1 COUNCILMEMBERS
Laura M. Nakamura, Mayor
Dominic D. Aliano, Vice Mayor
Pablo Benavente
Laura M. Hoffmeister
Carlyn S. Obringer
Civic Center
1950 Parkside Drive
Concord, CA 94519
www.cityofconcord.org
Special Meeting of the
Concord City Council
Thursday
April 23, 2026
8:00 a.m. - Closed Session City Council
Conference Room
1950 Parkside Drive
and/or various
telephonic/electronic
locations
*IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS AND MEETING PARTICIPATION* Please note the following change to the City’s public comment procedures: Unless a Councilmember is participating in the meeting remotely, remote public comment will not be accepted. Public comment may be provided in-person, 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. on the day prior to the meeting or 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 City Council Conference Room. Members of the public are encouraged, but not required, to fill out a speaker card.
2. REMOTE: Remote public comment will not be accepted, except when a Councilmember participates remotely. 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, 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, their remote participation will be announced at the outset of the meeting in connection with the Roll Call item. If a
2 Councilmember participates in the meeting remotely, the public may participate and provide public comment remotely, as follows:
a. Zoom:
https://cityofconcord.zoom.us/j/82471725132?pwd=aVpXduIHTZ0B0bHQLfJkGCB Wfisyhk.1
b.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.
CLOSED SESSION
1. OPENING
Roll Call - Councilmember Announcements of "Just Cause" Remote Participation
2. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
The public is entitled to address the City Council on items appearing on the Closed Session Calendar before the City Council’s consideration thereof. Each speaker will be limited to approximately three minutes.
3. CLOSED SESSION
a. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT
Government Code Section 54957
Title: City Manager
b. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Government Code Section 54957.6
Agency designated representatives: City Council (Dominic Aliano, Pablo Benavente, Laura Hoffmeister, Laura Nakamura, Carlyn Obringer) Unrepresented Employee: City Manager
4. ADJOURNMENT
Next Meeting: Special Meeting
Date: 4/28/2026 5:30 p.m.
3 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.