{ "city": "Chico", "state": "California", "page": "https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-chico-ca/", "attribution": "MyTown / The Boring Parts — CC BY 4.0. Summaries AI-generated from official sources.", "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "generated": "2026-07-06", "upcoming": [ { "date": "2026-07-06", "body": "7/7/26 Council Meeting", "headline": "Council to confirm Gillian Haen as City Manager; also vote on fire grants", "summary": "The Chico City Council will decide on appointing Gillian Haen as the new City Manager with a $285,000 salary and benefits, and designate an Interim City Manager for the transition period. The council will also approve applications for three FEMA firefighter grants totaling $872,789, requiring a 10% city match. A closed session is scheduled for discussion of the City Manager appointment.", "agenda_url": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=2&event_id=1276", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=2&event_id=1276" } ], "recent": [ { "date": "2026-06-29", "body": "Bidwell Park and Playground Commission", "headline": "Proposal to convert park ranger positions to police officers presented", "summary": "The commission will hear two informational items: a proposal to convert park ranger positions to police officers supplemented by community service officers, and a request from the Chico Rod and Gun Club to amend its lease to remove prevailing wage provisions. No action will be taken on these items. The consent agenda includes approval of prior meeting minutes.", "agenda_url": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=1316", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=1316" }, { "date": "2026-06-16", "body": "06/16/26 Council Meeting", "headline": "Council to consider sewer rate increase, cannabis cultivation, and sobering center funding", "summary": "The council will deliberate on a sewer rate increase to fund infrastructure needs, with two reduced scenarios presented. They will also consider whether to permit commercial cannabis cultivation within city limits, a significant policy shift. Additionally, the council will discuss extending the sobering center funding agreement and approving an encampment resolution grant application for homelessness. Several consent items include sewer assessment, road projects, firefighter positions, and vehicle donation.", "agenda_url": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1311", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1311" }, { "date": "2026-06-02", "body": "6/2/26 Council Meeting", "headline": "Council to adopt 2026-27 final city budget", "summary": "The City Council will hold a final adoption of the 2026-27 city budget, confirm a new Fire Chief with a $200,000 salary, and discuss a proposed free parking program downtown. The consent agenda includes amendments to sewer fee collection, an election resolution, and other routine items. Public hearings are scheduled for vacating a portion of Eaton Road and approving a landscaping district assessment increase.", "agenda_url": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1310", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1310" }, { "date": "2026-05-19", "body": "5/19/26 Council Meeting - Budget Session Begins at 1:00 p.m.", "headline": "Council to adopt FY2026-27 budget, consider $500k fiber loan", "summary": "The City Council will hold a budget session to adopt the FY2026-27 proposed annual budget for the City and Successor Agency. Later in the regular meeting, they will discuss a sewer rate program for low-income residents, a $500,000 interfund loan for the Fiber Utility, and options for the post-Warren settlement regarding the Alternate Site and Genesis shelter. Other items include a Prop 64 grant application, heritage tree designations, and an ordinance on delinquent sewer fees.", "agenda_url": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1309", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1309" }, { "date": "2026-05-11", "body": "3/16/26 City Council - Special Closed Session (No video)", "headline": "Closed session to discuss lawsuit and city manager search", "summary": "This is a special closed session of the Chico City Council. The only business is a closed session conference with legal counsel on the pending lawsuit Believe in Chico v. City of Chico (Case No. 25CV01135) and a closed session discussion on recruiting a new city manager. No public decisions or other items are on the agenda.", "agenda_url": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1308", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1308" }, { "date": "2026-05-07", "body": "Planning Commission", "headline": null, "summary": null, "agenda_url": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=5&clip_id=1307", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=5&clip_id=1307" }, { "date": "2026-05-05", "body": "5/5/26 Council Meeting", "headline": "Council to consider selling 1550 Marauder Street to California Water Service", "summary": "The City Council will consider resolutions to declare a city-owned property at 1550 Marauder Street as exempt surplus land and authorize its sale to California Water Service. Other items include public hearings on nuisance abatement, workforce vacancies, and fee schedule amendments with cost-of-living increases to development impact fees. The regular agenda features a reconsideration of a five-year sewer rate adjustment, confirmation of a new deputy director with an annual salary of $145,000, and discussions on a shared