REVISED 11/15/2024
AMENDED STAFF REPORT 9.14(a) FROM AN INFORMATIONAL
ITEM TO AN ACTION ITEM
Agenda
Regular Meeting
Redding City Council
Council Chambers
777 Cypress Avenue
Redding, CA
November 19, 2024
6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER - MAYOR TENESSA AUDETTE
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Invocation - Lynn Fritz, Native American Tradition as a Karuk Tribal Descendant/Shasta County Interfaith Forum Chair; and Joey Carroll, Native American Flute.
C. Roll Call
2. PRESENTATIONS
2A. Presentation by local Redding Neurologist Karen Gar naas, MD , providing information related to health issues associated with the overuse of Nitrous Oxide.
3. PUBLIC COMMENT - for non-agendized matters within the city’s jurisdiction.
PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT, CITY COUNC IL 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. Th e 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 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 a genda for delivery of a staff report and/or an extended discussion or deliberation.
4(a). Approve City Council Minutes: Regular Meeting of October 15, 2024; Special Meeting – Closed Session of November 5, 2024; and Regular Meeting of November 5, 2024.
4(b). Accept City of Redding Accounts Payable Register No. 4; and Payroll Register Nos. 7 and 8.
4(c). Adopt Ordinance No. 267 2, an ordinance of the City of Redding , a mending Title 11 (Vehicles and Traffic) , Chapter 11.12 (Speed Limits) , b y amending Section 11.12.010 to update Volume I II, relative to speed limits on certain streets.
4.2(c). Authorize and approve the following actions relative to the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Workforce Development Program grant application:
(1) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute a City of Redding Partner Agreement with California Heritage YouthBuild Academy for an amount not to exceed $8,648,107;
(2) Find that executing the partner agreement and allocating grant funds is not considered a project under the California Environmental Quality Act; and
(3) Find that executing the partner agreement and allocating grant funds is considered an exempt activity and no further action is required under the National Environmental Policy Act.
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4.5(a). Authorize and approve the following actions regarding Bid Schedule No. 5513, Inspection and Overhaul of the Unit 9 Hydroelectric Turbine and Auxiliaries:
(1) Authorize additional funding for hydroelectric turbine repairs in the amount not to exceed $1,200,000;
(2) Authorize amendment to the Stephen’s Mechanical contract resulting from Bid Schedule No. 5513 for additional funding up to $1,200,00 0 ($725,000 for generator rewinding ; $300,000 for turbine and bearing repair; and $175,000 of contingency);
(3) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute change orders and/or amendment to the Stephen’s Mechanical contract up to the total amount of the project;
(4) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 63rd Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2023-060 appropriating $1,200,000 for the Unit 9 Hydroelectric Turbine Overhaul; and
(5) Find that this project is categorically exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Sections 15301 (Existing Facilities) and 15302 (Replacement or Reconstruction).
4.6(a). Authorize and approve the following:
(1) Approve and ratify submission of a grant application to the California State Library through the California Library Literacy Services for $120,380;
(2) Approve and ratify acceptance of grant fun ds awarded from the California State Library through the California Library Literacy Services Program to fund the Shasta Public Libraries ’ English as a Second Language Services;
(3) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the Award Agreement and all subsequent documentation relative to the grant; and (4) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 60th Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2023-060 appropriating $60,190 for the California State Library award funds for English as a Second Language Services for fiscal year 2024-2025.
4.9(a). Approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SHIELD Regional Training Consortium, Inc ., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing local training to the region’s law, fire, and emergency medic al services entities ; and authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the MOU.
4.10(a). Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 67 th Amendment to City of Redding Budget Resolution No. 2023 -060 re-appropriating available American Rescue Plan Act funding from various projects which are not expected to be expended or encumbered in the appropriate time frame and moved to fund City of Redding Police Department, Park Rangers through November 2026 for fiscal year 2024-25.
