>> Mayor Farac: WELCOME, EVERYONE TO TUESDAY, AUGUST 25,
2026 CITY OF NOVATO CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
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. LAURA, CAN YOU TAKE ROLL?
>> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND? >> P. Eklund: PRESENT.
>> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER KARKAL? >> S. Karkal: HERE.
>> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER O'CONNOR?
>> T. O'Connor: HERE. >> Clerk: MAYOR PRO TEM JACOBS?
>> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: HERE. >> Clerk: AND MAYOR FARAC?
>> Mayor Farac: HERE. WE DID MEET IN CLOSED SESSION.
GARY, WAS THERE ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT?
>> YEAH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS.
THERE'S NO REPORTABLE ACTION. >> Mayor Farac: THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, SO MOVING ON TO CEREMONIAL MATTERS AND
PRESENTATION. WE HAVE THE JULY 4th PRADE
GRAND PRIZE TROPHY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE
COUNCIL TO JOIN ME AT THE FRONT OF THE ROOM.
AND I'D LIKE STACY BELTRAN, LUIS KONIG FROM MARIN LANDSCAPE
MATERIALS AND THEIR STAFF AND FAMILY.
I LOVE THIS MANY PEOPLE TO SHOW UP.
THANK YU, GUYS. [ CHUCKLES ]
SO THIS IS THE BEST AWARD. THE BEST IN PARADE.
SO THIS IS A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE FOURTH OF JULY.
I WANT TO THANK ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO PUT THE PARADE
ON YEAR AFTER YEAR AND THEIR HARD DEDICATION.
AND YOUR FLOAT GOT THE BEST VOTES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO HUGE CONGRATULATIONS. I'M GOING TO HAND YOU A NICE
PLAQUE. [ APPLAUSE ]
AND THE GRAND TROPHY... AND THEN I'M GOING TO HAND IT
OVER TO JENNIFER. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR FARAC,
COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS JENNIFER GOLDFINGER,
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE NOVATO FOURTH OF JULY PARADE, INC.
WITH ME ONE OF THE CO-CHAIRS, SOPHIA AND BEVERLY WINDSOR WHO
IS THE JUDGES COORDINATOR. I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE
TONIGHT, EVEN THOUGH I'M READING THIS STUFF, TO SHARE
THE RESULTS OF OUR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PARADE WHICH EVERY
YEAR BRINGS OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND ESPECIALLY TIS
YEAR AT AMERICAN'S SEMI QUINN CENTENNIAL.
THERE WERE OVER 100 ENTRIES AND JUDGES EVALUATE EISCHEN TRY ON
THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA. CREATIVITY OF DESIGN, VISUAL
APPEARANCE, OVERALL EFFORT AND ADHERENCE TO THE THEME.
AND THE THEME THIS YEAR WAS THE 250th ANNIVERSARY.
SO ON BEHALF OF THE PARADE COMMITTEE, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO
BE HERE TO SEE YOU GET THE GRAND PRIZE TO MARIN LANDSCAPE
MATERIALS, WHICH IS REPRESENTED HERE BY THE KOENIG FAMILY.
LOUISE, HER DAUGHTER. AND ALSO MANY OF THE EMPLOYEES
WHO PUT TOGETHER THE ENTRY AND WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PARADE.
AND I HOPE YOU ENJOYED BEING IN THE PARADE.
THEIR ENTRY INCLUDED ENERGETIC RIDERS AND CAPTURED THE SPIRIT
OF THE NATION'S 250th ANNIVERSARY WITH FUN AND
CREATIVITY. THEY REPRESENT THE VERY BEST OF
OUR LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE
CITY AND THE COUNTY. LOCAL BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO SUPPORT THE EVENT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING IT TO YOU AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
THANK YOU. >> Mayor Farac: DO YOU GUYS
WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? >> ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE
MARIN LANDSCAPE FAMILY, NOT EVERYONE IS HERE BUT THESE ARE
USUALLY THE PEOPLE THERE DECORATING AND RIDING ON THE
FLOATS AND MY HUSBAND BILL LOVED THE PARADE.
HE LOVED THE EXCITEMENT OF IT, BRINGING TE COMMUNITY
TOGETHER, HANDING OUT CANDY TO THE KIDS ALONG THE WY AND
DECORATING THE TRUCKS. HE LOVED IT SO MUCH.
SO BILL, THIS ONE'S FOR YOU. THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ] >> Mayor Farac: BIG
CONGRATULATIONS. IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO G TO THE
NOVATO PROUD SIGN, WE WOULD LOVE TO GET YOUR PICTURES.
BIG CONGRATULATIONS. WONDERFUL.
ALL RIGHT, SO NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM D, APPROVAL OF FINAL
AGENDA. CAN I HAVE A MOTION?
>> S. Karkal: SO MOVED. >> Mayor Farac: DO I HAVE A
SECOND? >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: I'LL
SECOND. >> Mayor Farac: LURA, PLEASE
CALL FOR THE VOTE. >> EC ?RUND
>> P. Eklund: AYE. >> Clerk: KARKAL?
>> S. Karkal: AYE. >> Clerk: O'CONNOR?
>> T. O'Connor: I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM -- APOLOGIZE, AYE.
>> Clerk: MAYOR PRO TEM JACOBS? >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: AYE.
>> Clerk: AND MAYOR FARAC? >> Mayor Farac: AYE.
THAT PASSES. REPORTS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL
AND CITY MANAGER. CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
GIVE YOUR REPORT? >> City Manager A. Cunningham:
YES, THANK YOU. LAST NIGHT THE SUSPECT IN THE
HOMICIDE FROM EARLIER THIS MONTH, TE AUGUST 4th SHOOTING
WAS ARRESTED ALONG WITH THE SUSPECTED ACCOMPLICE.
I'M PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE AD COMMEND ALL OF OUR OFFICERS
THAT WORKED HARD TO SUCCESSFULLY INVESTIGATE THIS
CASE AND THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR ALL THE ASSISTANCE THEY
PROVIDED TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AS PART OF THIS
INVESTIGATION. AND SECONDLY, I WOULD LIKE TO
INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO ATTEND OUR FINAL CONCERT OF THE
SEASON, HOT AMPHITHEATER NIGHTS THIS FRIDAY AUGUST 29th AT
HAMILTON AMPHITHEATER PARK BEGINNING AT 5:00 AND WE HOPE
TO SEE EVERYONE THERE. THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Farac: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND?
>> P. Eklund: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO REALLY COMPLIMENT THE PACHECO
WINERY FOR HOSTING THE MARIN HORSE COUNCIL AT THEIR FACILITY
THERE. IT WAS A WONDERFUL FUNDRAISER
THAT I WENT TO AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE HOW PACHECO WINERY
REALLY GIVES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE MARIN COUNTY MAYOR'S AND
COUNCILMEMBERS LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE AND THE ABAG
EXECUTIVE BOARD COMMITTEE AND ALSO THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY
ESTUARY PARTNERSHIP MEETINGS. ALONG WITH THE ABAG
ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGISLATIVE HOUSING COMMITTEES.
THOSE HOUSING COMMITTEES ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE DETAILED
BECAUSE MORE AND MORE FUNDING IS BECOMING AVAILABLE.
NOT TO CITIES, NECESSARILY, OR COUNTIES BUT PRIMARILY FOR
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. I DID GO TO THE MARIN COMMUNITY
CLINICS OPENING. AND I ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE
BAY CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
AND THE MARIN COMMUNITY CLINICS WAS ACTUALLY AN APPRECIATION
DAY FOR ALL OF THEIR PARTNERS AND PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEER.
SO THAT'S IT. >> Mayor Farac: THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER KARKAL? >> S. Karkal: NO REPORTS, THANK
YOU. >> Mayor Farac: COUNCILMEMBER
O'CONNOR? >> T. O'Connor: THANK YOU,
MAYOR. ONE ITEM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR
IT'S AN ANNUAL COMMUNITY BUILDING EVENT DESIGNED TO
INCREASE AWARENESS OF CRIME AND DRUG PREVENTION, GENERATE
SUPPORT FOR LOCAL ANTI CRIME EFFORTS AND PROMOTE POLICE
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND NEIGHBORHOOD CAMP RAD RY, I
THINK THE ORGANIZATION DID A GREAT JOB AND WANT TO THANK
EVERYBODY FOR PUTTING THE TIME AND ENERGY INTO IT.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO ABLE TO JOIN THEM WHICH MADE IT
A WONDERFUL EVENT. MY DAUGHTER IN PARTICULAR
ENJOYED GETTING TWO POPSICLES SO I WAS TOLD TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR THAT. >> Mayor Farac: MAYOR PRO TEM
JACOBS. >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: YES, I
ALSO ATTENDED THE NIGHT OUT HERE IN NOVATO.
I ATTENDED THE 2th MCE BOARD MEETING AND ON THE 21st CONCERT
ON THE GREEN. THANK YOU TO OUR PARK AND REC.
THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB AGAIN. THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Farac: THANK YOU. MY REPORT I WAS ACTUALLY ON
VACATION, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MAYOR PRO TEM
JACOBS FOR FILLING IN AS MAYOR FOR THE MEETING.
SO I APRECIATE THAT A LOT. SO MOVING ON TO ITEM F, PUBLIC
COMMENT. THIS IS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA OR FOR ITEMS THAT ARE ON
THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THERE'S A TWO-MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FILL OUT A CARD, PLEASE PLACE IT IN
THE PLASTIC HOLDER. SO THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT I
HAVE IS JEAN McLAINY. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
NICE TO SEE YOU ALL. I'M JEAN McLAMY, I'M THE NEW
PROJECT MUSEUM PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE NOVATO HISTORICAL GUILD.
THE RESTORATION OF THE SCOTT HOUSE PROJECT FOR THE NEW
NOVATO HISTORY MUSEUM HAS REACHED ANOTHER IMPORTANT
MILESTONE. WITH YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT TO
GO OUT TO BID. THE 50 YEAR PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN
THE CITY OF NOVATO AND THE NOVATO HISTORICAL GUILD
CONTINUES TO BE WORKING WELL. I PARTICULARLY WANT TO THANK
SOME OF THOSE FROM THE CITY WHO HAVE ASSISTED WITH THIS PROJECT.
ALYSSA SARLOTTE WHO IS OUR PROJECT ENGINEER AND THE PUBLIC
WORKS DEPARTMENT. KATIE GAUNTLETT DIRECTOR AND
THE PARK AND RECREATION STAFF. CARLA CARVALHO-DEGRAFF,
DIRECTOR AND HER FINANCE TEAM. BOB CURRY, CHIEF BUILDING
OFFICIAL IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
AMY CUNNINGHAM, CITY MANAGER. AND THE ADMINISTRATION AND I.T.
TEAM. IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE TO DO
THIS. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE
SPECIAL DISTRICTS FOR THEIR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE
DOCUMENTS. THE NOVATO SANITARY DISTRICT,
NORTH MARIN WATER DISTRICT AND THE NOVATO FIRE DISTRICT.
I ALSO PREACH THE DILIGENT WORK OF OUR CONSULTANTS AND I THANK
THE BOARD OF THE NOVATO HISTORICAL GUILD AND OUR MUSEUM
COMMITTEE. JUST RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE
HERE. AND OF COURSE, THIS PROJECT
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY DONORS
THAT HELPED US REACH OUR FUNDRAISING GOAL.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO RETURNING TO THE COUNCIL IN THE FALL FOR TE
AWARD OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.
IT'S REALLY BEEN A PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO BE PART OF THE TEAM
BRINGING THIS HISTORIC BUILDING BACK TO USEFUL PURPOSE AT OUR
NOVATO CIVIC CENTER. THIS NEW HISTORIC HISTORY
MUSEUM IS TRULY A GIFT. FROM THE NOVATO HISTORICAL
GUILD. AND OUR DONORS, TO OUR
COMMUNITY. A GIFT THAT WILL CELEBRATE OUR
HISTORY AND PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED INDOOR AND OUTDOOR COMMUNITY
GATHERING SPACES. THANK YOU FOR THE FEW EXTRA
SECONDS. >> Mayor Farac: THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Farac: ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE JEREMY HOAG.
WELCOME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT WAS FAST, I JUST DROPPED IT OFF.
MY NAME IS JEREMY HOGAN WITH THE NOVATO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
I JUST WANTED TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY, ALONG WITH THE
COUNCIL TO AN UPCOMING EVENT FOR THE NOVATO CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR FUNDRAISING EVENTS AND IT'S THE
CASINO NIGHT, WHICH IS UPCOMING FRIDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 18th.
AND WE ARE HAVING IT AT THE LOCAL JONAS CENTER IN NOVATO.
SO I JUST WANTED TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY AND THE COUNCIL.
WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Mayor Farac: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY MORE YELLOW CARDS.
LAURA, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ZOOM PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, CLICK THE RAISE HAND FEATURE ON
YOUR COMPUTER OR PRESS *9. IF YOU ARE JOINING BY PHONE
YOUR TELEPHONE WILL PROMPT YOU TO PRESS *6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF
WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT?
>> Clerk: THERE'S NO RAISED HANDS ON ZOOM.
>> Mayor Farac: ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT
CALENDAR, I'M GOING TO PULL ITEM G12.
DO I HAVE A A MOTION? >> P. Eklund: I WOULD ALSO LIKE
TO PULL SOME ITEMS AS WELL. TYPICALLY WE DO IT AFTER THE
MOTION, BUT THAT'S OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO PULL G8, G9 AND
G12 AS WELL. >> Myor Farac: OKAY, DO I HAVE
A MOTION? >> T. O'Connor: I'LL MAKE A
MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH THE ITEMS REMOVED.
>> S. Karkal: I'LL SECOND. >> Mayor Farac: LAURA, CAN YOU
CALL FOR THE VOTE? >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND?
>> P. Eklund: AYE. >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER KARKAL?
>> S. Karkal: AYE. >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER OWE
CONSNORE? >> T. O'Connor: AYE.
>> MAYOR PRO TEM JACOBS? >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: AYE.
>> Clerk: AND MAYOR FARAC. >> Mayor Farac: AYE.
CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES WITH G8, G9, G 12 AT THE END.
ALL RIGHT, SO NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM I, PUBLIC HEARINGS.
SO WE ARE GOING TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER
INTRODUCING AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING SECTION
5-31 OF CHAPTER 5 OF NOVATO MUNICIPAL CODE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MANIJEH LARIZADEH.
ASSISTANT ENGINEER, WELCOME. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, PRO
TEM, COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M CHRIS BENIGNI, OUR PUBLIC
WORKS DIRECTOR, I'M SITTING NEXT TO MANIJEH LARIZADEH OUR
ENGINEER. WE BRING A PUBLIC HEARING
REGARDING FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AND UPDATING AN ORDINANCE, CODE
SECTION 5-31 REGARDING ONE FOOT OF FREEBOARD IN OUR CODE.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MANIJEH. >> GOOD EVENING.
I WILL START WITH WHY WE NEED TO CHANGE AND UPDATE THIS CODE.
NOVATO PARTICIPATE IN FLOOD FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY NATIONAL FLOOD ISURANCE PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY RATING
SYSTEM. COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM IS A
PROGRAM THAT IT'S PART OF THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE
PROGRAM AND IT RUNS BY FEMA. CURRENT CITY PRACTICE IS THAT
WE ENFORCE THE ONE-FOOT FREEBOARD THROUGH THE
CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE. SO WHEN WE RECEIVE A BUILDING
PERMIT AND A PROPERTY IS IN A FLOOD ZONE WE ENFORCE THE
ONE-FOOT FREEBOARD THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE.
HOWEVER, INSURANCE SERVICE OFFICER HAS REVIEWED OUR
MUNICIPAL CODE AND HAS DETERMINED THAT IT DOESN'T MEET
THE CRS FREEBOARD PREREQUISITE SO WE NEED TO PUT THIS ONE-FOOT
FREEBOARD IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE. SO WHAT'S CHANGING?
AS I JUST MENTIONED, WE HAVE THE ONE FOOT FREEBOARD IN OUR
BUILDING CODE. HOWEVER, WE NEED TO CHANGE THE
MUNICIPAL CODE TO INCLUDE THIS ONE FOOT FREEBOARD.
BY DOING THIS, WE CODIFY THE EXISTING STANDARD AND ADDRESS
THE CRS REQUIREMENTS. WHY DOES IT MATTER?
WE NEED, SINCE THEY ARE IN CRS PROGRAM, THE CITY DOES SOME
ACTIVITIES, BY DOING ALL THESE ACTIVITIES WE GET SOME CREDITS.
