Visalia City Council
303 E. Acequia
Visalia, CA 93291
Visalia City Council
Visalia City Council
Meeting Agenda - Final - Amended
Brian Poochigian, Mayor
Brett Taylor, Vice Mayor
Steve Nelsen, Council Member
Emmanuel Hernandez Soto, Council Member
Liz Wynn, Council Member
Visalia Convention Center7:00 PMMonday, June 3, 2024
Visalia Convention Center - 303 E. Acequia
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 and items listed on the Closed Session. 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. Fiscal Year 2024/25 and 2025/26 Proposed Budget - Receive and discuss the proposed 2024/25 and 2025/26 budget.
24-0209
2. Fiscal Year 2024-25 Rates and Fees - Receive, review, and discuss proposed new fees, increases, and adjustments to the City’s Rates and Fees Schedule for Fiscal Year 2024-25. 24-0020
3. Downtown Visalia Property and Business improvement
District (DTVPBID) Annual Report - Receive the 2024 Annual Operations Report for the DTVPBID and Approve DTVPBID 2% assessment increase for the 2024/25 tax roll.
24-0115
4. Town-Center Business Improvement Area (TCBIA) Annual Report - Accept and approve the Annual TCBIA Report, and renew the TCBIA Management Agreement with Downtown Visalians, Inc. 24-0116
ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION - 6:00 PM (Or, immediately following Work Session)
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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 people to comment on matters 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 the opportunity to address the Council on any matter of interest, whether on the agenda or not, other than the Consent Calendar.
People may comment one time during the evening for up to three minutes unless additional time is authorized by the Council. 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.
PUBLIC HEARING - Landscape and Lighting District - Results will be announced during the regular portion of the meeting.
1. PUBLIC HEARING - To receive ballots and public testimony on proposed funding changes/assessment increases for 2024/25 of the Marseille Landscape and Lighting Maintenance Assessment District (LLMAD) in the City of Visalia.
24-0211
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 by a City Council Member 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. 24-0214
2. Authorization to Enter into a Sole Source for Sexual Assault Forensic Exams - Authorize the City Manager to enter into a sole source Professional Services Agreement with Central Valley Forensic Nursing Specialist under the ownership and direction of Heather McCoy, Registered Nurse, for sexual assault forensic (SART) exams effective July 1, 2024. Contract to renew annually for up to five years and is not to exceed $55,000 a year. 24-0188
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3. Award & Appropriation of Funds for Fiber Optic Interconnect Improvements: Authorize the City Manager to award the
construction contract with MP Next Level for RFB 23-24-15, Fiber Optic Interconnect Improvements: Ben Maddox Way, Demaree Street, and Houston Avenue in the amount of $1,110,181.30; authorize additional appropriations of funds; and authorize amendment of the Measure R Supplemental Agreement.
24-0183
4. Renewal authorization for the ECO Transitional Jobs Program - Authorization for the City Manager to approve an agreement with the Workforce Investment Board of Tulare County to continue the Environmental Clean-Up Opportunities (ECO) Transitional Jobs Program through FY 2024/2025 in the amount of $245,000 from the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund.
24-0190
5. Authorize Shade Structure Contract for Recreation Park - Authorize the City Manager to award playground shade structure design & installation services at Recreation Park to Zoom Recreation, Inc. of Irvine, CA, for an amount not to exceed of $241,783.00. 24-0192
6. Selection of Nominee for Transit Representative to TCAG - It is recommended that the Visalia City Council vote for Liz Wynn to serve as the Transit Representative to the Tulare County Association of Governments from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027.
24-0223
7. Service Agreement - Authorization to execute annual service agreement with Visalia Economic Development Corporation for $60,000 for FY 2024/25 with the option of four annual extensions. 24-0163
8. Authorize shade structure contract for Provident Skate Park - Authorize the City Manager to award playground shade structure design & installation services at Provident Skate Park to Zoom Recreation of Irvine for an amount not to exceed of $327,353.00.
24-0193
9. Approve shade structure contract for Village Park - Authorize the City Manager to award playground shade structure design & installation services at Village Park to Bakersfield Paving of Bakersfield for an amount not to exceed of $98,703.00.
24-0194
10. Authorize shade structure contract for Houk Park - Authorize the City Manager to award playground shade structure design & installation services at Houk Park to Zoom Recreation of Irvine for an amount not to exceed of $156,921.00.
24-0195
11. Authorize shade structure contract for Whitendale Park - Authorize the City Manager to award playground shade structure design & installation services at Whitendale Park to Bakersfield Paving of Bakersfield for an amount not to exceed of $119,705.00. 24-0196
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12. Authorize shade structure contract for Stonebrook Park - Authorize the City Manager to award playground shade structure design & installation services at Stonebrook Park to Bakersfield Paving of Bakersfield for an amount not to exceed of $139,573.00. 24-0197
13. Authorize shade structure contract for Sunset Park - Authorize the City Manager to award playground shade structure design & installation services at Sunset Park to Bakersfield Paving of Bakersfield for an amount not to exceed of $151,040.00.
24-0198
14. Cooperative Agreement for Reimbursement with the County of Tulare - Authorize the City Manager to execute a Cooperative Agreement for Reimbursement with the County of Tulare for the installation of a sewer main in Avenue 280 (Caldwell Avenue) from Lovers Lane (Rd. 140) to Rd. 144 and the appropriation of $535,000 from the Wastewater Trunkline Fund (231).
24-0218
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 2024-12 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.
24-0159
2. Ordinance Adoption - Public Hearing and first reading of Ordinance No. 2024-06, adding Chapter 3.14 (Cannabis Business Tax) to Title 3 of the Visalia Municipal Code to establish a tax on cannabis business activities within the city, and adopt Resolution 2024-24 to place a cannabis tax measure on the November 2024 general election ballot.
24-0199
3. Measure N Public Hearing: Conduct the second of two public hearings on the proposed Fiscal Years 2024/25 and 2025/26 Measure N budget.
24-0208
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4. Urgency Ordinance Extension - Public Hearing and
Consideration of the extension of Ordinance No. 2024-05, adopted as emergency measures to regulate the location and operational requirements for massage establishments pursuant to Government Code section 65858(b). This statute permits the adoption of an urgency interim zoning ordinance for up to 22 months and fifteen days after notice, public hearing, and adoption by four-fifths vote of the City Council, Citywide.
24-0207
5. Logo Discussion and potential direction regarding the new City of Visalia logo.
24-0222
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
ADJOURNMENT
UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
Monday, June 17, 2024 at 707 W. Acequia @ 7:00 p.m.
Monday, July 1, 2024 at 707 W. Acequia @ 7:00 p.m.
If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to fully participate in the meeting, please contact Michelle Nicholson, to discuss your accessibility needs:
559-713-4512 or email at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>