LOsBanos
At the Crossroads of California
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AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
520 J Street
Los Banos, California
JUNE 5, 2024-6:00 PM
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public comment may be made by e-mail to [email protected] or delivered to the City Clerk at City Hall, 520 J Street three (3) hours prior to the scheduled time of the meeting. Comments received will not be read aloud at the meeting, but shall be distributed to the City Council via e-mail and added to the agenda packet on the; City's website for public review. Agenda packets can be foung OJ1Jbt9- G~!Y'§. w~t;>site at th..~ fc:>Uowing link: https://losbanos.org/category/city-council/ Los Banos City Council Agenda - June 5, 2024 Page 1 of 5
1. CALL TO ORDER - June 5, 2024 6:00 PM
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
3. ROLL CALL: (City Council Members)
Kenneth Lambert - District 1
Brett Jones - District 3
__ Douglas Begonia, Jr. - District 2
Deborah Lewis - District 4
__ Paul Llanez - Mayor
4. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF AGENDA.
Recommendation: Adopt the agenda as submitted.
5. PRESENTATION.
A. Certificate of Recognition - Employee of the Month for May 2024 - Justin Caruthers, Maintenance Worker II, Public Works Department.
6. PUBLIC FORUM. (Members of the public may address the City Council Members on any item of public interest that is within the jurisdiction of the City Council; includes agenda and non-agenda items. No action will be taken on non-agenda items. Speakers are limited to a five (5) minute presentation. Detailed guidelines are posted on the Council Chamber informational table.)
7. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA. (Items on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and will be voted on in one motion unless removed from the Consent Agenda by a City Council Member.) A. Check Register for #245305 - #245597 in the Amount of $2,861,565.33.
Recommendation: Approve the check register as submitted.
B. Measure H Oversight Committee Financial Update.
Recommendation: Accept the report as submitted.
C. Measure P Oversight Committee Report.
Recommendation: Accept the report as submitted.
D. City Council Resolution No. 6772 - Delegating Authority to the City Manager, After Consultation with Legal Counsel, to Negotiate and Purchase All Right of Way Real Property Interests, Including Fee Title, Easements and Leases, Necessary for the Ortigalita Road I Pioneer Road Intersection Improvement Project, Including Executing Certificates of Acceptance and Complying with All Legal Obligations Associated with the Purchases, Within the Authority Provided by the City Council.
Recommendation: Adopt the resolution as submitted.
Los Banos City Council Agenda - June 5, 2024 Page 2 of 5 E. City Council Resolution No. 6773 - Approving, Authorizing and Ratifying the City's Participation in the Homeland Security Grant Program and Authorizing the City Manager on Behalf of the City of Los Banos to Enter into the Standard Grant Assurance Agreement with Cal-OES and a Subrecipient Agreement with the County of Merced for Fiscal Year 2021 .
Recommendation: Adopt the resolution as submitted.
F. City Council Resolution No. 6774 - Approving, Authorizing and Ratifying the City's Participation in the Homeland Security Grant Program and Authorizing the City Manager on Behalf of the City of Los Banos to Enter into the Standard Grant Assurance Agreement with Cal-OES and a Subrecipient Agreement with the County of Merced for Fiscal Year 2022.
Recommendation: Adopt the resolution as submitted.
G. City Council Resolution No. 6775 - Approving, Authorizing and Ratifying the City's Participation in the Homeland Security Grant Program and Authorizing the City Manager on Behalf of the City of Los Banos to Enter into the Standard Grant Assurance Agreement with Cal-OES and a Subrecipient Agreement with the County of Merced for Fiscal Year 2023.
Recommendation: Adopt the resolution as submitted.
H. City Council Resolution No. 6776 - Awarding Contract for Publication of Legal Notices/Legal Advertisements for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2025 and Authorizing and Directing the City Manager to Execute Agreement with The Westside Express.
Recommendation: Adopt the resolution as submitted.
