City Council Apr 2, 2024

City Council Meeting Summary

Time	Item	Item Summary	Motion Summary	Comment Summary
00:00:33	None: None	The City Council meeting for April 2, 2024, is called to order. The meeting is held in Council Chambers at 420 Litho Street and is being broadcast live on the city's website and cable TV channel 27. Staff and members of the public are participating via Zoom. The City Clerk is asked to call the roll.	No Motion	0 Total: 0 In Favor 0 Against 0 Neutral
00:00:55	I.: CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL & ADJOUIRN TO CLOSED SESSION	The meeting was called to order, and roll call was taken. Mayor stated that the council will have a closed session to discuss two significant exposure cases and existing litigation: 'Yes, in my backyard versus the city of Sausalito' and 'Porche versus city of Sausalito' (00:01:08). The Mayor asked for public comment on the closed session items (00:01:14). Councilmember Hoffman questioned whether the BBK attorney needed to be on camera (00:02:02).	No Motion	2 Total: 0 In Favor 1 Against 1 Neutral
00:02:16 Sophia Collier was Neutral: Representing Save Our Sausalito, Sophia Collier discussed the 605-613 project (00:02:16) and the need to protect the historic district from a project that is out of character due to SB 35 (00:03:08). She offered assistance and collaboration through retained counsel specializing in initiatives and land use (00:03:24), emphasizing a desire to find a way forward and protect the community's character (00:03:57). 00:04:16 Ed Brakeman was Against: Ed Brakeman, a resident involved with Save Our Sausalito, expressed concern over development issues, particularly the proposed FOTS project on Bridgeway, which he believes will change Sausalito forever (00:04:28). He stressed the importance of protecting the historic district and waterfront (00:05:00) while also moving forward with the housing element plan (00:05:33), advocating for collaborative solutions to preserve Sausalito's charm and natural resources (00:05:42).
00:07:01	II: RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION	The meeting reconvened to open session after a closed session. The Mayor announced that there were no items to announce from the closed session (00:07:01). They proceeded with the Pledge of Allegiance, led by Clark, before moving on to the next item on the agenda (00:07:28).	No Motion	0 Total: 0 In Favor 0 Against 0 Neutral
00:07:33	1: SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS/MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS	Mayor announces several appointments. He will be moving himself to the agenda setting committee. Councilmember Blaustein will replace him on the Library Board of Trustees. Councilmember Cox replaces him on the PBAC Committee. Councilmember Kelman replaces him on the sewer committee and joins Hoffman on EDAC. Council Member Blasstein replaces him on BMCT Transit as the liaison. Councilmember Kelman clarified he thought he would be on the agenda setting committee with the Mayor, but the Mayor said it was Cox and Sobieski. Councilmember Hoffman clarified that Kelman is joining her on EDAC and that she (Hoffman) is leaving EDAC. (00:09:00)	No Motion	0 Total: 0 In Favor 0 Against 0 Neutral
00:09:04	2: ACTION MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING	The Mayor acknowledged placement on EDAC and proceeded to the action minutes of the previous meetings, specifically addressing the adoption of the minutes from the March 19th and May 9th, 2023 City Council meetings (00:09:12). The Mayor opened the floor for public comment (00:09:19), and upon receiving none, called for a motion to approve the minutes (00:09:27).	Councilmember Kelman moved to approve the minutes (00:09:30).	0 Total: 0 In Favor 0 Against 0 Neutral
00:09:39	3: CONSENT CALENDAR	The Mayor introduces the Consent Calendar, explaining that it includes non-controversial, routine matters requiring no separate discussion and expected to have unanimous support (00:09:39). The items listed include: adoption of the 2024 City Council meeting calendar, authorizing the city manager to approve a subscription to Ring Central for an updated phone system, approving an updated publicly available pay schedule, adopting a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute a professional services agreement with Schaaf and Wheeler for a large trash capture device in the Marinship (not to exceed $109,203), and waiving the second reading of Ordinance 3-2024 related to residency requirements of city boards and commissions (00:09:54). Councilmember Hoffman requests that the adoption of the calendar be pulled for further discussion (00:11:04), which is moved to Item 5C. Council Member Kellman requests that item 3E, concerning residency requirements, be pulled due to public comment suggesting clarification is needed (00:11:16), and it is moved to item 5D. The remaining items on the consent calendar are 3B, 3C, and 3D. Councilmember Kelman asks a question about item 5B relating to Senate Bill 1162 that requires pay scales to be published in addition to pay rates (00:12:49). HR Manager Kathy Nikitas confirms that the city publishes the pay scale in addition to the list of positions (00:13:40).	A motion is made to approve the consent calendar with items 3B, 3C, and 3D (00:13:53).	1 Total: 1 In Favor 0 Against 0 Neutral
00:12:08 Jan Johnson was In Favor: States that if you're going to be on a committee in Sausalito, you should live there.
00:14:03	5.A: Review of Draft Fiscal Year 2024/2025 Capital Improvement Program	The City Council reviewed the draft Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for Fiscal Year 2024/2025. The city manager and public works director presented an overview of the CIP, highlighting infrastructure needs, funding sources, and active projects. The CIP includes 29 active projects and proposes 14 new projects, with a total investment of approximately $4.5 million (00:20:50). Discussion focused on prioritizing projects, addressing funding gaps, and ensuring compliance with the general plan. Councilmembers raised concerns about specific projects, potential conflicts of interest, and the need for clear direction. A key point of discussion was the Bridgeway Safety and Bike Plan, with staff seeking approval to repurpose grant funds for design purposes. The Planning Commission's input and public comments were also considered in the review process. The Finance Director provided cash balance information for the various funding sources (00:49:35). The council also discussed a potential geological hazard assessment (00:34:26).	The motion passes unanimously. (00:14:03)	10 Total: 4 In Favor 2 Against 4 Neutral
01:43:56 Jan Johnson was Against: Expressed concern about the proposed removal of the Bridgeway median (01:44:07), citing safety reasons and the need to maintain emergency access. Urged the council to consider the perspectives of Old Town residents (01:44:57). 01:47:35 Carolyn Revelle was In Favor: Representing Sausalito Beautiful, highlighted the importance of funding for street trees, specifically replacing dying trees on Bridgeway and adding trees on Caledonia Street (01:47:42). Suggested a park master plan to ensure cohesive park development (01:49:09). 01:50:29 Peter Van Meter was Neutral: Clarified that there was no approved phasing plan for the Ferry Landing project on February 6th and emphasized that parking lot reconstruction was never part of the original grant (01:50:48). Urged the council to move forward with the project expeditiously and address potential BCDC approval issues (01:52:04). 01:52:31 Ms. Merrill was Neutral: Advocated for a citywide meeting to discuss the median strip on Bridgeway, emphasizing the need for transparency (01:52:48). Questioned the status of extra parking promised at the South City Yacht Harbor and requested action on diseased trees on Turney Street (01:53:17). 01:54:45 Sharna Brockett was In Favor: Expressed strong support for the Ferry Landing project and urged the council to break ground this fall (01:55:00). Emphasized that repaving the parking lot is separate from the grant's focus and advocated for a design of the parking lot to address sea level rise (01:55:27). 01:56:52 Sybil Boutier was In Favor: Spoke in favor of the Coloma Street project, highlighting its importance for safety and the opportunity to apply for a Safe Streets for All grant (01:56:52). Described hazardous conditions on Coloma Street and urged the council to prioritize safety (01:57:56). 01:58:49 Sandra Bushmaker was Neutral: Suggested following the Planning Commission's approach to recusals and referenced a specific FPPC case regarding leasehold interests (01:59:07). Recommended seeking clarification from the Golden Gate Bridge District about whether resurfacing is anticipated in the Ferry Landing grant and urged attention to the Landslide Task Force recommendations (01:59:21). 02:00:56 Linda Pfeiffer was Against: Opposed the removal of the Southern Bridgeway median lane, citing safety concerns (02:01:00). Criticized the lack of transparency and urged the council not to accept funding for the original design to eliminate the median (02:02:19). 02:03:16 Kieran Culligan was Neutral: Criticized the time sink in chaos with the recusals (02:03:16). Emphasized that a traffic engineer has never had the opportunity to see if there are ways to make the stretch of roadway safer even after a pedestrian death (02:03:38). Suggested to hold off with MTC and TAM until council comes back with designs (02:03:53). 02:13:42 Unknown was In Favor: Stated the consultant should finish their job and bring their findings back to the city and give the public the chance to weigh in on different alternatives (02:13:42). Commented that the current conditions of Bridgeway don't work for everybody and there is a need for separated bike lanes (02:13:02).
02:55:41	5.B: Provide Staff Direction on whether to pursue an Annual Sidewalk Repair Program	Councilmember Kelman raised a point of order, suggesting that discussing the major item of the annual sidewalk repair program at 10 PM, after a long meeting and with remaining consent items, might not be the best course of action (02:55:46). The Mayor acknowledged the workload issue and proposed options like staying late, limiting time per item, or scheduling extra meetings (02:56:01). Councilmember Kelman expressed willingness for extra meetings but hesitated to address a significant policy change late at night (02:56:30). Council Member Kellman agreed with the Vice Mayor, emphasizing the importance of giving the item due consideration (02:56:42). Councilmember Boston suggested addressing the pulled consent items first as a compromise to ensure efficiency (02:56:59). The Mayor inquired about the council's openness to additional meetings to manage the workload (02:57:07). Ultimately, the council decided to skip the item for the night but agreed to take public comment on it (02:57:25).	No Motion	0 Total: 0 In Favor 0 Against 0 Neutral
02:57:54	3.A: Adoption of 2024 City Council Meeting Calendar to Accommodate the November General Election and August Recess by Calendaring Special City Council Meetings on July 30th and October 29th and Cancelling the Regular City Council Meetings Scheduled in 2024	This agenda item concerns the adoption of the 2024 City Council meeting calendar. The original proposal aimed to accommodate the November general election and August recess by canceling the November 5th, August 6th, and August 20th meetings, and adding special meetings on July 30th and October 29th. Councilmember Hoffman raised concerns about adding special meetings without a clear need and agenda, as well as scheduling meetings during holiday weeks, specifically mentioning the July 2nd meeting. She suggested removing the July 2nd meeting and holding October 29th as a provisional date. Councilmember Kellman expressed distress over reducing the number of meetings due to the slow pace of decision-making. Mayor also emphasized the amount of work to be done. Councilmember Boston was open to additional special meetings but acknowledged potential attendance issues on July 2nd. There was a discussion about potentially adding 90-minute meetings to address specific issues. Councilmember Kelman suggested revisiting the meeting schedule to avoid holiday weeks. Ultimately, after discussion, Councilmember Hoffman proposed an alternate motion to remove the July 2nd meeting, add July 30th, and keep October 29th. The motion was amended to reflect this.	Motion to remove the July 2nd meeting from the agenda, add July 30th, and add October 29th. (03:08:56)	1 Total: 0 In Favor 0 Against 1 Neutral
03:11:00 Babette was Neutral: Congratulated the council on a challenging meeting and emphasized the need to be mindful of the summer recess and adopt a calendar regardless of personal preferences.
03:12:16	3.E: Waiver of Second Reading of Ordinance No. 03- 2024 An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Sausalito Amending Sausalito Municipal Code Section 2.58.040 Relating to Residency Requirements on City Boards, Commissions, and Committees	Councilmember Kellman pulled the item regarding waiving the second reading of Ordinance 3-2024 from the consent agenda due to concerns about potentially creating a standard that would require exemptions and a lack of clarity regarding the Planning Commission and support for out-of-town membership. (03:12:39) Councilmember Kelman reminded the council that a resolution was adopted at the last meeting allowing non-residents to participate in EDAC, but not for other boards and committees. (03:13:41) The city attorney clarified that the council's direction was for his office to provide a draft resolution at the next meeting to allow non-resident membership on EDAC. (03:14:07) Public comments were then opened, with various residents expressing differing opinions on allowing non-residents to serve on city committees. Councilmember Hoffman was trying to roll it through her head. Like the way that we have it now is that you pass a resolution if you want to appoint a non-member (03:28:12). After public comment, Councilmember Kelman stated they were persuaded by Sybil Boutelier and Pat Zuck and felt that there shouldn't be a blank slate for allowing non-residents on committees. (03:24:53) They proposed retaining the exemption for EDAC, spelling it out in the ordinance, and changing the language to allow non-residents to participate in a non-voting capacity if approved by a City Council resolution. Councilmember Boston stated there was a precedent for this to include Marin City residents on the committees. (03:25:55)	Councilmember Kelman moved to direct the city attorney to revise the ordinance to specifically allow nonresidents on EDAC due to its focus on economic development, and to clarify that for other committees, non-residents may participate as liaisons or non-voting members with City Council approval via resolution. (03:26:40) The motion was seconded by Councilmember Boston. (03:27:39) The motion passed with Councilmember Hoffman abstaining. (03:28:00)	9 Total: 3 In Favor 3 Against 3 Neutral
03:15:06 Jan Johnson was Against: Thinks EDAC is okay, but objects to non-residents telling residents what to do on committees that influence their lives without being taxpayers or residents. 03:15:42 Sharna Brockett was In Favor: Believes non-residents should be considered, especially business owners who contribute significantly to the tax base and experts who can help improve economic vitality, such as those working on the waterfront. 03:17:13 Sybil Boutier was Neutral: Suggests allowing non-residents as public members of committees in a non-voting capacity, similar to the Commission on Aging. 03:18:04 Sandra Bushmaker was Against: Opposes having non-residents on committees except for EDAC, as there are already business members on the Economic Advisory Committee. 03:18:31 Thought Thornburg was In Favor: Appreciates the diligence and wants to support existing EDAC members who are business owners contributing tax dollars. Encourages considering non-residents on other boards as they contribute significantly to the city. 03:19:42 Dr. Pfeiffer was Against: Opposes non-residents on committees and suggests allocating non-voting seats to local business owners based on the committee's charter. Believes it is very important to preserve the voice of residents on our committees in terms of making decisions that impact the residents. 03:21:06 Babette was Neutral: Believes the EDAC committee needs broad-based representation regardless of residence if members are invested in Sausalito. Suggests confining residential votes to residents while potentially accommodating others with expertise in an ex-officio status. 03:22:27 Pat Zook was Neutral: Endorses Sybil's approach, stating that while non-residents have good advice, they should not be voting members of city commissions and committees. Suggests restricting voting percentages to residents. 03:23:29 Kieran Culligan was In Favor: Questions the controls on council members and believes that, as council members pick who goes on these comissions, there aren't a lot of risks to adding non-residents to the list of potential members. Highlights that elected people who are not residents
03:29:34	6: COMMUNICATIONS	The meeting moved to communications, which includes items not on the agenda and allows the public to comment. Councilmember Hoffman abstained from the previous vote (03:29:33). The Mayor opened the floor for public comments, both in person and online. Sybil Boutier commented on the need for microphone hygiene to improve sound quality (03:30:15), especially as the city works on an accessible hearing solution (03:30:15). She complimented the city manager on his microphone technique. Councilmember Kelman addressed the public comments about not being able to hear, explaining her frustration with side conversations during the meeting due to her own hearing disorder and requested people step outside to talk so others can hear (03:36:09).	No Motion	4 Total: 1 In Favor 0 Against 3 Neutral
03:30:15 Sybil Boutier was Neutral: Sybil Boutier spoke about the city librarian working on an accessible hearing solution for the city council chambers and emphasized the importance of microphone hygiene (03:30:15) for better sound quality. She noted that positioning the microphone close to the mouth and maintaining that position while speaking would significantly improve audibility (03:31:07), particularly for those with hearing difficulties. 03:32:26 Babette was Neutral: Babette commented that the meeting exemplified areas for improvement (03:32:27). She suggested considering a parliamentarian and historian (03:32:38) to manage the public record and ensure efficient meetings (03:32:57). She also praised Vice Mayor Cox for acknowledging public comment and Councilwoman Kelman for suggesting time management (03:33:51). 03:34:27 Jan Johnson was Neutral: Jan Johnson, who lives on the corner of 2nd and Richardson, addressed public safety concerns related to speeding traffic (03:34:27). She reported that drivers accelerate from SCOMAs up to Alexander, treating the road like a racetrack (03:34:27). She suggested measures such as traffic cameras and automatic ticketing to police the traffic speeds, especially during off-hours (03:35:02). 03:35:40 Pat Zook was In Favor: Pat Zook offered a brief shoutout to the city clerk, complimenting the posting of letters with names under the right agenda item (03:35:40).
03:36:51	7: COUNCILMEMBER COMMITTEE REPORTS	Councilmember Boston reported on the Sustainability Commission's consideration of the electrification ordinance and their request for a letter of support for MCE's virtual power plant extension. She also attended the Transportation Authority of Marin (TAM) board meeting and discussed the countywide transportation plan and concerns about SB31, which aims to create a more conformed regional transit strategy for the Bay Area, and TAM's concern is that smaller communities like Marin will not have the same level of consideration. Councilmember Kellman discussed the Sausalito Shoreline Adaptation Plan's focus group meetings and the low attendance at the first meeting for the business community, leading to two additional meetings being scheduled. She also mentioned Bay Wave, Marin County's sea level rise organization, and the concept of elevated bike paths serving as seawalls. Kellman is following Caltrans' plans to address flooding off Highway 1 and Manzanita, supporting Marin City's interests and MCE's virtual power plants. Councilmember Hoffman reported on the Landslide Task Force meeting on March 21st. The consultant's mapping work is complete, and their conclusions and recommendations from September 2019 will be presented to the council for further action, especially considering recent landslides and ground movement.	No Motion	0 Total: 0 In Favor 0 Against 0 Neutral
03:42:26	8: CITY MANAGER REPORTS & OTHER COUNCIL BUSINESS	Councilmember Kelman stated that they provided their report in writing. The Mayor then called for the City Manager's report.	No Motion	0 Total: 0 In Favor 0 Against 0 Neutral
03:42:42	8A: City Manager Information for Council	The City Manager provided a report to the council. The report included the council protocols adopted by the city council over the past few years with various amendments, the last one taking place in April 2023. It also included a grants report from California Consulting highlighting the grants that are in play right now, tying into the infrastructure discussion.	No Motion	0 Total: 0 In Favor 0 Against 0 Neutral
03:43:41	8B: Future Agenda Items	Councilmember Boston requested tabletop exercises for disaster preparedness response, emphasizing the importance of including all council members and having multiple sessions. The City Manager's Office responded that a city-wide exercise is planned for May 8th, involving the council, boards, and commissions, and a memo will be provided. Council Member Kellman suggested exploring AI products for meeting transcription and requested a resolution designating June as Pride Month, including hoisting the Pride flag. Kellman also emphasized the importance of elevating the six priorities from the priority-setting session in every meeting. Councilmember Kelman noted that the future agenda items discussed at the workshop didn't include all previously submitted items, and she plans to update the list to ensure all items are considered.	No Motion	2 Total: 1 In Favor 0 Against 1 Neutral
03:46:04 Ms. Merrill was In Favor: Thanked the council for changing the public comment period to after the reports, as requested in a previous meeting. 03:46:34 Sandra Bushmaker was Neutral: Suggested that Mike McKinley give a presentation to the city council on the structure of disaster preparedness drills and tabletop exercises, highlighting the informative nature of his presentations regarding the California system from state to county to cities.
03:47:21	9: ADJOURNMENT	Sandra Bushmaker indicates that there are no further comments on the presentation and thanks everyone (03:47:21). The Mayor then moves to adjourn the meeting in honor of Bill Broder, a 60-year Sausalito resident, author, and library volunteer who recently passed away (03:47:29). The Mayor details Bill Broder's life, including his education, service in the Navy, writing career, and contributions to the Sausalito Library Foundation (03:47:29).	No Motion	0 Total: 0 In Favor 0 Against 0 Neutral

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Time	Speaker	Text
00:00:30.39	Sandra Bushmaker	All right, we're good.
00:00:33.80	Sandra Bushmaker	Good evening mayor sobieski and council members this meeting of
00:00:34.12	Clark	Thank you.
00:00:34.83	Clark	THE FAMILY.
00:00:38.13	Sandra Bushmaker	of the April 2, 2024 City Council is being held in Council Chambers, located in 420 Litho Street. Staff and members of the public are also participating through Zoom. The meeting is being broadcast live on the city's website and on cable TV channel 27. City Clerk, would you please call the roll?
00:00:55.90	Sandra Bushmaker	Council member, sorry, council member Blaustein.
00:01:00.43	Councilmember Boston	Yes, here.
00:01:01.49	Sandra Bushmaker	Councilmember Hoffman.
00:01:02.79	Councilmember Boston	Here.
00:01:02.86	Sandra Bushmaker	THE FAMILY.
00:01:02.98	Sandra Bushmaker	Thank you.
00:01:03.43	Sandra Bushmaker	Council member coming. Here.
00:01:05.14	Sandra Bushmaker	Vice Mayor Cox.
00:01:06.81	Sandra Bushmaker	Here.
00:01:07.38	Sandra Bushmaker	and Mary Sobieski.
00:01:08.61	Mayor	In closed session today, we're going to have conference with the legal counsel on two significant
00:01:14.99	Mayor	Exposure cases, we will have conference with legal counsel on existing litigation, government code section 54956.9 D1. Yes, in my backyard versus the city of Sausalito, Marin County Superior Court. A second case conference with legal counsel, existing litigation, government code section 54956.9. The name of the case is Porche versus city of Sausalito. Is there any public comment on any of these closed session items?
00:01:39.93	Sandra Bushmaker	Any members of the public on the closed session item?
00:01:44.81	Sandra Bushmaker	Okay. Yeah, we do have members from the public that want to comment. Please proceed.
00:01:50.04	Mayor	you
00:01:50.22	Sandra Bushmaker	Thank you.
00:01:50.28	Mayor	Please alert people online. Is there anyone online?
00:01:53.04	Sandra Bushmaker	Not at the moment. Anybody that's online and wants to comment on this portion, please use the raise hand function on the bottom of your screen.
00:02:02.36	Councilmember Hoffman	I'm not entirely sure the BBK attorney needs to be
00:02:02.41	Sandra Bushmaker	Thank you.
00:02:07.13	Councilmember Hoffman	Camera on.
00:02:08.87	Councilmember Hoffman	Mr. Clerk.
00:02:12.35	Mayor	All right.
00:02:14.64	Mayor	Please proceed.
00:02:16.08	Sophia Collier	Yeah. Hi, I'm Sophia Collier here and I'm representing Save Our Sausalito. I'm here to discuss the 605-613 project, which I'm intuiting might be one of the matters that will be discussed. One of the things that I wanted to raise was that we, Ed and I, are both here and that we are also vitally interested in this. And we have also retained counsel to help us understand it. And what we want to do is to encourage the city to work with us and our counsel to
00:02:48.63	Sophia Collier	Because we want to, we feel that we're here to help.
00:02:51.95	Sophia Collier	We want to try to find a way forward. We're in a sticky situation.
00:02:56.07	Sophia Collier	And there was a great job of putting together and getting the
00:02:59.68	Sophia Collier	housing element in on time. Amazing thing. Very few did it.
00:03:03.70	Sophia Collier	But in that effort, there were a lot of details and unintended consequences occurred.
00:03:08.88	Sophia Collier	So right now we're facing something that is very concerning with a project that is completely out of character to our historic district.
00:03:15.81	Sophia Collier	under SB 35, which we all know is a very aggressive
00:03:19.04	Sophia Collier	freight train approach.
00:03:20.83	Sophia Collier	And we need to navigate this very, very thoughtfully and carefully.
00:03:24.27	Sophia Collier	So we've retained a council that is a specialist in initiatives because we know that 1022 is an aspect of this very important.
00:03:31.44	Sophia Collier	and also land use counsel as well. And we'd like to
00:03:35.05	Sophia Collier	have the council do with the Vulcan mind meld
00:03:37.55	Sophia Collier	and get together and see if there's a way to find a way forward.
00:03:41.21	Sophia Collier	and that we know that our council is, will know, and your council will know, hey, what can we talk about? What can we not talk about?
00:03:48.10	Sophia Collier	So we don't really need to worry about, gosh, is something going to leak out or there are problems.
00:03:52.43	Sophia Collier	But we're hoping that we can be part of the solution
00:03:55.56	Sophia Collier	to protect our
00:03:56.80	Sophia Collier	treasured
00:03:57.85	Sophia Collier	historic district and the beautiful character of our community that's so vital
00:04:01.56	Sophia Collier	and not have an unintended consequence that would basically destroy
00:04:05.81	Sophia Collier	the historic district and our environment. Thank you.
00:04:14.20	Mayor	Thank you.
00:04:14.22	Ed Brakeman	to break them.
00:04:16.73	Ed Brakeman	Hello, I'm Ed Brakeman, a resident, also very involved with the Save Our Sausalito effort. We have over a thousand people that have now weighed in and in the effort to...
00:04:28.31	Ed Brakeman	to make everyone in Sausalito aware of how significant the issues we're facing with respect to development in ways that we've never faced as a city before. And I know two weeks ago we talked about some of the important longer-term issues, but we also have a really significant short-term issue, which does have to do with this proposed FOTS project on Bridgeway. And there's a large group of citizens who are really concerned that this will forever change the way Sausalito
00:05:00.34	Ed Brakeman	Both the historic district and the waterfront presents itself for us as as residents who enjoy the charm and the beauty that we've had along the waterfront for so many years and want to see that retained and concerned that that will change.
00:05:14.97	Ed Brakeman	In short order, if we don't
00:05:16.74	Ed Brakeman	all figure out how to come together and create the Sausalito that we, that we want to live in. And so we're trying to take the actions we can to be as informed as possible to come up with solutions that might be, um, uh,
00:05:33.02	Ed Brakeman	effective at bridging the gap between a great housing element plan. And we need to make sure we keep moving forward on that plan and actually get the housing
00:05:42.63	Ed Brakeman	that is anticipated to happen and work collaboratively on that front. But also we have to make sure we protect the Sausalito's historic district and the other natural resources of our town. I'll leave it at that. Thank you.
00:05:57.78	Mayor	Any other public comment?
00:05:59.57	Mayor	I'm seeing no further public comment. Okay, thank you. We'll adjourn to closed session.
00:07:01.87	Mayor	Okay. Hello, everyone. Good evening. We're returning from closed session. There are no items to announce from closed session. We will reconvene to open session and start with the Pledge of Allegiance.
00:07:12.98	Clark	of this.
00:07:14.07	Clark	Clark.
00:07:14.78	Clark	Thank you.
00:07:16.79	Clark	to come up with experience when we are in God.
00:07:20.75	Clark	Thank you.
00:07:22.46	Clark	Yeah.
00:07:24.18	Mayor	Thank you very much.
00:07:26.39	Mayor	I'm not sure if you're
00:07:28.47	Mayor	We will now move on to approval of the action, or actually special.
00:07:33.65	Mayor	I didn't know this was first assignments of the mayor appointments. I thought that was going to be last, but.
00:07:39.49	Mayor	I will leap to action to say that I have partial appointments. I'll make some more next week, next meeting, I mean, but the
00:07:46.44	Mayor	Changes will be moving myself to the agenda setting committee, even though that's been de facto the case since the beginning of the year.
00:07:52.55	Mayor	But Councilmember Blaustein will replace me on the Library Board of Trustees. Congratulations. Councilmember Cox replaces me on the PBAC Committee, Pedestrian, Bicycle,
00:08:03.26	Mayor	Councilmember Kelman replaces me on the sewer committee and Councilmember Kelman replaces me and joins Hoffman on EDAC.
00:08:13.74	Mayor	Well, it meets quarterly, once a quarter. And then Council Member Blasstein replaces me on BMCT Transit, which I thought was an error that I was listed there.
00:08:23.33	Mayor	Oh, sorry. It's just a few appointments. So there'll be, can you hear me now?
00:08:28.88	Mayor	Sorry, so Blastin is joined the board of trustees of the of the library Cox is joining P back common joins the sewer committee and EDAC Gloucester replaces me on MCT transit as the liaison and that's all the appointments for the time being.
00:08:44.42	Councilmember Kelman	Well, Mr. Mayor, might I also sit on the agenda setting committee with you?
00:08:48.02	Mayor	Yes. Yes, you. It's right there. It said I said it's Cox and me. Cox and Sobieski.
00:08:53.50	Councilmember Hoffman	Okay.
00:08:54.26	Councilmember Hoffman	So thank you. So sorry, the clarification. So I heard, I heard Kelman's joining.
00:08:55.14	Mayor	So-
00:09:00.42	Councilmember Hoffman	EDAC. I'm leaving EDAC. Is that what you're saying? She's joining me on EDAC. She's replacing me. Congratulations.
00:09:01.99	Mayor	you're saying she's
00:09:04.57	Mayor	me.
00:09:06.44	Councilmember Hoffman	Thank you.
00:09:06.46	Mayor	.
00:09:06.53	Councilmember Hoffman	Okay.
00:09:06.76	Mayor	Thank you. You're placing me on EDAC.
00:09:10.04	Mayor	Thanks.
00:09:12.28	Mayor	Okay, so with those announcements, we'll move on to the action minutes of the previous meeting, adopting the minutes of the March 19th.
00:09:19.61	Mayor	and May 9th, 2023 City Council meeting. Is there any public comment on those minutes?
00:09:26.51	Mayor	See you then.
00:09:27.45	Mayor	Okay, we'll move to a vote at all. Is there a motion to approve the minutes?
00:09:30.93	Councilmember Kelman	So moved.
00:09:32.68	Mayor	Is there a second?
00:09:34.57	Councilmember Kelman	Second.
00:09:35.62	Mayor	All in favor, say aye.
00:09:36.67	Mayor	you
00:09:36.70	Councilmember Kelman	Bye.
00:09:37.16	Mayor	Opposed?
00:09:39.08	Mayor	A motion to adopt the minutes is adopted. Moving on to the consent calendar. These are matters that are generally non-controversial and considered routine. They require no separate discussion and they're expected to have unanimous counsel support and they may be enacted in one motion.
00:09:54.98	Mayor	items may be removed from the consent calendar by any city council member items removed from the consent council calendar will be heard later in today's agenda the consent calendar items are adoption of the 2024 city council meeting calendar item 3b authorize the city manager to approve the subscription to ring central for the city of sausalito's updated telephony system item 3c approve an updated publicly available pay schedule item 3d adopt a resolution author of Sausalito's updated telephony system. Item 3C, approve an updated publicly available pay schedule. Item 3D, adopt a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute a professional services agreement with Schaaf and Wheeler to develop plans, specifications, and estimates for the large trash capture device in the Marinship not to exceed $109,203. And item 3E, waiver of the second reading of Ordinance 3-2024, an ordinance of the city of Sausalito-2024.
00:10:44.84	Mayor	City Council of City of the City of Sausalito amending Sausalito Municipal Code section 2.58.040 relating to the residency requirements of city boards, commissions and committees. Is there any public or first off, is there any items that people want to withdraw from the consent calendar?
00:11:04.65	Councilmember Hoffman	Yes, I would like to pull off the adoption of the calendar.
00:11:07.98	Mayor	Okay, the calendar will become item...
00:11:12.06	Mayor	five,
00:11:13.85	Mayor	C.
00:11:14.96	Mayor	at the end of the meeting.
00:11:16.50	Council Member Kellman	Mayor, there was some public comment around item 3E, which is the residency requirements that seems to suggest some clarifications might be needed. Wondering if other council members felt that same way?
00:11:27.70	Councilmember Kelman	Say that again, I'm sorry.
00:11:28.85	Council Member Kellman	There was some public comment suggesting that we maybe needed some clarification around this ordinance regarding residency requirements on city boards and commissions, and I'm wondering if other council members felt that way.
00:11:41.58	Mayor	I'm not sure we can have a discussion. Do you just want to pull it off?
00:11:43.38	Council Member Kellman	Oh, yeah, let's pull it off.
00:11:45.14	Mayor	All right. So that will become item three, five D on today's,
00:11:50.38	Mayor	calendar. So authorizing the consent calendar with items 3B, 3C, and 3D, we will need to hear a public comment on those three items. Is there any public comment?
00:12:02.94	Sandra Bushmaker	Yes, we have one.
00:12:08.98	Jan Johnson	This is last minute, but...
00:12:11.56	Jan Johnson	I personally think that if you're going to be on a committee in Sausalito, you should be up.
00:12:16.59	Mayor	item got pulled, Ms. Johnson. Oh, I thought you wanted to be now part of the regular agenda. Item 5D as in dog. Yeah, I pulled it. Okay. Thank you very much.
