Date Posted: 12/1/2022
REGULAR MEETING of the Larkspur City Council
Wednesday, December 7, 2022: 5:00 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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REGULAR MEETING 5:00 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)
• Public Comment – Hausman
3. PRESENTATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS
3.1 Update from The Commons Foundation.
3.2 Proclamation declaring December 8, 2022, to be Joe Jennings Day in the City of Larkspur.
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 November 16, 2022, regular meeting.
4.3 Adopt Resolution 85/22 authorizing City Council and City Advisory Body meetings to be held via teleconference for the 30-day period beginning December 12, 2022, and making related findings pursuant to AB 361.
4.4 Accept the City of Larkspur Local Appointments List for 2023.
4.5 Adopt Resolution 86/22 authorizing the Administrative Services Director to execute agreements with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration for implementation of a Local Transactions and Use Tax.
4.6 Adopt Resolution 87/22 accepting completion of the Magnolia Avenue Pavement Rehabilitation Project (CIP 22-301M).
4.7 Adopt Resolution 88/22 approving and adopting a Naming Policy for City Parks and Recreational Facilities.
4.8 Adopt Resolution 89/22 approving the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Larkspur Miscellaneous Employees Association (LMEA) and the City of Larkspur for January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025; Resolution 90/22 establishing the authorized positions in the competitive service and assigning a salary range to each position; Resolution 91/22 defining the Management Unit of Employees and establishing salaries and benefits for members of the unit; and Resolution 92/22 amending the City Manager’s employment agreement.
4.9 Adopt Resolution 93/22 adding Juneteenth to the list of holidays observed by the City of Larkspur.
4.10 Adopt Resolutions 94/22 and 95/22 regarding the Commons Project: Initiation of a design-build request for qualifications or request for proposals process and commitment to include dedicated archival storage and a display case for Cityowned historical materials. • Public Comment – Allecta
• Public Comment – Walker
• Public Comment – Saffran
• Public Comment – Lienhart
5. CITY MANAGER’S ORAL REPORT
6. COUNCILMEMBERS’ ORAL REPORTS AND COMMENTS
7. PUBLIC HEARINGS
7.1 ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 1062 AMENDING SECTIONS OF TITLE 15 OF
THE LARKSPUR MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT BY REFERENCE AND AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE 2022 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS CODE, TITLE 24, CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS;
CHANGING ALL GENDER SPECIFIC PRONOUNS IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO USE THE SINGULAR “THEY” AND ITS OTHER GRAMMATICAL FORMS AND REPLACING REFERENCES TO “PLANNING DIRECTOR” WITH
“COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR”; REDUCING THE
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS DIVERSION REQUIREMENTS IN SECTION 15.26.050 TO 65% TO BE CONSISTENT WITH CALGREEN AND MODIFYING SECTION 15.26.040 TO ALLOW CERTIFICATION OF FACILITIES THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THAT REQUIREMENT; RENAMING CHAPTER
15.28 “HOUSE NUMBERING” TO “ADDRESSES” AND INCORPORATING NEW REGULATIONS FOR ADDRESSING; AND ADOPTING NEW CHAPTER 15.56
WITH ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROGRAM REGULATIONS ON GATE
SAFEGUARDS
Council to hold the public hearing and adopt Ordinance 1062.
7.2 ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 1063 REPEALING AND RE-ENACTING CHAPTER
14.04, ADOPTING THE 2022 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE AND APPENDIX A OF THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE CODE WITH
AMENDMENTS SUPPORTED BY LOCAL FINDINGS AND SETTING A PUBLIC
HEARING FOR ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE
Council to hold the public hearing and adopt Ordinance 1063.
8. BUSINESS ITEMS
8.1 CONSIDERATION OF A PARKLET POLICY
Council to receive staff update and public comment and provide direction on whether to extend, modify and extend, or terminate the current parklet policy set to expire on December 31, 2022.
• Presentation
9. ADJOURN
Special Meeting of December 14, 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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