City Council Sept 2, 2025

City Council Meeting Summary

Time	Item	Item Summary	Motion Summary	Comment Summary
00:00:00	None: None	The meeting is being held at 420 Litho Street, Sausalito, California, over at Council Chambers. It's also being broadcast live on Zoom and on the City's website and on cable TV channel 27.	No Motion	0 Total: 0 In Favor 0 Against 0 Neutral
00:00:26	I: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL - 3:00 PM	Mayor Cox called the meeting to order at 3:04 PM (00:00:35). City Attorney Gio stated that Councilmember Blaustein and Councilmember Sobieski would be participating remotely under emergency circumstances, invoking the Brown Act exception (00:01:22). A roll call was conducted to establish a quorum, with Councilmembers Hoffman, Mewosobiecki, Vice Mayor Woodside, and Mayor Cox present (00:01:48). Councilmember Sobieski is participating remotely (00:00:59), and Councilmember Blaustein will be joining at 4 PM (00:00:52). The council then adjourned to a closed session to discuss anticipated and existing litigation (00:02:20).	Motion to authorize remote participation by Councilmember Blaustein and Councilmember Sobieski under emergency circumstances. (00:01:31)	0 Total: 0 In Favor 0 Against 0 Neutral
00:02:39	II: CLOSED SESSION - 3:00 PM	The council will be entering closed session to discuss Marin County spirit court case number CV 0 0 0 4 8 2 2, conference with real property negotiators regarding the property at 558 Bridgeway with the agency negotiators being the city manager and the city attorney, and the negotiating party is Bridgeway 558 Real Property. (00:02:45) They will also discuss threats to public services or facilities, consulting with the police chief and the city attorney. (00:02:45) The council will resume at 7 p.m. (00:04:37)	No Motion	1 Total: 0 In Favor 0 Against 1 Neutral
00:03:29 Babette McDougall was Neutral: Babette suggests considering having a parliamentarian and reaching out to the Sauce Little Women's Club. (00:03:34) She also believes the public would want to know sooner rather than later regarding meetings with the Chief of Police, because we live in uncertain times and rely on people in blue uniforms. (00:03:58) She welcomes everyone back and wishes the City Manager a happy birthday.
00:06:35	III: RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION - 5:00 PM	The meeting reconvened to open session at 5:05 PM. The city clerk called the roll, and all council members were present, including Councilmember Sobieski, who attended remotely due to illness. Mayor Cox made a motion to allow Councilmember Sobieski to attend via Zoom, citing the emergency provision of the Brown Act due to his illness. Vice Mayor Woodside seconded the motion. A roll call vote was conducted, and the motion passed unanimously (00:07:40). The council then recited the Pledge of Allegiance. Mayor Cox announced that the council held a closed session from 3 to 5 PM with no announcements to make. She then requested a motion to approve the agenda which was moved by Vice Mayor Woodside and seconded by Mayor Cox and passed unanimously. (00:08:19). Mayor Cox made several announcements, including welcoming Angeline Loeffler as the new finance director, who started on August 15th, 2025 (00:08:40). She also welcomed everyone to the updated chambers, thanking Kevin McGowan and Pat Guasco for their work during the break, highlighting the mural from the Wells Fargo building and renovations to the chambers (00:10:27). Lastly, she announced a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the ferry landing on Friday, September 5th, at 9 a.m (00:11:43). Councilmember Hoffman corrected the mayor and clarified it was a ribbon cutting (00:12:20). Mayor Cox wished the city manager a happy birthday. Brian Vitaly, the Community Services Director, provided a mid-year events recap, highlighting the Super Bowl event in February, which was sold out for the fifth straight year and is a favorite among locals and businesses (00:13:45). He noted that the Soup event generated $10,000-$11,000 with expenses under $1,000 (00:14:16).	Motion to allow Councilmember Sobieski to attend via Zoom due to illness, in accordance with the emergency provision of the Brown Act (00:07:10).	0 Total: 0 In Favor 0 Against 0 Neutral
00:14:25	1: SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS/MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS - 5:02 PM	Brian from the Community Services Department presented a summary of recent and upcoming city events and programs. The presentation included the citywide yard sale, the annual Easter parade and egg hunt, the San Francisco Opera performance in Sausalito, the farmer's market at Dunphy Park, the Jazz and Blues concert series, and the 4th of July parade and fireworks (00:23:55), noting the fireworks were canceled for 2025 due to a boat leak and the funds will be used for the 2026 show. The presentation also highlighted the library's adult and children's programs, including tech help, author talks, story walks, and reading programs. The fall season events include the chili cook-off and the Toast to Sausalito event (00:27:41). Councilmember Aragonese inquired about the department's revenue, to which Brian responded that they generated about $700,000 in revenue against $1.1 million in expenses. (00:29:26) Councilmember Woodside commended the department for encouraging individual creativity through initiatives like the Art Walk. (00:30:08) Councilmember Hoffman thanked Brian for his leadership and entrepreneurial spirit, noting the high community involvement in city programs. (00:31:01) During the presentation, there were technical difficulties with the live stream, with some viewers only seeing Brian and not the presentation. (00:16:23)	No Motion	4 Total: 2 In Favor 0 Against 2 Neutral
00:16:36 Sobieski was Neutral: Sobieski noted that the livestream was only showing Brian and not the presentation, suggesting there was an issue with the shared screen. 00:17:09 Mr. Lennon was Neutral: Mr. Lennon stated that what was happening with the broadcast was an error. 00:30:08 Daniel Woodside was In Favor: Daniel Woodside noted that the city has done some things to encourage people to individually create their own events such as publish the Art Walk for viewing. 00:31:01 Hoffman was In Favor: Hoffman thanked Brian for his leadership and entrepreneurial spirit.
00:31:32	2: COMMUNICATIONS - 5:20 PM	This agenda item is for the City Council to hear from citizens on matters within their jurisdiction that are not on the agenda. Mira Cox introduced the item and opened the floor for public comments. John Flavin spoke about the need for a forensic audit due to confusing financial reports and turnover in finance directors, also raising concerns about the Martin Luther King fund. Sandra Bushmaker questioned discrepancies between the county website's ballot measure description and the city's resolution regarding height limits, and she inquired about Mayor Cox filing arguments for ballot measures despite a resolution seemingly preventing it. Babette McDougall discussed public engagement and the need to abandon Rosenberg, emphasizing the importance of citizen voice. Linda Pfeiffer raised concerns about a letter from Mayor Cox regarding a funding request from the Sausalito Center of the Arts and stressed prioritizing wildfire prevention. City Manager Hoffman provided an update on discussions with the Southern Marine Fire District regarding recommissioning the Spencer Firehouse, with a potential letter of intent expected. Mayor Cox added that Southern Marin fire had signed and transmitted an initial draft letter of intent to the city with a proposed term of 15 years (00:40:34).	No Motion	4 Total: 0 In Favor 0 Against 4 Neutral
00:31:59 John Flavin was Neutral: Requested a forensic audit due to confusing financial reports and high turnover in finance directors. He also questioned a $5 million adjustment in the Martin Luther King fund, noting its impact on the fund's balance. 00:34:21 Sandra Bushmaker was Neutral: Pointed out discrepancies between the county website's ballot measure description and the city's resolution and questioned Mayor Cox's filing of arguments for ballot measures despite a resolution that appeared to disallow it. She also mentioned residents wanting to remove their names from arguments for Measure K. 00:35:50 Babette McDougall was Neutral: Focused on public engagement, advocating for outreach to all residents and suggesting planning commission engagement for EV-related matters. She also called for abandoning Rosenberg due to its perceived negative impact on citizen voice. 00:38:01 Linda Pfeiffer was Neutral: Inquired about the amount requested by the Sausalito Center of the Arts in a letter from Mayor Cox and its performance against contract terms. She urged prioritizing wildfire prevention, including recommissioning the Spencer Firehouse, and maintaining revenue-generating assets like MLK.
00:40:59	3: CONSENT CALENDAR - 5:30 PM	Mayor Cox initiated the Consent Calendar by postponing consideration of item 1 and item 3F due to a question regarding a retroactive encroachment agreement in the staff report, which the planner is unavailable to address (00:41:01). Public comment was opened (00:42:07). Councilmember Aragonese requested information regarding item 3B, the letter supporting a grant for the Sausalito Center for the Arts, clarifying it wouldn't impact Sausalito's budget (00:46:25). Cox agreed to provide additional information on both this grant and the Age-Friendly Sausalito grant at the next meeting. Cox pulled item 3G to address public concerns with the city attorney and assistant city manager (00:50:00). Phipps confirmed that the appeal period for item 3G regarding 87 San Carlos Avenue had passed and no appeals were received (00:51:27).	Motion to approve items 3A through 3E and 3H through 3I, excluding items 1, 3F, and 3G (00:50:24). Motion passed unanimously. Motion to approve item 3G (00:51:50). Motion passed unanimously (00:52:12).	2 Total: 0 In Favor 2 Against 0 Neutral
00:42:17 Babette McDougall was Against: Expressed concerns about item 3B, the mayor's letter supporting the Sausalito Center for the Arts, questioning the organization's eligibility for public support, referencing a past promise not to compete with art galleries, and suggesting it might unfairly favor them over other art galleries like Hanson (00:42:17). 00:44:11 B. Rangchi was Against: Requested the removal of item 3G from the consent calendar (00:44:21), citing significant concerns from the Sweet Myer Lane neighborhood regarding the design review and construction plan, alleging misrepresentations by the applicant to the planning commission, and raising safety and access issues due to a narrow lane (00:44:11). Rangchi stated that every neighbor objected to the project (00:44:37), the proposed construction plan was changed mid-meeting (00:45:00), the design is overbuilt (00:45:20), and an encroachment was approved prematurely (00:45:29).
00:52:18	5.A: Review and Discussion of Zoning, Land Use, Development Standards, and Code Compliance within and around the Bridgeway Marina including Dunphy Park	Brandon Phipps presented a comprehensive overview of the zoning, land use, development standards, code compliance, and sustainability considerations related to the Bridgeway Marina and Dunphy Park area. The presentation covered the area's alignment with city goals, zoning designations, housing element opportunity sites, development standards, city-owned properties, state grant tidelands, the letter of intent with Virtual Marina Corporation, active and potential capital projects, code enforcement history and timeline, and sea level rise adaptation planning. The presentation highlighted the complexity and importance of the area, aiming to inform future council discussions and decisions. The council discussed the item, particularly focusing on the history and status of the Letter of Intent with the property owner, code enforcement, the Humboldt Street bulkhead project, and sea level rise adaptation plans. Mira Cox expressed concerns about the lack of notification to Cameron Rozavi and emphasized the need for code enforcement, while other councilmembers raised questions about the project's specifics and next steps. (00:53:37) Hoffman apologized for the notification oversight. (00:54:49) Mira Cox felt embarassed that she didn't notify Cameron that we were hearing this item tonight, and wants to make sure that we include him in future discussions. Cecilia Aragonese discussed the Marina's permit status and also the importance of retaining affordable liveaboards. (01:14:29) Mira Cox noted that the property owner has abandoned the LOI. The council also discussed sea level rise implications and resilient edge possibilities. (01:24:58) Cecilia Aragonese mentioned her intimate involvement in this topic and the first appointment on the Bridgeway Marina Subcommitte in 2015. Jill Blashytein (01:37:46) also spoke of her experience of living at the Marina. (01:40:49) Jill expressed her concern of uprooting low income residents. Sobieski also highlighted the history of code non-compliance.	Councilmember Sobieski made a motion that staff is directed to return to a future city council meeting with the form of an RFP for a conceptual design exercise that comprehends the Bridgeway Marina in the context of the nearby area and city goals. Councilmember Hoffman seconded the motion. The motion carried 3-2. (02:23:21)	2 Total: 1 In Favor 1 Against 0 Neutral
02:00:14 Babette McDougall was Against: Expressed concerns about the discussion, emphasizing the history of the property as a permanent conservation easement. She voiced worry about the seminar on the working waterfront and claimed we were not presented with the overlay that we just saw, instead, she saw independent floating parking lots all over the Marinship area, where even the harbormasters couldn't ascertain the shorelines. She expressed concern about the impact on open space, particularly Dunphy Park. She questioned the logic of diminishing parks while increasing the population, as well as limiting access to the waterfront for those who can't afford yacht clubs. 02:02:26 Sandra Bushmaker was In Favor: Expressed support for zoning enforcement at the Bridgeway Marina and elsewhere in Sausalito and also supports protecting housing for low-income residents, voicing the importance of that as a high priority. She also voiced concern about removing the second-floor residence requirement in the downtown commercial district, deeming it inconsistent with the commitment to protecting low-income housing.
02:24:26	5.B: Consider Whether to Transmit Letter Agreeing to Remove Opposition to SB 79 if Author Will Add Exemption for 12 California Historic Districts	The council is considering whether to transmit a letter agreeing to remove opposition to SB 79 if the author adds an exemption for 12 California historic districts. Mira Cox shares correspondence from Nancy Hall Bennett indicating that the revised version of SB 79 pulls out Tier 3, meaning the bill will not apply to Sausalito under the current amendment (02:24:51). Cecilia Aragonese reports on a North Bay Executive Committee meeting where SB 79 was a key topic. She indicates that tier three, historic designated areas and high fire areas are likely to be removed from the bill (02:26:35). She recommends taking no action and removing the item from the agenda.	Motion to take no action on item 5b, remove it from the agenda, and not include it in future agendas (02:29:55). The motion was seconded and passed with Councilmember Blaston, Vice Mayor Woodside, and Mayor Cox voting yes, and Council Member Sobieski absent.	2 Total: 2 In Favor 0 Against 0 Neutral
02:27:24 Sandra Bushmaker was In Favor: Expresses happiness that the council is not taking action, and supports keeping the opposition letter in effect. She references letters from Amy Kalish and Susan Kirsch that outline reasons to oppose the bill, and encourages the council to continue their opposition and take no action tonight (02:28:00). 02:28:17 Babette McDougall was In Favor: Expresses gratitude that the council is not taking action and hopes this remains the group's resolve. She emphasizes the need for thorough discussion and public meetings on hot-button issues, preferably in the council chambers. She asks that the council work with citizens and acknowledge the new contingent of people who have come forward.
02:30:23	6A: City Manager Information for Council	The City Manager provided a report on the street paving program for the coming year, including historical data from the past 10 years. He apologized for inadvertently omitting Spring and Easterby streets from the initial report, clarifying that they are included in the program. He highlighted the aggressive funding of capital projects for streets this year, including a $1.8 million contract for work on Bridgeway. The City Manager addressed community inquiries about streets not included in the paving program, stating that the council can request to include specific streets, which can inform future street programs. Council Member Woodside suggested considering streets adjacent to those already slated for repaving to achieve economies of scale. The City Manager emphasized the importance of compiling resident communications regarding street concerns to inform Public Works and future decision-making. Councilmember Aragonese clarified that the July 1st staff report should have been used instead of the July 15th report. The July 1st report included Easterby and Spring Street. She requested that the July 1st attachment be added to the city manager's report to avoid confusion.	No Motion	0 Total: 0 In Favor 0 Against 0 Neutral
02:36:18	6B: City Attorney Information for Council	Mira Cox introduces the item regarding city attorney information for the council. (02:36:19)	No Motion	0 Total: 0 In Favor 0 Against 0 Neutral
02:36:22	6C: Councilmember Committee Reports	Councilmember Aragonese provided two committee reports. First, she reported on the North Bay Executive Committee quarterly meeting, where Congressman Garamendi spoke about the Ships for America Act, a bipartisan effort to revitalize shipbuilding and maritime industries. She noted the meeting was productive and highlighted the potential for increased shipbuilding activity in Northern California. Second, she reported on a visit to the PG&E Hazard Awareness and Warning Center (HAWC) in the East Bay, describing it as an impressive system for early wildfire detection and rapid deployment. She likened the center to a combat information center, praising its advanced technology and the expertise of its staff, including a retired Navy officer. She recommended others to take the tour. Councilmember Hoffman stated that he and other Marin City officials shared the same concerns.	No Motion	0 Total: 0 In Favor 0 Against 0 Neutral
02:41:14	6D: Appointments (if any)	Mayor Cox addressed appointments, stating that the chair of EDAC (Economic Development Advisory Committee) expressed concern about the absence of a liaison at their quarterly meetings, specifically the one that occurred several weeks ago. The chair requested two members to serve as liaisons. Councilmember Hoffman is currently a liaison. Mayor Cox then appointed Councilmember Hoffman and herself to the Bridgeway Marina subcommittee (02:41:56).	No Motion	0 Total: 0 In Favor 0 Against 0 Neutral
02:42:06	6E: Future Agenda Items	Councilmember Cox proposes adding the Machine Shop to the agenda, highlighting Woodside's interest and the ongoing MOU process with a September 12th feedback deadline (02:42:17). She also wants to continue to monitor the type of tenant that might go in there, as well as the zoning and wants to bring that back as a future agenda item for council consideration (02:42:46). Additionally, she mentions a previously requested report on short-term rental code enforcement (02:42:56). Councilmember Jill requests consideration of specific ADA requirements for senior housing in the context of building code and reach code updates (02:43:05). Councilmember Cox adds that Sybil Bouchelier requested a visitability ordinance to be considered after the election, potentially in December, to improve accessibility in senior housing (02:43:18). She also inquires about the status of meeting minutes and asks the City Clerk to follow up (02:44:06). Councilmember Woodside suggests three items: an inventory of city-owned flag lots (02:44:25), a process for naming opportunities and commemorative statues (02:45:28), and rescheduling a discussion with the GGNRA regarding fire suppression, zone zero, and related concerns (02:46:23). Councilmember Aragonese requests a fire risk mitigation and response report from Southern Marin Fire (02:47:41).	No Motion	0 Total: 0 In Favor 0 Against 0 Neutral
02:48:11	6G: Other reports of significance	Brief acknowledgements were made, indicating the conclusion of the agenda item.	No Motion	0 Total: 0 In Favor 0 Against 0 Neutral
02:48:12	6H: Public Comment on Items 6A-6C and 6E-6G: limited to 2 minutes/person	This agenda item opened the floor for public comments on items 6A-6C and 6E-6G, with a two-minute time limit per speaker. Two members of the public provided comments. Babette McDougall expressed appreciation for the information shared during the meetings and emphasized the importance of public engagement. She raised concerns about the extent of development in the town and the need to stand ground against external pressures. Dave Bresner spoke about the dangerous potholes in front of his house at the corner of North and Third Street, requesting their prompt repair.	No Motion	2 Total: 1 In Favor 0 Against 1 Neutral
02:48:56 Babette McDougall was Neutral: Expressed appreciation for the information shared in meetings and highlighted the importance of public engagement. She raised concerns about the level of development, the town's capacity to absorb it, and the need to resist external pressures from bureaucrats who may not understand the community. 02:51:07 Dave Bresner was In Favor: Described the dangerous potholes in front of his house at the corner of North and Third Street, emphasizing their deterioration, proximity to Southview Park, and the risk they pose to pedestrians and cyclists. He requested their prompt and permanent repair.

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Time	Speaker	Text
00:00:00.03	Will	Will, you tell me when we're ready.
00:00:02.06	Will	Yeah.
00:00:04.40	Will	this is
00:00:05.38	Matt Muttukul	Thank you, City Council, members of the public, Mayor and City Council, members of the public. Today's meeting is being held at 420 Litho Street, Sausalito, California, over at Council Chambers. It's also being broadcast live on Zoom and on the City's website and on cable TV channel 27.
00:00:26.04	Mira Cox	Thank you. Welcome to all. Welcome to the special meeting for the City of Sausalito City Council. It is...
00:00:35.59	Mira Cox	is 3 0 4 p.m. on Tuesday, September 2 2025. Welcome everybody back from our recess. I will call the meeting to order and ask the city clerk to take roll.
00:00:50.22	Matt Muttukul	Councilmember Blaustein.
00:00:52.07	Mira Cox	will be joining us at 4 p.m.
00:00:55.21	Matt Muttukul	Councilmember Hoffman.
00:00:57.32	Mira Cox	Here.
00:00:57.98	Matt Muttukul	Councilmember Sobieski.
00:00:59.70	Sobieski	I hear I am sick and so I am at home participating and no one is in the room with me.
00:01:06.16	Mira Cox	Thanks.
00:01:06.53	Mira Cox	And so, city attorney, this will be pursuant to the
00:01:11.95	Mira Cox	Emergency exception to the Brown Act
00:01:16.10	Mira Cox	requirements.
00:01:16.86	Gio	for
00:01:17.50	Gio	Yes, this would be under emergency circumstances. And so, and I believe
00:01:22.01	Gio	Also, Councilmember Blaustein would be participating under emergency circumstances, so I think it's appropriate for the council to vote to authorize both participation by majority vote.
00:01:31.78	Will	So moved.
00:01:32.98	Gio	Second.
00:01:33.23	Daniel Woodside	Thank you.
00:01:33.27	Gio	Thank you.
00:01:33.74	Will	I'll go ahead, call roll city clerk, please.
00:01:38.43	Matt Muttukul	Councilmember Blaustein absent. Councilmember Hoffman.
00:01:44.06	Matt Muttukul	Councilor Mewosobiecki.
00:01:45.48	Matt Muttukul	Yes. Vice Mayor Woodside?
00:01:48.99	Mira Cox	Yes, and I will note that we do have a quorum of the City Council
00:01:53.72	Mira Cox	physically present here in the chambers for this meeting.
00:01:58.31	Mira Cox	OK, with that, oh, you have to finish calling the roll.
00:02:03.35	Matt Muttukul	And Merrick Cox.
00:02:04.99	Mira Cox	Here.
00:02:06.34	Matt Muttukul	I don't think you called me.
00:02:06.69	Mira Cox	No, you called me. Call Zobieski. You have to call.
00:02:08.65	Matt Muttukul	Okay.
00:02:09.29	Matt Muttukul	Sorry, I thought I called the vice.
00:02:09.55	Mira Cox	I don't know.
00:02:11.98	Mira Cox	Vice Mayor Woodside? Here. And Mayor Cox? Okay, so three of us are here. One is participating remotely, and one will join us at 4 p.m.
00:02:20.08	Mira Cox	okay with that we're going to adjourn to closed session the following items will be discussed in closed session c1 conference with legal counsel anticipated litigation significant exposure to litigation two cases conference with legal counsel existing litigation sullivan versus city of sausalito
00:02:39.79	Mira Cox	um,
00:02:40.78	Mira Cox	Marin County spirit court case number CV 0 0 0 4 8 2 2.
00:02:45.83	Mira Cox	C3, conference with real property negotiators. The property is 558 Bridgeway. The agency negotiators are the city manager and the city attorney, and the negotiating party is Bridgeway 558 Real Property. And C4, threat to public services or facilities, government code section 54957, consultation with the police chief and the city attorney.
00:03:09.76	Mira Cox	Is there any public comment on our closed session items?
00:03:12.42	Matt Muttukul	Matt Muttukul.
00:03:13.69	Mira Cox	Okay?
00:03:15.54	Mira Cox	On the closed session item, Ms. McDougall?
00:03:22.77	Matt Muttukul	Oh, hold on.
00:03:28.30	Matt Muttukul	You can unmute yourself.
00:03:29.69	Babette McDougall	Thank you so much. Well, see you in September. This is just on the closed session items, correct?
00:03:34.21	Mira Cox	Correct.
00:03:34.95	Babette McDougall	Yes, ma'am. That's why I decided I needed to tune in. So there's a couple of things pursuant to this closed session as you have opened it. Number one, it does recall that we really ought to think about
00:03:45.95	Babette McDougall	having a parliamentarian, perhaps we could reach out to Sauce Little Women's Club. I mean, just like there's a group that likes, you know, Sumier Art, they're also people that really enjoy the parliamentary procedure. That's number one. Number two, I'd just like to call out
00:03:58.95	Babette McDougall	With regard to your meeting with our Chief of Police,
00:04:02.47	Babette McDougall	I think that's the sort of thing that the public would want to know sooner, not later, only because we live in such uncertain times generally. And I think we rely very heavily.
00:04:12.14	Babette McDougall	upon our
00:04:13.22	Babette McDougall	find people in blue uniform. And I think people will work best.
00:04:17.46	Babette McDougall	the better we are kept informed.
00:04:19.64	Babette McDougall	So with that in mind, I'd like to welcome you all back. Happy birthday.
00:04:23.62	Babette McDougall	Mr. City Manager.
00:04:25.14	Babette McDougall	Happy birthday from those of us who rely on you. And thank you for your work in Sausalito. And I yield back my time. Thank you.
00:04:34.35	Babette McDougall	Thank you.
00:04:34.54	Mira Cox	you.
00:04:34.79	Babette McDougall	Thank you.
00:04:35.26	Matt Muttukul	No further, proper comment.
00:04:35.31	Mira Cox	Thank you.
00:04:36.95	Mira Cox	OK.
00:04:37.86	Mira Cox	we will adjourn to closed session. We will resume at 7 p.m.
00:04:41.54	Mira Cox	Sorry.
00:04:48.83	Unknown	Bye.
