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-REGULAR MEETING OF THE RICHMOND HOUSING AUTHORITY
-REGULAR MEETING OF THE RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL

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Community Services Building
440 Civic Center Plaza
Richmond, CA 94804
Members:
  • Eduardo Martinez, Mayor at Large
  • Melvin Willis, Councilmember District 1
  • Cesar Zepeda, Councilmember District 2
  • Doria Robinson, Councilmember District 3
  • Soheila Bana, Councilmember District 4
  • Gayle McLaughlin, Vice Mayor, District 5
  • Claudia Jimenez, Councilmember District 6
  • Jaycine Scott, Housing Authority Tenant Commissioner

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HOW TO WATCH THE MEETING FROM HOME:

  1. KCRT – Comcast Channel 28 or AT&T Uverse Channel 99
  2. Livestream online at http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/3178/KCRT-Live

 

HOW TO SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS:

 

In Person: Anyone who desires to address the City Council on items appearing on the agenda, including Open Forum, 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.  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.

 

Via Zoom: Anyone who desires to address the City Council on items appearing on the agenda, including Open Forum, must raise their hand once public comment is open.  The public speakers attending in person will be called first, followed by Zoom participants.  Only those public speakers that have their hand raised once the speakers are called will be recognized.

 

Open Session and City Council: Please click the link below to join the webinar:

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**The mayor will announce the agenda item number and open public comment when appropriate. 

 

Via mail: received by 1:00 p.m. the day of the meeting, sent to 450 Civic Center Plaza, 3rd Floor, Office of the Clerk, Richmond, CA 94804.

 

Via eComments: eComments are available once an agenda is published. Locate the meeting in "upcoming meetings" and click the comment bubble icon. Click on the item you wish to comment on. eComments can be submitted when the agenda is published and until the conclusion of public comments for the agenda item. Email your comment to [email protected] should you have difficulty submitting an eComment during a meeting.

 

Via email: to [email protected] by 1:00 p.m. the day of the meeting.

Emails MUST contain in the subject line 1) public comments – Open Session prior to Closed Session; 2) public comments – Open Forum; or 3) public comments agenda item #__ [include the agenda item number]. 

 

Properly labeled public comments will be considered a public record, put into the official meeting record, available after the meeting as supplemental materials, and will be posted as an attachment to the meeting minutes when the minutes are posted: http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/Archive.aspx?AMID=31

 

The City cannot guarantee that its network and/or the site will be uninterrupted. To ensure that the City Council receives your comments, you are strongly encouraged to submit your comments in writing in advance of the meeting.

 

Procedures for Removing Items from the Consent Calendar: Members of the public who request to remove an item from the consent calendar must first discuss the item with a staff member by phone or a back-and-forth email discussion, and state the name of the staff member when requesting removal of the item from the consent calendar (by 2 p.m. the day of the meeting).

 

Any member of the City Council who would like to remove an item from the consent calendar must notify the appropriate staff person and the City Clerk’s Office prior to the meeting. Although members of the City Council are encouraged to ask questions and share concerns with staff ahead of the meeting, they are not required to do so.

 

The Clerk’s Office must be informed of any requests to remove items from the Consent Calendar. Items removed from the Consent Calendar shall be placed at the end of the agenda for consideration.

 

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.

 

Click here for City Harassment Policy

 

Accessibility for Individuals with Disabilities:  Upon request, the City will provide for written agenda materials in appropriate alternative formats, or disability-related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services and sign language interpreters, to enable individuals with disabilities to participate in and provide comments at/related to public meetings. Please submit a request, including your name, phone number and/or email address, and a description of the modification, accommodation, auxiliary aid, service or alternative format requested at least two days before the meeting.  Requests should be emailed to [email protected] or submitted by phone at 510-620-6513, ext. 9, or 510-620-6509.  Requests made by mail to City Clerk’s Office, City Council meeting, 450 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond, CA 94804 must be received at least two days before the meeting. Requests will be granted whenever possible and resolved in favor of accessibility.

 

Unless otherwise noted in an agenda description, all actions taken by the Council include a determination that CEQA does not apply (i.e., the action is not a project and therefore exempt from CEQA).

 

Disclaimer:  The City Clerk's Office translates agendas to enhance public access.  Translated agendas are provided as a courtesy and do not constitute legal notice of the meeting or items to be discussed.  In case of discrepancy, the English agenda will prevail.

 

 

 


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C.

