RESOLUTION NO.____-2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTERVILLE
FOR APPROVAL OF A THIRD SERVICE FOR MUNICIPAL WATER FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1520 E. SUCCESS DRIVE
WHEREAS: The California State Water Resources Board, in coordination with the Department of Water Resources conducted a feasibility study to define a long-term solution to the water related issues in East Porterville.; and
WHEREAS: The City Council of the City of Porterville at its regularly scheduled meeting of April 19, 2016, amended the procedures for annexation and extension of municipal services in Resolution 19-2016: and
WHEREAS: The property located at 1520 E. Success Drive qualified under the East Porterville Feasibility Study Project Area and an Extraterritorial Service Agreement (ESA) was processed on September 15, 2016; and
WHEREAS: The Extraterritorial Service Agreement (ESA) included an Irrevocable Agreement for Annexation, IAA # 31-01, and a Deed Restriction in which the document was recorded at the Tulare County Recorder’s on October 6, 2017, as Record Number 2017- 0061522; and
WHEREAS: The Deed Restriction outlined, “no expansion or modification of this use, including conversion of structures or addition of habitable structures may be permitted without approval of the City Council of the City of Porterville”; and WHEREAS: The property was approved a second water service for a residential dwelling unit under Resolution No. 55-2023; and
WHEREAS: The future development of an accessory dwelling unit complies with Tulare County’s development standards; and
WHEREAS: This project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to § 15268(b)(4) that CEQA only applies to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment: and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the City Council does hereby approve the request for a third water service for the future development of an Accessory Dwelling Unit:
1. All water service connections shall comply with all applicable codes, including but not limited to Porterville Municipal Code Section 26-2, which requires the abandonment of wells upon municipal service connection.
Resolution No. ___-2025
2. A back-flow device is required on the water meter.
3. The developer/applicant shall comply with the City standard for "backflow" prevention pursuant to Resolution No. 9615.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of August, 2025.
Greg Meister, Mayor
ATTEST:
Richard Tree, Interim City Clerk
BY __________________________________
Fernando Gabriel-Moraga,
Chief Deputy City Clerk
SITE PLAN
DATE:
1 Martinez Drafting
[email protected]
(559) 544-4856
INDEX OF SHEETS
1193 SF New Construction ADU
4/1/25
1. SITE PLAN2. FLOOR PLAN3. ELEVATION4. ELECTRICAL5. PLUMBING6. HVAC7. ROOF PLAN8. FRAMING ROOF9. WALL FRAMING
10. BRACED WALL PLAN
11. FOUNDATION
12. FOUNDATION DETAILS13. DETAILS14. FASTENING
TYPE CONSTRUCTION: VBCODE AND SECTION TO REFLECT 2022 CRC NOTES:
1 Changes from the approved plans during
construction shall cause construction to besuspended until the plans can be amended by thedesigner and submitted to the Agency for reviewand approval [CRC R106.4]. 2 Street addressing is required. Include the suite
number of the tenant space, if applicable. Addressnumerals, at least four inches high with minimum ½-inch stroke, mounted on a contrasting backgroundclearly visible from the street [CBC 501.2].
Location:1520 E Success Dr, Porterville, CA 93257APN: 262-110-014 Item No. 11.
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA – AUGUST 5, 2025
SUBJECT: Authorization to Roll Unpaid Utility Accounts to the 2025-2026 Property Tax Rolls
SOURCE: Finance
COMMENT: Municipal Code Chapter 25, Section 8 provides that unpaid water bills may be added to the tax statement for said property and collected in the same manner as real property taxes. Municipal Code Chapter 13, Section 14 (Article D) and Chapter 25, Section 37 provide that any unpaid charges for sewer rental or solid waste services, together with interest and penalties constitute a lien on the real property involved.
Staff has prepared a draft Resolution for the City Council's consideration, which would authorize the Tulare County Auditor to place the unpaid utility accounts on the property tax rolls.
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council adopt the draft resolution authorizing the Tulare County Auditor to place unpaid utility accounts on the 2025-2026 property tax rolls for collection.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Draft Resolution
2. Exhibit A - Unpaid Utilities
3. Municipal Code - Chapter 13, Section 14
4. Municipal Code - Chapter 25, Section 8
5. Municipal Code - Chapter 25, Section 37
Appropriated/Funded:
Review By:
Department Director:
Janie Rodriguez, Finance Director
Final Approver: Richard Tree, Interim City Manager
Item No. 11.
RESOLUTION NO. ____-2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PORTERVILLE ORDERING THE PLACEMENT OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT LIENS ON THE TULARE COUNTY TAX ROLLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 WHEREAS: The City of Porterville Municipal Code Section 13-14, Garbage and Refuse – Charges for Collection; Time and Manner of Payment, provides that the amount required to be paid, together with interest and penalty, constitutes a lien on all real property; and WHEREAS: The City of Porterville Municipal Code Section 25-37, Collection of Sewer Rental; Charges to be Lien, provides that any unpaid charge for sewer rental or sewer rental penalties or interest may be placed as a lien on the real property involved; and WHEREAS: The City of Porterville Municipal Code Section 25-8, Guarantee of Payment of Water Bills by Property Owners, provides that unpaid water bills may be a lien on said property and the amount of said unpaid water bill may be added to the tax statement for said real property and collected in the same manner as real property taxes; and WHEREAS: The Porterville City Council, having duly received and considered evidence and documentation concerning the delinquent accounts proposed to be placed on the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 County Tax Rolls concerning the necessity for the placement of the contemplated tax liens;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the City Council of the City of Porterville does hereby approve and order the submittal of the following liens, attached hereto as Exhibit “A” to the Tulare County Auditor for placement on the property tax rolls for collection.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 5th day of August, 2025 ____________________________________
Greg Meister, Mayor
ATTEST:
Richard Tree, Interim City Clerk
By: __________________________________
Fernando Gabriel-Moraga,
Chief Deputy City Clerk
CITY OF PORTERVILLE
UNPAID UTILITIES
FY2025-2026 Tax Roll
Assessee Property Address Parcel Number
Assessment
Amount
JENNIFER OROSCO 1975 N MASTON ST 1 243-202-002 185.52
JENNIFER MEZA 1849 N MASTON ST 2 243-203-005 425.70
MARIA QUINTERO 1846 N PROSPECT ST 3 243-203-008 367.46
RAMIRO GUDINO 1134 W NORTH GRAND AVE 4 243-204-010 685.36 PATRICIA BETANCOURT 1720 N WILSON PL 5 243-230-034 366.86 SARA MORENO DE MARTI 266 N PATSY ST A 6 245-112-003 8.12 LINDA L RICHARDSON 1071 N PATSY DR 7 245-303-003 1137.78 NEW LIFE CENTER 2012 W MORTON AVE 8 245-342-039 1240.96 NEW LIFE CENTER 2092 W MORTON AVE 9 245-342-060 165.92
ROBERT BROWN 749 N BALMAYNE DR 10 245-390-058 769.16
MIGUEL JR CHAVEZ-LOPEZ 2084 W WESTFIELD AVE 11 245-460-033 170.52 TINA CLOWER 1954 W PIONEER AVE 12 245-514-010 244.14
JUAN MORALES DIAZ 1365 N LOMBARDI ST 13 245-580-065 151.80 PATRICIA FLORES 841 W WESTFIELD AVE 14 246-200-001 374.26 MARGARITO CERCAS 895 W WESTFIELD AVE 15 246-200-028 732.58 SUSAN METZGER 1506 & 1512 N COBB ST 16 246-250-013 7912.08 GRACIELA SALINAS 1311 N VILLA ST 17 247-022-009 366.84
MELISSA WALSH 1261 N LIME ST 18 247-110-011 868.70
SCENIC DRIVE RANCH LLC 1112 N SCENIC DR 19 247-120-015 128.12 MARIA SUAREZ 350 E HEATHERWOOD CIR 20 248-090-035 46.46 ESMERALDA ANDRADE 915 W TOMAH AVE 21 251-201-007 581.72 BETTY LOU TAFF 281 N MASTON ST 22 251-232-002 632.34
MARIA ZENDEJAS-ALVARA 1203 W TOMAH AVE 23 251-282-003 602.30 CLYDE FERRELL 680 N PALM PL 24 252-110-043 9.92
TULE RIVER TRIBE OF CA 152 N HOCKETT ST 25 252-197-003 563.38 KAREN ANN JUAREZ 593 N THIRD ST 26 253-025-008 907.14
MICHAEL L BENCH 395 N SECOND ST 27 253-202-008 1470.78
GWENDOLYN GREENE 846 E PUTNAM AVE 28 254-073-041 344.96 ANA GUZMAN 890 W MC INTIRE AVE 29 259-252-008 127.86
RICARDO SALCIDO GAMBOA 633 S OHIO ST 30 260-077-009 109.16 MARYLOU CARTAS 702 W RIVER EDGE AVE 31 260-080-025 158.32 JOSE & ANA MARI MEJIA 79 E VANDALIA AVE 32 261-051-008 274.40 LYDIA BERNAL-ANDRADE 375 S A ST 33 261-094-006 1085.08
SERGIO TAPIA 862 E POPLAR AVE 34 262-240-082 2715.82
THELMA UNDERWOOD 976 S WISCONSIN ST 35 268-080-011 1227.90 GUILLERMINA MENDOZA 969 S WISCONSIN ST 36 268-080-027 337.54 JESUS ZEPEDA 955 S WISCONSIN ST 37 268-080-030 1521.80
JOHN SHRY 921 S COTTAGE ST 38 269-010-005 234.70
BRIANNA ESQUIVEL 154 E YATES AVE 39 270-140-003 167.06
JOSE VIEYRA 254 E GIBBONS AVE 40 270-140-035 285.20
$ 29,705.72
40 Total amount of assessments
Total number of assessments
13-14: CHARGES FOR COLLECTION; TIME AND MANNER OF PAYMENT:
A. Fees and charges for the collection and disposal of solid waste collection by the city will be fixed by resolution of the city council.
B. Solid waste collection charges shall be included in the regular city utility bill to customers who also have city water service. When the solid waste customer does not have city water service, a separate bill for solid waste service shall be mailed to the customer who owns or controls the premises serviced.
C. All charges for solid waste service included on utility bills, or if not a part of the city utility bill, shall be due and payable at the same time as other utility charges. If a bill for solid waste is not paid within thirty (30) days after billing date, a charge of ten percent (10%) as a penalty for said delinquency shall be made and added to the amount and become a part of said delinquent utility bill; and the city may discontinue all city utility service to the premises if the bill should remain delinquent on the forty fifth day after billing.
D. All solid waste service charges are the responsibility of the customer whose name appears on the utility billing for the service. If unpaid by the customer billed who controls the premises, they shall be secured at any time by filing for record in the office of the county recorder of any county, a certificate specifying the amount of such charges and the name and address of the customer liable therefor. From the time of recordation of the certificate, the amount required to be paid, together with interest and penalty, constitutes a lien upon all real property in the county owned by the customer or afterwards, and before the lien expires, acquired by him. The lien has the force, priority, and effect of and shall be regarded as a judgment lien, which may be extended, if unpaid, by the recording of a renewal certificate before the expiration of ten (10) years of the previously recorded certificate. (Ord. 1494A, 7-20-1993; Ord. 1615, 10-1-2002; Ord. 1890, 3-1-2022) 25-8: GUARANTEE OF PAYMENT OF WATER BILLS BY PROPERTY OWNERS; AUTHORIZED GENERALLY; LIEN:
The owners of any property where water is furnished by the city may assume responsibility for the payment of such water by filing with the water department a written acceptance of such responsibility in a form approved by the city attorney, guaranteeing payment of all water bills accruing against such property or utilized by consumers on such property. The writing shall provide that unpaid water bills may be a lien on said property and the amount of said unpaid water bill may be added to the tax statement for said real property and collected in the same manner as real property taxes. (Ord. Code § 3543; Ord. 845 § A, 11-16-1965)
25-37: COLLECTION OF SEWER RENTALS; PENALTIES; DISCONTINUANCE OF WATER SERVICE FOR NONPAYMENT; CHARGES TO BE LIEN:
Charges for sewer rentals shall be included with the water bill and if the charge for sewer rental shall remain unpaid at the due date for the payment of water bills, there shall be added to the sewer rental charge the same penalties and interest as are required for delinquencies or nonpayment of water bills. Water services may be discontinued for nonpayment of the charge for sewer rental or sewer rental penalties and interest, and any unpaid charge for sewer rental or sewer rental penalties or interest may be placed as a lien on the real property involved. (Ord. Code § 3635.1) Item No. 12.
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA – AUGUST 5, 2025
SUBJECT: Intent to Schedule a Public Hearing for the 2024/25 Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER)
SOURCE: Community Development
COMMENT: Staff is currently in the process of preparing the City's 2024-2025 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for submittal to U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The CAPER reports on specific federal assistance allocated to the City for the period of July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.
At this time, staff is requesting that the City Council authorize the scheduling of a public hearing at a future meeting in September 2025 to allow for the minimum 15-day public comment period and provide an opportunity for the community to review and comment on the draft CAPER prior to its consideration for adoption. The CAPER is due to HUD by no later than September 28, 2025.
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council authorize the scheduling of a public hearing to take place at a future meeting in September 2025 for consideration of the 2024-2025 Consolidated Annual
Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER).
ATTACHMENTS:
Appropriated/Funded:
Review By:
Department Director:
Claudia Calderon, Community Development Director
Final Approver: Richard Tree, Interim City Manager
Item No. 13.
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA – AUGUST 5, 2025
SUBJECT: Approval of Community Civic Event - Kiwanis of Porterville - Mariachi Fest Market - September 20, 2025
SOURCE: Finance
COMMENT:
The Kiwanis Club of Porterville is requesting approval to hold the Mariachi Fest Market on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at Veterans Park, from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM. This event is being held in celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month and will feature local vendors, musicians, artisans, and traditional dancers. The sponsor is requesting the use of Veterans Park from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM for setup before and cleanup after the event. An outside amplifier permit has been approved from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
This request is made under the Community Civic Events Ordinance No. 1326, as amended. The Application has been routed according to the Ordinance regulations and reviewed by all City departments involved. All requirements and restrictions are listed in the attached Application and Agreement, Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C, and Outside Amplifier Permit.
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council approve the Community Civic Event application submitted by the Kiwanis of Porterville Club to hold the "Mariachi Fest Market" event on September 20, 2025, at Veterans Park, subject to the restrictions and requirements contained in the Application and Agreement, Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C, and Outside Amplifier Permit.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. CCE Application and Agreement, Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C, Outside Amplifier Permit, Map, Certificate of Liability Insurance, and Flyer.
Appropriated/Funded:
Review By:
Item No. 13.
Department Director:
Janie Rodriguez, Finance Director
Final Approver: Richard Tree, Interim City Manager
Item No. 14.
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA – AUGUST 5, 2025
SUBJECT: Approval of Community Civic Event - Porterville Chamber of Commerce - ReDOiTT Block Party - September 27, 2025
SOURCE: Finance
COMMENT: The Porterville Chamber of Commerce is requesting approval to hold the ReDOiTT Block Party on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at downtown Main Street, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM. The event will feature food and vendor booths, live music, and a pet parade. As part of this request, the sponsor is requesting the closure of North Main Street—from East Putnam Avenue to just north of Garden Avenue—as shown on the attached map. The street closure is requested from 3:00 PM to 10:00 PM to allow for event setup and cleanup. An outside amplifier permit has been approved from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
This request has been submitted pursuant to Community Civic Events Ordinance No. 1326, as amended. The application has been routed according to the Ordinance regulations and reviewed by all City departments involved.
The requirements and restrictions are listed on the attached Application and Agreement, Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C, and Outside Amplifier Permit.
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council approve the Community Civic Event application submitted by the Porterville Chamber of Commerce to hold the "ReDOiTT Block Party" event on September 27, 2025, subject to the restrictions and requirements contained in the Application and Agreement, Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C, and Outside Amplifier Permit.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. CCE Application and Agreement, Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C, Outside Amplifier Permit, Map, and Certificate of Liability Insurance
Appropriated/Funded:
Review By:
Item No. 14.
Department Director:
Janie Rodriguez, Finance Director
Final Approver: Richard Tree, Interim City Manager
Item No. 15.
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA – AUGUST 5, 2025
SUBJECT: Authorizing FY 2025–26 State of Good Repair (SGR) Project SOURCE: City Manager's Office
COMMENT: The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, enacted as Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), provides ongoing transportation funding to support the repair of highways, bridges, and local roads, along with improvements to public transit. A portion of this funding, approximately $105 million annually, is distributed through the State of Good Repair (SGR) Program and is administered by the California Department of Transportation, Division of Rail and Mass Transportation (Caltrans).
For Fiscal Year 2025–26, the City of Porterville is eligible to receive $121,481.34 through the SGR Program. These funds are generated from the Transportation Improvement Fee collected with vehicle registrations and are designated for transit maintenance, rehabilitation, and capital projects.
Staff recommends submitting an application to Caltrans to utilize the full FY 2025–26 allocation to support ongoing rehabilitation efforts at the Porterville Transit Center. This year’s funding will specifically be used for improvements including the replacement of the existing clock with a digital message board, lobby upgrades, and kiosk renovations.
To receive these funds, the City must adopt a resolution authorizing a designated agent to act on behalf of the City and submit the required documentation to Caltrans. The draft resolution, the Authorized Agent Form, and the SGR Certifications and Assurances are attached for Council consideration and approval.
