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City Council
Agenda
901 SHERMAN AVENUE
NOVATO, CA 94945
Tuesday, January 14, 2025 - 6:00 PM
Mayor
Tim O’Connor
Mayor Pro Tempore
Rachel Farac
Councilmembers
Pat Eklund
Kevin Jacobs
Mark Milberg
City Manager
Amy Cunningham
City Attorney
Gary Bell
City Council meeting are usually held each month on the second and fourth Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk at (415) 899-8986. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable accommodation to help ensure accessibility to this meeting.
The agenda is divided into three main sections and includes other categories covering routine business.
All references to “City Council” include those other agencies which may be listed at the top of the Agenda.
The City Council may discuss and/or take action on any or all of the items listed on the agenda irrespective of how the agenda items are described. The Council may establish and make appointments to a Council committee (made up of two Councilmembers) with respect to any item appearing on this agenda.
Supplemental Materials
Public Participation Options
Members of the Public may participate and provide public comments for the City Council as follows:
• Written public comments may be submitted via eComment. Written public comments received more than 3 hours before the start of the meeting will be distributed to the Council prior to the meeting.
Written public comments will not be read during the meeting. • In-person public comments may be made at the meeting, which are held in the Novato City Council Chambers located at 901 Sherman Avenue.
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The Mayor has the authority to rule any speaker out of order, including speakers during the Public Comment period, if the subject raised is not within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council, or during a public hearing or a general business item if the speaker is not presenting testimony or evidence relevant to the matter or if the speaker becomes disruptive to the proceedings and conduct of the meeting.
The Mayor also has the authority to order any person who willfully interrupts the meeting to be removed.
All persons are expected to conduct themselves with civility and courtesy at all times. All persons giving comments shall speak directly to the Council and address issues, not individuals. Personal attacks, cursing and outbursts from the audience in support or opposition to a speaker are not tolerated in order to foster an environment where everyone feels welcome to speak
A. CONVENE, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND ROLL CALL
B. CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT
C. CEREMONIAL MATTERS/PRESENTATIONS
C.1. Retirement of Police K-9 Rookie and Introduction of new Police K-9 Koda D. APPROVAL OF THE FINAL AGENDA
E. REPORTS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL & CITY MANAGER
F. PUBLIC COMMENT
All members of the public wishing to address the City Council are requested to submit a speaker card in advance to the City Clerk. (Please remember that all comment cards are PUBLIC RECORDS).
The Mayor will call the names of speakers from the cards. In addition to receiving comment from the public during the Public Comment period, the Mayor will recognize persons from the audience who wish to address the City Council on a particular agenda item at the time that item is considered by the City Council.
There is a three-minute time limit to speak although the Mayor may shorten the time based on the number of speakers or other factors. A speaker may not yield his or her time to another speaker. For issues raised during Public Comment that are not on the published agenda, except as otherwise provided under the Ralph M. Brown Act, no action can legally be taken. The City Council may direct that the item be referred to the City Manager for action or may schedule the item on a subsequent agenda.
G. 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 General Business for discussion.
G.1. Waive reading and authorize introductions and/or adoption of ordinances by title only this is a standard procedural action so that the City Council does not have to read an ordinance aloud in its entirety.
