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Meeting Name: Visalia City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/21/2026 7:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: City Council Chambers
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26-0175 11.Work Session ItemVisalia 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.   Not available Not available
26-0135 12.Work Session ItemShort-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.   Not available Not available
26-0148 13.Work Session ItemU.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.   Not available Not available
26-0009 11.Consent ItemAuthorization to read ordinances by title only.   Not available Not available
26-0081 12.Consent ItemAward 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.   Not available Not available
26-0140 13.Consent ItemAccept 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.   Not available Not available
26-0156 14.Consent ItemMeasure 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.   Not available Not available
26-0159 15.Consent ItemRecord 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.   Not available Not available
26-0161 16.Consent ItemAuthorization 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.   Not available Not available
26-0164 17.Consent ItemWater 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.   Not available Not available
26-0172 18.Consent ItemCitizens 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.   Not available Not available
26-0056 19.Consent ItemApprove 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.   Not available Not available
26-0169 110.Consent ItemRequest by Mayor Brett Taylor - Future discussion and direction regarding options for city owned temporary parking lot requirements.   Not available Not available
26-0178 111.Consent ItemAward 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.   Not available Not available
26-0165 112.Consent ItemWater 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.   Not available Not available
26-0134 11.Regular ItemShort-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   Not available Not available
26-0105 12.Public Hearing ItemOrdinance adoption - First reading and public hearing for Ordinance 2026-11 amending Visalia Municipal Code Chapter 8.70 Abandoned Shopping Carts, citywide.   Not available Not available
26-0143 13.Public Hearing ItemTax 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.   Not available Not available
26-0170 14.Public Hearing ItemProhousing 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.)   Not available Not available
26-0109 15.Regular ItemPublic 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.   Not available Not available
26-0110 16.Regular ItemAppropriate 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.   Not available Not available
26-0132 11.Public Hearing ItemUpcoming 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.   Not available Not available