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New Council Members Take Their Seats, Speed Limit Ordinances and more in this City Council Recap from December 3, 2024.

• City of Redding • Season 4 • Episode 40

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On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, three new members of the Redding City Council, elected in the November election, were sworn in for duty. Mike Littau and Dr. Paul Dhanuka will serve four-year terms, while Erin Resner will fill the remaining two-year seat vacated by Michael Dacquisto earlier this year.

Along with welcoming the new council members, the City Council body voted on who will serve as Mayor, Vice Mayor, and Mayor Pro Tempore for the next 12 months. Jack Munns was elected Mayor, Mike Littau as Vice Mayor, and Erin Resner as Mayor Pro Tempore.  

Tenessa Audette, elected in November 2022, served as Redding Mayor from December 2023 to December 2024. Audette will continue to serve as a Redding City Council member. The City of Redding would like to thank Tenessa Audette for her service as Mayor over the last year.  

The City of Redding would like to thank outgoing Redding City Council members Julie Winter, Joshua Johnson, and Mark Mezzano for their dedication and commitment to serving the community. 

The City of Redding welcomes Mike Littau, Erin Resner, and Dr. Paul Dhanuka to the Redding City Council. Thank you for your willingness to serve the Redding community.  

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I'm Katie. And I'm Steve, and. This is the City of Redding podcast. Welcome to a Redding City Council update for full details on each of the items covered, or to watch the meeting online, visit the City of redding.gov or find the links in the episode show notes. For this episode, you can use the chapter shortcuts to jump to any specific topics if needed. For any questions, suggestions or comments, please email podcast at City of Redding. Org. All right. Well we'll begin with public comment. Nick Gardner, come on up. I'm so glad I get to speak before we certify the election, because I want to bring it to your attention that it's Scott Muns or it's Jack Muns. Time to be mayor. And I don't want to see any fooling around and putting somebody else in. Mayor. It's her turn and let's go back to. It's his turn. Let's go back to the way it originally was and move along the way it traditionally has been. He's done a good job for two years. He deserves to be mayor. I'd like to switch now to, uh. There was a story in Calmatters today about busing the homeless. I've been up here for 6 or 7 years, pointing out new homeless that are showing up in our community. And in the article today, it said Gavin Newsom's plan to get rid of the homeless in San Francisco is to bus them to other communities, and they have been doing this for ten years, and they took a break over Covid, and now they're doing it again. It's plain to anybody that drives around Redding on a regular basis that we are getting out of town homeless. I hope the new council will address this and do something about it. If they can, because it's certainly been ignored and nothing but excuses made in the past. We've got some real criminals showing up in our community and they don't belong here. Thank you. Thanks, Nick. Okay, we will move to the consent calendar. Consent calendar contains items considered, routine, and or which have been individually scrutinized by City Council members and are anticipated to require no further deliberation. If a member of the public wishes to address an item on the consent calendar, please fill out a speaker request form and submit it to the City Clerk before the Consent Calendar is considered, it shall be the prerogative of any Council member before the consent. Consent calendar is acted upon. To comment on an item. Respond to any public comment on an item, request a record, reflect an abstention or a nay vote on an item, or remove an item placed on the regular portion of the agenda for delivery of a staff report and or extended discussion or deliberation. We. Does anybody wish to take anything off consent or make comment about consent? We do have a comment on item A point to be. Um. We can go with that comment first and then comment on that. So if, um, Jacqueline Treadway. Thank you. Thank you for providing options. Um, I wanted to I just recently heard about the Oasis project and centered around the parcels of land located at 4455 Oasis Road along the I-5 corridor. And I feel that and I wanted to compliment you on developing this. This is it seems like an absolutely extraordinary project. I feel that my developing diamonds community that is in in the development through the Shasta Innovative Program department, uh, uniquely fulfills the goals and desires of your project, which I am happy to see is to be expedited without any further undue delays. Your project description says that one of your goals is to provide housing for all income levels. And I'm wondering if that and to what degree that includes the homeless or people with low or no income at all. This developing demands community offers a unique, transformational opportunity that honors our human right to clean safety, security, peacefulness, as well as the neglected component of the right to choose what they want to do and be, when and how they are ready to take the appropriate steps in that direction or otherwise. Self-determination. Most of the chronic campers and all of the neurodivergence would rather take their chances in the wild than give up their humanity. That gives them choices And are you are you only, uh, regarding the the homeless and Mercy Canyon and the, um, the no boundaries officers. I think that they need to be given a choice of whether they want to go into the standardized, um, uh, shelter that has, has, uh, a lot of conditions that the neurodivergent and many of the homeless have been have built up defenses against in accepting the conditions that provide their, their human needs. Uh, they realize that their neighbors in the camp or in the public have the same human rights. All choices are considered reflected upon and applied as they relate to their impact on their own well-being as well as their neighbors. That is the basic rule of the a sanctuary and developmental village. Advances in housing comforts, training and integration of entertainment. Social occasions are made available as they purchase them through acts of commitment to and service. They all start in the same small tents nestled in the trees and advance ultimately to the village of beautiful DIY micro pods and tiny house clusters from I-5. They appear to be glamping. Thank you. So on your card you put 4.2 B but on the it was regarding the Oasis provision for the homeless. So do you know which item number you were wanting to comment on? I see that it's not labeled as the. Can I just finish what I was saying though? It's about it's