00:04:50.05	Unknown	Thank you.
00:04:54.89	Unknown	That was the...
00:04:56.14	Unknown	Yeah.
00:04:59.27	Unknown	Thank you.
00:05:12.39	Matt Muttukul	All right, we're right back on. We're just waiting for Councilmember Sobieski.
00:05:25.90	Unknown	Thank you.
00:05:25.92	Unknown	Bye.
00:05:30.87	Unknown	Thank you.
00:05:30.92	Dave Bresner	you
00:05:31.08	Unknown	Thank you.
00:05:31.86	Dave Bresner	Thank you.
00:05:38.61	Unknown	Oh.
00:05:40.38	Unknown	Thank you.
00:05:42.34	Unknown	Thank you.
00:05:44.55	Unknown	Thank you.
00:05:46.63	Unknown	That's a pitch from me.
00:05:52.57	Unknown	Thank you.
00:05:58.88	Unknown	He says he's on. Can you promote him?
00:06:03.32	Jill	I'll eat you okay.
00:06:08.28	Matt Muttukul	He's now a panelist.
00:06:10.25	Matt Muttukul	He's on now.
00:06:12.67	Matt Muttukul	Peace out.
00:06:30.23	Matt Muttukul	That's fine. And then
00:06:32.46	Matt Muttukul	We've got to lock the room over there.
00:06:35.02	Mr. Lennon	We're over. We're over. So I'll start.
00:06:38.57	Matt Muttukul	Thank you.
00:06:38.58	Mira Cox	All right, good afternoon.
00:06:41.42	Mira Cox	It is 5.05 p.m. and I will welcome everyone to the regular meeting of the City of Sausalito City Council for Tuesday, September 2, 2025.
00:06:52.83	Mira Cox	We are returning from closed session. Will you call roll, city clerk?
00:06:57.70	Matt Muttukul	Council member Blasstein,
00:06:58.83	Mira Cox	Here.
00:06:59.98	Matt Muttukul	Councilmember Hoffman?
00:07:01.75	Matt Muttukul	Thank you.
00:07:01.79	Mira Cox	Here.
00:07:02.02	Matt Muttukul	Thank you.
00:07:02.53	Matt Muttukul	Thank you.
00:07:02.58	Matt Muttukul	Council member Sobieski.
00:07:04.20	Matt Muttukul	in the future.
00:07:04.24	Sobieski	here participating remotely.
00:07:06.61	Matt Muttukul	Vice Mayor Woodside?
00:07:09.11	Matt Muttukul	And Mayor Cox.
00:07:10.38	Mira Cox	here i'm going to repeat uh what we did earlier which is um to make a motion that uh we allow council member sobieski to attend via zoom in accordance with the emergency provision of the brown act because he has fallen ill
00:07:27.13	Daniel Woodside	Second.
00:07:28.16	Mira Cox	Will you call a role city clerk?
00:07:29.58	Will	Thank you.
00:07:30.00	Matt Muttukul	Councilmember Brossi?
00:07:31.22	Will	Yes.
00:07:31.62	Unknown	Thank you.
00:07:32.35	Matt Muttukul	Councilmember Hoffman?
00:07:33.83	Matt Muttukul	Thank you.
00:07:33.87	Will	Yes.
00:07:34.14	Matt Muttukul	Councilmember Sobieski? Yes.
00:07:37.29	Matt Muttukul	Vice Mayor Woodside? Yes. And Mayor Cockney?
00:07:40.62	Mira Cox	Yes, that motion carries unanimously. We'll now turn to the Pledge of Allegiance.
00:07:45.76	Linda Pfeiffer	And there's no flag.
00:07:48.77	Linda Pfeiffer	All right, so the symbolic flag is here.
00:07:52.63	Linda Pfeiffer	Salute. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
00:08:07.92	Mira Cox	We reached we held a closed session from 3 to 5pm this afternoon, there are no closed session announcements, may I have a motion approving the agenda.
00:08:19.40	Daniel Woodside	So moved.
00:08:22.13	Unknown	Thank you.
00:08:22.23	Mira Cox	Second,
00:08:22.74	Unknown	Thank you.
00:08:23.51	Unknown	please call roll.
00:08:26.58	Matt Muttukul	That's a number of blasting.
00:08:27.78	Unknown	Yes.
00:08:28.93	Matt Muttukul	Council Member Hoffman.
00:08:30.14	Unknown	Yes.
00:08:30.95	Matt Muttukul	Councilman Bersabieski? Yes.
00:08:33.35	Matt Muttukul	Vice Mayor Woodside? Yes.
00:08:34.92	Matt Muttukul	Mayor Cox.
00:08:35.71	Mira Cox	Yes, we will now turn to special presentations in
00:08:40.42	Mira Cox	Mayor's announcements. I will start off with some mayor's announcements. First, I'd like to welcome to our city staff, Angeline Loeffler, as our new finance director who started work for us on August 15th, 2025. She brings to Sausalito extensive experience from the California State Board of Equalization and the City of Berkeley. Welcome. We look forward to working with you.
00:09:10.78	Mira Cox	I don't know if it's on
00:09:12.82	Unknown	Okay.
00:09:16.50	Unknown	Can you hear it?
00:09:19.50	Unknown	Go ahead.
00:09:22.15	Mira Cox	Go ahead again. Can you hear me? Nope, it's not on yet.
00:09:22.66	Unknown	Thank you.
00:09:22.90	Unknown	Do you hear me?
00:09:27.57	Unknown	Thank you.
00:09:27.64	Mira Cox	Go.
00:09:28.48	Unknown	All right. Thank you. All right. It's very pleased to meet all of you in person. And I'm very excited to join the city of the South Salido and their team, excellent teams. And this is my third week. I'm still going through a lot of transition, gaining the necessary, the access, but I look forward to,
00:09:29.26	Mira Cox	Yeah.
00:09:48.39	Unknown	learn more about the city's functions and contributing positively to the city's vibrant atmosphere. So one thing I just want to quickly share about myself is I am passionate about the making the numbers into clear storytellings and I'm hoping to work with our city's executive teams and colleagues to make some of those, deliver some of those financial the idea effective financial the story tellings to assist and the support your the decision-making process and once again i'm very excited to be here and thank you for the opportunity for the quick introductions
00:10:27.87	Mira Cox	Thank you so much. Next announcement is welcome to our updated chambers. I want to extend our thanks to Kevin McGowan, to Pat Guasco, to his entire team for all the hard work that they underwent during our break. You may or may not recognize the mural that is in the back of the room. That mural used to hang in the Wells Fargo building downtown. And when that building was sold, or when Wells Fargo vacated that building, we went to the realtor to see if we couldn't snag it because it's so commemorative of Sausalito. And it's funny, when the chambers were renovated, we saw for the first time, I guess in years, the plaque honoring Carl Spring, who was a famous Sausalito contributor and in whose honor this plaque was posted on the table underneath the television years ago. So you'll notice we have new paint on the walls, new carpet. We're about to have some new light fixtures. But overall, I think this is a wonderful facelift that will last us four years to come.
00:11:43.53	Mira Cox	Third, I wanted to advise all of you that we will be holding a groundbreaking ceremony for the ferry landing this Friday, September 5th at 9 a.m. We will welcome our local public officials, the Golden Gate Bridge District, the many volunteers who contributed to this event.
00:12:08.34	Mira Cox	groundbreaking event. And we are very much looking forward to finishing this project. But we have made great progress so far. And so there will be a groundbreaking on Friday morning.
00:12:20.15	Hoffman	Yeah, Mayor, if I may, that's a ribbon cutting.
00:12:22.75	Hoffman	I think we can make sure.
00:12:23.36	Mira Cox	I think sorry, ribbon cutting. Yeah, we already did the groundbreaking. We've done the work. It's now the ribbon cutting. Yeah, sorry about that.
00:12:29.79	Mira Cox	Okay, with that, and then I also do want to take a moment just to wish our city manager happy birthday. Thank you for being here on your birthday.
00:12:38.73	Cecilia Aragonese	Thank you.
00:12:42.44	Cecilia Aragonese	Which birthday is it?
00:12:43.89	Mira Cox	We won't say.
00:12:47.71	Mira Cox	It's a big one.
00:12:51.74	Mira Cox	And I welcome a fellow Virgo.
00:12:54.95	Mira Cox	All right, with that, I'll turn it over to Brian Vitaly, our Community Services Director for a mid-year events recap. Welcome, Brian.
00:13:06.41	Daniel Woodside	Thank you.
00:13:25.22	Brian	Good evening, council members.
00:13:28.12	Brian	City manager, city staff, member of the public.
00:13:30.49	Brian	Thank you for the opportunity to be here tonight in our newly remodeled council chambers. Tonight I'm going to be providing a brief update on our 2025 special events and highlighting some memorable moments throughout the year.
00:13:45.98	Brian	First event of the year is our Super Bowl event. It takes place in February. It's sold out for the fifth straight year with 450 participants and 22 restaurants and businesses participating. Many Sausalito locals tell us this is their favorite event of the year.
00:14:03.85	Brian	and isn't there to love that event in town just sampling soups. Businesses love it, residents love it, and it's a great revenue generator for the city with minimal expenses and overhead, so...
00:14:16.57	Brian	Very tiny up there, but made about $10,000, $11,000 in there, and our expenses were under $1,000 for that particular event.
00:14:25.23	Brian	Next up was our citywide yard sale, which also sold out. We packed 87 vendors in the MLK building, six parking lot, and outdoor basketball courts. And around 1,000 people mowed their way to find some of Sausalito's hidden treasures. The event costs are minimal and generates a nominal revenue for the staff's effort and time. But overall, it's a great community event.
00:14:48.87	Brian	At the end of the event, Salvation Army will typically have a trailer where vendors could donate any of their goods. Anything Salvation Army doesn't want, they could be tossed into the large dumpster.
00:15:00.97	Brian	by Bay City Refuge.
00:15:02.69	Brian	I'm going to our 33rd annual Easter parade and egg hunt.
00:15:09.22	Brian	I think it happened in April this year.
00:15:12.07	Brian	Changes yearly. Nearly 1,000 kids hunted for 8,000 eggs, which are mostly reused and refilled from previous years. And as always, this event is free for kids and families to attend. We have a face painter, music, pictures with Easter Bunny, and of course our bonnet contest, which is judged by the Women's Club.
00:15:30.22	Brian	It brings our community together for a fun, lighthearted day and ends with an adventurous adult Easter egg hunt. This brings in some fierce competition at the end of the day.
00:15:41.84	Brian	And this event has sold out for three years in a row, growing from 150 to 200 to now 250 adult Easter egg hunters. The $25 cost per wristband generated over $6,000 in revenue, which turned this net negative event into a net positive. We have over $5,000 in prizes for this portion of the event, mostly donated from local businesses. and additionally as a thank you for participating in the super bowl we buy 50 to 100 gift cards from the participating restaurants and business mostly donated from local businesses. And additionally, as a thank you for participating in the Super Bowl, we buy $50 to $100 gift cards from the participating restaurants and businesses from the Super Bowl and ask them to match this purchase. Not only is it a thank you for the businesses, but also a way to get more people back into Sausalito and into the downtown area.
00:16:23.15	Cecilia Aragonese	Excuse me, we may be having an issue with our live stream from Marin TV. I just got a text that it's not streaming.
00:16:36.47	Sobieski	That's correct. I mentioned to Walford that the
00:16:41.48	Sobieski	If there's a presentation, it's not coming through. We just see Brian.
00:16:47.25	Mira Cox	Okay.
00:16:47.86	Matt Muttukul	Sorry, on the website or on the Kibble TV channel?
00:16:50.83	Mira Cox	And he's not seeing what we're seeing.
00:16:54.96	Mira Cox	He's not seeing the screen that we're seeing.
00:16:57.86	Sobieski	Yeah, I see Brian, who looks great, wearing a suit. It's nice.
00:17:01.19	Sobieski	Thank you.
00:17:02.00	Mira Cox	So did the camera get readjusted or something during the renovations?
00:17:09.76	Mr. Lennon	. What's happening here is showing and going back to, I believe, is kind of error.
00:17:20.98	Mr. Lennon	shared screen.
00:17:23.70	Mira Cox	Well, that's Councilmember Sobieski, who has joined us many times via Zoom.
00:17:27.87	Mira Cox	So he's not able to see the presentation. So...
00:17:30.60	Matt Muttukul	Are you?
00:17:30.89	Matt Muttukul	sharing your screen. It looks good to me on the website.
00:17:34.53	Matt Muttukul	Yeah.
00:17:36.98	Matt Muttukul	So yeah, I think it might be pilot error, we can...
00:17:40.10	Matt Muttukul	Maybe we'll
00:17:40.57	Mira Cox	Gio, are you able to see the screen?
00:17:41.59	Matt Muttukul	I am.
00:17:41.86	Gio	able to see it, yes, so I'm not having an issue.
00:17:44.56	Gio	Thank you.
00:17:44.57	Mira Cox	Okay.
00:17:45.25	Mira Cox	So Ian, it looks like it might be on your end.
00:17:47.71	Sobieski	Yeah.
00:17:48.98	Sobieski	Not the first time.
00:17:50.50	Mira Cox	Bye.
00:17:52.03	Mira Cox	Okay.
00:17:55.51	Mira Cox	Can someone check Marin TV?
00:17:58.26	Mira Cox	whether the stream is working.
00:17:58.44	Matt Muttukul	Thank you.
00:17:60.00	Matt Muttukul	I'm checking the stream for Granicus on the website and that one is streaming properly, so I don't have a TV on me but we'll see if I can get somebody.
00:18:22.85	Will	is your dad.
00:18:23.98	Will	You can see it.
00:18:25.11	Will	I like it.
00:18:25.51	Unknown	Thank you.
00:18:26.32	Unknown	Thank you.
00:18:26.36	Will	See you tomorrow.
00:18:26.96	Unknown	Thank you.
00:18:27.03	Will	is working.
00:18:27.61	Unknown	you
00:18:28.08	Mira Cox	Yeah. I don't know if they watch on Marin TV.
00:19:30.58	Mr. Lennon	Thank you.
00:19:32.39	Mr. Lennon	Don't you be broadcasting?
00:19:35.76	Mr. Lennon	Mr. Lennon, you see that.
00:19:38.24	Mr. Lennon	and all work.
00:19:47.05	Matt Muttukul	Maybe because of the winds people are being affected.
00:19:47.56	Mira Cox	So.
00:19:48.74	Mira Cox	So Councilmember Blaustein just pulled up the Marin TV website, and it doesn't look like we're scheduled at this time. It says piano segment, raw footage, white house. Are you?
00:19:58.43	Matt Muttukul	Are you on channel 27?
00:20:00.32	Mira Cox	Channel 26.
00:20:03.39	Mira Cox	So they have to go to Granicus to do it. Just go to the Saucyedle website. They can log in from there.
00:20:08.89	Mira Cox	Um,
00:20:10.00	Mira Cox	City Clerk, when we changed our meeting time, did we change our schedule with Marin TV so that they broadcast us starting at 5 p.m. instead of 7 p.m.?
00:20:17.85	Matt Muttukul	They're here right now, but I can confirm that afterwards.
00:20:23.10	Matt Muttukul	Yeah, it's channel 27. That's what I said at the beginning. It's not 26. So maybe if we check 27, it might be on there.
00:20:34.86	Mira Cox	Just give us another minute while we look at this, Brian.
00:20:38.83	Unknown	uh,
00:20:39.03	Unknown	you
00:20:39.84	Unknown	Thank you.
00:20:39.87	Unknown	you
00:20:44.56	Unknown	We're not on the schedule for today. Wait a second. Thank you.
00:20:48.43	Unknown	No, we are live. I'm clicking on it.
00:20:51.87	Will	Okay, so we're looking.
00:20:53.32	Will	you
00:20:53.37	Unknown	doesn't.
00:20:53.67	Will	Thank you.
00:20:53.96	Mira Cox	It says it should be, it just, I can't check it.
00:20:57.88	Will	Yeah.
00:20:58.16	Mira Cox	So it's not allowing us to access it from the website.
00:21:02.42	Will	Walford, I don't know this guy's name.
00:21:04.34	Matt Muttukul	Michael.
00:21:06.99	Jill	I see.
00:21:07.61	Will	See you.
00:21:07.71	Jill	it.
00:21:07.88	Will	Thank you.
00:21:07.97	Mira Cox	I see it on. Okay. It looks like it's flowing now, Jill.
00:21:08.15	Will	Thank you.
00:21:08.17	Jill	I see it on, it's right here.
00:21:09.34	Will	I guess.
00:21:09.38	Jill	Thank you.
00:21:11.28	Mira Cox	Melissa has it on her
00:21:13.23	Matt Muttukul	Yeah, usually it's always pilot error.
00:21:16.54	Matt Muttukul	Okay.
00:21:17.25	Mira Cox	All right, then we will resume. Thank you, Brian, for indulging us for a few minutes.
00:21:20.66	Brian	Thank you.
00:21:20.67	Matt Muttukul	Absolutely.
00:21:20.98	Brian	Absolutely.
00:21:25.35	Brian	All right.
00:21:27.63	Brian	All right, the next one we had was our San Francisco Opera. This was a two-day event.
00:21:32.03	Brian	It happened at the end of April, and this year the SF Opera offered to bring their out-of-the-box performance to Sausalito. It was a major hit. Had about 600 people come out for those two days. We shut down Lot 2, and we partnered with the Sausalito Center for the Arts, Marin Open Studios, and the San Francisco Opera. This event was free for the public to attend and received a heartfelt response from residents telling me that they want more opera and more in Sausalito. Thank you.
00:21:58.19	Brian	excuse me, artist offerings in Sausalito. So for 2026, though this event didn't make any money, certainly was a great way to mobilize our public spaces at minimal cost. Currently, in lieu of the outcry from our public, I'm working with the San Francisco Opera and other groups to find new artist offerings to add to our 2026 calendar. Next slide, please.
00:22:22.72	Brian	So in May, our farmer's market made it back to Dunphy Park.
00:22:26.67	Brian	There were some couple months taken off on there. It's been going really strong. This weekly attendance is climbing over 200 people weekly and upwards of 20 to 30 vendors selling. Local musicians are performing, nonprofits are hosting free programming, and new businesses are getting the opportunity to share their work with the public. We've heard real great positive feedback with this weekly event, and we'll continue to monitor its successes and challenges on a regular basis.
00:22:53.32	Brian	Next, we have our Jazz and Blues concert series. We're two weeks away from closing out our 29th year of this concert series. Season table sold out in early April, and although our sponsorship revenue was slightly down and the expenses are ever growing, this concert series always brings in around 900 to 1,300-plus people per week to the downtown area for almost three months straight. The work and coordination that goes into this weekly event is pretty heavy, but the reward to see the happy concert goers always makes it worth it weekend and week out.
00:23:28.05	Brian	Somehow we're already past 4th of July.
00:23:30.38	Brian	Not sure how it happened, but
00:23:32.25	Brian	Can we log?
00:23:33.40	Brian	In September,
00:23:34.73	Brian	Countless people came out and told me that this was the best parade they've seen in 20 years. We had over 30 local community member groups participate by walking, biking, showing off their classic cars or building ride-on floats. The excitement carried on through the day during the picnic, even though our best in blue didn't win the tug of war.
00:23:52.48	Brian	Sorry, Chief Grovy.
00:23:54.00	Brian	Maybe next year.
00:23:55.27	Brian	Just as we were winding down from the picnic and getting ready for the evening, we burst in through the air. 6.10 p.m., I received a call from our fireworks vendor, Fireworks America, that their boat had sprung a leak during cleaning.
00:24:09.24	Brian	to make it from the dock in Oakland. We sprung well into action. Chief Gregory and I were on the call talking together about this, and we alerted locals via Mixel alerts. Thank you, Sausalito PD, for that. We posted on our website, social media, reached out to all major news networks regarding the cancellation. We don't want people coming to Sausalito disappointed only to be stuck in traffic. They could be happy stuck in traffic at the end of the night, but not without fireworks. So as a result, and with our heavy event calendar, we decided to cancel the fireworks for 2025 and use that $18,000 in security deposit for the 2026 fireworks. And although the expenses outweigh the revenue, a $3.50 return on involvement per participant for the day is still pretty good throughout that day.
00:24:54.46	Brian	Next slide, please.
00:24:57.82	Brian	Next, I'm going to jump into library services and the many events and offerings happening on a regular basis. All the events for adults and children are free to attend. They're curated by our really talented staff and funded primarily from the Friends of the Library.
00:25:12.37	Brian	Upwards of $50,000 is downloaded for ongoing programming from that group.
00:25:18.38	Brian	23 adult programs are hosted so far. Things like Spotify for Beginners, Author Talks, and Walk-In Tech Help are some of the most recent offerings. In the past two months for that tech help, nearly 60 people came out for help regarding questions on their iPhones, tablets, email, and more. This past Friday, the editor of Boats on the Blade did an author talk about the temporary story walk at Dunphy Park. people have been very excited about the next placement of the story walk and we are working to find new books and activations to help promote reading and learning in the parks. For children's events we've had 110 take place and more and more kids and families are attending on a regular basis. We continue to have our regular weekly and monthly story time and music programs. We had a great summer reading program and lineup with seven special events, magic, puppets, music, reptiles, birds of prey, drumming, and a bubble man. 260 people came out to those.
00:26:14.23	Brian	We did a great kids and teens journey board.
00:26:17.03	Brian	to track summer reading with 146 participants age 0 to 14. We gave away free books and prizes.
00:26:24.56	Brian	to all participants and raffled off eight Lego sets and squishmallows to delighted winners. We did a first ever adult reading bingo board game with 42 participants and gave away prizes and gift cards to finishers. We've given away about 300 take and make craft kits. There's a cart that's filled for parents and caregivers to take one home per child.
00:26:45.64	Brian	or doing the library with their child, and they change on a monthly basis. The library is excited about the new equipment that's coming for movie screenings and author talks. Next slide, please.
00:26:59.54	Brian	and there's a rotating art exhibit that's happening throughout the fall. Currently, it is photography from Margot Hertford, a Sausalito local. And additionally, the library...
00:27:11.52	Brian	And our team will be headed out to more events such as the farmer's market and the Tostas Sausalito.
00:27:17.87	Brian	Weekly monthly programs daily programs are happening each and every day by library. Our staff are curating each and every one of these events that are taking place music in the park Dungeons and Dragons tech help for our seniors author talks all different types and fun things that are going on on a regular basis and you can check out the library's website for each and every one of those activations next slide please.
00:27:41.95	Brian	And there's more to come in 2025. Our fall season is just kicking off. It's some of our locals' favorite time of year. They say once jazz and blues ends, that's when the fun really begins. For us, our chili cook-off is taking place on September 20th. We've got 15 chili chefs so far, and we're expected to have about 1,000 participants. We've got a band coming out, drinks and fun throughout the whole day. It's about a four-hour event right out at Dunphy Park. I'm going to go. We're expected to have about 1,000 participants. We've got band coming out, drinks and fun throughout the whole day. It's about a four-hour event right out at Dunphy Park. And we'll have our third annual hot chili pepper eating contest as well, sponsored by Molly Stone. Thank you. And then on October 18th, we have our third annual Toast to Salsa Nudo event. We're going to have 150 vendor applications for the event with over 100 applicants already accepted to the event. Nearly 100 people have already purchased tickets for it, and we are off to the races to get that event underway. that's a four-hour event on Caledonia Street taking up all five of those blocks I'll be heading to a meeting in the next few days to work with the Caledonia merchants on being able to activate that area to help their businesses along with providing great free activities to all that attend. The library has, like I said, many things coming up as well. So, you know, we offer a lot of free events and a lot of free programming to our community and to our visitors. I'm proud to be a part of this each and every day and to work with you and my fellow staff members to bring this to each and every Sausalito resident. So thank you for your time.
00:29:19.87	Mira Cox	Thank you so much for that great report and for the great work that the Community Services Department
00:29:24.52	Mira Cox	is doing.
00:29:25.11	Cecilia Aragonese	Thank you.
00:29:26.64	Cecilia Aragonese	Yes, go ahead. I didn't prep on this, but I don't think I heard this in your report. What's the revenue that your department generates?
00:29:34.62	Brian	I throughout like the entire year.
00:29:37.42	Brian	Thank you.
00:29:37.47	Cecilia Aragonese	Yeah, that was this. Yeah, this
00:29:37.80	Brian	This past year, we generated...
00:29:43.26	Brian	about $700,000 in revenue. And that was about $100,000 over our expected revenue for the year.
00:29:51.57	Cecilia Aragonese	Thank you.
00:29:52.14	Brian	Yeah. And our expenses were, uh,
00:29:56.26	Brian	1.1 million for the year and we spent just over a million for the year.
00:30:02.38	Cecilia Aragonese	Thanks very much. Absolutely.
00:30:03.01	Brian	Absolutely. Thank you.
00:30:03.93	Cecilia Aragonese	Thank you.
00:30:04.04	Daniel Woodside	Thank you.
00:30:07.19	Cecilia Aragonese	Great, thank you.
00:30:07.97	Will	you
00:30:08.04	Cecilia Aragonese	Yes.
00:30:08.15	Daniel Woodside	Just very quickly, in addition to events, and you've done many this year, you've also done some things to encourage people to individually create their own events, such as recently you published the Art Walk, Places Where There's Public Ark,
00:30:08.46	Cecilia Aragonese	Thank you.
00:30:08.49	Will	I'm just going to hear.
00:30:21.91	Daniel Woodside	for viewing. And I know there is an interest in this community in art and perhaps doing more of that. But thank you very much for everything you've done.
00:30:29.33	Daniel Woodside	Thank you.
00:30:29.37	Brian	this year. Absolutely.
00:30:31.29	Brian	Very happy to help on that. It was a great project along with working with the Sausalito Foundation to turn those each of those art pieces into a story walk along with being able to scan a QR code to be able to listen to the description and the history of that piece of art. So we're working closely with that nonprofit to be able to activate those spaces a little bit more. So that little breadcrumb that we had is going to grow into bigger pieces to be able to do more great things.
00:31:01.16	Hoffman	Amen.
00:31:01.66	Hoffman	Yeah, mayor, if I can just thank Brian in front of the public for his leadership and entrepreneurial spirit and how he creates activities that are good for Sausalito. And, you know, I never forget the term return on involvement. So for $400,000, the city is seeing thousands of participants in city programs and city facilities that benefit our community.
00:31:25.46	Will	Thank you.
00:31:26.18	Brian	Thank you so much.
00:31:32.29	Mira Cox	Okay, with that, we will turn to communications.
00:31:35.41	Mira Cox	This is the time for the City Council to hear from citizens regarding matters within the jurisdiction of the City Council that are not on the agenda.
00:31:43.33	Mira Cox	except in very limited situations, state law precludes the council from taking action.
00:31:47.60	Mira Cox	on or engaging in discussions regarding items that are not on the agenda.
00:31:51.17	Mira Cox	I have one speaker card. Welcome, John Flavin.
00:31:59.85	Unknown	I've asked several times that you all consider a forensic audit after reviewing the numbers more thoroughly. I'm even more convinced that it's required. I don't know if you realize it, but you've had seven finance directors since the beginning of this decade.
00:32:19.76	Unknown	Second thing you have, you have some very confusing financial reports. One year does not match another. I know this because I tried matching them. And then I found that the 20, I think it's 2025, no, 2024-25 budget book is not posted on the Internet.
00:32:41.46	Unknown	There's a gap there.
00:32:43.15	Unknown	Why? I have no idea.
00:32:46.98	Unknown	So it's part of the confusion that I could see generated by such a turnover in leaders in the finance department.
00:32:56.63	Unknown	The other question comes up regarding the
00:33:00.35	Unknown	I got into the fun side of life.
00:33:03.94	Unknown	And what I was trying to find is where $5 million went out of the Martin Luther King fund.
00:33:12.68	Unknown	I found the answer. It's not scandalous. It's just an accounting adjustment, but it should be more advertised as to why it was done and why it waited till this year to have occurred.
00:33:28.56	Unknown	And it left the Martin Luther King Fund with less than $200,000 or about $200,000 in terms of its total fund.
00:33:37.83	Unknown	That's after the city moved $500,000 from the MLK fund to the general fund.
00:33:46.58	Unknown	Now that's great.
00:33:48.69	Unknown	And that's how you balance your budget.
00:33:51.28	Unknown	But that's not a great way to balance your budget by hitting a crippled fund.
00:33:58.53	Unknown	The final item that comes up
00:34:02.48	Unknown	I guess it won't.
00:34:03.90	Unknown	Thank you.
00:34:04.59	Mira Cox	But Mr. Flavin, would you mind putting your comments in writing to me so that I can confer with the city manager? I submitted it. Okay. If you did, I just haven't seen it. So thank you so much. Bye.
00:34:17.06	Matt Muttukul	We have Sandra Bushmaker.
00:34:21.53	Mira Cox	Thank you.
00:34:21.55	Sandra Bushmaker	Good evening, Council.
00:34:23.07	Sandra Bushmaker	I'm communicating with you about measure J and measure K.
00:34:26.34	Sandra Bushmaker	The count one, the countywide website
00:34:29.66	Sandra Bushmaker	has the ballot measure and the ballot question does not match the city's resolution.
00:34:34.73	Sandra Bushmaker	The words quote subject to a 32 foot height limit has been removed.
00:34:40.92	Sandra Bushmaker	Number two.
00:34:42.34	Sandra Bushmaker	Section four of the city's enabling resolution says the city council does not authorize the city council as a body nor any individual member of the council.
00:34:52.67	Sandra Bushmaker	to file a written argument or any rebuttal argument for or against the measure.
00:34:58.69	Sandra Bushmaker	And I was very surprised to see
00:35:01.54	Sandra Bushmaker	Mayor Cox as the filer for
00:35:04.58	Sandra Bushmaker	arguments in favor of both ballot measures.
00:35:07.65	Sandra Bushmaker	I cannot reconcile these facts.
00:35:10.62	Sandra Bushmaker	In addition,
00:35:11.75	Sandra Bushmaker	I know of several residents who signed arguments in favor of Measure K who wanted their names removed.
00:35:20.09	Sandra Bushmaker	uh,
00:35:21.03	Sandra Bushmaker	They were told by the city that they had to get a court order.
00:35:25.13	Sandra Bushmaker	The city could have obtained such a court order, but required
00:35:29.57	Sandra Bushmaker	that of the signatories.
00:35:32.61	Sandra Bushmaker	I have
00:35:34.85	Sandra Bushmaker	I would request an explanation why this burden is being placed on regretful signers. Thank you.
00:35:43.58	Matt Muttukul	Okay, next speaker is Babette McDougall.
00:35:50.68	Babette McDougall	Well, good evening. Thank you. And once again, happy birthday, Mr. City Manager.
00:35:54.78	Babette McDougall	So, um,
00:35:56.34	Babette McDougall	We're all seeing each other in September. I hope you all had a lovely break.
00:35:59.71	Babette McDougall	Now that has returned, I want to just say a couple of things, and they all have to do with how we speak to our publics.
00:36:05.90	Babette McDougall	I don't know if there's anybody paying attention to what I'm saying up there on the dais. It looks like, okay, thank you, Ms. Blaustein.
00:36:11.96	Babette McDougall	Thank you so much. All right. So, okay, because actually, I actually had a chance to look at that.
00:36:19.32	Babette McDougall	Sustainability Commission thing. And I just want to say that, you know, it isn't just the positive people of Sausalito, Council Member Blaustein, that you should be outreaching to. It needs to be all...
00:36:30.54	Babette McDougall	the residents of Sausalito who vote, especially. But you know whether or not they vote, if they live here, they care about what happens. And I don't understand how come the whole, you know, the EV thing is like a new, new thing, right?
00:36:45.00	Babette McDougall	And because paradigm shifts are required whenever we
00:36:49.05	Babette McDougall	face change, we need to think about things like, well, gosh, if telecom is overseed by, let's say, a planning commission, why wouldn't the EV thing be overseen by planning commission too? I mean, we're talking about public access as well as private, I suppose, and it's up and down the street of Bridgeway and it's in our parks. And so I do believe planning commission engagement is appropriate. So I'd like to encourage us to look forward to that. And then the last thing I'd like to say is regarding public engagement generally, the most frequently asked question to me over the summer was exactly what is missing in terms of democracy and engagement in the council chambers. So I'm going to start calling these things out. First and foremost, we need to abandon Rosenberg. It deliberately carves out the citizen voice. Deliberately.
00:37:36.81	Babette McDougall	For example,
00:37:38.39	Babette McDougall	I mean, there are so many. You know, how do you look up point of order on behalf of a person sitting in the audience or however you want to?
00:37:45.65	Babette McDougall	characterize the other side of the room. It doesn't, it's just one.
00:37:49.68	Babette McDougall	And I look forward to sharing many more. But citizen engagement, please.
00:37:56.18	Matt Muttukul	All right, next speaker is Linda Pfeiffer.
00:38:01.61	Linda Pfeiffer	Hello, can you hear me okay?
00:38:03.78	Matt Muttukul	We can hear you.
00:38:08.32	Linda Pfeiffer	Thank you.
00:38:08.33	Babette McDougall	We hear you.
00:38:13.75	Matt Muttukul	You can unmute yourself.
00:38:19.28	Mira Cox	We heard you for a moment, but now we don't hear you.
00:38:22.76	Unknown	Is this better?
00:38:23.84	Mira Cox	Thank you.
00:38:23.87	Unknown	Thank you.
00:38:23.89	Mira Cox	Yeah.
00:38:24.03	Unknown	We hear you now.
00:38:24.87	Mira Cox	you
00:38:25.19	Unknown	Okay, great.
00:38:25.36	Mira Cox	Okay.
00:38:26.34	Unknown	So, um,
00:38:27.96	Unknown	Let's see, consent calendar 3B has a letter from Mayor John Cox about a Saucyoto Center of the Arts request for funding.
00:38:36.11	Unknown	But the letter does not mention the amount requested by the Saucido Center of the Arts. And I would like to know the amount.
00:38:43.23	Unknown	amount being requested. I'd like to know also how the South South Central Center of the Arts is performing against the contract terms.
00:38:50.74	Unknown	I support the arts, but I also support protecting Sausalito from wildfire.
00:38:56.46	Unknown	We saw Pacific Palisades and Paradise and Altadena and Maui. And just last night, Sausalito had a fire in one of our neighborhoods.
00:39:06.33	Unknown	And I support the arts, but Sausaledans cannot enjoy the arts if we do not have homes left to display the arts. I am very concerned about wildfire prevention
00:39:17.87	Unknown	And I would ask the Council to please prioritize wildfire prevention like recommissioning
00:39:23.49	Unknown	the Spencer Firehouse, and while I'm at it, let's prioritize maintenance of our city's critical revenue generating assets like MLK per the Veritas report,
00:39:34.70	Unknown	because maintaining this infrastructure, especially these assets, ensure we have the funds to prioritize wildfire pretensions.
00:39:42.39	Unknown	prevention. Thank you.
00:39:44.81	Mira Cox	Thank you.
00:39:46.24	Matt Muttukul	No further public speakers?
00:39:47.89	Mira Cox	City Manager, are you prepared to comment regarding the Spencer Firehouse recommissioning now or during your report?
00:39:54.71	Hoffman	I can comment quickly now if you'd like. I gave a brief verbal report to the council. We are in discussions right now with the Southern Marine Fire District. We anticipate getting a letter of intent from them on what it would take to restart. You as a council have authorized funds to remove records. You've authorized cap improvement funds to ensure the readiness of that building. We just have to work through the logistics of an agreement with the Southern Fire District that will allow them to place resources at that station. That's going to take a three to six month window, but we are working on that as we speak. Thank you.
00:39:57.18	Mira Cox	I agree with that.
00:39:58.91	Mira Cox	Thank you.
00:39:59.45	Unknown	Thank you.
00:40:34.59	Mira Cox	I will add to that. Bruce Huff notified me last week that the Southern Marin fire had signed and transmitted an initial draft letter of intent to the city that had a proposed term of 15 years contingent only upon the renewal in six years of the measure C fire measure. So
00:40:59.97	Mira Cox	All right.
00:41:01.86	Mira Cox	With that, we will move on to the consent calendar. I am going to ask that we postpone consideration of item 1.
00:41:14.01	Mira Cox	Um,
00:41:16.37	Mira Cox	Three, ah,
00:41:19.39	Mira Cox	Is this at three? Yeah, 3F. The staff report makes reference to a
00:41:25.84	Mira Cox	retroactive encroachment agreement but the planning commission resolution and findings do not make mention of retroactivity The planner who worked on this is not here Tease out he's out
00:41:39.12	Mira Cox	Thank you.
00:41:39.25	Mira Cox	on vacation. And so I would like the planning department to have an opportunity to
00:41:45.58	Mira Cox	resolve this question. And so I'm asking that we
00:41:50.03	Mira Cox	not approve item 3f tonight we'll put it on calendar for our next meeting we will of course still hear public comment if anyone would like to hear public comment
00:42:00.14	Mira Cox	Are there any other questions or requested removal of items from the consent calendar?
00:42:07.40	Mira Cox	Okay, seeing none, I'm gonna open it up to public comment on the consent calendar.
00:42:11.47	Matt Muttukul	We have Google.
00:42:17.51	Babette McDougall	My goodness, everybody's still coming home from their holidays, I guess. Thank you for acknowledging me.
00:42:22.43	Babette McDougall	So
00:42:23.14	Babette McDougall	What I'd like to talk about with regard to the consent calendar is this item, in fact, of the mayor's letter, because on the one hand, of course, I want to see the city support the arts. This is an artisan community, but it worries me that one would take out in specifically reference an agency which on public record. Excuse me, Madam Mayor, but I'm really addressing this to you. It's your letter.
00:42:47.71	Babette McDougall	And, uh,
00:42:48.93	Babette McDougall	You know, on public comment, when we were first trying to evaluate whether to adopt this organization as our welfare child, because it's my welfare child, it's every resident's, every taxpayer's welfare child. We are paying for them. What gives them the right? They said they would never be an art gallery. They said in a public record they'd never be in competition with other art galleries and that they would promote the arts as an event center. And maybe they'll sell stuff and it might or might not include art. Well, just look it up in the public record. I think it was a year or year and a half ago. And now here we are today, somebody doubles down and tells all their friends to please vote, not just the best art gallery in Sausalito all of a sudden, but in the entire county of Marin. Now, I don't know how the other art galleries are feeling right now, but if I were an art gallery, what if I were Hanson?
00:43:37.36	Babette McDougall	Oh my gosh. What about the heavy hitter, Hanson?
00:43:37.49	B. Rangchi	Oh my God.
00:43:40.18	Babette McDougall	What if they came to the city of Sausalito and says, Lisa, I'd like a handout too. I mean, honestly, it just gets a little bit much. We have to be balanced in all of this. And I really don't see where we're drawing a balance in this case. Thank you very much.
00:43:56.87	Babette McDougall	I yield back my time.
00:43:59.23	Matt Muttukul	Next person we have is B. Rangchi.
00:44:11.38	B. Rangchi	Good evening, can you hear me okay?
00:44:13.20	Matt Muttukul	Yes.
00:44:14.20	B. Rangchi	Yes, good evening, Mayor Cox and council members. I appreciate this time.
00:44:18.06	B. Rangchi	I'm asking on behalf of the Sweet Myer Lane neighborhood,
00:44:21.99	B. Rangchi	for the setting aside of item 3G in the consent calendar.
00:44:26.26	B. Rangchi	for additional evaluation and reconsideration.
00:44:30.03	B. Rangchi	The entire neighborhood has significant concerns about the design review and construction plan
00:44:34.97	B. Rangchi	that was the representations that were made.
00:44:37.40	B. Rangchi	every neighbor on the surrounding Sweet Briar
00:44:41.18	B. Rangchi	has objected to this project. We spoke to the planning commission
00:44:44.66	B. Rangchi	and it was dismissed, unfortunately. The applicant misrepresented, we feel, many things about the project.
00:44:50.48	B. Rangchi	We did submit this in writing, this request in writing earlier to the council members.
00:44:55.05	B. Rangchi	There was a map provided illustrating all of those who have
00:44:58.22	B. Rangchi	serious concerns and objections about this.
00:45:00.94	B. Rangchi	Particularly the proposed construction plan was changed mid meeting with the planning commission.
00:45:06.53	B. Rangchi	and it poses serious safety and access issues for everyone
00:45:09.87	B. Rangchi	who's a resident of Sweetbriar Lane,
00:45:11.98	B. Rangchi	We'd invite any of the council members to come on up. It's about 15 feet wide on our lane.
00:45:17.12	B. Rangchi	to see just what an impact this would make to everybody.
00:45:20.57	B. Rangchi	The design that's proposed is overbuilt
00:45:23.28	B. Rangchi	and diminishes views and values that have been in place
00:45:26.14	B. Rangchi	for the residents, long-time residents for quite a while.
00:45:29.44	B. Rangchi	There's an encroachment related to this that was approved during the meeting, but we believe it's done prematurely.
00:45:34.83	B. Rangchi	because there's been no contact made with the people most likely to be impacted.
00:45:39.52	B. Rangchi	at the next door parcel.
00:45:41.48	B. Rangchi	And there's really been no opportunity for anybody to respond
00:45:44.65	B. Rangchi	from the community related to these applicant representations.
00:45:49.49	B. Rangchi	What we're simply asking is that the council help us
00:45:52.97	B. Rangchi	Set this aside for further evaluation.
00:45:55.36	B. Rangchi	Even the chair of the Planning Commission voted against this, but unfortunately, it was not enough of a vote.
00:46:00.48	B. Rangchi	So we would ask that you just set this aside so that further evaluation can be made.
00:46:05.62	B. Rangchi	before anything
00:46:07.14	B. Rangchi	it.
00:46:07.26	B. Rangchi	impacting all seven families that have
00:46:09.88	B. Rangchi	express their concerns is further evaluated. Thank you very much.
00:46:16.00	B. Rangchi	Thank you.
00:46:16.02	Matt Muttukul	THE FAMILY IS
00:46:16.07	Mira Cox	Thank you.
00:46:16.37	Matt Muttukul	And no further public speakers?
00:46:20.57	Mira Cox	Okay, thank you.
00:46:25.03	Cecilia Aragonese	Mayor, I don't want to remove 3B, which is the letter supporting the, regarding the
00:46:37.97	Cecilia Aragonese	grant, but I do note that the grant was not attached to the grant application wasn't attached.
00:46:43.76	Cecilia Aragonese	Do you want to provide any information about the grant
00:46:46.49	Mira Cox	I will happily return with information. This was county grant money. This is not Sausalito money.
00:46:52.39	Mira Cox	This is a request to the county.
00:46:54.51	Mira Cox	So this has no impact on Sausalito's general fund or Sausalito's budget.
00:46:59.25	Mira Cox	It's grant funding being requested from the county. So, but I will happily
00:47:04.05	Mira Cox	You return with additional information. I will advise folks that I am also supporting request from
00:47:12.72	Mira Cox	um,
00:47:15.08	Mira Cox	Sybil Boutelier that I support a request for grant funding from the county.
00:47:21.86	Mira Cox	This is
00:47:23.65	Mira Cox	And so this is a letter of support for age friendly Sausalito's grant application to the Marin County Board. So I will be transmitting that letter tomorrow and I will share that on consent as well. I'm not required to share these letters. It's just I want to be totally transparent in what in the correspondence that I'm sending out.
00:47:45.25	Cecilia Aragonese	What should we attach that then to the agenda for the next agenda, whatever the grant application is for the county of Marin for Saucelio Center for the Arts, along with your letter? Would that be, how would we do that on the matters? Maybe it's just a...
00:48:01.27	Cecilia Aragonese	Mayor's announcements. Here's the letter along with the grant.
00:48:04.83	Cecilia Aragonese	that we submitted.
00:48:06.01	Mira Cox	No, I'm happy to put it on consent. Oh, that's fine. Okay. Thank you.
00:48:09.61	Mira Cox	But we didn't submit the grant. It's important. We did not submit the grant. No, I understand that. Yeah, each of these organizations is submitting the grant. They're simply asking for a public official to support their request for grant funding. Understood. But this is a... As enunciated in the letter, it does not... It will support three separate projects. And I know that SCA requested the maximum amount for each of those projects.
00:48:12.03	Jill	We do.
00:48:13.50	B. Rangchi	Thank you.
00:48:13.52	Jill	No, I understand that.
00:48:15.07	Unknown	Thank you.
00:48:15.09	Jill	organizations.
00:48:35.20	Mira Cox	three projects. I just don't have the paperwork in front of me right now to tell you what that was.
00:48:39.73	Cecilia Aragonese	Thank you for that.
00:48:40.64	Mira Cox	Yeah, happy to do it.
00:48:42.17	Mira Cox	and I'll provide as much information as I can
00:48:44.99	Mira Cox	regarding
00:48:47.62	Mira Cox	the, um,
00:48:50.61	Mira Cox	Age-friendly Sausalito grant application as well.
00:48:54.07	Mira Cox	when that comes on consent.
00:48:56.21	Mira Cox	at our next meeting.
00:48:57.97	Cecilia Aragonese	Yeah, I think it's the issue, I think with SCA is it's in a different category than age-friendly because we, the city supports Sausalio for a city center of the arts.
00:49:06.34	Cecilia Aragonese	monetarily.
00:49:07.05	Mira Cox	Thank you.
00:49:08.36	Cecilia Aragonese	Thank you.
00:49:08.38	Mira Cox	So if I'm recalling correctly, the amount requested for each of the three programs for
00:49:14.59	Mira Cox	Um,
00:49:15.28	Mira Cox	From by SCA, I'll tell you what the three programs were, was $50,000 for each of the three programs. So, and those three programs were...
00:49:28.48	Mira Cox	Hold on a second. Here we go. It was for Marin Open Studios, for an expanded Sausalito Village program showcasing artistic contributions of Southern Marin's senior community, and for an outreach partnership with West Marin's six historical societies. So those are the three programs, and they are enunciated in paragraph two of the letter.
00:49:51.01	Mira Cox	And the amount requested was $50,000 for each.
00:49:56.22	Cecilia Aragonese	Thank you.
00:49:59.75	Mira Cox	Okay.
00:50:00.96	Mira Cox	With that, I'm going to move on to the consent calendar. I'm going to pull item 3G so that I can ask a couple of questions of the city attorney and the...
00:50:09.91	Mira Cox	Assistant City Manager.
00:50:12.64	Mira Cox	um but so and we and i've asked that we not hear item 3f tonight so i'll seek a motion um
00:50:24.50	Mira Cox	approving items 3a through 3e and 3h through 3i
00:50:29.57	Unknown	So moved.
00:50:32.52	Mira Cox	Second, city clerk call roll.
00:50:38.00	Matt Muttukul	Council member Blalstein? Yes. Council member Hoffman? Yes. Council member Sobieski? Yes. Vice Mayor Woodside?
00:50:39.40	Mira Cox	Yes.
00:50:41.19	Mira Cox	Yes.
00:50:45.18	Matt Muttukul	Thank you.
00:50:45.23	Daniel Woodside	Yes.
00:50:46.04	Matt Muttukul	Mayor Cox.
00:50:46.68	Mira Cox	Yes. Okay, I'm gonna go ahead and dispatch item three. So assistant city manager, will you place item three F on our next agenda with the information requested?
00:51:01.56	Mira Cox	Yes. Okay. And then Assistant City Manager and City Attorney, I want to address the questions raised by a member of the public regarding item 3.
00:51:09.54	Mira Cox	regarding item 3G.
00:51:11.60	Mira Cox	Um,
00:51:13.56	Mira Cox	has the appeal period passed from the planning commission
00:51:20.31	Mira Cox	decision regarding 87 San Carlos Avenue.
00:51:27.73	Brandon Phipps	Thank you for the question, Mayor. This decision was made by the Planning Commission on July 23rd. So the answer is yes, the appeal period has passed.
00:51:37.13	Mira Cox	And did you receive any appeals of the Planning Commission decision?
00:51:41.89	Brandon Phipps	No, we did not. In the case that we did receive an appeal, unfortunately this item would not be able to go before council this evening.
00:51:50.80	Mira Cox	Okay, so then, unless there are any other questions, I'll ask for motion approving item 3g.
00:51:58.19	Daniel Woodside	So moved.
00:52:00.05	Mira Cox	Thank you.
00:52:00.08	Will	second.
00:52:01.28	Mira Cox	Thank you.
00:52:01.30	Will	City Clerk Call Roll.
00:52:03.37	Matt Muttukul	Councilman Blossom? Yes. Councilman Hoffman?
00:52:04.59	Will	Yes.
00:52:06.78	Will	Yes.
00:52:07.74	Matt Muttukul	Councilmember Sabieski? Yes. Vice Mayor Woodside? Yes. Mayor Cox? Mayor Cox?
00:52:12.39	Mira Cox	Yes, okay that motion carries unanimously with that we will move on to business items.
00:52:18.75	Mira Cox	The first business item is item 5A, review and discussion of zoning, land use, development standards, and code compliance within and around the Bridgeway Marina, including Dunphy Park. I'll welcome Brandon Phipps, our Assistant City Manager, and I'll start off with a question.
00:52:33.07	Mira Cox	Did we...
00:52:33.92	Mira Cox	notify Cameron Rosabi that we would be hearing this item this evening
00:52:39.52	Brandon Phipps	I personally did not notice Mr. Razzavi.
00:52:43.37	Cecilia Aragonese	Mayor, can I... can we open the windows?
00:52:46.00	Cecilia Aragonese	It's really stuffy and hot up here. It's pretty worn in here.
00:52:47.00	Unknown	Thank you.
00:52:47.03	Mira Cox	Yeah, it's pretty worn in
00:52:48.06	Unknown	HEALTHY.
00:52:48.87	Cecilia Aragonese	Like open all the windows and do you mind, may I turn this fan on over here?
00:52:55.86	Cecilia Aragonese	And astonished me, I polled the vice mayor.
