| Time | Speaker | Text |
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| 00:00:00.03 | Mayor Kelly | I know. |
| 00:00:00.60 | Vice Mayor Leone | . Okay. |
| 00:00:07.17 | Mayor Kelly | Are you ready? All right, welcome to the December 11th meeting of the Sausalito City Council. Debbie, would you please call the roll? |
| 00:00:21.80 | Debbie (City Clerk) | I'm ready. Council member Pfeiffer? Here. Council member Ford? Here. Council member Weiner? friends. |
| 00:00:28.82 | Mayor Kelly | President |
| 00:00:29.26 | Debbie (City Clerk) | Thank you. Vice Mayor Leone Thank you. |
| 00:00:30.71 | Mayor Kelly | here. |
| 00:00:31.20 | Debbie (City Clerk) | Mayor Kelly. |
| 00:00:32.08 | Mayor Kelly | Here. Mike Moyle, would you lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance? |
| 00:00:41.12 | Mike Moyle | Thank you. Thank you. of the United States of America. And through the Republic. for which it stands Thank you. information. you the original. with liberty and justice for all. |
| 00:00:54.28 | Mayor Kelly | Thank you, Mike. |
| 00:00:58.59 | Mayor Kelly | All right, the roll call. Did we do that? Yes, we did that. Yeah, okay, good. Closed session announcement. I'm not. |
| 00:01:02.50 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Yes, we do do. Thank you. |
| 00:01:08.02 | Mayor Kelly | There was no closed session tonight, so there are no comments to make, and therefore no public comments to be had. And we move to the approval of the agenda. |
| 00:01:18.23 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | So moved. Second. All in favor? |
| 00:01:20.53 | Mayor Kelly | All in favor? |
| 00:01:21.42 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Bye. |
| 00:01:21.47 | Mayor Kelly | Aye. Any opposed? Aye. All right, we have a couple of special presentations to make tonight. The first is the award of grants from the Holiday Parking Donation. to three nonprofit organizations that provide services to the underserved. Homeward Bound of Marin, Ritter Center, and Marin Link. Project Warm Wishes. Oh, Adam. |
| 00:01:46.26 | Adam Politzer | Thank you, Mr. Mayor and City Council members. This is one of the best things that the city council and the city manager have the opportunity of doing, but it's from the generosity of our visitors and from our because they're the ones that feed the parking meters. As everyone may or may not know, the City Council for the past several years has given free parking away in the downtown at the meters for many years. It supports our businesses. It's a special gift to our visitors and an opportunity for people to donate to our parking lot humanitarian grant program, our parking meter humanitarian grant program. The money that's collected every year gives us the opportunity to give this money back to the community for those that need. some special assistance. And... |
| 00:02:45.29 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:02:45.91 | Adam Politzer | Uh, the economy. has been really difficult for many in the past three to four years, but even before that, it's always been hard. on many for a variety of reasons. People just can't get work. mental illness, or other unfortunate circumstances. We have three organizations tonight and I'm going to ask them to come up and speak a little bit about what they do because I think it's an opportunity with a crowded house, a full room, to share and educate the public on their services. and that they're broad reaching to our entire county and beyond. But all of these providers provide benefit to the folks that find themselves in difficult situations here in our community. Some of these folks make their way up and down the county and across the Golden Gate Bridge. And back and forth. but we see them We want to help them. and I think that we all recognize that giving to professional organizations that know how to actually help folks is much better than just handing over a few dollars to someone that's standing on the corner asking for money. get them to the services that can help them get shelter, food, medical attention, Um, and hopefully into a job and then back into some permanent living and normal lifestyle is ultimately what the goal is. The county of Marin, along with the cities, in the county. are trying to work to improve the conditions that we find these folks living in today. There's a commitment to do that in the next 10 years. It's a big challenge. Um, Tonight we're able to give the same amount of money that we were able to give last year, which is $6,000. It's not a lot of money, but every dollar counts. $2,000 to each of these organizations. Homeward Bound of Marin. Thank you. the Ritter Center. and MarinLink, the Warm Wishes program that is part of what MarinLink has helped to to organize and fund working with their sponsors and program producers. I did highlight a couple of things here that I'd like to share first. Homeward Bound uh, first started in 1974 and in 1996, moved into Novato and then in 2000, they opened up the the new beginning center. So these are programs that have been around for quite some time. But the New Beginning Center, I'm just reading from what's on the website here that you folks can all visit. um, but it's to provide a campus with shelter, job training facilities, on-site employment for the homeless, And it's a lot more than that. It's a community. It's a community where people are supported and encouraged to be successful. The Ritter Center probably doesn't need much of an introduction because folks are pretty familiar with the RIDA Center. Our police department, and the county mental, the county health and services department have been working this past year, actually probably the past two years, in reaching out to the folks that live on the water that need special services. Their partnership with us has led to many successes and at past council meetings, you've heard Sergeant Stacy Gregory, talk about some of the successes, the individual successes that we've had in helping one person at a time adds up to a lot of folks getting services. one of the things that I've shared with our city staff and it was a story that's not original, but it was important to me. was that, and you may have heard this, but there is a person walking along the beach after a big storm and there were all these jellyfish that were still alive along the and the person was picking them up and one at a time throwing them back into the ocean. And another question was coming towards them. and stopped and said, why are you doing that? He says, I'm just trying to to save. as many as I can. He goes, well, it won't make a difference. And the person bent over and picked up one and threw it back into the ocean and said, it made a difference to that one. I think the services that the Ritter Center, Homeward Bound, and Warm Wishes are providing are making differences. They're good causes. |
| 00:07:33.12 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:07:43.32 | Adam Politzer | and they make a difference for our community, let alone the rest of the folks here in our county. If I could ask all three of our award. I grant winners to come up, starting with Mary Kay Sweeney. Um, Diane Lynn. From the Ritter Center, Mary Kay is with Homeward Bound and Marin. and Mary O'Mara. from Marin Link representing Warmlicious and said a few words and we'd be happy to also hand you your check. |
| 00:08:24.91 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | you |
| 00:08:25.15 | Mary Kay Sweeney | Well, this is certainly a wonderful event and I so am grateful |
| 00:08:25.17 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Well, this is a |
| 00:08:31.28 | Mary Kay Sweeney | on behalf of Homeward Bound for your support. I'm thinking like one person at a time, one meter at a time, we ought to somehow do something in terms of advertising about this. Thank you for your kind words and for describing some of what Homeward Bound is about. we're in the business of transformation. We want, like everyone here with me, wants to end homelessness. We want to end homelessness as soon as we can. And so we've assiduously looked at how we create a plan in the next ten years to really make that happen. And it takes all the community partners working on it together to make that happen. So every single night, Homeward Bound tucks into bed 450 people. That's how many programs we have throughout the county. From the fireside, which is right nearby, all the way up to Novato. So we have 14 different programs, 57 families, lots of single adults, people who are, like Adam described, some folks with mental illness, some with real drug and alcohol issues. We're trying to really help them end homelessness in their lives. And that's our mission, that's our goal. Everyone deserves a place to call home. I brought some gifts for the council members too, our little truffles. If you are looking for holiday gifts, we make these on site at Homeward Bound at the New Beginning Center. It's one of our training programs. And I'll share these with the council members after, as well as some of our newsletters. Thank you again. Thanks for your support. Keep parking. |
| 00:09:59.53 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:10:06.82 | Diane Lynn | It's always a great honor to follow Mary Kay Sweeney, who really is the grand dame of the work in this community countywide around homelessness. I usually give the elevator speech about Ritter Center, but tonight I will spare you that. I do appreciate the reference around prevention, around working with families. And the last time we were here, your colleagues and the people that served before you supported the Art House at Marin project, which was very important to us, and we appreciate that so much. My guess is you may have heard the story already, but at the risk that you haven't yet, I am going to share one quick and example of the way in which Ritter Center worked with a member of your community. It was a gentleman who lived on a boat out in the harbor for, we believe, over 30 years. He was 75 years old, is 75 years old, and he was found after he had been standing in water for 36 hours straight. They took him to the emergency room. It took several months for him to recuperate, our team was able to find him housing through the Housing First program, which is really designed for the most chronic homeless people in our community. We put him in a unit where he could see the bay, and the team actually was able to bring the boat that he lived on up to that spot in the canal so he could look out and see his boat. very important that people are put in places where they actually believe it is their home So thank you for this amount and any more that you can help us with. Because as Mary Kay says, we're working to get people into stabilized housing. And you don't always hear the success stories, you hear the problems. So thank you again, Adam, for your support. And we're happy to stand with our partners, and we really do work all together in this effort. So thank you all very much. |
| 00:12:05.59 | Mary O'Mara | Well, you might have seen these packs around because every holiday we do 5,000 of these. This is the 19th year. This year we've done half a million up to date. I'm here instead of Bill Hamm, the founder of Warm Wishes. He was sick tonight, but he wanted to be here. Bill started this 19 years ago on the streets in San Francisco when he gave a homeless man a pair of gloves, and that was the impetus for him then spawning this nonprofit. His wife passed away of a brain tumor four years ago, and my friend Bill Hamm, who I'd known for about 25 years, I stepped in with our nonprofit MarinLink to help him run this. We do distribute these PACs to over 40 agencies throughout Marin, Sonoma, Napa, San Francisco. The children's PACs, we have 500. They go to shelters for children. They're usually packed by children. So it's a pretty exciting opportunity for the community to get together. We do it in one day. We have 30,000 moving parts. We do it in about two hours with 250 volunteers at Unity and Marin. And we do give them to every agency in Marin that asks for them, police departments, fire stations. And then they go out with individuals out into the streets. And we ask people to look into people's eyes and say warm wishes and to create that human connection. So I'm going to give these to two lucky people tonight. You can go out and say warm wishes to somebody, and thank you for your support. |
| 00:13:39.58 | Councilmember Weiner | Why don't you take a picture with them? |
| 00:13:43.06 | Adam Politzer | We'll also have you guys come back up and we'll take a photo with the council. And then before we do that, if the council would like to say a few words and then we'll |
| 00:13:51.43 | Vice Mayor Leone | Thank you. |
| 00:13:52.36 | Adam Politzer | No, I'm sorry. Come on up and work. Thank you. |
| 00:13:53.76 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:13:54.03 | Vice Mayor Leone | Thank you. |
| 00:13:57.00 | Adam Politzer | Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. |
| 00:13:57.77 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:13:58.26 | Vice Mayor Leone | So what do we have all the way up? |
| 00:13:58.36 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:13:59.09 | Adam Politzer | Thank you. |
| 00:13:59.14 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | All the way. |
| 00:13:59.73 | Adam Politzer | Thank you. |
