Council

Legislation/Environmental

Committee

City of Stockton

Meeting Agenda - Final

Council Legislation/Environmental

Committee

Mario Enríquez, Chair

Michele Padilla, Vice Chair

Jason Lee, Member

Michael Blower, Alternate

Monday, February 3, 2025

2:00 PM

Council Chamber - City Hall, 425 N. El Dorado

Street, Stockton CA

CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL

PUBLIC COMMENT*

ITEM(S) FOR DISCUSSION

25-0121

3.1

STATUS UPDATE ON ESTABLISHING THE COMMERCIAL

VACANCY ORDINANCE

Recommended Action:

RECOMMENDATION

Receive information related to the establishment of a commercial vacancy

ordinance and provide staff direction on any changes or additional

information the committee would like to receive and/or a recommendation

for Council if appropriate.

Department:

Attachments:

Council Legislation/Environmental Committee

Attachment A - Agenda Item November 15, 2022

PPT - 3.1 - Update on Establishing Commercial Vacancy Ordinance

25-0126

3.2

UPDATE ON THE PROPOSED VACANT COMMERCIAL

PROPERTY TAX

Recommended Action:

RECOMMENDATION

Staff to provide an update on the proposed Vacant Commercial Property

Tax.

Department:

Attachments:

Council Legislation/Environmental Committee

Attachment A - Vacant Commercial Property Tax

PPT - 3.2 - Proposed Vacant Commercial Propert Tax

25-0127

3.3

DISCUSSION ON CITY COUNCIL POLICY MANUAL CHAPTER

2.06.020 USE OF CITY AND COUNCIL LETTERHEAD

Recommended Action:

RECOMMENDATION

Receive information related to City Council Policy Manual Chapter

2.06.020 Use of City and Council letterhead and provide staff direction on

any changes or additional information the committee would like to receive

and/or a recommendation for Council if appropriate.

Department:

Attachments:

Council Legislation/Environmental Committee

Attachment A - Response 2023-24 Grand Jury Case No. 0123

Attachment B - Resolution No. 2024-06-18-1204

PPT - 3.3 - Council Policy 2.06.020 - Letterhead

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3.4

DISCUSSION OF

POTENTIAL POLICY RELATED TO CITY OF

STOCKTON CHARTER SECTION 406, INVESTIGATIONS

Recommended Action:

RECOMMENDATION

Receive information related to Charter Section 406 and provide staff

direction on any additional information the Legislation and Environmental

Committee would like to receive and/or a recommendation for the City

Council if appropriate.

Department:

Attachments:

City Attorney

Attachment A - City of Stockton Charter Section 406.pdf

Attachment B - City Council Resolution 92-0736 Election Results

Attachment C - 1992 Charter - Article IV

Attachment D -City of Sacramento - Chapter 22

Attachment E - 2024 San Jose City Charter Excerpt - Article IV

Attachment F - City of San Jose Memoranda

Attachment G - 406 Sample Policy

Attachment H - 406 Sample Policy (Staff Redline)

FUTURE ITEMS/COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS

ADJOURNMENT

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 January 31,

2025 in compliance with the Brown Act.

Katherine Roland, CMC, CPMC

City Clerk

By: ________________________________

Deputy

PUBLIC COMMENT

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 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.

All proceedings are conducted in English. The City of Stockton does not furnish language interpreters and, if one

is needed, it shall be the responsibility of the person needing one.

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Stockton, California 95202 during normal business hours or by calling (209) 937-8458. The Agenda is available on

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