about the the project that I understand is being developed under the Shasta community. So we're we're we're done with time, but I'm not even sure of the project you're talking. There is no project on Oasis. This was a intent to a letter of intent to try to possibly purchase some land. If they were, if they were awarded a grant. Um, it would be a real a rehabilitation type center. But that has that is contingent upon a grant and some other things. So there isn't any. This is not a part. Of the original project Oasis. No, uh, there is no project right now happening there. This was a parcel of land, um, listed within surplus that is available for purchase, and someone has a letter of intent. And if they were able to get grant funding, then they would intend to purchase it. Mm. Okay. But everything that you said was great. We agree. And that's wonderful. It just isn't that isn't quite what this project is. So I just want to make sure I wasn't missing what the item number was. I misunderstood that it was all a continuation of the project Oasis. I mean, Oasis. It isn't not not not this project. Okay? Not this item, but thank you. Well, I have information. If anybody's interested in that, I won't give it to you then. Since we're not. We're not. You're not really doing exactly that. It is a good idea that you can provide us with that information. We're always looking for great stuff. So if you want to provide it to the clerk up here, she'll give it to the rest of us. Okay. Thanks, Jacqueline. Thank you. Okay. Barry, Barry's coming down there to get that from you. Just hang out for a second. I need to recuse from 4.24.1 a. Just let. Shirley know. Charlene, we have one item for recusal. I'm going to I'm going to recuse on 4.1 A just because I've been working with that applicant. I'd be happy to make a motion to approve the consent calendar. I'll second. We have a first and a second. All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Any news? It's getting close, guys. We're going to get out of here. Go on. Okay, so we will go to regular calendar. Um, first item is 9.2. See who is giving that. Okay. We just had a debate. We tossed a coin up here. Yeah. She did. I'm going to take a stab at this and give you a brief overview if you have any real detailed questions. Our housing manager, Nicole Smith, is in the audience, and she can certainly add any color that you would like to have. Um, essentially, as you know, on consent tonight, you approved an extension of an existing contract which asked community health, and that is to allow some individuals to remain sheltered within a hotel in town through March of this year. That is reflective of a contract we canceled with a vendor, and we had some folks who were receiving shelter and services there, and they have now moved over to a different hotel under a contract with Shasta Community Health. And you've extended or provided additional money, I should say, for that contract on consent so that that can keep operating this item that's before you is asking for authorization to put out a request for proposal for hotel rooms. We would like to see at least three vendors at $500,000 each to provide shelter and services for the homeless. This proposal would require vendors to provide better information in terms of how they're going to make sure they have access to care, how are they going to provide food, how are they're actually going to operate this? We're allowing for some administrative costs to actually make sure that's functioning well. And so really the item tonight is to authorize up to 1.463, basically 1.4 million,$1.5 million to house individuals that are in encampments, particularly Breslauer Progress Technology Way. And after that, we would release the RFP. We do have some work to do with the state of California, because some of this money was intended to be matched with another grant to buy a hotel that we would then sell or lease off to a vendor or an operator. And so we still need approvals there. We're not in any way thinking they won't approve that, because certainly the idea with this grant funding is to help those who are in need of shelter. So the item before you is simply to request that you authorize staff to release a request for proposal for said purposes. Any questions from anybody? So just for the did you know. So just for the sake of of those wondering basically when we went to when it will previously fuzed ago when it went to an emergency we had event. We had a operator who had was taking hotel rooms and putting in people from the encampment. So when we clear out an encampment, there's got to be a place for them to go. And so hotels were being offered. We had one vendor doing that, primarily the vendors no longer doing it. So we're trying to split this up. So we're never going to put all of our eggs in one basket. We were thinking of purchasing a hotel, but now I think the prevailing wisdom is that we're going to, you know, do it more in the short term and spread this out. Maybe we'll see how the RFP goes. But all of these things are temporary. They're not permanent solutions. And as the different legislation that's passed, even the prop one, that money that was passed is going to significantly change the landscape of what's available and moving towards more permanent housing. So this is temporary. It's money that was authorized a while ago. It will go towards temporary housing. But I do know that the trend is moving towards permanent housing. So um, to that do we have a motion? I'll make. A motion. I'll second. All right. We have a first and a second. All those in favor? Aye, aye. All right. We will move on to. Item 9.3. Consider the ordinance amending the Redding municipal code. Chapter speed limits in the city of Redding. Yes, Madam mayor, if you'd like, I could read the ordinance title at this please. An ordinance of the City of Redding amending title 11 Vehicles and Traffic. Chapter 11.12 Speed Limits by amending section 11.12 .010 to update volume one relative to speed limits on certain streets. Yeah. Good evening, honorable mayor and members of the council. So I'm here this evening to discuss speed limit updates of our traffic survey, volume one. This evening. One second this evening, I'm going to cover four sections and then be available for questions as well. Thank you. Um, first I will touch on why are we here? Then I will touch on the engineering and traffic study or Ents for short basics, followed by the proposed speed limit. Modifications included included in this ordinance update. Um, I'll touch on a few other considerations. And then again, I will entertain any questions that you all have. So why are we here? We are here this evening because a valid NTSB is required to post speed limits enforceable by radar. Um, any time that we are deviating from prima facie or the speed limits that are designated in California Vehicle Code or statute, if we deviate from those, we need to have a valid