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
Special Meeting of the
Concord City Council
Saturday,
April 6, 2024
9:30 a.m. – Open Session/Workshop Concord Senior Center Garden Room
2727 Parkside Circle
Concord, CA
This meeting is being held in-person only.
Members of the public are invited to attend and participate at: Concord Senior Center, 2727 Parkside Circle, Concord, CA.
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 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. Therefore, public comment will only be taken on Agenda Item No. 2.a.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
The public is invited to participate in the Special City Council meeting using any of the following methods:
In-Person Comments: Welcome to the Special City Council meeting. To assist the Mayor in allowing all speakers to be heard, we ask you to fill out a blue Speaker’s Card if you wish to address an item.
Please complete the Speaker’s Card and give it to the City Clerk before the agenda item is called, and preferably before the meeting begins. When the Mayor recognizes you to speak, come forward, give your name, and direct your remarks to the Council. Please limit your comments to three minutes, or less if so directed by the Mayor.
2 Written Comments: Please note that emailed comments will not be read aloud by staff.
1.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 before 3:00 p.m. the day before the meeting will be:
a. distributed to the Council before the meeting,
b. posted online for public inspection at
https://stream.ci.concord.ca.us/OnBaseAgendaOnline/Meetings/Search, and c. inserted into the meeting record.
2.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.
OPEN SESSION
1. OPENING
Roll Call
2. ANNUAL WORKSHOP ON CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES
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. Council Workshop – presentation and facilitated conversation among councilmembers on the California Business Roundtable Statewide Ballot Measure, Economic Development, Unfunded Infrastructure Needs, and discussion of the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Work Program Priorities.
3. ADJOURNMENT
Next Meeting: Regular Meeting
Date: 4/9/2024 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 3 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.