City Council
City of San Pablo
Meeting Agenda
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
City Council Chambers
Access the meeting remotely by using this URL
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83708212256
9:00 AMFriday, September 8, 2023
Special Meeting and Closed Session Meeting
Teleconference Location for Mayor Abel Pineda
(Pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(b))
1000 Gateway Avenue, Council Office
San Pablo, CA 94806
The agenda will be posted at the remote location, and the teleconference location will be accessible to the public.
NOTICE:
Members of the public may attend the meeting in any following ways:
• In-person at the Council Chambers at 1000 Gateway Ave, San Pablo, CA (as well as any additional in -person location that may be listed above);
• By Zoom by visiting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83708212256 ; or • By phone at 1-669-444-9171 or 1-669-900-6833 (San Jose); and entering Webinar ID: 837 0821 2256. • The public can also view the meeting during livestream online at https://sanpablo.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx If you are attending in-person, we ask that all cell phones be turned off or silenced during the meeting.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
At each meeting, the public has the opportunity to address the City Council on items appearing on the agenda and, for items not appearing on the agenda but within the purview of the City Council, during ORAL COMMUNICATIONS .
Persons addressing the Council must limit their remarks to three (3) minutes unless an extension or decrease of time is set. As allowed by the Brown Act, the Mayor may limit the total time for public comments to facilitate the completion of business on the agenda.
• IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT:
Any person wishing to make such address Council should first complete and deliver a "Speaker Form" available at the speaker's podium and submit it to the City Clerk identifying the agenda item. The Mayor will invite you to speak at the appropriate time when the matter is being considered.
September 8, 2023City Council Meeting Agenda
• REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT:
Members of the public participating remotely may provide public comment during the meeting in the following ways:
• Web: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83708212256 (Participate via Zoom and “raise hand” by selecting the virtual hand icon in the Zoom platform when the item is called. City staff will activate the speaker ’s microphone when the speaker’s name is called. The speaker will need to unmute themselves. Council will not consider comments made in the chat function of the Zoom platform.)
• Telephone: Dial Or by phone 1-669-444-9171 or 1-669-900-6833 (San Jose), Enter Webinar ID: 837 0821 2256 (press *9 to raise/lower hand; press *6 to mute/unmute) • WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT:
Public comments may also be submitted via email to CityClerk@SanPabloCA .gov. Each email must contain in the subject line "PUBLIC COMMENTS NOT ON THE AGENDA" [ or] "PUBLIC COMMENTS AGENDA ITEM No.__”. Written comments received by 12:00 noon on the Thursday prior to the meeting will be provided in advance to the City Council and posted online with the agenda materials. During the meeting, the public may provide written public comments via email to CityClerk@SanPabloCA .gov. All written comments received after noon the Thursday prior to the meeting will be read into the record before Council consideration of the item and will be limited to the same time allowed for other public comments. Comments that do not conform to the City Council's rules of decorum may be summarized rather than read verbatim.
Please note that all information provided in public comments including phone number called with, email addresses and any other personal information written or stated is subject to disclosure on the broadcast of the video- or tele-conferenced meeting.
AGENDA MATERIALS
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 AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT:
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 Request Forms may be found at https://www.sanpabloca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/15988/FRM-Meeting-Accommodation-Request-Form-FINAL-020 823, or requested by email to [email protected], or by phone at (510) 215-3000.
Meeting accommodation requests should be submitted to the City as soon possible. The City will attempt to resolve before the meeting begins all accommodation requests received by 10 a.m. on the day of the meeting.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
REMOTE PARTICIPATION UNDER AB 2449
Consider and take action on any request from a Councilmember to participate in a meting remotely due to Just Cause or Emergency Circumstances pursuant to AB 2449 (Government Code Section 54953(f)).
September 8, 2023City Council Meeting Agenda
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.
CLOSED SESSION
CLOSED SESSION
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT (pursuant to Govt. Code section 54957) Titles: City Attorney; Interim City Attorney
23-3691.
Reconvene to Open Session
ROLL CALL
REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION
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.
23-3702.
ADJOURNMENT
Adjourn to Monday, September 11, 2023 at 5:00 pm.