June 21, 2022
7:00 PM – Regular Meeting
Council Chambers
400 N. Douty St.
5:00 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 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.
STUDY SESSION :
Presentation of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding information related to the $13,077,740 in funding that the City of Hanford received from Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) and Council direction to staff regarding the second allocation of funding
CLOSED SESSION FOR DISCUSSION OF THE FOLLOWING:
A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATIONS (GC 54956.8):
Property: 330 N. Harris Street
APN: 010-276-021
Agency Negotiators: Mario Cifuentez and Ty Mizote
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/
Negotiating Party: Stuart Clark
B. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL -LABOR NEGOTIATIONS (GC 54957.6):
Agency Designated Representative: Che Johnson, Mario Cifuentez, Sarah Cardoza, Chris Tavarez, and Brenda Garcia.
Employee Organizations: Hanford Police Officers Association (POA); Hanford Firefighters; L ocal 3898 (IAFF); Hanford General Employee Managem ent Association (GEMA); Service Employees International Union Local 521 (SEIU); and Executive Management Employees Association (EMA).
C. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (GC 54957 (b)(1)):
Title: City Manager
CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION:
ROLL CALL:
INVOCATION:
Pastor Candice Cortez
FLAG SALUTE:
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:
This is the time for citizens to comment on subject matters within the jurisdiction of the Hanford City Council. This is also the public’s opportunity to request an item from the Consent Calendar be pulled for dis cussion purposes or to comment on any item on the agenda. State law does not allow the Council to discuss or take action on issues not on the agenda, except that members of the Council or staff may briefly respond to statements made or questions posed by persons exercising their public testimony rights (Gov. Code sec. 54954.2). 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 request is made and then the item will be removed from 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 February 1, 2022 Meeting C. City Clerk: Approval of the Minutes of the February 15, 2022 Meeting D. City Clerk: Denial of a claim for damages and authorization for the City Clerk to send out notification of such to Douglas Sinclair.
E. City Clerk: Denial of a claim for damages and authorization for the City Clerk to send out notification of such to Ashlynn See.
F. Council: Adoption of Resolution No. 22 -31-R Designating the Mayor and Vice -Mayor as the voting delegate and alternate for the purpose of advancing the City’s position at the League of California Cities Annual Conferences.
G. Adoption of Ordinanc e No. 22-07 Amending Chapter 13.04 of Hanford Municipal Code and modifying late fee, interest and payment plan provisions as directed by Council H. IT: Approval of a contract with CivicPlus for the redesign of the City of Hanford we bsite and new Agenda Management Software in the amount of $49,907.25 I. Parks and Community Services: Adoption of Resolution 22-28-R authorizing the City Manager to execute the necessary documents to accept $256,143 in grant funding from the CalTrans Sustainable Transportation P lanning Grant Program to create a Comprehensive Active Transportation Plan (ATP)
J. Parks and Community Services: Adoption of Resolution No. 22 -30-R, Approving the Annual Engineer’s Report and Intention to Levy and Collect Assessment s as outlined, pursuant to Chapter 3 of the Landscape and Lighting Act of 1972, and setting July 19, 2022 as the Public Hearing date to consider the increases in assessments as proposed.
K. Community Development Department: Approval of a Professional Services Agreement with LSA Associates, Inc. (LSA) to prepare the “City of Hanford Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Thresholds and Implementation Guidelines” and authorize City Manager to execute Professional Services Agreement with LSA for $48,890.
L. Community Development: Adoption of Resolution NO. 22 -25-R; Revising the Funding amount from the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) Block Grant Program Corona Virus Response (CDBG -CV2) that was previously approved by Council through the adoption of Resolution No. 21-19-R
M. Community Development: Review and approval of the proposed amendment No. 1 to the Community Development Block Grant Documents: 2021 Annual Action Plan to provide for additional funding for parking lot improvements to the Police Activities League (PAL) facility N. Approval of the Notice of Completion for Tract No. 928 Unit No. 1 and authorization for the Mayor to execute and the City Clerk to attest and file said Notice with the Kings County Recorder’s Office.
O. Public Works: Authorization to Award a contract to MAC General Engineering of Exeter CA, in the amount of $715,720.97, establish a construction contingency of $71,600 and approve an additional appropriation of $287,300 from the TDA Transportation Fund in order to fully fund the Campus Drive Resurfacing project from Lacey Boulevard to Greenfield Avenue.
P. Public Works: Adoption of Resolution No. 22 -26-R, thereby approving the Vacation of Excess Right of Way of Trewhitt Street between Sixth Street and Seve nth Street, and Approv al of Final Parcel Map No. 2021-01
GENERAL BUSINESS:
A. Finance: Approval of an additional Appropriation of $3,361,645 in the GF and $8,016,639 across all Other Funds for the 2022 -23 Fiscal Year Budget and the addition of three (3) al located positions to the position control budget, one (1) to the salary schedule.
B. Finance: Adoption of Resolution 22 -27-R establishing the 2022/2023 appropriations limit of $82,564,920 for the City of Hanford's General Fund
C. Administration: Adoption o f Resolution 22 -29-R D eclaring the Property Located at 113 Court Street (Courthouse) as Surplus Property and adoption of Notice of Exemption 2022 -47, which determines that the disposition of the property is exempt from environmental review.
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 addition, 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 business on a future agenda. (GOV. CODE SEC. 54954.2)
Council Future Agenda Items
Upcoming Events and Important Dates:
June 23: Special Meeting - Planning Commissioner Interviews 5:00 pm July 4: Independence Day - City offices closed
July 18: First day to file City Council Candidate Nomination papers (By appointment only) July 19: Regular City Council Meeting
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.
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