Nov 21, 2023 6:00 PM - Redding City Council - Regular Meeting

>>If anyone wishes to address the City Council on any item considered at this meeting before or during Council s consideration of that item, please fill out a blue Speaker Request Form, located in the lighted alcoves at the back of the Council Chambers, and submit it to the City Clerk. The City Council will allocate up to a maximum of three minutes per speaker for each agenda item. Staff reports are available on-line at the City s web site at www.cityofredding.gov or in the Public View binder located on the podium at the north side of the Chambers >>I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >>That's pray a gracious and holy God, you are seated upon a throne, high and you said you are the LordThat is your name and you have told us you will not share your glory with another you working of kings and Lord of lords. You are the king of all the earth, and the ruler of all the kings of the earth. You are the head of all rule and authority, even had of the rule and authority dear represented here in this room today. God, you have said you're worried my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me and since you have forgotten the law of your God. I also will forget your children. Oh God, do we know that the knowledge or speak of here is not a knowledge of math or knowledge of science. Our knowledge of philosophy that we have rejected and forgotten. Instead you speak here of a rejected forgot the knowledge of your holy law. You are Lord, that really is your character to us your know what that declares to us with what is good and what you are required for as your Lord that reveals to us. Our shortcoming and are desperate need to delete seek your face from mercy and for help and how God are we regain that knowledge? We have lost so that you will not forgotten our children so that we in the City in this nation might be blessed and not destroyed their answer. Oh God, come to us clearly in the words of King Solomon. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and the knowledge of the holy one is insight your answer will God comes to us 30 in the word. Words of the palmist blessed in the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom has chosen as his heritage, oh God, you have urged in your word that supplication prayer intersection and thanksgiving be made for all people for kind kings and all who it are in the high position that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life that the endif dignified in every way. And so, in a bid and so those words. I now lift up to you this leaders assembled here today asking for your last them with the beginning of wisdom in their seating for those who will not as it that you might grant them to the fear of the Lord, and do with Thanksgiving just days away and thing thinking you for all the wisdom and raising up for your glory and thinking you for all the kindness and raising them up for your good. I will praise all this and the mighty name of Jesus. Amen >>And I forgot to indicate we reconvene from closed session. There's no reportable action. Now we go to roll call >>[ ROLL CALL ] >>Presentation,One of the duties that you get the to be as Mayor. As you get to the presentation and it's one of the most enjoyable part of being the Mayor at this time at Lecter present and Appreciation Clock to costly Halverson for her service in the City of Redding community development advisory committee. She was on from October 4, 2016 " November 30, 2023, which by my calculation is more than 7 years. That's a long time to do it and we appreciate your service and very much. And apparently what we do is the giver clock so that it makes of for some of time you spend in the City. You can look at it and think of the City every time you want. >>It was just an honor getting to serve the community. It's pretty special getting the here a different nonprofit in the area and doing really good work and we get help the site and how to help fund them so it was just honor this special thing and that I was able to serve in that we think you very much. [ APPLAUSE ] >>Next item is considered a rate of Appreciation Clock and resolution. So I guess that means in the early could vote we can vote now? Okay this is a public works director Chuck Aukland in honor of his retirement for public service if you could come up.No matter where us Chuck Aukland began his career with the City of Redding on November 29, 2004. He served as a project or you need assistance it engineer the assistant director of public works and director of public works WHEREAS. Mr. Acklin has effectively and expertly manage of the direct train organization and operation of the airports division engineering division design, construction, environmental managementTraffic operation district division. The utilities, the weather, collection, distribution, treatment, wastewater collection, compliance, industrial waste treatment storm train utility guy utility specialist you as a locate solid waste collection customer service transfer station west central landfill in the fleet during(INAUDIBLE) Mr. Oakland was instrumental in deeding a number of project and program such as the downtown to digital Desal course bike trail salt money view Road Whitening South Bonnyview Rd., Bocelli Lane roundabout Costco relegation which took a long time positively partnership with the writing development community solid waste diversion program, including the pyrolysis pilot project secured millions of dollars in state of federal grants infrastructure master plan and asset management. The Redding regional airport service enhancement that I didn't regional airport in Benson Airpark capital improvement the downtown parking system downtown redevelopment rebuilding after the car fire in 2018. Rebuilding after the 2019 is no event expert program management of more than $35 million in capital construction project. In addition to all of this. Mr. Acklin has demonstrated outstanding community leadership and the following areas. He is going the grad school District Board of Trustees to serve in the US Air Force as a Lieut.: L retired and the youth sports coach. In recognition of his ask the mentor tardy leadership skills and performance of his duties and responsibilities director Acklin has always served as City of Redding, with the right professionalism and distinction, while providing his high level and integrity, and the focus of the committee. Instead, it citizen. Now therefore be it resolved that the City of City Council of the City of Redding hereby expressed that the appreciation the director Chuck Aukland for his dedication at NT at the same the compass and long lasting contribution is made Shasta County, the City of Redding and the City sent as well as the future and happiness public sign Michael Dickens the Mayor, I need a vote from the Council will vote on this >>Second >>Do I have a motion to approve the resolution of make a 2nd. All in favor? >>Aye >>Congratulations >>And I am very thankful that you did 5 zero vote for approval of the resolution because otherwise I would not admit that actually hired him in 2004. And so Chuck and I have worked closely together. Since that point of time and Chuck is a consummate professional and you had a lot of for going on. And we need somebody to take over this giant project called the South the bun of the whitening which had a lot of interest in the City Council and you