PUBLIC PARTICIPATION – Public participation during Fresno City Council meetings is

always encouraged and can occur in one of the two following ways:

1) Participate In Person: Council Chambers, City Hall, 2nd Floor, 2600 Fresno Street,

Fresno, CA 93721

a) To speak during a City Council meeting in person: fill out a speaker card

(available in the Council Chamber) and place it in the speaker card collection

basket at the front of the Council Chamber. You may also approach the speaker

podium upon the Council President’s call for public comment.

2) Participate Remotely via Zoom:

https://fresno-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_F4kph9IJSRujjuH5oOLKvg

a) The above link will allow you to register in advance for remote participation in

the meeting via the Zoom platform. After registering, you will receive a

confirmation email containing additional details about joining the meeting.

b) To speak during a City Council meeting while attending remotely: while in the

Zoom application, click on the icon labeled “Participants” at the bottom of the

screen. Then select “RaiseHand” at the bottom of the Participants window. Your

digital hand will now be raised. You will be asked to “unmute” when your name is

called to speak. You will not be visible via video and there will be no opportunity to

share your screen.

All public speakers will have up to 3 minutes to address Council pursuant to Rule No. 10 of

the Rules of Procedure for the City Council of the City of Fresno (available in the City

Clerk’s Office).

SUBMIT DOCUMENTS / WRITTEN COMMENTS - Pursuant to Rule 11 (c) of the Rules of

Procedure, no documents shall be accepted for Council review unless submitted to the City

Clerk at least 24 hours prior to the Council Agenda item be heard. Documents / written

comments related to an agenda item can be submitted by one of the following methods:

1) eComment – eComment allows the public to submit agenda related comments

through a website prior to the meeting. Submitted comments are limited to 1440

characters and will be a part of the official record.

a) Submit an e-Comment by visiting https://fresno.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx and

selecting the “eComment” link.

b) e-Comment is available for use upon publication of the agenda and closes 24

hours prior to the meeting start time [pursuant to Rule 11(c)].

c) e-Comment is not permitted for Land use or CEQA items

d) The e-Comment Electronic User Agreement can be viewed at:

https://www.fresno.gov/cityclerk/

2) E-mail – Agenda related documents and comments can be e-mailed to the Office of

the City Clerk at least 24 hours prior to the agenda item being heard, pursuant to Rule

11(c).

a) E-mail the Clerk’s Office at clerk@fresno.gov

b) E-mails should include the agenda date, and the related agenda item number.

VIEWING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS (non-participatory) - For your convenience, there

are several ways to view Fresno City Council meetings live:

1) City of Fresno website: https://fresno.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx (click “In Progress”

to view the live meeting).

2) Community Media Access Collaborative website: https://cmac.tv/

3) YouTube - City of Fresno Council, Boards and Commissions Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ld83D8QGn1YBDw6aD5dZA/videos

4) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FresnoCA/videos

5) Cable Television: Comcast Channel 96 and AT&T Channel 99

Should any of the five viewing methods listed above experience technical difficulties, the

Council meeting will continue uninterrupted. Council meetings will only be paused to

address verifiable technical difficulties for all users participating via Zoom or in the Council

Chamber.

The City of Fresno’s goal is to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Anyone requiring reasonable ADA accommodations, including sign language interpreters,

or other reasonable accommodations such as language translation, should contact the

office of the City Clerk at (559) 621-7650 or clerk@fresno.gov. To help ensure availability

of these services, you are advised to make your request a minimum of three business days

prior to the scheduled meeting.

9:00 A.M. ROLL CALL

Invocation by Dr. El Sayed Ramadan Imam of Masjid Fresno Islamic Center

Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag

APPROVE AGENDA

CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS

ID 23-1071

Proclamation for “Domestic Violence Awareness Month”

Council President Maxwell and Office of Mayor & City

Manager

Sponsors:

ID 23-1295

Proclamation for “Code Enforcement Officer Appreciation

Week”

Vice President Perea and Council President Maxwell

Sponsors:

ID 23-1400

Proclamation for “Frank Ramos Day”

Councilmember Arias

Sponsors:

ID 23-1394

Proclamation for “Phil Roman Day”

Councilmember Arias

Sponsors:

ID 23-1401

Proclamation for “Indigenous Peoples' Day”

Councilmember Esparza

Sponsors:

ID 23-1384

“Celebrating Health Literacy Awareness Month”

Office of Mayor & City Manager

Sponsors:

COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS AND COMMENTS

MAYOR/MANAGER REPORTS AND COMMENTS

CITY CLERK AND CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS AND COMMENTS

UNSCHEDULED COMMUNICATION

PLEASE NOTE: UNSCHEDULED COMMUNICATION IS NOT SCHEDULED FOR A

SPECIFIC TIME AND MAY BE HEARD ANY TIME DURING THE MEETING

1. CONSENT CALENDAR

1.-A. ID 23-1430

Approval of Minutes for September 28, 2023, Regular

Meeting

Office of the City Clerk

Sponsors:

1.-B. ID 23-1444

Actions 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).

