CITY OF REDLANDS
CITY COUNCIL
SUCCESSOR AGENCY
A G E N D A S
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
EDDIE TEJEDAMayor
PAUL T. BARICHMayor Pro Tempore
DENISE DAVISCouncil Member
JENNAGUZMAN-LOWERYCouncil Member
MARIO SAUCEDOCouncil Member
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JEANNE DONALDSONCity Clerk
PHILLIP DOOLITTLECity Treasurer
CHARLES M. DUGGAN JR.City Manager
YVETTE M. ABICH GARCIACity Attorney
5:00 p.m. Open Public Meeting, Public Comment (Closed Session)6:00 p.m. Open Session (Public Meeting)* * *City Council ChambersCivic Center, 35 Cajon Street, Redlands, California
A G E N D A The following information comprises the agenda for the regular meetings of the City Council of the City ofRedlands and the Board of Directors of the Successor Agency of the former Redevelopment Agency ofthe City of Redlands at the times noted below in the City Council Chambers, Civic Center, 35 CajonStreet, Redlands, California, on:
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2023
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Property: 0173-231-23-0000 and 0173-231-26-0000, The England Grove Agency Negotiators: Charles M. Duggan, City Manager; Christopher Boatman, Assistant CityManager Negotiating Party:Meritage Homes of California, Inc
Under Negotiation: Terms of payment and price of possible purchase of properties by the City
5:00 P.M.
A. Call City Council Meeting to Order
B. Public Comment(Any person wishing to provide public comment on a closed session matter may do so at thistime.)
C. Recess City Council Meeting to a Closed Session
1. Conference with real property negotiators - Government Code §54956.8(Assistant City Manager Boatman)
6:00 P.M.
E. Reconvene City Council Meeting
F. Invocation by Council Member Guzman-LoweryPledge of Allegiance by the Friendly Helpers of Kimberly Elementary School(In keeping with long-standing traditions of legislative invocations, this City Council meeting mayinclude a brief invocation. Such invocations are not intended to proselytize or advance any one,or to disparage any other, faith or belief. Neither the City nor the City Council endorses anyparticular religious belief or form of invocation.)
G. Closed Session Report(No reportable action taken in closed session unless otherwise announced by the City Attorneyat this time.)
H. Presentations
1. Redlands Pet Adoption (Redlands Animal Services)
2. Proclamation presentation to Assemblymember Eloise Gomez Reyes for her work in securing a$2,000,000 state budget appropriation for the Museum of Redlands Construction Completion(Mayor Pro Tem Barich)
I. Public Comment - City Council(At this time, the City Council will provide an opportunity for the public to address them on anysubject, within the jurisdiction of the City Council, which is not already scheduled on this agenda.However, any matter that requires action will be referred to staff for a report and possible actionat a subsequent meeting. Comments will be limited to three {3} minutes.)
J. Consent Calendar(The following routine items have been recommended for approval and will be acted uponsimultaneously unless separate discussion and/or action is requested by a Councilmember or amember of the audience.)
1. Approve regular meeting minutes of October 17, 2023 (City Clerk Donaldson)
2. Proclamation recognizing Assemblymember Eloise Gomez Reyes for securing a $2,000,000state budget appropriation for the Museum of Redlands Construction Completion (Mayor ProTem Barich)
3. Approve Final Map for Tract No. 20336 prepared and submitted by MLC Holdings, LLC.(Development Services Director Desatnik)
4. Accept the donation from the University of Redlands of $22,322, and authorize the expenditureof $3,500 on behalf of the City and the A. K. Smiley Public Library as designated by theUniversity of Redlands, and approve additional appropriations totaling $18,822 for thecorresponding expenditures in the Police and Fire Departments (ManagementServices/Finance Director Garcia)
5. Approve a ratification of the Memorandum of Understanding and Sub-Agency Agreementbetween the San Bernardino County Sheriff/Coroner/Public Administrator (County) and theRedlands Police Department (RPD) for the use of the LexisNexis Accurint Virtual CrimeCenter/Accurint Crime Analysis (AVCC/ACC) software and an additional appropriation of$12,397.50 to RPD (Police Chief Tolber)
6. Approve a Side Letter Agreement between the City and the Redlands Civilian SafetyEmployees Association (Assistant City Manager McConnell)
7. Approve a two-year policy renewal with California Dental Network providing dental insurancecoverage for City employees (Assistant City Manager McConnell)
8. Approve the First Amendment to the Public Works Contract with Onyx Paving Company, Inc.for the 2022 Alley Paving Improvements Project to extend the time for the completion by sixty-five (65) calendar days to January 6, 2024 (Municipal Utilities and Engineering Director Harris)
9. Approve the First Amendment to the Public Works Contract with CEM ConstructionCorporation for the 2022 CIP Sewer Pipeline Replacement Project to extend the projectcompletion time by ninety (90) calendar days to February 5, 2024 (Municipal Utilities andEngineering Director Harris)
10. Approve the Second Amendment to the Non-Professional Services Agreement with TESCOControls, LLC. for the Water Distribution System Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition(“SCADA”) Upgrade Project to extend the project time for completion to December 31, 2024(Municipal Utilities and Engineering Director Harris)
