AGENDA
SELMA CITY COUNCIL, PLANNING COMMISSION, AND
DOWTOWN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
SPECIAL JOINT MEETING
June 3, 2025
5:00 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 abusive 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
Planning Commissioners: Ceballos, Coury, Franco, Garcia, Kessler, Salas, Standridge
Downtown Business Improvement District Board Members: Braden, Coury, Gonzalez, Moreno, Robertson, Sahota, K. Singh, P. Singh, Tucker 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 should limit their remarks to three (3) minutes.
SS – STUDY SESSION
SS-1 Downtown Design Standards Workshop Keene
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 should limit their remarks to three (3) minutes.
ADJOURNMENT
Agendas for all City Council 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
June 3, 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 abusive 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: Council Member Oceguera
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 should limit their remarks to three (3) minutes. 1 – DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
• City Manager • City Clerk
• City Attorney • Finance
• Deputy City Manager
(Development Services)
• Fire
• Police
• Administrative Services • Public Works
2 - SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
2-1 Special Presentation – K9 Dog Satin High /
Guzman
3 - 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.
3-1 Approval – Minutes – Special and Regular Meeting – May 06, 2025 Carlson 3-2 Approval – Consideration of Resolution 2025-36 Approving the Project list for Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) Funding for FY 2025-2026
Horn
3-3 Approval of Resolution 2025- 37 the City of Selma’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Agreement Amendment #1 for Project 24651
Horn
3-4 Approval of Resolution 2025-38 Establishing the Facility Use Agreement between the City of Selma and Boys and Girls Club of Fresno County for the usage of the Salazar Community Center.
Fletcher
3-5 Approval – Check Register Report 86801 through 86904 Moreno 4 – PUBLIC HEARINGS
4-1 AB 2561 Vacancy and Recruitment Retention Efforts Venegas 5 – NEW BUSINESS
5-1 Action Item – City Manager Recruitment Venegas
5-2 Action Item – Consideration and Necessary Action of Resolution 2025-39 Approving Preliminary Engineer’s Report, declaring intention to levy and collect the annual assessment for services rendered in Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 1 (LLMD), and providing notice of public hearing on the proposed assessments
Horn
5-3 Action Item – Preliminary Information for Upcoming Safe Routes to School Applications for Funding through Fresno County Measure C Horn
5-4 Action Item – Action Item - Consideration and Necessary Action of Resolution 2025-40 Designating Official City of Selma Logo Costanzo
5-5 Action Item - Introduction and First Reading of Ordinance 2025-06 of the City Council of the City of Selma Amending Selma Municipal Code Section 3-1-1 Relating to the Fire Chief
Costanzo
5-6 Action Item - Introduction and First Reading of Ordinance 2025-07 of the City Council of the City of Selma Amending Selma Municipal Code 3-2-1 Relating to the Chief of Police and Police Department.
Costanzo
5-7 Action Item – Consideration and Necessary Action on Resolution 2025-41 Establishing Public Information Office to be directed by Public Information Officer/Communications Director Appointed by the City Council and to be Employed as a Regular City Employee Subject to City Personnel Rules and Regulations.
Costanzo
6 - FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Council requests for future agenda items. Not subject to public comment. Items require a consensus. 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 should 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 Employment Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957 Council to Discuss and Take any Necessary Action on City Manager Recruitment
2. Public Employment Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957 All Non Regular Contracted positions
ADJOURNMENT
Upcoming Council Meetings
• City Council Regular Meeting, Tuesday, June 17, 2025
• City Council Regular Meeting, Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Agendas for all City Council 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, Sara M. Carlson, City Clerk for the City of Selma, declare under penalty of perjury that I posted the above Regular City Council Agenda for the meeting of June 3, 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 May 30, 2025.
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Sara M. Carlson,
City Clerk