-year horizon. Um it includes again roadway, transit, active transportation, bike and ped and it needs to be fiscally constrained. So we take into consideration how much revenue will come into the county for transportation and how many projects we have planned and has to make sure we have to make sure that balances. It's got to meet air quality goals. Obviously

that's important. It's also got to comply with various state legisla state and federal legislation including title six and the California environmental quality act. So the first thing we do as part of this process is we we look over the 20 years and we take a look at what the forecast for employment and housing is. is and this map just kind of gives you a flavor of you know we have a demographer come on board actually from the University of Pacific and they estimate how many folks are going to live here in the future and you can see Riverbank has you know is anticipated to have another 538 households over the next 20 years with about 17800 people and about 400 more employees and we basically total that up and that's information or input into figuring out well what kind of transportation system do we need to accommodate those needs Um, there's also a focus on making sure that as part of that process, we're increasing the supply of housing, that we're making housing more affordable. There's actually a separate process you may have be familiar with. It's called the regional housing needs assessment, and it basically feeds into the housing elements of every city. And there's obviously a key focus on making sure that we connect destinations that people want to go to and making sure there's an equitable distribution across the jurisdictions on investments. So part of how we do that is after we've kind of figured out well how many people are going to live here um and where are they going to live and what kind of jobs they need we go through what we call a scenario analysis and that's basically where we're at in the process which is where we kind of reach out to the community and say well what do you think the future should be and so in a traditional process we just kind of go from the present to a desired outcome but in this kind of process we develop scenarios so they're different alternatives and we've developed several alternatives and then we basically we do that through a process with the the various jurisdictions and then we kind of go out to the public and say, "Hey, give us input. Please tell us what you like about these, what you don't like, so we make sure we're meeting your your values and your needs over the next 20

years. So there's just some guiding principles as we go through this process that we things that we take as givens. You know, we want to ensure that there's enough jobs and housing within the county. We have a focus on putting plate putting putting folks in low VMT areas which basically means that they don't have to drive as far to get to the things that they need like school shopping other things needs. Um we try to increase the access to opportunity so access to schools and things like that trying to preserve farmland. We don't want a lot of farmland being lost to development. And then we try to grow areas that are kind of been leaprogged or or infill areas. So with that, we generate these maps which basically are different scenarios or different alternatives of what the future could look like. And we've got several different alternatives and I I've got a QR code for a more information on this and a survey if you've got the time to fill it out. There's some stuff on the back wall. So we'd like you to take the time to look more closely at this when we get a moment. Basically, we have different scenarios where we look at different dispersements of employment and housing into the future and those really drive transportation. So, we're kind of asking you to tell us, well, what do you want your community to look like? And so, you can see they're very different. Some of them have different increases like this in on transit. Some of them have mixed use focus with jobs. And some of them have, for instance, the final one has a focus on increasing ADUs, accessory dwelling units. And basically, they have different transportation improvements. Um, we've got several of them that focus on different BRT improvements in some of their more urban areas. um which is basically bus rapid transit so frequent transit um also a lot of bicycle and ped potential connections and then we've also maintained all of the voter approved elements um that include the road major roadway improvements. So as part of this process we've also done a very deep dive on a couple of key

issues um and there are different plans or programs that we're looking at. Um, just at a high level, we're basically focusing on looking at housing that meets the affordability. We're looking at basically how can we make it easier for folks to drive less. And that's that BMT study. And then we're doing an update to the non-motorized plan, which is really looking at bike and pedestrian connections. And the focus of all these is basically we're trying to figure out how to accelerate infill development or make it attractive. We're trying to thermally further fair housing. We're trying to reduce the amount of driving people have to do. and we're trying to have outreach as part of this to make sure we get input from everyone. So, there's a several opportunities to get involved. We've got several committees. We're doing a lot of outreach to different uh the different city councils and the the county. We're doing meetings with uh community- based organization, business leaders. Um we're doing it in both Spanish and English. And we have a website which is very interactive. So, if you get a moment, we'd appreciate you checking it out. And I guess you can grab a QR code off the back there. It's called Valley Vision 2049. It's got a lot of great information about the project. So finally, next steps. We're going to continue outreach over the next few months that'll result in us selecting a preferred scenario. So that collective vision we all have for transportation land use in the county, which will drive future investment of transportation dollars. Um we're also doing some SQA compliance environmental impact for ports. Um, and then the Valley Vision, which is our oversight committee, which represents all the different agencies, will approve that potentially, and then it'll go to the board for approval. And that will be for the next four years how we're going to basically prioritize and spend transportation dollars as a as a county. Several different outreach activities are coming up. There's popups, and we're doing council meetings at all the various jurisdictions. So, with that, I'll take any questions if there are any questions, but otherwise, thank you for your time. view

any uh comments or questions from council? So, this is a you said 20 year project and so um this document is evolving um and uh you have an active audience here. If I could ask that you guys pass out the surveys to everyone, I think that would be great so no one forgets to grab them. Um I I sit I'm the chair for the Valley Vision steering committee and um we've been working together to make sure that uh the outreach is meeting people where they're at and this is one example of that. So I really appreciate you including Riverbank. Great. Thank you for your time and we'll pass that survey out. Thank you again.

Thank you. 7.2 2, we have a presentation from Gabby Hernandez with Love Our Neighbor program by Love St County. Thank you guys. All right. Good evening, Mayor Hernandez and city council member. Uh my name is Gabby. I'm the director for Love Our Neighbors with Love Santaas County. I did add a couple pictures on here from Riverbank. So, your very own Sammy from uh Love Riverbank is on here and one of her events, the bike parade, I believe. And then in the bottom right you will see another picture of another event with seniors and uh creating or crafting at the park. So today we'll delve in a little bit more of like love our neighbors and the program. So our yearround programs at Love Santaas County consist of love our kids, love our neighbors and love our schools. A lot of people don't know that love Santaas County houses these programs along with love our cities such as love river bank. So love our schools works to help meet the needs of the local schools in our area by connecting volunteers with some schools. Love our neighbors which seeks to equip and inspire people to host neighborhood gatherings with a goal of forming deeper connections and a sense of belonging amongst neighbors. Uh, Love Our Kids is dedicated to make sure children throughout Santaas County

feel loved, cared for by assisting CPS and some of the referral some of the referral needs. Our vision for Love Santaas County is that every person values one another and seeks to help where help is needed. Our mission is to inspire community to love each other through building connections, generosity, and volunteering together. So, hello Riverbank. These are some more of our events or some more of Sammy's events that she put together here in the city of Riverbank such as the Boo Bash and the safety um I believe it was like the safety bike fair. This is a video. Can we play the video or no? All right. Oh, there we go. No worries. So, this is just a video that we created. It depect depicts a picture and video [clears throat] of course of how neighbors can gather together, how they can connect with one another. Backyard backyard barbecues. We had the Patterson Moms Walk group that reached out. They seek sponsorships for their groups. This is a backyard barbecue. Even women connections. Younger people have also reached out to us to gather. We do have surveys at the end and feedback that we do collect so that we can map which communities are thriving and which communities are in need. Skip that.

All right. So why the need? So per the CDC, there is an indication that a significant portion of adults report feeling of loneliness and a lack of social support factors that can adversely affect mental health. Locally in Santaas County, the need is reflected in several key data points. A recent community health assessment for the county identifies social isolation and related behavioral health needs as priority areas and this is cited through health services agency. A behavioral health evaluation found that among among respondents in the county's prevention programs 19% of all respondents reported not asking for support from other community members. and among a specifically at risk population that this figure was as high as 59%. This was cited by StanBH HRS prevention. In the senior population aed 65 and older, nearly 45% of residents were considered economically insecure. According to the elder index, the 2025 2028 community health improvement plan explicitly includes the goal to gather and analyze data and social isolation and related behavioral health needs in Santaas County to identify priority populations and this was through the health services agency. Now, love our neighbors has conducted its own research through our Loen survey survey where we have surveyed 461 participants in a year which include participants and host. We have gathered key data that shows how impactful connections are. So, people crave connection. Isolation and loneliness surged in recent years. decline in community

engagement, volunteerism, and neighborhood safety. As we see more and more residents become more withdrawn and disconnected and connected to their tech, iPads, iPhones, reduce quality of life and resilience, especially for vulnerable groups such as seniors, youth, and low-income families. The benefits of gathering facts. People who have friends and close confidence are more satisfied with their lives and less likely to suffer from depression. This was from the American Psychological Association. Improved mental and emotional well-being for individuals and families. Empowered neighborhoods where kindness, volunteerism, and mutual care become part of the local culture. And of course, our sources of informations are from the CDC.gov. Love our neighbors. What do we do? So, Love Our Neighbors believes in the power of bringing people together. We seek to equip and inspire people to host neighborhood gatherings. We foster deeper connections and a sense of belonging amongst each other. How? through our platforms at loves sennoscount.orgneighbors. We make it simple for residents, churches, and our city leaders to connect by assessing our toolkit. The tools we have toolkits, neighborhood connection kits, mini grants are also available. We also offer neighbor neighbor connect kits that contain uh multiple activities so that neighborhoods can create connections. Community Building Works. As I mentioned before, we received 401 participant surveys and roughly about 60 host

surveys in the past year where people have expressed optimism after gathering. 96% stated they felt more connected to their neighbors community after their event. 96.3 feel an increased level of optimism towards their neighbor. 93.3 stated if they needed help, they could call on the neighbor. 99.4% believe community connection is important and decreases isolation and depression tool. Neighborhood connections toolkit didn't show up. It's okay. We have created a toolkit called the neighborhood connections toolkit which you guys will find in your binders. The content serves as a blueprint on how to start planning a gathering event or connection. The goal is to simp simplify the planning process with tips and tools many of our neighbors can use. In the toolkit, you will find a neighborhood magnet, a list for contacts, ideas, tips for successful planning, setting a date, a budget, and selecting a location. Also, needs for permits, entertainment, and spreading the word. It also contains information on our grants, information on our neighborhood connections activity kits and how to draft an invitation even at the end. It contains the QR codes for feedback. We want the public to give us their feedback so that they again we can map out which communities are thriving and which need more attention.

