Agenda
Regular Meeting
Redding City Council
Council Chambers (Doors open 30 minutes prior)
777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, CA
March 15, 2022
6:00 PM
The City Council Chambers are fully open to the public in compliance with current guid elines from the California Department of Public Health regarding indoor meetings.
1. CALL TO ORDER - MAYOR KRISTEN SCHREDER
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Invocation - Reverend Mary Mitchell, Unity Church in Redding C. Roll Call
2. PRESENTATIONS
2A. Presentation by Lynn Dorroh, Chief Executive Officer of Hill Country Clinic, providing an update on accomplishments to -date regarding the Center of Hope, Hill Country Community Clinic, located in 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 minutes per speaker for 30 minutes total, at the beginning of the meeting for Public Comme nt 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 su bmit 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 Calend ar, please fill out a Speaker Request Form and submit it to the City Clerk before the Consent Calendar i s 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(a). Approve Minutes: Regular Meeting of January 18, 2022; Special Meeting of January 24, 2022; Special Me eting – Closed Session of February 15, 2022; Special Meeting – Closed Session of March 1, 2022; and Special Meeting of March 4, 2022.
4(b). Accept City of Redding Accounts Payable Register No. 16; and Payroll Register No. 17.
4.1(a). Adopt Resolution, pursuant to R edding Municipal Code Section 4.22.120, by a four-fifths vote of the City Council, finding that the conditions necessitating the declaration of emergency caused by the Coronavirus (COVID -19) Pandemic n o longer exist and that the local emergency is terminated.
4.2(a). Authorize the Mayor to send Letter of Support to legislators in support of California Assembly Bill 1599 – Proposition 47: repeal (Kiley), which would repeal most elements of The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, also known as Proposition 47, such as the reclassification of certain theft -related felonies to misdemeanors.
4.2(c). Adopt Resolution declaring April as Fair Housing Month in the City of Redding.
4.4(a). Accept the 2021 City of Redding General Plan/Housing Element Annual Progress Report; and direct staff to forward the document to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, as well as the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development.
4.6(a). Approve the following relative to the Redding Aquatic Center 50-Meter Pool Improvement Project:
(1) Approve the Change Order for the Redding Slide Replacement Agreement (C-9023) with WhiteWater Industries, increasing the amount by $21,200 for the purchase of additional HDG support arms, yokes, column connection plates, and hardware, which brings the total project cost to $166,891; and
(2) Authorize the City Manager to execute the change order, and any subsequent amendments to the agreement up to a total agreement amount not to exceed $200,000.
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4.6(b). Authorize the following actions relative to the award of a grant from California State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways to fund City of Redding Recreation Department’s Youth Boating and Water Safety Programs:
(1) Accept grant in the amount of $36,600;
(2) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 34th Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2021-078 appropriating the funds; and (3) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the Grant Agreement and all subsequent documentation relative to the grant.
4.11(a). Accept update on the City of Redding’s COVID -19 Local Economic Stimulus Package projects.
4.11(b). Authorize the following actions relative to capital project execution at Redding Municipal Airport:
(1) Approve Authorization of Service No. 22-01 with Coffman and Associates (C-8977) for airport planning services for the Airport Master Plan Update Project;
(2) Approve Authorization of Service No. 22-01 with Mead & Hunt, Inc. (C- 8976) for engineering design services for the Airport Master Drainage Plan; and
(3) Approve Authorization of Service No. 22-04 with Mead & Hunt, Inc. (C- 8976) for engineering design services for the Runway 16 -34, Connector Taxiway and Blast Pad Rehabilitation with Magnetic Variation Updates Design Project (Phase I).
