Agenda
Regular Meeting
Redding City Council
Council Chambers (Doors open 30 minutes prior)
777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, CA
September 5, 2023
6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER - MAYOR MICHAEL DACQUISTO
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Invocation - Lori Moretti, Redding Police and Redding Fire Departments' Chaplain C. Roll Call
2. PRESENTATIONS
2A. Presentation by Shasta County Assessor -Recorder Leslie Morgan regarding the Office of Shasta County Assessor-Recorder’s Annual Report for 2023-2024.
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 Spe aker 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 Co uncil 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 routin e 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 – Budget Workshop No. 2 of April 5, 2023; Special Meeting – Closed Session of August 15, 2023; and Regular Meeting of August 15, 2023.
4(b). Accept City of Redding Accounts Payable Register No. 1; and Payroll Register Nos. 1 and 2.
4(d). Accept City of Redding Proof o f Cash reconciliation and ACR133 report for the month of June 2023.
4.2(a). Approve and Authorize the following:
(1) Authorize staff to submit a C alifornia Strategic Growth Council’s Community Resilience Centers Program planning grant application for a day resource center in an amount not to exceed $500,000; (2) Adopt Resolution to authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to apply for the grant, appropriate funds, and if awarded, execute any agreements necessary to implement the award; (3) Find that applying for funding is not considered a project under the California Environmental Quality Act; and
(4) Find that administrative activities such as applying for funding is exempt under the National Environmental Policy Act.
4.5(a). Authorize the following relative to Bid Schedule No. 5390, 200 - & 600 -Amp Elbows and Assemblies for the Redding Electric Utility:
(1) Award Bid Group I (200 -Amp Elbows and Assemblies), and Bid Group II (600 -Amp Elbows and Assemblies), to Anixter, Inc., for an annual evaluated price of $266,677.00;
(2) Award Bid Group III (Mounting Bracket and Parking Stands) to OneSource Supply Solutions for an annual evaluated price of $33,292.80;
(3) Award Bid Group I (200 -Amp Elbows and Assemblies) to OneSour ce Supply Solutions as a secondary provider in cases of supply chain issues; and
(4) Authorize the Purchasing Officer to extend the bid award annually with Anixter, Inc. and OneSource Supply Solutions through June 30, 2026, if mutually agreeable, with a ll terms and conditions remaining the same and price adjustments in direct proportion to a Producer Price Index.
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4.6(a). Authorize the following actions relative to California Strategic Growth Council’s Community Resilience Centers Program:
(1) Adopt Resolution authorizing the City of Redding Parks Department to apply for $ 10 million to the California Strategic Growth Council’s Community Resilience Centers Program grant for the Panorama Park and Resiliency Center; and
(2) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to apply for the grant , appropriate funds should the grant be awarded, and execute any agreements necessary to implement the project.
4.6(b). Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 10th Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 202 3-060 appropriating $ 200,000 from the City of Redding General Fund to fund contracted instructors for community recreational programs.
4.8(a). Authorize and approve the following:
(1) Accept grant funding in the amount of $212,150 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant;
(2) Authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement and any associated documents to complete the grant process; and
(3) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 9 th Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2023-060 appropriating said funds.
4.9(a). Authorize the following actions relative to the award of a California Office of Traffic Safety, Selective Traffic Enforcement Program grant:
(1) Accept the grant in the amount of $127,000 to fund Redding Police Department overtime, training, and minor equipment to assist with additional traffic safety enforcement;
(2) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the grant agreement and all subsequent documentation to complete the grant process; and (3) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 11 th Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2023-060 appropriating said funds.
4.9(b). Adopt Resolution supporting crime prevention efforts in Redding, a nd proclaiming Tuesday, October 3, 2023 , as National Night Out in the City of Redding.
4.11(a). Accept Bid Schedule No. 5306 (Job No. 2651), Pedestrian Crossing Enhancement Project, awarded to Axner Excavating, Inc., as satisfactorily complete, with a final cost of $1,220,397.24.
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4.11(b). Authorize and approve the following actions relative to Request for Proposals Schedule No. 5382, Construction Management and Inspection Services for the City of Redding Well 12 Water Treatment Plant Project:
(1) Award to Water Works Engineers, LLC;
(2) Authorize the Mayor to execute a Consulting and Professional Services Contract for a not -to-exceed fee of $499,781 with Water Works Engineers, LLC, to provide Construction Management and Inspection Services; and
(3) Authorize the City Manager to approve contract am endments not to exceed $50,000.
4.11(c). Authorize the following actions relative to Bid Schedule No. 5381 (Job No. 2422), City of Redding Well 12 Water Treatment Plant Project:
(1) Award to SnL Group, Inc., in the amount of $5,995,970; (2) Approve an additional $640,000 to cover the cost of administration and inspection fees;
(3) Approve $250,000 for project development costs;
(4) Approve $600,000 to provide construction contingency funding; (5) Authorize the City Manager to approve additional increa ses in either the construction management or construction contingency amounts up to a total of $100,000;
(6) Approve the project design plans, specifications and special provisions; and
(7) Find that the Project is categorically exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to Section 15301 - Existing Facilities, 15302 - Replacement or Reconstruction, and 15303 - New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures.
