Town Council - Regular Meeting and Closed Session
AGENDA
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
5:00
p.m.
Town Meeting Hall, 201 Front Street, Danville, CA
Any document provided to a majority of the members of the Town Council regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection at the meeting and at the Danville Town Offices, 500 La Gonda Way, Danville, CA during normal business hours. Danville Town Council meetings are video recorded. Archived videos can be viewed on the Town website at www.danville.ca.gov.
The Danville Town Council encourages citizens to participate in Council meetings. How to submit public comments:
In-person - verbal comments: Attend the meeting, complete the yellow "Request to Speak" form available at the meeting, and submit the yellow form to staff at the meeting. The Mayor will announce your name when it is your turn to address the Town Council. Step to the lectern, announce your name, and limit your comments to 3 minutes.
Email - written comments: To provide written comments, send an email to the City Clerk prior to 11:00 a.m. on the day of the meeting. Correspondence should include the meeting date and agenda item number. All comments received prior to the deadline will be provided to the members in advance of the meeting. Written comments will NOT be read into the record. Correspondence submitted to the Town for this meeting is a public record.
If you have questions, contact City Clerk Marie Sunseri at 925-314-3401 or [email protected] prior to the meeting.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
3. CHANGES TO THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA
4. FOR THE GOOD OF THE TOWN - At this time, if you wish to address the Town Council about a subject which is not listed on the agenda, please fill out a “Request to Speak” form and pass it to staff at the dais. When called upon by the Mayor, please step to the podium, state your name and address and then make your comments. Comments should not exceed three (3) minutes.
5. PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS
5.1 Presentation of a proclamation to Shanelle Scales-Preston, Contra Costa County Supervisor District 5, proclaiming February 2025 as Black History Month
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CONSENT CALENDAR - Consent calendar items are considered routine and are acted upon by the Town Council with a single action. Members of the audience wishing to provide public input may request that the Town Council remove the item from the Consent Calendar. Please fill out a “Request to Speak” form and pass it to staff at the dais. When called upon by the Mayor, please step to the podium, state your name and address and then make your comments. Comments should not exceed three (3) minutes.
6.1 Consider approval of the Summary of Actions from the regular Town Council meeting of January 14, 2025 (M. Sunseri)
6.1 6.2
Consider approval of the Register of Demands (L. Ha)
6.2 6.3
Consider adoption of Resolution No. 3-2025, approving Minor Subdivision MS 852-2019 and accepting the public improvements and dedications for a two-lot subdivision located at 2434 Tassajara Lane (F. Korbmacher)
6.3 6.4
Consider adoption of Resolution No. 4-2025, accepting a Grant of Public Trail Access Easement for Public Trail Access located at 2434 Tassajara Lane (F. Korbmacher)
6.4 6.5
Consider adoption of Resolution No. 5-2025, awarding a professional services agreement for engineering design services and appropriating additional funding for Iron Horse Trail Crossing Improvements, CIP Project C-607 (E. Martinez)
6.5 6.6
Consider adoption of Resolution No. 6-2025, authorizing an amended professional services agreement for engineering services for Diablo Road Pedestrian Trail Project C-055 (B. Russell)
6.6 6.7
Consider adoption of Resolution No. 7-2025, initiating formation of Danville Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District No. 2025-1 and ordering preparation of the required Engineer’s Report pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 and Section 4 of Article XIIID of the California Constitution (D. Casteel)
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TOWN MANAGER’S REPORT
7.1 Monthly Town Manager’s report by Joe Calabrigo
8. COMMUNICATIONS
8.1 Recruitment announcement by City Clerk Marie Sunseri for 19 positions open to Danville residents interested in volunteering:
a.
Bicycle Advisory Commission: 2 regular members
b.
Heritage Resource Commission: 2 regular members; 1 licensed architect c.
Parks, Recreation and Arts Commission: 4 regular members; 1 alternate d.
Youth members: 1 Parks, Recreation and Arts Commission
1 Arts Advisory Board
e.
Senior Advisory Commission: 2 regular members
f.
Design Review Board: 1 regular member
g.
Danville Poet Laureate: 1
h.
Youth Poet: 1
i.
Contra Costa County Advisory Council on Aging: 1 representative j.
Contra Costa Transportation Authority Citizens Advisory Committee: 1 representative
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PUBLIC HEARINGS (Public Comment Invited)
9.1 Consider adoption of Resolution No. 8-2025, approving the issuance of the California Municipal Finance Authority Exempt Facility Bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $30,000,000 for the purpose of financing or refinancing the acquisition, construction, improvement and equipping of Walnut Apartments and certain other matters relating thereto (D. Crompton)
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ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF REPORTS (Public comment invited)
10.1 Consider adoption of Resolution No. 9-2025, authorizing Community Events Support for Calendar Year 2025; and, Resolution No. 10-2025, authorizing Exemption from Danville Ordinance No. 96-10 for Veterans Memorial Building 100th Anniversary on March 30, 2025, Ridge Hike for Prevention on April 27, 2025, Danville d’Elegance on September 21, 2025, and Oktoberfest Danville on October 5, 2025 (M. Vander Mel)
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TOWN COUNCIL REPORTS
11.1 Appoint Planning Commission representative to the Heritage Resource Commission
11.2 Southwest Area Transportation report by Councilmember Stepper
11.3 Tri Valley Transportation Council report by Mayor Morgan
11.4 Town Council updates
12. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION
13. CALL TO ORDER CLOSED SESSION
13.1 Public comment - Any member of the public may address the Town Council on any Closed Session item prior to the start of the Closed Session. Comments should not exceed three (3) minutes.
13.2 Closed Session - CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL--ANTICIPATED LITIGATION - Initiation of litigation pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9: (One potential case)
13.3 Report on Closed Session
14. ADJOURNMENT
CERTIFICATION
I hereby certify that the foregoing agenda was posted at the Danville Town Offices and the Danville website at www.danville.ca.gov in the Town of Danville 72 hours in advance.
Marie Sunseri, City Clerk
NOTICE: If you challenge a city’s zoning, planning, or other decision in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Town Council at, or prior to, the public hearing. Judicial review of any city administrative decision may be had only if a petition is filed with the court not later than the 90th day following the date upon which the decision becomes final. Judicial review of environmental determinations may be subject to a shorter time period or litigation, in certain cases 30 days following the date of final decision.
Unless stated otherwise on the agenda, every item on the agenda is exempt from CEQA Guidelines and/or Public Resources Code.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Town of Danville will provide special assistance for disabled citizens. If you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk (925) 314-3388. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the Town to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. [28CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title II]