AGENDA CORRESPONDENCE
CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC REVIEW
PRIOR TO THE MEETING
AGENDA NO: PC
MEETING DATE: March 11, 2025
AGENDA CORRESPONDENCE
CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC REVIEW
PRIOR TO THE MEETING
AGENDA NO: 7c
MEETING DATE: March 11, 2025
STAFF PRESENTATION
RECEIVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR
PUBLIC REVIEW PRIOR TO THE
MEETING
AGENDA NO: 9a
MEETING DATE: March 11, 2025
3/11/2025
3 Business Coordinator – Why it’s Inadequate
It is an Administrative Support Position that Doesn’t Sufficiently Address the Department’s Current Needs.
As Described in the Job Description:
Almost no Attention to Lease Sites
Not a Supervisory Role
Mainly Administrative Tasks
Many Duties are in Assistance to, Rather that
Performing them Directly
Business Manager - New Duties
Emphasis on Lease Management, Financial Planning,
Budgeting, Business Operations, and Policy Execution
Oversees Management of Harbor Leases
Supervises Office Assistant
Develops CIP, budgets, and identifies costs savings
and revenue enhancement
Pursues grant funding opportunities and manages
grant applications
Communicates with tenants and subtenants for lease
site development, dispute resolution, and lease
interpretation
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4 Business Manager – Further Justification
The Business Manager position previously existed. It was demoted to the Business Coordinator position by City
Council during the recruitment
The Harbor Dept. Organizational Assessment Report of
2022 concluded that the position be created as well as the Business Coordinator be maintained
The Embarcadero Master Leaseholders released a position paper which emphasized the need for the Harbor Business Manager
If the duties are to be done by the Harbor Vitality
Director, it will take away from other Harbor priorities Business Manager vs Coordinator Salary
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5 Full Time Office Assistant – Why it’s Needed
The Harbor Office is open Monday-Friday. This position is often the first person to greet the public
When an Office Assistant isn’t at the front desk, it must be covered by another employee often a
supervisor/director
Full time position will allow the fulfillment of admin tasks that would otherwise be done by management
Full time employment leads to better stability and less turnover. Less training and more continuity
Full Time Office Assistant – Other Justification
The Harbor Department previously had a full time Office Assistant. They were transferred to another department
and the position was backfilled by a part time employee Maintaining a part time employee doing full time work is not sustainable for two main reasons:
The City will need to regularly change employees to retain the part-time status if they work 40-hours a week
Reduce the number of hours that employee works which
would reduce the level of service and take away from other employee’s responsibilities to cover that position
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AGENDA CORRESPONDENCE AND
STAFF PRESENTATION
RECEIVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR
PUBLIC REVIEW PRIOR TO THE
MEETING
AGENDA NO: 9b
MEETING DATE: March 11, 2025
1 Heather Goodwin
From: Helene Finger >
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2025 7:28 PM
To: Council
Subject: March 11th City Council Meeting, Item 9b
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Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
Thank you for having Item 9b: Short Term Rental (STR) Ordinance Implementation on the agenda. I would like to ask for the discussion to also include removal of inactive STRs.
In accordance with city ordinances, only STRs that submitted the city’s TOT Return Form (see below) showing collection of at least $5000/year in rent (and thus $500 in TOT) are considered active.
As required by the STR ordinance, inactive STRs are not allowed. Please direct staff to prioritize removing all inactive STRs before moving on to renewing permits for active STRs.
Thank you,
Helene Finger
1 Heather Goodwin
From: Kristine Wyatt
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2025 1:40 PM
To: Council
Subject: Short Term Rental Ordinance
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To whom this may concern,
I’m currently on the wait list for my property to be permiƩed as a STR. I’m requesƟng inacƟve short term rentals to be removed immediately, in compliance with the ordinance.
Thank you,
KrisƟne WyaƩ