[0:00] August 3, 2026, and the time now is 6 p.m. Let's stand for the pledge of allegiance.

[0:11] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, and liberty and justice for all.

[0:23] City

[0:29] Clerk, can you please take woke up?

[0:31] Yes. Councilmember Cruz.

[0:35] Your councilmember Ponce.

[0:37] Here. Councilmember Pineda.

[0:39] Here. Vice Mayor Xavier.

[0:41] Here. Mayor Pabón Alvarado.

[0:43] Here. Councilmember Cruz, Ponce and Pineda.

[0:47] Vice Mayor Xavier and Mayor Pabón Alvarado

[0:50] are all present in council chambers.

[0:54] Next item.

[0:55] Next item is oral communications.

[0:59] This is a time for comments on any item within the council's subject matter jurisdiction

[1:04] if such item is not listed on tonight's agenda.

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[2:13] May I currently have one or a commenter?

[2:16] Okay.

[2:17] Okay.

[2:18] Joyce Sinai.

[2:27] Thank you.

[2:29] Good evening, Ms. Mayor, Ms. Vice Mayor, and City Council members.

[2:33] My name is Joyce Sinai.

[2:35] I'm the Community School Manager with Bay Area Community Resources.

[2:38] And I support the Beacon Directors who you fund in your San Pablo Schools.

[2:43] I'm checking in at the start of the school year to share some of our plans and hopes for the new year.

[2:49] There is much to be optimistic about.

[2:52] For the first time in a long time, there is no staff turn over this year.

[2:56] All six of our beacon directors are happily returning.

[2:59] This is significant because the work is iterative and relationship based and it takes time and

[3:05] especially consistency to build the enabling conditions that lead to transformation.

[3:10] Today was the beacon directors first day back and they were on site to receive the backpack

[3:15] deliveries.

[3:15] that the city, via Lucette and her crew,

[3:20] provides through your collaboration with family giving tree.

[3:24] Thank you.

[3:25] The backpacks will be distributed to families that need them

[3:28] at school orientations, back to school nights, and other events.

[3:34] The other BACR manager and I have done a lot of work this summer

[3:38] to deepen the structures and protocols that will guide effective

[3:42] implementation of the community school strategy.

[3:44] We are trained in best practices and we want to ensure that they are implemented in WCC

[3:51] USD.

[3:52] One tool that we are most excited about is an observational protocol that aligns with

[3:57] the state framework and will enable us to identify where schools are thriving and where

[4:02] they need more support.

[4:04] We feel really good about the updated addition to our Community Schools Guide and we'll be

[4:08] happy to share it with you if you'd like to learn more.

[4:11] At a district level, Taylor and I served on an interview panel last week to help select

[4:16] the new community school director for WCCUSD.

[4:21] We are very excited about the potential to deepen this collaboration and expand our work

[4:26] with the district to affect meaningful change.

[4:30] Lastly, many exciting events will be happening on our campuses as we welcome students and

[4:35] families back to school.

[4:36] September is National Attendance Awareness Month and Beacon Directors will be leading a variety

[4:41] of strategies to encourage regular and active engagement in school.

[4:45] September and October are also Hispanic Heritage Month and there will be events celebrating

[4:49] and culture throughout our schools.

[4:52] Also in September, back to school night will offer an opportunity for families to learn

[4:57] about community resources as well as about how to

[5:02] Thank you for your time and continued investment in community schools. I look forward to returning in November when public profit will offer a report on the progress of our schools. Thank you, nice, thank you. Thank you.

[5:19] Next item, proclamations, item number one, file IB26-361, presentation of proclamation for national night out on August

[5:34] for our 2026 city manager.

[5:37] Thank you, Madam Clerk.

[5:39] Mayor, members of the city council has approved

[5:41] at your July 20th, 2026 city council regular meeting.

[5:45] A proclamation was approved,

[5:47] recognizing national might out event for 2026,

[5:50] which is scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, August 4th at 2026.

[5:55] So at this time is the scheduled presentation of proclamation.

[5:59] So I'll turn this back over for mayor,

[6:01] for formal presentation and recognition and recipients for this

[6:06] proclamation will be Chief Boobar and the police department okay so should I

[6:12] go around the dice do we have any public comment on this I know we do not okay

[6:16] all right so we go around the dice to see if there's any any questions or or any

[6:25] comments. So Councilmember Cruz just thank you chief for holding this community together

[6:34] through our national night out the way our families can really support our police department

[6:41] as well as showing them all the different departments you have within the police department

[6:48] and thank you so much for all your hard work and keeping it safe here is that Pablo thank you

[6:53] Yeah, thank you, sir.

[6:55] Councilmember Ponce, chief and staff.

[6:58] Congratulations on this year's proclamation.

[7:01] And I'm looking forward to tomorrow's national long and night out.

[7:04] I know it's an exciting event for all the community.

[7:07] And I hope that we have a lot of community out there supporting our men and women and blue.

[7:13] Thank you.

[7:14] Thank you.

[7:15] Councilmember Pineda.

[7:20] I guess I'll call the comments made by my colleagues.

[7:23] I also just say, even just from my own personal experience as well, it's really good to see

[7:28] our community come together with law enforcement, with all of, I think there's a lot of misconception

[7:33] that is just officers that make up a police department, but there's so many people that contribute

[7:39] to the work in known terms of being able to preserve public safety out here in our community.

[7:44] Being able to have these opportunities, this great opportunity for them to get to know the

[7:49] people that serve them. And that just, you know, in terms of like the overall staff,

[7:53] but also the officers, I think is very important for them to be able to have those opportunities

[7:58] to force strong relationships, to force trust, and, you know, to make sure that they know that

[8:05] there are people out there that they can reach out to, whether or not be them to provide the service

[8:10] or support or whatever that may look like, but it may be even connecting them to resources.

[8:14] I think that's another component that people should continue to become aware of.

[8:18] Um, it's about connecting the dots. Um, in this situation, uh, thank you. Uh, thank you to all of officers all of our, uh,

[8:25] police department staff for the great work that they do and keep your community safe and person in the well-being of our commuting. Thank you.

[8:31] Thank you.

[8:32] Vice mayor.

[8:34] Xavier.

[8:36] The National Light Out has really grown in San Bobble and I know all of the families look forward to it now.

[8:46] I think it was, I think it's great the way you have it in one location that's what's

[8:54] made it the big event that it is and as usual I look forward to being there it's just super

[9:03] fun thanks so much to you and everybody in the police department we agree thank you thank

[9:12] Thank you. Thank you. This is this is a great event for sure.

[9:20] And I know I know a few years ago

[9:24] this was in one location. The police department actually went to different places and different

[9:33] communities. Do you feel that this is much more appreciated to that that people would go out of

[9:41] their house and come together with other neighborhoods.

[9:44] That's how I see it, right?

[9:46] They not only stay in their neighborhood now,

[9:48] they actually come out and meet the other neighbors

[9:53] that they have, which I think is a big deal.

[9:56] What do you see?

[10:00] What has been the overall feedback from the council, but from the actual people who are out visiting and hanging out? Yeah, I appreciate the question. So last year, we actually posed that question to our neighborhood watch groups. And we offered the opportunity or the thought to, hey, should we bring back the sites, visits,

[10:29] for Nationalite Out, that's how Nationalite Out was started with the neighborhood watch groups

[10:34] and inviting different people to different parts of the community.

[10:37] And the feedback was overwhelmingly that they wanted to keep the centralized meeting

[10:46] because it is a great event, it has grown, it has given an opportunity for the police department

[10:52] to grow in the relationships with the community and the community having relationship with each other.

[10:58] So, in addition to the neighborhood watch groups coming together and the police department staff being their city staff, public works, community services, we actually bring in up to 50 different vendors and service providers that will have tables.

[11:15] So, within the event you have service providers that represent small businesses, resources from county, CHP, fire department, AMTs,

[11:27] different community groups can come there that otherwise would not have that

[11:33] opportunity to meet the community. So it offers a lot of opportunity to build

[11:40] those relationships not just with the police department, not with just

[11:43] community but other resources as well. So overwhelmingly they wanted to keep the

[11:48] centralized celebration. But that is something that we are constantly posing and asking

[11:54] our community. What is it that you want to see this event take place? And if it has

[12:00] to adapt, we'll bring forward those recommendations as well.

[12:04] Is the performances going to be similar to last year, in the year, the year's prior or?

[12:11] Yeah, we will have different performances. Music will be provided by our very own officer

[12:21] or Baniat, DJ Baniat, okay.

[12:24] Officer B, so yeah, we'll have a lot of similar events,

[12:29] and it is capped off by,

[12:32] and inviting any member of the community here tonight,

[12:35] you can dunk the chief of police in the dunk tank

[12:38] between the hours of 7 p.m. and 8 p.m., if you'd like.

[12:42] So I will be there as well.

[12:43] Perfect.

[12:45] I don't have any further questions.

[12:46] I love this, I love that the community comes together

[12:49] and to me it's an acknowledgement right that we are a community, including the police

[12:56] that we took all together here to hang out and have a good time and be good to one another

[13:01] and I appreciate the law enforcement.

[13:07] You guys, it's just that, guys and gals. You're good

[13:12] to our people, to our community. And this is a reflection of that, so thank you.

[13:19] Thank you.

[13:20] And now I will read the proclamation of the City of San Pablo National Night Out August

[13:27] 4th, 2026, whereas the National Association of Town Watch sponsors a national community

[13:36] building campaign on Tuesday, August 4th, 2026 entitled National Night Out.

[13:42] And, whereas, the 42nd Annual National Night Out campaign provides an opportunity for

[13:49] neighbors in San Pablo to join forces with thousands of communities across the country

[13:54] in promoting cooperative police community, crime prevention efforts and, whereas, National

[14:02] Night Out is an annual community building campaign that promotes police, community partnerships

[14:09] and neighborhood commodity to make a neighborhood safer, more caring places, and whereas neighbors

[14:18] in San Pablo assist the San Pablo Police Department through joint community building efforts

[14:24] and support national night out 2026. And whereas, it is essential that all neighbors of San

[14:31] Pablo come together with police and work together to build a safer, more caring community.

[14:37] Now, therefore, I, Elizabeth Pavon Avarado Mayor of the City of San Pablo on behalf of the

[14:44] City Council, does hereby call upon all neighbors of San Pablo to join the San Pablo Police

[14:51] Department and National Association of Townwatch in support of National Night Out on Tuesday, August 4.

[15:00] 2026. Thank you. Is there a plaque?

[15:46] Okay, next item? Next item. Presentations. Item number two, file ID 26-101. Presentation to the city council regarding the sandpavlo summer, 2026 internship program. City manager? Thank you, Madam Clerk. Mayor members of the city council. This item is a scheduled presentation of our

[16:11] Our annual summer internship program, where we administer and manage a summer internship

[16:16] program for local youth, ages 50 and a half on up, and to highlight this summer internship

[16:22] program and the projects that are worked on by our 7 interns this year in various city

[16:28] departments.

[16:29] I'll go ahead and turn this over to Paola Cuvius Shirazi, our community services coordinator

[16:34] 2 who present the formal presentation to the City Council.

[16:37] Thank you so much. Good evening Council, Vice Mayor Mayor, it's a pleasure to be with you.

[16:45] This time I'm here to share an update about our 2026 summer internship program as coordinated

[16:52] by the Youth Schools and Community Partnership Division. So this year and then we'll have

[16:58] the presentation started. As you know, YSCP and the City of San Pablo are dedicated to

[17:05] creating the next generation of public service leaders who reflect the diversity of the

[17:11] city of San Pablo. We do this by coordinating a work-based learning internship program that

[17:18] provides paid internships for youth ages 15 and a half and older. They are placed in various

[17:25] city departments to gain experience in local government. Our program has four goals. Let's

[17:34] Our program has four goals.

[17:37] One is to expose interns to careers in public service,

[17:41] to build skills for various job settings,

[17:44] to connect interns to the community,

[17:47] and support interns with a path to college and career.

[17:53] This year, our program activities included,

[17:57] it took place over a nine week period,

[18:00] from June 15th to August 15th.

[18:03] This included orientation, safety training, as well as a weekly leadership development seminar,

[18:10] and midway and final evaluations with their supervisors. During the course of those nine weeks,

[18:18] the interns were each placed across the departments here in the city of San Pablo and worked

[18:23] weekly average of about 20 hours a week. So they were part-time city employees working with us.

[18:30] We had eight interns across five departments and that was, we had one at the City Manager's

[18:37] Office in the Economic Development and Housing Division, two with the Community Development

[18:44] Department in the Building Division and Planning Division, two with the San Pablo Police

[18:50] Department within the Community Outreach Division, one in the City's administrative services

[18:55] in IT and Finance, and one working with us in the Community Services Department with a YSEP division.

[19:04] Today, we'll hear from each of our interns. They have about two minutes to share with you about their summer projects

[19:11] and some of the skills and experiences that they learned while they were here.

[19:20] Each intern has prepared a slide and that summarizes their summer projects

[19:25] And we're going to start with James Flores, who entered at the City Manager's Office in the Division of Economic Development and Housing.

[19:37] We can wait to have the slideshow for presentation.

[19:43] So bear with us with some technical difficulties.

[19:46] Thank you.

[23:30] So

[23:36] the start will have James Flores, who interned in the economic development and housing division in the city manager's office.

[23:47] Hello, my main project for this summer was creating an updating a new database for ground floor businesses on the commercial corridor, 23rd Street, and presenting my findings about 23rd Street and how they can benefit the city of San Pablo.

[24:02] Some side projects I've done as well are documents like organizing documents about employees, programs, and nomination packets for elections both digitally and physically and shadowing co-workers in my department.

[24:18] Some skills I've gained and improved on are data organization, communication inside the workplace, microsoft tools and applications, and researching and applying set research.

[24:28] You can see on the right of the presentation some slides from my presentation for the project.

[24:36] Thank you.

[24:42] Next we'll have Santiago Lopez present.

[24:54] Good evening, City Council.

[24:55] My name is Santiago Lopez and this summer I was in that administrative center.

[25:00] Services, Finance, and IT Department. My main projects were conducted in a physical audit for the fiscal year 2026-2027. I performed an audit on the travel and training reimbursements in the Cal credit card. I also assisted in a citywide travel and training SOP. And currently I'm performing a physical inventory for the IT Department. The purpose of these projects were to identify record

[25:29] gaps to ensure compliance with city policies and to track items in the IT Department. Lessons

[25:37] I learned and skills I gained were time management when juggling multiple projects, communication

[25:44] within the team and department, and attention to detail, we're not tasked with importance

[25:49] though. Thank you.

[25:55] Next, we'll hear from Ben Hernandez-Ustadia.

[26:04] Good evening. My name is Ben Hernandez-Ustadia.

[26:06] Throughout the course of my internship in the Public Works Department, I learned about

[26:10] the programs that we offer in collaboration with Republic Services.

[26:14] This included visiting the Republic Services West County Recycling Center on the first day of my internship.

[26:20] This exposure helped me create outreach material about our solid waste programs in dumpster days.

[26:24] I also assisted with website updates to the public works web pages.

[26:29] This involves creating web pages about the services provided in partnership with

[26:33] public services.

[26:34] Some examples of this would be dump vouchers, dumpster days, and information about public

[26:38] works infrastructure projects.

[26:41] Finally, I conducted biosworn inspections throughout the city in order to identify the

[26:46] plants that were thriving and struggling.

[26:49] I collected crucial information that narrowed down which plants should be replaced and

[26:52] planted in the future. This information also laid out the groundwork for a plant care guide

[26:57] for the plants that we have in our bioswells. As someone who grew up in San Pablo,

[27:02] I appreciate how my time in public works taught me to inner workings of how state laws impact

[27:06] the work that we do in the municipal sector. Additionally, my experience when working in the field

[27:12] with supporting setup neighborhood champion events gave me the exposure I needed to learn how to

[27:17] to educate the public on complex topics swiftly

[27:20] and effectively.

[27:21] Thank you.

[27:26] Jackie Hernandez.

[27:28] Next we'll hear from Jackie Hernandez.

[27:36] Good afternoon, City Council.

[27:37] My name is Jackie Hernandez, and I am a current youth

[27:40] commissioner as well as an incoming freshman

[27:42] at the University of San Francisco,

[27:44] while I'll be majoring in international business

[27:47] and immigration law.

