The council voted to hear the Water Utility Financial Plan and Rates Study, dated February 7, 2024 and done by Pavletic Consulting LLC; say the city intends to raise its water rates; set a date for anyone to speak on it before a vote; and have staff mail notice of it to all water customers.
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Howard, Ross, Zorn, Malhi, McKillop
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Why City staff analyzed whether water revenues are adequate to cover operating, maintenance, capital, and debt service costs.
The council voted to accept the city's 2024 update to its part of the Contra Costa County Operational Area Hazard Mitigation Plan.
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Howard, Ross, Zorn, Malhi, McKillop
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Why The plan lets Contra Costa County cities and special districts qualify for federal disaster aid and grant funding by meeting requirements in the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000.
The council voted to put off this item to the next City Council meeting for its first vote.
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Howard, Ross, Zorn, Malhi, McKillop
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Proposed Hear public comment, skip the full reading, and take the first of two votes on changes to Chapter 5.29, the city's cannabis rules, that would: change site security rules; require diversity, equity and inclusion steps in applications; ban cannabis billboard ads citywide; ban temporary cannabis events; require on-site health information postings; ban on-site cannabis use; change distances from sensitive places; require delivery businesses here to hold a Commercial Cannabis Operating Permit; and stop deliveries to parks, playgrounds, daycare centers, homes on school campuses, trucking or transport workplaces, and transit centers.
The council voted to approve the plans and specifications and let staff ask for bids for the Annual Water Main Replacement – 2023, Project No. C7052; find that project needs no further environmental review under category (b) of the state's environmental rules; and move $2,000,000 in water bond money from the 2024 budget year's Water Main Replacement Project to Project C7052.
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Why The work was delayed by a study of aging pipelines, some more than 50 years old, and by finishing separate water treatment plant upgrades.
The council voted to add American Tow to the city's list of approved tow truck companies.
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Why American Tow asked to be added to the police department's rotational tow list, and neighboring police agencies that use American Tow have had no issues with its service.
The council voted to accept the budget year 2022-2023 Pavement Rehabilitation Project No. C1073-2 as finished under its contract, and let the City Clerk file that finding (a Notice of Completion).
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Why The contractor, MCK Services, Inc., finished the work by December 26, 2023, submitted the project's as-built drawings, and gave the city a one-year maintenance bond.
The council voted to put off a decision on the Waterfront Marina Trust Land Use Plan, without discussing it, to the council's meeting on February 21, 2024.
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Why The city coordinated its review of the plan with the State Lands Commission, and the council is tentatively scheduled to consider its final version on February 21, 2024.
The council was asked to hear a presentation on Coordinated Outreach Referral and Engagement (CORE) services for the second quarter of the 2024 budget year, discuss it, and tell staff what to do about it.
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Why The city pays a two-person CORE team to reach unhoused people in Martinez; last quarter it served 100 people and made 565 contacts, with low income, being thrown out, and job loss the top causes.