Agenda
Regular Meeting
Redding City Council
Council Chambers (Doors open 30 minutes prior)
777 Cypress Avenue
Redding, CA
May 17, 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 - Lynn Fritz, Native American Tradition as a Karuk Tribal Descendant C. Roll Call
2. PRESENTATIONS
2A. Presentation of 2021 Citizen Awards to Michael Knowles (Don D. Davis) and Keith Devine by the Redding Police Department.
3. PUBLIC COMMENT - for non-agendized matters within the city’s jurisdiction.
PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT, CITY COUNCIL CANNOT T AKE 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 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 sp eakers 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, ple ase 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 a re 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 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. 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 authorizing the submittal of a grant application by the Cit y 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 groundwater 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 pricing 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 Index 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, i f 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 terms and policies as needed due to inflation and unstable economic conditions.
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 a uthorize the City Manager, or desig nee, to execute future Change Orders to the Professional Services Agreement (C-6277) with Itron, Inc.
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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 f ive 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 execute the Third Ame ndment 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 reduce traffic collisions and increase public safety.
4.11(a). Authorize the following actions relative to Bid Schedule No. 5 180 (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 approving and adopting the 42nd Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2021 -078 appropriating $2,056,6 90 in federal grant funds and $1,3 80,390 in Transportation Impact Fee funds for the Project.
4.11(b). Adopt Resolution accepting the List of Pro jects 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 Motorola 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 approving and adopting the 41 st Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2021-078 appropriating $2,295,100 for the 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 tran sfer (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.
RECOMMENDATION: ACCEPT, ACKNOWLEDGE, A DOPT, APPROVE,
AND/OR AUTHORIZE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
9. REGULAR CALENDAR: REPORTS & COMMUNICA TIONS OF DEPARTMENTS ,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
Deputy City Manager
9.2(a). Consider approval of the Goodwater Crossing Emergency Housing Site.
Recommendation:
Approve Goodwater Crossing as a short -term, temporary Emergency Housing Site (EHS) of no more than 12 sleeping cabins at 2500 Shasta View Drive (A ssessor Parcel No. 109-220-024) for a one -year term; and authorize the City Manager to make minor modifications to the Operations and Services Manual and Site Plan to facilitate the final Goodwater Crossing EHS approval process and to set the one -year term start date.
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Deputy City Manager
9.2(b). Consider approving Development Agreement for Lowden Lane Senior Apartments.
Recommendation:
Authorize the Mayor to 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 Dev elopment 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 authorize 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.
Electric Utility
9.5(c). Consider Redding Electric Utility's Quarterly Financial R eport and Industry Activities Update.
Recommendation:
Accept Redding Electric Utility’s Fiscal Year 2021 -22 Third Quarter Financial Report and Industry Activities Update.
Finance
9.10(a).
Consider the City of Redding General Fund Quarterly Financia l Report for the quarter ended March 2022.
Recommendation:
Accept 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 ball ot to determine if the City of Redding's City Clerk and City Treasurer positions should be appointed rather than elected.
Recommendation:
Accept the report and provide direction to staff regarding preparation of the documents necessary to place a measu re on the ballot for the November 8, 2022, General Municipal Election, to determine if the City Treasurer and City Clerk positions should be appointed rather than elected.
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Public Works
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).
Recommendation:
Authorize and approve the following actions to comply with state mandated legislation for the Solid Waste Utility:
(1) Offer Ordinance 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 waive 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) Authorize the City Attorney to prepare and the City Clerk to publish a summary ordinance according to law.
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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