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4.11(a). 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.
4.11(b). Authorize and approve the following relative to the purchase of a dump truck for the City of Redding Storm Drain Utility Division:
(1) Authorize staff to use Sourcewell contract pricing, with a net deliv ered cost of $219,590.05, including all applicable taxes and fees; and (2) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to approve future pricing adjustments, terms, and policy changes as needed up to an additional $10,000 for the purchase of the dump truck.
4.11(c). Approve an increase to the project construction contingency budget in the amount of $90,000, bringing the construction contingency total to $233,070, for the completion of Bid Negotiation No. 5452, Churn Creek Lift Station Rehabilitation Project.
4.11(d). Authorize and approve the following actions relative to Bid Negotiation No. 5531 (Job No. 2700), Liberty Street Sidewalk Improvement Project:
(1) Award to SnL Group, Inc. in the amount of $489,708; (2) Approve $60,000 to cover the cost of administration and inspection fees; (3) Approve $150,000 for project development costs;
(4) Approve $50,292 to provide construction contingency funding; (5) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to approve additional increases in either the construction management or const ruction contingency amounts up to a total of $44,575; and
(6) Find that the project is categorically exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines, pursuant to Section 15301 – Existing Facilities.
4.11(e). Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 62nd Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2023-060 appropriating an additional $82,920 for environmental mitigation credits and balancing account budgets associated with three obligated Federal Emergency Management Agency projects for repairs along the Sacramento River trail for damages caused by the 2017 flooding event.
4.11(f). Authorize and approve the following:
(1) Partially accept the improvements in Shastina Ranch Subdivision –Unit 6 (S-7-03/PD-5-04) as satisfactorily complete , with the exception of the streetlights; and
(2) Adopt Resolution accepting the Shastina Ranch Subdivision –Unit 6 ( S- 7-03/PD-5-04) streets for maintenance and operation.
4.11(g). Accept the improvements in Silverstone Subdivision Unit 3 (AMND -2020- 01135/S-2019-00280) as satisfactorily complete; and adopt Resolution accepting the Silverstone Subdivision Unit 3 ( AMND-2020-01135/S-2019- 00280) streets for maintenance and operation.
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4.11(h). Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 64 th Amendment to the Ci ty Budget Resolution No. 2023-060 increasing appropriations by $24,000 for utility expense in Fiscal Year 2023 -24 and increasing appropriations by $10,000 for operating materials and supplies in Fiscal Year 2024 -25, for the City of Redding-owned Benton Landfill.
4.12(a). Adopt Resolution approving an amended Appendix A (Designated Positions) to the City of Redding’s Conflict of Interest Code, Redding Municipal Code Chapter 2.90 (Conflict of Interest for designated positions of the City), in compliance wi th the California Fair Political Practices Commission biennial review requirements.
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.
6.1. 6.1--Consider Planned Development Applic ation and Ordinance approving a Rezoning Application by L&S Redding Development, LLC, to add the “PD” Planned Development Zoning Overlay Designation to the previously approved Riverstone Subdivision.
Recommendation:
Authorize and approve the following:
(1) Offer an uncodified Ordinance, approving Rezoning Application (RZ- 2023-01709) consisting of rezoning of the Riverstone Subdivision to “RS-3.5- PD” Single Family Residential with Planned Development Overlay, for first reading by title only, and waive the full reading. The subject property consists of 10.5 acres located on property previously addressed as 2980 Wyndham Lane, generally located on the north side of Wyndham Lane at Lagoon Drive; (2) Adopt the Addendum to the Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared fo r Tentative Subdivision Map (S-2023-00582), Riverstone Subdivision, upon a determination that the necessary findings for approval are in evidence; (3) Direct the City Attorney to prepare and the City Clerk to publish a summary ordinance according to law; and
(4) Approve Planned Development Application (PD-2023-01708) subject to the draft conditions of approval with added Condition 7.f. to require the private maintenance of street lights.
