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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - 02-16-21 - Regular332 Redding City Council, Regular Meeting Civic Center Council Chambers 777 Cypress Avenue Redding, CA 96001 February 16, 2021, 6:00 PM Due to the increase in the spread of Covid-19 and the latest directives from the Governor and the California Department of Public Health, the Mayor modified access to the City Council meeting to enable members of the public to make public comments with the following requirements: (a) entry to the Council Chambers was limited to members of the public wishing to address the Council on any agenda item; (b) people who wished to speak to the City Council checked -in with City staff at the Community Room door beginning at 5:45 p.m.; (c) speakers waited outside the building until time for the Council to hear the item. City staff assembled the speakers and admitted up to four people into the Council Chambers at any one time. If more than four people wished to address an item, they were admitted following the comments from the first four speakers; (d) all members of the public were asked to wear a face mask, however, they could remove the mask while speaking; (e) speakers were given up to three (3) minutes to address the Council and after speaking, the individual left the building following the directional arrows and exited through the main chamber doors. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Erin Resner with the following Council Members present: Michael Dacquisto, Mark Mezzano, Kristen Schreder, and Julie Winter. Also present were: City Manager Barry Tippin, Assistant City Manager Sheri DeMaagd, City Attorney Barry DeWalt, City Clerk Pamela Mize and Executive Assistant Joan Twomey. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was led by Mayor Resner. The Invocation was provided by Reverend Carolyn Warnemuende, Spiritual Leader, Unity Church in Redding. PUBLIC COMMENT Will Gilbert expressed his dissatisfaction regarding ongoing code enforcement issues. CONSENT CALENDAR The following matters were considered inclusively under the Consent Calendar and each Report to City Council (staff report) is incorporated herein by reference: 4(a). Approve Minutes: Special Meeting— Closed Session of January 19, 2021; Regular Meeting of January 19, 2021; Special Meeting — Closed Session of February 2, 2021; and Regular Meeting of February 2, 2021. 4(b). Accept Accounts Payable Register No. 14; and Payroll Register No. 14 and Payroll Register No. 15. (1) Accounts Payable Register No. 14 for the period of January 13, 2021, through January 29, 2021 for a total of $13,870,379.70, for check numbers 160152 through 160637, inclusive, ACH transfer numbers 16716 through 16786, inclusive, Wire Transfer numbers 10353 through 10377, inclusive; (2) Payroll Register No. 14 for the period of December 27, 2020 through January 9, 2021 for a total of $3,217,407.86, for electronic deposit transaction numbers 526127 through 527012, inclusive, and check numbers 606741 through 606757; and (3) Payroll Register No. 15 for the period of January 10, 2021 through January 23, 201 for a total of $3,254,521.03, for electronic deposit transaction numbers 527013 through 527885, inclusive, and check numbers 606758 through 606812. SUMMARY TOTAL: $20,342,308.59 02/16/2021 333 4.1(a). Accept report and make a determination by a four-fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote that conditions of local emergency continue to exist within the City of Redding, under Public Contract Code section 22050(c)(1) related to the Coronavirus (COVID-19). 4.2(b). Approve the following relative to the State of California's Housing and Community Development (HCD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery Multi -Family Housing Program (DR -MHP): (1) adopt Resolution No. 2021-018, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Redding, authorizing the allocation of HCD's CDBG DR -MHP grant funding to the City in an amount not to exceed $16,660,145.58; (2) authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the Master Standard Agreement, any amendments, and associated documents to complete the due diligence process and allocate funding; and (3) direct staff to prepare and issue a local solicitation process that provides developers an opportunity to submit potential multi -family project proposals and be selected through an open and competitive process. 4.6(a). Authorize the following relative to Proposition 68, the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access for All Act of 1918, Per Capita Program: (1) accept the transfer of $400,000 in Per Capita Funds from Shasta County; (2) approve the Project List; (3) adopt Resolution No. 2021-019, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Redding, approving and adopting the 74th Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2019-050 appropriating $577,950 for the Park and Open Space projects; (4) adopt Resolution No. 2021- 020, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Redding, authorizing the City of Redding to receive Shasta County's Per Capita Grant Fund Allocation of $400,000; and (5) authorize the Mayor to execute all documents required to implement deed restrictions on all project properties for a period of 20 or 30 years as required by the grant. 