336 Pacific Avenue, Shafter, CA 93263
Meeting Held In-Person and Via Zoom and Livestream on YouTube.
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
SHAFTER CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2025
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC:
Any documents produced by the City and distributed to a majority of the City Council regarding any item on this agenda will be made available in the City Clerk’s Office during normal business hours at City Hall located at 336 Pacific Avenue, Shafter CA. In addition, such documents will be posted on the City’s website at www.shafter.com.
CALL TO ORDER: 6:00 PM
ROLL CALL: Mayor Givens
Mayor Pro Olvera
Council Member Alvarado
Council Member Espinoza
Council Member Prout
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Council Member Prout
INVOCATION: Mayor Pro Tem Olvera
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
PRESENTATION:
1. Proclamation: Safely Surrendered Baby Awareness Month, February 2025.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
Those persons wishing to speak on any item included on the agenda, or on any matter within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council, are invited to speak from the podium and address the City Council. Speakers are limited to five minutes unless additional time is needed for translation. Please state your name and address for the record before making your presentation.
COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REPORTS:
On their own initiative, Council Members may make a brief announcement or a brief report on their own activities. Council Members may ask a question for clarification, make a referral to staff, or take action to have staff place a matter of business on a Shafter City Council Agenda
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future agenda. No formal action by the Council will be taken unless an item is identified on the Agenda.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
All items on the consent calendar are considered routine and non-controversial by staff and will be approved by one motion if no member of the Council or public wishes to comment or ask questions. If comment or discussion is desired by anyone, the item will be removed from the consent calendar and will be considered in the listed sequence with an opportunity for any member of the public to address the Council concerning the item before action is taken.
1. Approve General Checks: January 27, 2025, January 30, 2025.
2. Approve Payroll: January 17, 2025, January 24, 2025.
3. Approve Overtime Report: January 2025.
4. Approval of Minutes: November 5, 2024.
5. Approve Proclamation: Kern County Grand Jury Awareness February 2025.
6. Council find the action is not defined as a “project” per Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines; approve the expenditure for 10 police radios and 10 mobile computers per the quotes provided by Motorola Solutions, Inc. and DuraTech USA, inc. for a total expenditure of $82,524.27.
7. Council find the action is not defined as a “project” per Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines; approve the expenditure for two dispatcher work-stations per the quote provided by RussBassett for a total expenditure of $46,800.10.
8. Council find the action is not defined as a “project” per Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines; approve a budget appropriation of $35,000 from the General Fund to the operations and maintenance budget accounts for City Hall; approve one (1) cost proposal from Mesa Energy Systems, Inc., dated January 28, 2025, for the replacement of ductwork and one (1) air conditioning unit at City Hall valued at $29,875.00 and authorize the Public Works Director to award said work for a total amount up to $35,000.
9. Council find the requested action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act; approve one (1) cost proposal submitted by Dee Jaspar and Associates, dated December 17, 2024, totaling $65,527 to fund design and engineering services for a new water storage tank to serve the Wonderful Industrial Park; authorize the Public Works Director to award a professional services agreement valued at up to $75,000 for said work and execute the agreement on the behalf the City; and authorize budget appropriations within the adopted Water Capital Improvement Program to fund the full amount of said professional services agreement.
10. Council find the action is not defined as a “project” per Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines; approve a Consent to Assignment of Agreement for an existing professional services agreement, dated May 15, 2024, with Ruettgers & Schuler Civil Engineers (Purchase Order No. 20240364) to document and approve said company's merger with Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group; and authorize City staff to execute said Consent to Assignment of Agreement on behalf of the City.
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11. The City Council find the action is not defined as a “project” per Section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines; and adopt Resolution 3007, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Shafter, California, Declaring its Intention to Establish Proposed City of Shafter Community Facilities District No. 0816 (“CFD”) to authorize the levy of a special tax within the CFD (Pursuant to the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, as amended).
MANAGEMENT REPORT:
1. COUNCIL CHAMBER DAIS STAINING: Council find the action is not defined as a “project” per Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines; approve the quotes provided by Patterson and Sons Construction Inc., dba Aftermath Cleanup and Hauling for $14,750 and Pacific West Sound for $16,830; authorize the Public Works Director to award contracts to both contractors with a total project budget up to $35,000; and approve a General Fund appropriation of $35,000 to a new project for this work.
ROLL CALL
2. CITYWIDE FIBER OPTIC EXPANSION AND PARTNERSHIP APPROVAL:
Council find the action is not defined as a “project” per Section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines; discuss the proposed recommendation for a Broadband and Digital Equity Public-Private Partnership (P3); and approve for immediate release the solicitation associated with the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the City's partnership agreement.
ROLL CALL
3. AGREEMENT FOR SALE BY THE CITY TO OLFA TRABELSI AND NACEUR BEN AISSA HIDOUSSI OF 5.42-ACRE PROPERTY IDENTIFIABLE AS A PORTION OF APN 028-010-12 AND ADOPTION OF DECLARATION
RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS: Council find that the action is not defined as a “project” per Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines; approve the agreement for purchase and sale and joint escrow instructions for the sale of the 5.42-acre city property located at APN 028-010-12, and accept the declaration of restrictive covenants. The City Manager and/or his designee will work towards finalizing the process.
ROLL CALL
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS AND REPORTS:
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR COMMENTS AND REPORTS:
RECESS:
CLOSED SESSION:
1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISITING LITIGATION: Pursuant to California Government Code, Section 54956.9(a). Name of Case: California Department of Tax and Fee Administration Petitions of the Cities of Alameda, et al (Williams-Sonoma DTC, Inc. Case IDs: 757063, 284-450, 20127075.
ADJOURNMENT:
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