RESOLUTION NO. 2024-01
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DINUBA TO ADOPT THE EL MONTE WAY AND ROAD 56 ROUNDABOUT
PROJECT MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Dinuba (the “City Council” and “City”, respectively) has received and reviewed the proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration, including the draft Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration with appendices, and supporting information sources (collectively, the “draft MND”), together with the staff report and any comments received and responded to during the public review and hearing process (collectively, the “Environmental Record”) for the proposed El Monte Way and Road 56 roundabout project (the “Project”), as described in the draft MND; and WHEREAS, the City is the lead agency for purposes of environmental review of the Project under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), pursuant to Public Resources Code § 21000 et seq., and the State “Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act”; and WHEREAS, the Project could, without mitigation, have resulted in a potential impact to certain areas of environmental concern, including Biological and Cultural Resources; and
WHEREAS, the City has prepared mitigation measures to address and mitigate all potential environmental impacts to a “less than significant” level, which is a part of the Environmental Record reviewed and considered by the City; and
WHEREAS, the City has incorporated the mitigation measures described in the initial study for the Project (“Initial Study”) as conditions of approval by the City; and
WHEREAS, with the exception of the potential impacts stated above, there are no other potentially significant environmental impacts resulting from the Project; and
WHEREAS, the City submitted a Notice of Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration to the State Clearinghouse and the Tulare County Clerk and distributed it to those agencies which have jurisdiction by law with respect to the Project; placed the Notice of Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration concerning the Project in the Mid Valley Times for publication; and mailed the Notice of Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration to other interested parties; and
WHEREAS, the draft Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration with appendices and supporting information sources were duly noticed for public review and comment from December 5, 2023 to January 5, 2024, as provided by law; and
WHEREAS, a hearing concerning the City’s intent to adopt a final MND was duly noticed and held on January 9, 2024, at which time any interested parties were afforded an opportunity to be heard in addition to the public review and comment period referenced above as part of the Environmental Record; and
WHEREAS, the City received no comments during the public comment period.
WHEREAS, the City has considered, prior to adoption of the final MND, the Environmental Record in support of the final MND.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of Dinuba herby takes the following actions:
1. The City Council finds that the Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration reflect the independent judgment of the City as the lead agency for the Project.
2. The City Council finds that it has independently reviewed and considered the Environmental Record, including the Initial Study and proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration, as a final Mitigated Negative Declaration, prior to adopting the final Mitigated Negative Declaration.
3. On the basis of the Environmental Record as the whole record before the City Council, including the Initial Study and any comments received, the City Council finds, in its independent judgment and analysis, that there is no substantial evidence the Project will have a significant effect on the environment.
4. The City Council confirms that the mitigation measures described in the Initial Study, have been incorporated into the Project and adopts a Mitigated Negative Declaration, as the final Mitigated Negative Declaration, which documents are a part of the Environmental Record before the City Council for the Project.
5. The City Council approves and adopts the findings set forth herein, and the Mitigated Negative Declaration, based on the Environmental Record.
6. City staff is authorized and directed to cause a Notice of Determination concerning the adoption of the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Project to be filed in the office of the Tulare County Clerk and with the Office of Planning and Research in accordance with CEQA and State CEQA Guidelines.
7. The above recitals are true and correct and are adopted as the findings of the City Council.
8. The provisions of this Resolution are severable and if any provision, clause, sentence, word or part thereof is held illegal, invalid, unconstitutional, or inapplicable to any person or circumstances, such illegality, invalidity, unconstitutionality, or inapplicability shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, clauses, sentences, sections, words or parts thereof of the Resolution or their applicability to other persons or circumstances.
