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,
September 5, 2023
6:00 p.m. - Open Session Council Chamber
1950 Parkside Drive
and/or Various
telephonic/electronic
locations
*IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS AND MEETING PARTICIPATION* UPDATED AUGUST 31, 2023
Members of the public are invited to attend and participate at: Council Chamber, 1950 Parkside Drive, Concord, CA.
Members of the public may provide live remote oral public comment via the City’s Zoom Platform. 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.
Spanish interpretation is available in the Council Chamber during the meeting.
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.
Please note
6:00 p.m.
Meeting Start
2 2. REMOTE:
a. Zoom:
https://cityofconcord.zoom.us/j/85965085811?pwd=QTladkZ5QkxRWTFhNC9Ld04xZ2U rQT09 or Zoom Webinar ID: 859 6508 5811 and Passcode: 157047 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 – Announcements/Consideration and Approval of Requests by Councilmembers to Participate Remotely Pursuant to AB 2449, including an announcement by Councilmember Nakamura of her remote participation for just cause.
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.
3. 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 – approval of the minutes from the August 22, 2023, meeting.
Recommended by the City Clerk.
b. Considering – approval of the purchase of 75 Cradlepoint 5G ruggedized network routers and antennas for use in police vehicles from CDCE Inc. in an amount not to exceed $231,106.57, including a 10% contingency, in accordance with the City’s technology replacement schedule. (General Fund) Recommended by the Director of Information Technology.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065, CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c), 15061(b)(3), and/or 15378. c. Considering – approval to renew the agreement between the City of Concord and the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office, Forensic Services Division, for the County to provide forensic services from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025 (2-years) with a not-to-exceed cost of $525,000 for each fiscal year, and authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney. (General Fund) Recommended by the Chief of Police.
4 d. Considering – designation of Mayor Hoffmeister as the Voting Delegate for the League of California Cities Annual Conference and Expo on September 20-22, 2023. Recommended by the City Clerk.
e. Considering – the City's Response to Contra Costa County Grand Jury Report No. 2306, Affordable Housing: "A Plan Without a Home." Recommended by the Director of Community Development.
f. Considering – approval of a Professional Services Agreement in the amount of $648,000 (base agreement of $589,000 plus staff authority to spend up to a 10% contingency of $59,000) to BKF Engineers for project design and related services for the Willow Pass and Landana Sewer Capacity Improvements Project (Willow Pass Road and Landana Drive) [Project Nos. 2702 and 2704]; and authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney. (Funded by Sewer Enterprise Funds) Recommended by the Director of Community Development.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065 and/or 21080.19, Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3), 15061(b)(2), 15061(b)(3), and/or 15378.
g. Considering – adoption of a Resolution accepting and appropriating grant funding from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) in the amount of $275,000 for Select Traffic Enforcement and appropriation of funds and approval for use for the City’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (Project No. 2711). Recommended by the Chief of Police.
CEQA: Exempt/not a project pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065, CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(2), 15061(b)(3), 15273, and/or 15378 including subsection (b)(3).
h. Considering –
1. Award of a Construction Contract in the not-to-exceed amount of $1,981,000 to St. Francis Electric, LLC, authorizing staff to utilize the available project contingency for contract change orders up to an additional 10% of the contract amount for the Monument Boulevard Signal Upgrade (Project No. 2578) located on Monument Boulevard between Concord Boulevard and Mohr Lane; and authorizing the Mayor to execute the contract in a form acceptable to the City Attorney;
2. Approval of an Agreement for Professional Services with Mark Thomas and Company, Inc. in the not-to-exceed amount of $349,495.30 (base agreement of $317,723 plus staff authority to spend up to a 10% contingency of $31,772.30) to provide construction management, inspection, and materials testing services for Monument Boulevard Signal Upgrade (Project No. 2578) located on Monument Boulevard between Concord Boulevard and 5 Mohr Lane; and authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney; and
3. Authorizing the City Engineer to accept the improvements upon completion of Project No. 2578, and directing the City Clerk to file a Notice of Completion. (Funded by Measure V, Fund 407) Recommended by the Director of Community Development.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt per CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060 (c), 15061 (b)(3), 15378, 15301, 15302, 15303, 15304, and/or Public Resources Code Section 21065.
4. CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION ITEM 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 Participate” above. a. Residential Rent Stabilization and Just Cause for Eviction Workshop:
Consider information provided by staff, receive public comment, and provide feedback on elements to be incorporated into a Residential Rent Stabilization Ordinance and Amendments to the Just Cause for Eviction Component of the City’s Residential Tenant Protection Ordinance. Report by Sophia Huckabay, Housing Manager.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065, CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c), 15061(b)(3), and/or 15378.
5. CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING
Persons who wish to speak on Public Hearings listed on the agenda will be heard when the public hearing is opened, except on public hearing items previously heard and closed to public comment.
After the public has commented, the item is closed to further public comment and brought to the Council level for discussion and action. Further comment from the audience will not be received unless requested by the Council. No public hearing shall commence after 10 p.m. unless approved by majority vote of the City Council. Please see “How to Participate” above. a. Considering – introduction of an Ordinance amending Concord Municipal Code, Title 18 (Development Code), Chapter 18.405 (Permit application and processing) and Chapter 18.415 (Design and site review), and adding and adding Chapter 18.402 (Pre-application procedures) in order to implement state law and the 2023-2031 Housing Element, to accelerate housing production, by reading of the title only and waiving further reading (Housing Element Programs 2.2, 6.1, 15.2, and 22.6[b]); (PL23110 – DC). Report by Frank Abejo, Principal Planner.
CEQA: Not a “project” under Public Resources Code 21065, CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c) or 15378 and in the alternative, if deemed a “project,” exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).
6. CORRESPONDENCE
Correspondence received at the City Council meeting will be listed here on the Annotated Agenda. 6 7. REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Closed Session Announcements
City Manager or Staff Reports
Council Reports
8. ADJOURNMENT
Next Meeting: Regular Meeting
Date: 9/12/2023 6:00 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.