Public Works and Planning
12.
Conduct public protest hearing, as required by Public Utilities Code section 6234, for the Board of
Supervisors (“Board”) to receive, hear, and pass upon any timely written protests, including any
timely written objections, made by any interested person against the Board granting a franchise, up
to 25 years, on a non-exclusive basis (the “non-exclusive franchise”), by Ordinance, to RT
Diversified, Inc. (“RTD”), upon annual payment of a franchise fee to County, to construct, maintain
and use pipes and appurtenances for transmitting water and wastewater to service Clovis Unified
School District’s (“CUSD”) Terry Bradley Education Center (“Bradley Center”), in, along, across,
upon, and under approximately 4.8 miles of the following public streets and highways within
unincorporated area of Fresno County: from existing City of Fresno water main at McKinley
Avenue, east of Temperance Avenue, eastward on E. McKinley Avenue, and then Northward on N.
Leonard Avenue, to Shields Avenue, westward on Shields Avenue to a Shields and Locan
terminus where City is in process of installing water and sewer mains, and along streets
surrounding Bradley Center of Leonard, Weldon, Highland, and Princeton Avenues; After
conducting and closing public protest hearing, do the following, as determined by the Board: a.
determine that no timely written protests, including timely written objections, have been made
against the Board granting of non-exclusive franchise to RTD, and the Board may proceed to act
on recommended action 3; or b. determine that one or more timely written protests, including timely
written objections, have been made against the Board granting of non-exclusive franchise, and
have been heard by the Board, and pass upon such protest(s), including such objection(s), as
applicable: i. protest(s), including objection(s), are insufficient; ii. protest(s), including objection(s),
are overruled or denied; or iii. protest(s), including objection(s), are sufficient; and c. if the Board
determines that all such protests, including all such objections, are insufficient or overruled or
denied, the Board may proceed to recommended action 3; d. if the Board determines that only
some of such protests, including some of such objections, are insufficient or overruled or denied,
the Board will determine, under recommended action 2.e., if remaining protests, including
remaining objections, are sufficient; e. if the Board determines that any such protests, including
objections, are sufficient, then the Board may grant such protests, sustain such objections, and
abandon these proceedings; and conduct first hearing, including first reading of an Ordinance
granting non-exclusive franchise, as described above, to RTD; waive reading of the Ordinance in
its entirety and set second hearing of Ordinance for August 5, 2025 and designate County Counsel
to prepare a fair and adequate summary of proposed Ordinance; and direct the Clerk of the Board
to post and publish required summary in accordance with Government Code section 25124(b)(1)
13.
Adopt Resolution to fill a Senior Engineering Tech position with Extra-Help retiree, William LaRue
Goossen, effective July 21, 2025, finding pursuant to Government Code Section 7522.56(f)(1), that
a 180-day separation period for retired employee returning to employment as Extra-Help is not
applicable based on your Board’s certification that nature of employment and appointment is
necessary to fill a critically needed position before 180-day separation period