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,
August 23, 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, 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
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.
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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 – Councilmember McGallian
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. PRESENTATION
a. Presentation – to Debra Ballinger proclaiming August 23, 2022, as "Debra Ballinger Day" in the City of Concord. Presentation by Mayor Aliano.
4. ANNOUNCEMENTS
a. Announcing – a recruitment for the Concord-Pleasant Hill Health Care District Grant Committee to fill an unscheduled vacancy for a term ending June 30, 2023, a vacancy for a term ending June 30, 2023, and a vacancy for a term ending June 30, 2025; and setting a deadline of Friday, September 23, 2022, at 5 p.m. as the deadline for receipt of applications by the City Clerk.
Report by Joelle Fockler, City Clerk.
5. TREASURER'S REPORT
a. Receiving – the Treasurer's Report for the period April 1 – June 30, 2022, and presentation from Monique Spyke, Managing Director, PFM Asset Management. Introduction by Patti Barsotti, City Treasurer.
6. 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 June 28, 2022, meeting.
Recommended by the City Clerk.
4 b. Considering – approval of a Professional Services Agreement with Kimley- Horn in the amount of $341,840 to complete an update of the City’s Transportation Impact Fee program and authorizing the City Manager to execute the Agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney Recommended by the Director of Public Works.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt per CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c), 15061 (b)(3), 15273, 15378, and/or Public Resources Code Section 21065. c. Considering – adoption of a Resolution accepting $183,213 in funding under the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery SB 1383 (Organic Waste Recycling) Local Assistance Grant Program and appropriating such funds to the City of Concord SB 1383 Compliance Program for Fiscal Year 2021-22 to Project No. 2667. Recommended by the Director of Public Works.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(2), 15378, 15262, and/or 15061(b)(3).
d. Considering – acceptance of the improvements for the 2021 Arterial and Collector LED Streetlight Retrofit (Project No. 2566) and directing the City Clerk to file a Notice of Completion. Recommended by the Director of Public Works.
e. Considering – approval of the Sixth Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement for Financial and Accounting Services with Robert Half International, Inc. in the amount of $100,000 for a not to exceed amount of $350,000 and authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney. (General Fund) Recommended by the Director of Finance.
f. Considering – approval of the purchase of the Pure Computer Storage System from ePlus Inc. in an amount not to exceed $391,266.26, including a 15% contingency, in accordance with the City’s technology replacement schedule. (General Fund: Hardware/Software Replacement Fund) Recommended by the Director of Information Technology.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065, CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c), 15061(b)(3), and/or 15378. 5 g. Considering – approval of Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with BKF of Walnut Creek, California, in the amount of $277,000 to provide additional design and related services for Treat Boulevard Pavement Rehabilitation Project (Project No. 2559) and authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney (Measure V Funds). Recommended by the Director of Community Development.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt per CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(2), 15378 and/or 15061(b)(3).
h. Considering – the appointment of Victor Benedict Tiglao to fill an unscheduled vacancy for a term ending February 28, 2023, and Rebekah Mcmenamin to fill an unscheduled vacancy for a term ending February 28, 2025, on the Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee. Recommended by the Council Committee on Infrastructure and Finance.
i. Considering – approval of a Task Order for Professional Services under the approved Master Services Agreement with Advanced Mobility Group (AMG) associated with Engineering Staff Augmentation Services for the Transportation Division for a task order amount not to exceed $125,000 and authorizing the City Manager to execute the Agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney. Recommended by the Director of Public Works. j. Considering – adoption of a Resolution approving a right of way easement for the property at 3603 Willow Pass Road for the Willow Pass Repaving and Willow Pass Safe Route to Transit Improvement project, Project No. 2449; authorizing the City Manager to accept the easement and execute any documents necessary or desirable to effect the easement acquisitions, subject to approval of the City Attorney; and authorizing payment of the agreed compensation to the property owners in the amount of $6,500. (Measure V, Measure J, and OBAG grant funds) Recommended by the Director of Community Development.
NEPA/CEQA: Exclusion pursuant to NEPA Guidelines Section 23 CFR 771.117(c)(3) and exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301, 15302, 15304, and/or 15061(b)(3).
6 7. CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION ITEMS
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.
a. Considering – adoption of a Resolution adopting the City of Concord Local Roadway Safety Plan. Report by Abhishek Parikh, Deputy Director of Public Works – Transportation.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt under Public Resources Code Section 21065, CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(2), 15061(b)(3), 15262, 15352, and/or 15378.
b. Considering – a work plan/project approach for the development of the City of Concord Homeless Strategic Plan and providing feedback to staff. Report by Leng Power, Community Services Manager.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt per CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c), 15061(b), 15378, and/or Public Resources Code Section 21065. c. Considering – approval of preferred concepts from Complete Streets Feasibility Study on Pine Hollow Road/Alberta Way (from Clayton Valley Charter High School to Mount Diablo Elementary School). Report by Abhishek Parikh, Deputy Director of Public Works – Transportation CEQA: Not a project/exempt under Public Resources Code Section 21065, CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(2), 15061(b)(3),15262, 15352, and/or 15378.
d. Considering – approval of a 24-month Services Agreement with Flock Safety for the lease and installation of approximately 65 Flock License Plate Reader cameras and associated software services with the option to renew for one additional 24-month term in a total amount not to exceed $789,187.50 over four years, including a 15% contingency and authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney. (General Fund) Report by Greg Taylor, Director of Information Technology.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065, CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c), 15061(b)(3), and/or 15378.
8. CORRESPONDENCE
Correspondence received at the City Council meeting will be listed here on the Annotated Agenda.
9. REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Closed Session Announcements
7 City Manager or Staff Reports
Council Reports
10. ADJOURNMENT
Next Meeting: Regular Meeting
Date: 9/6/2022 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 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.