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Consent Calendar:
1A) Fresno PD will receive $110,000 over a three year period from the State Homeland Security Grant Program. They will use this money for video security equipment to protect City assets, portable radios, and electronics and communication equipment for the command and control of critical incidents/hazard mitigation.
1B) Fresno County Superintendent of Schools will contract with Fresno PD to have a School Officer assigned to Kermit Kootz Education Center and Violet Heintz Education Academy for the next 2 years at a cost of $123,089.70 for the first year.
1C) The City will use a surplus of $100,000 from the demolition of the Monterey Street Bridge (map) to prepare the property for sale.
1D) When checks made from the City of Fresno are older than 3 years and have not been cashed, the City then proceeds to re-account that money back into the General Fund. After advertising in the Business Journal checks from 2009 that were uncashed, they will now transfer them to the General Fund.
1E) Staff recommends a construction contract in the amount of $79,500 to Hobbs Construction, Inc. of Fresno, for five drinking fountains along the Sugar Pine Trail.
1F) In order to accommodate the construction of new a ponding basin near the new Veterans Home, the City will extend a right-of-way along Marks (map).
1G) Trenway, Inc. is requesting the vacation of a portion of North Jeanne Avenue southeast of West Sierra Avenue (map) to eliminate excess public street right-of-way and incorporate it into the development consisting of 32 townhouses and multi-level residential units with attached garages on 4.05 acres.
1H) The Subdivider, McCaffrey Homes, has filed for approval for a 54-lot single-family residential, gated, private street planned development subdivision with two outlots for private landscaping, private walkway and recreation purposes, two outlots for future development and one outlot for private street and public utility easement purposes, located on the southeast corner of North Maple Avenue and East Copper Avenue (map) on 16.79 acres.
1I) Staff recommends that the City Council award a contract to Hobbs Construction, Inc., in the amount of $369,450 to construct wellhead treatment improvements that were impacted by a secondary contaminant of Manganese at Pump Station 330.
1J) The City of Fresno plans to install a smart signal coordination system from the 99 Freeway along Shaw Avenue to the 41 Freeway and also installation of signal coordination on Willow Avenue from Ashlan Avenue to International Avenue.
1K) Staff recommends approval of a consultant services agreement with Blair Church & Flynn consulting engineers, of Clovis, in the amount of $182,200 for professional engineering services for the design of the sewer rehabilitation/replacement in Glenn, N Street, Tuolumne, Van Ness, Merced, and Thorne Avenues found to be in poor condition caused by hydrogen sulfide.
1L) Fresno FAX bus service must submit documents of their compliance of requirements for grant money received from the Federal Transit Authority. City Council is just approving these documents.
1M) Planning code text amendment to allow interim use of currently vacant properties to grow crops and ornamental plants which would help current nuisances associated with vacant properties while providing nutritional and economic benefit to the community.
1N) Required by federally funded programs, the City is consulting with Maximus Consulting Services, Inc. for $27,100 for accounting services to accurately fairly and reasonably distribute a City's central administrative costs (e.g., City Clerk, Personnel Services, Finance, Attorney, etc.) to the operating departments in a City.
1O) A 3 acre piece of property at 2040 W. Yale Avenue (map) was purchased from Noyan/Frasier Properties, LLC, to build a police sub-station in 2007, but since that substation was eventually never built, the City will sell the property back where they will build a grocery store.
1P) A insurance provider for City Fire Department and North Central Fire District Protection District vehicles asked for clarification regarding automobile liability after a minor accident occurred. Under the proposed revision, in the event there is gross negligence by a District employee driving a City vehicle or an intentional act to cause harm to the vehicle or personal harm to another person with the vehicle, the District would indemnify the City for these types of claims in the event this would occur. The amendment also provides the same indemnification as mentioned above when a City employee is driving one of the District vehicles.
1Q) The City of Fresno is a member of the Upper Kings Basin Integrated Regional Water Management Joint Powers Authority and in order for the Authority to accept grant funds they must approve the Kings Basin Integrated Regional Water Management Plan. Council is approving this plan.
1R) The Housing Authority is renewing an agreement with the City's Parking Services Division for 20 parking stalls at Garage #9 located at 2026 Merced Street for five (5) years in length and include the option for two (2) five year extensions. The price of each parking stall will be $35.00 per month per stall
for the first year of the agreement.
General Administration:
2A) Staff recommends approval of a contract between City of Fresno and Synagro Technologies, Inc, to provide for bio-solids reuse and disposal services, transporting bio-solids approximately 58 miles from the Fresno Regional Wastewater Reclamation Facility to a Synagro ownedI' composting facility located in Merced County, at an annual cost of $2,600,000.
