Agenda
Regular Meeting
Redding City Council
Council Chambers (Doors open 30 minutes prior)
777 Cypress Avenue
Redding, CA
March 1, 2022
6:00 PM
The City Council Chambers are fully open to the public in compliance with current guidelin es from the California Department of Public Health regarding indoor meetings.
1. CALL TO ORDER - MAYOR KRISTEN SCHREDER
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Invocation - Lori Moretti, Redding Police and Fire Departments' Chaplain C. Roll Call
2. PRESENTATIONS
2A. Presentation of City of Redding Appreciation Clock to Tony Lewis for his service on the Community Services Advisory Commission from January 15, 2019, to December 31, 2021.
2B. Presentation of Mayor’s Proclamation declaring March 2022 as American Red Cross Month in the City of Redding.
3. PUBLIC COMMENT - for non-agendized matters within the city’s jurisdiction.
PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT, CITY COUNCIL CANNOT TAKE ACTION ON PUBLIC
COMMENT ITEMS
The City Council will allocate up to a maximum of three minut es per speaker for 30 minutes total, at the beginning of the meeting for Public Comment for non -agendized matters within the City’s jurisdiction.
The Mayor will determine the order of the speakers. If 30 minutes is not adequate to accommodate all of the individuals who have submitted a Speaker Request Form to the City Clerk, the Council will trail this item to the end of the open session agenda. The remaining speakers will address the City Council at that time.
If anyone wishes to address the City Council on any item considered at this meeting before or during Council’ s consideration of that item, please fill out a blue Speaker Request Form, located in the lighted alcoves at the back of the Council Chambers, and submit it to the City Clerk. The City Council will allocate up to a maximum of three minutes per speaker for each agenda item. Staff reports are available on -line at the City’s web site at www.cityofredding.org or in the Public View binder located on the podium at the north side of the Chambers.
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. THANK YOU.
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4. CONSENT CALENDAR
The Consent Calendar contains items considered routine and/or which have been individually scrutinized by City Council Members and are anticipated to require no further deliberation. If a member of the public wishes to address an item on the Consent Calendar, please fill out a Speaker Request Form and submit it to the City Clerk before the Consent Calendar is considered . It shall be the prerogative of any Council Member, before the Consent Calendar is acted upon, to: (1) comment on an item; (2) respond to any public comment on an item; (3) request the record reflect an abstention or nay vote on an item; or (4) remove an item and place it on the Regular portion of the agenda for delivery of a staff report and/or an extended discussion or deliberation.
4(b). Accept City of Redding Accounts Payable Register No. 15; and Payroll Register No. 16.
4(c). Accept City of Redding Treasurer’s Report for the month of January 2022.
4(d). Accept City of Redding Proof of Cash reconciliation and ACR133 report for the month of January 2022.
4(e). Adopt Ordinance No. 2646, an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Redding: (1) adopting the Addendum to the Negative Declaration adopted for the Downtown Redding Specific Plan; (2) adopting the Addendum to the Mitigated Negative Declara tion prepared for the City of Redding Zoning Map; (3) adopting the Downtown Redding Specific Plan Update (Specific Plan Amendment Application AMND -2021-00361); (4) approving amendments to Redding Zoning Map (Rezoning Application RZ -2021-00450); and (5) mak ing findings in support of a general plan consistency determination.
4.1(a). Accept report and make a determination by a four-fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote that conditions of local emergency continue to exist within the City of Redding, under Public C ontract Code section 22050(c)(1) related to the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
4.3(a). Approve and authorize the following actions for the City of Redding Information Technology Department:
(1) Increase total spending threshold of purchases to $500,000 using Dell NASPO Master Agreement No. MNWNC -108 for remainder of the contract year (July 31, 2021, through July 31, 2022); and (2) Ratify purchase of servers for Redding Electric Utility in the amount of $186,099 as approved by the City Manager.
4.5(a). Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 29 th Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2021 -078 appropriating $600,000 for engineering and design services to build a new substation in East Redding.
