City of Wasco City Council Meeting Minutes, August 20, 2024
MINUTES
WASCO CITY COUNCIL
and Successor Agency to the
Former Redevelopment Agency
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Regular Meeting – 6:00 p.m.
City Council Chambers
746 8th Street, Wasco, CA 93280
REGULAR MEETING – 6:00 pm
1) CALL TO ORDER:
Mayor Medina called the meeting to order at 6:03 p.m.
2) ROLL CALL: Mayor Medina, Mayor Pro Tem Saldaña, Council Members: Martinez, Reyna PRESENT: Mayor Medina, Mayor Pro Tem Saldaña, Council Members: Martinez, Reyna
STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Hurlbert, City Attorney Schroeter, Assistant City Manager Lara, City Clerk Martinez, Deputy City Clerk Flores, Public Works Director Villa, Finance Director Perez-Hernandez, Community Deve lopment Director Cobb, Chief of Police Fivecoat, Kern County Fire Chief Appleton
3) FLAG SALUTE: by Mayor Medina
4) INVOCATION: by Mike Lynch, Wasco Police Department Chaplain
5) PRESENTATIONS:
a. Certificate of Recognition for the House of Fades.
Mayor Medina presented the recognition to the barbers from the House of Fades.
6) PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA:
x Evangeline Martin
x David Martin
x Rosario Sierra
x Mercedes Martin
Deputy City Clerk Flores mentioned that there were no email comments for this item or any other agenda items.
7) SUCCESSOR AGENCY BUSINESS:
a. Nomination and Appointment of Chairman and Vice-Chairman.
Oral presentation by City Clerk Martinez.
There were no public comments.
Motion was made by Director Reyna, seconded by Director Martinez, to appoint Vice-Chairman Medina as Chairman and Director Saldaña as Vice-Chairman of the Successor Agency by the following roll call vote:
City of Wasco City Council Meeting Minutes, August 20, 2024 AYES: MEDINA, MARTINEZ, REYNA, SALDAÑA
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
b. Adopt a Resolution of the Successor Agency to the Former Wasco Redevelopment Agency to add Eduardo Saldana as Authori zing Signer for all Successor Agency Bank Accounts and remove Alexandro Garcia , and Find that this action is not a project as defined under the California Environmental Quality Act State Guidelines; therefore, pursuant to State Guidelines Se ction 15378, no environmental review is required.
Reso#2024-029
Oral presentation by Finance Director Perez-Hernandez.
There were no public comments.
Motion was made by Director Martinez, seconded by Director Reyna, to adopt the resolution by the following roll call vote:
AYES: MEDINA, SALDAÑA, MARTINEZ, REYNA
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
8) WASCO PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY BUSINESS:
a. Nomination and Appointment of Chairman and Vice-Chairman.
Oral presentation by City Clerk Martinez.
There were no public comments.
Motion was made by Director Reyna, seconded by Director Saldaña, to appoint Vice-Chairman Medina as Chairman and Director Saldaña as Vice-Chairman of the Wasco Public Finance Authority by the following roll call vote:
AYES: MEDINA, MARTINEZ, REYNA, SALDAÑA
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
b. Adopt a Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Wasco Public Financing Authority to add Eduardo Saldana as Auth orizing Signers for all Wasco Public Financing Authority Bank Accounts and remove Alexandro Garcia, and Find that this action is not a project as defined under the California Environmental Quality Act State Guidelines; therefore, pursuant to State Guidelines Section 15378, no environmental review is required.
Reso#2024-066
Oral presentation by Finance Director Perez-Hernandez.
There were no public comments.
City of Wasco City Council Meeting Minutes, August 20, 2024 Motion was made by Director Reyna, seconded by Director Martinez, to adopt the resolution by the following roll call vote:
AYES: MEDINA, SALDAÑA, MARTINEZ, REYNA
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
9) NEW EMPLOYEE POLICE DEPARTMENT BADGE PINNING CEREMONY FOR: None
10) PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTS
a. Kern County Fire Department (Appleton)
Fire Chief Appleton gave a fire report.
b. Wasco Police Department (Fivecoat)
Police Chief Fivecoat gave a PowerPoint presentation.
CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS:
11) CONSENT CALENDAR:
The Consent Calendar consists of items that are routine and noncontroversial, in the staff's opinion. These items are approved in one motion unless a Council Member or member of the public requests the removal of a particular item.
a. Receive and File department payments totaling $825,205.67
b. Adopt and Waive the Second Reading of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Wasco Adopting Zone Change 24-01, and Find that this project is exempt from the California Environmental Qualit y Act pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3), no environmental review is required.
Ord#2024-726
c. Adopt and Waive the Second Reading of an Ordinance of The City Council of The City of Wasco adopting Pre-zoning for Annexation 41 and Find that this project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15378; no environmental review is required.
Ord#2024-727
d. Adopt a Resolution to add Eduardo Saldana as Authorizing Signers for all City Bank Accounts and Remove Alexandro Garcia. Find that this project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15378; no environmental review is required.
