City Council
City of San Pablo
Meeting Agenda - Final
Council Chambers
1000 Gateway Avenue
San Pablo, CA 94806
(510) 215-3000
www.SanPabloCA.gov
Mayor Arturo Cruz
Vice Mayor Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado
Councilmember Rita Xavier
Councilmember Abel Pineda
Councilmenber Patricia Ponce
City Council Chambers
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6:00 PMMonday, July 21, 2025
CITY COUNCIL/LOCAL SUCCESSOR AGENCY
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PUBLIC COMMENT
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AGENDA MATERIALS
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https://www.sanpabloca.gov/1400/City-CouncilLSA-Planning-Comm-AgendasMin AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT:
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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.
MINUTES
1. 25-313 CONSIDER APPROVING MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH 10, 2025
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.
Recommendation: Approve by Minute Order
MIN 2025-03-10 DRAFTAttachments:
2. 25-319 CONSIDER APPROVING MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 1, 2025
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.
Recommendation: Approve by Minute Order
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MIN 2025-07-01 DRAFTAttachments:
PERIODIC REPORTS
3. 25-028 CONSIDER APPROVING VENDOR CHECK REGISTER REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2025
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.
Recommendation: Approve by Minute Order
June 2025 Checks RegisterAttachments:
LIABILITY CLAIMS
4. 25-314 CONSIDER DENYING LIABILITY CLAIM OF ABASI BUFORD (DOL 06/21/25)
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.
Recommendation: Deny the claim per the recommendation of the Municipal Pooling Authority (MPA), the City's joint risk pool.
CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION
5. 25-265 CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTIONS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AND THE SAN PABLO LOCAL
SUCCESSOR AGENCY BOARD APPROVING AND ADOPTING A
REVISED INVESTMENT POLICY FOR FY 2025-26
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution
Att. A - Resolution 2025-### City Investment Policy
Att. B - Resolution 2025-### LSA Investment Policy
Att. C -Revised Investment Policy
Attachments:
6. 25-269 CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AUTHORIZING: ( 1) AN EVENT SPONSORSHIP FOR THE 2025 FIESTAS PATRIAS EVENT / LATIN AMERICAN
INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE ($5,000); (2) TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF STREETS FOR THE FOR THE PARADE; (3) WAIVER OF TRAFFIC CONTROL FEES; AND (4) PROVISION OF POLICE, COMMUNITY
SERVICES, AND PUBLIC WORKS STAFF TO SUPPORT THE PARADE
(ESTIMATED $ 25,000 OF IN -KIND SERVICES) FOR A TOTAL
SPONSORSHIP AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $30,000
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution
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Att A - RES 2025-### Fiestas Patrias Parade
Att B - 2025 Map/Street Closures
Att C - 2025 Parade Route Map.docx
Att D - 2025 Parade Exit and Staging Area.pdf
Att E - 2025 Support Request Letter from Manzanillo Sister City Attachments:
7. 25-316 CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SAN PABLO APPROVING THE APPLICATION FOR
THE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND FOR THE MCNEIL
PARK PROJECT (0501)
CEQA: The McNeil park project (previously called the SPARC project) has been determined to be categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15304 of the State CEQA Guidelines. DEQA Guidelines Section 15304 exempts from environmental review “minor public or private alterations in the condition of land, water, and /or vegetation which do not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees except for forestry and agricultural purposes .” The Project would involve alteration of the site from an empty lot with demolition debris to a park, including grading, new landscaping, and minor trenching and backfilling where the surface is restored. The Project would not remove any mature trees; the trees within and adjacent to the Project site would be preserved in place.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution
ATT A - RES-### LWCF Approval to ApplyAttachments:
* * * * END OF CONSENT CALENDAR * * * *
PUBLIC HEARINGS
8. 25-225 CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SAN PABLO AMENDING THE SAN PABLO MUNICIPAL CODE (TITLE
17 - ZONING ORDINANCE) CHAPTER 17.32, RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS,
ALLOWED USES, AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, CHAPTER
17.34, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS, ALLOWED USES, AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND CHAPTER 17.38, OVERLAY
AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS, SECTION 17.38.080, SPECIFIC PLAN DISTRICTS; AMENDMENTS TO THE SAN PABLO ZONING MAP TO
REDESIGNATE 139 LAND PARCELS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE
LAND USE DESIGNATIONS OF THE SAN PABLO GENERAL PLAN
UPDATE 2035; AND AMENDMENTS TO THE SAN PABLO AVENUE
SPECIFIC PLAN FIGURE 2-4, LAND USE DIAGRAM, TO
REDESIGNATE 18 PARCELS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND
USE DESIGNATIONS OF THE SAN PABLO GENERAL PLAN 2035.
