City Council Meeting
Agenda
August 6, 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/
5:00 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 the City Council regarding potential expansion and improvements of Hidden Valley Park and direction as appropriate.
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:
Rev. Bobby Guerra
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 May 23, 2024, Special Meeting C. City Clerk: Approval of the Minutes of the June 4, 2024, Meeting D. Parks and Community Services: Authorization to accept and appropriate the funding in the General Fund for the USDA Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Inflation Reduction Act Grant in the amount of $1,000,000 and Authorization for the City Manager to execute the grant agreement.
E. Public Works: Approval of the sole source purchase of one (1) Vac-Con TAQD312HE/1300 truck from Vac-Con Incorporated of Green Cove Springs Florida for $776,614.39 and authorization for the sale of the City's 2009 Vac truck #174 as surplus equipment.
F. Public Works: Appropriate $66,251.55 from 20500000-825003 (Fleet Reserves Fund) and affirm emergency approval of the sole source quote and authorize repairs for engine replacement in Fire Engine #164 for $66,251.55 with Golden State Peterbilt of Porterville, CA.
G. Utilities and Engineering: Authorization for the City Manager to sign a Grant of Easement from the City of Hanford to Southern California Edison for electrical service to a landscape irrigation meter located on Lot “A” of Tract 915, Unit #2 at the northeast corner of the intersection of Aquifer Drive and Carnegie Street.
H. Fire: Approve Contract for Essential Data services for the Fire Department for $40,102 year one, and $31,070 in subsequent years for up to five years.
I. Finance: Acceptance and authorization for staff to File the City of Hanford's Quarterly Investment Portfolio and Transactions Reports as of 06/30/2024.
PUBLIC HEARING:
A. Community Development: A Public Hearing to consider 1) General Plan Amendment No. 0001-23: a request to change the general plan designation from Neighborhood Commercial to Neighborhood Mixed Use on 5-acres located at the northwest of the intersection of Grangeville Boulevard and Centennial Drive (APN) 009-030-142. 2) Rezone No. 0001-23: a request to change the zoning from C-N Neighborhood Commercial to MX-N Neighborhood Mixed Use on a 5-acre site with a Planned Unit Development overlay. 3) Planned Unit Development No. 0036-24: a request to allow cross-access, shared driveways, and application of mixed-use standards to permit a vertical mixed-use development. 4) Variance No. 0009-23: a request to deviate from the standards of Section 17.24.130 of the Hanford Municipal Code, to eliminate the block wall requirement between an existing apartment complex and a proposed apartment complex and provide a slated chain link fencing between the proposed apartment complex and a City basin. 5) Mitigated Negative Declaration No. 2024-57: Certifying that the project will have a less than significant impact on the environment with the incorporation of mitigation measures.
B. Community Development: Public Hearing to consider and receive public comment related to Roadway Abandonment No. 0001-23: Adoption of Resolution No. 24-32-R approving the vacation and abandonment of approximately 2,551 square feet of right-of- way, an alley, located north of Florinda Street, between Douty and Harris Streets.
GENERAL BUSINESS:
A. Parks and Community Services: Approval of the purchase agreement with Everything Ice to purchase a 60' x 100' ice rink, ten skate aids, and a used propane Zamboni Model 500 for $186,737.86; Authorization for the City Manager to execute the necessary documents; and additional Appropriation of $80,057.52 from the General Fund to fund the purchase.
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:
August 10: Grand Opening of Earl F. Johnson Park Playground, 9:00 a.m. More Info August 20: Regular City Council Meeting
September 2: City offices will be closed in observance of Labor Day September 3: Canceled City Council Meeting
September 17: 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}