The City Council met regarding the items listed on the Closed Session Agenda and the City Attorney provided legal counsel on those items.

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1 MINUTES OF JOINT CITY COUNCIL/ CITY COUNCIL AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO DISSOLVED REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING COUNCIL CHAMBERS 901 SHERMAN AVENUE MARCH 13, :30 P.M. A. CONVENE, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Athas Mayor Pro Tem Eklund Councilmember Lucan Councilmember Kellner Councilmember MacLeamy Also Present: City Manager Michael Frank, Assistant City Manager Cathy Capriola, Public Works Director Jason Nutt, Community Services Director Pam Shinault, Planning Manager Elizabeth Dunn, Finance Manager Brian Cochran, Management Analyst Dane Wadlé, Management Analyst Intern Matt Podolin, City Attorney Jeff Walter and Deputy City Clerk Vickie Gerber. B. CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT The City Council met regarding the items listed on the Closed Session Agenda and the City Attorney provided legal counsel on those items. C. CEREMONIAL MATTERS/PRESENTATIONS Proclamation: John Reuscher, Recreation, Cultural and Community Services Advisory Commissioner, was present to receive his proclamation. Proclamation: Arbor Day Observance James Scheid, Cal-Fire Forestry Assistant, San Francisco-North Bay Urban Forestry Program, was present to receive the proclamation. D. APPROVAL OF FINAL AGENDA, WAIVER OF THE READING OF ORDINANCES AND NOTICES OF INTENT Mayor Pro Tem Eklund moved, Seconded by Councilmember MacLeamy, to approve the Final Agenda, Waiver of the Reading of Ordinances and Notices of Completion. The motion was approved unanimously. E. PUBLIC COMMENTS 1. Gail Meyers 2. Tony Perachiotti CC

2 3. Cheryl Paddock 4. Brad Walchii 5. Susan Gilmore 6. Nancy Kenyon/Paula Allen 7. Bernie Meyers 8. Tom MacDonald 9. Mimi Shriver 10. Carol Ann Moore 11. Tracy Powell 12. Jay Strauss F. CONSENT CALENDAR 1. ADOPT CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF JANUARY 17, ADOPT CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF JANUARY 24, ARBOR DAY OBSERVANCE PROCLAMATION Council issued a proclamation recognizing March 7, 2012 as the official day to celebrate Arbor Day in Novato. 4. COUNTY OF MARIN MAJOR CRIMES TASK FORCE JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT REVISED JPA Council adopted Resolution No accepting language revisions to the Marin County Major Crimes Task Force Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement. 5. HAMILTON CAFÉ LEASE AGREEMENT Council authorized the City Manager to execute a Lease Agreement with Erika Lisa Schmidt Petersen for Hamilton Field Building 502 B. 6. COMMENT TO ABAG SUPPORTING A PEER REVIEW OF ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES STRATEGY Council approved a letter to ABAG requesting an independent peer review of economic assumptions associated with the Sustainable Communities Strategy. Councilmember Kellner moved, Seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Eklund, to approve the Consent Calendar. The motion was approved unanimously. G. UNFINISHED AND OTHER BUSINESS No items were listed for this section. CC

3 H. GENERAL BUSINESS 7. MID-YEAR FINANCIAL UPDATE INCLUDING A BUDGET REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2011; AN UPDATE OF THE FIVE-YEAR GENERAL FUND FORECAST; AN UPDATE ON MEASURE F REVENUES; AN UPDATE ON THE 2013/13 BUDGET PROCESS; AND A DISCUSSION OF FISCAL SUSTAINABILTY OPTIONS AND ISSUES Consider information regarding an update on the City s finances after the second quarter of FY 2011/12; an update of the five year General Fund forecast; an update on the Measure F sales tax since the tax began on April 1, 2011; and an update on the 2012/13 budget process and fiscal sustainability discussion. Staff will present a detailed PowerPoint presentation at the Council meeting with additional details. City Manager Frank, Assistant City Manager Capriola, Finance Manager Cochran and Management Analyst Wadlé presented the PowerPoint report and answered questions from Councilmembers. PUBLIC COMMENT 13. Gail Meyers 14. Tom MacDonald Council received the report and agreed to comments and questions to staff prior to the April 17, 2012 Budget Session Workshop on the General Fund. (10-minute recess) I. PUBLIC HEARINGS 8. VALLEY MEMORIAL CEMETERY Consider a Negative Declaration, Master Plan, Precise Development Plan and Design Review for the future build out of the existing Valley Memorial Park Cemetery located at 650 Bugeia Lane. Planner Patterson gave the staff report. Councilmember Kellner moved, Seconded by Councilmember MacLeamy, to adopt Resolution No approving the Negative Declaration. The motion was approved unanimously. Mayor Pro Tem Eklund moved, Seconded by Mayor Athas, to introduce and waive reading of the text of Ordinance No adopting the Master Plan Text and Map in Accordance with the Requirements of the City of Novato Municipal Code, Chapter XIX, and the Conservation and CC

