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, July 17, 2023
ROLL CALL
CALL TO ORDER WORK SESSION - START TIME - 5:00 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. Consideration of and direction to authorize staff to initiate zoning ordinance updates to address required changes in response to state law requirements that become effective in January 2024 under Senate Bill (SB) 1186, and to hire a consultant through a sole source contract process to assist with the preparation of potential revisions to cannabis regulations in Visalia including preparing a potential tax measure for cannabis sales.
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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
ITEMS OF INTEREST
SPECIAL PRESENTATION / RECOGNITION
City Council Meeting Agenda - Final July 17, 2023
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. 23-0233
2. Authorize the City Manager to sign a contract extension with eVgo Services LLC to operate and maintain a multiport electric vehicle charging facility in the East Acequia parking structure at no cost to the City.
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3. Confirm acceptance and appropriate $183,590 of grant funds from the Senate Bill (SB) 1383 Local Assistance Grant Program for the purchase of green commercial recycling bins.
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4. Authorize the City Manager to award the contract for RFP 22-23-45 - Professional Services for Preparation of an Industrial Land Inventory Analysis to 4Creeks, Inc. for a total amount not to exceed $60,000 (Capital Improvement Project #CP0536).
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5. Authorize the City Manager to Award RFB 22-23-03 annual contract for Landscape Maintenance of Landscape and Lighting Districts within Quadrant B to Brightview Landscape Services, Inc., of Fresno, CA, $193,288.53 annually per specifications of RFB 22-23-03. 23-0276
6. Authorize the City Manager to Award RFB 22-23-09 annual contract for Landscape Maintenance of Landscape and Lighting Districts within Quadrant I to Brightview Landscape Services, Inc., of Fresno, CA, $171,701.81 annually per specifications of RFB 22-23-03. 23-0277
REGULAR ITEMS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS
City Council Meeting Agenda - Final July 17, 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.
1. Public hearing for the diminishment of Williamson Act Agricultural Preserve No. 187 covering approximately 23.7 acres, as requested by the property owner. The project site is located on the north side of Ferguson Avenue, situated approximately 789 feet west of Demaree Street, within the City of Visalia (APN: 077-190-007).
Resolution 2023-27 required.
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2. Public hearing to conduct the second of two public hearings to amend the Measure N 10-year plan to convert one (1) Measure N Police Officer position for FY 2023/24 into two (2) Community Service Officer positions.
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3. Public hearing and consideration of the following actions related to the project located at 125 North Crenshaw Street, on the west side of North Crenshaw Street between West Mineral King Avenue and West Oak Avenue (APN: 085-130-002).
1. Certification of Initial Study / Negative Declaration No. 2022- 60 for Annexation No. 2022-06 and Crenshaw Tentative
Subdivision Map No. 5595 (Resolution No. 2023-28
required); and
2. Initiation of Proceedings for Annexation No. 2022-06 a request by AW Engineering, to annex a 6.77-acre parcel into the City Limits of Visalia; and
3. Authorize the detachment from County Service Area No. 1 in accordance with State and County requirements; and
4. Authorize the City Manager to sign and enter into a
Pre-Annexation Agreement (Resolution No. 2023-29
required).
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4. Review Ordinance No. 2022-09, which adopted the Visalia Police Department Military Equipment Use Policy, the 2023 Visalia Police Department AB 481 Annual Report, and adopt Resolution 2023-26, a resolution renewing the Visalia Police Department Military Equipment Use Policy and approving the continued use of the equipment described in the AB 481 Annual Report pursuant to Government Code Section 7070 et seq. and determine that approval of Resolution 2023-26 is not a project under CEQA. 23-0274
City Council Meeting Agenda - Final July 17, 2023
5. Public hearing and consideration of the following actions related to the project site located between South Lovers Lane and Road 148, just south of East Cherry Avenue (APN: 127-030-038):
1. Certification of Initial Study / Mitigated Negative Declaration No. 2023-30 for Annexation No. 2022-05 and Pearl Woods
Tentative Subdivision Map No. 5591 (Resolution No. 2023- 30 required); and
2. Initiation of Proceedings for Annexation No. 2022-05 a request by D.R. Horton to annex a 67.7-acre parcel into the City Limits of Visalia; and
3. Authorize the detachment from County Service Area No. 1 in accordance with State and County requirements; and
4. Authorize the City Manager to sign and enter into a
Pre-Annexation Agreement (Resolution No. 2023-31
required).
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6. Public Hearing and first reading of Ordinance 2023-06 revising Visalia Municipal Code Chapter 10.16.210 Parking Commercial Vehicles in Residential Districts. A Notice of Exemption was prepared for the ordinance amendment in accordance with State California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) (Public Resources Code 21083). Notice of Exemption No. 2023-34 disclosed that the revisions to Section 10.16.210 will have no significant effect on the environment because the proposed ordinance will establish objective performance standards that regulate the parking of commercial vehicles in in residential zones.
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CLOSED SESSION REPORT
ADJOURNMENT
UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
1. UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS:
Monday, August 07, 2023 @ 7:00 p.m. at 707 W. Acequia
Monday, August 21, 2023 @ 7:00 p.m. at 707 W. Acequia
If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to fully participate in the meeting, please contact Michelle Nicholson, on or before Monday, July 17, 2023. to discuss your accessibility needs: 559-713-4512 or [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>.
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