March 06, 2023 - 1 - 12:32 PM A G E N D A • C I T Y C O U N C I L M E E T I N G
March 6, 2023 6:00 PM Council Chamber
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March 06, 2023 - 2 - 12:32 PM Verbal Comments
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All callers will be placed on mute, and at the appropriate time for you r comment your microphone will be unmuted.
In order for everyone to be heard, please limit your comments to 5 minutes or less, or 10 minutes per topic.
Webex Participation
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CALL TO ORDER
FLAG SALUTE - Councilmember Basgall
ROLL CALL
PRESENTATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS
1. Presentation of Proclamation declaring March 11, 2023, as Arbor Day.
PUBLIC COMMENTS - This is an opportunity for the members of the public to address the City Council on any matter within the City Council’s jurisdiction that is not listed on the Agenda. In order for everyone to be heard, please limit your comments to 5 minutes or less, o r 10 minutes per topic. Anyone wishing to be placed on the Agenda for a specific topic should contact the City Manager’s office and submit correspondence at least 10 days before the desired date of appearance.
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS - With respect to the approval of resolutions and ordinances, the reading of the title shall be deemed a motion to waive a reading of the complete resolution or ordinance and unless there is a request by a Councilmember that the resolution or ordinance be read in full, fur ther reading of the resolution or ordinance shall be deemed waived by unanimous consent of the Council.
CONSENT CALENDAR - Items considered routine in nature are to be placed upon the Consent Calendar. They will all be considered and voted upon in one vo te as one item unless a March 06, 2023 - 3 - 12:32 PM Councilmember requests individual consideration. A Councilmember’s vote in favor of the Consent Calendar is considered and recorded as a separate affirmative vote in favor of each action listed. Motions in favor of adoption of the Consent Calendar are deemed to include a motion to waive the reading of any ordinance or resolution on the Consent Calendar. For adoption of ordinances, only those that have received a unanimous vote upon introduction are considered Consent items.
2. Administration - Approval - Minutes from the February 21, 2023, Council Meeting.
3. Administration - Approval – Waive normal purchasing process and authorize City Manager to enter into the CALNET agreement with AT&T for Telecommunications services for the amount of $190,000 per year.
4. Finance – Receive and File – Investment Report for the Month of October 2022.
5. Finance – Receive and File – Treasurer’s Report for the Month of October 2022.
6. General Services – Approval – Authorize the City Manager to Execute a 10 -year Extension to the Lease Agreement with Clovis Big Dry Creek Historical Society, Inc., for Property Located at 401 Pollasky Avenue, Clovis.
7. General Services – Approval - Contract with LF Staffing Service, Inc. (DBA Labor Finders) for Temporary Labor Services.
8. General Services – Approval – Selection of Passio Technologies, LLC. for an Intelligent Transportation System “ITS” (Computer -Aided Dispatch/Automatic Vehicle Location/Automatic Voice Annunciation [CAD/AVL/AVA] Passenger Infotainment, and Historical and Real -time Application Programming Interfaces [API’s]) and Authorize City Manager to Execute the Contract for $461,500.00.
9. Planning and Development Services - Approval – Res. 23 -___, Annexation of Miscellaneous Properties to the Landscape Maintenance District No. 1.
10. Public Utilities - Approval – Res. 23-___, A Resolution Initiating Proceedings for the Annual Levy of Assessments for Landscape Maintenance District No. 1.
11. Public Utilities – Approval – Award a Contract to Karbonous, Inc. for Maintenance Work Consisting of Purchasing and Replacing Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) at Well 12 and Well 27 for the amount of $240,156.20.
PUBLIC HEARINGS - A public hearing is an open consideration within a regular or special meeting of the City Council, for which special notice has been given and may be required. When a public hearing is continued, noticing of the adjourned item is required as per Government Code 54955.1.
12. Consider items associated with approximately 1.04 acres of land located on the north side of Alluvial Avenue, between Sunnyside and Fordham Avenues. Stallion Development and Construction – Arman Zakaryan, owner/applicant; Dan Zack, representative.
a. Consider Approval - Res. 23-___, A request to approve an environmental finding of a Mitigated Negative Declaration for General Plan Amendment GPA2022 -001 and Rezone R2022-001.
b. Consider Approval - Res. 23-___, GPA2022-001, A request to amend the Gener al Plan to re -designate the subject property from the Low Density Residential (2.1 -4.0 DU/Ac) classification to the Medium High (7.1-15.0 DU/Ac) classification.
March 06, 2023 - 4 - 12:32 PM c. Consider Introduction - Ord. 23-___, R2022-001, A request to rezone the subject property from the R-1-7500 (Single-family Residential, 7,500 sf) Zone District to the R- 2 (Multifamily Medium-High Density Residential) Zone District.
Staff: Lily Cha, AICP, Senior Planner
Recommendation: Approve
13. Consider Approval - Res. 23 -___, Resolution of Necessity to determine that public interest and necessity require acquisition of property for public purposes; and, authorizing proceedings in eminent domain for two properties located between Locan Avenue and DeWolf Avenue. APN/Owner: 553 -030-05/Zepeda and 565-042- 14/Samarin. (Continued from the February 21, 2023, meeting)
Staff: Ryan C. Burnett, Engineering Program Supervisor
Recommendation: Approve
ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS - Administrative Items are matters on the regular City Council Agenda other than Public Hearings.
14. Receive and File – Economic Development, Housing and Communications Update.
Staff: Chad McCollum, Economic Development, Housing and Communications Director
Recommendation: Receive and File
15. Consider – Various items related to the Retail Market Survey and Land Use Evaluation of the Shaw Avenue corridor.
a. Receive and File - Results of the Retail Market Survey & Land Use Evaluation of the Shaw Avenue corridor.
b. Consider Approval - For the City to enter into an agreement with Kosmont Companies to provide a Fiscal Impact and Economic Benefit Analysis for the redevelopment of existing retail space in the Shaw Avenue corridor in the amount of $25,000.
Staff: Chad McCollum, Economic Development, Housing and Communications Director
Recommendation: Receive and File and Approve
16. Receive and File - 2023 Five-Year Financial Forecast for the City of Clovis through 2027/28 and discuss options for budget preparation for 2023/24.
Staff: Jay Schengel, Finance Director
Recommendation: Receive and File
March 06, 2023 - 5 - 12:32 PM
17. Consider Approval - Res. 23-___, A request to initiate a prezoning of property within the area generally bound by Shepherd Avenue on the south, Willow Avenue on the west, the Enterprise Canal on the north and the Peach Avenue align ment on the east and authorizing staff to prepare an annexation application for the same boundary. City of Clovis, applicant.
Staff: Dave Merchen, City Planner
Recommendation: Approve
COUNCIL ITEMS
18. Consider Approval - Res. 23-___, a Resolution Opposing Initiative No. 21-0042A1, the Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act sponsored by the California Business Roundtable.
Staff: John Holt, City Manager
Recommendation: Approve
19. Consider Approval – Appointments to the City of Clovis Historic Preservation Committee.
Staff: John Holt, City Manager
Recommendation: Approve
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
COUNCIL COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
FUTURE MEETINGS
Regular City Council Meetings are held at 6:00 P.M. in the Council Chamber. The following are future meeting dates:
Mar. 13, 2023 (Mon.)
Mar. 20, 2023 (Mon.) (Joint Meeting with Planning Commission) Apr. 3, 2023 (Mon.)
Apr. 10, 2023 (Mon.)
Apr. 17, 2023 (Mon.)