9. That the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution and that the same shall be in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I, Maribel Reynosa, Mayor of the City of Dinuba have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of the City of Dinuba to be affixed, on this _____ day of ____________________ two-thousand-twenty-four.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ___ day of _______________, 20_____ by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
________________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
______________________________
Maria Alaniz, City Clerk
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City Council Staff Report
Department: PUBLIC WORKS January 9, 2024
To: Mayor and City Council
From: George Avila, Public Works Director
By: Elva Patino, Business Manager
Subject: Development Impact Fee Annual Report for FY 2022/23 (GA)
RECOMMENDATION
Council to conduct a public hearing on the Fiscal Year 2022/23 Development Impact Fee Annual Report and file the report with the Office of the City Clerk.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Mitigation Fee Act (Government Code Section 66006 et. seq.) requires local agencies to submit an annual report detailing the status of development impact fees.
Development impact fees are collected from new developments to offset some or all of the cost for public facilities related to the project. The annual report must be made available to the public within 180 days after the close of the fiscal year and presented to the City Council at least 15 days after it is made available to the public.
OUTSTANDING ISSUES
None.
DISCUSSION
With the passage of Proposition 13 in 1978 and the resulting decline in local government revenues, local government enacted a series of impact fees in order to offset the cost of providing public facilities for new development projects. The development impact fees collected are used to finance the design, construction, and acquisition of facilities and equipment necessary to expand public facilities in order to accommodate future development.
In response to the growing use of impact fees, the State Legislature passed the California Mitigation Fee Act (AB 1600) in 1987. The Mitigation Fee Act set forth standards and procedures for how impact fees are imposed, collected and expended.
The Act requires local government to separate and place development impact fees in a special restricted fund for use to finance the construction of the specific facilities for which the fees were imposed. For example, sewer impact fees collected from new development can only be used for sewer related improvements.
The Mitigation Fee act also requires local governments to prepare annual reports on any balances in each impact fee and how those fees are to be expended. Cities that fail to prepare this annual report and identify how funds are to be reinvested may be required to reimburse impact fees collected.
The Development Impact Fees Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2022/2023 is enclosed herein as Attachment 'A'. This report provides information on the amount of developer impact fees collected and expended, and the interest earned on unexpended funds from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. It is important to note that development impact fees collected are considered one-time revenues and the amount of funding available is dependent on the amount of development activity from new projects.
The City of Dinuba has seven types of development impact fees, summarized as follows:
Water Development Impact Fee:
Fund the water supply, treatment, and distribution facilities needed to provide potable domestic water for new and future development.
Sewer Development Impact Fee:
Fund the collection, treatment and wastewater disposal facilities required to provide sanitary sewer service to new and future development.
Transportation Development Impact Fee:
Fund transportation improvements that include arterial streets, intersections, and traffic signals to accommodate new and future development.
Fire Protection Impact Fee:
Fund the acquisition of land for fire facilities, upgrade existing facilities, and purchase vehicles and equipment to accommodate new and future development.
Parks Facilities Impact Fee:
Fund the acquisition of land and development of new parks, expand or construct recreational facilities and park amenities.
Storm Drain Development Impact Fee:
Fund drainage facilities for flood control and water management to accommodate new and future development.
Police Development Impact Fee:
Fund the acquisition of land for police facilities, and purchase vehicles and equipment to accommodate new and future development.
The presentation of the Development Impact Fee Annual Report requires that a public hearing be conducted to provide a summary of the status and use of impact fees collected for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, in compliance with the Mitigation Fee Act.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with the recommended action.
PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing notice was published in the Mid-Valley Times on December 7, 2023 and January 4, 2024.
