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CITY OF SAUSALITO
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2025
I. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, AND APPROVAL OF REMOTE PARTICIPATION The meeting was called to order by Mayor Cox at 4:32 p.m. and the following members were present:
Councilmember Blaustein
Councilmember Hoffman
Councilmember Sobieski (Arrived at 5:04 PM)
Vice Mayor Woodside (Via Zoom)
Mayor Cox
II. CLOSED SESSION
C1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4)) Initiation of Litigation: One Case The City Council adjourned to Closed Session at 4:34 p.m.
III. RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION
Mayor Cox announced that there was no reportable action on closed session.
Item No. 3l is removed from consent calendar
Item No. 3C moved to business items.
Councilmember Blaustein made a motion, seconded by councilmember Hoffman, and unanimously carried, to approve the amended agenda.
1. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS/MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS - NONE
2. COMMUNICATIONS
Lisa B Pierre Pont, Fred Moore, Mary Goff, Kay Metzel, John Wales, Tully Friedman, Fay Rudio, Robert Matchillat, Laurie Wright, Annie Porter, Diana Dempsey, Susan Samuels, Cg Ware, Jed Dempsey, Sophia Collier, Jan Johnson, John Flavin, Sonya Hansen, Alice Merrill, Bob Friedman, Sandra Bushmaker, Babette McDougal, Judy W, Maral Boyadjian, Bonnie MacGregor, Jerry Spolter, Evan Jane Kriss, Lily de Champris, Joan Saxton, Ellie Gibb, Ben Canberra, and Joris van Mens provided public comments.
3. CONSENT CALENDAR
Mayor Cox made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Blaustein, to move item 3C from the consent calendar, to be the first item heard under Business Items. The motion carried by the following 4-1 vote:
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AYES: Blaustein, Sobieski, Woodside, Cox
NOES: Hoffman
Councilmember Blaustein made a motion, seconded by Vice Mayor Woodside, carried unanimously, to approve the following consent calendar items:
3A. Adopted the Meeting Minutes of June 17, 2025.
3B. Adopted Resolution 44-2025. Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement with MCCi, LLC for Citywide Records Services that is Compliant with the California Government Code and the City of Sausalito Records Retention Schedule and to Execute Addendum No.1 to Master Services Agreement No. 42966
3D. Adopted Resolution 45-2025, Approving a Three-Year Agreement with Springbrook Software Incorporated for City-wide Financial Information Management System Software Services for an Amount of $168,203.21 from Various Funds.
3E. Received and Filed the Triannual Update to BCDC's Enforcement Committee. 3F. Authorized Staff to Proceed with Soliciting for Construction Bid Process for the Dunphy Park Improvement Phase 2 Project
3H. Received and filed the Sausalito Police Department's Crime and Traffic Report Calendar Year 2025 - Second Quarter/Year to Date Report
4. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS - NONE
5. BUSINESS ITEMS
3.C Approve the SB 79 Correspondence to Senator Wiener Offering to Remove Objection if Historic District Exemption is Added to the Bill
Mayor Cox and Councilmember Hoffman provided details regarding Item 3A Jan Johnson, Sophia Collier, Babette McDougal, Sandra Bushmaker, and Joris van Mens provided public comments.
Mayor Cox made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Hoffman, to postpone a decision regarding SB 79 Correspondence to August 5. Motion passed by the following 4-0 vote:
AYES: Hoffman, Sobieski, Woodside, Cax
ABSTAIN: Blaustein
5.C Authorize Staff to Proceed with Soliciting for Construction Bids for a Portion of the 2024 Roadway Rehabilitation Project for an Engineer's Estimate of $1.86 Million (Construction) and to Further Study Sustainability Solutions on Specified Roadways Kevin McGowan, Public Works Director, made a presentation and responded to questions posed by the City Council.
Jan Johnson, Morgan Pierce, Cathrine Streetman, Mark Palmer, Laurie Violt, Mike Rodgers, Laurette Rodgers, Jacques Uilman, Dj Puffer, Adrian Brinton, Diane Johnson, Sonya Hansen, Babette McDougal, Joris van Mens, Illina Frankiv, Sandra Bushmaker, Kieran Culligan, Alice Merrill, and Pat Zuch provided public comments.
