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,
June 7, 2022
6:00 p.m. - Closed Session
6:30 p.m. - Open Session
Closed Session: City
Council Conference
Room
1950 Parkside Drive
Open Session: Council
Chamber
1950 Parkside Drive
and Various
telephonic/electronic
locations
NOTICE: The Closed Session portion of the meeting agenda will be held in person only in the City Council Conference Room, 1950 Parkside Drive. Public Comment for the Closed Session item will be taken in person only when the Closed Session begins at 6 p.m.
Members of the City Council, City staff/consultants, and the public will be able to participate in the Open Session either in- person or remotely via Zoom.
2 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, 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 Join the Zoom webinar by following THIS LINK
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 not 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 eriod, 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:
https://cityofconcord.zoom.us/j/89283796941?pwd=a2UyYVMwUi9jMXA4c0FhMVk3dmI1Zz09 oWebinar ID: 892 8379 6941
oPasscode: 473731
oBy phone: US: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 346 348 7799 or 1 253 215 8782 3 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 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.
CLOSED SESSION
NOTICE: The Closed Session portion of the meeting agenda will be held in person only in the City Council Conference Room, 1950 Parkside Drive. Public Comment for the Closed Session item will be taken in person only when the Closed Session begins at 6 p.m.
1. OPENING
Roll Call
2. CLOSED SESSION PUBLIC COMMENT
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.
3. CLOSED SESSION
a. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
(Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9)
Name of case: Anthony Thomas v. City of Concord, et al.
Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa, Case No. C21-01505
4. RECESS TO OPEN SESSION
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. 4 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
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 – a legislative update from Niccolo De Luca, Vice President, Townsend Public Affairs. Introduction by Mayor Aliano.
b. Presentation – an update on Parks and Recreation Department activities from Barbie Gary, Program Manager. Introduction by Mayor Aliano.
8. 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. Considering – approval of the minutes from the April 26, 2022, meeting.
Recommended by the City Clerk.
b. Considering – appropriation of the balance of $3,016,900 of Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Grant funds from the State for the Citywide Traffic System Upgrade Phase 2 Project (Project No. 2574), Citywide Protected Left-Turn Phasing Project (Project No. 2575), and Traffic Safety Around Schools (Project No. 2576). Recommended by the Director of Community Development.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065, CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c), 15378, and/or 15061(b). c. Considering – approval of a Professional Services Agreement with Townsend Public Affairs in the not to exceed amount of $90,000 for legislative advocacy services; and authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney. (General Fund) Recommended by the Assistant City Manager.
5 d. Considering – approval of the First Amendment to the Lease Agreement with the First 5 Contra Costa Children and Families Commission for the continued use of the Monument Community First 5 Center, 1736 Clayton Road, within Ellis Lake Park, and authorizing the City Manager, or her designee, to execute the First Amendment in a form approved by the City Attorney. Recommended by the Director of Parks and Recreation.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt per CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c), 15061(b)(2), 15061(b)(3), 15301, and/or Public Resources Code Section 21065.
e. Considering – the adoption of a Resolution approving a Use Permit Amendment for the Concord Hampton Inn to allow for a reduction of three parking spaces from the approved parking for the project located at 1785 Pine Street (APN: 126-291-023) (PL22035 – UPA). Recommended by the Director of Community Development.
The City Council adopted an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the project and the parking reduction is not a project pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15378; therefore, no further environmental review is required.
CITY COUNCIL/LOCAL REUSE AUTHORITY/CONCORD-PLEASANT HILL HEALTH CARE
DISTRICT CONSENT CALENDAR
f. 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.
9. CORRESPONDENCE
Correspondence received at the City Council meeting will be listed here on the Annotated Agenda. a. Letter to Assembly Budget Committee Chair Phil Ting re: 2022-23 Budget Request to Support GoMentum Station - June 1, 2022
10. REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
a. Closed Session Announcements
b. City Manager or Staff Reports
6 c. Council Reports
11. ADJOURNMENT
Next Meeting: Regular Meeting
Date: 6/14/2022 5:30 p.m.
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.