Pinole City Council meeting, 12-16-25

Tuesday, 12-16- Pinole City Council meeting, 5 PM, Hybrid. You can find the
agenda packet at https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1025/files/agenda/1028 .

There is one closed session item- appointing an interim city manager under government code section 54957. This will go until 7 PM according to the agenda packet.

There are no proclamations or presentations this week.

Then there’s the consent calendar- There are the normal warrants, along with the minutes for the December 2nd city council meeting, adopting a resolution to increase minimum wage rates to align with state law (staff report pages 59-60, fiscal impact cost of $2685 page 60, resolution pages 61-2, salary schedule and redlined version pages 63-6),

a resolution to enroll all city accounts in MCE’s Deep Green electricity program (staff report pages 67-69, fiscal impact annual cost of $53,000 one-time gain of $4000 page 68, resolution pages 70-1, deep green cost analysis pages 72-4), adopting a resolution accepting $309,910 in grant funding from the California Department of Justice tobacco grant program for FY 2025-26 (staff report pages 75-6, fiscal impact nil because already accounted for in budget page 76, resolution pages 77-8, grant application pages 79-88, award letter pages 89-90, summary of award pages 91-4, budget detail pages 95-7),

second reading and adoption 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” page 101) (staff report pages 98-9, resolution pages 100-103), and finally approval of a second amendment to the consulting services agreement between the city and West Yost for additional service associated with the development of the storm drain master plan (staff report pages 104-5, fiscal impact $102,756 funded from Measure S 2014 page 105, resolution pages 106-7, amendment pages 108-9, scope of work letter page 110-17).

There are no public hearing items.

There is a new segment unique to this meeting- Council Reorganization. It will have presentations to Mayor Cameron Sasai, Remarks by Mayor Sasai, Selection of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem, Administer Oaths to Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem, and Transfer of Gavel and Comments by the New Mayor. As per the staff report and established procedure, Anthony Tave will become Mayor and Devin Murphy will become Mayor Pro Tem (staff report page 118, resolution pages 119-20, rotation list page 121, resolution governing the mayoral selection process pages 122-4).

There are no old business items.

There is one new business item- nominating council members to serve on  regional boards and city subcommittees (staff report pages 125-6, draft council assignments pages 127-9, current assignments pages 131-3).

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Special Pinole City Council meeting, 12-9-25

Tuesday, 12-9- Special Pinole City Council meeting, 5 PM, Hybrid. You can find the
agenda packet at https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1113/files/agenda/1018.

There is exactly one item on the agenda, a closed session discussion of appointing an interim city manager under government code section 54957. My assumption is that the council will appoint Chief Klawuhn as Interim city manager following their appointment of her as Acting city manager at the last council meeting.

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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).

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Pinole City Council meeting, 11-18-25

Tuesday, 11-18- Pinole City Council meeting, 5 PM, Hybrid. You can find the
agenda packet at  https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1024/files/agenda/998.

There are two closed session items- Conference with labor negotiators between the city manager Kelcey Young, 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 interim city manager. The mayor pro tem estimates the council will return from closed session at 7 PM.

There is one item under mayoral and council appointments- reappointing George Pursley to the Contra Costa County Library Commission (staff report page 6).

There is one proclamation, recognizing Family Court Awareness Month (page 7).

Then there’s the consent calendar- There are the normal warrants, along with the minutes for the November 4th city council meeting, the Financial Year 2025/26 (FY 25/26) 1st quarter Financial Report (staff report pages 58-9, financial report pages 60-97), the FY 25/26 Q1 investment report (staff report pages 98-100, investment report pages 101-3), the FY 25/26 Q1 strategic plan status report (staff report pages 104-5, strategic plan pages 106-12), and an update on capital projects, inspection and permitting, and maintenance (staff report pages 113-118).

There are no public hearing items.

There is one old business item, an update on implementation of the residential health and safety rental inspection ordinance (Pinole Municipal Code Chapter 8.30) and Adoption of Administrative Regulations, which would shift to an annual fee and registration cycle (while maintaining a 3-year inspection cycle), create an online database and enrollment process, and hire a full time inspector and set appropriate fees to fund that position (page 124) (staff report pages 119-26, fiscal impact none at present, cost of new employee to be offset by fee adjustments page 126, resolution pages 127-8, regulations pages 129-31, presentation pages 132-55).

There are two new business items- the first being review of a Republic Services Credit Memorandum of Understanding (staff report pages 156-7, memorandum pages 158-60),

the second being Approve a Memorial Renaming Bayfront Park and Sign Installation in Honor of
Ohlone (Rename Bayfront Park to “Rookoš Park”) (staff report pages 161-5, fiscal impact $11,000-17,000 depending on sign type from parks budget in measure S 2014 page 164, resolution pages 166-7, application pages 168-74, vendor proposal pages 175-8). There is also a presentation at https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1024/files/agenda/1000 on pages 321-34.

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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).
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Pinole City Council meeting, 10-21-25

Tuesday, 10-21- Pinole City Council meeting, 5 PM, Hybrid. You can find the
agenda packet at https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1023/files/agenda/982.

