Larkspur City Council
Minutes of November 6, 2024
LARKSPUR CITY COUNCIL
MEETING MINUTES
Larkspur City Council Chambers
400 Magnolia Avenue, Larkspur CA
November 6, 2024
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REGULAR MEETING
1. ROLL CALL & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Vice Mayor Way called the regular meeting to order at 6:35 p.m.
COUNCIL PRESENT: Stephanie Andre, Gabe Paulson, and Vice Mayor Catherine Way
COUNCIL ABSENT: Mayor Scot Candell
STAFF PRESENT: City Clerk Alison Foulis, City Manager Dan Schwarz, and City Attorney Sky Woodruff
Vice Mayor Way led the pledge of allegiance.
2. PUBLIC COMMENT
No one from the public wished to speak.
3. PRESENTATIONS
None
4. APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR
Upon motion by Councilmember Paulson, and seconded by Councilmember Andre, the City Council approved the consent calendar in one motion. The vote was unanimously in favor (Mayor Candell absent). The approved consent calendar consisted of the following items:
4.1 Approve warrants.
4.2 Approve minutes of the October 16, 2024, special and regular meeting.
4.3 Appoint Anjali Ahearn to the vacancy on the Larkspur Library Board for a term ending June 30, 2025.
4.4 Adopt Ordinance 1081 amending Title 18 (Zoning) of the Larkspur Municipal Code to add definitions for schools and instructional services, establish parking regulations for gyms and fitness centers, and specify districts where they are a permitted or conditionally permitted use.
4.5 Adopt Ordinance 1082 dissolving Community Facilities District No. 2024-1 (Larkspur Lagoon Bulkhead Replacement Project) of the City of Larkspur.
4.6 Adopt Resolution 76/24 awarding a construction contract to WestRock Engineering in the amount of $117,480 for the Corte Alejo Storm Drain Phase 2 (Via La Paz Bypass) Project (CIP 11-047).
4.7 Adopt Resolution 77/24 awarding a consultant services agreement to ClientFirst for on-call Community Development Department land management software IT services.
5. CITY MANAGER’S ORAL REPORT
City Manager Schwarz provided a report to the Council.
6. COUNCILMEMBERS’ ORAL REPORTS AND COMMENTS
Councilmember Andre reported on the following items:
1. CalCities Annual Conference
Larkspur City Council
Minutes of November 6, 2024
Vice Mayor Way reported on the following items:
1. 11/2/2024 Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Alex’s Playground and Discovery Gardens at Niven Park
7. PUBLIC HEARINGS
7.1 INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE 1083 ADDING SECTION 2.05.050 TO CHAPTER 2.05 (MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS) OF THE LARKSPUR MUNICIPAL
CODE TO REQUIRE ELECTRONIC AND PAPERLESS FILING OF FAIR
POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION (FPPC) CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE
STATEMENTS
Council to conduct a public hearing and consider introducing and waiving the first reading of Ordinance 1083.
City Clerk Foulis presented the staff report and answered questions from the Council.
Vice Mayor Way opened the public hearing.
Public comment was received from:
• Paul Cohen
Seeing no one else wishing to speak, Vice Mayor Way closed the public hearing.
Upon motion by Councilmember Andre, and seconded by Councilmember Paulson, the City Council approved the introduction and waived the first reading of Ordinance 1083 adding Section
2.05.050 to Chapter 2.05 (Municipal Elections) of the Larkspur Municipal Code to require electronic and paperless filing of Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) campaign disclosure statements. The vote was unanimously in favor (Mayor Candell absent).
Vice Mayor Way adjourned the meeting for a 10-minute recess. Mayor Candell arrived at the meeting at 7:05 p.m. and reconvened the meeting.
8. BUSINESS ITEMS
8.1 REPORT FROM AD HOC COMMITTEE REVIEWING THE CITY’S
MEMBERSHIP IN THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY HOUSING AGENCY
(CALCHA) AND THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS LARKSPUR PROPERTY,
“SERENITY AT LARKSPUR”
City Manager Schwarz provided a staff report. Ad hoc committee members Councilmember Andre and Mayor Candell provided a report to the Council and answered questions.
Public comment was received from:
• Allison Arnold, Catalyst Housing Group
The Council requested additional information from Catalyst Housing Group and, through them, CalCHA for the ad hoc committee to review.
9. ADJOURN
The Council adjourned the meeting at 7:38 p.m.
Attested
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Alison Foulis, City Clerk