4.6(a). Authorize the following relative to funding and implementing the Shasta Youth Leadership Initiative:
(1) Approve submittal of application for California Volunteers’ CaliforniansForAll Youth Workforce Development Program Grant; and (2) Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to apply for the grant, appropriate funds should the grant be awarded, and execute any agreements necessary to implement the project.
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4.11(a). Approve purchase of one Caterpillar 323 Excavator from Peterson Tractor using Sourcewell contract pricing, with a net delivere d cost of $384,914.69, including all applicable taxes and fees for the City of Redding Solid Waste Utility.
4.11(b). Approve increase to project budget for completion of Bid Schedule No. 5233, (Job Order No. 2633) Replace Asphalt Concrete Surfacing 2021 , in the amount of $430,000 to the construction contingency budget, bringing the construction contingency total to $680,000.
4.11(c). Adopt Resolution approving use of the “Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction” 2021 Edition, and its future supplements; and authorize the Public Works Director to approve the use of future supplements to the 2021 edition as they are published for use by the City of Redding Public Works and Development Services Departments.
4.11(d). Accept City of Redding Mitigation Fee Act Report Update, including an accounting of development fees; and adopt Resolution making findings concerning unexpended funds.
4.15(a). Authorize and approve the following relative to hiring incentives for the City of Redding (City) Electric Utility:
(1) Approve signing incentive in the amount of $10,000 for the recruitment of Electric Utility System Operators – Transmission & Distribution, with half paid upon appointment to the position and half paid upon successful completion of probation; and
(2) Approve referral incentive in the amount of $1,000 for current City employees who refer an Electric Utility System Operator – Transmission & Distribution, with half paid upon hire and half paid upon the successful completion of probation.
RECOMMENDATION: ACCEPT, ACKNOWLEDGE, ADOPT, APPROVE,
AND/OR AUTHORIZE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
9. REGULAR CALENDAR: REPORTS & COMMUNICATIONS OF DEPARTMENTS,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
City Manager
9.1(b). Consider forgiveness of Redding Electr ic Utility loan related to California Soccer Park turf replacement.
Recommendation:
Authorize forgiveness of a portion of the loan from the Redding Electric Utility to the City of Redding General Fund in the amount of $3.1 million used to assist fundin g the turf replacement project at the California Soccer Park.
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Fire Department
9.8(a). Consider approval of three permanent Firefighter positions and adoption of Resolution appropriating funds for the Redding Fire Department.
Recommendation:
Authorize the following actions for the Redding Fire Department:
(1) Approve three permanent Firefighter positions to cover shift vacancies, which will improve Firefighters' health, safety, and well -being and reduce overtime costs; and
(2) Adopt Resolution approving an d adopting the 30 th Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2021 -078 appropriating $97,750 to create the Firefighter positions.
11. COUNCIL TRAVEL REPORT(S)
City Council Member attendance at conference/meetings reimbursed at City expense. {Requirement of Assembly Bill 1234}
[A-050-060]
Information Only
12. SUGGESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS RELATIVE TO POTENTIAL TOPICS
FOR FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
13. ADJOURNMENT
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Pursuant to the Brown Act, non -confidential mat erials related to an item on this agenda submitted to the City Council after distribution of the agenda packet are available for inspection during normal business hours at the Office of the City Clerk, 3 rd Floor, City Hall, 777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, California.
City Council Meetings will be televised live on Shasta Community Access Channels via Charter/Spectrum Cable channel 181 , and will be rerun on Thursday at 12:30 p.m. during the week in which the meeting is held. Additionally, the m eeting can be viewed online at the following: http://scac.cablecast.tv:8080/CablecastPublicSite/watch/4?channel=1. Video of the City Council meetings can also be viewed on the City’s web site at http://www.cityofredding.org/. Open the City’s meetings and agendas portal; Click on tab named "Meetings Videos" and select Redding City Council under “Available Archives 2022” select the desired date, then click on “video” to view the meeting.
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