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Mayor Cox made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Hoffman, and unanimously carried, to authorize staff to proceed with soliciting for construction bids for a portion of the 2024 Roadway Rehabilitation Project for an Engineer's Estimate of $2.3 Million (Construction) and to further study sustainability solutions on specified roadways, with the amendment that we will include portions of Locust and Easterby that were included in the 2024 Street Rehabilitation Project, and not do the cool ceiling on Ei Portal, with direction to staff to return to City Council in a meeting in September to have a discussion regarding possibly changing the manner in which Bridgeway is striped.
3.G Adopt a Resolution Approving the Downtown Sausalito Business Improvement District Association Budget for Fiscal Year 2025-2026
Brandon Phipps, Assistant City Manager, responded to questions posed by the City Council.
Sergio Rudin, City Attorney, responded to questions posed by City Council.
Councilmember Sobieski made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Blaustein to Adopt Resolution 46-2025, Approving the Downtown Sausalito Business Improvement District Association Budget for Fiscal Year 2025-2026. The motion carried by the following 4-1 vote:
AYES: Blaustein, Sobieski, Woodside, Cox
NOES: Hoffman
5.B Give Direction to Staff Regarding Proposed Implementation of AB 413 Daylighting at Roadway Crossing with Marked and Unmarked Crosswalks Excluding Bridgeway And Caledonia Pending Further Review; and Review Staff's Recommendation on Implementing the No Parking Areas
Kevin McGowan, Public Works Director, made a presentation and responded to questions posed by the City Council. Sergio Rudin, City Attorney, responded to questions posed by the City Vicki Nichols, Babette McDougal, Peter Van Meter, Lauren Lil Willow, Pat Zuch, and Kieran Culligan provided public comments.
By consensus, the City Council directed staff to carry out Phase 2 written in the January 7, 2025 staff report which is to review traffic safety data and traffic safety standards to determine if the city can establish if a different distance is justified by traffic safety standards work with the city's on-call traffic engineering firm to identify other improvements such as lighted crosswalks or other traffic calming measures that may justify a decrease in this prescribed distances stated in AB413, and if such measures are identified staff bring them back for approval accompanied by an ordinance adopting them since under the statute and to include a business or resident or two in the brainstorming in order not to lose parking on Caledonia.
5.A Provide Direction to Staff on Acceptance of Proposal from Design Consultant for Parking Lot 1 Reconstruction Project
Kevin McGowan, Public Works Director and City Engineer, and Sara Khorshidifard, Project Manager, made a presentation and responded to questions posed by the City Council Adrian Brinton, Joel Karr, Mark Palmer, Laurie Violt, Morgan Pierce, Nick Roby, Charles Melton, Sharna Brockett, Vicki. Nichols, Babette McDougal, Sandra Bushmaker, Alice Merrill, Peter Van Meter, Kieran Culligan, and Fred Moore provided public comments By consensus, the City Council directed staff to push back on the cost. 3 of 4
6. CITY MANAGER REPORTS, COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS, CITY COUNCIL
APPOINTMENTS, OTHER COUNCIL BUSINESS
6A. City Manager Information for Council
Chris Zapata, City Manager, reports Sausalito waterfront has gone from 87 boats to 2. 6B. City Attorney Information for Council
Sergio Rudin, City Attorney, reported on AB130 and SB131 modifications. Preparing guidance for Community Development Department, and City Council.
6C. Councilmember Committee Reports - NONE
6D. Appointments - NONE
6E. Future Agenda Items
Mayor Cox announced that she and Vice Mayor Woodside will be working on populating a City Council Calendar.
Councilmember Hoffman mentioned asked for a forensic audit. 6F. Minutes from Boards, Commissions, and Committees
Received the Disaster Preparedness Committee Minutes from June 11, 2025. 6G. Other reports of significance
There were none.
6H. Public Comment on Items 6A-6C and 6E-6G: limited to 2 minutes/person Sandra Bushmaker provided public comments.
7. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Cox adjourned the meeting at 10:29 p.m.
Respectfully submitted
Walfred Solorzano
City Clerk
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