City Council Meeting
Agenda
December 3, 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 regarding the City of Hanford's new online and mobile app citizen reporting tool, "My Hanford".
CLOSED SESSION FOR DISCUSSION OF THE FOLLOWING:
A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (54956.9 (d)(2))
1 Workers Compensation Claim
CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION:
ROLL CALL:
INVOCATION:
Johnny Escalera
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 the title only.
B. City Clerk: Approval of the Minutes of the October 1, 2024, Meeting C. City Clerk: Approval of the Minutes of the November 5, 2024, Meeting D. City Clerk: Approval of the Minutes of the November 19, 2024, Meeting E. Administration: Approval of the renewal and Authorization for the City Manager to execute the annual Professional Services Agreement with Thorn Run Partners for federal legislative advocacy services, effective January 1, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2025, for a monthly fee of $5,500.
F. Utilities and Engineering: Approval to enter into a professional services agreement with Willdan Financial Services (Willdan) to provide a Comprehensive Update to the City’s Development Impact Fees and approval to appropriate $105,600 in various Impact Fee Funds to cover the cost of the contract.
G. Utilities and Engineering: Approval of the establishment of a pre-qualified list of Architecture and Engineering (A&E) Services Consultants to perform on-call professional services as needed (This pre-qualified list will have a performance period of three years, with the option for two one-year extensions) and Authorization for the City Manager to award contracts to the firms identified herein for on-call architecture and engineering (A&E) or other specialty services as needed on a work order basis for a fee amount not to exceed the City Manager’s purchasing authority ($50K).
H. Utilities and Engineering: Authorization for the City Manager to execute the purchase of an Internalift Screw Pump for installation at the Wastewater Treatment Facility from Evoqua Water Technologies LLC, in the amount of $1,499,999.16, and Appropriation of $1,500,000 from the Wastewater Fund (2073) to cover the cost of the purchase.
I. Finance: Review and Approval of the Annual Report for Development Impact Fees pertaining to City of Hanford Impact Fees for Parks, Circulation, Fire Protection, Police Protection, Storm Water System, Water System, Wastewater System, and Refuse/Recycling for fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.
J. Finance: Adoption of Ordinance No. 2024-09, Adding Municipal Code 3.50 City of Hanford Sales and Use Tax Ordinance of 2024
K. Finance: Adoption of Ordinance No. 2024-10, Adding Municipal Code 3.60 City of Hanford Sales and Use Tax Accountability Measures
PUBLIC HEARING:
A. Community Development: Zone Text Amendment No. 0007-24: A Public Hearing to accept public comments related to a request to conduct a comprehensive amendment to the Hanford Municipal Code Title 17, as directed by the City Council of the City of Hanford. Changes include various land use changes, definition changes and updates, regulation changes, spelling and grammar edits, as well as legally advised edits.
Location: Citywide.
GENERAL BUSINESS:
A. Finance: Due to the passage of Measure H, Adoption of Resolution 24-45-R, Authorizing City Manager to execute agreements with the California Department of Tax and Administration for implementation of a local transactions and use tax, and Adoption of Resolution 24-46-R for examination of sales or transactions and use tax records B. City Attorney: Consideration of a letter submitted by Council Member Lou Martinez in response to complaints filed by City employees.
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:
December 17: Regular City Council Meeting
December 21: Walk with a Doc at Centennial Park 9:00 am - 10:00 am More Info December 24-Jan 1: City offices closed in observance of the holidays.
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}