REVISED APRIL 14, 2024, at 1:30 p.m.: Item 9.4(a) – attached an updated Comment Letter from the Mayor.
Agenda
Regular Meeting
Redding City Council
Council Chambers
777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, CA
April 16, 2024
6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER - MAYOR TENESSA AUDETTE
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Invocation - Reverend Ken Ficklin, Unity in Redding
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 Calendar, 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 C alendar 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 O N 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 wi ll 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 bl ue 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 April 16, 2024
4(b). Accept City of Redding Accounts Payable Register No. 9; and Payroll Register Nos. 18 and 19.
4(c). Adopt Ordinance No. 2668, an ordinance of the City of Redding amending Redding Municipal Code Title 18 (Zoning), Chapter 18.51 (Floodplain Overlay District), by amending sections 18.51.020 (Basis for establishing areas of special flood hazard), 18.51.030 (General Provisions), 18.51.080 (Construction Standards), 18.51.150 (Non-conforming uses in the floodway or floodplain), and
18.51.190 (Variances).
4.1(a). Authorize the Mayor to sign a letter to the California Energy Commission indicating the City of Redding’s support of Shasta County in its opposition to the proposed Fountain Wind Project in Shasta County.
4.1(b). Authorize the Mayor to send a Letter of Support to United States Congressman Doug LaMalfa for funding support to purchase equipment for Simpson University’s new Aviation and Aviation Management Bachelor programs.
4.2(a). Approve a Lease Agreement with Mark Legarra for Executive Hangar No. 6 at the Redding Regional Airport for a five -year term, at $911 per month adjusted annually based on consumer price index, with the total five year estimated value of the lease to be $56,00 0, assuming target inflation of two percent; and authorize the Mayor, to sign and execute the agreement.
4.5(a). Approve modification to City of Redding Purchase Order PUR000922 for Padmount Distribution Transformers to Emerald Transformer to increase t he original amount of $206,121.09 by $11,175.00 for a new total amount of $217,296.09, due to additional freight charges not included in the initial approval.
4.11(a). Approve an increase to Bid Negotiation No. 5400, Trinity Street Bikeway Project’s contingency budget in the amount of $344,983.60.
4.15(a). Adopt Resolution proclaiming April 21, 2024, through April 27, 2024, as Volunteer Appreciation Week in the City of Redding, in appreciation of 39,258 hours of service contributed by City Volunteer Pr ogram participants in calendar year 2023.
RECOMMENDATION: ACCEPT, ACKNOWLEDGE, ADOPT, APPROVE,
AND/OR AUTHORIZE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
Redding City Council April 16, 2024
9. REGULAR CALENDAR: REPORTS & COMMUNIC ATIONS OF DEPARTMENT S,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
Development Services
9.4(a). Consider submission of comments regarding the Redding Rancheria Fee -To- Trust and Casino Project Final Environmental Impact Statement.
Recommendation:
Authorize the Mayor to formally submit comments regarding the Redding R ancheria Fee-To-Trust and Casino Project Final Environmental Impact Statement to the U.S.
Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs.
9.4(b). Consider report regarding the terms and qualifications of the City of Redding Planning Commission's members.
Recommendation:
Accept the report providing the City of Redding Planning Commission’s members, their appointment terms, and their qualifications as listed on their applications.
Further, provide staff direction as deemed necessary by the City Council.
Police
9.9(a). Oral update regarding Body Worn Cameras for the Redding Police Department.
Recommendation:
Informational only.
Redding City Council April 16, 2024
Public Works
9.11(b).
Consider update to the Downtown Redding Parking Program to include proposed changes, and adopt Resolution to amend the City of Redding Traffic Control Map.
Recommendation:
Authorize the following actions relative to the City of Redding’s Downtown Parking Program:
(1) Accept the Downtown Redding parking oral report;
(2) Adopt Resolution to amend the Traffic Control Map as noted on Exhibit A and below:
(a) Modify certain areas of Oregon Street, between Tehama and Yuba Streets from a two-hour parking zone to a four-hour parking zone; (b) On both sides of Yuba Street from Oregon Street to Railroad Avenue, modify the two-hour parking zone to a free 30-minute parking zone; (c) Modify the 12 -minute parking zone on the east side of Oregon Street, to the north of Placer Street to include ten, two -hour parking stalls and five, free 30-minute parking stalls;
(d) Add a loading zone for the two parking stalls on the north side of Shasta Street to the immediate east of Market Street; and
(3) Find that the action is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to 1 4 CCR 15601(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption).
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
Redding City Council April 16, 2024
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