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council:
1. Adopt the attached resolution authorizing the Director of Transportation to execute, for and on behalf of the City, any actions necessary to obtain SB1 State Transit Assistance State of Good Repair funds provided by the California Department of Transportation, Division of Rail and Mass Transportation, for transit infrastructure repair and service improvements, Item No. 15.
continually until the end of the State of Good Repair program; and
2. Authorize the Mayor to execute the attached Authorized Agent Form and approve the attached SGR Certifications and Assurances required under the program.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Draft Resolution
2. Authorized Agent Form
3. SGR Certifications and Assurances
Appropriated/Funded:
Review By:
Department Director:
Richard Tree, Interim City Manager
Final Approver: Richard Tree, Interim City Manager
RESOLUTION NO. _____-2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTERVILLE AUTHORIZING THE
DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION TO EXECUTE ANY ACTIONS NECESSARY FOR THE PURPOSE
OF OBTAINING STATE TRANSIT ASSISTANCE STATE OF GOOD REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENTS,
AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE REQUIRED AGENCY AUTHORIZATION FORM APPROVING THE PROJECT LIST FOR FY 2025-26
FOR THE CALIFORNIA STATE OF GOOD REPAIR PROGRAM
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1 (SB1), the Road Repair and Accountability Act 2017, establishing the State of Good Repair (SGR) program to fund eligible transit maintenance, rehabilitation and capital project activities that maintain the public transit system in a state of good repair; and WHEREAS, the City of Porterville is an eligible project sponsor and may receive and distribute State Transit Assistance – State of Good Repair funds to eligible project sponsors (local agencies) for eligible transit capital projects;
WHEREAS, the City of Porterville distributes SGR funds to eligible project sponsors (local agencies) under its regional jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, the City of Porterville concurs with and approves the attached project list for the State of Good Repair Program funds; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Porterville City Council as follows:
1. That the SB1 State of Good Repair Project List for FY 2025-2026 is hereby approved.
2. That the fund recipient agrees to comply with all conditions and requirements set forth in the Certification and Assurances document and applicable statutes, regulations and guidelines for all SGR funded transit capital projects.
3. That Transportation Director is hereby authorized to submit a request for Scheduled Allocation of the SB1 State of Good Repair funds and to execute the related grant applications, forms and agreements.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 5th day of August, 2025. ________________________________
Greg Meister, Mayor
ATTEST:
Richard Tree, Interim City Clerk
BY: _____________________________________
Fernando Gabriel-Moraga,
Chief Deputy City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA • DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Division of Rail and Mass Transportation
State Transit Assistance State of Good Repair Program
Authorized Agent Form
Authorized Agent
The following individual(s) are hereby authorized to execute for and on behalf of the named Regional Entity/Transit Operator, and to take any actions necessary for the purpose of obtaining State Transit Assistance State of Good Repair funds provided by the California Department of Transportation, Division of Rail and Mass Transportation. This form is valid at the beginning of Fiscal Year 2017-2018 until the end of the State of Good Repair Program. If there is a change in the authorized agent, the project sponsor must submit a new form. This form is required even when the authorized agent is the executive authority himself. __________________________________________________________________ OR (Name and Title of Authorized Agent)
__________________________________________________________________ OR (Name and Title of Authorized Agent)
__________________________________________________________________ . (Name and Title of Authorized Agent)
AS THE __________________________________________________ (Chief Executive Officer / Director / President / Secretary) OF THE __________________________________________________ (Name of County/City Organization) ______________________________________________________________ _________________________________________ (Print Name) (Title)
__________________________________________
(Signature)
Approved this ______________day of _________________, 20_____ FY 22-23 SB 1 STA State of Good Repair
City of Porterville
State Transit Assistance State of Good Repair Program
Recipient Certifications and Assurances
Recipient: City of Porterville
Effective Date: July 1, 2025
In order to receive State of Good Repair Program (SGR) funds from the California Department of Transportation (Department), recipients must agree to following terms and conditions:
A. General
(1) The recipient agrees to abide by the State of Good Repair Guidelines as may be updated from time to time.
(2) The potential recipient must submit to the Department a State of Good Repair Program Project List annually, listing all projects proposed to be funded by the SGR program. The project list should include the estimated SGR share assigned to each project along with the total estimated cost of each project. (3) The recipient must submit a signed Authorized Agent form designating the representative who can submit documents on behalf of the recipient and a copy of the board resolution authorizing the agent.
B. Project Administration
(1) The recipient certifies that required environmental documentation will be completed prior to expending SGR funds. The recipient assures that each project approved for SGR funding comply with Public Resources Code § 21100 and § 21150. (2) The recipient certifies that SGR funds will be used for transit purposes and SGR funded projects will be completed and remain in operation for the estimated useful lives of the assets or improvements.
(3) The recipient certifies that it has the legal, financial, and technical capacity to deliver the projects, including the safety and security aspects of each project.
City of Porterville
(4) The recipient certifies that there is no pending litigation, dispute, or negative audit findings related to any SGR project at the time an SGR project is submitted in the annual list.
(5) Recipient agrees to notify the Department immediately if litigation is filed or disputes arise after submission of the annual project list and to notify the Department of any negative audit findings related to any project using SGR funds. (6) The recipient must maintain satisfactory continuing control over the use of project equipment and/or facilities and will adequately maintain project equipment and/or facilities for the estimated useful life of each project. (7) Any and all interest the recipient earns on SGR funds must be reported to the Department and may only be used on approved SGR projects or returned to the Department.
(8) The recipient must notify the Department of any proposed changes to an approved project list by submitting an amended project list.
(9) Funds will be expended in a timely manner.
C. Reporting
(1) Per Public Utilities Code § 99312.1 (e) and (f), the recipient must submit the following SGR reports:
a. Annual Expenditure Reports within six months of the close of the fiscal year (by December 31st) of each year.
b. The annual audit required under the Transportation Development Act (TDA), to verify receipt and appropriate expenditure of SGR funds. A copy of the audit report must be submitted to the Department within six months of the close of each fiscal year in which SGR funds have been received or expended.
D. Cost Principles
(1) The recipient agrees to comply with Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments.
(2) The recipient agrees, and will assure that its contractors and subcontractors will be obligated to agree, that (a) Contract Cost Principles and Procedures, 48 CFR, Federal Acquisition Regulations System, Chapter 1, Part 31, et seq., shall be used to determine the allowability of individual project cost items and (b) those parties shall City of Porterville
comply with Federal administrative procedures in accordance with 2 CFR, Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments.
(3) Any project cost for which the recipient has received payment that are determined by subsequent audit to be unallowable under 2 CFR, Part 200, are subject to repayment by the recipient to the State of California (State). Should the recipient fail to reimburse moneys due to the State within thirty (30) days of demand, or within such other period as may be agreed in writing between the Parties hereto, the State is authorized to intercept and withhold future payments due the recipient from the State or any third-party source, including but not limited to, the State Treasurer and the State Controller.
E. Record Retention
(1) The recipient agrees and will assure that its contractors and subcontractors shall establish and maintain an accounting system and records that properly accumulate and segregate incurred project costs and matching funds by line item for the project.
The accounting system of the recipient, its contractors and all subcontractors shall conform to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), enable the determination of incurred costs at interim points of completion, and provide support for reimbursement payment vouchers or invoices. All accounting records and other supporting papers of the recipient, its contractors and subcontractors connected with SGR funding shall be maintained for a minimum of three (3) years from the date of final payment and shall be held open to inspection, copying, and audit by representatives of the State and the California State Auditor. Copies thereof will be furnished by the recipient, its contractors, and subcontractors upon receipt of any request made by the State or its agents. In conducting an audit of the costs claimed, the State will rely to the maximum extent possible on any prior audit of the recipient pursuant to the provisions of federal and State law. In the absence of such an audit, any acceptable audit work performed by the recipient’s external and internal auditors may be relied upon and used by the State when planning and conducting additional audits.
(2) For the purpose of determining compliance with Title 21, California Code of Regulations, Section 2500 et seq., when applicable, and other matters connected with the performance of the recipient’s contracts with third parties pursuant to Government Code § 8546.7, the recipient, its contractors and subcontractors and the Department shall each maintain and make available for inspection all books, documents, papers, accounting records, and other evidence pertaining to the performance of such contracts, including, but not limited to, the costs of administering those various contracts. All of the above referenced parties shall make such materials available at their respective offices at all reasonable times during the entire project period and for three (3) years from the date of final payment. The State, the California State Auditor, or any duly authorized representative of the State, shall each have access to any books, records, and documents that are pertinent to a City of Porterville
project for audits, examinations, excerpts, and transactions, and the recipient shall furnish copies thereof if requested.
(3) The recipient, its contractors and subcontractors will permit access to all records of employment, employment advertisements, employment application forms, and other pertinent data and records by the State Fair Employment Practices and Housing Commission, or any other agency of the State of California designated by the State, for the purpose of any investigation to ascertain compliance with this document.
F. Special Situations
(1) Recipient acknowledges that if a project list is not submitted timely, the recipient forfeits its apportionment for that fiscal year.
(2) Recipients with delinquent expenditure reports may risk future eligibility for future SGR funding.
(3) Recipient acknowledges that the Department shall have the right to perform an audit and/or request detailed project information of the recipient’s SGR funded projects at the Department’s discretion from SGR award through 3 years after the completion and final billing of any SGR funded project. Recipient agrees to provide any requested project information.
I certify all of these conditions will be met.
City of Porterville
BY:
Richard I. Tree
Interim City Manager
City of Porterville
ATTACHMENT I
(INSERT Agency Board Resolution approving this document) Item No. 16.
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA – AUGUST 5, 2025
SUBJECT: Quarterly Investment Portfolio
SOURCE: Finance
COMMENT: This report reflects the investment portfolio of the City as of June 30, 2025, and is in compliance with California Government Code Section 27000, etc., Section 53600, etc. and the City of Porterville's Statement of Investment Policy. Investments are selected based on the statutory objectives of safety, liquidity and yield.
Items identified in the summary include portfolio composition, weighted average rate of earnings, weighted average days to maturity, and the percentage of liquid holdings.
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council accept the quarterly investment portfolio summary report.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Investment Portfolio Summary - June 30, 2025 Appropriated/Funded:
Review By:
Department Director:
Janie Rodriguez, Finance Director
Final Approver: Richard Tree, Interim City Manager
CITY OF PORTERVILLE
PORTFOLIO SUMMARY AS OF JUNE 30, 2025
INVESTMENT COUPON
OR CUSIP PURCHASE MARKET INTEREST PURCHASE MATURITY DAYS TO
NUMBER INSTITUTION PRICE VALUE RATE DATE DATE MATURITY
1006 LOCAL AGENCY INVESTMENT FUND $ 9,736,354 $ 9,748,021 4.400% DAILY DAILY 1 1104 CSJVRMA INVESTMENT FUND 7,698,706 7,896,438 3.150% DAILY DAILY 30 866 TULARE COUNTY INVESTMENT POOL 10,538,916 10,538,916 3.850% DAILY DAILY 30 CA-01-0026 CALIFORNIA CLASS 7,062,030 7,062,030 4.383% DAILY DAILY 1 CORNERSTONE MAIN PARTNERS, L.P. 2,778,511 2,778,511 2.400% 12/12/2018 11/30/2038 4,901 3134GXF66 FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORP 1,000,000 999,570 4.000% 8/1/2022 8/1/2025 32 3135GACV1 FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOC 1,000,000 999,010 4.000% 8/30/2022 8/28/2025 59 3130AQJJ3 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 987,370 1.250% 1/26/2022 1/26/2026 210 3130AKXB7 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 2,000,000 1,955,440 0.580% 3/18/2021 2/11/2026 226 3130ALGJ7 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 975,000 952,673 1.000% 3/23/2021 3/23/2026 266 3133EMUK6 FEDERAL FARM CREDIT BANKS 1,000,000 977,680 1.050% 3/25/2021 3/25/2026 268 3130ALS62 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS, STEPUP 1,000,000 982,400 1.500% 3/30/2021 3/30/2026 273 3130AM3R1 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 974,370 1.000% 4/29/2021 4/29/2026 303 3134GXXF6 FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORP 1,000,000 994,630 3.500% 6/28/2022 6/26/2026 361 3130ASD71 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 991,970 3.200% 6/29/2022 6/29/2026 364 3130ANM64 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 965,680 1.000% 8/26/2021 8/26/2026 422 3130ANUN8 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 2,000,000 1,928,540 1.040% 9/21/2021 9/21/2026 448 3130ANUX6 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 964,520 1.100% 9/28/2021 9/28/2026 455 3130APCH6 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 965,300 1.125% 9/29/2021 9/29/2026 456 3130APDK8 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 964,870 1.100% 9/30/2021 9/30/2026 457 3130B2VY8 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 997,070 4.270% 9/25/2024 10/1/2026 458 3130APCX1 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 964,580 1.250% 10/26/2021 10/26/2026 483 3130APDQ5 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 964,470 1.250% 10/28/2021 10/28/2026 485 3130APG82 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 977,430 0.850% 11/2/2021 10/28/2026 485 3130APTJ4 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 962,670 1.250% 11/24/2021 11/24/2026 512 3130APU37 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 963,350 1.300% 11/24/2021 11/24/2026 512 3130AQ7F4 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,500,000 1,448,265 1.600% 12/30/2021 12/30/2026 548 3130AQ5Q2 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 2,000,000 1,928,140 1.500% 12/30/2021 12/30/2026 548 3130B4NC1 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,010,000 1,008,808 4.650% 1/30/2025 1/22/2027 571 3133ENNG1 FEDERAL FARM CREDIT BANKS 2,000,000 1,937,180 1.860% 2/8/2022 2/8/2027 588 3130AQRH8 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 968,800 2.000% 2/25/2022 2/25/2027 605 3130ARA76 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 2,000,000 1,943,400 2.250% 3/30/2022 3/30/2027 638 3130ARU74 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 988,330 3.375% 5/17/2022 5/17/2027 686 3130ARUX7 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 991,940 3.750% 5/19/2022 5/19/2027 688 3130ASD63 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 989,650 3.250% 6/28/2022 6/28/2027 728 3130ASFQ7 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 994,270 4.000% 6/29/2022 6/29/2027 729 3130ASPE3 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 998,660 4.300% 7/28/2022 7/28/2027 758 3133ENL32 FEDERAL FARM CREDIT BANKS 1,000,000 998,240 4.230% 9/8/2022 9/8/2027 800 3133ERSM4 FEDERAL FARM CREDIT BANKS 1,000,000 999,280 4.330% 9/10/2024 9/10/2027 802 3130B2WF8 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 998,080 4.650% 9/27/2024 9/16/2027 808 3133ETAS6 FEDERAL FARM CREDIT BANKS 2,275,000 2,261,942 4.520% 3/24/2025 9/24/2027 816 3134HAPM9 FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORP 1,000,000 990,870 3.600% 9/30/2024 9/30/2027 822 3133ERXY2 FEDERAL FARM CREDIT BANKS 1,000,000 997,290 4.000% 10/21/2024 10/21/2027 843 3130B3ZD8 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 998,120 4.750% 12/5/2024 6/9/2028 1,075 3133ER6V8 FEDERAL FARM CREDIT BANKS 1,000,000 999,760 4.580% 4/1/2025 3/13/2028 987 3134HAGR8 FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORP 500,000 497,810 4.000% 8/28/2024 8/28/2028 1,155 3130B6L38 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 999,610 4.600% 5/27/2025 5/24/2028 1,059 3130B2WE1 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 997,590 4.750% 9/27/2024 9/18/2028 1,176 3133ERXC0 FEDERAL FARM CREDIT BANKS 3,000,000 2,997,450 4.625% 10/10/2024 10/10/2028 1,198 3133ER4X6 FEDERAL FARM CREDIT BANKS 1,000,000 1,000,060 4.890% 4/25/2025 2/27/2029 1,338 3133ETFB8 FEDERAL FARM CREDIT BANKS 1,000,000 998,850 4.750% 5/27/2025 4/30/2029 1,400 3130B3YZ0 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 1,000,040 4.750% 12/5/2024 12/10/2029 1,624 3130B64Q6 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 999,850 5.050% 4/25/2025 5/2/2030 1,767 3130B6GP5 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS 1,000,000 999,050 4.625% 5/27/2025 5/14/2030 1,779 17298CK64 CITIGROUP INC 1,000,000 994,330 1.000% 8/28/2020 8/28/2025 59 06748XQR5 BARCLAYS BANK 1,000,000 996,580 4.500% 9/12/2022 3/12/2026 255 89114TK84 TORONTO DOMINION BANK 2,000,000 1,942,100 1.050% 6/16/2021 3/16/2026 259 06368EWM0 BANK OF MONTREAL 2,000,000 1,946,080 1.220% 3/17/2021 3/17/2026 260 06048WV56 BANK OF AMERICA 1,000,000 994,940 4.000% 5/5/2022 5/5/2026 309 17290A3E8 CITIGROUP INC 1,000,000 964,940 1.250% 7/1/2021 7/1/2026 366 38150AHV0 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 1,000,000 960,440 1.400% 9/30/2021 9/30/2026 457 48135NNN2 JP MORGAN CHASE FINL CO 2,000,000 2,000,640 5.100% 7/31/2024 7/30/2027 760 06055JGS2 BOFA 1,000,000 1,000,790 4.750% 10/31/2024 11/1/2027 854 61766YMT5 MORGAN STANLEY FIN 1,000,000 996,280 5.150% 1/20/2023 1/20/2028 934 25161FUC0 DEUTSCHE BANK 1,000,000 1,000,780 5.150% 2/13/2024 2/13/2029 1,324
