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May 19, 2025 ·7:00 PM Final

City Council Chambers

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Agenda — 41 items

  1. 1 ROLL CALL ▶ jump to 0:14
  2. 1 ROLL CALL ▶ jump to 0:02
  3. 2 CALL TO ORDER WORK SESSION - 4:00 PM (Unless otherwise noted) ▶ jump to 0:38
  4. 3 PUBLIC COMMENTS ▶ jump to 0:53
  5. 4 Citizens are now invited to comment on issues within the jurisdiction of the Visalia City Council and items listed on the Closed Session agenda. 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. ▶ jump to 1:04
  6. 5 WORK SESSION AND ACTION ITEMS (as described) ▶ jump to 1:25
  7. 1. Downtown Visalia Property and Business Improvement District Annual Report - Receive the 2025 Annual Operations Report for the organization. 25-0098 approve Pass ▶ jump to 7:19
  8. 2. Town-Center Business Improvement Area Annual Report - Accept and approve the Annual Town-Center Business Improvement Area Report, renewing the Management Agreement with Downtown Visalians, Inc. for an additional one-year term to begin July 1, 2025. 25-0099 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 20:48
  9. 3. Massage Establishment Ordinance Discussion - Consideration of and direction on initiating potential Municipal Code updates to Visalia Municipal Code Chapter 5.68 Massage Establishments. 25-0145 approve Pass ▶ jump to 48:59
  10. 4. Presentation by California Water Service - Presentation by Cal Water regarding the companies plan for complying with the State of California’s indoor and outdoor water regulations. 25-0195 ▶ jump to 49:20
  11. 10 ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION - 6:00 PM (Or, immediately following Work Session) ▶ jump to 93:42
  12. 11 CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION - 7:00 PM ▶ jump to 96:50
  13. 12 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ▶ jump to 96:58
  14. 13 INVOCATION LED BY DEACON HENRY MEDINA, ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC PARISH ▶ jump to 98:36
  15. 14 SPECIAL PRESENTATION / RECOGNITION ▶ jump to 98:38
  16. 15 2025 Summer Live & Play Cover Photo Contest ▶ jump to 98:39
  17. 16 National Public Works Week ▶ jump to 101:18
  18. 17 PUBLIC COMMENTS ▶ jump to 104:25
  19. 18 This is the time for general public comment on issues within the jurisdiction of the Visalia City Council. Each speaker tonight may speak for up to 3 minutes during this general comment period on a matter that is not on this agenda. The public may also make one comment for up to 3 minutes prior to the consideration of the Consent Calendar, and immediately before any regular agenda item is heard. The Council asks that you keep you 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. ▶ jump to 104:34
  20. 19 ITEMS OF INTEREST ▶ jump to 111:08
  21. 20 CONSENT CALENDAR ▶ jump to 111:09
  22. 21 Consent Calendar items are considered routine and will be enacted in one motion. This is the time for members of the public to provide public comment on an item on the Consent Calendar. Comments will not be taken individually by the public if an item is pulled by a Council Member. Each speaker is allowed up to 3 minutes, and a timer will notify you when your time is expired. Please begin your comments by stating and spelling you name and providing your city of residence. Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 112:00
  23. 1. Authorization to read ordinances by title only. 25-0090
  24. 2. Accept and Appropriate Grant Funding - Accept and appropriate $3,103,963 of Encampment Resolution Funding Round 3 Window 3 for operational and rapid rehousing funds for the Visalia Navigation Center on N. Court to provide interim shelter, and a combination of capital and operational funds for the Sequoia Village on S. Mooney to provide permanent supportive housing for people living in targeted encampments. 25-0072
  25. 3. Aquatics Facility Joint Use Agreement and Acceptance of Visalia Unified Sponsorship for Registration Fees for Swim Team Program - Authorize the City Manager to execute a one-year facility use agreement with Visalia Unified School District that includes the City’s use of the pools at Mt. Whitney, Golden West, and El Diamante for community aquatics programs and acceptance of VUSD sponsoring registration fees for students in the swim team program. 25-0136