| 00:13:59.75 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:13:59.85 | Adam Politzer | Thank you. |
| 00:13:59.93 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Okay. |
| 00:14:16.98 | Mike Moyle | Thank you. |
| 00:15:16.93 | Mayor Kelly | It was almost good. |
| 00:15:18.45 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. |
| 00:15:20.19 | Mayor Kelly | Thank you. |
| 00:15:21.49 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Oh, thank you. |
| 00:15:21.83 | Mayor Kelly | Thank you. Oh, thank you. Thank you. |
| 00:15:27.14 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Oh, this is such a wonderful part of it. Thank you. Thank you. |
| 00:15:30.50 | Herb Weiner | Thank you. Thank you. You kind of eat ice cream, but I'll do it. |
| 00:15:34.96 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:15:37.57 | Herb Weiner | I'm not sure. |
| 00:15:38.74 | Councilmember Weiner | Mr. Mayor, and certainly folks want to say something, but these people worked so hard with a limited amount of resources that Marine can generate towards this because we don't get a lot of generally federal funding for this type of stuff. So it's much more locally driven funding from the counties, cities, and private individuals for these programs. But it's amazing what you folks can accomplish in this community, which sometimes turns its back on having issues that you address. And, you know, anything that we can do, we've worked with your various agencies, we want to continue to do so more closely. The police department is trying to tap into your resources more and more, and I know we all appreciate all your hard work, and thank you again for coming tonight. and everybody go put money in the meters and you can always just send checks directly to these organizations. |
| 00:16:31.59 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:16:31.71 | Mayor Kelly | Thank you. |
| 00:16:31.72 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | positions. |
| 00:16:32.38 | Mayor Kelly | Thank you. |
| 00:16:32.52 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:16:32.84 | Mayor Kelly | Thank you. All right. Anybody else? Okay, good. We'll move on to communications. This is the time in the meeting when, no? One more, one more, important, yes. |
| 00:16:41.31 | Peter Van Meter | One more. |
| 00:16:43.01 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | It's working. |
| 00:16:44.51 | Mayor Kelly | Recognition of Associate Planner Lily Shinsing for her work on the Housing Element Project And Jeremy Graves is going to. |
| 00:16:53.15 | Jeremy Graves | I'm going to take a moment. I see the battery here. going out. Dead. |
| 00:16:57.76 | Mayor Kelly | DID. |
| 00:16:58.07 | Herb Weiner | Thank you. |
| 00:17:00.33 | Jeremy Graves | Thank you. |
| 00:17:00.58 | Herb Weiner | Thank you. |
| 00:17:04.58 | Herb Weiner | We're taking a pie for a commercial. |
| 00:17:06.82 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | I'm not sure. Yeah. |
| 00:17:14.94 | Mayor Kelly | trim over the machine. Thank you. |
| 00:17:26.42 | Jeremy Graves | I think this one will get me through my talk. |
| 00:17:31.83 | Jeremy Graves | So I'm Jeremy Graves, I'm the Community Development Director. In the spring of 2009, I assigned the update of the housing element to our associate planner, Lily Shinsing. Lily had not worked on a housing element before, nor a major update of a general plan amendment. And since the city's last certified housing element, was in 1995 and that the city had missed its interim housing element that ran through 2006, I was in essence giving Lilly the assignment to prepare two housing elements, one that ran through 2006 and the second that ran through 2014. Looking back, Lily quickly rose to the occasion. She saw the scope of the task, provided a notebook full of essential background materials to the Housing Element Task Force that had been appointed jointly by the Planning Commission and the City Council. She organized the biweekly meetings, which ended up being 37 meetings over the course of the preparation of the Housing Element. She organized three Saturday morning public workshops, two of which were at the bay model. She also organized a Saturday morning tour of several sites that we were looking at that time for possible housing. She provided eight reports to the Planning Commission, 15 SAS reports to the City Council. In Council, you began to be well-versed in housing element issues. |
| 00:19:04.98 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:19:08.63 | Jeremy Graves | Lillie also reached out to the staff at the Department of Housing and Community Development and established an excellent rapport with staff which paid significant dividends when it came time for the negotiations on the fine points of what was going to be contained in She administered the contract with the M Group and established and broadcast emails to an email list of over 200 interested members in the community. She established and updated regularly our housing element web page, responded to many, many citizen queries and questions about what does the housing element mean for me, what does it mean for our community. She reviewed drafts of the many chapters of the housing element. And as long as she was on a roll on doing all of this, we also asked her to use some of these skills to guide the preparation of the accessory dwelling unit regulations through the process. And with that, organized 11 accessory dwelling unit working group meetings and guided those regulations through the Planning Commission as well as the Council. She did all of this with attention to detail, cheerfulness, and a respect for all parties. And so I am very pleased to present this certificate to Lily and this certificate is from the mayor for all of your hard work. on the housing element. So, Lily, can you come up here? Thank you. Thank you. |
| 00:21:00.00 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. Thank you very much. If you have the exception... |
| 00:21:03.07 | Jeremy Graves | Well, this is what the housing element looks like. So we're holding onto this one real tight. And Lily, if you have some words, I could give you an opportunity. |
| 00:21:05.42 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | So we're |
| 00:21:07.41 | Lily Shinsing | Thank you. |
| 00:21:07.60 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | on. Yeah. |
| 00:21:08.96 | Lily Shinsing | Thank you. |
| 00:21:09.12 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Bye. |
| 00:21:13.10 | Lily Shinsing | Thank you, Jeremy. Very briefly, the housing element update was definitely a collaborative effort between the community, the task force, the council, the planning commission, All city staff here are hired consultants. And due to everyone's hard work and efforts, we managed to piece together something that met the state requirements in addition to fit in with our community here. So I just want to say thank you for giving me the opportunity to work on this project. I really learned and grew from it. So thank you very much. |
| 00:21:46.19 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | So thank you very much. |
| 00:21:49.46 | Lily Shinsing | . |
| 00:21:49.94 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:21:49.97 | Mayor Kelly | Thank you. |
| 00:21:50.38 | Lily Shinsing | Thank you. |
| 00:21:50.69 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:21:50.76 | Lily Shinsing | Thank you. |
| 00:21:50.96 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Lily. |
| 00:21:51.76 | Lily Shinsing | Yeah. |
| 00:22:03.17 | Mike Moyle | As I said, you rock. |
| 00:22:04.43 | Herb Weiner | . |
| 00:22:05.56 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:22:05.95 | Herb Weiner | Thank you. |
| 00:22:06.36 | Mike Moyle | Thank you. |
| 00:22:06.58 | Herb Weiner | Thanks again, Lily. |
| 00:22:15.97 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:22:16.03 | Mayor Kelly | All right. |
| 00:22:16.04 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:22:20.41 | Mayor Kelly | Now we'll move on to the CLOSED COMMENT, COMMUNICATIONS. THERE WE ARE. THIS IS A TIME WHEN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON MATTERS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. ANYONE CARE TO DO THAT? I THINK YOU, KAYLEN, HAVE A REQUEST. |
| 00:22:43.09 | Unknown | I would really rather address the new council because some of you have heard this a thousand Anyway, for the new council, we need an art commission. We are having... people from all over the world come to Sausalito. We need all of our local artists in every store, in every restaurant. I have said this for the last three years, please, Please, we need an actor, Mr. And we need it now. And I don't care who does it or who puts it on, but I have 50 artists that are willing to work on it. Please, let's have an art commission. You know, shot. |
| 00:23:18.92 | Mayor Kelly | you |
| 00:23:19.34 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:23:20.29 | Mayor Kelly | All right, thank you, Kayla. Anyone else care to address the council on any matters that are not on the agenda? All right, seeing none, we'll move on to action minutes of the previous meeting. Any changes, corrections, additions? Seeing none, do we have a motion? |
| 00:23:38.32 | Herb Weiner | So move. |
| 00:23:40.15 | Mayor Kelly | All right, all in favor? Aye. |
| 00:23:41.77 | Herb Weiner | Aye. Thank you. |
| 00:23:42.96 | Mayor Kelly | Thank you. |
| 00:23:43.61 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:23:44.94 | Mayor Kelly | That brings us to the consent calendar. Items from the consent calendar are usually routine in nature and do not require a full hearing. However, any member of the public or of the council may pull any item from the consent calendar for additional information or additional hearing. Does anyone care to pull anything from the consent calendar? |
| 00:24:06.37 | Peter Van Meter | Thank you. |
| 00:24:06.40 | Mayor Kelly | All right. Seeing none, do I have a motion? |
| 00:24:06.51 | Peter Van Meter | Thank you. |
| 00:24:06.52 | Herb Weiner | you know. |
| 00:24:06.69 | Peter Van Meter | Thank you. So, we're... |
| 00:24:10.45 | Herb Weiner | Second. |
| 00:24:11.26 | Mayor Kelly | All in favor? |
| 00:24:12.19 | Herb Weiner | Bye. |
| 00:24:12.77 | Mayor Kelly | Hello? Seeing none, okay, good. |
| 00:24:15.31 | Herb Weiner | Thank you. |
| 00:24:17.80 | Mayor Kelly | Um... And that brings us to public hearings. There are none, so we'll move on to business items. First business item is to waive further reading and read by title only and adopt ordinance number 12-11. in ordinance to the City Council of the City of Sausalito, authorizing an amendment to the contract between the City Council of the city of Sausalito and the Board of Administration of the Public Employees Retirement System. And Charlie Francis, she's going to make a presentation. |
| 00:24:49.05 | Adam Politzer | So can you get that for me then? Good evening, Mr. Mayor, members of the City Council. Agenda item is to implement the CELs, to amend the contract with CELFIRS to implement the second pension tier. We've gone through a meeting on November 13th and November 27th and tonight is the completion of the actions required to effectuate the second tier in our pension system and its adoption and second reading of the ordinance. |
| 00:24:57.10 | Unknown | item is |
| 00:25:19.89 | Adam Politzer | It's the result of a comprehensive labor negotiation strategy that began over two years ago and that included elements of pension reform, OPEB reform, health care reform, and wage reform. This whole package was a comprehensive package, and what we're doing tonight is implementing the pension tier portion of it. The whole package is consistent with best practices. Just yesterday we were notified by CalPelvera, which is the California Public Employees Labor Relations Committee that Susan Nichols was awarded the Moving Forward Award for stewarding the comprehensive labor reform package through the process over the past two and a half years. Basically, CalPelver said we demonstrated a commitment and leadership in the field of labor reform and the specific emphasis was on the series of actions that we took over strictly in the past year to get this award. And then also today, based on Councilmember Leon's suggestion at the Sug meeting I submitted to the GFOA, GFOA is the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada and every year they give an annual award for excellence to programs that advance governmental finance and I submitted this and they acknowledge the receipt of that program. We probably won't here until June, but we put it in there. And basically this action tonight says we have an existing pension tier which is at 2.5 at 55 and employees when they retire their pension is based on their final average compensation over the past one year. And police safety employees is a 3% of 55 is the title of the program. And they're also on a one-year final annual compensation. The new pension tier would move all employees hired after July 1, 2012 and those that are not eligible to be into the governor's new punchet or the state's new public employees pension reform act would move them into 2% of 55 with a three year final annual compensation. Same with police and go to 2% of 50 from a 3% of 50 with a three year final average compensation. The costs are significant less for each of the pension tier over our current pension costs and of course the normal cost is less going off into the future from our current pension tiers. So the motion for you tonight after having the resolution of intention about a month ago and two weeks ago having your first reading of the ordinance, your motion tonight that staff is recommending is that you move to waive further reading and read by title the ordinance and authorize the city mayor to amend the contract with CalPERS. |
