May 01, 2023 - 1 - 5:30 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
May 1, 2023 6:00 PM Council Chamber
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Written Comments
Members of the public are encouraged to submit written comments at:
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Please submit a separate form for each item you are commenting on.
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If you wish to make a verbal comment, please see instructions below.
Please be aware that any written comments received that do not specify a particular agenda item will be marked for the general public comment portion of the agenda.
If a written comment is received after 4:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting, efforts will be made to provide the comment to the City Council during the meeting. However, staff cannot guarantee that written comments received after 4:00 p.m. will be provided to City Council during the meeting. All written comments received prior to the end of the meeting will be made part of the record of proceedings.
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May 01, 2023 - 2 - 5:30 PM Verbal Comments
If you wish to speak to the Council on an item by telephone, you should contact the City Clerk at (559) 324-2060 no later than 4:00 p.m. the day of the meeting.
You will be asked to provide your name, phone number, and your email. You will be emailed instructions to log into Webex to participate in the meeting. Staff recommends participants log into the Webex at 5:30 p.m. the day of the meeting to perform an audio and mic check.
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
Reasonable efforts will be made to allow written and verbal comment from a participant communicating with the host of the virtual meeting. To do so, a participant will need to chat with the host and request to make a written or verbal comment. The host will make reasonable efforts to make written and verbal comments available to the City Council. Due to the new untested format of these meetings, the City cannot guarantee that these written and verbal comments initiated via chat will occur. Participants wanting to make a verbal comment via call will need to ensure that they accessed the WebEx meeting with audio and microphone transmission capabilities.
CALL TO ORDER
FLAG SALUTE - Councilmember Mouanoutoua
ROLL CALL
PRESENTATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS
1. Presentation of Proclamation declaring May 2023, as Older Americans Month.
2. Update on the 2023 Trail Fest to be held on May 6, 2023.
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, or 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, further reading of the resolution or ordinance shall be deemed waived by unanimous consent of the Council.
May 01, 2023 - 3 - 5:30 PM 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 vote as one item unless a Councilmember requests individual consideration. A Councilmember’s vote in favor of the Consent Calendar is considered and recorded as a separate affirmative vo te 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.
3. Administration - Approval - Minutes from the April 10, 2023, and April 14, 2023, Council Meetings.
4. Administration – Approval – Award the Request for Proposals to Zones for the purchase of twenty (20) Mobile Data Computers in the amount of $97,710.00 plus tax.
5. General Services – Approval – Res. 23 -___, Authorizing the Execution of the Certificates of Assurances for the Low Carbon Transit Operations Program (LCTOP), and Submittal of Two (2) Projects for Fiscal Year 2022-2023.
6. Planning and Development Services – Approval – Final Acceptance for CIP 21 -06 Modular Training Facility.
7. Planning and Development Services – Approval – Final Acceptance for CIP 18-12 Fire Station 6.
8. Planning and Development Services – Approval – Final Acceptance for Final Map for Tract 6349, located east of Locan Avenue, between Barstow Avenue and Shaw Avenue (DYP 6260, LP (De Young Properties)).
9. Planning and Development Services – Approval – Final Acceptance for Final Map for Tract 6328, located at the northwest corner of Shepherd and Clovis Avenues (6050 Enterprises, LP (Wilson Homes)).
10. Planning and Development Services – Approval – Final Acceptance for Final Map for Tract 6273, located at the northwest corner of Ashlan Avenue and Armstrong Avenue (Joseph Crown Construction and Development, Inc.)
11. Planning and Development Services – Approval – Final Acceptance for Final Map for Tract 6225, located at the northeast corner of Ashlan Avenue and Locan Avenue (Wilson Premier Homes, Inc.). Councilmember Vong Mouanoutoua has a conflict of interest on this item.
12. Public Utilities – Approval – Preliminary Engineer’s Report; and Approval – Res. 23- ___, a Resolution Declaring the City’s Intention to Levy and Collect the Annual Assessments for Landscape Maintenance District No. 1.
COUNCIL ITEMS
13. Consider Approval – Appointments to Personnel Commission and Planning Commission.
Staff: Councilmember Bessinger
Recommendation: Approve
May 01, 2023 - 4 - 5:30 PM ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS - Administrative Items are matters on the regular City Council Agenda other than Public Hearings.
14. Consider Approval – Res. 23-___, A Resolution Declaring the Intention to levy and collect assessments for Fiscal Year 2023 -24, Authorizing the City of Clovis Engineering Department to conduct a property owner Proposition 218 proceeding, Approving the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Preliminary Engineer’s Report, and setting a Public Hearing for June 19, 2023, or at such time thereafter for Area 1 of Benefit Assessment District No. 95-1 (Blackhorse Estates)
Staff: Sean Smith, Supervising Civil Engineer
Recommendation: Approve
15. Consider Denial – A request to allow backyard chickens in the City of Clovis.
Staff: George Rodriguez, Police Services Manager
Recommendation: Deny
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.
16. Consider items associated with the Annual Military Equipment Report.
a. Annual Review of Ordinance 22 -03, Clovis Police Department Policy 706, and the 2023 Annual Military Equipment Report.
b. Approval - Res. 23-___, Renewing Ordinance 22-03 and Clovis Police Department Policy 706.
Staff: Curt Fleming, Chief of Police / Craig Aranas, Police Lieutenant Recommendation: Approve
17. Consider various 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 vaca ting the denial of GPA2022 -001 from the March 6, 2023, Council meeting with a vote of 3 -1-1 where Councilmember Mouanoutoua voted against the denial and where Councilmember Pierce was absent.
b. Reconsider Approval - Res. 23-___, GPA2022-001, A request to amend the General 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.
May 01, 2023 - 5 - 5:30 PM c. Reconsider 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
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
COUNCIL COMMENTS
CLOSED SESSION - A “closed door” (not public) City Council meeting, allowed by State law, for consideration of pending legal matters and certain matters related to personnel and real estate transactions.
18. Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
Case Name: Desiree Martinez v. City of Clovis, et al., Case No. F082914
ADJOURNMENT
FUTURE MEETINGS
Regular City Council Meetings are held at 6:00 P.M. in the Council Chamber. The following are future meeting dates:
May 8, 2023 (Mon.)
May 15, 2023 (Mon.)
June 5, 2023 (Mon.)
June 12, 2023 (Mon.)
June 19, 2023 (Mon.)