2B) Staff recommends an award of a construction contract in the amount of $3,102,666 to Avison Construction Inc., of Madera, California for the State Route 180 Frontage Road Project from Marks to Hughes/West Diagonal (map), including full street improvements, installation of traffic signals, street lights, sidewalks, curb and gutter, drive approaches, waterlines, sewer lines, and storm drains.
2C) Staff recommends the Council approve the rebudgeting of various funding for operating program and new and previously approved capital projects so that there is enough money to cover anticipated expenditures. The recommended amount to cover this is $12,342,700.
2D) The Fresno Council of Governments (COG) and Fresno County Transportation Authority (FCTA) recently approved $1,100,000 in Measure "C" Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) funds for environmental impact reports on the Fulton Mall Reconstruction Project, regarding the proposal of introducing a street to the mall. The agreement required an amendment so the City can accept these funds. This amendment is scheduled for FCTA Board action on December 11, 2013.
2E) The Fresno County Transportation Authority (FCTA) recently approved $3,421,000 in Measure "C" funds for environmental impact reports on the Veterans Boulevard State Route 99 Interchange and Grade Separation. The agreement required an amendment so the City can accept these funds.
2F) The City is submitting a list of public works and transit projects they would like to complete in the near future to the Fresno Council of Governments (COG) in order to apply for grant funds.
2G) The Fresno Police Department requests the addition of thirty (30) Police Cadet positions, and four (4) Emergency Services Dispatcher ll positions. These positions will be funded using salary savings from the Department's FY 14 budget.
1A) Fresno PD will receive $110,000 over a three year period from the State Homeland Security Grant Program. They will use this money for video security equipment to protect City assets, portable radios, and electronics and communication equipment for the command and control of critical incidents/hazard mitigation.
1B) Fresno County Superintendent of Schools will contract with Fresno PD to have a School Officer assigned to Kermit Kootz Education Center and Violet Heintz Education Academy for the next 2 years at a cost of $123,089.70 for the first year.
1C) The City will use a surplus of $100,000 from the demolition of the Monterey Street Bridge (map) to prepare the property for sale.
1D) When checks made from the City of Fresno are older than 3 years and have not been cashed, the City then proceeds to re-account that money back into the General Fund. After advertising in the Business Journal checks from 2009 that were uncashed, they will now transfer them to the General Fund.
1E) Staff recommends a construction contract in the amount of $79,500 to Hobbs Construction, Inc. of Fresno, for five drinking fountains along the Sugar Pine Trail.
1F) In order to accommodate the construction of new a ponding basin near the new Veterans Home, the City will extend a right-of-way along Marks (map).
1G) Trenway, Inc. is requesting the vacation of a portion of North Jeanne Avenue southeast of West Sierra Avenue (map) to eliminate excess public street right-of-way and incorporate it into the development consisting of 32 townhouses and multi-level residential units with attached garages on 4.05 acres.
1H) The Subdivider, McCaffrey Homes, has filed for approval for a 54-lot single-family residential, gated, private street planned development subdivision with two outlots for private landscaping, private walkway and recreation purposes, two outlots for future development and one outlot for private street and public utility easement purposes, located on the southeast corner of North Maple Avenue and East Copper Avenue (map) on 16.79 acres.
1I) Staff recommends that the City Council award a contract to Hobbs Construction, Inc., in the amount of $369,450 to construct wellhead treatment improvements that were impacted by a secondary contaminant of Manganese at Pump Station 330.
1J) The City of Fresno plans to install a smart signal coordination system from the 99 Freeway along Shaw Avenue to the 41 Freeway and also installation of signal coordination on Willow Avenue from Ashlan Avenue to International Avenue.
1K) Staff recommends approval of a consultant services agreement with Blair Church & Flynn consulting engineers, of Clovis, in the amount of $182,200 for professional engineering services for the design of the sewer rehabilitation/replacement in Glenn, N Street, Tuolumne, Van Ness, Merced, and Thorne Avenues found to be in poor condition caused by hydrogen sulfide.
1L) Fresno FAX bus service must submit documents of their compliance of requirements for grant money received from the Federal Transit Authority. City Council is just approving these documents.
1M) Planning code text amendment to allow interim use of currently vacant properties to grow crops and ornamental plants which would help current nuisances associated with vacant properties while providing nutritional and economic benefit to the community.
1N) Required by federally funded programs, the City is consulting with Maximus Consulting Services, Inc. for $27,100 for accounting services to accurately fairly and reasonably distribute a City's central administrative costs (e.g., City Clerk, Personnel Services, Finance, Attorney, etc.) to the operating departments in a City.
