1 COUNCILMEMBERS
Dominic D. Aliano, Mayor
Laura M. Hoffmeister, Vice Mayor
Edi E. Birsan
Timothy A. McGallian
Carlyn S. Obringer
Civic Center
1950 Parkside Drive
Concord, CA 94519
www.cityofconcord.org
Regular Meeting of the
Concord City Council/City
Council Sitting as the
Local Reuse
Authority/City Council
Sitting as the
Concord/Pleasant Hill
Health Care District
Tuesday,
February 1, 2022
6:00 p.m. - Closed Session
6:30 p.m. - Open Session
7:00 p.m. – Redistricting Public
Hearing
Various
telephonic/electronic
locations
Pursuant to Elections Code Section 21607.1, Item 10.a, which is the public hearing on the redistricting process, has been noticed with a 7:00 p.m. start time. If the Council is addressing another agenda item when that start time occurs, the Council may first conclude the other item, including any associated public comment.
Pursuant to AB 361, the City is authorized to hold public meetings via teleconferencing and to make public meetings accessible telephonically or otherwise electronically to all members of the public, without making available any physical location for the public.
City of Concord Rules: The City of Concord has declared a local state of emergency due to COVID-19 and is closed to the public. This Concord City Council meeting is an essential event, therefore it has not been cancelled. However, City of Concord officials and staff will conduct this meeting telephonically or otherwise electronically. The City will not make available any physical location from which members of the public may observe the meeting and offer public comment. Instead, members of the public may observe and address the meeting remotely.
Below is information on how to do that.
2 CLOSED SESSION
Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device:
https://cityofconcord.zoom.us/j/81825829803?pwd=TmkvMkN2S1gram55d2N3dHRKSDhKZz09 Webinar ID: 818 2582 9803
Passcode: 821885
By phone: US: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 346 348 7799 or 1 253 215 8782 How to Submit Public Comments:
Written: All comments received before 3:00 pm the day of the meeting will be posted on the City’s website as “Correspondence” under the Closed Session agenda item and provided to the City Council prior to the meeting.
Email comments to [email protected].
Please identify your comment as Closed Session Agenda Item.
To Participate in Public Comment for the Closed Session Agenda Item:
Live Remote Public Comments: Members of the public may submit a live remote public comment via Zoom video conferencing. Download the Zoom mobile app from the Apple Appstore or Google Play. If you are using a desktop computer, you can test your connection to Zoom by clicking here. Zoom also allows you to join the meeting by phone. From a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android:
https://cityofconcord.zoom.us/j/81825829803?pwd=TmkvMkN2S1gram55d2N3dHRKSDhKZz09 oWebinar ID: 818 2582 9803
oPasscode: 821885
oBy phone: US: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 346 348 7799 or 1 253 215 8782 Speakers will be asked to provide their name and city of residence, although providing this is not required for participation.
Each speaker will be afforded up to 3 minutes to speak. Speakers will be muted until their opportunity to provide public comment.
When the Mayor opens the comment period during the Closed Session, please use the “raise hand” feature (or press *9 if connecting via telephone) which will alert staff that you have a comment to provide.
3 CLOSED SESSION
1. OPENING
Roll Call
2. PUBLIC COMMENT
This is a 15-minute Public Comment Period for items within the City Council’s subject matter jurisdiction that are not on this agenda. Each speaker will be limited to approximately three minutes.
State law prohibits the City Council from acting at this meeting on any matter raised during the Public Comment Period. Please see “How to Submit Public Comments” above.
3. CLOSED SESSION
a. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
(Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9)
Name of case: Joshua Robertson v. City of Concord, et al.
United States District Court, Northern District of California, Case No. 19- 01918 SI
4. RECESS TO OPEN SESSION
How to Watch the Meeting:
Watch on TV on Comcast Channel 28, Wave Channel 29, and U-verse Channel 99 Watch the TV broadcast through the City’s website by following THIS LINK Watching Live Streaming of the meeting by following THIS LINK This meeting is being held via Zoom
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://cityofconcord.zoom.us/j/87036571415?pwd=dUZ0VkV5MGlIN0tpWUJqSm56TjZZQT09 Webinar ID: 870 3657 1415
Passcode: 019173
4 How to Submit Public Comments:
Written: All comments received before 3:00 pm the day of the meeting will be posted on the City’s website as “Correspondence” under the relevant agenda item and provided to the City Councilmembers prior to the meeting.
Email comments to [email protected].
If you are commenting on a particular item on the agenda, please identify the agenda item number and letter.
If you are commenting on an item not listed on the agenda, please identify your comment as a General Public Comment.
To Participate in Public Comment During the Meeting:
Staff Reads Your Comments Aloud: When the Mayor opens the public comment period for the relevant agenda item, please email your comments to [email protected] Prominently write “Read Aloud at Meeting” at the top of the email and your comments will be read into the record (not to exceed three minutes at staff’s cadence). Comments received outside of the public comment period for the relevant item will not be read aloud but will be inserted into the meeting record.
Live Remote Public Comments: Members of the public may submit a live remote public comment via Zoom video conferencing. Download the Zoom mobile app from the Apple Appstore or Google Play. If you are using a desktop computer, you can test your connection to Zoom by clicking here. Zoom also allows you to join the meeting by phone. Join the meeting at any point, but be sure you are in the meeting prior to the City Council consideration of the item on which you would like to provide comments. From a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android:
https://cityofconcord.zoom.us/j/87036571415?pwd=dUZ0VkV5MGlIN0tpWUJqSm56TjZZQT09 oWebinar ID: 870 3657 1415
oPasscode: 019173
oBy phone: US: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 346 348 7799 or 1 253 215 8782 Speakers will be asked to provide their name and city of residence, although providing this is not required for participation.
Each speaker will be afforded up to 3 minutes to speak. Speakers will be muted until their opportunity to provide public comment.
When the Mayor opens a public comment period on the item on which you would like to comment, please use the “raise hand” feature (or press *9 if connecting via telephone) which will alert staff that you have a comment to provide.
5 OPEN SESSION
5. OPENING
Roll Call
6. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
This is a 15-minute Public Comment Period for items within the City Council’s subject matter jurisdiction that are not on this agenda. Each speaker will be limited to approximately three minutes.
State law prohibits the City Council from acting at this meeting on any matter raised during the Public Comment Period. Please see “How to Submit Public Comments” above. a. Written Public Comment
7. PRESENTATIONS
a. Presentation – an Update on the City's Unfunded Liabilities and Other Needs by Karan Reid, Finance Director. Introduction by Mayor Aliano.
8. ANNOUNCEMENTS
a. Announcing – a recruitment to fill an unscheduled vacancy for a design professional on the Design Review Board for a term ending February 28, 2025; and setting a deadline of Friday, February 25, 2022, at 5 p.m. as the deadline for receipt of applications by the City Clerk. Report by Joelle Fockler, City Clerk.
9. CITY COUNCIL/LOCAL REUSE AUTHORITY (LRA)/CONCORD-PLEASANT HILL
HEALTH CARE DISTRICT (CPHHCD) CONSENT CALENDAR
The public is entitled to address the City Council/LRA/CPHHCD on items appearing on the Consent Calendar before or during the City Council’s/LRA’s/CPHHCD’s consideration of the Consent Calendar. Adoption of the Consent Calendar may be made by one motion of the City Council/LRA/CPHHCD, provided that any Councilmember, individual or organization may request removal of an item from the Consent Calendar for separate consideration. If a request for removal of an item from the Consent Calendar has been received, the Mayor may defer action on the particular item and place the same on the regular agenda for consideration in any order s/he deems appropriate. Please see “How to Submit Public Comments” above. a. Considering – adoption of a Resolution to continue conducting City Council, Local Reuse Authority, Concord/Pleasant Hill Health Care District, standing City Council Subcommittees, and all City board, commission (including the Planning Commission), and committee meetings remotely, pursuant to AB 361.Recommended by the City Clerk.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065, 14 Cal Code Reg. Sections 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3), 15061(b)(3) and/or 15378.
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10. CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING
Persons who wish to speak on Public Hearings listed on the agenda will be heard when the public hearing is opened, except on public hearing items previously heard and closed to public comment.
After the public has commented, the item is closed to further public comment and brought to the Council level for discussion and action. Further comment from the audience will not be received unless requested by the Council. No public hearing shall commence after 10 p.m. unless approved by majority vote of the City Council. Please see “How to Submit Public Comments” above. a. Considering – draft plans submitted by the public and drawn by the independent demographer for the purpose of redistricting Council election districts, and providing direction on preferred alternatives or refinements. (Public Hearing #3) Report by Justin Ezell, Assistant City Manager.
CEQA: Exempt under CEQA Guidelines Sections 15320, 15378, and 15061(b)(3).
11. CORRESPONDENCE
Correspondence received at the City Council meeting will be listed here on the Annotated Agenda.
12. REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
a. Closed Session Announcements
b. City Manager or Staff Reports
c. Council Reports
13. ADJOURNMENT
Next Meeting: Regular Meeting
Date: 2/22/2022 6:30 PM
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
There is a 90-day limit for the filing of a challenge in the Superior Court to certain City administrative decisions and orders which require a hearing by law, the receipt of evidence, and the exercise of discretion. The 90-day limit begins on the date the decision is final (Code of Civil Procedure §1094.6). Further, if you challenge an action taken by the City Council in court, you may be limited by California law to raising only those issues you or someone else raised in the hearing or in a written correspondence delivered to the City Council prior to or at the hearing.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and California Law, it is the policy of the City of Concord to offer its public programs, services and meetings in a manner that is readily accessible to everyone, including those with disabilities. If you are disabled and require a copy of a public hearing notice, or an agenda and/or agenda packet in an appropriate alternative format; or if you require other accommodation, please contact the ADA Coordinator Tianjun Cao at (925) 671-3243 or [email protected], at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting. Advance notification within this guideline will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility.