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 Chambers
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6:00 PMMonday, April 15, 2024
*IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS AND MEETING PARTICIPATION* NOTICE:
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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.
April 15, 2024City 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
REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION
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
PRESENTATIONS
UC BERKELEY PUBLIC SERVICE INTERNSHIP ANNUAL
PRESENTATION
23-4601.
Recommendation: For Informational Purposes Only
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.
April 15, 2024City Council Meeting Agenda
MINUTES
CONSIDER APPROVING MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF APRIL 1,
2024
CEQA: This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
24-1482.
Recommendation: Approve by Minute Order
CLAIMS
CONSIDER DENYING LIABILITY CLAIM OF OSCAR AGUIRRE (DOL
11/11/23)
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. 24-1473.
Recommendation: Deny the claim per the recommendation of the Municipal Pooling Authority (MPA), the City's joint risk pool.
PROCLAMATIONS
CONSIDER REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF PROCLAMATION
RECOGNIZING WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2024 AS PEACE OFFICERS
MEMORIAL DAY AND THE WEEK IN WHICH IT FALLS AS NATIONAL
POLICE WEEK
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. 24-1224.
Recommendation: Approve by Minute Order
CONSIDER REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF PROCLAMATION
RECOGNIZING CHEF NADER SHARKES, C.E.C., FOR HIS
DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTIONS TO CULINARY EDUCATION AND
PHILANTHROPY THROUGH THE CULINARY STUDENT STUDY
ABROAD PROGRAM
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. 24-1575.
Recommendation: Approve by Minute Order
CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION
CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FROM PARATRANSIT
MEASURE J FUND BALANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,773.80 TO
PARTIALLY FUND THE PURCHASE OF ONE (1) FUEL MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. 24-1446.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution
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CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE A MAINTENANCE AND TRADE SERVICES
AGREEMENT WITH JASON ORTIZ DBA TRIPLE J MAINTENANCE FOR
JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR PUBLIC OUTDOOR PARK RESTROOMS
IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $36,706 PER FISCAL YEAR, AND A TOTAL AUTHORIZATION AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $176,345 OVER
THE FIVE-YEAR TERM
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. 24-1457.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution
CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SAN PABLO APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE A RESTATEMENT AND AMENDMENT TO
THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR THE WEST CONTRA COSTA
TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
CEQA: Authorizing a joint powers agreement does not trigger CEQA since it is not a project per CEQA Guidelines Section 15378. This section of the CEQA Guidelines states that a project does not include continuing administrative or maintenance activities, or the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities, which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment. 24-1498.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution
CONSIDER EXTENDING THE TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT BY ZOOM AND TELEPHONE FOR CITY
COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS THROUGH
OCTOBER 30, 2024
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA 24-1549.
Recommendation: Approve by Minute Order
CONSIDER ADOPTING A RESOLUTION 1) SCHEDULING A SPECIAL
CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2024 FOR A
PUBLIC HEARING TO REVIEW THE PROPOSED FY 2024/25 - FY
2026/27 TRIENNIAL OPERATING BUDGET AND CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PLAN (CIP) BUDGET, 2) CANCELLING THE
REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON JUNE 3,
2024, AND 4) SCHEDULING A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON JUNE 10, 2024
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. 24-15310.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution
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CONSIDER ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION AMENDING THE FISCAL
RESILIENCY RESERVE POLICY (LAST REVISED ON JUNE 20, 2016) BY FORMALLY ESTABLISHING THREE (3) NEW INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS (FUNDS: 130, 140 & 190) WITH A ONE-TIME APPROPRIATION FROM UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE RESERVES FOR FY 2024-25
PERIOD ONLY, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. 24-15611.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution
CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION (1) APPROVING UPDATED
MEASURE K AND MEASURE S CITIZENS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
PROCEDURES; (2) CONFIRMING CURRENT APPOINTMENTS AND
RESETTING THE TERMS OF CURRENT MEASURE K AND MEASURE
S OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBERS; AND (3) AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO RECRUIT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBERS
TO FILL CURRENT VACANCIES
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. 24-15812.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution
* * * END OF CONSENT CALENDAR * * *
PUBLIC HEARINGS
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING UNDER THE TAX AND EQUITY
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT (“TEFRA”) ON APRIL 15, 2024 IN
CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF REVENUE
BONDS BY THE CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL FINANCE AUTHORITY (THE “CMFA”), A JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AUTHORITY AND PUBLIC
ENTITY OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $50,000,000, (THE “BONDS”), TO FINANCE AND
REFINANCE THE COSTS OF THE ACQUISITION AND REHABILITATION OF AN 86-UNIT QUALIFIED RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROJECT (THE “PROJECT”) LOCATED AT 2838 GIANT ROAD WITHIN THE CITY (THE “PROJECT”) AND CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION TO BECOME
A MEMBER OF THE CMFA AND TO APPROVE THE FINANCING OF
THE PROJECT BY THE CMFA.
