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Consent Calendar:
1A) The City is rejecting all proposals for pet licensing services since the City and the County have not yet come to a comprehensive agreement for long term animal control issues.
1B) Approving the appointment of Jack Tracy to the Civil Service Board by the Mayor’s Office.
1C) The Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) awarded the City of Fresno $500,000 in grant funds for Fresno's California Gang Reduction, Intervention and Prevention ("CaIGRIP") Programs. They will be awarding Fresno Pacific University's victim offender reconciliation program with $12,000 to support a proven mediation program.
1D) City staff recommends the award of a contract in the amount of $492,741 to SAK Construction of California, LP, of O'Fallon, Missouri for sewer pipe rehabilitation work along Blackstone Avenue from Clinton Avenue to Peralta Way (map) and along Shields Avenue from Claremont to Fordham Avenues (map).
1E) Staff recommends awarding of a construction contract in the amount of $333,241.00 to Flatiron Electric Group, Inc., of Chino, California, to provide protected left turn phasing and also three new ADA curb ramps, sidewalk repairs, signing, and striping at the intersection of Palm Avenue and Sierra Avenue (map).
1F) Council will be approving a restated and amended management agreement between City and SMG for the operation and marketing of the Fresno Convention and Entertainment Center but they have not included what the amended contract would look like.
General Administration:
2A) Due to the possible construction of the high-speed rail (HSR), there were a couple of changes that needed to the Roeding Regional Parkand Fresno Chaffee Zoo Facility Master Plan. The changes include:
1A) The City is rejecting all proposals for pet licensing services since the City and the County have not yet come to a comprehensive agreement for long term animal control issues.
1B) Approving the appointment of Jack Tracy to the Civil Service Board by the Mayor’s Office.
1C) The Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) awarded the City of Fresno $500,000 in grant funds for Fresno's California Gang Reduction, Intervention and Prevention ("CaIGRIP") Programs. They will be awarding Fresno Pacific University's victim offender reconciliation program with $12,000 to support a proven mediation program.
1D) City staff recommends the award of a contract in the amount of $492,741 to SAK Construction of California, LP, of O'Fallon, Missouri for sewer pipe rehabilitation work along Blackstone Avenue from Clinton Avenue to Peralta Way (map) and along Shields Avenue from Claremont to Fordham Avenues (map).
1E) Staff recommends awarding of a construction contract in the amount of $333,241.00 to Flatiron Electric Group, Inc., of Chino, California, to provide protected left turn phasing and also three new ADA curb ramps, sidewalk repairs, signing, and striping at the intersection of Palm Avenue and Sierra Avenue (map).
1F) Council will be approving a restated and amended management agreement between City and SMG for the operation and marketing of the Fresno Convention and Entertainment Center but they have not included what the amended contract would look like.
General Administration:
2A) Due to the possible construction of the high-speed rail (HSR), there were a couple of changes that needed to the Roeding Regional Parkand Fresno Chaffee Zoo Facility Master Plan. The changes include:
- The N. Golden State Boulevard entrance would not be constructed due to the HSR alignment. Instead, the W. Olive Avenue entrance would remain the primary entrance to Roeding Regional Park and the W. Belmont Avenue entrance would provide the secondary access, as currently exists today. Park Drive West would be the main vehicle circulation road between W. Belmont Avenue and W. Olive Avenue.
- The ticket booth planned for the N. Golden State Boulevard entrance would be relocated to accommodate the W. Belmont Avenue entrance. It would be installed on Park Drive West, in the median, between the current zoo entrance and Rotary Playland
- Construction of a single new pond feature north of the zoo, near N. Golden State Boulevard. The new proposed location would match the picturesque nature of the existing ponds and would replicate the ponds' passive nature by minimizing their direct contact with more active areas of the park.
- The Roeding Plan included 100 free parking spaces adjacent to the park on N. Golden State Boulevard, along with 1,205 paid parking spaces within the park. Because the HST alignment would close N. Golden State Boulevard adjacent to the park, the 100 free parking spaces could not be provided in this location.
2B) Public Works would like to increase their budgeted appropriations by $12,342,700 for operating expenses, street/bridge projects, traffic signals, railroad/trail projects and other projects. See document for list of projects.
2C) Staff recommends the award of a contract in the amount of $521,719.11 to RePipe California LP, of Riverside, California to rehabilitate the sewer pipeline along Floradora/Teilman/Weber Avenues and H Street.
2D) Staff recommends the award of a contract in the amount of $564,352.61 to Repipe California of Riverside, California for a Cast in Place Pipe (CIPP) and the removal and replacement of sewer lines with low spots and structural deficiencies; in Mariposa Street northeast of the intersection of Mariposa and H Street and in the joining alleys.
