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Consent Calendar:
1A) The County of Fresno, on behalf of the Department of Behavioral Health (DBH), Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), initiated a partnership with the Fresno Police Department (Fresno PD) in providing a behavioral health Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Services within the Fresno metropolitan (Metro) area. 1 Sergeant and between 4-8 officers will be funded to co-respond in the same vehicle with behavioral health clinical staff from the County to potential mental health related calls and assist in providing Crisis Intervention Team services five (5) days a week, fourteen (14) hours a day (6:30 am - 10:00 pm).
The Crisis Intervention Team services are fully-funded by the Mental Health Services Act, Prevention and Early Intervention funds and this will appropriate $247,600 to Fresno PD’s fund for this team.
*Interesting Note: 2 Acoustic Warning Signal Projectors (AWASP) will be purchased at $14,000 each
1B) City of Fresno will be the contractor under Pacific Gas and Electric Company for a 2018 Residential Home Energy Tune-Up Pilot Program. The program will engage approximately 1000 households within the designated disadvantaged census tracts utilizing the CalEnviroScreen 3.0 tool which is a screening tool that evaluates the burden of pollution from multiple sources in communities while accounting for potential vulnerability to the adverse effects of pollution.
1C) Appropriating $50,000 for Historic Preservation Program to provide rehabilitation reimbursement for properties which are individually registered as historic. The maximum grant amount per property would be $7,500 or 40% of project cost, whichever is less.
1D) Awarding a Construction Contract with Madco Electric Inc., of Selma, California, in the amount of $141,500 for the Street Lighting Improvements at Bulldog Lane and Millbrook Avenue. The scope of work includes furnishing and installating of LED luminaires, street lighting poles, conduits and conductors.
1E) City Council is to authorize the submission of grant applications to the California Department of Transportation for the 2018-19 Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program Call for Projects for the purpose of transportation planning.
1F) Authorizing the submission of grant applications to the Fresno Council of Governments for the 2018 Measure C Transit Oriented Infrastructure for In-Fill Development Grant Program Call for Projects for the purpose of housing infill incentives.
1G) Awarding a Construction Contract with Witbro Inc., dba Seal Rite Paving and Grading in the amount of $277,547 for construction of missing sidewalk on Hughes Avenue from N. Hedges to N. Floradora. THis project is funded with an Active Transportation Program Grant.
1H) Four contract agreements with Social Vocational Services, Inc. (SVS):
- $18,600.00 a year to provide monthly landscape maintenance services along four City of Fresno trails located throughout the City.
- $18,600.00 a year to provide custodial services at two City of Fresno parks, Quigley and Victoria West.
- $18,600.00 a year to provide Daily FAX Transit Bus Cleaning at the FAX Maintenance Facility.
- $18,600.00 a year to provide Daily Fleet Management Building/Wash Bay Cleaning located at the Municipal Service Center.
1I) Service contract with ShotSpotter, Inc., to expand ShotSpotter Flex coverage by 2.26 square miles for three years, for the amount of $440,700. ShotSpotter helps law enforcement agencies by directing police to the precise location of illegal gunfire incidents. ShotSpotter Flex uses multiple collaborative acoustic sensors that activate when gunfire occurs, providing comprehensive outdoor coverage over complex urban geographies.
*Interesting Note: this is coming from the Transportation Department
1J) Approving a Sixth Amendment to the Professional Engineering contract with Carollo Engineers, Inc., in the amount of $76,500 to provide additional design services for the City of Fresno's Kings River Pipeline Project. The 13-mile-long, large diameter Kings River Pipeline, will capture surface water from the Kings River and transport it to Fresno for treatment at the Southeast Surface Water Treatment Facility.
The original contract was for $9,149,600 with a contingency amount of $841,400. This amendment after 5 previous amendments result in the contract amount increasing to $19,620,727 and zero contingency.
1K) Approving a consultant services contract in the amount of $156,998 with Carollo Engineers, Inc., to design the expansion of a carbon dioxide injection system at the Northeast Surface Water Treatment Facility. The Northeast Surface Water Treatment Facility treats up to 30 million gallons of surface water each day.
1L) Approving the reappointment of Steven Bedrosian to the Fresno Housing Authority Board who has been on the board for 6 years.
Scheduled Council Hearings and Matters:
10:10AM) Hearing for Plan Amendment Application / Rezone Application / Development Permit Application from Terra Mortensen of Galloway & Company, Inc for approximately 1.38 acres of property. The subject property is located on the northeast corner of North Glenn and West Nees Avenues (map).
- The Plan Amendment Application proposes to amend the Fresno General Plan and the Bullard Community Plan from Community Commercial planned land use to a Business Park planned land use designation.
- The Rezone Application requests authorization to rezone the subject property from a Community Commercial zone district to a Business Park zone district.
- The Development Permit Application requests authorization to construct a Les Schwab Tire.
General Administration:
3A) Awarding a construction contract to Dawson-Mauldin Construction, Inc., in the amount of $2,137,962 for Water Main Replacement and Service Transfer in the Sierra Sky Park Neighborhood in the vicinity of N. Blythe Avenue, N. Gentry Ave. and West Herndon Avenue. New water mains and service lines will be moved to the street right-of-way and out of the utility easement behind private properties.
3B) Appropriating $8,094,300 for operating programs and capital improvement projects citywide
- CITY COUNCIL DEPARTMENT General Fund $ 118,600
- OFFICE OF THE MAYOR/CITY MANAGER General Fund $ 35,000
- POLICE DEPARTMENT General Fund $ 1,948,300
- FIRE DEPARTMENT General Fund $ 673,000
- PARKS, AFTER SCHOOL, RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT General Fund $ 842,000
- PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT General Fund $ 843,400 / Facilities Repairs & Replacement 200,000
- GENERAL CITY PURPOSE DEPARTMENT General Fund $ 2,240,000
- DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT General Fund $ 291,800 / Community Development Block Grant Account $902,200
Also, a resolution of the Council to add one position to the Mayor and City Manager's Office and one position to the Parks, After School, Recreation and Community Services Department.
City Council:
4A) A legal workshop by the City of Fresno attorneys review the basic laws and standards which the City must work under.
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