4.11(c). Authorize the following actions relative to capital project execution at Redding Municipal Airport:
(1) Adopt Resolution authorizing the filing of three grants for the following proposed projects: (a) Runway 16-34, Connector Taxiway and Bla st Pad Rehabilitation with Magnetic Variation Updates Design Project (Phase I); ( b) Runway 16 -34 Safety Area Grading, Runway Shoulder and Electrical Improvement Design Project (Phase II), and ( c) Environmental Evaluation (Categorical Exclusion) for the Phase II Safety Area Project; (2) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 33rd Amendment to City of Redding (City) Budget Resolution No. 2021-078 appropriating an additional $1,058,640 to the City’s Airports Fund; and
(3) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute and submit the grant applications, and all subsequent documentation necessary to obtain grant funds for the projects , and appropriate all grant funds received to the City’s Airports Fund in accordance with the A irport Capital Improvement Plan.
RECOMMENDATION: ACCEPT, ACKNOWLEDGE, ADOPT, APPROVE,
AND/OR AUTHORIZE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
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9. REGULAR CALENDAR: REPORTS & COMMUNIC ATIONS OF DEPARTMENT S,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
Deputy City Manager
9.2(b). Consider Development Funding Agreements associated with Community Development Block Grant -Disaster Recovery Multi -Family Housing Program funds.
Recommendation:
Authorize the following actions regarding the development of income -qualifying housing units with e ach entity, including the specified locations and their respective Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery Multifamily Housing Program (DR-MHP) loan funding requests:
(1) Approve and authorize the Mayor to execute a Development Agreement (DA) with Kennett Investors II, LP, providing a City of Redding (City) loan in an amount not-to-exceed $1,000,000 of CDBG DR -MHP funds for development of the Kennett Court II Apartments at 1155 Lake Boulevard; (2) Approve and authorize the Mayor to execute a DA with Kennett Court Senior Apartments, LP, providing a City loan in an amount not-to-exceed $1,000,000 of CDBG DR -MHP funds for development of the Kennett Court Senior Apartments at 1185 Lake Boulevard;
(3) Approve and authorize the Mayor to execute a DA with Alturas Crossing, LP, providing a City loan in an amount not -to-exceed $2,000,000 of CDBG DR - MHP funds for development of Alturas Crossing at 1320 and 1368 Old Alturas Road;
(4) Approve and authorize the Mayor to execute a DA with Center of Hope Apartments II, LP, providing a City loan in an amount not -to-exceed $2,000,000 of CDBG DR-MHP funds for development of the Center of Hope Apartments II at 2303 Alfreda Way; and
(5) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute any other DA or CDBG DR-MHP fund documents necessary to complete the transactions for each aforementioned project.
Police
9.9(a). Consider additional hiring incentives for lateral Police Officers and rental of billboard advertising space.
Recommendation:
Authorize and a pprove the following relative to hiring incentives for the Redding Police Department (RPD):
(1) Approve increasing the signing bonus for the recruitment of lateral Police Officers from $10,000 to $40,000 for the next 18 months with $20,000 paid upon appointment to the position, $10,000 paid upon successf ul completion of Field Training, and $10,000 paid after the completion of probation (one year). Extending this program past 18 months will require the City Council’s approval. The award of 80 hours of vacation at the completion of probation, previously authorized by the City Council will remain; and (2) Authorize RPD to rent advertising space on a billboard in the San Francisco Bay Area at a cost of approximately $6,500 a month.
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Finance
9.10(a).
Consider bond issuance for City of Redding new and existing fire stations.
Recommendation:
Authorize staff to begin the process of issuing new debt to fund construction costs associated with building new and renovating existing fire stations; provide general direction to staff regarding the issuance; and direct staff to return to the City Council for approval of final documents.
9.10(b).
Consider Resolution approving mid -year budget adjustments including Budget Workshop amendments ; and Resolution approving American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) expenditure plan.
Recommendation:
Authorize the following actions for the City of Redding:
(1) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 31 st Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2021 -078 appropriating $2,272,250 for Fiscal Ye ar 2021-22 and $2,601,690 in Fiscal Year 2022 -23 for mid -year budget adjustments; and
(2) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 32 nd Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2021 -078 appropriating $17,593,440 of ARPA funding in Fiscal Year 2021-22.
Public Works
9.11(d).
Consider update regarding overall pavement conditions in the City of Redding (City).
Recommendation:
Accept update regarding the City’s transportation system pavement condition s; and provide direction to staff as needed.
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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