[27:49] Here in the city of San Pablo, I found

[27:51] that local government aligns with my co-year interests.

[27:55] and it doesn't only give me that first-hand experience,

[28:00] but it also helps me align with my future career goals.

[28:09] Sorry, once I can't.

[28:13] During my time here, I entered upstairs

[28:15] in the planning department where I worked in organizing

[28:19] and comparing the zoning code updates for the year 2025,

[28:22] and this was because the planning division

[28:25] made changes to the zoning code, and my job was to make sure that those updates were translated into

[28:31] arm and a supercode. I also worked on creating a written guide and video on each track video where I

[28:40] showed the public how to sign up and how to submit online permits on the website. And then I also

[28:47] researched and compared multiple cities together useful insights to then implement to our website. I believe

[28:54] that these projects were mainly to make online navigation more feasible for the public.

[28:59] And then definitely one of my biggest takeaways were definitely the networking and

[29:04] relationships that I made along the way. I was surprised how welcoming and supporting everyone was

[29:08] and how willing and curious they were to know about my life, my aspirations and even my weekend plans

[29:18] such as I was with them. So for example here in my picture I want to say a big thank you to my

[29:23] My supervisor, Sandra, and my colleague, Laura, and all the staff for this learning opportunities.

[29:30] Thank you.

[29:35] Next we'll hear from Yusef El-Bagal,

[29:44] Good evening, Mayor, Vice-Mayor, City Council Members and City staff.

[29:49] My name is Yusef El-Bagal, and I'll be attending the Abu Valley College.

[29:53] This past summer had the opportunity to intern at the Building Division of the City's Community Development Department.

[29:58] while working the...

[30:00] Building Division had assigned me various tasks, such as arranging organized records, writing letters, or correspondence of that type that will be used by residents of the city, and observing the daily activities of a permit technician in order to grasp the idea on building permits in the city of San Pablo. Although all of this had a valuable effect on how well I perform as a professional in an office setting, I went above all with the chief building official Sergio Caudera, and observed numerous work sites with the close examination of how they work. They already established codes into place to develop

[30:29] of these buildings all around the city.

[30:31] Based on all of these tasks, the building division

[30:34] of the City of San Pablo has shown me communication,

[30:37] organizational and office skills, leadership abilities,

[30:39] and importantly, a deep understanding

[30:41] of how important it is to truly protect and serve your city.

[30:45] I would first like to thank the City of San Pablo

[30:47] for giving me this opportunity to show

[30:49] all who my work ethic is about,

[30:51] my supervisor, my record letter,

[30:53] and the community development department

[30:54] that made my experience meaningful enough

[30:56] to guide me toward my future.

[30:57] thank you all for everything.

[31:04] Next we'll hear from Sonsha Slotter.

[31:14] Good evening City Council.

[31:15] My name is Sonsha Slotter. I'm going to be a junior at Berkeley High School this fall

[31:18] and in two years I'm going to be attending Georgia Tech to play volleyball and I was an

[31:23] intern with the police department this year. My main project was helping with National

[31:28] Line Out, which is our annual event, which is actually being hosted tomorrow so I hope

[31:35] was I contacted vendors via phone and email to collect and give important information

[31:40] which helped me gain community outreach skills and communication skills.

[31:44] I made fires for the annual car show we'll have tomorrow and that helped me gain my event planning skills.

[31:51] And we also prepared over a thousand vouchers to give out to the community food vouchers

[31:56] and that helped me with my organization skills because we had to cut and organize

[32:01] over a thousand little pieces of paper and overall I would say that I gained

[32:06] workplace experience leadership and community outreach skills. Thank you guys.

[32:11] Thank you, Fasha.

[32:14] Just a special note, Kieran Slotter, our economic development housing

[32:18] manager is a proud father.

[32:21] Thank

[32:25] you. Next we'll hear from Avash Bandari.

[32:34] Good evening, City Council. My name is Avash Bandari and I'm a rising senior at

[32:38] many high school. During this summer, I worked as an intern for the city of San Pablo more specifically

[32:45] in the police department. While working at the police department, my main project was to prepare for

[32:52] our upcoming event, National Night Out, and to do this, one of the main things I did was organize and

[32:58] cut food vouchers, parking passes, and voting ballots. Along with this, I also had other projects

[33:07] such as organizing 10 years of department records and data and I organized all this digitally.

[33:15] I also supported officers by preparing shading papers for upcoming officer trips

[33:20] and through my time at the working at the police department, lessons I gained were lessons and skills

[33:28] I gained were communication skills, especially on the phone, communicating skills, organization

[33:34] through organizing all the food vouchers,

[33:38] there's voting ballots and parking passes,

[33:41] event planning, through National Nide Out,

[33:43] and planning for that event, and attention to detail,

[33:46] which is something that I had to add

[33:50] throughout my whole time at the police department.

[33:53] Overall, I'm very thankful for this opportunity

[33:55] to get to work with the city of San Pablo,

[33:57] especially the police department,

[33:59] something that was somewhat new to me,

[34:01] but an opportunity that I am very thankful for.

[34:05] I'm thankful for Paola and also my supervisor,

[34:08] Umma and just the city in general.

[34:11] And thank you.

[34:12] And I hope to see you guys at National Idol.

[34:15] Yeah, and

[34:19] finally, we'll hear from Marco Bayo.

[34:27] Hello, city council.

[34:28] My name is Marco Bayo and I'm a rising senior

[34:29] at James Logan High School,

[34:31] living in the Hayward Fremont area.

[34:33] This summer, I worked as an intern with Paola

[34:35] for the Youth School and Community Partnerships Division

[34:37] of the Community Services Department.

[34:39] During my time as an intern, I worked on a variety of projects

[34:42] of which I like to highlight three.

[34:45] One project I worked on was organizing and verifying

[34:47] over three years of scholarship, African data,

[34:50] which resulted in the creation of over 150 certificate packages

[34:54] and an analysis of recipient demographics.

[34:57] I also supported San Paulo's internship and summer

[35:03] I also created posters for summer camp staff to support team morale, and with my supervisors' approval, to do so, I used A.I., which helped strengthen my ability to use it responsibly and effectively. By far, my largest project was updating the YCP Division's internal budget trackers for the new 2026 to 2027 fiscal year. Instead of copying the old ones for the last year, I created completely new ones with features such as program assignment drop downs and automatically updating chartering.

[35:29] and tables to improve budget tracking.

[35:32] Overall, this internship has done so much for me,

[35:34] such as strengthening my Excel skills.

[35:36] It's improved my ability to use AI effectively and responsibly,

[35:39] and has allowed me in multiple opportunities

[35:40] to take initiative and be a leader within my community.

[35:43] Thank you.

[35:49] Thank you so much to all of our interns.

[35:51] They've been working on their presentation

[35:54] for about two weeks now,

[35:55] and so I really appreciate the way that everybody showed up today.

[35:59] And before we open it up to questions and comments,

[36:02] I want to acknowledge and thank

[36:04] Our Assistant City Manager, Mariel Heva, City Attorney, Brian Hickey, and Community Development

[36:11] Director, Ellen Tai, for serving as guest speakers during our Leadership Seminar this summer.

[36:17] We really learned a lot about them and their leadership journeys and that's influenced,

[36:22] and I think that's going to pay dividends beyond just the workplace experience but also learning

[36:25] from leaders.

[36:26] So thank you so much.

[36:33] Nice job.

[36:34] Do we have any public comment on this?

[36:36] No, we do not.

[36:37] Okay, I'm going to go around the dice.

[36:40] Councilmember Cruz, do you have any questions or comments?

[36:45] Yes.

[36:47] The purpose of this program is to create

[36:49] the next generation of community leaders.

[36:52] So James, Santiago, Ben, Jackie, Yusuf, Sasha,

[36:59] Avache and Marco, hopefully what you learn over the summer

[37:03] will be the skills you need to be successful

[37:04] for on your pathway to college and your career of choice. I want to thank you for participating

[37:11] in this program and I wish you all the best. I also want to acknowledge your parents

[37:17] for raising such great young people. So always make sure that you're proud of your parents

[37:23] and you appreciate everything they do for you guys, okay?

[37:25] Nice.

[37:26] Keep it with the great work and God bless you all. Thank you.

[37:34] Thank you for the presentation.

[37:37] What a fantastic group you are.

[37:41] Congratulations and finalizing your summer sponsorship.

[37:48] One of many, I'm sure.

[37:53] So it will say that your future of public leaders and my eyes are current public leaders.

[38:01] course, you are already leading by example and wherever you go, take that example with

[38:10] you.

[38:11] And the skill that you've learned here, put it to good use, if you're in college, if

[38:17] you're in high school, wherever it may be that you're going.

[38:20] We value your time here and our hope is that wherever you go, you remember some Pablo

[38:27] And when you've learned not only in sub-skills, but people skills and we hope that you come back one day and give back to this community.

[38:37] I wish you the best in your future. I know that each and every one of you has some really bright future ahead.

[38:45] And to all the managers, thank you for supporting this internship. I know it's not easy.

[38:50] but the dividends that are put back into our youth are immensely thank you

[38:59] managers and thank you thank you to all of our young leaders. Nice, thank you.

[39:06] Councilmember Pineda.

[39:11] I'm very happy. I'm happy, proud, excited, also just for

[39:18] like knowledge like when you guys came up here I don't know if you guys saw but you have a

[39:22] community of people that have your back that are very proud of you each and every single one of you

[39:27] you guys have done extraordinary things for our community we're thankful we are grateful but also

[39:34] I hope I'm hopeful I believe so that we planted the seed of public service in terms of

[39:42] getting you all excited about this type of work there's a lot of great rewards doing public service

[39:48] For me, I mean, I look at the opportunities that you guys have for today and, you know,

[39:55] we were barely starting, like, pathway partnerships with, like,

[40:00] Different like communities, institutions, businesses, and stuff like that. The fact that you guys are here doing internships with local government, getting that exposure very early on, I think that's actually really incredible. I'm very, very excited because I know what it meant to me as a young person having, you know, adult allies, leaders that had my back that kind of mentored me, supported me, gave me great advice.

[40:30] and I said this in the past, I believe so, but I think it still resonates here today,

[40:36] which each and every single one of you is like, when I was writing my personal statement,

[40:40] when I was applying for college, I said that I wanted to use my education to go back home and serve my community.

[40:47] I'm thankful to say that I've been able to do just that, and even in my other capacity,

[40:51] I work for the State Department of Education, so I also help and support the State of California.

[40:56] And I only got that because I had people that had my back, people that supported me,

[41:02] that mentored me, that introduced me to opportunities.

[41:05] I'm also going to tell you guys this as well.

[41:08] If you come across another opportunity, then maybe it's just not the right fit for you,

[41:12] but you know somebody else that wants an opportunity, that deserves an opportunity,

[41:18] that has been trying everything to try to get a foot in the door.

[41:20] And if you have that opportunity to help somebody out, help them out,

[41:23] introduce them. It's all about networking, network, network, network, network. I also just

[41:29] wanted to just take a moment to be able to recognize even in terms of the work that you're

[41:34] doing to each and every single department. I feel like I think a lot of people look about what we

[41:41] receive or even normalize it, that they don't realize that people power or the efforts that go into

[41:48] making it possible. And you guys got a chance to see just that. Sometimes it's repetitive tasks,

[41:53] Sometimes it takes creativity and a little bit of artistic skill to kind of get it to the finish line, right?

[42:00] Because as much as we want and believe things to be like a perfect science in terms of you do

[42:05] X lines, you'll get to this result. Sometimes it doesn't work out that way. And that's okay. I'm saying this to say that

[42:13] I hope that you see this as an opportunity if not just exposure, but as a pathway for you and seeing the people that

[42:22] that supported you, that guided you, that mentored you,

[42:26] you know, in this, you know, it's a short period of time,

[42:29] but I hope that it was still good,

[42:30] because I also, I just wrapped up my internship program

[42:32] with my interns at the Department of Education.

[42:35] And part of what I like to say is that message

[42:37] of not just reinforcing public service

[42:40] and the great rewards of that,

[42:42] but also, you know, trying to support them in life

[42:45] in general in their journey.

[42:47] And I hope that as you get older,

[42:49] you will see yourselves as those people

[42:51] and even see yourself as that today because you guys are all agents of change.

[42:55] Each and every single one of you, in your own way, it may be a skill, you know,

[43:00] maybe something that you say, something that you do, something that you create.

[43:04] You guys are all incredible. I'm proud of you, this whole community's proud of you,

[43:09] and when you, I know some of you guys are embarking in college and everything like that,

[43:13] think about like cooperative education programs.

[43:15] Sometimes you can get academic credit for work placement.

[43:18] So consider those things, talk to your counselor, see what's available, and sometimes they

[43:23] already have established relationships, kind of maybe probably have you found your way

[43:27] here.

[43:27] The same exact thing exists at the university, the college level, it's available, opportunities

[43:33] like that do exist.

[43:34] I know I'm a little bit long-winded in my response, but I also want to just be intentional

[43:37] about this time.

[43:39] Oh, public speaking, that skill.

[43:41] Just practicing that.

[43:42] If any of you felt nervous, I promise you, I mean, I'm at my age a little bit older.

[43:47] I feel that nervous to this day but I sometimes I let my heart speak by passion come out

[43:52] and it just takes over kind of like right now and it just feels a little different

[43:56] So I'm just saying that like the more you practice it, I'm not saying you completely normalize it and accepted

[44:01] But you start to grow comfort in that discomfort and that's the part of the growth journey. So

[44:07] Keep up the great work. Very happy. Very excited for you all and if there's any ways that we can help and continue to support you

[44:13] You let us know. Appreciate y'all

[44:21] You are all amazing. I hope you enjoyed your time so far. You've got some time left.

[44:30] He's in internship. I'm also hoping that maybe what you've been working on is

[44:40] giving you some ideas for what you want to do like in college.

[44:45] and after college, so on, just give you some insight into things that are possible,

[44:59] and

[45:00] As council member point out a side, you did a great job speaking. I'm impressed. So my best wishes to all of you. And where you go from here. And thanks for paying part of St. Babel's program. Thanks so much.

[45:24] What is there more to say? My goodness. My colleague, you see a little great job. Congrats.

[45:32] congratulating you on recognizing what you guys have done not only for yourselves, but also for the city of San Pablo.

[45:38] I believe though that you are in a wonderful path.

[45:44] I appreciate that you guys have stopped by here doing your path to gain insight, to gain skills, to gain whatever tools you need that you will need to continue to grow.

[46:03] So thank you for stopping by.

[46:07] I'm sure that you also left something behind for the staff.

[46:13] So this is a give and take. We appreciate you. Keep going.

[46:17] Don't let this is like I said, this is just part of your journey.

[46:21] We just came in. You passed through. You said, yes, I got this. I got that.

[46:25] I'm going to the next level in my life. We wish you well.

[46:29] and we're always here for you, if you guys ever need anything, I'm sure all you need to do is call.

[46:37] And we will respond because that's the kind of San Pablo we are, that's the kind of city we are.

[46:43] And I want to say city, I want to say that people in the city, that's who we are.

[46:47] So we're here to support you always and congratulations.

[46:50] And

[46:55] so all the staff, I'm not finished, and so all the staff that provided not only direct guidance but guidance just around them.

[47:09] Thank you, thank you Matt for making this happen, okay.

[47:18] I'm just to reiterate full compliments go to our community services department for

[47:23] coordinating with all of our city departments on this viable summer internship program that

[47:28] we do every year.

[47:31] Good job.

[47:33] Okay.

[47:33] Next item.

[47:45] Okay.

[47:46] Next item.

[47:48] Item number three.

[47:50] File ID.

[47:52] Two six dash.

[47:53] Three six two.

[47:55] Presentation of the San Pavel Police Department.

[47:58] fiscal year 2526 annual report, city manager.

[48:04] Thank you, Madam Clerk, may our members of the City Council commensurate with every fiscal year ending period.

[48:11] Our San Pablo Police Department commissions and annual year end report, which is prepared and then presented to the City Council for formal acknowledgement and acceptance.

[48:21] Since this year, we have a very, very glossy annual report with hard copies available on the council tyres for review, but at this time I'm going to turn this over to Chief Boobar to do a formal presentation on the annual report.

[48:35] And after tonight's meeting, this will be officially posted to the CIS website and departmental web page, Chief Boobar.

[48:42] Thank you, City Manager.