00:12:18.65	Jan Johnson	You wanted to.
00:12:20.40	Jan Johnson	.
00:12:22.19	Jan Johnson	Thank you.
00:12:22.82	Sandra Bushmaker	Cheers.
00:12:22.97	Sandra Bushmaker	Thank you.
00:12:27.24	Sandra Bushmaker	I see no other comments.
00:12:28.54	Mayor	All right. Is there a motion to approve the consent?
00:12:30.75	Councilmember Kelman	Mayor, I'm so sorry. I actually had a question about item 5B.
00:12:35.76	Councilmember Kelman	Sorry about that.
00:12:38.24	Mayor	Did you want to pull it or do you want to ask your question?
00:12:39.61	Councilmember Kelman	I want to ask my question.
00:12:41.74	Councilmember Kelman	So, um, and hold on one second.
00:12:46.95	Unknown	Thank you.
00:12:49.77	Councilmember Kelman	Okay. In 2022, Senate Bill 1162 was adopted, which is a wage transparency law and requires that an imp...
00:13:00.90	Councilmember Kelman	employees.
00:13:02.81	Councilmember Kelman	that employee
00:13:04.11	Councilmember Kelman	job post
00:13:06.10	Councilmember Kelman	Sorry that we put that we post or publish pay scale in addition to pay rates and I wanted to find out if we do that or. um.
00:13:20.14	Councilmember Kelman	if we do that.
00:13:24.83	Councilmember Kelman	anything like that.
00:13:25.78	Clark	Yes.
00:13:28.50	Unknown	I'm gonna ask Kathy Nikitas, our HR manager, to come in and address that question. Vice Mayor Coxon, counsel?
00:13:35.72	Kathy Nikitas	Good evening. My name is Kathy Nikitas. I'm the Human Resources Manager.
00:13:40.02	Kathy Nikitas	We do publish the scale in addition to all the list of positions. There are some positions that have a range and steps, and there are others that just have a minimum and maximum.
00:13:51.38	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you so much. Sure.
00:13:52.54	Councilmember Kelman	That's it.
00:13:53.57	Councilmember Kelman	All right.
00:13:53.91	Mayor	So is there a motion to rewrite in 3B, 3C, and 3D?
00:13:57.91	Kathy Nikitas	So moved.
00:13:59.87	Kathy Nikitas	Right.
00:14:00.30	Mayor	All in favor?
00:14:00.98	Kathy Nikitas	Aye. Aye. Opposed?
00:14:03.24	Mayor	motion passes unanimously. There are no public hearing items. We'll move on to the first business item, 5A, a review of the draft fiscal year 2024-25 capital improvement program.
00:14:14.35	Mayor	who's giving the kickoff to the presentation.
00:14:17.01	Unknown	Mayor, that'll be myself starting. Can you put the slides up, Wofford, please? And let me begin by saying this is a draft capital improvement program. The way it's structured for tonight is that I'll give some information. The city engineer slash public works director, Kevin McGowan, will give a presentation. City council can ask all the questions they want, public comment, and then we'll seek council direction. So can you go to the second, third slide, Wofford?
00:14:45.07	Unknown	Yes, great. Thank you.
00:14:47.32	Unknown	So let me just begin by saying you hire a city manager to make recommendations. And some of the recommendations that have been made in the past two and a half years that I've been here have been infrastructure, infrastructure, and infrastructure. So one of the things that I want, and I think it's well known, that Saucel was an older community. And because it's an older community, it has a lot of aged infrastructure, above ground and below ground. and some of the things that affect infrastructure these days besides age include climate change and rising costs. Cost of projects continues to escalate. Some of the things that people should know about our infrastructure, that it includes not just roads and streets and sidewalks, but drainage, sewer, buildings, our green infrastructure, our stairs, and our digital infrastructure. So all of that is part of this whole conversation in our capital improvement program. And so to give you more scale and context, Saucena has 26 lane miles of road, 2.2 square miles, the 26 lane miles of roads, 21 miles of sanitary sewer collection. That's quite a bit under the ground that people may not be aware of and may not see. 15 parks, 42 stair systems, five public buildings, and six leaks buildings. That's all part of our basic infrastructure.
00:16:06.82	Unknown	So let me say that is part of our corporation and our assets that, you know, are to be maintained and taken care of for the public in an orderly fashion. And it's a very, very, very big and tall order. And this particular administration, city council, city manager, city staff is not the first to tackle it. I think it's very important to note that this has been a priority for a number of years. And when you go back and look at Sausalito's record of infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure, they started with, in the recent last 15 years, with the public safety facilities. I heard the story about trailers and so on being on Bridgeway, which housed our police and fire departments, which are not acceptable. And now you have two brand new or sort of brand new facilities at the end of Caledonia, which meet public safety needs. There was a real desire to improve parks, so certificates of participation in that infrastructure and approximately 10 million and then some was invested in our parks because there were ongoing maintenance needs. The city councils, seven, eight, nine years ago, 2014-15 timeframe passed what was called Measure O, which was a quarter cent sales tax on top of the existing sales tax of one cent to fund infrastructure. And the city councils have stayed true to using that money for the last eight, nine years.
00:17:29.66	Unknown	In addition, there's been what I call some innovative thinking around setting up funds involving the parking lots, involving the old city hall, and involving our MLK facility so that monies coming into or out of those resources through rents are set aside into a separate fund. They aren't mingled with the general fund at this time. And the idea was that those would be used to fix parking lots, fix buildings, address tenant needs. So that's all been part of the past, and I think it's wise, but there's still so much more to do. When the city council did its strategic planning in 19 and 20, one of the things I wanted to note is there were about 90 or so work tasks, and approximately 60% of those were in public works and infrastructure. So that tells you the attention that people have paid in that regard. Next slide, please.
00:18:30.39	Unknown	So going back to two years ago, one of the things we talked about is we need to get back to the basics in Sausalito. We need to worry about our finance, our infrastructure, and our personnel. And one of the things we did was provided you an estimated infrastructure needs that when you talk about the basic stuff, building streets, sidewalks, stairs, you were talking about $99 million that was estimated two and a half years ago. And based on the expiration of Measure L, which was, or Measure O, which was set to expire in 2023, the city council unanimously put that on the ballot. The public supported it to extend and expand Measure O for eight years. So going from a quarter cent to half a cent, and that generates approximately $3 million a year. So that's $24 million over the next eight years to invest into infrastructure, which is important. But you still see the gap. That $99 million, let's call it $100 million. Let's call it $24 million, $25 million. There's a $75 million gap there.
00:19:29.10	Unknown	So in order to do the work, you need money, but you also need people. And so the city council a couple years ago did something very, very important. They authorized the city council to begin looking at incorporating into our budget two additional new project managers, which we put in last year. I'm happy to say we've hired both of them. They're both on staff now, so they can help implement the capital improvement program projects that we have on the books now. The other thing is the city council is adamant that we go out and find other people's money, and so you directed the hiring of a grants consultant. We've done that. California Consulting has been retained as our grant consultant. They've worked with us on a number of grants. We have not been successful as we'd like to be, but I think the work that's been done has provided a good foundation of information that we can use in future applications so we're not constantly reinventing the wheels. Next slide, please.
00:20:27.97	Unknown	So one of the things I want to say is I've heard that, you know, the city is interested in one area, and that's downtown. I think that's false. The capital investment in the city, as you will see, is citywide. It's investment citywide. It's beyond Caledonia. It's beyond the downtown area. It's throughout the city. And in order to do that citywide, you need to use various kinds of funding. I mentioned Measure L. There's a Titleins fund that I think we haven't paid enough attention to, and we can talk about that later today. There's obviously some county funds that come into this. There's the Parking Fund, the Old City Hall Fund, and the General Fund. So as it stands right now, there are 29 active projects that the city council the last couple of years have approved in our capital improvement program. And so tonight we're proposing new projects. And one of the things I want to note is if the program recommended is proceeded with, that would mean about a four and a half million dollar investment in the city's infrastructure. And that's a sizable amount in our budget. Next slide, please.
00:21:34.43	Unknown	So the question is, you know, are we working in a vacuum with our capital improvement program? The answer is no. This went in front of the planning commission recently. That's required by state law. There are some things that are going on that we are trying to align and integrate into this effort, which include the facility RFP, which the council just approved two meetings ago. There's a climate tech grant that we went out and sought for the analysis and smart use of our buildings. There's sea level rise adaptation that's going on right now that's going to have an impact on how our shoreline and water-facing infrastructure is impacted by that. So those are all part of an integrated thought process that when we build a capital improvement program that we effectively don't work in a silo. There's an alignment with safety and quality of life. You know, there certainly has got to be an alignment with finances. We're looking at impact fees as a possibility in Saucyotl right now. There's a 10-year financial forecast that's being worked on by a special group appointed by then-Mayor Blaustein, which is Mayor Sobieski, Councilmember Hoffman, and former Mayor Ray Withey and Chad Hess. And then there is absolutely an integration into our annual budget development, which we're midway in through right now. So part of the council's efforts recently has been to integrate resiliency and sustainability into what we do with our capital facility programs and projects and grant applications. And so in the hiring of resiliency and sustainability manager, Katie Tho Garcia, that's happening. Next slide, please.
00:23:19.31	Unknown	So trying to figure out where we're trying to get other people's money and using the California Consulting Group to do so. We have nine current grant applications in process that relate to infrastructure. They involve trying to get funding for Gate 5 Road, the Turner Street Dock, looking at our coastal resilience, our smart idea, smart bioswales, cybersecurity, which is a big, important matter, and sea level rise adaptation. We've submitted a number of grants that did not get funded, and so the community knows that we haven't been sitting on our hands. We've been trying to seek outside funding. We just haven't been successful yet. That includes pedestrian and bicycle safety, transportation and signal improvements, flooding that's involved with Marin City and Sausalito, ship repair, homelessness, and smart city broadband applications that weren't successful. But I say this, those applications have good data in them, so in the future when we want to apply for those funds, we can update that data. We don't have to start from scratch, but they're not wasted exercises. Next slide, please.
00:24:22.77	Unknown	So one of the things about a capital improvement program, typically it's a five, six-year program that rolls. You're never done maintaining your properties, your facilities, your infrastructure, just like you're never done maintaining your house. It's part of an annual budget process, and as this is worked through internally with staff before it comes to you, there are factors that the city staff looks at and rates it. That's in your packet, and some of those include safety. That's a predominant factor. Does it align with council goals? What are resources available? Does it pertain and relate to resiliency and sustainability? So some of the things that are in the capital improvement program so the public is aware are drainage projects, facility and park projects, internal projects like cybersecurity, streets, stairs, sewer, and traffic. All those are categorized in the CIP as areas where we want to put some money into to maintain our infrastructure. Next slide, please.
00:25:23.18	Unknown	So again, I mentioned the Planning Commission has to review. They did for conformance with the general plan per state law. Tonight, what we're asking the city council to do is to let Kevin go through what's being proposed, what's been done, show you some visuals, and then we can get to your decision-making, your direction, and public comment as it relates to a couple of projects that really have what I call the public's interest. One of them is obviously the Bridgeway Safety and Bike Plan. I want to just say that we are not deaf. We heard what the council told us a couple of meetings ago or a year ago that, you know, we aren't to go and take the $563,000. We are to put a pause on that grant, even though it's been allocated to the city. We then came back and you asked us to work on different concepts and designs and alternatives to the original grant, which would have just kept the static boundaries as they are to come back with something creative and different. And so we think we have an approach to not do the old grant, not abandon the funding, but to factor in the concerns that people have about the median, about the bike path, about the emergency access, but to do it on a larger scale, more comprehensive scale, and work into that some things that involve resiliency. But again, we need people to kind of pump the brakes on this narrative that the city of Sausalito is moving forward with the old grant, but to also be open to the possibility that we can do something on Bridgeway that might meet muster for more people than not. So we can get to that. The Bridgeway-Bollard conversation has been something that came about when a resident came and suggested that there was a history of accidents on that corner. So one of the things you see is that in this CIP there's a discussion about that project the idea that bollards are good for low speed traffic but not good for high speed traffic is one of the reasons the staff is recommending this may not be the year to do it unless you can do it right so all that to say there's more to come and Kevin's going to provide that information and would appreciate you letting him get through it and then the questions and the public comments and the direction can follow. Thank you.
00:27:34.66	Kevin McGowan	All right. Thank you, Mr. City Manager. I'm Kevin McGowan, Public Works Director for Sausalito.
00:27:39.59	Kevin McGowan	And are we on the right slide? So I may end up saying a few things that Chris has already mentioned, so my apologies up front, but I'll do my best to get through this quickly. The Capital Improvement Program is a fluid document, which can change throughout the year and does change over the five-year period.
00:27:56.71	Kevin McGowan	This planning document is utilized to address improvements to our public infrastructure. Similar to other cities in the country, we have a need for many improvements to our roads, buildings, public spaces, but we have a limited amount of funding to facilitate these repairs and improvements.
00:28:13.89	Kevin McGowan	A CIP is utilized to develop a list of possible improvement projects and estimates, and estimates the amount of funding needed to support these projects. The CIP also prioritizes the improvements
00:28:27.53	Kevin McGowan	with the intent of providing a recommendation to you as City Council to allocate funds in conjunction with the annual budget.
00:28:35.83	Kevin McGowan	The Sausalito's five-year capital improvement program is, like mentioned before, is updated annually. Next slide, please.
00:28:46.51	Kevin McGowan	Our engineering division is managing 29 active projects, all in various stages of development, from conceptual designs to construction.
00:28:55.83	Kevin McGowan	The department is also tracking 60 projects on the capital improvement program, some of which may not have been included in prior years.
00:29:07.07	Kevin McGowan	There are both these are both shown in a summary list and your packet as attachment one. In addition, further details associated with all the projects are shown in attachment four. Now, that's a pretty big document. And I've folks have told me in the past that it's kind of hard to navigate. But I welcome anybody who has questions on that specifically. And we can we can always take that offline and I can help with that.
00:29:31.84	Kevin McGowan	Each project has a description and an estimated funding source, as well as possible expenses listed in attachment four.
00:29:41.31	Kevin McGowan	Now we have a typo in one of the attachment ones where it says future projects. I think at the top, I have a heading that's off and it should say, it should say fiscal year 2425 instead of fiscal year 2324. I'll eventually change that. So just wanted to mention it. I did see it. I just didn't catch it before the time I got it to you folks. Next slide, please.
00:30:06.45	Kevin McGowan	As noted earlier, staff utilizes a rating system to assist with prioritizing new projects for funding in the next fiscal year. Attachment two denotes the rating criteria, while attachment three shows the rating for each project.
00:30:22.77	Kevin McGowan	This is a subjective process and staff is recommending some projects that may not be the highest rating with the intent of addressing multiple types of projects in each fiscal year. Council is welcome to make changes and deletions and anything else that you'd like with this listing as well. Next slide, please.
00:30:43.62	Kevin McGowan	This year, staff is proposing to initiate 14 new projects. These are shown in blue on the map above. Projects such as the 2025 Street Resurfacing Project are not shown since we have not finalized the list of roads to be addressed. Other projects such as our recommendation to pursue a solution to the flooding on Gate 5 is shown on this map. Next slide, please.
00:31:13.61	Kevin McGowan	At this time, staff is recommending proceeding with the 14 projects. We are checking with the Southern Marin Fire Department to see if the city needs to fiscally participate in the urban wildfire program. This project could increase the total to 15. So we've reached out to Southern Marin Fire on that already.
00:31:34.43	Kevin McGowan	Sewer projects are not listed on this slide because the funding for those projects comes from
00:31:39.40	Kevin McGowan	a special fund.
00:31:40.91	Kevin McGowan	and is separate from the general fund. However, staff allocations associated with the sewer projects are a factor into what we can reasonably accomplish each year.
00:31:50.70	Kevin McGowan	Over the next several months, we anticipate working closely with our finance director to finalize
00:31:56.71	Kevin McGowan	these list of projects and their funding sources to support each project. Next slide.
00:32:05.54	Kevin McGowan	So a couple pictures for us. We have some very important future projects listed in fiscal year 2425. The roof on the old city hall is leaking, and the existing HVAC systems on that building are
00:32:19.44	Kevin McGowan	are no longer functional. We can't get parts for them either. They're so old.
00:32:24.86	Kevin McGowan	Gate five flooding needs to be investigated and a solution needs to be designed. Sausalito has an accessibility transition plan, which we need to continue to address. Access improvements are needed at City Hall. That's why we've listed that one on the CIP.
00:32:43.40	Kevin McGowan	Our traffic consultant has recommended developing a design for improvements from spring
00:32:49.26	Kevin McGowan	I think it's Avenue or Street, Spring Street to Napa Street.
00:32:53.19	Kevin McGowan	We have added this project with the intent of seeking grant funds for the design.
00:32:58.73	Kevin McGowan	A local match is needed, and the amount listed in the CIP is intended to address that specific funding.
00:33:06.07	Kevin McGowan	We have not received the grant funding at this point in time, but we are working with California Consulting in order to pursue that grant funding as well as others, such as Coloma Street, as well as the improvements on Bridgeway going from Napa to Johnson Street.
00:33:22.97	Kevin McGowan	We've added two other design projects to the list, including the reconstruction of parking lot one.
00:33:28.41	Kevin McGowan	and the Humboldt Street bulkhead design.
00:33:31.36	Kevin McGowan	It's important to move forward with design as much as we can in order to be ready for grant funding if it comes forward. We're a better candidate if we have an actual design ready to go.
00:33:43.43	Kevin McGowan	We have added programs required by law, such as the storm drain capture device program as well.
00:33:50.94	Kevin McGowan	We have also added a project which may benefit the community, which is the design of and installation of a permanent stage at Gabrielson Park. So it's just listed there. It doesn't mean we're proceeding with it at this point.
00:34:04.20	Kevin McGowan	Next slide, please.
00:34:07.64	Kevin McGowan	Earlier in March this year, we met with the Planning Commission.
00:34:10.83	Kevin McGowan	Each year, the Planning Commission is required to determine if the CIP is in compliance with the general plan.
00:34:17.08	Kevin McGowan	This year, the Planning Commission stated that the CIP is in compliance with the general plan, but also suggested that additional projects should be added to the CIP.
00:34:26.66	Kevin McGowan	These include moving forward with the next steps related to the geologic hazard study noted by the Landslide Task Force. Staff anticipates bringing the final geologic hazard study to council in the next few meetings.
00:34:42.10	Kevin McGowan	However, the landslide task force had several additional steps to be considered after the report is finalized. Staff will add items to the CIP for this specific project. However, the extent of that project and the fiscal commitment is not known at this point in time. We'll have to develop that.
00:35:03.47	Kevin McGowan	The Planning Commission also received public comment from Sausalito Beautiful to install more trees on Caledonia. However, their...
00:35:11.21	Kevin McGowan	There is a project
00:35:13.25	Kevin McGowan	on the list to replace trees on Bridgeway.
00:35:16.34	Kevin McGowan	Some street trees in Sausalito push up the sidewalk and can cause access issues. Staff is working with Sausalito Beautiful to identify when a tree can be removed prior to its root system causing sidewalk uplift. Next slide, please.
00:35:35.14	Kevin McGowan	The staff report also lists, let me try again. The staff report also estimates a total fund center needed, a total fund center amount needed to support these projects. These tables will be utilized to assist the development of the annual budget for fiscal year 24-25.
00:35:56.79	Kevin McGowan	The amounts may also change slightly in the next few months, depending upon the funding that's available within each one of these accounts. Next slide, please.
00:36:09.63	Kevin McGowan	The documentation and attachments provided to the Council shows a total of 29 active projects. The list shows the approximate cost and funding sources for each project. These projects are in various stages of development, with several taking multiple years to complete, and as such will require fiscal commitment in the next fiscal year to allow the project or program to progress. For example,
00:36:33.83	Kevin McGowan	The city has been setting aside funding to finalize the construction on the south side of Dumfey Park. Staff recently developed an estimate for this work based off of a recently updated plan.
00:36:48.02	Kevin McGowan	and found that the cost of the project exceeded the budget.
00:36:51.11	Kevin McGowan	Staff is discussing this project with a design firm
00:36:54.28	Kevin McGowan	to reduce the density of planting associated with the project,
00:36:58.70	Kevin McGowan	and to clarify the work in the title zone.
00:37:01.61	Kevin McGowan	which may have the highest cost component for the project itself.
00:37:05.95	Kevin McGowan	So we'll have to get back to that final estimate on that.
00:37:10.20	Kevin McGowan	We may need to increase this project's budget to accommodate the proposed improvements. This work may be supported by tideland funds since it is in that zone.
00:37:20.54	Kevin McGowan	Next slide, please.
00:37:23.22	Kevin McGowan	Some of the more prominent projects we are working on include the reconstruction of the Marin ship courts, Turney Street boat launch, or at least the asphalt area up until the ramp itself, and the bridgeway slide repair below Woodward. Other projects, such as the Signal at Easterby, we will still need to seek grant funding to support that construction.
00:37:46.97	Kevin McGowan	Many things affect the delivery of projects, including funding, staffing allocations, weather, and scope creep. Next slide, please.
00:37:56.06	Kevin McGowan	We have plotted the active, well, that's pretty small. Sorry about that. Should have made it a little bigger on the slide. We have plotted the active projects on the map shown on this slide. Again, some of the projects which address improvements citywide are not shown. Next slide.
00:38:14.42	Kevin McGowan	And then combining the active and the new projects graphically on a pictorial picture in front of you here, we can see the blue dots as the new projects and the red dots as the active projects. Next slide.
00:38:31.18	Kevin McGowan	Over the last several years, we are seeing more projects come up which are emergency in nature, whether from climate change or previous damages not addressed until now. Examples of unexpected work include the flooring repairs at the old City Hall building,
00:38:47.31	Kevin McGowan	and efforts to underground utilities here in town.
00:38:50.86	Kevin McGowan	Recently, one of the tenants at the MLK campus
00:38:54.62	Kevin McGowan	has requested that the floors be repaired in three of the major rooms that are currently occupied. Staff will discuss this project with the finance director to see if there is sufficient funding to address the repair and, if necessary, possibly break up the project into different pieces or place it back on the CIP itself. So we're working with the finance director on this to see if there's sufficient funding in the MLK account to cover what they are requesting. Next slide.
00:39:12.00	Unknown	Yeah.
00:39:25.65	Kevin McGowan	Maybe a little too fast. There you go.
00:39:27.68	Kevin McGowan	Each year, the Department of Public Works seeks out regular, seeks input regarding new projects from several different sources, including our maintenance division, department directors, as well as several different subcommittees, including BPAC and Planning Commission and others. We also welcome input from the public on projects that should be included.
00:39:51.69	Kevin McGowan	At this time, we are requesting the council review the draft capital improvement program to be incorporated into the 2024 budget.
00:40:01.34	Kevin McGowan	staff will continue to refine and balance the project budget requirements
00:40:06.64	Kevin McGowan	with our finance department. Further refinement will be included
00:40:10.22	Kevin McGowan	in the budget preparation process. And we can also get back to the council itself throughout this process in the next couple months with updates.
00:40:18.20	Kevin McGowan	Next slide, please.
00:40:21.91	Kevin McGowan	Here we go.
00:40:23.21	Kevin McGowan	Last summer, staff presented an item to the Council moving forward with
00:40:27.67	Kevin McGowan	Designing improvements for the bridgeway bike lane project from Princess to Richardson. Council was clear that the original concept for removing the center median was not a favorable solution.
00:40:38.82	Kevin McGowan	Council directed staff to move forward with developing concepts for this area with a grant from the Association of Bay Area Governance, otherwise known as ABAG. Our consultant is moving forward with this work and has been collecting data for this section of roadway over the last month. The next step will be for them to develop preliminary concepts per their schedule, which is very small on this slide. Sorry about that, but I can get you a better representation.
00:41:11.17	Kevin McGowan	In an effort to seek out funding, staff applied for one Bay Area Grant Cycle 3 for the construction of the original concept.
00:41:19.12	Kevin McGowan	MTC has recently requested a resolution of support from the city to secure the allocation of these funds.
00:41:28.25	Kevin McGowan	However, based on council's direction, the original concept should not be pursued such that it is not likely the city will approve a resolution of support for the original concept. And it's not and.
00:41:42.64	Kevin McGowan	Um,
00:41:44.94	Kevin McGowan	So
00:41:46.19	Kevin McGowan	What we are suggesting, though, however, as an alternative, staff recommends requesting that MTC repurpose these funds to design funds. These funds can be utilized for design.
00:41:59.59	Kevin McGowan	of the preferred alternative that's developed by our consultants.
00:42:04.68	Kevin McGowan	and approved by the city council, of course. An example of an alternative is shown on the screen with moving the sidewalk out towards the water and installing some type of a support system to support a sidewalk.
00:42:20.22	Kevin McGowan	And the system that can address, this system can also address sea level rise, as well as improvements related to bicycle access on bridgeway without losing the center median.
00:42:31.73	Kevin McGowan	There is no guarantee that MTC will approve this request, but it's worth requesting this in order to preserve some of the funding. So this is also noted on your attachments as A11. And in some of the more detailed documents you have, I've kept that grant amount that was originally authorized there, plus it's local match. Why? Because we haven't corresponded with MTC yet to request them to change that to design funds.
00:43:00.76	Kevin McGowan	Next slide, please.
00:43:04.81	Kevin McGowan	While we have 29 active projects and the possibility of additional projects being added next year, some of our projects will have additional steps and may need additional funds. For example, staff will need council's assistance in the future to determine if we should proceed with installing bollards at the sidewalk area at the end of bridgeway. This is not a requirement at this point in time, but
00:43:32.09	Kevin McGowan	allocation of significant funds may be needed in order to install those systems.
00:43:38.26	Kevin McGowan	Staff is working with our consultant to finalize the geologic hazard study.
00:43:42.46	Kevin McGowan	We intend to bring this to the Planning Commission, I believe next week.
00:43:46.39	Kevin McGowan	as an informational item and will present the report to the Council shortly thereafter. The Landslide Task Force has received a presentation on the draft, that was I think the week before last, and subsequent steps were identified in the Landslide Task Force recommendations, which may also require additional funding as I've mentioned earlier.
00:44:10.03	Kevin McGowan	The draft CIP also includes several projects that may be funded by grants. Typically, a local match is required.
00:44:18.97	Kevin McGowan	And we have done our best to include this estimate for each project in the CIP. At this time, DPW staff are working with our consultant to apply for ATP funds. This is something new in and above what Chris just said, our city manager. ATP funds, which are active transportation program funds, and safe streets for all funds called SS4A. And what we'd like to do is I've recommended to our consultants to apply for those funds for Coloma Street.
00:44:55.31	Kevin McGowan	as well as Bridgeway, some of the improvements out in front of Bridgeway here from Napa to Johnson.
00:45:00.55	Kevin McGowan	and for design funds for a project from Spring Street down to Napa Street, which may include something like a roundabout. Our consultant presented this idea to you when they presented their final study for the bridgeway improvements between Napa and Johnson.
00:45:21.90	Kevin McGowan	Next slide, please.
00:45:25.14	Kevin McGowan	All right. Lastly, this is a very dynamic process. Our intent is to identify capital projects before they become emergencies. Moving forward with a facility assessment study will help address future needs, and we look forward to sending out the request for proposals for that project when Climate Tech has finished developing their draft for the energy savings.
00:45:48.24	Kevin McGowan	Putting local funds into projects that directly improve safety aspects for residents, such as road repairs and repairs to city-maintained sidewalks, is very important.
00:45:59.74	Kevin McGowan	This evening, we're asking counsel
00:46:01.78	Kevin McGowan	for their concurrence that the general strategy
00:46:05.14	Kevin McGowan	to address capital improvement projects for next year is in compliance with what you are recommending.
00:46:13.64	Kevin McGowan	So that concludes my presentation. And as always, I welcome your input and input from the general public on this particular subject.
00:46:22.92	Mayor	Director McGowan, thank you very much. We will now move to city council member questions, but first just a thank you to you for your leadership of this department and to all the members of your department, 29 active projects, 60 projects under consideration, all the paperwork, regulation, and effort that is required to do and maintain with a relatively small staff. I know it's an ongoing Sisyphean task. Congratulations to you on your leadership.
00:46:49.84	Mayor	Thank you very much. I appreciate that. So questions, please, from the dais. The Vice Mayor and then Council Member Hoffman.
00:46:57.04	Councilmember Kelman	For those of members of the public who don't know the city of Sausalito currently contributes 40% of its annual property tax revenues to southern marine fire to provide our fire protection services so my first question is why.
00:47:14.36	Councilmember Kelman	in the world, would we be asked to contribute more money
00:47:18.22	Councilmember Kelman	to Southern Marin Fire.
00:47:20.01	Councilmember Kelman	for wooey.
00:47:21.24	Councilmember Kelman	given our existing contribution, which in addition to contributions that we make to the county under a separate program.
00:47:30.08	Councilmember Kelman	um,
00:47:31.20	Councilmember Kelman	It seems as though that would be a bit of a tall ask, given the agreement that we have in place with them.
00:47:38.20	Kevin McGowan	I would second that. And that's why I've reached out to Southern Moon Fire to find out why the heck is this on our list?
00:47:44.49	Councilmember Kelman	Great.
00:47:46.37	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you.
00:47:48.01	Councilmember Kelman	Off to a great start. My next question has to do with the fiscal impact. So on the second to the last page of our staff report, we have the fiscal impact table and it lists the various funding sources and then it lists the active projects and the proposed projects and the total per fund source. But what.
00:48:11.48	Councilmember Kelman	we don't have is what's the existing balance of the fund sources. And I know you made one
00:48:18.06	Councilmember Kelman	reference to that in your presentation.
00:48:20.37	Councilmember Kelman	Oh, I see our finance director, Chad Hess. So I think this table would be a lot more...
00:48:28.99	Councilmember Kelman	useful to us in evaluating whether we endorse the general direction proposed by staff if we had confidence that indeed our fund our existing balance is within our fund.
00:48:41.13	Councilmember Kelman	within our various funding sources would support the level of effort that you're recommending.
00:48:46.86	Councilmember Kelman	So is it possible to get that information?
00:48:50.75	Chad Hess	Yes. So what we can do is we can
00:48:55.15	Chad Hess	take Kevin's table and I can layer that up against our current funding.
00:48:59.76	Chad Hess	for these various projects.
00:49:01.51	Chad Hess	As we continue to move forward with our budget development for fiscal year 25,
00:49:06.66	Chad Hess	As soon as that starts to firm up more than it is now, I will have a better understanding of what resources are available
00:49:12.95	Chad Hess	to continue to fund
00:49:15.10	Chad Hess	these projects that are being proposed today.
00:49:18.74	Chad Hess	What I can do is I can share with you the current resources that are available in these funds, if that would be helpful for you to make decisions.
00:49:26.22	Chad Hess	And let me share my screen real quick.
00:49:35.26	Chad Hess	All right. Is that coming through for you guys?
00:49:37.96	Chad Hess	There you go.
00:49:38.89	Chad Hess	All right.
00:49:39.77	Chad Hess	Perfect. So up on the screen here, this is, this is the basis of our treasurer's report that we publish every quarter.
00:49:46.10	Chad Hess	What I have here is cash balances as of the end of February, our last reconciled month.
00:49:52.05	Chad Hess	for cash balance. We're currently reconciling March as that ended just a few days ago.
00:49:56.88	Mayor	Dr. Hanson, would you mind just reading some of those numbers? Because it's a little small.
00:49:59.90	Chad Hess	Yeah, certainly, certainly.
00:50:01.25	Mayor	Certainly.
00:50:01.89	Mayor	the numbers. This is the amount of cash at the end of the celebration.
00:50:03.85	Chad Hess	Yeah.
00:50:04.56	Chad Hess	So,
00:50:05.40	Chad Hess	So total cash citywide is $31 million dollars.
00:50:09.59	Chad Hess	$31.4 million. The funds I think that you guys are curious about,
00:50:14.95	Chad Hess	The MLK fund currently has $1.2 million in cash as of the end of February. I'm gonna go ahead and highlight that in green for you guys.
00:50:23.68	Chad Hess	The parking fund has 1.1 million available
00:50:27.78	Chad Hess	as of the end of February.
00:50:30.16	Chad Hess	Old City Hall has 271,000.
00:50:33.85	Chad Hess	as of the end of February.
00:50:35.88	Chad Hess	And then if we come down to our tideland, this is one of those funds that we have
00:50:40.48	Chad Hess	as a restricted
00:50:41.93	Chad Hess	resource, those funds need to be expended within the tideland zone.