Gabby for clarification. So is this inperson assistance uh when using the toolkit? Right. So when you're applying for this um it it asks specific specifically in the applications um do you need assistance uh either acquiring supplies uh event planning etc etc so is this actual like inperson kind of assistance

um we can inperson assist I've had in the past instead of requesting a visa vanilla card which I will get to in the for the financial assistance it's usually um people submit their application online so they ask for uh they have a budget. They draft the budget and they ask for supplies or food or drinks and then I'll give them a Visa Vanilla card and they're able to purchase these items with the Visa Vanilla Card. If they want my help to draft an invitation, I will draft that for them. Like Ranson Towers and Modesto needed an invitation, so I drafted it for them. So that was my question is is do we would they receive any kind of you know expert help in kind of the planning process and stuff like that? Thank you.

Definitely. They can also I had another uh lady state that she wasn't too familiar like with Amazon or she didn't really have a I don't think she had a car so I purchased the items for her and then she had someone pick them up from our office or I can also drop them off to her but it's it's rare occasions. So these are our tools uh magnets. Uh we have some bookmarks. We have our tool our website that has all of the information and bottom the iPhone. Um our link to our application is super easy. It's like around maybe 10 questions. So I can text that to people. I could email it to them. They can scan the QR code on our toolkit or go on our website and access that. And you will find on your packets also some some goodies in there and some stickers. So we also uh want people that are already connecting like that they have like book clubs or walking groups to also submit their feedback because that way we can again map areas that are thriving and map areas that are in need. So this is one of our stickers. So if you see Riverbank on the top right and then the following will be stories and quotes. So here are just some of the neighborhood connections that have been spearheaded aside from our city day. Two of the two of these were put on by Sammy who is the lover Riverbank city leader and I quote on the left. Norma from Riverbank attended Fourth of July bike bag bike parade. She stated, "I love that I saw so many people that we see in different parts of our daily life together in one event. My neighbor, the teacher, the karate instructor, the

person from the movies, people from the fireworks booth all together." In the middle, Clara from Riverbank attended the Boo Bash event and she stated, "My daughter had a ton of a ton of fun. All the little activities that Love Riverbank put together was awesome. On the right, we have Paula from Patterson. She attended a paint your pumpkin event and she stated, "I connected with other moms in my neighborhood." Categories for connections. We have community asset guided resources, block connector, health and wellness, neighborhood skill swap, neighborhood events, and then how can you connect? Well, it's simple. There's so many ideas out there. Game nights, community gardens, book clubs, block parties, pet playdates, and of course, we're always open to people's ideas. Is cost a barrier? Apply for a mini grant. Need-based one-time grants, jumpstarting qualifying community gatherings, purchasing supplies, food or drinks, um fund entertainment, and promotional. And of course, there are limited availability. So apply early and we do have um up to 10 grants for the city of Riverbank. Sammy has um applied in the past because she needs all the help that she she can get. Um so she has applied for a few, but um it's also open to any neighbors that want to apply and that are Riverbank residents. Family strengthening. So the family strengthening through neighborhood connections is a phase two of love our neighbors. It increases social connections. It builds leadership. It increases engagement amongst neighbors

and health and wellness resources are given as well. This phase um is a duplication of parent cafes from center for human services. Um it comes directly from be strong training and this will come in April or Mayish. Um the five protective factors for that are parent resilience, social connections, knowledge of parenting and child development, concrete support in times of need, social and emotional competence of children, and we will also be training. So it's kind of like a train the trainers situation and it's open also to churches, nonprofit organizations, and just um people in general. We have in Patterson, we have a coalition called the Westside, Newman, Patterson, Grayson, um, and Wesley. Um, so they're the West Side. We're going to train them to be able to uh facilitate parent cafes for the Westside as well. not so much in like the Center for Human Services places, but coaches, MMA coaches have also applied for this. And what's next? So, we want you to spread the word with your community clients, church, or host a gathering yourself. You can contact us at loves sunnissance county.org/nneighbors. And how can you help? You can also reach out to me gabbyloscount.org and you can access the toolkit or even access the mini grant application on the hyperlink in our website and it's in both English and Spanish. The toolkit will also be in English and Spanish. I did bring a stack for you guys in English and Spanish and I left them with Gabby

community. All right, community of Riverbank. It was a pleasure to present to you and I'm open for any questions. Thank you very much. Are there any questions or comments from council? Right. Thank you so much, Gabby. Thanks for making the time. Okay, so we have public comment at this time. Members of the public may comment on any item not appearing on the agenda and within the subject matter jurisdiction of the city council L board. Individual comments will be limited to maximum of three minutes and time cannot be yielded to another person. Under state law, matters presented during public comment cannot be discussed or acted upon.

Mayor, we did not receive any um public comment cards in the chamber and we do not have anyone on Zoom. All right. So, we do have uh I will open it up to those in the audience and uh can you please join us up here? We have are you here in your capacity for editor Alvarado?

Yes. Hi, good afternoon uh Mayor Hernandez, members of the uh Riverbank City Council and uh local um Riverbank residents. Uh my name is Alexis Chavez. I am a field representative for Senator Marie Alvado Gil and I represent the city of Riverbank. Well, I cover the city of Riverbank. So, if any members of the council ever need something from our office, please feel free to reach out to me. And um I just uh I want to do a legislative update and uh just on a catch catch up catch you guys up on what the senator has been doing. And it is so nice to be back here in the community of Riverbank. Uh we recently had a meet and greet on February 6 at Mountain Mike in which the senator came and she was able to meet with some of the residents from Riverbank. And we've also been having hosting uh recent events throughout Stannis Los County. Uh we hosted an a and water policy roundt last Thursday. Uh we also had another meeting and greet last Friday in Oakdale and the senator also did a Stan RTA tour and also a Stannis County Farm Bureau Northeast Regional meeting. um some of our upcoming events. Uh today I had mobile office hours in Patterson and um next week we will have mobile office hours at the Modesto library since the county library is closed. But um just to give you guys a legislative update. Um she recently wrote an update oped regarding the closure of oil refineries in the state leading to higher fuel prices. um introduce a package of wildfire defense and energy bills that include AB 1084, a tax credit for home hardening, SB 1118, a 50% tax credit for backup electricity or solar generators for up to 5,000 or 7,500 uh respectively. and SB1162 which builds on existing law um that

updating and reporting every 5 years on key action items track and ensure the achievement of the goals and key actions identified in the state's wildfire and forest resilience action plan and this bill require the department of forestry and fire protection to identify ways to prioritize the state efforts to reduce wildfire hazards in the wildland urban um interface identified in the action plan for zip codes that have and seen the largest increases in the fair plan policies. And lastly, um SB1234, which is also known as Leo's law, would require that when a juvenile court orders a parent or a guardian to submit to testing for control substances, the panel also include testing for fentinol. And that is all I have to report for you guys. Any questions? Okay, thank you for your time. Any other public comment not on the agenda? Okay, nothing on Zoom. Okay, we are going to move on to the consent calendar. Is there any consider or discussion or consideration for items 9.1 and 9 to 9.3?

So, I'll make a motion to approve the consent calendar. Second. Roll call, please. Council member Oribe. Yes. Council member FSY. Yes. Council member Call. Yes. Vice Mayor Pimementel. Yes. Mayor Hernandez, yes. Motion passes 5-0. Item 10.1. We have a couple public hearings. A resolution approving the L midyear budget adjustments for 25 to 26. and we have Cody, our public works director. Thank you.

So, this agenda item is just a single adjustment to the mid-year budget for fiscal year 202526 for the local redevelopment authority. And we have one light item uh in the current adopted budget and we have a proposed adjustment of 27,000 due to contract negotiations and unfunded liability was not captured at the beginning of the year. So this results in a 15% increase in subsidy that is provided by the city's general fund. Here you have a breakdown uh right there of the blue highlighted. It goes from 163 that was in the original 2526 adopted budget and will be adjusted to 190,000. Staff's recommendation is that the L board adopt a resolution approving the L mid-year budget 202526 line item adjustment uh to the approved budget and be happy to answer any questions that you may have.

Thank you. Questions or comments from council? Just for clarification, that's a Kalpers adjustment, right, Cody? On the salary site, it is due to the labor negotiations that took place recently and Kalpers's adjustments. Yes. Okay. Any other questions or comments? All right. This is a public hearing, so I'm going to open it up to public comment. Are there any public comments in the audience or online? We did not receive any comment cards or there is no one on Zoom wishing to speak.

Right. We are going to close this public comment uh period. Uh we'll bring it back to council for any other questions or comments or consideration. Make a motion that we approve uh the recommendation for the L board. I'll second it. Roll call, please. Authority member. Yes. Member FSY. Yes. Member call. Yes. Vice Chair Pimento. Yes. Chair Hernandez. Yes. Motion passes 5-0.