| 00:25:23.03 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:28:08.86 | Mayor Kelly | All right. Thank you, Charlie. Any questions? Council? None? All right. Thank you, Charlie. Any member of the public wish to address the Council on this matter? All right, seeing none, we'll bring it back here. Anybody want to make a speech? |
| 00:28:26.13 | Councilmember Weiner | No, I think Charlie's right. major achievement for the city and I encourage the staff to take it to lead California City since I think it's a hallmark of change that many communities will emulate going forward. It's not all the way there, but everything takes time. |
| 00:28:41.28 | Councilmember Ford | THE FAMILY. |
| 00:28:41.53 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | All right. |
| 00:28:41.55 | Councilmember Ford | Thank you. |
| 00:28:41.57 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | there. |
| 00:28:41.90 | Councilmember Ford | Thank you. |
| 00:28:43.44 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:28:45.65 | Councilmember Ford | Thank you. |
| 00:28:45.67 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:28:45.79 | Councilmember Ford | Thanks. Yes, Mr. Mayor. Just a word. I really appreciate what staff has done for the OPEB experiences, OPEB benefits, and the health reform. As you know, as most people know, I do not think we're doing enough in terms of pension reform. I think that we should be looking at 401 plans. And so therefore, I have voted against this all along. However, I do not think this is a formality, this waiving the second hearing. And I do not think that we'll be hearing any more from the public since we've been through the contract process. We've been through the entire process. So I would like to move that we move forward with this, that we waive the second hearing. |
| 00:29:47.43 | Vice Mayor Leone | Okay. You had to read the article. |
| 00:29:50.50 | Mayor Kelly | Theatres. Can you read the recommended action? |
| 00:29:51.45 | Vice Mayor Leone | read the recommended action. |
| 00:29:53.03 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:29:53.15 | Councilmember Ford | Oh, that we waived. I moved. |
| 00:29:53.18 | Mayor Kelly | Thank you. THE END OF THE END OF THE So, |
| 00:29:56.58 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Cheers. . Thank you. Right there. |
| 00:30:02.69 | Councilmember Ford | Okay. All right, I move that we waive further reading, read by title only, and adopt ordinance number 1211, an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Sausalito, authorizing an amendment to the contract between the City Council of the City of Sausalito and the Board of Administration, the California Public Employees Retirement System. Okay. Thank you. |
| 00:30:26.21 | Vice Mayor Leone | to the next episode. |
| 00:30:26.38 | Councilmember Ford | Thank you. |
| 00:30:26.46 | Vice Mayor Leone | Thank you. |
| 00:30:26.48 | Councilmember Ford | Thank you. |
| 00:30:26.63 | Herb Weiner | Second. |
| 00:30:27.73 | Councilmember Ford | Thank you. |
| 00:30:27.74 | Vice Mayor Leone | Thank you. |
| 00:30:27.78 | Councilmember Ford | Thank you. |
| 00:30:27.90 | Vice Mayor Leone | Thank you. |
| 00:30:27.93 | Councilmember Ford | Thank you. |
| 00:30:27.96 | Vice Mayor Leone | Thank you. |
| 00:30:27.98 | Councilmember Ford | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 00:30:28.39 | Vice Mayor Leone | Debbie, call roll. |
| 00:30:28.93 | Councilmember Ford | Thank you. |
| 00:30:29.33 | Linda Pfeiffer | Thank you. Mr. Mary do you have a comment? So I would echo what council member Ford has said I do think we lost an opportunity to Pioneer real pension reform change at a systemic level with a 401k hybrid plan But I do agree that this is a formality. This is about process for waving the second reading so |
| 00:30:33.10 | Vice Mayor Leone | Okay. |
| 00:30:52.40 | Mayor Kelly | All right, let me say that we are a member of CalPERS, just so the public understands this. We belong to CalPERS. CalPERS is the largest pension fund in the state of California and most municipalities in the country for that matter, and most municipalities are part of CalPERS. It's unusual, like in Marin, San Rafael has their own pension plan, which I think they run through Mara, and the fire department we just merged with also has their plan through the county of Marin, as does the employees of the county of Marin, MSERA. And in MSERA, they have the ability, because they control the pension fund and the board, to render change as they see fit. From our point of view, only the state of California and the legislature can render change of any significant amount. So when we talk about the plans that CalPERS offered, they offered a plan this year which was a hybrid plan. It actually cost us more than the plans that we adopted, and that was the reason that some of us decided to go that route as opposed to put in a kind of gerrymandered 401k hybrid plan that really wasn't reformed at all. It was more expensive. So all of us up here I think are interested in pension reform as I know many of you are and I think that there will be an opportunity for us in the future as the California legislature and others maybe by referendum even. begin to change the pension system so that it becomes more sustainable. And Sausalito, by the way, is a leader in reform. When the reform movement broke out here about a year and a half or two years ago, we found ourselves way ahead of the curve, and we still are. So you can be proud of the work that the council has done on this matter. Thank you. |
| 00:32:38.51 | Councilmember Ford | Mr. Mayor. Thank you. I would just, I can't let one statement stand. Sorry. We could have done much more. We could have implemented a 401k hybrid plan, which would be a defined benefit, defined contribution plan and saved a lot of money in the future. We chose, the council chose not to do that. And so what the mayor says, I agree that CalPERS leads the way in terms of what we can do, but we could have done more under CalPERS regulations. Thank you. |
| 00:33:19.23 | Councilmember Weiner | Thank you. |
| 00:33:19.25 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:33:19.26 | Councilmember Ford | Thank you. |
| 00:33:19.28 | Councilmember Weiner | I'm sorry. |
| 00:33:19.35 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:33:19.70 | Councilmember Weiner | Yeah, I mean, not to belabor this, but it's a negotiation with your labor force. And so everything in the negotiation is you can put forward what you want. And actually, we did put forward a hybrid system with our labor force. And through the course of negotiations, ended up with a different proposal, but it actually saved us a lot of money over the long term. |
| 00:33:20.26 | Councilmember Ford | Thank you. |
| 00:33:20.33 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | the, |
| 00:33:20.58 | Councilmember Ford | and then, |
| 00:33:42.99 | Mayor Kelly | All right, anybody else care to comment? All right. |
| 00:33:46.28 | Councilmember Ford | Yes, one more comment. One to two percent on salaries in the future is not a lot of money, in my opinion. And that's all I'll say. Thank you. |
| 00:33:46.30 | Mayor Kelly | Yes. |
| 00:33:46.63 | Councilmember Weiner | Thank you. |
| 00:34:00.12 | Mayor Kelly | Okay, Debbie, would |
| 00:34:00.88 | Councilmember Ford | Thank you. |
| 00:34:00.98 | Mayor Kelly | Call the rule. |
| 00:34:01.32 | Councilmember Ford | Thank you. |
| 00:34:01.35 | Mayor Kelly | Thank you. |
| 00:34:04.08 | Debbie (City Clerk) | Thank you. |
| 00:34:04.22 | Councilmember Weiner | Thank you. |
| 00:34:04.34 | Debbie (City Clerk) | Thank you. Council member Pfeiffer? |
| 00:34:07.81 | Linda Pfeiffer | Yes. |
| 00:34:08.98 | Debbie (City Clerk) | Councilmember Ford? Yes. Councilmember Weiner? |
| 00:34:12.45 | Linda Pfeiffer | Yes. |
| 00:34:15.41 | Debbie (City Clerk) | Vice Mayor Leone? Yes. Mayor Kelly? |
| 00:34:16.35 | Mayor Kelly | Thank you. Yes. All right, that moves us to item 6B, which is the adoption of a resolution ratifying the Marin County elections. Office, canvas of returns of the general municipal election of November 6, 2012, and declaring elected three persons receiving the largest number of the votes. |
| 00:34:41.48 | Mayor Kelly | Thank you. |
| 00:34:42.30 | Herb Weiner | Thank you. |
| 00:34:42.39 | Mayor Kelly | Yeah. |
| 00:34:42.61 | Herb Weiner | I'm not. |
| 00:34:42.86 | Mayor Kelly | Thank you. |
| 00:34:43.00 | Herb Weiner | That's when we were looking at you. Been waiting all night for this, Debbie. |
| 00:34:43.05 | Debbie (City Clerk) | . |
| 00:34:43.08 | Vice Mayor Leone | Thank you. |
| 00:34:43.16 | Mayor Kelly | Thanks. |
| 00:34:43.23 | Vice Mayor Leone | I'm going to go. |
| 00:34:43.50 | Mayor Kelly | Thank you. |
| 00:34:43.52 | Vice Mayor Leone | Thank you. |
| 00:34:43.54 | Mayor Kelly | Thank you. |
| 00:34:43.55 | Debbie (City Clerk) | Right. |
| 00:34:43.76 | Mayor Kelly | Thank you. |
| 00:34:43.93 | Debbie (City Clerk) | Thank you. |
| 00:34:43.99 | Vice Mayor Leone | Been waiting all night. |
| 00:34:47.27 | Debbie (City Clerk) | Sitting at the dais, you have the new resolution because at the time that I wrote the staff report, we did not have the certification. And I think a couple of points to highlight. There were 4,679 votes cast at this last election. Of that 4,679, 3,086 were mail-in ballots. Tremendous number of mail-in ballots now. So that brought us to, what was it, 87% voting. |
| 00:35:21.00 | Unknown | and we'll invest in it. |
| 00:35:28.49 | Debbie (City Clerk) | So it was a very, very good turnout. City Hall, I mean, we had just one location here. There were three precincts in here. It was a very busy day, so it was really nice to see. Based on that, for those who do not know what the outcome of the election was, we had |
| 00:35:45.99 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | We had... |
| 00:35:52.18 | Debbie (City Clerk) | Ray Withey come in with the highest number of votes at 2,057. We had Linda Pfeiffer come in next with 1,724. And we had Thomas Theodorus come in third with 1,528. There were 16 votes separating the third and fourth place. For those of you who do not know, I have worked for the city of Sausalito for a lot of years. I have... How many years? Too many. I have... I have overseen... But you started... You were 15, right? So... I've overseen a lot of elections as a city clerk or as the deputy city clerk. And prior to that, I... |
| 00:36:22.98 | Councilmember Weiner | Oh, wow. Thank you. you But you were 15, right? |
| 00:36:41.64 | Debbie (City Clerk) | saw a lot of elections. I've never seen one this close, ever. I mean, we used to think that 100 or 200 votes separating was close. So it was a very exciting time. And if it's the last election that I oversee, it was a great one to oversee. |
| 00:37:01.05 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | That's crazy. . |
| 00:37:03.26 | Debbie (City Clerk) | Um... So based on that, those are the highlights. And all I need is counsel to adopt this resolution. Certifying the election. |
| 00:37:11.92 | Mayor Kelly | Do we need to take public comment on this? |
| 00:37:13.71 | Debbie (City Clerk) | if you would like, of course. |
| 00:37:15.46 | Mayor Kelly | Thank you. |
| 00:37:15.61 | Debbie (City Clerk) | Thank you. |
| 00:37:15.65 | Mayor Kelly | Anybody on the council want to say anything? Any member of the public want to speak about the general election, or shall we just get on with it? Get on with it. All right. |
| 00:37:22.80 | Herb Weiner | Get on with it. All right. |
| 00:37:23.97 | Councilmember Weiner | All right. |
| 00:37:26.03 | Herb Weiner | Ready? |
| 00:37:26.04 | Councilmember Weiner | Thank you. |
| 00:37:26.13 | Mayor Kelly | You ready? Can you give me a motion? |
| 00:37:27.05 | Councilmember Weiner | Thank you. Can you give me a motion? Yeah. Don't ask the mom for any opinion. |
| 00:37:28.93 | Herb Weiner | Yeah. I'll try to have pity you for trouble. Okay, I'll so move on accepting that. |
| 00:37:36.94 | Mayor Kelly | Okay. |
| 00:37:37.60 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | I think you have to read. I have to read? Yes. Okay. Motion to. |
| 00:37:37.97 | Mayor Kelly | I'm ready. Thank you. |
| 00:37:38.46 | Herb Weiner | Do I have to read it? Yes. Okay. Motion to. Okay, I'll read it on both sides here. A resolution, thank you. Resolution of the City Council of the City of Sausalito ratifying the Marin County Registrar of Voters |
| 00:37:45.57 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | . |
| 00:37:54.02 | Herb Weiner | canvas of returns of the general municipal election of November 6, 2012, in declaring elected the person receiving the largest number of votes for the office. |
| 00:38:05.87 | Mayor Kelly | Second. Okay. Debbie, call the roll. |
| 00:38:05.93 | Unknown | Second. |
| 00:38:13.21 | Debbie (City Clerk) | Councilmember Pfeiffer. you |
| 00:38:14.53 | Linda Pfeiffer | Yes. |
