CITY OF SAUSALITO
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
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I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL - 3:00 PM
A. Mayor Woodside Calls the meeting to order and requests that Roll Call be taken II. CLOSED SESSION - 3:00 PM
A. Mayor Woodside announces that item C.1.-C6 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 LABOR NEGOTIATOR (Government Code Section 54957.6) Agency Designated Representative: Chris Zapata, City Manager, Kathy Nikitas, Human Resources Manager, Burke Dunphy, Sloan Sakai
Employee organization: SEIU
C3. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR (Government Code Section 4956.8) Property: 558 Bridgeway; APNs: 065-172-12, 065- 172-13, 065-172-15 Negotiating Parties:
Bridgeway 558 Real Property, LLC City
Negotiator: City Manager and City Attorney
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms
C4. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)) Significant Exposure to Litigation: One Case C5. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION
(Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1))
Name of case: Andrew Sullivan v. City of Sausalito, Marin County Superior Court Case CV0004822 C6. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION
(Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1))
Name of case: Link Holdings, LLC v. City of Sausalito, Marin County Superior Court CV0009335 Negotiator: City Manager and City Attorney
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms
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 & CITY MANAGER REPORTS - 5:02 PM
2. COMMUNICATIONS - 5:08 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 Speakers Card and turn it in to the City Clerk.
2.A Public Comments
Public Comments – Noelle Cosentino
Public Comments - Noreen Spanski
Public Comments - Randi Reiff
Public Comments - Renee Maher
Public Comments - Scott Robinson
Public Comments - Steve Fabes
Public Comments - Carolyn Ford
Public Comments - Elly Gibbs
Public Comments - Jayne Reichert
Public Comments - Kay Mitzel
Public Comments - Larry Martinez
Public Comments - Michal Staninec
3. CONSENT CALENDAR - 5:20 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 March 3, 2026
Attachment 1 - Draft Meeting Minutes of March 3, 2026
3.B Adopt the Cesar Chavez Day Proclamation
Attachment 1 - Proclamation
3.C Adopt the National Women's History Month Proclamation Attachment 2 - National Women's History Month Proclamation
3.D Ratify the Legislative Letters of Support submitted to Senator Alex Padilla, Senator Adam Schiff, and the Marin City Health and Wellness Center
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Letter of Support to Senator Padilla
Attachment 2 - Letter of Support to Senator Schiff
Attachment 3 - Letter of Support for Marin City Health and Wellness Center Community Project Funding Request
3.E Authorize an additional $34,680 from Fund 117 Measure L to support a study related to impacts of AB 413-Daylighting at Roadway Crossing with Marked and Unmarked Crosswalks, on Caledonia Street and in on Bridgeway in Downtown
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - PSA Parametric plus Proposal
Public Comments - Kieran Culligan
Public Comments - Natasha LaBelle
Public Comments - Babette McDougal
Public Comments - Illina Frankiv
Public Comments - Jessica Penrod
3.F Adopt a Resolution Approving an Encroachment Agreement to allow construction of an entry gate, along with exterior path of travel improvements and associated landscaping partially within the public right-of-way at 112 Spencer Avenue (APN: 065-151-38) Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Vicinity Map
Attachment 3 - Project Plans, entitled ''Landscape Plans for Weiss Residence,'' dated January 12, 2026 and received January 15, 2026
Attachment 4 - Planning Commission Resolution No. 2026-05 112 Spencer Ave
3.G Adopt a Resolution Approving an Encroachment Agreement for the Reconstruction of a Deck Partially within the Public Right-of-Way at 61 Marie Street (APN: 064-194-03) Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution and Encroachment Agreement
Attachment 2 - Project Plans, received February 20, 2026
4. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS - 5:25 PM
4.A Introduction by Title Only and Waiver of First Reading of Ordinance No. 04-2026, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Sausalito Amending Table 10.22-1 “Land Uses Allowed in Residential Districts” of Title 10 of the Sausalito Municipal Code (Matthew Mandich, Principal Planner)
o Confirmation of Notice Required by Law and Open Public Hearing o Disclosure of Ex-Parte Communications
o Staff Report - 15 minutes
o City Council questions - 5 minutes
o Appellant Presentation - 10 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 No. 04-2026
Attachment 2 - Planning Commission Resolution No. 2026-04 Attachment 3 - HCD Letter to City of Sausalito titled, “Review of Sausalito’s Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Ordinance under ADU Law”
Attachment 4 - HCD Letter to City of Sausalito titled, Single Family Zones and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units - Letter of Technical Assist
Attachment 5 - Presentation
5. BUSINESS ITEMS - 6:00 PM
5.A Review revised Draft Request for Proposals for the Joint Development Opportunity on Cityowned Housing Element Opportunity Sites (Martin Luther King Jr. Park Property & Corporation Yard), provide direction to Staff as appropriate, authorize Staff to publicly submit the RFP prior to the end of March, 2026, & discussion of next steps