00:50:46.41	Chad Hess	This fund currently has
00:50:48.94	Chad Hess	over a million dollars.
00:50:50.44	Chad Hess	And this fund grows, this cash balance in this fund grows by about 300,000.
00:50:55.43	Chad Hess	every year based upon the rents collected within that fund.
00:50:59.08	Chad Hess	minus the expenses that we incur.
00:51:02.00	Chad Hess	We also have
00:51:04.03	Chad Hess	$4.6 million in various
00:51:07.43	Chad Hess	special revenue funds.
00:51:09.10	Chad Hess	These funds are typically restricted for infrastructure improvement.
00:51:14.52	Chad Hess	For example, we have our Measure L fund here, which has 1.8 million available in it as of the end of February.
00:51:21.46	Chad Hess	And then we have various gas packs.
00:51:23.53	Chad Hess	uh, constructing impact fees, the capital projects fund proper.
00:51:28.36	Chad Hess	stored drainage and very smaller funds. But overall we have 4.6 million available as of today.
00:51:35.83	Chad Hess	for Kevin to tie into.
00:51:37.99	Chad Hess	These balances will continue to fluctuate as projects progress.
00:51:42.68	Chad Hess	But as far as that future funding goes, more information will be known as the departments continue to provide me with their budget books.
00:51:49.64	Chad Hess	for fiscal year 25.
00:51:51.36	Chad Hess	And then once we bring things together and focus on our operations budget, the residual will be available for capital.
00:52:00.79	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you, Chad. And then the table that's on page 121,
00:52:06.29	Councilmember Kelman	It's the second to the last page of the staff report. It says fiscal year 2324 active projects and proposed projects. Is that the typo you were talking about?
00:52:16.15	Kevin McGowan	That's one of them. My apologies.
00:52:18.39	Councilmember Kelman	Okay.
00:52:19.30	Councilmember Kelman	So I'm questioning one of these because it lists parking a proposed project of $170,000.
00:52:28.33	Councilmember Kelman	But...
00:52:29.63	Councilmember Kelman	You and I talked earlier today about the ferry landing project, and I thought that was earmarked. I thought that the parking lot was earmarked as a possible project for...
00:52:40.89	Councilmember Kelman	20, 24, 25.
00:52:43.59	Councilmember Kelman	on that.
00:52:44.26	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you.
00:52:44.30	Councilmember Kelman	page and we had 1.1 million
00:52:47.54	Councilmember Kelman	on that,
00:52:48.94	Councilmember Kelman	Entry.
00:52:50.05	Councilmember Kelman	but...
00:52:51.37	Councilmember Kelman	this table
00:52:53.32	Councilmember Kelman	is showing
00:52:55.72	Councilmember Kelman	that the proposed projects
00:52:57.97	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you.
00:52:58.34	Councilmember Kelman	to be allocated to parking are 170,000.
00:53:01.32	Kevin McGowan	Yes.
00:53:03.16	Kevin McGowan	So let me detail that a little bit. If you go into your attachment number one and you go to future projects and take a look at line item FPO27. Sorry about all the numbers. Darn engineers. So it says parking lot one reconstruction. And the first part of that under which should be fiscal year 2425 says $110,000. That's for the designs.
00:53:29.74	Councilmember Kelman	Oh, but it actually says fiscal year 23 to 24.
00:53:32.53	Kevin McGowan	That's the other mistake is that should be 24, 25.
00:53:36.02	Councilmember Kelman	Okay. And so really it's 2526 where you're proposing to spend 1.1 million. Yes. So this whole table is a year behind.
00:53:40.76	Kevin McGowan	Yes.
00:53:44.84	Kevin McGowan	Yes, I just have to change the header at the top.
00:53:48.24	Councilmember Kelman	Okay. Okay.
00:53:53.72	Councilmember Kelman	Okay, those are my initial questions.
00:53:55.53	Councilmember Hoffman	CONCEMBER.
00:53:55.54	Mayor	somewhere where it happened.
00:53:57.91	Councilmember Hoffman	So this is a preliminary question. I was wondering if we were going to get to it in one of the presentations, but we didn't. And this is a conflict issue.
00:54:06.22	Councilmember Hoffman	I watched part of the, not all of it, but part of the Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday night, this past Wednesday night.
00:54:14.59	Councilmember Hoffman	they address the CIP as required by our code.
00:54:19.17	Councilmember Hoffman	and they were provided with conflict maps of all the council members
00:54:23.32	Councilmember Hoffman	and the council members if we were talking about a project that was within 500 feet of their home or a thousand feet actually
00:54:30.59	Councilmember Hoffman	they were addressing that and we received a presentation or we they received a short presentation by
00:54:37.68	Councilmember Hoffman	our retained counsel, Bess Bess and Krieger,
00:54:40.89	Councilmember Hoffman	about how to address that as a body when you're looking at these CIP improvements. I sent an email text yesterday
00:54:48.21	Councilmember Hoffman	to our city manager and to you and our city attorney.
00:54:52.12	Councilmember Hoffman	about whether or not that was going to be part of the Council assessment presentation because I hadn't received any kind of a conflict map and I didn't see it as part of the presentation.
00:55:01.37	Councilmember Hoffman	And so...
00:55:02.32	Councilmember Hoffman	And I sent another email today after I had a conversation with our city manager about it. So I'm wondering why we're not going through that for this conversation, because I see
00:55:12.58	Councilmember Hoffman	projects on this that I believe to be within
00:55:16.26	Councilmember Hoffman	500 feet and a thousand feet of our council members. I can see now that there's one active project on there that's definitely within 500 feet of my house.
00:55:23.60	Councilmember Hoffman	And so
00:55:25.42	Councilmember Hoffman	that you just talked about.
00:55:27.71	Councilmember Hoffman	my understanding from that
00:55:30.16	Councilmember Hoffman	I see our city attorney, but
00:55:32.83	Councilmember Hoffman	presentation at the planning commission was that it's fine for us to sit here as part of the
00:55:37.65	Councilmember Hoffman	full presentation to understand and know
00:55:40.34	Councilmember Hoffman	But when we talk about specific projects,
00:55:43.63	Councilmember Hoffman	If they're within 500 feet of our house or a thousand feet of our house, we need to call that out and decide whether or not we're going to engage in the conversation.
00:55:50.48	Councilmember Hoffman	And so I see our city attorneys
00:55:53.18	Councilmember Hoffman	on the line.
00:55:54.59	Councilmember Hoffman	Thank you, Sergio, if you want to address that, because I want to make, you know,
00:55:58.32	Councilmember Hoffman	I want to make sure I'm compliant
00:56:00.50	Councilmember Hoffman	with the ethics rules, I don't believe that I should weigh in if we start talking about
00:56:04.60	Councilmember Hoffman	the projects that are within 500 feet of my house within a thousand feet it's a different analysis i understand that but
00:56:10.39	Councilmember Hoffman	I'm wondering why we're not talking about this, that at this level, when we talked about the planning commission level and how we should proceed tonight.
00:56:17.80	Sergio	So with respect to conflicts of interest, there's various kinds of conflicts that can arise. One is based on ownership of real property. One is based on sources of income. Another one is receipt of gifts.
00:56:31.20	Sergio	With respect to the Planning Commission, my understanding was that there was one commissioner who as a professional architect,
00:56:38.13	Sergio	had worked on the design of one of the proposed, or his firm had worked on the design of one of the proposed projects to be included in the capital improvement program. Yeah.
00:56:45.98	Unknown	Probably.
00:56:47.23	Sergio	So with that particular one, because he had a conflict based on source of income, the rules are different than, of course, owning a real property within 500 to 1,000 feet.
00:56:57.30	Sergio	With respect to the FPPC regulation that deals with ownership of property within 500 to 1000 feet,
00:57:02.94	Sergio	There's a general exception for making decisions on projects that solely concern repair, replacement, or maintenance of existing streets, water, sewer, storm drainage, or similar facilities. So to the extent that you have a project before you that deals solely with that kind of capital improvement program,
00:57:19.61	Sergio	project.
00:57:20.59	Sergio	you're not required to recuse.
00:57:22.51	Sergio	Um,
00:57:23.88	Sergio	So, and my understanding based on
00:57:27.26	Sergio	you know, most of the projects before you unite in this capital improvement project, uh, program would fall within that category.
00:57:33.92	Sergio	With respect to other projects,
00:57:38.16	Sergio	you know, yeah, you should,
00:57:40.16	Sergio	potentially consider recusing if it involves improvements or construction of sewer water or storm drainage or similar facilities. And you're going to be receiving any sort of new or improved services or improvements that are different than are enjoyed by similarly situated properties within the jurisdiction. Or if you're going to receive some sort of disproportionate benefit, that's a category of projects that would require recusal.
00:58:01.45	Unknown	benefit.
00:58:08.28	Sergio	So if you've got any specific questions, usually best to address those with me as early as possible.
00:58:19.57	Sergio	but,
00:58:20.09	Councilmember Hoffman	That's why I sent the email, the text yesterday and the email today.
00:58:22.98	Councilmember Hoffman	So,
00:58:23.18	Sergio	So...
00:58:23.77	Councilmember Hoffman	And specifically, I understand that there is an exception if it's the repair, replacement, or...
00:58:30.67	Councilmember Hoffman	Um,
00:58:31.45	Councilmember Hoffman	Repair replacement or what's the third thing?
00:58:35.41	Sophia Collier	maintenance
00:58:35.97	Councilmember Hoffman	Maintenance. Yeah, maintenance to an ongoing project. That's not what, to be clear, that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about specific...
00:58:42.43	Councilmember Hoffman	additional projects.
00:58:43.94	Councilmember Hoffman	In the staff report, it looks like there's three
00:58:46.89	Councilmember Hoffman	Um,
00:58:47.97	Councilmember Hoffman	And there may be
00:58:49.39	Councilmember Hoffman	additional one with regard to the stoplight at Easterby Street, right?
00:58:55.22	Councilmember Hoffman	Also the Bridgeway bike lane.
00:58:57.86	Councilmember Hoffman	the is a specific project that's not maintenance repair
00:59:02.70	Councilmember Hoffman	or replacement of an existing area. That's a substantial change to that roadway.
00:59:07.54	Councilmember Hoffman	And also this issue of, I understood from the FPPC that
00:59:12.51	Councilmember Hoffman	It doesn't, ownership is not the only driver for the ethic rule. It's also if you have a leasehold,
00:59:19.98	Councilmember Hoffman	within 500 feet. And so we may have been operating under an erroneous analysis that if you lease...
00:59:29.90	Councilmember Hoffman	a piece of property that you don't have to recuse if you're within 500 feet my understanding is the leasehold
00:59:35.08	Councilmember Hoffman	is also covered by that ethical rule.
00:59:36.74	Sergio	It is not. The rules for leasehold interests are actually more generous than ownership of real property.
00:59:46.07	Sergio	You are only required to recuse if
00:59:50.37	Sergio	There is a reasonably foreseeable financial effect on the leasehold interest, which includes changing the termination date of the lease, increasing or decreasing the potential rental value of the property, increasing or decreasing
01:00:05.90	Sergio	the rental value of the property where the official has the right to sublease the property, changing the actual or legally allowed use of the real property,
01:00:12.50	Sergio	or any decision that's going to impact the official's use and enjoyment of the real property.
01:00:17.12	Sergio	So there's not a hard and fast 500 or a thousand foot rule with respect to those.
01:00:22.49	Councilmember Hoffman	with regard to leasehold.
01:00:24.43	Councilmember Hoffman	Okay, thank you for that.
01:00:26.81	Councilmember Hoffman	As we look at these projects today, I'm
01:00:31.23	Councilmember Hoffman	wondering how we are to proceed and if we are going to get conflict maps as the Planning Commission received.
01:00:40.53	Sergio	That is something that you should have and that's something staff should provide to you.
01:00:46.48	Councilmember Hoffman	So I'll note that we don't have them for tonight's discussion.
01:00:46.63	Sergio	Thank you.
01:00:49.89	Councilmember Hoffman	And it makes me uneasy at this point.
01:00:58.58	Councilmember Hoffman	I have, I did...
01:01:02.16	Councilmember Hoffman	I did want to...
01:01:03.76	Councilmember Hoffman	maybe clarify with regard to the bridgeway bike lane what action we were going to take or expected to take tonight
01:01:08.99	Councilmember Hoffman	you
01:01:09.13	Councilmember Hoffman	with regard to
01:01:11.74	Councilmember Hoffman	the bollard issue
01:01:14.21	Councilmember Hoffman	whether or not we were going to proceed with that and what the cost was going to be
01:01:17.72	Councilmember Hoffman	And now I'm just listing off the things that I want to talk about. If you don't mind, I'm still doing it.
01:01:21.01	Mayor	Do you have a question for the director?
01:01:22.76	Councilmember Hoffman	Director? Yeah, that was a question, and I'm listing out what I'm going to follow up on for the rest of the council so that you know what the specific projects that I'd like to talk about, because that's why we're here, right, to talk about specific projects. So I have a question, too, about the ferry landing and the phasing issues. There seems – I think that there's been –
01:01:43.87	Councilmember Hoffman	a change of what from what
01:01:47.05	Councilmember Hoffman	the council
01:01:48.38	Councilmember Hoffman	was the understanding that we were approving with regard to phasing
01:01:52.46	Councilmember Hoffman	and what is now defined as the phase one, two, and three projects, as well as the additional ask of another $500,000 for the phase one. And so those are sort of the scope of the questions that I'm going to ask and want to address.
01:02:09.71	Mayor	Can you ask the question? Go right ahead.
01:02:11.36	Councilmember Hoffman	Sure.
01:02:12.32	Councilmember Hoffman	So with regard to the Bridgeway bike lane, thank you for your explanation of that. But are we expected tonight to take?
01:02:20.21	Councilmember Hoffman	any further action or is that what we're going to discuss? And here's Sergio back.
01:02:25.01	Sergio	Yeah, I would defer to the
01:02:27.55	Sergio	public works director as to what he is seeking the council's approval for on at this time.
01:02:33.01	Kevin McGowan	So at this time, I'd like it if I could get approval to send a letter back to MTC requesting they repurpose those funds, the $506,000 for design. Again, there's no guarantee that they will do this, but it at least puts it in a framework for MTC to take action on it. I have provided you with a draft of that letter in the past. I think it was on March 13th.
01:03:00.39	Councilmember Kelman	May I follow on just to clarify? Yeah, yeah, yeah. That letter made it clear that you were seeking to channel those funds from the median to the
01:03:02.26	Ms. Merrill	Yeah.
01:03:10.38	Councilmember Kelman	consideration of a raised sidewalk between Princess and Richardson
01:03:15.81	Councilmember Kelman	a raised and widened sidewalk.
01:03:18.78	Councilmember Kelman	So I wanted to be sure the rest of the council had seen that letter and was aware that that is the change. And you described that this evening that you're seeking approval for.
01:03:27.64	Councilmember Kelman	from
01:03:28.77	Councilmember Kelman	MTC before we give you the green light to send the letter.
01:03:32.51	Kevin McGowan	So I'd like to be a little careful on what I say in the letter. So the way you have paraphrased it is correct. I was referencing an idea, but I think what I'd like to do is change that letter slightly to say whatever comes up, whatever our consultant comes up with as a concept is what we would like to move forward with from a design perspective and not tie it to a specific type of improvement.
01:04:02.54	Councilmember Kelman	So I would say whatever the consultant comes up with that is endorsed by counsel. Yes.
01:04:08.22	Kevin McGowan	Yes. Sorry. I did. I said that in my presentation too.
01:04:13.98	Mayor	Are there any more questions, Councilmember Hoffman?
01:04:16.61	Councilmember Hoffman	on that issue, on the Bridgeway Bridgeway.
01:04:18.68	Mayor	Well, we're trying to move things along. I thought we'd do all your questions and move on to next. If we could do a couple rounds of questions, but we were sort of
01:04:25.32	Councilmember Hoffman	I was just trying to lay out, like, these are the three things that I'd like to talk about.
01:04:29.72	Councilmember Hoffman	Can I just weigh in quickly?
01:04:30.97	Councilmember Boston	Just if we're going to talk about specifically 221 Bridgeway, I'd prefer to not weigh in. I'm happy to, just because while there are exceptions to the leasing agreement, etc., I think everyone knows in the community, well, now everyone knows in the community that that is extremely proximate or perhaps is my residence, so I would prefer to not weigh in.
01:04:49.16	Unknown	Pollards.
01:04:49.62	Councilmember Boston	Yes, I would prefer to accuse myself from any discussions with regards to the Ballard Project, because I don't know if all of those lease exceptions as outlined by Sergio, while I respect your legal advice and agree with it, just for my own level of ethics and comfort, I would like to accuse myself from anything with question 221 Bridgeway.
01:05:06.04	Councilmember Kelman	And so Sergio, if she does that, does she have to leave the room as we discussed the bollards?
01:05:10.71	Sergio	So let's see. Yeah, I would recommend that we would segment the decision. The typical process for that is that we would have the discussion on that particular project and whether it should be in the CIP program first and make a decision.
01:05:22.27	Sergio	with her not present on the dais.
01:05:24.70	Sergio	And then the council can continue discussing the rest of the CIT program and make a decision with respect to all the other projects.
01:05:32.07	Mayor	So we are in the position of asking questions. So thanks for declaring that you will recuse yourself for that matter when it, and if it comes up before the council. Are there other questions from the dais? Councilmember Kelman?
01:05:32.55	Sandra Bushmaker	We have.
01:05:32.66	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you.
01:05:44.88	Council Member Kellman	So I think mine might just be a little more simple. One is for Chad. So if Chad is still available to us,
01:05:55.26	Council Member Kellman	Yes, thank you there. Just a quick question for you. You showed us the fund balances, including MLK fund.
01:06:01.10	Council Member Kellman	But as we all know, we hold to significant debt
01:06:04.17	Council Member Kellman	on MLK.
01:06:05.61	Council Member Kellman	And I'm wondering how we should think about
01:06:09.23	Council Member Kellman	so-called available balances in a fund where we know we owe a lot of money.
01:06:14.63	Chad Hess	Yeah, that's a great question. So of the funds that are in MLK,
01:06:20.08	Chad Hess	1.2 million as of the end of February.
01:06:23.49	Chad Hess	um,
01:06:24.17	Chad Hess	That is twice the amount of our annual debt service payments.
01:06:27.64	Chad Hess	Our debt service payment is roughly $620,000 per year principal and interest.
01:06:33.70	Chad Hess	spread out over two payments.
01:06:35.61	Chad Hess	So we would have more than sufficient resources available in that fund to pay for that next debt payment.
01:06:42.85	Council Member Kellman	Is there any reason to try to pay that down?
01:06:45.65	Chad Hess	Um,
01:06:47.44	Chad Hess	It's a fairly low interest rate. We have other higher debts that I would
01:06:51.84	Chad Hess	Proposally pay down first if our strategy is to pay down debt.
01:06:56.23	Chad Hess	Okay.
01:06:56.26	Unknown	Okay, thank you. Mayor, if I can, if I can, Councilman Kellman, if I can ask Chad a question, because you're saying draw down from that fund, but what does that fund generate on an annual basis to replenish it through the rents? Because that's not going to be a static number.
01:06:56.86	Chad Hess	Yeah.
01:07:11.05	Chad Hess	Yeah, let me pull up what we generated last year. I want to make sure I give you an accurate number on that. Give me one second.
01:07:19.65	Council Member Kellman	And then, Mayor, I just have two housekeeping. One, I'll just ask for Director McGowan, and thank you. I know this is a lot of work. You had some slides that I didn't see on the presentation attached to the agenda. Yeah.
01:07:33.12	Kevin McGowan	Yes, I have two extra slides that I've added, and I will make sure our city clerk has those.
01:07:36.92	Council Member Kellman	Upload this?
01:07:38.81	Council Member Kellman	Great. And then my other sort of housekeeping question was, I was looking on the attachment
01:07:44.83	Council Member Kellman	Oh, gosh, it's the massive spreadsheet that shows the future projects and the expenditures. Is there some place where it says design versus construction design?
01:07:54.89	Kevin McGowan	Yes, you have to go to the details on attachment four. So if you go look under the actual project and it will show the same numbers for the budget and it will underneath that it'll show design, construction, environmental and construction management.
01:08:08.91	Council Member Kellman	Great, thank you. Good work, thank you. Those are all my questions, Mayor. So when Chad has the answer.
01:08:13.15	Chad Hess	All right. Yep. I am ready to go.
01:08:15.70	Unknown	transformation.
01:08:15.97	Mayor	Right.
01:08:16.03	Chad Hess	um
01:08:16.35	Unknown	Thanks, man.
01:08:17.52	Chad Hess	All right, so looking at MLK fund from a cash perspective, this is a statement of cash flows.
01:08:23.02	Chad Hess	for fiscal year 23.
01:08:25.23	Chad Hess	You can see that we collected cash from customers of 1.3 million.
01:08:29.78	Chad Hess	We paid various vendors, suppliers. So we had net cash from operations of about 1.1 million.
01:08:36.08	Chad Hess	We made a
01:08:37.85	Chad Hess	Interfund payment.
01:08:39.05	Chad Hess	So that's our loan between the general fund and the MLK fund. So we're paying that loan back.
01:08:44.92	Chad Hess	Here is our debt service. So this is the principal portion of our COP debt.
01:08:49.87	Chad Hess	And then this is the interest.
01:08:51.54	Chad Hess	for that COP plus there's a little interest in there for our inner fund
01:08:56.14	Chad Hess	debt up here.
01:08:57.41	Chad Hess	To answer your question, that fund threw off or increased in cash, 360,000. So that was the,
01:09:04.13	Chad Hess	Cash.
01:09:05.15	Chad Hess	increase for that fund for fiscal year 23.
01:09:08.70	Chad Hess	And then if we look at fiscal year 22,
01:09:11.57	Chad Hess	We did have a decrease in cash for the MLK fund.
01:09:15.15	Chad Hess	But if we look
01:09:17.32	Chad Hess	Let me scroll in here.
01:09:19.13	Chad Hess	um,
01:09:22.06	Chad Hess	I see. Oh, so we did have a decrease in fiscal year 22 because we accelerated the payback
01:09:27.92	Chad Hess	of that inner fund loan.
01:09:30.16	Chad Hess	Had we followed the original schedule, this fund would have thrown off about 300,000 of cash as well. We've more than tripled.
01:09:37.82	Chad Hess	our payback of
01:09:39.38	Chad Hess	of that inner fund loan in fiscal year 22.
01:09:42.58	Unknown	Mayor, if I may as well, Chad, that 23 number doesn't reflect the new lease agreement with Lice Francais, which my recollection is an extra $200,000 a year.
01:09:50.06	Chad Hess	too much.
01:09:51.41	Chad Hess	Yeah, that's correct, sir.
01:09:52.32	Unknown	Board basis that something that be added to that number.
01:09:56.12	Chad Hess	Yes, I would say that that would be a fair statement.
01:10:01.50	Mayor	That's why we're blasting.
01:10:03.07	Councilmember Boston	Thank you. Great work to you and your team, Director McGowan. Really appreciate all of the time and effort that you've put into this and to staff. And Chad, thank you for your assessments of the budget implications. I had a couple of questions. Specifically, we've received a lot of, just in the past year or so, or maybe longer, a lot of questions about the status of Marinship Park. And I do see the Marinship Park tennis courts on there. But I'm wondering about how that links to the use of the full park itself and the reopening of the fields and what that looks like with regards to our CIP this year.
01:10:34.78	Kevin McGowan	So those are great questions. And I know our city manager has put a lot of effort into this. It might be best for him to speak to that, some of the efforts that he's done.
01:10:45.73	Unknown	Well, thanks for that handoff, Kevin. Councilmember Kelman, I appreciate your question as well. And we had a conversation about this earlier, and I know that you have a very, very keen interest in making sure that that park opens again and the mural is protected and the open space is done. But as I understand it, our bid process has been slowed down, but we are out looking to go out to bid to fix the tennis court surfaces the right way, the fencing the right way, and the parking lot the right way. And once that's done, then we will be able to open the entire park. And the idea was, you know, we would bring that back to you as a package. And so my understanding is that's upcoming. Kevin can tell you best to schedule, but then that will allow us to open up that park to the community once more because it's been closed for too long.
01:11:33.62	Kevin McGowan	Yeah.
01:11:34.09	Kevin McGowan	I'd only add that our new project managers are working on that right now. So Sarah's got that in her ballpark, and she's finishing up the construction spec and trying to get that out as well.
01:11:45.01	Unknown	Thank you.
01:11:45.81	Councilmember Boston	And then would-
01:11:47.38	Unknown	If I can, because I think it's important. So what's the delta? What are we asking for for this project, Kevin?
01:11:54.36	Kevin McGowan	As far as funding?
01:11:55.68	Unknown	funding.
01:11:56.05	Unknown	Thank you.
01:11:56.06	Kevin McGowan	Yes.
01:11:56.13	Unknown	Yeah.
01:11:56.71	Unknown	Um,
01:11:56.96	Kevin McGowan	I believe in our packet we had set aside some funding originally for it.
01:12:03.93	Kevin McGowan	And bear with me for a moment.
01:12:09.28	Kevin McGowan	He had to catch me on this one. I wasn't ready. I'm so sorry. I think we're asking for an additional 150,000 on this project. Why? Because it's found that the original, uh, court surface is in very, very poor shape, such that the asphalt has to be repaired. Um,
01:12:30.41	Kevin McGowan	And I think it's on our new projects here. Hold on, hold on a moment.
01:12:33.93	Kevin McGowan	All right. I don't want to take too much time. So I will look it up and get back to you.
01:12:39.38	Councilmember Boston	Okay, and then when that does come back, the additional cost of reopening the field would be apart from our CIP planning this year in a separate general fund expenditure?
01:12:48.01	Kevin McGowan	I did not include it in a CIP project for reopening the field as it stands. I know there's been some discussion about possibly looking into a turf field in that area, and I'm not too sure if that one is moving forward at this point in time. But as far as the field itself, our maintenance staff has been maintaining that. The turf is looking better and better, and especially with this much rainfall. So there shouldn't be an issue with reopening the field as it is.
01:13:17.28	Councilmember Boston	Okay, so ideally, if we move forward with the CIP as projected, the park will be able to reopen in line with the improvements. Yes. Okay, that's great news.
01:13:25.40	Sandra Bushmaker	Yes. OK, that's great.
01:13:27.26	Councilmember Boston	Okay, and then a couple of other questions just about with regards to what is and isn't on the CIP. I didn't see a lot about crosswalks on there and any new crosswalks or any re-lining of the crosswalks. And this is something that I hear about quite a bit from residents. And I'm wondering why we didn't see more of that in consideration or if I'm missing where it might be in a larger plan.
01:13:48.52	Kevin McGowan	So usually, well, I'll back up, adding crosswalks to existing streets that aren't controlled tends to be a problem. So we want to kind of avoid that from a safety perspective. Now, if we're going to update existing crosswalks by repainting them, that's a maintenance issue. And so we can add that to our maintenance program. We also have a project on Bridgeway right out in front here going from Napa all the way to Johnson Street. That includes a bunch of improvements associated with those crosswalks. So that is its own project.
01:14:21.46	Councilmember Boston	And that's part of the,
01:14:22.86	Councilmember Boston	Karen Hollweg, This your CP right, and we heard that at a previous Council meeting and update on that so that's great and then this question might be more for Chad but. Karen Hollweg, I noticed that we do have the North street steps in our capital improvements project, which is great because that's been an ongoing.
01:14:22.91	Kevin McGowan	Yes.
01:14:23.74	Kevin McGowan	Right?
01:14:26.39	Kevin McGowan	So that's great.
01:14:35.28	Councilmember Boston	open project for us, but then we also have this allocation of, I think, $55,000 for our stairs and our stairs maintenance as part of the CIPs. Is that going to be included in the North Street budgeting or are there other stairs that you're specifically considering working on?
01:14:51.80	Kevin McGowan	So I'll start with that, Chad. I think that for the North Street steps, we were trying to tap into the stair fund as much as possible because the project needs the funding. However, there is a need to improve stairs throughout the city. We have got, I think it said, 42 different stair systems. And there's definitely a need to take a look at and prioritize which stair system needs to be improved first, except less times two. And so that's why we continue to have an allocation of some funding, at least in the next fiscal year, for a stair program.
01:15:27.63	Councilmember Boston	Okay, and then I wanted to ask, and this can go for you or the city manager, about the vision for the $90,000 for the permanent stage in Gabrielson Park and what prompted that as part of the CIP.
01:15:39.78	Kevin McGowan	Well, in discussions with our parks manager, Brian, we have a system down there where we've got a stage system and a basically a storage box that tends to take up room for parking. So the intent was to try to find.
01:15:58.69	Kevin McGowan	something a little bit different and put something on the CIP to make improvements in Gabrielson Park, more of an aesthetic issue itself to make it a better stage, to have it look out over the bay itself.
01:16:10.57	Kevin McGowan	And we basically just added a simple project to the CIP. The details for that haven't been developed at this point. It's just been a rough number of let's think of what this may look like. And we put a project on the CIP for it.
01:16:25.31	Unknown	Thank you for that question. Let me amplify on that. Yes, please. The capital improvement program is pretty dry, buildings, streets, sidewalks. This is something that's more related to what is probably one of the best things about Sausalito. It's quality of life. So when you go to Jazz by the Bay and you see the crowd out there, and it's really our local residents and people visiting that enjoy that, and they're staring at the beautiful homes up the hill when they could be staring at the beautiful view, which would be world-class. And, you know, if you had that as part of your ongoing or your static facilities facing out to the water and you spend, Kevin's estimate is $90,000, and that thing should last you 20 years you know you're spending 5,000 bucks a year for something that's really really uh impactful and if you market uh with them with something that says Sausalito on it then you know people will know when they see a concert and it's jazz by the bass they're in Sausalito and that has marketing value uh so you know uh it's one of
01:16:27.57	Kevin McGowan	Yeah.
01:16:27.72	Clark	Thank you.
01:17:28.05	Unknown	If you look at my track record, I've always tried to figure out ways that are meaningful in terms of quality of life, whether it's a mural that's the largest in Northern California or a 55-foot tall lady. All these things tend to become controversial at the onset. But once they're there, people wonder why they weren't there from the get-go. So, again, it can't all be, you know, dry road, streets, sidewalks, buildings. I think we had to pizzazz it a little bit with something that I think would be well-received by the public and visitors and would be beneficial for off-day events. People want to take a picture on a stage that says Sausalito on it with Alcatraz behind it and Angel Island. I think you get, you know, lots of likes on Instagram. So again, you know, it's something it's, it's, it's something that you can remove. It's not a gotta have, but it's something that I think would, for the dollars allocated to it, might make a big difference in terms of people's feelings about Sausalito that are already strong.
01:18:25.96	Councilmember Boston	Thank you, City Manager. Thanks, Director McGowan. That concludes my questions. Appreciate it.
01:18:29.69	Councilmember Boston	Thank you.
01:18:29.71	Council Member Kellman	Did you say it would open up two parking spots if we did that? Would it open up two parking spots in lot one?
01:18:36.00	Mayor	She was looking at me because I made the comment that Jazz by the Bay often stores their equipment.
01:18:42.04	Council Member Kellman	Yeah, no, I was looking at the Google Earth.
01:18:42.35	Mayor	I know.
01:18:43.72	Mayor	in parking lots and lot one that are revenue lost for us. So such a stage could be designed so that storage is underneath the stage and spring up parking spaces that generate revenue to the city.
01:18:55.39	Kevin McGowan	without knowing all the detail, I would say, yes, that's where we want to go is to try to free up some more parking spaces. And two more
01:19:03.04	Unknown	things if I can, Mayor and Council in public. This is a one-time investment. It's not, you've got to keep working on this every year in significant ways. And, you know, it also would require BCDC to approve it. That's really important to note. And, you know, my thinking is if the title in funds has a million dollars in it and is growing $300,000 a year, you know, that might be an appropriate place and it has to be checked with Chad and Sergio to take that money from rather than the general fund. So I'm trying to make the case to do it. You can agree with me or not, but again, I'm here to make recommendations and, you know, follow your direction. So thank you for considering it.
01:19:43.98	Unknown	Thank you.
01:19:43.99	Mayor	Are there other questions?
01:19:47.05	Mayor	Okay, let's move on to public comment then, please.
01:19:49.75	Councilmember Hoffman	You cut me off and then move around to everybody else. So I have two other issues that I want to talk about.
