CITY OF SAUSALITO
REVISED SPECIAL AND REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA In the COUNCIL CHAMBERS at 420 LITHO STREET, SAUSALITO, CA 94965 Delphi Hotel - 550 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071 Tuesday, December 5, 2023
INTERVIEWS BEGIN AT 5:00 PM
CLOSED SESSION BEGINS AT 5:30 PM
OPEN SESSION BEGINS AT 7:00 PM
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I. INTERVIEWS FOR COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES & BOARDS - 5:00 PM Board, Committee, and Commission Interviews
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Community & Safety Preparedness Applications Attachment 2 - EDAC Applications
Attachment 3 - Historic Preservation Applications
Attachment 4 - Library Board of Trustees Applications
Attachment 5 - Pedestrian & Bicycle Advisory Applications Attachment 6 - Sustainability Applications
II. CALL TO ORDER IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL, 420 LITHO STREET, AND APPROVAL OF REMOTE PARTICIPATION BY COUNCIL - 6:30 PM
Councilmember Kellman will be participating remotely from Delphi Hotel
550 South Flower Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
II.A. Mayor Blaustein calls the meeting to order and requests that Roll Call be taken II.B. Mayor Blaustein announces items that will be discussed in Closed Session II.C. PUBLIC COMMENT on Closed Session items
II.D. City Council adjourns to CLOSED SESSION to consider the following:
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
Govt. Code Section 54957.6
Agency Designated Representative: Negotiator, Deborah Muchmore Unrepresented Employee: City Manager
III. OPEN SESSION IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL, 420 LITHO STREET - 7:00 PM III.A. Pledge of Allegiance
III.B. Closed Session Announcements (if any)
III.C. Approval of Agenda
1. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS / MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS - 7:02 PM Holiday Schedule Announcement
2. ACTION MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING - 7:05 PM
2.A. Draft Minutes of the November 21, 2023 meeting
November 21, 2023 Draft Minutes
3. CONSENT CALENDAR - 7:08 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 may request that specific items be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. 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.
3.A. Authorize the City Manager to Sign a Program Participation Agreement with Willdan Energy Solutions for Heat Pump Water Heater Incentives for City Buildings and Authorize the City Manager to Sign a Public Works Contract with Enovative Mechanical and Energy Services for the Heat Pump Water Heater Upgrade Project Staff Report
Attachment 1 – Willdan Energy Solutions Program Participation Agreement Attachment 2 – Agreement with Enovative Mechanical and Energy Services
3.B. Approve the Lease of Premises by and Between the City of Sausalito and Existing MLK Tenant Carlos Badell/Excellence for Yachts
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - 4th Amendment Carlos Badell Excellence for Yachts
3.C. Receive and File a report regarding curb side No Parking changes in compliance with Assembly Bill 413 and other safety improvements on City Streets Staff Report
Attachment 1 - AB413 - Simplified Diagram
Attachment 2 - Possible Improvements
Attachment 3 - Assembly Bill No. 413
Attachment 4 - Public Comments
3.D. Adopt a Resolution Approving an Encroachment Agreement for the relocation of an existing entry driveway/driveway cut from Ensign Street to Humboldt Avenue and the relocation of three public parking stalls along Humboldt Avenue abutting the property at 1000 Bridgeway (APN 065-037-06)
Staff Report
Attachment 1 – Resolution
Attachment 2 – Vicinity Map
Attachment 3 – Project Plans, received September 1, 2023 Attachment 4 – Planning Commission Resolution No. 2023-20
3.E. Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a 6-Month Marketing Agreement with Creative Digital Agency, Inc., in an Amount not to Exceed $37,500 Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Draft Professional Services Agreement
Attachment 3 - CDA Presentation – Sausalito marketing to Date (9-11-2023)
3.F. Authorize City Manager to Execute Withdrawal Agreement with Bay Cities Joint Powers Insurance Authority
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Draft Agreement
4. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS - NONE
5. BUSINESS ITEMS - 7:20 PM
5.A. Adopt a Resolution Approving the Second Amendment to the City Manager Agreement with Chris Zapata Amending the Existing Salary Benefits and Authority, effective January 1, 2024
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution (revised)
Attachment 2 – Exhibit A to Resolution (revised)
Attachment 3 – Exhibit B to Resolution
Attachment 4 – Exhibit C to Resolution – City Manager Agreement Attachment 5 - Public Comments
Post Meeting Attachment - Comparable Salaries
5.B. Receive and File the report regarding the Bridgeway Safety Study between Napa and Johnson Street and provide direction to staff on whether to proceed with the development of Plans Specifications and Estimates for improvements recommended in the report
Staff Report
Attachment 1 – Bridgeway Safety Study – Napa to Johnson Attachment 2 - Presentation
Attachment 3 - Public Comments
5.C. Authorize the City Manager to Award the Sea Level Rise Adaptation Plan Technical and Design Consultant Services to WRT Design and Execute the Professional Services Agreement to provide Sea Level Rise Adaptation Planning Consultant Services in an Amount of $459,842
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Professional Services Agreement
Attachment 2 - Scope of Work
Attachment 3 - Fee Schedule
Attachment 4 - Presentation
Attachment 5 - Public Comments
5.D. Authorize the City Manager to Award the Sea Level Rise Adaptation Plan Community Engagement Consultant Services to Rainwater & Associates and Execute the Professional Services Agreement to Provide Sea Level Rise Adaptation Planning Community Engagement Services in an Amount of $50,000 Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Professional Services Agreement
Attachment 2 - Scope of Work
Attachment 3 - Fee Schedule
Attachment 4 - Public Comments
5.E. Annual Community Presentation on Military Equipment Use per Government Code section 7072 and City of Sausalito Municipal Code Chapter 2.60 Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Sausalito Police Department Policy 705 – Military Equipment Attachment 2 - 2022-2023 Annual Military Equipment Use Report Attachment 3 - Presentation
6. COMMUNICATIONS - 8:30 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. Please make sure you have completed a Speakers’ Card and turned it in to the City Clerk.
Public Comment - Sandra Bushmaker
7. COUNCILMEMBER COMMITTEE REPORTS - 8:40 PM
8. CITY MANAGER REPORTS, AND OTHER COUNCIL BUSINESS - 8:45 PM 8A. PUBLIC COMMENT on Items 8B-8E - limited to 2 minutes/person - 8:46 PM 8B. City Manager Information for Council - 8:50 PM
City Manager Report on the City’s status with the Bay Cities Joint Powers Insurance Authority Staff Report
8C. Future Agenda Items - 9:10 PM
Future Agenda Items
9. ADJOURNMENT - 9:20 PM
The next regularly scheduled City Council meeting will be held December 19, 2023, 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
Melissa Blaustein, Mayor
Ian Sobieski, Vice Mayor
Joan Cox, Councilmember
Jill James Hoffman, Councilmember
Janelle Kellman, Councilmember
STAFF
Chris Zapata, City Manager
Sergio Rudin, City Attorney
Walfred Solorzano, City Clerk
Brandon Phipps, Community & Economic Development Director Kevin McGowan, Public Works Director/City Engineer
Abbot Chambers, City Librarian/Director of Communications Chad Hess, Finance Director
Kathy Nikitas, Human Resources Manager
Stacie Gregory, Acting Chief of Police
John Rohrbacher, Chief of Police
Chris Tubbs, Fire Chief
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This Notice is posted in accordance with Government Code §54954.2(a) or §54956. Members of the public can view electronic agendas and staff reports by accessing the city website. Under penalty of perjury, this Agenda was posted to the public at least 72 hours prior to the meeting.
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