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 20, 2023
ROLL CALL
CALL TO ORDER WORK SESSION - NO WORK SESSION SCHEDULED
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) - NO WORK SESSION
SCHEDULED
ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION - 6:00 PM (Or, immediately following Work Session)
CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION - 7:00 PM
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INVOCATION
ITEMS OF INTEREST
SPECIAL RECOGNITION - Jennah Creason
PUBLIC COMMENTS
City Council Meeting Agenda - Final March 20, 2023
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. 23-0108
2. Consideration of a mural application request from Visalia Veterans Mural Restoration Foundation, Inc. for one temporary banner proposed on the west face of a block wall that holds the World War II Greatest Generation mural, located at 6320 South Mooney Boulevard.
23-0065
3. Accept the City of Visalia Cash and Investment Report for the second quarter of the fiscal year which consists of months October, November, and December 2022.
23-0094
4. Acceptance of the 2022 Housing Element Annual Progress Report (APR).
23-0085
5. Consider reauthorization of Stage 2 of the Visalia Water Conservation Ordinance and adopt resolution 2023-06.
23-0098
6. Authorize the City Manager to: 1) Enter into a contract with Don Berry Construction to furnish and install a video detection system at the intersection of Plaza Drive and Riggin Avenue for a not to exceed amount of $75,000, and appropriate $75,000 from the Measure R Local Fund (Fund 131), 2) Appropriate $55,000 from the General Fund (Fund 001), purchase video detection equipment to replace damaged video detection equipment at the intersection of Akers Street and Riggin Avenue, and the purchase of a spare video detection system for future replacement of any damaged or failing video detection equipment in the future. 23-0071
City Council Meeting Agenda - Final March 20, 2023
7. Authorize the City Manager to award RFB No. 22-23-42 for property abatement of developed properties throughout the City of Visalia to Joe Grijalva Landscaping in the amount not to exceed $210,000 annually.
23-0086
8. Authorize the City Manager to execute a new contract with Kings Petroleum, LLC for the supply and delivery of petroleum products.
This contract will be for one year, with 4 optional one-year renewals, and an annual not to exceed amount of $1,500,000. 23-0089
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.
1. First reading of the Ordinance 2023-03 new Visalia Municipal Code Section 9.24.060 to be added to the City of Visalia Municipal Code establishing regulations prohibiting the unlawful possession of a catalytic converter in the City of Visalia.
23-0078
2. Approve Resolution 2023-05 to ratify the Proclamation of Local Emergency that was declared on March 13, 2023, due to the threatened existence of conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within said city caused by excessive past and expected rainfall and snowfall, resulting in uncontrolled waters coming from local rivers and streams.
23-0103
CLOSED SESSION REPORT - NONE
ADJOURNMENT
City Council Meeting Agenda - Final March 20, 2023
1. UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS:
Thursday, March 23, 2023 @ 6:00 p.m., Special Joint Meeting w/ VUSD and COS, 915 S. Mooney, Porter Field House.
Monday, April 03, 2023 @ 7:00 p.m., 707 W. Acequia.
Monday, April 17, 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. 23-0084