Giselle Hale, Mayor
Diana Reddy, Vice Mayor
Alicia C. Aguirre, Council Member
Lissette Espinoza-Garnica,
Council Member
Jeff Gee, Council Member
Diane Howard, Council Member
Michael A. Smith, Council Member
TELECONFERENCE MEETING
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LOCAL CHANNEL 26
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JOINT CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Monday, March 21, 2022
6:00 PM
TELECONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS: COUNCIL MEMBERS AGUIRRE, ESPINOZA-GARNICA, GEE, HOWARD AND SMITH, VICE MAYOR REDDY AND MAYOR HALE. DUE TO THE CONTINUING COVID-19 EMERGENCY, MEETINGS WILL BE HELD BY TELECONFERENCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASSEMBLY BILL 361 TO PROVIDE THE
SAFEST ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC, CITY OFFICIALS AND STAFF WHILE ALLOWING FOR CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
PURSUANT TO THE RALPH M. BROWN ACT, ALL VOTES SHALL BE BY ROLL CALL PUBLIC ADVISORY: THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS WILL NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. The meeting will be broadcast live to Redwood City residents on Astound Broadband cable Channel 26 and Comcast cable Channel 27, AT&T U-verse Channel 99 and streamed live via the City’s website at www.redwoodcity.org PUBLIC COMMENT:
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THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL CONCLUDE BY 11:00 P.M. UNLESS OTHERWISE EXTENDED BY COUNCIL VOTE
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Mayor Hale
4. PRESENTATIONS/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
4.A. Proclamation recognizing Transgender Day of Visibility
5. PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, ON MATTERS OF COUNCIL
INTEREST, AND ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
6. CONSENT CALENDAR Page 5
6.A. Amendment No. 1 to agreement with Urban Planning Partners, Inc. for professional services of contract planning and on-call assistance Recommendation:
By motion, approve and authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement for Services between the City of Redwood City and Urban Planning Partners, Inc. (UPP) to increase the not to exceed amount by $50,000, for a total contract amount of $350,000.
CEQA:
This is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
6.B. Software as a Service Agreement with Eagle Aerial Photography Inc. DBA Eagle Aerial Solutions to provide a GIS mapping solution that supports compliance with state water conservation regulations
Recommendation:
By motion, determine that due to the nature of the good, competitive bidding is not likely to serve the best interests of the City, and approve and authorize the City Manager to execute a one-year Software as a Service Agreement with Eagle Aerial Solutions to provide a GIS mapping solution that supports compliance with state water conservation regulations in an amount of $39,234, including City Manager authority to extend the agreement for two additional three-year terms, for an aggregate contract amount of $257,538 (requires at least 5 affirmative votes).
CEQA:
This is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
6.C. Purchase of one 2022 John Deere 544P Wheel Loader and one 2022 John Deere 310SL Backhoe Loader
Recommendation:
By motion, approve and authorize the City Manager or their designee to execute the purchase of one 2022 John Deere 544P Wheel Loader and one 2022 John Deere 310SL Backhoe Loader from Pape Machinery, Inc. in the amount of $466,818.
CEQA:
This is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
6.D. Purchase of one 2022 Tymco Model 600 Street Sweeper Regenerative Air System
Recommendation:
By motion, approve and authorize the City Manager or their designee to execute the purchase of one 2022 Tymco Model 600 Street Sweeper Regenerative Air System in the amount of $322,635 from GCS Environmental Equipment Services, Inc. of Woodland, CA.
CEQA:
This is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
6.E. Adoption of 2022 City of Redwood City Legislative Platform, as recommended by the City Council’s Governance Sub-Committee
Recommendation:
By motion, adopt the Redwood City 2022 Legislative Platform as amended, as recommended by the City Council’s Governance Sub-Committee.
CEQA:
This is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
6.F. Approve Minutes of March 7, 2022 and March 14, 2022 City Council meetings
6.G. Approve claims and checks from March 21, 2022 - April 11, 2022 and the usual and necessary payments through April 11, 2022
7. PUBLIC HEARINGS - None
8. STAFF REPORTS Page 136
8.A. 2021 Annual Housing Progress Report
Recommendation:
By motion, accept the 2021 Annual Progress Report (APR), and authorize the City Manager to submit the APR to the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for certification in compliance with Government Code Section 65400 (Administration of General Plan).
CEQA:
This is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
9. STUDY SESSIONS Page 159
9.A. Study Session on Draft Housing Element, including goals, policies and housing sites
Recommendation:
Provide individual Council Member comments on Draft Housing Element. This is a Study Session and no formal action will occur at this meeting.
CEQA:
This is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
10. MATTERS OF COUNCIL INTEREST
10.A. City Council Member Report of Conferences Attended
10.B. City Council Committee Reports
A. Finance / Audit Sub-Committee
B. Governance Sub-Committee
C. Equity and Social Justice Sub-Committee
10.C. City Manager (Oral) Update
11. ADJOURNMENT - The next City Council meeting is scheduled for April 11, 2022