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Redding City Council, Regular Meeting
Civic Center Council Chambers
777 Cypress Avenue
Redding, CA 96001
October 1, 2024, 6:00 PM
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Tenessa Audette with the following Council Members
present: Joshua Johnson, Mark Mezzano, and Jack Munns. Vice Mayor Julie Winter arrived at
6:03 p. m.
Also present: City Attorney Christian M. Curtis, City Manager Barry Tippin, City Clerk Sharlene
Tipton, and Assistant City Clerk Anette Cates.
Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Audette.
The Invocation was provided by Jen McCloskey, Redding Police and Fire Departments' Chaplain.
2A. PowerPoint presentation provided by Quintin Gaddy, Director of the Shasta Cascade Small
Business Development Center, incorporated herein by reference, regarding an update of
current activities for Redding small businesses.
A discussion amongst the Council ensued.
The City Council took no action on this informational item.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Paul Bunyan presented the City Council with two pamplets for the Redding Sports Park and the
Paul J. Bunyan Conservation Society, both incorporated herein by reference. He expressed that he
has ideas on ways to take over Big League Dreams and reinvent baseball through a new sport
named bunyan ball.
Sara Thomas and Sheryl Bullock voiced their concerns for the proposed development at 850
Quartz Hill Road and the potential traffic impacts to the surrounding communities.
Katrina Keys: (1) opined that the City of Redding has 366 registered sex offenders; (2) expressed
her frustration with criminal charges being filed against concerned community members that
pretend to be children on the internet to publicly expose some of these offenders; and (3) asked
the City Council to shift the Redding Police Department's focus to this issue instead of underage
tobacco sales.
Henry Miller spoke regarding raising taxes on tobacco and cannabis.
Tessa Borquez provided the City Council with an invitation to celebrate Film Shasta's 10{x'
Anniversary along with the Upstate California Film Commission's< Quarterly Report April — June
2024, both incorporated herein by reference.
Kasey spoke regarding the issue of online child predators and the lack of a Redding Police unit
operating online childredator stings to help with the prevention of sexual predators harming the
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children in the community.
4(a). Approve City Council Minutes: Special Meeting of September 11, 2024; and Special
Meeting;— Closed Session of September 17, 2024.
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4.2(a). Authorize and approve the following: (1) authorize the City Manager, or designee, to
execute the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
grant applications for the remaining phase of the overall Runway 16-34 Rehabilitation
Project; execute any resulting grant agreements or other documentation as necessary to
obtain federal grant funding for the project; and appropriate all grant funds received to the
City of Redding's Airports Fund; and (2) authorize the Assistant City Manager serving as
Airports Director, or designee, to amend, or otherwise make changes, to the Passenger
Facility Charges Program, as needed, to facilitate local match and as approved by the FAA
for all phases of the Runway 16-34 Rehabilitation Project.
4.2(b). Authorize the following actions relative to Air Service Development Consulting Services
for Fiscal Year 2024-25: (1) approve the Authorization of Service 424-01 Air Service
Development Consulting Services contract with Mead & Hunt, Inc. (C-8976) for air service
development consulting services at Redding Regional Airport; (2) authorize the Mayor to
execute the contract; and (3) adopt Resolution No. 2024-075, a resolution of the City
Council of the City of Redding, approving and adopting the 54"' Amendment to Budget
Resolution No. 2023-060 appropriating $38;400 in funding for the contract.
4.2(c). Adopt Resolution No. 2024-076, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Redding,
approving an application for funding and the execution of a grant agreement and any
amendments thereto from the 2023-2024 funding year of the state Emergency Solutions
Grants Program, Balance of State Allocation; thereby replacing Resolution No. 2023-096
for the Emergency Solutions Grant application submitted on behalf of the NorCal
Continuum of Care, due to a clerical error in the original Resolution (section 6 erroneously
duplicated section 5).
