Agenda packet — Lindsay City Council, December 9, 2025 (part 2 of 2)

Disproportionate Housing Needs: The element includes some general information on housing conditions but should also evaluate those needs, impacts and patterns within the City, such as areas of higher need. Specifically, the element should discuss any areas of potentially higher needs of rehabilitation and replacement. The element should utilize local data and knowledge such as service providers and code enforcement officials to assist this analysis.

Local Data and Knowledge and Other Relevant Factors: The element included some information about early development in the City. However, the element should utilize local data and knowledge and other relevant factors to better describe fair housing conditions including socio-economic patterns and disparities in access to opportunities. For example, local data and knowledge can include City officials, local and regional advocates and service providers, past studies, infrastructure assessments and other demographics such as tenure, age of structure and housing unit types. Other relevant factors can include governmental and nongovernmental actions, historical land use and zoning practices (e.g., past redlining/Greenlining, restrictive covenants, planning documents, etc.), disparities in investment to specific communities including transportation investments, seeking investment or lack thereof to promote affordability and inclusion, local initiatives, or other information that may have impeded housing choices and mobility.

Contributing Factors to Fair Housing Issues: Based on the outcome of a complete analysis, the element should reassess and, particularly prioritize contributing factors to fair housing issues then formulate appropriate policies and programs.

Programs: The element must be revised to add or modify goals and actions based on the outcomes of a complete analysis as noted above. Please see HCD’s prior review for additional information regarding program requirements.

In addition, while the element includes many meaningful actions to affirmatively further fair housing (AFFH), it should expand and improve place-based strategies toward community revitalization. For example, the element could commit to applying for funding (beyond prioritizing the capital improvement program) at least every other year toward broader community development issues such as housing conditions, neighborhood revitalization, community facilities and pollution burdens.

2. An inventory of land suitable and available for residential development, including vacant sites and sites having realistic and demonstrated potential for redevelopment during the planning period to meet the locality’s housing need for a designated income level, and an analysis of the relationship of zoning and public facilities and services to these sites. (Gov. Code, § 65583, subd. (a)(3).) Daymon Qualls, City Manager

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Identify actions that will be taken to make sites available during the planning period with appropriate zoning and development standards and with services and facilities to accommodate that portion of the city’s or county’s share of the regional housing need for each income... (Gov. Code, § 65583, subd. (c)(1).) Progress in Meeting the Regional Housing Need Allocation (RHNA): While the element discusses past trends related to project approvals, for projects with pending entitlements, the element should still discuss remaining steps, any known barriers and likelihood of construction in the planning period. Additionally, the element should discuss the availability of adequate infrastructure for pipeline projects.

Realistic Capacity: In addition, while the element discusses residential development trends in non-residential zones, including built densities, it should also address the likelihood of 100 percent non-residential development to support capacity assumptions. For example, the element should address all recent development in non-residential zones, how often development includes a residential component and account for that likelihood in capacity assumptions.

Suitability of Nonvacant Sites: The element must include an analysis demonstrating the potential for redevelopment of nonvacant sites. To address this requirement, the element describes in general the existing use of each nonvacant site (e.g., agriculture) and compares candidate sites to regional trends based on acreage and density. However, the element should also address the extent that existing uses may impede additional residential development, current market demand for the existing use and any conditions that would perpetuate the existing use or prevent additional residential development.

Electronic Site Inventory: Pursuant to Government Code section 65583.3, subdivision (b), the City must utilize standards, forms, and definitions adopted by HCD when preparing the sites inventory and submit an electronic version of the sites inventory. While the City has submitted an electronic version of the sites inventory, if changes occur, any future adopted versions of the element must also submit the electronic version of the sites inventory.

Programs: As noted above, the element does not include a complete site analysis; therefore, the adequacy of sites and zoning were not established.

Based on the results of a complete sites inventory and analysis, the City may need to add or revise programs to address a shortfall of sites or zoning available to encourage a variety of housing types.

In addition, Program 2 (: Adequate Sites for RHNA and Monitoring of No Net Loss) should be revised with discrete timing and steps and include additional actions beyond applying for funding to ensure infrastructure availability to accommodate the RHNA.

Daymon Qualls, City Manager

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3. Analyze the opportunities for energy conservation with respect to residential development. (Gov. Code, § 65583(a)(8).)
The element indicates the City enforces Title 24. However, the element must include analysis of additional energy conservation opportunities in residential development. The analysis should facilitate the adoption of housing element policies and programs. For example, programs could provide incentives to promote higher density housing along transit, encourage green building techniques and materials in new construction and remodels, promote energy audits and participation in utility conservation programs, and facilitate energy conserving retrofits upon resale of homes. For additional information and sample analysis, see the Building Blocks at https://www.hcd.ca.gov/planning-andcommunity-development/housing-elements/building-blocks/opportunities-energyconservation.

4. Quantified Objectives. Establish the number of housing units, by income level, that can be constructed, rehabilitated, and conserved over a five-year time frame. (Gov. Code, § 65583, subd. (b)(1 & 2).)
The element did not address this finding. Per HCD’s prior review, the element provides a summary of quantified objectives on page D7-25 for the 6th cycle planning period. These objectives include new construction and rehabilitation, but rehabilitation objectives should be increased, as appropriate, to better reflect the housing needs of the community. In addition, quantified objectives must also include conservation objectives by income group. Conservation objectives may include a variety of strategies employed by the City to promote tenant stability and the preservation of units at-risk of conversion to market rate uses. For your information, conservation objectives should go beyond at-risk units.

The element will meet the statutory requirements of State Housing Element Law once rezones have been completed to meet all requirements (see below) and the element has been revised, adopted, submitted to, and reviewed by HCD to comply with the above requirements pursuant to Government Code section 65585.

As a reminder, the City’s 6th cycle housing element was due December 31, 2023. As of today, the City has not completed the housing element process for the 6th cycle. The City’s 5th cycle housing element no longer satisfies statutory requirements. HCD encourages the City to revise the element as described above, adopt, and submit to HCD to regain housing element compliance.

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from the statutory deadline. As this year has passed and Program 3 (By-Right Approval) has not been completed, the housing element will remain out of compliance until all necessary rezoning has been completed.

Public participation in the development, adoption and implementation of the housing element is essential to effective housing planning. Throughout the housing element process, the City should continue to engage the community, including organizations that represent lower-income and special-needs households, by making information regularly available and considering and incorporating comments where appropriate. Please be aware, any revisions to the element must be posted on the local government’s website and to email a link to all individuals and organizations that have previously requested notices relating to the local government’s housing element at least seven days before submitting to HCD.

Several federal, state, and regional funding programs consider housing element compliance as an eligibility or ranking criteria. For example, the CalTrans Senate Bill (SB) 1 Sustainable Communities grant, the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program, and HCD’s Permanent Local Housing Allocation consider housing element compliance and/or annual reporting requirements pursuant to Government Code section 65400. With a compliant housing element, the City will meet housing element requirements for these and other funding sources.

For your information, some general plan element updates are triggered by housing element adoption. HCD reminds the City to consider timing provisions and welcomes the opportunity to provide assistance. For information, please see the Technical Advisories issued by the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation at:
https://www.lci.ca.gov/planning/general-plan/guidelines.html.

HCD appreciates the coordination and effort provided by the housing element update team to prepare the housing element as part of the multi-jurisdictional housing element process. We are committed to assisting the City in addressing all statutory requirements of State Housing Element Law. If you have any questions or need additional technical assistance, please contact Sayed Murad, of our staff, at [email protected].

Sincerely,
Paul McDougall
Senior Program Manager
STATE OF CALIFORNIA - BUSINESS, CONSUMER SERVICES AND HOUSING AGENCY GAVIN NEWSOM, Governor

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

DIVISION OF HOUSING POLICY DEVELOPMENT
651 Bannon Street, Suite 400
Sacramento, CA 95811
(916) 263-2911 / FAX (916) 263-7453
www.hcd.ca.gov
October 15, 2024
Daymon Qualls, City Manager
City of Lindsay
251 East Honolulu Street
Lindsay, California 93247
Dear Daymon Qualls:

RE: City of Lindsay’s 6th Cycle (2023-2031) Draft Housing Element Thank you for submitting the City of Lindsay’s (City) draft housing element received for review on July 29, 2024. Pursuant to Government Code section 65585, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) is reporting the results of its review. In addition, HCD considered comments from David Kellogg pursuant to Government Code section 65585, subdivision (c).

The draft element addresses many statutory requirements; however, revisions will be necessary to substantially comply with State Housing Element Law (Gov. Code, § 65580 et seq). The enclosed Appendix describes the revisions needed to comply with State Housing Element Law.

For your information, pursuant to Assembly Bill 1398 (Chapter 358, Statutes of 2021), as the City did not adopt a compliant housing element within 120 days of the statutory deadline (December 31, 2023), any rezoning to make prior identified sites available or accommodate the regional housing needs allocation (RHNA) must be completed no later than one year from the statutory deadline. Otherwise, the local government’s housing element will no longer comply with State Housing Element Law, and HCD may revoke its finding of substantial compliance pursuant to Government Code section 65585, subdivision (i). Please be aware, if the City does not adopt a compliant housing element within one year from the statutory deadline, the element cannot be found in substantial compliance until all necessary rezones are completed pursuant to Government Code sections 65583, subdivision (c)(1)(A) and 65583.2, subdivision (c).

Daymon Qualls, City Manager

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Public participation in the development, adoption and implementation of the housing element is essential to effective housing planning. Throughout the housing element process, the City should continue to engage the community, including organizations that represent lower-income and special needs households, by making information regularly available and considering and incorporating comments where appropriate. Please be aware, any revisions to the element must be posted on the local government’s website and to email a link to all individuals and organizations that have previously requested notices relating to the local government’s housing element at least seven days before submitting to HCD.

For your information, some general plan element updates are triggered by housing element adoption. HCD reminds the City to consider timing provisions and welcomes the opportunity to provide assistance. For information, please see the Technical Advisories issued by the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research at:
https://www.opr.ca.gov/planning/general-plan/guidelines.html.

HCD appreciates the coordination and effort of the housing element update team to prepare the housing element as part of the multi-jurisdictional housing element process.

We are committed to assist the City in addressing all statutory requirements of State Housing Element Law. If you have any questions or need additional technical assistance, please contact Sayed Murad, of our staff, at [email protected].

Sincerely,
Paul McDougall
Senior Program Manager
Enclosure
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APPENDIX

CITY OF LINDSAY
The following changes are necessary to bring the City’s housing element into compliance with Article 10.6 of the Government Code. Accompanying each recommended change, we cite the supporting section of the Government Code.

Housing element technical assistance information is available on HCD’s website at https://www.hcd.ca.gov/planning-and-community-development/hcd-memos. Among other resources, the housing element section contains HCD’s latest technical assistance tool, Building Blocks for Effective Housing Elements (Building Blocks), available at https://www.hcd.ca.gov/planning-and-community-development/housing-elements/buildingblocks and includes the Government Code addressing State Housing Element Law and other resources.

A. Review and Revision
Review the previous element to evaluate the appropriateness, effectiveness, and progress in implementation, and reflect the results of this review in the revised element. (Gov. Code, § 65588 (a) and (b).)
As part of the review of programs in the past cycle, the element must provide an evaluation of the effectiveness of goals, policies, and related actions in meeting the housing needs of special needs populations (e.g., elderly, persons with disabilities, large households, female headed households, farmworkers, and persons experiencing homelessness). While the element notes limited staff resources and limited efforts to address special housing needs in the prior planning period, it should also reflect the appropriateness of that analysis in policies and actions for the current housing planning period. For example, the element could leverage the coordination efforts of the multi-jurisdictional collaboration or could strengthen partnerships with nonprofit developers and service providers.

B. Housing Needs, Resources, and Constraints

1. Affirmatively further[ing] fair housing in accordance with Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 8899.50) of Division 1 of Title 2…shall include an assessment of fair housing in the jurisdiction. (Gov. Code, § 65583, subd. (c)(10)(A).) Enforcement and Outreach: While the element discusses how the City complies with fair housing laws, it must also describe any findings, lawsuits, enforcement actions, settlements, or judgments related to fair housing or civil rights in the City. For more information, please see HCD’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Guidance memo (starting on page 28) available at https://www.hcd.ca.gov/planning-andcommunity-development/affirmatively-furthering-fair-housing.

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Racial/Ethnic Areas of Concentration of Poverty (R/ECAP): The element includes a brief identification of R/ECAPs in the City but should include a specific analysis to better formulate policies and programs. A specific analysis should address characteristics of the neighborhoods, changes over time, neighborhood conditions in terms of quality of life (e.g., housing conditions, infrastructure, parks, community amenities, safe routes to school, environmental health) in comparison to other neighborhoods, effectiveness or absence of past strategies and consider local data and knowledge and other relevant factors. The element must add or modify significant and meaningful programs based on the outcomes of this analysis.

For example, local data and knowledge can include City officials, local and regional advocates and service providers, past studies, infrastructure assessments and other demographics such as tenure, age of structure and housing unit types. Other relevant factors can include governmental and nongovernmental actions, historical land use and zoning practices (e.g., past redlining/Greenlining, restrictive covenants, planning documents, etc.), disparities in investment to specific communities including transportation investments, seeking investment or lack thereof to promote affordability and inclusion, local initiatives, or other information that may have impeded housing choices and mobility.

2. Include an analysis of population and employment trends and documentation of projections and a quantification of the locality's existing and projected needs for all income levels, including extremely low-income households. (Gov. Code, § 65583, subd. (a)(1).)
Include an analysis and documentation of household characteristics, including level of payment compared to ability to pay, housing characteristics, including overcrowding, and housing stock condition. (Gov. Code, § 65583, subd. (a)(2).) City of Lindsay’s 6th Cycle Draft Housing Element Page 3 October 15, 2024
Analyze any special housing needs such as elderly; persons with disabilities, including a developmental disability; large families; farmworkers; families with female heads of households; and families and persons in need of emergency shelter. (Gov. Code, § 65583, subd. (a)(7).)
Employment: While the element includes a brief discussion of employment by industry (p. D2-2), the analysis should also include discussion of major employers, job to housing fit (e.g., wages compared to housing affordability), and past and emerging employment trends.

Housing Costs: The element includes information on sales prices and rental information from the American Community Survey, but should also reflect current market conditions for sales prices utilizing additional data sources.

Special Housing Needs: While the element quantifies the City’s special needs populations, including persons with developmental disabilities (p. D2-10), it should also discuss challenges faced by the population, housing situation for individuals (e.g. independent, living with parents, etc.), and effectiveness of policies and programs to address housing needs.

Additionally, while the element quantifies farmworkers in the County, the analysis should be expanded to include discussion of characteristics of farmworker housing needs (e.g., tenure, income, housing conditions) and the magnitude and nature of the gap between resources and housing needs and characteristics. For additional information on the disproportionate needs of farmworkers, see Farmworker Health in California: Health in a Time of Contagion, Drought, and Climate Change from the University of California, Merced at
https://clc.ucmerced.edu/sites/clc.ucmerced.edu/files/page/documents/fwhs_report_2.2. 2383.pdf.

3. An inventory of land suitable and available for residential development, including vacant sites and sites having realistic and demonstrated potential for redevelopment during the planning period to meet the locality’s housing need for a designated income level, and an analysis of the relationship of zoning and public facilities and services to these sites. (Gov. Code, § 65583, subd. (a)(3).)
Progress in Meeting the Regional Housing Need Allocation (RHNA): The City’s RHNA may be reduced by the number of pending, approved or constructed units since June 30, 2023; however, the element must demonstrate their affordability and availability in the planning period. For affordability, the element indicates some units affordable to moderate income households (Mission Estates) but should demonstrate affordability based on actual or anticipated sales prices and rents or other mechanisms that ensure affordability (e.g., deed restrictions). For availability, the element should discuss remaining steps, anticipated completion and likelihood of construction in the planning period.

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Realistic Capacity: In addition, the element appears to assume residential development on sites with zoning that allows 100 percent nonresidential uses, but to support this assumption, the element must analyze the likelihood of residential development in zoning where 100 percent nonresidential uses are allowed. The analysis should discuss whether the Mixed-Use District (MXU) allows 100 percent nonresidential uses and if so, consider development trends in similar zones throughout the region to support residential capacity assumptions.

However, the element should address the extent that existing uses may impede additional residential development. For example, the analysis should address past experiences converting existing uses to residential development, current market demand for the existing use, whether uses are operating, any conditions that would perpetuate the existing use or prevent additional residential development and relate those circumstances to the sites identified. Depending upon the results of that analysis, the City may need to revise or add programs and address incentives for redevelopment.

Environmental Constraints: While the element generally describes a few environmental conditions within the City, it should also describe any other known environmental or other constraints that could impact housing development on identified sites in the planning period. Examples of other known conditions include shape, access, contamination, property conditions, easements, conservation easements, overlays and airport and military compatibility.

Electronic Sites Inventory: For your information, pursuant to Government Code section 65583.3, subdivision (b), the City must utilize standards, forms, and definitions adopted by HCD when preparing the sites inventory and submit an electronic version of the sites inventory. While the City has submitted an electronic version of the sites inventory, if changes occur, any future re-adopted versions of the element must also submit the electronic version of the sites inventory.

Zoning for a Variety of Housing Types (Emergency Shelters): The element generally describes acreage and capacity but should also analyze proximity to transportation and services for identified capacity.

4. An analysis of potential and actual governmental constraints upon the maintenance, improvement, or development of housing for all income levels, including the types of housing identified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c), and for persons with disabilities as identified in the analysis pursuant to paragraph (7), including land use controls, building codes and their enforcement, site improvements, fees and other exactions required of developers, and local processing and permit procedures... (Gov. Code, § 65583, subd. (a)(5).)
Land Use Controls: The element must identify and analyze all relevant land use controls impacts as potential constraints on a variety of housing types. The analysis should City of Lindsay’s 6th Cycle Draft Housing Element Page 5 October 15, 2024
analyze land use controls independently and cumulatively with other land use controls.

While the element states heights of 35 feet are allowed in all zones, it should clarify if three story development is allowed or commit to modify height limits to allow for three story development.

Codes and Enforcement: The element provides an overview of the building code implementation but should also identify any local amendments to the building code and analyze impacts on the cost of housing.

Constraints on Housing for Persons with Disabilities (Family Definition): The element specifies the City’s definition of family as a “household” and defines that term as “Any individual or group of individuals living together in a single dwelling unit who may share living expenses, chores, and meals together, and who maintain social, economic and psychological commitments to each other.” The element continues to conclude this definition of family is appropriate. However, the definition can be a constraint on housing for persons with disabilities. For example, the definition could limit unrelated persons living together, persons with separate leases or persons who are unable to perform chores. The element should add or modify programs to replace the definition of family.

For example, an appropriate definition of family would be “one or more persons living together as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit.”

5. An analysis of potential and actual nongovernmental constraints upon the maintenance, improvement, or development of housing for all income levels, including… …requests to develop housing at densities below those anticipated in the analysis required by subdivision (c) of Government Code section 65583.2... (Gov. Code, § 65583, subd. (a)(6).)
Developed Densities: The element must analyze requests to develop housing at densities below those anticipated in the sites inventory (e.g., 75 percent of maximum allowable density), including evaluating any hinderance on the construction of a locality’s share of the regional housing need.

6. Analyze the opportunities for energy conservation with respect to residential development. (Gov. Code, § 65583(a)(8).)
The element indicates the City enforces Title 24. However, the element must include analysis of energy conservation opportunities in residential development. The analysis should facilitate the adoption of housing element policies and programs. For example, programs could provide incentives to promote higher density housing along transit, encourage green building techniques and materials in new construction and remodels, promote energy audits and participation in utility conservation programs, and facilitate energy conserving retrofits upon resale of homes. For additional information and sample analysis, see the Building Blocks at https://www.hcd.ca.gov/planning-and-communitydevelopment/housing-elements/building-blocks/opportunities-energy-conservation.

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C. Housing Programs

1. Identify actions that will be taken to make sites available during the planning period with appropriate zoning and development standards and with services and facilities... Sites shall be identified as needed to facilitate and encourage the development of a variety of types of housing for all income levels... (Gov. Code, § 65583, subd. (c)(1).) As noted in Finding B3, the element does not include a complete site analysis, therefore, the adequacy of sites and zoning were not established. Based on the results of a complete sites inventory and analysis, the City may need to add or revise programs to address a shortfall of sites or zoning available to encourage a variety of housing types. In addition, the element should be revised as follows:
• Program 2 (: Adequate Sites for RHNA and Monitoring of No Net Loss): This Program should be revised with discrete timing and steps and include additional actions to ensure infrastructure availability to accommodate the RHNA. • Program 6 (Zoning Code Amendments): The Program should commit to comply with (1) Employee Housing Act – Health and Safety Code section 17021.8; and (2) establish development standards to encourage and facilitate single room occupancy (SRO) units.

2. The Housing Element shall contain programs which assist in the development of adequate housing to meet the needs of extremely low-, very low-, low- and moderateincome households. (Gov. Code, § 65583, subd. (c)(2).) Program 1 (Regional Collaboration): The Program should commit to how often the City will collaborate with regional partners (e.g., at least annually), including developers and affordable housing advocates and consider efforts to AFFH and collaboration and coordination regarding implementation of the housing element.

Program 12 (Community and Economic Development): This Program should be revised with discrete timing or how often actions will be implemented (e.g., at least annually).

Extremely-Low Income (ELI) Households: The element must include a program(s) with specific actions and timelines to assist in the development of housing for extremely lowincome households. The program(s) could commit the City to adopting priority processing, granting fee waivers or deferrals, modifying development standards, granting concessions and incentives for housing developments that include units affordable to extremely low-income households; assisting, supporting or pursuing funding applications; and outreach and coordination with affordable housing developers.

For additional information, see the Building Blocks at https://www.hcd.ca.gov/planningand-community-development/housing-elements/building-blocks/assist-developmenthousing.

Special Housing Needs: The element must include specific actions to assist in the development or conservation of housing for special needs households. Specifically, the element must include significant actions to address the needs of persons experiencing City of Lindsay’s 6th Cycle Draft Housing Element Page 7 October 15, 2024
homelessness and farmworkers. For example, for farmworkers, specific efforts should be included based on the outcomes of a complete analysis and could commit to proactive actions to coordinate with nonprofit developers, employers, and other related organizations, to explore funding and incentives, annually identify housing opportunities, pursuing strategies to integrate affordable housing and targeting rehabilitation and conservation and improvement programs toward housing for farmworkers.

3. Address and, where appropriate and legally possible, remove governmental and nongovernmental constraints to the maintenance, improvement, and development of housing, including housing for all income levels and housing for persons with disabilities. The program shall remove constraints to, and provide reasonable accommodations for housing designed for, intended for occupancy by, or with supportive services for, persons with disabilities. (Gov. Code, § 65583, subd. (c)(3).) As noted in Findings B4 and B5, the element requires a complete analysis of potential governmental and nongovernmental constraints. Depending upon the results of that analysis, the City may need to revise or add programs and address and remove or mitigate any identified constraints.

4. Promote and affirmatively further fair housing opportunities and promote housing throughout the community or communities for all persons regardless of race, religion, sex, marital status, ancestry, national origin, color, familial status, or disability, and other characteristics... (Gov. Code, § 65583, subd. (c)(5).)
The element must be revised to add or modify goals and actions based on the outcomes of a complete analysis as noted in Finding B1. Goals and actions must specifically respond to the analysis and to the identified and prioritized contributing factors to fair housing issues and must be significant and meaningful enough to overcome identified patterns and trends. Actions must have specific commitment, metrics and milestones as appropriate and must address housing mobility enhancement, new housing choices and affordability in relatively higher opportunity and income areas, place-based strategies toward community revitalization and displacement protection.

D. Quantified Objectives
Establish the number of housing units, by income level, that can be constructed, rehabilitated, and conserved over a five-year time frame. (Gov. Code, § 65583, subd. (b)(1 & 2).)
The element provides a summary of quantified objectives on page D7-25 for the 6th cycle planning period. These objectives include new construction and rehabilitation, but rehabilitation objectives should be increased, as appropriate, to better reflect the housing needs of the community. In addition, quantified objectives must also include conservation objectives by income group. Conservation objectives may include a variety of strategies employed by the City to promote tenant stability and the preservation of units at-risk of City of Lindsay’s 6th Cycle Draft Housing Element Page 8 October 15, 2024
conversion to market rate uses. For your information, conservation objectives should go beyond at-risk units.

E. Public Participation
Local governments shall make a diligent effort to achieve public participation of all economic segments of the community in the development of the Housing Element, and the element shall describe this effort. (Gov. Code, § 65583, subd.(c)(9).) Moving forward, the City should employ additional methods for local public outreach efforts in future submittals, particularly to include lower-income and special needs households and neighborhoods with higher concentrations of lower-income households. For example, the City could conduct targeted stakeholder interviews or establish a committee representative of lower-income households in future public outreach efforts. In addition, based on more localized public outreach, the element should summarize public comments and describe how they were considered and incorporated into the element.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA - BUSINESS, CONSUMER SERVICES AND HOUSING AGENCY GAVIN NEWSOM, Governor

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

DIVISION OF HOUSING POLICY DEVELOPMENT
651 Bannon Street, Suite 400
Sacramento, CA 95811
(916) 263-2911 / FAX (916) 263-7453
www.hcd.ca.gov
October 16, 2025
Kuyler Crocker, Interim City Manager
City of Lindsay
251 East Honolulu Street
Lindsay, California 93247
Dear Kuyler Crocker:

RE: City of Lindsay’s 6th Cycle (2023-2031) Revised Draft Housing Element Thank you for submitting the City of Lindsay’s (City) revised draft housing element update received for review on August 20, 2025, along with revisions received on October 15, 2025. The revisions were posted and made available to the public for seven days prior to review. Pursuant to Government Code section 65585, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) is reporting the results of its review.

The revised draft element, including revisions, meets the statutory requirements described in HCD’s May 8, 2025 review. However, the housing element cannot be found in substantial compliance until the City has completed and submitted the necessary rezones (see below) to make prior identified sites available and accommodate the lower-income Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). The housing element will substantially comply with State Housing Element Law (Gov. Code, § 65580 et seq) when all necessary rezoning and the element are adopted, submitted to, and approved by HCD, in accordance with Government Code section 65585.

For your information, pursuant to Assembly Bill 1398 (Chapter 358, Statutes of 2021), if a local government does not adopt a compliant housing element within 120 days of the statutory deadline (December 31, 2023), then any rezoning to make prior identified sites available or accommodate the RHNA pursuant to Government Code sections 65583, subdivision (c) and 65583.2, subdivision (c), shall be completed no later than one year from the statutory deadline. As this year has passed and Program 3 (By-Right Approval) has not been completed, the housing element will remain out of compliance until all necessary rezoning has been completed. Once the City completes the rezoning, a copy of the resolution or ordinance should be submitted to HCD for review. Following this, HCD will issue correspondence regarding the status of the City’s housing element compliance.

Kuyler Crocker, Interim City Manager

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As a reminder, the City’s 6th cycle housing element was due December 31, 2023. As of today, the City has not completed the housing element process for the 6th cycle. The City’s 5th cycle housing element no longer satisfies statutory requirements. HCD encourages the City to expeditiously complete rezoning and adopt and submit the housing element to HCD to regain substantial compliance.

Public participation in the development, adoption and implementation of the housing element is essential to effective housing planning. Throughout the housing element process, the City must continue to engage the community, including organizations that represent lower-income and special needs households, by making information regularly available while considering and incorporating comments where appropriate. Please be aware, any revisions to the element must be posted on the local government’s website and to email a link to all individuals and organizations that have previously requested notices relating to the local government’s housing element at least seven days before submitting to HCD.

For your information, pursuant to Government Code section 65583.3, subdivision (b), the City must utilize standards, forms, and definitions adopted by HCD when preparing the sites inventory and submit an electronic version of the sites inventory. While the City has submitted an electronic version of the sites inventory, if any changes occur, any future adopted versions of the element must also submit the electronic version of the sites inventory.

Several federal, state, and regional funding programs consider housing element compliance as an eligibility or ranking criteria. For example, the CalTrans Senate Bill (SB) 1 Sustainable Communities grant, the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities programs, and HCD’s Permanent Local Housing Allocation consider housing element compliance and/or annual reporting requirements pursuant to Government Code section 65400. With a compliant housing element, the City will meet housing element requirements for these and other funding sources.

Kuyler Crocker, Interim City Manager

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HCD appreciates the coordination and effort provided by the housing element update team to prepare the housing element as part of the multi-jurisdictional housing element process. We are committed to assisting the City in addressing all statutory requirements of State Housing Element Law and welcome the opportunity to provide technical assistance through the adoption and rezone process, including reviewing draft rezoning documents. If you have any questions or need additional technical assistance, please contact Sayed Murad, of our staff, at [email protected].

Sincerely,
Paul McDougall
Senior Program Manager
City of Lindsay HCD Submittal 3—Response Matrix
HCD Finding (5/8/2025) Response Page
Racial/Ethnic Areas of Concentration of Poverty (R/ECAP): While the element now includes some demographics and discusses accessibility to community amenities related to R/ECAPs in the City, it should include a specific analysis to better formulate policies and programs. A specific analysis should address characteristics of the neighborhoods, changes over time, neighborhood conditions in terms of quality of life (e.g., housing conditions, infrastructure, parks, community amenities, safe routes to school, environmental health) in comparison to other neighborhoods, effectiveness or absence of past strategies and consider local data and knowledge and other relevant factors. The element must add or modify significant and meaningful programs based on the outcomes of this analysis.

According to recent and
old maps, all areas are
considered RECAPs.

Added discussion.

Added local data and
knowledge and updated
RECAP mapping
information.

D5-20 to
D5-21
Disproportionate Housing Needs: The element includes some general information on housing conditions but should also evaluate those needs, impacts and patterns within the City, such as areas of higher need. Specifically, the element should discuss any areas of potentially higher needs of rehabilitation and replacement. The element should utilize local data and knowledge such as service providers and code enforcement officials to assist this analysis.

Added local data and
knowledge to
discussion.

D5-36 to
D5-37
Local Data and Knowledge and Other Relevant Factors: The element included some information about early development in the City.

However, the element should utilize local data and knowledge and other relevant factors to better describe fair housing conditions including socio-economic patterns and disparities in access to opportunities. For example, local data and knowledge can include City officials, local and regional advocates and service providers, past studies, infrastructure assessments and other demographics such as tenure, age of structure and housing unit types. Other relevant factors can include governmental and nongovernmental actions, historical land use and zoning practices (e.g., past redlining/Greenlining, restrictive covenants, planning documents, etc.), disparities in investment to specific communities including transportation investments, seeking investment or lack thereof to promote affordability and inclusion, local initiatives, or other information that may have impeded housing choices and mobility.

Added to RECAP and
housing needs
discussion.

Meaningful actions
already prioritized;
reprioritization not
necessary.

Programs: The element must be revised to add or modify goals and actions based on the outcomes of a complete analysis as noted above.

Please see HCD’s prior review for additional information regarding program requirements.

Actions added to
Program 7, Programs 12.

New Program 13 added.

AFFH actions added to
AFFH Matrix.

D7-12
D7-17
D7-21
Progress in Meeting the Regional Housing Need Allocation (RHNA): While the element discusses past trends related to project approvals, for projects with pending entitlements, the element should still discuss remaining steps, any known barriers and likelihood of construction in the planning period. Additionally, the element should discuss the availability of adequate infrastructure for pipeline projects.

Added status of each
pipeline project and
remaining steps to Table
D4-2.

Added information about
development history in
the MXU zone.

Added residential
requirement to Program

2. D4-10 to
D4-11
HCD Finding (5/8/2025) Response Page
Suitability of Nonvacant Sites: The element must include an analysis demonstrating the potential for redevelopment of nonvacant sites. To address this requirement, the element describes in general the existing use of each nonvacant site (e.g., agriculture) and compares candidate sites to regional trends based on acreage and density. However, the element should also address the extent that existing uses may impede additional residential development, current market demand for the existing use and any conditions that would perpetuate the existing use or prevent additional residential development.

Added discussion of
Market Conditions to
Section D4.4.1,
additional details on site
characteristics to
Section D4.4.2, and
details on agricultural
uses to Section D4.4.3.

N/A
No changes to inventory
Programs: As noted above, the element does not include a complete site analysis; therefore, the adequacy of sites and zoning were not established. Based on the results of a complete sites inventory and analysis, the City may need to add or revise programs to address a shortfall of sites or zoning available to encourage a variety of housing types.

N/A none needed
In addition, Program 2 (: Adequate Sites for RHNA and Monitoring of No Net Loss) should be revised with discrete timing and steps and include additional actions beyond applying for funding to ensure infrastructure availability to accommodate the RHNA.

Added new actions to
Program 2. All actions
also now have timelines.

D7-6
The element indicates the City enforces Title 24. However, the element must include analysis of additional energy conservation opportunities in residential development. The analysis should facilitate the adoption of housing element policies and programs. For example, programs could provide incentives to promote higher density housing along transit, encourage green building techniques and materials in new construction and remodels, promote energy audits and participation in utility conservation programs, and facilitate energy conserving retrofits upon resale of homes. For additional information and sample analysis, see the Building Blocks at https://www.hcd.ca.gov/planningandcommunity-development/housing-elements/building-blocks/opportunities-energyconservation.

Added details on
programs to assist lowerincome households.

Added Program 13,
Energy Conservation.

D4-19
D7-17
5 Quantified Objectives
The element did not address this finding. Per HCD’s prior review, the element provides a summary of quantified objectives on page D7-25 for the 6th cycle planning period. These objectives include new construction and rehabilitation, but rehabilitation objectives should be increased, as appropriate, to better reflect the housing needs of the community. In addition, quantified objectives must also include conservation objectives by income group. Conservation objectives may include a variety of strategies employed by the City to promote tenant stability and the preservation of units at-risk of conversion to market rate uses. For your information, conservation objectives should go beyond at-risk units.

Revised to include HCVs
and rehab goals.

D7-29
RESOLUTION NO. 25-44

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LINDSAY, ADOPTING A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO REPEAL THE 2015-2023 CITY OF LINDSAY HOUSING ELEMENT

AND ADOPT THE CITY OF LINDSAY HOUSING ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN FOR THE PERIOD OF 2023-2031, AND ADOPTION OF THE ADDENDUM OF THE GENERAL PLAN EIR.

At a regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council of the City of Lindsay, held December 9, 2025, at the hour of 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, Lindsay, California 93247, the following resolution was adopted:

THAT WHEREAS, General Plan Amendment No. 25-44 is necessary for the adoption of the 2023- 2031 City of Lindsay Housing Element, and zoning ordinance amendment; and WHEREAS, the California Legislature has found that “California has a housing supply and affordability crisis of historic proportions. The consequences of failing to effectively and aggressively confront this crisis are hurting millions of Californians, robbing future generations of the chance to call California home, stifling economic opportunities for workers and businesses, worsening poverty and homelessness, and undermining the state’s environmental and climate objectives” (Government Code Section 65589.5.); and
WHEREAS, the Legislature has further found that “Among the consequences of those actions are discrimination against low-income and minority households, lack of housing to support employment growth, imbalance in jobs and housing, reduced mobility, urban sprawl, excessive commuting, and air quality deterioration” (Government Code Section 65589.5.); and WHEREAS, the Legislature recently adopted the Housing Crisis Act of 2019 (SB 330) which states that “In 2018, California ranked 49th out of the 50 states in housing units per capita… California needs an estimated 180,000 additional homes annually to keep up with population growth, and the Governor has called for 3.5 million new homes to be built over 7 years;” and WHEREAS, State Housing Element Law (Government Code Sections 65580 et seq.) requires that the City Council adopt a Housing Element for the eight-year period 2023-2031 to accommodate the City of Lindsay, (County of Tulare) regional housing need allocation (RHNA) of 789 housing units, comprised of 93 very-low income units, 58 low-income units, 178 moderate-income units, and 460 above moderateincome units; and WHEREAS, to comply with State Housing Element Law, City has prepared the Housing Element 2023-2031 (the Housing Element) in compliance with State Housing Element Law and has identified sites that can accommodate housing units meeting the City’s RHNA; and WHEREAS, as provided in Government Code Section 65350 et. seq., adoption of the Housing Element constitutes a General Plan Amendment; and
WHEREAS, provided in Government Code sections 65352 – 65352.5 the City mailed a public notice to all California Native American tribes provided by the Native American Heritage Commission and to other entities listed; and
WHEREAS, No California Native American tribe requested consultation; and WHEREAS, the City conducted extensive community outreach over the last two years including two public workshops before the City Council; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Government Code Section 65585 (b), on July 6, 2024, the City posted the draft Housing Element and requested public comment for a 30-day review period, and on July 29, 2024, after responding to public comments, the City submitted the draft Housing Element to the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for its review; and WHEREAS, on October 15, 2024, the City received a letter from HCD providing its findings regarding the draft Housing Element; and
WHEREAS, on March 11, 2025, the City published a revised draft Housing Element responding to HCD’s findings and requested public comment on the draft; and on March 19, 2025, after responding to public comments, the City submitted the revised draft Housing Element to the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for its review; and WHEREAS, April 24, 2025, HCD contacted the City to discuss the adequacy of the draft Housing Element, and based upon this, City staff revised the draft Housing Element to include additional information and data; and
WHEREAS, on May 8, 2025, the City received a letter from HCD providing its findings regarding the draft Housing Element; and
WHEREAS, on August 12, 2025, the City published a revised draft Housing Element responding to HCD’s findings and requested public comment on the draft; and on August 20, 2025, after responding to public comments, the City submitted the revised draft Housing Element to the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for its review; and WHEREAS, on October 16, 2025, the City received a letter from HCD stating that the draft Housing Element meets the statutory requirements described in HCD’s May 8, 2025, review; however, the Housing Element cannot be found in substantial compliance until the City has completed and submitted necessary rezones;
WHEREAS, on December 9, 2025, the City is adopting the necessary rezoning through Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 616 for submittal with resolution 25-44 to HCD for review; and WHEREAS, HCD will issue correspondence regarding the status of the City’s Housing Element compliance, expected to be in substantial compliance with State Housing Element Law, and will comply with State Housing Element Law as adopted; and
WHEREAS, on, December 1, 2025, the City published the final draft Housing Element (determined to be in substantial compliance by HCD) on the City website and requested public comment on the final draft; and
WHEREAS, on December 9, 2025, the City Council conducted a duly and properly noticed public hearing to take public testimony and consider this Resolution regarding the proposed Housing Element, reviewed the Housing Element and all pertinent maps, documents and exhibits, including HCD’s findings, the City’s response to HCD’s findings, the staff report, and all attachments, and oral and written public comments.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby finds that, based on substantial evidence in the record:

1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are incorporated by reference into this action.

2. The City concurrently adopted Zoning Ordinance No. 616 amending chapters 18.14.060 and

18.15 of Title 18 (Zoning) of the Lindsay Municipal Code, to implement state law requirements and ensure consistency with the General Plan and 2025 Housing Element.

3. The Housing Element substantially complies with Housing Element Law, as provided in Government Code 65580 et seq., and contains all provisions required by State Housing Element Law, as shown in Exhibit C to this resolution, incorporated herein.

4. Based on substantial evidence in the record including location, existing use, market demand, and development trends, the existing uses on the non-vacant sites identified in the site inventory to accommodate the RHNA are likely to be discontinued during the planning period and therefore do not constitute an impediment to planned residential development on the site during the planning period.

5. As required by Government Code Section 65585(e), the City Council has considered the findings made by the Department of Housing and Community Development included in the Department’s letter to the City dated October 16, 2025, consistent with Government Code Section 65585(f), and as described in Attachment B to this resolution, incorporated herein, the City Council has changed the Housing Element in response to the findings of the Department to substantially comply with the requirements of State Housing Element Law as interpreted by HCD.

6. The 2015-2023 City of Lindsay Housing Element is hereby repealed in its entirety, and the 2023- 2031 City of Lindsay Housing Element, as shown in Exhibit A to this Resolution, incorporated herein, is adopted.

7. This Resolution shall become effective upon adoption by the City Council.

8. The Community Services Director or designee is hereby directed to file all necessary material with the Department of Housing and Community Development for the Department to find that the Housing Element is in conformance with State Housing Element Law and is further directed and authorized to make all non-substantive changes to the Housing Element to make it internally consistent or to address any non-substantive changes or amendments requested by the Department to achieve certification.

9. The Community Services Director or designee is hereby directed to distribute copies of the Housing Element in the manner provided in Government Code Sections 65357 and 65589.7.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby approves the 2023-2031 Housing Element and the addendum to the General Plan EIR and in its current form, which has been found by HCD to be in substantial compliance.

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Lindsay this 9th day of December 2025.

ATTEST: CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LINDSAY
_____________________________________ _____________________________________ Miranda Cordova, City Clerk Misty Villarreal, Mayor
Exhibit A: 2023-2031 City of Lindsay Housing Element
Exhibit B: HCD Finding Letter, dated 10/15/2024, 05/08/2025, & 10/16/2025 Exhibit C: Response to HCD Findings 05/08/2025
Exhibit D: Housing Element Statutory Provisions Checklist Adoption Hearing
December 9, 2025
2024-2032 City of
Lindsay Housing
Element
What is the Housing Element?
• One of eight mandatory elements in the
City’s General Plan
• Governed by California Government Code
Article 10.6 (Sections 65580-65589.11)
• Required to be updated every 8 years in
accordance with the RHNA cycle
• Regional Housing Needs Allocation is the
“fair share” of housing each jurisdiction
should meet in their region to
accommodate adequate housing, as
determined by HCD
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Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA)
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Multi-Jurisdictional Housing Element Update
• Coordinated effort to update Housing
Elements led by Tulare County Association
of Governments
• Participating cities: Dinuba, Exeter,
Farmersville, Lindsay, Porterville, Tulare,
and Woodlake
• Regional analyses shared among all cities
• Local analyses in appendices
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Housing Element Components
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Housing Needs
Population Trends
Housing Stock,
Characteristics,
Affordability
Special Groups
Housing
Constraints
Governmental
Constraints
Non-Governmental
Constraints
Environmental
Constraints
Resources &
Inventory
Housing
Preservation
RHNA
Requirements
Site Inventory
Analysis
Fair Housing
Assessment
Analysis of
Contributing
Factors
Fair Housing Goals
and Priorities
Housing Plan
Goals
Policies
Programs
Public Participation: Workshops, Surveys, Stakeholder Interviews December
2025
• Adopt Housing
Element, submit for
certification
Fall 2024/
Winter
2025
• Revise Housing
Element
• Re-submit Housing
Element to HCD
• Environmental review
Summer
2024
• Public review and
submit first draft to
HCD (July)
2023
• Develop draft
housing element,
site inventory
• Community
engagement
(workshops, survey)
– Summer 2023
Winter
2022
• Project kickoff
Timeline
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Public
Participation
Public Participation
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Public Review
• Initial Draft Housing Element Released for 30-day
public review
• No comment letters received
• Submitted to HCD for 90-day review; completed
October 2024
• Revised Draft Housing Element released for a
seven-day public review
• No comment letters received
Engagement Methods
• Project website with links to Housing Element
sections, articles, and resources surrounding the
Housing Element
• Community workshops helped inform the Housing
Element and to introduced new Housing Element
goals and requirements to the community
• Stakeholder interviews targeted stakeholder
interviews to help collect feedback on housing
needs, fair housing issues, etc. in Tulare County
region
• Online survey about housing needs to help inform
the Housing Element and collect feedback on a
regional level
Housing
Needs
Housing Needs, Affordability, and Housing Stock
• 789 units needed in the 6th cycle RHNA
• 51 units for extremely-low income
• 42 units for very-low income
• 58 units for low-income
• 178 units for moderate income
• 460 units for above moderate income
• Four pipeline projects expected to produce 322 above moderate-income units • Twenty-three sites identified capable of providing 171 lower-income units, 234 moderate-income units, and 349 above moderate-income units 2024-2032 City of Lindsay Housing Element 12/4/2025 10
Population and Employment Trends
• Population – 14.3% growth from 2000-2010 & 7.6% growth 2010-2020 (12,659) • 24.1% (25-44 years old), 24% (45-64 years old), 23.5% (5-17 years old), 86.1% (Hispanic) • Household Income - $37,073(Lindsay); $52,534(Tulare County); $78,672(California) • 36.4% of homeowners and 57% of renters are overpaying for housing • Average household size is 5-persons, with 17.6% of renters experiencing overcrowding and 4.2% of homeowners
• Employment – 23.2% (Agriculture), 12.8% (Educational Services and Healthcare), 11.2% (Retail Trade), 11.1 (Arts, Entertainment and Recreation)
• No major employers located in Lindsay
• Mean Hourly Wage for all occupations $27.42 ($57,034 annually) 2024-2032 City of Lindsay Housing Element 12/4/2025 11
Housing
Constraints
Layers of Constraints
• Governmental: Zoning, permitting process,
building code, required improvements, CEQA
• Market: Impact fees, construction costs
(including cost of land, labor, and materials),
complexities of financing
• Environmental: Drought, fault zones, resource
conservation
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Local Constraints
• Development Constraints
• Water Capacity & Quality
• Streamline permitting process
• Zoning Code - By-Right Approval
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Resources
and Inventory
Site Inventory & RHNA
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RHNA Credits
Lower-Income
Units
Moderate-Income
Units
Above
Moderate- Income
Units Total
Planned and Approved Units 0 0 322 322
ADUs Anticipated 0 0 0 0
Remaining RHNA Obligation 151 178 138 467
Capacity of Inventory
Lower-Income
Units
Moderate-Income
Units
Above
Moderate- Income
Units Total
Opportunity Sites 171 234 349 754
Rezone Sites 0 0 0 0
Total Capacity 171 234 671 1,076
Surplus 20 56 211 287
Site Selection Criteria
• Site selection criteria facilitates infill development, meets HCD requirements
• Criteria include:
✓Sites between 0.5 and 10 acres in size (to count
toward lower-income obligation)
✓Vacant or underutilized sites
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Approved & Pending Projects
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Map ID Project Name
Above
ModerateIncome UnitsTotal
Units Status
1 O'Hara Ranch
Residential
145 145 Entitlement Processing
2 Hidden Oak Residential 50 50 Entitlement approved in 2023; Developer Planning Stage.
3 Mission Estates 116 116 Developer Planning Stage
4 Fresno St. Apartments 11 11 Final Map Stage
Total 322 322
Inventory Sites
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Lower
Income
Capacity
Moderate
Income
Capacity
Above
Moderate
Income
Capacity
Total
Capacity
Lindsay
Total 171 234 349 754
Affirmatively
Furthering
Fair Housing
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
• Analysis of patterns of segregation and integration
• Identification of disparities in access to opportunity • Analysis of contributing factors to patterns of segregation and unequitable outcomes by race:
• Exclusionary governmental policy
• Discriminatory lending
• Concentrations of poverty
• Racial and ethnic segregation
• Duty to affirmatively further fair housing extends to site inventory and Housing Plan
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AB 686: New Housing Element Requirements
Outreach
Affirmatively
Furthering Fair
Housing
Analysis
Site Inventory
Analysis
Identification
and
Prioritization of
Contributing
Factors
AFFH Actions
Regional AFFH Findings
• Differences in population, demographics between urban and rural parts of the County
• Rural areas have more residents with a disability, whiter population • Racially Concentrated Area of Affluence around Tulare, Visalia, and northwest of Woodlake
• Poverty rates high in rural and urban areas
• Poor environmental outcomes in Western Tulare County
• Pollution exposure, air quality, other hazards
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AFFH Findings
• Race – 1.9% increase in Hispanic population since 2011 to 2021 (88.4%) • All other race groups have declined between 2011 to 2021 • Low-Medium Segregation
• Disabilities – 14% (1,794 residents) live with one or more • Higher than Tulare County and Tri-County area, which is 12% • Senior residents aged 65 and over is 60% of the total • Household Type w/children– Married couples 67.1%; Single Female Parent 20.3%; and Single Male Parent 20.3% - Overall households w/children 38.2% • Household Income – 2021 median household income $39,375 per year, 31% less than county’s ($57,394), state median ($87,100)
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Opportunity Areas
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Housing
Plan
Housing Plan
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Goal 1: Regional
Collaboration
Goal 2: Housing
Development
Goal 3: Affordable
Housing Options
Goal 4: Housing and
Neighborhood
Preservation
Goal 5: Housing for
Persons with
Special Needs
Goal 6: Resource
Conservation and
Sustainable
Development
Goal 7: Affirmatively
Furthering Fair
Housing
Regional Collaboration
• Program 1: Regional Collaboration
• Regional efforts to further housing goals
• Coordinate on transit, funding, homelessness
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Housing Development
• Maintain Adequate Sites
• Program 2: Adequate Sites for RHNA and Monitoring of No Net Loss: Monitor progress and rezone sites, if necessary, throughout planning period to ensure adequate sites to meet RHNA obligation
• Program 3: By-Right Approval: By-right approvals on reused housing sites • Remove Constraints
• Program 6: Zoning Code Amendments
• Program 7: Transparency in Government
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Affordable Housing Options
• Program 5: Accessory Dwelling Units
• Program 8: Facilitating Affordable Housing Development • Program 11: Lower-Income and Special Needs Housing
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Housing and Neighborhood Preservation
• Program 4: Replacement Housing
• Program 9: Preservation of At-Risk Housing
• Program 10: Housing Preservation and Rehabilitation
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Housing For Persons with Special Needs
• Program 6: Zoning Code Amendments
• Facilitate residential care facilities, emergency shelters, low-barrier navigation centers, farmworker housing, SROs
• Program 11: Lower-Income and Special Needs Housing
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Resource Conservation and Sustainable Development
• Incentives for energy conservation and efficiency in residential development 2024-2032 City of Lindsay Housing Element 12/4/2025 33
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
• Fair Housing Enforcement and Outreach
• Program 14 – Fair Housing Outreach and Enforcement
• Housing Mobility
• Programs 1: Regional Collaboration; Program 5: Accessory Dwelling Units; Program 10: LowerIncome and Special Needs Housing • New Housing Opportunities in Higher Opportunity Areas • Program 2: Adequate Sites for RHNA; Program 3: By-Right Approval; Program 6: Zoning Code Amendments; Program 7: Facilitating Affordable Housing Development; Program 11: Infill Development
• Place-based Strategies for Neighborhood Revitalization • Program1: Regional Collaboration; Program 9: Housing Preservation & Rehabilitation; Program 12: Community & Economic Development; Program 13: Energy Conservation 2024-2032 City of Lindsay Housing Element 12/4/2025 34
CEQA
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council:
• Adopt the resolution 25-XX amending the General Plan to incorporate the 2024- 2032 Housing Element and ordinance 616 amending the Zoning Ordinance Title 18 Chapters 14 and 15.
• Approve Addendum to General Plan EIR for Housing Element and Zone text amendments to Chapter 15.
• Approve finding of Exemption under CEQA for Zone text amendments to Chapter

14. 2024-2032 City of Lindsay Housing Element 12/4/2025 36 2024-2032 City of Lindsay Housing Element 12/4/2025 37
Questions & Discussion
Thank you!
Area Median Income
• Acutely low-income: Earn up to 15 percent AMI;
• Extremely low-income: Earn up to 30 percent AMI;
• Very low-income: Earn between 31 and 50 percent
AMI;
• Low-income: Earn between 51 and 80 percent AMI;
and
• Moderate income: Earn between 80 and 120 percent
AMI
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Tulare County AMI
$80,300 as of 2022

STAFF REPORT
TO: Lindsay City Council
MEETING DATE: December 9, 2025
DEPARTMENT: City Clerk
FROM: Miranda Cordova, City Clerk/ Human Resource Manager Agenda Title: Ordinance 617 Amending Chapter 2.43 of Title 2 of the Lindsay Municipal Code, Updating the City’s Conflict of Interest Code and Adopting a Revised Appendix A

ACTION & RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council:

1. Introduce and waive the first reading, by title only, of an ordinance amending Chapter 2.43 of Title 2 of the Lindsay Municipal Code to update the City’s Conflict of Interest Code and adopt a revised Appendix A; and

2. Set the second reading and adoption for the next regular City Council meeting.

BACKGROUND | ANALYSIS
Government Code Section 87300 et seq. requires local agencies to adopt and periodically update a Conflict of Interest Code identifying designated positions and disclosure categories. The Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) provides a model code under Regulation 18730, which the City traditionally incorporates by reference.

The City’s current Conflict of Interest Code, last updated by Ordinance 584, requires revisions to reflect changes in staffing, organizational structure, and disclosure requirements. Staff has reviewed all City job classifications and prepared an updated Appendix A—Designated Positions and Disclosure Categories.

Ordinance No. 584, adopted on November 10, 2020, amended Chapter 2.43 of the Lindsay Municipal Code to align with state law and Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) regulations. It also repealed outdated provisions and clarified the City Clerk’s role as the filing officer.

The proposed ordinance maintains the substantive framework established by Ordinance 584 but updates the associated appendix to ensure:
• Compliance with FPPC requirements
• Alignment between designated positions and current City operations • Accurate disclosure categories based on decision-making authority • Legal defensibility and administrative clarity
The updated Appendix A will be filed with the FPPC following adoption.

FISCAL IMPACT
None. The update imposes no additional financial obligations on the City

ATTACHMENTS

1. Ordinance No. 617 – Ordinance Amending Chapter 2.43 and Adopting Revised Appendix A

2. Updated Appendix A – Designated Positions
Reviewed/Approved: ______
Item #: 15.3
Public Hearing
ORDINANCE NO. 617
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LINDSAY AMENDING CHAPTER 2.43 OF TITLE 2 OF THE LINDSAY MUNICIPAL CODE, UPDATING THE CITY’S CONFLICT OF

INTEREST CODE AND ADOPTING A REVISED APPENDIX A
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LINDSAY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. PURPOSE.

The purpose of this ordinance is to update the City of Lindsay’s Conflict of Interest Code, including the adoption of a revised Appendix A listing designated positions and disclosure categories, consistent with Government Code Section 87300 et seq. and Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) Regulation 18730.

Section 2. AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 2.43.

Chapter 2.43 of Title 2 of the Lindsay Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows, retaining the substantive provisions of Ordinance 584 but updating associated appendices:

All designated employees and positions identified in Appendix A, as may be amended from time to time, shall file statements of economic interest pursuant to the disclosure categories applicable to each position.

Section 3. ADOPTION OF UPDATED APPENDIX A.

The revised Appendix A: Disclosure of Interest and Confidentiality Statement attached to this ordinance is hereby adopted as part of the City of Lindsay’s Conflict of Interest Code.

Section 4. CEQA REVIEW.

This ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(2), because it has no potential to result in a physical change to the environment.

Section 5. SEVERABILITY.

If any provision of this ordinance is held invalid, the remainder shall not be affected.

Section 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its adoption. A certified copy shall be posted and a summary published pursuant to Government Code section 36933.

PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Lindsay on the ____day of _____2026.

AYES:

NOES:

ABSTAIN:

ABSENT:

CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LINDSAY
___________________________________
Misty Villarreal, Mayor
ATTEST:
____________________________________
Dalee Chang, Deputy City Clerk

APPENDIX A

POSITIONS DESIGNATED BY STATE LAW/REGULATION
City Councilmembers, Planning Commissioners, City Manager, City Attorney, and Public Officials who Manage Public Investments (City Treasurer) shall file disclosures as required by state law or regulation.

CITY OF LINDSAY

CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE

DESIGNATED POSITIONS
Persons occupying the following positions are category I designated filers:

Director of Public Safety
Director of Finance
Director of Public Works
Director of Parks and Recreation
Consultant* (if applicable)
Persons occupying the following positions are Category II designated filers:

City Clerk/Human Resource Manager
Finance & Accounting Manager
Consultant* (if applicable)
Persons Occupying the following positions are Category III designated filers:

Administrative Supervisor
Public Safety Lieutenant
City Services Manager
*The City Manager may determine in writing that a particular consultant, although a “designated position,” is hired to perform a range of duties that is limited in scope and thus is not required to fully comply with the disclosure requirements in this section. Such written determination shall include a description of the consultant’s duties and; based upon that description, a statement of the extent of disclosure requirements. The City Manager’s determination is a public record and shall be retained for public inspection in the same manner and location as this Conflict of Interest Code.

STAFF REPORT
TO: Lindsay City Council
MEETING DATE: December 9, 2025
DEPARTMENT: City Services
FROM: Christine Chavez, Contract City Planner
AGENDA TITLE: First reading of the Zoning Ordinance amendment to change the zoning designation from Light Industrial (IL) to Mixed Use (MU) for specified parcels, ensuring consistency with the General Plan.

ACTION & RECOMMENDATION
Move to introduce the first reading of Zoning Ordinance 618, approving a zoning amendment for parcels located north of Hermosa Street, south of West Tulare Road, west of North Sweetbriar Avenue, and east of the Union Pacific Rail line, changing the zoning from Light Industrial (IL) to Mixed Use (MU) to achieve consistency with the General Plan.

