CITY OF SAUSALITO
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
SPECIAL MEETING: 4:00 PM
In the COUNCIL CHAMBERS via Zoom at 420 LITHO STREET, SAUSALITO, CA 94965 AND
359 GREEN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133
REGULAR MEETING: 5:00 PM
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I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL – 4:00 PM
A. Mayor Cox Calls the meeting to order and requests that Roll Call be taken II. CLOSED SESSION – 4:00 PM
A. Mayor Cox announces that item C.1.-C5 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. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT (Government Code Section 54957) Title: City Manager
C2. 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
C3. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Government Code Section 54956.8) Property: 300 Spencer, Sausalito CA
Agency negotiator: City Manager, City Attorney
Negotiating parties: Southern Marin Fire Protection District Under negotiation: Price, Terms of Payment
C4. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Government Code Section 54956.8) Property: Old City Hall, 731 Bridgeway, Sausalito
Negotiating Parties: Gene Hiller, Inc.
City Negotiator: City Manager and City Attorney
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms
C5. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)) Significant Exposure to Litigation: One Case III. RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION - 5:00 PM
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Roll Call
C. Closed Session Announcements (if any)
D. Approval of Agenda
1. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS/MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS - 5:02 PM
2. COMMUNICATIONS - 5:05 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.
3. CONSENT CALENDAR - 5:15 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 October 21, 2025 Draft Meeting Minutes of October 21, 2025
3.B Waiver of Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 10-2025, An Ordinance of the City Council of Sausalito Repealing Sausalito Municipal Code Chapter 18.12 “Sewers” Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Ordinance
3.C Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City of Sausalito to Access State and Federal Level Summary Criminal History Information for Employment Purposes Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
4. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS - 5:25 PM
4.A Waive Second Reading and Adopt Ordinance No. 09-2025, an Ordinance of the City Council of the city of Sausalito Repealing 2022 California Building Standards Code and Penalty Provisions (Sausalito Municipal Code Chapters 8.02, 8.04, 8.08, 8.10, 8.12, 8.16, 8.18, 8.22,
8.28) and Enacting 2025 California Building Standards Code and Local Amendments thereto into Sausalito Municipal Code Chapter 8.02 (Building Standards Codes) (Brandon Phipps, Assistant City Manager)
o Confirmation of Notice Required by Law and Open Public Hearing o Staff Report - 15 minutes
o City Council questions - 5 minutes
o Public Comments - limited to 2 minutes/person
o Close the Public Hearing
o Motion/City Council discussion - 15 minutes
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Ordinance
Attachment 2 - SMFPD Adoption Schedule
5. BUSINESS ITEMS - 7:00 PM
5.A Introduction and Waiver of First Reading of Ordinance No. 11-2025, an Ordinance of the Sausalito City Council Amending Sausalito Municipal Code Section 8.02.070 to Adopt Energy Reach Code Requirements for Single Family Building Remodels, Amending Sausalito Municipal Code Section 8.02.120 to Adopt CALGreen Tier 1 Voluntary Measures, and Enacting Sausalito Municipal Code Chapter 8.04 (Low Carbon Concrete Standards) (Catie Thow Garcia, Sustainability & Resiliency Manager) o Staff Report - 15 minutes
o City Council questions - 5 minutes
o Public Comments - limited to 2 minutes/person
o Motion/City Council discussion - 15 minutes
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Ordinance 11-2025
Attachment 2 - 2022 Cost Effectiveness Study
Attachment 3 - Sausalito Existing and New Building Cost Effectiveness Explorer Tool Attachment 4 - Single Family Retrofits Study Data
Attachment 5 - Letter from the Sustainability Commission Attachment 6 - Supplementary memo, Application of 2022 Studies to 2025 Energy Code Existing Single Family Building Upgrades
Attachment 7 - Presentation
Public Comments - Alexander Shoer
Public Comments - David Moller
Public Comments - David Marlatt
6. CITY MANAGER REPORTS, COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS, CITY COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS, OTHER COUNCIL BUSINESS - 7:30 PM
6A. City Manager Information for Council
o Report - 5 minutes
o City Council questions - 5 minutes
o Public Comment - limited to 2 minutes/person
6B. City Attorney Information for Council
o Report - 5 minutes
o City Council questions - 5 minutes
o Public Comment - limited to 2 minutes/person
6C. Councilmember Committee Reports
o Report - 5 minutes
o City Council questions - 5 minutes
o Public Comment - limited to 2 minutes/person
6D. Appointments (if any)
6E. Future Agenda Items
o Future Agenda Items
o City Council questions - 5 minutes
o Public Comment - limited to 2 minutes/person
6F. Minutes from Boards, Commissions, and Committees
Minutes from the Disaster Preparedness Committee and Sustainability Commission Attachment 1 - Disaster Meeting Minutes from October 8, 2025 Attachment 2 - Sustainability Commission Minutes from June 12, 2025 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 November 18, 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
LEVINE ACT PUBLIC PARTY/APPLICANT DISCLOSURE OBLIGATIONS Pursuant to California requirements under the Levine Act, applicants, parties, and their agents who have made campaign contributions totaling more than $500 (aggregated) to a City Council Member over the past 12 months, must publicly disclose that fact for the official record of that agenda item. Disclosures must include the amount of the campaign contribution aggregated, and the name(s) of the campaign contributor(s) and City Council member(s). The disclosure may be made either in writing to the Clerk prior to the agenda item consideration, or by verbal disclosure at the time of the agenda item consideration. The foregoing statements do not constitute legal advice, nor recitation of all legal requirements and obligations of parties/applicants and their agents. Parties and agents are urged to consult with their own legal counsel regarding the requirements of the law.
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