CITY OF REDLANDS
CITY COUNCIL
A G E N D A
MARCH 18, 2025
MARIO SAUCEDOMayor
MARC SHAWMayor Pro Tempore
PAUL T. BARICHCouncil 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 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, MARCH 18, 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 Legal Counsel: Initiation of Litigation - Government Code §54956.9(d)(4) (CityAttorney Garcia)One (1) Case:
2. Conference with real property negotiators - Government Code §54956.8(Assistant City Manager Boatman) Property: APN: 0292-481-93-0000 and 0292-481-94-0000
AgencyNegotiators:Charles M. Duggan, City Manager; Christopher Boatman, Assistant City Manager NegotiatingParty: Venkateswara R. Paladugu and Geetha K. Paladugu, Trustees of the PaladuguFamily Trust UnderNegotiation:Terms of payment and price for possible purchase of property by the 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 CityManager Negotiating Party:Char Burgess, President, Redlands Historical Museum Association Under Negotiation:Terms of possible transfer of the property.
4. Conference with legal counsel: Existing Litigation - Government Code §54956.9(d)(1)(City Attorney Garcia) One (1) Case:
1. Price v. City of Redlands, San Bernardino Superior Court, Case No. CIVSB 2218802
6:00 P.M.
D. Reconvene City Council Meeting
E. Invocation by Council Member TejedaPledge of Allegiance by Mentone 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. Presentations
1. Recognition of City Council, and the City of Redlands, by Emma Osterberg, Executive Director ofthe Trinity Community Foundation (Mayor Saucedo)
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 at asubsequent 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 of March 4, 2025 (City Clerk Donaldson)
2. Authorize issuance of a proclamation declaring March 31, 2025, as Cesar E. Chavez Day (MayorSaucedo)
3. Adopt Ordinance No. 2979 amending Chapter 5.04 of the Redlands Municipal Code relating toBusiness Licenses (Management Services/Finance Director Garcia)
4. Adopt Ordinance No. 2980 to Amend and Restate Chapter 5.08 of the Redlands Municipal Coderelating to Business Licenses (Management Services/Finance Director Garcia)
5. Receive and file the 2024 Annual Progress Reports for the General Plan and the 2021-2029Housing Element (Development Services Director Desatnik)
6. Approve the San Bernardino County Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System - NationalPollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Common Interest, Joint Defense, AndConfidentiality Agreement Among Permittees (Development Services Director Desatnik)
7. Approve the U. S. Department of Energy Office of State and Community Energy ProgramsEnergy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG) in the amount of $133,300,approval of an additional appropriation of the same, and adoption of Resolution No. 8670authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to execute the Grant Agreement, any amendmentsand all other related documents necessary (Development Services Director Desatnik)
8. Adopt Resolution No. 8668 to approve a one-year Extension of Time to the expiration date ofCommission Review & Approval No. 938 and Conditional Use Permit No. 1187 for theconstruction of a 181,100 square-foot warehouse building with 4,000 square feet of office spaceon a 9.44-acre project site is located at 350 Iowa Street (APN: 0292-158-16-0000) (DevelopmentServices Director Desatnik)
9. Annual Report of the Traffic and Parking Commission (Municipal Utilities and EngineeringDirector Harris)
J. Communications
1. Presentation of the City of Redlands New Hire Onboarding Video (Human Resources/RiskManagement Director Meteau)
2. Annual Report of the Library Board of Trustees by William Hatfield (Library Director McCue)
3. Receive and file the Annual Report from the Measure T Citizens' Oversight Committee for FY2024 (Management Services/Finance Director Garcia)
4. Discussion and possible action relating to Resolution No. 8663 establishing a policy forproclamations, certificates, and awards (Mayor Saucedo)
5. Discussion and possible action regarding South Coast Air Quality Management District'sProposed Amended Rule 1111 (Reduction of NOx Emissions from Natural Gas-Fired Furnaces)and Proposed Amended Rule 1121 (Reduction of NOx Emissions from Residential-Type, NaturalGas-Fired Water Heaters) (Mayor Pro Tem Shaw)
6. Discussion and possible action relating to the Mid-Year General Fund Budget Review for FiscalYear 2025 (Management Services/Finance Director Garcia)
K. Public Hearings
1. Public hearing to consider Resolution No. 8669 for Amendment No. 2 to the Transit VillagesSpecific Plan (Specific Plan No. 65) and update the sign regulations within the Transit VillagesSpecific Plan including the following items:
a. Require uniform sign programs for multi-tenant developments that meet specific criteria;b. Allow freestanding multi-tenant signs in unified centers under defined conditions;c. Remove a restriction on building sign location;d. Remove certain restrictions and review procedures applying to murals; and,e. Other minor text edits to improve clarity and consistency. (Mayor to declare meeting open as a public hearing)(Development Services Director Desatnik)
L. Individual Council Member Announcements and/or Reports on Activities(No collective discussion or action.)
M. AdjournmentThe next regular meeting of the City Council will be held on April 1, 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.
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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.
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