00:53:00.46	Mira Cox	Did we have any discussions with Mr. Rozavi in preparation of this staff report?
00:53:07.14	Brandon Phipps	I would ask what you mean by we, Mayor.
00:53:10.01	Mira Cox	Did any member of city staff have any discussions with Mr because he's been requesting that we bring this that we consider this item for nearly a year.
00:53:20.09	Mira Cox	So,
00:53:22.01	Mira Cox	And I apologize for not thinking to ask this question sooner.
00:53:27.21	Mira Cox	So,
00:53:27.53	Hoffman	Mayor, Council, that's my problem, my fault. I couldn't
00:53:34.11	Mira Cox	Yeah, we closed them earlier because it's so windy outside.
00:53:37.81	Hoffman	I thought this was a general discussion about all things around the midtown of Sausalito and not specifically directed at any particular property owner or property. So my apologies. I will make sure that as this transfers forward that we will notify all of the people that have a stake in that part of Sausalito, including Mr. Toe, the Cruising Club, Galilee Harbor, the joinery, all of the people that have a stake in that part of Sausalito, including Mr. To, the cruising club, Galilee Harbor, the joinery, all of these people.
00:54:08.18	Mira Cox	Yeah, I think it's really important as we
00:54:11.30	Mira Cox	And I don't know that we'll be making
00:54:13.97	Mira Cox	decisions tonight, perhaps giving direction.
00:54:16.35	Mira Cox	But
00:54:17.21	Mira Cox	I really do.
00:54:18.70	Mira Cox	You know, when we talk about something on Gate 5, I would like us to notify Heath.
00:54:23.12	Mira Cox	and Anchorage Cafe and the stakeholders on Gate 5. So when we do the sea level rise presentation coming up, City Manager, I'd love us to notify...
00:54:32.92	Mira Cox	the, you know,
00:54:34.41	Mira Cox	the folks along Bridgeway as well as the folks along Gate 5 that were
00:54:38.71	Mira Cox	having this presentation. And the same thing, when we consider
00:54:42.15	Mira Cox	Um, the Marine ship, I'd like to make sure we include the Marine ship property owners
00:54:46.99	Mira Cox	This area, as you said,
00:54:49.41	Mira Cox	This is something he has been asking. He's been reaching out to me and to others.
00:54:53.37	Mira Cox	And so I feel very embarrassed that I didn't notify him that we were hearing this tonight. And I want to make sure that we include him in future discussions.
00:55:04.02	Mira Cox	Thank you.
00:55:04.04	Hoffman	Duly noted.
00:55:05.05	Mira Cox	Thank you.
00:55:05.61	Brandon Phipps	Yeah, I think your instinct is correct, Mayor, but I will agree that the scope of this discussion is fairly large. So based on direction or discussion from Council this evening, I think a follow-on with Mr. Razavi is absolutely necessary.
00:55:18.65	Brandon Phipps	Agreed. Thank you so much. And if we could put up the PowerPoint presentation.
00:55:24.86	Brandon Phipps	And I'll just get started. Good evening.
00:55:26.97	Brandon Phipps	Mayor, vice mayor, council members, members of the public, happy to be here for the city's first meeting in nearly one month. And I'll just say the chamber looks excellent. I am joining you this evening to introduce 5A, as stated by the mayor, an opportunity to review and discuss the current status of a number of items around Dunphy Park.
00:55:44.91	Brandon Phipps	Park in the Bridgeway Arena area and to hear both the public and Council's feedback and discussion following the staff presentation. I'm just going to start by saying this is a complicated but extremely important area of our city, and I'm going to be attempting to provide and describe some of the primary puzzle pieces that contribute to both this complexity and importance in hopes of follow-on council discussion. Next slide, please. Stay there, please. This presentation is broken into six primary sections, starting with identifying this presentation and discussions alignment with city stated goals and objectives, we'll then move to a high level area overview from a land use and zoning perspective, talk about active and potential capital projects identified within the area, provide an enforcement and compliance overview of the Bridgeway Marina,
00:56:33.46	Brandon Phipps	and finish off with sustainability and sea level rise related content and findings informed by the city's shoreline adaptation plan. Next slide, please.
00:56:43.21	Brandon Phipps	Regarding alignment with city goals, based on current activities occurring in the area and depending on discussion and direction provided by council, this item complements a number of previously identified goals in the general plan.
00:56:55.61	Brandon Phipps	Thank you.
00:56:55.94	Brandon Phipps	2026 strategic plan, as well as the most recent strategic planning council retreat, which occurred in January of this year. Identified goals primarily relate to infrastructure, climate change, and sustainability, as well as placemaking efforts, which engender fiscal resiliency utilizing comprehensive planning approaches. Next slide, please.
00:57:18.30	Brandon Phipps	As related to zoning, this area contains parcels with varying zoning designations, as summarized on the left side of the screen, with the most prominent designations being public park, shown in green here.
00:57:30.83	Brandon Phipps	Commercial waterfront shown in purple here and our waterfront zone shown in light blue.
00:57:37.14	Brandon Phipps	To summarize the purpose of each district, Public Parks District assists in ensuring conservation and protection of existing and future public parks.
00:57:45.50	Brandon Phipps	The commercial waterfront district assists in protecting the city's waterfront area while promoting uses that benefit and need a waterfront location. And the waterfront district assists in protecting the waterfront area while promoting marine-oriented uses, which will benefit from and also need a waterfront location. Next slide, please.
00:58:03.74	Brandon Phipps	This area also contains two housing element opportunity sites, as shown here, Site 47 and Site 301. And two additional opportunity sites are shown within the immediate area, Site 44 and Site 39, as indicated with the different color stars on this map.
00:58:20.16	Brandon Phipps	Following the successful rezoning of these sites, as they are currently impacted by Ordinance 1022,
00:58:26.23	Brandon Phipps	Opportunity site 47 will be rezoned from Commercial Waterfront to Mixed Use 29, and Opportunity site 301 will be rezoned from Commercial Waterfront to H29.
00:58:36.38	Brandon Phipps	Thank you.
00:58:36.75	Brandon Phipps	These new zoning classifications will allow for housing to be developed on each site with a density of up to 29 units per acre, as stated in the city's adopted housing element.
00:58:47.53	Brandon Phipps	Regarding the question mark in the table on the top right of the slide, the housing element opportunity site to be rezoned, that is a 301, is approximately 0.71 acres. However, the total area of each of the parcels that make up the totality exceeds 8.5 acres. So that's the reason why that is left blank. Next slide, please.
00:59:10.58	Brandon Phipps	Here's a summary of the development standards that apply to the predominant zoning districts, including the housing element designations. These standards are further detailed in section 10.24 and 10.20 of our municipal code and are further detailed in our housing element, as well as policy docs approved by the city on May 27 of this year. Next slide, please.
00:59:32.92	Brandon Phipps	The area also contains numerous city-owned properties, 11, to be exact, which are summarized on the table and map you see here.
00:59:40.32	Brandon Phipps	Yep.
00:59:41.18	Brandon Phipps	As you can see, the majority of city on property in this area is zoned for public parks with two additional sites having commercial waterfront designation. One site having an open area designation. That's the one in the water. And one site, the city hall site, outside of the area on the bottom left, having a designation of public institutional.
01:00:02.10	Brandon Phipps	Next slide, please.
01:00:04.24	Brandon Phipps	In addition to city owned property,
01:00:06.30	Brandon Phipps	Although technically considered rights of ways, the city also has control over certain state grant tidelands within and around the area which were conveyed to the city in 1957. They were shown as the orangish color on the map provided, and these lands have specific use requirements associated with them, which predominantly support maritime and weatherfront uses, as well as public access and public facilities and parks. These properties carry with them certain restrictions,
01:00:34.97	Brandon Phipps	For example, the city may not lease these properties for a period longer than
01:00:40.53	Brandon Phipps	50 years, and again, at least, and sitting outside these properties.
01:00:43.88	Brandon Phipps	Next slide, please.
01:00:47.31	Brandon Phipps	The city has also idiated the conveyance of privately owned water based parcels via a letter of intent between the virtual Marina Corporation in the city, which was approved by members of the city council in September of 2020. The purpose of the LRI at the time was to allow the virtual Marina Corporation
01:01:05.18	Brandon Phipps	to negotiate agreement for the sale of two parcels to the city, in addition to applying a development restriction to four additional submerged parcels in the area in exchange for the opportunity to expand and improve the existing 32 birth Maria facility, including new docks and upgrades to utility and lighting.
01:01:24.60	Brandon Phipps	The, the parcels in question are all currently owned by the Troy Marina Corporation and are bordered in the thick black, as you see here. And I think that the parcels that I mentioned are kind of indicated here that the city parcels will be the two parcels transferred over to the city.
01:01:40.70	Brandon Phipps	The retired parcels would be those undeveloped and the Marina parcels would be the parcels improved and expanded.
01:01:47.57	Brandon Phipps	Next slide, please.
01:01:49.85	Brandon Phipps	Here's a site plan of the Barena expansion that was considered previously. Now, it's hard to read, but the northernmost parcels with red hatch marks are described as dedicated open water. Again, those would be the city parcels that would be transferred to the city and untouched. This aligns with that transfer. Unfortunately, the property owner requested changes to the LOI in early 2023, which stalled or contributed to the stalled development in this area. Next slide, please.
01:02:22.69	Brandon Phipps	There are also a number of active capital projects planned and being implemented in this area, however, which are summarized here and include Dunphy Park phase two improvements, street improvements such as the bridge will paving project between Napa and Johnson and the addition of EV charging stations at Dunphy Park.
01:02:42.60	Brandon Phipps	Next slide, please.
01:02:45.42	Brandon Phipps	These photos show current site conditions at Dunphy on the left and a high-level site plan for the Dunphy Park Phase 2 improvements on the right.
01:02:54.38	Brandon Phipps	Next slide, please.
01:02:56.72	Brandon Phipps	Here are some additional photos of projects within the area. At the top and bottom right, you'll see photos of the Napa to Johnson Bridgeway project improvements. The area associated with the Locust Street resurfacing is also shown and the Humboldt walkway dock connection. Next slide, please.
01:03:15.13	Brandon Phipps	So a number of capital projects are also planned for this area as potential future projects, which are summarized here, including the Humboldt Street Dock and Piers, which may come to you in the near term for review as Citi is currently drafting an RFP to
01:03:32.03	Brandon Phipps	solicit for this potential project to a public solicitation. So we'll come back with more information for you on that.
01:03:37.98	Brandon Phipps	The expansion of recreational uses at Dunphy Bark
01:03:41.04	Brandon Phipps	Park and the volleyball courts are also being considered as well as circulatory improvements at the Napa and Bridgeway intersection. Certain projects on the list, such as the Terny Street boat ramp replacement, have already made significant progress towards implementation, which I'm happy to share. Next slide, please.
01:03:59.43	Brandon Phipps	For example,
01:04:00.26	Brandon Phipps	Recently, $174,000 by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to assist in the planning for a safe, resilient, and accessible redesign of Turney Street Boat Ramp to allow for continued motorized and non-motorized boat access. The amount provided will cover the planning portion of the redesign, cover the cost of community engagement, as well as the cost of presentations before City Council.
01:04:25.55	Brandon Phipps	The RFP for this project has already been issued.
01:04:28.76	Brandon Phipps	And the city looks forward to awarding this contract sometime in October of this year. So happy to see progress there. Next slide, please.
01:04:38.55	Brandon Phipps	On to code enforcement.
01:04:41.43	Brandon Phipps	With a focus on the Bridgewater in particular, I wanna start with a quick reminder, however, to council that staff are aware of certain code compliance challenges in the area, which we will summarize for you this evening, but because code enforcement related decision making responsibility may come before the council, I recommend that we not dive too deep into a discussion on the code enforcement matters and specifics here.
01:05:08.62	Brandon Phipps	Um, with that being said, this area has a long history of enforcement and there was uncertain uncertainty in the official records, even as to the compliance of the current Marina operations that are in place. The city has previously observed a general pattern of noncompliance as well, which include the items you see here, including, um, the addition of unpermitted floating docks and other unpermitted improvements around the property. Next slide, please.
01:05:36.34	Brandon Phipps	So to address these issues of noncompliance, it's likely that repairs, upgrade, and planning and building approvals are needed in some form to bring the property into compliance. Although there are no active code cases on this property, staff are interested in really comprehensively documenting the current conditions and any improvements to identify what specific actions are needed to create compliance. Once staff are able to create this comprehensive summary, we will be able to chart a compliance path forward. And I'll just mention we have had specific code compliance issues and complaint forms submitted to our department, but they're all quite piecemealed. They're all quite small and sometimes specific to a specific tenant. That does not allow us to take a comprehensive view, which I think is a step, the next step that staff is ideating.
01:06:32.77	Brandon Phipps	Next up, please.
01:06:35.66	Brandon Phipps	So here's a code enforcement timeline associated with the property.
01:06:40.06	Brandon Phipps	we go all the way back to the 1960s where ACUP was issued,
01:06:46.81	Brandon Phipps	There are some concerns related to what was constructed.
01:06:51.35	Brandon Phipps	And this process, as mentioned, I won't go into the details of this timeline, but this process, as mentioned, is repeated, and there continue to be code enforcement compliance opportunities on site.
01:07:03.28	Brandon Phipps	Next slide, please.
01:07:05.80	Brandon Phipps	Okay, on to sustainability.
01:07:10.61	Brandon Phipps	To meet the present and future challenges of sea level rise, the City of Sausalito has embarked on creating a community-informed shoreline adaptation plan that aspires to protect our community from surface and groundwater flooding due to sea level rise.
01:07:24.34	Brandon Phipps	Enhance shoreline recreation, maintain viable transportation and utility corridors, and to provide continued main access for water-billed businesses and enhance marshes and beaches with nature-based solutions.
01:07:24.60	B. Rangchi	hands.
01:07:38.05	Brandon Phipps	As a part of the city's sea level rise adaptation planning, we've selected three scenarios which are reflective of potential future sea level rise realities. And those are shown on this map here. First scenario is a 2050 scenario with 10 inches of sea level rise, no storm surge.
01:07:56.29	Brandon Phipps	Scenario two is a 2050 scenario, 10 inches sea level rise with 3.5 feet of storm surge. In scenario three,
01:08:06.77	Brandon Phipps	The most impactful scenario on our sea level rise conditions will be a 2100 scenario with 37 inches of sea level rise and 3.5 feet of storm surge. So you can see the note.
01:08:20.10	Brandon Phipps	of our current world network and above water lands that are impacted by this. And that really helps to highlight some of the importance of these studies and the need for us to respond. They have been evaluated and mapped, as you can see here.
01:08:35.51	Brandon Phipps	Recognizing this
01:08:38.75	Brandon Phipps	There are also some requirements that the city is moving to a requirement to have adaptation plans created. So we are doing that.
01:08:46.42	Brandon Phipps	Next slide, please.
01:08:48.65	Brandon Phipps	Here's a slide of our existing conditions as we know them today.
01:08:52.87	Brandon Phipps	Next slide, please.
01:08:54.74	Brandon Phipps	So this gets us to our resilient edge discussion. As a part of the city's adaptation planning efforts, we have developed community informed sea level rise planning scenarios.
01:09:06.32	Brandon Phipps	right
01:09:07.16	Brandon Phipps	will be through scenarios that I mentioned. Now, planning to 2050 with eight feet of sea level rails,
01:09:16.34	Brandon Phipps	The question of resilient edge, that gives us the option of the existing shoreline. We could use the existing shoreline as the resilient edge, and in doing so, we would need to create
01:09:25.96	Brandon Phipps	stormwater retention along the shoreline and adapt our floating buildings or potentially expand on the extent to which that area will be floating and submerged in the future. Planning to 2100.
01:09:38.28	Brandon Phipps	This is the most impactful scenario I mentioned.
01:09:41.35	Brandon Phipps	The city could consider next slide, please.
01:09:44.34	Brandon Phipps	making bridgeway the resilient edge. In doing so, all buildings on the both side of bridgeway will be moved to the height of bridgeway or adapted to accommodate water through fixed piers or floating lots, thus creating a larger, resilient space for our community to live within. So this is a start, I think, and Katie Dal Garcia has worked hard with the community to get this study put together, but it does allow us to understand what options we have, what limited options we have, and to pave the road for long-term approaches to responding to sea level rise and making our coastline more resilient.
01:10:23.00	Brandon Phipps	With that, next slide, please.
01:10:26.32	Brandon Phipps	Also, thank you for
01:10:28.96	Brandon Phipps	Letting me address you today and
01:10:31.79	Brandon Phipps	I want to also thank Director McGowan, Katie Thalgocia,
01:10:35.91	Brandon Phipps	our Director of Resiliency and Sustainability, and our Code Enforcement Officer, Justin Glogermalo, for all of the content that they contributed to this presentation, as is often the case in Sausaludo. This was a group effort, and they are all here to answer more specific questions as to each of their elements. Thank you.
01:10:52.56	Mira Cox	Thank you. I'm actually going to start off with some questions since I was integrally involved in the negotiation of the LOI with the property owner of, um,
01:11:04.19	Mira Cox	of the Bridgeway Marina.
01:11:07.94	Mira Cox	I
01:11:08.56	Mira Cox	uh,
01:11:10.00	Mira Cox	Brandon, you made mention, um,
01:11:12.97	Mira Cox	that the city cannot sell certain properties. You know that, and thank you for this very helpful chart that showed on,
01:11:21.61	Mira Cox	Oh, it's page one, two, three, page four of the staff report.
01:11:25.45	Mira Cox	that shows what's owned by the Bridgeway Marina, what's owned
01:11:28.76	Mira Cox	by the city and what was proposed to be retired. I wanted to be clear that although those parcels that were to be retired cannot be sold, they can. The property owner could either the city or Bridgeway Marina or whoever could obtain credits in the form of monetary value to other municipalities or developers who need to demonstrate that that they are
01:11:58.12	Mira Cox	you know, retiring certain developable parcels. And so,
01:12:01.69	Mira Cox	Part of the letter of intent that was negotiated with Bridgeway Marina was that
01:12:06.43	Mira Cox	Um,
01:12:07.29	Mira Cox	the city would retire these parcels, but that he could take credit
01:12:12.01	Mira Cox	through the city's retirement of those parcels from a developer who needed development credits so he could actually reap monies for the retirement of those parcels. So I wanted that to be clear, that that was a deal point, and that although the city cannot
01:12:27.81	Mira Cox	sell them, the city nevertheless or a developer could obtain monetary value for their retirement.
01:12:37.21	Mira Cox	We can't sell the property, but we can obtain value for the property rights.
01:12:42.20	Mira Cox	So that's one clarification.
01:12:43.91	Brandon Phipps	Yeah, and thank you, Mayor, for the feedback on that and for your wisdom on being involved in the LOI. I will just make the quick clarification that, yes, we do have state grant title and right-of-ways kind of crisscrossing their way between certain privately and publicly owned properties.
01:13:03.28	Unknown	Yeah.
01:13:03.90	Brandon Phipps	Some of the city owned properties in the area
01:13:07.19	Brandon Phipps	are
01:13:08.83	Brandon Phipps	kind of
01:13:09.61	Brandon Phipps	engrossed into the state grand title and umbrella.
01:13:12.91	Unknown	Yes.
01:13:13.18	Brandon Phipps	Some of the privately owned parcels are not and can be treated and sold as per the desires of the owner.
01:13:16.27	Mira Cox	Correct.
01:13:21.49	Mira Cox	But the four parcels that are labeled retire are city owned properties that were going to be retired. Um,
01:13:37.15	Brandon Phipps	Well.
01:13:37.81	Brandon Phipps	Looking at the map, I'd like to maybe do a follow-on discussion with you, but my data indicates that the parcels to be retired, some of the parcels to be retired are owned by Gurdjieff Maroney Corporation. Agreed.
01:13:49.28	Mira Cox	Agree. Agree. I think two of them are owned by Bridgeway Marina. We were not going to allow them to build, but they were going to get development credits for the retirement of those parcels. So that's why I asked about the five-inch binder, because the five-inch binder has an older version of this map that has...
01:14:08.69	Unknown	You brought it with us.
01:14:08.96	Mira Cox	It's being raised in the air. So it does have some useful older maps that help clarify the current ownership, not the ownership pursuant to the LOI. You also mentioned that the property owner requested changes to the LOI in early 2023. He actually wanted...
01:14:26.40	Mira Cox	uh,
01:14:28.70	Mira Cox	Um,
01:14:29.63	Mira Cox	Abandoned the LOI. So he didn't just request changes. He has no interest in moving forward with the LOI. And it really was a letter of an intent. And until memorialized in a development agreement is not enforceable. It's simply a letter of intent.
01:14:44.56	Mira Cox	Part of the consideration for that letter of intent was
01:14:47.95	Mira Cox	the
01:14:49.17	Mira Cox	um,
01:14:51.04	Mira Cox	the
01:14:51.92	Mira Cox	uh,
01:14:53.20	Mira Cox	suspension of
01:14:55.78	Mira Cox	code enforcement activities being undertaken by the city. So I'd like you to update your chart, your timeline,
01:15:02.42	Mira Cox	because you show from 2016 to 2024 that the city and Bridgeway Marina cooperated to address code violations, I would say,
01:15:11.34	Mira Cox	to 2022, but commencing in 2023, that cooperation
01:15:16.27	Mira Cox	ceased?
01:15:17.60	Mira Cox	And as you mentioned, we have received additional code violation complaints since then.
01:15:26.35	Mira Cox	and you've received them from the,
01:15:28.94	Mira Cox	Nate from the
01:15:31.14	Mira Cox	you know, renters and neighbors. I received them from neighboring marinas. And so,
01:15:37.30	Mira Cox	I would, would you please update the timeline to reflect that the cooperation really went through 2022. It ceased in 2023 with the withdrawal
01:15:46.26	Mira Cox	of the
01:15:47.69	Mira Cox	Letter of Intent
01:15:48.89	Brandon Phipps	Yep, that's a fine wrinkle. And thank you for that clarification. We will make that change, Mayor.
01:15:54.19	Mira Cox	Um,
01:15:55.52	Mira Cox	You mentioned the resilient. Oh, you also went through in detail the grant funding. Congratulations on the 174,000 in grant funding. However, the staff report mentions Humboldt Street bulkhead twice. It is listed on your slide and in the staff report as a future project being considered.
01:16:17.80	Mira Cox	It is mentioned in the staff report as being
01:16:21.02	Mira Cox	a component
01:16:22.49	Mira Cox	of the grant funding that the Humboldt Street bulkhead conceptual design and 65% design
01:16:28.87	Mira Cox	is part of the grant funding. Can you update us on the Humboldt Street bulkhead?
01:16:34.76	Mira Cox	project.
01:16:36.58	Mira Cox	any further than that. I mean, that's just a one line throwaway.
01:16:39.70	Brandon Phipps	I would defer to our director of public works for additional info on that, and he is present this evening.
01:16:45.98	Will	Thank you.
01:16:46.79	Mira Cox	Thank you.
01:16:47.02	Jill	do.
01:16:47.23	Mira Cox	I mean, oh.
01:16:48.43	Mira Cox	Oh, I see Katie has-
01:16:49.77	Brandon Phipps	We also have Katie Favdecia.
01:16:51.65	Mira Cox	Katie, I saw so much of your good work in this report. And I'm going to get to you in a minute in terms of a question.
01:16:58.87	Mira Cox	Or if you want to address this question, please.
01:17:01.47	Katie Dal Garcia	Yeah, I can answer the question to the extent that has to do with the grant.
01:17:06.72	Katie Dal Garcia	included on the grant application and in the grant agreement,
01:17:09.92	B. Rangchi	creamy.
01:17:10.65	Katie Dal Garcia	is
01:17:12.30	Katie Dal Garcia	the Humboldt Street bulkhead
01:17:14.90	Katie Dal Garcia	and connecting peers. We have included that in the RFP that is now out to bid. We're not sure if $170,000 and change is going to be able to cover planning of that area. So we have included it in the RFP and are awaiting responses. But according to the grant agreement, we are allowed
01:17:40.77	Katie Dal Garcia	to include that area.
01:17:44.08	Mira Cox	That's such great news because that's been something that's been hanging fire for decades. So I'm pleased to see that we're moving forward.
01:17:52.60	Mira Cox	forward to figure out how to address it, even if we can't address it right now.
01:17:58.15	Mira Cox	And then, Katie, I saw in the sea level rise and climate resiliency portion of the report, you know, we talked about these three concepts as to where our resilient edge might be. But I wanted you to comment because you and I participate in a sea level rise.
01:18:20.41	Mira Cox	Um,
01:18:21.64	Mira Cox	group with the county. And so the county
01:18:25.49	Mira Cox	And it's sort of like it used to be when we used to talk about RBRA and the city with respect to anchor routes, RBRA said the city is the hare and we are the tortoise. And I feel as though that is the attitude that the county is taking now with Sausalito's sea level rise efforts, that Sausalito is the hare and the county is the tortoise. But nevertheless, there is this real interest in collaborating regarding mitigating and adapting to sea level rise. And so I wanted you to share perhaps a lens from the meetings that we've been attending with various county and other city officials, because, you know, there are other concepts beyond simply designating Bridgeway or another area as the resilient edge. There are other
01:19:18.24	Mira Cox	potential plans to address sea level rise. So can you comment on that at all? And sorry, I'm putting you on the spot with no warning.
