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
Continued 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,
January 17, 2023
6:00 p.m. - Open Session
Council Chamber
1950 Parkside Drive
and/or Various
telephonic/electronic
locations
NOTICE: Members of the City Council, City staff/consultants, and the public will be able to participate either in-person and/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.
2 Public Comment was taken on January 10, 2023, for General Public Comment and Agenda Item No. 5.a. Therefore, public comment will only be taken for Agenda Item Nos. 5.b and 5.c.
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/86309630876?pwd=M1pFWEtYMXpvWjI2WjRVdGdKNzFWZz09 oWebinar ID: 863 0963 0876
oPasscode: 270109
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. 3 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.
OPEN SESSION
1. OPENING
Roll Call
5. 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. Please see “How to Submit Public Comments” above. a. Considering – comments from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) on the City's draft Housing Element Update (HEU), and providing input to be incorporated into a revised HEU for adoption by the City Council. Report by Aaron Sage, Principal Planner (continued from January 10, 2023). Public Comment for this item was completed on January 10, 2023).
CEQA: Not a project/exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c), 15061(b)(3) and 15378, and/or Public Resources Code Section 21065.
b. Considering – selection of applicants to interview for the Homeless Strategic Plan Working Group and directing staff on how to address having only one applicant for both the Mental Health Professional and the Substance Abuse Professional appointments. This item was Agenda Item No. 5.c on the January 10 Agenda. Report by Joelle Fockler, City Clerk (continued from January 10, 2023).
c. Considering – approval of the 2023 City Council Meeting Calendar. This item was Agenda Item No. 5.d on the January 10 Agenda. Report by Joelle Fockler, City Clerk (continued from December 13, 2022, and January 10, 2023).
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
4 c. Council Reports
8. ADJOURNMENT
Next Meeting: Regular Meeting
Date: 1/24/2023 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 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.