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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final-revised
Meeting date/time: 3/4/2021 9:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Electronic Meeting
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ID 21-250 1  Ceremonial ItemProclamation for “National Human Trafficking Awareness Month”   Action details Not available
ID 21-013 11-A Action ItemApproval of minutes for February 18, 2021 Regular Meeting.   Action details Not available
ID 21-344 11-B Action ItemBILL - (For introduction) Amending Article 15 of Chapter 7 of the Fresno Municipal Code relating to certain technical amendments required by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration and as required due to the passage time of the Fresno Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Tax Ordinance (Measure P)   Action details Not available
ID 21-252 11-C Action ItemApprove a one year extension through January 31, 2022, for the purchase and delivery of refuse and recycling containers utilizing a cooperative purchase agreement through the City of Tucson, Arizona, with an option for the Director to extend the purchase contract for one additional year through January 31, 2023, not to exceed $1,232,800   Action details Not available
ID 21-312 11-D Action ItemApprove the Sixth Amendment to the Consultant Services Agreement with Provost and Pritchard Consulting Group, Inc., to extend the Agreement term from March 31, 2021 to January 15, 2022 (no additional funds), for Engineering Design and Feasibility Analysis for Removal of 1,2,3-Trichloropropane from Groundwater Extraction Wells, for a previously approved contract amount of $1,020,000 (Citywide)   Action details Not available
ID 21-313 11-E Action ItemActions pertaining to the Recycled Water Distribution System Extension to the Martin Luther King Activity Center Project (Bid File 3698) (Council District 3): 1. Adopt Addendum 3 to the Fresno Recycled Water Distribution System, Southwest Quadrant Tiered Mitigated Negative Declaration (State Clearinghouse No. 2014081078) 2. Approve a Cost Reimbursement Agreement between the City of Fresno and the State Center Community College District 3. Approve the Second Amendment to the Consultant Services Agreement with Blair, Church & Flynn Consulting Engineers to increase the design fee by $58,083, for a total amended not to exceed fee of $253,053, including the contingency of $10,000, and to extend the agreement term from July 30, 2021 to February 25, 2022 4. Award a construction contract to Emmett’s Excavation, Inc., in the amount of $2,822,054   Action details Not available
ID 21-268 11-FAdministrative Services Agreement with Willdan Financial ServicesAction ItemApprove a Five Year, $250,000 Agreement with Willdan Financial Services for Municipal Securities Administrative Services   Action details Not available
ID 21-118 11-G Discussion Item***RESOLUTION - 58th Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No 2020-159 to appropriate $1,069,700 in the Fire Station 18 Construction Fund. (Requires five affirmative votes) (Subject to Mayor’s Veto)   Action details Not available
ID 21-119 11-H Discussion ItemApprove Master Agreement for inter-agency instructional services between Fresno City College and the City of Fresno Fire Department for reimbursement of instructional training costs   Action details Not available
ID 21-254 11-I Discussion Item***RESOLUTION - 61st Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution No 2020-159 establishing reappropriations in the amount of $156,400 from the California Office of Emergency Services to the Fire Department to provide hazmat training and annual physicals. (Requires five affirmative votes) (Subject to Mayor’s Veto)   Action details Not available
ID 21-260 11-J Discussion Item***RESOLUTION - 62nd Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution No 2020-159 establishing appropriations in the amount of $127,400 from the cycle year 2019 State Homeland Security Grant Program to the Fire Department to purchase equipment. (Requires five affirmative votes) (Subject to Mayor’s Veto)   Action details Not available
ID 21-323 11-K Discussion ItemAuthorize the Fire Chief to apply for the 2020 SAFER (Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response) Grant.   Action details Not available
