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City staff said the city received a wire payment of $77,600 on July 22, 2025, and that the lien was released that same day, allowing the sale of the property to proceed. The city manager indicated this was an informational item and no further council action was required.

Why it matters: the release ends an administrative enforcement matter tied to property maintenance and clears a financial impediment to the property’s sale. Council members on the dais noted the city had incurred staff and administrative costs and welcomed the timely reimbursement.

Ending: The manager said he had emailed council members after the lien release to keep them informed. No further actions were recorded on the agenda.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","2025.08.04 Regular City Council Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","City manager reported the owners of 175 South Mag wired payment of $77,600 to satisfy administrative fines; staff released the lien and the sale of the property could proceed, the manager said.","taxTitle","Oakdale, Stanislaus County, California","taxId",60290,"location","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_47":80,"_49":81,"_51":82,"_53":83,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":84,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":85,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6483957,"Local pool business owner says false complaint nearly cost his license; asks council to consider lawyer-fee reimbursement",195,1252000,1447000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5532945-b740e950993e38b205f9f0c948f44021&start=1252&end=1447","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5532945-b740e950993e38b205f9f0c948f44021/thumbnail_1252000.jpg","/articles/6483957/Oakdale/Stanislaus-County/California/Local-pool-business-owner-says-false-complaint-nearly-cost-his-license-asks-council-to-consider-lawyer-fee-reimbursement","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6483957-2c005902f3dc991fd826588979398002/orig.mp4?Expires=1771174848&Signature=UzNRjJCV1JvZMJ~rEKiNbhk43g4QREKpbyZXh5Awt8SsblZmPnnP-9ylEneUVSExTmVbPnSw-0v3eJeiIN9L7cWBQz7poyL8c-JObBN-n~XosIUi4NVhWizKWO~ORwdE13T7~fpN6m4fU6Y-cFURlGBwHt4gJkq~31p9MJCvml~f0hTvf7uLPm9SRMwxZG4Zb91Xrt09~QAy8dNnXS~fpM5XmsL9tLHwE2YwRkSZX9RJDukuDY1IRaVqI9y-cVACsYqH~3auAXdmuWO~fHjpJlwpqhoUMqjjr8exLi2bnn57u40RoVX4~5ISR~hqHuglJxtNo~KnPdiBqFHCw2C9CA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Richard Boss, owner of Rich’s Pool Service, told the Oakdale City Council during public comment on Aug. 4 that a neighbor filed a false complaint alleging he was dumping chemicals in orchards and storm drains. He said county hazmat staff inspected and were satisfied after he produced receipts showing he had turned in empty chemical containers for recycling.

Boss said he later received a notice from the city’s code enforcement indicating his business license would be revoked effective March 1. He said he was entitled to a hearing before the council for license revocation and that the code enforcement officer did not have authority to revoke the license on staff’s own. He hired an attorney to pursue an appeal, which he said cost about $2,500, and told council he would like the city to reimburse his legal fees because the evidence showed he had not been improperly handling chemicals and because his business depends on the license.

Boss said it took long enough to receive discovery that, when he inspected the city’s evidence, it mainly consisted of photographs of buckets filled with soil and other inert material; he asserted that the enforcement action was not supported by evidence. He said staff later told him the license remained valid and that he should continue business, but that he had already incurred attorney fees.

Council and staff response: Staff members on the dais acknowledged Boss’s comments and asked that he follow up with city staff (he said he had been in touch with Christopher Smith that morning and met with Jeff Gravel). No reimbursement decision was made to the public record at the Aug. 4 meeting; the city clerk/manager’s office indicated the matter had been handled administratively (Boss said the lien/administrative process had continued until he and his attorney appealed).