[48:45] Council, it is an honor and a pleasure.

[48:47] Always to come to you and brag about your police department, full disclosure, I am biased,

[48:53] but I think you have one of the best police departments in the region.

[48:58] And every year we do get to speak about the amazing work that the men and women of the police

[49:04] department do each and every year with an amazing community.

[49:09] So, next slide. So, I'm going to just briefly go through without – there's plenty

[49:18] of information, valuable information in there. And so, I'll just touch on a couple of

[49:24] points next page. So, there will be a theme to this year's annual report, courage, integrity,

[49:34] innovation, and that that theme is carried out through in our mission statement, serving

[49:42] this community with courage, integrity, and innovation, and encapsulates everything that

[49:48] our community is about, what your police department is about, and it's embedded in everything

[49:54] that we do. The message from me as the chief,

[50:00] Keep in mind, my mission, my goal, my objective is the public safety of this community. And this is true, no matter what community you work in, no matter what community you live in, no matter what community you serve in. The only way to reduce crime, which is my main objective to protect this community and reduce crime, community policing strategy and economic development. That is it. All the tools, everything that goes

[50:29] those into it, the priorities that our community shares with us, everything speaks to that

[50:35] community policing and economic development.

[50:40] So what does that mean?

[50:41] If your police department does not have a relationship with the community, ultimately

[50:45] we will be challenged on protecting that community.

[50:49] So first and foremost, serving this community, I need to make sure that myself and the members

[50:56] of my police department have a relationship with the community and through that we can understand

[51:02] what are the priorities of the community, what is important, what are the values of this community

[51:07] and then we can go about implementing the strategies on how to keep this community safe but public

[51:14] safety is a relationship. It's a relationship with our communities and that is what we speak about

[51:21] and we talk about courage, integrity, and innovation next page.

[51:26] So I always pause whenever showing our organizational chart

[51:31] and for those that have been in this community for 30 plus years,

[51:35] when I first started in 2002, this organizational chart

[51:40] was looked very different.

[51:41] We had patrol and we had detectives.

[51:44] And those were essentially the make-up of this police department.

[51:49] as you can see here, in a small police department, we're only 62 sworn, so we are considered a small

[51:56] police department. You have a very diverse spectrum of police service. And that is, it's directly

[52:04] related to and speaks to the priorities and the values of our community. Creating a traffic safety

[52:11] unit, creating a crisis response unit that addresses homelessness, behavioral health outreach,

[52:15] outreach, creating, community outreach, creating, community service, outreach coordinators.

[52:23] Everything is made up in our structure to be responsive to our community needs which

[52:29] has evolved over the past 25 years.

[52:33] So that is what you see in that structure.

[52:36] It's an ambitious structure to have, but it speaks to the responsiveness and commitment

[52:42] into that responsiveness to the community.

[52:44] The next page.

[52:47] This is our city, not everybody knows where Sam Pablo's at,

[52:52] so it's always good to remind everybody where he's at,

[52:54] where Sam Pablo's at, and the makeup,

[52:57] and the demographics, and the location of our city,

[52:59] and then attached to that is the faces of the leadership team.

[53:04] So we're a small police department.

[53:06] I want every member of the community to see

[53:09] and recognize the decision makers, the leaders,

[53:12] the front line supervisors, the command staff member, all of the leadership.

[53:17] Not only that, I want you to know what they're in charge of, and how to contact each member of the leadership team.

[53:24] Because sometimes when you're dealing with, you know, you're trying to get a hold of someone, trying to get information,

[53:30] one of the most frustrating parts of seeking that information is not knowing where to go.

[53:35] We're getting the run around or talking to someone who puts you in touch with someone else.

[53:39] We're a small department, we're a small community, our community should know who's part

[53:45] of the leadership team and be able to pick up the phone and call them directly or email

[53:49] them directly if needed and what areas are responsibilities that they fall under.

[53:55] So it is important that we all see the faces of leadership and decision makers of the

[54:00] police department so our community can again know them and reach out to them if needed.

[54:05] next page.

[54:09] The next several pages talking about department achievements and you'll notice

[54:14] again a theme what we're talking about when it comes to outreach in our community. We celebrate

[54:21] the relationships and the success of our outreach, the priorities of other communities. So what

[54:27] you see, what we what we talk about and what we boast about youth engagement, community safety,

[54:33] city beautification, community policing, business, engagement, homeless outreach, traffic

[54:40] and tobacco, social media, grants, partnerships, these are the things that speak to the priorities

[54:46] of the community, things that we've been successful at, things that we also understand that we

[54:52] have a ways to go and that we need to work on, right?

[54:54] But we want to echo the success in

[55:00] And these achievements, something like tobacco enforcement. Year over year, our tobacco enforcement is recognized as the premier enforcement and outreach unit in the entire county, right? But that's because it speaks to the needs and the priorities and the values of our community. They said, this is an issue. We prioritize it. We received grant funding for it. We dedicated full-time staffing to it. In year over year, it's proven to be successful and to make an impact.

[55:29] So these next page, that is how we recognize our achievement and our success is aligned with the community's success.

[55:41] It's always important to recognize promotions, people coming are new employees, but also people who were able to reach retirement and successfully retire from many years of service in this career.

[55:56] So we celebrate that, we celebrate the new hires, the promotions, the recognitions of our officers,

[56:02] so our officer are not rassic and police service technician, all McGill, where our employees,

[56:07] officer of the year and civilian employee of the year, as well as our employees of the month,

[56:11] always want to recognize the great work of our staff and celebrate that next page.

[56:19] So operations division is our patrol division and patrol is our essential duty if something

[56:29] were to happen, the one service that we have to provide is a patrol response.

[56:36] That is the most essential duty.

[56:39] We have over 37,000 calls for service in 2.6 million miles.

[56:46] We're a really active and busy police department.

[56:50] I always say this, we're prolific in our police work, we're 2.6 square miles, we're

[56:55] completely surrounded, and we are vulnerable to crime, not in San Pablo, but crime coming

[57:05] into San Pablo.

[57:06] That is something that we're always vulnerable as two, as these other jurisdictions, as their

[57:11] crime trends go, we get impacted.

[57:13] Now, year over year, we've proven to be successful and last year in 2025 is no different.

[57:20] We reduced part 1 crimes by 17% alone last year.

[57:25] Anytime you can reduce crime, year over year by 1%, it's considered a success in these

[57:31] past couple of years.

[57:31] We've experienced double-digit reduction in part 1 crimes.

[57:34] In addition to that, we have the highest clearance rate of any department in the Bay Area.

[57:45] So our clearance rate is over 60% for all crime, all crime.

[57:51] For context, compared to speaking some jurisdictions surrounding us, they report out 0 to 3% clearance.

[58:00] around 3% for violent crimes, 0% less than 1% for property crime.

[58:05] So the fact that our police department is solving more than 60% of all crime,

[58:12] and when it comes to the priority violent crime, the highly violent crime,

[58:15] that clearance rate is between 80% and 90%.

[58:18] Property crime is around 25%.

[58:22] We are prolific because we've in solving crime,

[58:26] Because we have invested in the proper tools and resources and technology training, but also it is the commitment in that relationship with the community.

[58:37] Again, no matter what technology we install, no matter what training we implement, if you don't have a relationship with that community to report the crime, to cooperate with investigations to support and help the police department, then ultimately we will not be successful.

[58:55] So, the number and the data suggest that we are successful because of our relationship

[59:03] with our community.

[59:05] Next page.

[59:07] Again, highlighting some of the great work of our investigations division, some of the

[59:12] priority cases, homicides, robberies, you will notice a theme, a lot of technology and innovation

[59:18] is being used to solve these crimes, some of these resources and tools that some other police

[59:24] departments may not have. Our city leadership has prioritized investing in this public safety

[59:31] technology to help our detectives solve crime. So we have highlighted some of our major

[59:40] investigations here, but it is a testament to the tools and resources of commitment and support

[59:45] from our city leadership and our community to allow us to have these tools to help solve these crimes.

[59:50] And then we talk about the pop division.

[59:53] This is a unique unit that not all police departments have.

[59:57] It's our priority oriented policing unit.

[59:58] This

[1:00:00] So this has the teams that speak directly to the priorities and the values of our community. So our crisis response unit, behavioral health and homeless outreach, is in there, our traffic unit is in there, our community outreach unit is in there, our code enforcement is in there, as well as our training. So everything that goes, as far as what our community is telling us, we have a unit that can speak directly to those issues and respond,

[1:00:28] which has helped us address and be more responsive to those needs as they come up next page.

[1:00:39] So last year we traffic is always at the top of the priority from our community.

[1:00:45] And in 2024 we had an alarming spike in fatal collisions.

[1:00:52] And all of those collisions were either proven to be directly related to alcohol or substance abuse.

[1:00:58] use or believed to be alcohol related or substance abuse related.

[1:01:02] So we had four fatal collisions and our injury collision reporting was also on the

[1:01:10] rise.

[1:01:11] So last year we prioritized and pursued special enforcement grants that allowed us to

[1:01:16] do increased operations and then subsequently we were able to report since 2024.

[1:01:24] 4, we have not had any fatal collisions, so we had over 100% reduction in fatal collisions.

[1:01:31] We had an 11% reduction in injury collisions and 20% reduction in DUI collisions while

[1:01:36] increasing DUI arrests by more than 50%.

[1:01:40] So again, that is something that when we notice a trend or we notice a spike, we have to be

[1:01:46] able to respond through either pursuing grants, through training, through enforcement, to

[1:01:52] directly address that. Business Watch program, something we always champion, and

[1:02:00] beyond just what we do with formal meetings with our business watch, again it's

[1:02:05] important economic development is important, it's important that our businesses

[1:02:09] feel safe, feel supported, and have a relationship. So myself and members of my

[1:02:15] command staff, we try to meet a business at least one or two businesses a day

[1:02:20] stopping in, having a conversation. It's amazing what you can learn from the community when you go out and just talk to them.

[1:02:28] We're able to identify a lot of issues that we can address, especially prioritizing San Pablo Town Center,

[1:02:36] College Center, and 23rd Street corridor. Those have been our focus areas and we've seen a lot of success with the programs.

[1:02:43] Next page,

[1:02:46] not sure if you heard, but we are building a new police department.

[1:02:52] We are expecting to move in, hopefully this fall, but it's going to be a big part of

[1:02:58] this next year, standing up a regional training center, bringing in different community programs,

[1:03:06] but we're going to be able to offer a lot of expanded resources and training and engagement

[1:03:13] in the new facility, and that's something that we want to share with community to look forward to.

[1:03:18] And again, wellness, technology, innovation, when it comes to investing in your police department,

[1:03:25] you have allowed staff to increase wellness.

[1:03:30] We ask our officers, the men and women, the police department's worn and non-s worn to do a very challenging job day in and day out.

[1:03:38] And it takes its toll, and we've been able to implement different wellness programs, to

[1:03:44] support officers and their families and the staff to do this job every day.

[1:03:50] So investment in your police department and your staff has gone a long way, which has

[1:03:57] resulted in a better service response.

[1:04:00] Next page.

[1:04:01] Talking

[1:04:04] about our Christ's response units, again, that is a large unit.

[1:04:11] When we go after the most dangerous individuals on our highest priority, the Christ's response

[1:04:16] unit is the team that we call.

[1:04:18] This is men and women trained, involves our SWAT team, our Hofstra's negotiation team,

[1:04:23] our drone team.

[1:04:25] But collectively, we had over 20 activations last year and without one, without one use of

[1:04:33] course incident involved in any of those incidents and that's a testament to the training,

[1:04:38] the equipment, the professionalism of the staff involved in our cross-response unit.

[1:04:45] And then everybody's favorite officer, Pablo, is, he's everyone's favorite, I sometimes

[1:04:52] get a chance to actually be Pablo and show up at schools and different community events,

[1:04:56] and it's just everyone's

[1:05:05] And then finally, these last several pages just highlight some of our community programming. I will touch on autism awareness, which is every April going forward. It's a great program. We're able to visit the East Bay Regional Center and their staff and raise funding to support their programs. Some more families can bring, can be aware that this resource exists.

[1:05:29] It was amazing once we started the autism awareness, how many families were in need and how many families did not know where to go to get help.

[1:05:38] So that is a great program we've been able to bring a lot of awareness and resources to the families to bring support.

[1:05:48] Next page.

[1:05:50] Again, just highlighting the community programming that we do and then finally National Police Week which was a historic event that I got to participate in and taking June Wheeler, Widow of Robert Wheeler to Washington DC to be recognized formally by the Office of Cops and Department of Justice.

[1:06:12] So it was a once in a lifetime experience that she will and her family will never forget.

[1:06:20] And then finally, the back page, just again highlighting the brand new police department looking forward to the future.

[1:06:28] And what we have in store over the next 12 months with the opening of our new police department pretty soon.

[1:06:35] And with that, I will open it up to any questions.

[1:06:39] Well, do you have any public comment on this?

[1:06:43] I do not.

[1:06:44] No.

[1:06:44] Okay.

[1:06:45] Councilmember Cruz.

[1:06:48] Great presentation, chief.

[1:06:50] Happy related birthday, by the way.

[1:06:51] Oh, thank you.

[1:06:52] Yeah.

[1:06:53] I just think that a lot of people are underestimating the danger of this job, you know.

[1:06:58] And I just want to say that I really appreciate what our police department does for city and community.

[1:07:03] Chief, Chief, you're doing an outstanding job if I take your word and outstanding.

[1:07:09] Thank you.

[1:07:10] And I want to say, keep up the great work and God bless our department.

[1:07:13] Thank you so much.

[1:07:15] Thank you.

[1:07:15] Thank you guys too.

[1:07:19] Okay.

[1:07:20] Councilmember.

[1:07:21] Sorry.

[1:07:21] I do have one question.

[1:07:22] Okay.

[1:07:22] Good.

[1:07:22] Any hypothesis.

[1:07:25] The non-emergency number versus 9-1-1.

[1:07:27] How does that assist us with costs?

[1:07:31] Yeah.

[1:07:31] Yeah, so we always encourage our community to utilize an auto emergency number.

[1:07:38] So there's apprehension people are apprehensive about calling 911 because they don't feel

[1:07:44] like a certain incident may arise to an emergency.

[1:07:51] Now there's that's subjective, right?

[1:07:53] One emergency to someone could be a long life threatening issue to someone else and vice versa.

[1:07:58] So if there's any apprehension, just call 911, it goes to the same call center.

[1:08:04] The non-emergency number, though, is there for things that are not immediately considered

[1:08:10] life and death.

[1:08:11] So if you have an illegal dumping or something or like a cold theft report, you can use the

[1:08:20] non-emergency number that is there for our community.

[1:08:24] So the committee has both options if they feel it's an emergency call 911 if they feel like it's not an emergency

[1:08:29] That's what the not emergency number is there for but you can call either one. We're gonna get the call either way

[1:08:35] Thank you. Thank you Madam Mayor. Okay

[1:08:39] Councilmember Ponce

[1:08:41] Thank you chief for the presentation and for your annual report. I really like the layout of the of the report and

[1:08:49] And whoever did it, Kudel, Kudel, to them, amazing job.

[1:08:54] I really like the theme, courage, integrity, and innovation.

[1:08:58] That really speaks highly of the somehow a police apartment in our city.

[1:09:02] And you're right.

[1:09:03] Community policing is one of our most valuable assets because without the community,

[1:09:09] neither you or nobody else or us could do our job.

[1:09:13] economic development is important. I don't recall any small business owner that I

[1:09:19] spoken to that does not know who there's some public police department is and so

[1:09:24] that makes me really proud. You said that we're a small city but we're a small

[1:09:29] but mighty city and that really shows and you said it was 17% rate reduction

[1:09:35] overall. That's just the amazing work that the men and women at the police department

[1:09:39] are doing. It takes a lot and I know that we have some of the most amazing police officers

[1:09:46] in the county. I'm happy to say that there's going to be an officer wellness support coming

[1:09:54] in the near future in our new department. That's really good. It's really important.

[1:10:00] For all of them to have this loneliness support, I can't wait to see what that entails. And then finally, the pop division. I just wanted to say kudos to them. I personally have to use our services for someone close to me and their professionalism. And then after the incident, the follow-through, I was really impressed, really impressed. And this is something very unique to some Pablo that is really important to continue.

