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CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
AGENDA
CITY CHAMBERS, CITY HALL
7351 ROSANNA STREET, GILROY, CA
95020
MONDAY, MAY 19, 2025 | 6:00 PM
MAYOR
Greg Bozzo
COUNCIL MEMBERS
Dion Bracco
Tom Cline
Terence Fugazzi
Zach Hilton
Carol Marques
Kelly Ramirez
CITY COUNCIL PACKET MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT www.cityofgilroy.org
AGENDA CLOSING TIME IS 5:00 P.M. THE TUESDAY PRIOR TO THE MEETING
COMMENTS BY THE PUBLIC WILL BE TAKEN ON AGENDA ITEMS BEFORE ACTION IS TAKEN BY THE CITY
COUNCIL. Public testimony is subject to reasonable regulations, including but not limited to time restrictions for
each individual speaker. **Please limit your comments to 3 minutes.** The amount of time allowed per speaker
may vary at the Mayor’s discretion depending on the number of speakers and length of the agenda.
Written comments on any agenda item may be emailed to the City Clerk’s Office at
publiccomment@cityofgilroy.org or mailed to the Gilroy City Clerk’s Office at City Hall, 7351 Rosanna Street,
Gilroy, CA 95020. Comments received by the City Clerk’s Office by 1 p.m. on the day of a Council meeting will be
distributed to the City Council prior to or at the meeting and available for public inspection with the agenda
packet located in the lobby of Administration at City Hall, 7351 Rosanna Street prior to the meeting. Any
correspondence received will be incorporated into the meeting record. Items received after the 1 p.m. deadline
will be provided to the City Council as soon as practicable. Written comments are also available on the City’s
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by Section 1094.6 of the California Code of Civil Procedure.
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The agenda for this regular meeting is outlined as follows:
1. OPENING
1.1. Call to Order
1.2. Pledge of Allegiance
1.3. Invocation
1.4. City Clerk's Report on Posting the Agenda
1.5. Roll Call
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1.6. Orders of the Day
1.7. Employee Introductions
2. CEREMONIAL ITEMS - Proclamations and Awards
2.1. Proclamation Declaring May 2025 as National Bike Month
2.2. Proclamation Declaring May 18 to May 24, 2025, as National Public Works Week
3. COUNCIL CORRESPONDENCE (Informational Only)
4. PRESENTATIONS TO THE COUNCIL
4.1. Annual Sister Cities Association Presentation
4.2. PUBLIC COMMENT BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS NOT ON THE
AGENDA BUT WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL
This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons desiring to address the
Council on matters within the Gilroy City Council’s jurisdiction but not on the
agenda. Persons wishing to address the Council are requested to complete a
Speaker’s Card located at the entrances and handed to the City Clerk. Speakers
are limited to 1 to 3 minutes each, varying at the Mayor’s discretion depending
on the number of speakers and length of the agenda. The law does not permit
Council action or extended discussion of any item not on the agenda except
under special circumstances. If Council action is requested, the Council may
place the matter on a future agenda.
Written comments to address the Council on matters not on this agenda may be
e-mailed to the City Clerk’s Office at publiccomment@cityofgilroy.org or mailed
to the Gilroy City Clerk’s Office at City Hall, 7351 Rosanna Street, Gilroy, CA
95020. Comments received by the City Clerk’s Office by 1:00 pm on the day of a
Council meeting will be distributed to the City Council prior to or at the meeting
and available for public inspection with the agenda packet located in the lobby of
Administration at City Hall, 7351 Rosanna Street, prior to the meeting. Any
correspondence received will be incorporated into the meeting record. Items
received after the 1:00pm deadline will be provided to the City Council as soon
as practicable. Written material provided by public members under this section
of the agenda will be limited to 10 pages in hard copy. An unlimited amount of
material may be provided electronically.
