Pinole City Council meeting, 5-21-24

Today, 5-21- Regular City Council meeting, 4 PM, Hybrid (note the earlier start time!). You can find the
agenda packet at https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/69/files/agenda/122  –
note that the city is shifting to a new agenda website.

To start, there is 1 closed session item- public employee appointment, city manager. I expect this to take at least an hour.

Then there will be proclamations for Public Works Week, Jewish American Heritage Month, Mental Health Awareness Month, Local and Community History Month, Emergency Medical Services Week, and Asian American and Pacific Islander Month.

Then there is a presentation on the anti-tobacco program.

Unlike normal, there are mayoral and council appointments to the Community Services Commission and the Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Commission- the interview subcommittees recommends the appointment of Laurelle Martin, Nickolas Teller, Robert Kopp, Debbie Ojeda and Omar Butler to the community services commission (agenda, page 14) and appointing Ben Doyle, Faith Dunham-Sims, Kent Moriarty, Oliver Collins, and Krystle Pasco to the Traffic and Safety Pedestrian Committee (page 16).

Then there’s the consent calendar- There are the normal minutes and
warrants, a resolution approving a side letter agreement to the memorandum of understanding between the city and AFSCME 512, the Financial Year (FY) 2023/24 third quarter financial and investment reports, letters of support for AB2584 Regarding the Purchase of Single-family Homes by Institutional Investors and AB3259 Regarding Transactions and Use Taxes in Solano County, FY 23/24 3rd quarter report on Capital Improvement Projects (CIP), and adopting a resolution approving an affordable housing agreement for the Appian Village Complex.

There are 3 public hearings- the first reading of an ordinance to establish restrictions and rates for the city’s EV charging spaces, a review of draft sewer rates for FY 24/25-FY28/29 (of note, rates for single family homes will increase sharply under this proposed plan, from $1041.17 in FY 24/25 to $1860.61 by FY 28/29- see page 284 of the agenda packet for details), a community engagement hearing on the police department’s military equipment review and policies (notable change is request for 2 drones and proposed policy for their use- see page 340 and pages 359-363).

Finally, there are 2 old business items- the preliminary proposed FY 24/25 operating and capital budget (which does have some reductions from the baseline budget, but still has a $1.1 million dollar shortfall- see page 367), and the preliminary proposed 5 year Capital Improvement Plan from FY 24/25-FY 28/29 (which has the removal of the Galbraith pocket parks as the main thing of note- see page 621).

You can join the meeting by zoom direct link here  <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89335000272>, entering the webinar ID
893 3500 0272 into zoom directly, or calling +1 (669) 900-6833 or +1 (253)
215-8782 or +1 (346) 248-7799, then entering the meeting ID 893 3500 0272#.
Once in the meeting by phone, you can raise your hand by pressing *9, and
unmute by pressing *6 once called on. You can also attend the meeting in
person at Pinole City Hall, 2131 Pear St.