Visalia City Council
707 W. Acequia
Visalia, CA 93291
Visalia City Council
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 PMMonday, June 6, 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. Presentation of the Tourism Marketing District Plan, consideration of the Resolution of Intention to renew the Visalia Tourism District in accordance with the Property and Business Improvement District Low of 1994, based on the submission of ballots representing more than a majority of the property owners based on their assessment value. The Resolution will trigger public notice of a public meeting on July 18, 2022, and a Public Hearing and consideration of a Resolution of Formation on August 1, 2022 which could result in a special assessment on local lodging businesses to fund sales and marketing programs designed to increase overnight visitation and room sales to assessed lodging businesses. (Resolution 2022-36 required)
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2. Receive, review, and discuss proposed new fees, increases and adjustment to the City’s Rates and Fees Schedule for Fiscal Year 2022-23.
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ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION - 6:00 PM (Or, immediately following Work Session)
City Council Meeting Agenda - Final June 6, 2022
CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION - 7:00 PM
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. 22-0150
2. Confirm the City Manager’s execution of a construction contract change order to excavate and repair various roadway subgrade sections along Avenue 288 due to subgrade “pumping” on a Time and Materials basis with a not to exceed amount of $300,000 for the Avenue 288 Reconstruction Project (4330-72000/CP0319-999) and appropriate $300,000 from the WWTP Fund (431).
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3. Authorize the City Manager to: 1) award the construction contract for RFB 21-22-35, FFY 19-20 Major Street Rehabilitation - Goshen Ave from Shirk Street to Mooney Blvd., to A.J. Excavation, Inc. of Fresno, CA. in the amount of $3,199,427; 2) authorize the transfer of $1.2M of Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBGP) funds from CP9225 Road Rehab to CP0490.
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4. Second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 2022-08, authorizing an amendment of the current lease between the City of Visalia and the Federal Express Corporation for a multiyear agreement giving the potential to add ten (10) total years to the agreement, at the rate of eleven thousand three hundred seventy-nine dollars and fifty-one cents ($11,379.51) monthly plus annual CPI adjustments.
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5. Authorize the City Manager to award Request for Bids (RFB) 21-22-39, an annual contract for Boiler Maintenance at the Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) to ACCO Engineered Systems of Fresno, Ca. for a not to exceed annual amount of $ 30,000. This is a one ( 1) year contract that may be renewed for four ( 4) consecutive one ( 1) year periods upon mutually agreed upon terms.
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6. Authorize the City Manager to accept and appropriate $7,829,352 in funds awarded form the State of California Natural Resources Agency, Proposition 68 Statewide Park Development and
Community Revitalization Grant and appropriate $51,000 from the Parks Impact Fee Fund (211).
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7. Authorize the City Manager to award Request for Bids (RFB) 21-22-37, an annual contract for the supply of polymer for the Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) to Polydyne, Inc. of Riceboro, GA. for a not to exceed annual amount of $1,000,000.
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8. Authorize the City Manager to award the construction contract for RFB 21-22-47, Goshen Basin Project, to JT2, Inc. dba Todd Companies, of Visalia, CA in the amount of $1,975,000.00. (CIP 3010-72000/CP8334-999)
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9. Request authorization to record the final parcel map for Tentative Parcel Map No. 2021-01, located at 4204 South Demaree Street. (APN: 126-020-061)
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10. Authorize changes to terms and conditions of employment with all represented and unrepresented bargaining groups to advance the negotiated third-year salary increase to the second year resulting in employees receiving a total of an 8% increase in July 2022. 22-0218
11. Request authorization to file a Notice of Completion for “Caldwell & Demaree Garden Unit” subdivision containing 91 single-family residential lots located at the southwest corner of South Demaree Street and West Packwood Avenue.
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12. Approval of the Mural Application Request from Downtown Visalians for one temporary mural proposed on the south-facing temporary wall installed on the fire-damaged building located at 312 through 316 West Main Street.
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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. Public Hearing and Adoption of Resolution 2022-13 which allows the City of Visalia to place Miscellaneous Special Assessments on the Tulare County secured property tax roll for Curb and Gutter, Sewer Connection, Deferred Parking in Lieu Fees, Deferred Impact Fees, Property and Business Improvement District, Northeast Improvement District, Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District, Landscape and Lighting Parks Construction, Open Space Assessment District, Village West Street Improvements, Orchard Walk East/West Utility Assessment District, Laura and Atwood Water Main Assessment District, Delinquent Utilities, Code Enforcement, and Weed & Lot Abatement.
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2. Conduct the first of two public hearings on the proposed Fiscal Years 2022/23 & 2023/24 Measure N budget.
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3. Authorize Changes to Terms and Conditions of Employment related to a salary increase consistent with that being provided to other employees.
Contract is by and between the City of Visalia and City Manager. 22-0222
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
City Council Meeting Agenda - Final June 6, 2022
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: Alice W. DeGroot-Grant, as Trustee of the Alice W.
DeGroot Revocable Trust, dated September 7, 2000, as amended and restated
APN: 077-200-006 (portion)
Purpose: Riggin Widening Project - Kelsey to Shirk
Price: $306,000.00
Closing Date: 5/17/2022
Project Manager: Diego Corvera
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Buyer: City of Visalia
Seller: Rocky F. White, Trustee of the 2020 Rocky F. White Separate Property Trust, created under Instrument dated September 24, 2020.
APN: 077-650-001 (portion)
Purpose: Shirk Widening Project
Price: $105,200.00
Closing Date: 5/17/2022
Project Manager: Chantha Chap
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Buyer: City of Visalia
Seller: Scalia, Inc., a California corporation
APN: 077-780-003 (portion)
Purpose: Right of Way purchase
Brief Description: Shirk Widening Project
Price: $125,000.00
Closing Date: 5/23/2022
Project Manager: Chantha Chap
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ADJOURNMENT
1. Upcoming Visalia City Council Meetings:
Monday, June 13, 2022 at 6:00 PM: Special Joint Meeting with Visalia City Council and Visalia Planning Commission, Visalia Convention Center, 303 E. Acequia
Monday, June 20, 2022 at 7:00 PM: Regular Meeting, City Hall, 707 W. Acequia
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