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CITY OF PITTSBURG
CITY COUNCIL/AGENCY CONCURRENT MEETING MINUTES
DATE: July 01, 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 7:26 P.M. in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 65 Civic Avenue Pittsburg, CA after having convened at 6:03 P.M. for the following Closed Session:
1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL—ANTICIPATED LITIGATION: Initiation of litigation pursuant to Section 54956.9(d)(4)
Number of cases: one
2. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION pursuant to Section 54957:
City Manager
City Attorney Mooney reported the following action for Closed Session:
For Item 1, there was no reportable action.
For Item 2, the City Attorney stated she did not participate and asked Mayor Banales to report on that.
Mayor Banales stated there was no reportable action for Item 2.
ROLL CALL
Member Lopez was absent and excused.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Banales led the Pledge of Allegiance.
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PRESENTATIONS
3. New Employee Introductions
CITY MANAGER REPORTS/REMARKS
City Manager Evans noted for the record that item #14 on the Combined City Council Consent calendar would be pulled and brought back at a later date and any comments for that item would be taken during the public comment section of the meeting. He also mentioned that the Marina Center would serve as a cooling center July 2nd and 3rd from 4PM-7PM. He also gave an update on Community events.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Travis Castle, spoke about a potential partnership between the City of Pittsburg and Path to Humanity, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization created to decrease poverty and improve public safety.
The following speakers spoke against item #14 on the Consent Calendar and asked the City Council to consider working with Taco and CO, the current tenant at 1005 Center Drive. To ensure they remain open for business.
Israel Castro Cortez
Sandra Guardado
Steve Barruel
Kim Hardester
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Vice Mayor Killings attended the Green Empowerment Zone meeting.
PUBLIC HEARING
4. Introduction and Waive First Reading of Five Ordinances Amending the Zoning Map and Establishing Limited Overlay Districts to Implement the 2040 General Plan Land Use Map, AP - 24-0033 (RZ)
Motion by Vice Mayor Killings, seconded by Member Adams to introduce and waive further reading of Five Ordinances Amending the Zoning Map and Establishing Limited Overlay Districts to Implement the 2040 General Plan Land Use Map, AP -24-0033 (RZ) and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Adams, Killings, Scales-Preston, Banales
ABSENT: Lopez
CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT
There were no conflicts of interest statements.
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COMBINED CITY COUNCIL, PITTSBURG ARTS AND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION,
PITTSBURG POWER COMPANY, SOUTHWEST PITTSBURG GHAD II AND SUCCESSOR
AGENCY CONSENT CALENDAR
As noted earlier in the City Manager reports/remarks, Item #14 on the Consent Calendar was pulled and will be 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 June 17, 2024
6. Adoption of a City Council Resolution Approving a List of On-Call Traffic Engineering Service Firms, Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into Agreements with Selected Firms and to Approve up to Two-One Year Extensions of the Agreements, and Authorizing the Public Works Director/City Engineer to Execute Task Orders
7. Adoption of a City Council Resolution Approving a List of On-Call Civil Engineering and Surveying Service Firms, Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into Agreements with Selected Firms and to Approve up to Two One-Year Extensions of the Agreements and Authorizing the Public Works Director/City Engineer to Execute Task Orders
8. Adoption of a City Council Resolution Approving a List of On-Call Construction Material Testing, Environmental, Hazardous Material Testing, and Geotechnical Service Firms, Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into Agreements with Selected Firms and to Approve up to Two-One Year Extensions of the Agreements, and Authorizing the Public Works Director/City Engineer to Execute Task Orders
9. Adoption of a City Council Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Contract for Temporary Landscape Maintenance Assistance
10. Adoption of a City Council Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Contract for Urban Forest Management and Tree Inventory Services
11. Adoption of a City Council Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a First Amendment to the Consulting Services Agreement with West Yost and Associate, Inc. for Engineering Services During Construction for Project 5067 – Water Treatment Plant Filter Improvements and Hypochlorite Conversion
12. Adoption of a City Council Resolution Awarding a Purchase Agreement for Base Rock Supply
13. Adoption of a City Council Resolution Awarding Purchase Agreements for Asphalt Supplies
14. Adoption of a City Council Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Lease Agreement Between the City of Pittsburg and Morello Restaurant Solutions LLC at 1005 Center Combined Agency/City Council Minutes Page 4 of 4 July 01, 2024 Drive
15. Adoption of a Pittsburg Power Company Resolution Accepting $243,000 in Funds from Construction Trade Workforce Initiative and Authorizing the Executive Director to Execute a Contract Amendment with Open Opportunities Inc.
16. Adoption of a Pittsburg Power Company Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director to Enter into a Contract with Contra Costa County Workforce Development Board for Future Build Cohorts 26 and 27 and Establishing the Future Build Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025
17. Adoption of a Pittsburg Power Company Resolution Approving the 2024 Wildfire Mitigation Plan and Directing Staff to File the Wildfire Mitigation Plan with the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety
18. Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Pittsburg Municipal Code Chapter 2.85 and Repealing Chapter 2.86
COUNCIL REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
There were no requests for Future Agenda Items.
COUNCIL MEMBER REMARKS
Council Members Scales-Preston acknowledged the Village for a great SoulFest event they held over the weekend. She also noted that the League of California Cities hosted a Bocce Tournament for the East Bay Division and Pittsburg won the Tournament.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 P.M. to July 15, 2024.
Respectfully submitted,
Alice E. Evenson, City Clerk