AND WE EARN SOME PINTS BASED ON THOSE POINTS WE GET
CLASSIFICATION. WE HAVE CLASSIFICATION.
WE ARE IN CLASS 6 RIGHT NOW. SO BY DOING THIS, WE GET, BY
HAVING THIS, I'M SORRY, BY ADDING THIS ONE-FOOT FREEBOARD
WE RECEIVE THIS CRS CREDIT. SO BY DOING THIS, WE ARE GOING
TO STAY IN CLASS 6. AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN A FLOOD
ZONE AND HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE, THEY ARE GOING TO GET 20% OF
FROM THEIR FLOOD INSURANCE. SO RECOMMENDED ACTION.
FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING THE
MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 5-31 WITH UPDATED FLOODPLAIN
MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS, INCLUDING THE ONE-FOOT
FREEBOARD REQUIREMENTS. AND NEXT STEP IS IF INTRODUCED
THIS EVENING, THE ORDINANCE WILL RETURN TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FOR THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION AT A SUBSEQUENT
MEETING. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> Mayor Farac: ALL RIGHT, DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
COUNCILMEMBER O'CONNOR? >> T. O'Connor: THANK YOU,
MAYOR. THANK YOU, MANIJEH FOR THE
PRESENTATION. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROGRAM
ENABLES PEOPLE IN TESE DESIGNATED ZONES TO GET A RATE
DISCOUNT ON THEIR INSURANCE, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES, THEY GET 20% DISCOUNT. >> P. Eklund: IF YOU COULD
SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. >> YES.
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN A FLOOD ZONE AND HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE, THEY
GET 20% OFF. >> T. O'Connor: GREAT.
BY DOING THESE UPDATES AND BRINGING OUR PROGRAM INTO
COMPLIANCE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO GET THAT 20% DISCOUNT?
>> YES. >> T. O'Connor: THAT'S
FANTASTIC. AS I WAS READING THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION, AND I THINK YOU ALREADY TOUCHED ON THIS, SORRY
FOR THE DUPLICATION, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ALREADY ADOPTED THE
STANDARD IN THE BUILDING CODE. >> WE ALREADY HAVE THIS IN THE
CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE BUT OUR INSURANCE SERVICES, WHO IS
FROM CRS, THEY WANT US TO HAVE IT IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE, TO
COMPLY WITH THE CRS REQUIREMENTS FOR ONE-FOOT
FREEBOARD. OTHERWISE WE ARE GOING TO GO TO
CLASSIFICATION 8. SO WE LOSE POINTS AND WE ARE
GOING TO LOSE LIKE 10% DISCOUNT. >> T. O'Connor: PERFECT.
WOULD IT BE FAIR TO CHARACTERIZE IT'S A CHANGE TO
DOCUMENTATION BUT NOT A CHANGE OF REQUIREMENTS, RIGHT?
>> YEAH. >> T. O'Connor: FOR HOMEOWNERS
DOING NORMAL EVERY DAY REPAIRS, DO THEY GET IMPACTED FOR THIS
OR IS THIS INTENDED FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION?
>> WHAT IS THAT AGAIN? >> T. O'Connor: FOR NORMAL
EVERY DAY REPAIRS, IS THIS GOING TO IMPACT MOST FOLKS, OR
DOES THIS TRIGGER WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION?
>> NO, THE ONE-FOOT IN GENERAL, IT ONLY APPLIES FOR PEOPLE WHO
ARE DOING NEW CONSTRUCTION, OR THEY ARE ADDING TO THEIR HOME,
TO THEIR PROPERTY, TO THEIR STRUCTURE.
AND IT TRIGGERS 50% OR MORE OF THE VALUE OF THE EXISTING
STRUCTURE. SO IT DOESN'T AFFECT.
>> T. O'Connor: IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY IMPACT ON EVERY DAY NORMAL
REPAIRS. BUT THEY GET A 20% DISCOUNT ON
THEIR INSURANCE. SO THAT'S GOOD.
THANK YOU. >> Mayor Farac: COUNCILMEMBER
EKLUND? >> P. Eklund: THANK YOU.
GREAT PRESENTATION. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
ON PAGE 2, YOU SAY THAT BY ADOPTING THIS NEW REQUIREMENT
AND REPEALING THE PREVIOUS FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
PROVISION, THE CITY WILL COMPLY WITH FEDERAL STANDARDS, ENHANCE
RESILIENCE TO FLOOD HAZARDS AND ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF LIFE
AND PROPERTY WITHIN THE FLOOD ZONE AREAS.
SO, BUT WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN ON THE GROUND?
SO DO PEOPLE HAVE TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY WITH THIS
ORDINANCE? OR ARE WE JUST INCORPORATING
THE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE INTO THIS
ONE? >> THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE,
ACTUALLY, THE EXISTING ORDINANCE, FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE
NEW CONSTRUCTION OR THEY ARE ADDING SOMETHING AND IT'S
SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT, IT SAYS THEY HAVE TO BUILD AT, THE
FIRST FLOOR ELEVATION HAS TO BE AT OR ABOVE THE BASEBOARD
ELEVATION. BUT WE DON'T ENFORCE THAT.
WE ENFORCE THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE, WHICH SAYS ONE
FOOT ABOVE THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION.
SO BY CHANGING THIS ORDINANCE OR REVISING TO INCLUDE THE
ONE-FOOT FREEBOARD, NOTHING CHANGES EXCEPT THE LANGUAGE IN
THE MUNICIPAL CODE CHANGES. >> P. Eklund: SO IF THERE'S A
PIECE OF PROPERTY SOMEONE WANTS TO DEVELOP AND THEY OWNED IT
AND WANTED TO BUILD A HOUSE ON IT, BUT LET'S SAY IT'S BELOW
THE FLOODPLAIN, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO STILL BUILD THAT HOUSE?
OR ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO PUT IT ON STICKS?
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO DO?
>> IF THERE'S AN EXISTING HOUSE AND THEY WANT TO REBUILD IT,
DEMOLISH AND REBUILD IT? OKAY, IF THEY WANT TO DEMOLISH
AND REBUILD, THEY HAVE TO BUILD ONE-FOOT ABOVE THE BASE FLOOD
ELEVATION. >> P. Eklund: SO THEY WOULD
HAVE TO PT IT ON STICKS? >> WELL, THEY PUT, YOU KNOW,
THEY HAVE TO PUT FOOTING FOR THAT.
IN GENERAL, EVERY HOUSE HAS A FOOTING FOR THAT.
SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO GO A FEW STEPS UP.
DEPENDS ON WHERE THEY ARE. WE HAVE AE ZONE AND AO ZONE,
TWO DIFFERENT THINGS BUT THEY ALL HAVE TO BE ONE FOOT ABOVE.
IF THEY ARE IN AE ZONE, THERE'S A BASE FLOOD ELEVATION, THEY
HAVE TO BE ONE FOOT ABOVE THE BASEFLOOD ELEVATION.
IF TEY ARE IN AO ZONE THERE'S NO BASE FLOOD ELEVATION, BUT
THERE'S A DEPTH AND THAT DEPTH CHANGES FROM ONE FEET TO THREE
FEET. IT DEPENDS WHERE THEY ARE.
THEIR FIRST FLOOR ELEVATION HAS TO BE ONE FOOT ABOVE, FOR
EXAMPLE, TWO FOOT DEPTH. >> P. Eklund: S THE FOLKS IN
BAHIA OR HAMILTON WHICH ARE THEORETICALLY BELOW THE SEA
LEVEL, SO, THEY WOULD HAVE TO ADHERE TO THIS NEW RULE OF
ELEVATING THEIR HOME? THE ANSWER IS YES?
I SEE YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD YES BUT NO VERBAL.
PEOPLE LISTENING. >> A SIMPLE AND DIRECT ANSWER,
THE ANSWER IS YES. THEY WILL HAVE TO ADHERE TO
THIS, THE SAME AS EVERYBODY ELSE.
STILTS, FOOTINGS LIKE MANIJEH SUGGESTED, WE DO THIS IN
PRACTICE ALREADY, BUT THIS IS JUST ALLOWING US TO GET OUR
CODE UP-TO-DATE WITH THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE AND
THE FEMA REGULATIONS. >> P. Eklund: GREAT.
YOU MENTIONED HERE MANUFACTURED HOMES.
WE HAVE LOS ROBLES, MARIN VALLEY AND ALSO THE MOBILE
HOMES HERE ON REDWOOD BOULEVARD. REDWOOD BOULEVARD, I'M NOT SURE
IF THAT'S CLOSE TO FLOOD CONTROL LEVEL, IT MIGHT BE,
BECAUSE THAT AREA DOES FLOOD SOMETIMES.
MARIN VALLEY, DEFINITELY AROUND THE BAY AREA.
AND LOS ROBLES PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT, BUT NOT SO MUCH.
WHAT DO MANUFACTURED HOMES HAVE TO DO?
>> MANUFACTURES, IF THEY ARE IN A FLOOD ZONE, YES THEY HAVE TO
COMPLY. ACTUALLY THE BUILDING
DEPARTMENT DIDN'T HAVE THIS SECTION FR MANUFACTURED HOME,
THAT'S WHY WE ARE ADDING THAT. FOR MANUFACTURED HOME, YES,
THEY HAVE TO COMPLY. IF THEY ARE IN A FLOOD ZONE, IF
THEY ARE MKING CHANGES WHICH THE COST IS OVER 50% OF THE
VALUE OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE. >> P. Eklund: MY QUESTION IS
WHAT KIND OF AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OR OUTREACH WE ARE GOING
TO DO TO ENSURE FOLKS THAT ARE, WELL, MOST OF THE MANUFACTURED
HOMES ARE SENIORS. AND SO, HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE
REACHING OUT T THEM TO HELP THEM THROUGH THIS PROCESS?
>> WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE ANY OUTREACH TO MANUFACTURED, FOR,
YOU KNOW, LIKE THE MARIN COUNTY COUNTRY CLUB, FOR EXAMPLE.
WE HVEN'T DONE ANY OUTREACH. BUT FOR JUST THIS PUBLIC
HEARING, WE HAD PUBLIC NOTICE TEN DAYS BEFORE THIS, WHICH WAS
LIKE AUGUST 15th. THAT'S THE ONLY PUBLIC OUTREACH
WE DID WAS FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY OUTREACH.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS
ANYWAYS. BUT I DON'T REMEMBER, BECAUSE
I'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST 20 YEARS AND I HAVEN'T BEEN SEEING ANY
MANUFACTURED HOMES COMING HERE FOR REPLACEMENT.
USUALLY, -- >> P. Eklund: MARIN VALLEY HAS
HAD SOME REPLACED. SO MAYBE THEY DIDN'T GET A
PERMIT, I DON'T KNOW. >> STAFF WILL BE EAGER TO
ENGAGE THE PUBLIC ON OUR WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA, MAILERS
TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE CHANGE.
AND WE CAN EVEN DO SPECIFIC MAILERS WEN WE DO FIND
PROPERTIES ARE IMPACTED BY THIS, ESPECIALLY THE
MANUFACTURED HOME AREAS. >> P. Eklund: RIGHT.
THAT'S THE ONE I'M WORRIED ABOUT.
THANK YOU. >> Mayor Farac: THANK YOU FOR
THE PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Farac: HOW MANY OTHER CITIES HAVE A SIMILAR ORDINANCE
TO THIS? IN MARIN?
>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT -- I ONLY KNOW ABOUT CORTE MADERA.
>> Mayor Farac: AND AS FAR AS OUR CRS CLASS RATING, ARE WE
SIMILAR TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS IN MARIN?
>> I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ONE OF THE STAFF AT THE COUNTY
AND THEY DO THE SAME THING. >> Mayor Farac: THEY ARE AT SIX
TOO? >> WELL, FOR THE CRS.
THEY ARE DOING THE SAME ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO.
>> Mayor Farac: OKAY, SO AS FAR AS A FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO OUR
RESIDENTS, SO IF THEY ARE PAYING $1,000 TO THEIR
INSURANCE, BASICALLY THERE WOULD BE A $200 SAVINGS BECAUSE
WE HAVE THAT CLASS 6 RATING AT A 20% DISCOUNT?
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >> Mayor Farac: GREAT.
SO IT'S GREAT THAT OUR CURRENT CRS CLASS RATING WE ARE
MAINTAINING THAT. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL ACTIONS
AND INVESTMENTS WE COULD DO TO ACHIEVE LIKE A CLASS 5 AND HOW
MUCH ADDITIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE SAVINGS WOULD THAT BE?
THAT WOULD BE WHAT, AN ADDITIONAL 5%, 10%?
>> IF YOU GO TO CLASSIFICATION 5, WE GET ANOTHER 5%.
TO GET TO THAT POINT, WE HAVE TO TRY.
I MEAN, THERE ARE MORE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE TO
FOLLOW AND DO, IN ORDER TO GO TO CLASSIFICATION 5.
>> Mayor Farac: AND THEN TAKING KIND OF A PROACTIVE APPROACH, I
KNOW THE COUNTY HAD A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE HEAVY
RAIN THAT'S EXPECTED TO COME IN THE FALL.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO START THINKING ABOUT THAT,
SINCE A LOT OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE PLANNING FOR
FLOODING. SO IF WE COULD KIND OF TIE THAT
TOGETHER, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A REALLY EFFECTIVE APPROACH, SO.
>> YEAH. ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE
REQUIREMENT FOR CRS PROGRAM IS MAINTAINING THE CREEKS AND
DRAINAGE WAY AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WE GET SOME
POINTS FOR DOING THAT. >> Mayor Farac: FANTASTIC.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
>> P. Eklund: MAYOR, I FORGOT, I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION.
>> Mayor Farac: OKAY. >> P. Eklund: IF I MAY.
ON PAGE 31 OF THE ACTUAL PROPOSED ORDINANCE, IT SAYS
HERE THAT FENCES AND FLOODWAYS THAT HAVE POTENTIAL TO BLOCK
THE PASSAGE OF FLOODWATERS AND SO ON AND SO ON.
I KNOW THERE ARE FENCES IN MARIN VALLEY, THERE'S FENCES IN
BAHIA AND OTHER AREAS WHERE IT'S CLOSE TO THE BAY, AND
PROBABLY WITHIN SEA LEVEL. SO, ARE THOSE THE KIND OF
FENCES THAT ARE BEING PROHIBITED IN THIS DOCUMENT?
>> STORM WATER MANAGEMENT FENCES THAT TRAVERSE ACTUALLY
WATERWAYS WHERE THERE'S ACTIVE FLOW, POSITIVE FLOW WOULD BE
ANOTHER WAY TO PUT IT, THAT'S THE FENCES THAT ARE TARGETED BY
THIS. I BELIEVE A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS
DO NOT KNOW THIS, BUT THERE ARE DESIGN SWALES NEXT TO HOUSES.
AND WHEN THAT'S THE CASE, IF THERE'S A DESIGN SWALE THAT
NEEDS TO TRANSFER WATER FROM LET'S JUST SAY THE FRONT OF THE
PROPERTY T THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY, FENCES CAN SOMETIMES
RESTRICT FLOW SO THOSE WOULD BE THE ONES WE WOULD LOOK INTO.
>> P. Eklund: OKAY, THANK YOU. >> Mayor Farac: ALL RIGHT.
SO NOW I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY YELLOW CARDS. NOW I WILL CALL FOR ONLINE
PUBLIC COMMENT. ARE THERE ANY HANDS RAISED?
>> Clerk: THERE'S NO RAISED HANDS ONLINE.
>> Mayor Farac: ALL RIGHT, I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WILL ASK THE COUNCIL FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND.
>> S. Karkal: SO MOVED. >> T. O'Connor: I'LL SECOND.
>> Mayor Farac: LAURA, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
>> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND? >> P. Eklund: AYE.
>> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER KARKAL? >> S. Karkal: AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'CONNOR? >> T. O'Connor: AYE.
>> MAYOR PRO TEM JACOBS? >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: AYE.
>> AND MAYOR FARAC? >> Mayor Farac: AYE.
>> City Manager A. Cunningham: MAYOR, I'M PROBABLY GOING TO BE
KILLED LATER FOR THIS BUT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MANIJEH, SHE
HAS WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AD SHE IS
RETIRING IN OCTOBER. AND SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE
ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT SHE'S DONE AND SHE DOESN'T PRESENT TO
YOU VERY OFTEN, SO THIS IS PROBABLY THE LAST TIME YOU WILL
SEE HER, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
CONGRATULATE HER AND THANK HER. >> Mayor Farac: CONGRATULATIONS
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE
CITY AND TO THE RESIDENTS. >> P. Eklund: AND THANK YOU,
TOO, FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE THE PAST 20 YEARS.
IT'S BEEN AWESOME AND I'VE REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU.
THANK YOU. >> Mayor Farac: ALL RIGHT.
SO NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS IS HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER INTRODUCING AN
ORDINANCE AMENDING NOVATO MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER XIX,
THANK YOU. NOVATO MUNICIPAL CODE TO MODIFY
DIVISION 19.08 AND OTHERS. I WILL ASK OUR SENIOR PLANNER
BRETT WALKER AND VIVEK DAMODARAN TO PRESENT.
WELCOME. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS VIVEK DAMODARAN, SENIOR PLANNER.
AND TODAY I'M JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE BRETT WALKER, SENIOR
PLANNER. TONIGHT CITY COUNCIL IS BEING
ASKED TO CONSIDER INTRODUCING AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER
19 OF THE NOVATO MUNICIPAL CODE TO MODIFY SEVERAL ZONING
ORDINANCE DIVISIONS AND SECTIONS AND TO ESTABLISH
DIVISION 19.29, PURSUANT TO CEQA GUIDELINE SECTION 15162,
15183 AND 15061B3. TONIGHT STAFF WOULD LIKE TO
HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE NOTABLE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEING
PRESENTED TONIGHT. THESE INCLUDE CHANGES TO THE
ZONING DISTRICT DESCRIPTIONS TO REFLECT UPDATED DEFINITIONS AND
DEVELOPMENT INTENSEITIES SPECIFIED IN NOVATO GENERAL
PLAN 2035. LAND USE TABLE, FORMATTING
CHANGES AND INTERNAL ZONING ORDINANCE CONSISTENCY
CORRECTIONS. CHANGES TO THE ZONING
DISTRICTS, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TABLES TO REFLECT THE
UPDATED GENERAL PLAN DEFINITIONS AND DEVELOPMENT
INTENSEITIES. A NEW ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION
TO PROVIDE CONSISTENT PERMIT PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS AND
PROCEDURES FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH CALIFORNIA STATE LAWS.
AND ALTERNATE OPTION TO THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS FOR HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND A NEW ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION TO
ALLOW FOR THE TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS TO FURTHER
PROTECT LISTED HISTORIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WILL MODIFY DESCRIPTIONS AND
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR ALL ZONING DISTRICTS TO REFLECT THE
UPDATED DEFINITIONS AND DEVELOPMENT INTENSEITIES
SPECIFIED IN NOVATO GENERAL PLAN 2035.
THESE MODIFICATIONS ARE NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN INTERNAL
CONSISTENCY BTEEN THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
THE TABLE ON THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE NEW BUILDING DENSITY AND
INTENSITY MODIFICATIONS AND EACH AFFECTED ZONING DISTRICT.
ADDITIONALLY THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT, SORRY, THE CURRENT
ZONING ORDINANCE FORMAT WAS DEVELOPED FOR PRINT VERSIONS OF
THE ORDINANCE, AS SUCH WE ARE PROPOSING TO CONSOLIDATE AND
REFORMAT SEVERAL TABLES INCLUDING THE LAND USE AND
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TABLES FOR CLARITY AND EASE OF USE
ACROSS VARIOUS MEDIUMS INCLUDING ONLINE VERSIONS OF
THE ZONING ORDINANCE. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS INCLUDE
A NEW ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION THAT WOULD APPLY TO ALL HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. THE TERM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS INCLUDES ANY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT
CONTAINS TWO OR MORE RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
THE SECTION IS AIMED AT PROVIDING PERMIT REQUIREMENTS
AND A PROCESS THAT WILL BE UNIFORMLY APPLIED TO ALL
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. THIS ORDINANCE WILL ESTABLISH
TWO TIERS OF REVIEW AUTHORITY BASED ON THE PROPOSED UNIT
COUNT IN AHOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WOULD BE THE REVIEW
AUTHORITY FOR PROJECTS OF 150 OR FEWER UNITS.
AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD BE THE REVIEW AUTHORITY
FOR PROJECTS GREATER THAN 150 UNITS.
THIS DISTINCTION BETWEEN REVIEW AUTHORITIES IS BASED ON THE
OVERALL REVIEW TIMEFRAMES PRESCRIBED BY STATE LAW.
CALIFORNIA'S HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT REQUIRES A
LOCAL AGENCY TO DETERMINE WHETHER A COMPLETE PROJECT
APPLICATION IS CONSISTENT WITH OBJECTIVE STANDARDS WITHIN 30
DAYS FOR PROJECTS WITH 150 OR FEWER UNITS AND WITHIN 60 DAYS
FOR PROJECTS WITH GREATER THAN 150 UNITS.
ADDITIONALLY CONSIDERING THESE PRESCRIPTIVE TIMEFRAMES AND THE
LIMITS ON THE TYPE OF REVIEW FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS, THE REVIEW AUTHORITY'S DECISION ON A
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IS NOT APPEALABLE.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ALSO INCLUDE MODIFICATIONS TO THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR PLAN DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICTS OR
PD'S. CURRENTLY THE ZONING ORDINANCE
REQUIRES FOR THE ADOPTION OF A SITE-SPECIFIC MASTER PLAN AND
PRECISE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD PROVIDE
DEVELOPERS AN ALTERNATE OPTION TO INSTEAD PROPOSE A HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT SUBJECT TO THE STANDARDS OF THE ZONING
DISTRICT IMPLEMENTING THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE
DESIGNATION APPLICABLE TO THE SUBJECT PARCEL.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND
COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THE
DRAFT TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ORDINANCE.
SO THE CITY'S HOUSING ELEMENT INCLUDED PROGRAM 2A WHICH
DIRECTS THE CITY TO ADOPT A TDR ORDINANCE WITH THE GOAL OF
INCREASING AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
THE DRAFT ORDINANCE INCLUDES ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR BOTH
DONOR AND RECEIVING PROPERTIES. REGARDING DONOR PROPERTIES
THERE ARE TWO ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
FIRST IS FOR A LISTED HISTORIC RESOURCE AND THE SECOND IS FOR
A VACANT PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES ON SITE.
THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES ARE LSTED IN THE ZONING CODE
AND THAT WOULD BE THE SITE SUBJECT TO THE CITY'S WETLANDS,
WATERWAYS, HILLSIDE OR WOODLANDS PRESERVATION
ORDINANCES. SITES THAT ARE LOCATED IN THE
BAYLANDS OR FLOOD HAZARD OVERLAY DISTRICTS.
AND THOSE SITES LOCATED IN THE AGRICULTURAL AND CONSERVATION
ZONING DISTRICT AREAS. RECEIVING AREAS NEED TO B
LOCATED IN EITHER THE DOWNTOWN OR NORTH REDWOOD GENERAL PLAN
FOCUS AREAS AND NOT HAVE A HISTORIC OR ENVIRONMENTAL
RESOURCES ON SITE. AND ALSO THE RECEIVING SITES
NEED TO BE A GENERAL PLAN LND USE THAT ALLOWS FOR RESIDENTIAL
USES. THE DRAFT ORDINANCE ALSO
INCLUDES SOME LIMITATIONS. ONE IS THAT THE RECEIVING
PROPERTY CAN OBTAIN AN INCREASE OF UP TO 25% ABOVE THE
RECEIVING SITE'S MAXIMUM DENSITY PER GENERAL PLAN LAND
USE DESIGNATION. THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT OR
SIMILAR INSTRUMENT WOULD NEED TO BE RECORDED AGAINST THE
DONOR PROPERTY, WHICH BASICALLY STRIPS THEIR DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS
OFF THAT SITE. AND THEN ALSO, HOW THE
ORDINANCE IS DRAFTED, THE RECEIVING SITE UNITS WOULD NOT
BE SUBJECT TO THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORDINANCE.
A USE PERMIT IS REQUIRED, IT IS A DISCRETIONARY APPROVAL, WHICH
MEANS APROVAL IS NOT GUARANTEED.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE USE PERMIT PROCESS WHICH
TYPICALLY GOES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A HEARING.
THE TDR PROGRAM ALSO DOES NOT REPLACE OR PROHIBIT DENSITY
BONUS. A DEVELOPER COULD THEORETICALLY
USE BOTH DENSITY BONUS AND THE TDR PROGRAM.
FOUR NEW DEFINITIONS ARE PROPOSED TO BE ADDED TO THE
ZONING CODE. THREE SPECIFIC TO THE TDR
PROGRAM AND A FOURTH ONE IS FOR A VACANT LOT AND THAT'S
APPLICABLE TO THIS ORDINANCE BUT ALSO MORE BROADLY
APPLICABLE TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
THIS SLIDE IS AN EXCERPT FROM OUR GENERAL PLAN.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE RECEIVING SITE ELIGIBILITY IS
EITHER THE DOWNTOWN FOCUS AREA OR THE NORTH REDWOOD CORRIDOR
FOCUS AREA. THIS MAP DOES HAVE A REFERENCE
TO THE NORTHWEST QUAD. BUT THE NORTHWEST QUAD IS NOT
PART OF THE DRAFT ORDINANCE. HERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT
EXAMPLES OF WHAT ONE MIGHT EXPECT TO SEE FROM A TDR
PROGRAM, IF WE D EVER GET ANY APPLICATIONS.
I'VE GOT FOUR DIFFERENT SIZED LOTS BASED ON EITHER THE MIXED
USE OR DOWNTOWN CORE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS.
AND YOU COULD SEE ON A SMALLER LOT OF ABOUT 7,75000 SQUARE
FEET GETTING TO BASE DENSITY PLUS A 25% BONUS THE INCREASE
WOULD GO FROM ABOUT 3.4 UNITS OF ALLOWABLE UNITS UP TO A FIVE
UNIT MAX. AND THE NUMBERS DO INCREASE AS
THE PROPERTIES GET LARGER. THE LARGEST SITE I HAVE HERE IS
A FIVE ACRE SITE SUBJECT TO THE DOWNTOWN CORE.
BASE MAX UNITS WOULD BE 115 UNITS.
WITH THE 25% DENSITY TRANSFER, YOU DO GET UP TO 144 UNITS WITH
ROUNDING. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THERE'S
ONE MINOR EDIT REGARDING A CODE REFERENCE IN THE DRAFT
ORDINANCE, THAT EDIT WAS MADE SUBSEQUENT TO THE PLANNING
COMMISSION HEARING. THE STAFF REPORT ON PAGE 4 DOES
DETAIL THAT MINOR CHANGE AND THE EXHIBIT B PRESENTED TONIGHT
INCLUDES THE STRIKE THROUGH OF THAT MINOR EDIT.
SO WITH THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL ADOPT THE DRAFT RESOLUTION INCLUDED WITH THE
STAFF REPORT. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S
PRESENTATION AND WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY
HAVE. THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Farac: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND? >> P. Eklund: A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS. ON SLIDE #5, YOU TALK ABOUT
WHAT THE REVIEW AUTHORITY IS. IS THIS FOR 100% HOUSING, 150
OR FEWER, OR GREATER THAN 150? IS IT JUST PURELY HOUSING, BUT
IT'S NOT LIKE A MIXED USE? >> SO THIS WOULD, THE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT'S SECTION, IN THAT DEFINITION INCLUDES
MIXED USE PROJECTS WITH TWO OR MORE UNITS.
SO THIS REVIEW AUTHORITY WOULD APPLY TO MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS
THAT MEET THAT DEFINITION. >> P. Eklund: OKAY, QUESTIONS
ON THE CHART IN THE STAFF REPORT ON PAGE 2.
SO WE HAD THAT CHART BEFORE BUT I KNOW IT'S CHANGED.
AND I HAD HOPED TO BE ABLE TO GET WHAT WAS CHANGED.
SO COULD YOU IDENTIFY WHAT ACTUALLY WAS CHANGED IN THIS,
IF ANYTHING? ON THIS CHART.
>> I BELIEVE YOU ARE REFERENCING THE BUILDING
DENSITY. >> P. Eklund: YES, BUILDING
DENSITY AND INTENSITY MODIFICATIONS.
>> SO THIS DOES NOT CHANGE FROM THE GENERAL PLAN.
>> P. Eklund: OKAY, SO WHAT WE SEE IN THIS CHART, IT'S ON PAGE
2 OF THIS STAFF REPORT IS THE SAME AS WHAT WE HAD BEFORE?
>> CORRECT. THIS IS WHAT IS IN THE GENERAL
PLAN. THIS IS NOT CURRENTLY IN THE
ZONING ORDINANCE, SO THIS WOULD BE TO UPDATE THE ZONING
ORDINANCE FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.
>> P. Eklund: SO THIS TABLE, YOU SAY IT'S IN THE GENERAL
PLAN? >> CORRECT.
>> P. Eklund: AND IS THIS TABLE GOING TO HAVE TO BE CHANGED
THEN, IN ORDER TO COINCIDE WITH THE ZONING AMENDMENTS?
>> THAT IS WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING TONIGHT.
SO BECAUSE THIS TABLE CURRENTLY EXISTS IN THE GENERAL PLAN,
WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TONIGHT ARE MODIFICATIONS TO THE ZONING
ORDINANCE FOR CONSISTENCY FOR THE EXISTING TABLE IN THE
GENERAL PLAN. >> P. Eklund: RIGHT, BUT MY
QUESTION IS, THIS I THE NEW TABLE OR IS THIS THE OLD ONE?
>> I BELIEVE THIS IS JUST A VISUAL FOR THE STAFF REPORT.
THE ZONING ORDINANCE TABLES ARE BROKEN UP SEPARATELY, AS WE
HAVE INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT ORDINANCE AS EXHIBIT A.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THIS SPECIFIC TABLE IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE
BUT THE INFORMATION IN THE TABLE IS DISPERSED THROUGHOUT
THE ZONING ORDINANCE WITH THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
>> P. Eklund: THANK YOU. >> Mayor Farac: COUNCILMEMBER
O'CONNOR? >> T. O'Connor: THANK YOU.
I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THE FIRST IS KIND OF, IT'S
PROBABLY OBVIOUS TO SOME PEOPLE. COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHY WE
NEED A TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS PROGRAM?
WHAT ARE THE PUBLIC BENEFITS? WHAT DOES NOVATO GAIN FROM
HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THIS? >> SO THIS PROGRAM WAS INCLUDED
IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT. AND TYPICALLY, THE PURPOSE OF
THESE ORDINANCE IS TO DO ONE OF TWO THINGS AND WE HAVE SORT OF
INTEGRATED SORT OF THE TWO PRIMARY REASONS.
ONE, NOVATO DOES HAVE A FEW PROPERTIES THAT ARE LISTED ON
EITHER THE STATE OR THE NATIONAL REGISTRY.
AND SO THIS WOULD ALLOW A PROPERTY OWNER THAT HAS A
LISTED HISTORIC RESOURCE TO GAIN SOME VALUE, IF THERE WAS
EXTRA UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY RIGHTS PER THE GENERAL PLAN
LAND USE DESIGNATION THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED.
AND THEN THEY WOULD TRANSFER IT TO A RECEIVING SITE THAT COULD
THEN BENEFIT FROM ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE SECOND SCENARIO IS REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL
RESOURCES. SO IN THIS CASE, PICK A
PROPERTY THAT HAS AN AVERAGE SLOPE OF 30%.
THE CITY HAS A HILLSIDE ORDINANCE THAT TRIES TO LIMIT
DEVELOPMENT ON HILLSIDE PROPERTIES.
SIMILAR WITH OR WETLANDS ORDINANCE, OUR WATERWAYS
ORDINANCE. IT REALLY PUTS MORE LIMITATIONS
ON PROPERTY THAN IF YOU DON'T HAVE THESE RESOURCES ON SITE.
SO IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL THAT OWNS, AS
AN EXAMPLE, A HILLSIDE PROPERTY THAT IS UNDEVELOPED, TO LEAVE
THAT PROPERTY UNDEVELOPED BUT GAIN SOME MONETARY VALUE FROM
THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE
GENERAL PLAN LAND USE TO EXTRACT THOSE DEVELOPMENT
RIGHTS FROM THE DONOR SITE WHERE A RECEIVING PROPERTY MAY
BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THAT EXTRA DENSITY.
