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March 8, 2010
City Council Agenda
JOINT CITY COUNCIL/
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD MEETING
March 8, 2010
7:00 P.M.
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1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Alicia Aguirre, Vice Mayor
4. INVOCATION –
5. SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY
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Proclamation: Honoring Community Volunteers Carol Platner and Lynn Gardner – presented by Dan Smith, Police Officer and Justin Velasquez, Fire Fighter/Engineer
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Proclamation: March 2010 as American Red Cross Month - Cesar Castillo, American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter
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6. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS AND CONSENT CALENDAR
Items on the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine by the City Council/Redevelopment Agency Board, and 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 Deputy City Clerk/Deputy Agency Secretary.
CITY COUNCIL 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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Minutes: Approve the Joint City Council/Redevelopment Agency Board meeting minutes of February 22, 2010 as submitted.
Staff contact: Silvia Vonderlinden, City Clerk 780-7222 svonderlinden@redwoodcity.org
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Professional services agreement for construction management of the
Redwood City Recycled Water Project – Distribution Pump Station Capacity Increase.
Staff contact: Phong Du, P.E., Senior Civil Engineer 780-7385 pdu@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Approve, by motion, a professional services agreement with The Covello Group, Inc. of Walnut Creek to provide construction management services for the Redwood City Recycled Water Project – Distribution Pump Station Capacity Increase for an amount not to exceed $130,000 and authorize the City Manager to increase the contract amount up to 10% if necessary.
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Award of Contract – 2009-2010 Sewer Main Replacement Project (Hopkins Avenue Section).
Staff Contact: Jimmy Tan, P.E., Senior Civil Engineer 780-7397 jtan@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Approve, by motion, the Contract Documents and award the contract for the 2009-2010 Sewer Main Replacement Project (Hopkins Avenue Section) to the lowest responsible bidder, Casey Construction, Inc. of Emerald Hills for their low bid of $330,000 and authorize the City Manager to increase the contract amount, if necessary, up to 10% of the amount awarded.
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Amendment to Professional Services Agreements for Bottomley Design and Planning and Wagstaff/MIG related to processing the “Stanford in Redwood City” Project.
Staff contact: Maureen Riordan, Senior Planner 780-7236 mriordan@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
1. Approve, by motion, Amendment No. 2 to the professional services agreement with Bottomley Design and Planning to complete additional tasks related to “Stanford in Redwood City” Project Precise Plan, in amount of $21,550.
2. Approve, by motion, Amendment No. 1 to the professional services agreement with Wagstaff/MIG to complete additional tasks related to “Stanford in Redwood City” Project Environmental Impact report (EIR), in the amount of $85,285.
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Courthouse Square Pavilion Lease – Redevelopment Board Agency.
Staff contact: Jeannie Young, Redevelopment Project Manager 780-7365 jyoung@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
By motion, authorize the Redevelopment Agency to execute a month-to-month lease with Regina Van Brunt and Steve Penna doing business as “Some Stuff on the Square” for Lease Area 2B in Courthouse Square.
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6.2 Section – Final Acceptances
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Final Acceptance – Redwood City Recycled Water Project – Phase I – Bid Package 5A – Herkner Extension (Herkner Road and Central Concrete Driveway).
Staff contact: Phong Du, P.E., Senior Civil Engineer 780-7385 pdu@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Accept, by motion, the Redwood City Recycled Water Project – Phase I – Bid Package 5A – Herkner Extension (Herkner Road and Central Concrete Driveway) and authorize the release of bonds and retention according to city procedures.
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Final Acceptance - Emergency Generator Retrofit at Police Facility Project.
Staff contact: Brian Lee, P.E., CFM Supervising Civil Engineer 780-7391 blee@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Accept, by motion, the Emergency Generator Retrofit at Police Facility Project and authorize the release of bonds and retention according to city procedures.
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6.3 Section – Resolutions
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Local Hazard Mitigation Plan for the City of Redwood City.
