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AGENDA
SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL - MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2023
REGULAR MEETING AT 7:00 P.M.
San Rafael City Council Chambers
1400 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901
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OPEN SESSION – THIRD FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM – 5:00 P.M.
1. Mayor Kate to announce Closed Session items.
CLOSED SESSION – THIRD FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM – 5:00 P.M.
2. Closed Session:
a. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL—ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant exposure to litigation (Paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Government Code
Section 54956.9): Two potential cases
b. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS – Government Code Section 54957.6
Lead Negotiators: Timothy L. Davis and Allison B. Hernandez (Burke, Williams & Sorensen)
Agency Designated Representatives: Cristine Alilovich, John Stefanski, Angela Robinson
Piñon, Paul Navazio, Marissa Sanchez and Sylvia Gonzalez
Employee Organizations: San Rafael Police Mid-Management Association; Public Employee
Union, Local 1; San Rafael Firefighters’ Association; San Rafael Police Association; SEIU
Local 1021; Western Council of Engineers; San Rafael Fire Chief Officers’ Association; San
Rafael Police Mid-Management Association; San Rafael Fire Chief Officers’ Association;
Unrepresented Mid-Management; Unrepresented Executive Management
c. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL–EXISTING LITIGATION
Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9: 1 case
Shaleeta Boyd, et al. v. City of San Rafael, et al. (U.S. District Court, N.D. Cal., Case No. 23-
cv-04085-EMC)
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CITY MANAGER AND COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS:
(including AB 1234 Reports on Meetings and Conferences Attended at City Expense)
3. City Manager and Councilmember Reports:
CONSENT CALENDAR:
The opportunity for public comment on consent calendar items will occur prior to the City Council’s
vote on the Consent Calendar. The City Council may approve the entire consent calendar with one
action. In the alternative, items on the Consent Calendar may be removed by any City Council or staff
member, for separate discussion and vote.
4. Consent Calendar Items:
a. Approval of Minutes
Approve Minutes of the Special and Regular City Council Meetings of December 4, 2023
(CC)
Recommended Action - Approve minutes as submitted
b. Update of Commercial Linkage Fees
Final Adoption of Ordinance 2032: An Ordinance Amending the San Rafael Municipal Code
Section 14.16.030 (Affordable Housing Requirement), Adopting a Commercial Linkage
Nexus Study, Adopting Updated Commercial Linkage Fees, and Adopting a Commercial
Linkage Fee Project List (CD)
Recommended Action – Final Adoption of Ordinance 2032
c. On-Call Vegetation Management Service Level Agreements
Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Enter into Service Level
Agreements with Seven (7) Responsible and Responsive Contractors for Up to Four (4) Years
for On-Call Vegetation Management Services in the Total Not-to-Exceed Amount of
$3,125,000 Per Fiscal Year, and Authorize a Supplemental FY 2023-24 Budget
Appropriation of $1,500,000 of Available Measure C (Fund 242) Funding to Support
Wildfire Fuel Reduction Contract Costs to Be Reimbursed by the Marin Wildfire Prevention
Authority (FD)
Recommended Action – Adopt Resolution
d. Agreement to Participate in Public Provider Ground Emergency Medical Transportation
Intergovernmental Transfer Program (PP-GEMT) for CY2024
Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Certification Form for the San Rafael Fire
Department to Participate in an Intergovernmental Transfer (IGT) with the California
Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) for Reimbursement of Public Provider Ground
Emergency Medical Transportation (PP-GEMT) Services for the Service Period of January 1,
2024, through December 31, 2024, and Transfers to DHCS Not to Exceed $650,000 (FD)
Recommended Action – Authorize the City Manager to execute a certification form for the San
Rafael Fire Department to participate in a Medi-Cal Intergovernmental Transfer (IGT) program
with the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) for reimbursement of PP-GEMT
services for the service period of January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024, and make
transfers not to exceed $650,000
e. Peacock Gap Playground Project
Authorize the City Manager to Enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Royston,
Hanamoto, Alley & Abey for Landscape Architectural and Engineering Design Services for
the Peacock Gap Park Playground Project in the Amount Not to Exceed $130,000 (PW)
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Recommended Action – Authorize the City Manager to enter into a Professional Services
Agreement with Royston, Hanamoto, Alley & Abey in the amount not to exceed $130,000 and
appropriate funds for the contract
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
5. Public Hearings:
a. Marin Sanitary Services Rates for 2024
Resolution Authorizing Maximum Rates to Be Imposed and Collected by Marin Sanitary
Service for Refuse and Recyclable Material Collection and Disposal Services to be Effective
January 1, 2024, and Determining that the City’s Franchise Fees and Refuse Vehicle Impact
Fees are Justified by the City’s Costs of Providing Solid Waste Services, Reasonable Charges
for the Use of City Property for Solid Waste Services, and the Costs of Addressing the
Impacts of Solid Waste Refuse Vehicles (CM)
Recommended Action – Adopt Resolution
b. Design Review Board and Planning Commission Consolidation Discussion
Report on Design Review Board and Planning Commission Consolidation (CC/CD)
Recommended Action – Accept report and provide feedback to staff
OTHER AGENDA ITEMS:
6. Other Agenda Items:
a. City Councilmember Appointment to Committees for 2024
Approve City Councilmember Appointment to Committees for 2024 (CM)
Recommended Action – Approve appointments
b. Elect Vice Mayor for 2024
Elect Eli Hill as Vice Mayor 2024 (CM)
Recommended Action – Approve appointment
OPEN TIME FOR PUBLIC EXPRESSION
The public is welcome to address the City Council at this time on matters not on the agenda that are
within its jurisdiction. Please be advised that pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, the City
Council is not permitted to discuss or take action on any matter not on the agenda unless it determines
that an emergency exists, or that there is a need to take immediate action which arose following posting
of the agenda. Comments may be no longer than two minutes and should be respectful to the
community.
SAN RAFAEL SUCCESSOR AGENCY:
1. Consent Calendar: - None.
ADJOURNMENT:
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the meeting, shall be available for inspection online and at City Hall, 1400 Fifth Avenue, and placed with other
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interpreters may be requested by calling (415) 485-3066 (voice), emailing city.clerk@cityofsanrafael.org or using
the California Telecommunications Relay Service by dialing “711”, at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting.
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