APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. _______________ C.M.S.
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT NIKKI FORTUNATO BAS,
COUNCILMEMBER CARROLL FIFE, AND CITY ADMINISTRATOR JESTIN JOHNSON
RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING ANGELA ROBINSON PIÑON FOR
HER MORE THAN 9 YEARS OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO THE CITY
OF OAKLAND
WHEREAS, on June 13, 2022, Angela Robinson Piñon became the Deputy City Administrator and began utilizing her vast departmental management experience to focus on enhancing critical internal operations of the City, such as hiring, contracting, procurement, permitting, agenda management and other functions within the City Administrator’s office; and
WHEREAS, Angela Robinson Piñon was first hired with the Department of Human Services as a Program Analyst II with the Youth Services Division on January 4, 2006; and
WHEREAS, Angela Robinson Piñon left the City of Oakland to join the staff in Alameda County; and
WHEREAS, Angela Robinson Piñon returned to the City of Oakland and joined the Oakland Fire Department as the Assistant to the Director on April 4, 2016; and
WHEREAS, while at the Oakland Fire Department, Angela Robinson Piñon developed a Vegetation Management Plan; and
WHEREAS, Angela Robinson Piñon transferred to Oakland Public Works to become Assistant to the Director on October 20, 2018 and was promoted to a Project Manager II in 2020; and
WHEREAS Angela Robinson Piñon led Oakland Public Works through the development of its first Strategic Action Plan, supporting the creative problem-solving of frontline staff while helping foster the next generation of department leadership, and charting a shared path forward for the City’s largest civilian department; and
2 WHEREAS Angela Robinson Piñon led the City’s process to develop Measure Q, coordinating among numerous stakeholders and considerations to develop a measure that invests millions of dollars in providing Oaklanders with cleaner and safer parks, reinforcing services to address homelessness and houselessness, and improving and maintaining water quality for all; and
WHEREAS, Angela Robinson Piñon was promoted on September 5, 2020 to Assistant Director with the Planning and Building Department; and
WHEREAS, while with the Planning and Building Department Angela Robinson Piñon assisted the City with moving towards a One-Stop Permitting Station, and helped to advance the City’s launch of its virtual permitting portals in response to COVID’s restraint on in-person transactions; and
WHEREAS, for much of her time serving Oakland, Angela Robinson Piñon played an important role in supporting the City’s public information & crisis communication team, establishing herself as a vital liaison to City leaders and key external partners, alike, during an array of significant and newsworthy events, including: the 2016 ghostship warehouse fire; the massive 2017 Valdez street fire; multiple PG&E public safety power shutoff events; many large scale downtown protests; the years-long COVID -19 pandemic response; the 2023 winter storms; and the 2023 ransomware cyber-attack, among others; and
WHEREAS, Angela Robinson Piñon has been appointed Assistant City Manager for the City of San Rafael effective September 5, 2023; and
WHEREAS, throughout her time with the City of Oakland, Angela Robinson Piñon has been known by all her colleagues as a dependable, hardworking, and dedicated civil servant who consistently and thoughtfully completes every task with integrity, compassion, and deep respect for Oakland’s residents and communities; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that Angela Robinson Piñon has served the City of Oakland exceptionally well and will be dearly missed by her friends and colleagues; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council recognizes Angela Robinson Piñon for her service to the City of Oakland.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: AYES - FIFE, GALLO, JENKINS, KALB, KAPLAN, RAMACHANDRAN, REID, AND PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS NOES – ABSENT – ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California