REVISED AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL
Mayor Matt Francois
Mayor Pro Tem Cindy Silva
Councilmember Cindy Darling
Councilmember Loella Haskew
Councilmember Kevin Wilk
DATE:
April 19, 2022
TIME:
6:00 PM - City Council Special Meeting
PLACE:
City Hall, Council Chamber, 1666 North Main Street, Walnut Creek CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING AT 4:00 PM
Council Chamber, 1st Floor
1. OPENING AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
2. DOWNTOWN NEXT AND OUTDOOR DINING POLICY
Agenda Report -STUDY SESSION III -DOWNTOWN NEXT AND PERMANENT OUTDOOR DINING ATTACHMENT 1 - OUTDOOR DINING OPERATORS
ATTACHMENT 2 - PODS LAYOUT
3. ADJOURNMENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING at 5:27 p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AT 6:00 PM
Council Chamber, 1st Floor
1. OPENING
a.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
b.
ROLL CALL - all Councilmembers were in attendance.
c.
PRESENTATION: Presidential Service Awards – Youth Commission
2. CONSENT CALENDAR
a.
APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MINUTES of April 5, 2022.
Meeting Minutes - APR 5, 2022
b.
ACCEPTANCE OF WARRANT REGISTERS dated March 18, 2022, March 25, 2022, April 1, 2022 and April 8, 2022 and DIRECT PAYROLL TRANSFERS dated March 11, 2022 and April 8, 2022.
Warrant Registers - MAR 11 18 and 25
Warrant Registers - APR 1 and APR 8
c.
WAIVE READING AND ADOPT THE ORDINANCE approving Walnut Creek Police Department Policy 708 "Military Equipment," governing the Police Department’s funding, acquisition and use of military equipment (introduced on 4/5/2022).
DRAFT ORDINANCE - MILITARY EQUIPMENT
d.
ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION authorizing the Mayor to accept the Grant of Easement for Right-of-Way purposes ensuring that a minimum 4-foot width of existing sidewalk is in the public right-of-way along Mount Diablo Boulevard at 1604 Mount Diablo Boulevard (Deed 21-0003) from Greater Bay Development Corporation.
Agenda Report
ATTACHMENT 1 - DRAFT RESOLUTION
ATTACHMENT 2 - VICINITY MAP
ATTACHMENT 3 - GRANT OF EASEMENT AND MAP
e.
ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION authorizing the Mayor to accept the Grant of Easement for Right-of-Way purposes to provide the future street setback of 30 feet along Pine Street at 1268 Pine Street (Deed 21-0004) from Hawa Asad and Fazal Wafadar.
Agenda Report
ATTACHMENT 1 - PROPOSED RESOLUTION
ATTACHMENT 2 - VICINITY MAP
ATTACHMENT 3 - GRANT OF EASEMENT AND PLAT MAP
f.
ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION approving the Walnut Creek Tourism Business Improvement District Annual Assessment Report for Fiscal Year 2022-2023; and ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION of Intention to Levy Assessments for FY 2022-2023 for the Walnut Creek Tourism Business Improvement District, and setting a public hearing for May 17, 2022.
Agenda Report
ATTACHMENT 1 - TBID ASSESSMENT REPORT FY 2022-2023
ATTACHMENT 2 - DRAFT RESOLUTION - APPROVING TBID ASSESSMENT REPORT ATTACHMENT 3 - DRAFT RESOLUTION - DECLARING INTENT TO LEVY g.
ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION authorizing the City Manager to approve amendments to current Consultant Services Agreements with three (3) consulting firms (4Leaf, TRB & Associates, and West Coast Code Consultants), increasing the annual not-to-exceed amount for each agreement to $500,000 per fiscal year (from $250,000); and amending the FY22 budget to increase the FY22 appropriation in the General Fund (Division 230), both revenue and professional services, by $500,000 for the additional plan review and building inspection services.
Agenda Report
ATTACHMENT 1 - DRAFT RESOLUTION
ATTACHMENT 2 - DEC 15 2020 AGENDA REPORT
h.
AUTHORIZATION OF THE CITY MANAGER to execute an agreement with Hinderliter, de Llamas & Associates (HdL) for business license, Transient Occupancy Tax and Short Term Rental services, including revenue collection, audit and discovery services.
Agenda Report
ATTACHMENT - HDL MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT
3. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
General Public Comment - Received Prior to Meeting
4. COUNCILMEMBER AND STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES OR REQUESTS a.
Closed Session announcements - none.
b.
City Manager reports - City Manager Dan Buckshi announced that the second and final community workshop for the Housing and Safety Elements update to the General Plan will occur on April 20. c.
City Councilmember reports on AB1234 Activities, Councilmember assignments and various activities and upcoming events
5. CONSIDERATION
a.
APPROVAL OF ASSESSMENT REPORTS AND ANNUAL LEVY OF ASSESSEMENTS FOR THE WALNUT CREEK DOWNTOWN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (BID) AND SOUTH BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (SBID) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 *** NOT DISCUSSED *** The City established the Downtown Walnut Creek Business Improvement District (BID) in 2005 and the Downtown Walnut Creek South Business Improvement District (SBID) in 2010. Both the BID and SBID provide funding for beautification, marketing, promotional events, advocacy and special projects in the Downtown area. The districts require an annual review by City Council and a yearly consideration of the assessment for which the Walnut Creek Downtown Business Association (WCD) has prepared Annual Assessment Reports for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23. After City Council’s approval of the reports, State law requires that a Resolution of Intention be adopted that declares the intention of the City to levy each assessment for the coming fiscal year after a public hearing is held. Staff Contacts: Teri Killgore, Assistant City Manager, (925) 943-5812; and Collette Hanna, Economic Development Manager, (925) 943-5899, ext. 2145.
Agenda Report
ATTACHMENT 1 - BID ANNUAL REPORT
ATTACHMENT 2 - SBID ANNUAL REPORT
ATTACHMENT 3 - RESO TO APPROVE BID
ATTACHMENT 4 - RESO TO APPROVE SBID ANNUAL REPORT
ATTACHMENT 5 - BID RESOLUTION TO LEVY
ATTACHMENT 6 - SBID RESO TO LEVY
b.
INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE AND PUBLIC MEETING FOR MODIFICATION OF ASSESSMENT RATES FOR THE DOWNTOWN WALNUT CREEK BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND THE DOWNTOWN WALNUT CREEK SOUTH BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT Agenda Report
ATTACHMENT 1 - BID ANNUAL REPORT
ATTACHMENT 2 - SBID ANNUAL REPORT
ATTACHMENT 3 - PROPOSED ORDINANCE
6. PUBLIC HEARING
a.
UPDATE TO CANNABIS REGULATIONS
Agenda Report
ATTACHMENT 1 - DRAFT ORDINANCE
ATTACHMENT 2 - DRAFT RESOLUTION
ATTACHMENT 3 - PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION
ATTACHMENT 4 - WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE
Addendum - Response to Inquiries & Updated DRAFT Ordinance Addendum - Public Comment Prior to Meeting
Addendum - Handout at Dais
7. ADJOURNMENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING at 9:53 p.m.
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