Agenda
Regular Meeting
Redding City Council
Council Chambers (Doors open 30 minutes prior)
777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, CA
September 1, 2026
6:00 PM
CITY OF REDDING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Members of the public are invited to participate in City Council meetings either in person or remotely using the City’s online public comment platform located on the City’s website and instructions are included on the agenda. Meeting agendas and staff reports are available at www.cityofredding.gov and in the Public View binder located on the podium on the north side of the Chambers.
Pursuant to Senate Bill 707, effective July 1, 2026, public participation instructions have been updated as noted below.
Public comments may be provided on Non-Agendized Public Comment, Consent Calendar, and Regular Agenda items. Speakers may register in advance through the City’s Public Comment Registration Portal or submit a request to speak in person at the meeting. Each speaker is allotted up to a maximum of three minutes.
In-Person Participation
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Remote Participation
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• Instructions for joining the remote participation system are available on the City’s website.
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• Call in on time and remain connected until your item is reached. • Use the same phone number you registered with, so you appear in the speaker queue. • Keep background noise to a minimum while listening to the meeting. • When your line is unmuted, begin speaking promptly.
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Public Comment Timing
• The City Council will allocate up to three minutes per speaker for each agenda item. • The Mayor determines the speaking order for non-agendized public comment. • For non-agendized matters , up to 30 minutes total is provide d at the beginning of the meeting.
• If all speakers cannot be heard within the 30-minute period whether submitted in person through the kiosk or remotely through the registration portal the remaining speakers will be called at the end of the open session agenda.
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1. CALL TO ORDER - MAYOR MIKE LITTAU
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Invocation - Gordon DeWitt, Chaplain for the Redding Police and Fire Departments 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.
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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. It shall be the prerogative of any Council Member , before the Co nsent 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 18, 2026; and Regular Meeting of August 18, 2026.
4(b). Accept City of Redding Accounts Payable Register No. 1; and Payroll Register Nos. 1 and 2.
4.1(a). Authorize the Mayor to send a Letter of Support to Shasta College in support of its Economic Impact Report.
4.5(a). Authorize and approve the following relative to Bid Schedule No. 5715 – 200- Amp Loadbreak Elbows and 600 -Amp Deadbreak Elbows and Assemblies for the Redding Electric Utility:
(1) Award Bid Schedule No. 5715 to OneSource Supply Solutions for an annual evaluated contract total of $740,327.98, including sales tax; (2) Authorize the Purchasing Officer to extend the bid award annually with OneSource Supply Solutions through July 31, 2030, if mutually agreeable, with all prices changing in direct proportion to the Producer Price Index and all terms and conditions remaining the same; and (3) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to approve an additional $148,000 per contract term as a contingency to support operational requirements and higher-than-anticipated contract expenditures.
4.5(b). Authorize and approve the following relative to Bid Sc hedule No. 5717, Furnish Padmount Distribution Switches:
(1) Award Bid Schedule No. 5717 to Mader Supply LLC in the amount of $451,947.21, including sales tax; and
(2) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to approve additional contingency expenditures of up to $90,000 to address unforeseen cost increases associated with material, labor, or supply chain fluctuations.
4.5(c). Authorize and approve the following relative to Bid Schedule No. 5718, Furnish Padmount Capacitor Banks:
(1) Award Bid Schedule No. 5718 to M ader Supply LLC in the amount of $285,656.09, including sales tax; and
(2) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to approve additional contingency expenditures of up to $57,000 to address unforeseen cost increases associated with material, labor, or supply chain fluctuations.
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4.6(a). Authorize and approve the following:
(1) Approve the Non -Exclusive Communications Site License Agreement with T-Mobile West, LLC to allow the use of a 900 -square-foot area at the City of Redding (City) Benton Field Airport (085 ), along with space on the City’s existing beacon monopole, for the operation and maintenance of a Personal Communication Service system facility; (2) Authorize the Mayor to execute the Agreement; and
(3) Find that this activity is exempt from environmental revie w under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines, pursuant to Section 15301 – Existing Facilities.
