CITY OF REDLANDS
CITY COUNCIL
FINANCING AUTHORITY
A G E N D A S
JANUARY 16, 2024
EDDIE TEJEDA
Mayor
PAUL T. BARICH
Mayor Pro Tempore
DENISE DAVIS
Council Member
JENNA GUZMAN-LOWERY
Council Member
MARIO SAUCEDO
Council Member
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JEANNE DONALDSON
City Clerk
PHILLIP DOOLITTLE
City Treasurer
CHARLES M. DUGGAN JR.
City Manager
YVETTE M. ABICH GARCIA
City Attorney
5:00 p.m. Open Public Meeting, Public Comment (Closed Session) 6:00 p.m. Open Session (Public Meeting)
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City Council Chambers
Civic 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 of Redlands and the Redlands Financing Authority of the City of Redlands at the times noted below in the City Council Chambers, Civic Center, 35 Cajon Street, Redlands, California, on:
TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2024
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11. Property: APNs 0292-063-38-0000
Agency Negotiators: Charles M. Duggan, City Manager; Chris Boatman, Assistant City Manager
Negotiating Party: Andrew Meyers Abdul-Wahab; 1675 Industrial Park, LP Under Negotiation: Terms of payment and price for possible purchase of property by 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 this time.)
C. Recess City Council Meeting to a Closed Session
1. Conference with legal counsel: Initiation of Litigation - Government Code §54956.9(d)(4):
Two (2) Cases.
2. Conference with legal counsel: Existing Litigation - Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) (City Attorney Garcia)
Four Cases:
a. City of Redlands v. Coyote Aviation, Inc., San Bernardino Superior Court, Case No.
LLTVA2200544
b. Scates v. City of Redlands, San Bernardino Superior Court, Case No. CIVSB 2127794
c. Rogers, et al. v. City of Redlands, San Bernardino Superior Court, Case No.
CIVSB2126031
d. California Department of Housing and Community Development v. Shangri-la Industries, LLC, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court, Case No. 24STCV00629
3. Conference with real property negotiators - Government Code §54956.8 (Assistant City Manager Boatman)
6:00 P.M.
D. Reconvene City Council Meeting
E. Invocation by Mayor Tejeda - Pledge of Allegiance
(In keeping with long-standing traditions of legislative invocations, this City Council meeting may include 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 any particular religious belief or form of invocation.)
F. Closed Session Report
(No reportable action taken in closed session unless otherwise announced by the City Attorney at this time.)
G. Presentations
1. Proclamation declaring January 5th as a Day of Remembrance of the Lives of Quinn McCaleb and Andrew Jackson presentation to Gail Howard.
H. Public Comment - City Council
(At this time, the City Council will provide an opportunity for the public to address them on any subject, 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 action at a subsequent meeting. Comments will be limited to three {3} minutes.)
I. Consent Calendar
(The following routine items have been recommended for approval and will be acted upon simultaneously unless separate discussion and/or action is requested by a Councilmember or a member of the audience.)
1. Approve the regular meeting minutes of December 19, 2023 (City Clerk Donaldson)
2. Authorize issuance of a proclamation declaring January 5th as a Day of Remembrance of theLives of Quinn McCaleb and Andrew Jackson, victims of the tragedy at the Cinnamon Creek Apartments. (Mayor Tejeda)
3. Approve recommendation for appointments to serve two-years term on the 2024 Utilities Advisory Committee to support a water and wastewater rate study (Mayor Tejeda)
4. Adopt Resolution No. 8541 Annexation No. 29 declaring intent to annex territory into Community Facilities District 2004-1 and determine that the proposed project is exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State's guidelines implementing the California Environmental Quality Act (Development Services Director Desatnik)
5. Approve a non-professional services agreement with JT Lewis, Inc. doing business as National Garage Door in the amount of $490,205 for the purchase and installation of bay doors at Fire Stations 261, 262, and 263 (Fire Chief Sessler)
6. Accept the donation of sixteen (16) CTECHi ST2000 portable power stations from Amazon Fullfillment Center Ont 9, and approve an additional appropriation in such amount for the same (Police Chief Tolber)
7. Reject all Bids for Street Light Poles, Bollards, and Fixtures Painting, Project FCS10022023JBII (Facilities and Community Services Director Crocker)
8. Approve the request for commercial vendors and the temporary closure of a portion of 5th Street for the Stronger Together Now Giving Sunday within Ed Hales Park on Sunday, February 25, 2024; approve a request for in-kind support in the amount of $1,969 related to the event and determine that the event is categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15311 of the State's guidelines implementing the California Environmental Quality Act (Facilities and Community Services Director Crocker)
9. Approve the Agreement to sell 250 South Mountain Water Company shares to The Dangermond Park Foundation for $125,000, fifteen (15) South Mountain Water Company shares to the Yucaipa Valley Water District for $7,500, and determine that these actions are exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State's guidelines implementing the California Environmental Quality Act (Municipal Utilities and Engineering Director Harris)
J. Communications
1. Annual Report of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission presented by Chair Doug Gonzales (Facilities and Community Services Director Crocker)
2. Discussion and possible action relating to the designation of Voting Delegate to represent the City at the 2024 Regional Conference of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) and General Assembly (Mayor Tejeda)
K. Public Hearings
1. Resolution No. 8540 overruling objections and proceeding with the weed abatement on subject properties
(Mayor to declare meeting open as a public hearing)
(Fire Chief Sessler)
L. New Business
1. Consideration of the Termination Agreement with Citibank, N.A.; approval and finding of a public benefit of the Reimbursement Agreement with Property One, LLC; and approval of an additional appropriation of $1,100,000 (Assistant City Manager Boatman)
2. Consideration of an agreement with American International Environmental Inc. to provide consulting services for landfill gas engineering support, stormwater compliance services, on- call services and reporting for the California Street Landfill in an amount not-to-exceed $448,877 for a period of one year, with two additional one-year renewal options for a total compensation amount not-to-exceed $1,346,631 and determine that the agreement is exempt from environmental review pursuant to section 15061 (b)(3) of the State's guidelines implementing the California Environmental Quality Act (Facilities and Community Services Department Director Crocker)
3. Consideration of an agreement with Burrtec Waste Industries, Inc. to provide processing of commingled recyclable material in an amount not-to-exceed $624,346 for a period of one year, with two additional one-year renewal options for a total agreement amount not-to- exceed $2,057,659 (Facilities and Community Services Director Crocker)
M. Individual Council Member Announcements and/or Reports on Activities (No collective discussion or action.)
N. Adjournment
The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held on February 6, 2024.
O. Redlands Financing Authority
1. Call regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Redlands Financing Authority to order
2. Public Comment - Redlands Financing Authority
(At this time, the Redlands Financing Authority will provide an opportunity for the public to address them on any subject, within its jurisdiction, which is not already scheduled on this agenda. However, any matter that requires 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 September 19, 2023 (Secretary Donaldson)
4. Adjourn Redlands Financing Authority meeting
The next Redlands Financing Authority meeting will be held on May 21, 2024.
If you challenge any proposed development entitlement listed on this agenda in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at or prior to this public hearing.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact Goutam Dobey, of the Municipal Utilities and Engineering Department at (909) 798-7584 ext 2. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title II)
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Staff reports or other written documentation relating to items referred to on the agenda are available at the A. K. Smiley Public Library, 125 West Vine Street, Redlands, California, and on the City’s website referenced 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 the City’s website at www.cityofredlands.org. Agendas, staff reports and minutes of the City Council of the City of Redlands are available online at: www.cityofredlands.org.