Staff contact: Dave Pucci, Fire Battalion Chief, 780-7400 dpucci@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Approve by Resolution, the draft Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) for the City of Redwood City.
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY ADOPTING
THE LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN
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Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (pdf)
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Franchise Collection Agreement.
Staff contact: Mike Gibbons, Public Works Superintendent 780-7493 mgibbons@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Adopt the attached Resolution approving the consent to assignment of the Franchise Collection Agreement with Allied Waste Industries, Inc. (Allied) to Republic Services, Inc. (Republic) pursuant to their merger.
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY APPROVING THE CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF THE FRANCHISE COLLECTION AGREEMENT BY ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC. TO REPUBLIC SERVICE, INC.
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Irrevocable Trust for Retiree Medical Benefits.
Staff contact: Brian Ponty, Director of Finance 780-7073 bponty@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Approve, by resolution, designating the California Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) as the trustee for retiree medical benefits.
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR THE EMPLOYEE’S RETIREE BENEFIT TRUST PROGRAM (CERBT)
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Amendment to Lease Agreement with Sprint/Nextel.
Staff contact: Brian Ponty, Director of Finance 780-7073 bponty@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Approve, by resolution, Sprint/Nextel’s (Nextel) request to install additional antennas in accordance with the lease agreement dated December 14, 2006, and designate the City Manager to reject or modify future modifications to the site plan for the term of the lease.
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY APPROVING NEXTEL’S MODIFICATIONS TO THE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY SITE PLAN PURSUANT TO THE DECEMBER 14, 2006 LEASE AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE FURTHER MODIFICATIONS TO THE SITE PLAN FOR THE TERM OF THE LEASE
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CaliforniaFIRST – property assessed clean energy financing program.
Staff contact: Beth Ross, Environmental Initiatives Manager 780-5917 bross@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution authorizing Sacramento County as a lead applicant and collaborative entity to the California Energy Commission’s State Energy Program on behalf of the cities in the County of San Mateo and thirteen other counties statewide for a total of $16.5 million in grant funds for the CaliforniaFIRST program.
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY AUTHORIZING SACRAMENTO COUNTY TO APPLY FOR FUNDS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY
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6.4 Section – Ordinance (Second Reading/Adoption)
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ORDINANCE ADDING ARTICLE IX TO CHAPTER 32 OF THE REDWOOD CITY MUNICIPAL CODE TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENT THAT A TAX FIRST MUST BE PAID BEFORE FILING FOR A REFUND OR JUDICIAL RELIEF (Introduction/First Reading February 22, 2010; published on March 2, 2010)
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6.5 Section – Claims and Warrants
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Approve warrants dated through March 8, 2010 and usual and necessary payments through March 22, 2010.
Staff contact: Brian Ponty, Director of Finance 780-7073 bponty@redwoodcity.org
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7. STAFF REPORTS
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Council Direction on FY 2010/2011/2012 Budgets.
Staff contact: Brian Ponty, Director of Finance 780-7073 bponty@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
It is recommended that Council provide staff direction on the preparation of the FY 2010/2011/2012 budgets.
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Dates for Budget Consideration of the Fiscal Year 2010-2011-12 Budget.
Staff contact: Brian Ponty, Director of Finance 780-7073 bponty@redwoodcity.org
Recommendation:
Approve the dates for City Council action on the budget.
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8. MATTERS OF COUNCIL INTEREST
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Council Reports on Committee Meetings Attended.
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Council consideration of a resolution to support statewide ballot measure to protect local public safety and transportation funds.
Contact: Jeff Ira, Mayor 780-7553 jira@redwoodcity.org
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY IN SUPPORT OF THE LOCAL TAXPAYER, PUBLIC SAFETY AND TRANSPORTATION PROTECTION ACT OF 2010 STATEWIDE BALLOT MEASURE
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City Council Member Report of Conference/Meeting Attendance.
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9. ADJOURNMENT: MOTION TO ADJOURN TO THE NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH 22, 2010.
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