Ending: Boss’s statement is entered on the public record; he said he would pursue follow-up with staff and is seeking reimbursement for roughly $2,500 in legal fees. The council did not take action during the meeting.","A local pool-service operator told the council that a neighbor’s false complaint and subsequent code-enforcement action led to an improper notice of license revocation; he appealed, paid for counsel and requested reimbursement of legal fees.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_47":92,"_49":93,"_51":94,"_53":95,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":96,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":97,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6483962,"Resident urges reappointment of airport commission, cites FAA 'Mosaic' rules and low overflights",148,1038000,1186000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5532945-b740e950993e38b205f9f0c948f44021&start=1038&end=1186","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5532945-b740e950993e38b205f9f0c948f44021/thumbnail_1038000.jpg","/articles/6483962/Oakdale/Stanislaus-County/California/Resident-urges-reappointment-of-airport-commission-cites-FAA-Mosaic-rules-and-low-overflights","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6483962-751422bdfbc133108f2fb43a3aa294a9/orig.mp4?Expires=1771174848&Signature=F841HQwroW8P1QUUflqku1XRrnkNaSfZVAhU0W7wY4X7EsISSh3jbaXdaaUieiW5Usvl6o5P6YPOFQDF6FUdAecKzV1vQVniLk4KeMgxzA3aCm5EP0eh8cLTHmavY5dNE40Z4YCgJVGQd1rFrySQNZhRnIlFEzsg6WXiz5LmGlMiKslBBmcVhUo5VBPMmT6pJkPu9~GUIoPNzPQmPdVzbnARDBtWClEHA3KVMH0zCymCZh~VIbJXU7rtY~Xe7elczIKMFVJocXppOyrp49X~kk7xVkwU9auzKXB-HSzhYvi~Q8JaRwqh2V4Q1FtrWgL3yyLzO3RB2zR7iRstBgEzSA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","During public comment on Aug. 4, Oakdale resident George Hoover urged the City Council to reappoint an airport commission and consider voluntary guidelines for pilots after the FAA released its Mosaic rules.

Hoover said the Mosaic rules are designed to expand pilot training capacity and that Oakdale Municipal Airport is being used as a training base by pilots from outside the community, producing frequent low overflights. He gave on-record tallies of pilot registrations in Stanislaus County (he said 286 pilots registered in the county, 48 in Oakdale, and 16 crop dusters operating on private fields) and said many training flights originate in Antioch, Stockton and Tracy. He asked the council to look at Longmont, Colorado’s voluntary pilot guidelines website as a possible model and to reconstitute the airport commission to address noise and training operations.

Hoover said some flights pass low over his house near Oakdale Junior High and Sierra View while children are in session and that the runway’s orientation places approaches close to neighborhoods. He asked the council to “get this thing under control before this town grows” and noted the city will face a bypass in 2028 that could change traffic and land use patterns.

Council response and context: Council members acknowledged the concern but indicated the council could not take substantive action about pending private development (a neighborhood Walmart was mentioned earlier in public comment) because planning commission review is required. Staff and council did not adopt any formal changes to airport policy during the meeting; staff advised that reappointing an airport commission and studying voluntary pilot guidelines would be appropriate follow-ups and requested residents meet with staff to review options.

Ending: The record shows the concern was raised during public comment; staff and council directed residents to follow up with staff (city manager’s office and airport manager) for further discussion and suggested bringing any formal proposals to the council or planning/airport bodies for consideration.","A resident asked the council to reappoint an airport commission and adopt voluntary pilot guidelines after citing the FAA's recently released Mosaic rule changes and an increase in low overflights near a junior high school.",{"_33":99,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":100,"_41":101,"_43":102,"_45":103,"_47":104,"_49":105,"_51":106,"_53":107,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":108,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":109,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6483966,"Oakdale approves FAA grant acceptance to design runway safety-area markings at municipal airport",440,3720000,4160000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5532945-b740e950993e38b205f9f0c948f44021&start=3720&end=4160","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5532945-b740e950993e38b205f9f0c948f44021/thumbnail_3720000.jpg","/articles/6483966/Oakdale/Stanislaus-County/California/Oakdale-approves-FAA-grant-acceptance-to-design-runway-safety-area-markings-at-municipal-airport","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6483966-709e27df06a119e1ec2a4a9f96ec382e/orig.mp4?Expires=1771174848&Signature=epZWYv~l-OSpV-yOtms~o7IBEl2rcdHMLIYFrsP57zplJnlZMyiH-OL5jnvAJi6jRxPHH7yKGccq3QjNJNcGCPATzmkIe7ONJ8akxjCzZVouSCfs79AqPQaukSxMSOWTDiK1ryNdPX7C-2uR-wsLz-BdeX6YP1cIcY80-8ZhV75fsKCpY6Hf76gP557ayxG03wQB0vufktkcUYPxMRl3z8Me4dCzUmynHGa30gFd5HaCsDjoDnBDXvyjSEDi-ZDD4wd9OzK9PGgSaDH62dQ-lM08A4XJOiFZslI5SVt0Ag5IWItpR3LLvDCmkgahm79P1kqCL~4IsxDmPBai0Qar6Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Oakdale City Council on Aug. 4 authorized the city manager to accept and execute an FAA grant agreement for the design phase of a runway safety-area marking project at Oakdale Municipal Airport.

