Legislation
Matters, ordinances, and resolutions before the City of Fresno.
- 24-464***RESOLUTION - Declaring the results of the consolidated Presidential Primary Election held on March 5, 2024. (Subject to Mayor’s veto)Passed
- 24-481Approve a three-year Agreement with Dell Marketing L.P. to renew Microsoft Enterprise licensing for the City in the amount of $4,659,649.05, in accordance with purchasing procedures from cooperative purchase agreements as set forth in Administrative Order 3-1.Passed
- 24-492Actions pertaining to the Parks, After School Recreation and Community Services Department’s (PARCS) Summer Swim Program with Fresno Unified School District: 1. Approve a one-year facility use “Blue Space” Agreement with Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) to use FUSD high school pools for City-led swim lessons and recreational swim (aquatics). 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute the Facility Use Blue Space Agreement with FUSD.Passed
- 24-465Actions Pertaining to the Woodward and Roeding Tot Lots and ADA Accessibility Improvements Project, Bid File 12401362 (Council District 3 and Council District 6): 1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption per staff’s determination, pursuant to Section 15301/Class 1 of the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines, Environmental Assessment No. PC00362, for Roeding Tot Lot and ADA Accessibility Improvement Project; 2. Adopt of finding of Categorical Exemption per staff’s determination, pursuant to Section 15301/Class 1 of the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines, Environmental Assessment No. PC00363, for Woodward Tot Lot and ADA Accessibility Improvement Project; 3. Award a construction contract in the amount of $1,962,257 to American Paving Company of Fresno, California, as the lowest responsive and responsible bidder for the Woodward and Roeding Tot Lots and ADA Accessibility Improvements Project.Passed
- 24-468Actions pertaining to the Chestnut Avenue Overlay Project, from Cesar Chavez Boulevard (Kings Canyon Road) to Butler Avenue (Bid File No. 12401042) (Council District 5): 1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption per staff determination, pursuant to Sections 15301/Class 1, 15302/Class 2, and 15303/Class 3 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines; 2. Award a construction contract in the amount of $1,484,956 to Cal Valley Construction, Inc. of Fresno, CA as the lowest responsive and responsible bidder.Passed
- 24-477Approve consultant services agreement with Akel Engineering Group, Inc., for a total amount not to exceed $120,000, to provide on-call water distribution system hydraulic modeling services (Bid File No. 12400549) (Citywide).Passed
- 24-478Actions pertaining to the Digester Centrifugal Pump Replacement at the Fresno-Clovis Regional Wastewater Reclamation Facility (Bid File 12400504-1) (Council District 3): 1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption pursuant to Class 2, Section 15302 (Replacement or Reconstruction) of the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines; 2. Approve the award of a purchase contract to Rockwell Engineering and Equipment Company, Inc., of Tustin, California, for the purchase of seven (7) heated sludge pumps in the amount of $107,305.51 for the Fresno-Clovis Regional Wastewater Reclamation Facility.Passed
- 24-502***BILL B-10 (Intro’d April 4, 2024)(For Adoption) - Adding Article 35 to Chapter 9 of the Fresno Municipal Code, Relating to Naloxone (Subject to Mayor’s Veto)Passed
- 24-487HEARING to Consider Plan Amendment and Rezone Application No. P21-01960, Conditional Use Permit Application No. P21-01959, Conditional Use Permit Application No. P21-03251, Planned Development Permit Application No. P21-03252 and related Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), State Clearinghouse (SCH) No. 2021100443 pertaining to ±22.4 acres of property located on the northeast corner of West Herndon Avenue and North Riverside Drive (Council District 2) - Planning & Development Department. 1. RESOLUTION - CERTIFYING Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH No. 2021100443), for the proposed Costco Commercial Center Project; a. Adopt the Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15091; and, b. Adopt the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15097; and, 2. APPROVE Plan Amendment Application No. P21-01960, requesting authorization to amend the Fresno General Plan and Bullard Community Plan to change the planned land use designation for the subject property from Community Commercial to General Commercial, and reclassify West Herndon Avenue, from North Riverside to North Hayes Avenue, from an Expressway to a Super Arterial; and, 3. BILL (for introduction and adoption) to approve Rezone Application No. P21-01960, requesting authorization to amend the Official Zoning Map of the City of Fresno to rezone the subject property from the CC/EA/UGM/cz (Community Commercial/Expressway Overlay/Urban Growth Management) zone district to the CG/UGM/cz (Commercial General/Urban Growth Management/conditions of zoning) zone district in accordance with the Plan Amendment Application; and 4. APPROVE Conditional Use Permit Application No. P21-01959, requesting authorization to construct a ±219,216 square-foot Costco warehouse retail building, with a ±4,800 square-foot carwash and a ±13,000 square-foot fuel canopy with 32 fuel pumps, subject to compliance with the Conditions of Approval dated March 7, 2024. 5. APPROVE Conditional Use Permit Application No. P21-03251, requesting authorization to establish a State of California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Type 21 alcohol license that will allow the sale of beer, wine, and distilled spirits for consumption off the premises where sold, subject to compliance the Conditions of Approval dated March 7, 2024. 6. APPROVE Planned Development Permit Application No. P21-03252, requesting authorization to modify parking lot development standards to allow for 36.5-foot-tall parking lot light fixtures rather than 25-foot-tall fixtures.Adopted as Amended
