PIEDMONT CITY COUNCIL
Special Meeting Minutes for Friday, March 1, 2024
A Special Session of the Piedmont City Council was held Friday, March 1, 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 February 28, 2024.
CALL TO ORDER Mayor Cavenaugh called the meeting to order at 10:05 a.m.
ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Jennifer Cavenaugh, Vice Mayor Betsy Smegal Andersen, and Councilmembers Jennifer Long, Conna McCarthy, and Tom Ramsey 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, 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:
• Goals and Schedule
• Specific Plan Options
• City Council Inquiries from the previous study session held on January 22, 2024
• Phasing
The council held a discussion on their priorities for the specific plan options and phasing.
Written public comment was submitted by: Friends of Moraga Canyon via Marj Blackwell, Ralph Catalano, Tom Gandesbery, Patty Siskind and Randolph Wu
Public Testimony was provided by: Tom Gandesbery, Deborah Leland, Ralph Catalano, Marj Blackwell, Andy Madeira, Randy Wu, Andy Hempeck, and Liz Lummis O’Neil.
ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, Mayor Cavenaugh adjourned the meeting at 12:02 p.m.