01:19:54.52	Mayor	I didn't catch you off. Just looking for questions.
01:19:56.07	Councilmember Hoffman	You said let's let so I still have questions with regard to the phasing of the ferry that I want to ask you right ahead.
01:20:03.77	Mayor	It's not at all cut off. I invited those questions earlier and invite them again now.
01:20:04.93	Councilmember Hoffman	Thank you.
01:20:07.89	Councilmember Hoffman	Well, these are questions and clarifications. So...
01:20:12.27	Councilmember Hoffman	at our
01:20:16.10	Councilmember Hoffman	February 6 meeting, I'm looking at the minutes from the February 6 meeting, the motion was that
01:20:24.83	Councilmember Hoffman	We approved the local professional group recommended plan. We directed staff to make construction level drawings of the phases that can be funded by
01:20:32.42	Councilmember Hoffman	phases that can be funded by the grant.
01:20:35.41	Councilmember Hoffman	directed staff to obtain professional cost estimates,
01:20:39.36	Councilmember Hoffman	directed staff to identify phases of the plan that can be built within the budget
01:20:43.76	Councilmember Hoffman	of the Golden Gate.
01:20:45.94	Councilmember Hoffman	THB, which is the Bridge District.
01:20:48.74	Councilmember Hoffman	authorized staff to solicit private
01:20:52.22	Councilmember Hoffman	and public sources of additional funding to construct the phases that cannot be paid for with the grant.
01:20:58.26	Councilmember Hoffman	direct the city manager to execute an as needed service contract with SWA
01:21:03.64	Councilmember Hoffman	to coordinate.
01:21:05.30	Councilmember Hoffman	to continue coordination design work
01:21:07.10	Councilmember Hoffman	authorized staff to file permit applications
01:21:10.04	Councilmember Hoffman	and requested that a phasing plan be brought back within 45 days. So those are the minutes that are attached to...
01:21:19.22	Councilmember Hoffman	our February
01:21:23.02	Councilmember Hoffman	Those are the minutes of the February 6th meeting. I think they're attached to the next meeting in March. So that was the direction. I was surprised to see on the...
01:21:32.06	Councilmember Hoffman	consent calendar.
01:21:33.88	Councilmember Hoffman	for our last meeting
01:21:36.16	Councilmember Hoffman	an update.
01:21:37.21	Councilmember Hoffman	from
01:21:38.71	Councilmember Hoffman	the local architects group and staff on phasing, which seemed
01:21:43.05	Councilmember Hoffman	the phases seem to have changed.
01:21:45.81	Councilmember Hoffman	And what's included in the phases seems to have changed from our February 6th meeting in the direction that we gave to staff.
01:21:54.94	Councilmember Hoffman	And so.
01:21:56.81	Councilmember Hoffman	My question to you is,
01:21:59.40	Councilmember Hoffman	twofold.
01:22:00.70	Councilmember Hoffman	One is that we now have things in phase one
01:22:04.43	Councilmember Hoffman	that apparently are not covered by the grant,
01:22:07.61	Councilmember Hoffman	because
01:22:09.03	Councilmember Hoffman	We have a request.
01:22:11.12	Councilmember Hoffman	before us today for another $500,000 from the city to fund phase one, as I understand it.
01:22:19.07	Councilmember Hoffman	We have things that have moved up into phase one that I don't believe were part of
01:22:24.56	Councilmember Hoffman	our discussion at phase one at our
01:22:27.38	Councilmember Hoffman	prior city council meeting which includes
01:22:34.18	Councilmember Hoffman	the installation of the bike return area adjacent to Humboldt Street, that
01:22:38.82	Councilmember Hoffman	Looks like to me that's been elevated up to phase one.
01:22:43.36	Councilmember Hoffman	there's
01:22:45.77	Councilmember Hoffman	the repaving of, I think we just talked about, repaving of the parking lot and the parking lot improvements
01:22:52.87	Councilmember Hoffman	have been taken out of the phasing and out of
01:22:56.52	Councilmember Hoffman	the grant
01:22:57.84	Councilmember Hoffman	altogether.
01:22:59.07	Councilmember Hoffman	and is now added into
01:23:02.58	Councilmember Hoffman	back into our capital improvement project instead of having that as phasing under...
01:23:07.51	Councilmember Hoffman	you know, under the grant.
01:23:11.66	Councilmember Hoffman	Is it other than I think the city manager may have just addressed that, but is there some.
01:23:17.01	Councilmember Hoffman	direction from city council that I don't recall to move these things up in the phasing. The phase two is also a little bit different. We've now included
01:23:29.56	Councilmember Hoffman	Um,
01:23:30.88	Mayor	Let him answer that question. I'm trying to segment the question.
01:23:33.15	Councilmember Hoffman	Well, I'm trying to see if I want to get everything out and then he can answer it.
01:23:36.44	Mayor	Well, then we lose track of what the question is. I'm trying to tighten the questions up in the interest of time and clarity for the people watching at home as well as me. Just understand what the question is. So one question is. Yeah.
01:23:36.46	Councilmember Hoffman	Well,
01:23:38.35	Councilmember Hoffman	I'm trying to take the question.
01:23:42.91	Councilmember Hoffman	as me.
01:23:45.88	Councilmember Hoffman	One question is... Yeah, right now I'm talking about
01:23:48.44	Councilmember Hoffman	phase one and we've we've now
01:23:51.43	Councilmember Hoffman	gone contrary to what the direction of the council was, which is come back to us with
01:23:55.60	Councilmember Hoffman	projects that are covered by the grant.
01:23:58.25	Councilmember Hoffman	and prioritized, you know,
01:24:01.45	Councilmember Hoffman	prioritize in a way that these are
01:24:03.53	Councilmember Hoffman	phase one sort of this project as we move through it.
01:24:06.84	Councilmember Hoffman	Phase two and three,
01:24:09.00	Councilmember Hoffman	you know, we're unfunded, but
01:24:10.99	Councilmember Hoffman	something that we pursue if we found the money right somewhere. And it wasn't like come back to the city for the money. It was find it from other private and public sources, but not the city.
01:24:20.22	Councilmember Hoffman	What we have before is something different from that.
01:24:23.07	Councilmember Hoffman	And so this is our time to look at this and give you feedback. So I mean-
01:24:26.66	Mayor	Actually, we're going to do public comment and then discussion, which is the feedback part. Our tradition is to ask questions from the dais. So just inviting a question.
01:24:33.45	Councilmember Hoffman	That's what I'm trying to get to, but I keep getting interrupted.
01:24:34.75	Mayor	But I can get an interview.
01:24:36.01	Mayor	Well, actually, no, you're having significant time. I know you can ask a tight question. What is your question of Director McGowan?
01:24:41.65	Councilmember Hoffman	I've asked it. I have asked it and I would ask that you not interrupt me while I'm trying to ask staff questions. I know this is complicated stuff, but I have to explain to staff
01:24:52.27	Councilmember Hoffman	the history of this and where we're at, or nobody's gonna understand my question.
01:24:57.40	Councilmember Hoffman	So I don't know how you can understand my question if you don't understand my concern with what the council approved on February 6th,
01:25:04.35	Councilmember Hoffman	what we got at the last city council meeting on february on march 19th on the consent calendar which seems to be a departure from the february 6 direction and now we still have something different again
01:25:14.91	Councilmember Hoffman	before us tonight.
01:25:16.26	Councilmember Hoffman	with a removal
01:25:18.86	Councilmember Hoffman	of a significant.
01:25:20.38	Councilmember Hoffman	spend that I was anticipating would be under the grant
01:25:24.98	Councilmember Hoffman	plus an additional ask for $500,000.
01:25:27.69	Councilmember Hoffman	So
01:25:29.76	Councilmember Hoffman	Do you have a mind, like how did we get here and
01:25:32.88	Councilmember Hoffman	and i i'm i'm perplexed because none of this was at the direction of the council and now all of a sudden we've got this in front of us as part of our cip request to the tune of another 1.6 million dollars out of the general fund of sausalito
01:25:48.27	Councilmember Hoffman	That's the question. How did we get here?
01:25:50.35	Mayor	Questions, how did we get here, Director McGowan? Could you please tell us how did we get here?
01:25:51.73	Councilmember Hoffman	Thank you.
01:25:54.57	Mayor	Thank you.
01:25:54.58	Kevin McGowan	Yes. So those are all great questions. And I just want to say thank you. They are, this is a complex project. And with so many different stakeholders being involved with it, the local professionals group and others, we have SWA now involved, as well as our design team, things are moving rather quickly. The latest estimates are
01:26:17.33	Kevin McGowan	Sorry, the latest estimates from SWA, which included the improvements next to Humboldt, had the estimate for the construction that exceeded the budget.
01:26:28.42	Kevin McGowan	So I came back to SWA saying, okay, how do we phase this?
01:26:32.87	Kevin McGowan	And the the reaction that I got from SWA, as well as the local professionals group, was that you can't segregate that. You can't split it up.
01:26:42.00	Kevin McGowan	So what we were planning to do was to bring this item back to you and at the council
01:26:47.40	Kevin McGowan	Next meeting. We just haven't gotten there yet. In order to give you an update on these specific issues, you had brought up the resurfacing of the parking lot. Originally, if you recall, we were we had something in there for putting a micro seal down.
01:27:02.49	Kevin McGowan	And it's just a thin coat. The idea is so that the striping will pop out and it will make things look better.
01:27:07.65	Kevin McGowan	But the parking lot is in really bad shape based off of the root systems from the trees themselves. Putting a micro seal down won't do much. It won't last long either. So the original...
01:27:19.62	Kevin McGowan	estimates that we had included a cost for micro ceiling. So taking that out and putting it back into the main project may help.
01:27:28.27	Kevin McGowan	Now, the intent of this entire project, stepping back and looking at not just the Ferry Plaza and these other connectivity pieces, when you look at that parking lot, it does need resurfacing. So I've placed another project on the list, which you have called out, which I appreciate. I know you read my report. So thank you very much. But at the same time, what we're trying to do is look at a bigger picture right now. I don't think that we necessarily have to approve this. This is just a recommendation for the budget and we can work our way through this if you don't think it needs to be included. So I'm not sure if I've answered every one of your questions, but it is complex.
01:28:08.82	Councilmember Hoffman	No, you've solved part of the mystery.
01:28:11.22	Councilmember Hoffman	So then the next thing is, let me ask you about phase two then. And phase two is now...
01:28:18.02	Councilmember Hoffman	the elevation of Tracy way to the same as the adjacent walking surfaces. And my recollection is from,
01:28:25.46	Councilmember Hoffman	on the February 6th meeting, we specifically did not include that.
01:28:30.09	Councilmember Hoffman	that that was something that was to be nice to have if we could find the funds from someplace other than
01:28:35.18	Councilmember Hoffman	our city budget, but now it's back in
01:28:37.33	Councilmember Hoffman	And it appears to be raised up from phase three to phase two.
01:28:40.70	Councilmember Hoffman	it.
01:28:41.85	Councilmember Hoffman	I may be wrong on that, but it seems to me that the phases have, as you've explained and agree, the phases have moved around from when we
01:28:49.14	Council Member Kellman	I think you got approval. I remember that.
01:28:49.29	Councilmember Hoffman	You're right on that.
01:28:52.09	Councilmember Hoffman	So, okay, so mystery solved on that, I suppose too. Is that, can you tell me, or I guess the question is how did that phasing change occur?
01:29:04.77	Kevin McGowan	Basically, it's been the interaction between the local professionals group
01:29:08.97	Kevin McGowan	and the design team as well. So I'm not too sure if we have decided that these phases are set in stone right now. We still want to bring it back to the council and seek your guidance. So we were thinking of bringing it back next council meeting.
01:29:23.55	Councilmember Hoffman	Okay. Okay. Got it. Thank you. And thank you for that explanation. So I don't think I have any further questions about this project. I had one other one that I was going to talk about too. We talked about the Ridgway bike lane. We talked about now we've talked about this.
01:29:39.38	Councilmember Hoffman	And of course, during our discussion, I'll have some further comments,
01:29:43.02	Councilmember Hoffman	And then
01:29:45.06	Councilmember Hoffman	I think this might be a question for
01:29:48.83	Councilmember Hoffman	This might be, I think this is a question for our city attorney.
01:29:54.95	Councilmember Hoffman	I'm not clear.
01:29:57.08	Councilmember Hoffman	because I saw the map and thank you for the maps on the active projects and the new projects, right?
01:30:03.41	Councilmember Hoffman	I can see from the map, although I don't know what those projects are, and I don't know how to correlate.
01:30:07.69	Councilmember Hoffman	They are, there are some that are absolutely within 500 feet of my house. And there are some that are within a thousand feet of my house. So I'm not sure Sergio...
01:30:17.70	Councilmember Hoffman	how I can remain compliant with the ethical rules.
01:30:22.17	Councilmember Hoffman	Um,
01:30:23.32	Councilmember Hoffman	with regard to
01:30:24.97	Councilmember Hoffman	with regard to those projects because I you know I don't want to prove something that's you know I mean I don't want to be engaged in improving something that that's within 500 feet of my house if it's
01:30:36.04	Councilmember Hoffman	going to run counter to the ethical rules.
01:30:38.74	Sergio	Yeah, I mean, if the projects involves street repair or existing infrastructure repair maintenance, you know, I think you can safely participate. I also do not know which projects are within 500 or 1000 feet of your house is the issue. So I can't tell you that you're fine to participate.
01:30:57.12	Sergio	You know, maybe Kevin knows standing there.
01:31:02.37	Councilmember Hoffman	Maybe I'll just recuse from the vote. Maybe. I don't know if I need to recuse from the discussion as well. Right. Maybe. Maybe.
01:31:02.40	Sergio	Maybe I
01:31:03.28	Sergio	project as well.
01:31:09.47	Sergio	If you need to recuse, you have to recuse from the discussion and the bill as well. Yeah.
01:31:12.19	Councilmember Hoffman	HAPPENING.
01:31:15.06	Councilmember Hoffman	So.
01:31:15.56	Sergio	Thank you.
01:31:15.98	Councilmember Hoffman	Okay, then I'll do that out of abundance of safety because we don't have the map and I don't know what the projects are and nobody knows what the projects are.
01:31:21.65	Councilmember Hoffman	I'll just step out when we get to after public comment, right? After public comment.
01:31:26.19	Sergio	Thank you.
01:31:26.50	Councilmember Hoffman	Thank you.
01:31:27.36	Sergio	I mean, I would, once you guys are done asking questions, if you're going to recuse from the entire agenda item, I would recuse and step down now.
01:31:35.56	Councilmember Hoffman	That's fine. I'll do that.
01:31:39.14	Sergio	And then, you know, additionally,
01:31:42.11	Sergio	Councilmember Blaustein, I would also step down now if we're done with Councilmember questions and then we take public comment and then you'd segment the decision by making the decision with respect to the bollards project.
01:31:53.63	Councilmember Boston	I just want to, I mean, I'm a renter, so that's why I wouldn't recuse myself from the, anyway, just to clarify the recusal from 221 versus the recusal in general.
01:32:06.19	Council Member Kellman	I'm sorry, so wait, Joe, I already recused the whole program.
01:32:09.83	Councilmember Hoffman	because I can look at the map and I can see that there are projects within 500 feet of my house and 1,000 feet of my house, as there are for other council members, by the way.
01:32:16.82	Unknown	by the way.
01:32:17.48	Unknown	Thank you.
01:32:17.53	Unknown	Yeah.
01:32:18.03	Councilmember Hoffman	And I don't know what those projects are. So how can I know if I'm compliant with the ethical rules and our city attorney doesn't know.
01:32:25.49	Councilmember Hoffman	And so.
01:32:26.71	Councilmember Hoffman	how would I then therefore comply? The answer from our city attorney is I can't.
01:32:31.65	Councilmember Hoffman	So the safest thing for me to do
01:32:33.43	Councilmember Hoffman	as a council member, is just to recuse
01:32:36.12	Councilmember Hoffman	from the whole discussion,
01:32:37.46	Councilmember Hoffman	which I'm happy to do. And so...
01:32:40.41	Clark	He,
01:32:41.03	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you.
01:32:41.05	Councilmember Hoffman	Thank you.
01:32:41.07	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you.
01:32:41.20	Councilmember Kelman	But most of the projects stay. For example, Coloma Street, pedestrian improvements. Dunphy Park, phase two.
01:32:48.44	Councilmember Kelman	Bridgeway, you know, a lot of
01:32:49.96	Councilmember Hoffman	lot of them. I understand the difference between ongoing maintenance of streets. These are not that's not what these are.
01:32:55.58	Councilmember Hoffman	So, and by the way, I can't tell.
01:32:58.59	Councilmember Hoffman	And nobody here sitting here can tell me that.
01:33:01.93	Sergio	Yeah, so we could stand to decision so that you...
01:33:02.90	Councilmember Hoffman	We could-
01:33:06.30	Sergio	don't participate in the projects that are within a thousand feet of your house.
01:33:10.08	Councilmember Hoffman	Right.
01:33:10.35	Sergio	if we can identify what those are very quickly.
01:33:13.52	Unknown	Yeah.
01:33:13.67	Unknown	And I think Kevin can do that. Can you run through the proposed project?
01:33:16.35	Councilmember Hoffman	Well, I think there's one project that's the stoplights.
01:33:17.05	Kevin McGowan	of the
01:33:20.10	Kevin McGowan	That's new. I can tell you. That's the maintenance project. We had one that fell down. We want to put another one up. You put a new one up. Yeah. That's maintenance.
01:33:20.89	Councilmember Hoffman	I can tell you're right there.
01:33:24.66	Councilmember Hoffman	They put a new one up. Yeah. What about the street resurfacing in front of my house?
01:33:28.40	Kevin McGowan	Thank you.
01:33:28.47	Unknown	It's,
01:33:28.59	Kevin McGowan	maintenance
01:33:29.01	Kevin McGowan	Thank you.
01:33:29.03	Unknown	Thank you.
01:33:31.02	Unknown	Kevin, can you run through the projects proposed to the council?
01:33:32.86	Councilmember Hoffman	Are you going to be there, all the council members, or just me?
01:33:36.15	Councilmember Hoffman	I like all
01:33:36.98	Kevin McGowan	All of you.
01:33:37.53	Council Member Kellman	Thank you.
01:33:38.46	Councilmember Hoffman	Well, I think that's right. I think that's the way to go. I don't want to sit here. Yeah, I would just say, Mayor,
01:33:39.46	Council Member Kellman	I THINK
01:33:43.02	Council Member Kellman	Mayor, I just think that given the concerns raised, and we deduce the housing element, I don't think it would be appropriate for one member to recuse based on that and the others of us not have that conversation. So I don't know if we need to take a quick break or how we wanna do this, but I think we should be consistent on the council.
01:34:03.99	Unknown	Mayor, I'd make a recommendation. Let Kevin read the projects, and then people can determine themselves what they are, if they're close to them, and then if they think that there is potential for a conflict, then they can be aware and take appropriate actions.
01:34:15.01	Mayor	There are a lot of projects on the CIP that have been published. They were part of the staff report. The map was there. The presentation is there. We've all had access to that information. I know we've all studied it, and we all know where we live, and we all did get our conflict maps from the city attorney. I have mine.
01:34:27.80	Mayor	and I'm sure everyone has theirs, actually.
01:34:30.34	Councilmember Hoffman	When did you get your map?
01:34:31.31	Mayor	when I was elected to city council.
01:34:33.64	Councilmember Hoffman	Oh, when you were like, so, but not a recent one.
01:34:36.63	Mayor	Well, the 500 feet doesn't change. The circle stays the same. I still live in the same place.
01:34:40.49	Councilmember Hoffman	It doesn't, but we don't have a new and updated one for all the council members.
01:34:40.91	Mayor	Thank you.
01:34:41.15	Mayor	So we don't have any...
01:34:43.72	Councilmember Kelman	But all he's looking for is direction on 14 projects and any additional projects we may identify. But the staff report lists 14 projects recommended for the afternoon.
01:34:45.59	Councilmember Hoffman	Thank you.
01:34:45.61	Mayor	So.
01:34:45.89	Councilmember Hoffman	TODAY.
01:34:47.70	Mayor	and it's...
01:34:47.97	Councilmember Hoffman	Thank you.
01:34:53.74	Mayor	So the conflict of interest rules are complicated. It's the liability, of course, of the individual, not the city. And so individuals need to make their choices about whether they accrues themselves. They are complex, as the city attorney can speak to. There are a variety of exceptions, some of which he has named. There's another one he did not mention, which is the public generally exception, which applies for when projects influence a percentage of the community in general. And so everyone, I would hope by in advance of this meeting, would have considered their conflicts and have declared them as Councilmember Blaustein did, so that we can narrowly exclude ourselves from those that we have a financial conflict of interest in.
01:35:34.78	Mayor	Councilmember Kellerman.
01:35:35.59	Councilmember Hoffman	Yeah, that's my point. We've gone over this. We have maps of things that are going on.
01:35:42.36	Councilmember Hoffman	If you don't, you know,
01:35:44.33	Councilmember Hoffman	There's no numbering on the map, so there's no correlation between, okay, this project is blah, blah, blah.
01:35:50.12	Councilmember Hoffman	And so we've already established that we haven't been provided with that. The only, the only way to cure it, I suppose, is as someone said for us to sit here and have them, have the staff go through it.
01:36:01.26	Councilmember Hoffman	You know, I don't, anyway.
01:36:02.93	Councilmember Kelman	If he just goes through 14 projects and says which of those are not maintenance, then that narrows down the field tremendously to potential projects for which you might have to recuse yourself. Yeah. So shall we just do? Yes, please. Council members. So marine ship vault water storage.
01:36:13.88	Clark	Yeah. So,
01:36:16.78	Kevin McGowan	Council members, I have that. I'll just run through. There's only three that I can tell from the new list that are new projects. That's the first one, the Marin Ship Vault Water Storage. That's a new project. That's located down off of Marin Ship itself.
01:36:35.70	Councilmember Hoffman	What's the address for that? By Bracel?
01:36:37.00	Councilmember Kelman	That's...
01:36:38.47	Kevin McGowan	Yes.
01:36:39.04	Councilmember Hoffman	It's Viber Call for Cripp.
01:36:39.68	Kevin McGowan	Fiber Kale plumbing.
01:36:40.95	Councilmember Kelman	for Calponis.
01:36:41.59	Councilmember Hoffman	Yeah, okay, I'm out. Yeah, that's 500 feet of my house, I believe.
01:36:43.24	Kevin McGowan	Thank you.
01:36:46.25	Kevin McGowan	Gabrielson Park permanent stage.
01:36:50.03	Kevin McGowan	And then the last one for new projects is Bridgeway Improvements, Easterby to B Street.
01:36:55.49	Councilmember Hoffman	That's my street. East from B2B. That would be me as well, probably. Okay, so...
01:37:01.42	Kevin McGowan	The rest of these are generally maintenance, all maintenance projects.
01:37:05.74	Councilmember Kelman	Please.
01:37:06.19	Pat Zook	to be.
01:37:07.41	Councilmember Kelman	And then if we do talk about bollards as a possible addition, which you raised, or some of the other. So the Planning Commission recommended three additions.
01:37:12.60	Kevin McGowan	Yes.
01:37:18.21	Kevin McGowan	Yeah, they had new trees. So new trees on Caledonia.
01:37:25.21	Councilmember Boston	I don't mean to create a problem for the council. It's just that 221 Bridgeway is my house. And so out of an abundance of any sort of exemption, I would like to recuse for any discussion about 221 Bridgeway. The others, I'm happy to stay. But anyway, I don't know how to.
01:37:36.13	Councilmember Kelman	Yeah.
01:37:40.95	Councilmember Kelman	So the G-H-A-D, Kevin, is throughout town, right?
01:37:44.78	Kevin McGowan	G-H-G.
01:37:45.51	Councilmember Kelman	The geological... Yeah.
01:37:46.81	Kevin McGowan	Yes.
01:37:47.22	Councilmember Kelman	City-wide. So that's public generally. That's not. And then Caledonia Street tree installation. Yep.
01:37:47.48	Kevin McGowan	That's what he wants.
01:37:50.07	Kevin McGowan	That's you.
01:37:53.58	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you.
01:37:53.85	Councilmember Kelman	I don't know if that affects you.
01:37:56.06	Councilmember Kelman	and then MLK floor replacement.
01:37:58.39	Kevin McGowan	That's maintenance.
01:37:59.52	Councilmember Kelman	there's maintenance
01:38:01.22	Council Member Kellman	Okay, same with the city hall and then I'm in 500 feet of city hall.
01:38:06.32	Mayor	All right.
01:38:07.38	Mayor	Okay.
01:38:07.65	Mayor	So let's take public comment now. City Clerk, would you please open for public comment?
01:38:13.91	Councilmember Hoffman	City Attorney, can we stay here during public comment?
01:38:18.33	Councilmember Hoffman	I know I'm going to re-keys on three.
01:38:21.07	Councilmember Hoffman	I think.
01:38:22.70	Councilmember Hoffman	from the-
01:38:23.19	Councilmember Hoffman	what
01:38:24.09	Councilmember Hoffman	I understood you to say that if we were recusing on anything, we needed to step out for public comment. Of course, we can watch it on our computers.
01:38:32.56	Councilmember Hoffman	Thank you.
01:38:32.63	Sergio	Yeah.
01:38:32.68	Unknown	Yeah.
01:38:32.78	Clark	Yeah.
01:38:32.90	Councilmember Hoffman	Thank you.
01:38:32.95	Clark	Thank you.
01:38:33.81	Sergio	Let me typically the way that you would segment a public decision.
01:38:39.46	Sergio	is you announce your recusal on the items that you'd like to recuse from.
01:38:46.84	Sergio	And you step off of the dais.
01:38:50.68	Sergio	And let me just pull up the regulation so I don't misquote it.
01:38:59.29	Councilmember Hoffman	He's for me to be.
01:39:01.58	Councilmember Hoffman	Yeah.
01:39:02.56	Councilmember Hoffman	No, that's not right.
01:39:02.92	Sergio	You have to leave the dais when you recuse. I'm segmenting the decision.
01:39:17.51	Sergio	So what is our segmentation regulation saying?
01:39:21.97	Sergio	Um,
01:39:33.06	Sergio	So as a practical matter,
01:39:36.06	Sergio	I think...
01:39:37.49	Sergio	You guys being present for public comment is likely to be substantial compliance with the requirement.
01:39:48.24	Sergio	But, yeah.
01:39:49.14	Councilmember Hoffman	I'm happy to...
01:39:50.34	Councilmember Kelman	LOOKING AT THE
01:39:50.50	Councilmember Hoffman	Thank you.
01:39:50.60	Councilmember Kelman	I'll watch it on my computer.
01:39:51.77	Councilmember Hoffman	Thank you.
01:39:52.11	Councilmember Kelman	Can we just ask if any member of the public intends to comment on the marine ship fault water storage?
01:39:58.98	Councilmember Kelman	Or the...
01:40:02.84	Mayor	Because we have everyone online. It's not a practical solution to pull all the public speakers on this matter.
01:40:11.45	Councilmember Hoffman	I'll benefit from that.
01:40:15.55	Councilmember Hoffman	I mean, thoughts on that?
01:40:15.97	Councilmember Boston	Thank you.
01:40:16.27	Councilmember Boston	I'm going to go watch.
01:40:16.78	Sergio	I mean, you can step down off the dais and watch it in the room.
01:40:20.49	Sergio	Like that's the regulation does allow that. So you just if you're going to recuse from items, you step down off the dais, you can watch from the room.
01:40:27.31	Sergio	Um,
01:40:28.29	Sergio	And basically, you deal with the decisions where people have recusals
01:40:33.40	Sergio	first
01:40:34.92	Sergio	And then you would deal with the remaining discussion afterwards, after everybody gets back to the dice.
01:40:40.93	Councilmember Boston	And, Sergio, just for the interest of the public, can you explain why, as a renter, I would not recuse from the Bridgeway bike lane issue versus...
01:40:53.94	Sergio	in.
01:40:54.95	Sergio	David Ensign, I mean typically I would suspect that bridgeway bike lane issue again that's probably still going to fit within the exemption for. David Ensign, repairs replacement and maintenance of existing streets water sewer storm drainage and similar facilities, secondly, even if it doesn't fit within that you know there's a requirement the.
01:41:10.34	Unknown	Second.
01:41:10.48	Unknown	Bye.
01:41:10.56	Unknown	I'm not sure.
01:41:15.94	Sergio	typical requirements with respect to leasehold interest is that, you know,
01:41:20.36	Sergio	It has to change the determination date of the lease. I don't see how a project would do that. It has to increase or decrease the potential rental value of the property. Or it has to change the actual or legally allowed use of the real property or impact your use of enjoyment of the real property and
01:41:38.23	Sergio	Again, I suspect that
01:41:40.88	Sergio	You know, it,
01:41:42.54	Sergio	Of course, anyone can debate anything, but the likelihood of any of those happening seems very low with respect to a project that involves bike lanes.
01:41:52.43	Councilmember Kelman	Plus, we're not deciding on bike lanes tonight. Okay. Great. Thank you. We're not deciding on bike lanes tonight.
01:41:55.61	Council Member Kellman	We're not deciding on bike.
01:41:57.42	Council Member Kellman	I'm sorry, I just have to state. So city attorney, Sergio, I've stated that I need to recuse from the Easter B2B project
01:42:00.49	Councilmember Kelman	to try to preserve
01:42:07.53	Council Member Kellman	I'm within 500 feet, but if I do that and leave, we won't have a quorum.
01:42:12.98	Councilmember Kelman	Do we need a quorum to listen to public comments?
01:42:15.27	Council Member Kellman	That's my question.
01:42:17.16	Council Member Kellman	I would think so in order to have the publicly...
01:42:20.02	Council Member Kellman	Conducted meeting.
01:42:21.22	Sergio	Yeah, if you guys have a project where you can't reach a quorum, then the right thing that the clerk is supposed to do is draw a name out of a hat for the purpose of making a decision on that project.
01:42:31.19	Councilmember Kelman	It's a different question, Sergio. There are three people on the dais who are considering leaving the
01:42:31.24	Sergio	So.
01:42:36.13	Councilmember Kelman	during public comment because public comment could involve one
01:42:40.44	Councilmember Kelman	or more of the projects they're recusing themselves from if three people leave the dais we won't have a majority of people on the dais hearing public but vice mayor
01:42:48.38	Council Member Kellman	Councilmember Blossin and I just tag team and maybe the maybe to move things along members of the public will will help us figure out if you intend to talk about one or the other please let us know and we will enter and exit as appropriate to maintain the meeting would that be okay for people just nod so we can move along.
01:43:07.70	Council Member Kellman	Is that okay with my fellow members? Yeah. Okay, is that okay with you?
01:43:11.44	Councilmember Hoffman	So we need to state our recusals now, right?
01:43:13.56	Councilmember Hoffman	Okay, so we're choosing on the...
01:43:13.73	Council Member Kellman	Yikes.
01:43:14.00	Dr. Pfeiffer	Thank you.
01:43:16.40	Councilmember Hoffman	We're in ship.
01:43:17.31	Councilmember Hoffman	Vault Water Storage Project and the Bridgeway
01:43:22.02	Councilmember Hoffman	Project Easterby to B Street.
01:43:27.21	Babette	Great.
01:43:28.56	Council Member Kellman	Okay, so I think the question is that when you come to the dais, if you're going to talk about Easter B2B, please let me know so I can step off the dais. If it's going to be the bollards, please let Councilman Blassey know so she can step off the dais. Thank you. Thank you for your help with that.
01:43:43.23	Mayor	Are we ready for public comment, city clerk?
01:43:45.56	Sandra Bushmaker	Oh, yeah.
01:43:48.31	Sandra Bushmaker	All right. Jan Johnson...
01:43:51.68	Sandra Bushmaker	Followed by Carolyn Revell.
01:43:56.71	Jan Johnson	honored everybody.
01:44:00.68	Jan Johnson	The staff report was confusing to a mere lay person because it made it appear that you were going to vote on
01:44:07.66	Jan Johnson	than Bridgeway median.
01:44:10.28	Jan Johnson	And there was $135,000 listed in the budget. So that's why I'm here.
01:44:16.98	Jan Johnson	I,
01:44:18.98	Jan Johnson	I think I understand that you
01:44:20.93	Jan Johnson	did not want to remove the median, but she directed the consultants to study other designs. I guess the question is, what other designs were intended and was that other design intended to keep the median?
