Agenda
Regular Meeting
Redding City Council
Council Chambers (Doors open 30 minutes prior)
777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, CA
November 21, 2023
6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER - MAYOR MICHAEL DACQUISTO
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Invocation - Pastor Joshua Thompson, Westside Church of Redding C. Roll Call
2. PRESENTATIONS
2A. Mayor’s presentation of an Appreciation Clock to Kelsi Halvarson for her service on the City of Redding Community Development Advisory Committee from October 4, 2016, to November 30, 2023.
2B. Consider award of an Appreciation Clock and Resolution to City of Redding Public Works Director Chuck Aukland in honor of his retirement from public service.
Recommendation:
Award City of Redding Clock of Appreciation; and adopt Resolution honoring Charles (Chuck) Aukland for his distinguished service as the City of Redding’s Director of Public Works.
2C. Consider award of an Appreciation Clock and Resolution to City of Redding Community Services Director Kimberly Niemer in ho nor of her retirement from public service.
Recommendation:
Award City of Redding Clock of Appreciation; and adopt Resolution honoring Kimberly A. Niemer for her distinguished service as the City of Redding’s Director of Community Services.
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.gov or in the Public View binder located on the podium at the north side of the Chambers.
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Redding City Council November 21, 2023
3. PUBLIC COMMENT - for non-agendized matters within the city’s jurisdiction.
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
The Consent Calendar contains items considered routine and/o r 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 Nov ember 7, 2023; and Special Meeting – Closed Session of November 10, 2023.
4(b). Accept City of Redding Accounts Payable Register Nos. 4; and Payroll Register Nos. 8 and 9.
4.5(a). Authorize and approve the following:
(1) Award Bid Schedule No. 5413, E lectric Line Clearance Services for Area 1 , (as shown in the map attached to the staff report), to bidder Arbor Pros LLC, California, for $565,000, plus a 20 percent contingency of $113,000 , for the period beginning the date the City of Redding (“City”) issues the purchase order and ending on April 15, 2024; and (2) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 22nd Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2023-060 appropriating an additional $328,000 for electric line clearance and emergency operations services.
4.11(a). Authorize the following actions related to the Downtown to Turtle Bay Gap Completion Project that will run along Sundial Bridge Drive from the intersection of Butte Street, north to the Sacramento River:
(1) Accept State Transportation Improvement Program funds; and (2) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 20 th Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2023-060 appropriating $100,000 for Fiscal Year 2023-24.
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 th e 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 R equest 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 November 21, 2023
4.11(b). Authorize and approve the Agreement for Sale of Conservation Credits from Riparian Ranch, LLC in an amount not to exceed $297,500 , to offset long -term impacts on salmonids and designated critical habitat for the Sacramento Drive over Olney Creek Bridge Replacement Project.
4.11(c). Authorize the following actions relative to Bid Negotiation No. 5 408 (Job No. 2688), Stillwater Wastewater Treatment Plant Facultative Sludge Lagoon and Sludge Drying Bed Project:
(1) Reject the apparent low bid by T & S Construction Co., Inc. as nonresponsive and a ward the project to the second low bidder SnL Group, Inc., in the amount of $7,660,744.83;
(2) Approve an additional $ 780,000 to cover the cost of administration and inspection fees and $228,074 for project development costs; (3) Approve $760,000 to provide construction contingency funding; (4) Authorize the City Manager to approve additional increases in either the construction management or construction contingency amounts up to a total of $50,000; and
(5) Find that the Project is categorically exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines, pursuant to Section 15301 - Existing Facilities , Section 15302 – Replacement or Reconstruction, and Section 15303 – New Construction or Conversion of Existing Facilities.
4.11(d). Authorize the following actions rela tive to Bid Schedule No. 5379, Old Alturas Road over Churn Creek Bridge Widening Project:
(1) Award to S.T. Rhoades Inc., in the amount of $6,493,039.98; (2) Approve an additional $1,139,200 to cover the cost of administration and inspection fees and $1,393,664 for project development costs; (3) Approve $649,000 to provide construction contingency funding; (4) Authorize the City Manager to approve additional increases in either the construction management or construction contingency amounts up to a total of $50,000; and
(5) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 21st Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2023 -060 appropriating $1,333,270 for the Old Alturas Road over Churn Creek Bridge Widening project; decreasing appropriation of federal grant fu nds by $506,040 and increasing appropriation of Transportation Impact Fee funds by $1,839,310.
4.11(e). Approve the sole source procurement of hardware, software and licenses, which is estimated to cost $98,000, to enhance and upgrade the access control and video management system at the Shasta County Libraries (Redding, Anderson, and Burney) by finding that the name AMAG Symmetry CompleteView Video Management System in the specifications for Public Works projects is authorized by Public Contract Code Sec tion 3400(c)(2) in order to match other products already in use by the City of Redding.
RECOMMENDATION: ACCEPT, ACKNOWLEDGE, ADOPT, APPROVE,
AND/OR AUTHORIZE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
Redding City Council November 21, 2023
5. APPOINTMENTS
5.1. Consider Mayor's appointments and reappointments to the City of Redding Community Development Advisory Committee.
Recommendation:
Approve Mayor’s recommendation to make the following appointments and reappointments to the City of Redding Community Development Advisory Committee:
(1) Appoint John Carelli to fill an unscheduled vacancy with a term ending November 30, 2025;
(2) Appoint Nicole Dues to fill a scheduled vacancy with a term ending November 30, 2026;
(3) Reappoint Blake Fisher to serve a full-term ending November 30, 2026; and (4) Reappoint Roxanne Burke to serve a full-term ending November 30, 2026.
9. REGULAR CALENDAR: REPORTS & COMMUNIC ATIONS OF DEPARTMENT S,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
Assistant City Manager
9.2(a). Consider appropriation of Encampment Resolution Funding (ERF) 3-L Award.
Recommendation:
Authorize and approve the following actions:
(1) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 23 rd Amendment to City of Redding (City) Budget Resolution No. 2023 -060 appropriating $8,354,960 of Encampment Resolution Funding Lookb ack Disbursement Round 3 ERF 3-L funds and adding a full -time, Housing Specialist I/II position to the City’s Housing Division;
(2) Authorize the City Manager to negotiate a Development Funding Agreement with the Good News Rescue Mission for maintenance impro vements in an amount not to exceed $500,000;
(3) Direct staff to prepare a request for proposals for eligible scope of work items as identified on the Grant Expenditure Summary which includes housing case managers; interim housing/motel room partnerships; day resource center purchase; and day resource center director and case manager; and prioritize the release of each request for proposal; and
(4) Determine that allocating grant funding is not considered a project under the California Environmental Quality Act.
Redding City Council November 21, 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 hours at the Office of the City Clerk, 3 rd Floor, City Hall, 777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, California.
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