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,
May 10, 2022
6:30 p.m. - Open Session
Council Chamber
1950 Parkside Drive
and various
telephonic/electronic
locations
NOTICE: Members of the City Council, City staff/consultants, and the public will be able to participate either in-person or remotely via Zoom.
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. Tonight’s meeting will be conducted both in-person and remotely via Zoom.
How to Watch the Meeting:
Watch on TV on Comcast Channel 28, Astound 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 Join the Zoom webinar by following THIS LINK
2 How to Submit Public Comments:
Please note that emailed comments will not be read aloud by staff.
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:
Please note that emailed comments will no longer be read aloud by staff.
In-Person Comments: Blue Speaker Identification Cards are located near the Council Chamber entrance. Please complete a Speaker Card and give it to the City Clerk prior to the agenda item you wish to speak on and preferably prior to the Council meeting. When the Mayor opens a public comment period, the City Clerk will call speakers to provide comment in the order the Speaker Cards are received. Should you have any questions after consulting the Speaker Identification Card, please contact the City Clerk prior to the start of the Council meeting.
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:
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Each speaker will be afforded up to 3 minutes to speak. Speakers will be muted until their opportunity to provide public comment. When called upon to speak, speakers will be promoted to panelists so they have the ability to turn on their cameras so they are visible to the Council and public.
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.
3 OPEN SESSION
1. OPENING
Roll Call
Pledge of Allegiance – Vice Mayor Hoffmeister
2. 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.
3. PRESENTATIONS
The public is entitled to address the City Council on items appearing on the agenda before or during the City Council’s consideration of that item. Each speaker will be limited to approximately three minutes. Please see “How to Submit Public Comments” above a. Presentation – by Deputy Fire Chief Aaron McAlister on the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District. Introduction by Mayor Aliano.
4. ANNOUNCEMENTS
The public is entitled to address the City Council on items appearing on the agenda before or during the City Council’s consideration of that item. Each speaker will be limited to approximately three minutes. Please see “How to Submit Public Comments” above a. Announcing a recruitment to fill two unscheduled vacancies on the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, one for a term ending February 28, 2023, and one for a term ending February 28, 2025; and setting a deadline of Friday, June 10, 2022, at 5 p.m. as the deadline for receipt of applications by the City Clerk. Report by Joelle Fockler, City Clerk.
5. 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.
City Council Consent Calendar
a. Receiving – the Treasurer's Report for the period January 1 - March 31, 2022. Recommended by the City Treasurer.
4 b. Considering – the following:
1) Adoption of a Resolution accepting and appropriating grant funding from the Fiscal Year 2021 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program in the amount of $36,972 to the City of Concord as a second tier sub-grantee and the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff as the direct awardee; and
2) Authorizing the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff in the amount of $36,972, paid using grant monies, to provide for Two Limited Service Public Safety Positions (Police Officer Trainee) in a form acceptable to the City Attorney. Recommended by the Chief of Police.
c. Considering – approval of a License Agreement with ABC Tree Farms, LLC for a fee of $5,800 per month from September through December 2022 to allow temporary operation of a pumpkin patch and Christmas tree lot for the property bounded by Clayton Road, Concord Boulevard, and Galindo Street; and authorizing the City Manager to sign the agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney. Recommended by the Assistant City Manager.
CEQA: Exempt per CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301 – Existing Facilities, 15302 -- Replacement or Reconstruction, 15303 – New Construction and Small Structures, 15304 – Minor Alterations to Land, and/or 15305 – Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations.
d. Considering – approval of the FY 2022-23 City of Concord Investment Policy. Recommended by the Director of Finance.
e. Considering – approval to increase fuel services agreement amounts with Pinnacle Petroleum from $450,000 to $550,000 and Western States Oil from $75,000 to $100,000 for unleaded and diesel fuel services for fiscal year 2021, and authorize appropriations of $121,600 from the General Fund (Fund 100) and $3,400 from Building Maintenance Fund (Fund 630) to be transferred to the Fleet Maintenance Fund (Fund 633). Recommended by the Director of Public Works.
f. Considering – adoption of four Resolutions confirming the Assessment Diagrams and levying the annual assessments for the Downtown Landscape Maintenance District, Pine Hollow Estates Landscape & Lighting District, Landscape & Lighting District No. 3, and the Citywide Lighting Assessment District for Fiscal Year 2022/23. Recommended by the Director of Public Works.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt per Public Resources Code Section 21065 and CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(d), 15378 and/or 15061(b)(3). 5 g. Considering – approval of a License Agreement with The Concord Historical Society for a fee of $0 to allow the property bounded by Clayton Road, Concord Boulevard, and Galindo Street to be used for temporary overflow parking on May 27th; and authorizing the City Manager to sign the agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney. Recommended by the Director of Community Development.
CEQA: Exempt per CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301 – Existing Facilities, 15302 – Replacement or Reconstruction, 15303 – New Construction and Small Structures, 15304 – Minor Alterations to Land, and/or 15305 – Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations.
City Council/City Council Sitting as the Local Reuse Authority/City Council Sitting as the Concord-Pleasant Hill Health Care District Consent Calendar h. Considering – adoption of a Resolution declaring the ability of the City Council, Local Reuse Authority, Concord/Pleasant Hill Health Care District, standing City Council Subcommittees, and all City boards, commissions (including the Planning Commission), and committees to continue to meet 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.
6. CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION ITEM
The public is entitled to address the City Council on items appearing on the agenda before or during the City Council’s consideration of that item. Each speaker will be limited to approximately three minutes. Please see “How to Submit Public Comments” above a. Considering – accomplishments related to the City of Concord’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) over the past year and recommendations regarding a proposed Two-Year CIP Budget for Fiscal Years (FY) 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 and Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan FY2022- 2027.Report by Kevin Marstall, Director of Community Development.
CEQA: Not a project under CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(2), 15061(b)(3), 15262, and/or 15378.
7. CORRESPONDENCE
Correspondence received at the City Council meeting will be listed here on the Annotated Agenda.
8. REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
a. Closed Session Announcements
b. City Manager or Staff Reports
6 c. Council Reports
9. ADJOURNMENT
Next Meeting: Regular Meeting
Date: 5/24/2022 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.