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 Chambers7:01 PMMonday, November 21, 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 November 21, 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)
Continue discussion on the Civic Center Phase II: Public Safety Office Building (PSOB), Police Services Building
(Evidence/Training/Crime Lab), and City Council Chambers Project and consider providing further direction on building orientation and placement.
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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
City Council Meeting Agenda - Final November 21, 2022
SPECIAL PRESENTATION / RECOGNITION
Recognition of retiring Council Member Greg Collins
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.
Authorization to read ordinances by title only. 22-0154 Authorize the City Manager to award the construction contract for the widening of the intersection of Visalia Parkway Widening at Mooney Boulevard to Avison Construction of Madera, CA in the amount of $1,804,777. (CIP 3010-72000/CP0408-999).
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Authorize the City Manager to award and enter into a contract with Mintier Harnish, planning consultants, for an amount not to exceed $81,928, to prepare Zoning Ordinance Standards for Accessory Dwelling Units and Planned Residential Developments.
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Request authorization to record the final map for Sequoia Bend, Unit 1 subdivision, located along the south side of East Goshen Avenue between North Cain and North Virmargo Street (51 lots); and also request authorization for the formation of Landscape and Lighting Assessment District 22-06 and authorization for ordering the improvements and levying the annual assessments for Landscape and Lighting Assessment District No. 22-06.
(Resolution Nos. 2022-60 and 2022-61 required). APN:
098-142-057, and 098-330-006.
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Authorization to accept the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control’s ABC-OTS Grant Program funded by The Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and authorize the Chief of Police to execute and appropriate $30,000 in overtime expenditures for details targeting alcohol-related crimes through enforcement, education, and compliance checks with businesses engaged in the sale of alcohol in the city of Visalia. In addition, adopt Resolution 22-xx for the administration of the grant.
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Authorize the appropriation of $45,056 for FY 2022/23 and $34,922 for FY 2023/24 of the California Healthcare, Research, and Prevention Tobacco Tax Act Grant award totaling $101,746. The Grant is effective July1, 2021, through June 30, 2025.
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Authorize City manager to award an annual janitorial supplies contract, not to exceed $185,500 annually, to Home Depot Institutional. The City will piggy-back on the Omnia contract with the University of California contract #2020002299.
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Request by Councilmember Liz Wynn for Council to approve adding an agenda item for discussion regarding a formal policy regarding short term rental properties in the City of Visalia. 22-0432
Authorization for the Mayor to sign a letter to be sent to the appropriate State and Federal representatives and agencies in support of Kaweah Health and their request for State support. 22-0433
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.
Public Hearing and Introduction to Ordinance Nos. 2022-14 and 2022-15 for the 2022 Building and Fire Code adoption noting significant changes in the 2022 Building and Fire Code and discussing impacts upon the building community.
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Public Hearing: Authorization to accept and appropriate $67,507 for the 2022 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program through the Bureau Justice Assistance (BJA); approve the Memorandum of Understanding with Tulare County for the Visalia Police Department JAG 2022 Joint Purchase Program and
appropriate $12,273 from the State COPS Fund for the purchase of a replacement explosive ordinance disposal suit for the Central Valley Regional Bomb Squad and crime lab equipment for the Visalia Police Department.
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Public Hearing (the second of two) to appropriate $4.3M of Measure N Funds and authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Forcum/Mackey Construction Inc. of Ivanhoe, CA in the amount of $5,670,000 for the Construction of Visalia Fire Station No. 56 (No. 1410-72000/CP0346-999).
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Public Employment (G.C. 54957) Title: Public Works Director 22-0427
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
For the purposes of reporting out, for the record, transactions that occurred as a result of Closed Session Real Property Negotiations:
Buyer: State of California Department of Transportation Seller: City of Visalia
APN: 119-010-021 (portion)
Purpose: Ave 280 and State Route 99 interchange project Price: $30,000.00
Closing Date: 10/18/2022
Closed Session Council Date: February 7, 2020
Ordinance No.: 2022-03
Project Manager: Chantha Chap
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ADJOURNMENT
UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS:
Monday, December 05, 2022 at 7:00 p.m., 707 W. Acequia
Monday, December 19, 2022 at 7:00 p.m., 707 W. Acequia
Note: Meeting dates/times are subject to change, check posted agenda for correct details.
In Compliance with the American Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in meetings call (559) 713-4512 48-hours in advance of the meeting. For Hearing Impaired - Call (559) 713-4900 (TTY) 48-hours in advance of the scheduled meeting time to request signing services.
Any written materials relating to an item on this agenda submitted to the Council after distribution of the agenda are available for public inspection in the Office of the City Clerk, 220 N. Santa Fe Street, Visalia CA 93292, during normal business hours. 22-0397