docketcity.com
Home › Stockton › Meetings

City Council and Concurrent Authorities

March 4, 2025 ·4:00 PM - Revised ·Closed Session 4:00 PM :: Regular Session 5:30 PM

Council Chamber, City Hall, 425 N. El Dorado Street, Stockton CA

Agenda PDF Official record ↗

Agenda — 38 items

  1. 1. CLOSED SESSION CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
  2. 2. ADDITIONS TO CLOSED SESSION AGENDA
  3. 3. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION
  4. 3.1 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION Number of Cases: One Name of Case: Rosann San Nicolas v. City of Stockton, et al. (San Joaquin County Superior Court Case No. STK-CV-UAT-2022-25) This Closed Session is authorized pursuant to section 54956.9(d)(1) of the Government Code to discuss matters pertaining to existing litigation. 25-0154
  5. 3.2 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR 25-0156
  6. 4. CLOSED SESSION PUBLIC COMMENT*
  7. 5. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
  8. 6. REGULAR SESSION CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
  9. 7. INVOCATION/PLEDGE TO FLAG
  10. 8. REPORT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION
  11. 9. ADDITIONS TO REGULAR SESSION AGENDA***
  12. 10. RECOGNITIONS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, OR REPORTS
  13. 10.1 PROCLAMATION: ARBOR WEEK 25-0234
  14. 11. PUBLIC COMMENTS* – MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA
  15. 12. CONSENT AGENDA
  16. 12.1 APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 25-0213
  17. 12.2 APPROVAL OF ENHANCED SECURITY MEASURES AT CITY HALL 25-0064
  18. 12.3 APPROVE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE A REFUND TO THE PORT OF STOCKTON FOR AN OVERCHARGE OF INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER USER FEES 25-0029
  19. 12.4 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING STOCKTON MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 15, CHAPTERS 15.24 AND 15.28 BY REPEALING AND REPLACING BOTH CHAPTERS WITH TITLE 15, CHAPTER 24, “PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE” ADOPTING THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE; AND AMENDING TITLE 15, CHAPTER 15.04; AND TITLE 15, CHAPTER 15.12; AND TITLE 15, CHAPTER 15.64; AND TITLE 15, CHAPTER 15.68; AND TITLE 1, CHAPTER 1.32, SECTION 1.32.040; AND 15.32, SECTION 15.32.090 TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW AND CORRECT INCONSISTENCIES IN EXISTING CODE 25-0189
  20. 12.5 APPROVE MOTION TO AWARD A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL TREE SERVICES FOR STOCKTON URBAN FOREST INVENTORY 25-0065
  21. 12.6 ADOPT RESOLUTION TO PURCHASE TWO FIRE ENGINES AND TWO TILLER FIRE TRUCKS 25-0149
  22. 13. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
  23. 14. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
  24. 14.1 ADOPT RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COLUMBUS PARK RENOVATIONS PROJECT 25-0230
  25. 15. NEW BUSINESS
  26. 15.1 ACCEPT FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 FIRST QUARTER BUDGET STATUS UPDATE AND AUTHORIZE BUDGET AMENDMENTS 25-0066
  27. 15.2 ACCEPT THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024 25-0198
  28. 15.3 PROGRAM UPDATE: AVA COMMUNITY ENERGY 25-0228
  29. 15.4 ADOPTION OF AN URGENCY ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW, AND RELOCATION OR PHYSICAL EXPANSION OF EXISTING TOBACCO RETAILER BUSINESSES, ALSO KNOWN AS SMOKESHOPS, WITHIN THE CITY OF STOCKTON, TO BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY 25-0235
  30. 15.5 ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION WAIVING ANY APPLICABLE PRIVILEGES FOR ANY CONFIDENTIAL BROWN ACT INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS 25-0236
  31. 16. HEARINGS**
  32. 16.1 TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE CREATING TITLE 15, CHAPTER 15.34, OF THE STOCKTON MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATED TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTY VACANCY AND VACANT LOT REGISTRATION AND A PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 FEE SCHEDULE 25-0188
  33. 16.2 ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING STOCKTON MUNICIPAL CODE (SMC), TITLE 1, CHAPTER 1.08, SECTION 1.08.010; AMENDING TITLE 1, CHAPTER 1.32, SECTION 1.32.050; AND AMENDING TITLE 9, CHAPTER 9.64, SECTION 9.64.090 TO CLARIFY FINE STRUCTURES, ESTABLISH A “HARDSHIP WAIVER” PROCESS, AND RESOLVE INCONSISTENCIES IN THE CODE RELATED TO OFFENSES DEEMED AS INFRACTIONS; AND A PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 FEE SCHEDULE 25-0164
  34. 17. CITY MANAGER'S UPDATE
  35. 18. COUNCIL COMMENTS
  36. 19. ADJOURNMENT
  37. 37 CERTIFICATE OF POSTING I declare, under penalty of perjury, that I am employed by the City of Stockton and that I caused this agenda to be posted in the City Hall notice case on February 25, 2025 in compliance with the Brown Act. Katherine Roland, CMC, CPMC City Clerk By: ________________________________ Deputy