INVESTMENT COUPON
OR CUSIP PURCHASE MARKET INTEREST PURCHASE MATURITY DAYS TO
NUMBER INSTITUTION PRICE VALUE RATE DATE DATE MATURITY
63305MER8 NATIONAL BANK 1,000,000 1,001,260 5.000% 4/9/2025 4/9/2029 1,379 91159XAM7 U S BANCORP 1,000,000 1,002,140 5.050% 11/5/2024 11/5/2029 1,589 78014RA91 ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 1,000,000 1,003,250 5.000% 4/30/2025 4/30/2030 1,765 32022RRW9 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 250,000 249,770 3.050% 7/25/2022 7/25/2025 25 06740KQZ3 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 250,000 249,788 3.300% 7/27/2022 7/28/2025 28 20825WAZ3 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 248,711 3.400% 8/15/2022 8/15/2025 46 795451CD3 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 240,000 239,611 3.350% 8/24/2022 8/25/2025 56 33847GJU7 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 243,000 243,411 5.200% 9/11/2024 9/11/2025 73 06168LAB4 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 244,000 243,824 4.150% 10/12/2022 10/14/2025 106 693963AB6 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 248,873 4.200% 10/14/2022 10/14/2025 106 178180GQ2 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 244,000 244,434 4.850% 11/9/2022 11/10/2025 133 05580AM92 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 248,000 245,312 2.750% 4/22/2022 4/22/2026 296 60425SKA6 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,640 4.400% 4/24/2023 4/24/2026 298 86158RBA6 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 250,633 4.700% 6/30/2023 6/30/2026 365 02007GWJ8 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 246,000 243,761 3.150% 7/21/2022 7/21/2026 386 682325DH5 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 250,000 252,422 4.800% 4/6/2023 10/6/2026 463 65504UAF4 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 248,000 248,072 4.500% 10/25/2024 11/9/2026 497 87165FE42 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 239,374 1.100% 11/12/2021 11/12/2026 500 07181JAU8 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 252,391 5.000% 11/22/2022 11/23/2026 511 14042TEH6 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 239,423 1.250% 12/8/2021 12/8/2026 526 89235MMH1 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 239,409 1.250% 12/9/2021 12/9/2026 527 052392CH8 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 248,000 251,343 4.950% 12/16/2022 12/16/2026 534 25844MAN8 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 247,000 248,465 4.400% 1/18/2023 1/19/2027 568 856285F63 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 246,000 237,798 1.800% 1/31/2022 2/1/2027 581 70962LBE1 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 239,991 1.700% 2/18/2022 2/18/2027 598 011852AD2 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 248,000 250,877 4.700% 3/8/2027 3/8/2027 616 02589ABQ4 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 245,000 237,020 2.000% 3/9/2022 3/9/2027 617 39573LDA3 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 245,000 237,388 2.100% 3/15/2022 3/15/2027 623 58404DNW7 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 248,000 242,842 2.800% 4/29/2022 4/29/2027 668 254673D94 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 246,000 242,472 3.200% 5/18/2022 5/19/2027 688 07371C6Y0 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 246,000 241,523 3.000% 6/15/2022 6/9/2027 709 38150VCG2 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 246,000 241,454 3.000% 6/15/2022 6/15/2027 715 50625LBN2 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 245,616 3.250% 6/15/2022 6/15/2027 715 472312AA5 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 252,484 4.700% 6/29/2023 6/29/2027 729 88413QDN5 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 245,000 241,614 3.300% 8/19/2022 8/19/2027 780 89789AAG2 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 248,000 251,767 4.700% 3/10/2023 9/10/2027 802 32022RSY4 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 245,975 3.400% 9/14/2022 9/14/2027 806 52470QBV5 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 246,468 3.500% 9/23/2022 9/23/2027 815 530520AB1 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 251,502 4.400% 1/17/2023 1/17/2028 931 30191MAJ6 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 250,987 4.300% 3/27/2024 3/27/2028 1,001 61776NPG2 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 250,000 250,940 4.150% 3/26/2025 3/27/2028 1,001 32082BGK9 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 250,000 250,023 4.000% 4/9/2025 4/10/2028 1,015 61690U4M9 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 250,000 252,568 4.400% 4/20/2023 4/20/2028 1,025 00224TAP1 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 252,690 4.550% 4/28/2023 4/28/2028 1,033 67054NBJ1 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 253,833 4.700% 5/30/2023 5/30/2028 1,065 29669XAT5 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 248,000 255,400 5.000% 9/20/2023 9/20/2028 1,178 00782JAC6 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 248,000 255,435 5.000% 9/27/2023 9/27/2028 1,185 23204HQW1 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 250,000 251,785 4.250% 2/26/2025 2/26/2029 1,337 1204 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 4.000% 4/24/2025 4/24/2030 1,759 1282 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 250,000 250,000 4.040% 6/21/2025 6/21/2030 1,817 1285 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 250,000 250,000 3.900% 4/29/2023 4/29/2028 1,034 1286 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 250,000 250,000 310.000% 6/25/2025 6/25/2027 725 1309 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 1.800% 2/14/2022 2/14/2027 594 1311 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 250,000 250,000 3.200% 6/23/2022 6/23/2027 723 1317 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 4.500% 12/13/2022 12/13/2027 896 1324 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 4.250% 1/11/2024 1/11/2029 1,291 1328 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 4.365% 3/25/2024 3/25/2029 1,364 1332 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 4.160% 6/12/2024 6/12/2027 712 1334 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 250,000 250,000 5.000% 7/31/2024 7/31/2029 1,492 1336 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 3.750% 9/17/2024 9/17/2029 1,540 1339 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 275,607 275,607 3.300% 12/27/2024 12/27/2029 1,641 1340 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 3.450% 12/4/2024 12/4/2029 1,618 1341 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 3.200% 1/8/2025 1/8/2030 1,653 1343 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 3.200% 1/23/2025 1/23/2028 937 1345 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 265,081 265,081 3.150% 6/9/2022 6/9/2027 709 1346 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 3.250% 6/21/2022 6/21/2027 721 1347 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 3.320% 7/21/2022 7/21/2027 751 1348 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 3.200% 7/20/2022 7/20/2027 750 1349 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 3.100% 8/30/2022 3/1/2026 244 1350 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 3.800% 10/28/2022 10/28/2025 120
INVESTMENT COUPON
OR CUSIP PURCHASE MARKET INTEREST PURCHASE MATURITY DAYS TO
NUMBER INSTITUTION PRICE VALUE RATE DATE DATE MATURITY
1351 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 3.250% 11/30/2024 11/30/2026 518 1352 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 4.450% 11/28/2024 11/28/2025 151 1353 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 5.150% 12/12/2022 12/12/2027 895 1354 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 4.000% 12/22/2022 12/22/2025 175 1355 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 4.010% 2/2/2025 2/2/2026 217 1356 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 4.700% 4/3/2023 4/3/2026 277 1357 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 4.200% 4/12/2023 4/12/2028 1,017 1358 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 4.140% 4/25/2023 4/25/2027 664 1359 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 4.020% 6/24/2025 6/24/2027 724 1360 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 4.400% 6/2/2023 6/1/2028 1,067 1362 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 4.750% 2/13/2024 2/13/2029 1,324 1363 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 4.000% 3/1/2024 3/1/2028 975 1364 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 4.450% 5/8/2024 5/8/2029 1,408 1365 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 4.300% 6/14/2024 6/14/2028 1,080 1366 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 4.170% 7/9/2024 7/9/2027 739 1367 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 3.780% 9/27/2024 9/27/2029 1,550 1368 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 3.440% 1/23/2025 1/23/2030 1,668 1369 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT 249,000 249,000 3.910% 4/23/2025 4/23/2030 1,758 TOTALS $ 133,232,205 $ 132,310,200
WEIGHTED
WEIGHTED AVERAGE RATE OF EARNINGS % OF LIQUID AVERAGE
ONE YEAR HISTORY CURRENT PORTFOLIO DAYS TO
6/30/2024 9/30/2024 12/31/2024 3/31/2025 6/30/2025 HOLDINGS MATURITY
3.475% 3.328% 3.353% 3.347% 3.944% 26.297% 618
WEIGHTED AVERAGE RATE OF EARNINGS
FIVE YEAR HISTORY CURRENT
6/30/2021 6/30/2022 6/30/2023 6/30/2024 6/30/2025
1.172% 1.588% 3.187% 3.475% 3.944%
Comments:
Portfolio holdings as of June 30, 2025, are in compliance with the current Investment Policy. With 26.242% of the portfolio being held in liquid instruments, the cash needs of the City will be met. The next portfolio report will be calculated for the third calendar quarter ending September 30, 2025, and will be presented during the November 4, 2025 Council meeting.
1.172%
1.588%
3.187%
3.475%
3.944%
0.000%
0.500%
1.000%
1.500%
2.000%
2.500%
3.000%
3.500%
4.000%
4.500%
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Weighted Average Rate of Earnings
Five-Year Trend
Item No. 17.
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA – AUGUST 5, 2025
SUBJECT: Financial Status Reports
SOURCE: Finance
COMMENT: The City Charter requires financial reports to be provided to the City Council on a monthly basis. Council Minute Order No. 10-011607 approved the recommended change in the submittal of the interim financial status reports and established the requirements and parameters in the presentation of the reports. In accordance with Council Minute Order No. 10-011607, the financial status reports for the quarter ending June 30, 2025, are submitted.
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council accept the Financial Status Reports as presented.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Quarterly Financial Status Reports - June 30, 2025
2. Five-Year Trends
Appropriated/Funded:
Review By:
Department Director:
Janie Rodriguez, Finance Director
Final Approver: Richard Tree, Interim City Manager
2024-2025 2024-2025 2023-2024 2023-2024
ESTIMATED YEAR-TO-DATE % OF ESTIMATED YEAR-TO-DATE % OF
REVENUE SOURCE REVENUE REVENUE ESTIMATE REVENUE REVENUE ESTIMATE PROPERTY TAXES $ 9,395,000 $ 9,932,449 105.72% $ 8,970,000 $ 9,489,633 105.79% OTHER TAXES:
SALES AND USE TAX 8,301,435 8,285,393 99.81% 8,390,000 7,969,141 94.98% UTILITY USERS TAX 5,250,000 5,702,410 108.62% 5,700,000 5,279,475 92.62% TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX 800,000 702,068 87.76% 785,000 755,093 96.19% PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX 100,000 103,509 103.51% 100,000 104,765 104.77% FRANCHISE TAX 1,861,134 1,785,456 95.93% 1,841,134 1,857,181 100.87% SALES TAX - PUBLIC SAFETY 400,000 394,773 98.69% 400,000 399,117 99.78% PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES 676,084 676,084 100.00% 676,084 651,069 96.30% LICENSES AND PERMITS:
BUSINESS AND OTHER LICENSES 1,071,000 1,152,907 107.65% 1,055,000 963,569 91.33% CONSTRUCTION PERMITS 665,000 1,046,257 157.33% 655,000 615,373 93.95% REVENUE FROM AGENCIES-TAXES:
VEHICLE LICENSE FEES 77,000 99,229 128.87% 65,000 77,388 119.06% OTHER TAXES 21,000 20,720 98.67% 21,000 20,860 99.33%
REVENUE FROM AGENCIES-GRANTS 14,796,307 1,802,266 12.18% 13,657,483 494,128 3.62% USE OF MONEY AND PROPERTY 850,065 1,410,285 165.90% 622,920 1,224,110 196.51% FINES AND FORFEITURES 22,000 17,095 77.71% 24,500 18,290 74.65% CHARGES FOR SERVICES:
PLANNING AND ENGINEERING 122,000 163,982 134.41% 123,000 106,635 86.69% POLICE 578,500 404,823 69.98% 505,000 630,093 124.77%
FIRE 117,000 219,557 187.66% 66,500 207,743 312.40%
LIBRARY 18,000 15,943 88.57% 12,000 18,286 152.38%
RECREATIONAL 317,900 344,912 108.50% 300,521 458,257 152.49% INTERDEPARTMENTAL 2,800,000 3,209,415 114.62% 2,500,000 2,900,406 116.02% OTHER 79,454 102,360 128.83% 77,454 80,130 103.46%
OTHER REVENUES 164,000 323,059 196.99% 153,000 493,840 322.77% SUBTOTALS $ 48,482,879 $ 37,914,950 78.20% $ 46,700,596 $ 34,814,585 74.55% OPERATING TRANSFERS 1,424,948 1,413,424 99.19% 1,404,053 1,420,216 101.15% DEBT SERVICE TRANSFERS 195,500 248,655 127.19% 195,300 185,075 94.76% TOTALS $ 50,103,327 $ 39,577,029 78.99% $ 48,299,949 $ 36,419,875 75.40%
PRELIMINARY
CITY OF PORTERVILLE
REVENUE STATUS REPORT - GENERAL FUND
FOR THE PERIODS ENDED
JUNE 30, 2025 AND JUNE 30, 2024
$-
$2,000,000
$4,000,000
$6,000,000
$8,000,000
$10,000,000
$12,000,000
PROPERTY TAXES SALES & USE TAX UTILITY USERS TAXLICENSES AND
PERMITS OTHER TAXES OTHER REVENUES OPERATINGTRANSFERS CHARGES FORSERVICES City of Porterville
General Fund Revenues
Periods Ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024
24-25 23-24 PROPERTY TAXES 25%
SALES & USE TAX
22%
UTILITY USERS TAX
14%
LICENSES AND PERMITS 6%
OTHER TAXES 8%
OTHER REVENUES 9%
OPERATING TRANSFERS 5%
CHARGES FOR SERVICES 11%
City of Porterville
General Fund Revenues
Period Ended June 30, 2025
2024-2025 2024-2025 2023-2024 2023-2024
AMENDED YEAR-TO-DATE % OF AMENDED YEAR-TO-DATE % OF
APPROP EXPEND APPROP APPROP EXPEND APPROP
LEGISLATIVE:
CITY COUNCIL $ 264,700 $ 163,315 61.7% $ 288,950 $ 177,858 61.6% COMMUNITY PROMOTION 385,202 285,209 74.0% 344,333 276,020 80.2% EMERGENCY - LIBRARY 208,900 198,845 95.2% 633,283 267,394 42.2% EMERGENCY - STORMS 311,000 358,024 115.1% 135,700 315,160 232.2% ADMINISTRATIVE & LEGAL:
CITY MANAGER 634,447 489,171 77.1% 487,770 517,631 106.1% CITY CLERK 372,377 345,398 92.8% 328,130 347,396 105.9% HUMAN RESOURCES 588,147 495,592 84.3% 458,284 513,027 111.9% CITY ATTORNEY 200,000 134,815 67.4% 200,000 123,460 61.7% FINANCE:
FINANCE & ACCOUNTING 1,500,148 1,169,881 78.0% 1,340,386 1,255,230 93.6% INFORMATION SERVICES 737,576 597,365 81.0% 678,928 559,078 82.3% ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 378,608 314,983 83.2% 376,694 327,609 87.0% POLICE PROTECTION 12,721,613 12,308,125 96.7% 12,166,426 11,857,149 97.5% FIRE PROTECTION 5,826,797 5,634,918 96.7% 5,035,134 5,182,893 102.9% COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:
PLANNING & ZONING 893,020 760,399 85.1% 808,063 662,951 82.0% ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 538,550 492,913 91.5% 528,208 428,544 81.1% PUBLIC WORKS:
ENGINEERING & BUILDING 2,089,961 1,965,157 94.0% 1,985,770 2,214,701 111.5% STREET MAINTENANCE 681,093 622,689 91.4% 665,102 632,401 95.1% SIGNALS, SIGNING & STRIPING 417,045 391,843 94.0% 391,661 351,082 89.6% STREET LIGHTING 663,055 738,874 111.4% 637,951 707,692 110.9% STORM DRAINS - - - 95,474 43,060 45.1%
PARKING LOTS 88,955 86,611 97.4% 86,951 84,094 96.7%
PARKS & LEISURE:
PARK MAINTENANCE & OPERATION 2,899,133 2,815,937 97.1% 2,789,869 2,797,776 100.3% STREET TREES & PARKWAYS 261,903 316,795 121.0% 304,479 254,147 83.5%
COMMUNITY CENTERS - - - - - -
LEISURE SERVICES 447,120 383,704 85.8% 440,937 398,192 90.3% LEISURE SERVICES - SPECIAL PROG 468,168 455,522 97.3% 449,336 566,533 126.1% SWIMMING POOL 264,132 254,674 96.4% 258,832 259,170 100.1% LIBRARY OPERATIONS 877,962 644,348 73.4% 873,445 682,252 78.1% HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS 304,664 287,649 94.4% - 148 -
SPECIAL PROJECTS 55,570 64,630 116.3% 37,955 46,314 122.0%
SUB TOTALS 35,079,846 32,777,383 93.4% 32,828,051 31,848,961 97.0% OPERATING TRANSFERS 200,000 79,000 39.5% 79,000 79,000 100.0% DEBT SERVICE 1,629,657 1,626,007 99.8% 1,626,622 1,624,857 99.9%
$ 36,909,503 $ 34,482,390 93.4% $ 34,533,673 $ 33,552,818 97.2%
PRELIMINARY
CITY OF PORTERVILLE
EXPENDITURE STATUS REPORT - GENERAL FUND
FOR THE PERIODS ENDED
JUNE 30, 2025 AND JUNE 30, 2024
#DIV/0! #DIV/0!
