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, October 17, 2022
ROLL CALL
Government Code Section 54953(b) provides the rules of teleconferencing for City Council meetings. Vice Mayor Brian Poochigian will participate in the October 17, 2022 Visalia City Council meeting via teleconference. The address of the teleconference location is 5901 W.
Beech Ct., Visalia, Ca 93277. The public can attend and participate from the teleconference location.
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. Receive an update on the Civic Center Phase II: Public Safety Office Building (PSOB), Police Services Building
(Evidence/Training/Crime Lab), and City Council Chambers Project for site plan layout, floor plan layout, and a visual listening preferences/options.
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2. Introduction of the new Urban Runoff webpages and an update on Visalia’s stormwater compliance.
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ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION - 6:00 PM - No Closed Session items CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION - 7:00 PM
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
City Council Meeting Agenda - Final October 17, 2022
INVOCATION
SPECIAL RECOGNITION / PRESENTATION
Ceremonial Swearing In: Kelli Kincaid, Parks and Recreation Director
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. 22-0146
2. Adopt Resolution 2022-56 ordering the Summary Vacation and Abandonment of the sanitary sewer easement, storm sewer easement, and public utility easement over the alley of Block 14 as shown the Plat of Visalia, Volume 3 of Maps, Page 48, Tulare County Records; and further authorize the City Manager to execute required deeds associated with the abandonment.
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3. Authorize the City Manager to award the construction contract for RFB 21-22-45, Fire Station 55 Roof Repair Project, to Brazos Urethane Inc, in the amount of $288,985.00 and approval of Change Order No. One (1) for miscellaneous scope changes in the reduction amount of $90,238.00. (CIP 1420-72000/CP0250-999)
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4. Authorize and appropriate the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) FY 2022-23 Grant in the amount of $200,000 awarded by the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) and authorize the Chief of Police to execute the Grant Agreement. 22-0351
City Council Meeting Agenda - Final October 17, 2022
5. Presentation of the construction bids received for the Visalia Fire Station No. 56 Project, authorize staff to begin the Measure N amendment process for the appropriation of $4,300,000 in additional funding. 22-0359
6. Authorized the City Manager to award a contract in the amount of $1,546,739 with Golden State Fire Apparatus for the sole-source purchase of the Pierce 105’ aerial truck apparatus approved in the 2022/23 capital improvement program budget.
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7. Authorize the City Manager to execute the reimbursement agreement associated with Walnut Park Estates and Hillsdale Southland subdivisions (totaling 79 lots), located north and south of West Hillsdale Avenue between Denton Street and Tommy Court. 22-0375
8. Request authorization to record the final parcel map for Tentative Parcel Map No. 2021-08, located at the northwest corner of West Ferguson Avenue and North Dinuba Boulevard. (APN:
090-060-019)
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9. Request authorization to award a purchase contract for twelve (12) 2023 Police Patrol Dodge V-8 RWD Charger units and piggy-back on a Sourcewell Master Vehicle Contract 091521-NAF with National Auto Fleet Group located in Watsonville, CA, in the amount of $902,860 and appropriate $270,420 from the Vehicle Replacement Fund.
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10. Authorization for the City Manager to appropriate $80,000 from the Airport Enterprise Fund to pay expenses generated in the course of repairing damages sustained via an automobile incident at the city owned hangar at 9301 W Airport Drive, and authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Forcum/Mackey Construction Company for $70,569.00.
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11. Accept the grant award from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) for $4,000,000 and execute the EDA grant agreement for the construction of Riggin Avenue Widening project from Kelsey St. to Shirk St and appropriate an additional $1M of grant funds. (3010-72000/CP0398-999)
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REGULAR ITEMS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS - No Regular Session items 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.
CLOSED SESSION REPORT - None
ADJOURNMENT
City Council Meeting Agenda - Final October 17, 2022
1. Upcoming City Council Meetings:
Monday, November 7, 2022 at 7:00 pm - City Hall Council Chambers, 707 W. Acequia
Monday, November 21, 2022 at 7:00 pm, City Hall Council Chambers, 707 W. Acequia
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