Agenda
Regular Meeting
Redding City Council
Council Chambers (Doors open 30 minutes prior)
777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, CA
November 1, 2022
6:00 PM
The City Council Chambers are fully open to the public in compliance with current gu idelines from the California Department of Public Health regarding indoor meetings.
1. CALL TO ORDER - MAYOR KRISTEN SCHREDER
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Invocation - Lori Moretti, Redding Police and Redding Fire Departments’ Chaplain C. Roll Call
2. PRESENTATIONS
2A. Presentation by Durriya Syed, Outreach Analyst for the California Department of Insurance, providing an update on the S afer from Wildfire Partnership and other insurance resources available to the public.
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 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 Cle rk, 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 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 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 individua lly 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 vo te 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 September 6, 2022; Special Meeting – Closed Session of September 20, 2022; Regular Meeting of September 20, 2022; and Special Meeting – Closed Session of October 18, 2022.
4(c). Accept the City of Redding Treasurer’s Report for the month of September 2022.
4(d). Accept City of Redding Proof of Ca sh reconciliation and ACR133 report for the month of September 2022.
4.1(a). Approve and ratify submittal of a grant application to the Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s 2022 Better Together Nature Positive Innovation Grant Program in the amount of $100 ,000 to support the construction of a well at the City of Redding -owned Kum Bay Xerel Open Space Area located along Interstate 5 between the Cities of Redding and Anderson.
4.2(a). Authorize and approve the following actions:
(1) Approve loan increase to Shasta Women’s Refuge dba One SAFE Place (OSP) in the amount of $330,000 for a total loan amount of $630,000 to assist with office and building rehabilitation costs and to remit a principal reduction of its first mortgage with Cornerstone Community Bank for the Sierra Center, OSP’s shelter facility, located at 2250 Benton Drive; (2) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the First Amendment to Development Agreement (C -6309) and any other documents necessary to complete the transaction;
(3) Find that this loan request is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15301 (existing facilities and loans) and therefore not subject to environmental review; and
(4) Find that this loan request is categorically excluded from review under the National Environmental Policy Act pursuant to Title 24 CFR Part
58.35(b)(7).
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4.5(a). Authorize the following relative to Bid Schedule No. 5321, Single-Phase, Pad - Type Distribution Transformers for the Redding Electric Utility:
(1) Award to Mader Su pply, LLC , in the amount of $596,745.00 , before taxes;
(2) Authorize the Purchasing Officer to extend the bid award annually with Mader Supply, LLC, through November 30, 202 7, if mutually agreeable, with all terms and conditions remaining the same per Howard Industries’ negotiated contract pricing policy; and
(3) 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 and approve the following actions regardi ng Bid Schedule No. 5313, Overhaul of the Unit 4 Steam Turbine, Generator, and Auxiliaries:
(1) Award Bid to Stephen’s Mechanical Corporation at a total cost of $1,394,000, including $322,000 of contingency funding;
(2) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, t o execute change orders up to the total amount of the project contingency to address unforeseen work items discovered during the overhaul process; and
(3) Find that the project is categorically exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15301 (Existing Facilities) and 15302 (Replacement or Reconstruction).
4.6(c). Authorize and approve the following actions relative to grant funding for the South City Park and Block 7 Project infrastructure projects:
(1) Authorize the following actions related to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program (Section 108 Program):
a. Adopt Resolution approving the CDBG Section 108 Program application in the amount of $3,737,000;
b. Authorize the City Manager to re -appropriate funding upon approval of CDBG Section 108 Program application for design and improvements at South City Park;
c. Authorize the City Manager to execute any documents necessary to modify the Section 108 Program application and facilitate the funding changes; and
(2) Authorize the following actions related to the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding:
a. Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 70th Amendment to City Budget Resoluti on No. 2021 -078 decreasing existing allocations for South City Park by $2,407,730 and appropriating $2,407,730 in ARPA funding to Block 7 project infrastructure; and
b. Authorize the City Manager to execute any documents necessary to facilitate the funding changes.