| 00:38:14.73 | Debbie (City Clerk) | you Councilmember Ford. Yes. Councilmember Weiner. Yes. |
| 00:38:18.69 | Councilmember Ford | Thank you. |
| 00:38:18.73 | Mayor Kelly | Yeah. |
| 00:38:18.91 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | THE END OF THE END OF THE |
| 00:38:18.96 | Councilmember Ford | Thank you. |
| 00:38:19.01 | Mayor Kelly | Thank you. |
| 00:38:19.42 | Debbie (City Clerk) | Vice Mayor Leone. |
| 00:38:20.48 | Mike Moyle | Thank you. |
| 00:38:20.51 | Councilmember Weiner | Yes. |
| 00:38:20.75 | Mike Moyle | Thank you. |
| 00:38:23.45 | Debbie (City Clerk) | Mayor Kelly. |
| 00:38:24.45 | Mayor Kelly | Yes. All right. That brings us to the next item, which is C, presentation to outgoing council members, city manager Adam Faltzer. |
| 00:38:38.17 | Adam Politzer | Okay, next to giving away money to good causes, this is one of the opportunities to do the next best thing, is to recognize council members that have served our city with good and honorable intentions to do the best they can for people that elected them to the office of city council. It's also a bittersweet moment because with the two council members, Councilmember Ford and Mayor Kelly stepping down, both of them as individuals, I've had Great. experiences with each of them. I've had also some entertaining experiences where we've laughed. and some opportunities to cry. over various things and argue. and celebrate and debate and enjoy a variety level of news coverage over the years. . past several years. |
| 00:39:37.89 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 00:39:38.06 | Adam Politzer | Peace. |
| 00:39:38.43 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:39:38.97 | Adam Politzer | Uh, Tonight really is about celebrating, and I'm really pleased that we have a standing room-only audience here and many people at home watching on their computers. And I hope that folks come forward tonight and say their thanks and appreciation to both council members for their service to our community So this how this program is going to work is that I'm going to say a few remarks here I'm going to then Turn it over to the public and allow the public to come up and thank the council member the outgoing council members for their years of service Then I'm going to ask the City Council if they would like to make remarks to the outgoing council members and then conclude with the council members that are leaving the dais to also make their final remarks as elected officials for the City of Sausalito. We also have a few gifts to give to you and I'll give the city's gifts at the conclusion of my presentation and if there are any gifts that the public would like to give if they are coming with gifts, this would be the opportunity to do it during their presentation. Thank you. |
| 00:41:00.07 | Councilmember Weiner | The folks in the hallway, you can come in if you want. |
| 00:41:01.86 | Adam Politzer | I mean, if you're a Yeah, you guys can send. |
| 00:41:08.44 | Councilmember Weiner | little bit of construction in the back, but come on in if you want |
| 00:41:11.64 | Adam Politzer | I think they're fine. They're welcome to join us or stand where they are. |
| 00:41:11.66 | Councilmember Weiner | I think they're... I THINK THAT'S A GREAT |
| 00:41:17.77 | Adam Politzer | Um, Thank you. |
| 00:41:19.04 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:41:19.14 | Adam Politzer | One of the things that I think this council has embraced in various ways and the community understands is that at the end of the day, we're all one team. The name on the front of our jersey is City of Sausalito. and that's the most important name. And I think that this council shares with some of these accomplishments that I'll be talking about. But I think it's important that we recognize that the two folks that are leaving office should celebrate and take a little bit of extra celebration time to recognize that they were part of a team that had many successes. I first wanted to start on things that sometimes don't make the headlines, but they are really the foundation of what we do as a city. We have seven departments offering a variety of services. This council looks at the budget, looks at those services, outreaches into the community, various boards and commissions and committees, neighborhood groups, coffee shop mates to get their feedback. And some of the things that this council supported, but I want to recognize where Mike and Carolyn both supported these accomplishments are the street improvements. We've had significant street improvements. Carolyn has served on |
| 00:42:10.78 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:42:43.63 | Adam Politzer | for three years when Amy Belser had to leave the office during her challenges with her Her health. and Mike Kelly has served the council for eight years. Thank you. But during this last three years, we've made significant improvements on the Back to the Basics concept, where we all agreed that we needed to fix what we own. which included streets, our sewers, sidewalks, our parks. And on every vote on those items, they voted yes together. They supported that. They recognized that the Back to the Basics was a fundamental principle that this council and this city should be focused on. ADA improvements. Restroom facilities here at City Hall and downtown. The facilities downtown should be open at the end of the winter, early spring of next year. And that's something that I think that Robin Sweeney in particular will be happy not to come and lecture us on cleaning these restrooms and getting something more appropriate downtown. But each of these council members, and particularly Mike and Carolyn on that, formed subcommittees, formed working groups, and tried to find solutions that led us to Michael Rex and Bill Werner coming forward and giving options that we were able to ultimately say yes, we're going to do that and we are. And again with the entire council supporting that. the library remodel. I see Abbott here and friends of the library and members of the various groups that support the library, but that's a $215,000 project. that the council supported. And Mike Kelly serving on their board I know is very pleased with that, but I can say that each one of the council members is very, very happy that that got forward and again, five of them voted in support of that project, something that I think our community in the very near future will get to experience and see the good work that this council supported. Sustainability Commission, again, both Mike and Carolyn, publicly made comments about how important that wet waste composting program is to our community, praise Bay Cities in their efforts, and obviously the leadership of the Sustainability Commission. Again, the council was a 5-0 support of that project, and Carolyn and Mike both went out of their way to recognize the good work of the Sustainability Commission. Gate 6 Road to Ferry Landing and the Non-Motorized Transportation Plan. highly controversial at the beginning, a lot of meetings, a lot of debate, a lot of community meetings that led to something that the council was able to support recognizing the importance from Gate 6 Road to the ferry landing, the pedestrian pathways that are challenging at best with the challenges that lay with the trees and the root structure that upheaves the sidewalks and then the lack of bicycle facilities for the non-spandex rider to give the people the ability. And again, recognizing that this now gives us a master plan to make improvements. And again, both council members were champions of that project along with the other three council members. uh, Preservation of the machine shop. We all heard the VA come in and say, we're gonna knock down the machine shop, it's too expensive to fix. All five council members said no, we won't allow that to happen. each of the council members in their own way, stood up to protect that, attending meetings, workshops, and again the leadership of the council was very important and it has stopped that and it's given the staff and the various working groups the ability to list that as our first local registered project, preserving that building for Sausalito into the future and we're working to get that on the state and national register of historic structures to protect that. This council under the leadership of Mike Kelly as the mayor was able to help prevent that and now the dialogue is reopened on what we can do to preserve that facility and work with them because we support the VA, but we need to to preserve the value of that building and its meaning to our community. The Sister City program, again, each of them and many of the council members participate in the various activities, but again, our relationship with our newest Sister City and our oldest Sister City has kind of been renewed in this last year and a half. And Sakaide, which is the one that's the most active, continues to wave its flag of value importance to our community and their active student exchange program that has been really thriving over the last five years under Susan Rose's leadership of the psychiatry program. Michael Moyle has also really stepped in to help the Vena del Mara program take on the just a new focus in our Sister City program. And I know that the Sister City folks are here, and I'll let them talk a little bit about Cascade and Sakaita and Bina del Mar. Robin Sweeney Park and all of our parks, the improvements in recognizing Harrison Park is just as important as Dunphy Park. All those projects are now underway. Construction has started at Harrison. The friends of Dunphy Park are championing Dunphy Park. We've gone through a process to get the ball moving on Robin Sweeney, a community process. And again, this council of each of those projects along the way. You know, Carolyn, as I mentioned, has served on the city council for the last three years, and I have individual relationships with each of the five. As a city manager, if you're not aware, each of them were my boss. Thank you. |
| 00:49:02.17 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:49:02.19 | Adam Politzer | Yeah. |
| 00:49:02.26 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:49:03.03 | Adam Politzer | Collectively they give me direction, but individually we have our own relationships. And they're all unique and different and full of different... opportunities and benefits and awards and rewards and challenges. But I can say with my relationship with Carolyn is that her commitment to this community is genuine. the leadership that she Um, provides in the dedication of preservation, Her dedication and commitment to open government her support. of community participation She is a true champion of each of those goals. characteristics of her style of leadership. It may be different than some of the others on the council and it may have different results, but your genuine interest in supporting and serving this community is appreciated by me and by the staff. One of the things that Carolyn and I have said to each other on a number of occasions is that we need to respectfully agree to disagree. And I appreciate that with Carolyn and my private meetings with her where we'll get into some debate and discussion, but at the end, shake hands and say, we just don't see eye to eye on that, and I appreciate that that characteristic and that style of your leadership and I appreciate that. Mike has served for eight years on the council and I've known Mike when he was on the planning commission when I was downstairs in the Park and Recreation Commission. So my relationship with Mike has a much longer history and we have a very close relationship for a variety of reasons. I'm going to miss Mike very much. Again, there were things that we agreed upon and things that we didn't and some pounding table at various meetings. where maybe I didn't feel as strongly as you did. And some of those go back to some of the public safety meetings that we had. And Lauren is still in here, and you're still standing up straight. But your leadership and I know that your desire to run for council was focused on the public safety facilities and guiding us and leading us through that process. Obviously when we had the grand opening of the facilities and gave the speeches, you received a lot of accolades from the public as the council did because they all served a role in it. But your leadership in that and your willingness to roll up your sleeves and come to every meeting on Monday at 3.30 and stay there until those meetings were done, the evening meetings with the Bond Oversight Committee I see Norm Wollstrugger here in the audience and there was four other managers. Peter Van Meter is another in the audience here that gave their time on the bond oversight committee but Mike was at many of those meetings as well to help. Shepard, the spending and the project to a successful end. The fire annexation project was very controversial and it had the ability to create a divide in the community. But both Mike Kelly and Jonathan Leone served on the fire consolidation committee that had been meeting for many years, more years than I've been serving as the city manager. riding the rough roads but demanding information, demanding to get into the minutiae of the details and bringing that forward to our council meetings, I think ultimately led to a successful end with the support of the community to ultimately give Southern Marin Fire Protection District the leadership of running our fire department. And I think that... of the community to ultimately give Southern Marin Fire Protection District the leadership of running our fire department. And I think that that's going just fine. We've had some rough times, rough financial times, in Mike's leadership in the five years that I've been the city manager on the finance committee, working with Amy Bowser or Paul Albertan or Jonathan Leon. He's been the consistent player at the finance committee, and I think one of the reasons the city's in good financial shape is, again, because of his background and expertise. And, again, on many of the issues regarding finance, all five council members agreed. They support it. Our budgets weren't controversial. We didn't have a lot of argument during budget discussion. People understand the values of it, and I think they all appreciate it, Mike's leadership, during the Finance Committee hearings. It's important to recognize that Mike's been the mayor twice. The most important time to me was when I was hired. We won't hold that against you. And, you know, so, you know, the person that sits across from you when you're being hired is always an important person in your life because they're the ones that shake your hands, look you in the eye, and tell you that we believe that you're going to do a good job, and Mike has never wavered on that. And I've always appreciated that moment, and we'll look back on that for the rest of my life. |
