Redding City Council Regular Meeting
May 17, 2022
Action Agenda
2. PRESENTATIONS
2A. On behalf of the Redding Police Department, Police Chief Bill Schueller and Lieutenant Danny Smetak presented the 2021 Citizen Awards to Michael Knowles (Don D. Davis Towing) and Keith Devine.
Informational item only.
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
4(b). Accept City of Redding Accounts Payable Register No. 20; and Payroll Register No. 22.
4.1(a). Approve and ratify the submission of an application for U.S. Congressman Doug LaMalfa Fiscal Year 2023 Community Project Funding in the amount of $1,000,000 to update the Montgomery Watson Floodplain Study for the City of Redding Public Works Department.
4.1(b). Adopt Resolution No. 2022-043 authorizing the submittal of a grant appli cation by the City of Redding Water Utility to the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Water Reclamation WaterSMART Drought Response Program: Fiscal Year 2023 Project Funding in the amount of $3,600,000 for the placement of an additional gro undwater well, Well No. 24.
4.5(a). Authorize the following modifications relative to previously awarded Bid Schedule No. 5237, Three -Phase, Pad -Type Distribution Transformers to WEG Transformers USA (WEG):
(1) Accept a proposed change in contract pricin g terms by following WEG’s price adjustment policy for long term customers, which incorporates new bi -monthly- end price adjustments for orders when it is shipped which replaces the previous practice of adjustments in direct proportion to a Producer Price I ndex in place at the time the order is placed;
(2) Ratify the amendment of purchase orders previously issued to WEG totaling $567,858.73 to the increased amount of $617,814.70;
(3) Authorize the Purchasing Officer to extend the bid award annually with WEG through November 30, 2026, if mutually agreeable, with all terms and conditions remaining the same, and price adjustments per WEG’s price adjustment policy for long term customers; and
(4) Authorize the City Manager to approve changes to future pricing ter ms and policies as needed due to inflation and unstable economic conditions.
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4.5(b). Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the Fifth Amendment (Change Order No. 3) to the Professional Services Agreement (C -6277) with Itron, Inc.; and autho rize the City Manager, or designee, to execute future Change Orders to the Professional Services Agreement (C-6277) with Itron, Inc.
4.6(a). Approve the Fourth Amendment to the Consulting and Professional Services Agreement with North State Security, Inc., (C-7766) authorizing the following:
(1) Security services at various City of Redding-owned locations and City of Redding parks, including seven new facilities, and extension of the contract expiration date to July 31, 2023;
(2) Including an average rate increase of five percent for existing locations and an overall contract increase of 34 percent for Fiscal Year 2022-23; and (3) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the amendment.
4.9(a). Approve and authorize the Chief of Police to execu te the Third Amendment to Exclusive Agreement with Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc. (C -4649), extending the term for an additional five years ending June 1, 2027, to provide red light camera enforcement at selected intersections in a continued effort to reduc e traffic collisions and increase public safety.
4.11(a).Authorize the following actions relative to Bid Schedule No. 5180 (Job No. 2477), Eastside Road over Olney Creek Bridge Project (Project):
(1) Reject the apparent low bid by Stewart Engineering Inc . (SEI) as nonresponsive and award the project to the second low bidder Abacus Construction, Inc., in the amount of $3,703,683.84;
(2) Approve an additional $567,000 to cover the cost of contract administration and inspection fees and $645,000 for project development costs; (3) Approve $370,000 to provide construction contingency funding; (4) Authorize the City Manager to approve additional increases, in either the construction management or construction contingency amounts, up to a total of $15,000; and
(5) Adopt Resolution No. 2022-044 approving and adopting the 42nd Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2021 -078 appropriating $2,056,690 in federal grant funds and $1,380,390 in Transportation Impact Fee funds for the Project.
4.11(b).Adopt Resolution No. 2022-045 accepting the List of Projects for Fiscal Year 2022 -23 funded by Senate Bill 1: The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, for the Public Works Department.
4.11(c).Authorize the Public Works Department to purchase radio equipment from M otorola in an amount not to exceed $450,000 for Fiscal Year 2021 -22 based upon the authorization for sole-source purchasing of Motorola radio equipment for the Redding Electric Utility Wildfire Mitigation Plan Technology Solutions Program, approved by City Council at the September 15, 2020, meeting.
4.11(d).Accept $2,295,100 in Urban Flood Protection Grant funds; and adopt Resolution No. 2022-046 approving and adopting the 41st Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2021-078 appropriating $2,295,100 for t he Boulder Creek Flood Protection and Natural Treatment Project.
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4.11(e).Accept update on the City of Redding’s COVID -19 Local Economic Stimulus Package projects.
4.11(f).Approve the 2022 Addendum to the Water Transfer Agreement with Anderson Cottonwood Irrigation District (C -5048) for the transfer (purchase) of 3,280 acre -feet of water at a cost of $300 per acre-foot.
