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Consent Calendar:
1A) The City of Fresno has added one new position called the Law Office Assistant, they perform administrative and complex accounting work to assist the City Attorney's Office. It is estimated that the salary and benefit expenses for this position are approximately $60,533 on an annual basis. Funding for this position has been included in the current fiscal year budget.
1B) The City's Information Services Department (ISD) wishes to update all of the City's computers for Windows XP to Windows 7 since Microsoft will no longer support this version. It will take $480,000 to purchase licenses for Windows 7 and future Windows versions to replace Windows XP and computer hardware requirements for Windows 7. Microsoft support for Windows XP will end on April 8, 2014.
1C) The City has a communication tower located at Fire Station 13 and made an agreement in 1993 for 25 years that Contel Cellular of California, Inc. be able to sub-license the towers communication's capabilities for a monthly fee of $1,651.28. Now Crown Castle GT Company LLC has taken over for Contel Cellular and the City wishes to extend the contract for 5 more years for a one-time fee of $10,000.00 to 2023.
1D) The Fire Department was awarded $95,100 towards equipment needs for the Department and Urban Search and Rescue Team. The equipment includes 3 portable video cameras, 4 global positioning system units, 74 self contained breathing apparatus units, 20 sets of swift water gloves and boots, 20 rescue strobe lights, 20 rescue knives, and 24 intrinsically safe batteries.
1E) City Council will approve the reappointments of Paul Bauer, Fely Guzman, Tommie Nellon and Jose Plascencia to the Fresno Regional Workforce Investment Board from the Mayor’s Office.
1F) Unclassified employees are at-will employees. The one significant exception to the at-will status of unclassified employees is that represented unclassified employees have the same rights as classified employees in the event of layoff or reduction in force, other than reorganization or reduction of individual positions. Council recently approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City the City of Fresno Management Employees Association (CFMEA) which represents employees in Unit 14 employees where those hired by the City on or after December 31, 2013 are exempted from these rights. The municipal code will be changed to reflect this agreement.
1G) The City will adopt a policy authorizing the City Manager the authority to reduce and/or eliminate selected Citywide impact fees for industrial development projects that create new jobs, increase assessed property valuation, and promote economic development.
General Administration:
2A) Leadership Fresno Class 30 in partnership with the City of Fresno plan to place two "gateway" monuments, one being on North bound highway 99 approximately 1000 feet north of the Cedar/North exit and the other on South bound Highway 41 about 5000 feet north of the Friant exit. The Leadership Fresno Class must raise all the funds to support these monuments but there is an expected $2,500 annual maintenance cost to the city for the life of the monuments.
2B) The City of Fresno plans to award a construction contract in the amount of $1,125,126 to Maxwell Smart Construction, Inc. of Clovis, California for the acoustic treatment of 70 homes in the vicinity of Fresno Yosemite International Airport.
2C) The City wishes to become a partner with PG&E in their 811 Dig-In Safety Awareness Campaign, where people can dial in 811 before doing any excavation work to ensure no utility lines are compromised. The City will receive $25,000 as charitable contribution from PG&E to purchase materials and be reimbursed for City administration costs incurred as a partner in the program.
2D) In preparation for the California High Speed Rail Project, the City plans to approve a professional services agreement with Cornerstone Structural Engineering in the amount of $1,800,000 for on-call design plan check review services for City infrastructure associated with the construction of the California High-Speed Rail.
City Council:
3A) Councilmember Brand is introducing 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.
2:15PM) A workshop relating to Downtown Parking Improvement Proposal will be presented by Ace Parking Management, Inc.
2:30PM) After staff had engaged the community and gathered input on the final City of Fresno Design Guidelines. Staff recommends adoption of the final City of Fresno Design Guidelines for the California High Speed Rail Project, in order for the guidelines to be incorporated into the project to the greatest extent possible.
2:45PM) In accordance with the Political Act of 1974, the City Council and the Redevelopment Agency Board is the code reviewing body for the City of Fresno's Conflict of Interest Code. Part of the City of Fresno's Conflict Code consists of the Exhibits, which list the employee classifications required to file statements of economic interests, together with the types of economic interest those employees filling the classifications must disclose and they will continue to do so.
2:50PM) Rick Morse will appear to discuss the future of marijuana in the City of Fresno.
5:00PM) The proposed project, filed by Bryan Sassano of S.I.M Architects, on behalf of Spencer Enterprises, Inc., pertains to approximately 9.99 net acres of property located on the northeast corner of East Nees and North Chestnut Avenues (map). The applicant proposes to amend the 2025 Fresno General Plan and the Woodward Park Community Plan from the neighborhood commercial planned land use designated for the site, to the medium-high density residential planned land use designation. The applicant also proposes to reclassify the site from a Neighborhood Shopping Center zone district to a Low Density Multiple Family Residential zone district. These applications have been filed in order to facilitate approval of a proposed 160 unit multiple family residential gated community with community building, swimming pool, detached garages, and carports.
