Tuesday, 9-16- Pinole City Council meeting, 5 PM, Hybrid. You can find the
agenda packet at
https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1022/files/agenda/935.

There is one closed session item- a conference with real property
negotiators under government code section 54956.8 over the Pinole Post
Office, 2101 Pear St. The Agency representative is the City Manager,
Kelcey Young, and the negotiating party is American Postal
Infrastructure Partners LLC.

There is also an item under Mayoral and Council appointments for this
meeting, on the Community Services Commission where there are 3
vacancies. The staff report is on page 6, and recommends that the
Council appoint Romilda Avila, Lil Milagro Henriquez, and Nataliah-Ayers
Cornejo to the commission as per the Interview Subcommittee. The current
roster is listed on page 7, and the 7 applicant applications are on
pages 8-43.

There are three proclamations, recognizing National Punctuation Day
(page 44), Fire Prevention Week (page 45), and California Firefighters’
Memorial Day (no proclamation in packet). There are also two
presentations- the first from Contra Costa Fire Protection District
Chief Lewis Broschard (pages 46-54), and the second from the Community
Development Department Intern on Housing Element Sites Development
Outreach (in the presentations document
https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1022/files/agenda/938 ,
pages 10-27).

Then there’s the consent calendar- There are the normal warrants, along
with the minutes for the September 2nd city council meeting, the
Financial Year (FY) 2024/25 Fourth Quarter Investment Report (staff
report pages 88-90, investment report pages 91-2, section 115 trust
report page 93), the FY 2024/25 4th Quarter Financial Report and Year
End Adjustments (staff report pages 94-5, fiscal impact increase in
revenue $600,000, increase in expenditures of $1,043,958 page 95,
resolution pages 96-7, financial report pages 98-128, detailed table by
fund pages 129-136),

a resolution to amend the Pension Investment Policy, which would add the
Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) trust and change the investment
strategy to be more aggressive due to a shift in time scale to
intermediate (staff report pages 137-8, resolution pages 139-40,
unmarked policy pages 141-8, redlined policy pages 149-158),

a resolution authorizing accepting and spending a $50,000 grant from the
California Office of Traffic Safety to do more DUI checkpoints (staff
report pages 159-61, fiscal impact gain of $50,000 page 160, resolution
pages 162-3, application pages 164-177, draft grant pages 178-195), a
resolution accepting the Clean California Community designation from the
state and to authorize accepting potential future funds from Caltrans
linked to that designation (staff report pages 196-99, fiscal impact
none at the moment page 199, resolution pages 200-1, grant application
pages 202-3),

an updated resolution authorizing examination of sales or transactions
and use tax records (staff report page 204, resolution pages 206-7),

and finally a resolution approving a revised Compensation and Benefits
Plan for Management and Confidential Employees, which splits department
heads from other management positions, and clarifies which provisions
apply to which groups (including that only executive/department heads
are at will and granting retreat rights to police commanders and
lieutenants) and updating all classifications to reflect a 3% cost of
living adjustment as of July 14th 2025 (staff report pages 208-9, fiscal
impact $150,979 page 209, resolution pages 210-11, redlined draft plan
pages 212-33, final plan pages 234-55).

There is one public hearing item to confirm the assessments and order
the levy for the Pinole Valley Road Landscape and Lighting Assessment
District, which notes that while revenue is expected to be $60,751,51
that staff would like for a more comprehensive review of deficiencies
and methodologies in the future (staff report pages 256-8, fiscal impact
revenue $60,751.51 page 257 (though at least some of this would have
been realized under the old rates, so the actual gain is likely less),
resolution pages 259-60, Engineer’s report pages 261-80). There is also
a presentation on pages 28-35 of the presentations document.

There is one item under new business- an update from the City’s Housing
Fellow on improvements to the Residential Health and Safety Rental
Inspection Program, including considering a contract with
OpportunitySpace INC dba Tolemi (staff report pages 281-87, fiscal
impact expected to be no net cost as borne by increase in inspection
fees page 287, rental inventory agreement pages 288-91, sole source
letter page 292 and again on page 302, regional comparison pages
293-301, video links pages 303 and 4, presentation to Monterey City
Council pages 305-20, preliminary fee concepts (fee increase of 15%, new
fee of $23-39 dollars annually for platform, net increase of 35% on
average) pages 321-2). There is also a presentation on pages 37-52.

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attend the meeting in person at Pinole City Hall, 2131 Pear St.

Tuesday, 9-2- Pinole City Council meeting, 5 PM, Hybrid. You can find the
agenda packet at https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/997/files/agenda/926 .

There are three closed session items- first, conference with labor negotiators (agency representatives City Manager Kelcey Young, City Attorney Eric Casher, Human Resources Director Stacy Shell, and Finance Director Markisha Guillory) for employee organizations Pinole Police Employees Association (PPEA) and the Management Compensation Plan (MCP). I’m not entirely sure how negotiation over the management compensation plan works there. Second, conference with legal counsel on anticipated litigation with regards to National Prescription Opiate Litigation, No. 1:17-MD-2804. Finally, public employee performance evaluation for the city manager.

There are four proclamations, recognizing World Suicide Prevention Day and Week (page 6), Rosh Hashanah (page 7), Constitution Day (page 8), and Building Staff Appreciation Day (page 9). There is also one presentation on the Citizens Academy.

Then there’s the consent calendar- There are the normal warrants, along with the minutes for the July 15th city council meeting, a resolution to reclassify (promote) the existing Laboratory Analyst II as a Laboratory Supervisor following classification review (staff report pages 70-1, fiscal impact $44,153.42 to Sewer Enterprise Fund page 71, Resolution page 72), an amendment to the City Manager’s employment agreement to provide a 3% cost of living raise (staff report pages 73-4, fiscal impact already factored in budget page 74, resolution pages 75-6, amendment pages 77-8), an amendment to the City Clerk’s employment agreement to provide a 3% cost of living raise (staff report pages 79-80, fiscal impact $3078 page 80, resolution pages 81-2, amendment pages 83-4),

a resolution to reallocate the remaining funds for technical assistance with implementation of the single-use plastics ordinance (since it was assumed it would be done before this fiscal year, but ended up not being so) (staff report pages 85-8, fiscal impact $33,632 assigned from measure S 2014 fund (and which would have been budgeted ordinarily as part of the regular budgeting process) page 87, resolution pages 89-90, original staff report pages 91-3, original resolution pages 94-5, consulting services agreement pages 96-112, initial proposal pages 113-148),

a resolution to amend the master fee schedule to establish a new parking violation fine related to parking near intesections in violation of Assembly Bill (AB) 413 (daylighting) which will impose a fee of $40 in line with similar fees in the master fee schedule (staff report pages 149-50, fiscal impact assumed positive but unknown page 150, resolution page 151, master fee schedule pages 152-4),

a resolution to accept Subregional Transportation Mitigation Program (STMP) funds of $645,000 and One Bay Area Grant (OBAG) funds of #1,020,000 for Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) project RO1902 Pedestrian improvements at Tennent- Bay Trail and authorizing the City manager to execute the necessary agreement and documents to receive the grant funds (staff report pages 155-6, fiscal impact gain of $1,665,000 but with a funding shortfall of $735,000 page 156, resolution pages 157-8),

and finally, appointing Councilmembers Cameron Sasai and Anthony Tave as voting delegates to the League of California Cities 2025 Annual Conference General Assembly Meeting (as the mayor and mayor pro tem are typically appointed as delegate and alternate as here) (staff report page 159, League of California Cities procedure pages 160-3).

There is one public hearing item to confirm the assessments and order the levy for the Pinole Valley Road Landscape and Lighting Assessment District, which will be continued to 9-16-2025 by staff request. There is no information on this item in the agenda packet.

There will be no items under old or new business.

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