CITY OF SAUSALITO
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
Zoom
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
7:00 PM
CLOSED SESSION BEGINS AT 6:00 PM
OPEN SESSION BEGINS AT 7:00 PM
PUBLIC ADVISORY: THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS WILL NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Pursuant to Government code section 54953(e), and in light of the declared state of emergency, the regular meeting of the City Council for January 11, 2022 will be conducted telephonically through Zoom and broadcast live on the City's Website. Please be advised that pursuant to Government Code section 54953(e), and in light of the declared state of emergency, and to ensure the health and safety of the public by limiting human contact that could spread the COVID-19 virus, the Council chambers will not be open for the meeting, Council members and the public will be participating telephonically and will not be physically present in the Council Chambers.
If you would like to speak on an agenda item, you can access the meeting remotely:
Join from a PC, MAC, IPAD, iPhone, or Android device. Although your image will not be shown on the video conference, you will be able to listen and view the meeting on Zoom.
Please use this URL https://zoom.us/j/5421451805
Or join by digital phone or landline phone at:
1-669-900-6833
1-346-248-7799
1-253-215-8782
1-312-626-6799
Enter Meeting ID: 5421451805#
Note: Your phone number will appear on the screen unless you first dial *67 before dialing the numbers shown above.
If you want to comment during the public comment portion of the Agenda, you can use the "Raise Hand" function in Zoom under Reactions (Make sure your Zoom is updated to the latest version) or you can Press *9 if you are calling in. The City Clerk will select you from the meeting cue. Please be patient while waiting in the cue.
If you do not want to speak during the public comment portion of the Agenda, you are also encouraged to submit email correspondence to [email protected]. Email comments will be accepted up until 4:00 PM the day of the meeting and forwarded to the City Council, posted to the City website, and placed in the City's permanent records. Email messages should be sent to [email protected]. If you choose to submit an email, please note in the Subject Line the part of the Agenda your email pertains to. For example, you can type in the Subject Line, "Agenda Item 2- Communications" or "Agenda Item 6, Public Hearing"
IF STARTING TIMES ARE LISTED FOR EACH AGENDA ITEM THEY SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A GUIDELINE ONLY. THE CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ALTER THE ORDER OF DISCUSSION IN ORDER TO RUN AN EFFECTIVE MEETING. IF YOU WISH TO ASSURE YOURSELF OF HEARING A PARTICULAR DISCUSSION, PLEASE ATTEND THE ENTIRE MEETING. THE CITY VALUES AND INVITES WRITTEN COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON MATTERS SET FOR CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS AMPLE TIME TO REVIEW ALL CORRESPONDENCE, PLEASE SUBMIT CORRESPONDENCE TO STAFF AT LEAST FIVE DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. ANY WRITTEN OR ORAL COMMENTS PROVIDED WILL BE A PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.
To give everyone an opportunity to be heard and to ensure the presentation of different points of view, the City Council requests that members of the audience who wish to speak, complete a Speakers' Card and when called on: 1) Always address the Chair; 2) State your name; 3) State views succinctly; and 4) Limit presentations to three (3) minutes. However, if there is a large group present to speak on the same issue, the City Council has the discretion to limit speakers to less than three minutes.