know, he came on and deal with very little guidance to control up of the project delivered it without a hitch. And at that. During that just made a number of connection and relationship. And that's carried them through. I think there is not a person in the City wouldn't agree with me that Chuck is you know, one of the kindest gentlest guy, smartest, most well-rounded individual. You would ever meet.. He was a pleasure to work with. I think he did a phenomenal job as a public works director probably better done by entering and I can go if you want to probate as to why I say the Bryans is not in the audience. It's okay, but I will miss a working with Chuck huge. It was just a minimal engineer of phenomenal public works director and better than that. Just a phenomenal friend and colleague. >>ChuckI'm going to miss youBeing on the Council scenes a while you'veIn an You were on stuff before I got on Conseil.. So I just want to Seca you make things that are very difficult to make them understandable. You met the with each of us faithfully every month. I felt like I got so much information from you and you are so ethical and kind Barry said it very well. I had never heard you say negative worried about anybody dressed, such high ethics professional always looking for the financial responsible decision.It's been an honor to work with you and you have done so much in the City of Redding, and you should be really proud of the work you've done. >>It's just hard to say it's sometimes guy, you know Gottschalk guy you are a great guy you are a Rams fan that makes you okay in my book your leadership in the City organization is2nd to none. The work that you've done you know being On the certain board which is a very complex grouped to be a part of the last 3 years you made it easy for me because you understood it and explain it to me so that I could understand it and truly appreciate that and everybody out there that is complaining about class or between downtown and the airport of Gary Benson you can bring that one up you know that he writes that road everyday so it was always in the front of his mind trying to get the project finished but everything you've done has been first class, first class bonbon and I have tried my hardestTo block this retirement.But I failed so congratulations to you and I wish you nothing but the best in the future and your family as well deserving to get you back full-time. Thank you. >>I'm going to cry, but it does make me sad like yours is while you kind of get it while you know, it's kind of sad because you're very reliable and honest and you don't tell us what we want to hear about about it. Tell us what we need to year and just really appreciate all the time and effort that you me to catch up to speed take me all the places I needed to see so that I made good informed decision you're very likable. I can understand why your family is ready for you to just you know be all there is, but the committee appreciate you. We appreciate you and I hope you're not going to go to for. >>Thank you. Well, I appreciate most about you you is being a simple guy that you have a gift of making this complex thing simple for me to understand. I've known you for about a year and met with you many times and I am very thankful for all of our meetings are very thankful for your friendship. You know, the one thing that I have against you. You know what that is and you went to Shasta in that And your rams find that's hard to get over, but your wife went to enterprise so will give you a pass. So I am pretty sure after your home with your wife all the time for about 2 wants that you will be back. I look forward to seeing you as soon, and I am just very grateful for all you've really done for me personally and forget City. >>I have one question before you talk when is Glaser going to be finished? >>It's not my problem, >>So just so everybody knows before Chuck says this piece will still have an upland on staff. So Chuck and Robin's son is one of our police officers. >>Well, this is a little more uncomfortable for me. I am used to delivering you a bunch of dry, boring technical information and I am not so good at sitting here and listening to accolades not available comfortable for me but it's actually humbling for a couple of reasons. You know number one this is job disposition this title and Judy is it still way bigger is than any one person that holds that office and does that work there are so many people in process and function. That's go into making the job, work, and the department work and secondly, probably more. More importantly is I am certainly aware of my own weaknesses my insecurities my faults and how much I have duplicate we my pride on a daily basis.. So, because I have to admit that I can possibly know everything that goes or ideas department and have a good group of people that help me get through that every day. The truth is that I am really, really blessed to have had a lot of people and organizations and that have really invested their time in me to make me who I am I today. You know really starting from beginning beginning with them. My parents and still in core values of me and me about his integrity and service before self. And certainly my faith in Jesus Christ said, but probably more important. My wife, I happened all right,Anyway, I was fortunate enough to meet her in high school and she's been with me, Chaka don't it is going to. She's been with me ever since. She is my rock, my confidence, my biggest fan. Sometimes my harsh is graded when I needed. She knows me allowed me the times soccer 5 you know when I wasn't there. I just showed me grace and made me a better written and further and you know it's going to thank her for that. So. All right, I guess through that one that was pretty hard. My 2 boys Hayden and Grant that they were really kind of the first participant in this they didn't have a choice with their dad what they had to I enjoy a meal learning how to be a father and certainly have taught me patience challenged me. But you know, I'm really proud of them and they truly bring me joy every day. So I appreciate that. And then finally you really all the teachers the coaches got the bosses got the mentors and coworkers and family that all invested time in me to be able to do the things that I did today and you know, I wouldn't be possible without that and as you guys mentioned, I'm kind of the sports I football is my favorite sports. I am amazed at how you canGet 11 people moving in the right direction and one doesn't and things can feel pretty quickly so you know, I really feel like very I've been given the opportunity to play quarterback for a really good hard-working team for a number of years here now, and no quarterback is any good without the support of all those folks that are blocking for immuno coaching process so really, to all of us our maintainers, our operators, our inspectors, technicians, engineers, biologists, especially strivers mechanics all those folks. Thank you. Thank you God, thank you so much for supporting me this years and secondly my leadership team that you know is responsible in charge of equipment and training those folks to be able to do their jobs well and that give me focus and inform so I am ready for the next player not only to do that. Did I get to be quarterback on the team? But I got to be see mealtime is the part of the an editing my fellow directors my boss the Council that really helped me