[1:10:30] in our community. So overall I mean you guys are doing an amazing job year by year and it only

[1:10:37] gets better and we continue the path that we've been been going towards. Thank you Chief and

[1:10:42] thank you to everyone and the police department. Thank you. Thank you. Can you cement the

[1:10:48] opinion?

[1:10:52] This is awesome. I think first of all appreciate the presentation, appreciate the

[1:10:56] information, a happy, related birthday. I think I got to give credit, whoever made this did a really

[1:11:07] good job. I think that it's kind of going into my earlier comments. A lot of people don't realize

[1:11:12] what goes in to the jobs that are housed in one building, but realizing that it's so much more

[1:11:19] and the reach is so far and it goes in every single level like literally in and the fact that we can

[1:11:26] and spell it out here, I think it's a really good,

[1:11:28] I'm a visual learner as well,

[1:11:29] so just visually seeing these things

[1:11:31] and seeing the numbers also really helps me out as well a lot.

[1:11:35] And I'm sure our residents also appreciate that

[1:11:37] because I feel like it's really important, I guess.

[1:11:41] I think, again, it gets summed up

[1:11:42] that you have this one role, right?

[1:11:44] And they only come if I'm doing something bad.

[1:11:46] They're like, no, that's not actually it.

[1:11:49] I'm like, there's so much that happens.

[1:11:51] And so many great and positive things.

[1:11:53] And I feel like, and I actually, again, just going back to the coming up,

[1:11:57] why I appreciate this, is because it's part of telling the story.

[1:12:01] And the story is, like, there's so much that happens each and every single year

[1:12:06] to get us to the point of what we are today.

[1:12:08] And even as much progress as we make, we recognize that we still have a work to do.

[1:12:13] And I feel like that's the beautiful part of this.

[1:12:15] So saying that, like, we can prove that things have improved.

[1:12:20] And we're demonstrating that in so many different ways, but we are also mindful that there are other issues or situations that complicate things and we're trying our best to try to navigate those situations and produce the greatest and the most positive outcomes.

[1:12:38] I also just want to go back to my earlier comment as well saying just recognizing the incredible work that our officers do and that are all of our PD staff.

[1:12:47] I mean it's it's putting yourself out there and sometimes in pretty dangerous situations and

[1:12:57] kind of building up on the other earlier comments you said talking about like community trust.

[1:13:01] This is why that trust is important.

[1:13:05] It goes in all ways, right? I think as residents you know they

[1:13:10] have to be able and feel confident being able to call 911 or to say that whoever's responding to

[1:13:16] this call is going to provide the help, the resource, the support that's needed.

[1:13:22] Also, in law enforcement, we need to be able to fostering those strong relationships with

[1:13:26] our residents, with our business owners, with our community members.

[1:13:30] And sometimes when people slip up, it's like, hey, do you understand?

[1:13:33] Like, I've actually seen you guys do this.

[1:13:34] So it's actually quite incredible.

[1:13:35] It's like talking to people and giving them the support, that mentorship, that guidance

[1:13:39] that sometimes we need.

[1:13:40] And sometimes we don't have that or have those figures in our lives.

[1:13:43] and so, and I've actually, I'm aware that you guys have done that for individuals as

[1:13:47] one, and I think that actually does help and does provide support. I just wanted to

[1:13:53] say again, really amazing work. I'm mindful again of the climate where in situations we

[1:14:01] find ourselves in as well, but I start to take away or to take any light away, honestly,

[1:14:07] for the great work, our law enforcement, all of our officers, all of our staff are doing

[1:14:13] each and every single day to keep our community safe, to keep our residents well, and to connect

[1:14:18] people to the resources. Even thinking about like a national night out, it was talked about by the

[1:14:22] interns, talked about with, with the others as well. It's not just an opportunity for residents

[1:14:27] to come and meet, you know, their officers, their PD staff or anything like that. It's also connecting

[1:14:33] them to resources and it's essentially matchmaking and it's kind of like that

[1:14:40] and I look at it through that lens of saying they're like you know if you

[1:14:42] find yourself as I should building up on the other comment if like if you

[1:14:45] find yourself in a situation where you find out resources that are available

[1:14:51] maybe it's not a resource to you but maybe you may know somebody that can

[1:14:54] benefit from having access to that or being aware that it even exists I mean a

[1:14:58] a lot of times, see that one.

[1:15:00] I work for the state legislature, had calls from everyone in various types of situations. I felt

[1:15:06] like I was doing a little bit of navigating them, helping them get connected to the right support and resources. And

[1:15:13] I know that this also happens through our PDS role. So I just wanted to say thank you. I appreciate you all and to our residents,

[1:15:20] you know, please come out, national night out, get to know the great people that occupy,

[1:15:27] currently are existing police department, but also who will soon be occupying the new building

[1:15:32] that will be soon open to the public. But I appreciate you, thank you, and I appreciate all of that.

[1:15:39] Thank you.

[1:15:40] You're right, Smith.

[1:15:42] As usual, this is great.

[1:15:46] This is really nice.

[1:15:50] You had to have such a wonderful job.

[1:15:53] And you know, Chief, that I break about our police department all over the place.

[1:16:01] I think our community, for the most part, basically, feels very comfortable with our officers.

[1:16:10] unlike what I read on social media, the people in some other cities, they don't

[1:16:17] really like their police departments. So a

[1:16:23] lot of reasons.

[1:16:27] And I think it's

[1:16:28] because they,

[1:16:35] the people don't really know how to interact with the police. You've

[1:16:42] taught them that how to interact with our police department.

[1:16:50] I see when he

[1:16:51] good things for you and for our city and your new building and I'm looking forward

[1:16:58] to it being open. Thanks for everything you do, all of you.

[1:17:03] We are too, thank you. Yeah, this is beautiful. I go what my colleagues here say about your

[1:17:12] report and everything that you do for sure. One thing that I want to include in all of this

[1:17:19] This is the solid foundation that I see that the San Pablo Police Department has because

[1:17:29] if your foundation was not solid and it was shaken and you were a bad boss and you

[1:17:35] were just good here, you know, you talked well but treated your employees bad, that would

[1:17:42] show up and it doesn't.

[1:17:44] And so I just want to commend you first, and it rolls, everything rolls down here, right?

[1:17:49] So if you're good, the rest of your staff is good, and the rest of the people are good,

[1:17:53] and people are good to each other.

[1:17:54] We're not perfect.

[1:17:55] We are going to have our little issues, and we sometimes have to step up and say no because

[1:18:01] I am the boss, type of thing, but I appreciate that, I just, it's just that sense of community

[1:18:11] that you not only bring to our community but also to the community, the whole police

[1:18:19] department and the inside of staff. So thank you. And you know my heart always says love you guys.

[1:18:29] Thank you so much. Yes. So thank you for the presentation. It's wonderful.

[1:18:36] Next item. City manager

[1:18:39] your remarks. And just to reflect there was no public comment on that last item.

[1:18:44] No, there are no.

[1:18:45] Okay, City Manager, Marks. Thank you, Madam Clerk. So two announcements. This Saturday, August 8th is our next dumpster day event.

[1:18:54] Sponsored by our Public Works Maintenance Division, located at 2600 log of road.

[1:18:59] The event starts at 7 a.m. until the dumpsters get full or 12 noon, whichever occurs first.

[1:19:04] First, this is an opportunity for city residents living in the incorporated area of San Pablo

[1:19:09] to dispose of unwanted household items for free.

[1:19:13] Proof of San Pablo Residency is required, maintenance staff will not unload items and

[1:19:19] no commercial vehicles will be accepted.

[1:19:22] Also the city cannot accept any mattresses, electronic devices, tires, batteries, or any household

[1:19:28] hazardous materials.

[1:19:29] For more information, please contact our Public Works Maintenance Division at 510-215-307-0.

[1:19:38] And secondly, just to reiterate, again, tomorrow is our 2026 National Night Out event,

[1:19:44] sponsor by the San Pablo Police Department, Chief Boobar and PD staff have been

[1:19:49] busily preparing for our annual event, which is one of our largest in our community.

[1:19:52] every year. Food trucks, vendor booths, PD vehicles, live entertainment, games and prizes,

[1:19:59] as raffles.

[1:20:00] K-9 demonstrations, car show, and meeting our masks got Pablo. The event will be scheduled at the San Pablo Community Center, 2450-020 in San Pablo. For more information or questions, please contact Al McGill at 4150-215-3150. And that includes the city manager's remarks.

[1:20:21] Next

[1:20:25] item?

[1:20:25] Next item?

[1:20:26] Consent calendar.

[1:20:29] Consent calendar includes routine items that are being acted by one motion.

[1:20:35] There will be no separate discussion of these items.

[1:20:38] If discussion is requested, the item will be removed from the consent calendar and considered

[1:20:44] separately.

[1:20:46] Mayor, would you or any council members like the poll, any items for a discussion?

[1:20:52] I'll ask the Dias, my colleagues on the Dias.

[1:20:57] Council Member Cruz.

[1:20:58] No, thank you.

[1:21:00] Council Member Ponce.

[1:21:01] No, thank you.

[1:21:02] Council Member Pineda.

[1:21:04] No, thank you.

[1:21:05] Vice Mayor Xavier.

[1:21:06] No, thank you.

[1:21:07] I would like to pull the first item, please.

[1:21:13] The meeting minutes are item five, two, six, three, seven, zero.

[1:21:17] They're on item five and zero, it's up.

[1:21:19] So

[1:21:25] is there any public comment on the remainder of the consent calendar?

[1:21:31] No there aren't.

[1:21:32] Okay.

[1:21:33] So the City Council wants to entertain a motion to approve the consent calendar except for item number five.

[1:21:41] I would like to move to approve everything except item number five.

[1:21:46] Thank you.

[1:21:47] Council member Cruz.

[1:21:49] Aye.

[1:21:50] Council member Ponce.

[1:21:51] Aye.

[1:21:51] Council Member Pineda.

[1:21:54] My name is Mary Xavier.

[1:21:56] I am Mayor Pabón Alvarado.

[1:21:58] I, yes, that's what this is.

[1:22:00] That was item five for number 26, 370.

[1:22:04] Five item number five.

[1:22:06] My ID, 26, 370.

[1:22:10] Consider adopting resolution of the City Council

[1:22:13] of the City of San Pablo.

[1:22:15] One, appropriating fiscal year 26, 27.

[1:22:19] Joe Fund designated reserves fund 110 in the amount of $249,000 to the Citywide

[1:22:28] beautification project 0505 to approving fiscal year 2627 designated capital

[1:22:37] project allocations and three amending the adopted fiscal year 2627

[1:22:45] and capital improvement program, budget effective August 3, 2026.

[1:22:51] Thank you, ma'am clerk.

[1:22:53] So, emergency to council, staff can proceed with the formal presentation that was provided

[1:22:59] at our recent temporary ad hoc subcommittee on July 8th, as well as our budget fiscal

[1:23:06] legislative state and committee on July 29th.

[1:23:09] And just from initial background, this has been a beautification plan that was initiated

[1:23:15] when you have first adopted your council party work plan for fiscal year 2527 back on April 7th of 2025.

[1:23:24] And through September 25th to date, city staff had been working in concert with an engineering consultant

[1:23:31] along with the temporary ad hoc subcommittee consisting of Mayor Pabona Barato and Councilor Ponce

[1:23:37] to recommend a number of capital improvements for fiscal year 2627 year one implementation.

[1:23:44] and following that input, our budget fiscal legislative stand committee on July 29th recommended a one-time funding appropriation of 249,000 for those six improvement projects to be allocated and appropriated this evening by resolution, and that was formally recommended by the stand committee.

[1:24:05] So at this time to give a full background of the timeline and process of the development

[1:24:11] of the citywide modification plan, I have our environmental programs, Manjaro Mandibuth,

[1:24:17] who's here, who can provide the formal presentation that was previously addressed with the Staying

[1:24:23] Committee last week.

[1:24:25] Amanda.

[1:24:25] Good evening, Council.

[1:24:28] Unfortunately, this Jim Mercurio was unable to be here today, so I'll be presenting in

[1:24:31] her absence, but we'll be talking about the City of San Pablo citywide beautification program.

[1:24:37] So to start, we're going to just go through the background of where, you know, how we

[1:24:41] got here.

[1:24:41] So in April of 2025, Council chose to amend their priority work plan to include a new policy

[1:24:48] to explore a new citywide beautification plan.

[1:24:51] Then in September of that year, the Council directed the city manager to proceed with the

[1:24:58] project implementation.

[1:25:00] After that, the staff came back in January and presented some conceptual projects to council. Along

[1:25:07] with that council, the voted on some guidelines, which we'll go over a little later regarding

[1:25:12] how these projects would be decided. Then in April of 2026, council awarded a contract

[1:25:17] to an engineering firm WaterEarth, who helped the staff to put together the plan, and at that

[1:25:29] to help develop that draft plan.

[1:25:32] Then in July of 26, the draft plan was presented

[1:25:38] to the temporary ad hoc subcommittee,

[1:25:41] where they received recommendations

[1:25:43] and moved forward to the Budget Fiscal

[1:25:45] Legislative Standard Committee in late July of 2026,

[1:25:50] which recommended one time funding appropriations

[1:25:52] of $249,000 and then presented it and brought it

[1:25:57] to full council, which is where we're here tonight.

[1:25:59] So lots of different meetings up to this point, but we'll go ahead and present on the full plan.

[1:26:05] So with the plan, there were six categories that these projects fell under, economic development, landscaping,

[1:26:12] straight maintenance, street trees, public art, and miscellaneous, and we'll go through each one of the projects that fall under the categories.

[1:26:18] With the guidelines that the council had adopted, each project was to cost less than $75,000 each.

[1:26:25] The total budget was to be $250,000 annually,

[1:26:29] and we were to be complying with all of our policy and regulations and public contract and code when going through these projects.

[1:26:37] The, right now we're going to go through each of the projects.

[1:26:42] So the first category was economic development and there was two projects submitted under that one.

[1:26:46] So that was the citywide marketing and branding signage.

[1:26:49] So that was a lot of our wayfinding projects or updating a lot of our wayfinding signs.

[1:26:54] The second one under that category was the Citywide Street Pole Banner Program.

[1:26:59] And again, we'll go into a little bit more detail with most of these.

[1:27:03] Under the Landscape and Maintenance, we had four projects, which was the City Hall,

[1:27:07] the new City Holiday Tree project, the Adobe and Historic Facilities Fencing and Landscaping project,

[1:27:15] the Wildcat Curec beautification project, and the Citywide Neighborhood Traffic Circle Assessment and Improvements project.

[1:27:22] project, then under the curb and gutter sidewalk and ADA improvements, there was two projects,

[1:27:29] the citywide pedestrian safety crosswalk improvements and the citywide bus shelter

[1:27:33] and bus stop improvement program, category 4 with street medians and this involved new

[1:27:38] monument entry sign replacements and the new citywide landscape street median projects.

[1:27:45] And then finally we have the street trees, public art and miscellaneous and under each of those

[1:27:50] project for street trees was an annual street tree replacement program. Under public arts we had

[1:27:55] two projects which is the development program. Developing a program for administering citywide

[1:28:01] public art throughout the city and then also the citywide art and murals program and then the final

[1:28:07] miscellaneous projects was a need or hood public work or public works mobile camera for enhanced

[1:28:13] legal dumping monitoring. So after looking at each and one of those projects our

[1:28:20] consultant helped us to develop criteria and with how each of these projects

[1:28:23] would be evaluated. This you're seeing the scoring criteria up here based on

[1:28:28] how quickly it could be implemented, how much it cost, how much impact it would

[1:28:32] have on the community and all of those things. So each project was given and

[1:28:35] weighted score and with that we prioritized projects for ones that we could do

[1:28:39] quickly within the first year and then projects that within follow-up on

[1:28:42] years two and three of this program. So with that, got recommended these six projects

[1:28:49] for the first year, and they are the Street Pole Banner Program, the Way Finding Project,

[1:28:55] the Camera Enhancements and Monitoring for Illegal Dumping, the Wildcat Cute Beautification,

[1:28:59] the Historical Facilities Fencing, and the Annual Street Tree Replacement Program. So those

[1:29:04] are the first year, those are the six projects that given the fiscal constraints and the fact

[1:29:10] that we are down quite a few engineering staff.

[1:29:12] It was the one that the staff thought that they could actually take on within this first year.

[1:29:17] So, to go into each one of these a little bit more detail.