micromobility program and a downtown free parking pilot.", "agenda_url": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1304", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1304" }, { "date": "2026-04-27", "body": "Bidwell Park and Playground Commission", "headline": "Commission to consider allowing alcohol at Chico Creek Nature Center", "summary": "The Bidwell Park and Playground Commission will consider a request from the Chico Area Recreation District (CARD) to allow alcohol service and consumption at the Chico Creek Nature Center, which would require a change to the city code. The commission may recommend the change to the City Council. A presentation on fuel loading in Middle Bidwell Park will also be given for information only.", "agenda_url": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=1303", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=1303" }, { "date": "2026-04-21", "body": "4/21/26 Council Meeting", "headline": "Council to decide downtown bikeway design and reconsider sewer rate adjustment", "summary": "The City Council will hold a public hearing on the draft 2026-2027 HUD Annual Action Plan for CDBG and HOME funds. Among regular agenda items, the council will discuss and potentially adopt one of three alternatives for the Downtown Revitalization Project's bike and pedestrian improvements. Other items include reconsideration of a previously approved five-year sewer rate increase, designation of three heritage trees, and confirmation of a deputy director.", "agenda_url": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1302", "minutes_url": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/MinutesViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1302", "source": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1302" }, { "date": "2026-04-07", "body": "4/7/26 Council Meeting", "headline": "Council to consider $651,376 opioid settlement grant for Jesus Center treatment center", "summary": "The Chico City Council will consider allocating $651,376 in opioid settlement funds to match grant funding for the Jesus Center's Substance Use Disorder Treatment Project. They will also discuss and potentially adopt one of three alternatives for downtown bikeway improvements, options for repairing or removing the City Plaza fountain, and a possible parklet program. Additional discussions include regulations on commercial cannabis and public power proposals in Oroville.", "agenda_url": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1298", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1298" }, { "date": "2026-03-30", "body": "Bidwell Park and Playground Commission", "headline": "Heritage tree application for John Bidwell's magnolia", "summary": "The Bidwell Park and Playground Commission will consider an application from California State Parks to designate a 92-foot-tall Southern Magnolia at 525 Esplanade as a Heritage Tree. The tree was planted by John Bidwell and is the state champion. The Urban Forest Manager recommends approval, which would then go to the City Council for final decision. The rest of the agenda is routine, including approval of prior minutes and verbal reports from park and street tree divisions.", "agenda_url": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=1295", "minutes_url": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/MinutesViewer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=1295", "source": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=1295" }, { "date": "2026-03-17", "body": "3/17/26 Council Meeting", "headline": "Council to consider five-year sewer rate adjustment, launch Prop 218 process", "summary": "The City Council will consider a Sewer Enterprise Study proposing a five-year rate adjustment to address financial and infrastructure needs, and direct staff to begin the Proposition 218 public hearing process. Other items include authorizing property acquisitions for the Fair Street Rehabilitation Project, confirming a new Deputy Director of Public Works Engineering, discussing downtown revitalization and PBID opportunity zones, and authorizing loan documents for a 66-unit affordable housing rehabilitation.", "agenda_url": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1288", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1288" }, { "date": "2026-03-03", "body": "3/3/26 Council Meeting & Posted Addendum", "headline": "Council approves 2026-2027 labor contract with UPEC union", "summary": "The Chico City Council voted 6-0 to allow virtual participation and approved a new two-year labor contract with United Public Employees of California Local 792 covering pay and benefits. The council also received the AB 481 annual military equipment report, approved a development impact fee ordinance allowing decreases, and considered exempting the CARD Aquatic Center from tree preservation rules. A letter of support for California Water Service's PFAS compliance program was agendized and discussed but no final vote is recorded.", "agenda_url": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1287", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1287" }, { "date": "2026-02-19", "body": "Planning Commission", "headline": "Planning Commission to vote on 90-foot faux pine tree cell tower at 693 E 1st Ave.", "summary": "The Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Use Permit 25-05 for a new 90-foot-tall wireless telecommunication facility disguised as a pine tree at 693 E 1st Avenue. Staff recommends approval with conditions. No other substantive items are on the agenda; the meeting also