Pinole City Council meeting 12-2-25

Tuesday, 12-2- Pinole City Council meeting, 5 PM, Hybrid. You can find the
agenda packet at https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1012/files/agenda/1013.

There are two closed session items- Conference with labor negotiators between Human Resources Director Stacy Shell, Finance Director Markisha Guillory, and Gregory Ramirez with IDEA negotiating with the Pinole Police Employees Associations (PPEA) under government code section 54957.6. The second is a public employee appointment under government code section 54957 to appoint an acting city manager.

There is one presentation on the Contra Costa County Regional Alternative Compliance System Overview (to meet stormwater permit requirements) (pages 6-23)

Then there’s the consent calendar- There are the normal warrants, along with the minutes for the November 18th city council meeting, an application/execution of a grant from the Ocean Protection Council for completing a Pinole-Hercules Multi-jurisdictional Shoreline Adaptation Plan (which removed a citizen data component (page 60) but otherwise kept most of the initial application) (staff report pages 58-61, fiscal impact gain of up to $736,370 page 60, resolution pages 62-3, grant application pages 65-89, resolution template page 90), 

second reading and adoption of a ordinance to adopt the 2025 California Building Standards Code, update the city’s building and fire codes, and a resolution to support findings for local modifications to the code (staff report pages 91-2, resolution pages 93-102, ordinance pages 103-160), 

approving a resolution to fund one Full-time Equivalent (FTE) Information Technology (IT) technician using funds freed up from the end of the existing IT contract (page 163) (staff report pages 161-3, fiscal impact one-time expense reduction $63,000 to fund role for 5 months, ongoing expense reduction of $151,650 through contract termination and removing unused services in Financial Year (FY) 26/27 page 163, resolution page 164, cost savings analysis page 166),

a resolution to accept the FY 2024/25 development impact fee report (staff report pages 167-170, resolution pages 171-2, development impact free report pages 173-186), 

a resolution initiating formation of a new landscape and lighting district for the Appian Village project at the intersection of Canyon and Appian, and ordering preparation of the required engineer’s report pursuant to the landscaping and lighting act of 1972 and Section 4 of Article XIIID of the California Constitution (staff report pages 187-190, fiscal impact cost of engineer’s report $10,555 offset to district on creation page 190, resolution pages 192-3),

receiving a report on the status of the city’s IT plan from FY 2022/23- FY 2025/26 and development of the IT plan FY 2026/27-FY 2031/32 (staff report pages 194-5, 2022 IT plan pages 196-224), and finally approval of an agreement between the city and Diablo Roofing Inc to replace the Public Safety Building’s roof under project # FA1702 (since it’s actively leaking (page 225) (staff report pages 225-6, fiscal impact cost of $518,528 paid from growth impact funds page 226, resolution pages 227-8, construction services agreement pages 229-245).

There is one public hearing item- public hearing and introduction of an ordinance adding Chapter 2.68 to Title 2 of the Pinole Municipal Code restricting the use of city owned or controlled property for federal civil immigration enforcement activities (creating an “Ice-free zone policy” page 247) (staff report pages 246-8, resolution pages 249-52).

There are no old business items.

There is one new business item- discussion of process for establishing a directly elected Mayor (staff report pages 253-5, fiscal impact cost of $30,000 to place measure on ballot page 255 plus potential unknown costs, 2010 resolution establishing current mayoral rotation pages 256-8).

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