El Cerrito City Council
February 20, 2024

Mayor Councilmembers
Tessa Rudnick Paul Fadelli
Mayor Pro Tem Lisa Motoyama
Carolyn Wysinger AGENDA Gabriel Quinto

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2024
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING (5:00 PM)
Hillside Conference Room - 10890 San Pablo Ave, El Cerrito REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING (6:00 PM)
Council Chambers - 10890 San Pablo Ave, El Cerrito
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Conduct: This meeting shall be conducted pursuant to the El Cerrito City Council Rules of Order and Procedure, including adjourning by 11:00 PM unless extended to a specific time determined by a majority of the Council.

Public Comments:

1. In-person by submitting a request to speak to the City Clerk.

2. By Email to [email protected] identified in the subject line as Public Comments – Agenda Item #.

Written comments received by 2:00 p.m. the day of the meeting will be provided to the City Council and posted online in advance of the meeting. Comments received after the deadline will be provided to the City Council and will be posted after the meeting. 5:00 PM ROLL CALL - CONVENE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING

1. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ANY REQUEST FROM A

COUNCILMEMBER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING REMOTELY DUE TO EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES PURSUANT TO AB 2449

2. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
All persons wishing to speak should sign up with the City Clerk. Remarks are typically limited to 3 minutes per person and to items on the special meeting agenda only.

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Mayor Councilmembers
Tessa Rudnick Paul Fadelli
Mayor Pro Tem Lisa Motoyama
Carolyn Wysinger AGENDA Gabriel Quinto

3. CLOSED SESSION: PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957
Title: City Attorney
Contact: Sky Woodruff, City Attorney, City Management

4. CLOSED SESSION CONFERENCE WITH NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6
Agency Designated Representatives: Karen Pinkos, City Manager; Alexandra Orologas, Assistant City Manager; Shannon Bassi, Senior Human Resources Analyst; Glenn Berkheimer, Labor Negotiator; and Sky Woodruff, City Attorney.

Employee Organizations: Management/Confidential Employees; Police Employees Association (PEA); Public Safety Management Association (Battalion Chief, Fire Chief, Police Chief, and Police Management); Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1021; and United Professional Firefighters Local 1230.

Contact: Sky Woodruff, City Attorney, City Management

5. ADJOURN SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
6:00 PM ROLL CALL – CONVENE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

1. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ANY REQUEST FROM A

COUNCILMEMBER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING REMOTELY DUE TO EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES PURSUANT TO AB 2449

2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OR OBSERVATION OF A

MOMENT OF SILENCE

3. TELECONFERENCE AND PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS

4. COUNCIL/STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
Reports of closed session, commission appointments and informational reports on matters of general interest which are announced by the City Council and staff.

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Mayor Councilmembers
Tessa Rudnick Paul Fadelli
Mayor Pro Tem Lisa Motoyama
Carolyn Wysinger AGENDA Gabriel Quinto

5. PRESENTATIONS
A. Statewide Healthcare Workers' Union award presentation to Councilmember Quinto
Action Proposed: Statewide Healthcare Workers' Union presentation of an Award in recognition of Councilmember Quinto's 2023 actions on behalf of healthcare workers and patients.

Contact: Doug Jones, SEIU UHW Political Organizer

6. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
Remarks are typically limited to 3 minutes per person. The Mayor may reduce the time limit per speaker depending upon the number of speakers and may limit the total time for public comment to facilitate the completion of business on the agenda. Comments regarding non-agenda, presentation and consent calendar items will be heard first.

Comments related to items appearing on the Public Hearing or Policy Matter portions of the Agenda will be heard prior to the City Council taking action on each item.

7. ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR
All items on the consent calendar shall be acted upon in one motion, unless a member of the City Council or staff request separate consideration.

A. Monthly Disbursement and Check Register Report for January 2024 Action Proposed: Receive and file the Monthly Disbursement and Check Register Report for the month of January 2024.

Contact: Crystal Reams, Finance Director/City Treasurer, Finance Department
B. California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) Form 130 - Designation of Authorized Agents
Action Proposed: Adopt a resolution designating the City Manager, Finance Director, and Public Works Director as the City’s agents to provide required assurances and execute agreements for the purposes of obtaining financial assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the State of California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) for any disaster aid and grant program; approving the corresponding Cal OES Form 130; and authorizing the City Manager to file the Cal OES Form 130 with Cal OES and submit all related documentation.

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Mayor Councilmembers
Tessa Rudnick Paul Fadelli
Mayor Pro Tem Lisa Motoyama
Carolyn Wysinger AGENDA Gabriel Quinto

Contact: A'shanti Coleman, Management Assistant, Public Works Department; Yvetteh Ortiz, Public Works Director/City Engineer C. Amendment to Consulting Services Agreement with Tripepi Smith Action Proposed: Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an extension to the consulting services agreement with Tripepi Smith for Communication Services.

Contact: Will Provost, Assistant to the City Manager, City Management D. Amendment to Custodial Services Agreement with Universal Building Services
Action Proposed: Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to extend the Recreation Department's custodial services agreement with Universal Building Services through the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2023-24 for a total amount not to exceed $110,000.

Contact: Christopher Jones, Recreation Director, Recreation Department
E. A Resolution Authorizing Execution of An Agreement for the Affordable Housing Sustainable Communities Program for El Cerrito Plaza Parcel A South for Transit-Oriented Development at the El Cerrito Plaza Station and submission of an application for Affordable Housing Sustainable Community Program funds as a coapplicant with the Related Companies of California Action Proposed: Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement for the Affordable Housing Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program as a co-applicant with the Related Companies of California, LLC (Developer), for El Cerrito Plaza Station Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), Parcel A South (EC-PAS) located at 515 Richmond Street, to construct 70 affordable housing units and associated multimodal transportation improvements and to submit an application to the AHSC Program as a co-applicant.

Contact: Aissia Ashoori, Housing Manager; Jarrett Mullen, Sustainable Transportation Program Manager, Melanie Mintz, Community Development Director; Community Development Department

8. PUBLIC HEARINGS

9. POLICY MATTERS
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Mayor Councilmembers
Tessa Rudnick Paul Fadelli
Mayor Pro Tem Lisa Motoyama
Carolyn Wysinger AGENDA Gabriel Quinto

A. Crime Prevention Committee Disbandment
Action Proposed: Adopt a resolution to disband the Crime Prevention Committee and rescind Resolution 2001-105 as directed by City Council, and provide staff direction if applicable.

Contact: Holly M. Charléty, City Clerk, City Management B. FY 2023-24 General Fund Budget Quarterly Update through December 2023
Action Proposed: Receive and file an update on City General Fund revenues and expenses for FY 2023-24 through December 2023.

Contact: Crystal Reams, Finance Director/City Treasurer, Finance Department

10. CITY COUNCIL LOCAL & REGIONAL LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS
Mayor and City Council communications regarding local and regional liaison assignments, committee reports, and any required reporting under AB 1234 for meetings (as defined by the Brown Act) attended at the public's expense.

11. ADJOURN REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
The next regularly scheduled City Council meeting is Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.

The City of El Cerrito serves our diverse community by providing exceptional services that create a safe and resilient future for all.

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AGENDA BILL
Agenda Item No. 7.A.

Date: February 20, 2024
To: El Cerrito City Council
From: Crystal Reams, Finance Director/City Treasurer, Finance Department Subject: Monthly Disbursement and Check Register Report for January 2024

ACTION PROPOSED
Receive and file the Monthly Disbursement and Check Register Report for the month of January 2024.

BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS
California Government Code, Title 4. Government of Cities, Division 3, Part 3, Chapter 3, Section 41004 states, “Regularly, at least once each month, the city treasurer shall submit to the city clerk a written report and accounting of all receipts, disbursements, and fund balances. The city treasurer shall file a copy with the legislative body.” In addition, the City’s Comprehensive Financial Policy, Item 5.1 Accounting Standards indicates the City’s accounting and financial reporting systems shall be maintained in conformance with all state and federal laws.
• Month ending January 31, 2024, reflecting 325 Accounts Payable General Warrant Nos. 88466 through 88767, 23 ACH/EFT transactions, and 543 payrollrelated checks and EFTs for a grand total of $6,182,065.15.

STRATEGIC PLAN CONSIDERATIONS
The City’s Comprehensive Financial Policy, which includes ensuring policies, procedures, and systems represent best practices in financial management, is aligned with requirements referenced in California Government Code, Title 4, Chapter 3, Section 41004.

This action supports the City’s Strategic Plan Goal(s) of:
• High Performing Organization by Ensure the City maintains a strong financial position and a high-preforming organization where employees feel a sense of inclusion and belonging.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
This section is not applicable to this agenda item.

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Agenda Item No. 7.A.

FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS
There is no fiscal impact associated with acceptance of the Monthly Disbursement and Check Register Report.

LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
The City Attorney has reviewed this agenda item and found that legal considerations have been addressed.

Reviewed by:

Karen Pinkos, City Manager
Attachments:

1. Monthly Payment Register January 2024
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Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/ Voided Date Description
Transaction
Amount
88466 01/03/2024 Open 50% balance due to Contra Costa Mayors Conference 2/1/24 $3,500.00 88467 01/04/2024 Open STATION 52 REPAIR $250.00
88468 01/04/2024 Open BUILDING SUPPLIES $121.2188469 01/04/2024 Open HOUSING ELEMENT $22,620.79 88470 01/04/2024 Open STRATEGIC PLAN WORKSHOP SUPPORT $5,000.00 88471 01/04/2024 Open STATION 52 ALARM $348.75
88472 01/04/2024 Open PERSONNEL MATTER $9,327.50
88473 01/04/2024 Open BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION $3,500.0088474 01/04/2024 Open FD HEARING TEST $2,040.0088475 01/04/2024 Open NEW LAW EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT $771.31 88476 01/04/2024 Open CITY AUDIT $2,500.00
88477 01/04/2024 Open STATION 52 $276.16
88478 01/04/2024 Open CPOA MEMBERSHIP $1,150.00
88479 01/04/2024 Open MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT $36.55
88480 01/04/2024 Open NFIRS SERVICES $500.00
88481 01/04/2024 Open OCT/NOV DRAFT CLASS SPECS (CLASS & COMP) $11,390.00 88482 01/04/2024 Open FC WINDSHIELD REPLACE $661.07
88483 01/04/2024 Open K9 TRAINING $1,200.00
88484 01/04/2024 Open HOSTING, MAINTENANCE, SERVICE $171.00 88485 01/04/2024 Open TRANSACTION TAX OCT-DEC2023 $300.0088486 01/04/2024 Open MAP CHECKING SVCS THROUGH 11.30.23 $1,520.00 88487 01/04/2024 Open 2023 CHEVROLET TAHOE SPECIAL SERVICE VEHICLES WITH UPFITTING $4,907.4188488 01/04/2024 Open CORDICO FIREFIGHTER WELLNESS APP $4,666.0088489 01/04/2024 Open FD FORMS $176.40 88490 01/04/2024 Open BATTERY $187.5888491 01/04/2024 Open PHASE I ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT $4,500.00 88492 01/04/2024 Open OFFICE SUPPLIES $230.14
88493 01/04/2024 Open CREDIT CARD FEES $3,506.71
88494 01/04/2024 Open VEHICLE MAINTENANCE $2,152.7788495 01/04/2024 Open MAKERS FAIRE BANNER $49.61 88496 01/04/2024 Open GRANT WRITING SVCS NOV 2023 $4,500.00 88497 01/04/2024 Open MONTHLY COMMUNICATION SUPPORT $5,342.0088498 01/11/2024 Open CITY TREE REMOVAL C3082 ARLINGTON PARK $603.00 88499 01/11/2024 Open MEDICAL OXYGEN $348.1788500 01/11/2024 Open FD32 REPAIRS $18,024.10 88501 01/11/2024 Open LEGAL SVCS THROUGH 10/31/23 $1,239.00 88502 01/11/2024 Open MEDICAL SUPPLIES $152.48
88503 01/11/2024 Open REIMBURSE EDUCATION COSTS $1,000.00 88504 01/11/2024 Open POLICE ACADEMY $8,770.0088505 01/11/2024 Open CHILDCARE MADERA $6,861.9888506 01/11/2024 Open RANGE FEES $837.00 88507 01/11/2024 Open ANNUAL FLOOR CLEANING - CASTRO CLUBHOUSE $4,470.00 88508 01/11/2024 Open CLETS 22/23 $2,156.0688509 01/11/2024 Open TIPPING WALL INSPECTION REPORTS 11/17/23 & 12/5/23 $796.00 88510 01/11/2024 Open 4TH OF JULY JANUARY PYMT $1,000.00 88511 01/11/2024 Open SHREDDING $207.43
88512 01/11/2024 Open 2024 APB FEES $560.0088513 01/11/2024 Open R&R TIRE $191.5388514 01/11/2024 Open ROPS for 24-25 $1,200.00 88515 01/11/2024 Open ADULT BALLET DEC 2023 $285.60
88516 01/11/2024 Open BUSINESS CARDS Accounts Payable GILMAN STREET PRESS $55.38 Accounts Payable DON'S TIRE SERVICE, INC.Accounts Payable FRASER & ASSOCIATESAccounts Payable GABRIEL, BARBARA, A. Accounts Payable COREY JOHN MASONAccounts Payable CORODATA SHREDDING INC.Accounts Payable CRITICAL REACHAccounts Payable COITAccounts Payable CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICEAccounts Payable CONTRA COSTA HEALTH SERVICESAccounts Payable CCCSO LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAININGAccounts Payable CHILDCARE CAREERS, LLCAccounts Payable CITY OF FAIRFIELDAccounts Payable BARG COFFIN LEWIS & TRAPP, LLPAccounts Payable BOUNDTREE MEDICAL LLCAccounts Payable CASTREJON, JOSEAccounts Payable A PLUS TREE, INC.Accounts Payable AIRGAS USA, LLCAccounts Payable ALAMEDA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENTAccounts Payable PREMIER GRAPHICSAccounts Payable RENNE PUBLIC LAW GROUPAccounts Payable Tripepi Smith and Associates , IncAccounts Payable OFFICE DEPOTAccounts Payable PAYMENTUS CORPORATIONAccounts Payable PLAZA AUTO SERVICE INCAccounts Payable MERCURIO BROS. PRINTING, INC,Accounts Payable MICHAEL STEADS HILLTOP FORD KIAAccounts Payable NINYO & MOOREAccounts Payable KISTER,SAVIO & REI INCAccounts Payable KS STATEBANKAccounts Payable LEXIPOL LLCAccounts Payable GOLDEN GATE K9Accounts Payable Green Halo Systems Inc,Accounts Payable Hinderliter , de Llamas & AssociatesAccounts Payable FIRE INFORMATION SUPPORT SVCSAccounts Payable GALLAGHER BENEFIT SERVICES, INC.Accounts Payable GLASS ON THE MOVEAccounts Payable COMCASTAccounts Payable CPOAAccounts Payable CUISON, MARIELLEAccounts Payable CENTER FOR HEARING HEALTH INCAccounts Payable CHARLETY, HOLLYAccounts Payable CHAVAN & ASSOCIATES, LLPAccounts Payable BAY ALARM COMPANYAccounts Payable BERTRAND, FOX, ELLIOT, OSMAN & WENZELAccounts Payable CARROLL, JAMESAccounts Payable Amazon Capital Services, Inc.Accounts Payable ASCENT ENVIRONMENT, INC.Accounts Payable BAKER TILLY US, LLP Accounts Payable Checks
Accounts Payable BERKELEY COUNTRY CLUBAccounts Payable AIR EXCHANGE, INC.

