Town of Fairfax
Town Council Regular Meeting
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.
Fairfax Women’s Club, 46 Park Road, Fairfax CA
and Zoom Webinar ID 831 0518 0735
Agenda
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION NOTICE
This meeting will be held in person and virtually on Zoom. It will also be broadcast on Channels 27 and 99 and livestreamed on https://www.townoffairfax.org/watch-live-2/ and https://www.cmcm.tv/27. Unless a member of the City Council is attending the meeting via teleconference pursuant to the provisions of AB 2449 (2022), if a technical error or outage occurs on the Zoom feed, the Town Council will continue the meeting in public at the Fairfax Women’s Club.
In-person and remote participation:
• Women’s Club at 46 Park Road, Fairfax
• Join the Zoom webinar https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83105180735 • Dial in to Zoom's telephone number +1(669) 900-9128 or +1(346) 258-7799 and press *9 to provide verbal public comment. Zoom Webinar ID 880 3100 1183.
Public Comment:
• Email written comments to the Town Council before 3:00 p.m. to be posted online. Emails received after the cutoff time will be posted online and made part of the record the next business day. • You may also provide comments in-person and over Zoom during the meeting. For Zoom, use the 'raise hand' feature to provide verbal public comment.
• Speakers are limited to two (2) minutes.
Regular Meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Hybrid meeting at the Fairfax Women’s Club and via Zoom 6:30 PM – CALL TO ORDER – PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL—APPROVAL OF AGENDA
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Fairfax Town Council acknowledges that we are located on the unceded ancestral lands of the Coast Miwok people of present-day Marin County. We honor with gratitude the land itself, and all of its ancestors: past, present, and emerging.
MEETING PROTOCOL The Mayor shall maintain order at the meetings. The Council has the responsibility to be a model of respectful behavior in order to facilitate the conduct of the people’s business and encourage civil engagement in Town Council meetings.
The Council and the audience are expected to refrain from using profane language and/or ridiculing the character or motives of council members, staff, or members of the public and to maintain the standards of tolerance and civility. Please turn off all cellular phones or place them in silent mode. Shouting, clapping, booing, stomping, or other disruptive behavior during public comment or council deliberation is discouraged in order to provide a respectful and comfortable environment for all residents to express their 2 point of view. Clapping is acceptable for items such as police pinnings, proclamations, welcoming new staff and council members, and other celebratory announcements.
The Town Council will review the agenda at 10:00 P.M. to ascertain which items, if any, will be continued to another meeting. Any matter not started by 11:30 P.M. will be continued to an adjourned or regular council meeting unless the Council votes to suspend this rule.
REPORT OUT ON CLOSED SESSION
OPEN TIME FOR PUBLIC EXPRESSION This is the time for the public to address the Council on matters not listed on the agenda. Each speaker is limited to two (2) minutes. The Council cannot take action or discuss items not on the agenda, as restricted by state law (Gov. Code §54954.2). If there are more speakers after 30 minutes, Open Time will continue at the end of the agenda.
REGULAR AGENDA
1. Consider Cannabis Business Permit for a Cannabis Storefront Retailer/Adult Use Retail Deliveryonly Business at 1601 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard
2. Discuss Transitioning to a Charter City
*This Item was continued from the June 4, 2025 Town Council Meeting
3. CONSENT CALENDAR The Council can approve all items on the Consent Calendar in one action.
Alternatively, any Council or staff member can remove items for separate discussion and voting. Public comments for Consent Calendar items are taken collectively, not item by item. During this period, speakers may address any item on the Consent Calendar, with each speaker allotted up to two minutes and limited to one comment session.
a. Financial Statement and Disbursement Reports for July 2025 b. Receive report on Councilmembers’ assignments, committees, and activities in August 2025 c. Approve Minutes from the July 16, 2025 Town Council Meeting d. Accept $66,183.33 from Marin Open Space Trust (“MOST”) and Provide Assurance that the Funds Will be Used Only for Restoration and Stewardship of the Wall Property and Provide a Mutual Waiver of any Future Claims Related to this Matter. e. Approve Responses to the 2024-2025 Marin County Civil Grand Jury Report entitled The Worrisome Future of Marin Housing
f. Authorize the Mayor to Sign an Updated Letter to the District Attorney Renewing the Request for Enforcement Action Against Manufacturers and Retailers That Mislabel Electric Motorcycles as Legal E-Bikes
g. Receive the 2024-25 Climate Action Progress Report
h. Receive Climate Action Committee 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan i. Adopt a Proclamation Recognizing September as Suicide Awareness Prevention Month j. Adopt a Proclamation Recognizing September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month 3 k. Adopt a Proclamation Recognizing September 15 – October 15 as National Hispanic Heritage Month
COUNCIL REPORTS AND COMMENTS
(Brief announcements and reports on Councilmember assignments, committees, and activities, including reports from meetings attended at Town expense.)
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
TOWN MANAGER’S REPORT
ADJOURNMENT
In memory of Patricia Minniker, Mary Linda McAleavey Johnston, Lisa Maldonado, and Joseph William Daly
If any of the matters described above is challenged in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at any public hearing described on this agenda, or in written correspondence delivered at, or prior to, this Council meeting.
If you need an accommodation to attend or participate in this meeting due to disability, please contact the Deputy Town Clerk prior to the meeting: (415) 453-1584 or [email protected].
Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the Council after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection http://www.townoffairfaxca.gov/. Meetings are broadcast, recorded, and uploaded to the Town’s website.
This meeting notice was posted in accordance with Government Code section 54954.2(a)(1) on or before August 31, 2025.