Thank you. Thank you, Cody. Item 10.2, resolution approving the fiscal year 2526 midyear budget adjustments. I turn my mic on. [laughter] Thank you, mayor. I'll just wait a moment for our presentation. Um but tonight we are um here to review our midyear budget review um for our fiscal year 202526 for the citywide funds. Um this provides us an opportunity to revisit projections that were made during the annual operating budget um adoption period which was in June of 2025. We can make any adjustments based on new information, emergency needs and/or revenue and expenditure trends. It provides departments with an opportunity to request new appropriations for emergency projects, equipment that might require immediate attention. So, here is a graph of our general fund revenue growth over the years. Um you do see that there is a slight dip in 2526. Um and that is primarily due in 2425. We received some from funds from the insurance um for insurance reimbursement based on our public works um corporation yard fire. So we've been going through replacing um equipment and making repairs. And so we had received some of that funds in the 2425 So, we did um have an increase to our revenues, a small increase of 104,425. Um a slight increase in the property tax revenues in our building permits. Um a decrease in what we're seeing from our cops and uh SLEA fund planning and zoning fees had a small increase of 14,600.

The largest increase that you see up there is to our interest income of almost 70,000. And then we had a sale of some surplus equipment that was not anticipated but 18,300 for our uh general fund expenditures. Um you're you see a large increase um in our 2526 budget. Um, and the major increase in that budget is we had some new general fund subsidies um that included our Sierra House and um the local redevelopment um the LRA and we had an increase in our recreation subsidy. So in our expenditures we have an increase of 484,000. Um, of that we have 121,000 that was based on labor negotiations and then some corrections to personnel cost of 72,000 and that was um some calculations and allocations that were done incorrectly. Um, additional subsidy for the LRA which was just previously approved on the uh previous item. Um, administration. So, some building modifications here in our administration building to add two workstations um for some needed positions um for additional staff. In our public safety, there was a correction to what the camera cost was. Unfortunately, it was put in as a one-mon um amount instead of for 12 months. So, we we missed putting a 12 in there and only a one was in there. Uh development services. So, um, at our past council meeting, the city council approved, um, the lease for our new city hall east across the way. Um,

so staff is asking for $91,276. That would include new furniture, cubicles, chairs, tables, some carpet, and some security measures. So this is where our general fund mid um reserve is. Um we are projecting with these changes for the general fund to reserve to end with a 43% um reserve balance and the green is the midyear. The blue is the original budget that was adopted. So there was no change in the beginning reserve um fund. Uh this shows our amended revenues, the amended expenditures um with the anticipated reserve to be 7.2 million. Um we are carrying a structural deficit of 2,623,915. Um the original reserve balance was projected at 7.6 six million. So it's a reduction of about $411,000. So what we would consider in our future budgets or any revenue changes potentially and property taxes and a result of new development both residential and commercial and then an increase in any of our sales tax um related to development of add additional commercial. Um we also want to continue evaluating our department staffing, any capital needs that may have no other funding sources, and then our ongoing subsidies to other funds, which is our gas tax, the maintenance um for our maintenance of effort of our streets and roads, continued increases in the recreation

subsidy, our Sierra House continued subsidy, and then the LRA continued subsidy. And then just for clarification, so those bottom four categories uh that that that totals the the 2.1 right the the structural deficit pretty much.

So yeah so in our subsidies we have a total of 2.2 million in subsidies um that are being budgeted at this time which are made up from those. There are also our neighborhood improvement or our code enforcement we subsidize and um a very small to the community center. Um that is a subsidy. So I'm going to move on to our gas tax fund. Um and we had I revised the beginning reserve balance on that. Um, sorry, missing my notes here. So, we did make some changes to revenues that included updated state projections for the gas tax funding in the amount of 103,000. Expenditures were slightly increased based on labor negotiations and some minor personnel corrections. Um, and that is about it on the gas tax. We're still anticipated ending that um, reserve balance with 154,675. Reserve balances in the gas tax are primarily from your SP1 funds. Um, all of your other gas tax goes towards street maintenance, which doesn't support all of the street maintenance. That's why there's a general fund subsidy there on that. Add a note on that because we have um a active audience. Um this is we mention it every time, but this is continually the subsidy is going to continually increase um per the changes in our gas tax with the state that are out of our

control um and changes in general with hybrid and electric vehicles um usage. So, um, this is something that, you know, the council and I are paying close attention to, uh, because I we're going to have to keep, uh, increasing our subsidy from the general fund, uh, to cover the balance that decreases from the state. Um, so for our roads and correct, what you mentioned? Yes.

So, in our sewer fund, um, we have revised our beginning reserve balance. Um revenues were increased based on some current trends. Um expenditures. We did have our labor negotiation um and personnel corrections and along with an increase in our maintenance on equipment. Um and that fund is anticipated to have 11.5 million um which has that uh larger 136% reserve balance. Um and those reserve funds would be um to apply towards any of our CIP projects. Um for this fund, the water fund analysis um we did have a slight increase into our revenues expenditures again were based on um the labor negotiations and a few minor corrections. This fund is estimated to have a negative ending fund reserve balance of 554,000. Um, it does currently has been running a structural deficit. Our water rates have not been increased since 2019. Staff has begun repair preparing to issue a request for proposals for a consultant to conduct our water rate study. our public benefit fund analysis. The only adjustment to this fund was just amend the beginning reserve balance.

Then just just for clarification for the public. So So this one is another one that uh the council has been kind of watching closely. Uh we've been slowly watching the fund kind of drop about roughly 200,000 per year. uh given at this rate uh we're you know uh with 811,000 to go uh we're looking at 4 to 5 years where the general fund will have to pick up the the the remaining expenditures out of this balance as well. So that's something that we're watching closely as well. So another subsidy that's coming to the general fund um year down the road.

Right. So where are we going preparing for our future? Our fiscal year 2627 budget will we will start beginning those preparations in the next few weeks. Um we will include major expenditures which would include you know the evaluation of our staffing needs, any increase in costs in supplies or services, maintenance on city buildings and infrastructure and evaluation of any equipment needs. So, it is recommended that the city council consider um approving the resolution with the midyear budget amendments for fiscal year 2526. And I'm open for questions. Thank you. Any other questions or comments from council at this time? If not, I will open it up for a public hearing. Are there any comments or questions from the audience or Zoom? We're gonna have Diego come up for a comment or question.

One of the questions I had was um Could you state your name?

Hi, I'm Diego. Hi, council. Hi, mayor. One of the questions I had was um we're running a deficit. I think it's total projected at 6.8 million across all funds. Um, one of my concerns is that we're eating through our reserves on all of our funds, that we need to tighten our belts fiscally on on what's being spent, and also I want to take a good look at uh specifically focusing on the sewer budget, but specifically focusing on the outbound transfers out of our enterprise funds. Um, in previous years, um, there's certain transfers that go out that have a designation as a management fee, and that management fee has gone up yearon year. I think going five years ago, that fee was about 700 800,000, and that fee is generally used to cover expenses outside of the enterprise. Um, in 2024, I believe our finance director made a change to some of the payroll where some of the payroll started started to get shifted into the enterprise accounts. She may be able to comment on that. And uh, what I would like to see is anything that any transfer out from these enterprise funds that they be designated or shown because we can't see it in the budget anymore. in the budget. We used to be able to see in 2022, we used to be able to see anytime that there was a management fee, whether that management fee existed in capital expenditures or if it existed in just outbound transfers. Uh the last item, uh I know that there was um some ARPA funds that came our way to cover some of the deficits that existed in 2020. Uh we made some expenditures with those ARPA funds. The solar for the wastewater treatment facility, um there was a guarantee of performance. Um, they're supposed to be giving us some type of monthly report, I'm assuming, right? Or some type of maybe bianual report for the solar. I think it's been going since

maybe October, November when the project was finally completed. Um, if we can see the the performance report on those solar, seeing it's if it's actually offsetting some of the expenses. Uh, if you look at the utility expenses year, they've actually increased. They haven't actually decreased. But again, the solar has just been uh working since about October, I think maybe November. So, if we could start seeing those performance guarantees. Uh, and then the only other item that I can have a question on would be just a review of any type of transfers out, anything that is designated as a management fee. Payroll has increased just on the sewer fund alone 300% in three years. So, that way we can see if any monies is leaving the account. I think this year alone the projected budget shows 2.7 million in outbound transfers. Thank you.

You any other public comment on there is no one on Zoom. Mayor I will close this public hearing. I'll bring it back to council for any more questions or consideration. I make a motion that we approve resolution um for the midyear budget. I'll second it. Roll call, please. Council member Odbe. Yes. Council member FSY. Yes. Council member Call. Yes. Vice Mayor Pimementel. Yes. Mayor Hernandez. Yes. Motion passes 50.

We are going to move on to cons. No, we did that. 11.1 uh provide direction on a facility fee waiver request for Riverbank Youth Baseball and Softball Association in the amount of $16,500 for the use of the Castleberg Park Sports Field and Concession Stand. And we're going to have Director Michael Patton this report.