| 00:53:51.09 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | I |
| 00:53:52.98 | Mike Moyle | Thank you. |
| 00:53:53.03 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | and |
| 00:53:53.97 | Mike Moyle | Yeah. |
| 00:53:54.33 | Councilmember Weiner | We won't hold that. |
| 00:53:54.99 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:53:55.12 | Councilmember Weiner | Yes. |
| 00:53:55.34 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. That's it. |
| 00:54:17.90 | Adam Politzer | Uh. I think that I want to end with these two statements because they're not just council members, they're community members. One of the things that I appreciated about Carolyn, because I was the park and rec director I first started playing bocce ball when we created the league. many, many years ago. But Carolyn's been playing in our bocce ball league with many folks, and it's grown from a small group to a very large group. But she's been playing since 2005. and she's been on winning teams up until this moment. She's been part of teams that have won three championships. But what's exciting, and I asked Jeff Dibble to let me know how she did this year. Uh... And their team, they're ball stars. |
| 00:55:06.91 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | All stars. |
| 00:55:07.99 | Adam Politzer | One. One, the super role. championship this year. So now Carolyn's been a part of four championship teams on the Bocce Ball Court. And again, I think that that whole community, when you look at the Bocce Ball community, they are everybody in this room from all parts of the community, from the hill to the water to... We're against the fire consolidation over Ford. We're against housing element over Ford. They're all there. |
| 00:55:12.59 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:55:12.71 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | The championship. |
| 00:55:13.66 | Unknown | championship this year. |
| 00:55:37.38 | Adam Politzer | and they all get along and they all have a great time. And at that moment in time, we're just Team Sausalito. And so that's credit to Carolyn. You all know that Mike is a performer in many ways than one. We know that he's an outstanding trumpet player. So if you're missing the opportunity to hear Mike and have the room full of hot air, there's another stage performance that you'll be able to see him on and see him play the trumpet rather than give speeches. And we look forward to seeing you on our stage at Blues and Jazz Weather Bay, the Fourth of July, the various events that you've already performed and maybe we'll all take a field trip and see you in the city and get to experience you live. |
| 00:56:05.87 | Herb Weiner | stage and performance that you'll be able to |
| 00:56:08.97 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:56:30.49 | Adam Politzer | but you're real people. and you're real residents and you really care about our community and we're darn lucky to have these folks step forward and serve your community for three years and for the past eight years. So congratulations on your service for the city of San Diego. Thank you. Thank you. |
| 00:57:01.18 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:57:02.26 | Adam Politzer | We have a couple door prizes, parting gifts for your years of service. They're these nice plaques that Debbie always does a wonderful job of picking up these plaques for you to keep as keepsakes and always remember fondly. But to Carolyn Ford, with appreciation for your dedicated service to the community while serving on the Asasada City Council December 8, 2009, it seems like yesterday. Thank you. |
| 00:57:30.53 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:57:30.56 | Adam Politzer | Thank you. |
| 00:57:30.58 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | . |
| 00:57:30.77 | Adam Politzer | you to December 11, 2012. |
| 00:57:44.86 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 00:57:48.60 | Adam Politzer | And to Mayor Mike Kelly, with appreciation to D. Michael Kelly. We'll have to find out what the D stands for. for your dedicated service to the community while serving on the South Dakota City Council. December 14th. 2004. to December 11, 2012. |
| 00:58:19.70 | Herb Weiner | I think the D stands for dedicated. |
| 00:58:24.99 | Adam Politzer | I'm going to ask for the public to come and if they would like to make a presentation or just say their thanks, the mic is yours and then I will come back at the end of the |
| 00:58:44.04 | Mike Moyle | We just line up this protocol. |
| 00:58:47.26 | Unknown | Good evening. I'm on the Library Board of Trustees. And at our meeting today, we passed a resolution in honor of the retiring Carolyn Ford and Mike Kelly. And I'd like to read what we passed. As you all know, |
| 00:58:58.84 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | all know. |
| 00:59:01.16 | Unknown | As you all know, the Sausalito Library depends on the support that the City Council gives us. As members of the Council change after the November 2012 election, We want to thank, in particular, Mike Kelly, who has served as the liaison between the council and the trustees. He has attended meetings, joined in via teleconferencing, and offered pertinent, helpful ideas and questions during our discussions. We also want to thank Carolyn Ford who has consistently spoken up in recognition of the library's importance and has made extra effort to be better acquainted with its facilities and to attend library events. you might not know that each library trustee is assigned a city council member as a buddy. as a way of maintaining a personal connection between these two essential Sausalito institutions. Therefore, to all of the City Council members during these past years. Thank you for your ongoing encouragement and validation that what the library does is fundamental to the vitality of our community. |
| 01:00:19.63 | Adam Politzer | I'll be shy. |
| 01:00:29.83 | Jim Irving | Good evening, Mr. Mayor and council members. Thank you. I've sat here a few times. Who are you? Jim Irving. I'm the Chief of the Southern Marine Fire Protection District. I would like to thank both Mayor Kelly and Councilmember Ford for your dedication, your service over the years. Specifically to Mike, I want to thank you for the support and the effort you have given to the Consolidation Committee in making the consolidation happen. On a very personal level, I want to thank you for the patience and the guidance that you have given me. As you are well aware, when I took over as fire chief, the relationship between the city and the district was very tenuous, and I think that your patience and your guidance helped us through that, and I really appreciate that. Thank you very much. You've been a great leader and a great mentor for me. Carolyn, you and I may not have disagreed all the time, but we've always treated each other with respect. I appreciate the disagreement. It is democracy and it's what makes politics work. And thank you for your being who you are and thank you for being respectful. And thank you for personally also supporting me. I appreciate that. |
| 01:00:33.88 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 01:00:34.01 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | I'm sorry. |
| 01:00:35.02 | Councilmember Weiner | Thank you. JIM IRVING? |
| 01:00:36.59 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Okay. |
| 01:00:36.85 | Councilmember Weiner | I'm a chief. and bring her down. |
| 01:01:33.19 | Unknown | You were like, |
| 01:01:33.53 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | We've always treated each other with respect. |
| 01:01:37.97 | Unknown | you know, |
| 01:02:01.68 | Jim Irving | Thank you. |
| 01:02:01.98 | Councilmember Ford | The respect is mutual and thank you very much for your support. |
| 01:02:06.18 | Jim Irving | I wish both of you great luck in the future in whatever you endeavor to do. . |
| 01:02:11.53 | Councilmember Ford | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 01:02:20.07 | Unknown | I'm the cabinet CEO of the Sausalito Chamber of Commerce. On behalf of the Chamber of Business community and the Chamber of Commerce Board, I would like to thank Carolyn Ford and Mike Kelly for their dedication to the community. and to the Chamber, thank you for all that you've done. You guys give so much time, we really appreciate it. And in particular, thank you, Mike, for your longstanding support of the business community. and we wish you both Great luck in the future and a lot more free time. |
| 01:02:49.30 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 01:03:02.43 | Herb Weiner | Who's rooting for the Giants? Go ahead. Thank you so much. |
| 01:03:05.31 | Susan Rowe | Thank you so much, City Council. My name is Susan Rowe, and I represent the Sausalito Sister City Program. In Sausalito, we're a small community. We have three. Not one. Not two. but three. Thank you, Herbie. And I will tell you, it has been such a rewarding experience. I started my career for free on Parks and Rec He was my boss. |
| 01:03:39.33 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | of. |
| 01:03:39.97 | Susan Rowe | Thank you. and now we have a great park and rec as we handed that off, and I got the good fortune to grab Sikide, Sister City Program. And I will tell you, it has been rewarding. And if you are not involved, I would encourage you all to please be involved in our Sister Cities program. Sakai de Japan. Vine del Mar Chile. and Cascade, Portugal. I'm very proud of what we have done and accomplished, and I'm looking forward to to a new Council. two members that will embrace the Sister City Program as you five have and the city always has. Mike Kelly. He may be leaving the council, He's joining our board. So we are going to get him for more time. And Carolyn, I'm gonna snag you too. So now that you'll have the time to continue to be involved, thank you so much, I appreciate it. Domo aare. |
| 01:04:34.89 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Yes. |
| 01:04:42.23 | Susan Rowe | you |
| 01:04:42.31 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 01:04:54.53 | Adam Politzer | Other members of the public? |
| 01:04:59.66 | Bonnie McGregor | You know, I can't pass up a chance to sound off. I'm Bonnie McGregor, and I've been before this council and others more than once about issues, and again, we sometimes agree and sometimes do not. |
| 01:05:01.78 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Sound off. |
| 01:05:14.02 | Bonnie McGregor | but I think we always have the same purpose in mind, and that's what we feel is best for our wonderful little community here. Speaking of that, I've been involved with different efforts over the years. Imagine Sausalito, which was an incredible experience for me. taking on transportation, which no one loves, I learned a lot. and working with the various people on that committee. And then I was on the Measure D, yes, on Measure D committee. And most recently, I had the pleasure of serving on Ray Withey's election campaign. So, uh... Well, I ain't got no fancy titles myself. I do like to get involved. And I'm now also involved with Vina Del Mar. And I am very excited about all of our Sister Cities programs, and thank you all very much for supporting them. And the best of luck to our new city council members. |
| 01:06:17.08 | Unknown | Mr. Mayor, honorable members of the council, visiting folks, I would like to thank both Mayor Kelly and Council Member Ford for leading the community, sometimes in unison, sometimes in creative arguments. I appreciate the eight years, the three years, any number of years that you devoted a significant portion of your life Two. public service, We needed your services. We very much appreciated your services. And we are looking forward to your council even after you've been off the city council. One more point I would like to make is that In a community like ourselves, we cannot see everything from one point of view. And it is logical and quite likely that a council is often divided in their opinion. So it is not a negative point, but an opportunity for working out solutions that represent everybody. And thank you very much for bearing with this job and helping the community to move forward. |