City of El Cerrito
Payment Register
From Payment Date: 1/1/2024 - To Payment Date: 1/30/2024 Source Payee Name
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Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/ Voided Date Description
Transaction
Amount
City of El Cerrito
Payment Register
From Payment Date: 1/1/2024 - To Payment Date: 1/30/2024 Source Payee Name
88517 01/11/2024 Open AUDIT SVCS - SALES TAX OCT-DEC2023 $1,053.55 88518 01/11/2024 Open CITY SATELLITE PHONES $225.00
88519 01/11/2024 Open MAY-NOV 2023 SERVICE $15,211.00
88520 01/11/2024 Open HATHA YOGA DEC2023 $420.00
88521 01/11/2024 Open HVAC $2,493.40
88522 01/11/2024 Open AIKIDO DEC 2023 $240.00
88523 01/11/2024 Open BODY ARMOR $10,887.94
88524 01/11/2024 Open PHASES 1-3 $3,447.50
88525 01/11/2024 Open SVCS 1/124 - 3/31/24 $2,776.2688526 01/11/2024 Open WALL CALENDARS $346.80 88527 01/11/2024 Open ENG OIL CHANGE $69.20
88528 01/11/2024 Open TASER EQUIPMENT $750.94
88529 01/11/2024 Open REIMBURSE EMPLOYEE FOR TUITION AND FEES $13,930.00 88530 01/11/2024 Open CERAMICS MON AFTERNOON NOV2023 $282.00 88531 01/11/2024 Open FD SATELLITE PHONES $133.9088532 01/11/2024 Open LAB FEES $3,080.00 88533 01/11/2024 Open PD PUBLIC FIRE $530.00
88534 01/11/2024 Open MONTHLY SHREDDING $857.3888535 01/11/2024 Open HAZARDOUS WASTE $173.6588536 01/11/2024 Open LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EXPENSES $710.1588537 01/11/2024 Open SEPT 2023 $60,472.95 88538 01/11/2024 Open VOICE RECORDER & CASE, 2WAY RADIOS & CHARGER $192.85 88539 01/11/2024 Open MOTOR OIL RECYCLING 12/12/23 $100.0088540 01/11/2024 Open WATERCOLOR & ACRYLIC DEC 2023 $102.0088541 01/11/2024 Open ART & WELLNESS NOV & DEC 2023 $75.00 88542 01/11/2024 Open OPEN CERAMICS FRI OCT, NOV, DEC 2023 $451.20 88543 01/11/2024 Open NOV2023 CAAP UPDATE $14,756.25
88544 01/11/2024 Open CORP YARD WEEKLY UNIFORM RENTAL $636.48 88545 01/11/2024 Open FELDENKRAIS NOV 2023 $112.5088546 01/11/2024 Open FEB2024 CORE MAINTENACE & SUPPORT $175.1588547 01/11/2024 Open LICENSING CERTS $1,452.00 88548 01/11/2024 Open R4: ANNUAL BRAKES + REGEN $3,297.0088549 01/11/2024 Open FASEP ART SI 2023 $2,245.8088550 01/11/2024 Open STORMWATER TESTING #1 OF 4 $1,144.0088551 01/11/2024 Open DEBT PAYMENT $15,200.00 88552 01/11/2024 Open ARMORED TRANSPORT SVC $272.48
88553 01/11/2024 Open STREET SWEEP SPOILS DEC23. 12/1 2.67T, 12/6 2.78T, 12/13 3.4T $1,151.83 88554 01/11/2024 Open GYNMASTICS NOV - DEC 2023 $5,070.0088555 01/11/2024 Open CENTRAL PARK SVC 12/12/23-1/8/24 $221.05 88556 01/11/2024 Open BOOTS - STEEL TOE SLIP RESISTANT $175.5988557 01/11/2024 Open OPEN CERAMICS THUR DEC23 $216.0088558 01/11/2024 Open BRING BACK THE NATIVE GARDEN TOUR SPONSORSHIP $1,500.00 88559 01/11/2024 Open SODIUM HYPO $1,781.0188560 01/11/2024 Open ADVISORY SVCS $18,402.35 88561 01/11/2024 Open DOT PROGRAM 1ST QTR $2,524.62
88562 01/11/2024 Open NOV23 CURBSIDE RECYCLING PROCESSING 292.23 TONS $16,072.65 88563 01/11/2024 Open LLD 1988-1 $2,905.73
88564 01/11/2024 Open WOMEN'S FBW DEC23 $75.60
88565 01/11/2024 Open HASEP & MASEP PLAY-WELL LEGO SI 2023 $8,243.20 88566 01/11/2024 Open POSTAGE RECREATION SUMMER CAMP24 ACTIVITY GUIDE, MPERMIT79 $4,900.0088567 01/11/2024 Open SEWING & TEXTILE ARTS 12/4 - 12/13 $885.00 88568 01/11/2024 Open STRENGTH & BALANCE DEC 2023 $570.0088569 01/11/2024 Open MADERA & FAIRMONT CLUBHOUSES ALARM SVC JAN 2024 $732.63 Accounts Payable Shababo, Tracey , EliseAccounts Payable SHAHKAR, MEHRANAccounts Payable SSD ALARMAccounts Payable NICOLE CEA RIVERAAccounts Payable PLAY-WELL TEKNOLOGIESAccounts Payable POSTMASTERAccounts Payable MUNICIPAL POOLING AUTHORITYAccounts Payable Napa Recycling & Waste Service, LLC Accounts Payable NBSAccounts Payable KATHY KRAMER CONSULTINGAccounts Payable KNORR SYSTEMS, INC.Accounts Payable KRISCH & COMPANY AN ACCOUNTANCY CORPORATIONAccounts Payable HONEY BUCKETAccounts Payable HUIZAR, EDUARDOAccounts Payable JAFFE, SCOTAccounts Payable GARDA CL WEST,INC. - CO 120Accounts Payable Golden Bear Transfer StationAccounts Payable GRAUL, BELINDAAccounts Payable DIPRIMA, LISAAccounts Payable Enthalpy Analytical, LLCAccounts Payable FIFTH ASSET, INC DBA DEBTBOOKAccounts Payable CORE COMPUTING SOLUTIONSAccounts Payable DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICESAccounts Payable DICKINSON FLEET SVCS / COX AUTOMOTIVE Accounts Payable CASCADIA CONSULTING GROUP, INC. Accounts Payable CINTAS CORPORATION #054 UNIFORMSAccounts Payable CONSTABLE, MARIANNEAccounts Payable BLACK, MEI-YUAccounts Payable BROWN, KRISTENAccounts Payable CANN, COLETTE Accounts Payable MEYERS NAVEAccounts Payable Amazon Capital Services, Inc.Accounts Payable ASBURY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICESAccounts Payable STERICYCLE, INC.Accounts Payable STERICYCLE, INC.Accounts Payable WILLIAMS, GARYAccounts Payable ROADPOST USA, INC.Accounts Payable Serological Research InstituteAccounts Payable STATE OF CA DEPT OF JUSTICEAccounts Payable PROFORCEAccounts Payable RATLIFF, WILLIAMAccounts Payable RILE, KATHRYNAccounts Payable NBSAccounts Payable ODP BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, LLCAccounts Payable OIL CHANGERS Accounts Payable KI RESEARCH INSTITUTEAccounts Payable L.N. CURTIS & SONSAccounts Payable LSA ASSOCIATES, INC.Accounts Payable INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIVE CONSULTANTSAccounts Payable JONES, HIROMIAccounts Payable KEL-AIREAccounts Payable Hinderliter , de Llamas & AssociatesAccounts Payable HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC. user: Crystal Reams Pages: 2 of 7 Monday, February 12, 2024 Agenda Packet Page 9 of 93
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/ Voided Date Description
Transaction
Amount
City of El Cerrito
Payment Register
From Payment Date: 1/1/2024 - To Payment Date: 1/30/2024 Source Payee Name
88570 01/11/2024 Open HNA FIRE FUEL REDUCTION $15,360.00 88571 01/11/2024 Open DEC23 SERVICE $3,600.00
88572 01/11/2024 Open GATOR GEAR $5,105.9788573 01/11/2024 Open LIBRARY RESTROOM SUPPLIES, HAND SOAP & SEAT COVERS $8,396.5988574 01/11/2024 Open 6001 PERMIT RENEWAL EXTENSION $12,610.00 88575 01/11/2024 Open 6001 - PERMIT RENEWAL EXTENSION $12,634.0088576 01/16/2024 Open Disability Access & Edu fee for Q4 2023 $101.20 88577 01/12/2024 Open PER3 - CALPERS Longterm Care Ins $39.66 88578 01/12/2024 Open DEN1 - Dental 1* $17,292.76
88579 01/12/2024 Open DUE4 - UNION LOCAL 1230 $5,105.24 88580 01/12/2024 Open K1 - Kaiser 1* $240,854.09
88581 01/12/2024 Open LEGL - PRE-PAID LEGAL SRVC $182.40 88582 01/12/2024 Open LIFE - Supp Life Insu Inv: 920-35254 - Jan 2024 $12,883.02 88583 01/12/2024 Open FHEA - Fire Health Savings Acct $15,200.0088584 01/12/2024 Open COPE - VOLUNTARY COPE DEDUCTION* $1,671.43 88585 01/12/2024 Open SHR - Sutter Health Plus EE Cost* $37,533.60 88586 01/12/2024 Open PAR - PARS - ARS 457* $1,579.10
88587 01/18/2024 Open PLAN REVIEW SVCS $7,261.2588588 01/18/2024 Open DUES AND MEMBERSHIP 23-24 $1,000.0088589 01/18/2024 Open OFFICE SUPPLIES $153.48 88590 01/18/2024 Open UST FILTER DELIVERY REMOVED & REPLACED FILTERS $3,388.93 88591 01/18/2024 Open 12/29/23 MORTOR OIL RECYCLING $100.00 88592 01/18/2024 Open COMMUNITY CTR PEST CONTROL SVC JAN24 $375.0088593 01/18/2024 Open LEGAL SVCS THROUGH 12/31/23 $59.00 88594 01/18/2024 Open GENERAL OFFICE SUPPLIES $266.77
88595 01/18/2024 Open CCCSHERIFF ACAMDEMY OCT-DEC23 $752.4088596 01/18/2024 Open LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DEC2023 $23,118.00 88597 01/18/2024 Open CSBC FY2023-24 Q2 $524.02
88598 01/18/2024 Open SMIP FEES FY 2023-24 Q2 $3,004.70 88599 01/18/2024 Open LUNCH - CHP TESTS $16.00
88600 01/18/2024 Open CORP YARD UNIFORMS WEEKLY RENTAL $212.16 88601 01/18/2024 Open MAYORS CONFERENCE $70.00
88602 01/18/2024 Open CAD FEES $69,224.17
88603 01/18/2024 Open CORP YARD CLOOR CLEANING 12/22/23 $6,475.00 88604 01/18/2024 Open SART EXAM AUG 2023 $1,700.0088605 01/18/2024 Open RECRUITING $1,793.9388606 01/18/2024 Open BIOHAZARD CLEAN UP 12/1/23 $1,250.0088607 01/18/2024 Open BUSINESS LICENSES $400.00 88608 01/18/2024 Open CITY COUNCIL GENERAL SUPPLIES $54.36 88609 01/18/2024 Open R&R 2 PATROL CAR TIRES $363.17
88610 01/18/2024 Open PSYCH EVAL $1,600.00
88611 01/18/2024 Open Tennis court reservations $219.37 88612 01/18/2024 Open LUNCH- TACTICAL RIFLE FOR FIRST RESPONDER $40.00 88613 01/18/2024 Open SHIPPING $55.9888614 01/18/2024 Open FORENSIC TESTING $4,100.50 88615 01/18/2024 Open HOUSING $224.00
88616 01/18/2024 Open ICAT TRAIN THE TRAINER $634.1488617 01/18/2024 Open ICAT TRAIN THE TRAINER $200.0088618 01/18/2024 Open DOCUMENT STORAGE $1,030.56 88619 01/18/2024 Open LUNCH - CHP SFS TESTS $16.00
88620 01/18/2024 Open DEC 2023 MEDICAL REVIEW $2,000.00 88621 01/18/2024 Open 2023 LRSP $23,608.21
88622 01/18/2024 Open LEGAL SVCS NOV23 $4,309.00
Accounts Payable KITTELSON & ASSOCIATES INCAccounts Payable KREISBERG LAW FIRMAccounts Payable IRON MOUNTAINAccounts Payable KATANSKI, ALEXANDERAccounts Payable KENNEDY, GREG, CAccounts Payable GOLDFARB & LIPMAN LLPAccounts Payable HASHIMOTO, KENNETH, J.Accounts Payable Hernandez, DanielleAccounts Payable ELLIOTT, MARIELLEAccounts Payable FEDEXAccounts Payable FORENSIC SERVICES DIVISIONAccounts Payable DON'S TIRE SERVICE, INC.Accounts Payable DUNNIGAN PSYCHOLOGICAL & THREAT ASSESSMENTS Accounts Payable EL CERRITO TENNIS CLUBAccounts Payable CRIME SCENE CLEANERS, INC.Accounts Payable DATA TICKET, INC.Accounts Payable DIABLO BOWLING & TROPHIESAccounts Payable COITAccounts Payable CONTRA COSTA COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES DEPTAccounts Payable CPS HR Consulting Accounts Payable CINTAS CORPORATION #054 UNIFORMSAccounts Payable CITY OF ANTIOCHAccounts Payable CITY OF RICHMONDAccounts Payable CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSIONAccounts Payable CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATIONAccounts Payable CHAND, NIRAJANAccounts Payable BLAISDELL'S BUSINESS PRODUCTSAccounts Payable BOCANEGRA , VIVIANAccounts Payable BRIGHTVIEW LANDSCAPE SERVICES, INC.Accounts Payable ASBURY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICESAccounts Payable ATCO Pest ControlAccounts Payable BARG COFFIN LEWIS & TRAPP, LLPAccounts Payable AFRICAN AMERICAN MAYORS ASSOCIATIONAccounts Payable Amazon Capital Services, Inc.Accounts Payable ARMOUR PETROLEUM SVC & EQUIPTAccounts Payable SUTTER HEALTH PLUSAccounts Payable U.S. BANK - INSTITUTIONAL TRUST - W REGIONAccounts Payable 4LEAF, INC.Accounts Payable MUNICIPAL POOLING AUTHORITYAccounts Payable NATIONWIDE TRUST COMPANY, FSBAccounts Payable SEIU LOCAL 1021Accounts Payable IAFF LOCAL 1230Accounts Payable KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLANAccounts Payable LEGALSHIELDAccounts Payable DIVISION OF STATE ARCHITECTAccounts Payable CALPERS LONG TERM CARE PROGRAMAccounts Payable HEALTH CARE DENTAL TRUSTAccounts Payable UNIVERSAL BUILDING SERVICEAccounts Payable CHATTERJEE, PALLAVAccounts Payable CHATTERJEE, PALLAVAccounts Payable THE PROFESSIONAL TREE CARE CO.Accounts Payable TWO BROTHERS POOL & SPA, INCAccounts Payable TYR SPORT, INC. user: Crystal Reams Pages: 3 of 7 Monday, February 12, 2024 Agenda Packet Page 10 of 93
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/ Voided Date Description
Transaction
Amount
City of El Cerrito
Payment Register
From Payment Date: 1/1/2024 - To Payment Date: 1/30/2024 Source Payee Name
88623 01/18/2024 Open LUNCH- TACTICAL RIFLE FOR FIRST RESPONDER $24.00 88624 01/18/2024 Open LIGHTING MAINTENANCE $3,720.00
88625 01/18/2024 Open DRY CLEANING $300.20
88626 01/18/2024 Open POSTAGE $21.76
88627 01/18/2024 Open OFFICE SUPPLIES $295.99
88628 01/18/2024 Open OIL CHANGE $138.4088629 01/18/2024 Open SAFETY ELEMENT UPDATE $1,512.15 88630 01/18/2024 Open LUNCH CCC SHERIFF ACADEMY $752.40 88631 01/18/2024 Open COUNCIL GENERAL OFFICE SUPPLIES $143.3388632 01/18/2024 Open SPARE IGNITION KEY $85.00 88633 01/18/2024 Open AMMO $5,399.55
88634 01/18/2024 Open PLANNING STAFFING SUPPORT $1,044.0088635 01/18/2024 Open SAT CLASSES NOV-DEC + HASEP/MASEP $8,138.4088636 01/18/2024 Open MONTHLY COMMUNICATION SUPPORT $5,342.0088637 01/18/2024 Open PD FOOD $4,095.3188638 01/18/2024 Open EBMUD 10/27/23 - 1/2/24 $16,556.23 88639 01/18/2024 Open FD PLAN REVIEWS $3,480.00
88640 01/18/2024 Open VEHICLE MAINTENANCE $1,928.2988641 01/18/2024 Open FD APPAREL $71.65 88642 01/18/2024 Open PROPANE FOR FORKLIFTS 12/7 AND 12/28/23 $1,146.72 88643 01/18/2024 Open MLK DAY EVENT ENTERTAINMENT $250.00 88644 01/18/2024 Open MLK DAY ENTERTAINMENT $850.0088645 01/18/2024 Open JANUARY GREERNER EL CERRITO BILL INSERT $1,088.81 88646 01/18/2024 Open ARLINGTON PARK IMPROVEMENTS PLANROOM $269.75 88647 01/18/2024 Open TRUITION REIMBURSEMENT $1,506.99
88648 01/18/2024 Open HONORARIUM - MLK DAY EVENT $300.00 88649 01/18/2024 Open C3: REMOVE & INSTALL BRACKETS $9,454.15 88650 01/18/2024 Open STREET SWEEPING NOV 2023 $8,587.2588651 01/18/2024 Open RELEASE OF BONDS JANUARY 2024 $792.00 88652 01/18/2024 Open OPEN CERAMICS MONDAY EVENING DEC 2023 $702.0088653 01/18/2024 Open R4: REPLACE TIRES $1,899.54 88654 01/18/2024 Open BRIDGE DEC 2023 $94.20
88655 01/18/2024 Open SODIUM HYPO $1,308.26
88656 01/18/2024 Open FD PPE $21,159.18
88657 01/18/2024 Open AQUA ZUMBA DEC2023 $195.50
88658 01/18/2024 Open FAIRMONT CLUBHOUSE PEST CONTROL SVC DEC 2023 $475.0088659 01/18/2024 Open MLK DAY ENTERTAINMENT $350.0088660 01/18/2024 Open MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT - LAFCO & MCE EXEC CMTEE MITG $59.87 88661 01/18/2024 Open SCBA MODULE BOARD $106.01
88662 01/18/2024 Open ON-CALL SUPPORT $570.0088663 01/18/2024 Open RELEASE OF BONDS JANUARY 2024 $1,799.12 88664 01/18/2024 Open HONORARIUM - MLK DAY EVENT $300.00 88665 01/18/2024 Open OPEN CERAMICS MON AFTERNOON DEC 2023 $216.0088666 01/18/2024 Open SAFETY GEAR: RAIN BOOTS. DTO SUPPLIES Misc $425.7388667 01/18/2024 Open LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DEC2023 $14,276.86 88668 01/18/2024 Open XFIT DEC 2023 $756.60
88669 01/18/2024 Open CITY HALL ELEVATOR SVC CALL FOR STUCK CART $1,947.27 88670 01/18/2024 Open POLYGRAPHS $1,462.5088671 01/18/2024 Open MLK DAY PLAQUES $125.06 88672 01/18/2024 Open TRANSCRIPTIONS $1,573.80
88673 01/18/2024 Open TS & SL MAINTENANCE DECEMBER ROUTINE 2023 $8,221.9088674 01/18/2024 Open REPAIR LIFEPAK $1,014.9988675 01/18/2024 Open MLK DAY ENTERTAINMENT Accounts Payable TROTTER VIDEOGRAPHY $350.00 Accounts Payable SPEAKWRITE LLCAccounts Payable ST. FRANCIS ELECTRICAccounts Payable STRYKER CORPORATIONAccounts Payable SCHINDLER ELEVATOR CORPORATIONAccounts Payable SHANNON LAYER POLYGRAPHAccounts Payable SIGNS BY SCOTTAccounts Payable ROADSAFE TRAFFIC SYSTEMS, INC.Accounts Payable RUBICON ENTERPRISES INCAccounts Payable RUIZ, JOEAccounts Payable RESCUE ROOTERAccounts Payable RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOLAccounts Payable RILE, KATHRYNAccounts Payable QUINTO, GABRIELAccounts Payable R.S. HUGHES CO.Accounts Payable R3 CONSULTING GROUPAccounts Payable MITCHELL, BONNIEAccounts Payable MORTON'S URBAN PEST MANAGEMENTAccounts Payable OAKLAND BLACK COWBOY ASSOCIATIONAccounts Payable KINSEY, KATHRYNE ANNAccounts Payable KNORR SYSTEMS, INC.Accounts Payable L.N. CURTIS & SONSAccounts Payable EVEREST PLUMBING & DRAINAccounts Payable FUJIWARA, PATTYAccounts Payable J & O' s COMMERCIAL TIRE CENTERAccounts Payable Codany HolidayAccounts Payable DICKINSON FLEET SVCS / COX AUTOMOTIVE Accounts Payable EAST BAY SANITARY CO.INC.Accounts Payable BEND MAILINGAccounts Payable BPXPRESSAccounts Payable CARRION, DAMIENAccounts Payable AMERIGAS PROPANE INCAccounts Payable BAKER, DORRICKAccounts Payable Bay Area Jazz SocietyAccounts Payable 4LEAF, INC.Accounts Payable ALAMEDA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENTAccounts Payable Amazon Capital Services, Inc.Accounts Payable Tripepi Smith and Associates , IncAccounts Payable WEST COAST VENDING SERVICES, INC.Accounts Payable EBMUDAccounts Payable SAN DIEGO POLICE EQUIPMENT CO.Accounts Payable STANTEC CONSULTINGAccounts Payable SUPER SOCCER STARSAccounts Payable PORTILLO, JOANNAAccounts Payable PREMIER GRAPHICSAccounts Payable REX KEY & SECURITYAccounts Payable ODP BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, LLCAccounts Payable OIL CHANGERS Accounts Payable PLACEWORKSAccounts Payable MIGHETTO ELECTRICAccounts Payable Norge Cleaners and AlterationsAccounts Payable NUNOKAWA, YOK0Accounts Payable MA, SANG user: Crystal Reams Pages: 4 of 7 Monday, February 12, 2024 Agenda Packet Page 11 of 93
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/ Voided Date Description
Transaction
Amount
City of El Cerrito
Payment Register
From Payment Date: 1/1/2024 - To Payment Date: 1/30/2024 Source Payee Name
88676 01/18/2024 Open PORTOLA GATE LOCK & KEYS $126.17
88677 01/18/2024 Open RELEASE OF BONDS JANUARY 2024 $1,730.00 88678 01/18/2024 Open HONORARIUM - MLK DAY EVENT, STUDENT SPEAKER $100.00 88679 01/25/2024 Open FLOORING $30,793.00
88680 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $90.00
88681 01/25/2024 Open DEL NORTE TOD COMPLETE STREETS $3,052.50 88682 01/25/2024 Open RICHMOND STREET IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT $12,272.50 88683 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $100.00 88684 01/25/2024 Open SIGNALS & LIGHTING APR23 - JUNE23 $9,227.78 88685 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $30.00
88686 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $90.0088687 01/25/2024 Open FAIRMONT CHILDCARE AIDE $4,266.40 88688 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $100.00 88689 01/25/2024 Open CAD FEES $69,224.17
88690 01/25/2024 Open CARPET CLEANING $1,360.00
88691 01/25/2024 Open LOCKER NAMEPLATE $31.34
88692 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $50.0088693 01/25/2024 Open COPWARE SUBSCRIPTION $815.00 88694 01/25/2024 Open R&R TPMS $71.66
88695 01/25/2024 Open CITATION PRINTING $3,186.14
88696 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $60.00
88697 01/25/2024 Open ARMORED TRANSPORT SVC $22.9588698 01/25/2024 Open BUSINESS CARDS INSPECTORS $55.3888699 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS $10.0088700 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $60.0088701 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $110.00 88702 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS $100.0088703 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $30.00 88704 01/25/2024 Open IACP RENEWAL - KEITH $190.00
88705 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $60.00
88706 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $70.0088707 01/25/2024 Open (3) 1 X 5 VELCRO NAME STRIPS FOR EXT VEST CARRIER $2,294.04 88708 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $90.00
88709 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $90.0088710 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $60.0088711 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $10.0088712 01/25/2024 Open OFFICE SUPPLIES $260.59 88713 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $140.0088714 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $90.00 88715 01/25/2024 Open BUSINESS CARDS $1,019.81
88716 01/25/2024 Open ZUMBA DEC 2023 $5,454.6088717 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $10.00 88718 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $30.0088719 01/25/2024 Open HNA SIGN REVISIONS $2,400.00 88720 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $30.00
88721 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $110.00 88722 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $10.00
88723 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $60.0088724 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $80.0088725 01/25/2024 Open BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION $2,182.25 88726 01/25/2024 Open CONSULTANT SVCS - WATER SLIDE REPLACEMENT PROJECT $1,878.0088727 01/25/2024 Open TUITION - INNER PERSPECTIVES OFFICER ELLIOT $500.00 88728 01/25/2024 Open FINGER PRINTING $1,132.00
Accounts Payable SOTO, PATRICIAAccounts Payable SOUTH BAY REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING Accounts Payable STATE OF CA DEPT OF JUSTICEAccounts Payable ROBERTS, ANTHONYAccounts Payable RYDER, GODSONAccounts Payable SIMPSON INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES GROUPAccounts Payable REYNOLDS, RYANAccounts Payable Rivera, HumbertoAccounts Payable RIZZO, JAMESAccounts Payable RAMOS-BANALES*ALICIAAccounts Payable RANDHAWA, ARISHDEEPAccounts Payable RESTORATION DESIGN GROUP (RGD)Accounts Payable PERALES, EDWARD, J.Accounts Payable PREMIER GRAPHICSAccounts Payable RAMOS, STEPHANIE, RAccounts Payable MIRANDA, LESLYAccounts Payable ODP BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, LLCAccounts Payable Olivieri, MichaelAccounts Payable LEONE AARONAccounts Payable MA, SANGAccounts Payable MALIK, ASHERAccounts Payable KARKI, RAVIAccounts Payable KATANSKI, ALEXANDERAccounts Payable L.N. CURTIS & SONSAccounts Payable Hernandez, DanielleAccounts Payable HUBBS, SIDNEYAccounts Payable IACPAccounts Payable GYALTSO, TRINLAYAccounts Payable HABASH, GEORGEAccounts Payable HASHIMOTO, KENNETH, J.Accounts Payable ELLIOTT, MARIELLEAccounts Payable GARDA CL WEST,INC. - CO 120Accounts Payable GILMAN STREET PRESSAccounts Payable COPWARE, INC.Accounts Payable DON'S TIRE SERVICE, INC.Accounts Payable EAGLE BUSINESS FORMSAccounts Payable COITAccounts Payable Coller Industries Incorporated dba name Tag, Inc.Accounts Payable COOPER, PAULAccounts Payable CHILDCARE CAREERS, LLCAccounts Payable CHOUDJA, PATRICKAccounts Payable CITY OF RICHMONDAccounts Payable CA DEPT OF TRANSPORTATIONAccounts Payable CAMERON, AKILAccounts Payable CHAND, NIRAJANAccounts Payable ANCHOR ENGINEERING,, INC.Accounts Payable AVILA PROJECT MANAGEMENTAccounts Payable BROSAS, DONOVANAccounts Payable BLAKE, CADEN, COTTONAccounts Payable ALL COUNTY FLOORINGAccounts Payable ALVAREZ, NADEEMAccounts Payable U.S. SECURITY SUPPLY, INC.Accounts Payable AVALON ROOTER user: Crystal Reams Pages: 5 of 7 Monday, February 12, 2024 Agenda Packet Page 12 of 93
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/ Voided Date Description
Transaction
Amount
City of El Cerrito
Payment Register
From Payment Date: 1/1/2024 - To Payment Date: 1/30/2024 Source Payee Name
88729 01/25/2024 Open SHREDDING $81.79
88730 01/25/2024 Open ARLINGTON PARK CAPITAL PROJECT C3082 $53,584.58 88731 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $250.00 88732 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $120.0088733 01/25/2024 Open SOCIAL HALL DOOR REPAIR & ADA $15,700.00 88734 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $190.00 88735 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $20.00
88736 01/25/2024 Open SOCIAL HALL & SKYLIGHT ROOM FLOOR REFINISHING $13,650.00 88737 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $20.00
88738 01/25/2024 Open OVERTIME MEALS JULY-DEC23 $10.0088739 01/25/2024 Open ARLINGTON PARK IMPROVEMENTS C3082 $6,705.90 88740 01/25/2024 Open COMPUTER SPEAKERS $175.07
88741 01/25/2024 Open REMAINING BALANCE OWED FOR CCMAYORS CONF $7,369.41 88742 01/25/2024 Open CORP YARD WEEKLY UNIFORM RENTAL $212.16 88743 01/25/2024 Open MOESER LANE CONCRETE CLEANUP DEC 2023. 23-107 CONCRETE CLEAN UP $2,800.00 88744 01/25/2024 Open CENTRAL PARK SVC 1/9/24-2/8/24 $221.05 88745 01/25/2024 Open DOCUMENT STORAGE $1,026.20
88746 01/25/2024 Open ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DUES 2024 $11,672.00 88747 01/25/2024 Open TRUCK M23 WHELEN L41 BEACON AMBER LIGHT $282.35 88748 01/25/2024 Open SEP 23 EL CERRITO PLAZA BART DEV PROJECT - CR $24,200.26 88749 01/25/2024 Open REFRIGERATION REPAIR PAID BY EMPLOYEE $95.00 88750 01/25/2024 Open MISC REPAIR $3.79
88751 01/25/2024 Open M41 SVC RENEW FUEL PUMP & FILTER, BATTERY, STARTER, $2,554.34 88752 01/25/2024 Open SCBA MAINTENANCE $2,321.8488753 01/25/2024 Open GRANT WRITING SVCS DEC 2023 $4,500.0088754 01/25/2024 Open ENGINE MIRROR $36.14 88755 01/25/2024 Open CANYON TRAIL CLUBHOUSE ALARM SVC FEB2024 $863.01 88756 01/25/2024 Open H30T FORKLIFT TENSIONER BELT REPLC & HYDRAULIC FLUID/FILTER SVC $2,935.19 88757 01/25/2024 Open COMMUNICATION SUPPORT $5,342.0088758 01/25/2024 Open PARTIAL REFUND REQUEST FOR PL23-0033 $473.12 88759 01/26/2024 Open PER3 - CALPERS Longterm Care Ins $39.66 88760 01/26/2024 Open MGT1 - FIRE DEPT MGMT GROUP $50.0088761 01/26/2024 Open MGT2 - SAFETY EMPLYEE MGMT GROUP $768.00 88762 01/26/2024 Open DUE2 - FIRE ASSN DUES $480.0088763 01/26/2024 Open ACCD - Accidental Death & Dismembermt $69.50 88764 01/26/2024 Open DUE1 - POLICE ASSN DUES $5,442.39 88765 01/26/2024 Open DUE3 - EC PRO FIREFIGHTERS DUES $270.00 88766 01/26/2024 Open COPE - VOLUNTARY COPE DEDUCTION* $1,680.75 88767 01/26/2024 Open PAR - PARS - ARS 457* $2,354.83
$1,380,311.77
2655 01/02/2024 Open RECYCLING CTR 2012 PFA REFI 10/1-12/31/23 $76,623.57 2657 01/02/2024 Open DEBT PAYMENT FOR PURCHASING GARBAGE TRUCKS/ LOAN#100750311 $43,789.812658 01/02/2024 Open 2017 COP BONDS DS PYMT DUE 1.15.24 $447,681.25 2659 01/03/2024 Open REPLACEMENT BENEFIT CONTRIBUTION, RBP $1,056.60 2661 01/02/2024 Open CALPERS UAL REMITTANCE JANUARY 2024 $158,073.33 2662 01/02/2024 Open CALPERS UAL REMITTANCE JANUARY 2024 $351,890.502663 01/02/2024 Open CALPERS UAL REMITTANCE JANUARY 2024 $570.42 2664 01/02/2024 Open CALPERS UAL REMITTANCE JANUARY 2024 $1,414.83 2666 01/09/2024 Open PG&E 11/01/23 - 11/30/23 $14,642.00 2667 01/12/2024 Open CA - CA Tax $50,477.622668 01/12/2024 Open FED - Fed Tax* $180,138.69 2669 01/12/2024 Open ICM1 - ICMA-457 #300530 FLAT DOLLAR* $58,417.64 Accounts Payable IRSAccounts Payable MIssionSquare (name chg 03-2021 formerly ICMA)Accounts Payable CalPERS (CA Public Employees' Retirement System)Accounts Payable PG&EAccounts Payable EDD - PAYROLL TAX DEPOSITAccounts Payable CalPERS (CA Public Employees' Retirement System)Accounts Payable CalPERS (CA Public Employees' Retirement System)Accounts Payable CalPERS (CA Public Employees' Retirement System)Accounts Payable CAPITAL ONE PUBLIC FUNDING, LLCAccounts Payable U.S. BANKAccounts Payable CalPERS (CA Public Employees' Retirement System) TOTAL CHECKS 302 TransactionsAccounts Payable EFTs
Accounts Payable JPMorgan Chase BankAccounts Payable PRO FIREFIGHTERS ASSN DUESAccounts Payable SEIU LOCAL 1021Accounts Payable U.S. BANK - INSTITUTIONAL TRUST - W REGIONAccounts Payable FIRE ASSOCIATIONAccounts Payable LIFE INSURANCE OF NORTH AMERICAAccounts Payable POLICE ASSN.Accounts Payable CALPERS LONG TERM CARE PROGRAMAccounts Payable EL CERRITO FIRE DEPT MGMT GRPAccounts Payable EL CERRITO PUBLIC SFTY EE MGMTAccounts Payable TOYOTA MATERIAL HANDLING NCAccounts Payable Tripepi Smith and Associates , IncAccounts Payable MALEK, LADIEAccounts Payable RENNE PUBLIC LAW GROUPAccounts Payable S.P. AUTOMOTIVEAccounts Payable SSD ALARMAccounts Payable PASTIME HARDWAREAccounts Payable PLAZA AUTO SERVICE INCAccounts Payable R.S. HUGHES CO.Accounts Payable LEHR AUTO ELECTRIC & EMERGENCYAccounts Payable MEYERS NAVEAccounts Payable NAVELLIER, BRENDAAccounts Payable HONEY BUCKETAccounts Payable IRON MOUNTAINAccounts Payable LEAGUE OF CALIF.CITIESAccounts Payable BERKELEY COUNTRY CLUBAccounts Payable CINTAS CORPORATION #054 UNIFORMSAccounts Payable FJ&I ENGINEERING, INC.Accounts Payable ZHAO, ZITIANAccounts Payable ZOON ENGINEERING, INC.Accounts Payable Amazon Capital Services, Inc.Accounts Payable WENTWORTH*DAVIDAccounts Payable WEST COAST FLOOR COMPANY Accounts Payable WINTERS, CHRISTOPHERAccounts Payable TRAC, RYAN, L.Accounts Payable UNITED CALIFORNIA ACCESS & SECURITYAccounts Payable VAZQUEZ-AVALOS, SERGIOAccounts Payable STERICYCLE, INC.Accounts Payable STREAMLINE BUILDERS Accounts Payable TANG, GILBERT user: Crystal Reams Pages: 6 of 7 Monday, February 12, 2024 Agenda Packet Page 13 of 93
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/ Voided Date Description
Transaction
Amount
City of El Cerrito
Payment Register
From Payment Date: 1/1/2024 - To Payment Date: 1/30/2024 Source Payee Name
2670 01/12/2024 Open PE1% - PERS SEIU* $205,291.98
2671 01/18/2024 Open SENIOR FITNESS DEC 2023 $97.20
2672 01/17/2024 Open PG&E 12/2/23 - 1/2/24 $21,394.83
2673 01/17/2024 Open 4Q23 SALES AND USE TAX 100-583474 $202.00 2675 01/24/2024 Open PG&E 12/1/23 - 1/1/24 $22,261.93
2676 01/26/2024 Open CA - CA Tax $40,592.562677 01/26/2024 Open FED - Fed Tax* $156,445.76 2678 01/26/2024 Open ICM1 - ICMA-457 #300530 FLAT DOLLAR* $55,179.37 2679 01/26/2024 Open PE CM PEPRA - PERS CM PEPRA* $193,369.58 2680 01/26/2024 Open CALCARD JAN2024 PAYMENT $49,741.11 2705 01/30/2024 Open PURCHASE PROPERTY 10936 SAN PABLO AVE $1,521,306.22 $3,650,658.80
Category CountPayments 325Total 325
PAYROLL All Status Count
Total Checks 95Total EFTs 448Total 543
868