01:44:38.00	Jan Johnson	I've lived in Old Town for 31 years. From my perspective, that median is essential for me to be able to safely get across Bridgeway. If I'm standing in the middle of the street with two dogs on a double yellow line with cars zooming in both directions, either I or my pets are going to die.
01:44:57.39	Jan Johnson	Yeah.
01:44:57.65	Jan Johnson	So we currently use it as you cross one lane, you wait until the traffic's clear on the other lane and you can get across safely.
01:45:07.72	Jan Johnson	I think if you read Mr. Gabbert's letter, and there is another letter from a lady who
01:45:13.05	Jan Johnson	grew up in strawberry who knew Bridgeway premedian.
01:45:16.85	Jan Johnson	without that median
01:45:18.98	Jan Johnson	Old Town is not reachable many times. Every minute delay in responding to a cardiac arrest increases mortality significantly. And if the person survives, it decreases their mental capacity significantly. And the fire data shows that every minute delay in responding to a fire increases home loss and property loss. We've got to keep the emergency lane open, in my humble opinion. As to, you want to step down off the
01:45:50.70	Jan Johnson	Desk. I'm afraid you're not.
01:45:51.31	Mayor	I'm afraid you have four seconds or so.
01:45:54.18	Jan Johnson	I've seen two cars put their front ends through the living room. We're out of time.
01:45:59.04	Mayor	We're out of time.
01:45:59.22	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you.
01:45:59.26	Jan Johnson	Thank you.
01:45:59.27	Councilmember Kelman	Bye.
01:45:59.93	Sandra Bushmaker	Carolyn Rubelle followed by Jane Hook.
01:46:00.54	Councilmember Kelman	I'm not sure.
01:46:00.66	Councilmember Kelman	I'm going to go.
01:46:01.50	Councilmember Kelman	Yeah.
01:46:02.07	Mayor	Thank you.
01:46:02.12	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you.
01:46:02.21	Councilmember Kelman	said she needed to leave. She needed to step down before Jan made her comment and Jan still had four seconds.
01:46:08.34	Mayor	She's made her comment. She's going to say it again.
01:46:09.74	Councilmember Kelman	I couldn't hear her comment because of the commotion.
01:46:10.88	Mayor	All right.
01:46:12.34	Mayor	All right.
01:46:13.31	Mayor	Let's go through those steps.
01:46:15.96	Jan Johnson	and then,
01:46:16.03	Mayor	to that. Hang on. You got to wait. Wait until she leaves the room, Jan.
01:46:17.31	Jan Johnson	Wait.
01:46:17.41	Councilmember Kelman	Apparently.
01:46:17.85	Jan Johnson	She's a great person.
01:46:17.95	Kevin McGowan	Yeah.
01:46:18.24	Clark	Yeah.
01:46:19.03	Jan Johnson	She could sit in the room in another chair.
01:46:24.15	Jan Johnson	Oh.
01:46:26.36	Mayor	I got to say, honestly,
01:46:27.77	Councilmember Kelman	Sergio, is she supposed to leave the room?
01:46:29.97	Mayor	Honestly, this is a mockery of city government. You have to say, I don't understand how we can have three attorneys on the dais and have this kind of mockery of public comment. I just don't get it. So please put four seconds back on the clock for Ms. Johnson.
01:46:33.38	Councilmember Kelman	Oh yeah.
01:46:33.61	Unknown	and then,
01:46:45.19	Sandra Bushmaker	Four seconds. I'll just count it from two minutes to get on to them.
01:46:48.26	Mayor	All right, thank you. Please go, can you please have the floor, Vice Mayor?
01:46:48.28	Sandra Bushmaker	of the
01:46:48.56	Sandra Bushmaker	Thank you. Please go, Tammy.
01:46:52.41	Councilmember Kelman	May I, a point of order, must we leave the room or must, or is it okay for her to be in the room?
01:46:53.38	Mayor	All right, when the morning.
01:46:58.61	Sergio	You can be in the room and observe it from the area reserved for members of the public.
01:47:02.56	Councilmember Kelman	All right, for areas of reserve to the members of the public, so you have to go out to the
01:47:13.84	Mayor	Ms. Johnson, please go right ahead.
01:47:16.78	Jan Johnson	two cars in the living room of that building in 25 years, fully into the living room. Thank you very much.
01:47:23.06	Sandra Bushmaker	Thank you.
01:47:24.34	Sandra Bushmaker	Thank you.
01:47:26.23	Sandra Bushmaker	Our next speaker is Carolyn Revell, followed by Jane Hook.
01:47:30.57	Carolyn Revelle	I'm not going to be talking about anything for which you need to recuse yourself.
01:47:35.09	Carolyn Revelle	I'm Carolyn Revelle representing Sausalito Beautiful.
01:47:38.01	Carolyn Revelle	As you review the CIP, I'd like to highlight the issue of funding for street trees.
01:47:42.82	Carolyn Revelle	We ask your support to replace the dying calorie pairs on Bridgeway.
01:47:46.97	Carolyn Revelle	and to add CIP funding.
01:47:49.06	Carolyn Revelle	for planting on Caledonia Street. The Planning Commission, as you heard, recommended both projects at their last meeting.
01:47:56.34	Carolyn Revelle	Most of the CIP items you've been hearing, of course, relate to traditional infrastructure, but the general plan includes landscape as infrastructure,
01:48:03.90	Carolyn Revelle	both community design and, and, uh,
01:48:06.06	Carolyn Revelle	and that sustainability element's
01:48:07.73	Carolyn Revelle	The plan notes the environmental benefit of trees to improve air quality,
01:48:11.34	Carolyn Revelle	Hump.
01:48:11.88	Carolyn Revelle	carbon sequestration and increased shade,
01:48:14.81	Carolyn Revelle	very important during climate change,
01:48:16.65	Carolyn Revelle	and recommends identifying opportunities to expand the tree canopy. The general plan also advocates...
01:48:23.62	Carolyn Revelle	enhancing the pedestrian-oriented streetscape on both Bridgeway and Caledonia.
01:48:27.93	Carolyn Revelle	what street trees do. And as you know, Sausalito Beautiful has been working for several years to add trees on Caledonia. We've added about 20 trees.
01:48:36.94	Carolyn Revelle	Six of them most recently we paid for ourselves. We can't really afford to do that as a nonprofit. We need to be partners with the city on future tree planting.
01:48:46.37	Carolyn Revelle	Down on Bridgeway, the calorie pairs are dying, which is why we need to replace them.
01:48:51.64	Carolyn Revelle	So I think I've made the point we'd like to have the funding for both Caledonia and Bridgeway Trees.
01:48:56.68	Carolyn Revelle	One other item that I didn't prepare
01:48:59.26	Carolyn Revelle	But as we've heard about the different park projects,
01:49:01.86	Carolyn Revelle	To me, it seems we really need to have a park master plan to be sure that
01:49:05.94	Carolyn Revelle	all the different park recommendations
01:49:08.07	Carolyn Revelle	fit into a plan.
01:49:09.64	Carolyn Revelle	And the very interesting idea of a stage
01:49:12.24	Carolyn Revelle	in Gabrielson Park.
01:49:13.96	Carolyn Revelle	I want to be sure, of course, that you have a designer involved.
01:49:17.93	Carolyn Revelle	in the location of that
01:49:19.63	Carolyn Revelle	stage with the view of the bay in mind.
01:49:23.09	Carolyn Revelle	Thank you very much.
01:49:24.83	Mayor	Thank you.
01:49:25.03	Sandra Bushmaker	Thank you.
01:49:25.70	Sandra Bushmaker	All right, Jane Hook followed by...
01:49:30.45	Sandra Bushmaker	Peter Brozick.
01:49:33.43	Sandra Bushmaker	Jane Hook's gone. All right. So Peter Brozig.
01:49:39.37	Sandra Bushmaker	Peter?
01:49:40.05	Sandra Bushmaker	Nope.
01:49:40.98	Sandra Bushmaker	Jan Kujewski.
01:49:45.28	Sandra Bushmaker	Thank you.
01:49:45.31	Linda Pfeiffer	Thank you.
01:49:45.92	Sandra Bushmaker	Thank you.
01:49:45.94	Unknown	Thank you.
01:49:49.40	Sandra Bushmaker	I have a lot of snips. I'm going through them right now. Was Jane Hook or Peter Brzezik here?
01:49:55.66	Sandra Bushmaker	Oh.
01:49:56.20	Sandra Bushmaker	All right, Jang Krijalski.
01:49:59.98	Sandra Bushmaker	You can't hear me? I'll be louder. Sorry about that.
01:50:05.14	Sandra Bushmaker	Okay.
01:50:07.79	Sandra Bushmaker	See, I don't recognize those names.
01:50:10.71	Sandra Bushmaker	Maybe they got mixed from the Panic Commission one. Yeah, I think these got mixed over here.
01:50:15.72	Sandra Bushmaker	All right. This makes it easier. All right. So there's no...
01:50:19.59	Sandra Bushmaker	Those people aren't there. So Peter Van Meter.
01:50:29.65	Peter Van Meter	Thank you there's a lot of clarification needed here tonight on the ferry landing improvement project, first of all, there is no phasing whatever suggested on February 6. direction was go figure out what it's going to cost and then decide what phasing might be required so there's no phasing at all secondly.
01:50:47.94	Peter Van Meter	They,
01:50:48.53	Peter Van Meter	Parking lot reconstruction was never included in the grant.
01:50:52.56	Peter Van Meter	And I'll read you that language just for the benefit of the public and people here. It only talks about modifications.
01:50:58.69	Peter Van Meter	to improve circulation.
01:51:00.19	Peter Van Meter	and increase the size of the plaza.
01:51:02.11	Peter Van Meter	Specifically.
01:51:03.29	Peter Van Meter	This project will modify an existing city-owned vehicle parking lot to better delineate the areas for vehicle, pedestrian, and bikeless uses and to improve circulation in this highly congested area. By modifying the parking lot, the project will be able to increase the area available to stage and process ferry passengers and bicycles, and will provide space to allow for rearranging the existing facilities in the promenade to optimize vehicle, pedestrian, and bicycle flow. In other words, the only reference in the grant
01:51:37.99	Peter Van Meter	From October 10th, 2017.
01:51:41.38	Peter Van Meter	in the pass-through agreement,
01:51:43.03	Peter Van Meter	is relative to what I just said. There's nothing ever been about reconstructing of the parking lot. So staff is right to propose these as two separate projects. You have in your plan to move this very landing project ahead to drawings by August, have it out to bid and under construction and to be completed by December. That's in your plan.
01:52:04.28	Peter Van Meter	So you need to move that forward to meet those dates. If we have a problem with BCD approval on this, we need to have staff be directed to go directly to the staff at BCDC and move that forward on their agenda and get the permits that are required to move this project forward.
01:52:21.44	Peter Van Meter	Thank you.
01:52:22.94	Sandra Bushmaker	Alice Merrill.
01:52:31.99	Ms. Merrill	Hello. Thank you. I live at 117 Caledonia. I have
01:52:38.13	Ms. Merrill	two sort of three things. One is
01:52:41.66	Ms. Merrill	the,
01:52:42.32	Ms. Merrill	This whole thing about the median strip and do it or not do it or what's it going to look like.
01:52:48.73	Ms. Merrill	We need to have a citywide meeting. We need to have the people who are affected by this to be able to know, what is it that we're talking about? And do we like it or not? And I get it that we don't really know what we're doing.
01:53:05.38	Ms. Merrill	But,
01:53:06.68	Ms. Merrill	To have it buried in the agenda, it doesn't make any sense to me. And I don't like it.
01:53:17.50	Ms. Merrill	It's got to be more transparent. It's just got to be. There was a deal about the ferry landing parking in the South City Yacht Harbor, and it was a
01:53:29.23	Ms. Merrill	It was a letter of intent. Did that ever come about? Is there going to actually be
01:53:34.14	Ms. Merrill	extra parking in there or not.
01:53:37.51	Ms. Merrill	Or was that just to get it through? And then we'll just ignore that part because that's important. That's a lot of spaces that we talked about and we were assured that we would be getting those extra spaces. Okay. And, um,
01:53:54.27	Ms. Merrill	The other thing is, speaking of trees, we have some very diseased trees outside where I live on Tourney Street, and they were supposed to be cut down.
01:54:05.78	Ms. Merrill	because they're really just dropping horrible stuff down on any car that's there.
01:54:11.06	Ms. Merrill	And there was a sign to cut them down and it said these will be cut down and it didn't say why it didn't say they're diseased it didn't say we've had discussions they just said they're being people complain why are you cutting down trees, so they just didn't do it. And so then.
01:54:27.09	Ms. Merrill	How does that ever happen?
01:54:28.90	Ms. Merrill	You know, those are my questions. Thank you.
01:54:33.07	Sandra Bushmaker	Thank you.
01:54:33.08	Ms. Merrill	No.
01:54:33.19	Ms. Merrill	Thank you.
01:54:33.30	Ms. Merrill	speaker is a
01:54:34.03	Sandra Bushmaker	Sean O'Brockett.
01:54:43.33	Sharna Brockett	Thanks so much.
01:54:45.74	Sharna Brockett	I'm Sharna Brockett. I'm a resident here in Sausalito.
01:54:48.81	Sharna Brockett	I just want to emphasize, I'm really excited about this ferry landing project, the Landside Project, and I think you have heard
01:54:56.98	Sharna Brockett	We've come back time and time again supporting this project.
01:55:00.35	Sharna Brockett	And just really want, I'm excited to see it's, you know, on the active list and really would like to see you break ground this fall. I think that was the time when we determined it would be most cost effective and least intrusive. So really want to emphasize, let's get it done. Let's keep it moving. Let's not, you know, it's been, I think the last letter from the Bridge District said it's been 10 years. I've heard 10 to seven years, but it's too long. We need to get it moving on it and stop getting in our own way.
01:55:27.96	Sharna Brockett	So with repaving the parking lot, as Peter just said, that's not really the focus of this grant. And I think we've all have read the scope of the grant.
01:55:41.02	Sharna Brockett	Um, it's really designed to improve the plaza and the promenade and the circulation for the pedestrians and the, and the cyclists. So I'm glad to see that the repaving of the parking lot is a separate project on the CIP list where it should be. And I also understand we have a million dollars in our, in our parking fund to help with repaving. So we do have funds to cover that. And then I think we're all concerned about the climate and sea level rise. Um, we really need to think about how do we repave that lot? Should it be a permeable surface? You know, those are things we want this to last another 100 years. Let's not just throw it in to the ferry landing, you know, and try to use that. And I worry that we would lose the grant money too, if we did that, because it's not part of that. And the last thing I'll say is that let's not lose this money to improve Bridgeway. You know, I think we know that traffic professionals are going to come back with some suggested designs and it may, and let's see what they have to say. They're the experts. So thank you so much.
01:56:42.97	Sandra Bushmaker	It's a bobotilye.
01:56:52.59	Sybil Boutier	Good evening, Mayor. Council members, I wanted to speak in favor of the
01:57:01.16	Sybil Boutier	Coloma Street project. I think it's a really important safety project. This street does not allow for the type of activity that's actually happening there with seniors walking to the grocery store, people walking their jobs, kids coming back and forth to school. We have a Safe Routes to School project going there. There's a
01:57:29.92	Sybil Boutier	safe streets for all grant that is open right now, the NOFA that's due on May 16th. And I know there's been some talk about working on that. And this would be a really good project for that. I just want to say like,
01:57:47.96	Sybil Boutier	The other day, there was like a sprinter van parked right on the corner, further blinding that corner.
01:57:56.31	Sybil Boutier	Right across the street was a large band with tennis rackets. It's there a lot of the time.
01:58:02.48	Sybil Boutier	This left about
01:58:04.93	Sybil Boutier	I don't know, 20 feet in the middle of the road for people to come to walk.
01:58:11.09	Sybil Boutier	There was no other place to walk. There was cars parked on both sides.
01:58:15.73	Sybil Boutier	And so the car, the streets, the cars, the people, everybody's in the middle of the street. And it's a blind corner with lots of activity. So let's try to make it safe before somebody gets hit by a vehicle. And we've got a real problem. Thank you.
01:58:35.21	Sandra Bushmaker	Anybody in the house that didn't give me a slip and would like to speak?
01:58:39.24	Sandra Bushmaker	All right.
01:58:39.86	Sandra Bushmaker	So on Zoom, we do have Sandra Bushmaker.
01:58:47.96	Sandra Bushmaker	You can unmute yourself.
01:58:49.45	Sandra Bushmaker	Okay, I think I've got it. Good night, good afternoon, everyone. I'm gonna be very quick. I watched the Planning Commission procedure with regard to the capital improvement program and it went very smoothly with regard to recusals.
01:59:02.93	Sandra Bushmaker	I think we need to have that at the council level as well.
01:59:06.12	Sandra Bushmaker	Um,
01:59:07.28	Sandra Bushmaker	I also want to refer you to the Dietrich FPPC case on August 26, 2019. It deals with leasehold interests and recusal requirements.
01:59:17.90	Sandra Bushmaker	With regard to the ferry landing, I too read the scope of work
01:59:21.63	Sandra Bushmaker	and believe that there is some wiggle room in the word modification, why don't we ask Golden Gate Bridge District
01:59:30.49	Sandra Bushmaker	whether resurfacing is anticipated in the grant or not.
01:59:35.21	Sandra Bushmaker	and kind of stop this debate.
01:59:37.85	Sandra Bushmaker	With regard to the geologic hazard assessment,
01:59:42.88	Sandra Bushmaker	Mapping.
01:59:44.09	Sandra Bushmaker	you will be receiving that report forthwith.
01:59:48.02	Sandra Bushmaker	And it's going to be presented, I believe, next time.
01:59:52.49	Sandra Bushmaker	to the to the council.
01:59:54.76	Sandra Bushmaker	I do know you were shown a few minutes ago, the red zones on some of the maps. We have a lot of problem in Sausalito. The program,
02:00:04.68	Sandra Bushmaker	that you will be presented as projects that are derivative from this report.
02:00:11.21	Sandra Bushmaker	Please anticipate those and
02:00:15.24	Sandra Bushmaker	uh,
02:00:16.61	Sandra Bushmaker	plan for those financial expenditures.
02:00:20.40	Sandra Bushmaker	Um,
02:00:21.43	Sandra Bushmaker	Karen Hollweg, Remember that the task force I was on the mudslide or landslide task force made recommendations within three months of the being appointed to the landslide task force to the city council.
02:00:32.72	Sandra Bushmaker	It's five years ago. Let's get these recommendations turned into projects. Thank you very much.
02:00:41.35	Sandra Bushmaker	Linda Pfeiffer?
02:00:47.93	Linda Pfeiffer	Okay, can you hear me?
02:00:49.90	Sandra Bushmaker	I guess.
02:00:53.41	Linda Pfeiffer	OK.
02:00:56.16	Linda Pfeiffer	So good evening everyone. My name is Linda Pfeiffer. I'm a resident of Sausalito.
02:01:00.52	Linda Pfeiffer	And I oppose the removal of the Southern Bridgeway median lane.
02:01:04.31	Linda Pfeiffer	Tonight, according to the staff report on page 12, in a table titled active projects needing funding,
02:01:11.84	Linda Pfeiffer	The council is being asked to decide whether to vote to continue OBAC III grant funding of 506,000 for, quote,
02:01:19.59	Linda Pfeiffer	Quote,
02:01:20.33	Linda Pfeiffer	The original design of eliminating the median area.
02:01:23.84	Linda Pfeiffer	This is verbatim in the staff report. Eliminate the median.
02:01:27.62	Linda Pfeiffer	That funding is on the table tonight and I'm dismayed
02:01:31.25	Linda Pfeiffer	at the lack of transparency
02:01:33.32	Linda Pfeiffer	Regarding this topic for Sausalito residents, it's buried in the staff report.
02:01:38.89	Linda Pfeiffer	And earlier we heard a staff member, I believe, recommend repurposing the funds. That is on the table, but that is still a choice.
02:01:46.06	Linda Pfeiffer	in front of this council and it's a choice that many, many residents have very strong opinions about.
02:01:52.24	Linda Pfeiffer	Don't you want to hear from your constituents?
02:01:55.16	Linda Pfeiffer	You've varied whether to continue the funding for the bike lane and elimination of the median area
02:02:00.61	Linda Pfeiffer	among dozens of other capital improvement projects.
02:02:04.00	Linda Pfeiffer	On page 12 of the staff report,
02:02:06.55	Linda Pfeiffer	Uh,
02:02:07.51	Linda Pfeiffer	As I said, it looks like the question before council
02:02:11.19	Linda Pfeiffer	is whether or not to accept these funds for the original design to eliminate the median. Again, I urge council do not accept
02:02:19.05	Linda Pfeiffer	this $506,000 grant to eliminate the median instead vote to repurpose the MTC funds.
02:02:26.63	Linda Pfeiffer	Again, we don't need to spend $506,000 to add to traffic congestion and endanger our lives. A Sausalito resident's life is worth more than $506,000.
02:02:37.41	Linda Pfeiffer	Repurpose those funds.
02:02:39.13	Linda Pfeiffer	And please don't compromise our safety.
02:02:41.65	Linda Pfeiffer	And please add more transparency to this topic next time.
02:02:45.43	Linda Pfeiffer	Based on the staff report again on page 11, we see
02:02:50.51	Sandra Bushmaker	Next speaker is Kieran Culligan.
02:03:06.15	Mayor	You have to unmute Mr. Colligan.
02:03:06.96	Sandra Bushmaker	Let me see.
02:03:10.81	Mayor	You have to unmute yourself, Mr. Colligan.
02:03:13.37	Kieran Culligan	All right, you finally got to me. Thank you.
02:03:16.70	Kieran Culligan	I think you've somewhat lost your minds when it comes to recusals. The CIP happens every year, and I've never seen this time sink in chaos. Use your judgment. Does a $50,000 storm drain capture device create a conflict owner from the other side of Bridgeway? Sorry, I said it. It's up to you for this aside. Regarding the Bridgeway waterfront, a traffic engineer has never had the opportunity
02:03:38.10	Kieran Culligan	to see if there's ways to make this stretch of roadway safer, even after a pedestrian death.
02:03:42.97	Kieran Culligan	Until now.
02:03:44.00	Kieran Culligan	Frankly, I'm disturbed by comments that are dismissing ideas out of hand without letting the conceptual design process play out.
02:03:51.04	Kieran Culligan	For the construction grant, keep your options open
02:03:53.62	Kieran Culligan	Definitely don't commit to locking in design spending now on an extended sidewalk design when we might want to do something different, especially if we want to do something different within the next two decades that can have real impact.
02:04:05.01	Kieran Culligan	We're world class at delaying things in Sausalito. Let's just hold off with MTC and TAM until we come back and can talk about designs, per Ms. Cox's comment. Thanks.
02:04:25.06	Mayor	No additional speakers. We'll bring you back.
02:04:26.27	Sandra Bushmaker	No, sorry. We have Adrianne Brinson. We have about five, six speakers left. Thank you. Thank you.
02:04:36.53	Sandra Bushmaker	Adrian Britton.
02:04:41.43	Mayor	We can't hear you, Mr. Brinton. Can you please unmute yourself?
02:04:44.95	Sandra Bushmaker	unmuted I don't think is
02:04:51.22	Mayor	No, we still can't hear you. You might go to the next speaker while he works on his microphone. I'll go to Charles Melton.
02:04:54.03	Sandra Bushmaker	Thank you.
02:04:54.34	Sandra Bushmaker	I'll go to Charles Melton.
02:04:55.89	Mayor	Please work on your microphone, Mr. Brinton, and we'll come back to you, Mr. Milton.
02:05:03.55	Charles Melton	Good evening. My name is Charles Melton. I'm a South Leader Resident. I'm not talking about any of the issues that are for recusal tonight, so I encourage everyone to listen to these with open mind. The issue of repaving parking lot one was mentioned from the dais and also in a previous public comment. There's been a misguided proposal to repurpose an existing bridge district grant to resurface parking lot one. This should be fiscally irresponsible and fiscally reckless, costing millions in taxpayer dollars. Our city council received a parking study from Dixon that provided substantial recommendations on how the city can generate additional revenue from the parking lot one.
02:05:03.72	Mayor	Thank you.
02:05:03.89	Mayor	Good evening.
02:05:34.70	Charles Melton	Repaving parking lot one was not a fiscal recommendation. Furthermore, in the CIP being discussed tonight, parking lot three and four are listed to be improved and restrained.
02:05:44.14	Charles Melton	This council might consider a master parking plan, which includes the recommendations from the Dixon study, the plans for parking lot three and four in the CIP, along with the vision of repaving parking lot one, as previous members have mentioned. Putting a plan forward for public input, much like other plans, including the ferry landing process, has undergone is common for our city council.
02:06:05.47	Charles Melton	Regarding the Ferry Landslide Improvement Project, project number A002,
02:06:09.97	Charles Melton	I strongly encourage the city council to move expeditiously on this project. The bridge district wrote in a city in the March letter warning that, quote, the grant is on the cusp of being rescinded and, quote, it is imperative that Sausalito proceed with all haste in implementing the design approved on February 6th.
02:06:25.93	Charles Melton	I'm encouraging our city council to take every immediate step and action necessary so shovels can break ground no later than this fall.
02:06:32.73	Charles Melton	I just think there's been a lot of comments about the public media on Bridgeway.
02:06:36.13	Charles Melton	The core of the basic of this bridgeway safety improvement project is public safety. And who does public safety benefit? Everyone. Pedestrians, vehicles, bicyclists, emergency vehicles, businesses, delivery companies, everyone. For me personally, when I cross the road, I use a crosswalk, not a median. But let's go back to the design concepts. Let's get those from the professionals and not lose sight of the various public safety components in this project by simply narrowing in on one median. Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments tonight. And thank you to our city council.
02:07:07.21	Sandra Bushmaker	Next speaker is Aaron Roller.
02:07:15.73	Aaron Roller	Hey everybody, Aaron Roller here. Sausalito resident and former chair of the Pedestrian Bicycle Advisory Committee. Just wanted to speak in favor of the Coloma Project
02:07:15.80	Kevin McGowan	Thank you.
02:07:15.82	Unknown	everybody.
02:07:16.34	Kevin McGowan	Thank you.
02:07:26.65	Aaron Roller	that has been on the books for a long time. I was
02:07:31.88	Aaron Roller	very urgently
02:07:35.02	Aaron Roller	going after that crosswalk because it's used by children commuting to school from Marin City. And that was back in, I want to say, 2018 when I first started on that. So that's been a long ways coming. I'm really excited about seeing that. And thank you to staff for
02:07:50.68	Aaron Roller	continuing to get that through and hopefully we can finish that.
02:07:55.07	Aaron Roller	Also want to speak about the,
02:07:57.41	Aaron Roller	the bridgeway bike lanes and the, um,
02:08:00.77	Aaron Roller	Bridgeway Safety Project, just to
02:08:02.76	Aaron Roller	Just to mention to everybody that sometimes the process can be a little bit confusing, but that project's been on the...
02:08:09.19	Aaron Roller	capital improvement plan, I think, for three or four years now that I recall.
02:08:14.91	Aaron Roller	This is the process that as we discussed it in 2018 and it was well received by the Chief of Police and the Mayor at the time during that was in our Pedestrian Bicycle Advisory Committee.
02:08:28.02	Aaron Roller	that we get it through the process and follow exactly the way it's been going now. I also want to mention, too, that crosswalks are a big part of that project to everybody that is concerned about crossing the street. I, too, am concerned about crossing the street. There's not a crosswalk there for half a mile. So getting a better way to cross Bridgeway there is very important. I was disappointed to read the staff report. I did...
02:08:58.74	Aaron Roller	mentioned that the public was not well received. Did not mention that it's been, that the project's been approved five zero by city council.
02:09:08.96	Aaron Roller	more than once.
02:09:10.99	Aaron Roller	And that was because of the public outcry. So I'd ask the staff to...
02:09:20.86	Sandra Bushmaker	Next speaker is Jenny Silva.
02:09:26.41	Sandra Bushmaker	video.
02:09:28.00	Sandra Bushmaker	And we ask to mute.
02:09:30.53	Sandra Bushmaker	You can unmute yourself, please.
02:09:32.56	Jenny Silva	Yep.
02:09:33.60	Jenny Silva	A high city council, I just want to mention two things very quickly first at the February 6 meeting there was over whelming support huge support for the ferry bridgeway.
02:09:48.50	Jenny Silva	landing project and I urge you to do everything in your power to move it forward quickly so that we could break ground.
02:09:56.45	Jenny Silva	I think the community will be incredibly disappointed if that project
02:10:02.10	Jenny Silva	ends up losing its financing and it would be,
02:10:05.04	Jenny Silva	really a
02:10:07.10	Jenny Silva	a huge loss for everyone in Sausalito. The community wants it. They've made it very, very clear.
02:10:14.15	Jenny Silva	Please don't do anything to jeopardize that funding.
02:10:16.90	Jenny Silva	um,
02:10:17.73	Jenny Silva	Secondly,
02:10:18.94	Jenny Silva	Thank you.
02:10:19.06	Jenny Silva	I just want to comment on the median and some of the other pedestrian safety projects. I hear a lot of residents very concerned about safety and
02:10:29.57	Jenny Silva	They believe that the solution that was figured out
02:10:33.46	Jenny Silva	I don't know how long ago the medium was put in 40 years ago is the best solution.
02:10:38.25	Jenny Silva	Countries all over the world have taken pedestrian
02:10:41.52	Jenny Silva	safety very, very seriously.
02:10:44.05	Jenny Silva	and they have learned what works and it would be a real
02:10:48.85	Jenny Silva	lost opportunity of Sausalito, went into the design phase,
02:10:54.41	Jenny Silva	thinking that we know what the best solution is without talking to the experts and without learning from other communities. Everyone knows that Bridgeway is dangerous.
02:11:05.25	Jenny Silva	The median is not the best solution. There's a lot we can learn from others. So please let us learn from folks that have achieved success. Thank you.
02:11:21.55	Sandra Bushmaker	Next speaker is Matthew Hartzell.
02:11:28.84	Unknown	Thank you. Good evening. I'm going to speak to the bridgeway bike lanes. Please let the consultant finish their job and bring their findings back to the city.
02:11:40.94	Unknown	and give the public a chance to at that point weigh in on what I assume will be different alternatives, some may propose removing the median some may not.
02:11:51.71	Unknown	and let the consultant
02:11:54.05	Unknown	share the findings and let the public have the process. This is not the time and the place for that.
02:11:59.55	Unknown	um,
02:12:01.38	Unknown	And let's be clear that the consultant in the city
02:12:05.22	Unknown	They all have safety, the public safety as the number one concern. And the consultant is a leader in safety improvements for all transportation users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists and transit users. So I'm sure that the consultant is not going to propose any alternatives that would make the current conditions less safe. Many people have said in their comments that the current conditions are safe.
02:12:32.56	Unknown	and work fine, but they don't work fine for everybody. In fact, right now delivery trucks park in that median and block emergency access.
02:12:43.28	Unknown	If you're concerned about emergency vehicle access, then the current median is actually a problem that needs to be, that needs a solution. I also want to remind everybody that...
02:12:54.53	Unknown	While some cyclists may do just fine riding on Bridgeway and its existing conditions, there are many more
02:13:01.77	Unknown	people
02:13:02.90	Unknown	in the population who want to ride a bike, but who don't currently ride a bike in places like Bridgeway because they don't feel safe sharing travel lanes with moving cars. And then those people who are actually 60% of the population and include Sausalito children, families, and senior citizens, they need separated bike lanes in order to feel safe and comfortable and in order to do their part in contributing to
02:13:35.56	Sandra Bushmaker	We'll try Adrian Brinton again.
02:13:42.19	Unknown	Hi, is this working this time?
02:13:42.29	Sandra Bushmaker	I was inside.
02:13:43.99	Mayor	Go ahead.
02:13:44.11	Unknown	Yeah.
02:13:45.44	Unknown	Okay, excellent. Thank you.
02:13:46.94	Unknown	I just wanted to make a quick comment on the ferry landing phasing. I think when the discussions happened before,
02:13:52.87	Unknown	There wasn't any talk about repaving lot one. It was left out of the ferry landing improvements and the ferry land, the lot one needs to be repaved and should definitely be part of the CIP.
02:14:04.98	Unknown	and should be prioritized accordingly.
02:14:07.26	Unknown	And we definitely need to consider sea level rise as part of that project.
02:14:11.28	Unknown	separately from the ferry landing improvements.
02:14:14.08	Unknown	The bridgeway bike lanes are another area of concern.
