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Walnut Creek council approves consent calendar, directs staff to clarify CAPER homeless statistics
Summary
The Walnut Creek City Council unanimously approved consent calendar items including the CAPER/CDBG report with corrections and staff direction to confirm whether some homeless‑count figures referenced were city‑specific or countywide.
The Walnut Creek City Council unanimously approved its consent calendar Sept. 16, including the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) related to Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) spending. The council approved items a through e and asked staff to clarify certain statistics in the CAPER before the city forwards the report to HUD.
During public comment, resident Jan Warren raised questions about the CAPER's references to Contra Costa County homelessness figures and asked whether some tables that appeared to reflect countywide results actually referred to Walnut Creek only. The council thanked Warren for the careful reading and directed staff to review and clarify the report’s homeless‑count and demographic tables.
A roll call vote on the consent calendar recorded ayes from Council Member Silva, Council Member Deveney, Council Member Francois and Mayor Pro Tem Wilk. No dissents were recorded.
The approved motion (text provided at the meeting) directed staff to submit corrected CAPER material at the dais and to verify whether the homeless count referenced in parts of the document applied only to Walnut Creek. The motion and the recorded roll call are part of the official meeting minutes.
