Agenda
Regular Meeting
Redding City Council
Council Chambers (Doors open 30 minutes prior)
777 Cypress Avenue
Redding, CA
November 7, 2023
6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER - MAYOR MICHAEL DACQUISTO
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Invocation - Jen McCloskey, Redding Police and Redding Fire Departments' Chaplain C. Roll Call
3. PUBLIC COMMENT - for non-agendized matters within the city’s jurisdiction.
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.
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 minut es 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 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(a). Approve Minutes: Regular Meeting of September 19, 2023; Special Meeting – Closed Session of October 17, 2023; and Regular Meeting of October 17, 2023.
4(b). Accept City of Redding Accounts Payable Register Nos. 2 and 3; and Payroll Register Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
4(c). Adopt Ordinance No. 2666, an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Redding a mending R edding 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.
4.1(b). Adopt Resolution approving City Council Policy No. 222 – Electronic Signature Policy to permit the use of electronic signatures, in lieu of manual or “wet” signatures in designated City of Redding-related business transactions and contracts.
4.2(a). Approve and authorize the following for the City of Redding Airports Division:
(1) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 16 th Amendment to City Budget Resolution N o. 2023-060 appropriating revenues in the amount of $199,660 for purchase of a boarding ramp and an air service development contract from proceeds of the land sale located at 6550 Lockheed Drive, Redding, CA 96002; and
(2) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to appropriate the remaining $64,168.50 from the land sale and to execute any agreements necessary to implement projects funded through these appropriations.
4.2(c). Approve and authorize the following actio ns related to the Community Development Block Grant Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program to assist with the South City Park Redevelopment Project:
(1) Adopt Resolution accepting a Section 108 Program Loan, pledging the City of Redding’s general fund ($240,000) as security, and authorizing the City Manager to execute a United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Section 108 Contract, Note, and related documents containing that pledge;
(2) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 19th Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2023 -060 appropriating $2,698,000 for the revised Section 108 Program funding of the South City Park Project and establishing a Section 108 payment guarantee for Fiscal year 2023-24; (3) Find that applying for and accepting grant funding is not considered a project under the California Environmental Quality Act; and (4) Find that applying for and accepting grant funding is exempt under the National Environmental Policy Act under Title 24 CFR 58.34(a)(3).
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4.3(a). Authorize the following actions relative to the Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity (RMUC) Advanced Cybersecurity Technology (ACT) 1 Prize Program:
(1) Authorize the Chief Information Officer, or designee, to submit a commitment to competing in the RMUC ACT 1 Prize Program; and (2) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to appropriate the RMUC ACT 1 Prize Program funding, if awarded.
4.5(a). Authorize the following relative to Bid Schedule No. 5401, 115kV Circuit Switcher Retrofit for the Redding Electric Utility:
(1) Award Bid Group I (115kV circuit switchers and support structures) and exercise the City’s purchase option for Bid Group II (Spare parts: seismic analysis item 1 and seismic analysis item 2) to Southern States, LLC for an evaluated price of $563,429.38;
(2) Authorize an additional project amount of $141,000 (25 percent of the Contract amount) for additional materials to complete the project and project contingency;
(3) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to approve project construction change orders up to and not to exceed the total project budget; and (4) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 18th Amendment to City Budget Resolution 2023 -060 appropriating $204,500 for increased costs of materials and supplies for the Substation Circuit Switc hers capital project.
4.5(b). Approve setting a Public Hearing on December 5, 2023, at 6:00 p.m., in the City Council Chambers, 777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, California, to consider increases in Redding Electric Utility (REU) rates (four percent revenue i ncrease per year) effective with the January 2024 and January 2025 billing cycles, and an increase in the benefit of REU’s Residential Energy Discount for income - qualified households.
4.6(a). Authorize and approve the following actions related to Bid Schedule No. 5 410, Furnishing and Delivering Four, One-Ton Trucks:
(1) Award bid to Crown Motors; and
(2) Authorize the purchase of four, one-ton trucks with a utility body at a net delivered cost of $ 305,815.05 to replace three older trucks in the City of Redding Pa rks Division and one in the City of Redding Building Maintenance Division.
4.6(b). Authorize the following relative to the Outdoor Equity Grants Program administered by the California Department of Parks and Recreation:
(1) Adopt Resolution approving the City of Redding as an applicant; 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 or augmentations necessary to implement the project.
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4.6(c). Approve and authorize the following:
(1) Approve and ratify the City of Redding Community Services Department’s submittal of a Boating Access Program grant application in an amount not to exceed $600,000 to provide continued funding assistance for boat ramp and fishing facility operations and maintenance at multiple river access locations; 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.
4.7(a). Adopt Resolution authorizing the investment of monies in the Local Agency Investment Fund and rescinding Resolution No. 84-262.
4.9(a). Approve and authorize the Mayor to execu te the First Amendment to the Integrated Public Safety Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) (C -2756) between the City of Redding, the City of Anderson, the Count y of Shasta, and Shasta Area Safety Communications Agency ( SHASCOM), to define: (a) which specific agencies are considered IPS principal parties to the MOU and their roles; (b) subscribing agencies and how subscribing agency user fees are determined; and (c) adds Section 22, Counterparts/Electronic, Facsimile, and PDF Signatures, which allows for electronic signatures for the MOU.
4.11(a). Authorize and approve the following actions relative to Request for Proposals Schedule No. 5387, Construction Management and Inspection Services for the City of Redding Old Alturas Road Over Churn Creek Bridge Project:
(1) Award to GHD, Inc.;
(2) Authorize the Mayor to execute a Consulting and Professional Services Contract for a not -to-exceed fee of $899,838.27 with GHD, Inc., to provide Construction Management and Inspection Services; and (3) Authorize the City Manager to a pprove contract amendments not to exceed $50,000.
4.11(b). Adopt Resolution authorizing the submittal of a grant application by the City of Redding (City) to the State Water Resources Control Board Drinking Water State Revolving Fund; and, should the gr ant be awarded, authorize the Mayor to execute a Consolidation and Water Service Agreement with the Cascade Racquet Club Mutual Water Company for connection to the City’s water system.
4.11(c). Approve the sole source purchase of all Department Variable Frequency Drives and find that the name of Yaskawa Variable Frequency Drives in the specifications for Public Works projects is authorized by Public Contract Code Section 3400(c)(2) in order to match other products in use by the City of Redding Public Works Department.
4.11(d). Authorize and approve the sole source procurement of two Stratus Fault Tolerant server systems in an amount not to exceed $250,000 for the City of Redding Water Utility.
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4.12(a). Adopt Resolution approving an amended Appendix A (Designated 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.
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.
Public Works
6.1. Public Hearing to consider adopting three Resolutions regarding implementing increased Water, Wastewater, and Solid Waste Utility Rates.
Recommendation:
Conduct a P ublic Hearing and, upon conclusion, i f no majority protest exists, adopt three Resolutions implementing increased Water, Wastewater, and Solid Waste Utility rates and a new commercial source-separated food waste collection rate for the Solid Waste Utility, all to be effective January 1, 2024.
9. REGULAR CALENDAR: REPORTS & COMMUNICATIONS OF DEPARTMENTS,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
City Manager
9.1(a). Consider Redding Rodeo Association's lease extension request.
Recommendation:
Accept the report and c onsider amending the Lease Agreement (C -141) approving a three-year lease extension to August 1, 2029, with an updated construction schedule as requested by the Redding R odeo Association; and authorize the Mayor to execute the amendment and any additional documentation as required to complete the transaction.
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Assistant City Manager
9.2(b). Consider Housing and Homelessness Incentive Program funding award recommendations.
Recommendation:
Authorize the following actions relative to the Housing and Homelessness Incentive Program:
(1) Approve the fund distribution as recommended and identified in the attached table for funding in the total amount of $2,300,000;
(2) Direct the City Manager, or designee, to award, negotiate and execute agreements with each subrecipient, and allocate the Housing and Homelessness Incentive Program funds; and
(3) Determine that allocating grant funding is not considered a project under the California Environmental Quality Act.
Electric Utility
9.5(c). Consider Redding Electric Utility's 2024 Integrated Resource Plan.
Recommendation:
Approve the City of Redding Electric Utility’s 2024 Integrated Resource Plan in accordance with the requirem ents of the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015 (Senate Bill 350 or “SB 350”) ; and authorize the Electric Utility Director to modify the Integrated Resource Plan, if necessary, to meet the requirements of the California Energy Commission.
Personnel
9.15(a).
Consider Resolution approving Successor Memorandum of Understanding and Salary Exhibits with International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1245 - Electric Department (IBEW – Electric).
Recommendation:
Adopt Resolution approving a successor Memorandum of Understanding and salary exhibits with International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1245 - Electric Department (IBEW–Electric) for a three -year term effective November 7, 2023 , and ending November 7, 2026; and approvi ng amendments to the IBEW - Electric Schedule of Wage Rates effective November 12, 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 the City Clerk, 3 rd Floor, City Hall, 777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, California.
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