Combined Agency/City Council Minutes Page 1 of 3 February 5, 2024
CITY OF PITTSBURG
CITY COUNCIL/AGENCY CONCURRENT MEETING MINUTES
DATE: February 5, 2024
LOCATION: Council Chamber, City Hall, 65 Civic Avenue, Pittsburg, CA 94565
CITY COUNCIL/AGENCY MEMBERS
Juan Antonio Banales, Mayor/Chair
Jelani Killings, Vice-Mayor/Chair
Dionne Adams, Council/Agency Member
Angelica Lopez, Council/Agency Member
Shanelle Scales-Preston, Council/Agency Member
S.L. Floyd, Agency Member
Annie Hill Herring, Agency Member
APPOINTED OFFICIALS
Garrett Evans, City Manager/Executive Director
Donna Mooney, City Attorney/Legal Counsel
Alice E. Evenson, City Clerk/Agency Secretary (elected) Nancy Parent, City Treasurer (elected)
Mayor Banales called the regular meeting to order at 7:03 P.M. in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 65 Civic Avenue Pittsburg, CA after having convened at 5:40 P.M. for a Special Meeting for Planning Commission Interviews.
ROLL CALL
Member Lopez was absent and excused.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Banales led the Pledge of Allegiance.
PRESENTATIONS
2. New Employee Introduction
PROCLAMATIONS
3. Black History Month
CITY MANAGER REPORTS/REMARKS
City Manager Evans thanked staff for working diligently on fixing an electric panel outage that could have affected the County Board of Supervisor’s retreat held at City Hall in the Council Chambers. He also gave an update on Community events.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments.
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COMMITTEE REPORTS
There were no Committee reports.
PUBLIC HEARING
4. Adoption of a City Council Resolution Approving a General Plan Map Amendment and Vesting Tentative Map for a Major Subdivision; and Introduction and Waive First Reading of an Ordinance Approving an Amendment to the San Marco Development Plan and PD -1362 (Planned Development, Ordinance No. 12 -1362) District for Siena at San Marco Residential Subdivision (Units 16 and 17), AP-21-1584 (GP, PD/RZ, SUBD)
Mayor Banales asked if there were any Conflicts of Interest from Council before hearing the item. Member Adams recused herself from dais at 7:25 P.M. City Attorney Mooney noted that Member Adams’ recusal was due to real property interest.
Joshua Taylor and Doug Chen, representatives from Discovery Builders, spoke in favor of the project.
Bruce Ohlson, Pittsburg, mentioned he would like to see a condition in the approval that would require the developer to work with other entities on a bike and pedestrian connectivity from Concord border to John Henry Johnson Park on W. Leland Road.
Motion by Vice Mayor Killings, seconded by Member Adams and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Killings, Scales-Preston, Banales
ABSENT: Adams [Recused], Lopez
Member Adams returned to the dais at 7:44 P.M.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT
There were no conflict of interests statements.
COMBINED CITY COUNCIL, PITTSBURG ARTS AND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION,
PITTSBURG POWER COMPANY, SOUTHWEST PITTSBURG GHAD II AND SUCCESSOR
AGENCY CONSENT CALENDAR
City Manager Evans noted that item #11 on the consent calendar was being pulled and brought back at a later date.
On Motion by Vice Mayor Killings, seconded by Member Adams and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Adams, Killings, Scales-Preston, Banales
ABSENT: Lopez
5. Minutes of December 18, 2023 and January 16, 2024.
6. Adoption of a City Council Resolution Accepting Project 2241 - East Leland Road Combined Agency/City Council Minutes Page 3 of 3 February 5, 2024 Pavement Maintenance as Complete and Authorize the City Engineer to File a Notice of Completion.
7. Adoption of a City Council Resolution Accepting Project 2033 - Loveridge Road Maintenance Project as Complete and Authorize the City Engineer to File a Notice of Completion.
8. Adoption of a City Council Resolution Authorizing the Extension of an Agreement with Darktrace for 4 more years for their Detect & Respond System for Citywide Usage.
9. Adoption of a City Council Resolution to Accept Grant Funds from Keller Canyon Mitigation Fund for FY 23/24 Recreation Programs.
10. Adoption of a City Council Resolution Authorizing Execution of a General Services Agreement with Western Train Company for Train Replacement and Carousel Repairs.
11. Adoption of Two Ordinances for the Objective Design Standards 2023 Project: 1) Adding Article XXI to Chapter 18.84 of the Pittsburg Municipal Code; and 2) Amending the Zoning Map for Certain Multi-family Housing and Mixed-use Development Projects to Further Housing Production Consistent with State Law.
Item #11 on Consent Calendar was pulled and not voted on. Item will be brought back at a later date.
COUNCIL REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
There were no requests for future agenda items.
COUNCIL MEMBER REMARKS
There were no remarks from Council Members.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 7:46 P.M. to February 20, 2024.
Respectfully submitted,
Alice E. Evenson, City Clerk