I. CALL TO ORDER IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL, 420 LITHO STREET - 6:00 PM I.A. Mayor Hoffman calls the meeting to order and requests that Roll Call be taken I.B. Mayor Hoffman announces that item(s) D1-D2 will be discussed in Closed Session I.C. PUBLIC COMMENT on Closed Session items
I.D. City Council adjourns to CLOSED SESSION to consider the following:
D.1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – Existing Litigation pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9(d) (1) Name of Case: Sausalito/Marin County Chapter of the California Homeless Union v. City of Sausalito USDC No. District of Ca. Case No. 3:21-cv-01143-LB D.2. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION - pursuant to California Government Code Section 54957 Title: City Manager
II. OPEN SESSION IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL, 420 LITHO STREET - 7:00 PM II.A. Closed Session Announcements (if any)
II.B. Approval of Agenda
1. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS / MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS - 7:05 PM
2. ACTION MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING - 7:10 PM
Regular City Council meeting of December 7, 2021 Draft Minutes •Move to approve as submitted; or
•Move to approve as changed/corrected
2.A. Approval of Draft Minutes of:
Regular City Council Meeting of December 7, 2021
Draft Minutes of the Regular Meeting of December 7, 2021
3. CONSENT CALENDAR - 7:15 PM
REMOVAL OF ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR: Matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered routine and non-controversial, require no discussion, are expected to have unanimous Council support, and may be enacted by the Council in one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of Consent Calendar items. However, before the Council votes on a motion to adopt the Consent Calendar items, Councilmembers, City staff, or members of the public may request that specific items be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. In order to request an item be pulled, you must have completed a Speakers’ Card and turned it in to the City Clerk. Items will only be removed from the Consent Calendar by a vote of the Council. Items removed from the Consent Calendar will be discussed later on the agenda, when public comment will be heard on any item that was removed from the Consent Calendar. • PUBLIC COMMENT – Receive requests to remove item(s) from the Consent Calendar • Motion to approve the following actions:
3.A. 2019 Mudslide FEMA Reimbursement
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 Letter of Denial
Attachment 3 2021-08-18 Appeal_2
KCG's Proposal- Nov 2021- Sausalito
3.B. Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the Second Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Parisi Transportation Consulting, for the Nevada St. Rehabilitation, Pavement Marking and Signing Project in an additional amount of $29,850
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Amendment No. 2 PSA
Attachment 3 - First Amendment to PSA
Attachment 4 - Professional Services Agreement
Attachment 5 - Inter Office Memorandum 8-21-21
Exhibit A - Attachment 2 Exhibit A Scope of Work
3.C. Adopt a Resolution to Continue Conducting the City’s Council and All Other City Board, Commission, and Committee Meetings Remotely Due to Health and Safety Concerns for the Public
Staff Report
Attachment 1- Draft Resolution
3.D. Adopt a Resolution Approving the City's Publicly Available Pay Schedule, Effective January 1, 2022
Staff Report
Attachment 1- Draft Resolution
Exhibit A- Publicly Available Pay Schedule
3.E. Adopt a resolution authorizing the city manager to approve the sole source purchase order with Owen Equipment Inc. to repair the public works sanitary vactor truck at a cost of $35,293.43 and authorize a contingency of $4,706.57 for a not to exceed amount of $40,000.
Staff Report
Attachment 1- Draft Resolution
3.F. Authorize the allocation of a reserve funds to support the Sausalito Ferry Landside Improvement Project Phase 2 in an additional amount of $185,000.
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
4. BUSINESS ITEMS - 7:20 PM
In general, the following procedural order applies to items of business:
•Presentation
•City Council questions
•PUBLIC COMMENT – limited to 3 minutes/person
•City Council discussion/action
4.A. Library Department Overview (Abbot Chambers, City Librarian and Director of Communications, 15 Minutes Presentation) 7:20 PM
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Presentation Slides (Draft)
Attachment 2 - Presentation Slides (Final)
4.B. Update on Dorothy Gibson House (Mayor Hoffman and Chris Zapata, City Manager, 10 Minutes Presentation) 7:50 PM
Staff Report
Attachment 1- Income Limits
Public Comment- Snowden
Public Comment-D.J. Puffert
4.C. Bank of America Building Update (Mayor Hoffman and Councilmember Sobieski, 10 Minutes Presentation) 8:20 PM
Staff Report
Attachment 1- S'AINT EYE- Proposal
Attachment 2- Sausalito Brewing Company- Proposal
Attachment 3- Sharon Virtue- Proposal
Attachment 4- The Sausalito Center For The Arts- Proposal Attachment 5- Retail West / Studio VARA- Proposal
Attachment 6- Jerry Kler Associates Architects- Proposal Attachment 7- Schedule of Lease Payments
Public Comment- Petri
Public Comment- Burns
Public Comment- Chase
4.D. Presentation to Mayor Hoffman and 2021 City's Highlights (Chris Zapata, City Manager, 15 Minutes Presentation) 8:50 PM
4.E. Council Election of Mayor (City Council) 9:20 PM
Public Comment from Dec 7- Flynn
Public Comment from Dec 7- Flavin
Public Comment from Dec 7- Flavin 2
Public Comment from Dec 7- Richards
Public Comment from Dec 7- Popp, Scremin, Currier, Gertz, Carey Public Comment from Dec 7- Currier
Public Comment from Dec 7- Maggiora
Public Comment- Chase
Public Comment- Pfeifer
Public Comment- Shea
Public Comment- Hanson
Public Comment- Susan Shea
4.F. City Council Election of Vice Mayor (City Council) 9:30 PM
5. COMMUNICATIONS - 9:40 PM
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS: This is the time for the City Council to hear from citizens regarding matters that are not on the agenda. Except in very limited situations, state law precludes the Council from taking action on or engaging in discussions concerning items of business that are not on the agenda. However, the Council may briefly respond to statements made or questions posed by a member of the public, ask clarifying questions, make a brief announcement, or make a brief report on his or her own activities. The Council may also refer matters not on the agenda to City staff or direct that the subject be agendized for a future meeting.
