Elmer Martínez Saballos, Mayor
Kaia Eakin, Vice Mayor
Isabella Chu, Council Member
Jeff Gee, Council Member
Diane Howard, Council Member
Marcella Padilla, Council Member
Chris Sturken, Council Member
MEETING LOCATION
CITY OF REDWOOD CITY
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1017 Middlefield Road
Redwood City, CA 94063
www.redwoodcity.org
Virtual via Zoom:
redwoodcity.zoom.us
Meeting ID: 994 8182 5639
JOINT CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Monday, February 24, 2025
6:00 PM
Please turn off all electronic devices before the start of the meeting to prevent disruptions PURSUANT TO THE RALPH M. BROWN ACT, THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD IN PERSON. To maximize transparency and public access, while the primary meeting takes place at the Redwood City meeting location, members of the public may attend in person at the Redwood City meeting location, or observe the meeting remotely as provided below.
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PUBLIC COMMENT: All public comments are subject to a 2-minute time limit unless otherwise determined by the Mayor, in accordance with the City Council's Guide to Communications & Business, available here.
Public comment is accepted in person at the physical meeting location, or via email to [email protected]. If submitting comments by email, please indicate the corresponding agenda item number in the subject line. Emailed comments within the City’s subject matter jurisdiction received by 5:00 p.m. on the meeting date may be read into the record during the meeting at the Mayor’s discretion and in any event will be made part of the final meeting record.
AGENDA MATERIALS:
City Council agenda materials, released less than 72 hours prior to the meeting, are available to the public at the City Clerk’s Office, 1017 Middlefield Road and Redwood City Library, 1044 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA 94063, in a public binder at each City Council meeting, and on the City’s website at www.redwoodcity.org.
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT:
The City Council will provide materials in appropriate alternative formats to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Please send a written request to Yessika Castro, City Clerk, at 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA 94063 or e-mail address [email protected] including your name, address, phone number and brief description of the requested materials and preferred alternative format or auxiliary aid or service at least 24 hours before the meeting.
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 - Led by Council Member Padilla
4. PRESENTATIONS/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - None
5. PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, MATTERS OF COUNCIL INTEREST
ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
6. CONSENT CALENDAR Page 6
6.A. Investment Report for the period ending December 31, 2024 Recommendation:
By motion, approve the City's Investment Report for the period ending December 31, 2024.
CEQA:
This is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
6.B. Rejection of general liability claim by McMillan Electric Co. Inc. C/O Furukawa Castles LLP.
Recommendation:
By motion, approve rejection of subject claim.
CEQA:
This is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
6.C. Annexation of 731 Esther Lane, Assessor’s Parcel Number 058-244-080, to the Oak Knoll Sewer Maintenance District
Recommendation:
Adopt a resolution conditionally consenting to annexation of property at 731 Esther Lane, Assessor’s Parcel Number 058-244-080, to the Oak Knoll Sewer Maintenance District and approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute an Annexation Agreement with the property owners.
CEQA:
This is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
6.D. Accept $2,850,629 in State grant funds for the Encampment Resolution Funding Program (ERF)
Recommendation:
By motion, approve and authorize the City Manager to sign the Encampment Resolution Funding Program (ERF) Standard Agreement between the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development and the City of Redwood City, accepting a grant award of $2,850,629 for Round 4 of the ERF Program (ERF-4-L).
CEQA:
This is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
6.E. Amendment No. 1 to Central Square Solutions Agreement for permitting software solutions to be funded by development permit revenues Recommendation:
By motion, approve and authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to the agreement with Central Square Technologies, LLC for ongoing permitting software solutions (ComDev), extending the term to February 25, 2026, and increasing the not-to-exceed amount by $56,153, for a total not-to-exceed contract amount of $426,153 covering the time period February 2021 to February 2026.
CEQA:
This is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
6.F. Fourth amendment to the 2019 Action Plan to reallocate unused Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) funds to a healthcare job training program
Recommendation:
1. By motion, approve the fourth amendment to the 2019 Action Plan which reallocates unused Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) funds previously set aside for rental assistance to offer free healthcare job training program for low-income Redwood City residents; and
2. By motion, approve and authorize the City Manager to execute a CDBG-CV agreement with STEP Into A Job! for $143,609 to provide a healthcare job training program by March 2026 for low-income Redwood City residents, subject to any minor, clarifying and conforming changes approved by the City Attorney and take all actions necessary to effectuate the agreement.
CEQA:
The proposed activities are exempt activities under the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) because it involves a job training program (which falls
under CDBG public services) under 24 CFR 58.34. This activity is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as defined in CEQA Guidelines, section 15378, because it has no potential for resulting in either a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.)
6.G. Approve February 8 and February 10, 2025 City Council Minutes
6.H. Approve claims and checks from February 24, 2025 to March 10, 2025 and the usual and necessary payments through March 10, 2025
7. PUBLIC HEARINGS - None
8. STAFF REPORTS Page 166
8.A. Fiscal Year 2023-24 year-end budget update, mid-year update on Fiscal Year 2024-25 goals, Fiscal Year 2024-25 mid-year budget amendments, and proposed framework for development of the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Recommended Budget
Recommendation:
1. Accept an update on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 year-end operating results;
2. Accept a mid-year update on FY 2024-25 goals;
3. Adopt a resolution a) appropriating and transferring certain funds for specified purposes to conform the budgeted amounts to actual revenues or expenditures for transactions that have occurred or are anticipated to occur during FY 2024-25 and b) amending the City’s authorized full-time equivalent (FTE) table for the FY 2024-25 Adopted Budget;
4. Accept an economic and budget outlook update;
5. Provide direction on the recommended framework for the development of the FY 2025-26 Recommended Budget; and
6. By motion, approve the dates for City Council action on the FY 2025-26 budget as set forth in this staff report, including establishing June 9, 2025 as the date on which the City Manager shall present a proposed budget to the City Council.
CEQA:
This is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
9. MATTERS OF COUNCIL INTEREST
9.A. City Council Member Report of Conferences Attended A. City Council Report of Meetings/Conferences Attendance
9.B. City Council Committee Reports
A. Governance Sub-Committee
B. Homelessness Ad Hoc Committee
C. 901 El Camino Real Ad Hoc Committee
9.C. City Manager (Oral) Update
10. CLOSED SESSION Page 237
10.A. Closed session regarding real property negotiations pursuant Government Code Section 54956.8
SUBJECT: CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
Property: Approximately 15,000 sq. ft. (33
acres) of the eastern portion of
651 El Camino Real, Redwood City
(APN: 052-271-030)
Agency Negotiator: Melissa Stevenson Diaz, City Manager Patrick Heisinger, Assistant City
Manager
Negotiating Parties: Redwood City Legion Post 105
Republic Metropolitan
Scott Mendelsohn & Bob
Mendelsohn Under Negotiation: Price and Terms for
Acquisition of Property
Closed session regarding real property negotiations pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8:
Gov’t Code § 54956.8: “...a legislative body of a local agency may hold a closed session with its negotiator prior to the purchase, sale, exchange, or lease of real property by or for the local agency to grant authority to its negotiator regarding the price and terms of payment for the purchase, sale, exchange, or lease.”
11. ADJOURNMENT - The next City Council meeting is scheduled for March 04, 2025