CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY, AUGUST 04, 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 RAUL MORENO OF FOWLER BAPTIST CHURCH
5. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
6. COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY PRESENTATION BY
FRESNO COUNTY EDC
7. PUBLIC COMMENT
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8. CONSENT CALENDAR
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8A RATIFY Pay Warrants for August 4, 2026
8B APPROVE Minutes of the July 21, 2026 City Council meeting 8C RECEIVE AND FILE the Cash and Investment Report for the Fourth Quarter ending June 30, 2026.
No action needed. Informational purposes
8D CONSIDER approving 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 $25,000 for Fiscal Year 2026-2027.
Staff recommendation: Approve the agreement with Fresno EOC
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
Planning
A CONSIDER the following:
i. The introduction and waiver of the first reading by title only of Ordinance No. 2026-06, prezoning Assessor’s Parcel Number 345-100-08S to the R-1-6 zone district, with an R-3 implementing zone district designation; ii. Resolution No. 2853, adopting a Mitigated Negative Declaration pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15070-15075, and amending the General Plan land use designation of Assessor’s Parcel Number 345-100-08S to Medium Low Density Residential; and
iii. Initiating annexation of Assessor’s Parcel Number 345-100-08S.
Staff Recommendation: Introduce and waive the first reading by title only of Ordinance No. 2026-06, open the public hearing, close the public hearing, adopt Ordinance No. 2026-06 and adopt Resolution No. 2853
Public Works
B CONSIDER accepting the Fresno Street Reconstruction Project and authorizing the City Engineer to file a Notice of Completion.
Staff Recommendation: Accept the project as complete.
11. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
12. COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS AND COMMENTS
13. ADJOURN
Next Ordinance No. 2026-07
Next Resolution No. 2854
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 30, 2026.
Angela Vasquez, CPMC
City Clerk