5.A. Public Written Comment
Public Comment- Versaci- Presentation
Public Comment- Versaci
6. COUNCILMEMBER COMMITTEE REPORTS - 9:50 PM
•City Council questions
•Council discussion and direction, if any
7. CITY MANAGER REPORTS, CITY COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS, OTHER COUNCIL BUSINESS - 10:00 PM 7A. PUBLIC COMMENT on Items 7B-7E - limited to 3 minutes/person - 10:00 PM 7B. City Manager Information for Council - 10:05 PM
•Oral Report & Council Questions
•Council discussion and direction, if any
City Manager Report
City Manager Report
7C. Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees - 10:10 PM Under this item the Council may take action to appoint qualified applicants to City Boards, Commissions and Committees, as further detailed in the staff report for the corresponding item. Additionally, the Mayor may make Council liaison appointments to City or Regional Committees. •City Council questions
•Council discussion and direction, if any
7D. Future Agenda Items - 10:15 PM
•City Council questions
•Council discussion and direction, if any
Future agenda Items and tentative items for January 25, and February 2022 Future Agenda Items
Tentative Items for January 25 and February 2022
7E. Other reports of significance - 10:20 PM
•City Council questions
•Council discussion and direction, if any
8. ADJOURNMENT - 10:25 PM
The next regularly scheduled City Council meeting will be held January 25, 2022 with the open session due to commence at approximately 7:00 PM.
LEAD DEPARTMENT
Administration Department
City Hall, main floor
420 Litho Street
Sausalito, CA 94965
(415) 289-4199
[email protected]
CITY COUNCIL
Jill James Hoffman, Mayor
Janelle Kellman, Vice Mayor
Susan Cleveland-Knowles, Councilmember
Ian Sobieski, Councilmember
Melissa Blaustein, Councilmember
STAFF
Chris Zapata, City Manager
Mary Wagner, City Attorney
Serge Avila, Acting City Clerk
Heidi Scoble, Acting Community Development Director
Kevin McGowan, Public Works Director/City Engineer
Michael Langford, Parks & Recreation Director
Abbot Chambers, City Librarian/Director of Communications John Rohrbacher, Chief of Police
Chris Tubbs, Fire Chief
Disability AccessIn compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (28 C.F.R. 35.102-35.104, ADA Title 11), if you need special assistance to participate in a City of Sausalito meeting, such as assistive listening devices, materials in large print or Braille, real time captioning, a translator, a sign language interpreter or other accommodations, please call, email or visit the Lead Department (see contact information on previous page) at least 72 hours prior to the meeting to enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. Please contact the Lead Department for questions about accessibility of the meeting space, including the location of the nearest bus stop and accessible curbside parking to the meeting space.
How to obtain City Council Agendas
Posted Agendas: Agendas are posted 72 hours (regular meetings) and 24 hours (special meetings) prior to the City Council meeting at the entrance to the City Hall.
Agendas on the web: www.sausalito.gov/city-government/city-calendar and click on the calendar link for that meeting.
Lead Department Office: Agendas are available at the Department Office’s (see Lead Department information above), City Hall at 420 Litho Street, Sausalito.
City Council Meetings: Agendas are also available for the public at every City Council meeting.
How to obtain City Council Agenda Packet Materials
Lead Department Office: A copy of the complete agenda packet is available for review at least 72 hours (regular meetings) and 24 hours (special meetings) in advance of the City Council meeting at the Lead Department Office’s (see Lead Department information above). Materials related to an item on this agenda which are submitted to the City Council after distribution of the packet are available for review in the Lead Department Office during normal business hours. Such documents are also available on the City's website, subject to Staff's ability to post the documents before the meeting.
Staff Reports on the Web: www.sausalito.gov/city-government/city-calendar and click on the calendar link for that meeting.
At City Council Meetings: A complete agenda packet is available for review at each City Council meeting.
How to Stay Current Subscribe to the Sausalito Currents, City's e-mail distribution service for City news, announcements about upcoming public meetings including Council and Board/Commission meetings, forums, a variety of special events, and occasional news flashes on important issues affecting Sausalito, like road closures and weather alerts. You can also follow official City of Sausalito messages and postings on Facebook, Nextdoor, Twitter and Nixle. To subscribe or follow, visit www.sausalito.gov