REGULAR MEETING of the Larkspur City Council
Wednesday, September 20, 2023: 6:30 p.m.
Larkspur City Council Chambers
400 Magnolia Avenue, Larkspur, CA
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Kevin Carroll Gabe Paulson, Mayor
Scot Candell, Vice Mayor
Catherine Way
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 Communications Update
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.
Date Posted: 9/14/2023
Teleconference Information:
The Larkspur City Council offers teleconference participation in the meeting via Zoom as a courtesy to the public. If no members of the City Council are attending the meeting via teleconference, and a technical error or outage occurs on the teleconference feed, the City Council will continue the meeting in public in the Larkspur City Council Chambers, 400 Magnolia Avenue, Larkspur CA.
Submit public comment by:
1. Emailing [email protected] prior to 5:30 P.M. on the day of the meeting,
2. Attending the meeting in-person at the Council Chambers, 400 Magnolia Avenue, Larkspur CA
3. Selecting the “Raise Hand” icon in the Zoom meeting, or dialing *9 if calling in to the meeting.
4.2 Approve minutes of the September 6, 2023, regular meeting.
4.3 Acceptance of the Laurel Avenue Storm Drain Improvement Project (CIP 22-307).
4.4 Adopt a Resolution Awarding a Construction Contract for the Upper Elm Pathway Improvement Project (CIP 22-304) to M3 Integrated Services, Inc. as the Lowest Responsible Bidder Submitting the Lowest Responsive Bid in the Amount of $272,250.
Late Addition- Foundation for Fair Contracting (FFC) Bid Advisory Late Addition- M3 Bid Advisory Response
Late Addition- DMR Bid Advisory Response
4.5 Waive second reading and adopt “An Ordinance of the Larkspur City Council Amending Various Sections of Title 18 of the Larkspur Municipal Code Related to Parking to Facilitate Electric Vehicle and Accessible Parking Spaces and to Comply Assembly Bill 2097”.
4.6 Adopt Resolution Authorizing Execution of a Second Amendment to the Community Development Block Grant Program and Home Program Cooperation Agreement with the County of Marin.
4.7 Adopt ordinance amending Larkspur Zoning Code to make it consistent with State law requirements for Family Daycare Homes, Mobilehome Parks, Emergency Shelters, Employee Housing and to amend Group Home, Residential Care Facilities and Reasonable Accommodation regulations to further Fair Housing.
4.8 Objective Design and Development Standards for Multifamily and Mixed-Use Developments.
4.9 Revised Annual Appropriation Limits FY 2023.
5. CITY MANAGER’S ORAL REPORT
6. COUNCILMEMBERS’ ORAL REPORTS AND COMMENTS
7. PUBLIC HEARINGS
8. BUSINESS ITEMS
8.1 ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND
WORKING DETAILS FOR REDWOOD HIGHWAY (NORTH) BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PATH IMPROVEMENTS, CIP 21-305
Council to adopt resolution 52-23, approving plans and specifications and working details for Redwood Highway (North) Bicycle and Pedestrian Path Improvements, CIP 21-305. This item is continued from the September 6, 2023 regular meeting of the City Council.
Public Comment- Bercovich
Public Comment- Pavia
Public Comment- Tufts
Public Comment- Strasser
Public Comment- Herzog
Public Comment- Moller
Public Comment- Severinghaus
Public Comment- Bacon
Public Comment- Fuller
Public Comment- Mooney
Public Comment- Mendez-Penate
Public Comment- Futterman
Public Comment- Ewing
Public Comment- Davidson
Public Comment- Perez
Public Comment- Longinotti
Public Comment- Marin County Bicycle Coalition
Public Comment- Salzer
Public Comment- Wang
Public Comment- Navarra
9. ADJOURN
Regular Meeting of October 4, 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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