CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER – 128 SOUTH 5TH STREET, FOWLER, CA 93625
REVISED AGENDA
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This meeting is being conducted by teleconference at the following locations: Fowler City Council Chamber, 128 S. 5th Street, Fowler, CA 93625; Hyatt Regency Chicago, hotel lobby, 151 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601 and 6678 Knight Drive Delta BC V4E 1S5 Canada. Each teleconference location is open to the public and any member of the public has the opportunity to address the City Council from a teleconference location in the same manner as if that person attended the meeting location. The City Council will control the conduct of the meeting and determine the appropriate order and time limitations on public comments from the teleconference locations.
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Resolutions and Ordinances - With respect to the approval of resolutions and ordinances, the reading of the title thereto 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.
1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
4. INVOCATION BY FATHER GOMIDAS ZOHRABIAN OF ST. GREGORY ARMENIAN
APOSTOLIC CHURCH
5. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
6. PUBLIC COMMENT
This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons desiring to address the Council on any matter not described on this agenda. Presentations are limited to 3 minutes per person and no more than 15 minutes per topic.
7. CONSENT CALENDAR
Items on the Consent Calendar are considered routine and include a recommended action from Staff and shall be acted on by one motion of the Council. If a Councilmember requests additional information or would like to pull an item for discussion, that item shall be pulled from the Consent Calendar and acted upon separately. A Councilmember may register an action on an individual item without pulling the item from the Consent Calendar. A motion to approve the Consent Calendar is deemed to include a motion to waive the full reading of any ordinance or resolution on the Consent Calendar. For adoption of ordinances, only those which received a unanimous vote of the Councilmembers present at introduction shall be eligible for placement on the Consent Calendar.
7A RATIFY Pay Warrants for August 19, 2025
7B APPROVE Resolution No. 2799 approving designation of authorized agent(s) for non-state agencies
7C ADOPT Resolution No. 2800 to establish Decorative Streetlights Standard 7D ADOPT Ordinance No. 2025-05, to Retain the Current Prima Facie Speed Limit for a Section of Roadway Along Adams Avenue
7E APPROVE an agreement with Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission Food Services (Fresno EOC) to provide lunch meals for the City of Fowler's Senior Center program in an amount not to exceed $45,000 for Fiscal Year 2025-2026. 2 Any writing or document that is a public record and provided to a majority of the City Council regarding an open session item on the agenda will be made available for public inspection at City Hall, in the City Clerk's office, during normal business hours. In addition, such writings and documents may be posted on the City's website at https://fowlercity.org Items pulled from the Consent Calendar will be heard individually immediately after action is taken on the Consent Calendar.
9. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Planning
A ADOPT Ordinance No. 2025-04, pertaining to Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map No. 6501:
i. Finding that the Project is exempt from further environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines § 15183.
ii. Prezone Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map No. 6501, APN 343-040-26 to the zoning map designation of R-1-7/PD-3 (Single Family Residential/Planned Development).
iii. Prezone the easterly adjacent parcel, City Park site (APN 343-040-92T) to the zoning map designation of O (Open Space).
iv. Prezone the easterly adjacent parcel, Fowler Unified School District property (APN 343-040-89T) to the zoning map designation of PF (Public Facilities).
v. Amend section 9.145.040, subd. (B) of the Fowler Zoning Ordinance to include an additional Planned Development Overlay.
10. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
11. COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS AND COMMENTS
12. CLOSED SESSION
Government Code Section 54957.6
Conference with labor negotiators
Agency designated representatives: City Manager, Director of Public Works & Public Utilities
Unrepresented employee: Public Works Supervisor
Government Code Section 54957
Public Employee Appointment/Employment
Title: Chief of Police
13. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AND REPORT ACTION
14. ADJOURN
Next Ordinance No. 2025-06
Next Resolution No. 2801 3
8. CONTESTED CONSENT CALENDAR
CERTIFICATION: I, Angela Vasquez, City Clerk of the City of Fowler, California, hereby certify that the foregoing agenda was posted for public review on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
Angela Vasquez, CPMC
City Clerk
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