Sunday, February 9, 2014

Febuary 13, 2014 City Council Agenda

Find complete agenda here.
Call (559) 621-8000 to speak to your council member on any one of these issues.

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Consent Calendar:

1A) The City Public Works department would like to continue its Bridge Preventive Maintenance Program paid for from federal grant HPB funds of $42,000 and ABX8 6 Gas Tax funds of $28,200. The program evaluates deficiencies of the City's bridges, scope appropriate preventive maintenance projects and prepares a plan for implementation.

1B) The Parks, After School, Recreation and Community Services Department operates the Lafayette Neighborhood Center, located at 1516 E. Princeton Avenue (map), providing the neighborhood with recreational programs and community services. They are making an agreement with The Way Ministries that will establish a secondary recreation and services for this site and be responsible for the development and facilitation of programs in the building as well as utilizing the outside park space for one year.

1C) Staff is providing one more option that departments may exercise to meet their technology needs through Dell. Computers leased under this contract must be financed by existing budget money or must have Council approval for more. Departments which choose to use this option will be billed monthly for the lease. The initial cost of the computers will be neutral or slightly lower than the cost for purchasing. Some potential additional costs may include:
• Shipping/handling costs at the end of the lease term when returning computers.
• Continued monthly costs if the leased computer is not returned at the end of the lease.

1D) Lars Andersen and Associates on behalf of Boos Development is requesting the vacation of the 16 foot wide public utility easement (PUE) located west of North Blackstone Avenue and north of East Floradora Avenue (map). The purpose of the vacation is to remove the unused PUE from the parcel to accommodate the development of an O'Reilly's Auto Parts store.

1E) Council will create an article to be added to the City municipal code that will exempt the City from the whole section when signs are on City property.  The addition is as follows:
SECTION 12-1271. This article shall not apply to signs placed by the city on city property or right of way, subject to appropriate environmental review.

General Administration:

2A) A workshop relating to homelessness will be given by the City Manager’s Office.

2B) A workshop relating to Transit Oriented Development (TOD) and downtown projects will be given by the City Manager’s Office.

2C) City staff recommends that the City Council be authorized the City to apply for $1,800,000 from the Measure "C" Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) program to serve as local matching funds for the proposed Fulton Mall Reconstruction Project, subject to future Council consideration of whether to authorize the project and whether to approve a contract for and budget the funds, if awarded.


Scheduled Council Hearings and Matters:

10:30AM)  State legislation, ABXl 26 and AB 1484, created Successor Agencies, which are tasked with the responsibility of winding down former Redevelopment Agencies. As a requirement of the wind-down process, the Successor Agencies are required to provide a Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule every six months identifying overall outstanding debt for all enforceable obligations with the Agency, as well as the estimated amount needed for each of those obligations during the six-month period. This is another schedule.

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