City Council Meeting
Agenda
March 18, 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. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report presentation for the year ending June 30, 2024 (Fiscal Year 2024)
B. Council overview of the Fiscal Year 2026/27 (FY27) and 2027/28 (FY28) Budget Outlook C. Review of Hanford Municipal Code Chapter 6.10 - Keeping of Chickens and discussion of possible changes to the Municipal Code related to the number of Chickens allowed in Residential zones.
CLOSED SESSION FOR DISCUSSION OF THE FOLLOWING:
A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (54956.9 (d)(2))
1 Potential Case.
CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION:
ROLL CALL:
INVOCATION:
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. 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 January 21, 2025, Meeting.
C. City Clerk: Approval of the Minutes of the February 4, 2025, Meeting.
D. Administration: Authorization for the City to accept and appropriate an FAA Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG), once the grant offer is received, for the Hanford Municipal Airport, in the amount of $228,551 for the design of a new fuel island and fuel tank storage area and Authorization for the Airport Manager to execute the Grant Agreement.
A total appropriation in the Airport Fund of $245,580 ($17,029 of local match) is required contingent on grant award.
E. Community Development: Community Development: Acceptance of the mandated General Plan Annual Progress Report for Calendar Year 2024 and Authorization for the submittal to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research F. Community Development: Approval of Historic Resources Permit HRA0017-25, a request by BMO Bank to install a new gate and fence at a secondary entrance facing the alley and perform very minor civil improvements. The property is designated as a noncontributing building within the Historic Overlay Zone. The project is located at 230 W. Seventh Street (APN 012-052-014).
G. Utilities and Engineering: Adoption of Resolution Nos. 25-10-R, 25-11-R, and 25-12-R pertaining to the establishment of Community Facilities Districts (CFDs) for the Billingsley Subdivision (Tract 937) and the Lunaria Subdivision (Tract 938).
H. Public Works: Approval of a change order to increase Purchase Order 22500223, with Parts Authority, to a total of $70,000 to provide for the procurement of various parts and supplies necessary for servicing city-owned equipment. Additionally, Approval of the reallocation of $20,005 from Purchase Order 22500222 with Hanford Auto and Truck Parts, Inc. to fund these purchases.
PUBLIC HEARING:
A. Community Development: A Public Hearing to receive public input on Annexation 161: A request to annex 88.89 acres into the City of Hanford from the Kings County jurisdiction.
Prezone No. 0005-23: A request to prezone the land proposed to be annexed as R-L-5 Low-Density Residential, in accordance with the General Plan designation for the territory, Low-Density Residential. Vesting Tentative Tract 943 (Silicon Valley Ranch): A request, by Marc Frelier, to subdivide 75.02 acres proposed to be prezoned R-L-5 Low- Density Residential into 326 single-family residential lots, a 3.58-acre park, and three- acre storm basin. Focused Environmental Impact Report (EIR) State Clearinghouse Number (SCH) 2024060956: A request to certify the Final Focused Environmental Impact Report for the project and adopt a Statement of Overriding Considerations for the project’s significant impact to Transportation/Traffic. The Project is located south of Hanford Armona Road, between 12th and 13th Avenues (APN 011-040-008, -010, and - 027).
GENERAL BUSINESS:
A. Community Development: Approval of pre-qualified consultants for Environmental Consulting Services, Peer Review for Environmental Consulting Services, and, Planning and Environmental Services (directly for the City of Hanford) for up to five years with a cost up to $300,000 annually. Approval of appropriation in the General Fund for the current fiscal year (FY25) for up to $100,000 combined for all three services.
B. Community Development: Authorization to Enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Kings County Association of Governments (KCAG) to Receive REAP 2.0 Funds for the Updates to the Hanford Planning Documents Project ($250,000) and Modernizing Hanford’s GIS and Permitting Processes Project ($455,000), and to Award Contracts to Mintier Harnish ($250,000) and Langan ($455,000) for Consulting Services.
Approve appropriation of $705,000, to be reimbursed by REAP 2.0 grant funds.
C. Administration: Approval of a Professional Services Agreement with Hawk on Hand, in the amount of $53,600 to continue to provide Falconer services in Downtown Hanford and areas outside the Business Improvement District for Calendar Year 2025 services.
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 1: Regual City Council Meeting
April 15: Regular City Council Meeting
Wednesdays: Food Truck Take over in Civic Park 11:00am - 2:00pm.
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}