[1:29:20] So we have the city wide street poll banner program.

[1:29:22] This would be to purchase and install banners owned on city street lights.

[1:29:27] The first year would be installing 50 of these banners.

[1:29:29] And the banners were previously purchased by the Economic Development and Housing Division.

[1:29:35] You can see the one for San Pablo here, which would be the first ones that we put out.

[1:29:39] And so these would go along San Pablo Avenue creating a bit of a corridor really highlighting the businesses in that area and going with that marketing scheme that the city has been undertaking that would cost $15,500 and in future years it would cost up to $70,000 for additional banners and installation.

[1:29:58] We said minimal on-

[1:30:00] I'm going to go and cost because they're pretty durable materials. They would be have to replace over time, but they have a pretty long life. The second one is our wayfinding program. The wayfinding sign was installed about 10 years ago. And we've actually had a lot of facilities that have moved around since then. And so this would be updating all of those wayfinding signs to ensure that they're all appropriately directing people to the various facilities, whether that be city hall or health facilities, the library.

[1:30:28] all of those things have actually moved in those 10 years.

[1:30:30] And so confirming that all of those signs are correct and updating them throughout the city

[1:30:35] that cost us $30,000 within an additional $30,000 to complete in a future year.

[1:30:45] There we go. The next one is our neighborhood mobile cameras for illegal dumping.

[1:30:50] There are currently 12 cameras and so this would be increased in the program from 12 to 18 cameras

[1:30:55] and replacing all of the batteries and memory cards in the current 12 that we have operating.

[1:31:02] When we install these cameras, they come on poles that we can move around the city and

[1:31:06] they're solar powered, and they have Wi-Fi connections so that we can connect to the

[1:31:10] cameras.

[1:31:11] The cost for this program is about $27,500, but it does not include the monitoring of the

[1:31:17] videos and the pursuing of the prosecution after the fact it is just for the camera installation

[1:31:21] itself.

[1:31:24] The next project is the Wildcat Creek beautification project, so this is to provide more regular

[1:31:30] other trash and litter abatement along Wildcat Creek.

[1:31:33] This project would actually be hiring a conservation

[1:31:38] coerce, like civic court to come and do restoration

[1:31:42] along Wildcat Creek.

[1:31:43] We're moving a lot of trash, moving some of the invasives

[1:31:45] that capture that trash.

[1:31:47] And we would be focusing on two priority areas, Wildcat Creek

[1:31:50] behind City Hall, between Vale and Church,

[1:31:52] and then along Wildcat Creek at Davis Park,

[1:31:55] which are two most heavily impacted areas.

[1:31:57] The cost for this is $67,500 and continued funding would be needed to maintain this level

[1:32:04] of effort to keep our waterways clean.

[1:32:08] The next project is the historical facilities fencing, so we would be replacing fencing around

[1:32:13] the historic facilities that would be aligned with the requirements of that and then also along

[1:32:19] the backside along the creek replacing the chain link fence which is pretty consistently

[1:32:22] cut to a rot iron fence which would be much more durable.

[1:32:25] This will encourage legal access to those sites as well as the adjacent housing property.

[1:32:30] The cost for this is $70,000 and we don't anticipate any additional funding in the future needed for this project.

[1:32:40] Then we have the citywide annual street tree replacement program and we fairly consistently have trees that are hit by cars or taken down or that die.

[1:32:49] And so this, with this program, it would be multi-year, and we'd be replacing 15 to 20 trees

[1:32:55] this year.

[1:32:56] We're pairing the sidewalk around the trees.

[1:32:58] Trees actually have a very difficult time growing in these type of environments, so we

[1:33:02] usually have to dig up a fair amount around the tree to replace the soil to amend it so

[1:33:06] that that tree actually have a more likely to survive the life of a street tree.

[1:33:12] So it's more expensive than what people would think to actually replace a street tree because

[1:33:16] it's very hard for them to live there.

[1:33:17] So it's 42,500 for those approximately 15 to 20 trees to get replaced, and we would need continuing funding to continue that level of replacement year on year-on-year-own.

[1:33:27] This also doesn't include hand watering, which most of our trees don't have irrigation. So our for the establishment period, which is considered one year, we would have to go around with our water buffalo and actually hand water these trees.

[1:33:39] So this is the list of all of those projects and how we got to that to just about $250,000.

[1:33:44] So for year one each broken down, again, we stayed within those parameters that the Council

[1:33:51] requested, which was each project less than $75,000 and a maximum of $250,000 per year

[1:33:56] for the total project.

[1:33:58] So this is that just broken down and added up.

[1:34:02] Then in fiscal year two, from the priority weighted programming that happened, these are the

[1:34:08] projects that we would be taking on the next year.

[1:34:10] so this would be the landscaping and street medians program, the traffic

[1:34:14] surgical assessment improvements, developing a policy and criteria for the

[1:34:19] public art, new monument sign entry replacements, the holiday tree, and

[1:34:24] additional work for the Adobe historical fencing. So this year's the rot iron

[1:34:28] fencing in future years would be like white picket fences around the front that

[1:34:31] actually match with the historical requirements of those buildings. And then in

[1:34:35] year three, we have the citywide art and murals program, the bus shelter

[1:34:40] bus stop program, the annual street replacement program continuing now from our major quarters

[1:34:46] to our residential streets, and then our citywide pedestrian and safe crosswalk improvements.

[1:34:51] And if anybody has any questions on these particular ones we can go into a little bit more detail,

[1:34:56] but these would be for future years.

[1:35:00] So with that today, really, we want to receive this presentation, then there was an item that was obviously pulled off consent with the resolution to approve these projects and the funding that goes with them to go towards this project and formal for formal approval tonight. And I'm happy to answer any questions. Okay, thank you, Amanda. This is actually doesn't happen when somebody pulls an item than the whole presentation happens, right? But I'm glad that it was presented to the staff.

[1:35:29] to the council. I'm going to go around really quickly and see if anyone has any questions

[1:35:34] because I have a few councilmember Cruz, the other questions.

[1:35:40] No, I just wasn't aware about the mobile cameras, how you moving around the city. So you

[1:35:48] move them to hotspots. How do you find other hotspots in the city?

[1:35:53] There's a few ways we can do that. One, we have an asset management system called cartograph.

[1:35:57] So every time we pick up a legal dumping our maintenance team is actually geolocating where that was at

[1:36:02] And so we can start to do assessments when we see a lot of dots in one area

[1:36:05] We can start to move a camera to that area and say okay. This is become a hotspot area

[1:36:09] We don't know why but we're gonna move a camera there

[1:36:11] We also move it based on our neighborhood champions

[1:36:14] They get feedback from their residents because one of the hardest things to do is with these cameras

[1:36:18] You'll get hours and hours and hours of footage and it's hard to narrow it down when an actual a legal dumping will happen

[1:36:24] And so we do prioritize the ones with the neighborhood champions because they call us when the next morning when they notice

[1:36:29] Hey last night it happened that way we have 12 hours of footage to go over rather than you know

[1:36:33] Maybe four or five days with a footage to go over so they help us out

[1:36:38] And they have their neighbors help us out

[1:36:39] So we prioritize some of those neighborhood champion areas when we have a legal dumping in that

[1:36:45] And then we also have people that call in and say hey

[1:36:47] We're really seeing a spike in our area. Can you please bring one to this location?

[1:36:51] And so then we will, we prioritize that and we'll relocate those to those areas.

[1:36:56] And we have a couple that our staff just know where we have consistent illegal dumping

[1:37:00] issues and so we also monitor those.

[1:37:02] So we just move them around the city as need be.

[1:37:04] Keep everybody on their toes.

[1:37:07] So the cost, the cost that your request is for the battery replacement and what else?

[1:37:13] The new SD cards, they get weathered over time as well as these ones will have greater,

[1:37:18] there are two terabyte cards that are much bigger in the amount of data that they can hold

[1:37:23] as well.

[1:37:24] Okay.

[1:37:25] Okay.

[1:37:25] That's all the questions I have.

[1:37:26] Thank you.

[1:37:28] Council Member Ponce.

[1:37:30] I'll wait for my questions and comments to then.

[1:37:33] Thank you.

[1:37:34] Council Member Pineda.

[1:37:35] No questions.

[1:37:36] Your comments.

[1:37:36] Vice Mayor Xavier.

[1:37:38] No questions.

[1:37:40] Thank you.

[1:37:40] So I pulled it because I just want to say I really do appreciate the work that the staff

[1:37:44] has done to recognize, has done and recognized that the year one project generally come from

[1:37:52] the beautiful creation plan. So I got this that we had all reviewed already in January.

[1:37:58] My concern is whether or not these projects were identified. But whether the first year funding

[1:38:03] reflects the vision council had when we created a citywide beautification program. The January

[1:38:12] plan envisioned a program that would transform the appearance of San Pablo

[1:38:17] through gateway improvements, landscape mediums, neighborhood landscaping,

[1:38:23] public art, pedestrian enhancement, creek beautification, branding, and street

[1:38:28] trees. However, further review, the proposal to implementation, I noticed that many

[1:38:36] of the projects that residents would most readily recognize as beautifications such as landscape

[1:38:44] street media and public art gateway improvements, ADA, pedestrian enhancements and neighborhood

[1:38:50] landscaping has been moved to year two and year three under the heading possible projects.

[1:39:00] The word possible concerns me. Possible does not mean funded. Possible does not mean scheduled.

[1:39:06] possible does not mean they will happen. It means they may happen if future funding and priorities allow.

[1:39:15] As a result, what we are proving tonight is primarily a first year focus on projects such as illegal,

[1:39:23] dumping cameras, fencing, placement, replacement, banners, and limited, limited tree replacement.

[1:39:31] These are worthwhile projects, but several more accurately describe as maintenance, asset

[1:39:38] protection, and enforcement than transformational beautification.

[1:39:44] You have to admit that because putting more cameras up is not going to beautify the city.

[1:39:51] that's the, finally, after enforcement goes in months.

[1:40:00] I don't know to catch the person who is continuing to dump in this one spot, right, while other places. I mean, it's not really going to give us that that affect the first year because the beautification is a byproduct, right? And there's still enforcement that has to be done. I mean, it's just, it's not impactful. It doesn't give us that what we at least what I was looking for in the first year.

[1:40:28] So my concern is that if the projects that truly change the look and feel the San Pablo

[1:40:36] remain only possible projects, then the city may never realize the broader beautification

[1:40:44] vision that council discussed in January.

[1:40:48] Residents could still see deteriorated mediums, limited landscaping, and corridors that lack

[1:40:58] the visual improvements we envisioned, at least that was me.

[1:41:04] For example, the proposed includes funding to replace approximately 15 to 23 trees where

[1:41:11] trees have died or been damaged.

[1:41:16] I mean, that's an important maintenance activity, but replace a small number of trees does not

[1:41:22] substantially expand our urban look or create a city-wide beautification many

[1:41:31] residents are expecting. I would like for us to consider whether some of the

[1:41:37] funding allocated to maintenance asset protection which is defensing on the

[1:41:41] historical building and enforcement could instead be invested and projects that

[1:41:48] provide immediate visible improvements. Projects like landscapes, mediums, gateway, enhancements.

[1:41:59] I believe that they are four entry. There's two, and one of them we are going to start working on

[1:42:07] it, but the one over here on San Pavelo and Robert F. Miller Drive, that is uncapped. I don't know how

[1:42:18] anybody can be okay with funding something like more cameras, where we already have cameras

[1:42:27] and funding six more cameras. How much is it going to cost? 42? 27,000.

[1:42:35] But it really is not,

[1:42:36] that's not really a beautification project.

[1:42:41] Projects like landscaping, mediums, gateway enhancements,

[1:42:45] neighborhood landscaping, and public art so that the residents can actually see citywide

[1:42:50] beautification taking shape in its first year rather than waiting for projects that are currently

[1:42:57] listed only as possible. That's the part that I that gets me.

[1:43:09] The way-finding program,

[1:43:13] that one is, why would that be beautification when really that needs to happen? If we didn't have

[1:43:21] the budget for beautification, would it we keep it that way that the way that old signs are?

[1:43:28] So, wayfinding is considered beautification because you're enhancing wayfinding.

[1:43:33] But we have a community. So, we need to replace the ones that are outdated and obsolete

[1:43:39] and make sure they're reflective of the current location of your city landmarks and locations.

[1:43:44] So, it is a beautification. The current wayfinding signs are in color and they're very

[1:43:50] and we're looking to replace those with something similar or better than that.

[1:43:54] That's more actually accurate.

[1:43:57] So, again, these are all beautification items.

[1:44:00] I know you don't agree with it, Mayor.

[1:44:02] But remember, we had a process.

[1:44:03] And that process involved input from an ad hoc subcommittee,

[1:44:08] which you participate on in July 8th.

[1:44:10] And you also have another colleague who participated on that ad hoc subcommittee.

[1:44:14] And there was formal recommendation to move forward with these six projects.

[1:44:18] If it's the desire of the Council to change that process and not move forward with this item, we can certainly delay it if you want to reevaluate and reconsider that this funding and allocation, but at least these are six projects we can initiate get started and as funding becomes available at the mid-year cycle.

[1:44:38] Council can certainly reevaluate where we are and start programming the year two and year three projects.

[1:44:45] Some of those year or two year through projects don't have a cost estimate yet, so we still need more evaluation on those for us.

[1:44:52] So if nearly half of our year one funding is being directed toward fencing cameras and replacement.

[1:45:18] The first time when we were called for the meeting, it kind of struck me and said, okay, what I did was I went back and I really started studying what you were doing.

[1:45:29] were proposing, but was a proposal from the staff. And you know, like there's six proposals,

[1:45:39] three of them will certainly enhance the city immediately. And three is more of a maintenance.

[1:45:46] And I just wonder, why would you, why wouldn't we give our, give the city and the people who live

[1:45:56] here, that real beautification project. Some of this, let's say the 27,500 further additional

[1:46:08] six cameras,

[1:46:13] that actually could be for more trees on San Pablo Dam Road. I mean San

[1:46:22] Pablo, San Pablo Avenue over here, where the Robert F. Miller drives, and San Pablo.

[1:46:29] That is a pretty, you know, pretty sad area. And a lot of it, actually, is kind of, and I appreciate this.

[1:46:37] You know, and I appreciate that I can bring this up, and I don't have to sit down and go, okay, well, that's what the city manager says.

[1:46:43] It's going to be what that story is going to be. I want to come back and say, hey, can we think about, you know, how, how else we can bring

[1:46:50] beautiful to the city of San Pablo I think I think a city of you know people

[1:46:56] deserve it I really really do believe that so we deserve we deserve not

[1:47:02] maintenance projects so much as really new beautification I am allowed as also

[1:47:10] to take time to review what has been presented to me in the ad hoc committee and I

[1:47:19] and I would encourage everyone else to do the same,

[1:47:22] like when something is presented to go back

[1:47:25] and really review what is really going on.

[1:47:29] I went back to Pinot and also Hercules

[1:47:33] in their budget structure.

[1:47:35] And some of these three items are actually in maintenance.

[1:47:38] And that's where I got the ideas, like wow.

[1:47:40] They have an maintenance, but we have an imbeutification.

[1:47:43] How is that?

[1:47:45] Isn't it the same?

[1:47:47] I mean I can answer that some of the O&M costs associated with maintenance are improvements

[1:47:54] and so you're using one time money for that purpose because these are projects that we

[1:48:00] can actually implement possibly without having to go out to a formal bid or to hire a

[1:48:05] contractor we can actually do it in-house.

[1:48:08] So it may appear that the face value is maintenance but they are improvements so that's the point

[1:48:13] of the year one plan is to work within the parameters that the Council establish.

[1:48:18] This isn't city manager driven. The Council established the project parameters

[1:48:21] back in January by majority vote. I have that established. The temporary ad hoc subcamy on April 6th

[1:48:29] by majority vote. You met as a temporary ad hoc subcamy on July 8th and both

[1:48:34] Council members recommend its formal consideration, the Council, and then as the Buddhist

[1:48:39] is fiscal or to say staying committed,

[1:48:40] you appropriated the funding recommendation.

[1:48:43] So we're at the 11th hour.

[1:48:44] So the choice before the council is,

[1:48:47] if the rebalance of the council members

[1:48:49] want to align their opinions along with the mayor's opinion,

[1:48:52] you can certainly do that and we can delay this item

[1:48:56] and bring it back for the consideration.

