Pinole City Council meeting, 7-15-25

Tuesday, 7-15- Pinole City Council meeting, 5 PM, Hybrid. You can find the
agenda packet at https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1020/files/agenda/907.

There is one closed session item- public employee performance evaluation for City Attorney Eric Casher.

There are no proclamations and two presentations, the first being a traffic related incidents report from Chief Klawuhn (pages 7-20), and the second being a presentation on California Lineage-Based Reparations and the California Reparations Commission Recommendation.

Then there’s the consent calendar- There are the normal warrants, along with the minutes for the July 1st city council meeting, a resolution to adopt an updated citywide records retention schedule which would permit staff decisions on future retention lengths (staff report pages 51-2, resolution pages 53-4, new retention schedules pages 55-129),

a one-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the city and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Union Local 1 increasing wages by 3%, linking future changes to those bargained for other units “me too” clause, establishing a retiree medical committee to consider more sustainable plan options, and adding Christmas Eve as a holiday (page 131) (staff report pages 130-132, fiscal impact $92,000 page 131, resolution pages 133-4, clean text MoU pages 135-195, redline MoU pages 196-239), a one-year MoU between the city and AFSCME Union Local 512 covering mostly the same ground as the MoU with Local 1, though also noting a recommendation to the city manager to establish a management-level position for PCTV (page 241) (staff report pages 240-242, fiscal impact $80,000 page 242, resolution pages 243-4, clean text MoU pages 245-321, redline MoU pages 322-374),

a resolution accepting a grant from the California Highway Patrol and the Cannabis Tax fund for DUI enforcement for cannabis consumption (staff report pages 375-77, fiscal impact gain of $99,482.16 page 377, resolution pages 378-9, grant application pages 380-402, grant agreement pages 403-417), second read and adoption of 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 426), 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 427) (staff report pages 418-19, old staff report pages 420-3, ordinance pages 424-27),

receiving and filing an update on the city’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan Building Energy Ordinances and Reach Codes to accelerate that process (staff report pages 428-430, memorandum pages 431-2), the fiscal year (FY) 25/26 (which I think is actually FY 24/25) fourth quarter strategic plan update (staff report pages 433-434, update pages 435-442),

approving a sixth amendment to the consulting services agreement for the San Pablo Avenue bridge replacement project (project RO1710) which extends the term of the agreement to June 30th 2027 and increases the amount by $350,005 (page 443) (staff report pages 443-444, fiscal impact $350,005 from STMP grant funds page 444, resolution pages 445-6,  base agreement pages 447-462, amendment pages 463-8), an update on capital project progress, inspection and permitting, and maintenance (staff report pages 469-72), an agreement between the city of Pinole and Spektren Engineering Inc for construction of the sidewalk rehabilitation program (CIP project RO2402) (staff report pages 473-4, fiscal impact $150,000 already budgeted page 474, resolution pages 475-6, bids summary page 477, agreement pages 478-493, bid forms pages 494-525),

and finally a resolution authorizing the city of Pinole to apply for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) program, a grant which would be used for dog park and caretaker’s house improvements (page 526) (staff report pages 526-7, fiscal impact if granted allocated in CIP page 527, resolution pages 528-9).

There will be one public hearing on a resolution authorizing the California Municipal Finance Authority to issue tax-exempt bonds of up to $65,000,000 for the rehabilitation, improvement and equipment of Bayside Apartment Homes, which creates no legal or financial liability for the city on those bonds (page 531) (staff report pages 530-1, fiscal impact possible gain of a percentage of the issuance fees for the bonds page 531, resolution pages 532-3).

There will be no items under old or new business.

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