CITY OF SAUSALITO
AMENDED SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
In the COUNCIL CHAMBERS via Zoom at 420 LITHO STREET, SAUSALITO, CA 94965 Tuesday, February 25, 2025 3:00 PM
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I. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL & ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION - 3:00 PM A. Mayor Cox Calls the meeting to order and requests that Roll Call be taken B. Mayor Cox announces that items D.1. through D.2. will be discussed in Closed Session C. Public Comment on Closed Session Items
D. City Council adjourns to CLOSED SESSION to consider the following:
1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
(Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)
Name of case: Yes In My Backyard v. City of Sausalito, Marin County Superior Court Case No.
CV2300652
2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Significant Exposure to Litigation (Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2): Two cases II. RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION - 4:00 PM
A. Roll Call
B. Pledge of Allegiance
C. Closed Session Announcements (if any)
D. Public Comment on Closed Session Items
E. Approval of Agenda
1. BUSINESS ITEMS
1.A Public Hearing on Certification of Amended 2023-2031 Housing Element Environmental Impact Report (EIR); Adoption of CEQA Findings, Statement of Overriding Considerations, and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, and Approval of Amended 2023-2031 Housing Element (Brandon Phipps, Community & Economic Development Director) o Staff Report - 15 minutes
o City Council questions - 15 minutes
o Public Comments - limited to 3 minutes/person
o Motion/City Council discussion - 15 minutes
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Final Environmental Impact Report for the Sausalito Amended Housing Element Project; February 2025
Attachment 2 - Errata Sheet to FEIR Addressing Site 84
Attachment 3 - Resolution Certifying the Amended 6th Cycle Housing Element Final EIR Attachment 4 - Resolution adopting Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Consideration Attachment 5 - Exhibit A (Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations) Attachment 6 - Exhibit B (Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program) Attachment 7 - Exhibit C (Modified Amended Housing Element) Attachment 8 - Exhibit D (City Response to HCD Findings) Attachment 9 - Map of Amended Housing Element Sites
Attachment 10 - Map of Amended Housing Element Sites - Zoning Attachment 11 - Planning Commission Resolution No. 2025-03 (Signed) including Exhibit A - Amended Housing Element (Exhibit B and C
Attachment 12 - HCD Letter Regarding (2023-2031) Draft Amended Housing Element, November 4, 2025 Attachment 13 - Summary Response to City Council Comments Attachment 14 - Presentation
Attachment 15 - Presentation (Updated 2.24.25)
Late Mail Item - Site 84 (MLK Property) Massing Study - Pages 255-256 of Appendices to Housing Element (Adopted Jan 30, 2023)
Late Mail Item - Peer Review Group MLK Massing Study Draft 2.24.25 Public Comments - Tricia Smith.pdf
Public Comments - Adriana Bentley.pdf
Public Comments - Kara Wetherby-Schmidt.pdf
Public Comments - Troy Lavelle.pdf
Public Comments - Austin Arensberg.pdf
Public Comments - Kari Isaeff.pdf
Public Comments - Benjamin Dean.pdf
Public Comments - Karin Knutson.pdf
Public Comments - Beth Bachrach.pdf
Public Comments - Kelly Doyle.pdf
Public Comments - Bethanie Murguia.pdf
Public Comments - Kelly Gate.pdf
Public Comments - Better Sausalito LLC.pdf
Public Comments - Ken Pontac.pdf
Public Comments - Bora Han.pdf
Public Comments - Kimberly Hering.pdf
Public Comments - Carol Goodman.pdf
Public Comments - Kristin Cappelli.pdf
Public Comments - Ceci Browne.pdf
Public Comments - Linda Fotsch.pdf
Public Comments - Ceci Christian.pdf
Public Comments - Lois Salisbury.pdf
Public Comments - Charles Angle.pdf
Public Comments - Louise Illes.pdf
Public Comments - Chris Bobzien.pdf
Public Comments - Maria Chanley.pdf
Public Comments - Christopher Sander.pdf
Public Comments - Mark Schuster.pdf
Public Comments - Cleopatra Victoria.pdf
Public Comments - Mary Ann Griller.pdf
Public Comments - Colette Pratt.pdf
Public Comments - Mary Huss.pdf
Public Comments - David Kutas.pdf
Public Comments - Michael Rex.pdf
Public Comments - Domingo Johnson.pdf
Public Comments - Michael Waldron.pdf
