Agenda
Regular Meeting
Redding City Council
Council Chambers
777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, CA
March 5, 2024
6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER - MAYOR TENESSA AUDETTE
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Invocation - Jen McCloskey, Chaplain for the Redding Police and Fire Departments.
C. Roll Call
3. PUBLIC COMMENT - for non-agendized matters within the city’s jurisdiction.
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
The Con sent 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 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 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 March 5, 2024
4(a). Approve Minutes: Regular Meeting of November 21, 2023; Regular Meeting of December 5, 2023; Regular Meeting of December 19, 2023; Special Meeting - Closed Session of January 16, 2024; Regular Meeting of January 16, 2024; Special Meeting – Closed Session of Fe bruary 6, 2024; Regular Meeting of February 6, 2024; Special Meeting – Closed Session of February 20, 2024; and Regular Meeting of February 20, 2024.
4.1(a). Authorize the Mayor to send a Letter of Support to United States Senators Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler for funding support to expand Simpson University's nursing programs.
4.1(b). Authorize and approve the following actions:
(1) Adopt Resolution to authorize the City Manager, or designee, to submit a grant application for the State of California’s Department of Housing and Community Development Prohousing Incentive Program, and if awarded, execute any agreements and subsequent documentation to facilitate acceptance of the grant; and
(2) Find that applying for grant funding is not considered a project u nder the California Environmental Quality Act.
4.5(a). Acknowledge the upcoming annual City of Redding Far Nor Cal Regional Science Bowl to be held on Saturday, March 9, 2024, at Shasta College.
4.8(a). Authorize and approve the following for the Redding Fire Department:
(1) Approve submittal of a grant application to the Federal Emergency Management Agency Assistance to Firefighters Grant in the amount of $440,000 with a ten percent match requirement. The funds requested will cover vital training for the department and cancer screening as recommended by the National Fire Protection Agency; and (2) Approve the International Association of Fire Fighters as the sole source provider of Fire Ground Survival Training should grant funds be awarded.
4.15(a). Adopt new City of Redding Personnel Policy – Hybrid/Remote and Remote Work Program Policy allowing remote work for City of Redding employees for select assignments.
RECOMMENDATION: ACCEPT, ACKNOWLEDGE, ADOPT, APPROVE,
AND/OR AUTHORIZE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
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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Redding City Council March 5, 2024
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.
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: https://www.shastaartscouncil.org/scactv. Video of the City Council meetings can also be viewed on the City’s web site at http://www.cityofredding.gov/. Open the Services tab, and select City Council Videos.
In compliance with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Redding will make available to persons with disabilities modifications or accommodations including auxiliary aids or services necessary to participate in public meetings. A person needing assistance should contact the Redding City Clerk by telephone at (530) 225-4447 or in person, or by mail at 777 Cypress Avenue, 3 rd Floor, Redding, California 96001 at least three (3) working days in advance.
The City of Redding will ensure that no person shall be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subjected to discrimination under any of its projects, activities, services, or business opportunities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, or disability, as afforded by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and re lated statutes as amended. All persons, regardless of their citizenship status, are covered under this regulation.
Questions, complaints, or requests for accommodations or additional information may be forwarded to the ADA & Title VI Coordinator at 777 Cy press Avenue, Attn: Personnel Dept., Redding, California 96001, Phone (530) 225-4065.