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Meeting Name: Visalia City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/6/2023 7:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: City Council Chambers
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23-0433 11.Work Session Item2023 APWA Central CA Awards Ceremony and Project Acknowledgement   Action details Video Video
23-0393 11.Work Session ItemNEW EMPLOYEE INTRODUCTIONS: Community Development Colleen Moreno, Assistant Planner   Action details Video Video
23-0374 12.Work Session ItemReceive an update on the City-wide marketing and rebranding project, including recommended, updated logo and color palette, and provide input for next steps.approve as recommendedPass Action details Video Video
23-0431 13.Work Session ItemUpdate on direction received from City Council regarding outreach and input received by business owners related to potential consideration on directing staff to prepare a draft ordinance to regulate the use and operation of pedicabs within the City of Visalia.   Action details Video Video
23-0226 11.Consent ItemAuthorization to read ordinances by title only.   Action details Not available
23-0414 12.Consent ItemAppoint Jerome Melgar to fill an unexpired term on the Historic Preservation Advisory Committee.   Action details Not available
23-0432 13.Consent ItemAccept the City of Visalia Cash and Investment Report for the first quarter of the fiscal year which consists of months July, August, and September of 2023.   Action details Not available
23-0363 14.Consent ItemAuthorize the City Manager to award a contract for professional architectural and engineering design services for the new Fire Station 51 (FS51) in the amount of $794,787 to RRM Design Group.   Action details Not available
23-0390 15.Consent ItemAuthorize the transfer of $4,500,000 from the General Fund to the Vehicle Replacement Fund, $475,000 from the Police Measure T fund to the Police Measure T Vehicle Replacement Fund, and $1,480,000 from the Fire Measure T Fund to the Fire Measure T Vehicle Replacement Fund to replace future vehicles.approve as recommendedPass Action details Not available
23-0395 16.Consent ItemRequest authorization to file a Notice of Completion for Riggin Avenue Widening & Improvements (Akers to Demaree). City of Visalia Project Number 2430-72000/CP0397-999.   Action details Not available
23-0396 17.Consent ItemAuthorization to accept and appropriate $72,710 for the 2023 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program through the Bureau Justice Assistance (BAJ) and approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Tulare County for the Visalia Police Department 2023 JAG Joint Purchase Program.   Action details Not available
23-0397 18.Consent ItemAuthorize the City Manager to Award RFB 22-23-10 annual contract for Landscape Maintenance of Landscape and Lighting Districts within Quadrant J to Brightview Landscape Services, Inc., of Fresno, CA, for an annual not to exceed amount of $96,232.00.   Action details Not available
23-0398 19.Consent ItemAuthorize the City Manager to Award RFB 22-23-13 annual contract for Landscape Maintenance of Landscape and Lighting Districts within Quadrant M to JC’s Land Management, Inc., of Kingsburg, CA, for an annual not to exceed amount of $43,065.00.   Action details Not available
23-0400 110.Consent ItemAuthorize the City Manager to Award RFB 22-23-04 annual contract for Landscape Maintenance of Landscape and Lighting Districts within Quadrant C to Perfect Care Landscape and Maintenance, of Tulare, CA, for an annual not to exceed amount of $128,851.00.approve as recommendedPass Action details Not available
23-0402 111.Consent ItemAuthorize an amendment to the 2017 lease agreement between the City of Visalia and Enterprise Rent-a-Car Company of Sacramento to include approximately 800 (eight hundred) additional square feet of office space.   Action details Not available
23-0410 112.Consent ItemAuthorize the City Manager to approve a contract change order to W.M. Lyles Company in the amount of $252,196 for the interior coating of Digester #4 at the Water Reclamation Facility (WRF).   Action details Not available
23-0413 113.Consent ItemRequest authorization to adopt Resolution No. 2023-53 ordering the summary vacation and abandonment of Lot C, Lot D, and the easement to the City of Visalia for Ingress/Egress over Parcel 9 of Parcel Map 4869, recorded in Book 49 of Parcel Maps at page 74, Tulare County Records.   Action details Not available
23-0417 114.Consent ItemSecond reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 2023-10 pertaining to Specific Plan No. 2021-13 and entering into a development agreement: A request to establish a new specific plan (Carleton Acres Specific Plan) consisting of approximately 507 acres, including districts for low, medium, and high density residential, commercial mixed use, neighborhood commercial, parks / open space, and public institutional. Full buildout of the plan will accommodate approximately 3,262 dwelling units, approximately 205,000 square feet of leasable commercial area, 17 acres of parks / trails / recreational facilities, 17 acres for a drainage basin, and a future elementary school site, to be developed across Urban Development Boundary Tiers I, II, and III. A development agreement has been prepared with the specific plan in accordance with General Plan Policy LU-P-22 to address development terms for the project, including development within the Urban Growth Boundary Tier III. The proposed Project is located on approximately 507 acres, generally bound by West Riggin Avenue to the south, North Akers Street approve as recommendedPass Action details Not available
