1 COUNCILMEMBERS
Edi E. Birsan, Mayor
Carlyn S. Obringer, Vice Mayor
Dominic D. Aliano
Laura M. Hoffmeister
Laura M. Nakamura
Civic Center
1950 Parkside Drive
Concord, CA 94519
www.cityofconcord.org
Regular Meeting of the
Concord City Council
Tuesday,
February 13, 2024
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* Members of the public are invited to attend and participate at: Council Chamber, 1950 Parkside Drive, Concord, CA.
Please note the following change to the City’s public comment procedures: Unless a Councilmember is participating in the meeting remotely pursuant to AB 2449, remote public comment will not be accepted. Public comment may be provided in-person or via email, as set forth below. 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.
2 2. REMOTE: Remote public comment will not be accepted, except when a Councilmember participates remotely pursuant to AB 2449. At the time of the posting of this agenda, none of the Councilmembers have notified the City Clerk’s Office that they intend to participate remotely pursuant to AB 2449, and therefore no remote public comment will be accepted at the meeting. If, after publication of this agenda and before the meeting begins, any councilmember determines that they will need to participate remotely due to just cause or emergency circumstances under AB 2449, their remote participation will be announced at the outset of the meeting in connection with the Roll Call item. If a Councilmember participates in the meeting remotely pursuant to AB 2449, the public may participate and provide public comment remotely, as follows:
a. Zoom:
https://cityofconcord.zoom.us/j/88208491960?pwd=Zz4siGHYFSDjz9HnRX_fJfn6TXwW uA.EKNNJzWMjvNo9SOy or Zoom Webinar ID: 882 0849 1960 and Passcode:
754513
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.Watch 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 Pledge of Allegiance – Councilmember Aliano
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. PRESENTATION
a. Presentation – by Dr. Suzanne Tavano, Director, Contra Costa Behavioral Health, on the A3 Crisis Response Program. Introduction by Mayor Birsan.
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. Receiving – the Treasurer's Report for the period October 1 - December 31, 2023. Recommended by the City Treasurer.
b. Considering – adoption of Ordinance No. 24-1 entitled, "An Ordinance Amending Section 18.20.030 and Chapter 18.185 of the Concord Municipal Code to address updates to State Density Bonus Law and expand the City’s Inclusionary Housing Requirements." Ordinance No. 24-1 was introduced on January 23, 2024, by reading of the title only and waiving further reading.
Recommended by the City Clerk.
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). 4 c. Considering – adoption of Ordinance No. 24-2 entitled, "An Ordinance Amending Concord Municipal Code, Title 18 (Development Code), Section
18.20 (General Terms) and adding Chapter 18.115 (Affordable Housing Overlay District) and Section 18.200.230 (Lot Consolidation Incentive Program)." Ordinance No. 24-2 was introduced on January 23, 2024, by reading of the title only and waiving further reading. Recommended by the City Clerk.
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). d. Considering – rejection of all bids submitted for the East Downtown Concord PDA Access & Safe Routes to Transit Project (Project No. 2457), and directing staff to re-advertise the project for bids. Recommended by the Director of Community Development.
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:
1. Direction from Council on the following matters:
a. Percentage of ownership required to constitute an owner move-in. b. The length of time an owner is required to reside in the unit after moving in.
2. Introduction of an Ordinance amending the Concord Municipal Code by amending Concord Municipal Code Chapter 19.40 “Residential Tenant Protection Program” to increase “just cause” eviction protections, expand the City’s rent registry, and establish a rent stabilization program, by reading of the title only and waiving further reading. (Continued from January 30, 2024; this item was opened on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, continued to Tuesday, January 9, 2024, further continued to Tuesday, January 30, 2024, and continued again to February 13, 2024. Please note that public comment on this item was taken on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, and reopened on Tuesday, January 30, 2024. The public comment period has been closed, and no public comment will be accepted tonight).
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 6. CORRESPONDENCE
Correspondence received at the City Council meeting will be listed here on the Annotated Agenda. a. Letter – to Senator Alex Padilla re: Support for the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) Establishment Act dated February 2, 2024.
b. Letter – to Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start, re:
Support for Contra Costa County's Head Start and Early Head Start program dated February 6, 2024.
7. REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Closed Session Announcements
City Manager or Staff Reports
Council Reports
8. ADJOURNMENT
Next Meeting: Special Meeting
Date: 2/20/2024 6:00 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.