>> T. O'Connor: GOT IT. SO I GUESS THE QUESTION, THE
HILLSIDE ORDINANCE WE GENERALLY DON'T STAND BEHIND BECAUSE IT'S
GENERALLY NOT CONSIDERED AN OBJECTIVE STANDARD AND WHEN WE
TRY TO CONTEST IT, WE TEND TO STAND BACK FROM T I'VE NOTICED.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, IF SOMEONE IS GOING TO BUY A
HILLSIDE PROPERTY, SO GENERALLY THAT WILL COST LESS THAN A
SIMILARLY SIZED FLAT PROPERTY, RIGHT?
BY IN EFFECT SAYING I WON'T BUILD ON THIS HILLSIDE BUT YOU
ARE GOING TO GIVE ME A BIG BONUS TO BUILD OVER HERE,
THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE GAINING FROM IT, AND THE CITY'S BENEFIT
IS THAT LAND WOULD THEN BE PROTECTED AND IT COULDN'T BE
BUILT ON. >> CORRECT.
I'M NOT EDUCATED ENOUGH ON THE ECONOMICS OF IT ALL.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE, I
WOULDN'T FORESEE AN INDIVIDUAL GOING OUT AND BUYING A HILLSIDE
PROPERTY SPECIFICALLY TO BENEFIT FROM THIS TRANSFER OF
DEVELOPMENT. >> T. O'Connor: SURE, BUT THERE
ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PURCHASED A LOT OF LAND ACROSS NOVATO WHO
DO OWN HILLSIDE THINGS, THEY AREN'T ABLE TO DEVELOP THEM
ANYWAY, SO WE WOULD BE GIVING THEM A DENSITY BONUS SOMEWHERE
ELSE IN NOVATO, FOR NOT BUILDING ON A PROPERTY THEY
PROBABLY COULDN'T BUILD ON ANYWAY.
I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT.
>> YEAH, WELL I GUESS THEY WOULD ALWAYS RETAIN SOME
ABILITY OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AS LONG AS I WAS CONSISTENT
WITH THE GENERAL PLAN IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE BECAUSE THE
CITY COULDN'T ELIMINATE ALL THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS BECAUSE THAT
WOULD BE CONSIDERED A TAKING. SO IT'S REALLY LOOKED AT AS
CO-BENEFICIAL, ONE A PROPERTY OWNER WITH VACANT LAND CAN GET
SOME VALUE OUT OF THAT SITE BY TRANSFERRING DEVELOPMENT TO A
RECEIVING SITE AND BASED ON THE CITY'S PRESERVATION GOALS WITH
THINGS LIKE THE HILLSIDE ORDINANCE, THE CITY WOULD ALSO
BENEFIT BY HAVING THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE, THE CITY
WOULD PREFER TO HAVE PRESERVED, REMAIN UNDEVELOPED.
>> T. O'Connor: OKAY. SO AS I WAS READING IT, THE
ORDINANCE EXEMPTS THE TRANSFERRED UNITS FROM THE
CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> CORRECT. >> T. O'Connor: WHY?
>> THAT IS COMPLETELY DISCRETIONARY.
YOU COULD SAY WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.
IT WAS WRITTEN IN THIS MANNER MAINLY AS AN INCENTIVE.
THERE'S NOTHING IN STATE LAW THAT SAYS WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT
IN OUR ORDINANCE COMPLETELY DISCRETIONARY.
BUT YEAH, THAT CERTAINLY IS, WE DID BRING THAT UP TO THE
PLANNING COMMISSION AS SOMETHING THEY MAY WANT TO
CONSIDER. THE PLANNING COMMISSION DIDN'T
REALLY PROVIDE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT BUT WE ARE CERTAINLY HAPPY
TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION TONIGHT. >> T. O'Connor: AND THEN WITH
THE 25% DENSITY BONUS, THEY GET FROM TRANSFERRING, WOULD THEY
THEN STILL QUALIFY FOR FURTHER STATE BONUSES ON TOP OF THAT,
THEORETICALLY? >> YES.
SO, THE STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM
THIS TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ORDINANCE.
SO YOU ARE CORRECT. THEY COULD --
>> T. O'Connor: WHICH NUMBER WOULD IT APPLY TO, THE NUMBER
OF UNITS BEING TRANSFERRED OR THE NUMBER OF UNITS PLUS
DENSITY? >> THE STATE DENSITY BONUS
WOULD NOT INCLUDE THE TDR'D UNITS.
IT WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM DENSITY ALLOWED PER THE GENERAL PLAN
LAND USE DESIGNATION, NOT INCLUDING THE EXTRA TDR'D UNITS.
>> T. O'Connor: OKAY. JUST CIRCLING BACK TO MY LAST
QUESTION ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS.
IS REMOVING THAT REQUIREMENT CONSISTENT WITH THE HOUSING
ELEMENT THAT WE ADOPTED? >> SO THE HOUSING ELEMENT
DIDN'T GET INTO THE SPECIFICS OF WHETHER AN ORDINANCE SHOULD
BE WRITTEN TO EITHER INCLUDE OR NOT -- THOSE UNITS EITHER BE
SUBJECT OR NOT SUBJECT TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORDINANCE.
>> T. O'Connor: AND THEN, WE COULD TONIGHT EITHER DIRECT YOU
TO APPLY THE AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS OR SAY ADD A
CERTAIN NUMBER OF UNITS THAN THERE HAS TO BE, RIGHT?
WE COULD MAKE THOSE CHANGES TONIGHT, RIGHT?
>> I BELIEVE SO. >> T. O'Connor: OKAY, THANK YOU.
MY LAST QUESTION, IS THERE AN APPEAL PROCESS FOR THESE
AMENDMENTS? AN APPLICATION COMES IN, STAFF
APPROVES IT OR DENIES, IS THERE AN APPEAL PROCESS?
>> YES. SO THE ZONING CODE FOR USE
PERMITS HAS ONE OF TWO LEVELS FOR THE REVIEW AUTHORITY.
WE DO APPROVE SOME OF THOSE AT THE ZONING ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL
FOR NON-CONTROVERSIAL ITEMS. OTHERWISE WE DO TAKE THEM TO
THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ANY DECISION OF THE PLANNING
COMMISSION WOULD B APPEALABLE TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
>> T. O'Connor: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> Mayor Farac: I HAVE A FEW
QUESTIONS. KIND OF PIGGYBACKING, AND I
MIGHT HAVE MISSED THIS OR MISUNDERSTOOD IT IN THE
PRESENTATION. BUT WITH BOTH THE TR DENSITY
BONUS AND THE STATE DENSITY BONUS, IS THERE A MAXIMUM
NUMBER? >> SO, STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW,
YOU GET BONUSES OF CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE UNITS OF THE
MAXIMUM BASE UNITS, BASED ON THE LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY OF
THE PROJECT. SO AS AN EXAMPLE, WITH A
MINIMUM OF 5% OF THE BASE UNITS, AT THE VERY LOW INCOME
LEVEL, THAT'S WHEN YOU COULD QUALIFY FOR DENSITY BONUS.
AND WITH AFFORDABLE UNITS AT 10% AT EITHER LOW INCOME O
MODERATE INCOME, YOU COULD QUALIFY FOR DENSITY BONUS.
BUT THE BIGGER PERCENTAGE OF YOUR UNITS THAT ARE DESIGNATED
AS AFFORDABLE AT ONE OF THOSE THREE LEVELS, AS THOSE
INCREASE, YOUR PERCENTAGE OF ALLOWED DENSITY BONUS UNITS
ALSO INCREASES. SO, YOU COULD MAKE THEORETICAL
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HOW MANY EXTRA UNITS A SITE COULD GET.
BUT IT'S REALLY BASED ON WHEN A PROJECT COMES IN, THE LEVEL OF
AFFORDABILITY THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING AT THE DIFFERENT
LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY, VERY LOW, LOW AND MODERATE AND THAT
DETERMINES HOW MANY ADDITIONAL UNITS THEY CAN GET.
AND THEN WITH TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, WE HAVE IT
WRITTEN THAT IT'S NO MORE THAN 25% OF THE MAXIMUM OF THE
GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION.
SO IF YOU HAD A SITE THAT COULD HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 100 UNITS PER
GENERAL PLAN LAND USE, AND THEY REQUESTED A 25% BONUS, THAT
WOULD GIVE THEM 125 UNITS ON THE SITE.
>> Myor Farac: THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL.
AND THEN, AS FAR AS TDR TRANSACTIONS, HOW MANY DOES THE
STAFF RALISTICALLY THINK WE'LL GET IN THE NEXT, I DON'T KNOW,
5-10 YEARS? LIKE HOW COMMON?
>> WE DISCUSSED THAT. AND BECAUSE OF THE ALLOWANCES
OF STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW, WE DON'T EXPECT TIS ORDINANCE TO
BE USED FREQUENTLY. WE ACTUALLY QUESTION WHETHER IT
WILL EVER BE USED. SO WE DON'T SEE THIS AS BEING A
COMMON OCCURRENCE. AND GIVEN THE USE PERMIT
PROCESS TAT WE HAVE BUILT INTO THE DRAFT ORDINANCE, IT DOES
GIVE THE CITY DECISION MAKERS DISCRETION AS TO WHETHER THE
RECEIVING SITE IS A GOOD USE OF THAT SITE TO GET THOSE
ADDITIONAL UNITS. >> Mayor Farac: THANK YOU SO
MUCH. REALLY APPRECIATE THE
EXPLANATION. SO NOW I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP
TO PUBLIC COMMENT. ARE THERE ANY YELLOW CARDS?
I'M NOT SEEING ANY. LAURA, ANYONE ONLINE?
>> Clerk: THERE'S NO RAISED HANDS ONLINE.
>> Mayor Farac: ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO ASK THE COUNCIL
FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND. >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: I'LL
MAKE A MOTION TO MODIFY AND INTRODUCE THE DRAFT ORDINANCE.
>> Mayor Farac: DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> T. OConnor: WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO A COUPLE OF AMENDMENTS?
>> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: SURE. >> T. O'Connor: THANKS.
I'M INTERESTED IN REMOVING THE WAIVER O THE AFFORDABILITY
REQUIREMENTS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
RETAIN THOSE. ALSO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
ROUNDING THAT'S USED IN THE ORDINANCE, THERE'S A PROBLEM
WITH THE MATH IN TERMS OF WHAT THE ACTUAL BONUS IS.
WHEN IT COMES AT 3.4, IT'S NOT 25% WHEN YOU ROUND UP, IT'S
CLOSER TO 47%. SO I THINK THE ROUNDING, THE
WAY THE ROUNDING MATH WORKS NEEDS ANOTHER LOOK.
AT WHAT POINT DOES IT MAKE SENSE, QUESTION FOR THE CITY
MANAGER. HOW MANY AMENDMENTS BECOMES TOO
MANY AMENDMENTS TO BRING BACK AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THIS
CONVERSATION A SECOND TIME? >> City Manager A. Cunningham:
IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE DEPTH OF THE CHANGES THAT WOULD BE
REQUIRED. >> T. O'Connor: OKAY.
>> City Manager A. Cunningham: I DON'T THINK I HAVE AN ACTUAL
NUMBER. GARY BELL?
>> City Attorney G. Bell: ONE COMMENT ON THAT, SINCE THIS IS
A ZONING ORDINANCE AND IT CAME FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION,
THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHO HAVE HAD TO CONSIDER ANY
CHANGES BEFORE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION TO THAT.
SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS TO STAFF IS WHETHER THEY
CONSIDERED THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.
THE ANSWER MIGHT BE YES, IN WHICH CASE YOU CAN MAKE THE
CHANGE AND WE CAN BRING IT BACK AND THAT'S A QUESTION FOR STAFF
TOO, HOW EXTENSIVE THOSE AMENDMENTS ARE.
BUT IF THEY HAVEN'T CONSIDERED IT, WE WILL NEED TO SEND IT
BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A RECOMMENDATION IN THE
FIRST INSTANCE. >> T. O'Connor: OKAY, SO WHAT
I'M HEARING IS, IT'S QUITE A LOT OF STAFF TIME.
WHAT I ALSO HEARD IS YU THINK IT MIGHT NEVER EVER GET USED.
IS THAT FAIR? >> YEAH, I THINK IT MIGHT NEVER
GET USED. >> T. O'Connor: IN THAT CASE, I
DON'T WANT TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO YOUR MOTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION THEN.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DISCONTINUE WORK ON
THIS ORDINANCE. >> P. Eklund: AND NOT ADOPT IT
TONIGHT? >> T. O'Connor: I THINK IT
NEEDS A LOT OF CHANGES. AND THE AMOUNT OF SAFF TIME
NEEDED TO DO THAT FOR VERY QUESTIONABLE BENEFIT, IT'S
LIKELY NEVER TO BE USED ANYWAY, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD SPEND
THAT MUCH TIME ON A THING WE WILL NEVER USE.
>> City Manager A. Cunningham: YOU ARE SPEAKING, JUST FOR
CLARITY. >> P. Eklund: EXCUSE ME, I
WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. >> City Manager A. Cunningham:
JUST FOR CLARITY, YOU ARE SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY TO 19.29,
TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS. >> T. O'Connor: THE TDR.
>> City Manager A. Cunningham: NOT ALL OF THEM, JUST THAT
SPECIFIC ONE? >> T. O'Connor: SORRY, THANK
FOR THE CLARIFICATION, JUST THE TDR.
YOU DON'T THINK THE TDR IS WORTH PURSUING.
>> City Attorney G. Bell: ONE QUESTION FOR STAFF.
IS THIS A PROGRAM IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT OR OTHERWISE TO
IMPLEMENT, WHAT WAS THE GENESIS OF THE ORDINANCE?
>> YEAH, SO THIS IS PROGRAM 2A OF THE SIXTH CYCLE HOUSING
ELEMENT. AND THAT PROGRAM TITLE IS
DEVELOP AND ADOPT A TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ORDINANCE.
SO I WOULD SAY POTENTIALLY A CONFLICT WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAM. >> City Attorney G. Bell:
COUNCIL, THIS IS INCLUDED IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT AS
SOMETHING TO ADOPT. SO IF IT'S NOT DONE NOW WE
WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT HOW TO TAKE THAT OUT OF THE HOUSING
ELEMENT OR BRING IT BACK WITH SOME REVISIONS.
>> Mayor Farac: I THINK GIVEN THAT IT'S NOT LIKELY GOING TO
COME UP IN THE NEXT 5-10 YEARS AND THEN THE NEXT HOUSING
ELEMENT, WHEN IS THE NEXT CYCLE? >> THE NEXT CYCLE IS 2031.
>> Mayor Frac: OKAY, SO IT'S KIND OF A LONG TIME.
BUT GIVEN THE -- >> P. Eklund: THE HOUSING
ELEMENT IS STARTING NOW. IT HAS TO BE ADOPTED BY 2031.
CORRECT? OR WE ARE ENTERING A NEW
HOUSING CYCLE. MADAM MYOR, IF I WILL, I WAS
GOING TO VOTE NO ON THIS ITEM, PERIOD.
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE EMBARKED ON
SOMETHING THIS SUBSTANTIAL WITHOUT HAVING WORKSHOPS WITH
THE PLANNING COMMISSION. WHEN I WATCH THE PLANNING
COMMISSION MEETING AND SOME OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS DID
CALL ME AND THEY MAY NOT HAVE SHOWED IT, BUT THEY WERE
FRUSTRATED. I AM REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT
WHAT IS BEING PUT BEFORE US. WHAT COUNCILMEMBER O'CONNOR
MAKING A SUGGESTION THAT THIS BE PUT ON THE BOOKSHELF, I
WOULD SUPPORT THAT 150%. BECAUSE FRANKLY, WE NEED TO
BRING PEOPLE ALONG. AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN DOING THAT,
ON SOME OF THESE CHANGES. SO THAT NOT ONLY WOULD WE AGREE
WITH THEM BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
IF THEY SAID THIS IS NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE, NO ONE
IS GOING TO USE IT, THEN WHY DID WE SPEND THE TIME TO PUT IT
TOGETHER? >> Mayor Farac: WHAT WOULD BE
THE IMPACT OF NOT ADOPTING IT, VERSUS ADOPTING IT?
COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO US THOSE? >> WELL, I THINK, SO ONE TING
THAT WE DO ANNUALLY EVERY SPRING IS THAT WE SUBMIT AN
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT ON OUR HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION
TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT. AND THEY CERTAINLY DO REVIEW
THOSE ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORTS OR APR'S.
TO MONITOR A CITY'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICIES
AND PROGRAMS THAT WERE IN THE ADOPTED HOUSING ELEMENT.
THE LEVEL OF DETAILS TO WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT ON A
PROGRAM BY PROGRAM BASIS, I CAN'T COMMENT ON THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF STEVE HAS ANYTHING TO ADD TO THIS.
