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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final-revised
Meeting date/time: 10/5/2023 9:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers (In Person and/or Electronic)
Regular Meeting
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ID 23-1071 1  Action ItemProclamation for “Domestic Violence Awareness Month”PRESENTED  Action details Not available
ID 23-1295 1  Action ItemProclamation for “Code Enforcement Officer Appreciation Week”PRESENTED  Action details Not available
ID 23-1400 1  Action ItemProclamation for “Frank Ramos Day”PRESENTED  Action details Not available
ID 23-1394 1  Action ItemProclamation for “Phil Roman Day”PRESENTED  Action details Not available
ID 23-1401 1  Action ItemProclamation for “Indigenous Peoples' Day”PRESENTED  Action details Not available
ID 23-1384 1  Action Item“Celebrating Health Literacy Awareness Month”PRESENTED  Action details Not available
ID 23-1430 11.-A. Action ItemApproval of Minutes for September 28, 2023, Regular MeetingTABLED  Action details Not available
ID 23-1444 11.-B. Action ItemActions pertaining to the California For All Animals Shelter Assistance Program Off-Cycle Grant 1. Authorize the City Manager to accept $350,400 in grant funding for the Animal Center from the Regents of the University of California on behalf of its Davis Campus School of Veterinary Medicine on behalf of its Koret Shelter Medicine Program in connection with the California for All Animals statewide animal shelter assistance program. 2. Authorize the City Manager or his designee to execute the Shelter Services Agreement and any related documents, for the California For All Animals Shelter Assistance Program Off-Cycle Grant. 3. ***RESOLUTION - Adopt the 22nd Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2023-185 appropriating $350,400 for the Animal Center from the California for All Animals Shelter Assistant Program Off-Cycle Grant (requires five affirmative votes) (subject to Mayor’s veto).ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
ID 23-1402 11.-C. Action ItemApprove the award of a citywide requirements contract to Knight’s Site Services, Inc. of Fresno, California for two years with three optional one-year extensions for the rental, delivery, regular maintenance, and removal of portable toilets, handwashing stations, and 250-gallon waste tanks in an amount not to exceed $250,000 per year plus annual CPI increases (Bid File 9670)ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
ID 23-1459 11.-F. Action Item***RESOLUTION: Adopt the Fourth Amendment to Fiscal Year 2024 Salary Resolution No. 2023-183, amending Exhibit 13-1, Unit 13, Exempt Supervisory and Professional (CFPEA) by adding the new classifications of Registered Veterinary Technician and Animal Programs Coordinator, and providing a salary step plan range for the respective classifications; effective October 9, 2023 (Subject to Mayor’s Veto).ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
ID 23-1454 11.-G. Action ItemApprove the First Amendment to the consultant services agreement with Carollo Engineers Inc., to expand the scope of services and increase the contract amount by $2,300,406, for a total amount of $3,111,279, for the Downtown Area Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements Study (Council District 3)ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
ID 23-1365 11.-H. Action ItemAward a requirements contract to ACCO Engineered Systems, Inc. for one year with four optional one-year extensions in the amount up to $165,900.00 per year to provide annual backflow assembly testing and certification for various facilities and parks (Bid File 12301639) (City Wide)ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
ID 23-1442 11.-I. Action ItemRESOLUTION- Authorizing the submission of grant applications to United States Department of Transportation (DOT) Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program for Smart City or Community Technologies and Systems Projects totaling up to $2 million in requests of grant application funding and authorizing the execution of grant application and grant agreement documents by the Public Works Director or Designee(s).ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
ID 23-1388 11.-J. Action ItemActions pertaining to the Butler Avenue and 8th Street and Orange Avenue and Lowe Avenue Signalization Project - Bid File 12301153 (Councils District 5) 1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption per staff’s determination pursuant to Section 15301/Class 1 and 15302/Class 2 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines 2. Award a construction contract in the amount of $1,774,274 to American Paving Company, Fresno, CaliforniaADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
ID 23-1407 11.-K. Action ItemAward a construction contract in the amount of $4,809,694 to Agee Construction Corporation of Clovis, California for the Peach Avenue Widening Project from Butler Avenue to Florence Avenue (Phase 1) - Bid File No. 12301971 (Council District 5).ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
ID 23-1356 11.-L. Action ItemActions related to the California State of Good Repair (SGR) Program for funding to conduct FAX maintenance facility improvements: 1. Adopt a finding of Class 1 Categorical Exemption for Existing Facilities pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15301. 2. ***RESOLUTION - Authorizing submission of a project description for and acceptance of funding from the California State of Good Repair (SGR) program, approving the associated FY 2023-24 project list, and authorizing execution of grant documents. (Subject to Mayor’s veto)ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
ID 23-1448 11.-M. Action Item***BILL B-33 (Intro’d September 28, 2023) (For Adoption) Adding Section 9-110 to Chapter 9 of the Fresno Municipal Code, Adding the Infectious Disease Lab Accountability and Transparency Ordinance. (Subject to Mayor’s Veto)ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
ID 23-1465 11.-O. Action Item***RESOLUTION - Affirming Solidarity with the North American Sikh Community in the Face of International Threats (Subject to Mayor’s Veto)ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
ID 23-1417 11.-D. Action ItemActions pertaining to the California Department of Toxic Control Substances Equitable Community Revitalization Grant, Round 2 (Council District 3): 1. ***RESOLUTION - Authorizing and directing submission of a grant application to the California Department of Toxic Control Substances Equitable Community Revitalization Grant, Round 2, for up to $10,000,000 in a funding request for the remediation of 1457 H Street; and authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to sign all required applying documents. (Subject to Mayor’s Veto) 2. Approve the Standard Voluntary Agreement between the City of Fresno and the California Department of Toxic Control Substances in the amount of $143,750 for voluntary oversight of the remediation of 1457 H Street.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
ID 23-1418 11.-E. Action ItemApprove the first amendment to the agreement with Poverello House for Village of Hope Emergency Shelter services increasing funding for tiny home pre-development costs by $75,578.60 for a total amount of $4,738,133.39.APPROVEDPass Action details Not available
ID 23-1461 11.-N. Action ItemRESOLUTION - Directing the City Attorney to Draft the Workforce Housing Affordability Act, an Ordinance to Dissolve Community Facilities District No. 18 (Public Safety Services)TABLEDPass Action details Not available
ID 23-1475 11.-P. Action Item***RESOLUTION - Directing the Administration to Prepare an Annual Appropriations Resolution Amendment Relating to the Payment of Fees Associated with the Initiation of a Plan Amendment and Rezone within District 4 (Subject to Mayor’s Veto)CONTINUEDPass Action details Not available
ID 23-1463 1  Action ItemConsideration of an appeal filed regarding Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 6366, Planned Development Permit Application No. P22-04877, and related Environmental Assessment No. T-6366/P22-04877 for approximately 7.94 acres of property located on the west side of North Bliss Avenue between East Shields and East Princeton Avenues (Council District 7). 1. ADOPT Environmental Assessment No. T-6366/P22-04877 dated July 12, 2023, an Addendum to Environmental Assessment No. P22-01202, in accordance with Section 15164 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines. 2. DENY the appeal and UPHOLD the action of the Planning Commission in the approval of Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 6366 proposing to subdivide approximately 7.94 acres of the subject property into a 71-lot single-family residential development subject to the following: a. Development shall take place in accordance with the Conditions of Approval for Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 6366 dated August 2, 2023. 3. DENY the appeal and UPHOLD the action of the Planning Commission in the approval of Planned DevelopmAPPROVEDPass Action details Not available
ID 23-1436 1  Action ItemActions pertaining to proposed Harmony Communities’ proposed closure of La Hacienda Mobile Estates: 1. HEARING on sufficiency of Conversion Impact Report and Relocation Plan (the Report). 2. ADOPT findings required by Government Code Section 65863.7. 3. Take one of the following actions: i. APPROVE the Report OR ii. APPROVE the Report subject to conditions of approval OR iii. DENY the ReportTABLED  Action details Not available
ID 23-1435 13.-A. Action ItemProgress of Code Enforcement, including ASET Quarterly report.TABLED  Action details Not available
ID 23-1426 15.-A. Closed Session ItemCONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION Government Code Section 54956.9, subdivision (d)(1) Sharon Jackson v. City of Fresno; Fresno Superior Court Case No.: 20CECG03206DISCUSSED  Action details Not available
ID 23-1406 15.-B. Action ItemCONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Government Code Section 54956.9, subdivision (d)(4): 1 potential caseTABLED  Action details Not available
ID 23-1453 15.-C. Action ItemCONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Government Code Section 54956.9, subdivision (d)(4): 1 potential caseDISCUSSED  Action details Not available
ID 23-1457 15.-D. Action ItemCONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Government Code Section 54956.9, subdivision (d)(4): 1 potential case.DISCUSSED  Action details Not available
ID 23-1445 15.-E. Closed Session ItemPUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION 1. Government Code Section 54957(b): consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee. Title: City Attorney 2. Government Code Section 54957.6: conference with labor negotiator. City Negotiator: Council President Tyler Maxwell. Unrepresented Employee: City AttorneyDISCUSSED  Action details Not available