ID 21-258 11-L Action ItemActions pertaining to Veterans Memorial Building located at 2425 Fresno Street (APN: 46608401T): 1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption pursuant to Section 15301/Class 1 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines. 2. Approve lease agreement between the City and Children’s Musical Theaterworks Inc. for use of office and storage space in the Veterans Memorial Auditorium for a three-year term with option to extend for two one-year periods at $1.00 per year.tabled  Action details Not available
ID 21-325 11-M Action Item***RESOLUTION - Adopt the 3rd Amendment to FY 2021 Salary Resolution No. 2020-157, amending Exhibit 13-1, Unit 13, Exempt Supervisory and Professional (CFPEA) by adding the classification of Assistant Law Office Manager and providing a salary range for the respective class, effective March 15, 2021, with no increase in total positions nor additional funding (Subject to Mayor’s Veto).   Action details Not available
ID 21-326 11-N Action Item*** Approve a Resolution providing 2021 COVID-19 Supplemental Leave time to City employees effective January 1, 2021. (Subject to Mayor’s Veto)   Action details Not available
ID 21-291 11-O Discussion ItemActions pertaining to the 2017 Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) Grant and Transform Fresno Plan projects: 1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption per staff determination, pursuant to Section 15301 and Section 15304 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines for Project #16 and Project #17 2. Approve Sub-Recipient Agreement with State Center Community College District for the Workforce Development Plan - Welding Program totaling $1,850,500 3. Approve Sub-Recipient Agreement with Fresno Metro Ministry for Project #15 Yosemite Village Community Orchard totaling $262,500 4. Approve Sub-Recipient Agreement with Fresno Metro Ministry for Project #16 St. Rest + Food to Share Hub: Urban Heat Island Mitigation totaling $62,220 5. Approve Sub-Recipient Agreement with Fresno Metro Ministry for Project #17 St. Rest + Food to Share Hub: Healthy Food Rescue and Redistribution Hub totaling $1,488,280 6. ***RESOLUTION - Adopting the 60th amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2020-159 appropriating $3,663,600 for the TCC grant (Requires five affirma   Action details Not available
ID 21-287 11-P Action ItemRESOLUTION - Of Intention to Annex Final Tract Map No. 6241 as Annexation No. 121 to the CITY OF FRESNO COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 11 and to Authorize the Levy of Special Taxes; and setting the public hearing for Thursday, April 22, 2021, at 10:05 am (west side of North Armstrong Avenue between East Clinton and Weldon Avenues) (Council District 4)   Action details Not available
ID 21-289 11-Q Action ItemApprove Contract Change Order No. 01 in the amount of $52,800 to Rehak General Engineering for the Big Dry Creek Diversion Channel Slope Reconstruction (Project ID WC00038), increasing the total contract amount to $180,000 (County of Fresno)   Action details Not available
ID 21-296 11-R Action Item***RESOLUTION - Adopting the 66th Amendment to the Annual Appropriations Resolution No. 2020-159 Appropriating $500,000 ($250,000 was previously appropriated for a total of $750,000) for the South Fresno AB 617 Truck Rerouting Study Project. (Council Districts 1, 3, 5 and 7) (requires five affirmative votes) (Subject to Mayor’s Veto)   Action details Not available
ID 21-305 11-S Action ItemActions pertaining to Final Map of Tract No. 5551 RESOLUTION - Approving the Final Map of Tract No. 5551, of Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 5551, and accepting dedicated public uses offered therein- south side of North Salinas Avenue between North Figarden Drive and West Corona Avenue (Council District 2).continued  Action details Not available
ID 21-331 11-T Action ItemApprove the Second Amendment to the Agreement between the City of Fresno and Cushman and Wakefield/Pacific Commercial Realty Associates to exercise the option for a 1-year extension   Action details Not available
ID 21-332 11-U Action Item***RESOLUTION - Authorizing the City of Fresno’s Participation in the State Rental Assistance Program (Subject to Mayor’s Veto)   Action details Not available
ID 21-346 11-V Action Item***RESOLUTION - Adopting the 69th amendment to the Annual Appropriations Resolution (AAR) No. 2020-159 appropriating $29,467,800 in Emergency Rental Grant Funds from the Federal and State Governments to facilitate payments to eligible applicants and reimburse the City for administrative costs associated with managing the programs (requires five affirmative votes) (Subject to Mayor’s Veto)   Action details Not available
