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February 25, 2008
City Council Agenda
JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD MEETING
February 25, 2008
7:00 P.M.
PLEASE TURN OFF ALL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT SUCH AS CELLULAR
TELEPHONES AND PAGERS, SO AS TO NOT DISTURB THE PROCEEDINGS
OF THE CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD MEETING.
*ATTENTION SPEAKERS: If you wish to address the City Council/Redevelopment
Agency Board please complete a speaker’s card (next
to agendas) and give it to the Agency Assistant/Deputy City
Clerk (seated to the left of the Council/Board). By submitting
the speaker’s card, the Mayor/Chair will recognize
you at the appropriate time. In order to afford all members
of the public the opportunity to address the City Council/Redevelopment
Agency Board, each speaker will be provided 3 minutes.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Jim Hartnett, Council
Member
4. INVOCATION –
5. SPECIAL ORDERS: None
6. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS AND CONSENT CALENDAR - CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY BOARD
Items on the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine
by the City Council/Redevelopment Agency Board will be enacted
by one motion and one vote. The Consent Calendar category
is limited to 15 minutes of comment to be allocated as determined
by the Mayor/Chair. If you wish to speak to items on the
Consent Calendar, please complete a speaker's card and give
it to the Council Assistant.
MOTION: waive reading of the Consent Calendar except the
ordinances by title, adopt the resolutions and the ordinances,
and approve other items.
6.1 Section – Motions
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Approve the Joint City Council and Redevelopment
Agency Board meeting minutes of December 17, 2007 and
the Regular City Council meeting minutes of January
28, 2008.
Staff contact: Silvia Vonderlinden, City Clerk 780-7222
svonderlinden@redwoodcity.org
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Associated Packet Document (pdf)
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Professional Services Agreement for Engineering
Design Services for the Redwood City Shores Sewer Pump
Station No. 12 Improvement Project.
Staff Contact: Jimmy Tan, P.E., Associate Civil
Engineer 780-7397 jtan@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Approve, by motion, a Professional Services Agreement
with Kennedy/Jenks Consultants of Palo Alto, California,
to provide engineering design services for the
Redwood Shores Sewer Pump Station No. 12 Improvement
Project in an amount not to exceed $81,136.00.
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Acceptance of Grant Deeds from the Costco Project.
Staff contact: Jon K. Lynch, P.E., City Engineer
780-7371 jlynch@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Direct the City Clerk, by motion, to accept four
(4) conveyances offered by Costco Wholesale Corporation,
a Delaware Corporation (formerly Price Club), and
record the deeds with the County of San Mateo.
Conveyances are as follow.
1. One Public Service Easement for storm drains and
water;
2. One Emergency Access, and Ingress/Egress Easement;
3. One Non-Exclusive Easement for Street Purposes
and a Public Service Easement for Parcel 2 (not Costco);
4. One grant for right of way purposes.
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Professional Services Agreement with The Covello
Group, Inc. for Construction Management Services for
the Redwood City Recycled Water Project – Phase
I – Seaport Distribution System – Bid Packages
6, and Blomquist/East Bayshore Distribution System – Bid
Package 7.
Staff contact: Phong Du, P.E., Senior Civil Engineer
780-7385 pdu@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Approve, by motion, an agreement with The Covello
Group, Inc. of Walnut Creek, California, to provide
construction management services for the Redwood
City Recycled Water Project – Phase I – Seaport
Distribution System – Bid Packages 6, and
Blomquist/East Bayshore Distribution System – Bid
Package 7 not to exceed $530,000.00.
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ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
and Sustainable Silicon Valley Memberships.
Staff contact: Beth Ross, Climate Protection Specialist
780-5917 bross@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Authorize the City Manager to enter into organizational
membership agreements with ICLEI – Local
Governments for Sustainability and Sustainable
Silicon Valley.
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6.2 Section – Final Acceptance
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Final Acceptance – Redwood City Recycled
Water Project – Phase I – Redwood Shores
Customer Site Retrofits – Bid Package 1.
Staff contact: Phong Du, P.E., Senior Civil Engineer
780-7385 pdu@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Accept, by motion, Redwood City Recycled Water Project – Phase
I – Redwood Shores Customer Site Retrofits – Bid
Package 1 Project; authorize the release of bonds;
and authorize release of retention in the amount
of $32,916.64 pursuant to the terms of the contract.
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6.3 Section – Resolutions
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Application for the Rubberized Asphalt Concrete
(“RAC”) Chip Seal Grant offered by the
California Integrated Waste Management Board (“CIWMB”).
