Agenda
Regular Meeting
Redding City Council
Council Chambers (Doors open 30 minutes prior)
777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, CA
February 21, 2023
6:00 PM
This meeting will include teleconference participation by Mayor Pro Tempore Tenessa Audette (Government Code Section 54953). In addition to the meeting location above, members of the public may participate in the meeting from the following teleconference location:
Marriott Hutchinson Island Beach Resort, Golf & Marina Lobby 555 NE Ocean Boulevard
Stuart, Florida 34996
The City Council Chambers are fully open to the public in compliance with current guidelines from the California Department of Public Health regarding indoor meetings.
1. CALL TO ORDER - MAYOR MICHAEL DACQUISTO
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Invocation – Pastor Colin Duffy, Redding Nazarene Church C. Roll Call
2. PRESENTATIONS
2A. Presentation by Todd Jones, President of the Shasta Economic Development Corporation, providing an update on current activities.
2B. Presentation by the Redding Rodeo Association in honor of the Redding Rodeo's 75th Anniversary.
If anyone wishes to address the City Council on any item considered at this mee ting 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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3. PUBLIC COMMENT - for non-agendized matters within the city’s jurisdiction.
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 wishe s 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, t o: (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 Minutes: Regular Meeting of January 17, 2023 ; Special Meeting - Closed Session of February 7, 2023; and Regular Meeting of February 7, 2023.
4(b). Accept City of Redding Accounts Payable Register No. 14; and Payroll Register No. 15.
4.1(a). Approve the Second Amendment to the Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreement with Crosland Barnes Group (C -9146), for 3.7 acres of City of Redding-owned property located at 5300 Venture Parkway, Stillwater Business Park Parcel 6A (Assessor’s Parcel Number 054 -220-028), thereby extending the close of escrow to March 31, 2023; and find the sale of the City -owned property is categorically exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15312 (Surplus Government Property Sales).
4.2(a). Authorize and approve the following actions:
(1) Authorize submission of a grant application through the California Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council Encampment Resolution Funding Program (ERF-2-R), in an amount up to $10,000,000, to support the development and implementation of City of Redding programs addressing the ongoing shelter crisis;
(2) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to complete, sign, and submit the grant application with all ap plicable documents and subsequently accept and appropriate any ERF-2-R grant funds received; (3) Determine that applying for grant funding is not considered a project under the California Environmental Quality Act; and
(4) Determine that applying for grant funding is exempt from review under the National Environmental Policy Act under Title 24 CFR 58.34(a)(3).
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 speake rs. 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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4.5(a). Acknowledge the upcoming annual City of Redding Far Nor Cal Regional Science Bowl to be held Saturday, March 4, 2023, at Shasta College.
4.6(a). Authorize the following actions relative to the award of a grant from California State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways to fund City of Redding Recreation Division’s Youth Boating and Water Safety Programs:
(1) Accept grant in the amount of $38,000;
(2) Adopt Resolution approving the 80th Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2021-078 appropriating the funds; and
(3) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the grant agreement and all subsequent documentation relative to the grant.
4.6(b). Approve the City of Redding as an applicant for $10 million from the California Department of Food and Agriculture Community Resilience Centers Program grant for the Panorama Park and Community Center (Project) ; and authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to apply for the grant.
4.6(c). Approve the Letter of Agreement with Big League Dreams USA , LLC, regarding payment of p ast due lease obligations and its Capital Improvement Plan.
4.11(a). Approve increase s to the project budget in the amount of $ 150,000 f or the completion of Bid Schedule No. 5 222, Redding Aquatic Center 50 Meter Pool Improvement Project as outlined below for additional improvements:
(1) Increase of $20,000 to the construction management budget, bringing the construction management total to $138,000; and
(2) Increase of $ 130,000 to the construction contingency budget, bringing the construction contingency total to $240,000.
4.11(b). Approve and find that the purchase of Assessor’s Parcel Number 050 -500-026 (Parcel) from J.F. Shea Co., Inc., related to the Westside Sewer Interceptor Project (Project) for the Wastewater Utility (C -9661), is categorically exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines, per Section 15317 - Open Space Con tracts or Easements and Section 15325(f) - Transfers of Ownership of Interest in Land to Preserve Existing Conditions.
