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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018_11_20 - Regular MINUTES Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Redlands held in the Council Chambers, Civic Center, 35 Cajon Street, on November 20, 2018 at 5 00 P M Present Paul Barich,Mayor Pro Tempore Eddie Tejeda, Council Member Tom Momberger, Council Member John James, Council Member Absent Paul Foster,Mayor Staff Janice McConnell,Acting City Managaer,Dan McHugh, City Attorney, Robert Dawes, City Treasurer,Jeanne Donaldson, City Clerk, Carl Baker,Public Information Officer, Chris Catren, Police Chief,Danielle Garcia,Management Services/Finance Director, Tim Sullivan, Quality of Life Assistant Director, Paul Toor,Municipal Utilities and Engineering Director,Nathan Cooke, Fire Chief Mayor Pro Tempore Barich called the meeting to order and offered those present the opportunity to provide public comment on any item on the agenda for the closed session PUBLIC COMMENT None forthcoming CLOSED SESSION Conference with legal counsel Existing Litigation-Government Code §54956 9(d)(1) (City Attorney McHugh) One Case a City of Redlands v the Estate of Thoi Van Pham, San Bernardino Superior Court Case No CIVDS 1600659 RECONVENE CITY COUNCIL MEETING The meeting reconvened at 6 00 P M with an invocation by Council Member James followed by the pledge of allegiance to the American flag CLOSED SESSION REPORT City Attorney McHugh announced that no reportable action was taken during the closed session PRESENTATIONS Redlands Animal Shelter— Animal Control Customer Service Representative,Lori Weber,introduced "Rebel", an eight-year old male Akita mix who is available for adoption,with thirty-five other dogs and forty-two cats, at the Redlands Animal Shelter Ms Weber informed the Council nineteen dogs,nineteen cats and one tortoise have been adopted since the last regular City Council meeting CC—November 20,2018 Page 1 PUBLIC COMMENT Oleo—Dennis Bell questioned the high cost of processing the community's recyclables and pointed out CalRrecycle is not properly performing their oversight of non-hazardous waste handling and recycling programs He expressed concerns with the following items, San Bernardino County Museum's announcement of the ownership transfer of the Asistencia to the Redlands Conservancy,the processing of ESRI's plans to construct a 3-story building near Benjarong Restaurant and their intent to take over the New York Street post office Mr Bell reiterated his opposition of the fee waiver granted to the Redlands Turkey Trot event organizers and would like to see it moved to another city Common Vision Coalition—Mario Saucedo, Common Vision Coalition Chairman,listed some of the group's past accomplishments aimed to improve the quality of life and safety of all the residents He announced their new initiative is to bring about public awareness of the tobacco industry's efforts to target our youth for such dangerous activities as vapmg, electronic cigarettes jeweling,and other nicotine delivery systems Their hope is to improve the safety of the community and partner with the City to examine the smoking ordinances and review environmental hazards as they relate to tree trimming and street lighting CONSENT CALENDAR Minutes On motion of Council Member Eddie Tejeda, seconded by Council Member John James,the City Council approved the minutes of the regular meeting of November 6, 2018 Vote 4-0 Passed Proclamation- Small Business Saturday Mayor Pro Tempore Barich encouraged everyone to shop our local businesses, as this creates jobs, boosts our local economy and preserves our neighborhoods On motion of Council Member Tom Momberger, seconded by Council Member Eddie Tejeda,the City Council approved a Proclamation declaring November 24, 2018 as Small Business Saturday Vote 4-0 Passed Settlement Agreement On motion of Council Member Eddie Tejeda,seconded by Council Member Tom Momberger,the City Council unanimously approved the public disclosure of details of an Agreement of Settlement and General Release with Citizens for Equitable Redlands(CFER),A Community of Friends and Redlands Supportive Housing,L P (Real Parties in Interest or RPIs), and the City of Redlands To settle and dispose of disputes and controversies associated with dealings between the parties with respect to a written ruling judging in favor of the City and RPIs in the San Bernardino County Superior Court, entitled Citizens for Equitable Redlands v City of Redlands, Case No CIVDS 1720139,the terms of the agreement include,CFER shall not file any appeal of the Court's judgment denying the Petition and neither the City nor RPIs shall claim any costs as prevailing parties Vote 4- 0 Passed CC—November 20,2018 Page 2 Side Letter Agreements -RADD,RAME,RAMME,RCSEA, &Teamsters On motion of Council Member Eddie Tejeda,seconded by Council Member John James,the City Council unanimously approved the Side Letter Agreements to the Memorandums of Understanding between the City of Redlands and the Redlands Association of Department Directors,the Redlands Association of Management Employees,the Redlands Association of Mid-Management Employees,the Redlands Civilian Safety Employees Association, and Teamsters Local #1932, amending the vesting schedule and clarifying the language of the Medical bridge health insurance benefit,by modifying the vesting schedule for all miscellaneous bargaining units to ten years Vote 4- 0 Passed Resolution No 7921 -Destruction of Public Records On motion of Council Member Eddie Tejeda,seconded by Council Member John James,the City Council unanimously approved Resolution No 7921, approving the destruction of certain public records in the Police Department Vote 4- 0 Passed Water and Wastewater Operations Support Services On motion of Council Member Eddie Tejeda,seconded by Council Member Tom Momberger,the City Council unanimously approved the agreement between the City of