Agenda
Regular Meeting
Redding City Council
Council Chambers (doors will open 30 minutes prior)
777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, CA
June 3, 2025
6:00 PM
This meeting will include teleconference participation by Council Member Tenessa Audette (Government Code Section 54953). In addition to the meeting location above, members of the public may participate in the meeting from the following teleconference location:
Marriott Courtyard Lobby
15433 Ventura Boulevard
Sherman Oaks, California, 91403
1. CALL TO ORDER - MAYOR JACK MUNNS
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Invocation - Lori Moretti, Redding Police and Redding Fire Department's Chaplain 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 Calend ar, please enter your name in the electronic kiosk located in the lobby 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 Ci ty’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 their name through the electronic kiosk, 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 enter your name in the e lectronic kiosk located in the lobby. 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(c). Adopt Ordinance No. 2677, an uncodified ordinance of the City Council of the City of Reddi ng, adopting a policy to provide guidelines for the appro val, acquisition, and reporting requirements for military equipment pursuant to Government Code Section 7071.
4.1(a). Authorize and approve the following:
(1) Accept update regarding the proclamation declaring a local emergency due to flooding and, pursuant to Public Contract Code 20168 and 22050(c)(1), make a determination by a four -fifths vote that there is a need to continue the emergency; and
(2) Find that the South Bonnyview Storm Drain Project and the Parkview Sewer Siphon Repair Project are exempt from re view under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines, pursuant to Section 15269(b) – Emergency Projects.
4.1(b). Authorize and approve the following:
(1) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to apply, accept, appropriate, and implement the United States Economic Development Administration’s Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance Program in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 for infrastructure improvements located in the City of Redding Stillwater Business Park; and
(2) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to identify and commit an equal match from Stillwater Business Park property sales.
4.2(b). Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to issue a loan between the City of Redding’s Risk Management Re serve and the Airports Division’s Enterprise Fund in order to fund the Redding Regional Airport Passenger Terminal Parking Lot Reconstruction Project in an amount not -to-exceed $1.5 million – the loan will be amortized annually over a 10 -year term at the a veraged pooled cash rate with annual payments of $132,670, and a projected balloon payment in the amount of $500,000.
4.2(c). Authorize and a pprove the following actions relative to the Good News Rescue Mission’s Day Resource Center:
(1) Authorize the City M anager, or designee, to execute the Provider Operational Agreement with the Good News Rescue Mission; (2) Find that entering into a Provider Operational Agreement is not considered a project under the California Environmental Quality Act , the actual construction of the project was previously reviewed for California Environmental Quality Act compliance; and
(3) Find that entering into a Provider Operational Agreement is exempt under the National Environmental Policy Act under Title 24 CFR
58.34(a)(3).
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4.5(a). Authorize and approve the following relative to Bid Schedule No. 5584 – System Hardening Equipment for the City of Redding Electric Utility:
(1) Award Bid 5584 to OneSource Supply Solutions for an annual evaluated price of $208,450.05;
(2) Authorize the Purchasi ng Officer to extend the bid award annually with OneSource Supply Solutions through March 31, 2028, if mutually agreeable, with all prices, terms and conditions remaining the same; and (3) Authorize the City Manager , or designee , to approve an additional $83,000 per fiscal year as a contingency to account for unforeseen cost escalations including, but not limited to , tariffs and global supply chain disruptions.
4.6(a). Adopt Resolution revising City Council Policy No. 806 (Recreation Classes and Program Fees), to include increased cost recovery and an additional 15 percent administrative fee, as recommended by the Community Services Advisory Commission at its regular meeting held on May 14, 2025.
4.11(a). Authorize and approve the following relative to the South Street Water Main at Railroad Emergency Replacement Project (Project):
(1) Accept update regarding the Project; and
(2) Pursuant to 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.
4.11(b). Accept Bid Negotiation No. 5474 (Job No. 2712), Replace Asphalt Concrete (AC) Surfacing 2024 Project, awarded to J.F. Shea Construction, Inc., as satisfactorily complete, with a final cost of $2,115,664.48.
4.11(c). Authorize sta ff to reject all bids in accordance with Public Contract Code Section 20166 and Public Contract Code Section 22038 regarding Bid Negotiation No. 5469, Burney Library Roof Replacement, Solar and Generator Addition Project.
4.11(d). Authorize and approve t he following relative to the funding of the City of Redding Pump Station 1 Replacement Project:
(1) Authorize the City of Redding to increase its funding request amount from the State Water Resources Control Board Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program from $40 million to $50 million; (2) Authorize the City of Redding to increase its funding request amount from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Water Infrastructure Finance & Innovation Act Loan Program from $25 million to $40 million; and
(3) Authorize the City of Redding to increase its funding request amount from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, National Culvert Removal, Replacement, and Restoration Grant Program (Culvert Aquatic Organism Passage Program) from $6 million to $8 million.