  

C.1
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Government Code Section 54957.6)

 
  •  Agency Representatives: Sharrone Taylor and Jack Hughes


                  Employee organizations:

1.    SEIU Local 1021 Full Time Unit and Part Time Unit
2.    IFPTE Local 21 Mid-Level Management Unit and Executive Management Units
3.    Richmond Police Officers Association RPOA
4.    Richmond Police Management Association RPMA
5.    IAFF Local 188
6.    Richmond Fire Management Association RFMA

 

  • City Designated Representative: Dave Aleshire, City Attorney
    Unrepresented employee: City Manager

C.2
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (Government Code Section 54957)

 
  • Title: City Manager

C.3
CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR (Government Code Section 54956.8)

 

•   Property: 425 24th Street, Richmond, CA 94804 (Homekey Program at
    Motel 6 location)
    Agency Negotiators:  Nannette Beacham, Lina Velasco, Jesus Morales
    Negotiating Parties: Novin Development, Corp, Journey Hospitality, Inc.
    Under negotiation: Price and terms of payment

•   Property: Metro Walk Phase II at Richmond Transit Village
    Agency Negotiators: Lina Velasco, Nannette Beacham
    Negotiating Parties: Pacific West Communities, Inc., San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
    Under negotiation: Price and terms of payment (12th Amendment/Disposition and Development Agreement)

 

C.4
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) of Subdivision (d) [as applicable] of Government Code Section 54956.9)

 
  • One Case 

C.5
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (initiation of litigation pursuant to paragraph (4) of Subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9)

 
  • Two Cases  

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H.

  

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L.

  

M.

  
  • ADOPT a resolution authorizing an emergency contract with Nichols Consulting Engineers (NCE) for $13,600 plus a 10 percent contingency of $1,360, for a total contract amount not to exceed $14,960, with a term ending August 1, 2024, to complete a Part 58 Environmental Review - Richmond Housing Authority (Gabino Arredondo 510-620-6606).

APPROVE the minutes of the April 18, 2023, Special Meeting; June 6, 2023, Regular Meeting; June 20 and June 27, 2023, Joint Special Meetings of the Richmond Housing Authority - City Clerk's Office (Pamela Christian 510-620-6513).

  • ADOPT a resolution approving a first contract amendment with Doherty’s Truck & Auto Rental increasing the contract amount by $30,858, for a total contract amount not to exceed $40,858, with a term extending through June 30, 2025, for the rental of a truck used for maintenance and unit turnover activities – Richmond Housing Authority (Gabino Arredondo 510-620-6606).

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6:30 p.m.

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Q.

  

R.

  

W.

  

(public comment on items that remain on the Consent Calendar or items not on the agenda - limited to 2 minutes unless otherwise specified - Back and forth dialogue with the Council is prohibited)

X.

  

(All items placed under the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and noncontroversial. These items will be enacted upon together with a motion and second, without discussion, of any member of the City Council, and each item shall be deemed to have received the action recommended.)

X.1

  
  • APPROVE the sixth amendment to the legal services agreement with Downey Brand, in the amount of $100,000, to represent the City in pending appeals and any further proceedings in the current Point Molate Alliance, et al. v. City of Richmond litigation involving the Point Molate property and the City’s prior CEQA and land use entitlement process(es), for a total contract amount of $1,225,000 – City Attorney’s Office (Dave Aleshire 510-620-6509).

  • APPROVE a first amendment to the legal services agreement with Bennett, Gelini, and Gelini increasing the compensation by an amount not to exceed $100,000, for a total contract amount of $109,990, with a term ending June 30, 2025 – City Attorney’s Office (Dave Aleshire/Alan Cohen 510-620-6709).

X.2

  

APPROVE the minutes of the April 18, May 23, June 6, June 20, June 27, and July 11, 2023, regular City Council meetings; and the July 19, 2023, special City Council meeting - City Clerk's Office (Pamela Christian 510-620-6513).

X.3

  
  • DIRECT staff to negotiate and finalize the final form of a Richmond Police Activities League (RPAL) lease amendment at 175 23rd St. within 14 days to allow for the Richmond Tiny Home Village, Farm, and Garden Project to be built once permits and approvals are obtained - Vice Mayor Gayle McLaughlin (510-620-6636)

X.4

  
  • ACCEPT and APPROPRIATE a $8,602,587 Encampment Resolution Funding Round 2 award from the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency’s (BCSH) California Interagency Council on Homelessness (Cal ICH) to connect at least 115 unhoused city residents with urgently needed services and pathways to housing to resolve encampments in the City, including those located along Interstates 80 and 580 – Community Development Department (Lina Velasco 510-620-6841/Jesus Morales 510-620-6649).

