CITY OF REDLANDS
CITY COUNCIL
FINANCING AUTHORITY
A G E N D A S
JANUARY 21, 2025
MARIO SAUCEDOMayor
MARC SHAWMayor Pro Tempore
PAUL T. BARICH Council Member
EDDIE TEJEDACouncil Member
DENISE DAVISCouncil 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 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 21, 2025
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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 this time.)
C. Recess City Council Meeting to a Closed Session
1. Conference with real property negotiators - Government Code §54956.8(Assistant City Manager Boatman) Property: APNs: 0173-231-23-0000 and 0173-231-26-0000 (England Grove) AgencyNegotiators:Charles M. Duggan, City Manager; Christopher Boatman, Assistant CityManager NegotiatingParty: Johanna Crooker, ACIP Director of Forward Planning - Entitlements, SouthernCalifornia; Meritage Homes of California, Inc.
UnderNegotiation: Terms of payment and price of possible land purchase by City.
2. Conference with legal counsel: Existing Litigation - Government Code §54956.9(d)(1)(City AttorneyGarcia)Two Cases:
a. Miller & Associates, LLC v. City of Redlands, San Bernardino Superior Court, Case No.CIVSB2203755b. Price v. City of Redlands, San Bernardino Superior Court, Case No. CIVSB2218802
6:00 P.M.
D. Reconvene City Council Meeting
E. Invocation by Mayor Pro Tem ShawPledge of Allegiance by Lugonia Elementary School Students(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. 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.)
H. 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 December 17, 2024 (City Clerk Donaldson)
2. Approve recommendation for the reappointments of Greg Weissman and Justine Guidry and theappointment of Bridget Lawlor to the Historic and Scenic Preservation Commission (MayorSaucedo and Mayor Pro Tem Shaw)
3. Approve City Council Liaison assignments to the City's Boards, Commissions, Committees andOutside Agencies (Mayor Saucedo)
4. Adopt Resolution No. 8655 to determine that the criteria contained in Government Code Section65583.4 have been met, pertaining to a one-year extension of time to complete the rezoningactions that will implement the City’s 6th Cycle Housing Element and the Regional HousingNeeds Assessment allocation (City Planner/Planning Manager Foote)
5. Adopt Resolution No. 8654 declaring weeds to be a public nuisance and setting February 4,2025, as the public hearing for objections to the proposed weed abatement (Fire Chief Sessler)
6. Adopt Resolution No. 8656 acknowledging acceptance of a report for completed state-mandatedfire and life safety inspections by the City of Redlands Fire Department in compliance with SB1205 and California Health and Safety Code Section 13146.4 (Fire Chief Sessler)
7. Approve the Public Works Contract with Metrocell Construction Inc. for Guardrail Installations foran amount not-to-exceed $174,600; and determine that the project is exempt from environmentalreview pursuant to Section 15304 of the State's guidelines implementing the CaliforniaEnvironmental Quality Act (Facilities and Community Services Director Crocker)
8. Adopt Resolution No. 8649 - Annual Report of Development Impact Fees for the Year EndedJune 30, 2024, and Adoption of Findings (Management Services/Finance Director Garcia)
9. Receive and file the Annual Reports for Community Facility District (CFD) No. 2001-1 andCommunity Facility District (CFD) No. 2003-1 pursuant to Local Agency Special Tax and BondAccountability Act (SB 165) (Management Services/Finance Director Garcia)
10. Approve an Intergovernmental Purchase of Dell Workstations in the amount of $99,794.13(Management Services/Finance Director Garcia)
11. Approve the property lease agreement with the South Coast Air Quality Management District anddetermine that this action is exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15601(b)(3)of the State's guidelines implementing the California Environmental Quality Act (MunicipalUtilities and Engineering Director Harris)
12. Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Public Sector Personnel Consultants Inc. forCitywide Classification and Compensation Study Services for an amount not-to-exceed$192,000; and approve an additional appropriation in the same amount (Human Resources/RiskManagement Director Meteau)
I. Communications
1. Presentation and acceptance of the Fiscal Year 2024 City of Redlands Annual ComprehensiveFinancial Report, and the Independent Accountants’ Report on Applying Agreed-UponProcedures Related to the Article XIII-B Appropriations Limit Calculation (ManagementServices/Finance Director Garcia)
2. Discussion and possible action relating to the designation of Voting Delegates to represent theCity at the 2025 Regional Conference of the Southern California Association of Governments(SCAG) and General Assembly (Mayor Saucedo)
3. Annual Report of the Parks and Recreation Commission by Chair Douglas Gonzales andCommissioner Roy Cencirulo (Facilities and Community Services Director Crocker)
4. Annual Report of the Airport Advisory Board by Chair Jason Golembeski (Facilities andCommunity Services Director Crocker)
J. New Business
1. Consideration of the process to select new members to the City's Planning Commission;authorize the formation of, and appointments to an ad hoc subcommittee of the City Council tointerview Planning Commission candidates; and direct staff to prepare an ordinance formalizingthe selection process for City Council consideration at a future meeting (Assistant City ManagerBoatman)
2. Consideration of a Purchase and Sale Agreement with Meritage Homes of California, Inc. forthe acquisition of Assessor Parcel Numbers 0173-231-23-0000 and 0173-231-26-0000 for$100,000 and an additional appropriation in the same amount and determination that approvalof the agreement is exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of theState’s guidelines implementing the California Environmental Quality Act (Assistant CityManager Boatman)
3. Consideration of Amendment No. 1 to an Operations and Maintenance Agreement with SanBernardino County Transportation Authority and the University of Redlands (Assistant CityManager Boatman)
4. Consideration of an unsolicited offer of donation of property identified as Assessor’s Parcel No.0170-302-07 000 (Assistant City Manager Boatman)
5. Introduction of Ordinance No. 2975 to amend Title 13 (Public Services) relating to water, sewerand solid waste charges and payments, and consideration of Resolution No. 8647 revising thePolicy on Residential Water Service Discontinuation and Rescinding Resolution No. 8048(Management Services/Finance Director Garcia)
6. Introduction of Ordinance No. 2974 amending Section 2.48.040 of Chapter 2.48 of theRedlands Municipal Code relating to the Traffic and Parking Commission (Municipal Utilitiesand Engineering Director Harris)
7. Introduction of Ordinance No. 2978, establishing an exhaustion of administrative remediesprocedure for challenges to fees, charges, and assessments, and consideration of ResolutionNo. 8657, amending the utility rate protest submission and tabulation procedure (MunicipalUtilities and Engineering Director Harris)
8. Consideration of the twelve (12) year sole source Wastewater Treatment Plant MembraneBioreactor filter preventive maintenance and replacement Agreement with Zenon EnvironmentalCorporation with $219,578 annual payments, for a total value of $2,634,939, and determinationthat this action is exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of thestate's guidelines implementing the California Environmental Quality Act (Municipal Utilities andEngineering Director Harris)
K. Individual Council Member Announcements and/or Reports on Activities(No collective discussion or action.)
L. AdjournmentThe next regular meeting of the City Council will be held on February 4, 2025.
M. 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 toaddress them on any subject, within its jurisdiction, which is not already scheduled on thisagenda. 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 17, 2024 (Secretary Donaldson)
4. Adjourn Redlands Financing Authority meetingThe next Redlands Financing Authority meeting will be held on May 20, 2025.
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.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate inthis 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 reasonablearrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.(28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title II)
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 meeting 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 onthe City’s website at www.cityofredlands.org. Agendas, staff reports and minutes of the City Council ofthe City of Redlands are available online at: www.cityofredlands.org.