Agenda
Regular Meeting
Redding City Council
Council Chambers (Doors open 30 minutes prior)
777 Cypress Avenue
Redding, CA
April 19, 2022
6:00 PM
The City Council Chambers are fully open to the public in compliance with current guideli nes from the California Department of Public Health regarding indoor meetings.
1. CALL TO ORDER - MAYOR KRISTEN SCHREDER
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Invocation - Debbie Ivey, Redding Police and Fire Departments' Chaplain C. Roll Call
2. PRESENTATIONS
2A. Presentation by Jake Mangas, President and Chief Executive Officer of Redding Chamber of Commerce, and Mike Warren, President and Chief Executive Officer of Turtle Bay Exploration Park, providing an update on accomplishments to date regarding the Redding Garden of Lights.
2B. Presentation by Public Works Director Chuck Aukland honoring the 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.
If anyone wishes to address the City Council on any i tem 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 a llocate 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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3. PUBLIC COMMENT - for non-agendized matters within the city’s jurisdiction.
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
The Consent Cale ndar 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 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(a). Approve Minu tes: 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 mak e 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 Cal ifornia Fire Safe Council (FSC) requesting $75,000 additional funding for the completion of a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). Submissions to the FSC SFA grant program were due on April 14, 2022.
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 min utes 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.
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4.1(e). Authorize the Mayor to send letter s to legislators 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 Rec reation 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.
4.6(a). Adopt Resolution proclaiming Friday, April 29, 202 2, as Community Tree Planting Day , otherwise known as Arbor Day in the City of Redding; and recognizing the Community Services Department, Parks Division , for receiving 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 California Environmental Quality Act per Section 15301(c) – Existing Facilities.
4.11(b). Accept Bid Schedule No. 5215 (Job No. 2 669), Stillwater Business Park Phase 1C Street Lighting Project , awarded to Eddie Axner Construction , Inc., as satisfactorily complete, 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 purchase 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 a Resolution updating the Master Employee Pay Schedule classification titles and pay rates/ranges to comply wit h the 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 previou s City Council meetings during open session.
RECOMMENDATION: ACCEPT, ACKNOWLEDGE, ADOPT, APPROVE,
AND/OR AUTHORIZE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
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5. APPOINTMENTS
5.1. Consider Mayor's appointment and reappointment to the City of Redding Planning Commission.
Recommendation:
Approve 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.
9. REGULAR CALENDAR: REPORTS & COMMUNICATIONS OF DEPARTMENTS,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
City Manager
9.1(a). Consider Resolution declaring Rodeo Grounds and Civic Auditorium properties surplus.
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Recommendation:
Accept the report and consider approving the following actions relative to declaring the Rodeo Grounds and Civic Auditorium properties, owned by the City of Redding, as surplus property:
(1) Adopt a Resolution declaring one parcel located at 722 Auditorium Drive (APN 102-040-015) (Rodeo Grounds Property), and two parcels located at 710 and 750 Auditorium Drive (APNs 102 -020-015 and 102 -170-026) (Civic Auditorium Property) as surplus property, subject to the retention of an easement(s ), if required, for public service utilities or grant reservation; (2) Authorize the Mayor to sign the Notification of Availability (NOA) , which has been approved by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) , and direct staff to send the NOA to public agencies and affordable housing developers as directed by HCD;
(3) Find that this action is exempt from environmental review per California Code of Regulations Title 14, subsection 15061 (Common Sense Exemption) on the basis that there is n o possibility that approval of these actions will have a significant impact on the environment, and it is impossible at this time to determine what development, if any, may occur on the property as a result of declaring the property as surplus. Environment al review will be conducted at the earliest time when it becomes known whether development will occur and the nature of such development; and
(4) Direct staff to record a Notice of Exemption.
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Police
9.9(a). Consider Redding Police Department Milita ry Equipment funding, acquisition, and use per AB 481.
Recommendation:
Offer an uncodified Ordinance 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 possibility that adoption of the ordinance will have a significant effect on the environment.
Finance
9.10(a). Consider adoption of two resolutions regarding expenditures related to the City's existing and future fire station.
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution 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 adopt a budget Resolution 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.
Public Works
9.11(e). Consider Water Shortage Contingency Plan an d Drought Actions for the City of Redding.
Recommendation:
Authorize staff to move to Stage Two, Moderate Water Shortage Condition, of the City of Redding Water Shortage Contingency Plan effective May 1, 2022.
COUNCIL TRAVEL REPORT(S)
City Council Member attendance at conference/meetings reimbursed at City expense. {Requirement of Assembly Bill 1234}
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Information Only
12. SUGGESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS RELATIVE TO POTENTIAL TOPICS
FOR FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
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13. ADJOURNMENT
Pursuant to the Brown Act, non -confidential materials 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 , 3rd 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 th e week in which the meeting is held. Additionally, the meeting 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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