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
A. FY 2022/23 Development Impact Fee Annual Report
Attachment 'A'
CITY OF DINUBA
DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE REPORT
FY 2022/23
Water SDC Fund Sewer SDC Fund
Fund 250 Fund 251
Actual Actual
2022/23 2022/23
$727,409 $958,746
Interest Earnings 19,189 Interest Earnings 24,352
Developer Fees 143,544 Developer Fees 104,561
$162,733 $128,913
Expenditures:
Roe Ave. & McKinley Ave. Design 4,059
Euclid Water Main 17,454 Aeration System Design 99,730
Roe & McKinley 4,059 Report of Waste Discharge 8,240
Transfer Out - Water Capital Projects 11,161 Clarifier Design 11,168 Transfer Out - Water Debt 87,074 Clarifier Construction 162,210 Transfer Out - Sewer Debt 200,000
$119,748 $485,407
Ending Fund Balance $770,394 Ending Fund Balance 602,252 Transportation SDC Fund
Fund 252
Actual Actual
2022/23 2022/23
($34,212) $51,578
Interest Earnings 4,199 Interest Earnings 2,647
Developer Fees 342,599 Developer Fees 123,827
SERAF Loan Pay back 119,699 $466,497 $126,474
Expenditures:
Transfer Out - Lease Rev. Bond 149,427 Machinery and Equipment 11,500 Transfer Out - Alta/Nebraska Roundabout 208,656
Transfer Out - Roadway Segment Safety Proj. 50,000
$408,083 $11,500
Ending Fund Balance $24,202 Ending Fund Balance $166,552 Revenues:
Expenditures:
Expenditures:
Fund 253
Beginning Fund Balance 07/1/2022
Revenues:
Revenues:
Revenues:
Police Fund
Beginning Fund Balance 07/1/2022
Beginning Fund Balance 07/1/2022 Beginning Fund Balance 07/1/2022
CITY OF DINUBA
DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE REPORT
FY 2022/23
Actual Actual
2022/23 2022/23
$253,896 ($20,038)
Interest Earnings 9,396 Interest Earnings 385
Developer Fees 177,626 Developer Fees 48,888
Dirt Sales 500
$187,022 $49,773
Expenditures: Expenditures:
Storm Drain Water Planning PH I 954
Transfer Out- Entertainment Plaza Restrooms 405,577 Transfer Out - Euclid Imp. Project 13,910 $405,577 $14,864
Ending Fund Balance $35,341 Ending Fund Balance $14,871 Fire Impact Fees
Fund 256
Actual
2022/23
$732,375
Revenues:
Interest Earnings 20,917
Developer Fees 161,037
$181,954
Expenditures:
0 $0
Ending Fund Balance $914,329
Beginning Fund Balance 07/1/2022
Beginning Fund Balance 07/1/2022
Beginning Fund Balance 07/1/2022
Fund 254
Revenues: Revenues:
Storm Drain Fund
Fund 255
Parks Fund
City Council Staff Report
Department: Planning and Development January 9, 2024
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Karl Schoettler, City Planning Consultant
Subject:
Ordinance No. 2024-01 Approving Zone Change for 1225 Euclid Avenue (Nieblas) KSch
RECOMMENDATION
Introduce and conduct the first reading, waive reading in full, of Ordinance No. 2024- 01, amending the City of Dinuba Zoning Map from "RA" (Residential Acreage) to "R-1-7.5" (Single Family Residential) for a 2.3-acre parcel (1225 Euclide Avenue).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The city received an application to rezone a 2.3-acre parcel located at 1225 Euclid Avenue from "RA" (Residential Acreage) to "R-1-7.5" (Single Family Residential (7,500 square foot minimum lot size).
OUTSTANDING ISSUES
None.
DISCUSSION
The City of Dinuba received an application for a Parcel Map, a Variance, and a Zone Change for a 2.3-acre parcel located at 1225 Euclid Avenue (between Euclid and Timothy Avenues). The applicant, Mr. Frank Gomez, is proposing to subdivide the property into four lots with a remainder parcel. The Parcle Map and Variance were approved by the Planning Commission. The Zone Change requires approval by the City Council.
The application pertains to an existing 2.3-acre parcel situated between Euclid Avenue and Timothy Avenue, about 285 feet north of Lindera Avenue, and about 210 feet south of Roosevelt Elementary School (see Attachment “B” (Location Map) and Attachment “C” (Aerial Photo).
The original request included:
1. Changing the zoning of the site from “RA” (Residential Acreage) to “R-1-7.5” (Single Family Residential). This request was approved by the Planning Commission and is now submitted for consideration by the City Council.