4.11(g).Accept Bid Schedule No. 5161 (Job No. 2648), Stillwater Wastewater Treatment Plant Odor Control and Minor Modifications Project , awarded to RTA Construction, Inc., as satisfactorily complete, with a final cost of $2,012,220.48.
4.11(i). Authorize the following actions:
(1) Authorize staff to negotiate the transfer of a 30 -foot-wide utility easement for the proposed relocation of a Pacific Gas and Electric overhead electric line across a City of Redding -owned parcel at 2900 Manzanoaks Drive (Assessor’s Parcel Number 074-250-041);
(2) Find that the transfer of the utility easement is categorically exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15061 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations (“Common Sense Exemption”); and
(3) Authorize the Mayor to execute all legal documents necessary to complete the transfer and grant the easement.
ACTION: All items on the Consent Calendar were either accepted, acknowledged, adopted, approved and/or authorized.
9. REGULAR CALENDAR: RE PORTS & COMMUNICATIO NS OF DEPARTMENTS,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
9.2(a). Consider approval of the Goodwater Crossing Emergency Housing Site.
ACTION: The City Council conceptually approved the following: (1) Goodwater Crossing as a short -term, temporary Emergency Housing Site (EHS), with no more than 12 sleeping cabins at 2500 Shasta View Drive ( Assessor Parcel No. 109 -220- 024) for a one-year term; (2) directed the City Manager and City Attorney to verify the California Environmental Quality Act determination; (3) authorize d the City Manager to make minor modifications to the Operations and Servic es Manual and Site Plan to facilitate the final Goodwater Crossing EHS approval process and to set the one-year term start date; and (4) in the event the facility wi shes to increase the number of sleeping cabins currently set at four, directed staff to see k the Planning Commission’s approval.
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9.2(b). Consider approving Development Agreement for Lowden Lane Senior Apartments.
ACTION: The City Council authorized the Mayor to : (1) execute a Development Agreement (DA) with Redding Lowden Lane, LP, providing a City of Redding Loan in an amount not -to-exceed $5,500,000 financed by the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery Multifamily Housing Program (DR -MHP) funds, and an Infill Infrastructure Grant loan in an amount not -to-exceed $1,989,650, for the development of the Lowden Lane Senior Apartments located at 2775 Lowden Lane; and (2) authorized the City Manager, or designee, to execute the DA, the CDBG DR -MHP funding documents, and any other documents necessary to complete the project transaction.
9.5(c). Consider Redding Electric Utility's Quarterly Financial Report and Industry Activities Update.
ACTION: The City Council accepted Redding Electric Utility’s Fiscal Year 2021 -22 Third Quarter Financial Report and Industry Activities Update.
9.10(a).Consider the City of Redding General Fund Quarterly Financial Report for the quarter ended March 2022.
ACTION: The City Council accepted the General Fund Quarterly Financial Report for the quarter ended March 31, 2022.
9.10(b).Consider placing a ballot measure on the November 8, 2022, General Municipal Election ballot to determine if the City of Redding's City Clerk and City Treasurer positions should be appointed rather than elected.
ACTION: The City Council accepted the report and d irected staff to: (1) prepare the documents necessary for Council approval to place a measure on the November 8, 2022, ballot, to determine if the City Treasurer and City Clerk positions should be appointed rather than elected ; and (2) should the measure p ass, provided direction to staff that the appointment process be the same as the current appointment process for the positions of Police Chief, Fire Chief, and Finance Director.
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9.11(h).Consider Ordinance Amending Redding Municipal Code (RMC) Title 9 (Health and Safety) to repeal and reenact Chapter 9.28 (Solid Waste and Recycling).
ACTION: The City Council authorized and approve d the following actions to comply with state mandated legislatio n for the Solid Waste Utility: (1) offered Ordinance No. 2648, amending RMC Title 9 (Health and Safety) to repeal and reenact Chapter 9.28 (Solid Waste and Recycling), for first reading by title only and waived the full reading; (2) find that the passage of this ordinance is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15061 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations (“Common Sense Exemption”) because it can be seen with certainty that passage of the ordinance will not have a significant effect on the environment; and (3) authorized the City Attorney to prepare and the City Clerk to publish a summary ordinance according to law.
CITY CLERK’S NOTE regarding 9.11(h): The Mayor noted that an update was made to the Ordinance to correct a typographical error in section 9.28.290(D)(1) .
12. SUGGESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS REL ATIVE TO POTENTIAL T OPICS
FOR FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
At Council Member Mezzano’s suggestion, a consensus of the Council directed staff to return to City Council with an updat e regarding the City of Redding ’s Code Enforcement Division cannabis enforcement efforts.
14. ADJOURNMENT