City Council
City of San Pablo
Meeting Agenda - Final
Council Chambers
1000 Gateway Avenue
San Pablo, CA 94806
(510) 215-3000
www.SanPabloCA.gov
Mayor Abel Pineda
Vice Mayor Patricia Ponce
Councilmember Arturo Cruz
Councilmember Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado
Councilmember Rita Xavier
Council Chambers/
Teleconference-Videoconference
6:00 PMMonday, March 6, 2023
Teleconference Location:
Mayor Abel Pineda
1000 Gateway Avenue, Council Office
San Pablo, CA 94806
This meeting is being held in person and virtually (hybrid), in compliance with the Governor's Executive Orders allowing for a deviation of teleconference rules required by the Brown Act.
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March 6, 2023City Council Meeting Agenda - Final
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Copies of this Agenda and non -exempt public records relating to an open session item on this agenda will be available for public view at the City Clerk ’s Office, 1000 Gateway Avenue, San Pablo. The full agenda packet may also be viewed on the city website at https://www.sanpabloca.gov/1400/City-CouncilLSA-Planning-Comm-AgendasMin. __________________________________________________________________ In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Brown Act, individuals with disabilities requiring reasonable accommodations, including auxiliary aids or services, in order to participate in the meeting should submit a completed Meeting Accommodation Request Form by email to CityClerk@SanPabloCA .gov, with “Accommodation Request” listed in the subject line of the email. Alternatively, completed Meeting Accommodation Request Forms may be submitted to the City Clerk's Office at City Hall, 1000 Gateway Avenue, San Pablo, CA 94806. Meeting accommodation requests should be submitted as soon possible and must be received by the City no later than 10:00 a.m. on the day of the meeting for which accommodations are requested. Meeting Accommodation Request Forms may be found on the City ’s website, or requested by email to CityClerk@SanPabloCA .gov, or by phone at (510) 215-3000.
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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ANY REQUEST FROM A COUNCILMEMBER TO
PARTICIPATE IN A MEETING REMOTELY DUE TO JUST CAUSE OR EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES PURSUANT TO AB 2449.
Speakers wishing to address the Council on a specific agenda item should file a form with the City Clerk indicating the agenda item. The Mayor will invite you to speak at the appropriate time when the matter is being considered. If you desire to address the Council, please file your name and address with the City Clerk on forms available at the podium. We also ask that all cell phones be turned off or silenced during the meeting.
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ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
This is the time for comments on any item within the Council ’s subject matter jurisdiction, if such item is NOT listed on tonight ’s agenda. The Council may not engage in discussion or take action on any item that is not specifically listed on the agenda. Your item may be referred to city staff for investigation, report or placement on a future agenda. Persons addressing the Council are required to limit their remarks to three (3) minutes unless an extension or decrease of time is ordered. Please file your name and address with the City Clerk on forms available at the speaker’s podium.
CEREMONIAL MATTERS
CONSIDER APPROVAL AND PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATE OF
APPRECIATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM ANALYST
KARINEH SAMKIAN.
CEQA: This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
#23-0871.
Recommendation: Approve and present Certificate
* * * END OF CEREMONIAL MATTERS * * *
PRESENTATIONS
PRESENTATION OF YEAR-END DECEMBER 2022 ANNUAL SURVEY
RESULTS BY STRATEGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
#23-0742.
Recommendation: For Informational Purposes Only
PRESENTATION OF THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE
VIDEO.
#23-0853.
Recommendation: For Informational Purposes Only
* * * END OF PRESENTATIONS * * *
CITY MANAGER REMARKS
CONSENT CALENDAR
The Consent Calendar includes routine items that are to be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If discussion is requested, the item will be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered separately.
MINUTES
CONSIDER APPROVING MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS OF FEBRUARY
21 AND FEBRUARY 27, 2023.
CEQA: This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
#23-0754.
Recommendation: Approve by Minute Order
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LIABILITY CLAIMS
CONSIDER DENYING LIABILITY CLAIMS OF:
1. EDDIE RUSSELL (DOL 1/24/23)
2. TAHNEICKO DANSTZLER (DOL 9/21/22)
3. YANCY VILLATORO (DOL 8/13/22)
4. MARIA GERMAN RUBIO DE VILLATORO (DOL 8/13/22)
5. SONIA MARIA VILLATORO MARTINEZ (DOL 8/13/22)
6. SANTOS FEDERICA GOMEZ VILLATORO (DOL 8/13/22)
7. JORGE DANIEL VILLATORO GOMEZ (DOL 8/13/22)
CEQA: This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
#23-0725.
Recommendation: Deny the claims per the recommendation of the Municipal Pooling Authority (MPA), the City's joint risk pool.
PROCLAMATIONS
CONSIDER APPROVING REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF
PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MARCH 2023 AS AMERICAN RED
CROSS MONTH.
CEQA: This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
#23-0816.
Recommendation: Approve by Minute Order
CONSIDER APPROVING REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF
PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MARCH 2023 AS PRESCRIPTION
DRUG ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH.
CEQA: This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
#23-0777.
Recommendation: Approve by Minute Order
MISCELLANEOUS
CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION RATIFYING RENEWAL OF
PEREGRINE SOFTWARE LICENSE FOR ONE YEAR, FROM
DECEMBER 18, 2022 TO DECEMBER 17, 2023, AT A COST OF
$100,000, INCLUDING TRAINING, SUPPORT AND SERVICES.
