City of San Pablo  
Meeting Minutes  
City Council  
Monday, May 4, 2026  
6:00 PM  
City Council Chambers  
CALL TO ORDER  
The meeting was called to order at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers.  
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  
Mayor Pabon-Alvarado led the Pledge of Allegiance.  
ROLL CALL  
3 - Councilmember Arturo Cruz, Vice Mayor Rita Xavier, and Mayor Elizabeth  
Present:  
Absent:  
Pabon-Alvarado  
2 - Councilmember Patricia Ponce, and Councilmember Abel Pineda  
Staff Present:  
City Manager, Matt Rodriguez  
Assistant City Manager, Maria Ojeda  
City Attorney, Brian P. Hickey  
Police Chief, Brian Bubar  
Community Services Director, Greg Dwyer  
Community Services Coordinator II, Paola Cubias-Shirazi  
EDC Operations Performance Manager & Financial Coach, Iracema Camargo  
Deputy City Clerk, Casey Erlenheim  
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS  
There were three Public Comments received on the Consent Calendar from the following: Ryan Lau, AC Transit,  
Mateo Teodoro and Marco Sandoval  
CEREMONIAL MATTERS  
PROCLAMATIONS  
26-150  
CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL AND PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION  
RECOGNIZING FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2026 AS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL  
DAY AND THE WEEK IN WHICH IT FALLS AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK  
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.  
No Public Comments were received.  
Presented.  
PRESENTATIONS  
26-170  
RECEIVE AND FILE HATCHUEL TABERNIK & ASSOCIATES (HTA) SAN  
PABLO SCHOLARSHIP PILOT PROGRAM EVALUATION AND UPDATE  
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.  
No Public Comments were received.  
Presented.  
CITY MANAGER REMARKS  
City Manager Matt Rodriguez made the following announcements:  
1. The next City-hosted Dumpster Day will be on Saturday, June 20, 2026.  
2. For the upcoming Primary Election on June 2, 2026, San Pablo has two 24-hour ballot drop boxes for voters,  
one located at San Pablo City Hall, 1000 Gateway Avenue and the other is at Contra Costa College Campus,  
2600 Mission Bell Drive.  
3. Two virtual community Zoom meetings are forthcoming on May 20 and May 27, 2026, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00  
p.m. regarding the FY 2026/27 and FY 2027/28 Preliminary Draft Budget prior to the June 1, 2026 Public Budget  
Hearing.  
4. The San Pablo EDC will host their Annual Business Mixer on May 7, 2026, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Maple  
Hall, including recognition of the Small Business and Sustainable Business of the Year awards.  
CONSENT CALENDAR  
No Public Comments were received on the Consent Calendar.  
MINUTES  
26-191  
CONSIDER APPROVING MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF  
APRIL 20, 2026  
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.  
Approved.  
PERIODIC REPORTS  
26-146  
TREASURER’S REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2026  
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.  
Received and Filed.  
CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION  
26-190  
REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MAY  
17-23, 2026 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK  
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.  
Approved.  
26-176  
CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE  
CITY  
TRANSPORTATION  
OF  
SAN  
PABLO  
DEVELOPMENT  
ACCEPTING  
ACT  
AND  
(TDA)  
APPROPRIATING  
ARTICLE 3 GRANT  
FUNDS FROM THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION  
(MTC) IN THE AMOUNT OF $90,000 FOR THE SAFE ROUTES TO  
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT FOR E.M. DOWNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL  
PROJECT (0705)  
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.  
Adopted.  
Enactment No: RES 2026-064  
26-215  
CONSIDER RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN  
PABLO AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A ONE-YEAR  
MICROSOFT  
365 GOVERNMENT  
G5 GCC  
LICENSING  
AGREEMENT  
WITH APEX TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT, LLC, IN AN AMOUNT NOT  
TO EXCEED $137,080  
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.  
Adopted.  
Enactment No: RES 2026-065  
26-193  
ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF  
SAN PABLO AMENDING THE SAN PABLO MUNICIPAL CODE (TITLE 18 -  
REGULATORY SIGN ORDINANCE), CHAPTER 18.04, SECTION 18.04.050,  
PROHIBITED SIGNS, SUBSECTION A.9, TO ALLOW FUEL PRICING  
SIGNS AS AN EXCEPTION TO THE IDENTIFIED LIST OF PROHIBITED  
DIGITAL SIGNS AND DIGITAL DISPLAYS, IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR  
CHANGEABLE FUEL PRICING SIGNS  
CEQA: This ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality  
Act  
(CEQA)  
pursuant  
to  
CEQA  
Guidelines  
Sections  
15301 (Existing  
Facilities), 15303 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures),  
15311 (On-Premises  
exemption).  
Signs),  
and  
15061(b)(3)  
(the  
“common  
sense”  
Waived Second Reading and Adopted.  
Enactment No: ORD 2026-004  
Approval of the Consent Agenda  
It was moved by Vice Mayor Xavier, seconded by Councilmember Cruz, and approved by vote of those  
present, to adopt all items in the Consent Calendar. The motion passed as follows:  
Aye: 3 - Cruz, Xavier and Pabon-Alvarado  
Absent: 2 - Ponce, Pineda  
* * * * END OF CONSENT CALENDAR * * * *  
ORDINANCES  
25-529  
CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF  
SAN PABLO AMENDING TITLE 2, CHAPTER 2.28, OF THE SAN PABLO  
MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION  
CEQA:  
The  
proposed  
amendment  
is  
exempt  
from  
the  
California  
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines  
Section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no  
potential for causing a significant effect on the environment.  
No Public Comments were received.  
A motion was made by Councilmember Cruz, seconded by Vice Mayor Xavier, that this ORDINANCE be  
Waived First Reading and Introduced. The motion carried by the following vote:  
3 - Cruz, Xavier, and Pabon-Alvarado  
2 - Ponce, and Pineda  
Aye:  
Absent:  
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS (IF ANY)  
25-524  
MATERIALS SUBMITTED AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE AGENDA WILL  
BE APPENDED AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING. THIS IS NOT AN  
ACTION ITEM BUT MERELY MECHANISM FOR MATERIALS  
A
SUBMITTED AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE AGENDA TO BE APPENDED  
TO THE PUBLISHED AGENDA AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING.  
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS REPORTS  
(a)  
(b)  
(c)  
(d)  
(e)  
Councilmember Arturo Cruz  
Councilmember Patricia Ponce  
Councilmember Abel Pineda  
Vice Mayor Rita Xavier  
Mayor Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado  
ADJOURNMENT  
Adjourned at 7:33PM to the regular City Council Meeting of Monday, May 18, 2026 at 6:00 PM, in memory of  
Margarita Arroyo, Grandmother to Jessica Arroyo, Permit Technician II.  
Respectfully Submitted,  
____________________________  
Casey Erlenheim, Deputy City Clerk