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,
August 26, 2023
9:00 a.m. - Open Session Council Chamber
1950 Parkside Drive
and/or Various
telephonic/electronic
locations
*IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS AND MEETING PARTICIPATION* UPDATED AUGUST 10, 2023
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 before 3:00 p.m. the day before the meeting or to attend the meeting in person.
Under California law, public comments at special meetings are limited to subjects on the agenda only.
2 HOW TO PARTICIPATE
The public is invited to participate in the City Council meeting using any of the following methods:
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
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/87410958996?pwd=OVoxODd1MGlwdU11NHVMcVBpd 0VXdz09 or Zoom Webinar ID: 874 1095 8996 and Passcode: 438265 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 before 3:00 p.m. the day before the meeting 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. the day before 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. 3 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
OPEN SESSION
1. OPENING
Roll Call – Announcements/Consideration and Approval of Requests by Councilmembers to Participate Remotely Pursuant to AB 2449
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 Participate” above. a. Considering – the selection of a preferred Master Developer for the former Concord Naval Weapons Station, with finalization of such selection subject to Master Developer entering into an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement with the Local Reuse Authority (LRA) in form acceptable to and approved by the City Council at a subsequent Council meeting. Report by Guy Bjerke, Director of Economic Development and Base Reuse.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt per CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(2), 15378 and/or 15061(b)(3).
3. ADJOURNMENT
Next Meeting: Special Joint Meeting with Mt. Diablo Unified School District Date: 8/29/2023 6:00 PM at District Offices
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 4 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.