City of Fresno  
2600 Fresno Street  
Fresno, CA 93721  
Meeting Agenda - Final-revised  
Thursday, April 18, 2024  
9:00 AM  
Regular Meeting  
Council Chambers (In Person and/or Electronic)  
City Council  
President - Annalisa Perea  
Vice President - Mike Karbassi  
Councilmembers:  
Miguel Angel Arias, Tyler Maxwell, Luis Chavez,  
Garry Bredefeld, Nelson Esparza  
City Manager - Georgeanne A. White  
City Attorney - Andrew Janz  
City Clerk - Todd Stermer, CMC  
THE FRESNO CITY COUNCIL WELCOMES YOU TO CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER,  
LOCATED IN CITY HALL, 2ND FLOOR, 2600 FRESNO STREET, FRESNO,  
CALIFORNIA 93721.  
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:  
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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.  
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:  
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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.  
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are several ways to view Fresno City Council meetings live:  
to view the live meeting).  
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3) YouTube - City of Fresno Council, Boards and Commissions Channel:  
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.  
GOVERNMENT CODE 84308 CONTRIBUTION PROHIBITIONS AND MANDATORY  
DISCLOSURES - The Political Reform Act of 1974 (Act) restricts campaign contributions  
over $250 from a party to or participant in a proceeding involving a license, permit,  
contract, or entitlement for use before the City. The Act requires disclosure of the  
contribution and creates a conflict where a decisionmaker has received $250 or more from  
a party or participant to a proceeding in the prior 12 months. A decisionmaker must  
disclose on the record during the proceeding that they have received contributions from a  
party, participant, or agent of a party or participant, greater than $250 within the preceding  
12 months and the name(s) of the contributor(s). (See 2 CCR 18438.8(a).) Parties and  
participants to a proceeding are required to disclose on the record if they made  
contributions over $250 within the prior 12 months, and are prohibited from making  
contributions to a decisionmaker during the proceeding and for 12 months after the date a  
final decision is rendered on the proceeding. Violations of these provisions are punishable  
as a misdemeanor.  
9:00 A.M. ROLL CALL  
Invocation by Young Adults Pastor Michael Loera from Family Christian Assembly  
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag  
APPROVE AGENDA  
CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS  
Central Valley Fuego FC  
Council President Perea  
Sponsors:  
Proclamation for “Igal Francis Day”  
Vice President Karbassi  
Sponsors:  
Proclamation for Exceptional Parents Unlimited’s 31st Annual  
“Fiesta de los Niños”  
Councilmember Maxwell  
Sponsors:  
KMJ’s Broadcasting Excellence Awards Recognition  
Councilmember Bredefeld and Office of Mayor & City  
Manager  
Sponsors:  
Proclamation for “Arbor Day”  
Office of Mayor & City Manager and Public Works  
Department  
Sponsors:  
Fresno Animal Center presents “Pet of the Month”  
Animal Center Department  
Sponsors:  
COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS AND COMMENTS  
MAYOR/MANAGER REPORTS AND COMMENTS  
CITY CLERK AND CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS AND COMMENTS  
1. SCHEDULED COUNCIL HEARINGS AND MATTERS  
9:10 A.M. - JOINT MEETING WITH THE FRESNO JOINT POWERS  
FINANCING AUTHORITY (JPFA). MEMBERS OF JPFA BOARD:  
MAYOR JERRY DYER, MEMBER MIKE KARBASSI, AND CHAIR  
GARRY BREDEFELD  
JPFA ACTION  
A.  
HEARING designating and authorizing certain Finance  
Officers of the City of Fresno (“City”) to sign various  
investment and commercial banking documents, and to  
provide verbal instruction required for prudent financial  
administration and safekeeping of Fresno Joint Powers  
Finance Authority (“JPFA”) funds and property  
Finance Department  
Sponsors:  
B.  
HEARING to consent to and authorize the investment monies  
in the Local Agency Investment Fund (“LAIF”) in the custody  
of the State Treasurer for purposes of prudent financial  
administration and safekeeping of Fresno Joint Powers  
Finance Authority (“JPFA”) funds, and authorize certain  
Finance Officers of the City of Fresno (“City”) in connection  
therewith  
Finance Department  
Sponsors:  
CITY ACTION  
C.  