11. Approve amendments to the Memorandum of Understanding and Funding Agreement withSan Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District, East Valley Water District, and San BernardinoMunicipal Water Department for the development of a Salt Mitigation Plan and FeasibilityStudy (Municipal Utilities and Engineering Director Harris)
12. Approve the First Amendment to the Agreement with Liftech Elevator Services, Inc. to extendthe term of the agreement to three (3) years and amend the total compensation to an amountnot-to-exceed $101,407.20 (Facilities and Community Services Director Crocker)
13. Approve the use of city resources and the request for in-kind support in the amount of$12,374.10 related to the New Year's Eve Orange Drop event hosted by the RedlandsChamber of Commerce on December 31, 2023, the sale and consumption of alcoholicbeverages for the Redlands Chamber of Commerce's event; and that this item is categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15061 (b)(3) of the State’s guidelinesimplementing the California Environmental Quality Act (Facilities and Community ServicesDirector Crocker)
14. Approve the request for in-kind support for $3,180 related to the The Artlands Walk eventhosted by The Artlands Creative to be held on December 9, 2023; approve a request totemporarily close East Vine Street, from Cajon Street to 6th Street, and Civic Center parkinglot; authorize the request for the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages at the event;and determine that the approval of the request is exempt from environmental review pursuantto Section 15311(c) of the state’s guidelines implementing the California Environmental QualityAct (Facilities and Community Services Director Crocker)
K. Communications
1. Annual Report of the Citrus Preservation Commission by Chairman Michael Day (Facilities andCommunity Services Director Crocker)
2. Sister Cities Hino, Japan Visit Report (Mayor Tejeda)
3. City Council Priorities: Northside Economic Development (Development Services DirectorDesatnik)
L. New Business
1. Consideration of Fiscal Years 2023 & 2024 Mid-Biennium Budget Update (ManagementServices/Finance Director Garcia)
2. Consideration of Salary Resolution No. 8520 establishing a Salary Schedule andCompensation Plan for City Employees and Rescinding Resolution No. 8504 (Assistant CityManager McConnell)
3. Consideration of the First Amendment to the Non-Professional Services Agreement withSynagro-WWT, Inc., for wastewater bio-solids hauling and disposal, to increase the total not toexceed amount to $1,190,000; and determine that approval of the Amendment is exempt fromenvironmental review pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State's guidelines implementingthe California Environmental Quality Act (Municipal Utilities and Engineering Director Harris)
4. Consideration of a Professional Services Agreement with TKE Engineering, Inc. for an amountnot-to-exceed $358,380 to prepare construction plans, specifications, and cost estimates forthe Water Pipeline and Highline Replacement Project, and determination that approval of thisAgreement is exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State'sguidelines implementing the California Environmental Quality Act (Municipal Utilities andEngineering Director Harris)
M. Individual Council Member Announcements and/or Reports on Activities(No collective discussion or action.)
N. AdjournmentThe next regular meeting of the City Council will be held on November 21, 2023
O. Successor Agency of the former Redevelopment Agency of the City of Redlands
1. Call regular meeting of the Successor Agency Board of Directors to order.
2. Public Comment(At this time, the Agency Board will provide an opportunity for the public to address them on anysubject, within the jurisdiction of the Successor Agency of the former Redevelopment Agency ofthe City of Redlands, which is not already scheduled on this agenda. However, any matter thatrequires action will be referred to staff for a report and possible action at a subsequent meeting.Comments will be limited to three {3} minutes.)
3. Approve the regular meeting minutes of October 3, 2023 (Secretary Donaldson)
4. Adjourn Successor Agency Board of Directors' meetingThe next regular meeting of the Agency will be held on December 5, 2023.
If you challenge any proposed development entitlement listed on this agenda in court, you may belimited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in thisnotice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at or prior to this public hearing.
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Any writings or documents distributed to a majority of the City Council regarding an open sessionagenda item less than 72 hours before this meeting are available for public inspection at the City Clerk'sOffice or at the dais of the City Clerk once the open session begins.
Staff reports or other written documentation relating to items referred to on the agenda are available atthe A. K. Smiley Public Library, 125 West Vine Street, Redlands, California, and on the City’s websitereferenced below.
Regular meetings are televised live on Redlands TV Channel 3 (Spectrum) and Channel 35 (Frontier)and re-broadcast at 7:00 P.M. the following Wednesday, Friday and Sunday; and at 9:00 A.M. Thursday,Saturday and Monday. Meetings are also streamed live and archived for later viewing on demand on theCity’s website at www.cityofredlands.org. Agendas, staff reports and minutes of the City Council of theCity of Redlands are available online at: www.cityofredlands.org.