>> STEVE MARSHAL, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT. SO TO BUILD ON WHAT BRETT HAS
BEEN EXPLAINING, WE HAVE TO REPORT TO HCD EACH YEAR
PROGRESS ON OUR HOUSING ELEMENT. THEY ARE TRACKING OUR
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND POLICIS IN THAT
DOCUMENT. IF WEIGH CHOOSE NOT TO
IMPLEMENT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO HAVE AN EXPLANATION FOR THAT.
THERE'S POTENTIAL OF AN HCD INVESTIGATION OR ACTION.
THEY DO HAVE AN ENFORCEMENT CAPABILITY WHERE THEY CN
COMPEL AGENCIES TO IMPLEMENT THEIR HOUSING ELEMENT.
AND IF THEY DON'T YOU CAN SUFFER CONSEQUENCES SUCH AS
HAVING YOUR HOUSING ELEMENT DECERTIFIED AND THEN ARE
LOOKING AT A SITUATION WHERE THE AGENCY IS EXPOSED TO THE
BUILDER'S REMEDY SITUATION. AND I WOULD DEFER TO CITY
ATTORNEY BELL, IF THERE'S A NEED TO ELABORATE ON THAT.
I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING TONIGHT IS THERE'S SOME
DISSATISFACTION WITH THE DESIGN OF THE TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT
RIGHTS ORDINANCE, IN PARTICULAR. AND I THINK WE CAN CERTAINLY
CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT. BUT I DO THINK WE HAVE TO
COMPLETE THAT TO SATISFY THAT PROGRAM.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISSUE, THERE'S THE LARGER SET OF
AMENDMENTS THAT ARE IN EXHIBIT A.
THOSE ARE ALSO TAKEN PART FROM THE HOUSING ELEMENT AS WELL AS
THE LARGER GENERAL PLAN, SO WE ARE SIMPLY IMPLEMENTING GENERAL
PLAN BY MAKING THOSE CHANGES. SO IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY INPUT
AND COUNCIL REVIEW AND AS WELL AS PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW,
THAT WOULD HAVE ALL BEEN ESTABLISHED WHEN THE GENERAL
PLAN WAS ADOPTED TO INCLUDE THOSE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS AND
THE SAME FOR THE HOUSING ELEMENT WHEN IT WAS REVIEWED
AND ADOPTED. SO FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE
ARE LOOKING AT THIS AS IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE
DOCUMENTS AND THIS AGAIN IS A CHANCE FOR THE COUNCIL TO MAKE
MODIFICATIONS. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS
IMPLEMENTATION. >> Mayor Farac: THEN I WE MAKE
MODIFICATIONS IT HAS TO GO BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION?
>> IT DEPENDS ON THE EXTENT OF THE MODIFICATIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID DSCUSS THIS
AFFORDABILITY COMPONENT TO THE TRANSFER DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS.
I THINK, I WILL LET CITY ATTORNEY BELL JUMP IN IF I'M
INCORRECT HERE, BUT I THINK SINCE IT WAS DISCUSSED, THE
COUNCIL CAN MAKE A MODIFICATION THERE.
SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WEREN'T DISCUSSED, WE JUST HAVE
TO LOOK AT HOW SUBSTANTIVE THE CHANGES ARE.
AND I INVITE CITY ATTORNEY BELL IF HE WOULD WANT TO COMMENT ON
THAT. >> City Attorney G. Bell: YEAH.
THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THE PLANNING COMMISSION
CONSIDERED THAT TOPIC OR NOT. SO IF YOU ARE GOING IN AN
ENTIRELY NEW DIRECTION THAT WAS NOT CONSIDERED PART OF THE
DISCUSSION IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT WOULD
NEED TO GO BACK. IF IT WAS DISCUSSED EITHER
THROUGH THE STAFF REPORT OR THE HEARING IN FRONT OF THE
PLANNING COMMISSION, THEN IT'S ALL RIGHT FOR YOU TO MAKE THE
CHANGE HERE. SO THAT'S A QUESTION FOR STAFF
ON ANY PARTICULAR CHANGE. >> T. O'Connor: MAY I MAKE AN
AMENDMENT TO MY MOTION? HEARING THE CONVERSATION
TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND MY MOTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ALL THE PROPOSALS EXCEPT FOR THE
DIVISION 29, TLDR DISCUSSION. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST WE
DO IS TABLE IT FOR NOW, RETURN IT TO THE CITY MANAGER CAN
INDIVIDUALLY WORK WITH EACH COUNCILMEMBER AND IT COMES BACK
TO COUNCIL AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
>> Mayor Farac: WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS OF DOING THAT?
JUST TIME? >> City Attorney G. Bell: YEAH,
I THINK THAT WORKS. UNLESS THERE'S A PARTICULAR
DEADLINE FOR THE TRANSFER DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ORDINANCE,
IF THERE ISN'T, W CAN WORK WITH THAT DEADLINE TO BRING IT
BACK. I SEE NO ISSUE WITH THAT JAOFLT
YES, SIR, THE TDR ORDINANCE IS SPECIFICALLY EXHIBIT B TO THE
ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. SO I THINK YOU COULD AMEND THE
MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE WITH EXHIBIT A AND EXCLUDE
EXHIBIT B. >> T. O'Connor: SO AMENDED.
THANK YOU FOR THE SUGGESTION. >> Mayor Farac: DO I HAVE A
SECOND? >> S. Karkal: I'LL SECOND.
>> Mayor Farac: LAURA, CAN YOU CALL VOTE?
>> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND? >> P. Eklund: NO.
>> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER KARKAL? >> S. Karkal: YES.
>> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER O'CONNOR?
>> T. O'Connor: YES. >> Clerk: MAYOR PRO TEM JACOBS?
>> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: YES. >> Clerk: AND MAYOR FARAC?
>> Mayor Farac: AYE. ALL RIGHT, THAT PASSES.
THANK YOU. YOU APPRECIATE YOU ALL WORKING
WITH US. -- I APPRECIATE YOU ALL
WORKING WITH US. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM J,
GENERAL BUSINESS. CONSIDER ADOPTING A RESOLUTION
APPROVING THE CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN FRAMEWORK FOR
THE PERIOD JULY 1, 2026 TO JUNE 30, 2029.
I WULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR CITY MANAGER, AMY CUNNINGHAM.
AND MANAGEMENT ANALYST STACY HOGAN.
WELCOME. AND CARLA.
>> City Manager A. Cunningham: GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS
OF THE CITY COUNCIL. WE HAVE STACY HOGAN, MANAGEMENT
ANALYST I HERE TO DO THIS PRESENTATION, SUPPORTED BY
CARLA CARVALHO-DEGRAFF, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR.
THIS IS STACY'S FIRST PRESENTATION AT THE CITY
COUNCIL LEVEL. HOWEVER, SHE HAS DONE MANY
PRESENTATIONS AT VARIOUS COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES AND
HAS BEEN INVALUABLE IN SUPPORTING US, PARTICULARLY
WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY STAFF TO SUPPORT THOSE GROUPS OVER
THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
SO WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE STACY HERE TONIGHT TO LEAD US IN THIS
EFFORT. >> HI, GOOD EVENING, CITY
COUNCIL AND MAYOR. MY NAME IS STACY HOGAN, I'M AN
ANALYST IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
AND TONIGHT I WILL BE BRINGING TO YOU THE 2026-2029 CITY
COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN FRAMEWORK.
SO TONIGHT I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY NOVATO
NEEDS A STRATEGIC PLAN. HOW WE DEVELOPED THE FRAMEWORK
OF THIS PLAN AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO TO PUT THIS PLAN
INTO ACTION. SO IN MANY WAYS, THIS PLAN IS A
BRIDGE BETWEEN WHERE WE ARE TODAY IN THE CITY AND WHERE WE
WANT TO BE IN THE NEXT SIN3B YEARS.
SO WHY A STRATEGIC PLAN? A STRATEGIC PLAN ESTABLISHES
THE CITY'S PRIORITIES, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE NEXT
THREE YEARS. IT HELPS US GIDE OPERATIONS,
OUR RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND WORKPLANS WHILE MAKING SURE
THAT WE STAY ALIGNED WITH OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS AND ANY
EMERGING ISSUES THAT ARISE. ALTHOUGH THE '23-'25 STRATEGIC
PLAN CONCLUDED, STAFF CONTINUED TO WORK ON THE LONG-TERM
INITIATIVES WITH THE CITY HAVING ACHIEVED COMPLETION OF
OVER 75% OF THOSE ITEMS. SO HOW DID WE DEVELOP THIS
PLAN'S FRAMEWORK? THE CITY RETAINED RITELIS
FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS TO LEAD YOUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.
THEY HELD ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS WITH COUNCIL, THEY HAD
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY LEADERSHIP TEAM AND THEY HELD A
PUBLICLY NOTICED STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP BACK IN APRIL.
THEY ALSO REVIEWED EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT HAD
BEEN COMPLETED THROUGH SURVEYS, STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, FOCUS
GROUPS AND NUMEROUS POP-UP EVENTS.
WHAT WE HEARD FROM THOSE DISCUSSIONS LED US TO THIS
FOUNDATION AND FIVE PRIMARY GOALS WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT
TO YOU TONIGHT. SO OUR FIRST GOAL, OUTSTANDING
QUALITY OF LIFE. NOVATO DELIVERS PARKS AND
COMMUNITY AMENITIES, HOUSING OPTIONS AND SUPPORT SERVICES
THAT GIVE EVERY RESIDENT ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES, WHILE
PRESERVING A SAFE, WELCOMING AND DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOOD
CHARACTER THAT DEFINES OUR COMMUNITY.
SOME EXAMPLES OF PUTTING THIS INTO ACTION WOULD BE OUR
CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN AND HOUSING
ELEMENT. AND PROMOTING ACCESSIBILITY AND
INCLUSION WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. OUR NEXT GOAL, GOAL #2,
PROACTIVE STEWARDS OUR NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENTS.
NOVATO MAINTAINS SAFE, SECURE, RELIABLE AND AESTHETICALLY
PLEASING INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE PROTECTING AND SUSTAINING ITS
NATURAL RESOURCES. ENSURING BTH THE BUILT AND
NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS VITAL TO OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE ARE
PRESERVED, ENHANCED AND MODERNIZED FOR GENERATIONS TO
COME. SOME EXAMPLES WOULD BE TO
ASSESS OUR CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING
ROADWAYS, PARKS AND TRAILS, INVESTMENT IN KEY AREAS, SUCH
AS REDWOOD BOULEVARD AND THE DOWNTOWN FOUNTAIN AREA.
AS WLL AS PREPARE FOR ANY CLIMATE-RELATED IMPACTS WHICH
INCLUDES SEA LEVEL RISE AND INITIATIVES IN OUR CLIMATE
ACTION PLAN. SO GOAL #3 IS A SAFE AND
PREPARED COMMUNITY. NOVATO KEEPS RESIDENTS SAFE,
PREPARED AND RESILIENT THROUGH PROACTIVE PUBLIC SAFETY
PRACTICES AND INTENTION ALLEN GAUGEMENT.
THIS WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
TRAINING AND SUPPORT OF TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS. GOAL #4, ECONOMIC VITALITY.
ONE NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. NOVATO IS A VIBRANT CITY WHERE
BUSINESSES CHOOSE TO INVEST, STOREFRONTS ARE FILLED AND
THRIVING NEIGHBORHOODS DRAW RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE,
GENERATING A STRONG GROWING ECONOMIC BASE THAT SUSTAINS
COMMUNITY SERVICES AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
SO IN SEPTEMBER, WE WILL BE CONSIDERING THE ADOPTION OF THE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WOULD HAVE A DIRECT
IMPACT ON THIS GOAL. ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES WOULD BE
INCLUDING THE REVITALIZATION OF COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS AND
CORRIDORS THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE OUR TENANT IMPROVEMENT GRANT.
WE WANT TO PSITION NOVATO AS OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
AND THEN LASTLY, ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE.
NOVATO OPERATES AS A HIGH-PERFORMING CUSTOMER
SERVICE ORGANIZATION WHERE ENGAGED EM PLOW ES COLLABORATE
TO DELIVER MEANINGFUL RESULTS, FINANCIAL STRENGTH PROVIDES THE
STABILITY NECESSARY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY WELL.
EXAMPLES BEING INVESTING IN OUR EMPLOYEE GROWTH THROUGH
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. SUCCESSION PLANNING AND
ELIMINATING BARRIERS, CREATING INCLUSIVE COLLABORATIVE
WORKPLACE CULTURE. WE WANT TO STREAMLINE MODERNIZE
TECHNOLOGY MAKING US MORE EFFICIENT AND CREATING THE BEST
POSSIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE.
SO THESE FIVE PRIMARY GOALS TELL THE STORY WHAT THE
COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL VALUE. IT TRANSLATES PRIORITIES INTO
AN ACTIONABLE PATH FORWARD WHILE ENSURING THE PLAN REMAINS
ALIGNED WITH STAFF CAPACITY, AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND
SUSTAINABLE FUNDING. SO AFTER ADOPTION THE STRATEGIC
PLAN WOULD BE UPDATED WITH OUR OFFICIAL CITY BRANDING DESIGN
AND FORMATTING. CITY MANAGER WITH DEPARTMENTS
WOULD PREPARED DETAILED ORGANIZATIONAL WORKPLAN
OUTLINING PROJECTS, TIMELINES, RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENTS AND
PERFORMANCE MEASURES. AND PROGRESS WOULD BE REPORTED
QUARTERLY TO COUNCIL FOCUSING ON ACCOMPLISHMENTS, MILESTONES
AND ANY RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS. THIS WOULD ENSURE TRANSPARENCY
AND KEEP OUR COMMUNITY INFORMED. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO
RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION FOR THE
CITY OF NOVATO 2026-2029 CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN
FRAMEWORK. THIS PLAN WILL PROVIDE A CLEAR
PATH FORWARD BUILDING ON THE PROGRESS THAT NOVATO HAS MADE
GUIDING THE CITY'S CONTINUED GROWTH AND KEEPING THE
ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON PRIORITIES AND OUTCOME THAT
WILL SHAPE NOVATO'S FUTURE. I WILL TAKE QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. >> Mayor Farac: THANK YOU,
STACY. EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.
DO IHAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL?
ALL RGHT, COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND? >> P. Eklund: MY QUESTION HERE
IS THAT THE ITEMS THAT ARE UNDER THE STRATEGIC GOALS, I'M
JUST GOING TO PICK LIKE THE FIRST ONE, OUTSTANDING QUALITY
OF LIFE. WHAT I'M USED TO IS A STRATEGIC
PLAN WHERE WE ACTUALLY DEVELOP SPECIFIC ACTIONS.
TO SUPPORT THE GOALS WE HAVE HERE.
I DON'T SEE SPECIFIC ACTIONS. THAT'S USUALLY WHAT OUR SECOND
WORKSHOP USUALLY DOES. IS WHERE WE ACTUALLY IDENTIFY
WHAT SPECIFICALLY SHOULD WE DO, OR CAN WE DO.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE.
OUTSTANDING QUALITY OF LIFE. AND UNDER THAT, THERE'S ONE
ITEM CALLED PROVIDE COMPASSIONATE RESPONSE OF
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND HOMELESSNESS SUPPORT BY
PARTNERING WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND
CONTINUING TO SPPORT THE SAFE PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW. BUT THERE'S NOTHING SPECIFIC
THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO OR
THREE, HOWEVER LONG THIS THING IS FOR, THAT WILL BE DIFFERENT
FROM WHAT WE ARE DOING. BECAUSE HOMEWARD BOUND, AND WE
WORK WITH HOMEWARD BOUND, WE STARTED HOMEWARD BOUND.
SO WHERE ARE THE SPECIFICS? BECAUSE NORMALLY IN A STRATEGIC
PLAN WE HAVE SPECIFIC F TASKS FOR US TO DO AND THE COUNCIL
USUALLY DEVELOPS THAT IN A SECOND WORKSHOP THAT WE ALWAYS
HAVE. SO HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND.
BECAUSE NONE OF THESE, I WILL SAY, NOT MANY OF THESE ARE
MEASURABLE. >> City Manager A. Cunningham:
SO THE CITY COUNCIL DID HAVE A PUBLIC WORKSHOP IN APRIL.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR SIX YEARS. I DON'T RECALL US HAVING TWO
WORKSHOPS. THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE APRIL
WORKSHOP DID TALK ABOUT SPECIFIC STRATEGIES AND THOSE
ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT STACY HIGHLIGHTED TO YOU.
