Rich Lansburgh
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- Meetings spoken in
- 18
- Total speaking time
- 1:06:35
- Avg per meeting
- 3:42
- Segments
- 917
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Top issues during term (20)
ICE enforcement operation and hit-and-run incident
Harmony Communities rent increase at Idlewheel mobile home park
Affected residents face rent roughly doubling, an 80% increase on fixed and low incomes.
Flock surveillance camera usage by ICE and outside agencies
Could shave dollars off $100-200 monthly water bills if adopted, at unknown program cost to the city.
Comcast fiber-optic construction concerns
Residents fear property damage and devalued homes; the city says compensation will be pursued.
Starlink equipment in emergency operations center
The grant is $10,000 with a city match of $4,438.71; alternatives may cost slightly more.
FY 2026/27 Budget Health
Stronger reserves ($18.9M) but the city cautions the windfall was one-time money it can't count on again.
Lower Cache Creek Flood Risk Reduction Federal Advocacy
Up to $90,000 for another year of lobbying.
One-Year Labor Agreements with City Unions
Labor costs are built into the adopted $246.86 million budget.
Extended Retail Cannabis Hours of Operation
Longer hours could boost cannabis tax revenue the city is already seeing beat budget expectations.
Parks and Recreation Facility Improvements and Maintenance
$180,000 more in Measure F and water enterprise funds; total contract now $445,620.
Lindstrom's Auto Body Conditional Use Permit
Woodland drinking water quality and the 2026 Public Health Goals Report
Water is paid for by ratepayers through monthly bills, with grants like a $3 million Bureau of Reclamation award helping offset costs.
Nonfunctional Turf Irrigation Ban (AB 1572)
Property owners face conversion costs; the city hopes for state rebate funding and fines for noncompliance run $100–$500 locally.
Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month
Woodland Public Library annual report
Library services saved residents an estimated $5.9 million in borrowing costs last year.
Hate crime against Corner Drug pharmacy
College, Beamer, and Cross street rehabilitation
Up to $634,567 for design, with 20% ($126,914) amendment authority for the city manager.
Valley Clean Energy update
Customers get a 5% discount (10% for CARE/FERA households); $10 million saved since 2018.
Yolo bus service transition hiccups
CDBG funding for ADA ramps and local nonprofits
$443,278 in federal funds; allocation has been shrinking by $5,000-$10,000 a year.
Decisions during term (244)
Recorded while Lansburgh was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Consent Calendar (Items 3–6: Meeting Minutes, Parks Minutes, Ferguson Group Amendment #4, Conflict of Interest Code)
Introduction of Ordinance Amending WMCS 5.28.360 — Retail Cannabis Hours of Operation
Introduction of Ordinance Regulating Nonfunctional Turf Irrigation (AB 1572)
Adopt consent calendar items 3-11 (except item 4)
FY2025 Homeland Security Grant Program EOC Laptop and Equipment (Item 4, as amended)
Proclamation: October 2026 as Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month
Closed session: Martin Brothers Construction v. City of Woodland
SUBJECT: FY27 Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Grant Award Acceptance
SUBJECT: Appropriation of OTS Grant Funds for the Regional Crash Response and Extrication Improvement Program in the amount of $65,000.
SUBJECT: Letter of Support for the Revitalize Rural America Act
SUBJECT: Reallocate Project Funding for the WPCF Pond 9 Biosolids Drying and Removal Project, CIP 26-03
SUBJECT: Award contract for the Lemen Avenue Utility Improvements Project, CIP 26-15
SUBJECT: Accepting a Project CalRecycle Zone Incentive Fund 5 Grant from the Recycling Market Development Zone Grant Program
SUBJECT: Quarterly Investment Report — September 30, 2026
Adoption of Consent Calendar (Items 3-10)
2026 Triennial Public Health Goals Report for Water Quality (Item 11)
SUBJECT: Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
SUBJECT: Proclaim October 2026 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month
SUBJECT: Proclamation for Fire Prevention Week 2026
SUBJECT: City Council Meeting Minutes of September 1, 2026 and September 15, 2026.
Voting record (21)
Oldest to newest — hover a bar for the item.
Council Members approved consent calendar items numbers 4 through 15, with the exception of item H.5.
Council Members held a public hearing to receive community input on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025/26 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER),
Consent Calendar Items 4-15 (except H.5)
FY 2025/26 CDBG CAPER (Item 16)
City Council held a public hearing and adopted Resolution No.8728 to; 1) approve the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026/2027 CDBG Annual Action Plan with the funding allocations provided in the staff report and Re
Council Members approved consent calendar items numbers 5 through 16
Council Members approved consent calendar items 3 through 10, with Councilmember Lansburgh recused from the vote on item F.10.
Denial of appeal — 652 4th Street tree violation (Res. 8708)
Professional conflict of interest