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, September 19, 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. New Employee Introductions:
PUBLIC WORKS:
Sirena Herrold
Bernadette Garcia
Cody Gomes
Fernando Modesto
Jeff Blankenship
Juan Nuno
Raul Rodriguez
Tommy Waltjen
Victor Villegas
POLICE DEPARTMENT:
Roy Bohannan, Police Officer
Steven Waymire, Police Officer
Timothy Yang, Parking Enforcement Officer
Andrew Lopez, Communications Operator
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2. Discussion and overview regarding the forthcoming 2023-2031 (6th Cycle) Housing Element and related General Plan Updates, including phases, schedule, expectations, community engagement strategy, and introduction of the Housing Technical Advisory Committee.
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ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION - No Closed Session Scheduled 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. Appropriate $50,000 annually from the General Fund for the next two years (FY 22/23 & 23/24) for the ongoing clean-up of the St.
Johns River.
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2. Accept the City of Visalia Cash and Investment Report for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year which consists of months April, May, and June 2022.
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3. Authorize accepting the Fiscal Year 2021 Assistance to Firefighter Grant (AFG) award in the amount of $65,280.00 for the purchase of four (4) battery-operated combi tools and accessories. 22-0331
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4. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Southern California Edison (SCE) Joint Use Agreement (JUA) and adopt Resolution 2022-52 for the Riggin Widening project between Mooney Blvd to Conyer street.
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5. First reading of Ordinance No. 2022-13 authorizing the sale of APN 094-095-001 (410 E. Race and 606 N. Bridge) to the Creative Center and Visalia Players at a selling price of $1,400,000, to include a forgivable loan in the amount of $1,222,000.
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6. Request to Authorize the City Manager to 1. file Notice of Completion for the Packwood Creek Trail - Santa Fe to Crumal Dr (RFB 20-21-24), 2. Execute an amendment to the Measure R supplement agreement, 3. Authorize an additional appropriation of $70,000 from the Measure R Trails ( 132) Fund and 4. Amend the Measure R Trail Expenditure Plan to reallocate $70,000 from the “K Road along SJ line” to the “Packwood Creek Trail .” (Project Number 3010-72000/CP0012-999)
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7. Authorize the City Manager to award an emergency contract with Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group of Visalia, CA for the preparation of an Agriculture Mitigation Program in an amount not to exceed $150,000, and appropriate $150,000 from the General Fund.
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8. Request authorization to record the final map for Diamond Oaks - Unit No. 2 subdivision, located south of East Caldwell Avenue between South Burke Street and South Ben Maddox Way (126 lots); and the annexation of Diamond Oaks - Unit No. 2 into the Landscape and Lighting Assessment District No. 19-05 "Diamond Oaks" (Resolution Nos. 2022-53 and 2022-54 required). APN: 126-100-0575, 126-990-023. 22-0354
9. Second reading and adoption of Ordinance 2022-07 of proposed additions and revisions of Visalia Municipal Code chapter 8.28, Solid Waste Collection and Disposal. Additions incorporate recent Senate Bill (SB) 1383 regulations related to edible food recovery. 22-0355
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 approval of the 2021-22 Program Year Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report
(CAPER). Resolution No. 2022-55.
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CLOSED SESSION REPORT - None
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ADJOURNMENT
1. Upcoming City Council Meetings:
Monday, October 3, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. @ 707 W. Acequia, City Hall Monday, October 17, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. @ 707 W. Acequia, City Hall
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