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
Regular Meeting of the
Concord City Council
Tuesday,
February 28, 2023
6:30 p.m. - Open Session Council Chamber
1950 Parkside Drive
and/or Various
telephonic/electronic
locations
*IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS AND MEETING PARTICIPATION* UPDATED FEBRUARY 23, 2023
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.
City Councilmembers will be participating from the Council Chamber. Members of the public are invited to attend and participate at: Council Chamber, 1950 Parkside Drive, Concord, CA.
As a courtesy and technology permitting, members of the public may continue to provide live remote oral public comment via the City’s Zoom Platform. However, the City cannot guarantee that the public’s access to teleconferencing technology will be uninterrupted, and technical difficulties may occur from time to time. In those instances, so long as the public may still attend the meeting in person, the meeting will continue. Members of the public desiring to provide comments as a part of the meeting are encouraged to either submit written comments by 3:00 p.m. prior to the meeting or to attend the meeting in person. 2 HOW TO PARTICIPATE
The public is invited to participate in the City Council meeting using any of the following methods:
1. IN PERSON:
a.Members of the public can provide in-person comments in the Council Chamber.
Members of the public are encouraged, but not required, to fill out a speaker card. The Council Chamber will have seating available for members of the public to attend in person up to full seating capacity.
2. REMOTE:
a. Zoom:
https://cityofconcord.zoom.us/j/84203345733?pwd=djEraGNXTjhIZUdmTlAxaWd1WWx HZz09 or Zoom Webinar ID: 842 0334 5733 and Passcode: 958731 b.Zoom Phone Numbers. Dial Toll Free: (669) 900-6833 or (346) 348-7799 or (253) 215- 8782.
c.During the meeting, each period for public comment will be announced, and participants may use the “Raise Hand” feature on Zoom to request to speak. If calling in via Zoom use *9 to raise and lower your hand. The meeting host will call on you, by name, and promote you to panelist in the webinar so you can be seen via your camera. Please enable your microphone when it is your turn to speak. In order to ensure the orderly administration of the meeting using this method, providing your name is encouraged, but is not required. (If you need instructions on how to use this feature, please contact the City Clerk by 3:00 p.m. of the meeting date at [email protected]).
3. EMAIL:
a.Public comments can also be submitted via email to [email protected]. Please note that emailed comments will not be read aloud by staff. Any public comments received up until 3:00 p.m. of the meeting date will be:
1. distributed to the Council before the meeting,
2. posted online for public inspection at
https://stream.ci.concord.ca.us/OnBaseAgendaOnline/Meetings/Search, and
3. inserted into the meeting record.
b.As emails containing public meeting comments are part of the official record, note that personal contact information may be published if it is included with your email.
4. TO WATCH OR LISTEN ONLY:
a.Watch on TV on Comcast Channel 28, Astound/Wave Channel 1026, and AT&T U-verse Channel 99
b.Watch the TV broadcast through the City’s website by following THIS LINK c.Watching Live Streaming of the meeting by following THIS LINK d.Join the Zoom webinar by following THIS LINK
3 OPEN SESSION
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 Participate” above.
a. Written Public Comment
3. PRESENTATIONS
a. Presentation – by Timothy Haile, Executive Director, Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA), providing an update on CCTA programs and projects and discuss CCTA's vision for the future. Introduction by Mayor Hoffmeister.
b. Presentation – by Sam Caygill, League of California Cities, of the Helen Putnam Award for the A3 Program. Introduction by Mayor Hoffmeister. c. Presentation – Police Department Update from Concord Chief of Police Mark Bustillos. Introduction by Mayor Hoffmeister.
4. 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 Participate” above. a. Considering – adoption of a Resolution proclaiming the end of the local emergency in the City of Concord in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as of February 28, 2023, consistent with the end of the statewide and countywide states of emergency. Recommended by the City Clerk.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3), 15061(b)(3), 15378, and/or Public Resources Code Section 21065.
4 b. Considering – the following:
1. Acceptance of improvements for the Ellis Lake Area Sanitary Sewer Improvement Project [Project No. 2447] located at Clayton Road, Detroit Avenue, Laguna Street, Todd Avenue, Toyon Drive, Pine Street, Leland Drive, Sunshine Drive, Oakmead Drive, Traynor Road, and Ashbury Drive; and directing the City Clerk to file a Notice of Completion.
2. Approval of a payment to the Contra Costa Water District in the amount of $29,215.49. Recommended by the Director of Community Development. c. Considering – approval of Task Order #2 with BKF Engineers of Walnut Creek, California, in the not-to-exceed amount of $225,830 (base agreement of $205,300 plus Staff authority to spend up to a 10% contingency of $20,530) to provide design and related services for Concord Boulevard Sewer and Streetscape Improvements (Project No. 2598), generally in the area west of Port Chicago Highway, north of Clayton Road, east of Market Street, and south of Almond Avenue; and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney (Sewer Operating Fund). Recommended by the Director of Community Development.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt per Public Resources Code Section 21065, CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(2), 15378 and/or 15061(b)(3). d. Considering – approval of a Professional Services Agreement with HdL Companies (HdL), for a not-to-exceed amount of $162,000 for the three-year term of the agreement, to provide support in checking for fiscal compliance with the development agreements of Concord based licensed retail cannabis stores; and authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney. (Reimbursed by Retail Cannabis Businesses) Recommended by the Director of Finance.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt per CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c), 15061(b)(2), 15061(b)(3), 15306, 15309, 15378, and/or Public Resources Code Section 21065.
e. Considering – approval of Amendment No. 2 to the Task Order with Comstock, Johnson & Associates (CJA) in the amount of $41,964.50, for a new total of $112,977.00 for design engineering and related services for the Civic Center Roof Replacement Project (Project No. 2429); and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney (Measure Q, Measure V, Building Maintenance 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).
5 5. CORRESPONDENCE
Correspondence received at the City Council meeting will be listed here on the Annotated Agenda.
6. REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Closed Session Announcements
City Manager or Staff Reports
Council Reports
7. ADJOURNMENT
Next Meeting: Regular Meeting
Date: 3/7/2023 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.