There are two closed session items- Public Employee Performance Evaluation- City Manager (under government code section 54957), and Conference with Labor Negotiators, with the agency designated representatives being the City Manager Kelcey Young (who is absent), Human Resources Director Stacy Shell, Finance Director Markisha Guillory, and Gregory Ramirez from IDEA, and the employee organization being the Pinole Police Employees Association (PPEA) (under government code section 54957.6. Note- item 4A (the city manager evaluation) will be taken out of order at the end of open session per the mayor.

There are two items under mayoral and council appointments- creating a city council procedures subcommittee (staff report pages 7-8) and creating an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) subcommittee.

There are seven proclamations, recognizing Code Enforcement Officer Appreciation Week (page 9), National Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month (page 10), LGBTQ+ History Month (page 11), Breast Cancer Awareness Month (page 12), Indigenous People’s Day (page 13), Filipino American History Month (page 14), and Larry Itliong Day (page 15). There are also three presentations- the first being Community Development Department ADU Outreach & Implementation Intern Estrella Silva’s Presentation on Summer Internship, the second being a presentation from the Coalition for a Just and Equitable California by Chris Lodgson, and the third being a presentation on a flood forecasting tool and flood control by Mark Boucher, PE.

Then there’s the consent calendar- There are the normal warrants, along with the minutes for the September 16th city council meeting, a set of resolutions updating (a 5% increase) and fixing the employer’s contribution for employees and annuitants in the following categories- elected officials, management employees, confidential employees, ASFCME Local 1 employees, ASFCME Local 512 employees, and IAFF Annuitants noting that the PPE is not included in this due to negotiations being ongoing (staff report pages 68-70, fiscal impact of payments $3,721,524 already budgeted for page 70, resolutions pages 71-82),

a resolution to approve master salary schedule updates implementing prior resolutions that actually updated the salaries (2025-49, 50, 57, 58, and 67 as noted on page 84) (staff report pages  83-4, no fiscal impact page 84, resolution page 85, redlined salary schedule pages 86-9), Placing liens for delinquent unpaid waste collection charges falling delinquent between September and December of 2025, considered at an administrative hearing on October 2nd 2025 (staff report pages 90-1, fiscal impact a lien of $28,811.04 in total page 90, resolution page 92),

a determination of Public Convenience or Necessity for Quick Mart located at 1477 FITZGERALD DRIVE, SUITE 107 for the grant of a type 20 alcohol sales permit (beer and wine) (staff report pages 93-96, resolution pages 97-8), a resolution to authorize the receipt and expenditure of a grant from the Board of State and Community Corrections Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (BSCC- Byrne SCIP) of $187,253 to inform the public about Extreme Risk Protection Orders and update the Police department’s firearms storage (staff report pages 99-100, fiscal impact gain of $187,253 page 100, resolution pages 101-2, grant application pages 103-179),

a determination of Public Convenience or Necessity for Yo Sushi at 2432 San Pablo Ave for the grant of a type 20 alcohol sales permit (beer and wine) (staff report pages 180-82, resolution pages 183-4), an update of the city’s conflict of interest policy to reflect the new job classifications of communications director and IT manager (staff report pages 185-6, resolution pages 187-8, updated code pages 189-92),

and finally an amendment to Cityzen Solutions Inc.’s contract for public engagement software extending its term for 3 years and appropriating $648 from the general fund for this fiscal year’s cost (staff report pages 193-4, fiscal impact $51,143 over next 3 years, $648 this year page 194, resolution pages 195-6, amendment pages 197-203, original agreement pages 204-222).

There are two public hearing items – the first being an introduction and first reading of an ordinance to adopt the 2025 California Building Standards Code and update the City’s Building and Fire Code (staff report pages 223-6, resolution pages 227-236, the ordinance pages 237-9, relevant code sections pages 240-290, informational letter pages 291-294), and the second being conducting a public hearing and adopting a resolution ordering The Levy And Collection Of The
Annual Assessments For The Pinole Valley Road Landscape And Lighting Assessment District Of Fiscal Year 2025/26 (staff report pages 295-7, fiscal impact total revenue of $60751.51 an increase of 2% page 296, resolution pages 298-9, engineer’s report pages 300-319).

There are no old or new business items.

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Finance Workshop, 10-14-25

Tuesday, 10-14- Pinole City Council workshop, 5 PM, Hybrid. You can find the agenda packet at https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1087/files/agenda/959 (and it’s just 18 pages this time, so a fair bit faster to read through than most packets!).

There is only one item on the agenda- the Finance Workshop. The staff report is on page 4 (noting that staff recommends 3 strategies for polling and future agenda items- a bond program for infrastructure, a parcel tax for Public Safety and/or a Special Tax for Public Safety; and that the goal of the workshop is to determine which strategies the council wants to have as future agenda items/poll), and the presentation is on pages 5-18.

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Pinole City Council meeting, 9-16-25

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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Pinole City Council meeting, 9-2-25

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.

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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.

You can join the meeting by zoom direct link here
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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.