Dec 6, 2022 6:00 PM - Redding City Council - Regular Meeting

>> OKAY, WE ARE-COULD WE ALL GET READY? WOW, THAT WAS QUICK. THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING OUR MEETING OF THE REDDING CITY COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 6, 2022. IF ANYONE WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM CONSIDERED AT THIS MEETING BEFORE OR DURING CONSIDERATION OF THE ITEM PLEASE FILL OUT A BLUE SPEAKER REQUEST FORM AT THE ALCOVE OF THE BACK OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL ALLOCATE UP TO 3 MINUTES PER SPEAKER FOR EACH ITEM. STAFF REPORTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT THE CITY WEBSITE OR IN THE PUBLIC VIEW BINDER LOCATED ON THE PODIUM AT THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CHAMBERS. OUR FIRST ITEM IS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FALLOWED BY INVOCATION BY JEN MCCLOSKEY. >> 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. >> GOOD EVENING. IT IS HONOR TO BE WITH YOU HERE TONIGHT. PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS AS WE PRAY. EVER LIVING GOD, WE PRAISE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT THIS COMMUNITY OF REDDING WHERE WE GET TO LIVE AND IN ALL OUR CELEBRATIONS THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON, WHERE WE GET TO ENJOY SHARING LOVE, HOPE AND GIFTS ONE ANOTHER. WE PRAISE YOU AND THANK YOU ABOVE ALL ELSE FOR YOUR GIFT OF YOUR SON. HE IS EMANUEL, THE PRINCE OF PEACE WHO FILLS US WITH THE WONDER OF YOUR LOVE. WE ALSO THANK YOU FOR OUR MAYOR, THIS ASSEMBLED COUNCIL, CITY WORKERS, PEACE OFFICERS FIREFIGHTERS AND THOSE IN ATTENDANCE. WE AND YOU KEEP YOUR HAND OF PROTECTION ON THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES. WE ASK YOU BLESS GUIDE AND DIRECT THIS MEETING TONIGHT SO IT IS FULL OF WISDOM PRODUCTIVITY AND RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER. WE THANK YOU FOR HELPING ACCOMPLISH OUR GOALS THIS EVENING. MAY WE DO THIS WITH DISPLAYING YOUR CHARACTER. HELP US BRING LOVE LIGHT AND HOPE INTO THE WORK WHERE EVER WE WORK LIVE AND SERVE. AMEN. >> THANK YOU. >> HONORABLE MAYOR, IF I MAY JUST MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. WE OPENED UP THE COMMUNITY ROOM NEXT DOOR. THERE IS A TV IN THERE. IT DOES STREAM BUT A BIT DELAYED SO IF YOU WANT TO WATCH IT LIVE YOU ARE WELCOME TO SIT ON THE BACK OF THE ROOM THERE IF YOU LIKE TO SIT DOWN THE VIDEO WILL BE STREAMING IN THERE AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM IS ROLL CALL. [ROLL CALL] >> OKAY. OUR NEXT ITEM IS I WILL PRESENT THE-ANNOUNCE THAT THE CITY CLERK PAM MIZE WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT AND RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION CERTIFYING AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION. >> GOOD EVENING. THE ITEM BEFORE US TONIGHT IS THE RESOLUTION TO CERTIFY THE ELECTION. AT THE MEETING OF JUNE 21, 2022, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED RESOLUTION 2022-057 CONSOLIDATING THE CITY'S GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION WITH THE STATE WIDE GENERAL ELECTION AND ARE AUTHORIZING THE SHASTA COUNTY ELECTION'S DEPARTMENT TO CANVAS THE RETURNS FOR CERTIFICATION. THE ELECTION WAS HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF SELECTING THREE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CITY CLERK FOR FULL 4 YEAR TERMS AND TO PRESENT BALLOT MEASURE A SEEKING VOTER APPROVAL TO CONVERT THE OFFICES OF THE CITY CLERK AND THE CITY TREASURER TO APPOINTED INSTEAD OF ELECTED POSITIONS. BASED ON THE SHASTA COUNTY CLERK REGISTRAR OF VOTERS OFFICIAL CANVAS THE RESULTS OF THE CONSOLIDATED MUNICIPAL ELECTION ARE AS FOLLOWS: THE THREE TOP VOTE GETTERS-THE PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED THREE MOST VOTES IN THE ELECTION FOR CITY COUNCIL ARE MICHAEL DEQUISTO, TENESSA AUDETTE AND JACK MUNNS AND AS SUCH THEY ARE HEREBY VOTED AT THE THREE NEW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I RECEIVED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES FOR THE OFFICE OF CITY CLERK. BALLOT MEASURE A FAILED TO RECEIVE ENOUGH VOTES AND THEREFORE THAT ITEM IS NOT GOING FORWARD. OF THE 55.644 REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE CITY OF REDDING, 33.491 VOTED RESULTING IN A 60.19 PERCENT VOTER TURNOUT. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ACCEPT THIS REPORT AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION CERTIFYING THE CANVAS OF BALLOTS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE NOVEMBER 8, 2022 CONSOLIDATED MUNICIPAL ELECTION. THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS I'M HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THEM. >> QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? >> MOTION TO ACCEPT AND APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> PASS 5-0. THE NEXT ITEM IS 2B, WHICH IS I WILL BE ADMINISTERING THE OATH TO OUR NEWLY REELECTED CITY CLERK PAM MIZE. >> TESTING. OKAY. I--DO SOLEMNLY OR AFFIRM I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. SORRY. I DO WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES, UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THIS MIC WAS NOT WORKING WAS IT? NO? >> SO NEXT WE WILL SWEAR IN COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT MICHAEL DEQUISTO. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME DOWN HERE AND JOIN US. DO YOU HAVE ANY FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIENDS WHO ARE GOING TO HAVE--GOT IT. I AM NOT ASKING QUESTIONS. AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE MIC THAT WORKS. IF YOU WILL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. >> I MICHAEL DEQUISTO DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATIONS OR PURPOSE OF EVASION, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> AND NOW IF WE COULD HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT-SORRY, TENESSA. PLEASE COME FORWARD. [APPLAUSE] (INAUDIBLE) >> SURE. THIS IS MY HUSBAND JEFF. MY MOM IS HERE ELIZABETH. SHE'S GOT 6 CHILDREN. I'M NUMBER 2, BUT 1 IN OUR HEARTS TONIGHT AND THIS IS GRACE, ANNA BELL AND JACKSON. [APPLAUSE] I TENESSA AUDETTE DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. THAT I I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSES OF EVASION AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER. [APPLAUSE] >> NOW IF WE COULD HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT JACK MUNNS. [APPLAUSE] IF YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOUR FAMILY. >> I WOULD. MY LOVELY WIFE VANESSA, MY SON JOSH, MY SON JUSTICE AND MY MOTHER IN LAW EVE IS OVER THERE. >> SO IF YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. >> I JACK MUNNS, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> AT THIS TIME VICE MAYOR DACQUISTO. >> IT IS MY TURN? THE NEXT ITEM ON THE CALENDAR IS SELECTION OF THE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM AND SINCE I IS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE AND MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THE PROCEDURE, IT IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN IT. EVERY YEAR THE COUNCIL APPOINTS A MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM. SORRY, I'LL TALK CLOSER. EVERY YEAR THE COUNCIL APPOINTS A MAYOR VICE MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR. THERE IS NO RHYME OR REASON OR SET RULES, ANYBODY CAN VOTE FOR ANYBODY. SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A MAYOR AT THE MOMENT AND I'M THE VICE MAYOR I'M RUNNING THE MEETING. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS SELECTION OF MAYOR VICE MAYOR AND PRO TEM. >> THANK YOU. IT IS HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO TRY AND BRING BACK THE TRADITION. MR. DACQUISTO IS IN HIS 5TH YEAR NOW WITH OUR CITY AND I LIKE TO NOMINATE HIM AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF REDDING. MY THIRD YEAR ON THE COUNCIL I NOMINATE MYSELF TO BE VICE MAYOR AND BASED ON THE ELECTION RESULTS WHICH WE FALLOWED VERY CLOSELY, VANESSA AUDETTE RECEIVED MORE VOTES AND LIKE TO NOMINATE HER FOR MAYOR PRO TEM. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WINTER. >> THANK YOU. I WOULD CERTAINLY SUPPORT MR. MEZZANO TO THE MAYOR ROLE, MR. DEQUISTO I CANNOT SUPPORT YOU TO BE MAYOR AT THIS TIME AND I WANT TO EXPLAIN MY REASONS WHY. ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE COUNCIL TWO YEARS AGO WE DIDN'T PUT YOU IN THAT ROTATION AND YOU DIDN'T ASK WHY AND I DIDN'T AT THE TIME CHOOSE TO STATE MY REASONS AS I DID NOT WANT TO EMBARRASS YOU FURTHER AT THE VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE. I TAKE NO JOY IN THE VOTE, IT BRINGS ME SADNESS BUT BELIEVE THE PUBLIC DESERVES TO KNOW WHY. THE MAYOR POSITION REQUIRES A HUGE COMMITMENT OF TIME. THE MAYOR NEEDS TO MEET WITH THE CITY MAN ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK AND DIRECTORS ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND BRING SOLUTIONS TO THE TABLE. NEEDS A HIGH ATTENDANCE RATE AT COUNCIL MEETINGS, THE MAYOR NEEDS TO HAVE ATTEND TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY EVENTS TO REPRESENT THE CITY. I WAS THE MAYOR IN 2019 AND I REMEMBER THE WORKLOAD OF THAT. IN THE LAST 4 YEARS I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU ARE ABLE OR WILLING TO PUT IN THAT TYPE OF TIME. YOU MOVED TO MOUNT SHASTA AND YOUR ATTENDANCE IS LOWEST AT COUNCIL. YOU MISSED MORE THEN 20 PERCENT OF THE MEETING. YOU DON'T REGULARLY ATTEND LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I ATTEND SOME TO COVER YOUR ABSENCE. YOU DON'T MEET WITH STAFF REGULARLY. YOU TOLD ME YOU DON'T LIKE TO MEET WITH STAFF AHEAD OF TIME BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT THEM PREPARED FOR ANY QUESTIONS. I DONT KNOW OF US WOULD RUN OUR BUSINESS IN SUCH A DYSFUNCTIONAL WAY. YOU VOTE NO WAY TOO OFTEN AND IT IS OKAY BUT YOU BETTER HAVE A VIABLE SOLUTION. I RARELY VOTE NO ON ANYTHING NOT BECAUSE I'M A YES PERSON BUT I WORKED OUT AHEAD OF TIME WITH STAFF. THEY CAN BRING FORWARD AN ITEM AND AMEND IT TO VOTE YES. YOU HAVE TO OFFER VIABLE ALTERNATIVE. WHEN WE COULDN'T RECRUIT (INAUDIBLE) YOU VOTED NO BUT DIDN'T OFFER ALTERNATIVE TO RECRUITMENT OF POLICE. A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT FREQUENTLY VOTES NO TELLS ME THEY ARE DISENGAGED AND NOT MEETING WITH STAFF TO ADDRESS ISSUES. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS REPRESENT THE CITY ITSELF. I WAS THOROUGHLY SICKENED BY THE VIDEO POSTED ON FACEBACK WHERE YOU WERE MOCKING AND RIDICULING HOMELESS FOLKS AS YOU TOURED ILLEGAL ENCAMPMENT. IT WAS SHAMEFUL AND CAST THE CITY COUNCIL IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT. OUR CITIZENS EXPECT YOU TO PUT IN THE WORK, THEY EXPECT THE MAYOR TO LIVE IN REDDING AND COME TO COUNCIL MEETINGS AND BRING FORWARD VIABLE SOLUTIONS AND DESERVE A MAYOR THAT RESPECTS ALL PEOPLE INCLUDING THE HOMELESS. FOR THE SAKE OF OUR CITY, I HOPE I AM PROVEN WRONG. AT THIS TIME HOWEVER I CANNOT SUPPORT YOU TO BE MAYOR OF REDDING. >> ANYTHING ELSE? [APPLAUSE] ANYTHING ELSE MS. WINTER? >> NO. >> HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO TYPE THAT UP? IT IS HELL OF A WAY TO START A NEW YEAR TO HAVE TO LISTEN TO THAT AND THE VOTERS SAID WHAT THE VOTERS SAID. THEY JUDGED NEE ON THAT AND NOTE EVERYBODY VOTED FOR ME. I STILL REPRESENT AND STATE THE REASONS I WANT TO DO THAT. I WILL NOT GET THIN MUD AND ARGUE WITH MS. WINTER BECAUSE IT ISN'T PRODUCTIVE FOR ANYBODY SO THERE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MEZZANO. YOU HAVE A MOTION? >> NO, I DIDN'T MAKE A MOTION. >> MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MEZZANO, ANY OTHER STATEMENTS OR DISCUSSION? >> I LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. >> SURE. >> ONE OF THE NEGATIVES FOR ME AND BENEFITS FOR ME IS I DON'T KNOW EVERYBODY. I DONT KNOW JULIA OR YOU VERY WELL. I MET WITH YOU FOR TWO HOURS AT LEAST AND EVERYBODY I MET WITH ENJOYED IT. I WATCHED A NUMBER OF MEETINGS, SAW THAT YOU ENGAGE IN THOSE MEETINGS I WATCHED. I FEEL LIKE YOU DESERVE A CHANCE. I FEEL LIKE YOU ARE, DON'T KNOW THE RIGHT WORD BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE A SHOT SO AND SECOND THAT MOTION AND I WILL WITH YOU PERSONALLY CHALLENGE YOU WHEN I SEE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE CHALLENGED AND GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO CHALLENGE ME WHEN YOU SEE THINGS-YOU GUYS KNOW THE JOB BETTER THEN I DO AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND I DON'T FOR THIS MOMENT EXCITED TO SECOND THAT MOTION. [APPLAUSE] >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? LET'S TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> OPPOSED? >> NO. PASSING 4-1. [APPLAUSE] >> NEXT ITEM 2E. RESOLUTION HONORING KRISTEN SCHREDER FOR SERVING ON THE REDDING CITY COUNCIL AND I WILL CALL THAT-DO SEPARATELY 2F RESOLUTION HONORING ERIN RESNER. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND. >> HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THOSE RESOLUTIONS. >> I NEED A SECOND >> I WILL SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. FOR MR. TIPPIN IS GOING TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION. I ENJOYED WORKING ON COUNCIL FROM MRS. RESNER AND MRS. SCHREDER. WHILE WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE THAT MAKES A HEALTHY COUNCIL AND WISH THEM ALL THE BEST IN FUTURE ENDEAVORS. EVERYTHING THEY HAVE DONE IS THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY AND WHAT THEY THINK IS A GOOD THING TO DO AND I APPLAUD THEM FOR IT. [APPLAUSE] >> I'LL ASK MAYOR EMERITUS SCHREDER TO JOIN ME UP HERE. NORMALLY YOU ARE OVER THERE BUT SOMETIMES UP HERE. SO, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS TO PRESENT TONIGHT. FIRST OFF WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT YOU WITH YOUR SECOND MAYOR'S GAVEL. WHEN WE HAVE A OUTGOING MAYOR WE LIKE TO REMIND THEM THEY ONCE WIELDED THE GREAT MALLET OF POWER SO THEY CAN HANG THIS ON THEIR WALL AND FOR MAYOR SCHREDER SHE CAN HANG TWO OF THEM. BEFORE I DO THE NEXT ONE I WANT TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE RESOLUTION THAT JUST GOT PASSED BECAUSE IT HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION IN IT AND I WON'T READ ALL OF IT. IS SMALL PRINT AND VERY LONG BUT GUESSING MANY OF YOU WILL NOT GO ONLINE AND DOWNLOAD THIS AND READ IT FOR YOURSELVES SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU HEAR SOME OF THIS. SO, COUNCIL MEMBER SCHREDER CAME ON TO THE COUNCIL IN DECEMBER OF 2014 AND OF COURSE IS EXITING COUNCIL TODAY. DURING THAT TERM SHE IS MAYOR TWICE AND FOR ME PERSONALLY SHE'S BEEN THE ONE CONSTANTS SINCE I HAVE BEEN A CITY MANAGER ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WINTER. MAYOR SCHREDER WAS THE MAYOR DURING CAR FIRE AND AS EVERYBODY RECALLS THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE DIFFICULT TIME FOR US IN THIS COMMUNITY AND I KNOW THAT WAS ESPECIALLY TRAUMATIC FOR THOSE WHO LOST HOMES. IT WAS A VERY TENSE AND DYNAMIC TIME IN CITY GOVERNMENT AS WE TRIED TO FIGURE HOW WE WERE GOING TO GET OUR CITY FROM THE POINT OF DESTRUCTION TO THE POINT OF HEALING. THE MAYOR WAS AMAZING FOR ME AS A CITY MANAGER. SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE TO SUPPORT WHAT WE WERE DOING. SHE WAS AT EVERY SINGLE MEETING WE NEEDED HER TO BE AT. SHE WAS BEYOND TIRELESS IN HER EFFORTS AND ALL THE TIME WHILE SHE WAS HAVING HER HOME THREATENED AND EVACUATED. IT WAS AN AMAZING FEAT OF A MAYOR AND I WANT TO MENTION THAT. SOME ITEMS THAT WE LISTED HERE IS SHE HAD A TREMENDOUS INPUT INTO AND THIS DOES NOT BY ANY MEANS HIT ALL OF THE ITEMS, BUT SOME OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT ONES, NURPON OPEN SPACE. RIVER CROSSING PLACE, KNOWN AS COSTCO. GARDEN OF LIGHTS, DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION, CRITICAL RESPONSE TEAM, THE CERT TEAM. THE DECLARATION OF HOUSING CRISIS. THE EMERGENCY HOUSING SITES THAT WE ARE WORKING ON. SOCCER PARKS RENOVATION. CALDWELL BIKE PARK AND SKATE PARK. TWO ITEMS I KNOW SHE IS VERY VERY PROUD OF, INCREASED STAFFING IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL WE EVER HAD IN THE CITY OF REDDING. LIKEWISE, THE FIRST TIME EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY REDDING WE HAVE THREE FIREFIGHTERS ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE APPARATUS AND I KNOW SHE IS VERY VERY PROUD OF THAT. [APPLAUSE] I WANT TO MENTION SOME OF THOSE THINGS SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL MAKING HAPPEN ALONG WITH HER COLLEAGUES ON THE DAIS. THAT IS WHAT THAT RESOLUTION IS. WE ARE NOT DONE. CLOCK. WE HAVE THE INFAMOUS CLOCK AND HAPPY YOU CAME OUT TO WITNESS THIS VERY EVENT. THIS IS A TIME HONORED TRADITION PUNT INTENDED. IT JUST REALLY REPRESENTS ALL OF THE TIME THAT KRISTEN PUT INTO SERVING OUR CITY AND IN SOME FASHION WE GIVE HER TIME BACK. THIS IS A CLOCK THAT WE ALWAYS PROVIDED TO NOT ONLY OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS BUT OUR RETIREES AS THEY LEAVE CITY EMPLOY. YOU GOT YOUR CLOCK. [APPLAUSE] AND WE HAVE DONE SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR. WE GIVE SMALL TOKENS FOR OUR OUTGOING COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING FROM THESE GIANT THINGS YOU HANG ON THE WALL WE FIND THAT PROBABLY END UP IN THE ATTIC OR THE GARAGE FOR THE MOST PART. FEW YEARS AGO WE DID THESE-WHAT DO YOU CALL THEM? NOT THE DIAGRAMS. THE 3D. THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE. DIORAMA. WE THINK THEY SUFFER A SIMILAR FATE. THIS YEAR WHAT WE DID IS PUT TOGETHER A PHOTO ALBUM TO REPRESENT HER 8 YEARS ON COUNCIL AND TRY TO CAPTURE KEY EVENTS AND YES HER BOOK HAS MORE PAGES THEN ERIN'S TO REPRESENT THE 8 YEAR OF SERVICE SHE HAD SO I WANT YOU TO HAVE YOUR BOOK THERE AND LET ME CHECK MY ITEMS HERE. SO, THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE TO PROVIDE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE OTHERS WHO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE. COMMUNITY SERVICES HAS SOMETHING TO PROVIDE, SO WE'LL INVITE THEM UP. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAD-KIM NEIMER DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND HAD THE PLEASURE WORKING WITH KRISTEN FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE HER CITY TIME. I ALWAYS ADMIRED ABOUT KRISTEN IS HER DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE WHETHER ON THE REDDING SCHOOL BOARD, THE HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE CITY COUNCIL. NO ONE PREPARES AS MUCH AS KRISTEN AND SHE BRINGS IN ALL THIS OUTSIDE RESEARCH AND CONNECTIONS. YOUR WORK ON THE HOMELESS ISSUES REALLY SET THE FOUNDATION FOR THE WORK WE ARE DOING NOW, BUT SHE IS THE LIAISON TO OUR DEPARTMENT AND TO OUR COMMISSION AND SO BECAUSE WE ARE THE FUN AND CREATIVE DEPARTMENT, WE ARE PRESENTING YOU WITH THIS MOSAIC TILE. I HAVE TO TAKE IT BACK AND FINISH IT, BUT IT IS ALL MOST DONE. AND YOU TOO CAN MAKE A MOSAIC BY TAKING A CLASS CLOUGH REDDING RECREATION. A LITTLE PLUG. THANK YOU VERY MUCH KRISTEN. [APPLAUSE] >> I BELIEVE BRUCE ROSS. BRUCE IS NOT HERE. THEY HAVE A PLAQUE FROM SENATOR (INAUDIBLE) OFFICE AS WELL TO PRESENT TO KRISTEN. I WILL FINISH A FEW WORDS AND ECHO WHAT DIRECTOR NEIMER JUST SAID. I HAD A INTERESTING STORY JUST ARE THIS WEEK ABOUT PREPAREDNESS SO I HAD A MEETING WITH KRISTEN MONDAY AND YOU NOTE SHE IS NOT GOING TO SIT UP THERE FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING AND READ THE ENTIRE AGENDA PACKETS AND ASKED ME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT SO TRUE DEDICATION THROUGH AND THROUGH AND WE WILL MISS YOU AND ASSUME YOU WANT TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS AS WELL. >> SURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY WHO ARE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT. MY DAUGHTER ANDREA, SON BRISON AND SON IN LAW AND STEP SON ZANE. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY ON CITY COUNCIL (INAUDIBLE) ENJOYED TIME WORKING WITH STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AT MY RECENT STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS I SHARED MY BELIEF THAT REDDING IS WHERE HOPE MOVES US FORWARD. I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON ISSUES THAT HELP THE MOST VULNERABLE AND UNSHELTERED COMMUNITY MEMBERS BECAUSE IT IS MORALLY RESPONSIBLE AND NOT A CAMPAIGN PITCH. I WILL ALSO WORK WITH YOUTH TO PROMOTE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN REDDING. I HAVE TWICE BROUGHT ATTENTION DURING MY 2018 AND 2022 STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESSES ABOUT THE ISSUES OF ACES, ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING A CARING AND CONSISTENT ADULT TO HELP CHILDREN THRIVE. IT IS WHEN WE ALL BECOME PART OF THE SOLUTION THAT REAL CHANGE AND IMPACT IS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> I JUST HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING. KRISTEN I ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU THE LAST 6 YEARS YOU TAUGHT ME SO MUCH AND I'LL MISS YOU. I CAN'T THINK OF SOMEONE WHO PUT IN MORE WORK THEN YOU DO. MUCH OF WHAT YOU DO IS BEHIND THE SCENES, THE PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW WHAT SHE DOES BUT WHEN I THINK OF 18 DIFFERENT THINGS WE ARE DOING REGARDING HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY MUCH WAS DRIVEN BY WHAT SHE HAS DONE SO I THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WISH YOU THE BEST IN THE NEXT PART OF YOUR JOURNEY. I KNOW YOU WILL BE AROUND MAKING OUR COMMUNITY BETTER AND I WILL CALL YOU ON THE LATE NIGHT CALLS AGAIN. THANKS. [APPLAUSE] >> I WILL INVITE MAYOR EMERITUS ERIN RESNER TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE. [APPLAUSE] SHE DOESN'T GET A GAVEL. SHE ALREADY HAS ONE. SO, WE HAVE SIMILAR RESOLUTION AND I'LL TOUCH ON A FEW THINGS. OF COURSE ERIN WAS ON COUNCIL FROM 2018 TO TONIGHT BUT PRIOR TO THAT SPENT MANY YEARS DOING THINGS FOR REDDING ESPECIALLY ON COMMUNITY SERVICE ADVISORY COMMISSION WHERE SHE WAS A DRIVING FORCE BETWEEN MANY THINGS OR FOR MANY THINGS. SOME ITEMS WE HIGHLIGHTED TO RECOGNIZE HER FOR ALL AND HER EFFORTS AND DEFINITELY MADE IMPACT IN MAKING THINGS HAPPEN, SOME ARE THE SAME AND SOME ARE NOT. ONE THING WE IDENTIFIED IS PICKLEBALL COURTS. THAT GOES TO WHAT SHE HAS DONE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER AND PRE-WORK AS A CSAC MEMBER DRIVING SOME OF THOSE ITEMS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. HIGH SPEED FIBER BROADBAND WHICH WE ARE WORKING ON OF COURSE COSTCO. DOWNTOWN REDDING REVITALIZATION, (INAUDIBLE) SKATE PARK. AIR SERVICE ENHANCEMENTS THAT OCCURRED OUT AT THE AIRPORT. THOSE WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO COUNCIL MEMBER RESNER. INCREASE STAFFING AND POLICE AND FIRE. YOU CAN APPLAUD AGAIN. [APPLAUSE] AND THEN OUR DIESEL HORSE DOWNTOWN BIKE PATH AN INCREDIBLE ADDITION TO RECREATIONAL AMENITIES ERIN WORKED ON FOR THE VAST MANY YEARS. I ALSO LIKE TO ADD ERIN WAS THE MAYOR IN STARTING IN DECEMBER OF 20 AND SO LIKE KRISTEN DEALING WITH THE EMERGENCY OF CAR FIRE, ERIN HAD TO DEAL WITH AFTERMATH AND THE PLANNING FOR HOW WE GET OUT OF THE COVID PANDEMIC AND SHUTDOWNS AND FOR ME SHE WAS A ROCK TO LEAN ON. SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE TO PROVIDE INPUT FOR ME TO RUN THINGS OFF HER LIKE HOW WE OPEN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS BACK UP AND WE STILL ACTUALLY HAVE SOME OF THESE DISTANCE MARKERS ON THE FLOOR WHICH AS I SEE NOW I WILL HAVE THEM TAKEN UP I THINK. ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND YOU DON'T THINK THAT TYPE OF MINUTIA WHEN YOU DEAL WITH GOVERNMENT AND YET WE DEAL WITH THOSE EVERY SINGLE DAY AND HAVING A MAYOR WHO IS SO SMART, SO ABLE TO SEE A SOLUTION THAT IS MAYBE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU BUT YOU CAN'T SEE IT BUT ERIN CAN SO SHE WAS JUST A AWESOME MAYOR AND I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL FOR HER ASSISTANCE THROUGH THAT PERIOD OF TIME. SHE TOO GETS A CLOCK. SO WE WANT TO HONOR HER TIME JUST LIKE HE HONORED US WITH HER TIME. SHE HAS A CLOCK. AND OF COURSE SHE HAS A PHOTO ALBUM. A FEW LESS PAGES. ANYWAY, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALSO THAT SENATOR DOLLY WOULD LIKELY HAVE A CERTIFICATE BUT NOT HERE TODAY AND WE ALSO HAVE A GIFT FROM COMMUNITY SERVICES. >> WE GOT ERIN OFF TO A GOOD START AT COMMUNITY SERVICE ADVISORY COMMISSION AND ONE OTHER-MANY OTHER BUT ERIN AND CHRIS THROUGH DUTCH BROS ARE THE LEADING SPONSOR AT THE COMMUNITY CREEK CLEANUP AND THE WAY THAT WE ENTICE OUR HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS IS OFFER DUTCH BROS AT THE END OF THE EVENT AND MOST COME FOR THAT. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND TRADITION AND JUST AS BARRY MENTIONED ERIN CAN SYNTHESIZE THINGS SO QUICKLY AND HER COMMENTS AND REACTIONS ARE CONCISE AND CLEAR AND TO THE POINT AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THE WISDOM YOU BRING AND THE EXCITEMENT FOR ME TO HAVE A MOM WITH SCHOOL AGE KIDS, WE HAVE SEEN ALL YOUR LITTLES GROW UP IN FRONT OF US TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE FOR THEM TO SEE YOU AND FOR OTHER WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE YOU RAISING YOUR FAMILY AND HOLDING A LEADERSHIP POSITION, IT IS INSPIRING AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MORE GOOD WORK FROM YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> AS KIM SAID, I LIKE TO BE CONCISE AND I WAS RATHER EMOTIONAL WHILE KRISTEN WAS TALKING SO I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE A SPEECH AND BE REALLY EMOTIONAL. KIM YOU MENTIONED I HAVE THREE CHILDREN WHILE SERVING AS CSAC AND PREGNANT DURING MY TIME ON THE COUNCIL AND ARE THEN NURSED A BABY ON THE DAIS SO I HAVE RAISED CHILDREN IN THESE CHAMBERS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO STAFF. YOU HAVE BEEN GRACIOUS AND KIND EVERY SINGLE QUESTION THAT I HAVE ASKED OR PUSHED BACK OR ASKED HOW FAR WE CAN PUSH THE ENVELOPE SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DON'T THINK YOU GET ENOUGH CREDIT AND SIMILAR TO THE THINGS ACCOMPLISHED ON COUNCIL OFTEN GOING UNRECOGNIZED. I JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. AS NOW MAYOR DEQUISTO SAID WE HAVE HAD A HOUR LAST 4 YEARS WE HAD A INCREDIBLE-I WORKED WITH INCREDIBLE COUNCILS WHO EVEN THOUGH WE DISAGREED WE WERE ABLE TO PRESS FORWARD AND ACCOMPLISH A LOT OF WORK AND I AM VERY HUMBLED AND GRATEFUL TO HAVE WORKED WITH SUCH INCREDIBLE FOLKS. NO PRESSURE BUT YOU GUYS GOT THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY COMMUNITY AND TO MY FAMILY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> NOW HONORABLE MAYOR IF I CAN ANNOUNCE 5 TO 10 MINUTES BREAK SO THAT THERE CAN BE PICTURES. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE FOR POSTERITY OR THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO MIGHT WANT TO TAKE PICTURES WITH THEIR FAMILY SO WE WILL READJOURN BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MINUTES AT THE MAYOR'S DISCRETION. [RECESS] [MEETING RECONVENED] >> EVERYBODY GOT THEIR PARTY TIME IN AND GET THE PICTURES THEY NEED TAKEN? YES, GOOD. NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENT. FOR NON AJENDIZED MATTER. PURSUANT TO THE TIME. IF YOU WANT TALK ON PUBLIC COMMENT FILL OUT A BLUE CARD IN THE BACK AND BRING IT UP TO THE CLERK. MR. BOLECKI. ALEX BOLECKI. I WILL TELL YOU WHO IS FALLOWED. IT LOOKS LIKE DAU. IS THERE A DAU IN HERE? DALE. IS THAT DALE? I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT. AND THEN THE THIRD ONE WILL BE STEVEN. IS ALEX HERE OR DID HE LEAVE? ALEX LEFT? CAN'T HAVE A MEETING WITHOUT ALEX. OKAY. COME UP DALE. AND THEN STEVEN AND THEN JASON MILLER. >> NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF, FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WELCOME THE NEW MEMBERS. HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HAVE A GOOD 4 YEARS. WOW, JULIE THAT WAS EMBARRASSING. WAY TO START THE NEW COUNCIL. CRIME. I THINK THE CITIZENS SPOKE LOUD AND CLEAR THEY WANT HONESTY, THEY WANT TRANSPARENCY THIS LAST ELECTION AND THEY WANT TO TAKE COIR CARE OF THE CRIME PROBLEM. LET'S GET PAST THE ILLEGAL LAND DEALS AND TAKE CARE OF THIS CRIME. WHEN I GET CALLS LATE AT NIGHT TO HELP PEOPLE BOARD UP WINDOWS IT IS GETTING RIDICULOUS. YOU CAN GO UNDER THE BRIDGE AND WE GOT 15 TO 20 CRIMINALS HANGING OUT TERRORIZING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. THERE IS PROBABLY THIRD MORE BEHIND [STREAMING CUT OUT] THE POLICE STATION. WE GOT TO GET A GRIP ON THE OUT OF CONTROL CRIME. WE WILL NEVER HAVE GREAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHEN THIS CLOSES. WE HAD THREE RESTAURANTS IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS CLOSE DOWN. PROFIT MARGINS ARE SO SMALL WHEN YOU START HAVING TO PAY FOR REPAIR TO YOUR BUSINESS THERE IS NOTHING LEFT FOR THE OWNER. YOU PAY EMPLOYEES, PAY VENDORS AND YOUR LEASE AND THERE IS NOTHING LEFT FOR YOU. WE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND HOPING THIS NEW COUNCIL HITS THE GROUND RUNNING. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> I SEE ALEX BOLECKI IS BACK IN THE ROOM SO WE'LL LET HIM GO NEXT. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. YOU COULD HAVE GONE FIRST, BUT YOU WERE OUT. >> I WAS GETTING A LITTLE AIR. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, COUNCIL, I AM NORMALLY SPEAK A LITTLE OFF THE CUFF AND ABOUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT YOUR HEALTH. YEAH. AND OXYGEN DEPRIVATION. KIND OF LIKE SLEEP DEPRIVATION AND YOU GET UP CRABBY AND EVERYTHING ALL DAY, BUT OXYGEN DEPRIVATION EFFECTS YOU A LOT DIFFERENTLY. HOW YOUR BODY HEALS, HOW WALK AND HOW YOU TALK. TO DEPRIVE SOMEBODY OF OXYGEN IS LIKE POISONING SOMEONE. WHY WERE WE NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS WITH COVID? WHY? BECAUSE IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. YOU WANT SOME REALLY BAD CRIME GOING DOWN, WHY? OXYGEN DEPRIVATION IS PART OF IT. PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL POOR BEHAVIOR IS WHAT OXYGEN DEPRIVATION DOES. NOW, YOU COMING BACK WITH THE MASK THING. I KNOW. ANYBODY THAT DOES THAT TO THEIR CHILDREN YOU MINE AS WELL JUST BE POISONING THEM BY DEPRIVING OF THE ONE THING THEY NEED, OXYGEN AND THEN LOVE AND IF YOU ARE NOT GIVING THEM THE OXYGEN YOU AIN'T GIVING THEM THE LOVE TO LIVE. LOOK TO OUR GOVERNMENT. OKAY. SUBMARINES, FROG MAN, ANYTHING TO DO WITH PRESSURIZED OXYGEN, YOU GO INTO A MINE, ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIGS, THEY HAVE ALL THESE PRESSURES AND DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT OXYGEN. WITH YOU TAKE AWAY OXYGEN FROM THE CHILDREN THAT'S MESSED UP. YOU MINES A WELL JUST SLAMMING THEM WITH POISON. BUT NOW THE NEXT THING IS ABOUT THE OXYGEN DEPRIVATION AFTER YOU GET COVID. HOW THINGS ARE A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO BREATHE. ALL THE UNUSUAL DISEASES ARE COMING BACK. THINGS YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF IN A LONG TIME. THAT'S BECAUSE WE ARE ALTERING OUR DNA. HOW YOU BREATHE, HOW YOU WALK, HOW YOU TALK IS IMPORTANT. YOU GUYS TAKE CARE. >> THANK YOU MR. BOLECKI. NEXT IS STEVEN. FALLOWED BY JASON MILLER FOLLOWED BY ANNA CRANFILL. >> SO, JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MAYOR DEQUISTO COUNCILWOMAN DEAD AND COUNCIL MEMBER MUNNS. TO SIGH SAY IT IS GREAT TO SEE THIS MANY PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE. THE SECOND THING, IT WAS VERY NICE TO HEAR THAT LITTLE RUMBLE OF ALL THE VOICES SAYING THE PLEDGE. IT IS USUALLY A LOT SPARSEER THEN THAT. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE CITY CLERK PAM MAZE. I BELIEVE I WAS THE ONLY ONE WITH THE UPMOST CONFIDENCE SHE WOULD CLEAN THE FIELD. AS I SPOKE ON WITH THE MEASURE BALLOT, NOBODY WAS GOING TO TOUCH HER, AND I WAS RIGHT. I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED IN WHAT YOU SAID COUNCILWOMAN WINTER. LOW ATTENDANCE, HE MIGHT HAVE SAID HOMELESS, VARIOUS OTHER THINGS, I'M NOT SURE OF ALL OF IT BUT HE GOT SOMETHING RIGHT, HE GOT THE LAND DEAL THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR THE CITY TOO WELL AND WENT TO COURT AND WE LOST. HOW MUCH MONEY WAS SPENT PREPARING FOR THAT LAND DALE DEAL AND COURT COST AND ALL OF IT BUT YOU WANT TO DENY HIM BEING MAYOR YET YOU DIDN'T MENTION FIRING CITY ATTORNEY OR CITY MANAGER WHO WERE ALL ON BORD WITH IT. I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED BUT YOURSELF IN DEFENSE OF MEASURE A THAT FAILED SAID IF WE DO SOMETHING WRONG WE CAN ALWAYS GET RID OF THEM AND FIRE THEM. THEY WERE WRONG ON THIS ONE. THEY WILL BE RIGHT ON OTHER THINGS. NOBODY IS PERFECT. THEY GET IT RIGHT, THEY GET IT WRONG, BUT WHEN YOU TRY TO USE SOMETHING LIKE THAT LIKE HE SAID THIS OR DONE THAT OR HASN'T BEEN AT THIS MANY OR THAT MANY MEETINGS HE GOT A BIG ONE RIGHT AND YOU DIDN'T MISS ONE THING HE GOT WRONG. NOT BEING AT A MEETING DOESN'T COUNT AS WRONG. YOU DIDN'T LIST A VOTE HE TOOK WHERE HE WAS LIKE HE GOT THAT WRONG. HE DIDN'T LISTEN TO US AND TRIED TO TALK TO HIM. BUT AGAIN WITH THAT MEASURE FAILING I HOPE THE COUNCIL WILL GET BACK TO WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT, WHICH IS BETTER STREETS, BETTER SECURITY, LESS HOMELESSNESS. BETTER WATER SUPPLY, BETTER WATER STORAGE. ALL THOSE THINGS THAT EFFECT THE ACTUAL CITIZENS, NOT SOME CON TEST WHO SHOULD BE THE CITY CLERK OR CITY TREASURER. THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF. THE CITY CLERK AND TREASURER WILL GET REELECTED TO THAT JOB AS LONG AS THEY WANT TO AND QUALIFIED AND DONE THE JOB A NUMBER OF YEARS. NOT ONE I HEARD HAD A COMPLAINT ABOUT THEM SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU STEVEN. JASON MILLER. FOLLOWED BY ANNA