be part of this community and work for this community are really the truly the owner of what we do, why we exist and why we are here and still be in blessing, and finally to you Barry. I did want to say a special thank you because you did bring me here from Folsom you promote me through the ranks. You're a great leader and mentor boss, and friend. I'll do this. I'm really, really lucky that you have you sat in the seed that I was able to work for somebody that knows the job you challenged me, but you had my back and you really can't really give me great advice is and I couldn't do that. What I did without you. So I appreciate it very so I am extremely honored and grateful to have served as the deed that a lot of I'm not going anywhere. I love it here. I'm going to be here made a lot of good memories and pretty proud of some of the accomplishment. And finally, congratulations to Michael Webb who is going to be sitting in after me confident that is going to serve you well. So thank you for everything and really, really appreciate it. That's it. [ APPLAUSE ] >>Mayor Dacquisto, we have the official photographer looked at the group shot with the Council and Mr. (INAUDIBLE) >>(INAUDIBLE)Surveillance presentation for tonight is another director who is leaving the City. I am not sure how we are going to run with the last of this director. This is the community service director team. The a and honor of her retirement from public service , whereas Kimberly Niemer began her career with the City of Redding on November for its 1996 and has served as personal analyst management and assistant to the City manager and director of community service WHEREAS. Ms. namer has effectively an expert manage the direct your direction, organization and operation of the buildings and facilities maintenance division communications division parks maintenance division. She asked the public libraries reading the resume reading convention center recreation division the Redding aquatic center and mightily taking center tenure with the City. She was instrumental in leading a number of projects and programs for the City, such as I am just going to take me a while Martin Luther King Jr. center, turtle Bay, is there band and come Bay. I don't know how to say zero open space areas community Creek Cleanup City of Redding communication team art in public spaces program sculpture Park and City Hall big-league dreams that aquatic center is Sunday Elbridge opening in the 10 year celebration opening of the new Vania library the reading skate park. The park at Carnegie Park numerous parks and trails budget fantasy funding gets condemned get skin dumped to South CP Park activation plan Highland Park Salt Creek Heights Park hosts housing grant award for panorama Park farmers marketing rebranding and sponsorship. She as a public library citizens advisory commission used scholarship fund Beer view a courtesy Buster initiative lean in a circle of deteriorating staff. In addition to our busy schedule. She's demonstrated outstanding community leadership in the following areas Norden Valley, Catholic social service Board of Directors you were prep school board funding members of healthy Shasta board and Pres. the ones I need the school site Council Association of American University women Board of Directors and performance of her duties and responsibilities. Ms. Niemeyer has always served the City of Redding with bright professionalism and distinction, while providing a high level of integrity and focus of the committee and its descent and in recognition of her explanatory leadership scope bit resolve the City Council of the City of Redding hereby express its deep appreciation to give me a for her dedication any NTS CSM and done this a long lasting contribution she's made Shasta County, the City of Redding and it's a dissent and we wish further success helping as she retired from public service. If I go to have (INAUDIBLE) >>Motion topper of buy Second buy I have a motion in the 2nd. All in favor >>Aye >>And will do the same thing but before I want to take my prerogative make one comment when I first got elected 5 years ago I met with all the department directors and missing a impressment over and above all the other directors. She is a go-getter. She said I want to get something done. I can't do it. She's great at getting grant and coming getting money from different sources and she was in my mind from the other directors not that they each have their job to do and they are all good, but that was very enduring quality for the scene for 5 years of the Council that she is going to do. Mr. let me give you this. I want to hold it will time of you. I just want to leave it up okay and you could get a clock to. Why don't we start Mr. Tippin >>I think everybody can recognize from that resolution that came just been instrument style in so many things and I can say without hesitation that the list is just as marketing of what she is actually accomplished over her wanting. I am thankful for is I think very soon here. I will be the longest tenure director, thirst, so she is always held that over me for every it of time and so one good thing from your retirement. I can actually capture something at the top so. But when the Mayor said is exactly true. I've never met anybody with the capacity to get things done and to accomplish things and have so many balls in the air that the same time. It's just really a talent that's the City has benefited from the desk many years and you can see by the things that have got got in accomplishing not only but these but you know, what you see driving around Overtown. She's been you know, driving force behind so many things that make life fund and you know without Kim's contributions over the last 20 years we would not be where we're at. She wouldn't not have left you know the community service department and the capable hands of Travis who is going to continue this legacy endYou note continue to make Redding just incredible special place and I can say With you know, I think some at first is that because of chemo our City is an amazing place and I truly mean that because she has been at the forefront of everything good in the last 25 years battling. >>Kim, I'm going to miss you. You make me dizzy this is. This is monitoring of budget. If each of us and we drive around town anything beautiful that we see is because of this lady. You are like a giant in the City what you have has Barry said, your capacity is massive and not only that your leadership of people your management of people you are staff love and dad's and your race people up and that you live a life of service so it's not just City project, but you are debated in the City of you just live a life of service, so thank you for modeling that for all of us thank you. >>Kim ,You're doing a great job. How do they fit all the wanting resolution? It's very small typing you've done so much for the City. It's just really remarkable. I think though that your succession planning. Obviously spaying of service is going to in good hands okay, but I really want to say I really believe that true benefactor of your commitment children. Thank you. >>As adults. I appreciate you to I have to say it's quite a long list of its it makes no, it's no wonder that you had to people that could have taken over for you because it will take a lot of you maintain all of this things that (INAUDIBLE) been a part of the building. But thank you for what you've