City Council

Name: City Council — Fresno, CA
Start: 2017-06-07
End: 2017-06-07
Location: Fresno, CA

Regular Meeting

Fresno, CA · June 7, 2017

Minutes

City of Fresno 2600 Fresno Street Fresno, CA 93721 www.fresno.gov Meeting Minutes - Final City Council President - Clinton J. Olivier Vice President - Esmeralda Z. Soria Councilmembers: Oliver L. Baines, III, Steve Brandau, Garry Bredefeld, Paul Caprioglio, Luis Chavez City Manager - Bruce Rudd City Attorney - Douglas T. Sloan City Clerk - Yvonne Spence, CMC Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:30 AM Council Chambers Budget Hearings 8:41 A.M. ROLL CALL The City Council met in the Council Chamber, City Hall to continue budget hearings, on the date and time written above. Councilmember Baines and Vice President Soria were absence during Roll Call and entered the Council Chamber at 9:06 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. respectively. Present: 6 - President Clinton Olivier Vice President Esmeralda Soria Councilmember Oliver L. Baines III Councilmember Garry Bredefeld Councilmember Paul Caprioglio Councilmember Luis Chavez Absent: 1 - Councilmember Steve Brandau Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag BUDGET HEARINGS Tuesday, June 6, 2017 ID17-824 General Fund Overview by Budget and Management Studies Division ID17-825 City Attorney’s Office City of Fresno ***Subject to Mayoral Veto Page 1 City Council Meeting Minutes - Final June 7, 2017 ID17-826 Police Department ID17-827 Fire Department ID17-828 Parks, After School, Recreation and Community Services (“PARCS”) ID17-829 City Clerk’s Office Wednesday, June 7, 2017 ID17-832 Information Services Department Budget Manager Sumpter gave an overview of the Information Services Department (ISD) stating that ISD is an internal fund, and the Call Center is a general fund. $175K is allocated to upgrade the Council Chambers and $100K is allocated to upgrade the PeopleSoft system. No one from the public chose to speak on this item when called. ISD Director Horn addressed questions from the City Council. Councilmember Chavez asked Director what kind of upgrades would be made to the Council Chambers and Director Horn responded that they will be digitalizing all of the analog equipment. ID17-834 Finance Department Budget Manager Sumpter gave an overview of the Finance Department which is a General Fund Department. The Finance Department budget is down 13% mainly due to the reorganization where the Budget Department is moving from the Finance Department to the City Manager and the Mayor's Office. The Finance Department is status quo. They are adding one position to the Business License. No one from the public chose to speak when called. Vice President Soria asked for more details concerning the $133,000 for funding increased bank service fees. Controller Lima explained that is for eight months of the increased prices. ID17-835 Personnel Services Department Budget Manager Sumpter gave an overview of the Personnel Services Department (PSD) which is a General Fund and Internal Service Fund City of Fresno ***Subject to Mayoral Veto Page 2 City Council Meeting Minutes - Final June 7, 2017 Department. This department also incorporates the Risk Funds and the Worker's Compensation Funds. There will be an item coming before Council this week to address a situation where we will need to replenish the self insurance retention in FY17 to ensure that we have sufficient to pay the claims in both FY17 and FY18. The remainder of this budget is status quo. There were no public speakers who chose to speak when called. ID17-836 Convention Center Budget Manager Sumpter provided an overview of Enterprise and General Fund for the Convention Center that has been outsourced to SMG. Councilmember Chavez called up SMG General Manager, Overfelt and asked if we are trying to replace the Circus Act that closed down. General Manager Overfelt responded that they are actively trying to replace that act, but there is nothing currently scheduled. There was a discussion about naming rights at different City facilities. City Manager Rudd stated that they will be amending the Mayor's budget to increase facilities fees at the Convention Center from $1 to $3. City Manager Rudd explained that the City recently settled a lawsuit and there is a significant investment that has to be made to make the facilities ADA compliant. The increase in this fee will help mitigate the General Fund at the Convention Center, which right now is looking like $1M for the next five years. Vice President Soria asked about the status of the Annual FFA Conference and whether or not we are trying to get them back or trying to get another customer to replace it. SMG General Manager Overfelt responded that the impact is approximately $70K net and $100K in hotel tax dollars. Anything pertaining to trying to get them back is being handled by the City Manager's Office. City Manager Rudd stated they are talking with FFA and trying to add value by offering some events at the fairgrounds. We have been talking with Fresno State and we have been engaged with the County Office of Education, Local FFA. When he followed up with the FFA after the last event, the only thing they stated that we could improve in was the logistics and the hotels. Any support we can get from the Council would be great. Vice President Soria asked about the following line items: 1) Improvements to replace doors in some of the facilities for $224K. General Manager Overfelt stated that these funds are to replace doors in Selland Arena and City of Fresno ***Subject to Mayoral Veto Page 3 City Council Meeting Minutes - Final June 7, 2017 Valdez Hall. This will be bid statewide by October 2017. 2) Utilities. Are we currently exploring using Solar at some of our facilities to reduce our energy costs? City Manager Rudd stated that we are starting to look at Solar. We can talk about that more when we get to DPU. 3) There is line item funding for $25K for the stadium. It is for an outside consultant. Can you tell us what that is for? Budget Manager Sumpter responded that the $25K if for an audit that we are required to do. 4) Under improvements we are going from $1.6M to 3.5M, why? Budget Manager Sumpter stated this is for the purchase of the team and maintenance. There were no public comments on this item. The meeting adjourned at 9:19 a.m. Tuesday, June 13, 2017 ID17-838 Transportation Department (FAX) ID17-839 Airports Department ID17-840 Development and Resources Management (“DARM”) Department ID17-841 General City Purpose Wednesday, June 14, 2017 ID17-842 Public Works Department ID17-843 Department of Public Utilities ID17-844 City Council Offices ID17-845 Mayor and City Manager’s Office ADJOURNMENT Adjourned at 9:19 a.m . The above minutes were approved on June 15, 2017 with a motion by Councilmember Brandau and a second by Councilmember Caprioglio on a vote of 7-0. UPCOMING BUDGET HEARINGS City of Fresno ***Subject to Mayoral Veto Page 4 City Council Meeting Minutes - Final June 7, 2017 June 20, 2017- 8:30 A.M. Vote on Motions June 22, 2017 - 8:30 A.M. (if needed) City of Fresno ***Subject to Mayoral Veto Page 5

Agenda

City of Fresno 2600 Fresno Street Fresno, CA 93721 www.fresno.gov Meeting Agenda - Final Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:30 AM Budget Hearings Council Chambers City Council President - Clinton J. Olivier Vice President - Esmeralda Z. Soria Councilmembers: Oliver L. Baines, III, Steve Brandau, Garry Bredefeld, Paul Caprioglio, Luis Chavez City Manager - Bruce Rudd City Attorney - Douglas T. Sloan City Clerk - Yvonne Spence, CMC City Council Meeting Agenda - Final June 7, 2017 The Fresno City Council welcomes you to City Council Chambers, located in City Hall, 2nd Floor, 2600 Fresno Street, Fresno, California 93721. The City of Fresno’s goal is to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in all respects. The meeting room is physically accessible. If, as an attendee or participant at the meeting, you need additional accommodations such as interpreters, signers, assistive listening devices, or the services of a translator, please contact the Office of the City Clerk at (559) 621-7650 or clerk@fresno.gov. To ensure availability, you are advised to make your request at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. The agenda and related staff reports are available at www.fresno.gov, as well as in the Office of the City Clerk. The Council meeting can be viewed live on Comcast Channel 96 and AT&T Channel 99 from 9:00 a.m. and is re-played beginning at 8:00 p.m.. The meeting can also be viewed online at https://fresno.legistar.com. PROCESS: For each matter considered by the Council there will first be a staff presentation followed by a presentation from the involved individuals, if present. Testimony from those in attendance will then be taken. All testimony will be limited to three minutes per person. If you would like to speak fill out a Speaker Request Form available from the City Clerk’s Office and in the Council Chambers. The three lights on the podium next to the microphone will indicate the amount of time remaining for the speaker. The green light on the podium will be turned on when the speaker begins. The yellow light will come on with one minute remaining. The speaker should be completing the testimony by the time the red light comes on and tones sound, indicating that time has expired. A countdown of time remaining to speak is also displayed on the large screen behind the Council dais. No documents shall be accepted for Council review unless they are submitted to the City Clerk at least 24 hours prior to the Council Agenda item being heard. Following is a general schedule of items for Council consideration and action. The City Council may consider and act on an agenda item in any order it deems appropriate. Actual timed items may be heard later but not before the time set on agenda. Persons interested in an item listed on the agenda are advised to be present throughout the meeting to ensure their presence when the item is called. AGENDA ITEMS MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK (***) ARE SUBJECT TO MAYORAL VETO OR RECONSIDERATION City of Fresno ***Subject to Mayoral Veto Page 2 City Council Meeting Agenda - Final June 7, 2017 El Consejo de la Ciudad de Fresno da la bienvenida al City Council Chambers, ubicado en la Alcaldía (City Hall), do piso, 2600 Fresno Street, Fresno, California 93721. El objetivo de la Ciudad de Fresno es cumplir con la Ley de Americanos con Discapacidades (ADA) en todo aspecto. La sala para juntas es físicamente accesible. Si usted, como asistente o participante de la junta, necesita acomodaciones adicionales coma intérpretes, lenguaje de señas, aparatos auditivos, o los servicios de un traductor, por favor comuníquese con la Oficina del Secretario Municipal llamando al (559) 621-7650 o al clerk@fresno.gov. Para asegurarse de la disponibilidad, se le recomienda llamar y hacer su petición por lo menos 48 horas antes de la junta. La agenda y los reportes de personal correspondientes están disponibles en el www.fresno.gov, o en la Oficina del Secretario Municipal. Las juntas del Municipio se pueden ver en el Canal 96 de Comcast y el Canal 99 de AT&T a las 9:00 a.m. y otra vez empezando a las 8:00 p.m. La junta también se puede ver en el internet en el https://fresno.legistar.com PROCESO: Por cada asunto que escuche el Consejo Municipal, habrá una presentación del personal seguida por una presentación de los individuos involucrados, si están presentes. El testimonio de los presentes se escuchará entonces. Todo testimonio se limitará a tres minutos por persona. Si usted desea hablar, Ilene la hoja para pedir hablar disponibles en la oficina del Secretario Municipal y en la Sala Consistorial. Las tres luces en el atril junto al micrófono indicarán cuanto tiempo le queda al orador. La luz verde en el atril se prenderá cuando el orador comience. La luz amarilia se prenderá cuando quede un minuto. El orador debería estar concluyendo su testimonio cuando la luz roja prenda y ci sonido indique que se acabo su tiempo. La cantidad del tiempo que queda también aparecerá en la pantalla grande atrás del Consejo Municipal. No se aceptarán documentos para que repase el Consejo Municipal a menos que se sometan al Secretario Municipal por lo menos 24 horas antes de que se escuche la Agenda del Consejo Municipal. Este es el horario general de temas para la consideración y acción del Consejo Municipal. El consejo Municipal pudiera considerar y tomar acción en un artículo de la Agenda en el orden que considere adecuado. Artículos con una hora fijada se pueden escuchar después de la hora indicada pero no antes de la hora indicada en la agenda. Se les recomienda a las personas que estén interesadas City of Fresno ***Subject to Mayoral Veto Page 3 City Council Meeting Agenda - Final June 7, 2017 en un artículo de la agenda, que estén presentes durante toda la junta para asegurar su presencia cuando se presente ese artículo. LOS ARTICULOS MARCADOS CON TRES ASTERISCOS (***) ESTAN SUJETOS A UN VETO POR PARTE DEL ALCALDE O UNA RECONSIDERACION Tso Fresno City Council tos txais koj rau City Council Chambers, nyob rau hauv City Hall, 2nd Floor, 2600 Fresno Street, Fresno, California 93721. Lub hom phiaj ntawm nroog Fresno yuav ua kom tau txhua yam raw li txoj cai American with Disabilities Act (ADA) kom fwm txhua tus. Lub rooj sab laj txhua tus yuav tsum muaj feem koom kom tau, txawm yog cov tuaj koom, cov muaj feem rau lub rooj sab laj, yuav tsum kom muaj kev pab rau sawv daws xws li txhais lus, piav tes, tej twj mloog pob ntseg los yog ib tug txhais lus, thov hu rau Office of the City Clerk ntawm (559) 621-7650 los sis clerk@fresno.gov. Yuav kom paub tseeb tias npaj tau rau koj, koj yuav tsum tau hais ua ntej 48 xuab moos ntawm lub rooj sab laj. Daim ntawv kom tswj thiab tej ntaub ntawv cov ua dej num yuav coj los ceeb tshaj muaj nyob rau ntawm www.fresno.gov, los sis ntawm Office of the City Clerk. Council lub rooj sab laj saib pom rau hauv Comcast tshooj 96 thiab AT&T tshooj 99 thaum 9:00 teev sauv ntxoov thiab rov tso tawm thaum 8:00 teev tsaus ntuj. Lub rooj sab Iaj kuj saib tau online at https://fresno.legistar.com. TXUAS NTXIV: Txhua nqe laj txheej yuav tau pom zoo los ntawm cov council ua ntej thiab yuav tau muaj ib tug staff los cej luam dhau ntawd cov uas muaj feem cuam mam los cej luam ib tug zuj zus, yog tuaj nyob rau ntawd. Dhau ntawd yuav tso rau sawv daw los tawrn suab, ib leeg twg yuav los tawm suab tsuas pub peb(3) nas this xwb. Yog koj xav los tawm suab, mus sau rau daim ntawv (Speaker Request Form) muaj nyob rau hauv City Clerk's Office thiab nyob rau huav Council Chambers. muaj peb(3) lub teeb nyob rau ntawm lub podium uas puab rau ntawm lub (microphone) qhia tias tus neeg hais lus muaj sij haum ntev Ii cas xwb. Lub teeb ntsuab ntawm lub podium yuav cig thaum tus hais lus pib hais. Lub teeb daj yuav cig thaum tshuav ib(1) nas this. Tus hais lus yuav tsum hais kom tas rau thaum lub teeb liab cig thiab lub tswb nrov, qhia tias sij haum tas lawm. lb qhov ntxiv nyob rau saum daim (screen) loj loj dai rau tom cov council nrob qaurn yuav pom lub sij hawm dhia qis zuj zus los mus. City of Fresno ***Subject to Mayoral Veto Page 4 City Council Meeting Agenda - Final June 7, 2017 Cov council yuav tsis txais ib yam ntaub ntawv los saib ntxiv tshwj tsis yog twb muab xa rau City Clerk 24 teev thiab muab tso rau hauv daim kom tswj ua ntej council yuav los mloog tej xwm txheej. Dhau ntawd yuav muab sij hawm rau cov council los soj ntsuam thiab ua tes dej num, Coy tswv zos (City Council) yuav los ntsuam xyuas thiab leg raws tej nqe hauv daim kom tswj yog pom tias yam twg yuav tsim nyog. Mam muab lub sij hawm los xyuas raws tej txheej txheem tom qab tiam si yuav tsis yog ua ntej raws Ii daim kom tswj tau teev tseg. Cov uas txaus siab rau tei laj txheej uas tau teev tseg rau hauv daim kom tswj, xav kom nyob kom dhau lub rooj sab laj kom thaum hu txog nws thiaj nyob rau ntawd YOG QHOV MUAJ PEB LUB HNUB QUB (***) NYOB RAU HAUV DAIM KOM TSWJ YUAV RAUG MAYORAL VETO LOS SIS ROV SOJ NTSUAM DUA City of Fresno ***Subject to Mayoral Veto Page 5 City Council Meeting Agenda - Final June 7, 2017 PLEASE NOTE: Department budgets will be discussed Tuesday, June 6, Wednesday, June 7, Tuesday, June 13, and Wednesday, June 14. Budget hearings will begin at 10:00 a.m. on June 6 and June 14. On June 7 and June 13 the budget hearings will begin at 8:30 a.m. If needed, June 20 and June 22 will be used as overflow days to further discuss department budgets. Department budgets will generally be considered as listed below starting with the initial public hearing and continuing until Council adopts the budget. Members of the public will be allowed to address the Council regarding the budget and will be allowed two (2) minutes. Please be advised consideration of some departments may be continued to the next scheduled hearing date if discussions run long, and other departments may be considered in advance of the date and time listed. 8:30 A.M. ROLL CALL Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag BUDGET HEARINGS Tuesday, June 6, 2017 ID17-824 General Fund Overview by Budget and Management Studies Division ID17-825 City Attorney’s Office ID17-826 Police Department ID17-827 Fire Department ID17-828 Parks, After School, Recreation and Community Services (“PARCS”) ID17-829 City Clerk’s Office Wednesday, June 7, 2017 ID17-832 Information Services Department ID17-834 Finance Department ID17-835 Personnel Services Department ID17-836 Convention Center City of Fresno ***Subject to Mayoral Veto Page 6 City Council Meeting Agenda - Final June 7, 2017 Tuesday, June 13, 2017 ID17-838 Transportation Department (FAX) ID17-839 Airports Department ID17-840 Development and Resources Management (“DARM”) Department ID17-841 General City Purpose Wednesday, June 14, 2017 ID17-842 Public Works Department ID17-843 Department of Public Utilities ID17-844 City Council Offices ID17-845 Mayor and City Manager’s Office ADJOURNMENT UPCOMING BUDGET HEARINGS June 20, 2017- 8:30 A.M. Vote on Motions June 22, 2017 - 8:30 A.M. (if needed) City of Fresno ***Subject to Mayoral Veto Page 7

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