NTSB. That way we can enforce those posted speed limits. The NTSB for volume one, which again, is what we're discussing and update to here this evening. Um, expired in July. So we need to get the new ents updated. And then we're also here because the new NTSB has resulted in recommended updates to the Redding municipal code, section 1112.010. So a few of the basics regarding ents. The California Vehicle Code, or CVC for short, establishes a framework and prima facie speed limits. Again, prima facie are the 15, 25, 55 and 65 mile per hour speed limits that you will see in your your daily commutes and drives. Um, for speed limits between 25 and 55mph, which are predominantly most of our local roads, we need to set those speed limits based on an Ents. And so we have broken the city of Redding up into four volumes or four segments. And again this evening we're here to discuss volume one based on the framework that's included in the California Vehicle Code. The MUTCD, or manual for Uniform Traffic Control Devices, provides the guidance on how we collect and actually perform the engineering and traffic study. And there are four main concepts that the CD provides us. First, the speed limits are based on what is referred to as the prevailing speed, which is the 85th percentile of the free flow traffic that is observed when the staff are out collecting data. Then, after we've determined the 85th percentile, we round that speed to the nearest five mile per hour increment. And if you think about it, that makes sense, because a number of times the 85th percentile may be 41.6mph. And we're not going to post a speed limit of 41.6. We are going to round that to the nearest five mile per hour increment, which in that hypothetical situation would be 40mph. Then we have the ability to reduce that by another five miles per hour. If my team and I believe that there are safety justifications there, there could be a high volume of pedestrians. There could it could be a bicycle route. We could be talking about a context. Near a school or in a downtown area or within a subdivision. So we have a five mile. Per hour flexibility, given the the context and any safety considerations. And then Ents are good initially for seven years with the ability to extend them another seven years for an ultimate life of 14 years. With that, I'm going to touch on the the makeup of volume one and the proposed changes. So what you'll see here before you on the left is a map of the city of Redding. You will see in blue and green all of the routes that are included in volume one. Volume one makes up 14 streets or it includes 14 streets, excuse me, that are comprised of 39 street segments. And if you think about that, that does make sense because the context of South Bonnyview or Cypress or Old Oregon Trail changes along the entirety of the route, so we will break the streets into segments that have similar contexts and look at each of those segments individually. So again, volume one has 14 streets and 39 segments. And then you'll see down in the second bullet that based on the events, 14 of our 39 segments are being recommended for a reduction in speed. And one most noticeably and I was sharing with Council Member Marzano earlier today, is along Knighton Road in front of the Cal Vet facility, which I think is a good thing, and we have no segments being proposed for an increased speed limit. And then we also have seven segment boundary modifications. So this would occur where development or the the road use has changed in the last 14 or so years. And we are going to adjust the segment boundaries to better align and get a consistent context within each individual segment. Here I have an example and I apologize for those of you in the room. It is going to be hard to see, but on the left, this is one of the actual spreadsheets that we used for Airport Road, which is included in volume one. And if I can get the pointer to work, I can we can see here. Well, minor difficulty here. There we go. Thank you Steve. So this is the section of Airport Road from Fig Tree Lane or excuse me, from the city limits up to Fig Tree Lane. We can see here that the 85th percentile I should look here was 49mph. So the nearest five mile per hour increment is 50. And then we used our our are five mile per hour rounding factor to round down to 45mph, and you'll see a number of other data points in here. The citywide collision rate. The collision rate within the last two years. Number of collisions, as well as other information. But this is just meant to be an example to show each of you how we jump through each street segment, use the data that we collected, and then use the processes and procedures lined out in the CD to set the posted speed limits. So with that, I am happy to entertain any questions that you have. Thank you, Director Webb for talking really slow so that Sha comes back and gives us. Okay, um, riveting, riveting stuff. Anybody have? Okay. Mark, what would you Councilmember Mark Lozano. All right. This is what's important about that whole presentation. That's Airport Road, which is a freeway, and it goes right between the veterans home and the clinic. Now, at the Shasta Regional Transportation Association, we I stuck Chuck Aukland and the head of the Regional Transportation Association in a room and said, don't come out until you figure out how to get the vets from downtown to the clinic. And they did, and they worked that out. And then we got Michael Webb, who's amazing. And I stuck him in a room and said, figure out a way to lower the speed on Airport Road, because we have vets that want to walk across the street to get to the clinic. Can you see the headlines when one of them gets knocked off by somebody not paying attention? And I've been assured by the police chief that when the signs get changed, there will be a grace period. So if you happen to be traveling out to the airport, be careful and slow down. Thank you for doing that. It's much needed. My pleasure. Thank you. Councilmember. Thank you. Um, have we talked before? One of the. I don't remember what road it was, but the 85 percentile was 40. I think it was 46 miles an hour, and the speed limit was 45. And we're lowering it. And it seems like if 85% of the people are doing the speed limit, what is the necessity of lowering the speed limit? That's a great question. Thank you. Council member Muns. Um, the speed lines out that once we have the 85th percentile, we need to round that to the nearest five mile per hour increment, which in that case would be 45mph. Then we would have the ability to look at within the context of that street segment. So the the number of driveways, um, the number of pedestrians or bicycle traffic, the collision rate or crash data or any other factor that we deem is necessary. You can use that five mile per hour increment to actually lower the speed limit of the road. So there's safety issues. Apparently with that five mile an hour will help