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4.11(e). Authorize and approve the following actions relative to the Summary Vacation of a Public Service Easement (A-2025-00333):
(1) Adopt Resolution summarily vacating Public Service Easement “B” within Parcel 4 of Pa rcel Map (PM-2016-00771) as described in Exhibit A and depicted in Exhibit B;
(2) Find the action consistent with the General Plan; and (3) Find the action categorically exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines, pursuant to Section 15035 - Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations.
4.11(f). Authorize and approve the following actions relative to Request for Proposals (RFP) - Schedule No. 5 577 - Construction Inspection Services and Material Testing Servic es for the Eastside Road Bridge Over Olney Creek Project (Project):
(1) Award RFP to Mark Thomas & Company, Inc.;
(2) Authorize the Mayor to execute a Consulting and Professional Services Contract for a not -to-exceed fee of $ 886,111.38 with Mark Thomas & Company, Inc., to provide Construction Inspection and Material Testing Services for the Project; and
(3) Authorize the City Manager to approve Contract amendments not -to- exceed $50,000.
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.
Development Services
6.1. Public Hearing to consider Rezoning Application (RZ -2025-00477), by the City of Redding (City); and Ordinance amending the City's Zoning Ordinance regarding the short-term rental requirements.
Recommendation:
Conduct a Public Hearing, and upon conclusion, authorize and approve the following:
(1) Offer Ordinance, as further described in Option A (Planning Commission’s recommended changes), amending Redding Municipal Code (RMC) Title 18, (Zoning), Chapter 18.43, (Standards for Specific Land Uses) by amending RMC Section 18.43.180 (Short -Term Rentals), for first reading by title only, waive the first reading;
(2) Direct the City Attorney to prepare and the City Clerk to publish a summary ordinance according to law; and
(3) Find that adoption of the ordinance is exempt from environmental review, pursuant to 14 CCR 15378, because the passage of the proposed ordinance is not a project according to the definition in the California Environmental Quality Act and, therefore, is not subject to the provisions requiring environmental review.
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9. REGULAR CALENDAR: REPORTS & COMMUNIC ATIONS OF DEPARTMENT S,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
Assistant City Manager
9.2(d). Consider Disposition and Financing Agreeme nt with FaithWorks Community Coalition, Inc.
Recommendation:
Authorize and approve the following proposed actions related to the sale of City - owned real property located at 815 Parkview Avenue (Assessor Parcel No. 104 -350- 019), 825 Parkview Avenue (Ass essor Parcel No. 104 -350-018), and 2520 Leland Avenue (Assessor Parcel No. 104 -350-020) to FaithWorks Community Coalition, Inc.:
(1) Conditioned upon the approval of the Disposition and Financing Agreement (DFA) by the City Attorney, authorize the Mayor to exe cute the DFA with FaithWorks Community Coalition, Inc. for the transfer and development of the above-referenced parcels;
(2) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to complete the transaction, including but not limited to: (a) a seller carryback loan in the amount of $153,000 at one percent for a 55 -year term for the acquisition of the parcels; and (b) a development loan not to exceed $1,600,000 at one percent for a 55 -year term to support the construction of a 14-unit, mixed-income, mixed-use development;
(3) Find that the aforementioned actions such as allocating funding are exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines, pursuant to Section 15312 -Surplus Government Property Sales) and 15061(b)(3)–Common Sense Exemption; and
(4) Find that administrative and management activities, such as allocating funding, are exempt under 24 CFR §58.34(a)(3) administrative and management activities under the National Environmental Policy Act. The construction of the project has been reviewed for environmental compliance and an Authority to Use Grant Funds has already been received from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
9.2(e). Consider development and implementation of an Entertainment Zone in the C ity of Redding.
Recommendation:
Authorize and approve the following:
(1) Accept report; and
(2) Provide direction to staff regarding the development and implementation of an ordinance allowing an Entertainment Zone in the City of Redding pursuant to Senate Bill 969.
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Electric Utility
9.5(b). Consider Redding Electric Utility's Quarterly Financial Report and Industry Activities Update.
Recommendation:
Accept the City of Redding Electric Utility’s Fiscal Year 2024 -25 Third Quarter Financial Report and Industry Activities Update.
Community Services
9.6(b). Consider Ordinance amending Redding Municipal Code (RMC) Title 2 (Administration and Personnel), Chapter 2.56 (Community Services Department).
Recommendation:
Authorize and approve the following:
(1) Offer an Ordinance amending RMC Title 2 (Administration and Personnel), Chapter 2.56 (Community Services Department) by amending RMC Sections
2.56.010 (Definitions), 2.56.060 (Approval for use of sound amplification equipment), 2.56.070 (Concessions), a nd 2.56.080 (Smoking), all relating to the Community Services Department, for first reading by title only and waive the full reading;
(2) Authorize the City Attorney to prepare and the City Clerk to publish the ordinance in accordance with law; and
(3) Find that t he action is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act 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
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