The West Sacramento City Council convened on November 7, 2024, for a public hearing-heavy meeting addressing the Yarborough project appeal, amendments to its development agreement, and several other items. The meeting included land acknowledgement, closed session report, proclamations for Veterans Day and Filipino History Month, approval of consent items, and a small business accelerator program. A significant portion was dedicated to the Yarborough appeal, where council heard extensive public testimony and legal arguments before voting to deny the appeal and approve the project.
Item 16: Yarborough Appeal – Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map (Resolution 24-119)
Item 17: Yarborough Development Agreement Amendments (Ordinance 24-11)
Item 18: Housing Element Implementation – Zoning Code Amendment (Ordinance 24-15)
Item 19: Small Business Accelerator Program
Note: The meeting date is officially November 7, 2024, per instruction, though the transcript references November 6, 2024.
Now that all the council members are present, I call to order the November 6th meeting of the City of West Sacramento City Council and the West Sacramento Redevelopment Agency and Finance Authority. We will begin with the land acknowledgement. We would like to acknowledge that the land on which we live, work, learn, and commune is the original homelands of the indigenous people of West Sacramento who have stewarded this land throughout the generations. We acknowledge and we thank the original inhabitants who have occupied, maintained, and secured this place, and who still exist on this land amongst us. We respect and celebrate the many diverse indigenous peoples still connected to this land on which we gather. And the council met in close session this evening on and on the agenda items listed. Um, Mr. City Attorney, would you please provide a report? Thank you, Madam Mayor. Council met in close session for the two items listed on the agenda. No reportable action was taken. All right, thank you, Mr. City Attorney. We would like to invite our guests to stand and join council and staff in the pledge, which will be led by Commander Leo Alatori. Please come to the podium and um lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America to the Republic for which it stands. One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you so much. As is noted on our agenda, City Council is prohibited by state law from discussing or taking any action on items that are brought up under item one for public comment. But it provides an important opportunity for a public forum. The public is given an opportunity at this time to address city council issue on issues not listed on the agenda. And we do ask that anyone wishing to address the council on this or any other item this evening to please fill out a request to speak card, which is on the ledge there behind the people. Um, and return it to the clerk, and the clerk will raise your hand. There's plenty of people there. Thank you. And um the cards um can be um presented upon conclusion of the reading of the staff report um on any particular agenda item. Once the staff report has been read and we open the item up for public comment, the clerk will announce your name for you to walk up to the podium to speak. Now, in front of the clerk, there is a timer to ensure that everyone has a chance to be heard, and we ask that all comments be limited to the specified number of minutes. Also in front of the clerk is an analog flip chart, which indicates which agenda item the council is currently considering. Now we also recognize that for some speaking in public can cause anxiety. So we request that there be no applause or booze, cat calls, or other vocal form or physical gestures, no clapping, um, any other form of demonstrations. Furthermore, so that we may maintain a civil discourse here in the chambers. We ask that those in attendance and those who address the city council about abide by the code of conduct posted and not speak in loud, threatening, offensive, abusive, or other disrespectful language that disrupts, disturbs or otherwise impedes the disorderly conduct of this meeting. Now this brings us to item one on presentations by the public on matters not on the agenda within the jurisdiction of the council, and each person has three minutes to speak. Madame Clerk, are there any requests to speak? Yes, ma'am. Pat Flint. Welcome, Miss Flynn. It's been a while. Uh Mayor and Council members. Um, I just want to say I am requesting that item 17 be moved to a future date until the public is heard and they receive answers to their questions. I hope you all had time to go over the many pages that this development has created. I expect all of us to act with respect. And most of all, you as council members call for public workshops, such as the skate park, Sacramento Avenue, and other workshops we had in 2008 regarding this very um development. 16 years ago was a lifetime ago. Many changes have happened. And respect that those impacts affect us every day. And so I'm asking you to listen to what we have to say to meticulously remind you that it being on the on the agenda for approval tonight is ridiculous. And that I I hope that you'll move it to a future date. Thank you.