4.6(b). Authorize and approve the following:
(1) Authorize the City of Redding, serving as the Fiscal Agent for the Redding Municipal Library Boar d pursuant to Redding Municipal Code Title 2 ( Administration and Personnel), Chapter 2.42 ( Redding Municipal Library), to accept the grant from the California State Library; (2) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 54th Amendment to City Budget Resoluti on No. 2025 -049 appropriating $61,460 in grant funds from the California State Library for Adult and Family Literacy services; and
(3) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all subsequent documentation relative to the grant.
4.11(a). Authorize and approve the following actions relative to the City of Redding Tarmac Road Storm Drain 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). Authorize and approve the following actions relative to Request for Proposals No. 5691 for Wastewater Lift Station Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Upgrades:
(1) Award the Consultant and Professional Services Contract to ACET Solutions in an amount not-to-exceed $313,380;
(2) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the contract with ACET Solutions;
(3) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to approve contra ct amendments not to exceed $86,600; and
(4) Find that the project is categorically exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to Section 15301 – Existing Facilities.
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4.11(c). Authorize and approve the fo llowing actions relative to Request for Proposals Schedule No. 5709, Construction Management and Inspection Services for the City of Redding Replace AC Surfacing 2026 Project:
(1) Award to GHD, Inc.;
(2) Authorize the Mayor to execute a Consulting and Professiona l Services Contract for a not -to-exceed fee of $252,000 with GHD, Inc., to provide Construction Management and Inspection Services; and
(3) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to approve contract amendments not-to-exceed $50,000.
4.11(d). Adopt Resolution to support the Association of California Water Agencies’ policy framework “Vision For Our Water Future”.
4.11(e). Authorize and approve the following actions relative to Bid Schedule No. 5688, Enterprise Well 10 CO2 Rehabilitation Project:
(1) Award the project to the lowest bidder, Subsurface Technologies, Inc., in the amount of $196,490;
(2) Approve an additional $60,000 to cover the cost of administration and inspection fees;
(3) Approve $15,000 for project development costs;
(4) Approve $19,700 to provide construction contingency funding; (5) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to approve additional increases in either the construction management or construction contingency amounts up to a total of $10,000; and
(6) Find that the project is c ategorically exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to Section 15301 – Existing Facilities.
4.12(a). Authorize and approve the following regarding a resolution being considered by the League of California Cities (LCC) at its annual meeting on September 25, 2026, in Anaheim, California:
(1) Authorize a support position for the proposed Resolution No. 1 of the General Assembly of the League of California Cities titled “A Resolution of the General Assembly of the League of C alifornia Cities calling for a Working Group to consider a State Constitutional Amendment or other form of Initiative to ensure final local authority over housing and land use decisions.”
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 DEPARTMENT S,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
City Manager
9.1(b). Oral presentation regarding the quick wins associated with the efficiency study for the City of Redding.
Recommendation:
Accept an informational presentation regarding the quick wins identified as part of the Rapid Efficiency and Cost Reduction Engagement Study for the City of Redding.
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
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, 3rd Floor, City Hall, 777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, California.
City Council Meetings will be televised live on Shasta Community Access Channels via Charter/Spectrum Cable channel 181, and will be rerun on Thursday at 12:30 p.m. during the week in which the meetin g is held. Additionally, the meeting can be viewed online at the following:
https://www.shastaartscouncil.org/scactv; and the City’s YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/cityofredding. Video of the City Council meetings can also be viewed on the City’s web site at https://www.cityofredding.gov/. Open the Services tab, and select City Council Videos.
In compliance with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Redding will make available to persons with disabilities modifications or accommodations including auxiliary aids or services necessary to participate in public meetings. A person needing assistance should contact the Redding City Clerk by telephone at (530) 225 -4447 or in person, or by mail at 777 Cypress Avenue, 3 rd Floor, Redding, Californ ia 96001 at least three (3) working days in advance.
The City of Redding will ensure that no person shall be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subjected to discrimination under any of its projects, activities, services, or business opportunities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, or disability, as afforded by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related statutes as amended. All persons, regardless of their citizenship status, are covere d under this regulation.
Questions, complaints, or requests for accommodations or additional information may be forwarded to the ADA & Title VI Coordinator at 777 Cypress Avenue, Attn: Personnel Dept., Redding, California 96001, Phone (530) 225-4065.