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, August 7, 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:
VISALIA ANIMAL SERVICES CENTER
Candace Harrington, Animal Services Manager
ADMINISTRATION - CIP
Anthony Tablizo, Traffic Information Systems Specialist 23-0287
2. Presentation on the City’s Neighborhood Traffic Management Program Policy.
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3. Receive an update on the City-wide marketing and rebranding project, including recommended logo and tagline, and provide input for next steps.
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4. Receive the 2023 4th of July Illegal Fireworks Enforcement Detail report presented by the Visalia Fire Department.
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ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION - 6:00 PM (Or, immediately following Work Session)
City Council Meeting Agenda - Final August 7, 2023
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. 23-0275
2. Authorize City Manager to execute Facility Use Agreements with Visalia Youth Softball Association and Kaweah Little League Softball D.B.A. Sequoia Softball for the Riverway Softball Complex for the purpose of youth softball games.
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3. Authorize re-certification of Self-Help Enterprises, Inc. (SHE) as a Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO); authorize an award for approximate $630,000 in FY 23/24 HOME funds, as a 55-year residual receipt loan, toward construction of an 80-unit multi-family housing development known as Rancho Colegio; and authorize the City Manager to execute a letter of commitment for Self-Help Enterprises for Rancho Colegio for an amount up to $1,290,000 (combined FY 23/24 and FY 24/25 HOME funding). 23-0157
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4. Consider for appointment two candidates, Janelle Hickey and Zachary Boudreaux, as recommended by Council sub-committee, for Parks and Recreation Commission vacancies.
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5. Approve continued membership in Tulare County Economic Development Corporation (TCEDC) for FY 2023/24 for $60,000 and appropriate $10,000 from General Fund to Economic
Development Division budget.
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6. Authorization to amend the amend FY 2023-24 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual Action Plan in the amount of $1,129,275, amend the FY 2023-24 Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) budget by $750,000, and appropriating additional funds from the Successor Agency Housing of $300,000 ($50,000 in FY 2023-24 and $250,000 in FY 2024-25) in order to provide additional support to the Navigation Center development funding of $2,179,275.
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7. Request authorization to record the final parcel map for Site Plan Review (SPR) No. 2022-110, located on the southwest corner of East Sweet Avenue and North Ben Maddox Way (APN:
091-072-018).
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8. Request authorization to record the final parcel map for Tentative Parcel Map No. 2023-06, located at the northwest corner of North Cain Street and East Houston Avenue APN: 098-200-070.
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9. Second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 2023-06 approving the revision to Visalia Municipal Code Chapter 10.16.210, which regulates commercial vehicles in residential zones within the City of Visalia. 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. 23-0290
10. Consideration of mural application requests from Arts Consortium for two murals - one on the east face of the south-facing façade, and one on the west-facing façade - on the Lofts at Fort Visalia mixed use residential development located at 340 East Oak Avenue (northwest corner of Oak Avenue and Bridge Street). 23-0295
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11. Authorize the City Manager to enter into a purchase addendum to the Department’s existing five (5) year sole source contract with Motorola Solutions, to upgrade the Insight module, including associated maintenance costs, and Data Replication module for a total cost of $34,049 and appropriate $30,604 from the General Fund for FY 23/24.
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12. Authorization to establish a contract with Jaxon Enterprises ( dba Deer Creek Asphalt) by piggybacking on the County of Tulare Contract No 1905 for Hot Mix Asphalt, Contract No 1902 for 3/8” Cold Mix Asphalt, and Contract No 1904 for ½” Cold Mix Asphalt at a total amount not to exceed $400,000 annually.
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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 Ordinance 2023-07 amending the Visalia Municipal Code Chapter 13.20, Water Conservation, to partially exempt groundwater users subject to the jurisdiction of and regulation by the Mid Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency. 23-0269
2. Public hearing and consideration of the following actions:
1. Adopt Initial Study / Mitigated Negative Declaration No. 2023 -32 for Annexation No. 2022-04, Shepherds Ranch II
Tentative Subdivision Map No. 5589, and Tentative Parcel Map No. 2022-03 (Resolution No. 2023-36 required); and
2. Initiation of Proceedings for Annexation No. 2022-04, a request by D .R. Horton, to annex a 40.44-acre parcel into the City Limits of Visalia located on the east side of Road 88, approximately ¼ mile south of West Goshen Avenue .
(APN: 081-030-080) (Resolution No. 2023-37 required); 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.
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3. Public hearing to consider and adopt a Resolution of Necessity to acquire property and temporary construction easements from portions of eight separate properties of APN 126-130-007, 126-130-009, 126-130-013, 126-670-023, 126-670-024 ,
126-700-043, 126-700-049, and 123-300-040 all of which are located along Caldwell Avenue between Santa Fe Street and Lovers Lane for the purpose of widening Caldwell Avenue (CP8268).
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4. Public hearing and consideration of the following actions:
1. Adopt Initial Study / Mitigated Negative Declaration No. 2022 -18 for Annexation No. 2022-03, Barr & Wood Tentative
Subdivision Map No. 5588, Conditional Use Permit No. 2022 -06, and Tentative Parcel Map No. 2022-02 (Resolution No . 2023-34 required); and
2. Initiation of Proceedings for Annexation No. 2022-03, a request by Woodside Homes to annex one parcel totaling
approximately 69.35-acres into the City Limits of Visalia, located at the northwest corner of South Roeben Street and West Whitendale Avenue (APN: 119-022-041) ( Resolution
No. 2023-35 required); 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.
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CLOSED SESSION REPORT
ADJOURNMENT
UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
1. UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS:
Monday, August 21, 2023, @ 7:00 p.m., 707 W. Acequia
Tuesday, September 5, 2023 @ 7:00 p.m., 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, August 7, 2023 to discuss your accessibility needs: 559-713-4512 or [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>.
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