| 01:08:14.70 | Peter Van Meter | Peter Van Meter. On some public occasions, Mike Kelly has used my name in vain saying, he's the guy that got me into this. At which point I always wanted to crawl under a rock and say, it's not really my fault. But I can understand your concern as you faced all the issues you have over the last eight years. |
| 01:08:25.03 | Unknown | got me into this. At which point I always |
| 01:08:38.66 | Peter Van Meter | today, now that you're leaving office, I will in fact take credit. Because, Mike, you've done an exemplary job, you came into this looking at the public safety building projects as one of your key goals. You have accomplished that in fantastic fashion. And the results are showing your handiwork. And on behalf of the community, I want to just thank you for that and all of your other efforts over the last few years. |
| 01:09:18.42 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | you |
| 01:09:19.19 | Adam Politzer | Any other members of the public? Only once. |
| 01:09:23.40 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 01:09:25.44 | Adam Politzer | Twice sold. |
| 01:09:33.32 | Adam Politzer | So this would be the opportunity for the other members of the council if they'd like to say a few words about their colleagues. This would be that opportunity. |
| 01:09:43.80 | Councilmember Weiner | Thank you. |
| 01:09:44.03 | Herb Weiner | or |
| 01:09:46.03 | Councilmember Weiner | Nice word. |
| 01:09:47.17 | Herb Weiner | Thank you. Well, Carolyn, it's been a challenge for three years. But nonetheless, no matter what, even when I left the meetings, |
| 01:09:48.56 | Councilmember Weiner | Thank you. |
| 01:09:53.18 | Councilmember Weiner | for the |
| 01:09:54.02 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | It is. Thank you. |
| 01:10:02.48 | Herb Weiner | I always had a smile on my face and that allowed me just to appreciate every day. I wish you... |
| 01:10:14.11 | Herb Weiner | I wish you a merry Christmas, and I wish you a good health in the next year. And I think that's the most important thing. |
| 01:10:15.62 | Councilmember Ford | And I wish you all. |
| 01:10:21.94 | Councilmember Ford | Thank you, and I wish you the same. Happy holidays, good health. |
| 01:10:26.36 | Herb Weiner | Please. |
| 01:10:26.39 | Councilmember Ford | And good luck and best wishes going forward. |
| 01:10:31.44 | Herb Weiner | Thanks. Thank you. Mike Kelly. Well, I met Mike. I really didn't know Mike until I came on the council six years ago. you've really kind of At the beginning, you, Paul, And Amy kind of took me under my wings, under the wings of trying to figure out, what are we going to do with this gas choccy? |
| 01:10:54.40 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | . |
| 01:10:56.63 | Herb Weiner | But I really learned and you really have helped me I learned when you became mayor five years ago, you said, Herb, how would you like to take on the bicycles in this town? |
| 01:11:06.71 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | LAUGHTER |
| 01:11:07.47 | Herb Weiner | I said, sure, that'll take me six months. Well, it's almost six years and I'm still on it. And we thanks with your guidance and advice, I think that we are going in the right direction. with that. and we'll be able to handle that in the future. the fire consolidation, You're definitely a champion in that. And. I guess I'll stop there and just say you'll be sorely missed up here. So thank you. |
| 01:11:38.67 | Vice Mayor Leone | my huge |
| 01:11:46.90 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | . you Thanks. |
| 01:11:51.12 | Linda Pfeiffer | Okay, well Mike, thank you very much for your service to the community. And, you know, sometimes we agree and sometimes we don't agree, but I know you work very hard and you have a lot of conviction in what you believe. And I appreciate that. Carolyn. Winston Churchill once said, You have enemies? Good. It means you stand for something. |
| 01:12:17.14 | Unknown | You have enemies? |
| 01:12:22.73 | Linda Pfeiffer | Councilmember Carolyn Ford, you stand for transparency, open government, preservation, and pension reform. Councilmember Ford, you worked tirelessly to champion the values you promised residents to uphold. You did your homework. You learned the issues inside out. Your questions yielded insight for the public, and your statements were bold, truthful, factual, and always from the heart. You have made a difference to residents, to our beautiful small town, Sausalito, and to me. I respect you. I admire you. With your conviction and inner strength, you have always championed open government and residents' interests, and you inspire me with your words and your selfless dedication to what is the right thing to do. You are a woman of integrity and you will always be a leader to this community on and off the dais. You have left a legacy of pension reform transparency, preservation, and of course, sunshine. As you transition from this Council, I will say that I was honored to have served with you. Onwards and upwards. |
| 01:13:38.26 | Councilmember Ford | I just have to say something. You have brought a tear to my eyes. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for your acolytes. |
| 01:13:56.87 | Councilmember Weiner | Um, So Carolyn, I think It's been three years of hard work for all of us, and yourself included. And people forget that if you go back and you look through all the voting records, By and far, the majority of votes on this council are united on the things that make the city work. There are things that we voted differently on or had heated arguments about. Um, But I think what I have really appreciated working with Carolyn And people forget we interacted before this on your time on the council on certain issues, and I supported your your campaign back in the day, Um, But I've appreciated your support on park improvements and focusing on the needs of both young and old here in Sausalito. I really appreciate your help on that. I've also appreciated your efforts to push forward all the capital improvement projects that we've done here over the last decade, over the last three years, and certainly over the last decade. And your support really, I think, Linda highlighted this and preservation of what is really critical to the character and fabric of this community as its past and its sort of heart and soul. And that's something that I know I've appreciated interacting with you on. But I think the most that you've taught me about is how someone can bring really a strong sense of energy and passion. |
| 01:15:20.05 | Unknown | THEIR OWNERS. |
| 01:15:27.09 | Councilmember Weiner | to involvement in the community, both before your time here on the Council with petitions and getting people mobilized to bring things out into the light of day that needed to be out in the light of day. And your time here on the Council, I think no one speaks with more passion about the issues you believe in than you do. And you've taught me a lot and I've appreciated those lessons. um, And I wish you much more fun. and good health. If Dennis has any indication in the back, it's a better situation to be out of the council. Dennis looks healthier and healthier as time goes by. So I wish you all the best going forward. And congratulations for your hard work. |
| 01:16:05.26 | Unknown | as well. |
| 01:16:13.43 | Councilmember Ford | I hope. Thank you, Jonathan, and I appreciate your accolades. I have to say I walked this, Pat Zook and I walked the street for you at one point during your campaign. Yes, you did. And I helped Mike as well. It's interesting how life changes and turns are made, but I appreciate your kind words, and I wish you the best going forward on the |
| 01:16:27.72 | Councilmember Weiner | Yes, you do. |
| 01:16:28.93 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | And I |
| 01:16:45.76 | Councilmember Weiner | Thank you. |
| 01:16:45.91 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 01:16:45.96 | Councilmember Weiner | Thank you. Mike, I'll try and keep it short. I have interacted with Mike in public service for almost a decade, and both as on the Planning Commission And, uh... HERE ON CITY COUNCIL. And as the Planning Commission member and dealing with the City Council person, I just wanted to highlight really three things that I think Mike has really brought to this community and some people spoke to it before, having been sucked into the middle of this for the last few years. I mean, Mike, you've probably spent about eight years of your No, no, no. Ten, almost a decade of your life involved with that public safety building. And that is crazy. So, and thank God you did, because really I don't think there's anyone in Sausalito who wasn't getting paid, and I'll give you credit, Lauren and Jonathan, |
| 01:17:25.63 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Yes. |
| 01:17:37.65 | Councilmember Weiner | to do this that made this building happen. And having been on that subcommittee with you for a number of years, that was a lot of work. And you shouldered the bulk of it for anyone here in town. We would not have gotten that building done on time. under budget. You know, Mike's can be an arm twister, and sometimes that's needed. And in that building, it was needed both internally, externally, with contractors and architects and what have you, and thank God you were there. I can't think of anyone else who would have gotten it done in a better fashion or with greater benefit to the city. The city's finances, Mike has brought, I don't know how many years you've been on the finance committee, I would guess six if I added them all up. Out of the eight you've been on the council, five or six. And Mike's common sense, financial acumen, I mean, the city has gone from no reserves to over 25% of its budget and reserves. The city has gone from not investing in its infrastructure to investing heavily in its infrastructure, probably the most it's done over the course of eight years and decades since the city has built out. And Mike deserves a lot of credit for that. for bringing common sense, let's make sure that things are done and the money is spent in the wisest way possible. And I think that the largest thing that Mike has taught me and the financial thing kind of brought us together is, you know, I didn't know Mike fairly well, didn't know him incredibly well on the Planning Commission. It was a brief stop for you, and lucky you for that. But it's a sense that you can disagree and move forward, and you can have varied points of view and still get things done and solve problems, build bridges to people, and create a positive momentum for the city of Sausalito. And you have done that. And your time on the council, your time as the planning commissioner, your time as the head of the steering committee of the public safety building, you are a good bridge builder. It doesn't work all the time, but you get things done. That is the hallmark of a good public servant. At the end of the day, it's getting things done that are beneficial to the community. You've taught me a lot. |
| 01:19:19.52 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | for that. |
| 01:19:21.16 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 01:20:09.98 | Councilmember Weiner | Uh-huh. I will miss you very much from your leadership point of view and skills and knowledge and kicking me under the table when I'm saying something stupid. um, So I'll rely on Linda and Herb to do that going forward. But the city is lucky to have had your service for this length of time. And I can say that with definitive certitude that we really have benefited from your contribution to this community. |
| 01:20:43.78 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 01:20:49.72 | Adam Politzer | So we're coming to the end of saying our goodbyes. And I would like to ask Carolyn if she would like to say a few remarks, and then followed by Mike Young. |
| 01:20:59.31 | Councilmember Ford | Certainly. First of all, I would like to say that it is an honor, has been an honor. to serve the community in this capacity. I have very much enjoyed And, um... feel it has been a privilege to do so. And I thank everyone for their support over the last three years. Secondly, I would like to thank city staff, Adam, city staff for their support. We have some very fine people who work for this city, and I have enjoyed working with them. We don't always agree, absolutely. I thought our city manager gave a good rundown on the things we did agree on. and that we were able to do as the council. So that's nice. The other issues we haven't agreed on were big issues and philosophical issues and so, So be it. I would like to thank everyone for their accolades. I appreciate it. |
| 01:22:28.83 | Councilmember Weiner | You can do it. Thank you. Yeah. . |
| 01:22:30.58 | Councilmember Ford | Oh, my God. |
| 01:22:30.77 | Councilmember Weiner | you |
| 01:22:30.84 | Councilmember Ford | Thank you. |
| 01:22:30.87 | Councilmember Weiner | This is a bittersweet moment for me. |