Good evening, Mayor and Council. Um, so we received a request from the Riverbank Youth Baseball and Softball Association um to be able to use the facilities at Casburg Park for their upcoming season. Um, to kind of provide a little bit of background, in May 27th of 2025, the city council approved a fee waver policy to allow city staff to wave up to $7,500 annually for city- owned facilities. Uh this policy came in place at a time where about every city council meeting we're providing there's a new item on the agenda of hey this organization wants to rent the community center this comm this this organization wants to rent the scout hall uh to kind of expedite exped expedite the process and instead of coming to you guys every two weeks with something new uh we created this policy to allow city staff to do it internally. Um to date we've uh since for about 10 months, nine months of this policy, we've waved up to about 5,500 uh dollars worth of fees, leaving us around $2,000 uh with a variety of organizations. On January 27th of 2026, the city council approved a fee schedule update for the parks and recreation department. This came in after the city uh completed a financial sustainability study on the department uh to review our finances and figure out create goals on how we can improve our cost recovery. Um in that study the consultants found our cost recovery is 16% meaning for about every $100 we spend we make about $16. The national average is about 25% with Cal the state of California just slightly less than that. Uh the consultant did say that we are below the state average on the cost recovery. Uh in that uh fee schedule update, fees were updated for the sport sports fields at Caspark Park. We do have them available for organizations, community members to rent and use and utilize. That fee schedule included the following here. So field

use is $30 per hour per field. We do require a deposit of $200. The usage of lights for evening games or activities is $35 per hour per field. Um if there is a request to have a staff member on site um that is $22 per hour. We do provide field dragging to make the fields the dirt a little bit nice and soft and look nice. We don't provide the chalking that's at $75 per hour to offset staff time and equipment materials to make that work. And then concession stand we do have $200. It's $200 per day that matches the use that we have at the sports complex with that fee. So, we want to make it consistent across the board. So, the request that as mentioned before, the Riverbank Youth Baseball and Softball Association has requested a fee waiver in the amount of an estimated 250 hours of field use for their upcoming season and an estimated 45 days of concession stand use. So if you grab the fees from the fee schedule, 250 hours times $30 an hour equals $7,500. And then 45 days FO consistan use uh it's $200 per day uh for 45 days equals 9,000. So that equals 16,500. Um, as city staff, we provided three options that for the city council to consider um is in reviewing this fee schedule or not fee schedule, this request and kind of tying back to our uh policy um that we approve for waving the fees. Um anything that exceeds the city or the staff's authority would be bring being would be brought to city council for your approval. So that's why we're kind of here today. Uh so option one is to approve the fee waiver request. Um in these options I will provide pros and cons that staff has identified.

Michael if you could just provide some context before we get into the options. Um historically how much of the 16500 has the organization paid in previous years.

So I started here in late 2023. So my first interaction with the organization was in 2024. Uh, prior to that, my knowledge has been a handshake agreement to where the organization u, let me back up here. Um, they would pay zero dollars in field use. Um, they would pay for lights. Um, as far as a deposit, I'm not familiar with the deposit being paid. Uh, a site monitor would not be required to be out there. Um, staff has um, prior to my being here, my knowledge that they would do field work at the request of the organization. They would not do chalking but they would do dragging in the fields and then the concession stand was provided to the organization at no cost. Um last year we kind of tied things down a little bit. We worked with the organization on creating anou which was the first to my knowledge with with the organization uh where again field use was not paid. We did request a deposit. The organization did pay for lights. Um the organization also requested that um that the restrooms be unlocked. Again, our city policies that restrooms are locked in the evenings or parks are closed in the evenings once sun sets. Um which made it difficult for the organization as they have night games. Uh so we agreed to have a site monitor on site that would leave the restrooms unlocked and they could kind monitor the facility. The organization would pay for that staff member's time. Uh field drag fee. So if the organization requested that the staff to prep the fields, they would pay out reimburse for that time and they did last year. And then concession stand, we um at minimum asked to cover the utilities of the concession stand. The issue is that the concession stand is not metered. They'll everything at the park is on one meter. So we estimate about $200 a month roughly to cover that utility fee, which they did pay. Uh so that last year was kind of the first year where they paid a little bit more than what they've been asked to. And so with the structure of the fee

schedule, with everything we kind of set up in place, it's now lining up to where um we're seeking an official formal fee um fee waiver. Um so going back to the options. So option one is approve the fee waiver request. The pros of this is the city would be financially assisting a an organization that's been here operating riverbank for many many years. uh we'd be supporting local youth participating in recreation and physical health. The cons are the city would be absorbing the financial burden of the reservation uh and uses of the concession stands fields. The other con is kind of sets a presence for other groups similar to the organization that could request fee wages as well. U we do have other organizations that use our facilities like the sports complex that are youth based or nonprofits that we generate revenue to offset the cost and maintain those facilities. Um so that could set a precedence with that. So if option one if city council decides to go with option one city staff is recommending some conditions. Um again US council can make take or leave the recommendations as are but this is what we recommend. Um that the group be responsible pay for funding the add-on. So the deposit the fuel light use side monitor and fuel drags. We also suggest an agreement be signed between the city and the organization to kind of outline responsibilities. Uh the group provides insurance that meets department standards. Uh the city is listed as a top tiered sponsor and receives all the benefits of a sponsorship that they have through the organization. Um a current letter of determination from the IRS showing that the nonprofit organization is in good standing. So that way when we're offering these benefits that we're making sure that we're doing with an organization that is good staying with the state and with the federal level and then provide financial report showing the organization's current financial situation. This includes a budget of the upcoming season. Also bank statements. One thing you want to make sure is that we're providing a subsidy of this

stature that it's in it's an absolute need, not a nice to have. Um so we want to make sure we're making we're making these financial commitments. it's for organization that desperately needs it. Uh option two is to to deny the fee waver request. Um the pros is that it reduces the direct and indirect expenditures incurred by the city by Rivers's use of the facility. The other pro is if the or if it is denied the organization does decide to pay the fees if they're able to that means additional revenue for the city for the usage of the of the facility and improves our financial sustainability. The cons are then the financial burden goes onto the organization and that kind of takes away from them reinvesting into their program, investing into the youth. Um, also it does shine a negative light of public perception of the city not supporting a local organization that's been here in the the city for many years. And so if this option is approved by council, we do ask that you provide reasoning uh for denied request so that we can take that information and use that to communicate with the organization and other organizations some of the ribs of that may make future requests. Option three is kind of a mixture of both a partial approval of the fee waiver request. Um the pros are that limits the financial burden placed on the city to provide the requested amenities. Um it also requires a buyin from the organization to um like I said take better care of the facility, make sure that we're in good standing. Um we're kind of be more in partners in that sense. The con similar to the first option is that it does set some precedence with nonprofit organizations that are similar to RIZA that we may come see similar requests. Uh the other con is that we still face some sort of financial burden um with that. Um some ideas of a partial fee waiver um that we thought of is you could take a percentage of the total fee waiver amount. So you could say um maybe not pay the whole amount but pay for half or

pay for 10% of it or whatever it may be. Um another idea is instead of a for the concession stand a $200 a day use we may say hey we do a revenue split. So you may not be charging $200 a day but um we take a percentage of that revenue which will be less than that $200. Uh in kind work to perform to be performed on the facility. So repainting back stops. Um one item that the organization has requested many times from the city is to install shade structures. They can go and do fundraising for that and donate the money to the city or use their 501c3 designation to apply for grants to improve the park as a whole. Uh the other option is to do volunteer hours as an organization for city programs and events throughout the year. So we do have like our haunted hay ride, cheese and wine where we desperately seek volunteers. So we could trade that compensation instead of cash as volunteer hours. Um so again those are just some ideas. I'm sure there's hundreds of ideas out there that we haven't thought of. Again just some ideas to get the brain working. Again, if this option is approved, we do require or request as staff the similar things that are often want to provide or is requesting. Uh again responsible for funding the add-ons, deposit field lights, parkade, field drags, anou or some sort of formative agreement, insurance, a top tier list as a sponsor, uh letter of determination from the IRS, and then financial report showing the organization's financial need for that partial um fee waiver. Uh so the recommendation by city staff is for the city council to select one of the three options provided by the department of parks and recreation regarding the requested waiver of the facility fees for the riverbank youth based on softball association the amount of 16,500 for use of the council park sports fields and concession stand and I'm available for any questions that council may have.

Thank you. All right um council comments or questions. Okay. So, Michael, since the day I met you, you've been kind of advocating, you know, you love partnerships, so you kind of kind of might have an idea of kind of where where I'll be going with this one. Um, this is kind of new territory, though. So, it is a new fee structure, right? And so, we're seeing directly the impact to a nonprofit of expenses of or a cost uh yeah, expenses of 16,500 uh to a nonprofit local. They've been here for quite some time, right? And so that is that is a huge cost that they're going to have to absorb or pass on or etc etc. So, um I do like uh this turning into some kind of partnership though like um so currently we are subsidizing the recreation department at 979,000 right and so that that is a concern right we've kind of talked about that in in the mid in the mid-year budget so that is that is a concern but I think this uh is an opportunity to kind of maybe do uh some kind of a short-term agreement maybe like a one-term a one-year agreement um let's kind of see what option three is um I do like since they are a 5013C they do have uh funding available that we don't right so like grant opportunities that they can apply for that we don't um that they that we can reinvest in the park that right at Caswork Park where they're already using um so I would like to see uh that as part of the agreement uh the grant applications uh the 7030 split on concessions is something we do with a ton of other vendors if I'm not mistaken so that would make sense here as Well, um, so that's that's where I'm leaning. Uh, option three, what that looks like is, uh, I'd love to hear some more ideas from the rest of the council. I'd love to hear from the organization on what they think. Um, again, I want this to be a partnership. Um, uh, a full a full waiver uh, I don't think makes sense. I would like to see some of that buy in

um, like you stated, but uh, let's let's let's see what the rest of the council thinks. So, I definitely think this is a big opportunity for a partnership. I just had a couple of questions. Um, on the park aid for the art aid that we were supplying, was that strictly for the restrooms or what other support were they offering? That was mainly for the restrooms. Um, our parkade would check them periodically, make sure that things are clean and good standing. That's the reason why we lock them because they often get vandalized in the evenings. Um, outside of that, they would once in a while patrol the park, pick up trash, but mainly be stationed near the restrooms.