CRANFILL, FALLOWED BY ROBERT TRIGAR. >> FIRST OFF I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. MY NAME IS JASON MILLER. WIFE AND I ARE PROUD OWNERS OF LUCKY (INAUDIBLE) PUNT INTENDED WE ARE STONE THROW AWAY FROM THE CHAMBER. THE REASON THEY ARE LAUGHING IS BECAUSE WE HAD OUR WINDOWS BROKEN OUT THREE TIMES IN THE FIRST YEAR IN THE NEW LOCATION. THE LOCATION WE MOVED FROM WAS OFF EL RENO LANE. PEOPLE KNOW THE AREA. THE COPS TOLD I WAS CRAZY OPENING UP A RESTAURANT IN THAT AREA. WE THRIVED. WE ARE WAY ABOVE AND BEYOND COMMUNITY SERVICE IN THE RESTAURANT. WE HAVE DONATED TIME MY WIFE AND I, TIME AND EFFORT TO THIS COMMUNITY FOR THE FIRES TO THE HOMELESS AND SO ON. WE HAVE DONATED PLENTY TIME AND PEOPLE HAVE EXPECTATIONS WHEN THEY COME TO ME AND SAY WE NEED YOUR HELP. I TAKE MY EXPECTATIONS AND PUT THEM ABOVE AND BEYOND. HERE'S WHAT I'M NOT ASKING, MY EXPECTATIONS OF THE NEW CITY COUNCIL IS HELP THE BUSINESSES WITH THIS CRIME. IT IS OUT OF CONTROL. YOU SEE IT EVERY DAY ON FACEBOOK AND ON THE NEWS. IT'S OUT OF CONTROL. US RESTAURANTS AND APPRECIATE DALE SAYING THAT BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONE THAT SHOWED UP AT 11:30 ON A FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER THANKSGIVING TO HELP ME REPLACE MY WINDOW. THAT IS WHAT THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY DO FOR EACH OTHER. THE EXPECTATIONS OF THIS NEW BOARD HELP US. I HAVE GONE OUT OF MY WAY TO HELP THE COMMUNITY OUT. THE FIRES I DONATED TWO SEMIS. THE WEED FIRE, WE DONATED TWO TRUCKS TO THAT. SO, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW SEATS. PLEASE LOOK OUT FOR US AS COMMUNITY. WE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND I EXPECT IT FROM YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> SHE HAD A PICTURE SHE WANTED TO SHOW BUT OUR EQUIPMENT ISN'T WORKING AT THIS TIME SO I HAVE THE PICTURE AND I WILL SEND IT TO YOU. TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TOMORROW. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING. I SCHEDULED ON MY OWN CALENDAR TO COME TONIGHT ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO OVER A CONCERN I HAD. I DID NOT KNOW THE NIGHT WAS NEW MEMBERS WERE GOING TO BE SWORN IN. CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR NEW POSITIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO. I DIDN'T KNOW SOUTH CITY PARK WOULD BE DISCUSSED TONIGHT AND PROBABLY WHY THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE. MY FIRST THING IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND VERY DANGEROUS AND I THOUGHT ABOUT CALLING THIS CITY ROADS DEPARTMENT BUT I CAN'T SEE IT GETTING CAUGHT IN THE SHUFFLE. THERE IS A CROSSWALK ON THE CORNER OF PLACER AND CONTINENTAL AND ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER IS SHASTA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER AND ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER IS THE PARKING FOR THAT. THAT PARTICULAR CROSSWALK IS IS DETERIORATING TO A DANGER POINT. THERE ARE PEOPLE WALKING ON WALKERS CANES AND WHEELCHAIRS AND NOTICE SINCE MIDDLE SUMMER. THIS HASN'T HAPPEN IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS BECAUSE OF RAIN BUT THE DETERIORATION ACCELERATED. I'M CONCERNED OF SOMEONE FALLING AND GETTING HIT IN THE CROSS WALK BECAUSE IT IS SO DANGEROUS SO I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION MAYBE IT CAN GET TO THE TOP OF THE LIST OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. I KNOW THERE ARE MANY MANY MILES OF ROADS IN REDDING THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF BUT THIS IS A WIDELY DAILY USED CROSSWALK. THAT WAS THE FIRST SAFETY CONCERN. THE SECOND IS LONG-TERM ONE. I LIVE ON SOUTH PARK OFF PARK MARINA AND SEE A LOT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO LOVE TO WALK IN THAT AREA AND THEY ARE TRYING TO CROSS PARK MARINA. THIS ONE WOULD BE A LONG-TERM SOLUTION IF IT IS POSSIBLE. MANY OF US HAVE TALKED ABOUT IF ONE OF THOSE PUSH THE BUTTON STOP SIGNS LIKE THEY HAVE ON CYPRESS COULD BE INSTALLED FOR PEOPLE TO CROSS PARK MARINA BECAUSE IT IS A DANGEROUS STREET TO CROSS. THAT'S NOT IMMINENT, BUT COULD BE DANGEROUS. THE ONE ON PLACER AND CONTINENTAL I THINK IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE SOMEBODY EITHER VERY BADLY HURT OR KILLED ON IT. SO, I JUST WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MR. TIPPIN. COULD WE HAVE MR. AUCKLAND GET IN TOUCH OR HAVE A LOOK AT IT. >> HE IS TAKING NOTES. ON PARK MARINA THERE IS A STUDY GOING ON NOW ABOUT THE TRAFFIC IN THE WORKS, IS THAT RIGHT MR. TIPPIN.? >> ASSOCIATED SOMEWHAT WITH THE SPECIFIC PLAN UPDATE. WE ARE DOING LOOKING AT HOW WE MIGHT REALIGN THAT OR DO A ROAD DIET WHICH TAKE THE 4 LANE STRETCH TO TWO LANE AND ADD ADDITIONAL BIKE FACILITIES. MR. AUCKLAND CAN PROVIDE A LOT OF INFORMATION REGARDING THAT. >> THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU THIS EVENING. >> YOU ARE VERY WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING TO OUR ATTENTION. [APPLAUSE] ROBERT TRIGUARD FALLOWED BY DONALD CANE. >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME ABOARD TO NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. I REALIZE I'M PROBABLY A BROKEN RECORD BUT AS MR. MILLER SAID HE'S HAVING ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS AS WELL AS HIS NEIGHBORS IN THE SHOPPER CENTER WITH THE HOMELESS. I ARE LIKE I SAID DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD, BUT ONE OF MY PET PEEVES IS THAT I THINK WE CAN START GETTING A HANDLE ON THAT IF WE WORK TOGETHER WITH OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES IN SACRAMENTO TO REPEAL THE ACT OF 1967 SIGNED INTO LAW BY THEN RON ALD REAGAN. HALF THE PEOPLE WE CALL HOMELESS ARE HAVING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND WITHOUT ADEQUATE PLACE TO PUT THEM IN WHERE THEY CAN GET THE HELP THEY NEED THE PROBLEM WILL CONTINUE TO SPIRAL OUT OF CONTROL. THERE IS NO ONE SIZE FITS ALL ANSWER AND I'M WILLING TO OFFER MY TAKE ON THE MATTER AND I NOW HAVE THE TIME NOW THAT I'M RETIRED AND BUSIER WHEN I WAS WORKING FOR OUTGOING COUNCIL MEMBERS BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR BECAUSE YOU JUST MAY GET IT. ANYWAY, LIKE I SAID, THERE IS ALL SORTS OF THINGS BUT I FEEL IT WOULD HELP ALLEVIATE IT, BUT THE PROBLEM IS, WE GOT TO START WITH SOMETHING THAT MAY NOT BE POLITICALLY TOLERABLE WHICH IS GETTING RID OF (INAUDIBLE) AND START BUILDING MORE FACILITIES FOR FOLKS WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND PUT THEM IN A LOCK DOWN STATUS AND FORGET ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHT BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED FROM PEOPLE WHO CANT HELP THEMSELVES AND BELIEVE ME, I HAD RECENT EXPERIENCES IN THAT AREA THAT UNFORTUNATELY IS A MATTER OF HONOR CAN'T PUBLICLY SPECIFY WHAT THEY ARE, BUT HAPPY TO VENT OFF THE RECORD IF ANYBODY IS SO INCLINED AND YOU CAN CATCH UP WITH ME AND GET MY CARD AND WE CAN TALK LATER. LIKE I SAID, I FEEL IF WE GET THE NOB NAB ACT APPEALED AND BUILD NEWER FACILITIES FOR THE HOMELESS AND PUT THEM INTO LOCK DOWN SITUATIONS AND GET THE HELP THEY NEED AT LEAST IT COULD BE A GIANT STEP FORWARD AND BETTER THEN THE MISTAKE MY PARENTS GENERATION MADE AS THE SILENT MAJORITY STANDING BY AS THE SILENT MAJORITY WHEN RONALD REAGAN SIGNED THE ACT INTO LAW. I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BACK THEN BUT ONLY 7 YEARS OLD SO COULDN'T DO A WHOLE LOT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WELCOME ABOARD ONCE AGAIN TO THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MR. DACQUISTO AND HIS NEW ROLE AS MAYOR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [CLAPPING] >> MR. DONALD CANE FALLOWED BY BRENDA FOLLOWED BY SUSAN MURRAY. >> I AM HERE TO BEAT THE SAME DEAD HORSE THAT PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE ELSE IS. LIKE JASON I ALSO OWN A BUSINESS THAT IS A STONE THROW AWAY AND WE WERE BURGLARIZED THANKSGIVING. WE DID KEEP THE STONE IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT. THIS IS SECOND TIME IN TWO YEARS BURGLARIZE SAID. WE ARE CYPRESS SQUARE. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE EFFECTIVE CHANGE HAPPEN. I MADE THE DECISION, WE HAVE A SECOND LOCATION, WE CHOSE TO PUT IN PAL SEED ROW. THE ONLY OTHER AREA IN TOWN THAT WOULD HAVE WORKED WAS LAKE BOULEVARD AND GET ENOUGH ROCKS THROUGH THE WINDOWS AROUND HERE. I AM ALSO A INSULATION CONTRACTOR. THE COMPANY I WORK WITH WE HAVE PURCHASED THE BUILDING ON ANGLO STREET DOWN THE ROAD FROM HERE AND I EXPECT TO HAVE MANY MANY PROBLEMS THERE UNTIL THE CITY TAKES SOME EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO DEALING WITH ALL THE CRIME HAPPENING. WE WERE-THE PERSON THAT BROKE INTO THE SALON BROKE IN ABOUT 215 IN THE MORNING AT 10 A.M. THAT SAME DAY THE CASE WAS WRITTEN CLOSED. NO INVESTIGATIVE WORK DONE. THE OFFICER ASSIGNED TO THE CASE DID NOTHING AND ON CAMERA POINTING OUT HERE IS A SECURITY CAMERA. MADE NO ATTEMPT TO GARNER THE FOOTAGE. I ARE HAD TO GET THAT FROM THE NEIGHBOR, RUN THROUGH FACEBOOK, AND ALL THE SOLUTIONS THAT BOTH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I READ MR. MEZZANO'S COMMENTS TO (INAUDIBLE) ALL THOSE SOLUTIONS INVOLVE US DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM. WE HAVE PRIVATE SECURITY, DIDN'T WORK. WE CAN'T SPEND MONEY ON SECURITY MEASURES OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I SUPPOSE WE CAN LAY OFF A EMPLOYEE AND DIRECT THEIR SALARY TO SPENDING MORE SECURITY BUT US IMPROVING SECURITY MAKES THE NEIGHBORS A TARGET. IT ISN'T A PROBLEM. THAT IS A SUGGESTION POLICE GAVE, IF YOU BECOME A MORE DIFFICULT TARGET THE NEIGHBORS BUSINESSES THEY CHOOSE THOSE BUSINESSES INSTEAD AND AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER I DON'T FIND THAT EFFECTIVE SOLUTION, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IF YOU GUYS IN YOUR COMING TERM WOULD APPROACH THIS WITH GRAVITY. THIS IS SERIOUS. I SAY THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN REDDING THAT IS ON EVERYONE'S MIND IS CRIME, AND AS SOMEONE WHO HAS CHOSEN TO PUT A BUSINESS OUTSIDE THE CITY, I DON'T KNOW WHY SOMEONE WOULD WANT TO OPEN A BUSINESS IN REDDING WITH THE AMOUNT OF BREAK-INS HAPPENING AND THE POLICE ARE DOING NOTHING. I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE STAFFING ISSUES BUT THAT ISN'T THE COMMUNITY PROBLEM, THAT IS YOUR PROBLEM SO WE LIKE TO SEE THAT EFFECTIVELY APPROACHED. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. NEXT IS BRENDA, FALLOWED BY SUSAN MURRAY, FALLOWED BY ANTHONY ORTIZ. >> I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT SITTING ON THE BOARD ANYMORE. (INAUDIBLE) OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS WHILE YOU SAT ON THE COUNCIL WE LOST 2 MORE HOMELESS WOMEN WHO ARE NOT CRIMINALS AND TRYING TO GET THROUGH ANOTHER DAY ON TOP OF THE COUNTLESS LIVES LOST IN THE HOMELESS COMMUNITIES BECAUSE OUR YOUR MATERIALISTIC WANTS NOT NEEDS. YOU VIOLATED THE (INAUDIBLE) NO APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR THEM TO GO AT NIGHT AND NO (INAUDIBLE) ANY TYPE OF CENTER. AUGUST 2 THE BOARD APPROVED TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH UNNAMED PROVIDER AND AUGUST 12 JULIE AND ERIN STOOD BY AND WATCHED ONE OF THE BIGGEST HOMELESS SWEEPS WITHOUT THE ORGANIZATIONS IN PLACE TO HELP THE HOMELESS NAVIGATE TO SAFE APPROPRIATE PLACE. THE PROVIDER THAT APPEARS TO BE THE NO BOUNDARIES TRANSITIONAL HOUSING DID NOT OPEN TILL SEPTEMBER WITH LIMITED NUMBER OF BEDS AT THE BRIDGE HOTEL THAT NORMALLY HOUSE DRUG ADDICTS AND CRIMINALS. THIS BOARD APPROVED TO SPEND $300 THOUSAND FOR 6 MONTH ACCORDING TO THE SHASTA SCOUT THERE IS MORE LIKELY NO PLACE FOR THESE PEOPLE TO BE HOUSED AFTER THEY FINISH THE PROBLEM THAT LADY THAT RUNS THAT COULD NOT NAME. THERE IS ALSO NON DISCLOSURE FORM YOU HAVE TO SIGN LEAVING NO TRANSPARENCY ABOUT THE WRAP AROUND SERVICE AND CERTIFICATIONS OF THOSE RUNNING THE PROGRAM. THIS IS THE TYPICAL MINDLESS DOLLAR STORE BAND AID APPROACH DEALING WITH THE HOMELESS AND THOSE WHO MAY SUFFER FROM DRUG ADDICTION AND OR MENTAL ILLNESS. MR. MUNNS YOU TOLD ME YOU CAN'T BE BOUGHT SO ASKING YOU TO DO INDEPENDENT RESEARCH OUTSIDE THE 3 WOMEN WHO FAILED OUR HOMELESS POPULATION. JULIE WINTER WANTED TO LOCK THEM UP FOR 30 DAYS AND CLEAN UP OR ELSE. THAT WAS YOUR ATTITUDE. YOU ARE NO WOMAN OF GOD. CHRISTIAN YOU ARE A ATTENTION SEEKER AND ERIN (INAUDIBLE) SCARED OF THE HOMELESS AND THAT TELLS ME YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE HOMELESS ARE. MY DOOR IS OPEN AND GLAD TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THEM. THE SOUTH CITY PARK PROJECT NEEDS TO BE TABLED. WE SHOULD FOCUS BUILDING A NEW DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT CENTER AND INVEST IN A DUAL DIAGNOSIS INPATIENT TREATMENT CENTER NOT PICKLEBALL COURTS. IT IS TIME FOR SUSTAINABLE CHANGE FOR OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITY SO IN MY OPINION TWO DOWN ONE TO GO. YOU ARE NEXT JULIE, YOUR TIME IS UP. I GET TO BERRY MY DAUGHTER IN ONE WEEK. ONE WEEK. SHE WASN'T A CRIMINAL. [CLAPPING] >> SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. SORRY FOR THE DEATH OF YOUR DAUGHTER. >> SUSAN MURRAY. >> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TONIGHT AND THANK YOU-AND ALSO REGARDING THE APPOINTMENTS CONGRATULATION. THE CYPRESS SQUARE SHOPPING CENTER IS A UNIQUE GEM IN THE HEART OF REDDING AND VITAL TO THE CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THERE GARDEN TRACT. WHAT MAKES THE SHOPPING CENTER SPECIAL IS MOM AND POP BUSINESSES WHICH MAKE UP THE CENTER. BUSINESSES LIKE ORCHARD NUTRITION, FAST WIENIES AND (INAUDIBLE) OTHER NEW BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN ADD SUCH AS LUCKY MILLER DELI (INAUDIBLE) THE OWNERS OF THE BUSINESS IN REDDING NEEDS THESE BUSINESSES TO THRIVE AND PROSPER. BUT WITH THE DAMAGE DUE TO BROKEN WINDOWS AND BREAK INS THROUGH THE YEARS AND JUST ARE RECENTLY HOW CAN THEY DRIVE AND PROSPER AND PAY FOR THE DAMAGE TIME AFTER TIME TO PAY WITH INSURANCE AND EMPLOYEES UTILITY ET CETERA. I KNOW THERE HAS TO BE ANSWERS TO RESOLVE THESE ISSUES AND HOPE YOU THE CITY COUNCIL CAN HELP. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. [CLAPPING] >> ANTHONY ORTIZ. >> GOING TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. ANTHONY ORTIZ A REDDING RESIDENT FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT BIG LEAGUE DREAMS. THERE IS SOME [CLAPPING] BEEN TALK ABOUT IT. SINCE IT IS OPENING IN 2004 I HAD THE PRIVILEGE BEING ON THE FIELD AS COACH PLAYER MANAGEMENT (INAUDIBLE) ALSO HAD THE PRIVILEGE PLAYING PRIOR OPENING TO THE PUBLIC. THE PLACE USED TO BE THE GEM OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. EVERYBODY THAT PLAYED THERE CAN TEST TO THE FEELS THAT MAN THIS PLACE IS AMAZING. WE HEARD THE STORIES HOW MUCH IT COST TO BUILD AND HOW MUCH THOUGHT WENT INTO THE USE BY USING THE TURF. ALL WERE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW HOT IT WAS GOING TO BE, HOW THE HOME PLATE WOULD BE MAINTAINED HOWEVER IN THE EARLY COUPLE YEARS THE CONCERNS WERE NOT JUSTIFIED. BLD REDDING WAS HANDLING THE BUSINESS. EVERY COUPLE MONTHS THEY RECONDITIONED THE TURF. WE WERE THE DAYS OF BLACK RUBBER PELLET (INAUDIBLE) THE CONDITIONING STOPPED (INAUDIBLE) EVERYWHERE YOU LOOKED STUFF WAS FALLING APART. THE NIGHTS WERE NOT FULL AND FIELDS NOT IN USE AND TOURNAMENTS GO TO OTHER LOCATION AND PRICE AT THE GATE WENT UP. WE WERE TOLD THE PRICE INCREASE WOULD BE USED FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE FACILITY. THERE WERE THINGS FIXED ORIGINALLY AND THEY WERE ONLY FIXED HALF ASS. THE PATCHING OF THE PROBLEM AREAS ARE DANGER TO PLAYER IN THE FIELD OR DEFENSE ON OFFENSE. MANY PLAYERS ARE HIT BY A BALL (INAUDIBLE) CAN SEE THE MAJOR OVERHAUL THE PARK NEEDS TO GET BACK TO THE GLORY. IF YOU GO 2 HOURS NORTH TO MEDFORD AND 3 TO RENO AND 2 HOURS TO SACRAMENTO YOU CAN SEE A EXAMPLE HOW PARKS CAN LOOK WITH SOME OF THE PARKS THEY HAVE THAT ARE PART OF THE CITY PROGRAM. THEY ARE MAINTAINED. THE BATTLE CAGES NEED REPAIR AND FIELD NEED NEW TURF. THE PATCHES WILL BE CAUSE OF INJURY. (INAUDIBLE) [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU MR. ORTIZ. LAST BUT NOT LEAST LEE LAMP. >> I WILL PICK UP WITH ANTHONY LEFT OFF. BIG LEAGUE DREAMS. IT IS A ABSOLUTE EMBARRASSMENT. I CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT THE CONDITIONS OF THE FIELD THE LACK OF SUFFICIENT SKILLED STAFF, POOR COMMUNICATION OF THE MANAGEMENT TEAM ARE JUST THREE OF THE LEADING CAUSES RESULTING IN YEAR LONG CONTINUING DEGRADATION OF THE FACILITY. POOR UTILIZATION, ATTENDANCE FROM NOT ONLY SERIOUS LOCAL TALENT BUT YOUTH TEAMS ALL AROUND THE AREA. IT IS IMPORTANT FACTOR TO CONSIDER IS THE LACK OF EFFECTIVE OVERSIGHT BY THOSE RESPONSIBLE HAS SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE FAILURE OF THAT FACILITY. NO ENFORCEMENT OF THE CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENTS TO MAINTAIN THIS FACILITY IS A FIRST CLASS CONDITION IS THE TOP OF THAT LIST OF FAILURES. BIG LEAGUE DREAMS HAS NOT PAID THE LEASE SINCE FIRST QUARTER 2019. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO ACTIVE TRACKING OF PROFIT AND LOSS TO REFLECT IMPROVEMENT GROSS RECEIPTS OR PROJECTED MAINTENANCE NEEDS. THE CITY RELIES ON BIG LEAGUE DREAMS ESTIMATED GROSS INCOME TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH THEIR RENT IS. GOOD GIG IF YOU CAN GET IT. YOU SHOULD ASK FOR RECORD OF ALL THOSE INSPECTIONS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN EVERY YEAR. FIND WHY NOBODY DID ANYTHING ABOUT THE CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT SPOKEN TO. IT IS BROKEN DOWN FOR A DECADE. I KNOW WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE FACT THAT THERE ARE NEW TENANTS AND THAT THOSE NEW TENANTS ARE IN CHARGE ROUGHLY 4 MONTHS BUT NOT A THING HAPPENED TO TRY TO PICK UP THE TRASH AROUND BIG LEAGUE DREAMS. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT-I PERSONALLY BEEN TOLD THAT WE THE CITY DONT WANT TO TAKE OVER THE FACILITY AND IT IS THE TENANTS FAULT, NOT OURS. I FEEL LIKE I'M TOLD TO SHUT UP AND COLOR. ACCOUNTABILITY REST INSIDE THE WALLS OF CITY HALL. THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO WORK FOR THE CITIZENS WHO PAY THEIR SALARIES AND BEFORE YOU GIVE THESE PEOPLE ONE MORE DIME OF PUBLIC MONEY YOU SHOULD INSURE THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE IN PLACE TO MANAGE TRACK IT BALANCE IT AND TREAT IT LIKE THEIR OWN AND YES I HAVE SEEN THE LIST OF PROMISES AND THAT IS ALL THEY ARE, PROMISES. AS WAS MENTIONED BY THE LAST SPEAKER, ENOUGH WITH REPAIRS OF TURF. IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> I LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE CONCERN ABOUT CRIME. COUPLE THINGS THAT COME TO MIND. COME SPRING, WE WILL BE 121 SWORN PERSONNEL IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. MORE THEN THE CITY HAS EVER HAD. NOW, I HAD THE PRESSURE SPENDING THE LAST 3 MONTHS WITH ONE OF THE NEW SUPERVISORS KEVIN CRY. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. RIGHT NOW AND KNOW THERE ARE 88 EMPTY BEDS IN THE COUNTY JAIL. OUR POLICE ARE PUTTING THEM IN JAIL THEY ARE JUST NOT KEEPING THEM THERE AND WE NEED TO WORK TOWARDS THAT DIRECTION. I BELIEVE WITH THE NEW BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WE CAN GET TOGETHER AS TWO ORGANIZATIONS AND TACKLE THE PROBLEM. I AGREE MY YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT I UNDERSTAND 100 PERCENT. YOU CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME: OUR OFFICERS ARE WORKING HARD. THEY ARE DOING THEIR JOB. I'M OUT THERE WATCHING THEM EVERY DAY. THEY CAN ARREST THEM BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE OUT BEFORE THE PAPERWORK IS DONE AND THAT IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE SO WE'LL WORK TOWARDS THAT. I HEARD YOU AND KNOW THE COUNCIL HEARD YOU AND WE UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF THAT INFORMATION. THANK YOU FOR TONIGHT. >> THE CRIMINALS DON'T STAY IN JAIL SO PLEASE SPEAK TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS WELL. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THERE ARE NONE. LET'S GO ITEM 4 CONSENT CALENDAR. >> MAYOR BEFORE YOU START I LIKE TO SAY THAT ITEM NUMBER 4F HAS BEEN PULLED FROM THE AGENDA AT THE REQUEST OF THE CITY ATTORNEY AND IT WILL BE RETURNED AT THE NEXT MEETING. >> OKAY. THE CONSENT CALENDAR CONTAINS EXTENDED DISCUSSION OR DELIBERATION. ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS ON CONSENT CALENDAR. >> ARE MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. APPARENTLY THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT SOUTH CITY PARK ON HERE. IS THAT WHY EVERYBODY IS HERE TONIGHT? [CLAPPING] OKAY. IT IS ITEM 9.6A CONSIDER CONCEPTUAL PLAN OF OUTDOOR LEGACY PARTNERSHIP GRANT APPLICATION FOR SOUTH CITY PARK IN REDDING. IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK YOU NEED TO FILL OUT A BLUE CARD AND BRING UP TO THE CLERK. THERE IS A LOT OF SPEAKERS. IT MAY TAKE A WHILE. YOU ALL ENTITLED TO 3 MINUTES AND TRY TO KEEP EVERYBODY AT 3 MINUTES OR CLOSE TO IT. IF WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY IS ME TOO OR I AGREE AND SAID BEFORE, WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT BUT YOU ARE ALSO ENTITLED TO SPEAK FOR 3 MINUTES SO UP TO YOU WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY AND DO. WITH THAT MRS. NEIMER. >> IT IS GREAT DAY WHEN WE HAVE AUDIENCE FULL OF PEOPLE THAT ENJOY PARK AND REC. EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD SINCE WE HAVE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALSO FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE WHO MAY NOT BE UP TO SPEED ON OUR JOURNEY TO THIS POINT TO TAKE A LITTLE OF A DETOUR ON OUR ROAD MAP TO HOW WE GOT HERE. SO, THIS CONVERSATION OF COURSE SOUTH CITY PARK IS PLUS OR MINUS HUNDRED YEARS OLD BUT OUR CONVERSATION RELATIVE TO THE CURRENT CONDITION REALLY STARTED IN 2017 ON A ITEM 12 WHICH NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL FIND IS THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO BRING NEW TOPICS FORWARD. MAYOR WEAVER AT THAT TIME ASKED STAFF BE DIRECTED TO RETURN WITH IDEAS AND PROPOSALS TO GENERATE MORE ACTIVITY THAT COULD INCLUDE PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP OR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. LATER THAT YEAR THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED DEVELOPMENT FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL DOCUMENTS FOR PROJECTS TO DO JUST THAT. THAT DOCUMENT WENT OUT AND WE SHARED THE DOCUMENT WITH THE COUNCIL. WE HAD TWO GROUPS THAT RESPONDED AND AFTER REVIEW BY SENIOR STAFF DECIDE NEITHER OF THOSE WERE GOING TO WORK BUT STILL THERE WAS A DESIRE TO KEEP TRYING AND SO BUT THE ISSUES AT SOUTH CITY PARK CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE SO COUNCIL VOTED RELUCTANTLY TO AUTHORIZE THE (INAUDIBLE) LATER THE BOUNDARIES CHANGED A BIT AND NOVEMBER 2018 THE TEMPORARY FENCING WAS INSTALLED. IN 2019, WE KICKED OFF THE YEAR WITH A MEETING WE HAD CLOSE TO 60 PEOPLE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO BRAINSTORM IDEAS AGAIN ANOTHER TRY AT HOW WE BRING BACK SOUTH CITY PARK. WE HAD ABOUT 60 PEOPLE. WE HAD TWO IDEAS THAT KIND OF GARNERED INTEREST AT THAT TIME ONE WAS AN AGILITY DOG PARK AREA AND THE SHASTA DOG GROUP PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL. THEY LATER WITHDREW IT AND THEN ALSO THE REDDING TENNIS CLUB PUT FORWARD A PROPOSAL THAT WAS VETTED AND THEN IN OCTOBER THAT YEAR THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED A MOU WITH THE REDDING TENNIS CLUB TO BUILD UPON THE COURTS. THAT PROJECT WAS NEVER FUNDED OR IMPLEMENTED AND LATER THAT YEAR THE PERMANENT FENCING AROUND THE RECOLLECT PARK WAS ERECTED. IN 2021, WE HAD THE COUNCIL ACCEPTED A WRITTEN REPORT FROM A PROPOSAL FROM STAFF AT THE SAME TIME A PROPOSAL FROM THE COLT 45 WAS MADE ABOUT ANOTHER TRY AT SOUTH CITY PARK. AT THAT MEETING THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDED THAT RATHER THEN JUST JUMP TO THE COLT 45 PROPOSAL THEY DIRECTED STAFF TO PROCEED WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. SO, WE STARTED WEBSITE ONLINE SURVEY. THIS AS YOU CAN SEE WAS THE THIRD TIME IN FAIRLY RAPID SUCCESSION WE HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SO I SOUGHT OUT CONSULTANT HELP. WE WERE ABLE TO SIGN A CONTRACT WITH PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES. THEY ARE THE EXPERTS IN THIS ARENA OF TURNING AROUND ABANDON NEGLECTED PUBLIC SPACES. THEY WROTE THE BOOK, SO WE WERE LUCKY TO GET THEIR HELP AND THEY CAME ON SITE IN FEBRUARY AND WE HAD A NUMBER OF FOCUS GROUPS AND OPEN HOUSES THAT CAME TOGETHER TO TELL US ABOUT WHAT THE INTEREST WAS. PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES IS A NON PROFIT CONSULTING FIRM. THEY DO PROJECTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THEY AND STAFF SPECIFICALLY RESEARCH, THEY TRAIN AGENCIES AND DESIGN PUBLIC SPACES. THEY HAVE FIGURED OUT WHAT THE FORMULA IS TO TURN THESE SPACES AROUND. SO, THAT WORK DID GENERATE A NUMBER OF IDEAS AND THEN THOSE WERE FORWARDED WITH HELP FROM THE CONSULTANT AND WHAT WE LEARNED IS YOU REALLY HAVE TO HAVE A CRITICAL MASS OF ACTIVITIES THAT THE ACTIVITIES HAVE TO PLAY UPON EACH OTHER AND ALSO COMPLEMENT WITH A CROSS SECTION