2. A Parcel Map to create four parcels and a remainder area. This request was approved by the Planning Commission but does not come before the City Council.
3. A Variance to allow three of the proposed parcels to have widths that are narrower than required by the R-1-7.5 zone. This request was also approved by the Planning Commission but does not come before the City Council.
The site is currently developed with several dwellings (and outbuildings) and contains a significant amount of undeveloped space, primarily on the west side of the lot. The site is currently zoned “RA” (Residential Acreage). This zone is also applied to parcels immediately to the north and south (see Attachment “D” (Existing Zoning map).
The "RA" zone is generally applied to larger-lot residential areas; sometimes these are parcels that were developed in the County and later annexed into the city. The RA zone has a large minimum lot size requirement of 20,000 square feet. The zone is similar to the “R-1” zones (that primarily allow single family dwellings), except that the RA zone also allows limited keeping of farm animals.
The applicant began the process by proposing a Parcel Map (see Attachment "E") to divide the site into four vacant lots and a fifth “remainder lot”. However, all of the proposed lots are smaller than is allowed in the “RA” zone (again, which requires a minimum lot size of 20,000 square feet). The proposed lots range in size from 7,519 square feet to 9,620 square feet (in addition to the remainder parcel that would contain 64,408 square feet).
In addition, three of the proposed lots are narrower than required by the R-1-7.5 zone (although these lots do contain a larger area than required by that zone). As noted above, the Planning Commission approved the proposed parcel map and also a Variance to allow the three lots that have widths narrower than required by the R-1-7.5 zone). To obtain approval for the parcel map, the applicant was advised that a zone change would also be required (to change to a residential zone that allows a smaller lot size).
Given the parcel sizes proposed by the applicant, the R-1-7.5 zone was determined to be the most applicable zone designation. This zone allows parcels as small as 7,500 square feet.
Polling of Neighbors on Zone Change
When the application was received, staff noted that the zone change might be viewed as “spot zoning” (which means the zoning of a single parcel for a particular use or project). While spot zoning is not illegal, cities try to avoid it in certain situations.
However, these are usually in situations where very dissimilar uses might be located adjacent to one another (such as a commercial parcel in the midst of a residential neighborhood).
Staff sent notices of the zone change to the five owners of the other lots in the block that are zoned “RA”, to gauge whether there was any interest on the part of these property owners to have their parcels similarly rezoned to the R-1-7.5 zone. Upon the conclusion of the polling the City received one response in support of their property being rezoned and one letter opposed to having their property rezoned. No responses were received from the remaining 3 property owners.
Based on this general lack of response, staff recommends the zone change only for the subject parcel at 1225 N. Euclid.
Planning Commission Hearing
The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on all three requests (zone change, parcel map and variance) on December 5, 2023. Following discussion and input by the applicant’s agent, the Commission voted unanimously to approve the parcel map and variance and to recommend to the City Council approval of the zone change.
ENVIRONMENTALANALYSIS
Staff is recommending the action be exempted from environmental review under CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act).
CONSULTATION/PUBLIC COMMENT
As required by municipal code, the City mailed notices of the proposed use and public hearing to property owners within 300 feet of the site, and tenants within 100 feet of the site. As of the writing of this staff report, no inquiries had been made.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
APPLICANT
Edgardo Nieblas
1225 N. Euclid Avenue
Dinuba, Ca 93618
AGENT
J. Frank Gomez
452 N. Bates Ave.
Dinuba, CA 93618
LOCATION: Located between Euclid Avenue and Timothy Avenue, approximately 970 feet north of Saginaw Avenue
ASSESSOR PARCEL NUMBER: 014-530-053
SITE SIZE: 98,208 square feet (2.25 acres)
ZONING: “RA” (Residential Acreage); Proposed: “R-1-7.5” (Single-Family Residential)
GENERAL PLAN: “Medium Density Residential”
EXISTING LAND USE: Single family dwellings, outbuildings and vacant land.
