CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Contact: 831.620.2000 www.ci.carmel.ca.us
Mayor Dale Byrne
Councilmembers Jeff Baron, Hans Buder, Bob
Delves, and Alissandra Dramov
All meetings are held in the City Council Chambers
East Side of Monte Verde Street
Between Ocean and 7th Avenues
Regular Meeting
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
4:30 PM
HYBRID MEETING ATTENDANCE OPTIONS
This meeting will be held in person and via teleconference ("hybrid"). The public is welcome to attend the meeting in person or remotely via Zoom, however, the meeting will proceed as normal even if there are technical difficulties accessing Zoom. The City will do its best to resolve any technical issues as quickly as possible. To view or listen to the meeting from home, you may also watch the live stream on the City's YouTube page at: https://www.youtube.com/@CityofCarmelbytheSea/streams. To participate in the meeting via Zoom, copy and paste the link below into your browser and enter the passcode. https://ci-carmel-ca-us.zoom.us/j/86890317537
Webinar ID: 868 9031 7537
Passcode: 100836
Dial in: (253) 215-8782
HOW TO OFFER PUBLIC COMMENT
The public may give public comment at this meeting in person, or use the Zoom teleconference module, provided that there is access to Zoom during the meeting. Zoom comments will be taken after the in-person comments. The public can also email comments to [email protected]. Comments must be received at least 2 hours before the meeting in order to be provided to the legislative body. Comments received after that time and up to the beginning of the meeting will be made part of the record.
CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS (Estimated time - 15 minutes)
A. Carmel High School Report Out
B. Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Proclamation
C. Carmel Woman's Club Proclamation
D. Volunteer Spotlight - Carmel Woman's Club
PUBLIC APPEARANCES
Members of the public are entitled to speak on matters of municipal concern not on the agenda during Public Appearances. Each person's comments shall be limited to 3 minutes, or as otherwise established by the Chair. Persons are not required to provide their names, however, it is helpful for speakers to state their names so they may be identified in the minutes of the meeting. Under the Brown Act, public comment for matters on the agenda must relate to that agenda item and public comments for matters not on the agenda must relate to the subject matter jurisdiction of this legislative body. If a member of the public attending the meeting remotely violates the Brown Act by failing to comply with these requirements of the Brown Act, then that speaker will be muted.
ANNOUNCEMENTS (Estimated time - 5 min)
City Administrator Announcements
City Attorney Announcements
Councilmember Announcements
ORDERS OF BUSINESS
Orders of Business are agenda items that require City Council discussion, debate, direction to staff, and/or action.
1) Resolution 2025-079 authorizing the City Administrator to enter into a contract with the City of Monterey for the Monterey Fire Department to provide fire and ambulance services to the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea (Estimated time - 30 minutes)
2) Resolution 2025-077 authorizing the City Administrator to execute a Construction Contract with Coastal Paving & Excavating Inc. for the Base Bid plus Bid Additives 1 and 2, and a 20% contingency, in the total amount of $2,778,378, for the Conglomerate Paving Project FY 24- 25 (Estimated time - 20 minutes)
3) Resolution 2025-078 Approving the Ad Hoc Committee's Recommended Reduced Square Footage for Police and Public Works Facilities and Approving Issuance of the Request for Proposals (RFP) for Architectural Services for the Police and Public Works Facilities Project and Authorizing Staff to Release the RFP to Qualified Architectural Firms (Estimated time - 60 minutes)
4) Resolution 2025-080 authorizing the City Administrator to enter into a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with Opticos Design, Inc., for a not-to-exceed fee of $180,000 to prepare objective design and development standards (ODDS) for accessory dwelling units, multifamily residential, and mixed-use residential (Estimated time - 30 minutes) 5) Resolution 2025-081 approving a revised Reasonable Accommodation policy and procedure (C11-01) to ensure individuals with disabilities have equal access to housing (Estimated time - 20 minutes) RECESS
The City Council will take a 30-minute break around 6:30 p.m.
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
CLOSED SESSION
6) CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS PURSUANT
TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.8:
Property: Rio Park, East of Dolores Street and Lasuen Drive, Carmel-bythe-Sea (APN: 009-521-002-000)
Agency negotiators: City Administrator, City Attorney
Negotiating parties: Carmel Area Wastewater District (CAWD) Under negotiation: Price and terms of lease
CLOSED SESSION PUBLIC COMMENT
ADJOURNMENT
CORRESPONDENCE
Correspondence received after agenda posting will be uploaded to this Google Drive link: Sept. 9, 2025, Correspondence Received This agenda was posted at City Hall, Monte Verde Street between Ocean Avenue and 7th Avenue, Harrison Memorial Library, located on the NE corner of Ocean Avenue and Lincoln Street, the Carmel-by-the-Sea Post Office, 5th Avenue between Dolores Street and San Carlos Street, and the City's webpage (http://www.ci.carmel.ca.us) in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL RECEIVED AFTER THE POSTING OF THE AGENDA Any supplemental writings or documents distributed to a majority of the City Council regarding any item on this agenda received after the posting of the agenda will be available for public review at City Hall, located on Monte Verde Street between Ocean and Seventh Avenues during regular business hours.
SPECIAL NOTICES TO PUBLIC
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk's Office at 831-620-2000 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting to ensure that reasonable arrangements can be made to provide accessibility to the meeting (28CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title II).