City Council
CLOSED SESSION MEETING MINUTES
City Administrative Offices
922 Machin Ave
Novato, CA 94945
May 14, 2024 – 4:30 PM
A. CALL TO ORDER
The City Council closed session began at 4:32 p.m.
COUNCIL PRESENT: Mayor Mark Milberg, Mayor Pro Tempore Tim O’Connor Councilmember Pat Eklund, Councilmember Rachel Farac, and Councilmember Susan Wernick
STAFF PRESENT: Interim City Manager Amy Cunningham, Community Development Director Clare Hartman, Public Works Director Nick Nguyen, Deputy Community Development Director Steve Marshall, Assistant City Attorney John Abaci, and City Attorney Gary Bell
B. PUBLIC COMMENT - NONE
C. CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
C.1 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED
LITIGATION
Significant Exposure to Litigation pursuant to Cal. Gov’t Code section 54956.9(d)(2)
Number of Potential Cases: One
C.2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL; EXISTING LITIGATION (Gov. Code, § 54956.9, subd. (d)(1).)
The City Council finds, based on advice from legal counsel, that discussion in open session will prejudice the position of the City in the litigation.
Name of Case: Hanna Ranch Conservation, LLC v. City of Novato Names of Parties: Hanna Ranch Conservation, LLC; City of Novato, a California municipal corporation, and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Case No.: Superior Court of California for the County of Marin, Case No.
CIV2001180
There was nothing to report out.
D. ADJOURNMENT
The City Council adjourned the meeting at 6:00 p.m.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing minutes were duly and adopted at the Novato City Council regular meeting of June 11, 2024.
/Laura McDowall/
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Laura McDowall, City Clerk