PREPARED BY: MATT RODRIGUEZ DATE OF MEETING: 04/05/21
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO TO CONSIDER AMENDING THE FY 2021-23 ADOPTED CITY COUNCIL PRIORITY WORKPLAN UNDER MAJOR POLICY GOAL: BUILD A HEALTHY COMMUNITY TO ADD A NEW POLICY AMENDMENT: RESEARCH/EXPLORE EFFORTS AT THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL REGARDING A MINIMUM/LIVING WAGE INCREASE FOR SAN PABLO BUSINESSES AND WORKERS
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
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Consider the Proposed Priority Workplan Amendment for Adoption by Resolution
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Compliance statements
FY 2021-23 Council Priority Workplan Compliance Statement
Research and explore efforts at the Federal, State and Local level regarding a Minimum/Living Wage Increase for San Pablo workers and businesses is NOT an adopted policy item under the FY 2021-23 Council Priority Workplan, effective March 15, 2021.
CEQA Compliance Statement
This is not a project as defined by CEQA
BACKGROUND
Adopted City Council Priority Workplan (FY 2021-23)
At a Special Meeting/Workshop on February 10, 2021, the City Council spent an afternoon discussing and establishing City priorities for the coming year beyond the daily operational and legal requirements for the City. As is true of any priority-setting effort, there is trade-off in choosing some priorities over others as there are limited staff and other resources. On March 15, 2021, following a rescinding of previously adopted Resolution 2021-018, the San Pablo City Council adopted a revised City Council Priority Workplan (Workplan) for period FY 2021-23 via adopted Resolution 2021-026.
Two-Step Process for Amending Workplan
For the Council to consider mid-year amendments to the Priority Workplan to add additional policy items requires a Two-Step Process to support the interests of open government and transparency and to ensure ongoing compliance with the Ralph M. Brown Act, as follows
Step #1: Adopt by majority vote, via minute order, to add the proposed policy amendment to a future City Council agenda for discussion; and
Step #2: Have the discussion about the proposed Priority Workplan amendment as part of an agendized item at the City Council meeting. Following Council discussion about the policy amendment, adopt by majority vote via Resolution to add the policy amendment to the Workplan.
Proposed Workplan Amendment for City Council Discussion
Following initial discussion at the March 1, 2021 City Council meeting, on motion made by Councilmember Pineda and duly seconded, the City Council agreed to schedule a future policy discussion at the regularly City Council meeting on April 5, 2021 to potentially amend the Workplan, as follows:
MAJOR POLICY AREA: BUILD A HEALTHY COMMUNITY
Add/New: Policy Item #115:
Research and explore efforts at the Federal, State and Local level regarding a Minimum/Living Wage Increase for San Pablo workers and businesses
City Council Policy Consideration - Amend City Council Priority Workplan
Once adopted by Resolution, the City Manager may conduct additional policy research and/or develop specific policy recommendations related to this adopted policy amendment for subsequent formal discussion and approval by the City Council in the near future. A proposed Resolution is included with this staff report for formal consideration and potential adoption by majority vote of the City Council this evening (See Attachment).
FISCAL IMPACT
No City funds have been identified at this time for this agenda item.