Public Comments - Douglas R. Howell.pdf
Public Comments - Pat FitzGerald.pdf
Public Comments - Ed Brakeman.pdf
Public Comments - Patti Frazier.pdf
Public Comments - Ed Schultz.pdf
Public Comments - Ralph Cappelli.pdf
Public Comments - Elena Vives.pdf
Public Comments - Ross Sullivan.pdf
Public Comments - Ephraim Margolin.pdf
Public Comments - Sam Chase.pdf
Public Comments - Gail Schell.pdf
Public Comments - Sara Fisk.pdf
Public Comments - Hank Baker.pdf
Public Comments - Sarah Marikos.pdf
Public Comments - Heather Manross.pdf
Public Comments - Shelby Van Meter.pdf
Public Comments - Holly A. Bacuzzi.pdf
Public Comments - Sonja Trauss.pdf
Public Comments - Hyung Min Park.pdf
Public Comments - Stacy Nimmo.pdf
Public Comments - Jack Navarra.pdf
Public Comments - Steve Gertz.pdf
Public Comments - Jennifer Nimmo.pdf
Public Comments - Sue Stephenson.pdf
Public Comments - Jennifer Spinach.pdf
Public Comments - Sybil Boutilier.pdf
Public Comments - Jordan Dodds.pdf
Public Comments - Toyer Grear.pdf
1.B Discussion and Direction Regarding Conduct of Special Election and Proposed Initiative Ordinance Amending Ordinance 1022 and Amending the City Zoning Map to Authorize Development of Housing on Specific Commercial Properties to Permit the Development of Housing as Set Forth in the City’s Adopted Sixth Cycle Amended Housing Element, to be Voted Upon at the Special Municipal Election to be Held on June 3, 2025 (Brandon Phipps, Community & Economic Development Director) o Staff Report - 15 minutes
o City Council questions - 15 minutes
o Public Comments - limited to 3 minutes/person
o Motion/City Council discussion - 15 minutes
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution with Draft Ordinance and Map
Attachment 2 - Ordinance 1022
Attachment 3 - Summary of Survey Results Regarding Voter Attitudes Public Comments - Beth Swierk.pdf
Public Comments - Bonnie MacGregor.pdf
Public Comments - Brian J Meehan.pdf
Public Comments - Cynthia Nimmo.pdf
Public Comments - Debra and Robert Hayes.pdf
Public Comments - Ed Brakeman.pdf
Public Comments - Eoin Harrington.pdf
Public Comments - Ephraim Margolin.pdf
Public Comments - Erin Grogan.pdf
Public Comments - Geraldine Maute & Christophe Cammareri.pdf Public Comments - Illina Frankiv.pdf
Public Comments - James Lavelle.pdf
Public Comments - Jerry & Laurel Spolter.pdf
Public Comments - Joanne Derbort.pdf
Public Comments - Laurie Wright.pdf
Public Comments - Liz Lowry.pdf
Public Comments - Lynn Spiller.pdf
Public Comments - Marjorie Lu.pdf
Public Comments - Mark Coleman.pdf
Public Comments - Natasha Damner.pdf
Public Comments - Patricia De Luca.pdf
Public Comments - Philip Snyder.pdf
Public Comments - Renee Linde.pdf
Public Comments - Rory Moore.pdf
Public Comments - Stacy Nimmo.pdf
Public Comments - Sue Stephenson.pdf
Public Comments - Toyer Grear.pdf
1.C Discussion and Direction Regarding Submitting to the Qualified Voters of the City of Sausalito an Initiative Ordinance Amending Ordinance 1128 and Amending the City Zoning Map to Authorize Development of Housing on Martin Luther King Jr. Property (Site 84), to be Voted Upon at the Special Municipal Election to be Held on June 3, 2025 (Brandon Phipps, Community & Economic Development Director) o Staff Report - 15 minutes
o City Council questions - 15 minutes
o Public Comments - limited to 3 minutes/person
o Motion/City Council discussion - 15 minutes
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution with Draft Ordinance and Map
Attachment 2 - Ordinance 1128
Attachment 3 - Summary of Survey Results Regarding Voter Attitudes Public Comments - Ephraim Margolin
Public Comments - Toyer Grear
2. ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled City Council meeting will be held March 4, 2025, with the open session due to commence at approximately 7:00 PM.
LEAD DEPARTMENT
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Sausalito, CA 94965
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CITY COUNCIL
Joan Cox, Mayor
Steven Woodside, Vice Mayor
Melissa Blaustein, Councilmember
Jill James Hoffman, Councilmember
Ian Sobieski, 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 Abbot, Director of Communications
Chad Hess, Finance Director
Kathy Nikitas, Human Resources Manager
Stacie Gregory, Chief of Police
Chris Tubbs, Fire Chief
Catie Thow Garcia, Resiliency & Sustainability Manager
Bryan Vitale, Community Services Manager
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