Visalia City Council

City Council Chambers

Agenda — 43 items

1. 1 ROLL CALL
2. 1 Rollcall
3. 2 CALL TO ORDER WORK SESSION - 4:00 PM (Unless otherwise noted)
4. 3 PUBLIC COMMENTS
5. 4 Citizens are now invited to comment on issues within the jurisdiction of the Visalia City Council. 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.
6. 5 WORK SESSION AND ACTION ITEMS (as described)
7. 1. Visalia Unified School District’s Measure Z presentation - Receive a presentation from Visalia Unified School District on the mission and vision that Visalia Unified District holds to address key issues using Measure Z which is to be included on the ballot in the upcoming November 2026 election. 26-0175
8. 2. Short-Range Transit Plan/Reimagine Study presentation - Receive a presentation on the current progress and preliminary recommendations in the development of the Short-Range Transit Plan/Reimagine Study update. 26-0135 Adopted Pass
9. 3. U.S. Department of Transportation Essential Air Service program - An informational overview and summary of the Essential Air Service program eligible to return to Visalia Municipal Airport in the 2027 calendar year. 26-0148 Adopted Pass
10. 9 ADJOURN WORK SESSION - 6:00 PM (Or, immediately following Work Session)
11. 10 CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION - 7:00 PM
12. 11 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
13. 12 INVOCATION
14. 13 SPECIAL PRESENTATION / RECOGNITION
15. 14 PUBLIC COMMENTS
16. 15 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.
17. 16 ITEMS OF INTEREST
18. 17 CONSENT CALENDAR
19. 18 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
20. 1. Authorization to read ordinances by title only. 26-0009
21. 2. Award professional services contract for managed information technology services - Authorize City Manager to enter into a professional services contract with Valley Expetec to provide managed information technology (IT) services for the Manuel F. Hernandez Community Center Clubhouse computer lab for a three-year period with options to extend annually thereafter for two (2) consecutive one-year periods, a potential of five (5) years total. 26-0081
22. 3. Accept the City of Visalia Cash and Investment Report - Accept the fourth quarter report of fiscal year 2025-26 which consists of months April, May, and June 2026. 26-0140
23. 4. Measure R Bike/Pedestrian funding reallocation - Authorize the reallocation of $1,808,000 in Measure R Bike/Pedestrian Funds from the Greenway Trail to the Highland Community Connectivity infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects; the appropriation of funds from the Measure R Trailways Fund; and authorize the City Manager to execute a Measure R Supplemental Agreement with the Tulare County Transportation Authority. 26-0156
24. 5. Record final parcel map - Request authorization to record the final parcel map for Tentative Parcel Map No. 2025-10, located on the south side of Caldwell Avenue between Ben Maddox Way and Pinkham Street. 26-0159
25. 6. Authorization to accept the ABC-OTS grant program - Authorize the Visalia Police Department to accept the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control Office of Traffic Safety grant program funded by the Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and appropriate $30,000 and approve Resolution 2026-69. 26-0161
26. 7. Water Reclamation Facility laboratory HVAC and boiler replacement design services - Approve a professional services agreement with Lawrence Engineering Group for the Water Reclamation Facility laboratory HVAC and boiler replacement design services in the amount of $160,000, and appropriate an additional $52,000 from the Wastewater Fund. 26-0164
27. 8. Citizens Advisory Committee appointment - Approve the Citizens Advisory Committee’s recommendation to appoint Patricia Kane to fill a vacant voting position on the Citizen’s Advisory Committee. 26-0172
28. 9. Approve a sole source purchase of a turbo blower - Approve a purchase order to APGN Inc. dba APG-Neuros in the amount of $285,843.25 for the purchase of one high-speed turbo blower for the Visalia Water Reclamation Facility and appropriate $500,000 from the Wastewater Fund. 26-0056
29. 10. Request by Mayor Brett Taylor - Future discussion and direction regarding options for city owned temporary parking lot requirements. 26-0169
30. 11. Award of Landscape Maintenance Contract - Authorize the City Manager to award an eight-month temporary emergency contract for landscape maintenance services for Landscape and Lighting Districts, Quadrant D, to Clean Cut Landscape of Clovis in an amount not to exceed $214,323.76. 26-0178
31. 12. Water conservation implementation responsibility transition to California Water Service - Authorize staff to proceed with transitioning the State of California water conservation compliance implementation fully to the local water purveyor, California Water Service. 26-0165 Adopted Pass
32. 31 REGULAR ITEMS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS
33. 32 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.
34. 1. Short-Range Transit Plan/Reimagine Study public comments - Receive public comments on the current progress and preliminary recommendations in the development of the Short-Range Transit Plan/Reimagine Study update 26-0134 Adopted Pass
35. 2. Ordinance adoption - First reading and public hearing for Ordinance 2026-11 amending Visalia Municipal Code Chapter 8.70 Abandoned Shopping Carts, citywide. 26-0105 Adopted Pass
36. 3. Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act Public Hearing - Conduct a public hearing for the proposed issuance of revenue bonds by the California Municipal Finance Authority, in an amount not to exceed $75,000,000, to finance the acquisition, construction, development and equipping of a 306-unit multi-family residential rental project located at the northwest corner of E. Caldwell Ave. and S. Lovers Lane; and adopt Resolution 2026-62 to approve the financing of the project. 26-0143 Adopted Pass
37. 4. Prohousing 2nd Public Hearing - Conduct the second and final public hearing to review and comment on the proposed submission of an application to the State’s Prohousing Designation Program to designate the City of Visalia as a prohousing city, enabling access to additional state funding for critical housing and infrastructure projects in Visalia. (Resolution No. 2026-68 required.) 26-0170 Adopted Pass
38. 5. Public Hearing and 5-year PLHA Plan approval. Public Hearing to adopt the Permanent Local Housing Allocation Program (PLHA) 5-year Plan, authorize submission of the Plan to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), appropriate PLHA funding, and approve Resolution 2026-60. 26-0109 Adopted Pass
39. 6. Appropriate funds for the 2025 JAG program - Authorization to accept and appropriate $46,489 in federal funding from the 2025 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program through the Bureau Justice Assistance to fund nine (9) Flock Safety fixed mount automated license plate reader cameras. 26-0110 Adopted Pass
40. 39 CLOSED SESSION REPORT
41. 40 ADJOURNMENT
42. 41 UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
43. 1. Upcoming City Council Meetings Monday, September 21, 2026 @ 7:00 p.m. at 707 W. Acequia Monday, October 5, 2026 @ 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. 26-0132

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