Date Posted: 5/30/2024
SPECIAL MEETING of the Larkspur City Council
Wednesday, June 5, 2024: 5:30 p.m.
REGULAR MEETING of the Larkspur City Council
Wednesday, June 5, 2024: 6:00 p.m.
Larkspur City Council Chambers
400 Magnolia Avenue, Larkspur, CA
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Stephanie Andre Scot Candell, Mayor
Catherine Way, Vice Mayor
Gabe Paulson
Teleconference Information:
The Larkspur City Council offers viewing of the meeting via Zoom as a courtesy to the public. Public comment via Zoom has been suspended. 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 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 SPECIAL MEETING 5:30 P.M.
1. ROLL CALL
2. PROCLAMATIONS
2.1 Proclamation declaring the first Friday in June 2024 to be National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
2.2 Proclamation honoring retiring teachers of the Larkspur-Corte Madera School District.
ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION
3. CLOSED SESSION
3.1 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2): One potential case
RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION AND ANNOUNCE ANY REPORTABLE ACTION
4. ADJOURN TO REGULAR MEETING
The regular meeting of the Larkspur City Council will begin upon conclusion of the special meeting or at 6:00 P.M., whichever is later.
REGULAR MEETING 6:00 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 – Harrison
3. PRESENTATIONS
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 May 15, 2024, regular meeting.
4.3 Approve minutes of the May 24, 2024, special joint meeting with the Parks and Recreation Commission.
4.4 Approve the reappointment of Natasha Chalmers, Jeffrey Swisher, and Brock Wagstaff to the Planning Commission, Reide Baxter, Jeanne Friedel, and Lisbet Sunshine to the Parks and Recreation Commission, and Lelia Lanctot and Rich Storek to the Heritage Preservation Board, all for another four-year term from 7/1/2024 through 6/30/2028.
4.5 Adopt Ordinance 1075 amending Section 6.30.130 of the Larkspur Municipal Code to amend a sunset provision of the Just Cause Eviction and Tenant Protection Regulations.
4.6 Adopt Resolution 29/24 calling and giving notice of a General Municipal Election on November 5, 2024, for two members of the Larkspur City Council for four-year terms, requesting that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Marin order the consolidation of said election with any other election conducted on said date, and requesting certain election services by the County Clerk.
4.7 Adopt Resolution 30/24 adopting a list of projects for Fiscal Year 2024/25 funded by SB 1: The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017.
4.8 Adopt Resolution 31/24 awarding a consultant services agreement to Moe Engineering Inc. for on-call engineering services.
4.9 Approve the City’s response to the 2023-24 Marin County Civil Grand Jury report entitled “With Power Comes Responsibility - Youths Under Age 16 Operating Class 2 E-Bikes: A Safety Risk.”
• Public Comment – Mittelstaedt
5. CITY MANAGER’S ORAL REPORT
6. COUNCILMEMBERS’ ORAL REPORTS AND COMMENTS
7. PUBLIC HEARINGS
7.1 FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND BUDGET A. ADOPTION OF PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (CIP) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025
Council to adopt Resolution 32/24 adopting the proposed Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for FY 2024/25.
• Presentation
B. ADOPTION OF FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 BUDGET
Council to adopt the following resolutions:
• Resolution 33/24 Publishing an Annual Publication of On-Call Agreements.
• Resolution 34/24 Adopting the Investment Policy of the City of Larkspur. • Resolution 35/24 Adopting the Purchasing Policy for the City of Larkspur. • Resolution 36/24 Adopting a General Fund Reserve Policy for Fiscal Year 2024-2025.
• Resolution 37/24 Establishing Appropriation Limitations for the City of Larkspur for the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year Pursuant to Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
• Resolution 38/24 Establishing Authorized Positions in the Competitive Service and Assigning a Salary Range to Each Position.
• Resolution 39/24 Assigning Use of American Rescue Plan Act Funds. • Resolution 40/24 Adopting the Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025.
7.2 INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE 1076 AMENDING TITLE 18, ZONING, OF THE LARKSPUR MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALLOW FENCE
HEIGHT EXCEPTIONS TO BE APPROVED BY THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
WITHOUT PUBLIC HEARING WHEN NO PROTESTS ARE RECEIVED
Council to conduct a public hearing and consider approving the introduction and waiving the first reading of Ordinance 1076.
• Presentation
• Public Comment – Hakman (LMPOA Architecture Committee)
7.3 INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE 1077 AMENDING THE
LARKSPUR MUNCIPAL CODE TO MAKE IT CONSISTENT WITH STATE
HOUSING LAW AND TO ADDRESS POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FROM NONDISCRETIONARY PROJECTS
Council to conduct a public hearing and consider approving the introduction and waiving the first reading of Ordinance 1077.
8. BUSINESS ITEMS
8.1 ACCEPTING A CERTIFICATE OF SUFFICIENCY OF A PETITION ENTITLED “LIMIT RENT INCREASES FOR AND EVICTIONS OF TENANTS OF SOME RENTAL UNITS” AND CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONAL COUNCIL ACTIONS
RELATED TO INITIATIVE
Council to 1) Consider adoption of a resolution accepting a Certificate of Sufficiency of Signatures on a Petition; and 2) Consider whether or not to adopt the Initiative Ordinance without alteration, call for a report on the effects of the Initiative, or adopt a resolution calling for the submission of the ordinance to City of Larkspur voters.
• Public Comment – Skylark Tenants Association
• Public Comment – Taube
9. ADJOURN
Special Meeting of June 17, 2024
Regular Meeting of June 19, 2024 – CANCELLED
Regular Meeting of July 3, 2024 – CANCELLED
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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