23-0418 115.Consent ItemAuthorize the City Manager to award a contract to HdL Companies for an amount not to exceed $35,000, with a total budget of $40,000, and a contract to FM3 Research for an amount not to exceed $39,500, with a total budget of $45,000, to assist in the preparation of a potential local sales tax measure for cannabis sales for the 2024 general election and identify potential cannabis regulations, and appropriate $85,000 from the General Fund.approve as recommendedPass Action details Not available
23-0419 116.Consent ItemAuthorize City Manager to award RFQ 22-23-66 and establish a qualified bidders list to perform various maintenance activities in the sanitary and storm sewer systems, including rehabilitation of lift stations, wells & pumps, and repair sanitary and storm sewer mains. Work completed under this contract will be funded through the operating and CIP budgets of the Wastewater and Storm Sewer funds at an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 annually. This is a one (1) year contract and is renewable for up to four (4) additional one year periods.approve as recommendedPass Action details Not available
23-0420 117.Consent ItemRequest authorization to file a Notice of Completion for Sequoia Bend Unit 1 subdivision containing 51 single-family residential lots, located on the south side of East Goshen Avenue between North Cain and North Virmargo Streets.   Action details Not available
23-0421 118.Consent ItemAuthorize the City Manager to extend the emergency contract for Engineering Plan Review and Related Services to Interwest Consulting Group, not to exceed $200,000 for one year ending December 31, 2024.   Action details Not available
23-0425 119.Consent ItemApprove the Citizens Advisory Committee’s recommendation to appoint William Mann and Julie Appelbaum to fill a vacant voting position on the Citizens Advisory Committee vacated by Kelli Pierce and Charles Garza.   Action details Not available
23-0429 120.Consent ItemSecond reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 2023-11 approving Zoning Text Amendment No. 2023-01, a request by the City of Visalia to amend Title 17 (Zoning) Chapter 17.32 Special Provisions to regulate Short-Term Rentals in single and multi-family residential zones Citywide.approve as recommendedPass Action details Not available
23-0412 121.Consent ItemAuthorize an amendment to the contract dated August 25th of 2021 between The City of Visalia’s Transit division and Kaweah Maintenance to include additional work to the existing scope on a monthly basis not to exceed an additional $13,500 annually for a total of $84,220 annually.   Action details Not available
23-0423 11.Regular ItemConduct the first of two public hearings to amend the Measure N Spending Plan to appropriate $190,000 and advance the purchase of one (1) marked patrol vehicle for FY 24/25 and purchase one (1) marked patrol vehicle to replace a Measure N funded Dodge Charger. In addition, staff is requesting to appropriate an additional $30,000 to address the budget shortfall for FY 23/24 vehicle purchases.approve as recommendedPass Action details Not available
23-0302 12.Regular ItemAuthorize the City Manager to execute an agreement and appropriate an additional $425,000 in Successor Agency Housing (SAH) funds for Visalia Homekey LP to convert the Majestic Motel at 4545 W. Noble Avenue into a 42-unit Permanent Affordable Rental Housing complex for qualifying populations.approve as recommendedPass Action details Not available
23-0382 13.Regular ItemFirst reading and public hearing for Ordinance No. 2023-13 for Zoning Text Amendment No. 2023-02, a request by the City of Visalia to add Chapter 5.66, amend Chapter 8.64, add section 17.32.167, and amend Visalia Municipal Code Chapter 17.25, in order to address upcoming state mandated changes as a result of the passage of Senate Bill (SB) 1186, the “Medicinal Cannabis Patients’ Right of Access Act,” and establish objective standards for permitting delivery only medical marijuana retail establishments within the City of Visalia.approve as recommendedPass Action details Not available
23-0411 11.Regular ItemFor 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: Olive Farms Associates, LLC, a Washington Limited Liability Company APN: 123-080-032 & 123-080-033 Purpose: Storm Basin & Riparian Set Back Brief Description: Willow Springs Development Price: $347,614.10 Closing Date: 10/6/2022 Project Manager: Adrian Rubalcaba 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: Kaweah Delta Health Care District APN: 126-130-030 (portion) Purpose: Caldwell Widening Project Price: $23,779.89 Closing Date: 10/24/2023 Closed Session Council Date: 6/5/2023 Project Manager: Eric Bons   Action details Not available
23-0427 11.Regular ItemUpcoming City Council Meetings: Monday, November 20, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. @ 707 W. Acequia Monday, December 04, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. @ 707 W. Acequia If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to fully participate in the meeting, please contact Michelle Nicholson, on or before Monday, November 6, 2023 to discuss your accessibility needs: 559-713-4512 or email at Michelle.Nicholson@visalia.city.   Action details Not available