And is it possibility in our uh partnership to supply them with a key to monitor that on their own? We have explored that option last year. Um, we uh the idea was we could supply the key. The issue we've seen that sometimes the restrooms forget to be un locked up and so we have talked with them the idea of maybe we can do that but the liability would shift onto them if there are damages and that was Latin talking last year that was a um an idea that they would much prefer to have the liability stay with the city with the site monitor on site and then for the 250 hours that you came up with was that 250 hours is that combining the two fields so 125 hours per field

that's to my understanding I guess. Okay. And then I guess this might be a question um for the organization when it comes to a potential 7030 split, but um about how they're tracking cells. So I think I'd like to hear from the organization a little bit more on um what they're doing with that so that we can make a determination on that.

Any other comments? Um, I appreciate we've we've had a quite a few conversations about this and want to thank Ray BSA for being great partners, especially this last year, year and a half with Parks and Wreck. Um, I agree we should I I almost want to have um theou be discussed internally between the organization and parks and wreck, but be multi-year. Um, so that uh I do think it's a bit um personally I think it's a bit much to ask for the full amount. Obviously I think we're all on the same page for this initial year but to explore how that would look in a three-year um with the add-ons being uh in the responsibility of the organization however that seems appropriate um and continue to have that conversation. And I am curious and I think with any of the options it would be appropriate to ask for the letter of determination uh the financial um uh documents uh and uh there was a couple other things as well but um insuranceances. Yes, thank you. So regardless of that multi-year or single year, those three things should be provided. Um and I mean I'll stop there as well. I would like to hear from the organization. So, we we all really do appreciate everything you've done over these years. So, any public comment or Gabby, could you guide us through that?

Are we doing public organization first? Is there someone representing the organization can that can speak? We'll have one represent for public comment but mayor's asking for someone on behalf of the organization to speak if you want to just share something on behalf of the organization and then our treasurer can speak to I think he can answer questions about the financial aspect. Okay. Thank you.

Um I think on behalf of our organization we do want to thank you guys for all the work you have done. Um it's been a wonderful partnership. R YBSA has been around since uh in our in our mapping since the 60s and we have seen generations upon generations of kids come through our Riverbank baseball and find a love for the outdoors and sports and a community aspect of that and we think that's something we do really awesome. Uh, one of the things I want to encourage though is option one in our opinion cannot be an option unfortunately because it would cause us to be non-existent anymore. Um, the amount of money that that is asking. Uh, we try to keep our fees low and we are a nonprofit running with moms and dads that are around just doing our work.

I'm so sorry to interrupt you. Could we get the audience to So, it's a little bit distracting. Thank you very much.

Oh, sorry. Option two, I'm sorry. Option two was the amount that Sorry. Option two was paying the full amount. I'm sorry. Uh, it's been a long day. I'm an eighth grade teacher. I've been counting and doing stuff all day, so I apologize. Um, but asking for the entire 16 over 16,000 from a small organization that runs on a shoestring budget. um sitting at Pizza Plus once a month trying to figure out how do we get kids with baseballs on a field to have fun and so asking for $16,000 after we've collected fees already. Um we don't make money from this. We don't keep a uh a large budget on hand. Um that is something that we poss we definitely could not do. Um, with that being said, uh, we love the idea of working with parks and wreck. I think we've started that relationship last year. I think it's been a a really cool opportunity. Um, and we'd love to keep working on it. The amount of money that is being asked, I think, has to be discussed because we are an organization that tries to keep our fees very low for our um, kids and our families. We've seen enrollment drop already just because of the situation that is out there with our um economy and everything. We've dropped quite considerably and so um we'd like to find a way to work that out within our budget.

Thank you very much. Your name for the record. My name is Philip Sharp. I am the RBSA baseball director. All right, we will move to public comment and we will have our speak. Never mind. Thank you very much.

Uh, thank you, Mayor Hernandez and council. My name is Charles Leam. I'm the treasurer for R YBSA for this year. Um, there there's lots of lots of thoughts going through my head right now. I do have both our cash flow from last year as well as our this fiscal year uh budget report available. I have multiple copies so I can provide that uh after the meeting for review. I do have our 503 503C designation as well with us. Um, in terms of our our budget, our total budget last year, we brought in 81,000 and then we ended up spending uh 70,000. So, we had about 10,000 left over. Uh, we started with only like $2,000 in our checking account. So, we budgeted to have reserves for that. Uh going into this into our budget which was voted in and ratified in October of 2025, we budgeted based off the priorou of about the same amount which was about 25 2700 um that we had that we had paid. It was a $1,50 initial deposit we did put down. So there was an initial deposit under theou from last year and then an additional 1,70041 in um lights usage site monitor fees and there was a field drag as well. Uh after the the season starts after the rains kind of settled down after that initial drag we the organization has been responsible for maintaining the field. We we'll go out with our cart, drag drag the fields, level them out a little bit. Uh we do all the the chalking and the lining as well. So I think we we've

tried to be good uh participants, good neighbors, good partners in in that. Um the the fact of the matter is if the if we were forced with the 16,500 today, we would be insolvent. we would have to cancel our season for the year, refund all the money that we could, and we would probably be bankrupt at that point. We would have to dissolve the organization. Uh, and that's just a simple matter of fact because there are already costs we've incurred in this season. We've already had capital outlay for uniforms. Our insurance policies have been paid up for the year. Uh, that that is money I can't get back and it won't be covered uh by after refunds. Um, so it would be we would probably just have to dissolve Um the stack bar is a decent revenue generator for us. Um looking at the numbers, we brought in revenue of $9,000 in the stack bar. We don't we are not charging Oakland A's prices. It's like a $150 hot dog. Um, so that $9,000 if we had to pay for the concession stand just on its own wipes out like why would we even have the snack bar if we're just going to bring in money to send it back out back out again? We can certainly look at raising prices a little bit uh you know but it it's not it's over multiple days. It's not a a a huge amount of revenue in the grand scheme of things uh for us, but the the the use fees as as proposed would would negate all of our our SAP bar fees.

You Thank you very much. We we may ask you questions a little bit later. We appreciate it. U Mr. Lam, right? Charles. Okay, perfect. Thank you for the record. Public comment, Mayor. Um Kathy Burke.

Good evening. Um I am also on the board of RIPSA. I'm the secretary. I have been on the board since 2021, which was a season where our budget started and stayed at about $2,000. Um there have been vacancies on our board. There's about five to eight of us that put the whole thing on and it's our our volunteer time, our hours that go into that to to make this season happen, make every season happen. Um, like my counterpoint said, like we meet at once a month. We try to work out all the details. Um, in addition to that, we are taking comments and feedback from our community. So, the bathroom issue was based on parents needing that, right? based on them complaining to us that we have practices, we have kids out here and there's people at the playground and little brothers and all the things that can go on during that time of, you know, after five or after six. Um, even when we did potentially have it our responsibility to be able to open and unlock based out of the snack bar of the bathrooms, we had um some situations where children were going into the bathroom and there were assumed unhoused people um using the facilities to clean themselves like so that attendant is necessary um for us not to take on that responsibility in that mode as well. Again, there's not 25 people there monitoring everything at every time. We're all We're all doing as much as we can. Um it was two years ago that um our former president and I and our daughters stood here and received a proclamation from the city for our work that we do and for the efforts that we put into place. And um we want to continue to do that. And just being in the organization, I've met so many different people in since moving to Riverbank, since doing that from kids that I was, you know, hurting in the

dugout when they were three, four, five years old and now they are, you know, playing competitive softball and baseball and um have known the families for a really long time, see everybody around town and all of that. And so I think the organization is a really important thing that we have in this city. um even kids that maybe don't continue on playing throughout the whole time. Everyone is touched by it. Everyone seems to um come through at some point. Uh we close registration in January. Um I manage our website and our email and I think we've gotten like 30 people that are just like, "Oh my gosh, I missed it." You know, can we can we can we? Um what Charles was saying as well is this, right? I I saw the date of when this was confirmed and we had already locked up our season, closed registration, had our numbers, all of that. So, we have zero ability to kind of plan for this level of um a financial burden to us. And uh it it will be really really difficult to follow through on not just running a season beyond games, but we do try to add as much as we can with events like opening day and closing day. Thank you.

Um, did you still want to speak, Mr. Sharp? No, that was that was okay. And Mr. Leam, did you have other comments? Um, then I have Michael Christie.

Good evening, Mayor Hernandez and council. How you guys doing? Michael Christie um crossroads um east and my kids um both played riverbank baseball in 20124 time. It was it was a great time. I would love to see the if the council the city can support option three in any way. I'd love to see them continue on. Um, also, um, just would like to see them if I don't know legally if the city can go out and ask or it has to do the organization, but with all the new building going on over in Crossroads West, you know, go to these restaurants, you know, Setter Health, you know, maybe they want to sponsor, you know, maybe they want to have their name on the field, maybe it could be Setter Health Field, for example, something. Healthc care is booming right now, revenues in healthcare. So, um, but just just, you know, just any way we can support the organization. Um, maybe, um, some of some of us have had experience in fundraising. I did a lot of it at Enoch, Crossroads, Tostac, um, Cub Scouts back in the day. I just like to see it continue on. I'd like to see if the, you know, the city and council can work with them. And and I would love to know from the treasurer here if you know giving them half option three giving them half of the waiver if that's going to be sustainable for them for the season if that's going to even work you know. So anyway just would love to see the organization go forward. It's great. It's great for the community. It's great for the kids. Thanks.