Tyler Hendon, the airport manager and senior engineering technician, told the council the design phase is estimated at $113,200 and that the FAA would fund 95% of eligible costs (about $107,504 in staff’s estimate). The city’s share for the design phase was listed on the record as $5,660 and would be paid from the airport capital improvement fund if the grant is formally awarded.

Hendon said this action covers design only; the construction phase would be pursued with a separate Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grant and staff expects the construction grant is likely given the airport’s guaranteed funding status but is not guaranteed. He also said if the city performs the design and later does not receive construction funding, the city would not be legally required to construct the project solely because it completed the design phase.

Why it matters: runway safety-area markings are intended to meet FAA standards for identifying safe zones and movement areas on the airfield and can reduce runway incursions. The council’s pre-approval was requested because the FAA typically gives a limited window to accept a grant once offered.

Council action: The council voted 4–0 to authorize the city manager to accept and execute the FAA grant agreement for the design phase. Council members asked staff about the likelihood of follow-on construction funding and were told the city would typically be responsible for about 5% of construction costs if awarded, with federal and state programs covering the remainder.

Ending: The design authorization clears the path to apply for and, if available, accept the construction grant in a later phase. Staff said the design is required to pursue the construction funding and that the airport has previously identified the item on its infrastructure list.","The City Council authorized the city manager to accept a federal grant to pay 95% of the design phase for runway safety-area markings; the city will cover a roughly 5% local share from airport capital funds if the grant proceeds.",{"_33":111,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":112,"_41":113,"_43":114,"_45":115,"_47":116,"_49":117,"_51":118,"_53":119,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":120,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":121,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6483971,"Oakdale council approves assessments for four landscape and lighting districts after debate over reserve balances",610,1678000,2288000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5532945-b740e950993e38b205f9f0c948f44021&start=1678&end=2288","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5532945-b740e950993e38b205f9f0c948f44021/thumbnail_1678000.jpg","/articles/6483971/Oakdale/Stanislaus-County/California/Oakdale-council-approves-assessments-for-four-landscape-and-lighting-districts-after-debate-over-reserve-balances","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6483971-c67a684420316fec98304de59426d14a/orig.mp4?Expires=1771174848&Signature=KNAD1d3HTQ8rMVoqg5pThxtf86ZYNjJttqs1pyqTYbC~JoZ~3ue5KZfwzJdxytPRzaW2Miz9v22Iz1h-bCiKN~8sp3j81SeCvpfpebeejecnEiMMfUQpT9W6pNYwzpF6zqytNKmup4XEROGqTS0YtQl1dTZFbmo-zVouuwxmTy2sR-xjbeYl9aWzJuVCV20NrOBF5A3976Jw3il3eGQAibkIadIpOkLrV8qMTSCV7lIpzwEFMoPNznRK58FfmylGiznmu9zvR-YqopPvOWIoQDx4f7Q4NKt4XM0gv83d9sLeQxGCuYhXeY28PKH3ER7~9bZ3mCDg78b7g5FKrHXoug__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Oakdale City Council on Aug. 4 adopted engineer reports and ordered levy and collection of assessments for four landscape and lighting maintenance districts — Bridal Ridge, The Vineyards, Virgil Hill and a group of smaller neighborhoods including Live Oak and Sunset Meadows — after public comment questioned large reserve balances in several districts.