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
GRAND TOTAL $6,182,065.15
$1,151,094.58$1,075,308.67
Transaction
At $75,785.91
$5,030,970.57
Transaction
At $5,030,970.57
Accounts Payable OLD REPUBLIC TITLE COMPANY
Total EFTs 23 Transactions
Accounts Payable MIssionSquare (name chg 03-2021 formerly ICMA)Accounts Payable P E R SAccounts Payable U.S. BANK - CORPORATE PAYMENT SYSAccounts Payable PG&EAccounts Payable EDD - PAYROLL TAX DEPOSITAccounts Payable IRSAccounts Payable KATZ, JUDYAccounts Payable PG&EAccounts Payable CALIFORNIA DEPT OF TAX & FEE ADMIN (CDTFA)Accounts Payable P E R S user: Crystal Reams Pages: 7 of 7 Monday, February 12, 2024 Agenda Packet Page 14 of 93

AGENDA BILL
Agenda Item No. 7.B.

Date: February 20, 2024
To: El Cerrito City Council
From: A'shanti Coleman, Management Assistant, Public Works Department; Yvetteh Ortiz, Public Works Director/City Engineer
Subject: California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) Form 130 - Designation of Authorized Agents

ACTION PROPOSED
Adopt a resolution designating the City Manager, Finance Director, and Public Works Director as the City’s agents to provide required assurances and execute agreements for the purposes of obtaining financial assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the State of California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) for any disaster aid and grant program; approving the corresponding Cal OES Form 130; and authorizing the City Manager to file the Cal OES Form 130 with Cal OES and submit all related documentation.

BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS
To be eligible for state and federal financial assistance after any state disaster proclamation or presidential disaster declaration as well as other state and federal hazard mitigation programs, the City Council must designate City agents responsible for providing required assurances and executing agreements with FEMA and Cal OES on behalf of the City and approve the corresponding Cal OES Form 130. In March 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution 2021-08 designating the City Manager, Finance Director and Public Works Director as the City’s agents for this purpose. These positions were designated by title, instead of specific names, to be effective for all open and future disasters and grant programs up to three (3) years following the date of approval. Because the designation will expire as of March 1, 2024, City staff request that the City Council adopt a new resolution taking the same approach to expedite processing of financial assistance and grant applications in the future.

STRATEGIC PLAN CONSIDERATIONS
This action supports the City’s Strategic Plan Goal(s) of:
• Community Safety by strengthening El Cerrito’s overall disaster preparedness capabilities, resources, and tools and implementing changes as needed to ensure the City is properly positioned to respond to disasters.

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Agenda Item No. 7.B.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
The requested action does not constitute a “Project” under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section 15378 and therefore is exempt from any further consideration under CEQA. Projects that may be funded by FEMA and Cal OES financial assistance will require project-specific environmental review.

FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS
Adoption of the resolution will permit the City to obtain financial assistance for all open and future disasters declared by the state or federal government and other FEMA and Cal OES grant programs up to three (3) years following the date of approval.

LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
The City Attorney has reviewed the proposed action and found that legal considerations have been addressed.

Reviewed by:

Karen Pinkos, City Manager
Attachments:

1. Resolution

2. Exhibit A to Resolution
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RESOLUTION 2024-XX

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL CERRITO DESIGNATING

THE CITY MANAGER, FINANCE DIRECTOR AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AS THE CITY’S AGENTS TO PROVIDE REQUIRED ASSURANCES AND EXECUTE

AGREEMENTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF OBTAINING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

FROM THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (CAL OES) FOR ANY DISASTER AID AND GRANT PROGRAM; APPROVING THE CORRESPONDING CAL OES FORM 130; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND FILE THE CAL OES FORM 130 AND SUBMIT ALL RELATED

DOCUMENTATION
WHEREAS, to be eligible for state and federal financial assistance after any state disaster proclamation or presidential disaster declaration as well as other state and federal hazard mitigation programs, the City Council must designate City agents responsible for providing required assurances and executing agreements with FEMA and Cal OES on behalf of the City and approve the corresponding Cal OES Form 130; and WHEREAS, In March 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution 2021-08 designating the City Manager, Finance Director and Public Works Director as the City’s agents for this purpose, and these positions were designated by title, instead of specific names, to be effective for all open and future disasters and grant programs up to three (3) years following the date of approval; and
WHEREAS, because the designation will expire March 1, 2024, a new resolution is needed so as to expedite processing of financial assistance and grant applications in the future.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of El Cerrito that designates the City Manager, Finance Director and Public Works Director as the City’s agents to provide required assurances and execute agreements for the purposes of obtaining financial assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the State of California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) for any disaster or existing or future grant program; approving the corresponding Cal OES Form 130; and authorizing the City Manager to file the Cal OES Form 130 with Cal OES and submit all related documentation.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and adoption.