ADJACENT LAND USES, ZONING, AND GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATIONS Direction Current Use Zoning General Plan
North
Single family
homes
“RA” (Residential
Acreage)
“Medium Low
Density
Residential”
South
Single family
homes
“RA” (Residential
Acreage)
“Medium Low
Density
Residential”
East
Single family
homes
“R-1-7.5” (Single
Family Residential)
“Medium Low
Density
Residential”
West
Single family
homes
R-1-10 (Single
Family Residential)
“Medium Low
Density
Residential”
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing notice was published in the Mid Valley Times at least ten days before the City Council hearing.
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
A. Ordinance 2024-01
B. Location Map
C. Aerial Photo
D. Existing Zoning Map
E. Proposed Parcel Map
ATTACHMENT “A”
1 ORDINANCE NO. 2024-01
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DINUBA AMENDING THE ZONING OF
ONE PARCEL LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF EUCLID AVENUE AND THE EAST SIDE OF TIMOTHY STREET.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DINUBA HEREBY DOES ORDAIN:
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
(a) The City of Dinuba administers a Zoning Ordinance (Title 17 of the Dinuba Municipal Code), including a map that designates all parcels of land with specific zoning classifications.
(b) The purpose of zoning is to facilitate a well-planned City and to avoid land use conflicts, among other objectives.
(c) The City has received an application to amend the Zoning of one parcel located on the west side of Euclid Avenue and the east side of Timothy Strteet. Currently the parcel is zoned “RA” (Residential Acreage). The parcel is proposed to be zoned R-1-
7.5 (Single Family Residential (7,500 square foot minimum lot size). (d) The Assessor Parcel Number of the subject parcel is 014-530-053. (e) The purpose of the zone change is to allow for a Parcel Map to divide the site into four lots and a remainder area.
(f) The proposed zone change is shown on Map 1.
SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY.
Each of the provisions of this ordinance is severable from all other provisions. If any article, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk is hereby directed to cause a summary of this Ordinance to be published by one insertion in a newspaper of general circulation in the community at least five (5) days prior to adoption and again fifteen (15) days after its adoption. If a summary of the ordinance is published, then the City Clerk shall cause a certified copy of the full text of the proposed ordinance to be posted in the office of the City Clerk at least five days prior to the Council meeting at which the ordinance is adopted and again after the meeting at which the ordinance is adopted. The summary shall be approved by the City Attorney.
City of Dinuba
Ordinance 2022-09 (Los Prados)
2 This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty (30) days from and after its adoption.
SECTION 5. The foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Dinuba on the 9th day of January, 2024, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
___________________________________
Maribel Reynosa, Mayor of the City of Dinuba
ATTEST:
____________________________________
Maria Ananiz, City Clerk
City of Dinuba
Ordinance 2022-09 (Los Prados)
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El Monte Way
Alta Ave.
Nebraska Ave.
Euclid Ave
north
Attachment “C” (Aerial Photo)
1225 N. Euclid
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Roosevelt
Elementary School
Attachment “D” (Existing Zoning)
north
1225 N. Euclid
Parcel with application for zone
change to “R-1-7.5” zone
Excerpt of Dinuba Zoning Map
Zones
“R-A” (Residential Acreage)
“R-1-10” (Single Family Residential) (10,000
square foot minimum lot size))
“R-1-7.5” (Single Family Residential (7,500
square foot minimum lot size)
“RCO” (Resource Conservation)
“C-3” (Community Commercial)
Attachment “E” (Proposed Parcel Map)
City Council Staff Report
Department: PUBLIC WORKS January 9, 2024
To: Mayor and City Council
From: George Avila, Public Works Director
Subject:
Authorization to Request Proposals for Franchise Agreement for Solid Waste, Recycling and Organics Collection (GA)
RECOMMENDATION
Council authorize staff to request proposals for solid waste, recycling and organics collection services.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City's current disposal franchise agreement will expire on June 30, 2025. The City's agreement with Pena's Disposal has been in place since October 13, 1981.
