Agenda
Regular Meeting
Redding City Council
Council Chambers (Doors open 30 minutes prior)
777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, CA
March 3, 2026
6:00 PM
This meeting will include teleconference participation by Vice Mayor Dr. Paul Dhanuka (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:
Avalon West Hollywood Lobby
7316 Santa Monica Blvd
West Hollywood, CA 90046
1. CALL TO ORDER - MAYOR MIKE LITTAU
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Invocation - Dan Conklin, Redding Police and Fire Departments' Chaplain C. Roll Call
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 jurisdictio n.
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 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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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 f urther deliberation. If a member of the public wishes to address an item on the Consent Calendar, 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 th e agenda for delivery of a staff report and/or an extended discussion or deliberation.
4.2(a). Adopt Resolution declaring April 2026 as Fair Housing Month in the City of Redding.
4.5(a). Authorize and approve the following actions related to Request fo r Proposal Schedule No. 5650 – Overhaul of two Boiler Feedwater Pumps and Motors for the City of Redding Electric Utility:
(1) Award the contract to Stephens Mechanical Corp., in an amount not -to- exceed $350,000;
(2) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to sig n the contract and any related documentation, and to execute change orders within the approved not-to-exceed amount; and
(3) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to approve and sign contract amendments and change orders in an additional cumulative amount n ot- to-exceed $150,000, for a total project authorization not -to-exceed $500,000, to address improbable and unforeseeable repairs discovered after disassembly and inspection.
4.6(a). Authorize and approve the following actions relative to the design, perm itting, engineering, and construction of the Turtle Bay Boat Ramp Improvement Project:
(1) Approve ratification of a grant application for a Boat Launching Facilities Grant in the amount of $6,000,000, administered by the California Division of Boating and Waterways;
(2) Adopt Resolution approving the City of Redding as an applicant for a Boat Launching Facilities Grant; and
(3) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to apply for the grant, accept the grant, appropriate funds should the grant be awarded, and execute any agreements necessary to implement the project.
4.11(a). Accept Bid Schedule No. 5593, Cape Seal 2025 Project, awarded to VSS International, Inc., as satisfactorily complete, with a final cost of $2,541,486.85.
4.11(b). Authorize the City of Redding Water Utility to purchase a spare filter underdrain system for the Foothill Water Treatment Plant at a net cost of $238,898.30, including applicable taxes and delivery.
Redding City Council March 3, 2026
4.11(c). Accept the project plans, specificatio ns, and construction, of the sewer line associated with the Trinity Street Sewer Reimbursement Agreement (C -9727) as satisfactorily complete, with a final cost of $3,053,466.78.
4.11(d). Approve the sole -source purchase of all City of Redding Rotamix Mix ing Systems and find that the name Rotamix in the specifications for maintenance and Public Works projects is authorized by Public Contract Code Section 3400(c)(2) in order to match other products in use by the City.
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 corr espondence delivered to the City Council during, or prior to, the public hearing.
Electric Utility
6.1. Public Hearing to consider Resolution approving City of Redding Electric Utility (REU) rate increases and increasing the Residential Energy Discount.
Recommendation:
Conduct a Public Hearing and, upon conclusion, authorize and approve the following:
(1) Adopt Resolution to increase Redding Electric Utility’s rates (4.5 percent revenue increase per year) effective April 1, 2026, January 1, 2027, January 1, 2028, and January 1, 2029, for usage beginning on the first day of the first electric billing cycle;
(2) Approve a Network Access Charge Credit increase of $21.00 per month to Residential Energy Discount Program customers effective April 1, 2026, $22.00 per month effective January 1, 2027, $23.00 per month effective January 1, 2028, and $24.00 per month effective January 1, 2029, for usage beginning on the first day of the first electric billing cycle; (3) Approve an Energy Discount increase to $0.05 86/kWh (37.50 percent) per month to Residential Energy Discount Program customers effective April 1, 2026, $0.0655/kWh (40.00 percent) per month effective January 1, 2027, $0.0732/kWh (42.50 percent) per month effective January 1, 2028, and $0.0816/kWh (45.00 percent) per month effective January 1, 2029, up to 450 kWh maximum, for usage beginning on the first day of the first electric billing cycle; and
(4) Find that the adoption of this Resolution is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under the common-sense clause.
Redding City Council March 3, 2026
9. REGULAR CALENDAR: REPORTS & COMMUNIC ATIONS OF DEPARTMENT S,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
City Manager
9.1(a). Consider Uncodified Ordinance amending Redding Municipal Code Title 6.42 (Entertainment Zones) to add the Hilltop Entertainment Zone.
Recommendation:
Pursuant to City Council direction on February 17, 2026, staff presents the following options for Council consideration:
(1) Option A – Introduce Ordinance for Kool April Nites Cruise Event If the City Counc il desires to proceed with temporarily authorizing a Hilltop Drive Entertainment Zone for the Kool April Nites Cruise event on April 24, 2026, authorize and approve the following actions:
(a) Offer Uncodified Ordinance amending Redding Municipal Code Title 6 ( Business Taxes, Licenses and Regulations) Chapter 6.42 (Entertainment Zone) by amending Section 6.42 for first reading by title only and waive the full reading;
(b) Authorize the City Attorney to prepare and the City Clerk to publish a summary of the ordinance; and
(c) Find that the adoption of the ordinance is exempt from environmental review pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act guidelines 15060(c)(2) and 15061(b)(3) and further find that the passage of the ordinance will have no foreseeable direct or indirect physical change in the environment; or
(2) Option B – Provide Alternative Direction
Provide direction to staff and continue this item to a future meeting for further consideration and discussion for the event next year.
11. COUNCIL TRAVEL REPORT(S)
City Council Member attendance at conference/meetings reimbursed at City expense. {Requirement of Assembly Bill 1234}
Information Only
12. SUGGESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS RELATIVE TO POTENTIAL TOPICS
FOR FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
13. ADJOURNMENT
Redding City Council March 3, 2026
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 o f the City Clerk, 3 rd Floor, City Hall, 777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, California.
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