$-
$2,000,000
$4,000,000
$6,000,000
$8,000,000
$10,000,000
$12,000,000
$14,000,000
LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE & LEGAL FINANCE FIRE PARKS & LEISURE POLICE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC WORKS OPERATING
TRANSFERS DEBT SERVICE
City of Porterville
General Fund Expenditures
Periods Ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024
24-25 23-24
LEGISLATIVE 3%
ADMINISTRATIVE & LEGAL 4%
FINANCE 6%
FIRE 17%
PARKS & LEISURE 16%
POLICE 38%
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 4%
PUBLIC WORKS 12%
OPERATING TRANSFERS 0%
City of Porterville
General Fund Expenditures
Period Ended June 30, 2025
CITY OF PORTERVILLE
REVENUE STATUS REPORT - ALL OTHER FUNDS
FOR THE PERIODS ENDED
JUNE 30, 2025 AND JUNE 30, 2024
2024-2025 2024-2025 2023-2024 2023-2024
ESTIMATED YEAR-TO-DATE % OF ESTIMATED YEAR-TO-DATE % OF
REVENUE SOURCE REVENUE REVENUE ESTIMATE REVENUE REVENUE ESTIMATE MEASURE H SALES TAX $ 5,625,683 $ 5,713,466 101.6% $ 5,485,500 $ 5,810,855 105.9% MEASURE I SALES TAX 11,387,913 11,357,106 99.7% 10,974,000 11,906,496 108.5% AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT 8,457,167 1,343,644 15.9% 8,308,913 3,534,215 42.5% SPECIAL GAS TAX 5,298,534 3,993,145 75.4% 4,704,338 4,311,464 91.6% LOCAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDS (LTF) 49,641,951 2,594,615 5.2% 27,290,500 2,313,528 8.5% TRAFFIC SAFETY FUND 80,800 55,617 68.8% 101,000 80,170 79.4% ZALUD ESTATE 6,600 4,602 69.7% 6,800 4,495 66.1%
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 3,559,140 1,494,352 42.0% 3,170,500 1,256,044 39.6% TRANSIT 12,538,184 4,878,810 38.9% - - -
SPECIAL SAFETY GRANTS 906,138 932,470 102.9% 906,071 722,485 79.7% SEWER OPERATING 8,447,800 12,391,978 146.7% 7,444,900 8,982,320 120.7% REFUSE REMOVAL 9,296,448 11,189,648 120.4% 6,991,600 9,332,728 133.5% AIRPORT OPERATIONS 1,747,174 3,243,991 185.7% 1,708,810 2,166,550 126.8% GOLF COURSE 295,600 241,326 81.6% 250,600 335,597 133.9% WATER OPERATING 13,539,500 13,503,299 99.7% 13,645,000 12,736,704 93.3% RISK MANAGEMENT 9,450,200 9,282,081 98.2% 9,159,250 9,191,118 100.3% EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE 4,765,000 5,315,260 111.5% 4,739,200 4,930,167 104.0% LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT 186,000 175,725 94.5% 177,000 175,670 99.2% WATER REPLACEMENT 4,245,000 1,435,152 33.8% 4,012,000 1,461,564 36.4% SOLID WASTE RESERVE 985,000 1,374,276 139.5% 961,168 1,085,145 112.9% SEWER REVOLVING 584,000 592,461 101.4% 433,000 587,917 135.8% TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT 170,000 376,332 221.4% 210,000 330,882 157.6% PARK DEVELOPMENT 50,100 116,883 233.3% 50,100 36,668 73.2% TREATMENT PLANT RESERVE 980,000 1,397,378 142.6% 1,010,870 1,093,189 108.1% STORM DRAIN DEVELOPMENT 240,000 348,686 145.3% 230,000 321,607 139.8% BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 2,500 4,953 198.1% 2,000 5,477 273.8%
TOTALS $ 152,486,432 $ 93,357,257 61.2% $ 111,973,120 $ 82,713,055 73.9%
PRELIMINARY
$-
$10,000,000
$20,000,000
$30,000,000
$40,000,000
$50,000,000
$60,000,000
INTERNAL SERVICE SPECIAL REVENUE ENTERPRISE IMPROVEMENT GENERAL City of Porterville
Revenue by Fund Type
Periods Ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024
24-25 23-24
INTERNAL SERVICE 11%
SPECIAL REVENUE 13%
ENTERPRISE 35%
IMPROVEMENT 4%
GENERAL 37%
City of Porterville
Revenue by Fund Type
Period Ended June 30, 2025
2024-2025 2024-2025 2023-2024 2023-2024
AMENDED YEAR-TO-DATE % OF AMENDED YEAR-TO-DATE % OF
APPROP EXPEND APPROP APPROP EXPEND ACTUAL
MEASURE H SALES TAX $ 5,423,690 $ 5,124,612 94.5% $ 4,972,164 $ 4,872,552 98.0% MEASURE I SALES TAX 9,853,312 9,800,963 99.5% 8,353,246 8,331,884 99.7% AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT 737,167 135,507 18.4% 996,454 689,997 69.2% ZALUD ESTATE 41,598 49,334 118.6% 39,480 42,184 106.9%
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 171,600 134,212 78.2% 451,464 160,250 35.5% TRANSIT 6,360,432 6,935,969 109.0% - 1,504,850 -
SPECIAL SAFETY GRANTS 940,418 848,489 90.2% 1,039,625 969,185 93.2% SEWER OPERATING 6,675,085 6,688,308 100.2% 6,299,829 6,587,627 104.6% REFUSE REMOVAL 7,980,817 8,802,774 110.3% 7,427,270 8,266,424 111.3% AIRPORT 1,744,414 2,432,029 139.4% 1,604,969 1,808,415 112.7% GOLF COURSE 579,801 569,325 98.2% 562,003 582,115 103.6% WATER OPERATING 11,235,872 9,507,809 84.6% 12,284,741 10,368,579 84.4% RISK MANAGEMENT 10,661,884 11,446,792 107.4% 9,665,230 10,865,302 112.4% EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE 4,825,530 4,810,983 99.7% 4,751,272 4,930,945 103.8% LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT 235,903 226,794 96.1% 239,870 233,703 97.4%
TOTALS $ 67,467,523 $ 67,513,898 100.1% $ 58,687,617 $ 60,214,012 102.6%
PRELIMINARY
CITY OF PORTERVILLE
EXPENDITURE STATUS REPORT - ALL OTHER FUNDS
FOR THE PERIODS ENDED
JUNE 30, 2025 AND JUNE 30, 2024
0 #DIV/0!
$-
$5,000,000
$10,000,000
$15,000,000
$20,000,000
$25,000,000
$30,000,000
$35,000,000
$40,000,000
$45,000,000
INTERNAL SERVICE SPECIAL REVENUE ENTERPRISE GENERAL
City of Porterville
Expenditures by Fund Type
Periods Ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024
24-25 23-24
INTERNAL SERVICE 16%
SPECIAL REVENUE 6%
ENTERPRISE 35%
GENERAL 43%
City of Porterville
Expenditures by Fund Type
Period Ended June 30, 2025
FY 2024-25 FY 2023-24
REVENUES
Sales Tax - Measure H $ 5,422,109 5,523,299
Interest 133,366 134,417
Police Services 4,126 9,829
Police Cost Recoveries 152,265 143,310
Contributions 1,600 -
TOTAL REVENUES 5,713,466 5,810,855
EXPENDITURES
Police Department 2,240,153 1,941,390
Fire Department 2,111,296 2,157,807
Public Safety Station 258,222 250,392
Library & Literacy 514,942 522,963
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 5,124,612 4,872,552
CAPITAL PROJECTS
Fire Department Classroom/Training 95,514 606,426
TOTAL CAPITAL PROJECTS 95,514 606,426
REVENUE OVER/(UNDER) EXPENDITURES $ 493,340 $ 331,877
CITY OF PORTERVILLE
INTERIM PERFORMANCE REPORT - MEASURE H
For the Periods Ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024
PRELIMINARY
FY 2024-25 FY 2023-24
REVENUES
Sales Tax - Measure I $ 10,810,198 $ 11,080,945
Sales Tax - Measure R 5,186 62,389
State/County Grants - 85,401
Interest 460,780 598,851
Police Services 7,349 5,316
Police Cost Recoveries 73,594 73,594
TOTAL REVENUES 11,357,106 11,906,496
EXPENDITURES
Police Department 6,215,144 4,462,447
Fire Department 3,355,374 3,540,795
Streets Program 94,567 124,654
Litter Abatement Program 135,878 203,988
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 9,800,963 8,331,884
CAPITAL PROJECTS
AC Pavement Repair/Overlay 5,757 289,772
Fire Dept Training Grounds Dev 1,107,728 432,890
Fire Dept Engine Replacement - 428,844
Fire Dept Ladder Truck Replacement - 843,952
Fire Station Remodel/Additions - 136,041
Grand Ave Connection between 4th and Henrahan 32,398 -
Main/Porter slough parking lot 88,421 -
Montgomery Ave Reconstruction - Jaye to H 55 -
Morton Ave Reconstruction 138,390 108,544
Pavement Management Program 546 -
Street Overlay Program 990,611 -
Union-Indiana to Jaye 273 -
Villa St Reconstruction - Olive to Henderson 2,148,197 1,923,009 TOTAL CAPITAL PROJECTS 4,512,376 4,163,053
REVENUE OVER/(UNDER) EXPENDITURES $ (2,956,233) $ (588,440)
CITY OF PORTERVILLE
INTERIM PERFORMANCE REPORT - MEASURE I
For the Periods Ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024
PRELIMINARY
6/30/2025 6/30/2024
NET OPERATING NET OPERATING
FUND REVENUES EXPENSES PROFIT (LOSS) PROFIT (LOSS)
Zalud Estate 4,602 $ (49,334) $ (44,732) $ (37,689) $
Transit 4,878,810 $ (7,680,278) $ (2,801,468) $ (631,153) $ Sewer Operating 12,391,978 $ (6,688,308) $ 5,703,671 $ 2,394,693 $ Solid Waste 11,189,648 $ (8,802,774) $ 2,386,875 $ 1,066,304 $ Airport 3,243,991 $ (2,432,029) $ 811,962 $ 358,135 $
Golf 241,326 $ (569,325) $ (327,999) $ (246,517) $
Water Operating 13,503,299 $ (9,507,809) $ 3,995,490 $ 2,368,125 $
CITY OF PORTERVILLE
INTERIM PERFORMANCE REPORT - ENTERPRISE FUNDS
For the Periods Ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024
PRELIMINARY
0 2,000,000
4,000,000
6,000,000
8,000,000
10,000,000
12,000,000
PROPERTY
TAXES
SALES & USE
TAX
UTILITY
USERS TAX
LICENSES
AND
PERMITS
OTHER
TAXES
OTHER
REVENUES
OPERATING
TRANSFERS
CHARGES
FOR
SERVICES
City of Porterville
General Fund Revenues
24-25 23-24 22-23 21-22 20-21
-
2,000,000
4,000,000
6,000,000
8,000,000
10,000,000
12,000,000
14,000,000
City of Porterville
General Fund Expenditures
24-25 23-24 22-23 21-22 20-21
(excl Meas I)
0 10,000,000
20,000,000
30,000,000
40,000,000
50,000,000
60,000,000
24-25 23-24 22-23 21-22 20-21
City of Porterville
Revenues by Fund Type
INTERNAL SERVICE SPECIAL REVENUE ENTERPRISE IMPROVEMENT GENERAL 0 5,000,000
10,000,000
15,000,000
20,000,000
25,000,000
30,000,000
35,000,000
40,000,000
45,000,000
24-25 23-24 22-23 21-22 20-21
City of Porterville
Expenditures by Fund Type
INTERNAL SERVICE SPECIAL REVENUE ENTERPRISE GENERAL
Item No. 18.
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA – AUGUST 5, 2025
SUBJECT: Consideration of a Salary Range Adjustment for the Public Works Director Classification
SOURCE: City Manager's Office
COMMENT: The City of Porterville maintains an Employee Pay and Benefits Plan to ensure fair, competitive, and internally consistent compensation across all departments. To promote uniformity across the City's executive management team, staff recommends adjusting the salary range for the Public Works Director classification from Salary Range 281 to Salary Range 271.
This adjustment will unify the salary ranges for department directors and reflect a more consistent and balanced compensation structure within the organization. The change does not alter the duties or reporting structure of the position. The fiscal impact is minimal and may result in modest cost savings depending on the incumbent’s placement within the revised range.
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council:
1. Approve a salary range adjustment for the Public Works Director classification from Salary Range 281 ($10,792 – $13,435) to Salary Range 271 ($9,770 – $12,042) to promote uniformity among department directors;
2. Adopt the attached draft resolution amending the Employee Pay and Benefits Plan to reflect this adjustment, effective August 5, 2025; and
3. Authorize the Mayor to execute these and other documents necessary to implement the provisions hereof.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Draft Resolution
Appropriated/Funded:
Review By:
Department Director:
Item No. 18.
Richard Tree, Interim City Manager
Final Approver: Richard Tree, Interim City Manager
RESOLUTION NO. _____-2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTERVILLE APPROVING AN
AMENDMENT TO THE EMPLOYEE PAY AND BENEFITS PLAN TO ADJUST THE SALARY
RANGE FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR CLASSIFICATION
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Porterville has established an Employee Pay and Benefits Plan to govern salary ranges for all full-time employees; and WHEREAS, the City seeks to promote uniformity among department directors through consistent salary range assignments; and
WHEREAS, it is proposed to amend the salary range for the Public Works Director classification from Salary Range 281 ($10,792 - $13,435) to Salary Range 271 ($9,770 - $12,042).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Porterville that the Employee Pay and Benefits Plan be amended to reflect the revised salary range for the Public Works Director classification as stated above, effective August 5, 2025.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor of the City of Porterville is hereby authorized to execute those documents as are necessary to implement the provisions hereof.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of August 2025.
Greg Meister, Mayor
ATTEST:
Richard Tree, Interim City Clerk
By:
Fernando Gabriel-Moraga,
Chief Deputy City Clerk
Item No. 19.
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA – AUGUST 5, 2025
SUBJECT: Status and Review of Declaration of Local Flood Emergency SOURCE: City Manager's Office
COMMENT: On March 13, 2023, former Mayor Martha A. Flores, in conjunction with Acting City Manager Patrice Hildreth, declared the existence of a local emergency within the City of Porterville. This declaration was made pursuant to Chapter 9 of the Porterville Municipal Code and in response to a series of storm systems impacting the Porterville area, increasing flows in the Tule River and posing a significant threat to life and property. The City Council ratified the declaration at its Special Meeting on March 17, 2023, in accordance with the California Emergency Services Act (Government Code § 8558 et seq.). Per State requirements, the declaration must be renewed every sixty (60) days to remain in effect. At its most recent meeting on July 15, 2025, the Council renewed the emergency declaration.
Staff continues to work with FEMA to resolve outstanding claims and identify a timeline and path forward. In an effort to reduce the size of the agenda binder while still keeping the Council informed, staff is including only the most current Armory Census as an attachment to this report. Once the declaration of local flood emergency is officially concluded, and in coordination with FEMA guidance, staff will prepare a final close-out report that includes all supporting documentation and attachments currently on file.
Chronology of Emergency Response Actions:
• March 10–19, 2023: Tulare County Sheriff and City officials issued a series of evacuation warnings and mandatory orders due to rising water levels and flood threats, including areas near Success Lake, River Springs Drive, and Rio Vista Avenue.
• March 13, 2023: The City declared a Local Emergency.
• March 15–25, 2023: City Public Works performed extraordinary flood mitigation efforts. Evacuation orders were adjusted based on river activity.
• March 17, 2023: The City Council ratified the emergency declaration. • April 11, 2023: The Temporary Evacuation Point (TEP) and Emergency Shelter relocated from Porterville College to the Porterville Armory.
Item No. 19.
• April 14–May 5, 2023: The City and County executed an MOU to continue Armory TEP operations without Cal OES funding. • May 5, 2023: The City assumed full operational and financial responsibility for the Armory site.
• May 16, 2023: The Council approved a one-year no-cost license agreement for exclusive use of the Armory.
• April–July 2023:
o Council approved emergency expenditures including water rescue equipment, mobile ADA-compliant restrooms, and flood mitigation services.
o Due to contract violations, TopKnotch Security was terminated and replaced by Good Guard Security for ongoing Armory safety services.
• State and Federal Declarations:
o Governor Newsom issued Executive Orders N-6-23, N-7-23, and N-10-23 to support flood response and recovery.
o President Biden’s Major Disaster Declaration (April 3, 2023) activated federal recovery funding; FEMA formally closed the incident period on July 10, 2023.
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council receive the report of status and review of the Declaration of Local Emergency and determine the need exists to continue said Declaration.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Armory Census
Appropriated/Funded:
Review By:
Department Director:
Richard Tree, Interim City Manager
Final Approver: Richard Tree, Interim City Manager
Item No. 20.
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA – AUGUST 5, 2025
SUBJECT: Amendment of the City Code - Changes to the Special Speed Zones (2020 Speed Survey Update)
SOURCE: Engineering and Project Management
COMMENT: The State of California has broad authority to regulate vehicles and traffic. The primary speed limit requirements are established under California Vehicle Code (CVC) §22352, which defines prima facie speed limits—default limits that apply when no other specific speed limit is posted. Under CVC §22352, a prima facie speed limit of 25 miles per hour (mph) applies in business and residential areas, school zones, and areas surrounding senior centers, unless otherwise posted. Most speed limits on City of Porterville streets fall under these prima facie limits.
When an engineering and traffic survey—defined in CVC §§627 and 40802— determines that the prima facie limits are not appropriate for specific conditions on certain streets, the City may modify the speed limits. These changes must be supported by the findings of the survey, which then authorize the enforcement of posted limits using radar and other electronic speedmeasuring devices.
