Thread by @AndyHS

Fresno City Council July 16,2020!Some of the items: probably an “only in Fresno item”to allow aircraft to park on public streets! ;old Hotel Fresno; Closed Session items include Police shooting of Isiah Murrietta-Golding as well as Fresno Building Healthy Communities case in

Superior Court regarding parks @FresnoBHC ; increase grant amount to micro farmers; Councilmember Karbassi @kmkarbassi wants to be assured any current annexations will proceed even without agreement in revenue sharing with County ; Councilmember Bredefeld @GarryBredefeld in

favor of overriding Planning Commission unanimous denial of Johnny Quik Type 21 liquor license. #Fresno Watch live on CMAC! @CMACTV cmac.tv/gov/

Some select items on the Consent Calendar: 1-B *Modifying the Fresno Municipal Code relating to use of aircraft and the parking of aircraft on public streets in Sierra Sky Park 3. to vacate a portion of West Spaatz Avenue and North Doolittle Drive between Blythe/Herndon

1-Q RESOLUTION - Approving an Application for Authorization to Access State and Federal Level Summary Criminal History Information for Cannabis Employment, Contractors, Licensing or Certification Purposes

1-R *Approve the appointment of Marcelino Valdez to the Immigration Affairs Committee

1-S**RESOLUTION - Limiting the filling of positions, raises, and promotions during Covid

1-U Actions pertaining to COVID-19 response and the Central Valley Children Services Network: 1. Authorize the City Manager to execute a grant agreement with Central Valley Children Services Network for child care services for essential workers in the amount of $2,389,808

it from the City's Coronavirus Relief Fund to fund the Central Valley Children Services Network child care.

1-V Regarding Effects Upon Development of the Expiration of the 2003 Tax Sharing Agreement with the County of Fresno

1-W Amending the Fresno Micro Farmers Farm to Family Program to increase the maximum grant amount

Council meeting begins at 9:05 with @PaulCaprioglio having connection problems. All others present via zoom. Changes to agenda: adjourn in memory of Supervisor Sal Quintero’s brother who passed away this weekend.

Delay to be sure CMAC feed was working (no issues on my end with CMAC).

Chrome works better than Granicus City Clerk’s staff is saying. Will take a five minute break as city employees need to switch from Granicus.

1-S filling of positions has been removed from calendar. 1-O on two franchises has been pulled for discussion 10:05 item continued to August 10th. @Esmeralda_Soria 1-F pulled for discussion on Parks restroom remodeling Rest of calendar approved.

@Esmeralda_Soria United Health Center Covid testing July 24 Sihk Center and July 31-August 1st at Lyons Park by appointment only. Palm Ave bike lane proposal was successful and thanks city staff @LuisCha70215912 United Helath Center tested 1500 people this past weekend during a

107 degree day. 20% of testees cane from rural areas. Able to drive up and get tested. Great model for test of community. Also Jess Quintero did a lot of community service especially for veterans. @D7Esparza thanks students and residents who have participated at home activities

Scavenger hunt , drawing competition and cook off coming. Also adjourn in memory of all who have died of Covid including his godfather who passed away from Covid. Would have celebrated his 27th wedding anniversary. @kmkarbassi Testing results have been impacted and slow in return

Fires have kept NW fresno busy. We are also hearing residents don’t want to get flu shots this Fall due to fear of hospitals. @MiguelArias_D3 thanks IT department for getting laptop to him quickly. Been working on cleaning of Santa Clara St for a year. Once agreement occurs some-

thing happens. Money isn’t issue. Long time homeless provider: “crime has reached alarming levels. Making problems works. Drug dealers are fighting over spots as unemployment dollars have come in. Stolen cars sit as police drive by. Junk is being dropped off leaving a mess.

