The Davis City Council met on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, at 6:30 PM in Community Chambers. The meeting began with ceremonial proclamations, followed by public comments, approval of the consent calendar, and a public hearing on the Willowgrove Project. The council unanimously certified the project's Environmental Impact Report (EIR), approved all related entitlements, and voted to place the project on the November 3, 2026 general municipal ballot.
Additional Action: The council scheduled a closed session for June 2, 2026, starting at 5:00 PM, to conduct the city manager’s annual performance evaluation and a mid‑year review (coming up on eight months). The meeting adjourned in honor of Robin Tuta.
Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the Tuesday, May 5th regular meeting of the Davis City Council. Welcome everyone. I note for the record that all of my colleagues are here in chambers, and our first item of business is to approve our agenda for this evening. So motion to approve. It was a tie, so I'm going to call it to Councilmember Chapman for the motion to approve, and the second to Councilmember Dios. All in favor of approval of the agenda say aye. Aye. Any no's or abstentions? Hearing none, the agenda is approved unanimously. Excellent. So we're going to now turn to a series of some ceremonial proclamations where we recognize some community groups. And each of us in on council here will read the proclamation, and then you have the opportunity to come up and make a few uh few words of comment, and then we'll have a short opportunity for uh photos at the end of that. Um I understand there may be some here who wish to make a public comment regarding a proclamation. Because it's a ceremonial item and not an item of business. We don't take public comment during that part of the meeting, but you are free to offer your comments during the general public comment period that will follow immediately after the proclamations. So with that, we are going to turn to Councilmember Chapman for national recognizing National Public Works Week. Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to invite up to the podium Adrian Henning, the City of Davis Public Works Direct Deputy Director, and Melody Eldridge, Senior Civil Engineer. And this proclamation is for declaring May 17th through May 23rd, 2026 as National Public Works Week. The services provided by Public Works personnel to the Davis community spans streets, transportation, wastewater, storm drainage, water systems, facilities, urban forestry, parks, infrastructure, and essential administrative, environmental, engineering, regulatory, and fleet maintenance functions. These services are woven into residents' dailies daily lives, supporting safety, reliability, and comfort. The 2026 National Theme for Public Works Week, rooted in service, powered by community, highlights the commitment of staff whose daily operations, long-term planning, and delivery of critical critical infrastructure enhance mobility, sustainability, and overall quality of life. Public works teams also play a vital role in emergency response and recovery, restoring access, repairing damaged systems, and supporting police, fire, and EMS during incidents affecting public safety. They maintain critical assets such as bike paths, streets, utilities, street lights, and signals. The effectiveness of this work depends on public understanding, trust, and appreciation, and continued community support ensures long-term success. Now, therefore, we, the Davis City Council, on behalf of the citizens of Davis to hereby proclaim May 17th through May 23rd, 2026 as National Public Works Week in the City of Davis, and urge all citizens and civic organizations to acquaint themselves with the issues involved in maintaining, operating, and improving our public works facilities and to recognize the contributions which public works personnel make every day to our health, safety, comfort, and quality of life. Thank you. Thank you so much, Councilmember Chapman. And thank you, Council, for as you do every May shining a spotlight on a dedicated group of professionals that mostly work behind the scenes to ensure a smooth quality of life in Davis. We appreciate it. And uh just thank you for acknowledging that work. Great, thank you. And next we're gonna turn to Councilmember Partita to recognize May as Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Great. And I'm going to invite up Ellen Wade. And uh this is a proclamation recognizing the month of May as Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is recognized at both the national and state levels as a time to honor the profound contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to the history and development of the United States. The Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander community represents a richly diverse population encompassing more than 45 distinct ethnic groups and over 100 language dialects. The theme for 2026 is Power and Unity, strengthening communities together, highlighting the importance of leveraging collective power, honoring contributions, building bridges, and inspiring younger generations to foster resilience, innovation, leadership, participation, ownership, and belonging with AANHPI communities. The local Davis chapter of APAPA, Asian Pacific American Public Affairs, established in 2018, focuses on serving communities and advancing leadership and civic engagement. Now, therefore, we, the Davis City Council, on behalf of the citizens of Davis do hereby proclaim May as Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in the City of Davis. In doing so, the City of Davis will recognize and observe this month by calling upon the Davis community to uplift and show ongoing support to persons of Asian Heritage, Native Hawaiian Heritage or Pacific Island Heritage now and in the future, and to encourage institutions and organizations to recognize the month with programs and activities. Thank you, Councilmember Gloria. Thank you very much, Council Aaron and I for my papa. We're very happy and grateful to have this opportunity to accept this proclamation. We will make sure we disseminate this information widely in our community. And also, by the way, you can tell our group is very diverse. And we especially like the this year's theme of empowering unity and the strengthening community and the inspiring the younger generation of leaders, which aligns very well with the Papa mission of engaging inspire and empower not just the uh API community, but the next generation leaders uh especially in Davis, the the student community. Uh mayor Ruth uh remind me to thank you for the internship programs that you supported in the past, and we will be sure to contact you for and thank you for uh your future support. Henry Hobbes, a couple words.