Meeting Minutes - Final  
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY Hazardous  
Materials Commission  
4:00 PM  
Thursday, July 25, 2024  
777 Arnold Dr., Martinez, CA 94553 -  
Paramount Room  
Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/93502466349  
Phone: 1 (669) 900-6833  
Meeting ID: 935 0246 6349  
The meeting was called to order at 4:03 PM on Thursday July 25, 2024.  
1. Roll Call, Introductions, and announcements from Staff to the Hazardous Materials Commission  
Soheila Bana, Tim Bancroft, Marielle Boortz, Fred Glueck, Mark  
Hughes, Lisa Martell, Eduardo Martinez, Jim Payne, Jamin Pursell,  
and George Smith  
Present  
Terry Baldwin, Maureen Brennan, Ronald Chinn, Peter Cloven,  
Andrew Graham, Kenneth Luther, Amy McTigue, Nick  
Plurkowski, Frank Qin, Kevin Ruano Hernandez, Gretchen Salter,  
Anthony Tave, Rohan Tyagi, Julian Vinatieri, Aaron Winer, Cesar  
Zepeda, and Brianne Zorn  
Absent  
Madeline Kronenberg, and Shosana Wechsler  
Non-voting  
CONSIDER approval of the June 27, 2024 Hazardous Materials Commission meeting  
minutes.  
2.  
Motion:  
Second:  
Payne  
Bancroft  
Aye:  
Bana, Bancroft, Boortz, Glueck, Hughes, Martell, Martinez,  
Payne, Pursell, and Smith  
Absent:  
Baldwin, Brennan, Chinn, Cloven, Graham, Luther, McTigue,  
Plurkowski, Qin, Ruano Hernandez, Salter, Tave, Tyagi,  
Vinatieri, Winer, Zepeda, and Zorn  
Result:  
Passed  
3.  
Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda  
(speakers may be limited to two minutes).  
No comments were made by the public.  
4.  
5.  
The commission received a report from the Hazardous Materials Programs (Adam Springer)  
The commission received a report from the Operations Committee and Planning and Policy  
Committee.  
OLD BUSINESS  
6a.  
The commission received a memorandum from the Hazardous Materials Programs regarding  
Safety Culture Assessments at Chevron Richmond Refinery, P66 Refinery and Martinez  
Refining Company.  
CONSIDER approval to begin contacting organizations and conducting recruitment for  
Hazardous Materials Commissioners.  
6b.  
Motion:  
Second:  
Bancroft  
Hughes  
Aye:  
Bana, Bancroft, Boortz, Glueck, Hughes, Martell, Martinez,  
Pursell, and Smith  
Absent:  
Baldwin, Brennan, Chinn, Cloven, Graham, Luther, McTigue,  
Plurkowski, Qin, Ruano Hernandez, Salter, Tave, Tyagi,  
Vinatieri, Winer, Zepeda, and Zorn  
Abstain:  
Result:  
Payne  
Passed  
NEW BUSINESS  
7.  
8.  
The commission received a presentation on the proposed Hazardous Materials Programs fee  
schedule.  
Announcements from Hazardous Materials Commissioners.  
Commissioner George Smith will be retiring from his current position at the end of December 2024.  
The remaining one year of his term will need to be filled by his alternative or a new commissioner.  
The next meeting is currently scheduled for Thursday, August 22, 2024 at 4:00 PM.  
Adjourn  
The meeting was adjourned at 5:35 PM.