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City of Tulare
City Council
AMENDED
Notice and Agenda
Tulare Public Library & Council Chamber
491 North M Street, Tulare
www.tulare.ca.gov
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
6:15 p.m. – Special Meeting
7:00 p.m. – Regular Meeting
Mission Statement
To promote a quality of life making Tulare the most desirable community in which to live, learn, play, work, worship and prosper.
Attending and Participating in Meetings
Regular Council Meetings are held on the first and third Tuesdays of the month in the Council Chamber located in the Tulare Public Library at 491 North M Street, Tulare, subject to cancellation. Additional meetings of the City Council may be called as needed.
Attend meetings in person or access the meeting live via YouTube. For those that wish to provide public comment while not physically in attendance, call (559) 366-1849 during Public Comments and/or Public Hearing and General Business items. Please note that there will be approximately a 20-second delay in broadcast for viewers. When calling in, mute device used for viewing the meeting.
City of Tulare YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWZiv2o7do1JY0OvGe1_aw/videos Documents related to items on the agenda are accessible on the City’s website at www.tulare.ca.gov and available for viewing at the entrance of the Council Chamber.
Rules for Addressing Council
• Members of the public may address the City Council on matters within the jurisdiction of the City of Tulare.
• If you wish to address Council, please complete one of the yellow speaker cards located at the entrance to the Council Chamber and provide to the Clerk. • Persons wishing to address Council concerning an agendized item will be invited to address the Council during the time that Council is considering that agenda item. Persons wishing to address Council concerning a non-agendized issue will be invited to address Council during the Public Comments portion of the meeting.
• When invited by the mayor to speak, please step up to the podium, state your name and city where you reside, and make your comments. Comments are limited to three minutes per speaker.
Americans with Disabilities Act
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons with a disability who require a disability-related modification or accommodation in order to participate in a meeting, including auxiliary aids or services, may request such modification from the City Clerk’s Office at (559) 684-4200. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to the meeting.
Agri-Center of the World
Mayor
Terry A. Sayre, District 2
Vice Mayor
Patrick Isherwood, District 5
Councilmembers
Jose Sigala, District 1
Stephen C. Harrell, District 3
Dennis A. Mederos, District 4
City Council Agenda – Special and Regular Meetings August 1, 2023 City of Tulare Page 2
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to section 54956 of the California Government Code, that a special meeting of the City Council of the City of Tulare is hereby called.
1. CALL TO ORDER SPECIAL MEETING
2. PUBLIC COMMENT PERTAINING TO CLOSED SESSION ITEMS - Comments are limited to items to be discussed in closed session. Speaker will be allowed three minutes each per item.
3. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING
3.1 Conference with Labor Negotiators (Government Code § 54957.6) Agency Representatives: Mario Zamora, Marc Mondell, Janice Avila, Michael Ott Employee Organization: Tulare Professional Fire Fighter Association - NonManagement; Tulare Professional Fire Fighter Association - Management
4. RECONVENE FROM CLOSED SESSION
5. CLOSED SESSION REPORT - This is the time for Council to publicly report specified closed session action and the vote taken on those actions, if any.
6. ADJOURNMENT OF SPECIAL MEETING
7:00 p.m. - REGULAR MEETING
7. CALL TO ORDER REGULAR MEETING
8. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION - Dennis Sunderland, Pastor of Tulare Bethel Church, to deliver invocation.
9. PRESENTATIONS
9.1 Adventist Health Tulare Update.
10. PUBLIC COMMENTS - This is the time for the public to comment on matters within the jurisdiction of the Tulare City Council that are not on the agenda. The Council asks that comments are kept brief and positive. The Council cannot legally discuss or take official action on request items that are introduced tonight. This is also the time for the public to comment on items listed under the Consent Calendar or to request an item from the Consent Calendar be pulled for discussion purposes. Comments related to Public Hearing or General Business items will be heard at the time those items are discussed. In fairness to all who wish to speak, each speaker will be allowed three minutes with a maximum time of 15 minutes per item unless otherwise extended by Council. Please begin your comments by stating your name and providing your city of residence.
11. COMMUNICATIONS - Communications are to be submitted to the City Manager’s Office 10 days prior to a Council Meeting to be considered for this section of the agenda. No action will be taken on matters listed under communications; however, the Council may direct staff to schedule issues raised during communications for a future agenda. Public comments will be limited to three minutes per topic unless otherwise extended by Council. 6:15 p.m. – SPECIAL MEETING (CLOSED SESSION)
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12. COUNCIL REPORTS AND ITEMS OF INTEREST
13. CONSENT CALENDAR - All Consent Calendar items are considered routine and will be enacted in one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these matters unless a request is made, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Calendar to be discussed and voted upon by a separate motion.
