January 08, 2024 - 1 - 1:28 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
January 8, 2024 6:00 PM Council Chamber
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January 08, 2024 - 2 - 1:28 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 Basgall
ROLL CALL
PRESENTATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS
1. Presentation of Proclamation declaring January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month.
2. Presentation - Update on the Clovis Senior Activity Center.
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.
January 08, 2024 - 3 - 1:28 PM CONSENT CALENDAR - Items considered rout ine 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 a nd 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.
3. Administration - Approval - Minutes from the December 11, 2023, Council Meeting.
4. Administration - Approval - Res. 24 -___, Authorizing submittal of the Cottages at Magnolia Crossing development funding application to the Fresno Council of Governments, in the amount of $1 million, as the City of Clovis application for REAP
2.0 Program Funds.
5. General Services – Approval - Claim Rejection of the Ge neral Liability Claim of Jerry Egger.
6. General Services – Approval – Res. 24 -___, Authorizing Amendments to the Information Technology Technician, Information Technology Specialist, Senior Information Technology Specialist, Information Technology Analys t, and Senior Information Technology Analyst Classifications in the Information Technology Division.
7. Police - Approval – Res. 24 -___, Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Memorandum of Understanding and Grant Cooperative Agreement with the City of Fresno and the Fresno Police Department; and amend the Police Department Budget to reflect the award of a $6,068,700.00 grant.
8. General Services – Approval – Res. 24 -___, Amending the City’s FY 2023 -2024 Position Allocation Plan by adding five (5) Police Officer/Recruit positions and adding one (1) Public Safety Dispatcher position within the Police Department.
9. General Services – Approval – Res. 24-___, Authorizing Amendments to the Building Official Classification in the Planning and Development Services Department.
10. General Services - Approval – Res. 24-___, Authorizing Amendments to the City’s Classification and Compensation Plans to Revise the Housing Program Manager Classification with a Salary Range of $9,381 to $11,403 per month, and Approval – Res. 24-___, Amending the City’s FY 23-24 Position Allocation Plan.
11. General Services – Approval – Res. 24 -___, Amending the City’s FY 2023 -2024 Position Allocation Plan by adding one (1) Fire Inspector II position within the Fire Department.
12. General Services – Approval – Res. 24-___, Authorizing Amendments to the City’s Classification Plan by Revising the Deputy City Engineer Classification in the Planning and Development Services Department.
13. Planning and Development Services – Approval – Final Acceptance for CIP 19 -11 Bullard Avenue Rehabilitation.
14. Planning and Development Services - Approval - Authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute a real property purchase agreement and assoc iated documentation as follows: a. for approximately 3.3 acres located on Sunnyside Avenue, north of Shepherd Avenue (Partial acquisition of APN 556 -040-23). Patrick Vincent Ricchiuti, as Trustee of the Patrick Vincent Ricchiuti Family Trust and Frances Ricchiuti, Successor Trustee of the Pat and Frances Ricchiuti Charitable Trust, Owner; and b. for approximately 1.7 acres located south of Behymer Avenue, east of Willow Avenue (Partial acquisition of APN 556-010-39). P.R. Farms, Incorporated, Owner.) January 08, 2024 - 4 - 1:28 PM ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS - Administrative Items are matters on the regular City Council Agenda other than Public Hearings.
15. Consider Adoption – Ord. 23-12, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Clovis Amending Sections 5.22.02 and 5.22.05 of Chapter 5.22, of Title 5 of the Clovis Municipal Code Pertaining to Definitions and Regulations for Deliveries of Medical Marijuana within the City. (Vote: 4-0-1 with Councilmember Basgall absent.)
Staff: Karey Cha, City Clerk
Recommendation: Adopt
16. Consider Approval – Request for Street Closure by Hot Rods Fresno to Hold a Car Show on April 13, 2024.
Staff: Shawn Miller, Business Development Manager
Recommendation: Approve
17. Receive and File - Results of the Kosmont Companies Analysis of the City of Clov is Development Impact Fee Program.
Staff: Andrew Haussler, Assistant City Manager
Recommendation: Receive and File
18. Consider – A request from the General Partners, Loma Vista Marketplace located at the southwest corner of Shaw and Leonard Avenues regarding access to the shopping center during the construction work on Shaw Avenue.
Staff: Thad Avery, City Engineer / David Merchen, City Planner Recommendation: Consider request and provide policy direction
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.
19. Consider Approval - Res. 24-___, Awarding of Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Affordable Housing Funds to the successful applicant, Central California Housing Corporation (dba Affordable Housing Development Corporation (AHDC)), and Better Opportunities Building, Inc. (B.O.B.), in the amount of up to $1,481,281, for the development of affordable senior rental housing units.
Staff: Claudia Cazares, Management Analyst
Recommendation: Approve
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
COUNCIL COMMENTS
January 08, 2024 - 5 - 1:28 PM 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.
20. 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
RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AND REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION
ADJOURNMENT
FUTURE MEETINGS
Regular City Council Meetings are held at 6:00 P.M. in the Council Chamber. The following are future meeting dates:
Jan. 16, 2024 (Tue.)
Feb. 5, 2024 (Mon.)
Feb. 12, 2024 (Mon.)
Feb. 20, 2024 (Tue.)