[1:48:58] However, we lose the opportunity

[1:49:00] to implement the first initial six projects

[1:49:04] and expend the 249,000,

[1:49:06] in which the council initially directed back on Channel 20th.

[1:49:10] So that's the decision point.

[1:49:12] Otherwise, you can move forward as we scheduled

[1:49:15] with all the council ad hoc and staying community input

[1:49:18] and approve this side

[1:49:19] and what the funding allocation or recommendation

[1:49:22] and actually get projects in the ground

[1:49:24] and working this year one.

[1:49:26] Your two and your three are gonna come back to you

[1:49:29] most likely in January of 27th

[1:49:31] when we finish our year and audit for fiscal year 25th, 26th.

[1:49:35] We'll replenish your fiscal resiliency reserve policy operating reserves, and there may be some additional one-time money that we could earmarked

[1:49:44] to show up year one, year two, and year three project lists. But again, more work is needed on cost estimating the projects for year two and year three.

[1:49:55] So there's more time, and more evaluation, and funding needed for those.

[1:50:00] You're two, you're three projects. And we may be able to expedite one or two of those programs or projects if we have the ability to do so. But right now, I'm dealing with a limited engineering staff. I don't have a permanent public works director until next month. We also have a vacant senior civil engineer which the council will be reclassifying to an engineering services manager that we need to recruit and backfill. So we're down key project management engineering staff in order to

[1:50:29] can do further analysis and doing more evaluation

[1:50:32] of these projects.

[1:50:33] That's the two decisions before that.

[1:50:35] But this is a really small city.

[1:50:37] So for us to do so many analysis is just like shameful.

[1:50:40] So why were the most visible beautification projects

[1:50:46] deferred to year two and three?

[1:50:48] I can help to answer that question.

[1:50:50] So I know, I mean, you guys were talking a lot about,

[1:50:53] there's a lot that goes into everything a city does.

[1:50:56] And believe it or not, street meetings are quite difficult.

[1:50:58] Every time you change a street median, you have to get a traffic engineer.

[1:51:01] There's sight distance issues.

[1:51:02] You have to determine which trees.

[1:51:04] You can't plant trees that are going to drop limbs because that's a traffic issue.

[1:51:08] There's a whole analysis that actually has to go into what type of tree you pick will

[1:51:14] that work in our climate?

[1:51:15] Will that work in the type of soil that's in that median?

[1:51:18] How wide is that median?

[1:51:19] Does it have enough root space for that particular tree?

[1:51:22] So I know it seems a very simple task.

[1:51:25] Well, why don't we just plant a tree?

[1:51:26] We plant trees all over the place.

[1:51:27] Medians and street trees are the hardest things to plant and not have them instantly die.

[1:51:32] The other thing is we don't have a lot of irrigation along our medians and so we have

[1:51:36] to be very thoughtful about the trees that we plant because we have to hand water them

[1:51:39] which is both a safety concern for our meat contractors when we're out there because it takes

[1:51:43] so long to do it and things like San Pablo Avenue we would have to take off a lane during

[1:51:47] that short time but nonetheless take down lanes to be going and doing that so it's not

[1:51:51] that we don't want to do it right away it just takes a lot more steps to do things like

[1:51:55] media and maintenance because there are so many steps involved and the approvals that

[1:52:00] you have to get through your traffic engineers, through your arborists, all of those things that

[1:52:04] have to happen. And I know it sounds very bureaucratic. And I know it's just that every other

[1:52:10] city is beautiful. And we are not. And you know, I mean, if you compare it, we've done a good job,

[1:52:17] but this year one, I really, really was looking at this and saying, you know, this is not going to

[1:52:24] that's what we need. And then that whole word possible funding for year two and three, that one kind of bug

[1:52:30] me a lot because it's like, we're going to sit here in two years or next year and it's going to be the same.

[1:52:36] Well, there's not enough money. We got to, you know, raise taxes again.

[1:52:40] And it's just really, really for me knowing how we could have a more impact.

[1:52:48] So the city and the beautification and these are the three, you know, the six, these are the three that we chose to do.

[1:52:55] That is especially with the cameras.

[1:52:57] It's really not directly related to beautification.

[1:53:03] Anyway, I'm not finished at the meeting that we had.

[1:53:12] The last meeting that we had that this was presented at our meeting.

[1:53:16] I requested, and Maria, I believe that you wrote this, these requests down.

[1:53:26] One of them was that if these projects, because all these costs are estimates, if in the

[1:53:39] end we have not spent all this money in this one project, let's just say that the

[1:53:45] trees didn't cost. How much is it?

[1:53:52] 42,500. Let's say that we have an additional, you know, $10,000 on there. Let's say that

[1:54:01] in the fencing it didn't cost 70,000 but it cost 60,000, right? Do we have to wait for

[1:54:08] So can we begin the next year's projects with the money that's left over?

[1:54:15] So let me answer that.

[1:54:16] So, Marin Council, like I said, when we will address this potential program for year two and year three,

[1:54:26] is at your mid-year budget cycle when we adopt your act for.

[1:54:30] So when we adopt your act for, and we replenish your fiscal resiliency reserve policy operating reserves,

[1:54:36] there may be additional one time money that we will identify and if that money is available

[1:54:43] we can program it into funding year one year two or year three projects. So at that time

[1:54:49] since we don't have that information yet that discussion is going to get deferred until

[1:54:55] limit your budget cycle and at that point if we have a

[1:55:00] Additional funding from the existing six projects that you hopefully approve tonight. We can also program any remaining balances because it's going to be in Project 320, right? So those are capital project funds, which can be airmarked to supplement or to be redirected to another capital project if there's funding left over. So again, all this stuff is a work in progress. So once we get to the mid-cycle, I promise you, we'll come back

[1:55:29] and we'll do a CIP budget update, and part of that discussion will involve the City of

[1:55:36] Libertification Plan and reconsidering any existing projects and possibly programming your

[1:55:43] two or your three projects ahead of time if there's ample funding available, but we're

[1:55:48] not at that point.

[1:55:49] Right, but I just wanted for the record to know that we want, you know, I would like to

[1:55:57] see that happen, because this whole year two possible funding just read me the wrong

[1:56:05] way.

[1:56:06] Yeah, just because that means that our city could potentially have year one where we have

[1:56:14] the funds and then year two, well, you know, we said it was possible, but we just read

[1:56:19] a point now in August where we don't have a crystal ball yet and we still need to do

[1:56:25] work on the cost estimates for the remaining projects and there's also some policies that

[1:56:31] you're going to have to adopt related to the public art because we do have a separate

[1:56:34] funding source for that program which is going to require a separate process to kind of

[1:56:40] co-inside with the CYB Reification Plan so there's a lot of moving parts to this again we have

[1:56:49] a new public work district are coming on board next month that person could also shed some

[1:56:54] some light and maybe streamline some of the project

[1:56:56] implementation.

[1:56:58] But again, to revisit a lot of these issues,

[1:57:00] January, 2027 at the midpoint is the appropriate time

[1:57:03] where we can evaluate and look at additional funding sources

[1:57:08] and future programming of the remaining projects

[1:57:10] for year two and year three.

[1:57:12] And maybe do them earlier than planned.

[1:57:14] We just don't have that information yet.

[1:57:18] So we would wait until January, 2027 for us

[1:57:23] Just review whether or not there's any additional funding from this 249, 249,000.

[1:57:31] Yes, and fund 320 if there's any remaining funds of the 249,000 that you hopefully will

[1:57:36] appropriate tonight.

[1:57:38] So again, everything's a moving process and we still have to do more work internally and

[1:57:44] evaluate where we are and then see of those six projects if all of them can get completed

[1:57:50] within the next eight months, anything that's left over will reevaluate and

[1:57:55] that there's more one time funding or a grant source we identify that can fund

[1:58:00] the additional projects in year two and year three will bring that forward

[1:58:03] and provide a recommendation. Yeah, one of the saddest things is that the way that I

[1:58:07] fought for this doesn't give me a lot of confidence. That's that's why you know

[1:58:12] because it's like I've been and I shouldn't fight. Our city should be beautiful. We

[1:58:17] We've had the money, we've had it, you know, we've decided to put it elsewhere or whatever

[1:58:26] it is, but I think it's a time and I don't really, again, I don't trust that the...

[1:58:35] Madam Mayor, I have a question for the city manager.

[1:58:38] So Matt, it's okay, go ahead.

[1:58:43] No, no, you won't.

[1:58:44] Sure.

[1:58:44] Okay, thank you.

[1:58:45] Just for the future, the priority work plan, how will that impact all of this?

[1:58:52] Yeah, so one of the things is that parallel to this process, you're going to be retooling

[1:58:57] your work plan.

[1:58:58] We hope to start engaging with the council formally on that with a professional facilitator in early

[1:59:05] fall.

[1:59:06] Hopefully October 2026 will be able to have our first council workshop on identifying the

[1:59:13] priorities.

[1:59:14] Also, in early September we'll be adding some priority items to our tracking poll for our

[1:59:22] funding mechanism, which will get some committee feedback on what the community considers to

[1:59:27] be priorities.

[1:59:29] And then the council has to go through the separate process of looking and evaluating those

[1:59:32] priorities, building consensus and doing a ranking of those priorities.

[1:59:36] So there may be some more priority direction from the council on what they consider to be

[1:59:43] the high priority versus me and priority versus a little priority projects.

[1:59:46] I don't know yet until we have that conversation.

[1:59:49] And again, that involves the entire council.

[1:59:52] So, we're not that potent, but that also could influence how you implement their remaining

[1:59:58] projects for you.

[2:00:00] You're one, you're two, and you're three, and you're city-wide beautification plan. That's the power of the CAP budget amendment. You can always come back, evaluate, shore up funding, add a grant fund, do a lot of different things so that you're continuing to make progress and success at implementing your projects under your city-wide beautification plan. Because it's a three-year plan. Thank you. Thank you Madam Mayor.

[2:00:25] Okay. Council member Ponce. So I just want to make a statement because I am part of the ad hoc subcommittee that the mayor and I are in that reviewed this thoroughly in the meeting last week.

[2:00:42] I also review each package as submitted by staff where everything is written in detail. No. If I were what we're going to speak about and discuss in our meeting.

[2:00:54] both the mayor and I moved forward with the guidelines and timeline recommended by staff.

[2:01:00] We had a broad discussion at that meeting on the criteria and I don't understand why we need

[2:01:07] any changes at this point to what was already approved. I honestly continue to think that this is a

[2:01:15] good timeline. It is a smaller project in essence but with the current staff that we currently have,

[2:01:21] I think this is a really good beginning.

[2:01:24] I do want to see our city completely beautified.

[2:01:28] Let's get that in on the record, 100% beautified.

[2:01:31] Just like any other beautiful city south there.

[2:01:34] But we have to start somewhere.

[2:01:36] And I think this is a good start.

[2:01:42] Also, the work possibly did not come up in our last meeting.

[2:01:46] And since I pledged to be a champion for beautification,

[2:01:50] I have no issues continuing year two and championing

[2:01:55] beautification for the entire city.

[2:01:57] So I just wanted to put that on the record.

[2:02:00] And again, I think that this is a really good beginning for us.

[2:02:04] Finally, enforcement is part of beautification.

[2:02:08] That is all that I have. Thank you.

[2:02:15] Okay. Well, one of the things and I will correct you

[2:02:19] because when we get the council package,

[2:02:22] we don't get the PowerPoints in advance, we don't get to see it, it gets presented at the day of the council.

[2:02:30] There's a lot of information that we receive on day one because we're not getting that in advance.

[2:02:35] So we only get a summary of what's going to be presented.

[2:02:40] We do not get this deep low.

[2:02:42] Now, sure, that last week when we were at the ad hoc committee, it didn't even...

[2:02:51] I asked about five questions anyway because it just something was rubbing me,

[2:02:56] like this something is not comfortable, so I go back and I reread my package

[2:03:01] and then I see possible funding.

[2:03:04] And then I start looking at how other cities are funding these other

[2:03:08] or code enforcement, you know, things that should be on the police department operations,

[2:03:19] which is code enforcement.

[2:03:21] And I also see, you know, those three items that are more maintenance than beautification,

[2:03:28] that's when I start bringing myself to this place is that I'm not ashamed to say, well,

[2:03:33] you know what?

[2:03:34] I've rethought about this because can we have a greater impact on year one than just

[2:03:41] an impact on the side, not even, and then I saw a possibility, a possible funding and

[2:03:49] that's when I was like, okay, this isn't a promising to me.

[2:03:52] So I have that right to come back and go, you know what, let's revisit this, I really

[2:03:59] you do, especially under the possible projects,

[2:04:05] especially how long has it been since we've

[2:04:07] had a beautification program here in the city of San Pablo? Rita, you would know. It's been

[2:04:16] about 12 years, maybe. So I've bought a long time ago. So I do want to say maintenance is

[2:04:32] I would like to motion to approve the item as recommended by staff.

[2:04:38] Not second.

[2:04:42] Councilmember Cruz.

[2:04:44] Aye.

[2:04:45] Councilmember Ponce.

[2:04:46] Aye.

[2:04:47] Councilmember Pineda.

[2:04:48] Aye.

[2:04:49] Vice Mayor Xavier.

[2:04:51] Mayor Perbone Avarado.

[2:04:53] No.

[2:04:55] Motion passes for the one.

[2:04:58] Thank you.

[2:05:01] Okay. Next item. Oh, we have to approve. Oh, yeah, this has been approved. That's part of the packet. Next item. Next item. Public hearing. Item number 18, file ID 26-401. Consider adopting and ordinance of the city council of the city of San Pablo, amending the San Pablo zoning code. Chapter 17.6O.

[2:05:31] special residential uses, section 17.60.070, accessory dwelling units, to update development

[2:05:42] standards and regulations in order to reflect current state law and promote the development

[2:05:48] of accessory dwelling units, ADUs, city attorney?

[2:05:54] Yeah, just a brief reminder that this next item is a public hearing.

[2:05:59] So it will begin with a staff presentation by our senior planner, Griffin Dempsey, and

[2:06:05] then the mayor will open the public hearing, take public comment, close the public hearing,

[2:06:11] and then the council can deliberate and consider the item.

[2:06:15] So in the issue of time, let's go ahead and turn this over to Mr. Dempsey for formal presentation.

[2:06:19] All right. Thank you, City Manager and Council. I'll try to keep this pretty concise.

[2:06:26] Essentially, we have another update to our accessory dwelling unit ordinance. These have

[2:06:32] come before you before. The reason for this is that the state law around ADUs continues

[2:06:38] to evolve. And most recently, we brought forth another round of amendments to planning commission

[2:06:43] in April, HCD, or the State Department of Housing and Community Development. They usually review

[2:06:48] ordinance is after we adopt them, this time it does the courtesy of reviewing it prior

[2:06:52] to adoption, pointed out a few ways that the framework of our ordinance was inconsistent

[2:06:58] with state law. So we went back and took the first round of changes that we brought to

[2:07:03] planning commission and didn't make it to council and incorporated those in a fully rewritten

[2:07:08] ordinance from the ground up that fundamentally doesn't change that much about the practice

[2:07:13] and implementation of accessory dwelling unit approvals in the city, but is much more consistent

[2:07:18] with state law. And we've also incorporated a few changes that go above and beyond state law to

[2:07:23] tie into the city's pending pro housing designation, which those of you who are on the economic development

[2:07:29] and housing standing committee have probably heard about already.

[2:07:34] So essentially as I mentioned,

[2:07:35] it's a fully rewritten structure over ADU ordinance that is centered around a slight rephrasing of

[2:07:42] what the different types of ADUs are,

[2:07:44] as well as changing the multifamily ADU regulations

[2:07:48] to match updated state laws in terms of the number

[2:07:51] and types allowed.

[2:07:53] I won't go too much into the details here,

[2:07:56] but essentially it's just aligning our code

[2:07:58] with what the state is mandating at this point,

[2:08:01] as well as laying out more detailed permit processing

[2:08:03] procedures to make sure that these types of approvals

[2:08:05] move quickly through our department's approval process.

[2:08:10] There are also some changes to the ordinance that were originally proposed in April that are still incorporated, so I wanted to go over these really quick because the planning commission did approve these and then they got kind of subsumed into a larger rewrite but these changes included some changes to the definitions of the square footage, including an appeal process for denial and incompleteness findings, increasing the number of detached ADUs allowed for existing or proposed multi-family buildings.

