Agenda
Regular Meeting
Redding City Council
Council Chambers (Doors open 30 minutes prior)
777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, CA
March 21, 2023
6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER - MAYOR MICHAEL DACQUISTO
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Invocation
C. Roll Call
2. PRESENTATIONS
2A. Mayor’s Proclamation presented to Wendy Dickens, Executive Director, First 5 Shasta, declaring April 1-8, 2023, as the Week of the Young Child in the City of Redding.
2B. Presentation by Danny Orloff, Tourism Marketing Dire ctor for Visit Redding, regarding past, present, and future tourism efforts for the City of Redding.
2C. Presentation by Sabrina Jurisich, Film Commissioner for Film Shasta, regarding past, present, and future activities.
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 mee ting 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 Cit y 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.
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.
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4. CONSENT CALENDAR
The Consent Calendar contains items considered routine and/or which have been indivi dually 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. 16; and Payroll Registers No. 17 and 18.
4.2(a). Authorize and approve the following actions:
(1) Approve the Consent to Assignment of Lease (C -2965) between Joe Wong (Lessee/Assignor) and T AND S DVBE, Inc., a California Corporation (Assignee);
(2) Authorize the Mayor, to execute the Consent to Assignment of Lease with the respective parties; and
(3) Find that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Class 1 (Existing Facilities) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301.
4.3(a). Approve the issuance of Request for Proposals to update the City of Redding’s Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone software and hardware.
4.4(a). Approve the part -time Development Services Technician position status change from a temporary (status 9) to a permanent (status 8) position for the City of Redding Development Services Department.
4.4(b). Accept the 2022 City of Redding General Plan/Housing Element Annual Progress Report; and direct staff to forward the document to the Governor’s Office of P lanning and Research, as well as the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development.
4.5(a). Approve Version 6 of the Redding Electric Utility’s Renewables Portfolio Standard Procurement Plan and Enforcement Program procedure RPS -001, updating language to Section 3.2(C), Cost Limitations for Expenditures , to provide added assurance of rate predictability and stability for Redding Electric Utility customers.
4.5(b). Adopt Resolution approving and authorizing the City Manager to execu te the First Amendment to the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement (C -2489) with Modesto Irrigation District to extend the term through August 1, 2040.
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4.5(c). Authorize the following modifications relative to previously awarded Bid Schedule No. 5092, Three-Phase, Pad -Type Distribution Transformers to OneSource Distributors (OneSource):
(1) Accept a proposed change in contract pricing based on OneSource’s price request; and
(2) Approve the amendment of Purchase Order 113769, previously issued to OneSource, totaling $64,855.41, to the increased amount of $90,051.39.
4.6(a). Authorize submission of the following grant applications to the California Department of Transportation’s Clean California Local Grant Program for projects that support litter abate ment, beautification, safety, and related public education efforts:
(1) A grant application for up to $5,000,000 to be used for the area around Calaboose Creek in Downtown Redding; and
(2) A grant application for up to $1,500,000 in partnership with Shasta Living Streets to construct an overlook plaza above the Sacramento River on the Diestelhorst to Downtown Trail at Riverside Drive and Court Street.
4.11(a). Accept update regarding the City of Redding’s COVID -19 Economic Stimulus Package projects.
4.11(b). Authorize the following related to the purchase of one 2024 Autocar ACX64 Hook Lift truck for the City of Redding Solid Waste Utility:
(1) Authorize the purchase using Sourcewell contract pricing, with a net delivered cost of $359,600.50 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.
4.11(c). Authorize the following actions r elative to the City of Redding Master Service Agreement (C -3386) with the Tribal Council of the Redding Rancheria to provide Water and Wastewater Utility Services:
(1) Authorize the Mayor to execute a Third Amendment (Amendment) to the Agreement (C-3386) for a term ending October 2, 2028; and (2) Find that the activity is categorically exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines, pursuant to Section 15301(a and d) – Existing Facilities.
4.11(d). Approve and ratify the D irector of Public Works signing as sub -applicant, with the Shasta Regional Transportation Agency being the primary applicant, for the Fiscal Year 2023 -24 Caltrans Sustainable Communities Competitive Grant Application.
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4.14(a). Adopt Resolution that authorizes the City of Redding to participate in the settlement of the nation -wide opioid litigation against defendants Teva, Allergan, CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart; delegates authority to the City Attorney to execute all documents necessary to accomplish settlement on behalf of the City of Redding; and authorizes the City Attorney to notify the national settlement administrator of the City of Redding’s intent to receive a direct distribution of settlement funds.
RECOMMENDATION: ACCEPT, ACKNOWLEDGE, ADOPT , APPROVE,
AND/OR AUTHORIZE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
5. APPOINTMENTS
Mayor Michael Dacquisto
5.1. Consider Mayor's appointments and reappointment to the City of Redding Planning Commission.
Recommendation:
Approve Mayor’s recommendation to: (1) appoint Marcus Partin to the Planning Commission to fill an unscheduled vacancy by Planning Commissioner Bert Meyer, with the term ending April 30, 2024; (2) appoint Greg Balkovek to serve a four -year term effective May 1, 2023, to April 30, 2027, to fill the vacancy made by Planning Commissioner Leon Benner; and (3) reappoint Luke Miner to serve an additional four-year term effective May 1, 2023, to April 30, 2027.
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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 written correspondence delivered to the City Council during, or prior to, the public hearing.
Development Services
6.1. Public Hearing to consider Re zoning Application RZ -2023-00236, initiated by the City of Redding, and Ordinance amending Redding Municipal Code Title 18 (Zoning), pertaining to Zoning text cleanups.
Recommendation:
Conduct a public hearing and, upon conclusion:
(a) Offer an Ordinance amending the following, all relating to clean -up and updating of the Zoning Code, for first reading by title only and waive the full reading:
(1) Chapter 18.31 (Residential Districts: “RE” Residential Estate, “RS” Residential Single Family, and “RM” Residentia l Multiple Family) by amending Section 18.31.020 (Land Use Regulations) relating to density for 2-family dwellings;
(2) Chapter 18.40 (Development and Site Regulations) by amending Sections
18.40.010 (Antennas and Microwave Equipment; Telecommunications and Wi reless Facilities) relating to permit requirements for collocation facilities;
(3) Chapter 18.40 (Development and Site Regulations) by amending Section
18.40.160 (Swimming Pools) relating to filtering systems and heating equipment for swimming pools;
(4) Chapter 18.40 (Development and Site Regulations) by amending Section
18.40.180 (Walls and Fences) relating to monitored electrified security fence systems;
(5) Chapter 18.41 (Off -Street Parking and Loading) by amending Sections
18.41.040-A (Parking Spaces Required) re lating to parking requirements for Health Clubs and Fitness Studios; and
(6) Chapter 18.42 (Signs) by amending Section 18.42.040 (Standards for Certain Types of Signs) relating to flag poles within the Residential Districts.
(b) Authorize the City Attorney to prep are, and the City Clerk to publish the summary ordinance according to law; and
(c) Find that adoption of the ordinance is, pursuant to 14 CCR 15378, exempt from environmental review, because the passage of the proposed ordinance is not a “project” according to the definition in the California Environmental Quality Act and, therefore, is not subject to the provisions requiring environmental review.
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Development Services
6.2. Public Hearing to consider Appeal Application APPL -2022-02519, initiated by several appellants, regarding Planning Commission's approval of Application AMND-2020-01709 to Planned Development PD -2015-00304, for the Bethel Church Collyer Drive Campus located at 2080 Collyer Drive.
Recommendation:
Conduct a public hearing and, upon conclusion:
(1) Deny Appeal Application APPL -2022-02519, initiated by Anita Brady, Jerry Garcee, Brigitte Robertson, Alex Stephens, and Kathryn McDonald, appealing the Planning Commission's decision to approve Amendment Application AMND -2020-01709 to Planned De velopment PD -2015-00304, for the Bethel Church Collyer Drive Campus Project located at 2080 Collyer Drive for a 2,600 -seat, 171,708 -square-foot church and school facility (Building 'A' and Building 'B'). The modification involves the addition of an 8,200-square-foot administrative building (Building ‘C’), a 3,600 -square-foot facilities/maintenance building, and changes to the square footages of the church and school facility (Buildings ‘A’ and ‘B’). The modification proposes a total increase of 36,383 squar e feet in building area, resulting in an overall building area of 208,192 square feet. The property is located in a "RM -9-PD" Multiple-Family District with a Planned Development Overlay; and (2) Adopt the Addendum to the 2017 Environmental Impact Report for th e Bethel Church of Redding Collyer Drive Campus.
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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