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Fresno City Council December 3, 2020! Consisting of a special meeting and the regularly scheduled meeting includes Grizzlies Stadium negotiations with Major League Baseball threatening to demote team to Single A level; Sky Park vacation of road; Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee

Sola Semi-Report;Three projects on City property; Among the Consent Calendar items:1-B ***Approve and award three (3) Collection Agency Contracts, each consisting of an initial three-year term, with three (3) one-year extension options available for each and authorize the Con-

Con-, or his/her designee, to execute all necessary contract documents. 1-C Actions pertaining to the City of Fresno contract award of Parking Facilities Management Services, Bid File 9554. 1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption per staff determination, pursuant to Section

15301 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). 2. Award a five year service requirements contract to ACE Parking in the amount of $13,230,332, to operate downtown parking facilities and regional parks parking facilities.

1-D Consideration of an amendment to sections 9-2102 and 9-2115(c) of the Fresno Municipal Code regarding the permitted location of card rooms. BILL (for introduction) - Amending sections 9-2102 and 9-2115(c) of the Fresno Municipal Code pertaining to the permitted location of

of card rooms.1-E Actions pertaining to authorizing to accept the submission of grant applications through Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Program (Proposition 68). 1. ***RESOLUTION - To approve the filing of an application for Statewide Park Development

and Community Revitalization Program grant funds for new park development at Milburn/Dakota (Council District 1) (Subject to Mayor's veto) 2. ***RESOLUTION - To approve the filing of an application for Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Program grant funds

or new park development at Church/Orangewood (Council District 5) (Subject to Mayor's veto) 3. ***RESOLUTION - To approve the filing of an application for Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Program grant funds for Quigley Park reconstruction (Council

District 1) (Subject to Mayor's veto) 4. ***RESOLUTION - To approve the filing of an application for Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Program grant funds for Radio Park.

1-K *Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) Semi-Annual Report (April 2020 through September 2020) (Citywide)

1-M**Actions pertaining to solar projects proposed at three new City of Fresno facilities: 1) Fresno Animal Shelter 2) Fire Station 18, and 3) Southeast Police Sub-Station

1- N Actions related to Lease Agreement of City-owned land at the Fresno-Clovis Regional Wastewater Reclamation Facility (RWRF) (Council District 3): 1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption pursuant to Sections 15301/Class 1, 15304/Class 4, and 15325/Class 25 of the Cali-

fornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines; 2. Approve a Fifth Amendment to the Lease and Agreement with Mr. James Cook for 550 acres of City-owned land at the RWRF, to include a payment arrangement for an amount totaling $116,885 to be paid 17 installments of $6,875.59

beginning the fourth quarter of calendar year 2020 and continuing on a quarterly basis for 16 subsequent quarters; and to grant one four-year extension, for the period of January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2024.

1-O Approve the reappointment of Jim Poptanich to the Fresno
Madera Area Agency on Aging Board.

Sponsors: Mayor's Office
1-P Approve the reappointment of Robin Goldbeck to the Historic
Preservation Commission.
Sponsors: Mayor's Office

1-Q I Approve City Attorney amended contract.
Sponsors: Council President Arias

1-R ****Approve an Owner Participation Agreement with the Reza Assemi Trust and Massoud and Johanna Assemi Trust relating to the residential rental project at 1740 Van Ness Avenue (APN 466-132-10 & 11) (District 3)

Unsure if Special meeting will be first and thus Closed Session OR start with Regularly scheduled meeting first.

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Full body of City Councilmembers present. Only @GarryBredefeld is in Council Chambers. Many changes to Agenda. City Manager Quan asks about 1-D regarding card rooms. Why is it removed? Operator can't work outdoors like some card rooms. Club 1 Kirkland can't employ 300 workers

until then. Soria wonders why she wasn't given heads up. Quan says most of the councilmembers were given heads up.Maybe Soria has a conflict?Soria unhappy about why she is always said to have conflict. Quan gets word Soria's staff met with staff Dan Zack. Esparza wants 1-O &1-P

tabled due to new Mayor should have right to name them. Karbassi and Bredefeld wants them to remain.1-O Approve the reappointment of Jim Poptanich to the Fresno
Madera Area Agency on Aging Board.

Sponsors: Mayor's Office
1-P Approve the reappointment of Robin Goldbeck to the

Historic
Preservation Commission. Vote to approve the two nominees.

