Date Posted: 6/1/2023
REGULAR MEETING of the Larkspur City Council
Wednesday, June 7, 2023: 6:30 p.m.
Larkspur City Council Chambers
400 Magnolia Avenue, Larkspur, CA
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Kevin Carroll
Kevin Haroff
Gabe Paulson, Mayor
Scot Candell, Vice Mayor
Catherine Way
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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
3.1 Proclamation declaring the first Friday in June to be National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
3.2 Central Marin Police Authority Annual Statistics Report to Council.
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 May 17, 2023, regular meeting.
4.3 Approve minutes of the May 22, 2023, special meeting.
4.4 Adopt Resolution 34/23 authorizing execution of the First Amendment to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and HOME Program Agreement with the County of Marin.
4.5 Authorize the City Manager to sign an Amendment to the Hazardous and Solid Waste Joint Powers Agreement.
4.6 Adopt Resolution 35/23 approving recording deed restrictions for five (5) City parks per requisite for State of California Prop 68 Per Capita Grant Program.
4.7 Adopt Resolution 36/23 adopting a list of projects for Fiscal Year 2023/24 funded by SB 1: The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017.
4.8 Approve reappointment of incumbents Armelle Futterman and Jonathan Shambroom to the Library Board for a term ending June 30, 2027, Gail Bloom to the Marin/Sonoma Mosquito & Vector Control District Board for a term ending December 31, 2028, and Larry Chu, James Holmes, Michael Popovich, Kathleen Slaught, and Karl Tede to the Tax Measures Citizens’ Oversight Committee for a term ending June 30, 2028.
5. CITY MANAGER’S ORAL REPORT
6. COUNCILMEMBERS’ ORAL REPORTS AND COMMENTS
7. PUBLIC HEARINGS
7.1 FISCAL YEAR 2023/2024 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND BUDGET A. ADOPTION OF PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (CIP) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023/2024
Council to adopt Resolution 27/23 adopting the proposed Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for FY 2023/24.
• Presentation
B. ADOPTION OF FISCAL YEAR 2023/2024 BUDGET
Council to adopt the following resolutions:
• Resolution 28/23 Adopting the Investment Policy of the City of Larkspur • Resolution 29/23 Adopting the Purchasing Police for the City of Larkspur. • Resolution 30/23 Adopting a General Fund Reserve Policy for Fiscal Year 2022-2023.
• Resolution 31/23 Establishing Appropriation Limitations for the City of Larkspur for the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year Pursuant to Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
• Resolution 32/23 Establishing Authorized Positions in the Competitive Service and Assigning a Salary Range to Each Position.
• Resolution 33/23 Adopting the Budget for Fiscal Year 2023-2024.
7.2 APPEAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION DECISION TO APPROVE APPLICATION 22-11; 93 MAGNOLIA AVENUE; APN 021-121-37: A REQUEST
FOR DESIGN REVIEW, FLOOR AREA RATIO EXCEPTION, VARIANCE TO
REQUIRED PARKING, AND HERITAGE TREE REMOVAL PERMITS TO ALLOW FOR THE TOTAL DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING 1,258-SQUARE-FOOT, ONESTORY RESIDENCE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO-STORY 2,400
SQUARE FOOT SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE WITH A RECONFIGURED DRIVEWAY ON A 5,256 SQUARE FOOT PARCEL IN THE R-1 (FIRST RESIDENTIAL) ZONING DISTRICT; TATYANA MIRONOVA, APPLICANT/ PROPERTY OWNER; JAMES HOLMES, APPELLANT
Council to conduct a public hearing and consider adopting Resolution 37/23 denying the appeal and upholding the Planning Commission’s approval of the project.
• Attachment 7 Supplement – Letter from Redwoods Presbyterian Church • Public Comment – Salzman
• Public Comment – Freitas
• Public Comment – Hartzell
• Presentation – Staff
• Presentation – Applicant
• Presentation – Appellant
7.3 INCLUSIONARY HOUSING REQUIREMENTS AND COMMERCIAL LINKAGE FEE
Council to conduct a public hearing and consider introducing by title only and waiving further reading of Ordinance 1065 adopting amendments to Title 3 and Title 18 of the Larkspur Municipal Code to add new Chapter 3.32 (Commercial Linkage Fee) and amend Chapter 18.25 (Affordable Housing Fund and Inclusionary/In-Lieu Fee Requirements).
• Presentation
8. BUSINESS ITEMS
8.1 REVIEW OF PREFERENTIAL PARKING PROGRAM INTENDED TO DETER
OVERFLOW PARKING BY REDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS,
INCLUDING WHETHER TO ELIMINATE PROVISIONS REQUIRING WARNINGS
AND ESCALATING TICKET COSTS
Council to provide direction to staff.
• Public Comment – Bellman
9. ADJOURN
Regular Meeting of June 21, 2023
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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