1O) A 3 acre piece of property at 2040 W. Yale Avenue (map) was purchased from Noyan/Frasier Properties, LLC, to build a police sub-station in 2007, but since that substation was eventually never built, the City will sell the property back where they will build a grocery store.
1P) A insurance provider for City Fire Department and North Central Fire District Protection District vehicles asked for clarification regarding automobile liability after a minor accident occurred. Under the proposed revision, in the event there is gross negligence by a District employee driving a City vehicle or an intentional act to cause harm to the vehicle or personal harm to another person with the vehicle, the District would indemnify the City for these types of claims in the event this would occur. The amendment also provides the same indemnification as mentioned above when a City employee is driving one of the District vehicles.
1Q) The City of Fresno is a member of the Upper Kings Basin Integrated Regional Water Management Joint Powers Authority and in order for the Authority to accept grant funds they must approve the Kings Basin Integrated Regional Water Management Plan. Council is approving this plan.
1R) The Housing Authority is renewing an agreement with the City's Parking Services Division for 20 parking stalls at Garage #9 located at 2026 Merced Street for five (5) years in length and include the option for two (2) five year extensions. The price of each parking stall will be $35.00 per month per stall
for the first year of the agreement.
General Administration:
2A) Staff recommends approval of a contract between City of Fresno and Synagro Technologies, Inc, to provide for bio-solids reuse and disposal services, transporting bio-solids approximately 58 miles from the Fresno Regional Wastewater Reclamation Facility to a Synagro ownedI' composting facility located in Merced County, at an annual cost of $2,600,000.
2B) Staff recommends an award of a construction contract in the amount of $3,102,666 to Avison Construction Inc., of Madera, California for the State Route 180 Frontage Road Project from Marks to Hughes/West Diagonal (map), including full street improvements, installation of traffic signals, street lights, sidewalks, curb and gutter, drive approaches, waterlines, sewer lines, and storm drains.
2C) Staff recommends the Council approve the rebudgeting of various funding for operating program and new and previously approved capital projects so that there is enough money to cover anticipated expenditures. The recommended amount to cover this is $12,342,700.
2D) The Fresno Council of Governments (COG) and Fresno County Transportation Authority (FCTA) recently approved $1,100,000 in Measure "C" Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) funds for environmental impact reports on the Fulton Mall Reconstruction Project, regarding the proposal of introducing a street to the mall. The agreement required an amendment so the City can accept these funds. This amendment is scheduled for FCTA Board action on December 11, 2013.
2E) The Fresno County Transportation Authority (FCTA) recently approved $3,421,000 in Measure "C" funds for environmental impact reports on the Veterans Boulevard State Route 99 Interchange and Grade Separation. The agreement required an amendment so the City can accept these funds.
2F) The City is submitting a list of public works and transit projects they would like to complete in the near future to the Fresno Council of Governments (COG) in order to apply for grant funds.
2G) The Fresno Police Department requests the addition of thirty (30) Police Cadet positions, and four (4) Emergency Services Dispatcher ll positions. These positions will be funded using salary savings from the Department's FY 14 budget.
City Council
3A) A new resolution is requested by City Council to initiate a Text Amendment to the Zoning Ordinance of the Fresno Municipal Code regarding Deferred Deposit Originators (DDO), also known as payday lenders, to ensure local control over locations of new DDOs by establishing zoning and use regulations for new payday lending establishments in the City of Fresno:
- Require that new payday loan establishments obtain a conditional use permit prior to beginning operations.
- Require that payday loan establishments be separated by at least 1,320 feet (0.25 mile) as measured from property line to property line for the parcels on which the payday loan establishments are located.
Scheduled Council Hearings and Matters:
10:00AM) Council will approve the Restated and Amended Management Agreement between City and SMG for the operation and marketing of the Fresno Convention and Entertainment Center
1:30PM) In a effort to reduce the number of message parlors that operate within the City limits that could be a front for illegal and unlawful activity, City Council is introducing a bill that would require all people who provide massages within the City Limits to be a Certified Massage Practitioner and business' obtain a valid "City Registration Certificate."
2:00PM) A presentation to Council from the Leadership Fresno Class XXX requesting the authorization to design signage and secure proposed locations for a Fresno Gateway Monument sign along Freeway 99 and/or Freeway 41 in the City of Fresno.
4:00PM) A hearing to consider the Westlake Development Project has been continue to December 12, 2013 at 3:00 p.m.
2:00PM) A presentation to Council from the Leadership Fresno Class XXX requesting the authorization to design signage and secure proposed locations for a Fresno Gateway Monument sign along Freeway 99 and/or Freeway 41 in the City of Fresno.
