AGENDA
Thursday, December 8, 2022 6:00 P.M. CLOSED SESSION
SPECIAL MEETING
CITY COUNCIL, AIRPORT COMMISSION,
MARINA ABRAMS B NON-PROFIT CORPORATION, PRESTON PARK SUSTAINABLE
COMMUNITY NON-PROFIT CORPORATION, SUCCESSOR AGENCY OF THE FORMER
MARINA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND MARINA GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY
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VISION STATEMENT
Marina will grow and mature from a small town bedroom community to a small city which is diversified, vibrant and through positive relationships with regional agencies, self -sufficient. The Cit y will develop in a way that insulates it from the negative impacts of urban sprawl to become a desirable residential and busine ss community in a natural setting. (Resolution No. 2006-112 - May 2, 2006)
MISSION STATEMENT
The City Council will provide the leadership in protecting Marina’s natural sett ing while developing th e City in a way that provides a balance of housing, jobs and business opportunities that will result in a community characterized by a desirable quality of life, including recreation and cultural opportunities, a safe environment and an economic viability that supports a high level of municipal services and inf rastructure. (Resolution No. 2006 - 112 - May 2, 2006)
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LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The City recognizes that it was founded and is built u pon the traditional homelands and villages firs t inhabited by the Indigenous Peoples of this region - the Esselen and their ancestors and allies - and honors these members of the community, both past and present.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL & ESTABLISHMENT OF QUORUM: (City Council, Airport Commissioners, Marina Abrams B Non -Profit Corporation, Preston Park Sus tainable Communiti es Nonpr ofit Corporation, Successor Agency of the Forme r Redevelopment Agency Members and Ma rina Groundwater Sustainability Agency)
Liesbeth Visscher, Brian McCarthy, Cristina Medina Dirksen, Mayor Pro-Tem/Vice Chair Kathy Biala, Mayor/Chair Bruce C. Delgado
3. CLOSED SESSION PUBLIC COMMENTS:
MOMENT OF SILENCE & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (Please stand)
4. CLOSED SESSION: As permitted by Government Code Sectio n 54956 et seq., the (City Council, Airport Com missioners, Marina Abrams B Non -Profit C orporation, Preston Park Sust ainable Communities Nonpr ofit Corporation, Successor Agency of the Former Redevelopment Agency Members and Ma rina Groundwater Sustainability Agency) may adjourn to a Closed or Executive Session to consider specific mat ters deal ing with litig ation, certain personnel ma tters, property negotiations or to confer with the City’s Meyers-Milias-Brown Act representative. a. Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation (§ 54956.9) Name of Case: Marina Aviation, LLC; Phil Lewis v. FFA et al., Petition for Review, United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, Case No. 22-70173 b. Conference with Legal Counsel, five (5) case of existing liti gation pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of CA Govt. Code Section 54956.9:
(1) Appeal No. A -3-MRA-19-0034 by California American Water Company, et. al., to the California Coastal Commission over Denial by the City of Marina for a Coastal Development Permit for Construction of Slant Intake Wells for the Monterey Peninsula Water Su pply Project; (2) Appeal by the City of Marina and Marina Groundwat er Sustainability Agency of Monterey County Superior Court Case No. 19C V005270, City of Marina and Marina Groundwater Sustainability Agency v . Coun ty of M onterey; Monterey County Board of Supervisors; County of Monterey Groundwater Sustainability Agency; California Department of Water Resources (DWR); and Director Karla Nemeth in her o fficial capacity; (3) City of Marina v. RMC Lonestar, RMC Pacific Materials LLC, California-American Water Company, Marina Coast Water District, and Monterey County Water Resources Agency, M onterey County Superior Court Case No. 20CV001387; (4) C alifornia-American Water Company v. All Persons Interested in the Validity of the City of Marina Groundwater Sustainab ility Agency’s Sustainability Plan for the Marina GSA Area of the 180-/400-foot Aquifer Subbasin; City of Marina; City of Marina Groundwater Sustainability Agency and does 1-50; and (5) City of Marina, et al. v. Al l Persons Interested in the Validity of th e Monterey County Groundwater Sustainability Plan, Monterey County Superior Court Case No. 21CV000493 c. Conference with Legal Counsel –Initiation of litigation pursuant to § 54956.9(c): one case
5. ADJOURNMENT:
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CERTIFICATION
I, Anita Sharp, Deputy City Clerk, of the City of M arina, do hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing agenda was posted at City Hall and Council Chambers Bulletin Board at 211 Hillcrest Avenue, Monterey County Library Marina Branch at 190 Se aside Circle, City Bulletin Board at the corner of Reservation Road and Del Monte Boulevard on or before 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 7, 2022.
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ANITA SHARP, DEPUTY CITY CLERK
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