Reso#2024-4116
e. Approval of Travel and Training Expenses Exceeding $500 per participant for City Manager and Assistant City Manager to attend the Kern County City Managers Training Conference on September 9 th-11th, 2024, in Pismo Beach, CA., and Find that this action is not a project defined under the California Environmental Quality Act State Guidelines; therefore, no enviro nmental review is required pursuant to State Guidelines Section 15378.
No Conflict of Interest on the consent calendar for any of the Council members.
City of Wasco City Council Meeting Minutes, August 20, 2024 Motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Saldaña, seconded by Mayor Medina, to approve the Consent Calendar by the following roll call vote:
AYES: MEDINA, SALDAÑA, MARTINEZ, REYNA
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
12) NEW BUSINESS:
a. Adopt A Resolution Authorizing the City Manager or Designee to Implement the Downtown 5-Year Strategic Vision Plan f or The City of Wasco and Find that this action is not a project defined under the California Environmental Quality Act State Guidelines; therefore, no environmental review is required pursuant to State Guidelines Section 15378.
Reso#2024-4117
PowerPoint presentation by Downtown Strategies consultant Laura Marinos x 5-Year Strategic Action Plan-Executive Summary
There were no public comments.
Motion was made by Council Member Reyna, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Saldaña, to adopt the resolution by the following roll call vote:
AYES: MEDINA, SALDAÑA, MARTINEZ, REYNA
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
b. Consideration on Adopting a resolution providing for the appointment of City Council Members for Districts 2, 4, and 5 and canceling the November 5, 2024 election.
Reso#2024-4118
Oral presentation by City Manager Hurlbert.
Public comments by Phillip Harrison.
Motion was made by Council Member Reyna, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Saldaña, to adopt the resolution providing for the appointment of the City Council Members for Districts 2, 4, and 5 and canc eling the November 5, 2024 election by the following roll call vote:
AYES: MEDINA, SALDAÑA, MARTINEZ, REYNA
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
c. Sheriff’s Activity League Building Project Progress. Informational Only
PowerPoint presentation by Public Works Director Villa. x SAL Building Update
City of Wasco City Council Meeting Minutes, August 20, 2024 There were no public comments.
No action; informational item only.
13) PUBLIC HEARINGS: None
14) DEFERRED BUSINESS: None
15) REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES:
a. Kern Economic Development Corporation (Medina)
No reports.
b. Kern Council of Government (Reyna)
No reports.
c. Wasco Task Force (Saldaña and Medina)
Mayor Pro Tem Saldaña – had a good outcome on the last cleanup event.
The next meeting is scheduled for August 29, 2024, at 6:00 p.m., held at the old courthouse.
16) REPORTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER:
City Manager Hurlbert updated the city council on the following:
x There will be 2 SNIP events in September: September 9 th and September 16th.
x Artwork from downtown has been stolen; cameras will be installed to monitor the area more closely
x Wine and Roses event September 6, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. held at the Elks Lodge x Wasco Rose Parade September 7, 2024 – theme Small Town Big Hearts x Kern EDC Annual Dinner September 12, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.
17) REPORTS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL:
Council Member Reyna:
x Thanked staff for following up with the CALTRANS Reconnecting Community Grant funding opportunity and for the scheduled meeting. x There is an opportunity to get funding from the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District for a $5,000.00 grant available for a high-efficiency air filtration system to be placed at the old courthouse building for the cooling center. x Requested from the City Manager the conversation regarding improving the connecting roads to the City of Wasco; per the City Manager, there has been an initial meeting with Supervisor Couch and Mr. Hakimi, and a follow-up meeting is being scheduled with the county roads staff and the city engineer. x Requested to know if the Animal Co ntrol personnel and Officers work weekends because he received a complaint of dogs harassing people, and the police department responded; per the Public Works Director, they work on standby on weekends.
There were no public comments on the closed session items.
Mayor Medina adjourned into closed session at 7:23 pm. and called for a 5-minute recess.
Mayor Medina adjourned out of closed session at 7:53 pm.
18) CLOSED SESSION:
a. Approval of Closed Session Minutes for August 6, 2024.
City of Wasco City Council Meeting Minutes, August 20, 2024 b. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS 54957.6
Agency designated representatives: City Manager, HR Manager, Employee Organization: SEIU Local 521
c. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION 54956.9 (d)(1) Name of Case: Amerivet Contracting, a California Corporation 19) CLOSED SESSION ACTION:
City Attorney Schroeter reported out.
a. Approval of Closed Session Minutes for August 6, 2024.
Motion was made by Council Member Reyna, seconded by Council Member Martinez, to approve the closed session minutes.
AYES: MEDINA, SALDAÑA, MARTINEZ, REYNA
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
b. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS 54957.6
Agency designated representatives: City Manager, HR Manager, Employee Organization: SEIU Local 521
No reportable action.
c. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION 54956.9 (d)(1) Name of Case: Amerivet Contracting, a California Corporation No reportable action.
20) ADJOURNMENT:
Mayor Medina adjourned the meeting at 7:54 p.m.
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Monica Flores, Deputy City Clerk
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Valentin Medina, Mayor