Agenda
Regular Meeting
Redding City Council
Council Chambers
777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, CA
October 15, 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
2. PRESENTATIONS
2A. Mayor’s Proclamation presented to the five Rotary Clubs based in Redding proclaiming October 24, 2024, as World Polio Day in the City of Redding.
2B. Mayor’s Proclamation presented to the Shasta County Chemical People proclaiming October 23-31, 2024, as Red Ribbon Week in the City of Redding.
2C. Presentation by Shasta County Assessor -Recorder Leslie Morgan providing the Office of Shasta County Assessor-Recorder’s Annual Report for 2024-25.
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 thr ee 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.
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. THANK YOU.
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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 Cle rk 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(b). Accept City of Redding Accounts Payable Register No. 3; and Payroll R egister Nos. 5 and 6.
4.1(a). Authorize the following position regarding a resolution being considered by the League of California Cities at its annual meeting on October 18, 2024: e stablish a support position on a resolution calling on the State Legisla ture to enact laws that ensure “what applies to one, applies to all” in the fair and equal treatment of all governmental officials at all levels in the State of California.
4.1(b). Adopt Resolution in support of Proposition 36, the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act.
4.3(a). Authorize and approve the following:
(1) Authorize the City Manager , or designee, to approve Dell infrastructure equipment and licensing procurement in an amount not to exceed $750,000; and
(2) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 58 th Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2023-060 appropriating $650,000 for the project.
4.6(a). Authorize and approve the following actions relative to the City of Redding’s Reimagining South City Park Project:
(1) Accept the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program grant award of $3.52 million;
(2) Authorize the City Manager to execute a Deed Restriction requiring that South City Park remain an outdoor recreation use area in perpetuity; (3) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 57th Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2023-060 appropriating $3,520,000 for the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program grant for the Reimagining South City Park project for fiscal year 2024-25; and (4) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to e xecute the Grant Contract (C8968023) and all subsequent documentation relative to the grant.
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4.6(b). Authorize and approve the following:
(1) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement with the California Department of Fish and Wil dlife for funding through the Sport Fish Restoration - Boating Access Program in the amount of $428,167 and all documents necessary to implement the program; (2) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 56th Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2023-060 appropriating $428,170 for Fiscal Year 2024-25; and
(3) Authorize staff from the City of Redding Parks Division to complete the work outlined in the grant agreement.
4.8(a). Authorize and approve the following:
(1) Approve the Standard Agreement (A241013722) with the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and the City of Redding for regional hazardous materials response training reimbursement; and (2) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the Agreement in the amount of $150,000.
4.11(a). Approve a nd authorize the following actions relative to the City of Redding Canter Court Sewer Project:
(1) Adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration and the Mitigation Monitoring and Environmental Commitment Program; and
(2) Approve the Canter Court Sewer Project as descr ibed, thereby satisfying the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines §15074.
4.11(b). Authorize the following actions relative to the City of Redding ’s Downtown Parking Program:
(1) Add an annual parking fee holiday for the Asphal t Cowboys’ Pancake Breakfast event on the Friday of Rodeo Week;
(2) Add a bi -annual parking fee holiday for Election Day on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November;
(3) Adopt Resolution to amend the Traffic Control Map as noted on Exhibit A and below:
(a) Modify certain areas of Oregon Street, between Shasta and Eureka Way to establish a two-hour parking zone;
(b) Add a loading zone for the two parking stalls on the south side of Placer Road to the immediate west of Court Street; and
(4) Find that the action is exem pt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act , pursuant to 14 CCR 150 61(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption).
4.11(c). Authorize termination of the California Natural Resources Agency’s Urban Flood Protection Grant for the Boulder Creek Flood Protection and Natural Treatment Project; and authorize the City Manager to sign the grant termination letter.
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4.11(d). Authorize the following actions relative to Bid Negotiation No. 5466, (Job No. 2686) Systemic Intersection Safety Lighting Project:
(1) Award to Crosspoint General Engineering, in the amount of $632,937; (2) Approve $79,000 for construction contract administration and inspection costs;
(3) Approve $134,500 for project development costs;
(4) Approve $63,000 to provide construction contingency funding; (5) Authorize the City Manager to approve additional increases in either the construction management or construction contingency amount up to a total of $15,000; and
(6) Find that the project is categorically exempt from rev iew under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines, pursuant to Section 15301 - Existing Facilities , Section 15302 – Replacement or Reconstruction, and Section 15303 – New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures.
4.11(e). 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 Contrac t Code Section 22050(c)(1), make a determination by a four-fifths vote that there is a need to continue the emergency work.
4.15(a). Adopt Resolution, effective October 13, 2024, amending the title of the City of Redding Salary Schedule for Non-Exempt Unrepresented Employees.
