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Bridge funding and safety grant approved

San PabloSep 16, 20252 min read

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The City Council approved $850,000 in federal directed spending for the San Pablo Avenue Bridge Replacement Project and accepted $13,318 in grant funds to buy emergency radio chargers and spare batteries.

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The council moved forward with money for a bridge replacement project on San Pablo Avenue, including an $850,000 federal award and a required local match of $110,127. It also approved $13,318 to buy 62 portable chargers and 25 spare batteries for emergency radios used by the regional emergency communications system. The council additionally approved a paid fellow for the Environmental Programs Division and ratified an opposition letter about a state open-meetings bill.

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Approved minutes from the September 2, 2025 City Council meeting.
Approved the August 2025 vendor check register report.
Adopted a resolution accepting and appropriating $850,000 for the San Pablo Avenue Bridge Replacement Project and recognizing a $110,127 match.
Approved ratifying an opposition letter regarding Senate Bill 707 on open meetings and teleconference requirements.
Adopted an agreement with Bay Area Community Resources for an eleven-month full-time fellow in the Environmental Programs Division for $31,000.
Adopted a resolution accepting and appropriating $13,318 in Justice Assistance Grant funds for 62 portable chargers and 25 spare batteries for emergency radios.

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Sep 16, 2025, 1:00 AMCity Council Chambers Members of the public may view this meeting online by using this URL https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89046076519completed

Agenda

*IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS AND MEETING PARTICIPATION*
NOTICE:
PUBLIC COMMENT
AGENDA MATERIALS
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
CEREMONIAL MATTERS
PRESENTATIONS
PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL BY THE SAN PABLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF ANNUAL SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024/25 CEQA: This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
CITY MANAGER REMARKS
CONSENT CALENDAR
MINUTES
CONSIDER APPROVING MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA
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PERIODIC REPORTS
CONSIDER APPROVING VENDOR CHECK REGISTER REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2025 CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.
CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION
CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO (1) ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIATING COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDED CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING (CPFCDS) PROGRAM FUNDS FROM U.S. CONGRESSMAN JOHN GARAMENDI TO THE SAN PABLO AVENUE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT (0202) IN THE AMOUNT OF $850,000; (2) RECOGNIZING THAT THE CPFCDS REQUIRED MATCH WILL BE ALLOCATED AS PART OF THE FY2025-26 MID-CYCLE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (CIP) BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE SAN PABLO AVENUE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT (0202) IN THE AMOUNT OF $110,127; AND (3) AUTHOURIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL AGREEMENTS AND AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE GRANT CEQA: An environmental review analysis consistent with California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements will be prepared for the design and construction plans at time of implementation.
CONSIDER CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO RATIFY AN OPPOSITION LETTER (UNLESS AMENDED) FOR SENATE BILL 707 – OPEN MEETINGS: MEETING AND TELECONFERENCE REQUIREMENTS TRANSMITTED ON AUGUST 28, 2025 FROM SAN PABLO MAYOR CRUZ TO THE STATE SENATOR DURAZO (D- 26TH DISTRICT) WITH COPTIES TO THE CITY’S STATE LEGISLATORS (STATE SENATOR JESSE ARREQUIN (D-7th; AND STATE ASSEMBLYMEMBER BUFFY WICKS (D-14TH) CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.
CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH BAY AREA COMMUNITY RESOURCES (BACR) FOR AN ELEVEN-MONTH FULL-TIME FELLOW IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS DIVISION IN THE AMOUNT OF $31,000 CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.
* * * * END OF CONSENT CALENDAR * * * *
PUBLIC HEARINGS
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIATING $13,318 IN AWARDED GRANT FUNDS FROM THE JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING USE OF THE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS TO PAY FOR SIXTY-TWO (62) PORTABLE CHARGERS AND TWENTY-FIVE (25) SPARE BATTERIES FOR EBRCSA EMERGENCY RADIOS CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS (IF ANY)
MATERIALS SUBMITTED AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE AGENDA WILL BE APPENDED AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING. THIS IS NOT AN ACTION ITEM BUT MERELY A MECHANISM FOR MATERIALS SUBMITTED AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE AGENDA TO BE APPENDED TO THE PUBLISHED AGENDA AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING.
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS REPORTS
Mayor Arturo Cruz
Vice Mayor Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado
Councilmember Rita Xavier
Councilmember Abel Pineda
Councilmember Patricia Ponce
ADJOURNMENT
Staff Present: City Manager, Matt Rodriguez Assistant City Manager, Maria Ojeda City Attorney, Brian P. Hickey Police Chief, Brian Bubar City Clerk, Dorothy Gantt Administrative Clerk II, Casey Erlenheim
Approval of the Consent Agenda
Respectfully Submitted, ____________________________ Dorothy Gantt, City Clerk ____________________________ Arturo Cruz, Mayor
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