done. I knew you. Along before I came to work here, and I knew if you wanted to get a project you'd give it to Kim and so thank you for being known for getting things done and I doubt that we want to be seeing you. I am sure you'll be back and so you know let us know when you want to start working again, because there's a project that were also thinking about so don't go far. >>While like Chuck I met you about a year ago and I have many meetings with you, which I have enjoyed through the first I'll just work for me. We are very directed and honest and open and I enjoyed that I enjoy all the event be of the challenges and budget and you know the courthouses. I call it project that you were really hot and champion and all that you've done. I mean words can express all that you have made to the City and all you've meant to like Mark said the kids and basically you encompass everything that's good about the City and I just so appreciate you and I am so thankful have known you and I am sure will meet again. >>Wow, that was a really nice and thank you all. That means a lot to me. And I was thinking that while you're talking and it's kind funny with Chuck and I am being appeared together tonight is like. I think it was lucky all my stuff was above ground and all the stuff was undergoing so he didn't get to see it quite as much but I was also thinking I am glad he is so long-winded because that's going the state to what everything Chuck said I really didn't want to first start acknowledge my family who is here with us and Thanksgiving week. It was a perfectly to get my kudos home so my husband Paul who had endured lots of evenings and you know really this is a family of fear . If your I name or you are volunteering on whatever budget it is said that we have going on. Brooke went to probably 12 different Park Master plan meetings while I was on maternity leave. We came in for those. And I am sure she'll probably be a consultant one day and euros of the study and forestry so you know another public service spark lovers so you know really I have my personal life and my professional life have been intertwined here for the last 27 years it's going to be revered and programming my brain not to drive to this building every day. And I remind the people to especially people that complain about the building. While you should have worked in personal trailer in the parking lot that didn't have a bathroom. You know, so we've come a long way in this community by building up both the physical assets about the community assets because everyone always known Redding is a great place to live. But that's all we can to just rely on what we have to continue to improve those things and you know, as always, my sense that's like I add to you know demonstrate my value in my seat every day to earn it. And that's really what I motivated me to just get going and get trying and also we had a great partners this ideas all generally come from a grassroots organization and others, and they just needed help navigating this dear view Carsey and process and that that's I think really the trademark of the community service department and I couldn't have done it without my department. So I am really proud of the work the parts department has just come light years ended the last 10 years supporting them with better grip meant and there may be a few more truck but they are phenomenal and they do it the hard work out there in 110 doing everything and the more the recreation staff. They are definitely devoted to our families and especially our Iquitos and when you look at his swim lesson the day comes, you know, our word (INAUDIBLE) that is how we serve community so I know we are like this a public serve public safety www.truly when you what are most of our families need is daycare and activities and sports and it is important that every CP provides that, to our families and in a robust way where it's affordable and accessible. And so they do a great job with that. And we just got a great staff even higher air recreation supervisor is a brand and that who Allison is going to be amazing. The leadership team. I really appreciate all of them, and over the years giving me. Some wiggle room to work around and get things done and to support the project and really see them not just a community service project with SEP projects. And of course our leadership appeared the dais the support helping as you know, navigating's helping me with risk management decision and contract and getting things through and they're really is a whole team effort and we have had a great team to do that with. And I I I am excited I don't it's one of ever. The Dakota presented that's like you have to live the life you know to see the next step and so there is this life has been all encompassing and really I am excited to see what the next chapter brings after a little bit of rest and recuperation. But think you. It's been the honor of my life to serve on disposition and I am grateful for the opportunity and for everyone that I've been able to attach and get to know. Thank you so much. [ APPLAUSE ] >>Okay we are done for tonight.Public comment. Person went to the Brown act City Council cannot take action on public comment items. The City Council will allocate up to a maximum of three minutes per speaker for 30 minutes total, at the beginning of the meeting for Public Comment for non-agendized matters within the City s jurisdiction. The Mayor will determine the order of the speakers. If 30 minutes is not adequate to accommodate all of the individuals who have submitted a Speaker Request Form to the City Clerk, the Council will trail this item to the end of the open session agenda. The remaining speakers will address the City Council at that time. We have to request first Alex Galecki and 2nd, Jonathan Anderson. The apparently we have 3 it will be Nick. >>Good evening everybody.Last time I spoke about sidewalks rights versus privileges.The City and the county. Well, sometimes somebody puts the privileges before the rights. The sidewalk was one of them. We have a lot of schoolsAnd the sidewalk is notWe are riding bicycles. We have bicycles lanes all over the City and Co.County. All people don't have driving abilities. Taken away by walking. You got the homeless guy you have the violent criminals, you have the kids on the bicycles. The motorized scooters got electronic or electric bicycles and they take all up the sidewalk. Because the people that have the courseThey All the room.Not going to the store.Who gets to the story. If you can't. You know, without getting mugged Godby down, reading, driving over so you just stay-at-home. Before we start taking away more rights and privileges from others or making decision. In that way. I think we justStand back andThink because I know we can do a better job. We have a great people. And we have things happening elsewhere that affects us. I am hoping that we can change that. And in your future. Thank you. >>Thank you Mr. Blackie that Jonathan Anderson followed by neat Gardner. >>2 weeks ago I came up here and I told you about Jason Miller witnessing a ghost bus a white bus with no license plate down south the town by Ace Hardware dropping off 50 " 55 people. He went over and talk to 2 of them and they were paroles from sign canteenThat one person went over to talk to Jason Miller about this. Nobody I wouldn't have expected you, Jack Miller's excellent advertisement to go over and ask him what happened? I guess there's no interest in it. It's disappointing today. I was on North the Mosel Elaine working up there at the dental pump was just on the other side of Motel 6 where the City of Redding that grants a bunch of rooms for homeless people and the top of one of the buildings. Some people had moved in some of our brothers and sisters that are unsheltered moved in and left all their trash and during the downpour despots were plugged up in a roof caved in and in the bathroom and then I see where down at Dr. Christ Davis office said there was a fire outback a widening fire just in the last few days and it is getting quite tiresome. We come, we have our public employees, we pay our taxes to be protected from this kind of stuff and it seems like Redding is just making this homeless mecca. I don't see anybody wanting to put a stop at least 2 out of town people coming up here for the services that they can get. I talked to 5 homeless people in the last 4 or 5 weeks that he came up here for Bethel. They are on the streets. One day he said his from his a Redding resident. I said what high school did she go while he went to high school down in the Martina sets down by her this. I wouldn't count him as a local and one guy he came down from med Ford so we've got a big problem for out of town homeless coming down and trashing our community and I think that it's about time to start paying attention and it's quite encouraging to become so will come to Redding and maybe discouraging them. I'm going to talk a little bit more about this at all, and 9.2. So you see, then >>Thank you Mr. Gardner. Item for the consent calendar. The Consent Calendar contains items considered routine and/or which have been individually scrutinized by City Council Members and are anticipated to require no further deliberation. If a member of the public wishes to address an item on the Consent Calendar, please fill out a Speaker Request Form and submit it to the City Clerk before the Consent Calendar is considered. It shall be the prerogative of any Council Member, before the Consent Calendar is acted upon, to: (1) comment on an item; (2) respond to any public comment on an item; (3) request the record reflect an abstention or nay vote on an item; or (4) remove an item and place it on the Regular portion of the agenda for delivery of a staff report and/or an extended discussion or deliberation. Is there any public comment on the consent calendar? >>No buy a make a motion to approve consent calendar >>Second >>I have a motion 2nd approve consent calendar. All in favor >>Aye >>Passes unanimously. >>Item 5.1:consider Mayor's appointment and the appointments of the City of Redding met community development advisory committee is John Carelli here. I don't see him it's Nicholas juicier? How about Blake Fisher or Roxanne Burke? What they all 4 showed up. They are all appointed and they don't have anything to say about it. Actually I'm appointing John Carelli to fulfill a scheduled vacancy with the term ending November 30, 2025. I'm going to appoint Nicole Dues to fill a schedule vacancy with term ending November 30 26. I'm going to reappoint Blake Fisher this served a full term ending November 30, 2026 and I'm going to reappoint drugs on Breaky this our full term ending November 30, 2026. I have a motion we buy some of >>So moved >>All in favor we >>Aye >>Passes unanimously >>Regular calendar item 9.2 consider up operation of and Mentor resolution funding ERF3 " one award >>This will be presented by our community project managerCole Smith >>Good evening, Hon. Mayor and members of the City Council. Here tonight to discuss and commitment resolution funding that the City of Redding was awaited the City Council actually approved ability to apply for it is funds on February 2023. Unfortunately, that first application that was submitted to this data California was denied. But the what was actually good about that. It is provided some feedback to ours and specific the feedback toMake our application better and we are able to take it that information that the state provide us in this into our grant application and resubmit it to state and luckily for us we were indeed awarded the funds through the entrapment City grant program.Some of the things that the state wanted us to do and the which was really important in their eyes was to really draw a connection with this grant funds you can actually apply for more than one encampment, but you really need to show the connection with this encampments and explain why it was important to apply for 2 encampments at one time some other information that they provided to us that was important was they wanted us to report within this encampment said the need of health and sanitation services as well as do more outreach as part of our research for application and we needed toContact those unsheltered folks and really had lived experience and take the information and photo fuse it into our replication as well as really show that we consulted with the Norcal containment of care. They also wanted us to accelerate our timeline and so that was important for the state. What we have here on the next slideThis just gives you a generalized idea of our project area and a location and you will see there there's a little red dots on, is this little map that we have year and those are actual and complements the subject of this encampments resolution funding is actually an encampment that is located within the then Canyon as well as a another encampment that progress technology away on thisMap you will also see that we have into our existing micro shelter at Mike Street, as well as a feature micro shelter at the top of this location, mop here in Getzen near the goodness rescue mission and the orange dots are public facilities of which we consider health and human services. The word bottom-up dislocation area as well as the good news, rescue mission.We wanted to point out that there is some timelines that we need to be cognizant of with regard of this funds, we need to expand 50% of this funds by June 30 at 2025 obligates the balance of those funds by the same date provideOur final work product and report out did the state of California by September 30, 2026 and are just to let you know, standard agreement or formalize an standard agreement ends in March 2027. I just wanted to put the recommendations appear of the staff. The meat I think of what we are going to be talking about is the next slide. But overall staff is recommending City Council authorized and approve and adopt a resolution 2023 " 602 appropriate the grant funding be able to infuse that funding to over budget and approve a full-time housing specialist position to assist with the administration of this grant on getting our project contracts completed and 20 touring the resulting projects from this grant fundingAlso authorizing City manager to negotiate a development funding agreement for proposed repairs to the good news, rescue mission, and the last item that we have here is really, truly to provide direction to staff to determine what priority if it's a priority for request for proposals for the projects that we indicated to the state of California we would like to do with this and government funding. And so it's probably hard to see here. I wish I would have made that little bit bigger but in your City Council pockets you have the ERF funded projects and so very the principal into take over here were going