Agenda
Regular Meeting
Redding City Council
Council Chambers (Doors open 30 minutes prior)
777 Cypress Avenue
Redding, CA
December 19, 2023
6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER - MAYOR TENESSA AUDETTE
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Invocation - Pastor Brien Walters, Cottonwood Assembly of God C. Roll Call
2. PRESENTATIONS
2A. City Council Reorganization – Selection of Mayor Pro Tempore.
Recommendation:
Selection of the City of Redding Mayor Pro Tempore.
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 Pub lic 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 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.gov 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 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 - Closed Session of November 21, 2023; and Closed Session of December 5, 2023.
4(b). Accept City of Redding Accounts Payable Register Number 5; and Payroll Register Number 10 and 11.
4.1(a). Adopt Resolution declaring approximately 90 acres of City of Redding-owned land located at 7501 Eastside Road (Assessor Parcel No. 050 -040-010) as surplus property, subject to the retention of an easement(s), if required, for public service utilities.
4.1(b). Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute the Housing and Homelessness Incentive Program Award R ecipient Agreements as approved by the Redding City Council at its December 5, 2023, meeting; and authorize Development Services staff to make the required California Environmental Quality Act findings/determinations as necessary for each respective agreement.
4.2(a). Authorize Airport Division staff to release a Request for Proposals package for non-aeronautical development at Redding Regional Airport properties that include 6755 Lockheed Drive (APN 054 -640-001) and 6809 Lockheed Drive (APN 056 -610-008) and portions of 3730 Flight Avenue (APN 054 -280-005) and 6783 Woodrum Circle (APN 056-010-025).
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4.2(b). Authorize the following actions relative to the Regional Early Action Planning Program funds from the Shasta Regional Transportation Agency:
(1) Authorize the Mayor to execute the Sub -Applicant Agreement for $750,000 and appropriate the funds to assist with the development costs of a 12 -unit, income -qualifying, mixed -use building on vacant lots located at 815 Parkview Avenue (Assessor’s Parce l Number 104 -350- 019-000), 825 Parkview Avenue (Assessor’s Parcel Number 104 -350- 018-000) and 2520 Leland Avenue (Assessor’s Parcel Number 104 -350- 020-000);
(2) Authorize the City Manager to negotiate a property transfer agreement for the City of Redding’s Su ccessor Housing Agency to acquire the property located at 2520 Leland Avenue at no cost; authorize Housing Division staff to submit the purchase agreement to the Shasta County Consolidated Oversight Board for consideration and approval; and if approved, authorize the Mayor to execute the required documentation to complete the property transaction;
(3) Approve and authorize the release of the Request for Proposals - Schedule Number 5423; and
(4) Find that applying for and accepting grant funding is not considered a project under the California Environmental Quality Act.
4.2(c). Approve and authorize the following actions:
(1) Approve the City of Redding’s 2023 Shelter Crisis Annual Report; (2) Authorize staff to submit the City of Redding’s 2023 Shelter Crisis Annual R eport to the State of California Senate and Assembly Committees by January 1, 2024; and
(3) Find that approving a Shelter Crisis Annual Report and submitting the report to the State of California is not a project as defined under the California Environmental Quality Act and no further action is required.
4.2(d). Authorize and approve the following actions:
(1) Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to sign the Funding Agreement with No Boundaries Transitional Housing Inc., in the amount of $564,564 for the te rm of January 1, 2024 through June 30, 2024;
(2) Find that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15301(d) Existing Facilities; and
(3) Find that according to the National Environmental Policy Act operating costs are categorically excluded, not subject to 24 CFR §58.5, convert to exempt and require no further environmental study or approval from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
4.5(a). Approve and ratify t he City Manager ’s approval of purchase order PUR000922 for Padmount Distribution Transformers to Emerald Transformer, in the amount of $206,121.09, for the City of Redding Electric Utility.
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4.11(a). Authorize the following actions relative to Bid Schedule No. 5416, Roc k and Mineral Products:
(1) Reject the apparent low bids by Green Dream International as nonresponsive; and
(2) Award the lowest competitive bids to J. F. Shea, Loucks Landscaping, Stimpel-Wiebelhaus, and Tullis, Inc. for the annual purchase of rock, asphalt, and mineral aggregates at an estimated cost of $350,000.
4.11(b). Authorize the following related to the purchase of one 2024 Kenworth T880 chassis with an Enoven Water Tender Body assembly for a combined net delivered cost of $291,749.34, for the City of Redding Solid Waste Utility:
(1) Authorize the purchase of one 2024 Kenworth T880 chassis using Sourcewell contract pricing, with a net delivered cost of $196,002.21 including all applicable taxes and fees;
(2) Authorize the purchase of one 4,000 -gallon Enoven Wat er Tender body from Enoven Truck and Equipment, with a net delivered cost of $95,747.13 including all applicable taxes and fees; and (3) Authorize the City Manager to approve future pricing adjustments, terms, and policy changes as needed due to inflation and unstable economic conditions up to a total of $30,000.
