CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
REVISED 12-16-2024
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
7:00 PM
City Council Chamber
200 Old Bernal Avenue
Pleasanton, CA 94566
The meeting will be held in-person, broadcast live on Channel 29 and at https://www.tri- valleytv.org and streamed at https://www.youtube.com/user/TheCityofPleasanton.
Public participation: It is requested that members of the public wishing to address the City Council submit a speaker card. When public comment is opened on an agenda item, individuals may speak once per agenda item.
To submit written public comment regarding an open session item on this meeting agenda visit https://forms.cityofpleasantonca.gov/f/writtenpubliccomment. Comments will be accepted by the City Clerk’s Office until 12:00 p.m. on the day of the Council meeting.
In Person at Council Chamber:
• Submit a physical speaker card to the City Clerk at the meeting. When your name is called, please provide comment at the podium.
CALL TO ORDER
• Pledge of Allegiance
• Roll Call
Resolution No. 2024-076
Ordinance No. 2289
SPECIAL CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
1. Adopt a resolution declaring results of the General Municipal Election held November 5, 2024, for officers and ballot measure
2. Adopt Ordinance No. 2288 amending Municipal Code Chapter 17.16 regarding Tree Preservation
3. Adopt 1) a resolution approving and adopting the Nexus Studies prepared by Economic & Planning Systems, Inc., dated November 25, 2024, and by Raftelis, dated October 17, 2024, to update the City’s Development Impact Fees; and amending the City’s Master Fee Schedule to increase the City’s Capital Facilities Fee, Transportation Development Fee (also referred to as the Transportation Development Fee), Commercial Linkage Fee, Affordable Housing In-Lieu Fee, and Water and Wastewater Connection Fees; and 2) introduce an ordinance amending the Pleasanton Municipal Code, Chapter 3.22 – Capital Facilities Fee, Chapter
3.26 – Transportation Development Fee, and Chapter 14.04 – Regulation of Water
City Council Agenda Page 2 of 4 December 17, 2024
System and Water Service Fee to align with the Nexus Studies and make other technical updates and corrections
RECOGNITION AND REMARKS
• Public Comment - Speakers are limited to 3 minutes.
• Councilmember Valerie Arkin
• Mayor Karla Brown
OATH OF OFFICE
• Mayor-elect Jack Balch
• Councilmember-elect Craig Eicher
• Councilmember-elect Matthew B. Gaidos
REMARKS
• Councilmember-elect Craig Eicher
• Councilmember-elect Matthew B. Gaidos
• Mayor-elect Jack Balch
ROLL CALL
AGENDA AMENDMENTS
CONSENT CALENDAR
Items listed on the consent calendar are considered routine in nature and may be enacted by one motion. If discussion is required, that particular item will be removed from the consent calendar and will be considered separately.
City Council
4. Ratify Mayor's appointment of a Vice Mayor and City Council assignments to various boards and commissions for calendar year 2025
City Manager
5. Adopt a resolution setting the 2025 calendar year City Council meeting schedule
Community Development
6. Actions of the Zoning Administrator and Planning Commission
7. Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to accept award of the U.S.
Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant funding in the amount of $140,450 for the Climate Action Plan 2.0 Project and approve budget amendments to allocate the funds to CIP No. 24461
City Council Agenda Page 3 of 4 December 17, 2024
Finance
8. Adopt a resolution finding that certain development impact fees subject to AB 1600 and SB 1693 are unexpended after five years and the funds are committed to particular projects
Human Resources
9. Adopt a resolution approving compensation for temporary/seasonal employees and amending the temporary, part-time/seasonal classification salary structure
Library and Recreation
10. Accept the donation of the public artwork Hope and Promise mural and frame
MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
11. Public Comment regarding items not listed on the agenda – Speakers are limited to 3 minutes.
PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS
If necessary to ensure completion of the following items, the Mayor may alter time limits.
12. Approve the FY 2025/26 and FY 2026/27 budget engagement plan
13. Approve the establishment of a Budget Advisory Committee and appoint members
14. Adopt a CIP Process and Prioritization Strategy
15. A) Adopt a resolution approving an addendum to the Downtown Specific Plan Final Environmental Impact Report; introduce an ordinance to approve: (1) Planned Unit Development rezoning (P21-1173) of two parcels totaling approximately 2.3 acres in area from C-C (Central-Commercial) to PUD-MU (Planned Unit Development-Mixed-Use) District; and (2) A PUD-MU development plan (PUD-146) to: (a) retain the two-story single-family home and construct a two- story addition to the north side of the home; (b) demolish the detached accessory dwelling unit, Barone's restaurant, and all other structures and site modifications; and (c) construct 14 detached single-family homes and two commercial buildings with a public plaza and parking lot, new private street, and related site improvements; and
B) Adopt a resolution to approve a Vesting Tentative Tract Map (Tract 8631) to subdivide the 2.3 acres into 15 single-family lots, one commercial lot, and three private common space parcels located at 475 and 493 St. John Street
MATTERS INITIATED BY COUNCIL
COUNCIL REPORTS
City Council Agenda Page 4 of 4 December 17, 2024
Brief reports on conferences, seminars, and meetings attended by the Council
ADJOURNMENT
Notice
Under Government Code §54957.5, any writings/documents regarding an open session item on this agenda and items received by the City Clerk’s Office by 12:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting provided to a majority of the City Council after distribution of the agenda packet will be available for public inspection on the City’s website https://www.cityofpleasantonca.gov/ and also at the Pleasanton Library located at 400 Old Bernal Ave., Pleasanton, CA 94566.
There is a 90-day limit for the filing of a challenge in the Superior Court to certain City administrative decisions and orders, which require a hearing by law, the receipt of evidence, and the exercise of discretion. The 90-day limit begins on the date the decision is final (Code of Civil Procedure § 1094.6). Further, if you challenge an action taken by the City Council in court, you may be limited, by California law, including but not limited to Government Code §65009, to raising only those issues you or someone else raised in the public hearing, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council prior to or at the public hearing. The City Council may be requested to reconsider a decision if the request is made prior to the next City Council meeting, regardless of whether it is a regular or special meeting.
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