Visalia City Council
Visalia Council Chambers
Agenda — 37 items
- 1 ROLL CALL
- 2 PUBLIC COMMENTS
- 3 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.
- 4 CALL TO ORDER CLOSED SESSION - 5:30 PM
- 5 CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION - 7:00 PM
- 6 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
- 7 INVOCATION
- 8 ITEMS OF INTEREST
- 9 SPECIAL PRESENTATION / RECOGNITION
- 10 PUBLIC COMMENTS
- 11 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.
- 12 CONSENT CALENDAR
- 13 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.
- 2. Annual contract to Golden State Emergency Vehicle Service - Authorize the City Manager to award a sole source contract to Golden State Emergency Vehicle Service for the purpose of providing Pierce fire apparatus parts, service and repairs. The annual contract shall not exceed $175,000 annually..
- 3. Record Final Map for Shepherds Ranch 1 - Request authorization to record the final map for Shepherds Ranch 1 subdivision, located on the west side of Shirk Street south of Pershing Court; and request authorization for the formation of Landscape and Lighting District No. 23-01 and authorize ordering the improvements and levying the annual assessments. Resolution Nos. 2024-36 and 2024-37 required.
- 4. Request authorization to file a Notice of Completion for the Riverway Sports Park Jim Byrd Playground Replacement Project, 3611 N Dinuba, Visalia, CA. (Project No. 1010-72000/CP0488-999).
- 5. Tulare County Multi Jurisdiction Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Resolution - Approve a Resolution 2024-33 adopting the Tulare County Multi Jurisdiction Local Hazard Mitigation Plan.
- 6. Appropriation of Prior Grant Award- Appropriate $3,628,371 of Encampment Resolution Funding Program (ERF), Round 2 awarded to the City in September 2023, in the 2023/2024 fiscal year capital budget for the Navigation Center project.
- 7. Award Sports Lighting Contract - Award sports lighting construction contract and authorize City Manager to enter into an agreement with Musco Sports Lighting, as a sole-source provider, in the amount of $819,755.39; and to appropriate $964,000 from the Baseball Fund if and when the situation warrants some or all of the contract moving forward.
- 8. Purchase of Peterbilt 548 Dump Truck and Transfer of Funds - Authorize the City Manager to award a purchase order to E.M. Tharp of Porterville, CA for the purchase of a Peterbilt 548 Dump Truck through the Sourcewell Cooperative contract in the amount of $234,570.
- 9. Salary Schedule - Adopt the revised salary schedule for full-time employees, City Manager, and City Council members of the City of Visalia.
- 10. Notice of Completion for the Goshen Basin Project - Authorize the City Manager to file a Notice of Completion for the Goshen Basin Project.
- 11. Record Parcel Map - Request authorization to record the final parcel map for Tentative Parcel Map No. 2023-07, located at the Southwest corner of McAuliff Street and East Cherry Avenue. APN: 127-030-038
- 12. Authorization to Accept the CHP Cannabis Tax Fund Grant - Authorize the Visalia Police Department to accept the California Highway Patrol Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program, appropriate $195,000 and approve Resolution 2024-38.
- 13. Committee Appointment - Appoint Kim Lusk to a partial first term, appoint Michael Tomola to a first two-year term, and reappoint Jerome Melgar to a second two-year term and Tyler Davis to a third two-year term, on the Historic Preservation Advisory Committee.
- 14. Amended Resolution - Adopt amended Resolution 2024-24 to place a cannabis tax measure on the November 2024 general election ballot.
- 28 REGULAR ITEMS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS
- 29 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. Military Equipment - Review Ordinance No. 2022-09, which adopted the Visalia Police Department Military Equipment Use Policy, the 2024 Visalia Police Department AB 481 Annual Report, and adopt Resolution No. 2024-23, a resolution renewing the Visalia Police Department Military Equipment Use Policy and approving the continued use of the equipment described in the AB 481 Annual Report pursuant to Government Code Section 7070 et seq. and determine that approval of Resolution No. 2024-23 is not a project under CEQA.
- 2. Ordinance Adoption - First reading and public hearing for Ordinance No. 2024-07 for Zoning Text Amendment No. 2024-01, a request by the City of Visalia to amend Visalia Municipal Code Titles 17 (Zoning), 5 (Business Regulations), 8 (Health and Safety), 12 (Streets, Sidewalks and Public Spaces), 16 (Subdivisions), and 18 (Agricultural Land Preservation) based on multiple factors including, but not limited to: changes in state law, errors in existing zoning text, changes in other sections of the Visalia Municipal Code or changes in city procedures, changes in business and/or development trends and activity, citywide.
- 3. Update on logo redesign - Receive update on City logo redesign process and determine how the Council would like to proceed with the logo selection.
- 33 CLOSED SESSION REPORT
- 1. For the purposes of reporting out, for the record, transactions that occurred as a result of Closed Session Real Property Negotiations: Buyer: City of Visalia Seller: Rick G. January and Patricia A. January, husband and wife, as community property with right of survivorship APN: 124-010-003 Purpose: Caldwell Widening Project - Santa Fe to Lovers Lane Brief Description: Right of Way Price: $100,000.00 Closing Date: 6/28/2024 Closed Session Council Date: 6/5/2023 Project Manager: Eric Bons
- 35 ADJOURNMENT
- 36 UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
- 1. Upcoming City Council Meeting Dates: Monday, August 05, 2024 at 707 W. Acequia @ 7:00 p.m. Monday, August 19, 2024 at 707 W. Acequia @ 7:00 p.m. Note: Meeting dates/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 email: Michelle.Nicholson@Visalia.city <mailto:Michelle.Nicholson@Visalia.city> or call 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.