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The Davis City Council met on Tuesday, October 20, 2026. Agenda and consent calendar were approved. The meeting included extensive public comment on transportation safety, homelessness, and community issues. Key actions included appointments to the Human Relations Commission, a planning update for the Emergency Winter Shelter Program, approval of refinancing agreements for affordable housing (Trio), and an amendment to the reasonable accommodation ordinance.
Welcome everyone to the October twentieth regular meeting of the Davis City Council. I will just note for the record that Linda Dios, Councilmember Dio, is not here this evening, but the rest of my colleagues are here at the Dais. Um, our first item of business this evening is to approve the agenda. Is there a motion to approve the agenda? So moved. Second. Moved by Councilmember Vitless, seconded by Councilmember Chapman. And all in favor say aye. Aye. Uh any no's or abstentions. Hearing none, the agenda is unanimously approved. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Please bear with me. I have quite a few announcements today. I'll try to work through them quickly. Um, you can apply to become a commissioner uh for our senior citizens commission, climate and environmental justice commission, or the Transportation Commission. Uh, and again, those applications are due on October twenty-third. Uh, for more information, you can visit uh this the website does listed here. Um, the link is at Davis General Plan dot com. And this is an opportunity to review the draft revised land use and mobility maps. Uh, and this meeting will cover the same information that was provided at the October October 14th in person workshop. Halloween is coming up, um, and we are excited about the uh annual Zombie Bike Parade and Festival, which will be on October thirty first at Community Park. Uh, more information can be viewed at Zombie Bike Parade dot com. The parade begins at eleven AM. Uh, and the Grand Finale skydiving will occur at two thirty p.m. There's also going to be a Halloween tree trail, which is sponsored by the Davis Downtown Business Association from three to five on the same day in downtown Davis. Anyone that is interested, uh, the deadline to be added to the interest list is by four p.m. on December 2nd. And you can visit interestless H G at City of the Davis.org. We are encouraging people to check the eligibility. And just remember that the sun will set an hour earlier, meaning that it's going to be dark at 5 p.m. Election Day is Tuesday, November 3rd. Ballots can be returned by mail, but they must be postmarked on or before November 3rd and received by the elections office no later than seven days after November 3rd. Return you can return your ballots to any voting location in California before 8 p.m. on election day. And City Hall has a 24-7 drop box right out here in our front parking lot. And you can find more information, elections.yoloCounty.gov. Also want to remind the public that there will not be a city council meeting that evening. And then finally, city offices will be closed in observance of Veterans Day on November 11th. Emergency services will remain unaffected. And we want to honor all of those who have served. And with that that concludes our announcements, Mayor. Thank you very much, City Manager Dunstan. With that, I'm gonna turn to my colleagues for any brief announcements that we might have or anything related to our various interjurisdictional assignments. Not seeing any.com or visit NorCal Resist website at www.norcal resist.org. And as always, if you're in in imminent danger, call 911. Um also on our city website, those numbers are there as well as a resource if anyone uh needs them. And um that is my announcement.