AGENDA
SELMA CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
April 15, 2025
4:30 p.m.
Selma City Council Chambers
1710 Tucker Street
Selma, CA 93662
Teleconference Phone Number: +1 301 715 8592
Webinar ID: 891 6864 5005 https://zoom.us/j/89168645005
WHEN ON THE PHONE, IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE AGENDA, PRESS *9 TO “RAISE HAND” AND WE WILL SELECT YOU FROM THE MEETING CUE. PRESS *6 TO UNMUTE AND MUTE YOURSELF.
Notice to Meeting Attendees: Members of the audience shall not engage in disorderly or boisterous conduct including the utterance of threatening or abuse language or other acts which disturb, disrupt or impede or otherwise render the orderly conduct of a City Council meeting infeasible.
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL: Council Members Avalos, Oceguera, Trujillo, Mayor Pro Tem Guerra, and Mayor Robertson
POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: Any council member who has a potential conflict of interest may now identify the item and recuse themselves from discussing and voting on the matter.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
NOTICE(S) TO THE PUBLIC: At this time, any member of the public may address the City Council regarding any item on the special meeting agenda over which the Council has jurisdiction. No action or discussion will be taken on any item not on the agenda. Issues raised will be referred to the City Manager for review. Members of the public shall limit their remarks to three (3) minutes.
CLOSED SESSION:
This item has been set aside for the City Council to meet in a closed session to discuss matters pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4). The City Attorney will provide an oral report regarding the Closed Session.
1. Public Employee Performance Evaluation
Title: City Manager
2. Public Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release
3. Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4)
Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation
Three Cases, Initiation of Litigation
ADJOURNMENT
Agendas for all City Council/Community Enhancement Corporation meetings are posted at least 72 hours prior to the meeting at the Council Chambers, 1710 Tucker Street. The City of Selma complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA of 1990) and Government Code Section 54953(g), and the City Council has adopted a reasonable accommodation policy to swiftly resolve accommodation requests. The policy can also be found on the City’s website here. Please contact the City Clerk’s Office, (559) 891-2200, to make an accommodation request, or to obtain an electronic or printed copy of the policy.
AGENDA
SELMA CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
April 15, 2025
6:00 p.m.
Selma City Council Chambers
1710 Tucker Street
Selma, CA 93662
Teleconference Phone Number: +1 301 715 8592
Webinar ID: 891 6864 5005 https://zoom.us/j/89168645005
WHEN ON THE PHONE, IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE AGENDA, PRESS *9 TO “RAISE HAND” AND WE WILL SELECT YOU FROM THE MEETING CUE. PRESS *6 TO UNMUTE AND MUTE YOURSELF.
Notice to Meeting Attendees: Members of the audience shall not engage in disorderly or boisterous conduct including the utterance of threatening or abuse language or other acts which disturb, disrupt or impede or otherwise render the orderly conduct of a City Council meeting infeasible.
CALL TO ORDER
INVOCATION: Pastor Paul Mesa, Trinity Life Church
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Pro Tem Guerra
ROLL CALL: Council Members Avalos, Oceguera, Trujillo, Mayor Pro Tem Guerra, and Mayor Robertson
POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: Any council member who has a potential conflict of interest may now identify the item and recuse themselves from discussing and voting on the matter.
AGENDA CHANGES OR DELETIONS: To better accommodate members of the public or inconvenience in the order of presentation, items on the agenda may not be presented or acted upon in the order listed. Additions to Agenda may be added only pursuant to California Government Code Section 54954.2 (b).
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
NOTICE(S) TO THE PUBLIC: At this time, any member of the public may address the City Council regarding any item on the regular meeting agenda over which the Council has jurisdiction. No action or discussion will be taken on any item not on the agenda. Issues raised will be referred to the City Manager for review. Members of the public shall limit their remarks to three (3) minutes.
1 - SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
1-1 Introduction of New Staff Alcaraz
2 - CONSENT CALENDAR
All items listed under the consent calendar category are considered routine. The complete consent calendar will be enacted by one motion by ROLL CALL VOTE. For purposes of discussion, any Council member may have an item removed from the consent calendar and made part of the regular agenda. The council can then approve the remainder of the consent calendar.
2-1 Approval – Minutes – Special and Regular Meeting – April 1, 2025 Venegas 2-2 Approval – Consideration of Cancellation of May 20, 2025, Council Meeting Venegas 2-3 Approval – Consideration of Resolution 2025-26R Directing the City Engineer to Initiate and Prepare the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Engineer’s Report for Landscaping Lighting and Maintenance District No. 1
Horn
2-4 Approval – Check Register Dated April 3, 2025 Moreno 3 – PUBLIC HEARINGS
3-1 Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance 2025-04 Amending Section 6-21-6 of the Selma Municipal Code (SMC) Relating to the Removal of Graffiti Costanzo
4 – NEW BUSINESS
4-1 Action Item – Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance 2025-03 Amending Municipal Code Section 11-2-3(D) of the Selma Municipal Code Adding Development Regulations for Housing Development Projects Listed under Priority Housing Sites to Fulfill Housing Element Program 7 Objectives Keene
4-2 Discussion Item – Suggestions for use of Funding Available Through Fresno County Council of Governments (COG) Under Safe Routes to School Program
Costanzo
5 - FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Council requests for future agenda items. Not subject to public comment. Items require a consensus. 6 – DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
• City Manager • City Clerk
• City Attorney • Finance
• Deputy City Manager
(Development Services)
• Fire
• Police
• Administrative Services • Public Works
7 – COUNCIL REPORTS / COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS
Brief report by Council members on City related functions as authorized by the Brown Act.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
NOTICE(S) TO THE PUBLIC: At this time, any member of the public may address the City Council regarding any item on the regular meeting agenda over which the Council has jurisdiction. No action or discussion will be taken on any item not on the agenda. Issues raised will be referred to the City Manager for review. Members of the public shall limit their remarks to three (3) minutes.
ADJOURNMENT
Upcoming Council Meetings
• City Council Special Meeting, Tuesday, April 22, 2025 – Budget Workshop • City Council Regular Meeting, Tuesday May 6, 2025
• City Council Regular Meeting, Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Agendas for all City Council/Community Enhancement Corporation meetings are posted at least 72 hours prior to the meeting at the Council Chambers, 1710 Tucker Street. The City of Selma complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA of 1990) and Government Code Section 54953(g), and the City Council has adopted a reasonable accommodation policy to swiftly resolve accommodation requests. The policy can also be found on the City’s website here. Please contact the City Clerk’s Office, (559) 891-2200, to make an accommodation request, or to obtain an electronic or printed copy of the policy.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
I, Mary J. Venegas, Deputy City Clerk for the City of Selma, declare under penalty of perjury that I posted the above Special and Regular City Council Agenda for the meeting of April 15, 2025, near the front entrance of City Hall located at 1710 Tucker Street, Selma, CA and on the City’s website www.cityofselma.com on April 10, 2025.
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Mary J. Venegas, CMC
Deputy City Clerk