City Council Meeting
Agenda
November 4, 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/
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. Kings County Farm Bureau presentation
B. Carnegie Museum of Kings County annual report/update to the Hanford City Council C. Kings–Tulare HSR Station Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) and Connectivity Plan and Cross Valley Corridor (CVC) Rail Service Planning Project Presentation CLOSED SESSION FOR DISCUSSION OF THE FOLLOWING:
A. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (GC 54957)
Title: City Attorney
CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION:
ROLL CALL:
INVOCATION:
Pastor Bobby Guerra
FLAG SALUTE:
CLOSED SESSION ACTION REPORT:
RECOGNITION:
A. Recognition of Retired Teachers Week Proclamation (November 2–8) Presented to California Retired Teachers Association, Kings County Division 30 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. Administration: Approval of Amendment No. 5 of the License Agreement between the Carnegie Museum of Kings County and the City of Hanford to extend the term of the agreement until December 31, 2026.
C. City Attorney: Approval of Settlement and Release Agreement with Guadalupe Celis D. Community Development: Approval of Revised Resolution No. 20-18-R Amending the Previously Approved Resolution Supporting an Application for Funding under the Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Program.
E. Community Development: Approval of the second reading and adoption of Ordinance 2025-10, approving Zone Text Amendment No. 2025-13, a request to amend Table
17.08.030 Commercial, Office, and Industrial Use Table and 17.96.020 Land use definitions in order to allow Banks or Credit Unions in the C-N, C-R, MX-D, MX-C and MX-N Zones.
F. Parks and Community Services: Approval to award the on-call Arborist services to West Coast Arborist and Arboreal at a cost not to exceed $120,000 G. Parks and Community Services: Approval to award the tree procurement and delivery bid to Fonseca Nursery (Hanford, CA) to provide the 600 trees to be planted in conjunction with the City's Urban and Community Forestry grant in the amount of $76,175.95.
H. Public Works: Approval of an approriation of $449,237.50 from fleet reserve fund 0448 and sole source procurement, using Sourcewell Contract #110223 for one (1) side load refuse truck from Haaker Refuse of Hayward, CA in the amount of $449,237.50 and declare refuse truck #341 surplus and authorize the sale of truck #341.
I. Police: Approval of the purchase of an animal control transport body from Diamond Truck Body Manufacturing Inc. (Stockton, CA) and upfitting of unit #119 in the amount of $52,200.90, and appropriation of the total amount from the Fleet Replacement Reserve to cover the cost.
J. Finance: Acceptance and authorization for staff to File the City of Hanford's Quarterly Investment Portfolio and Transactions Reports as of 09/30/25.
GENERAL BUSINESS:
A. Administration: Adoption of Limited Public Forum Social Media Policy and adoption of Resolution 25-63-R, amending the Handbook of Rules and Procedures to include the addition of personal social media usage for elected and appointed officials.
B. Administration: Consider approval of an updated City Attorney Legal Services Contract with Griswold, LaSalle, Cobb, Dowd & Gin, L.L.P. and the City of Hanford and authorize the Mayor to execute an updated agreement for a flat monthly fee of $52,000 or consider alternatives, including issuance of a Request for Proposals.
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).
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:
November 18: Regular City Council Meeting
November 22: Winter Wonderland opens through January 11, 2025, Tickets and Information
November 28: Hanford Christmas Parade 6:00 pm
November 27 & 28: City Offices will be closed in observance of Thanksgiving.
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}