5. REPORTS OF COUNCIL MEMBERS
Council Member Bracco – Downtown Committee, Santa Clara County Library Joint Powers
Authority, Santa Clara Water Commission, Santa Clara Valley Water Joint Water Resources
Committee, SCRWA
Council Member Fugazzi – Santa Clara Water Commission (alternate), Silicon Valley
Regional Interoperability Authority Board (alternate), SCRWA, Visit Gilroy California Welcome
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Center, VTA Mobility Partnership Committee
Council Member Marques – ABAG, Downtown Committee, Santa Clara County Library Joint
Powers Authority (alternate), Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency Governing Board, Santa
Clara Valley Habitat Agency Implementation Board, SCRWA (alternate)
Council Member Hilton – CalTrain Policy Group, Santa Clara County Expressway Plan 2040
Advisory Board (alternate), Silicon Valley Clean Energy Authority JPA Board, South County
Youth Task Force Policy Team, VTA Policy Advisory Committee
Council Member Ramirez – ABAG (alternate), Gilroy Gardens Board of Directors (alternate),
Gilroy Sister Cities, Gilroy Youth Task Force (alternate), SCRWA, Santa Clara Housing and
Community Development Advisory Committee
Council Member Cline – CalTrain Policy Group (alternate), Gilroy Sister Cities (alternate),
Gilroy Youth Task Force, Santa Clara County Expressway Plan 2040 Advisory Board, Silicon
Valley Clean Energy Authority JPA Board (alternate), Silicon Valley Regional Interoperability
Authority Board, Visit Gilroy California Welcome Center (alternate), VTA Mobility Partnership
Committee, VTA Policy Advisory Committee (alternate)
Mayor Bozzo – Gilroy Gardens Board of Directors, Santa Clara Valley Water Joint Water
Resources Committee, South County Youth Task Force Policy Team, VTA Board of Directors
(alternate), Santa Clara Housing and Community Development Advisory Committee
(alternate)
6. CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered by the City Council to be routine
and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless
a request is made by a member of the City Council or a member of the public. Any person
desiring to speak on any item on the consent calendar should ask to have that item removed
from the consent calendar prior to the time the City Council votes to approve. If removed, the
item will be discussed in the order in which it appears.
6.1. Approval of Minutes for the May 5, 2025 Strategic Planning Workshop, Special
Meeting, and Regular Meeting, as well as the May 12, 2025 City Council Budget
Workshop
6.2. Purchase of Irrigation Controllers for a Total of $124,763 Utilizing Sourcewell's
Cooperative Purchasing Contract 112624-TTC
6.3. Annual Military Equipment Use Report 2024, per CA Assembly Bill No. 481
6.4. Acceptance of Cash and Investment Report as of March 31, 2025
6.5. Adopt a Resolution Approving the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Road Rehabilitation
Projects for Funding by Senate Bill 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of
2017 Funds
6.6. Approve the Amended and Restated Funding Agreement Between the City of
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Gilroy and Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority for the 2016 Measure B
Bicycle and Pedestrian Education and Encouragement Program
7. BIDS AND PROPOSALS
8. PUBLIC HEARINGS
8.1. Public Hearing Pursuant to Government Code Section 3502.3 (AB 2561) to
Receive a Report on City of Gilroy Vacancies, and Recruitment and Retention
Efforts
1. Disclosure of Ex-Parte Communications
2. Staff Report: LeeAnn McPhillips, Assistant City Administrator/HR Director
3. Open Public Hearing
4. Close Public Hearing
5. Possible Action:
Receive the informational report on City of Gilroy Vacancies, and
Recruitment and Retention Efforts Pursuant to Government Code Section
3502.3 (AB 2561).
