City of Modesto Policy Achievements 2023
Modesto Sky1 Air Support
Travelers Motel to become permanent housing
Modesto Sky1 Air Support
Sky1 helps protect Modesto from DUI's, Sideshows, Fireworks enforcement, and reduces the need for high speed pursuits.
Saved Leo the Lion
Travelers Motel to become permanent housing
Modesto Sky1 Air Support
Saved from the scrap heap, Leo the Lion now rules Lion's Park on the Virginia Trail.
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7th Street Tower Funded
Travelers Motel to become permanent housing
Travelers Motel to become permanent housing
City of Modesto received a grant for $33 million from the State of California to build 79 units plus commercial on 7th Street.
Travelers Motel to become permanent housing
Travelers Motel to become permanent housing
Travelers Motel to become permanent housing
City of Modesto received a $17 million grant from the State of California to create permanent housing with wrap around services for the homeless.
Modesto Firefighters Park
Accessory Dwelling Unit Dashboard
Modesto Firefighters Park
The Modesto Firefighters Park has been approved and will include a playground and a memorial.
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Modesto Garage Sale Fest
Accessory Dwelling Unit Dashboard
Modesto Firefighters Park
The Citywide Garage Sale Festival was booked on April 20th. The event drew 250 garage sales and thousands of visitors to Modesto.
Accessory Dwelling Unit Dashboard
Accessory Dwelling Unit Dashboard
Accessory Dwelling Unit Dashboard
We created a central hub for design, permit approval, funding, and construction of ADUs / Mother in Law quarters. Visit it yourself at: https://www.modestogov.com/2845/Accessory-Dwelling-Units
CITY OF MODESTO POLICY ACHIEVEMENTS 2023
Update Park Restrooms
Abandoned Commercial Building Ordinance
Update Park Restrooms
The Modesto City Council approved new restrooms designs that are safer and easier to clean in parks like Graceada Park. These should be in place by 2026.
Homeless Day Center
Abandoned Commercial Building Ordinance
Update Park Restrooms
The city council voted to open a homeless day center at the Salvation Army at 9th and D Street. The center opened officially in November 2023.
Abandoned Commercial Building Ordinance
Abandoned Commercial Building Ordinance
Abandoned Commercial Building Ordinance
This ordinance requires notifying the city about vacant buildings and requires regular inspections to ensure they don't become a liability to the community.
Weekly Green Can Pickup
Graceada Park Tennis Courts
Abandoned Commercial Building Ordinance
After a unanimous city council vote, Green Can will are picked up weekly beginning in August of 2023.
Graceada Park Tennis Courts
Graceada Park Tennis Courts
Graceada Park Tennis Courts
The Graceada Park Tennis Courts have been resurfaced making Tennis and Futsal a much better experience.
Sideshow Ordinance
Graceada Park Tennis Courts
Graceada Park Tennis Courts
The council's passing of the city's sideshow ordinance created strong penalties for drivers, promoters, and attendees.
Civilian Review Board / Independent Police Auditor
Civilian Review Board / Independent Police Auditor
Civilian Review Board / Independent Police Auditor
Modesto's City Council unanimously approved the Forward Together recommendations. These recommendations included instituting a civilian review board and an independent police auditor.
Park Improvements
Civilian Review Board / Independent Police Auditor
Civilian Review Board / Independent Police Auditor
Modesto is aggressively fixing its parks, including new basketball courts at Chrysler, Muncey, and Orchard Parks.
Pickle Ball Court Lighting
Civilian Review Board / Independent Police Auditor
Pickle Ball Court Lighting
Pickle Ball is incredibly popular and along with the new courts that were built at Graceada Park the City also rewired the broken lights on the courts for people to play later into the evening.
Modesto Fire Improvements
Modesto Fire Improvements
Pickle Ball Court Lighting
Adding 7 new Fire / EMS positions, execute critical repairs at Fire Station 1, and replace the station runner vehicle.
Modesto PD Improvements
Modesto Fire Improvements
Modesto PD Improvements
Adding 5 Community Service Officers, 4 Rangers, a police investigator, and 15 police officer recruit positions to Modesto PD.