4.15(b). Accept report recognizing City of Redding employees who have achieved or will achieve 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, or 30 years of service with the City of Redding as of December 31, 2024.
4.15(c). Adopt a City of Redding Personnel Policy - Payroll Time Cards Policy providing guidance and procedures for accurate reporting of work time, absences, and payroll, using the Oracle Time and Absences module as the City - approved web-based payroll system.
RECOMMENDATION: ACCEPT, ACKNOWLEDGE, ADOPT, APPROVE,
AND/OR AUTHORIZE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
6. PUBLIC HEARINGS
A court challenge to action taken by the City Council on any project or decision may be limited to only those issues raised during the public hearing or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council during, or prior to, the public hearing.
Public Works
6.1. Public Hearing to consider Resolution approving the City of Redding's Capital Improvement Plan for Fiscal Years 2023-24 to 2028-29.
Recommendation:
Conduct a Public Hearing and, upon conclusion, adopt Resolution approving the City of Redding’s Capital Improvement Plan for Fiscal Years 2023−24 to 2028−29.
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Development Services
6.2. Public Hearing to consider an Ordinance regarding Rezoning Application (RZ - 2024-01015), by the City of Redding, for proposed amendments to the Redding Municipal Code.
Recommendation:
Conduct a Public Hearing, and upon conclusion:
(1) Offer an Ordinance amending the following, all relating to clean -up and updating of the Zoning Code, for first reading by title only and waive the full reading;
(a) Section 7.12 .160: Amend the type of permit required for dog kennels from a use permit to a site development permit to be consistent with the Zoning Ordinance, Title 18;
(b) Section 18.01.050: Correct a typo in the Base Zoning Districts table; (c) Section 18.15.040: Correct a typo in the required findings for zoning exceptions;
(d) Section 18.26: Amend the Residential Density Bonus Chapter to comply with State law;
(e) Section 18.36.030: Add Golf Courses as a use allowed with a Use Permit in the “PF” Public Facilities Zoning District;
(f) Section 18.41.100: Reinsert standards requiring shade trees within parking lot areas which were inadvertently eliminated in a previous code clean up; (g) Sections 18.42.030: Reformat notes applicable to maximum sign area allowances. To f urther allow for larger temporary banners without a discretionary permit thereby increasing the size criteria from 24 square feet to 50 square feet;
(h) Section 18.48.030: Correct the reference to the appropriate setback schedule for River/Creek Corridor Development Standards; (2) Authorize the City Attorney to prepare and the City Clerk to publish the summary ordinance according to law; and
(3) Find the Addendum to the Mitigated Negative Declaration is adequate to comply with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act.
Housing & Community Development
6.3. Public Hearing to consider Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing Grant Application.
Recommendation:
Conduct a Public Hearing and, upon conclusion, authorize and approve the following:
(1) Authorize staff to ap ply for a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing Program grant in the amount of $7 million;
(2) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the grant and any other documents necessary to complete the application process; and (3) Find that applying for, and accepting, grant funding is not considered a project under the California Environmental Quality Act; and (4) Find that applying for funding is exempt under the National Environmental Policy Act §58.34(a)(3) administrative and management activities. If awarded, an environmental review will be completed for any grant funded activities once known.
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9. REGULAR CALENDAR: REPORTS & COMMUNIC ATIONS OF DEPARTMENT S,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
Assistant City Manager
9.2(a). Consider United Way's Mark Street Emergency Housing Site Presentation and Property Sublease Extension.
Recommendation:
Authorize and approve the following:
(1) Accept a presentation from United Way of Northern California on th e Mark Street Emergency Housing Site located at 3211 Mark Street; (2) Authorize the City Manager to execute the Third Amendment to the Sublease between the City of Redding (City) and United way of Northern California extending the term of the Property Subleas e (C -9664) for up to two years, thereby terminating December 31, 2026 - conditioned upon the Redding Area Bus Authority (RABA) Board of Directors approving a Property Lease amendment between the City and RABA to extend the lease term to December 31, 2026;
(3) Find that receiving a presentation and providing direction to the City Manager on future sublease extensions is not a project as defined under the California Environmental Quality Act, and no further action is required; and (4) Find that receiving a presentation and providing direction to the City Manager on future sublease extensions is considered an exempt activity under National Environmental Policy Act, 24 CFR §58.34(a)(3) administrative activities.
Development Services
9.4(a). Oral report to consider City of Redding Development Services Department updates.
Recommendation:
Informational item only.
Community Services
9.6(c). Oral report regarding the 2024 Community Creek Clean -Up held on September 21, 2024, spread across three sites along Calab oose Creek, located at 2024 California Street, 1501 Oregon Street, and 1445 Almond Avenue.
Recommendation:
Informational item only.
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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}
[A-050-060]
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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