City Council Chambers
707 W. Acequia Ave.
Visalia, CA
City of Visalia
City Council
Meeting Agenda - Final
Mayor Steve Nelsen
Vice Mayor Brian Poochigian
Council Member Greg Collins
Council Member Brett Taylor
Council Member Liz Wynn
City Council Chambers7:00 PMTuesday, January 18, 2022
ROLL CALL
CALL TO ORDER WORK SESSION
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Citizens are now invited to comment on issues within the jurisdiction of the Visalia City Council. The Council asks that you keep your comments concise and positive. Creative criticism, presented with appropriate courtesy, is welcome.
Each speaker will be allowed three minutes and a timer will notify you when your time is expired. Please begin your comments by stating and spelling your name and providing your city of residence.
WORK SESSION AND ACTION ITEMS (as described)
1. Receive presentation from Nielsen, Merksamer, Parrinello, Gross & Leoni (NMPGL) on 2021 state legislative activity and approve 2022 State Legislative Platform for the City of Visalia.
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2. Receive the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for the City of Visalia for the 2020-21 fiscal year.
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3. Review of Annual Measure T Compliance Audit for fiscal year ending 6/30/21.
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4. Review of Annual Measure N Compliance Audit for fiscal year ending 6/30/21.
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5. Consideration and direction regarding an update to the Caltrans Lovers Lane Roadway Rehabilitation and Operational
Improvements Project at State Route 198.
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6. Presentation by representatives from the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for consideration and direction regarding Caltrans State Route 198 east bound offramp modification project at Watson Street/Noble Avenue.
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ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION
CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INVOCATION
ITEMS OF INTEREST
PUBLIC COMMENTS
This is the time for citizens to comment on subject matters that are not on the agenda and within the jurisdiction of the Visalia City Council. The Council asks that you keep your comments brief and positive. Creative criticism, presented with appropriate courtesy, is welcome.
This is also the time for citizens to request an item from the Consent Calendar be pulled for discussion purposes. Public comments related to all pulled Consent Calendar items and Regular or Public Hearing items listed on the agenda will be heard at the time that item is discussed or when the Public Hearing is opened.
Each speaker will be allowed three minutes, and a timer will notify you when your time is expired. Please begin your comments by stating and spelling your name and providing your city of residence.
CONSENT CALENDAR
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 and then the item will be removed from the Consent Calendar to be discussed and voted upon by a separate motion.
1. Authorization to read ordinances by title only. 21-0496
2. Authorize the City Manager to award RFP #20-21-49 Annual Community Forest Maintenance Contract to West Coast Arborist, Inc. of Fresno, CA in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 per year to perform tree maintenance services per specifications of RFP #20-21-49. 21-0582
3. Authorization for the City Manager to enter into a contract with Shape, Inc. of Pleasanton, Ca as a sole source vendor to purchase four (4) 25HP, 480volt 3-phase submersible pump and motors for the Airport lift station in the amount of $200,351.40, and appropriate the funds for payment from the Wastewater Treatment Plant fund (431).
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4. Authorization for the City Manager to enter into a sole source contract with Telstar Instruments for upgrades to the Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) and Sewer Collections Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system in the amount of $243,329.00 and an appropriation from the Wastewater Treatment Plant fund (431).
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5. Authorize City Manager to execute Operations and Management Agreement of the Plaza Park Raceway with Morse Racing
Promotion LLC for one (1) year.
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6. Annual fee waiver request from Visalia Gadabouts to utilize the Visalia Senior Center for the purpose of providing programs and services for senior citizens.
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7. Authorize the City Manager to award a contract for RFB 21-22-07 Annual contract supply & delivery of mulch for a not to exceed the annual amount of $275,100.00 to Sierra Materials and Trucking Company of Merced, CA.
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8. Authorize the City Manager to award the construction contract for FY 18-19 SB1 Street Rehabilitation - Walnut & Murray (RFB 21-22-11), to Don Berry Construction, Inc. of Kingsburg, CA in the amount of $2,668,774.30 (CIP 3010-72000/CP0289-999 &
2370-72000/CP0402-999 ).
