Public Meetings

NOTICE: Beginning April 5, 2022, members of the City Council, City staff, consultants, and the public will be able to participate either in-person or remotely via Zoom. 

Pursuant to AB 361, the City is authorized to hold public meetings via teleconferencing and to make public meetings accessible telephonically or otherwise electronically to all members of the public. City Council meetings will be conducted both in-person and remotely via Zoom. 

Below you will find information on how to watch the meetings and how to make public comment. Please email the City Clerk with any questions. 

How to Submit Public Comments

  1. City Council Meetings
  2. Planning Commission Meetings

Please note that emailed comments will NOT be read aloud by staff during the meeting. 

Written: All comments received before 3:00 p.m. the day of the meeting will be posted on the City’s website as “Correspondence” under the relevant agenda item and provided to the City Councilmembers prior to the meeting.

  • Email comments to cityclerk@cityofconcord.org.
  • If you are commenting on a particular item on the agenda, please identify the agenda item number and letter.
  • If you are commenting on an item not listed on the agenda, please identify your comment as a General Public Comment.

To Participate in Public Comment During the Meeting:

In-Person Comments: Blue Speaker Identification Cards are located near the Council Chamber entrance. Please complete a Speaker Card and give it to the City Clerk prior to the agenda item you wish to speak on and preferably prior to the start of the Council meeting. When the Mayor opens a public comment period, the City Clerk will call speakers to provide comment in the order the Speaker Cards are received. Should you have any questions after consulting the Speaker Identification Card, please contact the City Clerk prior to the Council meeting. 

Live Remote Public Comments: Members of the public may submit a live remote public comment via Zoom video conferencing. Download the Zoom mobile app from the Apple Appstore or Google Play. If you are using a desktop computer, you can test your connection to Zoom by clicking here. Make sure that you have a working microphone, and if you want to be seen during your comments, a web camera. Zoom also allows you to join the meeting by phone.

  • Join the meeting at any point, but be sure you are in the meeting prior to the City Council consideration of the item on which you would like to provide comments.
  • From a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android, click on the Zoom meeting link that is listed and hyperlinked in the current agenda packet. Note: Each meeting will feature a different Zoom meeting link, or meeting ID.
  • By phone: call 669-900-6833; enter the "meeting ID" provided in the agenda packet.
  • Speakers will be asked to provide their name and city of residence, although providing this is not required for participation.
  • Each speaker will be afforded up to 3 minutes to speak.
  • Speakers will be muted until their opportunity to provide public comment.
  • When the Mayor opens a public comment period on the item on which you would like to comment, please use the “raise hand” feature (or press *9 if connecting via telephone) which will alert staff that you have a comment to provide.

how to WATCH LIVE MEETINGS

There are three ways you can watch the Concord public meetings during this time. 

The first is to watch it on TV on Comcast Channel 28, Astound Channel 29, and U-verse Channel 99. 

The other two options are streaming from different locations through the City’s website. Both options are outlined below, and it is highly recommended you use a current and well supported browser for these options. 

TV broadcast through the City’s website

Watch the live TV broadcast through the City’s website by clicking the image below. Once you arrive to the new screen, click the PLAY icon in the middle of the screen. 

If you experience connectivity issues, you may want to REFRESH your browser.

Image of screenshot of Council Meeting