Agenda
Regular Meeting
Redding City Council
Council Chambers (Doors open 30 minutes prior)
777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, CA
September 16, 2025
6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER - MAYOR JACK MUNNS
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Invocation - Patrick A. Blewett, PhD., Executive Dean, Simpson University C. Roll Call
2. PRESENTATIONS
2A. Adopt Resolution honoring Barry Tippin for distinguished service to the City of Redding; and associated presentations.
2B. Presentation by Danny Orloff, Visit Reddin g’s Tourism Marketing Director, providing a quarterly report regarding tourism marketing and promotional efforts for the City of Redding.
2C. Presentation by Christian Church Homes providing an update on past, present, and future projects and activities in the City of Redding.
2D. Presentation by Ryan Richardson, Executive Director, Superior California Economic Development, providing an annual update on activities.
If anyone wishes to address the City Council on any item considered at this meeting before or during Council’s consideration of that item, p lease enter your name in the electronic 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 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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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 an ticipated 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.
4(a). Approve City Council Minutes: Special Meeting – Closed Session of August 19, 2025; Regular Meeting of August 19, 2025; and Special Meeti ng of August 22, 2025.
4(b). Adopt Ordinance No. 2683, an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Redding, repealing Ordinance No. 2642 to remove Redding Municipal Code (RMC) Section 6.18 (Emergency Medical Service First Responder Fee) from RMC Title 7 (Business Taxes, Licenses and Regulations).
4(c). Accept City of Redding Accounts Payable Register No. 2; and Payroll Register Nos. 3 and 4.
4.1(a). 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.
4.1(b). Adopt Resolution amending the Schedule of Administrative Fines thereby adding administrative fines for viol ations of the Redding Municipal Code relating to violations of the Tobacco Retail License ordinance.
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 with in 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 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.
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4.3(a). Authorize and approve the following:
(1) Adopt Resolution authorizing the City of Redding as an applicant for the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Service’s Fiscal Year 2025 State and Local Cyber Security Grant Program in an amount up to $250,000; and
(2) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to apply for the grant.
4.3(b). Authorize and approve the purch ase of Microsoft Licenses and/or software products on the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement No. 8084445 between Dell as reseller and the City of Redding (City), on behalf of City Departments, as deemed necessary, through the proper purchasing procedures, for routine expenditures not -to-exceed the requesting department’s fiscal year budgeted amount for said items.
4.5(a). Authorize and approve the following actions related to Bid Schedule No. 5615 – Three-Phase, Pad -Mounted Distribution Transformers for the City of Redding Electric Utility:
(1) Award the contract to General Pacific, Inc. , in the amount of $1,258,570.97;
(2) Authorize the Purchasing Officer to extend the bid award annually, through September 30, 2029, subject to mutual agreement, with all terms and conditions unchanged and pricing adjustments tied to the Producer Price Index; and
(3) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to approve up to $ 503,430 per fiscal year as a contingency to address unforeseen costs.
4.5(b). Authorize and approve award of Bid Schedule No. 5631 – Furnish and Deliver Pad-Mounted Distribution Switches for the Redding Electric Utility to Anixter, Inc., in the amount of $221,256.75.
4.5(c). Authorize and approve the following actions related to the Long -Term Parts, Services, and I nspections Agreement, (C-5661), with Siemens Energy Inc. , for repairs at the City of Redding Power Plant:
(1) Approve Change Order No. 50 to upgrade the Lube Oil System Variable Frequency Drives for Generating Unit 5, in an amount not -to-exceed $435,000;
(2) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents and change orders necessary to complete the project; and
(3) Find that the project is categorically exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to Sectio ns 15301 (Existing Facilities) and 15302 (Replacement or Reconstruction).
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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 an update relative to the City of Redding’s COVID -19 Economic Stimulus Package Public Works projects.
4.11(c). Authorize and approve the following:
(1) Accept the Piper Way improvements pursuant to Site Development Permit SDP-2020-01714 as satisfactorily complete; and
(2) Adopt Resolution accepting Piper Way and utility improvements for maintenance and operation and accept the dedication to the public for street and public services pursuant to Parcel Map No. 2023-00344.
4.11(d). Authorize and approve the following actions relative to Bid Schedule No. 5621, Redding Electric Utility Power Plant Maintenance Office Building:
(1) Award to Gifford Construction Inc., in the amount of $3,152,000; (2) Approve an additional $ 513,000 to cover the cost of administration and inspection fees;
(3) Approve $345,000 for project development costs;
(4) Approve $162,000 for furniture, fixtures, and equipment; (5) Approve $315,000 to provide construction contingency funding; (6) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to approve additional increases in either the construction management or construction contingency amounts up to a total of $50,000; and
(7) Find that the Project is categorically exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to Section 1530 1 – Existing Facilities and Section 15303 – New Construction or Conversion of Existing Structures.
4.11(e). Authorize and approve the following actions relative to Request for Proposal (RFP) Schedule No. 5569, Cardlock Fuel Purchases:
(1) Award RFP to Ed Staub & Sons through August 31, 2028; and (2) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to extend the contract annually, if mutually agreeable, through August 31, 2030.
RECOMMENDATION: ACCEPT, ACKNOWLEDGE, ADOPT, APPROVE,
AND/OR AUTHORIZE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
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9. REGULAR CALENDAR: REPORTS & COMMUNIC ATIONS OF DEPARTMEN TS,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
Finance
9.10(a).
Consider the City of Redding's Year -End Budget Review and associated Resolution for Fiscal Year Ended 2025.
Recommendation:
Accept the Fiscal Year 2025 Year -End Budget Report; and adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 83 rd Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2023 - 060 increasing appropriations by $7,354,390.
Public Works
9.11(f). Oral report regarding City of Redding Public Works' Streets Division update.
Recommendation:
Informational item only.
City Manager
9.11(g).
Identify the impact to the General Fund if an additional $10 million annually was redirected for street maintenance.
Recommendation:
Informational item only.
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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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 Cl erk, 3rd Floor, City Hall, 777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, California.
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