| 01:22:31.65 | Councilmember Ford | This is a bittersweet moment for me, obviously. I'd like to wish our new council members well, and Ray Withey and Tom Theodoris. Wish you well going forward, Council Member Pfeiffer, and the whole council going forward. Uh. And other than that, I think I'll call it an evening. And probably go have a glass of wine or two. |
| 01:23:09.65 | Adam Politzer | And, |
| 01:23:09.95 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 01:23:14.81 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Oh, my God. Thank you. |
| 01:23:16.09 | Councilmember Ford | Thank you. |
| 01:23:16.16 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 01:23:16.79 | Councilmember Ford | I'm sorry. |
| 01:23:16.80 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | I'm not. |
| 01:23:39.80 | Adam Politzer | and, |
| 01:23:39.97 | Mayor Kelly | Kelly, your turn. Okay. Well, I have five pages here, but I think most of it's been said, so I'll reduce it. Start the clock. I want to say that this is, you know, this is the last time I'll speak from this podium, and I've been up here for eight years in one place or another. I like to say it's been more than 10% of my life. And it's been a very challenging and rewarding time, as it's been difficult too. But there's a quote from Teddy Roosevelt that I like. Life's greatest gift is the opportunity to work hard at work worth doing. And this is work worth doing. |
| 01:23:44.63 | Councilmember Weiner | I already do see. But I... Start the clock. |
| 01:24:23.17 | Mayor Kelly | and it's made my life here a higher quality. The people I've worked with in the city organization, in the community at large, the progress that we've made together The projects that we got done and completed with dozens of local and county boards and where we built alliances and gained assistance. And more is going to come from all that. Um, Throughout both terms, I tried to work as a consensus builder. It was easier in the earlier years. It's been harder in the later years, but we have, as you heard from Adam tonight, reached consensus on many items. All through it, I've tried to keep in mind, pardon me, I've got a cold, as you can probably tell, but keep in mind that what course would best benefit the majority of the people in Sausalito? How would most people like to have the city run, the city cared for? |
| 01:25:04.09 | Unknown | But, |
| 01:25:14.74 | Mayor Kelly | And that's always been my guiding principle. Um, In times, I know it's hard with government agencies. We're reminded morning, noon, and night of all of our failures and every individual's, you know, got a problem and all that. But the truth is that most all of us and all of us up here, I know, including Carolyn and Linda, and Jonathan and Herb have brought to this chamber our own best idea of how we ought to operate and tried to work to some consensus. And that's the most important thing I think we can do going forward. In terms of the projects, you know, most of them have been mentioned. There's some that didn't make the honor roll, so I'd like to just mention a couple of those. First of all, it was my great pleasure to bring Adam to the city of Sausalito. I mean, he's born here, but other than that. And it was really Herb who influenced me as we got down to the final three candidates. We had a couple of special people that, you know, really had a tremendous amount of experience in one thing or another. |
| 01:26:00.19 | Unknown | that. |
| 01:26:12.94 | Mayor Kelly | And Adam, to his great credit, had been a terrific |
| 01:26:15.56 | Unknown | up. |
| 01:26:16.40 | Mayor Kelly | A parks and rec guy here and he'd gone over to Belmont and done terrific work over there, but he'd never managed to city. And so Herb said to me, he can do it. and. You did. So it's been a great pleasure to see that happen. You know, we've, as Jonathan said, I focused on the finances when I got here. We had a big deficit, so I said, you know, how do we get money? Thank you. and I just began falling on the money. When it came in the door, I fell on it, and we shoved it over here and shoved it over there, and we went from a deficit to a strong surplus. We were about a million and a half in the hole, and I just checked those numbers tonight looking at them. And now we're about 2.7 million to the good and getting better as we go along. So I challenge the incoming council and this council that's up here to continue to do that. Fall on the money. and make our city really financially strong. I'm proud of what I did with the art festival. It helped to do with the art festival. The council did it, but basically it was a tough slog. It was a lot of community dissension. about that, but we put together a good package for the city, for the art festival, and for the Chamber of Commerce, and it sustained our Chamber of Commerce. That has gone on now and I think is doing just fine. We talked about a big project that Jonathan Goldman, by the way, successfully brought together here. Here's the $6 million project on the waterfront. Those of you who noticed the big machines out there putting in the concrete headers in the bulkheads. That project together here. There's the $6 million project on the waterfront. Those of you who noticed the big machines out there putting in the concrete headers and the bulkheads. That project was a combination of public and private. Jonathan and I did not agree on a lot of things on that project. But you know what? At the end of the day, we got it done. And thanks to the Madden family who kicked in a whole bunch of money and helped us along. The city's budget did not get materially impacted by that major, major project. And that was, we were in danger of losing that bull kid. to the sea. and Spinnaker with it. So that is a major thing. The Sister City Program, I want to thank everybody. Susan has done a terrific job. We put that back on track after we had a big hiccup with a former guy who was running it. And it was just kind of bumping along. It's now strong. It's strong in terms of the leadership that is being provided, the board. It's going to work now with Cascais and with Vigna Del Mar and Mike Moyle. And I think I just see nothing but great things as we try to build relationships outside of Sussex with beautiful cities in the world. The housing element, I'm so proud that the city got that done. It took a long time. I remember sitting here in 2006 with people on the floor yelling at us about the housing element, and we gave up. So this time I said we can't give up. And we bounced. I mean, we bounced off walls and we had lots and lots of people yelling at us and so on. But we got it done and it's already paid off. because if you have a housing element that's certified by the state of California, the Department of Transportation, both at the state and federal levels, and other levels like TAM We'll give you money to help you with projects that we need. And one of the projects that we just got, $125,000 grant, Adam worked on it. Lots of people worked on it. but we got $125,000 grant to study the south into town where the bicycles are the worst, where the traffic is the worst, where we have pedestrian issues and so on. It's, you know, we'll need a lot more than the 125, but that housing element will help us get it. You know, our relationships with our county boards are in good shape. I know you guys will continue to maintain them. They can do us a lot of good. Our library, I'm so proud that we're turning our library into a wonderful You know, remodeled a beautiful place. Lots of good thought went into that. Abbott is doing a terrific job with that, and that's going to be fun to watch. You know, the rest of this is there's a lot more to do. We've got the marinship, which is, you know, a continuing problem. It's got all kinds of issues that we've got to address as a city. We've got to look at the central waterfront and decide at least what we want to do there. And in Dumfey Park, I would really like to see Dumfey get up. Big boost, so maybe we'll find some way to get behind some kind of a financial thing on that. And then we've got the ferry terminal which is going to be remodeled down here. We've got a $4.2 million grant which Herb gets a lot of credit for because he's cultivated a relationship with the ferry guys that just is top notch. So now I'm going to be a private citizen again. I'm going to give this over to two new council members here who I've supported and helped, and I'm really glad you guys are here. You've got to deal with pensions. You've got to deal with all that stuff. It's not going away. But the thanks I want to give is first to my wife. |
| 01:31:11.90 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Yeah. Okay. |
| 01:31:20.96 | Mayor Kelly | She listened to me at midnight as I come home and said, I can't sleep, I've got to talk about it. She was helpful, quiet by my side, and never got in the way. And it was terrific. So thanks to Adam Paulser, the best. Mary Wagner, terrific. Debbie, none better. Charlie Francis, you're a genius. Jeremy, you've done a terrific job of pulling a planning department that was in pretty bad shape together to be able to make the city run efficiently with that. Jonathan Goldman, priceless. A terrific public service guy, public works guy. And his, Loren Umbertus, who actually I worked with on a project in San Francisco before he ever knew what the city of Sausalito was about, has joined us and he's doing a terrific job. Todd Teachout, you're amazing. Just the way you get a hold of a project and push it and take it through is a sight to behold. Mike Langford, terrific Parks and Rec Department. It's the funnest Parks and Rec Department. It's probably a little funner than it was with that. |
| 01:31:48.93 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 01:32:33.48 | Mayor Kelly | But it's just fun to go there. It's fun to go down to the chili cook-off and see the delightful people and having a good time and so on. And then Two of my favorite people in the city are Jennifer Tejada. I bumped into your boss from Nevada the other day in Costco, and the first thing he said is, how's Jennifer? I said, she's terrific. And then Jim Irving, we've worked together since the day you took over the fire spot there and had to do it without being a chief for six months, I think, until the other guy finally decided to take off. And he has built that fire department into a strong and really excellent operation and more to come I'm sure because you are a terrific manager |
| 01:32:54.81 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 01:33:20.54 | Mayor Kelly | I'm sorry. than these two guys and Linda and Carolyn. Without the support of the whole council coming together, whether we agree or disagree, like or dislike, a particular issue or an item It takes all five of us to get it done. And the better decisions come from when there is disagreement, when people need to come together to find a way. But particularly, Jonathan and I have bumped in and had conversations at coffee shops in San Francisco on the street talking about how we're going to get this job done or how we're going to get the money for that. And Herbie, ever since I met Herb and really started to get to know him. He's been a constant a source of energy and a source of good, just good common sense consulting, if you will. And none better, those of you who would really like to hear great stories, I'll tell you about how it was to be in psychiatry with him and then to be at Seoul, Korea with Herb. looking for a potato machine, OK? So we've got stories, all right? But to all of you, to everybody who came out and supported us all the time, When you came here sometimes and sat through long meetings to give us your advice and your council, I appreciate that. Without that, I couldn't have done anything and the council would be bereft of what it needs. And so now it's time for the new council to take charge. Tom and Ray. |
| 01:35:04.76 | Adam Politzer | So Mike. |
| 01:35:04.84 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | I'm like... Thank you. |
| 01:35:06.94 | Adam Politzer | Mike and Carolyn, before you leave the dais, we have two more souvenirs. One is your picture that was framed that sat here at City Hall. You'll be able to take your framed photos and also keep that for your keepsake. And we too want to thank your spouses. Carolyn Ford's husband, Bob Mitchell, I'd like to thank you. |
| 01:35:31.96 | Mike Moyle | . Thank you. |
| 01:35:32.15 | Adam Politzer | Thank you. |
| 01:35:32.32 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 01:35:32.60 | Adam Politzer | Ha ha ha! |
| 01:35:33.48 | Mike Moyle | Ha ha ha ha Thank you. Thank you. |
| 01:35:38.91 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Bye. |
| 01:35:39.62 | Adam Politzer | Monica Finnegan. |
| 01:35:49.78 | Councilmember Ford | Adam, if I may say one word, I forgot in my emotional state to recognize my husband. And I would like to do that. Many a night I came home and had a couple glasses of wine and said, oh, yada, yada, yada, you wouldn't believe what happened, and you know, blah, blah, blah. Stay up till all hours, go to bed, you can't sleep. And he put up with all of it. And also a very good resource, having been on the Council before. But one rumor I'd like to dispel is that he doesn't tell me everything to do. He doesn't tell me how to think, how to act. So I want to dispel that right now. And anyone who knows us well, |