  26. 4. Renewal authorization for the Environmental Clean-Up Opportunities Transitional Jobs Program - Authorization for the City Manager to approve a 3-year agreement with the Workforce Investment Board of Tulare County to continue the Environmental Clean-Up Opportunities Transitional Jobs Program through Fiscal Year 2027/2028 in the amount of $765,960.00 from the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund. 25-0144
  27. 5. Adopt Resolution and Exchange Federal funds for State Highway Account Funds - Adopt Resolution No. 2025-35 Authorizing the City Manager to sign the Fiscal Year 2024/25 Claim to the Tulare County Association of Governments for Regional Surface Transportation Program Funds in Exchange for State Highway Account Funds and appropriate $930,390 towards the Giddings Street Culvert Replacement Project. 25-0167
  28. 6. Authorization to Increase Allocated Funds & Amend Contract - Authorize City staff to initiate Measure N amendment process to increase allocated funds and amend the contract for the Visalia Police Department’s body-worn camera program. 25-0171
  29. 7. Approve the Repair, Installation, and Startup of a Membrane Bioreactor Blower - Approve the issuance of a Sole Source Purchase Order to APGN, Inc. in the amount of $39,340 for the repair, installation, and startup of a Membrane Bioreactor Blower at the Water Reclamation Facility and appropriate $39,340 from the Wastewater Fund. 25-0176
  30. 8. Purchase of Tuatara UTV Electric Vehicles - Authorize the City Manager to award a sole source purchase order to ZeroNox Inc., Porterville, CA, for an amount not to exceed $138,539 and appropriate an additional $38,539 from the General Fund. 25-0175
  31. 9. Approval of Fiscal Year 2024 / 2025 Transportation Development Act Claim - Approve the Resolution No. 2025-34 for the Transit Division’s Fiscal Year 2024 / 2025 Transportation Development Act Claim in the amount of $11,863,821.86. 25-0178
  32. 10. Award Fiscal Year 2024 / 2025 Cape Seal Contract- Authorize the City Manager to sign the construction contract for Fiscal Year 2024/ 2025 Cape Seal Project to VSS International, Inc. in the amount of $1,698,325.00. 25-0190
  33. 32 REGULAR ITEMS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS ▶ jump to 112:11
  34. 33 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. ▶ jump to 113:53
  35. 1. Riggin Avenue Widening Project Traffic and Construction Impacts - Receive a staff presentation outlining the construction phases of work, traffic detours, and resident impacts for the Riggin Avenue Widening Project Kelsey St. to Shirk St.. 25-0173 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 122:00
  36. 2. Tulare Avenue Road Rehabilitation Project Traffic and Construction Impacts - Receive a staff presentation outlining the construction phases of work, traffic detours, and resident impacts for the Tulare Avenue Major Road Rehabilitation Project from Demaree to Cotta. 25-0174 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 142:10
  37. 3. Caldwell Avenue Widening Project Traffic and Construction Impacts: Receive a staff presentation outlining the construction phases of work, traffic detours, closures and resident impacts for the Caldwell Avenue Widening Project from Santa Fe Street to Lovers Lane. 25-0168 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 154:36
  38. 37 CLOSED SESSION REPORT
  39. 38 ADJOURNMENT ▶ jump to 154:50
  40. 39 UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ▶ jump to 154:56
  41. 1. Upcoming City Council Meetings Monday, June 2, 2025 @ 7:00 p.m. at 707 W. Acequia Monday, June 16, 2025 @ 7:00 p.m. at 707 W. Acequia Note: Meeting dates and times are subject to change, check posted agenda for correct details. In compliance with the American Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in meetings contact 713-4512. Written materials relating to an item on this agenda submitted to the Council after distribution of the agenda are available for public inspection in the Office of the City Clerk, 220 N. Santa Fe Street, Visalia CA 93292, during normal business hours. 25-0141 ▶ jump to 154:57