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
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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING - CLOSED SESSION
MEETING OF: MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2023 10:00 am
Meeting to be held in Person and Virtual /Remote Participation Zoom Link is to be used for providing public comment for Open Session Portion of the Meeting In Person Location: Sebastopol Police Department, 6850 Laguna Park Way, Sebastopol, CA 95472 Remote/Virtual Zoom Link:
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Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kYFbGpaVK 10:00 AM Convene Special City Council Meeting – CITY COUNCIL CLOSED SESSION
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA (FIRST COMMENT PERIOD): Up to Twenty (20) Minute Time Limit (Two Minutes for up to ten speakers). Additional public comment will be held at the end of the discussion and action items for up to an additional twenty (20) minutes. Mayor has discretion to allow for additional time beyond the 20 minutes allocated for public comment dependent upon the subject matter or number of speakers.
PUBLIC COMMENT FOR CLOSED SESSION ITEM(S):
(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)
DAVID ALLEN YESUE, MICHAEL W. DEEGAN, PAIGE ELIGHTZA CORLEY, JESSICA MARIE WETCH, and SONOMA COUNTY ACTS OF KINDNESS Versus City of Sebastopol (One Case)
2. Conference with Legal Counsel: Anticipated Litigation Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to § 54956.9(b): (One Case)
ADJOURNMENT OF CLOSED SESSION
RECONVENE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING (OPEN SESSION)
REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION
PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA (SECOND COMMENT PERIOD): Three minutes per speaker for up to twenty (20) minutes total for public comments but can be reduced at Mayor’s discretion depending upon the number of speakers or Mayor has discretion to allow for additional time beyond the 20 minutes allocated for public comment dependent upon the subject matter or number of speakers.
ADJOURNMENT OF CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
March 6, City Council Special Meeting Closed Session will be adjourned to the Regular City Council Meeting of March 7, 2023 at 6:00 pm (In Person and Remote/Zoom Virtual Meeting Format) American Disability Act Accommodations/Accessibility: A request can be made orally or in writing, and submitted to the ADA Coordinator by email: [email protected] or to the City Clerk’s Office so as to avoid delay in reviewing and processing the request. Requests can be made by contacting the ADA Coordinator’s Office at (707) 823-8597, via email at [email protected] or by mailing such a request to the ADA Coordinator’s Office located at 7425 Bodega Avenue, Sebastopol, CA. Note that if you contact the ADA Coordinators Office, via mail, you need to make the request early enough that a response can be timely provided.
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.