Visalia City Council
707 W. Acequia
Agenda — 40 items
- 1 ROLL CALL
- 1 ROLL CALL
- 2 CALL TO ORDER WORK SESSION - 4:00 PM (Unless otherwise noted)
- 3 PUBLIC COMMENTS
- 4 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.
- 5 WORK SESSION AND ACTION ITEMS (as described)
- 1. Capital Improvement Program - Review FY 2024/25 and 2025/26 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budget for Narcotics Forfeiture Fund (621)
- 2. Review and discuss the proposed Fiscal Year 2024/25 & 25/26 Measure N Budget and continue with the amended expenditure plan previously approved.
- 3. Survey Findings Update on Potential Cannabis Tax - Receive the staff report and survey findings presentation from FM3 Research on a potential local cannabis tax measure that Council could choose to include on the November 2024 ballot and provide additional direction as appropriate.
- 9 ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION - 6:00 PM (Or, immediately following Work Session)
- 10 CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION - 7:00 PM
- 11 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
- 12 INVOCATION
- 13 ITEMS OF INTEREST
- 14 SPECIAL PRESENTATION / RECOGNITION
- 1. City of Visalia designate May 2024 as Historic Preservation Month
- 16 PUBLIC COMMENTS
- 17 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.
- 18 CONSENT CALENDAR
- 19 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. Mural Request - Consideration of a mural application request from Urbanists Collective for one mural located on the south-facing façade of the retail building located at 1500 West Houston Avenue (northwest corner of Houston Avenue and Rinaldi Street).
- 3. Change Order Approval -Approve Change Order No. 1 in the amount of $196,619 to Cummins Pacific and appropriate $200,000 for repairs and maintenance from the WWTP Fund.
- 4. Landscape & Lighting District Actions - Request authorization to initiate proceedings and order the dissolution of Landscape and Lighting Assessment District No. 07-06 “Parcel Map 0609”; and authorization for the formation, ordering the improvements, and levying the annual assessments for Landscape and Lighting Assessment District No. 23-04 “Renewed Parcel Map 0609” (Resolution Nos. 2024-15, 2024-16, 2024-17 and 2024-18)
- 5. Asset Works Fleet Focus Software - Authorize the City Manager to amend the current 5-year contract with Asset Works for the annual maintenance and support of fleet software for a 5-year total contract of $133,162.
- 6. Residential Solid Waste Container Purchase Contract - Authorization for the City Manager to award a 5-year sole source contract to Toter, LLC in the amount not to exceed $1,550,000 to purchase solid waste containers.
- 7. 2024 Election Consolidation Authorization - Adoption of resolutions relating to the regular municipal election to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Resolutions request and consent to the consolidation of elections and set specifications of the election order; and request the Tulare County Board of Supervisors to permit the County Registrar of Voters to render specified election related services to the City of Visalia. (Resolution 2024-13 and Resolution 2024-14 required)
- 8. Approval of a single exemption for alcohol consumption at Riverway Sports Park - Authorize City Manager to grant a single use exemption for the issuance of an alcohol permit for alcohol consumption at Riverway Sports Park for a City of Visalia sponsored Independence Spectacular community special event.
- 9. Authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Brown Armstrong Accountancy Corporation (Brown Armstrong) for a not to exceed amount of $356,500 as the City’s independent financial auditor.
- 10. Purchase Contract - Authorize and award a purchase contract to Proper Performance, located in New Wilmington, PA to purchase four 2023 Dodge Ram two-wheel drive pick-up trucks and one Dodge Ram four-wheel drive pick-up truck in the amount of $235,740.40 using funding from the American Rescue Plan Act.
- 11. Low Carbon Transit Operations Allocation Request - Authorization to submit an allocation request in the amount of $443,302 to the California Department of Transportation Low Carbon Transit Operations Program for operating funds to continue funding V-LINE operations and approve funds to be appropriated when grant funds are awarded (Resolution No.2024-19 required).
- 12. Authorization to Apply for a Wellness Grant: Confirm the application submittal by the Visalia Police Department for the Law Enforcement Mental Health Wellness Act Grant for a maximum amount of $200,000.
- 13. Police Officers Contract - Authorize the City Manager to execute the Memorandum of Understanding by and between the City of Visalia and the Visalia Police Officers Association (Group B) for the period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027.
- 14. Adjust the Not To Exceed amount on Trillium Contract. Authorize staff to adjust the contract terms from the not to exceed $150,000 annually previously approved by the City Council up to and not to exceed $350,000 annually.
- 34 REGULAR ITEMS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS
- 35 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.
- 36 CLOSED SESSION REPORT
- 37 ADJOURNMENT
- 38 UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
- 39 Monday, May 20, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. @ 707 W. Acequia 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 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.