Concord Naval Weapons Station Developer Requests Extension

By Tony Hicks, Bay City News Foundation

CONCORD, CA — The Concord City Council on Tuesday evening will consider giving Concord First Partners (CFP) — the Seeno/Discovery Homes-owned LLC functioning as the master builder of the former Concord Naval Weapons Station — an extension of its deadline to have a negotiated term sheet in place.

The current deadline is Wednesday.

CFP wants an additional 90 days — to Aug. 23 — to complete a term sheet. They also want to negotiate an early-stage "outline" disposition and development agreement (DDA) before land use planning and environmental review moves forward.

According to the staff report for Tuesday's meeting, CFP also wants an "enforceable right in the CNWS property in the early-stage outline DDA'" and the council to "reimburse CFP for certain expended costs should the city council fail to approve the future EIR (environmental impact report) and specific plan."

CFP also wants to extend the timeframe for drafting the specific plan and EIR from 24 months to 36 months, until "approximately August 2025."

City staff recommends the council deny CFP's proposed amendment to the agreement as not being in the city's best interests. Staff said they didn't get the request until May 10 and haven't had time to negotiate provisions and language of the amendment.

If the council supports extending the agreement, staff recommends extending it until June 29 while directing staff "to negotiate the ENA amendment to be brought back before council on June 28."

The Concord City Council meets at 6:30 p.m. at the council chambers at 1950 Parkside Drive, Concord. To watch the meeting online, go to https://bit.ly/31MJ0DA.

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