Proclamation of “Lawrence Salinas Day”
Sponsors: Vice President Caprioglio. He has done outstanding work at Fresno State but will become Senior Advisor for new CSU Chancellor Joseph Castro. Salinas thanks Caprioglio. Kind gesture. Council has a hard job.Contribute to greater good

to the Community. Salinas donates $250 to Toys for Tots as well as the family whose son was killed by train at Christmas Tree Lane. Caprioglio matches that.Thanks Salinas.

Proclamation of "Fresno/Madera Toys for Tots Marathon
Month”
Sponsors: Vice President Caprioglio Welcomes Jessica for all she and her group does. Also Marine Corps. Caprioglio shows his late brother's marine uniform. Jessica hopes City of Fresno's getting on board will stimulate

other cities to do the same. Proclamation of "John Gavel Day”
Sponsors: Vice President Caprioglio Sargent John "Big John" Gavel at Fresno State PD. He is instrumental at El Dorado Park. @JackieH00461046 Caprioglio thanks him for safety of students too.Gavel thanks and never

thought he would capture the attention of such a distinguished group. Thanks his team. Caprioglio: Gavel built up trust with community around Fresno State.

Public comment part of meeting: Dez Martinez:Wonders about hotel purchase and how many homeless will beinolved? Arias: asks her to reach out to H Spees. Next:@LisaYFlores1 Travel Inn. City has No Environmental Justice Element to General Plan. Have not weighed pollution with

motel next to Freeway 99. Are we mimicking the issues in sip code 93706. Plus human trafficking in the area of motel. @LovesMercy Brandi: I am glad we are moving towards more transitional sheltering. She helped an elderly woman who lived there.Brandi knows area well but families

would be safer along Blackstone area. There are currently families in this motel. Travel Inn is one of the most affordable weekly places to stay. Next: Genine is part of a coalition that will help lessen homelessness and creating renters. Covid pandemic is a problem. Thanks City

for helping to stabilize housing. Need help in "Right to Counsel" for renters. Next Alexandra: join cities with a Civil Right to Counsel. This will give people a fighting chance in court. Council passed two related items at October meeting.

Councilmember Reports: @Esmeralda_Soria Santa's Village sponsored by Fresno PD will be different this year.Drive thru fashion this year by driving by City Hall. She would like City Hall to look less like a Grinch. Perhaps awesome lighting. Thanks PD Chief and Public

Works Dept. head Scott Mozier. Tragedy at Christmas Tree Lane. Now have a PD Cadet directing traffic. She asks parents to keep kids in seatbelts. She would like warning signs in Spanish too. December 5 will be a tamale making kit, Covid testing, flu shots beginning at 10 am

Smaller non-profits have issue with insurance. How do we provide more clarity and lower barrier to allow smaller non-profits participate. Perhaps a Workshop is needed.Flexibility is needed.

@kmkarbassi Moved by Christmas Tree Lane tragedy and will match Caprioglio and Larry Salinas' donation. @PaulCaprioglio is closing out his term by doing many things like Operation Gobble.Thanks staff and volunteers. 600 dinners given out that day and was covid complaint.

Wesley United Methodist Church and Pastor Karen Pugh. was instrumental in getting this done. 500 Senior meals passed out last week too. @LuisCha70215912 Thanks First Responders and CBO's as Covid-19 rates are surging. He has family members in health field. Thanks County Health

officials like David Pommerville . We will come out of this and be better next year. @D7Esparza Acknowledge the Christmas Tree lane tragedy and his family is heartbroken. He hugged his own daughter a little bit tighter. @MiguelArias_D3 ICU beds available are in single digits

Hopefully this is last of surge before we get vaccines available.Thanks Chavez for reminding us farmworkers are essential workers and perhaps Governor Newsom can make them first to get vaccines. Quan: we do have Xmas decorations up. Going to Closed Session. Bredefeld recused due

to possible conflict onC. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR -
Government Code Section 54956.8
Property: 1444 W. White Avenue, Fresno, CA 93728 (APN
449-343-07); Negotiating Parties: City Manager, S&H Hotel,
LLC and Housing Authority of the City of Fresno; Under
Negotiation

While Council is in closed session here are some of the many changes to Agenda. Proclamation of “Bryson DeChambeau Day”
Sponsors: Councilmember Karbassi removed. 1-A Minutes moved to December 10th. 1-E needed date change from December wording to read March 2021. The 10 A.M. item

on Sky Park was continued to February meeting by request of applicant (This item has been put on agenda many times but never heard). 1-D on Card Rooms, 1-N Rent of City Land for farming removed, 1-Q negotiating City Attorney Contract removed by Arias. 1-R relating to Reza Assemi

family housing rental was moved to December 10th meeting. Items to be part of Contested Consent Calendar 1-C Parking Facilities management; 1-E Prop 68 ParkGrants; 1-M solar projects specifically Fire Station and Animal Shelter. 1-K BPAC semi report;