8.2. Sixth Public Hearing Regarding the City's Transition from an At-Large to a
District-Based Elections System for the Purpose of Receiving the Demographer’s
Presentation on the Transition Process and Selecting a Final District Elections
Map from the Remaining Two Draft Map – Maps D and F; as well as Determining
the Order of Elections – that is - Which Three Districts Will Be on the Ballot in the
November 2026 Election and Which Three Districts Will Be on the 2028 Ballot;
Determining Whether Candidates for City Council Must be Residents and
Electors of the District in Which They Seek Election for Any Period of Time Prior
to Filing Their Nomination Papers and Declaring Their Intent to Run; and
Introduce an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Gilroy Declaring
Henceforth that City Council Elections will be Districted, Adopting a Districting
Map, Declaring the Order of Elections, and Potentially Imposing a Residency
Requirement on Council Candidates
This Public Hearing Item Shall be Heard at 7:00 p.m. or Soon Thereafter
1. Disclosure of Ex-Parte Communications
2. Staff Report: Andy Faber, City Attorney
3. Open Public Hearing
4. Close Public Hearing
5. Possible Action:
That the City Council:
1. Select either Draft Map D or Draft Map F as the official district map.
2. Determine which districts will be on the ballot in 2026 and which in
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2028.
3. If desired by the Council, impose a residency requirement of no
greater than 30 days upon candidates prior to filing their nomination
papers.
4. Motion to read the ordinance by title only and waive further reading.
5. Introduce an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Gilroy
officially declaring that henceforth, the City Council elections will be
districted, including the determinations made regarding items 1-3
above.
9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
9.1. Strategic Planning Session #4 - Council Legislative Agenda / Public Safety /
Unhoused
1. Staff Report: Jimmy Forbis, City Administrator
2. Public Comment
3. Possible Action:
Council discussion and direction.
10. INTRODUCTION OF NEW BUSINESS
10.1. Adopt a Resolution Setting the 2025 Fireworks Service Fee
1. Staff Report: Sharon Goei, Community Development Director
2. Public Comment
3. Possible Action:
Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gilroy setting the 2025
Fireworks Service Fee at $20,519.70 in accordance with Assembly Bill (AB)
1403.
10.2. Consent the Appointment of Ken Binder (CalPERS Retired Annuitant) as the
Interim Police Chief Following Successful Completion of all Peace Officer
Standards & Training (POST) Hiring Requirements and Adoption of a Resolution
Approving the Appointment and Employment Agreement
1. Staff Report: LeeAnn McPhillips, Assistant City Administrator/HR Director
2. Public Comment
3. Possible Action:
1. Consent the City Administrator's recommendation to appoint Ken
Binder (CalPERS Retired Annuitant) as Interim Police Chief effective
upon successful completion of all Peace Officer Standards & Training
(POST) Hiring Requirements.
2. Adopt a resolution of the City Council of the City of Gilroy approving
the appointment of Ken Binder (CalPERS Retired Annuitant) as
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Interim Police Chief pursuant to Government Code Section 21221(h)
and authorizing the City Administrator to execute the employment
agreement to include setting the employment start date following
successful completion of all POST hiring requirements.
11. FUTURE COUNCIL INITIATED AGENDA ITEMS
12. CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORTS
13. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORTS
14. CLOSED SESSION
14.1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS – COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNITS
Pursuant to GC Section 54957.6 and GCC Section 17A.11(4)
Collective Bargaining Units: Gilroy Police Officers Association, Inc. Representing
Gilroy Police Officers; Gilroy Management Association Representing Mid-
Management Employees (GMA); and Unrepresented Exempt Employees
(Confidential, Department Heads & Council-Appointed)
City Negotiators: Jimmy Forbis, City Administrator; LeeAnn McPhillips, Assistant
City Administrator and Administrative Services & Human Resources
Director/Risk Manager
Anticipated Issue(s) Under Negotiation: Wages, Hours, Benefits, Working
Conditions
Memorandums of Understanding: City of Gilroy and Gilroy Police Officers
Association Inc.; City of Gilroy and Gilroy Management Association (GMA)
15. ADJOURN TO OPEN SESSION
Report of any action taken in Closed Session and vote or abstention of each Council
Member if required by Government Code Section 54957.1 and GCC Section 17A.13(b);
Public Report of the vote to continue in closed session if required under GCC Section
17A.11(5).
16. ADJOURNMENT
FUTURE MEETING DATES
June 2025
02
16
Meeting Name - 6:00 p.m.
Meeting Name - 6:00 p.m.
July 2025
28 City Council Regular Meeting - 6:00 p.m.
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