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, November 20, 2023
ROLL CALL
CALL TO ORDER WORK SESSION - 5:30 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. Presentation and request for authorization to implement a Solid Waste Environment Enhancement Program (SWEEP) and
appropriate $25,350 from the Solid Waste Enterprise fund (441). 23-0416
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
City Council Meeting Agenda - Final November 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. 23-0458
2. Request to authorization to file a Notice of Completion for Greenway Trail Phase 2 (Pedestrian bridge), appropriate an additional $10,000 from Measure R Trailways ( 132) fund to the Mill Creek Pedestrian Bridge on Greenway Trail project (Greenway Trail Phase 2), and authorize the amendment to the Measure R Expenditure Plan to reallocate $ 10,000 between projects as specified within this report.
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3. Authorize the City Manager to award the construction contract to JT2 Inc. doing business as Todd Companies of Visalia, CA for pathway improvements from Main Street to the Transit Center in the amount of $334,250.
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4. Second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 2023-13 for Zoning Text Amendment No. 2023-02, a request by the City of Visalia to amend Visalia Municipal Code Chapter 17.25, add Section
17.32.167, amend Chapter 8.64, and add Chapter 5.66 in order to address upcoming state mandated changes as a result of the passage of SB 1186, the “Medicinal Cannabis Patients’ Right of Access Act,” and establish objective standards for permitting delivery only medical marijuana retail establishments within the City of Visalia.
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5. Authorize the City Manager to award the contract for Street Sweeping Services to SCA of CA, LLC for an annual amount of $1,868,741 for an initial 1-year term, renewable for four (4) additional one-year terms, and appropriate $115,797 from the General Fund and $390,202 from the Gas Tax Fund.
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City Council Meeting Agenda - Final November 20, 2023
6. Authorize the City Manager to award a contract for the Playground Structure Replacement Project to Anchor 41 Construction, of Hanford, CA, for an amount not to exceed $317,600.00, for the design and installation of a new playground structure at Riverway Sports Park. 23-0436
7. Authorize the City Manager to Award the Whitendale Park Arbor Replacement contract to R.E. Schultz Construction, of Orange, CA, for an amount not to exceed $128,965, for the demo and replacement of the three wooden arbors at picnic areas with new steel arbors and fabric covers at Whitendale Park.
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8. Request for approval to appropriate $142,000 from the AT&T Mobility lease set-aside account to the Riverway Sports Park Water Feature Repair Project.
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9. Nomination of Council Member Liz Wynn to fill the vacancy representing a “large” city to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Governing Board. (Resolution 2023-57 required). 23-0465
10. Nomination of Council Member Emmanuel Hernandez Soto as the Visalia City Council’s representative on the Tulare County Task Force on Homelessness, appointment of Margie Perez, Housing Specialist as the alternate and appointment of Council Member Liz Wynn to serve as a City representative on the Mid-Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency.
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11. Request Authorization from City Council to enter into contract with JFS Enterprises Inc. for $285,000 to remove permanent vegetation at the Eastside Regional Park, accept grant funding from the Department of Water Resources in the amount of $ 313,500, and appropriate funds of $346,350 for the project.
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12. Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement between the City of Visalia and the City of Dinuba for the purpose of providing animal shelter services and animal licensing, and make any additional modifications to this draft agreement, for a 1 year period at a rate of $202,573 with four 1-year renewal options, for a maximum of 5 years totaling $1,012,865.
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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.
City Council Meeting Agenda - Final November 20, 2023
1. Public hearing and consideration of the following actions related to the East Side Regional Park Project:
1. Certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) prepared for the East Side Regional Park Project . ( Resolution No. 2023-54 required)
2. Initiation of Proceedings for Annexation No. 2021-02: A request to annex approximately 128 acres, located within the City of Visalia Urban Development Boundary Tier III, into the Visalia city limits. The annexation request includes authorizing the detachment from County Service Area No. 1 in accordance with State and County requirements. (Resolution No. 2023-55
required)
3. General Plan Amendment No. 2021-16: A request to
redesignate approximately 41 acres from Residential Low, Medium, and High Densities to Parks/Recreation to facilitate the East Side Regional Park. (Resolution No. 2023-56 required) Project Applicant: City of Visalia
Project Location: The proposed Project is located on approximately 286 acres, between Mineral King Avenue and Houston Avenue, east of the Road 148alignment. (APN: 103-110-024, 025, 026, 027, 028, 029, 032, 033; 103-500-001, 002, 003; 103-510-002, 003, 004, 005, 007, 008, 009)
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2. Public Hearing to consider a request by the Visalia Public Cemetery District for the following entitlements:
1. General Plan Amendment No. 2022-01 : A request by the Visalia Public Cemetery District to amend the General Plan Land Use Map to change the land use designation of 14
parcels totaling 3.17 acres from Residential Low Density to Public Institutional, and to change the land use designation of one parcel totaling 0.24 acres from Residential Medium Density to Public Institutional. The project sites are located at 919 West Allen Avenue, 618, 700, 706, 808, 918, 1010 North Rinaldi Street, 1410, 1420, 1430 West Sady Avenue, and 816 North Turner Street (APNs: 093-062-006, 007, 015, 016, 026, 027, 093-073-002, 010, 093-083-013, 014, 015, 016, 025, 093-102-001, 002).
2. Change of Zone No. 2022-02 : A request by the Visalia Public Cemetery District to change the zoning designation of 14 parcels totaling 3.17 acres from R-1-5 (Single Family Residential, 5,000 sq. ft. minimum site area) to Q -P
(Quasi-Public), and to change the zoning designation of one parcel totaling 0.24 acres from R-M-2 (Multi-Family
Residential, 3,000 sq. ft. minimum site area per dwelling unit) to Q -P (Quasi-Public). The project sites are located at 919 West Allen Avenue, 618, 700, 706, 808, 918, 1010
North Rinaldi Street, 1410, 1420, 1430 West Sady Avenue, and 816 North Turner Street (APNs: 093-062-006, 007, 015, 016, 026, 027, 093-073-002, 010, 093-083-013, 014, 015, 016, 025, 093-102-001, 002).
The requested actions are considered exempt under Section 15061(b)(3) of the State Guidelines for the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). A Notice of Exemption No. 2022-42 has been prepared for the project.
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3. Conduct the second of two public hearings to amend the Measure N Spending Plan to appropriate $190,000 and advance the purchase of one (1) marked patrol vehicle for FY 24/25 and replace one (1) marked patrol vehicle. In addition, staff is requesting to appropriate an additional $30,000 to address the budget shortfall for FY 23/24 vehicle purchases.
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CLOSED SESSION REPORT
ADJOURNMENT
UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
City Council Meeting Agenda - Final November 20, 2023
1. UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS:
Monday, December 04, 2023 @ 7:00 p.m., Location: 707 W.
Acequia Ave, Visalia, CA
Monday, December 18, 2023 @ 7:00 p.m., Location: 707 W.
Acequia Ave, Visalia. CA
If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to fully participate in the meeting, please contact Michelle Nicholson, on or before Monday, November 20, 2023 to discuss your
accessibility needs: 559-713-4512 or
[email protected]
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