City Council
CLOSED SESSION MEETING MINUTES
City Administrative Offices
922 Machin Ave
Novato, CA 94945
February 11, 2025 – 5:00PM
A. CALL TO ORDER
The City Council closed session began at 5:00 p.m.
COUNCIL PRESENT: Mayor Tim O’Connor, Mayor Pro Tempore Rachel Farac, Councilmember Pat Eklund, Councilmember Kevin Jacobs, and Councilmember Mark Milberg
STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Amy Cunningham, Community Development Director Clare Hartman and City Attorney Gary Bell
B. PUBLIC COMMENT - NONE
C. CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
C.1 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: CALIFORNIA HOUSING DEFENSE FUND, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation; AMG &
ASSOCIATES, LLC, a California limited liability
company v. City of Novato
Name of Parties: California Housing Defense Fund; AMG & Associates, LLC; Marryann Elloway and John
Elloway, in their capacity as Trustees of the
Elloway 2019 Family Trust; Norman Elloway; City
of Novato
Case No.: Marin County Superior Court, Case No: CV0004599 There was nothing to report out.
D. ADJOURNMENT
The City Council adjourned the meeting at 5:40 p.m.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing minutes were duly and adopted at the Novato City Council regular meeting of February 25, 2025. /Laura McDowall/
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Laura McDowall, City Clerk