Agenda
Regular Meeting
Redding City Council
Council Chambers
777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, CA
February 6, 2024
6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER - MAYOR TENESSA AUDETTE
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Invocation - Debbie Ivey, Redding Police and Fire Departments' Chaplain C. Roll Call
3. PUBLIC COMMENT - for non-agendized matters within the city’s jurisdiction.
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
The Consent Cal endar 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 fil l 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 m inutes 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 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 and in the Public View binder located on the podium at the north side of the Chambers.
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4(b). Accept City of Redding Accounts Payable Register No. 6; and Payroll Register Nos. 12 and 13.
4.2(a). Approve Consulting and Professional Services Contracts for services in support of the Redding Regional Airport for the following consultants:
(1) Mead & Hunt , Inc. to provide On -Call Grant Administration, Architectural/Engineering, and Construction Management Services for a period of five years plus a one-year option;
(2) Coffman Associates to provide On -Call Airport Planning and Environmental Consulting Services for a per iod of five years plus a one- year option; and
(3) Authorize the Mayor to execute the agreements.
4.2(b). Authorize the following:
(1) Adopt Resolution ratifying the City of Redding’s application to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Wildfire Prevention Grants Program in the amount of $1,546,413.20 submitted on January 10, 2024; and
(2) Authorize the City Manager to appropriate funds should the grant be awarded, and execute any agreements necessary to implement the project.
4.4(a). Adopt Resolution granting County of Shasta’s request to waive the 60 -day noticing requirement for the lease of space located within the City of Redding limits, located at 1075 N. Court Street, for the temporary storage of property as needed, pursuant to th e provisions contained in Government Code Section 25351.
4.5(a). Authorize award of Bid Schedule No. 5433, Furnish Electric Utility Pole Crossarms, to Wesco for bid groups 2 & 3, in the amount of $281,780.07 , and Mader Supply LLC for bid group 1, in the amount of $109,180.50, for a combined purchase total of $390,960.57, for the City of Redding Electric Utility.
4.5(b). Authorize award of Bid Schedule No. 5435, One Underground Cable Puller, to Premier Truck Rental for $290,489.20, including all applic able taxes and fees, for the City of Redding Electric Utility.
4.5(c). Authorize award of Bid Schedule No. 5444, Surge Arresters, to Wesco in the amount of $293,436, including tax, for the City of Redding Electric Utility.
4.5(d). Authorize a ward of R equest for Proposals Schedule No. 5437 to PACE Engineering, not exceeding $320,000, for the Engineering and Design Services to build a new maintenance office building at the City of Redding Power Plant located at 17120 Clear Creek Road; and authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute the agreement.
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4.6(a). Authorize the following actions relative to the City of Redding Panorama Park Project:
(1) Accept the California Department of Food and Agriculture Community Resilience Centers Program grant in the amount of $9.25 million; (2) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the First Amendment to the Contract (C -9544) with NJ Associates, Inc., DBA NJA Architecture and NJA for a revised total amount not to exceed $1,089,200;
(3) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to approve any amendments up to $108,920; and
(4) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 27 th Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2023 -060 appropriating $9,250,000 in state grant funds and $1,500,000 in City of Redding Parks Develop ment funds for the project.
4.11(a). Accept Bid Schedule No. 5228 (Job No. 2660), California Alley Utility Improvement Project, awarded to Jason Ab el Construction, is satisfactorily complete, with a final cost of $2,240,895.37.
4.11(b). Approve the following related to the purchase of one 2024 Caterpillar (CAT) D6 Dozer for the City of Redding Solid Waste Utility:
(1) Authorize the purchase using Sourcewell contract pricing, with a net delivered cost of $736,778.11, to replace a 2012, CAT D6T Dozer currently used at the Richard W. Curry West Central Landfill; and (2) 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). Authorize the following relative to the State of California Public Utilities Commission Section 130 Federal grant for the Eastside Road Railroad Crossing Improvements Project:
(1) Accept the Federal Section 130 grant funds; and
(2) Adopt Resolution approving the 28 th Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2023-060 to appropriate $80,000 in grant funding for the project.
4.11(d). Authorize the following actions to approve increases to the project budget in the amount of $1,250,000 for the completion of Bid Schedule No. 5180, Eastside Road over Olney Creek Bridge Project as outlined below for additional project costs:
(1) Increase of $700,000 to the construction management budget, bringing the construction management total to $947,000; (2) Increase of $550,000 to the construction contingency budget, bringing the construction contingency total to $1,240,000; and (3) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 29th Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 202 3-060 appropriating $0 for the project.
