Votes at a glance — Walnut Creek City Council, June 3, 2025
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Summary
Summary of formal motions and roll‑call outcomes recorded at the June 3 Walnut Creek City Council meeting, including consent calendar approvals, plan‑check consultant selection, budget updates, TBID assessment actions, TEFRA approval for Sequoia Living bonds, and receiving the AB 2561 job vacancy report.
Walnut Creek — The following is a concise record of formal actions and roll‑call outcomes taken by the Walnut Creek City Council at its June 3, 2025 meeting.
1) Consent calendar (items 2a, 2b, 2e, 2f, 2h): Motion to approve the consent calendar (items 2a, 2b, 2e, 2f and 2h) — Motion made and seconded; roll call: Council member Silva, Mayor Pro Tem Willock, Council member DeVeny, Council member Francois, Mayor Cindy Darling — All ayes. Outcome: approved.
2) Item 2C — SB1 project list resolution (corrected neighborhoods): Motion to adopt the resolution adopting the list of projects for FY26 funded by SB1 with staff correction to neighborhood names — Roll call: All ayes. Outcome: approved.
3) Item 2D — Plan‑check consultant pool: Motion to approve item 2D (selection of outside plan‑check consultant firms) — Roll call: All ayes. Outcome: approved. Notes: Staff said three new firms added; city will publish consultant turnaround metrics.
4) Item 2G — FY25 third quarter budget update: Motion to accept the FY25 third quarter budget update as recommended by the Finance Committee — Roll call: All ayes. Outcome: accepted.
5) Public hearing (TEFRA) — Sequoia Living (ViaMonte): Motion to adopt a resolution approving the issuance of bonds by the California Statewide Communities Development Authority (CSCDA) for the benefit of Sequoia Living — Roll call: All ayes. Outcome: approved. Note: City staff stated the bonds do not create a city obligation.
6) Public hearing (Government Code §3502.3 / AB 2561) — Job vacancies recruitment and retention report: Motion to receive and file the AB 2561 presentation on job vacancies, recruitment and retention — Roll call: All ayes. Outcome: received and filed. Note: Council requested follow up material on overtime policy, detailed FTE accounting for police and dispatch, and other clarifications.
7) TBID annual assessment resolutions and intent to levy: Motion to adopt the TBID annual assessment report for FY24–25 and adopt the resolution of intention to levy assessments for FY26 and set a public hearing for June 17, 2025 — Roll call: All ayes. Outcome: approved and hearing scheduled for 06/17/2025.
8) Budget direction — outdoor dining incentive: Motion (council instruction) to include a one‑time competitive outdoor‑dining rebate program in the FY26 budget with an approximate budget of $100,000 and a suggested per‑applicant cap of $10,000; staff to identify funding source (parking fund discussed) and return with program details at the June 17 budget adoption meeting — Roll call: All ayes. Outcome: council direction provided; staff to include proposal in June 17 packet.
Notes on voting: Where roll calls were recorded, the vote on each listed matter was unanimous with Council member Silva, Council member DeVeny, Council member Francois, Mayor Pro Tem Willock and Mayor Cindy Darling recorded as voting “Aye.” Where a mover or seconder was not given on the public record, the council recorded the motions and completed the roll calls as summarized above.
Ending: The meeting included several required public hearings, management reports and budget deliberations; most council actions in this session were unanimous.
