City Council Agenda February 18, 2025
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY HALL, 291 N. MAIN STREET
PORTERVILLE, CALIFORNIA
FEBRUARY 18, 2025, 5:30 PM
The City of Porterville provides access to view city council meetings electronically. Please note that this service is offered as a courtesy and may not always be accessible to the public. To ensure the opportunity to participate in public comments and scheduled public hearings, individuals must attend in person.
This meeting will be available for viewing via YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@cityofporterville4149 ,
and via Zoom using the following information:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88253624861?pwd=fJ4r07abPiF2UGo3Fd8NjHD8czyDl2.1 Or via Telephone: +1 669 900 6833 Webinar ID: 882 5362 4861 Passcode: 820203 Please direct any questions to the Office of City Clerk at 559-782-7464.
Call to Order
Roll Call
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
This is the opportunity to address the City Council on any matter scheduled for Closed Session. Unless additional time is authorized by the Council, all commentary shall be limited to three minutes.
CITY COUNCIL CLOSED SESSION:
A. Closed Session Pursuant to:
1 - Government Code Section 54956.95 – Liability Claim: Claimant:
Alexander Apolonio-Bernal. Agency claimed against: City of Porterville.
2 - Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) – Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Celina Boelter v. Ochoa, Carlos Jose, et al., Tulare County Superior Court Case No. VCU316725.
3 - Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) – Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Victoria Grayson v. Porterville Municipal Golf Course, et al., Tulare County Superior Court Case No. PCU313670.
4 - Government Code Section 54956.9(d) (3) – Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation – Significant Exposure to Litigation: Three cases in which facts are not yet known to potential plaintiffs.
City Council Agenda February 18, 2025
5 - Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4) – Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation – Initiation of Litigation: Three Cases. 6 - Government Code Section 54957 - Public Employee
Appointment/Employment: Title: City Manager
6:30 P.M. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION AND REPORT ON REPORTABLE ACTION
TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION
Pledge of Allegiance Led by Council Member Green
Invocation
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
This is the opportunity to address the Council on any matter of interest, whether on the agenda or not. Please address all items not scheduled for public hearing at this time.
Unless additional time is authorized by the Council, all commentary shall be limited to three minutes.
REPORTS
This is the time for all committee/commission/board reports; subcommittee reports; and staff informational items.
I. City Commission and Committee Meetings
1. Parks & Leisure Services Commission - February 6, 2025
2. Library & Literacy Commission - February 11, 2025
3. Arts Commission - February 10, 2025
4. Animal Control Commission
5. Youth Commission - February 12, 2025
6. Transactions and Use Tax Oversight Committee (TUTOC) II. Staff Informational Reports
1. Wall of Fame
2. Water Conservation Phase IV Status Update - January 2025
3. Vacation of Seat on the Arts Commission
CONSENT CALENDAR
All Consent Calendar Items are considered routine and will be enacted in one motion.
There will be no separate discussion of these matters unless a request is made, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Calendar. All items removed from the Consent Calendar for further discussion will be heard at the end of Scheduled Matters.
1. Approval of Draft Minutes of January 21, 2025, and February 4, 2025 City Council Agenda February 18, 2025
Re: Considering approval of the City Council draft Minutes of January 21, 2025, and February 4, 2025.
2. Authorization to Renew the Web Hosting Contract with Revize Re: Consideration to approve a 5-year agreement with Revize for the City website redesign and development at an annual cost of $5,990.
3. Authorization to Execute Agreement - Permitting Software Re: Consideration to authorize the Consultant Agreement with Granicus in the amount of $123,143.11 for permitting software services.
4. Authorization to Distribute a Request for Proposals for Bus Stop Signs Re: Consideration to authorize the distribution of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the procurement of bus stop signs to enhance visibility, clarity, and durability across the City’s transit system.
5. Authorization to Award Contract - Foundation and Drainage System Project for Future Draeger Prop Installation
Re: Consideration to award the Foundation and Drainage System Project for Future Draeger Prop Installation to Todd Companies in the amount of $177,500.
6. Authorization to Apply for CalHome Grant
Re: Consideration of the submittal of an application for the 2024 Homeownership Super Notice of Funding Availability.
7. Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Program Year 5 Funds Application
Re: Consideration to authorize the signing of the streamlined application for the 2023 Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) funding allocation for submittal to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).
8. Authorization to Execute Consultant Agreement - Construction Management and Inspection Services for the Community Center & Park Project Re: Consideration to authorize the Consultant Agreement with 4Creeks, Inc. in the amount of $2,168,695; for construction management and inspection services for the Community Center & Park Project located at Henderson Avenue and Fourth Street.
9. Approval for Community Civic Event - Summit Collegiate High School - Pi Day Pi K Fun Run - March 8, 2025
Re: Consideration to approve the Community Civic Event application submitted by Summit Collegiate High School to hold the "Pi Day Pi K Fun Run" event on Saturday, March 8, 2025, from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM.
10. Status and Review of Declaration of Local Flood Emergency Re: Review of the Declaration of Local Emergency made on March 13, 2023, concerning the significant weather event and impacts relative to flood event.
A Council Meeting Recess Will Occur at 8:30 p.m., or as Close to That Time as Possible
PUBLIC HEARINGS
City Council Agenda February 18, 2025
11. Public Hearing to Consider Adjustments to Lease Rates and Approval of the Master Ground Lease Agreement, Airport Lease Policy, and Hangar Rental Agreement for the Porterville Municipal Airport
Re: A Public Hearing to consider adjustments to lease rates for properties at the Porterville Municipal Airport; and consider the approval of the Master Ground Lease Agreement and a Resolution to formally adopt the lease rate adjustments and authorize implementation.
SCHEDULED MATTERS
12. Authorization to Award Contract - Community Center and Park Project Re: Consideration to award the Community Center and Park Project located at the southeast corner of Henderson Avenue and Fourth Street along the Santa Fe Byway Trail (formally known as Rails to Trails) to AMG & Associates, Inc of Santa Clarita, in the amount of $16,875,000, plus a five percent (5%) contingency, an additional $2,268,695 for construction management, surveying, quality control and inspection services, and an additional appropriation of Measure I funds in the amount of $1,146,622 to fully fund the project.
13. Consideration of Appointment of City Council Representatives to Downtown Porterville Committee
Re: Consider appointing two City Council Members to serve on the Downtown Porterville Committee.
14. Proposed Budget Calendar for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 and Scheduling of Priority Projects Study Session
Re: Consideration to approve the proposed Budget Calendar and the scheduling of its Priority Projects Study Session in April in Council Chambers.
AB 1234 REPORTS
This is the time for all AB 1234 reports required pursuant to Government Code § 53232.3.
1. Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (ETGSA) - February 5, 2025
2. Local Initiatives Navigation Center Committee (LINC) - February 5, 2025
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
OTHER MATTERS
CLOSED SESSION
Any Closed Session Items not completed prior to 6:30 p.m. will be considered at this time.
ADJOURNMENT - to the meeting of March 4, 2025, at 5:30 p.m.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the California Ralph M. Brown Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, requesting electronic City Council Agenda February 18, 2025
participation as an accommodation, or to be able to access this agenda and documents in the agenda packet, please contact the Office of City Clerk at (559) 782-7464. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting and/or provision of an appropriate alternative format of the agenda and documents in the agenda packet.
Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the City Council after distribution of the Agenda packet are available for public inspection during normal business hours at the Office of City Clerk, 291 N. Main Street, Porterville, CA 93257, and on the City’s website at www.ci.porterville.ca.us.