CITY OF SAUSALITO
SPECIAL AND REGULAR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
In the COUNCIL CHAMBERS via Zoom at 420 LITHO STREET, SAUSALITO, CA 94965 Hotel Europe
Vladislava Skarica 5, Sarajevo 71000 Bosnia and Herzegovina Tuesday, June 4, 2024
SPECIAL MEETING BEGINS AT 6:00 PM
REGULAR MEETING BEGINS AT 7:00 PM
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I. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL & ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION I.A. Mayor Sobieski calls the meeting to order and conducts Roll Call I.B. Mayor Sobieski announces items that will be discussed in Closed Session CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR (Government Code Section 54956.8) Property: MLK School Site, 100 Ebbtide/610 Colma Street Negotiating Parties: Le Lycee Francais
City Negotiator: City Manager and City Attorney
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9: (2 potential cases)
I.C. PUBLIC COMMENT on Closed Session items
I.D. City Council adjourns to CLOSED SESSION
II. RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION - 7:00 PM
II.A. Pledge of Allegiance
II.B. Closed Session Announcements (if any)
1. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS/MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS
1.A Statue Gift to Sausalito's Sister City - Cascais, Portugal
2. ACTION MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
2.A Adopt the Draft Minutes of the May 21, 2024 City Council Meeting Draft Minutes of the May 21, 2024 City Council Meeting
3. CONSENT CALENDAR
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 Alzheimer's & Brain Awareness Month Proclamation
Proclamation
Public Comments - Carlito Berg
3.B Adopt a Resolution calling for an election to fill three seats on the City of Sausalito City Council to be held and consolidated with the General Municipal Election scheduled for November 5, 2024, and requesting that the Marin County Registrar of Voters conduct the Election Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
3.C Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to Approve the Downtown Parking Study Agreement Funded by $110,000 of State Grant Funds
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Agreement
Attachment 3 - Scope of Services
3.D Adopt a Resolution Amending Parking Regulations to Establish a NO PARKING ZONE Fronting 115 Third St., APN 065-264-28, and opposite the driveways of 22 Atwood Ave., APN 065-203-02 & 101 Prospect Ave., APN 065-193-08
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Diagrams
Public Comments - Noura Wedell and Simone Wedell
Public Comments - Rebecca Lanthorne
Public Comments - Terri Barton
Public Comments - Carol and Fred Hoerner
Public Comments - Dan Lee
Public Comments - [email protected]
Public Comments - Julia Caldwell
3.E Approve Flock License Plate Readers Agreement for $70,000 for 2 years Utilizing State Grant Funding
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Vigilant Solutions Refresh Quote
Attachment 2 - Flock Quote-Sole Source Letter
Attachment 3 - Sausalito Police ALPR Policy
Attachment 4 - Sausalito PD - Law Enforcement Agreement Attachment 5 - Flock Quote
3.F Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign the agreement with the Willdan Group, Inc. for the Comprehensive User Fee Study and Development Impact Fee Study Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - PSA
Attachment 3 - Willdan Group, Inc
Attachment 4 - Revenue & Cost Specialists, LLC
Attachment 5 - Matrix Consulting Group, Ltd
3.G Adopt a Resolution Approving an Encroachment Agreement for exterior improvements in the public right-of-way adjacent to 241-253 Glen Drive (APNs 064-243-31 and 064-243-30) Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Vicinity Map
Attachment 3 - Project Plans date-stamped received March 19 2024 Attachment 4 - Planning Commission Resolution No. 2024-08
3.H Receive and File Report Regarding Becoming a Charter City; Provide Direction to Staff Regarding Becoming a Charter City
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Charter City Toolkit
Attachment 2 - Chart Comparing Charter City Powers
3.I Receive and File the Employee Retention and Recruitment Update Staff Report
4. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
4.A Conduct Public Hearing Pursuant to Article XIIID, Section 6 of the California Constitution on the Proposed Sanitary Sewer Fees For Fiscal Year 2024/25 through FY 2026/27; Introduction and Waiver of First Reading of Ordinance No. 03-2024, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Sausalito Setting Fees for Sewer Services for Fiscal Year 2024/25 through FY 2026/27
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Sewer Rate Study by HF&H
Attachment 2 - Copy of Public Notice
Attachment 3 - Draft Ordinance
Attachment 4 - Ordinance No. 1273
Attachment 5 - Presentation
5. BUSINESS ITEMS
5.A Adopt a Resolution of Intent to Establish The Proposed Downtown Sausalito Property Business Improvement District Pursuant to Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994 and Initiate Balloting
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Management District Plan
Attachment 2 - Petition Distributed to Property Owners
Attachment 3 - Draft Resolution of Intent
Attachment 4 - PBID Revenue Projections
Attachment 5 - PBID Petition Response Summary (Non-City Property Owners) Attachment 6 - Property Owner Responses
Attachment 7 - Petition Drive Pie Charts
Attachment 8 - Engineer's Report
Attachment 9 - Staff Presentation
Attachment 10 - Presentation by Kass Green
Public Comments - Scott Thornburg
Public Comments - Adrian Brinton
Public Comments - Beth Swierk
Public Comments - Carlito Berg
Public Comments - Carolyn Revelle
Public Comments - Gino Golia
Public Comments - Joel M. Karr
Public Comments - Kass Green, Willie McDevitt, Michael McDevitt Mark Flaherty Public Comments - Kenneth T. Fong
Public Comments - Laurie Wright
Public Comments - Renee Linde & Nick Sands
Public Comments - Sandra Bushmaker
5.B Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Review
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - GF Budget last 6 years
Attachment 2 - GF Actual last 6 years
Attachment 3 - Finance Department SWOT Analysis
Attachment 4 - Library SWOT Analysis
Attachment 5 - Parks and Rec SWOT Analysis
Attachment 6 - DPW SWOT Analysis
Attachment 7 - Draft FY24-25 Budget Book
Attachment 8 - CEDD SWOT Update
Attachment 9 - Police Department SWOT Analysis
Attachment 10 - City Council SWOT 2023
5.C Introduction and Waiver of First Reading of Ordinance No. -04 - 2024 An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Sausalito Amending Sausalito Municipal Code Section 2.58.040 Relating to Residency Requirements on City Boards, Commissions, and Committees Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Draft Ordinance 04-2024
6. COMMUNICATIONS
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 Speaker’s Card and turned it in to the City Clerk.
7. COUNCILMEMBER COMMITTEE REPORTS
8. CITY MANAGER REPORTS & OTHER COUNCIL BUSINESS
8A. City Manager Information for Council
8B. Future Agenda Items
Future Agenda Items
8C. Public Comment
9. ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled City Council meeting will be held June 18, 2024, 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
Ian Sobieski, Mayor
Joan Cox, Vice Mayor
Melissa Blaustein, 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, Chief of Police
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