City Council Meeting
Agenda
August 1, 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. Presentation regarding the Annual Fire inspection process and an overview of the Program including the types, frequency, and costs of the inspections.
B. Review of the Handbook of Rules and Procedures for the Hanford City Council and discussion of potential amendments
CLOSED SESSION FOR DISCUSSION OF THE FOLLOWING:
A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATIONS (GC 54956.8):
1. Property: 113 Court St. (Court House) APN: 010-265-001-000 Agency Negotiators: Mario Cifuentez and Ty Mizote
Negotiating Party: Kevin Nickell and Jason Carvalho
2. Property: 113 Court St. (Bastille) APN: 010-265-001-000 Agency Negotiators: Mario Cifuentez and Ty Mizote
Negotiating Party: Julie Green and Steven Green
CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION:
ROLL CALL:
INVOCATION:
FLAG SALUTE:
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. Public Works: Approval of FY 23/24 blanket purchase orders (BPOs) over $50,000 for various divisions in the Public Works Department. The total amount of these BPOs for FY 23/24 is $5,520,900.
C. Public Works: Approval of the Final Map and Subdivision Agreement for Tract No. 934 with Lennar Homes of California, LLC, and adopt the attached Resolution 23-27-R Establishing the Formation of Assessment District No. 20-02; and adopt the attached Resolution 23-31-R Intention to Levy Assessment and Confirmation of Engineer's Report; and adopt the attached Resolution 23-30-R Initiating Proceedings for the Formation of Assessment District No. 20-02.
D. Finance: Adoption of Resolution 23-29-R to update the authorization of investment of monies in the Local Agency Investment Fund.
E. Finance: Acceptance and authorization for staff to File the City of Hanford's Quarterly Investment Portfolio and Transactions Reports as of 06/30/2023.
PUBLIC HEARING:
A. Parks and Community Services: Public Hearing to Adopt Resolution 23-28-R, approving the collection of Landscape Assessment District assessments as outlined, pursuant to Chapter 3 of the Landscape and Lighting Act of 1972, and approving the assessment increases as proposed.
GENERAL BUSINESS:
A. Police: Adoption of Resolution No. 23-32-R, authorizing the acceptance of a grant from California Highway Patrol in the amount of $63,033.28, Amendment to the Police Department operating budget to recognize the grant, Appropriation of the same amount in the General Fund for the Police Department, and Authorization for the Police Chief to execute the grant agreement.
B. Parks and Community Services: Approval of a contract with Park Planet, totaling $174,586.80, for the purchase of replacement playground equipment and installation services at Earl F Johnson Park, to be funded by the Accumulated Capital Outlay (ACO) 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:
Every Saturday: Free Fitness Court Classes at Hidden Valley Park 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
August 12: Helping Hands Volunteer Program at Hidden Valley Park 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
August 15: Regular City Council Meeting
August 19: Walk with a Doc at Hanford Mall (food court entrance) 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
More info
September 4: City offices will be closed in observance of Labor Day September 5: Cancelled 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.
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}