Assembly Bill 43 (AB 43) grants local governments, by ordinance, the authority to set prima facie speed limits of 20 or 25 mph on highways located within business activity districts. Additionally, under CVC §22358.7, AB 43 allows local authorities to reduce speed limits—following an engineering and traffic survey—if they determine that the existing limit is not reasonable or safe and certain conditions are met. Previously, speed limits were primarily based on the 85th percentile speed, generally set within 5 mph of that benchmark. AB 43 provides municipalities with greater flexibility in adjusting posted speed limits.
City staff have completed a review of Westwood Street, from the Tule River to Henderson Avenue. This corridor includes a mix of businesses, a church, a school, and a significant number of residential homes—factors likely to increase pedestrian and bicyclist activity. These conditions support the need to reduce the posted speed limit. In anticipation of increased vehicle speeds following recent road improvements from the Tule River to Olive Avenue, the Item No. 20.
posted speed limit will be reduced from 40 mph to 35 mph.
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council:
1. Approve the proposed Ordinance;
2. Give first reading to the Ordinance amending Chapter 17, Article XV, Section 17-15, Prima Facie Speed Limits Determined on Certain Streets, in the City Code; and
3. Direct the City Engineer to make appropriate changes in the posted signs when the Ordinance becomes effective.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Draft Ordinance
2. Engineering and Traffic Survey Update Westwood Street Appropriated/Funded:
Review By:
Department Director:
Javier Sanchez, Engineering & Project Management Director Final Approver: Richard Tree, Interim City Manager
ORDINANCE NO. _______
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PORTERVILLE AMENDING CHAPTER 17, ARTICLE XV, SECTION 17- 15, PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS DETERMINED ON CERTAIN
STREETS, OF THE PORTERVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS: State Assembly Bill No. 34 was filed with the Secretary of State October 8, 2021; and
WHEREAS: Section 22358.7 of the Vehicle Code allows the local authority, after completing an engineering and traffic survey, to determine and declare a prima facie speed limit that is reduced up to an additional five miles per hour if the speed from the survey is more than is reasonable or safe an adjacent to land or facilities that may generate high concentrations of bicyclists or pedestrians: and
WHEREAS: Section 22358.8 of the Vehicle Code allows the local authority, after completing an engineering and traffic survey, to restore the immediately prior speed limit if that speed limit was established with an engineering and traffic survey and a registered engineer has evaluated the section of highway and determined that no additional general-purpose lanes have been added to the roadway since completion of the traffic survey that established the prior speed limit:
and
WHEREAS: The Porterville Police Department completed a city-wide speed survey at the end of 2020 on major corridors (arterial and collectors) within the City of Porterville and those streets within Tulare County where agreements dictate Porterville’s authority to post speed limits; and
WHEREAS: Engineering staff has evaluated the speed surveys provided by the Police Department, calculated the 85th percentile speeds, and has prepared Engineering and Traffic Surveys as required by the California Vehicle Code to determine necessary amendments to prima facie speeds in the Porterville Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS: The City Engineer has evaluated the sections of Westwood Street beginning at the Tule River and ending at Henderson Avenue and found that the area includes businesses, a church, school, and large number of residential homes that would potentially generate a large concentration of bicyclists and pedestrians necessitating a reduction in posted speed limits in the area.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED: That the City Council of Porterville does ordain as follows:
Section 17-15, Prima Facie Speed Limits Determined on Certain Streets, of the Code of the City of Porterville is hereby amended to incorporate the following changes:
Ordinance No.__________
Street Survey Area
Posted
Speed
(MPH)
85th Percentile
(MPH)
New Posted
Speed Limited
(MPH)
Westwood St Tule River to Vine 45 51 45
Westwood St Vine to Olive 45 44 35
Westwood St Olive to Henderson 40 44 35
This ordinance and code amendment shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from and after its publication and passage.
PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this 15th day of July, 2025. ____________________________
Greg Meister, Mayor
ATTEST:
Richard Tree, Interim City Clerk
By: _________________________________
Fernando Gabriel-Moraga,
Chief Deputy City Clerk
CITY OF PORTERVILLE – 2021 ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC SURVEY UPDATE 1 STREET NAME: Westwood Street
SURVEY LIMITS: Tule River to Vine Avenue
POSTED SPEED LIMIT: 45 MPH
AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC: Recent Count Data Not Available
STREET WIDTH: Varies 40’ to 64’
STREET CONDITION: Fair
CURB & GUTTER: This arterial street has curb and gutter along both sides of the roadway. An asphalt and dirt shoulder transition on the west side is in place near the Tule River and services a traffic delineation or transition from a wide roadway to a narrow two-lane bridge.
STREET GEOMETRY: Straight two lane arterial designated street.
DESCRIPTION OF ADJACENT
PROPERTIES: Commercial at southeast corner and southwest corner of Olive Avenue and Westwood Street. Residential along east side and some along the west side. Single family zoned
properties on both sides of the street are fully developed.
Access to the single-family properties are via side streets connecting to Westwood Street. Significant arterial street improvements have been constructed since the last speed survey.
UNIQUE OR UNUSUAL
CONDITIONS: Due to the developments that have occurred. Caution needs to be taken at the exits of all commercial properties and side streets that front this segment of road. The fact that vehicles exiting their respective road along this same
corridor with higher traffic volume results in the need to for extra caution when driving along this section of street.
RECOMMENDATION: Radar speed survey indicates an 85% speed of 51 MPH.
For the reasons stated above, maintain the posted speed limit of 45 MPH.
STREET NAME: Westwood Street
SURVEY LIMITS: Vine Avenue to Olive Avenue
POSTED SPEED LIMIT: 45 MPH
AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC: Recent Count Data Not Available
STREET WIDTH: 64'
STREET CONDITION: Good
CURB & GUTTER: Curb & gutter exists along both sides of street.
STREET GEOMETRY: Straight four lane arterial street.
DESCRIPTION OF ADJACENT
PROPERTIES: Commercial and church facilities exists at Olive Avenue.
The remaining corridor is primarily single-family homes.
UNIQUE OR UNUSUAL
CONDITIONS: The neighboring church and elementary schools receive a significant level of vehicular, school bus, bicyclist and pedestrian traffic leading to a large number of vulnerable groups, such as children and the elderly, traveling through the area.
RECOMMENDATION: Radar speed survey indicates an 85% speed of 44 MPH.
For the reasons noted above and in accordance with CVC
Sections 627, reduce current posted speed limit of 45 MPH to 35 MPH.
CITY OF PORTERVILLE – 2021 ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC SURVEY UPDATE 2 3
STREET NAME: Westwood Street
SURVEY LIMITS: Olive Avenue to Henderson Avenue
POSTED SPEED LIMIT: 40 MPH
AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC: Recent Count Data Not Available
STREET WIDTH: 64'
STREET CONDITION: Good
CURB & GUTTER: Curb & gutter exists along both sides of street.
STREET GEOMETRY: Straight four lane arterial street.
DESCRIPTION OF ADJACENT
PROPERTIES: Commercial and church facilities exists at Olive Avenue.
The remaining corridor is primarily single-family homes.
At the Morton Avenue intersection there is an Elementary School (Burton School District).
UNIQUE OR UNUSUAL
CONDITIONS: The elementary school receives a significant level of vehicular, school bus, bicyclist and pedestrian traffic, more specifically in the early morning and mid-afternoon. Extra caution is required when driving in the area. The businesses and the Church may also generate a high concentration of bicyclists or pedestrians which include a large number of vulnerable groups such as children and the elderly.
RECOMMENDATION: Radar speed survey indicates an 85% speed of 44 MPH.
For the reasons noted above and in accordance with CVC
Sections 627, restore previously posted speed limit in area by reducing current posted speed limit of 40 MPH to 35
MPH. A school zone in accordance with CVC 22358.4,
which is 25 mph when children are present, shall also be implemented appropriately in the vicinity of the school.
CITY OF PORTERVILLE – 2021 ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC SURVEY UPDATE Item No. 21.
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA – AUGUST 5, 2025
SUBJECT: Establishing Lighting and Landscape Maintenance Districts and Tax Assessments for Parcels within Brookside Phases I and II SOURCE: Parks and Leisure Services
COMMENT: New subdivisions within the City are required to petition for the formation of a Landscape and Lighting Maintenance Assessment District. The Districts are formed to secure funding from parcels within the subdivisions for operational and maintenance expenses of any public lighting and any public landscape areas. The City utilizes the authority governed by the 1972 Landscape and Lighting Assessment Act to create a district for each subdivision. Thereafter, every year a process must be followed of evaluating maintenance needs and establishing an assessment to be placed upon the tax rolls for every parcel within each district.
The attached draft Resolution is necessary to initiate the process of creating the new district. The draft Resolution orders the formation of the new district, approves the Engineer's Report which accompanies this report, and declares the intent to levy and collect tax assessments.
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council:
1. Conduct the Public Hearing to receive public comment on establishing Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District Number 58; and
2. Adopt the draft Resolution approving the Engineer's Report and assessment method.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Draft Resolution
2. Brookside Subdivision Phase 1 & 2 Engineer's Report (1)
3. Brookside Phases I and II Map
Appropriated/Funded:
Review By:
Item No. 21.
Department Director:
Donnie Moore, Parks and Leisure Services Director
Final Approver: Richard Tree, Interim City Manager
RESOLUTION NO.________-2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTERVILLE,
COUNTY OF TULARE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
ESTABLISHING LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT 58, APPROVING ENGINEER’S REPORT FOR SAID DISTRICT, AND
APPROVING THE METHOD AND LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Porterville did on the 15th day of July 2025, adopt Resolution No. 61-2025 declaring its intention to order the formation of Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District Number 58; and
WHEREAS, the public hearing on the formation of District Number 58 has been set on August 5, 2025, subject to the Landscape and Lighting Act of 1972; and WHEREAS, a duly noticed public hearing has been held to receive objections to the formation of said District, or the levy of assessments.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Porterville as follows:
1. That the public interest, convenience and necessity require the formation of Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District number 58, and that the District shall hereby be formed.
2. The Engineer’s Reports and diagrams for District 58 are hereby approved, and the work as set forth therein is to be done.
3. That the method of assessment and the levy of assessments as indicated within said Engineer’s Report is hereby approved.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of August, 2025.
_________________________________
Greg Meister, Mayor
ATTEST:
Richard Tree, Interim City Clerk
By: ____________________________________________
Fernando Gabriel-Moraga, Chief Deputy City Clerk
CITY OF PORTERVILLE
ENGINEER’S REPORT FOR LANSCAPING AND LIGHTING
MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 58
SECTION 1. Authority for Report
This report is prepared by order of the City Council of the City of Porterville Resolution No. 59-2025. The report is in compliance with the requirement of Article 4, Chapter 1, Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code, State of California (Landscape and Lighting Act of 1972).
SECTION 2. General Description
The City Council has elected to include landscaping and lighting at Brookside, Phases One & Two Subdivision into Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District No. 58. The City Council has determined that the areas to be landscaped and lighted will have an effect upon all parcels within the proposed boundaries of the District. The areas for street lights are included on all the streets within the subdivision. The landscaping includes 6,441 feet of masonry wall located on N Westwood St., W Westfield Ave., N Lombardi St., and W. Brian Ave of the subdivision as well as 136,166 square feet of landscape. The landscape and wall maintenance includes: irrigation, mowing, pruning, cleaning, repairing, painting, vegetation and rodent control, and a set aside for replacement.
SECTION 3. Plans and Specifications
The plans and specifications for the lighting were prepared by the developer and are in conformance with the requirements of the City of Porterville. All lights to be maintained will be shown on the subdivision maps as roadway rights-of-way, or easements to be granted to the City of Porterville. The total street lights to be maintained are 97. Total landscaped area to be maintained is 6,441 feet of masonry wall, and 136,166 square feet of landscaped area.
Maintenance activities within the Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District No. 58 are to include landscape and lighting maintenance.
SECTION 4. Improvements
Landscape and lighting improvements were made by the developer of Brookside Subdivision, Phases One & Two.
SECTION 5. Estimated Costs
The construction cost will be borne by the developer and will not be assessed. The subdivision map has been filed for record and the improvements have been installed.
Estimated Assessment 2025-2026
Maintenance 136,166 sq.ft, of landscaping area, 6,441 feet of masonry wall Lighting 79 @ 5,800 lumens , 11 @ 9,500 lumens, 7 @ 16,000 lumens Project Management 229 lots
Fund Balance $ -
Landscape 136,166 sq. ft. @ $0.120 = $ 16,339.92
Graffiti Maintenance 136,166 sq. ft. @ $0.025 = $ 3,404.15 Tree Maintenance 136,166 sq. ft. @ $0.045 = $ 6,127.47
Postage/Printing 136,166 sq. ft. @ $0.003 = $ 408.50
Utilities 136,166 sq. ft. @ $0.060 = $ 8,169.96
Repair/Maintenance 136,166 sq. ft. @ $0.050
$0.303
= $ 6,808.30
= $ 41,258.30
Maintenance 136,166 sq.ft. @ $0.303 = $ 41,258.30
Administrative Fee 136,166 x $0.10 = $ 13,616.60
County Fee 229 lots @ $ 1.00 per lot = $ 229.00
Reserves 15% total cost of Maintenance = $ 6,188.75
$ 61,292.65
Estimated Cost Per Year $$ 61,292.65/229 = $ 267.65
**Lighting costs are based on 29% benefit of total cost because lights are spaced closer together resulting in 40% more lights than the city standard outside the maintenance district.
After the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the assessments shall be increased with the cost of service. The increased cost of services shall be the lesser of the actual prior year’s cost or the prior year’s estimated cost adjusted according to the annualized Consumer Price Index rate.
The Consumer Price Index is based on the San Francisco Model, and any increase for the year 2025/2026 will refer back to the prior year’s CPI. In the event that the costs of services provided do not increase to exceed the full amount of CPI from one year, such excess CPI percentage shall be carried over from year to year and may be utilized to increase the amount of assessment in future years.
SECTION 6. Assessment Diagram
A copy of the proposed assessment diagram entitled “Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District No. 58 is attached to this report and by reference is made part thereof.
SECTION 7. Assessment
The initial cost of constructing improvements has been borne by the developer. The improvement areas are established for the benefit of all properties within the proposed Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District No. 58. The establishment and maintenance of the improvements is a vital part of the development of Brookside, Phases One & Two Subdivision. The City Council of Porterville has determined that to ensure satisfactory levels of maintenance for the landscape and lighting at Brookside, Phases One & Two Subdivision, it should become Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District No. 58. The subdivision consists of 229 Lots. The Landscape area, which benefits the 229 lots, is located along N. Westwood St., W. Westfield Ave., N. Lombardi St., and W. Brian Ave.
Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District No. 58 will consist of an area comprising approximately 35.94 acres. A total of 229 lots are proposed to be developed. The improvements will consist of those improvements described in Section 4 of this report. The maintenance of the improvements is a vital part of the development for the protection or safety, economic and humanistic values. The City Council has determined that, for the preservation of values incorporated within this development, all lots will receive equal benefit from the landscaping and street lighting.
The determination of benefits takes into consideration the following facts:
1. The purpose of the improvements is to provide a favorable aesthetic appearance of the area.
2. Properly maintained landscaping and lighting benefits all properties in the development.
3. The lots not adjacent to the landscaping and lighting facility improvements benefit for the maintenance equally to those lots adjacent to the improvements.
Estimated 2025-2026 Assessment
Assessment (A) = $ 61,292.65
229
A= $ 61,292.65 = $ 267.65 per lot for Brookside, Phases One & Two Subdivision 229
Total Assessment for 2025-2026 = $ 61,292.65
Total developed lot count is 229 lots.
SECTION 8. Order of Events
1. City Council adopts Resolution Instituting Proceedings, appoints an Engineer of Work and Orders Engineer’s Report.
2. City Council Adopts Resolution of Preliminary Approval of Engineer’s Report.
3. City Council Adopts Resolution of Intention to Order the Formation of Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District No. 58 and determines the district.
4. Every year between June and August the Engineer of Work file a report with the City Council.
5. Every year between July and August, the City Council conducts a public hearing and approves, or modifies the individual assessments.
________________________________
Javier Sanchez, Jr.
Engineer of the Work
172
162
161
163
160
159
156
168
170
167
192
193
177
164 165 166
173
157
158
171
169
OUTLOT
OXFORD DRIVE
PAMELA AVENUE
Ó
N
SANTA MARIA
COURT
N
5/29/2025
45 52
36 41
167 49 51
187
53 54
186
42 190 189 188 191 56
55 40
39 38
37 35
166 48 47 46 43
BRIAN AVENUE
PAMELA AVENUE LOMBARDI STREET
SANTA MARIA COURT
44 50 RED OAK STREET WELLINGTON
ELA AVENUE
Ó
N
81 65 64 63
30 31
62 61 60 59
179 180 181 182 183 184 185 57
25 27
26 29
28 24
77 74 75
79 78
76 33
34 32
72 80
73 23
JULIEANN AVENUE
PIONEER AVENUE CAMELOT STREET RED OAK STREET 58
NOT A PART
Ó
N
153
68 67 66 65
179
175 176
174
69 127
82 71
123
124
121
122
152
125
70 83
154
129
130
148
147
128
126 151
149
150
155 178 WESTWOOD STREET (ROAD 221) OXFORD DRIVE
JULIEANN AVENUE
PIONEER AVENUE WELLINGTON STREET OXFORD DRIVE
PARK
Ó
N
113
194 195 201
112
196 197 198 202
114
200
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
135
133
134
136
117
120
132 119
118
146 131
116
199
115 WELLINGTON STREET BLASITA AVENUE OXFORD DRIVE
NANCY AVENUE
LA VIDA AVENUE WESTWOOD STREET (RD 221)
PARK
Ó
N
93 NOT A PART
112
202
111
203
110
17 21
22 90 92
99 97 96 95
94 16
13 15
14 19
20 18
204
91 98
LA VIDA AVENUE
NANCY AVE STREET
AVENUE
84 85 86
89 88 87
NANCY CAMELOT
PARK STREET
WELL SILVER MAPLE LOMBARDI STREET RED OAK
Ó
N
207
10 102 206 205
5 7
6 1 2 3 4
100 101
105
103
109 108 107 106
104
8 9
11 12 RED OAK SILVER MAPLE CHERYLL AVENUE LOMBARDI STREET
WESTFIELD AVENUE STREET
NOT A PART
Ó
N
207
216
NOT A PART
208
217
213
215
209 229
137
212 211 210
214
221 220 219 218
224
223
227
225
226
228
222
WESTFIELD AVENUE WESTWOOD STREET CHERYLL AVENUE WELLINGTON STREET OXFORD DRIVE Ó
N
Item No. 22.
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA – AUGUST 5, 2025
SUBJECT: Ordinance Amending Article 611 of Chapter 21 of the Porterville Municipal Code Pertaining to Environmental Review Procedures and Preparation of Documents by Consultants
SOURCE: Community Development
COMMENT: At the June 17, 2025, City Council Meeting, the City Council considered the City's current policy, codified under Section 611.04 of Series 600, Chapter 21 of the Porterville Municipal Code related to the preparation of environmental review documents by consultants. While the City, as lead agency, is ultimately responsible for ensuring the content and adequacy of CEQA documents it certifies, the California CEQA guidelines offer alternatives with regard to who prepares the draft reports. The guidelines in Section 15084 specifically allow options, such as the city preparing the documents itself, preparation via a contract between the city and a qualified third-party contractor, preparation via a contract with the project applicant and independent contractor, or accepting a draft prepared by the applicant or by a consultant retained by the applicant.
Under Section 611.04 of the Municipal Code, the City currently requires that the City of Porterville prepare environmental documents or technical studies itself, or in alternative requires that the city contract with a qualified consultant. During its consideration, the City Council determined that it wished to consider changes to Section 611.04 that would allow private applicants to contract directly with qualified consultants. Specifically, the City Council wished to consider changes that would allow the applicants to select qualified consultants from the City's list of consultants or, alternatively, select a consultant who was not on the City's on-call list but was otherwise qualified.
Additionally, the City Council expressed its desire to streamline and simplify the ordinance by removing language from Section 611.04 and approving the additional flexibilities via policy adopted by Resolution. Consequently, attached for the City Council's review and consideration is a draft Ordinance that repeals Porterville Municipal Code Section 611.04 ("Preparation of Environmental Documents by Consultants"), and amends Porterville Municipal Code Section 611.02. The amendments to Section 611.02 add subsection (I), which sets forth the city's environmental cost recovery provision, the City's Item No. 22.
ability to contract with and maintain a list of qualified consultants for use on public and private projects (all previously set forth in 611.04), and a statement that further policies concerning preparation of environmental review documents and procedures for selection of consultants shall be set by policy adopted by City Council Resolution.
At the July 15, 2025 City Council Meeting, City Council considered and approved the proposed text amendment to Article 611 of the Development Code, authorized staff to schedule a public hearing and First Reading on August 5, 2025.
Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Environmental Coordinator has determined the proposed amendment is exempt from further environmental review under the CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). The amendment will not result in any physical environmental impact.
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council:
1. Hold the noticed Public Hearing and receive public
testimony regarding the proposed ordinance;
2. Approve the first reading by title only of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Porterville Amending Series 600, Article 611 of the Porterville Development
Ordinance; and
3. Order the Ordinance to print.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Draft Ordinance
2. Proposed Changes to Article 611 of Chapter 21
Appropriated/Funded:
Review By:
Department Director:
Claudia Calderon, Community Development Director
Final Approver: Richard Tree, Interim City Manager
ORDINANCE NO. ____
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTERVILLE AMENDING ARTICLE 611 OF CHAPTER 21 (“DEVELOPMENT CODE”), SERIES 600 CONCERNING ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
PROCEDURES AND PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS BY CONSULTANTS WHEREAS, the City of Porterville (“City”) desires to provide additional flexibilities and options to development applicants in its procedures implementing the California Environmental Quality Act, in order to streamline and provide efficiencies in the environmental review process;
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTERVILLE, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. RECITALS. The recitals set forth above are true and correct and are hereby adopted as findings in support of this Ordinance as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2. SECTION 611.02 OF CHAPTER 21, SERIES 600, ARTICLE 611 AMENDED. Section 611.02 (entitled “Procedures”) of Article 611, Series 600, Chapter 21, is hereby amended as follows:
611.02 PROCEDURES:
A. Filing Of Forms: Concurrent with the submittal of project applications, the applicant shall prepare and file an environmental information form and project plans with the community development department.
B. Preliminary Review: Within thirty (30) days after receiving an application, the zoning administrator shall conduct a preliminary environmental review. As part of this review, the zoning administrator will identify issues to help decide if the applicant proposes a project that is subject to environmental review and may require the applicant to submit additional information needed to support this determination.
C. Preparation And Processing Environmental Documents: A determination of the appropriate level of environmental review by the zoning administrator shall trigger the preparation of an environmental document in compliance with the most current regulations and guidelines of the environmental quality act, whether it be exempt from CEQA, require negative declaration, mitigated negative declaration or an environmental impact report (EIR). Further, in concert with the requirements of an applicable federal agency(ies), the zoning administrator will cause to have prepared the appropriate NEPA environmental documentation.
D. Review For Exemption:
1. Determinations of exemption shall be made within thirty (30) days of the date the application is deemed complete.
2. If the zoning administrator has determined that a project is exempt from environmental review under CEQA, such determination shall be announced in any required public notice for discretionary permits. The notice shall include a citation to the CEQA guidelines or CEQA section under which it is found to be exempt.
3. Following approval of a project that is exempt from CEQA review, a notice of exemption shall be filed with the county clerk as provided for in CEQA and the applicable state and city guidelines.
Ordinance No. ______
4. A determination of exemption by any decision making authority other than the city council may be appealed to the city council in the same manner provided in article 612, "Appeals", of this series.
E. Initial Study: If the proposed project is subject to CEQA and is not exempt from environmental review, an initial study shall be prepared in compliance with CEQA and local CEQA guidelines.
F. Determination Of Environmental Significance: Based on the initial study, the zoning administrator will make one of the following findings:
1. The project will have "no significant impacts" on the environment, and a negative declaration will be prepared;
2. The project has been modified or mitigation measures have been incorporated to mitigate potential environmental impacts to a level of insignificance and a mitigated negative declaration will be prepared; or
3. The proposed project will have, or may have, significant impact(s) that may not be mitigated, and an EIR will be required.
G. Environmental Determination: If the zoning administrator has determined that the proposed project will not have a significant effect on the environment, a negative declaration shall be prepared for public review in conformance with the requirements of CEQA and applicable state and city environmental review guidelines.
H. Public Notice Of Environmental Determination: The zoning administrator shall provide public notice of the proposed environmental determination in a newspaper of general circulation, at city hall, and with the county clerk.
I. The project applicant shall be responsible for the full cost of the environmental review process. If the city planning division is unable to prepare an environmental document or technical study for a public or private project, a qualified consultant shall be contracted for preparation of the appropriate environmental documents including technical studies. The city has undertaken the negotiation of and maintains an on call environmental consultant for use on city projects with defined funding sources, and for use by private development proponents in the event they desire to streamline the process.
For preparation of environmental review documents, including preparation by consultants, further selection procedures including qualifications and other criteria shall be set forth in policy(ies) adopted by Resolution.
SECTION 3. SECTION 611.04 OF CHAPTER 21, SERIES 600, ARTICLE 600 REPEALED. Section 611.04 (entitled “Preparation of Environmental Documents by Consultants”) of Article 611, Series 600, Chapter 21, is hereby REPEALED in its entirety.
SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this ordinance is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions thereof may be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Ordinance No. ______
SECTION 5. POTENTIAL CONFLICTS. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, City resolutions or policies, and the like, in conflict with those sections amended or added herein to the Porterville Municipal Code, are hereby expressly superseded by this ordinance.
SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. The foregoing ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days from the date of the passage and adoption. Prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days from the enactment hereof a certified copy of this ordinance shall be posted in the office of the City Clerk pursuant to Government Code section 36933(c)(1) and a summary shall be published once in the Porterville Recorder, a newspaper printed and published in the City of Porterville, State of California, together with the names of the Council members voting for and against the same.
SECTION 7. CONSTRUCTION. The City Council intends this ordinance to supplement, not to duplicate or contradict, applicable state and federal law and this ordinance shall be construed in light of that intent.
SECTION 8. CEQA REVIEW. The City Council hereby finds that this ordinance is not subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3) [there is no possibility the activity in question may have a significant affirmative effect on the environment].
SECTION 9. CERTIFICATION. The City Clerk shall certify as to the passage and adoption of this ordinance, and the City Clerk shall cause the same to be posted and codified in the manner required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this _______day of ________________, 2025. ___________________________________
Greg Meister, Mayor
ATTEST:
Richard Tree, Interim City Clerk
By: _________________________________
Fernando Gabriel-Moraga,
Chief Deputy City Clerk
ARTICLE 611. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
611.02: PROCEDURES:
A. Filing Of Forms: Concurrent with the submittal of project applications, the applicant shall prepare and file an environmental information form and project plans with the community development department.
B. Preliminary Review: Within thirty (30) days after receiving an application, the zoning administrator shall conduct a preliminary environmental review. As part of this review, the zoning administrator will identify issues to help decide if the applicant proposes a project that is subject to environmental review and may require the applicant to submit additional information needed to support this determination.
C. Preparation And Processing Environmental Documents: A determination of the appropriate level of environmental review by the zoning administrator shall trigger the preparation of an environmental document in compliance with the most current regulations and guidelines of the environmental quality act, whether it be exempt from CEQA, require negative declaration, mitigated negative declaration or an environmental impact report (EIR). Further, in concert with the requirements of an applicable federal agency(ies), the zoning administrator will cause to have prepared the appropriate NEPA environmental documentation.
D. Review For Exemption:
1. Determinations of exemption shall be made within thirty (30) days of the date the application is deemed complete.
2. If the zoning administrator has determined that a project is exempt from environmental review under CEQA, such determination shall be announced in any required public notice for discretionary permits. The notice shall include a citation to the CEQA guidelines or CEQA section under which it is found to be exempt.
3. Following approval of a project that is exempt from CEQA review, a notice of exemption shall be filed with the county clerk as provided for in CEQA and the applicable state and city guidelines.
4. A determination of exemption by any decision making authority other than the city council may be appealed to the city council in the same manner provided in article 612, "Appeals", of this series.
E. Initial Study: If the proposed project is subject to CEQA and is not exempt from environmental review, an initial study shall be prepared in compliance with CEQA and local CEQA guidelines.
F. Determination Of Environmental Significance: Based on the initial study, the zoning administrator will make one of the following findings:
1. The project will have "no significant impacts" on the environment, and a negative declaration will be prepared;
2. The project has been modified or mitigation measures have been incorporated to mitigate potential environmental impacts to a level of insignificance and a mitigated negative declaration will be prepared; or
3. The proposed project will have, or may have, significant impact(s) that may not be mitigated, and an EIR will be required.
G. Environmental Determination: If the zoning administrator has determined that the proposed project will not have a significant effect on the environment, a negative declaration shall be prepared for public review in conformance with the requirements of CEQA and applicable state and city environmental review guidelines.
H. Public Notice Of Environmental Determination: The zoning administrator shall provide public notice of the proposed environmental determination in a newspaper of general circulation, at city hall, and with the county clerk. (Ord. 1801, 12-3-2013) I. The project applicant shall be responsible for the full cost of the environmental review process. If the city planning division is unable to prepare an environmental document or technical study for a public or private project, a qualified consultant shall be contracted for preparation of the appropriate environmental documents including technical studies. The city has undertaken the negotiation of and maintains an on call environmental consultant for use on city projects with defined funding sources, and for use by private development proponents in the event they desire to streamline the process. For preparation of environmental review documents, including preparation by consultants, further selection procedures including qualifications and other criteria shall be set forth in policy(ies) adopted by Resolution. [Added.]
611.04: PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS BY CONSULTANTS: [Repealed.] If the city planning division is unable to prepare an environmental document or technical study for a public or private project, the city shall contract with a qualified consultant for preparation of the appropriate environmental documents including technical studies. The city has undertaken the negotiation of and maintains an on call environmental consultant for use on city projects with defined funding sources, and for use by private development proponents in the event they desire to streamline the process. In such cases, the city and consultant shall prepare an agreement for preparation of and to specify the details of the necessary environmental studies and documents.
The applicant is responsible for the full cost of the services. The full negotiated cost of service plus ten percent (10%) for contingencies shall be placed on deposit with the city prior to authorizing work to begin on the environmental documents. The zoning administrator shall be the authority to require payment to the city of a ten percent (10%) administrative fee in cases where the cost of administering the contract is likely to exceed the adopted fee for environmental reviews. The zoning administrator shall have the authority to facilitate the consultant selection process, to select the consultant, and to negotiate fees for services. The process for selecting an environmental consultant shall be as follows:
A. Staff will prepare a request for proposals (RFP) soliciting project specific proposals from qualified consultants as represented in a consultant services file and as posted by the purchasing agent;
B. Staff will evaluate the proposals relative to responsiveness and pursuant to the consultant selection criteria currently used in the city; C. Staff may elect to interview the consultant to determine additional qualifications and ability to represent the city's interest in a public forum; D. Staff will prepare a consultant services agreement and the zoning administrator will sign following submittal of the necessary funds and contingencies by the project proponent; and
E. Staff will send the deposit to the finance department and request the establishment of a pass through account and will set up a purchase order for monthly invoice payments. (Ord. 1801, 12-3-2013)
Item No. 23.
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA – AUGUST 5, 2025
SUBJECT: Second Reading - Ordinance No. 1913, Amending Series 300, Section 305.10(g) and Section 305.10(f) of the Porterville Development Ordinance SOURCE: City Attorney
COMMENT: Ordinance No. 1913, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Porterville, amending series 300, Section 305.10(f) and 305.10(g) of the Porterville Development Ordinance, was given first reading on July 15, 2025, and has been printed.
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council give Second Reading to Ordinance No. 1913, waive further reading, and adopt said Ordinance.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Ordinance No. 1913
Appropriated/Funded:
Review By:
Department Director:
Yuliana Andrade, Administrative Services Director
Final Approver: Richard Tree, Interim City Manager
ORDINANCE NO. 1913
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTERVILLE AMENDING SERIES 300,
OF THE PORTERVILLE DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF SIGN
SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR MONUMENT AND FREESTANDING SIGNS
WHEREAS: On July 15, 2025 the City Council at its regularly scheduled meeting held a public hearing to consider amendment to the Porterville Development Ordinance; and WHEREAS: The purpose of the proposed amendment is to remove “specific zoning district standards” and implementing sign type-specific standards to reduce setbacks related to monument and freestanding signs; and
WHEREAS: The proposed ordinance is an implementation measure of the policies, goals, and objectives of the Porterville General 2030 Plan. The Environmental Coordinator made a determination on the basis of substantial evidence that, since the amendment would not result in a new type of permitted use or in uses containing a greater floor area than already permissible, it can be shown with certainty that there is no possibility that the proposed text amendment could have a significant effect on the environment; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Porterville as follows:
SECTION 1: Section 305.10(F) of Article 305 of Series 300 of Chapter 21 of the Porterville Municipal code is hereby amended read as follows:
F. Monument Signs. Freestanding signs erected on the ground or on a monument base designed as an architectural unit are allowed, subject to the specific zoning district standards and the following standards:
1. Maximum Number of Signs. One (1) monument sign per frontage per site.
2. Maximum Sign Area Per Sign:
a. D-PO, D-PS, D-GC, CMX, and CN districts: thirty-two (32) square feet. b. CG, CR, and Employment districts: sixty (60) square feet c. PS, REC and PK districts: thirty-two (32) square feet.
3. Height. A maximum of seven (7) feet.
4. Landscaping. All monument signs shall require automatic irrigated landscaping at the base equivalent to the area of the sign copy.
5. Setbacks. A minimum of five (5) feet from all property lines.
SECTION 1: Section 305.10(G) of Article 305 of Series 300 of Chapter 21 of the Porterville Municipal code is hereby amended read as follows:
Ordinance No. 1913
G. Freestanding Signs. Freestanding signs are allowed subject to the specific zoning district standards and the following standards:
1. Maximum Number of Signs: One (1) freestanding sign per site.
2. Allowable Sign Area Per Sign. The area of any freestanding sign shall be included in the maximum allowed sign area per Table 305.09.
3. Architectural Treatment. Freestanding signs shall be architecturally compatible in style, finish and color with the adjacent building or development. Structural supports, poles, angle bars, iron pipes, I-beams or similar structural members shall be architecturally encased with finished metal cladding, stucco, or similar material at least one foot in diameter, subject to approval by the Zoning Administrator as to proportion and architectural compatibility.
4. Landscaping. Freestanding signs shall be placed within a landscaped planter with at least twenty-four (24) square feet of planting area. As a condition of any permit for a pole sign, additional landscaping of the property may be required where needed to better integrate sign appearance with the site through scale and softening effects.
5. Height:
a. A maximum of twenty (20) feet; thirty-five (35) feet within five hundred (500) feet of a freeway right of way. Pole signs shall have a minimum clearance of fourteen (14) feet over parking lots and driveways, and eight (8) feet over interior pedestrian walkways.
b. A maximum of twelve (12) feet in the CMX, CN and PO zone districts.
