Resolution 2025-### Page 1
RESOLUTION 2025-###
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO (1) APPROPRIATING $36,933 FROM GENERAL FUND DESIGNATED RESERVE (GFDR) AND TRANSFERRING $36,932 FROM THE FY 2024-24 PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT OPERATING BUDGET TO THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING HUB PROJECT (0108); AND (2) AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH KITTELSON & ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR AN ELECTRIC
VEHICLE CITY FLEET TRANSITION PLAN AND PUBLIC CHARGING HUB ANALYSIS AND DESIGN IN THE AMOUNT OF $73,865
WHEREAS, this proposed funding action is not a project, and is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); WHEREAS, Enhance Community Standards - 202: Develop and Implement Long-Term Environmental Stewardship Goals is a major policy goal contained in the FY 2023-25 City Council Priority Workplan adopted on May 1, 2023, and updated on December 16, 2024;
WHEREAS, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) will require the City of San Pablo to transition to 100% Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) operation by the year 2042;
WHEREAS, according to CARB requirements, the City is required to explore potential electric fleet vehicles for the ZEV transition plan in 2025; WHEREAS, the City’s Climate Action Plan calls for the City to reduce 30% of greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2035, and transportation accounts for 50% of greenhouse gas emissions in the City;
WHEREAS, the City desires to develop an Electric Vehicle (EV) charging hub to encourage EV ownership and reduce transportation emissions; WHEREAS, on December 18, 2025, the City issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Planning and Design services for an EV Fleet Transition Plan and an EV Charging Hub Design and received five (5) submittals;
WHEREAS, after proposal review and interviews, staff recommends Kittelson & Associates, and its subconsultant DKS Associates, for selection for the requested planning and design services; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends appropriating $36,933 of Fund 110 - General Fund Designated Reserve (GFDR) and transferring $36,932 from the FY 2024-25 Public Works Department Operating Budget to the EV Charging Hub Project (0108) to fund the agreement with Kittelson & Associates.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of San Pablo hereby authorizes the City Manager to enter into an agreement for consulting services with Kittelson & Associates, Inc., in a form to be approved by the City Attorney Resolution 2025-### Page 2
that does not substantially alter the City’s rights or responsibilities from that which is set forth in the attached draft agreement, for the Electric Vehicle City Fleet Transition Plan and Charging Hub Analysis and design in the amount of $73,865; BE IT FURTHER RESOLTED that the City Council of the City of San Pablo hereby appropriates $36,933 from General Fund Designated Reserve (GFDR) and transfers $36,932 from the FY 2024-25 Public Works Department Operating Budget to the EV Charging Hub Project (0108) to fund the agreement with Kittelson & Associates as follows:
Proposed Actions
ACTION FROM: Account
Code
TO: Account
Code
AMOUNT
Transfer 110-0000-49999-
GEN-425
320-0000-39999-
GEN-425
$36,933
Appropriate 320-0000-39999-
GEN-425
320-0108-43602-
GEN-425
$36,933
Transfer 100-3310-43600
(FY25
Engineering/Admin
Operating Budget)
320-0108-43602-
GEN-425
$18,466
Transfer 100-3410-43600
(FY25 Property
Maintenance
Operating Budget)
320-0108-43602-
GEN-425
$18,466
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the foregoing recitations are true and correct and are included herein by reference as findings.
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ADOPTED this 17
th March, 2025, by the following votes:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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Dorothy Gantt, City Clerk Arturo Cruz, Mayor