Thank you. Um Diego Hi, council. My name is Diego. I um I think we should support the organization, maybe even consider postponing uh all options until we can actually talk with the organization, maybe in private to come up with something different. Um, if you look at the payrolls salaries for the parks and wreck, it's gone up. It's uh gone up 198% from two the actual figures from 2023 up until the amended budget of 2025 2026. It's gone up 198%. It's 200%. So, I don't think that the shortfall we should be looking for should necessarily be in this waiver. My kids have played in the league for years. I coached. Um we help out the kids. I sometimes I pick them up taking them. Um not a lot of the kids have all the resources um you know available to them. I whenever I'm done we motivated a friend of ours to get her daughter to enroll. We donated some of the equipment. Uh for every kid that goes and wants to play, they need to probably spend anywhere from $200 to $250 at minimum. And then there's the enrollment, which is not much. So, um, what I would recommend if we're trying to cover shortfalls, anything that we received from like the consultancy company, 110%, you know, about renewing our, uh, fee structure for parks and wreck. I understand that parks and wreck doesn't really bring in any ne uh, nominal amount to cover its expenses. It's all relied from inbound transfers from other funds, right? But we shouldn't look to cover the shortfall from them right now. I think maybe we should reconsider it and postpone it entirely and then reconsider it a different time when we've had time to talk to the organization, see what best

works out and then come back at it again. If not, just go with option one. Thank you, Mayor. That is all the comment cards we received. I don't know if there's anyone in the chamber. We did have a hand up earlier on Zoom. Okay, let's go to Zoom and then I'll come back to um number ending in 3108. If you can hear me, did you want to speak on this item? They had their hand up earlier. So, I don't see them raising their hand. Mayor, that is all.

Are there any other comments in the chamber before we come back to council? Okay, thank you so much. Would you like to give a comment?

Um, I agree with Louise and um, Stacy. I do think option three. Um but this year based on what I'm hearing maybe a lower amount because they have already closed their recruitment but some type of compromise on maybe the dollar amount but a lot of [clears throat] these other things definitely um I think we need to look at um also their concession stand and doing some type of share but next year when they have time to prepare and and take their cost into consideration Then we discuss with them what they feel parents would be able to afford, whether it's half the 16 or the 16. But right now, I don't think we can um put on them the full 16 based on their registration being closed. They don't have any way. Um I do suggest that they do some walking around town and see if they can get some sponsors. I think that'd be great. I know um when my kid was playing was a cheerleader and stuff, they did that and there's a lot of restaurants [clears throat] that would probably love to sponsor the kids. Um but my option is three and relying on Michael to make the determination of what they can afford and what part of these we go forward with. So, I would like to um I I wouldn't feel comfortable and forgive my pun uh kind of eat into the profits of the 9,000 um at the snack bar. So, I kind of am leaning towards just kind of eliminating that at the moment. Uh so, for for option three, if we can pull up that first that first one, uh option three right there. So all of those to me and thank you Charles for sharing the uh the financials there. So it kind of gives us an insight um as to

a decision here. So I think uh those there was there a page two on this one I Yes. So there's three pages on the slide. So we have the pros and cons uh ideas for partial and

so so it shows like the grants and the volunteers. So that that's where I think we can right that's that's value right. So that uh to me I I I see a lot of value in that. Then being able to apply for the grants, I see value in that. Then potentially being able to, you know, get some funding that we that we can't get at all. And so then al also uh volunteer hours, right, for some of the events uh that that that recreation hosts, right? And so I would like to see um almost all of that eliminating that 7030 split. I think they should keep the entire thing. So, so maybe just to riff off of you if I'm not interrupting. Please do.

Um I'm thinking a three-year um no charging for the first year. Um this would be with negotiations on year two to pay somewhere around 25%, year three to pay 50% of the fees. but to give you enough time because as far as I know you haven't applied for grants at this point and you don't have that experience and and uh Michael can attest that that is a big lift. Um so to give you the year to start re um assessing your budgets to start paying into those fees into year two and three. Um but uh we we're doing some calculations just off the top of our head for volunteer hours and and uh just monetary worth. Um 16,500 if we charge $35 an hour for volunteer hours. That's 470 hours of volunteer hours. Um it would be great to have that discussion in the MOU as well. Uh so that you um it would also promote community involvement in our other um events. Uh like was mentioned cheese and wine, haunted hay ride, Christmas festival, the floating pump catch, the the muertos. Um there's a lot going on with parks and wreck. And so we would love the volunteer hours to support with those other events um throughout the year. So, um, and then I I agree with the concession stand taking that off. Um, but including all of these items, uh, in general for theou. Um, and so that's what I'm thinking.

Would you be open to a one-year? I would hate to lock them into a three-year where it's kind of just elevating continuously. Well, maybe just a one year,

a three-year, they know what's coming up the next year and the third year. That gives them numbers to work with so that when they decide, you know, they're getting ready to put it out and how much it's going to cost for each kid, they have an idea of what they need for parks and wreck. I I think if we do just one year, they're not going to have that idea because then they're going to want to have to come back. They're going to have to negotiate again. But I think I agree if we do a three-year, they know that second and third year what they're going to have to provide to parks and wreck and maybe maybe it's not 25 and 50% but maybe it's some you know some kind of adjustment and I rely on Michael to make those decisions because I I know he wants to make it the right way. But I think a three-year gives them an idea of what they're going to have to do for the second and third year. It also gives the parents an opportunity to understand why you're having to increase the cost and what benefit having it at City of Riverbank Park does for you because I'm sure if you went to Modesto, you're going to have more costs and it's probably not going to be as easy to get things done because parks and wreck, they get it done. They they do what they need to do.

Would volunteer hours be able to offset some of those direct costs? I was thinking like the cap that you're setting 50%, volunteer hours can offset that. As long as that's in the then I would be comfortable.

Worst case scenario, we would come back here in a year and have this discussion again. But my hope is that this year we'll give you the breathing space to be more successful uh to have more uh sponsorships and potentially grants so that um we can have an equitable partnership with the city. Um, and then also so we can turn around and talk to the other youth sports organizations and kind of tell them the same thing that that we're looking for volunteer hours, we're looking there or they'll have to pay the fee or, you know, etc. So, go ahead.

I'm I have a lot of questions. Uh, so what has the conversation looked like with RBSA since May of 2025 when we implemented the fee waiver process and then uh since last month when we updated the fee schedule? What has the conversation looked like with the organization?

Yeah, so with the season ending in May, we did a close out where we met with um a couple of the representatives from Ribsa. Uh we kind of gave notice that, hey, this policy is in place. It's going to be trained that way. Um as of around October, November, we have talked with one of the representatives of the organization saying, hey, here's a process that's going to be happening. um being aware of what that that this is kind of a different direction than what we've been accustomed to. I would say um we received notice on February 3rd of the request of the amount of hours. Um so I know there's been discussion of kind of throwing last second. Well, we kind of got notice of how much need to be waved at the last second as well. Um so there's been discussions I say as of October, November where we kind of been plugging and then this is needs to be done. And again, we've been talking to a representative RBSA. We haven't been present, we haven't been presented this at a board meeting to everyone. Um, but to my understanding, this has been shared.

And then, um, the organization, how many kids did you guys have last year? And how many kids do you have signed up this year?

You can come up here. So, so that folks online, thank you. Um, currently we have 193 uh registered players and last year I want to say we were about 213 to up to 220 maybe. And then um on average because I know it depends on the age level on average how much are the families paying per child? For our older divisions, um it can be up to $200 for the fees and then we do a $100 or sorry, $50 per um player if you have siblings um snack bar fee and they uh are able to receive that back at with two hours of of volunteering in the snack bar. Um our lowest division is 170 this year. Um, and we tried really hard to keep our our fees down and I think we only raised them $10 overall each division this year.

And then every team from my understanding is required to provide at least one sponsor. What do the sponsorship tiers look like? So the teams don't get those. We do have a um sponsor manager who goes out to all all the businesses. is we try to look for our repeat um sponsorships and there is she did she does have like a tier with that. She can speak to that more than me if that's okay. Yeah, I would just like to know the amounts because I'm kind of just doing the math in my head. And then how many teams do you usually get in a season? Um it depends because the amount of players is different per team, but this year we have 16 teams.