BACKGROUND | ANALYSIS
The subject properties (“Sites”) are located along the City’s Blue Gum area, generally North of Hermosa St., south of W. Tulare Rd, west of N. Sweetbriar Ave. and east of the Union Pacific Rail line. These parcels have been the subject of multiple development inquires for uses more consistent with a Mixed-Use designation and are not ideally suited for Light Industrial uses.

The Sites were rezoned in 2022, and in 2024 the City amended the Cannabis ordinance to allow cannabis uses in Light Industrial zoning. However, no development has occurred on the parcels for zone change from Mixed Use to IL designation.

Proposed Changes:

The General Plan currently designates the Sites as Mixed Use (MU), while the Zoning Map designates them as Light Industrial (IL), creating inconsistency. The proposed amendment would update the zoning to Mixed Use (MU) to conform to the General Plan.

Mixed Use zoning is more appropriate for these parcels due to their proximity to downtown, the Civic Center, and major collector roadways such as Tulare Road and Hermosa Street. Aligning the zoning with the General Plan will support the type of infill development envisioned for this central area of the City.

The thirteen (13) parcels make up 8.51 acres of land. The affected Assessor’s Parcel Numbers are:
• APN 205-360-011
• APN 205-360-012
• APN 205-360-013
• APN 205-096-003
• APN 205-101-006
• APN 205-101-017
• APN 205-101-015
• APN 205-101-014
• APN 205-101-012
• APN 205-101-016
• APN 205-293-011
• APN 205-293-015
• APN 205-101-007
Item #: 15.4
Public Hearing
Municipal Code Requirements
Pursuant to Lindsay Municipal Code Section 18.22.020 and Sections 18.22.040-18.22.090, amendments to the zoning plan, including district boundary changes, may be initiated by the City Council and must follow the procedural requirements established for modifying zoning district boundaries.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The proposed zone change is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines. This “common sense exemption” applies because the zone change does not in itself authorize development and will not result in a significant environmental impact.

Environmental review will occur as individual development applications are submitted in the future.

CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL
The City Council will hold a public hearing on December 9 to receive public comments. A second reading of the ordinance will occur on January 13, 2026. If adopted, the zone amendment will take effect 30 days after the second reading.

PUBLIC OUTREACH
A public hearing notice was published in the Sun Gazette at least 20 days prior to the hearing. Written notices were mailed to all property owners within 300 feet of any of the thirteen (13) parcels.

FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact from this item, aside from publication costs for the public hearing notice. Administrative expenses for the work are covered under the City’s existing contract with QK, Inc., for planning services.

ATTACHMENTS

1. Ordinance No. 618

2. General Plan Map

3. Existing Zoning Map

4. Proposed Zoning Map
Reviewed/Approved: ______
ORDINANCE NO. 618

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LINDSAY AMENDING THE

CITY OF LINDSAY ZONING MAP TO CHANGE ZONING DESIGNATION FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL (IL) TO MIXED USE (MU) FOR THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES: ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NUMBERS (APN): 205-360-011, 205-360-012, 205-360-013, 205-096-003, 205- 101-006, 205-101-017, 205-101-015, 205-101-014, 205-101-012, 205-101-016, 205-293- 011, 205-293-015, 205-101-007 AND AMENDING THE LINDSAY ZONING MAP AS ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE 437 AND 602.

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LINDSAY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. LOCATION AND REZONE.

In accordance with the Lindsay Municipal Code, the City Council hereby amends the City of Lindsay Zoning Map as follows:

I. The real properties identified as Assessor’s Parcel Numbers: APN 205-360-011, 205-360-012, 205-360-013, 205-096-003, 205-101-006, 205-101-017, 205-101-015, 205-101-014, 205-101-012, 205-101-016, 205-293-011, 205-293-015, 205-101-007, and shown in “Exhibit A” attached hereto, and incorporated herein by reference, are hereby rezoned from Light Industrial (IL) to Mixed Use (MU).

II. The Director of City Services and Planning of the City of Lindsay is hereby authorized and directed to update the official Zoning Map of the City of Lindsay to reflect the zoning changes adopted by this Ordinance. The updated Zoning Map shall be attached to this Ordinance as “Exhibit B.”
This amendment modifies the Zoning Map adopted by Ordinance 437, and 602 as amended.

Section 2: AMENDMENT TO OFFICAL ZONING MAP.

The Director of City Services and Planning is hereby authorized and directed to implement the amendments described in Section 1 by outlining and designating the affected parcels as Mixed Use (MU) on the official Zoning Map of the City of Lindsay.

Section 3. CEQA REVIEW.

The City Council finds that this Ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(2), because the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change to the environment. Environmental review will be conducted as part of any future development application for the affected properties.

Section 4. NO LIABILITY.

Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed as imposing any duty of care upon the City of Lindsay or upon any of its official, employee or agents. The City assumes no responsibility for any damage to person or property arising from any action or inaction related to this ordinance.

Section 5. PENDING ACTIONS.

Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect any suit or proceeding currently pending or any rights or liabilities already existing under any ordinance or code repealed or amended by this Ordinance. All legal rights, remedies, and obligations shall remain in full effect.

Section 6. SEVERABILITY.

If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, is held invalid or unenforceable, such decision shall not affect validity of the remaining portions of the Ordinance. The City Council declares that it would have adopted each subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase irrespective of the invalidity of any portion.

Section 7. CONSTRUCTION.

This Ordinance is intended to supplement, not to conflict with, state and federal law. To the extent the provisions of this Ordinance are substantially the same as prior provisions of the Lindsay Municipal Code, as amended by this ordinance are substantially the same as provisions in the Lindsay Municipal Code, they shall be construed as continuations of those earlier provisions and not as a new enactment.

Section 8. FINDINGS.

The City Council finds that the amendments adopted herein comply with Lindsay Municipal Code Sections 18.22.020 and 18.22.040 through 18.22.090, which govern amendments to zoning district boundaries and regulations. Section 18.22.020 authorizes the City Council to initiate changes to zoning district boundaries and regulations. Section

18.22.020 authorizes the City Council to initiate changes to zoning district boundaries and zoning regulations.

Section 9. EFFECTIVE DATE.

THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE, read by title only with the reading in full waived, was introduced at a regularly scheduled meeting on the 9th day of December 2025.

This Ordinance was PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the ____ day of ___________ 2025, by the following vote:

City Council of the City of Lindsay
________________________________
Misty Villareal, Mayor
ATTEST:
____________________________
Miranda Cordova, City Clerk

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ZONING MAP
Size of Parcel (Acres) APN Owner Site Street Address Current Zoning Proposed Zoning

2.00 205-360-011 Rowley Ryan Wayne & Deana Lynn 310 W. Tulare Rd, Lindsay IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

0.14 205-360-012 Orosco J Guadalupe & Maria Lus n/a IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

0.12 205-360-013 Orosco J Guadalupe & Maria Lus n/a IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

0.70 205-096-003 Gaitan Jose Luis Farias & Farias Elba R 364 Center St., Lindsay IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

0.21 205-101-006 Anderson Lloyd R & Zimmerman Helen S (TRS) 250 Blue Gum Ave., Lindsay IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

0.56 205-101-017 CH-Church of God of Prophecy n/a IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

0.46 205-101-015 CH-California Association of Spanish Churches 565 N. Sweet Brier Ave., Lindsay IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

0.50 205-101-014 Union Pacific Railroad 565 N. Sweet Brier Ave., Lindsay IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

0.83 205-101-012 BENITEZ ENRIQUE n/a IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

0.38 205-101-016 PADILLA PATRICIA MONTES n/a IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

0.36 205-293-011 MC DERMONT VENTURE LLC 423 N. Sweet Brier Ave., Lindsay IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

2.11 205-293-015 MC DERMONT VENTURE LLC n/a IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

0.14 205-101-007 ANDERSON LLOYD R & ZIMMERMAN HELEN S (TRS) 250 Blue Gum Ave., Lindsay IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

8.51 Exhibit A
Introducing a
zoning ordinance
amendment

REZONING PROPERTIES FROM LIGHT

INDUSTRIAL TO MIXED USE
Project Location:

West of Blue Gum
Avenue and West
of Sweetbriar
Avenue between
W Tulare Road and
W Hermosa Street
Past Action
In 2022, the City approved Ordinance 602, to change the Zoning designation for these properties from Mixed Use to Light Industrial.

The proposal was intended to provide additional opportunities for industrial uses and as a mechanism to promote economic development. Specifically, the aim was to allow for new cannabis businesses.

At the same time, Ordinance 601 added cannabis distribution, cannabis manufacturing, cannabis transportation, and cannabis production as Permitted Uses and added cannabis distribution, cannabis manufacturing, cannabis transportation, and cannabis production as Conditional Uses in the Light Industrial District.

List of Properties
Size of Parcel (Acres) APN Site Street Address Current Zoning Proposed Zoning

2.00 205-360-011 310 W. Tulare Rd, Lindsay IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

0.14 205-360-012 n/a IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

0.12 205-360-013 n/a IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

0.70 205-096-003 364 Center St., Lindsay IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

0.21 205-101-006 250 Blue Gum Ave., Lindsay IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

0.56 205-101-017 n/a IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

0.46 205-101-015 565 N. Sweet Brier Ave., Lindsay IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

0.50 205-101-014 565 N. Sweet Brier Ave., Lindsay IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

0.83 205-101-012 n/a IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

0.38 205-101-016 n/a IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

0.36 205-293-011 423 N. Sweet Brier Ave., Lindsay IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

2.11 205-293-015 n/a IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

0.14 205-101-007 250 Blue Gum Ave., Lindsay IL (Light Industrial) MXU (Mixed Use)

8.51 Existing
Zoning Map
Existing
General Plan Map
Considerations
No applications for Industrial uses or Cannabis uses have been proposed.

Property owners have inquired about a Residential use.

The Mixed Use Zone allows uses in all Residential, Commercial, and Industrial zones either by right or with a Conditional Use Permit.

The General Plan and Zoning Code, and the corresponding maps, are required to be consistent by State law.

State housing laws are encouraging more housing to be developed at higher densities and discouraging jurisdictions from restricting home building.

Proposed actions moving forward
Rezone all of the properties back to Mixed Use. Or;
Keep some or all of the properties zoned Light Industrial and initiate a General Plan Amendment for consistency.

Proposed actions today
Move to introduce the first reading of Zoning Ordinance 617, approving a zoning amendment for parcels located north of Hermosa Street, south of West Tulare Road, west of North Sweetbriar Avenue, and east of the Union Pacific Rail line, changing the zoning from Light Industrial (IL) to Mixed Use (MU) to achieve consistency with the General Plan.

STAFF REPORT
TO: Lindsay City Council
MEETING DATE: December 9, 2025
DEPARTMENT: City Clerk
FROM: Miranda Cordova, City Clerk/Human Resource Manager AGENDA TITLE: Reorganization of the City Council – Selection of Mayor Pro Tem

ACTION & RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council appoint a Mayor Pro Tem at the December 9, 2025, regular City Council meeting.

BACKGROUND | ANALYSIS
Pursuant to Section 2.2 of the City Council Handbook, approved January 11, 2022, by Resolution 21-50:
“The Council shall appoint from among their members a Mayor Pro Tem. Nominations shall be recorded by the City Clerk. The City Clerk will confirm acceptance of each nomination and put each nominee’s name to a vote in the order of the nominations received. The Mayor Pro Tem shall serve a one-year term and fulfill the duties of the Mayor in their absence.”
Additionally, Section 3.2 of the City Council Handbook states:
“The reorganization of the Council shall occur at the first meeting in December, or as soon thereafter.” Further, Section 3.13 of the Charter of the City of Lindsay provides:
“The City Council shall elect from among its members a Mayor Pro Tem who shall serve at the pleasure of the City Council. The Mayor Pro Tem shall act as Mayor during the Mayor’s absence or disability.” In December of 2024 the current Mayor was appointed and is elected to sit as the Mayor for a 2 year term whereas the Mayor Pro-Tem is elected annually.

In accordance with these provisions, the Council is asked to conduct its annual reorganization and select a Mayor Pro Tem for the upcoming term.

FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this item

ATTACHMENTS

1. None
Reviewed/Approved: ______
Item #: 16.1
Action Items

STAFF REPORT
TO: Lindsay City Council
MEETING DATE: December 9, 2025
DEPARTMENT: City Clerk
FROM: Miranda Cordova, City Clerk/Human Resource Manager AGENDA TITLE: Council Appointments for Boards, Agencies, and Committees

ACTION & RECOMMENDATION
Review the existing appointments and appoint Councilmember Representatives to Boards, Agencies, and Committees.

BACKGROUND | ANALYSIS
Councilmembers will have the responsibility to represent the City’s interest when serving on these boards, agencies, and committees. Staff recommends Council consider nominations or expressions of interest for positions as Lindsay’s representatives to various Boards, Agencies, and Committees. Below are the current appointments:

East Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency:

Intent of East Kaweah GSA is to comply with the 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.

Committee meets quarterly and GSA meets 4th Monday of the month at 3:00pm Representative: Councilmember Soria
Alternate: None
Tulare County Association of Governments (TCAG):

Reviews transportation related projects and funding opportunities for the eight (8) member cities and the County of Tulare.

Meets 3rd Monday every month at 1:00pm
Representative: Mayor Villarreal
Alternate: Councilmember Nave
Tulare County Regional Transit Authority (TCRTA):

Provides guidance to TCRTA on providing reliable and efficient transportation services to the community.

Meets 3rd Monday every month at 3:30pm
Representative: Mayor Villarreal
Alternate: Councilmember Soria
Lindsay Wellness Center Programming Committee:

Reviews Wellness Center and Recreation Department programs and projects.

Meets quarterly on Mondays at 6:00pm
Representative: Mayor Pro Tem Flores
Representative: Councilmember Soria
Lindsay Economic Development Committee:

Reviews and coordinates economic development proposals, conducts research, and assesses citywide issues, with a particular focus on downtown development and redevelopment. Provides guidance to the City Council on funding opportunities, business research related to economic development, and the progress of potential projects.

Meets on an as needed basis.

Representative: Councilmember Nave
Representative: Councilmember Sanchez

FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.