[2:08:38] owner-occupancy requirements for JADUs and prohibition of rental terms of less than 30 days for JADUs,

[2:08:45] essentially preventing them from being used as Airbnb's or other short-term rentals.

[2:08:50] So those changes got brought on into the larger set of changes,

[2:08:55] revising our ordinance from the ground up.

[2:08:57] Additionally, staff are proposing some changes that go above and beyond what the state law requires.

[2:09:02] This includes increasing the maximum height of ADUs to 20 feet of the even 25 feet of the roofpeak and

[2:09:09] increasing the maximum for area to 1,200 square feet as well as clarifying rules that parking is not required.

[2:09:16] I will note parking was essentially never required because the state only allowed

[2:09:20] or parking under certain circumstances which nowhere in the city met because we're too close to public transit.

[2:09:27] So we just swept it clean said no parking just to clean up the code make it easier to administer.

[2:09:31] or that's not changing how the rules are already existed.

[2:09:35] The reason for the square footage and height increase has to do with the design of the ADU's

[2:09:39] and promoting general, like, more family-sized housing is seeing the image on the right.

[2:09:44] A two-story ADU can allow for ground floor structure or indoor parking.

[2:09:50] Essentially, before we have a lot of people converting their garages into ADU's or tearing

[2:09:55] them down and building an ADU in its place, allowing that second story allows people to

[2:09:59] maintain.

[2:10:00] The parking and still build the unit there, which can help with the parking issue that we hear a lot about in our neighborhoods. We do get a lot of complaints. So like, oh, all these aid user getting belt and it's making parking worse on the streets because people are demolishing their garages and building new units. If we allow them to go up the second floor, they can keep the parking. They can even add new parking where there wasn't parking before and also add the new housing that we are badly in need of help us meet those arena numbers.

[2:10:25] It also that second story allows the preservation of yard open space instead of building on the whole yard a homeowner can

[2:10:32] Beledice 80 you with a smaller footprint that goes up a second story and maintain open space light green area for themselves and the residents.

[2:10:41] These changes also tie into the city's pro housing designation, which is a designation of the state that we've applied for that will

[2:10:48] For one, recognize our jurisdiction as being in favor of more housing and also open up a lot of new grant funding and opportunities we have put forth several promises in terms of policies that are making in one of those promises is that our ADU ordinance will go above and be on state law.

[2:11:03] So we made a promise to the state that we're doing this and now is our chance to actually do this with this increased height and square footage allowances for ADUs.

[2:11:11] The proposed amendments can form with general plan and housing element policies calling

[2:11:16] for balanced land use patterns, promotion of development of a variety of housing types

[2:11:21] and increasing our progress towards our arena numbers.

[2:11:27] Public hearing was noticed appropriately and ADU ordinance amendments are exempt from

[2:11:31] the California Environmental Quality Act per state law.

[2:11:36] Following the April planning commission where we brought forth that first set of amendments,

[2:11:40] This revised ordinance was brought forth to the July 28th planning commission meeting where they reviewed the ordinance and recommended approval to City Council.

[2:11:50] So in conclusion, the proposed ordinance before you would restructure ADU regulations to best align with the state laws and our guidance that we've received from housing and community development who has to review and approve our ordinance.

[2:12:03] We had changes discussed in the planning commission meeting that are maintained within

[2:12:08] a new framework as well as measures going above and beyond what the state requires to allow

[2:12:12] for more flexibility and diversity in terms of the types of ADUs that homeowners can build

[2:12:17] and these proposed or this proposed ordinances consistent with the goals of the general plan

[2:12:22] and the housing element and has been recommended for adoption by planning commission.

[2:12:27] So staff recommends reviewing the proposed amendment, conducting a public hearing, waving the first

[2:12:31] reading and introducing the ordinance, ultimately for the adoption of the ordinance, amending the zoning code, chapter 17.60, special residential uses,

[2:12:41] section 17.60.070, accessory dwelling units, reflect current state law, and promote the development of ADUs.

[2:12:49] That includes my presentation. I'll now be open for any questions from council.

[2:12:53] Okay. I'm going to open this up to public hearing. Do we have any at six at eight thirteen? Do we have any?

[2:12:59] No, we do not.

[2:13:00] Okay. Thank you. Then I will close at eight thirteen. The public hearing.

[2:13:04] I will go around the diocese if anyone has any questions. Councilmember Cruz, do you have any questions?

[2:13:10] Oh, yes. Thank you for the presentation. Since the state ADU law has changed us, the state plan to have grants available to

[2:13:19] assist us with those ADUs?

[2:13:21] They haven't offered anything specific.

[2:13:23] They could tie into the pro housing designation that we're applying for.

[2:13:27] That's going to open up a lot of new funding that can go

[2:13:29] towards a variety of sources.

[2:13:31] I don't think there's anything ADU specific there, but once we've unlocked that

[2:13:35] that funding, we can take a closer look and see if any of it can go towards

[2:13:38] assisting homeowners with ADUs.

[2:13:41] However, we are working on assistance with off-the-shelf plans for ADUs.

[2:13:45] Like pre-approved plans is something we're working towards as a department.

[2:13:48] So that might be coming down in the near future.

[2:13:51] And while it's not financial assistance,

[2:13:52] directly, it could help homeowners with getting to the final steps of building an ADU.

[2:13:59] So we're not planning to have these funds available to our residents.

[2:14:04] To any of our buyer programs.

[2:14:07] No, it's not related to the home buyer programs at this time.

[2:14:11] Is there a way we can offer these grants to our residents?

[2:14:16] So right now we don't have a funding source to offer grants relative to the ADUs and again the state has historically provided those granting opportunities.

[2:14:28] So again if they have something in the current state budget that comes out that we can offer to our residents we will certainly direct those resources to

[2:14:37] to do ADU assets, but this time we just don't have the funds to offer a program on ADUs.

[2:14:46] Thank you.

[2:14:48] Thank you, Madam Mayor.

[2:14:50] Council Member Ponzi.

[2:14:53] Thank you for the presentation, Griffin.

[2:14:54] I have no questions, but did I hear senior next year title?

[2:14:59] I did not know.

[2:15:00] Congratulations. I wish but I feel that was an error. A prediction. That's a prediction. Thank you for the presence of your. If you want a budget for it.

[2:15:18] Councilmember Pineda. Thank you for the presentation. No questions on mine. Thank you. Vice Mayor Xavier. Thanks. And I have no questions. I do have a question to follow up with.

[2:15:31] what council member Cruz asked, how about the current grant funding that EDC holds to

[2:15:40] provide first time home buyers first time home buyers.

[2:15:47] So again, that's a specific program for promoting home ownership, so it would have to come

[2:15:54] back to the council if that's something you as a council want to do to tweak that program

[2:15:59] and to direct staff to modify the scope and policy with the EDC, that's something we're going to have to look at.

[2:16:07] And again, this could be one of those programs that you discussed that are upcoming work plan discussion in early fall.

[2:16:14] So that'll take a little bit more work and more time to do with EDC who's administering that program on behalf of the city.

[2:16:23] So what you're saying is that we should wait until the priority work plan.

[2:16:28] That would be the proper before we before we ask EDC or the staff to look into how you can expand it to include ADUs.

[2:16:38] Yeah, it's not going to take it.

[2:16:39] Again, if you're wanting to amend your work plan now, then there needs to be a separate motion.

[2:16:44] We'd have to evaluate it, bring it back for discussion.

[2:16:46] Or you can wait a couple of months when we do have this discussion on ranking priorities.

[2:16:51] If that's something that Council wants to focus on.

[2:16:54] and there's majority go to approval to do so you can also choose that option.

[2:17:00] I would add on the first time home buyer program if you'll recall the city council did

[2:17:07] pass an ordinance I think it was last year where 80 use can now be separately sellable and so

[2:17:15] I don't want to speak out of turn but it's possible that that first time home buyer program would

[2:17:20] would apply to an ADU, if it were an ADU that was actually separately sold.

[2:17:26] So there are ways where that program might fit with ADUs.

[2:17:32] Yeah.

[2:17:33] I didn't think that it would be that difficult, but, you know, how it is here.

[2:17:39] Okay.

[2:17:39] And we'll further add again.

[2:17:41] We're on our way to getting our pro housing designation from the state.

[2:17:44] Again, that will unlock a couple of new pots of funding that can go towards housing related

[2:17:49] measures.

[2:17:49] So once we've gotten there, staff will look into if there's anything that can go towards assisting homeowners of aid and construction.

[2:17:57] I think, thank you for that and Council member Cruz for bringing it up and so that we can at least start looking at that, because we need more home buyers here.

[2:18:12] Okay, that's it. Thank you for the presentation and we are to move, right?

[2:18:22] What action item are we taking here?

[2:18:27] Yes, it would be a motion to wave.

[2:18:29] Okay, so about the ordinance.

[2:18:31] To wave reading and introduce the ordinance.

[2:18:33] Some of them.

[2:18:37] Do we ask for public comment?

[2:18:38] Yes.

[2:18:39] Okay.

[2:18:39] Yeah, we close the public here.

[2:18:41] There are no public comments.

[2:18:43] I already asked.

[2:18:44] Oh, sorry, I know it's getting late, you know, sorry.

[2:18:49] Motion made by me as second by vice mayor Xavier.

[2:18:53] Okay, fine.

[2:18:54] Council member Cruz.

[2:18:56] Aye.

[2:18:56] Council member Ponce.

[2:18:57] Aye.

[2:18:58] Council member Pineda.

[2:18:59] Aye.

[2:19:00] Vice mayor Xavier.

[2:19:01] Aye.

[2:19:02] Mayor Perville and Alvarado.

[2:19:03] Aye.

[2:19:04] Motion passes.

[2:19:05] Then I would just note that that ordinance will come back for final adoption on the consent calendar at your next meeting.

[2:19:12] Okay, next item.

[2:19:17] Item number ordinances. Item number 19, file ID 26-337. Consider an ordinance

[2:19:27] of the City Council of the City of San Pablo, a mending chapter 3.16 of the San Pablo,

[2:19:35] municipal code 2-1. Increase the C-Managers Contracting Authority 2. Increase monetary thresholds

[2:19:44] related to public project bidding to align with current state of California thresholds.

[2:19:52] And 3. Increase the monetary thresholds related to formal and informal procurement of non-public

[2:20:00] Public project, city manager. Thank you, Madam Clerk. So, Mayor City Council, for the most part of fiscal year 2526, Arturo Castillo, our Ministry of Services Director, and the Finance Department have been working diligently with a third party financial services consultant, Edie Bailey. And this is to shore up and improve internal policies related to fiscal practices and procedures. One of those recommendations that came out of the work

[2:20:29] work that Edie Bailey has done for the department is looking at recommending some changes to the general contracting authority under the city manager, as well as our public procurement thresholds, which are considered a low based on a recent analysis done by Edie Bailey.

[2:20:48] So, this information was initially presented to the Budget Fiscal Legislation, so, staying

[2:20:53] in committee in addition to all the other recommended fiscal policy recommendations, and

[2:20:59] this item needed to come back as a separate item for discussion with the council and adopted

[2:21:04] by an ordinance amendment, so this would amend your existing municipal code.

[2:21:10] So, tonight, we're going to go ahead and focus on just this aspect of the policy recommendation

[2:21:17] related to the City of Meanderer signing authority and also the formal and informal procurement thresholds for non-public projects.

[2:21:24] And I'll continue used of the state group of regulations on public project construction thresholds as well.

[2:21:32] So I'll turn this over to Mr. Castillo for formal presentation to the council.

[2:21:36] Before we move forward, can I ask you to increase the heat in here, please.

[2:21:42] is getting really cold. Thank you. Okay. I'm going to proceed. I feel like I'm going into a

[2:21:51] refrigerator. So good evening everyone and good evening Madam Mayor as well as Vice Mayor and City

[2:21:58] Council. It's my pleasure as City Manager Matt Rodriguez and I do apologize. Thank you also

[2:22:04] the City Manager, Mayor Rodriguez, to introduce Scott

[2:22:08] Catlett, managing director of I'd Bailey.

[2:22:11] As the City Manager mentioned, the city partnered with I'd

[2:22:15] Bailey to take an independent look at our procurement

[2:22:18] thresholds.

[2:22:19] Some of those thresholds not been updated since 2009 and

[2:22:23] 2017.

[2:22:25] I'd Bailey surveyed comparable cities across the region,

[2:22:28] measured the purchasing power.

[2:22:31] we have lost since the inflation and also tested our practices against the current state standards.

[2:22:38] Our staff worked alongside with I'd Bailey team and in addition to that, we have presented in front of you some municipal code amendments before you tonight.

[2:22:49] So I'm going to hand it over to Scott again, our managing director for my Bailey to present on the details of this information.

[2:22:58] Are you there, Scott?

[2:23:01] Good evening mayor and members of council and please be with you this evening to share a brief presentation about the work that we did in this area.

[2:23:09] If someone could advance the slide I will start the presentation.

[2:23:18] All right so the current thresholds that the city has and this is true with other cities as well.

[2:23:25] There are three categories of thresholds that have to do with procurement and signing authority.

[2:23:30] The first has to do with what are called public projects, which is the most part is construction.

[2:23:36] The second has to do with non-public projects.

[2:23:38] So those would be services, materials and equipment procurements, pretty much anything

[2:23:42] other than construction.

[2:23:44] And the third would be the signing authority for contracts with the budget authority delegated

[2:23:49] by the council to the city manager.

[2:23:52] Two of these three thresholds have not been updated as in some time, as was just mentioned,

[2:23:58] The non-public procurement threshold was last updated in 2019, and the signing authority

[2:24:04] threshold was last updated in 2017, because the city follows CUPCA, the public project

[2:24:11] thresholds are in alignment with the state of California standards.

[2:24:15] Next slide please.

[2:24:18] So one of the most important things in doing this analysis was to determine the right set

[2:24:23] of comparative cities to look at and compare us into the city.

[2:24:27] So we began with a list of all of the cities in San Pablo's region and then narrow that list

[2:24:33] initially to 20 cities based on an analysis of population as well as total budget to get

[2:24:39] a similar set of cities based on not just population, but the size of the operation of the city

[2:24:46] because that has a correlation with typically the amount of procurements that are going on.

[2:24:51] So we gathered that data and we gathered the procurement regulations for all 20 of those cities and then we used that information to narrow the list down.

[2:25:00] Now, ultimately to a list of 10 comparison cities. There are various reasons you can see there, why we did that. Some had not updated their thresholds and as much as 25 or more years. There were some that had some differences in how they managed procurement. So we wanted to make sure that these were agencies that were in alignment with best practices and also that had updated their thresholds recently enough so that it would make sense to compare them. So that remaining list of 10, we then did some additional analysis on. You can go to the next slide for that.

[2:25:29] So, first of all, on the budget authority, you can see here in the table those 10 survey

[2:25:35] cities and the information that was developed in the survey.

[2:25:40] On the construction side, the average amount was $182,000, with most of them inlining their

[2:25:47] thresholds with the state's current formal bidding threshold of 220,000.

[2:25:51] On the services materials and supply side, there were some minor differences, but fairly

[2:25:57] please similar there with an average amount of $92,597,500 respectively.

[2:26:05] Next slide, please.

[2:26:07] On the procurement side, the majority of the agencies that we looked at had similar

[2:26:14] construction thresholds to the state standards.

[2:26:18] You'll see a few there with $5,000.

[2:26:20] Those are agencies that have not elected to follow CUPCA.

[2:26:23] On the non-construction side, all of the cities that were included in the survey all 10 had thresholds for formal and informal procurement that exceeded the city's current thresholds, which are 25,000 and 5,000 respectively for formal and informal.

[2:26:39] Few cities did not have this information available with time constraints. We were able to gather for almost all of them.

[2:26:46] And so you can see there in the table the data for the agencies that had that information available to us.

[2:26:50] Next slide, please.

[2:26:52] The last piece of the analysis looked at inflation because as I mentioned earlier, some of these thresholds had not been updated in quite some time.

[2:27:00] And so you can see there in the table that analysis on the percentages and the far right columns, what I would call your attention to.

[2:27:10] You can see that there's been a significant amount of erosion and the purchasing power of those dollar amounts that were set back in 2009 and 2017 respectively.

[2:27:19] and so you can see in today's dollars what those numbers would adjust to in the 2026 column.

