PIEDMONT CITY COUNCIL
Special Meeting Minutes for Monday, January 22, 2024
A Special Session of the Piedmont City Council was held Monday, January 22, 2024, at 801 Magnolia Avenue, Piedmont, CA 94611. In accordance with Government Code Section 54954.2(a), the agenda for this meeting was posted for public inspection on January 18, 2024.
CALL TO ORDER Mayor Cavenaugh called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Jennifer Cavenaugh, and Councilmembers Jennifer Long, Conna McCarthy, and Tom Ramsey
Absent: Betsy Smegal Andersen
Staff: City Administrator Rosanna Bayon Moore, Police Chief Jeremy Bowers, Fire Chief David Brannigan, Public Works Director Daniel Gonzales, Planning and Building Director Kevin Jackson, Finance Director Michael Szczech, Recreation Director Chelle Putzer, City Clerk Anna Brown, Deputy City Attorney Deepa Sharma, and Senior Planner Pierce Macdonald.
SPECIAL AGENDA The Council considered the following items of special business:
Study Session for the
Preparation of a Moraga
Canyon Specific Plan,
Including the Receipt of a
Presentation on the Plan
Development Status and a
Discussion of Council
Priorities
Public Forum
The City Council received a presentation by consultants JZMK Partners on the following topics of the Moraga Canyon Specific Plan:
• Project Background
• Existing Conditions
• Community Survey
• Site Improvements
• Specific Plan Options
• Feasibility & Fiscal Studies
The council held a discussion on their priorities regarding the site improvements, the specific plan options, and the feasibility and fiscal studies.
Written public comment was submitted by: Garrett Keating, Jennifer M., and Marj Blackwell
Public Testimony was provided by the following: Keith Dierkx, Ralph Catalano, Marj Blackwell, Alice Talcott, Louis Liss, Carol Galante, Andy Madeira, Liz Lummis O’Neil, Bruce Joffe, Moira Chapman, Iman Novin, Lawrence Siskind, Malcolm Talcott.
ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, Mayor Cavenaugh adjourned the meeting at 9:20 p.m.