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Meeting Name: Visalia City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 6/19/2023 7:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: City Council Chambers
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
Agenda packet: Agenda Packet Agenda Packet
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23-0246 11.Work Session ItemNEW EMPLOYEE INTRODUCTIONS: PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT: Karee Virrey, Recreation Coordinator PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT: Juan De Loza Munoz, Solid Waste Operator Vincent Gomez, Solid Waste Operator   Action details Video Video
23-0250 12.Work Session ItemProclamation to recognize July as Parks & Recreation Month   Action details Video Video
23-0192 11.Work Session ItemContinued discussion on Phase II of the Visalia Civic Center Project (Public Safety Administration Building (PS), Police Services Building (Evidence/Training/Crime Lab), and City Council Chambers). Receive an update on the Landscaping and Site Plans and approve Landscape Options. Provide additional direction as appropriate (Project Number 3720-72000/CP0374-999).approve as recommendedPass Action details Video Video
23-0158 12.Work Session ItemReceive a presentation on the Oak Avenue Extension Project and provide direction regarding the proposed change in the design. The project is located between Tipton Street and Burke Street along the proposed extension of Oak Avenue, Visalia, CA. (Project No. 3010-72000/CP9924-999).approve as recommendedPass Action details Not available
23-0236 13.Work Session ItemDiscussion of and request to solicit input on the Public Review Draft Housing Element of the Visalia General Plan, and a request for the City Council to authorize submitting the Housing Element to the State Department of Housing and Community Development for the mandated 90-day review period.   Action details Video Video
23-0238 14.Work Session ItemPresentation on pro-active efforts being undertaken to deter the use of illegal fireworks and information on fun activities in the community to celebrate the holiday weekend.   Action details Video Video
23-0249 11.Consent ItemCommemoration of Juneteenth: Happy Juneteenth! The first observed day of when African Americans first officially heard of their legally enforceable emancipation back on June 19, 1865.   Action details Video Video
23-0257 12.Consent ItemAuthorize one-time lump sum discretionary payment for active hourly employees.   Action details Not available
23-0003 13.Consent ItemAuthorize the City Manager to file a Notice of Completion for the construction of the FY 22-23 Reclamite Project (CIP 1410-72000/CP0248-999 & CIP 2730-72000/CP8358-999).   Action details Not available
23-0185 14.Consent ItemAuthorize the Visalia Police Department to apply for a $280,000 three (3) year Grant from the State of California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) Organized Retail Theft Prevention Grant Program and submit the application by July 7, 2023.   Action details Not available
23-0200 15.Consent ItemAuthorize the City Manager to execute the existing Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District “Restated Basin Agreement” for Oakes, Oakes West Expansion (Andrade), and Peoples Basins as required by the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) Grant Requirements and funding source.approve as recommendedPass Action details Video Video
23-0205 16.Consent ItemAccept and authorize the appropriation of $2,000,000 from the Sustainable Groundwater Management Grant Program for the Cameron Creek Linear Recharge Project and appropriate $60,000 for staff indirect costs from the Ground Water Recharge Fund (224).   Action details Not available
23-0209 17.Consent ItemConfirm acceptance of a $7,500 grant from the California Animal Welfare Funders Collaborative (CAWFC) for the Spay and Neuter of 175 Feral Cats and confirm the City Manager’s execution of the CAWFC grant agreement.   Action details Not available
23-0213 18.Consent ItemApprove the Citizens Advisory Committee’s recommendation to re-appoint Rebecca Donabed, Kelly Pierce, Miguel Salgado and Glen Stewart to a voting position on the Citizens Advisory Committee.   Action details Not available
23-0219 19.Consent ItemCity Council approval of Resolution 2023-22 adopting the 2023-24 appropriations limit for the City of Visalia’s General Fund.   Action details Not available
23-0229 110.Consent ItemAcceptance of the 2022 City of Visalia & Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District Water Management Plan submitted by the Visalia Water Management Committee.   Action details Not available
23-0235 111.Consent ItemApproval of Visalia Transit’s Zero-Emission Bus Rollout Plan including approval of Resolution No. 2023-23 required, and authorize the City Manager to sign on behalf of Visalia Transit.   Action details Not available
23-0240 112.Consent ItemRequest authorization to record the final parcel map for Tentative Parcel Map No. 2022-04, located at 3307 East Houston Avenue on the southside of East Houston Avenue approximately 1,300 feet east of North Lovers Lane (APN: 103-330-100).   Action details Not available
23-0241 113.Consent ItemAuthorization to execute a final Certificate of Cancellation for Williamson Act Land Conservation Contract No. 2735, covering approximately 2.36 acres and located outside of the area protested by the City of Visalia. The site is located on the north side of Ferguson Avenue, situated approximately 1,288 feet north of Ferguson Avenue and 789 feet west of Demaree Street, within the City of Visalia (APN: 077-190-007). Resolution 2023-24 required.   Action details Not available
23-0243 114.Consent ItemAppoint Karen Ayala to a first two year term, and reappoint Jay Hohlbauch and Walter Deissler to a second two year term, on the Historic Preservation Advisory Committee.   Action details Not available
23-0251 115.Consent ItemAdopt the revised salary schedule for full-time employees, City Manager, and City Council members of the City of Visalia.   Action details Not available
23-0255 116.Consent ItemAuthorize the City Manager to enter into a sole source agreement with Telcion Communications Group to purchase Cisco hardware, software, and services, with competitive pricing utilizing the Merced County FOCUS Contract #2021106 in the amount of $1,554,788.approve as recommended  Action details Not available
23-0253 117.Consent ItemAuthorize staff to develop an addendum to the Water Conservation Ordinance to address non-de minimis water users who operate their own well to voluntarily enroll with the Mid-Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency as an alternative to the City’s water conservation irrigation requirements.   Action details Not available
23-0248 11.Regular ItemProperty owner appeal to revoke the approved Oak Tree Removal Permit #23-19 to remove a Valley Oak tree located at APN: 000-015-509 based on the City’s Arborist’s Tree Risk Assessment and applying the assessment/evaluation to the removal standards outlined in the City of Visalia’s Oak Tree Ordinance No. 12.24.035.continue the itemPass Action details Video Video
23-0244 12.Regular ItemAuthorization to allow the City of Visalia to place items contested during the June 5, 2023, public hearing on the Miscellaneous Special Assessments on the Tulare County secured property tax roll.approve as recommendedPass Action details Video Video
23-0092 13.Regular ItemPublic Hearing and Adoption of Resolution 2023-04 to authorize proposed new fees, increases, and adjustments to the City’s Rates and Fees schedule for Fiscal Year 2023-24.approve as recommendedPass Action details Video Video
23-0220 14.Regular ItemReceive the FY 2023/24 mid-cycle financial report.   Action details Video Video
23-0218 15.Regular ItemAnnual Recertification of the Measure T (Sales Tax) Plan for FY 2023/24.approve as recommendedPass Action details Video Video
23-0242 16.Regular ItemConduct the first of two Public Hearings to amend the Measure N 10-year plan to convert one (1) Measure N Police Officer position for FY 2023/24 into two (2) Community Service Officer positions.   Action details Video Video
23-0245 17.Regular ItemConduct the second of two Public Hearings to amend the Measure N Spending Plan to appropriate $45,100 for the FY 2022/23 and $18,200 for FY 2023/24 to address cost increases related to patrol vehicle purchases and upfitting; and renew the five-year contract with Axon Enterprise Inc., totaling $1,738,749.49 and appropriate $128,112 for FY 2023/24.approve as recommendedPass Action details Video Video