[2:27:27] Next slide please. So in summary, three things to point out from the report that's included

[2:27:34] in your packet. From a best practices authority, it's appropriate for these delegated thresholds

[2:27:41] to be set at a level that's a balance between administrative efficiency as well as the oversight

[2:27:46] by the City Council. So when higher thresholds are in place, when they're grounded in effective

[2:27:51] written policies and procedures such as those that the City have has, they provide for a more

[2:27:57] efficient and a timely procurement process, and then service delivery to your constituents also

[2:28:02] in a timely way. The survey data from our survey supports the recommendation to increase the City

[2:28:07] Manager's threshold from $50,000 to $100,000. And in our experience, you know, looking broader

[2:28:13] across California, that change is not inconsistent with what we see in other cities.

[2:28:18] And again, there's been a significant reduction in the purchasing power of this current threshold

[2:28:24] since 2017.

[2:28:25] And then, finally, the survey data also supports a recommendation to increase the non-public

[2:28:30] thresholds to 100,000 and 10,000 respectively, aligning that threshold along with the other

[2:28:39] makes a lot of sense.

[2:28:40] And again, in our experience, these recommendations are consistent with what we see on a broader basis across California.

[2:28:49] And that concludes my presentation and I'd be happy to answer any questions that the council may have.

[2:28:53] Thank you.

[2:28:54] Okay. Do we have any public comment on this?

[2:28:57] No, we do.

[2:28:58] Okay. Thank you for the presentation.

[2:29:01] Councilmember Cruz, do you have any questions?

[2:29:04] Thank you, Scott.

[2:29:06] I don't have any questions or questions.

[2:29:08] Thank you for the presentation.

[2:29:12] When I review this, I was just surprised that we hadn't analyzed the threshold in so long.

[2:29:18] We do it every three years, but I have no questions.

[2:29:22] Can't you remember Pineda?

[2:29:23] I do have a question.

[2:29:26] I was going over the cities and everything, and I'm wondering because I asked, I think I remember

[2:29:34] that the city of Richmond actually took up this very issue but on the opposite situation

[2:29:39] where they try to reduce the amount. So I'm trying to understand why would a city do that

[2:29:45] and then I know that right here and I guess I'm just trying to grab my head around this whole thing.

[2:29:49] So like there are cities that are increasing the limits to kind of say like you know

[2:29:54] there hasn't been a just an X number of years but also I'm aware or I believe again I'm going

[2:29:59] of a memory here.

[2:30:00] Even our neighboring city, they did the exact opposite where they scaled down how much they are allowed to spend before coming a council for consideration and a vote. So, I just want the city of Richmond be considered in this graph as well in terms. Scott, I could defer to you on that one and then I'll replace well.

[2:30:24] I would have to go back to the survey to see if the city of Richmond was in the original data.

[2:30:30] Yeah, but I can't say is that the city of, I want to say, Moraga was one of the studies

[2:30:39] that we looked at, and they looked at the neighboring cities as well.

[2:30:42] I also looked at this information without I'd Bayley at the time in 2025, and there were

[2:30:49] numerous amount of cities that were looking to increase their threshold.

[2:30:54] Again, the city of Moraga, I know, the city of El Serito's also looking at their threshold

[2:30:59] as well.

[2:30:59] Again, I'm not I haven't spoken to the city of Richmond and quite some time. They have a new finance director there and

[2:31:07] they

[2:31:09] Increased it and I haven't heard in any which way that they would decrease it. That sort of happened. I can the last like

[2:31:15] Two months or so. So it's 25,000 they are city-mandered contract authority enrichment, and that's quite low and

[2:31:23] And there's other political considerations in Richmond that I don't really think we need

[2:31:29] to deliberate on, but it does produce a lot of inefficiencies, which is why a lot of

[2:31:35] city managers who we've discussed over time that have worked in Richmond to find it difficult

[2:31:40] to move things forward because everything has to go to the agenda.

[2:31:45] So it creates a lot of administrative tedious work for staff, but that council is also charter

[2:31:53] So they can actually bypass a lot of the procurement requirements through state law, so either way, they have those two considerations that I've been ongoing for years.

[2:32:05] So again, we want to be able to emulate best management practices here with the other cities in the region and the fact that based on the ED Bailey analysis, all the costs indices for construction and cost of services have gone up three to four times.

[2:32:22] than then what they were nearly 10 years ago.

[2:32:25] So we're trying to keep up at pace with our other agencies in the county.

[2:32:32] And again, this remains us to be more efficient and reduces a lot of administrative requirements

[2:32:38] that have to come forward.

[2:32:39] And plus, Council continues to retain proper oversight on all city spending because you

[2:32:46] appropriate all the funding through an annual adopted budget.

[2:32:49] and every expenditure appears in the vendor check register report, which is on your agenda

[2:32:54] practically every month. Not to mention, all of these regulations can't be adjusted

[2:33:00] without coinciding with what's in your municipal, because that needs to be amended by ordinance.

[2:33:06] So ultimately, the council, anything above 100,000 would still require council approval in any

[2:33:14] for formal threshold amount of 100,000 in terms of funding appropriation still requires

[2:33:19] council approval. So the council still has oversight and authority over these changes

[2:33:25] if you support them moving forward tonight. But again, this is about operational efficiency.

[2:33:31] So let me just get this. We have a discussion for clarity. So does this mean that if we were

[2:33:37] to support this, we would see less items through ad hoc committees, and then I'm assuming

[2:33:43] would even show up on consent counter because they would still be an authority that would be under use back so staying committees.

[2:33:50] Yeah, so staying committees would still have routine items that come before you for information purposes or just formal recommendations that would still go with the council.

[2:33:59] But again, if it's under the city manager's authority, it wouldn't necessary have to go to the council.

[2:34:04] It could still go to a staying committee for information update and for acknowledgments.

[2:34:10] so we wouldn't stop that practice.

[2:34:16] That's the final question.

[2:34:17] Thank you.

[2:34:20] Vice President, Xavier, do you have any questions?

[2:34:22] No, I have no questions.

[2:34:24] Thank you.

[2:34:25] Yep, I have no questions.

[2:34:31] So the last slide are the recommendations.

[2:34:35] There you are for the action.

[2:34:36] Which is to obviously receive the presentation,

[2:34:39] but introduce the ordinance and waive the first reading

[2:34:43] amending chapter 3.16, which is authorizes

[2:34:47] is the following and increased the city manager's delegated sign authority from 50,000 to 100,000 and an increase to the not public project procurement threshold to 1,000.

[2:35:00] 100,000 in 10,000.

[2:35:06] What is the pleasure of the council?

[2:35:15] The on move that we introduce

[2:35:21] the ordinance with the first reading. No, no, it's this one here.

[2:35:34] Chapter 316, 3.16, etc.

[2:35:40] The ordinance covers all of those items so if the motion is to introduce the ordinance and wave reading, then that does cover all of those listed items.

[2:35:50] And before we ask for a second, I do want to check with the clerk.

[2:35:54] Did we ask for public comment yet?

[2:35:56] Yes.

[2:35:57] Okay.

[2:35:58] Thanks.

[2:36:01] Okay.

[2:36:03] Is there a second?

[2:36:04] I'll move to, oh second, I'll second, okay, Council Member Cruz.

[2:36:13] Aye.

[2:36:14] Council Member Ponce.

[2:36:15] Aye.

[2:36:16] Council Member Pineda.

[2:36:18] Aye.

[2:36:19] Vice Mayor Xavier.

[2:36:21] Aye.

[2:36:22] Mayor Pavón Alvarado.

[2:36:25] Aye.

[2:36:27] Motion passes.

[2:36:29] And as with the other ordinance, this one will also come back at your next meeting on the consent calendar for final adoption.

[2:36:38] But if we decide to pull it, there is no backlash. We can still do that, right?

[2:36:45] Pull it from the consent calendar or not because this is an ordinance.

[2:36:50] Yeah, because it's an ordinance, it has to be introduced at a meeting and that it's finally adopted at a subsequent meeting.

[2:36:57] So in order to become effective, the ordinance needs to be adopted at the next meeting.

[2:37:02] It was introduced tonight, it'll be on the consent calendar at the next meeting for adoption.

[2:37:07] My question is if at the next meeting this item, we have further questions, could we put it and ask for the questions of it?

[2:37:18] Yes, absolutely.

[2:37:19] Okay, thank you.

[2:37:20] All right. Next item. Next item, please. Item number 20 file ID 26-412. Consider adopting

[2:37:34] resolution of the City Council of the City of San Pablo approving the acceptance of private

[2:37:41] donations and authorizing city staff to assault a memorial plaque in honor of former public

[2:37:49] Public Works Director, Alan Penganobin, City Manager.

[2:37:55] Thank you, Madam Clerk.

[2:37:56] So Mayor and City Council, as you know, you have an adopted facility naming and

[2:38:01] memorial policy that was adopted in 2018.

[2:38:06] And because of those policy requirements, requests for installing private

[2:38:11] memorial plaques can be formally considered by the City Council with a recommendation

[2:38:16] from the Community Services Standing Committee.

[2:38:19] So unfortunately, the Community Services Standing Committee

[2:38:22] was scheduled to review this item last month on June, July 24th.

[2:38:27] Unfortunately, there was not a quorum

[2:38:29] to be able to proceed with reviewing this item.

[2:38:32] So it's now coming to the full council.

[2:38:35] So at this time, we do have a request from existing city staff

[2:38:39] on providing a private donated memorial plaque,

[2:38:43] I'm not using any public funding in accordance with your policy to honor our former public works

[2:38:49] director, Alan Pan-Ganaban, who passed away earlier this year in May of 2026.

[2:38:56] So we'll go ahead and turn this over to Amanda Booth for formal presentation on the merits

[2:39:01] of the request and then council will be asked to approve said memorial plaque for formal

[2:39:08] installation in accordance with your policy.

[2:39:11] Good evening, Council.

[2:39:16] Staff is here to ask for your consideration to approve a plaque to be placed on city property in honor of Alan Paganeman, the city's most recent public works director.

[2:39:27] Alan had been with the city for eight years and with the public work director for the past four.

[2:39:31] He went out on leave in late in 2025 and passed away a few months ago.

[2:39:35] Public work staff has brought forth this request to install a plaque to remember Alan for his leadership to city staff.

[2:39:41] Per policy 17-1-188, purchase and installment of the plaque would be completely without

[2:39:50] city resources and would be covered entirely by donations as well as donated labor.

[2:39:56] Alan was a city employee since 2018 and he was a Republican.

[2:40:00] Public Works Director since 2022. The plaque is estimated to cost about $1,600 and again would be completely funded by staff donations. And maintenance would be donating their labor to install the plaque. The request is to have the plaque installed at the Wildcat Creek Trail, which is a project that he oversaw while he was here. And it would be installed upon a rock that would go along the trail. So the request is to respectfully ask for

[2:40:29] your review and recommendation to review this request and approve it to City Council today.

[2:40:42] Is there any public comment on this? No, there aren't.

[2:40:46] Council Member Cruz, you have any questions?

[2:40:51] No, I just want to publicly say thank you all for your commitment to our city and

[2:40:56] may you rest in peace and God bless your family too, sir. Thank you.

[2:41:01] Council Member Ponce.

[2:41:03] thank you for the presentation. This is a great request. My only question is who do

[2:41:12] I give my donation to? So we will follow up with Council. Obviously there's sufficient

[2:41:23] private donations to cover the cost, but if individual Council members wish to make

[2:41:28] a contribution. We can follow up with you on that.

[2:41:36] Any more questions? Councilmember Pineda?

[2:41:43] Thank you. I

[2:41:48] appreciate you and staff and my

[2:41:58] condolences. Honestly, I think about,

[2:42:01] you know, it's when one person's gone. It's like, it's not just one person. A lot of people are

[2:42:05] affected.

[2:42:09] I know that, you know, he's had a tremendous impact not just on the city but

[2:42:14] on city staff. These are friends that he's made along the way. Some would argue even

[2:42:19] family, right? Sometimes the people you're around the most become a part of your family.

[2:42:28] I appreciate you. I appreciate all the staff that came together to ramp this up and put

[2:42:35] to motion.

[2:42:39] I will be supporting this

[2:42:44] for city leadership. You know, I still, I mean,

[2:42:49] I know that we already do offer this, but you know, I think about the support for staff

[2:42:55] and creating and maintaining those safe space for dialogue, for healing, for coping,

[2:43:03] and totally also celebration of life in general, because I don't think anyone would want to find

[2:43:10] themselves in a situation where people are just only grieving in one way and not realizing

[2:43:15] or not acknowledging the other side or saying they're like, no, it's such a tremendous

[2:43:18] person.

[2:43:19] And the fact that even thinking about that place where it's being trumped up for the designation,

[2:43:24] I mean like this is possible, not just because of people like him, because of him.

[2:43:30] This is possible because, you know, also getting a group of like-minded thinkers and doers

[2:43:36] and making this a reality.

[2:43:39] So I just want to say I see you. I appreciate you. I appreciate all the stuff. And I got now I'll be supporting this. Thank you

[2:43:49] Vice mayor Xavier

[2:43:51] Thank you for joining us Amanda and the rest of the staff

[2:43:57] This is great

[2:43:59] And I believe that's a good spot for the plaque

[2:44:04] so I

[2:44:05] will visit it.

[2:44:10] My condolences, for sure, to the family and to the staff. Words can't even

[2:44:19] explain.

[2:44:21] Express the heartbreak to see him go so young.

[2:44:28] I always find that he was a good

[2:44:32] man. I know he's in a better place now, so.

[2:44:38] So yeah, what is the pleasure of the Council?

[2:44:40] A really quick Amanda, could you keep us posted on the viewing, please, of the plaque. Thank you.

[2:44:49] I would like to move this item forward and approve.

[2:44:53] Second, thank you. Council Member Cruz?

[2:44:57] Aye. Council Member Ponce?

[2:45:01] So we'll complete the vote and then I have staff needs to add some additional information. Aye.

[2:45:10] Aye.

[2:45:12] Councilmember Panetta. Aye. Vice Mayor Xavier. Aye. Mayor Pabón Alvarado. Aye.

[2:45:19] So, Mayor Council, we do have a video that we would like to show that highlights Allen and his contributions to the city. So I think we wanted to show that real quick if we can bring it up.

[2:45:34] And this is just for information purposes.

[2:55:09] Thank you for being a friend,

[2:55:14] babbled down a road and back again. Your heart is true, you're a pal, and a confidant, not

[2:55:27] a shame to say,

[2:55:33] say this way, my hat ain't

[2:55:38] been taken.

[2:56:24] So we sincerely think that pan-gonna band family for sharing that video with us tonight. Yes, we do.

[2:56:38] Okay, so business.

[2:56:43] So the next item.

[2:56:44] is that City Council assignment reports.

[2:56:53] Councilmember Cruz.

[2:56:57] None to report tonight. Thank you.

[2:57:01] Councilmember Ponce.

[2:57:03] No, nothing for me. Thank you. Councilmember.

[2:57:07] Nothing for me as well. Vice Mayor.

[2:57:11] I guess I had my Wicked Act meeting, and I would like to request that we adjourn in

[2:57:20] memory of Jean Alameda, who was a former commander of St. Paul's, St. Paul's Police Department.

[2:57:29] He was with our Police Department for 22 years.

[2:57:33] They went to Pinole and retired from their Police Department.

[2:57:40] So, this concludes, we adjourned to the regular City Council meeting on Tuesday, September

[2:57:46] 8, 2026 at 6 p.m. in memory of Sandra Wilson, Binder, Mother of Leland Grants, Public Works,

[2:57:55] Maintenance, Worker.

[2:57:57] And then we have the request from Vice Mayor for Gene Alameda, so if Council wishes to make

[2:58:05] a motion and a vote on that we can adjourn for the second my morning a motion a second council

[2:58:13] member Cruz aye council member Ponce aye

[2:58:21] council member Pineda aye vice mayor Xavier

[2:58:25] aye mayor Pabón Alvarado aye motion passes okay that concludes your council meeting thank

[2:58:33] Thank you.

[2:58:34] Thank you.

[2:58:35] Thank you.

[2:58:36] And thank you, Maria, for stepping in while the mall is going vacation.

[2:58:40] Just a great job.

[2:58:41] Thank you.

City Council on 2026-08-03 6:00 PM

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