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9. Authorize the annexation and amendment of Landscape and Lighting Assessment District (L&LD) No. 20-04, “Walnut Park Estates”; and ordering the improvements and levying the annual assessments for Landscape and Lighting Assessment District (L&LD) No. 20-04 “Walnut Park Estates”, a subdivision located on the north and south sides of West Hillsdale Avenue between North Marcin and North Preston Streets (Resolution Nos. 2022-01, 2022-02 required).
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10. Authorize the City Manager to submit a grant application to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for the Clean California Local Grant Program (CCLGP) Call for Projects.
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11. Authorize the purchase of 11 LifePak 15 cardiac monitors and required accessories from Stryker Corporation for the amount of $331,944.99 as approved in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) project fund (6420-72000/EQ0191-999).
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12. Introduction and first reading of Ordinance No. 2022-02, authorizing four (4) individual four (4) year leases for hangar space in the newly completed four (4) unit Corporate Hangar at the Visalia Municipal Airport to Robin Martella, Rick Bissat, Juan Rodriquez, and Joe Dawkins for the purposes aircraft storage, at the rate of Twenty-One Thousand Dollars ($21,000) annually each.
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13. Second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 2021-11, authorizing the conditional 35-year lease of a parcel of approximately 65,000 sq feet of unimproved property at the Visalia Municipal Airport to Aircraft Mechanical Services (AMS) Inc for the purposes of a new aircraft maintenance facility, at the rate of Twenty-Eight Thousand and Eighty Dollars ($28,080) annually.
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REGULAR ITEMS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS
Comments related to regular Items and Public Hearing Items are limited to three minutes per speaker, for a maximum of 30 minutes per item. The Mayor may reasonably limit or extend the public comment period to preserve the Council's interest in conducting efficient, orderly meetings.
1. Presentation of the proposed 2022 Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) Annual Public Opinion Survey
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2. Consider the extension of Ordinance No. 2021-10, an interim zoning ordinance adopted as an urgency measure to regulate the location of smoke shops and tobacco shops, Citywide. (4/5’s approval of the Council required for passage.)
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3. A Public Hearing to consider an appeal of the Planning Commission’s approval of Conditional Use Permit No. 2021-28, a request by Caldwell-Mooney Partners II, L.P. to allow a medical use within a portion of an existing 10,200 square foot multi-tenant commercial building. The new medical clinic will be approximately 6,526 square feet in area and will be located within the C-R (Regional Commercial) zone district. The project is located at 3221 South Mooney Boulevard (APN: 121-100-054).
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4. A Public Hearing to consider an amendment to Conditional Zoning Agreement No. 2021-11: A request by CenterPoint Integrated Solutions to amend Conditional Zoning Agreement No. 2003-01, removing provisions that prohibit the establishment of a “stand-alone” used automobile sales use, and adding development standards for “stand-alone” used automobile sales uses for the Visalia Auto Plaza located within the C-S (Service Commercial) Zone. The Visalia Auto Plaza is located west of North Neeley Street, north of West Camp Drive, and south of the Mill Creek Ditch (APN: 081-020-085).
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CLOSED SESSION REPORT
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1. For the purposes of reporting out, for the record, transactions that occurred as a result of Closed Session Real Property Negotiations:
Buyer: City of Visalia
Seller: Lone Oak Ranch, Inc., a California corporation APN: 077-840-002 (portion) & 077-840-003 (portion)
Brief Description: Riggin Widening Project - Kelsey to Shirk Price: $475,000.00
Closing Date: 12/28/21
Project Manager: Diego Corvera
For the purposes of reporting out, for the record, transactions that occurred as a result of Closed Session Real Property Negotiations:
Buyer: City of Visalia
Seller: Joseph C. Martin III and Debra K. Martin, husband and wife as joint tenants
APN: 119-340-005 (portion) & 119-340-006 (portion)
Brief Description: Caldwell Widening Project - Akers to Shady Price: $8,800.00
Closing Date: 12/30/2021
Project Manager: Fred Lampe
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ADJOURNMENT
1. Upcoming Visalia City Council Meetings:
Friday, January 28, 2022 @ 8:30 AM - Special Meeting - Strategic Planning Session
Monday, February 7, 2022 @ 7:00 PM
Tuesday, February 22, 2022 @ 7:00 PM (2/21/22 - Monday
Holiday)
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