I CERTIFY that at a regular meeting on February 20, 2024 the City Council of the City of El Cerrito passed this Resolution by the following vote:

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AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:

IN WITNESS of this action, I sign this document and affix the corporate seal of the City of El Cerrito on .
________________________
Holly M. Charléty, City Clerk
APPROVED:
________________________
Tessa Rudnick, Mayor
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DESIGNATION OF APPLICANT'S AGENT RESOLUTION FOR NON-STATE AGENCIES

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE OF THE
(Governing Body) (Name of Applicant)

THAT , OR
(Title of Authorized Agent)
, OR
(Title of Authorized Agent)
(Title of Authorized Agent)
is hereby authorized to execute for and on behalf of the , (Name of Applicant)
a public entity established under the laws of the State of California, this application and to file it with the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services for the purpose of obtaining federal financial assistance for any existing or future grant program, including, but not limited to any of the following:
- Federally declared Disaster (DR), Fire Mitigation Assistance Grant (FMAG), California State Only Disaster (CDAA), Immediate Services Program (ISP), Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC), Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program (LPDM), under - Public Law 93-288 as amended by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 1988, and/or state financial assistance under the California Disaster Assistance Act.
- Flood Mitigation Assistance Program (FMA), under Section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968.
- National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) 42 U.S. Code 7704 (b) ((2) (A) (ix) and 42 U.S. Code 7704 (b) (2) (B) National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, and also The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, Div. F, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-141 - California Early Earthquake Warning (CEEW) under CA Gov Code – Gov, Title 2, Div. 1, Chapter 7, Article 5, Sections 8587.8, 8587.11, 8587.12 That the , a public entity established under the
(Name of Applicant)
laws of the State of California, hereby authorizes its agent(s) to provide to the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services for all matters pertaining to such state disaster assistance the assurances and agreements required.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES

DESIGNATION OF APPLICANT'S AGENT RESOLUTION

NON-STATE AGENCIES
OES-FPD-130 (Rev. 10-2022)

RECOVERY DIRECTORATE

FINANCIAL PROCESSING DIVISION
Cal OES ID No: _____________
Rev. 10-2022 OES-FPD-130
Exhibit A
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Please check the appropriate box below
This is a universal resolution and is effective for all open and future disasters/grants declared up to three (3) years following the date of approval.

This is a disaster/grant specific resolution and is effective for only disaster/grant number(s):

Passed and approved this __day of , 20
(Name and Title of Governing Body Representative)
(Name and Title of Governing Body Representative)
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CERTIFICATION
I, , duly appointed and of
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, do hereby certify that the above is a true and
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correct copy of a resolution passed and approved by the (Governing Body)
of the on the day of , 20 .
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(Signature) (Title)

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES

DESIGNATION OF APPLICANT'S AGENT RESOLUTION

NON-STATE AGENCIES
OES-FPD-130 (Rev. 10-2022)

RECOVERY DIRECTORATE

FINANCIAL PROCESSING DIVISION
Rev. 10-2022 OES-FPD-130
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AGENDA BILL
Agenda Item No. 7.C.

Date: February 20, 2024
To: El Cerrito City Council
From: Will Provost, Assistant to the City Manager, City Management Subject: Amendment to Consulting Services Agreement with Tripepi Smith

ACTION PROPOSED
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an extension to the consulting services agreement with Tripepi Smith for Communication Services.

BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS
In order to augment and enhance the communications, outreach, and critical information being provided to the community, in September 2022, the City engaged Tripepi Smith to add capacity and expertise and to help provide the critically needed communication of information to the public. This support has been vital to executing and expanding the City’s communications program, following the reorganization of the City Manager’s Office as part of budget reductions made in 2020, which included the elimination of two positions in the City Manager’s Office, as well as more recently as two staff members have gone on brief periods of parental leave.

In March 2023, the City filled one of the positions that was eliminated during the 2020 budget reductions, the Assistant to the City Manager/Public Information Officer. This position has been charged with overseeing the City’s overall communications program.

Nonetheless, in re-filling the position after a more than 2-year hiatus, City Management has also expanded the role of this position to focus on the implementation and execution of key citywide projects identified in the City’s Strategic Plan. As a result, continued consultant support for communications serves to extend staff’s capacity, allowing the City Manager’s Office to make progress more quickly on key City projects and initiatives.

Tripepi Smith’s scope includes developing and publishing social media posts and press releases, and coordinating with staff across the City to ensure key outreach messages are highlighted, as well as the design and production of the City’s News & Views print newsletter sent to all households and businesses in El Cerrito. Since starting the contract for the City in September 2022, the City has had an average of 23,134 “impressions” per month, with the City’s reach continuing to grow. With Tripepi Smith's support, the City has also been able to successfully begin publishing the News & Views print newsletter once again.

The initial agreement with Tripepi Smith was entered into on September 6, 2022, in an amount not to exceed $45,000 through March 6, 2023. With authorization from the City Council (Resolution 2023-13), the term of the agreement was extended through June 30, 2023 for a total amount not to exceed $70,000 in Fiscal Year 2023.

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Agenda Item No. 7.C.

A new agreement for Fiscal Year 2024 was entered into on July 1, 2023 in an amount of $42,736, and with a term ending February 29, 2024. This request is to extend the term of the existing contract, through June 30, 2024. City Management will continue to evaluate the need for these services in future years and the most economical and effective approach to providing critical communications to the community.

Pursuant to Resolution 2017-71A, contracts up to $45,000 may be authorized by the City Manager. The same Resolution stipulates that purchases made from a single vendor (either individually or collectively within one fiscal year) over $45,000 requires City Council approval. City staff is therefore recommending that the City Council authorize the City Manager to amend the current agreement with Tripepi Smith in the amount of $22,264 for a total amount not to exceed $65,000.

STRATEGIC PLAN CONSIDERATIONS
This action supports the City’s Strategic Plan Goal(s) of:
• High Performing Organization;
• Livability and Belonging; and
• Community Safety.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
This section is not applicable to this agenda item.

FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS
The total cost of this extension is $22,264. Funding for the total not to exceed amount of $65,000 was included in the adopted FY 2023-24 General Fund budget for the City Manager’s Department, with the amount for the extension of $22,264 included under the City Manager’s Department, Other Technical Services.

LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
The City Attorney has reviewed the proposed action, and the Consulting services agreement conforms to the City's standard agreement as approved by the City Attorney.

Reviewed by:

Karen Pinkos, City Manager
Attachments:

1. Resolution
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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-XX

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL CERRITO AUTHORIZING

THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSULTING

SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EL CERRITO AND TRIPEPI SMITH FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $65,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 WHEREAS, the City Manager first entered into a Consulting Services Agreement on September 6, 2022, between Tripepi Smith and the City of El Cerrito for public communication services in an amount not to exceed $45,000 through March 6, 2023; WHEREAS, with authorization from the City Council (Resolution 2023-13), the City extended the term of the agreement through June 30, 2023, for a total amount not to exceed $70,000 in Fiscal Year 2022-2023; and
WHEREAS, after determining that continued communication services support was necessary, the City entered into a new agreement for Fiscal Year 2023-2024, effective July 1, 2023 in an amount of $42,736, with a term ending February 29, 2024; and WHEREAS, the City Manager has determined that continued communications support is necessary to augment and enhance the City’s ability to provide critical information to the public and fulfill other key City objectives with existing staffing; and WHEREAS the City’s Procurement Policy requires City Council approval for purchases made from a single vendor collectively within one fiscal year totaling over $45,000; and
WHEREAS an extension of the contract terms through June 30, 2024 would increase the total contract amount by $22,264 for a total amount not to exceed $65,000.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of El Cerrito that it hereby authorizes the City Manager to execute an amendment to the terms of the consulting services agreement with Tripepi Smith, increasing compensation by $22,264 for an amount not to exceed $65,000 through June 30, 2024.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution shall become effective immediately upon passage and adoption.

I CERTIFY that at a regular meeting on February 20, 2024 the City Council of the City of El Cerrito passed this Resolution by the following vote:

AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:

IN WITNESS of this action, I sign this document and affix the corporate seal of the City of El Cerrito on .
________________________
Holly M. Charléty, City Clerk
APPROVED:
________________________
Tessa Rudnick, Mayor
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AGENDA BILL
Agenda Item No. 7.D.

Date: February 20, 2024
To: El Cerrito City Council
From: Christopher Jones, Recreation Director, Recreation Department Subject: Amendment to Custodial Services Agreement with Universal Building Services

ACTION PROPOSED
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to extend the Recreation Department's custodial services agreement with Universal Building Services through the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2023-24 for a total amount not to exceed $110,000.

BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS
On February 1, 2022, the City entered into a custodial services agreement with Universal Building Services (UBS) to provide temporary custodial services at City Hall, the Corporation Yard, the Recycling Center and the Swim Center due to the last minute resignation of one of the City's Custodians. The agreement, which is managed and funded by the Recreation Department, has been subsequently extended two times, with City Council approval, most recently on March 21, 2023. UBS was already performing custodial services at the El Cerrito Library in a satisfactory manner. Utilizing UBS at the additional City facilities for the City's temporary needs instead of issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for custodial services allowed the City to maintain and continue critical cleaning and disinfecting needs, without interruption, during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to custodial services, the City also purchases cleaning supplies from UBS for City parks, the El Cerrito Library, and the three fire stations within El Cerrito and Kensington.

The City is currently developing a Classification and Compensation Plan that should be completed in the spring of 2024. City staff believes that it would be beneficial and provide greater flexibility for City operations to wait for the conclusion of the study before filling the current vacancy as roles and responsibilities could change based on the plan's recommendations. This concept was discussed with SEIU 1021 during a Union Management Meeting (UMAT) and no objections were raised.

Pursuant to Resolution 2017-71A, services and purchases made from a single vendor (either individually or collectively within one fiscal year) over $45,000 requires City Council approval. The cost of extending the Recreation Department's custodial services agreement with UBS through the end of Fiscal Year 2023-24 is $43,000, for a projected annual cost of approximately $79,000. Additionally, the purchasing of custodial services and supplies by other City Departments is projected to be an amount not to exceed approximately $31,000 by the end of the fiscal year. In total, Citywide expenditures by UBS are projected to be an amount not to exceed $110,000, which goes beyond the City Manager's spending authority of $45,000 by $65,000.

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The cost of this increase will be paid for with salary savings from the currently funded and vacant custodial position in the Recreation Department. The breakdown of projected costs of services and supplies is detailed in Table 1 below:

TABLE 1 - FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 PROJECTED CITYWIDE UBS EXPENDITURES Citywide Service/Supplies Purchases Amount
Recreation Department UBS Expenditures
Recreation Dept. Contracted Custodial Services, July - December 2023 (City Hall, Corporation Yard, Recycling Center, Swim Center & Special Projects)
$29,000
Projected Additional Recreation Dept. Contracted Custodial Services, January - June 2024
$43,000
Additional Services (Contingency) $7,000
Projected Total Recreation Dept. UBS Services, FY2023-24 $79,000 Other City Departments' UBS Expenditures
Projected Annual Library Custodial Services (Public Works Dept.) $15,000 Projected Annual Parks and Library Supplies (Public Works Dept.) $6,000 Projected Annual Fire Stations Supplies (Fire Dept.) $7,000 Additional Supplies or Services (Contingency) $3,000
Projected Other City Dept. Contracted UBS Services & Supplies, Fiscal Year 2023-24
$31,000
Projected Citywide Total UBS Services & Supplies For FY2023-24 $110,000

STRATEGIC PLAN CONSIDERATIONS
This item is consistent with the Strategic Plan Goal: Infrastructure and Amenities

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
This section is not applicable to this agenda item.

FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS
The cost for this request is covered by existing salary savings in the Recreation Department's current fiscal year budget. No amendments to the budget are required.

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Agenda Item No. 7.D.

LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
The City Attorney has reviewed the proposed action and found that legal considerations have been addressed.

Reviewed by:

Karen Pinkos, City Manager
Attachments:

1. Resolution
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RESOLUTION 2024-XX

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL CERRITO AUTHORIZING

THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CUSTODIAL

SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EL CERRITO AND UNIVERSAL

BUILDING SERVICES FOR CONTINUED SERVICES FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $110,000 FOR ALL SERVICES AND SUPPLIES IN FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 WHEREAS, in February 2022 the City of El Cerrito entered into a custodial services agreement with Universal Building Services (UBS) to provide custodial services to maintain cleaning and disinfection services after the resignation of a City employee in the Recreation Department and the agreement was subsequently extended on April 21, 2022 and March 21, 2023 with City Council approval; and WHEREAS, UBS also provides custodial services at the El Cerrito Library and provides custodial supplies used in City parks, the library and at the 3 fire stations in El Cerrito and Kensington; and
WHEREAS, the custodial position remains vacant pending recommendations from the Classification and Compensation Study that is in progress; and WHEREAS, the cost for all services and supplies provided by UBS to the City are projected to be an additional $67,000 to cover the second half of the fiscal year for a total amount not to exceed $110,000 utilizing available funds in the City’s budget; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 2017-71A, total purchases from a single vendor exceeding $45,000 require City Council approval.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of El Cerrito authorizes the City Manager to execute an amendment to the custodial services agreement with Universal Building Services for an additional amount of $67,000 for a total amount of services and supplies from this vendor not to exceed $110,000 in Fiscal Year 2023-24.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution shall become effective immediately upon passage and adoption.

I CERTIFY that at a regular meeting on February 20, 2024 the City Council of the City of El Cerrito passed this Resolution by the following vote:

AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:

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IN WITNESS of this action, I sign this document and affix the corporate seal of the City of El Cerrito on .
________________________
Holly M. Charléty, City Clerk
APPROVED:
________________________
Tessa Rudnick, Mayor
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AGENDA BILL
Agenda Item No. 7.E.

Date: February 20, 2024
To: El Cerrito City Council
From: Aissia Ashoori, Housing Manager; Jarrett Mullen, Sustainable Transportation Program Manager, Melanie Mintz, Community Development Director; Community Development Department
Subject: A Resolution Authorizing Execution of An Agreement for the Affordable Housing Sustainable Communities Program for El Cerrito Plaza Parcel A South for Transit-Oriented Development at the El Cerrito Plaza Station and submission of an application for Affordable Housing Sustainable Community Program funds as a co-applicant with the Related Companies of California

ACTION PROPOSED
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement for the Affordable Housing Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program as a co-applicant with the Related Companies of California, LLC (Developer), for El Cerrito Plaza Station Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), Parcel A South (EC-PAS) located at 515 Richmond Street, to construct 70 affordable housing units and associated multimodal transportation improvements and to submit an application to the AHSC Program as a co-applicant.

BACKGROUND
The Affordable Housing Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program is administered by the Strategic Growth Council (SGC) and implemented by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). The purpose of the AHSC Program is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through projects that implement land use, housing, and transportation projects to reduce overall vehicle miles traveled. On January 19, 2024, SGC and HCD issued a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Round 8 with approximately $675 million available.

Funding for the AHSC Program is provided from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, an account established by the State to receive Cap-and-Trade auction proceeds. The maximum AHSC Program loan or grant award or combination therefore per applicant is $50 million with a minimum award of at least $10 million. A single developer may receive no more than $100 million per NOFA funding cycle.

The deadline for this competitive application is March 19, 2024. If a public agency has a financial interest in the proposed project, HCD requires that the City be a co-applicant and enter into a contractual agreement to develop the project, if awarded. Award announcements are expected to be adopted by SGC in August 2024.

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Previously, the City has been successful in securing these competitive funds to develop housing proximate to transit. In 2015, the City and Eden Housing applied for and received AHSC funds for Hana Gardens Senior Apartments. There were three components to the award: 1) Housing; 2) Transportation Funds (Ohlone Greenway); and 3) Transit Passes. The 62-unit affordable housing project was successfully completed in 2018 with critical support from this program. In 2021, the City, BRIDGE Housing and BART again successfully applied for and received AHSC funds for Mayfair Affordable adjacent to the El Cerrito del Norte BART Station. There were four components to the award: 1) Housing; 2) Transportation Funds (new fare gates, BART cars); 3) El Cerrito del Norte TOD Complete Streets Improvements Project; and 4) Transit Passes. This 69-unit affordable housing project is on track to break ground in June 2024.

ANALYSIS
The preliminary development concept for the Plaza BART TOD project includes 743 units across six buildings on 6.48 acres and will be delivered in six phases. Currently, the proposed levels of affordability are: 53% market-rate and 47% below market rate consisting of 31% affordable (30% - 60% of area median income) and 16% low income (up to 80% area median income). Below is a site map and additional details can be located online at www.el-cerrito.org/TOD.

Exhibit 1: El Cerrito Plaza Proposed Transit Oriented Development Site Map Agenda Packet Page 30 of 93
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The City, The Related Companies of California, LLC (Developer) and BART have been exploring a variety of financing options to move the first affordable phase forward - Parcel A South located at 515 Richmond Street (Project). On February 7, 2023, the City Council committed a $350,000 predevelopment loan as a local match to support the Project with predevelopment activities. Subsequently, the entitlement approval for the Project was issued on April 3, 2023.

The Project previously applied for the AHSC Program, Round 7, in March 2023 and the final application score was one point short of receiving a funding award. This was in part due to the total funds committed to the Project at the time of application in March 2023 which totaled $350,000, although other funding applications were concurrently pending review. Since Spring 2023, the Project secured an additional $10,000,000 from the State and County sources thus resulting in a more competitive application for AHSC, Round 8. To date, the El Cerrito Plaza Station TOD has secured over $50,000,000 in various grant funding. City staff are actively partnering with the Developer to monitor and pursue other funding opportunities.

The AHSC Program is one of the State’s largest sources of funding to support affordable housing. As mentioned, AHSC guidelines and scoring are driven by the pairing of affordable housing and transportation connectivity. The maximum award amount for TOD projects, located less than one-half mile of transit stop/station, is capped at $50 million with $35 million earmarked for housing and $15 million for transportation. It should be noted that AHSC does not partially fund the application requests but will only fully fund the entire ask to ensure that the GHG reduction benefits proposed will be fully realized.

The AHSC application is a joint effort between the Developer and the City, as coapplicant. BART (non-applicant) is the transportation partner in this competitive application and will have obligations to perform under the AHSC Program if awarded.

Currently, the Developer and the City intend to apply for AHSC funds in an amount not to exceed $50,000,000. Assembling this application is a critical step in moving this Project into construction.

