City Council Meeting
Agenda
January 21, 2025
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. Discussion of future changes to Council Compensation as allowed under SB329 and consideration of funding options for Council attendance at civic functions.
CLOSED SESSION FOR DISCUSSION OF THE FOLLOWING:
A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (54956.9 (d)(2))
3 Potential Cases
CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION:
ROLL CALL:
INVOCATION:
Pastor Stan Plooy
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).
A. INFORMATION REPORT - NOVEMBER 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. Waive reading in full of resolutions and ordinances and approval and adoption of same by reading the title only.
B. Parks and Community Services: Award and authorization for the City Manager to enter into a professional services agreement with Dudek for professional urban forestry consulting services in the amount of $368,420.40 for Hanford Goes Green Project through the USDA Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Inflation Reduction Act Grant Program.
C. Utilities and Engineering: Award the advance purchase of Traffic Signal poles and mast arms and signal equipment to JAM Services, Inc. for the low bid price of $111,220.00 for the 12th Avenue at Hume Avenue Traffic Signal Project.
D. Utilities and Engineering: Approval to purchase a Portable Pump for the Storm Utility Division from Bogie’s Pump Systems of Fresno, CA in the amount of $64,891.19 and appropriation of $65,000 from the Storm Drain Capital Fund (0359).
E. Utilities and Engineering: Authorization for the City Manager to Execute a Grant of Easement from the City of Hanford to Southern California Edison for Electrical Services South of Lennar Homes Tract 934 at the Southeast Corner of Grangeville Boulevard and 13th Avenue.
F. Utilities and Engineering: Approval of the Notice of Completion for the FY 23/24 Wastewater Treatment Plant Standby Influent Pump Installation Project, with a final project cost of $364,866.03, and Authorization for the Mayor to execute and the City Clerk to file the Notice with the Kings County Recorder's Office.
G. Police: Approval of the overhire, through June 30, 2025 of three (3) Police Cadets using existing salary savings to ensure timely fulfillment of the eight new police officer positions approved under Measure H.
H. Finance: Authorization to Award an Agreement with Elite Medical (Visalia, CA) for an employee shared health clinic and enter into a joint agreement with Hanford Joint Union High School District (HJUHSD) for a term of three years at a city annual costs of approximately $300,000.
I. Finance: Authorization for the City Manager to execute an Agreement for Professional Services with Financial Credit Network (FCN) for collection activities with professional liability coverage limits below standard city limits.
J. Human Resources: Authorization to Reject Claim for Damages - GHC0078117 PUBLIC HEARING:
A. Community Development: Annexation No. 163 Parts 9, 12, 13 and 14: A proposal to annex four separate substantially surrounded county islands with a combined total of 197.15 acres into the City of Hanford from the Kings County jurisdiction. Prezone No. 0001-24, Parts 9, 12, 13, and 14: A proposal to prezone the proposed territory to be annexed consistent with the 2035 Hanford General Plan Land Use Map. CEQA Determination: The project has been determined to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), per Categorical Exemption Class 19 (Annexation of areas containing existing public or private structures developed to the density allowed by the current prezoning) per CEQA Guidelines Section 15319(a), and because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment per CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). A Notice of Exemption has been prepared for the project in accordance with CEQA. Island 9 is generally located East Lacey Boulevard, South of Southern Pacific Railroad Tracks.
Island 12 is generally located west of 10 ½ Avenue, north of Houston Avenue. Island 13 is generally located west of 10th Avenue, between Idaho and Iona Avenues. Island 14 is generally located west of 11th Avenue, south of Flint Avenue.
CONVENE AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY:
SUCCESSOR AGENCY - PUBLIC COMMENT:
SUCCESSOR AGENCY FOR THE DISCUSSION OF THE FOLLOWING:
A. Finance: Review And Approval Of the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (ROPS 25-26) For The Period July 1, 2025 To June 30, 2026, as required by AB 1484 and amendments under SB 107 of Redevelopment Agency (RDA) Successor Agencies.
ADJOURN AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY:
GENERAL BUSINESS:
A. Finance: Adoption of Resolution 25-01-R establishing a Measure H Oversight Board as required by Ordinance 2024-10 and consistent with the voter-approved Sales and Use Tax Accountability Measures.
B. Utilities and Engineering: Authorization to reimburse Presidio JJR Bella Vista II 150, LLC and Presidio FFO Bonterra II 160, LLC in the amount of $284,014.51 for Tract 938, Unit 3 additional right of way, street improvements, and water main oversizing in Fargo Avenue and Sangiovese Street, including a credit for uninstalled Sanitary Sewer mains and City Surveyor review of the final map; AND approve an appropriation of $343,655.61 to fulfill the reimbursements from Water Impact Fees and Transportation Impact Fees, and credits to Wastewater Impact Fees and Engineering Special Services account.
C. Utilities and Engineering: Authorization to reimburse Presidio JJR Bella Vista II 150, LLC and Presidio FFO Bonterra II 160, LLC in the amount of $47,209.08 for Tract 928, Unit 4 for street improvements on Fargo Avenue and Centennial Drive, including a credit for uninstalled Sanitary Sewer mains and City Surveyor review of the final map; AND approve an appropriation of $136,013.38 to fulfill the reimbursements from Transportation Impact Fees Fund, and credits to Wastewater Impact Fees and Engineering Special Services account.
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:
February 4: Regular City Council Meeting
February 17: City offices closed in observance of President's Day February 18: 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}