solve that issue. Yeah, we're we are always taking safety as number one. It is paramount. And speed is a unfortunately a driving factor for the severity of the collisions. Thank you. Great. I'd be happy to make a motion that we approve the ordinance amending our Redding municipal code for, as proposed by staff. I'll second. All right. We have a first and a second. All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Seeing none. That passes. Okay. We now have the results. The results are in. The long awaited results. So it's a good thing you dressed up because it's going to pay off. All right. We will, I guess, start from the beginning. We'll go to presentations. Um, we'll go to, to a, which is to authorize and approve the following results. Okay. So this is to authorize and approve the canvass of the ballots that occurred on regarding the general, um, November 5th, consolidated general municipal election. Um, we have finally resolved. Received the results ten minutes ago. Um, so the recommendation is to adopt the resolution certifying the canvass of ballots as prepared by the Shasta County Clerk Register of voters, declare the results of the November 5th, 2024 consolidated general municipal election as follows. Council member elect a that was in our city council. Um in the staff report is the top vote getter was Paul Dhanuka, with 23,636 votes and 39.52% of the total votes. Total votes cast for this election was for the four year term was 59,814. The second place candidate was Michael Latta with 12,010 votes. He received 20.08% of the vote and the third place was just. The top two are who are being elected to the four year terms. Um, third place was Joshua Johnson with 11,121 votes and 18.59%, and the fourth was Dave Backus with 6966 votes, which represented 11.65% of the vote, and Ian Hill received 6081 votes for 10.17% of the total votes for the short term, two year position. The top vote getter was Erin Ressner with 17,974 votes, which represented 47.56%. Mark Marzano was second place, which was 16,548 votes, and that was 43.78%, and Anthony Spangler received 3273 votes for 8.66%. So Erin Rosner is the top vote getter and has been elected to fulfill the two year term that was vacated by resigned of Michael D'acquisto, who resigned over the summer. Um, so with that and then also our city treasurer can't forget Forget the most important for our city. Total votes for the city treasurer was 28,449. He received 100% of the votes. So he is the overall winner. Congratulations. And with that, um. So the recommendation is to adopt the resolution to certify the 2020 for the November 5th, 2024 municipal election. I'll make the motion. I'll second. And, Madam Mayor, I would just note for the benefit of the public, there are copies available in the back of the room with the updated resolution. Okay. So we have a first and a second. All those in favor say aye. Any opposed? Seeing? None. That passes. Okay. We'll move to item two B to administer the oath of office to our city treasurer, Gregory Robinette. Yes. So I'll have Greg join me up here at the table. I think you got 100% because they like your presentations. They're always so riveting. It's just not the colors. We'll work on that. Eight shades of blue. We need more green and red. We do? Yeah. Contrast. Contrast testing. One. Two. Three. Testing. Testing. One. Two. Three. Testing one. Two. Three. They're both off. Here. They seem to be turned up. I can hear it a little bit. Okay. We're good. Okay, so you're going to repeat after me. You're going to raise your right hand. So I, Greg Robinette, Greg. Robinette. Do solemnly swear that I will support and defend? Do solemnly swear that I will support and defend. The Constitution of the United States. The Constitution of the United States. And the Constitution of the State of California. And the Constitution of the State of California. Against all enemies. Against all enemies. Foreign and. Domestic, foreign and domestic. That I will bear true faith and allegiance. That I will bear true faith and allegiance. To the Constitution of the United States, to the. Constitution of the United States. And the Constitution of the State of California. The Constitution of the. Oh, just went out. Okay. Okay. Yeah. You're allowed. We're good. State of California. Okay. That I take this obligation freely. I take this obligation freely. Without any mental reservation. Without any mental reservation or. Purpose of evasion. Or purpose of evasion. And that I will well and faithfully. And that I will well and faithfully. Discharge the duties. Discharge the duties. Upon which I'm about to enter. Upon which I'm about to enter. And I will get your congratulations. I know. Okay. Okay. Okay. So we'll have all three of the newly. The council member elects. So we'll have Doctor Paul DeLuca. We will have Aaron Reznor, and we'll have Mike little. I'll come up, please. All right, so repeat after me. I state your name. Do solemnly swear. Do solemnly swear. That I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California, and. The Constitution of the State of California. Against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Against all enemies, foreign and domestic. That I will bear true faith and allegiance. True faith and allegiance. To the Constitution of the United States, Constitution. Of the United States. And the Constitution of the State of California, and. The Constitution of the State of California. That I take this obligation freely. And I take this obligation. Freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully. Well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter. Okay. Congratulations. Thank you. Um, we are going to move on to the selection of the city of Redding mayor, vice mayor, and mayor pro tem. Um, so there's only there's three new people. There's two of us here, so I will. I will make a motion. I'd like to make a motion to make Jack Munns the mayor. To make Paul DeLuca the vice mayor, and to make Mike Latta the mayor pro tem. Anybody have any comments? Or if anybody wanted to make another motion? Go for it. Uh. I'm sorry. Uh, so there's on the screen. Yeah. Hit the screen. There's a mute button. Oh, yeah. You got. It. Did you say, uh, Council member Jackman's for mayor? Is that. Correct? Jackman's for mayor, DeLuca for vice mayor. Yourself for mayor pro tem. I will second that motion. Anybody have any? I do have a comment. One. Hit that button. Council member Aaron Reznor. That button right there. Uh, already seconded. So that was all I was going to do. Well, I do have a comment. Yeah. Please do. Um, in the past, we have had some concerns about this process, and Nick also mentioned the comment, made a comment about this process. So I want to get back to the tradition of following the tradition every time. And I do appreciate me being nominated as a vice mayor, but I would really like Erin Reznor to be in the mix and one of those three positions. So I