AS PART OF THE SPECIFIC WORKPLAN ITEMS.
>> City Manager >> P. Eklund: WELL, AMY, WHAT
IS THE SPECIFIC THING WE WILL DO TO HELP ACHIEVE THAT?
>> City Manager A. Cunningham: SO IN OUTSTANDING QUALITY OF
LIFE, COULD YOU GO BACK AND SAY WHAT THOSE ARE.
>> P. Eklund: THE THIRD ITEM DOWN BELOW.
WHAT ARE THE SPECIFICS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO DIFFERENTLY
THAN WE ARE DOING NOW? >> City Manager A. Cunningham:
SO YOU MENTIONED THE SAFE PROGRAM IN PARTICULAR.
WITH THE SAFE PROGRAM ONE OF THE THINGS THE COUNCIL HAS
TALKED ABOUT IS THE NEED FOR FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM.
AND TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM. SO THOSE ARE SPECIFIC ACTIONS
THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT. >> P. Eklund: BUT SEE, THAT'S
MY POINT. USUALLY, AND YOU KNOW,
OBVIOUSLY, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE.
MOST OF THE ACTIVITIES IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THEY ARE MEASURABLE. THESE ARE NOT NECESSARILY
MEASURABLE. >> City Manager A. Cunningham:
THAT'S THE NEXT STEP IN THE PLAN.
IS TAKING ALL OF THAT INPUT THAT YOU PROVIDED US AND
PUTTING IT INTO A MATRIX SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
>> T. O'Connor: CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION THAT I
THINK COULD HELP ADDRESS COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND'S
QUESTION, WOULD THAT BE OKAY? >> P. Eklund: THAT WOULD BE
VERY HELPFUL. >> T. O'Connor: MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THE FRAMEWORK TONIGHT IS IN ESSENCE A LIST OF
CHAPTERS AND WHAT WILL COME BACK TO US FOR FINAL REVIEW
WILL BE THE SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND WAS
LOOKING FOR AND STACY YOU TOUCHED ON A FEW.
IS THAT CORRECT? >> City Manager A. Cunningham:
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. >> T. O'Connor: WE ARE JUST
APPROVING INDEX CHAPTER HEADINGS AND THEN WHAT WILL
COME BACK IS A LIST OF ACTIONABLE MEASURABLE THINGS
THAT WE WILL BE DOING. >> City Manager A. Cunningham:
THAT'S CORRECT. THAT LOOKS LIKE THE QUARTERLY
UPDATES THAT YOU RECEIVE, YES. >> P. Eklund: IN MY EXPERIENCE,
WE'VE ACTUALLY HELPED DEVELOP THOSE SPECIFIC THINGS.
>> T. O'Connor: THOSE WILL COME BACK TO US.
THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL STEP. WE DIDN'T HAVE A FRAMEWORK
REVIEW AND APPROVAL. IT'S MORE LIKE AN ADDITIONAL
STEP IN THE MIDDLE O THE STEPS THAT WE'VE PARTICIPATED IN THE
PAST. NORMALLY YOU ARE RIGHT, WHAT WE
HAVE DONE IN THE PAST YOU GET THE BREAK DOWN OF SPECIFIC
MEASURABLE ITEMS, WE WILL STILL GET THAT, THAT'S JUST COMING
NEXT, IT'S NOT BEING SKIPPED OVER.
IS THAT CORRECT? AM I UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS
CORRECTLY? >> City Manager A. Cunningham:
YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. SO THE SLIDE --
>> T. O'Connor: THANK YOU. >> P. Eklund: CAN WE MAKE SURE
IT'S NOT A CONSENT ITEM SO WE CAN HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT
SOME OF THE ACTION ITEMS? I WOULD JUST PREFER IT NOT T
BE PUT ON CONSENT. >> Mayor Farac: COUNCILMEMBER
O'CONNOR, DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS?
>> T. O'Connor: ARE YU FINISHED WITH YOUR QUESTIONS?
>> P. Eklund: UM, WELL, WE'LL SEE.
>> T. O'Connor: OKAY. SO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS
QUITE SIMILAR, I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.
THIS IS MORE A PIECE OF FEEDBACK, ONE THING I WOULD
ENCOURAGE AS YOU ARE CREATING THE FINAL LIST OF ACTIONABLE
ITEMS IS AVOIDING SAYING THINGS LIKE CONTINUE IMPLEMENTATION OF
PLAN X, BECAUSE THAT IS PRETTY VAGUE AND AMBIGUOUS, WHICH I'M
SURE YOU KNOW, YOU PROBABLY WEREN'T GOING TO DO THAT ANYWAY.
WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ME, IT SHOULD BE A DOCUMENT THAT FOLKS
CAN PICK UP AND GET EXCITED FOR, YOU TOUCHED ON THE REDWOOD
BOULEVARD IMPROVEMENTS, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE, IT WOULD BE GREAT
IF WE CAN TELL FOLKS ABOUT THAT. AS YOU ARE DESIGNING IT THAT
WOULD B HELPFUL TO INCLUDE THAT.
HIGHLIGHTING THE DIFFERENT AREAS, DISCUSSED REDWOOD
CORRIDOR WAS ONE, MARION PARK, HILLFIELD.
I HEARD YOU SAY THIS, THIS IS A REDUNDANT QUESTION, YOU ARE
GOING TO EXPAND ON ECONOMIC VITALITY AND HOW IT'S EASIER TO
DO BUSINESS IN NOVATO, RIGHT? THANK YOU.
MY LAST ONE SUGGESTION IS UNDER ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE, I
THINK OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS WE HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OF
STABILIZING THE WORKFORCE AND RETAINING THEM.
I THINK THAT SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE A GOAL THOUGH BECAUSE IT'S
IMPORTANT WE CONTINUE WORK ON THAT AND MAKE IT APRIORITY AS
A FOCUS. >> City Manager A. Cunningham:
THAT PLAYS RIGHT INTO THE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT WORK WE ARE
DOING, SO THANK YOU. >> T. O'Connor: THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, I'M DONE. >> Mayor Farac: I JUST HAD ONE
QUESTION. AS FAR, I KNOW THESE ARE LKE
THE CHAPTERS AND THERE'S NEXT STAGES.
BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO
GETTING THE WORK DONE? AND KIND OF WHAT'S YOUR VISION
TO LEAD THIS STRATEGIC PLAN? >> City Manager A. Cunningham:
I WOULD SAY TWO THINGS. MY APPETITE IS ALWAYS BIGGER
THAN MY STOMACH AND I THINK YOU GUYS SHARE THAT.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE REALLY THOUGHTFUL AOUT HW WE ARE
PRIORITIZING THE DIFFERENT WORKPLAN ITEMS AND MAKING SURE
THAT THEY ARE ACHIEVABLE. WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK TO
YOU QUARTERLY WITH STATUS UPDATES AND OF COURSE, AS MUCH
AS WE WANT TO BE SUPER SPECIFIC, WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE SPACE FOR UNEXPECTED AND UNANTICIPATED
THINGS THAT COME UP ALONG THE WAY.
ONE THING THAT I FEEL LIKE AS AN ORGANIZATION WE NEED TO BE
VERY MINDFUL OF IS THAT WE ARE NOT OVERWHELMING OR OVER
BURDENING ONE OR TWO DEPARTMENTS WITH A LOT OF
THINGS. SO SAY, KNOW, THERE'S TEN
THINGS WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS QUARTER, I DON'T WANT NNE OF
THOSE TEN THINGS TO BE IN PUBLIC WORKS BECAUSE THEY ALSO
HAVE THEIR REGULAR WORK TO DO AND WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO
ACHIEVE ALL THOSE THINGS SO MAKING SURE WE ARE SPREADING IT
ACROSS THE ORGANIZATIONS SO EVERYTHING WE DO IS ACHIEVABLE
AND SOME OF THE WORK THE DEPARTMENT HEAD TEAM WOULD BE
FOCUSED ON OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
>> Mayor Farac: AND THEN I THINK TOO, JST THAT
FLEXIBILITY TO ADD CREATIVITY OR THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND
TRY PROGRAMS TO BE INNOVATIVE IS IMPORTANT AS WELL WITH THE
STRATEGIC PLAN. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
PUBLIC COMMENT? I DON'T HAVE ANY YELLOW CARDS.
LAURA, IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE WITH THEIR HAND UP?
>> Clerk: THERE'S NO RAISED HANDS ONLINE.
>> Mayor Farac: ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> T. OConnor: I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THE ITEM.
>> Mayor Farac: DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> S. Karkal: I'LL SECOND. >> Mayor Farac: ALL RIGHT.
LAURA, CAN YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE?
>> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND? >> P. Eklund: YES, I WOULD LIKE
THE MINUTES TO REFLECT THAT I'M VOTING YES WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE BEFORE THIS IS
PUBLICIZED, MEASURABLE ACTIONS FOR EACH OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE
IN THE STRATEGIC GOALS AND EACH OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE
INDIVIDUALLY IN THERE, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE MEASURABLE
ACTIONS TO SUPPORT THESE OBJECTIVES.
>> Clerk: OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER KARKAL?
>> S. Karkal: AYE. >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER
O'CONNOR? >> T. O'Connor: AYE.
>> Clerk: MAYOR PRO TEM JACOBS? >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: AYE.
>> Clerk: AND MAYOR FARAC? >> Mayor Farac: AYE.
THAT PASSES. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK
SEVEN MINUTE BREAK.
>> GREAT QUESTION. THIS IS TWO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM PROJECTS PULLED TOGETHER.
THE REDWOOD CORRIDOR STUDY HAS BEEN ON THE CIP LIST FOR QUITE
SOME YEARS. I COULDN'T TELL YOU THE EXACT
YEAR IT WAS CREATED, UNLESS IT'S IN THE PROJECT NUMBER.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME UNDERSTANDING FROM PUBLIC WORK
THAT'S WE WANT TO LOOK AT OUR DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR, LOOK AT HOW
MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION HAPPENS THROUGH DOWNTOWN TAT'S
OUR MAJOR ARTERIAL THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR GOING NORTH
AND SOUTH. THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT
SLATED FOR THIS AREA. SO THERE'S A LOT OF FUTURE
CHANGE THAT WE ANTICIPATE. AND HAVING A CORRIDOR STUDY
CREATING A BASELINE WOULD HELP IMPROVE FUTURE DECISIONS AS
DEVELOPERS COME IN. >> P. Eklund: THAT EXPLAINS
REDWOOD, WHAT ABOUT SAN MARIN. >> SAN MARIN WAS CREATED THIS
FISCAL YEAR AS PART OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET.
THE REASON IT CAME ABOUT IS THERE USED TO BE FIVE SEPARATE
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECTS IN THE CIP FROM YEAR
TO YEAR. AND THREE OF THEM WERE
INDEPENDENT INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.
THE WESTERN MOST ONE WAS NOVATO BOULEVARD AT SN MARIN DRIVE
AND I THINK SANKAR LOS WAS ONE OF THEM.
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE THIRD. WHAT WE REALIZED IS THERE'S
SEVERAL FACTORS THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, SUCH AS
THE POTENTIAL FOR WATER UTILITY, MARIN WATER,
POTENTIALLY, INSTALLING A PIPELINE DOWN THE ENTIRETY OF
SAN MARIN DRIVE. AND THAT WOULD IMPACT OUR ROLL
OUT OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS AND IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND AND HAVE
A COHESIVE PLAN TO PLAN WHAT WE SHOULD DO ACROSS THE ENTIRE
BOARD RATHER THAN DOING INDEPENDENT CIP'S JUST KIND OF
LOOKING AT EACH OTHER INDEPENDENTLY AND POSSIBLY NOT
HAVING A CENTRAL THEME OR A CENTRAL COHESIVE PLAN TO
IMPROVE THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO
TIE IT ALL TOGETHER, HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE CORRIDOR STUDY SO
THAT WE CAN BRING THE ENTIRE SAN MARIN COMMUNITY TOGETHER,
HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
HAVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMISSIONS AND CITY COUNCIL SO
THAT WE CAN REALLY PLAN OUT WHAT WE WANT SAN MARIN TO LOOK
LIKE, AS THERE ARE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THERE BESIDES A
POTENTIAL PIPELINE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND NORTH OF SAN
MARIN DRIVE, THE NORTHERN REDWOOD BOULEVARD CORRIDOR, IT
ALL IMPACTS SAN MARIN DRIVE. TYING IT ALL TOGETHER TO HAVE A
COHESIVE PLAN TO IMPACT BOTH OUR CIP ROLL OUT AND PRIVATE
DEVELOPMENT SEEMED TO BE THE WISE THING TO DO.
>> P. Eklund: THANK YOU. SO THE ROLAND IS NOT, THE
REDWOOD IS NOT ALL THE WAY FROM ROLAND.
THE REDWOOD IS STARTING HERE AT DELONG AND THEN GOING NORTH, IS
THAT CORRECT? >> YES.
DIABLO. >> P. Eklund: DIABLO THEY SORT
OF MERGE. GOING DOWN TO SAN MARIN?
>> IT WOULD GO PAST SAN MARIN TO THE TERMINUS OF OUR
JURISDICTION. >> P. Eklund: SO WHY DIDN'T WE
CHOOSE THE OTHER SIDE OF REDWOOD?
>> THE SOUTHERN PORTION? >> P. Eklund: UH-HUH.
>> PRIMARY FOCUS OF A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT SEEMS TO BE
DOWNTOWN AND TO THE NORTH. BUT AT THE COUNCIL'S PLEASURE
WE COULD ALTER THE SCOPE. >> P. Eklund: I'M JUST KIND OF
CURIOUS HOW THESE WERE CHOSEN. THE REPORT DIDN'T EXPRESS THAT
AT ALL. AND SO THIS, T ME, JUST SORT
OF CAME OUT OF THE BLUE. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE
REASONS WHY I WAS HVNG, I WAS STRUGGLING WITH IT, BECAUSE
THERE'S SO MANY THINGS WE ARE ENGAGED WITH, THAT WE ARE
STARTING A NEW PROJECT. AND I CAN SEE DOING IT DOWN
HERE JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE ACTIVITY.
I WASN'T SURE HOW SAN MARIN WAS PICKED THOUGH, BUT I CAN
UNDERSTAND IT FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
>> City Manager A. Cunningham: SO YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT WHAT THE
GENESIS WAS OF THE NORTH REDWOOD BOULEVARD CORRIDOR.
THIS CAME OUT OF, YOU ARE CORRECT, A VERY LONG TIME AGO,
2014 GENERAL PLAN UPDATE. >> P. Eklund: I'M VERY MUCH
AWARE OF THAT, AMY. BECAUSE WE HAD A BIG EFFORT WAY
BACK IN THE EARLY 2000'S ON REDWOOD BOULEVARD.
I'M VERY FAMILIAR ABOUT WHAT W DID BACK THERE.
>> City Manager A. Cunningham: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND.
I WAS MAKING SURE THAT OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR COULD BE
REMINDED AS WELL. >> P. Eklund: OH.
ANYWAY. SO 2014 WAS A WHILE AGO.
NOT AS LONG AS SOME OF US, BUT ANYWAY.
SO THAT HELPS ME A LOT ON WHY THOSE TWO WERE PICKED.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME
INPUT, CORRECT? THROUGH LIKE MORE OF A WORKSHOP
FORMAT, OR MORE INFORMAL AND NOT NECESSARILY AT THE DAIS
HERE. WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE INPUT ON
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON REDWOOD BULEVARD AND ON SAN
MARIN? CORRECT?
>> WE INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE AT LEAST TWO CUNCIL PRESENTATIONS
AND THE FORMAT AT WHICH WE WOULD DEFINITELY WORK WITH THE
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO DO IT IN A MANNER THAT PLEASES
COUNCIL. >> P. Eklund: I THINK, IN MY
OPINION, IT WOULD BE MORE LIKE A WORKSHOP, RATHER THAN SITTING
UP HERE AT THE DAIS AND PROVIDING DIRECTION.
I JUST THINK, WE DO BETTER SOMETIMES BY BRAINSTORMING.
AND THAT'S NT NECESSARILY THE PURPOSE OF A CITY COUNCIL
MEETING. >> City Manager A. Cunningham:
I CAN CERTAINLY TALK TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT YOUR
PREFERENCES ARE AND MAKE SURE STAFF HAS THE INFORMATION AND
YOUR IDEAS TO INCLUDE IN THAT. >> P. Eklund: OR WE COULD HAVE
A WORKSHOP AND THOSE COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE
INTERESTED CAN PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
>> City Manager A. Cunningham: I WILL BE HAPPY TO ASK THE
COUNCILMEMBERS IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN A WORKSHOP OR TWO
BY TWO BY ONE'S AS THE MAYOR SUGGESTED OR SOME OTHER FORMAT.