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4.11(e). Authorize the following actions regarding Carbon Reduction Program funding:
(1) Accept additional grant funds awarded to the City of Redding from the Shasta Regional Transportation Agency for the California Street Bikeway Project; and
(2) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 30th Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2023-060 appropriating $500,000 for the project.
4.11(f). Authorize the following actions regarding Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 funding:
(1) Accept additional grant funds awar ded to the City of Redding for the Railroad Avenue Study Project; and
(2) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 31st Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2023-060 appropriating $110,190 for the project.
4.11(g). Authorize the following actions regar ding the California Department of Transportation’s Clean California Local Grant (CCLG) Program:
(1) Accept the awards and adopt Resolution for CCLG Program funds in the amounts of:
(a) $4,029,000 for the Calaboose Creek Core Revitalization Project; (b) $2,111,000 for the Oregon Street Improvements Project; (c) $1,240,000 for the Redding Cultural Trail Overlook Project; (2) Authorize the City Manager to execute the CCLG Program Restricted Grant Agreement s, any amendments, sub -recipient agreements and the associated documentation; and
(3) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 32nd Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2023-060 appropriating $7,380,000 of CCLG Program funds.
4.11(h). Authorize and approve the following:
(1) Accept grant funding in the amount of $10,000,000 f rom CalRecycle for the design and construction of the Redding Organics Diversion to Energy Operation project, a food waste receiving and biogas production facility at the City of Redding (City) Clear Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant; (2) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 26th Amendment to City Budget Resolution No . 2023-060 appropriating $10,000,000 in state grant funds and $2,600,000 in City Wastewater Department f unds for the project; and
(3) Authorize the Public Works Director to sign the required docu ments with Pacific Gas and Electric Company for the design and construction of a biogas Pipeline Injection Station.
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
City Manager
9.1(a).
Accept report regarding tobacco retailing.
Recommendation:
Accept the report on tobacco retailing and provide direction to staff regarding next steps.
Assistant City Manager
9.2(c). Consider Urgency Ordinance to establish distance between emergency housing sites within the City of Redding.
Recommendation:
Authorize and approve the following actions:
(1) Adopt, by a four -fifths affirmative vote of the City Council, an uncodified Urgency Ordinance, to immediately establish Emergency Housing Site standards for distances between properties, waive the full reading of the ordinance and read the ordinance by title only;
(2) Authorize the City Attorney to prepare, a nd the City Clerk to publish, the summary ordinance according to law; and
(3) Find that the proposed ordinance is not considered a project under the California Environmental Quality Act.
9.2(d). Consider actions related to the Good News Rescue Mission Emer gency Housing Site.
Recommendation:
Approve the following actions related to the Good News Rescue Mission’s Emergency Housing Site:
(1) Approve the Good News Rescue Mission’s Emergency Housing Site for 17 emergency sleeping cabins at 1411 Spruce Street (Assessor’s Parcel Number 104-010-028);
(2) Approve the Good News Rescue Mission’s Operations and Services Manual and Site Plan and authorize the City Manager to establish the one-year term start date;
(3) Authorize the Mayor to execute a Funding Agreement with Good News Rescue Mission for site improvements including installation of required infrastructure for emergency sleeping cabins in a total amount not to exceed $100,000;
(4) Authorize the City Manager to appropriate up to $198,800 in Encampment Resolution Funding and/or Affordable Housing Loan Funds for the project; (5) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to negotiate and execute any necessary documents to complete the project; and
(6) Based on the facts of the record, make the finding that the subject project is categorically exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act Guideline Section 15061(b)(3) and 15304, Class 4 Minor Alterations to Land.
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Development Services
9.4(b). Oral report regarding the City of Redding Development Services discretionary permitting process.
Recommendation:
Accept oral report regarding the City of Redding Development Services discretionary permitting process.
Personnel
9.15(a).
Consider Resolution approving an exception to the California Public Employee’s Retirement System (CalPERS) 180 day wait period with regard to re -hiring Kimberly Niemer as a retired annuitant in the position of Director of Community Services.
Recommendation:
Adopt Resolution approving a 180 -day wait period exception and single interim appointment of Kimberly Niemer as Director of Community Services for the City of Redding pursuant to Government Code sections 7522.56 and 21224, effective February 7, 2024, for up to 960 hours; and granting the City Manager authority to execute the necessary hiring do cumentation. The resolution, if approved, would allow retired Director of Community Services, Kimberly Niemer, to be rehired as an annuitant in the Community Services Department to manage the Emmerson Art Project.
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
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