Visalia City Council
707 W. Acequia
Visalia, CA 93291
Visalia City Council
Visalia City Council
Meeting Minutes - Final
7:01 PM City Council ChambersMonday, November 21, 2022
PRESENT: Mayor Steve Nelsen, Vice Mayor Brian Poochigian, Councilmember Greg Collins, Councilmember Brett Taylor. ABSENT: Councilmember Liz Wynn 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. *For the record, Vice Mayor Brian Poochigian was in attendance at the November 21, 2022 meeting.
CALL TO ORDER WORK SESSION - 4:00 PM
The meeting was called to order at 4:00 p.m.
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.
Bill Huott, Visalia, thanked Council Member Greg Collins for his years of service and commented on volunteering to pick up trash to keep the city clean.
Jerry Williams, Visalia, also volunteers to pick up trash and helps his elderly neighbor by keeping the sidewalk clear of debris.
WORK SESSION AND ACTION ITEMS (as described)
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1. 22-0431Continue 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.
Jim Wirick, LPA Design Studios provided a visual exercise for Council to see a mock up of the building orientation and placement for the Civic Center Phase II:
Public Safety Office Building (PSOB), Police Services Building (Evidence/Training/Crime Lab), and City Council Chambers.
A motion was made by Vice Mayor Brian Poochigian, seconded by Council Member Brett Taylor, to proceed with the recommended changes discussed during the visual exercise. The motion carried by the following vote:
Steve Nelsen, Brian Poochigian, Greg Collins, Brett TaylorAye:
Liz WynnAbsent:
ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION - 6:00 PM (Or, immediately following Work Session)
The meeting adjourned to Closed Session at 4:40 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION - 7:00 PM
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INVOCATION
Pastor Brian Malison provided the invocation.
SPECIAL PRESENTATION / RECOGNITION
Recognition of retiring Council Member Greg Collins
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Visalia City Council Meeting Minutes - Final November 21, 2022 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.
Frank Ruiz, Chair of the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) requested a partnering of the CAC with the Parks & Recreation Commission to organize a 2023 Earth Day event.
Irene Lapin, expressed concern regarding feral cats and the trap and release program not being utilized enough to be effective. One reason is due to a shortage of veterinarians and the existing veterinarians in the area charge $400 for sterilization.
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.
A motion was made by Council Member Brett Taylor, seconded by Vice Mayor Brian Poochigian, to approve all items on the Consent Calendar. No items were pulled for separate discussion. The motion carried by the following vote:
Steve Nelsen, Brian Poochigian, Greg Collins, Brett TaylorAye:
Liz WynnAbsent:
1. 22-0154Authorization to read ordinances by title only.
2. 22-0405Authorize 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).
3. 22-0411Authorize 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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4. 22-0422Request 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.
5. 22-0425Authorization 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 2022-62 for the administration of the grant.
6. 22-0426Authorize 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.
7. 22-0378Authorize 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.
8. 22-0432Request 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.
9. 22-0433Authorization 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.
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.
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1. 22-0399Public 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.
Jason Huckleberry, Assistant Community Development Director, provided an overview of the 2022 Building Code noting significant changes and explained the impact on the building community.
Every three years, the State adopts new codes (known collectively as the California Building Standards Code) to establish uniform standards for the construction and maintenance of buildings, electrical systems, plumbing systems, mechanical systems, and fire and life safety systems.
Corbin Reed, Fire Marshal, provided the Fire Code portion of the 2022 Building and Fire Code adoption with significant changes.
A motion was made by Vice Mayor Brian Poochigian, seconded by Council Member Brett Taylor, to approve as recommended. The motion carried by the following vote:
Steve Nelsen, Brian Poochigian, Greg Collins, Brett TaylorAye:
Liz WynnAbsent:
2. 22-0392Public 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.
Liz Ybarra, Financial Analyst, requested Council to conduct a public hearing for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program through the Bureau Justice Assistance. The public hearing was opened at 8:09 p.m. and closed. There were no public comments.
A motion was made by Council Member Brett Taylor, seconded by Vice Mayor Brian Poochigian, to approve as recommended. The motion carried by the following vote:
Steve Nelsen, Brian Poochigian, Greg Collins, Brett TaylorAye:
Liz WynnAbsent:
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3. 22-0400Public 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).
Jaklin Rowley, Assistant Project Manager, explained the need for the second public hearing under the rules of Measure N and requested for Council to open and conduct the second public hearing to authorize the $4.3M appropriation from the Measure N funds. The public hearing was opened at 8:11 p.m. and closed. There were no public comments.
A motion was made by Council Member Greg Collins, seconded by Council Member Brett Taylor, to approve as recommended. The motion carried by the following vote:
Steve Nelsen, Brian Poochigian, Greg Collins, Brett TaylorAye:
Liz WynnAbsent:
4. 22-0427Public Employment (G.C. 54957) Title: Public Works Director Leslie Caviglia, City Manager, requested for Council to approve the selection of Nicholas Bartsch as the new Public Works director.
A motion was made by Council Member Greg Collins, seconded by Vice Mayor Brian Poochigian, to approve as recommended. The motion carried by the following vote:
Steve Nelsen, Brian Poochigian, Greg Collins, Brett TaylorAye:
Liz WynnAbsent:
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
1. 22-0428For 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
Ken Richardson, City Attorney reported out for the record the Closed Session report as listed on the agenda.
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ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 8:13 p.m.
1. 22-0397UPCOMING 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.
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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.