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Home My WebLink AboutCCSA Minutes 2020-08-03 MINUTES SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL – MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2020 REGULAR MEETING AT 7:00 P.M. Telephone: (669) 900-9128, ID: 859-7732-5943# CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) ADVISORY NOTICE In response to Executive Order N-29-20, the City of San Rafael will no longer offer an in-person meeting location for the public to attend. This meeting will be streamed through YouTube Live at www.youtube.com/cityofsanrafael. Comments submitted via YouTube Live must be submitted according to the directions located on the YouTube video description. The City is not responsible for any interrupted service. To ensure the City Council receives your comments, submit written comments to the City Clerk prior to the meeting. For more information regarding real-time public comments, please visit our Live Commenting Pilot page at https://www.cityofsanrafael.org/live-commenting-pilot/. Want to listen to the meeting and comment in real-time over the phone? Call the telephone number listed on this agenda and dial the Meeting ID when prompted. Feel free to contact the City Clerk’s office at 415-485- 3066 or by email to lindsay.lara@cityofsanrafael.org if you have any questions. Any member of the public who needs accommodations should contact the City Clerk (email lindsay.lara@cityofsanrafael.org or phone at 415-485-3066) who will use their best efforts to provide reasonable accommodations to provide as much accessibility as possible while also maintaining public safety in accordance with the City procedure for resolving reasonable accommodation requests. Present: Mayor Phillips Vice Mayor Colin Councilmember Bushey Councilmember Gamblin Councilmember McCullough Absent: None Also Present: City Manager Jim Schutz City Attorney Rob Epstein City Clerk Lindsay Lara OPEN SESSION - (669) 900-9128, MEETING ID 851-2675-0545# - 5:30 PM 1. Mayor Phillips announced Closed Session items. CLOSED SESSION - (669) 900-9128, MEETING ID: 851-2675-0545#- 5:30 PM 2. Closed Session: a. Conference with Labor Negotiators; Government Code Section 54957.6 Agency Designated Representatives: (Jim Schutz, Cristine Alilovich, Diana Bishop) Employee Organization: San Rafael Police Association, San Rafael Police Mid-Managers Association b. Conference with Real Property Negotiators Government Code Section 54956.8 Property: 815 C Street and 855 C Street Agency negotiators: Ethan Guy; Gerald Ramiza, Special Counsel; Elizabeth Seifel, Real Estate Advisor Page 2 of 4 Negotiating parties: Centertown Associates Ltd. Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment of Ground Lease Option REGULAR MEETING - VIRTUAL MEETING Telephone: (669) 900-9128, ID: 859-7732-5943# Mayor Phillips called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. and invited City Clerk Lindsay Lara to call the roll. All members of the City Council were present. City Clerk Lindsay Lara informed the community the meeting would be streamed live to YouTube and members of the public would provide public comment either on the telephone or through YouTube live chat. She explained the process for community participation through the telephone and on YouTube. City Attorney Rob Epstein announced that no reportable action was taken in Closed Session CITY MANAGER’S REPORT: 3. City Manager’s Report: City Manager Jim Schutz provided updates on: • the Police Department’s use of force policy • COVID-19 and the City’s response • Dining Under the Lights • Coronavirus at San Quentin Mayor Phillips commented on the City Manager’s Report OPEN TIME FOR PUBLIC EXPRESSION – 7:00 PM Mayor Phillips invited public comment; however, there was none CONSENT CALENDAR: Mayor Phillips invited public comment on the Consent Calendar; however, there was none Councilmember Colin moved and Councilmember Bushey seconded to approve the Consent Calendar 4. Consent Calendar Items: a. Approval of Minutes Approve Minutes of City Council / Successor Agency Regular Meeting of Monday, July 20, 2020 (CC) Approved minutes as submitted b. Nine-Year, One-Quarter Percent Transactions and Use Tax Ballot Measure Report on the City Attorney’s Impartial Analysis of the San Rafael Transactions and Use Tax ballot measure on the November 3, 2020 General Municipal Election Ballot; and Authorize Mayor Phillips and/or His Designee to Prepare an Argument in Favor of the Measure and to Prepare a Rebuttal Argument in Opposition to Any Arguments Against the Measure, to be Published in the Ballot Materials for the November 3, 2020 General Municipal Election (CA) Accepted report and approved staff recommendation Page 3 of 4 c. Southern Heights Bridge Replacement Resolution Approving and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Professional Services Agreement with Substrate, Inc. for Construction Management, Inspection, and Materials Testing Services Associated with the Southern Heights Boulevard Bridge Replacement Project, City Project No. 11282, In an Amount Not to Exceed $425,000 Funded by the Highway Bridge Program Grant (PW) Resolution 14846 - Resolution Approving and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Professional Services Agreement with Substrate, Inc. for Construction Management, Inspection, and Materials Testing Services Associated with the Southern Heights Boulevard Bridge Replacement Project, City Project No. 11282, In an Amount Not to Exceed $425,000 Funded by the Highway Bridge Program Grant AYES: Councilmembers: Bushey, Colin, Gamblin, McCullough & Mayor Phillips NOES: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: None OTHER AGENDA ITEMS 5. Other Agenda Items: a. Wildfire Prevention In San Rafael Informational Report on the Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority and Current Activities that Reduce Wildfire Risk in San Rafael; and Resolution Accepting the City of San Rafael’s Final Wildfire Prevention and Protection Action Plan (FD) Darin White, Fire Chief, and Quinn Gardner, Emergency Manager presented the staff report Staff responded to comments and questions from Councilmembers Mayor Phillips invited public comment Speakers: Bill Carney, Sustainable San Rafael, Kate Powers Councilmember Bushey moved and Councilmember Colin seconded to accept the report and adopt the resolution Accepted report and Resolution 14847 - Resolution Accepting the City of San Rafael’s Final Wildfire Prevention and Protection Action Plan AYES: Councilmembers: Bushey, Colin, Gamblin, McCullough & Mayor Phillips NOES: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: None b. Canal Wi-Fi Network Update about the Canal Wi-Fi Network Project (DS) Rebecca Woodbury, Digital Service and Open Government Director, and Javier Trujillo, County of Marin Chief Assistant Director of Information Services and Technology presented the staff report Staff responded to comments and questions from Councilmembers Page 4 of 4 Mayor Phillips invited public comment Speakers: Name withheld Staff responded to public comment Councilmember McCullough moved and Councilmember Colin seconded to accept the report Accepted report AYES: Councilmembers: Bushey, Colin, Gamblin, McCullough & Mayor Phillips NOES: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: None COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS / REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS: (including AB 1234 Reports on Meetings and Conferences Attended at City Expense) 6. Councilmember Reports: • Councilmember Colin reported on Marin Transit ridership impacts due to COVID-19. SAN RAFAEL SUCCESSOR AGENCY: 1. Consent Calendar: - None ADJOURNMENT: Mayor Phillips adjourned the meeting at 8:49 p.m. ___________________________ LINDSAY LARA, City Clerk APPROVED THIS _____DAY OF____________, 2020 _____________________________________ GARY O. PHILLIPS, Mayor