Community Services Building

440 Civic Center Plaza

Richmond, CA  94804

AGENDA

Tuesday, September 11, 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 ITEMS:  Anyone 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 CALENDAR:  Consent 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

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION (Subdivision [a] of Government Code Section 54956.9):

R.H. vs. City of Richmond

PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT (Government Code Section 54957.6):

Title:  Acting City Manager

REGULAR MEETING OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE RICHMOND COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND 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.	REPORT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY OF FINAL DECISIONS MADE DURING CLOSED SESSION

F.	REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER

G.	OPEN FORUM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT

H.	SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE RICHMOND COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY CONSENT CALENDAR

H-1.

ADOPT a resolution approving the Successor Agency to the Richmond  Community Redevelopment Agency's amendment to the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule to address increased construction costs for construction of the Wall Avenue storm drain improvement project, pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 34177(1) - Successor Agency (Alan Wolken 307-8137).

I.	CITY COUNCIL CONSENT CALENDAR

I-1.

ACCEPT and APPROPRIATE a donation from the Pema Chodron Foundation for the Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS) Operation Peacemaker Fellowship, in the amount of $5,000, to provide general support for ONS Operation Peacemaker Fellowship program - Office of Neighborhood Safety (DeVone Boggan 620-5422).

I-2.

ADOPT a resolution accepting The Officer Bradley A. Moody Memorial Underpass project as being complete and in that acceptance, permanently vacate the former at-grade public crossing located at Railroad Mile Post .80 - Seaver Avenue Industrial Lead (DOT No. 912 002H) - Engineering and Capital Improvement Projects Department (Yader A. Bermudez 774-6300/Michael Williams 307-8147).

I-3.	APPROVE a contract with Turner Signs for the construction of Hilltop Gateway Sign-One on Hilltop Drive and east of Blume Drive in an amount not to exceed $85,000 - Engineering and Capital Improvement Projects Department (Yader A. Bermudez 774-6300).

I-4.

APPROVE a standing purchase order with W.W. Grainger, Inc., using the Oregon NASPO ValuePoint Master Agreement No. 8496 to purchase electrical and facilities maintenance supplies,  lighting products, industrial supplies, tools and hardware in an amount not to exceed $300,000 per the term of the contract,  between the departments for an initial period of three-years, with two, two-year optional to extensions - Engineering and Capital Improvement Projects Department and Department of Infrastructure Maintenance and Operations (Yader A. Bermudez 774-6300/Tim Higares 620-6508).

I-5.

APPROVE an amendment to the existing three-year contract, with the option of two, one-year renewal options, with O.C. Jones & Sons, Inc. for the rental of street paving equipment, as needed, to supplement City crews on larger paving projects, in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000, for a total allocation not to exceed amount of $1,750,000, per contract term - Engineering and Capital Improvement Projects Department (Yader A. Bermudez 774-6300).

I-6.

APPROVE and RATIFY a construction agreement for repairs to the Bradley A. Moody Underpass guardrail system with Gordon N. Ball, Inc. The total shall be the Base Bid amount of $35,040, per the quotation provided - Engineering and Capital Improvement Projects Department (Yader A. Bermudez 774-6300/Michael Williams 307-8147).

I-7.

APPROVE the purchase of various emulsion oils for asphalt paving and pothole repairs from  Telfer Oil Company, in an amount not to exceed $300,000, for a three-year term, plus a two-year extension, through September 11, 2021 - Engineering and Capital Improvement Projects Department (Yader A. Bermudez 774-6300).

I-8.	ACCEPT and APPROPRIATE a $27,870 grant award from the CalRecycle Beverage Container Recycling City/County Payment to the City of Richmond's Community Development, Environmental Initiatives Division - City Manager's Office (Shasa Curl/Adam Lenz 620-5407).

I-9.	APPROVE a Second Amendment to the Lease Agreement with Sprint Spectrum Realty Company, LLC, to lease an area for telecommunication equipment at 1411 Harbor Way South - Port Department (Jim Matzorkis 215-4600).

I-10.

APPROVE the travel days of September 26 and 29, 2018 to and from the conference for Mr. Eddie Aubrey to participate as a guest speaker for the International Conference of Internal Affairs Commanders - Police Department (Chief Allwyn Brown 621-1802).

I-11.

APPROVE a sole-source contract with Verizon Connect NWF Inc., for maintenance of the GPS hardware that monitors Police Department vehicles, in a total amount not to exceed $60,480 ($20,160 per year), for a three-year term, from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2021 - Police Department (Chief Allwyn Brown 621-1802).

I-12.

APPROVE the purchase of one 2019 Ford Utility Interceptor from Hilltop Ford to be used by the Crime Scene Investigator Program, in an amount not to exceed $41,000 - Police Department (Chief Allwyn Brown 621-1802).

I-13.

APPROVE  the purchase of Motorola base station radios and software upgrade for existing radios from Red Cloud, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $101,000 - Fire Department (Chief Adrian Sheppard 307-8041).

I-14.

ACCEPT and APPROPRIATE funds for year two and three of a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), in the amount of $24,000, for the Library and Cultural Services Department, Library Division and; APPROVE the Fiscal Year 2018-19 Amendment to the Program Agreement with Contra Costa County for expansion of library services to seniors with the Words on Wheels (WOW) Library Book Van - Library and Cultural Services Department (Katy Curl 620-6554/Jane Pratt 620-5452).

I-15.

RECEIVE the City’s Investment and Cash Balance Report for the month of June 2018 – Finance Department (Belinda Warner 620-6740).

I-16.

RECEIVE the City’s Investment and Cash Balance Report for the month of July 2018 – Finance Department (Belinda Warner 620-6740).

I-17.

APPROVE a second contract amendment in the amount of $18,000, not to exceed a total amount of $61,000, with Keyser Marston Associates, to update the Financial Feasibility Analysis for Residential Development, and APPROPRIATE $18,000 in in-lieu fees to complete the work - Planning and Building Services Department (Richard Mitchell 620-6706).

I-18.

APPROVE a contract amendment in the amount of $105,000, not to exceed a total contract amount of $115,000, through December 31, 2020, with Kosmont Companies to provide financial and real estate advisory services related to Point Molate - Planning and Building Services Department (Richard Mitchell 620-6708).

I-19.

RECEIVE a report on the Richmond Municipal Sewer District for the months of June and July 2018 – Water Resource Recovery Department (Ryan Smith 620-5486).

I-20.

APPROVE a contract with Bay Area Tree Specialists in an amount not to exceed $21,000, for Pine tree removals at Fairmede Park.  The contract term will be from September 12, 2018, to June 30, 2019 - Department of Infrastructure Maintenance and Operations (Tim Higares 620-6508).

I-21.

APPROVE the minutes of the August 7, 2018, regular Richmond City Council meeting - City Clerk's Office (Pamela Christian 620-6513).

J.	COUNCIL AS A WHOLE

J-1.	DISCUSS and consider reinstating the requirement to speak with a staff member prior to removing an item from the consent calendar. This policy would not include items sponsored by the Mayor or Councilmembers - Vice Mayor Melvin Willis (412-2050).

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

L.	ADJOURNMENT

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Main Counter at City Hall located at 450 Civic Center Plaza.