  38. 38 PUBLIC COMMENTS *Citizens may comment on any subject within the jurisdiction of the City Council/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency/Public Finance Authority/Parking Authority, including items on the Agenda. The time limit for public comment is four (4) minutes and remains at the discretion of the presiding officer and changes shall be set at the start of the meeting. Speakers must submit “Request to Speak” cards to the City Clerk, and be prepared to speak when called. No speaker cards will be received after the close of the Citizen’s Comments portion of the meeting. **Speakers should hold comments on items listed as a Hearing until the Hearing is opened. The City of Stockton invites public comments in multiple forms. You provide your comments by using one of these methods: 1. Email - you may email your comments to city.clerk@stocktonca.gov 2. Voicemail - you can leave a voice message by dialing (209) 937-8459. 3. In-Person Comments - a) Speakers must submit "request to speak cards" to the Clerk prior to the Public Comment portion of the agenda. No speaker cards will be accepted after the close of Public Comment. Please redirect any inquiries to City.Clerk@stocktonca.gov. b) Address only issues over which the meeting body has jurisdiction. c) The time limit for public comment is at the discretion of the presiding officer and shall be set at the start of the meeting. Donating time is not authorized. d) Your time will be displayed on the speaker podium for convenience. *All written and voicemail public comments received by the Clerk's Office 90 minutes prior to the meeting start time will be forwarded to the meeting body members as correspondence and attached to the minutes. All comments received after that time will be forwarded as correspondence the following business day. Written and voicemail comments will not be read into the record. Council Policy Manual Chapter 4.07 DECORUM § 4.07.010 Policy. 1) COUNCILMEMBERS The City Council will practice civility and decorum in their discussions and debate. Councilmembers will value each other's time and will preserve order and decorum. A member shall neither, by conversation or otherwise, delay or interrupt the proceedings of the Council, use personal, impertinent or slanderous remarks, nor disturb any other member while that member is speaking or refuse to obey the orders of the presiding officer or the Council, except as otherwise provided herein. A) All Councilmembers have the opportunity to speak and agree to disagree but no Councilmember shall speak twice on any given subject unless all other Councilmembers have been given the opportunity to speak. B) The Mayor has the affirmative duty to maintain order. The City Council will honor the role of the Mayor in maintaining order. If a Councilmember believes the Mayor is not maintaining order, the Councilmember may move that the Vice-Mayor enforce the rules of decorum and otherwise maintain order. If that motion receives a second and is approved by a Council majority, the Vice-Mayor shall enforce the rules of decorum and maintain order. C) Any Councilmember who violates the rules repeatedly shall be sanctioned by the City Council, including, but not limited to, barring the Councilmember from further participation (other than voting) on the subject. 2) PERSONS ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL Persons addressing the Council shall not make personal, impertinent, unduly repetitive, slanderous or profane remarks to the Council, any member of the Council, City staff or the general public, nor utter loud, threatening, personal or abusive language, nor engage in any other conduct that disrupts, disturbs or otherwise unreasonably impedes the orderly conduct of the Council meeting. Any person who makes such remarks, who utters loud, threatening, personal or abusive language, who is unduly repetitious or engages in extended discussion of irrelevancies, or who engages in any disorderly conduct that disrupts, disturbs or otherwise unreasonably impedes the orderly conduct of any Council meeting shall, at the discretion of the presiding officer or a majority of the Council, be barred from further audience before the Council during that meeting. 3) ENFORCEMENT The rules of decorum set forth above shall be enforced in the following manner: Warning. The presiding officer shall request that a person who is breaching the rules of decorum be orderly and silent. If, after receiving a warning from the presiding officer, a person persists in disturbing the meeting, the presiding officer shall order him or her to leave the Council meeting. If such person does not remove himself or herself, the presiding officer may order any law enforcement officer who is on duty at the meeting to remove that person from the Council Chambers. 4) RULES PERTAINING TO SIGNS, OBJECTS, SYMBOLIC MATERIALS, AND FIRE SAFETY WITHIN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS DURING COUNCIL MEETINGS A) Objects and symbolic materials such as signs which do not have sticks attached or otherwise create any fire or safety hazards will be allowed within the Council Chamber during Council meetings provided that they are not so large as to infringe upon the space of those in adjacent areas, and are no wider on their longest side than the audience chairs. B) Persons with objects and symbolic materials such as signs must remain seated when displaying them except when making an oral presentation to the Council and must not raise them above shoulder level or otherwise use them to obstruct vision or passage or disturb the conduct of the Council meeting. Such materials may not be placed on or against the walls, doors or furniture or in the aisles. C) Exits shall not be obstructed in any manner. Obstructions, including storage, shall not be placed in aisles or other exit ways. Hand carried items must be stored so that such items do not inhibit passage in aisles or other exit ways. D) Exit ways shall not be used in any way that will present a hazardous condition. E) Overcrowding and admittance of persons beyond the approved capacity of a place of assembly are prohibited. F) The Fire Marshal may establish designated areas for media equipment. 5) PERSONS AUTHORIZED WITHIN RAIL No person except City officials and City staff shall be permitted within the rail in front of the City Council dais without the express consent of the presiding officer.