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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021_10_05 - RegularMINUTES Regular meetings of the City Council and the Board of Directors of the Successor Agency of the former Redevelopment Agency of the City of Redlands held in the Council Chambers, Civic Center, 35 Cajon Street, on October 5, 2021 at 5 00 P M Present Staff Paul Banch, Mayor Eddie Tejeda, Mayor Pro Tempore Paul Foster, Council Member Denise Davis, Council Member Jenna Guzman -Lowery, Council Member 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, Facilities and Community Services Assistant Director, Brian Desatnik, Development Services Director, Jim Topoleski, Fire Chief, John Harris, Municipal Utilities and Engineering Director, Janice McConnell, Assistant City Manager Mayor Banch 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 LATE BREAKING ITEM City Attorney McHugh reviewed the need to take immediate action for consideration of real property negotiations for a possible lease of Airport property Mayor Pro Tem Tejeda moved to add to the City Council's closed session agenda as a "late breaking item", the matter of real property negotiations with Gil Brown, Coyote Aviation, for terms of payment and price for possible lease of Airport property by City The motion was seconded by Council Member Foster and earned unanimously The item was added to the Closed Session Agenda Conference with legal counsel Existing Litigation - Government Code §54956 9(d)(1) (City Attorney McHugh) One Case a Gina Ruan v City of Redlands, et al , San Bernardino Superior Court Case No CIVDS 1910501 Conference with legal counsel Anticipated Litigation - Government Code §54956 9(d)(2)(e)(3) (City Attorney McHugh) One Case a Facts and circumstances Threat of litigation arising from correspondence dated September 21, 2021, from William Cunningham relating to the Bergamot Specific Plan Project CC_SA_October 5, 2021 Page 1 RECONVENE CITY COUNCIL MEETING The meeting reconvened at 6 00 P M with an invocation by Mayor Pro Tem Tejeda followed by the pledge of allegiance to the Amencan flag CLOSED SESSION REPORT City Attorney McHugh announced that no reportable action was taken during the closed session PUBLIC COMMENT Embracing Redlands History - Andy Hoder spoke of the importance of understanding the City's history in order to preserve and protect the community's future He highly recommended the instructive Redlands Local History Class, taught by Larry Burgess, Tom Atchley, and the team's newest member, Nathan Gonzales The class is offered through A K Smiley Library Various Items- Dennis Bell stated people flock to the downtown area for the bars, not public art, and he thought a new online survey related to mural art seemed irrelevant to him He complained of poor audio quality during the Municipal Utilities Public Works Commission meeting held on October 4, 2021 PRESENTATIONS Proclamation California Clean Air Day Council Member Davis presented a Proclamation declaring October 6, 2021 as California Clean Air Day in the City of Redlands to Mark Cloud, Government Relations Manager at Southern California Edison Ms Davis and Mr Cloud encouraged everyone to take the pledge and personally participate in actions that can directly improve the region's air quality CONSENT CALENDAR Minutes On motion of Council Member Paul Foster, seconded by Mayor Pro Tempore Eddie Tejeda, the City Council unanimously approved the minutes of the regular meeting of September 21, 2021 Vote• 5 - 0 Passed Proclamation California Clean Air Day On motion of Council Member Denise Davis, seconded by Council Member Jenna Guzman -Lowery, the City Council unanimously approved issuance of a Proclamation declaring October 6, 2021 as California Clean Air Day in the City of Redlands Vote. 5 - 0 Passed CC_SA_October 5, 2021 Page 2 Proclamation National Arts and Humanities Month On motion of Council Member Paul Foster, seconded by Mayor Pro Tempore Eddie Tejeda, the City Council unanimously approved issuance of a Proclamation declaring October 2021, as National Arts and Humanities Month in the City of Redlands Vote 5 - 0 Passed Policy Renewal Dental Insurance On motion of Council Member Paul Foster, seconded by Mayor Pro Tempore Eddie Tejeda, the City Council unanimously approved a two-year policy renewal with California Dental Network providing dental insurance coverage for City employees Vote 5 - 0 Passed Consulting Agreement Amendment On motion of Council Member Paul Foster, seconded by Mayor Pro Tempore Eddie Tejeda, the City Council unanimously determined that approval of the First Amendment of the Agreement with Huitt-Zollars, Inc for Live Oak Creek and Oakmont Park Restoration Project Engineering services is exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the state's guidelines implementing the California Environmental Quality Act, and approved the First Amendment of the Professional Services Agreement with Huitt-Zollars, Inc for Live Oak Creek and Oakmont Part Restoration Project Engineering services Vote 5 - 0 Passed Final Map Luxview Venue at Orange Due to ownership of property within 500 feet of the proposed development, Council Member Davis recused herself from this item On motion of Mayor Pro Tempore Eddie Tejeda, seconded by Council Member Paul Foster, the City Council unanimously approved Tract No 20244 Final Map prepared and submitted by Luxview Venue at Orange, LLC Vote 4 - 0 Passed Other Council Member Denise Davis (RECUSE) Emergency Repair Orange Street Sinkhole On motion of Council Member Paul Foster, seconded by Mayor Pro Tempore Eddie Tejeda, the City Council unanimously approved to receive and file the Municipal Utilities and Engineering Department Emergency Procurement related to the repair of a large sinkhole on Orange Street, waived minor irregularities m the emergency procurement process, and authonzed the City Manager to execute any residual costs associated with this emergency Vote 5 - 0 Passed CC_SA_October 5, 2021 Page 3 Dispatch/Records Management System Payment On motion of Council Member Paul Foster, seconded