Date Posted: 7/28/2022
SPECIAL MEETING of the Larkspur City Council
Wednesday, August 3, 2022: 5:30 p.m.
REGULAR MEETING of the Larkspur City Council
Wednesday, August 3, 2022: 6:30 p.m.
Larkspur City Council Chambers
400 Magnolia Avenue, Larkspur, CA
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Scot Candell
Kevin Haroff
Dan Hillmer, Mayor
Gabe Paulson, Vice Mayor
Catherine Way
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SPECIAL MEETING 5:30 P.M.
1. ROLL CALL
2. BUSINESS ITEM
2.1 INTERVIEWS FOR PLANNING COMMISSION (2 VACANCIES)
3. ADJOURN TO REGULAR MEETING
REGULAR MEETING 6:30 P.M.
1. ROLL CALL & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
2. PUBLIC COMMENT (Only for matters not listed on the agenda) This is the time for members of the public to address the City Council regarding items that are not on the agenda or that are listed as part of the Consent Calendar. Please approach the podium, and state your name and city (optional). Individuals have 3 minutes to speak; 5 minutes if representing a group. The Council is not permitted to take action on matters that are not on the agenda. It may engage in limited discussion, refer the matter to staff, or direct staff to place a matter on a future agenda. It may also add a matter to the agenda if it can be demonstrated to be of an emergency nature or the matter came to the City’s attention after the posting of the agenda and requires immediate action. (Gov. Code §54954.2)
3. PRESENTATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS
None.
4. APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and will be enacted by a single vote of the Council. There will be no separate discussion unless specific items are removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion and action. Any Councilmember may remove an item from the Consent Calendar and place it under Business for discussion.
4.1 Approve warrants.
4.2 Approve minutes of the July 20, 2022, regular meeting.
4.3 Adopt Resolution 58/22 authorizing City Council and City Advisory Body meetings to be held via teleconference for the 30-day period beginning August 10, 2022, and making related findings pursuant to AB 361.
4.4 Adopt Ordinance 1059 imposing a one-quarter cent Disaster Preparedness and Essential Services Transactions and Use Tax to be approved by voters at the November 8, 2022, General Election.
4.5 Adopt Resolution 59/22 approving the plans and specifications and authorizing bid advertisement for the Measure B Group 4 Pavement Rehabilitation Project (CIP 22-301).
4.6 Adopt Resolution 60/22 approving the plans and specifications and authorizing bid advertisement for the Shady Lane Pavement Rehabilitation Project (CIP 22-301S).
4.7 Approve the City’s response to the 2021-22 Marin County Civil Grand Jury report entitled “Electrifying Marin’s Buildings: A Countywide Approach.” • Public Comment – Marin Conservation League
4.8 Adopt Resolution 61/22 authorizing a consultant contract for 4LEAF Inc. to provide services to the Community Development Department.
5. CITY MANAGER’S ORAL REPORT
6. COUNCILMEMBERS’ ORAL REPORTS AND COMMENTS
7. PUBLIC HEARINGS
7.1 AMENDING THE FEE SCHEDULE TO ADD ENCROACHMENT PERMIT AND LAND DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING FEE No. 9(c) – SQUARE FOOTAGE AREA CHARGE FOR OUTDOOR DINING IN PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY – AT A
REASONABLE RATE AS DETERMINED BY THE CITY ENGINEER, AND
COMPARABLE TO LEASES AT OR NEAR THE OUTDOOR DINING LOCATION
FOR SIMILAR USE
Council to hold a public hearing and consider adopting Resolution 62/22 amending the fee schedule to add the Encroachment Permit and Land Development Engineering Fee No. 9(c).
8. BUSINESS ITEMS
8.1 REQUEST FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT CITY COUNCIL DISCUSS
RENT CONTROL
Council to consider public request to take up the question of adopting a rent control ordinance in Larkspur.
• Public Comment – Matheson
• Public Comment – White
• Public Comment – Adelman
• Public Comment – Kunstler
• Public Comment – France
• Public Comment – Dawson
• Public Comment – Bearson
• Public Comment – Gardner
• Public Comment – Carroll
• Public Comment – Stoeckley
• Public Comment – Legal Aid of Marin
• Public Comment – California Apartment Association
• Public Comment – Darby
• Public Comment – Marin Environmental Housing Collaborative • Public Comment – Leavitt
• Public Comment – Edler
• Public Comment – McKown
• Public Comment – Keyser
• Public Comment – Prime Residential
8.2 REQUEST THAT CITY COUNCIL REVISIT ITS PARKLET POLICY AS IT
APPLIES TO THE LEFT BANK RESTAURANT
Council to consider request from the General Manager of the Left Bank restaurant to revisit its decision of June 15, 2022, concerning parklets in the Downtown. • Public Comment – Bernal
• Public Comment – Caiazzo
8.3 REQUEST FOR A WAIVER OF PROCESSING FEES FOR A HOMEKEY HOUSING PROJECT AT 1251 SOUTH ELISEO DRIVE
Council to consider adopting Resolution 32/22 authorizing the waiver of processing fees for the Project Homekey development at 1251 S. Eliseo Drive. • Public Comment – Isaeff
• Public Comment – Hedrick
• Public Comment – McQuaid
• Public Comment – Geissberger, K
• Public Comment – Geissberger, J
• Public Comment – Masini
• Public Comment – Schulman
• Public Comment – Cebula
8.4 POLICY FOR THE USE OF REVENUES GENERATED BY THE LARKSPUR
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES MEASURE
ESTABLISHING THE CITY STORM DRAIN SYSTEM AND DISASTER
PREPAREDNESS AS THE PRIORITY USES OF FUNDS
Council to consider adopting Resolution 63/22 outlining priority uses for the Larkspur Disaster Preparedness and Essential Services Measure.
9. ADJOURN
Regular Meeting of August 17, 2022 – CANCELLED
Regular Meeting of September 7, 2022
NOTICE IS HERE BY GIVEN: If you challenge any item on this agenda in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing herein described, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk at, or prior to, the public hearing. [G.C. § 65009 (b) (2)]
In the interest of time, the City Council has established time limits. Public Hearings: applicants and /or appellants shall make their presentations within 10 minutes and will be allowed a 3-minute summation period. Public participation shall be limited to 3 minutes per speaker per topic. These time limits may be waived by a majority vote of the City Council. [G.C. § 54954.3].
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