City Council Meeting
Agenda
March 7, 2023
7:00 PM – Regular Meeting
Council Chambers
400 N. Douty St.
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/
4:00 PM CALL TO ORDER STUDY SESSION AND CLOSED SESSION:
ROLL CALL BY THE CITY CLERK:
PUBLIC COMMENT:
Study Sessions are considered Special Meetings under the Brown Act. Accordingly, comments from the public are limited to items listed on the agenda (GC 54954.3a). Public Comment will be accepted during each agenda item. 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:
A. Parks and Community Services: Presentation to Council on the status of funding in the Various Landscape Assessment Districts (LAD's); levels of service options for the LAD's; other types of funding mechanisms for subdivision improvements; and the ability and process for residents to request additional amenities or improvements.
B. Community Development: Council review and Discussion of the proposed Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Activity Funding for the 2023-2024 CDBG Cycle and Provide Direction to Staff to Prepare the Annual Action Plan for HUD CLOSED SESSION FOR DISCUSSION OF THE FOLLOWING:
A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (GC 54956.9 (d)(2)):
2 Workers Compensation Claims
B. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION (GC 54956.9)(d)(1)):
Ortiz v. City of Hanford
Kings County Superior Court 21C0396
CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION:
ROLL CALL:
INVOCATION:
FLAG SALUTE:
RECOGNITION:
Oath of Office and Badge Pinning Ceremony for Officer Robert Parker, Officer Wayne Shoemake, and Officer Manuel Pasillas; Presentation of Life Saving Medals to Officer Fabian Avalos and Officer Idalis Rubalcava 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:
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 discussion 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 January 17, 2023 Meeting C. City Clerk: Appointment of Garry Curtis to the vacant Alternate Planning Commissioner seat with an unexpired term ending on 12/31/2025.
D. City Attorney: Approval of a Compromise Agreement and Release with Luis D. Ortiz Alonzo
E. Community Development: Waive and adopt the 2nd Reading of Ordinance 23-02, approving Prezone No. 2021-09, a request to prezone Annexation 160 Part 4 as a combination of R-L-5 Low-Density Residential and MX-C Corridor Mixed Use, in accordance with the General Plan designation for the area, Low-Density Residential and Corridor Mixed Use. The project is generally located east of 10th Avenue, south of Florinda Street, and north of Lacey Boulevard.
F. Public Works: Acceptance of the Offers of Dedication for Tract 922, Unit 1, Authorization for the City Manager to execute and the City Clerk to attest and file the Acceptance of Dedication for Tract No. 922, Unit 1 with the Kings County Recorder’s Office.
G. Public Works: Authorization to Award a contract to Aramark Uniform Services (Fresno, CA) to provide uniform and laundry services, initially up to $21,200 annually per specifications of Request for Bid No. 2023-04 for up to three years.
H. Fire: Authorization to accept a FEMA 2021 Assistance for Firefighters Grant for $45,525 for the purchase of firefighting personal protective equipment (PPE) and appropriate an additional $20,078 to the Fire Department's capital outlay in the General Fund to cover the purchase.
GENERAL BUSINESS:
A. Fire: Presentation to Council for direction regarding the 2022 Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response Grants (SAFER) program, review of the proposal by the Hanford Fire Department to utilize potentially over $2 million in funding to hire more firefighters and reduce the overtime costs to the City's General Fund 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)
A. Council Future Agenda Items
B. Upcoming Events and Important Dates:
March 11: Helping Hands Volunteer Program - Encore Park 465 E. Encore Dr. 8:00 am- Noon Sign up here
March 21: Regular City Council Meeting
April 1: Run Walk & Roll 5k for Autism Awareness Civic Park Register here 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}