CITY OF REDLANDS
CITY COUNCIL
FINANCING AUTHORITY
A G E N D A S
MAY 20, 2025
MARIO SAUCEDO
Mayor
MARC SHAW
Mayor Pro Tempore
PAUL T. BARICH
Council Member
EDDIE TEJEDA
Council Member
DENISE DAVIS
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, MAY 20, 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- ANTICIPATED LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 54956.9(d)(2) and (e)(3): A point has been reached where, in the opinion of the legislative body of the local agency on the advice of its legal counsel, based on existing facts and circumstances, there is a significant exposure to litigation against the local agency, based on the receipt of a government claim from claimant Crystal Adrianna Martinez threatening litigation (copy available for public inspection in City Clerk’s Office).
2. Conference with legal counsel: Anticipated Litigation - Government Code §54956.9(d)(2)(e)(2) (Assistant City Manager McConnell)
One Case:
a. Facts and circumstances: Consideration of Workers Compensation claim filed by Roy Williamson.
3. Conference with legal counsel: Existing Litigation - Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) (City Attorney Garcia)
One Case:
1. Chiakowsky, et, al. v. City of Redlands, et al., San Bernardino Superior Court, Case No.
CIVSB2402748
6:00 P.M.
D. Reconvene City Council Meeting
E. Invocation by Council Member Barich
Pledge of Allegiance by Kimberly Elementary School Students (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. 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.)
H. 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 minutes of the regular meeting of May 6, 2025 (City Clerk Donaldson)
2. Receive and file the Conference Report - March 28, 2025, League of California Community Services Policy Committee Meeting (Mayor Saucedo)
3. Approve the Sole Source Agreement with NewEdge Services, LLC for Software Integration between Cityworks Server and Tyler Munis ERP and other professional services for a total contract not to exceed $59,300, with the option to extend the agreement for future related services (Management Services/Finance Director Garcia)
4. Approve the Professional Services Agreement for Sales, Use and Transactions Tax Audit and Consulting Services with Hinderliter De Llamas & Associates for a period of three (3) years with two (2) one-year Extended Term options in a total amount not-to-exceed $113,300 (Management Services/Finance Director Garcia)
5. Approve the Emergency Medical Services Field Internship Agreement between the City of Redlands and the San Bernardino Community College District (Crafton Hills College), designating the Redlands Fire Department as a Paramedic Clinical Field Internship Training Site for a five-year period, from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2030 (Fire Chief Sessler)
6. Adopt Resolution No. 8691 establishing the policy for reporting on Staff Vacancies and the City’s Recruitment and Retention Efforts to comply with Government Code Section 3502.3 and Assembly Bill 2561 (Human Resources/Risk Management Director Meteau)
7. Approve an Event Services Agreement with the University of Redlands to conduct the Redlands Emergency Services Academy at the University's facility, and determine that approval of the agreement is exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State's guidelines implementing the California Environmental Quality Act (Police Chief Tolber)
8. Approve an Intergovernmental Purchase of Getac Mobile Data Computers from Code 3 Technologies in the amount of $53,648.25 (Police Chief Tolber)
I. Communications
1. Conference Report - 2025 City County Conference of the San Bernardino County Transit Authority (SBCTA) (Mayor Saucedo)
2. Discussion and possible action regarding South Coast Air Quality Management District's Proposed 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)
J. Public Hearings
1. Public Hearing to consider Resolution No. 8683 adopting the 2024 Engineering & Traffic Survey report and rescinding Resolution No. 8348, introduction of Ordinance No. 2982 amending Chapter 10.24 of the Redlands Municipal Code confirming prima facie speed limits for specified city streets and determine that approval of the resolution and introduction of the ordinance is exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the California Environmental Quality Act (Municipal Utilities and Engineering Director Harris) (Mayor to declare meeting open as a public hearing)
K. New Business
1. Consideration of the First Amendment to the Non-Professional Services Agreement with Yunex LLC, for Traffic Signal Systems Maintenance, to increase the Contractor's scope of services and compensation for additional services in the amount of $340,000 (Facilities and Community Services Director Crocker)
2. Consideration of the Recycled Water Supply Agreement with Southern California Edison and determination that approval of the agreement is 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)
THIS ITEM WAS REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA AND NOT HEARD
3. Consideration of FY 25/26 MUED Annual Purchase Orders for a Total Amount Not-to-Exceed $4,852,000 (Municipal Utilities and Engineering Director Harris)
4. Consideration of the First Amendment to the Non-Professional Services Agreement with Ferguson Enterprises, LLC for the Water Meter Replacement Project to increase the total compensation amount by 2.5% to $6,915,828.08 and determine this action is 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)
L. Individual Council Member Announcements and/or Reports on Activities (No collective discussion or action.)
M. Adjournment
The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held on June 3, 2025.
N. 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 minutes of the regular meeting of January 21, 2025 (Secretary Donaldson)
4. Adjourn Redlands Financing Authority meeting
The next Redlands Financing Authority meeting will be held on September 16, 2025.
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)
Any writings or documents distributed to a majority of the City Council regarding an open session agenda item less than 72 hours before this meeting are available for public inspection at the City Clerk's Office 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 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.