Cruising Permitted
Modesto Fire Improvements
Modesto PD Improvements
The Modesto City Council voted 7-0 to legalize cruising. Following Modesto's lead the State of California legalized cruising in all of the state several months later.
City of Modesto Policy Achievements 2022
Ranger Program
Modesto's newly created Ranger program will patrol our parks increasing safety and accessability for residents and families.
CHAT Program Expansion
The Chat program, (essentially Modesto's non police officer response team for homeless and mental health) expanded to 15 officers / staff with guaranteed funding for 5 years.
Graceada / Enslen Park Hours Adjustments
In order to reduce crimes in Graceada, Enslen, and other parks in Modesto the city council voted to give the Parks Director the ability to change park hours. Graceada and Enslen will now be open Dawn to Dusk except for permitted special events like Moband!
Safe Parking Program
Approved at the July 12th, 2022 City Council meeting, safe parking provides 25 safe parking spots for homeless people living in their cars.
Auto Dealer Ordinance Outlaws Dealership Parking of Cars in Neighborhoods
Local car dealers are parking their inventory in our neighborhoods. Our new dealership parking ordinance outlaws the practice.
Local Hire
Modesto passed our Local Hire ordinance. This is a good first step in ensuring that we hire local workers for the city's jobs.
Curbside Recycling
In compliance with California SB1383, The Modesto City Council voted to bring curbside recycling back to our residents.
Upgraded Turf Replacement Program
The city council voted to expand the Turf program to fight the drought and save our precious water. Modesto's Turf program gives up to $3000 in rebates when residents install low water landscaping. Sign up for the turf program by clicking here.
Rezone McHenry to Allow Live / Work Space
As revenue continues to move towards the internet more retail spaces will inevitably become available. We can kill two birds with one stone, retail vacancy and affordable housing by changing the code now. The code has been changed and it was added to the Modesto housing plan.
Dumping Reduction - Bulky Item Pickup Expansion
Council approved bulky item pickup at multi-family buildings and apartments to reduce dumping. In addition there will be dump days added where people can bring items and dump them for free also to reduce dumping.
City of Modesto policy achievements 2021
Policy Achievements:
Refunding Forestry: As part of federal ARPA Funding, City of Modesto successfully refunded the Forestry department this year. Council allocated nearly $2 million in additional funding for this year. Now forestry teams will be able to remove more stumps, remove dead trees, and even plant some new ones.
CHAT Program: Modesto's new CHAT Team (Community Health and Assistance Team) will respond to mental health, family disputes, and other non-violent issues and allow our police to have more focus on serious crime.
Police Funding: Keeping Modesto safe is a high priority for this council. Police funding was raised over $10 million year to year.
Fire Department Partnership: Modesto Fire Department has joined in a partnership with City of Ceres that will increase safety in the region and lower overall expenses for both Ceres and Modesto.
Turf Incentive Program: By increasing marketing of the current Turf Program The City of Modesto is on track to save over 1,000,000 gallons of additional residential water in 2021.
American Graffiti Museum: Council approved $500,000 to invest in the American Graffiti Museum located on 9th Street in Modesto.
RAD Card: Back in March council approved over $700,000 in funding for the RAD Card program to support business across the City of Modesto. With the rapid spread of the delta variant this approval has proven even more important to our local businesses.
App Challenge: The City of Modesto is coordinating with Modesto City Schools to encourage students to develop apps for computers and phones. Participants will submit their programs to the Congressional App Challenge with a winner from the district going to Washington DC.
Covid Max App Fee: We passed a delivery app fee limit that created a maximum charge to restaurants of 15% until covid ends. Many apps like Door Dash or UberEats were charging fees of 30% crushing local small businesses.
Stan State Intern Program: Working with Stan State and the City we were able to coordinate an internship program allowing students to work on community programs and earn college credits.
Cannabis Equity Grant: Working with Tony Madrigal and the NAACP we were able to green light entering the State of California's Cannabis Equity Grant program. We were recently informed the City of Modesto has been awarded the first of two possible rounds of funding for this program.