would rather wait, because I really want to focus on some of the things which I set out to start here and build here. I would rather wait for my turn next year. And I would say that Jack months, Mike Leto and Erin Reznor, in that order will be my preference. And I can wait for the next year If that's acceptable to Aaron Reznor. So that so are you putting that as an alternative? Motion is what we would call it. Yeah. So he wants Jack Aaron and then so take out Mike and have you be third. Take out himself. Take out myself. So you. Jack Jack Aaron. Mike. Jack. Mike. Jack. Mike Aaron. Jack. Mike and Aaron. All right. Do we have a second for that? So clarification. The vice mayor would be would be Mike. You would be me. You the vice mayor. And Aaron the mayor pro. Tem mayor pro tem. Yeah. I mean, my preference would be still to see Councilmember Duncan. You were the biggest vote gainer. And if we follow the tradition of the past, that's traditionally what we do is we give it to the person that had the highest amount of votes. And I think you deserve that honor and that respect. And so that's what I would appeal to, you as to that. Is the tradition. And since Aaron's seat has already been the mayor that she ran, that she ran for, that puts this back into the tradition. But if you don't want it, then we'll look for a second. Yeah, that's my preference. That Aaron should be. She'll be here only for two years. And if she's not in the mix right now, I'll feel bad to run again. I want her to be in the mix right now. That's my preference. Okay. Is there a second for that? I'll second that. It's very it's very, very kind. I'll second that. Aaron seconds her mix. Okay. So the we have a our first one is for Jack. Yeah, but you take the second motion first. Yes, I know, I just want to make sure that I have it written down, so I have it correct. So the first one is Jack, Danica Mike. The second one is Jack, Mike Aaron. And we're going to vote for the second one first. Okay. So we have a first from Dhenuka, second from Aaron. All those in favor say aye. Aye aye. Any opposed? All right. There's your mics. Okay. So we will move to honor. You're going to hand over the mayorship? Yeah. Under the mayorship. Now don't cry. Do not cry. You're just going to stay right there. You don't have to move. You guys are fine. You're fine. You don't have to move. You're good, you're fine, you're fine. We'll just move the nameplates. And then at the next meeting, we'll reconfigure all the seats. No, no. Okay, so. Not necessary, but it. Feels good, I get it. All right. We're going to start off as with two f. Yep. Yep. All right. Say what it is. So then they can. Oh we're going. To start off with some resolutions. And the first one will be honoring Julie Winter for her service. City council. Miss Winter, are you here? Oh. Oh, you are there. I'm sorry. Huh? Oh. Is this the resolution down here? Yeah. I didn't bring you. Well. I think. You got a mic? All right. Cheers. Well. Thank you. Come on over here, Julie. Um, I'm not going to read this whole thing because there's a whole slew of stuff that'll take me a half hour to read it. Um, so whereas resolution of the city Council of the City of Redding commending and honoring Julie Winter for her service to the city of Redding. Whereas Julie Winter has served as a member of the Redding City Council from December 6th, 2016 to December 3rd, 2024, providing eight years of dedicated service to the community. And Whereas during her tenure, Julie Winter served as mayor from December 4th, 2018 to December 3rd, 2019 and as executed the role of City Council member and mayor with pride and integrity. What I would encourage you to do is go to the staff reports. There's probably 30 things that she's done. There's a whole list of things that she's been the liaison and, and been involved in in city business. And we are very thankful for me personally, she's kind of been a little mentor of mine and helped me along the way giving me encouragement and do this. Don't do that. And so it's been it's been very helpful to have her here. And I'm very grateful for her. Um, so, Julie, would you like to say any words? Oh. What would I do that? Oh. Oh, yeah. Sorry. We need to make a motion. I'll make a motion. I'll make a motion. I'll second. Thank you. All in favor? Aye. Motion resolution passes. Prior. Prior to to. If miss Winter has any comments, I just want to say, I think that there are few elected officials that lead with the type of grace and integrity that you do. And during my time on council, it was such an honor to serve with someone of your caliber. Thank you. Erin. All right. Miss Winter, we present this. Oh, sorry, miss Winter, we present this beautiful clock to you. Julie Winter, City Council Member December 6th, 2016 to December 3rd, 2024. Thank you. You're welcome. You're welcome. So the certificate of recognition for Julie from Senator Darley's office is. Thank you for eight years of dedicated service to the people of Redding as a member of the City Council. Your commitment to principle has brought honor to the city, and your long term vision will bear fruit for decades to come. Nice little, uh, gifts here from, uh, Chief Barner. Oh, and Chief Vanlandingham. Nice coins for her. Challenge coins. And then a nice little, um. Oh, you got a little. Are you opening her gifts, Jack? I think those are private. I just. Wanted to see what was. In it. I know. I know all that. Well, a little, uh. Memory book that, uh, Camille had put together for you. Oh. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you so. Much. All right. Okay, before you start talking, we all want to tell you how great you are. So I want my chance. Um, I, uh, your campaign was the first campaign I ever worked on, and you had me come on as an intern, and I had never worked on a campaign. I had made calls for the party, but I had never specifically worked on anybody's campaign. And so some of you might blame her, but I give you credit for sparking in me a passion for public service and to represent people really well and provide them a voice in government that they don't always have the opportunity to have. And that came because you gave me the opportunity to serve on your campaign. And 12 campaigns later and years and years later, um, your impact resonates. I know for me, and there's a lot of people that you've inspired, I think you pioneered quite a few things, and I'm really grateful for all the work that you've done. There are countless hours and projects and phone calls and emails that come along with this job, as well as serving on sometimes seven and eight different boards that all come with responsibilities. But like Mr. Reznor said, there's a grace that you carry and a wisdom. And so I'm just really grateful for your dedication that you worked full time, that you have a family and grandchildren and a very full life, and you dedicated a lot of time to making our city better. So thank you very much for what you've done. Thank you. Council member or. Councilwoman? Your extensive time serving with. Our known duly for a long time. I've known Julie for a long time, and I had wholeheartedly supported her during her first campaign and appreciate it. Thank you for all your service and best wishes for spending more time with your family. Eight years is an amazing legacy to have. I mean, just with the service you've given to the city, the people, for all your accomplishments, it's so admirable to put yourself out there and to be given of your time. And I appreciate you for all your service and everything you've done. Thank you Julie. Well thank you. Hopefully this isn't my last time to speak, to speak to the city I have. Um, I wrote down a few things because this is a little bit emotional for me tonight. Eight years is a long time, and I've had a chance to just really to be reflecting about what it's meant to be on the council. Um, thank you, Jack, for your kind words. It's it's really been my honor and pleasure to serve the city for the past eight years. I have developed a deep love and respect for our city staff. Just thinking about the things that have impacted me has been our city staff. These are the heroes are okay. That's why I wrote things down. These are the heroes every day that make our city operate and run well. And so, you know, we as Electeds are only here so many hours per week or for so many years. But many of our staff here are here for years upon years, and they really are the heroes. I want to thank our directors. I am, um, meet with many of our directors on a regular, regular basis. And all of our directors, you serve with excellence and you serve with integrity, and you serve with creativity. And I have loved brainstorming with you for solutions for your departments. I have loved it. So I'm going to miss miss that all of you are so bright. We are lucky to have you. When I was elected in 2016, we didn't have a budgetary process that was that, that revolved around goals and objectives. And that was something. When a mr. Tippin was hired in 2016, we as a council challenged him to create a whole budgetary process aligned around goals and objectives. And you, the council, are going to be looking at that shortly. And so that has transformed how we how we do our budgeting. And since 2016, I'm really proud of that. Um, when I was elected in 2016, we were laying off police officers and firefighters, and I worked, um, robustly with community groups to do some fundraising to raise $1.2 million to keep our NPU. And I can say now in 2024, we're fully staffed with police and fire. I'm really proud about that. In 2016, we didn't have a revitalized downtown. I just think of the transformation in the last eight years. And this isn't I'm not taking credit for this. I was just part of that process. We have so many people that worked hard, but we've we have done really well. What's what we've been able to accomplish in the last eight years is amazing. I love that in 2016, we didn't have, um, we didn't have the food truck park. We had a park that was, um, primarily used by vagrants. So we have that. We didn't have an open space. We didn't have the sand volleyball courts, we didn't have the junior bike park. So these are all things that we've done in the last few years. We didn't have the dreamy non Panorama Park or South City Park revitalization, or the adult bike park that's coming. These are all things that are coming. You have a great team at the city. In 2016, we didn't see homelessness as our issue in city government. We felt that was for the the private sector and the county to deal with. But over we heard the cries of our community to address homelessness. And so I'm really proud about what of what we've done. We didn't have micro shelters or transitional housing. We didn't have a assert team. We hadn't built the level of affordable housing that we've built today. And so it's just to see what we have done, just even to address homelessness is amazing. And in 2016, we hadn't had the Carr Fire, and I was, um, had the opportunity to serve as mayor soon after the Carr Fire that whole year in 2019. And just to to be able to be involved in seeing our community come together when we faced crisis, how we pulled together and really had a fairly rapid recovery compared to many other communities was an amazing sight to behold. Mary, I want to thank you. It's, um. Wow, you have become a dear friend and I'm going to miss our weekly meetings. You have challenged me more than you know. You've always taken the high road you serve with excellence and integrity and your transformation of and raising up leaders. Mr. Tippin is amazing at raising up leaders around him, and that's commendable. Uh, has created a ripple effect that that you and the community are going to feel for many years. I want to thank my family, my husband Mike here, my son and beautiful daughter in law, Adrian and Brooke, my grandchildren. Thank you for allowing me to serve the city and, um, give up many of the hours I might have spent with you to serve the city. So thank you. I'm going to be coming back into your lives a little bit more, so watch out. And, um, and then to the to the council. I just want to exhort you in a few things, I want to encourage you all to. These are some things that have helped me as a council member. I would say, listen more than you speak. Realize that staff know way more than you will ever know about their department. And so I would encourage you to find out what their issues are. Meet with your direct. The directors regularly ask lots of questions, and what you will discover is that your dreams, the things that you want to see happen in the city, are really in the hearts of our directors as well. And what becomes your role is to figure out how to remove the barriers for those dreams to come true. So the more active you are working with your staff, the more effective you're going to be with a council member as as a council member. And lastly, I would encourage you to overlook offenses. Offenses. You will get negative comments in public comment period or in emails. And if you're not getting negative comment, then you're not doing much. That's all. That's all I can say because, uh, it's you just have to learn to know what your true north is and spend your energies on that and just overlook that. Don't spend time pondering regrets on negative comments. Just just keep keep yourself moving forward in spite of that. I have a vision for Redding. Redding is an outdoor lifestyle city. Redding um, I see Redding maximizing its potential of its natural beauty and its human talent. I see a safe and prosperous city. I see a city where my children and my grandchildren have a future, and I see a council that's going to keep that vision alive. Thank you. Thank you. Before you go back to your seat, if we can get a picture with the council. So we have this resolution for Mark. And it says resolution of the City council of the city of Redding commending and honoring Mark Lozano for service to the city of Redding. Mark Lozano has served as a member of the Redding City Council from December 1st, 2020 to December 3rd, 2024, providing four years of dedicated service to the community, and during his tenure, Mark Lozano has executed the role of Mayor Pro Tem City Council member with pride and integrity. Uh, like Julie, you can go on the staff reports. There's all kinds of things that he's been involved in. He's been a liaison. Mark was one of the took me under when I first got elected. We met, I don't know, several times, and he was showing me how we do things here, and it was extremely helpful to me. Um, so it was an honor for us to have you and to work with you. And so we will. Can I get a. Uh. I'll make a motion. Make a. Motion? Thank you. I'll. I'll second the motion. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Unanimously. All right. Um. Thank you, sir. Uh, we have the City of Redding. Beautiful clock. I haven't seen it. Very nice. Mark Lozano, City Council member December 1st, 2020 December 3rd, 2024. Thank you. I don't know if you want to open his gifts. I do want to, I probably won't. This is a challenge. Coins. And then your little, uh. Memory thing from Camille. And also from Senator Dawley. Certificate of recognition. Mark Rosano, city Redding City Council. Thank you for your four years of dedicated service to the people of Redding as a member of the City Council. Your commitment to better law enforcement is truly saving lives, and your deep and sustained engagement has assured constituents that their voice is heard in City Hall. Thank you. Mark. Thank you. I don't know what's in it for you. Please take a look. Thank you. Just kidding. Are you kidding? Most of anybody. Jack, what I like about you is you are a man of few words. I do appreciate that. It's been a pleasure to serve on the council with you. But I do just want to thank a few people. Certainly. My wife. And where are you at, Kathy? She supports me. And then if you hear him out in the back. Oh, there he is. That's my grandson Jackson, with his dad, my son in law, deputy sheriff of Shasta County, Joshua Palmer. Um. My daughter. Oh, and my daughter. I just got off work to be here for you. Thank you very much. Okay. I didn't know she was going to be here. That's my daughter, Christine. Um, a nurse at, uh, mercy. Um. Mr. Tippin, thank you. I just got to keep it simple. You know, in, uh, in 2020, you told me that people told me do something about public safety and do something about the homeless. And with the assistance of former chief Bill Schueller, now Chief Brian Barner and Fire Chief Jared Vanlandingham, it took me a week or two to learn how to say that name. Vanlandingham. Um, we did it. And as Julie said, we're fully staffed and it's up to this council to keep that that way, because that's what the people want. And we are making headways with our homeless situation. We've got the center being built over there by the Good News Rescue Mission. We've got the pallet shelter program is working famously, so thank you for that. And under your guidance, Barry, that's how this happens. You have to manage five people. They come up with all different kinds of ideas and you have to figure out how to make it work. And I don't know how you do it sometimes, but my hat's off to all of the directors. You've always been available, you've always returned my calls, and you've answered the questions that I've presented to you from the constituents. And that's what we're here for. But there is a short list of people, um, that I'd like to tell you that I hold in very high regard. Um, it's taken 20 years, but it's going to happen now. And so from the Redding Rancheria, the tribal council members are Trish Baker, tribal council member and former Redding planning commissioner Leon Leanne Benner, tribal council member. Tony Hayward, senior, and his wife Lori, tribal council member Don Benner and Liz, tribal council member Jason Hart and his wife Tara, and Redding Rancheria governmental affairs director Elaine Rickard. I'd also like to recognize the Republican Central Committee vice chair, Valerie Volbrecht, and her husband, Dave. She asked the county Republican Assembly chair, Dominick Santangelo, former Shasta County Supervisor Joe Clemente. It was a big help to me. Thinks I'm crazy for doing this, but he's been a big help. Um. Former Redding Council member Gary Cadd was a big part of my coming onto the council to deal with unmet needs. Former Redding planning commissioner Marcus Parton and his wife, Kelly. Former Shasta County Central Committee chair Dan Sloan. Lori Baker from upstate California. Tourism carpenters Union business agent Chuck Knauer from Viva Downtown, John Truitt and Blake Fisher, David and Kelly Backus. David helped me on my short run at the state position. Bruce and Joyce Middleton, Donna Damian and his wife Carmen. Mr. Diaz and his wife, Susie. Laurel Park. Where is Laura? There she is. That's what's making homeless happen in Redding. That's how we're fixing the homeless problem in Redding. It's right there. That lady is making it happen. Um. Robert Hubertus, Ozzy Barzin. Denise Denham from Denham, big supporter of mine, um, Steve Khan and Nick Gardner. You keep us on our toes. You say the things that we don't have the courage to say. And I appreciate that. Um, Carolyn Gomes. And finally, dare I say it, former Mayor Michael Dacquisto for his courage to take on special interest. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Everyone. I if I may just say thank you, Mark Marzano. Thank you so much for everything you have done and you have always carried yourself with grace. I appreciate it and thank you for everything you have done. Please stay available to advise me. And now we have a presentation, not a resolution for Josh. Um. Josh got appointed in July. He before. I'm so sorry. Yeah. Go ahead. Did Mr. Marzano want to take a picture with everyone? Because we didn't do that. And that feels appropriate. Yes. I'm so sorry. Can we call Mark, please? I'm so sorry. Yes. We should. No worries. Jack was too busy. Yes. Jack was looking in what you were getting for gifts and. Oh. He's gone. Okay. All right. My fault. Sorry about that. Okay. So Josh came in in July and was very passionate about the homeless. He works for the good News rescue mission has been a very passionate individual, as many of you know. Um, I suggested we give him a three minute button, but, um, we didn't get that done. He, uh. He's a good talker. He asked good questions. He's been a really good appointment for us. I thought he did a great job. Very happy to have you around. And I know that we'll be seeing more of you. We got you a plaque since you were appointed. We'll give you a plaque. Thank you. Um, honoring City Hall member, city council member appointee, Josh Johnson. In recognition of your unwavering commitment