Appoint and authorize certain Finance Officers of the City of  
Fresno (“City”) to sign City checks and various investment  
and commercial banking documents, and to provide verbal  
instruction required for the prudent financial administration  
and safekeeping of City funds  
Finance Department  
Sponsors:  
D.  
Consent to and authorization of the investment of monies in  
the Local Agency Investment Fund (“LAIF”) in the custody of  
the State Treasurer for purposes of investment and authorize  
certain Finance Officers in connection therewith  
Finance Department  
Sponsors:  
9:15 A.M.  
Actions pertaining to the fee interest acquisition of a parcel to  
construct the Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation  
Project (Council Districts 1 and 7):  
1. HEARING to consider a Resolution of Necessity for  
acquisition of fee title interest of Assessor’s Parcel Number  
(APN) 444-314-20S, owned by Bettina Daniels Cervantes  
and Tracy Deshler, as successor trustees of the  
Brackin-Daniels Trust dated January 19, 2008, for the  
construction of the Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade  
Separation Project;  
2. ***RESOLUTION - Determining that public interest and  
necessity require fee title interest acquisition of APN 444-314  
-20S, owned by Bettina Daniels Cervantes and Tracy  
Deshler, as successor trustees of the Brackin-Daniels Trust  
dated January 19, 2008, for the construction of the  
Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation Project and  
authorizing eminent domain proceedings for public use and  
purpose (Requires 5 affirmative votes) (Subject to Mayor’s  
Veto).  
Capital Projects Department and Public Works Department  
Sponsors:  
9:20 A.M.  
Actions pertaining to the fee interest acquisition of a parcel to  
construct the Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation  
Project (Council Districts 1 and 7):  
1. HEARING to consider a Resolution of Necessity for  
acquisition of fee title interest of Assessor’s Parcel Number  
(APN) 451-071-35, owned by Art A. Terzian, for the  
construction of the Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade  
Separation Project;  
2. ***RESOLUTION - Determining that public interest and  
necessity require fee title interest acquisition of APN 451-071  
-35, owned by Art A. Terzian, for the construction of the  
Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation Project and  
authorizing eminent domain proceedings for public use and  
purpose (Requires 5 affirmative votes) (Subject to Mayor’s  
Veto).  
Capital Projects Department and Public Works Department  
Sponsors:  
9:25 A.M.  
HEARING to Consider Plan Amendment and Rezone  
Application No. P21-01960, Conditional Use Permit  
Application No. P21-01959, Conditional Use Permit  
Application No. P21-03251, Planned Development Permit  
Application No. P21-03252 and related Final Environmental  
Impact Report (FEIR), State Clearinghouse (SCH) No.  
2021100443 pertaining to ±22.4 acres of property located on  
the northeast corner of West Herndon Avenue and North  
Riverside Drive (Council District 2) - Planning & Development  
Department.  
1. RESOLUTION - CERTIFYING Final Environmental Impact  
Report (SCH No. 2021100443), for the proposed Costco  
Commercial Center Project;  
a. Adopt the Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding  
Considerations pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15091;  
and,  
b. Adopt the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program  
(MMRP) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15097; and,  
2. APPROVE Plan Amendment Application No. P21-01960,  
requesting authorization to amend the Fresno General Plan  
and Bullard Community Plan to change the planned land use  
designation for the subject property from Community  
Commercial to General Commercial, and reclassify West  
Herndon Avenue, from North Riverside to North Hayes  
Avenue, from an Expressway to a Super Arterial; and,  
3. BILL (for introduction and adoption) to approve Rezone  
Application No. P21-01960, requesting authorization to  
amend the Official Zoning Map of the City of Fresno to  
rezone the subject property from the CC/EA/UGM/cz  
(Community Commercial/Expressway Overlay/Urban Growth  
Management) zone district to the CG/UGM/cz (Commercial  
General/Urban Growth Management/conditions of zoning)  
zone district in accordance with the Plan Amendment  
Application; and  
4. APPROVE Conditional Use Permit Application No. P21-  
01959, requesting authorization to construct a ±219,216  
square-foot Costco warehouse retail building, with a ±4,800  
square-foot carwash and a ±13,000 square-foot fuel canopy  
with 32 fuel pumps, subject to compliance with the Conditions  
of Approval dated March 7, 2024.  
5. APPROVE Conditional Use Permit Application No. P21-  
03251, requesting authorization to establish a State of  
California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Type 21 alcohol  
license that will allow the sale of beer, wine, and distilled  
spirits for consumption off the premises where sold, subject  
to compliance the Conditions of Approval dated March 7,  
2024.  
6. APPROVE Planned Development Permit Application No.  
P21-03252, requesting authorization to modify parking lot  
development standards to allow for 36.5-foot-tall parking lot  
light fixtures rather than 25-foot-tall fixtures.  
Planning and Development Department  
Sponsors:  
10:00 A.M.  
HEARING to adopt resolutions and ordinance to annex  
territory and Levy a Special Tax regarding City of Fresno  
Community Facilities District Number 9, Annexation Number  
59 (Final Parcel Map Number 2004-36) (East Belmont  
Avenue and North Laverne Avenue) (Council District 5):  
1. ***RESOLUTION - to Annex Territory to Community  
Facilities District No. 9 and Authorizing the Levy of a Special  
Tax for Annexation No. 59 (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 2024-2025 and Future  
Tax Years Within and Relating to Community Facilities  
District No. 9, Annexation No. 59 (Subject to Mayor’s Veto).  
Public Works Department  
Sponsors:  
2. CONSENT CALENDAR  
Approval of the minutes for April 4, 2024, regular meeting  
Office of the City Clerk  
Sponsors:  
***RESOLUTION - Declaring the results of the consolidated  
Presidential Primary Election held on March 5, 2024. (Subject  
to Mayor’s veto)  
Office of the City Clerk  
Sponsors:  
Approve the appointment of Ronald Sheppard, and the  
reappointment of Frances Reyes Acosta to the Disability  
Advisory Commission. Approve the appointment of Brad  
Hardie to the Civil Service Board. Approve the  
reappointment of Paul Idsvoog to the Housing Authority of the  
City of Fresno. Approve the reappointments of Kimberly  
McCoy, Jon Dohlin and Jose Barraza to the Parks,  
Recreation, and Arts Commission.  
Office of Mayor & City Manager  
Sponsors:  
Approve the First Amendment to a Consultant Services  
Agreement with Covino Smith & Simon (formerly known as  
Simon and Company, Inc.), to extend the Agreement to April  
20, 2025, and increase the contract value by $5,200.04 to  
$70,200 per year for Professional Lobbying and Consulting  
Services in Washington DC.  
Office of Mayor & City Manager  
Sponsors:  
Approve a three-year Agreement with Dell Marketing L.P. to  
renew Microsoft Enterprise licensing for the City in the  
amount of $4,659,649.05, in accordance with purchasing  
procedures from cooperative purchase agreements as set  
forth in Administrative Order 3-1.  
Information Services Department  
Sponsors:  
Actions pertaining to City of Fresno Retirement Boards and  
City of Fresno Deferred Compensation Board:  
1. BILL (for introduction) - Amending FMC Section 3-330(a)  
to clarify Tier I death provisions in the Fire and Police  
Retirement System;  
2. BILL (for introduction) - Amending FMC Sections 3-332, 3-  
353, 3-410, 3-424, and 3-566 to modify the DROP provisions  
in the Fire and Police and Employees Retirement Systems;  
3. BILL (for introduction) - Amending FMC Sections 3-352  
and 3-565 in compliance with SECURE ACT 2.0 Required  
Minimum Distribution provisions;  
4. BILL (for introduction) - Amending FMC Sections 3-351  
and 3-564 adding SIMPLE IRAs;  
5. BILL (for introduction) - Amending FMC Sections 3-402(f)  
to incorporate 3-303 and 3-320 to provide useful clarification  
as to the scope and status of the second tier; and  
6. Approve the Sixth Amendment to the Trust Agreement  
between Fidelity Management Trust Company and the City of  
Fresno to incorporate QDRO processing.  
