CITY OF SAUSALITO
AMENDED CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
In the COUNCIL CHAMBERS via Zoom at 420 LITHO STREET, SAUSALITO, CA 94965 Tuesday, December 16, 2025
SPECIAL MEETING: 4:00 PM
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.-C2 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 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 - 5:03 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 - Adriana Gil Bentley
Public Comments - Bora Han
Public Comments - Jack Burrows
Public Comments - Jack Weaver
Public Comments - Joe Penrod
Public Comments - Aaron Nathan
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 December 2, 2025 Attachment 1 - Draft Meeting Minutes of December 2, 2025
3.B Adopt a Resolution Certifying the Results of the Special Municipal Election Held on November 4, 2025, declaring the result and such other matters as provided by Law Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Exhibit A to Resolution - Certified Results
3.C Cancel the Regular Meetings of August 4 and 18, 2026; and Call for a Special Meeting on January 31 at 9:00 a.m.
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - City Holidays and League of CA City Event Dates
3.D Adopt a Resolution Approving the Request for Fee Reimbursement by Galilee Harbor for reimbursement of the 2025 Maritime Day Event in the Amount of $2,287.00 for a Minor Use Permit and $154.00 for a Banner Encroachment Permit
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Zoning Administrator Resolution No. 2025-02 Attachment 3 - Galilee Harbor Fee Waiver Request, received on 10.28.25, and dated 10.19.2025
3.E Adopt a Resolution Approving a Job Description for Interim Professional Temporary Staff Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Job Description for Interim Professional Temporary Staff
3.F Approval of 300 Spencer Fire Station Lease Agreement with Southern Marin Fire District Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Lease
3.G Approve the Letter to Metropolitan Transportation Commission and Association of Bay Area Governments Providing Feedback to Plan Bay Area 2050 Environmental Impact Report
Attachment 1 - Letter to Metropolitan Transportation Commission and Association of Bay Area Governments
Public Comments - Sandra Bushmaker
4. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS - NONE
5. BUSINESS ITEMS - 5:20 PM
5.A Authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment 2 to the Professional Services Agreement with BKF Engineers for the Coloma St. Safe Pathways to School Project in an amount of $49,866 for a total contract amount not to exceed $200,292 (Kevin McGowan, Public Works Director)
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 - PSA Amendment 2 plus Proposal
Attachment 2 - Original Professional Services Agreement plus Amendment 1 Attachment 3 - Presentation
Public Comments - Katie Parks
Public Comments - Kimery Wiltshire
Public Comments - Michelle Mokalla
Public Comments - Sheila Chandor
Public Comments - Aaron Nathan
Public Comments - Adriana Gil Bentley
Public Comments - Bora Han
Public Comments - Derek & Adriana Bentley
Public Comments - Jack Burrows
Public Comments - Joe Penrod
5.B Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Professional Services Agreement in the Amount of $274,252 with Anchor QEA Consulting for the Turney Street Dock Improvement Project with $170,000 from State Grant Funds and $104,252 from the Tidelands Fund for Expanded Scope (Catie Thow Garcia, Sustainability & Resiliency 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 - Professional Services Agreement
Attachment 2 - Professional Services Agreement Exhibit A - Scope of Work Attachment 3 - Professional Services Agreement Exhibit B - Fee Schedule Attachment 4 - Professional Services Agreement Exhibit C - Grant Agreement Attachment 5 - Request for Proposals for Turney Street Dock and Boat Ramp Improvement Project Attachment 6 - Anchor QEA Proposal
Attachment 7 - Presentation
5.C Receive and File Update on Implementation of Landslide Task Force Recommendations including Status Report on Development of Geologic Hazard Monitoring Plan (Kevin McGowan, Public Works Director)
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 - Draft Tech memo-MPEG
Attachment 2 - 9-24-19 Landslide-Task-Force-Report
Attachment 3 - Presentation
5.D Presentation to Outgoing Mayor
5.E City Council Selection of Mayor
5.F City Council Selection of Vice Mayor
Public Comments - Elly Gibbs.pdf
Public Comments - Evan Jane Kriss.pdf
Public Comments - Gail Schell.pdf
Public Comments - Georgiana Wardle.pdf
Public Comments - James McKibben.pdf
Public Comments - Jann Johnson.pdf
Public Comments - Joe Penrod.pdf
Public Comments - Juli Betwee.pdf
Public Comments - Karina Hughes.pdf
Public Comments - Kathryn Gray.pdf
Public Comments - Ken Currier.pdf
Public Comments - Lauri Flynn.pdf
Public Comments - Linda Pfeifer.pdf
Public Comments - Lindsay Guetschow.pdf
Public Comments - Martha Loftis.pdf
Public Comments - Michelle Dumont.pdf
Public Comments - Neil Gibbs.pdf
Public Comments - Peter Van Meter.pdf
Public Comments - Sue Currier.pdf
Public Comments - Sue White.pdf
Public Comments - Susan Cleveland-Knowles.pdf
Public Comments - Tara Cooper.pdf
Public Comments - Terry Neeley.pdf
Public Comments - Walter Lemmermann.pdf
Public Comments - Wendy Richards.pdf
Public Comments - Alice Merrill.pdf
Public Comments - Anne Dorsey.pdf
Public Comments - Barbara Nelson.pdf
Public Comments - Beth Swierk.pdf
Public Comments - Dianne Calvi.pdf
Public Comments - Siobhan Oat-Judge.pdf
6. CITY MANAGER REPORTS, COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS, CITY COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS, OTHER COUNCIL BUSINESS - 7:00 PM
6A. City Manager Information for Council
End of the Year Report
Attachment 1 - Report
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
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 January 6, 2026, with the open session due to commence at approximately 5:00 PM.
LEAD DEPARTMENT
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
Sergio Rudin, City Attorney
Walfred Solorzano, City Clerk
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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