to the selfless act of time and devotion to public service, all for the betterment of the city of Redding July 2024 to December 2024. Thank you. Thank you so much. I'm going to be brief. You guys have been here a long time, but I do want to say some thank yous. This this really has been a thrill. It has been a huge honor to serve, even just for five months. To be able to serve my city is a big deal. And I took it seriously. But I also held it lightly, knowing that it could come to an end. And so I wanted to give it my all for that time. I ran it like a sprint and I thought that's what it deserved. Um, I do want to say that this council that I worked with treated me with so much respect. All of them, even those that disagreed with me from time to time. But I felt like a true colleague. And it meant. It meant a lot to me. We tackled some very, um, tough issues, uh, ones related to our parks, ones related to things that our community deeply cared about. And I'm glad we got in the weeds on those. And I'm really proud of of the work we did. I'm really proud of that. Um, I do want to say that what council Member Wynter said about the staff is correct. Um, I have I feel like I've made some new friends with some of these directors. And so, um, I just want to thank all of the directors for the time that they spent with me, the problem solving, the allowing me to drop in unannounced, the scheduled meetings, the tours that were given, the just the deep dives on various issues. And it was a real pleasure. And you guys are incredibly gifted and talented. And I'm I'm hopeful for the future of our city, mostly because of who we have coming up and leading it. And so all of your team as well, thank you for their work. It's um, it's absolutely incredible. So I just want I just want you to know I'm not going anywhere, as you can expect. Um, you know, I had a friend who I lived by the motto of run with the horses and bless the rest. And I feel like with so many people in the city of Redding, I'm proud of how we run hard after things. And I'm going to continue doing what I do. But I want to encourage all of you and anyone else who is paying attention to this meeting. You don't have to be elected to City council to make a difference in your city, and many of you are doing that. You're making huge impacts out in our community, and that's what it takes. It takes decisions that are being made up here and the work that they're going to put in. But it also takes our community. So one of the things I said in my campaign and I try and live by is that when I'm presented with a problem in our city, I need to ask, what can government do? What can the community do? What can I do? And I think we all are playing need to play that part and can play that part. We don't have to be elected to do it. So thank you so much for all of the support and everything. It has been an absolute joy. Thank you. Thanks, Josh. I just want to say you might have had the shortest tenure on a city council, but you're but I feel like it was very impactful and some, some great things happened and I appreciate I know you, I think your t shirts on your first campaign said city builder. And I think you live up to that completely. So I look forward to all the things that you're going to build in the next few years before your next campaign. Josh, we. Ran the campaign. Josh, I just wanted to say thank you. But also I wanted to congratulate you because we ran. I always said this during the campaign. We are not running against each other. We are running together. And you proven that with your friendship with each one of us, all the five of us who were running. And I really admired what you brought to the discussion, and I really look forward to working with you in the future also. Thank you. Thank you. Would you like a picture? Yeah, sure. Do you want to say something? Yeah. I just want to say, Josh, I've gotten to know you a lot over the past four months. Um, I've always admired how much research you do to issues. You work incredibly hard, you put in a lot of hours and your passion was very, very evident. I feel like you became a friend to me over the past four months. You know, um, there was a lot of great people running, and I look forward to your future. I look forward to the things that you're going to do. And I greatly appreciate the fact that you're going to stay in the game and you're going to keep doing great things, and it's just been great to know you, Josh. Thank you. Thank you. You didn't know you had Miss Odette. Oh my turn, my turn. Okay, I have to I have to make stuff up again. Is she leaving too? Yeah. She's she's. You're in charge of the meeting? No, you're in charge of the buttons. Oh, sorry. No. Yes. It's okay. Next time, it's going to be totally changed. Well, when the outgoing mayor finishes her year, the next incoming mayor presents the outgoing mayor with the gavel, so it might be a little longer winded. I've known Tanessa for probably 13, 14 years, something like that. My kids over there went to school with her kids. Um, she's been, uh, extremely helpful to me over the last couple of years mentoring me, um, guiding me, yelling at me, um, you know, all of the above. Um, so it's been it's been a real joy for me to be on the council with you for these two years. And, um, I mean, thank you for all that you have done. I know that you have done way more than people know or think. You're all over this city. You're all over this state working your tail off. Um, I do have a private nickname for her, which I won't share. Um, but, um, let's just say that she is, um. She's not afraid to take on an issue. She's not afraid to take on people that need to be taken on. So I'm. I'm proud to call her my friend and my fellow council member. And thank you so much. Thanks. Thank you. Thank you. It's always an honor to start. Our show here. Item 11 Council travel reports. Mister, have you done any traveling yet? Not for council. Not yet. Right there. All right. How about you? Um, I think I reported on the last time. Yeah. You did. Okay, great. All right. Moving on to item 12. Suggestions from council members related to potential topics for future city council meetings. Anybody as of yet? Well, I would like to make a comment. It's not a future suggestion, but I would like to make. Sorry used to this. Is this a time for comments or a time for suggestion? That's what I'm asking. Is it? Can I make a comment or a suggestion? Okay. That's fine. I'll do it later. That's fine. No. If you have a suggestion, you're more than welcome. But this is not right. Public comment time. Yeah. Okay. All right. How about 9.48? That's been withdrawn. Yeah, that was withdrawn from the agenda because of sort of the chaos that we had. And we want the new. We want. Yeah, but we wanted the new council to hear it. So we allowed the consultant to return to his home in Sacramento. He'll be back at a future date. So no other comments. We're adjourned.