Board of Public Utilities Meeting

AGENDA City of Tulare Board of Public Utilities Commission Thursday, June 3, 2021 4:00 p.m. Tulare Public Library & Council Chambers 491 North M Street, Tulare, California, 93274 MISSION STATEMENT To promote a quality of life making Tulare the most desirable community in which to live, learn, play, work, worship and prosper. Meeting audio will be uploaded to the City’s website www.tulare.ca.gov no later than the Tuesday following the meeting, barring any technical difficulties, accessible by selecting the appropriate meeting date on the City Meeting Calendar page. I. CALL TO ORDER REGULAR MEETING II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION III. CITIZEN COMMENTS - This is the time for citizens to comment on items on the Consent Calendar or within the jurisdiction of the Board. Comments related to General Business items will be heard at the time the item is discussed. The Board cannot legally discuss or take official action on citizen request items that are introduced tonight. Each speaker will be allowed three minutes, with a maximum time of 10 minutes per item, unless otherwise extended by the Board. IV. COMMUNICATIONS - No action will be taken on matters listed under Communications; however, the Board may direct staff to schedule issues raised during Communications for a future agenda. V. CONSENT CALENDAR - All Consent Calendar items are considered routine and will be enacted in one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these matters unless a request is made, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Calendar to be discussed and voted upon by a separate motion. (1) Approve minutes of the May 20, 2021 regular meeting. (2) Authorize the City Manager to sign a contract with Peters Engineering Group of Clovis, CA in an amount not to exceed $435,220 for topographic surveying, geotechnical analysis, design, bidding and construction support services for Project EN0094, a street and utility improvement project between O Street and Blackstone Street, and between Tulare Avenue and San Joaquin Avenue; Authorize the City Manager or designee to approve contract change orders in an amount not to exceed 10% ($43,522) of the contract award amount; and approve the updated project scope and budget. (3) Authorize the City Manager to sign a contract with 4 Creeks of Visalia, CA in an amount not to exceed $294,190 for topographic surveying, geotechnical analysis, design, bidding and construction support services for Project EN0095, a street and utility improvement project between O Street and Blackstone Street, and between San Joaquin Ave. and the Santa Fe Trail; Authorize the City Manager or Page 1  Board of Public Utilities Agenda June 3, 2021 designee to approve contract change orders in an amount not to exceed 10% ($29,419) of the contract award amount; and approve the updated project scope and budget. VI. GENERAL BUSINESS - Comments related to General Business Items are limited to three minutes per speaker for a maximum of 30 minutes per item unless otherwise extended by the Board. (1) Approve the purchase of 41,870 square feet of real property on APN #172-040- 079 located at the southeast corner of Nelder Grove Street and Alpine Avenue in the City of Tulare in the amount of $67,410 from the Water Fund for locating a City Water Storage Tank. (2) Declare that the City of Tulare is in Stage 3 of the Water Conservation Ordinance, Chapter 7.32 in the City’s Code of Ordinances. VII. ITEMS OF INTEREST (may include City Council, Planning Commission, Mid-Kaweah GSA updates) – GC 54954.2(3) VIII. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION(S): (1) 54956.9(d)(1) Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation (1) Name of Case: Central Valley Resource Recovery, LLC v. City of Tulare Case Number: VCU282595 IX. RECONVENE FROM CLOSED SESSION X. CLOSED SESSION REPORT (if any) XI. ADJOURNMENT OF REGULAR MEETING In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Brown Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, including the receipt of the agenda and documents in the agenda package in an alternate format, please contact the City Manager’s Office at (559) 684-4200. Notification of 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting (28 CFR 35.102-35, 104 ADA Title I), and allow for the preparation of documents in the appropriate alternate format. [Note: Pursuant to Government Code 54957.5 - Effective 7/1/08 Documents produced and distributed less than 72 hours prior to or during an open session of a regular meeting to a majority of the legislative body regarding any item on the agenda will be made available for public inspection at the meeting and at the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall located at 411 East Kern Avenue during normal business hours.] Page 2