City Council Meeting
Agenda
April 2, 2024
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:
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. Review and comment on 1) Planned allocation of resources for the Draft City of Hanford's 2024-2028/29 Consolidated Plan (ConPlan), including First Year 2024/25 Annual Action Plan for the use of U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), funds by the City's Community Department- Housing Division, and 2) Comment on DRAFT CDBG 2024 Action Plan Amendment.
B. Presentation of the City's Downtown Strategic Plan, including its recommendations related to Policy/Administration, Tourism/Promotion, Economic Vitality and Design, and discussion about the reestablishment of the Central Parking and Business Improvement Area Advisory Board, as required by the City's Municipal Code, including its role in helping to implement recommendations provided in the downtown plan.
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 the title only.
B. City Clerk: Approval of the appointment of Ms. Cindy Harris to the Kings Mosquito Abatement District Board of Trustees, recommended by Michael Cavanah, District Manager of the Kings County Mosquito Abatement District.
C. Administration: Introduction of Ordinance No. 24-04, Amending Section 2.20 and Repealing Section 2.28 of the Hanford Municipal Code, thereby dissolving the Parking and Traffic Commission
D. Administration: Approval of the second reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 24-03 amending Section 12.24 to Title 12 of the Municipal Code, thereby amending sections related to City Properties and the acceptable use of these properties by the public.
E. Community Development: Authorization for the City Manager to execute contract amendment with Kinoca Minolta for backfile scanning services of Building division's large-format plans for a total not to exceed $109,785.00 for the completion of the project.
F. Community Development: Community Development: Acceptance of the mandated General Plan Annual Progress Report for Calendar Year 2023 and Authorization for the submittal to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research.
G. Community Development: Adoption of Resolution N0. 24-08-R, Supporting an Application for Funding from the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME) Program in support of first-time homebuyer activities.
GENERAL BUSINESS:
A. Utilities and Engineering: Award of Professional Services Contract to 4Creeks Engineering in the amount of $77,700 for design of the site improvements required for the Youth Athletic Complex (YAC) Restroom and Concession Stand Building Project B. Administration: Recognition of Departing Council Member Diane Sharp ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS:
At this time, any Council Member may ask a question for clarification or may request a matter, which is not otherwise scheduled on a City Council agenda, to be placed on a future agenda. The Council Member referring the item shall provide sufficient information as to the nature of the item. The City Council, by concurrence of a majority, may direct the City Manager to put the item on a future agenda. (GOV. CODE SEC. 54954.2) A. Council Future Agenda Items
B. Upcoming Events and Important Dates:
April 16: Food Truck Takeover in Civic Park 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
April 16: Regular City Council Meeting
May 2: Thursday Night Market Place in Civic Park 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
May 7: Regular City Council Meeting
May 21: 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. 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}