CITY OF SAUSALITO
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
In the COUNCIL CHAMBERS at 420 LITHO STREET, SAUSALITO, CA 94965 Tuesday, September 2, 2025
SPECIAL MEETING: 3:00 PM
REGULAR MEETING 5:00 PM
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I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL - 3:00 PM
A. Mayor Cox Calls the meeting to order and requests that Roll Call be taken II. CLOSED SESSION - 3:00 PM
A. Mayor Cox announces that item C.1.-C4 will be discussed in Closed Session B. Public Comment on Closed Session Items
C. City Council adjourns to CLOSED SESSION to consider the following:
C1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)) Significant Exposure to Litigation: Two Cases C2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION (Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1))
Name of Case: Sullivan v City of Sausalito, Marin County Superior Court Case No. CV0004822 C3. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
(Government Code Section 54956.8)
Property: 558 Bridgeway, Sausalito CA, APN 065-172-12 and APN 065-172-15 Agency negotiator: City Manager, City Attorney
Negotiating parties: Bridgeway 558 Real Property, LLC
Under negotiation: Price, Terms of Payment
C4. THREAT TO PUBLIC SERVICES OR FACILITIES (Government Code Section 54957) Consultation with: Police Chief, City Attorney
III. RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION - 5:00 PM
A. Roll Call
B. Pledge of Allegiance
C. Closed Session Announcements (if any)
D. Approval of Agenda
1. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS/MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS - 5:02 PM
1.A Mid-Year Events Recap by Bryan Vitale, Community Services Director Presentation
2. COMMUNICATIONS - 5:20 PM
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS: This is the time for the City Council to hear from citizens regarding matters within the jurisdiction of the City Council 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 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 turn it in to the City Clerk.
2.A Public Comments
Public Comments - John Flaivin
3. CONSENT CALENDAR - 5:30 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. Members of the public and City staff may request Councilmembers to do so. 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. Consent Calendar items are required to have their funding be within existing appropriations of the approved City Council budget. Public Comment shall be limited to 2 minutes per person unless otherwise directed by the Mayor or Council. o City Council questions to Staff
o PUBLIC COMMENT
o Motion to approve the following actions:
3.A Adopt the Draft Meeting Minutes of July 22 and August 5, 2025 Draft Meeting Minutes of July 22, 2025
Draft Meeting Minutes of August 5, 2025
3.B Receive and File a Letter to County of Marin from Mayor Cox Regarding the Sausalito Center for the Arts
Attachment 1 - Letter
3.C Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute Transportation Authority of Marin Agreement A-FY25-14 Funding Agreement between Transportation Authority of Marin and City of Sausalito - in the amount of $179,161 to be received from Measure AA funds for street improvements
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - TAM Funding Agreement A-FY25-14
3.D Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to Execute the Professional Services Agreement with CSWST2 for Construction Management services for the Bridgeway Safety Project - Napa St. to Johnson St. to in an amount not to exceed $203,126 and authorize an appropriation of $116,126 from Fund 100 for the project Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Professional Services Agreement
3.E Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to execute a Professional Service Agreement with Swinerton Management & Consulting to provide Project Management services for city Capital Project in an amount not to exceed $309,730
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Agreement
3.F Adopt a Resolution Approving an Encroachment Agreement to allow construction of a new front entryway landing and a new front guardrail adjacent to an existing front garage structure in the right-of-way, and to retroactively permit an existing front garage encroachment in the right-of-way at 324 Sausalito Boulevard (APN: 065-252-39 & 065-252-54) Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution and Encroachment Agreement Attachment 2 - Site Map
Attachment 3 - Project Plans, received June 26, 2025
Attachment 4 - Planning Commission Resolution No. 2025-17 324 Sausalito Boulevard
3.G Adopt a Resolution Approving an Encroachment Agreement to allow construction of a detached garage, entry gate, and associated minor landscaping partially within the public right-of-way of Sweetbriar Lane at 87 San Carlos Avenue (APN: 065-163-38) Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution
Attachment 2 - Vicinity Map
Attachment 3 - Project Plans, entitled Parking Deck Conversion to Garage, received April 28, 2025 Attachment 4 - Planning Commission Resolution No. 2025-19
3.H Adopt a Resolution Amending the Revised and Restated Master Fee Schedule Adopted on July 1, 2025 to Include a Live Scan Fingerprint Rolling Fee
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Exhibit A to Resolution
3.I Receive and File the Library Quarter 4 Report
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Library Q4 Report for FY 2024-25
4. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS - NONE
5. BUSINESS ITEMS - 5:40 PM
5.A Review and Discussion of Zoning, Land Use, Development Standards, and Code Compliance within and around the Bridgeway Marina including Dunphy Park (Brandon Phipps, Assistant City Manager)
o Staff Report - 10 minutes
o City Council questions - 10 minutes
o Public Comments - limited to 2 minutes/person
o Motion/City Council discussion - 15 minutes
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Presentation
Attachment 2 - Resolution 5985 - Letter of Intent
Attachment 3 - State Grant Tidelands Granting Statute - Chapter 791
5.B Consider Whether to Transmit Letter Agreeing to Remove Opposition to SB 79 if Author Will Add Exemption for 12 California Historic Districts
o Staff Report - 10 minutes
o City Council questions - 10 minutes
o Public Comments - limited to 2 minutes/person
o Motion/City Council discussion - 15 minutes
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Memo from Mayor Cox
Attachment 2 - SB79 Letter Withdrawing Opposition if Amended Public Comments - Amy Kalish
Public Comments - Sandra Bushmaker
Public Comments - Susan Kirsch
6. CITY MANAGER REPORTS, COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS, CITY COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS, OTHER COUNCIL BUSINESS - 8:00 PM
6A. City Manager Information for Council
Street Paving Update
City Manager Report
Attachment 1 - 2025-26 Street Paving Schedule
Attachment 2 - 10-Year History of Street Paving
Public Comments - Anne-Mette Thunem
Public Comments - Joyce Alexander
Public Comments - Penny Buckley
o Report - 5 minutes
o City Council questions - 5 minutes
6B. City Attorney Information for Council
o Report - 5 minutes
o City Council questions - 5 minutes
6C. Councilmember Committee Reports
o Report - 5 minutes
o City Council questions - 5 minutes
6D. Appointments (if any)
6E. Future Agenda Items
o Future Agenda Items
o City Council questions - 5 minutes
6F. Minutes from Boards, Commissions, and Committees
6G. Other reports of significance
6H. Public Comment on Items 6A-6C and 6E-6G: limited to 2 minutes/person
7. ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled City Council meeting will be held September 16, 2025, with the open session due to commence at approximately 5:00 PM.
LEAD DEPARTMENT
Administration Department
City Hall, Main floor
420 Litho Street
Sausalito, CA 94965
(415) 289-4199
[email protected]
CITY COUNCIL
Joan Cox, Mayor
Steven Woodside, Vice Mayor
Melissa Blaustein, Councilmember
Jill James Hoffman, Councilmember
Ian Sobieski, Councilmember
STAFF
Chris Zapata, City Manager
Brandon Phipps, Assistant City Manager
Walfred Solorzano, City Clerk
Sergio Rudin, City Attorney
Kevin McGowan, Public Works Director/City Engineer
Angeline Loeffler, Finance Director
Stacie Gregory, Chief of Police
Chris Tubbs, Fire Chief
Kathy Nikitas, Human Resources Manager
Catie Thow Garcia, Resiliency & Sustainability Manager
Bryan Vitale, Community Services Director
Jeffrey Jackson, City Librarian
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