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Council asks staff to cost Spanish translations and to return with a form for council‑initiated items
Summary
Council directed staff to price options for Spanish translations of key outreach (social media, newsletter, official agenda and frequently requested forms) and asked staff to return with a proposed written submittal form and manual amendment to clarify how council-initiated items are agendized.
Council members discussed two related items: language access for Spanish speakers and the internal process for agendizing council‑initiated items.
On language access (Item 4), Interim City Manager Tony Winnie summarized current tools (website translation widget, on‑request in‑meeting translation) and listed outreach materials that could be translated (the Zest newsletter, social media posts, flyers, forms and official notices). Council member Altamirano said roughly 50–60%…
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