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9. REGULAR CALENDAR: REPORTS & COMMUNICATIONS OF DEPARTMENTS,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
City Manager
9.1(a). Consider approval of a Non -Binding Letter of Intent regarding the Redding Rodeo Association Ground Lease negotiations.
Recommendation:
Approve the non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) with the Redding Rodeo Association (RRA). This LOI provides the framework for amending the lease agreement for the Redding Rodeo Grounds (C-141). Approval of this LOI will allow both parties to proceed with formal negotiations , under a common understanding, to finalize a comprehensive lease amendment.
Electric Utility
9.5(b). Consider Redding Electric Utility's Quarterly Financial Report, Industry Activities Update, and Power Content Label.
Recommendation:
Accept the City of Redding Electric Utility’s Fiscal Year 2024 -25 First Quarter Financial Report, Industry Activities Update, and Power Content Label.
9.5(c). Authorize Transfer of Transmission Capacity Entitlement and Assignment of Rights
Recommendation:
Authorize and approve the City Manager, or designee , to e xecute all necessary documents, including without limitation the agreements and amendments that: (1) transfer entitlement and assign Redding Electric Utility’s (REU) current 1.7496 percent ownership in the California-Oregon Transmission Project (COTP), as well as all associated rights, duties, liabilities, and obligations, from REU to the Transmission Agency of Northern California, a Joint Powers Agency (TANC); and (2) modify REU’s share, as well as all associated rights, duties, liabilities, and obligations, in the TANC project that allocates TANC’s ownership rights and duties in the COT P to the project participants, in the amount of the assigned (current) REU’s ownership of 1.7496 percent and duties in the COTP.
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Community Services
9.6(b). Consider Little League Field use fees and negotiation of a Memorandum of Understanding with Little League organizations.
Recommendation:
Approve and authorize the following:
(1) Accept the report;
(2) Provide staff with direction relative to charging field usage f ees for Little League organizations;
(3) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to consult with the Community Services Advisory Commission for the negotiation of Memorandums of Understanding, for field use and maintenance, with the Little League organizations located within the City of Redding; and
(4) Authorize the Director of Community Services to execute MOUs with the Little League organizations.
Finance
9.10(b).
Consider the City of Redding General Fund Quarterly Financial Report.
Recommendation:
Accept the General Fund Quarterly Financial Report for the quarter ended September 30, 2024.
Public Works
9.11(i). Consider Contractor's Control Termination with Abacus Construction, Inc. and Potential Findings of Fact with regard to Public Works Agreement dated June 17, 2022 for the Eastside Road over Olney Creek Bridge Project, Bid Schedule 5180, (Job No. 2477).
Recommendation:
Authorize and approve the following:
(1) Find that Abacus Construction, Inc. has failed to commence satisfactory corrective actions under the Public Works Agreement (Agreement) dated June 17, 2022, for the Eastside Road over Olney Creek Bridge Project, Bid Schedule 5180 (Job No. 2477) , as the City of Redding requested via a Notice of Contractor’s Control Termination letter dated November 4, 2024; (2) Find that Abacus Construction, Inc. is in default of the Agreement; and (3) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to take all appropriate action necessary to complete the project, including, as appropriate, written notice of termination for default to the Contractor and its Surety.
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City Attorney
9.14(a).
Consider Ordinance Amending Redding Municipal Code Title 2 (Administration and Personnel) to Increase City Council Member Compensation.
Recommendation:
Authorize and approve the following actions:
(1) Offer an Ordinance amending Redding Municipal Code (RMC) Title 2 (Administration and Personnel), to modify, Chapter 2.04.010 (City Council Compensation), increasing the monthly salary, for first reading by title only and waive the full reading;
(2) Authorize the City Clerk to publish the ordinance in accordance with law; and (3) Find that the action is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, pursuant to section 15061(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 November 19, 2024
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