The Davis City Council met in Community Chambers, 23 Russell Boulevard. The agenda is dated March 18, 2025, but the meeting date metadata provided with the transcript states March 19, 2025; this summary uses the provided date. The council voted 5-0 to approve the agenda, honored outgoing City Manager Mike Webb, approved the consent calendar except for one pulled item, and held extended discussions on homelessness services and the potential redevelopment of the city Corporation Yard at 1717 Fifth Street.
Call the meeting into session at 6 30. I see that all of my colleagues are here. Is there a motion to approve the agenda? So move. Second. Second. Any discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Nay. Abstain. Motion passes five to zero. Michael Webb. City manager of Davis. We're gonna start with a ceremonial presentation in recognition of Mike. This is his final meeting as city manager. He's moving on to the county. An exciting new role at the county. We uh want to take a little bit of time to appreciate Mike, uh, do a ceremonial presentation, uh, which I'm gonna read here, and then we'll take a brief break for photos before we get into the announcements in the regular meeting. So I'm gonna read this thing in its entirety, so bear with me. City manager Mike Webb, whereas Mike Webb, a UC Davis graduate, started his tenure with the City of Davis as a planning internor year as a student in the community and regional development program at UC Davis. And whereas Mike officially started with the city in the community development department in 1998, and quickly moved through the ranks, assuming multiple roles, including planning technician, assistant planner, associate planner, and principal planner. And whereas in 2013, Mike became the director of community development and sustainability, was promoted to assistant city manager in 2015 and became city manager in 2017. And whereas during his tenure as a city manager, Mike was at the forefront of multiple initiatives, including advancing multi-agency partnerships that have had profound positive influence on the community, including Healthy Davis Together, the South Davis Library, and the 2018 Memorandum of Understanding with the City, County, and UC Davis on student housing. Facilitating the formation of a grant strategic plan to prioritize needs and the team resources to successfully secure over $55 million in grant revenue since 2018 for capital planning, public safety, and climate projects, leading the team to oversee the entitlement and development of a multitude of commercial and residential projects, including thousands of market rate and dedicated affordable housing units and new neighborhoods and commercial projects such as DMG Mori, University Research Park, and Target, to name just a few. Facilitating the city's development of multiple strategic plans to shape sound evidence-based and data-driven policy-making decisions for the community, including the downtown specific plan, urban forest master plan, park strategic plan, and the pavement management plan. And whereas while serving a city manager, Mike also led the city through several unprecedented events, including the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, which necessitated an overhaul of city operations in order to ensure the safety and well-being of the community. And whereas Mike's approachable and dedicated nature paired with his ability to inspire and support others, earned him the respect and admiration of both colleagues and residents, solidifying his role as a trusted leader. And whereas Mike consistently exhibited remarkable decisiveness and adaptability in the face of challenges, demonstrating resilience in navigating complex situations and effectively facilitating progress through strategic decision making and thoughtful problem solving. And whereas Mike has made an effort to interact with employees from all parts of the organization, listening to their concerns and taking a sincere interest in their well-being, resulting in an overall improvement of employee morale and worked hard to foster an organizational culture of collaboration, inclusivity, and trust. Now, therefore, we, the Davis City Council, on behalf of the citizens of Davis do hereby thank Mike Webb for nearly three decades of dedicated service to the City of Davis and the Davis community and wish him the best in his new role with YOLO County. Mike, we also have a little something special that's on its way. It will arrive here. But uh I would like to invite any of my colleagues or any members of the public who wish to have anything to say here. Or Mike, uh if you want to start, you can, but yeah. Actually, come up here for probably the first time ever, actually. Um just uh I am truly I am truly humbled by the the proclamation and those words. Um it means the world to me, uh the work that we've done together uh over these nearly three decades, as you stated. Over half my life uh has been working with the city of Davis. Um and I just celebrated a big milestone birthday yesterday and I came to that uh 50. Yes, I came to that realization, you know, thinking back on the numbers a little bit, going, all right, literally more than half my life is has been serving the Davis community and and working with all of you. And moreover, working with a staff team that is absolutely amazing. Um the staff, various staff that I've worked with over my tenure with the city. Folks have come and gone, retired, new folks have come in. Uh and there are some uh that uh have worked alongside the whole the nearly the entire time, if not the entire time of during my tenure. Uh and the staff are just they're uh leaving the team is is what uh is the hardest part uh about my departure. I'm very excited about serving the broader Yellow County, which Davis of course is a part of uh and I'm very looking forward to that and and you know the the options and the opportunities I should say that that that brings uh professionally uh the hardest part is is leaving those that I've worked with for all this time. Uh I am you know heartened by the fact that I'm not going far. So I'll be back here in these chambers coming to public comment and giving you a hard time.