Arias: a year of Meetings have not been fruitful. Wants Council to be part of this solution. Administration and Police know of these problems arias will present on August 10. If we are not in this together than Santa Clara will become permanent skid row. City Manager Quan: would

like to be part of solution. Stolen vehicles are being towed this morning. Consent Calendar : public Kim S. Says emergency order to wear a mask due to medical issue from brain fluids causing CO2 levels. I don’t want to have to explain why she is not wearing a mask. This is a

unnecessary divide in community. I live in outskirts of city. Not sure how lawful this is to do. This will cause people to be authoritative. If I have to go to Clovis to shop I will and take my money elsewhere.

@GarryBredefeld can there be clarification from Counsel on what Kim just said. Do people legally have to wear a mask? Counsel Sloan says Bredefeld is correct. Bredefeld: this will probabl pass today but if you have a medical issue you don’t have to wear a mask. Bredefeld will

vote No on 1-P. @kmkarbassi No bite on P doesn’t take away requirement? @D7Esparza the mask requirement will remain. Hotline will continue as well. Arias: state and city order has medical exemption. 1-F on park restrooms. Soria: wants to add touch less features due to Covid

Public Works Scott Mozier: will get a cost price from contractor and should not be too expensive. Arias: hydration center would be desired. Assistant City Manager Jim Schaad: CARE dollars are being used at parks Approved 6-0

1-0 franchise tow agreements. Police Chief Andy Hall says amendment for evidence towed. Vehicles used in a crime are stored but we don’t have a place to do so. For 10+ years we have contracted with inside tow yard during this time. Required two companies. In 2017 one of the

companies violated contract and was severed. Having just one company made it more efficient for PD as well. We want to continue to have just one bid contract but is in violation of this municipal code we would like to have Council approve today. Arias: why was two companies need-

ed originally? Hall: didn’t have enough room at just one spot but now we do. Second company lost its contract due to employee willfully destroying evidence and was caught on camera. The company still works normal tows but not evidence tows.

Hall:more expensive for PD doing all this already. We have to buy tow trucks and then stored. We keep evidence a long time. Example: Wesson Murder 15 years ago case still has vehicles stored. We don’t have money to buy enough indoor storage ourselves. Action Towing was the

company that had evidence tempered with. @LuisCha70215912 Chavez: impound time period can be prohibitive economically. Hall: 30 days are state ordered and primarily for repeat DUI violators. A normal tow should not be for that long but next day. A tow company that does store

that long on their own is in violations. Sometimes PD will release car before 30 days of other driver needs to use it and violator doesn’t drive. Only PD can change how long two can be. Having a sole tow company does leave us open if the one company closes down but we can spread

out in an emergency agreements. @Esmeralda_Soria Do we need this change to award to sole company? A: yes. Used to have companies divided by type of crime but more efficient to have one. Should be more expensive to have just one company. Expenses have gone up in the 15 years.

Arias: hesitant to approve this without more info. Chavez: would like more clarity on 30 day hold on vehicles. Hall:I don’t think sole company will refuse if contract runs out by delaying until August meeting. @kmkarbassi Deadline? A: August 31. We were told by counsel we could

only bring one of these together at a time. Counsel Doug Sloan: it can be modified at that time. Approved 6-0 (music out of nowhere. Arias jokingly thanks Esparza for the tunes. @D7Esparza denies it is his taste in music!

10:10 AM DENY the applicant's appeal and UPHOLD the action of the Planning Commission and the Planning and Development Department Director to deny Conditional Use Permit Application No. P19-05984 requesting to upgrade the Johnny Quik Type 20 (Off-Sale Beer & Wine) alcohol sales

sales license to a Type 21 (Off-Sale General License) to include distilled spirits

Day care center is near by plus two other stores selling type 20 and type 21 liquor license. @GarryBredefeld received an appeal of Planning Commission from applicants. Bredefeld: the one item was distance from day care being less than 500 feet. crime levels are not an issue and

Clovis Unified has no problems. Would like to override planning commission. No Public comment. @LuisCha70215912 : day care in opposition? Staff: no. Chavez: seemed like lots of outreach. Staff: only one negative response. @D7Esparza Net impact of licenses in City. Any license

being transferred ? Staff: outside this census tract but unsure where in the city. Arias: tends to be type 21 brought from outside city and existing type 20 transferred into other part of city. @kmkarbassi case by case. Bredefeld makes strong case. Buy in from day care.

