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
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The City Council held a closed session at 5:00 p.m. on March 21, 2022 regarding conference with labor negotiators pursuant to California Government Code §54957.6.
The meeting adjourned at 6:01 p.m.
JOINT CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY
REGULAR MEETING
Monday, March 21, 2022
6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER – Mayor Hale called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL – Council Members Aguirre, Espinoza-Garnica, Gee, Howard, Smith Vice Mayor Reddy and Mayor Hale were present.
Staff present: City Manager Melissa Stevenson Diaz, City Attorney Veronica Ramirez and City Clerk Pamela Aguilar.
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Mayor Hale led the pledge of allegiance.
4. PRESENTATIONS/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
4.A. Proclamation recognizing Transgender Day of Visibility Ishani Dugar from the Outlet Adolescent Counseling Center and Dana Johnson from the San Mateo County LGBTQ+ Commission were present to accept the proclamation.
5. PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, ON MATTERS OF COUNCIL
INTEREST, AND ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
The following members of the public spoke:
Adrian Brandt
Johanna Rasmussen
Dan Slanker
6. CONSENT CALENDAR
Motion and second, Howard and Espinoza-Garnica, to approve all items on the Consent Calendar, passes unanimously by roll call vote.
6.A. Amendment No. 1 to agreement with Urban Planning Partners, Inc. for professional services of contract planning and on-call assistance (304) MO 22-044
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 (304) MO 22-045
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 (304) MO 22-046
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 (304) MO 22-047
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 (205) MO 22-048
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 (301) MO 22-049
6.G. Approve claims and checks from March 21, 2022 - April 11, 2022 and the usual and necessary payments through April 11, 2022 (303) MO 22-050
7. PUBLIC HEARINGS - None
8. STAFF REPORTS
8.A. 2021 Annual Housing Progress Report (205) MO 22 -051
Principal Planner Diana O’Dell gave a presentation.
The following members of the public spoke:
Tania Sole
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)
Motion and second, Howard and Aguirre, to 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), passes unanimously by roll call vote.
9. STUDY SESSIONS
9.A. Study Session on Draft Housing Element, including goals, policies and housing sites
Community Development and Transportation Director Mark Muenzer introduced the item, and Principal Planner Diana O’Dell and Housing Leadership Manager Alin Lancaster gave a presentation.
The following members of the public spoke:
Tania Sole
Kalisha Webster
Alice Kaufman
Adrian Brandt
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)
A Study Session was held. No formal Council action was taken.
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 – Mayor Hale gave an update.
B. Governance Sub-Committee – Council Member Gee gave an update.
C. Equity and Social Justice Sub-Committee – Vice Mayor Reddy gave an update.
10.C. City Manager (Oral) Update
11. ADJOURNMENT – Mayor Hale adjourned the meeting at 8:33 p.m.
Pamela Aguilar, CMC
City Clerk
Approved at the April 11, 2022 meeting