02:14:18.84	Unknown	You know, a lot of comments about cars zooming along bridgeway and needing the median across the street.
02:14:25.12	Unknown	cars running into buildings at the end of Bridgeway. You know, those things can be addressed in the street design. Our design of Bridgeway is from 1965
02:14:34.18	Unknown	It's out of date. These discussions to make it safer have been going on for years, and we should continue that process.
02:14:40.98	Unknown	A lot of comments about how people will die if we change Bridgeway.
02:14:45.72	Unknown	You know, we're talking about re-striping the road. We're not making the roadway more narrow. There is room for emergency vehicles with a re-striped bridgeway.
02:14:56.13	Unknown	So I think that, you know, I'd love to see the designs that the experts come up with.
02:15:00.18	Unknown	And I think there are much safer alternatives to what we have today.
02:15:03.74	Unknown	Thank you very much. I also want to say the CIP project is very hard
02:15:07.39	Unknown	And I appreciate all the time that the council and the city staff has put into it. Um, thanks very much.
02:15:14.59	Mayor	I see no further public speaker. We'll close public comment, bring it back up to the dice for any discussion. Council Member Blaustein, I hope Council Member Hoffman will return. I guess...
02:15:23.40	Mayor	Yes.
02:15:25.49	Mayor	Okay, request is for a bio break. So we'll take a five minute break and resume at 920. Thank you everyone. And we'll see you in five minutes.
02:15:49.93	Mayor	Okay, resuming the meeting. Thank you very much. We will now begin discussion of...
02:15:59.26	Mayor	of the topic director McGowan you're at the podium. Can we have quiet chamber please?
02:16:04.41	Councilmember Kelman	Can people quiet down?
02:16:08.80	Councilmember Kelman	Unbelievable.
02:16:09.02	Mayor	I can't believe it.
02:16:12.32	Mayor	Okay, so discussion, please, of the CIP program. Let's start with the bollard issue. That's what the council member Blasene has recused herself on. This is on Bridgeway. Is there anyone who has any questions, comments, perspective on that?
02:16:30.35	Council Member Kellman	Mayor, I'd like to offer up one of the things that, is that okay with you to jump in? I'm calling for people to speak up. So, thank you. So, Director McGowan, you, I think, had asked us to articulate whether we felt that we were in concurrence with the general strategy. That was sort of an overarching question you asked of us. And you also stated in your presentation that you wanted to identify capital projects before they become emergencies. And so, I just wanna highlight that because I sort of took that overarching topic to heart
02:16:34.92	Mayor	I'm calling for people to speak.
02:16:47.36	Unknown	Big pick.
02:16:54.51	Carolyn Revelle	And so.
02:16:59.69	Council Member Kellman	And I will just say that for me, I looked at this with two lenses. I call it my R&R. It's roads and resilience. Does it make our community more resilient?
02:17:09.46	Council Member Kellman	meaning is our infrastructure going to last longer? Is it going to respond to environmental disaster? And does it create better roadways for a number of reasons, including some of the public safety and the criteria? So I just want to offer that up and ask for others' opinion, because then in that respect, I think the bollards do make a lot of sense, especially since we did have a recent crash right there, and it seems to be an area that tends to scuff up the building with vehicles, which is not good. So that's my lens. I just wanted to share it with you all. And that's my opinion on that particular one, but I don't know if you want to go.
02:17:46.22	Mayor	Let's just stay on that topic so we can bring Council Member Boston back. Are there other comments? I have my own, but other...
02:17:52.85	Councilmember Kelman	I endorse Councilmember Kelman's comments.
02:17:58.89	Mayor	Council Member Hoffman? Yeah, I guess I'll be the dissenting board. Not dissenting so much, because I think those bollards in a design there to make that corner safer are super essential, but I'm flummoxed by the
02:18:10.74	Mayor	the fact that we have this $500,000 grant that can pay for it.
02:18:14.97	Mayor	All the money wouldn't have to come from my property tax or my sales tax. It could come from the grant that we have.
02:18:21.26	Mayor	So that's very much tied into good government and being proactive. We had our director, McGowan, who went out on his own and made an application for design funds and construction funds for making Bridgeway safer. And one of the key ways it could get safer is building sidewalks, making sidewalks better, installing bollards to prevent cars from running into houses or running into the sea or running over pedestrians to make a way so that Ms. Johnson could not have to go to the middle of the median and wait for speeding cars to go by but could instead be on a lighted crosswalk to safely traverse bridgeway. And so we are going to potentially authorize the spending of our personal property tax dollars and sales tax dollars when we could if we expeditiously
02:19:10.56	Mayor	It executed the design with the Bridgeway safety improvements, spend the grant money. So my question is why we would do that.
02:19:18.84	Council Member Kellman	I'd like to respond to that. Me too. Yes. So are you soliciting comments then on the MTC grant? Because I think.
02:19:26.22	Council Member Kellman	Are you asking for comments on the MTC grant as well?
02:19:32.33	Council Member Kellman	Yes, very much so, because I have comments on that, so I want to keep it with your thoughts.
02:19:35.84	Mayor	My thought only is that I'm all in favor of making that corner safety safer for the, for everyone involved. There are a lot of things in town that aren't safe.
02:19:44.42	Unknown	Mm-hmm.
02:19:44.73	Mayor	There are sidewalks that literally threw me from my bike, which we'll be talking about later. There are roadways that are downright dangerous. This is one of many dangerous things. So why should this one get this kind of special attention that's first and foremost among all the ways that we can make things safer? I feel as though it is an important safety project. What really makes it stand out is unlike almost all the other safety projects in town, this one we actually could pay for it with non-taxpayer money.
02:20:13.94	Council Member Kellman	So, Mayor, I don't disagree with you. My question is, do you want us to opine on the use of the non-taxpayer money, or do you want us to simply say, from a safety perspective, this seems reasonable, but we do have to, it's difficult to have this conversation in a vacuum, and I think that's where you're getting at, because we haven't really talked about the MTC.
02:20:31.30	Mayor	I propose it would just please, Vice Mayor.
02:20:31.94	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you.
02:20:34.33	Councilmember Kelman	So what if we go ahead and allocate funds, since there's a majority of us to do that, but say if we design and obtain grant funding for
02:20:45.02	Councilmember Kelman	improvements that include the bollards, we simply shift that project into that program.
02:20:51.79	Mayor	maybe we could with a friendly amendment to your motion, direct the people that are doing the work on the Bridgeway Safety Program to direct
02:20:56.78	Councilmember Kelman	Yeah.
02:20:58.56	Mayor	them to look at making that corner safer for vehicles that are potentially running over the curb.
02:21:03.74	Councilmember Kelman	Yeah, but in the meat.
02:21:04.57	Mayor	that design work's already being done and they could
02:21:06.89	Mayor	even come up with the conceptual designs that we could then take further with that funding.
02:21:11.40	Council Member Kellman	I would be good so far even though to say that I'm supportive of this project if we have grant funds to pay for it, but not actually coming out of our general fund, which is what I think you're saying.
02:21:22.27	Mayor	I'm saying what you're saying is what I agree with okay so Janelle
02:21:24.21	Council Member Kellman	OK.
02:21:24.59	Councilmember Kelman	I'm not sure.
02:21:25.22	Council Member Kellman	it.
02:21:25.29	Councilmember Kelman	I'm supportive of the project even if we don't have grant funds.
02:21:28.71	Mayor	I'd rather...
02:21:28.86	Councilmember Kelman	We had a car run into a house.
02:21:31.87	Mayor	We have lots of dangerous things in town and so the
02:21:35.78	Mayor	I agree, but I feel like we're not looking at all the dangerous places and what the various risks are. We have landslides, we have the geological survey. There are a lot of places, and so I'm with Council Member Kelman that we should say this is important, and if we have grant funds, build it, and if we don't, then I think we should have a comprehensive safety assessment across town that includes prioritizing what the safety feature changes need to be.
02:22:04.01	Councilmember Kelman	So then maybe we don't have consensus. I'm in favor of moving forward with it and funding it with grant monies if we can. But we gave direction last year to get proposals. We're still waiting on design proposals. I'm not confident that we'll even carry out those design proposals in fiscal year 2425. And I would like to see this project not have to wait.
02:22:34.39	Councilmember Hoffman	I lean more toward if we have grant money, do it. If not, then it's got to be part of the bigger assessment of what priorities are throughout town. And to Councilmember Kelman's point of roads and resilience, I think that's a good lens to look through when we prioritize these projects and what gets built. So that's sort of my view.
02:23:01.17	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you.
02:23:01.91	Mayor	Thank you.
02:23:02.93	Mayor	Thank you, Councilman.
02:23:03.67	Councilmember Kelman	Okay, so you're clear, Kevin, that's off the list unless it's part of the grant-funded project.
02:23:08.36	Mayor	Let's bring Councilmember Blaustein back, please.
02:23:10.03	Councilmember Kelman	you
02:23:10.06	Councilmember Hoffman	Any grant funded project, right? Yes.
02:23:13.39	Mayor	Thank you.
02:23:13.47	Mayor	Anywhere grants can come from.
02:23:14.22	Councilmember Hoffman	Thank you.
02:23:14.25	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you.
02:23:14.27	Councilmember Hoffman	Anyway.
02:23:14.89	Councilmember Hoffman	Yeah.
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02:23:20.86	Mayor	Are you OK?
02:23:22.58	Kevin McGowan	One better trip.
02:23:24.73	Mayor	.
02:23:27.92	Council Member Kellman	you
02:23:28.05	Council Member Kellman	even see it on soccer page.
02:23:29.96	Council Member Kellman	you
02:23:30.97	Council Member Kellman	Thank you.
02:23:31.34	Council Member Kellman	to call it on stuff.
02:23:33.88	Unknown	I just heard something.
02:23:36.95	Council Member Kellman	It's not on page six.
02:23:40.32	Mayor	You're good. Come back in, Councilmember Blasstein. Okay, let's resume now.
02:23:45.37	Mayor	it's really for us to drive the bus here. What do we want to talk about next in the CIP? Council Member Hoffman.
02:23:50.75	Councilmember Hoffman	I just want to talk about the two things that I've recused on, the Maroon Ship Vault, water storage, and the Bridgeway Easter B2B.
02:23:58.16	Councilmember Hoffman	Sure.
02:23:58.19	Mayor	sure if you kindly recuse yourself then we'll yeah thank you very much councilman
02:23:58.60	Councilmember Hoffman	Thank you.
02:23:58.97	Council Member Kellman	Thank you.
02:23:59.00	Councilmember Hoffman	Thank you.
02:23:59.02	Sybil Boutier	Thank you.
02:23:59.03	Council Member Kellman	kind
02:23:59.17	Councilmember Hoffman	I'm sorry.
02:23:59.34	Council Member Kellman	Thank you.
02:23:59.36	Councilmember Hoffman	Here's Yourself Then Move.
02:24:00.23	Council Member Kellman	Thank you very much, Council Member Hoffman.
02:24:05.13	Council Member Kellman	I'll stay for Marinship and leave for B.
02:24:11.57	Mayor	Okay, so we're gonna talk about the Marineship vault now.
02:24:12.25	Council Member Kellman	Thank you.
02:24:18.05	Council Member Kellman	So I think, is this, Dr. McGowan, was this part of the item that was on the consent? No, that was the trash collection in the Marineship. This is separate, okay.
02:24:27.66	Councilmember Kelman	This is using recycled water. Yeah. Yeah.
02:24:32.11	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you.
02:24:32.13	Council Member Kellman	Please.
02:24:33.86	Kevin McGowan	Yes, that's correct. The idea is to put a small little water storage tank at the end of Spring Street to catch some water that runs year-round in order to
02:24:42.64	Kevin McGowan	water our medians.
02:24:44.24	Kevin McGowan	This has to do with drought tolerance.
02:24:46.89	Council Member Kellman	Are we going to collect fog?
02:24:48.23	Council Member Kellman	I really want to collect fog.
02:24:48.36	Kevin McGowan	I really do.
02:24:49.71	Kevin McGowan	Thank you.
02:24:51.08	Council Member Kellman	I can. Yes, I think this is a very interesting project. I think it's forward thinking. It is tough. I don't want to get into this $40,000 here, $40,000 there. So I almost wonder if after this one, we can try to just prioritize instead of going piece by piece.
02:25:06.35	Mayor	We're just dealing because of the recusal issue.
02:25:08.04	Council Member Kellman	Yeah, yeah, so I'm trying, I'm asking for help on how we might consider, because I do think it's important. Is it more important than everything else on the list?
02:25:14.97	Councilmember Kelman	I think it's for design only. It's $40,000. I think it's a de minimis expense for a potential great outcome.
02:25:22.33	Council Member Kellman	Yeah, I'm going to support it. I think that's an important use to use of recycled water for our medians, particularly the climate crisis. What do you think?
02:25:29.75	Councilmember Boston	I fully agree and I'm excited about the use of recycled water. So I'm on the same page.
02:25:34.38	Councilmember Boston	Okay.
02:25:34.45	Council Member Kellman	Thank you.
02:25:34.48	Carolyn Revelle	I agree.
02:25:34.89	Council Member Kellman	Thank you.
02:25:37.13	Mayor	I guess my only question, not for this topic, but it's more of a general question, but for Director McGowan, my question is only,
02:25:44.66	Mayor	As I started the session out, you have a small staff, you have a lot of projects.
02:25:50.39	Mayor	There are in your general CIP, and this is one of them, a lot of design projects proposed as well as shovel ready projects that you're trying to build. Do you have the staff?
02:25:59.22	Mayor	Do you have the capacity to do the design projects and execute well on the new projects and do the maintenance of the city? So...
02:26:08.97	Kevin McGowan	We have new project managers, and I'm super excited about that, but we're bringing them up to speed. So they're not quite full speed yet. I haven't run a project analysis for everybody to find out if we can accommodate not just these projects, but also the sanitary projects. So I will need to do that between now and, let's say, the end of the fiscal year and take a look at that.
02:26:35.33	Mayor	When we're positive on a project like this to do the design of this work, is it adding to your pile and you're going to get to it when you can with the resources you have or, uh,
02:26:47.92	Mayor	What are you taking from our direction?
02:26:50.17	Councilmember Kelman	I think we should prioritize in case he doesn't have the staff to do all of the projects that he's telling us he wants to do in 2024-25.
02:26:59.31	Kevin McGowan	What I'm suggesting is that I bring back to you a work loading diagram that shows when and where we can incorporate this work.
02:27:06.55	Mayor	Got it. So you'll give us a work, a work loading. Yes, that's great. Thank you very much. So, yeah, I'm positive.
02:27:08.80	Kevin McGowan	Yes.
02:27:13.06	Mayor	Uh, what about.
02:27:14.41	Mayor	You're going to Easter be now.
02:27:24.13	Mayor	Only comments on the Easter Bee Project.
02:27:27.17	Councilmember Kelman	Staff is seeking grant funding to support this effort, and then it requires a local match. So I think this should be dependent on obtaining the grant funding. I think it's a worthy project. Again, it's only $40,000. But it's an initial design, which would obviously be followed up by an actual project, and so I hesitate to embark if we don't have grant funding available.
02:27:52.37	Councilmember Boston	Is this the project, Director McGowan, that we all heard a few meetings ago with the new proposals
02:28:00.09	Councilmember Boston	Parametrics. Yes. Parametrics.
02:28:00.84	Kevin McGowan	Yes, it was incorporated into parametrics presentation, and they suggested that we move forward with the design of a section from Spring Street to Napa Street, including the design of a roundabout at Napa Street. So we're seeking grant funding. The amount that you see here, $40,000, is the approximate local match.
02:28:21.73	Councilmember Boston	I would be supportive of that, especially given the dangers at that intersection and the presentation that we saw from parametrics and the public comment we received at that meeting, which was very much in favor of pursuing or at least considering these improvements. So I would be supportive of that.
02:28:38.37	Mayor	Thank you.
02:28:38.99	Mayor	That's great.
02:28:40.14	Councilmember Kelman	So we're supporting the $40,000 because without the grant, it's $80,000. The $40,000 is the local match park.
02:28:46.33	Councilmember Boston	I'm confident we'll be able to find a match.
02:28:48.54	Councilmember Kelman	Yeah, so.
02:28:48.83	Councilmember Boston	Yeah.
02:28:50.13	Councilmember Kelman	All right, I'll ask them to come back.
02:28:56.12	Mayor	Yes, I'm sorry you're having some trouble hearing. She's actually just going to... We supported this $40,000 if there's a match in the CIP, and we're getting our colleagues back.
02:29:07.56	Mayor	You can't hear me now.
02:29:15.04	Mayor	All right, so we've taken care of the recusal matters. If there's now the floor is open for other discussion on the CIP.
02:29:25.97	Mayor	Is there any direction any other? Okay. Vice mayor.
02:29:28.72	Council Member Kellman	Thank you.
02:29:29.23	Council Member Kellman	Yeah, I oh sorry I just wanted to share with the with Councilman Blasin because I think you're out of the room. I just want to say one of the things that director McGowan had asked us to do is to come up with a holistic point of view on on this motorway so which driving the strategy and I just shared that my strategy is R&R it's a Rosen resilience. Can somebody please step outside to talk.
02:29:52.36	Dr. Pfeiffer	The sound is weird, though.
02:29:54.02	Council Member Kellman	Okay, yeah, maybe we'll, I can talk more slowly for sure. I will do that. So I was just sharing with Council Member Blaustein a philosophy that I wanted to share because she was out of the room about moving forward with capital projects that eliminate emergencies. So are we making something more resilient or are we creating better roadways for a number of reasons, including the criteria? And I wanted to restate that because I did have a question for Director McGowan, which is,
02:30:22.70	Council Member Kellman	I noticed on the map, we don't have any road resurfacing projects in the hills.
02:30:30.10	Council Member Kellman	everything is in the flat area. And we have, from a disaster preparedness standpoint...
02:30:37.66	Council Member Kellman	four or five ways in and out, right? We've got Bridgeway either side, you've got Spencer, which is newly repaved,
02:30:44.03	Council Member Kellman	We've got Montemore, which is...
02:30:46.11	Council Member Kellman	definitely not newly repaved. And we've got Rodeo, which is somewhat, and then you hit Woodward and it's
02:30:53.74	Council Member Kellman	Like...
02:30:55.09	Council Member Kellman	one lane road for two lanes, right? And so I'm curious why we didn't look at roads in the hills if the main criteria is safety.
02:31:07.09	Kevin McGowan	So I didn't present all the details with the next year's road resurfacing list. I do have a list, and there are roads in the hillside. I think it's Ariana Circle, or I, thank you. I always say it wrong. But there are more roads in the hillsides that we need to address. So I do have that list. I just haven't presented it yet. So my apologies. I didn't want to dive in.
02:31:32.60	Council Member Kellman	No need to apologize. Thank you for educating me on that. I wanted to be clear about what we were and weren't looking at tonight. So thank you for that.
02:31:39.98	Council Member Kellman	Thank you, Mayor, for that.
02:31:42.78	Council Member Kellman	Thank you.
02:31:42.79	Mayor	Thank you.
02:31:43.00	Mayor	Vice mayor, please see who you're next. If you can see the floor, Councilman Hoffman, please go ahead.
02:31:45.26	Council Member Kellman	I think Jill was-
02:31:45.68	Councilmember Hoffman	Yeah.
02:31:50.71	Councilmember Hoffman	One thing that was missing from this project, I think, was the pavement
02:31:55.84	Councilmember Hoffman	The PMI.
02:31:57.24	Councilmember Hoffman	I can't remember what the M stands for, payment index, but payment.
02:32:00.95	Councilmember Hoffman	Peace to you.
02:32:00.99	Kevin McGowan	PCI pavement condition index.
02:32:02.42	Councilmember Hoffman	Yeah, which was we received a presentation on that back in October.
02:32:06.59	Councilmember Hoffman	Yeah. I think.
02:32:06.64	Kevin McGowan	Yeah.
02:32:07.43	Councilmember Hoffman	Right.
02:32:08.23	Councilmember Hoffman	that our score is now an abysmal 58 and At that point it was info to us that it's going to take another 2 million on top of the current one spend of whatever one point something and
02:32:20.53	Councilmember Hoffman	I don't see that anywhere in this...
02:32:24.80	Councilmember Hoffman	you know, in this capital improvement project, and I'm wondering
02:32:29.18	Councilmember Hoffman	maybe when it comes back, can we have
02:32:32.24	Councilmember Hoffman	an item on that for consideration of
02:32:35.93	Councilmember Hoffman	You know, this is...
02:32:37.39	Councilmember Hoffman	This is the $2 million extra it's going to cost to get us up to from an abysmal 58 up to a less abysmal 63, understanding that 70 is going to cost.
02:32:47.10	Councilmember Hoffman	is the limit for a fail.
02:32:49.11	Councilmember Hoffman	It's like we're in the fail category, right? We're dating.
02:32:51.71	Kevin McGowan	We're getting there, yeah.
02:32:52.89	Councilmember Hoffman	So I don't know.
02:32:56.91	Councilmember Hoffman	I think that that, from my perspective, that would be something that I would be interested in seeing and prioritizing, as Councilmember Kelman said, roads and resilience, right? And that was the index for the whole city, as I recall. And so that's something that I would like to see in the next one. The other thing that I want to talk about was the
02:33:17.83	Councilmember Hoffman	the stuff that we went into with the ferry, right, the phasing. So I'm happy that it's going to come back.
02:33:23.83	Councilmember Hoffman	I would request that the staff report when it comes back clearly call out what the direction was that the council
02:33:30.93	Councilmember Hoffman	the changes that occurred between that and what we saw tonight and what we saw that was part of the consent calendar at our last city council meeting on March 19th, which also differed from the direction that was given at the February 6th meeting. And also, you know, we've heard a lot about what the grant covers, right? So I went back and looked it up right because I was like everybody's saying different things so it's attached as exhibit e to the October 10th 2017 meeting and I believe that that's that's the scope of the description of the grant and so you know it does talk about parking lot improvements and it talks about um
02:34:15.12	Councilmember Hoffman	know, reconfiguration of the parking lots to increase
02:34:18.89	Councilmember Hoffman	bicycle, pedestrian, and vehicle
02:34:22.95	Councilmember Hoffman	access to
02:34:25.28	Councilmember Hoffman	the ferry landing, right? I mean, that's the purpose of it. The purpose is to let people get on and off the ferry in a better way. And so I would ask that so that we can focus our discussion at the next meeting, that that be attached as an attachment so that everybody can kind of look at it and we don't have to argue about what's within the scope and what isn't. But so that's my discussion with regard to the ferry. I think we already talked about that. And otherwise, yeah, I know it's complicated. Thank you for your hard work.
02:34:53.03	Mayor	Thank you.
02:34:53.16	Mayor	Thank you.
02:34:54.93	Council Member Kellman	Thank you.
02:34:54.95	Councilmember Hoffman	So,
02:34:55.03	Council Member Kellman	Thank you.
02:34:55.71	Mayor	Councilman Cummins.
02:34:56.96	Council Member Kellman	Yeah, so I know we've all these this whole list limit, let me offer mine. I'm in favor of everything proposed, except I would like to talk about the fairyland side, the median. And there was one more.
02:35:12.26	Council Member Kellman	I think maybe that's it. Just those two. So everything else, if I'm looking at page 15 of the presentation, I'm not sure what list of anybody that could put the list up on the screen. I'll be on the same page.
02:35:26.37	Council Member Kellman	Everything else, right, old city hall, roof replacement. I mean, I was here when the library flooded. Can't hold that back. Humboldt Street, bulkhead, that needs to happen. Trees, we need.
02:35:36.60	Council Member Kellman	storm drain capture devices. I mean, these are all really important, I think, resilience projects. So those would be just the two that I'd want to talk. Oh, the Gabrielson Park would be the third. So media and Gabrielson Park and the ferry stuff.
02:35:51.83	Mayor	Go ahead, Vice Mayor.
02:35:52.70	Councilmember Kelman	I will say I do agree with that. I don't see the need to discuss the...
02:35:59.53	Councilmember Kelman	paving this evening since it's coming back to us as part of the ferry landing report. I will acknowledge that
02:36:09.62	Councilmember Kelman	Reap.
02:36:10.48	Councilmember Kelman	Repaving was, in a footnote,
02:36:14.89	Councilmember Kelman	not included in the project description that we reviewed on February 6. So the cost of repaving was expressively eliminated from that cost in a footnote in the staff report for February 6. And so I knew that was not a part of it.
02:36:33.92	Councilmember Kelman	I have had discussions with Bill Hines. In our discussion about repaving lot one, I'd like to include
02:36:41.90	Councilmember Kelman	What we heard from a member of the public tonight
02:36:44.28	Councilmember Kelman	consideration of some sort of permeable paving, as well as if we repave, we have to remove all of the trees. I'd like to consider a proposal that Bill provided
02:36:56.65	Councilmember Kelman	whereby we plant the trees and
02:37:00.36	Councilmember Kelman	structure the underground in such a way that they can actually stay for 100 years and their root systems are appropriately managed. So as we consider repaving, I'd like to look at a sustainable sea level rise mitigation approach and spend more than $1.1 million to really do it properly for the long term. But that's not for tonight.
02:37:28.11	Councilmember Kelman	I agree with Councilmember Kelman about further discussions on the
02:37:35.50	Councilmember Kelman	on the Bridgeway median, I do want to make it clear that
02:37:40.93	Councilmember Kelman	that item was not intended as an agenda item tonight. I do think
02:37:46.62	Councilmember Kelman	the portions of the staff report were misleading. On page 11 of the staff report, it asks that we approve
02:37:53.79	Councilmember Kelman	$350,000 for grant money for construction. Um,
02:37:59.29	Councilmember Kelman	We voted unanimously nearly a year ago, July 18,
02:38:04.57	Councilmember Kelman	2023 to proceed.
02:38:07.09	Councilmember Kelman	with the
02:38:09.50	Councilmember Kelman	study by professional traffic engineers to identify possible concepts for how we could improve bridgeway for all users. So
02:38:21.53	Councilmember Kelman	I'm
02:38:22.46	Councilmember Kelman	concerned that we
02:38:24.23	Councilmember Kelman	you know, that outreach started a month ago, I would love to
02:38:29.36	Councilmember Kelman	honor
02:38:30.33	Councilmember Kelman	Alice Merrill's request tonight and the request from July 2023 that we do wide
02:38:37.23	Councilmember Kelman	range public outreach to gather feedback on possible solutions. I do endorse the Public Works Director's recommendation that we write back to the Bridge District, sorry, to MTC.
02:38:53.29	Councilmember Kelman	to see if we can preserve
02:38:55.27	Councilmember Kelman	that grant funding while we finalize and select a potential design.
02:39:02.49	Councilmember Kelman	but I don't think we should adopt a resolution this evening
02:39:07.25	Councilmember Kelman	or accept that grant funding until we have aligned on a design, even if it ultimately means losing the grant funding.
02:39:17.00	Councilmember Kelman	Um,
02:39:17.88	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you.
02:39:18.20	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you.
02:39:18.32	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you.
02:39:19.84	Councilmember Kelman	Gabrielson Park, I...
02:39:23.19	Councilmember Kelman	I so embrace the city manager's thinking outside the box, but I have concerns about that, and I don't think we should just...
02:39:37.28	Councilmember Kelman	endorse that concept without further discussion about what the impacts would be to
02:39:42.06	Councilmember Kelman	existing trees,
02:39:43.75	Councilmember Kelman	I...
02:39:45.00	Councilmember Kelman	I'm worried about having a permanent installation in a park, in Gabrielson Park. And so if it was something that was removable,
02:39:54.06	Councilmember Kelman	I don't know, but in its current form, I'm not prepared to endorse moving forward with that this evening. I would like to consider adding a couple of things that the Planning Commission recommended, which are the...
02:40:08.08	Councilmember Kelman	the GHAD recommendations.
02:40:14.31	Councilmember Hoffman	the geologic hazard assessment district.
02:40:17.19	Councilmember Kelman	the recommendations of those that were made five years ago.
02:40:22.09	Councilmember Kelman	the
02:40:24.35	Councilmember Kelman	Caledonia Street tree installation and the MLK floor replacement buildings. So because we don't yet know what the Public Works Department will and will not be able to accommodate
02:40:37.24	Councilmember Kelman	with its workflow. I would invite the Public Works Director to include those projects in the analysis he brings back to us so that we can evaluate
02:40:45.48	Councilmember Kelman	their feasibility. It might be some of those projects can be done with minimal staff, whereas some of the others would be a huge suck on staff. So I'd be interested in seeing that information returned.
02:40:58.08	Councilmember Kelman	And then there was one more.
02:41:02.52	Councilmember Kelman	I'm interested to hear the feedback on the diseased trees on Turney Street that were supposed to be cut down and then weren't cut down. So I'd like to find out the status of that and why that didn't happen and if it should happen. But overall, I do endorse the general strategy related to addressing the CIP with
02:41:25.66	Councilmember Kelman	guide.
02:41:27.04	Councilmember Kelman	rails suggested by Council Member Kelman. Thank you.
02:41:33.59	Mayor	Go ahead, Council Member Bostey.
02:41:35.29	Councilmember Boston	Great. And again, thank you to staff for all of your hard work on this project. And I really appreciate in reviewing what we have this evening, if you look at the totals, which is around 3.1 million in ongoing projects, and then 1.45 in newer projects. just about only half of that comes from our general fund because of really amazing new approaches to how we use our existing funds like the Tideline funds and the Steps funds, which in previous fiscal years we had let sit. So I just wanted to make sure to acknowledge that hard work from our finance staff to find new places and new opportunities for funding and that goes as well for the work done to acquire grant funding. I do believe though that we we've it looks like we've applied for about nine grants that I see in the staff report. I think that there are many more available. So what I would say is I am very supportive of the general strategy of our CIP, but I would like us to be much more aggressive in how we apply for grants, specifically planning grants, so that we don't come into the same issues around conversations that we're having now on some of our construction grants so that we know we're ready and able and then when we move on to phase two.
02:42:47.20	Councilmember Boston	we can pursue additional funding because there is a lot of ira funding that we can still get before the year's end and so i'd like to think about how we improve and include that in our overarching cip strategy and our conversations with some of our grant consultants i tend to agree with the comments of my council members with regards to the projects as listed i am excited about the idea of a new stage but i'm not sure given our fiscal position and the priorities of other budgets if we should consider that at at this stage, it's not to say I wouldn't wanna hear it as an agenda item and see it more developed and be able to demonstrate why that makes the most fiscal sense for our community going forward. So that's something I tend to agree with council member Cox on. I'm happy to have an additional conversation about the median or the fairyland side, if we see it it necessary my feeling is around the median um you know we all expected i think every piece of public comment this evening that we heard was that this is not what we had all um unanimously decided on and we all expected to be able to see concepts at this phase and we haven't seen any of those concepts and so it's difficult for us from the dais to make any decision about what makes sense going forward as a community without having a robust conversation about it and knowing what it looks like so i'm i'm supportive of councilmember cox's suggestion there as well of just trying to see how how we can get our design process moving forward before we make any significant decisions because we we don't know the implications and I'm I'm I know we're only a month into that but I'm not comfortable making any decisions about the future of that without having more information and if we if we want to talk more about the fairyland side happy to do that but I'm very excited to see that project moving forward and my concerns are what is and is not applicable to the grant. I want to see us get our designs moving by the fall in as much as we can. So, but generally I'm really supportive of the projects, the direction, the effort by staff. I'm happy to engage with our from the dais about what we think is will get us to consensus going forward and I appreciate everyone's consideration and hard work.
02:43:15.93	Unknown	Thank you.
02:43:15.95	Unknown	more.
02:43:16.05	Unknown	TODAY.
02:43:16.12	Unknown	Thank you.
02:43:16.14	Unknown	Thank you.
02:44:58.75	Mayor	Okay, Councilmember Coleman.
02:44:59.93	Council Member Kellman	Sorry, Mayor, I didn't know we were gonna comment specifically. So I think what folks and my colleagues had to say, I very much appreciate Councilman Blaustein and the Vice Mayor. So I just wanna put on record a couple of my own thoughts as to the three issues I was concerned with. So number one, thank you to Councilman Hoffman for reminding me of the meeting minutes for the Ferry Lands live on February 6th. I am reading from the meeting minutes when I say that we directed staff to identify phases of the plan that could be built within the budget of the grant I also Director McGowan probably recalls we had some email exchanges and I think at the end of the day the truth is the district was ready to work with us to include whatever we needed to include in the grant so long as we moved forward. So I don't, you know, whether somebody thinks it was or wasn't included in terms of repaving lot one, there was definitely language about modifying the existing city parking lot. But the issue for us now, in my recollection of February 6th, was that we said, what is the grant going to cover?