CEQA: This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
#23-0808.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution
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CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE TAXPAYER
PROTECTION AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ACT,
STATE-WIDE INITIATIVE (NO. AG# 21-0042A1) QUALIFIED FOR THE NOVEMBER 5, 2024 STATE-WIDE BALLOT.
CEQA: This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
#23-0899.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution
CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION AMENDING THE RECORDS
RETENTION SCHEDULE THAT AUTHORIZES THE DESTRUCTION OF
CERTAIN CITY RECORDS.
CEQA: This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
#23-07110.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution
CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO: (1) PURCHASE ONE 2023 FORD F-550 CHASSIS,
DIESEL GARBAGE TRUCK; (2) WAIVE THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PURCHASE PURSUANT TO THE SAN
PABLO MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 3.16.110; ; AND (3) sell the OLD GARBAGE TRUCK (VEHICLE 634) AS SURPLUS PROPERTY
THROUGH PUBLIC AUCTION PURSUANT TO THE SAN PABLO
MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 3.16.120.
CEQA: This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
#23-08611.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution
CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION REAPPOINTING GENOVEVA
CALLOWAY AND VICKY CHONG FOR A TWO-YEAR TERM TO THE
SAN PABLO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION GRANTS REVIEW
COMMITTEE.
CEQA: This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
#23-07912.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DUES PAYMENT
FROM THE CITY OF SAN PABLO FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2023 TO THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES/CALCITIES.
CEQA: This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
#23-07013.
Recommendation: Receive and file
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CONSIDER AUTHORIZATION TO ESTABLISH A CITY ATTORNEY
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT TEMPORARY AD-HOC
SUBCOMMITTEE, TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30, 2023.
CEQA: This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
#23-08814.
Recommendation: Approve by Minute Order: upon recommendation by Mayor Pineda, pursuant to SPMC
2.16.070, designate Vice-Mayor Patricia Ponce and Councilmember Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado to be appointed to a newly-established, Temporary Ad-Hoc Subcommittee to expire by June 30, 2023 for the purposes of discussing potential compensation amendments to the City Attorney's employment agreement.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZATION TO ACTIVATE THE CASINO SAN PABLO / LYTTON TRIBE TEMPORARY AD-HOC SUBCOMMITTEE FOR
CALENDAR YEAR 2023.
CEQA: This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
#23-09515.
Recommendation: Approve by Minute Order
* * * END OF CONSENT CALENDAR * * *
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS (IF ANY)
MATERIALS SUBMITTED AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE AGENDA
WILL BE APPENDED AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING. THIS IS NOT
AN ACTION ITEM BUT MERELY A MECHANISM FOR MATERIALS
SUBMITTED AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE AGENDA TO BE
APPENDED TO THE PUBLISHED AGENDA AFTER THE COUNCIL
MEETING.
#23-07616.
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS REPORTS
(Approved by Resolution 2022-013)
Informational reports from Councilmember representatives to the following committees, commissions and organizations; brief reports on meetings attended at the expense of the City or Agency, as required by Government Code section 53232.3(d) (AB 1234); and other reports regarding items of general interest to the City Council. The City Council may take action on other items of interest that are specifically agendized herein:
(a) Mayor Abel Pineda
Memberships: Contra Costa County Mayors Association (Primary); West County Mayors & Supervisors Association (Primary); West County Integrated Waste Management /RecycleMore JPA (Primary); West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (Alternate);
Standing Committees: Community Services
Ad-Hoc Subcommittees: Public Fiber /Electric Vehicle Infrastructure; City Manager Employment Agreement; San Pablo 75th Anniversary Celebration
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(b) Vice Mayor Patricia Ponce
Memberships: Contra Costa Mayors' Conference (Alternate); West Contra Costa Mayors & Supervisors Association (Alternate); League of California Cities East Bay League Division (Alternate); MCE Clean Energy Board of Directors (Primary); San Pablo Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors (City Council Appointee ); San Pablo-Manzanillo Future Board Member Designation (Primary); Standing Committees: Budget, Fiscal & Legislative; Economic Development, Housing & Project Management Ad-Hoc Subcommittees: Casino San Pablo/Lytton Tribe; San Pablo 75th Anniversary Celebration (c) Councilmember Arturo Cruz
Memberships: Association of Bay Area Governments (Alternate); San Pablo Community Grant Foundation Board (Member)
Standing Committees: Community Services; Economic Development, Housing & Project Management; Public Safety; Public Health
Ad-Hoc Subcommittees: Smart 5G Policy Projects
(d) Councilmember Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado
Memberships: MCE Clean Energy Board of Directors (Alternate) Standing Committees: Budget, Fiscal & Legislative; Public Safety Ad-Hoc Subcommittees: None
(e) Councilmember Rita Xavier
Memberships: Association of Bay Area Governments (Primary); League of CA Cities East Bay League Division (Primary); San Pablo Community Grant Foundation (Member); West County Integrated Waste Management/RecycleMore JPA Authority (Alternate); West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (Primary)
Standing Committees: Public Safety; Public Health
Ad-Hoc Subcommittees: Public Fiber/Electric Vehicle Infrastructure; City Manager Employment Agreement
ADJOURNMENT
Adjourn to Monday, March 20, 2023 at 6:00 pm.