4.11(c). Accept the City of Redding Mitigation Fee Act Report Update , including an accounting of developm ent fees; and adopt Resolution making findings concerning unexpended funds.
4.11(d). Authorize and approve the following relative to the City of Redding’s COVID - 19 Economic Stimulus Package projects:
(1) Accept an update on project progress;
(2) Ratify approval of City Manager award for the Aquatic Center Pumping System Upgrades Project (C19 -P-03) to Tricon Construction, Inc. in the amount of $246,323; and
(3) Ratify approval of on-call construction for Window Replacements at Fire Station 5 (C19-W04a) to Harbert Roofing, Inc. in the amount of $15,526.
4.11(e). Accept Bid Schedule No. 5 221 (Job No. 26 44), South Bonnyview Road/I -5 Phase II Improvements Bechelli Lane Roundabout Project , awarded to Tullis Inc., as satisfactorily complete, with a final cost of $5,329,290.10.
4.11(f). Adopt Resolution accepting the dedication for public use on Alfreda Way (Assessor Parcel No. 067 -110-064) and adjacent Public Service Easements as described in the Center of Hope Parcel Map PM -2021-01672 filed on February 10, 2022 , in Book 39 of Parcel Maps at Page 94, Shasta County Records and shown on Exhibit A.
4.12(a). Approve the Local Appointments List consisting of Exhibits A and B relative to 2024 term expirations and vacancies for City of Redding Boards, Commissions, and Committees to fulfill the requirements of Government Code Section 54972 (Maddy Act).
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4.15(a). Adopt Resolution modifying the Employment and Benefit Policies for City of Redding Unrepresented Employees, effective December 20, 2023.
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
Mayor and Council Members
9A. Appoint Christian M. Curtis City Attorney and Consider Approval of Employment Agreement.
Recommendation:
Appoint Christian M. Curtis as the City of Redding City Attorney and authorize the Mayor to execute the Employment Agreement at an annual salary of $220,000.
City Manager
9.1(c). Consideration of the At Home Shasta Action Plan.
Recommendation:
Accept report and endorse the A T HOME Shasta Action Plan and consider appointing two Council Members to continue to serve on the AT HOME Shasta committee on a continuous basis. Further, authorize the City Council committee members to approve Plan updates. The membershi p of the committee will be determined by the committee itself.
Assistant City Manager
9.2(e). Report on Benton Field and Approve Lease and Operating Permit for Fixed Base Operator at Benton Field (085).
Recommendation:
Authorize and approve the following:
(1) Accept the oral report on Benton Field;
(2) Approve the Benton Field Fixed Base Operator Lease Agreement and Commercial Operating Permit (Agreement) with an effective date of January 1, 2024;
(3) Authorize the Mayor to execute the Agreement; and
(4) Find that the action is categorically exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines, pursuant to Section 15301 – Existing Facilities.
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9.2(f). Award Request for Proposals, Schedule No. 5419, for the Development of Infrastructure t hat Supports a Single -Family Housing Development at 850 Quartz Hill Road.
Recommendation:
Award Request for Proposals - Schedule No. 5419 for the development of infrastructure to create a single -family subdivision located at 850 Quartz Hill Road (Assessor’s Parcel Number 115 -170-001) to K2 Development Companies and approve the following:
(1) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to negotiate a Development Funding Agreement with K2 Development Companies that includes Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Infrastructure funds for predevelopment costs; and Authorize the Mayor to execute the Development Funding Agreement;
(2) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 24 th Amendment to the City Budget No. 2023 -060 appropriating $22,563,040 for the Quartz Hill Infrastructure project;
(3) Find that entering into a Development Funding Agreement for predevelopment costs is not considered a project under the California Environmental Quality Act and a separate review will be completed for the resulting project; and
(4) Find that entering into a Development Funding Agreement for predevelopment costs is considered exempt under the National Environmental Policy Act under Title 24 CFR 58.34(a)(1), and a separate review will be completed for the resulting project.
9.2(g). Consider providing direction to staff regarding a Navigation/Day Resource Center.
Recommendation:
Provide direction to staff regarding the location, purchase and development, and the operation of a Navigation/Day Resource Center.
Redding Electric Utility
9.5(b). Oral Report on Redding Electric Utility's 2026 Strategic Plan.
Recommendation:
Accept the Electric Director’s oral presentation providing a progress update on the City of Redding Electric Utility’s 2026 Strategic Plan.
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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}
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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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