Agenda
Regular Meeting
Redding City Council
Council Chambers (Doors open 30 minutes prior)
777 Cypress Avenue,
Redding, CA
May 2, 2023
6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER - MAYOR MICHAEL DACQUISTO
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Invocation - Lynda Manoli, Redding Police and Fire Departments’ Chaplain.
C. Roll Call
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 all ocate 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 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 f or 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.
Redding City Council May 2, 2023
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(a). Approve Minutes: Special Meeting - Closed Session of April 18, 2023; and Regular Meeting of April 18, 2023.
4(c). Accept the City of Redding Treasurer’s Report for March 2023.
4(d). Accept City of Redding Proof of Cash re conciliation and ACR133 report for the month of March 2023.
4.2(a). Authorize and approve the following actions:
(1) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to appropriate Encampment Resolution Funding Round 2, Lookback Disbursement grant funds, in the amount of $950,000, received from the California Department of General Services – Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency, pursuant to the parameters of the Standard Agreement (C-9579); and (2) Find that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15301 through 15333.
4.2(b). Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to sign the Fifth Amendment to the Professional Services and Consulting Agreement with No Boundaries Transitional Housing, Inc., (C -9479), increasing the contract by $343,500, for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,276,800, thereby adding 20 more rooms with 116 beds to assist the unsheltered population.
4.2(c). Authorize and approve the following actions:
(1) Authorize the City M anager, or designee, to execute an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement with Dawson Homes to prepare a Disposition and Development Agreement for the potential disposition of City of Redding- owned property located at 1313 Rose Lane and preparation of a disposition and development agreement to facilitate the potential mixed development of residential units on said property; and
(2) Find that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15301 through 15333 based on the following categorical exemptions: feasibility and planning studies and surplus government property sales.
Redding City Council May 2, 2023
4.4(a). Adopt Resolution compelling removal of the billboard owned by Orion Outdoor Media adjacent to Interstate 5 , state outdoor adverti sing number 22024 at state postmile 12.48 L, which eliminates a legal non -conforming sign, satisfies the request of the billboard owner, and will not result in the expenditure of City of Redding funds.
4.5(a). Authorize the following relative to Bid Sche dule No. 5356, Current Transformers:
(1) Accept and award to the apparent low bidder Anixter, Inc., for an annual estimated cost of $695,852.01 . The contract period shall be from May 2, 2023, through March 31, 2024;
(2) Authorize the Purchasing Officer to extend t he bid award annually with Anixter, Inc., through March 31, 202 8, if mutually agreeable and as budget allows , with all terms and conditions remaining the same and price adjustments made in direct proportion to a Producer Price Index ; and
(3) Authorize the City Manager to approve changes to future pricing terms and policies as needed.
4.9(a). Adopt Resolution proclaiming May 8, 2023, as California Peace Officers' Memorial Day ; May 11, 2023, as Shasta County Peace Officers' Memorial Day; and May 14 through May 20, 2023, as National Police Week in the City of Redding.
4.10(a). Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 89 th Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2021 -078 amending appropriations for American Rescue Plan Act projects to include: deferred Gen eral Fund facility maintenance, Redding Fire and Police Department (RPD) vehicle purchases, funding of RPD’s Beat 8 and Park Ranger positions through Fiscal Year 2025-26.
4.11(a). Authorize the following related to the purchase of one 2023 Caterpillar ( CAT) 950M Loader for the City of Redding Solid Waste Utility:
(1) Authorize the purchase using Sourcewell contract pricing, with a net delivered cost of $497,314.89 including all applicable taxes and fees; (2) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 86 th Amendment to Budget Resolution No. 2021 -078 for the Solid Waste Utility to move funds from the Reserve Account for the purchase of one 2023 CAT 950M Loader; and
(3) Authorize the City Manager to approve future pricing adjustments, terms, and policy changes as needed up to a total of $30,000.
4.11(b). Accept the project plans, specifications and construction of the waterline associated with the Springs Waterline Reimbursement Agreement (C -9022) as satisfactorily complete, with a final cost of $1,461,788.57.
Redding City Council May 2, 2023
4.11(c). Authorize the following actions regarding Highway Bridge Program grant funding from the State of California Department of Transportation:
(1) Accept additional grant funds awarded to the City of Redding for the Old Alturas Road over Churn Creek Bridge Rehabilitation Project (Project); and
(2) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 87th Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 202 1-078 appropriating $ 4,462,400 for the Project.
4.11(d). Adopt Resolution accepting the City of Redding’s List of Projects for Fiscal Year 2023-24 funded by Senate Bill 1: The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017.
4.11(e). Authorize s taff to implement a Parking Fee Holiday from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., on Friday, May 19, 2023, for the annual Asphalt Cowboys Pancake Breakfast held in Downtown Redding.
4.11(f). Accept update regarding the award of emergency construction contract for replacement of the Storm Drain System on Eastside Road, and, in accordance with Public Contract Code Section 22050(c)(1), make a determ ination by a four- fifths vote that there is a need to continue the emergency work.
RECOMMENDATION: ACCEPT, ACKNOWLEDGE, ADOPT, APPROVE,
AND/OR AUTHORIZE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
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.
City Manager – Housing & Community Development
6.1. Public Hearing to consider 2023 -24 Action Plan for submission to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Recommendation:
Conduct a Public Hearing and upon conclusion, adopt Resolution accepting the proposed 2023-24 Annual Action Plan; and authorize the City Manager, or designee, to sign all necessary documents to submit the 2023-24 Annual Action Plan to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Redding City Council May 2, 2023
9. REGULAR CALENDAR: REPORTS & COMMUNIC ATIONS OF DEPAR TMENTS,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
Electric Utility
9.5(b). Consider Redding Electric Utility's 2023 Wildfire Mitigation Plan.
Recommendation:
Approve the City of Redding Electric Utility’s updated and revised 2023 Wildfire Mitigation Plan ; and accept the Independent Evaluator’s Report conducted by qualified independent auditor Dudek pursuant to California Senate Bill 901.
Personnel
9.15(a).
Consider Resolution amending the Redding Independent Employees' Organization (RIEO) Supervisory/Con fidential Exempt and the Clerical, Technical and Professional (CTP) Exempt Schedule of Classifications and Wage Rates.
Recommendation:
Adopt Resolution approving an adjustment to the RIEO Supervisory/Confidential Exempt and the RIEO CTP Exempt Schedule of Classifications and Wage Rates, for salary increases for the Engineer series and Construction Manager classifications effective July 23, 2023.
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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Information Only
12. SUGGESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS RELATIVE TO POTENTIAL TOPICS
FOR FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
13. ADJOURNMENT
Redding City Council May 2, 2023
Pursuant to the Brown 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.
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