4.11(d). Approve and award Bid Schedule No. 5347 , for the purchase of Cisco Water System Network Equipment , to Key Code Media for a t otal cost not to exceed $202,023.58, for the City of Redding Water Utility.
4.11(e). Approve a project budget increase in the amount of $75,000 for the completion of Bid Schedule No. 5286, East Cypress Storm Drain Replacement Project.
4.11(f). Authorize the sole source purchase of Kubwater Polymer for the City of Redding Wastewater Treatment Plants for a not to exceed amount of $400,000 per year.
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4.11(g). Authorize submission of a grant application to the United States Department of Transportation Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity grant program in the amount of $25,000,000 for the South Bonnyview Divergent Diamond Interchange and Corridor Capacity Improvement Project.
RECOMMENDATION: ACCEPT, ACKNOWLEDGE, ADOPT, APP ROVE,
AND/OR AUTHORIZE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
5. APPOINTMENTS
Mayor Dacquisto
5.1. Accept the Mayor’s recommendation to re -appoint Barbara Ghidinelli as the City of Redding representative to the Shasta County Commission on Aging to serve a s econd two-year term beginning February 21, 2023, through January 6, 2025.
6. PUBLIC HEARINGS
A court challenge to action taken by the City Council on any project or decision may be limited to only those issues raised during the public hearing or in writ ten correspondence delivered to the City Council during, or prior to, the public hearing.
Development Services
6.1. Public Hearing to consider Rezoning Application RZ-2022-02356, by the City of Redding (City), and Ordinance amending the City's Zoning Or dinance regarding the short -term rental ordinance (Redding Municipal Code (RMC) Section
18.43.180).
Recommendation:
Conduct a public hearing and, upon conclusion, offer an Ordinance amending RMC Title 18, Zoning, Chapter 18.43, (Standards for Specific Land Uses) by amending Section 18.43.180 (Short-Term Rentals), for first reading by title only, waive the first reading; and direct the City Attorney to prepare and the City Clerk to publish a summary ordinance according to law.
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9. REGULAR CALENDAR : REPORTS & COMMUNI CATIONS OF DEPARTMEN TS,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
Development Services
9.4(a). Consider report regarding the formation of a Director's Committee to provide input for potential modifications to the Redding Municipal Code (RMC) related to Short Term Rentals.
Recommendation:
Accept report and provide direction to staff regarding the formation and focus of a director’s ad -hoc committee for the purpose of developing and recommending modifications to the RMC as it relates to sho rt-term rentals; and if a committee is formed, the City Council should provide direction regarding the priority of ongoing efforts such as the Redding Riverfront Specific Plan, General Plan, and Tree Management Ordinance Committee.
Community Services
9.6(d). Consider Concession Agreement (C -7180) with TF Investment Group, LLC, for food and beverages at Carnegie Park.
Recommendation:
Authorize and approve the following actions:
(1) Approve the Concession Agreement (C -7180) with Todd Franklin, dba TF Investment Group, LLC, for a food truck court called “The Park” located at Carnegie Park for a 10 -year term commencing on March 1, 2023, and terminating on March 1, 2033, with m onthly rent in the amount of $1,020 with two percent increases annually;
(2) Authorize the City Manager to sign the Concession Agreement; and (3) Find that the adoption of the Con cession Agreement is categorically exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines pursuant to Section 15301 of Title 14 of the Californ ia Code of Regulations – Existing Facilities, because renewal of the lease will not result in a significant impact on the environment and will not cause an expansion of the existing use.
11. COUNCIL TRAVEL REPORT(S)
City Council Member attendance at conference/meetings reimbursed at City expense. {Requirement of Assembly Bill 1234}
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12. SUGGESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS RELATIVE TO POTENTIAL TOPICS
FOR FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
13. ADJOURNMENT
Pursuant to the Bro wn 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, 3 rd 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 the 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 mee tings 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 2023” select the desired date, then click on “video” to view the meeting.
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Questions, complaints, or requests for accommodations or additional information may be forwarded to the ADA & Title VI Coordinator at 777 Cypress Avenue, Attn: Personnel Dept., Redding, California 96001, Phone (530) 225-4065.