4.12(a). Adopt Resolution approving an amended Appendix A (De signated Positions) to the City of Redding’s Conflict of Interest Code, Redding Municipal Code Chapter 2.90 (Conflict of Interest for designated positions of the City), in compliance with the California Fair Political Practices Commission biennial review requirements.
RECOMMENDATION: ACCEPT, ACKNOWLEDGE, ADOPT, APPROVE,
AND/OR AUTHORIZE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
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9. REGULAR CALENDAR: REPORTS & COMMUNICATIONS OF DEPARTMENTS,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
Assistant City Manager
9.2(b). Consider a ward of bid for the City of Redding Downtown Park Plaza Project 2023.
Recommendation:
Authorize the following actions relative to the Downtown Park Plaza Project 2023 , for construction of a public park located at 1470 Market St:
(1) Award bid to SnL Group Inc. in the amount of $3,985,883; (2) Approve $100,000 for administration costs and inspection fees; $350,000 for project development costs; and $101,463 to provide construction contingency funding; and
(3) Find that the project is exempt from r eview under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines, pursuant to Section 15300.1 - Relation to Ministerial Projects.
Police
9.9(c). Consider extending the Redding Police Department's $40,000 signing bonus for an additional 18-months.
Recommendation:
Authorize and approve the following for the Redding Police Department:
(1) Extend the lateral signing incentive for an additional 18 -months in the amount of $40,000, with payment of the bonus to continue to be in installments of $20,000 at hir ing, $10,000 at successful completion of field training, and $10,000 after completion of probation, with a contract remaining in place requiring a three-year commitment to the Redding Police Department to receive the bonus. Lateral officers that resign prior to the full three years are required to repay the incentive at a prorated rate; and
(2) Authorize and approve the City Manager to cancel the incentive without City Council approval due to unforeseen issues such as budget reductions.
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Public Works
9.11(d).
Consider an u pdate to the Downtown Redding Parking Program , including proposed changes, and adoption of a Resolution to amend the traffic control map of the City of Redding.
Recommendation:
Authorize the following actions relative to the City of Redding Downtown Parking Program as outlined and summarized below:
(1) Accept the staff report outlining the status of Downtown Redding parking; (2) Adopt Resolution to amend the traffic control map thereby allowing on-street employee permit exempt parking zones, increasing the number of employee parking permits sold from 175 to 300, allowing Shasta College students to purchase employee parking permits and changing the Oregon Street loading zone from 12 minutes to 30 minutes; and
(3) Find that the action is ex empt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to 14 CCR 15601(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption).
9.11(e).
Consider setting a Public Hearing regarding a four -year service rate package for the City of Redding Solid Waste, Water, and Wastewater Utilities.
Recommendation:
Approve the following regarding proposed service rates for the City of Redding Solid Waste, Water, and Wastewater Utilities:
(1) Approve the Protest Notice format;
(2) Approve adding a new rate for the Solid Waste Utility for commercial source- separated food waste collection; and
(3) Approve setting a Public Hearing on November 7, 2023, 6:00 p.m., in the City Council Chambers, 777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, California, to consider the four -year package of rates for Solid Waste, Water, and Wastewater Utilities proposed for implementation on or about January 1, 2024.
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Personnel
9.15(a).
Consider adoption of an uncodified Ordinance amending the City of Redding's contract with the California Public Emplo yees Retirement System for classic local miscellaneous members in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers AFL-CIO (IBEW) – Power Production Unit.
Recommendation:
Authorize and approve the following actions:
(1) Adopt uncodified Ordinance No. 2663 to amend the Retirement Contract (C- 99) between the City of Redding (City) and California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) to adopt Government Code Section 20516 (Employees Sharing Additional Cost) for classic local miscellaneous members in the IBEW–Power Production Unit;
(2) Authorize the Mayor to sign the contract for the City upon receipt of the final document from CalPERS;
(3) Authorize the City Clerk to sign the Certification of Compliance with Government Code Section 20516 (CON 500); and
(4) Authorize the City Clerk to sign the Certification of Compliance with Government Code Section 7507 (CON 12A).
9.15(b).
Consider Resolution approving an exception to the California Public Employee's Retirement System 180-day wait period with regard to re-hiring Deborah Ivey as a retired annuitant.
Recommendation:
Approve and authorize the following:
(1) Adopt Resolution approving a 180 -day wait period exception and single interim appointment of Deborah Ivey as Payroll and Benefits Technician for the City of Redding pursuant to Government Code sections 7522.56 and 21224, effective September 6, 2023, for up to 960 hours; and (2) Authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary hiring documentation to allow retired Payroll and Benefits Technician, Deborah Ivey, to be rehired as an annuitant in the Finance Department to assist with special projects such as the implementation of the City -wide Enterprise Resource Planning and Human Capital Management systems.
9.15(c).
Consider Resolution approving amendments to Executive Management Pay-For- Performance Salary Plan for Unrepresented Employees.
Recommendation:
Adopt Resolution approving amendments to the Executive Management Pay -For- Performance Salary Plan (Unrepresented) providing c lassification-specific salary range adjustments as a result of a compensation and compression study, including the City Manager classification, and authorizing immediate salary increases for the employees in those classifications, effective September 3, 2023.
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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
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 th e City Clerk, 3 rd Floor, City Hall, 777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, California.
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