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, September 16, 2024
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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:
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September 16, 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
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.
PERIODIC REPORTS
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CONSIDER APPROVING VENDOR CHECK REGISTER REPORT FOR
THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. 24-0781.
Recommendation: Approve by Minute Order
PROCLAMATIONS
CONSIDER APPROVING REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF
PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2024
AS SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH AND SEPTEMBER
8, 2024 AS 988 DAY
CEQA: This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
24-3312.
Recommendation: Approve by Minute Order
CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION
CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SAN PABLO AUTHORIZING THE RENAMING OF CITY
RECOGNIZED HOLIDAY FROM COLUMBUS DAY TO INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES’ DAY/COLUMBUS DAY AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE SIDE LETTERS TO THE
MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING FOR THE PERIOD JULY 1, 2022
TO JUNE 30, 2027, FOR ASSOCIATION OF INTERMEDIATE
EMPLOYEES AND SAN PABLO POLICE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION
CHANGING CITY RECOGNIZED HOLIDAY FROM COLUMBUS DAY TO
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY AND UPDATE SPPEA HOLIDAY PAY
LANGUAGE TO CLARIFY AND REFLECT CURRENT HOLIDAY PAY
PRACTICE AND TO EXECUTE MODIFICATIONS TO THE TERMS OF
EMPLOYMENT AND SCHEDULE OF BENEFITS OF DIVISION
MANAGERS, CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES, EXECUTIVE
MANAGEMENT, AND CONTRACT EMPLOYEES, RENAMING CITY
RECOGNIZED HOLIDAY FROM COLUMBUS DAY TO INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES’ DAY/COLUMBUS DAY; FOR THE PERIOD JULY 1, 2022 TO JUNE 30, 2027
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. 24-3283.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution
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CONSIDER CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO RATIFY A COMMENT LETTER TRANSMITTED ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2024 BY SAN PABLO
MAYOR PATRICIA PONCE TO WEST CONTRA COSTA INTEGRATED
WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY (WCCIWMA/RECYCLEMORE)
JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIR
ANTHONY TAVE REGARDING SB 1383 MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING (MOU) LANGUAGE
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. 24-3324.
Recommendation: Authorize by Minute Order
CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SAN PABLO AUTHORIZING A SPONSORSHIP IN THE
AMOUNT OF $5,000 FOR THE CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE
FOUNDATION SAN PABLO FORWARD SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. 24-3295.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution
CONSIDER ADOPTING A RESOLUTION APPROVING A ONE-TIME
APPROPRIATION OF $1,500,000 FROM UNDESIGNATED FUND
BALANCE (RESERVES) TO FY 2024-25 GENERAL FUND
DESIGNATED RESERVE (GFDR) FUND BALANCE FOR THE
POTENTIAL PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE RUMRILL BOULEVARD COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT
(PROJECT NO. 0700)
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. 24-3346.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution
CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION TO REVISE THE 2024 CALENDAR
OF CITY COUNCIL / LOCAL SUCCESSOR AGENCY / JOINT POWERS
FINANCING AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING DATES
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. 24-3357.
Recommendation: Approve by Minute Order
PUBLIC HEARINGS
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CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SAN PABLO AMENDING SAN PABLO ZONING ORDINANCE CHAPTER
17.60, SPECIAL RESIDENTIAL USES, SECTION 17.60.070,
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, CONCERNING PROCEDURES AND
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
(ADUS) (Continued from 09/03/2024)
CEQA: This proposed action is statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080.17, which exempts the adoption of local ordinances regulating accessory dwelling units or amendments thereto. 24-3308.
Recommendation: Conduct public hearing; waive first reading; introduce Ordinance
CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION/CONSIDERATION
CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AMENDING CHAPTER 2.40 OF THE SAN PABLO
MUNICIPAL CODE TO INCREASE THE SALARIES OF ELECTED
OFFICIALS
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. 24-3339.
Recommendation: Waive first reading, introduce Ordinance.
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.
24-03210.
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
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(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; External & Internal Technology Feasibility Projects; Casino San Pablo/Lytton Tribe (Alternate)
(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: Explore Amendment to City’s Adopted Local Economic & Opportunity Policy (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; External & Internal Technology Feasibility Projects; Explore Amendment to City’s Adopted Local Economic & Opportunity Policy
ADJOURNMENT
Adjourn to Monday, October 7, 2024 at 6:00 pm., in memory of Roberto Pineda, cousin to Councilmember Abel Pineda.