The City Council has authorized four consecutive amendments extending the contract term to almost 44 years. Given this extended term, staff believes it would be appropriate to solicit formal bids for disposal services in order to ensure that customers are receiving competitive rates and service levels.
OUTSTANDING ISSUES
None.
DISCUSSION
Pursuant to the Dinuba Municipal Code, "all dwellings, apartment houses, and places of business in which refuse waste accumulates within the city shall be required to use the collection service of the city". The collection of waste material is an essential city service that promotes public health and enhances the community's quality of life. Over the years, the State of California has been at the forefront of increased waste management regulations. Much of its focus has been on increasing recycling rates, sustainable waste practices, and extending producer responsibility. The state has set ambitious goals for waste diversion and has implemented various programs to achieve these targets.
In the City of Dinuba, disposal management services are operated by a third-party contractor. Since 1981 this contractor has been Pena's Disposal. The initial contract term was set to expire on November 1, 1986. However, the city has approved four consecutive extensions on the following dates:
May 27, 1986 Extended 5 years and 8 months
April 24, 1990 Extended additional 10 years
November 13, 1996 Extended additional 10 years
October 7, 2009 Extended additional 15 years
The amendment processed in 2009 extended the contract term to June 30, 2025. In total, the City's agreement with Pena's Disposal has been approved for almost 44 years. In an effort to ensure Dinuba residents are getting the most competitive rates and highest quality service, staff is recommending that the subject agreement be bid through a formal bidding process. This includes announcing a request for proposals (RFP) in relevant clearing houses and accepting proposals from all qualified vendors.
Considering the complexities and time associated with this process the staff plans on retaining a third-party consultant to assist in the preparation of the RFP, the contractor review and selection process, and preparation of the new agreement.
Below is a potential timeline for the proposed bidding process:
March 2024 Prepare Request for Proposals (RFP) package
April 2024 Issue Request for Proposals
June 2024 Deadline to submit proposal
August 2024 Interview and rank proposers
October 2024 Select waste hauler
November 2024 Negotiate new agreement
December 2024 Finalize new agreement and present to City Council July 2025 New agreement begins
Although the timeline is subject to change, the goal is to begin the process as early as possible in order to provide sufficient time for staff to prepare & release the RFQ, review and rate proposals, and negotiate a new agreement.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with the recommended action.
PUBLIC HEARING
None.
City Council Staff Report
Department: CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE January 9, 2024
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Maria Alaniz, City Clerk/Human Resources Director Subject:
Resolution No. 2024-04 Nominating Elizabeth Wynn, City of Visalia Councilmember for the Appointment to the Governing Board of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District - Large City Representative (MA)
RECOMMENDATION
Council to adopt Resolution No. 2024-04 nominating Elizabeth Wynn, City of Visalia Councilmember for the appointment to the Governing Board of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District as large city representative.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District advised that there is currently a vacancy on the District's Governing Board that must be filled by a city representative from a "large" city, having a population of 100,000 or more, within Tulare County. The City of Visalia is the only city that meets the population threshold and is nominating Councilmember Elizabeth Wynn to fill the vacancy.
OUTSTANDING ISSUES
None.
DISCUSSION
The City of Dinuba received a letter dated November 9, 2023, from the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control (SJVAPC) District advising that there is a vacancy on their Governing Board for a "large" city representative consisting of a population over 100,000. A copy of the letter is enclosed as Exhibit 'A' to Resolution No. 2024-04 enclosed as Attachment 'A'.
The City of Visalia is the only eligible city in Tulare County with a population exceeding 100,000. Visalia Councilmember Elizabeth Wynn is being nominated to fill the vacant position on the SJVAPD District Board. Per the procedures adopted by the ValleyWide Special City Selection Committee, the Dinuba City Council must adopt Resolution No. 2024-04 formally nominating Elizabeth Wynn as the large city representative.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
PUBLIC HEARING
None Required.
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
A. Resolution No. 2024-04