Retirement Department  
Sponsors:  
Actions pertaining to the Parks, After School Recreation and  
Community Services Department’s (PARCS) Summer Swim  
Program with Fresno Unified School District:  
1. Approve a one-year facility use “Blue Space” Agreement  
with Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) to use FUSD high  
school pools for City-led swim lessons and recreational swim  
(aquatics).  
2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute the  
Facility Use Blue Space Agreement with FUSD.  
Parks, After School and Recreation and Community Services  
Department  
Sponsors:  
Actions pertaining to the City Studios affordable housing  
development located at 3876 North Blackstone Avenue,  
Fresno, California (District 4):  
1. ***RESOLUTION - Authorizing acceptance of funding from  
the California Department of Housing and Community  
Development Homekey Round 3 Program in the amount of  
$9,598,131 for the City Studios project and authorizing the  
City Manager, or designee, to enter into and execute a  
standard agreement to secure the Homekey Round 3  
program funds and to participate in the Homekey Round 3  
Program. (Subject to Mayor’s veto)  
2. ***RESOLUTION - Adopt the 50th Amendment to the  
Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2023-185 to  
appropriate $9,598,200 for the City Studios project from the  
Homekey Round 3 Program Grant. (Requires 5 Affirmative  
Votes) (Subject to Mayor’s veto)  
3. ***RESOLUTION - Finding good cause and clear and  
convincing benefit to the public pursuant to Fresno Municipal  
Code Section 4-204 relating to the disposition of real property  
identified as Assessor’s Parcel Number 436-260-22 (3876  
North Blackstone Avenue) for an affordable housing  
development. (Requires 5 Affirmative Votes) (Subject to  
Mayor’s veto)  
4. Approve a Memorandum of Understanding between the  
City of Fresno and Fresno Mission Communities, Inc.  
5. Approve a Repair Services Agreement between the City of  
Fresno and RH Community Builders, LP.  
6. Approve a License and Right of Entry Agreement between  
the City of Fresno and RH Community Builders, LP.  
Planning and Development Department  
Sponsors:  
Actions pertaining to the California Department of Toxic  
Substances Control’s Office of Brownfields Equitable  
Community Revitalization Grant for the Remediation of the  
1457 H Street Site Round 2 (Council District 3):  
1. ***RESOLUTION - Approve the Acceptance of Equitable  
Community Revitalization Grant Round 2 Funding from the  
State of California Department of Toxic Substances Control  
in the amount of $3,122,648 and authorize the City Manager  
or Designee to enter into and execute a grant agreement and  
any and all subsequent documents during the two-year  
funding period. (Subject to Mayor’s Veto)  
Planning and Development Department  
Sponsors:  
Actions pertaining to the 2024 Law Enforcement Specialized  
Unit Program:  
***RESOLUTION Adopt a Resolution authorizing acceptance  
of $203,143 in grant funding from the California Governor’s  
Office of Emergency Services’ Law Enforcement Specialized  
Unit Program for the Fresno Police Department’s Domestic  
Violence Unit 2024 Law Enforcement Specialized Unit  
Program (Subject to Mayor’s veto)  
Police Department  
Sponsors:  
Actions pertaining to the North Granville Avenue and East  
Behymer Avenue Safety Improvements Project (Bid File No.  
12400905) (Council District 6):  
1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption pursuant to  
Section 15301/Class 1 of the California Environmental  
Quality Act Guidelines;  
2. Award a construction contract in the amount of $624,487  
to Dave Christian Construction Company Incorporated, of  
Fresno, California.  
Capital Projects Department and Public Works Department  
Sponsors:  
Actions Pertaining to the Woodward and Roeding Tot Lots  
and ADA Accessibility Improvements Project, Bid File  
12401362 (Council District 3 and Council District 6):  
1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption per staff’s  
determination, pursuant to Section 15301/Class 1 of the  
California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines,  
Environmental Assessment No. PC00362, for Roeding Tot  
Lot and ADA Accessibility Improvement Project;  
2. Adopt of finding of Categorical Exemption per staff’s  
determination, pursuant to Section 15301/Class 1 of the  
California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines,  
Environmental Assessment No. PC00363, for Woodward Tot  
Lot and ADA Accessibility Improvement Project;  
3. Award a construction contract in the amount of $1,962,257  
to American Paving Company of Fresno, California, as the  
lowest responsive and responsible bidder for the Woodward  
and Roeding Tot Lots and ADA Accessibility Improvements  
Project.  
