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 Emmanuel Hernandez Soto
Council Member Steve Nelsen
Council Member Liz Wynn
City Council Chambers7:00 PMMonday, June 5, 2023
ROLL CALL
CALL TO ORDER WORK SESSION - 4:00 PM (Unless otherwise noted)
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 INTRODUCTIONS
Public Works:
Ryan Gonzalez, Equipment Mechanic Trainee
Nathan Uhlenhopp, Senior Equipment Mechanic
Ryan Spohn, Mechanic/Welder
23-0210
2. Presentation of the 2023 Public Opinion Survey Results by the Citizens Advisory Committee.
23-0194
3. Receive, review, and discuss proposed new fees, increases, and adjustments to the City’s Rates and Fees Schedule for Fiscal Year 2023-24.
23-0091
4. Receive a staff presentation and provide feedback regarding the project Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Tree Wells Project located on Main Street in downtown Visalia.
23-0169
5. Receive a presentation and update regarding the current state of the Valley Oaks Golf Course.
23-0216
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6. Review and discuss the recently held inaugural Wings and Wheels Car and Plane show held at Visalia Municipal Airport.
23-0215
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 PRESENTATION / RECOGNITION
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. 23-0189
2. Authorize City Manager to enter into an agreement with Cal-Water to provide construction and construction management services in the amount of $869,171, appropriate $140, 708 of additional Department of Water Resource (DWR) grant funds, appropriate $15,000 for staff indirect costs from the General Fund, and to enter into updated agreement with Self-Help Enterprises (SHE) to provide grant administrative services in the amount of $29,617. 22-0450
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3. Request to authorize the City Manager to file Notice of Completion for Greenway Trail Phase 1. (Project Number
3010-72000/CP0298-999)
23-0104
4. Consider approval of the attached “Amendment to Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, Easements and Restrictions of the Willow Street Parking Structure”.
23-0172
5. Authorize the City Manager to execute a new sole source contract with The Papé Group Co. for service, repair, and parts for Kenworth trucks and John Deere construction equipment. This contract will be for one year, with 4 one-year optional renewals with a not to exceed amount of $75,000 per year, $375,000 over the life of the contract.
23-0183
6. Authorize the City Manager to award the contract for RFP 22-23-43 - Compost Services to both West Coast Sand and Gravel (dba Wood Industries), and USA Waste of California, Inc . for an annual amount of $537,075 and $739,225, respectively, for an initial three-year term, renewable for two additional one-year terms. 23-0190
7. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-20 to designate various road projects for Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) 2023/24 funding from the State of California Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Senate Bill SB1) and authorize the transfer of $3,400,000 within the SB1 RMRA (113) Fund from CP0290
Pavement Rehabilitation to the Capital Improvement Projects (CIP’s) outlined within this report.
23-0199
8. Adopt Resolution 2023-15 authorizing the City Manager, or their designee, to execute all documents, including but not limited to, applications for grants, agreements, amendments, requests for local assistance payment programs, and related authorizations for CalRecycle.
23-0202
9. Authorize the City Manager to execute a new sole source contract with Municipal Maintenance Equipment (MME) for service, repair, and parts for the City’s Vac-Con equipment. This contract will be for one year, with 4 one-year optional renewals with a not to exceed amount of $75,000 per year, $375,000 over the life of the contract.
23-0211
10. Authorization to execute annual service agreement with College of the Sequoias Training Resource Center for $75,000 for FY 2023/24 services.
23-0217
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11. Authorize the City Manager to award Request for Bids (RFB) 22-23-47, an annual contract for Digester Cleaning at the Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) to Wastewater Solids Management Co . of Yachats, OR. for an annual not to exceed cost of $ 348,590 and appropriate an additional $101,590 from the Wastewater Fund. 23-0221
12. Authorization for the City Manager to award a not to exceed annual contract in the amount of $275,000 to VAL Security Services from Vallejo, CA for guard staffing services at various City Facilities (RFB 22-23-35).
23-0223
13. Accept the City of Visalia Cash and Investment Report for the third quarter of the fiscal year which consists of months January, February, and March of 2023.
23-0230
14. Approve Resolution Number 2023-21 adopting the City of Visalia's annually updated Investment Policy and delegating authority to invest funds for the City to the Finance Director/Treasurer for fiscal year 2023-24.
23-0231
15. Request authorization to record the final parcel map for Tentative Parcel Map No. 2023-02, located at the southwest corner of West Kibler Avenue and North Plaza Drive (APN: 077-120-017). 23-0234
16. Consider adoption of Resolution 2023-19 requesting to participate in the Department of Water Resources Temporary Flood Diversion Equipment & Recharge Enhancement Initiative and appropriate $560,000 to be fully reimbursed by The Department of Water Resources.
23-0224
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. Public Hearing and Adoption of Resolution 2023-17 which allows the City of Visalia to place Miscellaneous Special Assessments on the Tulare County secured property tax roll for Curb and Gutter, Sewer Connection, Deferred Impact Fees, Property and Business Improvement District, Northeast Improvement District, Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District, Landscape and Lighting Parks Construction, Open Space Assessment District, Orchard Walk East/West Utility Assessment District, Laura and Atwood Water Main Assessment District, Delinquent Utilities, Code Enforcement, and Weed & Lot Abatement.
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2. Conduct the first of two Public Hearings to amend the Measure N Spending Plan to appropriate $45,100 for the FY 2022/23 and $18,200 for FY 2023/24 to address cost increases related to patrol vehicle purchases and upfitting; and renew the five-year contract with Axon Enterprise Inc., totaling $1,738,749.49 and appropriate $128,112 for FY 2023/24.
23-0214
3. Receive, review, and discuss the completed drawing set portion of the in-progress Visalia Municipal Airport (VMA) Airport Layout Plan (ALP) prior to its submission to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
23-0222
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
ADJOURNMENT
UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
1. UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS:
Monday, June, 19, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. @ at 7:00 p.m. @ 707 W.
Acequia
Monday, July 17, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. @ at 7:00 p.m. @ 707 W.
Acequia
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