to go through this projects. >>We have to public comments. Why do I know those first and then will go through the list top to the bottom >>Sounds good >>That starts with Jonathan Anderson and followed by Nick Gardner >>Good evening Council management. Nicole, you are amazing.I love Nicole. You know as you look at this proposal the recommendation as you consider I just wanted to say from my heart to yours City Council. You know that I've been diminishing now for 11 years 9 1/2 years as the executive director and really thinking about this. I pulled some members over the past 11 years. The mission has been able to shelter just over 13,000 individual people That's unduplicated people those 13,000 people are not sleeping on the street of Redding today. As a result of what we've done. We also looked at the number of services individual services be provided and we have provided 92,000 unit services to this population. That's not including meals, meals, we provided just around 2 million meals for this population over the past 11 yearsAs you can imagine that takes quite a tall on your properties. Especially, there areMain gate center that we have where we serve our meals we are sheltering people. The last time we were able to renovate that the width 17 years ago. And so I don't know how many people's we serve over the 17 years, I can only tell you from when I've been the CEOs over the past 11 years it's taken quite a tall we are in desperate need of we want people to continue coming to the mission we really need to renovate get it to shape it needs to be into provide better care. So thank you Council for considering this. That's all I wanted to say >>Thank you Nick Gardner. >>It wouldn't hurt my feeling. If you sent code enforcement down there and shut the goodwill homeless magnetic down actually dear attracting a lot of this people and I don't think that the taxpayer should be helping fundThem myself. I always understand it was a volunteer to your organization and it was a run onPeople donating thingsYou know, you keep wanting to house this people andYou keep wanting to hire more people and give got your hands out of more money and it's just one big your your crazy. I would like to see hire a couple of detective the find out where this people came from and take out billion dollars through this $8.4 million and by one bus to get back to where they came from. You know, they just clean up San Francisco guess where they sent the homeless to communities like this like us and then they passed (INAUDIBLE)The Redding police connector is only cleaning up private property or not private property. Excuse me public property and if it's private property, they have to go court and get a warrant and then they'll clean it up and find landowner and tracked him down fees and this are people you ran off(INAUDIBLE) this are people year run off public property under private property. It cost the private property owner money. The private property owner is paying taxes to have this stinks taking tear off. We are not getting the safety that we need and we require so like I say I think you should invest a large chunk of this money buying one-way ticket back to where they came from. Thank you. >>Thank you.So what I suggest is that we take this items one at the time, starting at the top and you're going to give a brief overview of each one >>Yeah that would be a good way to approach is this with a littleI guess prolonged on this and that isNicole had mentioned this is a system that was approved by the state of California. So it all kind of goes together. If you want to change anyone of this we need to haveThe that interesting ring right here if you want to change anyone of these we actually have to have approval from the state to do so and everything why we would make the change. And so as I go through here. You know my recommendation will be based on what I think we are prepared to move forward on immediately and that which I think we should gather some additional information and come back to the Council so that you can make morning form decision. And so if that suits the Council's path forward. Then I'll continue to see to me >>We should find once we have a unanimous agreement to proceed and then prioritize them. We buy yeah, and I think you know if the Council sort follows when a markup then I think we can actually proceed on all of them correctly and then come back with other items for with fervor. Their information and further direction from the consult a later date >>Okay >>. So the first one is funding for our 3rd officer so as Council knows, we've got our 3rd officers are working helping every day whether it's homeless people or other people who are in crisis. And so we are always funding a looking for funding sources to help continue the program and said did this 3 year worth of funding of 1.6 of our FTEs and doing straight work and so odd recommend that we just move forward (INAUDIBLE) the we would have to come budget resolutions are appropriate and sort of things but in concept would like to move forward pursuant to councils content everybody because a buy agree with that >>Okay >>Excellent next one is I'm recommending that the past on for a month or 2 because you know where getting everything together and I am sure will get be noted later in the conversation. We are also working with Albert other jurisdictions and plan that will be for you on December 19 and we are also working with closely with the COC in our new role as an and administrative entity and I'd like to see that we get more information to put together in terms of who is doing housing is management who is able to provide that if we have enough we may come back and say there's enough in this town with like her direct this money somewhere else are we may come back and say will like to move forward with this particular for housing. This is my nature's work with our research team and our observation and I say this more anecdotally than the absolute fact observation is that there is no let things (INAUDIBLE) so we want to verify thatBefore we make final recommendation to the Council on whether we move forward with this is specifically or whether we see the change the person want to state approval from Exodus is on hold till it comes back we >>Yeah that would be recommendation lets us get some more information and seek from the other nonprofits as to what they are doing what funding source they are using what programs are eligible for that. Whether that works for us. We could use them for whatever we think we need to move forward with additional case management inside at >>So I have some just I have recommendation for a that considering that one of the concerns that I know Councilmember Winter had brought up was if were going to delve into this. You know there is something we do well something we don't normally do in case management would it be something that normally the county war is the nonprofits COC are doing. And so if we are going to go to RFP with that. I just would have to say just the one of the partner with the county that we pay them to be our case managers dedicated specifically endows and gives management to our research department and that we use the funding from this to pay for that and to reduce it down to a Dinmont you know on a trial basis. Having them dedicated to that, so that because they are already do that. They also have entrapment grant money as well. So if you can sort of much that maybe not do 36 month but just to do you know, probably can month then we can see how that works, because we don't we don't have those with RSP anyway, so we did that would you guys comfortable with the county doing that? That is what they already do? >>I don't know that I have enough information to make that decision yet. I actually appreciate Mr. Tippin and saying is going to push that off and I still don't I feel like we are in position to know that and have enough info about the Ben but I think that your point is will take. And we should have looked at that and they'll look consider that component but but I don't want to make that decision tonight >>The decision would be to pause, but I'm not saying no pause. I think we should pause and I think we should look into who could actually do that because we have to go RV my only comment is to say that this already exists, but not dedicated to us and can be reduced 18 month's instead of 36 month's and epos can address it or do we want to address it after you come back with our recommendation >>That would be my recommendation. Because you know, we may come back and we may have connections that people have capacity and may be this money can be used for something else entirely, because they've already got case managers who are being funded in other ways. And they are eligible for connection with our 2nd so you know, I would say that we have possible flexibility of doing something entirely different with this money, or doing exactly what is recommended here or something in between >>It's a positive with request for instruction? >>We are expecting that will be able to be back within 2 want to will most of the information, or at least I and F level that you can make >>The fact that they've got this new of fundraising and chesty leg could make back with some information and help us this decision by my part of the plan, which you will see on the 19th contemplates having the same workup and the very features some of those workshop will form us but I think were going to get more information from director contacts and all of this individual what they're doing what you have available. What are the funding source, what are their program contains so that we can compile that and determine whether we have capacity out there. Whether we need to add some capacity to the system >>Good deal with hope we so we are are all on board? >>Yeah >>And demonstrate outreach supplies that really to help out the extreme and maybe eventually this case management. But the really to purchase hygiene product food supplies not kind that just help their outreach work. So as they out in the end. That means you know, the ability to offer items of them helps that make that connection helps great. Those opportunities to get them to accept assistance and get of straight so really it's just a way to enhance what our 3rd officers are doing today, and I recommended move forward that everybody >>OkayIs that a 3 year as well? >>Yet that descended to be over the years. I was supposed if our search officer get really ambitious and help a bunch of people I would say they could spend it faster if they need to >>Okay, I recommend we move forward. The sanitation support for the recent one. As was mentioned in the presentation. This is one of the business-critical complainants that the state said that there really wanted us to be doing and then also it really is what we are doing already. So we provide dumpsters trash transport the parties around town and specific location today and it's would just provide a few more using this funding sources and it does much with the state wants to do. And so I think it's really easy thing for us to move and make it happen >>Could we use some of money for bringing up some of the private property destruction that you're saying? >>Private property as a whole different conception. And you know I don't know if the City Attorney wants to find our progress with private property clean up this is intended to provide dumpsters that actually to the cleanup so that they can clean up their own staff and put it in the dumpster that we come and now actually pick up the dumpsters similar to what you had helped organize for Linden Canyon. So I'll kind of keeping the program going. But having a different funding source. So we don't pay for it out of solid >>. So this is I know red district through submission. I read through the standard agreement. So what the state is asking for it doesn't say that it needs to be stadium went and since we are planning to do a day's day care center and also billed at the center while we have a great day centered and very just the amount of time that we have this availableSorry that we are not enabling people to be out there >>What this are going to be month-to-month contract right so you know where not going RFP forever. It's going to be month-to-month contract by Mexican wants? >>.What the budget is based on. But if you can come and get you know, we move they all get house it will obviously want me to those and be of mood them off or were point and be able to put the update that we can be assessed. This would be (INAUDIBLE)It's really more about month-to-month contracts for this certain locations. If needs to be for documents we have money to do so. If not we can pull backIn your custody something else for this money from the state >>If the house in support this is intended to help with people getting from maybe a microI would say microstation because it was that's actually engineering product from way back in my past. Believe it or not. I just talk about today. So micro shelters andYou know, they struggle to get together deposits or application fees or furnishing for their apartments and that sort of things that I am recommending B+ on this like with the case manager because there are other entities, nonprofit churchesThat do this type of thing we don't have good sense on how well those programs are working how effective they are. Whether we needed it is. And so we just I just like with our housing case manager we probably should take those together and if you can come back and it also gives direction on theThe nuthouse case manager. We can also make a decision on that it's more informed at that point in time >>Everybody okay with the possibly >>We are all good buy. The next one. I'm recommending we have a slight pause as well. And if he may I'll blame this on councilmembers are that because she asked what I thought was a really good question and that was you know should be instead of considering renting rooms for 36 points that we would consider helping somebody purchase a hotel and have the roomsWhy don't go forever. And I think that's an interesting concept. I think it's one of the state would embrace, but I can tell you today exactly how that will would work and so we would need to go out and I don't think it would take us very much time, but get a start assessment on how much it that would cause how it would go into play hell with people together on operate an agreement or covenant on the property? So that gets granted it's get used but it's anIn pleadingsThought this day how do we go from you know 35 rooms for 36 month's to you know, maybe it's disturbing like forget himself forever kind of thing. So I think it's a very good question. I'd like to be able to research that the little bit of you may be able come back with that a little sooner because we can have a lot of contacts we can ask a lot of