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1 Responses to City Council Agenda Items – December 2, 2025
Regular Meeting
Agenda Item #5: Authorize the City Manager to enter into a purchase order with Rush Enterprises, Inc. for the purchase of one Ford F-350 truck and two Ford F-550 trucks; and with National Auto Fleet for the purchase of three Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup trucks, funded through the Water and Sewer Internal Service Funds (Fund 434 and 424) for a total of six vehicles for a combined not-to-exceed amount of $571,026 (inclusive of a 15 percent contingency)
1. What is the status update on the shift of the City’s fleet to electric vehicles? Is there a specific goal percentage?
A. The City is steadily advancing towards a more sustainable and environmentally responsible fleet. When a replacement vehicle is needed, staff evaluates electric vehicle options first and then hybrid technologies where feasible. Three years ago, the City didn’t have any electric or hybrid vehicles. Now, there are 46 hybrid vehicles and 2 electric vehicles currently in service, which represents 24% of the City’s fleet. The City’s near-term goal is to achieve an additional 10% increase over the next 10 years.
Agenda Item #8: Introduce an Ordinance amending Chapter 18 Zoning of the Pleasanton Municipal Code (PMC) and finding that such amendments are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) (common sense exemption) and amending Chapters 18.08, 18.12, 18.20, 18.22, 18.68,
18.103, 18.104, 18.105, 18.110, 18.116, 18.124, 18.128, 18.132, and 18.144 of the PMC to implement modifications to Design Review, noticing, appeals, and other process streamlining, and rescinding City Council Resolution No. 91-132, as filed under case number P25-0352
2. What is the Alternative to Mailing allowed if the number of recipients is more than 1,000? (Pg 144)
A. Government Code Section 65091(a)(4) allows for notice by placing a display advertisement of at least one-eighth page in at least one newspaper of general circulation within the local agency when the number of real property owners to whom notice would be mailed is greater than 1,000.
3. Is there background information of how the 1,000 feet was initially derived?
A. City Council Resolution No. 91-132 expanded the required noticing radius to 1,000 feet, far exceeding the Government Code requirement of 300 feet. The policy and City Council meeting minutes do not elaborate on why 1,000 feet
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2 was deemed appropriate in 1991. The minutes show that a Council member proposed increasing the suggested radius from 500 feet to 1,000 feet.
4. The report mentions that staff looked at what is common in other municipalities, but I didn’t see that comparison, is there additional detail that can be provided?
A. The recommendation to shorten the City’s appeal period to 10 days (versus the City’s existing 15-plus day appeal period) will align with Livermore, San Ramon, Dublin, and Fremont, all of which have 10-day appeal periods.
5. How is the 50% demolition regulation calculated?
A. The 50% demolition threshold is based on building square footage.
6. Is email by the City Council to the City Clerk considered ‘in writing’ for call up? This seems a bit ‘challengeable’ by the applicant if email? Should it be more so “in writing, in email, or in person” or something more like that? (Pg 152)
A. Yes, an email is considered to be a request ‘in writing.’ This is similar to the approach the City allows for appeals in general, which permit an interested party to submit a request via email, mail or to hand-deliver it.