CITY OF SAUSALITO
AMENDED SPECIAL AND REGULAR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
In the COUNCIL CHAMBERS via Zoom at 420 LITHO STREET, SAUSALITO, CA 94965 Tuesday, October 1, 2024
SPECIAL MEETING BEGINS AT 5:30 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 LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
(Government Code section 54956.9(d)(1))
Yes In My Backyard v. City of Sausalito, Marin County Superior Court Case No. CIV 2300652
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to 54956.9(d)(2): One case
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL
Initiation of litigation pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(4): One case
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
Shrader v. City of Sausalito, Marin County Superior Court Case No.: CV0002988 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
2. ACTION MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
2.A Adopt the Minutes of the July 30, 2024 City Council Draft Minutes of July 30, 2024
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, 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 Speaker's 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.
3.A Adopt Resolution Accepting the Surrendered and Abandoned Vessel Exchange (SAVE) Grant Agreement 2024-2026 and Appropriating SAVE Grant funds ($50,000) Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Division of Boating and Waterways Grant Agreement Attachment 2 - Resolution
4. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS - NONE
5. BUSINESS ITEMS
5.A Study Session and Presentation Regarding Draft Amended 2023-2031 Housing Element, Including Modifications to Housing Element Programs and Proposed Opportunity Sites Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Draft Amendments to the City of Sausalito’s 6th Cycle Housing Element Attachment 2 - Presentation on Amended Housing Element
Attachment 3 - Public Comments
Public Comments - Adriana Bentley.pdf
Public Comments - Charles Angle.pdf
Public Comments - Doug Howell.pdf
Public Comments - Jann Johnson.pdf
Public Comments - Kathryn Roszak.pdf
Public Comments - Kelly Doyle.pdf
Public Comments - Laurie Sharp.pdf
Public Comments - Lori McLoughlin.pdf
Public Comments - Peter Van Mater.pdf
Public Comments - Stacy Nimmo.pdf
Public Comments - Jennifer Nimmo.pdf
5.B Study Session for Municipal Code Amendment: Adoption of More Comprehensive Objective Design and Development Standards (ODDS) and Form-Based Code Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Draft ODDS (Title 10A)
Attachment 2 - Presentation
Attachment 3 - Aerial of Public Viewpoints
Public Comments - John R. Storey.pdf
Public Comments - Susan Samols.pdf
Public Comments - Alona Kagan.pdf
Public Comments - Jola Anderson.pdf
Public Comments - Tom Theodores.pdf
Public Comments - Baerbel Drobnis.pdf
Public Comments - Judith Wetterer.pdf
Public Comments - Victoria Pacchiana.pdf
Public Comments - Barbara Brown.pdf
Public Comments - Kathleen Oliver.pdf
Public Comments - Vince Dattoli.pdf
Public Comments - Barry Rose.pdf
Public Comments - Katie Amatruda.pdf
Public Comments - Bruce Pratt.pdf
Public Comments - Kay Mitzel.pdf
Public Comments - Burton J. Drobnis.pdf
Public Comments - Larry Martinez.pdf
Public Comments - Candi Jensen.pdf
Public Comments - Laurie Wright.pdf
Public Comments - Carol Lax Hoerner.pdf
Public Comments - Leni Miller.pdf
Public Comments - Carol Martin and Mike Finck.pdf
Public Comments - Leslie Hail.pdf
Public Comments - Carolyn Revelle.pdf
Public Comments - Lin Emm.pdf
Public Comments - Carroll Covey.pdf
Public Comments - Linda Ballard.pdf
Public Comments - Corlis Ciji Ware.pdf
Public Comments - Lisa Baldauf Pierrepont.pdf
Public Comments - Dan Shugrue.pdf
Public Comments - Lori Schwanbeck.pdf
Public Comments - David M. Moore.pdf
Public Comments - Luz Elena Castro.pdf
Public Comments - Deborah Mayo.pdf
Public Comments - Marijo Racciatti.pdf
Public Comments - Debra Patrick.pdf
Public Comments - Mark Schuster.pdf
Public Comments - Dorie and David Rivers.pdf
Public Comments - Marty Krasney.pdf
Public Comments - Ed Ayres.pdf
Public Comments - Mary Lee Bickford.pdf
Public Comments - Ed Brakeman.pdf
Public Comments - Nicolas Mindel.pdf
Public Comments - Edward F McCann II.pdf
Public Comments - Niels Carlsen.pdf
Public Comments - Elizabeth Ray.pdf
Public Comments - Patricia Pigman.pdf
Public Comments - Eric Matcovich.pdf
Public Comments - Paula Tompkins.pdf
Public Comments - Erika Ducati.pdf
Public Comments - Richard Colsky.pdf
Public Comments - Frank Lum & Kimberly Maine.pdf
Public Comments - Robert and Adrianne Burton.pdf
Public Comments - Georgette L Osserman.pdf
Public Comments - Ron Olson.pdf
Public Comments - Grover C. Dear.pdf
Public Comments - Rosalie Wallace.pdf
Public Comments - James deRemer.pdf
Public Comments - Scott Harrington.pdf
Public Comments - Janice Farrar-Titus.pdf
Public Comments - Scott Raymond.pdf
Public Comments - Jann Johnson.pdf
Public Comments - Sheila Vidrine.pdf
Public Comments - Jayne Reichert.pdf
Public Comments - Stacy Nimmo.pdf
Public Comments - Jennifer Spinach.pdf
Public Comments - Stephanie Pratt.pdf
5.C Introduction and Waiver of First Reading of Ordinance No. 05-2024 An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Sausalito Repealing and Replacing Chapter 3.30, Purchase of Supplies, Equipment and Services and Procedures for Public Works Projects Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Ordinance No. 05-2024
Attachment 2 - Exhibit A to Ordinance
Attachment 3 - Redline of Code Changes
5.D Introduction and Waiver of First Reading of Ordinance No. 06-2024 An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Sausalito Repealing Chapters 2.32 “Redevelopment Agency”; 5.16 “Handbills and Circulars”; 5.20 “Miniature Golf Courses”; 5.24 “Second Hand Goods”; 5.28 “Operation of Gasoline Service Stations”; 11.08 “Residential Development Review”; 13.12 “Fortunetelling, Palmistry and Similar Practices”; and 17.20 “Street Numbering” of the Sausalito Municipal Code
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Ordinance No. 06-2024
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. 6A. Public Comments - Jann Johnson
7. COUNCILMEMBER COMMITTEE REPORTS
8. CITY MANAGER REPORTS & OTHER COUNCIL BUSINESS
8A. City Manager Information for Council
City Council Travel & Training Expenses Update
City Council Travel and Training Expenses
8B. Future Agenda Items
Future Agenda Items
8C. PUBLIC COMMENT on Items 8A & 8B
9. ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled City Council meeting will be held October 15, 2024, with the open session due to commence at approximately 7:00 PM.
LEAD DEPARTMENT
Administration Department
City Hall, Main floor
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Sausalito, CA 94965
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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
Tabitha Abbott Hess, Finance Director
Kathy Nikitas, Human Resources Manager
Stacie Gregory, Chief of Police
Chris Tubbs, Fire Chief
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