CITY OF REDLANDS
CITY COUNCIL
A G E N D A
DECEMBER 3, 2024
EDDIE TEJEDAMayor
PAUL T. BARICHMayor Pro Tempore
DENISE DAVISCouncil Member
JENNAGUZMAN-LOWERYCouncil Member
MARIO SAUCEDOCouncil Member***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 meeting of the City Council of the City ofRedlands at the times noted below in the City Council Chambers, Civic Center, 35 Cajon Street,Redlands, California, on:
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2024
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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 legal counsel: Existing Litigation - Government Code §54956.9(d)(1)(City Attorney Garcia)One Case: a. Harper v. City of Redlands, et al. , U.S. District Court Central District of California , Case No.5:23-cv-00695-SSS-KKy
2. Conference with real property negotiators - Government Code §54956.8(Assistant City Manager Boatman) Property: APNs: 0173-231-23-0000 and 0173-231-26-0000 (EnglandGrove) Agency Negotiators:Charles M. Duggan, City Manager; Christopher Boatman,Assistant City Manager Negotiating Party:Johanna Crooker, ACIP Director of Forward Planning -Entitlements, Southern California; Meritage Homes ofCalifornia, Inc.
Under Negotiation:Terms of payment and price of possible land purchase by City.
3. Conference with real property negotiators - Government Code §54956.8(Assistant City Manager Boatman) Property: APN: 0171-191-30-0000
AgencyNegotiators: Charles M. Duggan, City Manager; Christopher Boatman,Assistant City Manager Negotiating Party:Steve Stockton, President, Redlands Historical MuseumAssociation UnderNegotiation: Terms of possible lease with City.
4. Conference with real property negotiators - Government Code §54956.8(Assistant City Manager Boatman) Property: APN: 0292-166-08-0000 (Grove School)
AgencyNegotiators:Charles M. Duggan, City Manager; Christopher Boatman,Assistant City Manager NegotiatingParty: Jason Hill, Deputy Superintendent, Business Services/CBO;Redlands Unified School District UnderNegotiation:Terms of possible property transfer to Redlands Unified SchoolDistrict.
6:00 P.M.
D. Reconvene City Council Meeting
E. Invocation by Council Member Davis-Pledge of Allegiance(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, orto disparage any other, faith or belief. Neither the City nor the City Council endorses any particularreligious belief or form of invocation.)
F. Closed Session Report(No reportable action taken in closed session unless otherwise announced by the City Attorney atthis time.)
G. Presentations
1. Holiday Performance by the Redlands Girls Vocal Ensemble led by Katharine Bond (MayorTejeda)
2. Presentation of holiday video from the City of Redlands (Mayor Tejeda)
3. Presentation of a $25,000 check to Animal Shelter from Tom Bell Chevrolet (Mayor Pro TemBarich)
H. 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 action ata 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 uponsimultaneously unless separate discussion and/or action is requested by a Councilmember or amember of the audience.)
1. Approve the regular meeting minutes November 19, 2024 (City Clerk Donaldson)
2. Approve the Local Appointments List for 2025 of all regular and ongoing commissions andboards of the City of Redlands (Mayor Tejeda)
3. Adopt Resolution No. 8642 to receive an annual report of City of Redlands surplus lands(Assistant City Manager Boatman)
4. Approve the Second Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with CASCEngineering and Consulting, Inc., increasing the Agreement by $50,000 to an aggregate amountnot-to-exceed $125,000 to allow for the continued performance of professional services forfield survey and survey mapping/improvement plan review services for the City and determinethat approval of this agreement amendment is exempt from environmental review pursuant toSection 15061(b)(3) of the State's guidelines implementing the California Environmental QualityAct (Development Services Director Desatnik)
5. Adopt Resolution No. 8648 to authorize a one-year time Extension of Time to the expiration dateof Commission Review & Approval No. 949 for the construction of a 48,079 square-foot lightindustrial building with ancillary office space on a 2.56-acre parcel located at the northeastcorner of New Jersey Street and West Park Avenue (APN: 0292-153-20-0000) in theCommercial Industrial (EV/IC) District of the East Valley Corridor Specific Plan (DevelopmentServices Director Desatnik)
6. Reject all bids received for the Redlands Fire Department Household Hazardous WasteCollection Site Metal Canopy; bids received exceed the available budget (Facilities andCommunity Services Director Crocker)
7. Reject all bids received for the Joslyn Senior Center HVAC and Roofing project; bids receivedexceed the available budget (Facilities and Community Services Director Crocker)
8. Approve the Professional Services Agreement with Jacob Green & Associates, Inc in theamount of $71,950 for the development and implementation of an Emergency ManagementComprehensive Training and Exercise program (Fire Chief Sessler)
9. Authorize the annual maintenance payment to Motorola Solutions, Inc. in the amount of$110,887.77 for the Police Department's Spillman Computer Aided Dispatch/RecordsManagement System (Management Services/Finance Director Garcia)