01:19:25.75	Katie Dal Garcia	No, no, no, absolutely. I'm more than happy to talk about this. I'll try to summarize it very briefly, but I'm happy to...
01:19:31.86	Katie Dal Garcia	talk in detail.
01:19:34.12	Katie Dal Garcia	If you need more detail.
01:19:35.79	Katie Dal Garcia	I should start with a background on SB 272 that was passed, I think, in
01:19:42.27	Katie Dal Garcia	at the end of 2023
01:19:44.57	Katie Dal Garcia	That requires all jurisdictions, coastal and bayside,
01:19:48.82	Katie Dal Garcia	to have sea level rise adaptation plans in place, approved by BCDC,
01:19:55.37	Katie Dal Garcia	by 2034.
01:19:58.13	Katie Dal Garcia	So with the passing of that, the county initiated a countywide planning process for understanding the governance of sea level rise.
01:20:08.65	Katie Dal Garcia	in Marin County.
01:20:10.33	Katie Dal Garcia	So the county is in the process of taking
01:20:15.26	Katie Dal Garcia	that governance process all the way through
01:20:18.23	Katie Dal Garcia	As part of that, Mayor Cox, you and I have been included in the county's working groups on those meetings, so as BCDC, so of all of the other jurisdictions in Marin.
01:20:30.53	Katie Dal Garcia	But essentially, you know,
01:20:32.24	Katie Dal Garcia	with us getting a million dollar grant
01:20:35.01	Katie Dal Garcia	Um, and working on our shoreline adaptation plan, we have been a little ahead of the curb.
01:20:41.57	Katie Dal Garcia	Um, as I've said before, our C our shoreline adaptation plan is set to wrap up by the end of 2025.
01:20:48.74	Katie Dal Garcia	So indeed, you can probably call us.
01:20:51.27	Katie Dal Garcia	the hair, it will be long before 2020.
01:20:53.65	Katie Dal Garcia	34.
01:20:54.83	Katie Dal Garcia	that we are making significant progress on this. Regardless, the houseboat section is obviously outside of
01:21:03.56	Katie Dal Garcia	the city's jurisdiction, but we have been working closely with the county
01:21:07.61	Katie Dal Garcia	received a letter of support.
01:21:09.31	Katie Dal Garcia	to include the houseboat section.
01:21:11.73	Katie Dal Garcia	of 94965 in Sausalito's plans.
01:21:15.19	Katie Dal Garcia	Um, but ultimately, you know, a lot of the adaptation
01:21:18.53	Katie Dal Garcia	will be
01:21:19.82	Katie Dal Garcia	up to the county because it is not in Sauslitos jurisdiction.
01:21:23.50	Katie Dal Garcia	But we have involved them in the planning process, involved the houseboats in the planning process,
01:21:28.82	Katie Dal Garcia	Um,
01:21:29.61	Katie Dal Garcia	And, you know, we'll be moving forward through the end of the shoreline adaptation plan. Hopefully that answered your question.
01:21:36.14	Mira Cox	It does. I'm going to throw out a hypothetical to you. So, you know, one thing that has long been bandied about is this concept of a seawall, for example.
01:21:45.66	Mira Cox	And I don't think there's any jurisdiction that believes that that's probably a financially feasible alternative, even though we did see that as part of the presentation when we were discussing the Bridgeway median. We did see that as a potential long-term solution.
01:22:00.85	Mira Cox	plan for at least part of Sausalito but
01:22:03.19	Mira Cox	Suppose that the county were to somehow miraculously come up with millions of dollars to fund
01:22:08.85	Mira Cox	a seawall that would benefit obviously, you know, various communities, not just Sausalito. Will our sea level adaptation plan be nimble slash flexible enough to incorporate these opportunities for collaboration with regional partners?
01:22:26.53	Katie Dal Garcia	Yes, it's certainly, I mean, we are proposing these resilient edge concepts, whether that resilient edge is, is a seawall, you know, going.
01:22:35.00	Katie Dal Garcia	along the current shoreline as Brandon presented, or if that resilient edge, we don't want to call it a seawall because it's not technically
01:22:42.56	Katie Dal Garcia	Thank you, Leah Seawall.
01:22:43.61	Katie Dal Garcia	is, you know, Bridgeway.
01:22:45.79	Katie Dal Garcia	you know, presenting those different options leaves us the ability to be flexible
01:22:51.25	Katie Dal Garcia	with the county's governance process and with whatever future adaptation plans, you know, the county could propose us all to work on together because, as we know, the water
01:23:03.45	Katie Dal Garcia	Does not care which jurisdiction you are on. If you build something to keep it out,
01:23:08.40	Katie Dal Garcia	Well,
01:23:09.06	Katie Dal Garcia	someplace it's going to affect somewhere else.
01:23:12.85	Mira Cox	And my last question for now has to do with scenario three, the 2021 scenario where the where Bridgeway is the resilient edge. When you bring back to us this report, will you include the stakeholders whose buildings will all be underwater in their current configuration if Bridgeway were to become the resilient edge so that they can participate in our, you know, consideration?
01:23:41.85	Mira Cox	of which scenario we endorse and how we
01:23:45.51	Mira Cox	best would like to proceed because I think
01:23:48.34	Mira Cox	You know, they've, many of them have participated in your community workshops, but I think it would be important
01:23:54.35	Mira Cox	that they be notified that the city council will be hearing your
01:23:58.15	Mira Cox	your presentation and considering your plan.
01:24:00.86	Mira Cox	and have an opportunity to provide feedback that will directly affect them.
01:24:05.71	Katie Dal Garcia	Yes, absolutely. Our final public meeting will be held September 10th, where everybody, property owners, residents, visitors, council members are able to review the draft plan, comment on it, and we'll have up until October 7th.
01:24:25.37	Katie Dal Garcia	to comment on it.
01:24:27.76	Katie Dal Garcia	I will.
01:24:29.16	Katie Dal Garcia	invite them to the extent that I know them or can deliver a flyer to their mailbox to the community meeting and continue to publish things in currents about ways to provide public feedback before October 7.
01:24:44.20	Mira Cox	Thank you. I greatly appreciate that. This is, I mean, while very realistic, this is still a shocking
01:24:51.02	Mira Cox	slide to
01:24:53.09	Mira Cox	review so absolutely all right other questions from council members
01:24:58.15	Mira Cox	Yes, Councilmember Hoffman.
01:25:00.48	Cecilia Aragonese	Thank you. Yeah, I've been also intimately and integrally involved in this. I think I was looking through my notes. I was first appointed to the Bridgeway Marina Subcommittee.
01:25:11.91	Cecilia Aragonese	or task force back in
01:25:13.80	Cecilia Aragonese	May of 2015, shortly after I was elected to city council for the first time. So, um, and I was not, that was not the start of this effort. That was, uh, then city manager Adam Pulitzer, uh, had been working on this for a while. And I believe it was first purchased maybe by Mr. Ravazi, I believe in 2009 or 2010 from the old boat yard. And so, um.
01:25:37.12	Cecilia Aragonese	I know. I know the city had been trying to figure out what to do with it.
01:25:41.25	Cecilia Aragonese	And
01:25:43.11	Cecilia Aragonese	And so I began working on it with, I think, Tom Theodorus at the time,
01:25:47.31	Cecilia Aragonese	and working with Mr. Ravazi about different concepts and how the city could support something moving forward. And so my first question to you is, I don't believe it still remains true that this, even though we call it Bridgeway Marina, it is not and has never been a permitted Marina. Is that true?
01:26:03.81	Brandon Phipps	So thank you for the question and thank you for all the time that you've put out on this in the past. I'll say the property, just to answer the first statement, property was sold in 2009 and it was actually due to some fiscal concerns on the part of a previous owner.
01:26:05.45	Cecilia Aragonese	Yeah.
01:26:08.44	Cecilia Aragonese	It's horrendous.
01:26:09.84	Cecilia Aragonese	Yeah.
01:26:23.27	Brandon Phipps	There was a conditional use permit issued in 1960 to rule establish not a marina, but a marine repair operation.
01:26:33.99	Brandon Phipps	with temporary boat repair storage and berths.
01:26:36.97	Brandon Phipps	That is
01:26:38.73	Brandon Phipps	use does have a CUP.
01:26:41.33	Brandon Phipps	Now,
01:26:42.22	Brandon Phipps	A conditional use permit for Zaks Marina was issued, not Birt Bridgeway Marina, but Zaks Marina was issued in 1984.
01:26:50.57	Brandon Phipps	Unfortunately,
01:26:52.40	Brandon Phipps	Some illegal construction on site that we've highlighted in our dig into the record history here was unpermitted, which led the city to revoke the CUP. That was revoked in 1990.
01:27:06.99	Brandon Phipps	So the property sat in an uncompliant state for six years, and then it became more non-compliant after we revoked the CUP, which gets us to kind of the more modern era. The city was trying to partner with the owner to...
01:27:23.16	Brandon Phipps	outline a strategy so as to bring the property back into compliance while accomplishing some of the other waterfront goals of the city.
01:27:31.30	Brandon Phipps	Um,
01:27:32.48	Brandon Phipps	So that is, I think...
01:27:34.53	Brandon Phipps	But we possibly find ourselves today, the LOI was entered into or drafted in part with that goal in mind. And we kind of reverted back to that former non-compliant status
01:27:47.87	Brandon Phipps	that both you and the mayor have outlined this evening.
01:27:50.97	Cecilia Aragonese	Yeah, thank you. And so we worked, you did a great job, by the way, in the summary of putting together
01:27:56.98	Cecilia Aragonese	sort of all of the concepts that we'd worked on with with Mr. Rovazi over the years of what did he need to make it pencil out for him and what could the city bring to the table and all of the swaps that we worked out over the years right up until I was on the subcommittee up until I deployed in 2019 for that year and then Tom Riley, I think, took my place and worked on it for that year. And then right before I came back in September of 2020, that's when
01:28:25.31	Cecilia Aragonese	It came to the council.
01:28:26.93	Cecilia Aragonese	Um, and mayor at the time, Susan Cleveland Knowles actually signed the LOI, I believe, but then.
01:28:32.20	Cecilia Aragonese	I stepped back into it when Mr. Ravazi wanted to start doing revisions and then Mayor, or well, Councilmember Kelman, Vice Mayor Kelman, and when I was mayor and I worked on it with Mr. Ravazi trying to figure out what it was he wanted, but we couldn't come to consensus and then,
01:28:51.27	Cecilia Aragonese	And here we are today. So I don't believe
01:28:53.59	Cecilia Aragonese	we are at consensus with Mr. Ravazi. That's where we are.
01:28:56.90	Cecilia Aragonese	At this point, I appreciate all the different
01:29:00.46	Cecilia Aragonese	A tremendous work in bringing.
01:29:03.01	Cecilia Aragonese	the holistic concepts to us today of sort of the status of the current situation and sort of different, all of the different aspects of looking at this area down here. So tremendous.
01:29:20.14	Cecilia Aragonese	Where are we at with
01:29:23.18	Cecilia Aragonese	with BCDC at this point, the Bay Conservation Area.
01:29:27.24	Cecilia Aragonese	uh,
01:29:28.27	Cecilia Aragonese	development corporation. Where are we with them? Have they weighed in recently on this project? We had been sort of holding them off and saying, hold on, let us try to work with Mr. Rivasi.
01:29:39.76	Cecilia Aragonese	I mean, I think even Councilmember Bloussing and I were working on this and trying to come up with a concept.
01:29:46.48	Cecilia Aragonese	for the marina and and what what can we do and what's the solution down there but i'm
01:29:52.27	Cecilia Aragonese	you know,
01:29:53.94	Cecilia Aragonese	Anyway, in that status from BDA, we heard from them lately.
01:29:53.96	Brandon Phipps	Anyway.
01:29:56.76	Brandon Phipps	Yeah, so what I will say is, again, this area is a bit of a puzzle. It's a jigsaw puzzle, unfortunately. It's not a simple puzzle, and this is one of those puzzle pieces. So I will say...
01:30:08.65	Brandon Phipps	One of the things that contributes to that is the efforts that the city has taken on to decrease anchor outs.
01:30:15.37	Brandon Phipps	in Richardson Bay. And fortunately for the city, Mr. Ruzavi has been welcoming of Anchor Out's
01:30:24.57	Brandon Phipps	to be made into room boards in his marina.
01:30:28.03	Brandon Phipps	So he's been a bit of an oasis for those former anchor outs and provided them with a place to park their home.
01:30:37.24	Brandon Phipps	And in a way, it is compliant with BCDC's goals for Richardson Bay. So in that way, you know, we're very thankful for the efforts that he's done to complement our efforts there.
01:30:46.51	Brandon Phipps	Ultimately, however, we're hoping to solve that through some kind of attrition or through some kind of turnover or right through some kind of reimagining or development of the area, which would over time
01:31:02.11	Brandon Phipps	incentivize both the city
01:31:04.21	Brandon Phipps	the current liver boards and the property owner to resolve all those issues and to create full blown compliance.
01:31:10.62	Cecilia Aragonese	BCDC BCDC would be the agency by which
01:31:13.94	Cecilia Aragonese	we would get into trouble and so would Mr. Ravazzi for his unpermitted marina activities he's
01:31:19.14	Brandon Phipps	Oh, yes, I think that that is well, I would say less the city, certainly the property owner, but the city would, at least my position would be we would want to work collaboratively without permitting bodies to ensure that everybody's happy with what we're putting forward. So I am aware of a.
01:31:35.91	Brandon Phipps	Thank you.
01:31:35.97	Brandon Phipps	BC, DC based kind of informal permit review meeting that occurs between other coastal agencies as well. If the city is going to be pushing forward a project, if we're going to be proposing something, that is a meeting that I would like to attend very early to give them a sense of what we're thinking.
01:31:50.17	Cecilia Aragonese	to give
01:31:51.19	Cecilia Aragonese	We do that.
01:31:52.10	Cecilia Aragonese	We do that periodically anyway. In fact, our mayor sits...
01:31:54.07	Brandon Phipps	Yes, we do.
01:31:55.56	Cecilia Aragonese	as an alternate on that board anyway. I do. I do.
01:31:57.97	Mira Cox	I sit actually once a month now at BCDC meetings.
01:32:01.67	Mira Cox	Okay.
01:32:02.29	Mira Cox	Thank you. And I did mention at a recent meeting, Sausalito's investment in adapting and mitigating sea level rise. But the need by BCDC to revise its shoreline policies since its shoreline will will continually incur, you know, in move.
01:32:02.38	Cecilia Aragonese	Thank you.
01:32:02.56	Cecilia Aragonese	Thank you for your question.
01:32:24.58	Mira Cox	deeper inland from current and that they need to adapt their policies to address those changes because buildings that were never under their jurisdiction will at some point become within their jurisdiction.
01:32:38.32	Mira Cox	So.
01:32:38.50	Cecilia Aragonese	Yeah.
01:32:39.33	Cecilia Aragonese	I don't think I have any further questions right now, but I might.
01:32:41.66	Cecilia Aragonese	come up with something.
01:32:42.27	Daniel Woodside	Thank you, council member.
01:32:43.18	Cecilia Aragonese	Thanks, Mayor.
01:32:44.56	Daniel Woodside	Yeah, first of all, thank you. Thanks, everyone, for putting together really a very comprehensive report. I'd like to start with a few questions about tools or...
01:32:55.02	Daniel Woodside	Thank you.
01:32:55.06	Daniel Woodside	options that have been explored or
01:32:58.91	Daniel Woodside	might be explored. You've outlined several, the possible development agreement or some sort of cooperative agreement that could lead to various things. And Mayor, you mentioned the possibility of credits that might be a value to the property owner in exchange for concessions, if you will. Another common device in other contexts, for example, here in Marin County, the first agricultural land trust in the history of the country was created.
01:33:30.70	Daniel Woodside	and some agreements involving the use of land
01:33:35.37	Daniel Woodside	sometimes include a provision that portions might be donated or
01:33:41.82	Daniel Woodside	or otherwise preserved interest for agriculture in exchange for concessions. And I'm wondering,
01:33:47.69	Daniel Woodside	If anyone has ever suggested something along the lines of a maritime project,
01:33:53.80	Daniel Woodside	land trust concept.
01:33:57.40	Daniel Woodside	you're shaking your head like maybe that's an idea.
01:33:59.71	Mira Cox	There have been discussions with landowners regarding that concept for sure. I don't know that the staff has had a discussion.
01:34:03.22	Daniel Woodside	Okay.
01:34:03.67	Cecilia Aragonese	you
01:34:06.41	Cecilia Aragonese	If I could weigh in.
01:34:07.69	Cecilia Aragonese	Um,
01:34:08.67	Cecilia Aragonese	I probably have the most knowledge on every aspect of every parcel and every possible iteration of what could be done with the parcels. And I, we absolutely looked at,
01:34:18.45	Cecilia Aragonese	Um, what could be done with the parcels of the city owned? And then what could be done with the swaps of.
01:34:24.48	Cecilia Aragonese	You know, what could we do with the current owner?
01:34:28.46	Cecilia Aragonese	I don't think we looked at iterations of
01:34:32.77	Cecilia Aragonese	what could be done
01:34:34.45	Cecilia Aragonese	in beyond that. But we were very interested in retiring underwater lots for conservation issues, if that's what you're asking.
01:34:43.97	Daniel Woodside	Well, I'm just saying the mechanism of saying this is permanently in trust for a particular purpose.
01:34:44.90	Cecilia Aragonese	mechanism.
01:34:50.08	Cecilia Aragonese	We absolutely do.
01:34:50.26	Daniel Woodside	not building or not developing in a way that's inconsistent with
01:34:55.11	Daniel Woodside	adapting to sea level rise.
01:34:57.40	Cecilia Aragonese	That was part of our, that was absolutely part of our LOI with Mr. Ravazi. And we had two of the lots. I think two were going to be swapped three, two or four were going to be swapped for retiring permanently for open water.
01:35:11.61	Daniel Woodside	Okay.
01:35:12.32	Daniel Woodside	So, okay, thank you. The other thing, just to go a little bit further on...
01:35:19.49	Daniel Woodside	Our adaptation plan. The next week's meeting is at 6 p.m., I think, and the public's invited to consider the next sort of pieces of information regarding shoreline adaptation. I think the date was mentioned, but not the time. It's an evening meeting. Is that correct, Katie?
01:35:38.34	Katie Dal Garcia	Yes, it is September 10th at the Sausalito Center for the Arts from 6 to 730. We would welcome everybody.
01:35:47.25	Daniel Woodside	Great. And my question has to do with, I heard
01:35:50.93	Daniel Woodside	a notion that we're going to have this all wrapped up by the end of 2025. That's this year. That's the goal.
01:36:00.95	Daniel Woodside	of the plan, and I appreciate that. And will it fall ultimately to the Council to make a decision on what I call line drawing? Where is the line gonna be drawn from which we,
01:36:14.45	Daniel Woodside	I see Katie nodding.
01:36:16.43	Katie Dal Garcia	Um,
01:36:17.39	Katie Dal Garcia	Taking her head, maybe. We will be including all of the designs that you have seen tonight. So planning for 2050.
01:36:26.89	Katie Dal Garcia	Planning for 2050 with storm surge and planning for 2100 and we will include all of those conceptual designs, but we will not be asking Council to choose to move forward with one of them.
01:36:38.43	Katie Dal Garcia	The purposes of this plan are to inform future decisions so we know what our options are,
01:36:45.37	Katie Dal Garcia	What?
01:36:46.33	Katie Dal Garcia	what is possible along the shoreline, I think then mayor
01:36:50.30	Katie Dal Garcia	Kelman called it.
01:36:51.68	Katie Dal Garcia	The art of what is possible.
01:36:53.54	Katie Dal Garcia	Um, in Sausalito, but we will, we will not be asking council to choose one. We will, we will be asking council to approve the plan though.
01:37:02.68	Daniel Woodside	And approving the plan assumes some of those dates and some of the lines in whatever plan comes out of the process. Is that a fair assessment?
01:37:15.61	Katie Dal Garcia	Approving the plan would
01:37:19.91	Katie Dal Garcia	help.
01:37:20.69	Katie Dal Garcia	would guide us to understanding
01:37:23.84	Katie Dal Garcia	what could be possible in the shoreline if we plan to 2050
01:37:28.40	Katie Dal Garcia	or if we plan to 2100,
01:37:30.83	Katie Dal Garcia	not saying that we need to in those certain areas.
01:37:34.85	Katie Dal Garcia	but to get us looking forward on things like our capital improvement plan.
01:37:42.32	Daniel Woodside	Okay.
01:37:43.49	Daniel Woodside	Thank you.
01:37:45.65	Jill	Councilmember Blaustein.
01:37:46.96	Jill	Thank you, and thank you very much to all of the members of the departments who put together this very comprehensive presentation. And in fact, I feel like it's four separate presentations in one. So I hope that maybe as part of our direction, we can talk about agendizing conversation on each of these in depth more individually. I have a very different relationship with the Bridgeway Marina, but almost as longstanding as Council council member hoffman i actually lived in the bridgeway marina um so i am quite familiar with the uh historical issues with the code uh enforcement issues
01:38:22.81	Jill	and also with the property.
01:38:25.84	Jill	owner.
01:38:27.50	Jill	With that in mind, you know, I obviously have personal concerns having lived through some of the
01:38:33.67	Jill	questions of compliance being brought up, but I do know that the property owner would like to see additional
01:38:40.96	Jill	housing potentially at this site. And I also know that there are people who are currently living at this site. There isn't much on here, but I remember very clearly when we heard it at the Council, a commitment to maintaining
01:38:54.83	Jill	housing for the people who are currently living in the marina. What is the status of those conversations and how are we protecting the current residents of the marina in light of anything we might do to move forward?
01:39:05.41	Brandon Phipps	Thank you for the question, council member and, um,
01:39:08.25	Brandon Phipps	to hear really important in the context of this being a housing element opportunity site.
01:39:12.72	Brandon Phipps	as well as a water-based site that does contain liveaboards. So I will say Cameron has come to staff informally in the past eight months in connection with the housing element rezoning and the density that would be allocated to the site or could be allocated to the site given 1022 and the ballot passing.
01:39:37.48	Brandon Phipps	Some of the actions that we've taken is defining for him some of the bookends associated with the development. I will say, however, that there continue to be some question marks as far as what an ultimate agreement between the property owner and the city would be.
01:39:54.37	Brandon Phipps	partly because there is indication in the housing element that street right-of-ways would be vacated in order to expand the development area of Site 301. And that's further complicated by the fact that 301 is made up of eight parcels, two of which – and two separate property owners. And there is a right-of-way between two of these separate property owners. So that's something that will need to be resolved or at least discussed before we can move forward with confidence here. But as far as, you know, the city building in a responsibility to give first right of refusal to existing residents and things like that, I think that that's a bit of a legal discussion, and I would want to connect with our city attorney on that and what the city may be able to condition in connection with a housing approval on that site.
01:40:49.60	Jill	Yeah, because that's actually where a number of our lower income residents live. And the idea of uprooting all of them, while important to build additional housing without a plan for those residents.
01:41:01.06	Jill	who many of whom were my neighbors and our friends is quite concerning.
01:41:04.65	Brandon Phipps	Yeah, I couldn't agree more. And that was part of the reason why through, through the city's efforts to create a partnership with Cameron was that we were also going to create a plan to either through attrition or through, or through, um, first drug refusal or through creation of additional units to house all the folks that are there.
01:41:20.97	Brandon Phipps	and to address the 10% living board threshold that we come up against with BCDC at times. I'll say that we also ideated a W15 zone for the water-based parcels in that area, which in the housing element doesn't require rezoning, but it does commit the city to continuing to work...
01:41:37.69	Brandon Phipps	towards increasing the liveaboard threshold from 10 to 15%. That's one way that we do that too, council member, I think is increase that liveaboard threshold such that the existing liveaboard
01:41:48.29	Brandon Phipps	actually do not trigger a noncompliance with that 10%. If we increase it, it becomes automatically more compliant.
01:41:55.23	Jill	Yeah, and to the point of BCDC and the requirements there, I know that there are a number of other communities similarly. For example, I've had conversations with Mayor Ravazio of Corte Madera, who's very interested in
01:42:07.04	Jill	seeing.
01:42:07.95	Jill	more water-based housing, and maybe this is a question for Katie,
01:42:11.31	Jill	Phil Garcia, in the context of the sea level rise in resiliency discussions, have we been looking at
01:42:17.67	Jill	resilient housing, perhaps using, I mean, there are a lot of experiments in the EU where they're using biomimicry for foundations that actually support the ecosystems. Is that something that we have explored or could explore in the context of this resiliency plan?
01:42:35.12	Katie Dal Garcia	We haven't gone that far into depth into looking into materials. However, I will say out of the community engagement that we have had,
01:42:44.03	Katie Dal Garcia	We've had extreme interest.
