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, December 5, 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 INTRODUCTION:
Transit: Robert Shane, Senior Building Maintenance Technician 22-0443
2. Presentation of, and direction regarding a series of options for the City Council’s consideration ahead of a future adoption of an Agricultural Preservation Ordinance to implement the City’s Agricultural Mitigation Program as outlined in General Plan Land Use Policy LU-P-34.
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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 December 5, 2022
SPECIAL PRESENTATION / RECOGNITION
1. Ceremonial Swearing In - Nicholas Bartsch, Public Works Director 22-0447
2. Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to City of Visalia
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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. 22-0153
2. Approve the Citizens Advisory Committee’s recommendation to appoint Rebecca Donabed and Charles Garza to fill two vacant voting positions on the Citizens Advisory Committee.
22-0421
3. Authorize the City Manager to approve a contract amendment for Carollo Engineers, Inc. in the amount of $97,070 for the Update to the Stormwater Master Plan (Project Number
2450-72000/CP9067-999) and an additional appropriation of $100,000 from Storm Sewer Construction Fund 221.
22-0414
4. Authorize the City Manager to approve payment to California Water Service in the amount of $ 150,259.00 for the installation of five fire hydrants and two irrigation services as part of the Riggin Widening project between Mooney Blvd to Conyer St and appropriate an additional $ 85,000 in Highway Infrastructure Program (HIP) funds (3010-72000/CIP0473-999).
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City Council Meeting Agenda - Final December 5, 2022
5. Authorize the City Manager to award the construction contract for RFB 22-23-19, Riggin Avenue Widening & Improvements (Akers to Demaree), to Agee Construction Corporation in the amount of $4,059,548.45 and transfer $1.6M of Measure R Regional Funds (133) from other Riggin Avenue Widening projects as specified in this report.
22-0402
6. Authorize the City Manager to extend the contract with Denali Water Solutions for the removal and disposal of biosolids produced at the Visalia Water Reclamation Facility for a period of six (6) months for an amount not to exceed $220,000 and appropriate an additional $100,000 from the Wastewater Fund.
22-0430
7. Confirmation of the proposed Warming Center at 701 E Race per the Council approved funding requirements and confirmation of a lease through April 1, 2023 of this City owned property for a warming center at a rate of $1 per month upon approval of all appropriate planning and building requirements including the approval of a Temporary Conditional Use Permit through the Planning Commission and compliance with all building
requirements.
22-0446
8. Consideration and adoption of Resolution No. 2022-65 to amend the Official Speed Zone List of the City of Visalia and establish prima facie speed zones within the City limits at the 28 specified locations identified within the report.
22-0406
9. Request authorization to file a Notice of Completion for Greystone Phase 3 subdivision which contains 63 single-family residential lots located on northeast corner of North Akers Street and West Sedona Avenue.
22-0429
10. Request for City Council to receive, review, and file the 2021/22 Impact Fee Report as required by State Law.
22-0420
11. Request to Authorize the City Manager to file Notice of Completion for the Ave 288 Reconstruction & WWTP Onsite Improvements Project. (Project Number 4330-72000/CP0314-999 &
3010-72000/CP0319-999)
22-0413
12. Review and approval of the Citizens Advisory Committee’s recommendations for the 2023 Youth Non-Profit Grant Awards. 22-0423
13. Second reading of Ordinance Nos. 2022-14 and 2022-15 for the 2022 Building and Fire Code adoption.
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REGULAR ITEMS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS
City Council Meeting Agenda - Final December 5, 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.
CLOSED SESSION REPORT - None
ADJOURNMENT
UPCOMING COUNCIL MEETINGS:
Monday, December 19, 2022 at 7:00 p.m., 707 W. Acequia
Tuesday, January 17, 2023 at 7:00 p.m., 707 W. Acequia
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