Staff contact: M. Saber Sarwary, P.E., Senior Civil
Engineer 780-7370 ssarwary@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Approve, by resolution, this application and future
similar applications for RAC Chip Seal Grant funds
from the CIWMB and authorize the City Manager to
accept grant funds when awarded this grant cycle
or in future grant cycles for a five year period.
RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL OF
APPLICATIONS TO THE CALIFORNIA INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT
BOARD FOR GRANT FUNDING RUBBERIZED ASPHALT RESURFACING
PROJECTS, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
ALL GRANT DOCUMENTS.
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Motion to approve Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
with the Service Employees’ International Union
(SEIU) Local 521, and resolution amending the salary
and wage plan.
Staff contact: Robert Bell, Assistant City Manager
and Human Resources Director 780-7287 bbell@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
1. Approve by motion a new MOU with SEIU Local 521
for the period February 1, 2008 through January
31, 2010.
2. By resolution amend the salary and wage plan for
classifications represented by SEIU Local 521.
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A SALARY SCHEDULE AND WAGE
PLAN FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF REDWOOD
CITY AND WHICH ARE REPRESENTED BY SEIU 521.
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Summary Vacation of Easements for the Costco Project.
Staff contact: Jon K. Lynch, P.E., City Engineer
780-7371 jlynch@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Summarily vacate, by resolution, certain streets
and easements over the lands of Price Company,
a Delaware Corporation (“Costco”),
pursuant to Article 8330 of the state Streets and
Highways Code, to accommodate the proposed reconstruction
of Costco. Easements are as follow.
1. One 10 foot wide Storm Drainage Easement;
2. One 15 foot wide Water Line Easement;
3. One 36 foot wide Utility Easement;
4. One 9 foot wide Sanitary Sewer Easement;
5. One 5 foot wide Wire Clearance Easement;
6. One Emergency Access, and Ingress/Egress Easement;
7 One former street easement;
8 A portion of the street along Middlefield Road,
while retaining a Public Service Easement.
RESOLUTION VACATING A PORTION OF AN EASEMENT FOR
STREET PURPOSES AND A PORTION OF A STREET AT 2300
MIDDLEFIELD ROAD (PARCEL A, PM 86-1) IN THE CITY
OF REDWOOD CITY PURSUANT TO SECTION 8334 OF THE CALIFORNIA
STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE.
RESOLUTION VACATING PUBLIC SERVICE EASEMENTS AT
2300 MIDDLEFIELD ROAD (PARCEL A, PM 86-1) IN THE
CITY OF REDWOOD CITY PURSUANT TO SECTION 8333 OF
THE CALIFORNIA STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE.
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Purchase of Furniture for the Redwood Shores Community
Library Project.
Staff contact: Brian Lee, P.E., Senior Civil Engineer
780-1391 blee@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
1. Approve, by motion, the furniture plan and Request
for Proposal for Redwood Shores Community Library
furnishings.
2. Authorize, by resolution, the sole source purchase
of selected furnishings.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF
LIBRARY FURNITURE FROM PURCHASING AGENCIES AND FROM
SINGLE SOURCES ONLY AS SPECIFIED FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL
ITEM IN THE FURNITURE PLAN SPECIFICATIONS FOR AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $500,000 AND SUSPENDING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLE VII, PURCHASING, OF CHAPTER
2 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO COMPETITIVE BIDDING
FOR THIS PURCHASE.
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6.4 Section –Claims and Warrants
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Approve warrants dated through February 25, 2008
and usual and necessary payments through March 3, 2008.
Staff contact: Brian Ponty, Director of Finance and Financial Planning 780-7048
bponty@redwoodcity.org
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7. City Council Priority Setting Session 2008-2010
Recommendation:
Facilitated Council discussion on Council priorities including
deliberation and consensus on desired adjustments and additions
to current priorities and or initiatives.
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8. MATTERS OF COUNCIL INTEREST
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Legislation (information only) - This sub-section
involves possible discussion of City Position on Proposed
Legislation described in the League of California Cities
Priority Focus Bulletin No. 6-2008 and 7-2008. Council
may direct staff to act on positions taken by Council.
(Copies of League of California Cities Priority Focus
available in City Clerk’s Department).
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City Council Member Report of Conference/Meeting
Attendance.
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9. ADJOURNMENT: TO THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF March
10, 2008.
ALTERNATE AGENDA FORMATS: In accordance with AB 3035, the
City Council will provide materials in appropriate alternative
formats, or disability-related accommodation. Please send
a written request to Silvia Vonderlinden, City Clerk, at
1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA 94063 or e-mail address
svonderlinden@redwoodcity.org including your name, address,
phone number and brief description of the requested materials
and preferred alternative format or auxiliary aid or service
at least seven calendar days before the meeting.
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