>> P. Eklund: YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO
HAVE INPUT. THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Farac: ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO OPEN IT TO PUBLIC
COMMENT. I DON'T HAVE ANY YELLOW CARDS.
LAURA, ANYONE ONLINE WITH A RAISED HAND?
>> Clerk: NO RAISED HANDS. >> P. Eklund: I WOULD LIKE TO
MOVE THE ITEM. >> SECOND.
>> Mayor Farac: LAURA, CALL THE VOTE?
>> EKLUND? >> P. Eklund: AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KARKAL? >> S. Karkal: AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'CONNOR? >> T. O'Connor: AYE.
>> Clerk: MAYOR PRO TEM JACOBS? >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: AYE.
>> Clerk: AND MAYOR FARAC? >> Mayor Farac: AYE.
ALL RIGHT NOW MOVING TO G9. COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND, YOU
PULLED THAT ONE AS WELL? >> P. Eklund: I DIDN'T PULL G9.
I PULLED G11. >> Mayor Farac: YOU SAID G9.
>> P. Eklund: I DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY G9.
I WILL MOVE G9. >> T. O'Connor: I'LL SECOND.
>> P. Eklund: I DIDN'T HAVE IT CIRCLED.
>> Mayor Farac: LAURA, CAN YOU TAKE VOTE FOR G9?
>> [ ROLL CALL ] >> Mayor Farac: THAT PASSES.
SO G19, I WILL ASK MY COLLEAGUE, OR G12 I WILL ASK MY
COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER KARKAL. >> P. Eklund: I PULLED G11 AND
WE PASSED IT. --
>> Mayor Farac: YOU SAID G9 AND WE ALREADY VOTED ON G11.
YOU CAN REWATCH THE VIDEO BUT YOU DID SAY G9.
I'M SORRY, BUT WE ALREADY VOTED ON IT.
>> S. Karkal: IF WE AE MOVING TO ITEM G12 I WOULD LIKE TO
RECUSE MYSELF AND I WILL BE LEAVING THE ROOM HERE.
>> Mayor Farac: THANKS. G12, I WAS INTERESTED IN THIS
AND COUNCILMEMBER O'CONNOR WAS, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR UP TO START OF JUST KIND OF
CLARIFYING SOME QUESTIONS AND WHOEVER HAS QUESTIONS CAN ASK.
>> City Manager A. Cunningham: AS HE IS COMING UP, I JUST WANT
TO SAY THIS IS A MASSIVE PROJECT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT MULTIPLE TIMES BUT WE ARE
GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT IT AGAIN.
AND IF AT THE END OF YOUR QUESTIONS IT HASN'T COME UP
YET, THERE'S A BREAKING PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT CAME ABOUT
AT 3:00 TODAY, THERE IS A BID PROTEST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS,
WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT ALSO.
IF IT WASN'T COMING UP IN YOUR QUESTIONS, PLEASE, WE WOULD
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT IT AT THE END.
>> Mayor Farac: THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I WOULD LIKE TO START BY SAYING THAT WE ARE REALLY EXCITED IN
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, A IS CO THE ENTIRE CITY TO MOVE
THIS PROJECT FORWARD. AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THE
PROJECT NUMBER, 01-004 MEANS IT WAS CREATED BACK IN 2001.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THROUGHOUT
THE LAST 25 YEARS THAT HAVE PUSHED THE PROJECT MUCH OUTSIDE
THE CONTROL OF THE CITY BUT WE ARE FINALLY AT A MOMENTOUS
STAGE WHERE WE ARE READY TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION.
THAT MEANS A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE FROM ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEWS TO STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS TO PLAN CHANGES TO MULTIPLE,
MULTIPLE COUNCIL MEETINGS ACROSS DECADES AT THIS POINT.
AND TO BE ABLE TO JOIN THE TEAM LATE IN THE GAME AND RIDE ON
EVERYBODY'S COAT TAILS, I'M SO EXCITED TO BE MOVING THIS
FORWARD WITH OUR PROJECT TEAM. SO WE ARE JOINED TONIGHT BY THE
PROJECT MANAGER. WE HAVE THE DESIGN ENGINEER
ONLINE TO ADDRESS ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT COME UP
AND ALSO OUR NEWLY-HIRED CONSULTING PROJECT MANAGER FOR
THE PROJECT. VERY EAGER TO BE BRINGING THIS
FORWARD, IT WILL BE ANOTHER 24 MONTHS OF DIRT, DUST, NOISE.
I REALIZE THE COMMUNITY HAS DEALT WITH A LOT AS PG&E AND
THE PRIVATE UTILITIES HAVE BEEN DOING THEIR UNDERGROUNDING WORK
FOR YEARS NOW BUT WE HAVE LEARNED AND WATCHED AND INTEND
TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BETTER, HAVE
BETTER TRAFFIC CONTROL, BE LESS DISRUPTIVE AND GVE WELL IN
ADVANCE NOTICE WHEN THERE'S GOING TO BE MAJOR DISRUPTIONS
TO THE TRAFFIC ALONG NOVATO BOULEVARD.
WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FINAL PRODUCT.
IT'S GOING TO BE AN ADDITION OF A CENTER LANE TO THE MIDDLE, AN
ADDITION OF BIKE LANES ON BOTH SIDES AND SIDEWALKS ON BOTH
SIDES. SO WE ARE DRASTICALLY
INCREASING SAFETY IN THAT CORRIDOR FOR ALL MODES OF
TRANSPORTATION AND TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE THAT IN OUR DOWNTOWN
CORRIDOR SO CLOSE TO SO MANY AMENITIES AND JUST A BLOCK AWAY
FROM THE BUS DEPOT, A COUPLE BLOCKS FROM DOWNTOWN, THIS IS
GOING TO BE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT FOR THE CITY.
WITH THAT, STAFF I AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
>> Mayor Farac: COUNCILMEMBER O'CONNOR?
>> T. O'Connor: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
SO FIRST I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT'S BEEN
PUT INTO THIS PROJECT. THIS IS PART OF THE REASON I
WAS GOING TO PULL IT AS WELL. I GUESS I WILL START WITH THE
ISSUE YOU BROUGHT UP AT THE END, YOU ARE ABLE TO SHARE SOME
DETAILS AROUND THE BID PROTEST? >> YES.
SO THE BID PROTESTS WERE DUE TODAY.
WE RECEIVED ONE FORMAL BID PROTEST AT 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON,
IT'S BEEN REFERRED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO REVIEW AND
STAFF IS ALREADY WORKING ON A RESPONSE.
THE LOWEST AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER ACCORDING TO THE IITIAL
LOOK HAS ALSO PROVIDED THEIR RESPONSE ALREADY, SO WE INTEND
TO MOVE ON TIS RAPIDLY TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S MERIT TO
THE PROTEST, AND IF SO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BOTH MAKING THE
CHANGES. IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN WE WOULD
BE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL. >> T. O'Connor: THANK YOU.
ONE QUESTION, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH EACH AGENCY IS
CONTRIBUTING TO THIS PROJECT ?* >> YES.
I'M GOING TO QUEUE UP MY TEAM MEMBERS TO BRING SPECIFIC
NUMBERS FOR THE AMENDED AMOUNTS. BUT WHAT'S BEING BROUGHT
FORWARD TO YOU TONIGHT IS SPECIFIC TO THE EXISTING
FINANCIAL FUNDING AGREEMENTS. FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO
MIGHT BE TUNING IN, THIS IS NOT JUST A CITY OF NOVATO PROJECT,
WE HAVE NOVATO SANITARY DISTRICT WHO IS JOINING ON THIS
PROJEKTS AND THE NORTH MARIN WATER DISTRICT.
THE AMOUNTS THAT WERE AGREED UPON AND VOTED ON BY THE
RESPECTED ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE ...
PAGE 3, THERE WE GO. $4,574,638 IS DEDICATED BY
NOVATO SANITARY DISTRICT. AND THEN $2,482,000 IS
DEDICATED BY NORTH MARIN WATER DISTRICT.
THESE AMOUNTS WERE BASED ON ENGINEERS' ESTIMATES.
THEY TOOK THE ESTIMATES TO THE RESPECTED COUNCILS THEY WERE
VOTED ON AND THERE WERE FUNDING AGREEMENT THAT'S WERE BROUGHT
TO THE CITY YEARS AGO. NOW WE FIND OURSELVES IN A
POSITION WHERE THE BIDS CAME IN. THE CITY OF NOVATO'S PORTION
CAME IN UNDER OUR ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE.
THE SANITARY DISTRICT AND THE WATER DISTRICTS BOTH HAD THE
BIDS COME IN FROM THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER COME IN
ABOVE THEIR AGREED UPON FUNDING LEVELS.
SO WHAT WE ARE DOING AT THIS POINT, THE ITEM TONIGHT IS ONLY
ACKNOWLEDGING THE ALREADY AGREED UPON AMOUNT.
THE SANITARY DISTRICT HAS ALREADY AMENDED THEIR, THEY ARE
IN THE PROCESS OF AMENDING THEIR BUDGETED AMOUNT AND WE
WILL HAVE AN AMENDED AGREEMENT TO REFLECT THE DELTA.
THE NORTH MARIN WATER DISTRICT IS GOING TO THEIR COUNCIL THIS
WEEK TO DO A SIMILAR AMENDMENT. ONCE THOSE AMOUNTS ARE SIGNED
AND SEALED BY BOTH DISTRICTS, WE WILL HAVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT
TO REFLECT THE CHANGES IN OUR BUDGET.
SO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THIS ITEM TONIGHT DOESN'T TAKE INTO
ACCOUNT THE FUTURE MONIES THAT WE ARE EXPECTING TO BE ADDED TO
IT. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A FUTURE
BUDGET AMENDMENT WHICH WE WOULD ENCUMBER IT ALL.
>> T. O'Connor: ARE THE NUMBERS YOU SHARED THIS EVENING ARE
THOSE GOING FOR REVIEW AT THOSE BOARDS RIGHTED NOW OR ARE THOSE
THE INITIAL? >> THE INITIAL.
>> T. O'Connor: DO YOU HAVE THE REVISED ONES BY ANY CHANCE?
>> WE DO. AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEM
TO YOU QUICKLY. >> T. O'Connor: I CAN ASK SOME
OTHER QUESTIONS WHILE YOU ARE LOOKING INTO THAT, IF THAT'S
HELPFUL. ONE RELATED QUESTION I HAVE IS
PG&E HAS BEEN DOING CONSTRUCTION DOWN THERE FOR A
WHILE. I KNOW NORMALLY WE WOULD ASK
THE PEOPLE TO REPAVE THE PAVEMENT AND RESTORE TO THE
CONDITION THEY FOUND IT IN. I'M ASSUMING IN THIS INSTANCE
WE ASKED FOR SOME OFFSET INSTEAD OF DOING THAT.
IS THAT CORRECT? ARE THEY CONTRIBUTING ANYTHING
THAT WOULD BE PAID TOWARD THE PROJECT?
>> SO PG&E SCOPE OF WORK I WILL BE INTRO DOUSING OUR SENIOR
ENGINEER, ELISA SARLATTE. LARGELY FUNDED BY PG&E OR THE
CPUC CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION RULE 20 A
FUNDING, EVEN THOUGH I WAS A PUBLIC UTILITY DOING WORK ON
OUR RIGHT OF WAY, THE CITY OF NOVATO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR
QUITE A LOT OF IT AND I BELIEVE NOT DOING FULL RESTVATION IN
ANTICIPATION OF A FULL RECONSTRUCTION OF ROADWAY AS
PART OF THAT PROCESS. SO THE SEWER DISTRICT'S TOTAL
AMOUNT IS $4,650,174. NO, SORRY.
HANG ON. >> P. Eklund: THAT'S THE
SANITARY DISTRICT? >> YES.
>> I HAVE TO. WRONG NUMBERS.
PLEASE REDACT THAT. SO SEWER DISTRICT'S DELTA, THE
ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT THEY SOUGHT FROM THEIR ELECTED BODY
IS $149,251. >> T. O'Connor: WHICH BRINGS
THE TOTAL TO -- >> P. Eklund: YOU ARE GOING WAY
TOO FAST FOR ME TO WRITE IT DOWN.
YOU WILL HAVE TO SAY IT AGAIN OP MY TURN.
>> T. O'Connor: IF YOU COULD TELL ME WHAT THE FINAL TOTAL IS
FOR EACH ENTITY, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> AGREED. WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.
>> T. O'Connor: WHILE THEY ARE PUTTING THAT TOGETHER, ONE LAST
QUESTION, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE IS?
>> SURE. OUR CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE
SANITARY DISTRICT IS EAGER TO START.
WE BELIEVE THEY WILL BE BREAKING GROUND IN LATE
SEPTEMBER. AND IT'S A 24-MONTH TIMELINE.
SANITARY DISTRICT HAS THE DEEPEST AND FIRST PIPE THAT
WILL BE REPLACED ALONG WITH LATERALS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
RIGHT OF WAY. THE WATER DISTRICT WILL GO NEXT
AND THE CITY WILL FOLLOW WITH NOT JUST THE ROADWAY BUT IT
WILL BE REFORMATTING THE ENTIRE STORM WATER SYSTEM AND NEW
GUTTER AND ROADWAY AS WELL. >> T. O'Connor: THANK YOU.
I CAN WAIT FOR ANSWERS IF ANYONE HAS OTHER QUESTIONS.
>> Mayor Farac: I TALKED TO OUR PG&E REPRESENTATIVE TODAY AND
HE SAID ALL THE WORK, DEPENDING ON THE RAIN WILL BE DONE IN
LIKE NOVEMBER. SO CAN YOU GUYS DO IT AT THE
SAME TIME? >> SO PG&E'S SCOPE OF WORK, WE
BELIEVE THEY ARE AMOST ENTIRELY DONE WITHIN THE NOVATO
BOULEVARD RIGHT OF WAYMENT AND THEY ARE CONTINUING WORK IN THE
DIABLO INTERSECTION TO THE CREEK WHERE THERE'S A BRIDGE ON
DIABLO TO TAKE THEIR UTILITIES ACROSS THE CREEK.
>> Mayor Farac: GOTCHA. OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE.
THAT'S WHY IT WAS BLOCKED OFF TODAY WHEN I CAME HERE.
>> SO THANKFULLY THE ANSWER IS YES, WE DO BELIEVE WE CAN WORK
CONCURRENTLY. >> Mayor Farac: AMAZING.
OKAY. >> P. Eklund: SO WHILE THEY ARE
FIGURING OUT, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT, AND JUST STATE IT A
LITTLE BIT SLOWER, WHAT ARE THE IMPROVEMENTS WE WILL SEE ON
NOVATO BOULEVARD BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE HAVE RECEIVED A
PRESENTATION ON THIS FOR A WHILE.
>> SURE. >> P. Eklund: IN FACT, I'M NOT
SURE WE HAVE GOTTEN, WELL. IN THE FUTURE I THINK IT WOULD
BE VERY HELPFUL FOR US, ESPECIALLY A MAJOR ROAD LIKE
THIS WE SHOULD HAVE A PRESENTATION BEFORE THE COUNCIL
SO THAT THE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE
EXPECTING. SO WHAT ARE THE IMPROVEMENTS?
>> SO I WILL START UNDERGROUND AND THEN GO ABOVE GROUND, IF
THAT'S FAIR. >> P. Eklund: OKAY.
>> TE SANITARY SEWER DSTRICT IS REPLACING LATERAL
CONNECTIONS. SO FROM THE HOMES TO THE CENTER
OF THE ROAD WHERE THERE'S A TRUNK LINE.
AND THAT'S A PIECE OF AGING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE
DISTRICT WANTED TO REPLACE AND IT LINED UP WELL WITH OUR
TIMELINE. SO GETTING THEIR WORK DONE
FIRST IS THE MOST SENSIBLE PORTION OF IT.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE ALONG THAT
CORRIDOR . FEWER INFLOW AND INFILTRATION
EVENTS, IF THERE'S ANY OVERFLOWS, THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT WOULD GREATLY HELP WITH THAT PROCESS.
SECOND, THE WATER DISTRICT IS DOING SIMILAR.
