REGULAR MEETING OF THE
CONCORD CITY COUNCIL
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
1950 PARKSIDE DRIVE
CONCORD, CALIFORNIA AND VARIOUS
TELEPHONIC/ELECTRONIC LOCATIONS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2025
The Concord City Council met in a regular meeting in the Council Chamber, located at 1950 Parkside Drive and via various telephonic/electronic locations at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, with Mayor Obringer presiding. The pledge of allegiance was led by Councilmember Hoffmeister.
Minutes follow in abbreviated form per Resolution 3361 and Council Minutes of September 26, 1966.
ROLL CALL
COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT: Dominic Aliano, Pablo Benavente, Laura Hoffmeister, Laura Nakamura, Carlyn Obringer
STAFF PRESENT: Valerie Barone, City Manager; Susanne Brown, City Attorney; Justin Ezell, Assistant City Manager; Monique Robinson, Deputy City Clerk; Greg Taylor, Director of Information Technology; Mindy Gentry, Director of Community Development; Mark
Bustillos, Chief of Police; James Nakayama, Police Captain; Carlton Thompson, City Engineer; Bruce Davis, Senior Civil Engineer; Colleen Awad, Community Relations Manager;
Deyuanne Lei, Associate Civil Engineer; Tianjun Cao, Associate Civil Engineer
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
WHO ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL: Annette Hurst, Concord; Karry Lynn Crummett, GROW; Dawn Dubsky; Bret Bechtold, Concord; Leah Crosby, Pleasant Hill Seventh-day Adventist Church; Adam Ling, Mount Diablo Unified School District; Medaja Elias, Mount Diablo Unified School District; Natalie, Concord
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
No public comment was received.
PRESENTATIONS
PROCLAMATION – Childhood Cancer Awareness Month – September 2025
No public comment was received.
CITY COUNCIL CONSENT CALENDAR
No public comment was received.
APPROVE MINUTES – August 26, 2025, Regular Meeting
A motion was made by Benavente and seconded by Nakamura to approve the minutes of the August 26, 2025, Regular meeting. The motion passed by unanimous vote of the Council.
City Council Minutes September 9, 2025
2 APPROVE TASK ORDER NO. 1 – Sewer Maintenance Project No. 1 (Project No. 2733) Matheson Road, Armand Drive, Bon Homme Way, Montgomery Avenue, Iron Horse Trail, and Regency Drive - Freyer & Laureta
A motion was made by Benavente and seconded by Nakamura to approve Task Order No. 1 with Freyer & Laureta in the not-to-exceed amount of $280,800 to provide civil engineering design services for Sewer Maintenance Project No. 1 (Project No. 2733), which is located on Matheson Road, Armand Drive, Bon Homme Way, Montgomery Avenue, Iron Horse Trail, and Regency Drive; and authorize the City Manager to execute the task order in a form acceptable to the City Attorney. The motion passed by unanimous vote of the Council.
REJECT ALL BIDS – Residential Pavement Maintenance No. 1 Project (Project No. 2741) A motion was made by Benavente and seconded by Nakamura to reject all bids submitted for the Residential Pavement Maintenance No. 1 Project, Colony Park neighborhood near Bancroft Road and Hookston Road (Project No. 2741); and direct staff to re-advertise the project for bids. The motion passed by unanimous vote of the Council.
CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION ITEM
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 25-41 – Mobile Resource Unit
Justin Ezell, Assistant City Manager, presented the staff report.
Public comment provided by:
Annette Hurst, Concord
Karry Lynn Crummett, GROW
Dawn Dubsky
Bret Bechtold, Concord
Leah Crosby, Pleasant Hill Seventh-day Adventist Church Adam Ling, Mount Diablo Unified School District
Medaja Elias, Mount Diablo Unified School District
Natalie, Concord
A motion was made by Aliano and seconded by Benavente to adopt Resolution No. 25-41 entitled, “A Resolution Authorizing Disbursement of $1,638,896 of Funding and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Grant Agreement with Caminar in a Form Acceptable to the City Attorney”, and direct staff to incorporate “for use primarily in the City of Concord” into the agreement language. The motion passed by unanimous vote of the Council.
CORRESPONDENCE
a. Agenda Item No. 5.a – Benched Correspondence
b. Agenda Item No. 5.a – Concord Mobile Dignity Center Proposal PowerPoint Presentation City Council Minutes September 9, 2025
3 COUNCIL REPORTS
The Mayor extended the AFFH Ad Hoc Committee’s scope and term for the purpose of making recommendations to Council on the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Program of the 2023-31 Housing Element; the Committee will continue to exist until final recommendations are made to the full Council or March 31, 2026, whichever is sooner.
Councilmembers shared information on events and activities in which they had participated since the last meeting and commented on items of interest.
ADJOURNMENT
By order of the Mayor, the meeting was adjourned on September 9, 2025, at 8:38 p.m. /s/
CARLYN S. OBRINGER
MAYOR
/s/
JOELLE FOCKLER, MMC
CITY CLERK