Visalia City Council  
707 W. Acequia  
Visalia, CA 93291  
and  
Visalia City Council  
Meeting Agenda - Final  
Meeting call-in telephone  
number: 669-444-9171  
Meeting ID:  
885 1675 5867  
(*9 to request to speak  
*6 to unmute/mute)  
Mayor Brett Taylor  
Vice Mayor Liz Wynn  
Council Member Steve Nelsen  
Council Member Emmanuel Hernandez Soto  
Council Member Brian Poochigian  
Meeting online link:  
https://visalia.zoom.us/j/  
88516755867  
7:00 PM  
Monday, August 17, 2026  
City Council Chambers  
ROLL CALL  
CALL TO ORDER WORK SESSION - 4:00 PM (Unless otherwise noted)  
PUBLIC COMMENTS  
Citizens are now invited to comment on issues within the jurisdiction of the Visalia City Council  
and items listed on the Closed Session agenda. 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.  
WORK SESSION AND ACTION ITEMS (as described)  
1.  
Entertainment Ordinance discussion - Receive and review draft  
entertainment ordinance and the draft entertainment permit  
application and provide staff with direction on changes to these  
documents, and direction on initiating potential Municipal Code  
updates to Visalia Municipal Code Chapter 17 Zoning.  
26-0088  
2.  
3.  
Inclusive park project - Receive a presentation on the inclusive  
park project and authorize staff to move forward with the updated  
concept layout to prepare design and construction drawings.  
26-0092  
26-0078  
Stormwater master plan update - Receive a presentation on the  
stormwater master plan progress and provide direction regarding  
releasing for public comments.  
ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION - 6:00 PM (Or, immediately following  
Work Session)  
CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION - 7:00 PM  
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  
MOMENT OF SILENCE - FORMER MAYOR GREG COLLINS  
INVOCATION LED BY PASTOR UNRAU, PARKSIDE CHAPEL  
SPECIAL PRESENTATION / RECOGNITION  
PUBLIC COMMENTS  
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.  
ITEMS OF INTEREST  
CONSENT CALENDAR  
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.  
1.  
2.  
Authorization to read ordinances by title only.  
26-0007  
26-0057  
Award contract and transfer funds for Lot #44 & Transit  
Operations parking lot pavement rehabilitation - Authorize the  
City Manager to award the construction contract to Dave Christian  
Construction, Inc. for the Lot #44, located at 300 N. Tipton Street &  
Transit Operations parking lot pavement rehabilitation project,  
located at 525 N. Cain Street, in the amount of $1,259,372;  
authorize a change order deduction in the amount of $208,439;  
and authorize the transfer and appropriation of $485,000 from  
Transit Funds.  
3.  
Reinstate Building Advisory Committee - Authorization for  
reinstatement of the Building Advisory Committee as a five-person  
committee, therein re-incorporating a “Board of Appeals” derived  
from the BAC, and appointing three members to their identified  
terms.  
26-0072  
4.  
5.  
Notice of completion - Authorize the filing of a notice of  
completion for the Stonebrook Street culvert in Packwood Creek.  
26-0080  
26-0083  
Award of annual contract for on-call electrical repair services -  
Authorize the City Manager to award an annual contract for on-call  
electrical repairs at various city-owned parks and facilities to A-C  
Electric Company in an annual amount not to exceed $165,000.  
6.  
7.  
8.  
Award Plaza Park project - Authorize the City Manager to award  
the resurfacing of tennis and pickleball courts at Plaza Park  
contract, to Anderson Striping & Construction for an amount not to  
exceed $139,759.68.  
26-0086  
26-0087  
26-0090  
Replacement of two groundwater monitoring wells - Authorize  
the City Manager to award an agreement to Arsenal Well Drilling, in  
an amount not to exceed $98,600 for the replacement of two  
groundwater monitoring wells at the Water Reclamation Facility.  
Award contract for biofilter media replacement & associated  
equipment inspection at the Water Reclamation Facility -  
Authorize the City Manager to award a contract to W.M. Lyles Co.,  
in an amount not-to-exceed $267,560 and appropriate $220,000  
from the Wastewater Fund.  
9.  
Visalia Health and Wellness Clinic administration and  
operation - Authorize the City Manager to execute an amendment  
to extend the agreement for clinic administration and operation with  
Elite Corporate Medical Services not to exceed $330,000, for one  
year ending June 30, 2027.  
26-0091  
10.  
11.  
Partial notice of completion - Request authorization to file a  
partial notice of completion for the Riggin Avenue widening project  
from Kelsey Street to Shirk Street.  
26-0098  
26-0099  
Award of annual contract for sports park mowing and aeration  
services - Authorize the City Manager to award the annual contract  
for sports park mowing and aeration services to Perfect Care  
Landscape in an annual amount not to exceed $450,000.  
12.  
13.  
Award of annual contract for passive park mowing and  
aeration services - Authorize the City Manager to award the  
annual contract for passive park mowing and aeration services to  
Clean Cut Landscape Management in an annual amount not to  
exceed $201,000.  
26-0100  
26-0101  
Record final parcel map - Request authorization to record the  
final parcel map for Tentative Parcel Map No. 2024-08, located at  
the northeast corner of North Kelsey Street and West Riggin  
Avenue intersection.  
14.  
Confirm a grant submittal for the Alcohol Policing Program -  
Confirm the Visalia Police Department’s grant submission to the  
California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control Office of  
Traffic Safety Grant Program for the maximum amount of $30,000  
funded by the Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway  
Traffic Safety Administration, which was submitted on August 7,  
2026.  
26-0106  
15.  
16.  
Fiscal year 2025-26 cape seal notice of completion -  
Authorization to file a notice of completion for the fiscal year  
2025-26 cape seal project.  
26-0108  
26-0112  
Request by Council member Brian Poochigian - Consideration  
of a future agenda item to discuss a moratorium that would prohibit  
the development and approval of data centers and similar  
high-intensity uses with significant water net loss and electrical  
demands.  
17.  
Appointment in lieu of election - Consider adopting Resolution  
No. 2026-61 providing for the appointment in lieu of election to the  
office of City Councilmember for District 3 pursuant to California  
Elections Code Section 10229 and cancelling the November 3,  
2026 Municipal Election for that office.  
26-0113  
CLOSED SESSION REPORT  
ADJOURNMENT  
UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS  
Upcoming City Council Meetings  
1.  
26-0095  
Tuesday, September 8, 2026 @ 7:00 p.m. at 707 W. Acequia  
Monday, September 21, 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.