City Council Meeting

AGENDA TULARE CITY COUNCIL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2016 Regular Session 7:00 p.m. TULARE PUBLIC LIBRARY & COUNCIL CHAMBERS 491 North “M” Street 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 Friday following the meeting, barring any technical difficulties, accessible by selecting the appropriate meeting date on the City Meeting Calendar page. 7:00 p.m. I. CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION III. CITIZEN COMMENTS This is the time for citizens to comment on subject matters, not on the agenda within the jurisdiction of the Tulare City Council. The Council Members ask that you keep your comments brief and positive. Creative criticism, presented with appropriate courtesy, is welcome. The Council cannot legally discuss or take official action on citizen request items that are introduced tonight. This is also the time for citizens to comment on items listed under the Consent Calendar or to request an item from the Consent Calendar be pulled for discussion purposes. Comments related to general business/city manager items or public hearing items will be heard at the time the item is discussed or at the time the Public Hearing is opened for comment. In fairness to all who wish to speak, each speaker will be allowed three minutes, with a maximum time of 15 minutes per item, unless otherwise extended by Council. Please begin your comments by stating and spelling your name and providing your city of residence. IV. COMMUNICATIONS Communications are to be submitted to the City Manager’s Office 10 days prior to a Council Meeting to be considered for this section of the Agenda. No action will be taken on matters listed under communications; however, the Council may direct staff to schedule issues raised during communications for a future agenda. Citizen comments  AGENDA TULARE CITY COUNCIL September 6, 2016 Page 2 __________________________________________________________________ will be limited to three minutes, per topic, unless otherwise extended by Council. (1) Tulare County 7th Annual Red Ribbon Week Celebration – Save the Date Flier. 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) Authorization to read ordinances by title only. (2) Approve minutes of August 16 and August 23, 2016 regular/special meeting(s). (3) Authorize the City Manager or designee to sign contract amendments with Willdan Engineering of Fresno, CA in the amount of $27,091 for additional surveying, design, bidding and construction support services on ‘E’. St., North of Pleasant Ave. and on Maple Ave., between ‘E’ St. and ‘F’ St. for Project EN0064, a street improvement project on ‘E’ Street. (4) Reject two claims for damage, 1) RMA Claim No. 16641 filed by Pa Vang and 2) RMA Claim No. 16618 filed by GEICO as Subrogee for Jose Aviles, as recommended by the City’s AIMS claims adjuster. VI. SCHEDULED CITIZEN OR GROUP PRESENTATIONS VII. MAYOR’S REPORT VIII. STUDENT REPORTS IX. GENERAL BUSINESS (1) City Manager: a. Discuss attendance at the League of California Cities Annual Conference, scheduled October 5 – 7, 2016 and select Voting Delegate and alternate for Conference business session to be held Friday, October 7, 2016, authorizing the City Clerk to execute the delegate form; and Review the Annual League of California Cities Conference Resolution providing input/direction to the City’s voting delegate. b. Receive an update on the status of the Caltrans project to install traffic signals located at the North and Southbound SR99 off-ramps at SR137 (Tulare  AGENDA TULARE CITY COUNCIL September 6, 2016 Page 3 __________________________________________________________________ Avenue), utilizing a portion of the City’s annual allocation of Regional Surface Transportation Program (RSTP) funding. X. COUNCIL/STAFF UPDATES, REPORTS OR ITEMS OF INTEREST – GC 54954.2(a)(2) XI. ADJOURN REGULAR MEETING In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities and Brown Act, if you need special assistance to participate in the meeting, including the receipt of the agenda and documents in the agenda package in an alternate format, please contact the City Manager’s Office (559) 684-4200. Notification 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 II), 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.]