Community Services Building

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Richmond, CA  94804

                                                  

AGENDA

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

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Mayor

 

Vice Mayor

Thomas K. Butt

 

Melvin Willis

Councilmembers

Jovanka Beckles

Ben Choi

Eduardo Martinez

Jael Myrick

Ada Recinos

Housing Authority Tenant Commissioners

Jaycine Scott

Tanise Smith

 

 

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 up to TWO (2) MINUTES to address the City Council on NON-PUBLIC HEARING items listed on the agenda. Speakers are allowed up to THREE (3) minutes on PUBLIC HEARING items.

 

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 file the card with the City Clerk prior to the City Council’s consideration of Agenda Review.  Councilmembers who request to remove an item from the consent calendar must do so during 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 BEFORE CLOSED SESSION

 

5:30 p.m.

 

A.

ROLL CALL

 

B.

PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE CLOSED SESSION

 

C.

ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION

 

CLOSED SESSION

 

Shimada Room of the Community Services Building

 

 

CITY COUNCIL

 

 

LIABILITY CLAIMS - (Government Code Section 54956.9):

 

 

Michael Deorian vs. City of Richmond

 

 

PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT (Government Code Section 54957.6):

 

 

Title:  City Manager

 


 

SPECIAL MEETING OF THE

RICHMOND HOUSING AUTHORITY

 

6:15 p.m.

 

A.

PLEDGE TO THE FLAG

 

B.

ROLL CALL

 

C.

STATEMENT OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST

 

D.

AGENDA REVIEW

 

E.

HOUSING AUTHORITY CONSENT CALENDAR

 

E-1.

RECEIVE a status report on Richmond Housing Authority operations - Richmond Housing Authority (Bill Lindsay 620-6512).

 

E-2.

ADOPT a resolution ratifying a copier equipment lease with De Lage Landen, and authorizing payment of the final invoice - Richmond Housing Authority (Bill Lindsay 620-6512).

 

E-3.

APPROVE the minutes of the March 20, 2018, special Richmond Housing Authority and March 27, 2018, special Joint Richmond Housing Authority and City Council meetings - City Clerk's Office (Pamela Christian 620-6513).

 

E-4.

AUTHORIZE the city manager, on behalf of the Richmond Housing Authority (RHA) Board, to execute a contract with Macias Gini & O'Connell LLP (MGO) to complete a "forensic" audit and analysis of RHA accounting systems, financial management systems, and financial position, in an amount not to exceed $200,000 and for a term ending December 31, 2018.  The contract is subject to approval as to final form by the city attorney - Richmond Housing Authority (Bill Lindsay 620-6512).

 

F.

PUBLIC HEARING

 

F-1.

ADOPT a resolution (a) approving the Housing Authority Annual Plan for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-19, and (b) authorizing submission of the proposed Annual Plan to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - Richmond Housing Authority (Bill Lindsay 620-6512).

 

G.

ADJOURNMENT

 


 

REGULAR MEETING OF THE RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL

 

6:30 p.m.

 

A.

ROLL CALL

 

B.

STATEMENT OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST

 

C.

AGENDA REVIEW

 

D.

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

 

E.

REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER

 

F.

OPEN FORUM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT

 

G.

SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE RICHMOND COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY CONSENT CALENDAR

 

G-1.

ADOPT a resolution approving a contract amendment with Best Best & Krieger for legal services associated with Successor Agency activities, increasing the contract amount by $100,000, bringing the new contract limit to $285,000, and extending the term to June 30, 2019 - Successor Agency (Alan Wolken 307-8137/Stacie Plummer 620-6930).

 

H.

CITY COUNCIL CONSENT CALENDAR

 

H-1.

APPROVE a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Richmond and Richmond Sanitary Service for conduct of an On-Call Curbside Bulky Item Clean-up Pilot Program for Residents of Eligible Multi-family Complexes with funding from a $434,300 competitive grant from the State of California's Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) - City Manager's Office (Shasa Curl/Adam Lenz 620-5537).

 

H-2.

ACCEPT and APPROPRIATE $327,500 in grant funds from the State of California's Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) program for implementation of a Food Waste Prevention and Rescue Grant Program, with a grant term through April 1, 2021 - City Manager's Office (Shasa Curl/Samantha Carr 620-5407).

 

H-3.

APPROVE a Second Amendment to the contract with DNV GL to provide energy efficiency incentives to Richmond businesses, increasing the amount of the contract by $250,000, for a total contract amount not to exceed $500,000, and for a term ending December 31, 2018, with funding from the Environmental and Community Investment Agreement - City Manager's Office (Shasa Curl/Adam Lenz 620-6512).

 

H-4.

APPROVE the purchase of 45 Getac V110 mobile device computers and accessories from Duratech USA, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $235,000 over a four-year period - Police Department (Chief Allwyn Brown 621-1802).

 

H-5.

ADOPT a resolution authorizing the city manager and police chief to execute reoccurring contracts for fiscal years 2017-2018 through 2019-2020 with Contra Costa County and the State of California at an aggregate annual amount of $1,408,000. The execution of these contracts shall not exceed the limits as set forth:

Services contracted with Contra Costa County include the following: California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) - $10,000; California Identification Division (CAL ID) - $135,000; Automated Regional Information Exchange System (ARIES) - $45,000; All County Criminal Justice Information System (ACCCJIN) - $20,000; Martinez Detention Facility intake fees - $46,000; alcohol/toxic drug and crime scene evidence analysis - $350,000; Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) examinations - $40,000; annual jail inspection and audit - $18,000; Coroner & Gunshot Residue (GSR) examination and analysis - $10,000; out of state inmate extradition - $4,000, Law Enforcement Training Center - $19,000; Animal Services - $700,000. The State of California contracted service includes all Live Scan fingerprinting- $11,000 - Police Department (Chief Allwyn Brown 621-1802).

