HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-18-2014 Council AgendaThursday, December 18, 2014
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City of Fresno
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Meeting Agenda - Final-revised
Regular Session
December 18, 2014City Council Meeting Agenda -
Final-revised
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AGENDA ITEMS MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK (***) ARE SUBJECT TO MAYORAL
VETO OR RECONSIDERATION
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1:30 P.M. ROLL CALL
Invocation by Reverend KC Dickie of Operation Heal Our Land
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS
Proclamation of “KIM STEPHENS DAY”ID#14-681
Sponsors:City Councilmember Olivier
Recognizing DOCTOR KOOM SIABID#14-689
Sponsors:City Councilmember Xiong
APPROVE MINUTES
Approve City Council minutes of December 11, 2014
COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS AND COMMENTS
APPROVE AGENDA
1. CONSENT CALENDAR
All Consent Calendar items are considered to be routine and will be treated as one
agenda item. The Consent Calendar will be enacted by one motion. Public
comment on the Consent Calendar is limited to three (3) minutes per speaker.
There will be no separate discussion of these items unless requested by a
Councilmember, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent
Calendar and will be considered as time allows.
RESOLUTION - Amend Resolution Nos. 2007-118 and
2007-318 providing time extensions relating to Underground
Utility Districts (UUD) Numbers 69 and 84 (Council Districts
1, 3 and 7)
ID#14-5391-A
Sponsors:Public Works Department
Actions pertaining to the Caltrans Utility Agreement for City
staff to design and inspect the utility relocations of City
infrastructure associated with the State Route 99 Relocation
Project
ID#14-5581-B
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1. Approve a Caltrans Utility Agreement (No. 06-1398.011)
for City staff to design and inspect the utility relocations of
City infrastructure associated with the State Route 99
Relocation Project
2. ***RESOLUTION - 24th amendment to Annual
Appropriations Resolution (AAR) No. 2014-95 appropriating
$270,100 for design and inspection costs for the State Route
99 Utility Relocation Project in FY2015 (Requires 5
affirmative votes)
Sponsors:Public Works Department
Actions pertaining to Parking Permit Agreement between
Housing Authority and the City of Fresno:
1.Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption pursuant to
Section 15301 (Existing Facility) of California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines; and
2.Approve a Parking Permit Agreement for up to 25 parking
spaces in City of Fresno Parking Garage #7 located at 801
Van Ness at a base rate of $35 per month per stall for a two
(2) year term (Council District 3)
ID#14-5781-C
Sponsors:Development and Resource Management Department
Actions pertaining to the October 13, 2013 Council approval
of the Environmental Justice Grant for “The 41 and North
Corridor Community Design Plan - West Fresno” from the
California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
1.***RESOLUTION - 27th amendment to the Annual
Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2014-95 appropriating
$139,900 for public outreach, consulting services, and
miscellaneous City expenses related to The 41 and North
Corridor Community Design Plan (Requires 5 affirmative
votes)
2.Authorize the Director of DARM to enter into a
Subapplicant/professional services agreement with Habitat
for Humanity Fresno County (HFHFC), not to exceed
$64,824, for public outreach and engagement services and
require/approve HFHFC’s local match cost share in-kind
services in the amount of $13,990
3.Authorize the Director of DARM to enter into a
professional services agreement with Wallace, Roberts and
Todd, LLC., not to exceed $73,075, for development of the
ID#14-5881-D
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related Streetscape Plan
Sponsors:Development and Resource Management Department
1.Adopt finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant
to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b) (3) and Categorical
Exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15312 for
the sale of a small abandoned water well parcel
2.Approve the quitclaim and grant deed sale of a small
abandoned water well parcel near the intersection of San
Jose Avenue south of N. First Street APN 418-234-16t, to
adjacent property owner Cecilia Porras (Council District 4)
ID#14-6041-E
Sponsors:Public Works Department
Actions pertaining to the dedication of City owned property
for public street purposes on the west side of N. Willow
Avenue south of E. Teague Avenue (Council District 6)
1.Adopt the proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration as the
finding for Environmental Assessment (EA) No. EA-11-008
for the widening of N. Willow Avenue
2.RESOLUTION - Dedicating a portion of City owned
property for public street purposes on the west side of N.
Willow Avenue south of Teague Avenue
ID#14-6131-F
Sponsors:Public Works Department
RESOLUTION - Of intent and consideration to amend the
existing boundary map, change the types of services and the
rate and method of apportioning the special tax, and to
establish a new Maximum Special Tax for Final Tract Map
No. 5626, Annexation No. 29, of the City of Fresno
Community Facilities District No. 11 (southeast corner of S.