4.11(a).Authorize the following actions relative to Bid Schedule No. 5183 (Job No 2611) Girvan Road Railroad Crossing Improvements and South Redding Bikeway and Pedestrian Trail Projects: (1) award bid to Tullis Inc. in the amount of $5,661,872.05; (2) approve $1,098,000 to cover the cost of administration and inspection fees and $1,300,000 for project development cost; (3) approve $1,040,000 to provide construction contingency funding; (4) authorize City Manager to approve additional increase in either the construction management or construction contingency amounts up to a total of $500,000; (5) adopt Resolution No. 2021-021, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Redding, approving and adopting the 76th Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2019-050 appropriating $1,000,100 in funding for the project; (6) authorize the Mayor to execute contract Amendment No.2 (75LX314A2) with Caltrans to increase the contract amount to $8,234,750; and (7) authorize the City Manager to execute any future required amendments to Caltrans contract No. 75LX314. 4.11(b).Approve the Second Amendment to the Master Ground Lease Agreement (Agreement) with the Benton Hangar Association, et al, to modify the annual lease fee escalation by reducing the lease fees from seven percent per year to three percent per year for the final 10 years of the Agreement starting in 2022. 4.11(c).Accept and approve the Engineering and Traffic Survey extensions for speed limits on various streets, Volume I and Volume III, extending the existing Engineering and Traffic Surveys for three (3) additional years in support of existing Redding Municipal Code Title 11 (Vehicles and Traffic), Chapter 11.12 (Speed Limits). 4.11(d).Adopt Resolution No. 2021-022, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Redding, summarily vacating a 10 -foot -wide Storm Drain Easement within Lot 21 of the Highland Oaks Subdivision Unit 2 (A-2020-01670); and find this action consistent with the General Plan and categorically exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act per Section 15312 Surplus Government Property Sales) and Section 15061 (Common Sense Exception). 02/16/2021 334 4.11(e). Accept an update on the City of Redding's COVID-19 Local Economic Stimulus Package Projects. 4.11(f). Adopt Resolution No. 2021-023, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Redding, authorizing the Mayor to execute an Agreement for Partial Assignment of Water and Facilities Repayment to the City of Shasta Lake through the existing contract w� ith the United States Bureau of Reclamation. 4.11(g). Accept Bid Schedule No. 5113 (Job No. 2437, Federal Aid Project No. SRTSL- 5068(048), Safe Routes to School Bonnyview School, awarded to Muse Concrete Contractors, Inc., as satisfactorily complete, with final project cost of $1,052,973.22. 4.11(h). Authorize and ratify submission of a grant application for Sustainable Transportation Planning grant funds to develop a City of Redding Climate Change Mobility Plan. 4.11(i). Clerks Note: This item was removed from the Calendar. 4.110). Authorize the Director of Public Works to send a letter of support for the Shasta Regional Transportation Agency's Strategic Partnership Grant Application. 4.15(a). Adopt Resolution No. 2021-024, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Redding, revising the Executive Management Pay -For -Performance Salary Plan by removing the classifications of Deputy Fire Chief, Battalion Chief/Division Chief, Battalion Chief Shift, and Assistant Fire Marshal which are now represented by United Public Employees of California Local 792 (UPEC)- Redding Fire Management Unit. A MOTION WAS MADE by Council Member Schreder, seconded by Council Member Mezzano, that the foregoing items on the Consent Calendar be accepted, acknowledged, adopted, approved and/or ratified except as noted above. The Vote: AYES: Council Members - Dacquisto, Mezzano, Schreder, Winter, and Resner NOES: Council Members — None ABSENT: Council Members — None ABSTAIN: Council Members — None Resolution Nos. 2021-018 through 2021-024 are on file with the Office of the City Clerk. PUBLIC HEARINGS 6.1 Public Hearing — approval of the Restated and Amended Park and Recreation Facilities Impact Fee Credit Agreement and introduction of an Ordinance approving the Amended and Restated Park Development and Park Impact Fee Credit Agreement at Shastina Ranch. Community Services Director Kim Niemer provided an overview of the Report to the City Council (staff report), incorporated herein by reference. The hour of 6:00 p.m. having arrived, Mayor Resner opened the Public Hearing. The Affidavit of Publication -Notice of Public Hearing is on file in the Office of the City Clerk. Mayor Resner determined that no one wished to speak and closed the Public Hearing. 02/16/2021 335 A MOTION WAS MADE by Council Member Schreder, seconded by Council Member Dacquisto to: (1) approve the Amended and Restated Park Development and Park Facilties Impact Fee Credit Agreement (C-4327) with S&J Development and Sierra Pacific Land and Timber Company for the construction of the Shastina Ranch Neighborhood Park; and (2) to offer Ordinance No. 2634, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Redding, approving the Amended and Restated Park Development and Park. Facilities Impact Fee Credit Agreement with S&J Development and Sierra Pacific Land & Timber Company for the construction of Shastina Ranch Neighborhood Park for the first reading by title only, waive the full reading, authorize the City Attorney to prepare a summary of the ordinance for publication, and direct the City Clerk to publish the ordinance according to law. The Vote: AYES: Council Members-Dacquisto, Mezzano, Schreder, Winter, and Resner NOES: Council Members -None ABSENT: Council Members -None ABSTAIN: Council Members -None City Attorney DeWalt read Ordinance No. 2634 by title only. Ordinance No. 