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1000 Gateway Avenue City of San Pablo San Pablo, CA 94806 (510) 215-3000 www.SanPabloCA.gov Meeting Agenda - Final City Council Mayor Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado Vice Mayor Rita Xavier Councilmember Abel Pineda Councilmember Patricia Ponce Councilmember Arturo M. Cruz Monday, February 1, 2021 6:00 PM Via Teleconference/Videoconference CLOSED SESSION BEGINS AT 4:45 PM City Council and Staff will attend via Teleconference/Videoconference This meeting is being held in accordance with the Brown Act as currently in effect under the State Emergency Services Act, the Governor’s Emergency Declaration related to COVID-19 and the Governor’s Executive Orders N-25-20 and N-29-20 that allow members of the City Council, City staff and the public to participate and conduct a meeting by teleconference, videoconference or both. In order to comply with public health orders the requirement to provide a physical location for members of the public to participate in the meeting has been suspended. However, the public can participate in the meeting in the following ways: 1. Members of the public can watch or listen to the meeting during Livestream Online at: https://www.sanpabloca.gov/1400/City-CouncilLSA-Planning-CommAgendasMin; OR http://www.tinyurl.com/COSPCC020121 (no password needed) OR Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device: Please click this URL to join http://www.tinyurl.com/COSPCC020121. Or join by phone: Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 929 205 6099, or +1 301 715 8592, or +1 312 626 6799; Webinar ID: 874 6940 7385; International numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdy3l7EyBQ. 2. Public comments may be submitted watching the meeting via online link: http://www.tinyurl.com/COSPCC020121. City of San Pablo Page 1 Printed on 1/28/2021 City Council Meeting Agenda - Final February 1, 2021 a. 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 #__”. Comments received by 12 noon on the day of the meeting will be provided in advance to the City Council and posted online with the agenda materials. b. Via VOICEMAIL at (510) 215-3000. The caller must start the message by stating "PUBLIC COMMENTS NOT ON THE AGENDA" [or] "PUBLIC COMMENTS - AGENDA ITEM #___" followed by their comments. Providing a name and method of follow-up if appropriate is requested but not required. Messages received by 12 noon on the day of the meeting will be transcribed or summarized to be provided in advance to the City Council and posted online with the agenda materials. c. During the meeting, the public may provide public comments via email to CityClerk@SanPabloCA.gov, which will be read into the record before Council consideration of the item and will be limited to three (3) minutes. Comments that do not conform to the City Council's rules of decorum may be summarized rather than read verbatim. d. To make a public comment on a desired item while participating in the webinar, click on the “Raise Your Hand” option within the online webinar tool, or if participating via phone – press *9. e. Written comments on agenda items shall be submitted by noon on the day of the meeting to allow sufficient time for copying and consideration before Council consideration of the agenda item. Written comments exceeding one page must be submitted by 7:30 am on the day of the meeting. As allowed by the Brown Act, the Mayor may limit the total time for public comment to facilitate the completion of business on the agenda. The City cannot guarantee that its network and/or the site will be uninterrupted. To ensure that the City Council receives your comments prior to taking action, you are strongly encouraged to submit your comments in writing in advance of the meeting. All comments received by the close of the meeting will be available after the meeting as supplemental materials and will become part of the official meeting record. Please note that all information provided in public comments including phone number called with, email addresses and any other personal information written or stated is subject to disclosure on the broadcast of the video- or tele-conferenced meeting. Comments posted online will not include personal information. City of San Pablo Page 2 Printed on 1/28/2021 City Council Meeting Agenda - Final February 1, 2021 In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons requiring assistance or auxiliary aids in order to participate should contact the City Clerk's Office at City Hall, 1000 Gateway Avenue, San Pablo, or by calling (510) 215-3000, as soon as possible prior to the meeting. The City will give such requests primary consideration, taking into account undue financial and administrative burdens or fundamental alterations in the city service, program or activity. The full agenda packet may also be viewed on the city website at https://www.sanpabloca.gov/1400/City-CouncilLSA-Planning-Comm-AgendasMin. Copies of this Agenda and non-exempt public records relating to an open session item on this agenda will be available for public view at the City Clerk’s Office, 1000 Gateway Avenue,, San Pablo. The full agenda packet may also be viewed on the city website at www.SanPabloCA.gov. ROLL CALL Members of the public may address the Council concerning the Closed Session matters on tonight's agenda before consideration of the item. Please file your name and address with the City Clerk on forms provided at the speaker's podium. CLOSED SESSION 1. #21-060 CLOSED SESSION CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS Pursuant to Gov’t Code Section 54956.8: PROPERTY: 13831 San Pablo Avenue, San Pablo, CA 94806 (a portion of the Former City Hall site located generally at the intersection of San Pablo Avenue and Church Lane) AGENCY NEGOTIATORS: Matt Rodriguez, Charles Ching, Jennifer Kauffman, Special Counsel Nicki Murphy NEGOTIATING PARTIES: Danco Communities and The Mulholland Drive Company UNDER NEGOTIATION: Price and Terms of Payment for Disposition of Property * * * END OF CLOSED SESSION * * * Reconvene to Regular Session (approximately 6:00 pm) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL Speakers wishing to address the Council or Successor Agency on a specific agenda item should file a form with the City Clerk indicating the agenda item. The Mayor or Chair will invite you to speak at the appropriate time when the matter is being considered. If you desire to address the Council or Agency, please file your name and address with the City Clerk on forms available at the podium. We also ask that all cell phones be turned off or silenced during the meeting. City of San Pablo Page 3 Printed on 1/28/2021 City Council Meeting Agenda - Final February 1, 2021 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS This is the time for comments on any item within the Council ’s subject matter jurisdiction, if such item is NOT listed on tonight’s agenda. The Council may not engage in discussion or take action on any item that is not specifically listed on the agenda. Your item may be referred to city staff for investigation, report or placement on a future agenda. Persons addressing the Council are required to limit their remarks to three (3) minutes unless an extension or decrease of time is ordered. Please file your name and address with the City Clerk on forms available at the speaker’s podium. CEREMONIAL MATTERS 2. #21-017 PROGRAM UPDATE AND RECOGNITION OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY COVID-19 YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT AMBASSADORS PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF SAN PABLO COHORT Recommendation: For Informational Purposes Only PRESENTATIONS 3. #21-019 BI-ANNUAL UPDATE FROM SAN PABLO YOUTH COMMISSION (SPYC) Recommendation: For Informational Purposes Only 4. #21-046 PRESENTATION ON THE CITY OF SAN PABLO’S WEBSITE Recommendation: For Informational Purposes Only CITY MANAGER REMARKS CONSENT CALENDAR The Consent Calendar includes routine items that are to be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If discussion is requested, the item will be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered separately. MINUTES 5. #21-052 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF JANUARY 19, 2021 Recommendation: Approve PERIODIC REPORTS 6. #21-035 RECEIVE AND FILE THE COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2020 Recommendation: Receive and file 7. #21-050 RECEIVE AND FILE THE SECOND QUARTER BUDGET REPORT (Q2-21) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020/21 Recommendation: Receive and file City of San Pablo Page 4 Printed on 1/28/2021 City Council Meeting Agenda - Final February 1, 2021 PROCLAMATIONS 8. #21-059 RATIFY ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES FOR SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF NINE SAN PABLO YOUTH FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE COVID-19 YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT AMBASSADORS PROGRAM Recommendation: Approve by Minute Order BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS 9. #21-018 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO APPOINTING COMMISSIONERS TO THE SAN PABLO YOUTH COMMISSION (SPYC) Recommendation: Adopt Resolution MISCELLANEOUS 10. #21-054 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO, CALIFORNIA EXTENDING THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY DUE TO NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) AND CONFIRMING THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES Recommendation: Adopt Resolution 11. #21-058 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPLY FOR A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES GRANT TO THE CALTRANS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING GRANT PROGRAM FOR UP TO $300,000 TO DEVELOP A CITYWIDE SUSTAINABLE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN AND EXECUTE ANY AGREEMENTS WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CALTRANS) RELATED TO THIS GRANT APPLICATION Recommendation: Adopt Resolution 12. #21-063 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO APPROPRIATING $2,281,665 FROM FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND TO THE BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVE (FUND 170) AND REVISING THE GENERAL FUND DESIGNATED RESERVES TO A TOTAL OF $666,439 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020/21 Recommendation: Adopt Resolution City of San Pablo Page 5 Printed on 1/28/2021 City Council Meeting Agenda - Final February 1, 2021 13. #21-056 CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO RATIFY LETTER FROM SAN PABLO MAYOR PABON-ALVARADO TO GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND STATE OF CALIFORNIA LEGISLATOR REPRESENTATIVES ON REQUESTING CARES ACT/COVID-19 PANDEMIC ECONOMIC STIMULUS RELIEF FUND AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR CITY OF SAN PABLO AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Recommendation: Approve by Minute Order ORDINANCES 14. #21-029 ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE CHAPTER 17.62, SECTIONS 17.62.200 AND 