Fowler and E. Hamilton Avenues) (Council District 5)
ID#14-6141-G
Sponsors:Public Works Department
Approve Amendment No. 2 with Live Oak Associates to
provide professional services for the environmental
investigative studies and permitting support services for the
Friant-Kern Raw Water Pipeline Project for an amount not to
exceed $48,000
ID#14-6201-H
Sponsors:Department of Public Utilities
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Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute an
agreement for purchase and sale of property and escrow
instructions for APN 505-150-31, 5938 N. La Ventana,
Fresno, California 93723 (Tract 5247, lot 59) for $385,000
from Seller, Grantland Avenue, LLC, a California Limited
Liability Company
ID#14-6311-I
Sponsors:Fire Department
***Adopt the Second Amendment to Salary Resolution No.
2014-108 to: (1) amend who is eligible for the Bilingual
Certification Program; (2) add the new classification of
Payroll Manager in Exhibit 2, Unit 2; (3) modify the salaries
for the classifications of Commercial Building Inspector and
Senior Commercial Building Inspector; and (4) delete the
salaries effective 1/1/15 for classes in Exhibit 4, Unit 4,
Non-Supervisory Police and Exhibit 9, Unit 9, Police
Management, as required by the adopted Memoranda of
Understanding between the City of Fresno and the Fresno
Police Officers Association, effective September 11, 2014
ID#14-6401-J
Sponsors:Personnel Services Department
RESOLUTION - Approving the Final Map of Tract No. 5531
and accepting dedicated public uses offered therein - north
and south sides of E. California Avenue between S.
Armstrong and S. Temperance Avenues (Council District 5)
ID#14-6541-K
Sponsors:Public Works Department
Approve a twelve (12) month interim contract extension, not
to exceed $498,000 with Ray Morgan Company (“RMC”) of
Fresno, California, to continue to provide uninterrupted
printing and copying services at City Hall and other City
facilities
ID#14-6601-L
Sponsors:Finance Department
***RESOLUTION - 29th amendment to the Annual
Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2014-95 appropriating
$250,000 for the application of wire theft deterrents to post
top streetlight poles throughout the City of Fresno
(Requires 5 affirmative votes)
ID#14-6641-M
Sponsors:Public Works Department
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Approve an agreement with Peters Engineering Group in the
amount of $71,723, with a contingency amount of $10,000
(total not to exceed $81,723), to provide consultant services
for Herndon Avenue westbound widening from Brawley
Avenue to Blythe Avenue and to authorize the Public Works
Director or designee to sign and execute the standardized
agreement on behalf of the City (Council District 2)
ID#14-6661-N
Sponsors:Public Works Department
Approve third amendment to agreement with CDM Smith Inc.
in the amount of $265,600 for groundwater monitoring and
reporting for the Fresno Sanitary Landfill and authorize the
Public Utilities Director or his designee to execute the
agreement on behalf of the City (Council District 3)
ID#14-6691-O
Sponsors:Department of Public Utilities
Approve the reappointment of James Poptanich to the
Fresno-Madera Area Agency on Aging Board
and the appointment of Ken Elvington to the Disability
Advisory Commission
ID#14-6831-P
Sponsors:Mayor's Office
Approval of City Council Meeting Schedule for calendar year
2015
ID#14-6841-Q
Sponsors:City Clerk's Office
CONTESTED CONSENT CALENDAR
2. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Actions pertaining to the acquisition of 22.49 acres of
property owned by Abbey Transportation System
1.Approve the acquisition of 22.49 acres of property owned
by Abbey Transportation System, a California Corporation, in
the amount of $3,000,000 for the construction of Veterans
Boulevard overcrossing near Golden State and Bullard
Avenue
2.Authorize the Public Works Director, or his designee, to
sign all documents necessary to complete the transaction as
delegated by City Manager
ID#14-6032-A
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Sponsors:Public Works Department
Actions pertaining to the sewer rehabilitation in West and
Weber Avenues (Council Districts 1 and 3)
1.Adopt a finding of Class 1 Categorical Exemption,
pursuant to Section 15301(b) (Existing facilities of both
investor and publicly-owned utilities used to provide electric
power, natural gas, sewerage, or other public utility services)
and Class 2 Categorical Exemption, pursuant to Section
15302(c) (Replacement or reconstruction) of the California
Environmental Quality Act Guidelines
