City Council meeting, 5-20-25

Tuesday, 5-20- City Council meeting, 5 PM, Hybrid. You can find the
agenda packet at
https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1018/files/agenda/866.

There are two closed session items- a performance evaluation for the
City Clerk, and a conference with labor negotiators for AFSCME Locals 1
and 512 and the Pinole Police Employees Assocation (PPEA)- agency
representatives City Manager, Kelcey Young, City Attorney, Eric Casher,
and Human Resources Director, Stacy Shell, Gregory Ramirez, IEDA. I
expect that to take at least an hour if not several- the mayor expects the council will return at 6:30 from closed session.

There are six proclamations, honoring Affordable Housing Month (page 6),
Emergency Medical Services Week (page 7), Asian American and Pacific
Islander Month (page 8), Jewish American Heritage Month (page 9), Mental
Health Awareness Month (page 10), and Local and Community History Month
(page 11) and three presentations (most of which are not in the agenda
packet, but can be found here
https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1018/files/agenda/868 ,
marked as presentation in references)- an update on the city’s vacancy
rates (pages 32-39, presentation), a presentation on the Pinole library
(pages 13-19), and one on Contra Costa’s Coordinated Outreach Referral,
Engagement (C.O.R.E) program (for assisting the homeless) (pages 2-10,
presentation).

Then there’s the consent calendar- There are the normal warrants, along
with the minutes for the May 6th city council meeting, a resolution
allowing the City Manager to enter into a memorandum of understanding
with Contra Costa County to develop Pinole’s segment of the Contra Costa
Resilient Shoreline Plan through a grant program (staff report pages
59-60, fiscal impact gain of $6775/month for duration of grant page 60,
resolution pages 61-2, draft memorandum of understanding pages 63-78),
and a resolution allowing an agreement with Contra Costa County for
Coordinated Outreach, Referral and Engagement (CORE) Homeless Outreach
services for FY2025-6 (staff report pages 79-81, fiscal impact $48,965
from housing successor fund page 81, resolution pages 82-3, agreement
pages 84-97).

There will be three public hearings, with the first on Government Code
Section 3502.3 (Vacancies, Recruitment and Retention Efforts compliance
(staff report pages 98-100), the second adopting a resolution to adopt
the 2024 Contra Costa COunty Local Hazard Mitigation Plan with Pinole’s
Annex to it (staff report pages 101-4, resolution pages 105-6, annex
pages 107-213), and the third introducing an Ordinance Designating Fire
Hazard Severity Zone maps (staff report pages 214-5, ordinance pages
216-8, fire hazard severity zones map page 219).

There will be no old or new business.

You can join the meeting by zoom direct link here
<https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89335000272&gt;, 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