Item #: 16.2
Action Items

ATTACHMENTS

1. Boards, Agencies, and Committee Informational Chart
Reviewed/Approved: ______
Board, Agency, or Committee Name Meeting Frequency/Time East Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency
(EKGSA)
Fourth Monday of the First Month of every quarter at
3:00 PM
Tulare County Association of Government (TCAG)
Board of Governors
Third Monday of every month at 1:00 PM
Tulare county Regional Transit Agency (TCRTA)
Board of Directors
Third Monday of every month at 6:00 PM
Lindsay Wellness Center Programming Committee Quarterly on Monday’s at 6:00 PM *Per Committee Establishment, two (2) Councilmembers are required.

Lindsay Economic Development Committee As-needed basis. *Per Committee Establishment, two (2) Councilmembers are required.

STAFF REPORT
TO: Lindsay City Council
MEETING DATE: December 9, 2025
DEPARTMENT: City Manager
FROM: Kuyler Crocker, City Manager
Agenda Title: Approval of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Lindsay and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Miscellaneous Employees Unit, for the Term December 9, 2025 – June 30, 2026

ACTION & RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution approving the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Lindsay and SEIU representing the Miscellaneous Employees Bargaining Unit, establishing wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment for the period December 9, 2025, through June 30, 2026.

BACKGROUND | ANALYSIS
The current MOU with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), representing the City’s Miscellaneous Employees, expired on December 31, 2024. The City and SEIU entered negotiations to establish a successor agreement and met in good faith over several sessions.

The proposed successor MOU covers the period December 9, 2025, through June 30, 2026, aligning the agreement term with the City’s fiscal year cycle beginning FY 2026–27.

The agreement reflects negotiated updates, clarifications, and improvements related to compensation, work rules, safety, classifications, leave provisions, and processes affecting both regular and Extra Help/Seasonal employees (where applicable).

The proposed MOU reflects a balanced agreement that:
• Supports competitive compensation and working conditions for City employees. • Enhances operational clarity for managers.
• Maintains fiscal responsibility while improving employee recruitment and retention. • Modernizes several policies to reflect current laws and workplace needs.

FISCAL IMPACT
The fiscal impacts of the agreement are primarily related to:
• Continued cost-sharing for health benefits
• Standby and uniform allowances
• Longevity pay and merit increases
• Potential salary adjustments should Council authorize them in future budgets All costs associated with the agreement are incorporated into projected budget expenditures for FY 2025–26 and FY 2026–27.

ATTACHMENTS

1. Resolution Approving the MOU

2. Memorandum of Understanding – SEIU Miscellaneous Employees Unit (Dec. 9, 2025 – June 30, 2026) Reviewed/Approved: ______
Item #: 16.3
Action Items

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL

OF THE CITY OF LINDSAY
RESOLUTION NO. 25-42

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NUMBER 25-42
TITLE

MEETING

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

LINDSAY APPROVING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

BETWEEN THE CITY OF LINDSAY AND THE SERVICE

EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (SEIU), MISCELLANEOUS
EMPLOYEES BARGAINING UNIT, FOR THE TERM DECEMBER 9,
2025 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2026
At a regularly scheduled meeting of the City of Lindsay City Council held on December 9, 2025, at 6:00 PM at 251 E. Honolulu Street, Lindsay, CA 93247
WHEREAS, the City of Lindsay (“City”) and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Miscellaneous Employees Bargaining Unit (“Union”), have met and conferred in good faith pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Government Code §3500 et seq.); and WHEREAS, the prior Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City and the Union expired on December 31, 2024; and
WHEREAS, following good-faith negotiations, the City and the Union have reached agreement on a successor MOU covering wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment for employees represented by the Union; and
WHEREAS, the proposed MOU is for the term December 9, 2025 through June 30, 2026 and reflects the negotiated terms agreed upon by both parties; and WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City to approve the MOU to ensure the fair and efficient administration of labor relations and continued delivery of high-quality public services.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LINDSAY DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. The City Council hereby approves the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Lindsay and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Miscellaneous Employees Bargaining Unit, for the period December 9, 2025 through June 30, 2026, attached hereto as Exhibit “A”.

SECTION 2. The City Manager is authorized and directed to execute the Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the City and to take all actions necessary to implement its terms.

SECTION 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL

OF THE CITY OF LINDSAY
RESOLUTION NO. 25-42

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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Lindsay as follows:

MEETING DATE Click or tap to enter a date.

MOTION

SECOND MOTION
AYES
ABSENT

ABSTAIN
NAYS

CERTIFICATION OF THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION AS FULL, TRUE, PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LINDSAY AS DETAILED. _____________________________________
Misty Villarreal, Mayor

CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTING OFFICER
The undersigned, Miranda Cordova, City Clerk of the City of Lindsay does hereby attest and certify that the foregoing Resolution is a true, full and correct copy of a resolution duly adopted at a meeting of the City of Lindsay which was duly convened and held on the date stated thereon, and that said document has not been amended, modified, repealed or rescinded since its date of adoption and is in full force and effect as of the date thereof.

ATTEST: _____________________________________
Miranda Cordova, City Clerk
12121342.1 LI012-008
Memorandum of Understanding
The City of Lindsay & The Lindsay City Employees Association December 9, 2025-June 30, 2026

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Memorandum of Understanding
The City of Lindsay & The Lindsay City Employees' Association December 9, 2025 – June 30, 2026

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City of Lindsay – Misc. Employee MOU Agreement 12/09/2025-06/30/2026 12121342.1 LI012-008
ARTICLE 1 RECOGNITION .............................................................................................................. 4 ARTICLE 2 PURPOSE..........................................................................................................................4 ARTICLE 3 MANAGEMENT RIGHTS..............................................................................................4 ARTICLE 4 MAINTENANCE OF BENEFITS...................................................................................5 ARTICLE 5 RIGHT TO REPRESENTATION ...................................................................................5 ARTICLE 6 HEALTH & SAFETY....................................................................................................6-7 ARTICLE 7 JOB DESCRIPTION .........................................................................................................6 ARTICLE 8 SENIORITY .......................................................................................................................6 ARTICLE 9 DUES AND DEDUCTIONS. .......................................................................................6-7 ARTICLE 10 NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATIONS........................................................................7-8 ARTICLE 11 RULES & REGULATIONS. ...........................................................................................8 ARTICLE 12 WORK ACCESS AND BULLETIN BOARDS..............................................................8 ARTICLE 13 CHANGE OF WORK RULE NOTICE..........................................................................9 ARTICLE 14 PERSONNEL FILES.........................................................................................................9 ARTICLE 15 WORKWEEK....................................................................................................................9 ARTICLE 16 OVERTIME AND CALL-BACK TIME .......................................................................10 ARTICLE 17 STANDBY COMPENSATION.................................................................................10-11 ARTICLE 18 MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT AND PER DIEM. ....................................................11 ARTICLE 19 BILINGUAL PAY............................................................................................................11 ARTICLE 20 DEFERRED COMPENSATION ...................................................................................11 ARTICLE 21 LONGEVITY PAY. .........................................................................................................11 ARTICLE 22 INCREMENT ADVANCEMENT ................................................................................12 ARTICLE 23 CLOTHING ...............................................................................................................12-13 ARTICLE 24 LEAVES........................................................................................................................13-15 Memorandum of Understanding
The City of Lindsay & The Lindsay City Employees' Association December 9, 2025 – June 30, 2026

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• Vacation...........................................................................................................................13 • Permanent Part-Time.....................................................................................................13 • Vacation Buy-Back.........................................................................................................13 • Holidays......................................................................................................................13-14 • Sick Leave .......................................................................................................................14 • Pay Off.............................................................................................................................14 • Leave for Job-Connected Injury...................................................................................14 • Bereavement Leave........................................................................................................15 ARTICLE 25 OUT-OF-CLASS PAY.......................................................................................................15 ARTICLE 26 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE............................................................................................15 ARTICLE 27 INSURANCE. ...................................................................................................................15 ARTICLE 28 EDUCATION INCENTIVE PROGRAM........................................................................16 • Purpose............................................................................................................................16 • Eligible Employees. .......................................................................................................16 • Approved Educational Programs................................................................................16 • Grade Requirement........................................................................................................16 • Amount of Incentive.................................................................................................16-17 ARTICLE 29 FURLOUGH AND LAYOFF......................................................................................16-20 ARTICLE 30 RETIREMENT...................................................................................................................20 ARTICLE 31 PAY-RELATED ITEMS...............................................................................................20-21 ARTICLE 32 VEHICLE TAKE HOME ..................................................................................................21 ARTICLE 33 UNION REPRESENTATIVE LEAVE OF ABSENCE..............................................22-23 ARTICLE 34 RIGHTS AFTER TRANSFER, PROMOTION, OR DEMOTION ...............................23 ARTICLE 35 SEVERABILITY..................................................................................................................23 ARTICLE 36 SUCCESSION...............................................................................................................23-24 ARTICLE 37 TERM...................................................................................................................................24 Memorandum of Understanding
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ARTICLE 1 RECOGNITION
Pursuant to California Government Code §3 500-3510 and the City of Lindsay Employee Relations Policy, The City of Lindsay (CITY), hereby, recognizes the SERVICE EMPLOYEES’ INTERNATIONAL UNION (SEIU) as the exclusive representative of the Miscellaneous Employees Bargaining Unit.

In accordance with AB 1484 and SEIU’s request to represent Extra Help status employees, the City recognizes SEIU’s representation of Extra Help and/or Seasonal status employees in the bargaining unit it represents. This MOU and all the Articles herein shall only be applicable to Extra Help and/or Seasonal status employees where specifically cited to include such.

The City recognizes the need for and affirms the right of the Union to designate Shop Stewards from among the employees in the unit. The City agrees the Union may appoint up to three Shop Stewards (not all from the same department to ensure adequate representation and to avoid time of insufficient staffing) and does so with the purpose of promoting an effective relationship between supervisors and employees by helping to settle problems at the lowest level of supervision.

Upon written request to the City, the up to three Shop Stewards (not all from the same department) may be granted temporary time off with pay not to exceed a total of fifteen (15) hours per fiscal year so long as such requested time does not interfere with operations as determined by the City. Such time may be used for union business. Sufficient advance notice shall be provided to the Human Resources Director so that determination of impact on operations may be assessed, and if appropriate, release time may be arranged with the affected department(s). Release time for negotiations at the bargaining table shall not be counted against the annual time allotment.

This Article is applicable to Extra Help and/or Seasonal status employees.

ARTICLE 2 PURPOSE
It is the purpose of this Memorandum of Understanding to promote and provide for harmonious relations, cooperation, and understanding between the CITY and the employees covered herein, to provide for an orderly and equitable means of resolving any misunderstanding or differences which may arise under this Memorandum; and to set forth the full understanding of the parties reached as a result of good faith bargaining.

The Articles and provisions contained herein constitute, upon adoption by the City Council, a bilateral and binding agreement by and between the CITY and SEIU.

This Article is applicable to Extra Help and/or Seasonal status employees.

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ARTICLE 3 MANAGEMENT RIGHTS
It is recognized that, except as expressly stated herein, the CITY shall retain whatever rights and authority necessary for it to operate and direct the affairs of the CITY in all aspects, including but not limited to the right to direct the workforce; to plan, direct and control all operations and services of the CITY; to determine the methods, means, organization, and number of personnel by which such operations and services are to be conducted; to schedule working hours and to assign overtime; to determine whether goods or services should be made or purchased; to hire, promote, suspend, discipline, discharge or relieve employees due to lack of work or other legitimate reasons; and to change or eliminate existing methods, equipment or facilities.

This Article is applicable to Extra Help and/or Seasonal status employees.

ARTICLE 4 MAINTENANCE OF BENEFITS
During the life of this Agreement, all existing ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations and policies of the CITY pertaining to employment relationships shall remain in full force and effect, except as modified by this Agreement; or as modified during the term of the Agreement through the process of meet and confer. During the life of this Agreement, no agreement, alteration, understanding, variation, waiver, or modification of any of the terms or provisions contained herein shall in any manner be binding upon the parties hereto unless made and executed in writing by all parties hereto and, if required, approved by the City Council.

This Article is applicable to Extra Help and/or Seasonal status employees.

ARTICLE 5 RIGHT TO REPRESENTATION
Any Employee has the right to representation by a person of his/her choice at any proposed disciplinary proceeding and/or all investigatory questionings. If such a meeting is set, the employee shall be notified and the employee shall be made aware of their rights under this provision. Management shall make no comment or take any such action, other than providing information, that may influence an employee's decision for representation.

This Article is applicable to Extra Help and/or Seasonal status employees.

ARTICLE 6 HEALTH & SAFETY
The CITY, in accordance with the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, agrees to provide a safe and healthful workplace.

The CITY shall maintain an Injury/Illness Prevention Program in place. The Union will be afforded the opportunity to meet with the Employer to discuss and freely exchange ideas in the Memorandum of Understanding
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event that there are any changes made to the IIPP and before final implementation. There will be one union representative appointed to the safety committee from each department.

Injury/Illness Prevention Program.

The union will be afforded the opportunity to meet with the City to discuss and freely exchange ideas before the final implementation of a new or updated IIPP. There will be one union representative appointed to the safety committee from each department. Those employees shall be respected as peers on the committee and their relevant input shall be respected, considered, and addressed as all other members.

Employees on the safety committee (union representatives or not) will take turns in the rotation of meeting facilitators and in taking minutes. These facilitator roles are typically one-year terms.

Tue City may request a different representative, and the union shall select a different representative if the representative does not fulfill the responsibilities assigned to the employee as part of the committee.

Assignments made by the committee do not qualify for out-of-class pay if the assignments are part of the employee's job class/description.

Employees shall be released if there is minimal impact on City services to the public. (For example slow foot traffic in finance, low work volume in utilities and grounds) The City shall make efforts to schedule safety committee meetings on days that assure maximum unionrepresented employee participation when possible.

Employee representatives shall not be retaliated against or intimidated before, during, or after committee meetings for their roles as committee members.

One Union Staff employee shall be allowed to participate in an observatory and a union employee advisory capacity in the meeting.

Any annual physical required for a driver's license, when required for CITY employment, shall be provided for by the CITY at no cost to the employee.

This Article is applicable to Extra Help and/or Seasonal status employees.

ARTICLE 7 JOB DESCRIPTION
An employee may request a written job description of the duties for their classification. Each job description request shall be granted within ten (10) working days.

This Article is applicable to Extra Help and/or Seasonal status employees.

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ARTICLE 8 SENIORITY
To the extent possible, the appointing authority shall use seniority when determining work hours and job assignments. It is understood that the needs of the city shall be the primary basis for work hours and job assignment determinations. The appointing authority shall use seniority, by classification only, for the scheduling of vacations.

ARTICLE 9 DUES AND DEDUCTIONS
The Union shall have the regular dues and voluntary deductions of its bargaining unit members deducted from their paychecks under procedures as follows:

The Union is solely responsible for distributing to, and collecting from, employees the dues and voluntary deduction authorization forms. It is the employees’ responsibility to submit requests to start or stop deductions directly to the Union and not to the City. The Union is responsible for maintaining the deduction forms from individual employees. Copies of an individual employee’s deduction authorization need not be provided to the City unless a dispute arises about the existence or terms of the authorization. Questions regarding Union membership, dues amounts, and payroll deductions must be directed to the Union and not the City.

The Union will keep the City currently informed and updated with a certified deduction list of bargaining unit members and deduction amounts for those employees who have provided written authorization for deductions. The City will make deductions for only those employees who are in the bargaining unit in accordance with such certified list. The Union will notify the City of any change to an employee’s deductions, including starting and stopping deductions, or validly cancelling or revoking a deduction authorization, and will provide the City an updated, certified deduction list noting any specific changes from the last list provided to the City within one week of such change. The City will implement the change(s) in the pay period following the City’s receipt of such notification. The City will electronically transmit the balance of funds to the Union no later than thirty (30) days after the deductions occur.

The Union shall indemnify, defend, and hold the City, its Council, officers, agents, and employees individually and collectively harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, losses, damages, defense costs, suits, or other action or liability of any kind or nature arising from this Article, including, claims for or related to employee authorizations, revocations, deductions made, cancelled, or changed in reliance on the Union’s representations and certifications regarding employee dues deduction authorizations. The Union agrees to pay to the City all legal fees and legal costs incurred in defending the City or its Council against any court action and/or administrative action challenging the legality or constitutionality of the provisions of this Article or its implementation.

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This Article is applicable to Extra Help and/or Seasonal status employees.

This section of the MOU is not grievable.

ARTICLE 10 New Employee Orientations
If on file in the City’s payroll system and if the employee has not opted out, the City will supply the Union with the names, job titles, departments, work locations, work, home, and personal cellular telephone numbers, home addresses, and personal email addresses of each new employee within 30 days of hiring the employee, and once quarterly for all employees in the bargaining unit.

The Union will be given 10 days’ notice of any group orientation meetings, and a representative of the Union will be introduced at the conclusion of such meeting. The SEIU representative may then meet with the new SEIU represented unit employees in the orientation meeting room for up to thirty (30) minutes after the conclusion of the orientation meeting.

Pursuant to SB 191, effective through June 30, 2025, if a newly-hired employee does not attend an in-person new employee orientation within 30 days of the employee’s date of hire, and the new employee is working in person, a representative from SEIU may request an in-person meeting with the employee. Requests for in-person meetings will be made in writing by SEIU to the City. After the City has received the request in writing, the City will arrange an appropriate onsite meeting space for the new employee in-person meeting within seven (7) days of receiving the request from SEIU.

If the State of California or a local public health agency issues an order limiting the size of gatherings or prohibiting gatherings and this order prevents the City from conducting an inperson new employee orientation, an SEIU representative and the City shall schedule an inperson meeting(s) with SEIU and the employee that did not attend an in-per new employee orientation, once the order is lifted or modified.

The date and time shall be agreed upon by SEIU and the City.

The meeting will be scheduled to take place during an employee's regularly scheduled work hours. Employees in the meeting shall be relieved of other duties to attend the meeting, during which an SEIU representative would be authorized to communicate with newly hired employees in the applicable bargaining unit for up to thirty (30) minutes on paid City time.

This Article is applicable to Extra Help and/or Seasonal status employees.

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ARTICLE 11 RULES AND REGULATIONS
It shall be the policy of the CITY to provide a current copy of the Rules and Regulations governing personnel administration of the CITY, at each departmental or divisional office. A copy of said document shall be available for employee review.

This Article is applicable to Extra Help and/or Seasonal status employees.

ARTICLE 12 WORK ACCESS AND BULLETIN BOARDS
SEIU shall have access to work locations for the posting of employee information, investigation of employee grievances, and observing working conditions. In observing work conditions, SEIU will provide two-day notice to the City to ensure the observation does not distract from or interrupt work.

If the union requires after-hours access to City facilities for the need to investigate a matter, they shall not receive such access unless prior arrangements are made with management.

Areas that pose a reasonable safety risk or potential breach of confidentiality shall require a City employee escort if in the event access is needed to such areas.

During breaks and lunch times of employees, the union may hold discussions with employees on issues and events in both the employee-assigned break rooms and/or the same common areas that are accessible to the members of the public.

Reasonable space for posting employee information shall be made available by the CITY.

This Article is applicable to Extra Help and/or Seasonal status employees.

ARTICLE 13 CHANGE OF WORK RULE NOTICE
The CITY shall give SEIU reasonable notice of any ordinance, rule, resolution, or regulation affecting or directly impacting represented employees, which has been proposed for adoption by the CITY Council. In the event of an emergency, immediate safety reason, or due to the need to immediately comply with state/federal law, the City shall provide notice and meet and confer if necessary, at the earliest practicable opportunity.

This Article is applicable to Extra Help and/or Seasonal status employees.

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ARTICLE 14 PERSONNEL FILES
An employee or authorized employee representative, with the written consent of the employee, shall be entitled to review his/her personnel folder upon request with adequate notice. Any statements or material proposed to be placed in an employee's personnel file must first be given to the employee for review and, if the employee desires, be allowed to file, within thirty (30) days, a written response to such material or statements. The employee shall acknowledge that he/she has had the opportunity to read such material by affixing his/her signature on the copy to be filed, with the understanding that such signature merely signified that he/she has read the material to be filed and does not necessarily indicate agreement with its content.

This Article is applicable to Extra Help and/or Seasonal status employees.

ARTICLE 15 WORKWEEK
The normal workweek for employees covered by this MOU shall be 5 consecutive days of eight (8) hours for a weekly total of 40 worked hours. To reduce the potential for heat-related illness, employees in City Services shall be offered an alternate schedule during the summer months.

The regular schedule of 7 am-3:30 pm can be modified to 6 am to 2:30 pm. With mutual agreement between the employees and management, the time in which the alternate schedule is offered can be made and extended as long as necessary. Written notice shall be sent to both administration and the Union to codify any agreement. Individual employees or groups of employees may agree to, or be hired to, work differing shifts to meet the need for the orderly operation of the CITY.

ARTICLE 16 OVERTIME AND CALL-BACK TIME
Employees called back to work after their regular work hours shall be reimbursed for the actual hours worked, but in no case shall they receive credit for less than two (2) hours worked.

If an employee is required to work after his/her normal shift or is called into work before his/her normal work schedule, such time shall be recorded in increments of fifteen (15) minutes, except for all remote services capable of being conducted from home while on standby duty, which times are compensated in standby pay as noted in Article 17 below.

Overtime is defined as those hours worked in excess of 40 hours per 7-day work cycle.

Holidays, Vacations, and paid sick leave time shall be considered as time worked.

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ARTICLE 17 STANDBY COMPENSATION
The City Services Department will continue the after-hours callback system, wherein specified employees as assigned by the Director of City Services rotate on standby for 7 days at a time.

The standby will not be restrictive beyond the point of requiring the employee to carry a duty cellphone and to remain in or in the immediate vicinity of the CITY, and be fit to report to duty in no more than thirty (30) minutes.

Employees assigned to this City Services standby duty will receive $150 for each week so assigned. Compensation for performing all remote services from home while on standby is included in the $150 for each week assigned to standby duty. Employees not on standby, but who receive work-related calls (other than being asked to report to duty) or who are asked to perform remote services shall be paid a minimum of 15 minutes of OT pay.

Standby compensation will be paid quarterly in a separate check. Standby compensation will be $150 per each standby week worked. Quarterly standby compensation will be paid in quarterly installments, approximately mid-month in January, April, July, and October.

Employees receiving standby compensation will be required to submit to the Department Director or designee the number of standby weeks worked during the quarter. The Department Director of Designee will verify standby weeks for each employee and submit a check request to Finance Department.

QUARTER PAID ON OR APPROXIMATELY
October - December January 15
January – March April 15
April – June July 15
July – September October 15
Employees assigned to a standby week who, for whatever reason, are not available for the entire week (7 days) will be compensated only for those days actually available on a prorated basis.

Any employee assigned to a standby shift and is discovered to have rendered himself/herself unfit for emergency response will be subject to disciplinary action.

ARTICLE 18 MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT AND PER DIEM
Any employee required to travel on business for City, and who utilizes his/her privately owned vehicle shall be reimbursed at the allowable federal rate for income tax purposes for miles traveled in the course of City business. The CITY shall review the mileage and per diem Memorandum of Understanding
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expenses at least for rate adjustment. Workers called out to assist another worker will qualify for mileage reimbursement for the use of their personal vehicle.

This Article is applicable to Extra Help and/or Seasonal status employees.

ARTICLE 19 BILINGUAL PAY
The City will provide $70 per month (prorated and paid out per pay period) in compensation for certified translators who utilize their bilingual skills as determined by the City.

ARTICLE 20 DEFERRED COMPENSATION
The City agrees to match any employee's contributions to CITY deferred compensation program in an amount not to exceed 4%of the contributing employee's base salary.

ARTICLE 21 LONGEVITY PAY
Upon the anniversary of the completion of 10 consecutive years of service with the CITY, each employee covered by this agreement will be advanced one step (5%) in the salary schedule.

Upon the anniversary of the completion of 15 consecutive years of service with the CITY, each employee covered by this agreement will be given 2.5% longevity compensation.

Upon the anniversary of the completion of 20 consecutive years of service with the CITY, each employee covered by this agreement will be given 2.5% longevity compensation.

Upon the anniversary of the completion of 25 consecutive years of service with the CITY, each employee covered by this agreement will be given 2.5% longevity compensation.

ARTICLE 22 INCREMENT ADVANCEMENT
Advancement within salary steps shall be based on at least one (1) year of satisfactory performance in the previous step by an employee.

The following table establishes the increases between steps and longevity pay increases for employees.

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7
5%
Increase
5%
Increase
5%
increase
5%
increase
5%
increase
5%
increase
5%
increase
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ARTICLE 23 CLOTHING
Once per calendar year, on July 1, the City will provide a pair of industry-standard safety boots and a pair of rubber boots for employees, including Community Service Officer, who are required to wear safety boots and rubber boots. The City will replace boots prior to annual replacement only when the boots to be replaced were not made unsafe by negligent action by the employee. If an employee receives a new pair of safety boots and/or rubber boots between January 1 and July 1, and the boots are still in acceptable condition, then the employee will not receive a new pair on July 1.

If an employee negligently damages or loses his/her boots to the point of needing replacement, then the employee must replace the boots at his/her own expense to meet safety standards at work. Employees who do not meet safety standards are subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination.

City Services employees, including Community Service Officer, who work out of doors are provided with standard City uniforms. These employees shall also be provided five (5) safety TShirts (green or orange) to wear as an undershirt with their standard uniform. Employees should only remove their standard uniform shirt during instances where the work will severally soil the uniform shirt or in situations where lack of airflow (e.g. digging in a hole) makes the work uncomfortable wearing both shirts. Employees understand the T-Shirt is not a replacement or substitution for the standard uniform.

Employees who work primarily in an office environment may receive, upon request, three polo shirts or two shirts and one sweater, annually, in colors approved by the manager, to be worn in the execution of their duties. Managers determine if an employee is an out-of-doors or primarily office-environment employee. No employee shall receive both t-shirts and polo shirts.

Employees are responsible to clean and care for their t-shirts or uniform polo shirts. The City shall clean City-provided uniforms (not t-shirts or polos). Managers have complete discretion to use department budgets to purchase additional polo shirts for staff.

Specifically, and only relating to, dispatch and records employees in the Public Safety department shall receive a public safety uniform allowance of $550.00 per year. One-half of the allowance shall be paid in June and one-half in December of each year.

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ARTICLE 24 LEAVES
Vacation
Accrual -Full-time regular employees with five (5) years of continuous service will receive 12 days per year. Employees with seven (7) years of continuous service will receive 14 days per year. Employees with ten ( 10) years of continuous service will receive 15 days per year.

Accruals will cap at 300 hours earned and cease to accrue until the employee has used vacation.

There shall be no loss in accrued vacation hours for employees who, as of September 1, 2013, have more than 300 vacation hours.

Permanent Part-Time
Employees - After five years of uninterrupted service, Permanent Part-Time personnel will be entitled to Vacation Leave benefits earned on a pro-rata basis.

Irrevocable Election – Vacation Buy-Back
Annually, but no later than by December 15th, employees may submit to the City an irrevocable election form to receive payment of accrued vacation in the following year under the following conditions: An employee may elect to cash out up to eighty (80) hours of accrued vacation to be paid with the last paycheck in December of the following year as long as after the cash out, a minimum of forty (40) hours remain in the vacation bank. Irrevocable election forms are available in Human Resources. Employees who do not submit irrevocable election forms by the December 15th due date will have been deemed to have elected to forgo participation in the optional annual leave buy down program. Late irrevocable election forms will not be accepted.

This irrevocable election process does not change the above-noted maximum vacation hours an employee may accrue.

Holidays
The following are recognized City holidays:

New Years Day January 1
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Third Monday of January
Presidents’ Day Third Monday of February
Memorial Day Last Monday of May
Juneteenth June 19th
Independence Day July 4th
Labor Day First Monday of September
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Columbus Day Second Monday of October
Veteran’s Day November 11th
Thanksgiving Day Third Thursday of November
Day after Thanksgiving Day Third Friday of November
Christmas Eve December 24th
Christmas Day December 25th
New Years Eve December 31st
Sick Leave
Permanent Part-time Personnel -After five years of uninterrupted service, permanent Part-Time personnel will be entitled to sick leave benefits earned on a pro-rata basis (i.e. .0385 times the number of hours worked, not to exceed 80 hours in a 14-day period.

Pay-Off
Upon retirement, all accumulated sick leave shall be considered as time worked for retirement benefit purposes.

Leave for Job-Connected Injury
Time off with pay (excluding sick leave and vacation time) as a result of a work-related injury shall be limited to 6 months during the employee's tenure with the CITY Should a dispute arise concerning whether an injury was work-related or not and is subsequently resolved in favor of the employee, any sick leave or vacation time used, by the employee, to cover the period of injury shall be reinstated to the employees account up to an employment maximum of 6 months.

