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March 10, 2008
City Council Agenda
JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD MEETING
March 10, 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 – Jeff Ira, Council
Member
4. INVOCATION –
5. SPECIAL ORDERS:
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Proclamation: American Red Cross – Volunteer
Jose Valle of the Leadership Council of the American
Red Cross.
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Recognition: The Veterans Memorial Senior Center
received the honor and recognition of having its accreditation
read into the Congressional Record by the late Honorable
Tom Lantos of the California House of Representatives.
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Presentation: Community Development Services Department – Acting
Director Chu Chang of Community Development Services.
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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/Agency 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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Purchase of Automatic Remote Meter Reading Equipment.
Staff contact: Justin Ezell, Public Works Water
Superintendent 780-7474 jezell@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
1. Authorize by motion the purchase of automatic
remote meter reading equipment from Sensus Metering
Systems for an amount not to exceed four hundred
ten thousand dollars ($410,000).
2. Waive the bidding requirements of the City of
Redwood City Code, in accordance with Chapter 2,
Article 7, Section 2.76 by affirmative vote of at
least five members of the City Council on the grounds
that strict compliance with the bidding requirements
would not serve the public interest.
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Approval of Agreement for Construction Improvements
for Costco.
Staff contact: Jon K. Lynch, P.E., City Engineer
780-7371 jlynch@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Approve, by motion, the Agreement for Construction
Improvements with Costco Wholesale Corporation,
as owners of records of said real property located
at 2300 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, California.
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Award of Contract – City Council Chamber Audio
Visual Retrofit Project
Staff contact: S. Peter Vorametsanti, P.E., Supervising
Civil Engineer 780-7388 peterv@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Approve, by motion, the contract documents and award
of contract for the City Council Chamber Audio/Visual/Broadcast
Retrofit Project to the lowest responsible bidder,
Ceitronics, Inc. of San Jose, California, for their
low bid of $307,671.79 and authorize the City Manager
to increase the contract amount, if necessary,
up to 10% of the amount awarded.
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6.2 Section – Final Acceptance
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Final Acceptance – Redwood City Recycled Water
Project – Phase I – Redwood Shores Distribution
System – Bid Package 1 (Radio Road, Redwood Shores
Parkway, Marine Parkway).
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 Distribution System – Bid
Package 1 (Radio Road, Redwood Shores Parkway, Marine
Parkway) Project; authorize the early release of
50% of the retention; and authorize the release of
bonds and the remaining 50% of the retention according
to City procedures.
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Final Acceptance – Redwood City Recycled Water
Project – Phase I – Redwood Shores Distribution
System – Bid Package 3 (Redwood Shores Parkway,
Bridge Parkway, Shell Parkway, Davit Lane) Project.
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 Distribution System – Bid
Package 3 (Redwood Shores Parkway, Bridge Parkway,
Shell Parkway, Davit Lane) Project; authorize the
early release of 50% of the retention; and authorize
the release of bonds and the remaining 50% of the
retention according to City procedures.
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6.3 Section – Resolutions
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Installation of Stop Signs on Rolison Road at Belle
Avenue.
Staff contact: M. Saber Sarwary, P.E., Senior Civil
Engineer 780-7370 ssarwary@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Approve, by resolution, the installation of stop
signs on Rolison Road at the intersection with
Belle Avenue.
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY ESTABLISHING
AND DECLARING THE ROLISON ROAD ENTRANCES TO THE INTERSECTION
OF BELLE AVENUE TO BE STOP ENTRANCES.
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6.4 Section –Claims and Warrants
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Approve warrants dated through March 10, 2008 and
usual and necessary payments through March 24, 2008.
Staff contact: Brian Ponty, Director of Finance and Financial Planning 780-7048
bponty@redwoodcity.org
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Claim from Attorney Richard B. Vaught, Law Offices
of Arnold Laub, on Behalf of Michelle Vega Flores.
Staff contact: Brian Ponty, Director of Finance and Financial Planning 780-7048
bponty@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Reject the subject claim.
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7. Staff Reports
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. Community Shuttle Service Pilot Program – Update
on Phase I, “Commuter Route,” and Initiation
of Phase II, “Midday Service.”
Staff contact: Paul Willis, P.E., Senior Civil Engineer 780-7219 pwillis@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Approve, by motion, Phase II of the Community Shuttle
Service Pilot Program.
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City Council Priorities.
Staff Contact: Peter Ingram, Community Development
Director, and Redevelopment Agency Executive Director
780-7379 pingram@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation
Provide additional direction to staff pursuant to
discussion at the February 25, 2008 City Council
priorities review session, specifically:
1. Accept and/or modify recommended adjustments to
the City Council Priorities.
2. Identify items which the City Council wants brought
back as fully developed budget options within the
City Manager’s recommended Fiscal Year 2008/09/10
budget.
3. Indicate desired next steps for exploring a “strategic
planning process” and its linkage to discussion
items categorized as “Council deliberation”
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Dates for Budget Consideration.
Staff contact: Brian Ponty, Director of Finance
and Financial Planning 780-7048 bponty@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Approve the dates for formal action of the budget.
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Fiscal Year 2007/2008 Appropriation Revisions.
Staff contact: Brian Ponty, Director of Finance
and Financial Planning 780-7048 bponty@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Approve by resolution, appropriating and transferring
certain funds for specified purposes to conform
the budgeted amounts to actual expenditures approved
for transactions, which have occurred during fiscal
year 2007/2008.
RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING AND TRANSFERRING CERTAIN
FUNDS FOR SPECIFIED PURPOSES DURING FY 2007/08.
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Fiscal year 2007/2008 Appropriation Revisions for
Redevelopment Agency (RDA) Operating and Capital Budgets
- City Council/Redevelopment Agency Board.
Staff contact: Susan Moeller, Redevelopment Manager
780-7204 smoeller@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Approve the resolutions making findings pursuant
to Health & Safety Code Section 33445 and amending
the RDA FY 2007/08 Operating and Capital Budgets
as follows:
1. Appropriate $60,500 from the RDA General Fund “Working
Capital Balance” to “Employee Services” (including
benefits) to add the equivalent of .36 FTE Recreation
Coordinator II, .25 FTE Recreation Manager and part-time
casual staffing support to help coordinate, implement
and promote “Summer in the City” programming
and special events and activities in the Downtown
through June 30, 2008.
2. Appropriate the $50,000 grant from Target to
the RDA General Fund Operating budget (Economic Development
Programs) for Downtown Programming concerts pursuant
to the terms of the agreement.
3. Appropriate $600,000 from the RDA General Fund “Working
Capital Balance” to the RDA Capital budget
for “Transit Connectivity Project” (#803-72023).
4. Appropriate $650,000 from the RDA General Fund “Working
Capital Balance” to the RDA Capital budget
for a new capital project: “Downtown Garage
Foundation Upgrade Project.”
5. Appropriate $1.1 million from the RDA Housing
Set-Aside Fund “Working Capital Balance” to
the RDA Housing Capital budget: “Housing Projects-General/Landbanking” (#806-71953).1
6. Appropriate $1 million from the RDA Housing
Set-Aside Fund “Working Capital Balance” to the
Bradford Street Project (#806-71625).
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD
CITY MAKING FINDINGS PURSUANT TO HEALTH AND SAFETY
CODE SECTION 33445.
RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY
OF REDWOOD CITY APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT
TO THE AGENCY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007-2008.
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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. 8-2008 and 9-2008. 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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Council Reports on Committee Meetings Attended.
1. Council Member Aguirre
2. Council Member Hartnett
3. Council Member Pierce
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9. ADJOURNMENT: TO THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF March
24, 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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