Redlands and waterTALENT in an amount not to exceed$100,000 00 for the provision of water and wastewater operations support services Vote 4- 0 Passed Consulting Agreement-Construction Inspection Services On motion of Council Member Eddie Tejeda,seconded by Council Member John James,the City Council unanimously determined that approval of the agreement is categorically exempt from environmental review in accordance with Section 15061(b)(3) of the State's guidelines implementing the California Environmental Quality Act, approved the agreement with Willdan Engineering for construction inspection services in the amount not to exceed$150,000 00 for a period of three years, and authorized an additional appropriation of the same amount Vote- 4- 0 Passed PUBLIC HEARINGS Resolution No 7915 -Freeway Agreement Mayor Pro Tempore Barich opened the public hearing and called upon Municipal Utilities and Engineering Deputy Director Savat Kamphou for background of Resolution No 7915 and the Freeway Agreement with the California Department of Transportation(Caltrans)for State Route 10 between Mountain View Avenue and Wabash Avenue He explained Caltrans requested an updated freeway agreement as a prerequisite to future maintenance agreements, construction cooperative agreements and freeway alterations of improvements This new updated agreement outlines the roles and responsibilities of Caltrans and the City With no public comment,Mayor Pro Tempore Banch closed the hearing CC—November 20,2018 Page 3 On motion of Council Member Eddie Tejeda,seconded by Council Member John James the City Council approved Resolution No 7915, approving a Freeway Agreement with the California Department of Transportation for State Route 10 between Mountain View Avenue and Wabash Avenue in accordance with Streets and Highways Code section 100 22 and rescinding Resolution No 7788, and determined that the approval of the agreement is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to section 15061(b)(3) Vote 4- 0 Passed NEW BUSINESS Additional Appropriation Management Services/Finance Director Garcia explained the need for an additional appropriation from the General Fund Unassigned Fund Balance to offset the costs of unanticipated increases in personnel expenses in the City Manager's Office, as a result of changes in the position of City Manager On motion of Council Member Tom Momberger, seconded by Council Member Eddie Tejeda,the City Council approved an additional appropriation from the General Fund Unassigned Fund Balance in the amount of$430,000 00 for the costs of unanticipated increases in the position of City Manager Vote 4- 0 Passed Compliance Agreement- Outstanding Code Violations This item was pulled from the agenda to be presented for Council's consideration at a future meeting Resolution No 7922-Police Department Reward Police Chief Catren introduced Resolution No 7922 authorizing the Redlands Police Department to offer a$10,000 reward to anyone with information in connection with a fatal hit and run collision that occurred on October 16,2018 He reviewed the ongoing investigation of the matter and stated that in the past,the Police Department has been successful in apprehending wanted suspects in active cases by offering a reward A private donation of$5,000 00 was earmarked towards the reward funds for this case Council Member Tejeda suggested the City work with Redlands Unified School District(RUSD) to collect donations and determine a location for a memorial honoring the crossing guard killed in the hit and run collision On motion of Council Member Eddie Tejeda,seconded by Council Member Tom Momberger,the City Council approved Resolution No 7922 authorizing the Redlands Police Department to offer a$10,000 reward to anyone with information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the driver involved in the fatal hit and run collision that occurred on October 16,2018, and authorized an additional appropriation of $5,000 00 On motion of Council Member Tom Momberger, seconded by Council Member John James, the City Council authorized Council Member TeJeda to pursue discussions with representatives from RUSD to raise donated funds to establish a memorial for this particular crossing guard and for other crossing guards in the future Vote 4- 0 Passed COUNCIL MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES CC—November 20,2018 Page 4 Council Member Momberger attended the SBCTA meeting on November 7,the I Ith Annual Homeless Summit in San Bernardino,the Redlands Area Interfaith Council meeting and rode in the Veterans Day Parade She attended the Library Board Meeting, spoke at Music Changing Lives 20th Anniversary celebration, enjoyed the Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony downtown and participated in Coffee with the Council Council Member James walked the parade route in the Veterans Day celebration, attended the Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony downtown, and enjoyed the Halloween festivities He reminded the public that the "Shop Small Saturday" event and other programs like it have great potential to bring economic reward to the City Councilmember Teleda attended the Airport Advisory Board meeting,rode in the Veterans Day event and enjoyed the Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony downtown He also participated in Coffee with the Council on November 17,2018 Mayor Pro Tern Barich participated in the Veterans Day Parade and enjoyed the Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony downtown ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to address Mayor Pro Tempore Barich adjourned the meeting at 6 20 P M in memory of community activist Joe Gonzales Appreciation was expressed for all his efforts towards improving the quality of life for all the City's residents,both north and south side The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held on December 4, 2018 CC—November 20,2018 Page 5