10. Approve the negotiation of Cooperative Agreement with the San Bernardino Municipal WaterDepartment and partnering agencies for the development of a Regional Biosolids ProgramFeasibility Study for an amount not-to-exceed $50,000, designate the City Manager or hisdesignee as the City's representative, authorize approval when agreement is finalized, anddetermine that this action is exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15378 of theState's guidelines implementing the California Environmental Quality Act (Municipal Utilities andEngineering Director Harris)
11. Approve the Professional Services Agreement with Leslie Palencia, doing business as PalenciaConsulting Engineers, for an amount not-to-exceed $79,280 to prepare Watershed SanitarySurvey 5-Year Updates, and determine that approval of this Agreement 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)
12. Adopt Resolution No. 8640 authorizing the Redlands Police Department’s participation in theTobacco Grant Program funded by the California Department of Justice for Fiscal Year 2024-25and appropriation of the grant of $43,148.00 to the Police Department (Police Chief Tolber)
13. Approve the Memorandum of Understanding with the Inland Regional Narcotics EnforcementTeam and authorize the Chief of Police to execute the Memorandum of Understanding (PoliceChief Tolber)
14. Approve the submission of a Facility Request Form to the University of Redlands for use of itsfacilities from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026 for the purpose of Redlands PoliceDepartment training, presentations, and testing and authorize the Chief of Police or herdesignee to execute the request form and related facility use documents (Police Chief Tolber)
J. Communications
1. Recognition of outgoing Council Member Jenna Guzman-Lowery
K. Public Hearings
1. PUBLIC HEARING to consider Resolution No. 8641 related to the development applications forthe proposed “Tennessee Village” project located on a 13.48-acre site located on the east sideof Tennessee Street approximately 600 feet north of West Lugonia Avenue within the SpecialDevelopment (EV/SD) District of the East Valley Corridor Specific Plan (APN: 0167-171-15-0000):
(Mayor to declare the meeting open as a public hearing) A. Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Programprepared for the project in accordance with Section 15074 of the California EnvironmentalQuality Act (CEQA) Guidelines.B. Socio-Economic Cost/Benefit Study prepared for the proposed project as required byMeasure U.C. Amendment No. 50 to Specific Plan 40 – A request to amend the East Valley CorridorSpecific Plan (Specific Plan No. 40) to remove the project site consisting of 13.48 acres(gross) from the boundaries of Specific Plan 40 area.D. Zone Change No. 477 – A request to change the zoning designation of the 13.48 (gross)acre project site from Special Development (EV/SD) District to General Commercial (C-3)District.E. Tentative Parcel Map No. 20688 – A request to subdivide the entire project site intofour parcels consisting of 1.37 net acres, 1.49 net acres, 5.02 net acres, and 4.88 netacres in size for development purposes.F. Conditional Use Permit No. 1173 – A request to construct a mixed-use project consistingof 460 apartments and approximately 18,000 square feet of commercial space on a vacant13.48-acre site as allowed in the C-3, General Commercial District.G. Commission Review and Approval No. 956 – A request for site plan approval andarchitectural design review to construct a mixed used development composed of 460apartment units within ten buildings and approximately 18,000 square feet of commercialspace. The residential units include one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom floorplans ranging from 755 to 1,599 square feet each.H. Density Bonus Agreement with Declaration of Affordable Housing Covenants andRestrictions – A request to approve a Density Bonus Agreement which sets forth theterms and conditions to allow the Density Bonus Units and increased density for theproject, the concessions and waivers that the developer is entitled to pursuant to Statelaw, and affordability covenants to ensure the affordability of twenty (20) apartment unitsfor Very Low Income households. (Development Services Director Desatnik)
L. New Business
1. Consideration of the Agreement with Schmidt Geomatic Mapping, Inc. to provide aerial mappingand land surveying services for the California Street Landfill for a potential total amount not-to-exceed $266,976 and determine that approval of the Agreement is exempt from environmentalreview pursuant to Section 15301 of the State’s guidelines implementing the CaliforniaEnvironmental Quality Act (Facilities and Community Services Director Crocker)
2. Consideration of the Non-Professional Services Agreement with Clean Infusion LLC for theWastewater Treatment Plant Secondary Clarifier Rehabilitation Project for an amount not-to-exceed $430,000, and determination that the project is categorically exempt from environmentalreview pursuant to Section 15302(c) of the State's Guidelines for Implementing the CaliforniaEnvironmental Quality Act (Municipal Utilities and Engineering 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 December 17, 2024.
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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