- 24-520KMJ’s Broadcasting Excellence Awards RecognitionAgenda Ready
- 24-452Actions pertaining to the California Department of Toxic Substances Control’s Office of Brownfields Equitable Community Revitalization Grant for the Remediation of the 1457 H Street Site Round 2 (Council District 3): 1. ***RESOLUTION - Approve the Acceptance of Equitable Community Revitalization Grant Round 2 Funding from the State of California Department of Toxic Substances Control in the amount of $3,122,648 and authorize the City Manager or Designee to enter into and execute a grant agreement and any and all subsequent documents during the two-year funding period. (Subject to Mayor’s Veto)Passed
- 24-323Award requirements contract for CNG Station Service and Maintenance with Chart International Inc. of Ball Ground, Georgia for two years for an amount not to exceed $315,936, with five optional one-year extensions (Bid File 12400018)Passed
- 24-538*** RESOLUTION - Adopting the 53rd Amendment to the Annual Appropriations Resolution (AAR) No. 2023-185 Reallocating $50,000 from the Department of Public Works to the Parks, After School, Recreation & Community Services Department for pool repairs at the Pinedale Community Center (Subject to Mayor’s Veto) (Requires 5 Affirmative Votes)Passed
- 24-484Approve the First Amendment to a Consultant Services Agreement with Covino Smith & Simon (formerly known as Simon and Company, Inc.), to extend the Agreement to April 20, 2025, and increase the contract value by $5,200.04 to $70,200 per year for Professional Lobbying and Consulting Services in Washington DC.Passed
- 24-500***RESOLUTION - Declaring Outdoor Warming Fires to be a Health and Safety Hazard and a Public Nuisance and Direct the City Manager to Cause Them to be Extinguished (Subject to Mayor’s Veto).Agenda Ready
- 24-531***Authorize the City Manager to accept $9,300,000 in grant funding from the San Joaquin River Conservancy to be used for the River West Project and execute all documents necessary for use of said funds. (Subject to Mayor’s Veto)Agenda Ready
- 24-467Actions pertaining to the fee interest acquisition of a parcel to construct the Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation Project (Council Districts 1 and 7): 1. HEARING to consider a Resolution of Necessity for acquisition of fee title interest of Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 444-314-20S, owned by Bettina Daniels Cervantes and Tracy Deshler, as successor trustees of the Brackin-Daniels Trust dated January 19, 2008, for the construction of the Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation Project; 2. ***RESOLUTION - Determining that public interest and necessity require fee title interest acquisition of APN 444-314-20S, owned by Bettina Daniels Cervantes and Tracy Deshler, as successor trustees of the Brackin-Daniels Trust dated January 19, 2008, for the construction of the Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation Project and authorizing eminent domain proceedings for public use and purpose (Requires 5 affirmative votes) (Subject to Mayor’s Veto).Passed
- 24-518CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS - Government Code Section 54957.6 City Negotiators: Jennifer Misner Employee Organization(s): 1. International Union of Operating Engineers, Stationary Engineers, Local 39 (Local 39); 2. Fresno City Employees Association (FCEA); 3. Fresno Police Officers Association (FPOA Basic), Unit 4; 4. International Association of Firefighters, Local 202, Unit 5 (Fire Basic); 5. Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1027 (ATU); 6. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 100 (IBEW); 7. Fresno Police Officers Association (FPOA Management) Unit 10; 8. International Association of Firefighters, Local 202, Unit 10 (Fire Management); 9. City of Fresno Professional Employees Association (CFPEA); 10. City of Fresno Management Employees Association (CFMEA).Agenda Ready
- 24-498Approve the appointment of Ronald Sheppard, and the reappointment of Frances Reyes Acosta to the Disability Advisory Commission. Approve the appointment of Brad Hardie to the Civil Service Board. Approve the reappointment of Paul Idsvoog to the Housing Authority of the City of Fresno. Approve the reappointments of Kimberly McCoy, Jon Dohlin and Jose Barraza to the Parks, Recreation, and Arts Commission.Passed
- 24-469Actions pertaining to the fee interest acquisition of a parcel to construct the Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation Project (Council Districts 1 and 7): 1. HEARING to consider a Resolution of Necessity for acquisition of fee title interest of Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 451-071-35, owned by Art A. Terzian, for the construction of the Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation Project; 2. ***RESOLUTION - Determining that public interest and necessity require fee title interest acquisition of APN 451-071-35, owned by Art A. Terzian, for the construction of the Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation Project and authorizing eminent domain proceedings for public use and purpose (Requires 5 affirmative votes) (Subject to Mayor’s Veto).Passed