1A) The City of Fresno has added one new position called the Law Office Assistant, they perform administrative and complex accounting work to assist the City Attorney's Office. It is estimated that the salary and benefit expenses for this position are approximately $60,533 on an annual basis. Funding for this position has been included in the current fiscal year budget.
1B) The City's Information Services Department (ISD) wishes to update all of the City's computers for Windows XP to Windows 7 since Microsoft will no longer support this version. It will take $480,000 to purchase licenses for Windows 7 and future Windows versions to replace Windows XP and computer hardware requirements for Windows 7. Microsoft support for Windows XP will end on April 8, 2014.
1C) The City has a communication tower located at Fire Station 13 and made an agreement in 1993 for 25 years that Contel Cellular of California, Inc. be able to sub-license the towers communication's capabilities for a monthly fee of $1,651.28. Now Crown Castle GT Company LLC has taken over for Contel Cellular and the City wishes to extend the contract for 5 more years for a one-time fee of $10,000.00 to 2023.
1D) The Fire Department was awarded $95,100 towards equipment needs for the Department and Urban Search and Rescue Team. The equipment includes 3 portable video cameras, 4 global positioning system units, 74 self contained breathing apparatus units, 20 sets of swift water gloves and boots, 20 rescue strobe lights, 20 rescue knives, and 24 intrinsically safe batteries.
1E) City Council will approve the reappointments of Paul Bauer, Fely Guzman, Tommie Nellon and Jose Plascencia to the Fresno Regional Workforce Investment Board from the Mayor’s Office.
1F) Unclassified employees are at-will employees. The one significant exception to the at-will status of unclassified employees is that represented unclassified employees have the same rights as classified employees in the event of layoff or reduction in force, other than reorganization or reduction of individual positions. Council recently approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City the City of Fresno Management Employees Association (CFMEA) which represents employees in Unit 14 employees where those hired by the City on or after December 31, 2013 are exempted from these rights. The municipal code will be changed to reflect this agreement.
1G) The City will adopt a policy authorizing the City Manager the authority to reduce and/or eliminate selected Citywide impact fees for industrial development projects that create new jobs, increase assessed property valuation, and promote economic development.
General Administration:
2A) Leadership Fresno Class 30 in partnership with the City of Fresno plan to place two "gateway" monuments, one being on North bound highway 99 approximately 1000 feet north of the Cedar/North exit and the other on South bound Highway 41 about 5000 feet north of the Friant exit. The Leadership Fresno Class must raise all the funds to support these monuments but there is an expected $2,500 annual maintenance cost to the city for the life of the monuments.
2B) The City of Fresno plans to award a construction contract in the amount of $1,125,126 to Maxwell Smart Construction, Inc. of Clovis, California for the acoustic treatment of 70 homes in the vicinity of Fresno Yosemite International Airport.
2C) The City wishes to become a partner with PG&E in their 811 Dig-In Safety Awareness Campaign, where people can dial in 811 before doing any excavation work to ensure no utility lines are compromised. The City will receive $25,000 as charitable contribution from PG&E to purchase materials and be reimbursed for City administration costs incurred as a partner in the program.
2D) In preparation for the California High Speed Rail Project, the City plans to approve a professional services agreement with Cornerstone Structural Engineering in the amount of $1,800,000 for on-call design plan check review services for City infrastructure associated with the construction of the California High-Speed Rail.
City Council:
3A) Councilmember Brand is introducing 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.
Scheduled Council Hearings and Matters:
2:15PM) A workshop relating to Downtown Parking Improvement Proposal will be presented by Ace Parking Management, Inc.
2:30PM) After staff had engaged the community and gathered input on the final City of Fresno Design Guidelines. Staff recommends adoption of the final City of Fresno Design Guidelines for the California High Speed Rail Project, in order for the guidelines to be incorporated into the project to the greatest extent possible.
2:45PM) In accordance with the Political Act of 1974, the City Council and the Redevelopment Agency Board is the code reviewing body for the City of Fresno's Conflict of Interest Code. Part of the City of Fresno's Conflict Code consists of the Exhibits, which list the employee classifications required to file statements of economic interests, together with the types of economic interest those employees filling the classifications must disclose and they will continue to do so.
2:50PM) Rick Morse will appear to discuss the future of marijuana in the City of Fresno.
5:00PM) The proposed project, filed by Bryan Sassano of S.I.M Architects, on behalf of Spencer Enterprises, Inc., pertains to approximately 9.99 net acres of property located on the northeast corner of East Nees and North Chestnut Avenues (map). The applicant proposes to amend the 2025 Fresno General Plan and the Woodward Park Community Plan from the neighborhood commercial planned land use designated for the site, to the medium-high density residential planned land use designation. The applicant also proposes to reclassify the site from a Neighborhood Shopping Center zone district to a Low Density Multiple Family Residential zone district. These applications have been filed in order to facilitate approval of a proposed 160 unit multiple family residential gated community with community building, swimming pool, detached garages, and carports.
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