by Mayor Pro Tempore Eddie Tejeda, the City Council unanimously authorized authorize the Finance Director to pay the annual maintenance invoice for the Police Department's Computer Aided Dispatch/Records Management System to Spillman Technologies, Inc in the amount of $90,517 44 Vote 5 - 0 Passed COMMUNICATIONS League of California Cities Annual Conference Report Council Member Davis attended the League of California Cities Annual Conference and Expo held September 22-24, 2021 in Sacramento Session topics included, social media and the law, community outreach and new ways to support informed decision -making, workforce housing solutions and best practices for establishing a city council code of conduct She found the in -person event to be extremely informative and engaging and as the voting delegate for the General Assembly, she recapped the voting activities, adding that one resolution proved to be controversial Council Member Vacancy Assistant City Manager McConnell summarized the options available to the Council to fill a vacant Council seat in District 5 as of January 3, 2022, due to the resignation announcement of Paul Foster The City Council will have 60 days from the occurrence of the vacancy to either fill the vacancy by appointment or call a special election to fill the vacancy An appointment must be made by March 4, 2022 and the appointee must be a Redlands resident, a registered voter and live in District 5 In accordance with Government Code Subsection 36512(b)(2), any person appointed would hold office until the next general municipal election, scheduled on November 8, 2022 A special election may be held on a date not less than 114 days from the date of calling the election and the successful candidate would serve out the remainder of the term expiring in December 2022 With this option, a special election would be consolidated with the Statewide Primary Election scheduled for June 7, 2022, with an estimated cost of $5,000 City Attorney McHugh announced Council Member Foster was not allowed to vote on his replacement if Council chose to appoint, but he was able to fully participate in discussions Council Member Foster recommended the Council consider appointing a former Council Member, who lived in District 5, to serve the remainder of his term, since they would already be familiar with the duties He added that due to recent complications with his wife's health, his resignation date of January 3, 2022, could possibly be shifted Council Member discussion centered on a timeline, the current redistricting process underway and the merits of an appointment process and conducting interviews Mayor Banch stressed the importance of being transparent and including the public throughout the whole process A decision was not required immediately and Council Members agreed to consider this matter to November 2, 2021, allowing for additional time to consider the options PUBLIC HEARINGS CC_SA_October 5, 2021 Page 4 Urgency Ordinance No. 2928 Temporary Moratonum Mayor Banch opened the public hearing, continued from September 21, 2021, and called on Development Services Director Desatnik who reviewed urgency Ordinance No 2928 and explained staffs recommendation of a temporary 45-day moratorium on certain new development projects for those limited number of properties that are 1) located within the EV/IC district, and 2) identified on the list and map of potential housing sites associated with the Housing Element Update The City is currently updating the Housing Element which is a required piece of the General Plan that provides policies, programs, and actions to achieve the City's housing goals The sites that are subject to the proposed Moratonum will assist the City m providing sufficient land to meet the City's required number and density of housing units as required by the State and the temporary moratorium will allow staff time to thoroughly study these sites and related land use issues The identified sites will be required to be rezoned to authorize residential development as the primary use The State provides severe penalties to local jurisdictions that fail to provide the appropriate zoning for the RHNA sites that would be used for housing development As public comment, Alan Gotta, longtime property owner on Iowa Street, reiterated his opposition to the rezoning of certain parcels because he and his wife, personally stood to lose millions m the value of their property as they now prepare to retire and sell their property He urged Council to designate other parcels that could be used to meet the State's requirements Council Member Foster was hesitant to rezone pnvate property without more information, and he requested staff reexamine parcel locations for their potential economic value to the City and not just from the perspective of a land use decision Council Members agreed to continue this matter to the November 16, 2021 meeting Development Protect MLC Holdings, Inc Mayor Banch opened the public hearing, continued from September 21, 21, and called on Project Planner Sean Reilly, of Development Services, for an overview of the development applications related to 58 6 gross acres of land located on the north side of Domestic Avenue, approximately 625 feet west of Texas Street, and on the east side of Interstate 210 The project proposes to construct a total of 317 single family one-story and two-story homes, new interior streets to serve the project, private recreational open space areas and on -site amenities, landscape and lighting, a new 11 84-acre public park for active recreation, and related improvements including drainage basins and public/private utility connections The park will be available for use as a public park Aaron Talonco, of MLC Holdings, Inc, the Applicant, briefly spoke to the project and thanked staff for their assistance throughout the whole process The developer was in agreement with all the Conditions of Approval, including the two new additions of a secondary north/south access point Two wntten comments were received stating that m their opinion, the Mitigated Negative Declaration was