4.2(d). Authorize the following actions relative to Request for Proposals, Schedule No. 5501,
Architectural and Engineering Services for the Development of a Mixed-use Multifamily
residential and commercial building, for City of Redding -owned properties located at 815
and 825 Parkview Avenue, and 2955 Leland Avenue: (1) award to Nichols, Melburg &
Rossetto Architects; (2) authorize the Mayor to execute the Consulting and Professional
Services Contract in the amount of $371,000 with Nichols, Melburg & Rosetto AIA and
Associates, Inc.; (3) authorize the City Manager to approve contract amendment increases
up to $25,000; and (4) authorize staff to continue negotiation of a Disposition and
Financing Agreement with Faithworks Community Coalition, Inc. to complete the project.
4.4(a). Adopt Resolution No. 2024-077, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Redding,
approving and adopting the 53" Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2023-060
appropriating $28,940 to reclassify the existing Part -Time Administrative Assistant I
position in Code Enforcement to a Full -Time Administrative Assistant I position.
4.6(a). Approve and authorize the following: (1) ratify the application to the California State
Library's California Library Literacy Services Program for $145,147; (2) accept grant in
the amount of $62,461 to fund the Shasta Public Libraries' literacy programs; (3) adopt
Resolution No. 2024-078, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Redding,
approving and adopting the 551' Amendment to City Budget Resolution No. 2023-060
appropriating said funds; and (4) authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the
Award Agreement and all subsequent documentation relative to the grant,
4.6(b). Authorize and approve the Mayor to execute the Land and Building Lease Agreement (C-
7786) with the Economic Development Corporation of Shasta County for the City of
Redding -owned property located at 777 Auditorium Drive, for a five-year term to
September 30, 2029, with a monthly rental rate in the amount of $3,142.53.
4.6(c). Approve the City of Redding as an applicant for up to $15 million from the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency's Community Change Grant for the Panorama Park and
Resiliency Center; and authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents
necessary to apply for the grant.
4.7(a). Item removed from Agenda at the request of staff to be considered at afuture City Council
Meeting.
Adopt Resolution to authorize the City Treasurer to open a Pooled Investment Account
with California Cooperative Liquid Assets Securities System.
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4.9(a). Accept a grant from State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, Division of
Boating and Waterways in the amount of $5,167; and authorize the Chief of Police to
execute the Grant Agreement.
4. 11 (a). Accept update regarding the Emergency Repair and Replacement of Substandard Sewer
Pipe and Failing Asphalt Concrete Pavement on Placer Street Project and, in accordance
with Public Contract Code Section 22050(c)(1), make a determination by a four-fifths vote
that there is a need to continue the emergency work.
4.15(a).Adopt Resolution No. 2024-079, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Redding,
effective September 29, 2024, approving an amendment to the Redding Independent
Employees' Organization - Supervisory/Confidential Unit Exempt Employee Schedule of
Classifications and Salary Ranges to increase the salary for the Wastewater Laboratory
Supervisor classification,
A MOTION WAS MADE by Council Member Winter, seconded by Council Member
Mezzano, that the foregoing items on the Consent Calendar be accepted, acknowledged,
adopted, approved, and/or authorized as recommended.
The Vote:
AYES: Council Members — Johnson, Mezzano, Munns, Winter, and Audette
NOES: Council Members — None
ABSTAIN: Council Members — None
ABSENT: Council Members — None
Resolution Nos. 2024-075 through 2024-079 are on file in the Office of the City Clerk.
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9A. Resolution declaring the City of Redding's intention to enter into a Long -Term Lease with
the Redding Rodeo Association.
Mayor Audette highlighted the Report to City Council (staff report), incorporated herein
by reference.
Ted Bambino, President of the Redding Rodeo Association, thanked the Ad -Hoc
Committee, consisting of Mayor Audette and Council Member Johnson, for their forward
progress.
A discussion amongst the Council ensued.
A MOTION WAS MADE by Council Member Winter, seconded by Council Member
Mezzano, to adopt Resolution No. 2024-080, a resolution of the City Council of the City
of Redding, committing to a long-term lease with the Redding Rodeo Association for a
portion of 722 Auditorium Drive contingent on the balance of negotiating points being
agreed upon. The Vote: Unanimous Ayes.
Resolution No. 2024-080 is on file in the Office of the City Clerk.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business at the hour of 6:59 p.m., Mayor Audette declared the meeting
adjourned.
APPROVED:
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