Pinole City Council meeting- 2-18-2025

Tuesday, 2-18- City Council meeting, 5 PM, Hybrid. You can find the
agenda packet at
https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1015/files/agenda/786 .

There are two closed session items- a conference with labor negotiators under government code section 54957.6, with agency representatives City Manager Kelcey Young, City Attorney Eric Casher, HR director Stacy Shell, and Gregory Ramirez for IDEA negotating with employee organizations AFSCME Locals 1 and 512, and the managment compensation plan; and a conference with real property negotiators under government code section 54956.8 with regards to 2100 San Pablo Ave, agency negotiators Kelcey Young, City Manager and Eric Casher, City Attorney with the negotiating party as Art Pakpour, negotiating price and terms. The council expects to conclude closed session at 6:30 PM.

There is one proclamation, honoring Japanese Day of Remembrance (page 6) and two presentations, from Plant Powered Pinole (pages 7-16) and the Clean California Community Designation (pages 17-23).

Then there’s the consent calendar- There are the normal warrants, along
with the minutes for the February 4th city council meeting, an update on the climate action and adaptation plan on building energy ordinances and reach codes (staff report 56-8), a letter to the state legislature asking caltrans to address litter along I-80 (staff report 59-60, corrected letter at https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1015/files/agenda/787), an amendment to the consulting services agreement with west yost for additional services associated with the storm drain master plan (having to perform inspection services) (staff report pages 65-66, resolution 67-8, agreement 69-83, fiscal impact $125,054 adopted in budget page 66), placing liens for delinquent unpaid waste collection charges between september and december 2024, considered at an adminstrative hearing on february 6th 2025 (staff report pages 84-5, resolution page 86, fiscal impact gain of $55,732.86 page 84), precision it contract amendment to extend the term of the contract until city has internal IT online (staff report pages 87-88, resolution 89, amendment 91-100, fiscal impact $34000 per month budgeted page 88), and finally a pipeline license agreement with BNSF railway (staff report pages 101-3, resolution 104-5, agreement 106-125, fiscal impact $89,800 for agreement, $150,000 for required inspector already budgeted page 101).

Finally, there will be one item under new business- approval of the pinole accessible living program (PAL program) which will provide educational workshops and permit fee waivers for qualifying home modifications that improve accessibility, safety and comfort for extremely low, very low, low, and moderate income households, as well as for seniors and individuals with disabilities (staff report pages 126-32, fiscal impact $20,000 page 132, resolution pages 133-4, draft program pages 135-7).

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.