City Council
Regular MeetingFresno, CA · June 19, 2018
Minutes
City of Fresno 2600 Fresno Street
Fresno, CA 93721
www.fresno.gov
Meeting Minutes - Final
City Council
President - Esmeralda Z. Soria
Vice President - Steve Brandau
Councilmembers:
Oliver L. Baines, III, Paul Caprioglio, Luis Chavez,
Garry Bredefeld, Clinton J. Olivier
City Manager - Wilma Quan-Schecter
City Attorney - Douglas T. Sloan
City Clerk - Yvonne Spence, MMC
Tuesday, June 19, 2018 10:00 AM Council Chambers
Budget Hearings
Councilmember Chavez may be present via conference call from the El Mirada Hotel
lobby, Islas Santa Catalina, 582 22761 Ensenada, Baja California
The City Council met in the budget hearing sessions in the Council Chamber, City
Hall on the date and time written above.
10:11 A.M. ROLL CALL
Present: 7 - President Esmeralda Z. Soria
Vice President Steve Brandau
Councilmember Oliver L. Baines III
Councilmember Paul Caprioglio
Councilmember Luis Chavez
Councilmember Garry Bredefeld
Councilmember Clinton Olivier
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
Mayor and City Manager's Office (Continued from June 12, 2018)
Budget Manager Fierro presented an overview of the Mayor and City
Manager's Office.
No member of the public addressed Council regarding the Mayor and City
Manager's Office.
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Council Vice President Brandau asked staff to discuss the two positions for
cannabis and asked if it was already appropriated. Assistant City Manager
Sumpter stated the positions were put on hold until the approval of the
marijuana item.
Council Vice President Brandau directed staff to provide positions and costs
for Mayor and City Manager Offices in the budget, including vehicle
allowances.
Council President Soria directed staff to provide salary range for positions
budgeted to oversee and implement proposed medical cannabis
regulations.
City Council Offices (Continued from June 12, 2018)
The above item was opened up for discussion by the Council Districts.
No member of the public addressed Council regarding the City Council
Office.
Council President Soria directed City Manager's Office to provide estimates
on costs to deal with traffic jams and bottlenecks on Ashlan, Shaw, Clinton
and other streets west of Highway 99.
Council Vice President Brandau motioned for the Administration to find and
appropriate $200,000 for each Council District's infrastructure fund. Council
President Soria seconded the motion.
Council Vice President Brandau motioned to move all sales tax monies from
August 2019 in the amount of $9.9 million into the General Fund's
Emergency Reserve Fund. Councilmember Olivier seconded the motion.
Council Vice President Brandau motioned to move all RDA repayment
monies to be received from Fiscal Year 19 in the amount of $3.5 million into
a down payment for Fire Station 18 west of Highway 99 and that the City
would pay cash for the station with no borrowing or bonding.
Councilmember Olivier seconded the motion.
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Councilmember Chavez motioned to move estimated $9.9 million August
2019 Sales Tax into the Reserve Fund and move estimated $3.5 million
General Fund Reserve Revenue across each Council District's Infrastructure
fund. Councilmember Baines seconded the motion.
Council President Soria motioned to move the election contingency money
from District One out of contingency and back into the District 1 budget.
Councilmember Baines seconded the motion.
ID18-0769 Vote on Motions
Sponsors: City Council
THE ABOVE ITEM WAS CONTINUED TO JUNE 28, 2018
ADJOURNMENT
City Council adjourned at 11:05 A.M.
UPCOMING BUDGET HEARINGS
THURSDAY - JUNE 21, 2018 - 9:00 A.M.
VOTE ON FINAL BUDGET
THURSDAY JUNE 28, 2018 - 9:00 A.M.
RESERVED IF NEEDED FOR FINAL BUDGET VOTE
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Agenda
City of Fresno
2600 Fresno Street
Fresno, CA 93721
www.fresno.gov
Meeting Agenda - Final
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
10:00 AM
Budget Hearings
Council Chambers
City Council
President - Esmeralda Z. Soria
Vice President - Steve Brandau
Councilmembers:
Oliver L. Baines, III, Paul Caprioglio, Luis Chavez, Garry Bredefeld, Clinton J.
Olivier
City Manager - Wilma Quan-Schecter
City Attorney - Douglas T. Sloan
City Clerk - Yvonne Spence, MMC
City Council Meeting Agenda - Final June 19, 2018
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
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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 en un artículo de
la agenda, que estén presentes durante toda la junta para asegurar su presencia
cuando se presente ese artículo.
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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.
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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
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PLEASE NOTE:
Department budgets will be discussed Tuesday, June 5, Wednesday, June 6,
Monday, June 11 and Tuesday 12, 2018. Budget hearings will begin at 10:00 a.m. If
needed, June 19, June 21 and June 28, 2018 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.
Councilmember Chavez may be present via conference call from the El Mirada Hotel
lobby, Islas Santa Catalina, 582 22761 Ensenada, Baja California
10:00 A.M. ROLL CALL
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
ID18-0769 Vote on Motions
Sponsors: City Council
UPCOMING BUDGET HEARINGS
THURSDAY - JUNE 21, 2018 - 9:00 A.M.
VOTE ON FINAL BUDGET
THURSDAY JUNE 28, 2018 - 9:00 A.M.
RESERVED IF NEEDED FOR FINAL BUDGET VOTE
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