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Woodland staff highlight recreation, trees and housing grants in semiannual reports

City of Woodland City Council · March 3, 2026
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Summary

Community Services and Community Development directors reported tens of thousands of participant contacts in recreation and aquatics, tree‑planting activity, and progress on housing and infrastructure grants, including a pro‑housing designation and anticipated state grant eligibility.

City staff presented semiannual updates from Community Services and Community Development focused on programs, maintenance and grant activity.

Community Services Director Christine Farrar said about 26,000 people participated in recreation programs from July through December (including roughly 600 in youth recreation), and aquatics programs recorded over 22,000 participants. Farrar highlighted seniors programming with about 13,000 senior sign‑ins and noted the department planted 106 trees in the period and collected nearly $110,000 in cemetery revenue. She described continued partnerships (for example with the Woodland Joint Unified School District and UC Davis) and named programs such as ‘Mini Monet’ for toddlers and a Summer at City Hall collaboration.

Community Development Director Brent Meyer said the city received a pro‑housing designation from the state Department of Housing and Community Development, which staff said makes the city eligible for certain grants (staff referenced an approximate $1,000,000 funding pot to support the Tupelo project with Yolo County Housing). Meyer highlighted grants including a $3,000,000 SecoG (transportation/streets) award, an ACID/Choice Neighborhoods planning grant near $1,000,000, progress on the Spring Lake and Gibson Road projects, a reduction in new‑home permits and a roughly 25% drop in building permit valuation to about $40,000,000 for the period.

Council members thanked staff and asked clarifying questions about programs such as mobile food vendor licensing, traffic‑calming procedures, and solar installations; staff described process changes (electronic plan submittal and record digitization) and some operational challenges (a broken warrant‑data recorder used for stop‑sign requests). The council received and filed the reports without objection.