2E) Staff recommends the approval of a third amendment to an agreement with West Yost & Associates, increasing the total fee amount by $394,031 for a total fee amount of $2,642,340 and change the contingency amount from $75,000 to $50,000 for the addition of existing tasks within scope of work and additional tasks with new scope for the Fresno Metropolitan Water Resources Management Plan and the Water System Master Plan.
City Council
Certain City staff will be appointed to various boards and commissions, representing the City of Fresno:
1. Council of Governments - Swearengin-Ex-Officio (Oliver-Alternate)
2. Financial Audit Committee - Brand, Olivier, Xiong
3. Fresno Area Workforce Investment Corporation - Baines
4. Fresno County Transportation Authority (FCTA) - Swearengin, Brandau
5. Fresno Regional Workforce Investment Board - Baines, Renena Smith
6. Fresno County Zoo Authority - Swearengin (Baines-Alternate)
7. Fresno Madera Area Agency on Aging Board - Olivier
8. Joint Powers Financing Authority - Olivier
9. Leadership Council on Ending Homelessness - Swearengin, Baines
10. San Joaquin River Conservancy Board - Swearengin (Brandau-Alternate)
11. Association for the Beautification of Highway 99 - Baines
12. Upper Kings Basin Integrated Regional Water Management JPA - Xiong
13. Pension Reform Task Force - Brand, Xiong, (3rd Member vacant)
14. Economic Development Corporation Serving Fresno County - Brandau-Ex-Officio
15. Fresno/Clovis Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) - Amy Fuentes
16. League of California Cities (Annual Meeting) - Swearengin (Olivier-Alternate)
17. San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District - Baines
18. Infill Development Ad Hoc Subcommittee - Brand, Baines, Olivier
19. Litigation Exposure Reduction Ad Hoc Committee - Brandau, Caprioglio
Scheduled Council Hearings and Matters:
9:00AM) Jorge Zavala, owner of ShowRoom Doctor Z Inc will make an appearance by to discuss the City’s bidding process around Fresno Area Express' (FAX) bus washing contract.
10:00AM) A hearing regarding the proposed amendment of the City of Fresno’s Master Fee Schedule to increase water connection fees has been continued to 12/5/2013 at 10:00 a.m.
2:00PM) The Mayor will give an update on Economic Development Strategy.
4:00PM) Hearing for consideration of Street Name Change filed by Jo Ann Ables, for the public street (Martin Avenue) bounded by East California Avenue and Merced Street to to Elder JD Adams Avenue. Jimmie Davis Adams was a pastor and leader based out of west Fresno; he was a pastor at St. Joseph Missionary Baptist church, which is located on Martin Avenue.
5:00PM) A proposed 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. Opposition to the text amendment has been expressed by residents of West Fresno, who have concerns about potential environmental and economic impacts of farming in their area, and by community gardening advocates who do not want that use/activity to be subject to zoning classification or regulation until the 2035 General Plan and new Development Code are adopted.
Quoted from a Fresno Bee article: "The amendment ends with a detailed explanation of what community gardeners must do to keep City Hall happy.
Anything over an acre in size needs a grading permit, for example. A new community garden in certain cases needs an approved plot plan and operational statement. City Hall wants the community garden application to include who is responsible for the project, that person's 24-hour contact information, how many gardeners will work the site and the hours they will be there.
There are nearly 20 pages of such rules. Commercial farmers face nothing like it in the text amendment."
10:00AM) A hearing regarding the proposed amendment of the City of Fresno’s Master Fee Schedule to increase water connection fees has been continued to 12/5/2013 at 10:00 a.m.
2:00PM) The Mayor will give an update on Economic Development Strategy.
4:00PM) Hearing for consideration of Street Name Change filed by Jo Ann Ables, for the public street (Martin Avenue) bounded by East California Avenue and Merced Street to to Elder JD Adams Avenue. Jimmie Davis Adams was a pastor and leader based out of west Fresno; he was a pastor at St. Joseph Missionary Baptist church, which is located on Martin Avenue.
5:00PM) A proposed 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. Opposition to the text amendment has been expressed by residents of West Fresno, who have concerns about potential environmental and economic impacts of farming in their area, and by community gardening advocates who do not want that use/activity to be subject to zoning classification or regulation until the 2035 General Plan and new Development Code are adopted.
Quoted from a Fresno Bee article: "The amendment ends with a detailed explanation of what community gardeners must do to keep City Hall happy.
Anything over an acre in size needs a grading permit, for example. A new community garden in certain cases needs an approved plot plan and operational statement. City Hall wants the community garden application to include who is responsible for the project, that person's 24-hour contact information, how many gardeners will work the site and the hours they will be there.
There are nearly 20 pages of such rules. Commercial farmers face nothing like it in the text amendment."
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