questions and we can bring that information back, probably sooner than the others >>I would venture to say that you're going to find both side of the client of their people that have done in it others it is where it's failed miserably, and others. It is where it's work >>Will,It's working law here in terms of how we are working with no boundaries. For instance, in terms of how they are using the will does I think if there had the opportunity to talk owned the hotel and continue to run the program. It would be able to establish a date wouldn't be consulted looking for funding for the room themselves and so that's the type of thing would like to actually analyze how much would it cost are those going to be hotels are isReady to use today or how much would the rehabilitation be required those types of things. And we've actually already done. You know some of this research because there's other program. There are like someSo we are ready have sense of this, butWould like actually to be able to put the little finger point on it so that could duck until well informed before to make that final decision >>Will doing to get need funding. Toronto delighted with people that live there don't have any money to pay >>Correct and so some of those are getting funding from the source. So for instance with no boundaries where most paying for the rings not for the service of the are being provided and so you know if make the presumption that those services are going to be paid for at the resource and our money can be used to provide permanent rooms availability, then I think the system may work in superior way, that ain't dust today >>Okay. GotWhere the post on that one Okay. Got >>The rescue center had recommended remove the midget to forward the request and grant us enough the brief commitment is there. But duringI were at home the homework and it was sometimes homework we had a subcommittee that good got put together andDear Representative various function of our service providers. You know the COC or shelter providers wereAt the individuals, but the all came back with sort of the same message as priorities. Obviously, you know, types of housing and transitional housing everything else, but it was unanimously that we need a data resource Center. We need a spaceThat sort of one stop shop where if people want. This is that they can go and they can received assistance, whether it's getting help with getting an ID whether it's getting help with housing, mental health issuesYou know, addiction issues, they can go to one source and start to get help. So everybody was in agreement with that the state specifically said that they really like that idea for us to be working on that and so I think we need to move on that quickly. I think the question for the Council isIn the acquisition of this building is the Council's preference to be one that we put out an RFP and the City would own that building and later on would actually release an RFP for the operator. So the operator of the day resource Center in our building with the concept afraid that we actually do an RFP and ask other entities to give his proposal on buildings they would by and would they operate it and essentially would give the money that would be property day with the rehabilitated and with Rent-A-Center and would be hands off. So I think that's important distinction. >>Can you give us your thoughts on that? Because I see props and cons for both of them >>I think it's a very pooraIts control and risk soYou know if you want control and distance been successful in other words, you want to be able to say hey I heard you as an operator it's not working that well we are getting a lot of complaints or were going to use our team clauseAnd say we give you 60 days notice and you are not going to run this anymore. Meanwhile, we're going to go up with an RFP out of the hiring operator zoning. The facility gives you maximum control but also gives you maximum risk in terms of liability, you can always have that damn teds and everything else that's in height (INAUDIBLE) you lose some of the control over the operation. If he had it over and you say you know we've give you this money you promised or run a good day center go forth and conquer. And we hope that they you know what Great job, but if they are not doing the work in the winter in which the Council wants or others want and you want to make changes. It will be much more difficult for you to make those changes because they own the property they are in control at the point so it's sort of depends on how the Council wants to sit on that spectrum >>Can I make someComments? >>Should buy so we've been talking about this home think per month and sort of the ideal to have one point of thank you for people that may be about coming into homeless there are homeless sort of getting all of this and it is from the COC from the county from the City under one roof so that if you have to navigate a crisis that there is one place to goAnd that you would know within that one place all of those different entities are there to guide you to direct you of what Is available to you so that you don't go into homelessness or that if you are homelessness. You can immediately have shelter and get some other services and other issues thatAs said there is all theseAnd it is we have redundancy of services. We have redundancies of funding and soIt seems like we have a lot of funding going to a group of nonprofits, but that money doesn't either actually get to people or gets a few people multiple times and so in otherThe whole at home the point was skin will look at the funding from higher-level figure out what the gaps are and then start implement it and what do you realize very quickly is that everybody doesn't know what everybody's doing. And so the processOf talking about that's figure out the navigation Center a resource center at the centerAnd, for instance, the rescue mission had already gone intoEscrow on the property. And so we talk about the would that be property so Patrick Jones and I am very Tippin we want to go location to self. This would be a good place for a day centerSo let's say they try to do some housing and they try to do navigation Center it failed because a data center like they hours. It's like most like a business where us a sleep if you have to sleep there at night. It's just a totally different and so I feelWhen they tried to do many things done a different of it is the one place that we have now identified that we went to look at the housing. The development services has gone to look at (INAUDIBLE)And so their wedding be this you come here and I haveYou a Crestone (INAUDIBLE)My suggestion would be that we move on. What we actually haveSo there is a space B of all gone to look at it I can tell you that it is A great locationIt is within this budget, we could purchase it, rehab it and pay for operating costs for quite was so thatIt's not just my suggestion would be that we grant the money that they by it. They own it and they operated so that they have ownership of it and sort of the crux of the deal is that the home group is also putting togetherSo do for you want to get funding for homelessness. You have to have an office at the navigation Center like you have to be part of the weekend Silo distance and no longer because we are not putting our stuff together to actually make an impact point of time in the same amount every single year in order to actually make the impact