02:46:04.25	Council Member Kellman	Let us know what the grant will cover. And I think, Director McGowan, that's what you're telling us. You're going to come back at the next meeting and tell us. Now that we've asked you to phase it, what does the grant cover? How far can we get? What else do we need to do?
02:46:15.99	Council Member Kellman	And I appreciate you bringing back up micro seal because I, of course, advocated that this be seen as a resilience project. And I think with the vulnerability assessment that we're working on for sea level rise, this will become a really key component of that for our waterfront area. So that's my comment on the ferry. I look forward to the next meeting on that. My comment on the median, I just want to be very clear on this. Judge McGowan, you sent us a one-way communication asking if we would be okay as a counsel telling MTC we wanted the money and would apply it to something that we got back, get unknown from the study. And I replied to you and said,
02:46:56.44	Council Member Kellman	Ask them if it could be used for resilience planning that also improves circulation. And so I think Director McGowan was asking us, even though the staff report said something else, I think in that email he was asking us if we'd be willing to let MTC know we were still interested in the money for some type of planning. But I also know this council did not approve using that money for removing the median or anything specific. There's also some public comment suggesting suggesting and the mayor mentioned it a little earlier that maybe the monies could be used for South Street
02:47:29.19	Council Member Kellman	Alexander Ave or maybe a crosswalk at 2nd and Main. So there's other areas perhaps they would allow. So I'm curious, Director McGowan, at a later date to hear your thoughts on having an open conversation. I think Council Member Blaustein articulated what I would have articulated on Gabrielson.
02:47:46.58	Council Member Kellman	So I'm going to add to that. And then I would just say from adding items, I'm serious about this ingress and egress for disaster preparedness. I want to see Montemar on there. I want to see Woodward down from Rodeo on that list. These roads are not good enough to accommodate a disaster evacuation scenario, and we have to look at that very seriously. I also want to see gate five road flooding. I saw it on the map. I didn't see it on the list. So just want to re-articulate that. Thank you.
02:48:20.00	Mayor	Thank you, Councilmember Kalman.
02:48:21.96	Mayor	Any other comments? I guess I'll restrict. Go ahead.
02:48:27.18	Councilmember Kelman	I'd like to endorse the gate five comment.
02:48:29.69	Mayor	Me too, very much. Yeah, I'll be happy to endorse that as well. I'll keep my comments brief. Generally, I support the direction of the plan. I think focusing on resiliency efforts would make a big difference. Director McGon, I won't take up time now, but we did approve on consent this stormwater retention structure that is a concrete structure. And I know that we had gone back and forth a little bit about costs maybe do a green solution uh i would and i would love to have uh had that been a alternative to any heavy concrete solution just as a design as an ask always i know you did it back you asked ali or someone in your staff to do some work on that. I do appreciate your doing that. I didn't want to press the point, but it would have been in the future, if possible, it would be nice to take that down to a level, a little more, one level deeper of analysis. I see some nodding heads up here. So just to have a green alternative.
02:49:30.27	Mayor	i know we are talking about marine ship park and so even though we did approve that consent item i would ask uh i'm just curious i'm just one person so you got to get a couple nodding heads up here about whether in marine ship park much as much as we did with the bioswale the bio stormwater treatment facility in uh adjacent to gabrielson park whether there could be features in marine ship park that don't disrupt the utility of the park but that could help uh defer some of the load on the infrastructure that's heavy heavy iron down there uh and just generally same thing with the dumpy park expansion uh just as a general question that's always asked and so many of those alternatives as you pointed out with the consent item take up too much space and we don't have the spaceport plus they're expensive but that That always asked. And so many of those alternatives, as you pointed out with the consent item, take up too much space and we don't have the spaceport. Plus they're expensive, but that may not, it'd be good to have that as a level of comparison. So that's one piece of feedback that I'm hearing some nods about. So I guess there's a consensus on that. Yeah.
02:50:30.79	Mayor	on the uh bridgeway uh safety improvement program my understanding was that the 500k which again congratulations on and thank you for being proactive and applying for that in the first place uh i hope we don't lose it and i'd love to ask you to not just send a letter that encourages them to um let us keep it uh you know we've dragged out other grants a long time the bridgeway The The Ferry grants dragged out 10 years. So my ask would be to try to finesse it as much as you can. You have a great ally in Councilmember Blaustein, who's our TAM representative. Maybe she can be part of the dialogue outside of just the letter writing, which would be a bit of jawboning and back slapping around trying to see if they can just simply extend the timelines. You're already in process with the design effort from Parisi that the city council directed you to do last July. And so it could be that within short order, in the order of weeks to months, you would actually have potential conceptual designs. Some of which, since they are experts who are doing it, might mean keeping exactly the same configuration
02:51:41.31	Mayor	but through clever painting,
02:51:43.70	Mayor	we might be able to use the 500k to build crosswalks across Bridgeway, to build rider painted bike paths that are shared with cars, but are safer that deal with the bollards so that we, our taxpayers don't have to pay for it. So I'd love to give that a chance to really play out and not constrain the extension to be just for design, because it'd be great to get that money for construction if we could. and then on the ferry you know to be just for design, because it'd be great to get that money for construction if we could. And then on the ferry, you know, the, I just want to emphasize 10 years old, we got a letter on March the 1st from Dennis Mulligan that said,
02:52:22.11	Mayor	The grant is on the cusp of being rescinded, quote unquote. So we're a month after that. On the cusp sounds pretty scary to me. We've already burned hundreds of thousands of dollars, more than that if you count for inflation. We have an approved design. We know that doing anything through the parking lot is gonna be expensive.
02:52:45.42	Mayor	You're gonna have to cut down trees. You're gonna clear cut a forest and dig up the roots and have to treat the under surface. It's a project. I fully support the staff's recommendation
02:52:58.33	Mayor	to have it as a design task because I think it can become a jewel
02:53:02.22	Mayor	in the crown of council member kelman's uh r and r as a resiliency and project in as a gateway to sausalito and marin to have a world-class uh subsurface that is a parking surface and treats rainwater and is resilient would be truly a ambitious and worthy thing of our gateway uh area of our town. So I support the design efforts, but I want to just say it's obvious that there's not enough money in the grant to do that. And we just got a note today from Director Mulligan that was forwarded to Director McGowan and to myself and my colleague on the working group that is from the Dennis Mulligan that just makes very clear that, and I'll just quote the last sentence. It says that some incidental paving
02:53:57.98	Mayor	can be paid for by the grant but that the bulk of the funds need to be spent on the effort of pedestrian access and bike bike pedestrian access to the ferry landing so this is relevant to our discussions now and in the future
02:54:19.85	Mayor	Are there any other comments before we move on to our next topic?
02:54:22.57	Councilmember Kelman	Well, I want to make sure direction is clear. So the letter that you gave us, Director McGowan, to MTC is not the letter you're going to send. You're not going to endorse a specific project, but just seek to preserve the funding as we take the time we need to actually align on a project, right?
02:54:45.97	Kevin McGowan	Yes, if that is your direction.
02:54:48.00	Kevin McGowan	Exactly.
02:54:48.30	Councilmember Kelman	direction.
02:54:48.97	Council Member Kellman	Yeah, can I also restate it? And I want to make sure that oftentimes when we, and by the way, we're using other people's money to do this study. So it's not taxpayer dollars to do this study, which the city manager reminded me of. That just because we're doing this study doesn't mean we have approved anything.
02:55:07.42	Council Member Kellman	and we may get back.
02:55:09.26	Council Member Kellman	two, three, five ideas, and we may not do anything. And I just want to make sure that is abundantly clear and in the minutes that there's no approval tonight. There is only a curiosity, period. Okay.
02:55:24.06	Mayor	Yep, I think you have it.
02:55:25.85	Councilmember Kelman	And then with respect to the Golden Gate Bridge District, when we get correspondence from Dennis Mulligan on such an important project, I would ask that the staff forward that to all council members and not just the working group.
02:55:41.98	Mayor	All right, let's move on to our next topic. This is also with Director McGowan.
02:55:46.38	Councilmember Kelman	May I make a point of order, Mayor? It's 10 o'clock and we still have two consent items to hear. So, and this is a major item, the sidewalk. It is. So is, is this something we want to do this evening?
02:55:51.06	Mayor	do.
02:55:57.33	Mayor	It is.
02:56:01.60	Mayor	I take the sense of the city council. We say we have a lot to do. We don't want to do extra meetings. We try to stay liberal. I know there have been proposals to limit us on time. Something's got to give. So either we do our work and stay late, or we limit our time, or we have extra meetings. But otherwise, our work isn't going to get done. So I've looked at my colleagues for how they want to be.
02:56:11.31	Unknown	Yep.
02:56:20.91	Councilmember Kelman	I'm happy to have extra meetings, but I do work a full-time job, so I'm up at 536 in the morning, so I'd...
02:56:30.73	Councilmember Kelman	Happy to have extra meetings. I hesitate to take on a project, to take on an item that entails a major sea change in the way we do business at 10 o'clock at night.
02:56:41.87	Mayor	Okay.
02:56:42.85	Council Member Kellman	Yeah, I think I am with the vice mayor on this. This is a big change. And so not shirking our responsibility to stay late as we have done for the last, I think, seven or eight meetings till midnight or so. I don't want to give this short shrift.
02:56:59.92	Councilmember Boston	I also don't and in the interest of compromise then might we hear the two consent items we pull quickly so we can be efficient in that capacity and support.
02:57:00.33	Council Member Kellman	and in the interest of the people
02:57:07.43	Mayor	Well, just in the vice mayor mentioned having extra meetings and so you're speaking to one half of her comment and I'm curious whether you in the entrance of the work that we have are open to some more meetings.
02:57:23.95	Mayor	We'll be.
02:57:25.90	Mayor	So we will skip this item city manager, we will have to take public comment on it, however, as is our requirement since it is agendized. So though we will not be hearing this matter, the staff report had been duly posted online as well as the presentation. So if anyone wishes to make public comment on item five be provide staff direction on whether to pursue an annual sidewalk repair program, we will open public comment for that matter, and then move on to the two consent items that were pulled off the agenda.
02:57:54.60	Mayor	Is there any public comment?
02:57:56.35	Sandra Bushmaker	Seeing none.
02:57:57.53	Mayor	All right, then we'll move on to the two consent items that were pulled off of the agenda. The first of them is 5A, adoption of the 2024 City Council meeting calendar.
02:58:07.63	Mayor	to accommodate the November general election and August recesses by, well, what we did is the city council meeting on November the 5th falls on an election. The city council meeting on August 6th and August 20 falls during our typical recess. So to make up for canceling those three meetings, we added two special meetings to the calendar on July 30th and October 29th. So that is what the consent item is.
02:58:36.77	Councilmember Hoffman	So I pulled a, let me start. Please go right ahead. I would soon do. Okay. So here's my issue. I'm glad that we canceled, that we're not having the meetings in August. I think that's problematic.
02:58:38.14	Mayor	Please go right ahead.
02:58:40.45	Clark	Okay.
02:58:49.16	Councilmember Hoffman	people are...
02:58:51.00	Councilmember Hoffman	people are expecting us not to have meetings. So my usual concerns are,
02:58:55.53	Councilmember Hoffman	um,
02:58:56.19	Councilmember Hoffman	The public expects us to do our job during the meetings that we have scheduled. And so when we start adding meetings or canceling meetings,
02:59:05.25	Councilmember Hoffman	it's a problem because people can't keep track.
02:59:08.26	Councilmember Hoffman	The other part that's problematic, and that's why I generally...
02:59:11.97	Councilmember Hoffman	If we want to have a special meeting, I'm not always against it.
02:59:16.21	Councilmember Hoffman	But
02:59:17.52	Councilmember Hoffman	I want to be very tight about why we're having a special meeting and the need for the special meeting instead of just saying, let's show up for another six hours.
02:59:26.40	Councilmember Hoffman	and,
02:59:27.16	Councilmember Hoffman	have we articulated an actual need and what's the agenda going to be?
02:59:32.31	Councilmember Hoffman	So let me go back to the other issue is when we have meetings,
02:59:38.06	Councilmember Hoffman	during holiday weeks.
02:59:40.24	Councilmember Hoffman	That's a problem for our community, it's a problem for the staff, and it's a problem for our council members to get prepared for that meeting
02:59:47.48	Councilmember Hoffman	in attendance. So we still have one
02:59:49.75	Councilmember Hoffman	meeting during a holiday week.
02:59:51.90	Councilmember Hoffman	currently on the current schedule. So that's July 2nd.
02:59:55.66	Councilmember Hoffman	So you want to have a city council meeting
02:59:58.28	Councilmember Hoffman	on July 2nd.
02:59:59.83	Councilmember Hoffman	when we're gearing up for
03:00:01.92	Councilmember Hoffman	Lots and lots of people take...
03:00:03.76	Councilmember Hoffman	that week off as vacation, period, our staff included. We also are trying to get ready for the 4th of July
03:00:10.58	Councilmember Hoffman	extravaganza that is in Sausalito. So that.
03:00:14.81	Councilmember Hoffman	You know, that jumped out at me as a problematic date. I was also looking as, you know, because last year we had a meeting
03:00:23.32	Councilmember Hoffman	you know, within a few days of the Christmas holiday, and also Christmas,
03:00:28.30	Councilmember Hoffman	I can't remember if it was during Hanukkah, but it was really close to Hanukkah.
03:00:31.35	Councilmember Hoffman	on January 19th. And then we also had a meeting the week of,
03:00:35.64	Councilmember Hoffman	Thanksgiving. So interestingly,
03:00:38.37	Councilmember Hoffman	we didn't have the full calendar attached to the staff report.
03:00:42.54	Councilmember Hoffman	um so that's why i went through and actually looked at when all these tuesdays are going to fall so
03:00:48.58	Councilmember Hoffman	My point is,
03:00:50.76	Councilmember Hoffman	I don't think we should have a meeting July 2nd.
03:00:52.93	Councilmember Hoffman	I see that we want to add a meeting. The proposal is that we add a meeting on July 30th. That would still give us two meetings in July.
03:01:00.51	Councilmember Hoffman	You know, that if we cancel the second, I think that makes sense, actually. And then we're going to be in it actually.
03:01:06.87	Councilmember Hoffman	Gives us another meeting closer to our August break, which is probably a good fail safe if we need it the October 29th.
03:01:14.33	Councilmember Hoffman	You know,
03:01:17.08	Councilmember Hoffman	The one thing I was going to suggest on that is that we hold it as a potential special meeting if we need it. So if we get to October and we need a special meeting, then we say, okay, we've reserved October 29th for this, and we can make that decision when we get closer to October 29th. So that's the only thing.
03:01:35.78	Councilmember Hoffman	I agree if we move
03:01:38.08	Councilmember Hoffman	If we remove July 2nd, then yeah, I think it makes sense to add July 30th. I would suggest that we hold October 29th as a provisional, as a placeholder for a special meeting. And that's my suggested.
03:01:51.78	Council Member Kellman	I would agree with that. I think those are well-reasoned. I'm OK with that.
03:01:56.10	Council Member Kellman	Any distress over it?
03:01:58.17	Councilmember Kelman	Yes.
03:01:58.73	Council Member Kellman	Okay.
03:01:58.76	Councilmember Kelman	I'm very distressed because I know what's on the, I have the 12 month calendar that was shared with all of us at the beginning of the year. And I know what we're trying to get accomplished this year.
03:02:12.50	Councilmember Kelman	The pace at which we are able to decide important issues is slower than it has been in years past, and so I hesitate to take more meetings off of our agendas.
03:02:27.65	Mayor	Same. There's a lot of work to be done. Tonight is a great case in point. Something's got to give either. This can be a comprehensive discussion of our three issues. Shall we put ourselves on the clock so we take less time? Shall we go later every day, say go to midnight and plan for it?
03:02:28.58	Councilmember Kelman	Yeah.
03:02:44.56	Mayor	or should we do more meetings in addition to these? But at the very minimum, we're canceling three meetings and adding two back. So we're still losing one meeting when we have a lot of work to do.
03:02:56.71	Council Member Kellman	I appreciate all that. I actually do think we should be on the clock.
03:02:56.76	Mayor	It, I,
03:03:00.58	Council Member Kellman	Frankly, I think that would help us organize our thoughts. But I don't know if that's the topic that's been agendized this evening.
03:03:07.58	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you.
03:03:07.83	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you.
03:03:07.87	Council Member Kellman	Thank you.
03:03:08.32	Councilmember Kelman	It is definitely under the city manager report, the protocols, which include that, but I have already asked that we agendize it as a future agenda item.
03:03:21.18	Mayor	Thank you.
03:03:21.92	Mayor	Okay, well, I appreciate that sentiment, Councilmember Kelman. So, Councilmember Boston, do you have any comments on this calendar that's pulled off? The proposal is to cancel three meetings and add these two.
03:03:36.18	Mayor	You need to see.
03:03:38.16	Councilmember Boston	I know, I know, I know. I mean, I would not be opposed to holding additional special meetings at dates that make sense for everyone. So I'd like to find a consensus where we have special, where we still have the same number of meetings as required per the request here. But if the meetings, as mentioned by Councilmember Hoffman, do create problems, i.e. the 2nd of July, I could see where a lot of people would potentially be gone. But if that's the case, I don't want to, I don't, I'm not trying to get out of having an additional meeting. So if we can choose a date where we can do it, I'm happy to add an extra meeting. I just, I do hear that there would probably be less people here on the second, but I probably would have to say that.
03:04:18.45	Mayor	Well, actually, people will be here because it's the 4th of July. They're in our parade. Sure. And we also have a meeting, by the way, the day after Labor Day. That's also a holiday week. So this is an issue of having our first and third Tuesdays that often happens. So we can redo our whole calendar right here if we would like, but we should get it done now so we don't have to do this again. That's member Kellman.
03:04:21.68	Councilmember Boston	in our parade.
03:04:41.94	Council Member Kellman	Yes, perhaps you and the vice mayor or collectively, we agreed that there were six priorities. We had the priority settings session. We know what those are.
03:04:52.29	Council Member Kellman	I'm
03:04:53.59	Council Member Kellman	I found our 90-minute meetings when we had some issues on the homeless encampment during COVID and some COVID, I found those actually very effective. They didn't happen all the time. They happened...
03:05:06.26	Council Member Kellman	occasionally on a Friday. I think when we hold ourselves, we fill the time that we are given. And so I would be very open to getting direction from you as the agenda setting committee, now that he added you, as the agenda setting committee to help us identify, and I think we talked about it in closed session, some of the very important issues and
03:05:27.58	Council Member Kellman	find a handful of, it doesn't have to be Friday, but find a, you know, a 90 minute slot. And that's the time we got. And we're dealing with one issue and we're getting through it.
03:05:36.79	Mayor	Well, thank you for that encouragement. We will definitely take that under advisement at agenda setting for one issue meetings that are focused on getting something done.
03:05:43.86	Councilmember Boston	I would support. We had a once monthly, I believe, when we had the issue with homeless encampment. And so, and given what's on our agenda, if we wanted to have a once monthly 90 minute additional meeting,
03:05:54.10	Councilmember Boston	By all means, please pursue that in agenda setting. That is so encouraging.
03:05:55.17	Councilmember Kelman	pursue that in agenda. So encouraging. So encouraging. Now, should we revise our schedule and meet the second and fourth and have the planning commission meet the first and third? We changed.
03:05:56.72	Councilmember Boston	Great.
03:06:04.80	Councilmember Kelman	to the first and third to accommodate our city manager.
03:06:08.92	Councilmember Kelman	who at that time had a conflict with a city attorney, who at that time had a conflict with an existing client, I think that conflict no longer exists. And so I think...
03:06:10.84	Unknown	City attorney. City attorney. Right.
03:06:19.94	Councilmember Kelman	he can weigh in if that's not the case. Does that mean
03:06:21.59	Councilmember Boston	Does that mean we wouldn't have a meeting on my birthday? Because that'd be great.
03:06:23.90	Councilmember Kelman	That's great.
03:06:25.62	Councilmember Kelman	We did it on my book. We've done it on mine, you guys.
03:06:27.02	Council Member Kellman	that's the first time.
03:06:27.09	Councilmember Boston	We've done it online. You guys, I'm very happy to be here.
03:06:28.04	Council Member Kellman	I'm very happy to be here on my birthday. I can't wait to celebrate with all of you. Vice mayor, I don't have conceptually an issue with that in the least, but I would welcome the opportunity to consult my calendar a little bit more thoroughly than I can right now.
03:06:29.74	Councilmember Boston	I can't wait.
03:06:40.68	Councilmember Kelman	So I would recommend we adopt this. We can adopt this consent agenda item with the revisions that seem to be endorsed from Councilmember Hoffman. And then we consider in the future whether we want to go to second and fourth to avoid some of these holiday weeks.
03:06:49.57	Mayor	Yeah.
03:06:58.57	Mayor	Sorry, I didn't get that. Which we're not adopting it as is.
03:07:01.35	Councilmember Kelman	We're adopting, well, Council Member Hoffman said no on July 2, and October 29 as a maybe.
03:07:09.21	Councilmember Kelman	So put it on the calendar.
03:07:10.19	Mayor	I'm not okay with either of that.
03:07:13.19	Mayor	I can't, I don't know why we would, after you were distressed, why would we want to throw away more meetings for canceling another meeting? And I think we have.
03:07:20.20	Unknown	Thank you.
03:07:20.35	Councilmember Boston	Thank you.
03:07:20.45	Unknown	Thank you.
03:07:20.49	Councilmember Boston	Well, no, I just want to come to consensus, so I'm okay with whatever. I mean, I would support the agenda setting committee in whatever you want to do, so.
03:07:26.41	Mayor	I would like to make a motion to adopt the item as is, and we can always come back to it.
03:07:33.68	Mayor	if we want to move to the second and fourth i'm open to having it back on the agenda but for now let's just settle on the calendar since it's here and it's now in front of us so my motion is to approve item 3a the adoption of the 2024.
03:07:44.75	Mayor	Do the council meeting calendar as is.
03:07:46.74	Council Member Kellman	Will you entertain a friendly amendment to that? Will you, yeah, well entertain, you don't have to accept it, certainly. I really do think Councilman Hoffman's point about July 2nd is a good one. A lot of people do travel and take the 30th instead of the 2nd, I think is just prudent.
03:08:04.85	Mayor	You mean moving the July 2nd meeting to June to when?
03:08:08.98	Council Member Kellman	So, um...
03:08:11.38	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you.
03:08:11.47	Councilmember Kelman	adding just this.
03:08:11.97	Councilmember Kelman	a lot.
03:08:12.11	Council Member Kellman	Bye.
03:08:12.49	Council Member Kellman	So we have two meetings in July, as we normally would have.
03:08:15.19	Mayor	means we're canceling
03:08:16.97	Mayor	three meetings and we're adding two. Now we're canceling four meetings and adding two. So we're down two meetings.
03:08:23.45	Council Member Kellman	Well,
03:08:23.78	Council Member Kellman	No, you've no, no, I don't think.
03:08:25.69	Mayor	I don't think. We're canceling August 6th, August 20th, July the 2nd, and November the 5th.
03:08:30.55	Mayor	Our organization.
03:08:30.62	Councilmember Kelman	Our ordinance calls for us to meet in August, even though our practice is not to.
03:08:31.34	Council Member Kellman	Thank you.
03:08:36.74	Council Member Kellman	I just think we hear from folks all the time how difficult it is to know what is happening in town, and I just think a July 2nd meeting is not a good idea. So I'm happy to meet alternatively to make sure people are in town so they can come to our meetings.
03:08:50.21	Council Member Kellman	I'll just second to that.
03:08:52.20	Councilmember Boston	THE COUNTRY.
03:08:52.44	Council Member Kellman	Thank you.
03:08:52.52	Councilmember Boston	Thank you.
03:08:52.66	Council Member Kellman	Motion.
03:08:53.28	Councilmember Hoffman	you
03:08:53.32	Mayor	Thank you.
03:08:53.58	Mayor	Yeah, it can fail.
03:08:53.87	Councilmember Hoffman	Yes.
03:08:56.88	Councilmember Hoffman	So I'm going to propose an alternate motion. And my alternate motion is that we remove the July 2nd meeting from the agenda, that we add July 30th, and that we add October 29th. So the only difference is we're removing July 2nd.
03:09:20.89	Councilmember Hoffman	And let me just say to the mayor's point, if we're going to start adding in 90-minute meetings, I think that should more than cover
03:09:29.75	Councilmember Hoffman	the absence of a or at least you know this one july 2nd meeting which i think is going to be very poorly attended and anything we do is going to be highly criticized
03:09:39.47	Councilmember Kelman	If there's consensus on this dais for adding 90-minute meetings once a month, then I would be okay with removing July 2.
03:09:47.16	Mayor	Yeah, I'm okay with that, too. So July 2 is gone. We're adding October 29, July 30, and...
03:09:55.08	Mayor	and now I've forgotten.
03:09:56.29	Council Member Kellman	Friendly amendment to Councilmember Hoffman's.
03:09:59.26	Mayor	We're adding July 30, October 29, and I've missed the next date somewhere in there. Is that it? That's it.
03:10:04.41	Mayor	So we're adding July 30th, October 29th, and we're canceling August 6th, August 20th, November 5th, and July the 2nd.
03:10:14.06	Mayor	Did you get that, city clerk? Well, you'll hear it.
03:10:16.07	Sandra Bushmaker	Who was the official second for that alternate motion?
03:10:20.09	Councilmember Kelman	Joan Cox, second.
03:10:21.99	Sandra Bushmaker	Then another thing I used to took reminder public comment, which is if it passes,
03:10:22.03	Mayor	Yeah.
03:10:26.25	Mayor	past and so
03:10:27.97	Mayor	public.
03:10:28.29	Mayor	Thank you.
03:10:28.69	Mayor	a yeah it'll be public comment in just a moment because it's just and and you know a direction is uh openness to periodic 90-minute meetings uh on special topics so any public comment on this matter
03:10:43.05	Sandra Bushmaker	Yeah, we have Babette McDougal.
03:10:53.58	Mayor	No, it is on the matter concerning the calendar of the city council.
03:10:59.47	Mayor	to some of the people who are going to be
03:11:00.38	Babette	I'm going to go.
03:11:04.08	Babette	Am I unmuted? Am I unmuted now?
03:11:05.26	Mayor	Yes, you are.
03:11:06.75	Mayor	Yes, you are. Please go ahead, Mr. Google.
03:11:08.36	Babette	Oh, thank you. Well, good evening. First of all, I want to say congratulations to all of you.
03:11:16.63	Babette	because this has been a really challenging meeting.
03:11:21.07	Babette	And it seems to speak well to what we know, thanks to a track record, and what is still needed to be learned and understood
03:11:31.58	Babette	So
03:11:32.67	Babette	This idea of moving the meetings around throughout
03:11:36.11	Babette	August, which is usually a recess month, if I'm not mistaken. Or is that July?
03:11:42.47	Babette	So I just think we have to be mindful that there is a summer recess. So if we have this much work to do,
03:11:48.90	Babette	I think we need to just sort of
03:11:50.99	Babette	bite the bullet and go for a calendar, whether we like it or not.
03:11:57.10	Babette	Thank you.
03:12:00.88	Mayor	All right.
03:12:01.25	Mayor	So the
03:12:03.82	Mayor	Any other public comment, city clerk?
03:12:06.40	Mayor	No further public. All right, we're gonna close item or do we need to vote on that? Or that's just general consensus. All in favor of what we have the motion to. Aye.
03:12:07.12	Sandra Bushmaker	All right.
03:12:15.39	Mayor	Thank you.
03:12:15.41	Clark	Thank you.
03:12:15.43	Mayor	I'm not sure.
03:12:15.49	Clark	Bye.
03:12:15.97	Mayor	Thank you.
03:12:16.56	Mayor	All right, you carried item 3E, waiver of the second reading of Ordinance 3-2024, an ordinance of the City Council of Sausalito amending the Sausalito Municipal Code Section 2.58.040 relating to residency requirements on city boards, commissions, and committees. Council Member Kellman pulled it off at the consent agenda. So you can open.
03:12:39.46	Council Member Kellman	Thank you, Mayor. Yeah, I pulled it off because there was some concern that it was from, this is members of the public, that perhaps it created a standard way of doing things that would then need to have exemptions to that. And it wasn't clear as to Planning Commission, it wasn't clear as to where we wanted to support out-of-town membership. And I'm just wondering, I know, Vice Mayor, you were instrumental in helping put this together. My recollection in the last three years was that we only had non-sacceled residents on EDAC. That is it.
03:13:12.94	Council Member Kellman	uh nowhere else uh we had 94965 um on the housing element which was a special committee but every other committee boarding commission of which we have nine standing boards and commissions um had to be a self-saddle resident and so
03:13:29.78	Council Member Kellman	I'm wondering what you all think about clarifying that, or maybe the city attorney who...
03:13:35.25	Council Member Kellman	is still there, wants to comment on how we make it clear that it is only as to EDAC, if that is the will of the council.
03:13:41.39	Councilmember Kelman	Well, I will remind you that we did adopt a resolution at our last meeting.
03:13:46.58	Councilmember Kelman	um,
03:13:47.82	Councilmember Kelman	allowing.
03:13:48.97	Councilmember Kelman	non-residents to participate in EDAC. So we already took the action contemplated by the ordinance to allow
03:13:56.91	Councilmember Kelman	non-residents to attend EDAC, we've not taken that action with respect.
03:14:00.95	Unknown	you
03:14:01.91	Councilmember Kelman	boards and committees. And I just wanted to clarify that.
03:14:05.27	Sergio	Yeah, actually,
03:14:07.36	Sergio	the direction the council gave was to for the city attorney's office to come back with the resolution that would allow that action. The ordinance goes into effect 30 days after adoption. We would be providing you the.
03:14:19.51	Sergio	draft resolution allowing membership on EDAC to be
03:14:22.80	Sergio	by non-residents at the next meeting. So if you adopt this proposed ordinance.
03:14:28.67	Council Member Kellman	Okay, thank you. And for my colleagues, I don't need to belabor it at all. I wanted to give an opportunity for public comment because we had received some mail on that and I thought was important.
03:14:39.96	Mayor	If there are any other comments, we can open public comment.
03:14:43.59	Mayor	So let's open public comment, please.
03:14:46.04	Council Member Kellman	Perhaps Jan Johnson wants to comment on that.
03:14:52.04	Councilmember Kelman	open for any it is open for us to do that for any board and commission under this proposed ordinance but we've only given direction thus far to do it for EDAC
03:15:05.09	Mayor	You have two minutes for public comment.
03:15:06.32	Jan Johnson	Okay, I think EDAC is okay, but I object to having non-residents tell residents what to do.
03:15:14.49	Jan Johnson	in any way, shape, or form. If they don't live here, they can influence where they do live. But why are they on committees that are going to influence...
03:15:22.98	Jan Johnson	Thank you.
03:15:23.18	Jan Johnson	our lives when they're not taxpayers and living here.
03:15:30.35	Jan Johnson	I think a lot of people agree with me who aren't awake now.
03:15:36.73	Mayor	Any other public comment? Ms. Brockett?
03:15:42.13	Sharna Brockett	I actually think we should consider non-residents. And so, for example, I know that businesses contribute 44% of
03:15:51.86	Sharna Brockett	I'm going to wait till...
03:15:53.23	Sharna Brockett	44% of taxes to our tax base where
03:15:57.42	Sharna Brockett	property owners, we contribute 25%. And I know there's a whole nother area that I don't, it comes from other places that I understand. But what I'm trying to say is that
03:16:06.73	Sharna Brockett	businesses and like there's experts who perhaps are not residents that we want their expertise. We'd be very honored to have their expertise to help us. So when I'm thinking, um,
03:16:17.48	Sharna Brockett	Like, for example, we talk about supporting a working waterfront. A lot of those people who work in the working waterfront don't live here.
03:16:25.78	Sharna Brockett	Don't we want their expertise to help us figure out how to make our waterfront thrive? I want them. These are the people running our marinas, working on the boats, working in the marine trades.
03:16:39.69	Sharna Brockett	I think it's important to have them part of these committees, you know, with certain committees where it makes sense.
03:16:51.25	Sharna Brockett	Anyways, those are my main points. And I do think businesses should have some contribution to help us improve our economic vitality. So thank you.
03:17:02.77	Mayor	Any other public art, Ms. Boutier?
