Walnut Creek City Council: Special Meeting: 10/7/2025

1. OPENING AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATION

Consider and take action on any request from a Councilmember to participate in a meeting remotely due to emergency circumstances pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(f)(1). Receive notice that a Councilmember is participating in the meeting due to just cause circumstances pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(f)(1) - none.

2. CLOSED SESSION

After an opportunity for public comment, the City Council reconvened in closed session in the 2nd Floor Conference Room pursuant to:

2a. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION

Name of case: Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board - Case No. ADJ15839586 (Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)

2b. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION

Name of case: Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board - Case No. ADJ20354870 (Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)

3. ADJOURNMENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING - CLOSED SESSION at 5:35 p.m.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CONCURRENT MEETINGS: CITY COUNCIL (REGULAR) AND PARKING AUTHORITY (SPECIAL) AT 6:00 PM Council Chamber, 1st Floor

1. OPENING

Consider and take action on any request from a Councilmember to participate in a meeting remotely due to emergency circumstances pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(f)(1). Receive notice that a Councilmember is participating in the meeting due to just cause circumstances pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(f)(1) - none.

2a. APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MINUTES dated September 16, 2025, and APPROVAL OF PARKING AUTHORITY MINUTES dated May 6,2025.

2b. ACCEPTANCE OF WARRANT REGISTERS dated September 12, 2025 (2), September 19, 2025 (2), and September 26, 2025; and DIRECT PAYROLL TRANSFERS dated September 19, 2025 (2).

2c. ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION appropriating gap funding for homeless services programs in Fiscal Year 2026; and AUTHORIZATION OF THE CITY MANAGER to enter into three (3) Community Grant Program contracts for Trinity Center’s Employment Pathways ($161,597) and Evening Program ($150,000), and Contra Costa County Health’s CORE team dedicated to Walnut Creek ($283,915).

2d. ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION authorizing staff to file an application to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) for $9,200,000 in funding for the Oakland Boulevard Multimodal Improvements Project; APPROPRIATION OF $400,000 within Measure J 28A Fund (Fund 167); and AUTHORIZATION OF TRANSER of funds to the Oakland Boulevard Multimodal Improvement Project within the Capital Fund.

2f. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION approving the Disclosure Policies and Procedures establishing a formal framework to ensure that the City complies with all applicable federal and state securities laws when providing financial and operational information to investors, rating agencies and the public.

2g. AUTHORIZATION OF THE CITY MANAGER to execute five-year agreements with Lincoln Aquatics, in an amount not-to-exceed $1,031,941, and with NorthStar Chemical in an amount not to exceed $167,347, for the supply and delivery of pool chemicals and related services to the City-owned and operated aquatics facilities.

2h. AUTHORIZATION OF THE CITY MANAGER to execute a two-year (July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2027) renewal agreement between the City and the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office, Forensic Services Division, for the County to provide forensic services in the amount of approximately $85,000 annually.

2i. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS in the amount of $34,054 from the Equipment Replacement - IT Fund (Fund 640) to CP009994 - Tice Sportsfield Lighting Project in the Capital Fund to reimburse communications infrastructure costs.

2j. RECEIVE AND FILE 2023-2031 Housing Element quarterly update for the period ending September 30, 2025.

2k. ADOPTION OF PROCLAMATION declaring October 13, 2025 as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the City of Walnut Creek.

2e. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to sign a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement with Contra Costa County and appropriating $1.4 million from capital projects and outside grants for the Treat Boulevard Corridor Improvements Project.

3. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS

5a. ACCEPTANCE OF SHADELANDS PROPERTY AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (PBID) ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025

5b. RESOLUTIONS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WALNUT CREEK AND THE WALNUT CREEK PARKING AUTHORITY ESTABLISHING THE WALNUT CREEK JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY AND RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO REIMBURSE EXPENDITURES RELATED TO THE HEATHER FARM PROJECT FROM LEASE REVENUE BONDS PROCEEDS

5c. CONSIDERATION AND DIRECTION ON THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE