CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Mayor Brianne Zorn
Vice Mayor Jay Howard
Councilmember Greg Young
Councilmember Satinder S. Malhi
Councilmember Debbie McKillop
DATE: Wednesday, November 5, 2025
TIME: 7:00 PM – Regular Session
PLACE: Council Chamber, 525 Henrietta Street, Martinez, CA 94553; and via Zoom.
INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC
Information regarding meetings, including agenda materials, schedules and more, please visit the City’s Meetings & Agendas webpage: https://www.cityofmartinez.org/government/meetings-and-agendas.
REMOTE PARTICIPATION
This meeting will be conducted in-person in the City Hall Council Chamber and shall be aired in real time via Zoom. The City cannot guarantee the public’s access to teleconferencing technology, nor guarantee uninterrupted access as technical difficulties may occur from time to time. To attend the meeting via Zoom, you must be logged into a registered Zoom account. Click “Join Meeting” and enter the following details:
1. Zoom Webinar Link
2. Webinar ID: 961 7619 0224
3. Passcode: 764228
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Public comments can be made in person at the meeting or submitted in writing. Written comments must be received by 12PM the day of the meeting. For information on how to submit written comments, please visit the City’s Meetings & Agendas webpage linked above.
ADA ACCOMODATIONS
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and California law, the Council Chamber is wheelchair accessible and disabled parking is available at City Hall. If you are a person with a disability and require modifications or accommodation to attend and/or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (925) 372-3512. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility.
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City Council Agenda
11-5-2025
REGULAR SESSION
CALL TO ORDER - Pledge of Allegiance
ROLL CALL - Mayor Brianne Zorn, Vice Mayor Jay Howard, Councilmembers Greg Young, Satinder S. Malhi and Debbie McKillop
CIVILITY STATEMENT - As your elected Governing Board, we will treat each other and the public with patience, civility, and courtesy as a model of the same behavior we wish to reflect in Martinez for the conduct of all City business and community participation. This includes respect for everyone's First Amendment Right to voice their opinion on matters within the City's subject matter jurisdiction, even if that opinion is different from our own. The decisions made tonight will be for the benefit of the Martinez community and not for personal gain.
PRESENTATIONS
1. Report out from Supervisor Scales-Preston's Office on SNAP Benefits
2. Proclamation - Native American Heritage Month
Proclamation - Native American Heritage Month
3. Presentation - ConFire Update
Presentation - ConFire Update
PUBLIC COMMENT - Presentations and Non-Agendized Items Only. Non-agenda public comment is (1) limited to matters which are not action items listed elsewhere on the agenda, and (2) are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council. Public comments 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 related to items appearing in the following sections of the Agenda will be heard prior to the City Council taking action on each item: Consent Calendar, General Business, Public Hearing, and Appointments to Commissions and/or Agencies.
CONSENT CALENDAR
4. Motion waiving reading text of all Resolutions and Ordinances
5. Motion to approve City Council Action Minutes for October 22, 2025.
Action Minutes 10-22-2025
6. Receive and file two finalized reports commissioned by Contra Costa Health prepared under the Industrial Safety Ordinance (ISO) in response to the February 2025 Fire at PBF’s MRC Refinery:
1. TRC Companies, Inc. – Screening Level Human Health Risk Assessment; and, City Council Agenda
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2. JEM Advisors, LLC – Independent Incident Investigation/Root Cause Analysis of the Martinez Refining Company LLC February 1, 2025, Loss of Process Containment and Fire.
Staff Report - PBF Receive and File Fire Reports
GENERAL BUSINESS ITEMS
PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
7. Conduct a public hearing for a proposed resolution amending the Solid Waste Franchise Exhibit C – Schedule of Rates which would authorize new maximum rates for services provided via the franchises between the City of Martinez and Allied Waste Systems, Inc., d.b.a. Republic Services of Contra Costa County, increasing maximum residential, commercial, industrial and multi-family solid waste collection rates by 2.24% effective January 1, 2026.
Staff Report - 2026 Interim Year Rate Adjustment
Resolution - 2026 Solid Waste Rates
Attachment A - New Exhibit C to Franchise Agreement Reflecting the Proposed 2026 Schedule of Rates
Attachment B - Residential and Commercial Rate Comparison to Neighboring Jurisdictions
8. Conduct a public hearing, waive the reading, and introduce an Ordinance to repeal the 2022 California Building Standards Code and adopt by reference the 2025 California Building Standards Code, Title 24 California Code of Regulations to include the following parts: 2025 California Building Code, Title 24 Part 2; 2025 California Residential Code, Title 24 Part 2.5; 2025 California Electrical Code, Title 24 Part 3; 2025 California Mechanical Code, Title 24 Part 4; 2025 California Plumbing Code, Title 24 Part 5; 2025 California Energy Code, Title 24 Part 6; 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, Title 24 Part 7; 2025 California Fire Code, Title 24 Part 9; 2025 California Existing Building Code, Title 24 Part 10, including Parts 8 and 12; 2025 California Green Building Standards Code (CalGreen), Title 24 Part 11, and determine the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(B)(3).
Staff Report - 2025 California Building Standards Code
Ordinance - 2025 California Building Standards Code
CHIEF OF POLICE
9. Comments/Updates
CITY MANAGER
10. Comments/Updates
1. Marina and Waterfront Revitalization Update: Status of Exclusive Negotiation Agreement between City of Martinez and Tucker Sadler
2. Parks System Master Plan Update
APPOINTMENTS TO COMMISSIONS AND/OR AGENCIES
SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
11. Verbal Report Outs for the following Subcommittee(s):
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1. School Liaison (MUSD) - October 27, 2025
2. Waterfront and Marina - October 27, 2025
3. School Liaison (MDUSD) - November 3, 2025
12. Outside Agency Report Out(s).
CITY COUNCIL
13. Comments/Updates
ADJOURNMENT - Adjourn to a Regular City Council meeting on November 19, 2025 at 7 PM.
On October 31, 2025, a true and correct copy of this agenda was posted on the City Hall Kiosk, located at 525 Henrietta Street, Martinez, CA 94553, and on the City website at www.cityofmartinez.org.
/s/ Kat Galileo, City Clerk