03:17:10.25	Sybil Boutier	I just wanted to suggest, sorry.
03:17:10.57	Mayor	Thank you so much.
03:17:13.15	Sybil Boutier	Just wanted to suggest, I know with the Commission on Aging that I belong to, has allows public members of committees, but they're non voting members. So they have the opportunity to be involved in the discussions.
03:17:30.28	Sybil Boutier	be a regular part of the committee,
03:17:34.08	Sybil Boutier	Commission.
03:17:35.38	Sybil Boutier	But they just are not voting members. So the quorum is made up of the actual city resident or 94965 resident members of the committee. But there could be other members. That's just something I look forward to some suggestions. Thank you.
03:17:55.25	Mayor	Thank you.
03:17:55.36	Sandra Bushmaker	Thank you.
03:17:55.37	Mayor	you.
03:17:55.58	Sandra Bushmaker	Thank you.
03:17:56.64	Sandra Bushmaker	All right.
03:17:57.33	Sandra Bushmaker	Thank you.
03:17:57.35	Sybil Boutier	Um,
03:17:57.87	Sandra Bushmaker	Thank you.
03:17:58.11	Sandra Bushmaker	We have Sandra Bushmaker.
03:18:04.57	Sandra Bushmaker	I am opposed to having non-residents on our committees, except for EDEC.
03:18:10.10	Sandra Bushmaker	We already have business members on the Economic Advisory Committee.
03:18:13.80	Sandra Bushmaker	And I'm opposed to having non residents on our other committees, boards and commissions. Thank you.
03:18:23.27	Sandra Bushmaker	Thought Thornburg?
03:18:31.28	Thought Thornburg	Sorry, trying to get unmuted there. Thank you. For EDAC, appreciate your diligence here. As you know, we have existing members that are very passionate volunteers that want to be involved, that are business owners that contribute a lot of tax dollars to the city, actually. And so they would love an opportunity to contribute
03:18:51.23	Thought Thornburg	to the long term vitality and economic success of Sausalito. And I think we should support that. I also think there are a number of other volunteers on other
03:19:00.22	Thought Thornburg	boards and commissions and nonprofits that contribute a lot to the city.
03:19:04.59	Thought Thornburg	Just because they're not residents doesn't mean they don't care about Sausalito. You see this in the Rotary Club. You see this in Sausalito Beautiful, many other organizations. And I would encourage you to consider this carefully. It's not just EDAC, where there are
03:19:18.84	Thought Thornburg	um non-residents that are contributing to the success of Sausalito overall so thank you for your attention to this matter.
03:19:27.66	Sandra Bushmaker	All right, uh, in the Pfeiffer.
03:19:37.60	Dr. Pfeiffer	Sorry about this. I'm kind of whetted out. Can you hear me?
03:19:41.18	Dr. Pfeiffer	Okay.
03:19:42.12	Dr. Pfeiffer	So I'm opposed to having non-residents on these committees. I know when I was on the Arts Commission, for example,
03:19:49.16	Dr. Pfeiffer	We had a couple artists
03:19:52.11	Dr. Pfeiffer	who were non-voting members or advisors. We actually also created an advisory committee and allowed
03:19:59.22	Dr. Pfeiffer	you know, non-residents to serve, but they were non-voting.
03:20:02.92	Dr. Pfeiffer	They were not the soft little art
03:20:05.24	Dr. Pfeiffer	are commissioners.
03:20:06.53	Dr. Pfeiffer	And I think it's very important to preserve the voice of residents
03:20:11.39	Dr. Pfeiffer	on our committees in terms of making decisions that impact the residents
03:20:17.98	Dr. Pfeiffer	of our
03:20:19.50	Dr. Pfeiffer	towns.
03:20:20.48	Dr. Pfeiffer	So I am opposed.
03:20:22.44	Dr. Pfeiffer	to allowing
03:20:24.70	Dr. Pfeiffer	Voting.
03:20:25.86	Dr. Pfeiffer	members who are not residents of Sausalito on these
03:20:31.01	Dr. Pfeiffer	commissions and committees.
03:20:33.19	Dr. Pfeiffer	As for business participation, you can always
03:20:37.15	Dr. Pfeiffer	based on the type of charter of a committee or commission, you can always say,
03:20:41.74	Dr. Pfeiffer	we're going to allocate one
03:20:43.72	Dr. Pfeiffer	seats.
03:20:44.58	Dr. Pfeiffer	to a local
03:20:46.94	Dr. Pfeiffer	a business,
03:20:48.38	Dr. Pfeiffer	owner.
03:20:49.56	Dr. Pfeiffer	Non voting.
03:20:51.80	Dr. Pfeiffer	So that's my consent. Thank you.
03:20:56.48	Sandra Bushmaker	Babette went Google.
03:20:59.04	Dr. Pfeiffer	Thank you.
03:20:59.06	Babette	Thanks.
03:21:01.32	Babette	Thank you.
03:21:01.37	Babette	I don't understand why my video doesn't work.
03:21:04.73	Babette	Um,
03:21:06.57	Babette	So actually, I've raised this issue with you before.
03:21:09.88	Babette	I do think what we now call the EDAC committee
03:21:13.15	Babette	does need to have broad based representation regardless of
03:21:17.84	Babette	police of residence, assuming that these other members are invested in Sausalitos.
03:21:20.94	Unknown	members.
03:21:25.32	Babette	So I think that particular is an economic development agency. So we, as was previously stated,
03:21:32.44	Babette	Taking advantage of the talent is important.
03:21:36.28	Babette	Similarly,
03:21:37.72	Babette	We have other commissions
03:21:40.08	Babette	that can only
03:21:41.67	Babette	the work of which can only be truly known, appreciated,
03:21:45.87	Babette	and sustained by these residents, our residents. And so I think Dr. Pfeiffer's point, for example, about confining that to a residential vote
03:21:57.07	Babette	whether that means some ex officio status for others who have expertise to provide,
03:22:03.22	Babette	Perhaps there's a way to accommodate that. I don't know.
03:22:06.59	Babette	But I think we need to be true to our roots. You need to think about who your true constituents are.
03:22:13.49	Babette	Thank you.
03:22:17.22	Sandra Bushmaker	Next person on an iPad.
03:22:22.15	Babette	Thank you.
03:22:22.52	Sandra Bushmaker	Thank you.
03:22:22.64	Babette	Thank you.
03:22:23.99	Pat Zook	Yes. Hi. Are you there?
03:22:26.23	Babette	Thank you.
03:22:26.25	Unknown	Yeah.
03:22:26.35	Babette	Yeah.
03:22:27.58	Pat Zook	This is Pat Zook here on my iPad.
03:22:31.16	Pat Zook	And I'd like to endorse the Sybil's approach, actually. I think her comments that there are people who don't live here who have good advice and meaningful input.
03:22:40.71	Pat Zook	is an important resource for us to take advantage of.
03:22:44.93	Pat Zook	but that does not mean that they should be voting members of our city commissions and committees.
03:22:51.95	Pat Zook	I appreciate the notion that EDAC has
03:22:56.31	Pat Zook	or perhaps should have non-resident business
03:22:59.73	Pat Zook	owners on panel.
03:23:03.95	Pat Zook	I'm not totally
03:23:05.89	Pat Zook	in agreement with that,
03:23:07.48	Pat Zook	be that as it may, I think our other commissions and committees
03:23:12.20	Pat Zook	would benefit from
03:23:13.84	Pat Zook	anybody's advice, but should be restricted as a voting
03:23:17.75	Pat Zook	percentage to people who actually live here.
03:23:20.91	Pat Zook	Thank you.
03:23:24.05	Sandra Bushmaker	Kieran Culligan.
03:23:29.30	Kieran Culligan	Hey there. I think one of the big topics on my mind here is what controls do you have as council members if you go down this path? And as far as I can tell, you pick who goes on to these commissions and whether you think they're appropriate for that role.
03:23:43.42	Kieran Culligan	They also serve out the pleasure of the council.
03:23:46.51	Kieran Culligan	decide that they're not doing something in the best interest in the city, you can remove them.
03:23:50.39	Kieran Culligan	from that role that goes whether
03:23:51.94	Kieran Culligan	they're a resident or whether
03:23:53.51	Kieran Culligan	They, um,
03:23:55.91	Kieran Culligan	you've elected people who are not residents. So it feels like this is a natural thing to add. There aren't a lot of risks to it.
03:24:03.38	Kieran Culligan	Some of the commissions of the long list have real voting power,
03:24:08.34	Kieran Culligan	an authority that you're going to look at more closely, like a Planning Commission or an EDAC, that everyone has real budget.
03:24:13.66	Kieran Culligan	Other ones, it's only an advisory capacity anyways, like PBAC. There's awesome people out there.
03:24:19.84	Kieran Culligan	Bill Hines, I'll call him out, he makes incredible contributions to our community.
03:24:24.86	Kieran Culligan	even though he does not live in Sausalito.
03:24:27.06	Kieran Culligan	If you could ever talk into a commission, I think it would be awesome.
03:24:29.73	Kieran Culligan	to have that option.
03:24:30.87	Kieran Culligan	I don't see how that's better than someone who has like,
03:24:33.37	Kieran Culligan	seven houses around the world and one of them happens to be in Sausalito and that can make them eligible to be on a commission. So glad you're talking about this tonight. Thanks.
03:24:46.03	Sandra Bushmaker	No further public comment.
03:24:48.52	Mayor	Okay, we'll post a comment. Is there anything, any action we take on this matter?
03:24:53.13	Councilmember Kelman	I was actually persuaded by...
03:24:58.19	Councilmember Kelman	Sybil Boutelier and Pat Zuck. I...
03:25:02.26	Councilmember Kelman	And I am, I did, so the concerns we heard tonight were heard at the first meeting regarding the ordinance, the first reading of the ordinance. And I do think we shouldn't just have a blank slate to have any questions.
03:25:18.68	Councilmember Kelman	to have any city council allow any, by resolution, allow any committee to be populated by non-residents. I think we should impose the,
03:25:29.04	Councilmember Kelman	Um,
03:25:30.42	Councilmember Kelman	uh,
03:25:31.15	Councilmember Kelman	I think we should retain.
03:25:33.14	Councilmember Kelman	the exemption for EDAC, but we should spell that out in the ordinance. And I think that the ordinance language should be changed to allow non-residents to participate in a non-voting capacity if approved by resolution of the City Council. So it's simply non-voting.
03:25:55.11	Councilmember Boston	My recollection was that we had appointed or approved previously the appointments of 94965 liaisons to accommodate for an effort to make inclusion for our neighbors in Marin City to be able to contribute to our boards and commissions and for our friends on the houseboat communities who are not necessarily voting members of the Sausalito residency requirements. So there is a precedent for this. I know that in some cases we were not able to recruit from those respective places, but I think the same approach being applied for expertise or workers in the city of Sausalito at our discretion and our prerogative from the data makes sense.
03:26:35.21	Councilmember Boston	Okay.
03:26:36.03	Councilmember Kelman	Is that a second to my motion? Right.
03:26:39.43	Councilmember Boston	Mind it.
03:26:39.97	Babette	Restating.
03:26:40.76	Councilmember Kelman	Yeah.
03:26:40.78	Councilmember Boston	Thank you.
03:26:40.84	Babette	Thank you.
03:26:40.91	Councilmember Kelman	Could you receive? I wasn't sure if that was a motion or a comment. Well, now that I have support, I'll make it a motion. So I move we direct the city attorney to make revisions to the ordinance and bring it back to us for first reading. I assume, yeah, he's nodding his head, so we'd have to bring it back for first reading. That specifically enunciates EDAC as a committee on which there can be nonresidents. So we won't need the resolution to approve that. And it should explain why. That because it's economic development which is largely informed by members of the business community as well as residents. And that for other committees, you simply change the language that allows by resolution the City Council to allow non-residents to participate to clarify that they may participate as liaisons and or non-voting members.
03:26:40.94	Councilmember Boston	Could you
03:26:41.96	Councilmember Boston	That was great.
03:27:35.69	Sergio	That's pretty clear. Thank you.
03:27:38.51	Councilmember Kelman	Is there a second?
03:27:39.60	Councilmember Boston	Sure, second.
03:27:41.41	Mayor	Motion to meet and seconded any discussion.
03:27:44.77	Mayor	All the question, all in favor, aye.
03:27:47.06	Mayor	Aye. Opposed? Okay, resolution carries. We'll move on to the next item. It is communication for...
03:27:54.54	Councilmember Hoffman	some
03:27:54.67	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you.
03:27:55.87	Councilmember Hoffman	I don't know.
03:27:56.04	Councilmember Kelman	I don't know. Sorry.
03:27:58.47	Mayor	Sorry. So what's the vote?
03:27:59.58	Sandra Bushmaker	Thank you.
03:28:00.55	Councilmember Kelman	It's an abstain by Councilmember Hoffman. Sorry for that.
03:28:04.85	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you.
03:28:04.93	Mayor	Thank you.
03:28:04.97	Clark	Yeah.
03:28:05.14	Mayor	I'm sorry. We can, as a point of order, back up enough to give you a second to process it and vote again.
03:28:12.04	Councilmember Hoffman	I have some, I'm trying to roll it through my head. Like the way that we have it now is that you pass a resolution if you want to appoint a non-member.
03:28:21.76	Councilmember Hoffman	So that's the way it is now. That's what we did with EDAC, which I think was warranted because, you know, whatever. EDAC was an evolution of business affairs and hospitality, which had non-resident members, and then we were trying to accommodate that. So that was the evolution of that.
03:28:36.73	Councilmember Hoffman	And so that's why I think
03:28:38.82	Councilmember Hoffman	Karen Hollweg, That the resolution that we passed is sufficient I don't think we need to change the ordinances specifically call out the deck, I think.
03:28:46.43	Councilmember Hoffman	I like the way that we did it with the resolution and that, um,
03:28:50.06	Councilmember Hoffman	we do it sort of ad hoc as we evolve through this and the but you know if we want to appoint non-voting non-residents so we're really expanding out our 94965
03:29:02.61	Councilmember Hoffman	potentially that we have. Right. So, you know, I'm not opposed to that. And I think, you know, on a case by
03:29:09.44	Councilmember Hoffman	I guess, basis, that's okay by resolution. So that's, I guess, I would be in favor of like an alternate motion, which is a little bit different than you would.
03:29:18.34	Councilmember Hoffman	Anyway, I guess it's going to come back to us for further discussion, right? Yeah.
03:29:22.98	Councilmember Hoffman	That's my thinking. I'm sorry. I guess I'm I hate to vote no on it, but it's really just an abstention as I work my way through it. So so is it.
03:29:29.75	Mayor	So is it our abstention? Is it a no abstention?
03:29:32.55	Sandra Bushmaker	But...
03:29:33.53	Councilmember Hoffman	I'm abstaining.
03:29:34.54	Mayor	Okay, thanks. Thank you. Okay, the motion carries for with four in favor and one abstention. We'll move on to communications. These are items not on the agenda. And for the public to comment on items not on the agenda. If you'd like to make a public comment here in the audience, you know what to do. And city manager, city clerk, I'm sorry. Are there any public comments?
03:29:34.56	Councilmember Hoffman	Okay.
03:29:34.66	Councilmember Hoffman	Thank you.
03:29:34.71	Councilmember Hoffman	Thank you.
03:29:34.77	Sandra Bushmaker	Thanks.
03:29:34.96	Councilmember Hoffman	Thank you.
03:29:34.98	Sandra Bushmaker	Yeah.
03:29:57.91	Sandra Bushmaker	Anybody in house want to make any public comments?
03:30:01.71	Mayor	Adam is not on the agenda.
03:30:03.97	Sandra Bushmaker	Thank you.
03:30:04.02	Councilmember Kelman	All right. Sybil, you seem to want to say something. Yeah.
03:30:04.88	Mayor	Anyone online?
03:30:08.00	Councilmember Kelman	Not on the agenda.
03:30:11.02	Babette	Thank you.
03:30:11.06	Babette	Mm-hmm.
03:30:11.17	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you.
03:30:11.24	Babette	the world may be.
03:30:11.82	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you.
03:30:11.92	Babette	Thank you.
03:30:11.93	Councilmember Kelman	that.
03:30:15.55	Sybil Boutier	I was very happy to hear from the city librarian that he was working on an accessible hearing solution for the city council chambers. And I had an opportunity along with some hearing specialists to review it, which looked like a very good solution given the constraints here and so forth. But I think it would be really helpful if everybody really paid attention to microphone hygiene. Like the ideal is if you can have the mic about two inches from your mouth, like you're about to bite it.
03:31:00.28	Sybil Boutier	It's the difference between hearing this
03:31:03.22	Sybil Boutier	and hearing this.
03:31:05.55	Sybil Boutier	And there's a lot of this.
03:31:06.58	Unknown	the-
03:31:07.99	Sybil Boutier	where people are looking in the opposite direction. And so imagine that you're a singer. Imagine you're a singer and the mic is going with you wherever you turn your head. And it would really, really help us, not only before we get the system, but actually afterwards as well, because it's linked to the sound system um so i just want to commend our our city manager because he is really good at this i've noticed he moves the mic up every time he speaks and um i just hope that the rest of you can just think about it a little bit more. It'd be very helpful. There was a lot of the conversation tonight that I couldn't hear and other people couldn't hear. And I had my personal sound system turned way up. So thank you for that.
03:32:07.22	Mayor	Thank you.
03:32:07.24	Sandra Bushmaker	the public comment.
03:32:09.67	Sandra Bushmaker	We have Abed McDougal.
03:32:13.87	Babette	Let's see. So can you hear me?
03:32:16.98	Mayor	Yes, please go right ahead.
03:32:17.64	Babette	Is it possible? So Walford, do you need to open my video?
03:32:21.99	Mayor	in my video.
03:32:23.07	Mayor	Let's go right ahead.
03:32:24.74	Babette	Yes, so you say.
03:32:26.12	Babette	Okay, so
03:32:27.39	Babette	Here's the deal. I think tonight's meeting is a perfect example of why
03:32:33.90	Babette	as a body
03:32:35.83	Babette	we have some work to do.
03:32:38.02	Babette	And I think, once again, it's a good idea to think about a parliamentarian
03:32:42.88	Babette	It's also a good idea to think about in historian. I thought between council members, Kelman and Hoffman,
03:32:49.72	Babette	Especially with Hoffman with her eyes on those details, watching the historical record unfold
03:32:56.21	Babette	makes you realize
03:32:57.93	Babette	that all of us, especially you five, are way so busy. How can you possibly review a year's worth of work in order to carry it forward into this moment? So I wonder if we shouldn't be thinking
03:33:10.96	Babette	about employing someone who could
03:33:13.56	Babette	serve as a historian to keep the confluency of our public record
03:33:19.99	Babette	on time intact and without having to add extra hours to your meetings to your own point, Mr. Mayor.
03:33:27.60	Babette	And
03:33:28.29	Babette	tied to that a parliamentarian, because after all,
03:33:32.05	Babette	Where you sit right now is the cathedral of democracy.
03:33:38.99	Babette	So I hope that you will honor it by
03:33:41.59	Babette	You're getting very close. I think Vice Mayor Cox, the fact that she acknowledges public comment now very comfortably.
03:33:48.98	Babette	is a wonderful forward step.
03:33:51.63	Babette	And I think we just keep moving toward reinstating democracy. I don't think you need to fear it. And I really appreciate Councilwoman Kelman's
03:33:59.71	Babette	suggesting that we all get on the clock.
03:34:04.22	Pat Zook	That was awesome.
03:34:04.34	Babette	I also thought former Mayor Blaustein picked up a few good pointers this evening, too, that we almost dropped. So thank you for that, too, Madam Blaustein.
03:34:12.30	Sandra Bushmaker	I don't know.
03:34:16.76	Mayor	Thank you. Any other public comment?
03:34:18.85	Babette	Thank you.
03:34:18.86	Sandra Bushmaker	Uh, Pat, oh. Ben Johnson?
03:34:22.06	Mayor	Please, Mr. Ansel.
03:34:27.91	Jan Johnson	Sorry to take your time, but we were talking about public safety. I live on the corner of 2nd and Richardson, and traffic accelerates from SCOMAs out of town up to Alexander. They treat it like the Indy 500.
03:34:44.62	Jan Johnson	also in the reverse direction. And I don't know how you can police the traffic speeds, but it would be a wonderful thing. It would keep the cars from running into...
03:35:02.28	Jan Johnson	council person's house, or running off the end of the road, or as it happened before, running up the North Street stairs, maybe traffic cams and automatic ticketing. But after hours or before dawn, people treat it like it's their playground. And it's dangerous. Anyway, thank you.
03:35:27.99	Mayor	Thank you. Is there other comments?
03:35:30.50	Sandra Bushmaker	Yeah, Pat Zuck.
03:35:35.27	Mayor	Hello.
03:35:35.60	Sandra Bushmaker	Thank you.
03:35:36.32	Pat Zook	Are you there?
03:35:36.73	Sandra Bushmaker	Thank you.
03:35:37.35	Mayor	I don't know who we are, Ms. Zucker, right ahead.
03:35:39.39	Pat Zook	I
03:35:40.19	Pat Zook	brief shout out to your city clerk
03:35:43.53	Pat Zook	It is a lot of work, I'm sure, but it was really pleasant to see everybody's letter posted with a name under the right agenda item. Thank you very much.
03:35:54.63	Mayor	Thanks for the compliment. Any other public comments?
03:36:00.96	Councilmember Kelman	Thank you.
03:36:01.75	Mayor	See?
03:36:01.90	Sandra Bushmaker	Thank you.
03:36:01.92	Mayor	then closing public comment and we'll move on to council member committee reports
03:36:01.94	Sandra Bushmaker	then.
03:36:05.57	Councilmember Kelman	May I respond to one of the public comments, Mayor? Of course.
03:36:08.50	Mayor	Of course.
03:36:09.68	Councilmember Kelman	So there was a comment made that you can't hear us. A couple of you have seen my frustration tonight because I can hear you. So when you're out there talking amongst yourselves, it makes me unable to hear the speaker who's speaking or my fellow council members. And I have a hearing disorder myself that I cannot hear.
03:36:32.41	Councilmember Kelman	sort out who's saying what. I just hear a jumble when there's lots of noise. And so that's why I'm asking your courtesy that if you'd like to talk amongst yourselves, just step outside, talk amongst yourselves, and allow us to continue to do our business. So I beg your indulgence and appreciate it.
03:36:51.70	Mayor	Any other committee reports, please? Obviously, we've lost to raise our hand first, please, and then Councilmember Kellman.
03:36:57.32	Councilmember Boston	Great. So I have a couple. So the Sustainability Commission met and they are considering, again, the electrification ordinance in light of the state court case around the legality of requirements for all electric versus gas appliances. Additionally and excitingly, they had asked us for a letter of support for MCE's new virtual power plant extension. And if you're not familiar, virtual power plants are essentially the allowance of
03:37:26.26	Councilmember Boston	folks like us consumers who have solar on our homes or other uh power production in our home communities to sell that back in a larger way to create a sort of small virtual microgrid to sell back to mce to continue to grow our access to renewables so that's something that mc received a grant for and they are pursuing and they are looking for letters of support so it's likely that we as the council will be able to weigh in on that at a future meeting, but the city manager has that letter of support, which is exciting. I attended the Transportation Authority of Marin board meeting.
03:37:57.51	Councilmember Boston	Last week, and we heard about the countywide transportation plan. This is a really exciting endeavor by TAM to come up with what our future plan looks like with a big focus on equity. So we had a long conversation about what that means. And we also heard from our lobbyists in Sacramento about what positions TAM is going to adopt on the current legislative agenda. And I did want to note one that is really important coming up, which is the proposed SB31. So SB31 is an integration and a huge funding package for all nine Bay Area counties, which is now represented by MTC, to come together to create a more conformed regional transit strategy. Our concern at TAM is that the smaller communities like Marin will not have the same level of consideration. So we created an ad hoc working group, which I'm planning to serve on, to review SB 1031 more specifically. So going forward, we'll be able to report back on that. And I think that's it for my committee report.
03:39:02.30	Council Member Kellman	Thank you.
03:39:02.74	Mayor	Thank you, Congressman Comin.
03:39:04.52	Councilmember Boston	Thank you.
03:39:04.58	Council Member Kellman	Great, thank you. So I'll start with sea level rise. This is not an actual committee, but I was curious, so I asked that the first focus group meetings for the Sauciato Shoreline Adaptation Plan commenced March 26th. Seven RSVPs, three people attended. Unfortunately, that was for our business community in the area. Because of the low attendance, there will be two other meetings for that group, April 9th and April 16th. I also am active in Bay Wave, Marine County's sea level rise organization, and we get to share some ideas and philosophies. And one thing that was shared with me
03:39:40.94	Council Member Kellman	was elevated bike paths that can also serve as some type of seawall or resilience measure. Foster City has a levy project that is currently used for that, and they got state and federal grant funds for that. And then in Miami, there's a project called the Brickell Park that also has a similar sort of multi-use. I mean, that's really a multi-purpose pathway now if it's resilience and transportation. So I thought that was quite interesting. I also just on my own accord, because it will impact Sausalito, I'm sure many of you know that Caltrans
03:40:16.58	Council Member Kellman	needs to deal with the flooding off of Highway 1 and Manzanita. And actually, Vicki Nichols has been at the meetings with me as well, not with me, but also in attendance, to hear from Caltrans and hear from members of the public what Caltrans is planning to do. And so I've been going in support of Marin City, who, of course, has a disproportionate impact from the flooding off of Highway 1 and trying to keep track. I've been told that this is just a very preliminary community outreach. This isn't even the project community outreach. This is just getting ready for community outreach outreach. So, Alice Merrill, you should like that. And then also, MCE, you heard about the virtual power plants. That's a really wonderful project. Our last meeting was mostly about budget, so nothing new to report there. And then I think, I don't know, Council Member Hoffman might be joining me at the League of California Cities in Sacramento April 17th and April 18th. I am the North Bay Division Vice President, and I will go and represent the North Bay and Sausalito.
03:41:24.98	Councilmember Hoffman	The landslide task force met, I think you mentioned it, but the landslide task force met on March 21st. We haven't met in a while and we met with, I was not able to attend, so I'm,
03:41:39.57	Councilmember Hoffman	Anyway, giving you the update of what happened.
03:41:42.68	Councilmember Hoffman	We met with Director McGowan and the consultant that we had
03:41:47.84	Councilmember Hoffman	engaged to do some of the mapping and so that's done and that's very exciting. I understand it's coming back to us the
03:41:57.53	Councilmember Hoffman	conclusions of the consultants that we had is coming back to the council for an update and further action from the council on the recommendations that were made by the landslide task force in September of 2019. So that's especially in light of some of the landslides that we've seen and movement we've seen in this past winter with all the rain. I think that it's good to get this back and get some of these things, maybe on a capital improvement, if not this year, the next year. So thank you.
03:42:26.72	Councilmember Kelman	I provided my report in writing, so you don't have to listen to it. You can read it.
03:42:26.82	Unknown	Thank you.
03:42:26.86	Mayor	Thank you.
03:42:26.91	Unknown	I'm not sure.
03:42:26.98	Mayor	Thank you.
03:42:32.65	Mayor	Thanks.
03:42:34.99	Mayor	City Manager report.
03:42:42.13	Mayor	City manager.
03:42:42.85	Unknown	Are you on 8 or are you on 8A?
03:42:46.74	Mayor	Yes, I am. City Manager, Information for Council, City Manager Report.
03:42:50.48	Unknown	Okay, great. Just real briefly, I'm trying to prime the pump on the requested item for a protocol discussion. So in the city manager's report is the council protocols adopted by the city council over the past few years. You can see there have been various amendments. The last one taking place in April 2023. The second item in the city manager's report is also a grants report from California Consulting.
03:43:21.26	Unknown	Am I doing okay?
03:43:23.05	Unknown	from California Consulting that highlights, you know, the grants that are in play right now. I think it would be interesting for the community to see that. It ties into the whole infrastructure discussion, and I heard this evening that we ought to do more of that. So thank you for that. That concludes my report, Mayor and Council.
03:43:41.00	Mayor	Thank you, future agenda items for my colleagues. Council member Plowstein.
03:43:45.48	Councilmember Boston	I've said this before, and I'm just going to mention it again, is I really need, would love for us to have tabletop exercises for disaster preparedness response. I don't know if that's an agenda item or not. I know it's been said that there's one that's being worked on all staff, but I would implore us to include all of the council members and to have more than just one. This is really critical for emergency response and disaster preparedness.
03:44:10.66	Unknown	Mayor, if I can, I neglected to mention that you'll be getting a report from our staff team here about an exercise involving the whole city, inviting the council boards and commissions to begin that process. So that will happen. I believe the date was May 8th, but it's involving shutting down City Hall half a day. So you'll get a memo on that. So we are listening. Councilmember Blaustein.
03:44:10.99	Mayor	I'm sure you could add that.
03:44:35.39	Mayor	Councilmember Kellman.
03:44:36.58	Council Member Kellman	Yes, this may also not be an agenda item, but there's some very good AI products that could record and transcribe our entire meeting more accurately than I could. So if we needed to pursue that, that would be, I think, useful. I also made the request via text to the mayor and the city manager by June is Pride Month. I would like to have a resolution designating June is Pride Month and allowing us to hoist the Pride flag here for the month. I just want to make sure that gets onto the agenda if it hasn't already. And then just thematically, the same thing we keep saying, we have these six priorities from the priority setting session. I really want to see all of those elevated at each and every time. So thank you, agenda setting committee, for your hard work.
03:45:22.71	Mayor	Any other future items?
03:45:25.26	Councilmember Kelman	I'll just comment that the future agenda items that we worked from at our workshop did not include all of our future agenda items. And so I'm going to update our future agenda item list to include agenda items we've previously put into the hopper that were not included and therefore not evaluated as a part of our top six priorities so that we can just be sure that we are indeed dotting all the I's and crossing all the T's.
03:45:56.21	Mayor	Any other items? Any public comment on items 8A through 8C? Ms. Merrill.
03:46:04.80	Ms. Merrill	I would like to thank you guys because I remember at a meeting not long ago that you were asked to please have the public comment after the reports because before it was before. And you did it. And I appreciate it. Thank you very much.
03:46:22.06	Mayor	You are welcome.
03:46:24.27	Mayor	Any other public comments on items 8A through 8C?
03:46:27.27	Sandra Bushmaker	Sandra Bushmaker.
03:46:34.16	Sandra Bushmaker	Karen Hollweg, Hello again, yes, and thank you again for changing our comments to after these items makes more sense, it makes a whole lot more sense, I would like to suggest that the Council have Mike McKinley.
03:46:47.34	Sandra Bushmaker	Um,
03:46:48.62	Sandra Bushmaker	present a
03:46:50.82	Sandra Bushmaker	presentation to the city council at large.
03:46:54.61	Sandra Bushmaker	on the current structure of our disaster preparedness drills, tabletops, and all of the things that occur.
03:47:02.61	Sandra Bushmaker	I've heard him give the presentation. It's very good. It's, it's,
03:47:09.06	Sandra Bushmaker	very informative as to how the California system works from the state to the county and then to the cities.
03:47:17.71	Sandra Bushmaker	And I think that you could benefit from that
03:47:21.55	Sandra Bushmaker	um,
03:47:22.42	Sandra Bushmaker	presentation. I would like to see it again too.
03:47:24.97	Sandra Bushmaker	Thank you.
03:47:25.39	Sandra Bushmaker	Thank you.
03:47:25.49	Sandra Bushmaker	Thank you.
03:47:28.09	Sandra Bushmaker	No further comments?
03:47:29.97	Mayor	All right, seeing no further comments, we're going to move to adjournment, and we're going to adjourn today in honor of Bill Broder, 60-year Sausalito resident, author, and library volunteer. Bill Broder passed away on March 28th, just a few days shy of his 93rd birthday. Bill was born and raised in Detroit. He graduated from Columbia College, served in the Navy, and wrote and taught writing as a teaching assistant under Wallace Stegner and Richard Scowcroft at Stanford. Professionally, Bill worked as a freelance writer specializing in the writing, design, and production of educational materials for museums, schools, exhibitions, and publishing companies. Bill was the published author of more than 15 works, among them a novel written together with his beloved wife, Gloria Curien Broder, who passed away in 2013. Donations can be made in his memory to the Sausalito Library Foundation, which he served in an advisory capacity for nearly 20 years. Please contact the Sausalito Library. For more information, we will miss Bill Broder, and we're adjourned in his honor.