| 01:35:59.76 | Bonnie McGregor | And I would like to |
| 01:36:07.84 | Unknown | THE FAMILY. |
| 01:36:31.78 | Unknown | does |
| 01:36:40.59 | Councilmember Ford | knows that. But thank you, Bob, for all your support over these past three years. |
| 01:36:47.85 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 01:36:47.88 | Adam Politzer | So with that, I would invite you folks to come back to being a resident of Sausalito. |
| 01:36:53.18 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Okay, yay. There you go. |
| 01:37:42.98 | Debbie (City Clerk) | For all of you who don't know, I'm the City Clerk. My name's Debbie. It's my job. to make A council looked good. not always the easiest and therefore you will see me, Mother Henning, my council all the time. And this is how I get to start it off because they're going to have to get up in front of all of you and repeat after me. So Tom, Ray, if you would join me up here. Linda, if you would step down, and we will start this process all over again. |
| 01:38:17.25 | Herb Weiner | Don't start the three-minute clock either. |
| 01:38:24.29 | Debbie (City Clerk) | Everyone look out. There you go. I organize real well too. Thank you. |
| 01:38:37.30 | Debbie (City Clerk) | All right, if you will repeat after me, I, and give your name. |
| 01:38:44.98 | Debbie (City Clerk) | Do you solemnly affirm |
| 01:38:47.07 | Mike Moyle | So, Leah from |
| 01:38:48.73 | Debbie (City Clerk) | that I will support and defend |
| 01:38:51.88 | Mike Moyle | and defend |
| 01:38:53.33 | Debbie (City Clerk) | the Constitution of the United States. |
| 01:38:55.88 | Mike Moyle | The prostitution of the United States. |
| 01:38:59.15 | Debbie (City Clerk) | and the Constitution of the State of California. |
| 01:39:02.41 | Mike Moyle | and the Constitution of the State of California. |
| 01:39:06.04 | Debbie (City Clerk) | against all enemies, |
| 01:39:07.90 | Mike Moyle | and saw it and he |
| 01:39:09.62 | Debbie (City Clerk) | Foreign and domestic. |
| 01:39:11.32 | Mike Moyle | foreign and domestic. |
| 01:39:13.40 | Debbie (City Clerk) | that I will bear true faith and allegiance |
| 01:39:16.97 | Mike Moyle | will bear a true faith and allegiance. |
| 01:39:19.82 | Debbie (City Clerk) | to the Constitution of the United States. |
| 01:39:22.58 | Mike Moyle | in a constitution of majesty. |
| 01:39:25.78 | Debbie (City Clerk) | and the Constitution of the State of California. |
| 01:39:29.01 | Mike Moyle | and the Constitution of the State of California. |
| 01:39:32.78 | Debbie (City Clerk) | that I take this obligation freely |
| 01:39:35.55 | Mike Moyle | that I take this obligation freely |
| 01:39:38.22 | Debbie (City Clerk) | without any mental reservation. |
| 01:39:41.34 | Mike Moyle | Thank you. |
| 01:39:43.87 | Debbie (City Clerk) | or purpose of evasion. |
| 01:39:43.91 | Mike Moyle | Thank you. for the purpose of innovation. |
| 01:39:48.78 | Debbie (City Clerk) | and that I will well and faithfully |
| 01:39:51.47 | Mike Moyle | and that I will well and faithfully |
| 01:39:54.11 | Debbie (City Clerk) | discharge the duties |
| 01:39:55.95 | Mike Moyle | This God can be used. |
| 01:39:57.74 | Debbie (City Clerk) | upon which I'm about to enter. |
| 01:40:00.31 | Mike Moyle | on which I am about to enter. |
| 01:40:03.06 | Debbie (City Clerk) | And I am going to step back, congratulate them, and each and every one of them give their words of thanks, if they wish. |
| 01:40:15.28 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 01:40:15.92 | Debbie (City Clerk) | Do you want to start? |
| 01:40:16.63 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 01:40:20.69 | Linda Pfeiffer | So I want to say that I'm honored and I'm humbled to have been reelected to the Sausalito City Council. And I want to thank all of my supporters and everyone who supported me in this process. Specifically, I'd like to thank my campaign manager, Elizabeth O'Connor. And Elizabeth, I have some flowers for you. I'd like to give these to you really quickly. Bye. Thank you so much. Thank you. Oh, thank you. And also, frankly, I'd like to, I should have brought this too, I'd like to thank my niece, Lisa. Lisa, you were there for me throughout this. Thank you so much. I love you. And of course, I see Sam Chase, John Farrell, Chuck Donald. You guys were just amazing in my campaign. Thank you very, very much. So I welcome Ray and Tom to the council. I'm very excited to be working with you, as well as with Jonathan and Herb. And I thank you very much, and I look forward to the work we have ahead. |
| 01:41:34.54 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 01:41:40.66 | Unknown | Thank you for all coming out tonight. And I wanna thank Carolyn Ford and Mike Kelly for their service, and particularly for Mike, who is very supportive to me in the campaign. He was always there. Pointing me to the right people to talk to, the issues to look at, the meetings to go to. So thanks, Mike, for everything. I want to thank all the candidates, as Debbie was mentioning, this was an exciting campaign. And I want to thank Linda and Ray, as well as Vicki Nichols, Don Olson, and Mike Sobel. for a positive and a civil campaign. And it was really a pleasure to get to know everyone. We had a lot of fun. We have photographs to prove it. And I appreciate all their dedication. And each one of them would have made a great city council member. I feel very privileged to be able to serve. I wanna also thank everybody that supported me in the campaign and a lot of these faces are here. I can't call all of them out right now, but I do wanna, I give special thanks to my campaign manager and my biggest supporter, my wife, Tricia, who without her, I would not be here. I'm sure half the voters voted for me because I was Trisha's husband. I also just really appreciate all of you here today and all of Sausalito for putting their trust in me to serve on the council, and I commit to work to earn that trust, so thank you all. |
| 01:43:14.56 | Unknown | Well, it's wonderful to see you all here. Thank you so much for coming. It's, of course, an incredible honor, the trust that the resonance of Sorcellino have put in me, in all of us. And it is truly humbling. I was throughout the campaign promised that I would listen to all points of view, Thank you. analyze each situation objectively, and craft solutions that work for the entire community. I promise that I will do my utmost to try and live that promise. I would like to thank a large group of people. And luckily, I'm not going to do it by name because there are too many and I am in and definitely going to leave somebody out, which would not be a very good idea. There was a broad support for my campaign, and I'm really thankful to everybody from the very beginning who helped strategize, those who put up signs, those who signed my nomination papers, who helped with preparation, helped in all ways in the campaign. And you all know who you are, and thank you very much. One person I'm going to call out for special attention, although sadly not flowers, I'm afraid. Barney McGregor, you were my treasurer, and helped with, in so many ways, with the campaign. So thank you very much indeed. That was great. I'd like to thank Family and friends, Flynn, where is she? Flynn, my partner, advisor, the person that keeps me out of trouble essentially every single day. Thank you very much. Yeah. And to my sons, my family, all of you which are watching on the internet, hello and thank you for your support. Again, to all of you, thank you very, very much. |
| 01:45:54.89 | Herb Weiner | And we have a list of shrinks that we recommend. |
| 01:45:59.04 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | . |
| 01:46:01.38 | Herb Weiner | . |
| 01:46:03.46 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 01:46:03.48 | Herb Weiner | Thank you. |
| 01:46:03.64 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 01:46:20.40 | Herb Weiner | Is that, Carolyn? Carolyn? |
| 01:46:22.86 | Vice Mayor Leone | Bye. Carolyn. |
| 01:46:26.91 | Herb Weiner | Is this your bag? |
| 01:46:27.81 | Councilmember Weiner | Thank you. |
| 01:46:31.05 | Councilmember Weiner | You thought this came with a wallet and a cell phone. |
| 01:46:43.11 | Adam Politzer | So the council now without a mayor, the powers of the council to run the rest of the meeting fall to the vice mayor, Jonathan Leon, so we will turn the agenda over to vice mayor Jonathan Leon. |
| 01:46:59.64 | Councilmember Weiner | Okay, with that, the next item on our agenda is election of mayor and vice mayor, and then we will adjourn. I just wanted to, for those of you who voted for these three people with actually not knowing anything about them, that's a joke. You know, Ray, I met through the construction time limits ordinance that we worked on together and saw that this guy had a level head and could bring about a solution to what was a very difficult problem. And I respect your contribution and your hard work on the fire consolidation committee as well. And thank you for being crazy enough to run for council. you Tom, you know, your service on the HLB was unbelievable. I'm looking forward to working with you and the rest of the folks on continued efforts in preservation. Your skills are much appreciated. And it's going to be fun to have both of you here. And Linda, congratulations as well. I should have rethought this as well, but you at least knew what you were getting yourself into. |
| 01:48:04.03 | Unknown | I mean, |
| 01:48:05.84 | Councilmember Weiner | Okay, with that. The next item is the election of mayor, and what we do there, I believe, Mary, correct me if I'm wrong, is ask for nominations. Are there any nominations for the position of mayor? |
| 01:48:19.39 | Unknown | Mr. Vice Mayor, I would like to put into nomination Herb Weiner as Mayor. |
| 01:48:20.11 | Councilmember Weiner | I'm sorry. |
| 01:48:27.65 | Councilmember Weiner | Are there any other nominations? with that, is there a second to that? Do we need seconds? I can't remember. Since there are no other nominations, do we still need a roll call vote or just a voice vote? Or acclimation? All in favor. Aye. All opposed? |
| 01:48:45.69 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 01:48:45.73 | Herb Weiner | . |
| 01:48:45.88 | Linda Pfeiffer | I'm not sure. |
| 01:48:45.97 | Herb Weiner | Bye. |
| 01:48:46.17 | Unknown | Bye. |
| 01:48:46.22 | Linda Pfeiffer | Thank you. No. |
| 01:48:50.66 | Councilmember Weiner | With that, we'll move forward. The next item is the election of Vice Mayor. Are there any nominations? |
| 01:48:57.34 | Herb Weiner | at this time here I'd like to The nominee is Jonathan Leon, vice mayor. |
| 01:49:03.40 | Councilmember Weiner | Thank you. Are there any other nominations? Seeing none, all in favor of that motion? |
| 01:49:11.26 | Herb Weiner | I can. |
| 01:49:12.22 | Councilmember Weiner | Aye. All opposed? |
| 01:49:12.27 | Herb Weiner | Oh, God. |
| 01:49:12.56 | Linda Pfeiffer | All right. No. |
| 01:49:15.82 | Councilmember Weiner | Here we go. So with that, We will shuffle things around a little bit here, but the only other action on our – unless, Adam, you have a manager's report. |
| 01:49:28.19 | Adam Politzer | There's no manager's report. The only shuffle is that the mayor will, Mayor Weiner will now do item G and then we will adjourn to celebration. Kate can... Yes. |
| 01:49:31.90 | Councilmember Weiner | Mayor. |
| 01:49:42.55 | Councilmember Weiner | Thank you all for coming. You're welcome to stay. There's cake and unfortunately nothing to drink, so you're going to have a tough time with the cake. |
| 01:49:50.80 | Adam Politzer | Non-alcoholic beverages to drink. |
| 01:49:50.81 | Councilmember Weiner | I know. |
| 01:49:51.07 | Herb Weiner | on. |
| 01:49:51.34 | Councilmember Weiner | Alcoholics. |
| 01:49:51.79 | Herb Weiner | I'm not sure. |
| 01:49:52.01 | Councilmember Weiner | is, |
| 01:49:52.23 | Herb Weiner | Thank you. |
| 01:49:52.25 | Councilmember Weiner | Thank you. |
| 01:49:52.27 | Herb Weiner | Okay, good. Excellent. Okay, so at this time here, we want to set the first city council meeting, and that will be on January 15, 2013. We all can affirm that date. And is there any questions? you Any questions from the public? Any public comment on that date? Okay, bringing it back here. We all are in favor of that. Okay. All right. Thank you. And at this time here, I'd like to wish everybody happy holidays and a healthy new year. Thank you. I moved to. |
| 01:50:31.48 | Councilmember Weiner | Thank you. |
| 01:50:31.50 | Herb Weiner | Thank you. |
| 01:50:31.70 | Councilmember Weiner | Thank you. you |
| 01:50:32.24 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 01:50:32.40 | Councilmember Weiner | Thank you. |
| 01:50:32.55 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 01:50:32.61 | Councilmember Weiner | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 01:50:32.94 | Herb Weiner | Thank you. |
| 01:50:32.95 | Councilmember Weiner | Thank you. |
| 01:50:32.97 | Herb Weiner | Thank you. |
| 01:50:32.99 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Yeah, I will. Second. All present? Aye. Aye. Congratulations. |
| 01:50:33.00 | Herb Weiner | Yeah, I will. |
| 01:50:33.95 | Councilmember Weiner | Thank you. |
| 01:50:33.97 | Herb Weiner | Bye. |
| 01:50:40.78 | Herb Weiner | Thank you, Jonathan. |
| 01:50:41.81 | Councilmember Pfeiffer | Thank you. Congratulations. |