  • APPROVE a sole-source contract with Just Cities, LLC in the amount of $150,000 for development of a Housing Equity Roadmap that builds upon the recently completed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Analysis prepared in the 6th Cycle Housing Element, for a term beginning September 12, 2023, and ending December 31, 2025 – Community Development Department (Lina Velasco 510-620-6841/Jesus Morales 510-620-6649).

  • APPROVE contract amendment no. 3 with Hatchuel Tabernik & Associates (HTA) for $100,000, for a total contract amount not to exceed $140,000, to provide on-call grant writing for the Housing Division for homelessness services and supports, for a term extending through June 30, 2025 – Community Development Department (Lina Velasco 510-620-6841/Jesus Morales 510-620-6649).  

  • APPROVE the City of Richmond response to the 2022-2023 Contra Costa Civil Grand Jury Report No. 2306 entitled “Affordable Housing: A Plan Without a Home” and submittal of the response to the Grand Jury – City Manager’s Office/Community Development Department (Shasa Curl/Lina Velasco 510-620-6841). This item was continued from the July 11, 2023, meeting.

  • APPROVE a first amendment to the contract with United Site Services to increase the contract amount by $150,000, for a total not-to-exceed amount of $225,000, with a contract term ending June 30, 2025, with two one-year options to renew at a combined total of $150,000 for the two option years – Public Works Department/Community Development Department (Daniel Chavarria 510-620-5478/Greg Hardesty 510-620-6920/Lina Velasco 510-620-6841).

  • ADOPT a resolution authorizing the acquisition of property to implement a Homekey Project at 425 24th Street if a grant is awarded – Community Development Department (Lina Velasco 510-620-6841/Jesus Morales 510-620-6649).

X.5

  
  • APPROVE a second amendment to the contract with Mark43, Inc. in the amount of $188,800, for a new total contract not to exceed amount of $2,615,800 to upgrade the Richmond Fire Department’s Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system software and for annual service costs; APPROVE a purchase order with DuraTech USA, Inc. in the amount of $175,000 including a $1,787.21 contingency to purchase related computer hardware and accessories; APPROVE a contract with Stommel, Inc. dba Lehr in the amount of $192,062.50, with a term beginning September 16, 2023, through December 31, 2023, to install the hardware and accessories to Fire Department vehicles; and ADOPT a resolution amending the Fire Department’s Fiscal Year 2023-24 budget and appropriating $438,862.50 to cover the costs of the upgrade – Fire Department (Chief Angel Montoya 510-307-8041/Deputy Chief Aaron Osorio 510-307-8021).

X.6

  
  • ​​ADOPT a resolution to ACCEPT and APPROPRIATE a $30,000 grant award from the East Bay Community Foundation for the Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS) Operation Peacemaker Fellowship program - Community Services Department (Sam Vaughn 510-620-5404).

  • APPROVE a first amendment to the contract with Universal Safety & CPR Solutions increasing the contract by $126,000, for a total not-to-exceed contract amount of $157,000, and extending the term from June 30, 2025, to March 30, 2028, to provide various trainings and certifications as outlined in the Environmental Protection Agency 500 grant at the RichmondBUILD facility – Community Services Department (Tamara Walker 510-307-8006/Fred Lucero 510-621-1562).

  • APPROVE the standard contract with Trans Metro, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $250,000, from September 12, 2023, through September 30, 2024, to support community outreach and existing paratransit van services for seniors and disabled individuals residing in Richmond and incorporated and unincorporated areas in West County per Measure J guidelines – Community Services Department (LaShonda White 510-620-6828/ Lori Reese 510-620-6869).

  • APPROVE a contract with Danny Walker in an amount not to exceed $70,000, beginning July 1, 2023, and ending on June 30, 2025, to provide sports officiating services – Community Services Department (Ranjana Maharaj 510-620-6972/Tetteh Kisseh 510-620-6919).

  • APPROVE the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Richmond and Youth Tennis Advantage, for a term from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2028, to provide tennis instructions at Nicholl Park and Martin Luther King, Jr. tennis courts at no cost to the participants and the City of Richmond – Community Services Department (Ranjana Maharaj 510-620-6972/ Tetteh Kisseh 510-620-6919).

  • APPROVE a first amendment to the funding agreement between the City of Richmond and the State of California Air Resources Board (CARB) Clean Mobility Options Project Voucher Pilot Program to increase the funding agreement by $500,000, for a total agreement amount not to exceed $1,500,000, in support of the expansion of the Richmond Moves shuttle program; ACCEPT and APPROPRIATE $500,000 from CARB; and APPROVE a third contract amendment with Nomad Transit, LLC (dba Via Transportation, Inc.) adding an amount of $450,000, for a total amount not to exceed $2,100,731, to expand the Richmond Moves shuttle operations through July 7, 2024 – Community Services Department (LaShonda White 510-620-6828/Denée Evans 510-621-1718).