01:42:46.56	Katie Dal Garcia	And the community has said that they are
01:42:50.02	Katie Dal Garcia	very comfortable with floating concepts and have encouraged us to include
01:42:56.36	Katie Dal Garcia	different types of floating concepts to look at examples from the Netherlands, from elsewhere, which is why we have people
01:43:03.11	Katie Dal Garcia	Dutch company on our team of consultants.
01:43:07.54	Katie Dal Garcia	that are helping us address this. So that's why you will see things like floating parking lots and floating piers
01:43:14.49	Katie Dal Garcia	um, in the adaptation plan, but it hasn't gone that far.
01:43:18.57	Jill	And if you could go to slide 21, just a couple of questions just to dig in for the benefit of the public. And obviously we're always all learning about the threats of sea level rise and what we can and can't do. Can you talk just a little bit in detail about what are and how would the living seawall panels work? And why is that different from just building a seawall?
01:43:39.31	Katie Dal Garcia	Of course. So living seawall panels, they're a relatively new concept. They're being piloted
01:43:46.20	Katie Dal Garcia	through the Smithsonian Institute and through the Estuarine Ocean Science Center in Tiburon,
01:43:52.52	Katie Dal Garcia	on the piers in San Francisco.
01:43:55.56	Katie Dal Garcia	They have been shown, at least scientifically, to
01:44:00.19	Katie Dal Garcia	contribute to some sort of wave attenuation,
01:44:04.27	Katie Dal Garcia	to deflect some of the ferocity of the waves that could come in, while at the same time adding habitat value to what would otherwise be a very low habitat value.
01:44:19.09	Katie Dal Garcia	opportunity area. So allowing things like oysters or other other mollusks space to anchor and to create better habitat to increase water quality.
01:44:30.58	Jill	And is this related to the experiment that we're currently operating out just outside of Dunphy park with the existing with the oyster beds?
01:44:38.07	Katie Dal Garcia	Yeah, it would it would be in great connection. I mean, by saying living seawall panels in this
01:44:42.95	Katie Dal Garcia	In this plan, we're not saying that we're committing ourselves to living seawall panels. We're saying they could be possible in that area. It's certainly...
01:44:51.65	Katie Dal Garcia	would be a great complement to the artificial oyster reefs that are outside Denfee Park, yes.
01:44:58.34	Jill	And they're also one of the more cost effective tactics for mitigating sea level rise as well. Correct.
01:45:04.14	Katie Dal Garcia	Yes. Yeah. In terms of artificial oyster reefs, like we have those in
01:45:09.74	Katie Dal Garcia	Outside of Dunphy Park, they have been shown to reduce erosion in a relatively cost-effective manner.
01:45:16.48	Katie Dal Garcia	when placed in the right way, when colonized correctly by oysters and other mollusks, to be able to use that, yes, which is why we're including nature-based solutions
01:45:29.00	Katie Dal Garcia	Also in response to a lot of community engagement, a lot of community interest in nature-based solutions, which we've heard throughout this process.
01:45:31.24	Jill	engagement a lot
01:45:37.86	Jill	And then this question might be for Brandon, but it also might be for Katie. I know that this is not shown necessarily in our model here, but obviously we're right next to Galilee Harbor, and many of the residents there have asked me specifically about what are we going to do about sea level rise? Can we start practicing in the same way, like with the oyster beds type of project? Have we engaged the residents of Galilee Harbor specifically on this specifically on this topic or, um, are, are we posting flyers, for example, for them about the Wednesday, the 10th, um, event.
01:46:09.06	Katie Dal Garcia	Yes, Galilee Harbor has been very included from the beginning of this. I think they were on one of our first community shoreline walks that we had to allow the consultants to come in and ask residents along the shoreline.
01:46:25.95	Katie Dal Garcia	very specific questions. So Galilee Harbor was also highlighted in our community workshop number two,
01:46:33.70	Katie Dal Garcia	As you know, as Mayor Cox said, kind of a hair in this scenario where they have moved forward with
01:46:42.14	Katie Dal Garcia	raising their peers to accommodate the higher
01:46:46.46	Katie Dal Garcia	higher waves that they experience and some and you know the associated impacts with
01:46:51.47	Katie Dal Garcia	sea level rise and are doing things like marsh restoration and the Mono Street Marsh right there.
01:46:57.04	Katie Dal Garcia	Um, so they have been a wonderful example of, you know, the art of what's possible in terms of working with the community.
01:47:04.01	Katie Dal Garcia	And we certainly have involved them.
01:47:06.81	Katie Dal Garcia	are going to be asking for their input reviewing this plan.
01:47:10.98	Katie Dal Garcia	come next week and into October.
01:47:14.22	Katie Dal Garcia	and involving all of the residents who are interested there.
01:47:20.32	Jill	And then if we look at this slide 21 and I'm not disinterested in slide 22, I'm just thinking about what's immediate versus the 2050. Where is the tourney street doc?
01:47:29.62	Jill	I mean, I kind of can guess, but can you sort of point to where it is?
01:47:37.94	Jill	Ish.
01:47:38.97	Jill	Thank you.
01:47:39.49	Jill	Okay, so it's you can't see it's sort of to the left of where the living seawall panel sign is. So when you look at this dream scenario of shoreline as the resilient edge, and we're looking at spending the grant funding for attorney street, what are the steps being taken?
01:47:54.43	Jill	to create it. Is it possible, for example, that the rehab habilitation of Turney Street Dock could be a pilot example of the steps we take here for Shoreline as a resilient edge?
01:48:05.87	Katie Dal Garcia	Yeah, absolutely. We've included in the request for proposals that we have released now for the Turning Street Dock.
01:48:12.62	Katie Dal Garcia	resilient sea level rise designs to be included to look at the shoreline adaptation plan.
01:48:20.20	Katie Dal Garcia	and to to include
01:48:22.49	Katie Dal Garcia	you know, this notion of what public access looks like into the future.
01:48:26.44	Katie Dal Garcia	to prioritize motorized and non-motorized boating access.
01:48:30.35	Jill	And Katie, I also serve on the Transportation Authority Board, and as I shared, they've also facilitated a larger report on sea level rise where they indicated that Sausalito was a serious area at threat. Have you coordinated with them or worked with them on these efforts, and would we be interested in having them come to the council and present on their findings in the context of this?
01:48:52.75	Katie Dal Garcia	Yes, fantastic question. Yeah, I served on the technical advisory committee for drafting and later getting that plan to TAMS.
01:49:02.20	Katie Dal Garcia	board or
01:49:03.26	Katie Dal Garcia	Commission.
01:49:04.29	Katie Dal Garcia	So I'm very familiar with it, Director McGowan and a few public works staff. And I had a presentation directly from TAMM.
01:49:13.94	Katie Dal Garcia	And we have included
01:49:15.97	Katie Dal Garcia	Um,
01:49:16.90	Katie Dal Garcia	We have overlapping consultants who are working on the TAM project who are working
01:49:22.23	Katie Dal Garcia	on our sea level rise project. So we are very much building off of that.
01:49:27.21	Katie Dal Garcia	Um, in the vulnerability assessment, which is one portion of the shoreline adaptation plan, we are talking about, you know, roadways as, um,
01:49:37.06	Katie Dal Garcia	as a, you know, extremely vulnerable asset being Sasslita's, Bridgeway being Sasslita's main ingress and e-
01:49:44.10	Katie Dal Garcia	So we are very much building off of that report.
01:49:46.85	Katie Dal Garcia	using it, but I would
01:49:48.60	Katie Dal Garcia	more than welcome TAM or one of their consultants to come to council and explain it to you further.
01:49:54.73	Katie Dal Garcia	Great.
01:49:54.97	Jill	Thank you. And then I have one more question for Brandon, just
01:49:57.18	Jill	as we look at the question of zoning as a response to this and what are we going to do with the downtown area, it strikes me that as we're considering zoning
01:50:05.85	Jill	sites for development, might we be able to adopt something in our building code that requires specific mitigations for sealant rise or that comp complements the steps we decide to take going forward?
01:50:17.44	Jill	you.
01:50:18.22	Brandon Phipps	I think that's a great recommendation and suggestion.
01:50:23.54	Brandon Phipps	There may be some legality as to what the city can require from a building code perspective without adopting any reach codes, but that very well, council member, might be a follow-on step the city can take to ensure that we are able to require those kinds of additional improvements.
01:50:39.16	Brandon Phipps	As far as discretionary ability for folks to commissioners, for example, to issue or put certain conditions of approval on projects that would depend on the nature of the project.
01:50:55.26	Brandon Phipps	Um,
01:50:56.19	Brandon Phipps	So, for example, you know, the ability of commission to condition certain housing projects is limited by state housing policy. However, there are certain projects that the commission can exercise almost complete discretionary review over.
01:51:12.83	Jill	Thank you.
01:51:12.85	Mira Cox	Great. Thank you very much.
01:51:15.41	Mira Cox	I just want to make sure if Councilmember Sobieski had.
01:51:18.31	Sobieski	Yeah, thank you. I'll try to, we're in Q&A, right?
01:51:24.35	Sobieski	So I have a question for Katie, actually.
01:51:26.58	Sobieski	uh,
01:51:28.35	Sobieski	Just to level set or context set something for me, looking at your presentation, you're doing shoreline adaptation plan for the whole city, and this is a subset of it. Is that?
01:51:38.51	Sobieski	Is that correct?
01:51:39.57	Katie Dal Garcia	That is correct. Yes.
01:51:40.86	Sobieski	And the outcome of this exercise is what? Is it going to be a concept for how to attend to, there'll be a choice of concepts of how to attend to sea level rise?
01:51:52.30	Sobieski	that will inform
01:51:53.87	Sobieski	future projects and even our thinking about the kind of
01:51:57.83	Sobieski	LOI we might reach with
01:51:59.89	Sobieski	the property owner here or other property owners is that the thought
01:52:03.99	Katie Dal Garcia	Yes, I won't, I won't speak to exactly what the outcome is of this item, but the outcome of the shoreline adaptation plan is to present.
01:52:13.32	Katie Dal Garcia	the art of what's possible along the shoreline,
01:52:16.33	Katie Dal Garcia	along South Salido shoreline.
01:52:18.49	Katie Dal Garcia	in close concert with the understanding the vulnerability of
01:52:23.52	Katie Dal Garcia	all of our public infrastructure assets and what that means by 2050, by 2100 and how to potentially implement
01:52:33.51	Katie Dal Garcia	and the scale of how long
01:52:35.45	Katie Dal Garcia	implementation is potentially needed to address that.
01:52:38.81	Sobieski	So your exercise involves, well, first off, the budget, something like a million dollars to do this. Is that right? Or how much is the budget to this shoreline adaptation plan?
01:52:47.94	Katie Dal Garcia	The city received a grant from Cal OES for a million dollars under the
01:52:54.40	Katie Dal Garcia	This contract.
01:52:56.37	Katie Dal Garcia	We are using
01:52:58.41	Katie Dal Garcia	you know, after
01:53:00.17	Katie Dal Garcia	Um,
01:53:01.16	Katie Dal Garcia	After the addition for the Bridgeway from Princess,
01:53:05.16	Katie Dal Garcia	to, um,
01:53:07.07	Katie Dal Garcia	Richardson.
01:53:08.37	Katie Dal Garcia	it's going to be roughly around
01:53:10.31	Katie Dal Garcia	a little under $600,000.
01:53:12.89	Sobieski	Okay, and the outcome of that
01:53:15.97	Sobieski	Like this is at least a final, like these three slides I'm looking at here online.
01:53:20.06	Sobieski	that the new shoreline with the living seawall
01:53:23.14	Sobieski	and whatnot. Those are different concepts that are, we have a rendering here, kind of cartoonish rendering. It looks compelling. And it introduces new technical things I didn't know about, like living seawalls.
01:53:34.81	Sobieski	uh,
01:53:35.89	Sobieski	What else is behind these slides that we're looking at? Is there a level of detail that would inform some thinking about where we might
01:53:43.23	Sobieski	invest short term as well as long term.
01:53:46.96	Katie Dal Garcia	The level of detail behind these is, you know, starts out with a vulnerability assessment to really dive in.
01:53:53.77	Katie Dal Garcia	in depth onto looking at
01:53:56.95	Katie Dal Garcia	Um,
01:53:58.39	Katie Dal Garcia	the different projections of sea level rise, what city assets are in those different projections, whether that's a storm drain, whether that's
01:54:07.69	Katie Dal Garcia	Bridgeway, whether that's, you know,
01:54:11.38	Katie Dal Garcia	something, a parking lot, those kinds of things.
01:54:14.57	Katie Dal Garcia	And then to summarize all of that in a very compelling way, which we can use for funding at
01:54:20.73	Katie Dal Garcia	future dates as a compelling story
01:54:24.49	Katie Dal Garcia	Um, of why
01:54:25.98	Katie Dal Garcia	this needs to happen.
01:54:27.55	Katie Dal Garcia	And so that's the vulnerability portion of it when it comes to
01:54:32.81	Katie Dal Garcia	And we have, this is what you're seeing is, is probably.
01:54:36.88	Katie Dal Garcia	about
01:54:37.71	Katie Dal Garcia	one fourth, one
01:54:39.51	Katie Dal Garcia	fifth of the total product of
01:54:41.94	Katie Dal Garcia	the kind of things that we are presenting, we will be diving into a little bit more in depth and to
01:54:47.60	Katie Dal Garcia	you know, like what a floating public access peer could look like, or examples of those from around the world that have been successful, and how long implementation takes to do those kinds of things.
01:54:59.90	Sobieski	Okay, I mean, this is just really fantastic. I mean, as you know,
01:55:03.43	Sobieski	beating the drum on stuff like this. The outcome of this is not a set of construction drugs, right? You couldn't build any of the things we're looking at. But this is,
01:55:12.23	Sobieski	a great example of what you would call conceptual design, right? You're looking at the vulnerability
01:55:17.62	Sobieski	The issues, the goals.
01:55:17.63	Katie Dal Garcia	Yes.
01:55:19.66	Katie Dal Garcia	Yes, this is an example to,
01:55:22.10	Katie Dal Garcia	A great way of getting the public, getting city council, getting city staff,
01:55:27.88	Katie Dal Garcia	very comfortable with
01:55:29.50	Katie Dal Garcia	talking about sea level rise, understanding our vulnerability, figuring out how that
01:55:35.71	Katie Dal Garcia	fits into the capital improvement project, how that fits into future city spending.
01:55:41.07	Katie Dal Garcia	and really understanding
01:55:43.05	Katie Dal Garcia	you know,
01:55:43.74	Katie Dal Garcia	what could be possible along South Slita shorelines. A lot of people probably have a lot of ideas of what could be possible, but looking at
01:55:52.75	Katie Dal Garcia	Um, using engineers on our team.
01:55:55.30	Katie Dal Garcia	using
01:55:57.22	Katie Dal Garcia	Dutch.
01:55:58.42	Katie Dal Garcia	architects who have done this in the Netherlands, really, and using the community feedback that we've heard over the past
01:56:06.18	Katie Dal Garcia	year and a half.
01:56:06.39	Sobieski	going to have.
01:56:07.40	Katie Dal Garcia	really understanding
01:56:09.03	Katie Dal Garcia	What actually is possible?
01:56:11.65	Katie Dal Garcia	and where.
01:56:12.97	Sobieski	So it's an interaction between lay people in the community and experts.
01:56:17.03	Sobieski	in the field.
01:56:18.52	Katie Dal Garcia	I would say that's a fair assumption.
01:56:18.55	Sobieski	And with
01:56:19.95	Sobieski	Yes.
01:56:21.34	Sobieski	Your goal is sea level rise resilience. Did you have experts or contributors in the thinking about
01:56:30.28	Sobieski	And now the town's functions, because I heard it implied that you're imagining where the floating homes will be, where the public parks will be used. So how did you, who are the experts that assessed or played around with different ideas of public parks, where to live, how the roads and circulation operate in addition to seawalls and living panels and that kind of thing?
01:56:49.79	Katie Dal Garcia	Those things have mostly come from our consultant team, like I said, with Councilmember Blaustein's comments.
01:56:56.74	Katie Dal Garcia	the Transportation Authority of Marin, who has
01:57:00.37	Katie Dal Garcia	involved a consultant team they're called Arup.
01:57:03.61	Katie Dal Garcia	They're professional transportation, sea level rise engineers. They've been very involved to work.
01:57:09.23	Katie Dal Garcia	to help us, you know, look at specifically the transportation options of using
01:57:14.44	Katie Dal Garcia	Bridgeway as the Brazilian edge.
01:57:16.77	Katie Dal Garcia	In addition, we've been using the community feedback thus far
01:57:20.87	Katie Dal Garcia	from hearing people in community meetings, having
01:57:24.06	Katie Dal Garcia	individual meetings with community groups like the Working Waterfront Coalition,
01:57:29.06	Katie Dal Garcia	and trying to vet these ideas and trying to get like,
01:57:33.86	Katie Dal Garcia	Big ideas, like we don't like this or this, we don't believe this will work or.
01:57:38.40	Katie Dal Garcia	We haven't heard you talking about this to really get the plan to where we would like it to be.
01:57:44.72	Katie Dal Garcia	to present to the community next week.
01:57:47.85	Sobieski	Thank you very much.
01:57:49.37	Sobieski	Mira, is this Q&A time and then their discussion? Or how are you doing that?
01:57:53.24	Mira Cox	We're going to hear from Councilmember Hoffman, and then we'll hear public comment, and then we'll provide comments. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Kate.
01:57:58.82	Sobieski	Thank you, Mayor. Thank you.
01:58:00.26	Mira Cox	see anybody in the
01:58:02.37	Mira Cox	Chamber so it'll just be online commenters Councilmember Hoffman.
01:58:06.32	Cecilia Aragonese	Thank you. I just wanted to follow up on a couple of comments that Councilman Blau...
01:58:10.42	Cecilia Aragonese	Austin made and just to reinforce that the LOI that we signed with Mr. Ravazzi, I believe prior and just to go back to the commitment that we made to the people that are currently that we're living at the time in the marina and that currently live in the marina.
01:58:25.81	Cecilia Aragonese	The LOI, I believe, has a commitment to rehouse those people
01:58:30.06	Cecilia Aragonese	Even if they had to be moved while the new marina was being built, they were going to have priority to come back. Isn't that correct? I believe that's in, I don't know, I think it's paragraph 10 of the LOI, but I think that's in there. As well as rent control.
01:58:42.16	Will	as well as.
01:58:43.91	Cecilia Aragonese	Sure, but I mean,
01:58:45.47	Cecilia Aragonese	But that was a specific agreement that that was anyway, that was our commitment that we had. And so I think that's we would certainly go forward that with any future any future project that was there. And also just to reiterate, that's the only Marina in although it's unpermitted Marina in Sausalito that's 100 percent live aboard.
01:59:07.71	Cecilia Aragonese	other than Galilee, which is its own
01:59:10.10	Cecilia Aragonese	specially permitted and actually permitted type of, um,
01:59:14.31	Cecilia Aragonese	type of facility.
01:59:15.79	Cecilia Aragonese	uh the limit you know for liver boards in Sausalito officially is just 10 percent so
01:59:21.46	Cecilia Aragonese	It's its own special thing. I think that we support it, and we would support it going forward.
01:59:27.81	Cecilia Aragonese	and certainly interesting concepts that we could employ on how to get there and stay there.
01:59:35.69	Cecilia Aragonese	for these people should they want to come back and we would certainly support that um
01:59:40.97	Cecilia Aragonese	in different ways i think that we could get there so i just wanted to comment on that
01:59:45.81	Cecilia Aragonese	Okay, that concludes our questions.
01:59:47.97	Mira Cox	Thank you, Katie and Brandon.
01:59:50.65	Mira Cox	Very much appreciated. Kevin, thank you. I know you've been involved in this effort as well. I'm gonna open it up for public comment on this item.
02:00:00.31	Brandon Phipps	Thank you, Mayor and Council.
02:00:04.22	Mira Cox	City Clerk.
02:00:05.76	Mira Cox	There's no one in the chambers.
02:00:09.05	Matt Muttukul	Tober Magoo
02:00:13.30	Matt Muttukul	and
02:00:14.04	Babette McDougall	Thank you so much for acknowledging me. So, you know, I was wondering how this was all going to play out, and I'm hoping we're going to continue to regard tonight as a dry run, since the fellow that owns the place and bought it for 50 cents on the dollar just to keep the city from getting it. This was all supposed to be permanent conservation easement. Where is that conservation easement now in this discussion? My gosh, the seminar we had, the one seminar we got this year turned on the working waterfront.
02:00:43.42	Babette McDougall	In Marinship, none of those, that overlay that you just saw was not presented. Instead, we saw independent floating parking lots all over the place. Even the harbormasters couldn't ascertain where the shorelines were. And when then we saw separately separate buildings, we didn't see anything. Frankly, what I'm looking at now scares me. Now, really, this is last open shoreline. Sure, we have sea level rise, but this is a park. Anything that intends to diminish the size of our parks as you seek to expand the population of Sausalito, doesn't that strike you between MLK and Dunphy as sort of, you know, I'm just going to say oxymoronic in a way, because why would you deliberately shortchange the public on where they can go if they cannot afford a yacht club or other expensive way to play on the bay? Why would you deprive them of the right?
02:01:01.18	B. Rangchi	ME.
02:01:33.05	Babette McDougall	And I don't understand why diminish our parks. Why cluster them in with buildings? Why take away the open shore, the open access, exactly what defines Sausalito? Why do that? Why put buildings, pepper buildings on the shore? Why? I don't understand you at all. This is the last open shoreline that we have. Why do you want to weld it up? It doesn't make any sense. Yes, there's sea level rise.
02:01:57.88	Babette McDougall	Mitigate that. But we do this sensibly. I just wonder when we're ever going to town hall and have any direct discussions. You've had thousands of people asking you all year to daylight these hot button issues. When do we finally do this? Lots of people have opinions about this area and you haven't heard a fraction of them.
02:02:17.72	Matt Muttukul	Next speaker is Sandra Bushmaker.
02:02:23.59	Sandra Bushmaker	Welcome Sandra, good evening again.
02:02:26.56	Sandra Bushmaker	A couple of things. One, I support the zoning enforcement for this, quote, bridgeway, quote, marina, unquote.
02:02:36.33	Sandra Bushmaker	as well as other areas here in Sausalito. So I want to make sure that that doesn't get lost in all this discussion.
02:02:42.88	Sandra Bushmaker	but that we do have
02:02:44.42	Sandra Bushmaker	Zoning enforcement. We just hired a zoning enforcement officer not to
02:02:48.92	Sandra Bushmaker	too long ago.
02:02:50.64	Sandra Bushmaker	And I was also happy to hear that
02:02:52.97	Sandra Bushmaker	Protecting the housing for low income people was really an important thing and a concern for many of the council members, and I was delighted to hear of the plans to help the tenants in Bridgeway Marina relocate and rehouse during any construction of a new permitted
02:03:09.86	Sandra Bushmaker	Marina.
02:03:11.31	Sandra Bushmaker	I am upset.
02:03:13.46	Sandra Bushmaker	that that concern did not appear on this dais when you modified Ordinance 10.44.1.0.
02:03:24.78	Sandra Bushmaker	We're,
02:03:25.84	Sandra Bushmaker	The second floor residence requirement was removed in the downtown commercial district.
02:03:32.29	Sandra Bushmaker	I don't understand this inconsistency. I don't like it.
02:03:35.63	Sandra Bushmaker	If we're going to protect low-income housing, let's protect it. Thank you.
02:03:42.74	Matt Muttukul	No further public speakers.
02:03:45.20	Mira Cox	Great, I will close public comment and bring it back up here for discussion. The request is to receive and file, but also to provide direction as appropriate to augment or redefine the approach. So I would like to encourage staff to meet with Cameron Razavi and understand
02:04:09.47	Mira Cox	Um, what, so I'm going to lead off.
02:04:12.27	Mira Cox	So my three minutes are going. All right. Hold on. So I do want to encourage staff to meet with Cameron Razavi and find out whether he has a proposal. If he doesn't have a proposal, then we're going to move forward with whatever we think is the appropriate thing to do in that area with respect to zoning.
02:04:14.44	Cecilia Aragonese	So.
02:04:31.88	Mira Cox	I endorse the comments of Babette McDougall about not diminishing our parks. We're not looking to remove any open space. We're simply looking to develop the.
02:04:43.54	Mira Cox	those areas that have been identified for development.
02:04:47.28	Mira Cox	If anyone objects to the extent of the development that we are undertaking as a city, I would recommend they please lobby on our behalf to ABAG and HCD, which has assigned an impossible 724-unit RENA number to us that we have to fulfill.
