Oct 19, 2021 6:00 PM - Redding City Council - Regular Meeting

>> 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. >> THIS EVENING WE WELCOME THE WISDOM OF SPIRIT INTO THE MEETING WHERE WE KNOW EACH OF OUR DEDICATED CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF OFFER THE BEST IN ALL WHO LIVE IN THIS MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY. TODAY WE REJOICE THE CITY IS BEING BLESSED WITH WELCOME REIN. SO WE ALSO INVITE THE GRACE OF SPIRIT TO SEE THAT THE HOMELESS FIND ADEQUATE PROTECTION DURING THE RAINY AND COLD DAYS AHEAD. GRATEFUL FOR THE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT OF THE CITY LEADERSHIP AND EVERY STAFF MEMBER, EVERY DAY IN EVERY WAY AND SO IT IS, AMEN. >> MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL? [ROLL CALL] >> THANK YOU. GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM 3. PUBLIC COMMENT. PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT CITY COUNCIL CANNOT TAKE ACTION ON PUBLIC COMMENT ITEMS. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. BULECKY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO? WHERE EVER YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE. >> THANK YOU. HELLO EVERYBODY. NAME IS ALEX BULECKY, CITIZEN OF THE U.S. CAME TO TALK ABOUT YOUR LITTLE BIT OF A COVID PROBLEM. IT SEEMS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS JUST TAKING THEIR PEOPLE AND FROM MILITARY AND OTHER PEOPLE TO THE OTHER COUNTRIES PICKING UP KIDS BRINGING THEM BACK, AND PUTTING THEM ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE THEY CAN. THIS IS EGREGIOUS. PEOPLE WITH COVID SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN OUR COUNTRY. IT'S MORE THEN THE FLU, BUT IT SEEMS THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS A RIGHT TO ONCE THEY GET THE CHILDREN OR PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY THEY CAN PUT THEM ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE THEY WANT. I TALKED TO THE REDDING AIRPORT AND THEY SAID THEY DON'T STOP ANYBODY. SO, NOW WE HAVE A MANDATE IN ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF FORMS, AND IT'S NOT EVEN A LAW. HOW CAN YOU GUYS DO THAT? I DON'T UNDERSTAND. BUT WE'LL GET BACK TO THAT. EVERYBODY LET NORTH STATE BURN THIS SUMMER. THE REASON WHY? LACK OF HELP. WHY? COVID. IT IS A LIE. I KNOW IT'S A DISEASE AND BLAH BLAH BLAH, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, BUT IT HAS STOPPED EVERYTHING WE DO AND IT IS BEING PROMOTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT AT THE STATE LEVEL. WE ARE HERE AT THE LOWEST LEVEL. THIS IS WHERE EVERYTHING GETS STARTED. FAMILIES MEET WITH FAMILIES, YOU GO TO THE SCHOOL YOU GO TO CHURCH. WE WONT GET WITH THE SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW, ABOUT THEY GOT A SAY IN IT. BUT WE ARE BEING PERSECUTED AND WHO EVER IS MAKING ANY OF THESE MANDATES, I UNDERSTAND TO PROTECT CERTAIN PEOPLE, BUT YOU ARE PERSECUTING OTHER PEOPLE AND THAT'S JUST-THAT'S LIKE BEING A [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] I CAN'T THINK OF ANY OTHER WORD THAT IS SO DISGUSTING THAT WOULD COVER IT. I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW MANDATES ARE NOT LAWS. WE ARE NOT GOING FOLLOW THEM ANYMORE. AT LEAST MOST OF US, AND THE GOVERNMENTS COMING IN MEXICO AND CHINA, THEY'LL BE PAYING THEIR PRICE EVENTUALLY TOO, BUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS HURTING US AND OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 4, THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THE CONSENT EXTENDED DISCUSSION OR DELIBERATION. COUNCIL MEMBER MEZZANO. >> MR. TIPPIN, I JUST NEED A LITTLE CLARIFICATION. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. ITEM 4-11B, THE ACCEPT IMPROVEMENTS AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE STREETS AND SILVER SUBDIVISION, UNDER THE FISCAL IMPACT WHERE IT SAYS-I JUST WANT THIS FOR THE PUBLIC EDUCATION, REVENUE FALL SHORT OF ANTICIPATED ANNUALIZED MAINTENANCE COST AND UNDER ALTERNATIVE ACTION, IF WE DID NOT DO THIS, IT WOULD BE INCONSISTENT WITH A LONG STANDING POLICY. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY WE ARE LOSING MONEY ON THAT? >> YEAH, SIMPLEST TERMS, THE ROAD MAINTENANCE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES IS DONE BY TAX ON THE SALE OF GASOLINE, AND AS YEARS HAVE GONE BY, CARS HAVE GOTTEN MORE EFFICIENT IN TERMS OF MILES PER GALLON SO GAS TAX RECEIPTS GO DOWN. LIKEWISE, LESS PEOPLE DRIVE, MORE BIKES OR WHATEVER, AND THE GAS TAX REVENUES GO DOWN AND SO, THE INFLATION HAS CONTINUED TO GO UP AND SO THERE ISN'T ENOUGH GAS TAX REVENUE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TO PAY FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE AND SO THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE IS TO REDIRECT GENERAL FUND MONEY TO ROAD MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES AND SO RIGHT NOW NOT HAVING EXCESS GENERAL FUND MONEY WE GENERALLY FALL SHORT OF OUR ABILITY TO PROPERLY MAINTAIN OUR ROADS. >> SHOULD I TAKE THAT AS A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT? >> FIRST AND SECOND. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I'LL MOVE TO ITEM 9.15B. CONSIDER RESOLUTION OF INTENTION AND UNCODIFIED ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF REDDING'S CONTRACT. >> TONIGHT'S STEP IS TO AMEND THE CALPERS CONTRACT TO MAKE THE CHANGE IN 2 PERCENT AS SOON AS ADMINISTRATIVE FEASIBLE FOR THE CLASSIC CAL PER SAFETY MEMBERS. STAFF SEEK FINAL ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE AT THE NOVEMBER 16 COUNCIL MEETING. THE CALPERS CONTRIBUTION IS 13.5 PERCENT AND WITH THE CONTRIBUTION IS 15.5 PERCENT EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 26. WITH THAT, AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? IF NOT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> FIRST. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I'LL MOVE TO ITEM 11, COUNCIL TRAVEL REPORTS. >> MAYOR RESNIC, I HAVE TO READ THE TITLE. >> I KNOW YOUR FAVORITE PART. >> YOU OFFERED AN UNCODIFIED ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY COUNCIL AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I WILL MOVE BACK TO ITEM 11, COUNCIL TRAVEL REPORTS. ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE TRAVEL WE SHOULD REPORT? ITEM 12, SUGGESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS. >> I HAVE ONE. >> GO FOR IT. >> SORRY TO MAKE THE MEETING GO LONGER. THE COUNCIL GOT A E-MAIL FROM MR. DIEZ WHO IS A PLANNER. THE CITY STANDS TO BENEFIT HUNDRED THOUSAND A YEAR IF IT IS APPROVED. WONDERING IF THERE IS INTEREST FROM THE COUNCIL FOR LETTER OF SUPPORT? >> I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT IT. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I'M INTERESTED IN A LETTER WITHOUT SOME SORT OF PRESENTATION. >> JUST A COUPLE THOUGHTS ON THAT. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL BE HEARING THAT ITEM ON OCTOBER 26, WHICH IS BEFORE YOUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, AND SO YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ACT AND VOTE UPON A JOINT LETTER UNTIL AFTER THE HEARING WERE TO TAKE PLACE. CERTAINLY AS INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS YOU MAY SEND A LETTER UNDER YOUR HEADING AS COUNCIL MEMBER, SO AND SO IF YOU LIKE TO DO THAT, BUT ACTING AS A BODY YOU COULD NOT DO PRIOR TO THE FOUNTAIN HEARING UNLESS YOU SCHEDULE A SPECIAL MEETING WHICH WOULD TAKE 3 OF YOU OR THE MAYOR. >> OKAY. >> ALRIGHT. >> TAKES CARE OF THAT. >> WE CAN SEND LETTERS INDIVIDUALLY? >> ABSOLUTELY. EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY CAN SEND A LETTER AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. THAT IS PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE. >> AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T SAY IT ISN'T THE WHOLE COUNCIL? >> CORRECT. AS LONG AS YOU SAY I AS A COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE CITY OF REDDING SUPPORT THIS PROJECT BUT NOT AS A COUNCIL BODY. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> ALRIGHT. ANY OTHERS? ALRIGHT. WE ARE ADJOURNED. [MEETING ADJOURNED]