City Council
City of San Pablo
Meeting Agenda
Council Chambers
1000 Gateway Avenue
San Pablo, CA 94806
(510) 215-3000
www.SanPabloCA.gov
Mayor Patricia Ponce
Vice Mayor Arturo Cruz
Councilmember Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado
Councilmember Rita Xavier
Councilmember Abel Pineda
City Council Chambers5:00 PMWednesday, December 13, 2023 Special Meeting
*IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS AND MEETING PARTICIPATION* NOTICE:
Members of the public are invited to attend the meeting in-person at Council Chambers.
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Please note the following temporary change to the City's public comment procedures: Public comment by zoom or telephone will not be accepted. Public comment may be provided only in -person in Council Chambers or via email as set forth below.
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. • 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 day of 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 day of the meeting will not be read out loud and will be provided directly to the members upon receipt and distributed with supplemental materials following the meeting.
Please note that all information provided in public comments, including email addresses and any other personal information written or stated, is subject to disclosure on the broadcast of the video- or tele-conferenced meeting.
December 13, 2023City Council Meeting Agenda
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.
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
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.
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.
December 13, 2023City Council Meeting Agenda
CONSIDER ADOPTING A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SAN PABLO (1) APPROVING A SUBDIVISION
IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT WITH CHATTLETON PLACE
PARTNERS, LLC, (2) APPROVING A FINAL SUBDIVISION MAP, AND (3) ACCEPTING THE DEDICATION OF A PUBLIC PARK/TOT LOT FOR TRACT 9599, CHATTLETON PLACE, A 20-LOT TOWNHOUSE-STYLE
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE SP-2 MIXED USE CENTER SOUTH DISTRICT LOCATED AT 2812 CHATTLETON
LANE, SAN PABLO, APN 417-310-004
CEQA: The City prepared Addenda to previously certified EIRs on the San Pablo General Plan 2030 and the San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan adopted in 2011, as well as to a previously approved Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for the Mixed Use Center South District area, also adopted in 2011, to address the change in planned development pattern at this site from a mix of uses to townhouse-style single family residences. The proposed development is consistent with the current land use and zoning designations for the site and will not result in an increase in the severity of any environmental impact identified in the prior EIRs or IS/MND or result in any new environmental impact not previously considered in the prior EIRs and IS/MND. Notices of Determination for these Addenda were duly filed with the Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder on October 8, 2021.
23-4331.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution
CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO THE
GENERAL FUND DESIGNATED RESERVES (GFDR) FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2023-24, EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31, 2023.
CEQA: This is not a project subject to CEQA.
23-4722.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution
* * * END OF CONSENT CALENDAR * * *
CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION/CONSIDERATION
December 13, 2023City Council Meeting Agenda
CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1) AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF SAN PABLO’S PARTICIPATION IN THE POST-EMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS TRUST PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY PUBLIC AGENCY
RETIREMENT SERVICES (PARS) AND U.S. BANK, 2) APPOINTING THE CITY MANAGER AS THE CITY’S PLAN ADMINISTRATOR, 3)
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE PARS
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT AND OTHER
DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM, AND 4)
APPROPRIATING $1.0 MILLION OF FY 2023-24 GENERAL FUND
DESIGNATED RESERVES TO FUND THIS POST-EMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS TRUST PROGRAM.
CEQA: This is not a project subject to CEQA.
23-4733.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution
CONSIDER RESOLUTION (1) ACCEPTING THE PRESENTATION ON
THE CITY’S 10-YEAR LONG-RANGE FINANCIAL PLAN TO INCLUDE
THE BASELINE FINANCIAL MODEL, BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS AND
PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDED MEASURES TO REDUCE GENERAL
FUND OPERATING DEFICITS AND SUBSIDIES AS FORECASTED
FOR PERIOD 2024-2034; (2) AMENDING THE FY 2023-25 CITY
COUNCIL PRIORITY WORKPLAN TO INCLUDE NEW RECOMMENDED
STRATEGIC BUDGET INITIATIVES FOR FY 2025-27 PERIOD; AND (3)
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXPLORE FEASIBILITY AND
RECOMMEND FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIC BUDGET
INITiATIVES AND MEASURES TO REDUCE FORECASTED GENERAL
FUND DEFICITS AND SUBSIDIES PRIOR TO ADOPTION OF THE
PROPOSED FY 2025-2027 MULTI-YEAR GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024
CEQA: This is not a project subject to CEQA.
23-4714.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution
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.
23-4435.
ADJOURNMENT
Adjourn to Monday, December 18, 2023 at 6:00 pm.