02:05:03.84	Mira Cox	Um,
02:05:04.83	Mira Cox	The most urgent priority to me is code enforcement. You know, we deliberately put a stay on code enforcement efforts pending
02:05:15.33	Mira Cox	the
02:05:16.26	Mira Cox	the development agreement that was supposed to arise
02:05:20.21	Mira Cox	from the letter of intent that was five years ago and things have just gotten worse since then so i really want to encourage our staff to make
02:05:31.77	Mira Cox	code enforcement a priority. And I disagree that you have to go out there and do a whole bunch of site inspections before embarking on code enforcement efforts. You can commence code enforcement efforts on a complaint-driven basis while you are undertaking the site inspection that you believe is necessary to fully understand the circumstances out there. But I would say
02:05:54.51	Mira Cox	you know,
02:05:55.36	Babette McDougall	W-w-w-w.
02:05:56.44	Mira Cox	There is no incentive to undertake anything. We need to be the squeaky wheel that gets the grease. And right now we are not. So I think we really need to...
02:06:07.24	Mira Cox	and really have a code enforcement campaign out there.
02:06:11.83	Mira Cox	Any development plan should protect our low-income tenants, their relocation, and the preservation of their rents. And I do absolutely endorse...
02:06:27.10	Mira Cox	seeking, continuing to seek, um,
02:06:33.34	Mira Cox	permission from BCDC to increase the level of our, the number of our, uh, liveaboards. So, um, right now they, um, adopted a measure that allows us to, um,
02:06:49.42	Mira Cox	temporarily have 15% in order to reduce our anchor outs, but it's only temporary. We have been lobbying since 2018 to increase our liveaboard
02:07:02.99	Mira Cox	amount from 10% to 15%. So I'd like to
02:07:06.64	Mira Cox	see us renew those efforts, I'm happy to participate in any way
02:07:11.48	Mira Cox	helpful.
02:07:12.68	Mira Cox	um
02:07:14.96	Mira Cox	helpful.
02:07:17.00	Mira Cox	And I'll pass. Who else would like to comment? Yes.
02:07:20.14	Mira Cox	Councilmember Hoffman.
02:07:22.25	Mira Cox	Councilmember Sobieski, did you want to comment? I want to make sure we...
02:07:26.19	Mira Cox	Um,
02:07:26.94	Mira Cox	I can't date.
02:07:27.71	Sobieski	I will, but happy to let
02:07:30.23	Sobieski	You'll go first.
02:07:33.92	Cecilia Aragonese	I,
02:07:37.13	Cecilia Aragonese	Let me just follow on your code enforcement statement. I don't believe that we put a stay on code enforcement. I think.
02:07:44.20	Cecilia Aragonese	what we said, I think of what we did back in, I think it was five years ago or even before that, I think it was before 2020, I think of 2017.
02:07:54.61	Cecilia Aragonese	I think.
02:07:56.05	Cecilia Aragonese	maybe when
02:07:57.62	Cecilia Aragonese	Councilmember Blousey might have still been living there, but we brought the code. We brought the fire department out there and we brought the police department. We brought the city out there and we did a lot of work to make it safer there and to bring it up in line with what the codes were supposed to be. And worked very hard with the Marina operator and with the residents to get it to get it much better and in line and where everybody was comfortable and that we could still have a habitable place and safe place for the residents to live. That was my enforcement. We never officially said there was a stay on code enforcement as I recall. Let me just make that clear.
02:08:45.90	Cecilia Aragonese	But going forward, I think that we do want to look at
02:08:49.44	Cecilia Aragonese	more um live aboard opportunities and more combinations of how can we get more and longer live aboard opportunities at that marina and throughout sausalito frankly with our housing element and our housing opportunities we have lots and lots we have 2 000 slips in sausalito and most of those slips on any given day are absolutely empty and they're empty for months at a time and so if we have different housing opportunities
02:09:13.45	Cecilia Aragonese	and different housing methods. For those slips, there's lots of houseboats and houseboat configurations that you could have in the square footage of a slip where boatyard workers could live very comfortably in a studio-sized floating, you know,
02:09:30.46	Cecilia Aragonese	if they should wish, we should be able to have that opportunity for them to do that. And BCDC, I would hope, would work with us to do that and explore those opportunities. I think in aggregate, we should be able to use those in whatever marina wants to do that. Some of our marinas have zero live aboors because that's what they choose to do.
02:09:48.06	Cecilia Aragonese	we may be able to work out something with BCDC to have an aggregate across Sausalito. If there's a marina that wants to do that, maybe it's this one, maybe it's another one. Like I said, Galilee is a hundred percent, uh, because it is an affordable by design, um, living situation. And so, um, let's, let's move forward. I'm ready. If Mr. Ravazi is not ready, I'm ready to pivot to another, uh, type of opportunity for Sausalito, a hundred percent code enforcement's the number one,
02:10:14.08	Cecilia Aragonese	um opportunity and i think that's the number one ask from our director and i say let's go forward
02:10:20.60	Cecilia Aragonese	Tomorrow, let's start on that.
02:10:22.40	Cecilia Aragonese	So thank you.
02:10:24.65	Cecilia Aragonese	Councilmember Sobieski.
02:10:26.22	Sobieski	Yeah, I would second what Councilmember Hoffman just said. I'd also...
02:10:30.35	Sobieski	eager to move forward with code enforcement, along with all the other priorities that Councilmember Blasdine and others had about protecting people.
02:10:39.28	Sobieski	uh,
02:10:40.46	Sobieski	We should move this forward. It's an important thing to resolve and it's not going to get better with time.
02:10:46.94	Sobieski	And, you know, the natural economics mean that the
02:10:50.30	Sobieski	Even the people there who are paying are probably getting less service than they would for their dollar than they would in a different situation. So we'd be doing everyone a favor by rationalizing that.
02:11:00.78	Sobieski	Um,
02:11:02.24	Sobieski	And kudos to all my colleagues, Jill included, who worked on various versions of plans for that area. And I hope we can resurrect some of them.
02:11:11.44	Sobieski	Uh,
02:11:12.39	Sobieski	And I'm in favor of
02:11:14.35	Sobieski	you know, supportive of trying to move things forward. I do want to take this opportunity to underline something for my colleagues and for the community, because
02:11:24.10	Sobieski	The term conceptual design often gets a bad rap.
02:11:27.86	Sobieski	or rather it's thought of as something you dream up in the shower or scribble on the back of a napkin.
02:11:31.76	Sobieski	and that it should be cheap because it's silly stupid. It's stupid simple. You just scribble something. Your concept is this. As you saw from Katie Garcia's work, the conceptual design about what to do with sea level rise and resilience is a million dollar project, $600,000 project.
02:11:50.26	Sobieski	It looks at what are all the various factors to go into the thinking. Before jumping to any answers, it thinks of factors. It thinks of resources. It brings in new technology, and it brings in community input.
02:12:03.55	Sobieski	out of that process, you get
02:12:05.71	Sobieski	a couple of very divergent concepts. That exercise that Katie's leading involves outside experts.
02:12:14.60	Sobieski	and they cost money and they interact with lay people like us on city council and in the community. But that's exactly the process I've been advocating across all the issues that we have. And I advocate it here too, even in regards to this Bridgeway Marina thing, because
02:12:31.73	Sobieski	If we play checkers,
02:12:33.79	Sobieski	Uh, that's not as good as playing chess. And if we can think a couple moves ahead about the whole region and integrate it, then
02:12:40.37	Sobieski	we're going to get to better answers. So I'm going to proffer something that's a new idea on this very subject, which is Katie Garcia's work has been focused on sea level rise and resilience only. But I feel as though we could add an urban design element to this area where we get
02:13:00.88	Sobieski	concepts and ideas that integrate with her work for how the various stakeholders in this complex tapestry that
02:13:09.64	Sobieski	that Brandon outlined might
02:13:13.92	Sobieski	work together to make something that really works for everyone, that preserves, that outlines our goals, preserves public access to the waterfront, but provides low income housing.
02:13:24.47	Sobieski	gives ample
02:13:26.15	Sobieski	parking or comprehensive parking and transportation
02:13:29.82	Sobieski	thinks about sea level design. So I feel this is another example of where we could really benefit by spending the money to measure twice before we cut once and actually really think of a design and having us volunteers do it from the dais.
02:13:47.79	Sobieski	or even a couple volunteers in the community isn't the same thing as spending money. So I would advocate that in this case for this marina is that we do a conceptual design exercise in that area.
02:14:00.55	Mira Cox	Thank you, council member.
02:14:01.91	Mira Cox	Vice Mayor.
02:14:04.04	Daniel Woodside	I think as we think of what
02:14:07.52	Daniel Woodside	the work that Katie's done, whether we call it conceptual design, it's leading to alternatives.
02:14:13.79	Daniel Woodside	At this point,
02:14:15.31	Daniel Woodside	Um,
02:14:16.53	Daniel Woodside	uh,
02:14:17.69	Daniel Woodside	We need to think beyond...
02:14:20.32	Daniel Woodside	what's going to come by the end of this year, and I think there needs to be a sense of urgency. Sea level rise in my lifetime has taken down cliffs, destroyed homes, intruded in places right around here in the Bay Area, in the Monterey Bay, in the North Coast, and this is just in my lifetime.
02:14:39.86	Daniel Woodside	And we want to
02:14:42.18	Daniel Woodside	Really take the good, great work.
02:14:45.23	Daniel Woodside	And
02:14:46.06	Daniel Woodside	really conceptualize, to use a word that Ian has just used, what are the real alternatives? What are the realistic alternatives? And be ready to move more quickly than perhaps local government has been able to move in the past. Why? Because of lack of staff, lack of resources. But
02:15:05.14	Daniel Woodside	we're going to have to move because if we don't start making some decisions that are long-term,
02:15:10.81	Daniel Woodside	We're going to be behind the eight ball, literally underwater when the time comes. So where I'm coming from, I just want to encourage us to keep up this good work.
02:15:23.71	Daniel Woodside	come up with the concepts, the ideas that we think have a chance so that we can make a well-informed decision and actually make that decision sooner than later. Thank you.
02:15:30.95	Mira Cox	and
02:15:33.58	Mira Cox	later.
02:15:36.18	Jill	Thank you.
02:15:36.99	Jill	Councilmember Blaustein.
02:15:38.99	Jill	Thank you. I thank you again to staff for this impressive and comprehensive presentation. I would say that I'd like to direct staff if the council would
02:15:47.92	Jill	allow for there to be ongoing four additional more specific presentations on each of the topics mentioned here because i think that we have quite a bit more to discuss whether that's on the zoning overview in summary or capital projects where i do think we
02:16:02.74	Jill	have more room for conversation we we didn't really touch on dumpy phase two and i think we need to deep dive on that as a council but also the issues of code enforcement outside the realm of just bridgeway marina important and of course sustainability and resiliency but i'll just dive into the ones that we did really touch on together bridgeway marina as i said it's a place that is very dear to my heart having lived there. And for me, it's very critical that whatever we do, we absolutely prioritize housing and protecting those residents and doing whatever we can in the context of these discussions with the property owner to make sure that that is memorialized as it was in the prior LOI and as we all voted for here from the dais. I definitely support Councilmember sobieski's conceptual design exercise for Bridgeway Marina. I think that there is a lot of opportunity to envision something that both suits our community and allows us to experiment with new approaches to sea level rise and also to create something that is really exciting for this area specifically. And to the point of housing, I absolutely
02:17:08.62	Jill	reinforce what my colleagues have said about asking for more housing, more than the 10% up to the 15%. But beyond that, I would say it's really time that we collaboratively, both Saucido, Corte Madera, other communities on the waterfront, start to think bigger picture about a stronger approach for waterfront housing and how can we adapt ideas around biomimicry and around new approaches to living seawalls in the things that we build and create. And why wouldn't we rather embrace opportunities for housing on the waterfront to be a way to both mitigate sea level rise and mitigate climate change and help us move forward in a more resilient manner? So I would hope that we could have a conversation about that as well. And then on sea level rise, there's quite a bit to say here, but I just want to make sure a couple of points are considered and that staff is aware of them. Attorney Dock, to me, is an excellent opportunity for us to demonstrate what is possible. And I think we should really see that as a pilot going forward for the rest of that area since we're already working on it.
02:18:11.82	Jill	Continuing conversations with Galilee Harbor and using Galilee Harbor as a partner and example and a pilot as well for the work around sea level rise. Partnering with TAM, who's already doing a number of amazing measures around sea level rise and transportation. And then I would love to see us work with CDD to really explore what reach codes can we modify and what sea level rise overlays can we require as our own tactical measure to start taking steps within our city code even to demonstrate that we're mitigating sea level rise.
02:18:44.86	Mira Cox	Thank you everyone for your comments. I wanna ask staff, would it be helpful for you, Assistant City Manager, for me to appoint, you know, we did have a Bridgeway Marina,
02:18:57.43	Mira Cox	Committee.
02:18:58.63	Mira Cox	Um, that committee disbanded when the LOI was abandoned so that we could bring it back here for discussion.
02:19:05.73	Mira Cox	Would it be helpful for you, to you, for me to reconstitute that committee to work with you
02:19:11.94	Mira Cox	in continuing to move forward the dialogue with bridgeway marina
02:19:15.96	Brandon Phipps	Thank you for the question and the offer, Mayor. I think that that would in part go back to what goals council has and what kind of tenor council would like staff to approach this. Of course, it is to staff's benefit in general to have a working group assigned for a project when council wishes that the item be treated in a bit of a nimble fashion. So based on the priority that I'm hearing this evening, and also the depth and complexity associated with the item to have a smaller group to be able to touch base with on a more timely basis, outside of council meetings would be helpful.
02:19:53.66	Mira Cox	Okay, I'm going to, I will do that this evening. Thank you.
02:19:58.48	Mira Cox	All right. And do you have everything you need from us? You got the direction that you needed from us this evening?
02:20:01.10	Sobieski	Thank you.
02:20:03.82	Mira Cox	Okay, I got it.
02:20:04.47	Sobieski	I would like to underscore because I think I heard at least three affirmations for this direction to have a conceptual design planning exercise that might even cost some money. So.
02:20:16.28	Sobieski	uh,
02:20:17.35	Sobieski	I don't know how you want to handle it. I can make a motion that that's a direction and that we have an RFI or RFP for that kind of work or that we should issue such a thing and.
02:20:27.83	Sobieski	Or so.
02:20:30.26	Sobieski	Maybe I'll make that motion, just that we have an RFP for the area to do a conceptual design exercise.
02:20:38.07	Sobieski	And staff can write it to suit their purposes, but that will help your working group.
02:20:43.10	Sobieski	and would add resources to the problem.
02:20:47.86	Cecilia Aragonese	Wouldn't that have to be agendized on a future? Yeah, I think that...
02:20:50.78	Sobieski	It's direction to staff.
02:20:50.80	Cecilia Aragonese	It's direct.
02:20:53.73	Cecilia Aragonese	Thank you.
02:20:53.76	Mira Cox	Well, I think staff should come back to us with a proposal and the cost so that we can, because it's not within our budget. Sure.
02:21:00.99	Sobieski	Yeah, they have to come back. Direct staff to come back with a potential RFP for a conceptual design exercise.
02:21:04.40	Mira Cox	I think that's true.
02:21:06.73	Mira Cox	Assistant City Manager, are you clear on that direction to come back to? Okay, I'm getting a thumbs up. So he's clear on that direction.
02:21:11.79	Sobieski	Okay, great.
02:21:13.04	Sobieski	Thanks. Thank you very much.
02:21:15.08	Mira Cox	All right, so that concludes this item.
02:21:17.93	Mira Cox	Hold on.
02:21:19.03	Sobieski	And Mayor, I'm out of esteem, so I apologize to my colleagues.
02:21:19.90	Mira Cox	I'm.
02:21:20.27	Cecilia Aragonese	Thank you.
02:21:22.11	Mira Cox	Council member.
02:21:22.98	Cecilia Aragonese	Bye.
02:21:23.03	Mira Cox	I was going to say,
02:21:23.60	Cecilia Aragonese	I wonder.
02:21:23.72	Mira Cox	more thing on this item.
02:21:24.48	Cecilia Aragonese	Yeah, let's...
02:21:24.66	Mira Cox	Yeah.
02:21:26.22	Cecilia Aragonese	Let's be clear on that. So the council hasn't decided that that's the, I don't think.
02:21:31.11	Cecilia Aragonese	So I think the direction might be that we've given some direction to staff. The direction is do code enforcement, right? We're going to figure out what the condition of this.
02:21:47.21	Cecilia Aragonese	facility is in.
02:21:48.83	Cecilia Aragonese	I think we've given direction to our
02:21:52.67	Cecilia Aragonese	our director to engage with Mr. Rivasi? Is he still interested in executing the current LOI that's been
02:22:00.64	Cecilia Aragonese	you know, what does he want to do? That's a yes or a thumbs up or thumbs down that will
02:22:05.03	Cecilia Aragonese	you know, that would give us, you know, direction of what we're going to do going forward with that area with a certain amount of space in that area.
02:22:13.18	Cecilia Aragonese	And then I assume we're going to get a response or an update from our director on that.
02:22:19.84	Cecilia Aragonese	And then,
02:22:21.48	Cecilia Aragonese	And then we can engage and think about what we want to do from there. And I think that's an update.
02:22:26.39	Cecilia Aragonese	And to to Councilmember Sobieski's point, then it's
02:22:31.08	Cecilia Aragonese	a conceptual design or whether or not
02:22:33.53	Cecilia Aragonese	We want to come back right and engage and further conceptual design with that area. But I think I'm not entirely. Are we ready to have staff come back with an RFP? I don't.
02:22:44.36	Cecilia Aragonese	I don't know.
02:22:46.03	Cecilia Aragonese	If we're ready for that step yet. I mean, I think we're ready to discuss that.
02:22:50.03	Cecilia Aragonese	But I don't know if we're ready if we have all the information
02:22:53.04	Mira Cox	That's why.
02:22:53.26	Cecilia Aragonese	Thank you.
02:22:53.31	Mira Cox	What I'm asking is that it be brought back to us for discussion.
02:22:55.70	Cecilia Aragonese	No, that's fine. Sure. Yeah, that's what I'm... I just want staff to be clear, and I want to be... No, I...
02:22:58.03	Sobieski	Look,
02:22:58.17	Mira Cox	Thank you.
02:22:59.94	Sobieski	Yeah, my motion is that staff is directed to return to a future city council meeting with the form of an RFP for a conceptual design effort that comprehends.
02:23:00.85	Cecilia Aragonese	There we go.
02:23:09.71	Sobieski	the Bridgeway Marina in the context of the nearby area and city goals.
02:23:15.02	Cecilia Aragonese	So that's my point. I don't think we're-
02:23:16.41	Sobieski	That's my motion.
02:23:19.83	Sobieski	It's just direction.
02:23:19.87	Cecilia Aragonese	It's just direction.
02:23:21.62	Sobieski	Second.
02:23:23.26	Cecilia Aragonese	Thank you.
02:23:23.28	Will	Please call roll.
02:23:26.91	Matt Muttukul	Councilman Aaron Blashteyn.
02:23:27.99	Matt Muttukul	Thank you.
02:23:28.00	Will	Thank you.
02:23:28.02	Cecilia Aragonese	Yes.
02:23:28.31	Matt Muttukul	Councilmember Hoffman?
02:23:30.52	Cecilia Aragonese	No.
02:23:31.82	Matt Muttukul	Council member Sabieski? Yes. Vice mayor Woodside?
02:23:36.03	Daniel Woodside	Yes.
02:23:36.24	Matt Muttukul	and Mary Cox.
02:23:38.21	Mira Cox	I'm saying no, just because I prefer the sequencing that I don't think it's an immediate thing. I think we need to engage in more.
02:23:45.53	Mira Cox	discussion with Mr. Razavi before we start master planning the area around him. So for that reason, I'm going to say no, just as in terms of the timing, although I favor the approach.
02:23:56.88	Cecilia Aragonese	I agree. That's why I'm a no as well.
02:24:00.98	Mira Cox	Okay, that motion carries 3-2.
02:24:04.67	Mira Cox	All right, with that, we're gonna move on.
02:24:08.08	Sobieski	And I apologize, but I am.
02:24:10.98	Sobieski	Not going to have the steam to make it through the rest of the agenda.
02:24:14.61	Mira Cox	That's okay. Thank you so much.
02:24:15.52	Sobieski	so much. I wish you all good health.
02:24:16.45	Mira Cox	We appreciate your participation.
02:24:19.13	Sobieski	I hope I'll be well enough to see a lot of finance.
02:24:20.48	Mira Cox	I hope we see you Friday morning.
02:24:22.14	Sobieski	I hope I'll be able to make it by then. I hope I'll recover. So thanks everybody. Good night.
02:24:26.49	Mira Cox	All right, we're going to move on to business item 5B. Consider whether to transmit letter agreeing to remove opposition to SB 79 if author will add exemption for 12 California historic districts. I wanted to...
02:24:40.34	Mira Cox	share
02:24:41.68	Mira Cox	with the council
02:24:43.23	Mira Cox	A correspondence that I received from Nancy Hall Bennett today.
02:24:48.58	Mira Cox	Um,
02:24:49.48	Mira Cox	that indicates that
02:24:51.72	Mira Cox	Under the revised version of SB 79, the most recent amendment, that Tier 3 is pulled out, and therefore the bill will not apply to Sausalito as of the most current amendment.
02:25:05.27	Cecilia Aragonese	Yeah, Mayor, I was going to do that as part of my executive, North Bay Executive Committee update, so I could probably give a... Yeah.
02:25:10.87	Mira Cox	Yeah, why don't you do that here since it's on our agenda? Because I'm actually proposing that we pull this, that we take no action on this.
02:25:18.04	Cecilia Aragonese	That's what.
02:25:18.53	Mira Cox	That's what I was, yeah.
02:25:19.39	Cecilia Aragonese	Yeah, so so we met last week on Wednesday, the North Bay Executive Committee met with our electeds and there was a committee of I think nine of us started the day off and so it was none of the electeds across I think three counties met with our elected officials. We met with the Senate President Pro Tem.
02:25:40.54	Cecilia Aragonese	Senator McGuire, as well as the Senate Majority Leader Aguirre Curry and Assemblymember Chris Rogers and our Assemblymember Damon Connolly.
02:25:54.46	Cecilia Aragonese	And let's see, I met Chris, yeah, I got Chris Roberts and Lori Wilson. And so top of mind was SB 79,
02:26:02.81	Cecilia Aragonese	And we met and we also talked about some other things that cap and trade with regard to carbon offsets and other things, but so SB 79 was
02:26:11.17	Cecilia Aragonese	top of mind
02:26:12.94	Cecilia Aragonese	We met with all of them all day, one after the other. And so at the end of the day, I got a call that night that there was movement in the committees and that likely the next day
02:26:23.96	Cecilia Aragonese	in the vote of the full assembly that it was likely that
02:26:28.40	Cecilia Aragonese	are
02:26:30.24	Cecilia Aragonese	our efforts and talking to our assembly members and our and
02:26:35.35	Cecilia Aragonese	and the other and our state senators was going to be effective and that tier three was likely to be removed as was historic designated areas and i think high fire areas was going to be removed from the bill as it exists right now and i just looked at the bill online and it is in print and so since it's in print um that is the recommendation from cal cities that's my recommendation as well that we remove uh that we take no action tonight and that we remove it from our agenda so
02:27:11.43	Mira Cox	Thank you.
02:27:11.90	Cecilia Aragonese	Agreed.
02:27:12.47	Mira Cox	Thank you. I'll entertain a motion unless any. Well, I'll open this item up to public comment.
02:27:18.75	Matt Muttukul	We have Sandra Bushmaker.
02:27:19.34	Sandra Bushmaker	I'm both.
02:27:24.02	Sandra Bushmaker	Hi again. I'm really happy to see that you're not going to be taking any action because I think it's really, really important that your opposition letter stay in effect.
02:27:32.57	Sandra Bushmaker	I see that Amy Kalish and Susan Kirsch sent some really important letters to this council to you.
02:27:42.06	Sandra Bushmaker	containing some really important measures why this is important for the whole state.
02:27:48.22	Sandra Bushmaker	to try to defeat this bill.
02:27:51.57	Sandra Bushmaker	Uh,
02:27:52.69	Sandra Bushmaker	They they outline some really important issues. I sent you a video link.
02:27:57.78	Sandra Bushmaker	a 90 second video link.
02:28:00.42	Sandra Bushmaker	I think it's important that we continue our opposition and take no action tonight.
02:28:06.71	Sandra Bushmaker	in favor of the direction that you're going. Thank you.
02:28:12.08	Sandra Bushmaker	City Clerk.
02:28:13.26	Matt Muttukul	I have a back-to-back.
02:28:17.66	Babette McDougall	Thank you. I guess Sandra and I are the only ones hitting today.
02:28:21.81	Babette McDougall	All right, so listen, I would just like to add,
02:28:24.41	Babette McDougall	that I'm really glad that you're not going to take any action. I hope that is the resolve of this group for now.
02:28:29.95	Babette McDougall	This is such a huge issue. It's a big lift.
02:28:33.56	Babette McDougall	We can't just shortchange the discussion. People have been asking all year,
02:28:38.40	Babette McDougall	for public meetings on hot button issues. And believe it or not, the plurality of people would like to have these public meetings convened right there in the council chambers.