2.***RESOLUTION - 26th amendment to the Annual
Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2014-95 appropriating
$904,000 for the sewer rehabilitation in West and Weber
Avenues (Requires 5 affirmative votes)
3.Award a $880,159 construction contract to Repipe
California LP of Riverside, California
ID#14-6572-B
Sponsors:Department of Public Utilities
Actions pertaining to the Recycled Water Distribution
System, Southwest Quadrant California Environmental
Quality Act document and County Agreement (Council
District 3 and a portion of Fresno County)
1.Adopt a finding of Mitigated Negative Declaration,
pursuant to Sections 15178(b)(1) and (2), of the California
Environmental Quality Act Guidelines for the Recycled Water
Distribution System, Southwest Quadrant
2.Approve the Agreement for Repair of Fresno County
roads for the Southwest Quadrant Recycled Water
Distribution System project
3.Authorize the Director of Public Utilities or his designee to
sign the County Agreement on behalf of the City
ID#14-6652-C
Sponsors:Department of Public Utilities
Actions pertaining to the California Gang Reduction,
Intervention and Prevention (CalGRIP) grant program from
2015 to 2017
1.Authorize the Chief of Police to accept $1,500,000 in total
grant funding from the Board of State and Community
Corrections (BSCC) for the CalGRIP program for 2015, 2016
and 2017, and execute the grant agreement with BSCC for
ID#14-6702-D
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the 2015/2015 CalGRIP grant program
2.***RESOLUTION - 30th amendment to the Annual
Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2014-95 appropriating
$189,900 into the Police Department’s FY 2015 budget for
the CalGRIP grant program (Requires 5 affirmative votes)
Sponsors:Police Department
3. CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION - To amend the Rules of Procedure for the
City Council by changing reference to Office of Acting
President to Vice President
ID#14-6783-A
Sponsors:City Councilmember Baines
Report to Council by Ken Taniguchi on recent Sister City visit
to Kochi Japan
ID#14-6863-B
Sponsors:City Councilmember Xiong
4. CLOSED SESSION
5. SCHEDULED COUNCIL HEARINGS AND MATTERS
2:00 P.M. #1
HEARING to adopt resolutions and ordinance to annex
territory and levy a special tax regarding City of Fresno
Community District No. 11, Annexation No. 59 (Final Tract
Map No. 6051) (southeast corner of N. Garfield and W.
Barstow Avenues) (Council District 2)
1.RESOLUTION - Annexing Territory to Community
Facilities District No. 11 and authorizing the levy of a special
tax
2.RESOLUTION - Calling Special Mailed-Ballot Election
3.RESOLUTION - Declaring Election Results
4.*** BILL - (For introduction and adoption) - Levying a
special tax for the property tax year 2014-2015 and future tax
years within and relating to Community Facilities District No.
11, Annexation No. 59, Final Tract Map No. 6051
ID#14-649
Sponsors:Public Works Department
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2:00 P.M. #2
RESOLUTION - Approving the Final Map of Tract No. 6051
and accepting dedicated public uses offered therein -south
side of W. Barstow Avenue between N. Garfield Avenue and
N. Grantland Avenue (Council District 2)
ID#14-655
Sponsors:Public Works Department
2:00 P.M. #3
HEARING: To Approve the Renewal of the Fresno-Clovis
Tourism Business Improvement District
1.***RESOLUTION - Approving the Renewal of the
Fresno-Clovis Tourism Business Improvement District
ID#14-571
Sponsors:City Manager's Office
2:30 P.M.
HEARING to consider:
1.Consider and adopt the Environmental Finding of
Conformity to the 2025 General Plan Master Environmental
Impact Report (“MEIR”) No. 10130 and the Mitigated
Negative Declaration for Plan Amendment A-09-02 (“Air
Quality MND”) prepared for Environmental Assessment No.
EA-13-003, for street widening and the installation of curb,
gutter, and sidewalk
2.***RESOLUTION of Public Use and Necessity for the
acquisition of a street easement for the construction of
intersection improvements at Shields Avenue and Fowler
Avenue and public road purposes from Assessor’s Parcel
Number 496-192-10s owned by Forest Sunrise, LLC
(Requires 5 affirmative votes) (Council District 4)
ID#14-637
Sponsors:Public Works Department
5:00 P.M.
CONTINUED HEARING to consider approvals related to the
Proposed General Plan Update (Citywide) (Continued from
December 11, 2014 and public comment closed)
1. Consideration of General Plan Update and certification of
ID#14-682
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the related Environmental Impact Report (EIR) SCH No.
