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In the Council Chambers of the City of San Rafael, Monday, March 24, 1986 at
6:00 PM.
Special Joint
Meeting: Present: Lawrence E. Mulryan, Chairman/Mayor
San Rafael Redevelopment Dorothy L. Briner, Member/Councilmember
Agency/San Rafael City Gary R. Frugoli, Member/Councilmember
Council Richard Nave, Member/Councilmember
Jerry Russom, Member/Councilmember
Absent: None
Also Present: Executive Director/City Manager Pamela J. Nicolai; Agency
Secretary/City Clerk Jeanne M. Leoncini; Agency Attorney/City
Attorney Gary T. Ragghianti
SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL
1. DISCUSSION OF LIABILITY INSURANCE (Fin) - File 9-6-1
Discussion was held concerning three proposals to join insurance pools
as follows: Marin Cities Insurance Pool (Marin County Risk Management
Authority), the California Insurance Authority (Superpool) and a pro-
posal from Marsh & McLennan. Also included in the material presented
was a proposal from ABAG.
Mr. Coleman indicated the Marin JPA covers inverse condemnation, with
the cost based on a combination of payroll and operating budget, while
the Superpool is based strictly on payroll and does not cover inverse
condemnation.
He pointed out that if we were to join the Marin JPA, our cost would
represent approximately one-third of the total contributions. There is
no actuarial basis for it, but looking at the reserve requirements of
the JPA versus the City of San Rafael, if combined, the City's loss
reserves would be about 22-23 percent of the total. In discussing this,
it was decided that the factor used would have some relationship to our
exposure if we took the payroll and operating budgets and factored it.
The Superpool uses payroll only with the initial premium being 2.3% of
payroll.
Mr. Coleman asked for any concerns the Agency/Council might have be-
cause there would be a definite impact on the other Marin cities if
San Rafael does not join the JPA, as we represent one-third of the
reserves. He also noted the Superpool would require a $500 application
fee and is very selective in deciding what cities will be a part of
the pool.
Councilmember Russom had concerns about the Superpool not having inverse
condemnation and asked if there was a way of anticipating what the City
might be exposed to because of a lack of coverage.
Mr. Coleman stated that the theory is that many claims could potentially
involve inverse condemnation and in the past, negotiations would take
place with the insurance company because it was not 100% inverse or 100%
negligence. The Marin JPA felt that in the case where inverse
condemnation came up the cities would be arguing amongst themselves
whether or not they should negotiate something with the city if inverse
condemnation is a possible reason for lawsuit. Therefore, Marin's JPA
decided to avoid this problem and to include inverse condemnation
because they did not want cities becoming involved in trying to
negotiate with each other.
The Superpool will have a ten member board governing all the policies of
the Superpool and the original seven charter members will be a part of
the ten member board. The other cities will then vote for the remaining
three seats on the board.
The three options being considered are the Marin Cities JPA, the
Superpool and the proposal put together by Marsh & McLennan.
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Mr. Coleman stated that he would need to have within two to three weeks,
some response from the Superpool indicating if they would accept San
Rafael based on our application, and an estimate from the Marsh &
McLennan firm indicating what the premium could possibly be. Mr.
Coleman commented that the premium would be about $400,000/$450,000 in
the Marsh & McLennan proposal, $250,000/$260,000 with the Superpool
proposal, and the JPA would be approximately $400,000.
Councilmember Breiner moved and Councilmember Frugoli seconded, to
authorize Finance Director Coleman to submit the application with the
$500 application fee to the California Joint Powers Insurance Authority
(Superpool).
Councilmember Breiner requested that when the information is brought
back to Council that the various options and points be made in grid
form, including what would be involved with the Marin Cities Pool in the
annual Stop Loss provision.
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Breiner, Frugoli, Nave, Russom & Mayor Mulryan
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
The subject is to be brought back at the meeting of April 21, 1986.
2. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION HONORING CITY OF SAN RAFAEL 1986 EMPLOYEE OF THE
YEAR - RICHARD R. ENDY, SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS (CM) - File 102 x
109 x 9-1 x 9-3-40
RESOLUTION NO. 7319 - RESOLUTION HONORING CITY OF SAN RAFAEL 1986
EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR - RICHARD R. ENDY,
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Breiner, Frugoli, Nave, Russom & Mayor Mulryan
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
SAN RAFAEL REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY/SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL
1. DISCUSSION OF ACTION PLAN FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA (ED) - File R-140 XI
(SRCC) 183
Executive Director/City Manager Nicolai indicated that the Video - "Main
Street at Work: Getting Organized" would be shown at the end of
the meeting.
Ms. Nicolai then gave an overview of an action plan for the next several
months which is necessary before further steps can be taken.
She indicated that in reviewing the summary report by Mr. Daniel
Iacofano which pulled together ideas from the meeting held on November
26, 1985, the key message is that there are many options available in
San Rafael, but without a specific plan or data it would be difficult to
know what is needed. The General Plan update coincides with what staff
is planning to do in the downtown area. Staff is presently collecting
data necessary for the development of the vision and targeting of the
areas, and doing ongoing outreach to various types of retailers and
groups to attract new businesses into San Rafael. Ms. Nicolai continued
to state that it is critical to coordinate with several groups, one, the
property owners in the downtown area so they will be informed as to what
the City's intentions are and how they will fit into the overall
program. The second group includes the Chamber of Commerce and
hopefully the New Business Assessment District, as well as touching
bases with the commercial real estate group so they understand what the
City's role is. The City should remain as facilitator in the process
and not pre-empt their roles in the community, but encourage these
groups to participate in the process which would give them valuable data
the City is collecting for their use.
Once all this information is gathered, the consultants who particiated
in the November meeting should be brought together, because many were
interested in a follow-up meeting.
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Another recommendation which was a key factor, is the forming of a new
business assessment district thereby creating a private/public
partnership to work toward a specific goal. The protest hearing regard-
ing formation is scheduled for April 7, 1986, and if the Improvement
District succeeds, it would be one of the groups to coordinate with over
the next several months. By the proposed June meeting with the
consultants, there would potentially be many more participants who were
not present at the November meeting.
Chairman/Mayor Mulryan asked about staffing needs that may be required
as the Agency begins the work and if the meeting with the consultants
should be held before June.
Ms. Nicolai responded that additional staffing is not needed other than
hiring a consultant to do a market survey, and once this is done, there
would be a clearer focus on what would be targeted in the downtown area.
Simultaneously, if staff succeeds in the Main Street Program and San
Rafael is chosen as one of the cities, part of the offering to the
selected city is professional expertise in the area, which is free. The
application form will dovetail to the point where staff can then assess
if additional assistance is needed in the Redevelopment area.
Member/Councilmember Breiner stated that she would like to have the
monitoring of the use of the parking lots in terms of capacity on an
ongoing basis.
Ms. Nicolai reiterated for benefit of Member/Councilmember Russom, that
at the last meeting of March 17, 1986, a market survey was considered
critical to the downtown area and that Council authorized approval for
staff to have proposals brought in which has not as yet been completed.
Member/Councilmember Frugoli suggested having recommendations come back
to Council that were made by the Ad Hoc Committee on Parking in the
Downtown Area in 1984.
Chairman/Mayor Mulryan suggested having preliminary evaluation of the
pros and cons of not having parking meters and the employee control
issue on the next agenda along with the parking report submitted by the
Ad Hoc Committee.
Ms. Nicolai asked to have two Councilmembers appointed as a sub-
committee to deal with major projects and to work with her and Assist-
ant Executive Director Ours. Mayor Mulryan and Councilmember Nave
volunteered to serve on the sub -committee.
Mr. Ours stated that the video to be shown was about Main Street at
Work, and outlined the approach and elements of how to begin with
revitalization. He informed Members/Council that the State, which is
running the program, will select the five cities by May 31, 1986, and
that the City of San Rafael fits the profile very well.
The video was then viewed.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:20 PM.
JEANNEV.-LEONCINI, Agency Secretary/
City C erk
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