1 COUNCILMEMBERS
Carlyn S. Obringer, Mayor
Laura M. Nakamura, Vice Mayor
Dominic D. Aliano
Pablo Benavente
Laura M. Hoffmeister
Civic Center
1950 Parkside Drive
Concord, CA 94519
www.cityofconcord.org
Regular Meeting of the
Concord City Council
Tuesday
August 26, 2025
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.
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.
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/83128827578?pwd=VNXKGeZWx_ON_fdmePlm8AsFS_ a55Q.faANrBhAhhPK5eLq or Zoom Webinar ID: 831 2882 7578 and Passcode:
200478
b.Zoom Phone Numbers. Dial Toll Free: (669) 900-6833 or (346) 348-7799 or (253) 215- 8782.
c.If a Councilmember is participating remotely 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 Channels 29 and 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 5. INTERPRETATION OR WRITTEN TRANSLATION:
OPEN SESSION
1. OPENING
Roll Call – Announcements/Consideration and Approval of Requests by Councilmembers to Participate Remote Pursuant to AB 2449.
Pledge of Allegiance – Councilmember Hoffmeister
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 Submit Public Comments” above
3. PRESENTATIONS
a. Presentation – to Sawara Liaqat, Monument Youth Drug & Alcohol Coalition, proclaiming August 31, 2025, as “International Overdose Awareness Day” in the City of Concord. Presentation by Mayor Obringer
b. Presentation – of the proceeds from the 40th Mayor's Cup Golf Tournament held May 9, 2025, to Ana Villalobos from the Concord Junior Giants, Brandon Garcelon from the First Tee Contra Costa Youth Golf Program, and Gail VanTassell from the Concord Historical Society (Concord Historical Society proceeds will go toward rehabilitation of the Don Fernando Pacheco Adobe).
Presentation by Mayor Obringer.
1. To access interpretation or written translation during the meeting, please scan the QR Code or click this link:
Para accesar a la traducción durante la reunion, por favor escanee el Código QR o haga clic en el enlace:
https://attend.wordly.ai/join/SYMQ-8840
2. Choose Language and Click Attend
Seleccione su lenguaje y haga clic en asistir
3. Use a headset on your phone for audio or read the transcript on your device.
Use sus auriculares para escuchar el audio o leer la transcipción en el dispositivo.
4 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 Submit Public Comments” above. a. Considering – approval of minutes from the August 12, 2025, Regular meeting. Recommended by the City Clerk.
b. Considering – adoption of a Resolution appropriating grant funding from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission in the amount of $145,000 for Housing Element implementation and approval for use on the Monument Blvd. Bay Area Rapid Transit Site Due Diligence Project (Project No. 2804).
Recommended by the Director of Community Development.
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)(4).
c. Considering – designation of Vice Mayor Nakamura as the Voting Delegate and Councilmember Aliano as the Voting Delegate Alternate at the League of California Cities Annual Conference and Expo on October 8-10, 2025.
Recommended by the City Clerk.
d. Considering – a recommendation from the Council Committee on Housing and Economic Development to authorize Concord Plaza Tower, Inc. to convert the existing fountain at 2020 Grant Street into a landscaped feature; and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding in a form acceptable to the City Attorney. Recommended by the Assistant City Manager.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c), 15061(b), 15378, and/or Public Resources Code Section 21065. e. Considering – approval of an Agreement with Contra Costa County for the City to accept a not-to-exceed amount of $160,000 to construct a portion of the City’s Residential Pavement Maintenance – Phase C – Concord Blvd./Myrtle Dr (Project Nos. 2606 & 2618) that occurs on Concord Boulevard within the limits of the unincorporated County; and authorizing the City Manager to execute the Agreement for Roadway Surface Treatment of Concord Boulevard in a form acceptable to the City Attorney. Recommended by the Director of Community Development.
5 CEQA: Previously determined not to be a project/exempt pursuant to Public Resources Code 21065; CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c), 15061(b)(3), 15273, 15301, 15302, 15303, 15304, and/or 15378.
f. Considering – approval of a Professional Services Agreement with BKF Engineers in a not-to-exceed amount of $822,010 ($747,282 plus a 10% contingency of $74,728) for project design and related services for the Willow Pass Road Bike Lane Connection (Project No. 2572, Federal Project No.
STPL-5135 (067)); and authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney. (Measure V (Fund 407), OBAG 3 (Fund 402), and ATP (Fund 402)) Recommended by the Director of Community Development.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt per CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c), 15061(b)(3), 15273, 15378, and/or Public Resources Code Section 21065.
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 Submit Public Comments” above. a. Introduction – of an Ordinance amending Concord Municipal Code, Title 10 (Traffic and Vehicles), Chapter 10.20 (Operation of Vehicles), Article IV (Special Speed Zones), Section 10.20.080 (Speed limits established) approving speed limit changes in accordance with the findings of engineering and traffic surveys on various streets throughout the City of Concord by reading of the title only and waving further reading. Report by Aaron Elias, Transportation Program Manger II.
CEQA: Not a project/exempt pursuant to Public Resources Code 21065, CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3), 15061(b)(3), and/or 15378
6. CORRESPONDENCE
Correspondence received at the City Council meeting will be listed here on the Annotated Agenda. a. Correspondence received at meeting from Justin and Gena Plummer.
7. REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Closed Session Announcements
City Manager or Staff Reports
Council Reports
6 8. ADJOURNMENT
Next Meeting: Regular Meeting
Date: 9/2/2025 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.