17.62.300, REGARDING WIRELESS FACILITIES COVERED UNDER SECTION 6409(A) OF THE MIDDLE CLASS TAX RELIEF AND JOB CREATION ACT OF 2012 AND NEW AND SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED WIRELESS FACILITIES Recommendation: Waive second reading; adopt Ordinance * * * END OF CONSENT CALENDAR * * * CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION/CONSIDERATION 15. #21-068 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO DECLARING A PORTION OF THE FORMER CITY HALL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 13831 SAN PABLO AVENUE (GENERALLY AT THE INTERSECTION OF SAN PABLO AVENUE AND CHURCH LANE) TO BE EXEMPT SURPLUS PROPERTY UNDER THE CALIFORNIA SURPLUS LAND ACT; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH DANCO COMMUNITIES FOR THE SALE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROPERTY TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ASSOCIATED COMMERCIAL SPACE; AND AUTHORIZING A $2,000,000 LOAN FROM LOW- AND MODERATE -INCOME HOUSING ASSET FUNDS Recommendation: Adopt Resolution 16. #21-030 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS: CHILDHOOD OBESITY PREVENTION ADVISORY GROUP (COPAG) - REQUEST TO REAPPOINT CURRENT MEMBER GENOVEVA CALLOWAY FOR A NEW ONE YEAR TERM Recommendation: Consider the reappointment of Genoveva Garcia Calloway for new one-year term and by Minute Order make the appointment or provide other direction to City staff on the vacancy and direct staff to continue to post Notice for remaining vacancy (or vacancies) City of San Pablo Page 6 Printed on 1/28/2021 City Council Meeting Agenda - Final February 1, 2021 17. #21-055 CITY COUNCIL NOMINATION PROCESS FOR A CITY APPOINTEE TO FILL A TWO-YEAR TERM ON THE SAN PABLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS (TERM: FEBRUARY 2021 - JANUARY 2023) Recommendation: Proceed to nominate a City appointee to the San Pablo Board of Directors (SPEDC Board), by minute action, as follows: 1. Select one Councilmember, by motion and approve by majority vote via minute action, to serve a two-year term (February 2021 - January 2023), and submit the nominee to the SPEDC Board for approval by the required deadline; OR 2. Determine by minute action, to publicly advertise the available vacancy, with formal selection of the nominee to occur before February 17, 2021 to serve a two-year term (February 2021 - January 2023), and submit the City nominee to the SPEDC Board for approval by the required deadline. SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS (IF ANY) 18. #21-053 MATERIALS SUBMITTED AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE AGENDA WILL BE APPENDED AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING 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 MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS REPORTS (Approved by Resolution 2021-008) Informational reports from Councilmember representatives to the following committees, commissions and organizations; brief reports on meetings attended at the expense of the City or Agency, as required by Government Code section 53232.3(d) (AB 1234); and other reports regarding items of general interest to the City Council. The City Council may take action on other items of interest that are specifically agendized herein: (a) Mayor Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado Memberships: Contra Costa Mayors Conference (Primary); West County Mayors & Supervisors Association (Primary); League of CA Cities East Bay League Division (Primary) Standing Committees: Budget, Fiscal & Legislative Ad-Hoc Subcommittees: Casino San Pablo/Lytton Tribe (b) Vice Mayor Rita Xavier Memberships: Association of Bay Area Governments (Primary); Contra Costa Mayors' Conference (Alternate); League of CA Cities East Bay League Division (Alternate); West Contra Costa Mayors & Supervisors Association (Alternate); Richmond Steering Committee Community Based Transportation Plan (CBTP); San Pablo Community Grant Foundation (Member); West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (Primary); West County Integrated Waste Management/RecycleMore JPA Authority (Alternate) Standing Committees: Public Safety Ad-Hoc Subcommittees: Casino San Pablo/Lytton Tribe City of San Pablo Page 7 Printed on 1/28/2021 City Council Meeting Agenda - Final February 1, 2021 (c) Councilmember Abel Pineda Memberships: West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (Alternate); West County Integrated Waste Management/RecycleMore JPA (Primary) Standing Committees: Community Services Ad-Hoc Subcommittees: Community Public Health; Wireless Technology/S.P.E.E.D. Projects (d) Councilmember Patricia Ponce Memberships: Marin Clean Energy Board of Directors (Primary); San Pablo Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors (City Council Appointee); San Pablo-Manzanillo Sister City Committee (Primary) Standing Committees: Budget, Fiscal & Legislative; Economic Development, Housing & Project Management Ad-Hoc Subcommittees: Community Public Health (e) Councilmember Arturo Cruz Memberships: Association of Bay Area Governments (Alternate); San Pablo Community Grant Foundation Board (Member) Standing Committees: Community Services; Economic Development, Housing & Project Management; Public Safety Ad-Hoc Subcommittees: Wireless Technology/S.P.E.E.D. Projects ADJOURNMENT Adjourn to Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 6:00 pm, in memory of Maria Dolores Marquez, grandmother of Assistant Planner Sandra Marquez; and in memory of Bharat Thakar, father of Paratransit Driver Jay Thakar. City of San Pablo Page 8 Printed on 1/28/2021