Agenda
Regular Meeting
Redding City Council
Council Chambers (Doors open 30 minutes prior)
777 Cypress Avenue
Redding, CA
August 15, 2023
6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER - MAYOR MICHAEL DACQUISTO
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Invocation - Reverend Marygrace, Unity Church in Redding C. Roll Call
2. PRESENTATIONS
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 no t 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 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 individually scrutinized by City Council Members and are anticipated to require no further deliberation. If a member of the public wishes to address an ite m 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: Regular Meeting of February 21, 2023; Regular Meeting of March 7, 2023; Regular Meeting of May 2, 2023; Special Meeting, Budget Workshop No. 3 May 4, 2023; Regular Meeting of June 6, 2023; Special Meeting of July 18, 2023; Regular Meeting of July 18, 2023; Special Meeting – Closed Session of August 1, 2023; and Regular Meeting of August 1, 2023.
4(c). Accept the City of Redding Treasurer’s Report for June 2023.
4.2(a). Adopt Resolution approving the 8th Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2023-060 appropriating $27,750 in Passenger Facility Charges and Airport Funds to facilitate payment of the American Association of Airport Executives Services Agreement (C-9139) for the Interactive Employee Training Progra m at the Redding Regional Airport.
4.2(b). Approve the following:
(1) Authorize the City of Redding to serve as the Collaborative Applicant for the Fiscal Year 2023 Continuum of Care Application on behalf of the NorCal Continuum of Care (NorCal CoC); and au thorize the City Manager or designee, to submit the application;
(2) Ratify the award of Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Round 3 (HHAP3) funding to the City of Redding for $58,792.30 for personnel and consultant costs for the Collaborative Application submission to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD);
(3) Authorize the City Manager to accept and appropriate the Collaborative Application and HHAP 3 awarded funding;
(4) Find that applying for, and accepting, grant funding is not consid ered a project under the California Environmental Quality Act; and (5) Find that applying for, and accepting, grant funding is not considered a project under the National Environmental Policy Act under 24 CFR
58.34(a)(3).
4.4(a). Accept report regarding the City of Redding’s Community Engagement Strategy and formation of a Community Coalition group for development of the Redding Riverfront Specific Plan.
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4.5(a). Approve the City of Redding 2023 On -Call Consultants for Power Plant Electrical Engineering Services, composed of qualified on -call consultants to provide professional services pertaining to Redding Power Plant electrical generating equipment, consistent with City Manager Policy No. 22 -03, Selection of Technical Consultants, for the Redding Electric Utility.
4.5(b). Adopt Resolution declaring the City of Redding’s intention to reimburse expenditures related to Redding Electric Utility’s replacement of existing general system infrastructure and design, acquisition, construction, and equipping of new infrastructure projects from the proceeds of tax -exempt debt obligations.
4.9(a). Approve the purchase of up to ten Chevrolet Tahoe patrol vehicles through the State of California’s Statewide contract for fleet vehicles at a cost of approximately $500,000 for the Redding Police Department; and authorize the City Manager to allocate up to $30,000 as contingency to complete the purchase.
4.9(b). Authorize the Redding Police Department to sole source an agreement with Emergency Vehicle Outfitting C ompany in the amount not to exceed $200,000 annually, for two years to outfit vehicles with the needed equipment.
4.11(a). Authorize the following actions relative to the sole source iNet Subscription Renewal 3 Agreement with Industrial Scientific Corporation (ISC):
(1) Make a finding that ISC be the sole source vendor for gas monitoring equipment and support services for the City of Redding; (2) Authorize the City Manager to execute the four -year agreement with ISC for gas monitoring equipment and support serv ices for a total amount of $461,516.64; and
(3) Authorize the City Manager to approve additional contract amendments not to exceed $50,000.
4.11(b). Accept Bid Schedule No. 5162 (Job No. 9618), Salt Creek Heights Neighborhood Park Proje ct, awarded to Builder Solution, Inc., as satisfactorily complete, with a final cost of $1,772,809.36.
4.11(c). Accept Bid Schedule No. 5276 (Job No. 9942), Benton Airpark Runway and Taxiway Connector Pavement Preservation and Magnetic Variations Updates Project, awarded to VSS International, Inc., as satisfactorily complete, with a final cost of $435,863.25.
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4.11(d). Approve and authorize the following relative to Recyclable Material Sorting Services for the Solid Waste Utility:
(1) Approve the Personal Services Agreement with Siskiyou Opportunity Center for the period of August 15, 2023, through June 30, 202 5, in the amount of $1,032,525 in year one with subsequent year compensation determined by Consumer Price Index adjustments. The initial term of the contract is two years, with three consecutive one -year renewals, through June 30, 2028, unless either party gives 30 -day written notice not to renew;
(2) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 7th Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2023 -060 appropriating $350,000 for Recyclable Material Sorting Services for Fiscal Year 2023-24; and
(3) Find the action categorically exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines, pursuant to Section 15301 – Existing Facilities.
4.11(e). Authorize submission of the following grant applications to the Shasta Regional Transportation Agency Carbon Reduction Program:
(1) A grant application for up to $5 00,000 to be used on the Oregon Street Improvements Project for the area around Calaboose Creek in Downtown Redding; and
(2) A grant application for up to $500,000 to be used for supplemental construction funding of the California Street Bikeway Project in Downtown Redding.
RECOMMENDATION: ACCEPT, ACKNOWLEDGE, ADOPT, APPROVE,
AND/OR AUTHORIZE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
9. REGULAR CALENDAR: REPORTS & COMMUNICATIONS OF DEPARTMENTS,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
Personnel
9.15(a).
Adopt Resolution approving Successor Memorandum of Understanding and Salary Schedules between City of Redding and United Public Employees of California, Local 792, Technical Employee Unit.
Recommendation:
Adopt Resolution approving a successor Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and salary exhibits between the City of Redding and United Public Employees of California, Local 792, Technical Employee Unit (UPEC Tech) for a three -year term beginning August 16, 2023 and ending June 30, 2026; and approv e amendments to the UPEC Tech Schedule of Wage Rates effective August 20, 2023.
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9.15(b).
Consider Resol ution of Intention and Introduction of Ordinance amending the City of Redding’s c ontract (C -99) with the California Public Employees’ Retirement System.
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 of Redding’s intent to amend the contract (C-99) with California Public Employees Retirement System as allowed in Section 20516 of the Public Employees’ Retirement Law (Employees Sharing Additional Co st) for classic local miscellaneous members in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers AFL -CIO – Power Production Unit; waive the full reading; and direct 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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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 avail able 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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