 

H-6.

APPROVE an agreement with DDR Corporation, the owners of Hilltop Plaza, for the Richmond Police Department to provide directed, on-site police services at their retail location from April 17, 2018 through December 31, 2018; providing for reimbursement of overtime personnel costs in an amount of approximately $6,500 per month, with an option to extend the service agreement for an additional year - Police Department (Chief Allwyn Brown 621-1802).

 

H-7.

APPROVE a five-year contract with InTime Services in an amount not to exceed $190,000 to provide software for use by the Police Department in time and attendance tracking, asset inventory tracking, and court subpoena tracking - Police Department (Chief Allwyn Brown 621-1802).

 

H-8.

RECEIVE the City's Investment and Cash Balance Report for the month of February 2018 - Finance Department (Belinda Warner/Stacie Plummer 620-6930).

 

H-9.

APPROVE an amendment to the memorandum of understanding with Points of Light, increasing grant funding to the Richmond Community Services Department for the ServiceWorks program in the amount of $13,500 for two additional program fellows; and APPROPRIATE these grant funds for this purpose - Community Services Department (Rochelle Monk 620-6511).

 


 

H-10.

APPROVE a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Richmond and the Community Housing Development Corporation (as fiscal sponsor) and APPROPRIATE up to $15,600 in funding to complete beautification projects within the North Richmond community, as authorized in the North Richmond Mitigation Fee (NRMF) Expenditure Plan - Community Services Department (Rochelle Monk 620-6511).

 

H-11.

APPROVE a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Richmond and the Community Housing Development Corporation (as fiscal sponsor) and APPROPRIATE up to $19,500 in funding to establish a mobile tool lending library in North Richmond, as authorized in the North Richmond Mitigation Fee (NRMF) Expenditure Plan - Community Services Department (Rochelle Monk 620-6511).

 

H-12.

APPROVE the recommendation by the Recreation and Parks Commission to rename the Disabled People's Recreation Center to Developing Personal Resources Center (DPRC) - Community Services Department (Rochelle Monk 620-6511).

 

H-13.

INTRODUCE an ordinance (first reading) amending Richmond Municipal Code (RMC) Chapter 12.18, Discharges to the Wastewater Treatment System, relating to the Fats, Oil and Grease (FOG) Program, to enhance grease removal device requirements and to add enforcement provisions - Water Resource Recovery Department (Ryan Smith 620-5486/Joanne Le 620-6540).

 

H-14.

APPROVE an amendment to the grant-funded Laborers' Community Service & Training Foundation contract to provide an additional series of Multi-Craft Core Curriculum training classes at the RichmondBUILD Academy. The contract will be increased by $22,000 for a total contract amount not to exceed $86,000, and the term will be extended through December 31, 2018 - Employment and Training Department (Sal Vaca/Fred Lucero 307-8023).

 

H-15.

APPROVE the minutes of the March 27 and April 3, 2018, regular Richmond City Council meetings and the March 27, 2018, special Joint Richmond Housing Authority and City Council meeting - City Clerk's Office (Pamela Christian 620-6513).

 

H-16.

ADOPT a resolution designating the Osprey as the official bird of the City of Richmond - Office of the Mayor (Mayor Tom Butt 620-6503).

 

H-17.

ADOPT a resolution authorizing service contracts with six engineering design firms: Questa (Richmond); NCE (Richmond); Harris and Associates (Concord); Parisi (Richmond); A-N West (Richmond); BKF (Richmond); for as-needed engineering services in an amount not to exceed $600,000 per firm over a three-year period plus options for two-year extensions - Engineering and Capital Improvement Projects (Yader Bermudez 774-6300).

 

 

H-18.

APPROVE the purchase of asphalt concrete from SYAR Industries Inc., following use of an Emergency Justification purchase order, in an amount not to exceed $300,000.00 - Engineering and Capital Improvement Projects Department (Yader A. Bermudez 774-6300).

 

I.

COUNCIL AS A WHOLE

 

I-1.

RECEIVE a presentation on the Judgment entered by the United States District Court in Guidiville Rancheria of California vs. United States of America successfully resolving on favorable terms to the City the long-standing dispute concerning the Land Development Agreement for the former U.S. Naval Fuel Depot at Pt. Molate - City Attorney's Office (Bruce Reed Goodmiller 620-6509).

 

I-2.

DIRECT staff to provide a presentation on parking citations, the policy on notifying the community and accommodations for low income residents -  Vice Mayor Melvin Willis (412-2050).

 

I-3.

DIRECT staff to designate the West Ohio Avenue Richmond Greenway extension from South 2nd Street to Garrard Boulevard as a planned complete streets project; and take steps necessary to secure funding for the project as part of improvements to bike and pedestrian connectivity between the Richmond Greenway and the San Francisco Bay Trail - Office of the Mayor (Mayor Tom Butt 620-6503).

 

I-4.

APPROVE a contract amendment with Veolia Operating Services West to include: (1) a reduction in the allowed Capital Program Management (CPM) cost markup from 24% to 16.5%; and (2) a one-time five-year contract extension from the current 20-year term expiring in May 2022 to an expiration in May 2027 - Water Resource Recovery Department (Ryan Smith 620-5486).

 

J.

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

 

K.

ADJOURNMENT

 

 

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