4 Planning Law of the State of California, and to include the revised map in the Master Plan, Precise Development Plan and the Summary Grading and Improvement Plan Map. The motion was approved unanimously. Councilmember MacLeamy moved, Seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Eklund, to adopt Resolution No approving the Precise Development Plan. Mayor Pro Tem Eklund moved to amend the main motion to add a condition recommending that notices be mailed to adjacent neighbors regarding building construction and that a telephone number be provided should they have questions. The amendment to the main motion failed for lack of a second. After the Maker and Seconder agreed to add language to the main motion to include the revised map and to impose the condition that the flood control easement shown in the map would be executed and recorded as a condition to the issuance of the first building permit, the main motion was approved unanimously. Councilmember Lucan moved, Seconded by Councilmember Kellner, to adopt Resolution approving the Valley Memorial Park Design Review. The motion was approved unanimously. 9. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) APPLICATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FY Consider adopting a resolution recommending Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR TO THE Marin County Board of Supervisors for the Novato Planning Area. Management Analyst Intern Podolin gave the staff report. Mayor Pro Tem Eklund moved, Seconded by Mayor Athas, to adopt Resolution No Recommending Community Development Block Grant Funding for Fiscal Year to the Marin County Board of Supervisors for the Novato Planning Area. The motion was approved unanimously. 10. PROHIBITION OF EXCAVATION STREET RESURFACING OR RECONSTRUCTION , CIP NO A. Consider holding a public hearing for the ordering of prohibition of excavation in the traveled way of Rose Street, Apollo Court and Fifth Street between Grant Avenue and Vallejo Avenue, for the Street Resurfacing or Reconstruction project, CIP No pursuant to Chapter of the City of Novato Municipal Code. CC

5 B. Consider adopting a resolution that overrules all protests and prohibits excavation upon final completion of the paving in the traveled way of the streets identified. Public Works Director Nutt gave the staff report and responded to questions. Councilmember MacLeamy moved, Seconded by Councilmember Kellner, to hold a public hearing for the ordering of prohibition of excavation in the traveled way of Rose Street, Apollo Court and Fifth Street between Grant Avenue and Vallejo Avenue, for the Street Resurfacing or Reconstruction project, and to adopt Resolution No overruling all protests and prohibiting excavation upon final completion of the paving in the traveled way of the streets identified. The motion was approved unanimously. H. GENERAL BUSINESS (continued) 11. APPOINTMENTS TO THE OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR FORMER NOVATO REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Consider request to appoint City Manager, Michael Frank, and Senior Planner, Steve Marshall, to serve as the City s representatives on the Oversight Board of the Novato Successor Agency per the requirements of AB X1 26 until July 1, Management Analyst Wadlé gave the staff report. Councilmember Kellner moved, Seconded by Councilmember Lucan, to approve the request to appoint City Manager Frank and Senior Planner Marshall as the City s representatives on the Oversight Board of the Novato Successor Agency. The motion was approved unanimously. J. COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES AND BOARDS (CCBs) APPOINTMENTS There were no appointments made to boards, commissions or committees. K. COUNCILMEMBER/CITY MANAGER REPORTS Councilmember reports on conferences and meetings, as needed (3 minutes maximum per Councilmember report). Mayor Pro Tem Eklund reported she attended the Housing Methodology Committee for the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and preliminary figures were released last week showing Novato was doing well with its methodology. Councilmember Keller announced that Ken Kirkey, ABAG s Planning Director, would give a presentation regarding Sustainable Communities Strategy at the Marin County Council of Mayors and Councilmembers meeting on March 28, She said that questions for the speaker CC

6 could be sent to Gary Lyon, Mayor of Mill Valley, or to Councilmember Kellner, prior to the meeting; Marin Transit s new Novato Transit Service Map and Schedules reflecting enhanced access to service areas in Novato was distributed; the North Bay Division, League of California Cities meeting, will be held April 19, 2012 in Healdsburg where David Jones, advocate for the California Redevelopment Association, will speak about The Future of Local Economic Development. M. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 9:45 p.m., in honor of our fallen troops. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing minutes were duly and regularly adopted at a regular meeting of the Novato City Council. Sheri Hartz, City Clerk CC