(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 - Redlined RFP (Comparison of March 4, 2026, Version with March 12, 2026, Version) Attachment 2 - Cleanline RFP (Comparison of March 4, 2026, Version with March 12, 2026,Version) Attachment 3 - Public Forum #2 Presentation (March 8, 2026) Public Comments - Tiffany Gomez.pdf
Public Comments - Douglas Howell.pdf
Public Comments - Lawrence Moniz.pdf
Public Comments - Tom Theodores.pdf
Public Comments - Ed Brakeman.pdf
Public Comments - Leslie and Paul Monahan.pdf
Public Comments - Valerie Shore.pdf
Public Comments - Eric Umansky and Dania Ramirez.pdf
Public Comments - Lycee Francais.pdf
Public Comments - Vince Dattoli.pdf
Public Comments - Erlend Bo.pdf
Public Comments - Margaret Collard.pdf
Public Comments - Yasmin Sanie-Hay.pdf
Public Comments - Evan Jane Kriss.pdf
Public Comments - Maria Chanley.pdf
Public Comments - Aaron Nathan.pdf
Public Comments - Farnoosh Hariri.pdf
Public Comments - Marty Krasney.pdf
Public Comments - Adriana Bentley.pdf
Public Comments - Gary Armor and Barbara Thompson.pdf
Public Comments - Mary Beth Kavanaugh.pdf
Public Comments - Amy Monier.pdf
Public Comments - Gordon Engel.pdf
Public Comments - Mary Lee Bickford.pdf
Public Comments - Andy Smith and Shu-Yi Wang.pdf
Public Comments - Greg Price.pdf
Public Comments - Michelle Cunningham.pdf
Public Comments - Austin Arensberg.pdf
Public Comments - Hyung Min Park.pdf
Public Comments - Nancy Wolf.pdf
Public Comments - Barbara Brown.pdf
Public Comments - Jack Burrows.pdf
Public Comments - Patricia Pigman.pdf
Public Comments - Barbara Nelson.pdf
Public Comments - Jacques Ullman.pdf
Public Comments - Patricia Shea.pdf
Public Comments - Ben Dean.pdf
Public Comments - Jann Johnson.pdf
Public Comments - Penelope Podus.pdf
Public Comments - Bill and Judy Curley.pdf
Public Comments - Jean Capron.pdf
Public Comments - Peter Jensen.pdf
Public Comments - Bora Han.pdf
Public Comments - Jean Patterson.pdf
Public Comments - Peter Sapienza.pdf
Public Comments - Brigitte Carrabin.pdf
Public Comments - Jeanne F. Stott.pdf
Public Comments - Peter Schmidt.pdf
Public Comments - Bunny Zaruba.pdf
Public Comments - Jen Buffalow.pdf
Public Comments - R. Wolfe.pdf
Public Comments - Burton J. Drobnis.pdf
Public Comments - Jennifer Nimmo.pdf
Public Comments - Ralph Cappelli.pdf
Public Comments - Channing Clarkson.pdf
Public Comments - Jennifer Spinach.pdf
Public Comments - Roseann and Mark Burhenne.pdf
Public Comments - Charles Kaufman.pdf
Public Comments - Jerome King.pdf
Public Comments - Samantha Renko.pdf
Public Comments - Chris Durbin.pdf
Public Comments - John Gavin.pdf
Public Comments - Scott Harrington.pdf
Public Comments - Chris Engel.pdf
Public Comments - John Storey.pdf
Public Comments - Sophia Collier.pdf
Public Comments - Chula Reynolds.pdf
Public Comments - Jonathon Hutchinson.pdf
Public Comments - Sue Verhalen.pdf
Public Comments - Claudia Horty.pdf
Public Comments - Kari Isaeff.pdf
Public Comments - Constance Latch.pdf
Public Comments - Kathleen Maher.pdf
Public Comments - Dan & Hope Passini.pdf
Public Comments - Kathryn Atkins Page.pdf
Public Comments - Dan Shugrue.pdf
Public Comments - Kellee Adams.pdf
Public Comments - Darryl Atwood.pdf
Public Comments - Kimberly Hering.pdf
Public Comments - Darshan Brach.pdf
Public Comments - Kristin Cappelli.pdf
Public Comments - David Kutas.pdf
Public Comments - Laura Rafaty.pdf
Public Comments - Donna Bachle.pdf
Public Comments - Lauri Flynn.pdf
Public Comments - Dorie Rivers.pdf
Public Comments - Laurie Wright.pdf
Public Comments - Heather Frentzen.pdf
5.B Authorize the City Manager and Finance Director to use Section 115 trust funds to smooth the peaks of Unfunded Accrued Liabilities (UAL) payments for the next 10 years to address budgetary challenges starting fiscal year 2026-2027 through fiscal year 2035-2036 (Angeline Loeffler, Finance 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 - City Manager Presentation
Attachment 2 - Sausalito Pension Smoothing by NHA
5.C Authorize the City Manager to execute agreements to transfer administration of the City’s Section 115 Trust for OPEB and Pension Stabilization to Shuster Advisory Group, LLC, and to transfer the Trust’s assets to Charles Schwab Trust Bank and to name Alta Trust Company as Directed Trustee; Rescind February 4, 2025 Council Action Directing Transfer of Funds from Public Agency Retirement Services (PARS) to the CERBT and CEPPT Programs Operated by CalPERS
(Angeline Loeffler, Finance 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 - Shuster Presentation
Attachment 2 - Shuster Sausalito Long-Term Portfolio Projection Attachment 3 - Shuster CMA 30-Year Projection
6. COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS & OTHER COUNCIL BUSINESS - 8:00 PM 6A. Councilmember Committee Reports
o Report - 5 minutes
o City Council questions - 5 minutes
6B. Future Agenda Items
o Future Agenda Items
o City Council questions - 5 minutes
6C. Minutes from Boards, Commissions, and Committees
Attachment 1 - Finance Committee Minutes of November 13. 2025 6D. Other reports of significance
6E. Public Comment on Items 6A-6D: limited to 2 minutes/person 6F. Appointments (if any)
7. ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled City Council meeting will be held April 7, 2026, 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
Steven Woodside, Mayor
Melissa Blaustein, Vice Mayor
Joan Cox, 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
Alexandra Anderson, Resiliency & Sustainability Manager Bryan Vitale, Community Services Director
Jeffrey Jackson, City Librarian
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