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4.6(d). Authorize and approve the following actions:
(1) Approve use of up to $500,000 for additional City of Redding Aquatic Center (RAC) Improvement Projects; and
(2) Find that the funding for the RAC Improvement Projects are categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act per Section 15301 (d) – Existing Facilities.
4.7(a). Authorize and approve the following regarding City Council Policy No. 408 (Investment Policy):
(1) Approve the Investment Advisory Committee’s recommended cha nges for implementation of best practices recommended by the Government Finance Officers Association, primarily expanding subheading titles to provide better clarity for readers of the policy; and
(2) Adopt Resolution amending City Council Policy No. 408 rela ting to the City of Redding’s investment guidelines.
4.11(a). Authorize the following related to the purchase of one 2023 Autocar ACX64 Hook Lift truck for the City of Redding Solid Waste Utility (Utility):
(1) Authorize the purchase using Sourcewell co ntract pricing, with a net delivered cost of $336,500.99 including all applicable taxes and fees; and (2) Authorize the City Manager to approve future pricing adjustments, terms, and policy changes as needed due to inflation and unstable economic conditions up to a total of $30,000.
4.15(a). Adopt Resolution revising the Redding Independent Employees’ Organization – Clerical, Technical, and Professional Exempt Employee Schedule of Classification and Salary Ranges (Exhibit “B -2”) and the Redding Peace Officers’ Association Schedule of Classifications and Hourly Wage Rates (Exhibit “A-4”) to correct clerical errors.
4.15(b). Adopt Resolution updating the City of Redding Master Employee Pay Schedule classification titles and pay rates/ranges to comply with the California Public Employees’ Retirement System requirement that all information be consolidated in one master document. The Resolution confirms classification titles and pay rate/range changes that have been approved by the City Council at previous Cit y 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
Mayor Schreder
5.1. Consider Mayor's re-appointment to the Shasta Public Library Citizens Advisory Committee.
Recommendation:
Approve the Mayor’s recommendation to re -appoint Kari Wurch -Goldenson to the Shasta Public Library Citizens Advisory Committee to serve a full -term ending November 30, 2026.
9. REGULAR CALENDAR: REPORTS & COMMUNICATIONS OF DE PARTMENTS,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
Community Services
9.6(a). Oral presentation regarding the Community Creek Clean -Up at the City of Redding Nur Pon Open Space held on October 1, 2022.
Recommendation:
Informational item only.
Police
9.9(a). Oral presentation from the Crisis Intervention Response Team (CIRT).
Recommendation:
Informational item only.
City Attorney
9.14(a).
Consider report on blighted large parcels and adoption of Resolution to amend administrative fines.
Recommendation:
Authorize and approve the following actions:
(1) Accept the report addressing blight and nuisance conditions on large parcels within the City of Redding; and
(2) Adopt Resolution, pursuant to Redding Municipal Code (RMC) Sectio n
1.13.090(B), to amend the Schedule of Administrative Fines to establish an administrative fine for blight and public nuisance on parcels of two or more acres to $1,000 per day, and to correct the omission of administrative fines for violation of RMC Chap ter 6.08 (Massage) and impose a proposed administrative fine in the amount of $500 per day for such violations.
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Personnel
9.15(c).
Consider Resolution of Intention and introduction of Ordinance amending the City of Redding's (City) Contract (C -99) with the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) to allow Unrepresented Public Safety Management employees to share additional costs of the retirement benefit.
Recommendation:
Adopt Resolution of Intention; and offer an Ordinance for first reading by title only and waive the full reading, giving notice of the City ’s intent to amend the contract (C-99) with CalPERS as allowed in Section 20516 of the Public Employees’ Retirement Law (Employees Sharing Additional Cost) for Unrepresented Public Safety Management employees.
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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Pursuant to the Brown Act, non -confidential materials related to an item on this agenda submitted to the City Council after distribution of the ag enda packet are available for inspection during normal business hours at the Office of the City Clerk, 3 rd Floor, City Hall, 777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, California.
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