02:28:47.97	Babette McDougall	Ed Ayers was the first one to say it. He said, you know, we already have a people's hall for Sausalito. It's called the chambers, the council chambers. That is the public hall. You heard someone at a recent meeting say, hey, if we have to go to the ID test hall, whatever it takes, that's when you wanted to reduce everything, the roads to eight feet. Remember? Remember that?
02:29:08.86	Babette McDougall	I mean, that really brought the citizens out. I'm asking you to please work with the citizens. Please just know that you have to go slowly and engage the citizens. Now, I know you've done it over the years, but now we're in 2025, and a whole contingent of people have come forward that you, by your own admission, had never even seen before. You said that in January when the chambers were full then.
02:29:35.12	Babette McDougall	So please think about what the citizens, meaning the voters, the residents,
02:29:40.47	Babette McDougall	What we really want to, it's not just about the Keqing. It really isn't about Keqing.
02:29:45.80	Babette McDougall	Thank you.
02:29:48.38	Babette McDougall	City clerk.
02:29:48.85	Mira Cox	Thank you.
02:29:50.02	Matt Muttukul	Not for the public heart.
02:29:51.55	Mira Cox	All right, I'm going to close public comment. I'm going to move that we...
02:29:55.86	Mira Cox	um remove that we take no action on item 5b this evening and that we do not re
02:30:02.69	Mira Cox	we
02:30:03.86	Mira Cox	We do not include it in future agendas.
02:30:07.87	Matt Muttukul	Thank you.
02:30:07.91	Daniel Woodside	Second.
02:30:08.02	Matt Muttukul	Second.
02:30:09.69	Mira Cox	City clerk.
02:30:10.49	Matt Muttukul	Councilmember Blaston?
02:30:12.61	Mira Cox	Yes.
02:30:12.97	Unknown	Thank you.
02:30:13.52	Matt Muttukul	Can I remember hopping?
02:30:15.57	Unknown	Yes.
02:30:16.44	Matt Muttukul	Council Member Sobieski absent. Vice Mayor Woodside? Yes. And Mayor Cox? Yes.
02:30:23.28	Mira Cox	Yes, that motion carries unanimously. We'll move on now to city manager and we'll move on to city manager reports council member reports city council appointments and other council business. 6 a city manager information for council.
02:30:40.75	Hoffman	I have a brief report for you, Mayor.
02:30:43.36	Hoffman	Council members of the public, attached to the staff agenda is a report on our street paving program for this coming year and historical information on the past 10 years. This morning I received a phone call or a message from Council Member Hoffman that asked me why Spring and Easterby streets were left off. And the answer was they shouldn't have been. They are included in the program. Apologize for leaving them out. But the bottom line is you can see that Saucer has had a hit-and-miss relationship with its streets, some of it exacerbated by COVID, some of it with, you know, different approaches to which streets get done. But this year you've aggressively funded capital projects, including streets. Just this past week, I signed a $1.8 million contract for work that begins on Bridgeway from Napa to Johnson. And then there's also the program that is attached in the staff report. So again, apologies for the leave out of Spring and Used to Be Streets. They are in the program. I'd like to thank Vice Mayor Woodside for asking me to include this. But I really thought it was important to take a look back as we look forward. Thank you.
02:31:54.07	Mira Cox	City manager, since you published this report last week, we've received correspondence addressed to the City Council from various members of the community asking regarding their streets. Can you address how we will address those requests that have come in since we passed our street paving program?
02:32:11.77	Hoffman	Absolutely, and that is a council prerogative. We have brought before you our street pavement index, which shows which streets, a 10-year or a five-year street improvement plan, which I lounge streets. And, you know, that's really the right time to look at what you want to do with the money you have. But if the city council deems certain streets as being desirable to include in the program. You absolutely can ask us to bring something back, and we're happy to do that. Look for the allocation of funds, and it may not be included in this cycle because we're already deep into it, but it could inform future year street programs, which are upcoming their annual.
02:32:54.17	Mira Cox	Okay. I guess what I will do is forward those communications that I've received to you and to Kevin McGowan.
02:33:00.05	Mira Cox	to assemble and then you know you can present it as part of a city manager report or we can simply
02:33:06.51	Mira Cox	uh,
02:33:07.12	Mira Cox	make a decision to include that for consideration in next year's program. I just don't want to lose sight of these requests from community members in response to your report.
02:33:16.96	Hoffman	Yeah, what what? Thank you, Mayor, and I appreciate the people's comments. We've made it a point that, you know, Sassuas roads are not in good condition. And as much catch up as we try to have with this year's program, there's obviously a lot more that needs to be done. And if people send their request forward, don't be surprised that it exceeds your budget. Sure. But we were happy to understand what the community is asking for and incorporate that into future decision making by this council.
02:33:42.94	Will	Appreciate that.
02:33:44.53	Daniel Woodside	Just one added thought. I think a number of the communications that I received, and I think others received, involve a portion of North Street, maybe not the portion that's on the current list. I'd have to look more closely to determine that. But I think it's worth looking at when someone suggests a street that a portion of it is already on the list for repaving or possible repaving this year to see whether there's some economy of scale to include it. That's just a common sense thing since we're at it.
02:34:18.80	Daniel Woodside	That's the only comment I have with respect to this, but I think the long term issue is, as people come forward complaining about streets showing information, we hope that they are taken a look at seriously by Kevin and others and come back to us as appropriate. We did save some money in this year's budget in contingency. I'm not anxious to spend it right away, but if something came up urgently, we should consider it. Thank you.
02:34:44.40	Mira Cox	Well, the issue is when residents direct communications to us, they don't go to Kevin.
02:34:51.07	Mira Cox	And so it's important that.
02:34:52.98	Mira Cox	somebody
02:34:55.15	Mira Cox	compile those communications to inform
02:34:58.86	Mira Cox	public works so they can bring back a recommendation to us.
02:35:01.53	Daniel Woodside	Understood. That's great.
02:35:02.85	Mira Cox	Yeah, okay. All right, I'll move on to city.
02:35:06.26	Cecilia Aragonese	Yes.
02:35:06.42	Mira Cox	Yes.
02:35:06.61	Cecilia Aragonese	Thank you.
02:35:06.68	Mira Cox	Thank you.
02:35:07.69	Mira Cox	Thank you.
02:35:07.71	Cecilia Aragonese	I had a follow-up on that because we did, uh, the city manager and I, uh, and Kevin McGowan had a round robin on this or just a quick, it wasn't a round robin. There was two texts on it. Um, and so what happened was the, the July 1st staff reporter, uh,
02:35:25.00	Cecilia Aragonese	Attachment to the staff report should have been used instead of the July 15th, the July 1st staff report
02:35:30.08	Cecilia Aragonese	had each to be and spring street on the list and inadvertently the July 15th attachment was used and Kevin explained that in the subsequent text. And I requested just to remove any confusion,
02:35:43.68	Cecilia Aragonese	Is it possible that we could have the July 15th
02:35:47.62	Cecilia Aragonese	attachment or sorry the July 1st
02:35:50.54	Cecilia Aragonese	attachment that includes Easter bee and spring.
02:35:54.16	Cecilia Aragonese	Could we attach that to the city manager's report on the, on the stat on the
02:35:59.82	Cecilia Aragonese	Agenda. Is that possible? Can we do that? Yeah.
02:36:02.08	Mira Cox	So we're not worried about that.
02:36:03.11	Mira Cox	We'll just now direct city clerk to attach. Thank you. As an additional attachment to the city manager's report, the July 1 streak.
02:36:11.73	Mira Cox	paving report Easterby, Spring Street.
02:36:15.07	Mira Cox	Going to get paved.
02:36:16.02	Hoffman	That's right. Certainly. Thank you.
02:36:16.98	Mira Cox	Thank you.
02:36:17.89	Mira Cox	Thanks.
02:36:18.75	Mira Cox	All right.
02:36:19.43	Mira Cox	I'll move on to city attorney information for council.
02:36:22.61	Mira Cox	Sergio?
02:36:24.83	Gio	Uh, nothing this evening.
02:36:27.00	Mira Cox	All right.
02:36:27.76	Mira Cox	Councilmember Cecilia Aragonese, Councilmember Committee reports.
02:36:30.41	Mira Cox	We've been absent. So you gave us an executive summary, but go ahead. I do. I have another one.
02:36:34.28	Cecilia Aragonese	I do. I have another one. I had two. It was a busy week last week.
02:36:36.57	Mira Cox	Thank you.
02:36:36.86	Cecilia Aragonese	So we had a great North Bay Executive Committee quarterly meeting that was moved like three times. But it was the meeting that we hosted. Well, Congressman Garamendi was quite kind enough to be our keynote speaker. And he gave us an update on the Ships for America Act. And several people on this dais were actually signed up for the meeting. I think actually paid for their lunch.
02:36:59.44	B. Rangchi	I was like,
02:37:03.98	Cecilia Aragonese	And the mayor and the vice mayor, unfortunately, I think because it moved several times. It was because it moved. Yeah. I don't know about the town. At his, Congressman Garamendi's crowded schedule, it moved one time for the budget that was going down in Washington, D.C. It had to move. So we did it. It was fantastic. It was at the California Maritime Museum that just merged with Cal Poly. So fantastic.
02:37:07.86	Mira Cox	I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE
02:37:09.38	Mira Cox	I had his town.
02:37:26.03	Cecilia Aragonese	A fantastic facility, fantastic program. If you know of anybody that's interested in, by the way, a maritime career,
02:37:34.17	Cecilia Aragonese	It's an incredibly great deal for your
02:37:37.34	Cecilia Aragonese	A four-year degree.
02:37:38.94	Cecilia Aragonese	At the end of it, you come out with an engineering degree and you are an officer if you want to be an officer in one of the uniformed services at an incredibly cheap rate. Anyway, he gave us a speech on the Ships for America Act. It's a bipartisan legislation aimed at revitalizing your shipbuilding and commercial maritime equipment.
02:37:56.24	Cecilia Aragonese	industries by increasing the number of US flagged vessels, strengthening our domestic shipyards, expanding the maritime workforce,
02:38:03.09	Cecilia Aragonese	and ensuring the nation's ability to transport critical goods and military cargo
02:38:07.24	Cecilia Aragonese	There is a concerted effort to bring shipbuilding back to Northern California that he is spearheading.
02:38:13.74	Cecilia Aragonese	along with many of the elected officials that we met with,
02:38:16.74	Cecilia Aragonese	the day before in Sacramento. And so it was a nice, it was very busy two days for all of us, but it was incredibly productive two days. And I think you're going to see some movement
02:38:27.02	Cecilia Aragonese	in this region on those efforts. So he's an incredible public servant, and the people in that region are behind him and behind the people that are trying to revitalize and
02:38:38.54	Cecilia Aragonese	and reinvigorate those industries in that region. So I'm happy to assist and bring my knowledge and experience in that area to help them. So I was happy to do that and it was very productive and helpful for all of us. So hopefully the next time we do it, he said he would come back and give us another update. So sorry you guys could make it and hopefully we'll do it again.
02:38:59.86	Cecilia Aragonese	Thank you.
02:38:59.87	Mira Cox	Thank you for attending. And thank you for so capably representing our city in the North Bay Division. It's so great that you're such a great advocate for us.
02:39:09.09	Cecilia Aragonese	And I have one more. I have another report.
02:39:11.45	Cecilia Aragonese	Go.
02:39:12.06	Cecilia Aragonese	So our city manager and I were able to go to the PG&E Hazard Awareness and Warning Center, the HAWC, which is a super cool acronym, over in the East Bay. And if you get a chance to go over there, I highly recommend that you go over there. And it's a...
02:39:31.92	Cecilia Aragonese	Um,
02:39:32.73	Cecilia Aragonese	It's a system that's been stood up by PG&E, obviously for early awareness and rapid deployment to deal with wildfires.
02:39:40.64	Cecilia Aragonese	an incredible, incredible system that they've developed over a very, very short period of time.
02:39:45.59	Cecilia Aragonese	highly competent people running that
02:39:49.45	Cecilia Aragonese	running that enterprise over there in the East Bay. And they were very kind to give us a two and a half hour tour. And I felt like it weirdly that I was back in a combat information center.
02:40:01.99	Cecilia Aragonese	on a United States Navy base somewhere or on board a ship. And there was a reason, because the guy running it was a retired Navy guy.
02:40:09.95	Cecilia Aragonese	And it was incredible. There were probably six or seven big screens across the room, and they could drill down with incredible detail on a specific space where they were going to sensor hit that there might be some kinetic activity, fire or otherwise, and they could very quickly zero down on it. And if it looked like it was a heat source, they could put it out and so, or at least deploy some capability to go react to that situation and put it out. So, and this was PG&E working and working closely with firefighters, but this was a PG&E operation that they had stood up on their own. So
02:40:54.94	Cecilia Aragonese	It was fascinating. I highly recommend to anybody who's interested in that to go have a tour and city manager
02:41:00.77	Cecilia Aragonese	Do you have anything to add on that?
02:41:03.08	Cecilia Aragonese	I don't know. The answer.
02:41:03.65	Hoffman	I WANT TO SAY THAT COUNCILMEMBER HOFFMAN AND I WERE AMONGST A CROWD OF MARIN CITY OFFICIALS WHO ALL HAD THE SAME KIND OF CONCERNS.
02:41:11.36	Cecilia Aragonese	Yeah. Yeah. It was really nice. Yeah.
02:41:14.75	Cecilia Aragonese	Thank you.
02:41:14.77	Mira Cox	Thank you. Great. Thank you so much.
02:41:17.59	Mira Cox	Okay, I'm moving on to appointments. So I heard from the chair of EDAC that he is concerned that he doesn't have a liaison always attending their quarterly meetings. Yeah, I guess there was no one at the last meeting that happened in just several weeks ago.
02:41:41.59	Mira Cox	Yeah.
02:41:42.53	Mira Cox	So he had asked for two members.
02:41:45.75	Mira Cox	to
02:41:46.68	Mira Cox	Liaison. So if anyone is interested in serving as an EDAC liaison, will you let me know?
02:41:52.32	Mira Cox	Councilmember Hoffman is a liaison now.
02:41:55.37	Mira Cox	Um,
02:41:56.59	Mira Cox	In addition, I am going to appoint Councilmember Hoffman and myself as the Bridgeway Marina subcommittee.
02:42:06.78	Mira Cox	um,
02:42:08.55	Mira Cox	I'm going to move on to future agenda items. I have a couple. I want to add the machine shop. So vice mayor,
02:42:17.02	Mira Cox	Woodside has indicated interest. We right now, there is an MOU out there for consideration and feedback, at which time this it is expected to go on the auction block at the end of October. Feedback on the MOU is due September 12th.
02:42:35.22	Mira Cox	Um,
02:42:37.10	Mira Cox	This, you know, a prior counsel said we're going to make a bid and then there's going to be no further action. But I do think it would behoove us to be able to.
02:42:46.56	Mira Cox	continue to monitor what type of tenant might go in there as well as the zoning and so i do want to bring that back as a future agenda item for the council consideration
02:42:56.16	Mira Cox	as well as I think we already asked for a report on short-term rental code enforcement.
02:43:02.06	Mira Cox	So those are the two things. Anybody else have anything to add? Yes.
02:43:05.10	Jill	Yeah, I have been asked by Sybil Bouchelier for us to consider in the context of our building code and reach code updates, specific requirements for ADAs, especially in senior housing. So considerations for seniors with regards to our building codes.
02:43:18.53	Mira Cox	Yeah, and she has also requested a visitability ordinance that I would like us to consider after.
02:43:26.38	Mira Cox	after the election. So that would be a December item, potentially. A visitability?
02:43:34.67	Mira Cox	to
02:43:36.86	Mira Cox	render more accessible our senior housing.
02:43:45.94	Babette McDougall	Is there a minute?
02:43:47.83	Mira Cox	Is there a limit on how? I don't have a clear concept on it. It's something she asked for as part of the housing element. And I said we would consider...
02:43:56.33	Mira Cox	addressing it following measure
02:43:58.81	Mira Cox	uh,
02:44:00.22	Mira Cox	K-N-L.
02:44:02.97	Mira Cox	J.N.K. J.N.K. All right.
02:44:04.99	Mira Cox	um,
02:44:06.12	Mira Cox	I don't see any minutes recently, City Clerk. Will you just follow up and make sure we're getting the minutes?
02:44:11.40	Daniel Woodside	Yes.
02:44:11.96	Mira Cox	Okay, thank you.
02:44:13.19	Mira Cox	Thank you.
02:44:13.23	Unknown	Bye.
02:44:13.73	Mira Cox	Yeah.
02:44:13.82	Daniel Woodside	I have uncharacteristically three items to suggest. Okay. A couple are pretty, well, one is pretty small. Two or three individuals in the community have asked about
02:44:13.83	Mira Cox	Thank you.
02:44:13.87	Unknown	I have...
02:44:17.11	Mira Cox	it.
02:44:17.27	Unknown	Okay.
02:44:17.55	Mira Cox	just
02:44:17.92	Unknown	Thank you.
02:44:17.95	Mira Cox	uh,
02:44:18.51	Unknown	I'm not sure.
02:44:25.85	Daniel Woodside	individual either landlocked parcels or no longer connected parcels
02:44:30.24	Mira Cox	Playblots.
02:44:31.00	Daniel Woodside	flag lots and et cetera.
02:44:32.85	Daniel Woodside	rights of way that appear on maps but no longer exist, etc.
02:44:36.92	Daniel Woodside	I'm wondering whether we could have a look at where these things exist, where city-owned property or city-owned right-of-way, and either make provision to...
02:44:50.27	Daniel Woodside	dispose of them appropriately or not. But it's a concern in some neighborhoods where there are
02:44:56.34	Daniel Woodside	on the map some easements that are no longer being used, etc. Maybe some that are, but I think it might be worth a look.
02:45:03.63	Daniel Woodside	Some of these are small and in,
02:45:06.18	Daniel Woodside	you know one offs but if we look at him as a whole maybe we can come up with some policy direction
02:45:11.06	Daniel Woodside	So that's what I hope we can have. Secondly, again, in response to a number of-
02:45:16.19	Mira Cox	Just memorialize that as...
02:45:19.73	Mira Cox	Um, inventory of flag lots.
02:45:22.53	Daniel Woodside	Thank you. Thank you.
02:45:25.26	Mira Cox	of city-owned flag lots.
02:45:28.28	Daniel Woodside	at.
02:45:28.98	Daniel Woodside	Second, again, this is in response to individual requests from private members of the community who are saying, we'd like to make provision to put up a statute to honor so-and-so, which I know is always controversial, but it would be appropriate for us to at least identify what is the process for that.
02:45:51.62	Mira Cox	So we do have a process for certain things. So this will be, so Walford, consider expanding naming slash statue opportunities.
02:46:03.52	Daniel Woodside	Right. I think we have naming ordinances, right, and benches, et cetera, but we don't have public art or commemorative statues.
02:46:06.05	Mira Cox	Yeah.
02:46:12.97	Daniel Woodside	And we do have some in the community that are quite nice. And last, in response to many members of the community have
02:46:23.13	Daniel Woodside	Thank you.
02:46:23.32	Daniel Woodside	initiated contacts that involved the GGNRA with respect to fire suppression and have gotten some results over time. But there's still concerns. Recently, a nearby resident to my home had a large eucalyptus branch simply fall on his home. He's anxious, of course, to have the whole eucalyptus forest removed if possible. But I think it's something again, where we had a really good report from the new head of the GDNRA and we've had our fire people here at the same time a few months ago, it might be nice to reschedule that now in anticipation of the fire scene and also zone zero and where we are with that.
02:47:02.43	Mira Cox	So we are going to hear, so we do have on our future agenda items for this year,
02:47:07.19	Mira Cox	The zone zero and the in reach codes, and we are inviting the fire folks to attend that meeting. GGNRA gave us the contact information and how to ask to how to provide an application for their to for them to address specific issues and at the last meeting.
02:47:24.00	Daniel Woodside	at the last meeting. I think it's moving, but from what I'm hearing, it might be.
02:47:27.91	Daniel Woodside	I'll be moving a little slowly. So we can take it up as an encouraging, quicker response. Thank you.
02:47:35.34	Cecilia Aragonese	Okay. All right. Yes. Council member Hoffman. I had a request to follow up on that.
02:47:41.90	Cecilia Aragonese	from a member of our community to request a fire risk mitigation and response report. And I think that goes to the fire department. And so I think as part of if they're coming back to talk to us,
02:47:55.35	Cecilia Aragonese	I think that that's
02:47:57.27	Cecilia Aragonese	that's a report out from them.
02:47:59.98	Cecilia Aragonese	You say that again so the city clerk can get it. So ask Southerman Fire for a... I'll email this to you too.
02:48:00.94	Mira Cox	So the experience.
02:48:02.44	Mira Cox	Uh-huh.
02:48:08.45	Cecilia Aragonese	Yeah. Done. Okay. Thank you, Ralph. Thank you.
02:48:11.91	Mira Cox	Thank you.
02:48:11.96	Cecilia Aragonese	Thank you.
02:48:11.97	Mira Cox	Thank you.
02:48:12.51	Cecilia Aragonese	Thank you.
02:48:12.56	Mira Cox	Okay, that concludes future agenda items. There are no other reports of significance. I'll open it up now to public comment on items 6A to 6C and 6E to 6G. City Clerk.
02:48:26.59	Matt Muttukul	All right, first person is David Besner.
02:48:38.72	Matt Muttukul	David?
02:48:46.77	Matt Muttukul	Do you want to go to the next person?
02:48:48.78	Mira Cox	Yes, let's move on to the next person. You can come back to David.
02:48:52.08	Matt Muttukul	All right, Babette Montego.
02:48:56.25	Babette McDougall	Thank you for acknowledging me. So once again,
02:48:59.41	Babette McDougall	Thank you.
02:49:00.47	Babette McDougall	I actually find that this portion of your meetings turn out to be some of the best information that y'all share with we the citizens. And I really appreciate being brought up to speed on these various meetings. It matters. I'm also glad that you decided to drill down one more time on making sure that the street pavement.
02:49:19.90	Babette McDougall	project is actually basically checking the boxes as far as
02:49:25.02	Babette McDougall	managing expectations among residents. This is really important. So thank you for paying attention to that.
02:49:30.75	Babette McDougall	And then finally, I just want to say there is great value
02:49:34.22	Babette McDougall	Please know that there is great value in engaging your public.
02:49:37.70	Babette McDougall	And believe me, everybody wants to see something good happen to the machine shop. Everybody wants to see great things happen for this town. It's just that we seem to be...
02:49:47.01	Babette McDougall	differing on how much is great, like how much hyper development really is great.
02:49:52.94	Babette McDougall	And how much can we reasonably absorb honestly? So we have to go back again to that appeal that was denied but never picked up again. We really have to stand our ground. We cannot allow ourselves to be pushed around by bureaucrats that honestly do not know our community. And we can only go so far. There are limits to growth.
02:50:15.89	Babette McDougall	This is a tiny little place. It should not be a tier four regional hub. We don't need 700 plus units that people can only afford if they're into the big money.
02:50:20.29	B. Rangchi	We don't,
02:50:25.67	Babette McDougall	I mean, how do you build affordable housing on the
02:50:28.25	Babette McDougall	on the shoreline.
02:50:28.91	B. Rangchi	life.
02:50:29.69	Babette McDougall	This is so, I mean, what are we doing here? So I really appreciate this big discussion. And I really thank you, all of you, because you've all shown tremendous open-mindedness, which I really appreciate because this is the time for us to be open and looking for common ground. And with that, I yield the balance of my time. Thank you so much.
02:50:50.43	Matt Muttukul	City Clerk.
02:50:51.53	Matt Muttukul	All right, let me see David Bresner.
02:51:02.63	Matt Muttukul	Hello. There you go.
02:51:04.98	Dave Bresner	Thank you.
02:51:05.06	Matt Muttukul	Thank you.
02:51:05.43	Matt Muttukul	you
02:51:05.58	Dave Bresner	We hear you.
02:51:07.67	Dave Bresner	Okay, so I'm Dave Bresner. For over 30 years, I've lived at the corner of North Street and Third Street on 400 North. So the potholes in question are directly in front of my house. I have seen them significantly deteriorate over the years.
02:51:34.76	Dave Bresner	They are right next to the heavily traveled, beautiful, renovated Southview Park. And people have tripped. I've seen them trip. And in fact,
02:51:48.99	Dave Bresner	They are very deep.
02:51:51.84	Dave Bresner	They have sharp edges.
02:51:54.55	Dave Bresner	They are very dangerous to both pedestrians and cyclists. For example, I almost fell off my bike when the edge of my tire hit the edge of the pothole. Not only are they dangerous, but they're extremely unsightly. So I strongly request the prompt and permanent repair of the pothole. Thank you so much.
02:52:27.46	Mira Cox	Thank you so much.
02:52:29.06	Mira Cox	City Clerk?
02:52:29.50	Matt Muttukul	No further public comment.
02:52:31.02	Mira Cox	All right, that concludes our meeting. We are adjourning.
02:52:35.34	Mira Cox	prior to the time we had scheduled to hear our reports. It is 7.51. Thank you, everybody.
02:52:41.72	Jill	Amazing.