Community Services Building

440 Civic Center Plaza

Richmond, CA  94804

                                                  

AGENDA

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

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Mayor

 

Vice Mayor

Thomas K. Butt

 

Ben Choi

Councilmembers

Nathaniel Bates

Demnlus Johnson III

Eduardo Martinez

Jael Myrick

Melvin Willis

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 that is sponsored by City staff 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.  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 (paragraph (1) of subdivision [d] of Government Code Section 54956.9):

 

 

Sims vs. City of Richmond

 

 

Richmond Police Officers’ Association vs. City of Richmond, Allwyn Brown

 

 

LIABILITY CLAIMS -(Government Code Section 54956.9):

 

 

Jason Silva vs. City of Richmond

 


 

REGULAR MEETING OF

THE RICHMOND HOUSING AUTHORITY

 

6:25 p.m.

 

A.

PLEDGE TO THE FLAG

 

B.

ROLL CALL

 

C.

STATEMENT OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST

 

D.

OPEN FORUM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT

 

E.

AGENDA REVIEW

 

F.

REPORT FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

 

G.

HOUSING AUTHORITY CONSENT CALENDAR

 

G-1.

ADOPT a resolution approving a contract amendment with Municipal Resource Group to provide professional and technical assistance to the Richmond Housing Authority, increasing the contract amount by $50,000, for a total amount not to exceed $355,264, and maintaining the existing term expiring on June 30, 2019 - Richmond Housing Authority (Gabino Arredondo 621-1309).

 

G-2.

APPROVE the minutes of the regular December 4 and special December 18, 2018, Richmond Housing Authority meetings - City Clerk's Office (Pamela Christian 620-6513).

 

H.

HOUSING AUTHORITY AS A WHOLE

 

H-1.

ADOPT a resolution approving the revised Fiscal Year 2018-19 budget - Richmond Housing Authority (Gabino Arredondo/Belinda Warner 620-6704).

 

H-2.

ADOPT a resolution authorizing the transfer of Richmond Housing Authority's Housing Choice Voucher Section 8 Program to the Housing Authority of Contra Costa County - Richmond Housing Authority (Gabino Arredondo 621-1309).

 

I.

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.

CITY COUNCIL CONSENT CALENDAR

 

G-1.

APPROVE a contract with Opticos Design, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $75,000, through June 30, 2020, to assist staff in the review of projects proposed in the Richmond Bay Specific Plan - Planning and Building Services Department (Lina Velasco 620-6706).

 

G-2.

APPROVE a contract amendment no. 2 with R3 Consulting Group to continue assisting the City in the five-year compliance review of the conditional use permit for the Bulk Materials Processing Center and associated facilities, to increase the contract amount by $26,884 for a total contract amount not to exceed $102,884, for a term ending June 30, 2020 - Planning and Building Services Department (Lina Velasco 620-6706).

 

G-3.

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

 

G-4.

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

 

G-5.

APPROVE an amendment to the Laborers' Community Service & Training Foundation contract to provide an additional series of Multi-Craft Core Curriculum training classes at the RichmondBUILD Academy. The contract term will be extended through December 31, 2019. The contract will be increased by $17,600 for a total contract amount not to exceed $172,600 - Employment and Training Department (Sal Vaca/Fred Lucero 621-1562).

 


 

G-6.

APPROVE appointments to the Richmond Youth Council: APPOINT Ashley Moore, re-appointment, seat 3, term expiration date October 1, 2019 - Office of the Mayor (Mayor Tom Butt 620-6503).

 

G-7.

APPROVE a two-year lease agreement amendment with the Rosie the Riveter Trust to lease office space at 440 Civic Center Plaza, extending the term to December 31, 2020, with two additional one-year options to extend the lease, and at a lease rate of $665 per month - City Manager's Office (Carlos Martinez/LaShonda White 620-6512).

 

G-8.

RECEIVE the monthly report on Point Molate activities for the month of November 2018 - City Manager's Office (Carlos Martinez/Craig Murray 620-6512).

 

G-9.

RECEIVE the monthly report on Point Molate activities for the month of December 2018 - City Manager's Office (Carlos Martinez/Craig Murray 620-6512).

 

G-10.

APPROVE the Second Amended 2017/2018 North Richmond Waste and Recovery Mitigation Fee Expenditure Plan (Exhibit A), with updated funding allocations applicable to previously approved activities for the period of July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018, as recommended by the North Richmond Waste and Recovery Mitigation Fee Joint Expenditure Planning Committee - City Manager's Office (Carlos Martinez/Lori Reese-Brown 620-6512).

 

G-11.

APPROVE authorization to make a construction change order payment to Havrilesko  Construction for additional work at the Richmond Municipal Natatorium in an amount not to exceed $4,000 for a total contract amount of $13,500 - Department of Infrastructure Maintenance and Operations (Tim Higares 620-6502).

 

G-12.

APPROVE the First Amendment to Lease Agreement with Sause Bros Inc. at Terminal 3 for storage and minor dockside maintenance operations for its barge fleet. The Amendment provides two additional five year option terms to the existing Lease Agreement, which has a five year term with a single five year option - Port Department (Jim Matzorkis 215-4600).

 

H.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

 

H-1.

CONTINUED TO March 5, 2019, The matter to CONSIDER the appeal of the Planning Commission’s denial of PLN18-123, a Conditional Use Permit and Design Review Permit to install a T-Mobile small cell site with a canister enclosing an antenna, supported by a pole attachment arm and associated pole affixed equipment shroud on a pole within the public right of way adjacent to 2100 Grant Avenue - Planning and Building Services Department (Lina Velasco 620-6706).

 

 

H-2.

CONTINUED TO March 5, 2019, The matter to CONSIDER the appeal of the Planning Commission’s denial of PLN18-128, a Conditional Use Permit and Design Review Permit to install a T-Mobile small cell site with a canister enclosing an antenna, supported by a pole attachment arm and associated pole affixed equipment shroud on a pole within the public right of way adjacent to 2732 Downer Avenue - Planning and Building Services Department (Lina Velasco 620-6706).

 

H-3.

CONTINUED TO March 5, 2019, The matter to CONSIDER the appeal of the Planning Commission’s denial of PLN18-130, a Conditional Use Permit and Design Review Permit to install a T-Mobile small cell site with a canister enclosing an antenna, supported by a pole attachment arm and associated pole affixed equipment shroud on a pole within the public right of way adjacent to 2901 Garvin Avenue - Planning and Building Services Department (Lina Velasco 620-6706).

 

I.

COUNCIL AS A WHOLE

 

I-1.

REVIEW the Fiscal Year 2018-19 operating and capital improvement budgets at mid-year, and ADOPT a resolution approving the proposed Fiscal Year 2018-19 budget adjustments - Finance Department (Belinda Warner/Markisha Guillory 620-5434).

 

I-2.

RECEIVE a presentation on the City's updated five-year financial forecast for the General Fund - Finance Department (Belinda Warner 620-6740/Markisha Guillory 620-5434).

 

J.

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

 

K.

ADJOURNMENT

 

 

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