Redding City Council Regular Meeting
April 19, 2022
Action Agenda
2. PRESENTATIONS
2A. Presentation by Jake Mangas, President and Chief Executive Officer of Redding Chamber of Commerce, and Lindsay Myers, General Manager of Sheraton and Vice President o f Turtle Bay Exploration Park , providing an update on accomplishments to date regarding the Redding Garden of Lights.
Informational item only.
2B. Presentation by Public Works Director Chuck Aukland and Wastewater Utility Manager Josh Vandiver honoring t he City of Redding Stillwater Wastewater Treatment Plant employees for being awarded the prestigious title of 2021 Small Treatment Plant of the Year from the California Water Environment Association.
Informational item only.
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
4(a). Approve Minutes: Regular Meeting of February 15, 2022; Special Meeting – Closed Session of March 15, 2022; and Special Meeting – Closed Session of April 5, 2022.
4(b). Accept City of Redding Accounts Payable Register No. 18; and Payroll Register No. 20.
4.1(c). Authorize the Mayor to execute an Approval Letter approving the issuance of bonds by the California Municipal Finance Authority, a joint exercise of powers authority and public entity of the State of California, in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 , to make a loan to TNRE 6, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company to provide financing of a project at 443 Redcliff Drive, Redding, California.
4.1(d). Ratify submittal of a grant application to the State Fire Assistance (SFA) program administered by the California Fire Safe Council (FSC) requesting $75,000 additional funding for the completion of a Com munity Wildfire Protection Plan. Submissions to the FSC SFA grant program were due on April 14, 2022.
4.1(e). Authorize the Mayor to send letters to le gislators in support of Governor Newsom’s Fiscal Year 2022-23 Budget Proposal to allocate additional funding for the arts including:
$30 million to the 14 Cultural Districts in the State of California; $50 million for the Department of Parks and Recreation to create new California Cultural and Art Installations in the Parks Program for state and local parks; and $756.9 million for the Department of Parks and Recreation to support the Outdoors for All Initiative focused on equitably expanding outdoor access to all Californians.
Redding City Council Action Agenda April 19, 2022
4.6(a). Adopt Resolution No. 2022-038 proclaiming Friday, April 29, 2022, as Community Tree Planting Day, otherwise known as Arbor Day in the City of Redding; and recognizing the Community Services Department, Parks Division, for rece iving the Tree City U.S.A.
Award, and the Redding Electric Utility for receiving the Tree Line U.S.A. Utility Award.
4.11(a).Authorize the following actions relative to Bid Schedule No. 5277 (Job No. 2666), Cape Seal 2022 (Project):
(1) Award to VSS International, Inc. in the amount of $2,437,000; (2) Approve an additional $295,000 to cover the cost of contract administration and inspection fees;
(3) Approve $283,000 to provide construction contingency funding; (4) Approve $43,000 for project development costs;
(5) Authorize the City Manager to approve additional increases, in either the construction management or construction contingency amounts, up to a total of $40,000; and
(6) Find that the Project is categorically exempt from review under the Califo rnia Environmental Quality Act per Section 15301(c) – Existing Facilities.
4.11(b).Accept Bid Schedule No. 5215 (Job No. 2669), Stillwater Business Park Phase 1C Street Lighting Project, awarded to Eddie Axner Construction, Inc., as satisfactorily complet e, with a final cost of $168,285.22.
4.11(c).Accept update on the City of Redding’s COVID -19 Local Economic Stimulus Package projects.
4.11(d).Authorize the Mayor to execute a Water Sale and Purchase Agreement from The McConnell Foundation for the purch ase of 900 acre -feet of water at a cost of $250 per acre-foot to augment City of Redding’s surface water supplies.
4.15(a).Adopt Resolution No. 2022 -039 updating the Master Employee Pay Schedule classification titles and pay rates/ranges to comply with th e California Public Employees’ Retirement System requirement that all information be consolidated in one master document, thereby confirming classification titles and pay rate/range changes that have been approved by the Redding City Council at previous Ci ty Council meetings during open session.
ACTION: All items on the Consent Calendar were either accepted, acknowledged, adopted, approved and/or authorized.
5. APPOINTMENTS
5.1. Mayor's appointment and reappointment to the City of Redding Planning Commission.
ACTION: The City Council accepted the Mayor’s recommendation to: (1) appoint Brandi Greene to the Planning Commission to fill an unscheduled vacancy with a term ending April 30, 2025; and (2) reappoint Michelle Goedert to serve an additional four-year term effective May 1, 2022, and expiring April 30, 2026.
Redding City Council Action Agenda April 19, 2022
9. REGULAR CALENDAR: RE PORTS & COMMUNICATIO NS OF DEPARTMENTS,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
9.1(a). Resolution declaring Rodeo Grounds and Civic Auditorium properties surplus.
ACTION: The City Council directed staff to begin the process to develop an update to the Riverfront Specific Plan and to return to the Council to appropriate funding for the process.
9.9(a). Redding Police Department Military Equipment funding, acquisition, and use per AB 481.
ACTION: The City Council offered uncodified Ordinance No. 2647 to adopt Redding Police Department Policy 707 for the funding, acquisition, and use of military equipment for first reading by title only, waive the full reading, and authorize the City Clerk to publish the ordinance according to law; and find that adoption of the Ordinance is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to 14 CCR 15061(b) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possib ility that adoption of the ordinance will have a significant effect on the environment.
9.10(a).Adoption of two resolutions regarding expenditures related to the City's existing and future fire station.
ACTION: The City Council approved the adoption of t he following: (1) Resolution No. 2022 -040, declaring the City of Redding’s (City) intention to reimburse expenditures for the City’s existing and future fire stations from the proceeds of tax- exempt debt obligations ; and (2) budget Resolution No. 2022 -041, approving and adopting the 39th Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2021 -078 to appropriate $5,000,000 to provide funding for initial efforts, including architectural review, design, and appraisal services.
9.11(e).Water Shortage Contingency Plan and Drought Actions for the City of Redding.
ACTION: The City Council authorized staff to move to Stage Two, Moderate Water Shortage Condition, of the City of Redding Water Shortage Contingency Plan effective May 1, 2022.
14. ADJOURNMENT