January 30, 2020 Fresno City Council meeting! On the agenda are adding Ridge Electric Motor building to local historic registrar; Workshops on Tower District Beautification Plan and TIF (Tax Increment Financing; Denial of Waiver to building a sidewalk ; As always Heart this
report and Forgive any Typos! Among the Consent Calendar are: 1-C Consent CalendarActions pertaining to Cedar Avenue Pavement Overlay from Barstow Avenue to Bullard Avenue
1-E Approve Agreement with Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission in the amount of $100,053.90 for
1-E Approve Agreement with Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission in the amount of $100,053.90 for
homeless employment program 2. Approve Revised Spending Plan for City of Fresno's HEAP funds;
*1-F Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) Urban Forest Expansion totaling $212,199.21
*1-F Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) Urban Forest Expansion totaling $212,199.21
1-G Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) Development Project - West Fresno Advance Transportation Technical (WFATT) training program: 1. Approve Sub-Recipient Agreement with the Fresno Area Workforce Investment Corporation totaling $1,249,432
1-H. MLK Magnet Core totaling $5,430,466.53 pertaining to the 2017 Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) grant and Transform Fresno plan.
1-L Approve the appointment of Cierra Jones to the Friends of Fancher Creek and the appointment of Gurjant Singh to the District 5 Project
1-L Approve the appointment of Cierra Jones to the Friends of Fancher Creek and the appointment of Gurjant Singh to the District 5 Project
Review Committee;1-O Council Boards and Commissions Communications, Reports, Assignments and/or Appointments.Approve the appointments of Councilmember Soria as Chair and Council President Arias as Vice Chair to the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of City of Fresno
1- Q Action related to amending the Cannabis Retail Business and Commercial Cannabis Business Ordinance @JePahl_White
1-R Approve the appointment of Lori Buffington to the District 2 Project Review Committee
1-R Approve the appointment of Lori Buffington to the District 2 Project Review Committee
City Council
Invocation by Pastor Jim Mattix of the Northeast Assembly of God. @PaulCaprioglio is home sick today (Get well Councilmember!)
Recognition of the City of Fresno as a Bronze Level Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists.
Invocation by Pastor Jim Mattix of the Northeast Assembly of God. @PaulCaprioglio is home sick today (Get well Councilmember!)
Recognition of the City of Fresno as a Bronze Level Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists.
Jim Schaad says this is third time the City has been awarded since 2010. Pubic Works: Bicycle facilities; PD enforcing rules for safety; Hoping to get Silver next time!
Fresno City College Soccer - California Community College Athletic Association State Soccer Champions and Fresno City College Wrestling - California Community College Athletic Association State Wrestling Champions by @Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 They won in 2017 too. Gave up only 7 goals 😱⚽️This season! Went 18-1-7 overall.
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 Fresno City College Wrestling - California Community College Athletic Association State Wrestling Champions
Have won the past four years! Coach has won 9 State titles in his career. Coach says they are nicknamed Free-Snow. @DrGoldsmith777 says it is amazing to have two state
Have won the past four years! Coach has won 9 State titles in his career. Coach says they are nicknamed Free-Snow. @DrGoldsmith777 says it is amazing to have two state
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 Next: Gene Richards says we have a lot of work to move out of Bronze to Silver Award. Fresno has a lot of aspirations but not a lot of actuality. Bike accidents are 3x higher than Silver Award. Need to step up!
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 Susan: she gets on her bike every week. We do need to build out our bike network that Gene Richards spoke about. Tony Molina: Phil Arballo has been named new President of bike Coalition @PhilArballo2020
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson Thanks all the staff and volunteers that helped meet with his constituents. He was also able to meet new Maddy Interns.
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 recuses himself from 1-E; Esparza refuses himself from 1-N; @kmkarbassi and @GarryBredefeld register a NO vote on 1-Q; 1-E: 1-E *Approve Agreement with Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission in the amount of $100,053.90 for
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld for City of Fresno's HEAP funds. @GarryBredefeld asks H Spees why some work 3 weeks on and 1 week off? Spees: unsure. Taking word of EOC that has had great results with similar projects getting people to jobs. EOC Rep:As it is a pilot program so may end up to four eventually.
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld Bredefeld makes motion to approve. Passes. 1-P: Amend Council Rules of Procedure: Bredefeld felt he was curtailed in his rights At last Council meeting in regards to Concealed Carry Weapons. City Manager and others tried to keep him from speaking. His Videos were stopped. This
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld new proposal will adversely with hold his rights and public from speaking. First part: no submission of videos unless granted by President or five Councilmembers. The timeline is too strict for most of public to adhere. Bredefeld doesn’t want have to ask permission to submit.
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld Bredefeld: rule #3-d on page 10: something on submitting items that has already spoken by others already that day. Also : Public needs to be able to speak to staff member following their comment. @MiguelArias_D3 says this just clarifies rules. After public has 3 minutes for
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 something not scheduled As an Agenda item. Not necessary for Council to get into back and forth for something not getting a vote that day. Rule-#12:graphic images or video: he played a 25 second video last week that showed a “maniac” shooting at school board meeting. There was a
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 Disclaimer at the beginning of that video. What he finds offensive others may not and visa versa. Rule 22: if any council member finds something offensive can raise a point of order. “What is inappropriate?” City Counsel : this narrows it down some. Bredefeld: too non descript
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 Chavez: intent of rule is so one single councilmember can monopolize the discussion. We all have to be respectful to each other.if we adopt rules today and later a councilmember wants to speak I want to hear from them and visa versa. Bredefeld: why make a rule that hasn’t been
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 a problem. Chavez: if I felt Bredefield wasn’t heard I would fight for you. @esparza_nelson: he also wants efficiency at meetings. His intent was not to repress someone’s rights to speak. Bredefeld: we spent 2 hours in closed session last Council meeting and then limited public
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 to only two minutes. @MiguelArias_D3 this allows us to gently bring an agenda item to a close otherwise we will be here until midnight. This just codifies this. Bredefeld: we don’t go to midnight. We should be meeting 3-4x a month and not two months. @kmkarbassi If it ain’t broke
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 don’t fix it should be placed next to In God We Trust. He doesn’t see an issue on this. He is for having smooth meetings. @Esmeralda_Soria lets go back to original rule Bredefeld:22c Alter Rules Of Debate.
