AGENDA
Regular Meeting of the Ross Town Council
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Town Hall
31 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard
Ross, CA 94957
The meeting will be held in person. As a courtesy, and technology permitting, members of the public may participate remotely and provide public comment via Zoom. Please be advised that those participating in the meeting remotely via Zoom do so at their own risk. Council meetings will not be canceled due to technical difficulties. If no members of the Town Council are attending the meeting via teleconference, and a technical error or outage occurs on the teleconference feed, the Town Council will continue the meeting in person in the Ross Town Hall, 31 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Ross, CA.
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1. 6:00 p.m. Call to Order.
2. Posting of agenda/changes to agenda.
3. Open Time for Public Expression.
Limited to three minutes per speaker on items not on the agenda.
4. Mayor's Report
5. Council Committee & Liaison Reports.
6. Staff & Community Reports.
a. Town Manager
b. Ross Property Owners Association
Full agenda packet available online by clicking here.
Council Meeting Agenda
October 10, 2024
7. Consent Agenda.
The following items will be considered in a single motion, unless removed from the consent agenda:
a. Minutes: Special Meeting Closed Session, September 12, 2024 Minutes: Regular Meeting, September 12, 2024
b. Demands for September 2024. (Johnson)
c. Town Council to authorize the Town Manager to execute a Second Amendment to the Lease Agreement with the Ross Valley Paramedic Authority and the Ross Valley Fire Department for a portion of Fire Station 18 located at 33 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. in the Ross Civic Center. (Johnson)
d. Town Council to approve Contract Amendment No. 4 with BKF Engineers after-the-fact in the amount of $16,262 and authorize the Town Manager to execute Contract Amendment No. 5 for BKF in the amount of $12,000 for additional scope of work items related to the Laurel Grove Safe Pathways Project Phase 2. (Simonitch) End of Consent Agenda.
There is no Public Hearing on Planning Projects – Part 1.
Administrative Agenda.
8. Town Council to waive the first reading, read by title only, and introduce Ordinance 727 amending Ross Municipal Code (RMC) Chapter 18.42 Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) to comply with updates to State Law regarding Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units (JADUs) and direct staff to return for the second reading and adoption on November 14, 2024. (Feliciano)
9. Town Council to conduct a public hearing to consider whether to adopt Resolution No. 2435 affirming the decision of the Town Planner based on an appeal filed by Jeff Lucas (22 Chestnut Avenue) for minor amendments to a project approved by the Town Council per Resolution No. 2313 on June 15, 2023. The amendments include the replacement of a glass to cable railing system, spiral to straight run staircase, and the removal of podocarpus planting and decorative rock wall at 7 Willow Hill Road, APN 073-252-12. (Feliciano)
10. Town Council to consider directing the Town Manager to send a letter on behalf of the Ross Town Council to the Ross Valley Fire Department Board of Directors, in substantial conformance with the draft letter attached to this staff report, requesting that the planned closure of the Ross Fire Station 18 be delayed one year in order to allow the Ross Valley Council Meeting Agenda
October 10, 2024
Paramedic Authority and the Marin County Local Emergency Medical Services Authority to determine the future of emergency medical services in the Ross Valley. (Johnson)
11. Town Council to conduct a discussion and provide direction to staff on pickleball court regulation options. (Feliciano)
End of Administrative Agenda.
There are no Public Hearings on Planning Projects – Part 2.
13. No Action Items: (Mayor)
a. Council correspondence
b. Future Council items
14. Adjournment.
If any of the matters discussed above are challenged in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at any public hearing described on this notice or in written correspondence delivered at, or prior to, the Council meeting at which this matter will be heard. (Government Code Section 65009). In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Town Clerk at (415) 453-1453, extension 105 or email at [email protected].
Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the town to make reasonable accommodation to help insure accessibility to this meeting.