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, September 18, 2023
ROLL CALL
CALL TO ORDER WORK SESSION - START TIME: 5:30 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 a report and presentation from the Tulare County Economic Development Corporation (TCEDC) and approve
continued membership in TCEDC for FY 2023/24 for $60,000 and appropriate $10,000 from General Fund to Economic Development Division budget.
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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
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SPECIAL PRESENTATION / RECOGNITION
1. Jennah "The Gem" Creason - International Brandenburg Cup Gold Medal Winner
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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. 23-0045
2. Authorize the City Manager to award the construction contract for FY 22-23 Measure N Street Rehab - County Center from Houston Ave to Riggin Ave (RFB 22-23-62), to Avison Construction of Madera, CA. in the amount of $1,909,122 and appropriate $254,900 from Gas Tax Fund (111) (CIP
1410-72000/CP0599-999).
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3. Authorization to submit and accept two grant applications to the California Department of Transportation to fund the Regional Transit Green Line Call Center in the amount of $ 147,393 and Travel Training in the amount of $ 60,000 for the total amount of $207,393. Section 5310 (Resolution No. 2023-44 required). 23-0304
4. Authorization to award two contracts; one in the amount of $135,737 to Mohawk Lifts LLC, the manufacturer, for the purchase of a Vertical Rise Drive-On Lift and a second contract in the amount of $12,845 to Midstate Automotive Equipment Company, the distributor, for the installation of the lift. Further, approve the appropriation of $150,000.00 from the Transit Fund.
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5. Authorize the City Manager to utilize Sourcewell Contract No 080521-PBL to purchase one ( 1) PB Loader Model 500-PT 500G Emulsion Trailer from PB Loader Corporation of Fresno, Ca for use in the Street Maintenance division at a cost of $112,706.54. 23-0349
6. Authorize City Manager to execute a new annual sole source contract for service, repair and parts with Peterbilt trucks/Cummins engines with E.M. Tharp dba Golden State Peterbilt, not to exceed $150,000 annually. This is a one-year contract with four one-year renewals.
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7. Authorize the City Manager to Award RFB 22-23-02 annual contract for Landscape Maintenance of Landscape and Lighting Districts within Quadrant A to JC’s Land Management, Inc., of Kingsburg, CA, for an annual not to exceed amount of $25,960. 23-0352
8. Authorize the City Manager to execute a Measure R Supplemental Agreement with the Tulare County Transportation Authority (TCTA), and appropriate $3,000,000 from the Measure R Regional Fund (133) and $3,075,000 from the Transportation Impact Fee Fund (241) in order to fund the Riggin Avenue Widening from Roeben to Akers Project.
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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. Consider property owner request to revoke the approved Oak Tree Removal Permit #23-19 to remove a Valley Oak tree located at APN:
000-015-509 based on the City’s Arborist’s Tree Risk Assessment and applying the assessment/evaluation to the removal standards outlined in the City of Visalia’s Oak Tree Ordinance No. 12.24.035. 23-0347
2. Public Hearing to modify improvements in Landscape and Lighting Assessment District No. 16-01 "Di Mello Toscana" and levy the annual assessments for Assessment District 16-01; APN:
077-720-002 (Resolution Nos. 2023-46 and 2023-47 required). 23-0351
3. Public Hearing and approval of the 2022/23 Program Year Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) and Resolution No. 2023-45.
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4. Public Hearing to approve and adopt the Program Year (PY) 2023/24 Annual Action Plan Amendment for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) activities and projects. 23-0303
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5. Receive a presentation regarding the proposed improvements to the Valley Oaks Golf Course and perform the first reading and adoption of Ordinance 2023-09 approving Amendment # 1 to the 2018 Lease Agreement with CourseCo, Inc.
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CLOSED SESSION REPORT - None
ADJOURNMENT
UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
1. UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
Monday, October 02, 2023 @ 7:00 p.m. at 707 W. Acequia
Monday, October 16, 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, September 18, 2023 to discuss your accessibility needs: 559-713-4512 or
[email protected]
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