2634 is on file in the Office of the City Clerk. REGULAR CALENDAR: REPORTS & COMMUNICATIONS OF DEPARTMENTS BOARDS COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES 9.1(b). Authorize an additional Neighborhood Police Unit (NPU) in the City of Redding. City Manager Tippin summarized the Report to City Council (staff report), incorporated herein by reference. Ted Couch, Larry Olmstead, and Rhiannon Salazar spoke in opposition to the additional NPU. Mimi Moseley and Terry Moravic spoke in support of the additional NPU. Prior to the City Council meeting, 17 emails and 4 voice mails were received regarding this item, incorporated herein by reference. A MOTION WAS MADE by Council Member Winter, seconded by Council Member Dacquisto to: (1) accept the report; and (2) adopt Resolution No. 2021- 025, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Redding approving and adopting the 77th Amendment to Budget Resolution No. 2019-050 appropriating $200,000 to add four new NPU Officers. The Vote: AYES: Council Members-Dacquisto, Schreder, Winter, and Resner NOES: Council Members-Mezzano ABSENT: Council Members -None ABSTAIN: Council Members -None Resolution No. 2021-025 is on file at the Office of the City Clerk. 9.1(c ). City of Redding membership into the sister City Program. City Manager Tippin summarized the Report to City Council (staff report), incorporated herein by reference. The Council accepted the Report. 02/16/2021 336 9.2(a). Adopt two Resolutions approving new positions within the City of Redding's Housing Division and Public Works Department. Deputy City Manager Steve Bade summarized the Report to City Council (staff report), incorporated herein by reference. A MOTION WAS MADE by Council Member Mezzano, seconded by Council Member Winter to: (1) approve the addition of two full time Housing Specialist I positions and the addition of one full time Housing Technician; (2) adopt Resolution 2021-026, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Redding approving and adopting the 73`d Amendment to the City Budget Resolution 2019- 050, appropriating $0 to the Housing Division for the addition of two full-time Housing Specialist I positions and the addition of one full-time Housing Technician; (3) approve the addition of one full time Transportation Planner position in the Transportation Division; and (4) adopt Resolution 2021-027, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Redding, approving and adopting the 78th Amendment to the City Budget Resolution 2019-050 appropriating $0 to the Transportation Division for the addition of one full time Transportation Planner. The Vote: AYES: Council Members — Dacquisto, Mezzano, Schreder, Winter, and Resner NOES: Council Members — None ABSENT: Council Members — None ABSTAIN: Council Members - None Resolution Nos. 2021-026 and 2021-027 are on file with the Office of the City Clerk 9.5(b). Redding Electric Utility's Quarterly Financial Report, Industry Activities Update, and Portfolio Management Presentation. Redding Electric Utility Electric Manager Joseph Bowers and Assistant Director of Electric Utility Nicholas Zettel summarized the Report to City Council (staff report), and presented a PowerPoint presentation, both incorporated herein by reference. A MOTION WAS MADE by Council Member Schreder, seconded by Council Member Winter, to accept Redding Electric Utility's Quarterly Financial Report, Industry Activities Update and Portfolio Presentation. The Vote: Unanimous Ayes. 9.6(b). Assign two City Council Members to participate on an ad hoc committee formed by the Community Services Director to develop parameters for a new long-term lease agreement with Advance Redding for the Civic Auditorium. Community Services Director Kim Niemer summarized the Report to City Council (staff report), incorporated herein by reference. A MOTION WAS MADE by Council Member Winter, seconded by Council Member Schreder to assign Mayor Resner and Vice Mayor Schneider to participate in the ad hoc committee to develop parameters for a new long-term lease agreement with Advance Redding for the Civic Auditorium. The Vote: Unanimous Ayes. 02/16/2021 337 9. 1 0(a).Accept the City of Redding Mid -Year Budget Review for Fiscal Year 2020-21. Finance Officer Gregory Robinett summarized the Report to City Council (staff report) and presented a PowerPoint presentation, both incorporated herein by reference. Clerks Note: Mayor Resner was out of the room during the vote. A MOTION WAS MADE by Council Member Winter, seconded by Council Member Dacquisto, to adopt Resolution No. 2021-028, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Redding, approving and adopting the 75th Amendment to City Budget Resolution 2019-050 to adjust the budget in accordance with the Report. The Vote: AYES: Council Members — Dacquisto, Mezzano, Schreder, and Winter NOES: Council Members — None ABSENT: Council Members — Resner ABSTAIN: Council Members - None Resolution No. 2021-028 is on file with the Office of the City Clerk. SUGGESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS RELATIVE TO POTENTIAL TOPICS FOR FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS At the request of Council Member Winter, it was the consensus of the Council to direct the City Manager to prepare a staff report for City Council's consideration at a future Council meeting outlining options for signage in recognition of the area as an historical Wintu location. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, Mayor Resner declared the meeting adjourned at the hour of 7:36 p.m. APPROVED: w � 3 Erin D. Resner, Mayor ATTEST: i Pamela Mize, City erk 02/16/2021