PUBLIC HEARING: Request from the Resource Management Agency to approve General Plan Amendment No. GPA 24-003, Pinnacle Investments LLC, to change the County’s land use designation, on approximately 1.17-acres, from “Valley Agriculture” to “Mixed Use”, located at 20440 Avenue 256 on the northeast corner of Avenue 256 and Road 204 (Spruce Road), APNs 141-040-024 & 026, south of Exeter. Adopt the findings of approval, as recommended and set forth by the Planning Commission and approve Zone Change No. PZC 24-001. Adopt an ordinance amending Paragraph B of Section 3 of Ordinance No. 352, the Tulare County Zoning Ordinance, for Change of Zone No. PZC 24-001 to change the zone on approximately 1.17 acres from the AE-20 (Exclusive Agriculture, 20-Acre Minimum) Zone to the C-2-MU (General Commercial  - Mixed Use Overlay) Zone at 20440 Avenue 256, Visalia, CA. (APNs:141-040-024 & 026). Find that this ordinance by statute can only be passed after notice and a public hearing, so it is exempt from the usual requirements that an ordinance be read in full and adopted over two regular meetings. Direct the Clerk of the Board to publish the full text of the adopted Ordinance and Amended Zoning Map for PZC 24-001, as required by law. Authorize the Environmental Assessment Officer, or their designee, to file the Notice of Exemption (NOE) with the Clerk-Recorder and the State Office of Planning and Research. Adopt the findings recommended and set forth by the Planning Commission and find that the Project is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the State CEQA Guidelines pursuant to § 15303 New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures.

Approve a hangar lease agreement for space in the North Hangar at Sequoia Field Airport located at 36000 Road 112, Visalia, with Melvin Council and Leticia Council, for a month-to-month term at a rate of $50 per month, effective July 9, 2024.

Approve an amendment to Lease Agreement No. 23812 with Fairway Properties LLC, for property located at 1845 N. Dinuba Blvd., Visalia, to include payments for tenant improvements to the Premises, in an amount not to exceed $28,479, effective July 9, 2024.

Reaffirm the existence of an emergency within the meaning of Public Contract Code §1102 and Public Resources Code §21060.3 due to the damage to Bartlett Park from the March 2023 storm events, as declared by the Board of Supervisors on June 27, 2023, Resolution No. 2023-0554. (4/5ths vote)

Reaffirm the Local Emergency due to Winter Storms and Flooding, Resolution No. 2023-0206. Reaffirm the Local Health Emergency due to Floodwaters Contamination, Resolution No. 2023-0191. Reaffirm the Local Health Emergency due to Flood Debris, Resolution No. 2023-0285.

Reaffirm the proclamation of a Local Emergency due to the Sequoia Complex Fire, as declared by the Board of Supervisors on September 01, 2020, Resolution No. 2020-0569. Reaffirm the declaration of a Local Health Emergency due to the Sequoia Complex Fire as declared by the Board of Supervisors on September 29, 2020, Resolution No. 2020-0667. Reaffirm the proclamation of a Local Emergency due to the September Lightning Fires, as declared by the Board of Supervisors on September 14, 2021, Resolution No. 2021-0726. Reaffirm the declaration of a Local Health Emergency due to the September Lightning Fires as declared by the Board of Supervisors on November 2, 2021, Resolution No. 2021-0861.

Authorize the Step Up #LEAD Youth Program, to be funded for $136,000, effective July 9, 2024.

Approve an agreement with The Tule River Tribe for Disaster Related Services, effective July 9, 2024 through July 8, 2027. There is no cost associated with this agreement.

Approve an agreement with Fonemed, LLC to provide nurse triage call-in services twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week for patients, in an amount not to exceed $27,030, retroactive from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025.

Approve an agreement with Success in Recovery, for the provision of Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program services to Tulare County adolescent males, in an amount not to exceed $500,000, retroactive from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.

Approve an agreement with Plumlee’s Board and Care for the provision of augmented residential care services, in an amount not to exceed $755,550, retroactive from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.

Approve an agreement with Biggs Cardosa Associates Inc. to provide Professional Engineering Services for the Mountain Road 43 (Manter Meadow Drive) over Capinero Creek Bridge Project, in the community of Pine Flat, in an amount not to exceed $892,755, effective July 9, 2024 through December 31, 2029.

Approve the Right-of-Way Contract with Eric L. Mathewson and Colette M. Mathewson as part of the Avenue 280 Widening Project - Segment 2, between Lovers Lane and Virginia Avenue, near the Cities of Visalia and Farmersville, in an amount of $66,000. Authorize the Resource Management Agency Director, or designee, to sign the Contract and all documents needed to facilitate the related right-of-way acquisition. Direct the Auditor to draw warrants in favor of the County’s designated escrow company for the contract amount, plus escrow fees estimated at $1,351.

Approve the Right-of-Way Contract with Choon Nam Chao and Kim Chao as part of the Avenue 280 Widening Project - Segment 2, between Lovers Lane and Virginia Avenue, near the Cities of Visalia and Farmersville, in an amount of $45,000. Authorize the Resource Management Agency Director, or designee, to sign the Contract and all documents needed to facilitate the related right-of-way acquisition. Direct the Auditor to draw warrants in favor of the County’s designated escrow company for the contract amount, plus escrow fees estimated at $2,001.