WATER LINE REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS ALSO TAKING IT TO
THE HOUSE OR TO THE METER BOXES. AND THEN ON EITHER SIDE OF THE
ROAD, THE WAY IT CURRENTLY EXISTS, NOVATO BOULEVARD
LARGELY SHEET FLOWS TO EITHER SIDE.
WE WILL B COLLECTING THAT STORM WATER IN A NEW
UNDERGROUND PIPE SYSTEM. THERE WILL BE NEW STORM WATER
PIPES, CATCH BASINS INSTALLED AND A CURB AND GUTTER SYSTEM TO
RESTRICT FLOW OF THE WATER OUT TO THE PROPERTIES AND WE HAVE A
MAJOR IMPROVEMENT FOR STORM WATER COLLECTION.
>> P. Eklund: SO IT STORM WATER JUST GOING TO GO DOWN IN THE
DRAIN OR ARE WE GOING TO TRY TO USE THE STORM WATER IN THE
ADJACENT AREAS? >> I BELIEVE THERE ARE
MITIGATION MEASURES AS PART OF THIS PROJEKTS.
IF WE WANT TO ASK OUR PROJECT MANAGER ELISA SARLATTE ABOUT
THAT. >> P. Eklund: I KNOW THE EPA
AND STATE WATER BOARD IS REALLY ENCOURAGING THE USE OF STORM
WATER. >> HI, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL,
THE PROJECT DOES HAVE QUITE A FEW BIO RETENTION FACILITIES
WHICH IS WHERE WE PUT THE STORM WATER IN A VEGETATED AREA.
>> P. Eklund: YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE BIO RETENTION CENTERS THEN?
>> YES, WE ARE ACTUALLY BUILDING BIO RETENTION NOT JUST
TO TREAT THE NEW PAVEMENT BUT QUITE A FEW AREAS OF EXISTING
PAVEMENT AND WE HAVE CREATED SUBSTANTIALLY MORBI YO
RETENTION THAN WHAT IS REQUIRED. >> P. Eklund: GREAT.
SO WHAT PERCENTAGE WOULD YOU SAY OF TE STORM WATER WOULD BE
REUSED,VERSUS DISCHARGED INTO THE SYSTEM FOR DISPOSAL?
>> IT'S NOT NECESSARILY REUSED BUT IT'S ALLOWED TO INFILTRATE
BACK INTO THE EARTH SO IT'S NOT GOING INTO THE CREEKS.
>> P. Eklund: OKAY. >> THERE ARE SILL SOME
PORTIONS, MOSTLY THE EXISTING PORTIONS DOWN NEAR GRANT AVENUE
THAT ARE STILL COLLECTED AND DISCHARGED BUT THOSE PORTIONS
BY DIABLO UNTIL PROBABLY 7th STREET MOST WILL BE CAPTURED
AND PUT INTO THE BIO RETENTIONS AND THEN ONLY DURING THE LARGER
RAIN EVENTS WHERE THOSE BIO RETENTIONS CAN'T ABSORB ANY
MORE WATER WLL THAT GO INTO THE CREEK.
>> P. Eklund: OKAY, HOW MANY THE SURFACE NOW.
HOW MANY LANES AND WHAT WILL BE DOWN THE MDDLE AND ARE YOU
GOING TO HAVE OBVIOUSLY SIDEWALKS, BUT BIKE LANES, I'M
ASSUMING. IF YOU COULD GO THROUGH WHAT'S
ON THE SURFACE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> SURE. WE ARE GOING TO ADD SIDEWALKS
IN PORTIONS OF NOVATO BOULEVARD WHERE THERE CURRENTLY ARE NOT
SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.
WE WILL BE REPLACING SOME SEGMENT THAT'S ARE WORN OUT,
CRACKED ALONG THE PORTIONS THAT HAVE EXISTING SIDEWALK.
WE WILL BE UPGRADING ALL OF THE CURB RAMPS TO MEET A.D.A.
STANDARDS. WE WILL BE ADDING BIKE LANES
THROUGHOUT THE FULL LENGTH FROM DIABLO TO GRANT ON BOTH SIDES
OF THE STREET. AND THEN A FULL TRAFFIC LANE IN
EITHER DIRECTION WITH SHARED TRAFFIC LANES SO THEY WON'T BE
STOPPING IN THE TROUGH LANE CREATING TRAFFIC SLOWING THINGS
DOWN. >> P. Eklund: THREE LANES THEN.
>> THREE LANES ACROSS NOW. FROM DIABLO ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
>> P. Eklund: SO THE CENTER LINE WILL BE THE TURN LANE.
WHAT ABOUT STOP LIGHTS? >> WE ARE REDOING THE
INTERSECTIONS O 7th, GRANT AND DIABLO TO MAKE THOSE BETTER
SERVICE. WE DID A TAFFIC STUDY AS PART
OF THE E.I.R. AND WE ARE UPGRADING THE SIGNALS WITH
CAMERAS AND UPDATED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING FACILITIES AND WE CAN
ALSO CONTROL AND MODIFY THOSE SIGNALS AS TRAFFIC EVOLVES, AS
BICYCLE USE CHANGES. >> P. Eklund: GREAT.
SO YOU'RE NOT ADDING NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS THEN?
>> WE'RE NOT ADDING NEW SIGNALS BUT WE ARE REPLACING A LOT OF
THE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE. >> P. Eklund: ANYTHING THAT IS
SOLAR BASED? LIKE ARE ANY OF THOSE LIGHTS
GOING TO BE SOLAR? >> THE LIGHTS ARE CONNECTED
WITH PG&E. I DON'T KNOW IF THE CAMERA
COMPONENTS HAVE THE SOLAR ON THEM OR NOT.
I'M NOT QUITE INTO THE SPECIFICS BUT THEY ARE WITH
WHAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THOSE CAN BE INTERCHANGEABLE. >> P. Eklund: OKAY.
SO HAVE WE LOOKED AT USING SOLAR POWERED STREETLIGHTS IN
THE FUTURE, OR IT HASN'T REALLY ADVANCED TO DO THAT YET?
>> WE DIDN'T LOOK AT IT ON THIS PROJECT.
WE LOOKED AT USING WHAT IS EXISTING UP GRATING FACILITIES
TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE REST OF THE CITY.
>> P. Eklund: OKAY, ARE YOU GOING TO BE LOOKING AT POSSIBLE
MORE SOLAR IN THE FUTURE? >> I THINK FOR THE PURPOSES OF
THIS, YEAH. PUBLIC WORKS IS ALWAYS LOOKING
TO NEW TECHNOLOGIES. FOR STREETLIGHTS IT WAS
APPROXIMATELY 4-5 YEARS AGO CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A
STREETLIGHT STANDARD. AND THERE'S SPECIFICATIONS THAT
COUNCIL ADOPTED THAT CALLS OUT SPECIFIC TYPE OF STREETLIGHT.
I TINK TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS AGO WE BROUGHT FORWARD AN ITEM
TO PUT IN NEW STREETLIGHTS IN THE PACHECO VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD.
SOLAR WASN'T PART OF THE SPEC, HOWEVER STAFF IS ALWAYS WILLING.
WE LOVE SOLAR. IT'S A RENEWABLE RESOURCE AND
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE REDUNDANCY. USUALLY HAVE A SOLAR PANEL AND
AN INDEPENDENT BATTERY PACK. IT WOULD FOLLOW WHEN POWER
OUTAGES OCCUR THAT THE STREETLIGHTS WOULD STILL
CONTINUE TO OPERATE. IF THE FUNDING PROVIDES AND THE
TECHNOLOGY BECOMES AFFORDABLE ENOUGH, THEN I BELIEVE THAT'S A
GREAT PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR THE FUTURE.
>> P. Eklund: OKAY, APPRECIATE THAT.
AND THANK YOU FOR GOING ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND AGAIN, IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR US, AT LEAST FOR
ME, ANYWAY, TO GET A PRESENTATION, ESPECIALLY ON A
MAJOR THOROUGHFARE LIKE THAT TO THE COUNCIL SO THE PEOPLE WILL
KNOW TOO THAT IT'S COMING. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT DON'T KNOW THIS IS COMING, SO IT'S GOING TO BE FUN.
THANK YOU. >> Mayor Farac: MAYOR PRO TEM
JACOBS? >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: DID WE
GET A NEW NUMBER FOR NORTH MARIN WATER DISTRICT TOTAL?
>> YES. THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR
VERIFYING THIS. SO THE NORTH MARIN WATER
DISTRICT'S NEW TOTAL IS $ 2,757,380.
>> P. Eklund: I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
>> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: THANK YOU.
>> THE OTHER DISTRICT? >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: I GOT
THE SANITARY ALREADY. >> P. Eklund: WHAT IS THE
SANITARY? >> I THOUGHT IT WAS $4,160,754.
>> THE NEW TOTAL IS $4,723,889. >> Mayor Po Tem Jacobs: OKAY,
ONE OTHER QUESTION, YOU WERE SAYING SANITARY WOULD START
NOVEMBER THIS YEAR, PROBABLY BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN PG&E WOULD
BE PROJECTED TO BE DONE BASED ON WEATHER?
>> SANITARY HOPES TO BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER.
>> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: SEPTEMBER.
ALONG WITH PG&E FINISHING UP THEIRS?
>> THERE CAN BE OVERLAP. >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: OKAY.
WITH NORTH MARIN WATER COMING IN, WHEN DO WE ANTICIPATE
PAVING THE STREET AND BEING DONE?
>> THE TOTAL PROJECT IS LOOKING AT A 24-MONTH TIMELINE.
>> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: 24 MONTH TOTAL FROM NOW?
>> FROM MOBILEIZATION. SO FOM SEPTEMBER.
SO SEPTEMBER 2028. >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: OKAY,
THANK YOU. >> P. Eklund: AND ANOTHER
QUESTION, IS THAT IN HERE, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A PROVISION
THAT IF THE ACTUALITY FOR SANITARY AND WATER WAS HIGHER
THAN WHAT WAS PROJECTED THAT WE WOULD SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE.
IS THAT STILL PART OF THE DEAL OR NOT?
OR DID I GET IT WRONG? >> I BELIEVE BOTH THE DISTRICTS
HAVE THEIR OWN RESPECTIVE CONTINGENCIES.THERE ARE SOME
SHARED COSTS FOR THE PROJECT THAT WE CAN GO DOWN THAT ROAD,
THERE'S MORE THAN JUST THE BOTTOM NUMBER FROM EACH OF THEM.
BUT IF THE PROJECT CSTS GO ABOVE AND IT'S ATTRIBUTABLE TO
A SPECIFIC DISTRICT, THEN THAT ENTITY WOULD UTILIZE THEIR
CONTINGENCY FUNDS THEY HAVE SET ASIDE FOR THE PROJECT.
>> P. Eklund: OF THEIR FUNDS. WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY
ANYTHING? >> THE AGREEMENTS STATE THAT IF
IT'S ATTRIBUTABLE TO THEIR PROJECT THEY WOULD BE PAYING
FOR IT. SO JUST LIKE RIGHT NOW, THERE'S
A BUDGET AMENDMENT AT THE SANITARY DISTRICT JUST VOTED ON
AND APPROVED. MUCH LIKE WE WOULD DO, THEY
WOULD DO THE SAME IF THEIR COSTS ROSE IN THE PROJECT AND
IT'S ATTRIBUTABLE JUST TO THE SANITARY PORTION OF THE PROJECT
I BELIEVE THEY WOULD BE DOING THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE ARE.
>> P. Eklund: OKAY, BCAUSE I DIDN'T AGREE WHEN I READ THE
STAFF REPORT WHERE IT SAID IF IT ENDED UP COSTING MORE WE
WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT AND I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS
APPROPRIATE AT ALL. SO, I'M JUST CONFIRMING AGAIN.
WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING FOR SEWER OR WATER FOR ANY OF
THEIR WORK, PERIOD. THEY HAVE TO DO IT ALL?
>> THEY, FUNDING AGREEMENTS THEY HAVE, I WANT TO SAY YES,
HOWEVER. IN A SIMPLE SENSE, YES, YOU ARE
CORRECT. IF IT'S THEIR PROCESS AND THEIR
PROJECT, THEY WOULD BE PAYING FOR IT.
HOWEVER, THE PROJECT FUNDING AGREEMENTS DO HAVE SPECIFIC
ITEMS THAT WE ALL HAVE SHARED COSTS IN.
SUCH AS M.O.T., TRAFFIC, MOBILIZING TRAFFIC CONTROLS.
THAT'S A COST THAT HAPPENS ON A DAILY BASIS.
IT WAS A POINT OF DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE DISTRICTS AND THE
CITY. HOW DOES THAT LOOK?
WE SHARE THE COST I WE ARE ALL THREE WORKING ON OUR
INDEPENDENT PROJECT ON THE SAME DAY BUT SAY ONLY THE SANITARY
DISTRICT AND THE CITY ARE WORKING ON THE RIGHT OF WAY IT
ON A PARTICULAR DAY ONLY THOSE TWO ENTITIES WOULD SHARE THE
COST. SO THERE ARE MEASURES THAT WE
DO SHARE COSTS FOR BUT ANY PART OF AN INDEPENDENT PROJECT OR
SCOPE OF WORK THAT IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO ECH DISTRICT
WOULD BE HANDLED BY THAT DISTRICT.
>> P. Eklund: THAT'S GOT TO BE A LOT OF RECORD KEEPING.
>> YES. AGREED.
>> P. Eklund: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ANSWERING THAT.
>> T. O'Connor: I JUST HAD ONE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
YOU GOT TWO OF THE NUMBERS. YOU WERE GOING TO GET THE PG&E,
CPUC UTILITY COMMISSION NUMBER AS WELL, I BELIEVE.
DO YOU HAVE THAT? >> BY THE SHUFFLING I BELIEVE
THAT STAFF MIGHT HAVE TO GET BACK TO COUNCIL WITH THAT
SPECIFIC NUMBER. >> City Manager A. Cunningham:
WE CAN PUT AN UPDATE WITH THE NEW NUMBERS INTO THE FRIDAY
MEMO. >> T. O'Connor: THAT WOULD BE
HELPFUL. >> City Manager A. Cunningham:
AND THEN OF COURSE WE ALWAYS UPDATE THE WEBSITE.
>> T. O'Connor: THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK FOR A
BUDGET AMENDMENT ANYWAY, WE WILL GET NEW DATA, RIGHT?
>> City Manager A. Cunningham: IT WILL.
WE WILL SEE YOU THEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. >> City Manager A. Cunningham:
DID WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BID PROTEST?
>> T. O'Connor: YOU COULD DO IT AGAIN, BUT HE ALREADY COVERED
IT. >> City Manager A. Cunningham:
NO QUESTIONS THERE? OKAY, GREAT.
>> Myor Farac: ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC COMMENT?
I'M NOT SEEING ANY. ANY ONLINE?
>> Clerk: NO RAISED HANDS ON LINE.
>> Mayor Farac: OKAY, I WILL CLOSE IT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> City Attorney G. Bell:
SORRY, BEFORE A MOTION IS MADE REGARDING THE BID PROTEST, ALL
RIGHT TO APPROVE THIS EVENING SUBJECT TO RESOLUTION OF THE
BID PROTEST BEFORE THE CITY MANAGER SIGNS.
IF FOR SOME REASON WE NEED TO BRING THAT BACK OR SET A
HEARING WE WILL HOLD OFF ON SIGNING IT BUT WE ARE CURRENTLY
REVIEWING IT. >> Mayor Farac: SOUNDS GOOD.
>> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: OKAY. >> Mayor Farac: LAURA, CAN YOU
TAKE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: SORRY, MOTION BY
KEVIN JACOBS AND WHO WAS THE SECOND?
>> T. O'Connor: I'LL SECOND. >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND?
>> P. Eklund: AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER KARKAL IS
RECUSED. COUNCILMEMBER O'CONNOR?
>> T. O'Connor: AYE. >> Clerk: MAYOR PRO TEM JACOBS?
>> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: AYE. >> Clerk: AND MAYOR FARAC?
>> Mayor Farac: AYE. THAT PASSES.
NOW MOVING ON TO ADJOURNMENT. THE NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL
MEETING WILL BE HELD SEPTEMBER 22nd, 2026.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT COUNCIL HAS SOMEONE THEY WOULD LIKE T
ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF? ALL RIGHT, IWOULD LIKE TO
ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF MARY COLLIN MURPHY AND HER DOG.
SHE WAS THE WOMAN, NOVATO RESIDENT WHO WAS HIT LAST NIGHT.
SENDING LOTS OF LVE TO HER FAMILY.
WE SUPPORT HER FAMILY. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.