Yeah. Could we have you speak to the sponsorship levels? Okay. So, basically, um Oh, hi, I'm Violet. Um I started doing sponsorships, um I think it was about four years ago. Um there was a layout that they had before that basically the sponsors would do a $250 donation and they would get um a banner um and then like not you know their information on our Facebook page and then obviously their names on the back of jerseys. um throughout the years or since then, I think it was my second year, I decided to change it up a little bit because I did see other um leagues um specifically Riverbank, I mean, I'm sorry, Oakdale and Series, and they had different tiers. Um I myself, my um husband runs the business, so he was a sponsor. His dad also sponsored my first year, and they just needed different um levels of sponsorships. like, you know, my husband needed the full-blown, he wanted advertisement, he wanted everything. My father-in-law just wanted that tax write off. So, I felt it was necessary to to make options and also customizable. Um, it has been difficult to get sponsors and most of the sponsors are parents um or grandparents um of players already um that own businesses. is I try to make it local um before I start reaching out to Modesto or Ogill

because we do want to advertise and keep everything in home. Um there's a three levels comes up. There we go. So we have what we would call the minor level. I kind of did it like with the baseball. So, minor, major, and all star. Um, the minors would be a level of an amount of 200, major would be 300, and then the all-star would be 450. The 450 gives you the full everything. You get the logo, the link on the website. Um, you get all your banner put out um on opening day. And we do supply the banner. I do my work on Canva and all that. And um so the business don't have to worry about the the businesses do not have to worry about that. Um and then back of the jersey they get their plaque of course their receipt. Um and then other perks like you know they want a certain color um their team and team choice like it's not just they get random um like if I specifically want to sponsor my daughter I want that team you know I'm paying this much because I I want to sponsor that specific one. Um but they there is options I guess if that helps. um as far as obtaining the sponsors, it is it's difficult. Um the businesses locally can only do so much. Um and again, we lean on them greatly to be able to to sponsor, but they're also again parents um to the players already. So, I don't know if that helps.

You guys have any questions?

No questions. So, I kind of want to go over what I'm thinking. Um, so parents are already volunteering their time. Um, I could tell by some faces when we mentioned volunteer hours that it gets a little scary. Life is busy. So I don't want to offer up parent time. I don't think we should do anything beyond a year at first until we kind of build our partnership up, get more uh, visibility to the books. I don't think oversight on the snack bar is really a good idea because you have cost of goods, point of sale. We would have to be involved in the menu, the pricing, all that. So, it just it becomes very cumbersome and we don't want to micromanage the process in a partnership like we want it to just be an open conversation. Um, and then I think that some Can you go back to the other partial fee idea part? Okay. So, I think obviously being the number one sponsor and making sure that that's put out there. Um, there the insurance needs, the release waiverss that we have all of that information to make sure that all the children and their families have signed those. Um, the IRS letter, uh, open books. I think that monthly reports for the first year would probably be super beneficial to us in the process to being able to see how they're doing and maybe we can even offer some assistance or help or just it's a partnership, right? So that's what partners do is we give advice on money management. Um board meetings, I think they need to be posted to the public 48 hours in advance so that if there's public comment on it, they can come to the board meetings. You guys hold them in a public space. uh there's room for it to be open to the public and just with time and how kind of late this

has come. Um I think that we should just do like a per player fee this year and then evaluate that and see how that looks into the next year. So, in my mind, I I actually looked up a couple um partnerships that youth baseball organizations have with cities, and I kind of like the idea for this first year charging about $40 a player, um which ends up being about $7,700 in fees for them for this year. And then they continue to take care of the lights, the aid, um field dragging. And I just kind of wanted to draw some perspective because I come from baseball. I actually coached for RBSA. That's how I met Michael Christie is my stepson and his son played together. So I'm very familiar with the organization. And baseball diamonds take a lot of money to maintain. So um clay the clay dirt is not cheap. And just for perspective on the council's um part, one pallet of the clay dirt that they use cost $2,400 three years ago. and we're due to actually buy another pallet probably this year. So, I mean, yes, charging $7,700 because we're doing $40 a player based on the 193 enrolled, it seems heavy, but we're instantly going to be putting $2400 or more because this was three years ago. Um, immediately right back into it. So, just to kind of draw some perspective and big picture things, these fields are not cheap to maintain. We're doing all of the yard work on it. We have a contract for landscaping, but it all adds up. It we play at Bel Passi now, my younger son, because he was able to play at two and a half because of birthdays and all that fun stuff. But the parks are immaculate in Riverbank. The the seeds are picked up every day you go. I don't see my pile of seeds from the day before. The trash is picked up. The restrooms are clean when the aid

is present. So, there's just a lot of things where the money goes into and it's an investment and it's a true sign of our partnership with R YBSA and being able to offer that because other places could just say here's a key or hey, the restrooms are closing at dusk and we don't want to do that. So, um I I would really like to just see for the first year a per player fee and we can decide what that looks like, but my recommendation would be $40 and then uh re-evaluate come the fall after a full season of books and um seeing financials and then again um open communication about board meetings and making sure that we have all of the insuranceances met. Um I I feel pretty committed to a three-year. Um, if anything, just thinking city investment, these are the things that we should invest in uh for youth and residents. Um, we were just talking about the budget as a whole and what that's looking like and obviously that's front of mind. But um all things being considered with the communications has happened over the last year um are the change I mean that you're all going through internally. Um I I I appreciate the the meetings being public but I do trust you all are going to be working through it on your own and that we're we should um focus internally on parks and recreation but but it'd be great to have them open to the public. I don't know if I would want to mandate that. Um, but so I'm if is there any more discussion? I want to recommend a motion to approve a three-year with no charge, no fees for the first year, 25% for the second, and

then 50% into the third. um having open discussions um and negotiations on what the um that will look like in theou but having mandating the IRS letter the organization's finances the insuranceances and having the organization be responsible all for full add-ons including the deep cleaning and defining that of the concession stand so we can continue to be good partners on that. Um yeah.

Yeah. So, I'm I'm still having a hard time uh going to that three-year mark. Uh I am more in line with the one year. I would like to see it as a pilot. The timing couldn't have been worse for you, you know, as as an organization. You guys are locked in and and and you got to move forward, right? And so, I kind of feel like I don't know. I I kind of feel like we're going we may not come to a consensus here. Um, I I do like option three, but uh I don't want the the per the per player charge. Uh I believe it was 77 plus the 1,700 plus the the I think it was roughly 1300 deposit. So that puts them pretty much over the o over that 10 grand mark as well. So um I'm still kind of back to pilot program one year. Oh,

you're going to mention something. We have We have your motion. And I second that. Roll call, please. Council member, no. Council member FSY, yes. Council member Claw, no. Vice Mayor Pimeintel, yes. Mayor Hernandez, yes.

Motion passes 32. Thank you very much and we'll continue conversations and appreciate the partnership. Okay. Item 112, a resolution authorizing the inclusion of certain crossroads with specific plans, roadway and trail segments in the citywide system development development fee update study. Man, our director. Thank you.

Good evening, mayor, members of the city council. Um, as as the mayor mentioned, tonight we have a resolution that would authorize the inclusion of certain Crossroad West um, roadway and trail segments to be included in our ongoing citywide system development fee study. Um, just want to go through a little background real quick. As you know, at our previous meeting, we authorized the contract to undergo the system development fee study and that process is just beginning now. Um I also want to give a little background um on the the project itself. So in 2019 the city entered into a development agreement with the Machado and Hericfeld families and this is for the residential component of Crossroads West. The development agreement established a 20-year term for development and created reimbursement mechanisms tied to the city system development fee program. Um, as we're here tonight, we received a request letter. This request letter is attached to the staff report as attachment one. And generally, this request letter um is asking Thank you, Mom. is asking for city council to support um in pursuing a future amendment to the Crossroad West development agreement. Um, and this would evaluate additional infrastructure improvements that are currently not in there and would be included in the city's SDF program. Um, the requested facilities include Machado Parkway, Westgate Drive, Morell Road, and this is Morell Road east of Oakdale Road, or I'm sorry, west of Oakdale Road, and the multi-use bike pedestrian trails along the MID canals. Um here's just a map to show you reference of the Crossroad West project. Um typically you'll see um a couple things that you'll notice. So Costco,

which is um in the shopping center under development, you have the FCB residential development, which was kind of the first phase out there. And then just south of there, you have KB Homes, who's um in the process of finishing up their construction. So the the road segments, let me go to the next one here. So in this exhibit, I just had to flip it to fit on the screen. So north would be to your left. And I I kind of want to focus on the road segments in yellow. So just to orient you again, here's the Costco and the shopping center. And so Machado Parkway, which currently dead ends right at the canal, eventually this road would be constructed to go north um through Crossroads West, ultimately ending at the regional sports park, which will be expanded as part of the Crossroads West project. Um the other road segments include Morell, as I mentioned, um west of Oakdale Road and then it would go right to the city limits and then Westgate Drive which was formerly called Crawford and that would go from Oakdale Road to again to the city limits um intersecting with Machado Parkway. Now the trails um include two segments. Um the southern one which is um north of the shopping center abuing the residential development and that that will have some connectivity to the existing trail that um is in the original crossroads development. Um similar to the north of the project, there is a planned trail that would um go along the canal and ultimately be incorporated into the regional sports park. I'm go to my next slide here. Um again, I just wanted to kind of show you um the council. So on on the lefth hand side is our land use plan for Crossroads West. This is what was adopted in 2019. And then on the right of the screen, I just

wanted to overlay it onto our existing general plan to show you kind of how these roads connect and fit into the existing city. Um and then as you can see to the left or to the west um it is proposed for future development. There would be some connectivity um in the future. Um again so the applicant's basis for this request is that there's been changes um the area has changed significantly since the original approval. Um this includes the Costco development um as well as the new um K through8 Silivven school site that's within the specific plan residential area. Um the roadways will also serve um the I should say Machado Parkway which feeds into the development off Clarabel. This is looked at as um feeding uh commercial traffic into the shopping center and then continuing north to the sports park. um and maybe future residential homes. Um similar community benefits to Crawford Road, which I noted um is in the original um Crossroads development. Um Crawford Road was part of that reimbursement program. So the applicant is just noting that. And then also, as I mentioned, the applicant in their statement had the trail segments connect to the existing city trails and the community park. this per um this provides a benefit to the residents um beyond the specific plant area. Um so as I I want to talk just real quickly about why we're here tonight. So um in terms of policy direction um tonight the city council is not considering or approving a development agreement amendment. Um staff is just requesting policy direction on whether to include these segments in our SDF um

