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March 17, 2025 ·6:00 PM Final

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Agenda — 44 items

  1. 1 *IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS AND MEETING PARTICIPATION*
  2. 2 NOTICE:
  3. 3 PUBLIC COMMENT:
  4. 4 • WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT: Public comments may also be submitted via email to CityClerk@SanPabloCA.gov. Each email must contain in the subject line "PUBLIC COMMENTS NOT ON THE AGENDA" [or] "PUBLIC COMMENTS AGENDA ITEM No.__”. Written comments received by 12:00 noon on the day of the meeting will be provided in advance to the City Council and posted online with the agenda materials. During the meeting, the public may provide written public comments via email to CityClerk@SanPabloCA.gov. All written comments received after noon the day of the meeting will not be read out loud and will be provided directly to the members upon receipt and distributed with supplemental materials following the meeting. Please note that all information provided in public comments, including email addresses and any other personal information written or stated, is subject to disclosure on the broadcast of the video- or tele-conferenced meeting.
  5. 4 Staff Present: City Manager, Matt Rodriguez Assistant City Manager, Maria Ojeda City Attorney, Brian P. Hickey Police Chief, Brian Bubar
  6. 5 AGENDA MATERIALS
  7. 6 AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT:
  8. 7 CALL TO ORDER
  9. 8 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
  10. 9 ROLL CALL
  11. 10 REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION
  12. 11 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
  13. 12 CEREMONIAL MATTERS
  14. 13 PRESENTATIONS
  15. 13 Approval of the Consent Agenda Adopted Pass
  16. 1. SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF POLICE OFFICER BRIAN ASHLEY - LIFE SAVING MEDAL 25-121 Presented
  17. 2. PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MARCH 2025 AS AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH. 25-126 Presented Pass
  18. 16 CITY MANAGER REMARKS
  19. 17 CONSENT CALENDAR
  20. 18 MINUTES
  21. 3. CONSIDER APPROVING MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH 3, 2025 CEQA: This is not a project as defined by CEQA. 25-124 Approved Pass
  22. 20 PERIODIC REPORTS
  23. 4. CONSIDER APPROVING VENDOR CHECK REGISTER REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2025 CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. 25-024 Approved Pass
  24. 22 PROCLAMATIONS
  25. 5. CONSIDER APPROVING REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF APRIL 2025 AS NATIONAL AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. 25-112 Approved Pass
  26. 24 CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION
  27. 6. CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO (1) APPROPRIATING $36,933 FROM GENERAL FUND DESIGNATED RESERVE (GFDR) AND TRANSFERRING $36,932 FROM THE FY 2024-25 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT OPERATING BUDGET TO THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING HUB PROJECT (0108); AND (2) AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH KITTELSON & ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CITY FLEET TRANSITION PLAN AND PUBLIC CHARGING HUB ANALYSIS AND DEsIGN IN THE AMOUNT OF $73,865 CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. 25-106 Adopted Pass
  28. 7. CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO CERTIFY THE CALENDAR YEARS 2022 AND 2023 GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM COMPLIANCE CHECKLIST REQUIRED BY THE CONTRA COSTA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY. CEQA: This is not a project as defined by CEQA and will not result in direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. 25-128 Adopted Pass
  29. 27 * * * END OF CONSENT CALENDAR * * *
  30. 28 PUBLIC HEARINGS
  31. 8. CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO GENERAL PLAN ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2024 TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF LAND USE AND CLIMATE INNOVATION CEQA: Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation reporting requirements do not constitute a “project” within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(5) in that it is a governmental organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect changes in the environment. 25-110 Adopted Pass
  32. 9. CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO HOUSING ELEMENT ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2024 TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF LAND USE AND CLIMATE INNOVATION CEQA: California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) reporting requirements do not constitute a “project” within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(5) in that it is a governmental organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect changes in the environment. 25-109 Adopted Pass
  33. 31 CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION/CONSIDERATION
  34. 10. CONSIDER RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO ESTABLISHING A NEW TEMPORARY AD-HOC SUBCOMMITTEE TO FACILITATE COUNCIL ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION IN LOCALLY, RECOGNIZED BUSINESS ASSOCIATION/GROUP/WATCH DISCUSSIONS AND MEETINGS DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2025, EXPIRING ON DECEMBER 31, 2025; AND AFFIRMING COUNCILMEMBER APPOINTMENTS AS RECOMMENDED BY MAYOR ARTURO CRUZ PURSUANT TO SAN PABLO MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2.16.070 CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA. CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION 25-134 Adopted Pass
  35. 33 SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS (IF ANY)
  36. 11. 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. 25-125
  37. 35 MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS REPORTS
  38. (a) Mayor Arturo Cruz
  39. (b) Vice Mayor Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado
  40. (c) Councilmember Rita Xavier
  41. (d) Councilmember Abel Pineda
  42. (e) Councilmember Patricia Ponce
  43. 41 ADJOURNMENT
  44. 42 Respectfully Submitted, ____________________________ Dorothy Gantt, City Clerk ____________________________ Arturo Cruz, Mayor