Community Services Building

440 Civic Center Plaza

Richmond, CA  94804

                                                  

AGENDA

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

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Mayor

 

Vice Mayor

Thomas K. Butt

 

Eduardo Martinez

Councilmembers

Nathaniel Bates

Jovanka Beckles

Gayle McLaughlin

Jael Myrick

Vinay Pimplé

Housing Authority Tenant Commissioners

Two vacancies

 

 

The Richmond City Council also serves as Board Members and Commission Members for the following:

Housing Authority

Joint Powers Financing Authority

Surplus Property Authority

Local Reuse Authority

 

COMMUNICATION ACCESS INFORMATION:

This meeting is being held in a wheelchair accessible location.  To request disability-related accommodation(s) to participate in the meeting, including auxiliary aids or services, please contact Bruce Soublet, ADA Coordinator, at (510) 620-6509 at least three business days before the meeting date.


MEETING PROCEDURES

 

The City of Richmond encourages community participation at its City Council meetings and has established procedures that are intended to accommodate public input in a timely and

time-sensitive way.  As a courtesy to all members of the public who wish to participate in City Council meetings, please observe the following procedures:

 

PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMSAnyone who desires to address the City Council on items appearing on the agenda must complete and file a pink speaker’s card with the City Clerk prior to the City Council’s consideration of the item.  Once the City Clerk has announced the item, no person shall be permitted to speak on the item other than those persons who have submitted their names to the City Clerk.  Your name will be called when the item is announced for discussion.  Each speaker will be allowed TWO (2) MINUTES to address the City Council on NON-PUBLIC HEARING items listed on the agenda.

 

OPEN FORUM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT:  Individuals who would like to address the City Council on matters not listed on the agenda or on items remaining on the consent calendar may do so under Open Forum.  All speakers must complete and file a pink speaker’s card with the City Clerk prior to the commencement of Open Forum.  The amount of time allotted to individual speakers shall be determined based on the number of persons requesting to speak during this item.  The time allocation for each speaker will be as follows:  15 or fewer speakers, a maximum of 2 minutes; 16 to 24 speakers, a maximum of 1 and one-half minutes; and 25 or more speakers, a maximum of 1 minute.

 

SPEAKERS ARE REQUESTED TO OCCUPY THE RESERVED SEATS IN THE FRONT ROW BEHIND THE SPEAKER’S PODIUM AS THEIR NAME IS ANNOUNCED BY THE CITY CLERK.

 

 

CONSENT CALENDARConsent Calendar items are considered routine and will be enacted, approved or adopted by one motion unless a request for removal for discussion or explanation is received from the audience or the City Council.  A member of the audience requesting to remove an item from the Consent Calendar must first complete a speaker’s card and discuss the item with a City staff person who has knowledge of the subject material, prior to filing the card with the City Clerk  and prior to the City Council’s consideration of Agenda Review.  An item removed from the Consent Calendar may be placed anywhere on the agenda following the City Council’s agenda review.

 

CONDUCT AT MEETINGS:  Richmond City Council meetings are limited public forums during which the City strives to provide an open, safe atmosphere and promote robust public debate. Members of the public, however, must comply with state law, as well as the City’s laws and procedures and may not actually disrupt the orderly conduct of these meetings. The public, for example, may not shout or use amplifying devices, must submit comment cards and speak during their allotted time, may not create a physical disturbance, may not speak on matters unrelated to issues within the jurisdiction of the City Council or the agenda item at hand, and may not cause immediate threats to public safety.

 

 

CITY HARASSMENT POLICY:  The City invites public comment and critique about its operations, including comment about the performance of its public officials and employees, at the public meetings of the City Council and boards and commissions. However, discriminatory or harassing comments about or in the presence of City employees, even comments by third parties, may create a hostile work environment, if severe or pervasive. The City prohibits harassment against an applicant, employee, or contractor on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, medical condition, mental disability, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.  In order to acknowledge the public’s right to comment on City operations at public meetings, which could include comments that violate the City’s harassment policy if such comments do not cause an actual disruption under the Council Rules and Procedures, while taking reasonable steps to protect City employees from discrimination and harassment, City Boards and Commissions shall adhere to the following procedures.  If any person makes a harassing remark at a public meeting that violates the above City policy prohibiting harassment, the presiding officer of the meeting may, at the conclusion of the speaker’s remarks and allotted time: (a) remind the public that the City’s Policy Regarding Harassment of its Employees is contained in the written posted agenda; and (b) state that comments in violation of City policy are not condoned by the City and will play no role in City decisions.  If any person makes a harassing remark at a public meeting that violates the above City policy, any City employee in the room who is offended by remarks violating the City’s policy is excused from attendance at the meeting. No City employee is compelled to remain in attendance where it appears likely that speakers will make further harassing comments. If an employee leaves a City meeting for this reason, the presiding officer may send a designee to notify any offended employee who has left the meeting when those comments are likely concluded so that the employee may return to the meeting. The presiding officer may remind an employee or any council or board or commission member that he or she may leave the meeting if a remark violating the City’s harassment policy is made.  These procedures supplement the Council Rules and Procedures relating to disruption of orderly conduct at Council meetings.

