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,
September 6, 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.
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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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 1. OPENING
Roll Call
Pledge of Allegiance - Councilmember Obringer
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
a. Presentation – to Concord Junior Giants volunteers. Presentation by Vice Mayor Hoffmeister.
4. 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/CHPPCD on items appearing on the Consent Calendar before or during the City Council’s/LRA’s/CPHHCD 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 – adoption of a Resolution approving the Final Map for Subdivision 9555, 1881 Whitman Road (Assessor’s Parcel Number: 147-180- 001 and -002. Recommended by the Director of Community
Development.
CEQA: Exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15268(a)(b)(3). b. Considering – adoption of a Resolution approving the street name “Heckmann Lane” for Subdivision No. 9555, located at 1881 Whitman Road.
Recommended by the Director of Community Development.
CEQA: Previously determined to be exempt under CEQA Guidelines Section 15332 (Infill Development Projects); street naming is not a project/exempt under Public Resources Code 21065, CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3), 15378 and/or 15061(b)(3).
4 c. Considering – the adoption of a Resolution accepting and appropriating grant funding from the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) in the amount of $175,000 to conduct analysis to identify non- English languages spoken in four grant eligible census tracts within the City for the purpose of developing a strategy for incorporating language access consideration into the City’s emergency management plans, Project No. 2668. Recommended by the Chief of Police
d. Considering – adoption of a Resolution approving an extension until October 12, 2023 of the Shell Gas Station Use Permit, Variance, Minor Exception, Finding of Public Convenience and Necessity, and Design and Site Review for the construction of an approximately 3,541 square foot convenience store with alcohol sales, a 1,121 square foot car wash with 539 square foot detail bay, and a new 2,741 square foot fuel canopy with four fueling dispensers at 1500 and 1590 Concord Avenue (PL19022 – UP, VA, ME, DR); APNs 126- 043-032 and -033. Recommended by the Director of Community Development.
CEQA: Previously determined that the 1500-1790 Concord Avenue Project Addendum and the 1500-1790 Concord Avenue Project Revised Addendum served as an Addendum to the 2012 SEIR; the extension of the approval is not a “project” under Public Resources Code Section 21065 and CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3) and 15378. e. Considering – approval of a License Agreement with Resources for Community Development (RCD) to allow temporary use of the City-owned property at Galindo and Oak Streets as a construction yard and for the storage and staging of materials and equipment for the period between September 7, 2022 to September 6, 2024 (APN: 126-122-024); and authorizing the City Manager to execute 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, 15303 - New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures, 15304 – Minor Alterations to Land, and/or 15305 – Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations. f. Considering – adoption of a Resolution approving a Design and Site Review Amendment modifying a condition of approval to allow an internally illuminated wall sign for Kolaboration Concord, LLC (dba “CoCo Farms” at 2366 Stanwell Circle, APN 112-252-021 (PL22140 – DRA). Recommended by the Director of Community Development.
CEQA: Previously determined to be categorically exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301, 15302, 15303, 15304; and/or Section 13305; the sign is exempt/not a project under CEQA Guidelines Section 15311, 5 15060(c)(2), 15061(b)(3), 15378, and/or Public Resources Code Section 21065.
g. Considering – award of purchase of twelve 2023 Ford Utility Police Interceptors to National Auto Fleet Group in the amount of $666,802.20 (Annual Vehicle Replacement Fund). Recommended by the Director of Public Works.
City Council/Local Reuse Authority (LRA)/Concord-Pleasant Hill Health Care District (CPHHCD) 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.
5. CORRESPONDENCE
Correspondence received at the City Council meeting will be listed here on the Annotated Agenda.
6. REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
a. City Manager or Staff Reports
b. Council Reports
7. ADJOURNMENT
Next Meeting: Regular Meeting
Date: 9/13/2022 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 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.