Pinole City Council meeting, 11-4-25

Tuesday, 11-4- Pinole City Council meeting, 5 PM, Hybrid. You can find the
agenda packet at https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1011/files/agenda/991.

There are five closed session items- conference with real property negotiator (in 3 of the cases, agency negotiators City Manager Kelcey Young and City Attorney Eric Casher, though for the post office negotiation only the City Manager is listed as agency negotiator, government code section 54956.8) for 651 Pinole Shore Road with negotiating parties being Jaclyn Bellicitti for Verizon, for 2100 san Pablo Ave with negotiating party being Art Pakpour for price and terms, for 2101 Pear St (the post office) with the negotiating party being American Postal Infrastructure Partners, and for 2301 San Pablo Ave with the negotiating parties being Raquel Conter and Sonny and Kamal Randhawa. There is also a public employee performance evaluation under government code section 54957 for the city manager. I expect that closed session will end by 6:30, though this may change.

There is one item under mayoral and council appointments- appointing Zee Handoush to the Contra Costa County Advisory Council on Aging (ACOA) (staff report page 7, application pages 8-12).

There are four proclamations, recognizing United Against Hate Week (page 13), Native American Heritage Month (page 14), LGBTQ+ History Month (page 11), World Town Planning Day (page 13), and Sikh Appreciation and Awareness Month (page 14). There are also two presentations- the first being a Community Services Presentation by Maria Picazo, and the second being a presentation on City Banner Programs by Andrea Dwyer.

Then there’s the consent calendar- There are the normal warrants, along with the minutes for the October 21st city council meeting, a resolution to authorize execution of an agreement with Home Match Contra Costa County to implement Housing Element Program 11: Home Sharing and Tenant Matching (a program to connect tenants with available spare rooms, provide oversight and limited repair funding (page 56) (staff report pages  55-8, fiscal impact $25,000 per year through Financial Year (FY) 2030/31 page 57, resolution pages 59-60, contract pages 61-76, scope of work pages 77-79), and a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute a memorandum of agreement with Contra Costa County for participation in the Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant (Environmental protection Agency (EPA) cooperative agreement number BF-97T41601), which would allow the city to request county funding for site assessments and brownfield planning in the industrial district in Pinole, the Old Industrial Railways site at 890 San Pablo Avenue in particular (staff report pages 80-83, no fiscal impact to city page 83, resolution pages 83-5, memorandum of agreement pages 86-88, EPA letter of approval page 89, work plan pages 90-107).

There are no public hearing or old business items.

There are three new business items- the first being review and approval of the updated Community Services Commission bylaws, which would clarify its responsibilities and objectives and reduce the size of the commission to 5 members (staff report pages 108-9, bylaws pages 110-13),

the second being approval of guidelines for the private sewer lateral program of FY 25/26 project #SS2407, and updating the 5 year Capital Improvement Plan to continue the program through FY 29/30 with some key points being that it applies to 1-4 unit residential areas only, city reimburses a maximum of 50% of the lowest quote or $4500 for full replacement of a lateral longer than 100 feet and/or deeper than 10 feet, $3000 for all other replacements, or $1000 for all repairs whichever of the four is least, and can only be claimed once and is required to be refunded if the property is sold within a year of claiming the rebate (pages 115-16) (staff report pages 114-16, fiscal impact $150,000 per year from Sewer Enterprise Fund for net increase of $600,000 over the 5-year CIP period page 116, resolution pages 117-19),

and the final item being overview of procedural requirements for authorization and implementation of a commercial cannabis business program, where staff is asking for direction on whether to pursue an ordinance to authorize commercial cannabis businesses in Pinole, a ballot measure for voters to decide whether to implement such a program and associated taxes, or to do nothing at all (page 120) (staff report pages 120-4, fiscal impact potential gain of $200,000 to $300,000 annually if 2 dispensaries were established in Pinole, but variable depending on options chosen page 124, informational tables pages 125-8, presentation pages 129-42).
You can join the meeting by zoom direct link here, 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.