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 Counsel: rule states public gets 3 minutes unless there is more than 20 waiting to speak. Arias: last Council we accommodated 100 high school students going thru metal detector and the Council desire to have lunch hour. Not alway smooth or easy. Arias no longer envious of last
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 Council President @PaulCaprioglio as this is tough to make everyone happy. Vote to Reject section 6- E passes. Vote to reject section A on p. 18 approved. Vote to change “preferably “ to “shall” Section C on p.18 Fails 2-4. Eliminate that rule altogether passes 6-0.
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 @PaulCaprioglio 10:05 Designating the Ridge Electric Motor Company Building located at 1235 G Street, Fresno, California to the Local Register of Historic Resources (Council District 3)
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 @PaulCaprioglio Arias makes Motion to Approve: passes 5-0
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 @PaulCaprioglio 10:15 Appeal Request: Denial of Waiver - Construction of Sidewalk Along S. Channing Avenue
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 @PaulCaprioglio City requires Sidewalk but waived other items. City has high rate of pedestrian fatalities. Just last week a person in wheelchair was hit and killed. Lots of truck traffic and drop offs of students at training center. ADA requires sidewalks and Handicapped cap ramps.
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 @PaulCaprioglio Applicant (Ironworkers) says fenced parking area needs to be created for safety. Vehicles that used to be parked on street will now be inside fenced area. Will add electrical conduits for future EV charging stations. Is not in residential area. No sidewalks in surrounding
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 @PaulCaprioglio businesses. Historic olive trees will be removed for sidewalk. @kmkarbassi no other sidewalks on that block but how about neighborhood? A: Yes accommodations were made. Sidewalk was originally sidewalks both sides. Waived in putting power lines underground and use wood poles.
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 @PaulCaprioglio Karbassi: Gene Richards just spoke this morning about safer bike area for Fresno. Last Council meeting we asked for safer pathways to schools act.@esparza_nelson Q: what is max Capacity of parking lot ? A: are doubling parking spots with this expansion. Arias: motion to make an
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 @PaulCaprioglio Approval of this appeal. Not near schools ; will create them later if needed. Soria: agrees. Eliminating of olive trees for a sidewalk not needed. Chavez: thanks ironworkers for their hard work. Passes 6-0.
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 @PaulCaprioglio 10:30 WORKSHOP - Regarding Tower District Beautification Plan Soria:clean up as a six month pilot project. Beautification will be phase 2 with LED lighting. 8 artistic trash cans similar to those near Fresno High Phase 3 : Streetscape Improvements from Yosemite to Roosevelt along
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 @PaulCaprioglio Olive Ave. 90% has been designed this far. Public: From Neighborhood Industry would like to hire those neighbors in poverty to help pick up trash and separate recycling , pressure wash sidewalks at $157 per mile. Tower is highly walked part of town. Not all have an attachment
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 @PaulCaprioglio To the area though and leave trash behind. Five persons Will be hired above minimum wage and will complete it once a week. Cost: $710 per week for 4.5 linear miles. $18,000 total. No action taken today as it is a workshop. Arias: Downtown is heart of Fresno but Tower is Soul of
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 @PaulCaprioglio Fresno but it doesn’t always get the care it needs. Neighbors often complain that the great parade before often isn’t cleaned up afterwards.
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 @PaulCaprioglio 11:00 WORKSHOP - Presentation on Tax Increment Financing (“TIF”) District Preliminary Feasibility Analysis
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 @PaulCaprioglio @esparza_nelson says this isn’t a new tool but we are bringing them back. Cosmos rep: capture value of future development to reinvest in community.
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 @PaulCaprioglio New tools added by legislation over past 6 years. EFID and CRIA does NOT increase property taxes. CRIA required to set aside 25% for affordable housing. TIF helps to attract other entities/ grants/ loans. Madera has two with others mainly in So Cal.
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 @PaulCaprioglio @esparza_nelson this is not final by any measure. Will help with Needed housing units. @Esmeralda_Soria Especially interested in housing portion. Q: what is administration view on this? A: Assistant City Manager Jane Sumpter says Mayor wants anything that will help City.
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 @PaulCaprioglio @esparza_nelson says administration has been positive. Sumpter: would like to see more concrete projects. @GarryBredefeld thanks Esparza for this presentation and effort. Arias: if this was here for Ulta and Amazon the future values could have been used to provide amenities that
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 @PaulCaprioglio City is now being sued about by neighbors. End Workshop. Arias notes Chamber of Commerce awarded report cards to Council members with Karbassi an “A” down to Esparza with a “F” Karbassi says Democrats can be business friendly. Council done for day except for Closed Session
@Esmeralda_Soria @DrGoldsmith777 @PhilArballo2020 @esparza_nelson @LuisCha70215912 @kmkarbassi @GarryBredefeld @MiguelArias_D3 @PaulCaprioglio FEBRUARY 6, 2020 - NO MEETING
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FEBRUARY 13, 2020 - 9:00 A.M. MEETING
FEBRUARY 20, 2020 - NO MEETING - PRESIDENT'S DAY FEBRUARY 27, 2020 - 9:00 A.M. MEETING