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CEQA: The proposed zoning text amendments, zoning map amendments, and San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan amendments implement the updated land use map and policies of the San Pablo General Plan Update 2035. An Addendum to the General Plan 2030 EIR (certified on April 18, 2011) has been prepared for the proposed San Pablo General Plan Update 2035, which found that there would not be any new or additional significant environmental impacts that have not been previously evaluated.
Recommendation: Conduct public hearing; waive first reading; introduce Ordinance Attachment A. Proposed City Council Zoning Amendment Ordinance.
Exhibit 1. Proposed Zoning Map
Exhibit 2. Proposed San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan Land Use Diagram Attachment B. Properties Proposed to be Rezoned
Attachment C. San Pablo Avenue Properties Proposed to be Rezoned Attachment D. Resolution PC25-12
Attachment E. Public Comments Received
Attachment F. Proof of Publication
Attachments:
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS (IF ANY)
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS REPORTS
(Approved by Resolution 2025-038)
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 Arturo Cruz
Memberships: Contra Costa Mayors’ Conference (Primary); West Contra Costa Mayors’ & Supervisors’ Association (Primary); Association of Bay Area Governments (Alternate); Contra Costa Mayors’ Conference (Alternate); San Pablo Community Grant Foundation Board (Member);
Standing Committees: Community Services Standing Committee, Economic Development, Housing & Project Management Standing Committee, Public Health Standing Committee Ad-Hoc Subcommittees: Casino San Pablo /Lytton Tribe Ad Hoc Subcommittee, Local Business Association/Group/Watch Meetings Ad-Hoc Subcommittee
(b) Vice Mayor Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado
Memberships: Marin Clean Energy Board of Directors (Primary); City Auditor Review of City Financial Statements (Primary); Contra Costa Mayors’ Conference (Alternate); West Contra Costa Mayors’ & Supervisors’ Association (Alternate);
Standing Committees: Budget, Fiscal & Legislative Standing Committee; Public Safety Standing Committee Ad-Hoc Subcommittees: Casino San Pablo /Lytton Tribe Ad Hoc Subcommittee, Local Economic and Opportunity Policy Ad-Hoc Subcommittee, Local Business Association/Group/Watch Meetings Ad-Hoc Subcommittee (c) Councilmember Rita Xavier
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 Standing Committee, Public Health Standing Committee
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Ad-Hoc Subcommittees:
(d) Councilmember Abel Pineda
Memberships: West County Integrated Waste Management /Recyclemore JPA Authority (Alternate); West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (Alternate); Green Empowerment Zone (GEZ) for the Northern Waterfront Area of the County of Contra Costa Board of Directors (Alternate) Standing Committees: Community Services Standing Committee Ad-Hoc Subcommittees: Local Economic and Opportunity Policy Ad-Hoc Subcommittee (e) Councilmember Patricia Ponce
Memberships: 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); Green Empowerment Zone (GEZ) for the Northern Waterfront Area of the County of Contra Costa Board of Directors (Primary)
Standing Committees: Budget, Fiscal & Legislative Standing Committee Standing Committee; Economic Development, Housing & Project Management Standing Committee Ad-Hoc Subcommittees:
ADJOURNMENT
Adjourn to the regular City Council Meeting of August 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM.