CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER – 128 SOUTH 5TH STREET, FOWLER, CA 93625 AGENDA
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1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
4. INVOCATION BY PASTOR BOBBY DELEON FROM FOUNTAIN OF HOPE
APOSTOLIC CHURCH
5. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
6. CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS
A. Swearing in of Officer Andrew Mouanoutoua
7. PUBLIC COMMENT
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8. 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.
8A RATIFY Pay Warrants for July 21, 2026
8B APPROVE Minutes of the June 16, 2026 City Council meeting 8C CONSIDER approving Resolution No. 2842 Concerning Local Transportation Purpose Funds Extension (Measure “C” Extension)
i. The City of Fowler (“City”) will submit completed Local Transportation Pass Through Revenues Reporting Requirements for prior year expenditures before November 15, 2026.
ii. Authorize Finance Director and Treasurer to sign the Local Transportation Pass Through Revenues Certifications and Claim Forms.
Staff Recommendation: Approve Resolution No. 2842 Concerning Local Transportation Purpose Funds Extension (Measure “C” Extension). 8D CONSIDER adoption of Resolution No. 2850 to establish multiple City standards.
Staff Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2850
8E CONSIDER accepting the Well 7 TCP Mitigation Project and authorizing the City Engineer to file a Notice of Completion.
Staff Recommendation: Accept the project as complete.
8F CONSIDER Resolution No. 2852:
i. Approving a joint powers agreement for participation in the Fresno County Urban Community Development Block Grant program for program years 2027- 28, 2028-29, and 2029-30.
Staff Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2852.
9. CONTESTED CONSENT CALENDAR
Items pulled from the Consent Calendar will be heard individually immediately after action is taken on the Consent Calendar.
10. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
City Manager
A Residential Treatment Center Workshop
Public Works
B CONSIDER approving Resolution No. 2851, Confirming the Diagram and Assessment of the 2026-27 Annual Levy for Landscaping and Storm Drainage Facilities Maintenance District No. 1.
Staff Recommendation: Approve Resolution No. 2851.
11. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
12. COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS AND COMMENTS
13. CLOSED SESSION
Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.8
Conference with Real Property Negotiator
One property
Agency Negotiator: Michael Reid, City Manager
Negotiating Party: St. Gregory Armenian Church
Under Negotiation: Price and terms of payment
Pursuant to Government Code section 54957
Exposure to litigation: one case
14. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AND REPORT ACTION
15. ADJOURN
Next Ordinance No. 2026-06
Next Resolution No. 2853
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, July 16, 2026.
Angela Vasquez, CPMC
City Clerk