Pinole City Council meeting, 7-1-25

Tuesday, 7-1- City Council meeting, 5 PM, Hybrid. You can find the
agenda packet at https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/995/files/agenda/895.

There are two closed session items- 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, and a conference with Real Property negotiators on 2100 San Pablo Ave- Agency negotiators Kelcey Young City manager, Eric Casher City Attorney, negotiating party Art Pakpour on price and terms.

There are three proclamations and no presentations, on Parks Make Life Better® Month (page 7), Independence Day (page 8), and Bastille Day (page 9).

Then there’s the consent calendar- There are the normal warrants, along with the minutes for the June 17th city council meeting, a contract amendment to continue the Pinole Energy Enhancement Rebate Program (PEER) through additional funding from the California Energy Commission (CEC) local government building decarbonization challenge (aka a grant that extends the lifespan of the program to April 30th 2027) (staff report pages 44-5 (fiscal impact $0 due to grant page 45), resolution page 46, contract amendment pages 47-57, PEER program details pages 58-72, original contract pages 73-9, pilot PEER details pages 80-96, board of supervisors resolution pages 97-8, progress report pages 99-108),

a resolution accepting a microgrant from AARP to support educational workshops for the Pinole Accessible Living (PAL) program (staff report pages 109-10, fiscal impact gain of $2500 page 110, resolution pages 111-2, grant agreement pages 113-126), a resolution amending the agreement with Michael Baker International to support additional outreach for the General Plan Safety and Health and Environmental Justice Elements (staff report pages 127-9, fiscal impact $5000 accounted for in budget already page 128, resolution pages 130-1, current amendment pages 132-3, proposal pages 134-6, original agreement pages 137-152, original proposal pages 153-200, first amendment page 201, second amendment pages 202-3, third amendment pages 204-5),

a letter of support for Senate Bill (SB) 63 on transportation funding which would permit a multi-county sales tax ballot measure to support public transit (staff report page 206, resolution pages 207-8, bill text pages 209-24, letter text pages 225-6), a letter of support for Assembly Bill (AB) 1388 which would bar law enforcement agencies from entering into non-disclosure agreements with police officers or otherwise restricting access to records related to misconduct investigations (staff report page 227, letter page 228, bill text pages 229-236),

a letter of support for AB 762, which would ban single-use vapes (staff report page 237, letter pages 238-9, bill text pages 240-3, a letter of support for AB 996, which would allow for local jurisdictions (like the city) to use already created sea level rise plans to meet that requirement (staff report page 244, letter pages 245-6, bill text pages 247-50),

a resolution placing liens for unpaid waste collection charges between January and April of 2025 (staff report page 251, resolution page 252), a resolution approving the agreement between the city of Pinole and Contra Costa County for the San Pablo Avenue Enhanced Bicycle and Pedestrian Gap Closure Study (staff report pages 253-4, fiscal impact $25000 page 254, resolution pages 255-6, agreement pages 257-72),

and finally a resolution to approve a fourth amendment to the consulting agreement with Consor for the San Pablo Bridge replacement project (RO1710) to develop additional alternatives, site assessment and changes to technical studies and CEQA documents (staff report pages 273-4, fiscal impact $199,300 from grant funds page 274, resolution pages 275-6, amendment pages 277-92).

There will be one public hearing on an ordinance to amend Pinole Municipal Code Chapter 10.40 section 10.40.050 “No Parking Areas Designated” to include restrictions related to parking near intersections in compliance with AB 413 (“Daylighting law”), which would add attended or unattended to the bar on parking in certain areas (page 299), and add that parking in the daylighting spaces (within 20 feet of the vehicle approach side of any marked or unmarked crosswalk or within 15 feet of any crosswalk where a curb extension is present) does not require signs or curb paint to be barred (page 300) (staff report pages 293-6, ordinance pages 297-300).

There will be no items under old or new business.

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