Bereavement Leave
For purposes of bereavement leave, " Immediate Family" shall be defined as an Employee's:

Spouse, Child, Parent, Brother, Sister, Mother/Father-in-law, Brother/Sister-in-law, or Grandparents.

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ARTICLE 25 OUT-OF-CLASS PAY
An employee shall receive pay for acting assignments when they work out-of-class, in a greater position, commencing with the 22nd consecutive working day of such out-of-class work. Such pay shall be a minimum of 5% greater than the employee’s current pay.

ARTICLE 26 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
An employee may appeal a decision affecting his/her employment over which his/her appointing power has partial or complete jurisdiction and for which appeal is not provided by other regulations or is not prohibited. The employee shall utilize the Grievance procedure provided for in the Personnel Rules and Regulations manual.

This Article is applicable to Extra Help and/or Seasonal status employees, but Extra Help and/or Seasonal status employees may only grieve Articles specifically applicable to them.

ARTICLE 27 INSURANCE
Health Insurance
During the term of this agreement, the CITY agrees to continue providing health insurance for all eligible employees and their eligible dependents. The CITY further agrees to continue the same ratio of employee and dependent premium contribution:
• Contribution for employee premium = 100%
• Contribution for dependent premium = 50%
Retirement
Continuation Upon Retirement - Effective upon insurance plan renewal, CITY agrees to allow employees with 20 or more years of continuous service to continue coverage in the CITY active employee’s health insurance program, until said retiree reaches Medicare eligibility, CITY will contribute 3.5 % of the employee only premium for each year of employee's continuous service with CITY Dependents will not be eligible.

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ARTICLE 28 EDUCATION INCENTIVE PROGRAM
Purpose
The purpose of this program is to provide financial incentives to employees who, on their own time, enroll, and complete approved educational programs that will add/or improve skills that will enhance employee productivity and thereby augment their value as employees of the City.

Eligible Employees
''Eligible Employee" shall mean any permanent full-time employee or any permanent part-time employee working 30 hours or more weekly.

Approved Educational Programs
An "Approved Educational Program" shall mean a class or classes, which are recommended by the department head and approved by the City Manager and determined to be beneficial to the performance of an employee in his/her current assignment. The class must be approved in advance to qualify for the incentive program.

To qualify the class must be conducted by a fully accredited adult school, college, or university and require at least 20 hours of course instruction in the case of adult school, or be a complete semester or quarter in duration in the case of colleges and universities.

Classes taken while on duty (on compensable time), at the express direction of the City, e.g.

POST Basic Academy, will not be eligible for the incentive program.

Grade Requirement
In addition to meeting the criteria above, incentive payment will only be allowed in the event of the successful completion of the course undertaken with a passing grade of "C" or better, or ''Pass," if the course is graded as ''Pass/Fail." Tue employee is responsible for providing appropriate evidence of successful completion.

Amount of incentive
The incentive will be paid only to those employees who continue their employment with the CITY as provided below:
• Employees who continue employment for a full 12 months (365 days) following completion of the class will receive an additional $250 payroll bonus. • There will be no incentive payment if an employee does not continue employment for at least 12 months and there will be no pro-rata payment for employees who terminate employment between the sixth- and twelfth month following completion of an approved class.

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• An employee may, in an event, qualify for an incentive payment of more than $250 in any fiscal year.

ARTICLE 29 FURLOUGH AND LAYOFF
Furlough
Furlough is a temporary reduction of the regular work week, invoked by the City as an alternative to layoff where layoff could not be accomplished by attrition.

Responsibility of the Parties
Whenever it has been decided that it is necessary to invoke the Furlough procedure, the City shall notify the union a minimum of ten (10) business days in advance of the date on which furloughs are to occur.
a) Within the 10-business-day period, the Union shall have the opportunity to request to meet and confer over the necessity and impact of the furlough. b) Upon request, both the Union and City shall set a mutually agreeable time and date to meet and confer on the merits, process, and impacts of the furlough. The City shall take no action to furlough or lay off until the completion of the Meet and Confer process. c) While the City will discuss the merits, process, and work together with the union to mitigate the impacts of the furlough on employees, the decision as to whether to do furloughs is the exclusive right of the City.

Duration
The Union will have the opportunity to present a proposal regarding the number of consecutive work weeks the City shall operate under furloughs. The Union's proposal may contain not only its understanding of the City's financial position but also options for a reduction in benefits rather than savings through furloughs. Tue City will determine the number of weeks after reviewing the City's financial position and the Union's proposal. Both parties shall consider, in good faith, the City's financial condition and the needs of the residents, and the impact on employees before the city determines the number of consecutive work weeks to operate under furlough. The time furloughed within each of the work weeks the City determines to be furlough work weeks shall not exceed eight (8) hours.

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Layoff
Layoff is the termination of an employee in a class without prejudice and without fault on the employee's part because of changes of duty or organization or the return of another employee from a leave of absence. Layoffs are based on reverse seniority as outlined below.

Seniority for Layoff Purposes
Computation of Seniority for layoff purposes shall include all periods of continuous paid employment in the classified service. Seniority shall be maintained but shall not increase during any period of leave without pay. Service accrued before a previous layoff shall be included.

Responsibility of the Parties
Whenever it has been decided that it is necessary to invoke the layoff procedure, the City shall notify the union a minimum of ten (10) business days in advance of the date on which layoffs are to occur:
a) Within the 10-business-day period, the Union shall have the opportunity to request to meet and confer over the necessity and impact of the layoff. b) Upon request, both the Union and City shall set a mutually agreeable time and date to meet and confer on the merits, process, and impacts of the layoff. The City shall take no action in regard to layoff or furlough until the completion of the Meet and Confer discussions.
c) While the City will discuss the merits, process, and work together with the union to mitigate the impacts of the layoff of employees, the decision as to whether or not to do layoffs is the exclusive right of the City.

The City and Union will endeavor to meet as soon as practicably possible. If the union fails to respond in 10 business days, it will be considered a waiver of its right to meet and confer, and the City shall take the intended action.

Order of Layoff- Seniority
Layoffs will be determined based on an inverse order of seniority computed on the basis of an employee's City-wide service. The City shall determine which departments are involved in layoffs based on essential services provided to the community. Layoffs will be determined by department. Employees to be laid off will be selected by inverse seniority order within the impacted department. Each department is dealt with exclusivity to all others. All temporary, contracted employees with the same job title or same job duties of full-time employees, parttime, and probationary employees within the impacted department will be separated in that order prior to the layoff of any regular employee. In certain circumstances, a regular employee Memorandum of Understanding
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will possess credentials or certifications not held by other full-time employees that are vital to the continuation of the City. The City may exempt these essential, credentialed, or certificationholding employees from layoff to ensure the continuation of vital City Services.

Notice of Separation
Incumbents of permanent positions with either probationary or permanent status will, insofar as possible, be given a minimum of ten (10) business-day notice prior to separation as a result of a layoff.

Layoff Privileges
Following are the options open to affected individuals in each layoff instance:

Displacing to a Lower Class
a) An employee affected by layoff may, at his/her discretion, displace an employee at the next lower class in the series, or in succeeding lower classes in the series who has less seniority within the same department. Seniority computation for displacement purposes are made as determined for the original layoff.
b) An employee who chooses to demote to a lower position within the same department will move to the pay level of the employee the self-demoting employee is displacing unless the City and Department Head identifies financial resources to pay at a higher pay step within the pay scale of the lower position.
c) Employees whose pay and/or benefits are affected due to layoff shall be given the opportunity to transfer to other positions within the City in which they are qualified.

This shall be treated as part of the re-employment process and seniority shall be considered. If it is a higher classification, the employee shall be notified of the opportunity, and immediately allowed to participate in the competitive process.

Although an employee shall be hired based on their merits, a consideration for the employee 's tenure and experience with the City shall be considered.

Employment Interviews
Department heads who are referred the names of individuals on a layoff list of persons designated for layoff shall personally assure that such persons are provided an employment interview.

Layoff Re-employment Eligible List
Names of employees with permanent status who have been laid off will be automatically placed on a re-employment list for up to 2 years for the classification in which they were laid off.

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Employees to be laid off will be permitted to demote to previously held classifications within the same department (see displacing a lower class) at the employee's request prior to the layoff effective date. Demotion may be made to any job classification the duties of which they are qualified and capable of performing and shall be offered by seniority. When an employee demotes in accordance with provisions of this Section, they shall be required to complete a new probationary period.

Employees who are laid off and rehired within two years shall have their seniority (hours in service) for vacation accumulation purposes restored to them as of the date of layoff.

Employees who are laid off and rehired within two years shall have all unused sick leave as of the date of layoff restored to them. This shall not apply to employees who received sick leave payoff.

Separation from City Service
Employees who are to be laid off have the option of leaving City service rather than displacing in a lower class, or demoting.

ARTICLE 30 RETIREMENT
CITY agrees to adopt the following provisions of PERS:
• Section 20042 – One-Year Final Compensation
• Section 21024 – Military Service Credit as Public Service • Section 21548 – Pre-Retirement Optional Settlement 2 Death Benefit; and, • Section 216215 Retired Death benefit ($5,000).

The Employee's contribution toward PERS will be as follows:
• Rate Plan 433 (Miscellaneous Classic) 8.00 percentage points of Employee Rate; and effective the first full pay period following City Council approval of the new MOU December 9, 2025, eliminate Employee’s contribution of 1.00 percentage points of Employer Rate.
• Rate Plan 26330 (Miscellaneous PEPRA) employees will contribute 50 percent of the total normal cost of the retirement benefit and 1.00 percentage points of Employer Rate.

ARTICLE 31 PAY-RELATED ITEMS
The City does not guarantee general salary increases during the term of this agreement.

However, the City will have the discretion to give increases up to 2% in any particular year covered by the agreement if the City Council authorizes the increases through the budget process. City executives will present budget scenarios with various levels of increases to the Memorandum of Understanding
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City Council ad-hoc budget committee, who will determine which scenario to present to the full City Council for adoption. The determination will be based on the City's fiscal health and economic outlook in that year.

ARTICLE 32 VEHICLE TAKE HOME
Take-home vehicles will be provided by the CITY for on-call employees only.

ARTICLE 33 UNION REPRESENTATIVE LEAVE OF ABSENCE (SB 1085/GOVERNMENT CODE 3558.8)
Pursuant to the provisions of SB 1085/Government Code section 3558.8, the City shall grant an employee, upon written request of the Union, a reasonable leave of absence without loss of compensation or other benefits for the purpose of enabling employees to serve as stewards or officers of the Union. Leave may be granted on a full-time, part-time, periodic, or intermittent basis under the following procedures:

1. The Union officer or steward shall submit a written request to the City at least 15 business days in advance of the requested leave. The request shall include dates/duration and classification.

2. No more than two (2) employees shall be on leave at the same time; and employees must have a minimum overall satisfactory evaluation rating for the most recent evaluation period, and employees cannot be in any probationary status and/or on administrative leave. For any employee going on leave, who is on a medical leave, SEIU will ensure compliance with all medical restrictions.

3. The Union shall reimburse the City for all benefits and compensation paid to and earned/realized by the employee on leave, including but not limited to all wages and benefits.

4. Reimbursement by the Union shall occur within 30 days of City billing the Union.

5. The leave of absence will be approved if it does not interfere with the performance of City services and department operations. If the leave is denied, the City will provide the Union with written notification of impacted operational needs. The Union shall provide the City with alternate leave dates for the leave to occur.

At the conclusion or termination of the leave granted under this section, the officer or steward shall have a right to reinstatement to the same position and location they held prior to such leave, or if not feasible, a substantially similar position without loss of seniority, rank, or classification.

The City shall not be liable for any act, omission, or injury suffered by any employee of the City if that act, omission or injury occurs during the course and scope of the employee’s leave under Memorandum of Understanding
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this section to work for the Union. To the extent that the City is held liable for any such act, omission or injury, the Union shall indemnify and hold harmless the City.

ARTICLE 34 RIGHTS AFTER TRANSFER, PROMOTION, OR DEMOTION If an employee is transferred or demoted, be it voluntarily or involuntarily, to a different department, that employee shall be placed on a six-month probation period. A promoted employee shall be placed on a four (4) month probation period. Department heads shall have the option to waive an employee's probationary period.

In the cases of transfer, demotion, or promotion, the employee shall receive an intermediate evaluation within the first 60 days of the probationary period indicating whether the employee is performing at a level acceptable to pass promotion or indicating the ways in which the employee must improve to perform at a level acceptable to pass promotion. An acceptable rating at the intermediate evaluation does not guarantee passing of probation. The employee must continue to meet or exceed expectations. An employee who does not receive an acceptable rating at the intermediate evaluation shall have the option to demote back to the same or similar position in the same class from which promoted, have the ability to "bump" a probationary employee in the position, or may improve performance and skills as outlined in the intermediate evaluation to be performing acceptably by the end of the probation period. lf an employee does not wish to retain their promotion, or does not satisfactorily pass a probationary period, they have the option to· demote back to the same or similar position in the same class from which promoted or have the ability to ''bump" a probationary employee in the position.

ARTICLE 35 SEVERABILITY
If any provision of this agreement, or the application of such provision to any person, or circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Memorandum or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby and both parties shall meet and confer for the sole purpose of arriving at a mutually satisfactory replacement for such invalidated provision.

This Article is applicable to Extra Help and/or Seasonal status employees.

ARTICLE 36 SUCCESSION
In the event either party hereto desire to negotiate the provisions of a successor Memorandum of Understanding, such party shall serve upon the other its written request to commence negotiations, 120 to 90 days before the expiration date of this agreement. Failure to provide such Memorandum of Understanding
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notice shall indicate satisfaction with the existing terms and conditions and the desire for such terms and conditions to remain in force an additional twelve (12) months beyond its expiration date.

This Article is applicable to Extra Help and/or Seasonal status employees.

ARTICLE 37 TERM
The provisions of this Memorandum of Understanding shall commence on the date of signing below and remain in effect through June 30, 2026, unless notice, as provided in Article 36 of this MOU, is not given in the required time.

This Article is applicable to Extra Help and/or Seasonal status employees.

This Memorandum of Understanding was entered into and signed this day of 2025.

SEIU REPRESENTATIVE CITY MANAGER

EMPLOYEE

REPRESENTATIVE

Lindsay City CouncilDecember 9, 2025

Lindsay City Council
December 9, 2025