 

 

Any law enforcement officer on duty or whose service is commanded by the presiding officer shall be Sergeant-at-Arms of the Council meetings.  He/she, or they, shall carry out all orders and instructions given by the presiding officer for the purpose of maintaining order and decorum at the Council meetings (City Council Rules of Procedure and Order Section III F, RMC Section 2.12.030).

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OPEN SESSION TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS

 

6:00 p.m.

 

A.

ROLL CALL

 

B.

PUBLIC COMMENT

 

C.

ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION

 

CLOSED SESSION

 

Shimada Room of the Community Services Building

 

A.

CITY COUNCIL

 

B.

SUCCESSOR AGENCY

 

B-1.

CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS

 

 

Property: Parcel FM—Marina Bay

Agency negotiator: Bill Lindsay, Shasa Curl, and Richard Mitchell

Negotiating party: Marina Village Richmond LLC

Under negotiation: price and terms of payment

 


 

REGULAR MEETING OF THE RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL

 

6:30 p.m.

 

A.

PLEDGE TO THE FLAG

 

B.

ROLL CALL

 

C.

STATEMENT OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST

 

D.

AGENDA REVIEW

 

E.

PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS, AND COMMENDATIONS

 

E-1.

PROCLAMATION recognizing the Wheelhouse Academy of Baseball, and five Richmond youth who traveled to Cuba for a cultural and educational exchange - Councilmember McLaughlin (620-5431) and Mayor Butt (620-6503).

 

E-2.

PROCLAMATION declaring Friday, May 13, 2016, to Saturday, May 21, 2016, as Affordable Housing Week "Investing in Homes and Hope" in the City of Richmond - Office of the Mayor (Mayor Tom Butt 620-6503).

 

E-3.

PROCLAMATION recognizing John Troughton, Vice President, Brokerage Group at Kennedy Wilson, for being honored in March 2016 as The Association of Commercial Real Estate's Broker of the Year in the land category - Councilmember Bates (620-6743).

 

E-4.

PRESENTATION from District Attorney Mark Peterson regarding current law enforcement activities in the City of Richmond - City Manager's Office (Bill Lindsay 620-6512).

 

E-5.

ANNOUNCE City of Richmond Board, Commission and Committee vacancies as of April 26, 2016, and ask that interested residents send applications to the City Clerk - Office of the Mayor (Mayor Tom Butt 620-6503).

 

F.

REPORT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY OF FINAL DECISIONS MADE DURING CLOSED SESSION

 

G.

REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER

 

H.

OPEN FORUM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT

 


 

I.

STUDY AND ACTION SESSION/STUDY SESSION

 

I-1.

RECEIVE a presentation from Russ Branson of the Public Financial Management (PFM) consulting firm, retained through the National Resource Network, providing an update to the five-year financial projection for the City of Richmond - City Manager's Office and Finance Department (Bill Lindsay 620-6512/Belinda Warner 620-6740).

 

I-2.

DIRECT staff to take steps to engage a firm with experience in auditing local governments to conduct a full audit of the city organization including improvement and efficiencies in delivery of services, and staffing levels and cost per unit of services - Councilmember Vinay Pimplé (412-2050) and Councilmember Nathaniel Bates (620-6743). This item was continued from the April 5, 2016, meeting.

 

I-3.

RECEIVE a presentation and PROVIDE initial direction to staff on the Draft Fiscal Year 2016 - 2020 Five-Year Strategic Business Plan - City Manager's Office (Bill Lindsay 620-6512).

 

I-4.

RECEIVE a presentation regarding Richmond's "My Brother's Keeper (MBK)" Local Action Plan that identifies goals and objectives for building strong, lasting bridges to opportunities for boys and young men of color, and APPROVE this plan - City Manager's Office (Bill Lindsay/Lori Reese-Brown 620-6512).

 

I-5.

RECEIVE a report from City Council Public Policy Interns regarding tiny house villages for the homeless and DIRECT the City Manager to research the feasibility of developing a village in Richmond - Councilmember Beckles (620-6568).

 

J.

REPORTS OF OFFICERS: REFERRALS TO STAFF, AND GENERAL REPORTS (INCLUDING AB 1234 REPORTS)

 

K.

ADJOURNMENT

 

 

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