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AGENDA
SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2024
SPECIAL MEETING AT 4:00 P.M.
REGULAR MEETING AT 6:00 P.M.
This meeting will be held in-person. This meeting is being streamed to YouTube at
www.youtube.com/cityofsanrafael.
How to participate in the meeting:
• You are welcome to come to the meeting and provide public comment in person. Each speaker will
have 2-minutes to provide public comment per agenda item.
• Submit your comments by email to city.clerk@cityofsanrafael.org by 4:00 p.m. the day of the
meeting.
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SPECIAL MEETING AT 4:00 P.M.
San Rafael Third Floor Conference Room
1400 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901
Watch Online:
Watch on Zoom Webinar: https://tinyurl.com/sm-2024-11-04
Listen by phone: (669) 900-9128
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INTERVIEWS:
1. Interviews
a. Public Art Review Board Interviews
Interview Applicants and Make an Appointment to Fill One Four-Year Term Through the
End of October 2028 on the Public Art Review Board Due to the Expiration of Term of Meili
Zhao (CC)
Recommended Action – Make Appointment
b. Park and Recreation Commission Interviews
Interview Applicants and Make Appointments to Fill Two Four-Year Terms Through the End
of October 2028 on the Park and Recreation Commission Due to the Expiration of Terms of
Robert Sandoval and Kela Cabrales (CC)
Recommended Action – Make Appointments
c. Pickleweed Advisory Committee Interviews
Interview Applicants and Make Appointments to Fill Two Unexpired Four-Year Terms
Through the End of April 2027 on the Pickleweed Advisory Committee, Due to the
Voluntary Resignation of terms of Nancy Palacios and Jairo Ceballos (CC)
Recommended Action – Make Appointments
OPEN SESSION– THIRD FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM – FOLLOWING SPECIAL MEETING
2. Mayor Kate to announce Closed Session items.
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CLOSED SESSION – THIRD FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM – FOLLOWING SPECIAL MEETING
3. Closed Session:
a. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL--ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Initiation of litigation pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9: (One
case)
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, Paul Navazio, Marissa Sanchez, Nick
Biss, and Angela Robinson Piñon
Employee Organization: SEIU Local 1021
REGULAR MEETING AT 6:00 P.M.
San Rafael City Hall, Council Chambers
1400 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901
Watch Online:
Watch on Zoom Webinar: https://tinyurl.com/cc-2024-11-04
Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/cityofsanrafael
Listen by phone: (669) 444-9171
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CITY MANAGER AND COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS:
(including AB 1234 Reports on Meetings and Conferences Attended at City Expense)
4. 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.
5. Consent Calendar Items:
a. Approval of Minutes
Approve Minutes of the Regular and Special City Council Meetings of October 21, 2024
(CC)
Recommended Action - Approve minutes as submitted
b. Proclamation
Proclamation Supporting National Veterans & Military Families Month
Recommended Action – Receive and File
c. First Responder Counseling Professional Services Agreement for Fiscal Years 2024-2028
Authorize the City Manager to Enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Public
Safety Family Counseling Group, Inc., from Fiscal Years 2024-2028, In the Amount Not to
Exceed $220,000 (HR)
Recommended Action – Authorize the City Manager to enter into a Professional Services
Agreement with Public Safety Family Counseling Group, Inc. for first responder counseling
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services from fiscal years 2024-2028, in an amount not to exceed $220,000; and, Authorize a
budget appropriation from the Employee Benefits Fund (Fund 604)
d. Employee Relations Legal Services Professional Services Agreement Fiscal Years 2024-
2026
Authorize the City Manager to Enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Burke,
Williams & Sorensen, LLP for Employee Relations Legal Services, In an Amount Not to
Exceed $150,000, for Fiscal Years 2024-2026 (HR)
Recommended Action – Authorize the City Manager to enter into a Professional Services
Agreement with Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP, for employee relations legal services, in an
amount not to exceed $150,000, for fiscal years 2024-2026
e. Labor Relations Legal Services Professional Services Agreement Fiscal Years 2024-2026
Authorize the City Manager to Enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Burke,
Williams & Sorensen, LLP for Labor Relations Legal Services, In an Amount Not to Exceed
$150,000, for Fiscal Years 2024-2026 (HR)
Recommended Action – Authorize the City Manager to enter into a Professional Services
Agreement with Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP for labor relations legal services, in an amount
not to exceed $150,000, for fiscal years 2024-2026
f. Medi-Cal Transportation Intergovernmental Transfer Program for Calendar Year 2025
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,
2025, Through December 31, 2025, and Transfers to DHCS Not to Exceed $700,000 (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 Provider
Ground Emergency Medical Transportation (PP-GEMT) services for the service period of January
1, 2025, Through December 31, 2025, and make transfers not to exceed $700,000
g. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Billing and Collection
Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate a Professional Services Agreement with Wittman
Enterprises, LLC (Wittman) for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Billing and Collection
Services in an Amount Not to Exceed $825,000 for Five Years with an Option for an
Additional 5-Year Extension (FD)
Recommended Action – Authorize the City Manager to negotiate a Professional Services
Agreement (PSA) with Wittman Enterprises, LLC (Wittman) for Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
billing and collection services in an amount not to exceed $825,000 for five years with an option
for an additional 5-year extension
h. Office of Traffic Safety Grant Acceptance
Resolution Approving the Acceptance and Appropriation of State of California Office of
Traffic Safety Grant Funds in the Amount of $92,000 for the “Selective Traffic Enforcement
Program” (“STEP”) Grant from October 1, 2024, Through September 30, 2025, and
Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Grant Agreement and Any Other Documents
Related to the Grant (PD)
Recommended Action – Adopt Resolution
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i. Special Event Street Closure in San Rafael – 43rd Annual Holiday of Lights and Winter
Wonderland
Resolution Authorizing the Temporary Closure of Downtown Streets in San Rafael for a
Special Event (PD)
Recommended Action – Adopt Resolution
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
6. Special Presentations:
a. Presentation of Proclamation Supporting Native American Heritage Month, 2024
OTHER AGENDA ITEMS
7. Other Agenda Items:
a. Encampment Resolution Fund Round 3 (ERF-3) and State of California/State Senator
McGuire Funding Agreements, and Collaboration Agreement Between the County of
Marin and City of San Rafael
Authorize the City Manager to Execute Professional Services Agreements with the County
of Marin Related to the Encampment Resolution Fund Round 3 (ERF-3) and State of
California/State Senator McGuire Funding, and Authorize the City Manager to Execute the
Collaboration Agreement Between the County of Marin and City of San Rafael (CM)
Recommended Action – Authorize the City Manager to execute professional services agreements
with the County of Marin Related to the Encampment Resolution Fund Round 3 and State of
California/State Senator McGuire funding; and Authorize the City manager to Execute (and
amend as needed) the collaboration agreement between the County of Marin and City of San
Rafael for Encampment Resolution Fund Round Three (ERF-3) grant funds, the State of
California/Senator McGuire funds, and the 50/50 match for housing-based case manager
PUBLIC HEARINGS
8. Public Hearings:
a. Marin Sanitary Service Rates and Amendments for 2025
Resolutions (CM):
i. Approving a Fifth Amendment of the Amendment and Restatement of the Collection
Agreement of the City of San Rafael with Marin Sanitary Service
Recommended Action – Adopt Resolution
ii. Authorizing Maximum Rates Collected by Marin Sanitary Service for Refuse and
Recyclable Material Collection and Disposal Services to be Effective January 1, 2025,
and Adopting a City Cost of Solid Waste Service Fee, Refuse Vehicle Impact Fee, and
Franchise Fee for the Use of City Property in the Provision of Solid Waste Related
Services
Recommended Action – Adopt Resolution
b. BioMarin Development Agreement
Accept the 4th Anniversary Annual Report for the Executed Development Agreement
(Ordinance No. 1982) Between BioMarin Pharmaceutical and the City of San Rafael for the
Development of an Expanded San Rafael Corporate Center (750-790 Lindaro Street and
781-791 Lincoln Avenue and 999 3rd Street); Case No.: DA18-001 (CED)
Recommended Action – Adopt Resolution
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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.
ADJOURNMENT:
Any records relating to an agenda item, received by a majority or more of the Council less than 72 hours before the
meeting, shall be available for inspection online and at City Hall, 1400 Fifth Avenue, and placed with other agenda-
related materials on the table in front of the Council Chamber prior to the meeting. Sign Language 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. Copies of documents
are available in accessible formats upon request. To request Spanish language interpretation, please submit an online
form at https://www.cityofsanrafael.org/request-for-interpretation/.