Bredefeld: he supports not oversaturation of parts of city. Planning Commission and Implementation Committees are there to help go thru case by case. Arias: September 17 will be when we consider liquor licenses. Staff: 500 ft is minimum distance from day care and this is 150 ft.

Rite Aid across street has type 21 liquor. Arias: why is applicant wanting type 21 now? Business seems to be going smooth. Applicant: nothing stays the same. Magazines were popular 30 years ago but customers want liquor now. Added touch less pay, energy drinks, water now.

Adding solar and EV chargers. We adapt to times in the 30 years. Type 21 is coming from a closed Kerman rite aid. We could buy from another spot in city. Arias: once one business goes to type 21 they all want to. Once all do they drop their prices leading to saturation. Does not

want this near day care. Also new type 21 has to come from within city is in city’s best interest. Applicant: will look for type 21 from within city limits and retire the type 20. Approved 6-0

10:15 item
Approve Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated Owner Participation Agreement with Broadway Plaza Family Apartments, LP relating to the residential project at 1241-1263 Broadway Mall, commonly known as Hotel Fresno

Approved with no discussion

3-A Actions pertaining to the Permanent Local Housing Allocation 5-Year Plan: 1. ***RESOLUTION - Authorizing submission of a five-year Plan to the California Housing and Community Development Department in application for funding from the Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA)

for the development of affordable multifamily and single family housing, owner occupied home rehabilitation, and down payment assistance to benefit low- and moderate- income persons and authorizing the City Manager to sign all necessary implementing documents ( 2. ***RESOLUTION

2nd amendment to the Annual Appropriation appropriating $3,407,700 for affordable housing development, housing rehabilitation, and homebuyer assistance through state entitlement grant programs approved with no discussion. Wil come back in August.

4-A
Approve agreement with Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission (Fresno EOC) for the implementation of the DAWN Initiative (Development Across West Fresno Neighborhoods). $2.9 million total cost. At around $230,000 per unit. @Esmeralda_Soria time frame? A: one year. By Need.

Soria: can it be prioritized to SW residents. Arias: may not be able to restrict it that much due to federal and state dollars involved. Public: Self-Help’s Betsy McGovern-Garcia: we work with non profits but we can’t restrict to a certain neighborhood. Approved

4-A
Approve agreement with Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission (Fresno EOC) for the implementation of the DAWN Initiative (Development Across West Fresno Neighborhoods) SORRY jumped the gun on posting this too early on precious item. Arias thanks Bredefeld and Esparza for

their continued support for SW Fresno. Chavez recuses himself for a potential conflict. Bredefeld: concern on money being directed to EOC rather than a city entities.Schaad: Finance Department will be overseeing this as well as other Covid related dollars. Tim Oman says correct

paperwork is being done and due to unusual Covid dollars Finance head Mike Lima will be watching like a hawk. Dr. Venice Curry: scope of work is clearly defined. Designed to effect infant mortality at its core such as environmental. Karbassi: funding includes Covid and General

fund money? Arias: includes money originally set aside for Darling relocation. Karbasi: who trains workers? Dr. Curry: UCSF and City College pipelines. Schaad: good scope of work and easy to manage. Approved 5-0-1 Arias: appropriations will be approved in August. Council will

return at 1 pm for Closed Session. Includes
5-A CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION; Government Code Section 54956.9, subdivision (d)(1) Case Name: Isiah Murrietta-Golding, et al. v. City of Fresno,

5-D CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION -

1. City of Fresno v. Fresno Building Healthy Communities; Fresno Superior Court Case No.: 19CECG00422 (PARCS), and 2. Fresno Building Healthy Communities v. City of Fresno; Fresno Superior Court Case No.: 19CECG00432 (PARCS).

Next meetings: August 20th and August 27th.

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