ROLL CALL

PLEDGE TO THE FLAG - Councilmember Grayson

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

  1. PRESENTATIONS
    1. Presentation - to outgoing Contra Costa Water District President and Board Member Joe Campbell. Introduction and Presentation by Mayor Hoffmeister.
    2. Presentation - by Mike Thomas, President and CAO, and Diana Camacho, Program Director, Community Benefits, on the John Muir Health Community Benefits Program. Introduction by Mayor Hoffmeister.
  2. ANNOUNCEMENTS

    CITY COUNCIL MATTERS

  3. CITY COUNCIL CONSENT ITEMS:
    1. Receiving - the Quarterly Treasurer's Report for the period October 1 - December 31, 2015. (No Fiscal Impact) Recommended by the City Treasurer.
    2. Approving - the minutes from the meetings of January 26 and February 2, 2016. (No Fiscal Impact) Recommended by the City Clerk.
    3. Accepting - the improvements for Centre Concord Movable Walls and Coverings, Project No. 2182, constructed by J-Walt Construction of Woodland; and direct the City Clerk to file a notice of completion. (Building Maintenance, Community Development Block Grant Funds and General Funds) Recommended by the Director of Community and Economic Development.
    4. Awarding - a construction contract in the amount of $253,940.40 (Base Bid plus Additive Bid 1 for Project No. 2325) to Rosas Brothers Construction to construct accessibility improvements at various locations; rejecting a bid protest submitted by Sposeto Engineering, Inc.; and authorizing the use of project contingency funds. (Measure J and Community Development Block Grant Funds) Recommended by the Director of Community and Economic Development. City Council Agenda February 23, 2016.
    5. Authorizing - the City Manager to enter into a three-year agreement with Pacific Coast Farmers' Market to continue operating a Certified Farmers' Market at Todos Santos Plaza. (No Fiscal Impact) Recommended by the Director of Community and Economic Development.
    6. Approving - Eighteen (18) Master Services Agreements for Various Products and Consultant Services for Information Technology Support. (No expenditures are authorized by these agreements) Recommended by the Director of Information Technology.
  4. CITY COUNCIL/LOCAL REUSE AUTHORITY CONSIDERATION ITEMS:
    1. City response to Investigative Report by Michael Jenkins regarding the Master Developer Selection process for the Concord Naval Weapons Station Project. Report by Guy Bjerke, Director of Community Reuse Planning.

      Staff recommendation: Hear the report; provide an opportunity for representatives of Lennar and Catellus to provide comments; take public testimony; receive the investigative report regarding the Concord Naval Weapons Station Project master developer selection process by Michael Jenkins; determine that Lennar Concord, LLC's violation of the Agreement to Negotiate does not merit disqualification from the selection process; respond to the Brown Act violation by directing staff to incorporate a recommendation in favor of Catellus in a new staff report; inform both Catellus and Lennar that the City intends to apply the ordinary meaning of the word "lobbying" in Section 11 of the Agreement to Negotiate and that campaign contributions fall within that meaning; commit as Councilmembers and Council to approach the master developer selection dispassionately, disregard previous history, proceed impartially, consider all public testimony, and adhere to a merit-based evaluation focused on the Term Sheets; direct staff to calendar a public meeting for selecting the Phase 1 Master Developer; move forward with advanced Brown Act training for the Council in an open and public meeting; direct the City Manager to schedule advanced Brown Act training for the Executive Team and key staff who support the City's Board and Commissions; and direct staff to provide updates to the Council and public on the status of the reuse of the Concord Naval Weapons Station on a regular basis.
    2. Authorizing - the Mayor to send cease and desist response letter under the Brown Act for inadvertent violation of Act on December 8, 2015. Report by Brian Libow, Interim City Attorney.

      Staff recommendation: Hear the report, take public testimony, and authorize the Mayor to send cease and desist response letter under the Brown Act for inadvertent violation of Act on December 8, 2015.
  5. CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING:
    1. Consideration - of an amendment to the Concord Municipal Code Title 18, Development Code, Chapter 18.170, Water Efficient Landscaping. Ordinance No. 16-1 for introduction. (Continued from January 23, 2016.).

      Staff has determined that the adoption of the proposed ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Section 15060(c)(2), Section 15060(c)(3), Section 15268, and Section 15061(b)(3), in that 1) the amendment will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment; 2) the proposal complies with a requirement of the State of California and not a project as defined in Section 15378; and 3) landscaping is typically a ministerial action associated with a building permit and deemed exempt from CEQA under Section 15268; and 4) the proposed amendment is covered by the general rule that CEQA only applies to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Report by Andrew Mogensen, Principal Planner.

      Staff recommendation: Hear the report, take public testimony and introduce Ordinance No. 16-1 by reading of the title only and waiving further readings.
    2. Consideration - of Resolution No. 16-10 adopting a Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program; Ordinance No. 16-425.1 Amending the Zoning Map from RS-7 (Single Family Residential) to RL (Residential Low Density); Resolution No. 16-8 adopting a tentative subdivision map, design review, minor exception, and tree removal based on findings for the Autumn Brook Residential Subdivision Rezoning, and approval of the street name "Autumn Brook Lane," for the Autumn Brook eight-lot, single family residential subdivision located at 1890 Risdon Road.

      Staff recommendation: Hear the report, take public testimony, adopt Resolution Nos. 16-10 and 16-8, approve the street name "Autumn Brook Lane," and introduce Ordinance No. 16-425.1 by reading of the title only and waiving further readings.
  6. CORRESPONDENCE - City Council correspondence not selectively included in the following list is available for inspection during normal business hours by contacting the City Clerk at 671-3390.
  7. CLOSED SESSION REPORTS
  8. COUNCIL AND STAFF REPORTS
  9. ADJOURNMENT