Visalia City Council
707 W. Acequia
Visalia, CA 93291
Visalia City Council
City Council
Meeting Agenda - Final - Amended
Mayor Steve Nelsen
Vice Mayor Brian Poochigian
Council Member Greg Collins
Council Member Brett Taylor
Council Member Liz Wynn
City Council Chambers7:00 PMMonday, March 21, 2022
ROLL CALL
CALL TO ORDER WORK SESSION - 4:30 PM
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. Continue review of select FY 2022/23 and 2023/24 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budgets and future capital plans. 22-0012
2. Discussion by Council and subcommittee regarding potential questions for the Citizens Advisory Committee Public Opinion Survey.
22-0125
ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION - No Closed Session Scheduled CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION - 7:00 PM
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INVOCATION
ITEMS OF INTEREST
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
1. SPECIAL RECOGNITION - ARBOR DAY 2022 PROCLAMATION 22-0122
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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. 22-0123
2. Adoption Resolution No. 2022-09 certifying Mitigated Negative Declaration No. 2021-62 prepared for CEQA compliance as part of the Economic Development Administration (EDA) ARPA Grant for construction of the Riggin Widening Project from Kelsey Street to Shirk Street (State Clearinghouse No. 2022010046) (Resolution No. 2022-09 required).
21-0688
3. Authorize City Manager to award a five (5) year service and equipment contract with Axon Enterprise, Inc. located in Scottsdale, Arizona, not to exceed $894,378 and to provide the Visalia Police Department with a Mobile Audio/Video System (MAVS) for 133 marked patrol vehicles with installation and payment to take place over four (4) years.
22-0080
4. Authorize the City Manager to enter into a three-year sole source Small Government Enterprise License Agreement and GeoEvent server license agreement with Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc (Esri) to utilize Esri software and services on a subscription basis for three years, with a onetime prepayment for all three years not to exceed $300,000.
22-0089
5. Accept the City of Visalia Cash and Investment Report for the second quarter of the fiscal year which consists of months October, November, and December 2021.
22-0094
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6. Award contract and authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement for RFB 21-22-21, Secure/Abate Properties, not to exceed $50,025 annually to the lowest bidder Joe Grijalva landscape. The agreement will be to secure and/or abate properties that are in violation of Visalia Municipal Codes as per the Neighborhood Preservation Division.
22-0095
7. Approve the Citizens Advisory Committee’s recommendation to appoint Ed Jones and Juan Lopez to fill two vacant voting positions on the Citizens Advisory Committee.
22-0100
8. Request authorization to file a notice of completion for “Shannon Ranch 3, Units No. 10 and 11” subdivision containing 70 single-family residential lots located on the south side of West Shannon Parkway between North Giddings and North Divisadero Streets.
22-0101
9. Request authorization to file a Notice of Completion for “Los Pinos” subdivision containing 20 single-family residential lots located on the north side of West Visalia Parkway between South Dans and South Silvervale Streets.
22-0102
10. Acceptance of the 2021 Housing Element Annual Progress Report (APR).
22-0103
11. Authorization to submit an allocation request in the amount of $413,246 to the California Department of Transportation Low Carbon Transit Operations Program (LCTOP) for operating funds for continued funding of the V-LINE operations, appropriation when grant is awarded, and approve Resolution No.2021-XX required. 22-0112
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. Conduct the first of two Public Hearings to consider Phase 2 of the Fire Department’s Measure N Squad Program which includes paramedic staffing and vehicle.
22-0093
2. Conduct the first of two Public Hearings on the proposed Measure N Plan beginning in FY 2022/23 to reallocate the 2% that is allocated for youth programs in the amount of $75,000 to the Visalia Police Activities League (VPAL).
22-0085
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3. First reading of Ordinance 2022-05 and discussion of proposed revisions of Visalia Municipal Code section 8.28, Solid Waste Collection and Disposal. Revisions incorporate recent State mandates related to commercial and multifamily recycling as well as an inclusion of State Senate Bill (SB) 1383 regulatory requirements to reduce the qualifying thresholds for mandatory recycling.
22-0086
4. Public Hearing and Introduction of Ordinance No. 2022-04 for Zoning Text Amendment No. 2021-10, a request by the City of Visalia to amend Chapter 8.46 Legislative Purpose and Definitions regarding Tobacco Stores, Zoning Ordinance Section Chapter
17.04 Definitions regarding Smoke Shops / Tobacco Stores,
17.25.030 (Zoning Use Matrix) line R78, and to amend Chapter
17.32 Special Provisions to implement performance standards regarding smoke shops/tobacco stores, which are conditionally permitted in the C-MU (Commercial Mixed-Use) and D-MU
(Downtown Mixed-Use) Zones, Citywide, (Ordinance No. 2022-04 Required).
22-0091
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
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: Hayes Ranch, LLC, a California limited liability company APN: 077-100-088 (portion)
Brief Description: Riggin Widening Project - Kelsey to Shirk Price: $140,000.00
Closing Date: 12/29/2021
Project Manager: Diego Corvera
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Buyer: City of Visalia
Seller: Eduardo M. Gutierrez & Dara Gutierrez
APN: 126-261-001 (portion)
Purpose: Caldwell Improvement Project-Akers to Shady
Price: $1,000.00
Closing Date: 9/15/2021
Project Manager: Fred Lampe
22-0121
ADJOURNMENT
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1. Upcoming Visalia City Council Meetings:
Thursday, March 24, 2022 - Special Joint Meeting @ 4:30 PM - 915 S. Mooney Blvd
Monday, April 4, 2022 - Regular Meeting @ 7:00 PM - 707 W.
Acequia
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