Agenda
Regular Meeting
Redding City Council
Council Chambers (Doors open 30 minutes prior)
777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, CA
October 17, 2023
6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER - MAYOR MICHAEL DACQUISTO
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Invocation - Patrick A. Blewett, Ph.D., Simpson University Executive Dean C. Roll Call
2. PRESENTATIONS
2A. Consider Resolution honoring Police Chief William Schueller on his retirement from the City of Redding.
Recommendation:
Adopt Resolution honoring William Schu eller for his distinguished service as the City of Redding’s Chief of Police.
2B. Presentation by Laurie Baker, Chief Executive Officer of the Redding Tourism Marketing Group, and General Manager of the Shasta Cascade Wonderland Association, providin g an update regarding its tourism and marketing efforts within the City of Redding.
2C. Presentation by the Tobacco Education Coalition , comprised of members from Youth Options, Shasta County Office of Education, Shasta County Public Health, United Way, and others, regarding density of tobacco establishments, youth access and use, within the City of Redding.
2D. Mayor’s Proclamation presented to Shasta Youth Options for its Shasta County Youth Peer Court program, designating October 2023 as Global Youth Justice Month in the City of Redding.
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.
Redding City Council October 17, 2023
3. PUBLIC COMMENT - for non-agendized matters within the city’s jurisdiction.
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
The Cons ent 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 of October 2, 2023.
4(c). Adopt Ordinance No. 2664, an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Redding a mending R edding Municipal Code Title 9 (Health and Safety), Chapter 9.28 (Solid Waste and Recycling) by amending Se ction 9.28.010 (Definitions) and adding Section 9.28.275 (Commercial Edible Food Generators), relating to the establishing of criteria for recovery and disposal of edible food.
4(d). Adopt Ordinance No. 2665, an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Redding, a mending Redding Municipal Code Title 2 (Administration and Personnel), Chapter 2.28 (City Engineer) by adding Section 2.28.060 (Approval of Plans, Specifications and Designs) relating to codifying existing authority in the City Engineer to ex ercise discretion in the approval of plans, specifications and design of all public improvements.
4.1(a). Adopt the Redding Tourism Marketing Group 2023-24 Annual Report.
4.6(a). Accept the Federal Lands Access Program funded improvements to Kum Bay Xerel Open Space as satisfactorily completed (C -7357); and authorize the City Manager to execute any documents required for acceptance and project close out.
PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT, CITY COUNCIL CANNOT TAKE ACTION ON PUBLIC
COMMENT ITEMS
The City Council will allocate up to a maximum of t hree 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 a ll 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.
Redding City Council October 17, 2023
4.8(a). Approve and authorize the following actions:
(1) Approve re-appropriation of American Re scue Plan Act funds from the Redding Fire Department rolling stock to allow for the use of the funds to install a Fire Station Alerting system throughout all eight Fire Stations and Headquarters to reduce response times in the City of Redding and comply with National Fire Protection Association 1225 guidelines; and (2) Adopt Resolution adopting and approving the 17 th Amendment to Budget Resolution No. 2023 -060 re-appropriating $1,000,000 in ARPA funds for Fiscal Year 2023-24.
4.9(a). Approve and r atify the purchase of 18 police vehicles from John Jones Automotive Group in the amount of $823,575 for the Redding Police Department.
4.11(a). Accept Bid Schedule No. 5286 (Job No. 2667), East Cypress Avenue Storm Drain Replacement Project, awarded to Northstate Earth and Water, Inc., as satisfactorily complete, with a final cost of $527,467.02.
4.11(b). Accept Bid Schedule No. 5333 (Job No. 2608), Woodacre Sewer Main Replacement Project, awarded to Mitchell Johnson Construction, Inc., as satisfactorily complete, with a final cost of $982,304.40.
4.11(c). Authorize and approve the following actions relative to the Summary Vacation of a Public Service Easement (A-2023-01030):
(1) Adopt Resolution summarily vacating a Public Service Easement located on Lot 13 an d 14 of the Seven Bridges Subdivision Phase 2 as described in Exhibit A and depicted in Exhibit B;
(2) Find the action consistent with the General Plan; and (3) Find the action categorically exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines, pursuant to Section 15035 - Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations.
4.11(d). Accept Bid Schedule No. 5 183 (Job No. 26 11), Girvan Road Railroad Crossing Improvements and South Redding Bikeway and Pedestrian Trail Project , awarded to Tullis, Inc., as satisfactorily complete, with a final cost of $8,469,900.
4.15(a). Accept report recognizing City of Redding employees who have achieved or will achieve 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, or 30 years of service with the City of Redding as of December 31, 2023.
4.15(b). Adopt Resolution updating the City of Redding Master Employee Pay Schedule classification titles and pay rates/ranges to comply with the California Public Employees’ Retirement System requirement that all information be conso lidated in one master document. The Resolution confirms classification titles and pay rate/range changes that have been approved by the City Council at previous City Council meetings during open session.
RECOMMENDATION: ACCEPT, ACKNOWLEDGE, ADOPT, APPROV E,
AND/OR AUTHORIZE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
Redding City Council October 17, 2023
9. REGULAR CALENDAR: REPORTS & COMMUNIC ATIONS OF DEPARTMENT S,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
City Manager
9.1(b). Consider the appointment of Brian T. Barner as Chief of Police of the City of Redding.
Recommendation:
Approve the appointment of Brian T. Barner as the Chief of Police of the City of Redding.
9.1(c). Consider Ordinance designating the City of Redding as Fiscal Agent to the Redding Municipal Library.
Recommendation:
Authorize and approve the following:
(1) Offer an Ordinance amending Redding Municipal Code Title 2 (Administration and Personnel), Chapter 2.42 (Redding Municipal Library) designating the City of Redding as Fiscal Agent for the Redding Municipal Library Fund for first reading by title only, waive the full reading; (2) Authorize the City Attorney to prepare a summary ordinance , and the City Clerk to publish the same in accordance with law; and
(3) Find that the adoption of this ordinance is exempt from environmental review pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act guidelines 15060(c)(2) and 15061(b)(3) and further find that the passage of this ordinance will have no foreseeable direct or indirect physical change in the environment.
Community Services
9.6(b). Consider scope change for the Caldwell Park Expansion Project for the City of Redding.
Recommendation:
Approve and authorize the following actions relative to the Caldwell Park Expansion Project funded by a Proposition 68 Statewide Park Development Program grant:
(1) Approve the changes to the grant scope; and
(2) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to submit the proposed change to the State for approval and to amend the grant agreement, and execute all documents necessary to change the grant’s scope.
Redding City Council October 17, 2023
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 ho urs 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 meetings 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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