OF DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS, DIFFERENT TIMES OF DAY THAT FOR EXAMPLE IN OUR PROPOSAL YOU SEE WE HAVE PICKLEBALL COURTS SO WE KNOW ALREADY AT ENTERPRISE PARK WE GET A LOT OF ADULTS THAT PLAY PICKLEBALL EVERY MORNING. THE ADULTS BEING PRESENT THERE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT MORE COMFORTABLE FOR CAREGIVERS WITH SMALL CHILDREN TO USE THE PLAYGROUND WHICH IS ALSO COULD BE ASSISTED BY PEOPLE COMING TO USE THE PERIMETER WALKING TRAIL, SO ALL THESE THINGS WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH OTHER. WE ALSO ENGAGED WITH OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES ADVISORY COMMISSION ALL THE WAY ALONG THIS AND IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR THEY APPROVED A VISIONING PLAN THAT THEN THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO APPROVE AS WELL AS SECOND AGREEMENT FOR PROJECT WITH PUBLIC SPACES TO TAKE THE PLAN TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF PROGRAMMING AND CONCEPTUAL DESIGN. LATER THAT YEAR THEY WERE ON SITE AND MET WITH AGAIN A NUMBER STAKEHOLDER GROUPS INCLUDING NEIGHBORS IN THE GARDEN TRACT PARK VIEW AND CLIFF DRIVE WILD WOOD AREA TO REALLY GAUGE THE INTEREST AND WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS RENOVATION. AND THEN JUST A MONTH AGO THE CITY COUNCIL CHANGED THE FUNDING SOURCE FROM ARPA MONEY TO CDBG MONEY OF WHICH IS ABOUT $2.5 MILLION. SO, FROM THERE I WILL JUMP INTO WHAT THE PLAN IS AND GO THROUGH THAT. SOME OF THIS WILL BE A LITTLE REPETITIVE FROM LAST MEETING BUT I TRIMMED IT UP A BIT AS WELL. THIS IS OVERVIEW OF THE DIFFERENT USES SO WHEN I MENTION WE ARE LAYERING ON A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES WITH DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS THIS IS HOW MUCH WE ARE SQUEEZING INTO THIS AREA BETWEEN 5 AND 6 ACRES OF DEVELOPABLE SPACE. AND THEN JUST AS A BETTER GRAPHIC OVERALL TO SEE HOW IT WOULD ALL FIT IN. IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS HAD ACCESS TO THIS PARK FOR MANY MANY YEARS. THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS ALSO DETERMINED TO BE A DISADVANTAGED NEIGHBORHOOD IN OUR CENSUS AND THE NEAREST PARKS TO THESE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE 1.3 MILES AWAY AT MLK AND MAGNOLIA PARK SO ALL ALONG THE COUNCIL HAD INTEREST IN GETTING THIS PARK REOPENED AND AVAILABLE AND SO WE ARE HOPING WE CAN DO THAT. OUR PARK MASTER PLAN AND GENERAL PLAN CALL FOR SERVICE AREA OF HALF MILE TO WALKABLE 10 MINUTE WALK TO PARKS IN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THIS SO WE CAN'T DO THAT BUT IN THE DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MEET THE HALF MILE SERVICE AREA. ONE OF THESE YOU NOTICE IS THAT WE ARE-THE K1 FIELD IS IN THE PLAN THAT IS THE EXISTING BALL FIELD AND THERE IS MONEY SET ASIDE FOR UP GRADE AND RENOVATION TO THAT. THE FIELD LIGHTS WERE JUST RENOVATED IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS AS ARE THE LIGHTS RENOVATED RIGHT NOW AT TIGER FIELD. THE BOCCIE BALL COURTS WILL REMAIN AND ALSO WE HAVE PROGRAMS ENHANCED FOR SHADE AND SEATING TO THE AREA AS WELL. PART OF THE DESIGN IS TO HAVE A NUMBER OF CENTRAL FOCAL POINTS AS WELL AS FLEXIBLE SPACES. SO, THE ARRIVAL AND ACTIVITIES PLAZA IS SET UP SO YOU CAN HAVE GAME NIGHTS SUCH AS THE CORN HOLE THROW. YOU COULD HAVE BOOTHS. YOU COULD HAVE EVENTS. IT IS PAVED. IT WILL HAVE UTILITIES LIKE WATER AND ELECTRIC AS WELL AS A FOCAL POINT. RIGHT NOW THE PARK HAS A NUMBER OF ENTRANCES. OUR PLAN WOULD BE TO HAVE ONE ENTRY POINT AS WE OPEN THAT BACK UP AS A SINGULAR POINT OF ENTRY. PLAYGROUNDS ARE THE BIGGEST MAGNET TO PARKS, ESPECIALLY NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS AND SO HAVING A LARGE DESTINATION PLAYGROUND SOMETHING SIMILAR TO A KIDS KINGDOM OR BETWEEN THE RIVER CREST PARK IS GOOD EXAMPLE WE HAVE LOCALLY HOW A OVER THE TOP PLAYGROUND WILL DRAW FAMILIES FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALL OVER THE CITY AND GREATER COMMUNITY. WE LOOKED AT A NUMBER DIFFERENT THEMES. MAYBE A FIX THEME WOULD BE FUN. THESE ARE PLAY FEATURES AVAILABLE AND COULD BE CONSIDERED IN THE NEXT PHASE WHICH WOULD BE GOING TO CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS HAVING SHADE A IMPORTANT PART AS WELL SO WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES GUIDING IN THE DESIGN TO MAKE SURE WE CHECK ALL THOSE BOXES THAT CREATES A COMFORTABLE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND STAY. THERE IS ONE ARCHITECTURAL-RENDERING OF WHAT BOB THE FISH PLAYGROUND WOULD LOOK LIKE. ALSO IN THE PROPOSAL IS A MULTI-USE COMMUNITY PAVILION. OUR RECREATION SYSTEM IS VERY DEFICIENT ON INDOOR SPACE. WE ARE WORKING ON BUILDING A GYM (INAUDIBLE) CALDWELL RECREATION (INAUDIBLE) TRAILER AT ENTERPRISE PARK AND MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. CENTER SO WE DO NOT HAVE A PLACE WE CAN DO WINTER INDOOR PROGRAMMING AND WE ALSO DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACES FOR OUR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS, SO OUR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS WERE SOLD OUT LATE APRIL THIS YEAR SO MANY FAMILIES DID NOT A SPACE. IF WE HAD INDOOR SPACE HERE WE CAN'T HAVE KIDS OUT ALL DAY EVERY DAY IN THE SUN IN THE SUMMER SO WE HAVE TO HAVE SPACES IN THE SUMMER FOR HEAT AND SMOKE AND IN THE WINTER THIS WILL PROVIDE THE YEAR ROUND USE SO COMPONENT OF OVERALL PLAN THAT HAVING USE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. COMPONENT OF THE BUILDING WOULD HAVE EXTENDED LARGE PORCH AREA THAT PROVIDE SHADE FOR VISITORS TO COME AND OUTDOOR PROGRAMMING LIKE OUTDOOR YOGA CLASS OR CONCERTS. LAWNS ARE VERY IMPORTANT ALSO WHETHER FOR A GAME OF CATCH OR EVENTS. WE KNOW WE ARE PLEASED THE SONS OF ITALY MOVED PIZANO DAYS. THIS IS A AREA THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE THE BOOTH AND TABLE AND CHAIRS FOR PASTA DINNER AS WELL AS BOOTHS AND OTHER-VERY FLEXIBLE SO BIG THEME IN THE PLAN IS FLEXIBILITY. IT CAN ACCOMMODATE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. FOR THE COURT AREA, WE ARE RECOMMENDING 8 PICKLEBALL COURTS. PICKLEBALL HAS CAUGHT ON ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ESPECIALLY IN REDDING, SO WE WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH OUR LOCAL PICKLEBALL CLUB TO BUILD ENTERPRISE PARK COURTS. BIG SALES AND DINNER-DISCOUNT DINNERS AND GENEROUS DONATIONS WE BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY OUT-GROWN THOSE COURTS AND THE OTHER TREND WE ARE SEEING IS IT ISN'T JUST THE SENIORS ANYMORE. MANY SCHOOLS HAVE INCORPORATED PICKLEBALL INTO THE PE PROGRAMS AND WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF KIDS AND YOUNGER ADULTS PLAYING PICKLEBALL AS WELL. SO, HAVING A GOOD SET OF COURTS ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN WE THINK WOULD BE FULL VERY QUICKLY AND WOULD AGAIN PROVIDE THAT VERY REGULAR CONSISTENT USE OF HUNDRED PLUS PEOPLE A DAY ALL MOST YEAR ROUND SO THEY WILL PLAY UNLESS IT IS POURING RAIN. WE COULD ALSO HAVE LIGHTS AT THIS FACILITY THAT WOULD PROVIDE FOR EVENING PLAY AS WELL SO WE THINK PICKLEBALL IS A CENTRAL FEATURE TO THIS PROPOSAL. BOCCIE BALL. WE HAVE THE BOCCIE BALL COURTS THERE. THOSE WOULD STAY AND WE WOULD LOOK TO ENHANCE THE SEATING AND SHADE FOR THAT AREA AS WELL. WE ALSO CREATE A YOUTH AREA THAT WOULD INCLUDE A HALF COURT BASKETBALL, SKATE PLAZA AND OTHER KIND OF TEEN FRIENDLY PLAYGROUND AREA. THIS IS A ELEMENT THAT WE WANT TO INCLUDE SO ALL-WE HAVE A ELEMENT IN THE PARK FOR EVERYONE THAT YOU NEVER AGE IN OR OUT OF THIS PARK AND IT IS ALWAYS OPEN AND AVAILABLE DEPENDING ON - DEPENDENT UPON YOUR AGE OR ABILITY. THE DOG AREA AS I MENTIONED IS ONE THAT IS STILL UP FOR GRABS. THIS IS A FENCED AREA. WE DID HEAR FROM A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE PARK VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFICALLY THAT REQUESTED A FENCED DOG AREA AND WE ARE ALSO HEARING FROM THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENTS THAT THEY ARE HAVING MORE PEOPLE MOVE INTO THE DOWNTOWN APARTMENTS THAT HAVE DOGS AS WELL AND SO HAVING A CONVENIENT PLACE. HAVING A DOG AREA IS IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR THE DOGS, BUT IT IS A REAL SOCIAL GATHERING PLACE FOR THE HUMANS THAT HAVE THE DOGS. SO, IT IS A SENSE OF COMMUNITY FOR EVERYONE AND IT ALSO TRACKS VERY REGULAR USE SO AGAIN, A COMMON THEME IN THIS DESIGN CONCEPT IS THAT WE WANT PEOPLE COMIN