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July 21, 2025 ·6:00 PM Final ·CITY COUNCIL/LOCAL SUCCESSOR AGENCY

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Agenda — 37 items

  1. 1 *IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS AND MEETING PARTICIPATION*
  2. 2 NOTICE:
  3. 3 PUBLIC COMMENT
  4. 4 AGENDA MATERIALS
  5. 4 Staff Present: City Manager, Matt Rodriguez Assistant City Manager, Maria Ojeda City Attorney, Brian P. Hickey Police Chief, Brian Bubar Community Development Director, Libby Tyler City Clerk, Dorothy Gantt Administrative Clerk II, Casey Erlenheim
  6. 5 AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT:
  7. 6 CALL TO ORDER
  8. 7 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
  9. 8 ROLL CALL
  10. 9 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
  11. 10 CITY MANAGER REMARKS
  12. 11 CONSENT CALENDAR
  13. 12 MINUTES
  14. 1. CONSIDER APPROVING MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH 10, 2025 CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. 25-313 Approved Pass
  15. 2. CONSIDER APPROVING MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 1, 2025 CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. 25-319 Approved Fail
  16. 15 PERIODIC REPORTS
  17. 3. CONSIDER APPROVING VENDOR CHECK REGISTER REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2025 CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. 25-028 Received and Filed
  18. 17 LIABILITY CLAIMS
  19. 4. CONSIDER DENYING LIABILITY CLAIM OF ABASI BUFORD (DOL 06/21/25) CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. 25-314 Denied Fail
  20. 19 CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION
  21. 5. CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTIONS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AND THE SAN PABLO LOCAL SUCCESSOR AGENCY BOARD APPROVING AND ADOPTING A REVISED INVESTMENT POLICY FOR FY 2025-26 CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. 25-265 Adopted Fail
  22. 20 A motion was made by Councilmember Ponce, seconded by Councilmember Xavier, to Adopt all items on the Consent Calendar. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 3 - Ponce, Xavier, and Cruz Absent: 2 - Pineda, and Pabon-Alvarado
  23. 6. CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AUTHORIZING: (1) AN EVENT SPONSORSHIP FOR THE 2025 FIESTAS PATRIAS EVENT / LATIN AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE ($5,000); (2) TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF STREETS FOR THE FOR THE PARADE; (3) WAIVER OF TRAFFIC CONTROL FEES; AND (4) PROVISION OF POLICE, COMMUNITY SERVICES, AND PUBLIC WORKS STAFF TO SUPPORT THE PARADE (ESTIMATED $25,000 OF IN-KIND SERVICES) FOR A TOTAL SPONSORSHIP AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $30,000 CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. 25-269 Adopted Fail
  24. 7. CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO APPROVING THE APPLICATION FOR THE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND FOR THE MCNEIL PARK PROJECT (0501) CEQA: The McNeil park project (previously called the SPARC project) has been determined to be categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15304 of the State CEQA Guidelines. DEQA Guidelines Section 15304 exempts from environmental review “minor public or private alterations in the condition of land, water, and/or vegetation which do not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees except for forestry and agricultural purposes.” The Project would involve alteration of the site from an empty lot with demolition debris to a park, including grading, new landscaping, and minor trenching and backfilling where the surface is restored. The Project would not remove any mature trees; the trees within and adjacent to the Project site would be preserved in place. 25-316 Adopted Fail
  25. 23 * * * * END OF CONSENT CALENDAR * * * *
  26. 24 PUBLIC HEARINGS
  27. 8. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AMENDING THE SAN PABLO MUNICIPAL CODE (TITLE 17 - ZONING ORDINANCE) CHAPTER 17.32, RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, ALLOWED USES, AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, CHAPTER 17.34, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS, ALLOWED USES, AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND CHAPTER 17.38, OVERLAY AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS, SECTION 17.38.080, SPECIFIC PLAN DISTRICTS; AMENDMENTS TO THE SAN PABLO ZONING MAP TO REDESIGNATE 139 LAND PARCELS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS OF THE SAN PABLO GENERAL PLAN UPDATE 2035; AND AMENDMENTS TO THE SAN PABLO AVENUE SPECIFIC PLAN FIGURE 2-4, LAND USE DIAGRAM, TO REDESIGNATE 18 PARCELS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS OF THE SAN PABLO GENERAL PLAN 2035. CEQA: The proposed zoning text amendments, zoning map amendments, and San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan amendments implement the updated land use map and policies of the San Pablo General Plan Update 2035. An Addendum to the General Plan 2030 EIR (certified on April 18, 2011) has been prepared for the proposed San Pablo General Plan Update 2035, which found that there would not be any new or additional significant environmental impacts that have not been previously evaluated. 25-225 Waived First Reading and Introduced Pass
  28. 26 SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS (IF ANY)
  29. 9. MATERIALS SUBMITTED AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE AGENDA WILL BE APPENDED AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING. THIS IS NOT AN ACTION ITEM BUT MERELY A MECHANISM FOR MATERIALS SUBMITTED AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE AGENDA TO BE APPENDED TO THE PUBLISHED AGENDA AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING. CEQA: This is not a project as defined by CEQA. 25-328
  30. 28 MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS REPORTS
  31. (a) Mayor Arturo Cruz
  32. (b) Vice Mayor Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado
  33. (c) Councilmember Rita Xavier
  34. (d) Councilmember Abel Pineda
  35. (e) Councilmember Patricia Ponce
  36. 33 Respectfully Submitted, ____________________________ Dorothy Gantt, City Clerk ____________________________ Arturo Cruz, Mayor
  37. 34 ADJOURNMENT