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA 24-13613.
Recommendation: Conduct public hearing; adopt Resolution
CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION/CONSIDERATION
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CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING (1) THE
TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF STREETS FOR THE 2024 CINCO DE
MAYO PEACE & UNITY PARADE; (2) WAIVER OF TRAFFIC CONTROL FEES; (3) PROVISION OF POLICE, COMMUNITY SERVICES, AND
PUBLIC WORKS STAFF TO SUPPORT THE PARADE; (4) A ONE-TIME $7,500 EVENT SPONSORSHIP; AND (5) DESIGNATING THE CITY OF
SAN PABLO-MANZANILLO SISTER CITY COMMITTEE AS FISCAL
AGENT
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. 24-11614.
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.
24-02315.
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 Patricia Ponce
Assignment/Memberships: Contra Costa Mayors’ Conference (Primary); West Contra Costa Mayors’ & Supervisors ’ Association (Primary); League of CA Cities East Bay League Division (Alternate); Marin Clean Energy Board of Directors (Alternate); San Pablo Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors (City Council Appointee ); Sister City Manzanillo Future Board Member Designation (Primary); City Auditor Review of City Financial Statements (Alternate);
Standing Committees: Budget, Fiscal & Legislative; Economic Development, Housing & Project Management Ad-Hoc Subcommittees: Casino San Pablo/Lytton Tribe
(b) Vice Mayor Arturo Cruz
Assignment/Memberships: Association of Bay Area Governments (Alternate); Contra Costa Mayors’ Conference (Alternate); West Contra Costa Mayors’ & Supervisors’ Association (Alternate); San Pablo Community Grant Foundation Board (Member);
Standing Committees: Budget, Fiscal & Legislative; Public Safety Ad-Hoc Subcommittees: Smart 5G Policy Projects
(c) Councilmember Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado
Assignment/Memberships: Marin Clean Energy Board of Directors (Primary); City Auditor Review of City Financial Statements (Primary);
Standing Committees: Budget, Fiscal & Legislative; Public Safety Ad-Hoc Subcommittees:
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(d) Councilmember Rita Xavier
Assignment/Memberships: Association of Bay Area Governments (Primary); League of CA Cities East Bay League Division (Primary); San Pablo Community Grant Foundation Board (Member); West County Integrated Waste Management /Recyclemore JPA Authority (Primary); West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (Primary);
Standing Committees: Public Safety
Ad-Hoc Subcommittees: Solid Waste & Recycling Agreements, Programs and Services (e) Councilmember Abel Pineda
Assignment/Memberships: West County Integrated Waste Management /Recyclemore JPA Authority (Alternate); West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (Alternate); Standing Committees: Community Services
Ad-Hoc Subcommittees: Casino San Pablo /Lytton Tribe; Smart 5G Policy Projects; Solid Waste & Recycling Agreements, Programs and Services
ADJOURNMENT
Adjourn to Monday, May 6, 2024 at 6:00 pm.