City Council Meeting
Agenda
July 16, 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 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 to Council by the Kings/Tulare Homeless Alliance regarding the 2024 Point-in- Time Count
B. Presentation Regarding this Year's Firework Enforcement efforts by the Hanford Fire Department and the Hanford Police Department and a Discussion Regarding Future Efforts
C. Discussion of a potential Revenue Measure Oversight Board
CLOSED SESSION FOR DISCUSSION OF THE FOLLOWING:
A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (54956.9 (d)(2)) 1 Case.
CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION:
ROLL CALL:
INVOCATION:
Andrea Lott
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).
A. INFORMATION REPORT - WARRANT REGISTER
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 May 7, 2024, Meeting.
C. City Clerk: Approval of the Minutes of the May 16, 2024, Special Meeting.
D. City Attorney: Adoption of Resolution No. 24-24-R, declaring unused right-of-way to be exempt surplus property.
E. City Attorney: Adoption of Resolution 24-25-R declaring 1074 S. Jordan Way as surplus property and adoption of Notice of Exemption 2024-56.
F. Community Development: Approval of Historic Resources Permit HRA0013-24 to construct two retail and office buildings and associated improvements on a property designated as noncontributing to the Historic Overlay Zone. The project is located at 304 N. Harris St. (APN 010-276-006, -008).
G. Utilities and Engineering: Authorization to
offer a Grant of Easement to Southern California Edison to provide electrical service to Water Well #52 located at the Public Works Corporation Yard (900 S. 10th Avenue, APN 012-233-007).
H. Police: Acceptance of the Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program (CTFGP) from the California Highway Patrol (CHP) in the amount of $95,298.64.
PUBLIC HEARING:
A. Community Development: An amendment to Resolution 18-40-R, amending Right-of- Way Abandonment No. 2018-01 to include a 1,289 square-foot portion of the previous East Lacey Boulevard Abandonment. The project is located on East Lacey Boulevard, west of SR-43.
B. Community Development: A request to set the public hearing for August 6, 2024 pertaining to Roadway Abandonment No. 0001-23, a request by QK on behalf of St.
Brigid’s Church (Roman Catholic Bishop of Fresno) to abandon approximately 2,551 square feet of alleyway located north of Florinda Street, between parcels located on Douty Street and Harris Street.
C. Parks and Community Services: A public hearing to consider the Adoption of Resolution 24-22-R Ordering the Levy and Collection of Assessments as outlined in the 2023/2024 Annual Engineer's Report, which has been prepared pursuant to Chapter 3 of the Landscape and Lighting Act of 1972. The proposed assessments outlined in the Engineer's Report are less than or equal to the authorized maximum assessment for each Landscape Assessment District.
GENERAL BUSINESS:
A. Finance: Adoption of Resolution No. 24-18-R, establishing the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 tax levy amount for Community Facilities District 2022-01 (Live Oak).
B. City Attorney: Adoption of Resolution No. 24-23-R, Action to Declare Abandoned Right- of-Way as Exempt Surplus Property.
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:
July 15–August 9: Filing period for City Council Seats in Districts B and C - Kings County Current Election Information
August 6: Regular City Council Meeting
August 20: 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}