Leveraging AHSC will provide the largest funding source for this affordable housing project as well as money to support multi-modal transportation improvements. The Project's scope will also focus on enhanced bicycling and pedestrian facilities within one mile around the TOD at El Cerrito Plaza Station. As outlined in the NOFA, AHSC Program requirements prescribe the following eligible activities:

1. Affordable Housing Developments (AHD): Housing developments - rental and homeownership.

2. Housing-Related Infrastructure (HRI): Specific infrastructure improvements associated with housing
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3. Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure (STI): Improvements that are related to movement, and range from street work, transit, bikeways, sidewalks, crosswalks, ramps, etc.

4. Transportation-Related Amenities (TRA): Includes amenities that are classified as non-movement of people and related to transportation infrastructure such as bike parking, repair kiosks, bus shelters, urban greening, etc.

5. Program Costs (PGM): Includes active transportation, transit ridership, antidisplacement activities, workforce development programs, etc.

The above eligible activities are also very much aligned with the City’s San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan, Affordable Housing Strategy, Housing Element, Active Transportation Plan and Climate Action Plan. The AHSC Program also fosters collaboration between the City’s Community Development Department and Public Works Department as well as BART. The Developer, with the City as joint applicant, partnered with BART to identify the areas where AHSC grant money could be allocated competitively and most effectively for our community to encourage residents to walk, bike, and use public transit. Along with the City’s vision articulated in these various policies and plans, El Cerrito was designated as a Prohousing jurisdiction by the State on February 3, 2023. As a result of this designation, the Project is eligible for bonus points in the AHSC scoring.

Below is summary of the categories that will be applied for by the Project, consistent with the eligible activities, totaling approximately $33 million.

1. $17.5 million – AHD/HRI - Developer
o Affordable housing units for very-low income households. o Housing related infrastructure for factory-built modular housing units. o This funding will be in the form of a loan directly to the Developer. The City will not receive or hold these funds. Under the required AHSC structure, however, the City as a co-applicant will be jointly and severally liable for the loan.

2. $13.5 million - STI - City and BART
o $4.6 million - City: Sidewalk, crosswalk, pedestrian, and bicycle transportation improvements within the public right of way. This funding will be in the form of a grant directly to the City to use on identified improvements.
o $8.9 million - BART: Purchase fleet of the future rail cars. This funding will be in the form of a grant. The City will be the grant recipient, but funds will be held by the State, not the City. Once BART has expended funds on qualifying purchases, BART will submit paperwork to the City, the City will submit the documents to the State, the State will release grant funds to the City, and the City will pass them through to BART.

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3. $1.5 million - TRA - Developer
o Assist with the construction of transportation improvements to improve bus access along Oak Street.
o This funding will be in the form of a grant. Funds may be held by the State or the City. Depending on the final structure, either the City will disburse funds for qualifying improvement work by Developer, or the State will release grant funds to the City, and the City will pass them through to the Developer upon submission of necessary documentation.

4. $700,000 - Programs
o Purchase of transit passes for Project residents.
o Funding to support anti-displacement activities for low-income El Cerrito tenants including legal aid, housing counseling and financial literacy workshops.
o This funding will be in the form of a grant. Funds will be held by the State, not the City. The City will receive and pass through the funds to the Developer or a related entity upon submission of necessary documentation.

An item of note is that staff is requesting authorization for the maximum AHSC application amount of $50 million to allow for adjustments that may occur between now and the application deadline. The attached resolution authorizes the City Manager to execute agreements, applications, and related documents up to the $50 million maximum, consistent with this resolution and to carry out the intent of the City’s participation in the AHSC program as a co-applicant for Project funding.

AHSC Co-Applicant Agreement
In previous AHSC applications, the City Council authorized the City Manager to negotiate and enter into an agreement as co-applicants. This process is also aligned with other jurisdictions seeking AHSC funds. Below is a summary of the standard terms within the agreement.
• Provide terms and obligations between the Developer, City and BART. • Provide a schedule of performance.
• Provide terms for the application funding components, including roles and responsibilities for making the STI and TRA improvements. • Provide terms for funding and reimbursement of STI and TRA improvements. • Provide reimbursement procedures.
• Confirm that Developer, City and BART will work in good faith and in a timely manner.

Staff believes that the Project is a strong candidate for AHSC and is seeking City Council authorization to allow the City Manager to proceed with the AHSC Program agreement. This TOD will be a transformative project that will deliver high-quality affordable housing at El Cerrito Plaza BART Station along with associated multimodal Agenda Packet Page 33 of 93
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transportation infrastructure improvements. If the application is successful, it will increase the City’s affordable housing production while providing much needed transportation infrastructure improvements to reduce GHG.

STRATEGIC PLAN CONSIDERATIONS
This action supports the City’s Strategic Plan Goal(s) of:
• Livability and Belonging; and
• Infrastructure and Amenities; and
• Environmental Sustainability.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
The Project is subject to ministerial review under applicable provisions of AB 2923 and SB 35. No review under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA“) is required for the Project. It can be seen with certainty that the AHSC Program funding will have no significant effects on the environment different from the ECP-PAS development itself. No review under CEQA is required for the proposed action (CEQA Guidelines section 15061). It is further exempted under Government Code section 65913.4(j) which also applies to any financing assistance associated with the Project.

FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS
The City is not required to provide additional matching funds toward this application.

The time of City employees spent administering the grant is not eligible for grant funds.

LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
This has been reviewed by the City Attorney.

Reviewed by:

Karen Pinkos, City Manager
Attachments:

1. Resolution
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RESOLUTION 2024-XX

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL CERRITO

AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITES PROGRAM AS A COAPPLICANT WITH THE RELATED COMPANIES OF CALIFORNIA, LLC, FOR EL

CERRITO PLAZA STATION TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PARCEL A SOUTH LOCATED AT 515 RICHMOND STREET IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000,000
WHEREAS, the State of California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) and the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) have issued a Notice of Funding Availability, Round 8, dated January 19, 2024 (NOFA), under the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program established under Division 44, Part 1 of the Public Resources Code commencing with Section 75200; and WHEREAS, the project known as El Cerrito Parcel A South (EC-PAS) is located at 515 Richmond Street (Project) is seeking to apply for an award of AHSC Program funds to construct 70 units of affordable rental housing; and WHEREAS, the Project was entitled on April 3, 2023; and WHEREAS, the Related Companies of California, LLC (Developer) - as a joint applicant with the City of El Cerrito, desire to apply for AHSC Program funds and submit the application package for the AHSC Program to provide financing for the Project, funding for additional public transportation improvements on behalf of BART and funding for certain transportation infrastructure improvements to be constructed by the City, including sidewalk, crosswalk, pedestrian, and bicycle transportation improvements within the public right of way. The AHSC Program funds sought will be a loan to the Developer or a partner of Developer in an amount not to exceed $35,000,000 (the “AHSC Loan”) and grant funds for the Developer, City, and BART (the “AHSC Grant”) and AHSC program costs in an amount not to exceed $15,000,000; and WHEREAS, there will be one application submitted for the Project; and WHEREAS, the AHSC program requires that the co-applicants enter into an agreement with any non-application recipients such as BART as part of the application process; and
WHEREAS, the SGC is authorized to approve funding allocations for the AHSC Program, subject to the terms and conditions of the NOFA, Program Guidelines, Application Package, and Standard Agreement; and
WHEREAS, HCD is authorized to administer the approved funding allocations of the AHSC Program; and
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WHEREAS, there is substantial need for additional funds for the development of affordable housing in the City of El Cerrito as well as transportation improvements; and WHEREAS, as co-applicants, the City and Related will be jointly and severally liable for the performance of the obligations under the AHSC program, including the performance of BART; and
WHEREAS, in order to address the parties' joint and several liability and to ensure that the AHSC projects are completed in a timely manner so that the AHSC Loan is disbursed upon completion of the construction of the Project, the City, Developer and BART, are proposing to enter into the AHSC Co-Applicants Agreement to address each party’s obligations under the AHSC Program as well as to provide mutual indemnifications for each party in the event a party fails to perform; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to delegate authority to the City Manager or her designee to execute an agreement to apply for, receive and accept such AHSC Program Funds on behalf of the City, and to negotiate, execute, enter into and deliver such agreements and instruments with HCD related to or in connection with such AHSC Program Funds without returning to the City Council, including agreements with the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) for transportation-related improvements.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of El Cerrito that the City is hereby authorized to submit an application for AHSC funds as a coapplicant with the Developer in an amount not to exceed $50,000,000.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City is authorized and directed to incur an obligation for the AHSC Loan, and that in connection with the AHSC Loan, the City Manager or her designee is authorized and directed on behalf of the City to enter info, execute, and deliver a State of California Standard Agreement in an amount not to exceed $35,000,000 and any and all other documents required or deemed necessary or appropriate to carry into effect the full intent and purpose of this Resolution or as may be required by HCD in connection with the AHSC Loan and all amendments thereto (collectively, the AHSC Loan Documents).

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City is hereby authorized and directed to incur an obligation for the AHSC Grant, and that in connection with the AHSC Grant, the City Manager or her designee is hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the City to enter into, execute, and deliver a State of California Standard Agreement in an amount not to exceed $15,000,000 and any and all other documents required or deemed necessary or appropriate to carry into effect the full intent and purpose of this Resolution, in order to evidence the AHSC Grant, the City’s obligations related thereto, and HCD’s security therefor, including, but not limited to, a disbursement agreement, a covenant and certain other documents required by HCD as security for, evidence of, or pertinent to the AHSC Grant, and all amendments thereto (collectively, the AHSC Document, and together with the AHSC Loan Documents, collectively, the AHSC Documents).

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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that that the City Manager is authorized to negotiate and enter into an agreement that provides for joint and several liability and mutual indemnities between joint applicants as the City Manager deem necessary.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager or her designee on behalf of the City of El Cerrito is authorized to accept the California Strategic Growth Council Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program funds, and appropriate said funds in a total amount not to exceed $50,000,000 to the Project.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, if awarded, the housing portions of said AHSC Loan and AHSC Grant funds shall be deposited in the State of California Fund (2159), Housing Development Organization (89929), Project (TBD), and transportation portions of said AHSC Loan and AHSC Grant funds shall be deposited in the State of California Fund (2159), Complete Streets Design Organization (35212), Project (TBD.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City shall be subject to the terms and conditions as specified in the Standard Agreements; that funds are to be used for allowable capital asset Project expenditures to be identified in Exhibit A or other relevant portions of the Standard Agreements; that any and all activities funded, information provided, and timelines represented in the application are enforceable through the Standard Agreements; and that the City hereby agrees to use the funds for eligible capital assets in the manner presented in the application as approved by HCD and in accordance with the NOFA and applicable AHSC Program Guidelines.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby appoints the City Manager or her designee, as agent of the City, to conduct negotiations, execute and deliver all documents (including, without limitation, all AHSC Documents), accept AHSC Program Funds, and take any and all other action with respect to the AHSC Program and the AHSC Loan and AHSC Grant as required by HCD for participation in the AHSC Program.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager or her designee is authorized to negotiate and execute agreements with BART pertaining to transportationrelated improvements funds by the AHSC Loan or AHSC Grant.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager or her designee is hereby authorized to take any other action with respect to the AHSC Loan, the AHSC Grant, or the Project consistent with this Resolution and its basis purposes.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said agreements, documents, and instruments shall not increase the City’s obligations beyond those described in the staff report regarding this resolution, considered by the City Council on March 21, 2023, and shall be reviewed and approved by the City Attorney for form and legality prior to their execution by the City, and copies will be placed on file with the City Clerk.

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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution shall become effective immediately upon passage and adoption.

I CERTIFY that at a regular meeting on February 20, 2024 the City Council of the City of El Cerrito passed this Resolution by the following vote:

AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:

IN WITNESS of this action, I sign this document and affix the corporate seal of the City of El Cerrito on .
________________________
Holly M. Charléty, City Clerk
APPROVED:
________________________
Tessa Rudnick, Mayor
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AGENDA BILL
Agenda Item No. 9.A.

Date: February 20, 2024
To: El Cerrito City Council
From: Holly M. Charléty, City Clerk, City Management
Subject: Crime Prevention Committee Disbandment

ACTION PROPOSED
Adopt a resolution to disband the Crime Prevention Committee and rescind Resolution 2001-105 as directed by City Council, and provide staff direction if applicable.

BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS
At the City Council meeting on March 21, 2023, Councilmember Motoyama and Fadelli were appointed to an Advisory Body ad-hoc committee to meet, discuss, and return with recommendations for modifications to existing policy and procedures. The ad-hoc committee met several times over the course of nine months and discussed a number of topics. One topic discussed was consideration of modification to the existing Crime Prevention Committee (CPC) to expand and include areas such as Fire Safety, Community Safety and Crime Prevention, and Emergency Response.

On September 19, 2023 the City Council held a study session and subsequently solicited feedback from current members of advisory bodies on proposed recommendations. The CPC currently has only five of fifteen possible members appointed. Comments were received by one of the five current members requesting that the scope of the committee not be modified.

On December 5, 2023, the City Council held a second study session to discuss the recommendations made by the ad-hoc committee with some modifications included based on member feedback received. Public comments were made at the meeting by two of the five active members in opposition to any modifications to the CPC and regarding the ineffectiveness of the current committee structure. At the conclusion of the study session discussion, the City Council passed a motion directing staff to return with legislation to disband the Crime Prevention Committee.

The CPC held a special meeting on January 29, 2024 to discuss the topic. The committee elected not to make any additional recommendations to the City Council regarding disbandment since two of the members had provided written statements and spoke at a City Council meeting.

STRATEGIC PLAN CONSIDERATIONS
This action supports the City’s Strategic Plan Goal(s) of:
• High Performing Organization; and
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• Community Safety.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
This section is not applicable to this agenda item.

FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS
This section is not applicable to this agenda item.

LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
This section is not applicable to this agenda item.

Reviewed by:

Karen Pinkos, City Manager
Attachments:

1. Resolution
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RESOLUTION 2024-XX

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL CERRITO DISBANDING THE CRIME PREVENTION COMMITTEE AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION 2001-105 WHEREAS, on September 15, 1975 the City Council adopted Resolution 3701 creating a committee on Crime prevention; and
WHEREAS, on December 17, 2001 the City Council repealed Resolution 3701, and adopted Resolution 2001-105 reforming a new Crime Prevention Committee; and WHEREAS, on June 16, 2009 the City Council adopted Resolution 2009-35 modifying application requirements for the Crime Prevention Committee; and WHEREAS, on October 19, 2021, Resolution 2009-35 was rescinded and in part restated in adoption of Resolution 2021-55 regarding application requirements of members; and
WHEREAS, on March 21, 2023 the City Council formed an Ad-Hoc Committee comprised of Mayor Motoyama and Councilmember Fadelli to discuss and review areas pertaining to Advisory Bodies; and
WHEREAS, the City Council Ad-Hoc committee met several times between April and December 2023 and discussed several areas including the Crime Prevention Committee; and
WHEREAS, the City Council held a study session on September 19, 2023 and December 5, 2023 to discuss recommendations made by the Ad-Hoc committee; and WHEREAS on December 5, 2023, the City council passed a motion directing staff to return with legislation to disband the Crime Prevention Committee.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of El Cerrito that Resolution 2001-105 is hereby rescinded.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Crime Prevention Committee is hereby disbanded effective immediately.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the final members of the Crime Prevention Committee shall be recognized for their service at the next Advisory Body Recognition Dinner.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution shall become effective immediately upon passage and adoption.

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I CERTIFY that at a regular meeting on February 20, 2024 the City Council of the City of El Cerrito passed this Resolution by the following vote:

AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:

IN WITNESS of this action, I sign this document and affix the corporate seal of the City of El Cerrito on .
________________________
Holly M. Charléty, City Clerk
APPROVED:
________________________
Tessa Rudnick, Mayor
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AGENDA BILL
Agenda Item No. 9.B.

Date: February 20, 2024
To: El Cerrito City Council
From: Crystal Reams, Finance Director/City Treasurer, Finance Department Subject: FY 2023-24 General Fund Budget Quarterly Update through December 2023

ACTION PROPOSED
Receive and file an update on City General Fund revenues and expenses for FY 2023- 24 through December 2023.

BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS
The El Cerrito City Council adopted an annual Budget for FY 2023-24 on June 20, 2023. The Council has closely monitored the City’s budget and financial position and directed City staff to submit quarterly General Fund financial update reports.

The General Fund Update (Attachment 1) includes information on revenues and expenditures and lists the year-to-date totals by classification and by department. This report summarizes the major General Fund revenue and expenditure categories through December 31, 2023 on a cash basis and includes comparisons to the prior year's budget. Similar to the first quarter reports from prior fiscal years, revenue cycles for many revenue sources - including property taxes - occur in the second, third and fourth quarters of the fiscal year. Consequently, revenue receipts are not realized in equal quarterly amounts.

The following are FY 2023-24 highlights occurring for the report period of October 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023 and reflect preliminary unaudited cash basis information.

1. Total revenue was $20.8 million, approximately 43% of the adopted FY 2023-24 budget. As a reminder, property taxes are the City's largest income category and are received in December and April each year. The majority of revenues are nondepartmental, as they are general and not allocated to one department.

2. Real property transfer taxes are performing under projections reflected in the adopted FY 2023-24 budget, which is slightly less than the prior fiscal year as reflected in the adopted budget for this category. Staff is currently analyzing revenue streams and plans to bring back to the City Council a proposed reduction for the real property transfer tax revenues with the midyear budget adjustments.

3. Total expenditures were $25.2 million, or 52% of the adopted budget, which is trending slightly higher for the quarter.

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4. Personnel costs of $18 million include all personnel related costs. Personnel is the largest component of General Fund expenditures (72%) and is trending at just over 50% of the adopted FY 2023-24 budget.

STRATEGIC PLAN CONSIDERATIONS
This report is consistent with the City’s Strategic Plan Goal - High-Preforming Organization, Ensure the City maintains a strong financial position – and will allow the City Manager to develop a plan to ensure that Citywide Revenue meets the cost of providing Citywide services, including adequate reserves in the face of significant unanticipated revenue shortfalls. It further ensures procedures that represent best practices in financial management.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
This section is not applicable to this agenda item.

FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS
General Fund revenues and expenditures for FY 2023-24, both overall and by department, are tracking slightly lower for revenues and slightly higher for expenditures for the second quarter of the fiscal year. Staff will provide recommendations for adjustments to the budget at the midyear budget review in March.

LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
This section is not applicable to this agenda item.

Reviewed by:

Karen Pinkos, City Manager
Attachments:

1. FY 2023-24 2nd Quarter General Fund Update
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General Fund Budget Update
Quarter 2 FY 2023-24
10/01/23 – 12/31/23

INTRODUCTION
The City of El Cerrito is pleased to submit the Quarter 2 FY 2023-24 General Fund Budget Update, for the period 10/01/23 through 12/31/23. The report provides a high-level overview of the City's status on the budget, with expenditures by department, showing unaudited actuals.

