CITY OF REDLANDS
CITY COUNCIL
A G E N D A
APRIL 1, 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, APRIL 1, 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 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)Two Cases:
a. Miller & Associates, LLC v. City of Redlands, San Bernardino Superior Court, CaseNo. CIVSB2203755b. Harper v. City of Redlands, et al., U.S. District Court Central District of California, Case No.5:23-cv-00695-SSS-KKy
6:00 P.M.
D. Reconvene City Council Meeting
E. Invocation by Mayor Pro Tem Shaw - 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. Presentation of Dolores Huerta Day proclamation to Jenna Aguirre (Mayor Saucedo)
2. Presentation of the Earth Day Proclamation to Linda Hamilton, ANCA (Mayor Saucedo)
3. Presentation of the Arbor Day Proclamation to Erik Reeves, Field Services SuperintendentFacilities and Community Services (Mayor Saucedo)
4. Presentation of the Autism Acceptance Month Proclamation to Regina Frazer (President), ArrissiaOwen, (Vice-President), and Carren Garcia (Incoming President) from the Redlands SpecialEducation Parent Teacher Association (Mayor Saucedo)
5. Presentation of the Child Abuse Prevention month Proclamation to Jeany Glasgow, Director ofSan Bernardino County Children & Family Services (Mayor Saucedo)
6. Presentation of the National Library Week Proclamation presented to Rosa Gomez, VicePresident of the Library Board, Rebecca McCurdy, Friends of the Library President and NathanGonzales, Library Archivist/Curator (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 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 of March 18, 2025 (City Clerk Donaldson)
2. Authorize issuance of a proclamation declaring the month of April 2025 as Child AbusePrevention Month (Mayor Saucedo)
3. Authorize issuance of a proclamation declaring the month of April 2025 as Arts, Culture, andCreativity Month (Mayor Saucedo)
4. Authorize issuance of a proclamation declaring the month of April 2025 National AutismAcceptance Month (Mayor Saucedo)
5. Authorize issuance of a proclamation declaring the week, April 6-12, 2025, as National LibraryWeek (Mayor Saucedo)
6. Authorize issuance of a proclamation declaring April 10, 2025, as Dolores Huerta Day (MayorSaucedo)
7. Authorize issuance of a proclamation declaring April 6-12, 2025 National Crime Victims’ RightsWeek (Mayor Saucedo)
8. Authorize issuance of a proclamation declaring April 22, 2025, as Earth Day (Mayor Saucedo)
9. Authorize issuance of a proclamation declaring April 25, 2025, as Arbor Day in the City ofRedlands (Mayor Saucedo)
10. Authorize issuance of a proclamation commending Ken and Judith Stanford for their service tothe Redlands Bowl (Council Member Barich)
11. Disclosure of Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims – Milton Price v. City ofRedlands; San Bernardino County Superior Court Case No. CIVSB 2218802 (City AttorneyGarcia)
12. Adopt Resolution No. 8672 - A request for a one-year Extension of Time to the expiration date ofCommission Review & Approval No. 931, with associated entitlements, to merge two parcelsinto one single parcel for the construction of a 40,415 square-foot hotel with 90 guest rooms,four stories high, and related on-site improvements including parking lot, landscaping, lighting,and utilities on a 1.52-acre site. The project site is located on the south side of West ColtonAvenue at Columbia Street and 719 N. Eureka Street (APN’s: 0169-155-05-0000 and 0169-142-07-0000) in the Village General (VG) District of the Transit Villages Specific Plan (DevelopmentServices Director Desatnik)
13. Approve the release of a lien agreement ("Project") to secure construction of publicimprovements for 1001 Columbia Street and a determination that the Project is exempt fromenvironmental review pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the state's guidelines implementing theCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (Development Services Director Desatnik)
14. Adopt Resolution No. 8671 and approve a one-year Extension of Time to the expiration date forCommission Review & Approval No. 950 for the construction of an RV sales, storage, andservice facility on a 4.6-acre property. The approved project includes an approximately 3,000 square-foot sales office and caretaker’s residence as well as an approximately 1,500 square-foot vehicle service area. The project site is located at 1060 Nevada Street (APN: 0292-063-57-0000) in the Commercial Transition (EV/TC) district of the East Valley Corridor SpecificPlan (Development Services Director Desatnik)
15. Approve the request for in-kind support in the amount of $1,800 related to the Loma LindaUniversity Behavioral Health Institute Stand-Up to Stigma 5K to be held on Sunday, May 4,2025, and approve the temporary street closures related to the event (Facilities and CommunityServices Department Director Crocker)
16. Approve the agreement with Geo-Logic Associates, Inc., for design, engineering, andconstruction support for the California Street Landfill for the Phase 5 expansion in the amount of$198,936; and determine that the agreement is exempt from environmental review pursuant tosection 15061(b)(3) of the State's guidelines implementing the California Environmental QualityAct (Facilities and Community Services Department Director Crocker)
17. Approve an amendment to the Professional Services Agreement for Architectural andEngineering Services with Wolff/Lang/Christopher Architects, Incorporated, doing business asPBK-WLC, to extend the contract term and increase the total contract amount by $50,000,bringing it to $275,000, for the completion of the Fire Station 262 Renovation Project (Fire ChiefSessler)
J. Communications
1. 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,Natural Gas-Fired Water Heaters) (Mayor Pro Tem Shaw)
K. New Business
1. Consideration of Resolution No. 8673, naming of the classroom at the Joslyn Senior Center inhonor of Pete Serfass (Facilities and Community Services Director Crocker)
2. Consideration of a $62,583.80 purchase order modification with Rush Truck Centers for areplacement solid waste rear loader vehicle and a total purchase order amount not to exceed$1,591,059.51 (Facilities and Community Services Director Crocker)
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 15, 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.
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.