2012111015 filed by Jennifer K. Clark, Development and
Resource Management Director, on behalf of the City of
Fresno, citywide application
a.***Consider Council motions to amend General Plan
Update
b. RESOLUTION - Certifying Final Environmental Impact
Report (EIR) No. SCH 2012111015 prepared for the General
Plan Update and the Development Code Update; and,
i. Adopting Findings of Fact as required by Public Resources
Code, section 21081(a) and CEQA Guidelines, Section
15091; and
ii. Approving a Mitigation Monitoring Program as required by
Public Resources Code, section 21081.6 and CEQA
Guidelines, section 15097; and
iii. Adopting the Statement of Overriding Considerations as
required by Public Resources Code, Section 21081(b) and
CEQA Guidelines, Section 15093
c. ***RESOLUTION - Adopting the proposed Fresno General
Plan as an update to the 2025 General Plan, including all
text, policies, maps, tables, and exhibits and contained in the
Fresno General Plan document dated December, 2014
d. ***RESOLUTION - Adopting plan modifications
recommended by staff and identified as “City of Fresno Staff
Preferred Land Use” in the “Land Use Change Requests”
and “Land Use and Circulation Map,” and denying the
remaining plan modifications
e. ***RESOLUTION - Authorizing the Development and
Resource Management Director or her designee to update
the text, policies, maps, tables, and exhibits contained in the
Fresno General Plan document to reflect the final action
taken by Council, to the extent that such updates are
necessary to maintain consistency
Sponsors:Development and Resource Management Department
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PLEASE NOTE: UNSCHEDULED COMMUNICATIONS IS NOT SCHEDULED FOR A
SPECIFIC TIME AND MAY BE HEARD ANY TIME DURING THE MEETING
UNSCHEDULED COMMUNICATION
Members of the public may address the Council regarding items that are not listed
on the agenda and within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council. Each
person is limited to a three (3) minute presentation. Anyone wishing to be placed
on an agenda for a specified topic should contact the City Clerk’s Office at least ten
(10) days prior to the desired date. Council action on unscheduled items, if any,
shall be limited to referring the item to staff for a report and possible scheduling on
a future Council agenda.
ADJOURNMENT
UPCOMING SCHEDULED COUNCIL HEARINGS AND MATTERS
JANUARY 29, 2015
10:00 AM HEARING re: Annexation No. 29 of the City of Fresno Community District
No. 11, Final Tract Map No. 5626, to revise the rate and method of apportionment of
the special tax and to levy a new maximum special tax (southeast corner of North
Fowler and East Hamilton Avenues) (Council District 5)
FEBRUARY 5, 2015
10:00 A.M. - HEARING re: Final Tract Map No. 6033, Annexation No. 58, to the City of
Fresno Community Facilities District No. 11 (northeast corner of North Fowler and East
Clinton Avenues) (Council District 4)
FEBRUARY 5, 2015
5:00 P.M. HEARING re: proposed increase of water utility rates
FEBRUARY 12, 2015 - NO MEEETING
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UPCOMING EMPLOYEE CEREMONIES
JANUARY 29, 2015
8:30 A.M. Presentation of Employee of the Quarter Awards (Reception immediately
following - 2nd floor foyer)
APRIL 8, 2015 (Weds.)
2:00 P.M. Presentation of Employee Service Awards (Reception immediately following
- 2nd floor foyer)
APRIL 30, 2015
8:30 A.M. Presentation of Employee of the Quarter Awards (Reception immediately
following - 2nd floor foyer)
JULY 16, 2015
8:30 A.M. Presentation of Employee of the Quarter Awards (Reception immediately
following - 2nd floor foyer)
OCTOBER 1, 2015
8:30 A.M. Presentation of Employee of the Quarter Awards (Reception immediately
following - 2nd floor foyer)
OCTOBER 21, 2015 (Weds.)
2:00 P.M. Presentation of Employee Service Awards (Reception immediately following
- 2nd floor foyer)
2014 CITY COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE
DECEMBER 25 - NO MEETING - CHRISTMAS WEEK
JANUARY 1 2015 - NO MEETING
JANUARY 8 2015 - 10:00 A.M.
JANUARY 15 2015 - 1:30 P.M.
JANUARY 22 2015 - NO MEETING
JANUARY 29 2015 - 8:30 A.M.
FEBRUARY 5 2015 - 8:30 A.M.
FEBRUARY 12 2015 - NO MEETING
FEBRUARY 19 2015 - NO MEETING - PRESIDENT'S WEEK
FEBRUARY 26 2015 - 8:30 A.M.
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