May 17, 2022
7:00 PM – Regular Meeting
Council Chambers
400 N. Douty St.
***AMENDED***
*5:30 PM CALL TO ORDER STUDY SESSION AND CLOSED SESSION:
ROLL CALL BY THE CITY CLERK :
PUBLIC COMMENT:
Comments from the public are limited to items on the agend a (GC 54954.3a). A maximum of three minutes is allowed for each speaker. Please begin your comments by stating your name and providing your city of residence.
STUDY SESSION :
Kings County Voters Choice Presentation
CLOSED SESSION FOR DISCUSSION OF THE FOLLOWING:
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-LABOR NEGOTIATIONS (GC 54957.6):
Agency Designated Representatives: Che Johnson, Mario Cifuentez, Sarah Cardoza, Chris Tavarez, and Brenda Garcia.
Employee Organizations: Hanford Police Officers Association (POA); Han ford Firefighters; Local 3898 (IAFF); Hanford Ge neral Employees Management Association (GEMA); Service Employees International Union Local 521 (SEIU); and Executive Management Employees Association (EMEA).
Council Members will meet in-person in the Council Chambers.
The meeting will also be lived streamed on the City’s website:
http://livestream.hanford.city/
CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION:
ROLL CALL:
INVOCATION:
Chaplain Marleny Senn
FLAG SALUTE:
RECOGNITIONS/PROCLAMATIONS:
Proclamation declaring May Community Action Month
CLOSED SESSION ACTION REPORT:
COUNCIL REPORTS/GENERAL REPORTS:
Brief information-only reports from City Council and/or Staff, including committee reports and reports by City Council related to meetings attended at City expenses (AB1234).
PUBLIC COMMENT:
Comments from the public are limited to items listed on the agenda (GC 54954.3a). A maximum of three minutes is allowed for each speaker. Please begin your comments by stating your name and providing your city of residence.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
Consent Calendar items are considered routine and will be enacted in one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these matters unless a requ est is made and then the item will be removed fr om the Consent Calendar to be discussed and voted upon by a separate motion.
A. PROCEDURAL WAIVER: Waive reading in full of resolutions and ordinances and approval and adoption of same by reading title the only.
B. City Clerk: Approval of the Minutes of the November 16, 2021 Meeting C. City Clerk: Approval of the Minutes of the December 7, 2021 Meeting D. City Clerk: Denial of a claim for damages and authorization for the City Clerk to send out notification of such to Tara Ramirez.
E. Administration: Authorization for the City Manager to execute a Retainer Agreement with the Farley Law Firm to provide Conflict Counsel for Council Members Brieno and Ramirez F. Parks and Community Services: Award of a sole-source contract to Valley Security Alarm for the installation of security cameras at seven (7) City parks and facilities and the installation of two (2) solar-powered lights at Earl F. Johnson Park and Appropriation of $191,240 from the General Fund for the crea tion of the CIP project to be funded through a $ 177,952 grant from the California Department of Parks and Recreation Per Capita Grant Program G. Public Works: Adoption of Resolution No. 22-20-R, thereby identifying the official “Project List” for RMRA gas tax funding for Fiscal Year 2022/23
H. Police: Approval of an amended 2 -year agreement between the City of Hanford and the Hanford Elementary School District (HESD) to provide School Resource officers for the District.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
A. Public Works: Int roduction of Ordinance No. 22 -06 which amends Ch apter 13.12 (Solid Waste Collection and Disposal), Chapter 2.48 (Purchasing system), and Chapter 12.08 (Water efficient landscape design and installation) of the Hanford Municipal Code relating to compliance with SB 1383.
GENERAL BUSINESS:
A. Parks and Community Services: Update to Council on the Heroes Park project and Appropriation of funding to formally create a Capital Improvement Project for the acquisition and development of the new 40-Acre park
B. Consideration of the Adoption of Resolution No. 22 -22-R, authorizing the restructuring of the CalPERS Unfunded Accrued Liability (UAL) and approving the issuance of of up to $31 million in 2022 Taxable Pension Obligation Bonds
C. Council: Adoption of Resoluti on 22 -21-R, memorializing the City of Hanford's Formal Opposition to Measure F on the June 2022 Ballot of the County of Kings.
COUNCIL COMMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS:
At this time, any Council Member may ask a question for clarification, make an announcement , or report briefly on their activities. In addi tion, subject to Council Policies and Procedures, they may request staff to report back to the Council at a subsequent meeting concerning any matter or take action to direct staff to place a matter of busines s on a future agenda. (GOV. CODE SEC. 54954.2)
Council Future Agenda Items
Upcoming Events and Important Dates:
May 19 & 26: Thursday Night Market Place 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm in Civic Park May 21: Grand Opening of the Fitness Court at Hidden Valley Park 10:00 am May 21: Taco Truck Throw Down Seventh Street-Downtown Hanford 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm May 30: Holiday – City offices will be closed
June 1: 2nd Quarter City/County Coordinating Meeting Location: City of Corcoran ADJOURNMENT:
Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the City Council after distribution of the agenda packet are available to public inspection in the City Clerk’s Office located at 319 N. Douty Street, Hanford, California 93230, during normal business hours. Such agendas are also available at the city’s website, www.cityofhanfordca.com subject to staff’s ability to post the agenda before the meeting.
If you need a disability-related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s office, 559-585-2515, 319 N. Douty Street, Hanford, California 93230, at least 2 days prior to the meeting {28 CFR 35.102.35.104 ADA Title II}