not appropnate for this project because of the loss of prime agricultural land and the findings did not meet the requirements of Measure U Mayor Pro Tem Tejeda thanked the developer and staff for listening to concerns expressed by some north side residents asking for a second access point to the project With no further discussion, Mayor Banch closed the public hearing On motion of Mayor Pro Tempore Eddie Tejeda, seconded by Council Member Jenna Guzman -Lowery, the City Council unanimously adopted Resolution Nos 8250, 8251, 8252, 8253, 8254, 8255, and 8262 to approve the Bergamot Specific Plan project, and approved modifications of the Municipal Utilities and Engineering Department's Conditions of Approval, added during the City Council meeting, for the purpose of providing for a north -side road between Pioneer and Domestic west of Citrus Valley High School and east of the I-210 to provide an alternate north -south access to the project CC_SA_October 5, 2021 Page 5 Vote 5 - 0 Passed NEW BUSINESS Downtown Redlands Event Flag Program Facilities and Community Services Assistant Director Sullivan explained the University of Redlands approached Council Member Foster and expressed interest in displaying event flags on City streetlights within the downtown Staff communicated with various event organizers to develop a program to recognize events unique to Redlands and with Council approval, staff will implement the new flag program utilizing existing flag locations on E State Street, Citrus Avenue, and Orange Street Council Member Foster commended staff for their efforts to take a good idea and make it into a great program Mayor Pro Tem Tejeda requested the flag locations be extended to also include Orange Street and Colton Avenue corridors On motion of Mayor Pro Tempore Eddie Tejeda, seconded by Council Member Jenna Guzman -Lowery, the City Council unanimously approved a Downtown Redlands Event Flag Program, agreed to extend the program location to include Orange Street and Colton Avenue corridors to celebrate events unique to the City of Redlands, and determined that the event is categoncally exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15061 (b)(3) of the State's guidelines implementing the California Environmental Quality Act Vote• 5 - 0 Passed Redlands Veterans Day Parade In -Kind Support Facilities and Community Services Assistant Director Sullivan introduced a request from the Redlands Hometown Heroes Foundation to serve alcoholic beverages and a request for in -kind support related to the Redlands Veterans Day Parade event hosted by the Redlands Hometown Heroes Foundation to be held on November 11, 2021, at Jennie Davis Park On motion of Council Member Paul Foster, seconded by Mayor Paul Banch, the City Council unanimously determined that approval of the American Legion Post #106 sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages within a City park, is categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15061 (b)(3) of the State's guidelines implementing the California Environmental Quality Act, approved a request for in -kind support in the amount of $8,244 related to the Redlands Veterans Day Parade event hosted by the Redlands Hometown Heroes Foundation, and authonzed the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages for the Redlands Hometown Heroes Foundation to be held on November 11, 2021, at Jennie Davis Park Vote: 5 - 0 Passed Resolution No 8264 Land Sale Proceeds Management Services/Finance Director Garcia provided details of Resolution No 8264 to direct the deposit of land sale proceeds from the sale of parcels adjacent to the Landfill and Wastewater Treatment Plant and additional appropriations for transfers out of the Sewer and Solid Waste funds, each in the amount of $21,701,115 to the General Fund, as well as for revenue recognition in both Sewer and Solid Waste funds each in the amount of $23,025,000 and in the General Fund of $43,402,230 CC_SA_October 5, 2021 Page 6 On motion of Mayor Pro Tempore Eddie Tejeda, seconded by Council Member Denise Davis, the City Council unanimously approved Resolution No 8264 to direct the deposit of land sale proceeds from the sale of parcels adjacent to the Landfill and Wastewater Treatment Plant and additional appropriations for transfers out of the Sewer and Solid Waste funds each in the amount of $21,701,115 to the General Fund, as well as for revenue recognition in both Sewer and Solid Waste funds each in the amount of $23,025,000 and in the General Fund of $43,402,230 Vote. 5 - 0 Passed COUNCIL MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES Mayor Banch attended the Oktoberfest event, hosted by the Optimist Club, Coptober Community Fair, sponsored by the Community Policing Unit and the Redlands Police Community Foundation, and he enjoyed Dinner at the Grove, in support of the Family Service Association of Redlands Mayor Pro Tem Tejeda was privileged to attend a special event in recognition of Hispanic Heritage month He thanked Mario Saucedo and Common Vision Coalition, for hosting the North Redlands History Day - Celebrating Mexican Independence Day The Police Department and A K Smiley Library supported the event with Mayor Banch and Council Member Guzman -Lowery also present ADJOURNMENT There being no further action required the meeting adjourned at 7 30 P M The next regular meeting of the City of Redlands City Council will be held on October 19, 2021 SUCCESSOR AGENCY OF THE FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS Chairman Banch called the meeting to order and offered anyone present the opportunity to address the Board on any subject, not already on the agenda, within the junsdiction of the Successor Agency PUBLIC COMMENT None forthcoming Minutes On motion of Vice Chair Tejeda, seconded by Board Member Guzman -Lowery, the minutes of the regular meeting of September 7, 2021 were unanimously approved Vote 5 — 0 Passed ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency adjourned at 7 31 P M The next regular meeting of the Agency will be held on November 2, 2021 CC_SA_October 5, 2021 Page 7