336 Pacific Avenue, Shafter, CA 93263
Meeting Held In-Person and Via Zoom and Livestream on YouTube.
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
SHAFTER CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 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 Tem Olvera
Council Member Alvarado
Council Member Espinoza
Council Member Prout
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Council Member Prout
INVOCATION: Council Member Espinoza
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
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 future agenda. No formal action by the Council will be taken unless an item is identified on the Agenda.
Shafter City Council Agenda
December 2, 2025
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: November 20, 2025.
2. Approve Payroll: November 3, 2025, November 10, 2025, November 14, 2025.
3. Council find the action is not defined as a “project” per Section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines; and approve the cancellation of the regularly scheduled City Council meeting of January 6, 2026.
4. Council find the aciton is not defined as a "project" per Section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines. and reappoint Tim Unruh as a member of the Kern Mosquito and Vector Control District Board of Trustees for a two (2) year term, through December 31, 2027.
5. Council find that the action is not defined as a “project” per Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines; authorize the City Manager to add a full-time Community Service Officer position within the Shafter Police Department’s organizational structure as part of the operating budget; and authorize the City Manager to add one Records Technician position within the Shafter Police Department’s organizational structure as part of the operating budget.
6. Council find that the approval of the final map is not defined as a “project” per Section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines; and approve the final map for Tract No. 7421.
7. Council find the action is not defined as a "project" per Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines; approve the Agreement for the Completion of Public Improvements with Lennar Homes of California, LLC for Tract 7421 subject to review and approval by the City Attorney and City Engineer and authorize the City Manager to execute said agreement.
8. Council find the action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act; approve request for proposal documents for the 2025 Citywide Tree Trimming Project; and authorize the release of said project for formal bid purposes.
9. Council find the action is not defined as a “project” per Section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines; accept the public improvements constructed for Tract 6490 Phase 2; authorize the City Engineer to file a Notice of Completion and Acceptance of Work for the tract; and authorize the reduction of performance bond securities to 25% of the total construction cost to act as a warranty bond for a minimum of one year.
10. Council find the action is not defined as a "project" per Section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines; approve the low-bid quote for installation of fiber optic conduit and a vault associated with Phase 1 of the City's expansion plan to Pavletich Electric in the amount of $54,391.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
Shafter City Council Agenda
December 2, 2025
Should anyone challenge any proposed action which is the subject of a public hearing listed on this agenda, that person challenging any action taken after the public hearing may be limited to raising only those issues addressed at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at or prior to this public hearing.
1. PUBLIC HEARING ON PROCEEDINGS FOR THE ANNEXATION OF
TERRITORY TO CITY OF SHAFTER COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 0815 (ANNEXATION NO. 1): Council find the action is not defined as a “project” per section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines; open and conduct a public hearing on the annexation of territory to the City of Shafter Community Facilities District No. 0815, County of Kern, State of California (“Annexation No. 1”); take public testimony; close the public hearing; and then complete the following:
1. Adopt Resolution No. 3049, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Shafter, California, Calling a Special Election and Submitting to the Qualified Electors of Territory Proposed to be Annexed to the City of Shafter Community Facilities District No. 0815, County of Kern, State of California the Question of Levying Special Taxes Within That Territory (Annexation No. 1);
2. Hold a special landowner election;
3. Adopt Resolution No. 3050, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Shafter, California, Acting in its Capacity as the Legislative Body of the City of Shafter Community Facilities District No. 0815, County of Kern, State of California, Declaring the Results of the Special Election in Such Community Facilities District on the Proposition of the Annual Levy of Special Taxes Within the Territory Proposed to be Annexed to Said Community Facilities District to Pay the Cost of Certain Services to be Provided by the Community Facilities District, Determining that the Territory Proposed to be Annexed (Annexation No. 1) is Added to the Part of Said Community Facilities District with Full Legal Effect; and
4. Conduct a first reading of Ordinance No. 773, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Shafter, California, Acting in its Capacity as the Legislative Body of the City of Shafter Community Facilities District No. 0815, County of Kern, State of California, Authorizing the Levy of a Special Tax in Such Community Facilities District, Including Certain Annexation Territory Identified as Annexation No. 1.
ROLL CALL
MANAGEMENT REPORT:
1. FIRST PUBLIC HYDROGEN AUTHORITY (FPH2) MEMBERSHIP: Council find the action is not defined as a “project” per Section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines; adopt Resolution No. 3051, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Shafter approving the JPA Agreement and membership with the First Public Hydrogen Authority.
ROLL CALL
Shafter City Council Agenda
December 2, 2025
2. NEW COMMUNITY-BASED INTERNET BRAND AND WEBSITE DOMAIN PRESENTATION AND APPROVAL: Council find the action is not defined as a “project” per Section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines; approve the community internet brand Sol Net Fiber and website domain, shafterconnect.com, to ensure Staff can prepare the site for new customer internet connections as early as January 2026.
ROLL CALL
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS AND REPORTS:
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR COMMENTS AND REPORTS:
ADJOURNMENT:
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in a City Council Meeting, please contact the City Clerk at (661) 746-5000 at least three (3) days prior to the meeting or time the special services are needed to allow City staff in making reasonable arrangements to provide you with access to the meeting. Any public record, relating to an open session agenda item, that is distributed within 72 hours prior to the meeting is available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s Office at Shafter City Hall, 336 Pacific Ave., Shafter, CA 93263. This is to certify that this Agenda notice was posted at City Hall and Police Dept. by 5:00 p.m., November 24, 2025. Yazmina Pallares, S/S, City Clerk
REMOTE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS ALLOWED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS, SEE BELOW FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
1. You are strongly encouraged to observe the City Council meetings live via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/CityofShafter/
2. If you wish to make a comment on a specific agenda item or public comment, please submit your comment via email by 6:00 PM on December 2, 2025 to the City Clerk at [email protected]
3. If you wish to make a written comment to the City Clerk, 336 Pacific Avenue, Shafter, CA 93263.
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5. All public comments are provided to the City Council and applicable Staff, for review and consideration by the Board prior to taking action on any matters listed on the agenda and are incorporated into the official record of the City Council meeting.