includes consent items (approval of July 2025 minutes) and public comment.", "agenda_url": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=5&clip_id=1286", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=5&clip_id=1286" }, { "date": "2026-02-17", "body": "2/17/26 Council Meeting", "headline": "Council introduces ordinance to adjust development impact fees with construction costs", "summary": "The City Council introduced an ordinance allowing development impact fees to rise or fall based on construction cost indices. The council also approved a $5,000 one-time salary adjustment for the Deputy Director of Human Resources and Risk Management. Consent items included a grant agreement for CDBG-DR infrastructure funds and a fee schedule amendment for the Bell-Muir Sewer Lift Station. A draft MOU with the United Public Employees of California was presented for a two-week review period.", "agenda_url": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1285", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1285" }, { "date": "2026-02-03", "body": "2/3/26 Council Meeting", "headline": "Council considers e-bike speed limits and sewer lift station fee", "summary": "The Chico City Council considered several items at its February 3, 2026 meeting, including a resolution to establish the Bell-Muir Sewer Lift Station Benefit Area and Capacity Fee, a verbal report on opportunities for outsourcing non-public safety departments, and a proposal to regulate electric bicycle speeds in Bidwell Park recreation areas. The council also acknowledged the annual audited financial reports for fiscal year 2025 and held closed sessions on labor negotiations, litigation, and real property negotiations.", "agenda_url": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1283", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1283" }, { "date": "2026-01-26", "body": "Bidwell Park and Playground Commission", "headline": "Bidwell Park commission to consider permits for guided hikes and Renaissance Faire", "summary": "The Bidwell Park and Playground Commission will consider two special use permits: one for Chico Beyond Adventure to conduct guided hikes in Bidwell Park with groups of 3-9 people, and another for Golden Goblet Faire to host a Renaissance Faire event at South 1 Mile Recreation Area. The commission will also vote on draft text and design for interpretive plaques at the 1 Mile entrance pillars. No public hearings are scheduled; consent items include approval of October 2025 minutes and the 2026 meeting calendar.", "agenda_url": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=1281", "minutes_url": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/MinutesViewer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=1281", "source": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=1281" }, { "date": "2026-01-20", "body": "1/20/26 Council Meeting", "headline": "Council confirms Public Works Director at $169,000 salary", "summary": "The Chico City Council adopted several consent items including a sewer assessment for 3549 Esplanade, acknowledged the Fire Marshal's annual report, approved a side letter with firefighters modifying HSA contributions, and selected Jones Mayer as City Attorney. On the regular agenda, the council interviewed applicants for an Arts Commission vacancy, considered providing Galleri cancer screening tests for Public Works O&M employees, and confirmed the appointment of Skyler Lipski as Public Works Director-Operations & Maintenance with an annual salary of $169,000. A closed session was held for labor negotiations with multiple employee organizations.", "agenda_url": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1276", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1276" }, { "date": "2026-01-12", "body": "Test New Event", "headline": "Council to consider expanding commercial cannabis permits and changing payment terms", "summary": "The Chico City Council will hold a public hearing on the draft 2024-2025 Annual Action Plan for federal CDBG and HOME funds. The council will also consider amendments to the municipal code to add new types of cannabis manufacturing licenses and require permittees to start operations within three years. Additionally, they will consider changing the Community Benefits Agreement for cannabis businesses to require quarterly payments within 60 days of reported revenue. Other items include a recommendation for the Bell Muir Special Planning Area and updates to administrative policies.", "agenda_url": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=7&clip_id=1267", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=7&clip_id=1267" }, { "date": "2026-01-06", "body": "1/6/26 Council Meeting", "headline": "Council considers conveying Depot Park to Chico Area Recreation and Park District", "summary": "The Chico City Council will vote on conveying Depot Park to CARD, hear appeals on subdivision conditions and mural requirements, and discuss an electric bike policy. The consent agenda includes adoption of updated building codes, employee MOU, fee schedule amendments, and a sewer easement for the P-18 project.", "agenda_url": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1264", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=1264" }, { "date": "2026-01-01", "body": "Test Event", "headline": null, "summary": null, "agenda_url": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=7&clip_id=1258", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://chico-ca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=7&clip_id=1258" } ] }