  • ADOPT a resolution to ACCEPT and APPROPRIATE into the Fiscal Year 2023-24 budget a California State Library grant, in the amount of $69,602, to support English as a Second Language educational services offered at the Library’s literacy services program, Literacy for Every Adult Program (LEAP) – Community Services Department (Kate Eppler 510-620-5452/Abigail Sims-Evelyn 510-307-8082).

  • ADOPT a resolution to ACCEPT and appropriate the WIOA II grant award of $65,296, to support educational programs offered at the library’s literacy services program, Literacy for Every Adult Program – Community Services Department (Kate Eppler 510-620-5452/Abigail Sims-Evelyn 510-307-8082).

X.7

  
  • APPOINT Janet Flint to the Urban Forest Advisory Committee with a term that expires on November 17, 2026 – Mayor’s Office (Mayor Eduardo Martinez 510-620-6503).

  • REAPPOINT Victoria Sawicki to the Human Rights and Human Relations Committee, Seat 3, Term Expires March, 30, 2026 - Mayor’s Office (Mayor Eduardo Martinez 510-620-6503).

  • APPOINT Crashelle Jackson to the Richmond Economic Development Commission, term expires, March 30, 2025 – Mayor’s Office (Mayor Eduardo Martinez 510-620-6503).

  • APPOINT Jocelyn Nichole Hernandez Trueba to the Richmond Youth Council, term expires, October 1, 2024 – Mayor’s Office (Mayor Eduardo Martinez 510-620-6503).

  • AUTHORIZE travel for Mayor Eduardo Martinez, Councilmember Cesar Zepeda, and the Mayor’s Chief of Staff Shiva Mishek to Zhoushan, Republic of China, to celebrate the Sister Cities 30th Friendship Anniversary; attend the fifth annual International Island Tourism Conference; and update the Mutual Agreement between Sister Cities Richmond and Zhoushan— Mayor's Office (Mayor Eduardo Martinez 510-620-6502) and Councilmember Cesar Zepeda (510-620-6593).

X.8

  
  • APPROVE a first contract amendment with Bay Area Marine Services, LLC. to continue providing repair and maintenance services to Richmond Police Department’s Marine Unit, increasing the contract by $30,000, for a total contract amount not to exceed $80,000, with a term beginning August 1, 2022, and ending July 31, 2025 – Police Department (Chief Bisa French 510-621-1802).

  • ADOPT a resolution to ACCEPT and APPROPRIATE $80,619 in funding from the 2022 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program for the purchase of police safety equipment; and AUTHORIZE the city manager to execute and accept the Memorandum of Understanding with the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office – Police Department (Chief Bisa French 510-621-1802).

X.9

  
  • ADOPT a resolution that grants the authority to the Director of Public Works and the City Engineer to execute Master Agreements, Program Supplemental Agreements, Fund Exchange Agreements, Fund Transfer Agreements, and any amendments thereto with the California Department of Transportation for transportation projects funded by Federal and/or State sources – Public Works Department (Daniel Chavarria 510-620-5478/ Robert Armijo 510-620-5477).

Y.

  
  • RECEIVE a draft report and presentation from Urban Strategies Council regarding Community Crisis Response Program model options; and PROVIDE DIRECTION to City staff – Community Services Department (LaShonda White 510-620-6828/ Patrick Seals 510-307-8016). This item was continued from the July 11, 2023, meeting.

  • RECEIVE a report from Matrix Consulting Group regarding their emergency services data analysis – City Manager’s Office/Human Resources Department (Shasa Curl/Nickie Mastay/Sharrone Taylor 510-620-6803). This item was continued from the July 11, 2023, meeting.

  • RECEIVE a presentation from the city manager on the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 City-wide accomplishments – City Manager’s Office (Shasa Curl 510-620-6512). This item was continued from the July 11, 2023, meeting.

  • RECEIVE a presentation from Jessica Fain, Director of Planning, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, on sea level rise preparation, shoreline development, and BCDC regulations - Councilmember Bana (510-620-6743)

  • RECEIVE a presentation; and ADOPT a resolution authorizing the City of Richmond to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) among jurisdictions in the East Bay Hills to form a wildfire coordinating group to improve regionwide collaboration on wildfire mitigation activities and reduce wildfire risk throughout the East Bay Hills – Vice Mayor McLaughlin (510-620-6636).

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