GENERAL FUND REVENUES
FY 2023-24 General Fund revenue is budgeted at $48.5 million. Table 1 shows the year-to-date revenues by classification, and Table 2 shows the year-to-date revenues by department. As of December 31, 2023, tax revenues are at 43% of budget. Taxes received during Quarter 2 include property tax, utility users’ taxes, sales taxes, and real property transfer taxes (July through September). Overall General Fund Revenues for Quarter 2 are at 43% of the total FY 2023-24 Adopted Budget, which is slightly lower than the 48% received for Quarter 2 FY 2022-23.

Table 1 reflects real property transfer taxes for the months of July through October only, as November and December funds (totaling $360,954 and $224,868 respectively) were received in January and scheduled for February and will be reflected in the FY 2023-24 Quarter 3 Update. Adding the November and December real property transfer tax funds to the Quarter 2 revenue actuals results in year-to-date revenue of $1,477,706 or 34% of the Adopted Budget. Property transfer taxes are performing under the projected amount in the FY 2023-24 Adopted Budget, and lower than the prior fiscal year which was at 56%. Staff will recommend an adjustment to this category at the next City Council meeting with other mid-year budget adjustments.

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Table 1
General Fund Revenue – Classification
Quarter 2
Classification Budget Amount YTD – Q2
Actual Amount
% of
Budget
Prior YTD – Q2
Actual Amount
Property Taxes $11,417,064 $5,993,855 52 $5,638,157
Sales Taxes 7,853,666 2,766,534 35 3,226,886
Transient Occupancy Taxes 150,000 25,353 17 35,253
Franchise Taxes 1,400,000 619,999 44 470,478
Business License Taxes 1,150,600 1,027,522 89 972,340
Property Transfer Taxes* 4,300,000 891,844 21 2,402,436 Utility Users' Taxes 3,520,000 1,374,064 39 1,534,388
Other Taxes 1,500 1,769 118 0
Taxes Totals $29,792,830 $12,700,940 43% $14,279,938
Licenses & Permits 1,054,618 701,895 67 522,468
Fines & Forfeitures 120,000 98,232 82 62,496
Use of Money and Property 646,573 344,411 53 186,969
Intergovernmental Revenues 8,393,092 1,800,337 21 3,826,108 Charges for Services Totals 6,674,468 4,503,760 67 2,967,342 Other Revenue Totals 870,000 233,291 27 168,292
Other Financing Sources Totals 977,182 488,591 50 487,891 Totals $48,528,763 $20,871,457 43% $22,501,504
*YTD actuals through October
Table 2
General Fund Revenues – Department
Quarter 2
Revenue Budget Amount YTD -Q2
Actual Amount
% of
Budget
Prior YTD – Q2
Actual Amount
Non-departmental $35,136,304 $13,483,306 38 $16,505,147 Administration 140,100 5,988 4 6,542
Police 189,000 116,506 62 99,050
Fire 5,213,592 1,820,520 35 2,230,933
Public Works 523,700 432,146 83 173,052
Community Development 2,482,638 1,790,697 72 1,180,596
Recreation 4,843,429 3,222,294 67 2,306,184
Totals $48,528,763 20,871,457 43 $22,501,504
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GENERAL FUND - EXPENDITURES
General Fund expenditures are budgeted at $48.6 million for FY 2023-24. Tables 3 and 4 show the expenditures year-to-date by classification and by department, respectively. Departments are tracking slightly higher at 52% of the total year-to-date amount for quarter 2. This is an increase over the Quarter 2 FY 2022-23 expenditures at 50%.

As in previous fiscal years, Personnel is the largest component of General Fund expenditures (72%).

Departments have continued to fill vacant positions and we are now trending at 51% of budgeted expenditures.

This is slightly higher than Quarter 2 FY 2022-23 at 46%.

Table 3
General Fund Expenditures – Classification
Quarter 2
Classification Budget Amount YTD - Q2
Actual Amount
% of
Budget
Prior YTD – Q2
Actual Amount
Personnel $35,057,398 $18,003,966 51 $15,609,243
Purchased Professional & Technical Services 5,294,497 2,652,663 50 1,661,141 Purchased Property Services 2,489,325 948,360 38 750,984 Other Purchased Services 3,124,201 2,553,970 82 1,968,423 Supplies 861,692 328,438 38 255,985
Property & Capital 637,428 186,128 29 218,711
Financing Costs 570,386 300,190 53 196,059
Other Financing Uses 582,763 291,382 50 333,881
Totals $48,617,690 $25,265,097 52 $20,994,427
In Table 3, the actual expenditures reflected for the “Other Purchased Services” classification includes the onetime full fiscal year’s annual insurance premiums which are paid each year in July. Also, in Table 4 expenditures reflected for the Administration Department include the one-time full fiscal year’s annual payments.

Table 4
General Fund Expenditures – Department
Quarter 2
Expenditures Budget Among YTD – Q2
Actual Amount
% of
Budget
Prior YTD – Q2
Actual Amount
Administration $7,123,209 $4,623,611 65
%
$3,616,064
Police 13,523,728 6,751,421 50 5,917,294
Fire 14,507,355 7,028,537 48 6,185,800
Public Works 2,483,303 1,235,471 50 985,796
Community Development 3,983,870 2,097,631 53 1,380,513
Recreation 6,005,416 3,083,154 51 2,541,601
Non-departmental 990,809 445,272 45 367,359
Total $48,617,690 $25,265,097 52
%%
%%
$20,944,427
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CONCLUSION
As this report shows, through the second quarter of the fiscal year expenses are slightly higher than the budgeted amounts, and revenue amounts are trending slightly lower than budgeted. As a result, staff is determining adjustments to be presented to the City Council for the next budget review. Revenues are not received in equal quarterly releases, and staff is currently evaluating Transient Occupancy Tax, Utility User Tax, and Franchise Fees in addition to the Real Property Transfer Tax, as they are all trending slightly lower as well. If any adjustments are deemed necessary in these categories, they will be included with the mid-year adjustments. Expenditures are trending slightly higher for Quarter 2, and Finance staff is working with departments to evaluate variances on a monthly basis for the remainder of the year. In summary, staff will prepare proposed budget adjustments to both revenues and expenditures that reflect the results of the current trends in the General Fund to be provided to the City Council at the mid-year budget session in March.

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SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA MATERIALS

CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
February 20, 2024
(revised February 26, 2024)
Special City Council Meeting

1. Public Comments
Regular City Council Meeting

1. Public Comments (Not on the Agenda and Consent Calendar)

2. Agenda Item 9.B. - FY 2023-24 General Fund Budget Quarterly Update through December 2023
a. Public Comments
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1 El Cerrito Historical Society
Accomplishments in 2023, Goals for 2024
What’s in store for 24?
Plenty. We have a solid slate of officers and some promising volunteers besides. New to the board this year are Ed Crowley and Meredith McGuire. Brennen Norman, a recent graduate of the University of Washington, and a less recent graduate of El Cerrito High, is volunteering his time to help us improve our website and outreach.

Filmmaker Michael Freeman sets the shot as tour guide Tom Panas waits and Ken Duffy handles sound. Photo by Dave Weinstein
Expect to see our first ever real movie, a tour of Sunset View Cemetery that covers much of El Cerrito’s history. Board member Tom Panas is the tour guide, Michael Freeman the filmmaker.

Plan to read a full complement of four quarterly Forge newsletters. The first has already appeared. And we promise progress on efforts to publish the late Chris Treadway’s book “El Cerrito Confidential,” the true story of sin in our city by the Bay.

For programs and exhibits we are working on topics including: another gambling and nightlife tour; also a talk by his family about an El Cerrito developer who became nationally known for innovations, Earl “Flat Top” Smith. Board member Pat Durham will help coordinate a General Public Comments
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2 program devoted to our city’s Black community. A visit to an architecturally distinctive midcentury modern home. A program on El Cerrito’s musical heritage. And a panel discussion on the rise and fall of local journalism, keyed to that current news desert, El Cerrito.

Our initial program for the year, at our annual meeting, featured longtime El Cerrito businessman and community leader Jack Freethy talking about his father, Elmer Freethy, “El Cerrito’s Master Builder.”
We are working as well on events to attract younger people and families.

Winners and other photos from our Historic Photo Contest are on display at the City Hall Gallery through March 21, with a reception March 8 from 5 to 6:30 A history room in the new El Cerrito Library. The society will cooperate with backers of a new library to make sure we get this important addition to our community and to ensure that improved access to the society’s historical resources is part of the plan.

Preserving and promoting historical places. The society continues to keep an eye on historic places in the city to ensure their continued existence. We hope to provide historical displays as the city makes the historic Rodini house available for public use. It is a Victorian cottage at 1715 Elm Street that has been restored as part of an adjoining condo complex.

Accomplishments in 2023:
2023 was a productive, rather transitional, year for the society. We debuted our first, and very successful, historical photo contest; and vastly improved our website, thanks to board member John Falconer. We also improved our social media outreach.

We produced some great publications, but not enough of them. Ditto for programs. We received some valuable donations but have fallen behind on completely cataloging them.

First-ever Historic Photo Contest. The high point for the society in 2023 was this contest, which attracted 70 entries, as people and institutions – including the El Cerrito Police Department – submitted historic photos either shot by others many years ago, or by themselves.

All photos were at least 50 years old.

The grand winner, Virginia Burns, is the great-granddaughter of Dr. Joseph Breneman, who was probably the city’s first doctor, and great-niece of Faye Breneman, founder of the El Cerrito Library.

The reception at Juku, a co-working and events space, was a delightful social occasion where people mingled and winners accepted their prizes. The display is at City Hall Gallery through March 21, 2024.

Publications: Jon Bashor, the society’s vice president and a professional journalist, became lead editor of our print journal, The Forge, in 2023. In 2023 we published two editions of the magazine, short of our goal of four.

We continued to explore the history of our area’s Black community, with one heartfelt memoir by Mina Wilson and one profile of a woman who helped integrate El Cerrito High.

Other articles dealt with the surprisingly historic role El Cerrito barbers played in the profession, and a look at El Cerrito High’s unusual school museum.

We published our online publication, Sparks, monthly, thanks to volunteer Ed Crowley. One article there, that told the sad fate of El Cerrito’s only Doggie Diner, will soon appear in the Chamber of Commerce’s Byline newsletter.

Tom Lochner and Craig Lazzerretti completed the principal editing of “El Cerrito Confidential,” a thorough history of gambling, nightlife and more in El Cerrito, that was written by our late vice president, Chris Treadway, as we move towards publication.

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3 Our website continues to grow with the addition of new historical material. Thanks to Helen Ettlinger and board member John Falconer, you can delight your ears by listening to recordings of two musicals as performed at El Cerrito High in 1963 and 1964, Wonderful Town and The Boy Friend.

Programs: Our programs were once a major strength, eight or nine a year in recent years, attracting large audiences. We are rebuilding in this area, post-pandemic.

In 2023 we put on six public programs, three of them out of doors: a tour of Sunset View Cemetery; a tour of Point Isabel; a tour of gambling and nightlife sites of the city’s bad old days.

Plus, we toured Golden Gate (formerly Sunset) Mausoleum.

We also presented a lively reception and awards ceremony for our historic photo contest.

Our one sit-down event proved the most popular, thanks to the topic, the speaker (historian Chris Sterba), and its accessibility on our website through social media.“When El Cerrito Went ‘Insane,’ The Ouija-Mania Incident of 1920,” which we presented live and via Zoom, has attracted more than 37,000 views online.

In addition to our public programs, the society took part in the Martin Luther King, Jr. parade and celebration, which featured a video history of the city’s pioneering Martin Luther King parade prepared by board member Pat Durham.

The society co-sponsored a historic hike during the Hillside Festival, presented talks on architecture to senior groups in Albany and El Cerrito, and led a 4H club tour of the JapaneseAmerican floral industry display at Hana Gardens and the former Contra Costa Floral shop.

Archiving and Research: Although busy lives and family matters have prevented our archivists from focusing on our archives in recent months, much progress was made earlier in 2023 and we continue to help people learn about El Cerrito history.

During the year the society provided research assistance, historical information and access to our archives to many people, ranging from scholars to residents interested in the histories of their homes, to a crime novelist who is setting his newest book in film noir-era El Cerrito. Much of this was handled by board member Tom Panas, with Barbara Hill contributing as well.

We also supplied information for an exhibit, Tiki Dreams, at the Napa Valley Museum and put the curator in touch with a collector who supplied El Cerrito-made Tepco ware for the show.Mary Barnsdale, who is writing a book on the history of Point Isabel, made use of our archive.

Chiou-Ling Yeh, an associate professor of history at San Diego State, made use of our rich collection from the Chung Mei Chinese orphanage for a book she is writing.

Attracted by Chris Sterba’s Ouija presentation, historian Brandon Hodge and an associate, who are “working on a comprehensive history of ouija boards and other spirit communication devices,” made use of our resources.

New acquisitions: Marvin Collin donated a trove of photos and other materials related to his father, Marvin Collins Sr., an important builder in the city. Hossain Bayat and Joann Steck-Bayat donated a scrapbook and other materials about “the early history of the Baha’i faith in El Cerrito, their members and activities.”
Jim Almeida, an alumnus, donated a great collection of material from St. Jerome School.

Rich Bartke donated material on the city and its surrounds, including photos of the rifle range in Wildcat Canyon. Sharon Bonini donated materials from her father, firefighter Don Bonini.

Eve Ma, a documentary filmmaker, donated a video interview she did with Pete Bolla, longtime owner of Giovanni’s Produce & Grocery.

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4 Harding Elementary School donated valuable PTA scrapbooks from the 1930s and ‘40s that had been squirreled away in an odd corner of the school.

Other donations included high school yearbooks, historic El Cerrito post cards, an equestrian magazine advertising the Arlington Riding Academy, and a photo of a gravesite at Sunset View from Dan Ringer-Barwick. “One of the monuments up there that I find most moving these days is the one to Helen Crandall,” he wrote, “who, as the plaque says, was ‘a volunteer nurse who died in Berkeley, Calif., at her post during the influenza epidemic of 1918.’ It has a lot of resonance during the 2020s.”
Leadership: Our longtime treasurer Pat Shaw left the board in January 2023, due to her health. She passed away near the end of the year and will be remembered at our annual 2024 meeting.

Jon Bashor, a fellow student with president Dave Weinstein at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism in the early 1980s, joined our board at the January 2023 annual meeting.

Two board members, John Falconer and Dianne Brenner left the board as their annual terms ended in February 2024.

Website. Webmaster John Falconer continued to improve the functionality and organization of our website throughout the year, and as the end of the year approached and his term on the board neared its end, he produced a detailed document outlining all that needs to be done, and how it can be done, to improve and maintain the website, to make the job of his successor easier.

Throughout the year, volunteer Nick Brooks worked with John and others on the website, social media, an Instagram account, and more.

Throughout the year, members and others provided needed support, including Rachel Melby, who helped publicize and subsidized publicity for our historic photo contest. We thank Ed Crowley for so much help on Sparks and other communications, filmmaker Mike Freeman for his work and donations towards our Sunset View movie, Marvin Collins for support of The Forge, and John Stashik for his continued longtime support through the Chamber of Commerce’s Byline, and in other ways.

The society thanks all of its members, life members and donors.

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From: Npa
To: City Clerk; Paul Fadelli; Lisa Motoyama; Gabe Quinto; Tessa Rudnick; Carolyn Wysinger Subject: Item not on the agenda - Ceasefire Resolution
Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 2:00:18 PM
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Dear City Council,
I am writing to express my concern about the recent city council meeting, specifically regarding apparent violations of the Brown Act and issues related to public comment time. Limiting public comments to just one hour hindered the democratic process, denying many residents the opportunity to voice their concerns. Furthermore, there appeared to be a bias favoring one group over another, which goes against the principles of fairness and impartiality. I strongly urge the City Council to address these issues promptly, ensuring adherence to the Brown Act to allow all community members the opportunity for public comment in future meetings. It is essential for our democratic process to uphold transparency and fairness, allowing all community members to participate without limitations or biases.

Once again, we call on our City Council to stand up for the innocent civilians of Gaza who are facing starvation and death in the face of aggression from the Israeli government supported by U.S. military aid. We are asking that you support a ceasefire resolution and be on the side of compassion and humanity, and be aligned with most El Cerrito residents.

In the last three months, we have watched with heavy hearts as over 25,000 innocent people in Gaza have been killed by Israel’s indiscriminate bombing, more than half of them are women and children. You heard some names of children between the ages of newborn and 5 years old at the meeting. 60,000 people have been wounded and thousands more are still buried under the rubble. Over 80% of Gaza’s population is displaced and almost all of them are starving and dehydrated because Israel will not allow basic humanitarian aid to enter such as food, water, fuel, medical supplies, and even women’s products.

We condemn the attack on civilians by Hamas on October 7th and reject the murder or kidnapping of any innocent civilians. All lives are sacred. However, this cannot justify the collective punishment of an entire population of over 2 million people, that is a war crime.

Israel has recently been taken to the International Court of Justice for it’s active genocide against the Palestinian people. South Africa presented a powerful and well-argued case - while Israel gave a weak rebuttal about selfdefense and provided no evidence against the claims. It is very likely that Israel will be found guilty for genocide in the ICJ. As a party to the Genocide Convention, the United States is required to “undertake to prevent and punish” the crime of genocide.

We have a responsibility as humans to speak up against injustice. And as Americans, we are especially responsible for taking action because our tax dollars are being sent by the billions in military aid to Israel.. Meanwhile, our local communities are not able to sustain our roads and infrastructure, fund our education system, or fight homelessness and hunger. Our local governments must put pressure on the federal government to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire.Our City Council represents the people of their city, and should be aligned with the majority on this issue.

Senator Bernie Sanders recently put forward a resolution that proposed to impose conditions on billions of dollars that the US sends Israel. As a hardworking taxpayer, I absolutely support putting contingencies against committing human rights violations so that my tax dollars to not fund a genocide.

To put it simply, the people of Gaza deserve to live and we must stand up for humanity.

Please act now by putting forward a ceasefire resolution for discussion on your City Council agenda. Thank you very much for your time.

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From: Aminna Ibrahim
To: City Clerk; Paul Fadelli; Lisa Motoyama; Gabe Quinto; Tessa Rudnick; Carolyn Wysinger Subject: Item not on the agenda - Ceasefire Resolution
Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 4:18:48 PM
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Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
Our city is failing to listen to our leaders in Congress, our community members, and the majority of the American people when we call on you for a ceasefire resolution in Gaza.

I recently learned that [INSERT SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO YOU THAT COMPELS YOU TO WRITE THIS MESSAGE].

Stand United Against Hate - Ceasefire now!
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From: Seth Morrison
To: City Clerk; Paul Fadelli; Lisa Motoyama; Gabe Quinto; Tessa Rudnick; Carolyn Wysinger Subject: Item not on the agenda - Ceasefire Resolution
Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 5:11:02 PM
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Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
Our city is failing to listen to our leaders in Congress, our community members, and the majority of the American people when we call on you for a ceasefire resolution in Gaza.