ID 21-335 11-W Action ItemBILL - (for introduction and adoption) an emergency ordinance adding Section 2-517 to the Fresno Municipal Code related to grocery store employee hazard pay. (Requires five affirmative votes)   Action details Not available
ID 21-343 11-X Action ItemRESOLUTION - Authorizing Southeast Fresno Community Economic Development Association, Inc.’s submission of a Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization (Proposition 68) Grant application and delegating authority to City Manager to execute a concession agreement   Action details Not available
ID 21-336 11-Y Action ItemActions pertaining to COVID-19 testing, tracing, quarantine, and vaccination support: 1. Approve Second Amendment to contract for COVID-19 testing, tracing, quarantine, and vaccination support with UCSF, no cost, extending time for performance 2. Approve Second Amendment to contract for COVID-19 testing, tracing, quarantine, and vaccination support with North Fresno Primary Care, Inc. (Bautista Medical Group), no cost, extending time for performance 3. Approve First Amendment to contract for COVID-19 testing, tracing, quarantine, and vaccination support with United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley, no cost, extending time for performance   Action details Not available
ID 21-337 11-Z Action ItemApprove First Amendment of Grant Agreement with Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission for food distribution, no cost, extending time for performance   Action details Not available
ID 21-344 11-B Action ItemBILL - (For introduction) Amending Article 15 of Chapter 7 of the Fresno Municipal Code relating to certain technical amendments required by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration and as required due to the passage time of the Fresno Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Tax Ordinance (Measure P)approved as amendedPass Action details Not available
ID 21-313 11-E Action ItemActions pertaining to the Recycled Water Distribution System Extension to the Martin Luther King Activity Center Project (Bid File 3698) (Council District 3): 1. Adopt Addendum 3 to the Fresno Recycled Water Distribution System, Southwest Quadrant Tiered Mitigated Negative Declaration (State Clearinghouse No. 2014081078) 2. Approve a Cost Reimbursement Agreement between the City of Fresno and the State Center Community College District 3. Approve the Second Amendment to the Consultant Services Agreement with Blair, Church & Flynn Consulting Engineers to increase the design fee by $58,083, for a total amended not to exceed fee of $253,053, including the contingency of $10,000, and to extend the agreement term from July 30, 2021 to February 25, 2022 4. Award a construction contract to Emmett’s Excavation, Inc., in the amount of $2,822,054approvedPass Action details Not available
ID 21-335 11-W Action ItemBILL - (for introduction and adoption) an emergency ordinance adding Section 2-517 to the Fresno Municipal Code related to grocery store employee hazard pay. (Requires five affirmative votes)   Action details Not available
ID 21-297 1  Action ItemHEARING to adopt resolutions and ordinance to annex territory and levy a special tax regarding CITY OF FRESNO COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 11, Annexation No. 119 (Final Tract Map No. 6240) (northwest corner of East Dakota and North Armstrong Avenues) (Council District 4) 1. ***RESOLUTION - to Annex Territory to Community Facilities District No. 11 and Authorizing the Levy of a Special Tax for Annexation No. 119 (Subject to Mayor’s Veto) 2. ***RESOLUTION - Calling Special Mailed-Ballot Election (Subject to Mayor’s Veto) 3. ***RESOLUTION - Declaring Election Results (Subject to Mayor’s Veto) 4. ***BILL - (For introduction and adoption) - Levying a Special Tax for the Property Tax Year 2020-2021 and Future Tax Years Within and Relating to Community Facilities District No. 11, Annexation No. 119 (Subject to Mayor’s Veto)adoptedPass Action details Not available
ID 21-139 1  Action ItemHEARING to adopt resolutions and ordinance to annex territory and levy a special tax regarding CITY OF FRESNO COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 11, Annexation No. 118 (Final Tract Map No. 6261 (Phase II of Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 6258 centered within the block of North Hayes Avenue, West Gettysburg, North Bryan, and Ashlan Avenues) (Council District 1) 1. ***RESOLUTION - to Annex Territory to Community Facilities District No. 11 and Authorizing the Levy of a Special Tax for Annexation No. 118 (Subject to Mayor’s Veto) 2. ***RESOLUTION - Calling Special Mailed-Ballot Election (Subject to Mayor’s Veto) 3. ***RESOLUTION - Declaring Election Results (Subject to Mayor’s Veto) 4. ***BILL - (For introduction and adoption) - Levying a Special Tax for the Property Tax Year 2020-2021 and Future Tax Years Within and Relating to Community Facilities District No. 11, Annexation No. 118 (Subject to Mayor’s Veto)adoptedPass Action details Not available
ID 21-236 1  Action ItemHEARING to consider Plan Amendment Application No. P20-03758 and related Environmental Finding filed by the Planning and Development Department Director pertaining to 16.63 miles of bikeways within the City of Fresno. 1. ADOPT Environmental Assessment No. P20-03758, an Addendum to Mitigated Negative Declaration No. A-16-015 adopted by the Fresno City Council on March 2, 2017 for the Fresno Active Transportation Plan, Program Environmental Impact Report SCH No. 2012041009 certified by the Fresno City Council on October 20, 2016 for the Downtown Plans and Code, and Final EIR No. 10108 certified for the Tower District Specific Plan on March 26, 1991 pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15164; 2. RESOLUTION - Approving Plan Amendment Application No. P20-03758 proposing to amend the Active Transportation Plan to reclassify ten planned bikeways and adding classification to three segments not previously identified (Figure 48 Build-Out Bikeways - Insert 2, 3, and 5) as described in Exhibits A; 3. RESOLUTION - Approving Plan Amendment Application NadoptedPass Action details Not available
ID 21-315 1  Action ItemConsideration of Plan Amendment/Rezone Application Nos. P20-00635, Conditional Use Permit Application No. P20-00636 and related Environmental Assessment No. P20-00635/P20-00636 for approximately 12.18 acres of property located on the northeast corner of East Jensen and South Maple Avenues. (Council District 5) - Planning and Development Department. 1. ADOPT - The Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for Environmental Assessment (EA) No. P20-00635/P20-00636, dated February 10, 2021, for the proposed project pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). 2. RESOLUTION - Approving Plan Amendment Application No. P20-00635 to proposing to amend the 2035 Fresno General Plan to change the planned land use designations for the subject property from the Residential Urban Neighborhood (±3.53 acres), Commercial Community (±2.15 acres), and Light Industrial (±5.90 acres) to the Residential High Density (±3.4 acres), Commercial Community (±6.5 acres) and Light Industrial (±2.2 acres). 3. BILL - (For introduction and adoption) Approving Rezone Application No. P20-00635 proposinadoptedPass Action details Not available
ID 21-211 13-A Discussion ItemWorkshop on Displacement Avoidance work related to the Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) grantpresented  Action details Not available
ID 21-333 23-B Action ItemWorkshop on American Rescue Plan and proposed allocation methodologypresented  Action details Not available
ID 21-281 13-C Action ItemWorkshop - Housing Production   Action details Not available
ID 21-342 15-A Closed Session ItemCONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR - Government Code Section 54956.8 Property: 1625 G Street Fresno, CA 93706 (APN 465-084-30) Negotiating Parties: City Manager, 1626 Fresno MRP, LLC Under Negotiations: Price and terms of acquisitiontabled  Action details Not available
ID 21-339 15-B Closed Session ItemCONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - POTENTIAL LITIGATION Government Code Section 54956.9, subdivision (d)(2) Significant Exposure to Litigation: South Fresno Community Alliance (SFCA) v. City of Fresno   Action details Not available
ID 21-352 15-C Closed Session ItemCONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR - Government Code Section 54956.8 Property: APN 468-400-54T Negotiating Parties: City Manager Esqueda, Prosperous Terra, LLC (Ruelas, Inc.) Under Negotiations: Price and terms of saletabled  Action details Not available
ID 21-354 15-DClosed SessionClosed Session ItemCONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION Government Code Section 54956.9, subdivision (d)(1) Case Name: Anthony Perez, et al. v. City of Fresno, et al. United States District Court Case No.: 1:18-CV-00127 (Police Department)   Action details Not available