Modesto Council approves Founders Point East annexation, park renovation contract and a package of routine measures

The Modesto City Council on June 24 approved multiple development and budget items, including a 220‑acre annexation and specific plan called Founders Point East, a construction contract for the Martin Luther King Jr. Park renovation, several landscape assessment levies, and the city's five‑year consolidated plan required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Key votes at a glance: - Founders Point East (annexation and specific plan): council voted unanimously to approve the specific plan, prezone to the specific plan zone, the general plan amendment for 70 acres to residential, and to file an application to LAFCO to annex roughly 220 acres (70 acres proposed residential; 150 acres business park). Jessica Hill, Community & Economic Development director, told council the project proposes approximately 420 single‑family homes in the southern 70‑acre subarea and business‑park uses north of that area. - Martin Luther King Jr. Park renovation: council awarded a construction contract to Harris Builders, Inc. of Hilmar, Calif., for $10,996,103 and authorized an 8% contingency, bringing the contract total not to exceed…