City Council Meeting
Agenda
AMENDED
September 15, 2026
7:00 PM – Regular Meeting
Council Chambers
400 N. Douty St.
Council Members will meet in-person in the Council Chambers. Members of the Public may participate either in-person in the Council Chambers or remotely through the City’s Public Input Platform. Any member of the public may address the City Council on matters within the Council’s jurisdiction during the applicable public comment periods. Comments are limited to a maximum of three (3) minutes per speaker.
Speakers participating in person will be recognized first. Remote speakers will be recognized in the order they complete the registration process through the Public Input platform.
To participate remotely, review the instructions and register at:
https://publiccomment.hanfordca.gov/
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Members of the public may also submit written comments through the Public Input platform.
All written comments received before the close of the meeting will be included in the record.
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 AND ACTION ITEMS:
A. Receive a presentation from the Mid-Kings River Groundwater Sustainability Agency and consider a motion supporting the proposed land-based assessment and groundwater extraction fee to retain local control.
B. Flock Safety Overview
CLOSED SESSION FOR DISCUSSION OF THE FOLLOWING:
A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION (GC 54956.9)(d)(1))
City of Hanford v. Puga, et al.
Kings County Superior Court Case No. 26CU0342
B. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (GC 54957)
Title: City Manager
CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION:
ROLL CALL:
INVOCATION:
Sylvia Gaston
FLAG SALUTE:
CLOSED SESSION ACTION REPORT:
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. Community Development: Waiver of second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 26- 05, approving Zone Text Amendment No. 0013-26, a request to amend Title 15 Buildings and Construction of the Hanford Municipal Code, by adding Chapter 15.57, in order to implement a new Electric Vehicle Charging Station Permit Expediting Ordinance and create a streamlined EV charging station permitting process, in accordance with Assembly Bills 1236 and 970.
C. Utilities and Engineering: Approval of the reimbursement for Tract 934 to Lennar Homes of California, LLC. in the amount of $185,570.02 from the Transportation Impact Fee Fund (0181) for offsite improvements associated with the development.
D. Utilities and Engineering: Adopt Resolution 26-64-R, causing the incomplete sewer improvements that are obligation of Enclave 66, LLC (Developer) for Tract 915-Unit I and Tract 915-Unit II, to be completed by allowing the City Manager and his designees to undertake all necessary and appropriate action to complete the sewer improvements.
E. Utilities and Engineering: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager or his or her designee to accept property dedications for public purposes.
F. IT: Approval of the three-year renewal of Microsoft software licensing through Dell Computer Corporation in the amount of $449,522.40, funded by the IT Services Fund (0415), an internal service fund allocated to all operational departments PUBLIC HEARING:
A. Community Development: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Consolidated Annual Performance Report (CAPER) PY25-26
B. Utilities and Engineering: First reading of Ordinance 26-06 to grant the City Manager authorization to accept, on behalf of the governing body, streets and roads or portions thereof, into the city street system and to record conveyances to the city of real property interests for street and road uses and purposes.
GENERAL BUSINESS:
A. Community Development: Staff presentation regarding the preliminary draft Objective Design Standards and Council input on the proposed standards and next steps 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 — AUGUST WARRANT REGISTER
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:
October 6: Hanford Night Out in Civic Park 4:00 p.m. - Sunset October 6: Regular City Council Meeting
October 20: Regular City Council Meeting
November 3: Regular City Council Meeting
November 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}