Agenda
Regular Meeting
Redding City Council
Council Chambers (Doors open 30 minutes prior)
777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, CA
May 21, 2024
6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER - MAYOR TENESSA AUDETTE
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Invocation
C. Roll Call
2. PRESENTATIONS
2A. Presentation to outgoing Planning Commissioner Marcus Partin in recognition of his service on the Planning Commission from March 21, 2023, to April 30, 2024.
2B. Presentation to outgoing Planning Commissioner Cameron Middleton in recognition of his service on the Planning Commission from January 22, 2020, to April 30, 2024.
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 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.
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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 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 Calendar is acted up on, 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 the following City Council Minutes:
(1) Special Meeting – Closed Session of April 2, 2024, 5:15 p.m.; (2) Special Meeting – April 2, 2024, 5:20 p.m., reconvened meeting from April 1, 2024;
(3) Regular Meeting of April 2, 2024;
(4) Special Meeting – Closed Session of April 16, 2024; and (5) Special Meeting – Closed Session of May 7, 2024.
4(b). Accept City of Redding Accounts Payable Register No. 10; and Payroll Register Nos. 20 and 21.
4.1(a). Adopt Resolution of Intention declaring the City of Redding’s intention to renew the existing Redding Tourism Marketing Business Improvement District Management Plan; and approve setting a Public Meeting on June 18, 2024, and a Public Hearing on July 16, 2024, at 6:00 p. m., in the City Council Chambers, 777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, California, to consider the renewal.
4.1(b). Authorize the Mayor to send a letter of opposition to legislators for Senate Bill 1037 and Assembly Bill 1886. SB 1037 would subject cities, acti ng in good faith, to be fined for violation of housing laws without opportunity to correct.
AB 1886 encourages a “builder’s remedy” allowing projects to be built that do not adhere to local zoning standards.
4.1(d). Approve the cancellation of Youth Services Contract (C-9273) effective June 30, 2024, between the City of Redding and Youth Violence Prevention Council dba Youth Options Shasta; and authorize the Mayor to sign the cancellation letter.
4.2(a). Authorize and approve the following actions:
(1) Approve the Ground Lease Agreement between the City of Redding and Redding Jet Center for land located at the Redding Regional Airport – 3775 Flight Avenue, with a nnual rent for the initial year to be $19,054.68; increasing to $44,388.52 for the second yea r; and the remaining 28 -year term until May 31, 2054, the annual rent will be adjusted based on CPI;
(2) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to sign and execute the lease agreement; and
(3) Find the action categorically exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines, pursuant to Section 15301 – Existing facilities.
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4.5(a). Approve the following actions related to the Long -Term Parts, Services and Inspections Contract (C -5661) between Siemens Energy Inc. and the City of Redding for repairs at the City of Redding Power Plant:
(1) Ratify approval of Change Order 45 to Contract 5661 to complete the replacement of Generating Unit 5’s gearbox in the amount of $1,982,447;
(2) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to sign any docu mentation or change orders necessary to finalize the project; and
(3) Find that the Change Order 45 is categorically exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Sections 15301 (Existing Facilities) and 15302 (Replacement or Reconstruction).
4.5(b). Approve an increase of $39,638.00, from $868,863.41 to $908,501.41, to the purchase price for three underground line trucks (Trucks E440, E441, & E444) and two inspector trucks (Trucks E442 & E443) for the City of Redding Elect ric Utility which includes shipping from the Altec Facility in North Carolina to the City of Redding Corporation Yard.
4.8(a). Approve the Mutual Threat Zone Agreement (C -1642) between the City of Redding and Cal FIRE commencing on the date both parties sign the Agreement for an auto-renewing term with the condition that the Agreement will remain in place unless terminated by a 60 -day notice from the City of Redding or Cal FIRE; and authorize the City Manager to execute the Agreement.
4.9(a). Approve and ratify submission of a grant application to the Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department of Justice, Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act Program in the amount of $155,920; and authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute t he grant agreement and all subsequent documents including administratively appropriating the funds, if the grant is awarded.
4.11(a). Adopt Resolution accepting the City of Redding’s List of Projects for Fiscal Year 2024-25 funded by Senate Bill 1: The R oad Repair and Accountability Act of 2017.
4.11(b). Authorize the City of Redding Fire Department to purchase a fire station alerting system using National Purchasing Partners Government contract pricing, with a net delivered cost of $434,849.24, including all applicable taxes and fees.
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4.11(c). Authorize the following relative to the City of Redding (City) Pump Station 1 Replacement Project:
(1) Authorize the City Manager to submit a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Water Infrastructure Finance & Innovation Act loan application in an amount not to exceed $25 million;
(2) Authorize the City Manager to submit U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, National Culvert Removal, Replacement, and Restoration Grant Program (Culvert Aquatic Organism Passage Program) application in an amount not to exceed $6 million with a 20 percent local match of $1.2 million; and
(3) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to complete the loan and grant submittal process and if awarded loan or grant funds, appropriate the funds, negotiate terms, if any and execute any agreements to implement either the loan or grant.
4.11(d). Accept update regarding the Emergency Repair and Replacement of Substandard Sewer Pipe and Failing Asphalt Concrete Pavement on Placer Street Project and, in accordance with Public Contract Code Section 22050(c)(1), make a determination by a four-fifths vote that there is a need to continue the emergency work.
RECOMMENDATION: AC CEPT, ACKNOWLEDGE, ADOPT, APPROVE,
AND/OR AUTHORIZE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
5. APPOINTMENTS
Mayor Tenessa Audette
5.1. Consider Mayor's appointment to the City of Redding Planning Commission.
Recommendation:
Approve Mayor’s recommendation to appoint Leslie Williem to the Planning Commission, to serve a four -year term beginning May 1, 2024, and ending April 30, 2028.
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9. REGULAR CALENDAR: REPORTS & COMMUNIC ATIONS OF DEPARTMENT S,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
City Manager
9.1(c). Consider City of Redding budget reductions for Fiscal Year 2024-25.
Recommendation:
Accept report and provide direction to staff relative to reducing the City of Redding’s Fiscal Year 2024 -25 Budget, in preparation for further adjustments in t he development of the next biennial budget.
Police
9.9(b). Consider the Redding Police Department Military Equipment Report; and Uncodified Ordinance to provide guidelines regarding military equipment pursuant to Assembly Bill 481.
Recommendation:
Authorize and approve the following relative to the Redding Police Department Military Equipment:
(1) Accept the Redding Police Department Military Equipment Report; (2) Adopt an Uncodified Ordinance adopting and approving a policy to provide guidelines for the app roval, acquisition and reporting requirements for military equipment for first reading by title only and waive the full reading; and
(3) Authorize the City Attorney to prepare a summary ordinance, and the City Clerk to publish the same in accordance with law.
Finance
9.10(a).
Consider the City of Redding General Fund Quarterly Financial Report for the quarter ended March 2024.
Recommendation:
Accept the General Fund Quarterly Financial Report for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.
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
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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 mee tings 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 availabl e 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 related 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 Cypress Avenue, Attn: Personne l Dept., Redding, California 96001, Phone (530) 225-4065.