Capital Projects Department, Parks, After School and  
Recreation and Community Services Department  
Sponsors:  
Actions pertaining to the Chestnut Avenue Overlay Project,  
from Cesar Chavez Boulevard (Kings Canyon Road) to Butler  
Avenue (Bid File No. 12401042) (Council District 5):  
1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption per staff  
determination, pursuant to Sections 15301/Class 1,  
15302/Class 2, and 15303/Class 3 of the California  
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines;  
2. Award a construction contract in the amount of $1,484,956  
to Cal Valley Construction, Inc. of Fresno, CA as the lowest  
responsive and responsible bidder.  
Capital Projects Department and Public Works Department  
Sponsors:  
Approve consultant services agreement with Akel  
Engineering Group, Inc., for a total amount not to exceed  
$120,000, to provide on-call water distribution system  
hydraulic modeling services (Bid File No. 12400549)  
(Citywide).  
Department of Public Utilities  
Sponsors:  
Actions pertaining to the Digester Centrifugal Pump  
Replacement at the Fresno-Clovis Regional Wastewater  
Reclamation Facility (Bid File 12400504-1) (Council District  
3):  
1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption pursuant to  
Class 2, Section 15302 (Replacement or Reconstruction) of  
the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines;  
2. Approve the award of a purchase contract to Rockwell  
Engineering and Equipment Company, Inc., of Tustin,  
California, for the purchase of seven (7) heated sludge  
pumps in the amount of $107,305.51 for the Fresno-Clovis  
Regional Wastewater Reclamation Facility.  
Department of Public Utilities  
Sponsors:  
Award requirements contract for CNG Station Service and  
Maintenance with Chart International Inc. of Ball Ground,  
Georgia for two years for an amount not to exceed $315,936,  
with five optional one-year extensions (Bid File 12400018)  
Department of Transportation  
Sponsors:  
Actions pertaining to professional consulting services for the  
Vision Zero Action Plan (Citywide)  
1. Approve a Professional Consultant Services Agreement  
with TDG Engineering, Inc., an affiliate of Toole Design  
Group, LLC., in the amount not to exceed four hundred  
thousand dollars ($400,000) and a contingency amount not to  
exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) for any  
additional work.  
Public Works Department  
Sponsors:  
***BILL B-10 (Intro’d April 4, 2024)(For Adoption) - Adding  
Article 35 to Chapter 9 of the Fresno Municipal Code,  
Relating to Naloxone (Subject to Mayor’s Veto)  
Council President Perea  
Sponsors:  
***Authorize the City Manager to accept $9,300,000 in grant  
funding from the San Joaquin River Conservancy to be used  
for the River West Project and execute all documents  
necessary for use of said funds. (Subject to Mayor’s Veto)  
Vice President Karbassi  
Sponsors:  
*** RESOLUTION - Adopting the 53rd Amendment to the  
Annual Appropriations Resolution (AAR) No. 2023-185  
Reallocating $50,000 from the Department of Public Works to  
the Parks, After School, Recreation & Community Services  
Department for pool repairs at the Pinedale Community  
Center (Subject to Mayor’s Veto) (Requires 5 Affirmative  
Votes)  
Vice President Karbassi  
Sponsors:  
***RESOLUTION - Declaring Outdoor Warming Fires to be a  
Health and Safety Hazard and a Public Nuisance and Direct  
the City Manager to Cause Them to be Extinguished (Subject  
to Mayor’s Veto).  
