NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Brentwood will, at 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the normal course of business permits on June 25, 2024, hold a public hearing to consider the following matter:
A Resolution amending the 2023/24 Operating Budget; adopting the 2024/25 – 2025/26 Operating Budget; amending the 2024/25 – 2028/29 Capital Improvement Program (CIP); approving the addition of ten (10) new full-time positions to the city staff; and amending the 2023/24 fund balance restrictions and commitments in the General Fund.
This action has been found to be exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4), as it relates to the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities, which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.
City Council Members will be participating from the Council Chamber. Members of the public are invited to attend and participate at: the Council Chambers, 150 City Park Way, Brentwood CA As a courtesy and technology permitting, members of the public may provide remote public comment during public hearings and on business items via the City’s Zoom Platform. However, the City cannot guarantee that the public’s access to teleconferencing technology will be uninterrupted, and technical difficulties may occur from time to time. In those instances, so long as the public may still attend the meeting in person, the meeting will continue. In addition, the Zoom participation option is provided to the public as a courtesy in order to facilitate participation. If Zoom participation is not enabled, the meeting will continue with public attendance in person only. Members of the public desiring to provide comments as a part of the meeting are encouraged to either submit written comments by 3:00 p.m. prior to the meeting or to attend the meeting in person.
HOW PARTICIPATE
The public is invited to participate in the City Council meeting using any of the following methods:
1. IN PERSON:
a. Members of the public can provide in-person comments in the Council Chambers.
Members of the public are encouraged, but not required, to fill out a speaker card. The Council Chambers will have seating available for members of the public to attend in person up to full seating capacity.
2. REMOTE (if enabled): Remarks by members of the public participating via Zoom are limited to speaking on items listed under public hearings; business items; and requests for future agendas items, existing requests. Zoom participation during the general public comment period will not be accepted, except in the event a City Council Member is participating remotely under the provisions of Government Code § 54953 (f). a. Zoom: www.brentwoodca.gov/vcc or Zoom Webinar ID: 760 1397 0037 b. Zoom Phone Numbers. Dial Toll Free: (833) 548-0276 or (833) 548-0282 or (877) 853-5247.
c. During the meeting, each period for public comment will be announced, and participants may use the “Raise Hand” feature on Zoom to request to speak. (If you need instructions on how to use this feature, please contact the City Clerk by noon of the meeting date at [email protected] or 925.516.5182.)
3. E-MAIL
a. Public comments can also be submitted via e-mail to [email protected]. Any public comments received up until 3:00 p.m. of the meeting date will be:
1. distributed to the Council via email before the meeting,
2. posted online for public inspection at www.brentwoodca.gov/meetings and
3. later summarized in the meeting minutes.
b. As e-mails containing public meeting comments are part of the official record, note that personal contact information may be published if it is included with your e-mail.
4. TO WATCH OR LISTEN ONLY:
The public may view the meeting via one-way video feed by selecting the video option at the City Council Agendas’ link on the City webpage at www.brentwoodca.gov or via the City’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/cityofbrentwoodca
If you challenge any City Council actions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence or voicemail delivered to the Brentwood City Council, at or prior to, the public hearing.
A copy of the Draft 2024/25 – 2025/26 Operating Budget is located on the City of Brentwood Website under Financial Documents (https://www.brentwoodca.gov/FinancialDocuments-OperatingBudgets). Please contact the Finance and Information Systems Department at [email protected] or (925) 516-5460 if you would like to obtain a hard copy.
Dated: 6/14/2024
/s/_______________________________
Margaret Wimberly, MMC
City Clerk