Besides Grizzlies negotiations the other Closed Session items :B. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR -
Government Code Section 54956.8
Property: APN 446-020-10; Negotiating Parties: City
Manager, Mohammed Nasser Salem; Under Negotiations:
Price and terms of payment

C. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR -
Government Code Section 54956.8
Property: 1444 W. White Avenue, Fresno, CA 93728 (APN
449-343-07); Negotiating Parties: City Manager, S&H Hotel,
LLC and Housing Authority of the City of Fresno; Under
Negotiations: Price and terms

No Report from Closed Session as they return back at 10:43. Esparza pulls 1-J too. Council approves remainder of Consent Calendar. Begins with 1-C regarding Parking Facilities. Traffic Head: excited about this new operator and bring upgraded standards as well as technology

Soria asks Thomas about Ace Parking which had manage it before. Staff had to engage with current operator SP too much. Soria: would like more info. Chavez: also had same questions as Soria. Thomas: staff manning booth, litter removal, county contracts as well as private rental

of spaces. Chavez: do they work with PBID events? Thomas: Ace will work with PBID. Local businesses can be integrated with Ace during big events. Soria: largest difference between current operator and Ace? Thomas: Scoring Soria is referring to initial review. Soria: allocated

dollars in budget. What does City get from that? Thomas: I will need to get that info from staff on that.Soria: can we come back to this? A: Arias yes.1-E State Park Grants. Karbassi:Milburn/Dakota is important to have park space west of 99. Soria:thanks Karbassi for recognizing

this potential park on Milburn. Her office has worked hard on this. Renovation of Quigley Park as well. If we submit more park proposals are we competing against ourselves. Jim Schaad:Competitive bids and will be against all parks Statewide as well as ourselves. This will be last

year of Prop 68 unless it gets moved due to Covid. Arias: Maybe time to get back to Prop P again so we have parks. Approved 7-0

1-F Approve a substitution of a listed Subcontractor JT2, Inc. dba Todd Companies for Fresno Fire Station No. 18 (Council District 1) Karbassi:subcontractor is out of Bakersfield. We can't legally force it to be a company from Fresno?Schaad: contractor makes that decision.

Karbassi: our tax base is here and not Bakersfield. City Attorney: We should approve if subcontractor is qualified and no state dollars involved. Soria: we need to do local subcontractors in future projects.Approved 7-0

1-G Actions pertaining to the Animal Control Facility project:
1. Approve Contract Change Order Number 2 to the Animal
Control Facility project construction contract with Northstar
General Inc., and Quiring General LLC., of Fresno California,
to increase the total construction

contract amount by
$2,391,065 to a total contract value of $17,201,065. @MayorLeeBrand this was originally a facility with money from Derrel Ridenour. That fell thru due to neighbor complaints. Gap property now.Brings project to near $20 million with $1million left in contigency

Schaad: some items we were going to install but came apparent it would be better to have contractor do it.Bond of $22 million to cover everything.Bredefeld:second change order had lots of equipemnt that wasn't covered initially. Is this it? Schaad: I think so but

if there are design issues than that would be contractor's problem. Soria: Need to be cautious with taxpayer dollars. Need to be transparent with council. Originally it was only going to be dogs.She will reluctantly approve this.Would like a to hire a qualify a construction mana-

ger. @MayorLeeBrand :This company is one of the largest in Central Valley and is qualified. Lumber costs have gone up past 6 months. This is still a bargain compared to what it was originally proposed. Schaad:we have sufficient managers on this project and will be straightforward

from this point onward. Scott Mozier: we do have experience on large projects.80 projects going on at once and don't see a need to hire a consultant for this project.Schaad: non construction issues may be largest possible issue as we have never ran an animal shelter but not at

construction end. Soria: If Mozier is confident than she will approve it but always worried when using taxpayer dollars. @kmkarbassi I don't have any issues on this. We are in financial position to bond out as rates are low. Jokes how City got planning permit so fast? Chavez:

Project Labor Agreement we wouldn't have an issue. Also jokes as he is part of Huntington Blvd/Kerckhoff Cat area would like a cat spa. @GarryBredefeld We will be proud of this shelter when done. He is comfortable with this now.
Schaad: we worked with UC Davis to get needs a

shelter like this. @MiguelArias_D3 Equipment may not last the 30 years of a bond? Brand: got favorable long term rate.I would like to hold reserve for unknown times. Arias: do we wan't to borrow bonds for equipment in future projects too? Karbassi:one time project and not apple

to apple. Arias: Will we save money by purchasing equipment? Vehicles may last 7 years but we are paying for it over 30. Other projects are in the pipeline such as motel we talked about today as well as old Fresno Bee building. If you have good credit you should use it. Reserves

should be used for emergencies. Is pandemic an emergency? Animal Shelter? @MayorLeeBrand appropriate for this project but not an everyday process. Arias: I will be reluctant to approve a third change order on this though. Approved 7-0

1-J RESOLUTION - Of Intention to Annex Final Tract Map No.
6270 as Annexation No. 117 to the CITY OF FRESNO
COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 11 and to
Authorize the Levy of Special Taxes Scott Mozier: developers can create homeowners association or Levy Special taxes to pay for

longterm upkeep.This will come back in Final Tract map in future meeting. Approved 7-0

1-K *Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) Semi-Annual Report (April 2020 through September 2020) (Citywide). @PhilArballo2020 is chair of BPAC: Actually a nine month report. Bicycle safety and getting involved and generating results. Hoping to get in touch with in-

coming Councilmember @Maxwell4Fresno to name a member to BPAC. 33 fatalities pedestrian and bicyclists so far this year which is third largest way of dying in Fresno. We have five years to reach silver level. Would like dedicated staff member. Slow Streets is necessary.

Goals are to name new BPAC members, meet with incoming Mayor Dyer and Street Slow movement. Soria:Hire ATP coordinator? We should consider this in next budget cycle. We are having bicycle fatalities rising.More people are riding and walking due to lack of entertainment due to

pandemic. Other big cities are making huge strides to make city safe for bicycling. We can take this to next level. Arias:Please meet with @Maxwell4Fresno and Dyer to get this into their budget plans. Public: Gene Richards (trouble unmuting.) Approved 7-0

Council is going to Lunch until 1:30. They will then again take up Parking Operator issue as well as the 1-O Approve the reappointment of Jim Poptanich to the Fresno
Madera Area Agency on Aging Board.

1-P Approve the reappointment of Robin Goldbeck to the Historic
Preservation

Commission to be followed by the Closed Session items.

Council is back in session at 1:33 pm. They are continuing with Parking Facilities Management. Staff Thomas: 2)paid from general fund and Park from 2/3 special park fund and remainder 1/3 from General fund

Previously was "Pressure clean stairwell twice a week " but now it is just expected. There will be upgrade in personal service and technology. Soria: That is a lot of money especially from General fund.Doesn't seem like we are getting more for the extra money involved.

Thomas: $11.3 million for previous vendor. (SP Plus )Didn't meet some of new RFP whereas Ace did. Quality of Life such as cleaning stairwell proactively. We spoke to them, put it in writing etc but no change.Some of other bidders had their own proprietary equipment which didn't

work well for us. Bredefeld: we did an internal audit on parking. Has that been solved? A: yes. Bredefeld: agree with Soria that amount seems high. Jokes Soria, Karbassi and himself could do it for $7 million. Chavez jokes it sounds like a no bid contract

Schaad points out this is a 5 year contract. Thomas: we can work with assignment language. Quan: follow up on parking audit is being worked on. Arias:I still think we should have a Parking Authority when audit showed deficiencies. He is ok with going forward with this contract as

long as assignment language allows us to change vendors if need be.Quan: Audit has kept going forward and pandemic didn't slow it down. @LuisCha70215912 pattern where parking service providers give a great proposal but actual service is lacking. City Attroney Sloan says notice

of termination can be added if council wishes. Schaad: incentive and disincentive to get better service could be in contract. Approved 7-0

1-O Approve the reappointment of Jim Poptanich to the Fresno
Madera Area Agency on Aging Board. Esparza wanted to take this up in January after swearing in ceremony and that view hasn't changed. Arias would like a matrix of where committee members live. Karbassi wants to know

what their qualifications are. Soria: Thinks it would be better for next mayor make these appointments. Item included 1-P Approve the reappointment of Robin Goldbeck to the Historic
Preservation Commission.
Approved 4-3

Council heading to Closed Session for remainder of meeting. Upcoming Meetings: DECEMBER 10,
9:00 A.M. DECEMBER 17,- NO MEETING
DECEMBER 24, - NO MEETING
DECEMBER 31, - NO MEETING
JANUARY 7, 2021 - 9:00 A.M. MEETING SWEARING-IN CEREMONY

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