1 COUNCILMEMBERS
Laura M. Hoffmeister, Mayor
Edi E. Birsan, Vice Mayor
Dominic D. Aliano
Laura M. Nakamura
Carlyn S. Obringer
Civic Center
1950 Parkside Drive
Concord, CA 94519
www.cityofconcord.org
Special Meeting of the
Concord City Council/City
Council Sitting as the
Local Reuse Authority
Saturday,
January 7, 2023
9:00 a.m. – Open Session
Council Chamber
1950 Parkside Drive
and/or various
telephonic/electronic
locations
NOTICE: Members of the City Council, City staff/consultants, and/or 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. This meeting will be conducted both in-person and remotely via Zoom.
How to Watch the Meeting:
Watch on TV on Comcast Channel 28, Astound/Wave Channel 1026, and AT&T 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
Amended Agenda
Due to expectations of continued storm impacts, this
Special meeting is being moved to the Council
Chamber, 1950 Parkside Drive, and will be held both
remotely and via Zoom. Instructions on how to
participate in the meeting can be found below.
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 before 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].
To Participate in Public Comment During the Meeting:
Please note that emailed comments will not be read aloud by staff.
In-Person Comments: Welcome to the Special City Council meeting. To assist the Mayor in allowing all speakers to be heard, we ask you to fill out a blue Speaker’s Card if you wish to address an item.
Please complete the Speaker’s Card and give it to the City Clerk before the agenda item is called, and preferably before the meeting begins. When the Mayor recognizes you to speak, come forward, give your name, and direct your remarks to the Council. Please limit your comments to three minutes, or less if so directed by the Mayor.
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/87037804486?pwd=MUFldzZPb0tyRzQzNGZzSENma1dPUT09 oWebinar ID: 870 3780 4486
oPasscode: 358180
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.
Under California law, public comments at special meetings are limited to subjects on the agenda only. Therefore, public comment will only be taken prior to consideration of Agenda Item No. 2.a.
3 OPEN SESSION
1. OPENING
Roll Call
2. CITY COUNCIL/LOCAL REUSE AUTHORITY (LRA) CONSIDERATION ITEM The public is entitled to address the City Council/Local Reuse Authority (LRA) on items appearing on the agenda before or during the City Council/Local Reuse Authority (LRA) consideration of that item.
Each speaker will be limited to approximately three minutes. Please see “How to Submit Public Comments” above.
a. Consideration – of the Local Reuse Authority's Acceptance of Concord First Partners, LLC's Term Sheet for the development of 2,275 acres ("the property") at the former Concord Naval Weapons Station and direct staff to Proceed to the Disposition and Development Agreement stage of the Negotiation Period, as defined in the Exclusive Agreement to Negotiate between the Local Reuse Authority and Concord First Partners, LLC. Report by Guy Bjerke, Director of Economic Development and Base Reuse.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065, CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c), 15061(b), and/or 15378.
3. ADJOURNMENT
Next Meeting: Regular Meeting
Date: 1/10/2023 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.