Visalia City Council
707 W. Acequia
Visalia, CA 93291
Visalia City Council
City Council
Meeting Agenda - Final
Mayor Brian Poochigian
Vice Mayor Brett Taylor
Council Member Steve Nelsen
Council Member Emmanuel Hernandez Soto
Council Member Liz Wynn
City Council Chambers7:00 PMMonday, March 6, 2023
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. Receive presentation regarding the update on the release of the Draft Agricultural Preservation Ordinance, provide an overview of the ordinance, and to receive input from the City Council and community. Public comments pertaining to the Draft Agricultural Preservation Ordinance may be submitted to the City in writing until March 27, 2023.
23-0076
2. Receive a project update on the status of the East Side Regional Park’s (ESRP) Environmental Impact Review process and related Groundwater Recharge Capital Improvement Projects (CIP). 23-0053
ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION - 6:00 PM (No Closed Session Items Scheduled for March 6, 2023)
CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION - 7:00 PM
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INVOCATION
City Council Meeting Agenda - Final March 6, 2023
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. 23-0063
2. Authorize the City Manager to award (2) separate sole source five (5) year service contracts with Axon Enterprise Inc. located in Scottsdale, Arizona in the amount of $374,414 & $11,885 to provide the Visalia Police Department with 134 software licenses for Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPR) and one (1) Mobile Audio/Video System (MAVS); and to appropriate a total of $62,604 for FY 22/23 and $70,068 FY 23/24. Installation and payment to take place over 5 years.
22-0463
3. Authorize the City Manager to award a contract to purchase seven (7) diesel-powered solid waste trucks to E.M. Tharp of Porterville, CA. through the Sourcewell Cooperative contract for a total purchase price of $2,770,743 and appropriate an additional $329,447 from the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund (441).
23-0023
4. Authorize the City Manager to approve contract change order number 1 and 2 for construction of the Downtown Streetlight Project (1410-72000/CP0345-999) in an amount totaling
$242,706.45 and contract change order number 1 for the
construction of the Downtown Pavement Rehab Project
(2390-72000/CP0373-999) in the amount of $248,959.18.
23-0041
City Council Meeting Agenda - Final March 6, 2023
5. Consideration of a Mural Application request from Leadership Visalia for one mural proposed on the south-facing facade of the Valley Strong Stadium (Rawhide ballpark) located at 300 North Giddings Street, together with a request for the City Council to authorize allowing placement of a mural on City-owned property. 23-0058
6. Authorize the Visalia Police Department to apply for the 2023-2024 California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Grant program for up to $100,000 and submit the grant application by April 3, 2023.
23-0064
7. Award RFB-21-22-34, a one-year contract for Publishing Legal Advertisements to Visalia Times Delta in an amount not to exceed $90,000.
23-0072
8. Consider approval of 2023 Water Management Plan submitted by Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District to the City of Visalia. 23-0074
9. Request authorization to file a Notice of Completion for the Quintana De Oro subdivision containing 14 single-family residential lots located at the intersection of North Linwood Street and West Delaware Avenue.
23-0075
10. Second reading and adoption of Ordinance 2023-01 authorizing the sale of approximately 367 square feet to the State of California as part of Caltrans project to rehabilitate State Route 216, Lovers Lane and East Millcreek Parkway.
23-0077
REGULAR ITEMS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS (No Regular Items Scheduled for March 6, 2023)
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 March 6, 2023
1. UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS:
Monday, March 20, 2023 @ 7:00 p.m., 707 W. Acequia.
Thursday, March 23, 2023 @ 6:00 p.m., Special Joint Meeting w/ VUSD and COS, 915 S. Mooney, Porter Field House.
Monday, April 3, 2023 @ 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. 22-0467