SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 2022 AT 5:00 P.M.
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Present: Councilmember Bushey
Councilmember Hill
Councilmember Llorens Gulati
Mayor Kate
Absent: Vice Mayor Kertz
Also Present: City Manager Jim Schutz
City Clerk Lindsay Lara
Mayor Kate called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. and requested City Clerk Lindsay Lara call the roll. All members of the City Council were present, except for Vice Mayor Kertz.
Mayor Kate opened the public comment period for all agenda items; however, there was none.
1. Planning Commission Interviews
Interview Applicants and Make Appointments to Fill Two At-Large Four-Year Terms to the End of June 2026 on the Planning Commission Due to the Expiration of Terms of Aldo Mercado and Jon Haveman (CC)
The City Council interviewed the following applicants: Aldo Mercado and Jon Haveman.
Applicant Sophia McInerney Corbett withdrew, Mark Yatman expressed interest in the Park & Recreation Commission only, and Meili Zhao did not attend the interview.
Councilmember Bushey moved and Councilmember Llorens Gulati seconded to reappoint Aldo Mercado and Jon Haveman to the Planning Commission to the end of June 2026.
Ayes: Councilmembers: Bushey, Hill, Llorens Gulati and Mayor Kate Noes: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: Vice Mayor Kertz
Motion passed 4-0
2. Park and Recreation Commission Interviews
Interview Applicants and Make an Appointment to Fill One Four-Year Term to the End of May 2026 on the Park and Recreation Commission Due to the Expiration of Terms of Ariel Gutierrez, Kathryn Reisinger and Stacey Laumann (CC) The City Council interviewed the following applicants: Ariel Gutierrez and Mark Yatman. Ceci De La Montanya withdrew her application.
Mayor Kate clarified the recent Commission membership amendment from seven members to five members and informed the City Council that only one applicant would be appointed, as presented in the staff report.
Councilmember Hill moved and Councilmember Bushey seconded to reappoint Ariel Gutierrez to the Park and Recreation Commission to the end of May 2026.
Ayes: Councilmembers: Bushey, Hill, Llorens Gulati and Mayor Kate Noes: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: Vice Mayor Kertz
Motion passed 4-0
3. Public Art Review Board Interviews
Interview Applicants and Make Appointments to Fill Two Four-Year Terms to the End of August 2026 and One Two-Year Term to the End of August 2024 on the Public Art Review Board (CC)
The City Council interviewed the following applicants: Kristyn Merritt, Meili Zhao and Morgan Schauffler.
Councilmember Bushey moved and Councilmember Llorens Gulati seconded to appoint Kristyn Merritt and Morgan Schauffler to the end of August 2026, and Meili Zhao to the end of August 2024, on the Public Art Review Board.
Ayes: Councilmembers: Bushey, Hill, Llorens Gulati and Mayor Kate Noes: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: Vice Mayor Kertz
Motion passed 4-0
CONSENT CALENDAR:
Mayor Kate invited public comment; however, there was none.
Councilmember Hill moved and Councilmember Llorens Gulati seconded to approve the Consent Calendar.
4. Consent Calendar:
a. West End Village (1628 5th Avenue) Final Map 9-Unit Residential Condominium Building
Resolution Approving the Final Subdivision Map for the West End Village Subdivision for Condominium Purposes (PW)
Resolution 15116 – Resolution Approving the Final Subdivision Map for the West End Village Subdivision for Condominium Purposes
Ayes: Councilmembers: Bushey, Hill, Llorens Gulati and Mayor Kate Noes: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: Vice Mayor Kertz
Motion passed 4-0
ADJOURNMENT:
Mayor Kate adjourned the meeting at 6:53 p.m.
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LINDSAY LARA, City Clerk
APPROVED THIS _____DAY OF____________, 2022
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KATE COLIN, Mayor