Council approval came after debate about whether some districts hold years of reserves and whether residents should see reductions rather than increases. The council approved all four items, with one item (Bridal Ridge) passing only after a motion to reconsider and one council member abstaining where they had a conflict of interest.

The council’s action affects the following districts as presented in the engineer reports and staff briefings: Bridal Ridge (1,163 parcels; staff said the proposed assessment would increase and noted an annual increase figure of $17.54), The Vineyards (392 parcels; staff recommended no change to the assessment), Virgil Hill (354 parcels; proposed increase of $19.62, staff said the district carried a deficit and the increase would still leave a projected shortfall), and a combined package covering Live Oak, Reinman Court/Sunset Meadows, Sterling Hills and Murdock Estates (parcel counts and proposed changes vary by subdistrict; Live Oak was described as having a relatively low assessment reflecting homeowner maintenance of most mow strips).

Why it matters: landscape and lighting districts are charged to parcel owners and, if not collected, the city’s general fund would cover the costs. Several speakers and a number of council members pressed staff for more transparency about long-term reserve levels for tree and light replacement and asked for detailed breakdowns by fund before future rate decisions.

What the council did: For each district the council adopted the engineer’s report and ordered the levy and collection of the assessments for fiscal year 2025–26 so the amounts can be submitted to the county assessor by the Aug. 15 deadline. Council members who voted and the tallies reported on the record were as follows:

- Bridal Ridge (Item 10.1): Motion to adopt approved after a successful motion to reconsider; final recorded result on the second vote was 3 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain (Council member Kettering abstained because he lives in the affected area). The record shows Council member Gilbert (yes), Mayor Pro Tem Smith (yes), Council member Patasse (yes), Council member Kettering (abstain).

- The Vineyards (Item 10.2): Adopted, 3–0 (with one member absent/abstaining from votes while recused). Record on the audio: Council members voting yes included Gilbert and Mayor Pro Tem Smith; the item was described as a non-increase because reserves cover expected costs.

- Virgil Hill (Item 10.3): Adopted, 3 yes with 1 abstention recorded (the staff presentation noted a district deficit and that the proposed increase would reduce but not eliminate the shortfall).

- Live Oak / Reinman Court / Sunset Meadows / Sterling Hills / Murdock Estates (Item 10.4): Adopted, 3 yes with 1 abstention. Staff said some of these small districts have limited reserves and occasional tree-pruning cycles drive the need to hold funds.

Public comment and staff response: Several residents (including a longtime resident who reviewed multiple engineer reports) urged the council to publish the line-item reserve balances for streetlights and trees and to consider reducing assessments in districts with very large fund balances. Staff and the presenting engineer (referred to on the record as Jerry) said the engineer’s report and the budget packet — available on the city website — contain detailed line items, noted that some districts will use reserves this year to cover operating costs, and emphasized the Aug. 15 statutory filing deadline with the county assessor as the practical reason the council had to act at the Aug. 4 meeting.

Next steps: Staff said they will meet with residents who requested more detail, and the engineer’s longer report and packet remain available online for review. Council members asked staff to provide clearer fund-balance breakdowns in future packets so potential refunds or reductions can be considered where appropriate.

Ending: The council’s action lets the county proceed with adding the assessments to property tax bills for the 2025–26 fiscal year; several residents indicated they will follow up with staff to seek additional detail about specific reserve accounts and past calculation history.","The Oakdale City Council on Aug. 4 adopted engineer reports and ordered levy and collection of assessments for four landscape and lighting maintenance districts after public concerns about large reserve balances and a last-minute vote to reconsider one district’s increase.","actionData","errors"]

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