City Council meeting, 6-17-25

Tuesday, 6-17- City Council meeting, 5 PM, Hybrid. You can find the
agenda packet at
https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1019/files/agenda/886.

There are two closed session items- a performance evaluation for the
City Manager, 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. The
council has gone into closed session, and as of the time of this message
plans to return at 6:30 PM.

There are no proclamations and three presentations, on the Pinole
Community Television (PCTV) community media center strategy
(presentation pages 7-30, strategy pages 31-70), a Presentation on
California Lineage Based Reparations and the California Reparations
Commission Recommendation, and a presentation on the Robert Walker
Memorial (pages 71-8) .

Then there’s the consent calendar- There are the normal warrants, along
with the minutes for the June 3rd city council meeting, approval of the
Financial Year (FY) 2025/26 Final Proposed Operating and Capital Budget
(staff report pages 132-9, resolution pages 140-1, budget pages 142-361,
budget summaries pages 362-70, budgeted positions pages 371-3), a
resolution establishing the FY 2025/26 appropriations limit (staff
report pages 374-6, resolution pages 377-8, letter from state pages
379-80, population change over the last year page 381, non-residential
new construction page 382), adoption of growth management plan checklist
and authorization for submission to the Contra Costa Transportation
Authority (CCTA) (staff report page 383-5 fiscal impact gain of $928,670
over next two fiscal years pages 384-5, resolution pages 386-7,
compliance checklist 388-99, attachments pages 400-550),

an amendment to the employment agreement for the city clerk Heather Bell
extending the term for 4 years with no other changes (staff report page
551, resolution page 552, contract amendment pages 553-4), adopting an
ordinance renewing AB 481 military use equipment for the city’s Police
department( staff report pages 555-6, ordinance pages 557-60, Pinole
Police Department Annual Military Equipment Report pages 561-75, June
3rd staff report pages 576-81, first staff report again pages 582-3),

adopting an ordinance designating Fire Hazard Severity Zone Map in
Pinole (changing almost all of the very high fire risk areas to moderate
per the updated state maps) (staff report page 584, ordinance pages
585-6, updated map page 587), the amended reserve policy to reduce the
city’s reserve amount from 50% of general fund revenue to 25% (staff
report pages 588-9, fiscal impact if adopted one-time gain of $2.4
million to section 115 trust for Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB)
page 589, resolution pages 590-1, amended reserve policy redline page
592, amended policy not red-line page 593),

approval of the FY 2025/26 Capital Budget and Five Year Capital
Improvement Plan (CIP) (staff report pages 594-6, resolution pages
597-8, funding summaries pages 599-601, projects pages 602-51, general
plan elements pages 652-3),

amending the consulting services agreement between the city and GHD Inc
for the development of an active transportation plan Project IN2106
(staff report pages 654-5, fiscal impact $30,000 page 655, resolution
pages 656-7, agreement pages 658-79), and finally approving memorial
installations on honor of Robert Walker Jr (staff report pages 680-1,
fiscal impact $3040.81 page 681, resolution page 682, memorial policy
pages 683-7, applications pages 688-718, installation examples pages
719-20).

There will be two public hearings, with the first being an annual review
of the Utility Users Tax and adjusting the income eligibility thresholds
for exemptions (amount increased by 6% because PG&E rates continue to
spike page 722) (staff report pages 721-3, resolution pages 724-5,
presentation pages 726-34, California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE)
info pages 735-8),

and in theory the second being the community services department FY
2025/26 master fee schedule, but that one has no information in the
agenda packet so I assume it has been continued to a future meeting.

There will be no items under old or new business.

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(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.