Animal Center Department

Sponsors:

1.-C. ID 23-1402

Approve 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)

General Services Department

Sponsors:

1.-D. ID 23-1417

Actions 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.

Planning and Development Department

Sponsors:

1.-E. ID 23-1418

Approve 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.

Planning and Development Department

Sponsors:

1.-F. ID 23-1459

***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).

Personnel Services Department

Sponsors:

1.-G. ID 23-1454

Approve 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)

Department of Public Utilities

Sponsors:

1.-H. ID 23-1365

Award 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)

Public Works Department

Sponsors:

1.-I. ID 23-1442

RESOLUTION- 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).

Public Works Department

Sponsors:

1.-J. ID 23-1388

Actions 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, California

Capital Projects Department and Public Works Department

Sponsors:

1.-K. ID 23-1407

Award 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).

Capital Projects Department and Public Works Department

Sponsors:

1.-L. ID 23-1356

Actions 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)

Department of Transportation

Sponsors:

1.-M. ID 23-1448

***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)

Councilmember Bredefeld, Councilmember Arias and

Councilmember Esparza

Sponsors:

1.-N. ID 23-1461

RESOLUTION - Directing the City Attorney to Draft the

Workforce Housing Affordability Act, an Ordinance to

Dissolve Community Facilities District No. 18 (Public Safety

Services)

Councilmember Karbassi

Sponsors:

1.-O. ID 23-1465

***RESOLUTION - Affirming Solidarity with the North

American Sikh Community in the Face of International

Threats (Subject to Mayor’s Veto)

Councilmember Esparza

Sponsors:

1.-P. ID 23-1475

***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)

Council President Maxwell

Sponsors:

CONTESTED CONSENT CALENDAR

2. SCHEDULED COUNCIL HEARINGS AND MATTERS

10:25 A.M.

ID 23-1463

Consideration 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 Development Permit

Application No. P22-04877 proposing to modify the RS-5

(Single-Family Residential, Medium Density) zone district

development standards to allow for a reduction in the garage

setback, rear yard setback, garage to façade setback,

minimum lot size, minimum lot depth, an increase in maximum

lot coverage, and gated private streets subject to the

following:

a. Development shall take place in accordance with the

Conditions of Approval for Planned Development Permit

Application No. P22-04877 dated August 2, 2023.

Planning and Development Department

Sponsors:

3:00 P.M.

ID 23-1436

Actions 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

iii. DENY the Report

City Attorney's Office

Sponsors:

3. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

3.-A. ID 23-1435

Progress of Code Enforcement, including ASET Quarterly

report.

City Attorney's Office

Sponsors:

4. CITY COUNCIL

5. CLOSED SESSION

5.-A. ID 23-1426

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING

LITIGATION

Government Code Section 54956.9, subdivision (d)(1)

Sharon Jackson v. City of Fresno; Fresno Superior Court

Case No.: 20CECG03206

City Attorney's Office

Sponsors:

5.-B. ID 23-1406

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED

LITIGATION

Government Code Section 54956.9, subdivision (d)(4): 1

potential case

City Attorney's Office

Sponsors:

5.-C. ID 23-1453

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED

LITIGATION

Government Code Section 54956.9, subdivision (d)(4): 1

potential case

City Attorney's Office

Sponsors:

5.-D. ID 23-1457

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED

LITIGATION

Government Code Section 54956.9, subdivision (d)(4): 1

potential case.

City Attorney's Office

Sponsors:

5.-E. ID 23-1445

PUBLIC 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 Attorney

Council President Maxwell

Sponsors:

ADJOURNMENT

UPCOMING SCHEDULED COUNCIL HEARINGS AND MATTERS

OCTOBER 19, 2023

10:00 A.M. - Actions pertaining to the acquisition of a permanent street easement

and right of way to benefit the Tract 6162 Development Project for the widening of

West Ashlan Avenue between North Polk Avenue and

North Hayes Avenue (Council District 1)

10:05 A.M. - Consideration of Conditional Use Permit Application P22-03146, and

related Environmental Assessment P22-03146 pertaining to ±1.38 acres of

property located on the south side of West Bullard

Avenue, between North Van Ness Boulevard and North Forkner Avenue (Council

District 2)

UPCOMING EMPLOYEE CEREMONIES

EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER - 9:00 A.M.

• October 18, 2023 (Wednesday) - Employee of the Fall Quarter

EMPLOYEE SERVICE AWARDS - 10:00 A.M.

• November 15, 2023 (Wednesday) - Employee Service Awards

2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE

October 19, 2023 - 9:00 A.M.

November 2, 2023 - 9:00 A.M.

November 16, 2023 - 9:00 A.M.

December 7, 2023 - 9:00 A.M.

December 14, 2023 - 9:00 A.M.