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, August 1, 2022
ROLL CALL
CALL TO ORDER WORK SESSION - 4:00 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. New Employee Introductions:
Transit Division:
Roxanna Plasencia - Office Assistant
Marla Bermudez - Community Outreach Coordinator
Visalia Police Department:
Dereck Esquibel, Police Officer
David Gray, Police Officer
Jose Almanza, Communications Operator
Eva McClelland, Hourly Crime Lab Assistant
Susanna Ferrer, Records Specialist
Ashley Garibay, Records Specialist
Ana Villalobos, Records Specialist
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2. Receive the 2022 4th of July Illegal Fireworks Enforcement Detail Report presented by the Visalia Fire Department.
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City Council Meeting Agenda - Final August 1, 2022
3. Council to receive a presentation on options and provide direction for the use of reallocation Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act (CDBG-CV) funds allocated to Visalia in the amount of $291,599.
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4. Receive a staff presentation on the proposed local frontage road to be constructed with the Riggin Avenue Widening Project Mooney Blvd to Conyer Street.
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ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION - 6:00 PM (or immediately following work session)
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. 22-0305
2. Authorize the City Manager to enter into a five ( 5) year maintenance contract with Motorola for dispatch radio consoles in the amount of $190,140.
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REGULAR ITEMS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS
City Council Meeting Agenda - Final August 1, 2022
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 second and final hearing, adopt Resolution declaring results of majority protest proceedings and renewing the Visalia Tourism Marketing District. (Resolution 2022-47 required) 22-0302
2. Authorize the City Manager to award the construction contract for RFB 21-22-38, Fleet Maintenance Building Settlement Repair Project, to Caliber Contracting Services Inc. of Fresno, CA, in the amount of $198,225.00.
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3. A Public Hearing to consider the following actions pertaining to property located on the northeast corner of South Mooney Boulevard and West Meadow Avenue (Address: 914 South
Mooney Boulevard), (APNs: 096-023-023 & 096-023-031):
A) General Plan Amendment No. 2021-10, a request by Ming Lu Jin to change the land use designation of 5,196 square feet of a 15,261 square foot parcel from Low Density Residential ( RLD) to Commercial Mixed Use (CMU). (Resolution No. 2022-46 required).
B) Introduction of the first reading of Ordinance No. 2022-11 for Change of Zone No. 2021-12, a request by Ming Lu Jin to change the zoning designation of 5,196 square feet of a 15,261 square foot parcel from R-1-5 (Single-Family Residential, 5,000 square foot minimum site area) zone to C-MU (Commercial Mixed Use) zone. 22-0276
4. Zoning Text Amendment No. 2022-01: A request by the City of Visalia to amend Visalia Municipal Code Chapter 17.56 (Historic Preservation District).
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5. Zoning Text Amendment No. 2022-02: A request by the City of Visalia to amend the Local Register of Historic Structures, reclassifying 100 structures.
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CLOSED SESSION REPORT
ADJOURNMENT
1. Upcoming City Council Meetings:
Monday, August 15, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. @ 707 W. Acequia, Visalia, CA 93291
Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. @ 707 W. Acequia, Visalia, CA 93291
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