6. Projection. Freestanding signs shall not project beyond the property line.
7. Setbacks. A minimum of five (5) feet from all property lines.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from and after its publication and passage.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 5th day of August, 2025. ___________________________
Greg Meister, Mayor
ATTEST:
Richard Tree, Interim City Clerk
By: _________________________________
Fernando Gabriel-Moraga,
Chief Deputy City Clerk
Item No. 24.
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA – AUGUST 5, 2025
SUBJECT: Second Reading - Ordinance No. 1914, Amending Article VII of Chapter 18 of the Porterville Municipal Code Regulation Unsafe and Unauthorized Camping and Storage of Personal Property
SOURCE: City Attorney
COMMENT: Ordinance No. 1914, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Porterville, amending Article VII of Chapter 18, regulating unsafe and unauthorized camping and storage of personal property, the protection of critical infrastructure, and mitigation of harm to public health, safety, and welfare, was given first reading on July 15, 2025, and has been printed.
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council give Second Reading to Ordinance No. 1914, waive further reading, and adopt said Ordinance.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Ordinance No. 1914
Appropriated/Funded:
Review By:
Department Director:
Yuliana Andrade, Administrative Services Director
Final Approver: Richard Tree, Interim City Manager
ORDINANCE NO. 1914
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTERVILLE AMENDING ARTICLE VII OF CHAPTER 18 REGULATING UNSAFE AND UNAUTHORIZED CAMPING AND STORAGE OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY, THE PROTECTION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND MITIGATION OF HARM TO THE
PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE
WHEREAS, the City of Porterville (“City”) encourages the use of open spaces and facilities within the City by all members of the community; and
WHEREAS, all people have a right to be protected from environmental pollution and to live in and enjoy clean, healthful, and safe living conditions; and
WHEREAS, camping in undesignated campsites within the City limits creates unsanitary, unhealthy, disorderly, and dangerous conditions that may affect both the campers and the general public, for example when the camping has occurred in the Tule Riverbed or along the embankments, where there has been both severe flood and fire dangers to those camping and the public depending on the season; and
WHEREAS, camping in undesignated campsites within the City limits tends to degrade and even destroy the property upon which the camping is occurring, particularly in situations where an encampment is large and ongoing; and
WHEREAS, camping in undesignated campsites within the City limits not only detracts from the use of the property for its intended purposes but also can create dangerous conditions for the public; and WHEREAS, the City has the authority to adopt regulations to ensure the public’s health, safety, and general welfare, and desires to regulate camping within the City; and WHEREAS, the U.S. Supreme Court, in the case of Johnson v. City of Grants Pass, 603 U.S. 520 (2024) (“Grants Pass”) ruled that enforcement of generally applicable laws regulating camping on public property does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment, and local governments can enforce ordinances banning sleeping or camping on public property; and WHEREAS, there are available low barrier overnight shelters operating within the City to serve individuals experiencing homelessness in the City; and
WHEREAS, the City has invested significant funds, resources, and time to assist persons experiencing homelessness to find temporary and permanent shelter and necessary public health services to address the causes of their homelessness, has sought to address the underlying issues contributing to homelessness and has striven to be a part of the solution. These City of Porterville actions and efforts include:
1. City Council, City Manager and staff participation on committees and sub-committees with service groups, regional non-profits, County Public Health Services, and other agencies to address causes of homelessness and work towards solutions.
Ordinance No. 1914
2. The Police Department’s creation, expansion, and continued operation of a SMART team to provide homeless liaison services to address needs of the unhoused within the City limits and encourage coordination or facilitate connections with available resources.
3. The City’s development of low-barrier shelters, a Navigation Center, and permanent supportive housing to help support the needs of persons experiencing homelessness.
4. The City’s support and collaboration with local service providers to assist individuals and families experiencing homelessness, with funding focused on emergency shelters, housing navigators, bridge housing and permanent supportive housing.
5. The City has transferred the City’s portion of the National Opioid Settlement back to Tulare County to manage a regional effort to combat opioid-related issues that directly impact our unhoused population.
WHEREAS, despite the City’s efforts the Police Department has found that a significant number of the City’s homeless population routinely decline the City’s offers of help for various reasons including, and many people experiencing homelessness refuse to accept services and refuse to move from encampments; and
WHEREAS, the City has experienced significant and continuing threats to public health and safety resulting from persons experiencing homelessness sleeping and camping in public spaces and unauthorized private locations in the City, including the following:
1. Homeless encampments raise a number of public health concerns related to waste, sanitation, and disease transmission. Unhoused people, like all other people, generate solid waste during their daily activities of food preparation and consumption, shelter building and maintenance and storing their possessions. Without any place or method of proper storage or disposal, the resulting piles of trash become food sources for rodents, breeding grounds for pathogens, fuel for fires, and unattractive nuisances to the public.
2. The opportunity for the spread of communicable diseases is increased in homeless encampments lacking basic sanitation services and waste collection, with some diseases such as hepatitis A and typhus more likely to occur in homeless populations.
3. Health and safety issues are presented by the violation of fire, building, electrical and other codes and standards for public health and safety, including the unauthorized and unpermitted use of electrical and utility connections, due to the potential and reality of unsafe and unhealthy conditions in encampments, posing life, safety, fire and health threats to both the occupants of the encampments, the general public and emergency responders.
4. Health and safety issues are exacerbated and compounded by larger encampments as there is an exponential increase in these health and safety issues the larger the encampment, including but not limited to both accumulation of trash and debris as well as the greater likelihood of the spread of disease.
Ordinance No. 1914
5. The City regularly receives a large volume of emails, phone calls and in-person complaints regarding the encampments in the City, and the frequency and number of these complaints continues to increase.
6. The homelessness problem in Porterville impacts crime rates. Homelessness-related crime rates are significant both in terms of crimes against the homeless and also crimes committed by the homeless. During the period of January 1 through May31, 2025, the Porterville Police Department experienced a call volume of 10.22% of the total calls for service that were related to the City’s unhoused population (with this percentage including complaints as well as arrests). Thus far in 2025 calls related to homelessness average approximately 9.82% of the total police calls per month.
7. Business owners and residents near encampments are confronted by trash, used needles, and human waste, and increased instances of open drug use, property damage, theft, and break-ins. They have seen their property values decline, their small businesses fail, and their public spaces become uninhabitable.
8. Businesses and residences near encampments experience physical impediments to access to public and private property which both impedes emergency responses, evacuation of occupants during an emergency, and general public access, as well as exacerbates the likelihood of conflict, intimidation and threats to the public safety for both the unhoused as well as all members of the public, and furthermore the collection of biohazard materials, human waste, trash and rubbish near businesses and residential areas contributes to a general decline in public health, safety and welfare.
9. Encampments near emergency shelters established for emergency evacuations during events such as winter rainstorms can cause barriers to access for evacuees.
10. Encampments near active construction sites, trash enclosures, areas with heavy vehicle use, and similar areas pose unique threats to both the unhoused as well as the operators of construction equipment and vehicles through unintentional yet predictable collisions and threats to health and safety.
11. Encampments on or near public utilities and critical infrastructure, such as stormwater, water and sewer infrastructure, fire stations, electrical wires and natural gas pipelines, pose unique safety, environmental and security issues and are generally closed to the public or have limited public access for safety, environmental and security reasons.
12. Unauthorized connections or taps to public utilities, as well as violation of fire, building, electrical and other codes and standards, create unsafe conditions and a potential life safety hazard for the occupant, the general public and emergency responders.
13. Encampments pose immense public health concerns as the rates of overdoses from drugs like fentanyl and heroin have increased substantially among the unhoused and encampments can provide an environment conducive to illegal drug consumption.
14. Abandoned encampment cleanups are performed by City Police officers and Parks and Leisure services department staff with police equipment, fire and City code enforcement officers and staff in an attempt to maintain and or control the spread of large encampments and this taxes public resources while unnecessarily exposing first responders and City staff to unhealthy and unsafe situations.
Ordinance No. 1914
15. Fires in unsafe locations for cooking and warming occur at encampments increasing the risk of fires posing a threat to safety and health, and the City has had to respond directly to major fires caused by such activities over the years.
16. Accumulation of biohazard and medical waste occurs in and around encampments and these items end up in our creeks, storm drains, waterways, and beaches posing a direct threat to health and safety.
17. Severe blockage of storm drains and also the Tule Riverbed, due to excessive encampment debris and/or degradation of the river embankments leads to increased roadway and stream flooding and drain blockages during storms causing threats to health and safety.
18. During times of severe storms, unhoused camps are located in and must be evacuated from riverbeds; sloughs; embankments; low lying, unsafe areas; and storm drains due to increased risk of flooding, rapid water movement, and blockage of storm drains, posing safety threats to the residents of the encampments; and
WHEREAS, in light of these significant and continuing threats to public health and safety, the City previously adopted reasonable time, place and manner regulations on unauthorized camping, and now desires to adopt amendments consistent with the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Grants Pass, and that address additional issues and consideration; and
WHEREAS, the City finds that reasonable camping regulations for public property will best serve the public’s health, safety, and general welfare.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTERVILLE, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. RECITALS. The recitals set forth above are true and correct and are hereby adopted as findings in support of this Ordinance as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2. CHAPTER 18, ARTICLE VII AMENDED. Article VII of Chapter 18 , entitled “Unauthorized Camping Regulations,” is hereby amended as follows:
CHAPTER 18. ARTICLE VII – UNAUTHORIZED CAMPING REGULATIONS Section 18-76 FINDINGS AND PURPOSE
A. As the City continues to offer assistance and services to persons experiencing homelessness, the City must appropriately consider various interests and formulate policy to best protect public health, safety, welfare, property, and the environment, with its limited resources.
B. The City Council acknowledges that although shelters have been established within the City, regionally there is a lack of nightly shelter beds and housing available for persons experiencing homelessness and recognizes the systemic lack of state and federal investment in shelter and public health services for those experiencing homelessness.
C. The City Council acknowledges that some persons will live or shelter for survival outdoors until they are able or willing to access affordable or free shelter or housing. In Porterville, this has typically meant sheltering, sometimes for extended periods of time, on City rights-of-way and City Ordinance No. 1914
property, on various private property without authorization, and at times on other public agency property owned by other public agencies.
D. Public rights-of-way and public property are generally intended for public use and travel. The City Council is the authority for rights-of-way within the City; as such, the City must consider the safety of motorists and pedestrians travelling on roadways and sidewalks, including to and from neighboring properties, businesses, and residences.
E. The City owns limited property where camping can or should be allowed for reasons including but not limited to public health and safety concerns and issues created by the impact of camping on public property.
F. The City has had increasing concerns regarding public health and safety due to instances of camping on or in rights-of way and public property in or near waterways, streets, roads, sidewalks, schools, residences, businesses, critical infrastructure, public access points and similar locations. Public utility properties (e.g., stormwater, water, sewer) are environmentally and operationally sensitive and generally closed to the public or have limited access for safety, environmental and security reasons.
G. Over the long term and working with other governmental agencies and non-profit organizations, the City’s belief is that people should not have to live outside and there are safer options.
H. It is the purpose and intent of the City Council to provide standards for camping and sheltering for survival on City rights-of-way and public property, which are intended to be as compatible as possible with the needs of everyone in Porterville to be healthy, safe, and have access to public places.
I. Smaller camp sites support both the health and safety of people who are camping for survival on public property as well as the health and safety of the public.
J. It is the purpose and intent of the City Council to provide standards for camping and sheltering for survival on City rights-of-way and public property which will address issues such as fire risk, unsanitary conditions, health risks, public infrastructure security, public access impediments, trash, waste, damage to park features and plants, and public safety hazards to both people camping as well as neighboring businesses, residents and community members, as well as environmental degradation, which have occurred with longer-term camping in the City.
K. It is the intent of the City to evaluate each removal of a Campsite with considerations of public health and safety, including for the people who are sheltering in the camps, potential user conflicts, and available resources. The City intends to use a team approach and coordinate with other governmental agencies and non-profit organizations as appropriate. When the City requires a person experiencing homelessness to remove a Campsite, through these regulations, it intends to provide the person adequate time to remove the Campsite before the City removes the Campsite, to secure any personal property with reasonable utility or reasonable value for the person to retrieve at a later date, and to clean the former Campsite to address threats to public health and safety.
Section 18-77 DEFINITIONS
Ordinance No. 1914
The following words and phrases, when used in this Chapter, shall have the meaning ascribed to them by this section unless it is apparent from the context that another meaning is intended.
A. “Camp” or “Camping” means residing in or using any public property for one or more days or nights for sheltering or living accommodation purposes, such as sleeping activities or making preparations to sleep (including the laying down of bedding for the purpose of sleeping), or using any tents, or storing personal belongings (including but not limited to clothing, sleeping bags, bedrolls, blankets, sheets, luggage, backpacks, kitchen utensils, cookware, and similar material), or making any fire using Bunsen burners or other heating items, or regularly cooking meals. These activities constitute camping when it reasonably appears, in light of all the circumstances, that a person is using public property as a living accommodation or sheltering for one or more days or nights.
B. “Camp Facilities” include, but are not limited to, tents, huts, or similar temporary shelters consisting of any material with a top or roof or any other upper covering or that is otherwise enclosed by sides that is of sufficient size for a person to fit underneath or inside while sitting or lying down and includes the use of a tarp or other material tied or affixed to a structure or bush to create an enclosed area.
C. “Camp Materials” includes but is not limited to, tarpaulins, cots, beds, sleeping bags, hammocks, shopping carts, recyclable material and/or non-City designated cooking or heating facilities and similar equipment, or personal possessions that would facilitate one’s use of a park, public property, or any portion of the public right-of-way as a temporary residence.
D. “Critical Infrastructure” means real property or a facility, whether privately or publicly owned, that the City Council by Ordinance or with recommendations from the City Manager by Resolution designates, from time to time, as being so vital and integral to the operation or functioning of the City or in need of protection that its damage, incapacity, disruption, or destruction would have a debilitating impact on the public health, safety, or welfare. Critical infrastructure may include, but is not limited to, government buildings, such as fire stations, police stations, jails, or courthouses; hospitals and health facilities; structures, such as antennas, bridges, roads, train tracks, drainage systems, or levees; or systems, such as computer networks, public utilities, electrical wires, natural gas pipes, telecommunication centers, or water sources.
E. “Enforcement Personnel” means the employee(s) of the City, including but not limited to sworn police officers, and code enforcement officers authorized by the City to seek compliance with, and enforce, the regulations, requirements, and rules of this.
G. “Fire Severity Zones” means mapped area as defined by the Office of State Fire Marshal that designates zones (based on factors such as fuel, slope, and fire weather) with varying degrees of fire hazard (i.e., moderate, high, and very high).
H. “Greywater” means untreated wastewater from bathtubs, showers, bathroom washbasins, clothes washing machines and the like. It does not include any toilet discharge, unhealthy bodily wastes, or manufacturing wastes.
I. “Hazardous Water” means sewage, toilet discharge, unhealthy bodily wastes, manufacturing wastes and the like.
Ordinance No. 1914
J. “Landscaped Area” means any manicured or natural ground covered areas including but not limited to flower beds, bushes, brush areas, or shrubs.
K. “Personal Property” means any tangible property and includes, but is not limited to, goods, materials, merchandise, tents, tarpaulins, bedding, blankets, sleeping bags, personal items such as household items, luggage, backpacks, clothing, food, documents, and medication.
L. “Playground” means any park or recreational area specifically designed to be used by children that has play equipment installed, or any similar facility located on public or private school grounds, or on City, county, or State park grounds.
M. “Public Property” means any publicly owned property in the City, whether improved or unimproved, including, but not limited to, any of the following: public alleyways; public parking lots; public passageways; public streets; public rights-of-way; freeway on-ramps and off-ramps; publicly owned, maintained, or operated parks and/or playgrounds; publicly owned, maintained, or operated landscaped areas or greenbelts; publicly owned fences, trees, light poles, or equipment boxes; publicly owned, maintained, or operated open spaces including, but not limited to, public facilities or buildings of any kind; public sidewalks, curbs, and gutters; public educational institutions; or other government owned, maintained, or operated properties located within the City.
N. “Public Utilities” means every common carrier, toll bridge corporation, pipeline corporation, gas corporation, electrical corporation, telephone corporation, telegraph corporation, water corporation, sewer system corporation, and heat corporation, where the service is performed for, or the commodity is delivered to, the public or any portion thereof, as defined by Public Utilities Code section 216, and as amended.
O. "Rights-of-Way" means all City-owned or controlled rights-of-way, whether in fee title or as holder of a public easement for right-of-way or public access purposes. Public rights of-way include but are not limited to any public road, street, sidewalk, or private street or other property that is subject to a public access easement dedicated or granted to the City for vehicular use, pedestrian use, utilities or other means, and any planter strip or landscaped area located adjacent to or contained within streets that is part of the public right-of-way.
P. “School” means any institution, facility, or organization, whether public or private, that offers instruction on those courses of study required by the California Education Code or that is maintained pursuant to standards set by the State Board of Education. School for purposes of this section does not include vocational or professional institutions of higher education, including a community or junior college, college, or university. The setback shall be calculated from the school property boundaries.
Q. “Store” means to put aside or accumulate for use when needed, to put for safekeeping, to place or leave in a location.
R. “Transportation Facility Loading Area” means that area within 200 feet of where trains, buses or any form of public transportation loads or unloads passengers.
S. “Vehicle” means a “motor vehicle” as defined by California Vehicle Code, section 415 and includes a “recreational vehicle” as defined by California Health and Safety Code, section 18010(a).
Ordinance No. 1914
Section 18-78 RESTRICTIONS AND TIME, PLACE AND MANNER REGULATIONS It is unlawful and a public nuisance for any person to camp on Public Property when there is available space for the person(s) at a shelter location where the person(s) is eligible and is qualified to go. If there is no available shelter space, persons who do not have any other permanent residence or domicile and/or are involuntarily experiencing homelessness are prohibited from camping on certain public property as specified pursuant to this Article, and as restricted pursuant to any administrative rules and policies promulgated by the City Manager, or designee, adopted after the Effective Date of this Ordinance, in accordance with this Article. Additionally, camping, sheltering or lodging (or other activities) in a public place in violation of any applicable State or Federal law is prohibited.
A. Time. Unless otherwise specified, any Camping or Camp, where allowed, may only occur for 12 hours at a time in any one location. After 12 hours in one location, the Camp and all associated Camp Materials must be moved at least one street block or 600 feet, whichever is greater, to another location (where the activity is not otherwise prohibited).
B. Place. Camping is not allowed at any time in any of the following places:
1. Within a residentially zoned property boundary or within any area zoned Residential, as determined by the City of Porterville Zoning Map and the Porterville Municipal Code.
2. Within any Mixed-Use Overlay Zone, as determined by the City of Porterville Zoning Map and the Porterville Municipal Code.
3. Any place where Camping, a Camp, or Camp Materials create a physical impediment preventing emergency or non-emergency ingress, egress or access to public or private property, including but not limited to, on public sidewalks, alleyway or other public rights-of-way, driveways providing access to vehicles, and entrances or exits from buildings and/or other real property; and, within 15 feet of any fire hydrant.
4. Any vehicle lane, bicycle lane, roundabout within any public right-of-way, or Transportation Facility Loading Area, or under or on any bridges.
5. Within 1000 feet from any shelter both established for emergency evacuations as well as approved under the Porterville Municipal Code and/or approved consistent with any applicable provision of State or federal law.
6. On any street or public rights-of-way, unless expressly authorized by the City.
7. Within, or within an additional distance boundary as set by Resolution, any School.
8. Within, or within an additional distance boundary as set by Resolution, any Playground.
9. At the following public property: Porterville City Hall, any City-operated Community Center, Porterville Veterans Hall, Porterville Public Library, and Zalud House.
10. On, or within an additional distance boundary as set by Resolution, riverbeds, river embankments, sloughs, waterways, levies, water wells, storm basins or any publicly Ordinance No. 1914
owned water, sewer or storm drain infrastructure (e.g., sewer lift stations, storm water pump stations or structures).
11. Within, or within an additional distance boundary as set by Resolution, Critical Infrastructure.
12. Within, or within an additional distance boundary as set by Resolution, either a very high Fire Severity Zone or a high Fire Severity Zone.
13. In, or within an additional distance boundary as set by Resolution, Refuse Service Containers (all bin and curbside service containers, in addition to designated Refuse trash enclosures).
14. On or within a certain specified distance of any other Public Property as may be designated from time to time by Resolution of the City Council, with recommendations from the City Manager, Police Chief and Fire Chief, or their designees.
C. Manner. Camping, when not otherwise prohibited, is subject to all of the following limitations and regulations:
1. Individuals, Camp Materials, Camps, or personal property may not obstruct, block, prevent access to, or impede: sidewalk accessibility or passage; clear vision of moving vehicles or bicycles; usage of fire hydrants; usage or function of Public Utilities, Critical Infrastructure, or other City infrastructure; or, otherwise obstruct, block, prevent access to, or impede the use of the Rights-of-Way for vehicular, pedestrian, bicycle, or other passage.
2. A Camp or Camping shall be limited to a spatial footprint of no greater than 12 feet by 12 feet, or 144 square feet, and shall have a smaller footprint if necessary to comply with the restrictions set forth in this Chapter. The intent of this section is to allow a person to sleep protected from the elements and maintain the essentials for living, while still allowing others to use public spaces as designed and intended.
3. To prevent larger Camping sites from forming and the impacts to public health and safety that can result, a Camp shall not be within a one hundred fifty (150) foot radius of any other Camp, unless otherwise explicitly authorized by City regulation, and only under such conditions adopted by the City and permitted by this Code.
4. Individuals may not accumulate, discard, or leave behind garbage, debris, unsanitary or hazardous materials, or other items of no reasonable utility or reasonable value, as determined by the City, in public rights-of-way, on City property, or on any adjacent public or private property.
5. Open flames, recreational fires, burning of garbage, bonfires, or other fires, flames, or heating deemed unsafe by the Porterville Fire Department, or the Porterville Police Department, are prohibited. Types of flameless cooking stoves and other flameless devices for keeping warm, as consistent with this subsection, are permitted. Additionally, Ordinance No. 1914
any and all fires, to the extent allowed by this Section, must comply with all State and local laws.
6. Dumping of Greywater or Hazardous Water into any facilities or places not intended for Greywater or Hazardous Water disposal is prohibited. This includes but is not limited to City streets, public rights-of-way, public waterways, and storm drains, which are not intended for disposal of Greywater or Hazardous Water.
7. Unauthorized connections or taps to Public Utilities, including but not limited to such connections or taps that cross over City property, roadways, rights-of-way, driveways, streets, sidewalks, fences, and private property are prohibited.
8. Violations of building codes, fire codes, and other relevant codes or standards for health and safety are prohibited.
9. Obstruction of, or attachment of Camp Materials or personal property to, fire hydrants, utility poles, Public Utilities infrastructure, public infrastructure, fences, trees, vegetation, vehicles, bridges/infrastructure, or buildings is prohibited.
10. Individuals may not build or erect structures, whether by using plywood, wood materials, pallets, or other materials. Items such as tents, and similar items used for shelter that are readily portable, are not structures for purposes of this section.
11. Storage of personal property such as vehicle tires, bicycles, or associated components (except as needed for an individual's personal use), gasoline, generators, lumber, household furniture, propane tanks, combustible material or gases, or other items or materials, is prohibited, other than what is related to camping, sleeping, or keeping warm and dry, and only to the extent that such items are used in a safe manner.
12. Digging, excavation, terracing of soil, alteration of ground, water or infrastructure, or damage to vegetation or trees is prohibited.
13. All animals in the custody, ownership, or companionship of an individual, must be leashed or crated at all times.
14. Camps shall consist of no more than two adult persons, their minor dependents, two animals (e.g., dogs) that are leashed or crated at all times, and one tent.
Section 18-79 ENFORCEMENT
A. Voluntary Compliance. The enforcement personnel shall make a good faith effort to contact the person violating this Chapter and provide a reasonable opportunity to cure or remedy the alleged violation. Enforcement Personnel shall make a good faith effort to determine whether the person subject to enforcement has been referred to service providers and/or local non-profit assistance organizations and make a referral if it appears none has been made.
B. Notice of Violation
1. 24 Hour Notice. Prior to implementing any of the enforcement mechanisms provided for in this Chapter to remove a Campsite and/or Camp Facilities because of violations of this Chapter, Ordinance No. 1914
the Enforcement Personnel shall provide occupants of a Campsite or Camp Facilities, at least 24 hours in advance of any action to remove the Campsite or Camp Facilities, notice both to remove the camp within 24 hours consistent with the requirements of this Chapter as well as of the intent by the City to remove the Campsite or Camp Facilities in no less than 24 hours (the “notice”). The notice shall be in writing and shall be posted on or near the Campsite or Camp Facilities, so as to reasonably communicate the notice to persons living at the or Camp Facilities but not present during the attempt to provide notice. In addition, the Enforcement Personnel shall make a good faith effort to personally provide the written notice to the occupant(s) of the Campsite or Camp Facilities present at the time the Enforcement Personnel posts the notice.
Failure of the occupant(s) of the encampment to comply with the notice’s requirements to remove the camp within 24 hours consistent with the requirements of this Chapter shall constitute a violation of this Chapter. The notice shall contain the following information:
a. The location of the Campsite or Camp Facilities;
b. The date and time notice was posted;
c. A statement that the Campsite or Camp Facilities violates this Chapter; d. An advisement that the City will remove the Campsite or Camp Facilities 24 hours after the date and time of the notice;
e. Information about any housing, shelter, or homeless services available for occupants of the Campsite or Camp Facilities, the phone number and address to contact in order to obtain such housing, shelter, or homeless services, if available, and information about obtaining free transportation, if available, to such housing, shelter, or homeless services; f. An advisement that any personal property remaining at the Campsite or Camp Facilities site when the Enforcement Personnel returns to remove the Camp Facilities will be impounded for no fewer than 60 days, or as provided for by applicable law, and will be discarded thereafter if not claimed; and
g. The address, phone number, and operating hours of the location where the personal property will be stored and may be retrieved, being a staging or storage area managed by the Porterville Fire Department – Code Enforcement Unit, or as otherwise designated by the City, and that the City will charge no fee for storage or retrieval.
2. Less Than 24 Hour Notice. The notice detailed above may establish a shorter time for the removal of the encampment if the Enforcement Personnel have determined the conditions at the Campsite or Camp Facilities requires removal of the Campsite or Camp Facilities in less than 24 hours to avoid a potential emergency or threat to public health or safety, such as possible site contamination by hazardous materials or when there is reasonable potential danger to human life or safety. Failure of the occupant(s) of the encampment to comply with the notice’s requirements to remove the camp consistent with the requirements of this Chapter shall constitute a violation of this Chapter.
3. Illegal Activity or Exceptional Emergency. Enforcement personnel may remove a Campsite or Camp Facilities without providing the notice described above in the following circumstances:
Ordinance No. 1914
a. When there is probable cause for law enforcement officials to believe that illegal activity, other than camping, is occurring at a Campsite or Camp Facilities, or in the immediate vicinity of an Established Campsite or Camp Facilities; or b. When there is probable cause for law enforcement officials to believe that the property that comprises a Campsite or Camp Facilities is being used or is intended to be used to commit or facilitate the commission of otherwise illegal activity; or c. In the event of an exceptional emergency, such as significant evidence of site contamination by hazardous materials or when there is immediate danger to human life or safety.
C. Removal of a Campsite or Camp Facilities. If the occupant(s) fail to comply with the request for voluntary compliance set forth in subsection A above, and after the enforcement personnel comply with the requirements set forth in subsection B above, any Camp, Camp Materials, or personal property in violation of any of the standards in this Chapter may be removed or cleaned-up by the City or its designated contractors, and the enforcement personnel may take appropriate actions to remove a Campsite or Camp Facilities and enforce this Chapter, consistent with the following:
1. When removing Camp Facilities, or individuals, Camp Materials, or personal property from a Campsite, enforcement personnel will make reasonable efforts to remove individuals without the use of force or citation.
2. When removing personal property, the City shall make reasonable efforts to determine if the property belongs to an individual and has any reasonable utility or reasonable value. “Personal belongings” include 1) items of apparent value of $50 or more; and/or 2) items of apparent personal value, including but not limited to: eyeglasses, operational wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, other medical equipment, habitable tents, personal papers (such as photographs, albums, ID’s , bank statements, and legal papers), backpacks, container, and operational bicycles, scooter, and strollers. The City shall make reasonable efforts to identify which Campsite the property was removed from, to aid in connecting people with their property. Items that are perishable, that have no reasonable use or value, that are not identifiable as belonging to an individual, or that are in an unsanitary condition due to saturation or contamination from bodily fluids, whether human or animal, or other contamination, will be considered garbage, discarded, and need not be stored.
3. Weapons, drug paraphernalia, or other contraband, and items that appear to be either stolen or evidence of a crime, shall be provided to law enforcement officials.
4. Following removal of personal property from City property or rights-of-way, the City shall post a notice at or as near as possible to the location the property was collected and on the City's website, stating where the personal property is being stored, and listing the phone number and hours a person claiming ownership can collect or make arrangements to collect their personal property.
5. After a Campsite or Camp Facilities has been removed, then at the recommendation of the Police Chief or Fire Chief on the basis of public health and safety, the City Manager may order Ordinance No. 1914
that no camp be set up in that same location or a 100-foot. The City shall post signs informing the public that camping is prohibited at the location.
D. Removal and Storage of Personal Property or Camp Materials During Removal of a Campsite or Camp Facilities. Personal property or Camp Materials may be removed from City rights-of-way, City property, or a Camp, during removal of a Campsite or Camp Facilities pursuant to Section C above, if in violation of the provisions of this Chapter, as provided for herein.
1. Personal property removed from City rights-of-way or City property and unclaimed at the time of removal will be stored by the City for a minimum of sixty (60) days, or the duration (if shorter in time) allowed by applicable State or federal law, counting from the day of the removal as day one.
2. Items that are perishable, that have no reasonable use or value, that are not identifiable as belonging to an individual, or that are in an unsanitary condition due to saturation or contamination from bodily fluids, whether human or animal, or other contamination, will be considered garbage, discarded, and will not be stored. Property discarded, dumped, or otherwise abandoned in the City rights-of-way or on public property may be immediately discarded.
3. The City will store personal property at a storage facility at or near a designated City facility, where people can reasonably retrieve belongings. Notwithstanding any otherwise applicable City policy or procedure, all items collected and stored pursuant to this Chapter that reasonably appear to have a monetary value at the time of collection of less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) shall be stored at a storage facility, and items that reasonably appear to have a monetary value at the time of collection of one thousand dollars ($1000) or more shall be separately stored for safekeeping with the Porterville Police Department (“MBPD”).
4. The City will make reasonable efforts to provide a range of times the storage facility will be available for people to collect their personal property. The City may dispose of any personal property that remains unclaimed after sixty (60) days, or the duration (if shorter in time) allowed by applicable State or federal law, counting from the day of the removal as day one.
Section 18-80 VIOLATIONS
A citation for a violation of this Article shall be for an infraction. At the City's discretion, it may issue Administrative Citations under Chapter 2, Article 14 of this Code. Citations will be issued only when other means of achieving compliance have been unsuccessful or are not practicable for the particular situation. Additionally, the City reserves the right to enforce this Article in accordance with Chapter 1, Sections 1-9 and 1-10 of this Code, to the extent consistent with this Article and Section.
Section 18-81 SUSPENSION OF ENFORCEMENT
The City Council, Manager, or designee, as otherwise specified is specifically authorized to modify or suspend enforcement of any section or part of this Article in the event of a declared emergency, pursuant to applicable State or Federal Law, City regulations, administrative rules or policies, weather conditions (including but not limited to extreme heat or cold), or for any other reason within the City Council or City Manager's authority, regardless of whether an emergency has been declared. In addition, Ordinance No. 1914
the City Manager may suspend the enforcement of regulations contained in this Chapter when the City Manager, or designee, has determined a person does not have access to shelter and is engaged in case management or behavioral health services, or when necessary or appropriate to respond to a person’s disability, or as further set forth in any administrative policies implementing this Article adopted by the City Manager, or designee pursuant to Section 18-82.
Section 18-82 ADOPTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE RULES
The City Manager, or designee may adopt administrative rules or policies governing or guiding enforcement of this Chapter, consistent with the intent of this Chapter, including but not limited to ensuring consistent and appropriate enforcement for various circumstances. These administrative rules or policies should ensure that enforcement is tailored to various circumstances, including but not limited to situations where a person has a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act, where minor children are present or otherwise involved, where a person has employment obligations that may relate to their ability to comply with this Chapter, or for other reasons that may support discretion in enforcement.
Section 18-83 METHODS OF ENFORCEMENT NOT EXCLUSIVE
Methods of enforcement for violations of this Chapter are not exclusive and may consist of multiple enforcement mechanisms where legally authorized and appropriate. However, the intent of the City is to always resolve violations at the lowest possible level, and to engage to seek compliance and solve problems while maintaining the dignity of all involved.
Section 18-84 OVERNIGHT CAMPING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY
It is unlawful to camp on private property without the property owner’s consent, or to camp on private property in such a manner in violation of applicable law or this Code or as to cause blight or a public nuisance, or to disturb the peace and quiet enjoyment of the adjacent property owners and neighbors.
For the purposes of this section, an unlawful encampment includes but is not limited to an area of private property , upon which any person has settled or located, or which they occupy, without having a bona fide claim or color of title thereto, or without the express consent of the owner or person legally in charge thereof or the agent of the same, and/or which is occupied or inhabited by such person in violation of section 103 of the California Building Code or Chapter 7 of this Code (Uniform Building Codes as adopted by the City). Camping inside a motor vehicle shall only be permitted if done in a manner otherwise consistent with this Section and if otherwise (and to the extent) permitted under this Code or applicable law.
Notwithstanding the other restrictions in this Section, camping shall not be permitted on private property where it is conducted in such a manner as to create inadequate sanitation, any trafficking in illegal drugs, or with such frequency, intensity or duration as to constitute a use of land prohibited under Chapter 21 of this Code (zoning regulations), nor where any fee, charge or other monetary consideration is collected for the privilege of Camping or for any services or the use of any facilities related thereto (unless such use/activity has been expressly permitted by the City).
Notwithstanding this Section or other applicable regulations in this Code, camping, lodging (or other activities) on private property in violation of any applicable State or Federal law is prohibited.
Ordinance No. 1914
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this ordinance is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions thereof may be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. POTENTIAL CONFLICTS. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, City resolutions or policies, and the like, in conflict with those sections amended or added herein to the Porterville Municipal Code, are hereby expressly superseded by this ordinance.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its passage and adoption.
SECTION 6. CERTIFICATION. The City Clerk shall certify as to the passage and adoption of this ordinance, and the City Clerk shall cause the same to be posted and codified in the manner required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of August, 2025.
Greg Meister, Mayor
ATTEST:
Richard Tree, Interim City Clerk
By: _______________________
Fernando Gabriel-Moraga,
Chief Deputy City Clerk