update. Um if directed st um if directed the SDF consultant will complete a mitigation fee act compliant nexus um analysis will we will review the traffic modeling and trip generation of these segments in addition to the citywide traffic um determination of whether these facilities function as a backbone or collector improvements serving citywide growth will be made and we will evaluate whether the full segment ments or proportions qualify as SDF inclusion. Um assignment of these eligible components um to the appropriate SDF categories will also take place. Um possible outcomes um in addition to including um the four segments that the applicants requested is that we may end up finding out that um they aren't eligible for F STF inclusion. that's kind of the the reason of doing the analysis and getting the data. Um similar maybe it turns out only a proportion or a share is eligible. Um and then it may turn out that eligibility is limited to specific components or segments only. Um any recommendation will be supported by full nexus findings and a defensible cost alloc allocation. Um so then uh following the SCF update um the the study will determine whether any of these um segments are included and then at some point the Mishado family would come back for a formal development agreement amendment. Um in terms of SQA providing policy direction to include these facilities uh does not constitute a project. Um and then any future adoption of both the SDF

fees or the amendment to the development agreement will be evaluated for SQA compliance at that time. Um as s as such staff recommends the city council pass a resolution tonight providing policy direction to include these improvements um to be evaluated as part of the city's ongoing system development fee study. And these segments include the Machado Parkway, Westgate Drive, Morell Road, and the multi-use pedestrian bike trail segments along the MID canals. That concludes my presentation. The applicants here tonight, if you have any questions for them as well, and I'd be happy to answer any questions. Thank you.

You any questions or comments from council? Right. Any from the public, please, Michael? Michael Christie um Crossroads East and I hope the um city and the council will work um with the Machado family on this. Um without them I would still be living in a home in Modesto that I didn't like living in. So thanks to that family for developing farmland and working with the city in the past. Uh we now have a home that we love and [clears throat] raised two great kids in. So I hope the city will do whatever they can possible to work with them. Thanks. Good evening, Mayor and Council. Dave Romano on behalf of the Machado family. We just appreciate uh if you would consider these these um utilities, these roads and and entities for us. You know, um, when we started this project, we didn't realize that we were going to have an 18 acre K8 school right in the middle of the project. Nor did we realized that the shopping center was going to have a Costco, which is extremely exciting, and we're we're very proud of being part of that process. But what it does now is it creates a situation where we're going to drag not only existing traffic, but future traffic into the middle of our neighborhood. There's a park there. There's a 20 acre um park trail. We're actually going to have a trail that connects the park that's on the south side of lateral six up at the north end and then the trail that's by the main canal down by Costco. Then we're going to build a trail that connects those two so people can get from the sports park, they can get down to Costco, they can get over to Crossroads West, they can make all of those connections. And so really there's just going to be a lot more traffic in here than we expected. and we've got about 18 acres less of

land to develop with that school site than we expected. So, we think it's just appropriate to kind of look at those numbers, run the math, and then see if there's some way that the SDF program can assist us in the construction of those facilities. So, uh we're really thankful for the opportunity and we look forward to the study. So, thank you. You any other public comment or online? Mayor, there is no one on Zoom. Hey, I'll bring it back to council. I make a re a motion that we approve a resolution authorizing these uh SDF study. I'll second it. Roll call, please. Council member, yes. Council member FSY. Yes. Council member Claw. Yes.

Vice Mayor Pimementel. Yes. Mayor Hernandez. Yes. Motion passes. 5-0. You. Thank you all. Okay. So, uh, city, is this a city manager? [laughter]

Yes. Staff communications. Um, tonight I just want to let the council know the fourth draft of the housing element has been posted on our website for public comment over the next seven days. Following public review, the housing element will be under review by HCD. This additional review was necessary due to a local landowner removing their property from the housing element reszone program. Following review by HCD, it is anticipated the final housing element will be reviewed by planning commission at its March 31st meeting with the final adoption scheduled for April 28th with the city council hearing. In our recreation department, our summer programs open on March 1st. The parks and recreation department will be offering a variety of programs ranging from summer camps to swim lessons to soccer. Many of the programs have limited space and fill quickly, so families are encouraged to register as soon as possible. Registration can be done visiting the parks and recreation page on the city website. Um, public works would like to note that our street sweeper will not be operating this week or next week due to some repairs. We appreciate everybody's patience while it's being serviced. And then another great announcement to make is that we are now recruiting residents to serve on our budget advisory committee. This committee advises the city council of the city's financial health operating budget and long-term financial sustainability. Committee members will review audits, financial reports, evaluate the operating budget and capital improvement program, assess revenue proposals, and make recommendations on financial policies and priorities. The application period is open until April 9th or until vacancies are filled. Details for the and the applications are available on

our website or in our administration office. And that's all I have for you. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I would like to give a shout out to Grand Asia. This week they celebrated the Chinese Lunar New Year. A special thank you to all those in Riverbank and all over that came out made it a special week. Uh and they supported the event. Thank you to Mr. Steve and Lena for donating to the Riverbank sister cities. Also March 8th I will be out of the country for three weeks and then I will come back refreshed. That is all I have. Thank you, Council Member FSY.

Thank you. On February 11th, I attended my first SHAW meeting, which is Stannis Homeless Alliance. Um, they talked about attainable housing program and we saw a presentation from Cent Central Valley Attainable Housing. I'm excited to see where this program goes. Um, it's not affordable housing. It's attainable for everybody on this board. Their kids maybe can buy a house. Um, and that's what I want to work on is bringing it to a level where our kids can buy houses, not mansions. That's all I have. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member. Sorry about that.

Oh, no, you're fine, Mayor. Uh, so I recently met with the Modesto Council member, Chris Ricky. uh kind of shared our desire to work towards regional planning efforts as both of our cities are continuing to grow. Uh advocated for joint planning workshop uh especially with North County Corridor phase one uh underway. Phase 2 is still seeking funding. So having these kind of joint planning sessions early uh makes a ton of sense. Uh Modesto is going to be holding a Zoom meeting tomorrow about the Tivoli North specific plan community outreach. So look very interested uh what they're planning to kind of share there. This is the development just south of the north county corridor that's going to come up right up to riverbank. Um I also shared some of my goals for that joint planning session to council member David Wright of Modesto. Uh just trying to trying to connect the two planning departments and uh get something going there. Uh February 20th I had the pleasure of attending collective space fouryear annivers uh four-year anniversary uh with council member Cindy FSY. Um great event. Uh we wished them uh many more years of continued success. U finally I I'm looking forward to attending the El Consilio meet your local elected event tomorrow uh 5:30 to 7:30 1314H Street in Modesto. It is open to the public and all are welcome. Thank you.

You come call.

So last week I was able to attend the Stanco meeting uh where they just reviewed the 132 expansion and uh going into the second phase of that. I also met with supervisor Buck Condit and Department of Environmental Resources Christy McKinnon regarding Sturgba. And if you all remember, there were some conversations about non-district east and non-district west. So they both had reports on um or studies on data that they've collected and they have found that the data is competing. So, the county is hiring a third party to review both studies to try to pull um more accur more accurate information regarding the overdraft. And last Wednesday, the county met with nondist east and they discussed some next steps. So, there's more meetings to come on that. Um so, I'll be happy to report once I get those. And then last Friday, Supervisor Buck Cond and I went to tour a Medis the Riverbank Industrial Complex. uh Buck hadn't been there in a couple years, so he was very uh interested and fascinated in all of the work that Ais had already done and the future plans. And then we may have identified some opportunities there. Um next this Friday, the 27th at Papa Paloni on Mckenry, the old Jacob's Fine Dining for those who are familiar, they are holding their fourth annual speech and art contest starting at 6:00 pm. And we have two students from Riverbank who are participating in the speech and art contest. And then next Thursday, March 5th, the Riverbank Chamber and Stannis Chamber will be at the multi-chamber mixer in series, 2401 Rockefeller Drive, starts at 5:30 p.m. And then a couple months ago, maybe council member OBE had brought up speed bumps. And since then,

I've had constituents in both district 1 and district 3 reach out to me about some concerns with roadways. So, I'd be interested and I'm hoping council can agree uh to revisit some of these hightraic areas and maybe collaborate with Riverbank Police Services on the possibility of a speed bump policy of some sort for um these danger areas or hot areas. Uh not sure what the term is, but that's all I have. May maybe even an update from the traffic committee just kind of see where they're at. Yeah,

thank you. Um I mentioned previously that uh Council Member Call and I were going to go on a Stanco bus tour. So, we uh jumped on the bus with some of our uh peers and went from downtown to Modesto through um Southside Modesto uh down Roselle to Riverbank um to talk through some of the ongoing projects, the funding and some of the limitations that are going on. Uh the next day I had um four to five hours of interviews to finally um interview the finalist or the person who hopefully is going to accept an offer for the executive director position of SANCOG. Um there is more to come on that as negotiations happen. And that is it for now. Um we have no closed session. So, our next regular city council meeting will be on March 10th at 6:00 pm. This meeting is adjourned.