Councilmember Arias  
Sponsors:  
CONTESTED CONSENT CALENDAR  
3. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION  
WORKSHOP - Update from Fresno Housing  
Council President Perea  
Sponsors:  
UNSCHEDULED COMMUNICATION  
PLEASE NOTE: UNSCHEDULED COMMUNICATION IS NOT SCHEDULED FOR A  
SPECIFIC TIME AND MAY BE HEARD ANY TIME DURING THE MEETING  
4. CITY COUNCIL  
5. CLOSED SESSION  
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING  
LITIGATION  
Government Code Section 54956.9, subdivision (d)(1)  
Ompreshia Vick v. City of Fresno; Fresno Superior Court  
Case No.: 23CECG00095  
City Attorney's Office  
Sponsors:  
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING  
LITIGATION  
Government Code Section 54956.9, subdivision (d)(1)  
Tammy Lynn Mitchell v. City of Fresno; Fresno Superior  
Court Case No.: 22CECG01107  
City Attorney's Office  
Sponsors:  
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS -  
Government Code Section 54957.6  
City Negotiators: Jennifer Misner  
Employee Organization(s): 1. International Union of  
Operating Engineers, Stationary Engineers, Local 39 (Local  
39); 2. Fresno City Employees Association (FCEA); 3. Fresno  
Police Officers Association (FPOA Basic), Unit 4; 4.  
International Association of Firefighters, Local 202, Unit 5  
(Fire Basic); 5. Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1027  
(ATU); 6. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers,  
Local 100 (IBEW); 7. Fresno Police Officers Association  
(FPOA Management) Unit 10; 8. International Association of  
Firefighters, Local 202, Unit 10 (Fire Management); 9. City of  
Fresno Professional Employees Association (CFPEA); 10.  
City of Fresno Management Employees Association  
(CFMEA).  
Office of Mayor & City Manager  
Sponsors:  
ADJOURNMENT  
UPCOMING SCHEDULED COUNCIL HEARINGS AND MATTERS  
MAY 2, 2024  
9:15 A.M. - Consideration of Text Amendment Application No. P23-01018 and  
related Environmental Finding for Environmental Assessment No. P23-01018,  
amending Section 15-2009 of the Fresno Municipal Code, relating to Zone  
Districts where razor wire fencing is permitted  
MAY 2, 2024  
9:20 A.M. - Consideration of an appeal related to Zoning Inquiry No. P23-02357 for  
Bauer’s Towing located on approximately 0.71 acres between West Voorman and  
West Nielsen Avenues, west of North Thorne Avenue in Fresno, California  
(Council District 3) - Planning and Development Department.  
MAY 2, 2024  
9:25 A.M. - 2024-2025 Annual Action Plan  
MAY 2, 2024  
9:30 A.M. - HEARING to adopt Resolutions and Ordinance to Annex Territory and  
Levy a Special Tax regarding City of Fresno Community Facilities District Number  
9, Annexation Number 57 (territory known as Assessor’s Parcel Number  
329-090-19) (Southwest corner of East North Avenue and South East Avenue)  
(Council District 3)  
MAY 2, 2024  
5:00 P.M. - HEARING on Proposed Increases to Solid Waste Service Charges in  
Accordance with Proposition 218.  
UPCOMING EMPLOYEE CEREMONIES  
EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER - 10:00 A.M.  
• July 17, 2024 (Wednesday) - Employee of the Summer Quarter  
• October 16, 2024 (Wednesday) - Employee of the Fall Quarter  
EMPLOYEE SERVICE AWARDS  
• April 25, 2024 (Thursday) - Employee Service Awards - 10:30 A.M.  
• November 20, 2024 (Wednesday) - Employee Service Awards - 10:00 A.M.  
2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE  
May 2, 2024 - 9:00 A.M.  
May 16, 2024 - 9:00 A.M. (Special Meeting - Mayor's Budget Presentation)  
May 23, 2024 - 9:00 A.M.  
June 3, 2024 - 9:00 A.M. (Budget Hearings)  
June 4, 2024 - 9:00 A.M. (Budget Hearings)  
June 5, 2024 - 9:00 A.M. (Budget Hearings)  
June 6, 2024 - 9:00 A.M.  
June 12, 2024 - 9:00 A.M. (Budget Hearings -Budget Motions)  
June 13, 2024 - 9:00 A.M.  
June 20, 2024 - 9:00 A.M.  
June 27, 2024 - 9:00 A.M.