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
Tuesday,
June 14, 2022
6:00 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, 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
For meeting interpretation from English to Spanish during the meeting, please join the meeting Zoom webinar by following THIS LINK
Para traducción de Ingles a Español durante esta junta, por favor entre a la junta de Zoom usando ESTE ENLACE
Please note
6:00 p.m.
Meeting Start
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 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 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:
https://cityofconcord.zoom.us/j/86391054431?pwd=ajBxcDY0VHFyNVFleG16ektSaTNqUT09 oWebinar ID: 863 9105 4431
oPasscode: 449614
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 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 - Councilmember Birsan
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. a. Written Public Comment
3. CITY COUNCIL CONSENT CALENDAR
The public is entitled to address the City Council on items appearing on the Consent Calendar before or during the City Council’s consideration of the Consent Calendar. Adoption of the Consent Calendar may be made by one motion of the City Council, 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 – approval of the minutes from the May 3, 10, and 24, 2022, meetings. Recommended by the City Clerk.
b. Considering – adoption of a Resolution calling for and ordering a General Municipal Election and Specifications of the Election Order for the purpose of electing a total of three members of the City Council to seats in Districts 1, 3, and 5, one member for each district, and the City Treasurer, each for full terms of four years, and requesting and consenting to the consolidation of said General Municipal Election with the General Election to be held on November 8, 2022. Recommended by the City Clerk.
c. Considering – the following:
1. Award of a construction contract in the amount $3,842,741.50 to Ghilotti Bros., Inc. for the Hillcrest Park Regional Green Infrastructure Project (Project No. 2512); authorizing Staff to utilize the available project contingency for contract change orders that become necessary up to 5% of the contract amount; and authorizing the Mayor to execute the contract in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.
2. Approval of a Professional Services Agreement with UNICO Engineering in the not-to-exceed amount of $315,828.54 (base agreement of $300,789.09 plus staff authority to spend up to a 5% contingency of $15,039.45) to provide construction management, inspection, and materials testing services for the 4 Hillcrest Park Regional Green Infrastructure Project (Project No. 2512); and authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.
3. Approval of an amendment to Caltrans’ Cooperative Implementation Agreement with City, which provides additional funding in the amount of $800,000.00 from Caltrans, for construction of the Hillcrest Park Regional Green Infrastructure Project (Project No. 2512); and authorizing the City Manager to execute the amendment in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.
4. Approval of budget transfers in the total amount of $500,000 to the Hillcrest Park Regional Green Infrastructure Project (Project No. 2512), including:
$66,551 from PJ 2373 (Gateway Blvd Median Replant, Fund 402); $156,820 from PJ 2372 (Park System Needs, Funds 400 and 401); $17,449 from PJ 1833 (Creek Drainage Improvements, Funds 270 & 400); $210,000 from PJ 2442 (Green Infrastructure Pilot, Fund 401) and $49,180 from PJ 2521 (Full Trash Capture Devices #4, Fund 270). Recommended by the Director of Community Development.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt per CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c), 15061(b)(2), 15061(b)(3), 15273, 15378, 15301, 15302, 15303, 15304 and/or Public Resources Code Section 21065.
d. Considering – approval of four separate Professional Services Agreements in the amount of $500,000 each for a five year term with 4LEAF, West Coast Code Consultants, TRB and Associates, and Shums Coda Associates for Plan Check and Building Inspection services, and authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreements in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.
Recommended by the Director of Community Development.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065, CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c), 15061(b)(3), and/or 15378.
4. 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 the draft Housing Element Update (HEU) and public comment, and providing input to be incorporated into a revised draft HEU to be submitted to the California Department of Housing and Community Development. Report by Aaron Sage, Principal Planner.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c), 15061(b)(3) and 15378, and/or Public Resources Code Section 21065.
5 5. 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:
(1) Direction on policy options identified in the draft Residential Tenant Anti- Harassment Protection Ordinance, and
(2) Introduction of an Ordinance amending the Concord Municipal Code by adding Chapter 19.50 “Residential Tenant Anti-Harassment Protection” by reading of the title only and waiving further reading. Report by Brenda Kain, Housing Manager.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(2), 15061(b)(3), 15378 and/or Public Resources Code Section 21065.
6. CORRESPONDENCE
Correspondence received at the City Council meeting will be listed here on the Annotated Agenda.
7. REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
a. Closed Session Announcements
b. City Manager or Staff Reports
c. Council Reports
8. ADJOURNMENT
Next Meeting: Regular Meeting
Date: 6/28/2022 6:30 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 6 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.