Council approves housing and land‑use actions, awards fire‑recovery contract, and adopts personnel and procurement measures
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At the February 24, 2026 City Council meeting the Council: denied an appeal and upheld approvals for the 50‑unit Lago Fresca Apartments; adopted the First 2026 General Plan Amendment package (including rezoning of 10 properties and an EIR addendum); awarded the Hopper Avenue Corridor Fire Recovery contract; approved amendments to professional services and procurement for legal services and fire engines; and adopted updates to the City classification/compensation plan. Several closed‑session real property negotiation items were reported as received and filed.
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- Denied appeal and upheld Planning Commission and Design Review approvals for the Lago Fresca Apartments project (2445 Summerfield Road and 4744 Hoen Avenue); adopted Resolutions RES‑2026‑017 and RES‑2026‑018.
- Adopted the First 2026 General Plan Amendment package: adopted an Addendum to the General Plan 2050 EIR, approved land use and text amendments to the General Plan and Downtown Station Area Specific Plan, and introduced an ordinance to rezone 10 properties (Resolutions RES‑2026‑019 and RES‑2026‑020; ordinance introduced).
- Awarded Contract No. C02406, Hopper Avenue Corridor Fire Recovery Improvements, to Argonaut Constructors for $4,054,718 with a 15% contingency ($608,207.70) and total authorized amount of $4,662,925.70 (Capital Improvement Fund).
- Approved Second Amendment to Professional Services Agreement F003096 with Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo, increasing compensation by $175,000 to a total not to exceed $375,000; appropriated $375,000 from unassigned general fund reserves (Resolution RES‑2026‑015).
- Approved cooperative purchase of four 2029 Pierce Enforcer Type 1 fire engines with Golden State Fire Apparatus Inc. for an amount not to exceed $5,709,802 and authorized use of H‑GAC cooperative purchasing.
- Adopted amendments to the Classification and Compensation & Salary Plan and an updated Salary Plan and Schedule; authorized increased appropriations of $163,122.15 (Resolution RES‑2026‑016).
- Reported no reportable closed‑session actions; multiple closed‑session real property negotiation items were listed as received and filed.
- Received presentations and proclamations including a Black History Month proclamation and a Sonoma Water water transmission system capital projects update.
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