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City Council
Agenda
901 SHERMAN AVENUE
NOVATO, CA 94945
Tuesday, May 13, 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. Proclamation: Police Week
National Police Week
C.2. Proclamation: Lyme Disease Awareness Month
Lyme Disease Awareness Month
C.3. Presentation: Rooted in Marin: Strategies for Anti-Displacement Memo - Rooted in Marin
Rooted In Marin Report - English
Rooted in Marin Report - Spanish
Rooted in Marin Presentation
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.
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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 ordinances aloud in their entirety.
G.2. Approve open and closed session meeting minutes of April 22, 2025 Staff contact: Laura McDowall, City Clerk, 899-8986
Minutes - April 22, 2025
G.3. Receive and file the Investment Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024/25 Quarter 3 Staff contact: Natalie Moline, Accountant II, 899-8900
Staff Report - Q3 Investment Report
Attachment 1 - Investment Report
G.4. Receive and file Fiscal Year 2023/24 Measure F Report Staff contact: Carla Carvalho-Degraff, Finance Director, 899-8900 Staff Report - Measure F Report
Attachment 1 - Measure F Report
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 to consider adopting a resolution approving an addendum to the Novato General Plan 2035 Environmental Impact Report pursuant to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act and approve a tentative subdivision map and design review to redevelop the property at 100 Wood Hollow Drive, APN 125-202-17, as a residential neighborhood with 66 single-family residences and associated improvements
Staff contact: Steve Marshall, CDD Deputy Director, 899-8900 Staff Report - Woodhollow Residences
Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution
Presentation 1
Presentation 2
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I.2. Conduct a public hearing to consider adopting a resolution approving the Novato Police Department’s 2024-2025 Military Equipment Use Annual Report and list of equipment and renewing Ordinance No. 1703 approving Military Equipment Use Policy 710 pursuant to California Assembly Bill 481 Staff contact: Jim Naugle, Police Chief, 899-8900
Staff Report - Military Equipment Policy
Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution
Attachment 2 - Ordinance No. 1703
Attachment 3 - Policy 710 - Military Equipment
Attachment 4 - Military Equipment Use Annual Report
Attachment 5 - Military Equipment Inventory List
Attachment 6 - Military Equipment 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. Adopt a resolution approving a structurally balanced budget policy Staff contact: Carla Carvalho-Degraff, Finance Director, 899-8900 Staff Report - Balanced Budget Policy
Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution
Attachment 2 - Draft Balanced Budget Policy
Presentation
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.
There are no agenda items.
L. WORK STUDY SESSION
L.1. Receive and consider a preliminary overview of the Fiscal Year 2025/2026 (FY25/26) Operating and Capital Budgets and provide additional budget development direction to Staff
Staff contact: Carla Carvalho-Degraff, Finance Director, 899-8900 Staff Report - Budget Workshop
Attachment 1 - Additional Staff Resources
Attachment 2 - Draft MVMCC Operating Budget
Attachment 3 - Draft MVMCC Capital Program
Attachment 4 - Summary Debt Schedule
Attachment 5 - CIP Revenue Projections
Attachment 6 - CIP New Projects
Attachment 7 - CIP Ongoing Projects w New Funding
Attachment 8 - CIP Funding Summary
Attachment 9 - CIP Closed Projects
Attachment 10 - CIP 5 Year Plan
Attachment 11 - Draft Budget w/ Personnel Allocations
Presentation
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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 May 13, 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