13.1 Waive the reading of ordinances and approve reading by title only.
Recommended Action: Approve the reading by title only of all ordinances and that further reading of such ordinances be waived.
13.2 Special and/or Regular Meeting Minutes of July 18, 2023.
Recommended Action: Approve as submitted. [M. Hermann]
13.3 Notice of Completion – EN0090 Sequoia-Spruce Tracts Improvements Project.
Recommended Action: Accept as complete the contract with 99 Pipeline, Inc. of Porterville, CA for work on Project EN0090 – Sequoia-Spruce Tracts Improvements, a street and utility improvement project on Spruce St., between Bardsley Avenue and Tulare Avenue; authorize the City Engineer to sign the Notice of Completion; and direct the City Clerk to file the Notice of Completion with the Tulare County Recorder’s Office. [M. Miller]
13.4 Construction Contract for Project No. PK0038 – Prosperity Sports Park Basketball Courts.
Recommended Action: [M. Miller] Award and authorize the City Manager to sign contracts related to City Project PK0038, a project to construct two basketball courts at Prosperity Sports Park; authorize the City Manager or designee to approve contract change orders in an amount not to exceed 10% of each contract amount; and approve the revised budget.
1. Contractor Todd Companies of Visalia, CA $ 317,250.00
2. Construction Surveying Guida Surveying, Inc. of Fresno, CA $ 12,100.00
3. Labor Compliance
Monitoring
Labor Consultants of California of
Hanford, CA $ 5,100.00
4. Materials Testing CTL of Exeter, CA $ 8,930.00
13.5 Asphalt Contract with Deer Creek.
Recommended Action: Award and authorize the City Manager to sign a contract with Jaxon Enterprises, DBA Deer Creek Asphalt (Deer Creek), of Redding, CA in the amount of $54.75/ton for 3/8” Plant Run Cold Mix with Oil, $54/ton for ½” Plant Run Cold Mix with Oil and $60.00/ton for ½” Hot Asphalt Concrete, subject to minor conforming or clarifying changes acceptable to the City Attorney. [T. Whitfield]
13.6 Veterinary Services Agreement.
Recommended Action: Approve a three-year agreement for veterinary services with Valley Veterinary Services for an amount not to exceed $2,500 per month. [M.
Machado]
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14. PUBLIC HEARINGS - Comments related to Public Hearing items are limited to three minutes per speaker, for a maximum of 30 minutes per item, unless otherwise extended by the Council.
14.1 Placing Public Improvement Loans on Tax Roll.
Recommended Action: Adopt a resolution placing costs associated with connection of existing improved properties to the City’s water and/or wastewater systems, and/or the construction of sidewalks, gutters, pavement, driveways, and curbs on existing improved properties within the City on property tax rolls in installments. [D. Ibañez]
14.2 First Reading of Quimby Act Ordinance.
Recommended Action: Pass-to-print an ordinance providing for adoption of the proposed Quimby Act Ordinance, to be added as Chapter 8.26 of the Tulare Municipal Code, and implementation of the provisions of the Quimby Act as described herein. [M. Anaya]
15. GENERAL BUSINESS - Comments related to General Business items are limited to three minutes per speaker, for a maximum of 30 minutes per item, unless otherwise extended by the Council.
15.1 First Reading of Street Racing and Spectator Ordinance.
Recommended Action: Pass-to-print an ordinance adding Chapter 32 of Title 6 of the Tulare Municipal Code related to street racing. [J. Boatman]
15.2 Women’s Clubhouse Repairs.
Recommend Action: Provide direction on the Women’s Clubhouse repairs. [M.
Correa]
16. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
16.1 Discuss Feasibility of Cultural Arts Center in Downtown.
Recommend Action: Review and provide direction to either add to a future agenda or not. [Councilmember Harrell]
17. STAFF UPDATES
18. ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Tulare City Council is Tuesday, August 15, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, 491 North M Street, Tulare.
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING AGENDA
I hereby certify, in conformance with Government Code Sections 54954.2 and 54956, this notice and agenda was posted in the kiosk at the front of City Hall, 411 E. Kern Avenue, as well as on the City of Tulare’s website (www.tulare.ca.gov).
DATE & TIME POSTED: Thursday, July 27, 2023
Melissa Hermann, Chief Deputy City Clerk