City Council Meeting
Agenda
August 15, 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. Community Development: Presentation regarding potential changes to the City's mural approval process that would either limit content-based restrictions on murals or effectively prohibit murals within the city
B. Community Development: Presentation regarding the required permitting and ordinance changes needed to allow basketball hoops in the City's right-of-way CLOSED SESSION FOR DISCUSSION OF THE FOLLOWING:
A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL- REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATION (GC 54956.8) APN: 014-230-030
Negotiation Party:Thomas G. Loogman, Robert A. Loogman, Colette M. Quinn, John M.
Loogman, Jr., Lisa M. Askins, and Trudy N. Simas
Agency Negotiators: Mario Cifuentez, Ty Mizote, and Brad Albert B. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL- REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATION (GC 54956.8) APNs: 028-240-018, 028-240-020, 028-310-008, 028-310-025, 028-310-005, 028-310-007, 028-240-008, 028-240-016, 028-240-021, and 028-240-019
Negotiating Party: Philip Verwey
Agency Negotiators: Mario Cifuentez and Ty Mizote
CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION:
ROLL CALL:
INVOCATION:
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 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 July 18, 2023 Meeting C. City Attorney: Approval of the Lease with Latis, LLC for the property known as the Future Heroes Park Land and Authorization for the Mayor to execute the Lease Agreement.
D. City Attorney: Approval of an Agricultural Ground Lease with Phillip Verwey Farms for the 1,600 acres of land owned by the City's Wastewater Fund for an annual amount of $161,600, with an annual credit of $69,000 for the development of two (2) wells on the site by the Lessee.
E. Community Development: Adoption of Resolution 23-34-R, Supporting the submittal of an application for up to $3,000,000 from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) State's 2023 Manufactured Housing Opportunity and Revitalization Program (MORE) program, for the Rehabilitation or Replacement of Resident's Mobile homes within Hanford city limits.
F. Parks and Community Services: Approval of a three-year agreement with Magic Ice, Inc. (Miami, FL) for the rental of a 60' x 100' natural ice skating rink for the Winter Wonderland Event for a total contract price of $552,917 G. Public Works: Approval of a Grant of Easement to Southern California Edison for the purpose of installing utilities to a telecommunications site and Authorization for the City Manager to execute and the City Clerk to attest and file said deeds with the Kings County Recorder's Office; and Approval of an Access and Utility Agreement with T- Mobile West LLC, a Delaware limited liability company for the right to construct, operate, maintain, repair, and replace utility infrastructure within the easement.
H. Police: Approval of an amended contract between the City of Hanford and the Hanford Joint Union High School School District, in the amount of $98,000 for each of the four School Resource officers, for a total contract amount of $392,000 annually.
I. Police: Approval of an amended contract between the City of Hanford and Kings County Office of Education School Resourse Officer services, for an annual contract amount to $98,000 for one officer.
GENERAL BUSINESS:
A. Police: Authorization to add two (2) new Police Officer positions and one (1) new patrol vehicle from existing and 2023/2024 funding from the Citizens Options' for Public Safety (COPS) Fund and Appropriation of $317,800 in the fiscal year 2023/2024 budget to cover the expenses.
B. Community Development: Approval of the purchase of four (4) 2023 Ford E-Transit-350 Cargo Vans from Future Ford of Clovis (Clovis, CA) for a total price of $266,821.52, to be partially funded by $80,000 in grant funding from the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (SJVUAPCD) and adoption of Resolution No. 23-35-R to authorize the City Manager as administrator for the Alternative Fuel New Vehicle Program Grant.
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 19: Walk with a Doc at the Hanford Mall (food court entrance) 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
September 4: City offices will be closed in observance of Labor Day September 5: Cancelled City Council Meeting
September 19: Regular City Council Meeting
September 20-22: Annual Conference and Expo in Sacramento 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}