I. City Council Resolution No. 6777 - Calling and Giving Notice of the Holding of a General Municipal Election to be Held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 for the Election of Certain Officers: Mayor "At-Large" for a Full Term of Two (2) Years, Council Member for District 1 for a Full Term of Four (4) Years, Council Member for District 4 for a Full Term of Four (4) Years, and City Treasurer "At-Large" for an Unexpired Term of Two (2) Years as Required by the Provisions of the Laws of the State of California.
Recommendation: Adopt the resolution as submitted.
J. City Council Resolution No. 6778 - Requesting that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Merced Consolidate a General Municipal Election to be Held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 with the California Statewide Presidential General Election to be held on the Date Pursuant to Section 10403 of the Election Code.
Recommendation: Adopt the resolution as submitted.
8. CONSIDERATION OF THE RENEWAL OF THE LOS BANOS DOWNTOWN PROPERTY BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (LBDPBID).
Los Banos City Council Agenda - June 5, 2024 Page 3of5
A. City Council Resolution No. 6779 - Authorizing the City Manager to Sign a Petition and an Assessment Ballot Regarding City Properties within the Renewed LBDPBID.
B. City Council Resolution No. 6780 - Declaring its Intention to Renew the Los Banos LBDPBID and Fixing the Time and Place of a Public Hearing in Thereon and Giving Notice Thereof.
Recommendation: Receive the staff report and adopt the resolutions as submitted.
9. PUBLIC HEARING. (If you challenge the proposed action as described herein in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described herein or in written correspondence delivered to the City at, or prior to, the public hearing.)
A. Public Hearing - To Receive Public Comment and Consideration of the Levy of the Proposed Annual Assessment for the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year for Landscaping and Lighting District Nos. 1-7 and 9-19.
1) City Council Resolution No. 6781 - Confirming Diagram, Assessment and Levying Assessments for Landscaping and Lighting District Nos. 1-7 and 9-19 for the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year.
Recommendation: Receive staff report, open public hearing, close the public hearing, and adopt the resolution as submitted.
B. Public Hearing - To Receive Public Comment and Consideration of the Appropriation Limitation for the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year (FY). 1) City Council Resolution No. 6782 - Setting the Tax Related Appropriation Limit in Compliance with Proposition 4 and Proposition 111 for the 2024-2025 FY.
Recommendation: Receive staff report, open the public hearing, receive public comment, close the public hearing, select population and inflation option, and adopt the resolution as submitted.
C. Public Hearing - To Receive Public Comment and Consideration of the 2024- 2025 Fiscal Year (FY) Budget.
1) City Council Resolution No. 6783 - Adopting the 2024-2025 FY Budget, Including Updates to Division 4, Employee Salary Schedule, of the Los Banos Policy & Procedures Manual.
Recommendation: Receive staff report, open the public hearing, receive public comment, close the public hearing, and adopt the resolution as submitted.
10. ADVISEMENT OF PUBLIC NOTICES. (One Report)
Recommendation: Informational item only, no action to be taken.
Los Banos City Council Agenda - June 5, 2024 Page 4 of5 11 . CITY MANAGER REPORT.
Recommendation: Informational item only, no action to be taken.
12. REPORT/UPDATE ON MERCED COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS (MCAG), PENINSULA CLEAN ENERGY (PCE), MEASURE V COMMITTEE, AND
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT (SJVAPCD),
AND LOS BANOS DOWNTOWN PROPERTY & BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT (LBDPBID).
Recommendation: Informational item only, no action to be taken.
13. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS.
A Brett Jones - District 3
B. Deborah Lewis - District 4
C. Kenneth Lambert- District 1
D. Douglas Begonia, Jr. - District 2
E. Paul Llanez - Mayor
14. ADJOURNMENT.
I hereby certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing agenda was posted on the City Hall bulletin board not less than 72 hours prior to the meeting.
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Lucille L. Mallonee, City Clerk Dated this 31st day of May 2024 Los Banos City Council Agenda - June 5, 2024 Page 5of5