City Council

EXETER CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2024 Closed Session – 6:00 p.m. Regular Session – 7:00 p.m. 137 North "F" Street, Exeter, California 93221 CITY ADMINISTRATOR MAYOR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR Adam Ennis Frankie Alves Vacant CHIEF OF POLICE MAYOR PRO TEM CITY ATTORNEY John Hall Justin Mills Julia Lew FINANCE DIRECTOR/CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CITY PLANNER TREASURER Eekhong Franco Jacob Johnson Greg Collins Vicki Riddle CITY CLERK Barbara Sally CITY ENGINEER Francesca Quintana Martin Querin DEPUTY CITY CLERK Christina Arias Staff Reports related to items on the agenda are available on the City’s website at www.cityofexeter.com and available for viewing at the Council Chambers. 6:00 p.m. A. CALL TO ORDER CLOSED SESSION B. PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING CLOSED SESSION MATTERS - Comments from the public are limited to items listed on the closed session matters (GC 54954.3a). Speakers will be allowed three (3) minutes. Please begin your comments by stating your name and providing your City of residence. C. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION(S): 1. 54957.6 Conference with Labor Negotiations Agency Negotiator: Shelline Bennett Employee Groups: All represented and unrepresented employees 2. 54956.9(d)(2) Conference with Legal Counsel Re: Anticipated Litigation (Significant Exposure to Litigation): one (1) case: 07/11/24 demand letter from Stuart Pardau  3. 54956.9(d)(4) Conference with Legal Counsel Re: Potential Initiation of Litigation by the City: one (1) case 7:00 p.m. (or, immediately following Closed Session) D. CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION AND REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS (if any) E. INVOCATION Presented by Pastor Zoll F. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE G. PUBLIC COMMENTS: This is the time for citizens to comment on subject matters that are not on the agenda that are within the jurisdiction of the Exeter City Council. In compliance with public meeting laws, Council cannot discuss topics that are not included on the published agenda. This is also the time for citizens to comment on items listed on the Consent Calendar or to request an item from the Consent Calendar be pulled for discussion purposes. Public comments related to all pulled Consent Calendar Items and all Individual Business or Public Hearing Items that are listed on this agenda will be heard at the time that item is discussed or at a time the Public Hearing is opened for comment. In fairness to all who wish to speak tonight, comments shall be limited to five (5) minutes for each individual, ten (10) minutes for an individual representing a group, and thirty (30) minutes overall for the entire public comment period, unless otherwise indicated by the Mayor. Although not required, speakers are asked to begin their comments by stating their name and city of residence. H. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS: None. I. CONSENT CALENDAR: Items listed under the Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these matters unless a request is made and then the item will be removed from the Consent Calendar to be discussed and voted upon by a separate motion. 1. Approval of July 09, 2024 regular meeting minutes (pp. 5 – 10) 2. Payment of Bills (pp. 11 – 14) 3. July 05, 2024, Payroll (pp. 15 – 20) 4. Approve a street closure request to consist of Rocky Hill from B St. to C St., Pine St. from B St. to G St., F S.t from Pine St. to Maple St., E St. from Palm St. to the public parking lot at Wildflower and all associated alley approaches between the hours of 3:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. on Friday, December 06, 2024, for the City of Exeter Christmas Parade subject to the conditions presented (pp. 21 – 30) 5. Adoption of Resolution 2024-20, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Exeter, authorizing the City Administrator to sign and submit the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 RSTP Exchange Program fund claim on behalf of the City of Exeter in the amount of $63,300.00 (pp. 31 – 36) 6. Approval of purchase/dedication of land at the Yokohl Landing Subdivision for future access to the City Storm Sewer System (pp. 37 – 38) Page 2 of 4 J. INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS ITEMS: Comments related to Individual Business and Public Hearing Items are limited to three (3) minutes per speaker, for a maximum of 30 minutes per item. The Mayor may reasonably limit or extend the public comment period to preserve the Council's interest in conducting efficient, orderly meetings. 1. Consider Adoption of Resolution 2024-21, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Exeter approving Engineer’s Reports and confirming the diagrams and assessments therein for the current twenty (20) City of Exeter Landscape and Lighting Maintenance Assessment Districts 23- 01, 08-01; 06-01; 05-01; 05-02; 04-01; 04-02; 04-03; 04-04; 04-05; 03-01; 03-02; 01-01; 01-02; 00-01; 00-02; 98-01; 97-01; 91-01A; 91-01B, including amending Landscape and Lighting District Nos. 91-01A; 97-01; 98-01; 03-01, 04-02; 04-04; 04-05; 05-01; 05-02; 06-01 and 08-01 in support of proposed annual benefit assessment (ABA) increases for fiscal year 2024-2025, with attached 2024/25 Landscape and Lighting Assessment Districts Engineer’s Reports (pp. 39 – 174) Presented by Martin Querin, City Engineer and Eekhong Franco, Finance Director 2. Public Hearing regarding the intent to levy and collect assessments of $96,701.44 on twenty existing Landscape and Lighting Maintenance Assessment Districts (LLMADs) 00-01; 00-02; 01- 01; 01-02; 03-01; 03-02; 04-01; 04-02; 04-03; 04-04; 04-05; 05-01; 05-02; 06-01; 08-01; 91-01A; 91-01B; 97-01; 98-01; and 23-01; and Consider Adoption of Resolution 2024-22, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Exeter, certifying the process to place this Special Assessment on the Tulare County secured property tax roll (pp. 175 – 179) Presented by Eekhong Franco, Finance Director 3. Presentation of the Tulare County Economic Development Corporation (TCEDC) Year-End Review and Preliminary Strategic Workplan for 2024-25 Fiscal Year (pp. 180 – 200) Presented by Airica de Oliveira, President and CEO of Tulare County Economic Development Corporation (TCEDC) K. CITY COUNCIL ITEMS OF INTEREST L. CITY ADMINISTRATOR/DEPARTMENT COMMENTS M. REGULAR MEETING ADJOURNMENT State of California ) County of Tulare ) ss. City of Exeter ) I declare under penalty of perjury that I am employed by the City of Exeter, in the Administrator’s Office; and that I posted this Agenda on the bulletin board in the Finance Office and on the bulletin board outside of City Hall on July 19, 2024. _______________________________________________ Francesca Quintana, City Clerk ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the California Ralph M. Brown Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, or to be able to access this agenda and documents in the agenda packet, please contact the City Clerk (559) 592-9244. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting and/or provision of an appropriate alternative format of the agenda and documents in the agenda packet. (28 CFR 35.102-35. 104 ADA Title II). Page 3 of 4 Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the legislative body after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection at City of Exeter, Administration Office 100 N. C Street, Exeter CA during normal business hours. Page 4 of 4