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G.2. Approve the closed and open session City Council Meeting Minutes of December 3, 2024
Staff contact: Laura McDowall, City Clerk, 899-8986
Minutes - December 3, 2024
G.3. Approve the City Council Special Meeting Minutes of December 9, 2024 Staff contact: Laura McDowall, City Clerk, 899-8986
Minutes - December 9, 2024
G.4. Adopt ordinance 1719 repealing Section 14-20.8 and Amending Section 7-
11.3 of the Novato Municipal Code Regarding Unlawful Camping; and finding the ordinance exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Staff contact: Theresa Brown, Assistant City Clerk, 899-8902 Staff Report - Ordinance 1719 Adoption
Attachment 1 - Ordinance 1719
G.5. Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager or their designee to execute an agreement with Burke, Williams, and Sorensen LLP in an amount not to exceed $100,000 to provide professional services related to labor negotiations and collective bargaining agreement services for upcoming negotiations
Staff contact: Eva Hilliard, Chief People Officer/Human Resources Manager, 899-8900 Staff Report - Burke Williams Sorenson Agreement
Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution
Attachment 2 - Draft Agreement
G.6. Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager or their designee to enter into a $311,250 Funding Agreement and sign all necessary documents between the City of Novato (City) and the Marin County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (District) for completing the 100% engineering design and environmental permitting of the Olive Avenue large full trash capture device project as part of MS4 Permit Trash Capture Devices, CIP 24- 003
Staff contact: Manijeh Larizadeh, Assistant Engineer, 899-8900 Staff Report - Olive Ave Large Trash Capture Device MOU Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution
Attachment 2 - Draft Agreement
G.7. Adopt a resolution awarding the construction contract for the removal and replacement of the existing wooden streetlight poles in the Bahia neighborhood, CIP #23-003, for the base bid of in the amount of $365,900 to DC Electric Group, Inc. as the lowest responsible bidder, and authorize the City Manager to execute the construction contract
Staff contact: Manijeh Larizadeh, Assistant Engineer, 899-8900 Staff Report - DC Electric Bahia Streetlight Agreement
Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution
Attachment 2 - Bid Results
Attachment 3 - Location Map
Attachment 4 - Budget Excerpt
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G.8. Adopt a resolution formally updating the responsibilities of the Finance Advisory Commission to include its additional role as the oversight committee for revenues generated by Measure M, as required by Ordinance 1717, Section 16-7.14
Staff contact: Carla Carvalho-Degraff, Finance Director, 899-8900 Staff Report - Updated Finance Advisory Commission Resolution Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution
G.9. Receive and File Fiscal Year 2022/2023 Measure F Report Staff contact: Carla Carvalho-Degraff, Finance Director, 899-8900 Staff Report - Measure F Report
Attachment 1 - Measure F Report
G.10. Receive and file the City of Novato's second quarter payment register report for the month of October, November, and December 2024
Staff contact: Jose Morales, Deputy Finance Director, 899-8900 Staff Report - 2nd Quarter 24-25 Payment Register
Attachment 1 - Payment Register
H. UNFINISHED AND OTHER BUSINESS
There are no agenda items.
I. PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public Hearings are announced and advertised in advance to allow interested persons to make comments for, against, or otherwise, regarding a proposed project or decision. Anyone who challenges any hearing matter in court may be limited to only those issues raised at the public hearing described therein, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to, the public hearing.
I.1. Conduct a public hearing and introduce an ordinance:
A. Amending Novato Municipal Code Section 19.34.030 (Accessory Dwelling Units) to: 1) incorporate recent revisions to State law addressing accessory dwelling units (“ADU” and “ADUs”; 2) modify permitting requirements for certain types of ADUs; and, 3) modify existing and add new text to clarify various standards and regulations applicable to ADUs;
B. Amending Novato Municipal Code Section 19.34.032 (Junior Accessor Dwelling Units) to incorporate recent revisions to State law addressing the regulation of junior accessory dwelling units (“JADU” and “JADUs”); and
C. Finding the referenced amendments to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15282(h) and Public Resources Code Section 21080.17 Staff contact: Vivek Damodaran, Senior Planner, 899-8900 Staff Report - ADU and JADU Ordinance Updates
Attachment 1 - Draft Ordinance
Attachment 2 - Planning Commission Resolution No. 2024-015 Attachment 3 - CA Housing Defense Fund Correspondence
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Presentation
J. GENERAL BUSINESS
These items include significant and administrative actions of special interest and will usually include a staff presentation and discussion by the Council. They will be acted upon by a separate vote.
J.1. Consider, review, assign, and/or reassign City Council members to serve on various regional, state and local commissions, committees and boards Staff contact: Laura McDowall, City Clerk, 899-8900
Staff Report - Council Committee Assignments
Attachment 1 - Council Committee Appointment Chart
K. COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES AND BOARDS (CCB’S) APPOINTMENTS This section is used by the City Council to make appointments to fill vacancy/vacancies on their Commissions, Committees and Boards.
L. WORK STUDY SESSION
M. ADJOURNMENT
Materials that are submitted to members of the City Council after the distribution of the agenda packet will be made available to the public at the time it is provided to the City Council.
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
I, Laura McDowall, certify that on the Thursday before the Council meeting of January 14, 2025, the agenda was posted on the City Community Service Board at 922 Machin Ave in Novato, California and on the City’s website at novato.org.
/Laura McDowall/
Laura McDowall, City Clerk