I recently learned that [INSERT SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO YOU THAT COMPELS YOU TO WRITE THIS MESSAGE].

Stand United Against Hate - Ceasefire now!
Seth Morrison
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1 From: Cordell Hindler
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2024 2:39 PM
To: City Clerk
Subject: Public Comments
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Hello Mayor Rudnick, Council Members and Staff
I AM Submiƫng the following Comments into the Record:

1. for the March 5th Agenda, The Council Should Invite DR Alverez to Present on the 30x30 Plan

2. Also to Direct Staff to Release the Class and Comp Study Sincerely
Cordell
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1 From: Walla Oriqat
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2024 5:12 PM
To: City Clerk; Paul Fadelli; Lisa Motoyama; Gabe Quinto; Tessa Rudnick; Carolyn Wysinger Subject: Item not on the agenda - Ceasefire Resolution
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Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
Our city is failing to listen to our community members and the majority of the American people when we call on you for a ceasefire resoluƟon in Gaza.

In over 120 days of terror, Israel has killed more than 30,000 people, the majority of them women and children. 60,000 people have been wounded and thousands are sƟll missing, likely trapped under the rubble. 17,000 orphans have been created as a result of the indiscriminate bombardment by Israel. We cannot ignore the facts.

Israel had designated Rafah a “safe zone”, but now, it is commiƫng another massacre, leaving more than 1.5 million displaced people trapped there, terrified and starving, with nowhere leŌ to go. Enough is enough.

If El Cerrito Truly Stands United Against Hate ‐ listen to your consƟtuents ‐ We demand a resoluƟon calling for urgent and permanent ceasefire now!
Best,
Walla Oriqat
Agenda Packet Page 59 of 93
1 From: Sherry Drobner
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2024 9:31 PM
To: Tessa Rudnick; Lisa Motoyama; Paul Fadelli; Carolyn Wysinger; Gabe Quinto; Holly Charléty Subject: Public Comment Not on the Agenda
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Dear Mayor and Council Members,
Please read from the Fresno Bee‐ February 15th, 2024
"Madera became the first city in the San Joaquin Valley to officially call for a cease fire in Gaza on Wednesday in a decision that local advocates hope will set a precedent in the region, specifically in Fresno. During a special meeting, the Madera City Council voted unanimously to pass a resolution that calls “on our Congress Members to demand: an immediate permanent ceasefire; release of all hostages due to this conflict” and “the unrestricted entry of humanitarian assistance into Gaza,” among other demands. Madera Mayor Santos Garcia said before the unanimous vote that the decision to consider the resolution was not easy, but he spoke firmly in support of it. " I'm proud for this community of 67,000 residents. They have a City Council that can understand and acknowledge a genocide when they see one and has the courage to use their voice as elected officials.  The vote was passed by all Council members.

This is not the time to be silent or neutral.  There are no two sides when it comes to genocide.   Pass a Ceasefire Resolution now.

Thank you,
Sherry Drobner
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I live and work on unceded Lisjan Ohlone land in the territory of Huchiun . As a non-Native person I pay Shuumi, a voluntary land tax that supports Lisjan Ohlone sovereignty . Learn more here.

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1 From: Paola Alessandra Sensi-Isolani
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2024 9:12 AM
To: City Clerk; Paul Fadelli; Lisa Motoyama; Gabe Quinto; Tessa Rudnick; Carolyn Wysinger Subject: Item not on the agenda - Ceasefire Resolution
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Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
WHY is Our city is failing to listen to our leaders in Congress, our community members, and the majority of the American people when we call on you for a ceasefire resoluƟon in Gaza? I recently learned that there may be a conflict of interest that is prevenƟng our mayor from bringing up a resoluƟon to the full council. Our mayor's first loyalty should be to her consƟtuents and not to other groups that represent the interests of another naƟon! The enƟre world is turning against what Israel is doing and we should not be supporƟng indiscriminate bombing of hospitals, schools, mosques, churches and even refugee camps!! Almost 30,000 people have been killed, most of them mothers and children! I have lived through a war and even then the rules of war said no targeƟng civilians!
If we really mean Stand United Against Hate then we should stand for a Ceasefire now! Agenda Packet Page 61 of 93
1 From: Dorothy Herzberg
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2024 11:05 AM
To: City Clerk
Subject: public comment on issue not on agenda
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Hi
Israel did NOT start the war. They believe the fastest way to end it is to dismantle Hamas by finding the leaders and  destroying the tunnels.  They do NOT want o kiol civilians. Hamas fighters dress as civilians however.  No one wants a ceasefire and end to the hostilities more than Israel.

I believe  it is important to help Israel end the war as quickly as possible.

Dorothy Herzbgerg
resident El Cerrito
Agenda Packet Page 62 of 93
1 From: Laurie Welstand
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2024 12:43 PM
To: City Clerk <[email protected]>
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Hello Council members,
As a resident of El Cerrito, and as a Jew, I strongly feel that putting a motion to support a ceasefire on your agenda is the wrong way to support a resolution to this conflict.

I do support a ceasefire. I supported the ceasefire that was in place on October 7th, when Hamas attacked Israel and instigated this current round of fighting. But more importantly, we are opposed to putting such a motion on the agenda because it creates a forum where Israel haters and antisemites can express their vile, hate filled opinions.

We have already seen this in Richmond, Oakland and San Francisco and we don't want it in El Cerrito.

We cannot have a ceasefire without also including language that demands the release of ALL remaining hostages.

Thank you for your time and consideration,
Laurie Welstand
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1 From: Allen Mayer
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2024 4:10 PM
To: City Clerk
Subject: Public comments - not on the agenda - opposition to putting a motion for a Gaza ceasefire on the City Council agenda
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Dear Sirs and Madams,
I respectfully request that you do not put a motion for a Gaza ceasefire on the El Cerrito City Council agenda.  The war between Israel and Hamas is not a local issue.  A resolution of this kind will not bring peace closer halfway around the world, but it will do the opposite in our local community ‐ it will add fuel to the existing divisiveness and hard feelings within our community.  The role of the City Council should be to do everything it can to work against conflict and hatred between people in our local community.

I live right across the border in Kensington.  I frequently patronize shops and restaurants in El Cerrito.  I thank you for your consideration.

Allen Mayer
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Agenda Packet Page 64 of 93
1 From: Zeid Arnaout
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2024 10:06 PM
To: City Clerk; Paul Fadelli; Lisa Motoyama; Gabe Quinto; Tessa Rudnick; Carolyn Wysinger Subject: Item not on the agenda - Ceasefire Resolution
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Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
You are failing to represent the people who voted you into your posiƟons. Over 70% of Americans support a ceasefire, instead we are clearly see you support JCRC campaign of blocking city councils for introducing any resoluƟons on this topic be set forth and not engaging with your voters (majority of which support a ceasefire).

We the people you represent call on you for a ceasefire resoluƟon in Gaza.

Stand United Against Hate ‐ Ceasefire now!
Z
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Agenda Packet Page 65 of 93
1 From: Kathleen Bolton-Schmukler
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2024 4:54 PM
To: City Clerk; Paul Fadelli; Lisa Motoyama; Gabe Quinto; Tessa Rudnick; Carolyn Wysinger Subject: Item not on the agenda - Ceasefire Resolution
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Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
I'm an El Cerrito resident that has lived here since 1989. I saw the Loma Prieta quake rip through the parking lot at San Pablo and Moeser. I'm too broke to own property here, but you beƩer believe my hard earned rent is paying my landlord's property taxes.

As someone who had Jewish relaƟves die in the Shoah, I strongly urge you to be on the right side of history and openly support a cease fire in PalesƟne. Israel as a government plays helpless vicƟm, yet strips ALL of our pocketbooks and uses our money to collecƟvely punish civilians who are ALSO indigenous to that same block of land. You *can* pass a resoluƟon condemning Hamas's aƩack AND Israel's war crimes, collecƟve punishment, and genocide in progress, including the killings of doctors, journalists, aid workers, and children. There nothing anƟ‐Jewish or anƟ‐SemiƟc in condemning the horrific violence that our tax dollars currently fund.

Don't drink the fundamentalist Zionist Kool Aid lies.

Never Again should be Never Again for EVERYBODY, full stop.

I recently learned that now, my tax dollars are being funded for Israel's air strikes on Rafah, which is now the most densely populated area in the world. These refugees have no place to go, and are starving to death because our tax dollars fund the Israeli government's bombs and blockade of aid convoys.

Frankly, I'd rather spend my tax dollars to house more of my neighbors who are a paycheck away from being homeless, but heeeey, prioriƟes, am i right??
As for all the Zionist Jews that keep saying they don't feel safe in El Cerrito? My quesƟon to them is: how many dead PalesƟnians will it take for them to feel safe again? Oh wait: I guess their lives don't maƩer. Last Ɵme I checked, PalesƟnians pay your salaries in this town too. I had the pleasure of meeƟng some at the council meeƟng where I wasn't allowed to speak at all due to "Ɵme constraints."
Pardon the snark, but my landlord just jacked up my rent again.

I'll be taking notes on what acƟons, or lack thereof, you decide on the next few weeks.

I vote in ALL the elecƟons, by the way.

Sincerely,
Kate, a fed up resident
Agenda Packet Page 66 of 93
1 From: Seth Morrison
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2024 5:42 PM
To: City Clerk; Paul Fadelli; Lisa Motoyama; Gabe Quinto; Tessa Rudnick; Carolyn Wysinger Subject: Item not on the agenda - Ceasefire Resolution
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Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
We are NOT going away!.  Over 63% of Americans and 80% of Democrats demand a ceasevfire and your refusal to even discuss a resolution is unconsionable.

Agenda Packet Page 67 of 93
1 From: Judith Green
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2024 5:56 PM
To: City Clerk; Paul Fadelli; Lisa Motoyama; Gabe Quinto; Tessa Rudnick; Carolyn Wysinger Subject: Item not on the agenda - Ceasefire Resolution
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Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
Our city is failing to listen to our leaders in Congress, our community members, and the majority of the American people when we call on you for a ceasefire resoluƟon in Gaza.

I am a Jewish anƟ‐Zionist resident of El Cerrito & have wriƩen before & aƩended meeƟngs. Every American is being made complicit in genocide when billions of our taxpayer dollars are sƟll funding Israel's killings, along with our gun manufacturers whose weapons are daily used to kill innocents at home. Please join with the majority of Americans who support a ceasefire. Thank you.

Stand United Against Hate ‐ Ceasefire now!
Judith Green
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Agenda Packet Page 68 of 93
1 From: Alissa Hauser (ASH)
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2024 6:58 PM
To: City Clerk; Paul Fadelli; Lisa Motoyama; Gabe Quinto; Tessa Rudnick; Carolyn Wysinger Subject: Ceasefire Resolution
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Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
Along with the majority of Americans ,I support a ceasefire in Gaza. I have friends and professional colleagues living and working in the occupied West Bank and a colleague with family in Gaza. The abuse they have suffered at the hands of the IDF are extreme violaƟons of human rights.

I also have many friends and colleagues living in Israel, some of whom have been directly impacted by the hamas terrorist aƩack on Oct 7.

The collecƟve punishment and indiscriminate killing of PalesƟnians is abhorrent. As an American Jew I cannot sit by and allow my tax dollars to be used to fund what many consider to be a genocide.

It is Ɵme for upstanding communiƟes like ours to assert that this will not happen in our names. We need to speak up.

Please entertain a ceasefire resoluƟon and be on the right side of history.

Thank you for listening to the residents of el Cerrito.

Yours truly
Alissa hauser
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Agenda Packet Page 69 of 93
1 From: Miguel Gravelle Izaguirre
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2024 8:37 PM
To: City Clerk; Paul Fadelli; Lisa Motoyama; Gabe Quinto; Tessa Rudnick; Carolyn Wysinger Subject: Item not on the agenda - Ceasefire Resolution
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Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
Our city is failing to listen to our leaders in Congress, our community members, and the majority of the American people when we call on you for a ceasefire resolution in Gaza.

I recently learned that over 28,000 Palestinians have be murdered, over 12, 500 of them children.  Over 68, 000 Palestinians have been injured.  100 schools and universities have been demolished.  94 hospitals and health centers have ceased to exist.

All my empathy as a human is crying for humanity to be shown to the Palestinian people.  Please do the right thing and pass a resolution for an immediate and permanent ceasefire.  To not do so is an act of Anti‐Palestinian bigotry that serves to promote the dehumanization of the Palestinian People for the eradication of Palestinian life.

I believe each one of you has the love inside to inspire you to stand with us, the majority of El Cerritans.  Together, we stand on the side of equal right to life for all humans, as well as equality of access to the full spectrum of human rights put forth by the UN in their Universal Declaration of Human Rights for all humans (Please see attached PDF, taken directly from the UN website).

Stand United Against Hate ‐ Ceasefire now!
Sincerest regards,
Miguel Gravelle
Agenda Packet Page 70 of 93
1 From: D Dorenz
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2024 9:23 PM
To: City Clerk
Subject: corrected letter
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Dear El Cerrito City Council Members,
I urge you not to consider a ceasefire resolution at your city council meeting tomorrow or in the future.

The resolution denies the right of israel to protect its citizens from a terrorist enemy that is located right on its border. Every state has a right to defend its citizens against an invasion like the one that Hamas carried out on Oct 7th when it tortured, rapped, burned babies and other alive, raped and mutilated women and murdered over 1200 Israeli citizens and took 240 hostages. All of these actions are war crimes. Those who call for a ceasefire say that all of these war crimes are justified in the cause of “liberation”.A ceasefire will create more divisiveness in our Community as many American Jewish Citizens support Israel which is an important part of our Jewish identity.

Thanks for doing your jobs as members of the City Council and focusing on the issues that truly concern the City of el Cerrito.

Sincerely,
Dorothea Dorenz
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Dorothea Dorenz
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Dorothea Dorenz
Agenda Packet Page 71 of 93
1 From: Anne Okahara
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2024 11:10 PM
To: City Clerk; Paul Fadelli; Lisa Motoyama; Gabe Quinto; Tessa Rudnick; Carolyn Wysinger Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Item not on the agenda - Ceasefire Resolution
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Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
It is despicable that our nation is contributing to an egregious wrong -- the genocide of the Palestinian people. There are no two sides to genocide. Communities across the US and across the globe are speaking out in solidarity to demand an end to the genocide. It's past time for us, the city of El Cerrito, to raise our voices as well.

Our city is failing to listen to our leaders in Congress, our community members, and the majority of the American people when we call on you for a ceasefire resolution in Gaza. It's shameful that the Council has not been listening to and heeding the demands of the community you're supposed to represent.

We need a Ceasefire Resolution that demands
 an immediate and permanent ceasefire
 an end to the occupation with right to return for Palestinians  no more US dollars supporting the Israeli military
 no more Israeli blockage of humanitarian aid
Stand United Against Hate - Ceasefire now!
Anne Okahara
38 year resident of El Cerrito
Agenda Packet Page 72 of 93
1 From: Yuko Matsumoto
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 7:02 AM
To: City Clerk; Paul Fadelli; Lisa Motoyama; Gabe Quinto; Tessa Rudnick; Carolyn Wysinger Cc: Yuko Matsumoto
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Dear Mayor Rudnick and City Council Members,
My name is Yuko. As an 11 year resident of El Cerrito, I ask you, our electeds, to do the right thing and call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. My congressional representative Garamendi has already done this. So have the cities of Richmond, Oakland, San Francisco, and many others local entities, who have demonstrated brave leadership. Twenty‐nine thousand Palestinians are dead. Their precious lives would have been saved had the U.S. called for a ceasefire 4 months ago. Each day that passes is an opportunity lost to save hundreds of lives. Those who aren't bombed to death or shot dead by snipers are being starved to death or killed by illness or their injuries. I would like to remind you that 500 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank in 2023, although Hamas doesn't exist there. Our electeds' inaction at all levels has emboldened Israel. A military solution to Netanyahu and Israel's stated objective of eradicating Hamas is literally impossible.

Last month, the International Court of Justice in the Hague found that South Africa made a plausible case that Israel is committing a genocide against the Palestinian people of Gaza. Days later, a U.S. Federal Court in Oakland similarly concluded that Israel's assault on Gaza is a plausible case of genocide, although the case was dismissed on jurisdictional grounds. Israel has proceeded to commit previously unthinkable scales of war crimes, including torture, bombing and shooting of babies, children, journalists, doctors and other medical staff, laying siege to hospitals and refugee camps ‐‐ under the guise of unsubstantiated claims such as Hamas tunnels existing under said buildings. We have become numb with each threshold that is crossed. Have we lost our minds and humanity????? To be clear, this has been 4 months and 75+ years of Israeli occupation of Palestine and more than 16 years of siege on Gaza. There were no real "safe zones" from the start. But with Israel threatening imminent ground invasion of Rafah, the time is now or never. Rafah is the RED LINE that must not be crossed. We must bring this genocide of Palestinians to an immediate end.

To those who try to silence Palestinian and allied voices: stop conflating Judaism with Zionism and the criticism of Zionism with antisemitism. Listen to the many anti‐Zionist Jewish members of the Bay Area and progressive organizations like Jewish Voice for Peace. This ongoing genocide doesn't make anyone of any ethnic or religious group safe! I don't want my dear Palestinian friend to lose any more family members. I don't want any more Palestinians in the U.S. to be stabbed or shot for simply existing or be doxxed for speaking out. I don't want my Muslim and other Middle Eastern neighbors to feel unsafe. I likewise don't want my Jewish friends and community members to feel unsafe. And to be clear, if the truth makes a Zionist person uncomfortable, that's not the same as actually being unsafe or being threatened. And your comfort shouldn't be centered. Just like discussions of white supremacy in general in this country generates discomfort for white people but is necessary.

From the time I was little, I grew up learning about the Holocaust from books like the YA historical fiction Letters from Rifka, my visit to the LA Holocaust Museum, and film/TV. I was so deeply moved by the survivors and horrified by the epitome of evil. I often asked myself as a child how the rest of the world could let such evil continue under their watch.

Similarly, I couldn't understand the depravity of the enslavement of Black people or the murder of indigenous people Agenda Packet Page 73 of 93
2 (although in my simple child mind, I didn't yet realize the unfathomable scale and depths of these horrors). I also grew up with deep shame for the massacres and colonization that my own Japanese people committed on countless Asian neighbors. I also felt deeply angry and sad for the evils of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings as well as the incarceration of Japanese Americans here. The evil harm inflicted on groups of people and the extremes of human suffering are not limited to the past and certainly not limited to a single group. The Israeli government is committing genocide, as we speak, on the Palestinian people of Gaza. And we must not allow ourselves to be bystanders. Never again is NOW.

My tax money should be funding better healthcare, education, and housing for our communities right here in the Bay Area and the U.S. ‐‐ not bombing innocent people. This genocide must end immediately. Israeli apartheid must end.

Palestinians must be able to exercise their self determination. And Israel must be brought to justice. The issue is not religious differences. The problem is with Zionism, a self‐proclaimed colonizing project. Release all hostages they say, but I remind you, not only should the Israeli civilian hostages be released by Hamas, so should the hundreds of Palestinian hostages, including children, who have been arbitrarily arrested and held without trial in "administrative detention."
I look forward to hearing from you at the city council meeting. Thank you for taking your time to read my message and plea.

Yuko
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1 From: Allison Cooper
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 9:02 AM
To: City Clerk; Paul Fadelli; Lisa Motoyama; Gabe Quinto; Tessa Rudnick; Carolyn Wysinger Subject: Item not on the agenda - Ceasefire Resolution
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To the El Cerrito City Council:

I've been watching the incomprehensible violence against Palestinians on social media for months now (with overwhelming gratitude to the incredible journalists sharing what's going on there) and am so ashamed to live in a city that calls itself progressive but can't make a statement calling for this violence to end.

Please Stand United Against Hate ‐ residents want to see our city call for a Ceasefire now! Allison
El Cerrito resident
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1 From: Donna Sidel
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 9:56 AM
To: City Clerk
Subject: Public Comments Related to Csll for Ceasefire in Gaza CauƟon! This message was sent from outside your organizaƟon.

To the City Council
The City Council has business to do related to the operaƟons and funding of City-related funcƟons. It does NOT have any effect on the policies of another country and has no standing to make a formal statement for an acƟon of another country. ConƟnuing to entertain this misguided moƟon simply creates a situaƟon where the Jewish residents of El Cerrito will feel uncomfortable coming to Council meeƟngs as long as this is on the agenda lest they be called out by the extremely vocal opposiƟon.

I support a ceasefire. What is happening in Gaza is terrible. But, it is not an issue related to the City of El Cerrito’s business nor does it have any effect on whether a ceasefire begins. The leadership of other countries is not swayed by such moƟons and it is counterproducƟve to peace in your community. As a Jewish resident, I am frightened to come to your meeƟngs at this Ɵme for fear I will be harassed by others.

Please put a clear end to the consideraƟon of this moƟon.

Donna Sidel
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1 From: Michelle Ayazi
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 9:57 AM
To: City Clerk; Paul Fadelli; Lisa Motoyama; Gabe Quinto; Tessa Rudnick; Carolyn Wysinger Subject: Item not on the agenda - Ceasefire Resolution
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Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
Our city is failing to listen to our leaders in Congress, our community members, and the majority of the American people when we call on you for a ceasefire resoluƟon in Gaza.

Specifically, El Cerrito Mayor Rudnick, Council Members Quinto and Wysinger have not shown the public any interest in engaging with their residents. How incredibly sad and undemocraƟc.

If you really “Stand United Against Hate” you’d listen to your community and do something about it. The people who don’t want a ceasefire resoluƟon, or silent or are “neutral” are either uninformed, misinformed or feel threatened they will lose some sort of unjust privilege they hold (i.e. you self interested and short sighted).

Be on the right side of history,
Michelle Ayazi
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1 From: Pat Trumbull
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 10:02 AM
To: City Clerk
Subject: Public comment – not on agenda– to oppose putting an Israel cease fire on agenda CauƟon! This message was sent from outside your organizaƟon.

I urged the city council to not approve moƟon to demand a cease fire from Israel without requiring Hamas to free the hostages it is holding. Do not forget that Hamas broke the exisƟng cease fire on October 7 when it invaded Israel and murdered 12oo Israeli ciƟzens.

I support a cease-fire that requires Hamas to return all hostages to Israel, and requires that it be honored by both sides without excepƟon.

Patricia Trumbull
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1 From: Alex Aleskovski
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 10:32 AM
To: City Clerk
Cc: Alex Aleskovski
Subject: Public comments – not on the agenda opposition to putting a motion for a ceasefire on the City Council
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Dear El Cerrito City Council members!
As a longtime El Cerrito resident, I would like to register my opposition to putting a motion for a ceasefire on the City Council agenda.

Unfortunately I cannot participate in today’s meeting in person, so here is my reasoning:

1. It is not El Cerrito City Council’s place to try to solve complex international problems, as it’s primary charter is to deal with local issues, and our city has plenty of those!

2. On October 7 Israel suffered an invasion of proportion that it had not seen for 50 years, which resulted in catastrophic loss of life of Israeli civilians - women, children, elderly and youth, torture, rape and abduction of more than 200 hostages. The invasion came from Gaza Strip, that is not occupied or administered by Israel since 2005. Any country in the world has the right to defend itself against such atrocities, and any country will! Trying to stop Israel’s operation in Gaza now, before achieving it’s stated goal of eradicating terrorist HAMAS regime and bringing hostages home, will ensure that tragedies like the one on October 7 will happen time and again, and ultimately threaten Israel’s very existence.

3. Debating, not to mention adopting such motion, will create deep division among El Cerrito residents. Our small but very beautiful city has enough problems that require all of us to come together to find solutions, and steering strong emotions and divisions will make working together on these problems more difficult.

Respectfully,
Alex Aleskovski
El Cerrito CA 94530
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1 From: Robin Mitchell
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 10:35 AM
To: City Clerk
Subject: Feb 20 Council meeting - Comment for item not on the agenda Caution! This message was sent from outside your organization.

Dear Mayor and City Council persons
I wanted to express my thanks to the city, and particularly Stephen Pree, for contracting with A+ tree care services for our street tree maintenance.

They are extremely professional and also very personable.

A few weeks ago they removed a problem tree from the parking strip in front of our house, taking care not to trample the ground cover underneath it.

And today they returned to grind the stump to make sure it didn't regrow.

I said hi to them when they started and thanked them when they were finished and they were very appreciative to have the acknowledgement!
I know that Stephen thinks very highly of their work, and I wanted to say that I do also !! I hope the city can continue to work with them in the coming years.

Thank you
Robin
--
Robin Mitchell
El Cerrito resident
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1 From: William Guynn
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 8:42 AM
To: City Clerk
Subject: Public comments--not on the agenda opposition to putting a motion for a ceasefire on the City Council agenda
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This is an urgent: please do not put a ceasefire moƟon on the agenda. It is clear that this will only open up a forum for anƟsemiƟc and Israel haters and stoke hate in the El Cerrito community. This is what has happened elsewhere in the Bay Area and must not happen here.

Stefanie and William Guynn
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1 From: Jeff Levi
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 8:53 AM
To: City Clerk
Cc: Ruth PT
Subject: Public Comments - not on the agenda opposition to putting a motion for a ceasefire on the City Council agenda
Dear El Cerrito City Council, I would like to thank you for conƟnuing to prioriƟze the safety and common good of the people of El Cerrito and for NOT allowing calls to put a ceasefire moƟon on the CauƟon! This message was sent from outside your organizaƟon. sophospsmartbannerend
Dear El Cerrito City Council,
I would like to thank you for conƟnuing to prioriƟze the safety and common good of the people of El Cerrito and for NOT allowing calls to put a ceasefire moƟon on the agenda. That moƟon will only divide us and be hurƞul to our community.

The aƩempt for a ceasefire moƟon on the agenda is an effort to bring aggression, anƟsemiƟsm, and blame into our community at a Ɵme when hate and divisiveness are increasingly on the rise, and when many of us feel more and more unsafe in our own community. It also distracts from the real mission of the El Cerrito City Council: To serve the community by providing excepƟonal services that create a safe and resilient future FOR ALL. If the City Council sides with those who promote hate and anƟsemiƟsm, there will be those of us who will feel less safe in our community.

Please do not allow demonizing language and acƟons in El Cerrito and treat Jews with the same kind of protecƟon that you would give to any other group.

Thank you.

Jeff Levi
El Cerrito resident since 2002
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Dear Council Members,
Just as Black Lives Matter, so too, Palestinian Lives Matter.

Career politicians are often plagued by big egos and endless desire for power and popularity, when, in-fact, you are here to serve the collective vision of your constituency. When you do not, you are not so gifted or special, that we cannot vote you out and replace you with public servants who do care about their constituency.

In this note, my Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and Jewish El Cerritan family feel unsafe that "Not in Our Town" or "United Against Hate" does not apply to them, as evidenced by the words, actions, and inactions of the collective Council and its individual members.

To make all El Cerritans safe, you must pass a ceasefire resolution in full cooperation with Palestinian El Cerritans that honors the full humanity of the Palestinian People.

If you cannot do this, please resign immediately for your racist actions that fan the burning fires of Anti-Palestinian, Anti-Arab, Islamaphobic, and Anti-Semitic racism. Palestinian Lives Matter! Sincerest regards,
Miguel Gravelle Izaguirre
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1 From: Hillary Kilimnik
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 12:40 PM
To: City Clerk
Subject: public comments- not on the agenda: NO motion for a ceasefire on city Council agenda Caution! This message was sent from outside your organization.

Hello Members of the El Cerrito City Council,
I'm writing to express my vervent opposition to any motion for a ceasefire resolution to be added to the city council agenda.

I applaud this city council for having stood strong against such a motion to date, given the pressure being applied by a very loud and hostile minority in our community. I'm well aware that this loud minority uses intimidation as a tactic and I urge you to continue to stand up for what you know to be right.

I supported the ceasefire that was in place on October 6th. Unfortunately, Hamas broke that ceasefire and declared all out war on Israel in the most barbaric way. Putting a motion for ceasefire on the city council agenda, while Hamas continues to say they will repeat October 7 again and again until Israel no longer exists, will only cause greater divisions within our community. It will create a forum where anti-semites and Israel haters can express their hate-filled opinions.

We are already seeing this play out in Richmond, Oakland and San Francisco, after resolutions have been passed. We don't want to see this in El Cerrito.

Thank you for your continued civic leadership during these trying times.

Sincerely,
Hillary K.

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From: Michelle Ayazi
To: City Clerk; Paul Fadelli; Lisa Motoyama; Gabe Quinto; Tessa Rudnick; Carolyn Wysinger Subject: Item not on the agenda - Ceasefire Resolution
Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 12:42:52 PM
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Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
Our city is failing to listen to our leaders in Congress, our community members, and the majority of the American people when we call on you for a ceasefire resolution in Gaza.

Specifically, El Cerrito Mayor Rudnick, Council Members Quinto and Wysinger have not shown the public any interest in engaging with their residents. How incredibly sad and undemocratic.

If you really “Stand United Against Hate” you’d listen to your community and do something act accordingly. The people who don’t want a ceasefire resolution or are “neutral” are either uninformed, misinformed or feel threatened they will lose some sort of unjust privilege they have (i.e. self interested and short sighted).

Be on the right side of history,
Michelle Ayazi
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From: Brendan Harrison
To: City Clerk; Paul Fadelli; Lisa Motoyama; Gabe Quinto; Tessa Rudnick; Carolyn Wysinger Subject: Item not on the agenda - Ceasefire Resolution
Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 12:47:21 PM
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Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
Our city is failing to listen to our leaders in Congress, our community members, and the majority of the American people when we call on you for a ceasefire resolution in Gaza.

Please consider putting a ceasefire resolution on the agenda. We must call for an end to the killing of innocent civilians.

Stand United Against Hate - Ceasefire now!
Sincerely,
Brendan Harrison
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From: Michael Kaye
To: City Clerk
Subject: public comments – not on the agenda opposition to putting a motion for a ceasefire on the City Council agenda Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 12:59:29 PM
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Our family is opposed to a Ceasefire measure.

We support a ceasefire. We supported the ceasefire that was in place on October 7th, when Hamas attacked Israel and instigated this current round of fighting. But more importantly, we are opposed to putting such a motion on the agenda because it creates a forum where Israel haters and antisemites can express their vile, hate filled opinions. We have already seen this in Richmond, Oakland and San Francisco and we don't want it in El Cerrito.

Michael Kaye
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From: Dean Kertesz
To: City Clerk
Subject: public comments – not on the agenda
Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 1:02:14 PM
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Dear Members of the El Cerrito City Council,
I am writing to implore you not to put a Hamas/Israel ceasefire resolution on the agenda.

I believe in peace as all people of good will do. I also support a cease fire. But it is important to note that this round of fighting began when Hamas broke the last cease fire on October 7, 2023 and murdered 1200 Israelis. What is going on in Gaza is unbearable, but we have to remember who started this fight.

I also beg you not to put this issue on our agenda because you will invite hate into our city council chambers. In Richmond, Oakland and San Francisco when these resolutions were discussed people called for Israel's discussion, they lied or denied Hamas' responsibility for the fighting, and some said vile, hateful things about Jews. We don't need to divide our city or verbally attack some residents because of their identity.

I appreciate that you have been standing firmly against putting this issue on the agenda. Your actions in the long run will keep our city strong and unified to address our local issues together.

I will also be at the meeting tonight as a calm voice for peace and unity.

Thank you, Dean Kertesz
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1 From: Lauren Arnest
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 1:43 PM
To: City Clerk; Paul Fadelli; Lisa Motoyama; Gabe Quinto; Tessa Rudnick; Carolyn Wysinger Subject: Item not on the agenda - Ceasefire Resolution
Dear Mayor and City Council Members, Our city is failing to listen to our leaders in Congress, our community members, and the majority of the American people when we call on you for a ceasefire resolu CauƟon! This message was sent from outside your organizaƟon. sophospsmartbannerend
Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
Our city is failing to listen to our leaders in Congress, our community members, and the majority of the American people when we call on you for a ceasefire resoluƟon in Gaza.

Let's be clear: if there were thousands of American children being murdered, orphaned, and disabled by a military occupaƟon, the United States would not stand for it as mere "collateral damage" in a "war": there would be righƞul outrage and an immediate push for it to *stop*. By not calling for an immediate ceasefire, we are saying that these deaths are okay. And it is NOT OKAY.

What is happening in Gaza is a genocide of PalesƟnian people by the Israeli government, and our government is wrongfully backing this slaughter. These people are not just dying, it is not just a tragedy, it is a *purposeful murderous campaign* by the Israeli government and we have a responsibility as tax payers to demand that our money not support this.

El Cerrito must take a stand against hatred as we have so oŌen in the past in other social jusƟce movements. None of us are free unƟl we are all free, and when people are being murdered and displaced abroad by our tax dollars, we MUST take a stand against it. Most of the world is calling for an immediate ceasefire as a bare minimum response to this slaughter, and we should be too. It is that simple.

Stand United Against Hate - Ceasefire now!
Best,
Lauren Arnest
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From:

To: City Clerk
Subject: Public comments - Not on the Agenda Opposition to Putting a Motion for a Ceasefire on the City Council Agenda Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 2:31:22 PM
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Dear Members of the El Cerrito City Council:

I strongly encourage you NOT to put a motion supporting a ceasefire in Gaza on the City Council agenda. Such resolutions on city or county agendas support divisiveness in our communities. They create a forum where antisemites and those against Israel can express their hate-filled opinions.

I have been a resident of El Cerrito for almost 30 years and have made a career of helping others resolve conflicts and appreciate and understand differences.

If El Cerrito wants to benefit its citizens, I encourage the City to support or encourage programs such as Listening Circles started by the Santa Cruz synagogue, Chadeish Yameinu. These circles are facilitated to provide an arena for people to hear one another’s pains and concerns in the ultimate mode of listening to understand. Such offerings create more community than divisiveness.

Sincerely,
Linda Rose
El Cerrito, CA 94530
Additional General Public Comments
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From: leslie dibenedetto
To: City Clerk; Paul Fadelli; Lisa Motoyama; Gabe Quinto; Tessa Rudnick; Carolyn Wysinger; leslie Cc: Albany&ElCerrito4ceasefire Now
Subject: Re: Item not on the agenda - Ceasefire Resolution Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 3:13:55 PM
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Hello, I sent this letter in yesterday and did not see it in the packet. Can you please advise? Leslie On Monday, February 19, 2024 at 06:21:37 PM PST, leslie wrote:

Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
I am writing again to remind you that many community members are calling for our city to put forth a resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza. Many people have called for a discussion but we have been left without a voice in our city yet again. (Two members met with us and we appreciate their efforts but we also need leadership on this matter.) Our tax dollars go to fund this war, so we have a right to be heard and it seems to me, it is your obligation as our elected council members to follow the will of the people when we call for peace - for any cause that we bring to you.

As you know, the majority of Americans want the destruction and loss of life in Gaza to stop. Many of us ask, will this truly remove Hamas from the Middle East? Will this make everyone safe? It is undoubtedly NO! And at a terrible cost to so many, many innocent people! It is a disgrace that we do not have your support and leadership. This is beyond urgent.

It saddens me that yet again, many of our city council members do not heed calls from the public - even when most people would agree change needs to happen.

Thank you for your time,
Leslie D. Adams
El Cerrito, CA
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From: Adena Kaplan
To: City Clerk
Subject: Public Comment - not on the agenda opposition to putting a motion for a ceasefire on the City Council agenda Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 3:38:35 PM
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I am a long-time resident of El Cerrito in the huber park neighborhood. I am Jewish. I am strongly opposed to the City Council taking up resolution in response to the Hamas-Israel war.

I want to see this war end, as much as anyone. Hamas broke a ceasefire that was in place on October 7th when they attacked Israel and instigated this brutal round of fighting.

I want to live peacefully with my neighbors here in El Cerrito.

I do NOT want to see our City Council take a position related to a ceasefire. It only serves to further divide our community. For example, I am tired of seeing some of our local businesses, as well meaning as they are, forward and parrot social media posts calling upon a ceasefire from groups and sources that are anti-semetic and espouse hate-filled opinions toward Jews and Israel.

I do NOT want our City Council to take up an agenda item on this topic to create a forum for this hate speech.

I accept that we all have different experiences and opinions about this current war and the politics in the region going back years, decades, centuries. I accept that my Israeli family and their Palestinian family each have their own lived experiences and traumas and claims. I accept that we can hold a variety of opinions about current political leaders and potential political solutions. I accept that we all want the killing to stop.

My City Council does not need to take a stand or make a forum for more discussion on these topics. We've seen hate in Richmond, Oakland and SF resulting from ceasefire resolutions on council agendas. We don't need it here in El Cerrito.

Adena Kaplan
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1 From: Ira Sharenow
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2024 2:54 PM
To: City Clerk; Holly Charléty
Cc: Tessa Rudnick; Lisa Motoyama; Paul Fadelli
Subject: Item 9B Budget
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Management appears to be reporting excessive spending combined with a revenue shortfall.

Is El Cerrito repeating the budgetary practices that led to TRAN, “Going Concern”, and a state audit? Additionally, given the seasonality of some revenues and expenditures, management cautioned against making straight line projections.

MAIN POINT: Management needs to provide predictions so that the council and the community know what was the actual versus what was expected. Management used to provide this information, but now it seems that there is less transparency.

There needs to be a serious discussion about the pension liability which increased from $57.8 million to $85 million. What is up with the Section 115 Trust?
There also needs to be a serious discussion about the overuse of consultants. The city even hires consultants to run meetings.

The increase in spending since 2018 is much greater than inflation with some departments increasing spending at a significantly greater pace than the CPI. Council needs to understand what is happening.

Finally, there needs to be a budget allocation for a senior center.

Ira Sharenow
El Cerrito, CA
Agenda Item No. 9.B.

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