City Council
Mayor Neysa Hinton
Vice Mayor Diana Rich
Councilmember Sandi Maurer
Councilmember Jill McLewis
Councilmember Stephen Zollman
City Manager
Larry McLaughlin
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Assistant City Manager/City Clerk, MMC
Mary Gourley
[email protected]
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING - CLOSED SESSION
MEETING OF: TUESDAY JANUARY 10, 2023 - 9:00 AM
The City Council Regular meeting will be held via teleconference pursuant to AB 361. Pursuant to AB 361 (2021), Teleconference Restrictions of the Brown Act Have Been Suspended, as Well as the Requirement to Provide a Physical Location for Members of the Public to Participate in the Meeting. The City of Sebastopol City Council meeting will not be physically open to the public and all City Council Members will be teleconferencing into the meeting via Zoom.
Please note that minutes are not meant to be verbatim minutes and are meant to be the City’s record of a summary of actions that took place at the meeting.
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Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdlyONMjWz 9:00 AM Convene Special City Council Meeting – CITY COUNCIL CLOSED SESSION
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
PUBLIC COMMENT:
(Prior to adjournment into Closed Session, the public may speak up to 3 minutes on items to be addressed in Closed Session).
ADJOURN INTO CLOSED SESSION
CLOSED SESSION:
1. Conference with Legal Counsel: Existing Litigation
(Government Code Section 54956.9)
Friends of Northwest Sebastopol Versus City of Sebastopol (One Case)
2. Conference with Legal Counsel: Existing Litigation
(Government Code Section 54956.9)
DAVID ALLEN YESUE, MICHAEL W. DEEGAN, PAIGE ELIGHTZA CORLEY, JESSICA MARIE WETCH, and SONOMA COUNTY ACTS OF KINDNESS Versus City of Sebastopol (One Case)
ADJOURNMENT OF CLOSED SESSION
RECONVENE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING (OPEN SESSION)
REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION
ADJOURNMENT OF CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
January 10, 2023 City Council Closed Session will be adjourned to the Regular City Council Meeting of January 17, 2023 at 6:00 pm (ZOOM VIRTUAL MEETING FORMAT).
American Disability Act Accommodations/Accessibility: If requested, staff will make the agenda and backup materials available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with a disability, as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12132) Section 202 and the federal rules and regulations adopted in implementation thereof. Any person who requires a disability-related modification or accommodation in order to observe and/or offer public comment may request such reasonable modification, accommodation, aid or service by contacting the City Clerk’s Office at [email protected] or by telephone at (707) 823-1153 who will contact the ADA Coordinator. The ADA Coordinator will use their best efforts to provide reasonable accommodations to provide as much accessibility as possible while also maintaining public safety in accordance with the City procedure for resolving reasonable accommodation requests.
Notification: 72-hours before the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.
Please note that minutes are not meant to be verbatim minutes and are meant to be the City’s record of a summary of actions that took place at the meeting.
SB 751 Legislative bodies of local agencies must publicly report: (1) any action taken and (2) the vote or abstention on each action taken by each member present for the action at a meeting.
If you have any questions regarding this meeting, please contact the City at Email: [email protected] or please call: 707-823- 1153. The public is advised that pursuant to Government Code section 54957.5 all writings submitted to the City Council are public records and will be made available for review. The Sebastopol City Council welcomes you remotely to its meetings that are generally scheduled for the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month. Your interest and participation are encouraged and appreciated.
Government Code Section 54953.
(a) All meetings of the legislative body of a local agency shall be open and public, and all persons shall be permitted to attend any meeting of the legislative body of a local agency, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. (b) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the legislative body of a local agency may use teleconferencing for the benefit of the public and the legislative body of a local agency in connection with any meeting or proceeding authorized by law. The teleconferenced meeting or proceeding shall comply with all requirements of this chapter and all otherwise applicable provisions of law relating to a specific type of meeting or proceeding.
(2) Teleconferencing, as authorized by this section, may be used for all purposes in connection with any meeting within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative body. All votes taken during a teleconferenced meeting shall be by rollcall.